Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 21, Number 16, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 28 June 1899 — Page 2

THE fAPjf#®E NEWS. liY ft., V. MFKRAY N API’AN EE. t : .INDIANA 0 * r* 11 . 1 ■■ 1 ■■■*■ ' i All the News of the Past Seven ■■■ 4^ <!i ~ 5 sas(C9R': , i HOME AND FOBEI6N ITEMS News of the Industrial Held, Personal and Political Items, Happenings at Home and Abroad. •THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD DO3IESTIC. Maj. Thomas E. Fitzpatrick, superintendent of the national cemetery in Hound City, 111., was shot and killed by Michael Tobin, one of the employes. The United States cruiser Philadelphia, Admiral Kautz in command, arrived in San Francisco from Apia, Samoa. At the annual commencement in Providence, R. 1., of Brown university Rev. \y. H. P. Faunce, of New York, Was installed as president. Asa result of the settlement of the coal miners’ strike 22,000 of the 30,000 strikers in Missouri, Kansas, Indian territory and Arkansas will return to work at once. Charles M. Murphy rode a mile on a bicycle near Babylon, L. 1., in 05 seconds, breaking all mile records. He was paced by a railroad locomotive. Fred Gruelin, an aged man in Milwaukee, Wis.,. quarreled with his young wife and shot her twiee and then killed himself. The woman may recover. An incendiary fire destroyed the! business portion of Livermore Fulls, Me. Loss, SIOO,OOO. Thirty fuinilies lost everything. Floods have caused grry£ dnmitge to (he mining towns of Murray City and Coal Cate, in Ohio, the latter town being almost entirely destroyed. Further rioting occurred in Cleveland, 0., engineered by sympathizers of (he street railway strike, and SIO,OOO worth of damage was done to the company's property. The monthly statement of the collections of internal revenue shows that the total receipts during May last were $23, un increase over May, 1898, of $9,402,610. Negroes imported to take the place of striking miners near Evansville, lnd. v were fired upon by. the strikers und several were badly wounded. Hr. Charles A. McCjuestenl who was on the staff of Con. E. S. Otis, and who was health ollicer at Manila, urrived in San Francisco, and in nil interview said be thought it would take from 100,000 to 150,000 soldiers to properly subdue and hold the islands. George Wray, uged 103 years, vvus granted.a divorce in Columbus, Ind., from bis wife, Susan E. Wray, aged 30. It is reported that President McKinley bus decided to call for 12,000 volunteers for service in the. Philippines. The North Atlantic squadron, under command of Admiral Sampson, arrived at Newport from Boston. The secretary of spite lias received word that peace lrus been restored in Samoa; that the kingship Was to be abolished and a provisional government established. Four companies of the Twenty-fourth United States infantry sailed from San Francisco for Manila oil the transport Kcajundiu. All the possessions of more than 300 miners, who existed on less than one dollar a day, were swept away by a flood at Murray City, O. During the. first, six months of the present year 1,181 miles of new railway bate been built in the United States. An unknown man and woman while crossing the Michigan Central tracks at Toledo, 0., were'st ruck by a flyer and both were killed. (leorge Weber and Fred Rirmnur broke the half-mile tandem record in Toledo, 0., going in one minute. A receiver bus been appointed for the Prang-Taber Art company in Boston, the liabilities being $170,000. ‘ The total number of deaths from the tornado in New Richmond,-"Wis., is M 2. The .honorary degree of LL. 1). was .conferred by the Georgetown university on Rear Admirals Winfield Scott Schley and George \Y. Melville and Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler. The board of regents of Heidelberg university at Tiffin, ()., conferred the degree of dot-tor of laws upon Andrew Carnegie, the iron and steel magnate of Pittsburgh. A sneak thief who entered thy Metropolitan national bank in Boston