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HAVANA TERROR STRICKEN
THE SIGHT OF U. S. WARSHIPS
MAKES IT GREWSOMB.
Blanco Alert Watching tho Ships
Holding War Counclla 50,000
Spnnlah Soldlors In Havana -ln-BumontB
Hard at Work.
Key West, Vltu, April 25. Havana Is
In a turmoil. Tho city Is terror-stricken
at the prospect ot bombardment, and
though Captuln aenerol Ulanco Is doing
everything ho can think of to reassure
the trembling populace, It will bo u
miracle If anarchy docs not prevail be
fore the end of the siege.
The BtreetB are full of marching
soldiers being hurried to posts anil
about the clty.There Is every evidence
of a determination to light. Kvery pos
sible landing place near Havana Is be
ing protected. At night the cafes aro
full of people, all cursing the Ameri
cans. An artillery captain, Jose Queriu
Y Mendoza, was drunk In the Ingli
Terra cafe Wednesday night. Ho
shouted so that everybody In the hotel
heard him: "I'll blow nome of the Yan
kee pigs to hell before they Hinnsh us."
That Is the Spanish soldier's attitude.
He does not think of victory, but Is
figuring how much damage he will be
able to do the enemy before succumb
ing. Signal guns have been firing from
Morro castle and Cabanas, and a red
flag flying. These were to advise the
old defenses Unit the American fleet
was In sight.
The blockade Is tight enough. There
Is no danger of anything getting Into or
out of Havana while It bars the way.
There Is an almost continuous council
of war at the palace. When Blanco Is
not there with his general and colonels
of volunteers, he Is inspecting the forti
fications. There are now probably EO.flOO Span
ish troops. Including the volunteers,
gathered for the defensp of Havana.
They are strung out, particularly to
the west. At the Vedado and Carmclo
several thousand are massed and more
are being hurried thence by rail.
The Indications for defense point to
this vicinity as tho first battlefield.
Ulanco expects the American army to
attempt to effect a landing here, and is
putting up his sand batteries and forts
with a strong lino to meet the foe If It
succeeds In getting ashore.
The withdrawal of troops from the In
terior to defend Havana has left tho
rebels a free hand. It Is reported that
Qulnea. forty miles from Havann, was
In the Insurgfcuts' hands. The railroads
have been blown up at Pulos, Jaruco
and near Hlncon.
CONFISCATE CAPTURED SHIPS
Unloss Thoy Know Not of War, Un
til AftorThroo Days.
Washington, D. C, April 25. Tho
president tonight decided, after consul
tation with Attorney General Griggs,
that all Spanish vessels coining Into
American ports without knowledge of
war shall bo allowed to discharge their
cargo and depart In peace. He also laid
down the rule that all vessels now load
ing for Cuba with coal, provisions or
other articles of commerce shall be de
tained by this government. The cargoes
will be returned to the ships, who can
dispose of them In any way they please,
except by selling them to Spain.
He decided that It would be a breach
of nutlonal hospitality to take advan
tage of Spanish ships which had como
Into American waters without knowl
edge of war and trusting to the friend
liness of this country. Tho rules con
cerning Spanish ships entering Ameri
can harbors In Ignorance of war will
apply, however, for only a few days, a
"reasonable time." as Attorney General
Griggs puts It. Vessels Hying tho Span
ish flag entering American ports after
that reasonable time has elapsed will
be seized nnd confiscated.
Any vessel attempting to break tho
blockade will be a fit subject for cap
ture as a prize of war and Spanish ves
sels caught on tho high seas are placed
In the same category.
How About tho Coal Supply.
Washington, D. C April 2.'. Tho
navy department Is prepared to take
Immediate advanlnge of any action of
congress for providing eoal depots, and
has outlined plans for establishing nnd
stocking them at short notice. The
atttltude of the British government en
the Question of making coal contra
band Is awaited with keen Interest. It
Is highly desirable that In an emer
gency our ships may have the oppor
tunity to draw upon some of the Brit
ish coal supply In the West indies. It
Is believed mat Great Britain will
adopt a middle course. She will prob
ably refuse to allow any one of the
warships of the combatants to take on
a full supply of coal at an" British
point, but probably will allow uny
such ship arriving nt her port short
of coal to tike on a supply sulllclent to
take her to the next port, thus ap
plying the rommon rule of neutrality.
