Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1898 — Page 6

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, • - INDIAN a.

FATAL INDIANA FIFE.

VILLAGE OF FRANKTON IS THE SUFFERER. Business Houses Destroyed and One Man Crushed Under a Wall-Young Girl Kills Herself Upon Learning of Her Lover’s Deaths Fire Loss of SIOO,OOO. The business portion of Frankton, Ind., was practically entirely wiped out the other morning by a fire which originated in the opera house block. The origin of the tire is unknown, but it is thought to have started from a small gas leak. Inadequate fire protection service made it impossible to check the flames, and the opera house, which had a seating capacity of 800, and the business blocks of Loeb, clothier; A. Wise & Son, hardware; Leach & .Tones, grocery; George Knowlnnd, furniture, and the offices of J. M. Farlow, Dr. Peek, Dr. Van Horn and others were entirely destroyed. The loss is about SIOO,OIXI, with insurance of about half. Most of the business of the town was done by these firms and they carried heavy stocks. A small gas explosion in the rear of the Commercial block blew part of the roof off. It fell into the alley, crushing to death William Wallace, aged GO. Daniel Bradley and several others were severely bruised. Frankton is a gas-belt manufacturing center noted for glassware. It has a population of 3,000. RIOT ON STREETS OF PARIS. Anti-Dreyfus Meeting Becomes Demonstrative and In Dispersed. At a meeting under the auspices of the Patriotic League, the most violent antiDreyfus organization in Paris, Messrs. Millovoyo and Deroulede declared that the time had arrived to pass from words to acts. The audience thereupon started to march to the Sherche-Midi prison, where Colonel Picquart is confined. The police interfered, whereupon the “patriots’ made for a meeting being held by the advocates of revision. A collision occurred, revolvers were fired and one man was wounded. M. Deroulede’s frantic followers continued the parade,- shouting “Vive I’armee!” and “Conspuez Dreyfus!” until they reached the Strasbourg monument, where they were finally dispersed.

RUN CORNER IN BROOMCOHN. Two Men Control the Prodnct of Kansas and Oklahoma. Robert Findley & Co., of Sterling, and C. R. Lee, of Lincoln, Neb., have purchased all the available broomeorn brush In Kansas and Oklahoma, comprising the principal growing districts of the United States, and pushed the price up sls per ton. They paid S4O to S6O per ton tor the product, but have refused $75 per ton. Broommakers know that Kansas and Oklahoma are the principal brush-growing districts in this country and the shortage of the crop enabled these men to run the corner. PRETTY GIRL KILLS HERSELF. Grief Over the Death of Sweetheart Ends in a Tragedy. Miss Laura Flick, a beautiful girl of 17,' living in Skagit County, Wash., killed herself on hearing of her betrothed’s death. She was engaged to Matthew Ruth of Hamilton, who was building a fine home for his intended bride. He was taken ill a few weeks ago. He became suddenly worse and died before Miss Flick, who lived in the country, learned he was ill. When the news was told her she walked to her room and shot (herself through the right temple. She was buried at Hamilton with her lover. Ohio Wheat Crop Falls Off. The Ohio State crop bulletin shows that the condition of the growing wheat crop in Ohio has fallen off 2 points since Nov. 1, due to the ravages of the fly and the grubworm. Still its condition is 100 per cent of a full average. The corn area in Ohio for the year 1808 crops is given as 2.054,504 acres, producing 111,354,701 bushels, or 38 bushels per aero, the largest crop except that of ISI Mi in the history of the State. The potato area was 117,341 acres, producing 8,254,121 bushels. The cattle being fed for spring market is 82 lH*r cent average number and sheep 82 per cent.

