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Srluriiny.
It is expected that the government
will soon sell the exposition building
: it Omaha.
The national government has given
an 8-inch howitzer with forty shells
to mark the grave of Major General
Scdgwick in Cornwall , Conn. General
Scdgwick was killed in battle during
the civil war.
The subscription for a monument to
Wagner in Berlin has been closed ,
having reached the sum of about $25-
000 and the competition for the de
sign has been opened. The site has
not yet been decided upon.
After one of tha most exciting local
campaigns Mayor Robert U. McKisson
was renominated for mayor of Cleve
land , O. , at the republican primaries
over Judge Carlos M. Stone by a ma.
jority of over 7,000. The fight was
distinctly between the Hanna and Mc-
Kissou. forces.
Representative Sherman's appoint
ment on the board of apraisers leaves
an Indian at the head of the house
committee on Indian affairs. This
representative , Charles Curtis of Kan.
sas , who belongs to the Kaw tribe ,
draws quarterly from the government
his share of the tribe's annuity.
General H. V. Coynton , president of
military
the Chicamauga-Chattanooga
tary park , has a letter froni Governor
Bradley of Kentucky informing him
that he had decided to fix May 3 and
4 as the dates for the dedication o !
the Kentucky state monuments at
Chickamauga park.
Thomas J. Lee of Missouri , whom
President McKinley has nominated
to be professor ofjnatheimatics in the
navy , first came into prominence
through his discoveries regarding ce
lestial heat/ which have practically
changed the whole nebular hypothesis
of Herschel and Laplace.
In the Spanish cortes the debate on
the conduct of war was continued ,
but little of interest was involved on
either side. Count d'Almenas declares
that he will not j'ield to intimidation ,
but will contiue the campaign against
the generals in the senate , where he
will read the violently provocative
letter he has received from General
Linares.
Monday.
Today's statement of the condition
of the treasury shows : Available cash
Balance , ? 274,000u < S ; gold reserve ,
$229,671,445.
j
First Sergeant' W. H. Osburn of
company M of the First Nebraska vol
unteers at Manila has been appointed
by Governor Poynter second lieutenant
of company A , vice Orr , resigned.
Texas is passing through an epidem
ic of meningitis. The situauoo is
alarming. The death record in Fort
Worth is thirty for last week. Re
ports from the country towns give a
similar situation. Many schools have
been closed on account of the ravages
of this disease.
An eventful period in the country's
history is Sovcred by the work of the
Fifty-fifth congress which come to a
close this week. It has been a period
of stirring and dramatic action , with
questions of vast magnitude constant
ly engaging attention , forming an
epoch alongside those other American
epochs , the revolution and the civil
war.
war.The
The department of state has been
informed by cable from Ambassador
White at Berlin that orders have been
issued according to which American
oranges , lemons and raisens imported
into Germany , as well as all American
fresh or dried fruit passing through
Germany in bond , are no longer to be
examined for the San Jose scale.
The house was in session seven
hours yesterday and sent to the sen
ate two more appropriation bills , the
.army , which had been nder consider
ation for several days , and the forti
fications. The former carried about
79,000.000 and the latter approximate
ly $4,700,000.
Tuesilay.
Edward P. Thompson of Indianapo
lis , Ind. . has been selected as cost-
master of Havana , Cuba. For several
years he has been deputy at Indianapo
lis , and is a trained postoffice official.
The London Times prints a copy of
the letter dated January 24 which
Lloyd Osborne , United States consul at
Apia , at the time of the conflict of the
authorities over the case of Herr Gre-
vesmuhl of Apia , who was arrested
and fined for breaking the windows cf
the supreme court
Six second lieutenants in thgj reg
ular army just graduated from the
military academy at West Point have
arrived at San Francisco on their way
to Manila to join various regular in
fantry regiments. Eleven other offi
cers of the same grade will arrive c
a day or two.
The war department received information
mation of the sailing of the transnprt
Minnewaska with the Twenty-third
resiment Kansas volunteer infantry
aboard , from Santiago , Cuba , for New
port News. These troops will be trans
ported thence to Fort Leavenworth ,
Kan. , for muster-out.
The house today passed a number
of important public building bills , in
cluding three for Nebraska , providing
for the extension of cost for site for
the erection of a public building at
Omaha to $1,800,000 , and providing
for an appropriation in each case of
$10,000 for public buildings at Has
tings and Norfolk.
