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. y m' ..X-TZ-.., t... . ... ....... r-- -u j . -r. -7 I Thanked by Thousands Hundred of Grateful Letters Dally tell how the Free trial of Doan'a Kidney Fills brought relief to Invalid-Drifting People. Oakland, Cab. " I fot your trial box ct Roan's KMory l'lllt and thank you rery much for thrn I tbtnk they ar worth their weight In gold. I gave them tt my on sod they feelped blm to murb. that I bought two botes. They ba dun him mora good than the dor Cora rould do. They aald ha had Bright' lit and could not gat wall. His urine) aa gr-en and hi Lack nearly killed blrn. Now he I nearly well. I hare five other aona whom I have adrlfted to writ you, as I would liW to eourlnre them of the nierlta of Doan'a Kidney fills.'' Mrs. Lsiostt, 783 Eaat 17th fitrc-t. Oakland. C'al. New Outran, La. " t take pleasure In ron- fratulatiiig on your Doau's Kidney I'ltf. received and ue.l the sample and then ur ctiaMd a Imk of V. L. C'mack A (V, Ltd. I aunt kuy I have teen cured of dizlnem by them, ail have not had the slightest sign of this ao-rulIet ertlgi ulnce Hie tii tit Ioana Kidney i'HIs. I will recommend them to a f rest many ether u hom I know sulTe ring from 4i:lne.is and kidney r,iiluirit. It M true, Inee lining they .ill, every olio I inert remark about how well I i.k. Ttiaul.in you for our free trial .ot." Mr.it. .Ii nnovii.i.e, care of l'retoo & HlauflVr, New Orleans La. The Gospel in life will save the world where tin; Gospel in literature; wouM fail. Try One Package. If T)'flan' Ktarcn " does not idense you. return it lo your dealer. If it j docs, you get one third more for the i tame money. It will give you satis- I faction ami will not stick to the iron. Th beauty of our lives defends on ' tlio ciearne.Hs witli which God can thine through tl. :n. insist ;:! tinu it. Pome rfK?ers nay Ihey don't keep Te fam: Klnrcli. Thl a Waiisw tliey have stock on ti.iml of tithe, branus ronlaln- mK only in a .;t,-Kai;e which they wou t le at-li to aell first, bei-ause Le- :c contiim is ox for t i tanie money. I'o you WHtit I oz. '. list e i,l of 12 oi for art. money? Tlien iuiy lJcOaiice Elarcu. l:ejuir.- no cooking. What to do with Jrff"v0.i Davis, Ihould he be captured, was a problem j that puzzled th government. In ' speaking of it to General (Irani one , day. President Lincoln remarked: j -There was once an Irishman who bad ! signed the Father .Matiicw temperance ' fledge. Coing Into a caloon to get a ; glass of lenionaile to quench his thirst. lie leaned over and whispered to the . i,ancc.er. aiiu niumii i jiui pm a m- j tie in'andy in it unoeunownst to ine silf?' So." continued Mr. Lincoln. iet Davi.; scape all ur.be known to jourst If if you can." A small, five-year-old boy. who bad ( Tecently become the brother of an-j ether little boy. was sent to the gio- eery ttt other day to getsonie loaf, fiigar. Ily mistake th grocer gave ' Mrn granulated, and tiie boy was sent back to have it changed. j How lo you likt your new broth rr?" asked the grocer, as he was ; -7; . ? l-i I,' 1 . rit ! O. I don t like him very much, the litti- f.iiou, nnswere,, "Hm erie, all ! t St.. .. ? 1 l the time." "Why don't you change him. s you do tho sugar?" "e can't change him now, we've used him three days." then, cause The March of Science. Oolltie. Ind.. January 12th. That Oolitie is right abreast of the times la the use of the most recent discover ies in Medical Science is shown by recent rases in which those dreaded Kidney Complaints that cause so many deaths hare been completely cured by the r.ew Remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills. Many people in this neighborhood t-11 of aches relieved and pai;i de parted because of tim use of Dodd's KIdr.ey Pilia. One of these is A. Terry, the vell known Grocer. Here Is his story: I suffered for four months with Kidney and Madder Trouble and was o bad that I wa3 almost confined to Miy beJ. I could get no relief until I tommenced using Dodd's Kidney 7ills. "I could notice an improvement the eecond day I took the pills. I would recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills to all sufferers from ICidney Complaints." Gouverneur Morris first literary work of any consequence was a little boe,k written in his college days. It was vailed "A Hunch of Grapes." and was a collection of nonsense verse with many local hits. Another Yaie un dergraduate made the picture for it. anil it r?.n through two editions. Then author and artist took the proceeds and went quail shooting in Virginia. Don't Die of Consumption. 