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About Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1898)
k t TT i - T h - iff l - 3C - Vr I WESTERN NE WS DEM YQLTJME XIII THIS DDE WORLD INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS HE EXPECTS TROUBLE HEAR ADMIRAL DEWEY ASKS FOR MORE SHIPS The Spaniards Assert that Germany will Take a Coaling Statiou on the Island of Luzon and Spain will Retain the Remaining Islands Dewey Expects Trouble Maxiia Rear Admiral Dewey says he considers the situation critical It is understood he has asked for an additional cruiser and battleship The Spaniards as sert that Germany will take a coaling sta tion here and that Spain will retain the remainder of lhe islands The last Spanish garrisons at lloccs and Juana have sur rendered and the whole island of Luzon is in the hands of the insurgents except at Manila and Cavite Aguinaldo has announced his intention of convening an assembly of the Filipinos on September 15 in order to decide upon the policv to bi adopted by tho insurgents -A newspaper correspondent here had an interview with Aguinaldo who said there were 67000 insurgents armed with rifles He added he could raise 100000 men In deed the insurgent leader pointed out the whole population of therhilippinolslands was willing to fight for their independ ence As to the Americans Aguinaldo remarked that he considered them as brothers and that the two sovereign re publics were allied agaiust a common enemy MAINE ELECTION Full Republican Ticket Elected by Reduced Majorities Portland Me Tho state election Monday resulted in the success of the full Republican state ticket as follows Governor ruwc - rinrnccmnT7irst district TllOS B Eeed of Portland Second district Nelson Dinglcy of Lewiston Third district Ed Fourth district win C Burleigh f Augusta trict Chas A Boutelle of Bangor The falling oil in the vote all over tho than even the state was somewhat greater Republican managers anticipated lira general decline is auoui pei over the state while almostas many Dem ocrats went to the polls as in 1S9L The result of the stiff ught of Mckmney against Speaker fled was hardly appar ent until later returns came m when it was seen how well the Democratic candi date ran A decrease of nearly 4000 for the speaker of the house denoted a decided lack of intercut on the part of his con stituents Returns at mi night from 191 towns out of 480 indicate Gov Towers plurality is about 21000 a Republican loss of 21 per -cent and a Democratic loss of only b per CeThe lower branch of the legislature will probably stand 133 Republicans to 18 Dem ocrats a gain of 12 for the fatter lhe -senate however will remain unchanged being as in former years solidly Re publican WASHOUT CAUSES A WRECK Passenger on the Texas Pacific Plunges Trough a Trestle Ti xrkaxa Tex About noon Sun day rain began falling here and continued for thirty Hours me cuuuuj 0j Texarkana being flooded Sulphur River rose twelve feet Sunday night Al trams entering Texarkana have been delayed account of washouts and especially on in Louisiana and Texas south and west train No 4 on the of here Passenger Texas and Pacific Railway lies in three to six feet of water near Buchanan twelve Voiles south of Texarkana It was ate nd running at a high rate of speed when it switched around a curve iuto a washout The trestlework and several hundred feet of track were gone and the engine mail bacgage express and smoking cars went into the water One man was killed and injureiU nritish Steamship Forfeited Charleston S C In the United States district court here Tuesday Justice Brawley handed down a decision con demning the British steamship New Poundland and its cargo to forfeiture as a lawful prize of war The ship was cap tured by the Mavllower while seemingly attempting to run the blockade at Havana on July 19 and sent here x Judge Thomas M Cooley Dead avv rbor Mich Judge Thomas M Cooiey the noted jurist died Tuesday morning Three months ago he returned sanitarium where he had from a private been treated chietly for mental afflic ions to be able to He was then so improved as recognize his acquaintances He realized is condition and often wished death would come srrmned by the Sheriff Buffalo X Y The twenty round bout for the lightweight championship o the world between Frank Erne and Kid Lavigne that was to have been the open ing contest at the Hawthorne Athletic Club at Checktowaga Monday night was -stopped by sheriff Kilgallon before the men came together in tho arena Iowa and Oregon