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HEW ERA FOR RUSSIA.
Tbe Cxiir OranU Itellgloaa Freedom to All
SubjeoU or the Itenlin Duos Ho
Include Jews?
St. Petersburg, March 13. The czar
lias issued a docrce providing1 for free
dom of religion throughout his do
minions, establishing to some degree
local selfigovcrnment and making
other concessions to the village laws.
Among the measures outlined by
the czar for the attainment of these
nds is reform of the rural laws,
"vvhich is to be effected with the ad-
vice of persons who possess the confi
dence of the people. The system of
administration in the various gov
ernments and districts is to bo ex
amined by representatives of the dif
ferent localities concerned Willi the
view of effecting the necessary
amendments. Measures are also to be
taken to relieve the peasantry of the
burdens of forced labor. The decree,
which was issued in commemoration
of the anniversary of the birthday of
Alexander III., is considered to be
the most significant act of state
since the emancipation of the serfs.
The public hails it as the proclama
tion of a new era, opening up bright
prospects of the early improvement
of Russian internal administration.
Although tho Jewish faith is not
specifically mentioned in the czar's
decree, it is believed that the liberty
granted to "all creeds" is intended to
include the Jews.
HAVEN FOR THE BLIND.
tTornr Homo of Alloc mt I'linetra Cnry
Hum Iluun rurcUd for tho Triuler
hlstera of AvouiUUo.
Cincinnati, March X3. "Clover
"Nook," the home of Alice and Phoebe
Gary, sisters, whose poems "are widely
known throughout the literary world,
lias passed out of the hands of tho
nears and will become a home for the
blind, under the management of the
Trader Sisters of Avoiulale. These
-sisters, one of whom is blind, have
been active in providing a library for
the blind, and expressed a wish to
obtain the Gary homestead for a
home for the blind. Wilium A. Proc
tor, a wealthy citizen, purchased it
and xhiccd it at their disposal. The
homestead has an ideal location near
College hill and comprises 20 acres.
To Ittilld Iminnii.io Alirjr.
Washington, March 13.. Sketches
tor the design of the mammoth bird
;ngc or aviary to be erected at the
3t. Louis world's fair by the Smith
sonian institution, in which almost
every specimen of the feathered king
3om will be able to live without re
itraint, have been submitted to Su
pervising Architect Taylor. The de
signs provide for pools of water,
flirubbery and all kinds of trees, with
running water and fountains. It will
se 200 feet square and arranged to
jnable the visitor to walk through
the center and find birds on both
jides and overhead.
Five Methodist Governor Ilunqaeted.
Chicago, March 13. Five Methodist
governors were guests at a banquet
given at the Auditorium by the Chi
rago Methodist Social union last
aight. Tlie governors are John H.
Mickey, of Nebraska; YVinficld L.
Durbin, of Indiana; Aaron T. Miss,
af Michigan; John L. Bates, of Mas
sachusetts, and Richard Yates, of
Illinois. Gov. S. 11. Vansant, of Min
scnpolis, another Methodist, sent his
regrets. JUshop McCabe and Bishop
Fitzgerald were also guests of the
union.
Cannn Itnclprticlty Treaty Reported.
Washington, March 13. Tho sen
ate committc on foreign relations has
authorized a favorable report on the
3ub;in reciprocity tre'aty with an
amendment similar to that recom
mended in connection with other rec
iprocity treaties, providing that tho
treaty shall not take effect until ap
proved by the house of representa
tives ns well as by the senate.
ItitmlltH Stole no Horse.
Guthrie, Ok., March 13. The three
bandits who robbed the Bock Island
station at Hennessey and murdered
Justice Cravat, are believed to have
reached the Texas panhandle. They
have stolon flO horses within the past
two weeks trying to escape; after ex
hausting horses they leave them and
steal others.
Ciiriinclo Willing; to Finnnco It.
Washington, March 13. Ex-Senator
Henry G. Davis, a member of the
intercontinental railway committee,
3ays Andrew Carnegie is willing to
finance the great enterprise. The
representative of every South Ameri
can government now in Washington
is aiding the project.
HurrU unci hiiynrH lluvo 11 Cliiinco.
Washington, March 13. It is be
lieved that the two democratic mem
bers of the Panama Canal commission
will be ex-Go v. Say ore, of Texas, and
ex-Senator Harris of Kansas, al
though the president has made no
definite promises to anybody.
Ilorrovti from hnliordlimteH.
Washington, March 13. A. C. Par
ker, a chief of division in the dead
letter ofllce, has been suspended from
ofliee for borrowing money from subordinates.
PLUTOCRACY OF PITTSBURG.
I'urac-l'rouit YounRcr fi-cucrnUea
Forget AVlmt Their Fnthcra
MlKlit Have Uecn.
