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The Job department of the PKBSS is complete *curing the civil war he was cook for the Ellsworth zouaves, and sinoe then Ins been the guard at the Washington tomb, ani office which this old slatve con sidered the highest honor thart could be conferred on Iritn. He has been suc ceeded by another ex-slave who is 74 \ears old. According to the- New York World Dr. C'hauneey Depe'.v is at present chair man of the board oi the Vanderbilfclines and a director in the New York Central, ■Bake Shore, Michigan Central, Nickel Plate, Big- Four. Chicago & North western, Vanderbilt leased lines, Equit able Life, Mercantile Trust company, Union Trust company, Western na tional bank and Western. Union Tele graph. It is surmised that he accepted the position of senator from his state just to have something with which to occupy his leisure time. Seldom does a high promotion meet with such unanimous assent lis docs the elevation of George Dewey to the rank of a full admiral of the United States navy. Americans of every age and rank agree that the promotion is deserved. The unanimous vote by which the bill was passed to reestablish tli* rank of admiral for Dewey's benefit is in itself a rare tribute to the esteem in which the victor of Manila is held by the na.t.ion. Furthermore, by a. pro vision of the bill that gave him this rank, he is exempted from retirement ,jor ten years. A POLICY WANTED. The Democrat* \re Feelinff Around for burnetiiliiif to Stfiiuft tin. With little more tlian e .year before the next national convention of the Jemoeratic party it is necessary to do something to jirovide a platform on whieh nun stand what remains of that party. Senator Jones. <>f Arkansas, says that the next national convention must aflirm the Chicago platform of IS9O. Mr. Croker says just, the other tiling, and the democrats of Xnv York state at their last convention practical ly disowned Bryanism and all its worlds. The colonel of the Third Ne braska is opposed to accepting the re sult sof the war in national.growth. Hut other democrats who were leaders of the party before Bryan was a \oter. say that, it will not do to repeat the declaration of the national democratic convention in ImJ4 that "the war is a failure." The hope of a minority party in con gress is in unity in the expectation of dissensions in the dominant party, and the consequent opportunity for insert ing a disrupting wedge. Hut these con ditions have been exactly rever.-ed in the present congress. The republican party has been united in the support of the war and peace policies initiated with so much wisdom In President Mc- Kinley. On the other hand, the demo crats have been unable to agree on any important question before the public. The democrats have not been able even to obstruct. The party has collapsed in the ring, and has not had strength enough to answer the call o£ "Time." The very fact that the democrats of the house have called a caucus in the last week of the session to determine the policy of the party with regard to the Philippines witnesses to the fact that thu party has been without a policy on the floor of the house. It is an attempt to substitute a caucus dic tum for public action, and togo out of congressional halls and before the people with a statement of what might have been done instead of a record of performance. The deathbed protesta tion "if 1 had my life to live over again" does not alter the verdict of his tory on the individual's record. Fail ures are not the best, credentials to confidence. The democrats in congress have been badly led. In fact, the party has seemed at times unable to decide who was its leader, and the republican party has been compelled to settle the matter. Bailey, of Texas, is a young man who lias oratorical capacity, but who lacks entirely the tact and discre tion necessary to successful leadership. He lias suffered stinging humiliations in the camp of his alleged followers. Whatever the democrats may percent, of the revenues were being paid in silver funds. The "endless chain" was being used to get the gold out of the treasury, which timid peo ple were hoarding away, or it was being exported to pay for American securities in Europe which the owners were anx ious to get rid of. The party which nominated the president promised to maintain the gold standard. His election put an end to all doubts about the possibility of the country passing to a silver basis. Confidence came. The endless chain ceased to run. Gold flowed into the country, and the mines increased their output, but it was the confidence which came with the election