Both branches of the Montana leg
islature passed over Governor Smith's
veto house measure No. 132 , a meas
ure empowering the owners of two-
thirds of the stock of a corporation to
compel the stockholders of the rest
of the stock to sell out at an appraised
valuation or accept stock in another
corr""ntion for their holdings
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YVcdnciidny.
The Colorado senate has passed a
bill for an eight-hour day in all mines
In the state.
Rev. James Monroe Taylor , presi
dent of the Vassar college , has de
clined the presidency of Brown uni
versity.
Today's statement of the condition
of the treasury shows : Available
cash balance , $269,103,613 ; gold re
serve , $231,124,637.
The civil service commissioner an
nounced that on April 8 an examina
tion for postoffice clerks and carriers
at Fort Madison , la. , will be held.
The Covington , Ky. , postoffice was
robbed of stamps and money reported
to amount to $20,000. The work was
evidently done by men who had se
creted themselves in the stamp de
partment.
General Maximo Gomez visited the
graves of General Antonio Maceo and
Lieutenant Gomez , theson of the Cuban
commander , who was killed at the
time Maceo was drawn into ambush
and slain. The graves are situated at
Punta Brava , twelve miles from Ha.
vana.
The California anti.cartoon bill
prohibits the printing of any portrait
of any citizen except a public official ,
\vithout his consent , or of any carica
ture "calculated to reflect on the
honor dignity or political motives of
the original , or to hold him up to pub
lic hatred , ridicule or contempt. "
Mr. Hunter , United States minister
to Guatemala and Honduras , is in
Washington in consultation with the
officials of the state department re
specting the course to be pursued in
the matter of the killing of Mr. Pears ,
a native of Pittsburg , and the resident
agent of the Honduras Mahogany com
pany near Puerto Cortez , Honduras.
The monthly statement of the pub
lic debt shows that at the close of bus
iness February 28 , 1899 , the debt , loss
cash in the treasury was $1,157,904-
391 , an increase during the month of
$5,277,649. This increase is accounted
for by a corresponding decrease In
cash. The debt is recapitulated as
follows : c Interest-bearing debt , $1-
046,735,270 ; debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity , $1,231,670 ; debt
bearing no interest , $385,010,964 ; total ,
$1,427,007,904.
'Ihursilay.
The bill for a government building
at York , Neb. , to cost not to excnnti
$20,000 , has passed the senate.
First Vice President Henry Wick ,
of the National Steel company , denies
that a combination has been lormed
with the American Tin company.
A mortgage for $6,000,000 has been
filed at Youngstown , O. , by the Central
Union Telephone company in favor -ot
the Old Colony Trust company of New
York.
M. J. Connelly , the manager of Pe
ter Maher , the pugilist , has a telegram
from the National Athletic club of San
Francisco offering $10,000 for a contest
between Maher and Kid McCoy , to take
place in Aaril.
The American Tin Plate company has
increased wages , affecting 10,000 men.
E. R. Edison has formed a trust to
oppose the new fisheries combine , and
will establish a big fish packing house
at Cleveland. 0.
The syndicate represented by Hugo
von Reitzenstein ana representing
John C. Tomlinson , Senor Raffel Gov-
in , Mr. Eustis , Senor Francisco "Gar
cia and other prominent people , has
purchased and partly paid for four
teen cigar and cigarette factories in
and about Havana.
John W. King , paymaster for the
Missouri Pacific railway , committed
suicide at his home in St. Louis h ;
hanging : himself to a rafter in the
cellar. When his body was discover
ed several hours after the act had been
committeed it was cold and all signs
of life were extinct.
The course pursued by the comman
der of the gunboat Marietta at Blue-
fields in giving asylum to General Rey
es , the leader of the defunct rebellion ,
is fully approved here. It is said that
Captain Simmons probably saved much
bloodshed and rioting and incidentally
the destruction of American property ,
by offering this refuge and thus termi
nating the active resistance of the reb
els.
els.The
The Toronto Globe , the go\einmoii'
organ , editorially says rc.rding the
burial of Lord Herschell : "It wout'
be a graceful thing on the part of ( he
government of the United States to
send the body to England in an Amer
ican warship. Nothing could more fit
tingly illustrate the kinship of the race
than a warship flying the stars and
stripes entering Portsmouth with the
flag at half-mast and the body of th--
British plenipotentiary on board. "
Friday.
Cadet Taylor has been confirmed as
surveyor of the port at Omaha in tho.
face of strong local protest.
