Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 35, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 December 1897 — Page 2

Sweden is pre"ﬁaring a polar expedition for 1898. The annual arctic jourTiey is becoming a national institution. Perhaps America set the fashion in going to the pdlls once a year.

+ In the old colonial times there were only 75 post offices in America. Ten years later there were 900 offices; in 1880, 42,000; in 1883, 67,000, ahd to-day° about 70,000 have regular postmasters, receive and deliver mail matter, and employ 2,000,000 employes, men and womnd

The papers are beginning to write up ‘the survivors ‘of the famous ride by Sheridan from Winchester to Cedar Creek. If these old vets equal-in longevity thegsqrviyoi's of thescharge of the 600 at Balaklava the American newspapers ‘will fbe puPlishirLg Shenandoah- valley renﬁinisce‘nces for half’a century to come.! . L - -The Indian.fgotball players of the Carlisle (Pa.) scbool refused to contest in a match with West Point cadats. And so a pieturesque performance was spoiled. Think fof the historic’ suggestiveness of the descendants of the original red warriors engaged in a friendly ;yet detérmined struggle ‘withs TUncle Sam’s future heroes! - _

“The Canadian government is eonsidering the question of making the starting 6f forest fires a criminal offense and .pr(’)viging a heavy penalty for violators of the law. Canadiansare as much interested in forest protection as Americans, but the same laxity and carelessness havé been displayed in the dominion aS'rupoP this side of ‘the border. o E

- An American ‘consul in Arggntine makes the predi¢tion that the production of wool in that country has reached the maximum arj that American wool growers have 1o Feason to fear increasing competitiong At the same hime comes the repomt from Australia that the demand fori American sheep —in Australia” for bfeeding purpgses is constantly and rapidly growing.

: The beet sugat factories in southern California have 'this year = produced 30,000,000- pounds of sugar, @#nd there is every prospect of this output being dbubled next year. Such figurésought to remove all doubts as to the possibilities of the beet{sugar industry in this country.y Withf that industry once placed mpon its feet, the United States should produce jall the sugar needed for its own consumption, instead of contihuing to import the great bulk of it.

The Belgian 'g‘dvernnﬁént, observing that advertisements are being placed on rocks and other public places, has notified the municipalities tHat “the nuisance -mist stop.” Belgium is' a thrifty. land.) More thrifty still is Switzerland. Yet when theé St. Gothard rocks were covered with advertisements the govermment ordered them/cleared off, saying: *“We would as soon have them ‘on the white cross of our flag.” But here, in the United States—just look at some of the, rocks up the Hudson river! Sk s

LEdward: Moran was killed on the elevated road because he was in a hurry, says the New York Herald.” To catch a train 4nd save a minute he rushed across ;he track—to his death. Moran was tyl;)g‘al of the average American business ntan, who is always rushing pell-mell Eo his destination, and when he gets there usually finds that he has time onf his hands.” We are for: ever rushing :&nd. tearing to business —and taking taings I¢isurely tvhen we get there. ThEls‘ is the land of bolted breakfasts and gobbled lunches, the Jland of dyspepsia and all its attendant ills. E ,

A test of an;electric locomotive was made in Franfee the other day and it proved so succdessful that it will probably be adopt-‘éd as the.standard type, replacing the steam locomotive. The world has to thank Yankee ingenuity for bringing électric motive power to such a.high degree of perfection. Europeans were tyhé first to experiment with the powe_rqforg,traction purposes, but it remained for; Americans to make it thoroughly ptictical. That the French have now _com,% to realize its advantages and meérits igjreally a great victory for the VAmerica's‘é investigators and inventors. .. [ e ‘ ‘The oldestinhabitant of Hawaii, and probably thejpldest human being in the! world, 'who in good health and has retained most of her faculties, is a native woman tesiding in flonolulu. Her name is Kepo lele Apau, and her age, from the most authentic reckoning, 124 years. She says that she remembers the digging of the well in Kau, and that she was a cKild at the time, similar to a child runnfng about the house, a child of between gix and seven years.' This event occuryed in 1781, and is described in Fornander’s history. This would makKe her 182 years old, according to exact calcultion. . i

Mexico hfs been stricken with the “greater” fgver. Planshave been made whereby afEuropean syndicate has agreed to farnish 1,000,000 colonists for the countr§ of Diaz. If the agreement be fulfilled Mexico will certainly become “gredter” in-point of population, but it may be well doubted if such a machine-made increase will | greatly benefit thé country. Where will the _million ecome from? It 'is reasonable to believe that they will be drawn large1y from the pau !ﬂﬂ’crfmtmlemﬁf 'f; o “M;z;;. - @f~% 4 t»_,;,é.’h; ials o e

A WEEKS HISTORY

Tlle Important Happenings of a

Week Briefly Told.

i T IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION

All the Latest New's off I’nterestv from | Washington, From the East, the I West and the South.

THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES

FROM WASHINGTON.

Tn Uncle Sam’s service there are 7,670 women postmasters and 80,000 more engaged in various postoffices throughout the country. ‘ Throughout the country Thanksgiying day was ohgerved. "

THE EAST.

