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The Spanish commissioners presented their re­ joinder to the American reply on the Phil­ ippine question, in which the contention, was reiterated that Philippine sovereignty does not come in for discussion under the terms of the protocol and various reasons were given why the United States pro­ posal concerning the debt could not be ac­ cepted by Spain. But the surprise of the meeting was the request that the dispute should be referred to arbitration as to the scope of the protocol and as to the legality of the demand of the United States to consider the sovereignty question under it. This proposal was submitted with the protestation that it was made simply be­ cause of the great desire of Spain to bring the negotiations to an amicable issue. It was also pointed out that the United States has always been the foremost champion of arbitration. The American commissioners asked for an adjournment until Saturday. Of course the United States cannot en­ ter into a long-drawn-out arbitration over phraseology. The fact that the United States reserved to itself in the protocol possession of Manila and the fact that "the control, disposition and government" of the Philippines were mentioned as the subject for future determination shows that the entire matter is within tlie juris­ diction of the Paris peace commission. Spain resorts again to its old hair-split6ug tactics. If anything were to be arbitrated it would be the main proposition as to whether the United States should hold the Philippines, and not the quibble as to whether the terms of the protocol war­ ranted the consideration of that question at alL Spain's object is to irritate the United States as much as possible and to place itself before the world as the much- abused victim of overwhelming power. As a conqueror in war the United States has the right to dictate the terms of peace. If the United States chooses to demand the Philippines dt is within the bounds of right, according to the usages of war, in se<doing. As to whether or not the United States should take the Philippines is a matter to be settled by itself, on consid­ erations wholly apart from any rights of Spain in. the premises. SPEAKS HIS LAST LINES. Jefferaoti's Retirement from the Stage Regarded as Permanent. Joseph Jefferson's announcement of his temporary retirement from the stage, which was made public in New York, is taken by most of the theatrical people to mean that he has been seen behind the footlights for the last time. Mr. Jefferson retires with a fortune that is conservatively placed at $2,000,000, and he has the satisfaction of knowing that not only has he scored famous artistic V JOE JEFFKltSON. Sc.re eyes successes, but that his business career has been the most successful in the history of the stage. "Rip Van Winkle," which he played first in 1859. alone made a fortune for him. Altogether he played "Rip Van Winkle" live thousand times, at gross receipts aver­ aging $1,000 a performance. During the seventeenth season that it was played in Chicago it drew $15,000 in a week. "The Rivals" was another great moneymaker, and "The Cricket on the Hearth," "The Heir at Law" and "Lend Me.Five Shil­ lings," all yielded a considerable part of his fortune. LACK J.UMBER TO REBUILD. Dawson City Fire Started by 'Woman Throwing a Lamp. Belle Mitchell's penchant for throwing lighted lamps at people she does not like caused a,third tire iu Dawson City 011 the night of Oct. 10, the los from which, it is estimated, will reach half a million'dol­ lars. One side of the main street for four blocks was swept by the flames, and but for the hard work of every miner in camp the whole town would have been wiped •®ut. A fire company was organized in a few minutes iby several ex-firemen, and the new steamer and some apparatus that had just arrived were made to do good ser­ vice. Advices -state that there is not enough lumber in the town to rebuild the burnt district this winter. The big fire of a year ago was'caUsed by the Mito'heil woman throwing a lamp at a companion's head, and a month ago she burned heir own place and several oth­ er honses in the same way. METEORIC SHOWER IS FMMT. Yonnar fare It Angars Well for « Fine Display in 1899. Charles A. Young, professor of aeftcon- omy in Princeton (X. J.i University, made an exhaustive observation of the mete«ric shower Tuesday night from his observa­ tory. .V • Between the hours of 