FOR IRE H MU NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON BE COMPASSED. MANY EYENIS ME MENTIONED Ho-**e ana Foreign Intelligence Con densed Into Two and Four L «e Paragraphs, WASHINGTON It baa leva asauuiicH that the ap t -.*• m« of *he t ViiifTmiuun! I' a ion for Woeus Suffrage tor* affiliation • itS Urn National American Suffrage AAOur atom had been reje cted e • e ciu.rtaa* leaver of the house com r.itob agriculture baa completed awl a ill report to the house the an seal apt a Itarai appropriation bill, j It agg regale* SIS>47>dS . . e 9 Howe aaodwH* to the bill for a I -e federal riimlgn to Bcht hog cholera aad doctrine a home disease, •e-e accepted by the cew.tr The j hill t ie goe* to Provident \Vii»ou for • mg; atom. The thirteenth of Secretary Bryan'• I peace ’rvaties. that with the Dotului- , at republic. haa been signed The t»o nation* agreed to auho.it for in- j •eat .«ation fee at inaat one year all *«►»: n# mbirb eaanoi be *e'ti«*d by ! diploma? kr tuna da (ou • -■ <*ial cfflrieocy is oo the • ate- and the ahole »yatetn of do lus the people* bur w-sa ia breaking do* a under the constantly growing Oct—-ads ua it. Sana tor Boot mimed i the senate <* an arraignment of the reach* of he committee system Op;- .t oo to the Omen bill to :eg plate stork eK harge* took the form ! ff a a»oi eiuent to drop the measure ! At s a.— i «. of the *--nat« banking (oaaBiit'ee plana for ita future nrtll be j diM-u-sed It la not as adminiatr* | tum bill and President Wilton Uar ; refrained from nd .eating bis (ten tlllo Um> M'tifM b»::d.t, mho { • r*« k-r.ti$i bate b«u before Com- 1 b.MMOtr XsCfcord on appireatioa tf j tb* Penns; ivasia railroad and the ! Kor'ber* Central ml! »a> to Ibe in j coemrre commission for re- I fee! fro* tb* operat m <4 that pro- ■ »i* turn of tb* Piua* canal net mhlch I re-. ..rem btenuu wirmdf U> dive«t ttemte!)** of esrEertftip or control of Ke»n>*!iip and otter mater Jun be tor* Joly i. l»lt DOMESTIC. ^bo Palermo® a.Ik strike, which b ed lour iiioalb». tost the luanuiac j turer- SJO.r-■ .090 and tbo murker* $f.. ' IMM*%. I • • • Mrs. Ciertr jd* A. Lee. mho mas re- | email' named chair man of the Demo- ; entie Si*-* cumin, urn* of Colorado, aa;» 'bat abe U a ' machine poiiti- ■ tsat B> this she aays she due* not mess a corrupt body, out an organ- ] tranwn pure m pnoripi* and certain j In purpose.. A bloc, j Petra**-* refused to testily r tb* .nqoeat into tb* murder of Theresa Hollander, formerly bis Mali m mbo mas beaten to death with a piece of s antlmc in a cemete y near her bom* in Aurora. 111. Pet rase* is under arrest is connection a .tb the crime. Th»- N»» \ <-ri Chamber of Com ■trn* ha* u ^ a nwHutno deciar iu the Sherman ant:-trust is* as ftnai.y nterprn-d and elucidated by ft* (shed Stal»- supreme court “it proving mure satiafnctory and more rfertrre" that the propo**-d new leg ooa pending ia congress C*Wi Bower*. rrpub.itaa »ongrca* Biu from Kentucky. told tile Boston City Ink that U»e uaiy »ay to pre tent another democratic adtn.ni.-ar* Uuc >u to "hate the republicans aos. u> Ri«e>eli for the presf •nrr He predicted that the demo crats mould he Tittoriova in the next ructrwKeal election*, hut there « iia'bto co*®iit*v ns 'he beginning of the fiscal year •here wore C.i"i rural free delivery root** in opemttof- served by sub Slant;a - iv tbs asms number of car atth aanusi saiansd aggregat ing trtJTT.ut- - » New York state has 1,236,150 per sons employed in factories. • • • • At least 225,000 women and girls work in manufacturing establish roents in Pennsylvania. • • • A resolution announcing opposition to amalgamation w itb any other party was adopted at a conference of pro gressive leaders from all parts of Wyoming at Casper , • • • There are said to be nut three states in the union where women may no* practice law. Virginia, Arkan sas and Georgia. Women have pass ed the examinations for the bar in Georgia, but have not been allowed to practice • ■ • The women's eight-hour law in Den ver has been made very sweeping in its application and now includes bookkeepers, stenographers and cash :«‘rs. who are employed in mercantile, mechanical and manufacturing es tablishim ns • • • A motion to quash indictments re turned last November against eight officials and agents of the Florida Fru...t 1-aids company, charging them with misuse of the mails, was denied ; in the Kansas City federal court by Judge A. S Van