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The age-herald., 1898-11-20
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proceeds from a good stomach. If the digestive organs are in fine working or der, sickness is out of the ques- t i O n. G O o d health can be regaincd and re- tained by talk ing Hostetter's Stomach B i t. ters. It cures indigestion con stipation and biliousness.
The age-herald., 1898-11-20

Assignee's sale of 0. o. Ellis Jr. s immense stock of Bug gies and Harness. All must be sold. s. F. Bradley, As signee. If
The leader., 1898-01-26
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Bradstreet's Report Gives a Cheerful View
of the status of Comm cree.

Bradstreet's Report Gives a Cheerful View
of the status of Commerce.
NEW YORK, Jan. %. -Bradstreets
commercial report says:
A large measure Of activity in business and
Industrial lines, with in some instances pre-
vious records surpassed, and very general
steadiness in prices OF staples, is, perhaps, the
most notable feature of the trade situation
THIS week. Quotations of cereals show the
most aggressive strength, while those OF some
makes of pig iron betray rather more decided
weakness than they did a week ago. Mild
weather Is frequently mentioned as an inf1u-
ence tending to check retail distribution OF
seasonable goods, chiefly because OF the effect
on country roads Spring trade opens slowly.
as usual at this time Of the year, but conf
dence is still unimpaired. AS already init
mated, the immense current production OF pig
iron, amounting to fully 1,OO,0O tons per
month, has begun to exercise an influence upon
the price of that staple, but decreases report
ed are still only fractional The outlook in
the steel rail trade is reported as fiat
terng one. Large orders for railroad
account already booked have been increased
within the week, an example OF this being
furnished by sales of 1900 tons reported from
Chicago at full prices Higher prices for wool
abroad. based partly on short yield reports are
reflected in the firmness of domestic quota
tions, although demand, while comparing we'll
WIN most proceeding years. II thoh AZ
was at this time in 1897. when tariff changes
were being anticipated The industrial situa-
tion. with the single exception of the cotton in
dustry. is one of exceptional strength As yet
the strikes in this branch of trade, however, are
largely confined to Massachusetts,.
A further falling of in the number OF busi-
ness failures is reported in the United States
this week. the total being only 800, against 1913
last week, 42) in this week year ago. 3l4 in
this week of 1896 3l2 in 1895 and 33S in 1894
The leader., 1898-01-26

so last night | moved over into Ar
kansaw.'
"'Dut yo' took hundred acres Of my
best land with yo!' seq he, and his eyes
fills with tears.
"'That was the doin's OF the Lawd,'
seq I, as winls at him with both eyes
aud feels TO console him.
"Theu he sees that he can't bluff me,
and he wipes away his tears aud
shakes hands over IL and we ar the
best Of friends to-day. Yes, sab, it's all
the doin's of the ole Mississip. II she
hadn't cut that new channel and moved
ME over into Arkansaw should never
hev owned foot o land. She Jest sliced
me off q full hundred acres, and no.
body can drive me off 'em. When
went up to the county seat to git my
deed Teller seq:
"'Abe Hope, who did yo' dun buy
that land Off
Nobody tall sez I.
"'Then how did yo' git it?'
"'The Lawd and the ole Mississip
lung 1t at me one night fur a present,
and reckons that title ar good huff
fur anybody around yere.'
"And so il arr" continued Abe, as he
shut up his jackknife with a click aud
stretched his arms and legs. I'm
thankin' the Lawd and I'm thankin' the
river, and If git moved back into the
state of Tennessee some night with
about so mo- acres added on | reckon
nobody'll mar me complain to the end
| of my DAYS"
The leader., 1898-01-26
r,.NALl WINS ONCE MORE.
The New York Iife settles the Famou
IIlIlmon Inar rance Gase.

The New York Life settles the Fsmou
IiiIlmon Inst rance case.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 22-The final
chapter of the celebrated Hillmon
case, as far as the New York Life In
surance company is concerned, was
closed yesterday. The New York Life
settled the case by paying the claim
against IL in full, so Mrs. Hillmon's at
torneys say. The attorneys for the in
surance company refuse to say how
much they paid, but it is said to be
SIS, 900. The claim originally amount
ed to SIC, 900, but with interest and costs
it aggregated s2a, COO. The New
York Mutual Life and the Connecticut
Mutual Life are still holding off.
The claim against the first named
amounts to the same as that of the
New York Life, while that against
the Connecticut Mutual is only half as
much. The New York Life having
broken the combination which has
existed among the three companies for
the past Is years in resisting the pay
ment of the IIillmon claim, it is pre-
dicted that the other companies will
now fall in line and effect a settle
| ment.
Within Is minutes after the settle
ment was reached, the New York Life,
through its attorneys, made applica-
ton for a license to do business. Su-
perintendent of Insurance McNall i'm
mediately issued a license, not only for
the year ending March I, 1898, but also
for the year ending March 1, 1899.
The leader., 1898-01-26
DENTISTRY AT SEA.
And Something Also About the Prac-
tice of Medicine Ahoat.

