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The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
FALL OF A FOREST MONARCH.
Saving Down n Giant Pine Tree In the
Minnesota Woods.

Saving Down n Giant Pine Tree In the
Minnesota Woods.
I had my eye on a grand old pine
standing little way from any of his
fellows, a monarch in the forest. IL
must lave been a hundred and forty
feet, perhaps more, from the sopmost
point in its glossy green coronal down
to the dead goldenrod in the snow at
It's base. 1t was about three feet in
diameter at the ground. so tall, so
strong, so straight, a noble tree In
deed, In very truth a king of the for
est. 1t was the result of the life
which dwelt in the tiny black, winged
seed which was lost to view more than
century and half before. While
was admiring the splendid proper
tions OF the tree three men came to-
ward me. One was bright-eyed fell
low, short Of stature and swarthy of
skin, looking like one Of the Chippewa
indians whose home this forest had
been nobody knows how many centu-
ries. He looked the tree over sharply,
stepping to this side and to that, eyed
1t critically from various points OF
view, and then with a small, sharp
AK cut keen cash in the trunk about
foot above the top of the dead gold
enrod in the snow. He was an under
cutter, man whose business 1t is to
cut into the tree on the side on which
1t should fall, so that 1t may not be
broken in The fall, or lodge in the
crotch of another tree. The cut on the
side of the tree is the guide for the
sawyers. The other men, bearing a
big saw, began cutting down the pine,
saving steadily and powerfully
through the fragrant yellowish-whit
trunk. Now and then the undercutter
would step up TO them to see how
they were progressing. When their
saw had passed the heart OF the pine
he placed small bright steel wedge
In the path of the saw and drove it
in. Look out there, now!' came the
call of the undercutter as he looked in
my direction. I made a quick scram-
BILE through the deep snow, nearly
tumbling over hidden log, and grab
blng my camera as l went. l had no
Intention Of staying in the immediate
vicinity, for had seen trees like this
fall before, and l knew it was a risky
thing to stand hard by. The best di-
rected tree will sometimes veer a lit
tle in it's fall, and woe to the one who
stands below it. Many an experienced
woodman has been killed in just such
place; many one has been caught
and pinioned. perhaps to escape with
only broken legs or ribs. In second
more the noble pine came crashing
down through the branches of the
other trees, falling upon the frozen
earth with a noise which drowned all
the other noises of the forest-a roar
which echoed and re-echoed through
the long, dim aisles of the forest like
the booming of some mighty cannon
ade.-W. S. Harwood in st. Nicholas.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
Union Men win at LudIneton.

officials of the f. & p. NJ. railway
have Signed a contract with the FEEDER
alton of Labor at Ludington to make
the immense freight depot there union
shop, and hereafter all laborers hired
must be members of the federation.
The federation numbers 700 members
at Ludington.
ure of the railroad TO make contracts
with western shippers, who were
afraid of winter strikes, owing TO the
fact that several months ago the f. &
j.. M. freight-handlers went on strike
and the company had hard work filing
their places, the entire community be-
ing in sympathy with the strikers.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
THE COLISEUM BURNED.
Very Quick hut Costly Fire at Chicago
One Life Lost.


Fire destroyed the Coliseum building
at Sixty-third street and Stony Island
avenue, Chicago, in which the Demo
cratic national convention was held
last year and which was used for foot
tall and other athletics during the fall.
The fire was one of the quickest ever
seen in Chicago. From the time when
the fire was originated by the crossing
of two electric light wires until the
Coliseum was pile of twisted iron and
hot bricks was not over 90 minutes.
The building had been rented for an
exhibition of manufacturers exposi-
tion and was filed from end to end
with booths, all of which were de-
stroyed with all of their contents 1t
is supposed that a number of lives
were lost in the flames as seven people
were missing.
The fire originated in booth which
was used for an exhibition of X-rays,
the booth. About 300 people were in
the building at the time of the fire and
at the first alarm there was rush for
safety. Fortunately the aisles were
wide and owing to thescomparatively
small number of people in the building
there was little difficulty in reaching
the doors
The total loss on the building and
contents is said to be SAYS, 900. OF this
amount $3.50, 900 was the value of the
building and $l9s,00O the estimated
cost of the exhibits and material in the
exposition in progress in the building.
Later developments make it almost
certain that only one life was lost in
the fire. The charred remains of N.
II. johnson, a fireman employed about
the building, was the only body found
and the missing people have all re-
turned to their homes after narrowly
escaping death.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
Cabinet Upholds Civil Service Reform