The deeis'on of the British govern
ment that the Spanish cruiser Audaz.
now under -epalrs ut Queenstown, can
not be detained under the neutrality
laws Is not without some benefit to
the United States, Inasmuch as we now
have the torpedo boat Somers, Just
purchased In Germany. In dock at Fal
mouth, England, repairing damages
sustained In the pasasge over from
Germany. There wns some fear that
Bhe might be subject to detention.
Disguised a Spanish Mall Boat.
London. April 25. There Is reason to
believe that the Spanish mall boat.lslo
de Mlnneta, will be captured before
'he arrives at Manila. Before start
ing she was provided with British and
Russian Hugs, nnd painted out the name
on the funnel as on the steamers of tb
volunteer fleet, a number of which are
on their way to Port Arthur. Admiral
Dewey learned of the scheme from
General Lee on April IX A homeward
nound Spanish mall steamer has
mounted two Honterla quick firing guns
and two Nordenfeldts on Improvised
mountings at Manila, although the ves
sel will not bear the shock of the dis
charge of the guns, owing to tho
weakness of the fixings.
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Madrid Howls Plraoy.
Madrid. April 25. The capture of the
Spanish steamer Buena Ventura by the
Pnlted States gunboat Nashville off
Key West yesterday has aroused the
greatest indignation, the Spaniards
claiming that hostilities are not yet sup
posed to have begun. The newspapers
of the city characterize the seizure of
th ship as an act of piracy und being
in defiance of the International law-
San Francisco Coal Supply.
San Francisco, Cal., April 25. A biff
fleet of coal Is on Its way to San Fran
cisco from Australian and EnglNh potts
No more coal can come here front Brit
ish Columbia, the principal source of
San Francisco's supply, and to guard
against a shoitage the government bus
made arrangements for the transporta
tion of SO.OiC tons by roll from Pennsjv
vanla.
THE MILITIA IS SNUBBED.
SOLDIERS MUST RESIGN FROM
IT TO ENTER THE ARMY.
War Dopartmont will Officer the
Companies Local Offloora Will
Not bo In It Tho Navy Oots tho
Samo Treatment.
Washington, D. C, April 25. A very
great misapprehension has been creat
ed In reference to the 125,000 volun
teers called for by the president. The
general supposition Is that the different
stnte governments will be required to
furnish tholr quota of the total num
ber, und that the militia forces will be
drawn upon for that purpose.
According to the statement made to
a correspondent today by Major J. N.
MorrlBon.asslstant Judge advocate gen
eral of tho war department, the plan
of organizing the volunteer army will
dlfTor radically rroni that pursued when
the volunteers were drawn Into service
for the civil war.
"I wish you would give tho widest
publicity to the fact that the call for
volunteers does not contemplate the
mustering hi of the state mllltla as
mllltla organizations." said Major Mor
rison. "The government will at once
open recruiting oHIccb In tho various
states for tho enlistment of men In tho
volunteer branch of the United Stntes
army. Men who have had military
training In the national guard will
naturally be preferred, but It Is not In
tended to limit the enlistment to tho
mllltla.
"Before a volunteer can be enlisted
he will hnve to sever his connection
with the national guard und the state
mllltla organizations, 1 should say,
would be the safest place for those who
do not Intend to enlist. This Is not In
tended as a reflection on the national
guard. These will naturally be given
preference because of their training,
but not as members of organizations.
The governors of the states will be
asked to name the regimental officers,
but beyond this they will have nothing
to do with the raising of the troops In
their states, the Intention being to make
this essentially a government soldiery,
differing only in name from the regu
lars. The reason for this course Is ex
plained by the fact that tho volunteers
arc Intended for foreign service, and
not "to repel Invasion," which is essen
tially the only constitutional use to
which the national guard tjan be de
voted. In the new army bill the army of tho
United States Is divided Into the regu
lar and volunteer brunches, the latter
being available only In case of war.
The 125,000 men are to constitute tho
volunteer branch, and will bo enlisted
exactly under the same circumstances
as the men In the regulnr army. They
will be allowed to preserve their Iden
tity with the states from which they
hall by appropriate names, Indicating
their origin, but beyond this they will
be on the same plane nnd subject to
the same discipline as the regulars.
The geneial government will bear
every dollar of expense Involved In
recruiting this branch of the nrmy, and
the legislatures of the states will not
be asked to appropriate anything. Tho
plan Is to rendezvous the troops at
given points In each Btate and forward
them to one of the southern rallying
points as soon as the quota Is full.