Cliicnuo '1 hen ter in Kuinn. The Lincoln Theater, on North Clark street, Chicago, was discovered to he on lire the other evening ten minutes after an audience of 700 had left the building, and before the thunes were checked the tnulding had been gutted, and $73,000 damage done. The tire is supimsod to have originated accidentally. Bnrglum Kill Hotel-Keeper. Michael P. Corcoran, proprietor of the Anthracite Hotel at Duryea, l*a., was murdered in the most cold-blooded manner by burglars, one of his two servants wan, bound/ gagged and blindfolded and the safe in his bedroom was blown open and about $llOO in money and other valuablea stolen. The robbers made their escape. ’ Duelists blar Kach Other. A duel to the death with revolvers took place at Jackson. Ky„ between C. C. Runyon, ninrsbal of Jackson County, and Alfred Allen. a well-known character. They fought over an old difficulty, and both men were instantly killed. Decrease in French Vintage. The French vintage of ISPS is officially estimated at 32,282,000 hectolitres, which is <IB,OOO hectolitres below the vintage of last year. Walton Woolen Mill Horned. The Walton Woolen mill, at the village of Walton, It. 1., was burned. All the machinery, a quantity of wool and a large amount of finished goods were burned also. The plant was practically the only industry in the village. The loss is estimated at about $75,000. Fire in a New York Church.' Fire wrecked the end of Bt. Agnes’ Catholic Church on Fifty-third street New York, destroying valuable altars, paintings and a new organ. Loss SIOO- -

FRUITS OF THE FIELD

SECRETARY WILSON’S ANNUAL REPORT. Head of the Department of Agriculture Discusses Various Subjects with Which He Has Had to Deal In His Official Capacity. The Secretary of Agriculture, in his annual report, presents some considerations relating to the general work of the department which serve as the basis for special recommendations and explain more fully, the estimates already presented for' the ensuing fiscal year. On the practicability of exporting dairy products, Secretary Wilson says it is not commercially profitable to send butter to Europe just now, as the home demand at present absorbs the supply. For the purpose of obtaining for dairymen all the facts relating to the export of this article, the department sent an agent to Paris to ascertain what encouragement there would be to ship butter to that port, and an agent to Hamburg to ascertain the facts regarding customs duties, as well as prohibition and other difficulties that might meet exporters of butter to Germany. It was found that no line of steamers sailing to French ports direct could furnish refrigerator space, so shipments could not be made during hot weather. Whenever our home supply of finest butter exceeds the home demand it can he profitably sent to both France and Germany. The American farmer is now selling cheap grains and mill feeds to the European dairymen, who meet us in European markets with products made from raw material furnished by us. But there is no reason to believe that there i% a growing tendency toward the consumption of grains and mill feeds at home and exporting the products of skill and intelligence. Growing Trade in the East. The trade in American farm products is growing in the China seas, and in order that markets may be opened up in Japan, China and other countries of the Pacific, ocean, an agent is now in that region establishing agencies, to which the department will make trial shipments and gather all information possible for the American producer. The Secretary recommends the extension and adoption of the provisions of the law regarding the inspection and certification of means and meat products for export, so as to make them apply to butter and cheese. The brands of “pure butter” and “full-cream cheese” should then be affixed by United States inspectors to such products as come up to the required standard of quality. This would place the good butter and cheese of this country in foreign markets under the identifying label and guaranty of the United States Government. The dairy products of Denmark and Canada, which are the chief competitors of the United States in the markets of Great Britain, bear the inspection certificate and guaranty of quality from their respective governments. The Secretary enlarges upon tfie need of nature teaching in the common schools. Ho says that there is a growing interest in education that relates to production, and all classes of intelligent people favor it. More knowledge by the farmer of what he deals with every day would enable him to control conditions, produce more from an acre, and contribute more to the general welfare. The Secretary calls attention to the necessity of his department undertaking an investigation of the agricultural conditions of the insular dependencies of the United States, emphasizing the fact that the department should ns soon as possible put itself in a position to extend to the producers of these new regions, largely dependent for their prosperity upon agriculture, the benefits which it now admittedly confers upon our own farmers. lie also advises the careful study of the insect pests and plant diseases in these islands, with a view not only of discovering preventives or remedies, but of guarding against their introduction into the United States. The report then reviews at length the operations of the several bureaus, divisions and offices of the department, reports of some of which have already been made public. In conclusion. Secretary Wilson expresses the opinion that a review of this work for the past year shows it to have been one of satisfactory growth and development.

