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caught q severe cold which resulted In
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lions for long time without benefit, 1 at
length made use of Ayers Cherry Pecto-
raj. and was completely cured."-H. O.
kfrcHELL. Greenwood, Miss.
"Some time since had a severe attack
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various remedies, but without getting any
relief Finally took Ayers Cherry Pee
toral, and in very short time was entirely
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COLORADO GUARD.
IT is in CAMP AT DENVER.
Thousand Young Soldiers Ready for
war-Getting Bfoken Into Camp Life
Preparatory to Active Campaigning.

Denver, April 3O.-ThIs city now has
! military aspect, as thousand SOL
diers come and go through the streets.
Members of the national guard began
to arrive from out Of town at noon
yesterday, and nearly all had arrived
before dark.
! The previous night the local militia,
under directions, had prepared some
tents for occupation and had on the
! ground provisions and commissariat
i utensils, SO that dinner was served to
the men shortly after the first detach-
ment arrived in the camp. Companies
from Longmont. Greeley, Boulder and
Colorado Springs were the first on the
ground.
Brigadier General Hale, ubiquitous,
quiet, watchful, with eyes on every
thing that was going on, rendered
much assistance to the officers and
men in arranging quarters.
AS 1t was raining when the first
troops arrived, they reached the
grounds covered with mud from head
to foot and their clothes were soaking
wet. Those who arrived later were
the camp has been pitched is SO situ-
ated that while chilly at nights the
water does not remain long. 1t Is east
of City park.
The men seemed to be very much in
earnest. They had come to the camp
in the belief that it would be a tempo
rary sojOurn that would lead to Cuba
or further. The recruits. and there
was quite sprinkllng who had not
had time to get uniforms, did not act
MS II they were out for a short holi-
day.
The tents were up and the men in
f, f~. ,r.1~x ktwr,,
considering the number of recruits
that were present.
The companies which are mobilized
In accordance with the governors or
der are as follows:
| First Regiment
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had Pay and Hard Work.

The bad pay and hard work Of
trained nurses has often been made
the subject of remonstrance by medical
men. 1t is well for an invalid, before
ne needs nurse or doctor, to use
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters IL he has
chills and fever, constipation, rheuma-
tism, dyspepsia or nervousness. Use it
regularly.
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II always cnll on Miss Gimp and
Miss Parks the same evening""
whats that for| After I have
heard one talk can stand 1t to hear
the other one sing"
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Before we were married, william
you used to drink in eagerly every
word said" "Yes; but your conver
sation is so dry now that can't drink
1t in"
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rhc Union PACING R.llro.d

Is the only line running modern. up-to-
date trains. making the quickest time east
and west. Sleepers, dining cars, buffet
smoking and library cars. with barber
shop and bath room, steam heat. Pintsch
light. No trouble to answer questions
street.
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nBicycle Tires. $3.50 pair warranted. Best, years
warranty, $3.50 pair. Express prepaid. Agents Ap.
pointed. Aineralzed Rubber Co.. New York.
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My husbands company will be the las
one to go into battle.' "Why?" Because
John is SO slow about getting up in the
morning."
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he Not Deceived.

The Union Pacific railroad makes the
quickest time, Denver to Chicago. Ask
about it; ticket office. 9i1 18th street.
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What is your definition of optimism p,
1t 10 a determination to enjoy life
whether You do or not"
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The cruiser Albnny. bought from
Brasil before II WINS finished. cannot
bc brought from England until the
preseut war h over,
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Halls Catnrrh Cure
Is q constitutional cure. Price, 75c.

do you think your soldiers can stand
to take along lot of nurses from Bos-
tom"
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"How do you know?" "She says he can
read poetry better than any other man
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Darling. do you think your father is
rcconciled to our engagement" " Yes:
Arthur: he asked me last night what your
name was"
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There's another source of revenue
war poetry"
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larch 8. 1857. SAMUEL PITCHER. M. D.

