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IE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA.
Ml BILL IS PASSED
Hoase- Agrees to Reorganization
Measure,
NICARAGUA CANAL BILL,
MANY AMENDMENTS MADE
r Tote W 100 t" 10 In Favor nf tha
Bill Not Likely to Kciich m Vots In
tli Senate.
Washington, 13. C, Fob. l.--The
Bouse went Into committee of the
whole Boon after convening yesterday
to consider further nnd finally the ani
ndel army reorganization bill. Under
the general cut of staff otllcers the pay
department was cut down by the re
duction of one colonel, three lieuten
ant colonels and twelve majors.
The maximum ago of appo.ilees from
dvl life was fixed at forty years. The
fllclal roster of the corps of engineers
M originally reported In the b:ll was
reduced by the elimination of two colo
nels four lieutenant colonls. iix ma
jors, six captains, ten first lieutenant
and ten second lieutenants.
Mr. Uromwell of OW moved an m-tndmi-nt
prohibiting the appointment
ot men from civil life to places in the
engineer corps, confining the places al
together to graduates of West Point.
The proposition contained In the
bill, Mr. Hull explained, hud been
drawn and submitted by General Wil
son, chief of engineers, in "view of all
the prospects and conditions of the
corps.
The amendment was ndvocated by
Messrs. Walker of Massachusetts, Lacy
of Iowa, Dockcry of Missouri and op
postd by Mr. Marsh of Illinois.
Mr. Cannon of Illinois took ten min
utes to criticise the amendment of
which Cummings of New York gave
notice Monday prohibiting the use of
the army to restore order In case ot
strikes or riots In the states except
when the governor shall certify that
he cannot restore or maintain order.
It was In his opinion unconstitutional
and unnecessary, because under the
law of 1879 all necessary restrictions
and security were provided.
He referred to the facts at the
Hme of the Chlcaco riots In 1S!M, when
President Cleveland, over the protest I
of Governor Altgeld, sent troops there
to enforce the laws of the United States j
under the provision of legislation mak- :
Ing It his duty to execute the laws. I
His action was approved by the Sen
ate, by the House of Representatives
and by the people. If Oummlngs's
proposition hud been law then the
troops could not have been sent.
For one, Cannon said In conclusion,
he would never consent to give the
power to any one man or one hundred
men or one thousand men, to renaer
the president powerless to discharge ;
tin ilnt iua en nstltutionallv devolving i
upon him.
Cummings replied to Cannon's argu
ment in his usual vigorous manner. He
said that organized labor protested
against the Increase of the army to
one hundred thousand men, for the
reason that It feared the army would
b used unconstitutionally to oppress
It. "If it Is not the . purpose thus to
use It, say so; If it Is, say so, so that
the people may know where you
stand."
Mr. Cannon responded In an unusu
ally earnest, emphatic manner, declar
ing that before every other distinction
or dierence the people of the United
States were American citizens, and
the law, like the grace of Ood, cover
ed them all. In putting organized la.
bor Into the attitude he had, Cannon-
declared, Cummings did- not represent
labor; he slandered labor. (Applause.)
After a brief rejoinder by Mr. Cum
mlr.gs, the amendment offered by Mr.
Brornwell of Ohio prohibiting the ap
pointment of civilians to the engineer
con s was agreed to by a vote of i
to 70.
An effort to secure another hour's
general debate, so that Messrs. Pulley
of Texas and Palzell of Pennsylvania
might address the House, was una
vai.lrr. nnd the previous question was
ord( r-.-..
nil d'd not InBist upon a sepa
rate ote upon the amendment of Mr.
Biomvcil of Ohio prohibiting the ap-politim-nt
of civilians to the engineer
corps, and all the amendments report
ed were udopted by the .House.
Mi'. Hay of Virginia moved to re
comm t the bill with Instructions to
the committee on military uffulrs to
n i lie substitute prepared by tho
nvnority of the committee.
he motion to recommit was lost.
This' us a party vote, the Republican
be negative, Democrats, Populists
elites In the affirmative.
I ii 1 1 it question of passuge the roll
,i culled and the bill was pas-
llnplri l'mgri-M Mmle by the Monte Com.
inlttve oil Com merer.
Washington, D. C, Feb. l.Such
progress on the Nicaragua canal ques
tion was mirde by the House committee
on commerce yesterday that It was
expected that final action will be taken
at the next meeting or the committee
on Friday.