WOMEN PRAY AT THE POLLS.

Use Their Influence for Prohibition, but l.ose the Fight. In Macon, Ga„ 500 women threw aside their domestic duties and assembled at the election precincts to use their influence for prohibition. They formed choirs and sang hymns and prayed nt the voting places, and their presence at the polls made a spectacle never before seen in the South. The battle was between white women on one side and anti-prohibitionists and negroes on the other. The women carried church organs to the middle of the street, the choirs sang, and dozens of exhorters prayed to Gfod to wipe out bar-rooms. But the women’s work was unsuccessful, as the town voted prohibition down by 1,000 majority. The women charge fraud and they propose to contest the election.

SUES FOR 3 CENTS AND WINS.

Telegraph Companlea Mint l’uy War Tax Htanine. At Carthage, Mo., Judge Perkins has rendered a decision in the ease of Senator Howard Gray vs. the Western Union Telegraph Company. The claim was for 3 cents for stamps charged the pluintilY after the tirst adoption of the war tax. Ins claim being that tin* defendants were by law required to bear that burden. The decision was in favor of tin* plaintiff for the amount <lf the claim. A new trial was denied, and also a motion for arrest of judgment was overruled.

Men-of-War on Great Lakes.

A Washington correspondent says that, as a result of an agreement reached by the sub-committee of the Anglo-American commission having the matter in charge, the building of men-of-wur on the great lakes will hereafter lie permitted by both Great Britain and Canada.

Palace to Coat a Million.

Andrew Carnegie is to build n million dollar palace on Fifth'nvemic, New York. He has purchased the two block front between Ninetieth and Ninety-second streets for $1)00,000.

VIRDEN JURY REPORTS.

Indictments Returned Against Both Gov. Tanner and Manager I.nkens. * The grand jnr.v called in special session at Carlinville to inquire into the cause of the Virden coal miners’ riot, which took place in the city of Virden Oct. 12, finished its labors Thursday and made a report to Judge It. B. Slilrhjy, who came down from Springfield. The jury indicted fiftyfour persons, among whom were Manager Lukens of the Chieago-Virden Coal Company and John R. Tanner, Governor of the State of Illinois. There are three counts against Mr. Lukens for alleged murder and manslaughter, and those against Gov. Tanner are “for palpable neglect of duty as an officer, and malfeasance in office.” This latter indictment recites the whole trouble at Virden, how the sheriff called for troops, the appeal the manager of the Chieago-Virden Coal Company made to the Governor to send troops, the riot that followed, and the killing of the fourteen men. F. C. Lukens, superintendent of the Chieago-Virden Coal Company, is.indicted on two counts on a charge of “willfully killing and murdering Ellis Smith,” and with manslaughter, in the ease of Joseph Gitterlie, Frank Wilder, J. E. Sickles and J. H. Smith. One hundred and seventy-five witnesses were examined by the grand jury. Nearly 1,000 pages of the coroner’s jury evidence was read and reread, and many prominent men were examined, many of them conflicting in their statements. The grand jury was in session twenty days and the coroner's jury fourteen days. The vote on indicting the Governor stood thirteen to ten in favor of the indictment. The vote on the indictment of'F. W. Lukens stood the same in number* as that of Gov. Tanner. Judge Shirley fixed the bond of Gov. Tanner at SSOO and that of Mr. Lukens at SI,OOO in each case. In the minor cases the bonds were made merely nominal in amount. The closing scenes in the grand jury room were full of dramatic interest, and the jurymen were glad that the work was at an end. During all the time the jury was in session each witness was rigidly examined and cross-examined, and every word uttered was minutely sifted.

FUNDS FOR THE NAVAL MILITIA.

