THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA. THREE SHARP FIGHTS Engagements With Da Wet and Botha Reported. KSITISH CASUALTIES WERE HE1TT. Bailies Ofewrrvw Tfcrve -! r Dara at WHrlf DlvrrfCBt Palate la Ormr River Trtaittal Coloalea. LONI'OX. Dec. 2-.-Ivord Kit'hn?r ft dipatcb from Johannesburg end r-xrt. of harp C.-hting In the OrtDx; Hiver ami Transvaal colonies. The fnicaxouii-uln rx-oiim-d I.;. IS YJ and 2i at point widely apart. Tb aimaiti-, no far a known. agi.Te tt ), finally divide, tut bavT Britiati !. the total; of walrh have ot y-t U--n rpiiortiii, Lave ovtnrTed in tlw Tranfvaal. Lord K:t'.-hener rTort- that during Gem-rnl Ire Wet's irta-k on the Brit ish f.rr-e command-! by Onr-raln DartTn-11 urid C'huip'h 11 at LanitlxTg De I the IVkt r.bars'-d brnvrdy and fotu-ht d'-j-fa-rntfiy for i"-v-ral hours. I Wet won driven "IT with tlje Io f twenty u, n. There were twelve ci!U.ii'iii on the id- of the I5riti3. 0;i 2) n-.th.i. with IVt. ton ri"I Colonel I ,i inaiit's advanee guard at Tafeikop. Oraii;:" Iliver Colo ay. The Urr nMi"d a Kopje eorn jariii.iii' the i.iiiiri 11 y arid the gnu. but I:nnarit rallied h! nieri and drove the IVxr frotn the kopje. Th" Itr. tih cusualtie were heavy. Damant was dangerously wounded, two r and twenty men were kill ed, and three offl'-rs anil nevenen men were wounded. The lWx-rn left U dead on the field and dispersal. The l;ritih pursued the enemy and captured a number of prisoner. In cluding Commandant Keyter. I-atrr Uie IWiers, under a flag of truce, asked pcrniicsion to remove their dead. They admitted having buried twenty-even ajen. In the fight at Tafelkop the Boers, dreKj as Kritih yeomen. ent'a;ed in a splendid race with the British in the attempt to be first in training the crest mt the kopje. The Boer pained the un mlt first and opened a heavy fire n the single troop of Damant's horse which took part in the race for the fcop.e. These troopers took advantage of all the small amount of cover available Immediately below the Boers and fbopht until all but four of them were killed or wounded. By that time re arjforcementa of Damant's hortte came mp and charged and captured the tnpje. In the eastern part of the Transvaal Colony Colonel Mackenzie attacked Commandant Kmit'n force of Boers at Lake Banagber Dec. 20 and killed six aad captured sixteen of the enemy. Commandant flmit escaped. A force of Boers during the night of Dec. 19 attacked the British post at Bandsprult, but the burghers were driven off, leaving eight men killed, including Commandant Krleze. Field Cornet Mahon, who was wounded, and three other men were also left on the Held. Other wounded Boers were car ried off In blankets. The British ens da Itles were seven men killed and six officers and eighteen men wounded. S. P. IMPROVEMENTS. Satanc Important Change (ontfm aUatrd hy Kallroad'a Management. BAN KItANCISOO, Dec. 25. J. Kruttschnltt, general manager and as slstajit to the president of the Southern Pacific company, has' returned from his i-onference with President E. II. Harrl .uan in New York and brings news of 'ontemplated Improvements. In an In ierTlew he said: "The double tracking of the coast 'toe to San Francisco will lie rushed iroiiKh to completion as quickly as lble, and at the same time we will ;et ready to begin work on the build og of the Bay Shore cutoff. "As for the reconstruction work on he line of the Central I'aclfle, It is the a-esent plan of the company to begin X Keno and work eastward until the urire work is completed. These con traction plans embrace eighteen tllffer at surveys for as many different pieces f work. The building of a cutoff from I.tiein e Ogdeu for the shortening of the line did the cutting down of grades Is em braced in the general scheme of lin irovement." Kotrd Aulhormi Head. NKW YOUK, Dee. 24.-.Mrs. "Jennie "line" Croly, journalist and organizer t women's clubs, died yesterday in lib city from heart failure. Mrs. Croly, rbo was seventy-two years; old, was 'snrn In Kngland. She became a news wipe r writer In tills city under the now In plume of "Jennie June" In 18."." and tebleved a wide reputation. She organ- ' scd Sorohls over thirty yenrs auo, and trough her efforts the Federntlou of 'Tomen's CIiiUh in this country was I'jrmcd. At the time of Iter death Mrs. froly was president of the New York "'omen's Press -lub. (itril'n llenlfcnatlon Aerrptrd. BUFFALO. I ). 2".