und stole SIO,OOO, while the paying teller's attention was drawn away for a moment, was captured with the money in New York. A drought lias destroyed all the large Colorado ranges. ' - The old town of Carrizo, Tex., whs washed away by a flood, not a vestige of the settlement, which had a population of about 1,200 Mexicans, remaining. Aetmg Secretary of War Mciklejshn announces that the receipts from nil sources/ at Philippine jiorts for the month bf April werfe $533,276. The great street railway strike in Cleveland, 0., is ended. The four daughters of Mrs. T. J. Lloyd and Mfss Childers were drowned while bathing near Lampasas, Tex. The exchanges at the leading clearing house* In the United States during the week ended on the g3d aggregated $1,013,215,955, against $1,096,555,473 the previous week. The increase compared with the corresponding week in 1898 mu 40.2. ... • ■ . ■ “

There were 17b business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 23d, against 136 the week previous and 285 in the corresponding period of 1898. In session in Cincinnati the Music Teachers’ National association elected as president A. J. Cautvoort, of Cincinnati, and selected lies Moines, la., as the place of meeting in 1900. A passenger train on the Museatihe division of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern road was wrecked by a broken rail near Muscatine, lag and three persons were seriously injured. , Q. H. TTilliSi fljftijj, V""** States circuit ‘court at Omaha,' Neb., died in a bath tub of heart disease. The percentages of the baseball clubs in the NationaL league for the week ended on the 25th were: Brooklyn, .763; Boston, .061; Philadelphia, .625; Chicago, .593; St. Louis, .567; Baltimore, .561; Cincinnati, .491; New York, .475; Pittsburgh, .436; Louisville, .339; Washington, .300; Cleveland, .182. William Brown, aged 16 years, fatally shot M. Cunopop and 11. Horivitz, pawnbrokers in Marion, Ind. They were abusing the boy because he refused to buy a pistol. William O. Pruitt fatally shot Jessie Porter, a chambermaid employed at the Palmer house in Chicago, and then killed himself. Jealousy was the cause. A cyclone nearly wiped out the village of Bartley, Neb. The New York Central Railway company has acquired by lease the Boston & Albany line. Henry and William Mann, aged re-, spectively 14 and 10 years, and Charles Baker, aged 14, were killed by the cars near Elizabeth City, N. C. At the first annual reunion in Las Vegas, N. M., of the Society of Rough Riders, Theodora Roosevelt, governor of New York, was presented with a gold . medal by the people of the territory. The Michigan legislature has adjourned sine die. By the capsizing of a boat in the Yellowstone river at Gyeycllff, Mont., Reno ShcrmnnVCefttfftlithTlh; J. W> Dickerson, Celitraiin, 111., and W. S. Thompson, Kansas City, Mo., were drowned. Willis L. Moore, chief of the United States weather service, had a narrow escape from drowning at Cape May, N. J., while bathing. The transport. Sheridan sailed from San Francisco for Manila with 1,042 armed men and 64 officers. Fire in Laurel, Del., destroyed 78 buildtngs, including two hotels, a bank, the post office, nearly all the business houses and the homes of the most wealthy residents of the place. The Southerfi Pacific Railway company lias issued an order that after July 1 no more liquor is to lie sold at any railroad hotel over their entire system. The citizens of San Juuq., the capital of Porto Rico, propose to.eel’ebra-te the Fourth of July in good American style. By the sinking of the steamer Apnlnclie in the Chipola river ncur Wcwuhitchkn, Fla., Mrs. 8. E. Clark, of Chicago; Mrs. MjrKnightnnd her daughter, of Jackson, Tenm, and a deck hand were drowned. The posse of officers which hns hern following the trail of the Union Pacific train robbers for three weeks lias given up the chase and returned to Casper, Wyo. The first celebration of the Fourth of July in Hawaii under American sovereignty is t o be made a memorable one.

