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that damage suits against corporations
are practically indefensible because of
the prejudice of juries,
Mr., Prentice asserts that the prosecu-
ton Of these suits has grown into a
regular business; that bureaus and
brokers and runners are employed to
hunt up such cases, and that more or
less fraud Is used in promoting, fos-
tering and trying them; that damage
claims, being assignable are trans
ferred like stock in the market, and
numerous persons thus become inter
ested in them and in their successful
prosecution. Thus vast and often I'M
seen power is brought to bear upon
courts and juries, which is altogether
unlawful.
AS the main difficulty lies with the
jury which renders these excessive YER
diets, it is with the jury MI Prentice
thinks that the remedy must begin.
This rests with the courts. Extraordi,
nary care should be taken in the selec-
ton of jurors, and excessive verdicts
must be relentlessly set aside.
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large farm for convict working, 1000
acres of which are now under high
state of cultivation. The chief prod
ucts are cotton and sugar and the val
ne of tine annual crop has increased
within few years from $5S,0OO to $751;
600; this In addition to the food and
forage raised for the eonvicts and the
farm stock. This farm is operated by
''second-class' negro convicts, those
who are physically unable to meet the
requirements of convict labor, for the
majority of the prisoners are still work.
ed under contract. The fact that these
'second-class' prisoners have proved
more profitable to the State than the
able-bodied convicts hired out to con-
tractors furnishes an argument that
appeals to every taxpayer in favor of
the recommendation of the penitenti-
airy superintendent, based on the
grounds of humanity as we'll as of
economy, for the employment of all the
prisoners under direct State supervis-
ion.
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SOME Dogs OF 1NrnLL1GENcE



Hansoms.
The last number Of THE Ladies'
Kennel Journal" consists of number
of dog anecdotes selected from many
sources, new and old. The stories are
arranged to illustrate different fea-
lures of the dogs character. Here is
an example of what is called dogs
"tenacity Of impression, vouched for
by an Edinburgh minister:
"One sacrament Sunday the minister
left his house to the care of the SER
wants, who, thought it a good opportu-
nifty to give a party. puring>the day
the dog Ga Newfoundland accompa-
MED them through the garden, and Ing
deed wherever they went, in the most
attentive manner, and seemed well
pleased. In the evening, when the
time arrived that the party meant to
separate, they proceeded to do so, but
the dog, the instant they went to the
door. interposed, and, placing himself
before it, would not allow one Of them
to touch the handle. On their persist
ing and attempting to use force, he be-
came furious and in a menacing man
ner drove them back into the kitchen,
where he kept them until the arrival
of Mr. and Mrs. simpson,"
From which it would appear that
some dogs are SabbaIarians. At all
events he seems to have been of opin-
ion that jewellers in manse on sacra-
ment sunday We're out of place.
Another story, illustrating the rea-
son Of dog, is quoted as having been
told by William Robson, of Penshaw
the owner of the animal. The dog was
in the habit of going about in hanson
cabs with his master. One day after
being lost he went home by himself in
a hanson.
1.-THE cabman rang for his fare, and,
| thinking he had somehow captured the
runaway, inquired how and where he
found him. oh, sir!' said cabby, i
| didn't hail him at alI-he hailed me. /
was standing close by st James
church looking out for a fare, when in
| jumps the dog. / shouts through the
winder, he wouldn't stir; SO I gets
down and tries to pull him out, and
shows him my whip; but he sits still,
and banks as much as to say, Go on,
| old man" AS seizes him by the col
| lar / reads his name and address. Ny
| fine gentleman settles himself with his
head just a~looking out, and I drives
on till I stops at this gate. Then out
jumps my passenger, a-clearing the
doors, and walks in as though he'd
| haan raUt1lar fa
The driving-in-cabs dog is by no
means rare variety 1t is told of
Lady Ashburnham' collie that, after
jumping into a hanson, he SO plainly
intimates that he wants his collar read
that, as one cabman said, 'blowed if
he didn't ask me TOW
Budget.
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IN ATrACK ON ER1nD