3:15 and 5 o'clock he saw just about 100 meteors. One doz­ en were as bright as first magnitude stars. The rest were faint. The maximum of the shower was at 3:45 o'clock, at which time there were about two or three me­ teors per minute for about twenty min­ utes. The radiant point, the professor says, seemed to be in the sickle of Leo. a little farther south and west than in 1867. It Was a distinct meteoric shower, but a faint one. and augurs well for a good display in 1899. MAKES NEW CYCLE RECORD. (an Francisco Wheelman Covers Fifty Miles in 2:13:29. E. O. Kragness of San Francisco has created three American cycling records. He lowered the fifty-mile standard course from 2:22:59 to 2:13:29, which figure also lowers the American straightaway course mark of 2:15. The last ten miles he cov­ ered in 22:15, lowering the American standard course record of 24:14, held by L. X. Walleston of Newburyport, who held the fifty-mile maris. TWO GIANTS AT WAR, AltBUCKI.E. Coffee King and Sugar King Kngaga in a Bitter Straggle. A fight between the Arbuckles, the cof­ fee kings, and the Havemeyers, the sugar kings, is becoming so active that the ef­ fect will soon be felt throughout the coun­ try, and particularly by the grocery trade. They have already commenced, cutting prices, and the apprehension of the invest­ ors is shown by the rapid decline in the price of sugar stocks. Brokers calculate that the value of the stock of the Ameri­ can Sugar Refining Company has suffered a shrinkage of neart ly $14,000,000 dur­ ing the last thirty days, and that the cpt already made in prices, if continued through %he year, will dimmish the earnings of the trust by more than $6,- 000,000. The firm of Ar- buckle Bros., for several years the largest coffee dealers in the world, was formerly composed of John and Charles Arbuekle, two Scotchmen, who'"-began a small (mis in ess of coffee roasting iu ^ittsburg fifty years ago. and having made a success aud accumulated capital sought a wider field in New York early in the '70s. They were men of lit­ tle education; but understood their busi­ ness thoroughly. and possessed the tradi­ tional Scotch thrift and economy which has swollen their pennies into dollars. For fifteen years after they began business in Pittsburg John Arbuekle roasted and ground coffee with his own hands, and his brother packed it and sold it over the coun­ ter. The quarrel with the sugar trust began in a curious way. The success of the Ar­ buekle coffee business has been, due Io a large measure to the use of a certain kind of bag used in wrap­ ping. Those bags ore. made, filled, closed and sealed by machin­ ery which John Ar-" buckle himself invent­ ed, and a few years ago it occurred to him that it would be a good scheme to put up havemeywr. sugar in the same way. Therefore "the shrewd old Scotchman made an arrange­ ment with the sugar trust to furnish him a certain quantity of sugar daily, which he put up in bags with the same machines that he used for coffee. The scheme was a great success, and the Arbuekle sugar sprang into popularity throughout the country. In 1896, however, when the price of raw •sugar went down, Mr. Arbuekle demanded » reduction in his bills, but the Haveiney- >«rs laughed at him. This made the old man angry and he resolved to put up re­ fineries of his own and enjoy the profit that is now going to the sugar trust. Mr. Arbuekle smarted at once to build a sugar refinery and coaxed Mr. Stillman, the su­ gar trust manager at Boston, to become his superintendent. He put up a refinery in Brooklyn that is now turning ou| 1,000 barrels of sugar a day, and every ounce 1 of it is packed in little Arbuekle bags and sold in that form. Mr. Havemeyer hired a fellow countryman named Herman Sielcken, from the Arbuekle factory, for his manager, and bought out an establish­ ment at Toledo, which now has an output of 3,000 bags of coffee a day, and fitted up several idle sugar factories with ma­ chinery for roasting and grinding coffee, which he is selling a« near as possible in the Arbuekle market. Mutual friends have tried to effect a reconciliation, but it has been impossible. The German is iust as stubborn and determined as the Scotchman, and each is bent upon ruining the other. APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT. Filipinos Say They Are Ignored by Americaii Commanders. The Filipino Junta, representatives of Gen. Aguinaldo and the Filipino Oovern- ment in Hong