Ordered to Pacific New Yokk Orders are expected at the Brooklyn navy yard at any time for the sailing of the battleships Oregon and Iowa for the Pacific Ammunilion is being put on board of both ships and they will begin coaling at once They will be painted the regulation leaden color Gave a Million and a Half -New Yokk It iscreditably announced that the hitherto unnamed founder Medical College who gave 1500000 for the erection of the building in this city ks Col Oliver H Payne 1 PERISH IN AN ARIZONA FIRE Tho Town of Jerome Near Prcscottv Reduced to Ashes Prescott Ariz The town of Jerome near here was completely wiped out by fire Sunday morning entailing a loss of several hundred thousand dollars m prop erty Eleven bodies have been recovered while a score or more are said to be in the ruins or missing The fire originated from a gasoline stove in a cabin and spread so rapidly and fiercely thatitwas impossi ble to save even the clothing of the in mates Over 15 residences twenty five general merchandise and other stores sa loons etc of all kinds are wipeu out m short not a single business house remains the only building to escape being thn ATntiintitat Phnrch The number of people who are homeless is placed at 1500 The loss is complete but little insurance being written in that camp owing to the great risk and inadequate water supply Where the fire originated was the scene of a drunken carousal and while no demon strations are now being made against tho men who are responsible for it attention will be given to the men who caused it later on They are said to be Italians CITY WIPED OUT BY FIRE House Left in New Nor a Business Westminster B C Vancouver B C New Westminster the chief city on the Frazer River pre sents a fearful scene ot uesoiaiiou mo having Sunday morning wiped out the whole of the business portion Fanned by a fierce wind almost a gale a fire which was started on the water side by sparks steamer spread with such from a passing awful rapidity that ten streets were blaz in in three hours The cathelral of the diocese and two newspaper offices are gone as well as the Canadian Pacific railroad station three river steamers a railway bridge and a number of private houses The telegraph office was uurneu im pair and suffering are the lot of hundreds of poor homeless folk It is feared sev eral must have been burned to death 1 he loss by the fire at New Westminster is louehly estimated at 2500000 with in surance of 1500000 EMPRESS MURDERED Elizabeoh of Austria Assassinated in viizriimtj s T3 SwiTSatniiil M j i T i fTr The Empress V31i jvT j Tiniaii f Austria was assassinateu here Saturday afternoon by an Italian an archist who stabbed her with a small tri angular file The murderer was arrested The murderer is named Laochini It ap pears the empress was walking Irom the hotel to the landing place of the steamer about 1 oclock when Loachini suddenly approached and stanncu ner xm -press fell rose again and was carried to the ooat uuconseious the steamer started seeing the empress had not re covered consciousness the captain re turned and the empress was carried to tho Hotel Beaurivane where she expired FATAL FENCING BOUT Cant Nicholas Drops Dead During a Friendly Contest New York Two men in a spirit of friendly rivalry tried a bout with foils at the rooms of the New York Fencing As sociation with the result that one is dead rr ji e f ntiiin Hinnolvte iimucau limn w v- - - olas formerly an ollicer in the Irene army and organizer of the iNew loik Fencers Club Charles G Thierolin the officer under the lueuch other was an Like Nicholas he is a fencing master The two were friends of years standing Floating Infanta Marie SantiaoodeCuua Sunday was ob served for the first time since the war ter oq ac i iinv of rest and worship Sunday afternoon a reporter visited the wrecks of the Spanish cruisers lhe work of floating the Infanta Marie Teresa is nearly completed but the Almirante Oquendo is not wortntne eosiui avnf IA Hung Chang Dismissed Pekin Li Hung Chang has been dis missed from power It is presumed it was done in accordance with the demand which it is reported the British minister here Claude McDonald was instructed to make on account of the alleged general partiality of Li Hung Chang to Russia Jews Are Barred Out Washington The Turkish legation issues the following statement The en t Tnipstinn is formally prohibited to foreign Israelites and consequeutl the imperial Ottoman authorities have re ceived orders to prevent the landing of immigrant Jews in that province