1 Fosfcive Cure Found by a Celebrated Hichtsa Physician Ha Sends s Largs Trial Packar. Free by Hi ail ta Ail Wio Writ At lat a cure ha txrn fonn... In'reditible it may K-e:n, after tha cntnr'a of failure, a m OR. O. T. T03rrrRKa?C, Tha DiseoTfrer of Iuerjloxy aiorsd B7 Stat 01 t:i GrnUst Wadiaal Ma of th World aa tha Only Car lor Consumption. positive and certain core fur the deadly con sumption has at last been cIiroverrl. It rr cizinn.l f?r a treat physician of Mi'-hiian to fino1 the only known enra for consumption, after almost a life's work imt in eifricicntii: and Consum -tivrs who h?ve returned from the Wet come home to die becau- th-' thought ecthi.u rcuM done f r tV-i.i hive tried this B ci j-ok'ery anil ar3 now wrll rirni str-.pj. If you are aSl.rted. d. not f..il to -.m l at once a Lr. !erk P. Yonkcrnian. h9 S ha ', r;are fciiic. Kalamazoo. Mih.. for a fre trial r-afrkaire ef tbi reinrdy. prorf nI tcsiimoni-jls from Bu.idreili cf nired patii nt-i, it crt nuthin.;. The Vnctur d.-.-jj not ask any om to take hi word or any one te's, a he son'5 a tri..l parkaae fre. and a f-w days' u. e will nho'-v yo'i hnw easily and quickly you can be cured. De'ny is danj.-rous. There is no time to lose whfii t!ie death hand of consumption is tikbtening its clutch upon 700. Writa day. Aching barks sre euscel. Hip, bark, and loin p&his overcome. Swelling of tbo limb and dropsy signs vanish. They correct urine with brick dust sedi ment, high colored, paiu In pussing. drib bling, frenuenc', bed wettiDg. Ioan's Kidney Pills remove calculi awl gravel. Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness, headache, ucrvousncr-, dizziness. free: ask and you will find. rDoans Kidnev rills, Please semi me r mall, without charge, trial box iNxui'a kidney Hi is. Name ... Post - ofTUe) State, t 'lit .ut iioi.in on rt'itte.1 l.ne nd rrnil to frostcl -l.!lujri Co., l;uwIu, 2. Y.) THE WINTER PLEASURE AND HEALTH RESORTS OF THE SOUTHWEST. Whore Ehall ono o at this season of the year to avoid the disagreeable features of a blustery Northern cli mate or to gain relief from the vari ous ills that llosh Is heir to? There la only one answer to the question; namely, take one of the Missouri Pa cific's palatial trains to the winter pleasure and health resorts of the Southwest, particularly those in Ark ansas, Louisiana. Texa3, Old Mexico and Southern California. It is only a step from the dreary rains, snows I an( blizzards of the East, Northeast 1 , I an Middle est to the warm and pleasant winter climates of the Southwest. For the invalid and the n'rriaiiip upplor thorn ora mnnv In. i vitine nrosnerls. For these the hea!tU.siving aml rejuvenating waters . , . . , . of the are "bWIng in the Kreen-walled basm of Hot Springs Mountain, the most picturesque spot to be found. It is safe to say that there is no all-the-year-'round health and pleasure resort in the country that caa compare with Hot Springs. Arkunns It i the nnlv Natinn.il is sanitarium in the United States own ed ami controlled by the government. It Is an a fashionable pleasure resort that Hot Springs has attracted the grcatept attention during the past decade. The idea that it is only the afilicted who go there has long since been proven erroneous. It is the rec ognized popular winter resort of the best Northern travelers and the sum mer gathering place of the social clans of the sunny South. The man of smaP means can sunnlv his needs --r d the man ot wealth has opportun ... , . . , . irv to procure the luxuries he desires tor me tourist ana neaitn-sesKer, wno prefers the salt air and sunny shores I of the (Jr.ir, many attractions are offered at New Orleans, Galveston Houston and points along the Texas coast, all reached by the Iron Moun tain Route, where tarpon fishing, the raofct royal of all sports for the angler, is at its very best during the winter season. Queer and quaint old San Antonio i.i another place that should be visit ed. It is the portal of the health belt of Texas, and is situated at the head of the valley of the exceedingly picturc-sque river bearing the same name, at the very edge of the foot hills of tne Guadalupe mountains. 'Round about much diversity of amusement is found, and there are many points and places of historical interest to be seen, but it is in bizarre San Antonio itself that the tout ensemble of diversion is most charm ingly rounded. It Is a modern marvel ot cities, pre-eminently cosmopolitan and thoroughly unexpected. It chron icles its Spanish birth as unmistak ably as its Texan growth. From San Antonio the traveler can take the train south to Laredo, the famous border town, on the banks of the Rio Grande River, and crossing the stream, place foot in the land of the Montezumas, the Egypt of the new world. Muca time can be spent with profit and pleasure in this sub-tropical climate amid scenes replete with his toric interest. From Laredo, also, the trip lies across New Mexico and Ari zona, to Los Angeles, San Francisco and the famous resorts of the Pacific coast. All of these places are best reached