Kong, have drawn up what they designate as an "appeal to President McKinley and the American people." The memorial says: "While the fate of the islands is still undecided and we are doing ail in onr power to prevent a conflict between the Am«icans and Filipinos--awaiting pa tiently the conclusion of the Paris confer­ ence--we implore the intervention of the President, supported by the will of the people, to end the slights shown our lead­ ers, soldiers and people by some of the American military and naval officers, al­ though we do not wish to wrong Admiral Dewey or Gen. Otis. "From the commencement of the hostili­ ties," continues the memorial, "the Fili­ pinos acceded to all the American re­ quests. but, after bottling up the Span­ iards in Manila, the FMlipinos were com­ pletely ignored when the Americans ad­ vanced, and thus deprived of the fruits of victory. All our launches have been seiz­ ed because of foolish rumors that we would attack the Americans, and when we asked explanations we were qot even answered." SPANISH TROOPS IN MUTINY. Refnae to Leave Cnba Until They Have Been Paid. Information has reached the War De­ partment that 9,800 Spanish officers and men who were to return to Spain openly declare that they wiTl not leave the Cuban soil until they nave received their pay. Al­ though the situation will not be allowed to affect the plans of ti\g Americans for the control of that part of the island, it is realized that if these soldiers persist in their refusal to return to Spain they may become a menace to the good government of Cuba. Disaffection has -spread to the troops brought in from the eountry by Gen. Blanco, and these men now also demand their pay at once. Gen. Blanco has lost confidence in the vvery guard placed in and around the palace. Up to the present 'time the uprising continues to be a pure military mutiny, but the people generally are apprehensive -that the troops will toreafe .out at any moment an^ attack property and civilians. REPULSED THE GIRLS. TEMPLE IS GIVEN UP. The W. C. T. U. Abandons the Chicago Building by a Vote of 38S to 71. By a vote of 285 to 71 the Woman's Christian'Teniperance Union, in sessiotf at St. Paul, dropped the Chicago Temple as an affiliated interest and disclaimed all connection with the building, which was intended to be a memorial to the late Frances E. Willard. Absolute action was not taken until after a debate of six hours, which at times was very much heated. Mrs. Carse's methods came in for a great deal of criticism., It was shown that she spent $164,000 in issuing $300,000 worth of bonds. The debate abounded in accu­ sations, insinuations and recriminations. Mrs. Carse read the report of the Tem­ ple trustees. She also read a letter from Marshall Field, dated Nov..2, in which he said if the friends of the cause would sub­ scribe a sufficient amount to can -el the remainder of the issue of $300,<XK) of bonds he would give $50,000 of stock pnd $50,000 in cash, the latter to be applied toward the payment of a $20,000 tloatiug debt and $30,000 interest on the first mort­ gage bonds. Mrs. Carse showed that $173,500 of the ^amount asked for had been provided, leaving $126,500 yet,to be secured, Mrs. Clara H. Hoffman of Missouri, na­ tional recording secretary, said that pledges were getting cheap. The W. C. T. U. had heard nothing but pledges for ten years. "I wish to add," she contin- *ed, "that the donations received from young people's societies and philanthrop­ ic organizations, which have been pour­ ing a perfect avalanche of telegrams up­ on us demanding we shall stand by the Temple, have amounted to only a few hundred dollars in spite of some rainboVr promises." Miss Anna Gordon, Miss Willard's com­ panion for twenty-one years, read from memoranda to show that Miss Willard li®d begged Mrs. Carse to be content with a $100,000 to $200,000 building. She in­ timated that worry over the Temple hast­ ened Miss Willard's death. A resolution of thanks to Mrs. Ca^rse for her efforts on behalf of the Temple was adopted. Afi adjournment was then taken. At the session Tuesday Mrs. Stevens of Maine ̂ was elected president of the Na­ tional W. C. T. U., she receiving 817 of the 356 votes cast. INCREASE IN POSTOFFICES. Fourth Aaaiatant Postmaster General Brietow Make* a Report. The annual report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow shows that there were at the cloBe of the fiscal year 73,550 postoffices in the United States, 3,816 presidential and 69,754 fourth class. The net increase in the number of post- offices for the fiscal year was 2,548. The largest number of presidential post- offices is in New York, with 330, followed by Pennsylvania with 284; Illinois, 257; Iowa, 212, and Ohio, 208. The greatest number of fourth-class postoffices are in Pennsylvania. 