Budd Again the Victor Kansas City The feature of iiniia cimntiinT innrtiRiiient was w tho the -e for the trophy representing the in mate target championship Charles L a of Des Moines Iowa who won the trophy last vear was again the victor His score wasS7 targets out of 100 Triumph for Cyclist Banker Vienna In the worlds cycling championship races here George A Banker the American cyclist won the professional mile unpaced by six inches in 801 Verneyenof Germany was second and Jacquelin of France third n Revolution in Peru Lima rem President IMerola denies lhe existence of revolutionary conditions in Peru A few isolated and disorderly groups of marauders have raised disorders in some quarters but they arc now vir tually crushed Disnsterous Gasoline Explosion Philadelphia By the explosion ot fnttv irsiiiims of irasolino in tha cellar of a grocery store at 141 1 South Street four and possibly a dozen more lives were lost Vesuvius is Growling 2staplks There was a distinct recrudes Btice of eruptions from Mount Vesuvius Sunday accompanied by rumblings and explosions Congressman Northwny Dead Ashtabula Ohio Congressman Northway of the Nineteenth district died at his home in Jefferson township Friday aged 05 years ana VALENTINE NEBRASKA SEPTEMBER 15 1898 THE WEEK IN TRADE The Business World as Seen by K G Dun rCo New York R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of Trade says The volume of business is larger than it ever has been Investors across the water have caught the cue and their purchases of American stocks and bonds have been heavy for several weeks Wheat lias been about 1 cent hicher in price for spot with western receipts only about as large as those of last year for the week Tho cotton year has closed with a yield of 11IS0JGJ bales in 1897 of which 7H60S5 were exported 1856000 were consumed in northern mills l227930 in southern mills 420079 were added to northern mill stocks and 93991 to commercial stocks Nobody can guess how great the demand for iron and steel ltmnlioi mnnlll linilCG but tllO manufacturer has the good sense to wait for the actual oideis oeioro jioibimg prices So far the advance has been re markably moderate lhe sales of woo have been only 22S95J0 pounds at the three chief markets against 18010400 pounds for the same week last year lhe fnniinrr frrmvs that the nrices demanded at the west cannot be maintained and unti1 wool sells at materially lower prices the manufacturer cannot meet the existing market for goods Failures for the first week of September have been in amount of liabilities 1111 593 Failures for the week have been 164 in thn United States against 215 last year and eighteen in Canada against thirly nvf last year DOUBLE DENVER TRAGEDY Ohio Man Shot by His Pnriunour Who Kills Herself Denver W II Lawrence of Cleve land Ohio was shot and probably mor tally wounded in a room at the Oxford Hotel by a woman who is known here only as Florence Richardson The woman then shot herself in tne neait ujiiib inCf inQtnntiv The rounlo had til 1I1L l J - 11 tered at the Oxford Hotel auout n uun hour before the tragedy occurred as II C Rockwell and wife of Greeley Colo The motive for the shooting is not known In their trunk was an express receipt in the name of Florence Montague The dead woman was about 31 years of age and is said to have been dissolute and addicted to i n ifofnn i Hint hpr mother At la uiiviuiomv - ImorpilHlB Arronvmlio Mr Lawrence IS I V t t 111 lllllll IVjU uviiui -- -- - r in 1 1 - - r president ofthe Company of Cleveland Ohio He is about 45 years old and has a wife and several children in Cleveland ATROCITIES IN CRETE Bashi Bazouks Continue Their Work of Butchery and Burning London The Athens correspondent of he Daily Mail says Horrible stories of atrocities are told by the refugees from Candia They say the bashi bazouks cut open the bodies of their Christian victims on Hie first day o the outbreak and threw the entrails into the flame of the burning houses They hurled the British vice con- i Unltli iitn hf fli iuX llitli12 NOW let the English conr neip mm It Is All Poppycock Washington Gen Shafter who is now in this city in speaking of the alleged controversy between himself and Gen Miles said It is all poppycock There is no friction between uen miius aim my self at least there was not when he left Santiago Our relations have always been most pleasant and I do pot understand the meaning of all this talk The general may have been talking but 1 believe much pf it is due to antagonistic newspapers whose motives