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Ifafllittedwilli Soreeyes RUSSIA MAKES A GRAB A STRANGE FARM. REPORT ON RAILWAYS, Mental Growth of Children? Very often we read of cases where parents are deceived in the character of their children. The truth is, they grow up much faster than parents are aware. While a mother innocently believes her little girl's mind is entirely occu­ pied with her dolls and her pets, in reality the child is weaving romances in which some callow youth is tlie cen­ tral figure, and herself the heroine. She may fancy her boy is entirely en­ grossed with his marbles arid li's balls, but the lad himself has already deter­ mined his future career of renown in the pirate's or highwayman's fascina­ ting profession. It is a terrible revelation when a sur­ reptitious flirtation with the telegraph messenger, or a! midnight. escapade, shows too plaiply where the heart of the child is placed. We lknow r„ cas&Jn which a boy of 15 was changed with a crime, and Anal­ ly confessed himself guilty. The sur­ prise and agony of his mother were heartrending. "It, cannot be," was her cry, "lie is a little boy. Why, lie is my ' baby. Every night he puts his arms around my. neck and kisses me. It is not possible.". \i:*\ '-.v. • * Had the boy actually been a babe in the cradle the mother-would have been no-'more astonished. It is a fiction •pleading to the. parents' hearts that their children are but children, too young to know or dream .of any evil yniore heinous than childish peccadil­ loes. .But it.is a fiction fraiSght/ with grave perils. Every motlW ought to know if her boy smokes.' Yet we can point to a half-dozen boys Who puff along the streets, whose mothers firmly believe them to be angels of light and would be indignantly incredulous if told the facts. , Farmer's Handy Feed Cooker. We desire to call our readers' atten­ tion to the Farmer's Handy Feed Cook­ er, which is sold at the low price of $12.50 for 50-gallon capacity. Lane's Family Medicine Moves the bowels ehch day. In <ird«e to be healthy this is necessary. gently on the liver and kidneys. Cure* sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. ---- •' ! He who knows his ignorance is the possessor of the rarest kind of valua­ ble knowledge. It la Located 700 Feet Below the Level of Idaho's Plains. On Snake River in Southern Idaho, twenty miles south of the little /town of Shoshone and near the Great Sho­ shone falls, is located the strangest farm in the world. It is nothing but a hole in the ground, 700 feet below the surface, and embraces over 's GOO acres. But this "hole in the ground" lias been transformed into a veritable paradise. •For ages and ages this '.'Devil's cor­ ral," as it Avas known by prospectors, had been standing silent and un­ known. No one had the temerity to clamber down the steep cliffs that sur­ round it until a few years ago when a venturesome spirit, thinking that gold might be found in the depths of the rock-walled basin, made the descent. He located a mine and began to work it, but his progress,,, is not worth re­ cording. Burt Perrine, a young man from |n<iiaua, seeking his fortune '.n the West, went to see the Great Sho­ shone falls and also took a view of this satanic corral. The place impressed him so favorably as a location for a ranch, truck farm or fruit farm that he botlfht the miner's, claim, to the basin and became owner of it.. • Perrine made a survey of the place and found that .there were 420 acres that could be worked. In spite of the^ Jeers of his friends he began the task of transforming it into a productive area. This was no easy job. By a great deal of hard work lie managed to blaze .out .along the rocky descent, a trail down which* pack animals could . travel. To do the work necessary down in the corral Perrine had to have wagons, scrapers, harrows, plows, powder and dynamite and these had to be lowered with ropes over a perpen­ dicular lava wall about 700 feet in height. There were also other things that pack animals couldn't cai-rv and these had to be let down in the same manner. But the most difficult task of all was the building of a road up the 700 feet of miscellaneous precipice. The drover had some idea of survey­ ing and with the assistance of a great deal of dynamite and powder succeed­ ed in constructing a winding roadway, that goes in and out, "back and forth, between lofty cliffs in its descent. After infinite labor the bottom land was cleared and the soil has proved to be very productive. Among other things growing on tlie farm are 5,000 fruit trees. There are two beautiful lakes near by and these have been piped for irrigating purposes. In win­ ter the weather is much warmer than on the plains above. Statistician Adams Gives Oat Fisrnres for Twelve Months.* Henry C. Adams, statistician of the in­ terstate commerce commission, has issued the ninth annual report of railway statis­ tics in the United States. It covers the year which ended June 30. 