Professional beggars have had fat
picking in New York city A plan to
discourage them has been formed, and
it seems likely to be effective. 1t pro-
vides for the detail of a certain num-
Der of policemen in each court district,
who are to patrol the streets in plain
clothes, and keep lookout for beg
gars. They are to arrest no one for
begging until they know him as an old
offender. One already known to them
in this way may be arrested, but in
every other case the officer is to ask
the. man why he is begging. If he
has what seems good reason, they will
inform him as to the proper means of
obtaining immediate aid. Then the re-
lief agencies will come in to find work
or make any other provision which is
called for by the circumstances. Even
if the man addressed by the officer
be arrested when first addressed, but
will be told how to obtain help and
be warned against begging again. If
he is caught a second time he will be
taken before a magistrate and COM
mitted as vagrant. The officers are
to keep records, communicate with
each other, and, in general, obtain all
possible information about all persons
who are disposed to live on the public
| without offering an equivalent.
This plan has the support of the
Charity Organization society, the police
magistrates and the departments of
public charities and of correction. Less
fraud and more helpful charity may be
expected to result from it.
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LEG4L SPECULATION.

f, Parmalee Prentice of the Chicago
bar has an interesting paper in the
North American on Speculation in
Damage Suits Mr.. Prentice calls at
tention to the rapid growth of this spe-
cies Of litigation and to the enormous
verdicts rendered by sympathetic juries
in favor Of plaintiffs against corpora
lions. He takes his facts from the
records of the Cook county Qllinois)
portional increase in personal injury
suits throughout the country gener-
ally.
To show the increase in Chicago he
takes the records of the courts for the
first six months of 1890 and compares
them with the same records for the first
six months of 1896, and the results are
certainly quite startling. In the first
six months of 1890 BAG damage suits
were brought, claiming a total sum of
$2,S14S6O During the corresponding
six months of 1896 the number of this
class of suits was S93, and the total
damages claimed was $13,51OO0O Mr.
Prentice says that it is not unreason-
able to assume that there are now
pending in the courts of Cook County
cases of this kind to the number of
1900, claiming damages of over $780,
0O0, 900
A like increase in the size of the ver-
diets rendered and the number of judg-
ments obtained is also shown. Time
was when a verdict of $4,000 was al
most unknown in personal injury suits,
and then only in very peculiar cir
cumstances. Now they are almost too
common to excite more than a passing
comment. In the first six months of
1890 three verdicts We're rendered in the
Cook County courts of $4,000 each or
over, the three amounting to 49,, 24O.
In the first six months of 1896 twenty
six verdicts were rendered in the same
courts, each for an amount exceeding
$4,000, the total of the twenty-six be-
ing S425, 900.
Other figures are given showing the
vast preponderance of verdicts that are
, rendered for the plaintiff, the propor-
ton being about six to one, indicating
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PRESIDENT ULLMfs.

Commissioner Ullman, who was last
night elected President of the Board of
Police Commissioners, has well earned
the honor. He is an able and faith
full public servant. He has been in IA
vor of applying business principles to
the doing Of public business, and his
work as a member of the board has
been characterized by good Judgment
and quiet efficiency. He has been very
attentive to his duty and has not shirk-
ed unpleasant tasks. He has demand
ed that the members of the force do
their duty, but has been entirely fair
and considerate in his dealings with
them. He will make a good presiding
officer of the board, which, we are glad
to say has the respect and approval
of the people because of it's evident de-
sire and intention to do as near right
as it can.
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INTERESTING EXPERIENCE
OF an Iowa Lady Who Was Cured of
Dyspepsia After Suffering for
Twenty Five Years.

