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SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL. LAWMAKERS

A WeeVt Proceedings la the Halls of

Conair Important Meaaorea Dlaensaed and Acted Upon An Impartial Resume of the Baalneaa.

On Thursday the House surpassed all records in the expedition with which it

passed the pension appropriation bill

Usually one of the most fruitful themes

of acrimonious partisan debate, it was

passed in twenty minutes withont criti

cism, although enrrj-inc S14;i,233,KJ0, J4.

000,000 more than the act for the current year. The House then Vv-Ran considera

tion of the bill to incorporate tae Interna

tional American Bank. This project was

recommended by the Pan-American Con

gross in 1SS9. An agreement was effected for a vote' at S o'clock Friday. It was

supported in debate by Messrs. Brosius

(Rep., Pa.), Adams (Rep., Pa.). Lacey

(Hep., Iowa), and Walker (Rep., Mass.), and opposed hy Mr. Cox (Dem.. Tenn.),

Jenkins (Rep., Wis.), Prices (Dem., N. Y.), and Bartlett (Dem.. Ga.). In the Senate tbe urgent deficiency appropria

tion bill making provision for the army and navy for the next six months displaced the Nicaragua canal bill, preventitur even the taking of a vote on the qnes-

tion of the postponement of the latter

measure until after the holidays, as had

been intended. Tbe deficiency bill was passed after a spirited disenssion. turning principally on the point of keeping the

volunteer soldiers in tbe service. The bill to incorporate tbe International American Bank was buried under an

overwhelming adverse majority of the

House on Friday. The debate upon the measure, which opened Thursday, was

concluded at 3 o'clock. Mr. Dingier, the

floor leader of the majority, made an argument in its support. The other speakers on Friday were Hill of Connecticut in its support and Messrs. Bell (Pop., Colo.). Sulzer (Dem., N. Y.), Maxwell (Pop., cb.), Maddox (Dem., Ga.) and Swanson (Dem., Va.) in opposition. The vote by which the bill was defeated stood 103 yeas to J48 nays. The bill to extend the customs and revenue laws of tbe United States over the Hawaiian Islands was passed without opposition. The bill, Mr. Dingley explained, carried with it the civil service laws relating to appointments in the customs and revenue service in Hawaii. Saturday in the House was devoted to the Indian appropriation bill, which wax passed substantially as reported. This is the third of the appropriation bills to pass and It clears the calendar of the big supply bills. Tbe Senate was not in session. Monday was suspension day In the House, and several bills were passed, the most important of which was the bill appropriating J350.000 for the Philadelphia exposition of 1SJH. The vote was exceedingly close. It had but two votes more than the necessary two-thirds. Bills were also passed under suspension of the rnles to authorize the distribution of the assets of the Frcedmen's Bank, to enlarge the scope of the Fish Commission to include game birds, for the relief of the Fourth Mounted Arkansas Infantry and for the relief of John W. Lewis, of Oregon. The Senate had a busy day, and there were several importaut speeches. Mr. Piatt, of Connectrtmt, spoke against the A' est resolution, which declares that the United States has no power to acquire territory. Mr. Proctor, of Vermont, and Mr. Hale, of Maine, exchanged divergent views upon the subject of a commission of Senators to visit Cuba. The conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was agreed to. Tbe Senate then took up the N'iciragua canal bill, and Mr. Berry (Ark.) spoke upon his amendments to the measure. ( The House resolution providing for adjournment of -Congress from Dec. 21 to Jan. 4 was adopted by tbe Senate without division on Tuesday. Mr. Gallinger favorably reported Mr. Praetor's resolution providing for a committee of Senators to visit Cuba and Porto Rico with a view to ascertaining the conditions on the Islands and reporting on them, with recommendations. Senator Teller then addressed the Senate npon Mr. Vest's resolution declaring that under the constitution no power is given to acquire territory to be held and governed permanently as colonies. Several private pension bills were disposed of. after which Mr. Elkins called up the bill relating to the registry of foreign built vessels in this country. At 'I o'clock the Nicaraguan canal bill displaced the registry measure, and Sir. Caffery spoke in opposition to it. The debate on the agricultural bill was signalized by the first speech in the House on the question of annexation of the Philippines. Mr. Williams of Mississippi submitted a general argument against their annexation. After Mr. Williams' remarks the agricultural bill was passed. It carried $3,69,822, or $187,120 more than the current law. Before adjournment for the day the conference report on the army and navy deficiency bill was adopted. The last session of the House before the holiday recess was held on Wednesday and lasted but an hour. The Bailey resolution directing an investigation of the right of the members who volunteered in the Spanish-American war to seats in the Honse was adopted, and several bills of minor importance were passed. One of these provided for holding terms of the District and Circuit courts at Hammond, Ind. The absence of a quorum of the Senate aared Senator Proctor's resolution providing for the appointment of a ,ommii'ee of Senators to investigate the conditions in Cnba and Porto Rico during the approaching long recess of Congress from decisive defeat. An effort was made .by Mr. Daniel of Virginia to obtain consideration for the resolution, but his motion mustered only eight of the thirty-eight votes cast. No business of importance was dispose! of at Wednesday's session. Only some routine business, including the passage of a few private pension bills, was transacted. Adjournment was taken to Jan. 4, 1890.