by the Missouri Pacific Rail way and Iron Mountain Route with connecting lines that go to make up the great Gould system of railroads. Fore-thought is better than after thought, but ianer-thought is best of all. DO Tom t l.OTHKH LOOK TFLI.OWJ Then use Defiance Starch. It will keep mem nu it i r.. ror it cents. On exhibition in Columbia, ?. C, b a Revolutionary sword with an inter esting history. It originally belonged to the British officer, Colonel Tarle ton. and was captured by Wade Hamp ton, ancestor of the late General War'e Hampton. The sword has been handed down as a relic in the family, and wa;? used by General Hampton in the civil war. Valks on the Water. After several years of patient labor and experiment, a Tenby. Pembroke shire, seaman, named William Llew eli3n, has invented an apparatus by means of which be is able to walk on the sea even in the roughest weather. Llewellyn gave a successful demon stration off the pier-head before a ciowd of several thousands people. The apparatus consists of a pair ot large wooden boots, connected in front with a steering gear. With these boots, which are shaped like the two parts of a catamaran, Llew ellyn walked about tiie sea for nearlj half an Lour. Tie water was rather rough at the time, but the inventor seemed to have no difficulty in keep ing bis ba.accc. Atyy fool can find faults; the wisa man discovers virtues. Forgiveness without forgetting ia like a pardon without a stay of punishment DELAY IN TRANSIT DEALERS AND RAILROADS FACE GRAVE CHARGE. ACENTS TOLD TO HOLD UP FUEL Mine Product Is Piled Along Track to Keep It Off Market In Missouri and Kansas Farmers Burn Build ings and fences. CHICAGO The temperature in Chi cago Sunday dropped 21 degrees in less than two hours and at night hovered around the zero mark, thus greatly intensifying the serious suffering for lack of coal. The worst cases of destitution had been provided for by charitable insti tutions, and to thi3 alone is attributed the fact that no deaths were reported during the day. Two thousand persons in Chicago are suffering from ailments directly due to cold and exposure resulting from the coal famine, according to the weekly bulletin of the health de partment i.ssued Sunday. Serious re sults are already sepn in the heavy increase in the death rate and the health department brands those re sponsible for the fuel shortage guilty of constructive homicide. The death rate last week for children under Z years of age waj 19.2 per cent greater than in the corresponding week of last year and among persons over CO years of age it was 3C.7 per cent greater. The actual search for evidence of a combine of dealers will be undertak en Monday by the special grand jury empanelled Saturday. Twenty-five coal men, some of them the heads of whole sale firms and others chiefs "in the councils of corporations operating mines, have been summoned to ap pear and tell what they know of the "ring." It is the intention that no one but coal men shall be examined, and un der Mr. Dcneen's direction a series of pointed questions have been ar ranged for each prospective witness. Trainloads of coal cars, sidetracked and labelled with placards instructing railroad freight crews to hold the con signments indefinitely, are said to have been discovered by the parties who caused the investigation to be made. I It is also asserted that beyond the city limits, on one and probably two roads, countless tons of coal have been tak en from the cars and heaped up on either side of the tracks for as much as three-quarters of a mile. The grand jury will insist on being informed why this coal has not been brought into the market and put on sale. SAYS CONSPIRACY EXISTS. Attorney General Summons Special Grand jury at Chicago. SPRINGFIELD, 111 A special grand jury met in Chicago Saturday to in vestigate the alleged conspiracy be tween coal operators, railroads and coal dealers to increase the price of coal on the Chicago market. Attorney General Hamlin will lead the investigation. The attorney gen eral recently secured the services of competent men whom he sent to the mines along the Chicago Ez Alton road, and also other coal producing regions, and the reports which they have made convinced him that the market is be ing controlled by certain dealers and operators. The last report mada to him was received Friday afternoon and contained some valuable informa- tion. While the attorney general has not made public the evidence with which he has been furnished, he claims it will show that certain coal operators and dealers, some who are interested in mines and some who are not, en tered into an agreement by which they could control the coal market. He did not state that any of the rail ways were interested in the alleged combination, although he has also in vestigated on this