Pride is a feature of the youngci
generation of Plttsburgcrs of wealth.
Things of which some of them think
they cannot be proud such as the
way in which their hard-working
fathers got their start in life they
try to forget. That the fathers are
sometimes proud of this same low
y start is responsible for this inci
dent: "Do you know, young man, that 1
once was very envious of youx
father?" said one of the steel kings
to the son of a man whose wealth,
while great, could be written with
one less figure, says a writer in the
New York Tribune.
"And when was that?" asked the
young man, pleased to think that
there had ever been a time when the
"king" envied his father.
"It was this way," returned the
old man. "I was working in a ditch
for $1.50 a tiny"
"I didn't know you started thai
way," interrupted the youth.
"That's the way. I was -working
in this ditch for $1.50 a day, and
your father was working in the snme
ditch. He got $1.75 because he was
stronger, and I envied him the extra
quarter."
LIGHTNING STRIKES UP.
The Enrth llc-comc ChnrKCil vrlth
XeKMtlvc Current "Which
IlunhcH Upward.
The cause of death by lightning is
the sudden absorption of the- electric
current. When a thundercloud, which
is highly charged with positive elec
tricity, hangs over any certain place,
the earth beneath it becomes abnor
mally charged with the negative elec
tric current, and a man, animal oi
other object standing or Ij'ing directly
beneath also partakes of the lasl
mentioned influence, says a s-cientific
authority. If, while the man, animal
or other object is in this condition, u
discharge takes place from the cloud
above, the restoration of the equilib
rium will be sudden and violent, or,
in language that we can all under
stand, the negative current from the
earth will rush up to join the positive
cloud current, and in passing through
tho object which separates the two
current's, if it be an animate. thing, will
do so with such force us to almost in
variably produce instant death. A
person is really "struck" by the
ground current, and not by the forked
fury from above.
Euruliijr oC College Stuilentn.
By a variety of employments, rang
ing from teaching and technical work
to sweeping rooms and washing dish
es, 104 Columbia university students
earned in three months last year
515,000 an average of about $90 for
each man. One student earned
more than $100 a week during the
throe months by advanced tutoring,
nnd another gained $1,050 during the
12 weeks. Several of the students
earned $300 each. Of tho women
students 17 gained $2,-131.GS, an aver
nge of $113, or $50 above the men's
average.
Fact (rum Illrth Statlnt lea.
Becently compiled statistics show
that the proportion of twins born as
compared with other infants is one
In eighty births. Of triplets there
is only one instance in 0,400, nnd
quadruplets are as one to 512,000;
while the chances of a quintet are
even more remote.
THE GENERAL MARKETS!
Knnans City, March
17.
CATTLE Beef steers $1 00 fjfi 5
Natlvo stocltcrs 3 CO Q 4
Western steers 2
HOGS C 25 i? G
SHEEr 2 00 5
WHEAT No. 2 hard C8
No. 2 red C9 H
CORN No. 2 mixed 3SV4C
OATS No. 2 mixed 33 H
RYE-No. 2 41
FLOUR Hani winter pat... 3 25 (ft 3
Soft winter patents 3 20 3
HAY Timothy 8 00 12
Pralrlo 4 00 Qi 9
BRAN
BUTTER Choice to extra.. 13 0
EGGS
CHBESE-FuH 'cream 13 fli
POTATOES Homo Krown .. 43 Q
ST. LOUIS.
00
75
Co
47
90
C9V4
71
39
31
45
50
50
50
00
7S
25
11
HV4
50
CATTLE Beef steers ...
Texas steers
HOGS Butchers
SHEEP Natives
FLOUR Red winter pat.
WHEAT No. 2 red
PORN No. 2
OATS No. 2
RYE
BUTTE R-Creumery
DRY SALT MEATS
BACON
CHICAGO.
4 70
3 05
7 30
4 00
3 30
G 5 50
4 40
55
5 70
3 45
75
41
3CV4
50tt
28
9 &7A
C70MP
31VM
20
10 75
CATTLE-Stcers 3
HOGS Mixed and butchers. 7
rillEEP Western 5
FLOUR Winter patents .... 3
WHEAT-No. I! red
CORN No. 2
OATS-No. 2
RYE May
50
25
00
CO
75
55
75
70
74
43
51
51U
LARD-May 9 95
10 10
PORK May 17 83
IS 07
NEW YORK.
CATTLE-Steer 125 5 55
HOGS Mixed western 7 90 8(0
SHEEP 4 50 C C2
WHEAT-No. 2 79 80
The Grip Leaves Thousands
Weak, Nervous, Dyspeptic,
11
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41 'For Grip
and the af
ter effects
like debili
ty, nervous
ness, dys
vcosU and
other caUrrh.il con
ditions resulting from
the Grip, in the en
tire Materia Medica
I have found no rem
edy that equals Pe
runa. for prompt ac
tion." Dr. S. B.
