t.... STRIKES YOU ANY TIME. Never know when ? or where backache i pains will strike i you. The kidneys will go wrong, and when they do the first warning Is general ly through the back. Do not fail to help the kidneys when they’re sick. Neglect means many serious ills. ’TIs only a short step from common backache to Rheu , matlc pains, Urinary disorders, Drop sy, Diabetes, Bright’s Disease. Doan’s Kidney Pills cure all Ills of the kidneys and bladder. Read this testimony; It tells of a cure that lasts. | Mr. A. W. Lutz, carriage wood worn cr, of 109 17th avenue, Sterling, 111., says: "After procuring Doan's Kidney ;; Pills in the month of November, 1897, 11 took a course of the treatment which Retired me of backache and other an noyances due to over-excited or weak ened kidneys. During the three years which have elapsed, I have had no . occasion to retract one word of my statement. 1 unhesitatingly and em phatically relndorse the claims made for Doan's Kidney Pills. A FREE TRIAL of this groat kld „ ney medicine which cured Mr. Lutz R will be mailed on application to any part of the United States. Address Foster-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For ■ale by all druggists, price 50 cents : per box. I The world loves an optimist. Even ft poker player likes to hear bis oppo ' mmt say, "That’s good." Superior quality and extra quantity | must win. This is why Defiance Starch I Is taking the place of all others. I The man who Is known as "a prince of good fellows” is likely to be re ferred to as “a lobster” wnen lits money is gone. --- THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS FOR WESTERN CANADA. '‘There will be thousands of Amer | leans coming up hero In the spring," | was the remark made by a farmer I from the vicinity of Langdon, North | Dakota, when he arrived in Winnipeg, | Manitoba, the capital of Western Can ada, a few dayB since. Ho was the ad vance guard of a large body who are following him. and he has already in | vested In several farming sections for < himself and others and purposes to i take up his permanent abode in this country. He went on to say: "Hun dreds are coming from my district alone. I* know this to be a fact for | many of them are neighbors of mine, i The chief topic of conversation with the farmers Is the coming Immigra tion In the spring! "The impression general. In the part of Dakota where 1 live that farmers ; can get from to to 15 cents more a | bushel for wheat on the American side of the line than on the Canadian has not prevented people from turning their eyes to Canada as a place to live in. They know they can get land in this country which Is every bit as fertile as that in Dakotu at about one quarter the price. It is safe to say that the exodus from Dakota into Canada this year will exceed the expectations of all Canadians." The government has established agencies at St. Haul, Minn.; Omaha, Neb.; Kansas City, Mo.; Chicago, 111.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Millwaukee, WIs.; 'Wausau, Wis.; Detroit, Sault Sle. Ma rie, and Marquette, Mich.; Toledo, Ohio; Watertown, S. Dakota; Grand Forks, N. Dakota, and Great Falls, Mont., and the suggestion is made that by addressing any of these, who are the authorized agents of the gov ernment, it will be to the advantage of the reader, who will be given the fullest and most authentic Information II regarding the results of mixed farm ing. dairying, ranching and grain-rais ing. and also supply Information as to freight, and passenger rates, etc, etc. Booth and the Statesmen. 1 General Booth, the Salvation Army I lender, cracked a few jokes with :| statesmen while he was in Washlng 1 ton. Senator Frye said to him: i: "When I was In London I was much ; interested in your organization. In j fact, I thought of Joining." "Better ] not," said the general; "yould would not submit to out discipline." Sena I tor Alger said he understood liantia in I tended to join. "Ah. 1 should make | him my chancellor of the exchequer." was the revivulists's reply. Senator Hoar was introduced Jocularly as “the worst man in the senate." "That's | good." said the general heartily. "1 want to meet all kinds. The bad l want Jo help and the good 1 want to \ ljelp me." How Tolstoi Was "Exiled.” ! Paul B. Du Chaillu writes to a friend from Russia, where he is busy I getting up a book about the country, that the Russian government treats Tolstoi well; that the great writer's photographs are for sale in St. Peters burg, as well as postal cards with his | likeness on. The czar himself laugh t*d, when Du Chaillu told him It was reported in America that Tolstoi had been sent out of Russia In charge of gendarmes, and said, "Why should he be exiled?" Mr. Du Chaillu does not deny that Tolstoi was excommunicat ed by the synod. The Ketteler Statue. On the busiest street in Pekin, over the spot where Baron von Ketteler met his tragic death In 1900, a huge monument Is now being erected In his honor entirely at the expense of the Chinese government. It is to he In the form of a "polla." or triumphal gateway, and is to extend entirely across the street. The top stone Is twenty-seven feet long, three feet wide and three feet thick. One hundred and eighty mules were used to draw It to the street and fifty-seven mules I to draw each of the smaller stones. It will cost China $t60.000 in gold. A SHORT StSSION WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE THE PAST THREE MONTHS. MANY BILLS UNACTED UPON The Short Session, However, is Nota ble for the Great Amount of