When a sailor on a deep-water ship
has toothache he is likely 10 go TO the
captain. The captain gives him some
thing out of the medicine chest to put
in his tooth, and if that doesn't cure it
perhaps he pulls it, says the New York
Sun. 1t is Il common thing for sailors
to pull their own teeth. Their method
is to put IA string around tooth and
pull il; but dental forccps are carried
on deep-water ships; on some vessels
fair outfit of them. A ship captain
OF long experience said that in the
course of his life at sea he had pulled
200 teeth.
The ships medicine chest on large
vessels is like n closet or cupboard, with
a glass door, built in the ship. In this
chest the medicine bottles, gilt-lab eled,
are arranged on shelves that rise one
above another in receding tiers; it is
practically well-appointed little drug
store. There is supplied with the medi
cine chest book explaining the uses
Of the medicines. The captain is like
The leader., 1898-01-26
A DUEL IN THE SNOW.
The story That Is Back of Gerome's
Famous Picture.

Everyone has seen the engraving of
Gerome's beautiful but sadly effective
picture, "A Duel in the Snow" Through
the mist of early morsing one antago-
mist is lying on his back on the sward,
while his adversary, leaning on a
friends arm, is slowly walking from the
scene of the encounter. Both are wear
ing the masquerading costume OF Pier
rot. In thicket carriage waits to
drive off with the successful opponent.
There is every reason to believe, from
recently disclosed information by NJ. Al
fred Darimon, that in portraying on can
vas that impressive episode, the artist
was not influenced by solely magma
tive caprice, but that he has reproduced
scene in real life.
The facts are as follows: The duel
The leader., 1898-01-26
REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.
A st. Louis Chemical Expert Claims He Ca
Make Wool from stone.

A st. Louis Chemical Expert Claims He Car
Make Wool from stone.
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 90 c. Hall,
St. Louis man, brought to Alexan'
dria to take charge of the Union Steel
company's chemical laboratory, has
made a most remarkable discovery
whereby he is enabled to convert
limestone into mineral wool. In
making experiments a month ago
in hopes of finding chemical
solution needed at the steel mill
he found that certain kinds of
limestone were converted into a
lava when subjected to chemical
preparations and heat instead OF be-
coming brittle. On this he began to
work and has succeeded in making the
purest white mineral wool that could
be found. In a refined state it can be
used in the finer textures and in the
rough state it partakes of the nature OF
The leader., 1898-01-26
SOUATTER SKETCHES.
uou Abe Hope, With the Missis sip
MS Assistance. Got o Home.
Cep,right. 1897.

.,,o,t this squatter bizness," said
., Ahe Hope, as he sat on log In
90 ~ his cabin and whitfield away at
Ut, stick with his knife-"thar amt
- great shakes to make story. When
~ ,,, home from the wah found the
- woman Twin in a cave in Tennes-
see. oro,,d
.Whar to?' seq she.
..Can't say. bu; let's be a-gittiu' TO
81 picked up the feather bed and the
.,hv and she picked up the skillet and
.ro coffee pot. and we got. We kept a
akin aud a-gittin' and we finally hit
,Sa ole Mississippi just above yere on
~ tennessee side. Feared like good
zoo 10 make a beginnin', and so ] draps
.bs feather bed and the baby and SEE:
"'Yere we squat
"And we squatted. put up bresh
,,ontv. scratched up airth with stick
I'D nlanted some con, and nobody
d;dn't come a-nigh us to make trubble
snr two vars. Then along Gums a man
onc day and looks about and seq:
am the per.itest and tenderest-
hearted man in all Tennessee, and I'm
oxip' yo' in the very properest way, and
Nth the tears ready TO fill my eyes, to
mack up and be a-gittin'.'
".And fur whyT sell.
".Bekase this ar my land seq he.
"'But the Lawd made the sile OF Ten
nessee,' SEE |.
81 knows he did, seq the stranger,
but he sold out long ago, ard I've got
q deed of all this land around yere. In
the very properest sort of proper way
I'm akin yo' to be a-gittin. I'll gin
vo' two weeks 10 move on
"When squatter squats," said the
old man, as he looked up at me with
smile in his eyes, che jest considers
10 reckon he's right thar fur life. He
fggers that the Lawd made the sile fur
the use Of man, and he don't bother
about deeds and lawyers and SIGH
The leader., 1898-01-26
FOR AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY.
Gov. Pingree Says Present Lack of Employ
ment Makes 1t a Necessity.

