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HE USED BUTTONS.
A Conversation That Occurred In
the CAPITOL.

1t is amusing to people familiar with
the Capitol to watch strangers examine
it, and nowhere are these strangers so
amusing as when they are in statuary
hall, where there are a dozen or more
echo" stones, each of which creates a
different sort of an echo, owing to the
peculiarities of the acoustics created
by the formation of the ceiling. Men
and women, old and young, frequently
AFFORD the most amusing SpectacleS
when the solemn guide exhibits the
wonders of the echo stones. There
are also two pillars one on either side
of the room, which are called the tel
ephone columns, and a person speak
ing in a very low tone near one may be
distinctly heard by any one standing
near the opposite pillar. Yesterday a
members Secretary was leaning
against the pillar on the couth side of
the hall, when he heard a voice say:
"Oh, dear, what shall l do? Ny skirt
is falling off and l haven't got a pin %
The young fellow glanced around,
saw no one near him, but observed two
young women near the telephone pillar
opposite. Instantly grasping the situa-
ton, he gruffiy said in a low tone:
Sew it on or use a hat PIN.
He heard slight scream, saw two
young women look about the hall in a
startled fashion, and, observing no one
was near, the one in distress exclaim-
ed:
did you ever?"
NO, 1 never" replied the Secretary
as gruffiy as before. II use buttons"
This was too much for the young wo-
men, and they precipitately He'd
Washington Times.
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Chances for Life.

In France in the middle ages a crimi-
nal condemned to death had two law
full chances for his life besides the par
don of his sovereign. One was in acct
dentally meeting a cardinal when on
his way to execution, the other was in
an offer of marriage from Il member
of the opposite sex after sentence was
pronounced. This last seems very I'M
fair, inasmuch as criminals already
married were at a bad disadvantage,
but law in middle ages often seemed
more concerned with the picturesque
than with justice, and these arrange
ments for saving dead men, so to speak,
have left many good stories in the old
chronicles.
In 1909 a cardinal named Rochelle
saved man condemned to be hanged
in Paris. The two met on the street Of
Aubrey lie Boucher, and the cardinal
swore before the authorities that the
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An Honest Man.

Now look here. Thompson" remark
ed Brown, sit has been six months
since you borrowed that five dollars
from me-
Seven" corrected Thompson. grave
ly.
We'll then, seven months" snorted
Brown, and you promised to give it
back to me in a week. Promised
faithfully, you did, to return me it in
seven days instead of months"
81 know it," answered Thompson,
sadly, drawing a memorandum book
from his pocket. THAT bill was Sc
ries F, No. 672,929. issue CT 1887
made the note, and then I spent the
money. Since then I've been trying to
recover it."
But howled Brown, ANY other
would do as WE'LL
NO" responded Thompson, shaking
his head; I'm a man of my word.
When you gave me the bill I said I
will return this to you and I meant
it, Brown, old man, just as soon as
come across No. 672,9 29, Series F, is
sue of 1887, I'll see that you get it, for
am not one to go back on my prom
iSe."-Harper'S Magazine
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One of the most interesting and fierce
battles political of the century in any
State, is pretty soon to begin in Penn
sylvania A Republican League of
Business Men has invited John Wan
amaker to accept nomination for the
Governorship of that State, and he has
agreed to try for it. 1t means that
there is to be a fight in the Keystone
State against bossism such as no State
has before Witnessed 1t will be the
machine against the anti-machine men,
and both sides will put forth the full
powers of their organizations The
campaign may never get outside of the
Republican party, for it is to be a do
nestle BATTLE; or it may pass beyond
party bounds and become a factor be-
fore the people generally. Indeed it is
most likely to do so. The Business
Mems League is possessed of unlimit-
ed means; it has an organization in
every county in the State, and it has
managers who have set their teeth and
resolved to down bossism once and for
all. If they succeed it may be for
once" but not for ALL Unfortunate
ly for all such movements they lack
cohesive quality. \ single triumph is
very apt to be the signal for relaxation
of effort and vigilance but it may prove
otherwise in Pennsylvania. If the anti
machine men secure the control of the
Republican party organization, it raay
result in holding on for an indefinite
period. But if it does it will be an eX-
ceptional and phenomenal instance. The
bosses and machine men are never
wholly downed; their vitality is mex
haustible for they are lighting always
question of what is in it, With re-
formers it is patriotism and sentiment,
praiseworthy and encouraging, but SEN
timent in party politics has not been
able in the past to hold together force
sufficient to wholly crowd out the boss
Very often a new crop of bosses 1eVeI-
ops within the new lines, and after a
time the new order of things becomes
as undesirable as the old. It may be
a question whether the better plan is
not to seek to control the boss element,
and make it serve good moral purposes
rather than seek to blot it out wholly,
for the boss, Objectionable as may be
his methods, represents organizing ca
pacity and leadership, of which aspir-
and of which, in right degree, party or
ganization is in absolute need at ali
times
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me but to GO under an operation
In speaking with a friend of mine
about it, she recommended Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, say
ing she knew it would cure me. I then
sent for your medicine, and after TAX
ing three bottles of it, the tumor dis
appeared. Oh! you do not know how
much good your medicine has done
me. l shall recommend it to all suffer
ing women.-Mrs. Rosa GAUM, 72O
Wall ST., Los Angeles, Cal.
The great and unvarying success of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in relieving every arrangement
of the female organs, demonstrates
it to be the modern safeguard of wo-
mans happiness and bodily strength.
More than a million women have been
benefited by it.
Every woman who needs advice
about her health is invited to write to
Mrs. Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass.
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sCATHING DENUNCIATIoN.