Legis lative Work Accomplished — Four Laws Directly Aimed at Trusts. WASHINGTON. Three or four years ago the correspondent of a great ] metropolitan dally newspaper recelv- | ed a dispatch from his managing ed itor which read: “When is congress likely to adjourn? Rush answer.” There are a great many people in ihis country, including the managing editors of important newspapers, who ! do not know or fall to remember that under the law the final session of ev ery congress must adjourn sine die at the close of the legislative day or March 3. This means, invariably, at noon on March 1 of each odd num bered year. The final session of the Fifty-seventh congress will adjourn on W< esday next at noon. It will have left a vast mass of bills, probably up wards of 10,000. unacted upon at that time, but tlie short session will never theless be notable for the great amount of legislative work accomplished dur ing the last three months. Because (here are a few days more sun re maining in which hills may be rushed through one or both houses, it is im possible at this time to say accurate ly just what has been accomplished. But (he short session of this expir ing congress has enacted no less than four laws directly aimed at trusts, which have been the prime objects of attacks for several years past. The first of the four has for its purpose the expedition of the hearing and deter mination of suits in equity now pend ing or which may he brought in the future under any laws now in force, or that hereafter may be enacted, upon the certificate of the attorney general that the case is of general public im portance. The second act directly re lated to anti trust legislation is a clause in the general deficiency bill j authorizing (lie president to appoint an assistant attorney general at a sal ary of $7,000 and another al $5,000 a year, and also authorizing the attor ney general to appoint two confidential clerks without reference to the civil service commission at salaries of $). 000 a year each. These new officials are directed to perform such laskH as may be assigned to them by the at torney general, and it is of course un derstood that their duties shall con sist mainly in looking especially after the enforcement of anti-trust laws. SANTO DOMINGO WILL PAY. Concludes to Settle Without Arbitra tion. SAN DOMINGO. Republic of Santo Domingo.—The Dominican govern ment lias notified the United States minister. Mr. Powell, that it has re considered its Intention to send an envoy to Washington to make repre sentations there against the Ros and i Clyde companies' claims, and that it will accept Mr. Powell's proposition ; in regard to the Ros claim and lias I requested further time to consider the claim of the Clyde company. Tiie treasury officials here have paid Minister Powell $18,750 a& the first installment in the. payment of (lie Improvement company's claim, amounting to $4,500,000. The Domin ican government has agreed to pay during the first year $225,000 in monthly Installment of $18,750. CONGRESS WORKS ON SUNDAY. Little Accomplished in Face of Oppo sition of Democrats. WASHINGTON -Tlie house of rep resentatives held a four hours' ses sion Sunday and put the District of Columbia appropriation through its lust parliamentary stuge, in the face pf the democratic filibuster. The pre vious question on the report of the Alaska homestead bill was ordered, and the vote on its adoption will be taken when the house reconvenes at 11 o'clock Monday. That was the net result of the Sunday session. Al though it was Sunday by the calen dar, it was still Thursday, February fill, according to parliamentary fic tion. The democrats put a block in the legislative wheel at every oppor tunity and it required six roll calls to accomplish what was done Sunday. 1-arge crowds watched the proceedings from the galleries. Proposed Gold Stardard. LONDON.—The Times correspond ent at Shanghai telegraphs that the special commission of toe national in duutlia1 exhibition at Asal a, Japan, headed by Prince Tsai Oner nas been i dered to inquire into and re port upon questions of establishment of a gold standard in China on the Japanese model. The proposal is re garded as merely a temporizing expe dition, adds the correspondent, .Child Saving Institute of Omaha. The county commissioners of Gree ley county, in the month of January of the present year, appealed to the Child Saving Institute of Omaha to look after the welfare of five little children which were found in a piti able condition in that county. Prompt attention was given to this matter by the management of the institute and plans have been formed for the fu ture good of the children. A similar appeal recently eame from Custer county and some- children were taken from a condition of destitution a.id neglect and good homes were provid ed for them. Several other counties have of late also appealed to this in stitute because they believe in the principles controlling the manage ment and also believe in the methods which are employed in the work. The 1st of February an urgent ap peal came to the institute from the county officials of Schuyler to come to that place at once, to take charge of some little children requiring im mediate care and attention, and this appeal was promptly responded to, as are all such appeals. This institute is supported wholly by voluntary gifts from the people, and since the work extends through out Nebraska and western Iowa it Is hoped that many good people will count it a privilege to make a dona tion to help in this important work of providing for the helpless and de pendent little ones. In many cases the parents or rela tives are permitted to know the wher abouts of their children who are plac ed in permanent homes for adoption. This is only done in cases where the best interests of the children would not be in any way endangered . The cost of maintaining this work is considerable and the society, has always been governed by the princi ple never to go in debt, it is earn estly hoped that contributions will soon be made by those who are inter ested in this work throughout the country, to enable Ihe institute to re spond to the many appeals which are coming. CAR SITUATION IS CRITICAL. Many Mines Are Shut Down Because the Product Cannot he Moved. PITTSBURG, Pa.