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A BFssILER Eclipse stereoptIcon, Iow.pressurs
IA key, Darl0t i detectives: a bargain.
FRED MATlER, ~ Linden ST.. Brooklyn.
EOR SALE.-Cheap, nearly new upright piano; will
Il take high'grade lady's bicycle as part payment.
400 East 5Oth st.
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CARPET CLEANING WORKS; established placet
\ first class business; profits since last March oil. 20Ot
price 1900; fine horse and wagon.
DOSAL q WlGGISS. 40 Nassau.
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GnprWriters.

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, teed the best, Cali or write for catalogue, ISa
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IL York house. with London branch. is DESTROYS of
considering propositions fer handling salable lines
Of goods here and abroad on commission; muchincry
rref"rr"d; exceptional facilities, large expert nee,
Opportunities for introducing American goods in En-,
rope ncver better than now. Address
A.. hoX l15 Sim ohaca
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0LD ESTABLISHED fine paying real estate onnoe,
" Brooklyn, 5000; q 1argain.
MCDONALD & WIGGINS. lao Nassau.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24
TWINKLES.

For the fiscal year that ended June 50 las
under the fatal tariff of 1894 -the total re-
ceipts from tariff duties amounted to only
SI5o. 5I6. 2-5. That was difference and a
decrease of $4,000, 600 i'll round figures.
Until that leak is stopped. the national
ledger cannot be made to show a satistac-
tory balance.
Our title-page cartoon enforces this les
son by pictorial allegory, which points It's
own obvious moral The leak in the tank
is beyond Mr.. CLEVELAND S resources as a
financial plumber; but the new plumber.
whom the nation has sent for, will know
how To repair it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24

the Republican party is rich .i'''"e"
well fitted to serve the country is h's"'
est administrative offices.
Many of the distinguished II gTou &"
in our picture. and presen'cd "f''''
license, as bellies of the ball. AMONG
whom the President-elect is sc 70 HI
up his card for the Cabinet &C. HAVE
done the State some scrNi I'D ""'
past. JOHN SHERMAN. for cN &c "'S%
brilliant record as the Financ, i>'c' ~
a former Administration, ar % ''''
country ,,ha, r,nsroxr isl s.and-
the most experienced OF IL states
men.
1t is happy prospect for III. "'''''"
party and the country that tn o' o,N
among all the men who have '"'F
mentioned for Cabinet place ' 'o",
ing Administration who is VI '''o''
of public service, either III h. '''''
or in Congress. which guaranic "'"''
for whatever position Mr.. Mes ~ HAY
induce him to accept. "OnWi,. ice d"'''''
let iov be unconfned -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24

strain OF philosoph Ill ALENANDER
POPE 5 couplct
For forms # government let fools contest
Whate' or i best administrators best
This is particularly true of the successive
governments that make history for us at
Washington. The forms are always the
same the difference is III the actual re-
suits of administration. Being business
people the grand test of our general gov
ernment in time of peace (Which is nearly
all the timc) is finance. Good government
means good fnanciering, and balance on
the right side of the national ledger at the
end of every year.
Mr. MICAwBER announced great truth
that applies to governments as well as to
individuals when he said that the differ
ence between happiness and misery, sue
cess and failure was expressed by the sum
cf farthing one way or the other-either
as surplus or a deficiency. Judged by
this standard the government as conducted
by Mr.. CLEVELAND for the past four years
has been neither happy nor successful
The farthing has always been on the
wrong side of the balance sheet And a
very large farthing it has been, too.
Summing up the fiscal year that ended
June 90, 1896, Mr.. CLEVELAND i'll his re-
cent message says " There was, neverthe-
less. deficit between our receipts and ex-
penditures of little more than SIS 900 600
This, however, was not unexpected"
There i, both touch of the pathetic and
suggestion of the humorous i'll those last
five words -"7HiS, h0atsty, aaS not mex
bfctd.' Most assuredly it WAS not Ever
since the tariff was tinkered i'll 1904 there
has been leak in the Treasury tank, by
which, on the average, about $50, 900, 900 a
year of needed revenue has been lost.
That this bad leak in the Treasury tank
has been caused by the falling off of receipts
from customs is clearly shown by a few fig
urcs OF official record. For the fiscal wear
ending June 90, IS9I-undcr the tariff Of
! IS9o-thc receipts from duties levied on
foreign imports amour ted to !2I9,522, 2os.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24
SOME FUNNY FARN..r