4,871; New York, 3,394; Virginia, 3,297; Ohio, 3,173, and North Carolina, 2,898. In compensation Massachusetts heads the list, showing an average compensation for her fourth-class postmasters of $336 per annum, followed by Rhode (aland, $319, and Connecticut, $283. In the amount expended per capita ia the use of the xaails <by the of the various States Massachusetts stands first, with $2.30 per capita, New York second, expending $2.27; District <of Columbia third, $2.1-6; Colorado fourth, $1.93, and Connecticut fifth, $1.80. ^Lowest in this table are South Carolina, 25 cents, and Mississippi!, 34 •cents. The total number <of appointments made during the fiscal year was 25,653! An interesting feature of the repont .re­ lates to the postal facilities for Alaska. Inspectors were detailed to reorganize the mail service in this territory, which re­ sulted in the establishment of a line of postoffices from the Canadian borders to the Bering Sea, a distance of about 2,000 miles, and many other needed improve­ ments were made in the mail service in Alaska upon the recommendation of these . inspectors. Among the recommendations are that a severe penalty be provided for employes embezzling or destroying newspaper mail, covering the transmission of "green goods" and obscene matter through the mails, and that a special strong stamped 10-cent envelope of ^superior material be adopted in lieu of the present system of registered letters. Many losses occur in tbe snails because of the poor quality of the envelopes in which the articles are inclosed. It is also recommended that all money order offices be inspected annually, which would he a radica 1 extension of the inspec­ tion system, and it is stated would doubt­ less be <of great advantage to the service. TCSLA'S NEW DISCOVERIES. Hero of Mcrrlma>e Fame Wouldn't Kiss Eager Lip*. Osborne Diegnan. one of the men of Merrimac fame, arrived at his home in Stuart, Iowa, Saturday and was met by 500 people, who escorted him home. Eigh­ teen or twenty girls surrounded him at the depot and attempted to kiss him, but he pushed all back, saying there were handsomer men in the crowd than he. The municipal authorities presented Diegnan with a sword and Gov. Shaw and other prominent Iowans made speeches. Dieg­ nan ran away from bis home years ago. BIG FISH COMBINE. Company Is Organized with Capital Stock of $5,500,000. Articles of incorporation of the A. Booti Company of Chicago have been filed foi record. The capital stock of the company is set at $5,500,000, with $2,500,000 paic in. The business of the company is tc engage in any line of enterprise connected with catching of fish and making then ready for the table. This indicates shij owning, net making, canning and growinj and dealing in vegetables. The life of th« corporation is to be Dinety-nine yean. Electrical Magician's Inventions W3U1 Revol-ationiae the World. Scientific circles are agog over two new discoveries in the field of electricity which the wonderfid inventor ^Nikola Tesla has just sprung simultaneously. Though widely differing .as <to the field of operation, wireless telegraphy, the evo­ lution of which has made the name of Tesla famous throughout the world, is the main principle of both inventions. The first and perhaps most important Is a proposed new torpedo craft which be launched, steered and operated beneath the surface of the sea, without wire, key or switchboard. If Tesla's new invention can be brought into practical use it will undoubtedly revolutionize naval warfare. It is a submarine torpedo carrying eight fourteen-foot Whitehead torpedoes. It can be launched from shore or from the side of a ship and steered through chan­ nels into harbors and under the keels of floating war vessels miles away with ab­ solute accuracy. ^ It can explode any number or all of the torpedoes on board of it under the bottom of any vessel chosen, and having done its work returns to the hand that sent it. All this will be done by means of automatic contrivances operated by electricity ap­ plied throftgh the principle ,of wirelesb tel- rapliy. If Tesla's claim