In New York Mrs, Ballington Booth, of the Volunteers of America, was ordained to preach the Gospel. At the age of-64 years Dr. Julius A. Skilton, a distinguished surgeon during the war and later consul-general in Mexico, died in Brooklyn, N. Y. The Saratoga reached New York, having on board the crew of the Competitor, recently released from a Spanish prison in Cuba. o An address has been issued by the Cuban League of the United States of America to branch leagues urging united action to further effort to induce congress to igrant belligerent rights to Cuba. % -

Willis E. Hoch, ex-teller, and John B. Meixell, ex-cashier, of the South Bethlehem (Pa.) national bank, were éach sentenced to six years in prison for embezzlement. i ' e

- Secretary of the Treasury Gage was the speaker at the 129th annual dinner of the New York chamber of commerce and he said that the time for currency reform Was now. -s - W ‘

Fire 'destroyed the full-rigged ship Port Patrick, of the Port line, Glasgow, Scotland, in New York, the loss being $200,000. , ‘

. Toward the cost of the new law school Thomas McKean, of Philadelphia, donated $lOO.OOO to the University of Pennsvlvania. ’ T e

WEST AND SOUTH.

-An 80-year-old resident of the Terre Haute (Ind.) pdor’ farm, Elizabeth Matherly, committed suicide, ' : TFlames at Baltimore destroyed W. H. Seott’s furniture store, the, loss being $135,000, and Mrs. Susan E. Maxon perished in the flames. -

In Cincinnati Solomon I. Sharp, a noted turfman, died suddenly, aged 43 vdars: - = i _ i

~ IThe citizens of Nashville, Tenn., presented a fine silver service to the gunboat Nashville at the Norfolk navy yard.

In Nebraska the official count of the récent election gives. the fusionists an average plurality of 11,000. S Judge Gary has been selected to preside at Adolph I. Luetgert’s second trial for murder in Chicagp.

‘Henry S. Boutell (rep.).was €lected congressman to succeed Edward D. Cooke, deceased, in the Sixth district of Ilinois. 5 | Flames destroyved the warehouse of the Ravenswood Distillery ccmpany in St. L(iuis, the loss being $lOO,OOO. = {At Vinton, la., Frank Novak was found guilty of the murder of Edward —l{lum‘ay and his sentence fixed at ten years in prison. =

' One of the biggest boats on the Ohio riiver, the steamer Telegraph, : sunk near Louisville, the crew and passengers narrowly escaping death, - | In resisting arrest near :Kingston, Tenn., Robert Gallimore, a negro desperado, shot and killed an officer, fatally wounded twa others and then escaped. : : . In a manifesto W. D. Bynum, chairman of the national (gold) democratic committee,; deciared that the party did not.suffer in the recent elections’

| At Carrollton, Mich., 6,000,000 feet of Jumber, valued at $75,000, ~were dejstroyed Dby fire.-. ’ - In Chicago Frank Kveton shot and 'killed his-wife Mary and then killed ‘himself. Jealousy was'the cause. | In Chicago receivers were appointed for the International Building, Loan and Investment union, ¥vhose liabilities lare $325.000. . . :

The death of Rev. Granville Sharpe ‘Abbott, D.'D.. one of the best-known. Baptist preachers in -California, . oeccurred at Oakland. -

Quarry ownmers about Youngstown, 0., have raised wages from ten to twenty per cent. ; , Atameeting of the national organization ¢ommittee of the populist party in /St. Louis the chairman said fusion with ‘other parties would no longer prevail. - At Collins, la., fire nearly destroyed ‘the entire town. ILoss about $BO,OOO.

Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus has resigned the pastorate of Plymouth Congregational church in Chicago because of ill health. ; et

Seth Carter killed-his sweetheart, Alberta Brakley, at Galveston, Tem;., and then shot himself. Jealousy was the cause, - P

Frances 1. Willard, of Chicago, president of the National and World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance union, has gone to Europe. : . Near Black Shear, Ga., an unknown 'negro was killed by lynchers for as‘saulting a white woman, and Jerry onhnson (colored) was hanged by a ;;mob near Screven, Ga,, for stealing a ‘mule, o i

At Fort Sheridan, 111., the trial by court-martial of Capt. Leonard:A. Lovering, charged with brutal treatment of Private Charles Hammond, resulted, it is said, in a verdict of guilty. . 'lna car on the Illinois Central road a steam heater exploded near De Koven, Ky.. and many persons were injured. lowa’s attorney-general says that all the banks in the state having less than five stockholders must reorganize at iShee. : :

~ Robbers entered the Farmers’ bank at Kings, 111., and stole 3,000 in cash. John Anamasin while drunk killed his wife and another Indian named Peterson on the Fond du Laf‘lndian reservation in Minnesota. : ; . In Chicago in football games Thanksgiving day the University of Chicago defeated University of Michigan, the Chicago Athletic association defeated the ‘New Jersey association, and the Univgmy'oggfmmsnﬂﬁeqm the Nj‘gﬁih‘western (TIL) university team. -Tn Philsdeiphiathe Univerits of Peppayiavia m&mgu}ﬁﬁﬂ

Kate and Mary Seaman were drowned E near Middletown, 0., as the result of a runaway. - : §