The New York Evening Post" of the
18th instant said that within another
fortnight the people would think no
more about the present offenses of yell
low journalism. What it had to say,
therefore, it desired to say then. And
that was:
Every week furnishes illustrations of
the extent to which the public is respon-
sible for the very evil which it is the
fashion to deplore so much and denounce
so much, in conversation. Every one
who knows anything about yellow
journals" knows that everything they
do and say is intended to promote
sales" or, in other words, is meant to
be an advertisement of the paper and
show the power of journalism. There
fore they are always trying to do some
thing queer and big, so as to attract at
tention and sell more copies. Predic-
tons of war and reasons why war is in
evitable are of the same mental and
moral value as puffs of shoes or of quaek
medicines.
This is not in the usual chaste style
and elegant diction of the Post but it
is expressive if inelegant. 1t has much
more to say of the same tenor, but the
sum of it all is that it is regrettable that
so few men are capable of the act of
patriotism that refusal to maintain
these yellow journals would consti-
tute That is to say, whoever condemns
and disapproves of yellow and gutter
journalism must, to be consistent, re-
fuse to aid and abet it, The Post"
adds with an emphasis not to be mis-
taken, and in style unusual to it, but
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manifestly expressive of its disgust and
contempt:

manifestly expressive of its disgust and
contempt:
A yellow journal Office is probably the
nearest approach, in atmosphere, to
hell existing in any Christian state.
IN gambling-hou brothels and even
in brigands' caves there is a constant ex-
hibition of fear OF the police, which is
in itself a sort of homage to morality
or acknowledgment Of its existence. In
a yellow journal Office unscrupulouness
and deviltry, far from hiding them
selves, boast themselves, and are pulled
up. Consequently, whatever yell
low journal does, whether it gets
UP an enterprise of art, or charity,
or amusement, is done as an advertise
ment simply, that is, TO call attention
to what it has for sale in the nature OF
deviltry. Nevertheless, when one OF
them offers a yacht voyage, with free
wine, rum, and cigars, and a good bed,
under the guise of philanthropy, or gets
up committee for holy purposes, and
promises to puff it, it can get almost
any one it pleases to go on the yacht
voyage and serve on the committee
Senators, lawyers, divines, scholars,
poets, Presidents and what not. All have
patriotism enough to help the Gov
eminent to fight the Spaniards, but only
a few the little bit necessary to refuse
consent when sinners entice them. They
continue to promote in this way the
prosperity of this awful public disgrace.
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meeting was accidental and the man
was set free.
In 1857 Charles VI. granted a pardon
which turned into English reads thus
'Henrequin Doutart was condemned
to be drawn to execution on a hurdle,
and then to be hung by the neck till
dead. In accordance with which decree
he was drawn and carried by the hang
man TO the gibbet, and when he had
the rope around his neck, then one
Peannette Mourchon, a maiden of the
| town of Hawnicourt, presented her
self before the provost and his Iieuten-
ant and supplicated and requested of
the aforesaid provost and his Lieuten-
ant to deliver over to her the SAID Oou-
tart, to be her husband. Wherefore the
execution was interrupted and he
was led back to prison. and by the
tenor of these letters it is our will that
the said Doutart shall be pardoncd and
released"
Another story is not SO well authent-
ticated, but is very popular in Nor
mandy's traditions. A man stood at
the foot of the gibbet with the rope
about his neck when a shrewish sharp-
voiced woman pressed through the
crowd and demanded his life that she
might marry him; the condemned man
took one good look at her, then turned
to the hangman and said:
"A painted nose, a bitter tongue. Pro-
coed. I'd rather far be hung"
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HOW HE DECEIVED HER.
She Thought Him a Wretch Ever
Afterwards