Valkenburgh. At a mass meeting held under the ausp i • > of the Federation of Rouma nian Jews of America at New York, resolut.ons against the passing by the Fnited States senate of the Bur nett immigration bill, now before that body, in jts present form. • • • The famous armour collection of \\ Siam Henry K.ggs. consisting of 2, '• pieces and said to be the finest n the world, ha- been given outright to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. according to announcement by the museum director in New York. A strike of 2S,(MK* longshoremen, was ordered by the Greater New York council of the International Long shoremens union after a meeting be •we»n officers of that organization and rt-pre*-* ntatives of the slate board of mediation and arbitration in Hoboken Bichloride of mercury can be sold a’ re-ail in New York after March 1 onl> upon prrscriptoin of physician, it has been decided by the Board of Health. As an additional precaution, the tablets must have the word "po sion stamped upon them and must be kept in containers labeled “poi foa " • • • I-awyers who appear before legisla tures and other public bodies ostensi bly as advocates of the people, while in reality carrying fees in their pockets as the secret agents of some corporation or other interested party, were criticised by Prof. William H. Taft in a lecture before the students of Boston t'niversity I .aw school. • • • The lower house of the Mississippi legislature at Jackson adopted a reso lution congratulating Cnited States Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma upon his happy deliverance from the snares of political enemies and the triumphant vindication of his spotless name." Senator Gore is a native ol Mississippi and was at one time page in the irfeer house of the legislature • • • • • • Charges that business agents of the Electrical Workers’ union and the Glaziers' union had extorted t hen -sands of dollars from Chicago real es tate men were made in a statement in a statement by Maclay Hoyne state's attorney. The state's attor ney said that the union agents had ap proached owners of buildings being constructed and demanded money be fore work would continue. On seme occasions, he said, the owners were told that the men at work did not be long to the regular union and in othet incidents threats were made to tear out parts of the work unless money was paid A score or more ot builders were victims, it is alleged. FOREIGN. Tania Lave Madagascar, is to have a port at a cost of $3,000.00. to b« constructed by Frenchmen only. • • * With a population only two-thirds as great as the United' States. Ger man) has 1.000.00 more labor unian members. • • • In Japan girls in spinning factories work on an average thirteen to four teen hours, and those in weaving fac tories "ourteen to sixteen hours. • • • A bill for the enfranchisement of women in the Union of South Africa, which was introduced into the house of assembly, was defeated on the first reading by forty-three to forty-two. • • • Perth. Scotland, where golf is now a municipal institution, is the city where the first act was passed in 1424 by James 1 forbidding the playing of "golfe. futehall or other Elk unprofit able sport es.” • • • The diamond industry of the Nether lands and in Belgium is in a serious situation, there being over 5.004 dia mond workers out of work in Amster dam. while the situation is said to be as bad or worse in Antwerp. » • • A dispatch from St. Petersburg, says the hoy Taranthevitch. son of a law court official at Zhitomir. Russia, who was alleged to have been the vic tim of a "ritual murder' at Fastoff, was seen at Zhitomir on February' 10, according to the report of the police of that town. * * • The influx of foreign labor into Den mark shows an increase from year to year.. During the last summer there were 12.632 foreigners engaged in manual labor in this kingdom, 2,675 men'and S.957 women. • • • By a considerable majority the German imperial parliament adopted an appropriation of $50,000 for ^he Olympic games to he held here in 15*16. The appropriation was reject ed by the budget committee on Janu ary 15. hut upon a reconsideration all i but a few voted for the appropriation. AMENDMENTS LOST SENATE BACKS UP WILSON’S FOREIGN POLICY. MAY NOW CONCLUDE TREATIES Believed Way* is Cleared for Renewal of Arbitration Agreements With Other Nations. Washington, D. C.