With their enlistment they Immediately
pass out of the Jurisdiction of their
state governments.
OFFICERS ARE DISAPPOINTED.
Morrison's Opinion Creates III
Fooling In State Companies.
Omalui, Nob.. April 25. When the
members of tho national guard in this
city were informed of the opinion of
Assistant Judge Advocate Morrison
with regard to the bill providing for a
volunteer army, they were greatly
shocked and were Inclined to believe
that the olllcers of the regular army had
obtained Just what they wanted from
congress.
Thoy believed that they recognized a
purpose on the part of the government
to appoint surplus ufllcers of the tegular
army us ofllcers In the volunteer army,
thus destroying the organization of the
national guard. The guardsmen had
no Idea that the bill contemplated that
they should resign from the state
mllltla before they could enter the vol
unteer army.
During the last few days the Thurs
ton Rifles and the Omaha Guards have
been securing recruits on the under
standing that the governor would issue
the call. It was presumed that the gov
ernor would have authority to select
whatever ofllcers he pleased. Accord
ing to the assistant Judge ndvocate
he will be permitted to recommend tho
regimental ofllcers, but this term Is
ambiguous. It may mean only the
colonel, lieutenant colonel and majors.
In such case the guardsmen fear that
the government would reserve to Itself
the right of appointing all other of
llcers the brigadier general, the cap
tulns of the various compnnles, the
lieutenants and non-commissioned of
llcers. Last night the members of the
national guard In this city were unani
mously agreed that they ought to offer
their services us an organization.
Captain Taylor of the Thurston Rifles
was anxious to orfer his company in
tact. He felt that It would be unwise
for the members to volunteer at ran
dom. "I thought," he said, "that the diffi
culty with regard to the enlistment of
the national guard as an organization
had been overcome. I have not seen
the text of the bill nnd I am surprised
to hear that the members of the mllltla
will have to resign In order to enlist
in the volunteer army. I believe that
It will be sadly detrimental to dis
cipline and I trust that the construc
tion placed upon t'ne matter by the as
sistant Judge advocate may not be the
one adopted by the president. Should
the course suggested by the assistant
Judge ndvocate be followed there will
no doubt be a protest from national
guardsmen all over the country."
Power with tho Governor.
Washington. D. C, April 25. The
governors of the various states have
complete authority, under the call for
volunteers Issued Saturday, to decide
what troops shall make up the quota
of their states. Under the call each
state Is to furnish a certain number of
troops.
The law under which the call Is made
provides that the governor of each state
shall report to the war department that
state's quota and name the ofllcers who
shall command these troops. If the
governor of any state shall see flt to
take a national guard regiment with
its officers and report It as a part of
he state's quota, such action will be
I'ceptable to the war department. But
le governor it any state can leave a
giment of the national guard If he
ees tit.
TALMAGE'S SERMON,
Washington, D. C, April 24. Dr. Tal
mage today preached from Job 37::'l!
"And now men see not the bright light
which Is In the clouds."
Wind oust Barometer falling. Storm
signals out. Ship reefing malntopad!
Awnings taken In. Prophecies ot fo-il
weather everywhere. Tho clouds con
gregate around the sun, prposlng to
abolish him. But after a while he as
sails the flanks of the clouds with flying
artillery of light, and here and there is
u sign of clearing weather. Many do
not observe It. "And now mn see not
the bright light which Is In the clouds."
In other words, there are a hundred
men looking for storm where there Is
one man looking for sunshine. My ob
ject will be to get you nnd myself Into
tho delightful habit of making the Ikm t
of everything.
You may have wondered ut the statis
tics that In India, In the year 1X75, thete
were over 1'J.OOO people slum by wild
beasts, and that In the yeur 1H7G there
were In India over 20,000 people de
stroyed by wild nnlmnls. But there Is u
monster In our own land which Is yuar
by year destroying more than that. It
Is the old bear of melancholy, und with
gospel weapons I propose to chase It
back to Its midnight caverns. 1 mean
to do two sums a sum In subtraction
and a sum ltt addition a subtraction
from your days of depression and an
addition to your days of Joy. If God
will help me I will compel you to see tho
bright light that there Is In the clouds,
and compel you to make tho best of
everything.
IN HARD TIMES.
