M'COOK TRIBUNE.
V. M. KIMMKLL , Fnblliher.
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA.
Cbadron is preparing to give the
boyo of Company H , Second Nebraska
regiment , a royal welcome on their re
turn to that city.
A. M. Treat , a prominent stockman
o Chappelle , recently sold thirty head
of his 2-year-old steers , grassers , at
$44 per head to a feeder , near Gothen
burg , Neb.
William HIndman of Ashland , who
was thrown from his horse against a
telephone pole , died from his injuries.
He was goin to a fire when the
accident occurred.
An effort is helng made to cut Knox
county in half and name the extirpat
ed portion Dewey , with Bloomfleld as
the county seat. The scheme meets
with considerable opposition.
A Spanish machete is now on exhi
bition in West Point which was cap
tured from the enemy by Corporal
John Jacobs of Company C , Twelfth
United States infantry , a former West
Point boy.
Miss Emma Steinhaus , a young wo-
nian who has been employed in the
Hastings Tribune office settins type ;
dropped dead while on her way home
from work. Death was caused from
heart failure.
Platte county has made another
good showing in the mortgage indebt
edness record for the month of August ,
1898 , the releases on the farm real es
tate exceeding the amount of the fil
ings by over $5,000.
Prof. Robert E. Moritz , who has for
five years been at the head of the de
partment of mathematics of the col
lege in Hastings , left for Lincoln. His
place will be filled for the year by Mr.
Hoffman , a student of the University
of Chicago. Prof. Moritz goes to fill
a position in the department of math
ematics In the State university.
A man giving his name as William
McVay was picked up on the Missouri
track near Union , with both legs cut
off near his body and a long knife
Rash in his side. He died without
giving any details of the manner by
which his injuries were received. A
large jackknife "with a blade open ,
covered with blood , was found in hia
pocket.
Mrs. George W. Hawley , wife of Rev.
George W. Hawley , living about two
miles north of Humboldt , died sudden
ly from the effects of a dose of strych
nine taken by mistake for headache
powder. Promptly summoned physi
cians used antidotes without result
and she died in convulsions within an
hour after taking the fatal dose. She
leaves four children.
Charles G. Stevens of Sheridan coun
ty , who was sentenced to a term in
the penitentiary for the crime of steal
ing four steers , has filed an appeal
with the clerk of the supreme court
in which the claim is set up that the
verdict was not sustained by sufficient
evidence , that the verdict was contrary
to law and that the trial court erred
in a number of particulars.
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The war department , through the
solicitation of Rawlins Post No. 35 ,
Grand Army of the Republic of Beat
rice , assisted by General Colby , has
finally granted or donated to the post
a big 8-inch seige gun used at Fortress
Monroe during the civil war , also a
number of 8-inch shells. The gun
weighs nearly 9,000 pounds , and is
awaiting shipment to Beatrice.
Official notice of the death of Joseph
Grotte of Cuming has been received by
his parents from the war department.
He was in the terrible charee of the
Twelfth infantry at El Caney and was
shot through the body , ne lingered
for sixteen days after being shot. His
remains now rest on Cuban soil , but
will eventually be removed to Cuming
county if his parents so desire.
During the performance of Buffalo
Bill's Wild West show at Grand Is
land , as the cavalry company was
rounding a curve and just going into
action , rough ground caused a spill ,
and the heavy artillery wagon and
horses and men fell in one heap. Her
man Kanstein , Jerry Fields , Bob Ha-
german and Wagnes. members of the
company , were badly stunned and
bruised.
An unknown man was killed by an
Elkhorn train just south of the bridge
across the Platte river , five miles west
of Fremont. He was found by some
boys lying in some weeds alongside of
the track horribly mangled. He lived
about twenty minutes , refused to tell
his name and was unable to tell how
he was hurt. He was evidently a
tramp , and it was thought he may
have fallen from the trucks.
Harry Getchell pleaded guilty in a
special session of district court at
York to the charge of stealing a team
of horses from J. W. Miller of that
city last January. Upon promises to
lead an honest life if he ever gets the
chance Judge Bates gave him a sen
tence of eighteen months at hard labor
in the penitentiary. Rose Hessler , the
.female accomplice , who has voluntar
ily made a confession of guilt , was
given one year.