Sparks from the Wires. Prince Henry of Prussia opposes the building of railroads in China by Americans. The United States cruiser Raleigh sailed from Manila for Nev York, via the Suez canal. Fifteen thousand silk operatives at Colfeld, the German silk manufacturing center,, are on a strike. Marquis Ito of Japan is reported to have said that there is no man iu China capable of saving the empire from collapse. The coal miners of the district comprising Crawford and Cherokee counties, in Kansas, have organized, and are now identified with the United Mine Workers of America. An attempt was made by burglars to blow up the large safe la the cashier's office at the Missouri Pacific freight depot at Fort Scott, Kan. They were frightened away by the approach of the watchman. Waifs are appearing on doorstops in New-port, Kj, with startling regularity every other night. The Inst little one was left in a basket on Dr. Kelly's doorstep. This is the eighth child found in flint way in Newport in the past few weeks. Submarine divers are still at work upon the wreck of the steamer Harbin, sunk at Swan Lake, in the Arkansas river. It Is quite doubtful that the boat can ever again be used. Joe Mack, 12 years old, was kicked in the head by a horse and his skull crushed in at Independence, Kan., nnd never ro gained consciousness. He and another boy were riding-ou a low ;lcd, and passed too close to tbe heels of the horses. The postoflicc and general merchandise store of John Mather at Georgetown Mo., and the grocery of '.V. K. Poindc:ter at Sedalia, Mo., were Imrglnrized, a small sum of money and a quantity of goods being carried off in each Instance.

BIG FIRE AT TERRE HAUTE. Loss of Property hy Conflagration Bs ttmated at Pl.OllO.OOl). The worst tire in liie history of the eily f Terrc Haute, Ind., occurred Monday night. The blaze started in the big show irindows of tbe Havens t (Jcddes Company, wholesale nnd retail dealers in dry jroods aii:l notions, ll is loipposed 1 1ml a live electric wire set fire to the cotton n-ith which the window was decorated, and before the blaze could be extinguish

ed the fire spread to thr decorations of

?verftreons in the store and the huilmng was wrapped in flames in an incredibly

short space of time. A conservative estimate of the damage is $1,000,000, and the

following firms are the losers:

Harms & Oeddes company $500,000 Drelntg A Miller, furniture "3.000 Plxley k Co 100,000 Terre Haute 8h.e Co., wholesale. . , 1S0.00O Albrecht & Co., retail dry goods 1W.000 I'nltrd Stales linking Company.... 80,000 Thorman & Schloss. clothiers W.000 There were n number of small concerns which were utterly annihilated in the fall of the rear wall of the Havens & Oeddes

wholesale house, and the loss in their case will more than bring the total losses up to

the Sl.OOO.OOO mark.

The fire started at t":30 o'clock, when

half the employes of the establishment

were at thpir homes for supper. 1 here is

a force of 300 or more in the retail de

partment of the establishment and had

the entire force been present the loss of

iifp would haTe been frightful. As it is.

Kate Maioney, a clerk in tbe notion de

partment, sprang from a window in the

second story nnd sustained injuries from

which she will probably die. Miss Lnelle

Ferguson, a clerk in the same department,

jumped just before Miss Maioney, but

was caught hy some men who were watch

ing for her. She is internally injured,

but will recover.

Louis Kramer, the trimmer, who was

in the show window when the blaze start

ed, is frightfully burned about the hend

and arms. Y hen rescued from the burn

ing building he was insane from the pain

and begged to be killed, e iremen A lister

loo, Walsh and Shay were badly injured in the falling of a floor in the Albrecht

building nnd are now in the city hospital. The fire department worked admirably

and there were many narrow escapes

among the men. BRYAN ON ISSUES OF 190(1.

Declares that the Money Question will Be the Issne.

Col. W. J. Bryan arrived in Washington

from Savannah, In an interview concern

Ing the Democratic issues of 1000, he

said:

"I should say the money question, un

doubtedly. I believe the Chicago plat

form still embodies the sentiments of the

mass of the American people. I cnii see no reason for n popular change of mind on any of the issues defined in the last na

tional platform. The fact that people are

talking about the war does not necessarily indicate that they have abandoned

former ideas which have no reference to

the war. People can discuss matters of

temporary inirrest without forgetting their political views and abandoning their

political principles.

KISSER HOBSON BUSY.

Merrimac Hero Indulges in Wholesale Oaculntory Kxercise. Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac oiijlode. who is now becoming better known as a kisser than he is as an officer of the

United States navy, kissed 417 maids

and matrms at Kansas City, before journeying west for new fields to conquer. The kissing bee took place at a public reception. In Chicago, Lieut. Hobson was kissed by 163 Chicago girls at the Auditorium.

Incidentally he lectured about the war

and and tbe sinking of the Merrimac. The osculatory ordeal followed the lecture, when the announcement was made that

any one who wished to greet the lieuten

ant conld come up on the stage.