The senate resolution calling upon
the executive heads of the several de-
partments of the government for in
formation concerning the application
of the civil service law to their depart
ments led to a general discussion of
the subject by the cabinet. All the
members of the cabinet were present
except Secretary Alger There was
no dissent from the proposition that
the civil service law ought to be and
would be upheld. The principle of the
system, in the opinion of all, must be
maintained, but there was some differ
ence of opinion as TO the extent of Its
application.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
Rolling the bicycle Chain.

A good method to clean a chain is
to boil it in water with a generous
quantity of sal soda. Boil long enough
to remove all particles of dirt and
gum. Wash it in clear, hot water, then
dry thoroughly. Warm the chain
through and with dry heat and place
in good lubricating oil, allowing it to
remain until cool. Remove, hang up
to drain and wipo fairly clean of oil.
The first part of this method cleans
the rivets and the method of oiling
gets the oil in on the rivets, where it
is needed.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
s1.ooo.ooo Fire at CLEVELAND.

A fire which started in the Power
block, at Cleveland, spread to adjoin-
ing structures, famed by high wind,
and before it. could be controlled ST.
100000 worth. OF property was de-
stroyed. The Power, Blackstone and
Wiltshire buildings, all owned by j. b.
Perkins, were the principal ones to
suffer. The fire started by the explo-
sion of large can of benzine in the
hthographing establishment of Johns
& Co., in the Power block. Windows
were blown out and several employees
escaped with difficulty. Johns & Co.,
lose S225, 200; j. l.. Hudson, clothier,
100000 The losses of scores of ten
ants, especially in the Power and
Blackstone buildings, the latter of
which was occupied mainly by lawyers
with costly libraries, will be very
heavy. About 70 per cent of the losses
are covered by insurance. Lieut.. Nc
Fetters of the fire department fell
through the floor in one of the build
ings and was badly hurt.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
Disastrous Blaze at Parma.

The Aldrich block was burned at
Parma together with all the stores
The Aldrich block was built in 1854,
and cost $4,000 and is uninsured.
Losses on stock: /. j. Godfrey, grocer
les, 81 900; George S. Halves, drugs and
groceries, $4,000; c. ID. Potter, News
printing office, S6OO Masonic lodge,
$500; A. 0. L. w. lodge, $500. All in
sured. The Parma Cornet band lost
about S75 in instruments and music.
The loss on the wooden building adj
joining is about $500 and falls upon d.
4. Moe, harnessmaker, and j. E. Clapp,
boots aud shoes, both uninsured. Their
stocks were saved. One dwelling and
a building used for a doctors Office
also burned.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
Eastern situation Cooling Down.

London dispatches say that the war
scare in the far east seems TO have
been groundless. Dispatches from
England indicate that an understand
ing between Germany and England
exists regarding the action of the
former concerning China. 1t is said
that if Russia, however, does not leave
Port Arthur by spring the game of
grab may commence. In this event
England announces her intention to
have her share of the spoils, and is
quietly preparing for all eventualities
What lends color to this view is the
fact that Germany has been granted
facilities for coaling at all the British
ports on their way to Chinese waters.
Government officials at Berlin are
reticent concerning the operations in
China. The reason is given that Ger
manv herself does not know how she
stands or how far the other powers
will permit her to go. The mission of
Prince Henry is characterized as
spread eagleism" A diplomat is re-
corded as saying that Russia's occupa-
ton of Port Arthur is permanent, she
thereby securing the much desired
terminus for the Siberian railway.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31