The d'sctisslon was on Chairman
Hepburn's bill and numerous amend
ments were proposed with a view to
perfecting' this bill and making It thi!
one to be t.ially reported.
An amendment agreed on strikes out
the word "sovereignty" In referring t
the route which the president Is to ac
quire from Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
The purpose of this amendment Is to
overcome the objection that tne con-
TDnnnO PAD Ml VII 1 what spain hears from man ila.'
n t r w a
uivvi x vm iimmuin nrrel..n 1'nper Onr Troup. Aro
Waiting to (le Agulnnlilo a l.rxon.
, r j Harcelona, Feb. l.The Barcelona
War Department Ureters tne Move- riaru pubises advices from Manna
sayln gthat the Spaniards there prefer
mout Hurried.
PROTEST FROM IIONG KONG
F llplnn Junta There lur( a Rtstrment
Alleged Had Conduct ot the American
Troop In the Philippine.
Washington, D. C, Feb. l.The war
department has ordered the movement
cf reinforcements for the Philippine
expedited. The transport S'herman will
start from New York next Thursday.
stltutlon of Nicaragua will not permit I Wtn tnP Third regiment of Infantry
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u. uemi(iiiniiMieiii k buhicibhw , an(j jour companies oi me oevci.ieeinn
any territory. infantry. The following Thursday,
Other propositions were submitted ebruary 9, the transport f-hcrldan will
as to the au.horlty to be given to the sa.il from the same port with the
president In acquiring the canal route. Twelfth Infantry, and the headquarter
One by Mr. Sherman if ;tw York is and remaining companies of the Seven-
as follows:
That authority Is hereby given the
president to negotiate, by commlsslor
or otherwise, with Nicaragua and Cos
ta Rita, or with any Individual com
pany or association, for the purchase
or use of any lands, waters, rights,
privllges, contracts, concessions, or
other property deemed necessary as
expedient to facilitate the immediate
construction of an Inter-oceanlc canal
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Another form proposed by Mr. Ad
amson of Georgia, authorizes the pres
ident to acquire by purchase from Nic
aragua and Costa Rica the territory
necessary "to excavate, construct con
trol and defend," etc.
Roth these propositions went over,
and the exact phraseology will be de
termined, It Is expected, next Friday.
Members of the committee expressed
the opinion that there would be no
opposition to reporting a bill, except
possibly from Mr. Fletcher of Minnesota.
Ilaplil Travel In tlie Yukon.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 1. All records
of Ice travel on the Yukon have been
broken by the recent feat of the moun
ted police of the Northwest Territory
In bringing a big shipment of mull
from Dawson to Skaguay In nine days
and ten hours.
The mall left Dawson on the morn
ing of January 15, and was In Skaguay
before noon of last Tuesday. The rec
ord was mude by the Canadian ofllcials
It Is said to show that they could
greatly reduce the time being made by
the United States mall contractors.
Tint Ontrrra Utility,
Albany, Feb. l.--As a result of the
court martial In the cases of Captain
Anthony J. Bleecker of the Seventy
first regiment, charged with a viola
tion of the regulations In discussing
publicly the action of other oflleeis
and of conduct prejudicial to good or
der and military discipline, and of
Captain William F. Meeks of the Bame
regiment on the same charges, the
court martial finds the men guilty and
sentences each of them to be repri
manded In general orders and fined $100
each. i
Reinnrkultle Strength Teat,
New Haven, Conn., Feb. l.At the
annual strength tests for the champi
onship of the freshman class at Yale,
the record made last year was broken
by E.- H. Renner 1901, of Wellesley.
Mass., by over 1S00 pounds.
The record of last year was estab
lished by A. P. Wright, 1902 of Bald
wlnsvllle, Mass., whose total was 6,670
pounds. Renner's record . Is 9,39i
pounds. This record Is a remarkable
one and places Renner well In the fore.
teenth Infantry.
Roth transports will follow the same
route to Manila as the transport Grant
that Is, across the Atlantic and
through the Mediterranean sea and the
Suez canal. The Grant la now supposed
to be near Gibraltar. General L.awton,
who Is to assume active command of
all the military forces In the Philip
pines when General Otis becomes mili
tary governor of the territory, Is a
passenger on the Grant.
Two regiments of Infantry are also
under orders t proceed to Manila by
way of the Pacific ocean. One of them
has already started, and It is expected
that the other will leave San Francisco
in a few days.
