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IOWA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year ..... $1.50 six months ..... .75 Three months ..... .30 All subscription payable in advance. their free would be The members and friends of St. Paul A. M. E. Church are preparing to entertain Bishop Grant the last of this month or the first of June, he is one of the ablest men of the race and all should hear him. Luther H. S. Brown, who has been handling the ice cream and lunch for the Green & Co. confectionery store at 516 Walnut St., has accepted a position with Younker Bros'. large department store. The H. B. S. was entertained at Mrs. Jackson's Mrs. Woodson was hostess. The discussion of admitting colored clubs into the white federation was vigorously discussed. Mrs. J. L. Thompson was the guest of honor she spoke freely on the subject favoring the breaking down this color line. After the program the hostess served a dainty lunch. The circle will meet with Mrs. I. E. Williamson, May the ninthing results: Mrs. L. V. Denny, M. A. M., Mrs. Emma Jackson Secretay, Mrs. Sarah Woods Alce M. V. M., Mrs. Alice Banks, Treasurer, Mrs. H. Baker Q. G., Mrs. Celia Williamson A. G., Geo. H. Clegggett W. J. The installation will be on the 13. The M. G. M. A. M., Mrs. L. R. Palmer, visited the Court and lectured them along the lines of inte 'u the work and unity among the members. You are cordially invited to attend Ice cream opening of the Enterprise Cafe Thursday evening, May 9, from to 10 P. M. Music by the May-flower Mandolin Club. Every lady accompanied with a gent will be served with one dish of ice cream free. Conducted by H. Gould, 314 Third Street. We make the kind of coats that hold their shape. Our prices are lower than any other clothiers or tailors. Satisfaction guarented. The reception that was given by Miss Bertha Curtley last Wednesday afternoon and evening in honor of the Mesdames Mash, Brown and Miss Brown of St. Paul will be one of memory, as it was a very pleasant affair. In the afternoon the Messrs and Mesdames were entertained and in the evening the young people composed the major portion of the guests. Kenneth Hamilton and Fred Stanton with the mandolin and guitar furnished excellent music and it is useless to say that they danced because as one fair damsel said, "that the music was to sweet not to two-step." Refreshments were served and every one seemed to enjoy themselves. Mrs. Pierson assisted in receiving and serving; when the time had arrived for saying good night the following lines seemed to refresh one's memory, "And like some and low mournful spell, to whisper but one word—fasewell. is a book descriptive of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Reservations in Oklahoma to be opened this summer, with 2,000,000 acres available for public settlement. This publication contains complete information as to soil and climate, a sectionized map of the district, conditions of entry and the Act of Congress opening the Reservation. The Great Rock Island Route is the only line running to and through the reservation. The Oklahoma Opportunity and the Western Trail, giving more facts of interest to Homeseekers will be sent free by JOHN SEBATTIAN, G. P. A. Chicago. at Waterloo, Iowa, and Return, Via the North-Western Line. Tickets will be sold for the above exposition to be held April 23 to 27. For dates of sale, etc., apply to agents Chicago & North-Western E'y. --- VOL. 7. IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BYZANTIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOCUST. BOOK 405 MARGARID BLOCK. IOWA 'PRONE' 890. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRO- TIZOIVAN ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORTHFUL UNITED GRAND LODGE OF LOUISVILLE, A. F. P. & A. M. J. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Send money by post, office order, money order, express or draft, to the IOWA STATE BYSTAND Publishing Company. Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and be of interest to the pub- lic. "Brevity is the soul of wit," remember We will not return rejected manuscript, unless compensated by post stamps. CITY NEWS Lowest prices—Mason's. Mr. W. T. Buckner has been confi- ed to his bed for the last few days. Mrs. Miller and daughter thanks the people of this city and Keokuk for their hospitality shown Saddie during her illness. On last Tuesday evening occurred the annual election of the officers of the Naomi Court of H. J. with the follow- Miss Lillian Miller arrived last Friday to be at the bedside of her sick sister who was sent to the Methodist Hospital Wednesday evening where she is resting easy. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Goggins enter- Mr. and Mrs. Erickson and Mr. and Mrs. Brown at dinner Sunday at their home in Lake Park. North Star Lodge No. 2, A. F. & A. M. will meet Tuesday evening May 7, business of importance. All members are requested to be present. Prof. Holt will have one night in the week to give the A. M. E. Sunday School special instruction in singing. All are invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Russ have returned to our city from Keokuk, and will make this city their future home. Mrs. William Fletcher returned this week from Lincoln, Neb. where she has been visiting relatives for some time. The Grand Court, H. of J. will convene in Burlington on June 11, 12, and 13. By order of the Grand Matron, Mrs. L. R. Palmer. Mrs. Ruth Richardson, Grand Secretary. WE WANT colored organizers for the best thing on earth for colored people. African Monarchs of America, Sioux City, Iowa. Mrs. Edw. Weeks left Wednesday morning for Carrollton, Mo., to at- tend the funeral of her brother, Alfred Nesbitt, who died suddenly Thursday morning at 2:30 in St. Louis, Mo. The remaims will be taken to Carrollton Mo. fo burial. The Annie Murray Aid Society enjoyed a pleasant afternoon. Fridays last at the cozy home of Mrs Dave Bowmer. An excellent program was carried out. The Club abjourned to meet with Mrs. Stauthers, 952 13th Street, May 10, at three o'clock sharp. Program, Reading, Mrs. Stewart, paper, Mrs. Dave Bowmer. All the members are requested to be present. Mrs. C. S. Stewart, President. CHAS. F. WEST, (Formerly with Dr. Rood) HAS OPENED A Billiard AND Pool Room 304 W. Grand Ave. Spring Bonnets ready—Mason'a. Oregon, Washington and Idaho is the title of a new booklet descriptive of these states, a copy of which, with a new map of the Columbia River region, will be mailed on receipt of six cents in postage by W. B. Kniskern, 33 Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill. STATE BYST DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1901. Spring Hats are ripe—Mason's. J H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 312 West Third street. Tunes Planos and repatrs organs. Rev. L. J. Phillips and family have moved to 1700 Washington Street, where they will be pleased to meet their friends. A more pleasant place would be hard to find. Mrs. Woodson was among those who went to Omaha, Wednesday to meet E. H. Conger. It seems as though she must have went to see some one else as she did not see any of Conger's party until she had go on the train to return home. WRITE The African Monarchs of America. They have something to tell you. Sioux City, Iowa. Best Milliners on Earth—Mason's. ED. LITTLETON, 616. The Oklahoma Opportunity Reduced Rates to Food Exposition WEEKS—NESBITT. Last week we said that we would inform the public of Mr. Weeks' mission to Carrollton, Mo. It resulted in the marriage of Mr. Weeks to Miss Lulu Nesbitt of Carrollton, at the bride's home Wednesday, April 24. A large number of their friends gathered there and gave them several useful and costly presents. They arrived here Friday and the same evening a large reception was tendered them by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Humburd, on Sixth Ave. Over sixty friends were invited and nearly all complied in presence. The presents given here were many and useful. It was one of the swellest receptions tendered this season. Everybody looked their best, and the refreshments served under the auspices of our cateress, Mrs. W. H. Humburd, was delicious. The groom is a well known industrious young man, and the bride a charming young girl, who is a niece of of Mr. Humburd. OBITUARY. On last Tuesday, April 30th, the death angel entered the home Mrs. Epps and took away little Ethel Epps, who was just 14 years and 10 month old. She was the youngest daughter of the four children. She died after a short illness of only 16 days of pneumonia.. She was a bright cheerful girl, and like by her associates. She was a member of the Future Hope A. M. E. Sunday School class of which J. L. Thompson is teacher. The following members of the class were pall bearers: Misses Mable Hall, Bertie Breckenridge, Louisa Clay, Alice Bell, Lillian Grear and Miss Blakesly. Miss Nettie Williams conducted the singing. The funeral was held at the A. M. E. church, conducted by Rev. L. J. Phillips, and the remains were laid in Woodland cemetery. We extend our condolence to the bereaved family. YOUNG TOLLIVER KILLED. One of our young men, Mr. Henry Tolliver, was killed last Tuesday by a passenger train of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry., while he was driving across the tracks with a team as he was employed by Burstein Feed Store. We do not know who was to blame but it is a sad affair as young Tolliver was a hard working boy. The funeral was held Wednesday by Rev. Winbush attended by many of his old friends sorrowing to see such a bright youth cut off so early in life. THE LOSS OF TWO OF OUR GREAT MEN. Last week our race lost two of its leaders in educational and religious fields. Rev. S. B. Mitchell, president of Wilberforce University of Ohio, who died very suddenly as he was only sick a few days. President Mitchell has been at the head of Wilberforce for a number of years and was considered one of the leading educators of our race. He was an able christain gentleman highly esteemed by all who knew him and the University has lost one of the strong pillars as well as the church. The other man is the well known and highly esteemed veteran Baptist minister, Dr. Richard De Baptiste, of Chicago, Ill. He is conceded to be one of the most scholarly man of color in the Baptist connection. He held more positions in the National Council than any other man. He was 70 years old and was universally loved by his wide circle of acquaintance. He was a great character and had a noble record. He was the church statitician and was always found working for his race and church. May such men ever remain in our minds as noble characters. AMBIDEXTER DEPARTMENT INSTITUTE. Rev. G. H. McDaniel, D. D., president of the Ambidexter Institute of Springfield, Ill., arrived in our city this week, in the interest of his Institute. The Institute when in operation will teach 26 branches. It is a worthy undertaking and we wish the reverend success, as he was raised and educated in Leon, Iowa, later he taught school in Missouri and then published the National Baptist Standard for several years. He preached in the Christian church Thursday evening. CEDAR RAPIDS BUDGETARIAN. The meetings are going on this week in the A. M. E. Church, we hope much good may be done and many souls brought to Christ, as our church needs her spiritual condition revived. Mrs. W. H. Raspberry gave a tea Monday afternoon in honor of Miss J. Williams. The Slayton Jubilee singers passed through our city Monday afternoon. Mrs. Henrietta Sadler chaperoned a surprise party Thursday eve and taken them to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clay where they completely surprised Miss Jennie Swan of Washington D. C., who is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Clay. Elegant refreshments were served and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely until a late hour. Miss Josephine Williams left Monday afternoon for her home in Philadelphia. Profs. Stepp and Wade are now located in Quincy, Ill. where they are doing a thriving business along their line. They have opened up a studio and are kept busy all the time. Mr. Mrs. Harry Martin entertained a few friends Friday evening to meet Mr. C. C. Hopkins of Galesburg. Elegant refreshments were served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. Wade. Music was furnished throughout the evening by by Prof. Walter Jones. At a late hour the guest departed for their homes being satisfied with having spent a pleasanteevening. P. E. Bundy preached Wednesday day e at the A. M. E. Church. Mrs. was down from Marion Sunday atteding church and visiting friend:. Every one is busy cleaning house now days. Rev. Bass baptized the infant of Mrs. Addie Diggs last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Simon Terry formerly of Boone, united with the A. M. E. church Sunday evening, we wish we had more such men in the church as Mr. Terry. Mr. A. P. seems to be quite busy now days calling on friends. Mr. C. C. Hopkins of Galesburg was in our city last week with his college ball team, they played the Coe College team and were defeated. They left here for Grinnell. "It is with a good deal of pleasure and satisfaction that I recommend Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy," says Druggiat A.W. Sawtelle, of Hartford, Conn. "A lady costumer, seeing the remedy exposed for sale on my show case, said to me: 'I really believe that medicine saved my life the past summer while at the shore,' and she became so enthusiastic over its merits that I at once made up my mind to recommend it in the future. Recently a gentleman came into my store so overcome with colic pains that he sank as once to the floor. I gave him a dose of this remedy which helped him. I repeated the dose and in fifteen minutes he left my store smilingly informing me that he felt as well as ever." Sold by all Druggist. GO TO CALIFORNIA On the Iowa Central Railway's excursions every Tuesday until April 30th, 1001 at lower rates (single trip) than ever before offered. Tickets also sold to points in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and British Columbia a unheard of low rates. For full particulars call on Iowa Central ticket agents, or address, Geo. S. Batty, G. P. & T. A., Marshalltown, Iowa. ROCK ISLAND NOTES The many friends of Mr. Watkin Hall are glad to see him able to at his work again. J. H. Slaughter and Lon Williams are porters at the Burlington depot. Ada Chapter Eastern Star gave an ice cream social at the residence of Mrs. George Green. Every one enjoyed themselves and it proved a success financially. Mr. Henry Huston is still at the London Clothing store and wishes his friends to call and see the new line of summer wear. We reget very much the loss of Mrs. Alice Bell and family who moved to Iowa City. What is our loss is Iowa City's gain. ALBIA NOTES. Miss Cora Thomas is staying in Buxton, Iowa, now. The House Hold of Ruth gave a social in their hall Saturday evening. Mrs. Josie Meadows made her weekly trip to Buxton this week. trip to Buxton this week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis, Miss May Davis, Mr. Jack Taylor, Mr. Reese Underwood, and Henerietta Jones, attended the Wright—Snead wedding at Buxton on Wednesday evening. Messrs. Roberts and Gordon of Buxton, were Albia visitors Saturday. Mr. Reese Underwood and Miss Henerietta Jones were quietly married at the home of the bride, Sunday at noon. Miss Jones is highly esteemed by all who know her. Mr. Undarwood is a very industrious and highly respected young man. Excursion Rates to the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y. via the North-Western Line, will be placed in offset May 1st, and on Tuesdays especially low-rate tickets will be soli with favorable return limits. Direct connection at Chicago, with fast trains of all lines to Buffalo. For further particulars, apply to agents. An illustrated booklet will be mailed on receipt of two cents postage by W. B. Knisker, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago. NEWTON. Mrs. John Anderson returned to her home in Davenport last Wednesday. She was called on account of the serious illness of her grandfather, John Hale. FFred Miller, our colored mail carrier, made his first trip lastiday and is receiving the congratulations of his many friends. He is one of our brightest an dmost intelligent young men and we are confident he will fill his position in a manner that will reflect credit upon our race. Mrs. Charity Green of Omaha is visiting her daughter-in-law, Mrs. John Green, who has been quite ill but is much improved at this writing. Mrs. C. J. Toliver, nie Genevieve Green, spent Sunday with her husband in Des Moines. While there she was the guest of Mrs. Wm. Coalson. Miss Lettie Miller is greatly improved at this writing. One of our leading young ladies will be led toy the marriage altar in the month of May. A very pleasant social was given at the church Saturday evening. Harry Hale, aged 17, died of pneumonia at the home of his grandparents, April 15. He was a bright, intelligent young man and loved by all who knew him. He leaves one sister, Mrs. John Anderson, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hale, and a host of friends to mourn his untimely death. The funeral was held at the A. M. E. church Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. Basfield. The remains were laid to rest beside his mother in our beautiful cemetery. Mrs. J. O. Waldon, Mrs. Hattie Mayes and Marion Mayes were capitol city visitors Saturday. Mrs. Pearl Burgess returned to her home in St. Joseph last Wednesday. Miss Lulu Kine has returned from her visit in Ottumwa and reports a lovely time. BURLINGTON. Quarterly meeting Sunday at St. John's A. M. E. church. St. John's A. M. E. church will have a grand rally May 14, 15 and 16. They are making an effort to cancel a long-standing floating debt. Program Tuesday night by the Financial club; Wednesday night by the Mite Missionary society and Christian Endeavor; Thursday night under the auspices of the St. John's sewing circle and report of books. The Mite Missionary convention of the Iowa conference will convene at Galesburg June 25 and 26, instead of June 6, at which time we expect to have Rt. Rev. Bishop Abraham Grant, D. D., of the fourth Episcopal district present. The delegates to the district conference and Sunday school convention are G. W. Brown and Mrs. Ed --- No. 46. ward Allen. It meets at Cedar Rapids May 28-31. Mrs. Peter King has been very sick at the hospital, but is better at this writing. Mrs. Baker is also on the sick list. Mrs. Beckie Brown is on the sick list. The Esther court number 12 gives a public installation Friday night. Mrs. Lizzie Mitchell, M. A. M. Mrs. Eva Mitchell, V. M. A. M. The agent means to do right by everybody as she understood there was some mistake about the items. Rev. S. S. Miller, state missionary, visited the Union Baptist church and Sunday school and the 21st inst. His sermons were enjoyed by all present. On Inst Sabbath Rev. S. L. Douglas of Cleveland, Iowa, was with us. In the evening he preached from Matt. 25:46. All present enjoyed a treat. He will remain with us this week and preach each evening. The Sunday school elected its annual officers on the last Sabbath, as follows: Mrs. Nettie Ivy, superintendent; Miss Martha Brooks, assistant; Miss Mary Brooks, secretary; Mrs. Sarah Chapel, treasurer; teachers, Mrs. Maggie Lee, Eunice M. Wilson and N. Ivy; Librarians, Flora Jackson and Lulu Barnes. Send your items to 217 Central avenue on Mondays. $64.25 from Des Moines to San Francisco, Cal., and Return. Via. the North-Western Line. Excursion tickets will be sold May 7 and 8, limited to return within 30 days, inclusive, on account of launching of Battleship Ohio. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. PRACTICAL ADVICE. Never let a child sob itself to sleep. An egg beaten up in milk is a good pick-me-up. Sponge black silk with spirits to revive it. Soot covered with salt is easily brushed up. If broken wash the bruise and ap- ply vaseline. Apply arnica to a bruise if the skin is unbroken. A hot bath taken at night affords refreshing sleep. Lemons stowed separately in dry sand keep fresh. Dry hair turns gray sooner than moist tresses do. Must eat cloth instantly roll on the floor. Crawl out of a room where there are smoke and fire. When you want to cut whalebone, warm it by the fire. Sufferers from dyspepsia should not drink while eating. Cut glass needs scrubbing with warm water and soap. Bruised cloves kept among furs frighten moths away. When the dirt is removed rinse it well with cold water. The busy housewife should get an hour's sleep in the afternoon. If possible, hold a wet towel to your face while escaping.