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In the ponuto on thn 27th Senator Har
ris (Kan.) spoke at length on the oleo
margarine bill. He supported the meas
ure, but urged an amendment placing a
tax of ten cents n pound on adulterated
butter and regulating the manufacture
and sale of renovated butter. Senator
Quarks (Wis.) vigorously denounced tho
oleomargarlno Industry as a fraud. At
the conclusion (of Senator Quarlcs' speech
a messaga from tho president, recom
mending that provision be made for dip
lomatic and consular representatives In
Cuba and announcing formally that tho
Island would bo turned over to the Cuban
government on the 20th of May next, was
read and referred to tho committee on
foreign relations. Senator Patterson
(Col.) sharply criticised tho methods by
which Gon. Funston captured Agulnaldo
nnd sought to show that Gen. Funston's
statement that ho had not violated tho
articles of civilized warfare was not ac
curate. Tho senate then went Into ex
ecutive session and soon afterward nd
Journed until tho 31st.... A genuine sensa
tion was caused In tho house by the pre-
ccntatlon by Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) tho
democratic lender, 'of charges alleging
tho corrupt uso of a fund of $500,000 In
connection with tho salo of the Danish
West Indies. The charges were con
tained in an alleged Becrct report of Capt.
Walter Christmas to tho Danish govern
ment, which declared that ho had em
ployed corrupt means to bring tho ne
gotiations for tho salo of tho Islands to
a consummation. The report mentioned
tho names of Abner McKlnloy and his
partner, Col. Brown, C. W. Knox, who
was described as "an Intimate friend of
Senator Hanna," Richard 1 Evans, who
was said to represent "Mr. Gardner and
his friends In tho house," and two press
associations, tho names of which were
not given, us having been Interested In
tho matter. Tho charges against mem
bers of congress were not specific. Mr.
Richardson asked tho adoption of a
resolution for tho appointment of nn In
vestigating committee of seven, which
was carried and tho commltteo appointed.
Great excitement attended tho whole pro
ceeding. The army appropriation bill was
subsequently passed and tho president's
messago on tho relinquishment of con
trol of Cuba was laid before tho house.
Tho senato was not In session on the
2Sth....Tho house passed 125 private pen
sion bills. Tho president's policy with
regard to tho veto of bills to remove tho
chargo of desertion from the records of
soldiers came in for considerable discus
sion during tho day. Early In the session
a number of minor bills were passed.
The Bundry civil appropriation bill was
reported and Mr. Cannon gavo notice
that he would call It up on the 31bJ. Mr.
Goldfoggle (N. Y.) Introduced a resolu
tion that the secretary of state be di
rected to Inform tho house whether
American citizens of tho Jewish religious
faith, holding passports Issued by this
government, are barred or excluded
from entering Russia and what notion
concerning such discrimination, If any,
has been tnken by the government of
the United States. Mr. Shafroth (Col.)
Introduced a bill prescribing the size of
the field of the United States Hag and the
arrangement of stars.
The senate was not In session on tho
29th.., .Tho hoiiso devoted most of tho
day to the bill Increasing tho efficiency
of tho revenue cutter service, but did not
complete Its consideration. The Chinese
exclusion net was mado j. special order
after the disposal of the revenue cutter
bill. Tho speaker then laid before tho
house the Miles correspondence.
During tho entire session of the senato
on tho 31st tho oleomargarine bill was
under consideration. Three speeches
were delivered, Senator Simmons (N. C.)
making an extended argument in oppo
sition to the bill nnd Senators Dilling
ham (Vt.) and McCumber (N. D.) speak
ing In Its favor. Senator McMlllIn
(Mich.) Introduced a bill authorizing tho
construction of a union depot In Wash
ington to cost $4,000,000. Senator Hans
brough (N. D.) Introduced nn amend
ment to tho army appropriation bill pro
viding an appropriation of $1,000,000 for
the construction of buildings for post
exchanges. Senator Martin (Va.), from
tho commltteo of tho District of Columbia,
reported favorably tho amendment au
thorizing tho construction of a memorial
bridge across tho Potomac at Washing
ton. It fixes tho cost at $5,000,000.... The
house began consideration of tho sundry
civil appropriation bill, but little of tho
speech-making was pertinent to the bill.
Mr. Payne (N. Y.), chairman of the ways
and means committee, reported tho Cuban
reciprocity bill and Mr. Sulzer (N. Y.)
Introduced a pro-Boor resolution.
l'nftt Ofilro Inpectorn Not Kxcnpt(1.