—By defeating amendments to general arbitration treaties pending renewal with. Great Britain. Japan and six other nations, the senateAook the first decisive step in the policy of the administration to lift the United States from what of ficials have characterized as its "iso lated position” in foreign relations. The supreme test of strength in the treaty controversy came on an amendment to the Spanish treaty urged by Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, which would withhold from arbitration such important interna tional issues as immigration, the question of admitting aliens to domes tic schools, affairs involving the Mon roe doctrine and the provision of the Panama canal act exempting Ameri can coastwise shipping from tolls. This amendment was rejected by a vote cf 13 to 40, more than two-thirds majority. This result is regarded by admin istration leaders as marking the end of the controversy over the govern ment's foreign policy and assuring the ratification of the treaties which expired more than a year ago with ■ Great Britain. Japan. Italy, Spain, ; Norway, Sweden, Portugal and Swit- ! terland. Indian Fund Cut $2,000,000. Washington. D. C.—The annual In dian appropriation bill, carrying $9,619,737. a reduction of $2,165,127 from tiie bureau estimates, passed the house. Representative Harrison of Mississippi succeeded in having eliminated a provision for a per cap ita payment of $100 to the enrolled members of the Choctaw and Chicki saw Indians of the five civilized tribes entitled to share in the tribal funds held in the treasury depart ment for them. The house had re fused to make the provision apply to the Mississippi Choctaws. The bill now goes to the senate. Officials Guilty of Bribery. St. Paul, Minn.—Martin Flanagan, former chief of police, and Fred Tur ner, former chief of police, and Fred Turner for city detective, who were tried jointly on an indictment charg- j Ing bribery, were found guilty. Coun- ’ sel for the defendants announced ! that the case would be appealed. The indictment charged the acceptance of $3,000 from a woman whose resort was to be given police protection. Flanagan and Turner recently were tried on a similar indictment, but were acquitted. Felix Diaz at New York. New York.—General Felix Diaz, one of the heads of the revolt, in which the government presided over by Francisco I. Madero was over thrown. but who recently was forced to flee from Mexico, reached here from Havana. The vessel arrived at quarantine at too late an hour to ad mit of its being passed by the health officers. General Diaz is a nephew of , former President Proflrio Diaz. Had Hundred Descendants. Waukegan, 111.—Mrs. EHen Jen sinson, 105 years old, died at Uei home here of old age. She was bom in Ireland and came to this country sinty-one years ago and settled in Waukegan. She was the mother of seven children, had forty-four grand children. fifty great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Big Gift for Missionary Work. New York.—The board of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal : church announced that it had reoeiv ed a gift of $175,000 from a donor • whose name is withheld. The money. ! the largest single gift ever made to , the board, is to form a permanent endowment fund for mission work. School Bonds Defeated. Loup City, Neb.—At the school election the- proposition to bond thte school district for $2,500 to build east and west wings on the present high school building, was defeated by thirty-one votes, the returns showing 205 for and 118 against. Pastor Charged With Arson. Detroit, Mich.—The Rev. J. A. Cot i tam, pastor of a church at Dearborn, a suburb, has been arrested on a war rant charging arson. It is alleged that he burned his parsonage. Canal Ready in the Fall. Washington.—President Wilson ex pects ships to be passing through the Panama canal this coming fall and be fore the forma! opening in January. He let it be known for that reason he was confident congress would appeal the exemption clause. Underwood Receives Appointment. Washington, D. C.—E. Marvin Fn derwood of Atlanta has been nomi nated by President Wilson for assist ant attorney general in place of Win fred T. Dennison. First Giant Squad. New York.