Russia lins tbe most rapidly Increns Ing population of any country on tha globe. ' Reports from Chins ay tlint tha women of thnl cottntry w e rapidly ac quiring tbe bicycle habit. Oriental progress 1ms evidently been fitted out with puenmntio tires. The governmoutnl report thnt only one person in fifteen was nble to enrn a living last yenr in Alaska ought to have a (Intoning effect upon people contemplating going to that country In the spring. The gold craze will probably prove too strong, and thon aands will go there, only to find un timely graves or to return homo broken in health and purse. The twenty-second annual report of President Arthur Von Briesen, of the Legal Aid society of Xew York city, tells of legal assistance given during 1897 to 5:150 persons, of $:)5,97SI actu ally collected in the oflico of the so ciety.ond g:lfl,R:)!t recovered by settle ment outside the office. At least 301)0 other applications received attention, but did not require artnul Iegnl ser vice, and were not recorded. The eociety's business is to give legal as sistance to persons too poor to engage counsel. It undertakes many cases where the claims would cost private counsel more to collect than they are worth. The recovery of a sewing girl's four dollars, or an artisan's five or six dollars, honestly earned but withheld, comes within the scope of society's good offices. It has come to be the habit to give the whole name of a benefactor to a university. We have Johns Hopkins, Lelnnd Stanford, Jr., and now the John B. Htetson university of De Land, Florida. On February 10th, which was presentation dny.Fresident Harper of Chicago university, and the Hon. J. L. M. Curry of tho Peabody and Sinter funds, were present, and gifts were announced for a new chapel and library, erected by Mr. Stetson at an expense of $50,000, provided with valuable organ and a collection for a museum of untural history by Mrs. Monroe Heath. The announce ment was made of $100,000 additional endowment, half of it having been conditional, given by Mr. Stetson, who also transferred real estate to the valuo of $15,000 to the trustees. Tho day thus added something like $180,000 to the property of the col lege. Xatnre seems to be able to regulate the births of mules and females with out the' help of German savants, as serts the Xew York Times. It may be remembered that Buckle found that the average birth rate the world over was twenty-one boys to twenty girls, thus giving every Jill a chance for a Jack, after allowing for the greater death rate among males. The Springfield Republican is authority for the assertion that in Massachu setts for forty years the male birth rate relative to the female has not noticeably changed, the number of male births to each 1000 female births in the last twenty years being 1053 as compared with 1059 for the preceding twenty years. In Europe, observa tions covering ten years indicate an average of 1000 males born to every 1000 females, England being at one extreme, with 1038, and Italy at the other, with 1071. A corn convention held in Chicago recently developed several schemes for extending the use of the great American grain. It was resolved, re ports the Atlanta Journal, to make elaborate exhibits of corn and the many forms in which it is prepared for food uses at the Omaha exposition, the Buffalo exposition and the Faris exposition of 1900. The present high price of wheat has done much to im prove the prospects of corn as a food product. Already a large proportion of the flour used in this country is made largely of corn. This flour is cheaper than pure wheat floor and quite as nutritious. More corn is beiug consumed as food in this coun try than ever before and the quantity will increase. Our corn is also be coming more popular in Europe. The prejudice against it among the masses of Europe is being destroyed. They re learning by actual experience that corn is good as well as cheap; that it may be prepared in many palatable forma, and that it has excellent quali ties as a food substance. This is the main reason why our exports of corn bav increased so rapidly. Corn is already our greatest crop both in size and value, and will continue to hold the supremacy. . The movement to extend its ns in foreign countries l timely, and will conduce to the inter eat of nearly every Motion - of the a-;niitry. H BREAKING LEVEE MUSES DEKTH. HUNDREDS DROWN. ghswneetown, 111, Completly Under Wstst Peopl Were Carried Away as by aa Avalanche. 