Washington, April 1. The elTort
which hns heen made recently to ex
cept post office Inspectors from the
civil service rules hns failed. It wis
authoritatively stated yesterday that
the civil service commission never se
riously considered the proposition,
but to set at rest reports that such
action would bo taken they have
agreed that no recommendation will
be made looking to any change in
the present method of appointment..
Iteeklens liloynllHt Hold Torn Dentil.
Kansas City, Mo., March 28. A cor
oner's jury, after investigating tho
death of Kate Clagg, who was killed
tit Fifteenth street and Prospect ave
nue Tuesday evening, found that she
died as the result of being struck by
a bicycle ridden by Charles Johnson.
Information was filed against him by
the prosecuting attorney, charging
him with manslaughter.
An In the Tlmn of Nero.
121 Paso, Tex., Marcli 31. Across
the bridge at Juarez on Mexican soil
will be hold a contest the like oi
which hns not been seen since the
days of Nero. A monster lion from
Africa will be pitted against a splen
did hull and the two beasts will bat
tle to the dt'atli.
Ilnx Fuetory 1tur;iiil.
Knnsns City, Mo., March 2S. Fire
on tho Missouri river front shortly
after midnight this morning de
stroyed wholesale property of an es
timated value of from $10,000 to $50,
000, the property of tho National Pa
per Uox company being completely
destroyed.
JAMES TOOK A "PARILLA."
The Old" Quaker Innkeeper Wouldn't
CUve 111m Air More of the
"StronK Stuff."
The country Immediately adjacent
to Philadelphia is rich in qunlnt old
taverns and inns, many of which have
remained unchnnged for a century or
more. 12aeli one of these has ItB own
following, and it is quite the thing for
tho city patrons to get up dinner par
ties, ordering the dinner in advance, to
secure good service.
Tho proprietor of one of the hest
known of these taverns, one much af
fected by the hunting set, is on old
Quaker, who amid tho incongruous
surroundings of his bnr still clings to
tho plain language of his faith. Occa
sionally he even dispenses liquid re
freshments with his own hands, nnd
it seems queer to hear his mild voice
asking: "What will thee have?"
The oilier day there was a crowd in
tho bar, and one of the men had ul
ready been imbibing too freely. Never
theless, he lined up nt the bar with
the others and loudly cnllcd for whis
ky. The old mnn looked at him se
verely and remarked:
"James, doesn't thee think theo hnt
had enough of tho strong stuff? The
had better tnko a 'parilla."
There was no appeal, says tho Phila
delphia IJccord, und James drank a
glass of sarsparilla.
A GLASS-BOTTOMED BOAT.
Novel Provision of a. Florldn Hotel.
Keeper for the ISntcrtnliiiucut
of Ills 1'ntroiiH.
A hotel keeper at Nassau has elab
orated tho idea of tho marine tele
scope in striking fashion, any people
who have been in tho tropics are fa
miliar with tho "marina telescope," n
long, wooden box, with a pane of glass
at one end, which, being thrust into
the water at the side of the boat, en
ables one to get a fairly satisfactory
view of tho animal and vegetable life
at or near the bottom when the bot
tom is not too far from the surface,
says the. Boston Journal. What the
ingenious hotel keeper proposes is to
make a big boat, which shall itself
be a marine telescope, und so provide
his patrons with nn opportunity to
watch the sea gardens of the Baha
mas much more conveniently than
they could with the glazed tube. The
bout, which is now building at Palm
Beach, Fla., is to bo 48 feet long ant
for 28 feet its bottom is to be made oi
plute glass, clear and thick. Thus will
the capacity of the surface ripples be
avoided, while deeper immersion, in
creased steadiness and wider field ol
view are expected to give the passen
gers such a spectacle of submarine
wonders as they never secured by the
simpler arrangement.
DrltUli Women In Politic.
Tho movement to make room for
British women in the political and pro
fessional fields grows apace, apparent
ly without much assistance from the
opposite sex. At the annual meeting
of the Birmingham Society for Pro
moting the Election of Women Guar
dians, one of the women speakers said:
"The only complaint we have to make
nguinst men is that they ore a little
too retiring." Lieut. Gen. Phelps, who
wns present, somewhat gallantly re
plied: "Where women are so capable
of doing the work it would be super
fluous for us to intervene."
Ten Year IIiiIIiIIiik.
In the last ten years the government
has built in its own yards four vessels
of 19,389 tons, at a cost of $7,200,OOC
and nil these were laid down more
than a decade ago. .
THJi GENERAL MARKETS.
Kansas City, April 1.