189GS1 At the date on which the report ended there were 151 roads in the hands of re­ ceivers, being a decrease of 18 as com­ pared with the corresponding date in the previous year. During the year covered in the report 48 roads were taken out of the hands of the receivers, while 30 oth­ ers Were placed in the hands of receivers. The length of operated mileage in the hands of receivers June 30. 1896, was 30,- 475.39 miles. The operated mileage in the hands of receivers June 30, 1895, was 37,- 855.80 miles. The capital stock represent­ ed by the railways in the hands of receiv­ ers June 30, 1S96, was $742,597,698, and the funded debt $999,733,760. These fig­ ures, compared with th ecorresponding fig­ ures for0 the previous year, show a de­ crease of $183,075,706 in capital stock and $319,501,447 in funded debt. At the date on which the report closed' the aggregate mileage was 182,776.63 miles, being an increase of 2,119.10. as compared with the previous year. This • shows a percentage- increase during the year covered by the report of 1.17. The per cent of increase for the; previous year was 1.09, and for the year ending June 30, If#!, it was 1.27. A comparison of this increase in mileage with the increas? for the.,years 1SS9 and 1S90,. when the length of line was extended about 7.000 and 0,000 miles, respectively, enables one to appreciate the extent to which railway construction during the last few years has fallen off. The statement pertains to sin­ gle track mileage. The total number of railway corpora­ tions June 30, 1S90, to be accounted for by the statistics of railways in the United States, was 1,9S5. Of this .number 1,008 DEFIES ENGLAND BY SEIZING MORE OHINESE TERRITORY. nrrrrm Czar Holding Kin-Chau--Occupies the Strategic Point in the Gulf of Lao- Tong--Control of Manchuria as Well as of Corea. Rheumatism Is permanently cured By Hood's Sarsaparilla Which- neutralizes the Lactic acid in the blood. Thousands who were Sufferer^ write that they Have ielt no symptoms Ol Rheumatism since Taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Ominous Move Toward Pekin. Russia has made another grab of Chin­ ese territory, and evidently is intent up­ on forcing the hand of Great Britain in regard to partition. News comes that the czar's forces have occupied Kin-Chau, lying north of Port Arthur. This placen them a little nearer Pekin and gives them command of another important strategic position in the Gulf of Lau-Tung. The incident has intensified the interest in ori­ ental affairs, and is taken to mean that the czar is intrenching1 himself in the flow­ ery kingdom. It is also taken as signify­ ing^ that an understanding exists with Germany and possibly with France. Kin-Chau is an important walled city (not.an open port) at the head of the gulf of Lau Tung, and it commands the mouth of the river Y.aloo, .where, the great naval battle between the Japanese,and Chinese, was fought, and the other important riv­ ers which flow into the gulf. It is about equidistant between the.mouth of the Ya- loo river and the terminus of the great wall of China.. It commands the railway •systeSii recently constructed, from Tien- Tsin to the capital of Manchuria, and is of pre-eminent importance as a fefrategie position. ' " The seizure shows that Russia has practically taken possession of Corea. Manchuria and the gulf of Lau Tung, and possesses a significance which will cause consternation among the diplomats of the old world. Its situation is sueb that its The Government of the United State* owns in the city of Washington!,600,000 volumes of literature. Of these about one- half, or 787,715, are in the congressional library. The remainder are scattered through the various executive depart­ ments. The daily number of readers in the congressional library averages 3,320. About 700 persons, including the mem­ bers of both houses and high officials of the Government, are entitled to draw books and take them away from the build­ ing, and the average number loaned out in such a way is 1,440. It is a favorable Commentary upon the honesty and care of our public men that during a period of thirty years the number of books lost or not returned was only five in a thousand. By feeding poultry and stock with cooked food during the winter mouths, at least one-third of the food is saved; also having stock in a healthy condi­ tion. preventing hog cholera among your hogs, and insuring the hens laying freely during the winter months when egg's are always wanted at high prices. This Cooker will pay lor itself in one week's time and is without doubt the best and cheapest dn the. market--just what its name implies, a Farmer s Handy Feed Cookers Upon application to the Empire Manufacturing Co., 014 H street, Quincy, 111., a catalogue, giv­ ing a full description, may be obtained. They are made lis all sizes., Large numbers of petitions, supported by many signatures and uniform in their phraseology, are being presented to the House of Representatives. They ask the passage of a series of laws to protect the morals of the public. • For example, to prohibit gambling in stocks, produce, rac- ing pools and