Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 38, Number 37, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 May 1896 — Page 2

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THE HANCOCK STATUE Parclld! at the National Capital with Itux.iijr IVrniiniilf A Cruuil.ou of the "Hero of tirlt)!mri;" Kemutvtt th Veil, anU tlcii .lohn M. falmrr. of llllols, Drllvoml tho IledltAlorv Oratlou Washinuton. May, 13. The bronze xjufstriau oLttuc of Mnj.-GcB. Win(Id Scott Uanoock, "lien of Gettysburg," was un veiled at the intersection f lVnusylvaaiuTand Louisiana avenue With Sevcuth and C streets, the Im-dest highway en sing in the capital, lres tdent Cleveland prcs;dud at the coro ruony, which followed one of the most Imposing military parades of a city f anions for stich pageants, and which was witnessed by many distinguished In the arts of peace nnd war who had been closely asvnMated with tho great aoldicr and po jmar i 1 d.

Maj.d-.. ;m!J .-Jit .. The l.ron. ' -.tin is 14 feet 0 inches from the plinth to the crown of th hat surmounting an elaborate stone base 19 feet high. Th- soldier's fac wears nn txpre.s.ion of calm determination and diynity as his horse prances tinder the restraint of tijrhtly-drawn reins. The statae has the further distinction of bein j th- first statue of ny odicer in Washington to be erected wholly at the expense of the povernmeet, the numerous others havinjr been secured through societies of army urviTors, On arrival at the scene of ceremonies, where a platform had been erected for the 300 specially invited g-uests, the troops formed along the streets facing the statue, nnd President Cleveland, commanding silence, while Ri. Kev. Henry Y. Satterlee. D. P.. Bishop of Washington, made the opening prayer. After the Marine band played "Star Spanpled Banner," Cadet Glynn P.. Hancock, of the third class, I nited States military academy, assisted by a detail of United .State- sailors, unveiieu me u-iiue. wane a light battery, stationed on the Wafditon monument grounds near by, Sred a major-g-entmrs salnte of 13 puns and all the troops stood at "present anus." Cadet Hancock is the prandson of Gen. Hancock, and the only male descendant of that gallant soldier. Maj.Gen. John M. Palmer, senator of Illinois, was then presented by the president, and delivered the dedicatory oration. "Hail Columbio,"by the Marine band, followed the close of Gen. Palmer's oration, which was frequently interrupted by the enthusiastic audience, and with a benediction by Kev. V. 11. Gotwald, Potomac post chaplain, 0. A. L. the ceremonies concludeiL POSTMASTER HESI N G Clfi the Kru!t of nn Interview with ClpTrtnnit uml Correct a Statnent. Ciiicaoo, May 13. A New York dispatch yesterday stated that in an interview Monday with the correspondent of a paper tn that city Postmaster Hesinjr spoke literally as follows; "I called on the president recently t the White House and he informe'd mc in unequivocal language that under no circumstances would he asain be in the field, because his health would prevent it; that he needed out of door air and exercise to prolong his life; that he would not even accept tho nomination if made: that ha had all the honor it was possible to obtain in the exalted position he occupies, and that he would have the risk of defeat." To a representative of the United Press Mr. Hesing- last evening- qualified the foregoint; interview in a vital particular. He said: "I did not tell the special correspondent that this talk with the president was of recent date. On the contrary, I told him that it occurred more than a year ago, and I cxplictly intimated to him that when I met the president recently nothing whatever was said, directly or indirectly, concerning another nomination or a third term. With this amendment, which is important, the portion of the interview refered to is correct hubstantially and to it I have nothing to add." PRESIDENT KRÜGER AttonUhrd At tho ItrltHh orrrninrnfl I)rfrn of Ocll Khoiir i;t AI. Pkktoiua, May 13.-President Krugcr has declared his unbounded astonishment at the British government's defense of Cecil P.hodesnnd the British South Africa Co. in the British houso of commons during the debate of the colonial estimates last Friday, and has expressed the wish that he had been personally present in order to rc.'uto theargurrenLsof Mr. Chamberlain. The alleged Intrigue", between the Transvaal government and Germany, he detires, arc tne merest soap bubbles- I Ihe bouth African Uepublie. President Krugcr say, wishes to be friends uith 11 people, but those who cntrineerud the recent plot against the Transvaal ! must be punished, ana there will be no ! est In hotith Africa until this is done. A WATERSPOUT That Went Thrratftiln-fty r to St. Joph, Mlrh. St. ..oF.rir, Mich., May 13. Tjurint? t wind and rain storm here Monday afternoon an immense waterspout sprung up in Lake Michigan, it was followed by a fierce squall, and for awhile it was feared that the citv might be endangered. Water was sent whirling up in great volumes high Into the air. falling back like a continuous cloudburst. The waterspout dlstttrlied tho water for maaj yards about It