In the first place, you ought to tnnkcj
tho very best of all your financial mis
fortunes. During the panic a few years
ago you all lost money. Some of you
lost It In most unuccountnblo ways. For
the question, "How mnny thousands of
dollars shall I put nslde this year?" you
substituted the question. "How shall I
liny my butcher, and baker, and
clothier, and landlord?" You had the
sensation of rowing hard with two
oars, and yet all the time going down
streum.
You did not say much about It, be
cause It was not politic to speak much
of financial embarrassment; but your
wife knew. Less variety of wardrobe,
more economy at the table, self-denial
in art und tnpestry. Compression; re
trenchment. Who did not feel the ne
cessity of It? My friend, did you make
the best of It? Arc you uwnre of how
narrow an escape you made? Suppose
you had reached the fortune toward
which you were rapidly going? What
then? You would have been as proud
us Lucifer.
How few men have succeeded largelv
In u financial sense and yet maintained
their simplicity nnd religious consecra
tion! Not one man out of a hundred.
There are glorious exceptions, but Jha
general rule is that In proportion as a
man gets well off for this world he gets
poorly off for the next. He loses his
sense of dependence on God. He gets a
dlstnste for prayer meetings. With
plenty of bank stocks and plenty of
government securities, what does that
mnn know of the prayer. "Give mo
this day my dally brend?" How few
men largely successful In this world
ure bringing souls to Christ, or show
ing self-denial for others, or are emi
nent for piety? You can count them all
upon your eight fingers und two
thumbs.
HIS OWN BATTLK TO FIGHT.
The best Inheritance a young mnn can
have is the feeling that he has to flghe
his own battle, and thnt life Is a strug
gle Into which he must throw body,
mind nnd soul, or be disgracefully
worsted. Where are the burial places
of the men who started life with a
fortune? Some of them in the potter's
field; some In the suicide's grave. But
few of these men reached 35 years of
age. They drank, they smoked, they
gambled. In them the beast destroyed
tho mnn. Some of them lived long
enough to get their fortunes, and went
through them. The vnst majority
of them did not live to got their
Inheritance. From the irlnshon or
1 house of Infamy they were brought
home to their fathers house, and In
delirium began to pick off loathsome
reptiles from tho embroidered pillow,
and to fight bnck Imaginary devils. And
then they were laid out In highly up
holstered parlor, tho casket covered
with flowers by Indulgent parents
flowers suggestive of a resurrection
with no hope.
As you sat this morning at your
breakfast table, and looked Into the
faces of your children, perhaps yqu
said within yourself, "Poor things
How I wish I could start them In life
with a competence! How I have been
disappointed In all my expectations of
what I would do for them!" Upon that
scene of pathos I break with a paean
of congratulation, thnt by your finan
cial losses your own prospects for
heaven, and the prospect for the
heaven of your children Is mightily Im
proved. You may have lost a toy, but
you have won a palace.
NOT UNMIXED BLESSING.
"How hardly shall they that have
riches enter Into the kingdom of God!"
"It is easier for a camel to go through
a needle's eye than for a rich man to
entfr the kingdom of heaven." What
does tint mean? It means that the
grandest blessing God ever bestowed
upon you was to toko your money
away from you. Let me here say. In
passing, do not put much stress on the
treasures of this world. You cannot
take them along with you. At any
rate, you cannot take them more than
two or three miles; you will have to
leave them at the cemetery.
Attlla had three coffins. So fond was
he of this life that he decreed that first
he should be burled in a coflln of gold,
nnd that then that should be Inclosed
In a coflln of sliver, and that should be
Inclosed In a coflln of Iron, and then a
large amount of treasure should be
thrown over his body. And so he was
burled, and the men who burled him
were slnln, so that no one might know
where he was buried, and no one might
there Interfere with his treasures. Oh,
men of the world, who want to take
your money with you, better have three
coffins!
Agnln, I remark, you ought to make
the very best of your bereavements.
The whole tendency Is to brood over
these separations, and to give much
time to the handling of mementoes of
the departed, and to mnke long visita
tions to the cemetery, nnd to say, "Oh,
I can never look up again; my hope la
gone; my courage is gone; my religion
Is gone; my faith in God Is gone! Oh.
the wear and tear and exhaustion of
this loneliness!"
LOSS OF CHILDREN.