CLAUS SPRECKLES GIVES AID. Subscribe $20,000 for Destitute Farmer of California, The terrible destitution among tbe small farmers in the southern part of Monterey County, Cal., has led to a general public movement for the relief of the suffering. The farmers are -not only out of food, but out of seed to grow crops and have no means of getting relief, as dry weather

tor two years has completely ruined their

crops. They haTe appealed to Wov. Budd for aid, but as he has no fund from which

he can render aid a special fund will be

subscribed. Sugar Millionaire Clans Rpreckels gave his check for $25,000, and

others arc contributing in proportion to

their wealth, WOMEN KILLED AT FIRE.

Fatal Blaze in Fashionable Residence District of New York City.

Two women were killed and another so

severely Injured that she will die as the result of a fire in the mansion of C. H, Raymond at West End avenue and Seventy-third street. New York. Mrs. Raymond, who jumped from a second-story window with Mrs. Underwood, is fatally hurt. C. II. Raymond and the servants were rescued by firemen.

Raleigh la tin Rente Home. Admiral Dewey has cabled the Navy

Department that the Raleigh started from Manila for New York by way of tbe

Suez. Tclecraihlc Brevities, Many discharged soldiers have beer pmployed in New Yotk shoveling snow.

The estate of Lelaml Stanford of San

Francisco has paid nearly $7,000,000 ir (lehts nnd legacies. The next' national encampment of tin G. A. II. will lie held at Philadelphia Sept. 4 to 0 next.

Kate Ilolden, colored, who was said tc lie 117 years old. died in the almshouse

at Hartford, Conn. John Wallace, after a year's imprison

ment nt Sing Sing. N. Y under a ten

years' sentence on a charge of robbery, of which he was innocent, has been re leased.

It is reported from Chicago that Joseph

Leiler is at the liottmii of a iimveiiient frit the organization of milk trust, which i."to regulate the price of milk on the prict nf hotter." During the first nine months of 1S!l 'here wen- '2. 231 miles of new railroad instructed in (he I'niicd Stales. 'I'll is Meeeds the total mileage of .my entire iear since 1Sii,'t. A. H. Long, a tenant on the Adam Keeker farm, m ar Xitlany. Pa., ibis year (aised 1.22.N bmiVls of corn mi scam i-igln jn res of ground. This would be bushels lo the lu-re. Mrs. F. S. I.e.- nud Mrs. H. C. R Wright were elected from Arapahoi .'uiity t" the Colorado Legislature. Mrs Helen 1.. (ireiifell is elected Slate Piper nlendenl of Public Instruction. There is great iiiiligiialiou in .iv.lrij .localise the Americans rejeeleil Hie p.-opo sition of the Spanish peace coiuinissioii its at 1'iiris lo appoint a joint cnuuuis r.ion of the powers to investigate tin Maine disaster. It is reported that Nellie Could was the mysterious giver of $J."i0.iiiiii i the Ii rary building fund of the I niversity ol (lie city nf New V.irk. She has. sii I In laying of the corner stone, given nddi lionnl smaller sums. The iron fence surrounding the plot of eround in the city cemetery nt Key West Fin., in which the victims of the Maim nnd other American sailors arc buried vns deiiicnted re. ently. During the ex, I'rcises children decorated the graves witb (lowers. English and Ceriniin new spahers pub

lished in China have been ur:inir the foe

(ign ambassadors iu that coin lr.v lo combine uliil insist that the oflieials should pass ediels forbidding the native usage of always referring lo the mm Chinese ill

'foreign devils." They say thai the ouief

submission of lb" foreigners to this insult Ing epithet makes I lie Chinese desiiist

Uieni as cowards. ,

A BABEL IN AUSTRIA.

Wnny Widely lJifTcrciit Tongues fipoken In the Various Province. In the Austrian Alps the local dialects so vary as to lie iiniutelllgililo from one district to another, und yet have been cultivated in passion plays and popular poetry. t' rr and above these dialects are goat ft-rod chiefly in Lower Austria, but even round Vienna Slav colonies. Czocls. Slovaks. Croats. In Vienna itself the Czechs el.-iini to Ik150,000. Slovenians spread over three crownlands-Styria. Cailntliia and Carniola and dominate in tbe last, which contains also I'scnks, llouiaii Catholic Serbs, but the Slovenians seem to be retreating before the (Jeiinans. (if these a remarkable group ocevrs in the barren Gottschce country, southeast of Laybach. only Inhabited since the fourteenth century. Here again we tind n dialect unintelligible to other tierina lis, yet rich In tr.les and poetry. Strange to Bay, the reawakening of the Slovenian race In tbo course of the last hundred years seems to have been determined by the first Napoleon, who replaced German In the normal schools of the so-called Illyrian provinces (six in number) by Slovene nnd called forth the passionate admiration of tbe Slovenian poets. Tyrol nnd Vornrlbeig, again, arc divided between Germans, Italians and "Lading" (Lntinst, the so-called Eoniansch of Switzerland. In the Tyrol also each valley has Its own pronunciation, Us own accent, Its expressions unintelligible n few miles off. The Lntlins were predominant in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; toward the eighteenth century the Italians got the upper hand, but seem now to lie becoming gradually outnumbered by the Germans. The Ladins form a curious little group of from 10,000 to 20,000 Iu Tyrol, with nearly ),- 000 In Fritili (besides the 40,000 of Hie Grisons). Their language Is nearer to Provencal or Cntaloninu than to Italian. They chiefly inhabit the valleys, while the German climbs the mountain Bides, just as he has done in Hoheinhi, the Czechs mainly occupying tlio plains. Spectator.