point. Railroad of ficials state that they lose no time in transporting coal from the coal-producing regions to Chicago, but that the delay is caused by the dealers there not returning the empty cars in due time. This furnished an important foundation for the industry, and on it several interesting statement have been secured. Forty witnesses were named in the subpoenas given to the sherl.f. Small dealers are not the mark at which the state's attorney aims. While the names on the list of witnesses are withheld, it is known that they are those of mine owners and wholesale dealers in coal. The state's attorney in his petition for a special jury says: "From information brought to him the state's attorney has reason to be lieve that there exists among cer tain owners and operators of coal mines and certain dealers in bitumin ous coal doing business in Cook coun ty, a combination to do an illegal act, injurious to the public trade,, to-wit: To prevent competition in the sale and delivery of such coal in the county and to regulate and fix the price there of, and that such a combination has been entered into and exists to fix and limit the amount and quantity of such products as are mined in this state and also such as are mined and produced elsewhere and brought into the county for consumption, and to regulate and fix the price thereof. "It is a matter of general informa tion that at the present time great quactlti"s of such products have been brought Into the county for sale and consumption, and that the same is sold only at exorbitant prices, so much be yond the cost of production and trans portation that such owners, operators and dealers receive unreasonable prof its and the consumers are required to pay exorbitant prices; that by reason of such combination and the withhold Ing of sales thereunder great distress and suffering prevail among the poor in the community, who are unable to pay such prices for such necessities, and great hardships exist among the different lines cf industries requiring a continuous supply of products to carry on their business by reason of the pretended, inability of the opera tors, owners and dealers to supply the demand at the ordinary market prices." Grows Worse at Topeka. TOPKKA, Kan. The fuel situation grows more alarming in Topeka. Two of the largest coal companies in the city report that they have not a pound of coal on hand with which to supply their orders, and do not know when they will be able to get any. Pack ing houses and other institutions will have to close in two days unless this situation is relieved. The local gas company may have to close this week, as the works cannot secure eoal to make gas. The street railway com pany ha.s a very small supply of coal on band. Other Kansas towns report practical ly the same condition. All the mines in the state are being worked to their fullest capacity, but the situation must be relieved by coal from other states. The weather is clear and coid and much suffering has resulted already. Burn Buildings for Fuel. KANSAS CITY, Mo. In many towns of Kansas and western Missouri no fuel of any kind can be had at any price and everything combustible is being burned fruit and shade trees, old buildings, sidewalks and fences. In Kansas City itself there is suffer ing among the poor, owing to the high price of coal, but there is no scarc ity, the yards being better stocked now than at any time last year. The lowest temperature of the pres ent cold spell in this city was 4 above zero at 7 Sunday morning. Zero weather was experienced last month, but a sharp wind made Sunday the most uncomfortable of the winter thus far. At 7 Sunday evening the tem perature had risen to 11 above. Sat urday's snowfall was one and a half inches. Situation at St. Paul. ST. PAUL, Minn. Though fuel is both scarce and high there is no famine here yet and consequently but little suffering, although the ther mometer ranged 2 degrees below zero Sunday. A high northwest wind serv ed to greatly intensify the cold and blew fine flurries of snow with cutting force ia the faces of pedestrians. Coal Famine in Missouri. MARSHALL, Mo. A coal famine prevails in Marshall and the nearby towns. Slater sent to this city for coal. which is scarce here. Many families are burning their fruit trees and shade trees. Cut wood is selling for $S a cord, and such fuel is very scarce. Canada May Remove Duty. OTTAWA, Ont. D. Gallery, M. P., of Montreal, conferred with Premier Laurier regarding the advisability of removing the duty on anthracite coal. Sir Wilfred promised to take the mat ter under consideration. READING, Pa. The Philadelphia & Reading railroad officials announce that for the week ending Sunday night more anthracite coal was taken down the main line than for any pre vious week in years. The total was 