~ In a storage warehouse at Pensacola, Fla., an incendiary fire caused a loss of $lOO,OOO. ;

At the age of 86 years Rev. Miner Raymond, D. D., one of the most distinguished preachers and teachers of the Methodist church, died in Evanston, 111.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Cyrille Laurin’s stables were burned at Montreal, Can., together with several fine horses, one valued at $20,000. While returning from a shooting party the countess of l.athom was thrown out of a trap and killed near Wigan, England. - . It was decided by the powers to blockade Constantinople in case Turkey refuses to withdraw her troops from Crete and to accept a European governor of the island. : ‘

. Sagasta, Spain’s liberal ruler, _says/ that he will stand or fall in Madrid by Iris reform policy. Itistobeautonomy, both ‘commercial and financial, fox Cuba, or he will abandon office. A

Steps are being taken by the Gua.tei mala governmexﬁ to exclude the Chi nese from that country. : : f In Havana an attempt was made t blow up the United States consulat building. - ] < Flames at-Stratford, Ont., destroye? the city hall, the loss being $150,000. | From an aunt Cawthra Mulock, th 13-year-old son of the postmaster-gej eral of Canada, has inherited $4,000,000 At Tournav, France, trains collid and ten persons were Killed and man others were injured. = - 3 Canada has, it is said, refused to sto pelagic sealing for a year, as the Urite States requested. ] ‘

LATER NEWS.

The annual report of the secretary o thé navy, John D. Long, says that th navy counsists.of 53 vessels in fightin order and an auxiliary fleet of over 4 steamers. The cost of the navy for th% fiscal year ended June 30, 1897, wa: $17,514,231. More enlisted men and better dockage facilities are asked for. |

- December wheat sold at one dollar on the Chicago board of trade. | Hicks Price, a negro charged wit \criminal assault, was taken from th Jail at Starks, Fla., by a mob an hanged. : ) The 3,000 miners in the Wilmingto (I 11. coal field resumed work, endin the big strike. ' o

" Miss Louise Lasalle and Miss Jennie Skeress, each 17 years of age, we drowned at Duluth, Minn., while skatme. : C

The Official Gazette at Madrid has published the royal decree grantirﬁi; autonomy to Cuba and Porto Rico. In Indiana the'towns of Chesterfield, Daleville and the Indiana spi.ritualist_%‘ camp were wrecked by the explosion of 60 quarts of nitroglycerin. - v:JL The trial of the battle ship Towa sho it tobe as fine a ship of her class as the e is in the world. i Lyl

The answer of the Cuban government to the offer of autonomous terms by Spain -declines any proposition thr%t does mot mean complete and absolute independence from Spanish dominatiot Riots prevailed in thé Austrian reichsrath and police were called upon to pr*aserve order. . 3 |

Augustin Cossio, the father of the voung girl who escaped from a‘Cuban prison and came to the United States, has been released from prison in Cuba. The wages of the 15,000 employes of the Missouri Pacific railway have been increased ten per cent. : ‘ Fusionist republicans elected to the Ohio legislature have decided to vote fq;r» the republican caucus nominee, whi(rh will make the legislature stand 80 rrepublicans to 65 democrats'on joint balict for senator. - ' [ ~ The cod fishing was only half as la r'ie this yea’r as usal, and there will be great suffering among the poor in NOYa‘ Scotia. SR There were 236 business failures ﬂn fhe United States in the seven dajrs ended on the 26th, against 267 the week previous and 300 in the correspondijg period of 1896. | ) Antonio Minirano quarreled with his wife at Erie, Pa., and. after first fa%ling to brain her, doused her with oil and then set fire to the oil, burning her to death. : ‘ The steamship City of S'eatt]e‘arrivéd in Seattle, Wash., from Alaska tvith 28 passengers from Dawson City, whose money possessions amount to $1,200,000. in drafts and gold dust. They reported that fear of famine amounting to panic prevailed in the Klondike gold fields. - The resignation of Mr. Eckels as comptrolier of the currency-will take ‘effect the last of December. | ~ Nathan Willis (colored), charged with the murder of a white man near Town Creek, N. C., was burned to death by lynchers. laialg James W. Loveridge, aged 19, died from injuries received in a football game at Hammondsport, N. Y. .. ‘Mr. and ¥rs. Jacob Hiller, of Elkton, Mich:, celebrated their eighty-eighth wedding anniversary. The husband is 108 years old and the wife 107. The product from beets in Nebraska this season will be nearly 12,000,000 peunds of sugar. 'i A typhoon which swept over the Philipplne islands destroyed seyeral towns and 400 Europeans and 6,000 natiyes were killed: = - ;. |

Col. John Laing. a noted engineer of England and America. died at his home in Baltimore. Md., aged 80 years. | Mary Luxton, aged 22 years, shot and fatally wounded Ole Halverson. aged 25 years, at Inkster, N. C., as the result of a lovers’ quarrel, and then shot herself, but not fatally. - e - The members of the Austrian ministry tendered their resignation to Emperor Francis Joseph. b Counterfeit dollars betterin the qubn-‘ tity of silver they contain than those turned out by Uncle Sam’s mint are in cicculation in San Francisco. }