A special dispatch from Rome says
that Italy has decided TO dispatch n
squadron to Chinese waters
John j. Shipherd, Cleveland
broker, has been bound over TO the
common pleas court in $4,000 bail, ON
n charge of ezzlement preferred
by Frank De Haas Robson.
During a riot in a courtroom at Nc
Arthur, o.. Elijah Brown and Plyly
Teeters were fatally hurt. The row
was caused by testimony regarding che
alleged intimacy of Brown with mar
ricd woman.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31

Lieut.. Peary is making preparations
TO start for the north pole next July.
james Bird, an aged colored man,
was sent from Bellefontaine, o., TO the
county in6rmary, but he had such
horror of the poorhouse that he slip
ped away at night. The next morning
he was found frozen to death in the
street at Huntsville.
A conference has been arranged be-
tween the executive committee of the
United Mine Workers of America and
the coal operators of Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Illinois to adjust miners
wages and if possible to make an inter-
state wage agreement. The meeting
will be held in Chicago, Jan. II.
The Ontario government has intro
duced in the Legislature a bill which
will undoubtedly pass, as it embodies
the policy of the opposition, making
regulations regarding the cutting of
timbers on crown lands, requiring that
all logs cut on these lands shall be
manufactured into lumber in Canada.
The recent tragic suicide of Miss
Leila Herbert, the daughter of the eX-
secretary of the navy, by jumping from
a third-story window at her home at
Washington, is given as the reason for
the suicide of Miss Annie Virginia
Wells, an accomplished young society
lady of Washington who shot herself
through the heart She was much at
tached TO Miss Herbert.
The mammoth Touring mill of the
Isaac Harter Milling Co., at Fostoria,
said to be the largest exclusively win
ter wheat mills in the United States,
with capacity of 1900 barrels per
day. is a mass of ruins. Fire broke
out in a boiling chest on the fourth
-four and soon spread through the six
stories of the building. The loss will
exceed $3.50, 900, fully covered by insur-
ance. Elevator A, the smallest of four
elevators, was burned TO the ground
The mill will be rebuilt at once.
Joseph Morgan, a tramp, was found
so severely frozen in a barn at Toronto
that he will lose one arm and may die.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
/. Fntal RolIer ExplosIon.

The boiler of Fishers sawmill, be-
tween Pentwater and Mears, exploded,
fatally scalding Engineer Bert Reese,
of Shelby. Mr.. Reese was blown from
the engine room through small aper-
ture into the main building. He soon
revived but his flesh is so badly scaldcd
that there is but a slight chance for
his recovery. The boiler was com
pletcly appended by the force of the
explosion and the engine room and en-
CINE wrecked. The other employees
escaped without injury.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
supplies for the KIondlke Miners.

Secretary or War Alger is giving
much study TO the best means of get
ting in supplies to the miners in the
Yukon country, and has decided to ask
bids for the delivery of stores directly
at Dyea, Skaguay or Chilcat. Secre-
tary Ayers estimate now is that no
less than 100000 pounds of food
stores will be required for the expedi-
ton. This makes the transportation
problem very serious one. One ques-
ton that has engaged the secretary's
attention is that of securing the con-
sent of the government for the passage
OF the relief expeditions over that part
of Canadian territory which must nee
essarilv be traversed in reaching the
miners. 1t will be necessary TO obtain
permit for a military expedition TO
pass and also TO secure a remission of
duties on the supplies that are to be
carried in. Secretary Alger is being
flooded with applications of men who
want to be sent TO the relief of the
KlondilSe miners, but he says that no
civilians will be sent. The glory
will be confined to the United States
army.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31

