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JlMMIE • ARD • J/I&e / " m>M 0>M0iM9>M 0i*U. »>V 0iM. »V » HOSE were their names--Jimmy and Jane. Everybody in the vil­ lage knew them; they had many friends: yet all agreed with wonderful vaanimity that they wete two of the atrangest individuals ever seen. Jiminv--his full name was James Bradford--was a bachelor of about 50 jean, reputed to have a stocking full «tsoM and silver coins, which he kept ia M» feather bed. He was a noted later af women and seldom spoke to 4Mw" °' lane--or more properly Miss Jane Green--was called an old maid, lived in • a tiny house by herself, and had a holy kssrror of the biped man. Her age was •^toeertain," but her 40th birthday was •f the past. Jfasmy took life easily, but was op-{ paged to ostentation and the modern acceptance of the term "luxury." He dressed without regard to fash- In, but within the bounds of respect­ ability. He even rode out in his own carriage, but it was by no means a jaodern vehicle; it had done service, he waotd proudly tell you, since his grand- Isther's days, quite a century ago. He cared little for books; society he abominated, because it was spoiled by aflmftting women, and of the few di­ rections that went to make up the sum af his life's pleasures, fishing held the flace of prominence. Kren in the pursuit of this gratifica­ tionJimmy«was not free from harass­ ment, for he was obliged to pass by •he door of a cottage occupied by a vanan in order to reach the river. The wiuan was no other than Jane. One bright afternoon in September Jimmy was lounging along the river laat: when the splash of oars in mid- atream fell upon his ears. He looked ia tbe direction of the sounds, and then a •cowl wrinkled bis forehead. •Bumphr he muttered, "that old maid Jane Green is trying to row over •a Red Brown's. She'd better be home 4riaklng tea. Most likely she'll man­ age to get drowned. What a fuss she •takes, splash in' an' flappin' about." He palled up his line with an angry >ft, put a fresh worm on the hook aai then cast out the line again, with •a outlay of strength quite unneces- aary. unless to give vent to bis indig- aation. Tbe "splashin' an' flappin' about," ln- afesad of dying away in the distance as "4fee boat reached the other side of the rirer, grew louder and more dlsturb- iag, and, half in wander, half anger, jlaimy looked around again. "Drat the luck!" he cried. 'If she orous pull, which Jane resisted with all her waning powers, and succeeded in lifting her into the boat. "Oh, dear!" she gasped. "And to think that I should owe my life to Jimmy Bradford," and then, too much exhausted to bear up any longer, she closed her eyes and fainted away. "Wuss and wuss!" cried Jimmy. "Did ever a man hev such luck? What in the world am I goin' to do with a faint- in' half-drowned woman, I'd like to know? I've half a mind to leave her here in the boat an' start for home." He drew the boat up on the sloping shore and after carrying Miss Jane to a sheltered spot beneath a widespread- ing willow tree, proceeded to restore her to consciousness. When she open­ ed her eyes the first thing that met her gase was Jimmy's face. "Oh, my soul!" she gasped, feebly. "Am I in the power of the Evil One?" "Draw it a little mild. Jane Green. I ain't the Evil One, nor no kin to him, 1 NOTABLE CONGRESS. NOTICE--TO WHOM IT MAY C0NgiERN. SESSION J^ST ENDED IS MCftftO* ^ tRABLE IN HISTORY* * CkugMffttpi of Antrlck and Asia During Its Incumbency--* ot«l Ap­ propriation* lnclndfta* War Ex­ penses, Exceed a Billion and a Half. Washington correspondence: OT since the foun- dation of the* Gov­ ernment has auy one Congress made so much history and left so deep an im­ press on the policy of the country as that which adjourn­ ed at noon Saturday^ When President MeKinley was inau­ gurated, almost his first official act was to call the Fifty- fifth Congress in ex­ tra session to his as­ sistance. It,, met W within two 'Weeks after he entered the White House, Con­ gress, after a long struggle of four months, passed the Dingloy tariff law. The extra session also authorized, at the suggestion of the President, the appoint­ ment of a monetary'commission to confer with European nations as to the possibil­ ity of establishing bimetallism under an international agreement. The extra ses­ sion saw the submission of a treaty an­ nexing Hawaii to the United States, al­ though the treaty was not acted on owing to lack of time for its consideration. The work of the extra session was, therefore, practically confined to the passage of the new tariff law and the appointment of the monetary commission. Sapid March of Event*, When the Congress met in regular ses­ sion in December, 1897, the whole world w Wi 500,000 893,231,615 Miscellaneous ....... Last year's total Grand total (estimated)... .