Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1897 — Page 3

The Last Man on Earth.

To recklessly experiment upon himself with hope of relief Is the dyspeptic. Yet the nostrums for this malady are as the sands of the sea, and, presumably, about as efficacious. Indigestion, that obstinate malady, eyen if of long perpetuity, la eventually overcome with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, an appetizing tonic and alterative, which cures constipation, fever and ague, bilious remittent, rheumatism, kidney complaint and feebleness.

Carious Coincidences of History.

Some curious coincidences are related of the world’s celebrities. The immortal Shakspeare was born and died on April 23; the first event in 1564 and the second in 1616. Another figure in the field of literature, Sir Thomas Browne, was born Oct. 19, 1605, and died on Oct. 19,1682. The artist Raphael was born and died on Good Friday, and John Sobieski, the famous King of Poland, was born June 17, 1629, and died June 17, 1696. Swan, the composer, was born July 23,1758, and died on the same date eighty-four years later. Moses died on the same day of the same month in which he was born, his age being 120. Statu of Ohio, City of Toledo, i Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh tliat cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Curb. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. j R _. r I A. W. GLEASON, I I Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sy Sold by Druggists, 75c.

Business with Pleasure.

Mrs. Tiars—Oh, I just hate wash day. I wish we never had to wear our clothes more than once. Mrs. Wheeler—Ah, that shows you’re not up to date. My husband has rigged up a set of belts and pulleys so that I can sit on my wheel in the laundry and run the wringer. I’ve already reeled off nearly 1,000 miles this fall.

Similar Experiences.

“Did you ever run after a ferryboat only to find that it was coming in?” “Oh, yes, and at the time I was courting my wife and thought I was winning out in a hard fight she ajjd all her relatives were combined in an. effort to make my escape impossible^—Philadelphia North American.

It Makes Cold Feet Warm

And is the only cure for Chilblains, Frost Bites, Damp, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Alien’s Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y.

Unfortunate, Indeed.

“It’s too bad they didn’t have judges in Adam’s time.” “Why?” “Think of the trouble he might have saved by getting an injunction to restrain the angel from driving him out of the garden of Eden.”

Lane's Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c.

A Fact to Be Considered.

“Why do you think I have made a mistake in naming my boy Henry Clay?” “Think of the temptation there will be for others to change it to Mud.”

W it: ho ut Dist ress Poor Health for Years—Hood’s Sarsaparilla Cures Dyspepsia. “My husband was in poor health for years owing to dyspepsia and he could not get relief. We gave him Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and after he ha<t taken three bottles he could eat without distress and was able to work.” BARBARA REHBERG, 139 North Pearl street, Green Bay, Wis. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the best—in fact, the One True Blood Purifier. Hood’S Pills cure constipation. 25cents.

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GETS ECKELS’ PLACE.

DAWES APPOINTED COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. . McKenna Is Also Named—President’s Attorney General Raised to Supreme Bench Actor Terries Stabbed to Death—French Writer Dead. Presidential Appointments. Among a number of appointments sent by President McKinley to the Senate Thursday for confirmation were those of Charles Gates Dawes of Evanston, 111., for Comptroller of the Currency to succeed James H. Eckels, and Joseph McKenna of California, at present Attorney General of the United States, to be associate justice of the Supreme Court in place of Justice Field, who recently retired. The nomination of Mr. Dawes was confirmed three hours later, without objection, but that of Judge McKenna was not acted upon that day. Mr. Eckels arrived in Washington the night previous, returning from the West, and at once carried his resignation to the White House. Mr. Eckels will remain in Washington long enough to assist Mr. Dawes in picking up the details of the office. He will then go to Chicago to accept his bank position. Mr. Dawes figured in national politics as the Illinois member of the executive committee of the Republican national committee during the last campaign. The home of Mr. Dawes is in Evanston. He removed to Illinois three years ago from Lincoln, Neb., to become the president of the Northwestern Gas Light and Coke

JUDGE JOSEPH M’KENNA.

