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* V tfhird Mayor. third mayor of Chicago la ted able occasionally to ice in the streets of city otot whose destinies he once at first thoughts to be thing fact. Everybody i ever stops to think, that f'id • very young city, tout the tnost dO*ot stop to think, or, anyhow* ,f'? * flo not on this matter of Chicago's }t * „ paucity of years. Measuring time by the successive mayors and their terms, >'4 It la seen that the first mayor might 4' well be living today, and posrlbly Lot ,1^ Vet a very old man. But the first may- ' > - or, W. B. Ogden, was about 40 ye rs of ^ ,|ige when he was elected, and, though '-*§ie^ waa a remarkably robust a..d • . health/ man, he could not have bean f expected to live to be 1C3. V$ ,4 The third mayor, Alson S. Sherman, ; 'i was about S4 years old when he was € !*!,' fleeted mayor--he was boru at Barre, MvASll--«nd consequeaUs^Jbe. is v A ' SHERMAN ALSON S. Mayor of Chit aILiw 89. He is well preserved and, al- large and fine-looking, he is now patriarchal. He resides at Wau- i,'Sk Onburb of Chicago, and do as (tea visit the city, not because he -'Mm to feeble for that, but he likes the Inpaelousness and comforts of his semi- home. Count*** qf Wrmmfhitn. An American woman is to be the first oountees of Birmingham. Joseph Chamberlain, sec­ retary of state for the British colon­ ies, is to be created Earl of Birming­ ham, and his beau­ tiful and accom­ plished American wife, formerly Miss Endlcott of Bos­ ton, will conse­ quently become a countess. Almost Mrst Chamberlain, alone among the important cities of the empire, Birmingham has been ab- sent from the roster of the upper to ire of parliament, and now this neglect, according to persistent rumors in well- informed Quarters, is about to be re­ paired by® tl^ elevation of Co onial Secretary Chamberlain to the peeraga, with the title of earl of Birmingham, his American wife, daughter of Pr dent Cleveland's secretary of war, En­ dicott, becoming first eouatess of Bir­ mingham. v:? " *ot Groteth of "Oleo" UnHne**. * As indicating the enormous growth at the oleomargarine business In the V'V'iMffc few years it is stated that during last year 104,000,000 pounds at were sold In the United States, of it under false pretenses aa %r- pmuinetmtter. This was a Jump of « VMM,000 pounds over the sales of the •v;~-;!yroflom year. During the last year also the number of oleomargarine fac- V ;• fories in the United States has in- i Z'" .eteaaed from seventeen to twenty-six. „*1 ,• Xv thirty-two states of the Union there -VJlafc now in existence laws which ato- • • janlutoly prohibit the manufacture of ne colored1 to imitate but- Notwlthstanding these laws, how- fc* .. 'mnt, no less than 80,000.000 pounds of ,'Vv , Ike Imitation butter were sold in the L* r , states referred to during the is* year - y* - ( In the Grout bill, now before con- v,\. - game, it is proposed to make the tax £+ -«i oleomargarine a part of the inter- oal revenue tax of the federal govern­ ment sWbile She state laws are not enforced It ia safe to say that the fed­ eral statute would be, as the tax would ?>•;.' be collected at the factory. Under the , * provisions of the Grout bill it is not * proposed to hinder or interfere with fho aaie of "oleo" when offered on its merits and without any -t empt to e people into think'n? they are buying butter. With this hjea in view the present tax of two cents a pound r ^ which ia collected on all oleomargar- ine is to be reduced to one-quarter of /• / " a cent a pound on oleomargarine ^ which ia put on the market In ! f,its uncolofed ~ and natural condl- ^ tlon. On oleomargarine which is j artificially colored yc»llow to imitate ¥ tHrtter the tax is to he raised, on the i other hand, to ten cents a pound. This • provision will make it unprofitable for § manufacturers and dealers to continue • their present policy of selling colored -%t!