$1,568,547,298 SCHLEY OUTRANKS SAMPSON. Two AK' SET THIS HULI, TO WIT TO TALK IN'," SAID JAVJC. as I knows on. An' you're showin* mighty little appreciation for bavin' your life saved, I can tell ye." "Wall, said Jane, after a moment's thought, "perhaps I was a little too harsh. I s'pose there are wuss bein's on the face of this airth than you be. I reckon you'd set all the tongues o' scandal irpggln' against me." "You're too plucky a woman to feed fishes op, ail*'too good-looking, too." Jane's pale face changed in a mo­ ment tcr a deep carnation hue, and her tone might have indicated either real or pretended reproach as she replied: "Same on ye, Jimmie Bradford, to make fun of a mUfortunate an' de­ fenseless ̂ - woman, ,/rtt g<y home th!s minute." / -. f She arose, trembling and weak, and attempted to walk away, but staggered t gone and rowed right smack Inter and was obliged to grasp a branch of a that eddy--the only one within two at that If that ain't jest like a woman I'd like to know what 'tis P Jmt then ble attention was attracted to Lis Hue, auu Jane's peril was for a awnient forgotten. A forcible reminder came In the form at a loud, piercing scream, followed by a frightened appeal for help. There, jest as might ha' been ex­ pected! The first bite I've had for an Mr, and that miserable woman had fa let out a scream an' scare the fish away." "Help! Help! I shall drown!" acreamed the woman. There was no question about It, Miss Jane was In great peril. Her boat, an aM leaky shell--was twirling about, the rapid, rotary motion causing at fre- qaent intervals foamy waves to splash aver its sides, aM it bade fair to sink la short order. *T»et her drown!" growled the worn- aa hater, savagely. "There'll be one 1MS woman--gosh! she will go down as, aare as fate. Bein' a sort of human critter, I s'pose I'll hev' to ptill her aat er the neighbors '11 lynch me." His own boat happened to be near at ftutd, and a few rapid strokes brought 1dm as near the eddy as safety per- atftted. "Here!" he cried, grumbling, as he ferew out a rope, "ketch hold of that, M you don't want to drown." Miss Jane had been so occupied with .Iter fears and struggles that up to this n m.M ttUJHI or OAKS KABS. VBL.L UPON HIS tftfe was unaware that asstst- arrived. At the sound of his Ipce ifee turned quickly, 'Mawilfal heavens! Jimmy Bradford, aff aU men! lemme drown!' ^j$)oB't be a tarnation fool, Jane ima! Ketch hold* of that rope an' you out.' "Heifer!" cried Jane, spurting out a Of water from her mouth, and ling desperately with both hands keep afloat* '^then l'll p«U f» out, anyhow!" ejac ateted Jimmy. "I never knew any liv flrf woman had such grit, % You're too jlnlj for fish bait, an' I'll save ye, ?/aft«*her or no. " Despite Jane's gurgled protests, he ly hauled in the rope, formed at one end, and hurled it o»ty balf-drowued woman's shoulders be exacted JUis atremitli in a v^ iWtSk: y.,& v.* tree for support. "You're too weak to go home now, Jpne," said Jimmy, approaching. "You'd better stop a while longer." "So you 'eould make more fun of me, I s'pose," said she tartly. "No, thank you, Mr. Bradford." ' "I didn't say more'n I meant, Jane Green, nor more'n I'd say another time. I never knew before that women had so much gumption. But If you're bound to go, I'll give you a boost, for you couldn't get there alone. Here, take my arm." \ ~*. W* •. , "An' set the hull triwu to talkln'," cried Jane., ,u«. • - "'Tain't best that talk," re­ torted Jimmy. "The first one that says a word ag'i'nst you will feel that," ex­ hibiting a. hard and formidable fist. After considerable persuasion, Jane was at last induced to take his arm, and off they walked, a most singular looking couple. r * 4. "Now be careful an' see that you don't take cold after yer