Fire destroyed the grocery store of
A. Moore, corner of Center and Jenny
street, West Bay City. Loss, 200.
Thomas II. Lace, an old soldier, was
assaulted in saloon at Hudson, and
robbed of his pension money, amount
ing'to S35.
Il isestimated that the value of this
ya1r's celery crop at Kalamazoo will
behbout $500 900, large increase over
last year.
Within two years village of so
buildings. Including hotel and two
saloons, has sprung up around the
Monitor coal mines, near Bay City.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
GRAIN, ETC.

sDetroit Hay No. timothy. 500 per ton.
Potatoes. 61c per bu Live Poultry, turkeys
10c per Id; chickens. &c; ducks, &c Eggs
strictly fresh, isc per doz Butter, dairy iJc
per lb creamery, &c.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31
Warm pav In Germanx.

There were some warm days in Ger
many last summer One day a M
remberg brewery retailed 2O5 Aeoolit-
ers (5.400 gallons) Of heer
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-31

The wife of Prince Hohenlohe, the
imperial chancellor, of Germany, died
at Berlin of Inflammation of the lungs.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
The Neu TariffBil

philadelphia Press publishes
the new tariff bill in advance OF
mostof its contemporaries. and
of all of them in this portion OF
the United States. II has been
carefully prepared by an excep.
tionally competent Ways and
Means Committee. and is now
submitted to the country for
scrutiny and criticism.
It's a revenue measure. The
need of a very considerably in.
creased Government income has
been kept in view by the COM
mittee from the beginning of its
work on this bill. The country
has had its experience with a
tariff for a deficit, and no sane
man wants it continued or re-
peated. This reproach will not
lie against the new Dingley Dill.
The deficit will disappear as soon
as a Republican tariff act is in
operation. and the receipts will
again, by a safe margin. be in
excess of expenditures. as they
were from the close Of the war
until 1893.
The new tariff bill is protective
on conservative lines. The errors
of the Mckinley law have been
avoided, and the changed condi-
tions which time has brought
about in manufactures and com
merce have been kept in view
and the tariff framed to accord
with them. While replenishing
the Treasury the new tariff. by
making the home market more
secure. will stimulate industry
and multiply the opportunities
for labor ali along the line. Pros
perity departed when protection
was assailed. twill return when
protection is re.established in
our statute law by the adoption
of Republican tariff act.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
1852 ..SI.OO.:: 1897.
THE
Weekly x
Register.
More Complete, More Successful
Than during any period of
its History.

The best Weekly paper published
west of the Allegheny Mountains. it
is truly home weekly. fit for every
member OF the household, and contain
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cause the two papers did not make one
good weekly. The people soon fonnd
this out and returned to their first
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Register.
The Weekly Register has no equal in
two Virginias. and no superior among
the metropolitan weekly publications.
1t contains ~ pages of select literary
matter, stories by the most eminent
fiction writer's, the latest telegraphic
matter, carefully prepared editorials
ana by far the most complete West Nlr-
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During the coming year the Register
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will likely be in extraordinary session,
as well as the regular session, and the
regular proceedings as we'll as other
Washington news, will be fully chron-
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Tie West Virginia Legislature will
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COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Text OF The Bin Which the LegisIa-
ture Passed February s2.