A dispatch from Manila says it is
rumored that a steamer with 20 000
stands cf arms and ammunition which
were bound for the Philippines ha
been seized in Japanese waters by the
Japanese authorities.
The Chilian war o-Tice and the mili
tary authorities have definitely decided
to reduce the army by 5,000 men. T"io
government , it is rumored , contem
plates the sale of several rruisevs ui
the United States and Ecuador.
The net income of the Rock Island
road for the month of January was
$503,000 , an increase of $20.308 over
the same month last year. For tha
ten months ending January 31 the net
income was $6,537,345 , an increase of
? 471,077.
Five New England senators joined
in a telegram to the president advising
that the nomination of Representative
Barrows of Massachusetts as librarian
of congress be withdrawn , as he not
beine a trained librarian made his
confirmation unadvisable.
Secretary Alger is inclined to look
with favor upon the suggestion that
the army maintained by the UnitPd
States in Cuba shall be recruited from
General Gomez in his recent confer-
amoug the natives , as proposed by
ence with Major General Brooke , the
military commander of the island.
President Blackstone of the Alton
admits that the syndicate seeking to
purchase that road has secured a ma
jority of the stock and that the sale
will surely be made. The president of
the road having been opposed to the
riale of the stock this admission frnm
him more fully confirms the renorts
from the syndicate that it had secureJ
rontroi of a majority of the stock.
GEXEItAL NEWS NIOE3.
The Rome correspondent of the Dally
Jhrcnlcle says : Holland has assured
Italy that the pope will not he invited
to send a representative to the con
ference for the limitation of arma
ments.
The Morgen Bladet says that ar
rangements have heen concluded by
which a sealing vessel will search
Franz Josef Land for Walter Wellman
and the members of his expedition to
Greeenland unless the explorer returns
shortly.
The New York Tribune says : It is
reported on good authority that the
Interests of the Royal Baking Powder
company , the New York Baking Pow
der company and the Cleveland Baking
Powder company have been sold to
William Ziegler for between $11,000,000
and $12,000,000.
General David A. Weisiger , who died
in Richmond the other day , participat
ed in all of the great battles in which
the Army of Northern Virginia was
engaged , and at the battle of the Wil
derness , General Mahone having tem
porarily succeeded General Anderson.
he took command of Mahone's brigade.
After a service of nearly twenty
years on the bench of the United States
court of Kentucky. Judge John H. Barr
has tendered his resignation to Presi
dent on account of ill health and ad
vancing age. He was appointed by
President Hayes in 18SO. lie will retire
on full pay at $5,000 a year , having
passed Iho required period.
The Rhode Island prohibition state
convention nominated this state tick
et : Governor , Joseph A. Peckham ,
Middletown ; lieutenant governor ,
Alouze 0. Gardiner. Barringlon ; sec
retary of state. Willian P. Bradler.
Fawlucket ; attorney general , Thomas
H. Peabody , Westerly : general treas
urer , Smith Quinby. Warwick.
The president sent to the senate an
inventory of the property of the Ha
waiian government transferred to the
United States under the act of anuexa-
tion according to a icport made by
Special Acent Sewall. The estimate
places the total of valuation at $10-
173,400. Tbo statement shows that oi
the public lands $4,147,700 worth of
them are farming and grazing lands.
and $ J , 481,800 worth of them town lots.
Albert Becker , the Chicago butcher ,
who has been it custody for a week on
suspicion of having murdered his wife.
Teresa Becker , broke down under the
long-continued cross questioning of
the police and made .1 complete confes
sion. "I killed her on January 27. "
said Becker defiantly. "We were walk-
on the Randolph street viaduct and
began quarreling. I became angry and
threw her into the lake. Then I went
home. "
The Montana legislature passed over
Governor Smith's veto a measure em
powering the owners of two-thirds o
the stock of a corporation to compel
the holders o the rest of the stock
to sell out at an appraised valuation
dr accept stock in another corporation
for their holdings. The effect of the
law will enable Montana copper com
panies to go into a trust if owners of
two-thirds of the stock so wish. Many
people think this is the purpose of the
bill.
Major General Wheeler has offered
the war department a suggestion looking
'
ing to the 'utilization of the troops to
be added to the army under the terms
of the pending reorganization bill in
the regular establishment , instead of
in the volunteer branch. The com
promise measure permits the president
to recruit sunh portion of the 35,000
volunteers to be added to the regular
army in time of emergencj' from the
natives of the islands of Cuba , Porto
Rico and the Philippines as he may
elect. General Wheeler argues that
these men can be brought to a much
higher state of efficiency and be made
of greater value if incorporated in the
regular army than if in the volunteer
branch.