duckin'," said Jimmy, as they reached the woman's home. "You'd better make you some hot ginger tea at -once. An' if you'll agree to It I'll drop in to-morrow an' see how you are." Jane agreed to it coyly, and Jimmy turned away, with new and strange feelings lingering in his breast. Blest if she ain't a plucky one," he said to himself. "I never seen a woman before that had any sense. She'd make good wife for a feller that liked women folks." But a month later found her the wife of a man who did not like women folks, and that contented individual was no other than Jimmy Bradford. Why the Trick Failed. A conjurer was exhibiting in Nash­ ville, and prepared in the usual way for the well-known trick of passing a marked coin into the center of an uncut orange. He found an intelligent urchin, and promised to pass him Into the show provided he agreed to come on the stage at a given signal. Of course the urchin assented. The boy was provid­ ed with a marked dollar, and when the curtain rose he was in the front row. The professor proceeded to borrow a dollar In tbe audience, marked it simil­ arly to the one in the urchin's pocket, and, after some flourishes, passed it into the orange, from which he extract­ ed it. Now," he said, "I'm going to .ask Some member of the audience to step on the stage, and then I'll pass the dol lar into bis pocket without going near him. The youngster stepped up; the con­ jurer made the usual flourishes. "Now, my boy," he said, "put your hand in your right-hand trousers pocket and give me,the dollar." The boy lookt«d sheepish, but he dived his fist down. Then, tp the horror of Hertz, h£/produced a handful of silver and said: "I've only got ninety cents of it left, sit."--Saturday Evening Post. A Wonderful Shooting. Sergeant Matthews, of the Civil Serv­ ice Volunteer Rifl^i.hfis made a world's record , 105,.all 'bull's eyes, shooting from ttte'kne^Vfcuwr the Queeu's first stage conditions of seven shots each at 200, 500 and 600 yards, In a recent regi- iueatol GonipeUtton. . - was °n the qui vive over the possibility of war between the United States and Spain. The message of the President was diplo­ matically pacific, but Spain was making promises and not keeping them. After New Year's events moved with startling rapidity, and Congress, through them all, held the whip hand. The Spanish minis­ ter, Dupuy de Lome, with characteristic Spanish craft, insulted the President in a personal letter. The battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor, and the country was aflame. Affairs with Spain grew worse until the President called for aid from Congress. The response was Immediate and thrilling. Congress voted, almost in silence, to give the President $50,000,000 to be expended in his own dis­ cretion "for the national defense." Having given this expression of patri­ otic confidence, Congress went to work to clean up the ordinary routine business and appropriation bills in the expectation of war. The strain became more tense every day. The President and his cabinet sought to avert war if possible. Congress deemed It inevitable and threatened to take imme­ diate action. The President was forced to yield to the congressional pressure. Then the Fifty-fifth Congress passed his­ toric resolutions declaring that Cuba was and of right ought to be free and inde­ pendent, and calling on Spain to with­ draw from the island. Minister Wood­ ford was giveq no opportunity to present these resolutions to Spain, but received his passports. Thereupon, on April 25, Congress declared war against Spain, dat­ ing the act back to the dismissal of Wood­ ford on April 21. He left Madrid for Paris, and Minister Polo of Spain left Washington for Montreal. Liberality with War Funds. War had come. The President was au­ thorized to recruit the regular army up to 62,000 men, and directed to call for vol­ unteers. He did both promptly, blockad­ ing Havana. From this time on Congress was busy supplying men and money to put the army and navy on a war basis. Money was voted almost without limit, and" the House was represented in the army by fighting Jo<» Wheeler and other members who left their seats to accept commissions. The Hawaiian annexation treaty could not be ratified, owing to the sugar trust influence in the Senate, but A law was passed