other forms of speculation by telegraph, to prohibit the transmission of stock quotations for speculative pur­ poses, and the transmission in the mails of newspapers containing pictures or de­ scriptions of prize fights, to prohibit the exhibition of kinetoscop^ reproductions of prize fights and other brutalizing specta­ cles, and to prohibit the transportation from State to State of materials for such exhibitions." Dogs Trained in War. Ip all the European armies save that of Britain canine intelligence is em­ ployed in tlie role of spies, messengers and aids to the wounded. The Italian sentries in the Alps are always accom­ panied by dogs! the Dutch found them in Acheen invaluable in preventing the butchery of sentinels by stealthy foes; the Russians employed them to some extent in their last war with Turkey; the French have used them in Tunis and Algiers, and the Austrians utilize them in the detection of ambuscades. The dogs employed by the Russians are wolf and sheep dogs, and a species of St. Bernard, and equipped with pack­ ages and bandages around their necks and flasks of soups or brandy, are taught to find the hidden wounded, offer them restoratives, give the alarm, and afterward, if necessary, to draw them on little hand carts to the hos­ pital. The Germans use pointers, Scotch collies, Pomeranians and short- haired sporting dogs, which are trained to march silently, indicating strangers by a point or a low growl, to carry messages some miles, to obey men in the German uniform and to halt all others. It Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Ortrap. Influ­ enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain oure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief ia advanced stages. Use at once. You -will see the excellent effect after takings th» first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. 50c and 25c Per Bottle. SEIZURE OF CHINA BY THE POWERS, Tremendous Exodus to the Klondike. Despite the warnings of those who have been on the spot, and predict suffering in the Klondike region, thousands of adventurous Americans are wending their way thither­ ward. All of them should be provided with that medicinal safeguard. Hostetter's Stom­ ach Hitters, which warms and nourishes the Bystem, and prevents malaria, rheumatism, kidney trouble, besides remedying liver com­ plaint, dyspepsia and constipation. The ladies of the cabinet are decidedly put out by the edict that forbade their New Year's receptions and the dinners that were to precede and follow. They <lo not see any occasion for it. The Pres­ ident did not ask or even suggest a sus­ pension of social affairs. He told the members of his cabinet ho should close the White House for thirty days, although he did not think it was necessary for them to follow his example, but without con­ sulting their wives, they agreed to do so. The husbands have since had an unhappy time, and the Washington social world has offered them 110 sympathy. Bay •VPOflT Tlie opposition to the ratification of the Hawaiian treaty lias simmered down al­ most entirely to the sugar trust, the Louis­ iana planters and the boot-root sugar manufacturers. There are a few Senators who oppose the treaty 011 principle, as they believe it inexpedient for the United States to assume the responsibility of gov­ erning any detached territory, and several 011 the Democratic side have joined the opposition because they regard annexa­ tion as a Republican measure. Try Grain-O: Try Grain-O! Ask your grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the mw food- drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made fv>m pure grains, and the most deli­ cate stomach receives it without dis­ tress. y4 the price of coffee. 15c. and 25c. per,package. Spld by all grocers. Russia has oocuplod Kin-Chau. in adcitlon to Poit Arthur, of which she took possession * few days ajro. fcmroror William of Germany some time ago seized Kiao-Cliou. osten iby to con pel payment for t e murder of German mWiooarles. Chemulpo, Corea, is the port before"wnicli Eug- and is said to ha e mado a naval demonstration. Death and Electricity. A writer in an electrical magazine, in discussing the probabilities of death by an electric current, said that he at one time stood at the top of one of the Alpine peaks in a storm and had light­ ning pass through his body to an ex­ tent sufficient to make a loud, crackling noise and to produce long blue streams of sparks from the fingers, without any effect upon the body other than to force hi in to descend without delay. How's This: We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We the undersigned have known F. .1. Cheney for the hist 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transa -Hons and finan­ cially able to carry out any obligations mado by their firm. WALDINO, RINNAN & MARVIN, 'Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. possession practically places Russia in a position to defy the world. ....... The struggle for supremacy in the far East seems to have begun in earnest. Since