-The Uinrd ot i;!ilermen has nivepted the resigna tion of City Treasurer l'hlllp Oerst, yhose accounts nre now undergoing nn investigation, (lerst lias publicly nd iiiltted a shortage In his accounts of ver $.", (MX), but elaims it has been -uade good. Tarkey llara Scaled I.eHera. IXrNDON, Dec. 2-I.-A dispatch from sVinstantlnople states that the Turkish i.otitultlie tliero has Issued a notice that hemieforth no closed letters will be ac cepted for distribution and that nil cor respondence within the precincts of tho elty must be conducted by menus of loHt cards. RtiaoNro ti Much UsroThis Wistta. kit on will b much sed for collars, bclis, soft girdles and corsage bows this sea sort. The prach front corsage is frequently trimmed with a lar,e, fail rosette of nb'joo placed a little to the left or in the centre, or ith a bow or several loops sod ends of lengthwise effect that is worn on the side ot toe bodice. A plain alabatrow or si.K. waist mar be trimmed with stripping of narrow re! ret ribboa aad 6nihed with a : rfMtt Ati th lft cit T" ia an vflltt ' way to retr.m an old bodice. December "Ladies' Home Journal." . Tb Hew Tear McClon'i- A sp'.endid New Year's numbet is the January Mcclate's, making good, right at the start, the promises of the editors for the tomng year. To a dog s'ory is given th p-ost cf honor, and "Arrny Jack," by W. J. Carney and Ibacncey Thonja, goe straight to the spot by virtue of its so.d.er'y frank nets ar.d sincerity. "Jack'' u an oid white bulldog, 'serg'ant-maior o( Troop A," and the ve:ern ot the troop. Me ai bred and uvea asa lourht ard d.td with the army. and he is buried by his comrades with mar tial honorj. "Jack" i i'.lotrated to the l.fe tjj W K. Iigh- Along the "Army Jac." ges " I be lictnon in the Canon, a bar tory ly Minry Sallace Phillip, author of the Kcd Ilea led Cupid, '' nproir.oi.' with rnmrrj s.apg and "rough hou crrated ly A g'! many po;.Ie w.ll, dub-.le, o;en t.iis numlitr to the race i:h loitch-ne lud;e I)asWam's name at the top. and they will riot be d;a poin'-d. "h-lgar, the Choir IJoy L'nceietial,'' is, perhaps, the n.ojt unregenerated and irrcis ii,ie of ail Mis Daskatii s young scamr l!e is freckled, puj roe l, a great sen) ;er and the possessor of an angdic vo ce. It is ea-y to imagin what Mm Datkan.'i hjrnor will do with a yourptter like thi to work on. A very notab e ta;cr, the first of a series. is Mr. George Washburn hmahey's personal recollections of "Knglith Matesn.en and Kclers." Mr. Smalley was for many years the chief American corres;ondcnt abroad, and knew well most of the great men and women of hw day. In this aper he wn-e of kosel.erry, Arthur Balfour, Sir Henry Campbell Harper man, H. II. Asq-iith, and Mr Ldward Orey, discussing not ihe:r roii- tcs, but their personal qualities and social charm. "The Forest Runners," S'ewart Edward White's vigorous noveleite of the Michigan forests, is continued in this number. "Telegraph Talks and Talkers," by L. C. Hall, is a fascinating reve'ationof some of the mysteries of the Morse language of dots and dashes, by an old telegrapher, chock full of all sorts of apt anecdotes of the wire, un questionably a great "find"' for any magazine. Cyrus Townsend Brady writes a spiend d account of David Crockett and the immor tal defence of the Alamo; Cleveland MorTVtt tells of his explorations "In and Around the Great Pyramid; Robert Earr recounts an other adventure of his captivating hero, James V. of Scotland, and James Earnes has a rattling story of the Boer War. Two short poems, "Individualism," by William H. Ilayne, and "Magic of the Past," by Paul Kester, complete the number. BAILBOAD HOTIS- LACKAWANNA RAILROAD. Ntw SlMEf R Book The Lackawanna Railroad is al-out to issue a Summer Book for the coming sea -on, in which each town along the line will be at'ractively written np For the information of those desiring summer homes it has been decided to admit a limited number of advertisements of ho tels and boarding houses, and these adver tisements will be placed immediately follow ing I he reading matter relative to the town in which they are located. The demind for such advertisements has been so great that the Company has decided to modify the policy established a year ago and permit a brief number to appear. It is believed that the change will be a gratifying one to those who are anxious to secure some of the increasing patronage along the line. The local ticket agent has been supplied with specimen pages from this book, show ing rates fur advertising and other details in connection with it. Copies of these m.