by Congress effecting the same thing. Hawaii was joined to the United States as a war measure, and a commis­ sion of members, headed by Senator Cul- lom of Illinois, was appointed to suggest plan of government. Their report is still to be acted on. Almost the first work in Congress after war came was to provide money to meet the heavy appropriations. The war reve­ nue act was passed, which put more taxes on beer, legacies, sugar and oil corpora­ tions, and provided for stamp taxes, all of which are still on the statute books. Congress adjourned with the glory of Manila Bay still ringing in its ears, and with an army of 275,000 men in the field, and a well-equipped navy. Congress had scarcely adjourned whea the destruction of Cervera's fleet in Santiago bay prac­ tically ended the war. The truce was signed in August, and when Congress met in December peace commissioners were concluding a treaty in Paris. Just before the holidays they agreed on a treaty. It was ratified by the Senate Feb. 6, after a sensational debate, and with a bloody fight with Aguinaldo actually be­ gun. Vast Work Accomplished. The Fifty-fifth Congress did not provide for the thorough reorganization of the army, but to suppress Aguinaldo and oc­ cupy Cuba, Porto Rico and thv Philip­ pines it has provided a temporary army of 97,000 men. Thus in two years the Fifty- fifth Congress has had three sessions, ag­ gregating about fourteen months. In that brief period it has passed a tariff bill, de­ clared war against Spain, ratified the treaty of peace, raised the army from 25,000 to 275,000, reduced it again to S)7,- 000, annexed Hawaii peaceably, and Porto Iiico and the Philippines forcibly, temporarily freed Cuba, and left the coun­ try with war taxeg and a rebellion about Manila, where American blood is being shed. General legislation has Buffered from the war. Tbe census bill, the naval per­ sonnel bill, a bankruptcy measure, a code of laws for Alaska, several score of new public buildings, and other measures have slipped through, but the Nicaragua canal has scarcely advanced a step, the aanexr ation of Hawaii is yet incomplete legally, and several score of other measures re­ main as legacies to the Fifty-sixth Con­ gress. Yet the Fifty-fifth Congress has made history, and lots, of it. Expenditures of V4fty-flfth Congress. 'liie best estimates available at the time this is written would indicate that the expenditures of the Fifty-fifth Con­ gress have been about a$ follows: Agriculture Diplomatic and con*al&r.,¥..i. Fortifications Indian Legislative, etc..",f .V, Military academy.'....>,......4 PeMlO'K Postoffice Urgent deficiencies Spanish Indemnity Knmberi Separate the Rival , Claimant* in the List. Winfield Scott Schley now outranks W. T. Sampson in the list of the rear admirals of the navy by two numbers. This was accomplished when the Senate in execu­ tive session took up the naval nominations and confirmed them. Under the promo­ tions ordered by the naval personnel bill all of the commodores and a few of the captains are advanced to the grade of rear admiral. The bill provides that there shall be eighteen officers of that grade, ranking as follows: McNair, Howell, Howison, Kautz, Remey, Farquhar, Wat­ son, Philip, Robeson, Schley, Casey, Sampson, Cromwell, Higginson, Picking, Rodgers, Kempff and Sumner. Accord­ ing to this arrangement Schley stands tenth and Sampson twelfth on the list. Curiously enough, Watson, who has had more cause for complaint against the ad­ ministration than any other naval officer, will outrank both Schley and Sampson. Admiral Howison will retire next Octo­ ber, Admiral McNair next January and Admiral Ivautz will also retire Jan. 29, 1901, and these retirements will leave Schley seventh and Sampson ninth on the list of rear admirals. By this arrangement both Schley* and Sampson are deprived of any reward for gallantry and heroism displayed during the war, but this privation, in the minds of many Senators, seems to be necessary to subserve the ends of justice. \ OTHERS HANGED FOR HIS CRIME A Terrible Confession by a Murderer About to Be Kxecuted. A negro named Pete Burton, who is to be hanged at Houston, Texas, has made a startling confession. He says that, in addition to the murder of Gottlieb Meyer, wife and child, at Cypress, for