CATTLE-Docf steers 3 25 S C G5
Native steers 3 00 'M 90
N Western steers BOO (fj G 25
HOGS 4 00 G93
SHEEP -M0ff6a3
WHEAT No. 2 hard C8H C9
No. 2 red 77 fj) 78
CORN No. 2 mixed 5Sin 69
OATS No. 2 mixed 43 44
RYE-No. 2 D9
FLOUR Hard wh't patents. 3 45 3 3 C5
Soft wheat patents 3 75 4 00
HAY Timothy 10 00 13 50
Pralrlo 7 00 &12 K
BRAN-Sacked S5V4
BUTTEH-Cholce to fancy.. 18 2C
CHEESK-Full cream 104
EGGS 13
POTATOES 95 110
ST LOUIS.
CATTLE Beef steers 3 00 G 75
Txa3 steers 3 50 G 10
HOGS Butchers G 75 6 95
SHEEP Natives 4 50 5 CO
FLOUR Red winter patents 3B1 3 M)
WHEAT No. 2 red 774 77
CORN No. 2 Kli'8 C0V4
OATS-No. 2 4ti 43U
RYE 57
BUTTER-Cronmery 21 23
DRY SALT MEATS 9 00 9 12V4
BACON 10 00 10 12&
CHICAGO.
CATTLE Steers 4 25 7 10
HOGS Mixed and butchers. G 43 G W)
SHEEP Western i 23 5 83
FLOUR Sprlnc patents 3 20 (if 3 70
WHEAT No 2 77 7S
CORN-No. 2 571fc 58
OATS-No. 2 11'4 41i
RYE-May 55 55',i
LARP-May 9 70 9 SO
PORK-May lG37VilGC0
NEW YORK.
CATTl.E-Stncrs 5 00 7 00
HOGS C75 n 6 S3
SHEEP 3 00 4 50
WHEAT-No, 2 82 85
CORN No. 2 G7H1 07
OATS-No. 2 47
Auk To-Unr tor Allen's ir6ot.ISna.
It cures swollen, nahlng, tired feet. At all
Druggists and Shoo stores, 2.5c. Satnplo sent
Fkee. Address A. 8. Olmsted, Lo Roy, N. Y.
The Poet "No, the editors never burn
my poems." The Friend "How is thntV"
The Poet "I write them on sheets of as
bestos." London Answers.
Piso's Cure is the best medicine wo ever
nsed for nil affections of the throat and
lungs. Wm. O. Endsley, Vanburcn, Ind.,
Feb. 10. 1000.
An agreeable man is one who consents to
being taught things which he already knows.
Chicago Daily News.
Stop the Congn nnrt AVorkn Ofl
tho Cold.
Laxatlvo BromoQululuoTablots. Prloo25o.
"Don't say "I told you so" to n man in
up to his waist, or he will walk in up to his
neck. Atchison Globe.
Dropsy treated frco by Dr. H. II. Green's
Bons, of Atlanta, Ga. Tho greatest dropsy
specialists in tho world. Rend their adver
tisement in another column of this pauor.
The man who sprawls all over the street
car would shrink like a 20-cent shirt if ho
had to pay two fares. Baltimore News.
Sweat or fruit acids will not discolor
goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS
DYES. Sold by druggists, 10c. package.
ON VARIOUS TOPICS.
Prof. Giles, of Cambridge, England,
Bays women cannot learn to read and
write Chinese.
The Broommakcrs' union issues a
round million of labels each month"
for union-made brooms.
Senator Kearns, of Utah, carries a
timepiece of the finest Swiss work
manship, which cost SG0O.
An Australian hns been swinging
clubs for IS hours a day for six days
In succession at Edinburgh.
The pope recently received a peti
tion to encourage the project of mak
ing a catalogue of all art treasures
preserved in Italian churches nnd mon
asteries, to prevent their being pur
chased and exported.
BRIGHT'S DISEASE CURED.
Sullivan, 111., March 31st. Mrs. Kitty
F. Seaney was very ill for months and
notwithstanding the bcBt possible med
ical attendance she got no better. The
doctors said she hnd Bright's Disease,
and gave her little or no hope of ever
being well again.
She suffered great pain in her back,
which nothing seemed able to relieve,
till at last encouraged by the reputa
tion DodU's Kidney Pills have attained
in the community ns u cure for Kidney
Diseases she began to use them.
The result was a surprise both to
Mrs. Seaney and the physicians, for
soon after the treatment wns com
menced her kidneys threw off large
quantities of dark diseased mntternnd
she improved rapidly. She uscdiinall
ten boxes, and has completely recov
ered good health without pain or symp
toms of the Bright's Dlsenpe.