THE poker PLAYER who
always raising the ante.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24
4 FIERCE CONGRESSIONAL CRITIC

FIERCE CONGRESSIONAL CRITIC
(. THEY say Scribe. the writer was ="
l rested for debt
YES the fellow never paid a bill' new,
supported his family, and MAS never
to earn his salt. .,,r
"Whcre was he when he WAS ''''''>
"Oh. he was at the Clarion "''''
mo an editorial on the incompe'e"''
Congress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24

by the contestants in the construction of
their stories and sketches makes it no light
task to select the best one from among so
many hundreds.
In order that the decision may Ne ust
one it is necessary that the work of reading
and comparison of the manuscripts should
be carefully done Therefore, the an
nouncement of the successful competitor
in the tournament cannot be made ear
lier than the issue of January 3Ist-twO
weeks from this date.
While only one manuscript can receive
the award of merit there are so many excel
lent ones that deserve recognition that we
have decided to honor the best twenty-five
Gncluding the award-winner) by printing
them. They will appear in The Tribune.
This Title Tournament has proved 10 be
so popular an entertainment to the readers
of TwINKLES that we are tempted to in
wife them to send us suggestions for new
contest of kindred character. Such
suggestions may be addressed, Editor
TwINKLES. The Tribune, New York Citv."
WHErHER the next century begins Janu-
AIRY 1, 1890, or January I, 1901, we
won't decide right off, but whichever it is.
the next century will start politically right
tor this country \ Republican President
will press the button that starts it off.
RocKEFEI.LER is fellow with rocks and
he Is putting millions of them where
they will make grand foundation for
benehcent works.
SwEErs to the sweet and gold mines
to the men of gold The Rothschilds
have bought the Tom Boy gold mine in
Colorado.
WHY should Cupid be continually com
plimented as great marksman ?
Whenever he fires he always Mrs. the glrl
-isS<~sye- ss<>;.ss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24
THE LEAK IN THE TREASURY TANK

ON /: K VI j. y T has
been defined as an
art, a science. a
trust, All affair of
compromise and
barter, and many
other things be-
S i Il G s. 1t wa
THOMAS JEFFER-
SONS opinion that
the best govern
nlent was that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24

WHY should Cupid be continually com
plimented as a great marksman !!
Whenever he fires he always Mrs the glrl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24

The dentist " no
digs up the
roots.
The surgeon
who works upon
stuinps.
The policeiii
the beats.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24
THE TITLE TOURNAMENT.

Wrinkles is obliged to
ask the competitors i'll
its Title Tournament To
exercise a little PIT
tience. Owing TO the
large number of rnanu-
scripts they have sent
I'm il will take some time
vet for them to be care
fully read and compared
by our editors. The
great ingenuity shown
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24

The Nlicdwhcr
who is always
waiting for some
thing toturn up.
The slilor ho
plough> I leraSih.
The arc dcAle
in the stakes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24

I" SwEErs TO the sweet" and gold mines
to the men of gold The Rothschilds
nave bought the Tom Boy gold mine in
Colorado.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30
Su nfl over Philosophy.


No man admires a. woman after ne has
seen her spit. I5se
If there is any one thing a man should
do in private, it is his loving.
One policeman cansarrest a man, but 1t
takes at least two policemen to arrest
weak and fragile woman.
The monotony of chnrch-going is usually
so pronounced that we sometimes think
q new row is welcomed.
"This,'' said an Atchinson man, show
ing a friend Christmas present sent
him by his girl, lis q cigar ash pan"
When a MANS politeness comes as hard
as pulling a tooth you should look out,
he is getting ready to speak his mind.
When men get drunk they always sing,
MY Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean," The
Old oaken Bucket and "The suwannee
River"
There is one nice thing about the young
people: they go home from a dance, and
go to bed. while old people hunt up some
thing to eat.
An AtchiDson man who lives at a board
ing house is liable to lose his Job he is
always late to work because the women
boarders ask him to poke their sleeves In
their coats.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30