10,200 of all classes of cars, or an av erage of 1,100 cars for each working day of the week, equal to nearly 22i COO tons. This was distributed in the company's territory as far as New York and along its branches in this state and elsewhere. The coal famine throughout this sec tion has reached such an acute stage that many industries in the smaller towns will soon have to close and in the country districts the distress is so widespread that teams have start ed from Schuykkill county coal fields, thirty and forty miles distant, to sup ply pressing necessities. INDIANAPOLIS. There is suffering here from lack of fuel. mil' h May- or Bookwrier announced that the finance committee of the council would meet and take up the proposition to hnvo tYip eitv huv coal and sell it in small ciuailllliea at uuicsaic lam. i 1 , , 1 lie V ill UrJ glicu llt-t. BLOOMING ION. ill. extreme coiu weather is delaying shipments of coal from southern Illinois to the north. The' tonnage will have to be reduced to enable traffic to move. It is said that while low temperatures prevail the speed of coal trains will be re duced from 10 to 20 per cent. Seek to Protect Lead Ores. MONTREAL. A delegation of Brit ish Columbia lead miners arrived here headed by John T. Retallac, president of the Lead and Silver Miners' asso ciation. They will make a demand for a protective duty on lead ores and products before the Canadian Manu facturers' association and then visit Ottawa for the purpose of persuading ths Canadian government to make the duty equal to that States. cf the United Commoner JACKSON AND SPECIAL, INTERESTS. At this time when the American people are confronted with a money trust, beside whose power the Influence exerted by a similar trust in the days - 1 r Andrew Jackson was Insignificant, 1 would have been well if every Amer- lean citizen could nave spent jac-K son's day in the study ofj ackson's his tory. Although In recent years the thing that Is popularly known as the "money trust" has obtained new and ever-increasing privileges, it is now proposed to increase its power and influence by such extraordinary legislation that even republican congressmen, accus tomed as they are to doing the bid ding of the representatives of special Interests, deem it necessary to at least go through the form of hesitation be fore giving to these special interests all that their representatives ask. Perhaps it is not at all significant, but It is at least interesting, that the present comptroller of the currency is a descendant of one of the officers of the great banking institution who.;e power over the people was destroyed by Andrew Jackson: and in bis annual reports and his public speeches this comptroller of the currency advocates a banking and currency system that must have for its result the re-establishment of Nick IJiddleism in a most aggravated form. The only difference between the Nick Riddleism of Jackson's time and the Nick Iliddleism of Roosevelt's day is that the latter represents schemes which Nick Diddle himself would not have had the hardihood to plan even though he were not confronted by a Jackson. If one would refresh himself a?, to the incidents of Jackson's service in the White house, he would be remind ed that while there may be a differ ence in degree between the wicked schemes of the present time and Jac k son's day, there is marked similarity in the methods employed in both in stances in the effort to fasten the shackles upon the people. In his address to the cabinet. Sep tember 18. 1833. Jackson described some of the methods adopted by the representatives of the bank in order to bring public sentiment to its side or at least to control the majority of votes in the election. That this bank had made extensions of loans so as to bring as large a portion of the people as possible under its power and in fluence was a fact pointed out in this address: and it was also said that "it has been disclosed that some of the largest loans were granted on very un usual terms to the conductors of the public press." According to Jackson: "Having taken these preliminary steps to obtain control over public: opinion, the bank came into congress and asked a new charter. The object avowed bv many of the advocates of the bank was to put the president to the test, that the country might know his final determination relative to the bank prior to the ensuing election. Many documents and articles were printed and circulated at the expense of the bank to bring the people to a favorable decision upon its pretensions. Those whom the bank appears to have made its debtors for the special occa sion were warned of the ruin which awaited them should the president be sustained, and attempts were made to alarm the whole people by painting the depression in the price of prop erty and produce