Some of the strongest arguments in
favor of irrigation are hanging up in
the office of the Nebraska Central Ir
rigation company in Columbus. Side
by side are samples of corn from the
same farm tagged "I was irrigated"
and "I was not. " The lesson is a very
strong one and does more for irriga
tion in ten minutes than agitation
would in that many years. It has
done much in the way of diversified
farming , as a trip through the irri
gated ditches will show.
Governor Holcomb wired Congress
man Stark calling attention to the
increase of sickness in the Third reg
iment and asking him to confer with
the war department relative to having
the regiment removed to some north
ern carnu.
A fast freight on the Union Pacific
branch , crashed into a buggy about
twenty miles north of Columbus , kill
ing both horses and demolishing the
carriage. Mrs. Mary Lohails , aged
sixty year& had her ri ht clavicle
fractured and two severe cuts in the
face ; Joe Schillea , nine years old ,
frontal bone broken and two sealo
vounds. He may die.
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How the Dictator Proposes to
Handle the Island Congress.
HE WILL BE THE WHOLE THING
Most of tlio Delegate * Will Ho Appointed
by tlio Insurgent Lender An Ameri
can Officer of IIlRli Kank Says n Crl-
siti Is at llutiil.
NK\V YORK , Sept. 12. A dispatch to
the New York Herald from Manila
says : General Aguinaldo , in his ca
pacity as president , or dictator , in call
ing a meeting of the "Filipino Con
gress , " has disclosed the fact that he
has planned to have complete control
of that body from the start. He will
obtain control by appointing a major
ity of the representatives of various
districts. This so-called congress is to
meet in Malaolos October 15 , so that
Aguinaldo will have ample time in
which to choose the men who will up
hold him in his dictatorship.
Aguinaldo provides in his decree ,
calling the congress to assemble , that
Spaniards who have lived in the Phil
ippine islands for ten years may exer
cise the right of suffrage in the selec
tion of representatives.
In districts where no revolution has
taken place , Aguinaldo will himself
choose the representatives , and it is
by this means that he will obtain full
control. The revolution has been con
fined to the island of Luzon and a
small section of Mindinao.
On these two islands only will a vote
be taken in choosing representatives
in the congress. The vote on the
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island of Mindinao will bo confined to
the small section where the natives
have been in revolt. The insurgents
will easily control the selection of rep
resentatives in these sections , so that
the right of suffrage conferred upon
Spaniards who have resided in the
islands for ten years will have little erne
no bearing on the election.
Since Aguinaldo has conferred upon
himself the authority to chose repre
sentatives from the districts where no
revolt has taken place , there will be
no possible chance for any move to
wrest the leadership from him. So far
as this congress is concerned his
authority will be as absolute as that
which Spain has exercised.
Santa Cruz , the last position held by
the Spaniards on Manila bay , has been
taken by the insurgents who have fol
lowed up their success by seeking ven
geance upon some of the ex-priests of
that section.
A story comes from Iba in the north
ern part of the island of Luzon about
the cruel treatment of a Spanish
bishop by rebel sympathizers. The
prelate was compelled to disclose the
hiding place of the money belonging
to the church.
The insurgents are strongly fortify
ing Malaolos , where Aguinaldo has
temporarily established the capital of
the rebel government. That the in
surgent leader is bent upon mischief
becomes daily more apparent. An
American officer of high rank has in
formed me that a crisis in affairs here
cannot now be delayed many days a
fact , which , he says , should be fully
considered by the government at
Washington.
CORBIN AND MILES.
The Generals Shako Hands in Washing
ton With. AH Amiability.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 12. General
Miles' meeting with Adjutant General
Corbin yesterday afternoon was a sur
prise to those who saw it. Their
greeting was of the most cordial and
fraternal nature. They clasped each
other's hands and General Miles placed
his hand on General Corbin's shoulder
in the most familiar manner. They
exchanged the greetings of brother
officers rather than of hated military
rivals.
SNOW IN KANSAS. -
lght Fall on the Koclc Island From
Goodland to Iimon , Colo.
TOPEKA , Kan. , Sept. 12. Snow is
reported along the line of the Chicago
cage , Kock Island & Pacific from
Goodland Kan. , west to Limon , Colo.
