Montana Plaindealer

THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Vol. I. Published Weekly by The Montana Plaindealer Company. J. B. BASS, . . . EDITOR. Subscription $2.00 per year, Strictly in Ad- vance. Advertising Rates on Applheation. Entered as second-class matter April 12, 1906, at the Post Office at Helena, Montana, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address all Communications to The Montana Plaindealer, 19 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. PEACE! PEACE! PROSPERITY!! UNION!!! UNION!!! The colored contingent of Lewis and Clark county can well bide their time, and have a fond remembrance toward the milk and water republicans who have shown by their actions and not words, that they do not appreciate their further subport. We sincerely hope that the present rumors of scandal that are at present on every tongue among our people, relative to scandalous conduct among thoae Whom have been looked to as foremost and honorable citizeus are not true and if not, those who are responsible for the same should be made to suffer. TO THE FRONT Since it's organization the St. James literary has accomplished much good and we look forward very anxiously towarb it's future the people are taking a keen interest in the current topics of the day and look forward to the meetings of the society * as an intellectual treat, the discussions have been universally interesting and those taking part in the same have spared no pains or time in order to credibly present the side to which they have been assigned. The recent debate on the Brown-sville affair, suffrage et al have been very creditable indeed and we hope that the present interest interest in literature will be maintained to tde end that this people small keep in the front rank of progress and do our part in tn the solution of the great problems tha confront us. And who stood for the colored brother in that caucus of repudiation, is it not passing strange that out of seven members from this county not one word was uttered in their behalf. With only one republican member from this county in the house two years ago Lewis and Clark received more recognition by far than she doe wit this year with Gaesold republican delegation. The outragous deal given to our people by the present powers that is at least food for thought and it behooves us to look well to the future and profit thereby. At the first opportunity we in com- with others be glad to "Weed" REPUBLICNS BLUNDER That the position of the republican leaders of this county in in refusing recognition to their loyal allies, is an outrage goes without saying. It is interesting to note that no one was applicant for positions in the county except those who were in every way worthy and men of absolute honor and integrity. Who has done more for this count according to his dhance toan that pioneer citizen James Crump every movement for the development of this section has had his support and encouragement and as a loyal republican no man would dare question his loyalty also Gus Mason who was an applicant for assistant janitor is one of our reliable young men who can at all times bedeped on and no one cau question his integrity. Such deals as this only tend to aleniate the support phlch this people have always and at all times given the party, A oontinuation of this treatment will mean a different tale in future elections, with a county which has normally only a very small plurality et can readily qe seen what serious consequence will result with the aleniation of the colored vote. Kansas is indeed entitled to the sympathy of her sister states, in th loss of so many of her illustrous legal lights, following the death of G. C. Clemens and R. B. Welch followed by Eugene Hagan and Davtd Overmeyer casts, inbeed a gloom over the Kansas bar. Mr. Overmeyer while a staunch democrat stood for human rights his death therefore is not only a loss to the bar but a distinct loss to the common people as well, he was a bright star in the firaments always battling for the right. On account of circumstances over which we had no control the last two issues of the PLAIN-DEALER have bee considerably delayed. The illness of our compositor coupled with the removal of the Thurber printing Co. our sole dependence for press work is responsible, or our delay, we ask the indulgence of our datrons our patrons for a short time only when we shall be in a position to render our usual prompt service. We expect at an early date a printer from the east, we are also negotiaing for a cylinder press of nur own in the meantime as we are rhe only opeu door print shop in town we are at the cases, outside, at the desk in short doing the best we can, Foraker is the man of the hour and ranks with Charles Sumner and other patriots who have stood for human rights. We at least always have a few friends for which we are more than thankful. The Brownsville affair will now receive an impartial investigation. Helena, Montana, Friday, February 1, 1907. WEED SHOWS HIS GLOVEN HOOF CHAMPIONSCAUSE OF Go Away George IN A REMARKABIE ORATORICAL EFFORT BEFORE REPUBLCAN GAUCUS NO.2 At the expense of his colored constituents! Ridicules their claims for recognition. Thn Hon. E. D, Weed in particular who has always made such a pretense to the colored people anb whom many of them would swear by, has at last shown his cloven hoof, we have it from reliable sources that while the fault in not securing any recognition for the colored people was in the whole Lewis and Clark county delegation, the one bright particular star in opposing it was the Hon. E. D. Weed patriot and Abraham Lincoln republican who has always had the support of our people who turned Brutus' and in a squeech that fairlw shook the steelrafters in the capitol building before the rump caucus, which was called for the express purpose of getting rid of the weight of color, Weed waxed eloquent and in stentorian tones demanded are you going to turn down this ex-soldier who lost a leg for a Negro; Of curse he did not intimate that he lost that leg in the red light district in the euvirons of Wood street, the inference left by Weed was that he lost it on the battle field' true a battlefield of sin and lust where many a brave wayfarer have loss their lives, He grew eloquent on he man being an old soldier (Dr. Miller smiled) but it was not related by him that he was also an ex-convict. We presume that Wetd in championing in preference this constituent instead of others who are doing a commendable work striving for a higher citizenship; taken in considetation that the state owed his man for serving time at Deer Lodge. JIM GROW LEGISLATION now the republican of Montana and his stature are asked to enact JIM CLOSSLATION, not content with the horse-taped upon them, Dr. Havitand the deanator from Silver Bow county has got it and introduced a bill-sowething akin to Georgia; The purpose of which is to men in this state from wearing the fraternal order the, ELKS. Innocent since it is as vicious as any JIM CROWN is enacted in the south. Introduced the Hon. E. D. Weed to an armed him to be the real thing, we introduce of republicanism and on form we assuade square deal and that he would stand for of which we now make an humbl apologize and done nothing, Gordon, Ingram, we all looking to Weed and toey are looker part of the Lewis and Clark delegation not seeing that the colored vote got real stands out in the spot light and it will when he could everzpect the support of them to which he might aspire, and there are And now the republic of Montana through the legislature are asked to enact JIM CROW LEGISLATION, not content with the humiliation