which crime he is to be executed, he has killed four other persons. Several persons have been executed for crimes he committed. His story has been partly corroborated. Burton killed the Meyer family last summer while working on their farm. He espied a deputy looking for him, secreted himself, killed the officer and took his rifle. Burton says that he and "Kit" Robinson killed the tank tender on the East and West Texas road and burned the body. They obtained $41. Robinson was convicted for this and hanged. At Cold Springs he killed a peddler, for which crime an innocent negro named Fisher was hanged, he says. In this murder he and his partner secured $700. While escaping they reached Arkansas. Here his partner broke his leg, and, real­ izing that he would be captured. Burton killed him. For the murder of the water tank ten­ der, in addition to Robinson being legally executed, two women were lynched at Keno, Texas. One of them was a kins­ man of Robinson. Both, according to Burton, were innocent. GEORQE DEWEY AS AN ADMIRAL. Nomination Confirmed by the Senate- General Otia Promoted. President McKinley Friday nominated George Dewey to be admiral, and the nomination was promptly confirmed by the Senate. Admiral Dewey is now the highest ranking officer of the Government, either in the army or the navy. His rank is equal to that of general of the army and bis pay, with allowances, will amount to $14,000 a year. Saturday morning in Ma­ nila bay, he hoisted his flag as admiral over the Ol.vmpia, which is the vessel used as his flagship. A part of Admiral Dewey's duties will be to prescribe when the sun rises and when it sets. This means that not a ship, including the foreign war vessels in Ma­ nila bay, will sound colors for sunrise or sunset until the colors have been raised or hauled down, as the case may be, off the Ol.vmpia. Tbe President also nominated Brig. Gen. Elwell S. Otis, U. S. A., to be major general by brevet to rank from Feb. 4, 1890, for military skill and most distin­ guished service ia the Philippine Islands. This nomination was also confirmed by the Senate. MANY REBELS SLAIN. POET KIPLING BETTER. Diatlnxn'ahed Author Ia Becoverina from Hia Attack of Pnenmonia. Rudyard Kipling, who has been lying at the point of death with pneumonia, was reported Saturday as being out of dan­ ger and on the rapid road to recovery. Kipling, accompanied by his wife and three children, came to New York from England about three weeks before his ill­ ness began. He accepted many invita­ tions to social functions,, and it.was jppon returning to his hotel from one of these that he complained of cold and fever. This developed into inflammation of the lungs and little hope was entertained of his re­ covery. The distinguished patient w*s delirious much of the time. He was very weak. He breathed in gasps. Tanks of oxygen were carried to his room so that he would not have to breathe the ordinary air. His physicians were tireless in their attention. Kipiavra, Indomitable will that has helped so much to, make Kipling, although so young a man, the most famous author of his time, aided him in his gallant struggle, and this qualify, his nhyskians and friends feel, r^arried hi/ft pa£t the crisis' and made him SVietor in the stubborn contest. Rudyard Kipling, considered the >most popular English writer living, was born in Bombay, India, Dec. 20, 18G5. He is the son of John Lock wood Kipling, an Anglo-Indian of considerable reputation both as an artist and an author. Kipling was sent to England to be edu­ cated and was placed in the United Ser­ vice College at Northam, Devon. In his nineteenth year he returned to India and took up newspaper work in an office at Labere. His first book was entitled "De­ partmental Ditties," published in 1886. The young author went to England in 1889 to find himself famous and one of the most popular writers before the English public. Early in 1892 Mr. Kipling mar­ ried an American woman and for some time made his tome in Brattleboro, Vt. In 1890 he returned to England and has since lived there. nm I'ermuuent appropriations..,.. District 6f Columbia..... .'