The arrival of these four regiments
Will Increase General Ol'.s's lighting
strength by Beurly seven thousand
men.
War In I'rrtllrtrtl,
London, Feb. 1.--A dispatch from an
English house at Hollo says that busi
ness Is nroceedlng satisfactorily. But
! the agents of the same firm telegraph
ing from Hi.i.g Kong, suy the IlotV)
telegram is unreliable as "nothing un
favorable to the Americans is allowed
to pass the i ensor."
The Filipinos In Kurope think the slt-
I uatlon has nowise Improved. They fear
I hostilities as soon as the peace treaty
, Is ratified.
j They add that the Filipinos who sur
round Manila number thirty thotisanl
troops, and that they will not permit
i the Americans to land reinforcements
on the Island of Luzon.
The stories of outrages on women,
etc., are strongly denitd by the Fili
pinos. The ( eiiKumltlp Modified.
New York, Feb. l.--The central office
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany yesterday afternoon Issued the
following notice:
"The eastern ' Extension Telegraph
Company hus advised the Western
Union Telegraph Company's central
cable office that the United States
government In the Philippines has mo
dified its recent order prohibiting tele
grams In cipher or code. Messages in
secret languuge may now be accepted
subject to government censorship."
the Independence of tne Philippines to
annexation by the United States, for
getting the conduct of tite l.iiurgents
when cbmpared with their hatred of
the Americans.
The natives are emboldened by their
success and will be content with noth
ing less than Independence. The Am
ericans are confident w Ith their cannon
and warships and are calmly await
ing reinforcements In order to give the
rebels a sharu lesson.
Oeneraf Otis, the Dlarlo advices say,
has given to Americans several" Im
portant civil posts. The American po
lice maintain an "exaggerated super
vision" over the people, seeing an ene
my In every one. The revolutionists
are tired of American promises .and
demand acts.
Aguinaldo after taking the oath re
nounced the presidency of the Filipino
republic, remaining simply general of
the native troops.
The rt port oi. a conference between
General Otis and Aguinaldo Is not confirmed.
America'! tireat liry Dock.
Washington, D. C, Jan. ni.-The bids
for the greatest of the American dry
docks, that Is to be known as the
granite dry dock, and to be construct
ed at the Charlestown, Mass., navy
yard, were opened to-day. This dry
dock will not alone be the largest In
this country, but will probably sur
pass In general availability even those
at Belfast, Ire., at Birkenhead, Eng.,
at London, Gibraltar and Liverpool.
Its length over all will be "89 feet;
along the bottom of the outer gate sill
it will be 729 feet. This length may
have to be modified, as experts claim
that the appropriation granted at the
last session of Congress, $1,025,000, is
Insufficient to complete a granite struc
ture of the dimensions named and th.;
sum will proiutbly be increased to $2,-000,000.
New tCntperiir In; t.hlna,
Pekin, Jan. 31. The Chinese her"
say the dowager empress has decided
upon a policy regarding the succession
to the throne. It Is added that at a
meeting of her relatives, recently held,
she selected the successor of the pres
ent emperor. But liis Identity Is not
divulged.
All reports, however, agree that a
change at the palace Is Impending. The
emperor Is still strictly guarded and
In the southwest corner of the Island
palace. The- drawbridge connecting
the Islund with the bliore Is drawn up
at night and every morning the ice
around the Island is broken In order
to prevent unauthorized persons from
approaching it.
Any Girl Can Tell &
A physician who nukes the
test Mid is honest about it can
tc yu that, in many cases, the J
blood Is doubled afteT a c outsc
of treatment with Dr. Williams
p.ni Pill, for Pale PeoDle.
That this means cood blood
may not be entirely clear fTom
.h dottoT's statement, but any
ivl hA. tried the DlllS Can ttll
you that K means ted lips, bright.
eyes, oooa app"t.au3.n..
headache, and that it trans
forms the pale and sMlow fiTl
inA x iAlrtn vho (JlOWS Yfith
the be&utv which perfect health 1
alone can give. ,
Mothers whose daughters
citow debilitated as they pass
fTrtm fiiTlhood. into womanhood
shouli not nedlect the pill best
. ...ila.ila til
adapted toT mi pamv.uii m.