Hundreds of persons-are arriving‘i in: Oklahoma, anticipating the opening of the new. lands to settlement. . 0 Lawrence MecCarthy, the last 54111'vivor of the combatants at Waterloo, died in the workhouse at Nenagh, 'l‘ipperary, aged 116 years. ; At Mason, Mich., Scott Bowdish sthot his nine-year-eld daughter, fatally|injuring her, and then killed himself. The autonomy decree for Cuba has been published. 1t gives Spain great powers of control and is regarded unfavorably in Washington. i Walter L. Sessions, A. W. Jordan and g{m%gv’m ‘perished in a ﬂl’ﬁf at i Sy e 0. T Bepting S T

' DUN AND BRADSTREET. Give Their Respective Views on the . . Trade Conditions. ‘ New York, Nov. 27.—R. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly review of trade, say; “The heavy exports of wheat, with the renewed advance in price, is the most interesting and important feature of the week’s events. Since August, when the extent of the foreign deficiency became realized, exports have been larger than in corresponding weeks of any previous year. The cotton exports also have become very heavy, and the outgo of corn falls but little below last year’s unprecedented records, while in exports of manufactured products, especially machinery, all records for the season have been surpassed. While the aggregate from Novmber last year was over $109,000,000, shipments for New York for three weeks have been slightly smaller, with a fair prospect that the increase in cotton and other products from other ports may make up the deficiency. Meanwhile imports are -running behind last year’s at New . York—nearly $2,000,000 this month—so that another excess of exports over imports amounting to ‘about $60,000,000 for the month is probable. But this would make an excess of about $225,000,000 in four months.

- “The iron industry shows no decrease in production or céhsumption of pig, but with much reduced orders for products excess of production is expected, and Bessemer falls a'shade to $10.15 and gray forge to $9.25 at Pittsburgh, though Chicago and eastern markets show no change. Expectation of lower prices tends to preduce thém at a time when new business is naturally small and the mills are working mostly on old orders with buyers impatient for deliveries. Other large orders are held back in plates by inability of the works to deliver in the time desired. “Failures for the week have been 236 in the United States, against 300-last year, and 25 in. Canada, against 38 last year.” _ Bradstreet’s says: :

“Notwithstanding the appearance of -a demand; for holiday specialties at some points in the south, at Chicago, St. Louis and in regions tributary thereto, general trade throughout the gountry has shown no general improvement this week. Most favorable reports are from the territory west of the Mississippi river and north of Missouri and Kansas, where the colder weather has stimulated demand at the interior, and country merchants have been buying with comparative freedom. The eastern cotton’ goods industry continues depressed. Consumers evidently do not intend to buy extensively until they believe the prices of raw cotton are ready to advance.” 3 3 - Sad Fate-of a Countess.

London, Nov. 24.—The count@ess of Lathom, while returning from a shooting party Tuesday, was thrown out of a trap and killed near Wigan, Limcavster. The countess was formerly Lady Alice Villiers, second daughter of the fourth earl of Clarendon. She wasmarried to the earl of Lathom in 1860. The earl of Lathom is the lord chamberlain of the household of Quéen Victoria. The countess was driving a pair of spirited poniés.. Suddenly the animals shied, and the countess, with three ladies who were with her in the trap, was thrown out. She fell into a ditch full of water and the trap fell upon her. When she was extricated she was still alive, but she died almost immediately after. Her body was carried to Lathom hall on a stretcher. The other ladies escaped unhurt. The deceased countess was immensely popular in Lanecashire and prominent in every ‘charitable work. A

Will Not Accep‘t Auatonomy.

New York, Nov. 27.—The answer of the Cuban government to the offer of autonomous terms by Spain is in the ‘hands of Estrada Palma, the , head ! of the Cuban junta in this city. It is the action of the assembly of the constitutional government, and states the pur- . pose of the revolutignary leaders to de|cline any proposition from Spain that does not mean complete and absoluts independence and perfect freedom from Spznish domination. The document was issued at La Yaya, Caghdguey, October 30, 1897, jand.is signed by Domingo Mendez Capote, president of the Cuban republic, and the other officials of the government. - i

Covered Into the Treasury.

Washington, Nov. 27.—Assistant Secretary Vanderlip on Friday signed what is known as a pay warrant, directing the treasurer-of the United States to deposit in the treasury the sum of $8,194,618, representing the proceeds of the sale-of the Union Pacific sinking tund which have been transfererd to the treasury as part payment of the settlement of the reorganization committee of the Union Pacifiec road.c This operation is an important step, which leads to placing the sum in the treasury cash, where it is beyond recall and cannot be withdrawn, except in consequence of an appropriation made by law. |

Lovering Found Guilty.

Chicago, Nov. 26.—*“The finding of the court-martial is that the accused |is guilty as charged in the specifications, and that he be reprimanded by the reviewing authority. The court is thus lenient in view of the good character of the accused as shown in the evidence.”

The foregoing is, according to the statement of a man who knows, the exact verdict of the court-martial in the case of Capt. Leonard A. Lovering, of Fort Sheridan, charged with brutal treatment of Private Charles Hammond.

Cut in Cofifee Prices.