be borne out time and space will have been practically annihi­ lated. This claim is that the inventor can without any wire or other artificial means use the earth and atmosphere as his dou­ ble wire, and thus secure a complete elec­ trical circuit. flattery Did It! A Mississippi court room anecdote of fhe olden time is furnished by a corre­ spondent of Law Notes. The court was presided pver by a rural justice of the peace. - "I realize," said the counsel for the defense, "that I stand in the presence of a descendant of the grand old Hu­ guenot family that emigrated from France to escape from religious intol­ erance. Many able jurists have sprung from that family, and embellished the bench and bar of the Union. Their watchwords are honor, truth and Jus­ tice, and their names are spoken in every home. , The law is so plaiu in this case that 'he who runs may read.' Shall I insult the intelligence of this court by reiterating a proposition so simple? Need I say more? "No," interrupted the judge, " 'tain't necessary--I'll give you a judgment." Counsel sat down, while the judge with emphasis knocked the ashes from his cob pipe, and counsel j^pr plaintiff began: "•May it please the court " "'Squire, what are you fi*ln' to do?" asked the judge. ; "I have the elbsthg argument," was the reply. "Well, you jes' as well set down: I done got my mind sot on the other Side." Judgment for defendant. RELIEF JFR0M PAIN. Women Everywhere Express theix Gr&titude to Mrs. Pinkham. Confession of a Millionaire. A millionaire confessed the secret of his success in two words--hard work. He put in the best part of his life gaining dollars and losing health, and now he is putting in the other half spending dollars to get it back. Nothing equals Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for restoring health. It gets at the starting point--the stomach--and cures dyspepsia and indigestion. How It Happened. "My dear," said Mrs. Richleigh to her daughter the other evening after young Woodby had departed, "how in the world did your hair become so dis­ arranged?" "Why, mamma," replied the quick­ witted miss, "I guess it must be from shaking my head so much when Mr. Woodby was trying to coax me to say yes." And the mother suddenly remember­ ed that she had once been a girl her­ self. "Thirteen" No Hoodoo for Schley. Although the number 13 plays an im­ portant part in the history of the fam­ ily of Admiral Schley, It does not ap­ pear to have l>eeu much of a hoodoo to that doughty fighter. He is one of 13 children and has two uncles eaoh the father of the satne.amn'ber of chil­ dren. The Big Fonr recently received from the builders four 8-wheel passenger locomotives to haul their fast trains. These engines are, in every respect, mod­ els of their kind, and <&re probably the largest, fastest, most powerful and best looking passenger engines in this part of tihe io«rcn.try, and are a credit to the management and tboir designer, Mr. Wm. vTfirgt&ii*;. supcrsatrndrnt of motive pow­ er 'of the ®ig Four., -and the Schenectady Locomotive Works, itheir builders. The engines are now in service between St. Louis and 'Cleveland, on the fastest and heaviest trains, -making the time and doing it<easier than was ever accomplish­ ed before on this rim. In designing these engines it was neces­ sary to make a machine combining great power <with high speed and easy running, avoiding all Jerk to the train and unneces­ sary strain on the track. This has been accomplished to such an extent that both engine .and tender, while at the highest speed, ride with the greatest steadiness and so soft and ea^y.a motion that the en­ gineers claim not to be at all'tired at the end of their run. These noble machines*tand 15 feet high from top of rail to top of cab and 9 feet 9% inches to center of boiler, which, with driving wheels 78 inches, and truck and tender wheels 36 inches in diameter, show trim and powerful, without an unneces­ sary pipe or rod to mar their symmetry. The materia] used in the construction of th^se machines is the finest of its kind, and the greatest care was exercised in both the tests and workmanship to insure every part being perfect. The driving wheel centers, steam chest and covers, cylinder heads, foot plates, auxiliary dome, driving boxes and spring seats are all of cast steel, while the dome castings, stack base, boiler fuont, cylinder castings and tender truck frames are pressed steel. The boiler is extended wagon top with) taber back. 62-inch diameter at smallest ring and 78-inch diameter at the throat built to carry a wagon pressure of 200 pounds per square inch. Among the special articles are Richard­ son's balance vaKves, Jerome metallic packing. Coale muffler, Kunkle open pops, air operated bell ringer, French springs. Leach .pneumatic sanding device. Gold steam heat. Monitor injector, Janney couplers and Fox pressed steel -tender truck frames. Some of the principal dimensions are as foiiows: Wei girt, 130,000 pounds; cylinders, 20x 26 iiiehe$; boiler diameter. 