modesty that has been prolific of weakness
and disease. -Four out of every five women
in America are not perfect women in the
sense of being perfectly healthy. They are
not perfectly equipped for the performance
of the duties of wifehood and motherhood,
Their training has made them feel that il is
better to suffer in silence than to tell of
their trouble and be cured
The doctors are much to blame for this.
because when treating the diseases pecu-
liarly feminine they invariably insist on ex-
animation and local treatment. That these
things are generally absolutely unnecessary
has been proven by the wonderful success
of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t is
a positive specific for all forms of female
weakness and disease. It purifes, strength
ems and regulates the organs distincfively
feminine, restoring them to a state of per-
feet health, and In so doing cures four 6fths
of all the illness of women for almost all
womanly illnesses spring from this one
cause.
ANY woman who wants to know just how
to use the Favorite Prescription, and Just
what methods win be surely successful In
her case, may have the desired information,
free of cost if she will write to DR.. r. v.
Pierce, chief consulting physician of the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the only known
cure for constipation biiousuess heart burn, and
attendant ills. There are many temporary re-
liefs from these troubles, but only one cure The
Pellets" do not Rripe or cause any other uu-
plsssantness. Druggists sell them-1s cents.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30
DOCTOR Mccoy
TEACHES A LESSON
The Renewal of the Rate of So a Month to ALI
Patients and for ALI Diseases
Given as the Illustration to Garry the Lesson Home
He Considers the Proper Use Of the Word Free.

Doctor Mccoy had something to say
about offers of free treatment. The
essence of 1t was simply. that ID is
not honest to lead people to "a medical
| office OH free offers and take their
money.
when Doctor Mccoy established his
practice In Washington, for a stated
time he treated everyone free. He
would as soon thought OF cutting his
arm off az of accepting a cent from
anyone who responded to his free
offer. When following this for
stated period he advertised So
month, he stated that the SO was to
cover the cost of medicines; that his
own services and those of his col
league were free. He would as soon
thought of cuttin- his arm off as of
taking more than So from any pa
tient.
Doctor Mccoy made the word Free"
popular because his use of 1t was
honest. His offer to treat patients for
So a month, the average cos It of medt-
cines, was believed and accepted by
Mccoy told the truth, because they
knew his superb skill as a physician
had never been furnished by deceit
or trickery as a man.
1t IL not enough that this be once
stated In public print. The lesson
needs TO be brought home so hard 1t
Will never be forgotten. The public
must be protected from any methods
that are not perfectly sincere. The
sick ones of the public In any event
deserve protection, so Doctor Mccoy
TEACHES this lesson. giving the people
promising TO maintain this offer just
as long as the resources of his office
will permit of It, that Is, until the
number of patients under treatment
becomes so great as to prevent the
possibility of his personal care and
attention. This Is the offer;
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ALL
PATIENTS APPLYING OR RENEW
ING TREATMENT AT DOCTOR Nc
COY'S OFFICES WILL BE TREATED
UNTIL CURED AT THE UNIFORM
RATE OF So A MONTH. THIS AP-
PLIES TO OLD PATIENTS rem EW-
ING TREATMENT AND To NEW
PATIENTS COMMEN CHG TREAT
MENT. II Is NOT CONFINED TO
ANY ONE DISEASE. IT MEANS
THAT No MATTER WHAT THE
SICKNESS MAY BE If A DOCTORS
SERVICES ARE AT ALL REQUIRED.
THE PATIENT WILL BE TREATED
UNTIL CURED AT THE RATE OF
So \ MONTH. THE ONLY PEOPLE
REFUSED WILL BE PEOPLE WHO
CANNOT BE BENEFITED BY MED
ICAL ASSISTANCE. DOCTOR Nc
COY DOES NOT WANT As PA
TIENTS PEOPLE WHO ARE Be
You'd THE HELP OF MEDICAL
SCIENCE
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30
IN DEFENSE OF CATS

In one Of the February magazines cat
lover has an interesting chat about feline
pets Cats are said 10 be more like men
and women than dogs are. They have
moods and their natures are more complex.
Canine intelligence is higher than feline,
but the dogs disposition is simpler.
Cats are very irritable in temperament
and arc sensitive to the slightest change in
the weather, disliking fIost and thunder.
They are excitable and apt to scratch and
bite in their play They have also curious
tendency, such as may be observed in ex-
citable and over strung human beings, to
lose their heads when in high spirits, and
this popularity is said to account, in a
large measure, for the reputation they
have gained for cruelty.
The cruelty comes, mot from desire
to torture, but to play with the prey; it is
primarily something to eat; SecOndarily
something to frisk with" The more mo-
ton an object has the better it pleases the
cat, then in the excitement of play comes
the unintentional torture.
Cats are often charged with GOODNESS and
lack of affection, and it i S true that they
are not so generally affectionate as dogs;
they are shy, reserved and "offish," but
are capable of passionate and lasting at
tachment to one or two persons.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30
LINCoLN,s BoYnooD.
A Playmate Who Saved Him From
Death by Drowning.

