1 J - AW 1 s THE DAYS DOINGSl BURIED IN THE RUINS jcijBANQT WQRTH ITS DEBTS SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS BY WIRE IT PASSES THE HOUSE elTegtion OF SENATORS BY DI RECT VOTE -Only Fifteen JRe preventatives Are Against the Amendment While Two Hundred and Fifty Members Cast TheirVotes in Favor of It Waslfhigton April 13 was private pen sion hiirday in he house but before iliu regular order Was called for the iiouso boved upon the joint resolution under dis uipa whetijJieliouse adjourned Thurs ayroT a Constitutional amendment pro viding for election -of United States sen ators bj direct vote of the people Tim majority resolution made it optional with the states whether the senators should ij elected directly or by the legislatures The minority resolution made it incumbent that each state elect by a direct vote The minority resolution wJiich was offered as a substitute was voted upon first and car ried b3 an overwhelming vote yeas 133 nays 30 Mr Corliss tried unavailingly to get a yea and nay vote but only nine members seconded the demand A vote was tlen taken upon the adoption of the amend mentyeas 240 nays 15 The negative votes were cast by Allen Littlefield and Burleigh of Maine Calder- t head of Kansas Fordney of Michigan Gardner of New Jersey Hodge Lane Mc Pherson and Thomas of Iowa Henry Russell and Sherry of Connecticut Lostei of Georgia Mann of Illinois BEER STAMP THIEVES It Is Said They Have Secured 100 Worth in Three Years New Yrok Internal Revenue Agent Frank G Thompson has admitted that Thomas Blaney the Brooklyn barkeepi who was arrested at the Astor House u ih linternal revenue- stamps worth 10020 which had been stolen inlVashington and Chicago in his possession had made a Statement which implicated a former criminal prosecutor in Brooklyn and a suspicious character said to Ueilly in the transaction be -named Thompson says that while the Washing ton and Chicago robberies amount to only 16000 there were some time ago two other robberies of the same sort which aggregated 26000 It is said that the beer jstamp thievesswho have been operating for therlast three years in the United States have stolen altogether stamps worth 100600 Af VAS NOT REICH MA N N United States Attache Did Not Fight with Boors Pretoria United States Consul Hay in an interview had here sys the report that Capt Reichmann a United States military attache participated in the fight near Sau nas Post is absolutely false Reiehmann it is said was occupied most of the time in attending the wounded Dutch military u tache Lieut Nix who has since died Hay has no doubt Reichraann has been confounded with American Lieut Loos berg of the Pree State artillery who took a very active part in the fight Washington The war department has received the following cable fiom Consul Hay Rumor of Reichmanns active par- ticipation is absolutely false MURDERED BY FILIPINOS American Soldier Killed After Be- ing Captured Hazel ton Pa In a letter written under date of Pel 10 and received by his brother Patrick Boyle on the 13th inst at McAdoo Pa John Boyle a member of Company G Nineteenth United States Infantry on duty in the Phiippfhesays that Henry Griffiths a Hazelton boy was recently captured by insurgents and murdered Private Boyle writes that he andfie other members of his company including Griffithsstrayed away from the regiment while on -a march and that they were sur f prised by a number of Filipinos Boyle says he and his companions with the ex- ception of Griffiths escaped The latter ifae Writes ewa3 captured and then mur dered To Open Great Reserve Washington The president has signed a proclamation opening k settlement the the northern half of the Colville Indian reservation in Washington The land opened comprises about 1500000 acres It will be desposed of under the home stead laws at 150 per acre Public Holiday at Havana Havana Thursday April 12 was ob served as a holiday in Havana All the public offices were closed and the shops were kept open until 10 oclock All the newspapers publish long articles dealing with the religious features of the session John Porter Resigns Washington George B Cortelyou of New Tork has been appointed secretory to the preisdent vice John Addison Porter resigned The resignation of Porter was necessitated by continued ill health Jeffries and McCoy Sign New York Jim Jeffries and Kid McCoy have been matcned to meet In a on July 