In the United States senate Mr.
Chandler , chairman of the committee
on privileges and elections , presented
the rep'ort of the majority made by a
committee of the Ohio stale senate
against Hon. M. A. Hanna , senator
rrom Ohio. Senator Turley ( Tenn. ) on
behalf of three membero of the com
mittee presented a written minority
report. Mr. Allen ( Neb. ) , another
member of the comrailce , said he did
not join in either the majority or the
minority report , but submitted one for
himself. "In view of the fact , " said
he "that this congress will expire in
three days and Mr. Hanna's term will
expire with it , there is no time to con
sider the matter. My term of office will
expire with" this congress , and I do
not deem it proper to express an opin
ion as to what a subsequent congress
should do. a congress to which Mr.
Hanna has been elected. "
LIVE STOCK AD PRODUCE.
, Chicago anil Kcw York Market
Quotations.
OMAHA.
Butter Creamery separator. . . 10 a 21
Uuttcr Choice fusicy country. H a ; G
Eszs Fresh. i > er fo/ ! . 1 < a IS
Ofiiclons1rcsea per pound. . V/.a. 7
Turkeys , dressert . ! l ii
Pigeons iivc.er < ! < u . < ( J a < >
M
Lemons -I'cr ! jox . < ? a * oO
Orauccs-1'or box . - . . . . . . - 0 : i 3 . . .
Cranberries .Jersoysperbbl. . . . G OJ a 0 2. >
Apples I'er band . . . 1 > a * Oi )
Honey Choice , per pound . 125 a l.t
Onions Per lnMiel . . . , a , } {
I5eans Himlpecf'd ; ! irivy . 1 a 1 40
Potatoes Ver Vir.shel. now . .HO a ( w
Hjiy L'i > lmd : pcj ton . J 03 a C 03
SOUTH OMAHA.
nogs-Choice iight . 3 00 a 3 & >
HOKS lleavy vuijrhts . 0 > a 3 70
Beef steers . 3 aC 1.1
Hulls . - > a 4 10
Stacs . * 5 ; ( ) a 4 GJ
Calves . ' ° 9 a 350
Western feeders . " " > a 3 03
Cows . 22-j a 4 10
IleUers . J > si * 2
Ptockers and feeders . > OJ a 4 b.
Sheep-1.irals ! . J 00 a 4 Go
Sheep-- Western wethers . 4 ! > a 4 J
C1I1CACO.
Wheat No. 2 .sprins . Oil a 72
Corn Per bushel . 3T a 'JGJ
Ostts. Per bushel . " 1 a 23
Barlev No. 2 . 42 a T.l
Rye No. 2 . M a sou
Timothy suc < i. per bu . " 4.i a 2 TiO
1'ork Pcrcwt . ' ' 21 a 'J 25
Lard Per 1O ) pounds . ' 20 a S '
G'.Ullc Wo .iern fe'l Mosrs . . . 4 IT a 4 70
Cattle Native beef steers . > " > 0 a " > 70
Hoprs Mixed . ' ' " > " a 3 77
ShiepJ.ainlrt . 4 ° ° a . " > 0. )
Sneojj Wesleiu IIinsers . " To ai CO
NCW YOP.tC MARKET.
Wheat No. 2 , red winter . SJJ-fa , 87
Corn No. 2 . 45 a 4G
Oats No. 2 . 34J5a 35
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat No. 2 spring . GO a G7
Corn No.2 . 33 a 33K
Oats No.3/ . 23Ma 2J
Bheep Muttons . It 50 a 3 75
Hogs Jli..ed . 370 a 4 2.i
OattU Stockcrs and feeders. . 4 00 a 4 . * > 0
FOE BOYS AND GIJRIS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
What line Hey Accomplished The Story
of What Happened on Clifford Kay's
Birthday \Tino Drinking Will Never
Make a Ulan of Anybody.
Love at n Distance *
Jpon my bedroom mantel shelf.
With many knlckkmicks laden ,
Two figures stand , at either end
A china man and maiden.
So lovingly they sadly glance ,
As if to say , "Come nearer. "
While each replies , "Alas , 1 can't !