and the general loss. inconvenience, and distress which it was represented woum lmmeuiaieiy follow the re-election of the president in opposition to the bank." Jackson added: "He (the president) met the challenge and willingly took the position into which his adversaries soueht to force him and frankly de clared his unalterable opposition to the bank as Deing both unconstitutional and inexpedient." The methods referred to in this ad dress by President Jackson are the methods that are resorted to by the representatives of special interests w'henever an appeal for relief is made by the people. Enormous literary bu reaus are constructed for the purpose of influencing public sentiment, news papers are brought under the control of these interests, debtors are warned of the ruin which awaits them should any plan intended to protect public in terests be carried out; and in various ways, in this day as in Jackson's time. attempts are made to alarm the whole people by painting the depression in the price of property and produce and the general loss, inconvenience and distress which it is represented would immediately follow any executive act or legislative act to which the repre sentatives of these special interests do not heartily subscribe. In one of his messages Jackson said that he had "unuestionable proof that the Bank of the United States was con verted into a permanent electioneering engine;" and he referred to the efforts of the bank to control public opinion through the distress of some and the fears of others. The special interests of today have a "permanent electioneering engine. In his farewell address, jaenson warned the American people against the money trust. He reminded them that it would require "steady and per severing exertions" on their part to check the spirit of monopoly; ne warned them that so many interests are united to resist all reform on this subject that you must not hope tne conflict will be a short one nor success easv" He congratulated himself that his humble efforts had not been spared "to restore the constitutional currency of sold and silver;" he told the people tnat in spite of all that had been done rjo-ybtless JohnBilflvishirt haFM f. Kipling would consent to arbitrate, The skeleton of famine stalked ... . . , . . v. -,oi through the throngs during the cele- bration" at Delhi. The Hague tribunal would enjoy a protracted period of uselessness were it not for the fact that Uncle Sam per sists in taking it seriously. It seems that Great Britain has more monev to spend for vain show in India than she has to spend for food to feed starving Indians. The Chicago Record-Herald declares that Chicago is the greatest railway center in the world. It is also the greatest stockyards scenter. Mr. Secretary Shaw nas maae nis private secretary an assistant secre tary. Some men have been private secretaried into high place, but not all of them are grateful enough to make practical acknowledgement. Perhaps the republican majority will continue to pins-pong Arizona and New TPYien until they can count upon me properly qualified senators. Comment "enough yet remains to require nil your energy and perseverance;" and he ass.ircd the people that "the power, however. Is in your hand and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it." The evils against which Jackson struggled are more pronounced in this day than they were in Jackson's time; and today, as in the days of Jackson, the power is in the people's bands and the remedy will be applied if they de termine upon it. "LITTLE JOKERS" IN TIIE TARIFF LAW. The tariff on coal is not the only "little joker" in the Dingley act. The New York Press recently printed an editorial in whbh it insisted that "there is no tariff on petroleum." The Chicago Chronicle reproduced this edi torial and. perhaps inadvertently, gave assent to this as a correc t statement. Put Mr. Wiiliam Ritchie, a reader of the Chronicle, makes an interesting statement by way of correction. Mr. Ritchie says that while ii is true the Dingley act purported to include "petmleum. crude or refined," in the free list, in the very next line of the same appears the following: "Provided, that if there be Imported into the United States crude pe troleum or the products of crude petroleum produced in any country which ini poses a duty on petroleum or its pro ducts exported from the United States there shall in such cases be levied paid and collected a duty on said crude petroleum or its products so imported equal to the duty imposed by Mich country." It is pointed out by this writer that for some months after the passage' of the Dingley act our customs officers (or some of them ) construed the at. as really meaning that petroleum and the Standard Oil company were not entitled to its protection, but that com pany soon took measures to undeceive them. It appealed to See-re tary Gage, who. on Aoril 21. 