rKIIHONAI, AND POLITICAL. Commodore Oscar C. Badger, U. S.N., retired, died ut Concord, Muss., uged 76 years. (’, H. Foster, former federal judge for the district of Kansas,idled in Topekn, aged 62 yeurs. J The democrat, silver republican and populist.parties in Nebraska will hold their state conventions in Omaha August 22. Cliainiian (’. S. Wilson, of the state eiMitral committee of the silver republican party of lowa, says the party will give up its organization state. Henry' B. Plant, who controlled the great system of hotels und railroads on the west coast of Florida und the line of steamers from Tampa, to Havana, died suddenly at ids home in New York, aged 80 years. Thomas J. Semines, the recognized leader of the southern bur, died suddenly in New Orleans, aged 75 years. Abram Gould, a brother of Jny Gould, and for many years the purchasing agent of the Missouri Pacific and the iron Mountain railroads, died at Salem, N. Y., aged 50 years.. Nebraska republicans will hold their state convention in Omaha ou September 21. Gov. J’lngrce, of Michigan, gave out a public statement to the effect that he had combined with Secretary Alger hi the interests of Alger's senatorial candidacy. ’ Joshua Gray, one of the best-known-inventors in the country, among Ids productions being the rubber-topped lead pencil, died in Boston, aged 75 years. Smcdlcy Darlington, wlu> was eon-' gre: Minin from the Sixth Pennsylvania district from 1889 hr 1893, died in Westchester, uged 72 years. FOHEIUV r ■ Groat Britain lias decided upon a gradual rcenhVrcenient of the British troops in South Africa up to a total of 40,090 men. The United States cruiser (Hympin, w itii Admirul Dewey, arrived at Colombo, Ceylon. The hospital ship Relief left Manila for Sail Francisco with 250 sick ulujerd. Senator Waldeck-Rodsseau has completed the formation df u cabinet -for France with himself ns prepiier. Two fishing smacks were capsized oft Brest, France, and 12 jiersons were A party of 20 Mexicans which left San Ignacio for t he mines lost their way and died of thirst. v Charles Post, Charles Lee and Mike Griffith were blown to pieces by an explosion of dynamite in a mine at Rowland, lk C.

Manila advices say that Col. Arguelles, one of the Filipino peace envoys, has Been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, on charges of treason to the insurgent cause. Benjamin Parrott was hanged st Hamilton, Qift., for the murder of his mother. The government of India has adopted the gold standard. A dispatch from Manila says that a desperate battle at San Fernando was expected any'moment. The city, which was held by Gen. MacArthur’s forces, was practically surrounded by the kr&&cWHrgesit army m and tnfr natives were determlnw! to retake their former stronghold at any cost. Aguinaldo had assumed charge of operations and was prepared to risk all in the attempt to recapture the city. The village of St. Raymond, Ont., was almost wiped out by a fire. The queen regent of Spain has signed the bill for the cession to Germany of the Caroline islands. A Russian military survey party of ten persons were massacred by brigands in the province of Kirin, China. LATER. ' * Secretary Alger received a dispatch from Maj. Gen. Otis in which that official reiterates that 30,000 effective men will be sufficient to enable this government to control the Philijipines. The general also says that the American forces occupy the larger part of the Tagal country, and the insurgent forces are scattered; that tne” only large rebel force held together numbers about 4,000 in Tarlac province; that their other scattered forces number about 2,000; that the mass of the people, terrorized by the insurgent soldiers, desire peace and American protection, and that the natives in the southeast of Luzon are combining to drive out the insurgents. The United States transports Grant and Hooker have arrived at Manila. All the tin-plutc works in the country will be closed as a result of the failure to settle the wage scale, and fully 5,000 persons will Vie thrown out of work. The international council of women opened in London. Three thousand men and boys went on a strike at. the packing houses in the Cljfcago stock yards for an increase of wages. Senor Luis Marinas, the first Spanish consul general at the Philippine islands, irrived at Manila. The Michigan Central and the Cincinnati, Hamilton &. Dayton frelghthouses and 75 cars were burned at Toledo, 0., the loss being $250,000. The new city directory gives Milwaukee a population of 285,000. ..Federal Judge Phillips decided in Kansas City, Mo., tlint assessment insurance companies must pay the policies of suicides. Rev. Nathan E. Wood, D. 1)., pastor of the First Baptist church, Boston, has been cliysen president of the Newton (Mass.) theological institute. Mrs. Helen J. Gibbs, aged 55, of Cnlesbarg, ill., was sentenced to 14 years in the penitentiary for the murder of Mrs. Ida Bates. Sir Thomas J. Upton’s yaelit Shamrock, which will race the Columbia for ♦he America’s cup in October, was launched in London. The South African republic is placing Inrgc orders for rifles in Italy for immediate delivery. Mrs. Addie Barrow,’ last of the kidnapers of little Marion Clarke in New York, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to state’s prison for 12 years and 10 months.

