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Deafness Cant be Cured

by local application, as they can not
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infiamed con-
dltion of the mucus Inning of the Eusta
chan Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed Deafness in the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken ont
and this tube restored 10 its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an infiam
ed condition of the mucus surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Deafness Caused by Ca
tarrn) that We cannot cure by taking
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,
free. f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
RsBH Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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OF the l46,0s0 square miles of Montana,
about one-half may be classed as mountain
Gus; the valleys are Of extraordinary fer
tility, and the plains are nearly all of some
value for grazing. There 10 Q VERY small
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WASHINGTON

the slang of the border has it, and even
Wyoming may hope to have senator's in the
congress of 1901, as she already has $1,000
people, or nearly one to three square milesl
As to Utah, the mention of it as state pro-
vokes only smile or frown, though it has
twice as many people as Washington. 1t will
be long time before the free states of
America will consent to fellowship" q state
that is ruled by church. The abolition Of
polygamy would remove but one objection
and not the biggest one; despotic theocracy
cannot be allowed two votes in the United
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Mr.. JOHN ID. WAsHBURN, of Massachu-
sets, who was nominated by the Presi-
dert as minister to Switzerland, is not a
relative of Senator Washburn. He is a
resident of Worcester, Mass, and has
been for many years close personal
friend of Senator Hoar. He is little
over so years of age. He has served in
both houses of the Massachusetts legisla,
ture, was chief of staff of Gov. Bullock
during the war, and has held various po-
sitions of trust and honor in connection
with charitable institutions. He is a
man of wealth, and at present is not en-
gagged in business.
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Our little son will be four years of age on
Inc 10Th inst. In May, 1885, he was attacked
with very painful breaking out of the skin
We called in physician. who treated him for
about four weeks. The child received little or
no good from the treatment, as the breaking
out, supposed by the physician to be hives in
an aggravated form, became larger in blotches
and more and more distressing. We were fire.
quently obliged to get up in the night and rub
him with soda in water, strong liniments, etc
Finally, we called other physicians, until no
less than six had attempted to cure him. ali
alike falling, and the child steadily getting
worse and worse, until about the 10th of last
July, when we began TO give him Cuticura Re-
solvent Internally and the Cuticura, and Gu
ticura Soap externally, and by the last of
August he was so nearly well that we gave
him only one dose of the Resolvent about
every second day for about ten days longer,
ana he has never been troubled since with the
horrible maiady. In all we used less than one
half OF bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, little
less than one box Of Cuticura and only one
cake OF Cuticura soap.
II: E. RYAN, Cayuga, Livingston Co., Ill.
subscribed and sworn to before me this
4th day OF January, 1881 G. e. COE, Up
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Is Consumption IncurabIe!

Read the following: Mr.. C. II. Morris,
Newark, Ark, says: "Was down in Alb
scess of Lungs, and friends and phys
clans pronounced me an Incurable Con-
sumptive. Began taking DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. am
now on my third bottle, and able to
oversee the work on my farm. II is the
finest medicine ever made"
Jesse Mlddlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
says: "Had it not been for DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption would
have died of Lung Troubles. Was given
up by doctors. Am now in the best of
health" Try it. Sample bottles free at
j. r. Jones' Drug Store.
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Ex-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND vetoed more
bills than all the other presidents COM
bined. There was no record to beat ex-
cept his own in the Forty-ninth congress,
and he surpassed that by the number Of
his vetoes In the congress just expired.
During the four years of his administra-
ton he negatived, directly and by peck
ct veto, 800 bills, mostly measures for
private relief. OF these vetoes 175 be-
long to the Fiftieth congress. His most
noted public veto is that of the direct
fay hill
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PRESIDENTS WIVES,
ABIGAIL ADAMS, "ooLLY" MADISON,
RACHEL JACKSON AND OTHERS.