New York, Nov. 27.—As a result of tha war now being waged between the Arbuckle Coffee company and the Wool'son Spice company, the sales of coffee during the week now ended have been far in excess of any similar périod during the past year. Coffee brokers deciared Friday that their sales had been doubled. The Woolson Spice company, which is controlled by the Havemeyers, is selling Rio No. 7 at nine cents a pound. Not to be outdone, the Arbuckle made a reduction in'their prices.

2 Levees 1n panger. . Washington, Nov. 27.—The secretary of war has an appeal for help from Louisiana where the levees are said to be in danger opposite New Orleans. The matter has been' referred by the secretary of war to Gen. Wilson, chief of engineer, and by him has been sent to the Mississippi river commission, although it is said there is no warrant for federal imterference in the matter. Enormous Deficit. ‘ New York, Nov: 27.—1 n response to a request from Comptroller Palmer, Corporation Counsel Burr, of {Brpoklym, tendered anopinion advising the former to cease all payments on' behalf of the city until January 1, on’the ground that the city books on November last showed a deficit of between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, and'that the same condition now prewails. ! " .Can Easily Be Settled. | Washington, Nov. 26.—~Hawaiian Minieter Francis M. Hatech, who has just arrived in the city on his return from Honolulu, expressed the opinion that the trouble between Japan and Hawaii h‘m it aud ops e gkt: L o R T R e G e e R e

i OUR, NAVY. j Extracts from the Annunl Report of Secretary Long. . Washington, Nov. 27.—Following are extracts from the annual repo}t -of Hon. John D. Long, secretary of the navy: e G (e ‘““The present effective fighting force of ‘the navy consists of four battle ships of the first class, two battle ships of the sécond class, two armored cruisers, 16 cruisers, 15 gunboats, six double-turreted monitors, one ram, one dynamite gunboat, one dispatch boat, one tr&nsport steamer and five torpedo boats. There are under construction five battle ghips of the first-class, i 16 torpedo boats and one submarine boat. There are 64 other naval vessels, including \ those used as training, receiving and naval reserve ships, tugs, disused single-tur-reted monitors and some unserviceable craft. There is, further, the auxiliary fleet. This consists, first, of more than 20 subsidized steamers which comply with the requirements of the postal act of March 3, 1891, with regard to their adaptability to naval service, and to an armament of main and secondary batteries; second, of d very much greater number of large merchant marine steamers, which can be availed of at any time of nced. 3 . Y“The country Is to be congratulated upon the results obtained in the rebuilding of the navy. While its ships are not as many —and it is not necessary they should be—as those of some other great powers, they are, class for class, in power, speed, workmanship -and offensive and defensive qual-/ ities the equal of vessels built anywhere else in the world. “Attention is invited to the recemmendation of the chief of the bufeau of navigation for the construction of a stern-wheel boat of light draft for patrol service on the Yukon river. It would essentially aid in securing a proper observance of the law in Alaska. The appropriation necessary for this purpese is estimated at $30,000, and as much more for the estdblishment of three small posts at different points on the river and for providing a proper éutfit for the officers and men. “The efforts of the department to Americanize the enlisted force of the navy have been steadily pursued, and with this end in view temporary enlisting stations were established during the past summer in a number of lake cities and a number of excellent men enlisted. The department intends to repeat this action in the southern states, believing that similar enlistments can be secured on the gulf coast. The records of the bureau show that of thex®. 845 petty officers in general service June 39, 1897, 48 per cent, were native born and 83 per cent. were citizens of the United States; and of the 5,840 other men in general service 58 per cent. were native born and 70 per gent. were citizens of the United States. “Thedepartment has paid much attention to the development of the naval militia. The; appropriation of $50,000 for this purpgse, after deducting $2,000 for books of instruction, was allotted among 15 states—— Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, California, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. The state of Ohio organized a naval militia during the past fl-ear, and was included for the first time n the naval allotment. Illinois has mustered in four divisions and will share in the next allotment. Virginia has organized ~one division, but it has not yet been formally mustered in. This makes a total at the present time of 17 states having naval militia organizations. During the past summer the assistant secretary cf the navy personally visited and inspected the naval militia of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and New York in their annual encampmenty, and in his report to the department states that he was greatly pleased with the zeal and efficiency shown by the different organizations. The different battalions all had a tour of duty on board the vessels of the navy during the past summer except these of North Carolina and South Carolina. “Our remoteness from foreign powers, the genius of our institutions and the devotion of our people to education, commerce and industry, rather than to any policy that involves military entanglements, make war to be thought of only a= a last resort in defense of /our rights, and our military and naval establishments as a police force in the preservation of ocrder and never for aggression. While all this is,, therefore, an egrnest of peace as the normal condition of our national life, there is no question of the mecessity, the wisdom and the economy, to the same ergd, of an effective navy, in view of the vast extent of our coast and the possgibility of attack from the sea upon our great cities, Wherg the concentration of population and property is enormous. . “The principal need of tg-day is that of sufficient docks, of which there is a deplorable lack; of adequate supplies of the munitions of war, which should never be at the hand-to-mouth stage; of an equipment of our navy yards equal to the de‘mand upon them of the increased number of our ships, and of an enlarged corps of Officers and men to do the work. :