1S.8. fssuc-el a c ir cular of instructions to all collectors. In this circular the secretary of the treasury directed attention to the para graph referred to and then stated that every country that produces a gallon of petroleum imposes a heavy duty on all imports of that commodity or its pro ducts. Mr. Ritchie says: "These eluties vary all the way from ill cents to over $10 per barrel, practically prohibitive except against such a competitor as the Standard Oil company. As to the beneficent effect of monopoly on prices, see the report on 'Petroleum Refining' in census reports, twelfth census, vol. 10, manufacturers, pt. 4, pp. 081-088. In 1SX0 crude petroleum cost less than $1 per barrel, in 18S! the figure was $1.4'"., in 1890, it had risen to $!..", the total product meanwhile enormously in'-reasin:; also. The same authority says: Out of the 42.231.004 barrels ot petroleum produe-ts in ISM. lO.tiOO.Sua barrels (of fifty gallons!, or nearly 40 per cent, were exported (despite the heavy import duties encountered abroad). In addition there were ex ported 2. RM .;!! barrels of crude pe tro leum. The total value of petroleum exports at ports of shipment in 18!l! was $04.1)82.249. This was the largest value of export petroleum ever report ed, although the quantity exported in 1899 was less than in cither 1897 or 189S." CUBAN RECI- ROCITY. Although Mr. Roosevelt and his friends interpreted the result of the recent elections to oe an indorsement of the president's Cuban reciprocity plan, there is row evident a disposi tion to defeat the proposed reciprocity treaty. Strong influences in the senate have all along been arrayed against Mr. Roosevelt's plan and while for a time it seemed that thpre was promise of success, it is now becoming more and more evitlent that some very ingenious plans have been devised by the oppo nents of the reciprocity scheme. Several weeks ago it was announced that Mr. Roosevelt would send the Cuban treaty to the senate, thus re ..eving the house of any responsibility in the matter. The treaty is already before the senate. The Washington correspondent of the St. Louia Globe- Democrat says: "The ratification will be accom plished with the understanding that the terms of the treaty do not become ei fective until there has been supple mental legislation by both houses giv- ine them effect. The president will then send a message to both houses of congress calling attention to the treaty and the changes it makes m our sys tern." In this way the house will be given the privilege of acting upon the pro posed treaty. It is significant tnat it is already being pointed out by repub Hr-on naners. some of which, by the way, pretend to be in favor of Cuban recinroritv. that if the Cuban treaty should go into effect serious complica tions would arise with Cermany. It is said by these papers that thf treatv between Germany and the Lnlted States provides that Germany shall be nlaced bv the United States upon equal with the most favored nation and that in the event the Cuban reciprocity treatv eoes into effect. Germany will demand concessions similar to those eiven to Cuba. It may seem strange to some that this thought did not occur to eitner tne advocates or the opponents of Cuban reciprocity until this late day. and yet it is now being seriously urged, to gether with other objections; and it is not difficult to believe that even though the American people indorsed the resi procity Plan at the last election, the chances for Cuban reciprocity are not entirely flattering. Th cme-ar beet seems to exercise a great deal of influence in congressional circles. For a "protected infant" the sugar beet exercises altogeiner wo much. The Columbia (Mo.) Herald has en tered its thirty-fifth volume. 1 ne ner ald is a staunchly democratic news paper and has won success by deserv ing it. As long as the sovereign state of Pinnvlvania nuts up wun cuajisra there will be Addicks and Wolc otts en- dcavoring 10 urtaiv nnu "'- States senate. Instead of trying to buy legislatures with that $250,000. Mr. "Gas" Addicks should have invested it in plum orch ards. The indications are that the asset currency scheme is getting ready to step to the front ad claim its vindica tion. There is so much freight business that tha railroads cannot handle it. therefore the railroads must raise freight rates in order to make ex penses. This is the devious kind of logic made familiar by republican ora tors when speaking of the tariff. 