Two of Them Were Never Mistresses of
the White House-Mrs. Adams Educa-
tion-"Douy" Madison's Tact-Slanders
About S;-s. jackson.
The social position of the wife of presi-
ident of the United States is probably as
high as is held by any woman in the world
Even the queen of England, although she is
the nominal ruler of realms on which the
sun never sets, and has weaved about her the
mantle of royalty, cannot be said to be
greater socially than the first lady of the
United States, for the reason that insupera-
BILE traditions and customs that are the
growth OF. centuries prevent her coming into
nearly as close contact with the great body
of her people as Is the case with the wife of
the president of the United States.
The wives of the majority of the presidents
of the United States have been remarkable
women. 1t is matter of history that many
of the presidents owed a very large measure
of their success to the skillful diplomacy and
incessant encouragement of their consorts
This was notably so in the case of John
Adams, the second president of the United
States Adams is not considered to have
been man of extraordinary endowments,
but his wife, Abigail Adams, was a woman
of remarkable intellectual force, and there is
no doubt that Adams reflected a good deal of
her brilliance when his star was most lumin-
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area Of ''bad lands" and the valleys west of
the summit compare favorably with those Of
Oregon and Northern California in mildness
and adaptability to the fruits and grains of
middle ATTITUDES. When Lewis and Clarke
reached the head of the Missouri they named
the three streams which form it for the
president and his two principal subordinates
Jefferson, Gallatin and Madison. Sixty
years passed before there were settlers enough
to make local government necessary; then
the discovery of rich gold mines and the
destruction in Missouri due to the civil war
produced sudden and rather peculiar i'm
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Dakota. California, in the first four years
after the discovery Of gold, excited the won
der of the world by her rapid development,
and her total population eleven years later
QS60) was but $1,000, while Dakota has
jumped from 100000 to 100000 in ten years
The astonishing growth of this northwest
ern territory was due to the conjunction
of three causes: the enterprise of the
managers of her newly constructed railroads,
the discovery that her high plains were ex-
tremely fertile, after little cultivation had
"worked out the alkal, and the development
of her capacity to produce the now celebrated
white wheat. incidentally, the gold in the
Black Hills, the extinction OF the Indian title
to large tracts Ct her territory and the over
flow of canadian Liberals" into her north
eastern counties swelled the tide. In 1870 the
census enumerators credited all Dakota with
less than $4,000 white people-far below that
of the smallest state and exceeding only the
territories of Wyoming and Arizona; in 1889
her population exceeds that of either of ten
states if not twelve, and is far beyond that
of any other territory, while in the production
of wheat she stands at the head of the list.
This is the whole territory of l49, 100 square
miles, which is to DO divided into two states
which is near the forty-sixth parallel of lati-
tude
Deducting the lower point between the
Missouri and the Sioux rivers, the present
Dakota is vast square reaching from the
forty-third to the forty-ninth parallels.
In one state it would DO much the sumo
as if Pennsylvania should extend from
the southern line of Virginia to Lake
n1 FRO, fhn
Atlantic to Ohio. Only Texas and Cali
fornia are larger Such mighty common
wealths as New York and Georgia are dwarfs
In comparison Through this vast area run
three great divides" The Missouri from
north west to southeast traverses it for nearly
1000 miles; west of that stream the country
rises steadily towards the Rocky mountains,
but before reaching them the traveller crosses
extensive barren tracts known as the mau-
VASES terres, or "bad lands" Whether they
are irreclaimably barren is much disputed
question, but as the .'Great American Desert"
In other parts of the Missouri valley has
steadily receded before the cultivator, there is
reason to believe that the bad lands" of
Dakota viii be redeemed whenever the pres
sure of population makes it worth while.