'A levee, built by the government, and regnrded an safe, broke at Shawnee town. III., Hundny evening and hun dreds of lives were lost. Bhawneetoivn Is 75 miles below Kvansville, Ind., on the Ohio river. It Js situated In a valley of extremely low land, with hills skirting It In the rear, and with a 25-foot levee In front, running from hill to hill. The town Is very much In the position of a fortified city, and when the levee Rave way a mile above town under the pressure of a very high river, the water shot through a 25-foot opening and struck the place like a hurricane, sweeping everything before It. . Houses were turned and tossed about like boxes. The people were not warned of the break, and for that reason so many were caught. Those at home sought refuge In second stories and on house tops. Those In the streets were carried before the avalanche of woteri and probably a majority were drowned. Citizens ramp from the place by skiffs to a telephone several miles away and asked for old from Rvansvllle. These said that more than 200 people were drowned and they had reason to believe It would reach 500 or even 1,000. The water stands from twenty to thirty feet all over the town. There are, of course, no fire or lights In the place, and total darkness en All telephone and telegraph wires art now down, and outside communication appears to be Impossible. Two steam boats and a couple of tugs started for Hhawneetown under full head of steam. They carry hirce supplies of food and blankets quickly collected by the city ollielals of Kvnnsvllle. Hhawneetown, 111., has a population of about 2.0M Inhabitants, and It is sit uated on the west bank of the Ohio river. The streets were parallel with the river, the principal business street being but two blocks distant from the water. The level of the river Is about 15 feet above the city and the levee bank Is about 20 feet thick. Bltuated on the bank nnd about level with the river Is the Hlverslde hotel, a large four story building, built by Henry Doeher. This hotel Is generally occu pied fully all the year around, being; not only a transient hostelry, but fam ilies also reside there. It Is feared that the hotel has been washed away. WAR REVENUE. A Tax on Beer, Coffee and Tea likely to be Imposed. Secretary Qnge and Representative Plngley, of Maine, chairman of the House ways and means committee, were summoned by the President the other day. Their discussion was rela tive to the National finances and to measures needed to put the treasury on a war footing. There Is reason for the belief that a war revenue measure has been under consideration. Treasury experts say that tbe Increase of the beer tax from tl to 12 per barrel would result In a gain of approximately $40, 000,000 a year. The question of laying a small Internal revenue tax on tea and coffee Is also under consideration. It Is thought that a tax of something less than 10c a pound on tea and about i cents on coffee would bring In a large revenue, possibly $35,000,000 to 140.000, 000 a year. This tax. It is thought, would not result In materially Increas ing the price of either tea or coffee, except possibly In the beginning. The combined revenues from beer, tea and coffee, It Is thought, would approxl-J mate $75,000,000 a year, and possibly lsO.000,000. Tor Harbor Defenio. The Benate committee on naval af fairs Saturday decided to recommend an amendment In the naval appropria tion bill striking out the provision for thiee battleships and substituting for It three harbor defense vessels. If the secretary of the navy should concur In the wisdom of this course. The opinion wax generally expressed that three light vessels could be built at no great er expense than one battleship, and that they could be built In time for use In case of a war with Bpaln. Another Cruiser Parehaied. Lieutenant Commander Colwell, United States naval attache at London, purchased from the Thames Iron works for his government a cruiser of 1,800 tons