certainly arenotpainouc No Fusion in Nevada IIkno New At the convention of the silver parly the committee on resolutions made a report which was adopted The platform indorses the platform of lhe na tional silver party at St Louis in ISflU and the financial plank of the national Demo- t rri tt - 2 cratic party at unicago in ibho x muius G Newlands was nominated for congress and K Sadler for governor The Demo cratic convention rejected fusion and nom inated George Russell for governor MARKET QUOTATIONS q d 9io ah Ar DmCo that nih ETAO Chicago Cattle common to prime 300 to 575 hogs shipping grades JlOO to 400 sheep fair to choice 250 to 475 wheat No 2 red 01c to G3c corn No 2 29c to 31c oats No 2 19c to 21c rye No 2 42c to 44c butter choice creamery 17c to 10c eggs fresh 12c to 13c potatoes choice 25c to 35c ppr bushel Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to 350 hogs choice light 300 to 400 sheep common to choice 300 to 450 wheat No 2 red 02c to G3c corn No white 29c to 30c oats No 2 white 21c to 23c St Louis Cattle 300 to 575 STATE OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM John Eelcmnn n Sheepman of Chsidron Shot by a Cattleman in Fall River County 1 Differ ences of Long Standing the Cuuse Sheepman Shot by a Cattleman John Eckman a sheepman whose homo k in Chadron was shot a few days ago in Fall River County South Dakota by Ben TTorricnii Tllfi shontinCT WBS the nation of bitter feeling which has existed for a long time between the sheep and cattlemen in that vicinity It is stated that Eckman had been warned by the cat tlemen not to run his sheep into South Dakota but despite this warning Eckman drove the large herd into camp at Way side a small station just over the line in South Dakota A large number of cattle men went to the camp and ordered Eck man to leave Upon his refusal to do so Ben Harrison a leader among- the cattle- Shooting Affray Between Cattlemen and Sheepmen Costs a Life John Eckman died at Chadron from the wound inflicted upon him when a band of cattlemen living in Fall lliver County South Dakota called upon him and ordered him to remove his flock of sheep which he was inspecting and upon his re fusal to do so a number of cattlemen shot toward him one ball taking enect severing his spinal cord and re sulting in his death Later particulars show that when the trouble ble occurred Eckman and two of his herders-were getting their camp in shape hav rau iiijnQyedacro3S the South Dakota line from Nebraska They were worhiab about the mess wagon when they saw a cloud of dust in the distance which soon developed into the shape of fifty mounted horsemen The sheepmen recognized them as cattlemen living thereabouts When the men arrived they were seen to be heavily armed None of tho sheepmen had any weapons The spokesman of the party ordered co tn mnvo his flock of sheen vnnlinrl thnt llP Would have tO COllSUlt hogs 350 to 400 sheep 350 to 42o wheat No 2 G7e to G9c corn No 2 yellow 29c to 30c oats No 2 21c to 23c rye No 2 40c to 41c Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs 300 to 425 sheep 250 to 425 wheat No 2 G4c to GGc corn No 2 mixed 30c to 32e oats No 2 mixed 21c to 23c rye No 2 44c to 4Gc Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs 325 to 425 sheep 250 to 450 wheat No 2 G4c to GGc corn No 2 yellow 32c to 33c oats No 2 white 23c in 24c rye 44c to 4de Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed G3c to Glc corn No 2 mixed 31c to 32c oats No 2 white 19c to 21c rye No 2 43c to 44c clover seed 325 to 335 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring Glc to G2e corn No 3 31c to 32e oats No 2 white 22c to 24c rye No 2 44c to 45c barley No 2 42c to 44c pork mess 825 to 875 Buffalo Cattle pood shipping steers 300 to 550 hogs common to choice 350 to 425 sheep fair to choice weth rs 350 to 500 lambs common to xtra 500 to 025 New York Cattle 300 to 575 hogs 300 to 450 sheep 300 to 475 wheat No 2 red 09c to 70c corn No 2 35c to 37c oats No 2 white 2Sc to 29e butter creamery loc to 19c eggs Western 15c to 10c klf hispartner Dr Romine in Chadron be fore doing so and promised that he would see him At this reply the order was nvn the men to move the camp by force Eckman turned to go into the wagon A shot was fired upon hiin He fell wounded in the back Then a volley was fired from a number of weapons After Eckman was rQi iha nsittinmeu moved the sheep and the camp and then dispersed The cattlemen claim that Eckman made a threat as he started to enter his wagon and they iinwi tn wnc frniinr