—While the car situation at the mines in the Piltsburg district has not been good for several months, the condition just at present are pronounced by coal operators the worst in history. Outside of the river mines and those along the Pittsburg & Lake Lrie and the Motiongahela division of the Penn sylvania railroad, fully 70 per cent are idle. Of the twenty-eight mines of the Pittsburg Coal company' o.t the Pan Handle road sixteen are shut down and the others have but a fair supply of cars. Six of the largest mines on the Bal timore & Ohio railroad, out of fifteen owned by the combination, are idle. This is said to be a good showing, compared with the conditions at the independent mines. BILL TO DIVIDE NEBRASKA. It is Dead for This Session of Con gress. at Least. WASHINGTON—The bill to divide Nebraska into two judicial districts has gone glimmering. A prominent member of the sub-committee of the house committee on judiciary stated that the bill would be reported out of the committee. The members, he stated, did not think there was any necessity for such a measure, the at torney general having opposed it, and his opinion was known to all. In ad dition to this several members of the Nebraska delegation had expressed themselves as opposed to the division of the state. It is safe to prognosti cate. said the member, that the meas ure will not pass the house, at least not at this session. Encampment Date Fixed. SAN FRANCISCO—General Thom as H. Stewart, commander-in-chief of tHe Grand Army of the Republic, mem bers of the national council of ad ministration who are accompanying him on his tour and the local com mittee in charge of preparations for tlie coining national encampment, have directed the holding of the en campment during the week of August 17. Tickets will be put on sale by the railroads August 1 and they will be good for stop-overs both coming and going. The time limit will prob ably be sixty days. The executive committee will be empowered to in vite President Roosevelt to attend the encampment. Money to Pay Prize Degree. WASHINGTON, n. C—The secre tary of the treasury on Wednesday transmitted a letter to the senate from the attorney general, recommending an appropriation of $946,06:! to satisfy the decree of the Admiral Dewey and others on account of the sinking of Spanish vessels in the battle of Manila bay, which after wards were raised and converted to use. IS URGED TO ACT PRESIDENT SENDS A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL Action is Asked in Behalf of Humanity as Well as From the Standpoint of Wise Government—President Points Out What Is Needed. _ WASHINGTON.—The president on Friday sent the following message to the senate: “I have just received a cable from Governor Taft, which runs as follows: ‘“Necessity for the passage of the house bill is most urgent. The condi tions of productive industry and busi ness are considerably worse than in November, the date of my last report, and are growing worse each month. Some revival in sugar and tobacco prices have been experienced, due to the expectation of a tariff law. The interests of Filipinos in sugar and to bacco are excessive and the failure of the bill will be a blow in the face of those interests. A number of tobacco factories will have to close and many sugar haciendas will be put up for sale at a sacrifice if the bill should not pass. Customs receipts have lallen oil this month one-third, showing the de crease of the purchasing power of the islands. General business is stagnant. All parties, including labor unions, most strenuously petition for the tariff bill.' “Vice Governor Luke Wright en dorses in the strongest manner all that Governor Taft has said and says he has the gravest apprehensions as to the damage that may come to the islands if there is not a substantial reduction in the tariff levied against Philippine goods coming into the United States. I most earnestly ask that this matter receive the immedi ate attention of congress and that the relief prayed for be granted. “As congress knows, a series of calamities have befallen the Philip pine people. Just as they were emerg ing from nearly six years of devastat ing warfare, with the accompanying destruction of property and the break ing up of the bonds of social order and the habits of peaceful industry, there occurred an epidemic of rinderpest which destroyed 90 per cent of the caribous, the Philippine cattle, leaving the people without draught animals to till the land or to aid in the ordinary work of farm and village life. The extent of the disaster can be seen from the fact that the surviving caribous have increased over ten fold in value. At the same time a peculiar oriental horse disease became epidemic, further crippling transportation. The rice crop already reduced