The storm began with cold , drizzling
rain which turned to snow during the
night. The fall was not heavy , but it
is very unusual at this time of j-ear.
Chili and Argentine Yet Onb
XEW YORK , Sept. 12. A dispatch to
the New York Herald from Buenos
Ayres says : Negotiations between the
commissions appointed by Argentine
and Chili to settle the boundary dis
pute have been suspended because the
Chilian commission would not consent
to the insertion of existing treaties in
the reports which are to be presented
to both governments and eventually to
the arbitrator.
3Iore Allowed for IJnrlals.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 12. Before leav
ing Washington Secretary Algcr di
rected that an order be issued that ,
instead of the regular allowance of § 10
for the burial of a soldier , § 35 shall be
allowed , and the remains transported
home at the government's expense.
To Fix Alaska's Houndarv.
OTTAWA , Ontario , Sept. 12. It i
caid here that the Alaska boundary
dispute , which is one of the subjects
before the Quebec conference , will be
referred to some independent tribunal
for a decision , as the views of tha com
missioners on each side seem to be
much apart.
Ho Was a French Essayist and Foot.
PATHS. Sept. 12. Stephane Mallar-
me , the well known essayist and post ,
is dead.
SCHOFIELD AND GORDON ,
I'rcsldcnt Asks Tlicm to Investigate tlio
Conduct of thir'V.'nr.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 12. President
McKinley has tendered places on the
proposed commission to investigate
the war department , in relation to the
conduct of the llispano-American Avar ,
to Major General Schofield , former
commanding general of the army , and
to ex-Senator John IJ. Gordon of
t
Georgia.
The question of investigating the
administration of the war department
and the appointment of commissioners
to conduct the investigation was gone
over. Whether the President will
direct the investigation depends upon
his ability to find men for the commis
sion in whom there will be such uni
versal approval that their verdict will
be accepted in advance as a just deter
mination of the subject. If such men
can be found , then the President will
name them and order the investiga
tion ; if they cannot b2 found , then the
investigation will not occur.
VETERANS SCORE IY1R , EVANS ,
G. A. It. Cncampmant Builds a Fire
Under Him.
CINCINNATI , Ohio , Sept. 12. The
work of the thirty-second annual en
campment of the. Grand Army of the
Republic was happily concluded late
in the afternoon j'csterday.
The resolutions referring to Presi
dent MeKinlcy and Sccretaiy Alger
was given precedent when it was de
cided to consider the report of the
committtee ad seriatum. The resolu
tion referring to the President was
first adopted by a unanimous rising
vote in a scene of most enthusiastic
demonstrations , air ! it rjads as fol
lows :
"Rcfoh'ed. That the Grand Army ot the Re
public has watched with pride and satisfaction
the wise , conservative , unscltish , patrUtic and
.statesmanlike minner in which ourh3norS
comrade William Mt-Kinlcy , President of the
United States , has met every demand which
the recent trouble with Spain imposed upon
our country : that his wisdom and prudence in
his endeavors to preserve pea e with honor , as
well as the vigor and pitrlotic order with
which our army and navy were equipped for
the conHijt. when the war became imminent ,
have won our h ° arly and unreserved approval
and commendation , and , rejoicing in the glo
rious teraiinatiou of ths conflict in which our
country has been encased , we hereby e.\press
our gratitude , not only to our distinguished
comrade , the President but aKo to the ofllcers
and men in the land and naval for -c'i for their
heroic conduct and sublime achievements for
humanity anil tLe t5ory of our tiaif aad coun
try. "
As soon us the demonstration follow
ing the adoption of this resolution
was over , the following was read and
adopted by a unanimous vote , without
discussion , and with another demon
stration of approval :
"Resolved , That from knowledge formed of
our experience as soldiers during four years of
active service , we recognize the unfaltering
energy and patriotic devotion with which , as
secretary of war , General Alger has borne the
weighty responsibility and performed the im
portant duties suddenly imposed by the recent
war with Spain , creating and maintaining'BO
large an army under such unfavorable con
ditions , the deeds of which not oaly shed luster
on the American soldier , but also challenge the
admiration of the world/ '
The report of the committee on pen
sions in part is as follows :
Resolved , That in view of the repeated com
plaints of the unfair construction of the pen
sion law and of the making and enforcement of
rules which are in violation of the law and in
imical to the interests of applicants , impels
this encampment to call upon Comrade William
McKinley. President of the United States , to
exercise his authority and to sec that the law
is executed in a spirit of fairness , justice and
liberality.