Mrs. Sarah A. Skeels, an estimable
lady residing at Lynnville, Jasper Co,
Iowa, was for 25 years sufferer
from Dyspepsia, and her complete res
toration to health is so remarkable that
we present the facts in the case :or
the benefit of our readers, many OF
whom have doubtless suffered in the
same manner and will, therefore, be
interested in learning how all stomach
troubles may be avoided and cured.
Mrs. Skeels says | used only one pack
age of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and
l received such great and unexpected
benefit that ! wish to express my sim
cere gratitude. In fact, it has been SIX
months since l took the medicine and
| have not had one particle of distress
or difficulty since. And all this in the
face Of the fact that the best doctors
/ consulted told me my case was in
durable as 1 had suffered for twenty
five years. | want half dozen pack
ages to distribute among my friends
here who are very anxious to try this
remedy. Truly yours,
MRS. SARAH A SKEEIS.
The reason why Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets are so successful in curing in
digestion and stomach trouble and the
reason why it never disappoints those
who need it and use it Is. because no.
thing is claimed for it except what 1t
will actually perform 1t is not cure
all and no such claims are made for it.
1t is prepared for the sole purpose of
curing Dyspepsia and the various
forms Of indigestion.
There is scarcely patent medicine
| made but what is claimed to cure Dys-
pepsia as well as hundred other trou-
bles. When as a matter of fact a rem
| edy to cure Dyspepsia must be pre-
pared especially for that and nothing
else; and among all the remedies, pat
ent nostrums, bitters, ETC., SO extensive
| ly advertised you will find that Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets is the only one
advertised as cure for Dyspepsia and
nothing else. The remedy is prepared
| by the Stuart Co. of Marshall, Mich,
| and for sale by all druggists at so cents
per package, and If you suffer from
| any form of stomach arrangement or
| indigestion, a trial will not disappoint
you.
| A little book on stomach troubles
mailed free. Address Stuart Co, Mar
shall, Mich.
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A Perfect Food.

No liberty has been taken with the
truth, the essential, the whole truth in
the 'diary of a dyspeptic," which has
occupied for some days this space in
adv. of Seal Boefgrain. This remark
able food did all and more than it was
represented in this ''diary" as doing.
1t certainly is the most easily digested
and nutritious of foods. Sick or we'll
you make a great mistake every day
you put off a personal knowledge and
experience of its superior merits. Try
it yourself. Have the children try it
your own and all others you are in
terested in. Get your aged friends
to try it, and especially recommend it
to any with weak or impaired digestion.
And always be sure it is cooked right.
We praise it all the more that it refuses
to do its work unless it has good, fair
chance to do it. 1t must be cooked
right. Careful directions go with each
box, very easy and simple; only two
minutes of careful attention required.
Above all, if you know of any sick
friend, get this food in use at once, as
the food that will digest and nourish
and perhaps give the strength at the
critical time that will save life. We
have a wonderful story. in which it
did just this work. Leading New Ha-
ven physicians are daily recommend
ing it.
Sold by GrOCerS.
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NDTHING.