Gov. Pingree Says Present Lack of Employ
ment Makes 1t a Necessity.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. -. More than
200 members and guests of the Alger
Republican club enjoyed the ninth an
nual banquet of that organization in
the Hotel Cadallic yesterday evening.
Features of the occasion were the adj
dresses of Gov. Pingree and ex-Con-
gresham James ODonnell, both of
whom are aspirants for this years gu
bernatorial nomination. Gov Pingree
remarked that, as governor, he had "a
license, not franchise, to offer sug-
gestions.n His principal suggestion
was that, in view of present lack OF
employment, caused chiefly by concen-
tration of wealth and business, uni
versal eight-hour working law had be-
come necessity. AS an employer, he
favored this and he had written the
governors of the various states urging
consideration of the question by the
legislatures and asking their views.
The leader., 1898-01-26

lists were NJ. Jules Brame, a former
minister of public instruction, under
the second empire, and NJ. de D., a
well-known journalist on the staff OF
one of the most influential newspapers
in the north of France. When the duel
| occurred both were studying for the
bar. One Shrove Tuesday they, in COM
pany with friends, had repaired to
restaurant on the boulevard, with q
view of enjoying a good dinner, and
afterward of going to the masquerade
ball at the opera. They all agreed to go
as Pierrots. AS they all wore masks,
some one suggested that they should
adopt some distinctive sign by which
they could recognize one another in the
crowd. ID. D. suggested that they
should pin a label bearing number to
their backs The idea was UNANIMOUSLY
adopted, and d. D. prepared the label
accordingly. While so doing diaboll-
| cal idea came into his head. 1t was
carnival time; why should he Lot have
his little joke? When it was Jules
Brames turn to have ticket pinned to
his back, his friend d. D. had writ
| ten in letters beneath the number: Il
am Jules Brame." One can easily
| imagine what was the result. No soon
err had Brame set foot in the main pas
sage to the premiere gallerie than he was
followed by a lady wearing d mask,
who, on his preparing to enter pri-
vate box, cried out: II wish you sue
cess, Jules Brame." Later on, on re-
entering the passage, he was surround
ed by a group of masqueraders, who
with one voice shouted out: Good day,
nv dear Brame." That proved to him
that he was known to everyone, al
though he was puzzled to understand
how it could be.
Passing in front of box opener, the
girl burst out laughing. He inquired,
angrily what she was laughing at.
.'Why," she replied, 81 am laughing at
the funny idea which led you to pin
a label on your back with your name on
IT," And, suiting the action to the
word, she unpinned the label and hand
| ed it to him.
Jules Brame considered the joke not
| only In bad taste, but insulting. He
| sought out MS comraoe, anu
him in the saloon, he reproached him
angrily in the hearing of the crowd, in
sisting that he should apologize openly
then and there. De D., resenting his
friends attitude toward him, declined
to apologize; duel, therefore, in ae-
eordance with French habits and Gus
toms, was inevitable. Seconds were at
once chosen; short swords were pro-
cured. and in their Pierrot costumes the
antagonists started for the Bots de
Boulogne. Fortunately. the duel did
not end fatally, as seems to be the case
in Gerome's picture, for, although
Brame ran his sword right through
De D-'s body, no vital organ was
touched. He recovered very quickly,
and the two antagonists became tass
friends Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The leader., 1898-01-26
nnnicated with. and the manager Of III !

municated with, and the manager OF the
pavilion, Mr.. Parafinovitch, was called
upon TO explain the behavior OF that
speaking American beast. All the poor
manager could do was to open the mys-
terious inside of the criminal machine
aud hand over to the authorities the in
discreet cylinder which threatened to
tell the peaceful inhabitants so many
undesirable things. But the arrest OF
the chief criminal was considered in
sufficient, as 1t could net have acted
without a human accomplish. So. ac-
cording to the Tagaurog Viestnik, the
affair has taken its official course. and
the innocent manager OF the pavilion
has lost in the mean time his generally
good appetite and sound sleep. as he
does rot know il what punishment the
Official proceedings will result. and how
long he will have to wait until bis fate
IL decided
The leader., 1898-01-26
A BANQUET AT SILVA.
Guests Profsseiy sprfakied with
Rose water After the Meal.