by various causes to but a fourth of its ordinary size, has been damaged by locusts so that the price of rice lias nearly doubled. “Under these circumstances there is imminent danger of a famine in the islands. Congress is in course of gen erously appropriating $3,000,000 to meet the immediate needs, but the in dispensible and pre-eminent need is the resurrection of productive indus try from the prostration into which it has been thrown by the causes above enumerated. "l asl< action in tne lanrr matter not merely from the standpoint of wise governmental policy, but as a measure of humanity in response to an appeal to which this great people should not close its ears. We have assumed re sponsibility toward the Philippines which we are in honor bound to ful fill. We have the specific duty of tak ing every measure in our power to see to their prosperity. The first and moss important step in this direction has been accomplished by (he joint action of the military and civil au thorities in securing peace and civil government. The wisdom of congress at the present session has provided for them a stable currency, and its spirit of humane liberality anti justice will be shown in the appropriation now substantially agreed upon, but there remains a vital need that one thing further shall be done. The calamities which have befallen them as above enumerated could have been averted by no human wisdom. They cannot be completely repaired, but the suffering can be greatly alleviated and a permanent basis of future prosper ity assured if the economic relations of the islands with the United States are put upon a satisfactory basis. ‘•THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” President Vetoes the Bill. WASHINGTON. D. C.—The presi dent on Monday sent to the senate a veto of the bill to place Francis S. ! Davidson, lately a first lieutenant of the United States cavalry, on the re tired list. He points out that the of ficial was dismissed twenty-seven years ago and has rendered no serv ‘ ice to the government since, and says ! it would be an injustice to other offi j cers with honorable records to retire I Davidson. TO ANNEX CANADA. England's Views Regarding Same to Be Ascertained. WASHINGTON — Representative De Armond (Mo.) on Wednesday in troduced a resolution requesting the president upon what terms, if any, honorable to both nations, and satis factory to the inhabitants of the ter ritory primarily affected. Great Brit ain would consent to cede to the Uni ted States all or any part of Can ada. to be formed in due time into one or more states. Count Vanagiwana, a cousin of the Mikado, who is in the United States on a pleasure trip, arrived here. He desires it known that he is marrried and has not come in search of an American wife. The secretary of the treasury sent to the senate a letter from the at torney general recommending an ap propriation of $946,063 to satisfy the decree of the United States supreme court in the prize money case of Ad miral Dewey and others on account of the sinking of Spanish vessels. One-half of the money decreed goes to Amtral Dewey and the officers and men under his command, and the oth er half to the navy pension fund. The request for an appropriation is made in order to comply with the decision of the court. Dr. J. E. Rankin, president of How ard university, has resigned, owing to advanced age and infirmities. Dr. Teunis S. Hamlin, a member of the board of trustees and pastor of the Church of the Covenant in this city, has been elected president pro tem. Howard university is a negro institu tion. The democratic members or tne committee on postofflces had another conference with the republicans favor able to the omnibus statehood bill and discussed the possibility of yet se curing a compromise. The democrats were requested to suggest a basis of agreement, and proposed that New Mexico and Arizona might be admitted as one state, with the understanding that Arizona be made a separate state when its population reaches 200,000 and on the vote of the people of that area alone. The republican conferees promised to present the suggestion to other republican senators. Senator Elkins has introduced a bill providing for a duty of 10 per cent ad valorem, in addition to pres ent duties, on all goods imported on vessels not owned in this country. The interstate commerce commis sion submitted a report to the senate showing the total par value of rail way securities is $11,724,035,829 and their market value is $8,351,103,523. The capital stock is, par value, $6. 021,364,502, and market value, $3,250, 144,596. The par value of the funded debt is $5,702,661,327, and the market value $5 100,958,927. CHINA SITUATION IS SERIOUS. Importation of Arms Has Reached Alarming Stage. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Represen tations have been made to the state department by the Russian ambas sador, Count Cassini, regarding the increasing seriousness of the situa tion in China, in the hope that the United States will co-operate with the other powers to stop the illegal im portation of arms, which has reached an alarming stage of activity. Similar representations have been made through the Russian represen tatives to Belgium, Germany and Great Britain. The Chinese officials claim they are powerless to stop the practice and the Russian government, in the interest of peace, has called the matter to the attention of the powers. ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF WAY. It is Granted to Railroads ar.d Water Companies. WASHINGTON—The senate com mittee on public lands favorably re ported the bill introduced by Senator Warren, granting to railroads and water companies the right of way through public lands and reservations for reservoirs and pipe lines. Under the present law these companies do not acquire absolute right, of way across public lands, and when any portion of these lands, upon which these reservoir or pipe lines have been erected or laid, are sold to home stead settlers, the railroad companies are required to settle with them for damages or take up their pipe lines. The proposed measure gives them an absolute right of way, and tne pro posed purchaser takes the land with this understanding. Working for Rosebud Treaty. WASHINGTON.—Senator Gamble and Representative Burke have had several conferences with Speaker Hen derson and Representative Cannon Thursday regarding the Rosebud treaty. The members of the South Dakota delegation stated that they were greatly encouraged and now have strong hopes that they can secure favorable action upon the amended treaty. A Witty Lawyer. A number of years ago suit was brought againts the cashier of tho Sta'te Bank of Iowa Falls to recover an alleged deposit, which deposit the bank denied, according to a story in “The Green Bag.” During the trial at Eldora the defendant's attorney made a very convincing argument for his client, and took pains to tell the jury of his client's high social and relig ious standing and the confidence of the people which he enjoyed, and en deavored to impress upon the minds of the jury that the defendant was not the kind of a man to make a mistake in the handling of other people's money. T. H. Milner, a witty as well as a very shrewd lawyer, said: “Gen tlemen. I heartily concur in what my brother has said of the defendant; l agree with him in each and every statement that he has made pertain ing to Mr. ——'s good self; but I would have you consider this one fact—Can ada is full of just such men.” Taking Down Beerbohm Tree. Beerbohm Tree, the London actor, has rather a pompous manner, which is calculated to ruffle the temper of other people at times. An actor from the provinces called upon him recent ly, hoping to get an opportunity to show his worth on the metropolitan stage. “Oh, I could not possibly give you a part, ’ said the great manager, “but I dare say I could arrange to let you walk on with the crowd in the last act.” The young aspirant flushed with indignation, but holding himself well in hand replied pleasantly: "My dear Mr. Tree, I really don’t think I have heard anything quite so funny irom you since your Hamlet.” Hadn’t Time for Squirming. Not long ago Sir Richard Powell, a famous London physician, was called to treat King Edward. The king’s regular physician, Sir Francis Lak ing, was present. After examining his august patient Sir Richard said in his characteristically brusque way: “You have eaten and drunk too much. I will send you a prescription that will put you right.” Then he hurried out to see other patients, when Sir Fran cis followed and protested against his abrupt way of treating the king. “My dear Laking," said Powell, "if there is any squirming to do you return and attend to it. I really haven’t the time.” A Big Increase. A Wednesbury (England) resident in the sixteneth century left $1,000 to provide annually on St. Thomas' day three gowns and three coats to in digent persons of the parish. Follow ing the custom of the times, the money was invested in land (in this case in minerals), and the original legacy has increased in value to $;>0,000. Instead of three gowns and three coats, the charity commissioners who administer the funds are able to present 200 gowns and sixty coats. Through and Through. New Bedford, Mass., March 2d.—At 658 First street, this city, lives a very happy man. His name is IJlric Levas seur and he certainly has good reason to feel glad and proud. Mr. Eevasseur has been sick for a long time with general weakness and a sore pain in his back. At the last he got so very bad that he could not walk without great misery. Now he is well, and in speaking of this won derful change in him he says: “I believe it to be my duty to tell everybody how I was cured. I was so weak that I could not stoop. In fact, I was unable to walk without great pain. I began taking Dodd's Kidney Pills and after a two months' treatment I am well and sound again. ‘'Dodd’s Kidney Pills are a God-sent remedy. I will always praise them for their wonderful-cure of my case. They cured me through and through. I am as strong and able a man now as I ever was.” An Irish student defines nothing as a bunghole without a barrel around it. Results Count! There are some things that have to depend on catchy “ talking points ” in order to induce sales. There are other things that are sold solely on their merit and on account of RESULTS ! A notable i.xample of this is found in the New Tlffir* Wagon which owes its supremacy SOLELY to RESULTS. Its wonderful durability and capacity 'or carrying enormous loads, and the remarkable ease with which it runs are some of the results'’ which have made it famous wherever known. INSIST on your dealer ordering one for you. If rie refuses to do so write THL 1IV V in WAGON CO.. TIFFIN. OHIO, and they will tell you who handles this superior wagon. mm...I.I.|| YOU CAN DO IT TOO I Over 2,000,000 people are now buy- I lug goods from us at wholesale I prices — sav i ng 15 to 40 per cent on every- I thing they use. 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