>... Navy Sundry civil River and harbor (estimated^.. Army General deficiency. .. Omnibus claims Ksjpealttooft $3,720,022 1,714.383 4/D0U.D02 7,004.753 23,403.740 575,774 143,2&J,S:«> 105,634,183 140,040 20,000,000 188,678,220 7,25«,yt>5 S2,»70,4'» 51,2&9.2<i2 16,000,000 80,430,104 23Um,254 8,100,000 Shelled by Onnboat While Attempt* ins to Croae a Hiver. At daylight Saturday Gen. Wheaton's outposts discovered a large body of rebels attempting to cross the river for the pur­ pose of re-enforciug the enemy at Guada­ lupe and a gunboat, advanced under a heavy fire and poured shot into the jungle on both sides of the river and shelled the enemy's position at Guadalupe, effectually scattering the rebels. The enemy's loss was heavy. Private John T. Oiz of Bat­ tery C, Third artillery, was killed. On board the gunboat Privates William Wheeler of Company L and Louis Barrien of Company G, California regiment, werfe wounded. RECRUITS ARE WANTED. & War Department Inetructa Command- Ina Officers to Enlist More Beldiera. Orders have been telegraphed by the adjutant general of the army to command ing officers at all military posts to recruit their commands to the number authorized for the war. . The War Department will resort also to the unusual method of ad­ vertising in the newspapers fer recruits and will increase the number of recruit­ ing offices throughout the country. Excluding all men of the regular army who enlisted for the war, most of whom have been discharged, tho regular army MHUusta of about 40,000 taea. ' • ' : • The Gladstone memorial fund has reached $150,000. Conan Doyle is bringing but a'hotel on middle-class domestic life. The famous adventuress, Mrs. Gordoa Baillie, has finished her term in prison. An English prisoner shammed insanity so long that he actually became a lunatic. The twentieth century fund Of the Wes- leyan Methodists has reached 500,000 guineas. A p'arty of London society people are to make a tour of the Nile valley as far as Khartoum. The Church of England has raised $100,000 for sending a bishop to Egypt and the Soudan. Mr. Chamberlain is urging a bill giving English workmen facilities for the pur­ chase of their houses. The Oceanic is now the largest ship ever built, but a vessel a little larger has been contracted for at Belfast. Emperor William has ordered the use of typewriters in preparing official reports. This is regarded as a decided innovation. There is rapid development in central Africa, particularly in the cultivation oif tobacco and coffee. The exportation of rubber is also growing. It is reported from Constantinople that the Turks are determined to fight the whole of the Balkan States if necessary rather than concede a new form of ad­ ministration for Macedonia. Lord Wolseley, the commander-in-chief, has written a letter warmly supporting the British Brigade Council, oi' which Lord Meath is president, and the purpose ef which is to bring about the teaching of military drill to all British lads between the ages of 13 and 18. The ritualistic controversy which has existed fer some time at St. Agnes' Church, Liverpool, has resulted in the vicar giving six months' notice to leave to the two curates who refused to obey the vicar's request to abstain from advocat ing fftafruioa ia tjiiif nimopa, The next question will be whether Agui­ naldo shall be tried for rioting or Incen­ diarism.--Milwaukee Sentinel. Columbus' remains arrived in tilde to give a new impetus to the undertaking business in Spain.--Pittsburg Post. Aguinaldo continues to shy at the firing line and permits the Filipinos to fall where they may.--Washington Post. Evidently Plymouth Church knows a good preacher when it sees one, and it can see him a long way off.--Philadelphia Ledger. , When statesmen come to appreciate the difference between an elocutionist and an orator things will be different.--St. Paul Dispatch. St. Louis is to have the largest shoe fac­ tory in the world, and will endeavor to market its output in Chicago.--Omaha World-Herald. The tobacco trust has remembered the Maine by buying $225,000 Worth of war revenue stamps in a single purchase.-- Pittsburg Telegraph. If those charges against Schley of rep­ rehensible conduct had been made by the Spaniards, one could understand them.-- Pittsburg Telegraph. Slugger McCoy ihay be beaten, but he's not so broken up over it that he's going to appear in pieces on the stage as an actpr. --Philadelphia Times. Perhaps it might be a good thing for the experts to make a chemical analysis of the ham that was named after Senator Mason.