MINOR NEWS ITEMS. Prcsjdeitt McKinley liiih received the LL.I). degree from seven colleges. An orgnni/.ed effort is being made to stump put consumption in Germany by scientific methods of treatment. The window glass combine, known ns the American Glass company, has again advanced the price of window glass. Eighty-four per cent, of the entire state of Idaho is still public land, amounting to more than 44,000,000 acres. A letter from Alaska says the cleanup for the present season will amount to at least $18,000,000, more than twice lust year’s yield. Jacob Field, Wall street’s greatest plunger, estimates that he has paid out $75,000 in revenue stamps since the beginning of the war with Spain. A. L. Dewar, of Chicago, has purchased a scat on the New York stock 'exchange for $40,000. This is the third seat that has been sold for that sum. ' ' ■Michael Lynch, formerly a Tammany leader and friend of lioss Tweed, lias been sent to the almshouse at Blackwell's island, New York, with his wife. Hawaiian planters are getting tired of Portuguese and Japanese laborers. They desire - 10,000 American white farmers shall locate ia the islands and to secure flu m will offer special inducements. A jury nt Scranton, Mo., passing upon the death of n negro who had been lynched, rendered n verdict to the effect that the negro climbed a tree, ventured toe-far out on n limb.and fell, breaking bis neck. Johnson’s island. Lake Erie, which was famous as n prison for rebel soldiers during the civil war, bus just been sold at auction for $15,(lot), The island lies in Sandusky buy, a few miles from the cityjof that name. With regard to the question of the maintenance of canteens nt I’nitlsl States army posts the acting secretary of war said that so far as the department is concerned the mutter is settled in favor of maintaining the present system. Ed ward F. Powell, who inherited $250,(500 on reaching his majority a year •go, .tried to wftiuse his young ludv riends nt Norristown. Pa., by showing hem how fast he could run backward. !o stumbled ami fell, breaking his neck, and died immediately.

PROBABLY MURDERED. theory of Suicide la Case of You** Woman Found Dead In n Wlehtin (Ku.) Bank Abandoned. Wichita, Kan., June 26. —When the body of Miss Belle Slavin was found at two o’clock last Thursday morning in the office of the National Bank of Commerce, death having resulted from a bullet wound in the head, it was supposed that she had committed suicide. Later developments seem to indipate that the young woiban was murdered. Coroner JMpLuudygn now say? hsr o£ath was not ‘ suicidaTand Hie police are working upon the theory that murder. has been done. Miss Slavin, who was the bank’s stenographer, was permitted to take in outside work, and was frequently employed by commercial travelers pnd other strangers, work of this kind often keeping her in the office at the bank until ten o’clock at night. Mr. Jobes, president of the bank, now states that on Wednesday afternoon a strange man came to the bank and asked to have some work done. Miss Slavin told him to bring it around after six o’clock. Mr. Jobes says that he observed the stranger surveying the interior of the bank very critically. While waiting for the stranger to keep his appointment, Miss Slavin evidently busied herself by writing letters to her friends, for when her body was discovered three sealed letters were found. All these letters were written in a pleasant vein, and there was nothing to indicate self-destruction. A barber who passed the bank at eight o’clock saw Miss Slavin standing before the window, apparently waiting for some one. Another citizen heard a pistol Bhot just after eight o’clock. When Miss Slavin’s father, the president of the bank, and another citizen went to the bank in search of her at two o’clock in the morning they found the bank door unlocked, papers were scattered around the floor, the contents of several drawers were disarranged, and Miss r Slavin’s keys were missing. The revolver found by the young woman’s side was not her own. Her weapon was found in a drawer. The theory of the police is that the murderer expected to secure valuables or money.