A Playmate VINO saved Hill rom
Death by Drowning.
The chiId's life during the time the
family lived in Kentucky appears to have
been entirely unev entful He helped bis
mother after he was three years old-in
the simple household duties, went TO the
district school, and played with the chill
dren OF the neighborhood, The only one
of young Lincoln's playnates now living
is an old man nearly a hundred years old,
named Austin Gollaher, whose mind is
bright and clear, and who never tires or
telling of the days Lincoln and he were
little tikes, and played together This
old man, who yet lives In the log house in
which he has always lived, a few miles
in which the old Lincoln place, tells en-
pertaining stories about the Presidents
boyhood.
Mr.. Gollaher SAYS that they were together
more than the other boys in school, that he
believed that Abe thought a great deal Of
him.
In speaking Of various events Of minor
importance in their boyhood days, Mr..
Gollaher remarked: II once saved Lin
coins life" Upon being urged to tell or
the occurrence, he thus related it: we
had been going to school together one year;
but the next year we had no school be-
cause there were so few scholars to at
tend, there being only about twenty in the
school the year before. Consequently, Abe
and l had not much to do; but, as we did
not go to school, and our mothers were
strict with US, we did not get to see each
other very often. One Sunday morning
my mother walked me up early, saying she
was going TO see Mrs. Lincoln, and that l
could go along. Glad of the chance,
was soon dressed and ready to go. After
my mother and l got there, Abe and
played all through the day. While we were
wandering up and down the little stream
called Knob Greek, Abe said: Right up
there'-pointing to the east-'we saw
covey of partridges yesterday. Let's go
over and get some of them The stream
was swollen, and was too wide for Us to
Jump across. Finally, we saw a narrow
foot-log, and we concluded to try it. 1t
was narrow, but Abe said, Lets coon it.
II went first and reached the other side
all right. Abe went about halfway across
when he got scared and began trembling.
l hollefed to him, Don t look down, nor up,
nor sideways, but look right at me, and
hold on Tight! But he Tell OH into the
creek, and as the water was about seven
or eight feet Deep and 1 could not swim,
and neither could Abe, / knew 1t would do
no good for me to go in after him SO
got a stiok-a long water-sprout- and held
it out to him. He came up, grabbing with
both hands, and l put the stick into his
hands. He chung to it, and pulled him
out on the bank, almost dead. 1 got him
by the arms and shook him well, and then
rolled him on the ground, when the water
poured out OF his mouth. He was all right
very soon. We promised each other
that we would never tell anybody about
it, and never did for years. 1 never told
any one oft until after Lincoln was killed.
Tile Birthplace of President Lincoln
by George II. Yenowine, in February ST.
Nicholas.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30

They Are New Mexican Institutions
and Are Largely Patronized.


1.-THE hot springs of New Mexico" says
O gentleman from Las Vegas, ''are on the
Santa Fe Railroad, six miles from Las
Vegas, and they are situated in a basin
about thirty acres in extent, surrounded
on all sides by hills rising to a height of
from 500 to 400 feet, shielding the place
from wind and sand storms. The mud
baths, which are famous for their curative
effects, are only to be had In two places
in the world-here and at Carlsbad, Ger
maryland it has been shown that the mud
found at the hot springs of New Mexico,
and which is used in giving the baths, is
of the same chemical composition as that Of
Carlsbad.
ut is very interesting to note the forma-
ton OF this mud or peat. It is formed by
the vegetation which has been washed
down from the hills, probably a century
ago, and which, settling among the rocks,
has become decomposed and formed into a
substance which is practically carbon i'm
pregnated with salts, magnesia, soda, lithia,
and various other ingredients.
'This peat is gathered from the rocks,
dried and put through q fine sieve in order
to remove the silicates, and after this
treatment it is as soft as flour. 1t is then
taken to the mixing room. where it is put
in large tubs, and the water from the hot
springs mixed with it until it is OF about
the consistency of msh. The mud is now
ready for use, and it is taken into the
bathing room, where the patient is placed
in a tub and covered, with the exception OF
the head. and allowed TO remain in the
mud from ten to thirty-fiye minutes. The
application of the mud has an effect SINH
larto mud poultice, and drawsth inpuii-
ties from the body through the pores Of the
skin"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30
HOW HER TEACHER
HELPED ALICE LYLES
TO A CURE OF DEAFNESS

