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A DIFFICULT CASE
one Ih"t the Best skin q,
Physicians Could Not "
Cope With.

Curieus case! Curious case,, al.
! Detroit physician who is oid ocldimed
nave encountered all sorts of eynuugh TO
IN a professional way. experiences
Anything in the line Of srroos,
'he younger doctor who had been add asAel
No, insomnia; one of the most desc iffsSseG.
nmaladles with which We have 70 o''i Ia5t
very interesting, young lady. Very zeal ueal'
esting, indeed. Nervous organise, s, inter-
too sensitive, however, and ann enllrely
proof against the remedies prescr;bpapJ aiehtIy
books. Her trouble began after Va the
gagement. She evaded nv ones,i ner en-
some time, but at last admitted tIus ior
lay, awake thinking how much sba pdt she
ana adored her prospective husband 'oysl
amount oil VIII power at her cOmmsnS y. 40
put aside her bissful meditation ~ eOuld
way tor sleep. and my prescrintiors IlaAe
equally impotent. At last the case 'i h were
SO critical that | consulted with H. a ia
dents, and they induced the youno no, SUI
engagement" "A'iis The
You are marvel" said the vou,,..
man, aamlrinely. think that there sra
often cases IN which common sense can are are
ply defects in our progressive but ;nc sup'
plete science of medicine; but il Is my rr.0n u
ways that doctor has the requisite fn inn. a.
common sense on which to draw, Yomr u =, W
perlence is not only exceptional but ~ "a
wonderful. ! must make a note nj i "a y.
course recovery was Immediate" vi
No, with hesitation. "Tbe trntb = Il
now lies awake thinking how She + 5. que
him. Detroit Free Press 'es
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MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


In its report ON the blind tiger e''l
the Kinds county grand jury uncovered
a novel specimen of the tiger. Inc jury
says they learned from the evidence ne
fore them that in one of these places
scarcely a stones throw from the eaP',
toll building, there was rotary wheel
of most cunning device, placed over
barber shop The wheel, the jury says
and the "nigger in the woodple, To-
gether operate a regular retail ilquof
business in defiance OF the law Accoru
ing to expert testimony taken on tne
outside of the grand jury room II 's
learned that this wheel is so placed I'D
the wall of the tigers lair that IT is lln'
possible to see the animal himself. Inc
plan of operating the machine Is very
simple. Ii works upon the principle
that money talks" and when the reg
ulation fee in the coin of the realm Is
made to jingle in the outside company
ment of the wheel it suddenly revol'es
and the change is taken inside. An
other turn and neat little glass decah-
ter. holding Just enough, comes
around to the customer. just above
the aperture in which the wheel hts IN
plain view of those who make so bold
as to invoke the demon within, there Is
the mystic legend, discard before you
draw" After diligent and palnstak,
ing effort the grand jury failed to ma
any evidence against anybody IN con
nection with the wheel. or the merry
go-round" as it is known among the IN
itiated.
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ALL DOUBT REMOVED.
fed as Portions OF the MissiuG
Yacht Paul Jones.

Mobile, Ala. Jan. 2l.-The govern
ment steamer Pausy touched at Biloxi,
Miss, Friday afternoon and reported
finding on Breton island a part of the
stern of the naphtha launch Paul Jones.
also a yawlboat with bow smashed and
other small articles from the launch,
The condition of the wrcckage tends to
show that the naphtha tank blew up
and tore the boat to pieces. The Pansl
met the Maud with Jones and Taggart
on board. The latter visited the wreck
age and identified ii as par; of The Pau
Jones. No bodies were found. o. f.
Fremont and party left Scranton Fri
day forenoon in the sailing yacht Ade-
laide, of very light draught, and will
visit every nook TO the westward. The
expedition is proysioned for ten days.
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COCKRELL FOR PRESIDENT.
The kansas City Times, One of Bry-
ans Supporters, Abnndons Him
for the Missouri Senator.