the kaiser made his bold grab for foothold at Kiao-t'hon all Europe has awakened suddenly to the consciousness that no time is to be lost. Heretofore the powers have been comparatively timid in their encroachments, postponing the day of final reckoning and trusting to the march of events to lix the moment when the inevitable foray upon the orient must be made. The aggressions of Japan and Russia quickened the process. ' Wilhelm's action has given it another powerful im­ petus. Apparently every diplomat in Eu­ rope has now been seized with the appre­ hension that unless something is done im­ mediately the chances for securing strong positions in the far East will all have been swept off the international bargain counter. If the reports from Chemulpo are accu­ rate Great Britain has now found it nec­ essary to say a, word in its own behalf, and, while attention has been concentrated on the Chinese coast, has played a trump card at Corea. Its pretext for entering the field at this point is plausible. Since the war between Japan and China, Corea has been more or less amenable to the in­ fluences of all the interested European powers. China having lost its nominal suzerainty, Japan was forced by Russia to desist from spoliation on its own ac­ count, and the Russian influence has been predominant. The British consul finally maintain operating accounts and render operating reports. Of the railways ren­ dering operating reports TS^ are indepen­ dent operating roads and 220 are classed as subsidiary roads which maintain oper­ ating accounts. The number of indepen­ dent roads reported as not operating dur­ ing the year covered by this report was 07. The number of roads which rendered financial reports during the year was 790, of which 324 received a fixed money rental. Chairman Loud of the House Commit­ tee on Postofliees has been working during tlie recess on the report of the committee on the Loud bill, and has practically com­ pleted it. lie believes that the measure will effect a saving of at least $10,000,000 annually, and will wipe out the enormous deficit that confronts tlie Pot-.toffiee De­ partment every year. Mr. Loud believes the bill is much stronger this session than last, and, while not absolutely confident, thinks it will finally carry. In the Wilds of Arizo"a. Coroner--What was the cause of Dia­ mond Joe's death? Broncho Pete--Heart disease. Coroner--Are you sure of that? Broucho Pete--Sartin--The heart was an ace and he had it up his sleeve. A Kite Flies 10,010 Feet High. A kite sent up at Blue Hill Observa­ tory. Mass., attained an altitude of 10.- 010 feet above the level of the sea or 9,380 feet above the summit of the hillf^ whence the ascent was made. This breaks all previous records. Red-Hot Journalism. There is a good deal of "ginger" in Newfoundland journalism. The St. ,-John's Telegram recently referred to the editor of the St. John's Herald as "a palsied brat" and "a nervous para­ lytic," whereupon the latter printed the following indictment of his hated ri­ val : That he is soaked with rum. That he is always drunk when a crisis arrives. That he washes himself only twice a year. That he is always placed in the ship's hold when traveling. That the hotels decline to receive hi in as a guest. That his mere presence in a city is standing proof that the public health is not properly attended to. Do You Dance To-Night? Shake in your shoes Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Chilblains, Frost Bites and Sweating Feet. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S.Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. You cannot tell by the length of a man's face what he will do in a horse trade. Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Consump­ tion cured me of a bad lung trouble.--Mrs. J. Nichols. Princeton, Ind., Mar. 20, '95. Fad--The peculiarity of another per­ son. New Orleans limited, Queen and Cres­ cent Route. Only 24 hours from Cincin­ nati to the Gulf. STARVATION IN CUBA. Thousands Dyinjsof H u n g e r - F o o d and Clothing Needed. The most profound distress prevails among many thousands of people in Cuba. Starvation not only impends but is an actual fact. The President has been in­ formed of the facts from sources whose credibility cannot be doubted. He has gone to the length of his constitutional power in calling the state of affairs to the attention of the American people. The State Department has used all of its au­ thority to mitigate./the conditions there, and tlie letter to/he public sent out by Secretary Sherman the day before Christ­ mas pointed out the way to further alle­ viate the miserable condition of the recon- centrados. Monday the sum of $5,000 was received by Assistant Secretary Day from certain charitably disposed persons whose names are not disclosed, and this sum was imme­ diately remitted by telegrnph to Consul The agents of the Cuban junta in Washington justify the assassination of Col. Ruiz as necessary to intimidate the cowardly and corrupt men in their ranks who are likely to lx? allured into