The Press., 1898-02-24

The British ship, Asia, was wrecked in the vicinity of Nantucket during the re- cent gale. and her entire crew of twenty men are believed to have perished.
 The reports in this mornings papers al- lege the cause of the explosion, which de- stroyed the Maine, was from the outside. It Is said that some of the armor plates have been found bent upward.
 A contract has been signed by the gov- ernment with the wrecking companies for raising the sunken Maine. The compa- nies are to be paid $1,371 per day, the compensation not to exceed the $2O0, 900 appropriated by congress. If they sue ceed in raising the Maine and towing her to New York they shall receive @ bonus of $1OO,OOO. This Is the largest wreck ing expedition ever planned.
 A most revolting crime was committed In South Carolina Tuesday. Postmaster Baker, colored, and his family were burned out of their home at Lake City. Baker, and @ babe in his arms, were killed, and his wife and three daughters were shot and maimed. The crime was committed on account of Baker holding the ofice of postmaster, and his being negro. It Is disgrace to that state. Ex-Governor Thomas M. Waller, one of the leading members of the committee appointed to investigate state receipts and expenses, has resigned from that com mittee because he needs a rest and Is not able to give the time and attention to the committee that will be required to com plete the work. He says that although he can not serve any longer as @ member of the committee. he hopes to aid the committee as an interested outsider, es- pecIally in regard to judicial expenditures. Governor Waller believes that the com mittee will be able to show to the satis- faction of the people that judicial fees, cost and expenses, including probate fees, court and sheriffs' fees, can and ought to be reduced more than $1O0,OOO @ year. He said there Is no reason for any one to suggest or conjecture that his resigna- ton was on account of any disagreement with his associates, or any one on the committee. He said that the committee has worked harmoniously from the be- ginning.
 THIS IS CERTAINLY A WONDERFUL ICHANoR.-We are aware that our people who suffer from nervous, chronic or long standing complaints do not have the same opportunity to be cured as do the residents of the great cities where the most eminent physicians and specialists reside. Dr. Greene, of B West 14th St., New York City, who has the largest practice In the world, and who Is without doubt the most successful specialist in curing all forms of nervous and chronic diseases, offels to give free consultation by mail to all sufferers. Write to him at once about your case. He will surely cure you.
 Mint In Tea
 Perhaps the greatest tea drinkers of all are the Moors, because to them it is everything. Mohammedans do not drink spirits-which is more than can be said of the Russians-and. therefore, the Mohammedan sips his tea as his one and great consolation. The pomp with which it is made is amazing to Q for eign mind.
 Every one squats on the floor. The head of the house sits down beside the teapot, with great pomp the servant, who seems invariably to be called Mo hammed or Absalom. brings in the boil ing urn. and. after the master has rinsed the pot, put in the tea, filled the pot with water, waited a certain num- Der of minutes and skimmed of the frothy substance that has risen to the surface, he packs the precious teapot as full as ever it will go with freshly grown mint. Nor is this all He takes az much sugar as the stranger imagines would fill the entire pot, and. handful after handful, pokes it into this mint favored concoction. lets it stand some minutes, and then pours out a little of the weak but highly favored tea and drinks it himself. to assure his guests that it is not poisoned.
 Then solemnly cups are filled for the visitors, and, with the greatest pomp and wonderful salaams. they are hand cd around--to the men first, of course, as women, even foreign women, count for nothing in Marocco. Three cups of tea are the regulation supply, and it is an onense to leave any MoOr's house until one has solemnly managed those three cups, enjoyed with many bows and gracious salutations, and generally accompanied by extraordinary cakes, which the Moors love, but which to the foreign taste-well, one has only to ex- plain that they are fried in rancid but ter, considered by the Mohammedans 6 delicacy. New York Herald.
 Dover, N. H., oct. 3l, 1896, MEssRs. ELY BROS. :--The Balm reach- ed me safely, and in 80 short a time the effect Is surprising. My son says the first application gave decided relief. have a shelf filled with "Catarrh Cures" To morrow the stove shall receive them and Ely's Cream Balm will reign supreme. Respectfully, MRS. FRANKLIN FREEMAN.
 Cream Balm Is kept by all druggists. Full size soc. Trial size 10 cents. We mail 1t. ELY BRos., | 56 Warren St., N. Y. City. l An Unfortunate Synonym. | An American girl who recently stud. led in Germany tells of 8 German girl who was studying English, and who used to write letters in English to hen parents One day the German girl hand. cd letter to her, saying:
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