30 before the club -offering the largestjiurse Charley White will be the referee Boston Bookkeeper 10000 Short Boston Mass Herbert F Milligan bookkeeper of the Union Loan and Trust TCompanywas arrested charged with em bezzlement of 10300 It is Understood he has confessed Milligan is 21 years of age -and married - FIoodDestroys Big Bridge Columbus Tex The big Southern Pacifice Railroad bridge over the Colorado River at this place which was much dam- aged by flood entirely gave away April 12 The loss will exceed 100000 Pour Story Brick Building In Pitts burg Collapses Pittsburg Pa A- four story brick building at the corner of Wood Street and Second A venae occupied by Armstrong McKelvy Company wholesale paint dealers collapsed shortly before 10 oclock a m on the 12th inst burying in it ruins a number of people three of whom were taken out dead six were badly hurt and several others slightly injured The firm had began the transfer of stock from one room to the other and appar ently centralized the heavy weight of lead and oils about the middle of the structure Up to the present that is the only solution advanced for the collapse which began by the second floor breaking through carry ing with it the two floors above The fact that the rear of the building did not col lapse saved many lives It was in that part of the building that the offices were located The loss to the firm will be about 40000 Within a few minutes after the accident 5remen and policemen had the place roped 3ff and the work of rescue was carried on systematically and notwithstanding the great danger from the topliug walls the rescuers worked until all the buried were extricated ALLEN IS THE MAN Till Be the First Civil Governor of Porto Rico Washington Charles H Allen at pres ent assistant secretary of the navy will be the first civil governor of Porto Rico under the provisions of the bill passed Wednesday by the house While the formal tender and acceptance of the posi tion cannot be made until the president signs the bill it is known McKiniey has been bringing pressure to induce Allen to relinquish the care of his considerable private interests for a sufficient time to at least install the new civil government in the island and the latter has consented to assume the new responsibilities Inas V much as the act takes effect on the 1st of next month there is but Utile time left in which to outline axskoieton form of gov ernment including the formation of a cabinet PARDON FOR FRANJC DORSEY His Brother Visits Washington to Se cure Executive Clemency Omaha It is stated that the object of the trip of former Congressman G W E Dorsey to Washington is for the purpose of securing a pardon for Prank M Dorsey now under sentence for wrecking the First National Bnk of Ponca A petition is being circulated to that end The federal court of appeals recently sustained the action of the lower court but Judge Sanford dissented and it is stated that it is probable that no further action will be taken as to putting the sen tence into operation until it is seen what the result of the application for pardon will be v Prank M Dorsey is now at Colorado Springs where he is engaged in the min ing brokerage business BLOWN UP IN HAVANA HARBOR Not a Second Maine Disaster A Boiler on the Gutheil Havana About 12 oclock Wednesday night an explosion occurred on board the German tank steamer Gutheil Captain Schroeder from Philadelphia April 5 which was anchored near Regla wharf waiting for cargo The uproar aroused many of the inhabitants The accident was due to a bursting boiler which in turn led to the explosion of a large thank of oil The Teasel wa3 not seriously dam aged but two of her crew were badly hurt JAP IMMIGRANTS BARRED San Francisco Officials Holding Son Tp iiincin Thirfv fhraA nf 910 l age passengers who arrived on the steamer Belgian Kiug a few days ago have been refused a landing by the immigration offi cials but have appealed to the secretary of the treasury and pending a reply from Washington will be held here The prin cipal reason for their rejection by the offi cials was the discovery of evidence that the Japanese came here as contract labor ers Mailing Clerk an Embezzler Springfield 111 W Winn Bramble aged 26 mailing cleric in the Decatur post office was arrested Thursday and brought to this city charged with embezzlement He confessed and said he had stolen 250 since last December Thirty