--Washington Post. They like meat, but it's intimated the average dog would not be willing to have a can that held that beef tied to his tail for a gift.--Philadelphia Times. , One thing is sure. Even considering- his provocation, Gen. Eagan is guilty of deliberately using language unbecoming an officer and gentleman.--Boston Globe; Eagan donbtless appreciates that while the tongue is a two-edged sword the usual style of weapon should be goo<| enough for a soldier.--Philadelphia Times. Experience should teach the American girl who marries a titled foreigner to at­ tach a cash register to him before she makes him good at the bank.--St. Paul Dispatch. Carnegie giving $250,000 for a Wash­ ington library carries the moral that in making a big collection ef books a good one to start with is a check book.--Phila­ delphia Times. Linus W. Dexter, the originator of "an­ gel cake," dies at the age of 86. Doubt­ less all the angels will cheerfully testify that h<j takes the cake as a public bene­ factor.--Boston Globe. Before the investigations are concluded, some of our military and naval heroes may learn the force of the English maxim that it is "better to let sleeping dogs lie." --Philadelphia Ledger. "Esperanto," the newly invented uni­ versal language that is said to beat Vola- puk, can be learned in two hours. A more expensive tongue would stand better chances of popularity.--Boston Globe. It is not true that Chauncey Depew expects to have some new stories ready when he takes his seat in the Senate, but he hopes to be prepared then to tell some old stories in a new way.--Boston Globe. Admiral George Dewey. ' Dewey deserves all the honor which can thus be heaped upon him,--Washington Star. Admiral Dewey is easily the most emi­ nent of the men who attained prominence during the war with Spain.--Rockford Re­ public. Dewey climbed as high as a sailor can get on May 1 last, and now his rank cor­ responds with his achievement.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Dewey's elevation yesterday adds noth­ ing to the luster and inspiration of his deeds. But it does show that the people are proud of their heroes and are worthy of them.--New York World." The promotion was honorably won, was gloriously won, by a naval battle which astounded the world, and by a victory which placed the American navy in the front rank.--Nashville American. A man that commands the confidence of the American people and the respect of the civilized world is a good man to have at the present time in the position to which Dewey has been promoted.--Mil­ waukee Sentinel. On the Asiatic station Dewey is all rights He will outrank anybody that is likely to visit Manila, even his Mailed Highness, Rear Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia. There is only one foreign ad­ miral in Asia, and he is in Japan.--NeW York Journal. Every act and every recommendation of Admiral Dewey since the destruction of the Spanish squadron have sustained the character that dominated the scene that famous May morning. Dewey's victory was not an accident; it was not luck. It was Dewey.--Kansas City Journal. There is no risk in saying that the cre­ ation of the grade of admiral for Farra- gut did not cause greater satisfaction thati its revival for Dewey has caused. It is a fitting reward for a great action and for the unblemished performance of extraor­ dinarily difficult and delicate duties there­ by devolved upon him.--New York Trib­ une. Admiral Dewey displays a new streak of good horse sense when he says that he is not fitted for the office of President and has no desire for a nomination. Then, too, he recognizes the strain of a campaign which might kill him. He is wise to re­ main admiral until the end of his days, for he would get no new distinction if he were President.--Cincinnati Commercial- Tribune. What gives to Dewey peculiarly bril­ liant glory as a commander in the United States navy and to the mass of his fellow citizens spontaneous and Intense satisfac tion at his extraordinary reward is that his victory gained for us a broad foothold on the western shore of the Pacific ocean, a harbor from which our great and ex­ panding commercial interests in tbe Ori­ ent can be maintained and stimulated.