Hartman, President
The Hartman Sani
tarium. LIKE A DEMON grip hns crossed our
country, leaving behind scores of
physical wrecks.
Victims of catarrh of the head, ca
tarrh of the throat, catarrh of the
lungs, catarrh of the stomach, catarrh
of the kidneys, catarrh of the pelvic
organs, are to be counted by hundreds
of thousands. Grip is epidemic ca
tarrh, and sows the seed of chronic ca
tarrh within the system.
Thisvis so true that few grip suffer
ers are able to make a complete recov
ery until they have used Pcruna.
Never in the history of medicine has
a remedy received such unqualified and
universal eulogies as l'eruna. ,
A Xerr York Aldcrmnn'i Experience.
Hon. Joseph A. Iflinn, alderman
Fifth District, writes from 101 Chris
topher street, New York City, as fol
lows: "When a pestilence overtakes our
people we take precaution ns a nation
to preserve the citizens against the
dread disease.
"La grippe has entered thousands
of our homes this fall, and I noticed
that the people who used Peruna were
J quickly restored, while those who de
pended on doctor's prescriptions, spent
weeks in recovering, leaving hem
weak and emaciated.
"I had a slight attack of la grippe
and. at once took Peruna. which drove
FREE
"m ? -V MTATT?L WffrT??r.J
Send for a free sample of Dr. Sherman's Prickly Ash Kidney
Tablets. They arc guaranteed to be equal in every way to the well
known Prickly Ash Bitters, which has been used so extensively during
the last forty years for kidney diseases, liver, stomach and bowel
disorders. That grand old remedy has been modernized by the appli
cation of new scientific principles, and prepared in tablet form, easy
to take, quick to act on the system, and convenient to carry in the pocket.
IF YOU ARE CONSTIPATED,
They will produce a copious operation of the bowels
and a feeling of brightness, vigor and activity.
IF YOU ARE SUBJECT TO INDIGESTION,
They strengthen the digestion, drive out impurities,
and badly. digested food in the stoiua-ch. Will relieve
the pain of indigestion in a few minutes.
IF YOU FEEL DROWSY, TIRED, BILIOUS,
They will brighten you up, make vrork a pleasure,
restore energy, appetite, and cheerfulness.
FOR KIDNEY DISEASE,
They strengthen the kidneys, subdue inflammation,
J:cck wasting away cf the kidney tissue, build up
anew the debilitated organs and restore healthy func
tional activity.
FOR PURIFYING THE BLOOD AND PUTTING THE
SYSTEM IN GOOD CONDITION,
They cleanse the blood thoroughly, purify, strengthen
and invigorate the the whole system and fit the body
aud brain for effective work.
Persons who are unable to swallow a tablet may get the same
result by dissolving the dose of tablets in a little water (from a table
bpoonf ul to a half wineglassful) aud drinking the mixture.
Dr. Sherman's Prickly Ash Kidney Tablets are put up in
packages containing fifty tablets, the price of which is fifty cents.
Each package contains as many doses and is equal in medicinal
strength to a dollar bottle of Prickly Ash Bitters.
When buying from dealers be sure to get the genuine, having this
E-lgnature, cthiS.&ffittTuavS. on the outside label. If you dealer has not
got them, send us fifty cents in coin or stamps ; wc will send them by
mail. Samples sent to any address free. Write for them. Address,
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS CO., St. Louis, Mo.
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the disease out of my system in a few
daj's and did not hinder me from pur
suing my daily work.
"I should like to sec our Board of
Health give it official recognition and
have it used generally among our poor
sick people in Greater New York."
Joseph A. Flinn.
D. L. Wallace, a charter member of
the International Barber's Union,
writes from 15 Western avenue, Min
neapolis, Minn.:
"Following n Bevere attack of la
grippe I Fcemed to be affected badly
all over. I suffered with a severe back
ache, indigestion and numerous ills, sec
I could neither cat nor sleep, and 1
thought I would give up my work,
which I could not nfTord to do.
"One of my customers who was
greatly helped by Peruna advised me
to try it, and I procured a bottle the
same day. I used it faithfully and felt
a marked improvement. During the
next two months I took five bottles,
and then felt splendid. Now my head
is clear, my nerves steady, I enjoy food,
and rest well. Peruna has been worth
a dollar a dose tome." D.L.Wallace.
Mr. O. II. Perry, Atchison, Kansas,
writes:
"Again, after repeated trials of your
medicines, Peruna and Mannlin, 1 give
this as my expression of the wonderful
results of your very valuable medicine
SAMPLE
NO MONEY TILL CURED. 23 years cstabusiicd.