Congress Asked for an Annual Appropriation of $200,000. Lieut. W. 11. Southerland of the United States navy, who was in general charge of the naval militia during the late war, asks Congress for an annual appropriation of $200,000 to foster tl»is branch of our reserve force. In his report, submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Lieut. Southerland gives a comprehensive history of the work performed by the naval militia in the operations against Spain. Of the total force of 24,123 enlisted men employed in the navy, 4,216 were mustered in from the na4hl militia organizations, of which number about 2,600 served in the regular navy, the remainder in the auxiliary naval force and coast signal service. The lieutenant praises the troops more for their zeal than efficiency. The war clearly demonstrated, he believes, the imperative necessity for the maintenance of a national naval reserve in the organization of which too much reliance must not be placed upon the merchant marine alone.

GRANT GILLETT RUN DOWN.

Kansas Cattle King Said to Have Been Arrested. Grant C. Gillett, the Kansas cattleman who, after a meteoric career, skipped out after floating $2,000,000 worth of valueless paper, is said by the representatives of the creditors to be under arrest at Chihuahua, in Old Mexico. It is stated that a message received from the northern border of Old Mexico conveyed information of Gillett’s whereabouts and asked what proportion of the money found on him would be given his captors if they turned him up. An officer was sent to Mexico to take charge of Gillett on a cliargV of forgery and an application for extradition papers was made.

The Political pot

Among tlie items in the campaign expense bill of Hon. P. S. White, New York State Senator, is “s(>o for renewing old acquaintances and $-0 in making new ones.” U. S. Grant, son of the dead general, is a Republican candidate for United States Senator from California. 11 is candidacy is opposed by some of the Republicans of that State. Georgia is wrestling with a deficit of $1,500,000 in the State treasury and the tax rate is the second highest in the South. The trouble is the State is long on government and short on revenue. According to their sworn statements Col. Roosevelt's election expenses were $2,000, while Judge Van Wyek’s were a little more than $-HH), but the latter gave up a SIO,OOO position to run for the office. Rev. Stanley L. Krebs of Rending, Tn., was a prohibition candidate for the Legislature at the recent election. He had written pledges from -4.500 men that they would vote for him and yet the official count shows that ho received but 1,332 votes.

l>r. Swallow, the Pennsylvania prohibitionist who ran for Governor, is not apparently discouraged by bis defeat. A friend asked him if he was now out of politics and the doctor replied: “No American citizen has any right to go out of politics." James Gray, the newly elected Mayor of Minneapolis, started life as a newsboy, earned money sufficient to keep him while going to the common schools, graduated from the State University and became reporter on and then managing editor of the Minneapolis Times. Mayor Edward I loos of Jersey City expoets to be a candidate for re-election next spring on a platform favoring Sunday theaters, . • Minister Strauss is making it lively so« the Sultan. Giving him, so to speak, • regular Strauss waits.

ALGER’S WAR REPORT

SECRETARY REVIEWS MILITARY OPERATIONS. '**' I Without Criticism He'Traces the Movement of Army an 1 Navy Makes Recommendations and Gives Cost of Operations. I 1 The annual report of Secretary of War Alger, reviewing the Work of the year, and especially the operations in the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico, has been made public. It gives a general summary of the military operations during the war. “Soon after the declaration of war,” it says, “a movement was contemplated looking to the investment of Havana, and orders to that effect were issued, and also for a reconnoissance in force along the south coast of Cuba, but the movement of the enemy’ll fleet changed these plans and culminated in the campaign of Santiago.” Of Gen. 'Miles’ share in the Santiago campaign the Secretary says: Maj. Gen. Miles arrived off Santiago July 11, und that evening communicated with Gen. Shatter by telephone, and on the 12th arrived at Gen. Shafter's headquarters. July 13 and 14 he, with Gen. Shatter, met the Spanish commander under a flag of truce between the lines to discuss the surrender of the Spanish forces. On the afternoon of July 14 Gen. Miles left Gen. Shafter's headquarters and soon thereafter went on board ship, preparatory to sailing for Porto Rico. July 17 the Spanish commander, Gen. Toral, surrendered the city, including the troops In Santiago and the surrendered district, over 23,000 men, upon our tel-ms, and at noon of that date the American flag was, by order of Gen. Shafter, hoisted over the Governor’s palace. After briefly outlining the operations in Porto Rico and the Philippines the report continues: Aug. 18 an order was issued to muster out 100,000 volunteers, which Is being carried out. Thus an army of about 250,000 volunteers and recruits for the regulars was called Into existence from civil life, which, with the regular army, made a total of 274,717 men. It was organized, armed and equipped (no supplies being on hand other than those of the regulars, save the Springfield muskets), and 50,000 men of this force were transported by land and sea to battlefields in the tropics 12,000 miles apart, where they won their victories without a single defeat, and all within the period of 113 days from the declaration of war to the signing of the protocol. This great achievement can be credited to no individual; it belongs to the nation.