Nearly two-thirds Of the whole territory
lies east of the Missouri, and save a coteau
here and there in the north, or q rocky ridge
like Turtle mountain, the whole area is very
fertile-l0O,O 900 square miles of the best soil in
the world. In the broad valleys of the Sioux,
the James and the Red river the black soil is
from three to ten feet deep, and beneath it
lies porous sub-soil extremely favorable to
rapid drying out in the spring while retaining
moisture through the occasional droughts
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In all the rush of the last few DAYS,
says the Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial, the President
has found time to read in the papers oil
about his leading the family prayers ev-
cry morning. While this has been his
lifelong custom, the fact is that since
they. arrived here the usual domestic
routine has been so broken up that he
has not been able to resume the practice
vet,
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Al the head of Mr.. Beecher's grave is
a very simple monument. 1t is block
o gray granite, perhaps SIX feetlong and
half as wide and high. Two faces of 1t
are polished. On the southern face, di-
rectly over the grave, is this inscription
Henry Ward Beecher. June "a, 1873
March s, 1887. He thinketh no evil"
On the reverse are the names of the in
FAINT children buried in the same plot,
with the dates of their births and deaths.
-Four of Mr.. Beecher's children died in
infancy and four lived to survive him.
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Of manner and sweetness Of temperament that
Dickens gave to Dolly Warden. She was one
of the most popular women in the United
States. She was possessed of consummate
tact, and grace and womanly sympathy
that made her the adored Of all who were per-
mitted to become intimately acquainted with
her. She was beautiful. Her features were
lively and mobile, and her figure was exquis-
lite. Her hands and feet were maryelously
small She had great masses of dark hair,
which she usually covered by bright tur-
ban, and her eyes were lustrous and large.
She was never simperer, but her smiles, the
outward showing of rarely bright spirit,
were extremely sweet and bountifully be-
slowed. Although a woman of most excellent
education. she was the antithesis of a hlna
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department in which experiments are con-
stantly in progress with view to improve
ments. The present proprietor is the inv entor
of the walter printing press" which is
capable of turning off q, 900 copies per hour,
though its usual output is but -, O0O. Add
to this that the type is mostly set by ma
chinery, and that all the type setting ma
chimes, type, molding and electrotyping ap-
paratus, even to the smallest appliances, are
manufactured in the same building with the
printing, and it will be seen that The Times
has the best appointed printing establishment
In the world
1t is also, all things considered, the most
finished paper as it comes from the press.
typographical errors are almost Unknown.
A considerable reward for the detection of
any failed to produce proof of one for several
days together. To an American the daily
edition has a sort of "blocky" appearance,
differing as it does so much from American
Journals in make up; but in few days the
reader gets familiar with the arrangement
and likes it. 1t is also the highest priced
daily. selling at three pence copy, or six
cents of American money; but as it Is clearly
printed on superb paper, and contains really
the condensed thought and information of
the world, it is well worth it. And, finally,
II employs many of the most noted writers in
the world, and sustains them with British
tenacity; maintains the best appointed bu-
reaux at the centers of European interest;
pays princely salaries, and will have none
but the best dispatch and Geographic service.
There are pretentious governments which
require far less attention to detail in their
administration than does The Times, and
many principalities in Europe with smaller
Incomes. When there was stamp duty on
advertisements The Times in one year QS3O)
paid the government eT0, 600 $3.50, 900 nearly
on this item alone, and when penny stamp
was required on each paper sold the dues
from The Times were rated among the large
items in tho British exchequer. II these
taxes were now in force The Times would pay
g., 600 q year. They were wisely abol-
ished as taxes upon intelligence. The lowest
daily sales for many years have been 10000.
and, rating the advertisements at the aver
age, the income of The Times falls but trifie
below s6OOOIOO0 a year. And yet the heads
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Postmaster. General Wanam.ker |

Postmaster General Wananaker has
purchased from the Frelinghuysen es-
tate the elegant residence No. 1871
street, which has been until recently the
home of Secretary Whitney. The price
paid for the house and part of the.fur-
niture is understood to have been $780,
600.
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LIST ms. March /: last iGS. March 10.