—Boston Journal Miss Florence Newman, who has been a great sufferer from muscular rheumatism, says Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the only remedy that affords her relief. Miss Newman is a much respected resident of the village of Gray, N.Y., and makes this statement for the benefit of others similarly afflicted. This liniment is for sale by all Drugsti. Russell Sage as a Farmer A handsome but simple frame house at Lawrence, Long Island, surrounded by some five acres of land, is the quiet retreat where the tired Wall street magnate, Russell Sage, has enjoyed his summers for many years. Here he is a typical Long Island farmer in old clothes and straw hat. Many a man farming for a baze living could gain information in his own business from Russell Sage. He has no use for orchids, and costly fads, but he watches the development of every field within a radius of many miles about his country home. In the stable are half a dozen horses, raised and broken to harness by the great financier, and he shows the delight of a boy in hitching them up and driving over the country roads. There are a goodly number of domestic pets. It may be said that there are two Russell Sages, one the financier familiar to New York, the other the man of leisure in his country home. Caleb Powers and Number "13." Powers, the Kentuckian convicted of complicity in the murder of Goebel, may be excused if he put some faith in the idea that thirteen is an unlucky number. He was nominated for office June 13, 1899; arraigned July 13, 1900; as one of thirteen conspirators named; was defended by thirteen lawyers; his sweetheart was the thirteenth witness; the evidence showed that 1,300 soldiers were ready to defend him; he gave Culton $1,300 to pay the expenses of the mountaineers; he took $1,300 with him when he fled; the evidence closed Aug. 13. --- --- There are more than 1,000,000 square feet of glass surface in England exclusively devoted to the cultivation and production of tomatoes for market purposes. Among the figures returned for cities from the Italian census taken on February 9 are Rome, 502,000; Florence, 190,000; Venice, 151,000, and Bologna, 152,000. The quick firing artillery with which the whole Swiss army is to be equipped forthwith, consists of nickel steel guns, 7.4 centimeters caliber, firing ten shots a minute, with a range of 5,800 yards. It does not appear that the English are ready to withdraw from South Africa. British agents are in this country asking bids on 20,000,000 bags of feeding oats, 20,000,000 bags of seed oats, 20,000,000 bales of alfalfa hay and 20,000,000 bags of bran. It is understood that these supplies are for the troops in South Africa. Here is the latest story of Judge Henry E. Howland, one of the most popular after-dinner speakers of New York: "There was a little boy who was badly puzzled over the theory of evolution. He went to his mother and asked: 'Mamma, am I descended from a monkey?' 'I don't know,' she answered; 'I never met any of your father's people.'" Preliminary reports of the Austrian census taken on December 31 last, give the population of Austria as 26,107,304 and that of Hungary as 19,203,531. The total population of the empire, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, is probably about 47,000,000, an increase of a little over 9 per cent. since 1890. The population of Vienna is 1,635,647 and that of Budapest 729,383. The Archduke Rainer of Austria has presented his magnificent collection of papyr, which is one of the finest in the world, to the Hofbibliothek at Vienna. This splendid gift consists of 70,000 Greek, 30,000 Arabic, and 5,000 Copio manuscripts, all of which have been catalogued during the last 15 years by Professor Karabacek, who has just been appointed director of the Vienna Hofbibliothek. What are the two changes in the personal appearance of people which would most surprise a Rip Van Winkle, opening his eyes after a sleep of a century? According to a recent observer, they would be the number of persons —young and old—who were wearing glasses, and the few of any age who were pitted with smallpox. A very agreeable exchange. Perhaps another century will teach man how to recover normal eyesight, as well as to save the smoothness of his skin. The deepest hole in France is a well in the coal mines of Ronchamp, Upper Seine, which was completed in December, 1900. Its depth is 3,600 feet and its utilizable diameter is 13 feet. The shaft is walked from top to bottom and lined with copper where it traverses water-bearing strata. To complete it sixty months were required. At 30 feet below the surface the temperature of the rock is 50 degrees Fahrenheit; at the bottom the temperature is 117 degrees Fahrenheit, although the highest temperature of the air in the shaft (without artificial ventilation) is 88 degrees. The municipal council of Venice has offered a reward of 20,000 lire to any person who may rescue Lieut. Count Franco Quirini and the Norwegian sailor, who were lost from the exploring party of the Duke of Abruzzol. A reward of 5,000 lire is offered to any one who furnishes definite news of the fate of the men. Only a few days ago an expedition started for Franz-Josef Land, for the purpose of finding the lost adventurers. They may be discovered, but the chances are against it. The remarkable experience of Nansen and his companion in that region affords some hope that the Italian and the Norwegian are still safe. Aristocrat and plebeian are only comparative terms. Some years ago Professor Geddes of Edinburgh moved his family into a slum district, where they hoped to do friendly work among the poor. One evening he asked a distinguished statesman to dine with two local guests, a chimney-sweep and a scavenger. The statesman accepted with unfeigned pleasure, the scavenger said he would come; but the chimney-sweep refused to sit down with the scavenger. At another time the family on the first noor of the decrepit tenement they inhabited told Professor Geddes that if he continued to speak to the family in the garret he must drop their acquaintance. "If the angels have any fun in them," wrote Horace Walpole, "how our distinctions must divert them!" The bursting forth of a new spring at Carlsbad, throwing out eight hundred gallons a minute at a temperature of 162 Fahr, is a remarkable event. For 600 years the waters of Carlsbad have run with, so far as is known, only one intermission, which occurred for three days at the time of the great Lisbon earthquake. The temperature of the new spring shows that its waters came from what is locally known as the Sprudekessel, or "foaming caldron" which is believed to underlie Carlsbad, and to supply its seventeen hot springs. THE NEWS IN IOWA The Boone county republican convention instructed its twenty-two delegates to the state convention to vote for A. B. Cummins for governor. Robert Looobourn of Baker university, Kansas, won the twenty-eighth annual contest of the Interstate Oratorical association held at Des Moines a few nights ago. His subject was "The Orient and the Occident." W. R. D. Varsa of Ripon college, Wis., took second place, and C. M. Cavance of Iowa Wesleyan university, third. Davis spoke on "Hamlet," and Cavance on "True Republicanism." Osceola had a fire a few days ago that for a time threatened the destruction of a great amount of property. The Osceola and the Central hotels were destroyed, the fire originating from an unknown cause in the Osceola house. The loss will be about $4,000, while $2,000 insurance will help recompense the owners for their losses. Owing to the delay in the losses, the fire came near getting beaten up and the firemen and citizens worked hard to save contiguous property. Lamoni has at last been established by revelation as one of the two homes of the Latter Day Saints church. Recently the president of the church gave to his people a revelation designating Lamoni and Independence, Mo., the stakes, by which it meant, in short, headquarters. On April 30 the stake was organized at Lamoni and a full set of officers were installed. The result no doubt will be to increase the price of real estate in that vicinity, as people from every part of the world being Latter Day Saints look to Lamoni as the head of their church. Judge Burnham in the district court at Marshalltown sentenced W. O. Hedrick, the forger and wife deserter, to three years in the penitentiary at Fort Madison. A strong effort was made by relatives and friends of the prisoner to secure a parole. The judge, however, had investigated his past history and concluded there was no good reason for showing lenency to that extent. The court said he had learned that Hedrick had been married four times and had treated his former wives little better than the one whom he deserted in Marshalltown while she was helpless from the arrest and apprehension. The fact that Hedrick took all his wife's money was another fact that operated against him. Hedrick's aged mother was present when the sentence was pronounced and wept bitterly over her son's fate. The saloons of Reinbeck have been enjoined and closed. They are the places of Carl Steinmeyer, Peter Clausen and Link Hickson. They have been operated for some time because the public raised no objection. The 65 per cent petition did not carry and the places were being run under the old law. For some time they have paid no license but $40 a month to the city, claiming they could not be held for mullet tax, as they did not run under the act. Several women of the city held holdings in the places and they have been aided by H. II. Abrams of the Anti-Saloon league. The cases will come up for hearing before Judge Platt of Waterloo. Clay county people have faith in the recently reputed oil discoveries there and they have filed articles of incorporation for a company which controls the supposed oil lands at Greenville, and which will sink several wells at once. The company will be known as the Clay County Oil and Mineral company. The incorporators are A. W. Greene and O. A. B. Newton of Spencer and W. A. Darley, C. E. Conklin, H. B. Collins, N. S. Whistler, S. S. Truman, N. C. H, C. George Harvey, F. Barglof, A. Younger and Byron Jones. Their authorized capital is $100,000. At present they will issue $50,000 worth of shares. When the $50,000 worth have been disposed of it will be sold. The $50,000 worth with which work on the oil find at Greenville will be started. Officers are not selected as yet, but will be as soon as the stock is sold. Senator L. R. Bolter died at his home in Logan on the 29th, after an illness of a few days. His illness was of an acute nature from the beginning, but all the relief that medical aid could give was of no avail. Senator Bolter was born July 27, 1834, in Richland县, Ohio, and came to the Iowa, locating in Ohio, and came to 1863. In 1865 he was admitted to the bar, and soon worked to up high in his profession, and even when a young man his opinions when the process would lead one to believe them to be his superiors, and he has ever since been a lending light in the legal practice throughout the state. In the 1868 Senator Bolter was elected to the House of Representatives for the Eleventh general assembly. He also served in the same capacity in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth general assemblies. Following this he was elected state senator, serving in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth general assemblies, making almost a continuous service in his state for a third of a century. In 1876 he was the democratic nominee for congress and in 1899 was prevailed over by the Republican nominee, but would not accept. In 1899 his name was placed upon the ticket for supreme judge, and although defeated, succeeded in running far ahead of his ticket. A man supposed to be Thomas Brown, well dressed, was struck by a Burlington train at Burlington and badly mutilated. He was taken to St. Francis hospital, where he died. The coroner's jury holding the inquest over the body of the late John Jessen at LeMars returned a verdict to the effect that Henry Steffen is responsible for his death and naming deterents and William Beaver as accessories. An examination of the body showed that the wound which proved fatal was in the heart, and that within a radius of four inches in the heart and vicinity there were 174 holes. Harry Agnew, son of Smith of Marne was kicked by a horse and fatally injured. He lived a little over a day. Hoot Kniss, a day laborer, committed suicide in the St. Cloud hotel barn at Decorah by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. The girders of the last span of the new C. & N. W. bridge near Boone have been put in place. The false work will be removed in a few days and in less than a month the tracks will be cleared and ready for use. Jay and Joy, the three-year-old twin children of Mrs. Layton Hubbard, were burned to death in a stable at Hawarden. The children were playing in the barn and set fire to Boone papery. A neighbor succeeded in bringing a cow but did not know the children were there. The bodies were found after the fire had been extinguished. Harry Helphrey of Canaan township, Henry county, a well known farmer, was killed while at work in his field, by the accidental discharge of a shotgun. He had lefhed his gun against a feuce post and was plowing when, in making a turn, the horses knocked the gun down and it exploded. The contents entered Helphrey's heart, killing him instantly. The republican primaries in Polk county resulted in the selection of 264 Cummins delegates and 26 Foster delegates to the county convention. Under the precinct rule this would give Cummins delegates and Foster 10 delegates to the state convention. The Cummins forces claim they will follow the precedent established in the null-Herrhill congressional contest and apply the unit rule, giving Cummins a solid delegation. Judge Sloan of Charlton rendered an important decision in the so-called tax ferret cases. The court holds that taxes may be recovered for the years 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900. This case was hotly contested. The defense lost each and every legal proposition presented by them. This decision is considered very important owing to the fact that of forty-six of Judge Sloan's decisions appealed to the supreme court he has been reversed in but one case. Hugh McAlery, a workman on the Chicago & Northwestern bridge over the Des Moines river at Boone, the highest bridge in America, fell from the top of the structure to the water, divided by 185 feet. He was working on the middle span of the bridge when he lost his footing and fell through the false work, striking timbers three times on the way. A man was standing within two feet of McAlery when he fell. The body has not been recovered. A new departure has been made by the city authorities of Dubuque in regard to suits brought against the city for injuries sustained by parties owing to defective sidewalks. A. A. Cooper has been notified to appear and defend suit brought by J. C. Baner, for $3,000 damages. Baner fell on the Cooper sidewalk and sustained serious injuries. The notice served is in conformity with section 1053 of the code of 1897. If Mr. Cooper fails to comply with the notice, the city will hold him liable in whatever sum may be awarded plaintiff against the city. The latter claims Cooper is responsible for the condition of the sidewalk. This is the first time that a notice to defend a suit for damages was served by the city under the code. George D. Perkins in the Sioux City Journal prints the following announcement of his withdrawal from the republican gubernatorial contest: "To the Republicans of Iowa: Hon Edwin H. Conger, upon his return to the United States, having reiterated his assurance that he would accept the nomination of the republicans of Iowa for governor, if they should decide to tender the nomination to him, I withdraw my name from further consideration in connection with that office. These considerations influence me: I am anxious to contribute to the unity and good name of the republican party of the state. I have confidence in the republicanism, ability and integrity of Major Conger, and believe he would fill the office of governor with distinction. I do not desire to be a source of division and contention to the republican party in the Eleventh congressional district. It is not important that I should hold a public office. I greatly appreciate the kindness of any people at home and over the state. The question of preference with them, since my own name is withdrawn. I am content to leave their intelligent judgment as citizens and republicans. At Belle Plaine, while Andrew Mehan was leaning on the iron coping of the Burley house, about sixteen feet from the sidewalk, the coping gave way and he fell to the brick pavement below, breaking his neck and crushing his skull, causing instantaneous death. THEY RECEIVE A BEARTY WELCOME AT ALL POINTS. Banquetted at Council Bluffs Cheered All Along the Route. Council Bluffs, May 2.—Major and Mrs. Edwin H. Conger, Miss Laura Conger and Miss Mary Pierce stepped upon Iowa soil at 9:05 yester morning. Long before that time a surging, cheering crowd had blocked the platform at the new station and for halt an hour there had been cries of "Here they come," as strained eyes saw a speak of smoke in the distance. While the band was playing "The Star Spangled Banner" the party from Peking stepped from the literally devoured by their friends. The scene was one never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. In the intense excitement for a moment formal arrangements were forgotten and every one rushed upon the Congers. The Conger was visibly affected as strong men rushed up and threw their arms about him. "You'll never, never know what this home-coming means to us," said Mrs. Conger in a cocking voice as she stepped into the carriage. All along the way from the Northwest to the Grand Canyon it was much triumphant. In front of the hotel an immense crowd had gathered and there was general handshaking before the party started for the drive about the city. All four members of the party appear in excellent health and jubilant spirits. The Des Moines delegation to the Conger reception did not arrive in Council Bluffs until 12:05, the train being one hour late. One hundred and fifty plates were laid for the banquet, which was served from 1 to 4 p. m. The speeches given were all characterized by sincerity in their welcome of Minister Conger and family. A A. MINISTER CONGER AT HIS DESK IN PEKING Mayor Jennings eloquently welcomed Minister Conger and his family to Council Bluffs. Governor Shaw then, in eloquent words, presented Major Conger, who responded to the toast, "Our Guest." Major Conger was visibly affected by the warmth of his reception, and when he first commenced to speak his voice was broken with emotion. Toward the close it became stronger, especially when he spoke of the responsibility of the imperial government of China for the seige of the legations. Major Conger in substance said: more progressive China China are glad that punishment. The iniment itself is glad, a never be a repetition. The lesson has been never be forgotten. It for the future. The that we cannot bring voted and heroic men perished to the num they will be satisfied ledge that out of the martyrty has com and progress. John N. Baldwin I shall find it impossible to give expressions to the feelings which your welcome inspires. It was indeed good when I looked out of the car window this morning and saw the sun shining on the green hills of Iowa. No language is strong enough to tell of the deep gratitude of myself and family to be home again. I can only say that I have been half of myself and those who have shared perils with me. From their hearts and mine shall forever gush out a stream of gratitude inmeasurable and unmeasured. But great as your demonstration is, I do not consider it my own. It shows rather the interest you have felt in an extraordinary situation. History does not record a parallel to the events of last summer. To you we were dead. To you we came up out of the valley of the shadow of death, and now that we stand on the summit of real life once again it is good to be alive. I am glad to be a citizen of a state which at the ballot box supports our present splendid national administration and sends to congress so magnificent a delegation. It is three years since I left Iowa. We were then somewhat in the dumps. The clouds of depression still hovered. How great has been the revival of trade Cecile—What would you give to have such hair as mine? Jeannie-I don't know—what did you give? The entire bock of Genesis was written on gold plates by a committee of the "Fathers of the Church" in the year 409 A.D. Fully one-third of the sick people in New York City are treated gratuitously in the dispensaries. Many of those who seek free treatment are persons in comfortable circumstances, who can well afford to pay for medical attendance, and who don shabby garments and conceal their jewelry and other evidences of prosperity when they visit dispensaries. and industry, aided by the Intelligence of the president and his adviser. Three years ago a wave of feeling was beginning to go over the land, demanding the relief of Cuba. The work of the delivery, how grandly was it accomplished. But not only was Cuba freed, the war started this country on a new pathway. The Philippines, Hawaii, Porto Rico, are now ours. We have become a world power, at least with reference to east. Only forty years ago China began the march of the missionaries and since great has the growth of American interest. The trade we now have is but a beginning. Ever growing are the means of communalism. A new line of steamers now applies from Hong Kong to San Francisco, stopping at Manila, and another has been established between Hong Kong and Australia. It is proper that the intelligent citizens of this great republic should begin to feel an increased concern about the orient. The future will doubtless prove that the siege of Peking was the turning point. Out of those dreadful days good is likely to come. At present our trade with the east has been lessened, but it is only a temporary staying. I wish I had time to tell you the story of the siege. But doubtless you know all I do and perhaps a great deal more. (Laughter.) But I will stop long enough to say that the attacks on the legation were made by imperial troops, led by Chinese princes under the Chinese flag. We were in no danger from the enemy. Every cannon pointed at us was responsible for the whole responsibility rests upon the Chinese government. I know reports have gone out to the world that the imperial government found it impossible to suppress a formidable insurrection and was not guilty beyond suspineness. This is not true. The fault was with the recognized Chinese officials. I am glad to add, however, that those responsible for the attacks have been punished or are on the way to punishment. I am persuaded that the ``` more progressive Chinese in southern China are glad that there has been his involvement. The imperial government itself is very hard to believe will never be a repetition of such success. The lesson has been taught and will never be forgotten. I prophesy good for the future. The saddest thing is that we cannot bring back the devoted and heroic missionaries who perished to the number of 200, but they will be satisfied with the knowledge that out of the seed of their martyrdom has come advancement and progress. John N. Baldwin reviewed briefly the career of Mr. Conger and paid him a glowing eulogy. C. G. Saunawares spoke of the policy of the United States in the east, and Senator Dolliver on the service Iowa has rendered the nation. The empires eloquently responded to the toast, and the Star of Empire Takes Its War. C. M. Harl spoke of the work done by the women of the Conger party, and Judge Given on what the return of the Congers meant to Iowa. Des Moines, May 2.