heaped upon them, Dr. Havitand the democrat ic senator from Silver Bow county has got into the game and introduced a bill-sowething akin to the one in Georgia; The purpose of which is to preqent colored men in this state from wearingthe insigna of their fraternal order the, ELKS. Innocent in appearance it is as vicous as any JIM CROW legislation ever enacted in the south. Last fall we introduced the Hon. E. D. Weed to an audience of our beoole we believed him to be the real thing, we introduced him as the old war horse of republicanism and on form we assured them that he stood for a square deal and that he would stand for their recognition; To all of which we now make an humbl apology, as he promised everything and done nothing, Gordon, Ingram, Seals Johnson and others were all looking to Weed and toey are looking until yet. While the larger part of the Lewis and Clark delegation with oteers are to blame for not seeing that the colored vote got recognition, Weed is the one who stands out in the spot light and it will be a cold day in August when he could everzpect the support of the colored vote for any position to which he might aspire, and there are also others. Helena G AND PROVISION wholesale wholesAle OYSTERS, FISH, POULTRY, FRUIT, BUTTER & EGGS The New York Dry Goods Store. Helena, Montana HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT Dress Skirt and Waist Sale ESS SKIRTS Walking Skirt Dress Skirt and Waist Sale Trimmed with braid and silk bands. $20.00 value, now at . . . $14.95 Trimmed with braid and folds, black and colors, $18.00 value . . $10.00 ST. J BRAND CONCERT AT ST. JAMES GRAND CONCEPT ST. JAMES CHURCH Thursday The YOU CAN FURNISH YOU For Half equired at other stores if you wish partment for your Furniture Furnishings. This Department junk, but clean fresh good and are practical Arthur hursday F The 14th. AN FURNISH YOUR HOME GO For Half the Money at other stores if you will come to our Second point for your Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and nishings. This Department is not filled w k, but clean fresh goods that have been used and are practically as good as now. Arthur P. Curt Thursday Feb. The 14th. YOU CAN FURNISH YOUR HOME COMPLET equired at other stores if you will come to our Second Head Department for your Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and House Furnishings. This Department is not filled with old junk, but clean fresh goods that have been used slightly and are practically as good as now. Arthur P. Curtin, Reliable Housefurnisher, Grand Street. --- 75c quality Ladies' Good Wool and Cotton Mixed Vests or Pants, gray mixed; all sizes, your choice . $40.00 75c and 85c grade Misses' Good Wool Vests or Pants, odds and ends, broken sizes, great bargain; your choice at . $40.00 20c quality Children's Good Fleece Lined Hose, warranted fast black, spliced heels and toes, your choice, per pair . $40.00 35c quality Ladies' Fine Fleece Lined Vests or Pants; cream or gray, all sizes, this sale your choice . $40.00 and Waist Sale Walking Skirts Street Skirts of Chifton Panama, in colors and black, made in latest styles, regular $15.00 value, now . $40.00 WALKING SKIRTS Of Mixtures; gray, tan, brown, green and black; regular $12.00 values, now at . . . $7.00 CONCEPT T JAMES lay Feb. 14th. YOUR HOME COMPLETE In the Money will come to our Second Moad De- ure, Carpets, Stoves and Home artment is not filled with old ids that have been used slightly ally as good as now. P. Curtin, --- Claims His Action Was Justified Because the Ambassador Refused to Answer His Letters and Published Private Correspondence—Answer is in Reply to Storer's Recent Expose. Washington. Dec. 11.—President Roosevelt has made public a long letter addressed to Secretary Root, giving correspondence between the president and formed Ambassador Ballamy Storer at Vienna, and Mrs. Storer, in which he says that Mr. Storer's refusal to answer his letters and the publication of various private letters justified the ambassador's removal; that Mr. Storer's publication of private correspondence was peculiarly ungentlemanly and that he (the one president) had stated with absolute clearness his position, the reason why it was out of the question for him, as president, to get any archbishop made cardinal, through expressing his admiration for Archbishop Ireland, as well as leaders of other denominations. The president's action follows the publication of a "confidential pamphlet," which Mr. Storer last week sent to the president, the cabinet and the senate and foreign relations committee. President. Roosevelt requested the Associated Press to say that no hint or intimation of the Bellamy Storer pamphlet containing the correspondence between the president and Mrs. Storer was given out at Washington. The former amassador, the president stated, not only sent his "open letter" to members of the cabinet, but to at least a dozen members of the senate and the house: He added that Mr. Storer had no desire to keep the contents of, the pamphlet a secret, and that indoubtedly it was his desire that the letter finds its way into print. SPORTING NOTES. Joe Gans and Kid Herman are now both at Tonopah, the center of the pugilistic world at present. Gans says he will be able to make the required weight, but will have to work to do so. Abe Attell knocked out Jimmy Walch recently at Los Angeles in the eighth round and won the featherweight championship. Walsh was outclassed throughout the contest. President Bert was reelected president of the Pacific Coast league and it looks as though the old league will remain in business. Russ Hall was honored with a vice presidency. The salary limit was fixed at $2400 and the loaning of players was prohibited under penalty of a fine. The board of review of the National Trotting association expelled George W. Spear from the turf for alleged pulling of the horse, Temple Bar, at Cleveland, Ohio, several years ago. Spear's connection with the Lou Dillon-Major Delmar scandal brought the matter before the board again. The Spokane Amateur Athletic Club defeated And Seattle Athletic club's football eleven by a score of 10 to 6 Saturday afternoon before a large crowd in Seattle. The All-Northwest football team, selected by the majority vote of the coaches of the northwest is as follows: Hug, Oregon, center; Pendergass, O. A. C., right guard; Moullen, Oregon, left guard; Dimmick, Whitman, right tackle; Larson, Idaho, left tackle; Chandler, Oregon, right end; Moores, Oregon, left end; Bagshaw, Washington, quarter; Nace, Willamette, right half; Nissen, W. S. C., left half; Rader, Willamette, captain and fullback. Bobby Walthour of Atlanta won from Paul Gulgnard of Paris the 10 mile motor paced race, the principal event of Saturday night's curtain raisers or for the six-day bicycle grind, which began Sunday night at Madison Square garden, New York. Walthour's time was 16:49 1.5, and he had an advantage of six laps when he concluded. Hugh McLean won by half a lap from Floyd McFarland of San Jose. The quarter mile American amateur championship was captured by James Zanes of Newark, N. J., in the good time of 33 4-5 seconds. Terry McGovern, the pugilist, who collapsed a few days ago in Brooklyn, is complete, incipient paresis being threatened. Manager Harris said that McGovern was through with his fighting days. An investigation of the management and operations of the railroads controlled by James J. Hill and associates, including the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, is in contemplation by the interstate commerce commission. After certain preliminaries have been arranged, and counsel for the commission selected, formal announcement of the proposed inquiry will be made. Robber Killed Discoverer. Great Bend, Kan., Dec. 10.