-y he obtained upot application. Matter for in sertion in the new book must be sent either to the General l'asenger Agent or left with the local ticket agent on or before the first day of February. The local ticket agent will be glad to an swer any inquiries. 19 3t SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. CHANGES. FLORIDA AND MET KOPOI.ITAN LIMITED. I eaves Philadelphia 3 29 p. m., Baltimore 5.45 p. m., ana nasningion 7.00 p m , daily, and arrives Jacksonville 3.50 p. m., connecting for points on Florida East Coast at far as New Smyrna. Through sleeping cars to Atlanta, Jacksonville and Tampa, connecting wun steamers lor Cuba via Miami or Port Tampa. Through sleeping cars to Pinehurst Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays, commencing December 3, except passengers in cars leav- ing Saturdays will arrive I'mehurst via elec tric road from Southern Pines. CAFE DINING CAR SERVICE To Florida and Atlanta on Florida and Metropolitan Limited, which is an entirely new feature. SEABOARD FAST MAIL Leaves Philadelphia 7 20 a. m Baltimore 9.34 a.m., and Washington It.oi a. in., daily, and arrives Jacksonville 9.05 a. m., Atlanta 8 50 a. m., connecting at Jackson ville for all 1-loriila East Coast oints and Cuba, via Miami, and for Tampa, Talla hasse, and all other interior Florida. Sea board Fast Mail avoids an unseasonable hour of arrival in Atlanta Through coaches to Jacksonville on both trains. STOP OVER PRIVILEGES At Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Camuen, Columbia and Savannah on w. titer tourist tickets not offered via any other line, good either via Richmond or Portsmouth over Sea board Air Line Railway. MILEAGS TICKETS. Good from Washington and between all points on Seaboard Air Line, including Flor ida, are on sale at 25.00 for each thousand miles, gooil one year from date ol sale. The.e aff jrd many privileges and cheap rates. Thi is the shortest, ouickest and best line to f lorida, which this season is more at tractive than ever, as never before in th! history of the State has the orange crop oeen so large and the many other fruit growing industries 10 ,'ar develod. For all information call on Ticket Agent, or address Jos. E. Miller, Passenger Agent, 836 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia, l a. Jno. R, Duval, Pa-senger Agent, 201 E. , Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md i W. II. Doll, General Agent, Passenger j Department, Washington, D. C. 4tlJ 26 When you I resk a good lesolutioa don't try to path it ui). It is easier to make a new one, OABTOnZA. Wstha A II" K.tr,rl You Have Always Bought DoN'r S"tlf E. Snteiiag, snqffling. ex cessive blowing of nose, congested a.r pas sages, watering of eyes and all the other d s agreeahle symptoms attendant upon colds in the head, influenza, caiarrh, hay fever and similar diseases are instantly banuhed by the ave of Clark's Antiseptic Cream. One appli cation gives relief in the worst case in ten seconds and permanently cure in a very short time. The greatest discovery ever made. Sold under a guarantee. Large tube povpaid for 15c. Agents wanted everywhere to introduce this remedy. Big inducements offered. Write today for a sample (stamps taken) and terms. Clark Chemical Co., 12-U-4L, filairsville, Pa. It Keeps the Fert Warm asd Dry. Ask to-day for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cares chilblains, swollen, sweating, sore, ach nz, damp feet. At all druggists and shoe stores. 35c 12 5dt Evo the blind begqar sometimes seems to ue looking for trouble. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for chil dren, successfully csed by other Grav, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, care feveri-hness, bad stomach, teething diorders, move and regulate the bowels and d-stroy worrrs. Over 30.000 testimonials. Thev never fad. At afl dr'icist, 2sc Sample FKF.F.. Ad Iress, Allen S. ofm l td, LeRoy, N. Y. 12 514 A I !ae Trjc'.horn you-h says he wouldn't give a fig for a date wi-.h a peach. If There's a Hint or CsTair'i Taint ap:,ly Dr. Anew's Catarrhil Fowler with out delay. It will save you suffering, hen! you qr.c'kly whether you have teen a slave one nionth or fifiy years. It re.ieves cold in the heal ami Citurhil headaches in ten mmu-es ineinn. iura ;iiii. Minister of Jutice for the lon:inion of Canada, en dorses it. 50 cents. C5 Sold by C A Kleim. As an adjunct to a Christmas dinner the turkey is a bird. No Heart too Bd to iie Cured. Tes timony could he pilel high in commendation ot the wonderful cures wrought by Dr. As re.'s Cure for the Heart. No case stands eye is gladdened by tropical gardens, aga n-.t this great remelv where it did not i ? . .