Resolved , That all rule- ; which lead to hin
der and embarrass the allowance of honest pen
sion claims should 1 > 3 repealed , and we ask the
President that he use his authority to cause
those whose duty it is to execute the laws to so
perform their duty as to do justi-e to the sol
diers and administer the law so as not to ob
struct the prosecution of psasions by teshntc al
requirements not within the province of the
law. and which are only calculated to hinder
and obstruct in the effort to obtain lawful pen
sions.
Resolved , That the rule of the pension ofilce
by which a widow is ccbarrcd from pension if
she has an income of ? 100 per year is unjust ,
and we ask the President that the order be ab
rogated and the minimum income debarring
from pensions be fixed at not less than 8 XX ) per
annum. In this connection we desire to inform
the President that very early in his adminis
tration it was announced by a high official in
the pension office that the widow's limit would
be raised to $300. but it never materialized.
Resolved , That we ask for the reestablishing
ing of order 101 , which was enforced under the
Harrison regime. This order , in simple terms ,
took cognizance in rating a man's pension of
all the disabilities he suffered under. It was
abrogated by the 'ast administration , and it
was held that to be entitled to the lowest rate
of S6 per month a comrade must have one dis
ability , which is rated at that amount. If lie
has three disabilities rated at 51 each , he gets
no psnsion at all. This iniquitous , rula is
maintained up to this hour , and we submit it is
not such treatment as we had a right to expect
from Comrade William J.IcKinlcy.
ATTEMPT TO KILL A QUEEN ,
TVilhelmlna Shot at by an Kngllsli An-
/
archlst.
BERLIN , Sept. 12. The Lokal Anzci-
ger says that a fortnight ago an at
tempt was made to assassinate Queen
'
Wilhelmina , ncar'Amersfort , province
of Utrecht , on the road bet ween Castle
Soostydt and Haar.
A man emerged from behind a tree
and fired a revolver at her majesty.
The bullet missed the queen , but
ploughed the cheek of a lady in attend
ance. The would-be assassin was ar
rested. He is supposed to be an En
glish anarchist.
The strictest secrecy has been main
tained hitherto as to the affair in or
der not to disturb the enjoyment of
the enthronement festivities.
Comes Over toVed a Negro.
YORK , Sept. 12. Because she
wants to marry a colored man a Scotch
lassie journeyed 3,003 miles across the
seas on the Allan state line steamship ,
Morgan , which has arrived from Glas
gow. She is Margaret Wood , 25 j-ears
old.
Kansas Ofllccr Is Acquitted.
CAMP MEADE , Pa. , Sept. ' 12. Ijieu-
tenant Guy Morgan of the Twenty-
second Kansas , who was tried by
court-martial on a charge of desecrat
ing the graves Confederate soldiers in
the South , has been acquitted.
The President Will Not Brook Any
Delay in Cuba ,
SPANIARDS HATE TO QUIT ,
Civil and Military Authority Will IJo
J'xorclsed by the American Commis
sioners UK Fast as the Island Comes
Under Tliclr Control
WASHINGTONSept. . 22. Recent dis
patches from Havana showing an un
mistakable intention upon the part , of
the Spanish authorities to avoid a relinquishment -
linquishment of power if possible
until a decision is reached by the
peace commission have again aroused
interest in the policy of the adminis
tration. It is stated upon the highest
authority that the President has no in
tention of allowing General Blanco
and his associates in Havana to evade
the terms of the protocol , and that the
commission which sailed from New
York Monday had full instructions to
demand an immediate arrangement for
the evacuation of the island with a
promise of sufficient force to compel
compliance.
The commissioners have received
full instructions as to how they are to
proceed with the government of such
portions of the island as arc first evac-
iiated by the Spaniards , with a view
to an ultimate extension of their au
thority over the whole of Cuba. It
now appears that they were clothed
with much greater power than was
needed to arrange for the evacuation
of the island merely , and are prepared
to execute both civil and military au
thority over the entire territory as
fast as the Spanish troops are with
drawn.