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

Kot i'ti IVrxtn 3tirf or !. Scrloudf la. Jui nl by tin I.vi:i9lna of Natural (in uml Ivrro.rno In it llurulus Huiliilri; tu .ll- viiy City t lir It'tliu Completely Kt-lutcil lit riitmv fur Several MillUU", "Tittshcucu, Pa., May 14. Seven persons were more or less seriously injured in un explosion of natural gas and kerosene in the grocery store of Charles Flecker, at West Knd and Kirk pa trick avenues, Allegheny, last eveuiug. The injured are: John Norton, firemaii, badly burned about the faco and hands aud inhaled llames, may die; Hubert II. McKay, fireman; Charles Herman, fireman; William Kiehardbou, pollccnmn; Lee Ijllsessor, tiremati; Jo.eph Uaber, foreman of engine cotnpuuy, and William Canvnn, a boy all burned about the face and hands. At nine o'clock lire was discovered in the building aud engine No. 3 responded to the call. When the llames wore quenched Chief Hunter of the üre lopartinent suggested that the ureaieu go into tne cellar ot

the buildmg to see that there ; IJbhop Bowman also asked to be alwas no more tire. Several of the . lowcii to a "1 have just

stairway when a ternae explosion took place, hurling the men down. All of those who had descended into the cellar were completely enveloped in the Humes, and it was many minutes before they were rescued, Horton being tho last one to he taken out. The damage to the building was small. MORE THAN ENOUGH. Mr. McIÄtiiIej'4 Malinger Claim .Vtinoit thn Kill Ire Map. Cleveland, 0., May 1. According to the figures in M. A. II anna's bfiice, Maj. McKiule3-'apolitical strength covers nearly the entire country. Here is the latest list of states which are pledged to stand by McKinley to the end, accordiug to the McKinley managers: Arizona. Mlane-ota, Ohio. California, Missouri, KhoUc Island, Deiaware. Misiipnl. South Dakota, Florida. Maryland. South CaroUaa, Inuiana. New Meslco, Teaaessee, IUtnol. North Caroliaa.Vlrginta. Indian Terri- Nebraska, Vermont. ury. Nonh Dakota. Washington, Kassas. New Jersey. Wisconsin, MtchMa Oregon, West Virginia. That nearly covers the map, but there i another list. Mr. Hanna figures on 10 votes from Kentucky, 22 oct of 2G from Georgia, i'i) ojit of 2! from Alabama, ono-nalf of the ConI uecticut votes, 12 from New York and 12 from Pennsylvania. Allowing the 12 New York votes to stand, McKinley, according to his .' managers' table, ha.s 4Sti votes, 30 more than enough to nominate on the first ballot. At headquarters here the oßicialä : are busy preparing for the couveu- j tion. A contract was made Tuesday for two itnmeuse portraits of McKin- j ley, about three times life-size, one ol ' winch will be placed each side of the i entrance io tue üt. Louis ExnoVitioa building, which will be the rallyiny place of the McKinley men. REDUCED RATES for the Various I'olltlciit Conventions ana for tli Youur lVotlc'ii Chrl.ttu t'nlou i ninirnuoii, Piftnnr 1i 11 Tl... 1 1 f , . j.,, uuaiu ui

jau-1i.ririUl me joint irauic associa-1 We called those secret meetings that tion has approved reduced rates for ! we might question those beloved bishthe prohibition party's national cot-, ops when not surrounded by reporters, ven Hon at Pittsburgh and the renub-, In the interest nf thn Pnisnnnl W,r,l