—A robber discovered in the act of robbing a bank here killed Clyde Westfall, his discoverer. He then took refuge on the second floor of a store, where he finally surrendered on promise that he would not be harmed by the crowd that surrounded the building. The booty was recovered. The robber admits entering the bank, but declares he did not kill Westfall. Chester E.Gillette has been sentenced to die in the electric chair at Auburn, N.Y., prison on the week beginning January 28. The youth, convicted of the murder of Grace Brown, showed no sign of emotion when Justice Bevendorf pronounced sentence. The 800 yard conductors and brakemen connected with the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, having been refused an increase in wages by the officials of the various railroads within the New York district have voted to enforce their demands by a strike. The governor of Idaho has named M. E. Lewis of Moscow as a member of the board of regents of the state university to fill the vacancy caused by the registration of Dr. Roach. Representative Kalin of California, has introduced a bill appropriating $5,000,000 for the construction of traped boats to be used in the defense of the Pacific coast. Oxford, in the annual Rugby football match at the Queen's club, London, defeated Cambridge by 12 to 8. A steam plant for power purposes generating 30,000horsepower, and costing $2,000,000, is to be erected at once in Spokane by the Washington Water Power company. Daniel F. Raum one of the most prominent lawyers of Peoria, Ill., and a son of Green B. Raum, excommissioner of pensions, stards accused of being a forger in the sum of $10,000. It is charged that he executed false mortgages on Knox county land. From Christiansand, Norway, comes the report that the steam trawler Forsoa has been sunk in a storm and all of her crew, numbering 12 men, were drowned. The British government has decided to reject all the house of lords' amendments to the educational bill, giving as a reason that the amendments were destructive to the fabric and main principles of the measure. Prefering death to facing a charge of forgery, Robert Lughn, son of a prominent soap manufacturer of San Francisco, placed a revolver to his right temple and sent a bullet into his brain while under arrest in Seattle. He was charged with forging a check for $175. The Norwegian parliament has conferred the Nobel peace prize on President Roosevelt. The American minister in an eloquent speech, thanked parliament in the president's name. The president announces that he has concluded to use the prize to establish at Washington a permanent industrial peace committee with the view of maintaining righteous peace in the industrial world, which was as important as the mantance of peace in the world of nations. The object will be to strive for better and more equitable relations among my countrymen who ar engaged, whether as capitalists or wage workers, in industrial and agricultural pursuits. The amount of the prize is $40,000. INSPECTS BIG WHEAT CROP. The total number of carloads of all kinds of grain inspected was 35,418, and total number of bushels approximately 39,182,503. The balance in the grain inspection fund on September 1, 1904, was $4626.42. The year's earnings, beginning September 1, 1904, and ending August 1, 1905, were $9,212.30. The expenditures for the same period were $11,290.10, leaving a balance August 31, 1905, of $2549.62. The earnings for the year ending August 31, 1906, were $17,716.09, and the expenditures for the same period were $16,209.12, leaving a balance on hand August 31, 1906, of $4056.59. Fines aggregating $100,000 have been imposed by Judge Holt in the federal court in New York upon the American Sugar Refining company and the Brooklyn Cooperage company after the defendants, through counsel, had pleaded guilty to adjectments charging the acceptance of rebates on sugar shipments in violation of the Elkins antirebating act. The sugar refining company was fined $80,000 and the cooperage company $70,000. Aberdeen, Wash., Dec. 1.—While repairing damage done to the Dean telephone system during the storm last night, J. M. Dean and Oscar Hansbery, linemen in the employ of the Sunset Telephone company, were killed, the former by coming into contact with a live wire and the latter from a fall from the top of a pole a few blocks away from the place of the first accident. Dean arrived here recently from Tacoma. Hansbery's parents reide at Oskosh, Wis. Threatened with a kiss, an Oklahoma girl jerked her head back suddenly and broke her neck. The moral of which is in the application thereof. SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE. A Review of Happenings In Both Eastern and Western Hemispheres During the Past Week—National, Historical, Political and Personal Events. The fuel famine in northwestern Dakota has assumed serious proportions. The entire business section of San Sara, Tex., was wiped out by fire recently. The loss aggregates $100,000, partly insured. Judge Church, at Anamosa, Iowa, quashed indictments against F. E. Snyder, the Ohio banker, charged with fraudulent banking. At Prairie Du Roche, Ill., the 13 year old son of William Blow shot and killed his 7 year old sister accidentally while playing with a gun. At Springfield, Ill., Bishop Seymour died recently. The deceased was a noted ecclesiastical writer and Episcopal bishop of Springfield since 1879. Edward Fehre, a sclon of Russian nobility, exiled from the land of his birth, alone and friendless in Seattle, recently died amid squalor and distress. Governor Folk of Kansas has granted respites of 30 days to Myers and Frank Hottman, sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Meyers, the woman's husband. James Vale of Wellsville, Ohio, was instantly killed in a street car wreck near East Liverpool, Ohio. All of the passengers in the car were injured, several, it is thought, fatally. About 300 citizens of Louisville, Ky., gave a banquet to Henry Watterson, the event being in the nature of a stirrup cup for the distinguished editor, who will spend the winter in Spain. William A. Boyce, a pioneer newspaper man, died in Santa Barbara, Cal., recently. He was for 20 years connected with the San Francisco Call and later was news editor of the Los Angeles Times. He was 64 years of age. Owen Ford, postmaster at San Marcos, Tex., for several years past, shot and killed himself with a pistol as he was leaving his carriage at the office. The coroner rendered a verdict of accidental death. Palestine, Tex.-It is learned that the six train robbers who assaulted a Pacific Express messenger on a Belt train at Eylau Saturday, secured close to $110,000. Five of the robbers are now under arrest. Mary Twain wrote to Speaker Cannon and asked him to get, by persuasion, violence or otherwise, the thanks of congress for his not bothering them for 71 years. This was refused and Mark has proceeded to lobby for the copyright law. Attorney General Ellis of Ohio has began to probe the charges of robbery in connection with the contracting by a state commission for the erection on the state house grounds of a monument to the victims of the Sultan steamboat disaster during the civil war. Captain W. Bentley of Grand Forks, B. C., makes the startling statement that fully one third of the Hindus who have thronged to Grand Forks in hundreds are women disguised as men. He is in close touch with the Hindus, has given the brown men more attention than any other resident of the district, and his remarkable statement is accepted without dispute. WRECK ON O. R. & N. Walla Walla, Wash., Dec. 1.