62 inches; tubes, diameter, 2 inches; tubes, number •of. ®20; fire box. width, 41 inches; fire box. length. 108 inches; working pressure, 200 pounds; heating: tender, water capac­ ity. 5,<i>O0 gallons: tender, eoal capacity. 10 tons; tender tracks, pressed steel. Taking Hia Measure. Dudeteigh--I- aw, would like some collahs." Salesman--Yea. sir. What size, please?" Dudelelgh--I--a w, guess fowteen inches is about the pwoppah thing." Salesman--Yes, sir. Height or length T fir*. T. A. WALDEN, Qibaaa, Qs^ writes: " Deab Mrs. Pinkham:--Before tak­ ing your medicine, life was a burden to me. I never saw a well day. At my monthly period I suffered untold misery, and a great deal of the time I' was troubled with a severe pain in my side. Before finishing- the first bottle of your Vegetable Compound I could tell it was doing me good. I continued, its use, also used the Liver Pills and Sanative Wash, and have been greatly helped. I would like to have you use my,letter for the benefit of others." firs. FLORENCE A. WOLFE, 515 Hulberry St., Lancaster, Ohio, writes: " Dear Mrs. Pinkham:--For two years 1 was troubled with what the local physicians told me was inflamma­ tion of the womb. Every month I suf­ fered terribly. I had taken enough medicine from the doctors fed cure any­ one, but obtained relief for a short time only. A t last I concluded to write to you in regard * to my case, and can say that by following your advice I am now pefectly. welL" } No Swapping. -'ik 'Tfs no time to swap horses whet£ c yon arelcsrossing a stream," saMf Presl-I % dent Lincoln, on being urged to ehangof 4 f one general for another, on the eve of a battle, but this story suggests tbfll origin of the famous reply. A Hoosier was traveling, down tb# ^ Ohio on a steamboat, with his mare :-f and her 2-year-old colt. The careen- v / ing of the steamer, as she grazed si f- sandbar, pitched him and his horses into the river. As he rose, puffing and > blowing, he caught hold of the Colt*#' tail. The mare made for the shore, but the* frightened colt swam down ^he caiM rent.«, "Let go the colt and catch on to tfce« c mare!" shouted the passengers on ths? boat. :] "That's easy said," exclaimed th0 *; Hoosier. "but this ain't exactly thai % time for swapping horses to, that can't swim." _ • -y , .,.4 t Easy Work. Too much muscle exercise leaves on® a prey to soreness and stiffness, but it is>* easy work for §t. Jacobs Oil to get the/ muscles back into proper shape. *1lw cure the distress.* ; Ilira. W. It. BATES, riancflefd, La., writes: " Before writing to you I suffered dreadfully from painful _ menstrua-1 tion, leucorrhoea and sore feeling in the lower part of the bowels. Now my f riends want to know what makes me look so well. 1 do not hesitate one min­ ute in telling them what has brought about this great change. I cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enough. 'It is the greatest remedy of the age.* Poor Recommendation. One of the many wtfys in which a man's carelessness may cause his un­ doing has lately beep discovered by a young man wtfo has a habit of mismat- ing letters envelopes when sending off his correspondence. He had secured ffoni ah Influential friend a letter which i*ecomniended him for a clerkship In * wholesale dry- goods establishment The proprietor was personally known to the writer of the letter, who advised the young man to mail It, with his application for the place, to the merchant who lived in a suburban town, and was seldom to be found In his city office. The young man wrote his letter, and attended to various other correspond­ ence, ancl then hastily put his several epistles Into their respective envelopes, adding to one what he supposed to be his friend's kind recommendation. Two days later he receive^ the following letter from the merchant: ' -x The Latest in Shoa Polishes. Orange juice is one of the best dress­ ings for