CIT ATTnN

CTATE OF MINNESOTA county of Blue
- In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of Griffith X. FL
lis. deceased.
The State OF Minnesota and the said Probate
Court To all persons interested in the estate OF
Griffith X. Ellis deceased Greeting:
You and each Of you are hereby cited ana re-
Quired personally 10 be and appear before the
Judge OF Probate OF the county of Blue Earth,
State of Minnesota, at his office, in the city OF
MankatO, in said county, ON the sun DAY OF
March. \. d 1859, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon
of that DAY, then and there To attend the hnal
settlement of the account II Daniel Edwards
and Richard Wiglcy. administrators Of the Ss-
tate of Griffith X. Ellis discussed, and the dis
tributiun of said estate.
In testimony whereof, ! baye hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate
Court this 18th day Of February. 4. ID. 1852.
LSeall GEO w MEAD.
Judge of Probate.
THOS HUGHES,
Atty for Administrators.
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ton is likely to be brought. And finally in
the lower rooms are the electrotyping and
many other departments, and at the base OF
all the grand machines for putting tho
thought and news on paper.
Mr.. John Walter Is usually spoken of as
proprietor Of the London Times" and so
that phrase Is used here, but he Is merely
principal proprietor, as there Is a stock COM
pany. Many employees Of The Times, both
regular and occasional, have risen to fame,
such US w. Vernon Harcourt, John Oxenford,
NJ. Blowitz, the renowned manager Of tho
Paris bureau Of correspondence; Edmund
Yates, John Delane, Henry Labouchere and
tho renowned DR.. William II. Russell, whose
reports from the United States In 1851 gave
sensitive Americans so much occasion for
anger, which has since given place to good
humored laughter. DIR. Russell himself very
pleasantly says that no country with COM
pick system Of government, and extremely
heterogeneous society land the United States
certainly has both, can be fully understood
till the observer has lived in 1t long enough to
become saturated with the national feeling
1t is needless to detail the recent troubles of
The Times. Suffice it to state that In 1887 the
journal began publishing q series Of fierce at
tacks on the Irish leaders, charging that they
were secretly melting violence while pretend
ing to engage In strictly constitutional re-
forms. This was followed by another series
headed "Parnellism and Crime" and when
the Parnellites called for proof The Times
gave fac-similes of letters alleged to be those
of Mr.. Parnell, In which assassination was
defended. The sensation created can scarcely
DO described; it extended to every part Of the
English speaking world. At length one
O'Donnell brought suit against The Times,
and was defeated, after which the Tory gov
ernment accepted all The Times statements as
true, and the managers Of the journal seemed
to lay aside all prudence in their frantic at
tacks on the Home Rulers.
The accused being members Of parliament
that body was compelled to take action, and
after much squabbling special court was
created. The trial was Estate case" fairly
rivaling that of Warren Hastings. The Times
at last produced its great witness, one Edward
Pigott, who claimed to have been Fenian, O
soldier in the American-eivil war and many
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and ten grandchildren. Mrs. Harrison was
never mistress of the White House, AS Gen. Har-
rison died month after his inauguration. Mrs.
Harrison did not spend this month in Wash,
ington. Her health was frail and her physi-
clans protested against her crossing the noun
tains from Ohio at that season of the year.
Mrs. Harrison died at the remarkable age Of
80, in 1864, at the residence of her son, ],
Scott Harrison, five miles below North Bend,
on the Ohio river.
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; PGY NQRTHEEa aR9EHM RRml
siIzEEs clARf9 La uByGE.
LIST ins. March l; last ins March Is.
CITATION.

CtTATE OF MINNESOTA-County OF Blue
= Earth-In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Eliza X.
Trinquc deceased.