But , love , you're all the dearer ! "
holds a crook In one plump hand ,
Her hair Is bright and golden ,
Her dress Is { lowered and furbelowcd
In dainty fashion olden.
He wears a three-cocked beaver hat
And coat of satin yellow ,
With dark brown eyes and powdered
cue
He is a handsome fellow.
A gun is slung across his back ,
But you need never fear it.
A heart has long been his sole aim
Ah ! if he were but near it !
And still they smile and sadly glance ,
As if to " "
say , "Come nearer ,
While each replies , "Alas , I can't !
"But love , you're all the dearer ! "
What One Boy Did.
By Anne Guilbert Mahon.
They were just sitting down to the
tahle , twelve hoys , their faces bright ,
their eyes sparkling with the antici
pation of the dinner that was before
them. It was Clifford Ray's birthday
and his mother had said he might
invite eleven of his friends to a dinner
party.
Clifford was an only child and an
only grandchild and , strange as it may
seem , he was blessed with three grand
mothers. The way he came to have
more than his share of grandmothers
was" that his mother had married
again , so there was her mother , his
father's mother and his step-father's
mother ; stranger yet , they lived to
gether , to all appearances in peace an-J
concord , and vied with each other in
petting and spoiling Master Clifford.
The boys lost no time in starting on
the good things , and they ate as only
healthy , growing boys can eat. They
did not talk much at first , they -were
too busy for that ; but they enjoyed
themselves thoroughly , which made
Mrs Ray and the three kind old grand
mothers who waited on them , beam
with pleasure.
After they had got fairly started ,
Mrs. Ray unlocked the door of a little
cupboard , built in the wall , and said
smilingly , "Now , boys ! I am going to
give you your choice of some very fine
wine. I have all kinds here , and you
can take your choice , in honor of Clif
ford's birthday. "
"Oh , that's fine , mother ! " ex
claimed Clifford. "Come , boys , what
kind will you have ? "
No one answered , so Mrs. Ray turn
ed to the boy at the head of the table ,
George Warner , the biggest of the
twelve , and the most popular ; George
usually took the lead in everything.
As Mrs. Ray turned to him , he an
swered politely , but without the slight
est hesitation , "I won't take any ,
thank you , Mrs. Ray. "
The boys looked at him in surprise ,
and Clifford's mother said , "What !
Not any wine ? Oh , you are not so
particular ! Of course it wouldn't defer
for boys to make a practice of drink
ing it ; but this is something extra ,
and a glass won't hurt you ; it will
make a man of you. "
George was tempted to reply that
he knew just what kind of a man it
would make of him , he had seen men
like that ; but he did not like to say
anything rude to Mrs. Ray , so he an
swered politely but as firmly as be
fore , "No , thank you. I really can't
take it. Please don't urge me ! "
"Come , now ! You won't refuse a
lady , I'm sure ! "
All eyes were turned on George. He
colored slightly as Mrs. Ray poured
out a glass of the sparkling beverage
and set it before him ; but his resolve
was not shaken and lie repeated , "I'm
sorry to have to refuse you anything ,
but indeed , I can't take it. "
Mrs. Ray was evidently annoyed.
"Well , I won't press you , if it's
against your principles to drink it , "
she said , and turned to the next boy
with , "Well , you'll take it , Harry
Clark ? "
George's refusal had given Harry
courage to act. He knew his mother
would not want him to take the wine ;
but he would not have been strong
enough to refuse if it had not been for
his friend's example , so he said , "I
dcn't believe I'll take any , cither , Mrs.
Ray. "
Frank Miller , who ? at next to Harry
said the same , and so it went all
around the table until it came to Clif
ford.
"You'd better shut up the cupboard ,
mother , I don't believe any of the fel
lows want it. "
Then they went on eating their din
ner and were soon as merry as if the
interruption had not occurred. The in
cident was seemingly forgotten.
But there was one who did not for
get it. In the next room there was a
listener of whom none of the boys
were aware. Mrs. Ray's brother had
long been a source of trouble to his
family. It was the old story of bad
company and then ail sorts of dissi
pation. He had tried one business
after another , to make a failure of all.
At last he had gone away , and his
family hoped that the separation from
his old companions might reform him ;
but he came back an utter wreck and
failure.
Howard Morse had come in while the
boys were at dinner. He was sober
then : but he intended going out later
in the evening with a number of boon
companions , and "making a night of
it" as usual. The door between the
dining-room and the library , where he
had thrown himself down on the di
van , was open , and he heard his sis
ter's offer of the wine and George's re
fusal.