Nominated to be Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Company. For several years he was prominent as a lawyer and business man in Lincoln. He became a director in the American Exchange National Bank of Lincoln, vice-president of the Lincoln Packing Company and interested himself in many other enterprises in the Nebraska capital. He is also interested in gas plants in Akron, 0., and La Crosse, Wis. Mr. Dawes is a native of Ohio and is 32 years old. He is the son of Gen. R. R. Dawes, who was one of the commanders of the old iron brigade of Wisconsin. Joseph McKenna, who has been nominated to be associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, was taken from Philadelphia to California by his parents when he was but 12 years old, and he has grown up with the country. He won his first prominence in a railroad speech twen-ty-two years ago—his first national prominence, for he had been a notable man in his own State for some time. He was district attorney of Solano County at 22, and afterward served for one term in the State Legislature before running for Congress. He held the office of Congressman for four terms, and during the last one he was made judge of the United States Circuit Court by President Harrison. His most important decisions have been in regard to railroad legislation.’ Judge McKenna is tall and thin and angular, and his hair is auburn and a little gray. His eyes are his most remarkable feature — something between hazel and gray and

CHARLES G. DAWES. New Comptroller of the Currency.

remarkably deep and clear. He has a resonant, pleasant voice.

News of Minor Note.

Another uprising is threatened in Guatemala. President Barrios’ political enemies are the instigators. If Mrs. Nack looks like her newspaper portraits it is hard to understand why she is protesting against death. The Alleghany Connecting Bailway Company has been chartered in Pennsylvania to build a line from Plum to Harrison townships, Alleghany County. The health and police committee of the Board of Supervisors at San Francisco has put a quietus upon the prize fighting industry in that city for some time to come by refusing any more permits for pugilistic or physical culture exhibitions to a big club. Mrs. Matilda Delilah Shields, a granddaughter of Richard Henry Potomax, an Indian chief, died at Washington, D. 0., aged 113 years. She leaves one son and two daughters, thirty grand-children and thirty-five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Shields had lived in that locality nearly al] her life.

ACTOR TERRISS SLAIN.

Stabbed to Death in London by * Super Named Archer. WiUiam Terries, the well-known actor, was assassinated Thursday night as he was about to enter the stage door of the Adelphi Theater in London. He had just left his cab and was walking across the pavement when a man rushed upon him with a knife and stabbed him immediately below the heart. Mr. Terriss was carried into the theater and doctors were summoned from the Charing Cross Hospital, but he died with-

WM. TERRISS.

in fifteen minutes. The murderer was seized by some of tire bystanders and given into the custody of the police. He gave his name as Archer, and is supposed to have been a super at the Adelphi Theater several years ago. No motive for the murder was ascertained. Mr. Terriss had been playing a leading part in the English version of William Gillette’s American drama, “Secret Service.” He reached the theater at his customary hour, driving there alone from his lodgings. He stepped from the cab to the pavement near the stage entrance and was making his way through the usual crowd that throngs the spot at the time, when a man darted toward him from behind. He concealed a long dagger beneath a cloak that covered his shoulders, and was thus enabled to hide his purpose from the bystanders. It was only when Mr. Terriss fell that the crowd realized that a crime had been committed. “My God! He’s stabbed me!” Terriss shouted as he fell. “Don’t let him escape!” Mr. Terriss was carried into the theater and up the stage stairway as far as the first landing, where he was laid on the floor. He died surrounded by the members of the company and the theater staff. A large audience had already assembled in the theater, to whom the manager announced from the footlights that Mr. Terriss had met with an accident that prevented giving a performance. As the audience dispersed the newsboys were crying special editions of the evening papers, and the fact that Mr. Terriss had been murdered became quickly known. It caused a remarkable scene along the Strand, expressions of horror and indignation being heard on every side.

ALPHONSE DAUDET DEAD.

Sudden Ending of Life of the French Writer at Paris. Alphonse Daudct expired in Paris Thursday night. He was dining with his

ALPHONSE DAUDET.

family when he was seized with a sudden syncope. Physicians were summoned, but he died almost immediately. Alphonse Daudet was born at Nimes of poor parents May 13,1840. In 1857, with his brother Ernest, he went to Paris to try to gain a livelihood by literary pursuits. His first publication was a volume of poems entitled “Les Amoureusee,” which appeared in’ 1858, and won for him a reputation that led to his employment on several newspapers. It was while writing under the name of “Baptistet,” or under his real name, novels, tales and newspaper articles that he achieved his real popularity.

FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS.