“The department reccmmends that the authorization of new ships by the coming congress be limited to.one battle ship for the Pacific coast, where, after the five now undep-—construction are completed, there- will be only two, while on the Atlantic there will be seven; and also to a few torpedo boats and torpedo boat-destroyers, both of which are comparatively of little cost, and more of which are desirable in order to bring this swift, mobile and handily effective arm of the service up to its place in the gefieral scheme for coast defense., . : |

‘““According to the reports of the paymas-ter-general the total cost of maintaining the navy during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896, exclusive of its increase and of permanent improvements at yards and stations speciafly appropriated for, was $15,494,862.03, and for the |fiscal year ended June 30, 1897, $17,514,231.13.. Itlappears, therefore, that the expense.of maintaining the navy is a growing one, as distinguished from its increase and permanent improvements, the cost of which varies from year to year according-to the judgment of congress as to the desirability of these latter items. Attention is called to this fact be‘cause the country should be undér no mis.apprehension as to the increasing cost of ‘maintenance. The building of a ship is a definite fixed expense, incurred once for all. But to maintain it, to provide it with docks, naval stations and other necessary facilities, to ‘'man and. equip it, to 'keep it in repair—in short, to run the naval establishment—is and must continue to _be a large charge on the public treasury'f and, for a time, certainly, an increasing one. Economy is necessary at large and in detail, not merely as a good theory to proclaim, but as an -actual practice to perform. With the best exercise of this virtue,, expenses will be large in this, as in every. other department of ‘a government which represents the interests of a country 'so vast as ours. ‘But it is believed that the people, whose arm the navy is, and who evidently appreciate its potential usefulness, desire to maintain it at the point of highest efficiency, and will do so the more cordially the more frankly they are informed of jts real and deserving needs and %emands and of the justifiable cost they necessitate. (JOHN D. LONG, ‘ i _“‘Se_creta,ry of the Navy.”

Choctaws Object.

Antlers, I. T., Nov. 26.—The Choctaw convention has adjourned. Jacob Jackson was elected a delegate by the convention to go to Washington in opposition to the Choctaw-Chickasaw Dawes treaty. A memorial was addressed to the president of the United States objeeting to the treaty as a whole, because it does not represent the views of the majority of the people and stating that the ratification of the same was /procured-' by unscrupulotus means. : 'A Great Gun. : Washington, Nov. £7.—The largest cannon in the world is being built at the Bethlehem iron works for the pro tection of .New York harbor. Itwik require 1,000 pounds of powder to dis charge it, and will carry a steel projectile weighing 2,300 pounds in almost a straight line more than 16 miles. - o A e Gewtt, _ Boston, Nov, 27—Capt, W. 4. Andrews is to make his fifth attemn {0 tcon Aokt fa st SRy s ﬁ%ﬂ"f‘mg* t%a«ﬁgﬁf‘ 52%;@"13{}%’“1,@ ~ T

.. BRIEF AND POINTED. A Speaker Who Didn’t Have Much to g Say. Fas o 7 ; The pride of visitors to Washington who go to the senate ch{ambe‘r,or house of representatives to see the congressman or senator from their district and hear him make a speech is often apparent at the national: capitol. SO ' . One man had been observed as a frequent visitor.in the %allery of the house.. A friend took the seéat beside him one’day, and warm greetings were exchanged between the two. - “Have you Seen him?’ asked the neW-J comer. - | S “Yes,” was the reply, “I’ve seen him.” - ‘““Have you had the luck to be here when he was talking?”’ & . g “I took care not to miss anything he might say, I’ve been here every day.” . i “TI don’t blame you. I only wish I had the time. The way he woke up those monovolies and ringsters out home was a cautica, and then he was only nibbling at the qusstions of the day, just getting the flavor of the social situation previous to stepping in and biting out a chunk or two.” " x “That's the way I always looked at him.” “I suppose his voice has been ringing out in clarion tones.” . “M’ yes,”” was the doubtful rejoinder. - C“Wehat did he say?” exclaimed the,!c}}gestioner, eagerlv. “I’'ll bet it was someéthing brief and to the point.” b S “So far as I can. judge I tried not to let any of his remarks get away from me, but I'm afraid that maybe I wasn’t watchful enough. I've only heard him speak.five times. - Three of them he said %ye’ and the other two he said ‘no.” ’—Washington Star. MADE HIM PROPOSE. And It Was Not n Very Difficult Un- | ‘dertaking. Pt G The diffident Young man wanted to propose to his gir:, vut for the life of him he did not know how to go about it. 112 read books on the subject, and sought information from men who had experience; and while the theories were admirable, in every instance he found that the practice thereo? was a different thing. He was ‘walkin% with her one evening, thinking over these things, when her shoe became untied. She. stuck out her pretty little foot with a smile, dand looked down at it. Ile fell on his knees to tie the lace. Then he walked on with her. The shoe became untied again. The third time it happened he was ready as before. “See if you can’t tie a’ knot that won’t come undone,” she said, as he worked away at it. ' ' . He looked up at her tenderly. " “If I can’t, I know a man who can,” he said. . I 3 “Do you want him to tie it?” she asked, coquettishly. . n 7N “Yes,” he replied. . ‘ She jerked her foot away. He smiled to himself. : “It’s the parson,” he said. And he rose to his feet ‘and finished the proposal.—TitBitS. ' i 1 : His Sinister Intention. -Oklahoma ILandlord—lf tharis a shootin’ star or two along toward midnight don’t git scared, Mr. Eastman. You won’t be in no danger yourself. . : Eastern Tourist—Certainly not! I have seen such sights before, but I.was not aware that there was to be a meteoric display at this time.. Ly i _“*Wall, I don’t know for certain that thar is goin’ to be any, but I've got it figgered out that them three members of a busted Uncle Tom’s Cabin company ' that have been boardin’ on me for the last two weeks while they waited for remittances from home are goin’ to try to vamous to-night an’ leave me holdin’ the bag, an* I am vere to say that they hain’t goin’ to gitiaway without settlin’ in full, not if my old revolver works with its usual neatness an’ dispatch! That’s the kind of a—by gosh—landlord I ami”—N.;'¥. World. . o .