END OF CLEVELAND STRIKE. Terms Arranged l>y Connell Committee Agreed To—llesolt an Expensive Victory tor Company. Cleveland, 0., June 26.—The great street car strike in Cleveland was settled at seven o’clock Saturday evening. It was ended at a time when everyone had decided that a peaceful solution, was improbable. The terms of adjustment are similar to those which the men unanimously rejected at their meeting Thursday night. The agreement provides for the hearing of grievances and a resort to arbitration in case the men and the company cannot agree and it nlso provides for the reinstatement of practically 80 per cant, of the old men at once, the remainder, except those who have been guilty of violence, being placed on the waiting list. The company has cleurly won the strike, but at a tremendous cost. The loss to the Big Consolidated is $100,000; the gain to the Little Consolidated, the parallel line belonging to Senator Hanna, is $.‘10,000. The 770 men have lost SOO apiece. 1 Only one outbreak of violence attended the resumption of traffic on all the lines of the Big Consolidated street railway Sunday morning. There was objection in some parts of the city to the retention of the nonunion men who were kept by the company. A purty of 25 men assembled near the Brooklyn bridge, just south of the city, and whenever a car came along with a nonunion crew the passengers were asked to disembark and wait for a car manned by a union crew. In most eases the passengers did ns requested. Finally a nonunion conductor undertook to argue with the crowd, and he was promptly struck over the head with a club, and be and the motor man driven away. The mob refused to permit the ear to move until a union crew came along and pushed it to the barns. Asa rule the old men were glad the strike was settled, though there was some grumbling because tire nonunion men were kept. It is predicted that all the nonunion men will be glad to leave the city within .'todays. Jumped from Ends Brill**. St. Lquis, June 26. —Miles McDonald, aged 20, employed by the F. M. Long Sirup company, Sunday, as the result of a wager with some fellow-employes, dived from the center span of the Eads bridge, badly injuring himself and narrowly escaping death. The distance from the bridge to the water is 115 feet. McDonald alighted on his shoulders and the upper part of his,back, and but for the prompt assistance of a boat and crew in readiness he would have •drowned. Sturm Destroys Crops. Omaha, Neb.,une 20. —A lieu special from Bartley, Neb., says: Bartley and udjacent territory was visited by the jmost destructive hail and rainstorm in its history at four o’clock Snnduy afternoon.' For miles to the northenjt not'a stnlk of corn or spear of wheat ij. if ft standing. The whole country is Hooded and thousands of dollars’ worth of property is destroyed. Little hail insurance Ts carried bv the farmers and the loss will be heavily felt. Statue to Thomas llaaches. London, June 26.—The archbishop of Canterbury, Most Uev,/Frederick Temple, D. D„ formerly head master of liugby school, unveiled at Rugby Saturday. In the presence of a distinguished assembly, a statue erected to the memory of the late Thomas Hughes, (j. C„ author of “Tom Brown’s School Days,”o’Tom Brown, at Oxford,” etc., and founder of the British settlement of Rugby, Teltn. Stoned by ftaeen tteoeat Madrid, June 26.—The qqeeu regent has signed the bill for the cession to Germany of the Caroline islands*

TO CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS. President *ld to Hove D>eide4 *• Send Abont i*,ooo More Mem to Gen. Otis. Chicago, Junell-The Washington special to the Tribune says: president McKinley has decided to call for volun teers for service in the Philippine®* has been determined to form at least nine regiments and, possibly 12. r the present the president deems nine or ten regiments enough, and it derstood this number is based on the .representations made by Gefit Otis, w o ifiaFto estimate of the force he will need in maintaining peace in the islands. There are now 23,000 regulars in the Philippines, and there will shortly be a reenforcement of at least 7,000. Inis furnishes Gen. Otis with the army he desired in the earlier estimates from Manila. Lately, however, he has had occasion to revise these figures, and under the influence of the more liberal estimates of Gen. Lawton and other advisers he has informed the Washington officials that the presence of 12,000 or 15,000 volunteers to supplement the force of regulars will be a safeguard. TAKES PERSONAL COMMAND. Agatnaldo Again t*“d (he Flllpin* Army-Man*** Big Force at San Fernando. Manila, June 24.—Aguinaldo does not seem to be satisfied with the attempt of the insurgents to retake San Fernando, and he has taken command of Gen. Luna’s army and has massed the largest rebel force yet mobilized, bringing 2,000 men from the Antipoio region. He is exceedingly troublesome.' Thursday night his men wounded two members of the Seventeenth regiment. Gen. MacArthur’s men are constantly on the alert to repel any attacks by the rebels, sleeping upon their arms. The general sincerely hopes that the Filipinos will give him another chance for a battle, for the soldiers really enjoy an Opportunity to fight them when they can do so without wading through swamps to catch them. Railway trains between Manila and San Fernando have been stopped lor several days while permanent repairs w'ere being made to the bridges along the route, buW Rriday traffic was resumed.