Frnnk B. Trout, of 103 GrWwold Ave., Detroit, Mich.,ny: "At the
ge of fourteen wc hnd to tnke our ilmiKlitcr from iichool on nccount of III
health. She weighed only 90 pound, wi pule snil rntllow nnd the doctors
initl she hnd ntixmln. Finally we gave her Dr. WillinmiT rink 1'llls for
Title People. When she hml tnken two boxen he win Btrong tnoiiRh to
leave her bed, and In leM thnn nix mouth wn something like herself.
To-day ahe I entirely cured, and I a big, trong, healthy girl, weighing
130 pounds, and ha never had a kk dny incc." Dtlreil Evening Kan.
J The genuine Dt. William' PmK Pill rot Pau Popi arc
& Sold only in pacUacus.. the wrapptT always bearing
(j, th fwlt nam. At all dTwgstk, ot direct from the
6y Dt Williams Mcdmne Co . Schenectady.tU, 50 f per bo.
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Cut 1'rlcei In Glaaiwnre.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 30. The bottom
is being knocked out of prices on
pressed glassware, and prices on ;ill
staple goods are being cut, in some In
stances as much as ten, fifteen and
even twenty-five per cent.
Many firms have signified their in
tention of shutting down their works
rather than to try to meet the ruin
ous competition. The price cutting Is
attributed to the failure to form a com
bine a few weeks ago.
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wus the same general party
nt as on the 'former vote lte-;-
voting aye ar)d the opposl-
.icpiloi.s were that Harber of
d. Connolly of Illinois, Johnson
na, McKwen of New Jersey,
dsworth of New York voted no
Democrats, and Messrs. Me
,t .New York, Taylor of Ala
ny of Kentucky and Kklnner
.'uriilina voted uye with the
.tins.
ill's fate in the Penate is un
l lie chances are that it
r i nine to u vote. The Uemo
there are opposed to It,
bold the rank and file of thu
ine.
. eiul provisions of tho' meas
l :iat in fne lory to, many Re-x.-nutms.
ii nd although they
t l had time to digest th
his mude In tho House, they
in illy agreed that the bill
owed to die on tho culendur
s Hsion comes to an end on
ConKrHMiumi Wagonr'a l'acket Picked.
Norrlstown, Pn., Jan. 30. Congtvws
man I. V. wanner or me oevenin uib
trlct, who arrived In Washington Sat
urday, after a six weeks' trip to San
Francisco and the western states, had
his pocket picked while riding In a
Pullman car between Phoenix, Ari:.
and Hot Springs, Ark. The purse ta
ken contained $0 in cash and some
valuable papers.
'1'lit, ri'tirluinatluii Kxplalned.
Paris, Feb. l.--The Filipino Junta
here lias received a message from
Hong Kong explaining the second pro
clamation of th Philippine republic,
as follows
"The first proclamation In August
was tho work of Aguinaldo and the
generals. The second Is the unanimous
work of the Philippine assembly."
Ila Huil Too Muny Doctor.
Denver, Col., Jan. Sl.--The Hev. My
ron W. Heed, pastor of the Broadway
Tabernacle ha:e, and a noted divine,
died early yesterday morning, after a
long illness, brought on by an attack
of the grip.
Physicians of two schools, with hyp
notists and Christian Scientists, have
been Quarreling over his sick bed for
weeks, and it is u matter of doubt who
was treating him or whether he had
proper care.
He was prominent In secret societies
and at one time was commander of
the G. A.. It.. Department of Colorado
and Wyoming.
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Bloomsburg Pa.
Famiiim KiitflUli Divine Deitd.
London, Feb. l.--Kv.-Charles Al
bert 15erry, P. D., chairman In 1897 ct
the Congregational Union of England,
and Wales, and first president of Uie
National Council of Evangelical Free
Churches, fell dead yesterday while
conducting the funeral services of a
non-Cont'orii.ist minister. Dr. Tother
lcks, In the Wesley Chapel in UilBton,
Staffordshire.
Gome Ankg . :,O00,0O0.
Washington. D. C. Feb. l.Qeneral
Maximo Homes, the commander-in-chief
of the Cuban army, demands
over $57,000,000 to pay off his army.
That Is, he has asked the government
at Washington for pay for three years
for twenty major generals, two hun
dred brigadier aenerals, thousands of
minor otticers and thirty thousand
rank and file.
The pay he asks is the same paid to
the United States army. He wants
eleven thousand dollars annunlly for
himself us lieutenant general $7,500 a
year for the major generals and $5,500
for the brigadiers a total of $3,783,000
for generals alone.
