According to solentific Investija- tions directed from Washington for _geveral months, there are at least 975 cases of leprosy in the United _ States. That number have heen res ported, but it is thought probable that the real number is nearer a thousand. For various reasons physicians who have cases of this discuss ip many in stances fall or refuse to report them, But the number reported is & ly large ito ofcasion some alarm, “Seventy-four of the known cases fre in Nein Orlenns. chioty pone Pip feu) fan population, There ars 23 in the rural settlements There ari 15 ‘cases in North Dakota, and two in South Dakotiy, among the sams prog, Bo far as hos wen ascerinined. there are none in Michigan or in India, Chicago has five cases, Now York six. Boston nong The figura now compiling repramint 0 . great desl of careful work. A (ir enlar letter was sent from here to every city and county physician, hibl health ofesr, every responsible huad _ of a hospital, in the country. It ealled for volumtedr information covering cases of leprosy in the community in question; the name of the leprmus person, the sex, age, social condition. | place of residence-—whether town or | country-—ami name of attending phy- siclan. In all, R000 of these letters have gone ont; replies Bave thus far been peclvad from only 2000 of them. There may be several times 276 cases in the | 6000 districts from which thus far no is the intention of those whi are on ng the figures UH make a report to Con melding such recom. mendations a may wtem warranied. One recommendation will be for the erection of two large government bok pitals for lepers, one in the south ind the other in the north, Eminent phy- on sicians have at different times been cominittes of Congress in the interest of the erection of leper hos- _ pitals, but nothing came of these vis- its, the government having no rellible dula covering the prevalence of the _disemse. Next winter, however, with fall information on the subject, it ia believed that Congress will act It is noteworthy that nearly all the ms reports! victims are foreigners. The Scandinavians seemed pecnlbirly 4 susceptible Yo the dbwsgse. had it when they landed in America or contracted ft soom after landing Every one tf the cases in the Dakotas and Minnesota Is in the country, fisth- er remote even from the small tons, disease seems to be spreading most rapidly in Looisinna, and for sev jane years there has been agitation there In favor of effartive public su- pervision and control of all leprons patients, either by the state or by the federal govemment — New ) York Font. Alt for Lowe , "® WEA A TUnAWDAY match. The young couple bad nothing to live on but love, nnd they grew thin on it tor the hateher, baker, ate, ete, hoart: Josly refused to barter any of the ne _cessarios of life for a bit of love, and the landisly wouldn't accept evn a Jarge slice of it for rent. At last they were reduced to inch extremities that starvation stared them in the face. does this it, so to say, “puts you ot of walled the young what shall we do? | an so we ! 1 know not, darling” he fondly but sadly, toying with Juxariant tresses, exclaimed. After a pause. “Sell my ; shouted, with a hor icken face, "Sacrifice your Jovely geiden locks! Ruthlessly cul off the greatest ornament 4 woman n possess? Never! Never! 1owill starve first!” Rar. George,” she assured him TR ses not require cutting off. Ree ; And she detached the glistening three guinea switch from her dead and laid it in his hand That night the young couple supped Juxurionsly, but still he was not Buppy. : TBI, AN I iT me or d por Ho almont Be Lond Od Bed Tape. A Somerset House clerk entered the private room of the seed of his Jepart ment to ask for a fortuight's holiday. The. official received him with his usual affability. and told him to hand fn his request fn writing. 1 *0Oh, I did not think that was Becos- ry if 1 applied to you in peison” fn. fact, it is todispen- = Then 1 will go back to the office” © “No need to do that; see, here are pens, Ink, and paper; sit down and : write.” The clerk obeyed. The petition was written out, signed and folded. “Now, said the functionary, have only to present it” “To whom?” #Ta me, of course’” And, taking the petition, he wiped his glasses, careful ly adjusted them, read the doctiment from beginning to end, placed it on a along with a number of similar ap plications, and then remarked with the tmost gravity: “I have read your petition, and regret exceedingly that I am compelled to inform you that i cannot accede to your request.” Imagine the feolings of tha poor clerk!