lure HuSSeu FeDEuuTy
Following is the text OF the
bill providing for the compulsory
attendance at the free schools.
passed at the late session of the
legislature
IAN act to amend chapter 40
of the Code of West Virginia,
entitled. "of Education" by add
ing section ten (a) thereto, re-
lating to compulsory attendance.
BE it enacted by the legisla-
ture of West Virginia
THAT chapter forty-five of the
Code be amended by the inser-
ton of the following, to be known
as section ten (a)
"Section 10 a.-Every person
having under his control child
or children between the ages OF
eight and fourteen years shall
cause such child or children to
attend some public school in the
city. independent school district,
or district in which he resides,
and such attendance shall con-
tinue for at least sixteen weeks
of the school year, provided. the
school be in session as many as
sixteen weeks, and for every neg
lect of such duty. the person Of
Tending shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and shall upon con-
viction thereof before auy JUS
tlce be fined two dollars for the
first offense, and five dollars for
each subsequent offense. An OF
tense as understood IN this act,
shall consist in failure to send to
school for five consecutive days.
except in case OF the sickness OF
such a child, or children, or Other
reasonable excuse. And it shall
be the duty of every trustee and
teacher to inform against any
so offending: and upon failure
so TO do they shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and be fined not
exceeding five dollars; provided
that if such child or children
have attended for a like period
OF time a private day school, or
if such child or children have
been Otherwise instructed for a
like period of time IN the branches
of learning required by law to be
taught in the public schools. or
have already acquired such
branches, or if his physical or
mental condition is such as to
render such attendance inexpedi.
ent. or impracticable. such pen
atty shall not be incurred pro,
vided, further, that in case there
be no public school in session
within two miles by the nearest
travelled road, of any person in
the school district, he shall not
be liable to the provisions of this
act. Any fines SO collected shall
be placed 10 the credit of the
building fund of the district.
IF sixty per cent of the legal
voters OF any city, Independent
district. or sub.district shall pc
tition the board of education
against the enforcement of this
act, the said act. so far rs That
sub district is concerned, snaii
be null and void until me begin
ming of the next school year.
Justices of the peace 81 al
have jurisdiction in al vlo!an,aIs
of this act, in their resp, ctrs
counties"
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Daily Reduced.

Many cases of Grippe" have lately
This preparation seems especially ad-
apted to the cure of this disease. 1t
acts quickly thus preventing serious
complications aud bad effects in which
this disease often leaves the patient. X.
J. Criss, druggist.
E. E. Turner, of Compton, Mo-,
writes us that after suffering from piles
for seventeen years, he completely cur
ed them by using three boxes OF DE
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. 1t cures
eczema and severe skin diseases. II. j..
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lR. A. K. I'InBEFtLAKE
DENTIST.

Room OPP. n. F. Hornor's Grocery.
Will not travel. Teeth extracted
without pain. Beautiful gold filings
a specially. Crown and bridge adjust
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pared to perform all dental operations
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fine WINTER GOODS.

County
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
Eczema
All Her Life.

NJ. &. D. Jenkins. Of Lithonia, Ca.
..ys That his daughter, Ida, inherited
~ s csse Of Fcsema, which the usual
mercury and potash remedies failed .9
..si;eve. Year by year she was treated
With various medicines, external appn.
cations and internal remedies, w1tnou.
resuit. Her suferings were intense
and her condition grew steadily worse:
All the so-called blood remedies aio not
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

seem &c reacn tue ulS-
ease at all until S.
IS. was given, when
an improvem. e mt
was at once noticed.
The medicine was
continued with fav.
orable results, and
now she is cured
sound and we'll, her
skin is perfectly
clear and pure and
she has been saved
from what threat
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

eued to blight her life forever. ~
SIS. Guaranteed purely ocgefaole)
cures Eczema, Scrofula, Cancer, Rheu-
matism, or any other blood trouble.
II is a real blood remedy and always
cures even after all else fails.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
NOTICE TO PERSONS OWING

must close up my accounts with the
State, County, etc, ETC., as my term of
Office has expired, and in order to do
this, ask that all persons owing taxes.
please call and settle the same. 1t is
certainly not unfair to ask the help of
those who are in arrears. We must
have money and Gnu but ask that all
taxes be paid. If not We must levy
and collect the same.
off j. /. ALEXANDER. S. q. @.
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IA Houaehold Necesalty.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels.
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipa-
box OF c. G. C. to-day; 10, 25, so cents. Sold
and guaranteed TO cure by all druggists.
For sale by Cunninohsm Bros. 5.1y
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Seeds of Consumption
WEAK KIDNEYS,

The Result of Extra work ON the
Part of These Organs During
The Cold Weather are PrOmpt-
Iy strengthened by Munyon's
Kidney Cure.