MINERS FOUND DEAD While Crossing; u Desert Twenty Men I.ose Their Way and Die - of Tlitrst. --2 San Diego, Gal., June 24. —Word has been received here that a party of 20 miners ’ bound for the Sierra I’intada placers lost their way in the desert and wandered around a long time, finally dying of thirst. The information came in a letter received by J. I*. Caiitlin, one . of the charterers of the schooner Thomas -S. Negus, which took a party of CO prospectors to San Roque landing, from L. J. Allen, purser of the Negus. The letter is dated at San Roque Bay, June 17. The corpses of the lost miners were accidentally discovered in the desert by another party bound in the same direction. Death Lid Numbers 11 It. New Richmond, Wis., June 23.—8 y the death of Ward S. Gould Wednesday, night the total number of victims from last week’s tornado was brought up to 112. The relief and rebuilding work are being supervised by the governor’s commission, and rapid progress is being made. Gash relief is still much needed, and the fund is still growing slowly. Rests In Arlington. Washington, June 23.—Funeral services over the remains of Gen. Daniel Macauley, who died five years ago in Managua, Nicaragua, and whose body was brought to the United States by the cruiser Detroit, were held at Arlington Thursday afternoon. The burial service was: accordHig to the grand army ritual. ” Plngrrc to Support A liter. Detroit, Mich., June 24. Gov. lingrec gave out a public statement Friday to the effect that he had combined with Secretary Alger in the interest of Algers senatorial candidaev, Gen. Alger will not withdraw under any circumstances, nor will he spend uny more money in the campaign. Troops for Manila. San Francisco, June 23.—Four companies of the Twenty-fourth. United States infantry and 15 recruits sailed for Manila Thursday evening on the transport Zealandia. The transport nlso carried an immense amount of provisions and supplies for the army in the Philippines. Canteen question Settled. Washington. June 24—With regard to the question of the maintenance of canteens at United States army posts, the acting secretary of war said’ that so far as the department is concerned the matter is settled in favor of maintaining the present system. Stew Railway Mileage. New York, June 23.—The Railroad Gazette gives the preliminary figures of new railroad building' for’ the first six months of 1889. They show a total of 1,181.45 miles. Dumas, the elder.was not in the habit Os counting his money, but did so once afterward leaving it on the mantel while he left the room fora few minutea. When.be returned and Was giving some instructions to a servant he mechanically counted the pieces over * OUIuI a ni *ssihg. i sa,d ’ a sigh, “considering that I never counted my money before, I can't sav it pav,” <*’' ~ There are lots of men in Wail street who sign million-doHar checks and think lew of it than some people would •f hundred-dollar check*.