black shoes or boots, according to the Baltimore American. Take ai slice or quarter of an orange and rubf It ou the shoe or boot. Then, when dryj brush with a soft brush until the shoW shines like a looking glass. This is an* English recipe. Another fruit dressing is for tan shoes, the inside of a banana skin. Rub the skin over the shoe thor­ oughly, wipe off carefully with a soft cloth briskly. Patent leather shoes should not be polished with blackingj These are the hardest kind of shoes toi keep looking well and require constant care. They may be cleaned with a| damp sponge and immediately dried with a soft cloth, with occasionally ai little vaseline or sweet oil. They must! never be donned in cold weather with-1 out heating, or they will crack as scmmI as exposed to the cold air. f • i.-. •IOO Reward, SIM. ' The reader of this paper will be pleased to< learn that there is at least one dreaded d!scass> that science has been able to cure Sn all its' stages, and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Curej is tne only positive cure known to the medical! fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional ease, requires a constitutional treatment. E Catarrh Curn Is taken Internally, acting dl on the blood and mucous surfaces of the s; thereby destroying the foundation of the dltj ease, and giving the patient strength by buildl up the constitution and assisting nature in dol Its work. The proprietors have so much faith its curative powers that they offer One Hr " Dollars for any ease that it fails to cure. for list of testimonials. _ 1 Address. F.J. CHENEY ft CO., Toiedo, Oi Cirsoid by Druggists. 75c. Many Miles of Soldiers. | A German military critic has been adding up the grand total of the Con-1 thiental armies, and, after noting that! "In reply to your communication of j we can form only a vague idea of what! the 10th, I will say that at present is meant by tens of millions, he triesi there is no vacancy in my corps of •clerks. I return the 'recommendation' to you, only saying that It is not such as I consider especially valuable to a young man." With a sinking heart, the young man glanced at the fatal enclosure, and read: Mr. James Robie, Dr. To Forbes, Hopkins & Co. 3 fancy shirts $15 00 1 dozen neckties 6 00 $21 00 Received payment. Third statement. Please, remit. --Youth's Companion. What Do the Children Drink? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food driuk called GRAIN-O? It is delicious and nourish­ ing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs ah >ut Vi as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c. LI HUNG CHANG BANISHED, 8ent from Pekin to Accomplish an Impossible Task. The shelving of Li Hung Chang, report­ ed in dispatches from Pekin, is due to British influence, and indicates that Eng­ land is getting on top again in the far East. Li Hung Chang has for a long time been openly the friend of Russia, and that country secured his restoration to power. He is down once more, and it is probable that he will never wear the yellow jacket and peacock feather again. Li has been ordered to proceed to Tsi- Nan, capital of the province of Shantung, to take measures to prevent future inun­ dation of the Hoang-llo valley. The river there has baffled all efforts to control it for 2,500 years, and Li will probably spend the rest of his years there in endeavoring to solve the problem. Try Grain-Oi Try Grain-O! Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package of GKAIN-O, the n#tw food drink that takes the place of coffee. The chil­ dren may drink it withoat injury as well as the adult. Ail who try it. like it. GHAI'N-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach re­ ceives it tvitboHt distress. % the price of eoffe**. 15c. aad 25 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers. Talkativeness has another plague at­ tached to it* even curiosity; for praters which to hear much that they may have much to say.--Plutarch. j, Savea Time and Money. It is delightful weather to breathe fresh, invigorating air, but take care of lumbago, or el«e St. Jacobs Oil must take care of it'and cure it promptly. It saves time and mosey. a We are never so ridiculous by the qualities we have, as by those we af­ fect to have.