—A rear end collision took place about 8 o'clock Tuesday night on the Oregon Railway and Navigation road at River View, three miles east of Umatilla, in which a brakeman, name unknown, was killed, Conductor "Joe" Boucher of Starbuck was probably fatally injured. Brakeman Pearl Huston had a foot badly crushed, and Conductor W. F. Davidson had his back sprained and was slightly burned by being thrown against the stove in the caboose. Trian No. 31 was proceeding west heavily laden, when extra train No. 131, light, following, come upon it as it rounded a sharp curve, with such force that several cars were smashed and plied up on the track. The wrecked cars caught fire, consuming four freight cars and the caboose. Conductor Boucher and the brakeman were caught under the caboose, and by almost superhuman efforts of the trainmen were rescued before the flames overtock them. A special engine from Umatilla took the injured men to Pendleton for medical attention, but it is feared that Conductor Boucher will not survive. The accident is said to be due to the failure of the head train to send back a flagman, as it was moving slowly and had just turned a sharp curve. The engineer of the rear train was unable to see the rear lights until it was too late to stop. The head train was in charge of Conductor "Joe" Boucher and the rear train in charge of W. F. Davidson. Popular Actress Passes Away. New York, Dec. 11.—Sylvia Gerisch, once a poplar actress, is dead at her home at Morris Height, of heart affection. A UTAH EX-SENATOR SHOT. Mrs. Bradley Attempts to Kill Notorious Admirer at Washington, D. C. Washington, Dec. 9.—Former United States Senator Arthur Brown of Utah lies in a critical condition in the emergency hospital with a pistol shot wound in the abdomen inflicted by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley of Salt Lake. The shooting occurred in Senator Brown's apartments in the Raleigh hotel, where Mrs. Bradley also had registered under the name of A. B. Brown. She was arrested. Two shots were fired, one grazing his left hand and the other entering the abdomen and lodging in the pelvic cavity. It is stated that while Senator Brown's condition is critical there is reason to believe he will recover. There were no witnesses to the shooting, but a maid heard the shots and immediately notified the management. According to her statement at the police station, where she talked freely with the newspaper men, Mrs. Bradley came to Washington to demand that Senator Brown marry her. She said that their relations were well known in Salt Lake. "I asked him if he was going to do the right thing by me," she said, maintaining considerable composeure. "In reply he put on his overcoat and started to leave the room, and I shot him. I abhore acts of this character, but in this case it was fully justified." While expressing no sorrow for her act, she declared that she was glad to know that Senator Brown might recover. "I was practically penniless when I got here today," she said, "having only $1.25, and, after paying the cabman, all the money I had in the world was $1." She said she urged Senator Brown to marry her, that she had been instrumental in the divorce between her husband and herself, and that as his wife was dead, he could do the "right thing" by her. This, she said, he refused to do. Mrs. Bradley is a brunette, about 38 years old and frail. Her first act after being taken to the police station was to send for Senator Sutherland of Utah who called on her and had a long talk with her. Senator Sutherland regretted being brought into the case, but said Mrs. Bradley had sent for him because he was the only man here whom she knew. To him she unbosomed herself and told the story of her relations with Senator Brown. ROUTE OF NEW ROAD CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL TO THE COAST. Will Be About 2000 Miles in Length— Will Be Completed to Butte by January, 1908—Line Complete a Year Later—Official Route Is Made Public—Branch to Spokane and Tacoma. The following official announcement is made from Chicago concerning the route to be taken by the new Pacific coast line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. The new line, it is estimated, will be about 200 miles in length and it is said that it will be completed to Butte, Mont., by January 1, 1908, and that trains will be in operation over the entire line one year later. Contracts have been let for the construction work and track has been laid from Glenham, S. D., to a point about 20 miles west of the Missouri river. The road will cross the Missouri river 12 miles west of Glenham and then for about 40 miles follow the line of Oak creek and its tributaries and then parallel the line between North and South Dakota for about 50 miles. The state line between the North Dakota and Montana will be crossed about eight miles west of the Little Missouri river. Four miles east of Terry, Mont., the new road will cross the Northern Pacific by passing overhead. It is probable that division headquarters will be established at Miles City. From Butte westward, the line follows the Deer Lodge, Hell Gate, Missoula and St. Regis rivers to a point about four miles west of Saltese, Mont., where the ascent to the summit of the Bitter Root range will commence. The line follows the St. Joe river to within a few miles of its mouth and crosses the Idaho-Washington line near Tekoa, Wash. The Columbia river will be crossed by a bridge of 15 spans, having a total length of 2750 feet. About 20 miles west of the Columbia river a tunnel 3400 feet in length will be constructed and another two miles in length will be built at Snoqualmie pass. At Maple Valley, Washington, connection will be made with the Columbia & Puget Sound railroad over the tracks of which access will be obtained to Seattle. A new line will be constructed from Black River Junction to Tacoma. Japan May Hold Squadron London, Dec. 11.—In a dispatch from Tokio the correspondent of the Times, referring to the satisfaction with which President Roosevelt's message has been received in Japan, says the members of the upper house seem disposed to veto the idea of sending a squadron to the occident in 1907, lest the visit of Japanese warships to American ports should be misconstructed. FRANCE IS ALARMFD RELIGIOUS CRISIS HAS FINALLY ARRIVED. Pope Has Rejected the Government's Offer Under Which the Catholic Worship Could Be Continued Under the Common Law—Government May Take Harsh Measures. Paris, Dec. 11.—France seems to face an alarming religious crisis. The pope's eleventh hour rejection of the government's proffer under which Catholic worship could be continued under the common law turns out to be only too true, and the deadlock now is apparently complete. According to the holy father's orders, declarations under the law of 1881 are prohibited, but the parish priests must remain in their churches until driven out by violence. The official confirmation of this report has created a sensation, both in government and Catholic circles. Cardinal Lecot, archbishop of Bordeaux, Archbishop Germain and others, who had already advised compliance with the law, have hastily instructed the parish priests of their diocese that their former advice is null and void, and today in all the churches of Paris bishops and priests after mass read the letter from Cardinal Richard, archbishop of Paris, communicating the decision of the holy see to continue services in the churches, but abstain from any declaration, and Cardinal Richard's own instructions in view of the order issued by the prefect of the Seine yesterday, not to permit for the present the employment of ceremonial draperies at marriages or funerals. The church wardens, whose legal existence expires next Tuesday, were thanked Sunday from the pulpits of the various churches. Prayers were offered appealing for the protection of God during the coming period of persecution. The government regards the action of the pontiff as little less than a summons of the French Catholics to open rebellion, as rendering the situation exceedingly grave and possibly entailing the most deplorable consequences. Premier Clemenceau and M. Briand, minister of public worship, were in conference all day Sunday. There is no sign of the government faltering, but it is recognized they may be forced to extreme measures. ```markdown ``` Paris.