Miss Alice LyIes, 2I5 south Alfred
street, Alexandra, Va, fourteen years old
This Is the young Iddyis story IN ner own
words: Il cannot remember " hen was
not deaf. Ny brothers had to shout at me,
and 1 often got scOlded when 1 could not
help things. | nearly got run over once
with the cable cars, for l could not hear
the gong. could see folks talk and would
wonder what they were saying but could
not hear Il word
AT sunday school Il go 20 the Southern
M. Z. ChUrChl could not hear anything ex-
cept what my sister told me The girls
used TO tease me some times because /
could not hear.
AT the day school my sister had to sit
right close TO me and write or repeat what
the teacher said
L Could See Her Lips Move
and understand her better than any one
else. Ny sister read about Doctor Mccoy,
but was afraid 20 60 10 him for fear ne
migh hurt me He didn't, though. Don't
you think am glad 1 went 10 him? All
OF a sudden i heard what the folks were
saying at home. / was frightened for fear
it would not last, but IL lasted, and l can
near all right now. At school
Can Hear Every Word
the teacher says. Ny teacher is Miss
Davis OF the Peabody School She lets
me out OF school 20 take the treatment and
Is so glad / can hear now. Doctor Nc
Coy has made me hear like other folks
Mrs. sarah LyIes. her mother
says. MY daUgh teT had been Deaf since
she was 1--WE years old She could not hear
any ordinary conversation Unless her at
tentiOn was called by touching her She
would not know you were speaking 20 her.
She is intensely happy over her cure by
Doctor Mccoy. She said. va, can
hear ever ybOdy and everything IS so plain
now We had had other doctors treat
her, but not one or them helped her"
Miss Davis. the teacher, says: when
/ first knew Alice, that was three years
ago she was very deaf. This term I no
tiCed il III ore than ever, until the last few
weeks. when i noticed she heard better
Now she readily answers any Questions 10
used % De painfUltO me to give her recita-
tons at all. Now she can hear me-"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30
ENTIRELY CURED OF "A
TERRIBLE SKIN DISEASE.

Geo Fl. Canaan, 119 I'd ST NV
about five years ago / first discovered
on my hands water pimples about the size
OF a penny. . hey came Two or three
at time first and then they would spread
and cover my whole hand. They would
swell up and burst, and my hands would
become a mass OF sores / lost two OF my
nails from the disease During winter
weather my hands were worse. Last win
ter lost seven weeks work because OF the
soreness of my hands.
Il had been treated by many doctors.
but they could not cure me. / read IN the
papers OF the cure of John b. Barker, 1910
18th SC. NV. OF Eczema by Doctor Mccoy,
and placed myself under his treatment.
l have been entirely cured The skin on
n f.Tt- s as SOfJ ana clean as that
or a young child / recommend anyone
suffering from any skin disease TO go TO
him.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30
(From the Washington Democrat)

(From the Washington Democrat)
Some people write a miserably bad hand
to hide poor spelling.
Some people think they are too dignified
to have jokes played on them.
We have often wondered why one al
ways meets the very people he is trying to
avoid.
We have never yet seen man who was
willing to admit that be couldn't leave
whisky alone.
Some people think they are too indie
pepdeut to do as others want them to-
when they are only too lazy.
We have noticed that folks hardly ever
erase cost marks on presents, when they are
higher than the price paid.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30
IN MEAIORIAM.

PROCTOR-In loving remembrance OF
my dearest sister, SARAH E. PROCTOR,
who died one year ago today, January
80, 1896.
Loved in life, remembered in death.
How could we bear this heavy cross,
The loneliness, the cruel pain,
Did we not know our earthly loss
Is her eternal gain?
No thorny paths for her to tread
Throughout the coming changeful years,
No bitterness OF life to dread,
No bitter, binding tears.
Fer ere the touch Of sin could blight
Or sorrows shadow cloud her way
God kindly took her from earth's night
To heavens eternal day.
Written by her sister, ELIZA E. OVERTON
The deceased has been one year among
the angels. May she rest in peace.
BY her mother, MARY A. SLAUGHTER.