Smallest Heath Rate in History. The deaths In the army from May 1 to Oct. 1, including killed, died of wounds and of disease, were 2,910, the smallest death rate recorded of any army in history, a most gratifying fact when it is considered that over 50,000 of our troops, born and reared in the temperate zone, were campaigning In tropical climates, subject to rain and heat almost unprecedented. In view of the needs of a military force In the islands occupied by the United States it is earnestly recommended that the regular army be permanently increased to 100,000 men and the requisite ofHeers; that a portion of this army be recruited from the inhabitants of those islands, to he mustered into the service of the United States and commanded by officers of our army, discretion, however, to be given to the President to make appointment of officers from the force so recruited. These men are acclimated, understand the language and habits of their countrymen, and their enlistment will not only give them employment, but also have a tendency to enable the Government to get into closer touch with their people than it would otherwise be able to do. This would also relitwe our people from serving in those climates to a large extent, and would, moreover, enable the volunteers to be mustered out of the service and return to their vocations of civil life.. The distinction between the regular and the volunteer is very sharply drawn. The regular enters the service because he prefers-the life of a soldier. Not so the volunteer. He enlists for an active campaign; when that is over and the enemy has laid flown its arms he at once desires to return to civil life. In the cities of Cuba, Potto Itico, and the Philippines there should also be employed and sworn into the service of the Uni’ted States a constabulary force for police dutymen who have had experience and can speak the langunge of those4slnnds, thus relieving our soldiers from that work. To supply food for the destitute, especially in Cuba, is a question that must tax this Government greatly, for a time at least. The effort should be made to .aid those people by giving tliem work, so that they tnay feel that they are earning their own bread Instead of living upon charity. Would it not be wise economy for the Government of the United States to construct a substantial railroad, practically the whole length of the island of Cuba, with branch roads to the leading cities on the coast? Such a road would, of course, cost a largo sum, perhaps $20,000,000, but it would give employment to the people of Cuba, teach them habits of Industry, be an Inducement for them to cultivate their farms and thus furnish supplies for the laborers and for market when the road Is constructed. This, In my Judgment, is absolutely essential to the pacification and development of that great Island. It will bring its minerals, lumber and agricultural products to market nml open up communication with all parts of the Island with the least possible delay. The road would be a good property, and when it had served its purpose for the Government could Ive sold for its cost. If such an Improvement is not made the Government will, no doubt, expend fully that amount in charity. Keen if this road be built, there Is Immediate necessity for a large appropriation to relievo the destitute. An appropriation for n monument to Gen. Grant nml the promotion of the War Department’s chief clerk to the rank of lieutenant colonel are recommended. The report says the supply of powder was a most troublesome question at the outbreak of the war. There are only two establishments in this country which manufacture smokeless powder, and they own patents upon the process. These, however, like all other companies called to aid the Government, responded with'alacrity, run the works day and night, and produced in n short time nn ample supply. The expenditures from ordinary appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1898, aggregated $02,534,784. and the ordinury appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1800. aggregate $55,952,035. The estimates of all amounts required for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1000. aggregate $105,250,377. The extraordinary war appropriations made available until Jan. 1. 1890, amounted to $221,828.112, of which $22,504,744 hud been expended prior to July 1. 1898. Tl»e estimates of extraordinary appropriations required for the six months ending June 30, 1899. aggregate $00,177,539. There was allotted to the War Department from the $50,000,000 national defense fund the sum of $18,794,027.