The most frenuent herenvomnnt In
the loss of nhllilron At vnnr ,lo.. ...arl I
1 child had lived as long as you have I
lived, do you not suppose that he
ll'nlltfl linttA 1. n .1 .. 1. n... 1. '
..v.u.u ...,.- nau uuuui wie Buine amount
of trouble and trial that you have had?
i If you could make a choice for your
child between forty years of annoy
ance, loss, vexation, exasperation, and
uereuvemenis. anu rorty years In
heaven, would you take the responsl- '
blllty of choosing the former? Would
you snutch away the cup of eternal
bliss and put Into the child's bands the
cup of many bereavements? I
Instead of the complete safety into '
which .hat child has been lifted, would
you like to hold It down to the risks of
this mortal state? Would you like to
keep It out on a sea In which there
have been more blpwrecki than aafe
voyages? In it not a comfort to you to
kndw that that child. Instead of being,
besolled and flung Into the mire of Bin,'
Is swung clear Into the skies? Are not
those children to be congratulated that
the point of celestial bliss which you
expect to reach by a pilgrimage of fifty
or sixty or seventy years, they reached
nt a flash? If the last 10,000 children
who had entered heaven had gone
through the average of human life on
earth, aro you sure all those 10,000 chil
dren would have flnutly reached tho
blissful termlnus7 Besides that, my
friends, you are to look at this matter
as a self-denial on your part for their
benefit.
If your children wont to go off In a
May-day party; If your children want
to go on u flowery and musical excur
sion, you consent, You might prefer
to have them with you, but their Jubi
lant absence satisfies you. Well, your
departed children have only gone out
In a Muy-duy party, amid flowery and
musical enlertulnnient, and Joys and
hilarities forever. That ought to quell
sonic of your grief, the thought of their
glee.
FRIENDS YONDER.
So It ought to be that you could make
the best of all bereavements. The fact
that you have so many friends In
heaven will make your own departure
very cheerful. When you are going on
a voyage, everything depends upon
where your friends ure If they are on
the wharf that you leave, or on the
wharf toward which you are going to
sail. In other words, the more friends
you have In heaven tho easier It will be
to get away from this world. The more
friends here, the more bitter good bysj
tho more friends there the more glo
rious welcomes.
So, nlso, my friends, I would have
you make the best of your sickness.
When you see one move off with elastic
step and in full physical vigor, some
times you become Impatient with your
lame foot. When u mnn describes an
object a mile off, and you cannot see it
at all, you become Impatient of your
dim eye. When you hear of a well man
making n great achievement you be
come Impatient with your depressed,
nervous system or your dilapidated
health. I will tell you how you can
make the worst of It. Brood over It;
brood over all these Illnesses, and your
nerves will become more twitchy, nnd
your dyspepsia more aggravated, and
your weakness more appalling. But
that Is the devil's work, to toll you how
to make the worst of It; it is my work
to show you a bright light In tho
clouds.
VIEW OF HEAVEN.
From my observation, I judge that
invalids have a more rapturous view
of the next world than well people,
and will have higher renown In heaven.
The best view of the delectable moun
tains Is through the lattice of tho
sick room. There are trains running
every hour between pillow and throne,
between hospital and mansion, be
tween bandages and robes, between
crutch and palm branch. Oh, 1 wish
some of you people who are com
pelled to cry, "My head, my head! my
fool, my foot! my back, my back!"
would try some of the Lord's medicine!
You are going to be well anyhow be
fore long.
Heaven Is an old city, but has ivver
yet reported one case of sickness or one
bill of mortality. No ophthalmia for
the eye. No pneumonia for the lungs.
No pleurisy for the side. No neuralgia
for the nerves. No rheumatism for tho
muscles. "The Inhabitants shall never
say, 1 am sick." "There shall be no
more pnln."
Again, you ought to make the best
of life's Hnallty. Now, you think I
have a very tough subject. Yc do not
see how I am to strike n spark of light
out of the flint of tho tombstone. There
are many people who have an Idea that
death Is the submergence of every
thing pleasant by everything doleful.
If my subject could close In the upset
ting of all such preconceived notions, It
would close well. Who can Judge best
of the features of a man those who
are close by him, or those who are afar
off? "Oh," you say, "those can Judge
best of the features of a man who aro
close by him!"