THE HOPE OF THE CONTINENT.

Ffench Uniforms Absurd. Every one who lias examined the campaign uniform of the French soldier has found it, to say the least, picturesque. The dingy colors of their clothing, the absurd knapsack, the unshapely cartridge box, the ugly beadgear, the trousers turned up. all combine to make a spectacle of him not to be found elsewhere in Burope. And the clumsiness of it nil Is the first thing to strike even the uios unobservant spectator. Writers for the French press ?mve long since pointed out these fads and have shown how such Infliction in the way of outfit is siiflieiclit alone to use up the strength of the strongest man nnd crush down the energy of the stout est heart. The headgear of u French Infantryman is something on the order of an old-fashioned helmet worn by Knglish firemen. This Instrument of torture peculiar t the French army exposes the wearer to sunstroke during the summer nud is entirely Insufficient for protection in the winter months. It also acts ns a gutter spout when it rains and lets the water ponr down the soldier's back. The French infantry man is about as bad off In other respects. His shoes allow both (ho dust and moisture to petie. trate to the skin and his knapsack becomes n veritable instrument of torture. The French writers point out that fatigue and exposure to such trials are much more dangerous than the ballets of tbe enemy. They add that a battle ts the exception, while troops are always on the move, ami that the general, who, through the proper equipment of bis troops can put them on the field of battle In a better physical condition than the enemy, already lias the battle half won, tbe other conditions being equal. Pittsburg Dispatch.

A Sagacious Horso. Some amusement has been caused by a story about a horse belonging to a contractor. It appears that a short time ago It slipped on the roadway and fell Into a bin or pit that was just alongside. The animal suffered no apparent Injury, but could not be Induced to make any effort with a view to escaping from Its narrow prison. At last It was determined that mechanical means of rescue must be brought Into play, so a derrick was sent for, and with some difficulty set up over the bole, slinging gear being provided to hoist the victim. Just as all was ready and operations were about to begin, the dinner bell rang. Dobbin pricked up his curs, gave himself a shake, put his fore feet on the edge of the bin, and was out of it In the twinkling of an eye. Then he shambled off quietly to bis stable in time for his midday feed.

100 Kevrant, moo. Tha numerous nn.UTu of thin napcr wfn be pleased to leam that thero fe Rl least one dieiuled disease that 6cieiire has been able lo cum In all Jta BTai'ea, and that fs Catarrh Hlla Catarrh Curo ie the only iioeitlvi-cum now known to the medical fmtermty. Catarrh being a constitutional tliaentie, requires a -oii-atUulinnal treatmc-nt. Hull's Catarrh Cr.i-r is taken Internally, acting iliroctlv nan tb- lijood and mucous surfaces of the 'vtcm, rht-reby tlostroylng the foundation of the dlsouso. and giving the atlent Mn-ngtb hy building up tbo constitution and assisting nature fn doing its work. The irorttnra have s. much fnitli in Its curative powers that lht-y offer One Hundred Dollars for auy case that it falls to cure, ticn-l for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CllHKEV & CO.. Toledo, O. ATBold by Druggists. ?5c.

Failed to Tempt Her. Clerk -Talk about close listed men. Why, that woman just going out at the door could give any man I ever saw cards and spades. Floorwalker -Oh, it's a woman's nature to haggle over prices, you know. Clerk - Hut she didn't haggle. She selected her things ami paid for 'beiii without n. word, but during tbe nineteen minutes I kept her wailing for her change she never looked at a thing in the store. 'Frald she'd we Siniu-tlillig she wanted, 1 suppose.

Follow It Sit down and cool off suddenly, nnd then rcgrot it. for stillness and soreness is bound to follow. Follow thorn up with St. Jacobs Oil an-! von will hnvo

notions to roeret from a prompt cure.

Facts In the Cuar. "They say that Gulliiigton has made a fortune out of polities." "Well, that may be so, but 1 happen to know that be w as poor as Job's turkey before he got- Into politics." To Cure a Cold in One DinTake Laxative Rromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails tocuie. 250. The genuine has I.. IS. Q. on each tablet-

Wonderful, "There Is positively the dumbest man I ever saw. Why, that fellow doesn't know anything!" "And yet he is chief assistant In bis wife's Intelligence office."