1t was in a town not many miles
from Washington that there was re-
Gently given couple of masquerade
parties at private houses. says the
Star" At the second of these the
hostess of the first party found herself
| talking very amicably with a mask
in whom she supposed she recognized
a gentleman who had come to town
after her own entertainment Simply
for the sake of INDUCING in conversa-
ton and of throwing the gentleman
off his scent of her own identity she
asked:
Were you at Mrs. Blanks mas
querade party?"
No" he answered. II was not hon
ored with an invitation
Were you in town at the time?" she
inquired.
Yes" he replied but Mrs. Blank
does not like me-"
CONSERVATION seized upon Mrs.
Blank, but she instantly determined
not to betray herself.
Doesn't, eh?" the lady returned,
carelessly. Probably that is one OF the
things which you imagine. Some peo-
pie are always assuming that others
do not like them, you know"
Her companion seemed a trifle an
noyed.
Il am not one of that Sort" he re-
torted, rather brusquely. Besides, she
has intimated to me that she did net
like me-"
rs it fair to ask howe" Mrs. Blank
asked, entirely mystified in regard to
the identity of her interlocutor.
why, 1 should not mind telling you
if l were sure that you wouldn't re-
peat it,
oh, 1 never betray a confidence, :"
the lady said, eagerly
The gentleman leaned over until his
face under the mask was near to hers:
L asked her to marry me-
Mrs. Blank was more startled than
ever. The train of her old suitors-and
in her day she had had not a few
came up before her mental vision, and
she wondered which one of them
chance had brought to her side to-
night, but in vain.
But" she said slowly. because a
lady refused her hand it does not fol-
low that she dislikes you. 1 am sure a
woman is not to be supposed to dis
like every man she does not wish to
marry. That would be a most absurd
assumption
TO be sure it would" he assented,
cheerfully, but in this particular case
she did not refuse me-"
Did not refuse you?' echoed Mrs.
Blank in establishment She certainly
did not accept your"
1T is not" Mrs. Blank began. and
then, considering that if She mentioned
names she might show more knowledge
of Mrs. Blanks affairs than was com
patible with pretending to be another
person, SO she changed her sentence
and said, credible that she should
accept you and then marry another
man"
She didn't, Kate" her husband said.
in his own natural voice; she married
me-"
Toni she exclaimed
Yes, my dear" Tom answered. "You
told me at our party that [ couldn t
fool you even if / did wear a mask
You are a wretch and a monster"
she declared, and l will never forgive
you"
But she did, and told the joke 1t her
own expense before the evening war
oVer.-Cleveland Leader.
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Primary election reform has been
set back two years, at least, by the
decision of the Supreme Court, upset
ting the Stratton law. But that decis-
ion is sound OF that there can be no
doubt. A laundering Legislature, mis-
led by a body of lawyers composing
two Judiciary Committees. entitled the
bill in a manner forbidden by the Con-
stitution, and SO framed it that in the
opinion of the appellate tribunal it in
fringes rights guaranteed to citizens
by the Constitution On these grounds
the Supreme Court sets the Act aside.
If the bill is properly entitled, and the
trespass complained Of is eliminated,
and it is passed at the legislative ses-
sion of 1899, it will have to be again
tested in the courts. IF upheld it can
not be put to a working test in a State
election until 1900. This delay is much
to be regretted, but there is no use of
repining. We have believed that the
supposed law was on the whole good,
and reformatory; that it moved in the
right direction, and would have gone
far toward securing a true expression of
party sentiment, giving party elections
the sanctity and secrecy of State cleo
tons, and thus stripping from the few
who have welded it UNANIMOUSLY the
power Of debating party expression
and controlling party machinery. The
way to any great good lies through
persistent striving for it, Primary re-
form must come, and the. effort to at
tain it must not be relaxed. It's friends
must pick the flint and try again.
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Pears

1t is a wonderful soap
that takes hold quick and
does no harm.
No harm! 1t leaves the
skin soft like a baby's; no
alkali in it, nothing but
soap. The harm is done by
alkali. Still more harm IS
done by not washing. So,
bad soap is better than
none.
What is bad soap? I'm
perfectly made; the fat
and alkali not we'll bal
anced or not combined.
What is good soap?
Pears.
All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists;
all sorts of people use it.
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The San Jose Herald hearing
that there was a movement in this
city to drive out the tough and Grim
inal element, trusts that Sacramento
win not be so unjust as to drive her
bad characters upon other communi-
ties. Probably not We never have
done so. The gang of which we COM
plain is not Sacramentan. It is the
output of other communities. Largely
it is the overflow from the State Prison
near by. and to which Sacramento
sends no more than her share But
she receives back ten times her quota.
Some day this State will do as is done
in other parts of the Union-require
every county to send for and receive
on the discharge day the criminals it
has sent up. That would be simple
justice. and would put the rascals
where they are best known and can
best be handled.
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Seekers after gold know they may De
disappointed, but seekers after health
take Hoods Sarsaparilla with the Ut
most confidence that it will do them
wonderful good.
Hoods Pills are the only pills to take
with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Easy, yet
efficient.
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y
bled with an
ovarian tumor,
each year grow
ing worse, un-
til at last l
was compelled
to consult with
a physician.
He said
nothing could
be done for
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AN OPERATION AVOIDED.
Mrs. Rosa Gaum Writes to Mrs.
Pinkham About it. She Says:

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I take pleas
ure in writing you few lines to in
form you of the good your Vegetable
Compound has done me. / cannot
thank you enough for what your medi-
cine has done for me; it has. indeed,
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Weather Forecast.