of Maj. McKinley that turned the tide. Industries began to pick up slowly, and business bright ened. Scant crops abroad called for largeexportations of breadstuff*, which gave a large balance of trade in our fa vor. Then came the prompt passage of the Dingley bill, which returned busi ness lost by the Gorman-Wilson tariff. To equip railroads, which came into an unprecedented business lifte in 1897, a great demand for steel sprang up. start ing the iron industry into an activity before unknown. This activity quickly extended to other industries, because better prices on the farms and in many factories quickened the consumption of nil the products of the country, reaching at last the depressed cotton manufacturing industry of New Eng land. One w ill look in vain for a.period when so many advances in wages in so many industries have been announced. Now nearly 00 per cent, of the revenues of the country are paid in gold, while the certainty of the gold basis causes the present volume of silver dollars and certificates to lie accepted as being as good as gold. Conditions have been fa vorable, but they have only tended to help the work which the republicans promised in ISOC to do, and which the administration has helped along. Fa vorable conditions could not have turned back the disaster which a tri umph of liryanism in 1896 would have brought to the countrv. The war with Spain and the immense responsibilities, involving new condi tions. were not dreamed of. So far as the president has been called upon to assume these responsibilities it is ad mitted by all. except those w'hose polit ical hopes make them critics, that he has displayed that wisdom and patriot ism which belong to exalted statesman ship.—lndianapolis Journal. THE CONGRESS JUST OUT. A Itc<*or«l Wliirli Coming Hodlei Muy Well He I*ron«l to Km ii In (i*. The Fifty-fifth congress has closed its labors and, unless the president calls a special session of the Fifty-sixth congress, the country will have nc more national legislation until next winter. Most of the work properly be longing to the congress elected in 1890 was completed. In some instances it was unsatisfactory. In one, it was in finitely worse. As a whole, however, it commands appoval and will stand out in American history as evidence of statesmanship and patriotism which could rise above partisanship. In the special session, called almost immediately after President McKinley was inaugurated, the senate led the way in exalting patriotism above party. It- was not a republican body, yet it passed the republican tariff which came to it from the house, and that, too, without partisan amendments. It recognized the fact that- the people wished to have the Wilson tariff re pealed and a bill affording ;» higher degree of protection passed, and it. acted accordingly. The senate of the Fifty-fifthlcongress deserves a popular vote of gratitude for iv part in mak ing the Dingley law. The house did only what it was bound by every con sideration of political honor to do. btvt the senate rose superior to ordinary political motives. In the magnitude of its appropria tions this congress made an unprece dented record. Hitherto the billion dollar figure has been regarded as a high-water mark, but this congress pushed the appropriations up 1o a bil lion and a half. However, the increase was not due to extravagance. It grew out of the war, and the country cordial ly approved every item of it. The congress which has now passed into history did more than turn a new leaf in our national annals. It began a fresh volume, and wrote the opening chapter to its end. The Fifty-sixth con gress can take up the legislation for «iur new teritorv unembarrassed by any enactment of its predecessor. The policy of meeting great questions only as they actually arose was steadfastly adhered to by the Fifty-fiftli congress from first to last in regard to both the war and its results. The highest duty of a legislative body is to meet the re quirements of the situation as they arise, but hardly less important is it to refrain from touching matters which lie beyond the field of present respon sibility. Ilappy will it be for the couniry if the ii"xt congress leave as good » rec ord as that spread upon the pages of our history by the congress that car ried us through the war with Spain.