—— Gt May Have Meant Theat.

“He told me to get off the earth. What do you suppose he meant?”’ . S “He seemed to think that you needed a bai}:h, evidently.”—Louisville Courier-Jour-nal.. .

If a new doctor’s first patient doesn’t die on his hands, he has a promising career.— Washington Democrat. ; ‘

Before submitting to the inevitable it_is wise to-be sure it is the inevitable.—N..¥. Independent. L >

Doubtful Party (to gentleman)—‘“Can you assist me, sir, toa trifle? . I’'m a stranger in a strange land, 15,000 miles from’home.” Gentleman— My %,oodness! Where is your home?” Doubtful Party—“ Australia.” Gentleman (handing him a copper)—“How do you ever expect to get back there?” Doubtful Party {(balancing the penny)—“Well, if I.don’t d‘; better than this, sir, I suppose Tl have to walk.”—Tit-Bits. :

. The world is full of human. milestones, since it isi more easy to point than to plod. —N. Y. Independent.” - S :

“What pretty illuminated cards!” exclaimed one woman. ‘That one with the motto: ‘Honesty is the best policy’ is especially .nice.” “Yes,” replie(l) the other, “T brought them from Europe, and-I got them through with a lot of other things, without paying a eent of duty.”—Washington Star. : eI e

Miles—“l see your friend Hawkins has ‘another ‘selling out at cost’ sign tacked up on the front of hisstore.” Giles— Yes. Do vou know I think Hawkins missed his vocation? He should have been a political campaign manager.” Miles—“ Why so?” " Giles _E“He is continually nailing lies.”’—Chicago ews. . S 5

A:man -asked Jones the meaning of the Latin® phrase “Cum grano salis.”” ~Jones replied that he was informed by an old salt that it was an expression now much in the mouths of Europeans, and chiefly addressed to this country, and that it meant “Come, gell us grain.”’—Boston Transcript. A

- It seems strange, but it isa fact, that no woman can handle a man’s clothes without emptying every pocket.—Washington Democrat. B ile 1 L

The real grief in a woman’s life is not connected with-a love affair; it is when her neighbor gives a party. and does not invite her.—Atchison Glebe. : s

Lots of very ugly men sell véry pretty Howere =~ Wachineton Democrat.

TRYING ORDEALS FOR WOHW g Mrs. Pinkham Tells How Wo- ’L men May Avoid Painful & ) .’ y \ : ‘BExaminations. o - : To a modest, sensitive, high- / e % . strung young woman, especially '\& 2 : St A an unmarrigd woman, there is_ g“@ % : no more trying or painful ordeal i g - &{1 than the ‘‘ examinations,” which : are now so common in hospitals |LSg ‘;, ;E's and private practice. o \ - j /«‘\, k An examination by speeulum,or j\§\ i AV\ otherwise, is sometimes a positive /JiB , t'z \ i' necessity in certain “stages of (¢ &‘. many diseases peculiar to women, i: ‘ so at least it is declared by the pro- > fession. This would not be the case if = : patients heededgheir symptoms in time. = : = 74 If a young girl's blood is watery, her skin . E' _c:, pale and waxy looking, her lips colorless, bowels f@ O. Q 9 torpid; digestion poor, her ears and temples throband - e G 6 Q ()( | she is subject to headache, begin at once to build up her | )(3 G 169 S system with Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. G ) Qﬁ) “é (') QA Do not allow her to undergo a physical examination. )@)(). & ¢ ¥ o Here is a letter from a young lady who requests that B‘\ (:)(3_) : her name should not be used, but gives her initials and (C\) a 0 AT e\ street pumber so that any inquiry addressed to her/ ) ¢ ¢ ; will be received.: She says: et e » e 4 Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—lt affords me great pleasure to be able to say a few words in regard to the merits of your Vegetable Compound. 1 was tempted. to try it after seeing the effects of it upon my mother, and now I feel like a new person. lam a stenographerand was troubled with falling of ‘the womb and female weakness in general. I continued to work until I was so weak I could no longer walk, and the last day I was forced tostopand rest. = 1 was then so ill that I was compelled to stay in bed, and so nervous that I could not hold anything in my hands. The least noise or surprise would cause my heart to beat so loudly, and I would become so weak that I could hardly © “g“’ﬁl suffered for almost agyear. It is different now. I Gan go abont my work with plessure, while betors, work was adradge. { “Trusting thatmy words o ?'W% st help somie- other affiisted persch; Fsnd be of el "‘%ﬁ%‘“ Fhewslondeirsesvr e SrpepeS ANt wa