lican convention at SL Louis. One ; i iui nie luuiiu inji win oe enargeu 1 tor uotn conventions. Tickets for I intsuurgn win oe good from May 21 to May 30 inclusive, and for ist. Louis from June 12 to June 21, or the day following adjournment in case this limit is exceeded by the convention. For tho Chicago convention a onefaro is made from the east, tickets to be good from July .1 to 12. A similar reduction is made for the Young People's Christian union convention at Oiaaha, tickets to be good August 14 to 23, and an extension of 20 davs granted by depositing tickets with joint agents. AN I LL-FA TEDFÄ M I LY. .Mnrder, Suicide nnd .Shock Canse tti Ufuth of rather. Mother, Hon nnd l)aU2htfr.lu.U-iw. Citotrs Point, Ind, May 11. Jacob Ellwanger shot and Itillcd himself at his home here yesterday morning while temporarily insane. His wife was stricken with apoplexy as a result of the shock and will die. Ellwanger's insanity was duu to brooding over the murder of his son aud aon's wife in a mysterious manner at Cedar Lake, near here, last j-ear. The murders created a sensation and because the woman's body was found first it was suspeeted that the missing husband bad killed her. until his body was found in a marsh. THE SCHOONER GLADIATOR leaves I'ort .Mjern. Ha., with Arn, Atamunition ami Men for Cuba. Jacksonville, Fla., May H. The schooner Gladiator left Fort Myers, l-'la., Tuesday night with arms and ammunition for the Cuban insurgents. auo niso carneu men and up mure at Key Largo. Amonir tho Americans on board were .re .1. D. Kose, Washburn, in'oTa' raphl-tl gun, and L: CStewart, a skilicuengi. nilVVTinmr fni-roitnI..Mti II i ueer. A. II. Harris, an exnert at inn. ......"w . . ' " - i Alfonso Gonzales, Uie ostieditioa. -1 r. 1 .. . 1 1 . mau ßii MU.iril. i Cuban, commanded xitedition. i UNPRECEDENTED RAINFALL Follow the Kern tit Cycluue iiVli. t Lincoln, Lincoln, Neb., May IL The fall of rain following Tuesday's tornado has been almost unprecedented and Hoods in the low-lying districts of the city will follow unless thoro is an early cevsation of the downpour. The record of precipitation for the 21 hours ending ut four o'clock yesterday afternoon wus 1. 57 inches. The bottom lands in west Lincoln are already partly submerged nnd -o wiuants are prapuriua to move out

BOWMAN AND FOSTER,

t Two Yeitmibln unit Vftcrnti ItUhou ot , Win M. K. t'liurt-li. Dropped ljr Iii j Uenerat Conference a oni;nctle. After an l!ii-ltliiir Seen 1'iiIIiiwIhi I'm ! ' Report of thi Coiiinilttr on Kil!eo4i' ' Krcunimi'Htlliii; iSneh Action. j Cx.uVEi.AN, 0., May IS The general J conference of the Methodist church 'met at S:30 a. in., with Bishop Malta lieu in the chair. It was decided that diplomas from Methodist schools be accepted in lieu of the eonferenee in I course of study from candidates for I the ministry. The reports of the committee on 1 episcopacy were presented by Kev. Dr. j Huokloy. j Ileport No. 1 recommended the re ; tiremeut of the senior bishop. Thomas ! V. Bowman, and of ltishop Kaudolph ; Foster, on account of non-eiTcctivc i ness. A most impressive scene followed j the reading of the rep.rL Bishop IW I ter arose, and, amid the almost breath- ! less silence, said that he wished to relieve the conference from any delicacy t in acting as their judgments dictated. i nrt am nunj iHective." ! Kev. George II. Hridgemau offered a t substitute, which provided that Bishop ( Bowman and Bishop Foster be not rei tired, and that the board of bishops te asked to give them light work, j Dr. Bridgemansaid that the re port of j the committee was unkind. Who are j these men that Dr. Buckley and his i committee sav in the church, and to world, that they are non-alTectivc? They are those who have done most for Methodism. The majority report would be exceedingly hurtful to the church." Kev. Dr. James F. Chaffee, of Minnesota, said that unless the confer- ! ence wanted to be confronted with uruiiusmuns oi r! i this kind to limit the terms of the bishops, it must pass something this line. This is no place for seutiment. We must act according lo our conviction and retire these men, painful as it may be. Kev. Dr. Lanahan.of Baltimore, said: "There is a great deal of honey in the report. The honey, however, is a very jood way to smooth the way the committee aimed at. There are things that aavu been left out of this discussion :hat would better be said.