- . 7 , r , 6 relieve the most acute heart sufferings inside beon'1 Wn,ch sPreld the varying of thirty minutes. It attacks the disease in t greens of the rich Nile valley, for the an instant after being taken.-66 old river covers this whole verdant Soid by C. A. Kicim. p!ajn jn ju;y an(j Augstj and aI1 but A man may pocket his pride, but a won.an lips the base of Cheops. In the whole can't find her pocket. i world there art no richer fields than waxted-'everalTersoxs OFi,h"e ht reach ond;he Pvra- character and Rood reflation in each state rai(1s fiel1s glvln8 thr or wur crops (one in this county required) to represent . a year wheat. Indian corn, grass, and advertise old es ab.ished wealthy tost- whatever the Arab husbandman puts nes house of solid financial standing. Sa'-1 iw... .I,... A..y,t . ,.iit n wn. -.11, .Ti,:,,i down- Desert there is, no doubt, to all payable in cash each Wednesday direct from head offices Horse and carriage fur nished, when necessary. Keferer.ces. En close self-addressed stamped envelope. Man ager, 5i6Caxton Bmld'g, Chicago. (161926 Even the kleptomaniac doesn't take an insult. Xe to PlLL-PalCR. The davs of ire a bov tnr pii;s are numtered Dr. Agnew's Liver i ... J Pills at toe a vial are surer, safer and pleas anter to take. Core Constipation, Sick and Nervous Headaches, Diuioess, Lassitude, Heartburn, Dyspepsia, Lo'S of Appetite, and all troubles arising from liver disorder. Our ajc siii contains loo pills. 67 Sold Ly C A. Klei m. Even the man hLdi-toned. who sii)0'i bass may be Some Foolish People allow a cough to run until it gets beyond the reach of medi cine. They often say, "Oh, it will wear away," but in most cases it will wear them away. Could they he induced to try the successful medicine called Kemp's Balsam, which is sold on a positive guarantee 10 cure, they would immediately see the excellent ef fect after taking the first dose. Piice, 25 and 50c. Trial size, free. At all druggists. . . The January Lippincott's Magazine. John Luther Long's new novel, "Xaughty Nan," is published entire in the January number of Lippincott's Magazine. After awhile it will be brought out in book form, costing four or five times the price of the Magazine form. In proves that he is a this tale Mr. Long court it was ordered that their depo master hand at love- c nuking in other lands than Japan, and in picturing the tender passion of a wilful New York gul he excels himself. Nan's aunt cal.s upon a favorite nephew to save Nan fiom a dock of matrimonially inclined men, so that the girl may "remember Cawdor," theological student to whom her aunt has allotted her. Cawdor writes "lady. like let ters" lroin accross the sea, which fill his sweetheart wi.h a desire to give him a severe shock. The comedy that follows is dclic iously wiity yet is tender throughout, while the title of the closing chapter sums it all up in the words "And my arms opened and closed upon Nan." Lippincott's short stories all deal with some specially human subject of the times. Louis .angwul writes about a woman whose husband has deserted her and their child After a struggle the woman makes a secure place for her son, who lclieves his lather 10 be dead. Whether this woman should have taken a different course when the husband reappears is a nice question lor tne reader to answer. It is cauol " 1 he MOiner. A I-air Exchange," by Will N. Harben, is the story of a would-be suicide in Pans. "The Seal of Silence," a brief tule of much dra. malic power, is by Albert Payson leihune. With rumors of the Pope s declining health, people look forward to what will happen when the Church shall be called upon to accept a successor in tne cnair 01 bt. Peter. The paper, en tilled "The Pass ing of the Pope," contributed by Mrs. lielloc Lowndes to Lippincott's Magazina, tells in a v;vid yet reverent way just ho a new Pope will be eleLteu ana crowneu, There is an important posthumous paper bv Sidnev Lanier, entitled "Music of hake speare's time," in the January Lippinuotl's. This is published in two parts, and deals with a scholoarly suljiCt in a conversational vein. I'L- . L .C I. . .11... m,A ItU 1 ne verse 01 inc mourn i iwmiui. mj j Paul Lnurence Dunbar, "A Koadway;" j Klorencu Earle Coatei. "Rouen t