Now, my friends, who shall Judge of
the features of death whether they
are lovely or whether they are repul
sive? You? You are too far off. If I
want to get a Judgment as to what
really the features of death are, I will
not ask you; I will ask those who havo
been within a month of death, or a
week of death, or an hour of death, or
a minute of death. They stand so near
the features, thoy can tell. They give
unnnlmous testimony. If they are
Chrlstlnn people, that death. Instead of
being demoniac, Is cherubic.
Some of you talk as though God had
exhausted himself In building this
world, and that all the rich curtains
he ever made he hung around this
planet, nnd all the flowers he ever
grew he has woven Into the carpet of
our daisied meadows. No. This world
Is not the best thing God can do; this
world Is not the best thing that God
has done.
One week of the year Is called blos
som week called so all through tho
land because there are more blossoms
In that week than In any other week of
the year. Blossom week! And that Is
what tho future world Is to which tho
Christian Is Invited blossom week for
ever. It Is as far ahead of this world
as Paradise Is ahead of Dry Tortugas,
and yet here we stand shivering and
fearing to go out, and we want to stay
on the dry sand, and amid the stormy
petrels, when we are Invited to arbors
of Jessamine and birds of paradise.
One season I had two springtimes. I
went to New Orleans In April, and i
marked the difference between going
toward Now Orleans and then coming
back. As I went on down toward New
Orleans, tho verdure, the foliage, be'
came thicker and more beautiful. When
I came back, the further I came toward
home the less the foliage, and less anu
less It became until there wns hardly
any. Now, It all depends upon the di
rection In which you travel. If a spirit
from heaven should come toward our
world, he Is traveling from June toward
December, from radiance toward dark
ness, from hanging gardens towards
Icebergs. And one would not be very
much surprised If a spirit of God sent
forth from heaven toward our world
Fhould be slow to come.
But how strange It Is that we dread
going out toward that world when go
ing is from December toward June
from the snow of earthly storm to
the snow of Edenic blossom from the
arctics of trouble towards the tropica
of eternal Joy.
FEAR OF DEATH.
Oh, what an ado about dying! We get
so attached to the malarial marsh In
which we live that we are afraid to go
up and live on the hilltop, We nre
alarmed because vacation Is coming.
Eternal sunlight, and best program of
celestial minstrels and hallelujah, no
Inducement. Let us stay here and keep
cold and Ignorant nnd weak.
Do not Introduce us to Elijah, and
John Milton and Bourdaloue. Keep ou.
feet on the sharp cobble stones of earth
Instead of planting them on the bank
of amaranth In heaven. Give us this
small Island of a leprous world Instead
of the Immensities of splendor and de
light. Keep our hands full of nettles,
and our shoulder under the burOen. nnd
our neck In the yoke, and hopples on
our ankles, and handcuffs on our
wrists. "Dear Lord," we seem to say,
"keep us down here where we have to
utter, instead of letting us up where
we might live and reign and rejoice."
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
The oldest house In Pennsylvania has
been badly damaged by fire In Chester,
It was built In 1CC8 nnd was long ustd
as tavern and later as a playhouse.
Russia has ordered twenty more loco
motives from the Baldwin works, In
addition to other large orders In other
lines lately pluced In this country-
An ntttempt to cross the Alps In a
bal oon, starting from the Italian side,
will be made next summed. The Inten
tion Is to keep at a height of 15.000 feet
as long as possible and to take photo
graphic views and make scientific ob
servations during the passage.
Mrs. Robert P. Mason of Frostburg,
Md., has n large folio volume of the
old testament, profusely Illustrated. She
does not know Just how old It Is. as the
title page Is lost, but the name of one
of Its owners Mary Ann Dyer, 1765 -shows
It to be nt least 1311 years old.
Mr. und Mrs. Carl Peterson of Ham
pike, .Minn., claim the distinction or
being parents of the five tallest sons In
the United Stntes. The oldest one,
Jonas, Is six feet three Inches; Peter
is six feet three Inches, Charles Is slx
feet eight Inches. Edward Is six reel
four Inces nnd John six feet three
inches. The youngest two havn't quit
growing yet.
Epernuy, In France, Is a vast subter
ranean city; the street for miles being
hewn out of solid chalk, flanked with
piles of chnmpngne of all blends and
qualities. The largest champagne
manufacturers In Epernny possesses
underground cellurs, which cover no
fewer than forty-five acres und contuln
1,000,000 bottles of wine.