“Durability is Better Thai Show” The •wealth of the nudti-mUtionaires is 1 not equal to good health. Riches euithouthealth are a curse/ and yet the 1 rich, the middle classes and thepoor - alike have, in Hood's Sarsaparilla, a -valuable assistant in getting and maintaining perfect beam. ii ' * l**W**^"*mi■ A PAINT MAN’S STORY. He Had a Mae of Idea That W*i Good: Enough to String Most Anybody. This drummer travels for a paint houseand as it was up to him he told the following: . . . . “I am organizing anew stock company,, and I am going to pass up the traveling business and go to clipping coupons for a. living. I was in Mexico not long. ago. 1 think it was the trip before last, when I ran across the most remarkable thing in the paint line that I have ever seen. I was riding through the most forlorn bit of country that it has ever been my misfortune to be cast into. I came to a little house. It was a very peculiar affair, and I noticed that although it was adorned with a coat of red paint, the paint seemed tohave been nailed 6n. Inside I found a little man working with a mortar and pestle. I asked him about the house and most particularly about the paint. He then tola me that he was an inventor;, that ten yeare before he had invented what he called asbestos paint—a paint that would not bum. He built a house and laid on a thick coat of his newly-found preparation. Shortly afterward the interior of the house caught fire and burned up entirely, leaving the paint standing. After he had cleared away the debris, he spread a big canvas where the shingled roof had been and lived comfortably inside the four walls of paint for three years. He then accumulated enough money to build up the house inside the paint again. He did so and nailed the paint on to secure the interior of the house from falling down. ‘I have lived in it as you see it ever since,' he said. ‘How would you like to buy some slices of stock in my invention ?’ =— l ; —- “I immediately bargained for New Hampshire, Vermont, North Dakota and Michigan and am now organizing my company. Can I sell you some shares ot stock or even some territory?” * - While the remainder of the company werelooking for their weapons, the paint man. made good his escape.—Detroit Free Press.

SHE GOT IT. Bnt It Took the Bystanders t See the Humor of the Situation. A lot of people were present at an auction sale of Japanese goods the other day. “How much am I bid fop this exquisitevase?” asked the auctioneer, holding itabove his head. “One dollar,” responded an elderly lady, sitting in one of the front seats. “That’s a shame,” cried the man with the hammer. “This vase, as a work of art* isworth four times the sum. Why. look .at it. Will an intelligent audience allow such > sacrifice?” “A dollar aftd a quarter,” came in thesame woman’s voice. “Well, well, well! Can’t you see that this is a treasure, and you stand here and allow it to be given away for such a paltry sum?” “A dollar and a half.” Again it was the game bidder speaking. “A dollar and a half! The very idea!” ejaculated the auctioneer. “I never saw the like.. Come, good people, what is the meaning of this? One of the mikado's special designs slighted in such a manner! It is areflection on your taste.” “A dollar seventy-five,” said the solitarybidder. “I cannot let it go for that,” was the man’s reply. “It is too costly, too precious, and too rare in pattern. Wake up, or I’ll put it back in the box.” “Two dollars,” the woman said. “Well, it doesn’t seem as if I can get any more, so here goes. Two dollars —once, twice, three times! Sold to a lady there atthat shameful figure.” The lady stepped up, paid for and received, her vase, and departed, apparently without noticing the smiles of tne audience.—-Cin-cinnati Enquirer. Xjo 7/frs . tPinkham, <£ynn, [LETTER TO IIR3. UMKBAM HO. 41,207] “ Dear Friend— A year ago I was s great sufferer from female weakness. My head ached all the time and I would get so dizzy and have that all gone feeling in the stomach and was so nervous and restless that I did not know what to do with myself. “ My food did me no good and I had a bad case of whites. I wrote to you and after taking Lydia E. Pinkham’rf Vegetable Compound as directed, I can truly say that I feel like anew woman and cannot tell yon how grateful I am to you. “I have recommended it to all my friends and have given it to my daughter who is now getting along splendidly. Maj? you live many years to help our suffering sisters.”— Mbs. C. Carpenter, 253 Grand St., Brooklyn, Over eighty thousand such letters as this were received by Mrs. Pinkham during 1897. Surely this is strong proof of her ability to. help suffering women. A Natural Black is Produced by Buckingham's Dyev^* A Good Wagon mm WS I l\W "atom*. Soloon* Urn. Any W|Sa‘ 6UCT, Ul