In the Prison of Joan of Arc;" William Koscoe Thayer, "Doubt, the Keveaier; - turnuni Vance Cooke, "The Tempter;" and John 15. Taoq, "Outlines." The "Walnuts and Wine" department well fulfils its purpose to amuse, in olf-sring humor from the following pens ! J. L. Har bour, fred V. Kleicher, Charles liatiell Jiomis, Charles Mtllvaine, Amos K. Wells. Caroline l.ockh.irt, and others. Slow but sure doesn't apply to a clock. OASTOIIZA. Bears tha 4 M m Haw A'3'" d"1 To tha PrrtmidJ Bj Trolle;. I Thi R(d friss Cair Tl rasas a Rich Far Lana. Nat, at Pilrty Suptf . Oytr Baraia Dtstrt. I fear geographies and picture books hare half-ipoiled the pyramids for many of us by making them seem commonplace, just as children's read ers have rpoiled some good English poetry. Then Mark Twain has set the fashion ol being funny about these venerable piles, and, between the two influences, first impressions are apt to be disturbed. There are tourists who arrive with a flippant "Hello, Cheops, old boy!'' There are others who give onW tolerant interest, as if thev had seen it all before. Yet roiny of both classes go away finally in reverent silence, wishing people had taught them less or more about the pyra mids. For one thing, take the matter of dust and heat, in which the picture book makers have sjrely tn;s'ed uc,' for do they not re resent the pra mihs as standing oJt on a burning waste, with only a naked palm tree every mile or so to keep the g'are off, aid individuals in queer hats gapping about, halt smo:';ered in the sand storm?? As a matter ol fact, the Siven-mile drivefrora Cairo to Cheops comes o;T as peasantly as a carriage ride out of Long Branch, and is over as good a road. The whole avenue, furthermore, is shaded by lines of acacias not a whit less inviting than those of the famous Bois de Boulogne, and so cool a breeze blo-vs down them that you scarcely leel the sua. As you roll along behind two Arab grays (what horses they have, to be sure, in this wonderful city of Cairo!), vour the west and south, the Libyan Desert and the Great Sahara; but certainly none as you come from Cairo. Cleveland Moffett in Mc Ciuris. Good dews for Moser Heirs. 1 u : . u! ... . ,u 1 ,nr" """. riina y 1 cars 01 ge, vt nv Knew Burkhart Moier. The heirs ol Burkhart Moser, sev eral of whom reside in Montour county, are very much encouraged by a sensational turn taken by the case pending in the Schuylkill county court. V. G. Stantcn, of Buffalo, senior counsel for the plaintiffs, states that three witnesses have been dis covered who were personally ac- quaicted with Burkhart Moser, the alleged owner of the vast estate in litigation, and that these witnesses will be able to identify the signatures to documents recently found, which establishes the claim of the plaintiff. The new witnesses, all of whom are over 90 years of age, are Mr. and Mrs. John Belice, of Easton, and Mr. and Mrs. William Dean, cf Pottstown. For fear that they might not survive until the next term of If the Moser heirs win they will find themselves the owners of over a thousand homes in Tamaqua, and six large collieries, now operated by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com pany. There are some ten millions of dollars involved. The cruestt are crone the smile alios from ths face of the hostess and she irives ur to the pain wnica. racks tier txxly. many a woman entertains and wears a smile while her back aches and her nerves quiver with pain. Surely any medicine which offers relief to women would be worth a trial under such conditions. But when the woman's medicine, Dr. Pierce's I-avonte Prescription, is offered with the proof of efficacy in thousands of well j attested cures, what excuse can then be offered for suiTerinir lopsjer ? Dr. Pierce's 1'avorite Prescription makes weak women strong and sick women svell. It dries enfeebling; drains, heals inflammation and ulceration and cures female weakness. " It i with the trentest pleasure I write you the benefit my mother has received from your 'Favorite Prescription' and '('.olden Mtnk-al Hincovery.' " says Miss Carrie Johnson, of Lowes vllle. Amherst Co., Va. "She suffered untold iniwv with utenue disease and nervousness. and had a constant roaring and ringing- noiwr in ner neaa. Alter taking aix bottle 01 Dr. I'ierce's Favorite l'rescriiition and 'Golden Med ical Discovery, ' she wa? entirely cured." Dr. Pierce's Ple?.iant Pellets stimulate- the liver, WASHINGTON. roil our Regular Correspondent. Washington, Dec. ar, 