- ;W V Mosaic* in an Old Tomb, A German archaeologist, Professor jacobsthal, has just returned to Ber.ia from an expedition into Asia M.nar, where for eighteen months he h~.s teen engaged in researches along t •; lines la which he is most particularly inter­ ested. He spent most of his time in eastern Armenia, in the valley of the Araa. In a lecture recently delivered in Berlin the professor says that bat two of the ancient monuments in east­ ern Armenia are still in existence, and these two are of such highly artificial work that one cannot find Its eq al In any part of Asia Minor. The smaller one of these monuments used to be the mausoleum of Jusuf Ibu Kutaijr, and according to w^ll -pre­ served Inscription was built in 1162. It ia an octagonal building, some 26 fert in diameter and about 34 feet high up to the roof. The other one ia the mausoleum of Mu Miae Chatuxra, who waa the wife of the Seidchuk prince MAUSOLEUM OF JUSUF IBU KUTAIJR. Ildegiz, and was built in 1186. In its form it is a ten-cornered tower, 35 feet in diameter and about 78 feet high up to the root. }. -l i ~ , Ww'm U* QU30MARGABINB ^ „ BUSINESS IN RBCENT YUARS. v < «̂omargarine as butter, "-which a ^ , fraud on the consumer and on the Si', fw*- ***• dail7IDan *® " W" i"-?>* ' **•' A Cm ̂AMyMtlliom % >1 t;':,y The old lady who recently died and 'Ts'A* ®eft President L«ou/bet of France a |8^r. legacy of f1,000,000, gave away great I' *5'V 58,111,8 ta ^a^ty during her life. On !»'" <me occasion a man to whom she given a large sum for charity said to ; If* Loufbet; "In very deed she carries ' her heart in her hand." The presi­ dent's ready reply was: "Impossible, my friend--<her heart is too large for ? that, and her hand is too small.1 r Commercialism in Army. It appears that the struggle between God and mammon is not unknown even within the ranka of the Salvation army. Commander Booth-Tucker re­ cently discovered that the headquar­ ters of the organization in New York were seriously infected with the spir­ it of commercialism in the shape of mining stock speculation, and the stringent measures he has taken to suppress it have made -a stir in Salva­ tion Army circles not equaled Since Ballington Booth's withdrawal. The desire to lay up treasure elae- where than in heaven ia said to date from the coming of an officer recently transferred from Denver to New York. In a short time a considerable number Of the officers In New York had invest­ ed in gold mining shares, and Colonel Brewer, .the editor of the War Cry, be­ came local manager for a large Seat­ tle company. Commander Booth- Tucker, on learning thia, gave the editor the choice of leaving his editor­ ial position or giving up all commer­ cial alliances. The editor promptly transferred his mining stock and man­ agerial position to a friend, but it la said that many other Salvationista have been affected by the speculative spirit, and that this fact will figure in a general shake-up at the annual as­ sembly of the council of the national staff this week. (Washington Letter.) salon of Congreaa which mull 3d ia invested with hlttorift interest, because it waa Just 100 year* ago that Congreaa first me$ ia the eay- ltal city and in the capitol November 17 waa the ceatennial day. **It waa the day," says s writer, "when the young nation left its tem­ porary abiding place in Philadelphia Mud came to its permanent home and to a new building reared for its legia- fative bodiea. Congreaa had adjourned tat of neeeaaitate the ifl Of the idiitr of tiosof the districts tt Involves ^dtown the represent* on seeount of the jal* leged dJsfrfcBfihissttent of illiterate &•> fross. For this reason the country, and th« aovth particularly, is watehtog developments, ft Is probable, however, the nothint Will fee done along this line. The president and the leaders in congress «u% understood to be opposed to any action. The baaia of represen- tion In oongreaa m follows: L The Hay-Pwmeefote tmty of Feb. 5, 1900, Is tttUNPUfted. The original convention required that the ratlfioa- tions should be ô iiiiisd within •& months; that ia to ***, prior to Aug. 6, 1900. By a sobsequoftt acraemeat between Secretary Hay sad Lord Pauncefote thia peclodi was extended, •nd the negotiatlona are aeeordingly alive. The ratificaticm of the treaty as it now atanda would admit (kost 1 i *3§, ̂ W'* /r'. *-; . j f v h'wki'jpvh t . -' J ' AT THB TAP OF THE . '. ' (Some at the opening of the short sesaion of Oongrelt.) tn WtffadftfpMi oo 14, 1800, to t^l^on will no doubt be ra!sed to 200,- meet in this city on November 17, &nd immediately after the adjournment President Adams gave directions 'for the removal of the public offices, rec­ ords, and property to Washington." A Short 3?e**ton. The closing session of the Fifty-sixth Congress will