Telegraphic Brevities.

A now counterfeit $5 legal tender note is in circulation. The Farmers’ Home Hotel in Perry, Okla.. was destroyed by tin*. Loss S2,<HH). The customs receipts for \4O days of the present fiscal year amounted tr> $73,340,429. At Manila, law courts have resumed, Spanish judges hearing civil cases nud American judges criminal cases. Itonr Admiral Dewey will become ranking officer of the navy by the retirement es Rear Admiral Bunce Dec. 25.

ITS FINAL SESSION.

BEGINNING OF THE END FOR PRESENT CONGRESS. Gay Scenes at the Capitol on ths Opening Hay—Outline of the Work It Is Intended to Accomplish Before LVth Congress Adjon^is. Washington correspondence: Congress reassembled Monday under circumstances of unusual public interest. The same congress six months ago declared war against Spain, and now, with the war fought and won, it came together again for the first legislative consideration of the questions developed by the eventful months just past. The spirit of the occasion was not, however, one of immediate expectancy, for the few months left to the existence of the LVth Congress gave promise of little more than a beginning on the momentous policies and problems gijpwing out of the war. As usual, all Washington turned its attntion to the eapitol for that gala event which marks the opening day of a session. New Members Sworn In. The opening was without ceremony beyond that which marks the usual beginning of a session. Outside of the President’s message there was no reference to the glorious history of the past summer. Practically the entire work in both the Senate and the House consisted in giving the oath to new members and reading the President’s message. In the Senate Joseph Simon, of Oregon, took the oath, completing the membership of that body for the first time in several years. The members were not all present. But, there are now**’ somewhere ninety Senators of the United States, the full number authorized by the constitution. In the House the oath w r as taken by Charles A. Dick, of Akron, Ohio, who represents the famous Nineteenth District, the district once represented by the lamented Garfield. Mr. Dick succeeds the late Stephen A. North way. Two new Representatives from Mississippi also took the oath, P. A. McLane, of Gloster, for the Sixth District in place of the late Mr. Love, and Thomas Spight, of Ripley, for the Second District, in place of W. V. Sullivan, appointed Senator. Distinguished Visitors in the Senate. There were some notable spectators on the floor of the Senate. The Lord High Chancellor of England, the Premier of Canada, and other members of the joint high commission were given seats with the Senators as a mark of consideration. In the diplomatic gallery were Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador, and his daughter, the minister from Siam and his secretary, the minister from Corea and his wife and secretary, Wu Ting Fang, minister from China, and one of the attaches of the Chinese legation, besides several diplomats of lesser prominence. Nearly all of them went out when the reading of the President’s message began, preferring to read the message at their convenience. The reading of the message occupied two hours and eighteen minutes. Then the Senators drifted to the cloakrooms and the committee-rooms to peruse it at their pleasure. Attendance In the House. There were more than the usual number of distinguished personages in the thronged galleries of the House, including many representatives of foreign governments, high officials, and ladies and gentlemen conspicuous in social and political life. The greetings of the members were most cordial, and there was no outcropping of partisan rancor to mar the occasion. One of the most striking incidents was the cordial meeting between the floor leaders of the respective sides, Messrs. Dingley and Bailey. Speaker Reed received a warm welcome from both sides of the House when he ascended the rostrum to call the House to order, but perhaps the greatest personal ovation to any member was that given to Major General Wheeler of Alabama, who has not been seen by many of his old colleagues since he went to the front at the head of the cavalry division of General Shafter’s army. W. A. Stone, of Pennsylvania; Benton McMillin, of Tennessee, and Joseph D. Sayers, of Texas, who have been elected Governors of their respective States since Congress adjourned, were also overwhelmed with congratulations. The floral tributes were unusuullv numerous. Representative Cousins of lowa has the honor of introducing the first bill in the House at this session of Congress. Legislation to He Enacted. Though many questions may press for solution, the brief space covered by this session, which expires by limitation March 4, precludes the probability of much being accomplished beyond the passage of the regular money budgets, the legislation for the increase of the regular army, which the administration deems necessary to meet the obligations imposed upon the country by the result of the war, and probably the enactment of a law to give a permanent territorial government to the Hawaiian islands. This covers all the important legislation which the Congressional leaders expect to sec enacted at this sesion. It is almost the unanimous sentiment of the members that no attempt should l>c made to legislate concerning the iKtssessions acquired by the war with Spain lit this session. There arc earnest advocates of the Nicaragiinn canal bill, who will strive to secure its passage now, and they may possibly be successful, but neither it nor the pooling .bill nor untl-Bcnlpers’ hill, each of which Has strong friends, will be allowed to interfere with the hills the iwssnge of which is deemed absolutely necessary to prevent an extra session. The lenders at both ends of the rnpitol have put their heads together, nml the Vork of the session is to he entered upon with the idea of avoiding an extra sessiou. With this purpose in view the appropriation hills arc to he given the road at both ends of the eapitol and pressed through with all possible haste. An American soldier and a native cnbnian were killed by coming in contact with a fallen electric wire in Honolulu the other day. An Inquest developed the fact that the interior of the wooden insulating pin by which the wire wits supported had been eaten nway by ants, and the thin shell which remained had given way uuder the stress of a winfl storinT Attorney General Griggs has decided that a person may draw inouey on a check without n stamp, provided the cheek is payable to himself, from his own funds on deposit in the bunk in question.