one letters were found on him when arrested three of which were decoy letters He was held in the sum of 2000 to the grand jury and failing to give this went to jail Frick Intends to Sell Out 2Tew York A special to the Tribune from Pittsburg says H C Prick will dispose of all his holdings something over 16000000 in the Carnegie Company just as soon as he can says a big stock holder of the Carnegie Company He won what he coutended for and will not remain to hamper Mr Carnegie or his partners Home and Inmates Burn Parkersburg W Va The residence of Peyton W Kuble at Daisy postoffice burned April 12 and Mrs Peyton Kuble and Gordon Davis a boy of 9 years were burned to death Pey ton Euble vr as prob ably fatally injured Gold for Buenos Ayres New York It is announced that Gold man Sachs Co shipped 500000 in gold to Buenos Ayres 25000 Worth of Jewelry Taken Chicago The residence of O W Pot ter the multi millionaire ex president of the Illinois Steel Company was robbed by porch climbers while the family was at dmner Jewelry and other valuables worth altogether 25000 were taken Relchmann Accused Again London The Berlin correspondent of the Daily News asserts that the Eeichmann who is credited with having recently led the Boers is certainly the military attache Capt Carl Eeichmann i Some Startling Figures of Mort gages and Property Values Havana The Nuevo Pais says Tak ing 31800000 as the annual assessed in come of urban and ruraL properties of the island according to the assessment of 1897 and capitalizing it at 10 per cent 318000000 would be obtained as the total value of the properties of the island Sub tracting 248000000 the amount of the ex isting mortgages on said property about 70000000 the value of the unencumbered property would remain This however does not take into account the properties destroyed during the war which far ex ceeded that amount It would therefore appear that the actual value of the proper ties does not equal the amount of the mort gages existing on them WINOLD IS ARRESTED Charged with Attempting Co Poison His Wife and Family Baltimore Charles O Winold a travel ing man was arre3ted here on the llth inst for attempting to poison his wife and children in Cincinnati last March Win old kidnaped his children pat was forced after a long legal fight to return them to their mother Learning his wife intended to marry again he tried to poison them and said he would rather kill them than let them live with a stepfather Winold was held for Cincinnati -authorities Winold is said to have a huge acquaintance tlnough out the northwest HAD TO DIE ANYWAY So Bud Lecompte Put Hiram Staf ford Out of Misery Frankfort Ky Bud Lecompte a young farmer living in this county walked into the home of his brother-in-law Hiram Stafford and fired three bullets into Staf ford who had been sick in bed for a month past killing him instantly The neighbors believe Lecompte is crazy Lecompte walked into the room where the sick man lay and said to him You are going to die anyway I will just put you out of your misery With this he fired three bullets from a Winchester Tifle into Staf fords head TO AWAKEN CHINA International Naval Demonstration Will Take Place at Taku Berlin The Berliner Tageblat leams from Kiel that the international naval demonstration will take place at Taku The German uadron consisting of the cruisers j3ertha Gefion Irene Kaisenn and Augusta and the gunboats Jaguar and litis under Admiral Deneman is at pres ent stationed conveniently so that within a few days the ships can be concentrated in the gulf of Pe Chi Liu Sentry Kills Officejc Yictoria B C The extreme vigilance of Great Britain in protecting the secret of the Esquimault fortifications and the naval yard was exemplified Sunday when Lieut Riginald Scott Rr N was shot by a sentry for failing to answer a challenge Scott will die Thero was a strong wind blowing toward the officer and claims he answered the challenge but was unheard McKiniey to Visit Chicago- Chioago A special to the News from Washington says that at a conference Wednesday between President McKiniey and Gen Shaw commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Kepublic the president assured Gen Shaw that he would fulfill his engagement to attend the Grand Army of theEepublic encampment at Chi cago in August Dying Man and Four Others Killed Coruna Spain While a priest was administering the last sacrament to a