Kansas City, Mo, Jan. l9.--ln a
leading editorial to-day the Kansas
City Times. which has been staunch
supporter of William Jennings Bry-
an, urges The candidacy Of United
states Senator Francis Marion Cock
rel! for the democratic presiden-
tial nomination in 1900. Senator
Cockrell, whom the legislature of
Missouri has just elected to his fifth
term in the United States senate. will
he pat forward as IAN old-fashioned
democrat who stood for what the Chi
cage platform contains long before that
platform was promulgated
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shorter spans were bent and twisted
out of shape. For time il was feared
that the Nickel Plate trestle at the side
of the run would be carried away also
but this was saved by prompt work or
the part of the officials of the company.
As result of the accident Wilson
avenue, ore of the great cross-town
thoroughfares, will be BLOCKED for some
time to all but pedestrians. The bridge
was about 800 feet long 1t was bult
jointly by the city and the Nickel Plate
railroad, cost about 500 900 and was
opened for traffic last summer. 1t vii
cost, it is estimated, about $4,000 to re.
pair the damage.
At MermiI the Portage river is out Of
its banks and the country is inundated
fer two miles on each side. Residents
we're rescued from their houses n
boats. The village of Mungen is nearly
all under water. The cold weather will
probably cause the floods to recede.
Bowling Green, o., Jan. 19.-One of
the worst frcshets Wood county has
seen for years prevails south Of here
Thousands of dollars damage has been
done. The oil fields are involved anGit
is impossible TO care for the prod
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WEST AND SOUTH.

w. ]. Bryan was speaking in the
Coliseum at Denver when a platform
gave way and 40 persons were injured,
some seriously.
Rev. A. ID. Hendrickson died in James
Vile, Wis, aged 81 years, after fasting
As days. He was unable TO eat because
of a stroke of paralysis.
Mrs. Fred w. Tisdel was killed and
Mr.. Tsdel fatally injured while en-
deavoring TO escape from their burn
ing home in Cleveland.
In Baltimore Holiday g. Co., whole
sale dealers in dry goods, failed with
assets of $4,000 and liabilities OF
1877 900.
The Encouragement of Kansas holds
that the special session of the legis-
ature called by Gov. Leedy was illegal
and that all laws passed at that session
are void.
The supreme court of Ohio declared
unconstitutional the law changing the
time of commencement of term of sher-
ifs from January TO September.
In Cleveland. o.. food caused by the
VI al ia III d SASSi
bridge and did other damage to the eX-
tent of 100000.
In Chicago Benjamin l. Greenebaum,
building contractor, failed for $780,
oOO.
In attempting TO arrest William
Flannery for murder in Scott county,
Va, Officers Joel Necessary. Charles
Necessary, viii Freeman and Sam
Duncan were fatally shot by Flannery
and his brother.
The Michigan republicans will hold
their state convention for nomination
of justice of the supreme court and re-
gents of the university at Jackson
March ].
At Ohiowa. Neb., the family of John
Peterson, IL in number, were victims
CT trichinosis poisoning, and several of
them died.
At Havana Secretary Alger has re-
established the Bank of Spain by an or
der OF the war department.
President Mckinley nominated Peter
s. Grosscup. OF Chicago. TO be United
States circuit Judge for the Seventh iu-
dicial circuit. .
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THE EAST.

Under sentence of death in Pitts
burgh for the murder of his wife
Michael Rulinski committed suicide in
the county Jail by hanging.
The United Mine Workers of Amer
ica in session in Pittsburgh. elected
John Mitchell, of indianapolis, presi-
dent.
In Boston Thomas W. Lawson paid
Sc. 900 for the carnation that bears his
wife's name and for the 6.000 plants
which Florist Calvin has raised.
Funeral services over the remains Of
Nelson Dingley, Jr, took place at Lew
iston, Me.
Fire destroyed the building occupied
by Alfred j. Cammeyer, one of the larg-
est retail shoe dealers in New York, the
loss being 100000.
The important companies Of the
world engaged in the production Of
DoraX and boracic acid have joined in
n trust.
On account of threatened strike all
the colleries al Audenried and Honey
brook, Pa, were shut down. throwing
., 800 men out of employment.
While chasing burglar Chief of Po~
lice Grow, of Somerville, n. j., was shot
and fatally wounded.
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Testimonial to Schley.

New York, Jan. 2l.-Rear Admiral
Schley was presented Friday night
with a jeweled sword by his brot her
members Of the Royal Arcanum at
Carnegie music hall in the presence of
1000 persons. Gov. Lowndes. of Mary
land. with party, and a large number
of naval officers were present. After
receiving the sword with graceful
speech Admiral Sehlcy buckled it to
his side and shock hands with about
5000 men, women and children. Su-
preme Regent Edison NJ. Schryver, of
Baltimore. who presided, made the
presentation.
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Railroad Robbers Caught.