— Chicago Inter Ocean. DISASTERS AT SEA. The CuMtlllan and Oawrilrj tio A»lior«* on Koilty I uh>l» Murlra of the « retv of the Pavonia. Halifax, N. S., March 13. —The new Allan line steamer Castilian, from Portland for Halifax, went ashore at Gannet Rock light, near Yarmouth, at 4:30 Sunday morning at low tide, in a dense fog, her compasses being de ranged. Two compartments are full of water and tugs have gone from Yarmouth to the scene. The Castilian arrived at Halifax from Liverpool ten days ago on her maiden voyage and went to Portland to load cargo for return. She is 8,200 tons net register, being the largest Allan line steamer afloat. The steamer was due to em bark mail and passengers hn-re for Liverpool. The steamer began leaking as soon as she struck, but the best discipline prevailed among the passengers. They returned to their berths and were called out again to don life preservers, which many were wearing when they reached Yarmouth on tugs last even ing. Fifty passengers and the crew all saved their baggage. The steamer went on at low tide, which will be in her favor. The place of the disaster is a few miles from where the Mora vian, of the Allan line, was lost some years ago. Crookhaven, Ireland, March 13. —The British steamer Oswestry, from Nor folk. Va., for Manchester, stranded in the fog Sunday morning in Dunlough bay. Part of her crew soon reached shore, but others were missing for several hours, and there was the greatest anx iety as to their fate. Eventually the missing men reached Crookhaven, many having had miraculous escapes. The local people displayed great bravery in saving life. The Oswestry's cargo is washing ashore and the ves sel is a total wreck. Liverpool, March 13.—The ofiicrrs of the steamer Pnvonia, from Liverpool for Boston, which was towed into St. Michaels on February 1, disabled, and which arrived here Saturday in tow of two tugs from l'onta Del Gadu, Azo res, maintain the utmost reticence re garding the steamer's experience. it was gleaned from the crew, how ever, that the Pavonia passed through a terrible ordeal. Her troubles began with a terrific gale on January 30. For three days the engines were slowed and mountainous seas tossed the Pa vonia like a shuttlecock. Then her boilers began to move in their cradles and to bump against each other. It is not true, however, that they bumped her sides, for if this had been the case the crew say she would not have floated long. Eventually the engineers, after the most arduous labors, secured the boil trs with ropes and chains, and the bumping.ceased; but it was found that We steam pipes were broken. The crew never lost confidence, though they assert that the vessel railed so tremendously that it would have been possible sometimes to walk on her inner sides. Three boats were lost, part of the port rail and the gal ley were carried away and the bake house was stove in. Altogether, as the Pavonia now lies at the dock, she pre sents a pitiably damaged condition. SNOWED UNDER. Ili'tlilcntk of l'ppcr l'ppcr I'enln hi Sillier from it llli//.Hril'ti Visit. Detroit, March 13. —Nearly all points in the upper peninsula of Michigan re port railway traflie completely blocked by snow storms. A special from Bes semer, Mich., says:"The heaviest snowstorm in the history of the snow belt prevails. For 48 hours all trains have been snowed in at different places. All streets are blocked with banks of snow from four to eight feet deep. This, with former storms, will make a total fall of snow about eight to twelve feet deep on an average. In some places the drifts are from the top of one roof to the other. Telegraph wires are down and all communications are by private lines." A special from Houghton says: "A howling blizzard for 24 hours has tied up everything. All trains am cancelled and no railroad communication with the east has been had since Saturday. A double header sent out Sunday morn ing over the Mineral Range railway to try aiid open communication with Cal umet, struck a snow bank 12 feet high one mile west of Hancock and a gang of snow shovelers was dispatched to shovel the engines out.. Snow drifts eight feet high are in the streets." Ishpeming, Mich., March 13. —-Snow has been falling here for 30 hours. In places the snow has drifted from 10 to 15 feet. Railway trains are abandoned and street cars are stalled. A north bound passenger train on the Chicago & Northwestern line is stalled at Little lake. Two engines with a large plow went to the rescue but were stalled between Swansy and Cascale. 