The war department Id flouring to
pay oft the Cuban army with three
million dollars, w hich it is claimed was
the original agreeme.it with Callxto
Garcia.
A CotintfrlellcrConfttMe.
Buffalo, N. T., Jan. 31.--A building
on the outskirts of Clean was raided
on Saturday night and John and
Charles lllanchard were arrested.
The latter confessed that himself
and John Hlanchard were members of
a gang of counterfeiters who are oper
ating in this state.
He gave the names ot several par
ties who, he said, were operating In
the neighborhood of Camden, N. Y.,
and had been passing counterfeit mon
ey for several years without detection.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CARPET, JHLATTING,
or OIL CLOTH,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W. H. BEOWEK'S
2nd Door above Court Houtc.
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
, yi Jii,',.H iri.
llellet . N, J., Feb. 1. Thomas
Rrynoli t man about forty years old,
htfi-umt lently Insane here yester
day III' n up the street brandishing
club ii striking at persons whom
ne enct i d.
He st 1; Mrs. Mary Barclay over
the hea .ml Injured her so seriously
hat It believed she will die. She
was takt i to the hospital.
Rpynol. struck another woman.
her arm, and also slightly In
k . crippled girl. He was finally
u. . i-red and tuken to Jail.
PhyiiH Succeed"! Illuglry.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 30. Presi
dent McKlnley Saturday evening an
nounced the appointment of Represen
tative Bereno K Payne of New York
on tho Joint high commission to fill i
the vacancy caused by tne aeatn oi
Representative NelBon A. Dlngley. Mr.
Payne also succeeded Mr. Dingley us
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee of the House.
Impi-riullHiii mid the Church.
Norfolk Va Feb. l.Over one hun
dred Methodist and Paptist preacher:!
from this section yesterday discussed
imperialism and the majority of the
ministers were against the holding of
the Philippine Islands by the United
States.
llurlvil by Know Slide,
Cokevllle, Wyo., Feb. 1.--A snow slide
a mile long, near here, burled several
men and ten teams. All the men wer-
taken out alive with the exception of
Burt Handy.
Tho Rultun to l'lolt?
Cairo, Jan. 31. --The Diplomatic Jour
nal says that the sultan Is about t i
protest to the powers against the Bri
tish protectorate system, reasserting
Turkish suzerainty over Egypt.
Knmpion ut Itio Stock t'i-liMii.
New York, Feb. l.--Jul before 11
o'clock yesterday Adn.lriil Sampson
appeared In the visitors' pallery of the
Stock Exchange. Word hid been re
ceived a little before his arrival that
he would be there, and Chairman Tho
mas of the committee of arrangements
and President Keppler at onca invited
him to the rostrum.
He agreed to go down on the under
standing that he would not be called
on for a speech.
He was greeted with loud cheers, but
simply bowed his ackiiowiodgmenis
and thanked the meiiibeia for his re
ception. When he descended from tho
rostrum the members of the exchange
crowded around him and ther.e were
several minutes of handshaking, dur
ing which business wus practically
suspended. j
The !) run KevUimt Mutter.
Paris, Feb. l.--The committee of the
Chamber of Deputies which was en
trusted with the revlx'oi. bill met yes
terday afternoon and the minister of
Justice, M. Lebret, communicated to
the committee the report of M. Mazau,
first president of the court of cassa
tion, on the charges brought by M.
Quesnay de Beaurepalre.
The committee ceclded to maintain
absoluto Becrecy concerning the report
until a decision was readied. An ofll
clal report of the proceedings will be
published dally.
tiov. Moim'i Muff
Harrlsburg, Feb. l.--Governor Stone
has appointed Dr. John V. Shoemaker
of Philadelphia as surgeon general on
his stuff; Thomas Potter, Jr., also of
Philadelphia, as quartermaster gener
al, and Representative Edwin E. Bob
bins of the Twenty-first district as
commissary general.
Sl.'en of h Shipwreck.
Victoria, B. C.,' Feb. l.The steamer
Queen City reached here yesterday
Ironi the west coast of Vancouver is
land bringing the news that the Hiwasn
Indians claim to have seen a lurge ves
sel which had floated on to the rock3.
There was no means of identifying the
vessel, the name board. being quite ob
literated. Some cases of fish, life
buoys, planking, bulwarks and por
tions of the ship's d"ck house were also
found by the Indians but, furnished nj
clew.
Col. Ilniiillton Jay a Buiclda.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 31.--Colonel
Humilion Juy, ex-postmaster, and lat
er an editorial writer on the old Flori
da Times-Union, committed Bulclde on
Sunduy night by taking cyanide of
potassium. He left a letter saying that
hnrrois of insanity threatened him and
he preferred death to that.
Colonel Jay was born In Connecticut
and commanded a regiment of cavalry
in the civil war. He was prominent in
Florida reconstruction times.
When you want to look on the
bright side of things, use
SAPOLIO
To Make Tour Coal Last
To. make a half a ton of coal go
as far as fifteen hundred weight, an
exchange recommends that a quan
tity of chaik be placed in the grates.
Once heated this is practically inex
haustible from combustion and gives
out heat. Place the chalk at the
back of each of your fires in nearly
equal proportions with the coal. Full
satisfaction will be felt both as to the
cheerfulness and as to the warmth of
the fire, and the saving tnroughout
the winter will be at the rate of twenty-five
per cent.
To Cure Conatlpatlon Forever.
Take Cuscurets Candy Catliurtia lOo or 25a.
II C. C. C. full to cure, druggists refund money.
lloy Ilitrned to DuHtli,
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 31. Thomas
Wllford Ballet, aged four years, has
been burned to death at tho Pacific
Gas Improvement Works. While play
Ing In the back yard of the works ha
turned on the faucet of a petroleum
barrel. His clothes soon became sat
urated with the Inflammable lluld. Ho
then lit some miAcbes to ae the oil
blaze, and Instantly ho was surrounded
by flames and burned to death.
lleutlm Among Troop lit Manila.
Washington, D. C, Feb. l.--The war
department has received a report from
Major Uenera! Otis at Manila of deaths
among the troops In tho Philippines
from JiiHuary 8 to January 27.
There were nineteen deaths In that
period, an average of olio death a day.
Fourteen of the nineteen deaths werl
caused by smallpox.
Aut'imxd or Theft ill KremU'ii.
Dresden, Jan. 81. A man of the
name of Belf, who was formerly a
Journalist In New York, from which
place ho Is alleged to have eloped with
a young woman, hus been arrested
here charged with stealing diamonds
J valued at twenty thousand murks.
I
No-To-ltne for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tohncco habit, cure, mnltes weak
men sirony, blood pure. 60o, tl. All urufk'isis.
Retail Grocers' New Combine.
The Retail Merchants' Association
ot Pennsylvania) which has just ap
plied for a charter at Keaciing, is an
institution in which many local gro
cers are interested. Its object as
heretofore set forth, is the encour-
agement and profection of trade and
commerce in Pennsylvania, and it is
the outcome of a recent meeting of
retail grocers from all over the State
What is a first, second, third and
fourth class postoffice ? is a question
that is frequently asked. A first class
postoffice is one where the gross re
ceipts are $40,000, and upwards i' a
second class office is one where the
receipts run from $8,000 to $40,000 ;
a third class' office is one in which the
receipts run from $1,000 to $8,000;
all other offices are fourth class. Be
fore an office can have a free delivery
the receipts must be $10,000 or more.
The President appoints the first, sec
ond and third class postmasters, al
though he usually sublets the job to
the fourth assistant postmaster gen
eial. A Remedy for the Grippe. A
remedy recommended for patients af
flicted with the grippe is Kemp's Bal
sam, wnich is especially adapted to
diseases of the throat and lungs. Do
oot wait for the first symptoms of the
disease, but get a bottle to day and
keep it on hand for use the moment
it is needed. If neglected the grippe
has a tendency to bring on pneumonia.
The Balsam prevents this by keeping
the COllsh loose. All drmfrists sell
Does Coefe Agree With You ? the Balsam. 2-2d4t
If not, drink Grain-O made from j
pure grains. A- lady writes : " The Pill-Dosed With nauseous, big
first time I made Grain O I did not purgers, prejudices people against pills
like it but after using it for one week generally. Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills are
nothing would induce me to go back revolutionizing the pill demand
to coffee." It nourishes and feeds the They're 60 pleasant and easy to take
system. The children can drink it The doses are so small and bo is the
freely with great benefit. It is the price 10 cents for forty doses. Bil-
strengthening substance ol pure grains, iousness, Sick Headache, Constipatioa
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