There we're several round tables
placed down the middle OF the room;
candles burned in candIesticks, all Of
which had been imported from Cairo
at fabulous cost, says the Geographi-
cal Journal. Lamps Of olive oil were
also about the room. The food was
more than abundant. A whole sheep
stuffed with rice, raisins and pistachio
nuts; soup, chicken, vegetables sue
ceeded each other. Then came trays OF
delicious fruit-the trays made OF
woven date-fiber; the fruit, the de-
licious black grapes. figs, small va
riety of watermelon, sweet lemons,
pomegranates and mandarins.
Our host did not sit down. but d.
rected the servants, who were most
likely slaves. There is still some traffic
in slaves from Kura. the price of these
being a small roll of blue and black
CLOTH such as the natives wear. fancy
most of the Swans dislike of admit
ting Christians TO their town is the
dread that their slave trade will be in
terfered with. There was no conversa-
ton during the meal, for anyone TO
talk would have been disregard for
the other more important function of
eating.
After q long dinner we rose and
washed our hands in brass basins, with
The leader., 1898-01-26
FACTS ABOUT SAFFRON
Its Use In Medicine Has Practically
Died Out,

Dtta Vuts
Saffron would strike an ordinary cb-
server as decidedly expensive al SO shil-
lings per pound until told that 1t Is
composed Of the central small portions
only OF the flowers OF a species OF crocus,
10000 OF which II takes 10 yield the ma
terial for one pound. The wonder then
becomes that IL is so cheap. that IL can
pay to grow and gather 1t at the price.
As a matter Of fact. IL has failed to pal
The English grower-by this retaining,
in the name Of his town OF Saffron
Walden, but a hint OF former impor-
lance in this particular direction
French and Spanish soils being more
suitable to the full growth OF the
flowers and foreign labor cheaper in
the work Of picking. Its use IN medicine
has practically died out. bar, perhap s,
the popular belief that, stepped in hot
milk or cider. it helps the eruption of
measles to fully appear. says Chambers
Journal.
As dye in Dreaming curtains and 10
give a rich appearance TO cake ii is
still. however, in general demand; for
which purpose it is we'll suited. in being
both harmless aud strong, one grain.
composed of the style and stigmas Of
nine flowers, being sufficient TO give a
distinct yellow tint TO ten gallons of
water. Its high price. by the way. has
The leader., 1898-01-26
THE PHONOGRAPH IN RUSSIA.
Regarded with DisfavOr by the Po-
lice Authorities.

Edison's photograph has had bat
tie royal with Russian press censorship,
says the Anglo-Russian. In the pavilion
of the public gardens in Tagonrog the
machine was exhibited, and attracted
large audiences. 1t played and sang,
and laughed and spoke for some time
undisturbed, until police officer heard
the machine reclting one OF kriloff's
famous fables, viz: "Demyan's Ukha"
(soup or hospitality, but with some
variations on the original text. The Of
fieer got suspicious, and not trusting
to his memory, he ran at once and got
Krilotf's book, and came again to listen
to the phonograpb's version of the
fable. To his horror he found the
fable reproduced not at all as it was
passed by the censorship more than half
a century ago. An alarm was raised at
once, the higher local authorities COM
The leader., 1898-01-26
ADVICE TO MINISTER'S.
Given by a Minister.
Preachers who practise it will
preach better.

difficult to preach, and concluded TO try
DIR. Ayers Cherry Pectoral. The hrst bottle
gave me great relief; the second. which
am now taking, has relieved me almost
entirely of all unpleasant symptoms. To
ministers suffering from throat troubles,
1 recommend DR.. Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL.
prevention is better than cure" A.
bottle of DIR. Ayers Cherry Pectoral kept
in the house, will edectually prevent the
roofing of cold and its consequent devel-
opement into some dangerous ma1ady.
This remedy has no equal in Bronchial
troubles. The most stubborn cases have
yielded to its use. 1t Is equally e..;ctive
Tor Asthma, Group, whooping &C, y and
every disease that attacks the throat or
lungs. For years DR.. Ayers Cherry Pee
toral has been put up only in large sire
bottles. at a. price. Of sIoo To meet an
increasing demand for a smaller sized
package the remedy can now be obtained
In haif-size bottles, at half price-so cents.
Send for DIR. Ayers Curebook (freel and
you will get q clearer idea of the great
value of DR.. Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL. A.
dress j. G. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
The leader., 1898-01-26

- to have some other hook on medical
subjects which he has read and studied,
and he is likely to have had good deal
OF experience before attaining the rank
of master of ship.
The sailors are generally healthy
men, but, when occasion requires, the
captain prescribes; he is the physician.
Limbs broken al sea are of course set
there. and there might he circum'
stances in which the captain would not
hesitate to perform surgical opera
tiOn
The leader., 1898-01-26
FLOOD IN INDIANA.
At English Three Bridges Are Washed
AWAY and Much Live Stock Drowned.