after a revolver consequently the shot was fired which killed him Dr Romine Eckmans part ner will bring action against the band for murder in the South Dakota courts Stove Explodes While Mrs Dr Sutherland of Grand riowi wnc nronnriiiff dinner a few days since and just after she had placed a quantity of kindling in the stove for the nurnose of securing a quick fire there was a terrific explosion The lids of the steel range and the skillets thereon flew in various directions The end of what is supposed to have been a dynamite fuse of n rv10in was found Fortunately neither Mrs Sutherland nor Miss Kleeberger her daughter both of whom were in the room was injured The report muffled as it was in the closed stove was loud enough to be heard for a block It is supposed that the explosive was in the kindling Robbery at Calhoun Gus Jahn a laborer working for II llix jvas slugged and lobbed at Calhoun by thieves intended evident the three men It was tended to rob the store as he sleeps there As he reached the back of the building some one stepped out from behind and hit him on the heul willi a revolver but did not down him lie at once ihrew the key and started to run to tho store away but was overtaken and knocked down 11 o iiion imiinl and carried a block unil put under an elevator driveway Tho men robbed him of his watch and what money he had Skull Unearihcil Workmen engaged in making an exca vation on the od fair grounds at Colum bus unearthed a human skuli in a fair sate of- prcservaion iSo oilier nones were found anywhere near it and the jiitairisshiouded in mystery It is be lieved thai the rest of the body is buried somewhere in the neighboihood A num ber of years ago there was a notorious road house in this locality and a collector for a Chicago house sud lenly disappeared and never a trace of him could be foand The matter will be investigated Men Assault a Baby 11 i rii1 mil John Godart Who 1 were discharged from lhe John Gtlniau Show Company at Alma criminally as saulted the 5-year-old daughter of C O Larson of that city Godart has been nefoi Mini n nio iie has been receivid from Orleans indicating that they have Olson The mother of the child is in a serious condition from the shock of the frightful outrage Lightning Strikes a Church During a recent storm the Catholic Church at Dawson seven miles east of iiTYiiit ivnsstinidc bv liulilniii and burned to the ground This church nrfTiminiinii at Dtwson seems to be un- frfniin nc thin s the second time it has journal LIFE AT CAMP MEIKLEJOHN Second Nebraska Volanteer Infant ry Well Settled in Quarters The Second Nebraska Volunteers are taking life easy at Camp George D Meiklejohn at Omaha Outside the gates of old Fort Omaha a mushroom settlement of cider mills sandwich factories and carrying vans has sprung upr which is en joying the business created by the pres ence of 1030 soldiers In the barracks around the parade grounds evidences of habitation grounds are cleared and floors are swept in accordance with the discipline of a soldiers life Headquarters is dealing easily with the boys recognizing their natural desire to ipo th evrmsition and friends in thecity I They are usually expected to- be on hand at reveille ami taps uud me can btuic without difficulty permission to be absent in tho intervening seventeen hours Ac cordingly the barracks liarmy sees as much of the soldieis as do the down town streets On a number of occasions men have failed to appear at the expiration of leave and they are given some sort of police duty as punishment- One home sick young soldier of Company A disap peared the morning of his arrival ami could not bring himself to return to duty II L wIr HA WH Till I Ill 1 1115 men shot Eckman oiuj - - John Chizek a herder employed by guard house of which he is the only n rnn i i iixtiz i i 11111 iirii imi iihiii inn tt ui ijluuuwi r wwiw ftCKimui uiuuiiiiK mo nvio v - i and Dr Romine Eckmans partner in the business left for the sheep camp accom panied by a physician lie stated before before leaving that Harrison would be ar rested and he intends to prosecute tho case to the bitter end The sentiment in Fall River County is almost universally in favor of the cattlemen and this clash between the cattle and sheepmen has long been expected TURNS OUT TO BE A MURDER tence of ten days Mysterious Disappearance H H Claussen the owner of consider able valuable property in Iowa and Ne braska and a money lender with funds in good securities left Dawes County a short lime ago for Clinton County Iowa Ho arrived