"Old age isn't so bad" "Why not?''
MY wife is getting so she forgets to
wake me until the breakfast bell rings. -
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"Why do women love dogs? "They
are SO affectionate." "And why do wo-
men love cats?' ''They are SO indiffer-
ent,"
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afs: Wins1ow's . Soothing syrup
Hor chiIdren teethfng, ,softens the gums ina
nation, ,ailays palm wind collie. rs cents botsS
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What were your uncle's last words ?''
HE hadn't time for any; II was n folding
bed
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. i0c or SO
n c. G. c. fail to cure. druggists refund money
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To-day the surgeon general and corps
will examine the members of the mi
litia who have not passed the neces.
sary medical examination under the
new rules, but 1t is not expected that
large per cent. will fail. The men col.
lectively made splendid appearance.
The different companies filed out
well. and there is sufficiency and to
spare to take the places of any that
may be disqualified under the rigid
physical examination required to be
passed.
At z O'Clock last night sentinel duty
was established and will be main.
tained continuously until camp is bro.
ken. As darkness came on the camp
assumed more military aspect. The
hustle of the day gave way to compar-
ative quiet. The men assembled in
their tents, sang songs and told stO-
rieS. Many OF them retired early,
rolling up In their blankets. their feet
forming circles in the center Of the
tents. 1t was cold night and the
weather was threatening. The blan-
kets were not as warm and thick as
blankets mt home. and the ground was
not quite as comfortable as a mattress
and feather bed. There were cracks
in the tents through which the wind
managed to sweep. However. the
boys enjoyed 1t. 1t was their nrst
taste of soldier life ana many Of them
were still 80 excited that they would
not have slept even II Il soldiers bed
were made OF down. All classes of
songs were sung. yankee Doodle"
and Nearer My God to Thee" seemed
to be the favorites. In one tent "A
Hot Time in Old Town" was repeated
n score Of times.
The morning and evening salutes
will be given by Napoleon gun from
the Chaffee Light Artillery.
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Star Tobacco is the leading brand O
the world, because il is the best.
The silver star., 1898-05-05

No-To-Bao for FIFTY Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong. blood pure. Soc. 81 All druggists
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The Denuer Republican Is concerned for
the persons who ARE still trying to read all the
new books" and II AYERS that sin certain o.
Unable circles not to have read tho latest novel
brings q blush Of humiliation to the checks Of
him who dares to confess it." There must be a
reasonable amount Of blushing. then. There
are arrangements for helping tho industrious
struggler with books. In Indiana there are
book clubs in which certain members arc
paid to read as many books as they can
and 10 furnish summaries to members of
less leisure. In Hartford. TonGwanda. Ian
sing. and some other places there arc public
condensers who for q small fee boil down a new
book to q couple OF typewritten pages. Perhaps
the easiest way OF breaking through the forest of
literature Is that followed successfully by Judge
EEsToR X. MANeLEs Of Council BUNS. When
you ask him IL he has read The latest so-and.
so he replies with great dignity. "sir, I never
read . new book. i believe In the sanction Of
time" When you ask him about some standard
work. he replies with equal dignity. "sir, I
never read anything but modern books. It 10
the duty of every man to feel tho pulse of his
own generation"
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territories which appear relatively rich and
populous. These will not be ours" Con-
temporaneously, the organ Of N. MfLrrH,
the RepvbiiQus Francdise, said: IT line
from Say TO Lake Chad places the Kingdoms
OF Borgu, Sokoto, and Bornu within the
British sphere"
Clear as are the terms Of the convention,
the French officials In West Africa have
shown o disposition to ignore them, and
have revived the old n expressly dis
carded doctrine Of effective occupation, 40
cording 10 which land belongs to the ma
tion whose representatives get there first.
That IL to soy. IL the French can hoist their
flag at any point In . British hinterland
before the British do, that point becomes
French territory. 1t IL obvious that such q
claim Is i~rreconcilable with the definition
OF netherlands" and "spheres Of influ.
ence"~ propounded by the Berlin conference,
when, to avoid the consequences Of o scram-
BILE. a partition Of Africa was agreed upon.
This IL one Of the cases where England
seems to be In the right. Even according
to the effective occupation theory, Boria
In the Lagos hinterland must belong to
her, since her flag was hoisted there first.
It remains, however, to be seen whether
Lord SALISBURY will fight for the control
Of the Niger, which Is likely to be n Of
the prizes Of the twentieth century.
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Mon for tho NAVY.