"I think, sir, that the proceedings of j hundreds of , tins episcopal committee have been '3 years o f( unparalleled m the hsstorv of the' ",: i .u

;hureh. For the honor of 'the church I hope it may never occur again. This committee has been in se2ret session. It was a meeting for execution. I think that one of the dangers of our church to-day is in keeping secret what ought to be published. What was there to be said about these great men? Have they been guilty of any impropriety? The committee said in presence of visitors that thev wished to sav thinjrs that should not be made public I will ask the chairman of the committee on episcopacy to sav whether it is so or not." Dr. Buckley arose and in a very agi tated manner said: "Our renort was voted for by all of our committee of 130. save five members. Thw br.tli.

n, if they arc not retired, are official J convention distinguished itself by insidents of the great episcopal cities, i serting in its platform the old high

residents oi uie great episcop: I beseech you to adopt the majority re- ) port. ' j The substitute was tabled and the i report adopted, retiring Bishops Bow- j man and Foster, EXHIBITS j SOUTHERN STATES Being Organized for the Kspoiltlon Is Chleso. AuorsTA, Ga.. May 15. The orgaal zation of exhibits for the Southern States exposition at Chicago is pro- ! ceeding rapidly. The followiti" gen- ! eral exhibits have been decided upon. ! to show the products of the entire south: Forest Products In charge of Prof. B. E. Fernow, chief of division of forestry. United States agricultural department. Mineral Products In charge of Dr. David T. Day. United States geological survey. Fibers Probably in charge of C. K. Dodge, of United States agricultural i department. j Each of tho foregoing will occupy at j least lO.Otn) square feet. A great feaI tu re will be made of cotton, cotton j products and processes of manufacture, which will require about 20,000 j square feet. It will comprise the carlieGt and most improved machinery and every variety of cotton J abric It is expected that this departmentwill be under the direction of a videly-known expert and prominent inventor of cotton machinery. The to : bacco suction will be planned under tlio advice of Dr. IL B. Battle, director of the United States experiment statiou, Raleigh, N. C. and George F. C. Vandcrvord, secretary United States experiment station, Knoxville, Tcnn., both of whom are eminent authorities on tobacco culture. Prof. W. C. Stubb. director United States experiment sta- ' tion. New Orleans, will probably su ' .Ht'and aUow square feet for each and an equal ! ru - - ttIcr. fn .-. 1. 1 1.1 TM... ..1 amount for jreneral exhibits and mil-, ' .1 .1 t.ln , . 1 I ... 4 I - .. ... , in imvit, l Ulli i:,iiiiiii.- lur niliU'V now entered aggregate about lLVOuQ square feet. THE HANCOCK STATUE ! Warmly Cotninrtiilf il r.lthfcl I. Hirne, nihI a Work of Art. Washington, May l.'.. The Hancock statue which was unveiled to view here on Tuesday baa been warmly commended ns a work of art and a likeness of the war hero. Situated as It is, at the ju notion of two of the business streets of Washington, and but a short distance from the cipitol, il will be scon by thousands of people whe never llnd their way to the varioui reservations where other monumcuta are placed.

FARMERS AND PROTECTION.