--Rochefoucauld. A Question of Creeds. "And will you be mine forever?" he asked, after he had her head nicely pil­ lowed on his shoulder. She straightened up with a start. "Now, look here," she said In her emi­ nently practical way; "if you want to get up a discussion on the future life you might just as well be moving along. Father is an agnostic and moth­ er is a Methodist, and I'm marrying as much as anything to get away from controversies about this "forever busi­ ness."--Chicago Post. "71 •-i to bring home to his readers in another way the colossal growth of modern] ^ armaments. If, he says, we could havr all the armies of the Continent on war footing and drawn rup in one bi| long procession, with their guns, a: ammunition, and baggage wagons, thei column would be rather more than 24,-» 000 miles long, and, marching day andl . night, It would' take nearly a year to< .1; pass a given point.--Newcastle Chronic . *\ cle. Coaching Leads to Oonsumptte*. ' , ^ Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough afc' *'• '.jf once. Go to your druggist to-day and get -- - a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50> cent bottles. Go at once; delays are daa« - f j : A Misnamed Veaael. ^" '• Judge--If you were at the club dmvt ing the trouble tell what you saw. j 'i Witness (a colored waiter)--Well, 1 sah, de cha'uian ob de entertainment committee jes' swatted de secretary • | obah de head wif de lovin' cup.--i ' ^ Jewelers* Weekly. \ v-' ^ To Cure a Cold in One Day "j « Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets^' ^ All druggists refund the money if it fails w® n to cure. 25c. The genuine has I* B. Q* on each tablet. i v Avoid the Night Air. Avoid the: night air ivtieu .damp and cold, and you will often avoid having neuralgia, but SL Jacobs Oil will cure It no matter what is the cause and no matter how long it has continued. Why Some People Live Long. Is there a microbe of longevity? It would really seem so from tilt diversity of bourses ascribed by ^ged people to account for their long Ifves. Sir Isaac Holden, an ancient man who lately died in England, said he owed the prolong­ ation of his'existence to his abstinence from bread. Thomas WhiMington lived to 101 years and never drank any liquid except ardent spirits. A centenarian smuggler salid his prescription for long life was "wet feet every da^* and drunk every night."1 Evidently an Oiisaloafe- vi "That's queer." 'What,is?" • " "There was a train robbery out West last night and the detectives don't claim that they are working on a clew." According to computations the black; race embraces about one-tenth of tlm living members of the human' spetfmtr or 150,000,000 individuals. IM Lane's Family Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. While prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone.--Ovid. Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best of all cough cures.--George W. Lots, FS- bacher, La., Aug. 26, 1895. Don't think dollars can be acquired without sense. ^ Tolstoi's Wife. Tolstoi leaves all practical matters re­ lating to his publications to his wife. She supervises the printing, attends to the correspondence and jreads the proofs. She has brought out.two com­ plete editions of hifc works, one in a sumptuous form, the other a cheap edi­ tion for the public. Their text is identi­ cal, but the edition de luxe has a num- l>er of portraits of the author, some of which cannot be obtained elsewhere. Catarrh In the head, with its ringing noises in ears, buzziug, snapping sounds, severs headaches and disagreeable discharges, is permanently cured by Hood's Sarsapacilla. Do not dally with local applications. Tfek* Hood's Sarsaparilla and make a thorough and complete cure by eradicating from the blood the scrofulous taints that cause catarrh. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's lireatpst Medicine. II: six for Mk Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25 cenfa. •>• £-> 4H t* Mrs. Wtaelo^rli Booo-bibo stbup tnr Children teething; sotteux the kuous. reduces inflammation, allayfrtpain, ourea wind eolic. 25 cents a bottle. WANTJ».-Caaeofta<lhea!Utfh«t-R-rP-A-N-Swni not bene-fit. Sfeod G eeatu to Bhpkqs Chemical Oo« Maw York, for 10 sample* and 1.000 teatlmonials. "A Handful of Dirt May Be a Houseful of Shame." Keep Your House . Clean with SAPOLIO I •M S. N. u. No. 48- |N writtag to UfHthm, please 4* set fail te 1 tioa yon saw tbe Mvertiseaest In tkis paper. Cough time. CURE YOURSELF! ' »' Kin ® for uuMtami aucbiriiFi, lulwMtiwa irritativu* or ulcerattaag rrtKou rtuaUm, and oot aMrS JMttVANS CnEMiCALCO. K' C' vr puwobuiw. «*(<« I or «er»t ia •Vv.Vi