displacement, and capable of a speed of 16 knots, lje vessel carries six 4.7-lnch guns and 10 smaller ones. She Is fitted with twin screws on the cruiser, and had already obtained a crew. The vessel will go to sea within three days. The price paid is said to be very reasonable. Duelling in Texas, At W aco, W. C. Hrann, editor of the "Iconoclast," and Captain M. T. Davis, Friday afternoon fought a revolver duel to the death. When the battle was over Urann was found to be perforated In the left lung, the left leg and tho right foot; Davis was shot through the right lung and through both of his arms. The surgeons say both are likely to die. A long standing feud waa the cause of the shooting. Navy Orders Meat The Q. H. Hammond packing com. pany of Chicago has received an or der from the government for 10,000 cases (about 600,000 pounds) of canned meat to bo shipped to New York from Hammond, Ind , without delay. The order was most unexpected, the of ficials specifying that the Immense or der, which will amount to thirty car leads, must be shipped as soon aa pos sible by special fast freight. 0ns Way to Serve the Country. Cashier Francis Halpln, of the Chem ical National Bank, New Tork, said re cently that those employes who belong to the national guard would not lose anything so far as their place were concerned. In case they were called out to save their country. "Five of the Chemical Bank's employes," said Mr. Halpln, "belong to the national guard. If they are called upon to serve the bank will. continue to pay their salaries and will keep their places for them In the bank." Arrested as a Ipv. Victor Hohenstein, a German aubjeot, .vas arretted on landing at Havana from the Mascotte. He claims he Is a member of the German Red Cross so ciety, but when searched, it Is claimed, he destroyed documents. The police secured some of the pieces of paper, which, when put together, are under stood to bo an Insurgent ' document. The Italian third-class cruiser Amerl-go-Vespucle. used as a training ship, sailed for Key West. The Pond tool works of Plalnfleld, N. .. has received an emergency order from the government for eight disap pearing gun carriages. The contract price Is 1100.000 TRADE REVIEW, Bnsineii Coatlnnee Brlik and Is Not Affected by War Humors. R. G. Dunn Co.'s weekly review of trade reports aa follows: In spite of foreign conditions since the destruction of the Maine February 15, failures In three months are smaller than In the first quarter of any year since 1886; the ratio of defaulted liabil ities to payments through clearing houses has been the smallest for that quarter since 1881; the average of lia bilities per firm In business has been the smallest since 1880, and the average of liabilities per failure has been lower then ever before In any quarter. It Is especially significant that the failures for less than $100,000 without material decrease In number, were 29 per cent smaller than last year in manufactur ing, and 24 per cent smaller In trading. Tho war cloud, which, mnny have In ferred, must have greatly Increased commercial disasters, dees not appear to have any such effect as yet, and while there Is some decline In the new orders for Industries, nearly all live works are covered so fnr ahead that the difference Is not felt. Kates for money have advanced, and the 6 per cent, which u.sed to be the ruling rate In active times, ngnln prevails, which compels many speculators to liquidate. Hut the imports of gold go far to pre vent any real anxiety. Moreover, al though part nf the hypothecated ex change on Europe has been sold and ordered, against It there Is known to be about $:io.ooo.noo more yet In tho banks at New York and $12,600,000 In other cities, against which gold Is liable to be imported because there Is small prospect of any better settle ment. The outgo of breadstuffs continue, Atlantic exports being 2,510,220 bushels. Hour Included, for the week, against 2.185,378 last year and Pacific exports, 42,147 bushels, against 138,207 last year, and for the pnst five weeks from both coasts the exports have been 16.592.fl7 bushels against 8,226,2.'i6 last year. Meanwhile corn exports have been for the week, S.7G7.029 bushels, against 4, 231,621 last