—Formal notice has been served on Cardinal Richard, archbishop of Paris, and the bishops and parish priests of this department, that they must evacuate their residences right away. Similar notices were served on the clergy in the other departments notifying them to leave their residence on Friday. In hope of effecting a compromise several deputies, headed by George Leygues, radical republican, and exminister of the colonies, has telegrammed to the mayors of the communes, asking them to induce two Catholic laymen from each parish to make the declaration under the law of 1881 which the pope has forbidden the parish priests to make. After a meeting of the cabinet ministers it was announced that on December 14 Premier Clemenceau will ask papriliament to suppress the pensions of the elergy, to liquidate the public property of Catholics, and to distribute the presbyterie's seminaries, etc. It is also positively stated that the government has decided to expel from F rance Mgr. Montagnini, secretary of the papal nuncion here at Paris, who has represented the vatican here since the recall of the papal nuncion. War Minister Piequart has ordered the army recruiting officers to require ecclesiastic students to present their certificates. Those who fail to do so by December 20 will be ordered to join the colors January 7. The order affects 500 students. Among other measures the cabinet proposes to introduce in parliament December 14 is a bill authorizing the government to expel ecologies whose presence is considered dangerous to the public peace. FRAT HOUSE BURNED. Four Cornell Students and Three Volunteer Firemen Meet Death. Ithica, Dec. 10.—Seven persons met tragic deaths in the worst disaster that ever befell Cornell university, when the Chi Psi fraternity house burned. Three of the victims were volunteer city firemen and four were students. The firemen were all prominent in this city. They were: A. S. Robinson, attorney; John Rumys, hardware merchant, and Esty London, a salesman. The students were: O. L. Schmuck of Hanover, Pa.; F. W. Grelle of South Orange, N. J.; W. H. Nichols of Chicago, and J. M. McCutcheon of Pittsburg. The cause of the fire is unknown. The money loss is nearly $200,000. Big Fire in Montreal Montreal, Dec. 11.—Fire Sunday destroyed three buildings in the wholesale dry goods section of the city. Loss $40,000. The heaviest losers were Canadian Underwear company, $75,000; Matthews, Tower & Co., $95,000; Yorkshire Importing company, $80,000. Never having used tobacco in any form, Banker Hipple of Philadelphia might have lived to a ripe old age, had he not committed suicide. Final Report of Attorney General Right to the Point. Attorney General Moody, in the last report he will make to the president before he goes on the supreme bench, "roasts" the Kentucky judge who recently held the anti-blacklist law unconstitutional. He uses this case and the action of the Chicago judge in the beef trust case in support of his earnest recommendation for the enactment of a law giving the United States the right of appeal upon questions of law in criminal cases with a proviso that a verdict of acquittal upon the merits shall not be set aside. In his reference to the Kentucky case, he says: "Then a United States commissioner has made the same decision. It is monstrous that a law that has received the assent of the senate, the house and the president can be nullified by the opinion of a single man not subject to review by the court of appeals and the supreme court." Of the "immunity bath" decision in the beef trust cases, the attorney general says: "This ruling may be well regarded as a practical defeat of the government upon the whole. It is pointed out that while for 20 years under the interstate commerce law of 1887 the fines amounted to a little more than $16,000 that since October, 1905, under the Elkins anti-trust law, 13 corporations and 17 persons have been guilty of a total of 77 indictments, while 53 are still pending. The individuals have been sentenced to fines ranging from $1000 to $10,000 each. The total amount collected has been $416,125. YAKIMA AGOG OVER MYSTERY Wealthy N. L. Marois Vanishes in Dead of Night. North Yakima, Dec. 10.—Deep mystery surrounds the disappearance of N. Lewis Marois, a wealthy Klondike who has not been seen since Tuesday night, when he bade farewell to his sweetheart, Miss Ambrosia Adams, a comely young school teacher of Wenas, saying he was going to ride 15 miles to North Yakima and would return to her Friday. Wednesday his saddle horse was found near the ford of the Naches river, a mile north of North Yakima, but not trace of him has been covered. Miss Adams and her family believe that he has met with fool play. They state that many persons knew that he had just returned from Alaska and they were aware he carried large sums in a belt about his waist. Their opinion is that some thug knew this, followed him, murdered him and has hidden the body. SIXTY BOLOMEN RUSH TROOPS Thirty Bolomon eDad, Five American Soldiers Perishing. Manilia.—According to later reports from Captain S. V. Ham, concerning the recent fight on the island of Leyte between an American force and Pula-janes, a detachment of Company L Eighth infantry, with a force of constabulary under command of Lieutenant Ralph P. Yates, Jr., was rushed by 60 bolomen, four miles from La Paz, on the Tarragona trail, on the afternoon of December 5. The Pulajanes had a few guns from which they fired a volley and then rushed the troops. In the onslaught five American soldiers were killed and nine wounded. The enemy lost 30 killed. The number of their wounded and of the prisoners taken is unknown. FIERCE STORM IN SEATTLE Seattle, Dec. 1. —A windstorm reaching he velocity of 63 miles an hour, the highest ever recorded here, created havoc along the water front and Lake Washington early Tuesday morning. The hulk of the old German steamship Mariechen, lying at anchor in Seattle harob, started to drift, drawing the mooring with her. Directly in the path of the Mariechen lay the British ship Marcen Josiah. Signal guns, flares and rockets were fired from the ship in the hope of attracting a tug before the hulk collided with her. Forunately for those on the ship the direction of the wind suddenly changed and the hulk escaped them. The Mariechen then continued across the harbor until she collided with the United States army transport Dix. The transport escaped practically unharmed. A number of scows along the water front were sunk by the gale. At Eagle Habor, across the bay, the big sheds of the Hall Brothers' Marine Railway and Shipbuilding company were blown down. At Winslow, one hundred thousand and feet of lumber went adrift in the storm. On Lake Washington the principal damage was to a valuable houseboat owned by J. H. Collins. When the boat went adrift in the gale, seven persons sleeping on it barely escaped with their lives. Sixty Jan Jackles Drowned Tokio, Dec. 12.