At English Three Bridges Are Washed
Away and Much Live Stock Drowned.
ENGLISH, Ind, Jan. 22.--One OF the
most disastrous floods ever known to
English was felt Thursday night when
three of the five bridges over Little
Blue river were washed away. Fifty
persons on Court street bridge when
the bridge went down were saved with
difficulty by old citizens. The town
during the night was pandemonium
with the cries of horses, cattle and
hogs turned loose by their owners.
Many horses and cattle were drowned.
MANY of the houses in the low grounds
were four and five feet deep in water.
The loss to loggers will amount to
MANY thousand dollars.
The leader., 1898-01-26

China, or at least some OF the Off
cials of China, wished a few years ago
to retaliate for American Chinese re-
striction laws by laws prohibiting the
importation of American kerosene.
Chang Chitnng. yiceroy of Canton. ad-
dressed memorial to the emperor, in
which he arraigned kerosene as the
greatest menace 10 the peace and pros
perity OF the empire. II burned up 400
houses in Swallow. he said. and coat 500
people their lives. Soon afterward il
burned 1000 houses in Canton and de-
stroyed Slo.oo0.oo0 worth of property.
II was responsible. he declared. for
nine-tenfhs OF the fires that occurred
every winter in Canton.
The leader., 1898-01-26

water poured out of ewers. Then all
sat on divans round the room. A SER
want then walked round, showering
rose water over us so literally that an
other had to follow with towel and
wipe us dry, and while he did this a
third stuffed us with incense. This un-
pleasant ceremony cost our host large
sum, for rose water imported from
Egypt becomes of fabulous value and
the servants were unpleasantly liberal
in dispensing it.
The leader., 1898-01-26

now published another article about it in
which the original reports are completely
verified, the cure is permanent, and they
publish fac smile OF the check given by
the Canadian Mutual Life Association for
81 $4,000 amount of total disability claim
paid by them to Mr.. Petch.
The first account stated that the patient
(see address below had been paralytic for
five years, and there was such total lack of
feeling in his limbs and body that pin run
full length could not be felt; that he could
not walk or help himself at all; for two
he was bloated, was for that reason almost
and could not get his clothes
on. The paralysis was so complete as toaffect
the face and prevent him from opening his
The leader., 1898-01-26

The Monitor, a newspaper published at
Meaford, Ont, Canada, first discovered this
case two yearsago, and pubIisheditatlength.
which now seems, owing to the cure Of it, to
be a miracle. The facts we're 50 remarkable
that many people doubted the truth Of them.
They said: 1T is too remarkable; il cannot
possibly be true; the paper is mistaken, and
the man, although he may think himself
cured, will soon relapse into his former con.
dition," etc, etc. The accuracy of its report
called in question the Monitor deter
mined to find out definitely whether the
facts were as stated and whether the man
would really stay cured. They accordingly
kept a close watch on the case for two years
after the first article appeared, and have Just
The leader., 1898-01-26

one say, in the face of such testimony, that
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are not entitled to
the careful consideration of any suffering
man, woman or child! Is not the case IN
truth a miracle of modern medicine!
To make the evidence complete we pub
lish above a fac simile cut of the check re-
ceived by Mr.. Petch from the Canadian Mu
tual Life Association, being the amount due
him for total disability. 1t is unnecessary
to add that this life insurance association did
not pay this large amount of money. to Mr..
Petch, except after the most careful exam
nation of his condition by their medical ex-
perts. They must have regarded him as for
ever incurable.
Mr.. Peteh's address is as follows: Reuben
Petch, Griersville, Ont, Canada.
The leader., 1898-01-26

No class Of people is so liable to throat
trouble as the great class who make up the
Gospel ministry. The strain put upon the
vocal organs by constant exercise; the
sudden change from a heated building to
the cool air when the vocal organs are IN
a state of complete relaxation; the fact
that a minister feels impelled to use his
voice when actors and lecturers would
take the needed rest; these are among the
reasons why "Clergymen's sore throat"
is known as q special disease. The Rev.
r. NJ. Brawley, ID. D., District Secretary of
the American Baptist Publication Society,
writes from Petersburg, Va, the account
of an experience of his own which is proh-
table reading to those afflicted with Bron-
chial or other throat troubles. The sub
stance of the letter Is as follows:
PETERSBURG. VA.
]. c. AVER Co.,
DEAR SIRs: Three months ago took
q violent cold which resulted in an attack
OF acute bronchitis. ] put myself under
medical treatment, and at the end of two
months was no better. I found It very