there in ademended condition and friends and relatfvus have been noti fied that he has disappeared Claussen iiitPiifioii tnmake his future home in Clin ton County where ho has relatives living He took his 7-year-old son with him The last heard of him he had reached Goose Lake Iowa Since that time his where abouts are a blank His friends fear that he has met with foul play Chicory Factory Opens Charles L Jones superintendent of the plant of the Nebraska Chicory Company at Schuyler is at work preparing the factory for the turning out of four car loads of a special grade of the companys product sale of which was recently closed by the management While for some time past there has been much discourage ment felt among the stockholders of the company and the business has been at a standstill this safe causeS tWili feeling fraught with hope that ultimateiy there will be such a demand for the goods that the chicory business will be a paying one New University for Omaha Omaha is soon to have a new university with all the modern equipments of an up-to-date school of learning At least that is tho story told by Lyman Waterman He savs S150000 will be donated by east ern parties which is to build a total of five brick buildings for the university with a capacity for 2500 students The site for this new seat Of lccrnina b nntWn chosen as yet nor in fact has a name for it been decided upon but the former Is now under discussion and one of three places which the purchasers have in view will be chosen Killed by Lightning William the 21-year-old son of Charles Bousch living northeast of Humboldt was struck and killed by a bolt of light ning during a recent storm The young t n Annnln man had driven to tne noine 01 ms wu Julius Volker arriving at the barn justas the storm broke Iutung me team i io await the cessation barn he remained there to sation of the rain Some time after the storm was over the folks from the house came out and found the young man half standing and half leaning against the wall of the barn stone dead Struck by Lightning During a heavy rainstorm recently lightning struck near Sam Loders place t ni ohaif miles southwest of Ash- UMii emu uw land Sam Loler Arthur Green and Gere and William Long were standing In the yard when a brilliant Hash occurred that nearly stupefied them Green and Loder were brought to their knees by tho shock while Gre en had his ear scorched nar rowly escaping the full effect of the electric current Killed by Strytmine Mrs George W Hawley wife of Rev George W Hawley living about two mjles north of Humboldt died suddenly a few evenings since from the effects of a dose of strychnine taken by mistake for head ache powder Promptly summoned phy sicians used antidotes without result and she died in convulsions within an hour after taking the fatal dose Narrow Escape a imiim iiipoiintr was beinc held in a ljrc tent at Wayne a heavy wind came upand carried the north side of the tent fur enouch over to catch fire from the lamps How the 300 or 400 people escap2d is a miracle for in less than five minutes the whole thing was in asnea uiuiuuu nately no one was seriously burned Case for the Coroner A man giving his name as William 31c Vay was picked up on the Missouri track near Union with both legs cut off near his bulv and along knife gash in his side ile died without giving any details of the manner by which his injuries were re ceived The coroner took charge of the remains Want to Muster Out the Third Governor llolcomb telegraphed to Wash ington asking if it was possible to secure airiiouorable disi hargc for the members of the Third Nebraska 01 their application - r t 11n fllinir Private advices irom Jacksonville minus of four deaths in a week and an increase in the sick list prompted the governor s action Depot Burned j A passing freight train threw sparks tim vnnf ff the Union aim win t Pacific depot at Shelton from which it iuited entirely consuming the building wirn coalhouse and a small amount of r iv wfivit almost ail tne lost its house ot worship by lire while it papers ami looks of the nUiuon wore aiSO UUll OUvJ Wv uU 1 j ai - NUMBER 34 3Snglish ns Spoken If yo dont know how to talk Eng lish yom tvH1 not feel at home In ths Cherry MoMntaiii district of NorJh Car ollna A correspondent who wa trav eling In fchar neighborhood gives- big experiences as follows I went to see a wonderful nntl tofd the enthusiastic crowd that I had seen a bog that weighed 1300 pounds They said I handled the truth very carelessly S nsked them ns to feeding