I.ane'a fr'aiuily Medicino Moves the bowels each day. In or der to be healthy this is necessary. Acta gently tho Jiver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price iio and otic. Both Mar.' Queen or Scots and George II, were buried at midnight

Western Canada the "itrcud Haskct of the Kmplrc." The attention directed to the wheat lields of Western Cauudu dining the past year has c:uim-.I thousands of settlers from din-'ivni pai'U of the I'nited Slates lo make iheir bullies then- during the pasi lew mouths, 'l iny report thai I heir experience corroborates what had been told ill. -in of that wonderful country, ami they arc sending hack to their Ir ends most favorable reporis. Inning ill-- past summer a number of Wiseou sinan-l Mb-liiirnti and Minnesota editors visited Western Canada, ami Hie following extracts are from a very flattering letter written by the ticiiii.iiiia of Milwaukee by its able contributor, Prof. Sherid.t n. ' The numerous elevators along the line, towering so far above the surrounding i-ounii.v that they may be seen for many miles distant, sutllciontly indicate that the chief Industry is the

growing of wheat. At the village of j

Indian Head more than a million bushels ol wheal was marketed last year. This was but a fraction of the amount of the same product marketed at the larger cities of Hrandon and Itcglna. At Indian Head the representative of the tJermania was told by a farmer that he was about to harvest his third crop of wheat from the farm upon one plowing given it the fall of IS!!.": the crops of the current year and of last year having been sown upon the stubble of the preceding crop. This fanner expected a yield of not less than forty bushels to the acre. The farms are very large. The absence of hills and rocks contributes to making farming on a large scale an easy matter. There was an abundance of evidence that the country surrounding the cities named above is an extensive region of fertile lands furnishing as great an opportunity for cattle raising mid dairying as for the growing of wheat." "We were surprised to find her a ieh growth of nearly every species of cultivable plant known iu Wisconsin. Various siM-cies of trees were growing, showing that its soil and its climate are f avorable to the growth of forests. The writer had never seen a more promising growth of wheal, oats and garden vegi--tables than was observed here. The Kxncrimcntal Farm of Wisconsin, located at Madison, produces nothing better." "The people along the line of the railroad, however, assured us that we were still far distant from the northern limit of the wheat-growing belt, and that five hundred miles farther north wheat and other agricultural products were cultivated with success. The Inhabitants do not depend solely upon the grow ing of wheat, lint utilize vast acres in raising i-aille. The growing grain and vegetables showed that a plentiful supply of rain had fallen during the current year." "From this city (Calgary) our party was taken north 200 miles to Edmonton, a town of n.orm people, situated on the north Saskatchewan river. The country at this point Is beautiful, presenting very much the appearance of many sections in centra! and southern Wisconsin. The people are engaged in mining for gold, and it' raising wheat, potatoes and cattle. Dairying is also followed. This valley seems to be favored with sutliclent rain fail to produce a luxuriant growth of grain nnd vegetables. The soil is very fertile and timber is abundant. Fields of wheat were observed (hat promise a yield of forty bushels per acre. The many good farm houses seen from the railway are evidence of the prosperity of the settlers. Filiuoutoii is the terminus of the road and the place where the overland expeditions start from for the Yukon, ii lh-ing about 800 miles from Dawson City." "The members of the association made the acquaintance of the Canadians of the Northwest and learned something of the vast extent of their territory and of its great resources, which are destined to make it our most formidable i oinmcrcial -oiniH-t itor in the world's markets for the sale of agricultural products. We learned that the Northwest Territory of Canada, instead of being a barren waste as taught by our geographies of a quarter of a century ago, is callable of sustaining an empire of lifty millions of people."

To Tell a Cow's Age, The way to tell a cow's age is by an Inspection of her horns. Up to the age of two, the horn is uniformly smooth from the root to the tip. At the ago of two, a ring or thick material grows at the base of each horn, forming a sort of notch, nnd an additional ring or notch is added every year afterwards. To find the age, therefore, count the rings and add two. In the case of a bull, the first ring does not appear until he Is fire years old. but one annual ring appears after that. Though now and again Irregularities occur, yet on the whole this rule Is reliable. Fraudulent dealers occasionally file down these notches or rings, but close Inspection is sufficient to expose the fraud. Aa She Liked It. Mrs. Ilcasley Oh, William, you ought to have gone to church with me this morning. It was such a beautiful service. Mr. Beasley Glad to hear that it was so nice. What was the sermon about? Mrs. Reasley I don't know, but Mrs. Gay ford sat just across the aisle from me and I know there wasn't a person In the church who couldn't see at a glance that sho wore her last winter's hat made over.

Seems to Get Kipe. Ono complaint seems to got ripe in autumn, mid that is Neuralgia-. To sootbo pain. Btrenthon tlio nerves and rid the system of it, uso tat. Jacobs Oil, tlio best known curo.

Why He Wasn't There. The Itev. Dr. Fourthly Mr. Wrappemeiip, I didn't see you at church yesterday morning. Grocer No, doctor. So many of your congregation came to get supplies for their Sunday dinner that I couldn't get awuy Iu time. Try Uraln-O! Try Orain-O! Ask your Grocer to-day to show yon n package uf GltAiN-O, the new food driuk that lakes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury rs ceil as the adult. All who try it. like it. GHAIN-O has tbut rich seal brown of Moehu or Java, but it is made from nuro grains, and tho most delicate stomach receives it witli. ml distress. V4 'be price of coffee. 15e. and 20 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers. No Chnnce for Pence, "Here's a writer who says married people ought to live across the street from each other."

"That wouldn't do at all

j fall out then about things they'd bor

row. My doctor on id I would die, but Pisa's ChI'h for Cousumptiou cured inc. Amos Keluer, Cherry Valley, III.. Nov. 2o, ".lo.