—The speeches at the Council Bluffs banquet were over at 4:40 o'clock, and the Des Moines contingent, accompanied by Major Conger and family, hastened to the Rock Island train to take the "Conger special." Before the train started, Governor Shaw called the group on the platform together and introduced Judge Given, who delivered an address of welcome in behalf of Des Moines. Mr. Conger replied briefly, after which the train started for Des Moines. The trip to Des Moines was a grand ovation. People all along the route were out to welcome the returning minister, and at Atlantic, Stuart and Dexter the major was compelled to make short addresses. An immense crowd met the train at Des Moines. Amid the cheers of the great crowd the party was driven to their home on Fifth street. A man is not sick unless a doctor visits him twice a day. "For my part," remarked the Chicago woman, "I would be satisfied with a divorce." A toper in Montezuma county, Colorado, sought a divorce because his abused wife retaliated by making things unpleasant for him, throwing lamps and crockery at him, hiding his clothes to keep him in the house, mixing emetics in his food, and otherwise annoying him in various ways, to force him to renounce the use of stimulants. The court decided that she has a right to ill-treat the husband who is a slave to liquor. MENACE AN YANKER TRADE America's Activity in Fields of Industry, Commerce and Finance Alarms English, London, May 3.—America's unparalleled industrial, commercial and financial activity is the reigning sensation in the United Kingdom. It dwarfs South Africa, China and parliament into significance. Mr. Morgan's abrupt descent upon British shipping, coupled with the operations, tubes, trams, automobiles, iron, steel, coal, machinery, cotton goods, general merchandise has made the most stolid Britishers pause and thrown the timorous into a state of panic. From every quarter of England and Scotland come stories of American attempts to invade domains hitherto exclusively held by British manufacturers and merchants. Stupendous orders have recently been given for American boots, shoes, carrings, fur trousers, and other manufacturers are reported from the principal towns of England, as well as from London. One of the leading Lancashire cotton goods makers recently assured his employees that the Americans, owing to the use of wonderful automatic machines for working looms, are able to deliver cloth in Manchester cheaper than it can be manufactured in Lancashire. It is declared that representatives of an American syndicate have made overtures for the acquisition of the plants of several engineering firms in the Manchester district. Indeed stories along this line are so numerous and varied that correspondents find difficulty in keeping track of them. A New York dispatch stating that agents of Mr. Morgan have bought the iron works at Sydney, Nove Scotia, given access to the British iron and iron trade. The British ironmasters had just begun to count on Sydney raw material to save them from the competition of the United States steel corporation. BRYAN GOES AFTER M'LAURIN. Attacks the South Carolina Senator for His Alleged Flop. Lincoln, Neb., May 3—In a statement made yesterday W. J. Bryan takes Senator McLaurin of South Carolina to task for what he declares is his political flop. At the same time Mr. Bryan admits Senator McLaurin's action marks the beginning of a movement in the south which will have an influence upon the politics of the nation. He says: "It is not likely that Mr. McLaurin will be the leader of the movement, because he is handicapped by the fact that he is using his official position to misrepresent the views and interests of his constituents, but some leader will arise to give direction and force to the aristocracy and plutocratic element. There is such an element in every community and now that the race question no longer unifies the white people of the southern states, it will doubtless manifest itself. "Senator Tillman has already taken up the gauge of battle thrown down by Senator McLaurin and will doubtless be able to marshall a considerable number of his allies. His influence influences are at work in other states where there is greater danger of their success. "The democratic sentiment is strong enough to resist and overcome the McLaurin movement, but those who are in the dollar is more important than the dollar will have to bestir themselves." Peling, May 3.—At the meeting of the ministers the report of the indemnity committee was read. Regarding the resources of China the report was very voluminous. It was practically a repetition of Jameson's well known pamphlet upon the subject. Sir Robert Hart offered suggestions, similar to those credited to him and reported by the Associated Press. It is claimed that the revenue of all available sources will not allow China to pay the indemnity unless assistance is rendered. The meeting will be held next Tuesday. The subject of Count Von Walderseer's letter will then be taken up and a reply to it will then be drafted. The ministers personally object to the tone of the letter. They claim that they know what they want without being told. They particularly object to any of the legation guards being under an authority except that of the ministers themselves. MUST FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT. President Says Treaty Relations With Cuba Must Be Postponed. Washington, April 30.—The members of the Cuban commission called upon the president to bid him farewell. Senator Capote urged that something be done at once toward reciprocal treaty relations for the benefit of the Cubans. The president replied that nothing could be done on economical lines until the present questions were settled and that it would be necessary for the Cubans to form a government before any negotiations could be entered into. He assured the delegation that, as soon as the Cuban government was formed, he would appoint a commission to consider commercial relations. Of $30,000 persons paying taxes in Berlin over $25,000 possess an income between $250 and $750 a year, while 12 persons have an income over $250,000, and one person has $50,000. Audacious Robbery. Anaconda, Mont., April 27—A most audacious robbery was committed here yesterday by two burglaries, who secured $10,000 in gold. The burglaries entered the Alaska saloon by forcing the main street door. Bodily picking up a 300 pound safe, they loaded it onto an express wagon. Driving outside the city limits, they broke the safe open and secured $10,000 in gold. Putting the broken safe back into the wagon, they started the horse toward the city and made good their escape. There is no clue. CHAPTER X.—(Continued.) "If you mean it and can stick to it, I will think over what I can do to help you. No, you needn't thank me; it's for your sister's sake, not yours. She's a girl one cannot but respect." They were nearing the Grange as he spoke. The moon was looming big on the horizon as it neared its setting, and a faint shadowy light rested on the horse and on the little town below, and the quiet gray sea beyond. The Doctor was walking his horse cautiously down the steep descent when he broke into a low, soft whistle. "By Jove! there's something wrong there! I'm certain there's a man about the place! Hold hard for a minute, will you?" And he handed the reins to Neville. "Let me come, too!" implored Neville. "No, wait out here; and, if I shout, leave the horse and come after me. It may have been a policeman marching round. Neville's ears strained to catch every sound; but there was nothing to be heard, for the Doctor was making his way roiselessly across the grass to the drawing room window, from which, sure enough, a man was cautiously descending with a bag in his hand. He did not either see or hear the Doctor, for his back was turned towards him, so he was unprepared for the sudden, cat-like spring that the Doctor made upon him. With an oath he dropped his bag and turned furiously upon his assailant. They were unequally matched, for Doctor Drake was of slight build and small in stature, whilst the man whom he tried to hold was bread and proportionately strong. The burglar's hand sought his pocket; but Doctor Drake was too quick for him. With one hand he kept a steady grip on the man's collar, with the other he sought and found the revolver that was concealed in his coat pocket, and threw it far away from him on the grass, and two rapid shots in quick succession showed that it had exploded. With a desperate effort he freed himself, hurled the Doctor to the ground with stunning force, and made for the gate; but the shots had brought Neville rushing to the rescue. The horse, finding himself abandoned and frightened by the quick shots, trotted off towards home; whilst Neville drew back to let the man pass, and sprang upon him with the determination of a bulldog not to relax his hold until others came to the rescue. His lithe arms clung tightly about the burgiar's neck, and he was shouting at the top of his voice as he clung—"Help! help! murder!" The words reached the Doctor's ears as he rose to his feet, dazed but not disabled by his fall, and he gave an answering shout. "Hold on, Howard, I'm here!" But as he uttered the words there was a thud and a fall and heavy groan, and up the hill the sound of footsteps running as if life depended on it. Neville lay a crumpled heap by the gate; and in the rapidly fading light the Doctor saw that the poor fellow was steeped in blood. "Give chase—he's done for me!" said Neville, with clenched teeth. "He's made off up the hill!" And scarcely knowing what he did, the Doctor did so. As a boy, he had been famous for his running, and his training stood him in good stead now. Even now he was conscious that he was gaining on the man whom he pursued. He could heard his heavy breathing. As he reached the top of the hill he saw the dark figure in front of him running along the dim, white line of road on top of the cliffs, and the Doctor thought with fierce delight that he had his prey safe enough. He could turn neither to the right nor left; he was committed to the road before him. Doctor Drake would breathe himself a bit, and then he was pretty certain to prove the better man of the two, for he could see by the way the burglar swayed from side to side that he was getting spent. Must have run for a mile when the man gave a fearful glance behind him, like a hunted animal; and the Doctor answered the glance by a wild halloo of triumph. He was not more than a hundred spaces from him. Suddenly the burglar stopped, ran to the edge of the cliff, looked over it for an instant, and the next had thrown himself upon his hands and knees and was letting himself cautiously over the edge. As his head disappeared the Doctor came up to the spot, and, in horrified astonishment, looked down over the cliff. The burglar had evidently felt that his one chance of escape lay in making his way down its face. There was a drop of twenty feet from the level of the road to a projecting ledge of rock below; after that a good climber might make his way safely to the shore, and the man had decided on the leap. But he miscalculated his distance; the rocky ledge was slippery with frost, and one wild yell broke the night silence as his feet barely touched the ledge he sought to rest on, and he tumbled headforemost, bounding like a ball from point to point, until a final thud told the Doctor that he had reached the shore. He could dimly see him, a dark speak, as he lay there a hundred feet below, and silence reigned supreme again—a silence that could be felt! CHAPTER XI Neville, meanwhile, lay where the Doctor left him; but not for long. The sound of the pistolshots and the shouts that followed had reached the ears of a policeman in the town below, who, whistling for one of his comperees, ran at full speed towards the spot from whence the sounds seemed to come. At the bottom of the hill they were met by the Doctor's empty dogcart, which his fast-trotting horse was taking safely home. They stopped and turned its head in the direction from which it came. "We'll need it very likely," said one; "there's an accident." "With violence" replied the other, hurrying on his way; "or else what's the meaning of the shots?" The sound of a groan close at hand arrested his steps, and the next moment both the men were kneeling by Neville's side. "Bad business!" muttered one. "This is murder, or very like it." Neville unclosed his eyes for a minute. "Doctor; burglar; follow on; he'll want you," he gasped faintly, moving his head slightly in the direction which the burglar had taken. But both men felt that their present task was to try and save the life of the poor fellow who was evidently so desperately wounded. "We'd best carry him in there," said one of the men, glancing at the house. "That's where the burglar's been, and the family is aroused safe enough. I see lights moving to and fro." Without more ado they lifted Neville as gently as they could in their strong arms, and made their way to the door, ringing loudly at the bell. It was Mrs. Mortimer who admitted them, and who, with quick presence of mind ordered them to carry Neville into the study, where she rapidly turned the couch into an extemporized bed. "Bandages, please! he's bleeding to death. The brute's stabbed him!" said one of the policemen. And as Mrs. Mortimer hastened off to obey the order, Janetella passed her on the way to the study. The girl's face was as white as the wall. "Don't go in there! They've brought in a man wounded by a burglar, who has made his escape as far as I can make out. Don't go in! you've gone through too much already!" But Janetella, drawn by some unaccountably strong instinct, pushed open the door and entered. An agony so intense as partially to paralyze all feeling possessed her as she recognized that the dying man before her was her own brother. She knelt down quietly beside him, putting her arm under his head. "Neville," she said, with unutterable tenderness, "do you know me? It's I, Janetella!" The eyelids unclosed for a moment and the glazing eyes rested upon her with a smile of recognition. "It's all up, Jennie! A bad lot!" he said faintly. And the policeman standing by thought that he spoke of the man who had murdered him; but Janetta knew that it was the lad's final confession of failure. She bent and kissed him. A quarter of an hour later the Doctor, haggard and disheveled, entered the room, to see Janetta's beautiful head bent over her brother, and her arms clasped tightly about him; and the first glance showed him that the lad was dead. A knot climbed into the Doctor's throat. "Come away, Miss Howard; I must see your brother alone," he said. Janetta looked up with a quick shake of the head. Must he be the one to break it to her that her brother had passed beyond all human help? The door was pushed gently open, and Clarice came softly into the room. One look from Doctor Drake told her what occurred. Her own weakness and helplessness seemed forgotten in her sympathy for her friend's overwhelming trouble. She knelt beside her, stroking her hair caressingly. "Janetta, we can do nothing more for him," she said, feeling that to tell the exact truth was the wisest course to adopt. "God has called your brother. Oh, my dear, the shock is enough to kill you, but you'll let me, your sister, help you to hear it?" Janetta lifted her scared, white face and gazed into that of her friend, transformed, illuminated, by the power of a great emotion. She was utterly exhausted by the awful rapidity of the events of the last few hours, her brain seemed too dull even to understand Clarice's words; but there were her open arms ready to receive her, and Janetta threw herself into them and suffered herself to be led away. CHAPTER XII. Six months had passed, and one sunny afternoon late in October Clarice Seymour and Janetta were seated on the wall which surrounds the Alhambra in Grenada. On one side lay the ruins of the beautiful Moorish palace, with its vista of courts, enchanting alike to the eye and the imagination; on the other they could see down the sloping sides of the hill on which the palace is built, across miles of smiling plain, to the purple line of the Sierra Nevada. They had been traveling about together ever since the awful burglary, with its attendant deaths of the burglar and his victim, Neville Howard. Of the events which had immediately followed, Janetta, prostrate in mind and body, knew little or nothing; and the moment it was possible to move her, Doctor Drake had suggested that she should be sent abroad with a nurse. "I shall take her," Clarice had said. "I will have a service maid; but Janetta will need some one she knows about her if she is to get well." "You?" the Doctor had exclaimed, half incredulously. "Are you equal to the task?" "I am equal to anything that will make Janetta well," Clarice had replied. And the Doctor went on his way, greatly wondering. After all Clarice's improvement in health was only the fulfillment of his own prediction. The shock which bade fair to wreck Janetta's life, or deprive her of reason, had helped her friend to the better exercise of both. The need for exertion had come, and in her devotion to Janetta, Clarice had laid aside her own weakness. So the two started off on their travels together, and by slow degrees Janetta began to rally from the awful mental shock she had undergone; and Clarice, in her loving care and watchfulness, had cast aside the last traces of invalidism, and had grown as pretty and animated as in the days before her accident. To hear Janetta laugh was sufficient reward for an hour's amusing chatter, and the first day she could walk a mile the fact had to be duly chronicle in a long letter to Doctor Drake, who, from time to time, came out to see how his patient prospered. Happily these days were passed, and Clarice, as she watched Janetta's beautiful face this afternoon, thought that her task was completed. Janetta was really as well and strong as ever again, only there was that touch of pathos about the curves of the mouth that told the tale of some great sorrow. Janetta turned, conscious that she was watched, and smiled at her companion. "What are you thinking of, dear?" "That you are as beautiful as ever, that at last even I think you quite well—well enough to go home, Janetta. We've wandered about so many months that I'm homesick, and I believe I should welcome the sight of Mrs. Mortimer's grim but worthy countenance." "Let us go," Janetta answered, after a moment's pause. "I have often thought that I should like to hear every detail of the night of the burglary. I wonder if you would tell me about it now as we sit here?" Clarice glanced up quickly. By Doctor Drake's advice, everything that was painful had been kept away from Janetta. (To be continued.) QUEER FANCIES IN FOOD. Odd Dishes That Are Placed Before Guests at Fashionable Functions Odd food fancies are met at nearly every house. I know a hostess who uses rock candy for sweetening in her afternoon tea and maraschino cherries for flavor, one to each cup. Nobody else brews such delicious tea, her friends declare, and they never seem to understand why. The rock candy comes in neat packages of crystal, which are dipped up by an antique sugar spoon. Another young hostess made a specialty of cake and beverages in which she could serve whipped cream. She was under salary from the proprietors of flavoring extracts, which they were continually booming, and was supplied with the material, which she demonstrated in her refreshments every afternoon. She was a popular girl and had instituted a tea hour before she became an advertising agent. She was devoted to cooking, and therein lay her value to her employers. She began with vanilla, made cakes flavored with it, and put it in her tea. It adds a most fascinating flavor to the favorite feminine beverage. Then she added chocolate to her tea outfit and used whipped cream. The next day she changed to lemon flavoring, then to almond and orange and created such a degree of interest through her afternoons that questions began to be poured over her. There was her chance to speak a good word for the makers of the flavors, and she used it in such a clever way that their popularity was established without anybody suspecting her interest in it. You can readily see how valuable an assistant she was—Pittsburgh Dispatch Strange Wooling of Luck. Ever since the assassination of King Humbert hundreds of Italians have been trying to win prizes in the national lottery by playing those numbers which correspond with his age. These numbers are 56, 10 and 49, the king having lived for fifty-six years, ten hours and forty-nine minutes. If these three numbers should win the player would receive 4,250 times the amount of his stake. Some unusually optimistic gamblers have tried to win even more than this by playing a fourth number (73), which is the symbol of a regicide. If this combination, 56, 10, 49, and 73, were to win the government would have to pay 60,000 times the amount of the stake. The last drawing was held in Milan a few days ago, and, singularly enough, the winning numbers were 55, 10, 48 and 72. These came pretty close to the mark, and as a result Italian gamblers are more determined than ever to keep on playing their favorite combination until it brings them good fortune. Make yourself necessary to somebody. -Emerson. Powers Fix the Indemnity a $273,000,000. QUESTION OF DISTRIBUTION. The Allies Are at Odds as to the Division of Sum—The Manner of Raising the Amount Is Also Under Dispute—Waldersee States His Plans. Paris, May 3.