Receipts of American Board Reached a Total of $642,781. The annual report of the American Board of Foreign Missions shown total receipts from all sources of $642,781, of which New England contributed $386,484; Illinois, $38,915; Wisconsin, $9,249; Michigan, $15,735; lowa, $13,136, and Indiana, $1,351. The report deals at length with Turkish massacres and says that while many Christians were killed or fled, the number of professing Christians exceeds that previous to the outrages. The wounds left by massacres have been slowly healing, though in several places the suffering has been quite as great as in the previous year. The demand for indemnity for losses incurred at Harpoot and Marash, amounting in all to SIOO,OOO, have been pressed, as yet without result. The changed conditions at Constantinople and the arrival of Dr. Angell, the new United States minister, may reasonably be expected to secure early and satisfactory action in regard to this claim and all other material questions at issue between the United States Government and Turkey. Mrs. J. A. Wilkins, 23 years old, committed suicide in the Oriental Hotel at New York City. She was despondent because of the inability of her husband to secure work. The latter attempted to commit suicide when he learned of his wife’s death, but was unsuccessful. The coroner’s jury, which has been inquiring into the Garrisons (N. Y.) train wreck on the New York Central, in which, nineteen persons lost their lives, has rendered a verdict to the effect that the cause of the accident is unknown.

FOR POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

National Board of Trade Warwaly Dlacneoea the Proposition. The first matter which came before the National Board of Trade at ita aeegfcm in Washington Wednesday was a reeoiutfco favoring the estabiiahment of postal savings banks, which was introduced by the Chicago Board of Trade. It was stated in the resolution that the people should be encouraged to deposit their savtaxge in a department of the national government. The passage of the resolution was advocated by Mr. Lyon of Chicago, who said that the secret of saving lies in beginning. An objection was that it would concentrate money in the cities and would farterfere with the busfaKsa of budding ewKicintions, etc. After some discuretam the question was referred to a committee to report at the next meeting. The question of artificial irrigation was neut discussed, the basis being a resotation offered by tire Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce, which recommended that Congress enact laws to place the supervision of all irrigation enterprises in the hands of the United States authorities, where such work is undertaken upon waterways affecting interstate navigation. Mr. Pence of Cincinnati presented the report of the committee on international waterways. The report urges Congress to continue such legislation and to make such appropriations as will provide for deepening tire channel of the Miestaippl river so that at least six feet be permanentiy maintained from the mouth of the Missouri southward. The report was adopted. The afternoon Beamon was chiefly devoted to currency discussion. The gist of the resolutions adopted was an indorsement of the single gold standard, the gradual retirement of United States notes, the enlargement of the national bank circulation with a gradual reduction in the tax On the same, and, finally, the establishment of national banks with a capital of $25,000 or over in towns of over 2,000 population. A motion to locate a permanent headquarters tor the National Board of Trade in Washington met with general approval, but was referred to a special committee for final action. The active prosecution of the Nicaraguan canal project was heartily indorsed.

STEAMER CLEVELAND LOST.

Vessel Is Wrecked on the Coast of Vane on Ter Island. Uncertainty aa to the fate of the overdue steamer CJeveiand, which sailed from San Francisco Dec. 4 for Seattle, was cleared away by the receipt of a telegram from Captain Hall, master of the ehip, addressed to the owner. From the rather indefinite details so far received it appears that the steamer is a total wreck on the west coast of Vancouver island, in Barclay sound, twelve miles north of Gape Beale. The captain and six others are safe, but twenty-two are stall missing and it is feared they were drowned. The steamer broke down during a severe storm off the mouth of the Columbia river. Captain Hall tried to put into Puget Sound, but the fury of the gale and rapidity of the current combined to make the vessel totally unmanageable, and when she finally ran ashore on Barclay sound, the panic-stricken crew rushed for the boats. Despite the warning of Captain Hall, who advised the men to stick to the ship, she was beached. None of these boats have as yet been heard from and it is feared that they are lost, although it is probable that they may have landed on the coast of Vancouver island at some remote point. The captain, chief engineer, purser, three sailors and one fireman, who remained on board the Cleveland, succeeded in reaching the shore through the surf safely. The vessel and cargo was valued at $75,000, on which there is little insurance.

SPAIN MAY GIVE UP CUBA.