Ono Of the plain lessons OF the hour IL
Hhat the country ought to have the means
Of sending to sea at least all the ships Of
the navy now built or repairing for Ger
vice. Yet this It could not do, because IL
has not the crews nor the authority for
enlisting them.
For years we have been compelled TO re.
borVtothe device Of putting como ships out
pf commission in order to put others In
commission. Secretary HERBERT was anx-
tous to establish q regular reserve systenl,
but found It practically impossible to do
90, a. the Venezuela and other troubles
made IL necessary to use all u avail.
able ships. At length the Columbia and
Minneapolis were put in reserve, and most
wisely, for these big cruisers require large
compliments, and are yet unarmored and
of comparatively small battery power. 80
that their crews could be better utilized
elsewhere. But plans were lately made to
lay up also in reserve the Terror and the
Monadnock; and who will say that such
vessels as these, with their armor n their
lO.lnch guns, should not be available at
short noticef
While our navy IL as small a. now, and
until our foreign relations are less ominous,
0 reserve is not the best place for any Of
our heavily armed fighting ships. Yet in
order that the Navy Department may do
what it desires. and what the country
needs, IL must ave moro men. Congress
should give 10 the authority required for
this purpose.
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Kverybody or ROYAL pe,cent.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Anent
royal descents,' kindly permit me to call your
attention to some mathematical facts relating
to ancestry.
We are fond Of the term direct line" as ap-
piled to ancestors. regardless Of the fact that,
excepting in name. all lines OF descent are abb
solutely equal in kinship. That IL TO say, q
mans maternal grandfather and grandmother
are as nearly related to him as those on tho
paternal side, and 30 with their fathers and
erandfathers, Sc. all in each preceding genera
ton being Of an equal degree of kinship to tho
scion. Bear this in mind, my reader.
Now. It Is obvious that q mans direct ances.
tors double in each ~reoeding generation; that 10.
he has two parents. four grandparents. eight
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sixteen great-Rreat-grand-
parents. and 90 on in arithmetical progression
back to the beginning Of human existence. To
the man who has never made the calculation 1t
will como rs an astounding fact that. carried
back only thirty generations. or to the time Of
william the Couqueror. every man and woman
Of today had in that era the number Of
Of kiDship to him or her. This probably equalled
The population Of the world IN that day. II It
did not. let us go back ono moro genera
2.i47,4ss. 64s, persons. ali equally related to us.
exceeded the "T POPULATION pa att @'e q tho ' Void mt Il f foiElss1s
that your ancestors and mine. and those OF every
all Of the monarchs of the earth were included
In this vast number. We are all equally de-
scended from them, and that any ones claim to
direct descent from any monarch Of that age 10
ileee which must be shared BY ali alike.
Lest. however,. We grow proud over tho
thought that all the royalty and nobility
forget that all the thieves and cutthroats,
hanged and ~unhanged. were there also.
Seriously. ! should be glad to hear on this sub
ject from some students of heredity. I can see
how this calculation Is necessarily to be modi-
he'd by certain Influences, such as the intermRr-
riaRe OF relatives and other causes, but TO what
extent / confess ignorance. ALEX. DOYLE.
NEW YORK. Feb. II.
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A Natural Alliance.

A Democratic newspaper of the interior
OF the State, the Utica Observer, quotes
with hearty and altogether natural ap-
prevail the Nslc York TTibune's denuneia-
tion Of Republicans who recognise that the
dominant issue at the election next autumn
will be inevitably the currency question a.
"cowardly bummers."
Here are the exact words Of the Tribune:
avery time that. laundering int o ditch. they
snatch the standard OF sound money and attempt 70
roll 10 with them in the mud they stamp them
selves as camp followers, and not soldiers. The
bravo man tries to protect his colors. 1t Is only the
cowardly hummer who goes whining about asking
people to pardon his woTthlessness for the sake Of
his uniform"
That IL, according to this authority, when
the Republican party appeals to the conf.
lent support Of the conservatism Of this
State AZ the only refuge against the Bryan.
iced Democracy, It Is o "cowardly hummer
who goes whining about asking people to
pardon his worthlessness for the sake Of
his uniform" Or, a. the Democratic paper
Of Utica put it, "the Republicans, realiz.
ing that they are laundering In the ditch,
make loud professions Of their devotion to
sound money to show that they are not
wholly bad"
Naturally, these two papers, the one
avowing itself Democratic and the other
working treacherously In the Democratic
interest, are in complete accord az to
che "worthlessncss Of the Republican
party because it proposes to perform tho
one great duty intrusted to It Of unfolding
the standard Of honesty and security In the
State of New York against the assault Of
the forces of Reputation.
In other words, the Tribune Of this town
and the Observer in Utica are working for
Republican defeat next November.
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Dreyras ana slentairne.