It reminded him of the time whan
he took his first glass of wine and then
he thought of the events which fol
lowed. Like all drunkards , at times ,
he would have given anything he pos
sessed to break the awful bondage , and
he now wished heartily that when he
had been offered his first glass he had ,
like George , had the courage to re
fuse. Then the thought came to him ,
"Am I going to bo outdone by a boy
twelve years old ? What he can do , I
can ; it isn't too late yet. If God will
only forgive me and help me , I'll never
touch another drop. "
A few minutes later the boys and
Mrs. Ray and the three grandmothers
were greatly surprised to see Howard
Morse walk into the dining room and
greet them cordially. Since he had
started on the downward path he had
kept taciturnly to himself when he was
at home , and avoided meeting any of
the people who visited there. This was
a new Howard , surely !
After dinner , instead of hurrying out
of the house , he joined the boys in the
library. He was so entertaining , in
stituting new games , and telling
thrilling stories , that no one could be
lieve the clock right when its hands
pointed to the hour for leaving.
Reluctantly the boys went home ,
after bidding "Uncle Howard" a hearty
good-night.
As George was going Howard caught
his arm and drew him aside.
"I want to tell you , George , that you
have saved me tonight. "
George's eyes opened wide in aston
ishment. "Saved you ? I ? "
"Yes ; it was your example in re
fusing the wine , that set me to think
ing , and I resolved never to touch an
other drop of liquor or have it in the
house. I would like to join your tem
perance society. I want to help save
others who have been as low as I was. "
George was very happy that night ,
and when he prayed to his Heavenly
Father he did not forget to thank Him
for the privilege which had been given
to him , to save a soul by his example.
Howard Morse kept his word. He
not only joined the temperance society ,
but later on the church , and was well
known throughout the community as
an earnest worker.
Some years afterward he started out
as a temperance lecturer and was the
means of leading many from the
"broad way that leadeth to destruc
tion. " And in all his lectures he never
failed to give credit to the boy who
had stood firm for his principles , and
by his example , pointed him to the way
in which he was now walking.
Birds on Her Hut.
That quick wit is not confined to
cities was proved the other day by a
young woman who was rambling along
one of our roads.
She was dressed smartly , and when
she met a small , bare-legged urchin
carrying a bird's nest with eggs in it ,
she did not hesitate to stop him.
"You are a wicked boy , " she said.
"How could you rob that nest ? No
doubt the poor mother is now griev
ing for the loss of her eggs. "
'Oh , she don't care , " said the boy ,
edging away ; "she's on your hat ! "
Cape Ann ( Mass. ) Advertiser.
Mesmerized by a Ball.
One of the most interesting and
novel effects in the new drama at the
Princess , says the London Evening
News , is the demonstration of me
chanically produced hypnotism oy
means of the revolving crystal globe
that gives its name to the piece. This
globe , which is the latest invention of
the French mesmerist , has such power
that the actors and actresses on the
stage have to exercise great care to
keep their eyes away from it. There
is no risk to the audience , as the globe
is focused "up stage. "
Two Brave Girl * .
William Bridon , a proment farmer
of Canal township , Franklin , Pa. , was
attacked by a vicious bull and fatally
injured. Two brave daughters of the
wounded man , hearing his cries for
help , got axes and went to the assist
ance of their father. They went at the
enraged animal in true butcher style.
Blow after blow was sent home on the
body and after a hard battle they fin
ally dispatched it. The wounded man
it is believed , cannot recover.
Telegraphic Typexvriters.
An invention recently exhibited at a
conversazione of the British Royal So
ciety seems likely , so far as private
house-to-house calls are concerned , to
supersede the telephone. This con
trivance is a telegraphic recorder , with
out a battery , invented by a Mr.
Stelges. It requires no skill , and
typewrites the message on the desk
of the receiver , while retaining an
identical copy in the hands of the
sender. It is such a revolution in
telegraphy that the postoffice , on the
advice of W. H. Preece , has adopted it ,
and will install it wherever required
by the public at a small cost. The
home secretary has just sanctioned its
introduction to Scotland Yard , where
forty instruments have already been
ordered. The new telegraphy trans
mits a message or signal and makes a
permanent and indisputable record of
the order sent , and the fact that it is
independent of batteries will make it
very useful in warm climates. For
Mr. Rhodes , in his Cape Town to
Cairo connection , this should prove
most valuable , and it is understood
that Dr. Jameson's present visit to
this country is concerned with securing
the concession for Africa.