The commissioners are fully pre
pared to deal with all the parliament
ary questions of government that must
arise as soon as the evacuation begins.
It will be necessary at ones to make
arrangements for the maintenance of
municipal governments in the various
cities and towns , and also to provide
for the continuance of tha courts of
justice under the changed conditions
until a new and more perfect sj-stem
can be devised. Ona of the difficulties
with which it is anticipated the com
missioners will have to deal will be in
denning the exact distinction between
the rnilitaiy and the civil authorities
and arranging both so as to avoid
friction in the exercise of jurisdiction.
With the landing of an army in
Cuba there will probably be appointed
a military governor , but the governor's
duty will , it is expected , be supervi
sory to a large extent , and much of the
actual work of government must be
conducted by the civil authorities.
Inasmuch as the work of evacuation
will probably proceed slowly and as it
is necessary that the authority of the
United States should be established
just as fast as that of Spain is with
drawn , it is thought by those who
have given attention to the subject
that the commission has probabij * been
authorized to make all necessary ap
pointments of civil officers until it is
possible , after the evacuation has been
completed , to establish a uniform and
improved system of government
throughout the island.
When the militaiy occupation of
Cuba will begin has not been definite
ly determined , but it is said to be the
intention of the administration to
have an array in readiness to meet the
demands of the commissioners. It is
thought that an army will be sent to
Cuba not later than the middle of
October.
A DEWEY DISPATCH BOAT LOST
The WInjrfoot , Chartered at lions : Kong ,
Is .Now I.onp Overdue and Uiireportcd.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. , Sept. 12. The
steamer Coptic , which arrived from
the Orient to-day , brings the news
from Hong Kong that the American
steamer Wingfoot , Captain Sherman ,
is supposed to have gone down with
all hands. During the war United
States Consul General Wildman char
tered the Wingfoot to carry dispatches
to Admiral Dewey at Manila. The lit
tle vessel met with several mishaps ,
and was obliged to return to port.
Since her last departure from Manila
she has not been heard from.
ESTERHAZY APPEARS IN PARIS ,
The Report That Ho Had Tied or Com
mitted Sulcldo Denied In Person.
PARIS , Sept. J2. Count Esterhazy
set at rest all rumors of his suicide or
flight 3'esterday by appearing last
night in a cafe where he declared to
his friends that he was neither a Zola
nor a Judas.
Death Ends Their Vacation.
QUEHEC , Sept. 12. Carl Smith , who
wrote the ' "Fired at Random' ' cohiinn
in the Chicago Record , and Louis Sass ,
sporting editor on the same paper ,
were drowned in the heavy rapids of
the Grande Discharge by the upsetting
of their birch bark canoes. They were
on a holiday tour.
or Krag-Joronseu ?
WASHINGTON , Sept. 12. General
Flagler , chief of ordnance , has ap
pointed a beard of ordnance officers to
examine into the efficiency of modern
army guns as shown by the war. It
is the especial object of this board to
determine the relative merits of the
Springfield -caliberrille used by the
volunteers and the 32-caliber Krag-
.Torgensen in use by the regular arm } ' .
They will also carefully inquire into
the efficiency of the Mauser rifle used
by the Spanish , and the field and
siege guns with which General Shaf-
ter bombarded Santiago.
MILES TELLS ARMY'S NEEDS ,
Says There Should Ho Ono Soldier for
Kacli 1,000 Population. '
WASHINGTON , Sent. 12. 'General
Miles came to the war departmentat
10 o'clock yesterday and spent a. short
time in his room at army headquar
ters. Speaking of the future of the
array , General Miles said that there
was a number of matters which re
quired caref.nl and deliberate consider
ation with respect to the army organ
ization , and that undoubtedly steps in
that direction would be taken as soon
as practicable. The acquisition of
territory obviously made it necessary
that there should be a larger army ,
and the experience of the war had
demonstrated' the necessity of estab
lishing a standard and having the
troops thoroughly trained to the mili
tary service. It was desirable , he
said , that the army should be
organized on the basis of one
soldier to every certain number of in
habitants. It was recognized by mil
itary authorities , even before the close
of the war of the rebellion , that the
establishment of a standard was de
sirable , but from time to time the
army had been reduced , until it had
reached a number disproportionately
small to the size of the country and
its population. lie thought that one.
soldier to every i ,000 population prob
ably would be found to be the right
ratio for the standard , and that the
army standard being adopted , would
increase according to the recognized
needs of the government in an exact
ratio to the increase of the population.