year. All the speculative movements at the West have been less Influential than this heavy and con tinued buying of grain and western re ceipts begin to fall off as If supplies were no longer unlimited. Wheat has declined slightly, but corn has advanc ed M cent for the week, and no one Imagines that foreign troubles can check the outgo. The Iron and steel market shows no decrease, for with works fully em ployed and some additional works put Into operation government purposes, pig Is not lower anywhere, and at Pittsburg a shade higher for Tlessemer. because of agreement by valley pro ducers, while without agreement of Mesaba mines the purchases of ore at Cleveland were over a million tons for the week. Illllets are still scarce and sheet bars In demand, though wire roils are lower, and wire nails are weaker In spite of the Imperfect combination of makers. Other prices for manufac tured products are unchanged, al though rails are a shade stronger with a Husslan order pending for 115,000 tons to complete the Pacific railway, and plates are in very heavy demand, (.000 tons for cars and 4.000 tons for other use at Pittsburg, with 10,000 tons more originating at Chicago, and structural orders cover 4,200 tons for buildings at the East, with 1,000 more at Pittsburg, and many at Chicago. Failures for the week have been 220 In the United Btatea against 260 last year, and 27 In Canada against 42 last year. SPAIN'S NAVAL STRENGTH. About a Hundred Veieels Could be Freseed Into Sorvie An Interesting compilation of the na val strength available by Hpaln In cose of war has been Issued by Colonel Wagner, chief of the military Informa tion division of the adjutant general's ofllce of the war department. It shows the total number of ships. Including those now building and such merchant vessels as may be Impressed Into serv ice by Bpaln, to be over 100. The com pilation, however, does not Includo const defenso vessels proper, nor a number of email special crafts employ ed by tho Spanish government In Cu ban waters under special circumstanc es. There are 11 armored ships of an ag gregate tonnage of over 81,000, all of which, except three, have a speed of 20 knots or more. There are 38 cruising ships, which include cruisers proper, gunboats, torpedo gunboats, gun ves relK, dispatch vessels and sloops of war. All except eight of these are of less than 3,000 tons. About two-thirds are of less than 1,200 tuns. None of the cruising ships have any armor except two or three, which have a slight deck protection. Thirteen of them have a speed above 18 knots. There are three gun vessels and four gunboats designed "for service In Cu ban waters," They are of light ton nago and armament. They era also 18 small steel gunboats for service In Cuba, carrying each one six-pounder Maxlm-Nordenfeldt rapid-fire and one one-poundcr Maxlm-Nordenfeldt auto matic gun. In tho toniio boat de stroyer class there are s!A Vessels with a speed of UK-knots or over. There are 16 torpedo boats of light tonnage and a speed ranging from 8 to 25 1-8 knots per hour. The ships buildlnr Include the fol lowing: llattleshlp, unnamed, 11,000 tons, designed to make lit knots; an ar mored crulper, unnamed, 10,500 tons, 21 knots; two protected cruisers, the Ket na Regente, cf 5,372 tons, and the Rio d la Plata, of 1,775 tons, each of 0 knots; the armored cruiser Pedro d'Aragon, 6,840 tons, 20 knots; the tor pedo gunbout Velos, 750 tons, of 20 knts speed; and torpedo gunboats, the number of which is not given. Thirteen vessels of tho Companla Transatluntica, of Cadla. are designa ted aa being available for arming aa cruisers. They average from 3,084 to 6,932 gross tons each, and have a speed of from 12 1-3 to 17 knots. OXCBEASI IN THI SIBT. A Net Csih Balance af 8888,108,048 la U Treasnry. ihe statement of the publlo debt Is sued Saturday shows that the debt at the Close of business March $1, less cash In tha treaury, was $1,008,716,351, a decrease for the month of $1,387, M5. The debt Is recapitulated aa follows: Interest-bearing debt, $847,3ti.80; debt on which Interest has ceased since ma turity, $1,827,670; debt bearing no inter est. $386,1.74, 0f,9, making a total of $1, 235,668,419. This, however, does not In clude $565,252,933 In certltlpates and treasury notes outstanding, which ara offset by an equal amount of cash In the treasury. The cush In the treasury Is classified as follows: Oold, $210,90.1,334; sliver, $512,432,534; paper, $97,818,324; bonds, disbursing officers' balances, etc, $32, 644.274. making a toUl of $83,798,4611, against which there are demand llabll Hies outsandlng amounting to 1827,831, 626, leaving a net cash balance of $228 164.943. ALL PEACE MEB EXHIUSTED. SPAIN WON'T YIELD. The President Will Bend a final steessge te Congress Urging Thst tha Cuban Horrors be Stopped. The opinion, almost universally held In Washington Monday by leading public men and diplomats, Is that the crisis will reach its climax this week, and that the question of war or peace will bo determined within the next seven days. There is little doubt that the Presi dent and the members of his cabinet now regard a conflict with Bpaln as al most Inevitable. In bis message to Congress, which In all probability will be sent In a day or two, It Is under stood thnt the President will review at some length the record as It stands be twen this Oovernment and Bpaln, but will not Insist upon further time In which to continue negotiations looking to a peaceful solution of the Cuban problem. Tho cabinet meeting Friday morning was unquestionably the most Import ant held In many years. It received Spain's answer to the ultimatum of this Oovernment, and finding It unsatisfac tory, practically decided upon a policy which at this hour seems certainly to Involve hostilities. Tho whole record will be laid before Congress, and the question Is now un der earnest consideration of what shall be the particular form our policy shall take In bringing to an end the horrors In Cuba and securing the Independence of the Island. Propositions ranging from a simple recognition of Cuban Independence to a straight out declaration of war have been urged at the Capitol, but there Is hardly a doubt thnt the majority of Congress await the executive lead be fore taking action, and Is disposed to adopt Mr. McKinley's suggestion to this point. It is thought that any of the resolu tions, except possibly simple recogni tion of Independence, would lead to war. (Jen. Rlnnco and his under secretaries are In a ferment at Havana. The news of the United Btates' new demand on Bpaln wos sent to the governor-general, coupled with an Intimation that Spain's answer would not be such as to satisfy America and lilanco could settle him self for the worst, fie looks for hostil ities In a few clays. Planco said: "Spain cannot humble herself fur ther. If the t'nited Btates Insists on Its Impertinent demands war Is the only answer they can have. It Is Impossible to grant their new absurd demands without practically conceding to them the government of Cuba." Consul-General Lee continues as cheerful as sunlight, despite the fact that he was warned Inst Sunday and Monday of five distinct plots against his life. Of course, he does not give credence to such stories, and he Is care fully guarded by the government, but continued warnings of this kind are not a pleasant mental diet. The last story was that he would be poisoned by a bribed employe of his hotel. To this Hen. Lee replied by asking the news paper correspondents who sit near him at meal time. In case he Is sud denly taken III, first to shoot his waiter and then to run for a stomach pump. M oXINLEY CRITICIZED. Tha Waiting Policy of the Freildent De nounced in Texaa A non-partisan mass-meeting was held at the courthouse In El Paso, Tex., the other night to demand that the president shall act promptly In driving the Spaniards from Cuba and In aveng ing the blowing up of the Maine. Ex citement ran high and Mark Hanna's name was greeted with hisses. Reso lutions were passed favoring Immediate action and pledging the support of this community to the government. Speech es were made by leading lawyers and citizens denouncing the present wnlt Ing policy of President McKlnley. The meeting closed with three cheers and a tiger for Consul Qeneral Lee. Cannot Rely on (pain's Honor. The state department a few days ago cabled to the United Btates consuls In Cuba to repair at once to Havana and be prepared to leave there at a mo ment's noflce. Consul General Lee has been cabled to tho same effect. In view of the Spanish character some treach erous blow to these men Is feared after Congress takes action. Under the rules of civilised warfare representatives of a hostile country are permitted to leave the territory of the enemy without mo lestation. Bpaln, however, Is not much of a stickler for international custom. If the killing of anybody Is regarded aa Judicious. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Mr. Gladstone, It is said, expressed him self as thankful when told by his physicians that ho has but a short time to llvo. Tha Rev. Pr. Talmage has returned from Europe with a tea-servlne la gold and en amel, a gift from tho Czur of Itussl. Crispl still has a strong hold on tbe Ital ian publlo, nnd his post services have saved him from prosooutlon ns a result of tlie reoent revolutions regarding his lluau clal operations. It Is stated thnt 82090 a week Is the sum which J. M. Barrio, tho Hootch author, Is now deriving from tha performances In England and America of Ills pluy, "Tho Little Minister." Rudyard Kipling nnd his father are thinking of rusticating in Booth Africa for some months. Mr. Kipling wilt uuike It a thorough holiday, leaving bis pad, quill and Inkpot at home. Lord Salisbury's Illness Is learned to be so serious that tbe Premier was only pre vented from resigning by the personal ap peal of the Queen, whom he will meat for a conference on the IUviera. Osmnn Pasha, tha Turkish general, seoms to be ns euocessful e ma-ili maker us sol dier, lie has married oil two of his sons to daughters of tho Sultan, who bring with them very bandsqme dowries. Among ihe members of the Bcllevue Hos pital sUK,' New York City, who liuvo offered their services to Unole Sam IS i. B, Lee, a grandson of Ooiieral Lee, the mili tary uoro of the Southern Confederacy. Edmund Tuttersall, the head of the noted Arm ol horse dealers, who died it couple ot weeks ago, came from ons of tho oldest Lunaaxhire yeoumn families, la th time ol Cromwell they were lighters ou la ide of the King. Not Very Complimentary. The Spanish ambassabor at Vienna denies that the United States has pre sented an ultimatum. He says that Brain will not Are the first shot, but that If war occurs she will fight for yeara and to the bitter end. Such a war, continues the Spanish ambassa dor, would paralyse American com merce and Industry, while the Span lards are born soldiers of unconquera ble toughness. "The American navy, according te the Spanish ambassador, consists of mercenaries who are not used to war." i: GERMANY APPROVES. 8he Herself Has a Grievance Against Spain for Which Satnfaotion Will 8ooa be Demanded. The sentiment In Germany, In of ficial and unofllclal circles, last week, was that the Hlspano-Amerlcan crisis lias veered considerably during tho course of the week, and Is now decid edly more favorable to the United Btates. This, It la asserted. Is partly due to the moderation of President Mc Klnley and the conservative manner In which the United States minister, Clen eial Stewart L. Woodford, has dealt with the authorities In Madrid, and partly to the bitterness engendered by the alleged wanton attack of a band of Insurgents upon the German sugar re finery at Cannamaba, In the Trinidad district of the province of Santa Clara, Cuba, and the murder of four persons connected with the refinery on March IS, which has taught Germany that Spain Is unable to protect even the lives of foreigners In Cuba. The Ger mnn foreign olnce Is demanding Im mediate and full redress for this out rage, and a German warship will soon be sent to Havana If satisfaction Is not forthcoming In short order. The Span ish ambassador here, Benor Mendes de Vigo, has had lengthy conferences with Haron von liuelow, the German minis ter for foreign affairs, who convinced the ambassador that Germany Intend ed to have complete satisfaction, In cluding an Indemnity for the property destroyed and for the lives taken. The ambassador was also Informed that unless the redress was forthcom ing; Germany would herself act, secure damages and punish the offenders. As an Incentive to quick reparation, Ilaron von Huelow