Suspicion Increases That an Evacuation Is Actually Intended. There is a suspicion in Washington official circles, which is gradually becoming a conviction, that Spain is preparing to turn the island over to the Cubans. A correspondent says that there is no doubt that the Spanish Government and people are sick of the war. Some of the officials here suspect that Spain would be glad to get rid of Cuba, if she could do it gracefully, and without seeming to acknowledge that she has been whipped. These views were strengthen by a dispatch which Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister, received from Captain General Blanco, containing notice of the granting of what appears to be an order of amnesty to all political exiles from Cuba. This indicates that Captain General Blanco has revoked the orders of Weyler, under which American citizens were expelled from the island. If Blanco intends to adhere honestly to the policy outlined in his' dispatch to the Spanish minister, everybody expelled from Cuba, except common criminals, may go back to the island with assurances of their safety as long as they obey the law.

SECOND CALL TO BUSINESS MEN

Are Asked to Assemble in Indianapolis Jan. 25. The convention of business men which met in Indianapolis last January and authorized the appointment of the monetary commission will be called together again for the purpose of considering the commission’s report. This was decided upon at a meeting of the.executive committee of the convention Wednesday in Washington. < The new convention will be held m Indianapolis on Tuesday, Jan. 25. The invitation will go out, as before, to all boards of trade, commercial clubs and similar organizations in all cities of the United States having a population of 8,000 or more. The executive committee determined upon this course with a view to crystallizing public opinion in support of the report of the monetary cnmmfesion, in case the plan presented by the commission shall commend itself to the business community. Bev. Father Pribyl, pastor of St. John’s Catholic Church at Bridgeport, Conn., from the altar divulged a conspiracy to assassinate him. His statement astounded his congregation and after the *er> vices the priest gave the police the names of the conspirators and sufficient evidence to warrant prosecution. For four hours a score of Georgia State Senators were locked up in the capital, guarded* by doorkeepers with clubs. They lacked three of a quorum and had hundred* of bills to act upon at once, henna* the session is about to close.

Cannibal Island Currency.

Curious moneys are used in the Cannibal Islands. The inhabitants of Santa Cruz use for money rope ends an inch thick and ornamented with scarlet feathers which are worn about the waist. The money of Solomon Island consists of ehells about the size of shirt buttons. They are threaded on strings about four yards long and distinguished as red and white money. Dog teeth are of higher value and are worn on strings about the neck. Marble rings are considered valuable money. The currency table in these islands would be about as follows: Ten cocoanuts equal one string of white money. Ten strings of white money equal one dog’s tooth. Ten strings of dog’s teeth equal one Isa or fifty dolphin’s teeth. Ten isa equal one fine woman. One marble ring equals one head of head-antlers, or one good hog, or one useful young man.

There Is a Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-0, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15c and 25c per package.

No Wonder He Looked It.

Senator Billyuns—Good morning. You seem to be all puffed up over something. What’s happened? Senator Highrocks—l’ve just been reading a biography of myself in the Sil intown Snorter. You know the editor of that paper wants me to recommend him for the postniastershap.

“Klondyke Balletin”

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The Merry Huntsman.

“So you were out hunting with Jones yesterday? Did either of you hit anything?” “Yes, I saw him hit a bottle several times.” Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp’s Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. The North of Ireland Is justly famed for holiday resorts, for its beautiful scenery and many spots of historical interest.

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

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Slag as Ballast.

Engineer M. of W. Lee o*the B. A (jJ lines west of the Ohio river hae brete experimenting during the past year er two with slag for ballast. His plan bf to put about one foot under the tie* ate! it makes very good ballast. About 18 miles of the Akron division have bette improved in this way, bnt Mr. Lee’s pref-» erence is for gravel when he can get ItJ During the past season on the Trane-f ’ Ohio division he has put in 143 miles off new ballast, the principal pert of wUew was good, clean gravel. In addition tof the ballasting, the Trans-Obio division/ has had 460,981 new Cross ties, end there! 1 have been 31 miles of new 75-pound ttett rail laid, replacing 60-pound rails. |

Her Vindication.

“No,” said Briggs, “my wife didn’t seem to be very badly frightened whe» we heard that the hotel had caught firey in spite of the fact that bur room waß on the thirteenth floor. In truth, she! seemed to get a sort of grim satlsfao/ tion out of It.” “How was that?” “Why, the -first thing she said, wheat we awoke and heard the commotions was: ‘There, now; Joe Briggs, maybe/ you’ll not be so ready to laugh the'next) time I tell you thirteen'a an unluckyf number!’ ” 3

Do You Dance To-Night?

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All Depends.

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