~ Great Distress A'Combination of Troubles Causes - Niuch Suffering. : ‘ BIRD ISLAND, MINN.—“I was troubled with my stomach. Nearly everything 1 ate would sour and I would belch it up. _ At times my stomach gave me great dis~ tress. My back was lame on account of 1 kidney difficulty. ‘I bought six bottles of = Hooh'’s Sarsaparilla; when I had taken four bottles I was cured.” NORMAN Hicxox. , = - Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier.

Hood’s Pills are the favorite cathartic. 25c.

Studying a Doubtful Problem.

~ “It,” the idle wanderer heard the man say tg his companion, “will run about 1,200 to the ton;” g : *

Then the idle wanderer, after the manner_of his kind, speculated in his mind. © *T wonder,” saig he to himself, “whether he was talking about-a gold mine or his winter supply. of coal?”’—Cincinnati Enquirer. - i s

It Makes Cold Feet Warm.

_'Shake into your under shoes Allen’s Foot-‘Ease,'a-powder for the feet. It gives rest and comfort, prevents that smarting sensation and Keeps your.feet from perspiring. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes cold feet warm. After your feet perspire they usually feel cold at this season.” Ask your druggist or shoe dealer to-day for a 25¢ box of Allen’s Foot-Ease and use it at once. Sample sent Free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy,N.Y .

Not a Diplomat.

- “You never tell me that I look young and swveet amly more,” pouted Mrs. Lovelace. ~ “No,” her, brute of a husband replied, “I seem of late, to have lost my powers of imagination almost ¢ompletely.”—Cleveland Leader. .

Try Grain-0! Try Grain-0}

‘Ask your grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place;of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who, try it like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but it is made from pure grains, and the most - delicate stomach§ receive it without distress. - 1-4'the price of coffee; 15¢ and 25 cts. per package. . Sold by all. grocers. ) : Sk o ) TUsualy the Way. Kenna—l understand you've bought a dog to_keep burglars away? ) S Henna—Yes. ' Ve . “You are not troubled any more at night, then, T suppose?”’ . T , . - “Only by the dog.”—Up-to-Date. = ; ‘Reputations Made in a Day, . Are precious scarce. .Time tries the worth of a man-or ‘medicine. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is-a forty-five years’ growth, and like those hardy lichens that garnish the crevices of Alaska’s rocks, it flourishes perennially, and its reputation has as firm a base as the rocks themselves. No medicine is more highly regarded as a remedy for fever and ague, biliousTemittent, constipation, liver and kidney diSOrders, nervousness and rheumatism. LT g SR e . Had Some Motive, of Course. Mrs. Bellows—l ‘beleve you married me for my money. . S * Bellows—A-hem! Well, I certainly didn’t go to the altar for my’health.-——N. Y. Journal. .~ . : 'frains to the South Resumed. ‘lnformation comes from the passenger department of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad company ﬂmt’ all their trains have been resumed and schedules restored. These include a double daily 'solid train service from. (fincinhati, Chicago,. Louisville, Evanston and St Louis to Nashville, Memphis, Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Pensa; cola and New Orleans: Also a double daily} service of Pullman Buffet-Sleeping cars from | the Northern cities to Jacksonville, Florida.

—_— e —— Valuable Advice.

“Do.you think that stimulants would hurt me, doctor?” “Not if you leave them alone.”—Detroit Free Press.

None So Good as Star Tobaecco.

{. The consumption of Star plug tobacco is the largest'in the world. No other tobacco is s 0 good as Star plug in all respects.

The Worlq‘seems a narrow place when we wish to:avoid our enemies, but wide and vast is' it when we part from those we love. —N.«Y. Independent.’ T

MeViecker’s Theater, Chicago.

Is the leading house. - Nov. 28;: ‘At Piney Ridge,’” the new Southern play, opens for eight nights. Seats can be secured by mail.

- There . are but few people who know enough not to say “that is what I thought” when anybody tells them anything.—Washington Democrat. ‘ -Av . _—.—————-—« Why is it that a boy always insists upon raising” pigeons or bantam. chickens, = stead of something useful, like turkeys or. pigs?—Atchison Globe. - o - =T * o . To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it failstocure. 25c. Not nedrly all the funny things in this world .are with a museum.—Washington Democrat. . . ) ) You can tell ‘a good deal about peoel_e by the appearance of their back porch.—Washington Demoecrat. : S —_——————— Don’t Negleet a Cough. Take Somée Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar instanter. Pike’s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. The young gentleman who seeks a situation isn’t as likely to succeed as the young man who hustles for a job.—Chicago News. Keep on and suffer if you think : St. Jacobs'Oil won’t cure rheumatism. Tt is very easy to convince a man of what he already beheves.—Washington Demoerafic <l : :