added that provisional or ders had been cabled to the command er of the German warship Oeler to sail In the direction of Cuba. The Spanish ambnssndor promised that he would exert himself to the utmost to comply with the German demands. The news papers are als changing their tone and now concede In the main the Jus tice of tho American demands, ac knowledging that Washington has act ed with tho moderation which, many another government would not have shown under simllnr circumstances. LI HUKO 8 HEAD WANTED. China Now Has Not Even a Port in Which to Anohor Her Warihips. It Is announced that a person of the highest rank has memorialized the em peror of China In the most vigorous language, accusing the whole Tsung-Ll-Yamen (Chinese foreign office) of being In the pnv of Russia. Ho asserts thnt Jtussla expended 10.001,000 tads in bribery during the recent negotiation!! regarding the cession of Port Arthur nnd Ta-I.len-Wan, etc., and clalmu that LI Chung Chang's share was 1, 500.000 taels. Thereupon the personage referred to demands a full Investiga tion and asks that LI Hung Chang be beheaded If the accusations are proven, the memoriallzer offering to be exe cuted himself If his charges are not sustained. I The Chinese complain bitterly of the fact that they do not possess a war port for the five wnrshlps which are being built for them abroad, and which are duo to arrive In Chinese waters this summer. Unless Wei-Hal-Wol, occu pied by the Japanese, Is evacuated, which is doubtful, the Chinese have no place In which to receive their new warships. Bald a prominent Spaniard recently: '"If the United Btates offered money for our clearing out of Cuba we could not accept, but If the proposition emanated from another power It Is not unlikely that it would be accepted." This view of the case Is echoed by a portion of the Spanish press, which ad vises Spain to wash her hands of Cuba. MARKETS. PITTSBURGH Oratn, i'luur an- -'aed. WHEAT No. 1 red M9 01 No 'i red 89 90 COKN No. 2 yellow, ear 87 88 No. 3 yellow, shelled 84 34 Mixed ear 84 81 OATH No. 2 while 82 8.4 No. 8 white 81 8V BK No. 1 55 67 i'LOU R Winter patents 8 Oj 5 10 Fancy straight winter 4 75 4 85 ltye Hour 880 860 HAV No. 1 timothy 10 00 10 5) Clover, No. 1 7 00 7 75 Hay, from wagons 10 00 10 6n FEED No. 1 W liite Mil., ton.. 16 00 10 5u Brown middlings 18 50 14 Oj Bran, bulk 14 00 14 60 STKAW Wheat 6 00 5 M Oat 6f0' 6 51 SliKDtt Clover, 60 lt 8 60(g) 3 75 Timothy, prime. 1 85 1 5j Dairy Produots. 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Frlme, 1,800 to 1,400 lbs ... 6 00 A 10 Uood, 1,800 to 1,800 H 1 (to 4 no 'lid;, 1,000 10 1,160 4 60 4 75 Fair ili,l steers, WOO to 1000 lbs, . 4 30 4 85 Cummou, 700 to 800 lbs VU 4 10 nous. Medium ... 4 05 4 10 Heavy 8 85 4 00 Boughs and sUtfn It 60 8 06 ukxv. Prime, 95 to 106 lbs, wduere. ..a 4 B0 5 00 Cloud, 85 to 80 lbs, 4 10 4 B0 Fair. 70 lo (0 lbs 4 10 4 40 Common 8 60 8 7 5 Culls 2 03 8 01 VaUtugoodlanbe..... 4 7a till Llade-to-OruerSmts $7.45 All-Wool Imported CheTlots made to 700 r measure In the moot faahlonntile manner, fusranteed to tit and KX KESH PAlt to your sta tion for 87.49. This fs but one of the striking lrgalne contained In our llluetrnted Clothing t'stnlosno whteli Will be mnlled YOfJ with Cloth sample on rebel pi of So. stamp. Our Lithographed Cnr pet CntsloKtta showing C'.irpets of our own man tifieturo Is mailed free. Vus Itysamole sent for He.Ktnmp. JfRKIOHT. PA I II OX CAItl'KTS. Our US-two special Cm ftloiruo of Kurnltnro, lirnperlos, crockery. Stoves, Itcfrltforutnin, 1 Pnl,r Curriaires Is sls mulle'l free. Aildress the only manu- fauturing Mall Order House. Ju.iusIlines&Son HALTIMCRE, BID. lt MtMTION TMtt PAW, ajnu.iijmiwi..Lii'j'. ' tm Ivory Used by the Anolentsk Tho earliest recorded history wsj might say prehistoric, the hieroglyph al thnt has come down to ose hat been In carvings on Ivory and bonei Long before metallurgy waa known among the prehistoric races, carving on reindeer born and mammoth tuiks) evidence tbe antiquity of the art. Frag ments of born and Ivory, engraved with excellent pictures of animals, have been found In cavca nnd beds of rivers and lakes. There are specimens In tbe Brit ish museum, also In the Louvre, of