—Tit-Bits, “you guficient- { Mf in- i nesota, mostly among Scandinavians in Reve Catena drvaned They silher Eoughe Common 16 fair. Lambe, pomaos to. falr, clipypad When starvation A th “ “But | know, George.” she suddenly | in bre {yy held “ahil corn were taken out of Grain, Piour snd Peel. Wexar—No. Jred.............% TO Bye--No. Ya 0 Cony. Nix. 2 vellow ear........ No. 2 yellow, shelled, MM BA DAE. ois Oxrs No, 2 white, | Ne, 8 white | y Sars Frove- Winter patent. |. Fanny iri Winer YX PRE ARNE PERE Ew #he Duke of | ctieg fhe’ trot of the, singular story “that has recently been told about th i chief of his country sents, the famous © Arundel castle in Sussex. It seem 5 that the ownership emtitled to the | | “title and honors” of the Earldom of LArapdel. the most ancient title in the ; Derg. oo thn | thy It is not at all likely 1 at house of Howard, of Trike of Norfolk head wit cot into tinanrial Yi ioend be Tove wl 1a pal Dalry Pradnsis ry. rte reap Rew York, Hew | Poultry, ein wy LAA ea Eoos~Fa. and Ollo, frm. Fraotoe sand Vegoiabla Grey Baye rer bushel Porsropa--Fanoy white, 8 bu Causing ~ per Larrel. Owiovm—per barrel, os BALTIMORE Pratn-— Winter Patent... Warar No, a a * OR Ro srifaind Bren. OTe creamery, re Eww A FINLADERPHIA Frere Winter patent. i ERP Wesar— No dred | : 17 Comw--Rio 2 mixed Bu Oarw- Ni, 2 white... ... sey Berren- Creamery, exten 4 Eoun—] unnsylvania Arete... It Pe NEW YORK. Frovn—Patents., ............ 8 Warar— Noo Tred, TH Comm--Nt, 2.0, 0iiiniionwd wi Oarn-No. White ............ 1 BETTER Creamery ons 04 Eaas—5tate and Penna. 144 ST A 1 le LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yards East Livariy Pu CATTLE Prime heavy, $500 to 1600 fa. 8 5 259 Price, S000 10 140 iba, oc. 85) Medium, 1200 10 1400 De 13 Fat heitore 0 Putober, S00 to 1000 bm, . 03 {oimmon to air... 30 Ox common to fat. | a & Coamon to good fat bulls cows 2 00 Meh pows, each i] Extra sudeh coun, ah. w BOR Prive median welghtn,.. Pest Leavy yorkers and madam Got to ohoion paokers. |... Good plies and dent yoriers. ... Plgw. POIROT fo good Frome Bimvy Lecigrn, Coma 10 far Ee aE Ne 5 AS 85 Fon er EE eS ES Exten, medium wag wether "8 rood 1 chadon. WRN ew wr gE : Lasts, good to heron, air pest LF al a oe Sorina Lamon. Veal, ates, Yoni, good to ahokon Yenl, sommon to fair. Yeni, conanon beayy ar ata aa at fet mond BUSINESS IN GOOD SHAPE. Steel Strike Mas Not Yet Affected the Indus- trial Sitoation-Cotion Ties, Shesls and Hoops Command Premiom, BR. ¢ Dun & Co's weekly riview {of trade save; A fortniaht af the steel sipike how futsmeny Wt hamt material iy fr the prasifion of the catilesiants or adverse Iv affecting 1he industey ax un whale Exceptions) wmotivay ia Hote an willie nor affevted by the sirike, aud mMsvemtens of ersmetural material for hridees, huildinge amd 1padk plein fine bw wbliid heat v. Rieel lars far ag Honltural plement makers are firm ond freely pmrchased, Rab Wave week freichr ears and rails are sold for delivery next Jasaary. tan tem sbents snd nope are miming a premiom. Plz iron is ac i: malating, bad producers offer cessing. Ordera for tin plates Birt Klee Died for aeliver Lafnro tuber 1, when the eirike besza Bn. to the raat eopdition ! GistAnD vobtracts are till at pichanged hig recelvine Ligh PEioes far goods prable Immediately. Tin tee that fpaotations Bre raiing pwinge ty the avk of dean weakiess in Lomlon. Sow Hues of woolen goods Dir de Beery after Det. 1 opened af pe gle rellpetins from last years Buphiles of Leavy weight gods Bave bw reduoad a sadielaoialty point, o ed AY the lowe Years, A Sree alrprs x Fea He Wars £308 HW iia, anal than Tay SR fi ’ wo af 3 held ative R of | thi pew og wlan aul ti fas 1% thn i nea Bre ; pranuing BE SOnovrne fren # Fas oer se lting fait Tee prices for prior cieths futty sminloyal either no RUZ Jv Bhow shops ame producing ordies | arpiving apd salestpen are Slready spring samples lberaily in aad southern mw arkets, ,, fry hides srl in Light demand, with valoes Variations in The @0'g OAK indicite manipuiation by stock ket interests. Weather reports alone ware pot sufficlently distressing to car ry the Septernber cor option at Chie go to within a small fraciln of contr, High prices prevailed throug out the week, amd 2.446.921 buslivls o ot erits and marketed at big profits. Foreign bays fog Is ruitieant. Atlantic exports city, wiih 30 grat] py Fh 48 nai for the week amounting fo enly LiMI. Bil hushels agaipst 3000807 bashels f year ago, wien quotations were about 15 cents lower. Wheat prices are jpore rational, and the movement is heavy: receipts for the week were G86X 528 bushels, against OIHGDOT busivels