He said that it was jasfc as necessary
that soldiers should have proper train
ing as it was to train men to build
houses , or to have a man skilled in his
profession to perform any professional
service. It was essential that an
army should be composed of soldiers
trained to their profession , command
ed by efficient officers in every grade
and controlled strictly according to
military principles. That military
operations should be directedby mil
itary men , he said , was too obvious to
need to be stated.
NEW NAME FOR ISLANDS.
Will He ICnovru as Territory of Hawaii
Hereafter.
SAN FRANCISCO , Cal. , Sept. 12. The
steamer Coptic , from Yokohama and
Hong Kong , via Honolulu , brings the
following advices from the latter city ,
under date of September 2 :
It will be the "Territory of Hawaii. ' '
That is the name which the annexa
tion commission has decided to recom
mend to Congress.
The form of the government will be
modeled on that of existing territories.
There will be no more further depart
ures from this form than local condi
tions and national political considera
tions makes necessary. The ultimate
possibility of statehood will not be
barred. There will be no District of
Columbia or Alaska form of govern
ment proposed. Local self-government
will be given'through the extension of
municipal idea. The islands will be
divided into municipal districts , hav
ing control , under restrictions and
limitations , of purely local affairs.
Honolulu , for instance , will be a mu
nicipal district , embracing the whole
of the island of Oahu.
UTAH REPUBLICANS.
State Convention Strongly Indorses Me-
Klnley and Hectares for .Free Sliver.
SALT LAKE , Utah , Sept. 1' ' . The
Republican state convention was called
to order in the opera house yesterday
by W. K. Walton , chairman of the
state committee. .loseph Bagley of
Ogden was chosen temporary chair
man and ex-United States Senator Ar
thur Brown permanent chairmrn. The
resolutions committee then reported
and the report was adopted almost
unanimously. They indorse President
McKinley and declare for free silver.
ILLNESS IN PORTO RICO.
More Than 25 1'cr Cent of the United
States Troops Are Unlit for Duty.
PONCE , Porto Rico. Sept. 12. Illness
among the United States troops here
is increasing. There are now more
than 25 per ( rent of the men unfit for
duty. Within a radius of a few miles
from Ponce there are 1.000 soldiers in
hospitals. In some commands , there
: ire : : ( ) per cent of the men down with
fever , principally typhoid fever.
A WOMAN'S CRIME ,
Double Tragedy In the Oxford Hotel at
I > onver 3IutIvo Not App irent.
DENVER , Col. . Seps. 12. W. H. Law
rence , of Cleveland , O. , was shot and
probably mortally wounded in a room
at the Oxford hotel yesterday after
noon by a wdman who is known here
only as Florence Richardson. The
woman then shot herself in the heart ,
dying almost instantly.
To Import Negro miners.
PAXA. 111. , Sept. 12. Gcorgo V. Pen-
well , president of the Penwell Mining
company , gave notice to-day that he
would open his mine Monday , but
would pay only 2. > cents per ton , the
price that the non-union negroes are
being paid at the Springdale mine.
H said : "I prefer white miners if they
will desert the union ; otherwise I
must operate the mine with negroes
and foreign labor. ' '
General Clay DUorced.
i RICHMOND , Ivy. . Sept. 1- . General
Cassius M. Clay , the sage of White
Hall , has been granted a divorce from
his girl-wife , Dora Richardson Clay ,
by Judge Scott of the Madison county
circuit court. The decree restores the
defendant to her maiden name.
Silver Force SelectSadler. .
RKNO , Xcv. . Sept. 12. The
party convention reassembled
o'clock yesterday. Francis , G
lands was nominated for ongfcss
K. Sadler for governor. /
ARTISTIC
They Are Fond of Cheerful Surround
ings IIow to Improve Your Ilomci.
Probably at no time In the world's
history has so much attention been
paid to the interior decoration oC
homes as at present. No borne , no
matter how humble , Is without its
handiwork that helps to beautify the
apartments and make the surround
ings more cheerful. The taste ot the
American people has kept pace witb.
the ago , and almost every day brings
lortb. something new In the way ot a
picture , a draping , a piece of furniture
or some form of mural decoration.