last a scant period of three months, out of which, must bs taken the Christmas and New Year's holidays--usually a fortnight in length. In that short time whatever ia to be done by Congress before De­ cember of next year must be done, for President McKinley, it is said, has no Intention of calling an extra session of the next Congress. He hopes to get (after the extra session of the Sen­ ate, which will ibe held in March to d s- pose of nominations), the vacation he has not had since the year before his first nomination. He is planning to visit the Pacific coast, with the spe­ cial object of attending the launch ns of the battleship Ohio at San Fran­ cisco. But, notwithstanding the short time at the disposal of Congress,, some leg­ islation of the utmost importance will he considered. The program has not been fully arranged, but it will include matters which will be debated l:n? and vigorously, and the opening of the fiosd galea of oratory may defeat meaaures for want of time to pass them. Thm Spooner 'Bill. The Spooner bill for the government of the Philippines will be pressed for passage. It gives congressional sanc­ tion to the government of the islands by the president, and simply rep-ais, In almost literal language, the author­ ity vested by congress in President Jefferson at the time of the Louisiana purchase. It is understood that con­ gress may also take up the congress­ ional apportionment bill, and great in­ terest attaches to that measure because Q00, giving a membership of about 380, as compared with 357 ajt present. Sh'p Subsidy Tlilt. The ship subsidy ,bill, which carries ah appropriation for ten years for American ships engaged in the foreign trade, will come up and will be foug it fiercely. Its fate ia uncertain. The house will probably pass it, but the senate may take adverse action. Ene­ mies of the bill estimate that it will cost about 1300,000,000 in ten years for fcubsidieB, but its friends contend that the cost will be comparatively slight, the results considered. It la pretty well understood that there will be some reduction in war taxes, and the opinion prevails that this reduction will amount to about 130,000,000. ' Tht A.rmy Hill. An Important measure ia the army reorganization bill. > Senator Hawley of Connecticut, chairman of the military committee, talking aibout army legislation, said: "Just what the details of the bill will be when agreed upon in the committee and reported to the senate is a matter of speculation. In the near fu­ ture, of course, there may be oaase for reduction, but 100,000 men at least ought to 'be agreed upon at this time. Again, I think a meas­ ure might be passed empowering the president to uae his discretion to a great extent in determining the exact strength of the army, not of course to exceed the maximum fixed by con­ gress." The Isthmian Canal. The other bill which ranks as para­ mount over every other measure before the present congress or any other con­ gress for many a session Is the Nica­ ragua canal bill. The main facta con­ cerning the atatua of the canal quea- •Britain ana utner European powers to joint political control of this American waterway. They would become guar­ antors of the neutrality of the canal !n time of war as in times of peace; and theirs would be the right and the duty to enforce neutrality even agalnat ourselves in any war in which this country waa engaged. The Hay- Pauncefote treaty allowa us to con­ struct this canal, to pay for it and to operate it as a trustee for the world's commerce; it prohiblta the fortifica­ tion of the canal by ua. The Hepburn HtH. II. The Hepburn canal hill Norman, who Is shoot SI yearn old, best lpoklagmemfros of crowded mm trunks, new'relaiM of oiotî r London oon- tinoaay. His latest sensation Is a y«- low and felsek trae, in which he dri vtt two oatl black horses. The lint day he drove this itriklng turnout he wore a suit of pale dove-color, yellow leg­ gings, a soft hat of dove color and a iABh of attiOer silk. Two "tigers,1* one in yellow and the other fclack, ride on the rear seat. « A.u1ocracy in Chicttjcw t Capuuu Coneran, heau oi: cue Chi­ cago detective "bureau, went to a music hall the other night and was shock ad •by one of the songs. Accordingly he ondered the objectionable lines cut out of the performance. When Chief Kip- ley, who prides himself on his reputa­ tion as a dramatic critic, heard what his subordinate had dime he was angry, feeling that his prerogatives had been infringed on. In order that ue might maintain his professional dignity he went to the music hall him­ self and cut some more lines out of the same song. Now that these two emi­ nent stage censors have begun to get active it is hoped that they will con­ tinue and enlarge their work, for which a great opportunity and a crying neea exists* says the Tribune. There are in the city a considerable number of so- called music halls and concert saloons in which not only the songs tout other features of the performances are cal­ culated to offend and shock decent people. The only way to reform most of these plaoee would be to revoke their liquor licenses and clone them up entirely. The proprietors of some of these resorts are men who boast the'r political influence and "pull." They, It 1b to be presumed, will be left to ele­ vate the stage in their own way. Aifflso/ A.ttacfion Santa Ctau* Every year at about this season a number of well meaning but probably dyspeptic gentlemen make a furious and mirth-provoking attack on Santa Claus. According to their own state­ ments tlie poor old saint is nothing but an idle myth and while there are so many real live flesh and blood drrgona stalking around through the land it seems a pity that so much energy and argumentative zeal should .be wasted on him.. Don Quixote charged a wind­ mill, but that was because there was no other opponent viable on the hor­ izon. The man who couches a lance at Krlss Kringle must overlook a hun­ dred great enemies to the moral and physical welXare of all mankind in or­ der to take from childhood a happy and certainly an innocent illusion. But. say the amusing members of the Anti-Santa Claus association, there Is no such a person as Krlss Kringle. He never existed. Therefore, to tell a child about Santa Claus and his rein­ deer is to tell him a lie and is deeply reprehensible. It is to be wondered Mob Must Toy for "Burning .The Jury in the case of Robert H. McBride, a newspaper editor of Mitch ell, S. D., against Ai^ner E.H;tc.uock J and forty-seven other citizens of j / Mitchell^bas given j McBride judgment for $700. McBride sued to recover *26,500 for the de­ struction of hia printing office, the _ . . Weekly Mail, by H* McBrlde irate citizens of iltoheil on Feb. 84,1896. Articles pub­ lished ia the paper did not meet the approval erf the people and they sought roypnp by wrecking the office. When fili fombardlng party completed its W»flt the Mail office looked as though tt 1»«§ suffered from the combined at- of a cyclone and a conflagration. 'jprtuguese government has au- the expenditure of over 85,000 the reception of Lord Cur- «M, Vteeroy of India, who la ciTnsctrd to vm, Cos this month. ".•.'MS# Major Geneva! tLnoje* Major General C. E. Knox Of the British army has been engaged in a 1 ASSESS * HALL OF THE HO US£ OF REPRESENTATIVES. -Iff* i . i f ^ ̂ { >• ' ' • + r!' •, v'.-.ftfv THB OAPITOL B UILDING, WASHINGTON. the house of representatives on May 2, 19C0.' It had not passed the senate when congress adjourned. The bill is now in the senate, and is the all-ab­ sorbing topic of the week in Washing­ ton. / The canal proposed by thia measure is an American canal, in fact as well as in name. Without reference to the Hay-Pawncefote negotiations,and inde­ pendently of the provisions or restric­ tions of the proposed treaty, the Hep­ burn bill authorizes the president to acquire from Costa Rica and Nica­ ragua the necessary territory, and to pay for the same; empowers the sec­ retary of war to proceed to construct the canal; it empowers him likewise to fortify it; and it limits the total cost to $140,000,000, directly appropriating $10,000,000 for beginning the work. The idea of neutrality and of supervision to be exercised by other governments over our control of the canal does not enter. jVormtm the Best Dtesser. "Best dressed man in Washington" la the title given by national capital society to Herman C. Norman, third secretary of the British legation. Mr. whether auch painfully and p'tlfully literal people ever watched a oouple of healthy children at their play. England's &aje on Millionaire*. Richard Croker has made the un­ pleasant discovery that if he wishes to live in England' he must pay the Eng­ lish