—The first squad of New York National league club players j have left for Marlin, Tex., where the Giant's training camp is located. Oatch-Larry McLean was the only ' regular in the party. Additional mem bers of the team will arrive later. Walton Is Acquitted. Hartingion, Neb—H. E. \£alto» of Wynot. Neb., accused of killing JTbhn McFadden in a Wynot saloon last summer, has been acquitted of the i charge of manslaughter. v BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Diphtheria at Wymore is gradually subsiding. The Tecumseh Commercial club is to be be reorganized. A farmers’ society of equity has been organized at Western. Weeping Water will pave several blocks of its business streets this spring. Mayor Mayer advocates Installation of electroliers in the residence district of Beatrice. Laurel Freeman, near Elk Creek, cut off his thumb while engaged in cutting wood. The Burlington’s commissary de partment has been moved from Lin coln to Kansas City. John Knoell. former county treas urer at Fremont, has been appointed deputy county assessor. Forty-nine merchants have reserved space in the midwinter industrial show room at Fremont. L. G. Riser, near Ravenna, was seri ously injured by the sudden fall of a tree which he was cutting down. J. A. Gillan, who has been nine times sheriff of Seward county, has entered the race for county treasurer. The Cfrd Commercial club enter tained the numbers of the Nebraska Fire Prevention association at a lunch j eon. February 15 was observed as Men's j Sunday in Albion. Special meetings were held in the churches of the town. The first concert of the Fremont | Musical Art society was given the First Presbyterian church Monday evening. Farmers in session at Belvidere or ganized a local union of the farmers society of equity, with thirty chartet members. ^ Leo Brocktrop of David City got his hand caught in the gearing of a corn shelter and will lose his thumb and two fingers. The schools in the village of Lush ton, in the southwest part of York county, have been closed on account of smallpox. Arch Colhapp. a Tecumseh carpen ter. fell from a fourteen foot scaffold, but escaped with a few more or less painful bruises. The thirty-eighth annual encamp ment of Nebraska Grand Army of the Republic will be held at Grand Island. May 13. 14 and 15. The Peoples State bank or Anseimo is a new commercial institution just organized by business men and farm ers of that vicinity. Ice dealers at Fairbury have been unable to fill their storehouses. An artificial ice plant is depended on to relieve the shortage. The woman'# club at Madison en tertained their husbands at a three course dinner at which seventy-five guests were present. Frank Morrissey of Dawes county, a student at the state university, has received an appointment to the naval academy at Annapolis. The farmers' union at Snyder has formed a stock company, capitalized at $40,000, to take over the Snyder Mills and El?vator company. The Rev. Snowdan, pastor of the Methodist church at Harrison, has re signed and accepted a charge with the Episcopal church at Crawford. An epidemic of the dreaded ‘‘corn stalk" disease has broken out among horses around Stella, several farmers having lost valuable horses from this sickness. J. L. Waterman of Bethany hssbeen elected to fill the vacancy caused by the recent resignation of Miss Mira Davison as assistant principal of the Shubert schools. Kearney will be the only Nebraska city outside of Omaha to be visited by the Merchants’ and Manufacturers' association of Milwaukee on their an nual western trip. Mrs. George Knapp, sister of Mrs T H. Tibbies of Omaha, was fatally wounded by the accidental discharge of a shotgun in the hands of her hus band, on their farm near Fte, Monona county, Iowa. Ed Adams, engineer at the Edgar electric light plant, was found critic ally ill at the plant, unable to summon assistance, and no hopes are held out for his recovery. .Mrs. taa wortcmgton. wno was badly burned several weeks ago by the explosion of a coal oil lamp, died as a result of her Injuries at her honv^ in Lincoln Thursday. Judge E. M. Stenberg. Swedish con sul in Omaha for twenty-five years former justice of the peace, police judge and county commissioner, and a pioneer resident of the sitv is dead at his home in Benson. Myrtle, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson, died at DeWitt from burns received when she fell into a pail of boiling water that had been left on the kitchen floor. Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dorn, a pioneer of Stromsburg. is dead, leaving sev enty-five direct descendants. She had twenty-nine grandchildren, all living, and two great-great-grandchildren. Sixteen hundred people attended the first home-coming festival of the Christian churches of Lincoln. Have lock and Bethany at the city audi torium at Lincoln. Six churches were represented. A range at the home of George Teten at Nebraska City exploded, de molishiag it and blowing a portion of It through th? wall of the kitchen. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Snyder, who ' have lived at Kearney for twenty-nine years, celebn-ted their golden wed ding anniversary last week. Four chil dren and fifteen grandchildren were present. Entirely denuded, except for a cor- | set. by fire that caught in her clothing, Mrs. Margaret Adams, the wife of Dr. Arthur D. Adams of Florence, re-, ceived burns that probably will cause her death. Ice twelve inches thick is being harvested a; West Point. A full force of men and teams are at work. The town of Hooper is in darkness owing to the breakdown of the light ing plant. The plant is soon to be sold under a mortgage, so repairs may 1 not be made at present. The volunteer fire department of Kearney gave a benefit ball on Lin coln's birthday, the proceeds going to the W. C. T. C. hospital. This hos pital has been kept up by local aid for the past fifteen years, and each year the firemen have given a ball for the benefit of the institution. LAWS GOVERNING AGRICULTURAL SEEU INCREASE IN APPRAISEMENTS OF SCHOOL LANDS. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from R* liable Sources and Presented in Condensed Form to Our Readers. Western Newspaper Union News Servica. The pure food commission has just issued Bulletin No. 113. regarding the pure seed law. which covers the sale of agricultural seeds, among which are alfalfa, barley, blue grass, brome grass, clovers, corn (sweet and field), flax, millet, oats, rye. sorghum, timo thy and wheat. Every parcel, package or lot of agricul tural seeds containing one pound or more, offered or exposed for sale in the state of Nebraska for use within this state, shall have affixed thereto in a conspicu ous place on the outside thereof, dis tinctly print'd in the English language in legible type, not smaller than eight point} heavy Gothic cape, or plainly written, a statement as follows: The name of the seed. The name and address of tlse seeds man. Statement of purity if below standard fixed by law. Marked standard if so or above. Place where grown. All agricultural seeds must be true to the name under which they are sold. Seeds containing noxious weed seeds such as dodder quack grass, wild mus tard. Canadian thistle, wild oats, corn cockle, cannot be sold or offered for sale In this state. Certain other weed s«*eds shall be considered as impurities in agri eultural seeds if present to the extent of more than _ per.pent, but s ich seeds can I*- sold if labeled wo show the percentage of such seeds present. Sand. dirt, chaff broken seeds and seeds not capable ot germination are also considered impuri ties. Seeds below standard, except irf the case of noxious weed seeds, can be' sold if labeled to show the pereenUtge of impurities and germination. The law fixes a fee of 50 cents foi making the analysis of seeds submitted to this department. The penalty for the violation of the pure seed law of Nebraska is fixed in the law The enforcement of this law is in the hands of the food commission and the department is now fully **qulpped to liar.dle such seeds as are submitted for analysis. Address all samples of seed for analysis and requests for copies of the law to Clarence E. Hprman. Deputy Commissioner. Nebraska Food. Drug. Dairy and Oil Commission, Lincoln. Nebr. Leases Much School Land. School land leases covering several thousand acres in Caster. Sherman Dawson. Lincoln and Howard coun ties have been authorized by the board of educational lands and funds, at valuations exceeding the original ajv praisements in the aggregate by $3,000 The Custer county lands were re viewed by State Treasurer George, and those in the other four counties by Land Commissioner Beckman. In How ard county, one tract was increased in its appraisement from $20 to $40 an acre, and another from $27.50 to $45 A piece of thirty-six acres in extent, in Dawson county, was boosted from $17 to $26. These were the only radi cal increases. One tract In Lincoln county was reduced from $15, the val uation found by the county appraisers to $13. The remainder