—The amount of indemnity China is to pay to the powers has at last been agreed upon, but there is much contention as to the manner in which the enormous sum shall be raised. The foreign office has received a dispatch from Pekin announcing that M. Pichon, the French minister, presented the report of the committee on indemnity. The amount China is to pay has been fixed at 1,365,000,000 francs ($273,000,000). How it is proposed that the indemnity will be distributed among the powers is not set forth. France, Germany, Russia and Japan agree in favor of raising the customs duties, which can be relied upon to produce a great part of the requisite sum, and the imposition of a duty on junks, which will constitute a tax on inland navigation, and the taking over of some of the likin (provincial transit duties). On the other hand, the United States and Great Britain decline to agree to an increase of the customs duties, but they do not appear to have presented a counter-proposition. The fact that the United States and Great Britain have joined hands on this question has caused surprise here. It was hoped the United States would stand with France and Russia. The result will be to greatly protract the negotiations. Waldersee States His Plans- Paris, May 3.—Field Marshal Von Waldersee, in the letter which he sent to the ministers today as the reply of the generals to the views of the ministers regarding the military questions discussed yesterday by the generals in conference, says a garrison of 6,000 men should be left at Tien-Tsin and the adjoining district, Great Britain, France, Germany and Japan to contribute 1,400 men each and Italy to contribute 400 men. To garrison Shanghai-Kwan, France, Russia, Great Britain, Russia and Germany are to contribute 300 men each and Italy one company until the forts are razed. So long as any forces occupy Chinese territory the foreign military commanders must exercise the full authority of a civil administration, according to the principle established at The Hague in 1899. The Chinese may remain in office, as in the case of Pao Ting-Fu and, partly, Tien Tsin. Besides the 6,000 men in the Tien-Tsin district warships, which must always be in the Pei-Ho will preserve communication with the international fleet at Taku. DOINGS OF THE LAW MAKERS. Wednesday. May 1. Little doubt is expressed here of final adjournment some time on Friday night. Nearly all important bills, other than apportionment and appropriation, have been kotted out of the way. Many of the appropriation billtees will be apportioned. The measures which stand any show of becoming laws, aside from those above mentioned, are of no particular moment. Springfield people are intensely interested in a bill making an appropriation of $150,000 to erect a new building on the campus of the University of Springfield. It lies just across the street from the statehouse and is an exceedingly available building site. The bill has passed the house and is in the senate committee on appropriations. The erection of the building would do much to re-establish the university house because it would make room for a lot of museums and other exhibits. BASEBALL GAMES. American League. At Chicago— Chicago— 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0-8 Pittsburg— 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0-8 At St. Louis— Cincinnati— 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 1-7 St. Louis— 0 0 0 2 0 1 0-8 At Philadelphia— Philadelphia— 0 0 0 2 4 0 00*-8 New York— 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-8 At Brooklyn-Gans. postponed; wet grounds. St. Louis Coffee-House Burned. St. Louis, May 3.—The building occupied by the Roth-Homeyer Coffee company, at 200 South Eighth street, is almost completely destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of about $75,000. Several thousands of dollars' damage to the stock of the Oliver Wall Paper company, adjoining, resulted, mostly from water. Grain Elevator Burned. Carbondale, ill., May 3—The elevator owned by the Carbondale Milling and Elevator company, with 78,000 bushels of wheat, was destroyed by fire today, entailing a loss of over $60,000. The grain was nearly fully insured. Ends Spree by Suicide St. Louis, May 3.—Thomas Brennan, a saloonkeeper, 29 years old, who has been on a spree for two weeks, drove his customers out of his place today, wrecked the furniture of the barroom, shot himself in the head, and fell dead. Will Ship $1,000,000 in Gold: New York, May 2.—Lazard Freres will ship $1,000,000 on the French steamer sailing tomorrow. THE GATES ARE NOW OPEN. The Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo Is Imagined. Buffalo, N. Y., May 2.—The gates of the Pan-American exposition were thrown open at 8 o'clock, and notwithstanding it had rained all night and the weather conditions were threatening, large crowds were gathered at each of the gates, and as the morning brightened the various routes to the grounds were well patronized by those who desired to be at the opening. No ceremonies marked the opening of the gates, it having been decided by the management to combine the opening day ceremonies with those of dedication day, May 20. The change in the date, however, did not cause a moment's relaxation of the strenuous efforts being put forth by every one connected with the exposition to have everything as nearly ready as possible for today's opening. The appearanceance of the buildings and grounds this morning bore ample evidence of their efforts. Storm and the inevitable delays incident to any undertaking of this magnitude made impossible the realization of the hope that this might be the first of the great expositions to be completed on its opening day. The controversy between those who want the Pan-American exposition open on Sunday and the sabbatarians, it is expected, will reach a crisis at a meeting of the ministers of Buffalo. The sabbatarians threaten to get out a supreme court injunction requiring the board of directors to close the fair on Sundays. DIGS UP KETTLE OF GOLD. Farm Hand Finds $3,600 in Treasure Near Akron, O. Akron, O., May 2.—Joseph Myers, employed on the old Oscar Osborne farm, dug up a kettle today containing $3,600 in gold. It was found near the barn. This is the second discovery of gold made on the place, making a total of more than $5,000. Osborne's relatives have always contended that there was $20,000 hidden in various places. Edgar Johnson is now serving a life sentence in the Ohio penitentiary for the murder of old man Osborne. It is claimed that the killing of Osborne was the result of his refusal to tell where the gold was hidden. DAILY MARKET REPORT. # Chicago Board of Trade Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close. May ... .72% .73% .72% .72% July ... .73% .74% .73% .73% Corn— May ... .49 .50 .48% .49% July ... .45% .46 .45% .45% Oats— May ... .26% .28% .26% .28% July ... .26 .26% .26 .26% Pork— May ... 14.50 14.72% 14.50 14.72% July ... 14.70 14.95 14.65 14.95 Sept. ... 14.70 ... ... 14.70 Lard— May ... 8.05 8.12% 8.00 8.12% July ... 7.97% 8.07% 8.02% 8.07% Sept. ... 7.95 8.05 7.92% 8.05 S. ribs— May ... 8.17% 8.30 8.17% 8.30 July ... 7.90 8.00 7.87% 8.00 Sept. ... 7.87% 7.95 7.87% 7.95 Finds Death in Ohio River. Cincinnati, O., May 3.—Mrs. Sophia Hemphill committed suicide by jumping from the suspension bridge into the Ohio river. The identity of the woman was learned this afternoon by a card with a man's name on it and by a letter that she left on the bridge before she took the leap. She was Sophia Hamilton, formerly of Thorntown, Ind., who married Dr. Hemphill of Toledo, O., from whom she was divorced. In the letter she stated that her grandfather was ill at Thorntown, Ind., and that her father in Chicago was also ill. Farwell Closes Big Deal. Vinita, I. T., May 3.—J. V. Farwell of Chicago closed a $500,000 deal today with E. L. Halsell of Vinita for grazing and cattle in western Texas. Mr. Farwell sells 150,000 acres of land in Oldham and Hartley counties at $2 an acre and 7,000 white-face Hereford cows at $30 a head. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cash was paid to bind the deal. Wife Accused of Murder. Brantford, Mich., May 3—Mrs. Josephine White is in jail here on a charge of having caused the death of her husband by strychnine poison on April 14. The verdict of the coroner's jury, announced today, said: "That White came to his death by strychnine poisoning, which we suspect was administered by his wife." Thirty-Five Lost in a Fire Bombay, May 3.—Thirty-five out of forty-two persons who were working at a cotton press at Amreell, on the Kattywar peninsula, have been burned to death. The remainder were fatally burned. A similar fire has occurred at Khamgaon, province of Berar, resulting in the death of eleven persons Mrs. Carolan Seriously Ill. San Francisco, May 3.-Mrs. Frank J. Carolan, daughter of the late George M. Pullman of Chicago, is critically ill at the Women's hospital in this city. An operation for appendicitis was performed yesterday, and while her condition is still serious the surgeons think she will recover. Treasurer Williamson III. Springfield, Ill., May 3.—State Treasurer Moses O. Williamson of Galesburg is quite ill with fever at the Leland hotel. His wife and daughter were summoned to his bedside and have arrived. --- MR. REID HURT IN WRECK. New York Editor and D. O. Mills in Collision Emigrant Gap, Cal., May 2—In the darkness of the smoke and the snow sheds a Raymond excursion train ran into the rear end of the limited train No. 2 at Yuba Pass, four miles east of here. The private car of D. O. Mills was on the rear of the limited and was badly damaged. Fireman James Saunders was instantly killed and several passengers and men of the train crew were slightly injured. Dr. O. Mills and his granddaughter and Whitelaw Reid and wife had just seated themselves at the dining table in the rear of their car when the crash came. All were more or less bruised and scratched, but none was seriously injured. Whitelaw Reid received an ugly cut in the face. The limited had struck a rock in the sheds and was delayed until the second section caught up. Saunders was crushed between the tender and engine. The tender of the second engine was also driven up into the cab. The baggage car climbed over the rear tender and shot up against the roof of the snow shed, knocking down a section of the shed. Conductor Grant was in the baggage car and was thrown through the door, but is unhurt. Many passengers on the limited and on the excursion train were badly injured. The limited abandoned D. O. Mills' private car and proceeded eastward. The Raymond excursion train, with the exception of the baggage car, is held here. Ireland Confers with Root. New York, May 2.—Evidence that the Philippine trouble is rapidly drawing to a close, says a special to the Tribune from Washington, is found in the fact that Archbishop Ireland has been in Washington for two or three days, and has held several conferences with Secretary Root. From the beginning of the negotiations looking to a settlement of the church questions Archbishop Ireland has been the representative in this country of the Vatican. Peters for Pension Office. Madison, Ind., May 2.—Judge Samuel S. Peters of Newton, Kan., has been selected by President McKinley for commissioner of pensions upon the expiration of the Evans term. This is credible news, as Peters wrote to Rev. W. W. Snyder here, accepting congratulations. Peters is an old soldier himself and naturally in sympathy with old comrades. Ask for Day of Nine Hours. Scranton, Pa., May 2—Machinists, bollermakers, blacksmiths, carbuilders, and laborers from all the shops in Scranton and all along the lines of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western road in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have presented a petition to their employers for the inauguration of a nine-hour day at the same rate of wages that now obtains for ten hours. Big Output at Cripple Creek. Colorado Sprilugs, Colo., May 2.—The April Cripple Creek output is $2,400,-000, which brings the total for the camp to $100,864,812. In 1891, the first year, the production was $200,000. Last year it exceeded $22,000,000. For the first four months of 1891 it is $8,500,000. The dividend total to date is $20,000,000, all paid by eighty-six public companies. Lawson Going Abroad Boston, Mass., May 2.—Thomas W. Lawson, with his wife and family, will sail for Europe May 18. Mrs. Lawson's illness is the cause of this sudden change in his plans. In spite of the fact that he is expending $150,000 on the cup yacht, the Independence, he will leave the craft in the charge of others and be at his wife's side. Medical Society Meets Pana, Ill., May 2.—The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the District Medical Society yesterday elected officers as follows: President, Dr. T. L. Catherwood of Shelbyville; vice-precidents, Drs. E. J. Brown of Decatur and G. W. Finger of Pana; treasurer, Dr. J. H. Miller of Pana; secretary, Dr. C. R. Splcer of Taylorsville. Turkey Prepares for Trouble Constantinople, May 2.—This city has not been so full of signs of war since the end of the war with Greece. The military authorities are most active in consequence of an order to prepare for eventualities. Heavy re-enforcements have been sent to Macedonia, and fortifications are being built on the Bulgarian frontier. Ship Free from Yellow Fever. Victoria, B. C., May 2.—H. M. S. Condor, which arrived Sunday did not have any yellow fever on board, all patients having been landed at Pana. One slight case occurred after the vessel left Pana. The vessel is still in quarantine. W. H. Mills Weds a Singer. Springfield, Ill., May 2.—William H. Mills of Chicago and Miss Maude Wellman, a well-known singer of this city, were married at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Wellman. Think Vauderbilt's Control U. P. New York, May 2.—A rumor was believed in Wall street yesterday that control of the Union Pacific had at length passed into the hands of the Vanderbilt contingent. Conger Reaches Omaha. Omaah, Neb, May 2.—Minister Conger and party arrived this morning en route home and were met by a group of relatives from Des Moines and a reception committee. DAVENPORT. Sunday evening, April 28, was Stewardess day and those who attended were favored with a very fine program, which was as follows: Opening remarks by the president, Mrs. C. H. Marshall. Paper by Mrs. W. D. P'rker. Song by choir. Paper by Mrs. J. R. Busey. Song by choir. Paper by Mrs. Ruth Richardson. Song by choir. Song by choir. Actually, it's J. T. Mabry on Spiritual Love. Remarks by the pastor, Rev. Christy. A large crowd was present and a large sum was collected. Mrs. C, H. Marsnall is president of the Stewardess and she is certainly worthy of the honor. Little Alice Ball of Chicago, who is here visiting with Mrs. J. S. Roberts, started to school here last week. She expects to remain here with Mrs. Roberts for some time and she don't want to get behind in her school lessons. Mrs. Savannah Pash, who went to St. Luke's hospital some time ago to have an operation performed, was able to be brought home last Saturday morning and we are glad to report that she is getting along very nicely. Last Saturday afternoon at St. Luke's hospital Mrs. Nora Marshall quietly passed away from this world into the great beyond. She had only been sick a few days and her death was a great shock to her husband and also her many friends. The funeral was held at the Bethel A. M. E. church April 29, Rev. L. E. Christy officiating. Interment was made at Oakdale ceemetry. She left a husband, Lee Marshall, and a host of friends to mourn her loss. J. M. Thomas and J. T. Mabry will be absent from the city Saturday and Sunday on official and fraternal business. They expect to return some time Monday. Mrs. Rachel Battle has returned from Des Moines, where she went some time ago. She will probably make Davenport her home from now on. The following delegates were elected to the Iowa Baptist Sunday school convention which meets here in June. Mrs. Frances Baker, Mrs. Manie Hughes, Mrs. Flora King, Mrs. Lydia Miss, Moss Lizzie Cain, J. T. Mabry and Rev. W. J. Burton. The school has begun preparations to entertain the convention, and it is expected that it will be a success. Mrs. Reed and daughter Miss Bessie Reed of Burlington have come to Davenport to make it their future home. There are quite a few strangers in our city, but the agent has not been able to learn their names. Work is plentiful here now and those who are not looking for work should not come here as they certainly will find it if they come here. Northern Wisconsin Railway Farm Lands for Sale. The North-Western Line has for sale in Northern Wisconsin, at low prices and easy terms of payment, about 350,000 acres of choice farm lands. Early buyers will secure the advantage of locations on the many beautiful streams and lakes, which abound with fish and furnish a never ending and most excellent water supply, both for family use and for stock. Land is generally well timbered, the soil fertile and easy of cultivation, and this is rapidly developing into one of the greatest sheep and cattle raising regions in the Northwest. Chicogo, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Superior, Ashland and other towns on "The North-Western Line" furnish good markets for stock and farm produce. For further particulars address: Geo. W. Bell, Land Commissioner, Hudson, Wis., or G. H. MacRae, Assistant General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn. In the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Polk County May Term, A. D. To Elizabeth A. Dillingham: You are hereby notified that on on before the 25th day of April, A. D. 1901, the petition of plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Polk County, Iowa, claiming of you an absolute divorce on the grounds of inhuman treatment. For a more specific statement see petition when on file, and unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the next term, being the May term of said Court, which will commence at Des Moines on the 6th day of May 1901, default will be entered against you and judgment and decree rendered thereon. Dated this 11th day of April, 1901. WILLIAM A. MARSH. I. E. WILLIAMSON. Attorneys for Plaintiff. Votes Counted by Tickets Under the Pennsylvania election law votes are not counted for the candidate, but for the ticket or tickets on which his name appears. In the Chester county election all parties agreed upon Joseph Hemphill for common pleas judge, and this is the way the official vote was declared: Joseph Hemphill, republican, 8,162 votes; Joseph Hemphill, democrat, 4,371 votes; Joseph Hemphill, fusion, 1,643 votes; Joseph Hemphill, scattering, 374 votes. Ammunition, Guns, Fishing Tackle, Ect. GENERAL SPORTING GOODS. HOPKINS SEARS Co. 7th and Locust St. CAPT. GEORGE BEALL, Chief of Capitol Police, Des Moines, Iowa. This is what Captain Beall says to-day: Dn. C. M. MCLAEAN. My Dear Doctor—"After cataract had bledged my boyhood and cursed my manhood, and after it had produced a chronic catarach of the stomach which was killing me, and when all the other doctors had made a failure of my case you took care, we were not had a pain or ache or a sign of catarach for I want the world to know it!" Very respectfully yours, GEORGE BEALL We refer the afflicted to people we have cured, among them: H. C. 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Miss Carter went to Burlington Sunday. The entertainment given by the steward and stewardess board last week was a financial success. The A. M. E. Sunday school will give an entertainment May 9. There was an entertainment Thursday night at St. Clair chapel. Mr. and Mrs. Tansil are the parents of a little boy, born last week. Mr. and Mrs. D. Arbuckle have adopted a little girl. The H. V. D. C. met with Miss Mason last week. The club entertained a few of their gentleman friends. Current events were given by Miss Myra McCracken; the club prophesy, by Miss Lydia Bartlett; also Miss Myrtle Taylor and Mr. Gilstrap kindly consented to render vocal solos. After the program a spelling match was indulged in. from which much pleasure and benefit was derived, both members and guests taking part. Miss Julia Bartlett missed the least number of words. Refreshments were served by Miss Lydia Bartlett and Ione Mason. Everett Reed is entertaining measles. Mrs. Ollie Crane Thoman, formerly of this city, but now of Chicago, was married last week to Wm. Pickens of Chicago. Messrs. Elbert Fitzgerald and John Owens, who are working in Omaha, have taken unto themselves Omaha brides. The failure of the I. W. U. boys to get a special car to attend the interstate contest at Des Moines, May 3, was quite a disappointment to a number of colored people who intended to attend the contest. Rev Bowldin has charge of the Second Baptist church pulpit. DOCTORY OURSELF " GCOVE " Tablets are mailed and guaranteed by Kidd Drug Company Egin, Ill., to cure all forms of diseases of Urinary organs, and system, Bladder, ete., including Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Whites, Lucorrhoea, unnatural discharges, irritations, and ulcerations of the urinary organs and mucous membranes never gives stricture, harmless and painless. An internal remedy with injections combined; only one in the world. Sent per mail on receipt of price, $3 per package or 2 for $5. 