We send rRK and postpaid a 200 pise treatise on Piles, Fistula nnd Diseases of the
Rectum; also 100 page lllus. treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured
y our mild method, none paid a cent Wlcnred we furnish their names on application.
PRS. THORNTON & MINOR. 1031 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.
in its Path
Catarrh Wrecks.
From
N. r.
Journal.
uDuring.
the recent
Grip epi
demic, claiming
a million
'victims or
more.thb effi
ciency of rent-
n& in quickly
relieving this
malady and
its afteref
fects has
been the
talk of the
.vi iiinwji
if-.,i
in its effects in my case after repeated
trials.
"First, it cured me of chronic bron
chitis of fifteen yenrs' standing by
using two bottles of Peruna in Jan
uary, 1894, and no return of it.
"After I was cured of bronchitis I
had la grippe every winter for several
winters. But, through the use of Pe
runa, it got gradually weaker in its se
verity, until It dwindled down to a
mere stupor for two or three days.
Now the stupor docs not trouble m
any more." O. II. Perry.
A CunRfCMmnn'ii experience.
House of BeprcsentatlveH,
Washington, D. C.
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen "I am more thnn satis
fied with Peruna, and find it to be an
excellent remedy for the grip and ca
tarrh. I have used it in my family and
they all join me in recommending it da
an excellent remedy."
Very respectfully,
George H. White.
If you do not receive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pe
runa, write at once to Dr. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your cose,
and he will be pleased to give you hi
valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0
WESTERN CANADA
(WAIN QROWINQ. MIXED FARMING.
THKKKANON WHY mora
wheat la grown In Wcstorn
Canada In a few Miort month.
Is bocaiiRU vcitctatlon Krown In
jiroportlot) to tho MinllKht. Tho
more northerly tho latitude In
which grain will oomo lo perfec
tion, tho bettor It Is. Therefore
U2 pounds per bushel Is ns inlr a standard us Ul
pounds In tho ICast.
Aren under crop In "Vterri Cnnaila, 10O8,
l,U87,:i:iO Acr,
Yield. 100, 117,U2,7rt4 lluhe!.
HOMESTEAD LANDS OF 160 ACRES FREE,
tho only charito for which Is 8lO for mnklnR entry.
Abundanco of water and f uol, cheap bulldltiii ma
terial, cood iiras for pasturo nnd hay, n ferlllukoll.
a sutilclont rainfall, and itcllmalOKlTlnKpnuMurodi
anil adequato season of (trowtli. 8end to the follow
Incforan Atlas and other literature, and also foi
certltlcato icIvuir you reduced f rcltrhtand passenger
rules, etc.. SuiierlntendifBt of Immigration,
Ottmvu, Canmln, or J. B. CltAWirpitli. SU W".
Ninth St.. Kansas City, Mo.: M. V. IIkknctt.. HJ1
Now York J.Ifo IllilK- Omaba, Neb., authorized
Cunadlan OoTeruiiient Auonts,
FREE TO WOMEN
'lo prove tho ncnllng and
clennsInK power of Paxtlno
Toilet AntlMeptlc we will
mull a largo trial package
with book of Instruction
absolutely free. Thlo la
not n, tiny sample, buta largo
package, enough lo convlnco
unyono of Its value. Women
all over tho country are
pralslnc Paxtlnc for what It
tins dono In local treat-
'. , " ' mont of fViiinlo llU.cur-
lnall Intlammation and dlnchhrRcs, wonderful
as a cleansing vaginal doucho. for soro throat,
nanol catarrh..as a mouth wash, and to removo
tartar and whiten tho teeth. Send to-day: a
postal card will do.
Hold by drtiKKlata or nt pnaf itnlu by ns. flO
T1IK Jt. AM.X.TOM :., UOl Co. ii hi tin Av.,
Jlostou, Muss.
AuutAuwwuMuwygguwjAi
POTATOES :
$2.50
Bbl.
I.artt(t erowers of Seed I'otator a In America.
The "Itural New Yorla-r" elveaHaUer'aKnr.
It WUvoiMln u yield of 7-t liu. per u. 1'rleca
nlrtelienp. M nmmotuaerdbmikuiiil'uniplcof
'I'olBtP,Hpi:lti, SI ocuronl Wheal, 08 bu. per
a., fllunt Closer, etc., upon rrctlpt of 10o oitgc,
;IINA.8ALZEItBi:i:ilCO.T.aCroc,Wta.
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DATENTS
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ipnanju book
r FREDERICK G. FISCHER,
3d Floor JunoUon BIdq., Kansas 0tty( Mo.
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