for 31 Want Tlirjr Wrr Cnnipllil to 1'ajr Million In 1'iijinl Taxation. This country was settled by the tillers of the soil. It was tho farmers who cleared away the forests, fought Indians and wiM beasts, and in later years achieved the country's freedom from the tyranny of foreign rulers. It has been the farmers who hnve pushed the lines of civilization steadily westward and have occupied tho great prairies and fertile river valleys. It is the ever increasing number of those who live by cultivating the earth that has created markets for the diversified industries which have sprung up all over the country. The truo basis of all the nation's industrial and commercial trrcatness has been in the millions of farms und not in the manufacturing cities and towns. At the present time the farmers greatly outnumber those who nre engaged in manufacturins.' pursuits. As ours is a government which is claimed to represeut the whole people it might naturally be supposed that the interests of the majority were the firstconsideratiou of national legislations. A brief examination will show whether such is the fact. The census returns for ISOO show that the farm products of the United States in the last census year were valued at S2, .'.(, 000,003. In the same year the prouncts of the American manufacturers were valued at 9,r.00,OOO.OUO, or more than four times greater in value than the farm products. For this remarkable result of the larger number of persons producing a comparatively small share of the annual wealth of the country there must be some sutlicient reason. What that reason is is not hard to find. It is in part that for over 30 years the republican party maintained a most iniquitous system of taxation which fell with crushing weight upon the American farmer. Under the pretense of creating a home market for their products the farmers were compelled to pay billions of dollars in unjust taxation, and billions more in high prices extorted by the favored objects of class legislation. The protected manufacturers were subsidized with money wrung from the unprotected farmers. Instead of helping the great foundation industry of the country, it was oppressed by laws which brought rum aud povert. to thousands. The record of republican rule was one of continued discrimination airainst the men whose unwearied toil had made, this great commonwealth. This is whv there has teen so much poverty and discontent among the farmers; why the price of farm lands

has steadily fallen in many states; ready too low, or American workmen, wny the young men have left the rural j who arc idle because there is an overdistricts and crowded hito the cities ' production of goods which cannot find and towns. Ts it not time to protest i a market, think of the Ohio policy

against the attempt of the monopolists who control the republican machine. to restore and extend the system which has proved such a curse to the farming industry? AN AGED CHESTNUT. New Ilampihlrr Kroubllrnn .tttopt tho On That "tlir Fnrrlsner I'ttTitlie V." The New Hampshire republican state i larui cncsinut: "ine toreigner pays i the tax." After some stereotyped abuse of the democracj" for "three years of disappointment, privation and distress, the Granite state republicans uemanaeu "tne speedy repeal ot the democratic tariff and the substitution thereof of one based upon the prmci pies of the McKinley act, for the pro curement of national revenues as far as possible from foreigners who mar ket their merchandise in competition with our productions." j It is just possible that the benighted McKinleyitcs of New Hampshire are 611,1 lmn?T -n the mists and uisrkness of lhe whcn lt ,vas Sieved that tazc on imPrts were Paid bJ the fori ciku jjnmuccr. iiiiuiuer real or asj sumed their ignorance shows that in spite of our great public school system I there is still a deplorable need of the study of elementary arithmetic If the men who talk of collecting revenues from foreigners wcro able to add und subtract correctly, they would not try to impose their theory on the public. The notion that duties on goods arc not paid by the consumer cannot be honestly held by anyone who understands that two and two make four, or that five from six leaves one. The facts of every-day business experience show so plainly the absurdity of the delusion that we can tax the people of other countries for the support of our government, that it is unnecessary to seriously ar'ue agaiust itA mind so constituted that it believes that although the importer adds the customs duties to the price of the gooda he buys from abroad, and the retailer charges the tariff tax to the price at which the goods are finnlly sold, the foreign producer pays the additional cost due to the tariff cannot be in llucnccd by facts or logic Tho idea put into the platform of the New HntnpshSro republicans is not a doctrine or a theory, but a superstition, " "w UU1 V?' ! " ; 1: TaT 1 L " """'". r ......- lT"M t inrr.n Mr lllfhrr ilurina chnnli " .- " .. ..-v.., ........... bc even larger. By 19 M even the New Hampshire protectionists may find out that taxes are always paM by the consumers of the goods on which they are Imposed. The New York Tribune, a leading republican paper, calls trusts "enemies of the people" Yet the Tribune Is doing all in its power to persuade tho people to nominate for president, Maj. McKinley, tho friend and agent of trusts nnd monopolies. If trusts rob the public through special privileges, It would scent that tho way to destroy their powers for evil would be to abolish the tariff taxes which enable, them to chargo high prices. What do tho people who are bled by the trusts think about itJ

A KINDERGARTEN LESSON.