dying man in the presents of his relatives near here the floor collapsed and the dying man and four other persons were killed and fourteen injured r Send all Prisoners Yto St Helena Simontown Owing fcd the unfavorable conditions for keeping the Boefprisoners here the authorities have decided to ship them all to St Helena without delay The sickness among the captive burghers is abating MARKET QUOTATIONS Sioux City Cattle common to prime 350675 hogs 523582K sheep 4C0700 wheat 55c corn 3032c oats 20X22c butter dairy 1820 creamerv 2224 Chicago Cattle common to prime 300 to 600 hogs shipping grades 300 to 575 sheep fair to choice 300 to G50 wheat No 2 red GGc to G7c corn No 2 40c to 41c oats No 2 24c to 2Gc rye No 2 55c to 5Gc butter choice creamery 18c to 20c eggs fresh 10c to lie potatoes choice 25c to 40c per bushel Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to 600 hogs choice light 300 to 575 sheep common to prime 300 to 500 wheat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2 white 40c to 42c oats No 2 white 29c to 30c St Louis Cattle 325 to 600 hogs 300 to 575 sheep 300 to UoO wheat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2 yellow 39c to 41c oats No 2 25c to 27c rye No 2 54c to 56c Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 600 hogs 300 to 575 sheep 250 to tt25 wheat No 2 72c to 73c corn No 2 mixed 42c to 44c oats No 2 mixed 27c to 28c rye No 2 60c to 62c Detroit Cattle 250 to 600 hogs 300 to 575 sheep 300 to 025 wheat No 2 72c to 73c corn No 2 yellow 42c to 44c oats No 2 white 28c to 29c rye 59c to 61c Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 72c to 73c corn No 2 mixed 9c to 40c oats No 2 mixed 25c to 26c rye No 2 56c to 58c clover seed new 505 to 515 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 northern 65c to 66c corn No 3 39c to 41c oatsn No 2 white 27c to 29c rye No 2 58c1 to 59o barley No 2 45c to 47c pork mess 1250 1300 Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers 300 to 000 hogs common to choice 325 to 600 sheep fair to choice 300 to 700 lambs common to extra 450 to 850 New York Cattle 325 to 600 hogs 300 to 600 sheep 300 to 625 wheat No 2 red 77c to 78c corn No 2 47c to 48c oats No 2 white 31c to 33c butter creamery 18c to 22c eggs west- era 12c to 13c fi K PklT STATE OF HEKRA8KA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM The Union Pacific Railroad Com- pany Asks the Supreme Court for a Dismissal of the Case Against It Denies Courts Jurisdiction A demurrer has been filed in the supr e court asking for the dismissal of the a it instituted by the attorney general against the Union Pacific Railroad to recover 600000 in penalties for violation of the maximum freight rate law The defend ant denies the jurisdiction of the court to try the case and asserts further that the plaintiff is barred from recovery by the statute of limitations It is alleged that every offense charged by the attorney gen eral is criminal in nature and not civil A section of the constitution is cited which provides that the supreme court has orig inal jurisdiction in civil cases only As an additional objection the defendant asserts that it has never been convicted in any court of violation of the maximum rate law The grounds upon which the de murrer is based are the same as were cited in the motion for dismissal of the Standard Oil case NEBRASKA BANK STATISTICS Figures Gleaned from Quarterly Statement of Banking Board The quarterly statement of the condition of state and private banks in Nebraska at the close of business March 12 issued by Secretary P L Hall of the state banking board shows continued improvement in all lines of the banking business The de posits as shown by the report amounted to 2225488869 an increase of 3000 over the same period of last year The detailed statement by Secretary Hall follows KE80URCES Loans and discounts 2183084040 Overdrafts 23936694 Stocks securities judgments claims etc 26035838 Due from national state and private banks and bankers 525768413 Banking house furniture and fixtures 119192657 Other real estate 77082786 Current expenses and- taxes XA paid v s It 31498317 Premiums on bonds ete 167098 Assets not otherwise-enumerated ji3972957 Cash items J 5727267 Cash reserve r w 200883250 United States bonds on hand 188000b Total 8214186317 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in 718565000 Surplus fund 100328690 Undivided profits 