To THE EprroR OF THE srS-Sfr: More than once
OF late It has been suggested that. while the French
Government is fully aware OF the Innocence OF Capt.
preyfus. II regards the acknowledgment Of a judicial
blunder . greater evil than the punishment OF An
innocent man. II this should be the verdict of his.
tory upon the ansir. Il is rather curious that the SAM
vicious policy seems to have controlled legal admin.
istrAtion in France more than three centuries ago.
Writing about 1880. Montague In his essay on "Ex.
periencs" points out that In that day the forms OF
justice were 'full OF error and contradiction 4" that
the flaws keep mp thelr credit. not for being Just,
but because they are laws;'' and that innocent men
were punished, even when their Innocence was
known. because OF the inuisposiiion OF the judicial
authorities 10 reverse a sentence.
This case he says, "happened In my time. Certain
men were condemned 10 die for a murder COMMITTED
and their sentence. n not pronounced, was al ieast
deter and concluded on. The Judges. just at
the nick. are Informed by the officers OF an Inferior
court hard by that they have some men In custody
who have confeased the said murder, and give such
light Into the fact as 70 not to he doubted. II WAS
then, nofw outstanding. put TO the question whether
they should suspend execution OF tho sentence nj.
ready passed. They considered the novelty OF the
example anu the consequence Of staying Judgments
the Judges could not rctrAct. To conclude, these moor
devils were sacrificed to the forms of law . . > and
irrepArahly hanged. How many sentences have /
seen more criminal than the crimes go
IL would be Interesting TO know II this has been the
ysan. ALHERT LEEFISawEII
HAMILTON cLrB, BRooKLTS. February, 1888.
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believing that its only function was 10
carry a body Of specialists through the
Arss stage OF preparation"
Unquestionably the proposed change in
the established college course would be .
severe blow to the existing system Of col.
lege c~lasses. Sentimental and unsclentiio
though the feeling may seem, the tie that
binds classmate to classmate, founded on
their common life In college, IL one Of the
strongest and most attractive character
istics Of American college education. It Is q
tie that holds men together In after life with
the closeness almost Of the family relation,
and forms q perpetual stimulant to their af-
lection for their college. The yearly re-
union Of the classes and their appearance in
procession constitute the most impressive
part OF the Harvard commencement. The
feeling In q tenacious one, for II II still
strong at Harvard In spite Of the increased
numbers In each class and Of the faculty's
practice Of turning into each class
at tho moment Of graduation scores Of
men from the graduate school, and
from lower Glasses who until then had
nothing In common with the class itself.
It IL . feeling that has been productive Of
"uch koou' anu never oh nnr". Az ciooE-
ly threatened by Q plan which sends away
part Of q class In three years, part In three
and q half, and part in four. The only
common bond left for Harvard men would
be the fact that they had at some time
studied in some department of the uniyer-
sity, the Veterinary school, perhaps, or the
Bussey Institute. The Board Of Overseers
is not likely to underestimate this argu-
ment against the proposed changes.
In his endeavors on the one hand to
spread the teaching of Harvard University
and to extend the designation Of "Har-
ward men" as far as possible, and on the
other to elevate the secondary schools, the
President of Harvard College should see
to 1t that Harvard College is not crushed be-
tween the upper and the neither millstones.
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Debts and Assessments.

The present State administration has
been able to reduce steadily the burdens Of
direct taxation upon the people for the ex-
gality In public expenses, but chiefly by
means Of tho States share Of the liquor
taxes, which amount to about $4,000, 900.
Under the present city administration, IL
10 only fair to gay, there has been mani.
tested o disposition toward economy in ex-
penditures and the reduction Of direct
taxes, together with resistance to attempts
to increase the city's bonded debt. Under
the former, or reform" administration,
the bonded debt Of the city was aug
mented by $34,00o,o 600. and the run.
ming expenses Of the city increased
proportionately. That was not remarka-
BILE. for irresponsible municipal govern.
ment, denominated "non.partisan" and ere
FORM" has generally proved to be wasteful
and expensive. II there were now q nom
partisan administration Of the States
affairs the result would be the same. It
would DO costly, Ill adjusted, and inhar-
monious. Only through government by
parties and through the agency Of execu-
tive officials sustained by parties can the
best results be achieved ut Albany or New
York. a. long and unvarying experience has
shown. Our Tammany government Is and
will be open to much severe criticism, but
no such catastrophe is likely to come from
It as the bankruptcy of the city. which
might reasonably have been feared IL the
reform theorists and hobby riders had got
into fuller power.
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Prssr Against Foetpaas.

fFOW " houbu1 IVY JObfhot.
When tho timid.looking man got out Of tho
barber chair after being shaved he fumbled In
one pocket after another while the porter busted
his clothing.
"Well." 10 said, with 4 note Of establishment
In his voice. as no plunged his hand for the
fourth time into his right trousers pocket and
felt around. That's funny. I thought I had .
quarter in hat pocket"
He repeated the search of his other pockets,
while tho barber who had shaved him leaned his
elbow on the back of the. chair, crossed. one leg
over the other and eyed him suspiciously.
Guess l must,ve lost, it." said the timid-
looking man as ho put his right foot up on o
chair and began to roll up his trousers leg. The
barber winked at tho artist in charge Of the
chair next to his and moved nearer the razor case.
The man rolled and pulled his trousers leg above
his knee, and By that time every one else In
the shop was watching him with intense interest.
They saw that he wore q woman's black stock
ing. Just above his knee he wore two Garteru,
one about four inches above the other. He
alipped the upper garter down, rolled down tho
top Of the stocking carefully. and there were
several Treasury notes lying spread out nat
against the upderclothIng that covered his leg,
"What do you carry money In that way for I"
asked the barber az he handed the man change
for the IS.
"Footpads," was the laoonio reply Of the
stranger.