8 TrofcHsor James Sully, who ba written a 430-pago book entitled, "An Essay on laughter," BayH that the pe culiar muHeular action which are grouped under the namo of laughter are provoked by the Incongruous, the unaccustomed and the unexpected Juxtaposition of things. Professor Sully cltee the story of a man arreuteei by Boldirs who Is allowed to Join them at cards. He cheats and is kick ed out. his playmates quite forgcttlnjr that he is their proalner. With this may bo coupled the story of two burglars In the dock. One of them kept en poking the other In thfl ribs as the evidence ugalnitt them proceed ed, until he was made to desist by the protest: "Who are you knocking about? I've as much right to be here as you." Rev. John McNeill says it Is a com mon Idea that any man can preach, and htatea an amusing incident to dis pel the diluhlon. An elder in a certain church on one occasion had to tako tbo pulpit In the abm-nce of the min ister at the last moment. lie got through first pint of tbo Hcrvlco all right, but on getting up ! give the sermon he founel his difficulty. Ho Ktarted with: "Hretbren (pniiHo) b-b-brethren (pause) b-b-hrethren. If any of you wants tbo concclj taken out of you, t-omo up here." Jobnny's father was a physician, and bis uncle a mcellciil sludeiit. John ny dnink in their bng words with a thirst for more. When bin teacher, before whom bo wished to shine, asked him li nanie Home Im portant partH of the body, Johnny smiled radiantly. "You ln't mean legs or arms or heads." nabl Johnny, eagerly; "I know you don't, Minn Brown. You mean what father anil Uncle Jim talked about the Interior and the exterior nnei the back-terlor." In the recent poll teal campaign J. M. (Iiidson, who was elected lo con gress from the tenth North Carolina district, hail no more active political opponent than his own brother, ho is United States consul at Panama. Tbo latter obtained leave of absence from his ixst for the PHeclal purpose of aiding in tha re-election of Con gressman Moody, the Republican can didate. Rembrandt's "Old Woman," from the collection E. F. Mulliken of New York, was sold in Leindon, recently, for $28,105; Velasquez "The Grape Seller," and Turner's "Dustanbor ough Castle," from the same collec tion, brought $12,77.", and $4,287, re spectively. An anonymous portrait of Edwanl VI. brought $8,3."3; Van Dyck's "Edmund Walle r." $1,170, and his "Earl of Arunde l," $2,520. Bob, the negro janitor In a New England college;, is as quick-wltteel us t.be students who joke with bini. One day ho bail burned off Home of the eleael grass in the college; yarel when a freshman came along, and said, "Well, Bob, that grass is Just the coler of your face, isn't it?" "Yes, p.ah," salel Bob; "anil in about three weeks it will be just the colore ot yours." MOKK M.KXIItf.K A.M I.AKTIJVO, won't shake out or blow oit; by lining luliance smrdi you dl.laln better reult thiiu possible with any other brand axiel cue-third more for mime money. A smartly dressed young woman was rambling along a road, when she met a small urchin Jugging a bird's nest with eggs in it. She brought him up sharply with: "You are a wicked boy. How could you rob that nest? No doubt the poor mother is now griev ing for the loss of her eggs." "Oh, no, she can't care. I'm sure she can't," said the boy, edging away; cause she s on your hat. The Queen of the Belgians, like the late Empress of Austria, was extreme ly fond of horse-s. It was said that she could break in any colt, and she brought up her daughters to share her love of riding and driving. At Laeken she hael a large riding school. and she had also a stud farm In the country, where she bred Hungarian borses. Mrs. Fannie Urhouse of Passaic, N. J., recently sold her 3-weeks-old son for $5, because of her extreme poverty and inability to care for the child. Mrs. Urhouso'8 husband was killed in the re;cent strike in Pennsylvania. She was able to take care cf herself by working for $2 a week until the child can.e. Mrs. John Urban of Welling ton was the purchaser. "How much do you weigh?" a friend once asked the late Thomas B. Reed. "I weigh 200 pounds," said Mr. Reed. "Oh, you weigh more than that," waa the surprised reply. "You must weigh nearly 200 pounds." "No," said the ppeaker, with an air of finality; "no gentleman weighs more than 200 pounds." No chromos or cheap premiums, out a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for tho same price of other starches. It is probable that the oldest mag istrate In active service In the United States Is Thomas Poe, Justice of the peace in Rushville, Ind., who is now in his 93d year. He has held the office since 1854 and for the last forty years has occupied the same room. At the last election he was chosen to serve another term of four years. God is likely to answer our prayers for others out of our own pocket books. BOOS 0H0O000O00O0I0O00a00a o a o ST. JACOBS OIL POSITIVELY CURES Rheumatism Neuralgia Backache Headache Feetache All Bodily Aches AND 8 r 8 o a & o a o o o o o 8. a r of; 'to ' CONQUERS PAIN. t i t ft 1 . 6