105075803 Dividends unpaid 1136402 General deposits 2225488869 Other liabilities 129718 Notes and bills rediscouuted 23372475 Bills payable 40089358 Total 3214183817 Legal reserve 33 per cent TRAMP MEETS STRANGE DEATH Cell Inmate at Auburn Sets Fire to Clothing and Bed When Marshall Eohers went to the cell of Maurace Heddeman a prisoner -in the city jail at Auburn for the purpose of de livering the evening meal the other day he found the bed and bedclothes of the cell inflames and the prisoner suffocated beneath the burning mass The man had been arrested on the complaint of several persons who stated that he had entered their houses nnbiddemand insisted that he be fed When he wasjarrested the man made several objections to going to jail saying pitifully that the arresting officer might some day be old himself In the dead mans pockets was found a pension certificate which showed that he had served in the Pourth Eegiment and was drawing a pension of 10 per month He was about GO years old y - Texas Fever Reported A supposed ease of Texas fever has been reported to Gov JPoynter from Keith County where a number of cattle have re cently died from some unknown disease The diseased cattfe were shipped into Keith County from Indian Territory after the expiration of the state Quarantine Several of the ticks supposed to have transmitted the disease have been sent to veterinarians and opinion seems to be di vided as to whether they are really germs of Texas fever Dr C E Menter a veter inarian at Ogallala declares they are mere- wood ticks and that there is no cause for alarm Fire in Omaha The transportation building on the Trans Mississippi Exposition grounds at Omaha was nearly destroyed by fire on the 12th mst All the other large structures were torn down by a wrecking company but this the largest structure had been preserved to house the workmen who were employed by the wreckers No one ap pears to know how the fire started Card Playing in SaIoons Under a new rule adopted by the Lin coln excise board card playing in saloons in that city is considered a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than 100 Thp excise board has also de creed that it shall be unlawful for any aloon keeper to maintain or permit to be played in his place of business any game not licensed by ordinance Elevator Loss in Fire The elevator fire on the Burlington right of way at York caused a property loss of 516500 G P Chessman owner of the elevator estimates the value of the build ing at 4000 with no insurance C A McCloud leased the elevator and had stored in it 12500 worth of grain rye and wheat principally wheat The grain was insured - BurJkett Renominated v Congressman E JJJurkett ws renomi nated by acclamationaUhePirst Nebraska district Eepublicanonvention inLihcoln Two delegates to thenafidnal convention were elected and instructed for McKiniey Burglars at Uuadilla Burglars visited Uuadilla the other night going through the general merchan dise store -of Duncan Myers where they took about 50 worth of jewelry and several pairs of shoes At the postoffice and the grocery store of B Donnan they tried to blow open the safes but failed taking nothing from either place Brakeman Frank Henion was killed in stantly at Arlington while coupling cars His head was mashed to a jelly and his leg crushed The cause of death was acci dental 2 r hk t i - ANDREWS CANNOT ACCEPT Will Push the Proffered Chancel lorship Aside Advices received April 12 from Chicagc stated that Dr E Benjamin Andrew would notify the regents of the University of Nebraska that he could not accept the position of chancellor of the University oJ Nebraska to which he was elected Prof Andrews ha3 received assurances that his tenure of office as superintendent ol schools of Chicago will not Tie disturbed and while he is grateful to the Nebraska regents he prefers to remain where he is Dr Andrews when seen by a reporter in Chicago said This offer of the regents looks so tempting that it can hardly be overlooked I probabJywHlfgG to Lincoln in a day or two to confer with the regents after which I will say pos itively whether I will accept PROF ANDREWS CHOSEN Eleoted by Regents as Chancellor of State University Prof E Benjamin Andrews formerly president of Brown University and since 1898 superintendent of the Chicago publio schools has been chosen chancellor of the University of Nebraska The choice was reached