—A number of sampans (small harbor boats) belonging to the Japanese cruiser Chitose were caught in a squall here Sunday while returning from a trip. A number of the boats were overturned and 60 men were drowned. E. H. Harriman has determined to set aside the sum of $10,000,000 for the improvement of the Los Angeles-Pacific railway system, which extends from Los Angeles to Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice, and that he will unite with H. E. Huntington in the venture. The reputations of banks and women are easily affected. CATARRH BLOOD DISEASED Catarrch is not merely an inflammation of the tissues of the head and throat, as the symptoms of ringing noises in the ears, mucous dropping back into the throat, continual hawking and spitting, etc., would seem to indicate; it is a blood disease in which the entire circulation and the greater part of the system are involved. Catarrch is due to the presence of an excess of uric acid in the blood. The Liver, Kidneys and Bowels frequently become torpid and dull in their action and instead of carrying off the refuse and waste of the body, leave it to sour and form uric acid in the system. This is taken up by the blood and through its circulation distributed to all parts of the system. These impurities in the blood irritate and inflame the different membranes and tissues of the body, and the contracting of a cold will start the secretions and other disgusting and disagreeable symptoms of Catarrk. As the blood goes to all parts of the body the catarrh poison affects all parts of the system. The head has a tight, full feeling, nose continually stopped up, pains above the eyes, slight fever comes and goes, the stomach is upset and the entire system, disordered and every symptom disappears, the constitution is built up and vigorous health restored. S. S. S. s also tones up the stomach and digestion and acts as a fine tonic to the entire system. If you are suffering with Catarrh begin the use of S. S. S. s and write us a statement of your case and our physicians will send you literature about Catarrh, and give you special medical advice without charge. S. S. S. s is for sale at all first class drug stores. Irrigated Fruit Lands Buy Irrigated Fruit Lands at our new town of Attalia, Washington, located in the Columbia River Valley, in the western part of Walla Walla County, Washington, opposite the Kennewick irrigation canal, and at the junction of the Northern Pacific, the Washington & Columbia River and the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company Railways, and also at the head of navigation on the Columbia River. Water supplied by gravity, no pumping. This is one of the richest agricultural districts in the United States, and the soil is perfectly adapted to the raising of berries, fruits and vegetables, which ripen earlier than in any other part of the state. Owing to the superior railroad advantages it is possible to market produce as late as 7 o'clock p. m. and have shipments arrive in Seattle, Tacoma, Fort Smith, and intermediate points in the morning, traveling in the cool of the night, which means that the largest income in the Northwest is received from these lands, it being possible to CLEAR FROM $500 TO $500 PER ACRE PER ANNUM. Fortunes are being made every year from Irrigated Lands. There are no crop failures, and prices are always high. These lands, with perpetual water rights, can be secured by making a small payment in cash, and the balance on favorable terms. An Investment of This Kind Beats Life Insurance. The amount of money paid as premiums invested in irrigated lands will soon furnish a splendid income for the purchaser while he lives, and support for his family after him. You Do Not Have to Die to Win. For further particulars, maps and circulars, address: The Columbia Canal Co. U. K. Loose, President and General Manager. 509-510 Marion Building, Seattle, Wash., or Attalia, Walla Walla County, Washington. Governor Magoon on Red Hot Stove— Rosevelt on a Guest. Washington, Dec. 9.—With the president and vice president, the ambassadors from Italy, Great Britain, Russia and Japan, the speaker of the house of representatives, senators, representatives in congress and many of the great captains of industry present, the twenty-third annual dinner of the Gridiron club tonight at the New Willard marked the high tide of the club's achievements. Satire, burlesque and straight comedy were the dominating notes in the most successful dinner this famous club of Washington correspondents has ever given. There were sharp contrasts, the tribute to dead members of the club abutting closely upon a burlesque Cuban revolution and an exemplification of what happens in the "lawn tennis cabinet," which meets with the president every day. Sunday excepted. In the Cuban burlesque, a member of the club impersonated Governor Magoon of Cuba. Sitting on a red hot stove, he "held down the lid," while the club selected a cabinet for him composed of the "lame ducks," gentlemen who failed of election in November, club members impersonating William Randolph Hearst, who was nominated for governor of the island; Mr. Babcock, Mr. Moody, Mr. McCleary and Governor Grosvenor. Mr. Moody was selected for the place of "trust busher or trust matador," the Cuban revolutionists insisting that Mr. Moody was not a "trust matador," but a "picador," the difference being that a matador will while the picador only teases. Probably the strongest feature of the dinner was the Gridiron "simple speller" and dictionary," which was issued in the form of a booklet of some 40 pages, containing quaint spellings and cuts illustrating the definitions. The initiation of two members gave an opportunity for a quiet dig at the war department for the discharge of three colored companies of the Twenty-fifth infantry at Brownsville, Tex. Feed Your Nerves Upon rich, pure, nourishing blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and you will be free from those spells of despair, those sleepless nights and anxious days, those gloomy, deathlike feelings, those sudden starts at mere nothings, those dyspeptic symptoms and blind headaches. Hood's Sarsaparilla has done this for many others - it will cure you. Hood's Sarsaparilla In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1. CATARRH AND SYSTEM Catarrh is not merely an inflam- throat, as the symptoms of ringing ne- into the throat, continual hawking a cate; it is a blood disease in which part of the system are involved. Cata- r of uric acid in the blood. The Live come torpid and dull in their action and waste of the body, leave it to so This is taken up by the blood and th parts of the system. These impur- the different membranes and tissue of a cold will start the secretions a symptoms of Catarrh. As the blood tarrhal poison affects all parts of the feeling, nose continually stopped u comes and goes, the stomach is uspe I had Catarrh for about fifteen years, and no man could have been worse. I tried everything I could, and no man could have suiced. I then began S. S., and could see a little improvement from the first bottle, and after taking the blood over it, I was six years ago, and I am as well today as any man. I think catarrh is a blood disease, and know better for the blood than S. S. Nobody thinks more of S. S. S. than I do. M, MATSON, Lappeer, Mich. PURELY VEGETABLE and braz and every symptom disappears, the const restored. S. S. S. also tones up the fine tonic to the entire system. If you use of S. S. S. and write us a statement send you literature about Catarrh, without