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TILE CHRONICLE. a minx i i a 1 1 (TYiTvnTiTirK rul.llslug (cKlj at Caimlon, Trim. I'utered at Camden sh btcoinl-ClasH TUAYIS liltOS., i'ul)H Camden, Tenn. Norway now has a law permuting the conditional dlschaw of a convict for pood behavior, after ho has served two-thirds of his sentence. It Is now Intimated that. ti-lerdiontiiK Without wires is anions the possibili ties". Tho rumor Is not sufllch ntly tan Clble to cause any r:hictlon of rates. A needle machine turns out 1,000,000 needles per week. Now, if only the seamstresses of the country could use them, at a proportionate profit with that derived from tho machine, there would be many more happy homes. There will come a day when the people of the close of a century will look back at the close of tho 19th and smile at the unique absurdity of the Ktoveplpe hat; but make no mistake. J.Ian Is wedded to his idols. That time .13 yet a long way off. In time Alaska may be counted In tho agricultural belt of the United States. Her season is short, but the soil in her valleys Is rich beyond com prehension, and the sun. during his reign, is hot. All that is necessary Is to know how to utilize locations and conditions. Through the efforts of its state board of charities, Illinois has made a beginning toward the establishment of a suitable institution for its de pendent epileptics. The institution will be a genuine colony, planned on the cottage system. There are 3000 dependent epileptics in the state. Cold storage has made Australia, next to the United States, the largest source of dressed meats. Wheat-importing countries usually look to her to supply a part of their breadstuff s; and between the Transvaal war and the vast development of gold mining in West Australia the southern conti nent in 1899 led the world in produc ing gold. Australia is a great country, even though two-thirds of it is desert. When all freight traffic has been banished to underground railways and the automobile has displaced the horse for surface travel, nearly the en tire street between the pavements can be devoted to green turf muses the St. Louis Globe-Dispatch. Cities of the 20th. and following centuries tnay be free from dust and the vile odors arising from animal traffic. The automobile mowing machine may be substituted for the sweeping machines, to the great improvement of health and increase of enjoyment of citizens, the St. Louis Globe-Dispatch. A writer in the Yale Review esti mates that the United States is in debted to foreigners in the sum of $3,330,000,000 and that foreigners owe us $500,000,000. This writer is of the opinion that this country began the 20th century owing not much over $2,000,000,000, with a net annual inter est of about $90,000,000, Americans traveling in Europe spend $50,000,000 annually, and the loss by expatria tion according to this writer, is $10,000,000. Cut in a few years the United States will have wiped out its entire Indebtedness, provided large ex ports and small imports continue. An article in Harper's Weekly con tains some remarkable figures on the iruit growing industry in America. In 1814 only one-half barrel of raisins could be found in New York City to caake pudding to celebrate the peace treaty. The previous year California alone shipped ever 100,000.000 pounds Cf raisins. Only 20 years ago all the strawberries eaten in New York City were grown in Long Island and New Jersey. Now the strawberry country includes Florida, and the strawberry season begins in November and ends in August. A single Georgia peach orchard numbers as high as 120,000 trce3. The government has never se cured an adequate census of the entire fruit trade of tho United States. Tho thrr of the article in question thinks $1,000,000,000 a year a moderate xnate. csti- A CUT OF MILLIONS Conferees en War Tax Redaction Measure Fcach Agreement. COMPROMISE ALL ALONG LINE Mill Is to Take Hffect July ist Next. Partial List of the Reductions Made By Conferees. A Washington special says: The conferees of tbo senate and houso up on tho war reduction bill have an nounced the result of their delibera tions upon that measure. It shows a compromise all aloug the lines of the bill, tho changes in the present law being as follows: Tobacco Twenty per cent discount of tho original tax of 12 cents per pound as against twenty-five per cent reduction as fixed by the senate and none as the bill passed the bouse. The rate agreed upon will make the tax S9.00 per 100 pounds. Cigars On those weighing more lhan three pounds per 1,000 the house rate of $3 per 1,000 was retained as against 83.30 as fixed by the senate and ?3.G0 as in the present law. On those weighing less than three pounds per thousand tho senate rato of 18 cents per pound was allowed to stand againBt the rate of $1 per thousand as fixed by the