making terms with the Spanish authorities either through fear or bribery. They say that hereafter no Spanish agent will dare ap­ proach an insurgent camp, and that it will be dangerous for any stranger to do so. It Keeps the Feet Dry and Warm And is the only cure for Chilblains. Frost Bites. Damp, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes; At all druggists and shoe stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad­ dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy. N. Y. IENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOHN W. MORRIS, WASHINGTOND.C. Lata Principal Examiner U. 8. Pension Boreas. S jrxa. ia hurt war, 15 adjudicating rlaimi. attf. eiaaa IH U often m*d« proK- ln less by a poor pateOL rand advice on Ameri­can & foreign pMectt Patient Uwyen, WW•«" qmrtte Bid*., €fclaa«a, • COSt' OF The distressing death of Miss Leila Her­ bert has caused a shock to her maiiy friends and acquaintances in Washing­ ton. She was a young woman of beau­ tiful character, gentle, amiable and gen­ erous, and was generally lieloved and ad­ mired. Those who knew her best believe that her suicide was due to fear that she might be a permanent cripple. Another Name for It. "Your remarks are ill-timed," said the landlady to the frivolous boarder: "you should remember that there is a time for everything." "Yes," replied tiie boarder, "and I guess this is the time; but I never did care for hash." I ("III A The best Red Rope Rooliac fur 1CL IV I n la per so. foot, csps and nails Included. II IIIU Substitutes for Plaster. Sam pies (re* ay Manilla Rooting Co~ Camden. N.J. Eighty-six miles shortest to New Or­ leans, 109 miles shortest to Florida- Queen and Crescent Route from Cincin­ nati. A Paradise l'or Sportsmen. Black ducks are so bold at Parker's Head, Maine, that they fly directly in front of horses and frighten them. The pension certificate of tlio Rev. L. J. Keith of Yinceunes, Ind., will be can­ celed, because the holder has informed the bureau that he does not consider him­ self longer entitled to a pension, his dis­ ability having disappeared, and has asked that his name be dropped from the rolls. There is only one other such case on rec­ ord. <Joughing Ijea-.ls to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get u sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Co at once: delays are dan­ gerous. H o\v lie Acquired Them. Ned--Here conies one of my sisters down the avenue. Hal--Why, I wasn't aware that you had any sisters V Ned--Oh, yes; I have three--by re­ fusal. TO CURK A COLI) IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund the money \t It fails to cure. 25c. Wisdom--Something possessed by the man who never argues with a woman. New line to Tampa via Queen and Cres­ cent Iioute from Cincinnati, 34 hours, through Pullmans. Mrs. Winslow'S SOOTHING STBTJF for Childrea teething; soiteun tbe iciirns, reaucea inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 23 cents a bottle. CANDY CATHARTIC Secretary Wilson is greatly interested in legislation for the establishment of postal savings banks because he believes they are necessary to the prosperity of the farmers. It is sometimes an all day's job, he says, for a farmer to go to the town where the nearest bank is situated} while there is a postofflce in every village. Solid daily trains to Jacksonville, 24 hours from Cincinnati. Queen and Cres­ cent Route. PORT ARTHUR, NAVAL STATION SEIZED BY TiIE CZAR, CURE CONSTIPATION The copyright department is a most im­ portant branch of the Government, and indicates an enormous increase in literary and musical compositions and in designs which are susceptible to copyright. In 1870 the number of copyrights granted was 5,021; in 1880, 20,080: in 1890, 42,- 758; in 1800, 72,470. BEWARE OF MORPHINE, Mrs. Pinkliam Asks Women to Seek Permanent Cures and. Not Mere Temporary Relief From Pain. GET THE GENUINE ARTICLE! Special forms of suffering- lead many a // I \\ \ \ Woman to acquire the morphine habit.' \ Oiie of these forms of suffering- is a dull,HS^« I A^'l 1 persistent pain in the side, accompanied by j||Hp \ (V V\ J I M heat and throbbing. There is disinclina- ppR \ | J tion to work, because work only increases SB1K This is only one symptom of a chain of / troubles; she has others she Cannot bear BH to'confide to her physician, for fear of ref an examination, the terror of all sensitive, VB modest women. 