last year, and Atlantic exports 4.873.309 bushels, agaipst 1004088 bushels a year ago Jobers wre § Lpodaree of humane Moench a oliniax : ROHS { ; j ohn Lgl of the pew BIO : del. Lpher Columb ; surveys fay tlie aatahitisipner Jay government in the bind Chis earldom antedaies it by ax a valuable Bisset anes of the qo Jeaal of 5 in spills fie 0 Araniel sastle. thorn | eid to be die 1 evan i PHY NLT The THEY sy Honsives, frsin in ihe house of Londs : It te a title whieh than 3% voars before (0 as the ari date ite nt of pone Biates, anid whide the Iroke of ‘ atk ’= dekedom In the obiest in foe pon Ba, Rearly as { Jorkg ax it does the firsl voy; C nmbus Cereatad | brated trans Atlantic execurslon f anpennesd as a pleasing aml excle dakedam, wan vars Iwfore HE: nine in > ' file Sing novelty to the skeptieal Spani srl Spo SN Ad rk Fd AA SE ERD RAI, ASH NEI, ba fmore desirable fat Pakio for Mister Jawaiski : iivmen Lian { fanily of the {lomats, L Fhon, { Henge fenton, tay Fa Foro I Moaeedonls oglirid sat 8 forma PRO hor of fae wah from and if will be a curious thing if nalts millionaires. weary of buying American continent aml jis enterprises, shonid yerite a eheck (emall, of course. for an Amerk can multbomiibonalre: and add Aran del eautly to Bis minor DONESSBIONS. 80 ak to be able to uss tip hones of Loris A% a club duving his spring visits 10 d¢ a little shopping on the stock exchange, Eavoy to Athens Baron Resvn, who will bs remem. bered Uy many people in this country as having Leen for a number of Fears % sanvul meneral in New York aud charge affaires at Washington, © has just Bean aphointed Bossian envoy at tie sonrt of Athens, Ww bleh, from a Muses wit point of view, 4 ag infinitely post than Munich, wiiare he has Been sie Be made ay Turon win toy the Dirhuan nabdiiny, ia Goran os pest getute of Maseaviie ind, alvive og mn of a His avpoiniment fo Athens eons y creates ft good deal of al amt is fa trxdiraia flnaxian 4 HRT {Eee ied otis nf Rarlgier Barlonige soparded as onl de i £35 Bes Eve Oh ia Pale] ard afloat fo Crete Dispatch to Dewey. Boar Admin ARO yief of the with sat asthar ait Bey £317 wire me pave purean I slated Tine mitral ewe, Hongkong be sent rey 41 Ceasinshiohl 8 _ ; abr git the x ; METH Te OF iy EiSh Het Adin AIS Lwsiste the Uanaieh inthe Whe Flossim . Rid gro fhe Tut ly {jan eer | tho © Wee Kor The dispatch they Wihitthsley, whn pans aml after Ptix AR Tor af © NE Lieut, Se PRET tho hard signed sent iLO Adzuivnl dew ey. | maw Papers Drees {goods in the dye 8 all that we nnicousiry. = oy all druggists ¢ Beatrion, ow in A RA SEB IE Sn It requires no syperienes fo dys with Prove sayy basing yey Hold what Hrtle remains to be prirclioasd of the Business | sunil London pe word flay origin of whose rhat the | part £57 {He tshel fh yeroll fintaary : pr AA A EAL, Phidy hag bem, Caen Ne ALioviney $ Ante 1 Ll Cetniogues Fees, initay DROPS v: j Frum i i GRERNS SEA, Sey Mare id an ace auarrel between King Fdward and his sister, I fie Gf g.hieae. books awd various foyal palac a ————— The pisn who redaces salaries 8 sort of revenue cutter. Fe JHomNE RE Ee tain Lirie fa huh ane with s distanaa Se 4 i 5 From a Hl Yorn fat clear vision cat see 3 ship at of furty two mites AA Ladies Cn RR , We ene Shere One sles smaller after gsaog Allen's Pasta | Fame a powder for the fer, Cina, sbing feet, L hendone. ve, Trial Aiden 8B | to swallow I pond entiie man Ee alter Bra | ogl | S350 paris of it Bakes urht or new shops exay. Cure senibin inqraw bau sail, As all « svbgta anal shoe storaw A — TF ARE by mall, | Addross 8 Olmatind, Le Ray, 3 Yu mins Am RE coated compliment i$ often hard NASH IS Su Ve Peat Por the Howels. Ma matey what ails son, hesdasha ts & SA | eamoer, Yon will never get well nnidl your L bavwade are pot right Leura you without A gripe ar pein [aay DALOYSE movemdiia, ll pante to Stary meting CeamrEya Candy Catharte, the gn Cin Catamped on it, Cymeaners helo nine, nt 19 £4 pas ni C.L.C fo Ct Yan al HONE, aeery in i Sooner of aia, wins fredth metal tng The mwper believw in OLS, is knawn IN Bie SOEs RSP TONS. pes tirsad PITS permanently ny darn tee nd fre Nerve Hestorer fiir Lie. BO Eres, Lp ited Rho V4 Waly Ss Wisslow's [ teething, sultan Soe gai, gree | ton, alleys pais, dure wiod co It seremn sirongsat on CPi a Gare is the Le i for ali affest A Ewperey, Van 1 of Germany in SAL. AS A A A E { ee battles of throat and Ig peau, Aad, Fe ih 10. LR Xx worth of toys Reine ¢ bong! Fraace woes tant. Tak. says: ate {urs complete Druggists, The. Resi, Hall's ul 3 ly cured my little girl. Sold by Bev, H. 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