1901. As was to be expected the House of Representatives passed the Philip pine Tariff bill as reported by the Ways and Means Committee, despite th mntMiinnni of th I)imrvrrat who pointed out that it was a men-1 tricious measure from every po,oi of . view, and of a small number ot re publicans who were unwilling to blindly submit to the fiat of the party leaders. The fact, however, that Representative McCall, Republican member of the Ways ar.d Meant Committee, and a small number of followers had the courage to oppose the imperialistic measure, is taken by the Democrats to be a good sign and it is hoped that before this session of Congress has come to a close Mr. McCail may have succeeded in organ izing a considerable taction that will stand by the Democrats in their op position to the extreme and unwar ranted subversion of American princi ples which will be the object of the Republican leaders. Almost simultaneously with the ex pression of these principles in Con gress that body has received an ap peal to confer on the Taft Commis sion greatly increased power. Not satisfied with their already autocratic prerogatives the gentlemen of this Commission have made recommenda tions at ahich even the Republicans stand aghast. The Commission de sires that it be authorized to issue bonds with which to purchase the Lsnds owned by the religious com munities in the islands, to expend the sum of $4,000,000 on the water and drainage systems ot Manila, that it be empowered to grant charters to railroads, award land grants to the same and even guarantee the interest on the investments. It desires to be allowed to make suc.i qualifications for suffrage as would exclude the large majority of the inhabitants and numerous other powers more appro priate to a despotic monarch than to the representatives of a Republican government. What will be done with these recommendations remains to be seen, but it seems incredible that they will be granted. It would seem more probable that Congress will ask for more specific recommendations and reserve to itself the power to enact the important legislation necessary. 9 a The Senate has ratified the Hav- Pauncefote treaty by a vote of 72 to ith the treaty out of the way the bills providing for the construction of a canal will be the next considera tion. In the Senate, the bill pro posed by Senator Morgan has been favorably reported by the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, of which he s the chairman. In the House the Hepburn bill will probably be taken up soon after Congress reassembles and there is every reason to believe that it will be passed. m There has been au effort made in the Senate to replace Senator Morgan by Senator Hanna, as chairman of the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, but the better judgment of the Re publicans has prevailed and confidence n Senator Morgan s extensive knowl edge of the subject together with an appreciation ot his long devotion to the cause of an isthmian canal have won for him anew that important chairmanship even at the hands of an overwhelming majority. There has been some criticism of the prompt- ness, not to say precipitancy, with which Senator Morgan has accepted the recommendations of Admiral Walker in favor of the Panama route, but it is more than likely that there is method in the Senators madness, wnicn win develop later on. it is worthy ol note that in both the Mor gan and Hepburn bills the President is authorized, but not "directed ' as is usually the case, to proceed with the construction of the Nicaraguan Canal. The change in the Cabinet, which the President announced after the Tuesday Cabinet meeting is a source of much speculation. It is not sur prising that Postmaster General Smith, after having served both Mr. McKin ley and Mr. Roosevelt long enough to win the respect and gratitude of both, should wish to return to the more active and remunerative field of journalism, but what led Mr. Roose velt to select Mr. Henry C. Payne for the vacated portfolio? That is the question that is puzzling many people in Washington. Was it merely the fact that Mr. Payne was vice chair man of the republican national com mittee? Is it with an eye to the next national., convention that an astute western politician was called to the presidential council table? These are the questions which everybody is asking. The decision of the Schley Court has left the question of the Admiral's vindication still a