The state of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court To all persons interested IN the estate Ot
Eliza Il. Trinquc. deceased, Greeting:
You and eacL of Won are hereby cited and
required personally To toe and appear before
the Judge Of Probate of the county ~ Blue
city of MaukGtO. i'm sand county. ON the 25h day
of March. \. ID. lSS9, NJ 10 O'clock in the fore
noon of that day, then and there 10 attend the
finaI settlement Of The account of ". p. Coffin,
administrator of the estate Of Eliza L. trinquc
deceased. and the distribution OF said estate.
In testimony whereof. have her"unto set
nv hand and affixed the seal Of the Probate
Court this 18th day of February. 4. y. 1889.
ISeaI1 GEO. ". MEAD,
Judge Of Probate
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Anna Symes Harrison, the wife of Gen.
William Henry Harrison, was born a year
before thedateof American independence In
her girlhood she was surrounded by strong
religious influences, which left their marks on
her character through life She was beau
tiful woman, and her features were not alto
gether unlike those of the present Mrs. Gen.
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Last spring ! was very sick, being covered
with some kind of scrofula. The doctors could
not help me. was avised to try Cuticura Re-
solvent, the new blood purifier, internally, are
positive cure for every form of skin and
bioop disease from pimplcs 10 scrofula.
EDW. H0FMANN, North Attleboro Mass.
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they must "pass the next dividend"-there
are no profits for shhiis quarter. And it is not
denied That the attacks upon Parnell and the
Home Rulers, with the resulting trials, are
the cause Of this striking omission. Verify,
there has been decline" If not pretty
hard "fall"
The Times building is among the most in
:eresting in London, and the few allowed to
inspect the interior IA privilege only granted
to the highly favored speak of it as one of
the wonders Of the world. From garnet to
sub-cellar everything is run with remarkable
quiet and order There is no lounging, loud
talking or hilarity, no apparent haste or con-
fusion; "the compositors are as grave over
their work as lord chancellorS," says one Wis.
itor, and the machinery makes so little noise
that the editorial rooms seem like the studios
Of quiet scholars and artists. There is an
army Of employees, but it is highly disci-
plined army; even the messenger boys show
In their quiet gravity that they realize what
a solemn and important thing it is to work
for The London Times-"The Thunderer," as
the British call it, the Jupiter of the Press"
as all journalists confess it to be- Most of
this wonderful discipline, united with rapid
dispatch, Is due to Mr.. John G. Macdonald,
present manager of the Office. And every
thing used in the vast establishment, except
the paper, Is made on the spot.
The top floor is devoted to the bound files
Of the paper and the regular appliances for
easily consulting them. On the next floor
are dining rooms and kitchens for the differ
emit classes engaged on the paper; the meats
are roasted before open fires. Also many
other rooms for Giving and leisure" as it
sometimes happens that no one is allowed to
leave the building between the time of open
ing and the final shipment of the papers.
Next below are the broad and high compos-
ing rooms, lighted with electric lamps; tele-
graphic and telephone offices, the dispatches
being In many cases set up direct from the
slip as 1t unrolls. One room is devoted TO
the special wire from Paris There are tele-
phonic connections with both houses of par
lament and other public institutions; the re-
porter who has taken his report down In
shorthand talks it through the wondrous
wire to the transmitting man in the office
who takes It down in turn in shorthand, and
dictates 1t to the compositors, one transmit
ter succeeding another so rapidly that the
spescb h In type In few minutes after It Is
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was first printed
by steam, that be-
ing The first appli-
cation of steam to
printing; and from
the start The Times
has been among the
first to adopt all
! m provements in
the great art. Not
only are the i'm
provements of all
o t b ers tested as
soon as heard of,
and, If successful,
adopted, but The
Times has q largo
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Gus. W hen S h e
married h i'm h e
was the son of a
small farmer, and
had no particularly
bright prospects.
The friends a n d
relatives of Miss
Smith Mrs. Adams
maiden naine) look
ed with disfavor
upon what they
considered a very
undesirable match.
Miss Smiths family
was an old an con-
sentative one, and,