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High Speed by a Trolley Car in Philadelphia In whatever other respect Philadelphia may be slow she has a trolley car which sweeps through the city in the gray hours of dawn and which, taken day by day, is swifter than anything else of its kind or class in the world, says the New York Sun. It starts from the heart of the city just after the newspapers are out of press and tears away through the silent streets in a northerly and westerly direction, up and down hill and along valleys, with occasional stops to throw out bundles until twenty-seven minutes later it rests on the northern summit of Chestnut hill, fourteen and three-quarter miles away. This is at the average rate of thirty-five miles an hour, including at least one stop every three-fourths of a mile. Sometimes on its route it has run a mile in a minute and an eighth and it has made the distance in twenty-five minutes, including the stops, which is just the schedule time of the steam express trains for practically the same distance between the same places, though on neither the Reading nor the Pennsylvania railways do the trains make any stops. Sometimes, as on market day, there are interruptions, when sleepy teams get on the lines of metals, and occasionally another trolley car gets behind time and doesn't give it the right of way promptly, but despite the occasional delays, for two years, in all conditions of weather, facing rain or snow, with mechanical incidents adverse to its career, it has made on average thirty-five trips out of thirty-five on time and only once has it been longer than forty-five minutes in covering the distance. On that occasion the wreck of a hay wagon was on the road and for this the Eagle Flight trolley was not responsible. From the fact that this car carries the morning newspapers for distribution it might be thought to be a journalistic enterprise in Philadelphia, but this is not the case. It is an experiment by the Union Traction company to test the maintenance of high speed and the evenness of schedule time under conditions peculiarly favorable for securing exact factors for all the problems it is sought to solve. Every trip is observed by electrical experts, the induction is estimated, the power measured, the state of the metal, the thermometrical and barometrical conditions noted as well as the humidity and fog at the different elevations along the line, and when 1,000 trips have been made the data thus gathered will be considered, with a view of formulating a result to be applied in such directions of economy and accelerated speeds as may be opened up. About 900 persons a day o avail visit the white house the y a round. 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We have advertised for several years under this guaranteo, and we are glad to say that every one who has used Ozono has been satisfied in every respect. 3,000 people are to-day using our preparations, and every, purchaser recommends Ozono as the King of all Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Onrly, Relractory, ‘Trouble- #f\ some Hair. It will make short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, "@, and Scurf can not live after Ozono has Been applied. It will stop your hair AWN irom falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the hair long and soft. ‘Now, right here, let us make e statement, Many firms are advertisiny § remedies to straighten hair, but when they send the preparation, they tell ou to use hot irons, Friends, do not use hot irons ; ae will burn up the N ite of the hair, and cause it to drop out. Ozono straightena without any N outside assistance, Nothing but Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays straight forever. You can stop the use at any time. The good effects on A the hair are seen in a day or two after the first application. N The price of Ozono is 50c. a bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make this liberal offer, which is good at any time: Cut out this coupon and send & to us, enclosing with it the sum of One Dollar, and we will forward to you four large boxes of Ozono and one large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, which makes black skin bright, rough skin soft and pliant, and cures all skin diseases. Also removes all facial imperfections, and actually removes N smal-pox pits, Wo will aleo include one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—Nature’s great beautifier—removes wrinkles, moti patches, freckles, and all facial blemishes; makes the old look young and the young look younger. ‘ ‘We will also inclade one packeee of our celebrated Bcalp Soap, which i ‘a absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, and no soap but a pure soap should ever PE Rae i re he eo ee ed Le CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT, The Corinthian Baptist Church —ntuated ot ith St, between Crosker and School Sts Sati A. M.; Sunday School; at 13 dooce Preeching, at7 P.M. ‘Rev. 8. Bates, Pastor. St Paul A. M. B.—Corner of Second and Center Streets." Preaching at 10:80 a.m; Sunday School at 3 o'clock: Epworth League at’ Dm; preaching at@ p.m. L. J, Paillips ast. ‘Wirt African Baptist Church—Corner Schoo! ‘nd fourth steeorts. Rev. F. Lomack pastor, Preaching Wawa 15.: Sunday schoo! 3.9 p. Bi,” Mr. 3 B. Housten, Superintendent: Yoimg People's meeting 7 p. m., preaching 800 pm. Bum's M. K.—Fast Second and Des Moines ‘reet.—Suaday services, preaching at 11:00 QM. and4p, m. Sunday Sobool at 13:90. Evayer ana Cinss meeting, Wednesday 8p. m. Aiko welcome, “ev. G- W. Holmes, pastor, Des Moines streer. Mount Nebo Baptist Chureh—E. Second street, Detween Lneust and Grand avoute—Sunday service, prenehing at 11. m.: Sunday Schoo! 1350 p. ma. Superintendent, Rove Johnson. Preaching at8 p.m. Hev. J. H Beli, pastor, ‘Tabernacle Baptist Church, Misalon—situated ‘over ons Bast Locust. street, Preuching 1! . tm; Sanday School 9:00.a m.; preaching ai $pm. Rev. J. R. Winbush, pastor. Mosth Star Lodge, No. 3, A. F. A. i= Moots First Thursday in each mouth at Masonic Hall—Fourtn and Court avenue. J. E. Shep ard, W. M.jJ. L. TROMpsOD, Secretary, King’ Solomon Commandery, No. 6.—Meots Sefond aud Fourth Tnursdey in cack month st Masonic hall. Brod Jackson, M. C.; @. H. Gleggets, Rec. Nsom! Court, No. Smeets Second Mond Pench mouth tt Masonic ell Mrs 3. 2. Bhepara, matron; Mr. Fred Jackson, seére Mt Olive Court, No, 4—Meets First, Thursday Sfeach month at Masonte hall, Mrs. Suaaa Wiley Tmatroay atts. Plora Major, secre Cha No. 2192, G. U, 0. of 0. F— tents Firat Wetond ana nied Paswaay, each Month at Gid Fellows ballon West Sixth and Walnut streets, D. ‘Burns, N. G5 F. Srowa P.3. H.H.ofR,, No. 890fG. U. 0. of O. F.—Con- Teena aaah Lan fonth, promptly. a Me. Be 3 Holmes, MoN-G. Mrs, GL. Williams, W. Aaigoes and Laaies of Honor of the World, No Victoria “Lodge—meets every Monday crening at Webster's Hall, corner of, Tenth Genter nireeta, Mrs, E. A. Wood. Proctor. Mire Toen Johnson, Secretary EXCURSION RATES TO WINTER RESORTS Via the North-Western Line. Excur- sion tickets are sold daily, with favor able time limits, to numerous points in the West and South at reduced rates For tickets and full information, apply to agents Chicago, & :North-Western By Are you going to entertain? If 80 You will need invitations, call and see ow samples our prices are the lowest SECRET ORDERS. CRI &P., GOING EAST. anniv pera Sao pm... Chicago Limited,......00 i pi 450 Din. Dag ernment 4 Bm 110 pm...o°0- Night bimited.....--31201 am at ps2! TLaDay express. 000912 48 pm 10 puns... Hawkeye Limited .....700 km C.R.1. & P., GOING WEST. 89) am., ...,,Denver Limited... am 8% pin. 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And, lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in apint Package of "Anti-Odor, a positive cure for Sore Throat or Mouth, all forms of 4 ‘omb Diseases, Obilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet; also removes all 4 smelle and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm pits, etc. ‘The actual value of this Grand Aggregation is $4.00, but wo let you 4 have it for $1.00, simply to introduce honest goods. _In order to protect the A Public in general from imitations of our goods, and to avoid mistakes, we f| wave placed upon our coupon our ‘Trade-Mark, one head showing Short 4 Hair and the other head Long Hair, ‘The U. 8. Government has granted us 4 this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washington; 80 f if the coupon bas this trade-mark on if, you will make no mistake, ‘Uso g only the coupon having the two heads on it. Ag to our responsibility, wo 4 refer you to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Bank of Rich- f mond, Va. Wo have thousands of testimonials wo havo not spaco to pub- § Tish, ’ Here is a sample of one: A Boston Ohemical Company : 4 Dear Sirs,—You are at liberty to state in any newspaper that I have 4 used OZONO, and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have been fooled so often, it does me good to recommend honest goods. j » MAGGIE B. Proctor, § Here is another: @ Box 114, Fairfield, Texas. f Gentlemen,—After using OZONO a short while only, I am glad to say 4 that my hair is already straight and growing finely. 4 MISS BESSIE POWERS, 868 Missouri street, Toledo, 0. A last word. OZONO ip absolutely guaranteed to straighten bir and ¢ cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight, 4 you can use it to secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine {OZONO.” Send us $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent tho seme 4 day wo receive your order. f BOSTON CHEMICAL CO, / 810 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 4 a me EE | Boston Chemical Co., b. > 810 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. git {gr ZS Lenelose you §1.00, for which please send at once * the following goods: a 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, AN {Worth 50c. i Botile Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package f pint) Aniti-Odor, worth 0c. 1 Package’ Scalp Soap, worth Ste. ‘Total, $4.00. Ais Nameescenisiisievsessovssssseeetesy Houma, Norcsneisseiaies A Bees sisiseuaisuseisrive sever ctensse eng OMps ieee ceratie esha scant, “an Gounty. eet stetter isasessvescestsrugy Blateicivercceesses a If you want 4 lots like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has fi no coupon, let her write her name on a piece of paper und pin to coupon 4Ve when you send your order. “i AAA PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSN Broad Vestibuled S E E D S First-Class Sleepers DAILY— RoR aes eenpatal so vigor Between Chicago and Sanfrancisco | ss yvorkivg with ine tresh soll, Hate ea .. ‘Greate vt cae Leave Chicago on Big 5 at 10:00 p. m. All the best scenery of the Rocky Moun- tains and the Sierra Nevada’ by day- light in both directions, ‘These cars are carried on the limited trains of the Great Rock Island Route, Denever and Rio Gtande (Scenic Route), Rio Grande Western and Southern Pacific, Dining Car ServiceThrough Buffett Library Cars. JOUN SEBASTIAN, G, P. A., Chicago. na@-We want you to subscribe for the Iowa Srarz Brsranper.“@ CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHWEST On every Tuesday in February, March and April the Iowa Central Railway will sell one way Settlers’ and Colo pists’ excursion tickets to points in California, Oregon, Washington Mon- tana, Idaho and British Columbia at very low rates—lower than ever before. ‘Tickets for Californis points sold on ‘Tuesdays will be honored for passage in Tourist Care of the Iowa Central Railway on Wednesdays of euch week. For full particulars call on Iowa Cen- tral ticket agents, or address Geo. S. Batty, G. P. & T. A, Marshalltown Ia. | aegopenin cents emcee ASO afte ie't0 occupation so Invigorating “is working withthe fresh soll, Ttadde strength 1D the bods, rests the mind, and the pure air and “Miovof frvshiy turned soil elves fe {0 ‘the Stood Abin a peaatire tp raleh and aetst the Towers from tiny wedi, $106 0 can be sured cn your famfiy expenses this sear by having Kar Aone “Good “heeds are tio first reauisite aed those which wooffer are of strong vitally ad fie tho very Lest and purest which ean bo ob- itimeds stiso laren grasa seed, bulbs, hardy rokea,ele {Gal oj ten fort copy grou taney atalge. gegezenrs IOWA SEED CO. If troubled with rheumatism give Chamberlain's Pain-Balm o trial, It will not cost you a cent if it does 20 good. One application will releive the pain, It also cures sprains and bruises in one-third the time required by any bites, treatment. Cuts, burns, frost- hoter quinsy, pains in the side and chest, glandular and other swellings are quickly cured by applying it. Every bottle warranted. Price 25 and 50 ets. For sale by all Druggists. CLINTON. Rev. P. P. Vaylor returned to his charge in Monmouth Saturday, after a pleasant two weeks visit with his family. Wm. Riggs returned Thursday from a ten days’ visit with friends near Chicago. Dame rumor has it that Billy is no longer a single man, al though he brought no one back with him. We will know more about it in the future, In the meantime girls you had better look out. Take no chances. Robert Moreland whose physical condition has been spoken of on dif. ferent occasions, sank to his eternal rest early Saturday morning at the home of his mother on Oak street ‘The cause of death was consumption Deceased at time of death was aged 23 years. His funeral was held Mon- day at 10 a. m, from Bethel chureh, Rey, Peterson officiating. ‘Miss Anna Cooper has been elected \as delegate to the convention. Mrs, F, J, Peterson has gone away for a visit with relatives. Her stay is indetinite. Cassius Clay is in a precarious con: dition. Presiding Elder Bundy is expectec in Clinton this week to hold quarter] meeting Sunday. Every business house in the cit3 was closed Monday afterncon dur ing the funeral of the late Artemus amb, Married, at the Fifth street home of S.C. Smith on Wednesday even- ing, Mrs, Mury Beason to Win. Rich- ardson, the ceremony taking place in the presence of a few of the inti- mate friends of the contracting par- ties, Rev. Peterson otticiating. They commenced housekeeping at once at the groom's home on First avenue. Clinton lodge, A. F. & A. M., enter- tained at a supper on Tuesday even- ing at Good Templars’ hall. KROKUK. A select crowd of ladies and gen- tlemen sought pleasure in a boat ride to Quincy last Sunday. Those com- posing the party were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Teabeau, Mr. and Mrs. John Craig, Mr. and Mrs. G._C. Bannister, Mr. and Mrs, French D. Bland and Mr, and Mrs. Frank Robinson. Last Sunday Rev. 't. 'T, Ward closed his work as pastor of Pilgrim Rest Baptist church. ‘The day was con- sumed in rallies in which a neat, sum of money was raised to pay off the church debt. Keokuk’s famous violinist, F, D. Fields, has been secured to take part in the piano recital to be given by Co. D. May 21, It will be a rare treat to hear him, Ambrose MeGruder eft Tuesday morning for Buffalo, N. Y.. to join W. J. Swain's Nashville Students. Mr. MeGruder will do hi smonologue turn and comic musical act. THe is also known as the champion colored high wire performer and acrobat. Mrs. William Gross, who abs been seriously ill for some time, is much improved at this writing, and it is hoped that she will soon enjoy the blessings of god health, Rev. J, I. MeDaniel of the Ambi- dexter Institute, located at Spring- field, II, a man’ of push, good sense and a gifted linguist. In the interest of his school he is pursuing a course that will lead hint to success and the result of his endeavors must eventu- ally teem with lasting benefits to his race, ‘The Anthem choir will make its first publie apearance in saered con- cert work at the A.M. E. church Monday, night, May 6. Conductor N. W. Wilson has been putting the mem- bers through a course of difficult work and there will be heard some fine music on that occasion, ‘The program as arranged for the even- ing is as follows: Chorus, “Blessed"—Ashford. Jnstrumental solo, “Pilgrims' Chorus,” (Tannhausser)—Miss Flor: enee Jackson. Quartet—Selected. Paper on musie--Mrs. G. C, Bannis- ter. Instrumental — solo—Miss Letha Johnson. Chorus, “Sing Unto the Lord,” (Roscerans). Vocal solo—Miss Anoa Holmes. Instrumental solo—Miss Garnett ‘Teaveau, Bass solo, “The Mighty Deep"— Chas. Wilson. Octet, “Fondly I think of Thee” (MePhail.) - Vocal solo—Miss Rita Kendrick. Instrumental trio, “Calvary.” Chorus, “Glory to God in the High- est,” (Rierly). ‘There is ‘a lovely young lady vis iting Miss Aliee Elliott but tne By- stander man has not been able t¢ learn her name as yet. It is reported that a large mumber of young ladies and gentlemenc from Quiney will come to the musical May 21, in which Chas. Mills of that city is ‘one of the solo pianists. Two young ladies with pleasant looks and smiling faces were *he guest of Miss Alice Fry last Sunday ‘They were two of Fort Madison’ sweet girls but the quill pusher was so busy he did nef learn their names New Service for Homeseek and Settlers, Tourist Car service for persons en- route to the South, South-west and California is inaugurated by the M. K, &T.Ry. from Kansas City. Tourist car leaves Kansas City every Tuesday at 9:05 p.m. on M. K. & T. train No. 11 running through to San Francisco via the Waco Flatonia Route, This route is through the beautiful Indian Terri- tory. Central and Southern Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California and will be found a great convenience for Homeseekers and Set- tlers enroute to Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiane, Old and New Mexico, Ari- zona and California, The carsin this service are“ of the latest Pullman pattern of Tourist Cars and are quite as comfortable as the Standord Pullman Sleepers and are in charge of Tourist Agent and have regular Pullman porter to look after the comfort of passengers. For furth- er information address, T. B. Cookerly Dist, Pass, Agent, Des Moines, Iowa. EPWORTH LEAGUE AND YELLOWSTONE PARK. Facts like these talk and if you con- template taking advantage of the low Epworth League rates to San Francisco next July, $59.00. Chieago back to Chicago via either Ocean or Shasta route from San Francisco to Portland, you are entitled to know that on similar occasion three years ago, 95 per cent of the Christ- fan Endeavorers returning by way of Portland used the Northern Paci.ic Ry., and more than half this number visited Yellowstone Park, which is reached by rail from Livings. ton, Montana—a point on the main line of the N. P, R. less than two hours ride by rail from Cinnabar, at the entrance to the park. This is the railway that runs the famous “NORTH COAST LIM- ITED”—the Crack train of the North. west, Send 6 cents in stamps to Chas. 8. Fee, St. Paul, Minn. for Wonder- land 1901 and an Epworth League ‘map folder and decide for yourself as ‘to the route you will use. ANNOUNCEMENT CARDS. Please announce my name as a can- didate for one of the members of the House of Representatives from Polls county. subject to the decision of the republican eonvention, Emonr H. Exarasu. Please announce my name a8 a candi- date for State Senator of Polk county, ‘anbjeot to the Republican County Coaven- tlon, Casstus M. DowEi. Thereby announce my name a acan- @idate for a member of the Legislature, subject to the decialon of the republican, county convention, =P. F, MALL, 1 hereby anthorize the announcament of my name as a candidate for ‘onoty Superintendent.o! Publio Schoola, sub- ject to the county convention, %. ©, THORNBURG. ‘Will you please announce my name as asa candidate for member of County Su- pervisor from Lee township, eutiject to the Fepubliean voters of said township. JOHN LOVERIDEE. Please announce my name aga candi- date for member of the Legisiature, sub- ject to the republican conventlon, W. H, Hiaton. Please announce my name as 8 can- didate for County ‘Treasurer, subject to the republican convention, Joun McKay, Sr. Jama candidate for renomination for second term for Supervisor Wirst Supervisory District, subject to repub- lican primary and convention. FRANK T. Morrie. In answer to a petition signed by prominent East Des Moines businesss men, W. W. Wise has consented to run for the nomination »f county super- visor, subject tothe v'.. and pleasure of the republican county convention. BEWAREOF A COLD. A cough is not a disease but a symp- tom. Consumption and bronchitis which are the most dangerous aud fatal diseases, have for their first in- dication a persistant cough, und it properly treated as soon as this cough appears are easily eured. Chamber- lain's Cough Remedy .has proven wonderfully suceesful, and gained its wide reputation and extensive sale by its success in curing the diseases which cause conghing. If it ie not beneficial it will not cost you acent For sale by all Druggist. SAYLOR. We are glad we are having very fine, weather. Work is not very good out here now, but we hope’ that it will jm- prove after while. Miss Ada Holland, Will Daniels and Joe Francis are on the sick list. ‘werybody seems to be house clean- ing Out. this way. Mrs. Ella Stroder made her son a present of a nice bicycle last week, and he is very proud of it. The school is preparing to meet Rev. $. Miller, the state missionary, next Sunday. | And is also preparing for a grand pienie te 18th of May. We ull are very sorry to hear of the death o1 Mrs. Pritehet and still are glad to say that she was ready and willing to io. Mrs, A. Burrell gave a social last night and the evening was well spent We are glad to say she prospered. Jonas Blanem gave a grand balt last evening, and ad musie from the city. A god time was had. A few of our friends are going to leave us. Asberry Vandever, M. Peassley and Mrs. Clara Webb. ‘A number of our ladies were shop- ping in the city Monday. Ask Frasier what is the matter with their reportér. ‘Tell them not to back down because we are coming to the front. Let us see you wake wp next week. «fh UE Low Rates to California and Back thi ‘Summer, An illustrated book, which will be of much interest to all who are expecting to take advantage of the low rates to California this summer, at the time of the Epworth League Convention, to be held in San Francisco in July, has jas been issued by the Chicago & North Western Railway. Much valuable in- formation is givenrelating to the state, yariab route, ete. The rate via this line will only be $50.00 for the round. trip from Chicago, with coresponding low rates from other points, Copy of ‘this book may be had free upon ap- plication to W. B. Knisker, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, Il. CHURCH AND CLEAGY. The Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman te te grite the life of D. L. Moody. Bishop Edsall has just completed a Qighly successful mission at James town, N. D. Tomkins Avenue Congregational church of Brooklyn ratsed over $27,060 for missions during the year. ‘The death roll in the Congregational inistry in Great Britain was unusual- ly heavy during the year 1899. A congress of the history of religions will be held at Paris, France during the first part of September next year. The receipts of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, for the year make a total of $28,000, of which $17,000 is fram pew rents, The annual coanel) of the South Af Hlean churches was held at Graaf Reinet, and owing to the preoccups- tions of the war, only thirty-eight dele- gates auended. Bince his resignation from the Church of the Pilgrims relief from care has conduced to a marked impove- ment in the Bealth of the vencrabie ‘Dr. R. S. Storra ore aah cenlinenacuses RE TE Ta iia nan ee ee 5 : es ¢ : fr z oy SR the SARC 2" RRR rela SR et say ie Lake! 