were listed at from $7. the minimum allowed by law up to $21. In most cases there was a raise of $1 to $2 per acre over the values found by the county appraisers Soil Fissures Threaten Crop*. Surface cracking of the *heat land soils in different parts of Jhe state threatens injury to the crops in some sections through the loss of soil mois ture. Where possible, it is advised by the state college of agriculture that the surface of fine sandy loam soils be rolled. If it is firm, harrowing may be preferable. On the silt loams and loam soils the state experiment sta tion has found it usually better to roll Harrowing, although effective, is like ly to be destructive to the growing crops. Farmers wishing additional in formation on the subject may- obtajn it by writing to the bulletin depart ment at the University Farm. Lincoln for press bulletin No. 30, entitltd. “Rolling Winter Wheat.” Services of an additional regular army instructor have been secured by the Nebraska national guard, accord ing to word received by General HaJJ from the war department. He will be detailed to work with various com panies for indefinite periods. The-offi cer will be subject to orders from the state guard headquarters. The athletic managers of Nebraska and Kansas universities have entered into agreements providing for football games and track meets between teams I representing the two institutions for the next two years. The 1914 football j game is to be played at Lincoln. No vember 14. and the track meet for this year will be at I-awrence on a date yet to be decided upon. There had been reports that athletic relations be tween the two institutions were to be suspended. Emphatic denial was made at Nebraska university that any such action w as ever contemplated. Impure Butter an Extravagance The extravagance of producing cream and butter under unsanitary j conditions is one of the things that is being emphasixed at the second an nttal short course of the creamery j butter makers in session at the state college of agriculture. Special empha sis is given in training men in prac tical work as station operators, fac tory men and butter makers. Owing to its practical nature a representa tive number of the dairy and creamery men of the state are in attendance. The coming of cool weather will aid the fruit grower, declared Secretary J. R. Duncan of the State Horticultu ral society. The fruit men have no relish for a warm March. Such a month is likely to be followed by frost in April or May.. Peach or-j ehards are reported in excellent con- 1 dition. Ceorge S. Clair, the convict who i disliked to obey prison rules on church attendance, has taken it all back, and has notified Warden Fenton that hereafter he'll be good and a j regular attendant at chapel. GUN THAT SENDS “LIFE ROPE" One of the Latest Appliances Adder1 to Equipment of Modern Fire Department. New York.—This is the “life rope pun." one of the latest appliances added to the equipment of the modern up-to-the-minute fire department. It is to be used as the last resort at fires in tall loft buildings or skyscrapers, which cannot be reached by the ordi nary ladders carried by the fire de partments or when the firemen are prevented from snatching their quarry from burning buildings. The gun is Life Rope Gun. an ordinary one. whose barrel is cut off almost at the stock. To this is fitted the "bullet.” This is a tube to which is attached a thin but very strong line. A cap is used in the fir ing of the gun which goes off like any ordinary gun. Picture to yourself a fire in a factory where many of the employes are cut off from every ave nue of exit. Picture them standing at the windows frantically calling for help while the firemen below stand helpless because their ladders were not long enough to reach the endan gered people. Under th'ese condi tions. it requires a mighty cool head, a clear eye. and a steady hand to reach the folks standing at the win dows at any moment in danger of falling into the roaring furnace as the fire is gaining headway Robert Adamson, the new fire commissioner of New York city, has found that his department is just full of men with all these requirements, so he feels that when the order is given to bring out the life rope gun. the fire hedged in victims will be rescued, for all the men are experts in the use of the gun. When the gun is fired, the "bul let” goes speeding on its way. carry ing the string with it. The endan gered ones find after drawing it up that a heavy cord is attached thereto. This life rope is fastened to any con- j venient place, and then the endanger ed ones come sliding down the rope to safety. OLD PAVING FOUND IN PARIS —t— Relic of Philippe Auguste Dating From Twelfth Century Dug Up in French Metropolis. Paris.