11 ii ft >o Stale Keliglon. Washington, March 13. —Much inter est was manifested yesterday in re ports to the effect that the Japanese government is discussing a plan to adopt Christianity as the state relig ion. So far as could be ascertained, however, the statement lacks founda tion in fact. The published report was shown to Jutaro Komuro, the Japan ese minister, who was asked to make a statement on the subject. ?n reply he said: "The statement that Japan is discussing a plan to adopt Christian ity as its state religion is not true and there is no possibility of this being done. The Japanese government has no state religion." Stewart'* Gift* Xew London, March 13. —The will of Herbert Stewart, a wealthy Xew York engineer and contractor, bequeaths $50,000 to establish the Herbert Stew art scientific fund at Yale university. Its purpose is to assist deserving young men who need aid to secure a higher scientific education. Iron Work* Burned. Lancaster, Fa., March 13.—The plant of the Gray Iron Casting Co., manu facturers of iron novelties and shelf hardware, at Mt. Joy was completely destroyed by fire Saturday night. Los* about $60,000; partly insured. PERFECT womanhood depends on perfect health. Nature's rarest gifts of physical beauty vanish before pain. Sweet dispositions turn morbid and fretful. The possessions that win good hus- bands and kceptheir love should be guard- V ea by women every moment of their lives. mmm ML C# m The greatest menace to woman's per- mm*** mm m mm manent happiness in life is the suffering WW m that comes from derangement of the feminine organs. urn %JC9O Many thousands of women have realized —— « this too late to save their beauty, barely in time to save their lives. Many other thousands have availed of the generous in vitation of Mrs. Pinkham to counsel all suffering women free of charge. MRS. H. J. GARRETSON, Bound Brook, N. J., writes: "DEAR wate the room without help. After giving up all hopes of recovery, I was advised to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and wrote for special information. I began to improve from the first bottle, and am now fully restored to health." LOST FAITH IN HIS TAILOR. A Grntlrmnn of the Old School Wboaie Clothe* Were a Trifle Too Loud. Col. Tarker is a staid old West side citi zen who has made a fortune in land. He is an aristocrat of the old southern school, courtly and impressive. His collars are made in the fashion of 50 years ago, and his neckties the same. Withal the colonel is what Xew Englanders call "a bit near." He has his clothes made by a cheap tailor. They are always a modest, respectable black of re markable pattern and (it. But they suit the colonel, fine day last week he walked over to visit his daughter living on Prairie av enue. "What makes you look at me so serious ly?" he asked, presently, guiltily self-con scious. "Why, father, what have you been doing to yourself?" "Nothing, daughter, nothing. I—l have on a new suit of clothes." Sure enough, the colonel had on a new suit of clothes. The effect was gorgeous and startling. The trousers were a loud check, very tight and a trifle short. The coat was a short blue frock, mottled with dark red. He wore a cheap red tie. The ludicrousness of the situation finally overcome the daughter's gravity, and she laughed until ahe cried. "In heaven's name, father, where did you get those clothes?" she asked, at last. "Wartz made them. He—he said checks were stylish, and the cloth came cheap, and I—l said I wasn't particular, you know; never am." The mild and dignified old gentleman had transformed himself into a comic valentine without knowing it. ilis faith in Wartz is now somewhat shaken, and he has donned an old suit. —Chicago Inter Ocean. "Doctor," said he, "I'm a victim of in somnia. I can't sleep if there's the least noise—such as a cat on the back fence, for instance." "This powder will be effective," replied the physician, after compounding a prescription. "When do I take it. doctor?" "You don't take it. (Jive it to the cat in a little milk." —London Tit-Bits. Something very soothing in the use of St. Jacobs Oil lor Neuralgia. Subdues and cures. Putting a watch under one's pillow will not make a bed tick. —Christian Work. Sudden weather changes bring Soreness, Stiffness. St. Jacobs Oil brings a prompt cure. Some actions, like frescoe work, only re veal their color after they have been ilone awhile. —Ram's Horn. Bad, Worse, Worst Sprain. Good, Better, Best Remedy—St. Jacobs Oil. Science Recognizes $ I RHEUMATISM | fj a.s a Disease of th« Blood i JT There is & popular idces. th&t this disease is caused by exposure to cold, and th&t W hov*n to be hered-|fi\, VM it dry, &nd consequently & disease of- they)( blood tW [Qy Among the oldest and best known residents of Bluffs, 111., is Adam fcjJ IV/ 4 Vangundy. He has always been prominently identified with the interests of that place. He was the first President of the Hoard of Trustees, and for jnjl VAr a long time lias been a Justice of the Peace. 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