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CO, MER! ‘Des Molnes. Ey REWARD Re AY) erat KID-NE-OIDS. BPfBriawis” Wes reqranine aaize ae » DO YOU ena id a ialad KEMPS Ey Aa ty eae anne re ———— Sd 8 Fare on’ te excelent ect ater Shey BS dal Saat nee WHY GET SOAKED i) / e SWER' at SLICKER 1 ry A) Wi KEEP YOU oer Face a ee PR Sie Sb ASSO MAS" P EERSTE aa ns PRESIDENT ON A JOURNEY He and His Party Start on ‘Their Western Trip. Washington, April 30.—The train which is to carry President and Mrs. McKinley and their party on their long excursion across the continent and back made its start yesterday precisely on schedule time over the Southern road. Before 10 o'clock many people had congregated about the station and there was general demonstration of affec tionate regard as the head of the nation and his wife made their way through the crowd to the train. Mrs. McKinley leaned on the arm of Dr. Kixey and both she ond the president smiled in response to the greetings which met them at every step. They were accompanied to the train by numerous friends and by many persons distinguished in the aifairs of the nation. The party in- eluded Secretary Gage, Secretary Root, Senator Hanna, Justice Me- Kenna, General Miles, General Cor- bin, veneral Sternberg, Secretary Whice of the American embassy in London, Commissioner of Pensions uvans, Comptroller Dawes, General Bates, Assistant Postmaster Shallen- berger, Congressman Livingston and many indies of the cabinet circle. Mrs, McKinley found the drawing room of the private coach which she and the president are to oceupy beau- tifully decorated with roses and other flowers. She spoke gratecully of the thoughtful care of her friends and seating herself beside a window, fac- ing the crowd, continued to smile and bow to acquaintances until the train moved out. The president took his position on the rear platform of the Olympia. Just as the minute hand of the big clock in the station touched the 10:30 point the train started upon its 10,000 mile journey. ‘The crowd cheered enthusiastically and waved a goodbye, The demonstration was continued until the train left the en- vironments of Washington, the crowd extending well to the city limits. Memphis, Tenn., May 1.—The presi- dential train passed. through the heart of Dixie yesterday and at 4:30 in the afternoon reached Memphis, on the banks of the Mississippi. This was the first resting place of the four. After descending the mountains Mon- day night, the train skimmed along through’ northern Mabama and the valley of the Tennessee river and touched at Corinth, Miss. where Grant worsted Forrest in his eam paign to ent the Confederaey in two. ‘The fresh green Southland, with its infinite variety of wild flowers in the fields and forest, was a great change from the backward — spring which the party had left behind at Washington. ‘The heat was rather oppressive, but the weather was not so warm as the president's welcome. The hearty greetings extended to him along the route testified how com pletely he had captured the hearts of the people of Dixie. Confederate veterans at all the stopping places were among the president's most en- thusiastic auditors, and that he was impressed with their marks of love and esteem was evidenced by the tone of his speeches at the different stopping places. IMPORTANT MOVEMENT IN KANSAS Orgautzation In Formed to Purity the Politica of the State. Topeka, Kan., May 3.—Mrs. Nation's crusade against the saloon has result- ed in a movement to purify Kansas polities that promises to ‘be more far-reaching than anything of the kind ever before attempted in the sun- flower state, ‘An organization called the Grand Chapter of the Law Enforeement League has been effected, whose ob- ject is to purify the politics of the state and to promote its interests. ‘The league is to be thoroughly organ- ized Uy the establishment in every city, town or hamlet in the state of a local chapter. ‘The league is the out- growth of the stirring scenes in To- peka incident to Mrs. Nation's saloon smashing. ‘The women first organized the Home Defenders, under the direc: tion of Mrs. Nation, and the auxiliary lodge now formed by the men is te have a broader field of operation. ‘The meeting of the Law Enforee- ment league to perfect plans for a state organization was secret and very few of the details of the organiz ation have reached the outside. Kansas City, Mo. May 3.—The po lice commissioners have refused the request of the spreial committee of the Law and Ordinance Enforcement Teague to close the saloons on Sun: day, and the Ieagne called a mas: meeting to take the first steps towart petitioning Governor Dockery to re lieve these officers, PLAN TO TOUR THE WORLD. EE Ee See a Great Trip for 1908. Wheeling, W. Va., May 3.—Captain Blackburn B. Dovenor, congressman from the First West Virginia district, ‘who, with Senaters Elkins and Scott, enjoys the confidence of President McKinley and his advisers to an un- usual degree, is quoted in a special telegram from Washington as saying the president has plans on foot for a tour of the world at the close of his present term <hat shall completely eclipse that of General Grant in 1877. ‘The tour of the world will begin in the summer of 1995 and will cover the civilized globe. It is to be under- taken to gratify Mr. MeKinley’s de- sire to see the world and to spread the greatness of the American ma- tion. ‘The president then hopes to settle down as his party's adviser and not as a silenced ex-president. Singular is the jad who does not play masbles. ‘EW GOVERNOR AN NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Neb. May 3.—Governor Dietrich has resigned and has been succeeded in that office by Ezra P. Savage. The resignation was sent to the secretary of state and immediate- ly accepted. Governor Savage then took his seat and his first official act was the signing of the senatorial commission for Senator Dietrich. ‘This was done with the pen used by the former governor in writing his veto messages. The pen was formal- ly presented to Senator Dietrich after the commission had been signed. ‘CUMMINS UN CONGER. Hla Addreis at the Banquet Teagered st RE an aa dat Empire Takes Its Way,” at the ban- quét to Minster Conger, Hon, A. B. Cummins said in part: “Our star of emprie glows in the skies of the Orient. It is brilliant with promise and it flashes with hope. We hailed it as it rose from the waters of the Atlantic, We fol- lowed it with halting, timid and weary feet to the erest of the Alle- ghanies. It led us with swift and victorious marehes over the plains and through the mountains until we stood upon the shores of the Pa- cifie; and between the two oceans there were more monuments to the patriotism of the people, more to the genius of man, more to the wel- fare of humanity than ever before marked the progress of mankind. “But still the star halted not, sor did we; and presently the flag of our sovereignty was lying in’ the islands two thousand miles from the Golden Gates. Our destiny was yet unfulfilled, ‘The star rushed on and under the stern decree of war, Dewey planted the stars and stripes in the Philippines; aud so the re public circled half the globe. “A. retrospect of the nation’s journey makes every fibre of a pa- triotie heart ring with pride, Never before was so much done in so lit- tle time; indeed, never was so much unparalleled mark every mile of the vast expansion, Our government is the strongest and freest of the world, Our material development is unequaled, our wealth unsurpassed, our men ‘more capable, more just. more aggressive and energetic, than the men of any other country, and our women more intelligent, more progressive, truer and fairer than the women’ of hy other land upon which the sun shines, Our civiliza- tion has more justice and more good for humanity in it than any other civilization. “So here we are with the best ideas of how society should be gov- cerned, with the purest sympathy for the weak and the helpless, with the noblest instinets for right and the deepest hatred for wrong, with the greatest capacity to furnish what man wants and the most command- ing: power to enforce our laws, How shall we expend all these treasures of morals, ethies and strength? 1 know not hows but, 1 do know that wherever there is work to he done that ealls for conscience, for brains or for brawn, there the American will be to bear a hand in it, But the star Hngered not over the Phily ippines, and we see it now shining steadily into the very heart of China, And here its identity is challenged, and we must shorily answer the question, Ts it the star that America Yas followed toward the west, or the star that has beckoned Europe toward the east? For the first time, we have met something more than the obduracy of nature. Two forces fof Europe and America are face to face in China, and we must measure strength, not with one, but with all the civilized nations of the earth. T am far from advocating the dismem- berment by force of this most ven- erable nation of history. T am not permitting to even predict the out- come of the next quarter of a cen- tury. I do fell, however, that the slumbering millions of China are about to awake. I believe that they will leap upward to a new place in the world's economy. and I do know that the benign influence of the world’s greatest republic shonld be felt in tne quickening pulse of the better life that is just beginning, and that our people must have their full share of the commerce which will flow in mighty streams upon the Chinese shores. And so our star of empire will shine with new luster among the constellations of the east. “As a citizen of the United States T experience an intense gratification in the knowledge that the natal days of the new era for China, our country: was represented by a’ man not only skilled in the art of diplo- macy, but whose mind grasped the portentious events and who without hesitation established America in her true place in the great drama of de- velopment, As a citizen of Towa it fills me with pleasure to weleome him home and to see him surround- ed by friends who not. only honor him for the distinguished service he has rendered to the world as well as to the government, but who re- membered with the deepest apprecia- tion and sympathy the perils that he and those who are dear to him have satared” CREATED CONDITION OF ANARCHY. “Waldersce's Punitive Expedition Results In Find Stato of Affairs London, May 1.—Dr. Morrison, writ. ing to the ‘Times from Peking’ April 29, protests that Count von Walder: see's policy of punitive expeditions has thrown the greater part of the provinee of Chi Li into anarchy and disorder. “This is so complete,” he says, “that the neighborhood of Peking is now more unsafe for foreigners than at any previous time sinee the occupa- tion began. ‘The trade with the in- terior is crippled. ‘The only armed Chi- nese are robbers and Roxers. Resti- tution to the Chinese of the territo- rial jurisdiction has beeome a para- mont need.” ‘The correspondent mentions. inci- dentally that neither the British le- gation nor General Gaselle was. no- tified of the expedition into Shan Si GENERAL Dé TINIO SURRENDERS Filipino Leader in Abra Province Lays Seca “Was hom Manila, May 1.—General Tinio, the Filipino leader in the Abra province, with his entire command, surren- dered April 20 to Captain Frederick V. Krug at Sinait, province of South Nocos. ‘The report that General Ale- jandrino has surrendered is con- firmed. He was looked upon as the possible successor of —Aguinaldo. Padre Aglipay, the ex-communicated Filipino priest, who preached the doctrine of a holy war against the United States, has also surrendered, | Glasgow has » smallpox scare, and 240,000 of ita 600,000 inhabitants have heciionainated slrende: “Dont Speak to ree At you ate Mopepuin, rete Dry Suen ac 0 : Tae, tas a atEatiot ct br Boys Henry (fils. 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Have you cried the new food drink ealled GRALN-02 It ls dellctous and nourtéhing, and takes the piace of coffee, ‘The more Graiu-O you glve the children the more health you distribute Uirough ele systems, Graln-O Is made of pure grains, aid when properly prepared Ristestlike the choice grates of coffee, bnt tusts about 44 a8 unuch. All grocers sell It Se und Be, When a woman's teeth chatter they usurp her tongue’s prerogative. Maple Clty Self Washing Soap does not shrink woolens nor will {t injure ihe'nnest fabric.” Just try It once. A woman with a three-inch tongue can make a giant feel like a midget. Ask you grocer for Itnss! Bleaching Blue. Dor tot, be decetved by fraudulent tutta- Hons. Seo that the naine Muss appears on ait packages, Patience 1 the most exseutisl in- gredient of genius. 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An umbrella a lot of good, but it has to be put up to it. Poor Soap Spoons Clothes. Don't take chances. Buy the best. Mapple City Self Washing Soup is guaranteed to be pure. All grocers sell it. Youth may stray afar, yet return at last. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch contains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. The victorious rooster invites trouble when he crows. The Grand Trunk Railway System. The picturequests route to the Pan-American Exposition, will mail on receipt of 2 cents in stamps, sent to its City Passenger and Ticket Agent, 249 Clark Street, Chicago, the handsomest descriptive folder of the Pan-American Exposition yet issued. Self-delivery is one of the most satisfactory pleasures. "Virutiana" tablets cure "brain-fag," nervous mental, mental and physical debility in men and women. Great restorative for weak people. $25. Bain Hill, J. R. Humburt Co. Des Moines, Iowa, or E.S. Baker, Short City, who carry a full line of syringes, hot water bags, etc. Happy is the wife who inningens her husband is the best man on earth. If Your Wife All I am or can be I owe to my angel mother.—Abraham Lincoln. A gentleman who was once being taken over an insane asylum, asked an attendant how they knew when an idiot was considered to be sufficiently restored to sanity to be discharged. "Oh," said the attendant, "it is easily managed. We take them into a yard where there are several troughs. We turn on the taps and then give the idiots buckets to bail out the water and empty the troughs. Many of them keeps bailing away while the taps keeps running, but them that isn't idiots stops the tap." Commenting on the remarkable bravery of the Japanese soldiers, a New York war correspondent says: "When the allies lay under fire from the walls of Tien Tsin the Japanese held two rows of huts along the south canal. Between these two rows was an open space, commanded by the Chinese fire. A soldier was started with a verbal order across this zone. Within thirty huts he fell dead. Another soldier instantly dashed out with the message, and he fell likewise. Like clockwork a third soldier ran out, and there was a roar of cheers from the allies as the brave Japanese made the trip in safety." FROM DEATH'S DOOR. Hillsdale, Ill., April 29th.—Much interest has been aroused here over the case of William Marks, who has been in a dying condition for several months with an apparently incurable Kidney Disease. The leading physicians of this place had pronounced his case a hopeless one, and others from Port Byron, Genesee, and Davenport, Ia., had attended him, and in a consultation decided that he could not live. In desperation, his nephew inquired of Mr. L. F. Giles, a local druggist, as to a last resort. Mr. Giles suggested Dodd's Kidney Pills, a remedy which had just been introduced here. The results were marvelous. Mr. Marks immediately began to improve, and within a few weeks was able to be up and about, completely cured. His cure is the talk of the neighborhood, and is considered nothing short of a miracle. There appears to be no doubt that this new remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills, will cure any case of Kidney Disease, for the more malignant forms, such as Bright's Disease, Diabetes, and Dropsy, yield readily to its remarkable influence. These forms of Chronicle Kidney Disease have hitherto been considered incurable, and have baffled all medical skill, and yet, this new remedy has cured every single case in which it has been used, in this neighborhood. The doctors themselves are amazed at the wonderful work Dodd's Kidney Pills are accomplishing in Rock Island County. Of 530,000 persons paying taxes in Berlin over 295,000 possess an income between $250 and $750 a year, while 12 persons have an income over $250,000, and one person has $500,000. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2oz a bottle. Other birds fight on the co-operative plan, but the eagle fights all his battles alone. as medicine does her no good, why me about her and get his advice? ing, and it will probably be the in well woman. 