Knew Their Significance. Henry I'eck- It's curious that In selecting war jewelry men favored cartridges and women sw.irds. Mrs. Henry Peck -Not nt all! Tho sword is the weapon of command! The Jewelers' Weekly.

With their 1'eeileis Trio of Fast Express Trains Daily, Low flutes, Unexcelled llining Cur Service and Majjnif). cent Vestiliuleil .Sleeping Cars Ihioii'cl: lo Ne,v York City an-t llostoii, the Nickel I'latc olfers Hie Iiavuler to ihose. points every comfort and convenience demanded by the exactiug American public.

Belr .tnpnli-tln Toe. There Isn't anything that tickles a doctor so entirely as to get bold of a piece of mutilated humanity. If it Is peculiarly revolting In appearance he will have ns many different kinds of ecstasy over it as a summer girl does with a new kind of Ice cream. At tho meeting of the Golden Belt Medical Association at A I. i k ne the doctors had a beatific seance over the great toe of a negro that bad t --( sent them by Surgeon Mil "I i ii ! ii k of Topeka. The toe was an exhibit of the effects of a remarkable disease, only ten cases of which have ever been reported in I lie 1'nited States. A member aflllc:ed with this disease amputates Itself without the aid of a surgeon's knife. The lltst thing noticed by the patient Is an absence of feeling in the member. Then n slight furrow forms around It and steadily deepens until the member droits off without pain or the loss of blood. It ts common on the west coast of Africa among the negroes, but it has never been known to assail a white man. Kansas City Journal.

They Are Iteliable. The American Farmer Is sincere In what it says and whenever it Indorses au article, be it machinery, proprietary medicine, or a man individually, we want our readers to believe that what we say we have good reason to understand Is true. For a year or More there have been Indorsements of the Swanson Rheumatic- Cure Company of HIT Dearborn street, Chicago, by this paper. People have written us to know if this company is responsible, and if it.-, remm kable remedies, for the cure of rlieuimi' ism, neuralgia, dyspep sia. catarrh, Ub ney troubles, etc., real ly had merit. We have therefore been at extra pains to Investigate, and once again we add emphasis to our former Indorsement of that company. There may be isolated cases here and there which, probably through neglect iu following directions, or from exposure ot some uuexplainable reason, the wonderful-Five Drops remedy does not de the work. Hut It is a case where- the exception proves the rule. Mr. Swanson is n gentleman of character aud personal integrity, and. we believe, would no more attempt to deceive the public than the writer of tills article. Send 2-"c to the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company, 17 Dearborn street, Chicago. III., and they will send you by reiitru mall a trial treatment or a large bottle, 300 doses, prepaid by mail or express for $l.fK). No household should lie without this great remedy "5 Drops." Agents appointed in new territory.

Accounted For. Enthusiastic Hostess There a gentleniau who I;; always saying bright things. Really, his conversation fairly sparkles. Conceited Author (of a book that has tone Into its second hundred) All, yes; 1 am not surprised. Ho Is an enthusiastic reader of my works.

In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder to bo shaken into the shoes. During winter your feet feel uncomfortable, nervous, and often cold and damp.

If you have perspiring, smarting f-jet or light shoes, tlv Allen's Foot -Ease. It

warms and rests the feet and wakes

walking eas. Cures swollen ami sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of al. pain and is a certa n cure for chilblains kihI

frost biles. Try it to-day. Sold by all

druggists and shoo stores forUTx. Trial

package mailed 1TIF.E. Address Alien

S. Olmsted, l.e Itoy, .

Keening Tnti on Htm.

Gallant Old Be.iu-"Mlss Daisy, it

makes me ten years younger every time I see you."

.Miss Daisy (who has heard the

staietm nt before) Dear me, Mr. Wellalong. If I htivcn't made a mistake in tbe count you are now back iu the sixteenth century:"

What Do tho Children Drink.? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GIIA1X-OV It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Gralu-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about 4 aa much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c. Well-Known Phenomenon, Mrs. Lushforth Isn't alcohol a good thing to clean a hat with? Mr. Lushforth It always shrinks mine. Indianapolis Journal. Coughs X.enda to Cooauujpttoa.

Kemp's linhiatii will stop the cough at

once. Uo to youruruggist lo-uay ami get

a sample bottle freo. iSold in 33 and 60

cent bullies, uo at once; aeiays are nangorous. Our first impulses are good, generens, heroical; reflection weakens and kills them. L. A. Martin.

Low Holiday excursion rates aro in effect via the Nickel Plato Road on Die. l$:tl to 2'i h, Srtili and 31st, 1S98, and Jan. 1st and 2nd, IS!.), with tickets good returning to and mo tiling J in. 3rd, 1SD9. The Uo Indirect is often as bad and always uieauer and more cowardly than the lie direct. Ballou.

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Good Digestion Waits on appetite, or it should do so, but this can be only when the stomach Is in a healthy condition. Hood's Sarsaparilla so tones ami strengthens the stomach that it digests food eisily and naturally and then nil dyspeptic troubles vanish. Hood's; Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. Price 1. Hood's Pills cun- all I.iv-r Illi. SAcvnU. Wheat! Wheat! Wheat!