on the first ballot by the board of regents at a meeting at Lincoln the vote standing 4 to 2 in favor of Andrews The chancellorship has been vacant for a year former Chancellor MacLean resigned last July to accept the presidency of the State University of Iowa Prof Besser of the faculty has filled the position temporarily during the present university year It is understood Prof Andrews will accept and enter upon his duties in September Korstcns Was Unbalanced George Karstens who committed suicide in Omaha was well known in Millard as a prosperous young farmer living a mile add half north of town a hard working man of good habits and w ell liked by his neigh bors His father Henry Karstens was an old settler there but four years ago sold Lis farm to George and went to Oregon George was given all the time he wanted in which to make payments so he was not worried on that score A short time ago from Kastens farm was brought the last load of his surplus corn crop of last sea son which netied him about 1000 About a month ago his mental trouble began without any apparent cause Found Dead in Sis Store Prank Shirley a prominent furniture merchant-of- Crawford was- found dead in his bed Death presumably resulted from heart failure He slept in a room opening off his store and When the building was not opened as usual in the morning the door was forced open and the body found Mr Shirley came from Maine about seven years ago and hassince been a prominent figure in schooLand municipal affairs and in church Vwork He was recently re elected a village councilman He was a widower and has a sou who is a practicing physician in Matsachusetls r Cois Ten Years The George CoUhnurder trial at Chadron has come to an end At the trial case in February the jury found of the young uon guiny or murder in tne second decree for shooting Tom Eyan A motion for a new trial was made Judge Westover last week overruled the motion for the new trial and Judge Albert W Crites who was recently retained on behalf of the defendant made a pjea for clemency and the court assessed tiie mimmurrTpenalty ien years ine prisoner never exuiDicing a tremor or a blush v Strange Bird Shot at Columbns Dr A J Baker- of Columbus shot a strange birdjouthe Platte Eiver lie bronghtohoblru to town and it proved to Be whaTis called by ornithologists as the Nigtit Heton and is said to be seldom seen in thispartrof the country The bird is a water fowl of the family of waders and has a very beautiful plumage Ux - zz Murderer Dinsmore at Lincoln Frank L Dinsmore the Buffalo County murderer sentenced -to be hanged at Lex ington on July 20 was taken to i he slate penitentiary at Lincoln the otherlayfoi sa e keeping penrtingfthe acildif buCiiis a peal m the jsupremeourRj - - NebraskaShort Notesi Howell wants soifieoneo ome there and start a brickyard The Ewing MethwHsts havepadup the debt on their ehurchT Some parts of the state reiort the small grain all in the ground Bonds aggregating 16p00 in aid of the Nebraska and Gulf ltailroad carried at Sutton by 247 to 20 in SchoolCreek by 103 to 29 E W Thayer of Giltner telegraphed the secretary of state to send a stale iharian there jo stop the spread of blackleg among cattle There has not been a time for many years in which the local press of the state chronicles so many buildings either being erected or in prospect Sheridan County could easily Ceed the starving millions of LidifaTfbr e next three months on her surnRofeiffi pota toes for which there is no niajkeC The Wood River schoolyard has pur chased a pump and gasoline engine and proposes to keep the youngjreejjud the grass on the school webfown this season Another case of scarlet fever has bpen reported in Ainswortli and on that account schools have been suspended for ano ier weelc This is the second case to make ilx appearance A K Smith cashier and owner of the Bank of Brainard will at once put up k handsome brick building to be used for banking purposes in place of his present frame building Agents of the postoffice department have been at Milford recently investigating a to the feasibility of establishing rural free delivery Two roues are contemplated one running east and the other west The receipts of the Wayne postoffice for the year ending Marcher 1900 amounted to over 5100 or nearly 1000 per year more than when the present postmaster took possession a little more than twe years ago - Coroner Reifertrof