Evasive-She-"If you were to find
that J. had lost all my fortune-every
penny of it-would you hesitate to carry
out our engagement" He-"I would
hesitate at nothing. Indianapolis
Journal
Hicks-"Tell me frankly, when
Smoothebore gets to telling his army
experiences, don't you sometimes wish
he was dead?" Wicks-"No, but
sometimes wish that the war had oc-
CURED fifty years earlier. Boston
Transcript
New Roomer, sarcastically-"Is this
all the soap there is in the room?"
Landlady (decidedly)-"Yes sir; all |
can allow for one room" New Roomer
well, I'll take two more rooms. I
must wash my face in the morning.
Household Words.
Hard ck-Cast1eton-"I ordered
some flowers sent to Miss Rosebud, and
I'll be hanged if the fellow did not send
them c. O. d. Tutter-"Phew! Did
she pay for them?" Castleton-''That's
the trouble! She did; and now I've got
to pay her."-Puck.
"You should have been with us on
some of our autumn excursions" she
was saying. Did you gather any
mushrooms?" asked Willie Washington.
Can you tell toadstool from a
mushroom" Sometimes" "How?'
by looking at the obituary column
Washington Star.
| Uncle Aliens Advice.-"If you have
any tears to shed over the sufferings of
the destitute" observed Uncle Allen
| Sparks, don't shed them until you
| have sent bundle of food and clothing
to the sufferers. And then" added Tn
Gle Allen, as the idea grew upon him,
you won't need to shed them. Chi
cago Tribune.
Mrs. Strongmind-'And for what are
you incarcerated here, my poor man."
The Prisoner-"I married new wo-
man. Mrs. Strongmind (astonished)-
Impossible You couldn't be put in
| Jail for that" The Prisoner-"But 1
was! l married new woman, and the
old woman L already had put me in
here "-HousehoId Words.
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MISREPRESENTATION am satisfied
that there are more than five thousand
starving people here in the city"
Il think you overestimate," said the
conservative man. THE men you have
seen at the restaurants and lunch coun-
ters feeding themselves with both
hands We're not starving, 1t is just a
habit. Indianapolis Journal.
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FASHION NOTES.
Coming Stylish outsides.

All through December and January
women with a fondness for elaborate
hnery have gone about in tiny capes,
and though chilled to the boneIhave
been content because of the exceeding
daintiness of their refrigerator wrap.
Now that we may talk of styles that
may prevail in the spring, the highly
wrought cape makes new bid for at
tention. Here is a new one, sketched
in white cloth, it's yoke ornamented
with black cord embroidery. Around
the edge, across the shoulders and
about the neck were shirrings of white
lace, each rose ruche held down with
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a tiny sable tail The muff was of the
same white cloth, but had no tails only
full rutfies of lace at the openings
Both cape and muff Were lined with a
delicate shade of rose pink brocade.
Among the Jackets labeled style of
the coming season. the trained eye will
select one barely reaching the hips,
double breasted, close fitting at the
back, slightly boxed in front. This
will fasten fnvisibly well up under the
chin, have moderate sleeves and a
tailor finish of a turned over collar,
and will be lined with taffeta in
bright solid color. The material will
be mixed light weight tweed or a
whipcord melton. Other jackets are
more like those lately worm may in
deed continue to be the style for the
coming season. but the one described is
in the line Of the coming exchanges.
Empire Jackets were so pretty that
they were at once overcome, and it will
be wise to avoid the cut except for a
very handsome garment. They are be-
coming to almost all figures. except the
very stocky, if well hung and made,
but are of all garments the most diff
cult to make we'll, though the first to
attract the home dressmaker. The
very boxy jacket has never been popu-
lar, and that means that 1t will be
fashionably exclusive and ugly for at
least another season The Jacket OF
the season is likely to be smooth cloth
tight fitting, close to the hips, and
much frogged and braided, This jack
ct is the despair of the woman who
gets hers ready made, for upon it's ex-
act adaptation to the figure upon which
it is put depends the symmetry of the
figure. FLORETTE.
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Few men In this country receive a
larger salary than that paid the late
President Roberts Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company. AS president of the
main division he received $4,000, and
the salaries paid him as the head of
the subordinate lines aggregated $780,
300, making his total annual compensa-
tion 100000.
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Archbishop Keane has been appoint
ed by the Pope Canon of st. John La
teran, in Rome. 1.-THE appointment as
Canon says the Baltimore Sun, 'is
one Of the most lucrative gifts In Rome
in the power of the Pope 1t is in the
nature of a sinecure, at least as long
as one remains in Rome, for the canons
put in an appearance at their church
when they please and as they please.
AS Canon of st. John Lateran, Arch
bishop Keane will be required to say
Offices both morning and evening. For
this he will receive something over
400 francs month. According to the
number of times he assists at the Of
fees his recompense will be increased,
the money being divided in what are
known as distributions AS each
Canon enters his stall at the beginning
or end of each recitation of the divine
Office his name is taken by a clerk sit
ting in the lowest bench of the choir.
The appointment of Archbishop Keane
as Canon is believed to be the first in
stance of an American prelate or priest
receiving this honor. There are sew
eral foreigners canons at Rome, and
among them is one Englishman, but no
Americans
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There will be seventy-flve representa-
tives of Louis XIV. of France, it is said,
at the Bradley Martin ball. And some
will consider them seventy-fve signs Of
the times.
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AnYERTISING RATNS