135 W. 14th St., New York City. Greene's Nervura and has the coussiness in all its forms. It is no thousands of women and men have counsel. Absolutely no charge PRODIESEASE STOMACH better than anywhere else. Cure the ailments of the anish. It is the source of health as well as disease. Headache, Kidney and Liver Complaints, will smash. The Grandest Stomach Remedy in the STMCOMPOUND In the stomach and bowels, secretes the breath, aliminates the liver and kidneys to healthy ugly renewed energy and eagerness for work. We not satisfied, drugmist will refund your money, drugists at 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. Sample IN MANUFACTURING Co., Peoria, Illinois. The chewing tobacco with a conscience behind it. No Premium! Wetmore's Best sells on its merits. Made only by M. C. WETMORE TOBACCO CO. St. Louis, Mo. The largest independent factory in America. LAS UNION MADE. impered with line cannot be Goodyear for manufac- tors who can Mr. Douglas. Douglas shoes stores should each town. If for you, order for manufac- tors. Catalog free. Dicktown, Mass. AT THE STATE CAPITAL Des Moines, May 3, 1901. The Iowa Grain Dealers' association at its recent meeting federated itself with the National Grain Dealers' association. The following officers for the ensuing year were elected: President, J. A. Kirk of Nevada; vice president, M. E. DeWolf of Laurens; secretary, George A. Wells of Des Moines; members of the governing board, D. Milligan of Jefferson, E. J. Edmunds of Marcus, Phil Dietz of Wolcott, E. L. Bowen of Des Moines, S. J. Clausen of Clear Lake. C. L. Leeds has been appointed receiver for the United States Mercantile and Indemnity association. Application was made some time ago through Milton Remley, attorney general. A receiver was asked on the grounds that the company is involvent. It was decided at a special meeting of the Commercial Exchange directors that Arthur Reynolds, D. B. Lyons, F. R. Conaway, Samuel Strauss and Pleas Mills will go before the state railroad to present the following resolution: "Whereas, In the opinion of the directory board of the Commercial Exchange, it is detrimental to the business interests of the city of Des Moines to have the decision of the matter of the Vincent stock yards longer withheld; therefore be it "Resolved, That the railway committee of the Commercial Exchange be instructed to respectfully request the honorable railroad commission of the state of Iowa to render a decision in the said case at the earliest possible moment." The matter before the railroad commissioners is the demand of J. F. Vincent, owner of the Des Moines stock yards, that the Rock Island railroad be compelled to switch loaded stock cars, consigned to Des Moines from Iowa points, to the tracks of any other railroad that may be designated by the consignor. F. M. Hubbell said after the exchange directors' meeting: "The railroad commissioners, we believe, have held back their decision in this case too long already. The exchange proposes now to see if some sort of an answer can be got from the commissioners. It is true that Des Moines is anxious at this time to get a favor from the commissioners, in the way of an order for a viaduct to the army post, and pushing the Vineent claim at the board may prejudice the commissioners against the city. But what if they do get sore? They are the people's servants, if they won't be reasonable, we will elect some other men to their places. The Rock Island, refusing to switch to the tracks of the other roads, is hurting Des Moines. It is ridiculous for that company to refuse to deliver stock where the consignors want it delivered." Ben Parker has won the third round in his legal fight with the Mountain Distilling company. Judge Holmes handed down an opinion on the amendment submitted him a few weeks ago holding in effect that Parker is the agent in fact for the company; that the whiskies in dispute were consigned him for the purpose of having him violate the prohibitory laws of the state; that the distilling company, an incorporation doing business under the laws of Illinois, is the real owner of the property and that, therefore, there can be no recovery. The Mountain Distilling company brought action against Parker some time ago asking that a receiver be appointed on the grounds that about $9,000 worth of wines and whiskies consigned to the Des Moines liquor dealer had been sold and no account rendered the home office. Parker resisted, attacking the validity of the contract on the grounds that while operating under the Martin law he was in fact violating the laws of the state, the muet law being merely a bar to criminal prosecution. He held that a contract made for the purpose of having him violate the laws of the state was invalid and should be held for naught. Judge Holmes sustained the contention of Parker's attorneys, overruled a demurrer to the original petition and ordered an amendment. The amendment embodied the same points as those in the original petition and it was on these points that the court ruled. The case will be appealed to the supreme court. Suit has been commenced against the state board of medical examiners by Charles Loeffler and A. D. Shellabarger, graduates at the Barnes Medical college at St. Louis, who are seeking to compel the defendants to recognize their diplomas and grant a certificate of practice in the state of Iowa. The proceedings are in the nature of a writ of certiorari in which the board is asked to certify to the district court a record of their proceedings for the latter's review. It is alleged that application was made to Dr. Kennedy in April for an examination, who refused it. The diplomas were presented at the same time the request for examination was made and refused on the grounds that it was alleged that Barnes college had had charges preferred against it because it was alleged certificates were issued after a three years' course. The students declare the college is in good standing now and that they have taken the entire course of four years. If a woman has a mirror in her room, there's where the carpet will wear out first. CALLAHAN NOT GUILTY. ary in Kidnapping Case Surprises Court by Its Verdict. Omaha, April 30. The Callahan jury announced that he had no part in the kidnapping of Edward Cudaby, Jr. The verdict was an evident surprise to the court. Callahan was arrested on two other counts which the state is not now prepared to say will be made use of, as no new evidence is at hand and the expense of going over the ground again is considerable. It is a strange boy who does not love a dog. MISS ANNA BRYAN OF WASHINGTON, D. C. MISS ANNA BRYAN OF WASHINGTON, D. C. Miss Anna Bryan, a favorite cousin of William Jennings known socially in Washington, D. C., where she has a host a Bryan recently studied music at Fairmount Seminary, of W. Ln a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, 1459 Florida Avenue, N. W., Wash. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen----"At the solicitation of a friend I began ago to take your Peruna and I now feel like a new pleasure in recommending it to all who want a good to manent cure for catarrh."----Anna Bryan. Anna Bryan, a favorite cousin of William Jennings ly in Washington, D. C., where she has a host o only studied music at Fairmount Seminary, of W letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, 1459 Florida Avenue, N. W., Wash. Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: men—"At the solicitation of a friend I bega your Peruna and I now feel like a new p recommending it to all who want a good to for catarrh."---Anna Bryan. Miss Anna Bryan, a favorite cousin of William Jennings Bryan, is well known socially in Washington, D. C., where she has a host of friends. Miss Bryan recently studied music at Fairmount Seminary, of Washington, D. C. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio, she says: 1459 Florida Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen----"At the solicitation of a friend I began some weeks ago to take your Peruna and I now feel like a new person. I take pleasure in recommending it to all who want a good tonic and a permanent cure for catarrh."—Anna Bryan. MRS. BERTHA KOCKLER, 177 Gulnett street, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "Peruna and Manallin have done me very great service, and I recommend them with pleasure to all who suffer with nervous catarrh of the stomach as I dua. Should such a disease ever attack me again I shall immediately take Peruna. I now feel very well and have a good appetite all the time. I have gained in weight. I recommended Peruna to an acquaintance of ours and he is making remarkable progress. I looked so badly for a time before I began your medicine, that now when I meet some of my friends they say: I was very much worried about you, but now you are looking so well. I shall always keep Peruna and Manallin in the house as family medicines." —Mrs. Bertha Kockler. FRAGRANT SOZODONT A Dentist's Opinion: "As an antiseptic and hygienic mouthwash, and for the care and preservation of the teeth and gums, I cordially recommend Sozodont. I consider it the ideal dentifrice for children's use." [Name of writer upon application.] HALL & BUCKEL NEWYORK will boil, bake, broil or fry better than a coal stove. It is safe and cleanly—can not become greasy, can not emit any odor. Made in several sizes, from one burner to five. If your dealer does not have them, write to nearest agency of STANDARD OIL COMPANY. PEOPLE WEAK AND NERVOUS sin of William Jennings Bryan, is well where she has a host of friends. Miss mount Seminary, of Washington, D. C. icine Co., of Columbus, Ohio, she says: Avenue, N. W., Washington, D, C. us, O.: on of a friend I began some weeks w feel like a new person. I take who want a good tonic and a per- Bryan. have gained in weight. I recommended Peruna to an acquaintance of ours and he is making remarkable progress. I looked so badly for a time before I began your medicine, that now when I meet some of my friends they say: 'I was very much worried about you, but now you are looking so well.' I shall always keep Peruna and Mana-lin in the house as family medicines." —Mrs. Bertha Kockler. AGRANT DONT and BREATH Price. As an antiseptic and hygienic and preservation of the teeth and zodont. I consider it the ideal name of writer upon application.] From Monday to Saturday-at every turn in the kitchen work-a Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stove will save labor, time and expense—and keep the cook comfortable. No bulky fuel to prepare or carry, no waiting for the fire to come up or die down; a fraction of the expense of the ordinary stove. A 25 $ ^{\circ} $ Thousands of Fair Women Are Never Without Peruna, The National Catarrh Remedy. Miss Marie Coats, President of the Appleton Young Ladies', Club, writes the following concerning Peruna: Appleton, Wis. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. Gentle men— "I find Peruna an excellent spring and summer medicine and am glad to call the attention of my friends to it. When that languid, tired feeling comes over you, and your food no longer tastes good, and smali annoyances irritate you, Peruna will make you feel like another person inside of a week. I have now used it for three seasons and find it very reliable and efficacious."—Marie Coats. Mrs. Al. Wetzel, 21 South 17th street, Terre Haute, Ind., writes: "Peruna is the greatest medicine on earth. I feel well and that tired feeling is all gone. When I began to take your medicine I could not smell nor hear a church bell ring. Now I can smell and hear. When I began your treatment my head was terrible, all sorts of buzzing, chirping and loud noises. Three months ago I dragged around like a small; now I can walk as briskly as ever. I am going to go and see the doctor that said I was not long for this world, and tell him that Peruna cured me."—Mrs. A. Wetzel. If all the tired women and all the nervous women, and all the women that needed a tonic would read and heed the words of these three fair ladies who have spoken right to the point, how many invalids would be prevented and how many wretched lives be made happy. Peruna restores health in a normal way. Peruna puts right all the mucous membranes of the body, and in this way restores the functions of every organ. If it is the stomach that is out of order, and the digestion impaired, Peruna quickly makes things right by restoring the mucous membrane of the stomach. If the nerves tingle, if the brain is tired, if the strength is flagging and the circulation of blood weakened by flabby mucous membranes of the digestive organs, Peruna reaches the spot at once by giving to these membranes the vitality and activity which belongs to them. The pelvic organs are also lined with mucous membrane which in the female sex is especially liable to derangements. Peruna is an absolute specific in these cases. The women everywhere are praising it. No other remedy has ever received such unqualified praise from such a multitude of women. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Nature's Priceless Remedy DR. O. PHELPS BROWN'S PREGIOUS HERBAL OINTMENT It Cures through the Pores Address Dr. O. P. Brown, 66 Bway, Newburgh, N.Y. PATENTS WITHOUT FEED unless successful Send description, and get free ophion. MILO B. STEVENS Div. 2, 817-414th Street, WASHINGTON, D. G. Branch offices: Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit. IN 3 OR 4 YEARS AN INDEPENDENCE ASSURED 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE If you take up your home in Western Canada, the land of plenty, illustrated pamphlets, illustrated farmers who have become wealthy in growing wheat, reports of W. N. U., Des Moines, No. 18-1901 sai mt ica neSeaencineieniantingtes Ea Ta3t es 3 es PE ire ac SA ie NS th Nac cat ee a Lee Resear bce ras Auta ull ones Set yecume Rie ae Ses tie. Oac Anant AN Ch CRS © Rene ee cr Bs ee a Nai Bee ON ER ie a : Vine GR BS TMD oot he a MON EE SEES Ge Nas Pom aa AN o LS a 22, 4 0S ty ea a ce ae ea lowa State Bystander, es aienes: iii SOW RACE ECHOES. After visiting booker 4. Was hington’s School. Mr. J. D Bocktellar Jr, the multi-million iro, among other things said: “[ am delighted with you school” said be, “Iam going t prove that by coming back agait in nine months. This school ha opened roy eyes. I have bee auprised and delighted almost ov: ery moment eince I camo. Iti ‘an inspiration. It teaches th principles upon which succoss i edfound—the principle of work. All toil is honorable and digintied. It makes the man manly and the woman womanly. “Do not be ashamed to do any work that falle to your band. ‘When I wont into my father’s of fice I was willing todo any sort of work they wanted me to, even if it was putting on my father’s hoes. I did not care how ham- blo it was I wanted to begins the bottom and learn. Do not be afraid to make a lowly beginning. “T once assisted a young map to get » position. He remained init two days, and when! ask fim whyhe had éfthe said: “They put me to sweeping the floor.” “A man is never too old to do any sort of work. It is by doing the work that is at hand that we become useful and successful. Suecess comes by doing the com- mon, every-day things of life un- commonly well. Do the little, every-day duties of lite without amurmar, Do them well. That is enccess. This school teaches the dignity of toil.” eee: Col, John R. Marshall cf Cni- cago, has been appointed as first Lieutenant in the regalar army. He will be assigned at staff duty in the Philippines, at present he ia one of the deputy sheriffs of Cook Co. It will be remember-~ ed that he was Col. of the Eight Regiment of Illinois Volunteers that went to Cuba during the Spanish American war, NERVOUS WEAKNESS CURED VIRTUMA i.» French weatmen ea aca tg ee ee. a positively guaranteed to cure IMPO- ENCY vitality and vigor, restoring the desires, ambitions and aspirations of youth and health, fitting for suecess aud happiness in business; professional, social and married life, $2 a package or 3 for $5. Ask your druggist, but re- fuse cheap substitutes. Sont anywhere propaid on receipt of price and guaran d by the Kidd Drug Company, Elgin. Tiinoia, Retail and wholesale by J. R. Hurlbut o,, Des Moines, Is. Full line ot Rub- ber Goods name what you want. COLD INDEED. Geme of the Oud Tricky of Liquid Air Liquid air {s, perhaps, the coldest thing in the world. It s so sold that a cake of ice {s like a flerce fire as cotn- parod with {t, for a kettle of liquid alr placed on a cake of ice will boil just ag water boils over a hot fire. It freezes mercury so hard thet one can drive nails tn it. The story is told that Mr. Charles E. Tripler, the experi- menter In liquid air, recentiy took a quart can of the remarkable substance with him on a visit toa friend. On the way he stopped in a testsurant to eat a beefsteak The walter brought in 8 hot broiled steak and placed tt In front of Mr, Tripler. As sora as the waiter's back was turned Mr Tripler hastily opened the can and exzosed the meat to the Iquid air. Instint!y the ateak was frozen hard os a rove. When the waiter same back his :ustainer complained thal the steak wa. frozen Bo tho waiter called the heat waiter and the head waiter Wiamed :t all on the cook and the cook was at ( loss ts explain, and the reswlt was that the frozen steak was taken back {nto the Kitchen as a mysterious curicsity. A now steak was broiled for Mr, Tripler fend this one he ate with oh retish (CHURCH ANDO CLERGY. ‘The Rev. 4. 0. Fitzgerald, D, D., has ‘been pastor of the Third United Pros- byterlan church, Philadelphia, for 23 years, The Rev. C. 3, Abbott, pastor of Christ church, Newark, N. J., has com: pleted a quarter of a century as pastor of the church. ‘The Rey. A.C. Eggleston of Wind. eor, Conn., has accepted the position of finuncial secretary of Wesleyar ecademy st Wiibrabam, Mass. He has (even a trustee of the academy fo: macy "rr, EMERALD MINES. ay ae Eee Been Rediscovered. What are known as the emerald | minea of Cleopatra He in the mountain range that extends for a long distance parallel to the Red sea and a few leagues west of its coast, In a latitude rather south of Eofu, on the Nile, says the Geographical Journal. This, like some other parts of the region—such as the porphyry quarries of Jebel Dok- han--was far better known than it Is now, and more thickly peopi-d, about twenty centuries ago, and only during the present one, so far as we know, have {solated explorers at long inter- vale found their way Into the treasure house of ancient Hgypt. When its rul- ers first used the emerald for personal adornment is uncertain, Whether the large, clear stones which, according to ancient authorities, ornamented the Egyptian temples were really emeralds Is a matter of dispute, but as this gem owing to its regular shape, which Is commonly a six-sided prism—and its beautiful tint stands less in need of the lapidary’s art than many others, tt probably formed part of the rogalla of princes at a very early perlod. ‘That it was known to the Romans Is cer- tain, and the mines now revisited used to send their treasures to the gem cut- ters of the capital. Ever since then the stone has been highly esteemed. ‘These mines of the northern Ethbal seem to have remained untouched since the decline and fall of Rome caused them to be deserted. According to Mr. MacAlister, the workings are only ‘small passages, hardly more than bur- rows, excavated in the emerald-bear~ ing cyst and sometimes extending for a long distance. Many scattered ruins may also be seen—dwellings, watch towers and tombs, besides those of fen settlements. In these, no doubt, the mining population used to live, and the difference in style suggest they were occupled for a long time. Some are mere hovels, vory rowghty built; others show a more careful construc tion, while a third group are well fin- Ished. Mr. MacAlister also found three rock-cut temples, for the soft stone lends itself to that kind of architecture, He thinks that —‘r pillars, though very primitive in vie. indicate Egyp- tian designs, with traces of Greek in fluence, One, indeed, contains a crum bling inscription in that language, Broken pottery, sometimes ornament ed, 1s abundant, but there is no evi dence that the neighborhood attracted visitora for any but busitiess purposes, Notwithstanding this, there was in those times a settled instead of a nomad population, and travelers once inust have been rather frequent, for in one place many drawings of persons, animals and tribal marks are seratched upon the rocks. Some of the figures evidently are much older than others, but as a whole they recall to memory the Sinaitic inscriptions which some forty years ago were believed to be memories of the wanderings of the Israelites. WANTED-TRUSTWORTHY MEN AND womontotraveland advertise for old estab: Tnkedhouseof solld Munnclal standing. Sal- sry. gia) a yerr and expenses, all payable sa cath, No cagvassiog rauired, Give rafer- ences aid enclose. selfaddreased stamped en Yelope. Address Manager, 385 Caxton Iildg., Chicago. CAUSES SURPRISE. ment In Much Toe Low. Robert M, Bruce, one of the mil- Honaires of Cieenwich, Conn., a former cotton broker and a friend of BE, C. Benedlet, has caused surprise by ap- pearing before the board of assessors of the town and asking them to have his assessment ratsed 50 per cent, says the New York Sun, He sald that he had never paid any attention to the making ont of his list of taxable prop- erty, leaving It with the assessors. He had looked the tmatier up revently and had decideti that he was not paying all that he shouid Into the town treasury and he asked for the raise. ‘The asses- sors promised to comply with his wishes and it Is understood that they will raise the taxes of all other mil- lionaires there to some extent. Mr. Bruce's example Is the subject of much comment. For many years past Green- wich has raised $90,000 by taxation, and has spent $30,000 more than {t ‘raised, The debt has rolled up to nearly. $409,000, The town appointed an investigating committee and the members ivsorted that more money must be ra ei by tazation, Fixing up the taxes it fall was pit over until aext spring. The asseesors figured up che amount cf taxable property and an ‘nevease of the tax rate seemed prob: wle. Persurs who have looked up the matter sey (hat there appears to be one law for the poor man and another for the rich man. The Iaw says that cach property owner must put In a true list of the real value of all prop: anty, real and personal, but the general rue among persons of moderate means has been to pay on 60 per cent of abe value, The millionaires In some In. | ‘tances have not paid on 10 per cent of he proverty. Orange Free State Wing. ‘The Orange Free State flag is a sim- ple rectangle of vivid orange. AS orange tree in full fruit is the most distinctive feature of the arms of the Orange Free State. Beneath the tree are on one side a lion and on the other & number of oxen. An ox-wagon sim- lar to that on the Transvaal arms and three suspended horns complete the whole. “Spes Bona”—good hope—ts written underneath the arms of Cape Colony, the chief feature of which ts lion rampant. A figure of Hope sur- mounts the shield, the “supporters of ‘which are @ couple of native aaimals” | SMOKELESS FUEL,‘ Fonte Delog Made at» Ballroad Powe pS ‘Test for the elimination of the stoke ouisanee, and a revolution in method of combustion, aro under way at the Fourteenth street power house of the Unis Central railroad, says thu Chl- cago Nows, Fed by automatic hop- pers, a battery of boilers 1s being op- erated by the consumption of coal dust, Fires that burn with the fury of vol canoes rage under them, while from glass peepholes arranged at every point of vantage, combustion experts watch the developments. As though to complete the suggestion of a volcano, the fires produce no cinders. Streams of lava form in a smail pool on the tloor of the ash pit, and are removed in a solid mass from time to time, Appar atus that fe under test is the property of the Schwartzkopff Coal Dust Firing company, a German — concern. Schwartzkopff, a son of the famous Teutonic torpedo maker, made the first steps toward perfecting the system, which was completed by the discover- les of Arthur C, Hesselmeyer, an Am- erican attached to the German navy. The European concerns tmmediately purchased Mr. Hesselmeyer’s ideas, and he is now in Chicago conducting ty actical tosts that are being made by ward Trumbo at the railroad py. Mlimois_ coal of @ cheap g eis reduced to a fine powder and by eans of a draught {s automatically fe into a combustion chamber. Only th: faintest suggestion of smoke trails ay ay from the tall chimney, and