1 \ The physician, meantime, knows her condition, but \ cannot combat her shrinking terror. He yields to her supplication for something to relieve the pain. r»\ He gives her a few morphine tablets, with very 1 I \ grave caution as to their use. Foolish woman ! She 1» I I ] thinks morphine will help her right along ; she be- • f i comes its slave ! A wise and a generous physician had such a case; \ i he told his patient he could do nothing for her, as \ Bhe was too nervous to undergo an examination. Ln despair, she wentto visit a friend. She said to her, " Don't give yourself up; just go to the nearest druggist's and buy a bottle of Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It will buil<33you up. You will begin to feel better with the first bottle."' She did so, and after the fifth bottle her health was re-established. Here is her own letter about it: " I was very miserable ; was so weak that I could hardly get around the bouse, could not do any work without feel- . JB ing tired out. My monthly periods had stopped and I was Cfe V so tired and nervous all of the time. I was troubled very much with falling of the womb and bearing-down pains. ^7 ^ friend advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- V. y table Compound ; I have taken five bottles, and think it is ~ the best medicine I ever used. Now I can work, and feel like myself. I used to be troubled greatly with / my head, but I have had no bad headaches or palpi- tation of the heart, womb trouble or bearing-down > pains, since I commenced to take Mrs. Pinkham's V medicine. I gladly recommend the Vegetable Com- k v> pound to every suffering woman. The a fee of on© bottle will prove what it can do."--MRS. LUCY PEASLEY, Derby Center, Vt. The rccent report of the Comptroller of the Currency shows that the savings banks of the United States are mostly confined to the northeastern section of the country. -Nearly 80 per cent of the num­ ber" of banks and amount of deposits is represented by New York and New Eg- land. Walter Baker & Co.'s II _ Breakfast COCOA GOOD OUTLOOK FOR COLONY. Commander Booth - Tucker Pleased ve-ith Prospects at oledad. Commander Booth-Tucker has- gone from New York to California to complete the work of founding the first of the sal­ vation army colonies in this country at Soledad, near Monterey. Most of the cottages have already been built and the work of cultivation is well under way. No families have yet been installed on the farm of 500 or more acres, but numerous applicants are ready to start the moment Commander Booth-Tiicker reaches San Francisco. The commander said that there was no doubt but the experiment would prove a great success. Claus Spreckeis, he said, is erecting a million-dollar beet sugar fac­ tory in the immediate neighborhood, which will be able to consume all that this farm can produce and as many more farm sas they may care to start in the neighborhood. Pure, Delicious* Nutritious. Costs Less than ONE CENT a cap. Be sure that the package bears our Trade-Mark. The committee appointed by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee to securer the erection of a monument to Gen. George B. MeClellan at Washington has held its first meeting and elected Adjt. Gen. Ruggles chairman. Walter Baker & Co. Limited, Ink erasers are not allowed in either the War or flie Navy Department except un­ der the direction of a chief of bureau, and no one is allowed to erase an entry in any official record book without explanations and express permission. Dorchesterv Mass* (Established 1780.) Trade-Mark. Brevity Is the Soul of Wit Good Wife, You Need SAPOLIO The Union Pacific Railway has reduced the time from live to four days a week in the shops at Laramie, Wyo., and cut sal­ aries 30 per cent. The men get a twenty days' holiday lay off. Business on the road has fallen oft 40 per cent. The United States Attorney General has directed United States Attorney H. S. Foote at San Francisco to file a bill in equity against the Goal Dealers' As­ sociation of California for violation of the anti-trust law of July 2, 1890. The five train robbers captured r>y dep­ uty United States marshals for holding ~up a Smithern Pncifie-train near StciU'a Pass, N. M„ recently, are believed to be the same gang which some months ag» robbed a Santa Fe train of $30,000. - Sir Frank Loekwood, liberal member pf Parliament for York City since 1SS5, is dead. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, the Alaska ex- petfVfifiys that there is so much gold in Alaska that persons who go there ten years hence will have as good a chance those who go next spring. Rev. David T. Howell, the Episcopal rector who preferred five days in jail to paying a $5 fine for abusing his wife, lias gone free, one of his friends having paid the fine. Papers were served on Mrs. Jennie L. Green by Mrs. Howell in a suit for .$50,000 for alienating her hus­ band's affections. Widows of veterans who are not depen­ dent upon daily labor for support are en­ titled to pension under the dependent widow clause, says Assistant Secretary of the Interior Davis. For six decadeo the pacer has led the trotter in making championship marks. Postmaster General Gary and Secre­ tary Gage have promised to assist in lay­ ing the Corner stone of the new postofflce building in Chicago on the 4th of next July. There is a very favorable outlook for -the passage of the bankruptcy, bill, and even, the opponents of the measure eon- cede their conviction that it will pass both houses. IN writing to Advertisers, please do not fall Jo men- * tion yoa saw the Advertisement in ibis paper. The sale of postage stamps for the last quarter of the year 1897 was the largest fe the history of the country.