An aged citizen of Amboy. Ind., willed
that he should be burled In a water
tight coflln of two-inch planks. In which
there should be sawdust nnd two com
fortables. Ho directed that a spring
wagon should be used Instend of a
llF.lrRP tO tllkn llltl linilV ( tr r.v,..t..t
all of which was done. No other thing
ne nao none in lire Had Indicated nnv
eccentric turn of mind.
A Tnllahassee. Flu., paper computed
that, whereas, at the price of cotton
prevailing therenbouts for the past
several years, two acres of land planted
to cotton yields only $20, the same space
tilnnterl to pnhli.'if.n iTitl,l rt i,n .,,.A.
ent price of cabbages there, bring from
$120 to $140. "Yet more than 1.000 acres
are planted to cotton to one planted to
rauimge, it says, a ten-pound, borne
grown head of cabbage sells there for
10 cents.
The following peculiar obituarv notiie
recently appeared In the death notices
of the Dublin Independent, a rather Im
portant Irish newspaper: "Snilf On
tho 2Sth Inst., Amy Jane Mary Smit,
eldest daughter of John nnd Wllhel
mlnn Smlt, aged 1 day and 2'j hours,
The bereaved and broken-hearted par
ents beg to tender their hearty thanks
to Dr. Jones for his unremitting atten
tion during the Illness of tho deceased,
and for the moderate brevity of his bill.
Also to Mr. Wilson for running for the
doctor, und to Mr. Robinson for recom
mending mustard plaster."
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YOURS,
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CALCBRflO FRESCO TINTS
FOR DECORATING WALLS AND CEILINGS fch?JCa.Cl.TIO
paint doaler nnd ilo jour own kalsomlntng. Thla material in mails on ncientitio principle br ma
chinery and rallied Id tRntv-tour tlnla and is ruperlnr (o anr concoction of Olue nml Whiting that
can tomlbljr lie made by band To be ralvt'd with. Cold Water.
, :T?-r.XI Vnn SAMPLE COUlIt I'AKKS and if yon cannot rnrchate this material from roar
local dealers let ua know and no will put you In tho wax of obtaining it.
THE MURALO COMPANY, MEW BRIGHTON, S. I.. NEW YORK.
tPmJV i"im iiui,'. n ?' 'H I ' ' 'i'TI'MT' fn Ull.'Jl
Why take any other route, when It Is
only one nlRht to Utah, only two nights
to California, from the Missouri river
vln the ITnlon Pacific, the Overland
Route, the most direct line? Quicker
time to Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Cal
ifornia, Oregon and Puget sound points
than any other line.
Service unsurpassed. Double draw
ing room Pullman Palace Sleepers,
Buffet Smoking and Library Cars, Din
ing Cars, meals a la carte, Free Re
clining Chair Cars, etc., etc.
For time tables, folders. Illustrated
books, pamphlets descriptive of the ter
ritory traversed or any information, ap
ply to your local agent, who can sell
you a ticket via the Union Pacific, or
address K. L. Lomax, General Passen
ger and Ticket Agent, Omaha, Neb.
Chicago Is to have a full-fledged wool
exchange, conducted by the best and
most widely known warehouse and
storage company In the United States.
They have a capacity for storing 125,
000,000 pounds.
Use only wool twine to tie wool.
Hinder twine will surely reduce the
price of the wool. As wool Is worth
more per pound than the twine Is, you
can afford to use all you need.
Do not buy any recipe for sheep dip.
Use some standard dip.
MRS. M. G. BROWN'S
Metaphysical Discovery
Ourrs DeafnexH. IllIndneH. HaldnevH. Catarrh. Ilheu
matlHin. I'urubaiR. Heart Pirate, Antluuu. etc. eto
Send lucent for . Metaphyseal pamphlet, 100 pares.
Addre.. METAPHYSICAL UNIVEKSiTY, CI llond bt..
New York. Katabliihed 40ear.
Guide to Washington Froe.
An Interesting book about attractions
at the national capital, hours during
which government buildings are open
to visitors, a complete map, and par
ticulars about the special excursion
rates to Washington In July, via Penn
sylvania Lines, will be sent persons
who address a request for It to II. R.
Derlntr. A. O. P. Apt . !us Rnnth nnrw
St., Chicago, enclosing stamp.
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS
Teacher What became of the chil
dren of Agamemnon?
Pupil (after natural deliberation) I
think they're dead by this time.