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One mny call tho seas nnd
that men of nfl'alrs, who
nor tho inclination, whether on plcnsuro bent or business, to uso thoso
medicines which causo cxccsslvo purgation nnd thon lcavo the Internal
organ9 In a constipated condition. Syrup of Figs Is not built on thoso
lines. lb acts naturally, acts effectively, cleanses, sweetens nnd strengthens
tho Internal organs and leaves them In s healthy condition.
If la need of a laxative remedy the most excellent Is Syrup of Figs, but
when anything mora than a laxative Is required tho safo and scientific plan
is to consult a competent physician and not to resort to those medicines
which claim to euro all manner of diseases.
Tho California Fig Syrup Oo. was tho first to manufactures a laxative remedy
which would givo satisfaction to all; a laxatlvo which physicians could
sanction und one friend recommend to another ; so that today Its Bales probably
exceed all other laxatives combined. In somo places considerable quantities of
old-thuo cathartics and modern Imitations are still sold, but with the general
diffusion of lcnowlcdgo, as to the best medlciual agents, Syrup of Figs has come
into general uso with tho well-informed, becauso it is a remedy of known valuo
and ever beneficial nctlon.
Tho quality of Syrup of Figs Is duo not only to tho excellent combination of
tho laxatlvo and carminative principles of plants, known to act most beneficially
on tho system, with agrccablo and refreshing aromatlo liquids, but also to tho
orglnal method of manufacture. In order to get tho genuine and Its beneficial
effects one shonld always note tho full name of tho Company California Fig
Syrup Co. printed on tho front of every package.
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Mrs. Francis Podmore, President W. C.
T. U., Saranac Lake, New York, Owes
Her Health to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound. Read Her Letter.
" Dear Mrs. Pinkiiam : For several years after my last child
was born I felt a peculiar weakness, such as I never had experienced
before, with severe pains in the ovaries and frequent headaches.
" I tried the doctor's medicines and found it money worse than
wasted. A friend who had been cured through the use of Lydia E.
Flnkhuni's Vegetable Compound advised me to try it. I did
so, also your Sanative Wash, and I must say I never experienced
such relief before. Within six weeks I was like another woman. I
felt young and strong and happy once more.
" This is several years ago, but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound i3 my only medicine. If I ever feel bad or tired a few
doses brings instant relief." Mrs. Francis Podmore.
$5000 FORFEIT IF TUB ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE.
When women nro troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful
menstruation, weakness, leucorrhcea. displacement or ulceration of tho
womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of tho ovaries, backacho,
bloating (or ilatulenco). gcnoral debility, indigestion, and nervous pros
tration, or aro beset with such symptoraii as dizziness, faintness, lassitudo,
niUnlilU,. UIln1,MII .,,,, nlaxnUnonnini mnln tinlinltr o11
gono" and " want-to-bc-left-alono " feelings, blues and hopelessness,
thov should rflmember thero is one tried and truo remedy. iLydin E.
Pinkliam's Vejrctalrto Compound at once removes such troubles.
Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need tho best.
McakliiK of Gout.
Johnny When docs a nanny's Yoke
change?
Ma There's no change in n coat."
Pa Not even a scent? Chicago Daily
NTevs.
Earllcnt nnimlnn Millet.
Will you ho short of liny? If so plant a
plenty of this prodigally proline millet
5 TO 8 TONS OP ItlCII IUT l'KK ACUB.
Price no lbs. 81.00; 100 lbs. r.'J.OO, low freights
John A. tiulzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis.
"It's very seldom," said Uncle Eben, "dat
gittin' dc best of un iihguinent will pay foh
dc time you lias to put in doin' it." Wash
ington Star.
Check Cold nnd Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horchound and Tar.
Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Woman's love is like an ill-spent fortune
we never know its value till we lone it.
Loudon Anawors.
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Mrs. Kinnican An' did ycr husband injoy
tlir cilibrntiau?
Mr. Hottan-Nivir n hit. T'ink av all
thiiu whiistics a-blowiu', au' no wurruk to
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A IlmuUoino Me mi Cnril.
It is a noticeable fact that the dining cai
department of tho Grand Trunk Railwuy
System is second to none on the American
Continent, and new improvements and mod
ern innovations arc continually being mode.
The Cafe-Parlor cars which hare been run
ning on nearly all of tho divisions of this
freat SysUm arc a constnut touice of praiso
rom the travelling public. The company
has recently altered the style of the menu
curdfl uhcd on nil of the dining cars and cafe
parlor cars, and has gotten up a very hand
some and neat bill of faro that appeals to
the artistic sense.
Rashness is the faithful but unhappy par
ent of misfortune Kuller.
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