An i:o of tho 1 lir)ory Whlrh I'mlnrllrt tho .llrlilul-y llleli Ti.rlfT SmIimIIo. Tho theory of trado prohibition which underlies the high tariir swindle was laid down in a recent speech by Maj. McKinley as follows. 4 ' livery shipload of foreign products that wo buy displaces just that quantity that is made in tho United States, und as you displace this quantity you displace tho requisite labor required to make it in tho United States." If this assertion is truo it would follow that till trade is an evil since tho purchase by one section of a country of goods from another section would displace domestic products of a value equal to the imported goods. Thus the sale of a car load of hay from New York state in Massachusetts must displace a portion of the hay crop of tho latter state. According to Maj. MeKinley'seeonoiny this would injure tho Massachusetts fanner, aud would deprive labor of employment. Voters who have reached even the kindergarten stage of political economy know that the McKinley idea is wholly a fallacy. New York hay is shipped to Massachusetts only when It can be sold at a profit Instead of displacing the labor products of Massachusetts it creates a demand for them, as the New York furnier must take something produced by labor in exchange for his hay. That something I may bo boots, cotton, barb wire or money. In either case it production gives employment to labor. Kxactly the same is true if instead of coming from New York the hay was raised in Canada, or any other foreign country. Tho Canadian farmer sells hay because ho wants goods made by the labor of New York or Massachusetts. He does not give away his products, but takes back a quantity of goods equal In value to what he sells. The result of the business transactions which Maj. McKinley wants to stop by high tariff, is that the people of New York who want hay, and tho farmers of Canada who want goods arc both benefitted by getting what they want cheaper than they can pro duce them for themselves. This is thn ultimate object of all commerce, a well as of labor-saving inventions, improved methods of transportation, th diversification of industries and the civilized arts. j If foreiijh goods displace our prod ucts, the goods we ship abroad must j displace those of countries with which ) we trade. Were trade-prohibiting tar- j iifs made universal we should lose our markets for nearly $000.000,00) worth of goods, which we now export annii- I ally. What do tho American farmers,' I who complain because prices an ro al t I winch if carried out bv other eountries would leave us with product worth 5000,000, 000 u n sol d ? WllIDDE.V GllAn.VM. FREE TRADE IN FRANCE. An l.'ucour.izlrnr Men of th (Irowth ouinl l.niuonilc l'rlnclpl. An encouraging sign of the growth of sound economi i- principles is shown j cut in Paris, France, in the establish men oi a r reo iraue league. The new organization has been formed for the purpose of carrj'ing on a vigorous educational campaign against protection. It is proposed to act th rough the medium of chamjbers of commerce and other commlttcjs of business men in m m- tt .... creating public sentiment in favor of lower tariff duties. In an address to the people M. Kohn. the president of the league, says: "France loses annually 1.500,000 francs (8235,000) through the protective system. Germany i petting tho better of us in the principal markets of the tvorld, and we arc willfully repulsing friendly peoples who used to be our best customers. If it is useless to attempt tho conversion of the men bound to the pernicious laws which enrich them, it is time to shake the indifference, enlighten tho economic ijrnorance of the greatest number, and prepare a distinctly frco trade programme for the next legislative elections. We know already that the public powers are disposed to tranv late into laws the grievances of the immense majority of consumers." Until recently tho unsettled political conditions of France have kept tho tariff issue in the background With the prospect that tho republic Is now i firmly established it is to bo honed that ere long the unrcpublican system of protection favors to monopolists will be swept away, and the old French doctrines of liberty and equality of rights be established in iU atead. Railroad InrnlnK Inrrelnir. The Financial Chronicle, an authority on business matters, states that the earnings of the railroads of the United States during tho month of February were 12.S percent larger than for last year, and that the tonnnge on the western roads Is greater than for the same month in 1S03 or any subsequent year. This means that more goods arc being produced nnd sold, and consequently that the country is becoming "n " , u m.T" " ",T, ... nw for the railroads. Is it possible possi that in spite of the doleful predictions of tho trade-hating McKlnleyites tho people nre buying and selling more than in ISO", when protection was the country's policy? Prices of staple farm products aro low, and ftrmers complain that tho railroad freights cat up all tho prollts on their crop3. But the railroads have to pay the trusts price of 8i) per ton for steel rails, while the Rarae rails nre sold to Japan and Canada for less than ?22. The nddltonnl 57 comes out of tho farmers' pockets. Is lt nny wonder that freights nro high? Tho protected steel trust keeps tho prico of steel at least eight dollars per ton higher than it would be under frco trade. Tho farmer who has to pay moro for a steel harrow this spring is contributing to the profits of the trust "illioualrea. Does lie liko it?