the) Egyptian skill In Ivory carving, attrlb' uted to the age of Moses. In the latter collection are chairs or seats of tbe six teenth century, B. C, Inlaid with Ivory; nnd other pieces of the eleventh cen- tury, B. 0. Wo have alrendy referred to tho Nlnovah Ivories. Carving of the "precious substanco" waa extensively! carried on at Constantinople daring the) middle ages; combs, caskets, hornsj boxes, etc., of carved Ivory and bone often set In precious atones, of tbe old) Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods, ara frequently found In tombs. Crucifixes' and linages of the virgin and snintsj tnnclc In that age are often graceful andi beautiful. Tho Chinese and Japanese! are rival artists now In their peculiar! minutiae and detail. Popular Science Monthly.. Turkish Army Ration. Corresponds n't who accompanied the Turkish army during th recent war with Greece refer often to the Hetary, babtta of the Turks. Pilau, or pilaff, tbe national dish, receives great pralae. It Is what we should call a chowder,' composed of lamb, rice, butter, aim. onds, raising, allspice, powdered mace, cardamoms, cloves, saffron, onion, gin ger, salt, whole black pepper and dhtey. The butter and onion are placed in the bottom of tihe earthen pot; then a layer Of rice, over which are distributed mor onions, ralsl ua and almonds, sprinkled with saffron In water; then a layer of meat, and so on alternately until the vessel Is filled. Butter Is then poured over tbe whole, and tbe cover of tbe pot Is closed with paste so that no steam may escape. It I placed In an oven and cooked for three hour. New York ISuu. " Ulii Tea YleTdT" A single tree In an orchard near Cor vallls, Ore., has yielded this season nln hundred pounds of Bartlett pear. , The trouble with a great many men la they are never satisfied with wasting their own time. Japanese women wear neither cor sets nor stays of any description. Their costumes are doubtless worn with real japan-ease. ' Tbe Bret "thing g girl does' when fi has mastered a kodak, Is to put the palm on tbe piano and take a picture 01 It. Stats or Ohio. Cr ov Tot.ano,! Fba-k J. Cnssar makes oath that he lath e:-nlor partner of the rtrro of F.J. rm Co.. dol ng bnsinms in the City of Toledo, County and Mtate urn intd, and that said firm will isty the sum of omb biindhbu dom,ass for each and every ease of oatakrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Cataubh cvhb. Frank 1. ens st. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my 1 - .. 1 presence, this Uth day of Deeember, i asAL V A. 1). lSda, A. W. Oijuao 1 , 1 JV.tfarv iioMe. Ha't'a Catarrh Cnre Is taken Internally, and acta diivrtly on the blood and mneooa aurfaoes of the aystom. tiend for tentlraonlale, free. F. J. HSNBTiCO., Toledo, a Sold by DrntCKtt-, T60. Ball's jTamlly Mllsare tliebenl A newly-born giraffe measures about six feet from his hoof to the top of his heud. , Deauty Is Blood DK f l U lnn n - m in ' Va beauty without it. O'aacareta, Candy Cathar tic clean your Uood and keep it clean, by stirring up me lazy nrer ana anving ail im purities from the body. Begin to-day to Danish pimples, boila, blotches, blackheads, and that aickly bilious complexion by taking Cascareta, beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satinfaclion guaranteed. 10c, 26c, Sue A great deal of trouble Is expended In educating the showy, high-stepping horse. He Is trained to step high and act showily by being driven along a path whereon rails are set crosswise; he steps high to avoid stumbling, and hi time always step high. To Cur a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bronio Quinine Tablata. All Dnikilita 1 refund muuey if It fails to ours. t&o. Englishwomen are making vigorous efforts to secure smoking oompart ments for women on railroad trains, according to the London Daily MalL Chew Star Tohaooo The Beal Smoke Sledge Cigarettes. The total cordage required for a first rats man-of-war weighs about 80 ton, and exceeds 3,000 In value. Kitacate Ton HomIs With Caassra, Canitf Cutiiartio, euro eonailpatlon forona aw, uo. it u. u. u. ran. aruggiais reiuaa s About 400,000,000 pound ot soap ara used InBrltaln yearly.
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