Josephine Kipling, the eldest child of
Rudyard Kipling, was recently pun
ished for telling an untruth and went
to bed sobbing rebelllously: " Ithlnk
It's real men, so there. My pa writes
great big whoppers and everybody
thinks they're lovely, while I told Just
a tiny little story nnd gets whipped and
sent to bed."
"And then." said the mother In tell
ing the fairy tale, "the wicked magi
elan waved his wand nnd the beautiful
princess was changed into a lovelv
white cat."
"Was the princess all dressed when
the wicked mat'lelan did that?' 'asked
little Miss Inquisitive.
"Why, of course."
"Then what became of her clothes
when she wns made a cat?"
The Times pays that there is a little
boy In North Denver who haB the
proper lea for protecting his Interests.
One morning he found that some one
had poisoned his doy, and without con
sulting his parents or anyone he wrote
this sign and posted it on the gate
post:
"I will give anybody 5c reward that
will find the feller what glv plsln to my
dog. The nickel Is in my bank at
my houje, and I will pay it all rite. If
any kid can And out he can make a
nickel purty quick."
in Pain?
In tho Back?
Then probably tho kidneys.
in tho Ghost?
Then probably tho lungs.
In tho Joints?
Then probably rheumatism.
No matter where it is. nnr what
kind; you need have it no longer.
It may bo an hour, a day, or a
year old ; it must yield to
Dr. flyer's
Gheny
Pectoral
piaster
Immediately afterapplying It yoo
feel its soothing, warming, strength
ening power.
It quiets congestion; drawB out
inflammation.
It is a new plaster.
A new combination of new
remedies. Made after new
methods. Entirely unlike any
other plaster.
Tho Triumph of Modern Medical
Science.
The Perfected Product of ycart of
Patient Toil.
Placed over tho chest it is a
powerful aid to Ayer's Cherry Pec
toral in the treatment of all throat
and lung affections.
Placed over tho stomach, it stops
nausea and vomiting; over the
bowels, it controls cramps and colic.
Placed over the small of tho back,
it removes all congestion from the
kidneys and greatly strengthens
weakness.
For sale by all Druggists.
J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.
Jainiiiiy-yiilifai
LENOS
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nnsmmnntprrTcniinKR
I personally know of forty grade ewes
bringing their owners $8.20 each In one
year with 10-cent wool and "0 cents be
low the market for mutton. These ewes
took the feed of four cows and the same
party's four cows had four calves that
brought $100, and the milk was probably
worth $lfiO more, which made them
bring $230, against $328 for the ewes,
or a difference of $78 in favor of the
sheep under free trade and ruinous
competition In the mutton market.
Be sure to dip your sherp soon after
shearing and kill all lice and ticks.
j "Burlington," J
j when the ticket agent asks yon nliat 4
I railroad west of Omaha you want your J
T tirl.'Pt tn rfnil wr 4
The Burlington is the shortest line to
Kansas City, Denver, Helena, Unite. Ski
Uane, Seattle, and Taconia the scenic
line to Salt Lake City, San l"r.incico,
and Los Angeles.
Tickets at offices of connecting lines.
J. rrancU, General Passcnper Apent,
Omalia, Neb.
DON'T RENT. BUY
Otiffl0M your homo place and feci
J Wff 1 nn independence that a
4. tenant farmer never knows. Railroad IT
2 lands can be had nearly as cheap as
you pay In foen for entry on govern- H
nient lands, and tho j comlltionsupon n
3 which you can Hccureja perlect title aro II
not so burdensome. 'J'hcro la u great ,
I) future for farmers who either Eettle on I
or purchase a farm along tho line of tho '
(jj Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &Omaha IZ
Oily. Co in Northern Wisconsin, be- Jl
tween tho Twin Cities and the head of K
the Lakes. Now is thel"Jin Hit
time, terms arc easy and a f" Hn Iwl
A is yours with but a little money and a .
little effort.. Theso lands arc suitable I
for grazing and diversified farming, and T
R there Is much hardwood timber. Col- A
onles will find much room for largo "
tracts. For Land geekera Excursion M
" Tickets apply to your homo agents, and "
F for handoomo man and illustrated fold- IB
S1" cr address Geo. W. Hell, Land Com- J?
mlssloner, Hudson, Wis., or T. W. S
Teasdolc, General Passenger Agent, fit. w
Paul.
In Northern Wisconsin.
O. P. Co., Omaha,
No. 18, 1898
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