matter to b'e sought after and it seems probable that Con gress will pass a resolution thanking Admiral Schley for the services he rendered to the country at Santiago and providing that he shall recej I full pay instead of that of a reiirj ' admiral Admiral Schley has written I to Secretary Long asking that he b given time in which to prepare a pro. test against the ratification of tk, nnamg 01 me ourt ana Secret; Long has granted his request. It "ot like'y, however, that the Secretir. iU do otherwise than approve Bnu,n8 nc "on 10 uc su permciicu wiia mc vie! f Crowninshield and the other tnetiibcn ol the Uureau 01 navigation that V regards the decision as just and tha. a ,... 1 r . . . ouuiiii uc " t j luiusiity fCJKrt I roere.y a bid for popular approval. a It is said that Admiral Schley wiH make no effort to secure a congress. ional investigation of his affair ot of I the affairs of the Navy Department but that he will immediately pro. . - ir..i r : : 1 i.l.i t-. cute .siaciay lur tiiiuiiiai uuci. 1 r.cre are, however, some members of Con- gress who propose to have sucrt aa investigation, even if it has pj b secured over the head of the Co::.".i;t. tee on Naval Affairs. There is a rumor current in the Capitol, and it appears to be wl founded, that Senators Frye am! Han- na are playing a very shrewd game of politics in order to secure the raae of '.he ship subsidy bill. It is said that Senator me is tne iatner ot tnc scheme and that Senator Hanna is I doing the work which the former caa not cio in view ot nis position as pres ident ol the Senate. The Senator from Ohio is permiting it to be known that unless the subsidy bill is passed by the House, any irrigation bill which is sent up by the lower body will be inextricably lost tn the laby rinths of the Senate committee rooms. There are a large number ol Western representatives who are committed ta the irrigation policy and whose con stituents expect them to accomplish irrigation legislation. It is believed, therefore, that the little scheme which Senator Frye has so skillfully hatched will safeguard the ship subsidy bill through the House where it has many enemies. Marritd by Proxy. A Rich Uncle's Will Provided For a Wed ding on Short Njtlct and tha Bride groom Was Sick In tha West. To save an estate a peculiar wed ding was solemnized at Williamsport when Miss Mina Harris was married by proxy to Carleton Wells, of De kalb, III., a picture being used ta represent the bridegroom. Wells is 1 prosperous young farmer of Dekalb county and a second cousin of Miss Harris. The young people were en gaged to be married Christmas, but recently an uncle of the bride died, and it was found that he had left a large part of the estate to Miss Har ris on condition that she many Wells within thirty days. The wedding ac cordingly was set for last Monday, but Wells was taken ill of pneumonia on his way east and could not attend. As the thirty days expired Saturday it was arranged that Willis Johnson, a friend of the groom, should act as proxy. The bride bad a large photo graph of the groom, on a table in front of which the ceremony was per formed and beside which stood John son and answered the questions ad dressed to the photograph. At the conclusion ol the ceremony the Rev. Mr. Clements pronounced Mina Har ris and Carleton Wells, represented by the photograph, husband and wife. Mrs. Saogster's Advice on Book Bor -owing One need have no delicacy in ask ing a person to return a borrowed book. Books are property, and when borrowed they should be carefully protected from injury and promptly returned to their owners. I doubt propriety of borrowing a book if one is near a lending library. We do not borrow shoes or gloves or furni ture, and why should we make an ex ception of books ? I think the owner of a set should hesitate to let a sing'e volume go out cf her possession. Either make a loan ol the entire set, or give your friend permission to con sult it in your home. December La dies'' Home Journal. A solid cubic loot of anthracite weighs in round numbers 100 pounds. Fain and sweat bavt no tticct oa hurnet ireaud with Eureka Har DCSJ t. It f(. itt liia cuDi kerpt the leath. cr tuft and pll. aitc. Mittllaa do not break. No rough sur face to chafa and cut. Tha barnesa aot only keep look iog lika new, tiul wears twice a long by tha ove ol Eureka 11 am cm Oik Sold everywhere la cam all tires. , Made by Standard Oil I Company
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