NICKNAMES. Lovw V. was Tho Idle, on account of his lnlucss.

IloitMiaiiAH of Persia wns less, from a natural defect. Tho ovs 1'Efi.s, son of Chnrles Martel. 'I'I,.. VJI ...I., ,, . . ' wni hui i, tum ins smuii stature, Hakomj I.. of Kugland wru Tho Hurt foot, from his lleotness in run:hig. Ci!Am.i;.H 111. of Naples was The hittie, because of his diminutive stature. CiiAiti.Ka VII. of France was Tho Victorious. He won forty-seven battles. Ihm Ait, tho Saxon king of Kngland, was Tho Peaceable, from hb dislike of war. Joii.v of Kngland was called Lackland, from losing a lnrgc bhare of hi.i possessions. FitKiiniucK II. nnd Otto HI. of (ierraany were each styled The Wonder of tho World. Pi:ti:r IV. of Aragon was The Ceremonious, from his punctiliousness hi court etiquette. PTOi.E3tr, king of Macodon, was Tho Thunderbolt, from the vigor of his militari" movements. Ciiaiu.ks VI. of France was hated by his people, and in derision was termed The Well Beloved. Ai.i'iio.nso II. of Leon natcd The Chaste. No ever alleged against him. was deuomi-s'.-andal wan Chaih.es III. of Frr.nce was in derision called The Simple, or Tho Fool, on account of his stupidity. ENGLISH. Ax Athenian society has been formed In Loudon for tho purpose of printing privately literal and absolutely complete and unexpurgated English translations of Greek authors. Nicotine poisoning from eating grapes from vines fumigated with pure nicotine mado many persons sick recently in Dorchester, England. Nono of the cases proved fatal. Cleoi'ATHA's Needle on tho Thames embankment is scaling off; it is suggested that the same means he used to prevent this that were used in preserving the obelisk in Central park. Fon swearing in members in the house of commons the revised version of the Bible is used for Protestants, tho Douai version for Catholics and a copy In Hebrew for Jews. A red-poi.i.ed cow at Whitlingham, England, has yielded milk continuously since she ceased calving, fivo years ago, her record being thirteen thousand seven hundred nnd thirtj'-fouf quarts of milk of tho first quality. N ether caso liko this is known Crip The iron grasp of scrofula hits ne mercy upon its victims. Thin demon of the b'ood is often not sntisficd with causing drtadful sores, but racks tho body with the pains of rheumatism until Hood's Sarsaparilla cures. 44 Nearly four years ago I became f lctcd with scrofula aud rheumatism. Made Running sores broko out on my thighs. Piecc3 of bono came out and au operation was contemplated. I had rheumatism ia my legs, drawn up out of shape. I lost appetite, could not sleep. I was a perfect wreck. I continued to grow worse aud finally gave up tho doctor's treatment t Well take Hood's Barsaparillo. Soon appetite came back; tho sores commenced to heal. My limbs straightened out and I thrct away my crutches. I am now stowt and hearty and am farming-, whereas four years ago I was a cripple. I gladly reo ominend Hood's Sarsaparilla." UriBUT Hammond, Table Grove, Illinois. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the Ono True niood Purl tier. All druorist. Hi Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell.Maa Pf Hnnd'c Dille cure liver UN. erwy t nOUU S rllli taue, easy to opcrat.c : "Just as Good " never yet . equalled the BIAS VELVETEEN SKIRT BINDINO. Simply refuse the "just as good " sort. If ywr dealer will not fVy you we will. $mmpli$ howlr.g Mels ai4 mtUrla! mS4 frt. "Home Dressmaklne" a new book by MlM Emmi M. Hooper, of the Ladies' Homa Journal lelltnj ho- to put on Ulas Velveteen Skirt Bio big a lent Icr 25c. postage paid. S. 11. M. C., P. O. Box 199. N. Y. CKj. A SHINING EXAMPLE of what may be accomplished by never varying devotion lo a single purpose is seen in lhe history of (he McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago. For 65 years they have simply been building grain and grass-cutting machinery, and while there arc probably forty manufacturers in this line, it is safe to say that the McCormick Company builds one-third of all ilie binders, reapers and mowers used throuiiliout the entire world.

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