Ono of the latest of these has been
given to the world by the celebrated
artist , Muville , in a series of four
haudsoino porcelain game plaques.
Not lor years has anything as haud-
' c-ome in this line been seen. The sub
jects represented by these plaques are
American Wila Ducks , American
Pheasant , American Quail and English
Snipe. They are handsome paintings
and are especially designed for hang
ing on dining-room walls , .though
their richness and beauty entitles them
to a place in the parlor of any home.
These original plaques have been pur
chased at a cost of § 50,000 by J. C.
Hublnger Bros. Co. , manufacturers ot
the celebrated Elastic Starch , and in
order to enable their numerous cus
tomers to become possessors of these
handsome works ot art they have bad
then reproduced by a special procesa
in all the rich colors aad beauty o
tbe original. They are finished on
heavy cardboard , pressed and em
bossed in the shape of a plaque and
trimmed with a heavy baud of gold.
They measure forty Inches in circum
ference end contain no rending matter
or advertisement whatever. i
Until October 1 Messrs. J. C. Hubln
ger Bros. Co. propose to distribute
tLese plaques free to their customers.
Every purchaser of three ten-cent
packages of Elastic Starch , flat-iron
brand , manufactured by J. C. Hubln
ger Bros. Co. , is entitled to receive
one of these handsome plaques free
from their grocer. Old and new cus
tomers jillke are entitled to the bene
fits of this offer. These plaques will
not be sent through the mail , the only
way to obtain them being from your
grocer. Every grocery store in the
country has Elastic Starch for sale. It
is tbe oldest and best laundry starch ,
on tbe market , and is the most perfect
cold process starch ever Invented. It
is the only starch made by men who
thoroughly understand the laundry-
business , and the only starch that will
not injure tbe finest fabric. It has been
ths standard for a quarter of a cen
tury , and as an evidence of bow good
It is twenty-two million packages were
eold last year. Ask your dealer to
show you the plaques and tell you
about Elastic Starch. Accept no sub
stitute. Bear In mind that this offer
holds good a short time only , and
phould be taken advantage of without
delay.
Some men's idea of making a night
of it is their inability to remember
anything the next morning.
JTdccate Your uotveis TVltli Casearet3.
Candy Cathartic cure constipation foreve" .
lOc. Use. IIC. C. C. fail , druggists refund incney-
Many visitors to Europe consider it
a high honor to be invited to visit the
Hookers' club at Bruges. At the smok
ing contests of this organization a
stated quantity of tobacco is given to
each member , and the one who takes
the most time in smoking his portion
wins the prize. When the pipe goes
cut the competitor is counted out. for
no relighting is allowed. The present
record for a. quarter ounce of tobacco
is ninety-one minutes.
A child who wancered away from
Burns Valley , Pa. , was lost in the
mountains. When found she was in
the midst of wild animals and amons
rattlesnakes , but she declared they had
made no attack upon her , and tnat she
had subsisted among them by eating
wild berries. The hunting party that
found her killed twelve rattlers near
the rocks where she was discovered.
The 1S9S-9 tailormade girl will , if
she goes the limit , be more masculine
than ever. Only the skirt in the way
of raiment will remain to remind the
observer that he is looking at the wo
man of the period. Every garment is
stamped with the seal of the up-to-date
maker of men's clothes , and the shoe
maker , the haberdasher and the hatter
will do the rest.
Margaret Fallon. who , at the age of
117 , just died at King's Ferry. N. Y .
was believed to be the oldest person in
America. Records show that she was
born in Kings county in 1771. She had
been fifty years a widow , and is sur
vived by four sons and five daughters.
The fifth letter of the alphabet re
sembles death inasmuch as it is the
end of life.
It you do not. you should take Hood's
Sarsaparilla and it will purify your blood ,
care your boils and keep your system
free from the poisons which cause them.
The great blood purifying power of Hood'a
Sarsaparilla is constantly being demon
strated by its many marvelous cures.
flood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. { 1 ; six for $3.
" Hood'8 Pills cure Sick Headache. -
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THE BEST FOR
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