it 13 asserted that the custowary pressure of steam being maintained, with large saving of fuel. FACTOR IN POLITICS. Now Federation of Australta Must Here after we Considered. Australia 4s to Great Britain the most valuable of all her colonies, writes Hugh M. Lusk im the North American Review. ‘The external 1n- fluence of Australia in the south Pact- fic 1g bound to make Itself feit betore long. Those who know Australia best will have the least doubt that she wii find means ere long to use that intiu- ence for purposes beneficial to herselt. Her people were far from pleased with what was done in the case of Sa- moa; and it Is safe to say that no such polley of concession will ever command the assent of united Austra- lia. ‘The sphere of her first interests will, for the present, be confined matn- ly to the Pacifle and Indian oceans to the south of the equator. She will be interested in the Loyalty group, where France Js established, and in the New Hebrides, where she is very anxious to establish herself. She will be solictt- ous about the Solomon islands, part of which are at present recognized as German territory, and she will take a very deep interest in the future of New Guinea, part of which belongs to Ger- many, and the rest, beyond the British section, ts understood to form part of Hollands great but Iiitle used estate In the eastern archipelago. ‘These will undoubtedly be Australia’s first cares, but she wil not be content with these for very long. Siam, French and south- ern Chiya and Borneo are natural marts for her trade, which in the next ten years will be a rapidly increasing one, ang, In relation to all these, she will expect to exercise large influence Immense Hercing Trame. The annual North sea herring voy: age, which begins off the Nortimber- land cyast, has resulted, om the com- pletion of the first stage, in a catch of over £9,000 crans of herrings, valued at abaat £70,000, A cran contains, ac- cording to size, from 690 to 1,000 fish, As the fish move southward, the big fleet of several hundred sail follows, and it is now making its headquarters at Grimsby. whence its operations will shortly be transferred to Yarmouth and Lowestoft, where the fishing con- tinues until Christmas, and affords em- ployn.ent to many thousands of both men and women, says Tit-Bits. Last year at Yarmouth alone no fewer than 348,000,000 herrings were landed, and as this year steam fishing boats have largely replaced slling vessels, It is expected this great total will be far exceeded, for in a single week 12,000 crans have been taken on the northern grounds, giving a return of over £14- 000 to the fishermen Siset: Seanes uve eek The terins of the Arthington bequean of a great sum of money to the various missionary socteties has resulted in the disslosure of the fact that there are hundreds of tribes without a version of the Bible in their tongues, in spite of the splendid efforts that have been made. It is estimaved that there are 2,000 languages and dialects in the world, and the British and Foreign Bible Society have had the Bible, the New Testament, and portions of the scriptures translated into a little over 400 of them, That leaves, roughly speaking,1,600 different tribes and peo- ples who have not the word in their own language or dialect, Many of these tribes live in Central Africa, oth- era In Siberia and “Holy” Russia, Deutist's Sponge in Windpipe. Sponges which are used in surgical operations once in a while are left in the bound, and then death 1s bound to ensue scon or later. A young English collier named Finney had eleven teeth extracted under ether by Dr. Grimiths, and when efforts were being made to restore him to consciousness he sprang from the chair, fell back and dled, Sponges had been placed in his mouth to absorb blood from the gums, and one of them, which was left in bis mouth by inadvertence after the ex- tractions had been made, entered the vindpipe and caused suffocation —New York Presa, “GAMPAIGN EXPENSES. SIN ioe GIT'S A MATTER OF PRIDE with : Cease ENehy >. — |usthat no’ flour in the land ‘shalt WY, Za, | exool that manufactured at the Des X:)) p=) yy Moines Roller Mills, It’s no less a| Vay YZ, |\matter of business. FALCON fous! 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Every doubtful state and city Is closely watched py men prompt to discover every change in the political tide, an¢ money is transmitted in large sams t the localities In which It is believed 11 will produce the best results, A few days before the election in 1888 Wes Virginia recelved $44,000 from the democratic national committee and th Republicans sent $50,000 to the same state, About the same time the Demo: crats sent $100,000 into Indiana; anc three nights before the election Chair. man Quay of the Republican nationa committee sent $300,000 from Nev York to trusted Meutenants in For Wayne, Ind, A fortnight before th election tm 1896 the Republicans be came doubtful about Iowa, says World's Work. Chalrman Hanna at once Te solved upon a personal canvas of every doubtful voter in the state, He pro: posed that every voter not classed on the polling lists either as a downright Democrat or a downright Republican should be visited by some zealous and tactful member of the Republican par. ty. Before election day the thousands of such men in towns, in elties and tn the country were sought out and ap: pealed to by the Republicans most likely to win them; and this canvast la sald to havo cost the Republicar national committee more than $200,000 Reckoning all the expenses in all the states, it may be roughly estimated that a presidential campaign, including also congressional, gubernatorial an¢ lesser campaigns, causes the total ex penditure of perhaps $20,000,000. ° Dr. J. M. Wilson, M. E. 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So the waiter called the head waiter and the head waiter blamed it all on the cook and the cook was at a loss to explain, and the result was that the frozen steak was taken back into the kitchen as a mysterious curiosity. A new steak was broiled for Mr. Tripler and this one he ate with much relish CHURCH AND CLERGY. The Rev. 4. G. Fitzgerald, D. D., has been pastor of the Third United Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, for 25 years. The Rev. C. S. Abbott, pastor of Christ church, Newark, N. J., has completed a quarter of a century as pastor of the church. The Rev. A. C. Eggleston of Windsor, Conn., has accepted the position of financial secretary of Wesleyan academy at Wilbraham, Mass. He has been a trustee of the academy for many years. They Were Lost for Centuries, but Have Hear, Rediscovered. What are known as the emerald mines of Cleopatra lie in the mountain range that extends for a long distance parallel to the Red sea and a few leagues west of its coast, in a latitude rather south of Eufu, on the Nile, says the Geographical Journal. This, like some other parts of the region—such as the porphyry quarries of Jebok Dokhan—was far better known than it is now, and more thickly peopled, about twenty centuries ago, and only during the present one, so far as we know, have isolated explorers at long intervals found their way into the treasure house of ancient Egypt. When its rulers first used the emerald for personal adornment is uncertain. Whether the large, clear stones which, according to ancient authorities, ornamented the Egyptian temples were really emeralds is a matter of dispute, but as this gem —owing to its regular shape, which is commonly a six-sided prism—and its beautiful tint stands less in need of the lapidary's art than many others, it probably formed part of the regalia of princes at a very early period. That it was known to the Romans is certain, and the mines now revisited used to send their treasures to the gem cutters of the capital. Ever since then the stone has been highly esteemed. These mines of the northern Ethical seem to have remained untouched since the decline and fall of the causes them to be deserted. According to Mr. MacAllister, the workings are only small passages, hardly more than burrows, excavated in the emerald-bearing cyst and sometimes extending for a length. They may also be seen—dwellings, watch towers and tombs, besides those of fen settlements. In these, no doubt, the mining population used to live, and the difference in use should they were occupied for a long time. Some are mere hovels, very roughly built; others show a more careful construction, while a third group are well finished. Mr. MacAllister also found three rock-cut temples, for the soft stone lends itself to that kind of architecture. He thinks that they pillars, though very primitive in style, indicate Egyptian designs, with traces of Greek inscription. One, indeed, contains a crumbling inscription in that language. Broken pottery, sometimes ornamented, is abundant, but there is no evidence that the neighborhood attracted visitors for any but business purposes. Notwithstanding this, there was in those times a settled instead of a nomad population, and travelers once must have been rather frequent, for in one place many drawings of persons, animals and tribal marks are scratched upon the rocks. Some of the figures evidently are much older than others, but as a whole they recall to memory the Sinaitic inscriptions which some forty years ago were believed to be memories of the wanderings of the Israelites. WANTED-TRUSTWORTHY MEN AND women to travel and advertise for old estab land, and to sell their land, $780 a year and expenses, all payable in cash. No canvassing required. Give refer ences and enclose self-addressed stamped ence. Address Manager, 385 Cottage Bldg, Chicago. CAUSES SURPRISE. Connecticut Man Declines His Assessment In Much Too Low. Robert M. Bruce, one of the millionaires of Greenwich, Conn., a former cotton broker and a friend of E. C. Benedict, has caused surprise by appearing before the board of assessors of the town and asking them to have his assessment raised 50 per cent, says the New York Sun. He said that he had never paid any attention to the making out of his list of taxable property, leaving it with the assessors. He looked the matter up recently and had decided that he was not paying all that he should into the town treasury and he asked for the raise. The assessors promised to comply with his wishes and it is understood that they will raise the taxes of all other millionaires there to some extent. Mr. Bruce's example is the subject of much comment. For many years past Greenwich has raised $90,000 by taxation, and has spent $30,000 more than it raised. The debt has rolled up to nearly $400,000. The town appointed an investigating committee and the members reported that more money must be raised by taxation. Fixing up the taxes last fall was put over until next spring. The assessors figured up the amount of taxable property and an increase of the tax rate seemed probable. Persons who have looked up the matter say that there appears to be one law for the poor man and another for the rich man. The law says that each property owner must put in a true list of the real value of all property, real and personal, but the general rule among persons of moderate means has been to pay on 60 per cent of the value. The millionaires in some instances have not paid on 10 per cent of the property. Orange Free State Flag. The Orange Free State flag is a simple rectangle of vivid orange. An orange tree in full fruit is the most distinctive feature of the arms of the Orange Free State. Beneath the tree are on one side a lion and on the other a number of oxen. An ox-wagon similar to that on the Transvaal arms and three suspended horns complete the whole. "Bipes Bona"—good hope—is written underneath the arms of Cape Colony, the chief feature of which is a lion rampant. A figure of Hope surmounts the shield, the "supporters of which are a couple of native animals." Fists Being Made at a Railroad Power House. Test for the elimination of the smoke nuisance, and a revolution in method of combustion, are under way at the Fourteenth street power house of the Illinois Central railroad, says the Chicago Nows. Fed by automatic hoppers, a battery of boilers is being operated by the consumption of coal dust. Fires that burn with the fury of volcanoes rage under them, while from glass peepholes arranged at every point of vantage, combustion experts watch the developments. As though to complete the suggestion of a volcano, the fires produce no cinders. Streams of lava form in a small pool on the floor of the ash pit, and are removed in a solid mass from time to time. Apparatus that is under test is the property of the Schwartzkopff Coal Dust Firing company, a German concern. Schwartzkopff, a son of the famous Teutonic torpedo maker, made the first steps toward perfecting the system, which was completed by the discoveries of Arthur C. Hesselmeyer, an American attached to the German navy. The European concerns immediately purchased Mr. Hesselmeyer's ideas, and he is now in Chicago conducting the actual tests that are being made by toward Trumbo at the railroad p. y. Illinois coal of a cheap gree is reduced to a fine powder and by eans of a draught is automatically fe into a combustion chamber. Only the faintest suggestion of smoke trails avy from the tail chimney, and it is asserted that the customary pressure of steam being maintained, with a large saving of fuel. FACTOR IN POLITICS. New Federation of Australia Must Hereafter Be Considered. Australia is to Great Britain the most valuable of all her colonies, writes Hugh M. Lusk in the North American Review. The external influence of Australia in the south Pacific is bound to make itself felt before long. Those who know Australia best will have the least doubt that she will find means are long to use that influence for purposes beneficial to herself. Her people were far from pleased with what was done in the case of Samoa; and it is safe to say that no such policy of concession will ever command the assent of united Australia. The sphere of her first interests will, for the present, be confined mainly to the Pacific and Indian oceans to the south of the equator. She will be interested in the Loyalty group, where France is established, and in the New Hebrides, where she is very anxious to establish herself. She will be solicitous about the Solomon islands, part of which are at present recognized as German territory, and she will take a very deep interest in the future of New Guinea, part of which belongs to Germany, and the rest, beyond the British section, is understood to form part of Holland's great but little used estate in the eastern archipelago. These will undoubtedly be Australia's first cares, but she will not be content with these for very long, Siam, French and southern China and Borneo are natural marts for her trade, which in the next ten years will be a rapidly increasing one, and, in relation to all these, she will expect to exercise large influence Immense Herring Traffic The annual North sea herring voyage, which begins off the Northumberland land coast, has resulted, on the completion of the first stage, in a catch of over 50,000 crans of herrings, valued at about £70,000. A cran contains, according to size, from 600 to 1,000 fish. As the fish move southward, the big fleet of several hundred sail follows, and it is now making its headquarters at Grisby, whence its operations will shortly be transferred to Yarmouth and Lowestoft, where the fishing continues until Christmas, and affords employment to many thousands of both men and women, says Tit-Bits. Last year at Yarmouth alone no fewer than 348,000 herrings were lauded, and as this year steam fishing boats have largely replaced selling vessels, it is expected this great total will be far exceeded, for in a single week 12,000 crans have been taken on the northern grounds, giving a return of over £14,000 to the fishermen. Most Tongues Have No Bible The terms of the Arthington bequeat of a great sum of money to the various missionary societies has resulted in the dissolution of the fact that there are hundreds of tribes without a version of the Bible in their tongues, in spite of the splendid efforts that have been made. It is estimated that there are 2,000 languages and dialects in the world, and the British and Foreign Bible Society have had the Bible, the New Testament, and portions of the scriptures translated into a little over 400 of them. That leaves, roughly speaking, 1,600 different tribes and peoples who have not the word in their own language or dialect. Many of these tribes live in Central Africa, others in Siberia and "Holy" Russia. Dentist's Sponge in Windpins Sponges which are used in surgical operations once in a while are left in the bound, and then death is bound to ensue son or later. A young English collier named Finney had eleven teeth extracted under ether by Dr. Griffiths, and when efforts were being made to restore him to consciousness he sprang from the chair, fell back and died. Sponges had been placed in his mouth to absorb blood from the gums, and one of them, which was left in his mouth by inadvertence after the extractions had been made, entered the windpipe and caused suffocation.—New York Press. CAMPAIGN EXPENSES. (n National Contents the Heaviest Outlay In Near the Clos. The most expensive work of a national campaign is done during the last three weeks before the election. Every doubtful state and city is closely watched by men prompt to discover every change in the political tide, and money is transmitted in large sums to the localities in which it is believed it will produce the best results. A few days before the election in 1838 West Virginia received $44,000 from the democratic national committee and the Republicans sent $50,000 to the same state. About the same time the Democrats sent $100,000 into Indiana; and three nights before the election Chairman Quay of the Republican national committee sent $300,000 from New York to trusted lieutenants in Fort Wayne, Ind. A fortnight before the election in 1896 the Republicans became doubtful about Iowa, says World's Work. Chairman Hanna at once resolved upon a personal canvas of every doubtful voter in the state. He proposed that every voter not classed on the polling lists either as a downright Democrat or a downright Republican should be visited by some zealous and tactful member of the Republican party. Before election day the thousands of such men in towns, in cities and in the country were sought out and appealed to by the Republicans most likely to win them; and this canvas is said to have cost the Republican national committee more than $200,000. Reckoning all the expenses in all the states, it may be roughly estimated that a presidential campaign, including also congressional, gubernatorial and lesser campaigns, causes the total expenditure of perhaps $20,000,000. EARLY STEAMERS. Incidents Concerning Beginning of a Line of Bones The Collins line of American steamers was established in 1847. Two years later, on April 27, 1849, its first vessel, the steamer Atlantic, sailed from New York. The line was withdrawn in 1857, soon after the government had refused to renew the mail contract with it. The history of its steamers briefly told, is as follows: On September 27, 1854, the Arctic came into collision with the French steamer Vesta and was sunk, only a few of her passengers being saved; on January 23, 1856, the Pacific sailed from Liverpool with 240 persons on board, including the wife of Mr. Collins, and was never heard of afterward; the Atlantic was broken up in New York in 1879; the Adriatic, built at Greenpoint, N. Y., by Steers, was sold to the Galway company, and was afterward used as a coal hulk in England; the Baltic was in the government service during the civil war as a supply vessel, and was afterward sold at auction; her machinery being removed and sold as old iron, she was converted into a sailing ship and used as a grain carrying vessel between San Francisco and Great Britain until 1880, when she was broken up. When the civil war began the New York and Havre Steam Navigation company, to which the Fulton and Arago were chartered, was withdrawn; the Arago was then sold to the Peruvian government, while the Fulton became a United States transport vessel for awhile, but she soon became useless and was broken up.—New York Weekly. Bejamin Harrison's Lunch Ex-President Benjamin Harrison, one of the ablest men who has figured in our public life, has always been handicapped by his unresponsive, cold manner. When he was in the senate, at Washington, D. C., in the early '80s, he always brought his luncheon to the committee room. He carried it in his coat pocket and would eat it while he went on with his work. One day when he got it out as usual from his pocket he looked it all over ruefully, for it did look rather flat and dubious. He finally remarked to those near by that he guessed he must have sat on it accidentally. One of his colleagues—one who had recently been ignored by Harrison—spoke up impulsively: "Well, by Jove, Harrison, if you've sat on it, I'll bet you a sixpence it is frozen solid," and of course a shout went up from the whole committee. Harrison took the joke kindly and joined in the laugh. Shot an Exulting Englishman. The British and the Boers at Pieters Hill were crouching behind bowlers scattered over a wide surface. The moment a man on either side emerged from his cover he was at once the target of the enemy's bullets. A Boer, partly, it seemed, in bravado, made a sudden sally to join a neighbor. An Englishman who had long watched the rock and was becoming slick with hope deferred, took alm and brought the daring one down. So delighted was he with his luck that he threw himself on his back behind the shallow shelter of his bowler and kicked his heels into air. 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