'N'otltttifbut tthtft fur ft !hi.,t"yittil() rneh mi t ithiT sul -what vmt iuiUr'U-i.,1 ;i gpftnf wheat" -v:is what a liK'tunr, s !. k i n k f V-sirn i 'iiiKittn, vti'l w:iil n'ffrnnt: to thai country. 'V-r particular as to . apptv to .1, lruch-

toii, .Mviia-lho-'k HMir.. tiicnno, !,: M. V. M.'liin. No. 1 Mfrrill Mi" k. O'troit, .M f.'h. I). 'a wit, A. Mi.-it., -r .la. (..rtv K'' t .'ity, Mid;.. A-'.'iits f r tiov.-rmiu'iit cf ('sua. la.

ASTHMA

I'OPHAM'S ASTHMA SPECIFIC

Givet.rili. f In TIT minutes, fiend f r FUKKtita.1 vnekatre. Bold by t uaia.ls. nt 1.I sent poMptUd Mil !. I PI r140a 8UbttS.00. A iltTH THOU. ltl'HiM, rHILi., Pi.

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Volute Nut I.nrkH. Thov Ml at Ktuht to cicrvoip usiiK Farm liijiiH"';i'ti fthtl oitWT ma,im. ry. Writ at ont t'r lilnvul term tutt cx'.ti' ve TttTitory, if y u want K HV UK MONKY-M.WiKIt.

THE VOLUTE hUT LOCK CO., Fort Wayne. Ind.

ENSI0NS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOHN W MORRIS, WASHINGTON. 0. 0, Latt frlncUal htoiiuer U. B, FeuitlQU Bur,

Jt yr. ia itut ar, l.iaUjuJiMtio( oUiaw, tut, iuh

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Perfectly Hnrmleas. Dlx I once knew a young man trho

smoked lifty ci(?arette3 dally without

any particular litrm resulting therefrom. Mix Is It posslhle! Dlx Yes; and tlic only nolicealds effect was the death of the smoker.

The Knormotis Hold Prod net of 189S. I'rom Smith Africa, the Klondike and t ....I n K.. ... .1.1 l.oimr uhint,,,,! in l-...

quantifies. This year's uu!iut will nearly VuMc that nf any previous twclrc mouths. Vhc sale of Hosteller's Stomach Hitters in

also increasing wry iasi, im lammuf remedy will cure dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, nervousness and weakness. The Laborer and His Hire. "Hun back to the hotel and see If I left my watch in my room. Here's half a dollar If you're back with U before the trn;n starts."' The intelligent messenger boy was off like n shot. lie was back Just n tbo train was iitillihi; cut. "Yes, sir," he cried: "yon left It there. I saw it myself. Gimme my half dollar:" New York Journal.

Holiday Kxcursioiiai Kxctiiiiioii tickets will bo sold at all station on the North- Western line (C ci

N. . irv, '.. m. I . .ii. re ii. ii. y. r. ... V. li'y and 1'. K. & M. V. It. 1!.) loali other point-i on this system, within 200 miles of the scllinj,' station, at greatly redtie-'d rate', December 21, '23, LT and 31, 1S1IR, and January 1 and 2, 19. (rood until JanuaiT l, 1S99. Apply lo nnonls Chicago ii Xortli Western It'y for lull particulars. Holiday excursion tickets via the Nickel Plate ltoad are. on sale Dec. iSSrd, SM'.h, 23th, lli Ii, 80th and 3Nt, 1WW. Jan. 1st and 2nd, is:..l. ami are cond returning to and Inclu'litiK Jan. Jird, ltftW. With their splendid train service and low ra'tcs the Nickel I'lato Uoad adds a pleasing fcaturo to the enjoyment of Holiday travel.

St. Jacob Oil enrea St. Jacobs Oil " St. Jacob Oil St. Jacobs OU " St. Jacobs Oil M St. Jacobs Oil - St. Jacobs Oil " St. Jacobs Oil " St. Jacob Oil St. Jacobs Oil "

Rheamattasa. Kaaralgts. Lnmbago, Sciatica, Spralaa, Dralaaa, Soreneti Stltnan. Ilaelacbs, Miucalsr svssss

Weighty. nc.-Ah, Nellie; you used to call yourself "a silly little thing without Mvy brains," but you have shown that you can discins a weighty subject, too. She-Why, what have I said. Harold, to make you think that? He You've been talking t m for the last half hour about those biscuit you made, and But she was crying;, so be stopped.

To California. Attention is called to the excellent serf ice of ttie North- Western Line to California and the favorable rates whict bare been made for single and round trip tickets for this season's travel. liett aoooanindations in t'.rst-class or tourist sleeping; cars, which run through every day in the year. Personally conducted tourist est part ies every week to California and Ore gun. Choice of a large number of different; routes without extra charge. Particulars cheerfully given urx.n application to agent Chicago Northwestern Kuihvay, or connecting lines.

When you are planning to spend your winter in a milder climate, do not overlook ihc advantage offered by California. Low rates aro iu tlfot via tbe Nickel I'.ate Road, and each of the r Peerless Trio ot Fust Express Trains makes direct connections at Chicago witb ail lines to California. Inquire of Agents of lbs) Nickel Plato ltoad lor additional Infer ii a '.ion. tin. vrinlaw'a Soo-rnnva btsf nor AtlSnai

repining: Btmni ma cuma, reaucaa tnaa

auar a pain, cure wiaa cone se

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GOVERNOR OF OREGON

UsesPe-ru-na-iAin His Family

Colds.