him potatoes One long haired beetle browed patriarch asked me what i wns talking about One young man after cogitating some thirty minutes said Til bet he means taters In the course of my remarks I nsked if I could buy any onions in that neck of the pine forest They said no sir they had been tried there and did no good After I left I learned that the same thoughtful young man re marked Boys Fll bet he meant ingens and weve just got oodlins o ingens Atlanta Constitution Womens Hair It is now said that hair is becoming more beautiful In color every year and is also growing thicker and longer This- is said to be due to the small light bonnets that women wear Certain it is- that air and sunshine Im prove the color and texture of the hair Sun bleaches the hair and Venetian beauties always dried their ruddy locks in the sun thereby getting- that tint sj much admired called Venetian rprt Of course sunshine will not bleach dark hair but it gives n deeper color to all kinds of tresses and will brighten dull brown hair Big Pennsylvania Tree A tree was recently cut by A L Shaw on Trout run Clarion county Pa which measured SO feet in length 5 feet across the butt and 2S inches across the top where it was broken in the fall or it would have measured 100 feet in length WOMANS HEROISM From the ReQisler Gaielte Bockford 11L During the Civil War nearly as much heroism was shdwn by the women of our nation as by the brave soldiers Many a nrWor rcnanint fnr llfr flpjlll SOI1 bOUnd nuuiuii tf v j mfhc wounds ot nis sunenug cuimuua iKvrasc r e j oicing in their r tfJi e wed Wr isirc ukcit T even while sorrowin g for the one w h o w a s gone At that time was laid the ilnMnn fnr On the Battlefield the world- famed organization known as the Vf ODIiin S o i One of the most earnest members of the corps atrByron 111 is Mrs James House tveart but illness once pdt a -stop to active work A year or so ago when she was nearly fifty years of age the time when women must be more careful of their strength Mrs Houseweart waa taken seriously ill The family physician told her that she had reached a critical period of her life and must be very care- ful His prescriptions and treatment did not benefit her and other treatment proved unavailing At last Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People were brought to her notice with indisputable evidence that they were helpful in cases such as hers and with renewed hope she tried the remedy Last March she took the first box of the pills ui mnnii rlipf She was deter- mined to be cured and kept on with the medicine until noWeight boxes haTe been consumed and she feels like a new woman Mrs Houseweart said I have taken only eight lwxes but I have been improv ing since I took the first dose I do not L1 t ii hnTP lived without the 11111 C i mf u pills They certainly have done me more good than any physician or any medicine I have ever tried Dr Williams Pink Pills are sold in ooxes never in loose bulk at 50 cents a 1 r imroj fnr S2R0 and mav be bad of all druggists or direct by mail from Dr Williams jueaicrae swiucv ady N Y He Began Early Perhaps she wasnt frightened that Biddeford Maine mother who on go ing to see what had become of her 2G months old son whom she had missed for a minute or two found him trying to shave himself with his fathers ra zor as he had seen papa do Free Homes in Western Florida ti ora nhnut 1000000 acres of gov ernment land in Northwest Florida sub ject to homestead entry and about ha f as much again of railroad lands for sale at very low rates These lands are on or near the line of the Louisville and TacitMlln Railroad and Mr R Wemyss General Land Commissioner Pensacola will be ad to write you all about them If you wish to go down and look at them the Louisville Xashville Railroad provides the way and the opportunity on the first ami tniru Tuesday of each month with exclusions at only 2 over one fare for round trip tickets Write Mr C P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for par ticulars Strangely True It hardly seems meet said the corn fed philosopher yet it Is undoubtedly true that many a young woman is will ing to trust with her heart a young man that no butcher will trust for a pound of liver Indianapolis Journal TMcnc Pnrp for Consumption is our only medicine for coughs and colds Mrs C Belts 43i 8th ave Denver Col Kav S 1S95 lie Is Out of the Woods What a happy look Mr Sbadysdds wears remarked Mr Murray Hill His wife has finished her spring house cleaning replied Mr Beech wood Boston Traveler - -