Northern Internationally fair Sat
urday; killing frost Saturday night, and
where clear tonight; brisk north wind.
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Some Other Day.

Indignant citizen - Say! Your boy
threw a stone at me just now and
barely missed me-"
Mr. Grogan-Yez say he missed We?
That's what I understood myself to
remark.
1T was not my bye. "-Indianapolis
Journal.
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The popularity of a cork leg is that
apart from the name there isn't yes
tige of cork about it. The origin of the
term comes, it is said, from the fact
that nearly all the great manufacturers
of such articles used TO live on Cork
street, Piccadilly.
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That's a queer name for a goat -
remarked the inquisitive man; why do
you call him Nearly
Because" replied the other man,
''he is all butt ''-Philadelphia Record
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VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Subs
jects OF Living News
Interest.

san Leandro Reporter: In the pres
ent emergency every American is loyal.
Commenting upon the action of Con-
gress in voting fifty millions of dollars
for the national defense Mr.. Bryan pa
triotically says that the sum might as
we'll have been made a hundred mill
ions, Ito show the world that Congress
and the American people, without re-
gard TO political differences, are ready
to support the Administration in any
action necessary for the protection of
the honor and welfare of the nation.
That is the kind of talk that shows the
4 1nn.i1ac nj
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SACRAMENTO BANK.

THE OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN
the city, corner Fifth and streets, Sac
ramento. Guaranteed capital $500, 200;
paid up capital, gold coin. $40U,0C0; re-
serve fund, $50, 600: term and ordinary de-
posits, So, 224, 931 50; loans on real estate
January l. 1897, S. 635, T61 rs. Terms and
ordinary deposits received Dividends paid
in January and July. Money loaned upon
real estate only. Information furnished
upon application to
w. P. COLEMAN, President
Ed. r. Hamilton, Cashier.
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PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THE
State OF California in such case made
and provided, public notice is hereby
given that the Oakland Consolidated
Street Railway Company, the Alameda.
Oakland and Piedmont Electric Railway
Company and the Central Avenue Rail-
way Company upon the written consent
of the stockholders holding more
than three-fourths in value of ali
the stock of each of said corpora
tons, respectively. and by agreement OF
the respective Boards of Directors of said
corporations, made and entered into in
accordance with such consent and pur-
suant to the said laws OF the State Of
California, in such case made and pro-
vided. have consolidated and amalgamat-
ed their capital stock, debts, properties
assets and franchises under the corporafs
name and style of the OAKIANO
TRANSIT COMPANY.
Dated at Oakland. Alameda County
State of California, this 22d day of March
1898.
BY order of the Board of Directors "a
the Oakland Transit Company.
by SAMUEL ]. TAYLOR.
mr23-tillap25 Secretarv
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NOTICE OF THE CONSOLIDATION

PROPERTIES. ASSETS AND FRAN.
CHISES OF THE OAKLAND CON
SOLIDATED STREET RAILWAY
LAND AND PIEDMONT ELECTRIC
RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE
CENTRAL AVENUE RAILWAY CON-
PANY.
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~ tS~& AN w
For years | was trou-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-13
FOUND IN a POOL OF BLOOD.
Aged Storekeeper of Augusta MUIR
derousIy Assaulted.

Augusta, Ca, March 12.-Frederick
schaufele, an old German citizen, who
runs a small store on Gwinnett street. in
the southern part of the city, was found
IN his store tonight lying in a pool of
blood.
an iron bar and his skull was crushed
in several places.
He was not able to give any account of
the assault upon him.
There was no indication of robbery in
the store but his trunk looks as If 1t
might have been broken open.
However. until the old man Is able to tell
whether he had any money in the trunk
il is impossible to say whether 1t was
robbed.
Mr. Schaufele has grown children in the
city, but he lived alone in a back room of
the store.
He was carried to the hospital, where
his injuries are pronounced serious. He is
73 years old.
When the ambulance was summoned to
telephone pole at the corner of Broad and
Marbury streets, in attempting to turn the
corner too rapidly, and was badly dam
aged.
call was then sent in for the police
patrol wagon, and on the way to the old
mans store a nut came off one of the
axles and a wheel ran off.
Owing to these accidents there was con-
siderable delay in getting the wounded
man to the hospital.