—Examples of the paving of Philippe Auguste, king of France, to ward the end of the twelfth century, have been brought to light by excava tions in Rue Saint Jacques, close to j the Sorbonne. In 1185 the king com plained of the unpleasant and muddy | approaches to his palace near N'otre j Dame, and ordered that all streets should be paved at the expense of j the residents. In compliance with his | order heavy slabs of stone, th^ee and ! one-half feet square and six inches thick were laid down. The ones excavated were found at a depth of seven feet under the exist ing roadbed. They have smooth bev eled edges and when fitted together make a causeway over 14 feet wide They bear marks of the passage of j chariot w heels about four inches wide. The stones are to be preserved in the Cluny museum and search is being made in the vicinity for further relica of the period. Everyone Must Pay Toll. Trenton, X. J.—Under a new Penn sylvania law. toll will be demanded of everyone who crosses over Delaware river bridges. Funerals are no long er exempt, and even the body in the I hearse must be paid for. Would Aid the Unemployed. Chicago.—In asking that $1,000,000 be appropriated by the city to give work to 100.000 men. Dr. Axel Gustaf- J son said that the United States waa losing $35,000,000 a day because 5.000, 000 are idle. Indiscreet Marriages a Curse. Metuchen. X. J.—Declaring that in discreet marriage among poor person? is a curse, the Rev. F. Fenton, recent- | ly appointed overseer of the poor. ! announced he will oppose all such unions. Little Dog Dies of Grief. Alton, 111.—Left Behind in charge of j caretakers when his mistress, Mrs. ! Xcrdahl Colburn, married and moved away, •Trixie,” a fox terrier, died of grief. He was buried in a silk-lined coffin. $100 for Soup Stain. Chicago—Mrs. Francis N. Hurley, wife of a state senator, recovered $100 damages against the Congress hotel because a waiter spilled a bowl of noup on the train of her new gown. Better cookies, cake and biscuits, too. All os light, fluffy, tender and delicious as mother used to bake. And just as whole some. For purer Baking Pow der than Calumet cannot be had at any price. Ask your grocer. RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS Mr. hr. F»»J Eqwitiw. Pin—. 8L turn Lnmtmrn. fnrnn.mrtk.Utl T«e am BM*T vka r«a Wr ckaa» *r Uf-cn Ukha preAg DWt k« toiilrit Bq,T»i—to. !«’■ Crhact u hrnpcrtor to sow silk ut m4b. Good Reason for Selling. A well-knowi lawyer had a horse that always stopped and refused to cross the bridge leading out of the city. No whipping, no urging, would induce him to cross without stopping. So he advertised him: "To be sold, for no other reason than that the owner wants to go out of town." FRUIT LAXATIVE FUR SICK CHILD Cwritn ftf Cine^ ‘•California Syrup of Figs’’ can’t harm tender stomach, liver and bowels. Every mother realize^, after giving her children “California Syrup of Figs" that this is their ideal laxative, because they love its pleasant taste and It thoroughly cleanses the tender little stomach, liver and bowels with out griping. When cross, irritable, feverish or breath is bad. stomach sour, look at the tongue, mother! If coated, give a teaspoonful of this harmless "fruit laxative." and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste. Bour bile and undigested food passes out of the bow els. and you have a well, playful child again. When its little system is full of cold, throarsore, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, indigestion, colic—remem ber. a good “inside cleaning” should always be the first treatment given. V illicns of mothers keep “California Syrup of Figs” handy; they know a teaspoonful today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 60 cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Adv. The girl who marries the first .chap w ho proposes misses a lot of more or less valuable experience. Make the Liver Do its Duty Nine times in ten when the liver la right the stomach and bowels are right. uid Distress After Eating. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature