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lilC bOHierSet rlCralU,
DWA.RD BCCLL. Editor nd Proprietor.
The days are getting longer now
and verv much better, too.
I'm zi: fighters are like politicians
they always claim a victory in al
w nee. .
vr,.u-.,.va v hsr very little of I
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., m ukinir ilw inau. It does
I n . -s, 0
not get a chance.
None of the ammunition of the
silministration will le
i.n nn.nj -
wasted on ducks.
Mo r", r--i.-i vi and the wild srce?e
1 ;.r vrtha Bure wen that
U .nr-roachimr.
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Vvitkimexts in reform outside of .
the Itepublican iiurty turn out badly.
The one made in will do for a
Ham pie.
Ji st one Democrat has occupied She
presidential chair since and his
owu party insists that he was a terrific
failure.
Srmx will arrive ofticially on the
20th instant, and iu the meantime it
will 1 in order to expect anything
from a bluebird to a blizzard.
r....., j unv ilon lil oi me I
inr.nr.ni .v..
re-election of Speaker Heed, ar
nd there
was never any doubt that as a presid-
ing officer he stands without a peer.
The sentry boxes have lieen removed
from the White House grounds. Pres
ident McKinley wants no armor plate
1.-1 wn himself and the American
people.
The how tariff bill, it is now claim
ed, will have fifty-three votes in the
Senate, a good majority. This pre
diction is based on a poll made by the
J louse committee on Ways and Means.
A Spaniard has died iu Mexico who
claimed to lie 14 years old. As he
smoked cigarettes, it is supposed that
his young life was shortened by the
habit.
March, so far, has not been as beau
tiful u it might le; but neither has it
lieen ag blustery as it might. Uut it
has a brisk!- in its air both of spring
and of business, for which we should
be duly thankful.
L'haiumax Dixu ley thinks the
new tariff bill can lie put through in
time to go into effect June I. That
would be two months and a half, a
lilieral allowance for congressional de
lays.
Til eke is cold shoulder for those
who loaf around the White House.
The l'rewidcnt says that he .will ui&ke
nu aiiiHinliueuts until the tariff mat
ters aud finance are disposed of. That
will take several mouths and iu the
meantime why should men pay board
al a Washington hotel?
Peiiky Heath, who has done such
excellent work for the Republican
partv, nd whose reputation as a
journalist is well established, will be
the first assistaut postmaster general,
aud he will make a good one. He has
liigh ability, which will be needed in
that important jiosition.
CoxiiKKwi convened iu extra session
Monday. There has been no more in
portaut session since the adoption of
the Constitution ; it is freighted with
Immense possibilities. President Mc-
(viiiley's first message, which will 1
found elsewhere in these columns, is a
itlain. business-like statement, short
stud to the jxiinL
Silvek is dowu very near the lowest
point it ever touched, while wheat is
at a high level, and is likely to go
higher. Nobody hears the parrot talk
now of silver and wlieat being yoked
together, but this is because the silver
issue Is dead, temporarily or eternally.
Jf the issue should lie resuscitated in
l!00the follies and falsehoods of li
would b rcieatetL.
SnvATuK Funs, of Pittsburg, who
is an uncompromising enemy of Sena
tor Juay, says tlie latter is the greatest
jiolitical general in Auierica. This is
iu contradistinction to the say-so of
rioiue of the small potato enemies of
Col. tjuay, who are erpetually sj?ak'
ing of him as a political trickster. The
fact is, he is a wise and broad-minded
olitician, who gains his euds by the
t-xercise of good sense and sound dis
cretion.
1xles we die very soon e nhall
live to see mechanically propelled ve
hicles as common ujion the streets as
tboe drawn by horses. Already iu
London the authorities have pawted an
ordinance licensing mechanical wag
4H13 and carriages. In Paris such
vehicle were licenl two years ago.
Now a renclutiou H.riiiittiiig their use
f s under consideration by the board of
ldermen of New York. A firm have
ut motor carriages cn sale iu that
4-ity.
Jr is to lie feared that there will be
general emigration of j;i utters from
3ichifrt if the bill pr.iMsed in the
legislature of that State liecomes a law.
It puts a tax upon old maids, except
ing those who have failed to get mar
ried after strenuous efforts on their
arL The originator of this unique
measure proposes also to tax unmar
ried men. The course of true love in
Michigan ought to run very smoothly
with such energetic legislative stimu
lation. Driu xu the last campaign, when
the Hon. Tom Watson, of Georgia,
foolishly thought Uat he was running
for the Vice Prewdcuey of the United
States, tie put forth a grist n&uy ideas
which were nonsensical, but io ha
finally given expression to one truth
which liowg that he is not totally
tilind. "There is no 6Ufgfti-n," he
says, "of UMigwumpism about the new
ad ministration. It is stalwart to the
core." And he might have added
that that is one of the rtasotM why the
inajority of Americans are delighted
with the result
Pkobabi-Y there is truth in the re
ort that if a United States war-ship
.goes to Havana there will be an anti
American demonstration i:i that city.
Tb feat her head element in Spanish
eoftaMucUies is always large, and it
asserts kaetf on the smallest sort of
rovoi-ation. Ket'iftheless, the war
vessel will go to HavaiuL. One ought
to have I -fen there from thelegaiii
of the reb?lliom The g-ivernment
was very lax in this resjiert, and many
Am?rica n citizens in the island suffer--d
as a ei nseut-ace. The new depart
ure by the United States iu Cuban pol
gj can not eooie too oor-
W EDN ESUATl Mittvh 17. ItC.
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I5a i ley received lue iniw-rmn;
nomination for the KpMkeishin, l.ut
this will not make him Hie iraner m
liU party in the Ifmixe. I'ntll the
IVinoerata renounce free silver the
place where lllaiul Ktaiuls will I the
hea.I of the IVnim-ratic column in bis
chamber. Other men on his Me may
hold a higher titular rank, hut he will
be the commander-in-chief of the sil
ver forces while there are any filver
forces to command. Iatour u Au
verpne, the "first greuadierof France,"
would accept no higher title man cap
tain, lt while holding it he ome
i times led an anny corjw.
1KBSIIKXT MfKlXLKY is HI BO
hurry U make changes in the depart
ments in Washington. One under
secretary has been notified that lie is
safe for at least six months and that
he need give himself no concern lie
fore that time is up. It is the same
way with appointments throughout
the country. Notice has leeu served
that the occupants will be allowed to
serve their terms out and will not be
disturbed. This is in accordance with
mftli. bv Cleveland when he
Rrtit entered the Presidency in lss.
of course, under this ruling the Demo
cratic otlice-holders will remain until
their terms expire, but when they go
out there will be good republicans to
take their places.
Govekxok Hastings says with re
spect to the reiwrt that he is to be Mm
istcr to Italy: " line l appreciate me
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kindly meutiou of my name, I am not
a candidate for that appointment or
v ih. r I nm content with the
uiiicv m.ti
,T1 ..
are congenial 10 me, aim t u..t
..tu.intment that could be tendered
"ii .
me that would oner ; .......
to leave iu viecasionai iuiuii j
name has been made for sundry ap
pointments during the past year and
I repeat now
what I have often said
before that I have not heeii a candi
date for any appointment since I came
into the executive office, nor would 1
accept any jiosition n tendered to me
during my term of ollice."
The legislature will render a valu
able service if it enact a law that will
wholly aboli.h the fee system of com
pensating county officials, says the
Philadelphia Time. There are a num
ber of measures already under consid
eration that are intended to readjust
the system, and Representative French
has introduced a bill that provides for
its entire abolition, offering as a sub
stitute payment by fixed salaries. No
readjustment of fi will correct the
evils that have grown out of the sys
tem, and the only way to absolutely
correct its defects is to aimlish it alto
gether.
The prohibition of special legislation
necessitates the passage of a law that
will embrace the whole State. This
may result in a slight change in the
salaries of th officials in those coun
ties where the fee system is no longer
in force. Hut the counties tan readily
b divided into classes, with fair sal
aries for the officials of each class, and
an iijuitable division in this way
would provide a salary list that will
disiieuse even iustice everywhere. In
several of the counties of the State,
with a population of less than 113,(iK),-
0 VI, the ollice of Prothonatary Is worth
from i,OU to ?7,0nn, that of Recorder
of DtJeds from Si,K to TIO.OOO, that of
Register of Wills from $5,(U0 to
.Vl, and that of District Attorney
from S't.WJ to f7..Vyj. Tltf-se incomes
are far beyond a just compensation,
and, under a law providing even lib
eral salaries, could l cut down one
third.
A nubu omcial is entitled to no
larger eonipeuKitioa than would be
paid by a private buriies concern for
eUal responsibilities and similar du
ties. Whenever the comjciiiiition be
comes higher than this It makes the
ortice a matter of sale, and the excess
is recognized as a reward for political
service, for which the eople should
never be called upon to pay.
Pointer's For Office fieekeri.
The Washington Post of March 10, con
tains the following:
A Senator went to the White House
with a t.iiruile of papers representing
about for'.y applications for coiwulatCH.
They all bore his recommendations and
were neatly done up and briefed.
"You don't cxpe-t me. to appoint all
these men, do you ?" taid President Mc-
Kifilor.
'Well, I don't know," returned the
Senator. "I'd like to have you to appoint
as many as you can. They all are good
men.''
"How many places in the consular ser
vice do you consider your state entitled
tor
' I should think we ought to pull out
flveoreig good ones."
"Well," rlorted the President, "sup
pose you take those papers aw:iy w ith yi u
and after consulting on that ttasis with
your delegation pick out five or six of the
tx'st men and all joiu in recommending
than. There is plenty of time."
"It wotiLi lie (iiiiicull to make a selec
tion," suggttcj the Senator.
rot so UiiHciilX for you as for nie," re
turned the President. "Vou know- the
mctt aud I d n't."
"I uiMii tb:U. it would lie cmluirrassing
fir met-, iu.lirale a preference in miny
eas."
"You want n:e to assume tjiut emb.ir
rassiucnt. I am wiillug to shuie the re
sponsiliinir. J ut I eanr.'it make or.y ap
pointments from your st:itc un!es you
select the ii.cn. You must get tgtther,
too. I don't pmpose to settle any contro
versies."
That is the sort of talk the President
gives Lo nearly all the Congressnieu who
visit him, and iu a cotiKeimeni-e the dele
gatUiiLs from thekcveial states w ill hold
meetings to decide between the claims of
contending constituents. They are pretty
well convinced that they w ill not be able
to secure appointments upon their indi
vidual influence aud must act tiigether
for the welfare of their party.
A gentleman of some fame as a writer.
w ho might claim a residence in any of
three states, and w ho has lieen a w arm
lrsonal friend of the President, asked
to be oo&sidered a candidate for an attrac
tive foreign uiUk-ion."
"1 have not brought aiy papers," he
said, "for you know me as as ary-
Uily and can Judge as accurately of my
fiUutoa a,; nil the Senators and Represen
tatives aud politicians in the country.
Still, if it is tifdSBUuy I will get some
let tern."
"I would do so if I were you uimrry eJ
the President quietly.
"From w hotn do you suggest V
"From the Senators aud Representa
tives of your state,"
"I doubt if I could get either one of the
Kenators,"' w as the reply," but 1 can get
the Representatives."
"Better get the Senators, too, if you
can," remarked the President in conclu
sion, aud turned to another visitor.
Try Graia-0 ! Try Graia-0 !
Ask yourtiroeer to-day to show you a
package of (iRAIX-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The chil
dren mav drink it without ininrv an mt-11
gs the adult. All w ho try it, like it.
GUAU ,o lias that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, U.tt made from pure '
grains, and the must deiinitic omach re-
ceives it without distress J the price of
mffee. L3e and 2. cu per package. Sold
tiy atl grocers.
HIS FIRST MESSAGE.
President 7iUiam KcSinley to tke Vr
Conjrreti.
Wasiiiiton, March 13. The presi
dent to-day seut the following massage to
Congress :
To I lie Congress of the United States :
Regretting the necessity which has re
quired me to call you together, I feel that
your assembling m extraordinary session
is indispensalile, liecausoof the condition
in which we find the revenues of the gov
ernment. It is conceded that its current expendi
tures are greater than its receipts, and
that such a condition has existed now' for
more than three years.
With uulimitod means at our commaud
we are presenting the remarkable spec
tacle of increasing our public debt by
liorrowing money to meet the ordinary
outlays incident upon even an economic
al and prudent axl ministration of the gov
ernment. An examination of the subject discloses
this fact in every detail, and leads inev
itably to the conclusion that the condition
of the revenue which allows it is unjusti
fiable, and should lie corrected. We find
by the reports of the secretary of the
treasury that the revenues for the fiscal
year ending June 3t from all sour
ces, w ere f li,SHs,2).i!, and the expendi
tures for all purposes were $U5,K3,J01.M,
leaving an excess of receipts over expen
ditures of ,!'U,453.ji.
Outing the fiscal yean W.570,7.W
were paid upon the public delt, which
had lieen reduced since March 1, 1SK,
ftiV.u75.S!lL and the annual interest
charge decreased ?ll,(jm,o7ti.0X
The receipts of the government from
all sources during the fiscal year ending
June 30, lfltf, amounted to f4il.71ti,5(il.&l,
and its expenditures to f tjaRf-T.tw,
showing au excess of receipts over ex
penditures of ?2,.'Ml,C7t.2U.
Since that time the receipts of no fiscal
year, and with but few exceptions of no
mouth of any fiscal year, have exceeded
the expenditures.
The receipts of the government from
all sources during the fiscal year ending
June 30, K, were f72,Ktri,-l:$.2!l, aud its
exp lulilures f-Hirti5,7.VI7, leaving a de
ficit, the first since the resumption of
specie payments, of fiP,Hi:S,2i ).."&.
Notwithstanding there was a decrease
of ?lvii0,lJ7.7S, in the ordinary expenses
of the government as compared with the
previous fiseal year, its income was still
not sulflcient to provide for its daily ne-
cessiti s. and the gold reserve in the
treasury for the redemption of green
backs was drawn upon to meet them.
Hut this did not suffice and the govern
ment then resorted to loaus to replenish
the reserve.
In February, lM, fc'iil,0P0,0iJ0 in bonds
were issued and in November follow ing,
a second issue of JXi.OOO.OnO w as deemed
necessary. The sum of $U7,11,"! was
realized by the sIe of these bonds, but
the reserve was steadily decreased until.
on February S, !;, a third sale of fi2,-
3I5,-tiMn Kinds, for fio,l,2M, was an
noun red to congress.
The receipts of the government for the
fiscal yesr ending June 30, li's were$KV
373.3i3.30, and the expenditures $433,178,
43;. 4S show ing a deficit of ftiNUS.OitlH.
A further loan of 100,000.iod was nogoti
ated by the government in February
1 the sale netting f lll.liki.'itG, and
swelling the aggregate of bonds issued
within three years to f3i2,31',4o0. For
th'e fiseal year ending June 30, lsmJ, the
revenues of the government from all
sources amounted to ?t(), 475,408.78. while
its expenditures were $434,MX,tM43, or an
excess of expenditures over receipts of
?i"i,3lX24.".70. In other words, the total
receipts for the three fiscal years ending
June 30, ls!i, w ere insufficient by 137,-
Kll,7-2i.f i to meet the total expenditures
Nor has this condition since improved
For the first half of the present fiscal
year the receipts of the government, ex
elusive of postal revenues, were $1.7,.t07,-
003.7)1, and its expenditures, exclusive of
postal serviee,?lft5,410,OOO.i2, or an excess
of expenditures over receipts of $37,!4,
'iXK 45. In January of this year the re
ceipts exclusive of postal revenues, w ere
24,-':ii;,!.4 0.and the expenditures, exclu
sive of postal servi.-e, f in.iMV'Ssivil, a de
ficit of S.VTA'S'5.24 fr the month.
In February of this year the receipts,
exclusive of postal revenue, were M,4oO,
!ff 3-S, and expenditures, exclusive of
postal serviix. &S,7&.0-i.'i, a deficit of
H-&-.A'j0.:2ri ; or a total deficiency of $!;,
(nil, for the three years and eight
months ending March 1, X.
Not only are we without a surplus in
the treasury, but w ith an increase in the
public debt there has been a correspond
ing increase in the annual interest charge
from fU2,K3,Ss3.U) iu lsjri the lowest of
any year hince Jii to '4,3K7,2!C,iO in
is;!, or an increase of f H,:3,414.40.
It may be urged that even if the rcve
nus of the government had been suiTic:
e.'it to meet all its ordinary expenses dur
ing the past three years, the gold reserve
would still have been insurlicient to mee t
the demand upon it, and that bond:
would necessarily have lieen issued for
its repletion. lie this as it may, it is
clearly manifest, without denying, or af
firming the correctness of such inncm
sion, that the debt would have been de
creased In at least the amount of the de-
fu-ieney, aud business confidence immeas
urably strengthened throughout the coun
try. Congre-s should promptly correct
the exi.-ti:-.g conditions.
Ample revenues niust be supplied not
only for the ordinary expenses of the
government, but 'or the prompt payment
of lilieral pensions and liquidation of the
principal and interest of the public debt.
In raising revenues, duties should be so
levied upon foreign products as to pre
serve the home market, so far as j possible,
to our ow n producers; to revive aud in
crease manufactures ; to relieve and en
courage agriculture ; to iucrease our do
mestic and foreign commerce; to aid aud
develop mining and building, and to ren
der to lalior in every field of useful oecu
pation the liberal wajes and adequate
rewards to which tkiil and industry are
justly entitled. The necessity for the
passage of a tariff law which shall pro
vide ample revenue need not be further
urged. The imperative demand of the
hour is the prompt enactment of such a
measure, and to this ol j.it I earnestly
recommend that Congress shall make
every endeavor.
I'efore other business is transacted, let
us provide sufficient revenue to faithfully
administer the government without the
iutracting of further debt or the con
tinned disturbaiua of our finances.
(Signed) William MiKim.ev.
Executive Mansion, March IK)7.
Esoca Applauded.
W. E. Curtis writes to the Chicago Ree-
orti: tor the first time iu history a man
w as yesterday applauded on the floor and
in the galleries of tho Senate when he
walked up to the desk of the Yice Presi
dent lo take the oath of office. His name
yas .iark Manna. Oue of the oldest
henaWs teljs me that he never knew
such a thing to have occurred before.
Mr. Sherman's resignation was first read
by the cjerk, then Governor Enshnell's
appointment of Mr. Uanna and hiscre-
deutiaU, which are handsomely bound
in red morocMO. While this ceremony
was going on, Mr. IIai:ia w as sitting ip
a chair on the last row, net to (hat of
Mr. Foraker. His desk was decorated
with an immense rose bush filled with
beautiful flowers.
When the Vice President asked Mr.
Hanna to step forward. Senator Foraker
seized his colleague impulsively by the
arm aud led him down the middle aisle,
where the oath was administered. Mr.
Hanna then returned to the seat he had
previously occupied with cheers as hearty
as were ever offered at a prima donna,
but he soon slipped away to the cloak
room, where he was surrounded by a
number of
his new col leagues. Mrs.
Hanna. Miss Mabel Hanna. Mrs. Leon
ard C. Hanna and Miss Phe'p, who is
Mrs. Henna's companion, w tnessed the
tcene from the private pt!-y.
Coagrst Goes to Work.
Washixotox, D. C, March IV Presi
dent McKinley's extra session of the
Fifty-fifth Congress to pass the Tariff
ill, liegan iu work to-day with a
romptness which was very gratifying to
him.
Speaker Reed and the other House offi
cers having lieen re-elected, tho rules of
the last House having lieen readopted af
ter an attempt to prevent had lieen de
feated, and the new memliers having got
ten their seats. President McKinley s
short, sharp message was read in ten
minutes, and, while the Republican
members were still clapping their hands
over.it, Mr. Dingley arose and presented
his new Tariff bill.
What the Frets Say.
The audience at tho Opera House last
evening was one of the mn,t composite
that has been seen there this season, and
the performance was in keeping with the
audience. It was an entertainment that
.Uracted some people who seldom occupy
seats there on account of scruples and
principle. Nothing offered on the pro
gramme offended the "taste of the most
fastidious." The Vitaseope was a reva
lation to those w ho had never journeyed
East, but had heard of Edison's wonder
ful improvement over the kinetoscope.
The pictures presented by this wonder
ful mechanism charmed the audience to
unstinted applause. So natural was the
reproduction of scenes in life that, iu
many instances, one could almost hear
the conversation.
The Robinsons, In their descriptive
duett of electric stereoptlcan pictures.
were entirely captivating, leaving a
moral atmosphere and an educational
lesson behind. "A Pack of Cards," "My
Mother Was a Lady," and other bro
chures that appealed to the deepest feel
ings that stir the heart of humanity.
As an athletic diversion, the Robinson-
Raker trio proved to be one of the mta-t
atira.-tive features of the evening's enter
tainment. The graceful greyhound leap
ing of Mr. Roliert 11. Raker startled the
people, w ho, on realizing what he had
done, broke out in salvos of applause,
Mr. Baker holds the record for his feat.
and has an epen challenge for all-around
competition, with weights.
The microphone also gives a pleasant
diversion during the waits for the iu
comparable and startling lli'e-like repro
ductions of the Vitascopc. The Hol-
brooks aud Mr. Weston contributed their
ta'enls to an entertainment that was sat
isfactory and unobjectionable in every
number. It is a performance that no
one should miss. The combination w ill
beat the Opera House to-night, to-mor
row allernoon matinee anil night, wun
an entire change of Yitascope pictuns
and other features." It is really oue of
tha most solidly enjoyable entertain
ments Colonel Riester has offered this
season. Wheeling (W. Ya.) IUily Intel
ligencer, November 24.
At the Somerset Opera House April 1st.
Women Coder a Witch' Ban.
WjtxiAMsponT, Pa., March 14. Con
stable (ieorge Steiglemaq, of South Wil
liainsport, has a strange pise fifwib.h
craft in which two women named liood
brod have appealed to hint to invuke the
law upon their allegod tormentor. The
person w hom they charge with exercising
witcheraft upon them and their families
is a respectable neighlsir nam! Ilaner,
w ho considers the preposterous claims of
the (ioodbrod women a good juke umu
himself.
The women declare that they can nt
handle a dish without dropping and
breaking it; that when they use a knife
they invariably cut themselves, that their
children are constantly ill, and that their
sleek fat cows give milk that is not fit to
use.
They have appealed to Constable Stei
gleman to notify Rauer to keep away
from their bouse and the officer yester
day served notice on the unsuspecting
neighlmr. This was the first intimation
Mr. Rauer says be has has had that he I
possessed of any supernatural power.
Great Lack of a Drummer.
Loxacoxinu, Mn., March 14. Win
Weedy, 20 years old, a commercial trav
eler, has lieen advised that he hits fallen
heir to fSudiO by the death of John
Ward, of Minneapolis, Minn., which oc
cur red on January 24 hist. You! g
Weedy, while jn Minneapolis sever;
years ago, paid some attention to Mr.
Ward's daughter. Mr. Ware t'.iok au in
terest iu him, and w hen he became il',
during his visit, all expenses were de
frayed by that gentleman. Re sulise-
quently returned east, and had almost
forgotten all aljout Ward.
He says that at that time Mr. Ward
was reputed to be worth &iVi, and he
could only account for his being reniem-
liercd in the w ill on the ground of per
sonal friendship. Mr. Weedy, a few
months ago, was married to a young lady
residing near Akron, I.
How's Thill
We offer One Hundred Hol'.ar Reward for
iny case of Catarrh that cstmiQt be cim-d by
Hull's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY CO., Props Tol"lo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
wy for the List 15 year, and believe him per
fectly honorable in all business transactions
md (Inani'UiUy able to carry out any obliga
tions made by tlielr firm.
A'kst Tkai-x, Wholesale fcrnsgistsToli'do.O
Waliiino. K inn as Mabvik, WboliKtle
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, act-
liiK dirvrtly upon the blood and mucous Mir-
(ace of the systvuu Price, 7oc per bottle.
Judge Wrote Hit Own Praise.
I mi an a. Pa., March 14. The present
ments to the (iratid Jury last week eon
taiued many things highly eulogistic of
Judge Harry White, and It became
known the presentments were from the
pen oi tue jungo nimscir. They were
taken from the Court papers, photograph
eil, and the entire matter. In Judge
A lute's haudwritmg, was printed in
local paper.
Judge White says the foreman of the
Grand Jury came to him for instructions,
and he made a rough draft of w hat he
i bought the presentments shoo, Id contain.
ThcJr nd Jury took the draft, and in
stead of making a copy of it, as the Judge
expected, filed it in its entirety in the
Judge's handwriting.
Judge White has issued an order to
show w hy the Court paper was removed,
Eandredi For a Beefsteak.
Tai-oma, Wash., Maruh 12. Tho first
beefsteak lhat ever reached Circle City,
Alaska, sold for ?1S per pound a few
weeks ago. The steak coi si-ted of a ten
pound piece, slaughtered at Forty Mile
Creek, and was packed from that place to
Circle City, a distance of 2.01) miles.
The steak was first placed on exhibi
tion. As high as l tier pound was of
fered. Iu order to avoid complications it
was decided to rafllo it otf for a hospital
benefit, and ft worth of tickets were
sold.
Eke Grappled The Spirit.
La .ORAjetit Ind.. March 14. The town
of Wakarusa, pkhai t county, has been
rougtit no to a tiijiii stae o escitei: .ent
Oirer the continued perfornancx) of'th
spiritualists iu their materialuing sc?
aiices. Many people have beeu an
rerted. Joseph King, who has a reputation
medium throughout Indiana, Michigan
and Illinois, was invited to the town to
lecture en spiritualism. He gave a seance,
which was attended by Mrs. Corffeen, a
prominent society woman. Relatives of
M r. Co .Teen appeared in the spirits, aud
she determined to ateertain the realism
of the spirits. She grappled with the
spirit, and in the tumultuous scene which
followed one of her wrists was dislo
cated. It is alleged that King, who was
tha materializing spirit, used force to
compel Mr. Cuffeen to release her gran
on him.
PopulUt Bow.
Dkxvkk. Colo., March 14. Tho Mid-
d!e-of-the-Road Populists met here yes
terday and adjourned after three hours of
fighting. Women were in the thick of
the melee and they were in several in
stances instigators of the attack.
Tho first assault was provoked by the
remarks of a woman that she would not
sit iu a convention w ith the hirelings of
corporations, indicating one of the dele
gates. The latter replied lhat the accuser
was a liar and her husband Hew to the
rescue, while his wife and her women
companions stood by and cheered the
fighters.
Mrs. E. W. Reed started another row-
by saj ing that she had seen too much of
politics to blush any more ; as lhat was a
perfunctory effort 'hat did the party no
good. Mrs. Alice Faulkner took a hand
in tho row ami eulogized "tirand Old
Man Waite." She grew excited and some
one made a slighting remark that pre
cipitated further trouble.
The event of the afternoon was w hen
Miss Holmes replied to the attack of the
boiler iuspector, W. It. Frazier. He said
that the corporations w ere more powerful
than the Populist principles.
"That's a lie," shouted half a dozen
men and women who were on their feet
making for the speaker.
"If the shoo tits, put it on," retorted
Frazier, bracing himself for the rush. He
was no matcli for I ho crown aim was
driven from his position, but fought des
perate' y to tho door.
Mr. Akers next came in for rough
treatment. On lieing askod by Mrs. Reed
if it was not "time for him to go out and
choke himself to death," Akers retorted
that M rs. Reed had not added anything
to her reputation by going out as a street
singer. Miss Holmes demanded w hy the
meu stood silently by and saw the women
insulted. None rosiioiided and then
Mrs. Reed and Miss Holmes administer
ed the punishment themselves and tore
most of Mr. Akers' lieard out of his face.
6he Bead tke Papers.
Xkw Yokk, March li Through the
accidental reading of an advertisement iu
a New York paper several day ag' Miss
Grace Clarke, a school girl, w ho lives iu
Xew Hrunsw iek, N. J., is likely to come
into a large inheritance. Tho advertise
ment was inserted by a firm of attorney
at Melbourne, Australia, and asks for in
formation about the heirs of Iinblay
Clarke, w ho it is said had died in Aus
tralia, leaving a fortune amounting to
several million dollars, gained by suc
cessful mining cperations. This man
left no will and it was known only that
he had come from New Jersey. The
family Riblc and all the information nec
essary to prove the claim of the heirs has
been forwarded to- Melbourne. Iinblay
Clarke went to Australia in 1S70 to seek
his fortune, and at frequent occasion
wrote to Mrs. Lydie Rower, his sister,
who lives in Perth Am boy. In his let
ters be told of the wealth he had acquire)
and said he hoped some day to return to
New Jerscv. Nothing has lieen heard
from him for more than a year.
No Hurry To Kike Changes.
Wasiiixotok, March 10.-A11 of lie
oltii-rs of the new Cabinet have indicated
a purpose to go very slow ly in the chant e
of personnel in their departments. This
is not very cheerful news toofnV-eseekers.
It has lieen eomimiiih'ated directly t
many of the aspirants, w ho have net
W-cn able to repress their ambitions, and
bi adl to their discomfort, it is intimated
iu some quarters that there are to lie very
few changes in ollice, save where the in
ctiiubent insists upon imediate retire
meut. for some time to come.
This may bo an over-statement e f the
conservatism exhibited by the admiuis
tration, but it is recalled that Mr. Mc
Kinley, before his inauguration, held U
the view that the changes, w ith all of its
aompanying confusion and disarrange
ment of business, should not be under
taken until the tariff bill is enacted.
This view Is brought freshly to mind by
the statement made that a prominent as
ststant secretary In oue of the executive
departments has lieen asked to remain in
bis place for five months.
A Bace With Death.
Eatoxtov, Ga., March 14. R. AY
Hunt, the leading banker of Putnam
county, has returned t' his home hen
from Paris, w here he was suceessfuM
given the preventive treatment at tl;
Pasteur Institute, for hydrophobia. II
had been bitten on January 11 by a sick
pit. Suspociiiig the contagion of rabie
ho went to New York, and upon medical
a I vice there took, the fastest steamer b
Paris, counting the days and reaching
the institute barely within the required
period. While undergoing the Is daj
treatment ho was informed from Nea
York by cable that inoculation upon
other animals under supervision of the
Xew York Iimrd of Health conclusive!
proved that the cat had died of hydro
phobia.
Mr. Hunt, who was constantly attend
eJ by his w ife, comes liack in excellent
health, despite an incidental attaek oi
grip, and firmly convinced that nothing
but hisswifl flight lo Ku rope saved his
life.
-4-
Why continue to pass your rights in
scrs'i hln and your days in misery?
p um's ointment brings instant relief,
and pwminomly cures even the worst
lases of Itching Piles. It r.ever fails.
A Jam and Eve a Kyth.
Xkw Yohk, March 14. The Rev. Min
ot J. Savage, of the Church of the Mes
siah, delivered a sermon to-day on "Man
not fallen, but rising." "The ancient
tradition of man fixes the beginning ol
the human race as alsiut 4,000 years be
fore the birth of Jesus," ho said. "We of
to-day know that thistles aud plants aud
rocks have existed iu this world for mil
lion of years and that the world is mil
lions of years old. We can not accept as
true the ancient tradition of Adam and
Kve. We can not lielieve lhat on the
onduct of Adam and Kve, tw o inexpe
rienced and ignorant people, the destiny
of you aud me and countless millions of
people depended. It is alisurd. It is
grotesquely hideous to entertain such be
lief. There does not exist on the face of
the earth the slightly reason to lielieve
iu the truth of the tradition, w hich was a
myth of the pagan people and was from
them engrafted upon the Hebrews."
Person; you mart ever diy.
Mh
of mmn disease
or sorr-c trcutlc cf the kiineys, iiruay
WHAT CAN IjE DONE?
is sucn i serious r-ofii&bn yaw sruai
ccur-. the tejt ttsmdy ycu con find ia
sccur
tic iiix.uet
AT ONCE.
" There It only one absolutely sure
cu.e fcr there Uouhks, cxk! tkit is
fas stood the test cf time'
WILL
The Hew Tariff Bill.
Xk.v Y.r.K, MarcU 1 1 V "llen.l !'
spx-ii:l from Washington Hay: CI. airman
Iiiiiiilcy, of tho eo:mr.ittei on ways and
means, expects to Lave the new tariff bill
r.'ady for publication on Tuesday inori.
ing. He said li.st night l!:e R publii an
members of the committee had pra-tinl-ly
completed the entire bill ami were now
engaged In reviewing thi-ir work and
making changes necessitated by the re
lations which various schedules have to
each 4her.
Tho bill, as a w hole, is a high protrct
ive measure. Theaverage rates are little,
if any, below- those of the McKinley bill,
and in some of the schedules they are
slightly higher. Though changes may
lie made Is fore tho bill U presented in the
house of representatives, an outline of tho
various schedules iudicates its geneisl
character and the more important
changes from the present law w hich have i
lieen made. When tho task of preparing
a new lull was tirst undertaken me com
mittee was disposed to be very conserva
tive, and frame a measure which would
be in the nature of a compromise between
the McKinley law and the present law.
Tho new law is expected to produce an
additional revenue of between $;0,0un,noo
and JTO.OnO.Oio a year.