income tax. The Britieh authori­ ties estimate hia income at $100,000, and they have accordingly levied upon him for $5,000 a year as the orlce of residence in that country. At the same time a similar case of still more im­ portance has just 'been decided In the Lord Chief Justice's court, by virtue of which the estate of another ex- American, William L. Wlnans, la com­ pelled to pay death duties of $1,000,- 000, or nearly 10 per cent of the entire estate. At this rate the British people can afford to give a cordial welcome to American millionaires who prefer to live on British soil, since the strangers are made to pay roundly during life by means of an income tax and are as­ sessed still more heavily at death. A neat sum like that from the Winans estate should be especially welcome now, when the British rate payer must go down into his pockets to defray the $500,000,000 which the Boer war cost. Mr. Isaac United ... Mr. Isaac Brock, of McLennaa oo ty, Tex., has' attained of 111 years, having hM» bS| 1788. He is an ardeni friend :m? runa and speaks of it Ih the follow terms: "During my long life I have kno a great many remedies fot coufi colds, catarrh and diarrhoea. I always supposed these affections be different diseases, but I learned from Dr. Hartman's that these affections are the aattto i are properly called catarrh. "As for Dr. Hartman's remedy, runa, I have found it to be the fe if not the only reliable remedy these affections. *•Pvruaa has been my stma* for many yean, mad imttribmttn good hemlth mod, mytxtrumoi to tbh remedy. It exmcUy, mil my requirements. "I have come to rely upon It entirely for the many little things which I tteed medicine. I believe bo especially valuable to old Catarrh is .the greatest enemy of sge. A person entirely free from tarrh is sure to live to a hale hearty old age. A free book on tarrh sent by The Feruna Medk Co., Columbus, Ov Sabfttdene* ot tho Bermuda Iate« According to the results of attt by Prof.. A. B. Verrill the beeut Bermuda Islands are merely the r nant of an island, very much li than the present entire group, which has sunk in the ooe&n. original island had an area of 9 400 square miles, whereas the Ber das today are only about 20 sqi miles in area. Within a comparati recent period, says Prof. Verrill, Bermudas have subsided at least 100 feet Their base Is the sun of an ancient volcano, while their face is composed of shell sand drl into hills by the wind and consolld by Infiltration. •lOO Reward, SIOO. Th® readers of this paper trill be pie learn that there is at least one dreaded (lit that science baa been able to core in a stages and that ia Catarrh. Bail's Oai Core is the only positive care now known V medical fraternity. Catarrh beiuf » COBS (tonal disease, requires a constitutional t: menu Ball's Catarrh Cumis taken inter aoting directly upon the blood and nrucM faces of the system, thereby destroyhm foundation of the disease, and giving the pa strength by building up the constitutiox assisting nature In doing its work. The prletors hare so much faith in its cur powers that tbey offer One Hundred Doll*! any case that it fails to cure. Send for " TentimoniaK . CHENEY ft CO., ToisdlM fists lie. Pills are the best. . High Price for a Book. Denton s "New York," the fi.st 1 dealing with that locality, brc $2,000 at a sale in London a few ago. It la a small quarto volume was published in 1670. It was bo by Dodd, Mead & Co. of New Y The work was in possession Of 1 Ashbtirn, who, upon the death father, sold hia collectior y„-,' Pest f«w th» Bow Kl. jS» matter what alia you, head* to a cancer, you will never get until your , bowels are put ri CASCARETS help nature, cure without a gripe or pain, produce natural movements, cost you jus cents to start getting your hea'th 1 CASCARETS Candy Cathartc, genuine, put up in metal boxes, e1 t a b i e t h a s C . C . C . s t a m p e d o n i t : w4re of imitations, CuitawalNors Twnfc The mania for combinations struck even the fraternity which ca to New Tork's love for fancy dan< Every professional cakewalker cast his lot with the new orgahisa which has raised the price of ing" and caused managers to mrlttailYr to FlnHd*. For all information, folders, and rates to Florida via the ' Flyer" line, Batt efleld route via out Mountain, write to Briard F. N P. A., 328 Marquette building. < cago, 111., or W L. Danfey, G.P.