existing law, which was not disturbed by the house. Cigarettes On those weighing not more than threo pounds per thousand the senate action fixing the rate at 18 cents per pound prevailed. The house did not change the existing law. Beer The house rate of SI. GO per barrel and repealing the 7$ per cent discount was retained. Bankers' Capital Preseut law re tained, tho senate recediug from its amendment. Commercial Brokers' Tax Repealed in accordance with original action of both houses. For Certificates of Stock Transfers The rate of 2 cents for each $100 is retained and the senate amendment making the law include the transac tions of bucketshops was accepted by the house conferees. Bales of Products at Exchanges The senate amendment exempting sales of merchandise in actual course of transportation was accepted, but the rate of 1 cent for each 100 as fixed by the present law was retained, the sen ate amendment making the rate $2 being disagreed to. Bank Checks Eepealed in accord ance with the house action. On cer tificates of deposit, telegraph and tele phone messages, express receipts, money orders, promissory notes, char ter party, bills of lading for export leases, manifests, mortgages, power of attorney, protests, warehouse receipts, perfumery and cosmetics and chewing gum, the tax is repealed. Bills of Exchange, Foreign The rate fixed at 2 cents for each $100 in accordance with the senate amend ment. Miscellaneous bonds tax re pealed, except upon bonds for indem nity. Certificates of damage and certifi cates not otherwise specified repealed. Conveyances, exempted below $2,500; above $2,500, 2o cents for each $500, in accordance with senate action. Insurance tax repealed on all kinds of insurance in accordance with the action of thelhouse, the senate conferees receding on all senate amendments. Steamship passage tickets exempted below $50 in value, and the rate fixed at 50 cents for each $50 in cost for that price and over. Proprietary medicines tax repealed in accordance with the houso action, the Benate amendment being disagreed to. Legacies law modified so as to ex clude from taxation legacies of charit able, religious, literary or educational character. The total reduction of the revenues as agreed upon aggregates about $41, 000,000, as against $10,000,000 as it passed the house, and $15,000,000 as amended in the senate. The provisions of the bill as agreed upon wi.U take effect on the 1st of next July TRUCE IS KRAXTED! Kumor Siiyi Tliat Kitvhner nnd ISotha Mot to Arrange I'l-acf Turin. The London Daily Chronicle pub lishes under reserve a rumor that Lord Kitchenor has inet General Louis Botha to arrange terms of surreuder of the Boers nnd that an armistice of twenty-four hours was grauted the Boer commander general to enable him to consult with the oilier commandants. Wenllby Xcgro .Viissinj:. Carnesville, Ga., has a sensation in the mysterious disappearance of Tom Daniel, a negro of considerable prop erty and the father of thirteen children, lie left home just after Chribtuias. ALARSIHGBORTALITY. Noticeable- Among tho Weak and Ailincr. 115 Esatl Reaps Its tat EarvesL Thcra Is a Way of Eluding tha Grim Destroyer. Every Spring it Is noticeablo how many people are taken away that we have been accustomed to seo In our daily life. Statistics show that at no other sea son of the year does so many deaths occur. Especially large is the mortality among weak and sickly people. Tho reason for this is apparent. The body that is weakened by age or dis ease has much to contend with during the Winter months. Insufficient exer cise frequently has been taken. Too much starchyand fatty foods havebeen eaten. The system has been allowed to become run down, and when Spring comes with its bright, sunshiny days, older people will begin to realize that their vitality has become very low. The samo thing is true of people who are naturally sickly and weak. This is the season of the year when even a etrons person feels at his worst. That tired, restless feeling is experienced by too many. There need not be as many deaths this year as usually take place. A lit tle care will ward off many Spring fu nerals. If one is weak or ailing they should take time by tho forelock and take Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. This great medicine has been in many cases, and will con tinue to be. the means bv which tho black angel of Death has been driven from the threshold. It dispels the grim destroyer in a scientific way, for it purifies the blood and give3 strength and vitality to the nerves. It tones up and restores to a healthy con dition all of the great life-giving or gans of the body. Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy will enable those who take it to throw off little ills that prove dangerous only when they at tack a system already wasted and weakened. From many people, who have ex perienced benefit from this greatest of all life-lengtheners comes the fol lowing from the famous General Long street of 1217 New Hampshire avenue, Washington, D. C. He says: "It gives me great pleasure to add my testimony with many others for Dr. Greene's Remedy, which I have used with highly beneficial results and I am able to recommend its virtues from experience. I have used It for catarrh and have derived help." Mr. Wellington Hynes, Elizabeth town, N. Y.. writes: "I feel it my duty to tell how much good Dr. Greene's Nervura has done me. I was so run down that I could not sleep at night and everything wor ried me. I had no appetlto and could not work, my head ached all the time and there was an all-gone feeling in my stomach and I was always looking on the dark side of everything. I be gan to take Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy and In less than three weeks I felt like a new man. I can now do as much work as 13 expected of a man my age. I advise any one who is troubled to take Dr. Greene's Nervura. Do not go to a doc tor, but get a bottle of Dr. Greene's Nervura. It is cheaper than a doctor's bill." The latter part of Mr. Hynes's ad vice might be profitably disregarded, however, if you should feel you would like the advice of a physician. You can have such advice and have It free if you will write or call on the great est known blood and nerve specialist, Dr. Greene. 35 W. 14th St.. New York City. HIGH APPROVAL. "How do you like your new teach er?" "The one who came from the West?" asked the little Boston boy. "Yes." "Oh, I like him very much. I haven't had an opportunity to test his know ledge of mathematics. But the way he pronounces such words as 'rrass and 'pass' is very amusing." Wash ington Star. AN ILLUSTRATION, was during the natural It history hour. "Give me," asked the teacher, "an example of the alleged deceitful char acter of the cat." "In restaurants It is sometimes said to pass itself off for a rabbit," an swered the head boy. Philadelphia Times. THE INCONSISTENT MAIDEN. She would not, though I coaxed and te.if.ed, And begged of her my bride to be, She said she'd marry whom sho pleased, Yet Goodness knows! she pleases nc. Catholic Standard Times. SUPREMELY RESTFUL. "I wonder if there's any lazier occu pation than fishing." "Well, yes looking at people Dsa ias." Brooklyn Life. I'RLSIDENT HAS I LLL TOWER According to 5enate Amendment He Alone Can Direct Phil ippine Affairs. A Washington special says: The debato on the Philippine question Wednesday developed unexpected vig or in the souute, the feuttiro of it beiug tho hpeech of Senator Bacon, of Geor gia, ugaiust tho Philippine proposi tion and sorno sensational declarations by Senator Pettigrew, who Asserted that the inspiration buck of this par ticular legislation was the desire of certain people, prominent in tho Ite publican party to g:it hold of tho good things in the islands. The amendment as finally agreed to is as follows: All military, civil aud judicial pow ers necessary to govern the Philippine islands, acquired from Spain by the treaties concluded at Paris on the 10th day of December, 1808, and at Wash ington on the 7th day of November, 1900, shall until otherwise provided by congress, be vested in such manner as tho president of the United States shall direct, for the establishment of civil government and for maintaining and protecting the inhabitants of said islands in the free enjoyment of their uoerty, property and religion. Provided, that all franchises grant ed under the authority hereof shall contain a reservation of the right to alter, amend or nppeal the same. Until a permanent government shall have been established in said archi pelago reports shall be made to con gress on or before the first day of each regular session of all legislative acts and proceedings of the temporary gov ernment instituted under tho provis ion hereof; and full reports of the acts, doings of said government, and as to the condition of the archipelago aud of its people shall be made to the presideut, including all iniormation which may be useful to congress in providing a more perniauent govern ment. Provided, that no sale or lease or other disposition of the public lands cr the timber thereon, or the mining rights therein, shall bo made; and, providing that no franchise shall be granted which is not approved by the president of the United States and is not, in his judgment, clearly necessary for the immediate government of the islands and indispensable for the in terest of the people thereof, and which cannot, without great public mischief, be postponed until the establishment of permanent civil government; and all such franchises shall terminate one year after the establishment of such permanent civil government. CUBAN AMENDMENT ADOPTED. After the vote on the Philippine amendment was annouunced Mr, Piatt offered the committee Cuban amendment. Mr, Jones moved to strike out the third condition, that Cuba shall agree that the United States shall exercise the right to in tervene to preserve Cuban independ ence, but later modified it to strike out only that part providing that the United States could intervene "for tho maintenance of a government ade quate for the protection of life, pro perty and individual liberty." Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, contendod the amendment amounted to proposing an American suzerainty over Cuba. Mr. Tettus, of Alabama, declaired it was a disgrace on the American peo ple. Mr. Jones's motion was defeated-43 to 21. The Cubau amendment was adopted 43 to 20. DEAD CAPTAIN RESPONSIBLE. Coroner Jury Investigates tho Klo Dis aster at San Francisco. A San Francisco dispatch says: At the coroner's inquest in the matter of the wrecking of the steamship Bio de Janerio Wednesday, Pilot Jordon again shifted the responsibility for the disaster to Captain Ward, who went down with his vessel. Pilot Jordan stated that it was a rule of the port that all captains have power supreme to that of the pilot and that Captain Ward had ordered him to proceed. The jury held an inquest over the eleven bodies recovered from, the wreck of the steamer Rio de Janeiro, returning a verdict charging Captain Ward, who was drowned, and Pilot Jordan with criminal negligence. The Pacific Mail Steamship company is censured for having had a Chinese crew on the steamer. SAMPSON "QUEERS" HIMSELF. Admiral's Letter Concerning Ounner Mor gan lilasts His Chance of Promotion. A Washington dbpatch says: Ad miral Sampson will not be made a vce ad miat, as proposed by the nf.ry de partment. His letter about Gunner Morgan has blasted his hopes of pro motion. Sampson was bitterly hated in con gress before this letter was written. Now his enemies declare he has shown such a contempt for the men of the navy and the people of America that he is deserving of no consideration even if the Schley-Sampson controver sy is settled. NONE TO I MIT ATI . "Now. Johnny," hbi mother v-l- nn they started for church, "1 u;i:t you to behave like a r."l little boy." "I can't!" blubbcM-l Johnny. "I rton't I now any good little boy!" (,Mi :'.;,' Tribune. I'mpoxetl Allinm-c n il li l lnlniid. If thrt I'nlteil Ftiiti-s find r.fiKlnml slmuM f irm mi nliUti', tho conil.iiioil KtreiijM'i would ! ho Kf'fit that Hiiro would lo M'i ehimei) for inmlen t, ovrcomn un. fn a llkn milliner, when men n:i wo'iu-n keeji uji their l.odily htrentrth with lloMelter'n Moinaeh Hitters, therein little ihHIi' 0 ,f fittaeks from llsi'ft.i The old time remedy enrlehes tho Mood, stead le t), nerve, nml lnereaseH the appetite. Try it for dyspepsia aud ludit;ostloii. 1 Iib l'rrviiillni; Men. I.ttllo Jeff -rami IUvtn HoKl.ii' k (nn Arkansas lii'l) -I'nw. li.nH an enterpi liln' rlti.-n? Oi'l Miui fi'Kiniek (hU talliei ) w! A yml ken or b other Hol t of durnml toreliriH ! -J, HELP FOR TOEN WHO AUI3 ALWAYS TIKi:i. "I do not feel very well, I am so tired all the time. I do not know w hat is the matter with mo." You hear these words every day; as often as you meet your friends just so often are these words repeated. More than likely you speak the same signifi cant words yourself, and no doubyyou tlo feel lar irom well most or the tune. Mrs. Ella Kicc, of Chelsea, Wis., whose portrait we publish, writes that she suffered for two years with bearing-down pains, headache, backache, and had all kindsof miserable feelings, all of which was caused by falling and inflammation of the womb, and after doctoring with physicians and numer ous medicines she was entirely cured by Mas. Ella Rice Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. If you are troubled with pains, fainting spells, depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere, headache, backache, and always tired, please re member that there is an absolute remedy which will relieve you of your suffering as it did Mrs. Rice. Ti'roof is monumental that Lydia E. 'ink ham's Vegetable Compound is the greatest medicine for suffering women. No other medicine has made the cures that it has, and no other woman has helped so many women by dn-tct advis as has Mrs. Pinkham ; her experience is greater than that of any living per son. If you are sick, write and get her advice ; her address is Lynn, Mass. r ( f,CSM:; 3 To produce the best results in fruit, vegetable or grain, the fertilizer used must contain enough Potash. For partic ulars see our pamphlets. We send them free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, j 03 Nassau St., New York. El HEflBAOBE 6 Succumbs readily to the easy remedy to take ft tit & & o o w a t a a o t A natural nrMicinal x ate r o mr n tra t r A . 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