The chief addition to the revenue ex
pected from the increase of the sngar
dues. From this source alone an addi
tional revenue of aliout fc57n,IM U an
ticipated by Chairman Dingley.
Pearl Bryan' Murderer.
Fkankukt, Ky., March li Alonxo
Walling and Scott Jaekson, the convict
ed murderers of Pearl Rryan, w ill not part
company on March 3), the date on which
both have been sentenced to bo hanged.
A Sufferer Cured
"Ix ry season, from the time I
w:m ti: :;! o!d, I MiITcn d dread
fully f.-i:i rysipe-a.;, which kept
g;-owib Y.o.-se until my hands were
Hli:r.t useless. The Imiies softened
s;i li.al they would licnd, i;:d several
of niv li :is; r- :-rc now crooked fr"i:
this, cause. (In luj
hand I carry lara
scars, whiclt, but for
AYER'S
S irsajiarilht, would
lie sores, provided I
was alive and able
AjvV,sTv" to carry anything.
Eight iH.ttics of
Ayer's Sarsaparilla cured me, f.o
that I have had no return of the
iisease for more than twenty years.
The first lsittle seemed to reach the
spot and a jKT.si.stcnt use of it has
pel fel ted the cure." O. C. Davis,
Wautoni.t, Wis.
if
.1 THE WORLD'S FAIE
"Sarsaparilla
aYEILS FILLS Promote Good Digestion.
Jos. Home & Co.
BLACK DRESS FABRICS!
This Spring Is rich in new colors and
color combinations, but black is to lie
worn as much as ever, ncrerthelesa.
We are showing complete assortment
in every black dress fabric manufact
ured and special jiriiis on almost !1
of them.
We have plain black Mohairs, "()
inches wide, of admirable iia!ity,
which we are selling at W cents a yd.
A sample n, ill show you how gssl an
offer this is At the sam? pric; are
many of the new Spring weaves,
Mammock Suitings, Fjscu rials, Floren
tine, etc, very handsome gtssls and in
tensely fashionable.
In Llick Silk, too, are offers just as
good. All Silk Twisted (Jrenadincs,
AH Silk Printed Crepe aud ISlaek
Moire Velours, at -j0 Cents a yard
just about onehalf their worth.
We have some very excellent ("olor
d Trimmings in narrow and medium
vidlhsat 10c, 12c, and I -It a yard.
(ict samples of our beautiful domes
'ic Organdies, Lawns and Dimities at
c and 11 cents a yard.
Our n 'w Catalogue wiil be out about
April 1st. Write for it.
v.
PENN AVE. & FIFTH ST.,
PITTSBURG, PA.
The difference lutween, and advant
age to you, of good Dry (JismIs mer
chandising over the indifferent kind is
that you're assured a money saving.
It rests usui you to decide w here the
store is that does it ln-st, and you 11 lie
better convinced by your own judg
ment than any other way.
Soon as you're ready to consider the
eiues'.ioii, let us know we're candi
dates for your prt fen. mv on this good
merchandising basis strong ctm-li-
dates and will lack up our claims
with thj kind of evidence that will
appeal to you on i: uncertain term
Good and Prl ctj prima facie evidence
thut you can iVcide by surely ai d
ijuickly.
If you can't come to tee the goods
an J learu the prill's in the store, we'll
send samples to you, w ith the widths
and prices jilainly nrtrked tin nm do
it willingly and charge you nothing
for them all we ask is that you i mli-
cate what kind of go ds yon prefer.
Any of th "se?
Xew Suiting, 7-jC. to J ."it).
Xew TuiloriiiiTs. I IK to (2 -V).
Droad.'loths, -VK; to $2 -V)
AuterhMii Dross O sxls, H, '!', :',
40, 4-.
lihtuk Io kD, oOc to $ I 0).
Silks, from Xew Wash Silk. 2"c, t
the finest rfid richest imjHirtiil
novelties.
Xew Wash Ooesls, oc to $1.21.
O
Ry all means tret sumn'es of the ,H
inch Suitings, ., e the ksit style ini.f
ures and greatest width for the money
we ever ottered.
B0GGS & BUHL,
Allegheny, Pa.
For all Boiocsaod V'xrrovs
DnsASCS. They purify th
liuxtB and giTC Hau-THv
actioa to the entire system.
Curo DYSPEPSIA, HEADACHE.
CONSTIPATION and PIMPLES.
k.
r jtn it r w
FILLS
is rnacJcopc: teir.cctcrssn'.til
. i .f vt. ts -.--'' V .1
is varying c- lickiaj, it in- g
crca:c; i:,ar.u rr.v.zz ci;t-on t
h vr,a :us : tJ pcrfarsa
it- tt.-ft-i 5 .'.rj:c viro.'ccs t
war. It cnr.dhcs Cc b'rcdV H
make: LealUy IIc;h zzd f '-rcS M
chronic csugV-S and co!? A
iiaki-g: it pobict t:r x?js
to tcsht Ciz iif . O'-r izlzr-iz tell
us "IT YOIsKS 7CNDn?S"
but ve n:vc? like to ovcr-:t-tc
when it I cs bwa tested ir.d f
iriWiurvi'-oww.i - y
If you 7i 1 as'c tet it, vre will
senl you a beck telangf you
m:rc aScut ths cub;t tlian wc
can put in a few xfcris
Co to yocrctrcgjt far Ccctt'i Emal
lion. Twe i:cs, 50 cts. and 5''X0. j
I tiofi.
u-nrr . Bnwsr. ?; York.