&j N. C. 4b St L. Ry., Nashville, Tex BtUboa-d* Bree l DiM»*e Destruction of a number of boards In a western city by th department was ordered recently reason given is that the bin were regular and active disease-; incubators, a menace to health nuisance generally. I .... 0EN. a E. KNOX.' if- > seek witiEt^« Wett, the slip* ery Boer coiiMMndfr, for several wee -s. Oener&l ^moc has figured prominently in the war but k short »4mo. Chicago'* \SnKnotvn Philan­ thropist. According to the announcement of Chief KIpley of the Chicago police de­ partment there is a modest philanthro­ pist in»Chicago who has authorized the members of the force to furnish at •his expense Immediate relief in every Case of real want and distress which comes to their notice. His only con­ dition is that his name be not made public. Already several hundred dol­ lars have been distributed under this Arrangement and it is anticipated that the expenditure will reach as many thousands before the winter is over. The man who thus offers to provide for the immediate and pressing wants of the poor of the city Is certainly of kindly spirit and generous heart. At the same time the wisdom of his plan and of its announcement may be fairly questioned. The uneasiness of the Jbeada that wear crowns will be heightened by the reported refusal of continental Insur­ ance companies to take the chances of t anorafilst activity. At all events, ona a* Trteale has refused to ,.2aL.r*.. grant a policy to King Alexander of Servis, having had to p^y 3,000,000 francs for King Humbert's life. Jeffries Shortly to Wed. The engagement of James J. Jeffries, the champion pu­ gilist, and Miss Dorothy Drew, a vaudeville actress, has been announc­ ed. Although no statement has aa yet been made con­ cerning the matter by either of the principals, It la well known to all Dorothy Drew, the friends of both parties. It is understood that the en­ gagement will be of short duration, the date set for the wedding being com* P&r&tively near at hand. The will of the late Robert B. Grig- ham of Boston disposes of an estate of $2,269,070, nearly all of which will eventually go to charity and most toward fminding in Boston n hospital tor lncurablea. Hutch Farmers Still Fighting. The British people are growing ex­ tremely weary of the protracted war- fere in South Africa. Some are urging stern repressive measures, such as Gen-; eral Kitchener has begun using, while! others are calling for concessions to' the Boers. The Statist of London wants the government to offer Botha; and De Wet seats in the Territorial^ Council If they will lay down their arms. In the meantime the Boer gen­ erals and burghers are fighting on with a stubborn bravery that bears witness| to their Dutch Wood. It is little mom than a guerrilla warfare they are wag-? ing now, but the occasional appear* ance of 2,500 Boers, and their recent capture of 400 British soldiers, are not encouraging features for those who would like to see the war ended. Mystery About Wedding, Interest in the approaching marriage of Miss Alta Rockefeller, second daughter of John D. Rockefeller, to E. P&rmelee Prentice of Chicago has been heightened by reason of the doubt ex­ isting regarding the day of the cere­ mony. Miss Rockefeller's engagement ft# was announced In April last and from time to time word has gone forth that tho ceremony would 'be performed late S Urn* D -athft Bn Boat*. • The British bark Inverurie ar at San Francisco from Swansea cently with her flag at half- there having been three deaths & the voyage. Coughing • ead* to Can*ampttm Kemp's Balsam will stop the < at once. Go to your druggist and get a sample bottle free. .*§ 25 and SO cent bottles. Go at delays are dangerous. Colored Students St There are many Siamese at G aa well as East Indians and negroes. The color distinction understood or appreciated in ALTA ROCKBFBLLmR, ? in November, 'but late November found her still touring England. The rea­ son for this was the enforced delay of Miss Rockefeller in Burope, ^hane shs had been spending the iummor under the chaperonag»|Of her aQnt, Keg. Speliman. Jell-o, tho How Dtmrt, pleases all the family. Four fiat Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and 1 terry. At your grocers. 10 ctK it today. If men put more sense sacred service the world v more faith In tfeelr aanctlty, Into