Hartington received a message from Belden stating that a new born infant had been found near the sec tion house of the railroad company at that place It had thfe appearance of having been born alive and fully developed The graded schools of Cedar and Knox Counties have organized an athletic asso ciation of which Prof E C Grubbs is president The boys of the different schools j have gone mtptraining for a field day to rbe held at tiieSr grounds near Har tine- ton some time in May Plans are going foward for a great time and efforts will be made to have the field day witnessed by zuuu or auuu u iilA HuU i i A rrnrflCT vv 4n trt tfie client taking out bis pocketboot bow much are your ser vices Worth That has nothing to do with the case answered the professional man of fine distinctions What you ought to have asked is merelyf bow much I am going to charge you Washington Star A gret many mon fail to maketbeir careers an ostensible success 4lg65use they never steal anywhere nearterioUgh or nno ttjr W tomach m Troy b Jest Spring Are THAT BILIOUS FEELING bad taste in the mouth dull headachesleep Iessness poor appetite No matter how careful you aroabout eating everything you take into your stomach turns sour causes distress pains and unpleasant gases Dont you understand what these symptoms signals of distress mean They are the cries of the stomach for I help It is being oTecwrkedIttneed3 the peculiar tonic qualities ana diges tive strength to be foundonlinJr HOODS f arsaparilla The best stomach and blood remedies known to the medical profession are cocsbmed in the medicine and -thousands of grateful letters telling itscures prova it to be tke greatest medicine for all stomach troubles ever yet discovered FUTURE OF BUSINESS WOMAN Kctirezaont of Yonicn from Business a Canec for Congratulation Edward Bok writes In the Ladles Home Journal that women having proven themselves incapable of meet ing the denands of modem business are rapidly being replaced by men NaturaHy the question arises in the mind What will become of these wom en The answer is that they will go back whence they came into the home as domestic helpers This is a distinct cause for congratulation It means the withdrawal of a vast number of wom en from duties for which they were never intoaded and from a commercial atmoepbere which In reality Is dis tasteful to the sensitive feminine mind and fine womanly temperament It can be most dtftaitely stated that the vast majority ol women in business to day have absolutely no taste for It They are there simply because necessity drove them to it They have donethem selves little good and let it be sqidin all possible kindness and yet perfect frankaflB tiey have done ljuginess even less geod With here and there an exception women have seldom risen above subordinate positions and argue the question as we wilf the standard of wages has unquestionably been perceptibly lowered This alone has kept numberless young men Irom marriage Again It has certainly done the health of women no good on the contrary it has filled our rest cures sanitariums and hospitals to the doors Lit has belen an unnatural condition of affairs Butlike all movements It has worked Its rood upon the home Upon that it has had a most salutary effect and it is impossible td overestimate Its far reaching aad beneficial influence in that respect As in all other things In life we move in a circle and we gener ally return to the point whence we started back to first principles r i WTaere Jfe FaileaA That absent minded looking man is a wonder He can tell you toe exact distance to all the planets their rela tive positions in space and all about them But answered the scoffer If yon want to stump him ask him how- far it Is to the nearest grocers or the post office Nthimtf in the World has suoh m roGoviifop ab smlutely msrixg female ills amd hkhsmy troubles as hms LytBa E Pinkhams Vmgmimle Gompoundm MgtMfnms that are ad vmptlemd to cure every thhtif omnmot he specifics for anything Lydlm Em Psnkhams Vegetable Compound will not euro every kind of ill ness that may aff Hot men women amd ehildren but proof Is mtenmnental thai it wMl amd does cure all the Mis peculiar to women This is a fact indisput able and emn be verified by more than a million womena If yen are sick dont ex perhnent take the medi cine that has the record of the largest number o4 ouresm Lydia E Finkham Hsd Co Lynn Ham r i