JL-
INGLE
s
TAN D ARD
ouly is M)ssib!e, whether as a test of
excellence in journalism, or for the
iiicu-itiremeiil of jiiaiititi's, time or val
ues ; and
The..,
Philadelphia
RECORD
afl-r a career of nearly twenty years of
uninterriiitcd Krowlli is justified in
claiininK that the sumdard tirst sUl
1 is lied by its founders is the one true
test of
A PERFECT NEWSPAPER.
To publish all the news proinraly and
succinctly and in the most readahln
form, w ithout elision or partisan liias ;
to discus its sigiiitic-ance with frank
nes., to keep an tipen Kye For Tuhlic
Almses, to K've liesides a complete re
ord ef current thought, faneies and dis
coveries in all department of human
a-li ity in iu lh:i!y Kdilions of from to
to II IVi-s, and to pn ii.ie th w lioie
for its patrons at the nominal price of
One Cent that was from the out-it,
and will -oi!lit:t: to Ik; tho aim if
"THK KKlNdtb."
THE PIONEER
one cent moridn newspaper i:i the
Vi:itl States, " i he Iteefir,i- .still 1-ads
Whero ilhers Follow.
Witness its nr.rii aled average flaily cin il
lation exei-eilirg liiil.lKO iipies, and an
average exeeeding li),i ei'pii's for its
Sunday editi'ins, while imitations of
its plan of pj!Iii-ntioii in every import
ant eitj' of ihe country tisiify to the
truth of the assertion that in tho cmai)
tity and quality el" its contents, and iu
th priit at w hich it is wild "The IUe
er " has (?:.-.t!iht-d the standard l y
wliieh ncilleiiio in journalism must
be m ea -.ired.
The Daily Edition
of "Tho Record" will bo sent by mail
to any address fT:.l per year or 2.1
s?nts per month.
The Daily and Sunday
editions together, vl.'.--l will give iis
readers tho Ittt and frehrt informn
tiou of ail that is going on in tl:o worid
every dy in the jear in-!in!ing b.;i
days. w ill be sent for Jt.on :i year or .'-
cents per mouth.
Address
tiik i:ix'uit; ifr.i.r-iii ixe; c.
lleocrd Ui.itdirs,
ri)ililelphi:i. Pa.
IrsALUhl.
With a
Successful
Kxjioricncc extending over
unity jeard ia supplying
the wai.ts of our many
friends iu
Dry Goods,
Dress Goods,
Ladies' & Children's
Furnishings,
wc feel that we ate novr in
a hotter condition to more
suei.s;fil!y antieiptte and
supply t:;ii wants of our
friends than at any previ
ous jH-ri'id. We hejran
months n-ro to give orders
to manufactrtrers, importers
and u-hoTesalo nierchunts for
our spring stock of
Dress Goods and
Ladies Furnishings
of all kinds. Wc helievc
our stock of Dress Ooods
is theino.-t sty bh and de
sirahk' ever sli own in j'om-
rrset; the fame applies lo
all other kinds of Good9
wc carry.
All goods have heen loujiht
for CASH.
and are paid for. We are,
therefore, in a po-ition to
ofler preit inducements to
CASH PJJYEES.
All are incited to call and x
auiiti our stock btfore making
their ?pi ing pun hases.
MRS. A. E. UHL.
1847.
'
Pure Drugs, Chsmicrils Palmer's a. LaZc.:-
and j Fine Perfume "'!
Toilet Articlc-G. i tho ChciccaSr-V
WRIGLY'S RAPID SELL! HQ PREMIUM ASSORT!
OF CHEVlflG GULL
Fine Imported and Domesf
Cigars, Itc.
o
?'J I'ubliir Station f. .r I-il a";I
ints in tho L'n:tsl Sta'.'.-'.
G. W.
MANAGER,
HELLO!
HOUSEKEEPERS,
IN WANT OF FURNITURE?
LOOK AT THESE PRICES.
A Bedroom Set for SI3 CO A Parlor S-t for
A Couca for - 7 00. A Louri2o tor
A Rocking Chair for 50 cts.
Cupboards, Tables, !) d -t. C!.:iir, sV:-., ut li :
We are in liiie for witli ti-.- i:i st ' in; aud .: ; , .. ... ;
j.iu.nl i;;sii the ii-..':.U"t i.! t -;i:tr. ! ! i sionv il;.. ;
and origii al d-si;'is a:id mi-illuiii i':, irni r .- i,:-, !' .
Tables ami Ifinhi Clmirs, r'ideUwr.Is ':itr-m;-rs, 1: .-: - . ...
C'oUc!i( s, wardr-.lies, etc.
tlooil j!ia!ity, low iric s. Yu art; iiivi:- d t; cail and : -
C. H. Coffroth,
606 M?Sn Cross Street,
Brings
-t-r-.--Vs f - "
esV r . - . -.
7;'Ty sv. -
Xo drairping of frame on t!.c ?ro-:nd. TLc Y.J te.-; TviZ
itself of tra.h as casPy f;s a k-y ral e. Ui.i.s YJ.i ii
a man on as otht.r3 h without a ! . :.
CALL AND SEE IT. VE GUARANTEE IT
IN THE WORLD.
Sold STrrial.
77 r
- - .-s'
wmm-m
S;Rfl,Ti.i ..-;
rlWi'v C . s :; rr .
OFWI?JTE15 GOODS.
I'fi U -k.,ls Fun, I',;,.,., ja,-v,: (;.;;
Jli!!iury. Ttitii ci 4 II:t. Kino Pr.s.i. -
FUR CAPES
At half .. J i.-kt t-; v-i i :;!!.-, -t i'l,i: i . n's i '.. '
Husdns, Calicoes. G i , ii i i 3 a r. J Ya n s at '-.vest r'-::'3
0
X .- ;l-.-s-. . '--''7.
'FORD.
SOMERSET ?
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EVERY DAY
Something
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