THEY WANT TO TELL

Those Grateful Women Who Hava Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham. Women who have suffered severely and been relieved of their ills by Mrs. Pinkham’s advice and medicine are “ constantly urging publication of their statements for the benefit of other women. Here are tvto such letters: , Mrs. Lizzie Beverly, 258 Merrimac SC., Lowell, Mass., writes: “ It affords me great pleasure to tell all suffering women of the benefit I have received from taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound. Icanhardly find words to express my gratitude for what she has done for me. My trouble was ulceration of the womb. I was under the doctor’s care. Upon examination he found fifteen very large ulcers, but he failed to do me good. I took several bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, also used the Sanative Wqsh, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham’s medicine saved my life, and I would recowtmend it to all suffering women.” Mrs. Amos Trombleay, Ellenburgh, Ctr., N. Y.. writes: “ 1 took cold at the time my baby was born, causing me to have miiy legs, and was sick in bed for eight weeks. Doctors did me no good. I surely thought I would die. I was also troubled with falling of the womb. I could not eat, had faint spells as often as ten times a day. One day a lady came to see me and told me of the benefit she had derived from taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s medicine, and advised me to try it. I did so, and had taken only half a bottle before I was able to sit in a chair. After taking three bottles I could do my own work. I am now in perfect health.”

Avoid Coughing.

A physician who is connected with an institution in which there are many children, says: “There is nothing more irritable to a cough than coughing. For some time I had been so fully assured of this that I determined for one minute at least to lessen the number of coughs heard in a certain ward in a hospital of the institution. By the promise of rewards and punishments I succeeded in inducing them simply to hold their breath when tempted to cough, and in a little while I was myself surprised to see how some of the children entirely recovered from the disease. Constant coughing is precisely likescratching a wound on the outside of the body; so long as it is done, the Wound will not heal. Let a person when tempted to Cough draw a long breath and hold it until it frarms and soothes every air cell, and some benefit will soon be received from this process. The nitrogen which is thus confined acts as an anodyne to the mucuous membrane, allaying the desire to cough and giving the throat and lungs a chance to heal.” —Scientific American.

Paris Secret Police.

The secret police of Paris are quite distinct from the regular force. The members are generally unknown to each other and one detective is often employed to w-atch another.

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