" Only the First Step
is Difficult. "
The first step in Spring
should be to cleanse Nature's
house from Winter's accumu
lations. Hood's Sarsaparilla
does this work easily. It is
America's Greatest Spring
Medicine. It purifies the blood
as millons of people say.
It makes the weak strong , aa nervons
men and women gladly testify. It
cures all blood diseases , as thousands
of cured voluntarily write. It is just the
medicine for you , as you will glatllysay
after you have given it a fair trial.
Bad BlOOd- " Although past 70 years of
age I am thoroughly well. It was three
bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilia that made
me so after spending over $ < X ) In medical
attendance. My trouble was a raw sore on
my ankle. " MRK. LOUISA MASO.X , Court
Street , Lowell , Mass.
Running Sores- " After worrying four
months 1 KIVO my children Hood's Sarsa-
purilhi and it cured them of running sorca.
Hood's Pills cured me of dyspepsia and
constipation. " Mns. KATE E. TIJOMAS 31
Governor St. , Annapolis , Md.
Consumptive Cough "Five years
ngo I had a consumptive cough which re
duced me to a skeleton.V s advised to
take Hood's Sarsiiparilla which I did and
recovered normal health. I have been well
ever since. " MATU.PA JJKIDOEWATKR , Cor.
Pearl and. Chestnut Sts. , Jeffersonville , Ind.
Hood's Tills ure liver ills , the non-irritating and
the only cathartic to tiVe with Hood's Sanaparilhu
A newly found letter by T. P. Bar-
num , one of the last he wrote , advises
young men to learn stenography and
typewriting , and adds : "Keep your
brains free from fumes of alcohol ,
your blood freed from , its taints. Avoid
tobacco as poison it really is. Keep
yourself clean physically and morally.
Give your body the care you would
give to any machine of which you re
quire much good work. "
Coo's CougU Itulfliim
IB the oldest and best. It will break up acoldautrkcr
ban anything else. It Is always reliable. Try It.
Statistics in regard to the amount oC
money brought to this country by Eu
ropean immigrants show that the Ger
man is the richest , with an average
of 52 , 50 , while the Englishman fa a
close second , with $52. The French
man has $47.25 and the Belgian $15 ,
while the Irishman brings but $15 , the
Russian $12.50 and the Italian ? 10.
Probably the Italian takes more bacs
to his native land , howevt. * . than any
of the others
Ittrs. "Winslow'H Soothlnp ; Syrup.
For children teething , soften * the Ktims , reduces In-
lamination , allays paincures wind colic. .Bcabottls.
The Burlington route , advertising
from its office in Omaha recently , of
fered a cash prize of S100 to the per
son who would send them the best plan
for encouraging immigration to Ne
braska. Among the letters received
was the following :
"Republican City , nob. , January 27 ,
1899. J. frances , g p : I saw youer add
in your paper asken advise of how to
settle nebraska , for my 20 years' expe
rience that the grate part of nebraska
is old batchus and air longen for a
wife or a housekeeper and the eastern
world is full of old mades and widoes ,
now if the railroads wood trasport
the old mades and widoes to nebraaka
free theair woodend bee no further
truble about settlers. I tell you th
wimen healr that hain't ingaged air
scaris then henea teath and most of the
girles marey when theair 15 , now if
theas old mades and old batchus go to
keepen house and the men heair that
all the widoes heaiv ship to nebraska ,
you felowes wood just half to put on
; xtra traines to carray the men.
Health for Ten Cents.
Cascarets make bowels and kidneys net
naturally , destroy microbes , cure headache ,
billiotibiiess and constipation. All druggists.
It is hard for the preacher to keep
people from the opera in the week
when he runs as near to it as ne can
on Sundays.
TEE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination , but also
to the care and bkill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the Car.iFonxiA FIG SVKUP
Co. only , and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFOKXIA Fie SVRUP Co.
only , a knowledge of that fact will
Assist one in avoiding the "worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CAI.I-
FORXIA FIG SVKUP Co. with the medi
cal profession , and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families , makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance of all other laxatives.
as it acts on the kidneys , liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them , and it docs not gripe nor
nauseate. Tn order to get its beneficial
effects , please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN 1'HANCISCO. Cnl.
, Kr. YOKIT. Jf. T.