charge. S. S. S. is for sale THE SWIFT Irrigated DOES YOUR BACK ACME? Profit by the Experience of One Who Has Found Relief. James R. Keeler, retired farmer, of Fenner St., Cazenovia, N. Y., says: "About fifteen years ago I suffered with my back and kidneys. I doctored and used many remedies without getting relief. Beginning with Doan's Kidney Pills, I found relief from the first box, and two boxes restored me to good. with my back and kidneys. I doctored and used many remedies without getting relief. Beginning with Doan's Kidney Pills, I found relief from the first box, and two boxes restored me to good sound condition. My wife and many of my friends have used Doan's Kidney Pills with good results and I can earnest recommend them." Attractions at the Spokane. The attractions booked at the Spokane theater for the rest of the month also for the month of December, are as follows: December 13-14-15, Max Figman in "The Man on the Box." December 16-17-18, "Peggy From Paris." December 20, The Juvenile Bostonians. December 21-22, Kerry Gow. December 23, week, Stewart Opera company. December 30, "The Yankee Consul." Shah of Persia No Worse. Teheran, Persia, Dec. 11.—The condition of the shah was no worse today. Parliament has demanded an immediate answer from the government as to whether the constitution is to be signed or not. No Men for Guns on Coast That in event of war the United States would find more than two thirds of its coast defense guns useless through lack of gunners to man them is the remarkable "stateroom" vouched for by army officers, both at the Presidio and at Atlantic coast stations. Schmitz's Wife III. As a result of the graft investigation the wife of Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco is critically ill from nervous prostration. Minister of Spanish Marine Madrid, Dec. 11.—The Marquis Del Real Lesorio has been appointed minister of marine. Nature always does things about right. When she creates a man with a weakness for putting his foot in his mouth, she invariably provides him with an adequate breadth of mouth. RRH BLOOD DISEASED EM DISORDERED inflammation of the tissues of the head and ing noises in the ears, mucous dropping back and spitting, etc., would seem to indiich the entire circulation and the greater Catarrh is due to the presence of an excess Liver, Kidneys and Bowels frequently be tion and instead of carrying off the refuse to sour and form uric acid in the system, and through its circulation distributed to all apurities in the blood irritate and inflame tissues of the body, and the contracting ions and other disgusting and disagreeable blood goes to all parts of the body-the caf of the system. The head has a tight, full uped up, pains above the eyes, slight fever upset and the entire system disordered and affected by this disease. It is a waste of time to try to cure Catarrh with sprays, washes, inhalations, etc. Such treatment does not reach the blood, and can, therefore, do nothing more than temporarily relieve the discomfort of the trouble. To cure Catarrh permanently the blood must be thoroughly purified and the system cleansed of all poisons, and at the same time strengthened and built up. Nothing equals S. S. S. for this purpose. It attacks the disease at its head, goes down to the very bottom of the trouble and makes a complete and lasting cure. S. S. S. removes every particle of the catarrhal poison from the blood, making this vital stream pure, fresh and healthy. Then the inflamed membranes begin to heal, the head is loosened and cleared, the hawking and spitting cease, constitution is built up and vigorous health to the stomach and digestion and acts as a aid. If you are suffering with Catarrch begin the statement of your case and our physicians will审rch, and give you special medical advice sale at all first class drug stores. GIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. Fruit Lands Our new town of Attalia, Washington, located in the part of Walla Walla County, Washington, opposite the junction of the Merriman district, the Wash-aware Navigation Company Railways, and For Lung Troubles Ayer's Cherry Pectoral certainly cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, consumption. And it certainly strengthens weak throats and weak lungs. There can be no mistake about this. You know it is true. And your own doctor will say so. The best kind of a testimonial—"Sold for over sixty years." Made by J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. Also manufacturers of SARSAPARILLA. PILLS. HAIR VIGOR. We have no secret! We publish the formulae of all our medicines. Keep the bowels regular with Ayer's Pills and thus hasten recovery. He Indorses Dr. Crapsey. Providence, R. I., Dec. 11.—Rev. Joseph Hutchenson, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church in Warren, in a sermon Sunday condemned the decision in the Crapsey case, indorsed Dr. Crapsey and his belief and declared his readiness to stand trial on the issue in turn. Keep in Good Health. There are many thousands of people all over the world who can attribute their good health to taking one or two Brandreth's Pills every night. Those pills cleanse the stomach and bowels, stimulate the kidneys and liver and purify the blood. They are the same fine laxative tonic pill your grandparents used, and being purely vegetable they are adapted to children and old people, as well as to those in the vigor of manhood and womanhood. Brandreth's Pills have been in use for over a century and are for sale everywhere. Though the waste and suffering of the wars of the last half century have been terrible, they were not without compensation. As a direct consequence of some and an indirect consequence of others, what we regard as the beneficent principle of democracy has been immensely promoted in Italy, in France, in Cuba, and progress, we may be sure, has been made possible in Russia. It is not for merely selfish reasons that the governments of the modern world are very cautious as to the beginning of disarmament. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars,Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. We, the undersigned, have known F, J Shenny for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable, business transac tionally able to carry out any oblations made by their firm. WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O WALDEN, MINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drugst rers, Toledo, O WALDEN Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally; act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur- ing system. Fri 75c. per bottle Sold by Hall's Drugst rers. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A Chinman has been arrested in Chicago for "mashing." Can there be any further doubt concerning the yellow man's advancement in the ways of civilization? HOWARD E. BURTON. Assayer and Chemist, Leadville, Colo. Specimen prices: Gold, silver, lead, $1; gold grade quantity by copper, $1. Cyanide test; mailing envelopes and full price list sent on application. Control and umple work solicited. References: Carbonate National Bank. Perhaps the man who invented seedless grapes will now produce watermelons that will have handles to carry them by. FITS St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous Disease Nerve testiser by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve testeriser. Send for FREE $2 tris- bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline Ld., 933 Arch St., Phila., Pa. As showing how the human race has succeeded in climbing upward during the last hundred years it is worth re- calling that when General Pike discovered the peak now bearing his name he said no man ever would be able to reach its summit. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during teething period. Scientists declare that the Arctic ice regions will extend until they annihilate our civilization. In other words, if we do not get to the North Pole it will come after us. STAND FIRM When you buy an OILED SUIT OR SLICKER demand TOWER'S FISHBRAND It's the easiest and only way to get the best Sold everywhere A. J. POWER CO. BOSTON PARK TOWER CANADIAN CO. TORONTO CAN Express charges prepaid on all drug order Stow it Drug Co. Spokane, . . . . . . Wash. MONTANA ITEMS. Alexander Windley, a carpenter, aged 53 years, was burned to death recently in Butte. F. E. Garside, charged with receiving deposits in the Butte Aetna bank knowing it to be insolvent, while cashier of the institution, has been arraigned. Nels O. Hall was found guilty of murder in the second degree at Thompson Falls. He was charged with the murder of O. D. Clearwater at White Pine on July 22 last. The jury left the term of imprisonment be fixed by the court. A squad of Billings citizens recently forcibly seized a carload of coal and distributed it in one ton lots. In a body the squad then proceeded to the offices of the coal company and compelled the agent to receipt for the payment of the fuel. The state board of canvassers has completed its count of the returns of the November election, which shows the plurality of Henry C. Smith, republican, for associate justice to have been 8410, and that of Charles N. Pray, republican, for congress, to have been 5374. The constitutional amendment relative to the submission to the voters of an initiative and referendum law, was adopted by a vote of 36,374 to 6616. Montana produced in the calendar year of 1905 copper, silver, gold and lead to the value of $70,677,583. These values came from 5,000,000 tons of ore, and the aggregate production was greater by $10,086,736 than the value of the output of 1904, which was approximately $10,000,000 greater than the year before. Last year's production on of metals was greater in tonnage than the year before and greater in value than in any previous year in the history of the state or territory. CALIFORNIA'S CONTENTION. California Says Keep Jap Question Out of Congress. California's contention in the Japanese question has been incorporated in a statement of facts to be submitted for consideration in the action contemplated by the government to test the state's right to pass statutes separating Japanese attending public schools from white pupils. The state law providing for the establishment of schools for Indian, Mongolian and Chinese is cited, and also the provision that until these schools are established the children of races mentioned must not be denied admission to regular schools. The separate schools are to be conducted on the same plan as schools for white children. This statement, with other papers in the case, has been forwarded to Washington for the attorney general's consideration. In a general way, the terms, upon which the state wants the Japanese question adjusted is summed up as follows: The federal government to enact a new treaty with Japan excluding Japanese coolie labor from the United States and Hawaii and American labor from Japan. Japan contract labor importations to cease. Equality in public schools, with separate schools for adult Japanese desiring primary and grammar school training. A decision by the United States supreme court on the state's right to pass provisions preventing amalgamation of races and other school laws. The federal government to decide the right to franchise for the Japanese, California suggesting only federal cognizance of Japanese class distinctions in passing the law. Keep the question out of the hands of congress. SALTON SEA FILLS AGAIN. Entire Colorado River Is Flowing Into Basin Yuma, Ariz., Dec. 11.—Once more the entire Colorado river is flowing into the Salton sink and Imperial and Coachella valleys are menaced by rising waters. The main line of the Southern Pacific must again be moved to higher ground, unless the water can be brought under control. A thousand people in Salton basin must lose their homes, including a quarter of a million acres of farming lands, the Southern Pacific must build 200 miles of new main line, and irrigation about Yuma must be abandoned. The government laguna dam irrigation project may become an impossibility. At a conservative estimate not less than $25,000,000 of present values are at stake upon the success of the efforts to close the break. What is known as the Hind dam was thrown across the new channel, and an earth dike was built up parallel to the river for 10 miles, mainly in Mexico. On the Arizona side of the river is the government dike. Three days ago water found its way through both dikes, floodfing large areas. This was thought to be serious, but was not considered critical until last night, when the water developed a distinct channel, and this morning disclosed the fact that the entire river had found its way around the Hind dam into the channel from which it was just barred. The dam itself is uninjured. Driven by Famine to Violence. Lodz, Russian Poland, Dec. 11.-By the recent closing down of factories here 30,000 persons are without food, demonstrations by lawless persons are increasing, and the feud between the nationalist and socialist laborers has been renewed. Laborers during the past two days have killed five nationalists and wounded 16. Have You A Cold Room? PERFECTION Oil Heater (Equipped with Smokeless Device) It will heat a room in no time and will keep it warm and coated as easily as a lamp and perfectly safe. Wick cannot too high or too low. Gives no smoke or smell beech with unique smokeless device. 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Rip's "Village of Falling Water," Palenville, lies at the base of old High Peak, in the Catskills, and from the summit, looking far out over a field of fleecy, cloud-tipped peaks, the gilded dome of the capitol at Albany tosses back the sparkling sunlight which glistens in the slivery Hudson below as though seeking to detain it in its mad onward rush to the pathless sea. Side by side on the southern border of this forest mountainland, rising over 4,000 feet out of the valley beneath, stand as sturdy, silent sentinels Round Top and High Peak—the latter so graphically described by Cooper's Leatherstocking in "The Ploneers." Halfway up in the northern slope of these twin guardians, from the rustic veranda of one of the artistic mountain homes within the confines of the restricted residential districts of Sunset, Santa Cruz and Twilight parks, looking out over thick branching tree tops, nature's color scheme presents a neverceasing change. Beginning with early morn, looking eastward through the clove across the valley of the Hudson to where the sun gradually wheels his broad disk up from behind the bold sky-line of the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, and through out the midday, when the picturesque play of thick cumulous clouds presents unceasing attraction, as their softening shades silently creep from peak to peak, until, at fading eve, out through the glen westward appear silhouetted against the sky, massive banks of blazing fires, a dazzling prelude to the mellow afterglow of the declining god as he passes out over the threshold of another day.—Four-Track News. Alcohol is a good motive power. Note the speed at which it helps a man along to the poorhouse. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. 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