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small
advertisements One Cent a Word each In
sertion. Five Cents a Word for full week
tseven tlmesl.
Display Advertisements. per Inch, one In,
cents; one week, SIS. 20; one month, $40; one
year. $40.
Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, Is
cents per line. Notices OF Births, Marriages;
Deaths and Funerals, 80 cents each Local
notices 10 cents per line.
Nearly advertisers are limited to their own
Immediate business (all matter to be IN
OBJECTIONABLE, and their contracts do not
Include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
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Texas is another southern State
which can point with pride" to the
self-supporting labor of her convicts.
Ten years ago the State purchased
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Alfred F. Calvert, one of London's
West Australian millionaries. was re-
puted to be worth $4,000 900 in cash a
year ago. At that time British syn
dictate offered him s5,0OOOO0 for his gold
mine holdings. The offer was refused
and course of reckless extravaganza
was entered upon. Within the last few
days Mr.. Calvert has sold for\ 1925 900
the properties that he refused IS, 900 900
for a year ago. Such is life.
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thick, no wild geese flying
north and still new spring
styles are arriving daily
That's because our orders
placed months ago when the
season Of 81 styles were de
ternined, are being woven and
worked out Of factory and mill.
We have some Of the Silks,
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1t is recorded that as late as 1906
Harvard college was raising money by
a lottery. 1t offered 10000 tickets for
sale at S. each, with prizes ranging
from $4,000 down to 81. I'm the above
scheme" said the prospectus, 'the just
expectations of the publick, and the
Interest of the University, have been
consulted. 1t is worthy the attention
of adventurers, that the highest prize
is nearly double in value to any that
has been drawn in this Commonwealth
for many years past, though the usual
price Of tickets is preserved. The Man
ayers solicit the patronage Of the pub
lick in general, and of the friends of
Literature and the University in par
ticular; and considering. the object Of
the Lottery, they will combine the
prospect Of gain with the certainty Of
benefltting the University; and by lend
ing their aid to the means Of education,
VIII promote the best interests of their
country
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SAVE
MONEY

The present is the time.
Price reductions everywhere
in our stock during January.
If you. have rooms with one,
two or three windows chat re-
quire Curtains, just ask to see
our small lots of pair goods.
The prices will astonish you
they are so small.
Bring the size of the room
you wish to carpet and take
advantage Of the dropped pat
terms in Carpets that we are
closing out at less than cost.
-. 4s., e. -. & T.
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Peter t. Trout, an experienced gold
miner, recently read a paper before the
Seattle Mining bureau in which he as
serted his belief that a goodly part of
the gold found in the sand and gravel
of river beds and other loose material
was Of meteoric origin. He found gold
in the meteoric dust deposited on Alas
ka glaciers. In his opinion placer gold
is not as a rule the product of broken
quartz veins. The i'll success of miners
in trying to trace placer gold to quartz
deposits has helped to confirm his be-
lief.
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A missionary who spoke last week at
the annual meeting in Montreal of the
British and Foreign Bible society,
said that in the last ten months the ma
tives of Uganda had bought 13,2oo
Bibles, or portions of the Bible, in most
instances paying for them in cowries.
The books have to be carried 800 miles
into the interior, from Zanzibar and,
for a peculiar reason, the negroes in
sist that each volume shall be three by
six inches in size. They want this
form because it will fit into an English
biscuit tin, the only receptacle they
have into which that most destructive
insect, the white ant, cannot make its
way.