-- NeV York Sun. FlftySfth Conmasw. Good-by, Congress. You have done some good things and some bad ones, but your general average is all right.--Balti­ more American. It finished up its work in much better shape thaa could have been expected a few weeks ago, and leaves everything in a fairly satisfactory condition.--Minneap­ olis Tribune. As an offset to its terrific extravagances and its failure to legislate upon important questions. We must give the expiring Fif­ ty-fifth Congress credit for two things- it ratified the treaty of peace and it made Dewey an admiral.--New York Herald. Despite the blunders and perversities of some of its members, and the consequent shortcomings which they-rendered inevit­ able, the doings of the Fifty-fifth Con­ gress will always have an absorbing inter­ est for the Americaii peselg.-St I# (Kobe-Democrat . ...-.V,;*; •yr; • V .-ft*- /»: •'.'v "s*1 WhUe Tea Sleep Do not have too atiiel^ air through your room a* ntffrt, or gla may creep upon whlla'>0W itfeep. But if it comes, use St. Jac4btf - "./I Oil; it warms, soothes and cures. . .. • ' ~r ****"• - -i • ^ Egyptian Children. •Many Egyptian infants are never Washed till they are a year old, as there .Y-. Is a prevalent superstition that to was#i; ^ them before they attain that age would , ^ be disastrous. What Do che Chlldrea DrlakT f Don't give them tea or coffee. Have ' : *• you tried the new food dribk caUed , | GUAIN-O? It is delicious and nourish-, ing, and takes the place of coffee. Tha " more Grain-O you give the children the' ^ ' more health you distribute through their -11 systems. Grain-O is made of pure graias, - v and when properly prepared tastes Ilka A the choice grades of coffee, but costa abouy4 as much. All grocers sell It. ISc. Smallest Tree In Britain. ^ The smallest tree that grows in Great ... = Britain may We aken 0a#tl*e very .top .2 of Ben Lomond. *Jt is tie driVf'Xvli- *'j low, which at maturity reaches a i' £ height of only two Inches. - 15c.; Java Coffee pkg. 15c. Salter's New?. American Chicory 15c. Cut this out and * send 15c. for any of above packages or read SQc. and get all & pkga" aad°great_ Sjfee to JOIJN X SflfaBir CO., -La Crosse, Wi* (c. u.) Ca SE It is better to insult an impertinent. questioner than to lie to him, or em-C ploy evasion. " - -A • ,i ^ To Cure a Cold la One Day r f;1 Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All i % druggets refund the money if it fails to cure, \ 2 5 c . T h e g e n u i n e h a s L . B . Q . o n e a c h t a b l e t . V n Champagne was first made by monks in the seventeenth century. $ I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cura •• prevented quick consumption.--Mrs. L<i- cy Wallace, Marquette, Kan., Dec. > The eggs of,the silkworm are about ,» the size of mustard seeds. * •v & ff -" Oat of Sight Oat of Mini. , - In other months <we forget ̂ : the harsh winds of Spring, *But they have their use, as'W^B some say, to blow out the; bad air accumulated after Winter storms and Spring ̂ thaws. There is far more - / important accumulation of .̂l'::, badness in the veins and ar­ teries of humanity, which needs Hood's Sarsaparilla. This great Spring Medicine clarifies the blood as nothing else can. It cures . scrofula, kidney disease, aver troubles, rheumatiam ana kindred ailments. Thus it gwes perfect health, strength and ap­ petite for months to come. Kidneys --"My kidneys troubled j and on advice took Hood's Sarsaparilla which gave prompt relief, better appetite. 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SYRUP OF FIOS, manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., illustrate the value of obtaining- the liquid laxa­ tive principles of plants known tq be acceptable to the system, is the one perfect strengthening- laxa­ tive, cleansing the system effectually, dispelling- colds, heada'ches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation per­ manently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and stfeb- stance, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating them, make It the ideal laxative. In the process of manufacturing figs i are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP ; Co. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. 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