" jjHKira.. Hi assaaer

CAPITOL BUIUDINC, SALEM, ORECON.

A Letter from the Executive Office of Oregon.

Pe ru na Is known from the Atlantic tc the l'u-iiie. Letters of cougratohitlon and -iiitii.ndaton testifying to the ineiits of l'e-ru na .is n catarrh remedy are pouring in from every State in Ihe Union. Ir. llarttmii Is recclvlnc hundreds of sin-h letters daily. Alt elaKses write these letters, from the highest to the lowest. The outdoor laborer, the Indoor artisan, the lerk, the editor, the statesman, the preaeiu-r -all agree that IV m-na Is liie catarrh remedy of the aire. The stape and roHlriun, rccocnlziri;: catarrh as their greatest enemy, are especially enthusiastic ir.

ineir praise ana irsiiuioiiy. i Any man who wishes perfect health must! tie oi.tlrely free from catarrh. Catarrh Is j well-nlKh universal: almost oainipreseiiT.

Pe-ru-na is tbe only absolute safeguard known. A cold Is tbe In im! nu of catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds. Is to elieat catarrh out of its victims. Pe-ru-na not only cures calarrli. but prevents. Kvery liousi-liold should he supplied with this great reme'dy for coughs, co'.ds ami so forth. The Governor of nrejroii is an ardent admirer of I'e-rn-na. He keeps It continually

Ask nr.ii dr ir gist for a fiw TV-

In the house. In a recent letter to Dr. 1

man he says: STiTE or Osssow.

EXECDTIVS DXPJUITXBUT,

Sai KM. May S, 18M.

The Pe rn-ua Medicine Co., Columbus, Oslo:

Dear Sirs I have bad occasion to ose yoar Pp-ru-n.-i medicine In rtiy family for colds, nnd It proved to h :m excellent remedy. I have not had occiisinu to use it fo? other at! nionts. Yours very truly, XT. M. Lord. It will be noticed that tbe Governor saya

be hns not hud occasion to use Pe-ru-na fov other ailrrts. The reason for this is. most

other ailments In-jrln with a cold. Uslna; Pe-ru-na to promptly cure colds, he protects bis family nirninst other ailments. This la

! exactly what every other family in the Cri- ! led States should do. Keep l'e rn-na In tka bouse, t'so It for coughs, colds, la grlppej ! and other climatic affections of winter, and ; there will he no other nilmeutstn the house. Soeli families should provide themselves with a c v of Hi-. Ilnnman's free book. entitled "Winer Catarrh." Address Oa I Hartman. Co mtihus. Ohio.

nt-tta A Itnanar for the vrwr JH99.

"The More You Say the Less People Remember." One Word With You, SAPOLIO

SCHOOL AND DESK TABLETS PLAIN OR RULED. We will make them of any kind of Paper you desire, and print the name you select for the Tablet, together with your name and location, on the cover, and wrap them with the label same as cover on each package. Linen Paper. Wove Writing Paper. Tinted Laid Writing Paper. Common Scratch Paper. WRITE US FOR ESTIMATES AND SAMPLES. CHICAGO NEWSPAPER UNION. . ... FORT WAYNE NEWSPAPER ONION BRANCH. 76, 78 and 80 Clinton St.. FORT WAYNE. IND.

MEXICO JANUARY-FEBRUARY, SIXTH ANNUAL TOURS BY SPECIAL TRAIN DE LUXE. First tour leaves January J7th, Second tour leave February tlth. GATES TOUiS OF MEXICO Are made' by special (rains of Palace cars includiiiK Oi'itipartment sleepers. Ladies' Parlor and obscrvat.on Oar and Dining Car si rvins all meals en route. If yon are inteiested in these graul louts ol thirty days ilnouRii the strange., weird, snd interesting' "LAND OF Till! MONTEZliMAS." Apply for books ot the tours, rates cover int; ail traveling expenses, assignments in sleepi.ii; cats, etc , etc.. U K G. Thompson, Special Kepre-entatiie lor Mr. Gates, Wafcaih Ticket Oilic;, f ort Wayne, Ind.

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ESTABLISH A HOME OF YOUR OWN Von can do it The finest agricultural land in tbe world lies West of to Mississippi River. Prices are low wf farmers are prosperous. You can get valuable information by reading "Tmt Corn Belt,'' which is tha handsomest farm paper ever published. It is beautifully illustrated and contains exact and strictly truthful information about the West. Issued monthly. Send i jc. for a year's subscription to "The Corn Belt," aoo Adams St.. Chicago, His. Dl TLIIT"-"""' " """J U Searekfraa, fA I til I Collaiacl ACo. J FSt. WashiagtoaAC,

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tlitM-hftrges, tutUmaMlAOMaj Irritations or utewttom t UlUCOUl MUalblMaV.

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ftTHtEvfttts Chemical Go. 11 r potaanoat.

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No. 62 '08.

When Writing to Aovorllsera pbuum