The police have uncarthcd gang OF
railroad robbers which has been rob
bling freight trains and ears for months
at Meridian. On the night of January
IS large quantities of dry goods and
merchandise were stolen from cars in
the Mobile & Ohio railroad yards Dick
Ed White, all well-known employees of
the Mobile & Ohio. are in Jail charged
with the robbery. White made full
confession and told all about the opera
tions of the gang. They have been
operating for weeks. and the railroads
have suffered heavy losses. The arrests
and exposures have kicked up big
sensation.
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Jail Delivery.

Three prisoners escaped from the
StarSville Jail one night last week
Charley Henry, white under five years
sentence for burglary: Ike McGee, col
ored. under sentence also for burglary,
and John Henry Williams, colored, UNI
der indictment for assault with intent
to kill. They were put in cell that
night as usual, and it is mystery as to
how they got out of the cell After
getting out of this stronghold they
sawed the bars to the window and then
their escape was easy. The officers
have not yet been able to discover any
traces of the fugitives. This is the sec
ond time that Charley Henry has es-
capped from Jail. After his former es-
cape he joined the army at Chicka-
manga,
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MAKES ITS REPORT.
sOlved-NO Reference Made to Fu-
ture Government of TIC Island.

evacuation commission was dissolved
Thursday and its members submitted
to the president, secretary of state and
the secretary Of war report on their
labors. The report makes 10 reference
to the future government of the is
lands and embodies no political recon-
mcndations whatsoever, consisting
practically of a record of its proceed
ings with the voluminous CORES pond-
cnce passing mainly between it, the
Spanish commission and the admins
tration at Washington. Secretary
Alger and the president warmly con-
graduated the commission on its sue
cesSful and expeditions work.
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They Want Pensions.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Butter
presented on Tuesday in the senate a
petition from So eX-confedesates of
Muscogee county, Ca, asking him not
to abandon his bill for pensioning ex-
confederate soldiers. They say that
they are citizens of the United States,
and that, while they participated on
the confederate side of the war between
the states, this war was not a rebellion.
They refer TO President McKinley's re-
cent expressions favorable to the care
of the southern dead as the express
sions of ''true patriot"
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Accu4es Grant.

Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 19.-When the
committee appointed TO investigate
the charges against Speaker Wrigh.
met Wednesday Milton j. Green, who ac-
knowledges that he is the manager Of
L. 5. Grants campaign for the senator
ship, was recalled. lie testified that he
had absolute authority to spend money
in Grants fight from Grant himself.
lie stated that he had used money in
many assembly and senatorial districts,
but had kept no record of his expend!-
lures, nor could he tell The full mum.
Der Of candidates whom he assisted.
The leader., 1899-01-25

4 bunch of shorthorn blood-red cat
tie were shipped last week from Cold
water to be delivered in Calhoun coun-
ty. and the animals were a marvel of
be done in our cotton States in the way
of stock raising. The entire bunch
cost 5000. One of the animals weighed
/, 400 pounds, and most of them were
yet but half-grown. Stock raising prom
iscs to be more extensively entered into
than was heretofore supposed to be
practicable. Less cotton and more stock,
farm and dairy produce seems to be the
direction which our farmers are inclined
to take.
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Gold from iIlOnGike

Victoria, b. C., Jan. 20.-The steamer
Danube, which arrived from the mort.
Dawson and Atlin, with about $500, 900
in gold dust. The Dawson men say the
Upper Dominion creek is panning out
we'll, running from $3.50 TO four dollars
a pan. There are still Is tons of Can
adam and American mail at Tagisa
awaiting to be forwarded. A great deal
of typhoid fever is reported at Daw-
son-some say fully 800 cases. Seven
men have been frozen to death in the
Klondike this winter.
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A woman thinks it isall right in her own
case tosmarry man younger than herself,
but how she howls 20 years later when some
woman older than her son wants to marry
him !-Atchison Globe.
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Lodge of Elks Organized

One of the finest lodges of the order
of Elks of Mississippi was organized at
Canton last week by the election of the
following: Emil Levy, L. R.: r. G
Smith. r. X; w. II. Powell, l.. X; A.
Hesdorffer, l.. X; +. NJ. Howard. sec.
rotary; b. l.. Roberts, treasurer: Z.
Hesdorffer, t. After the installation
of the lodge and its officers, which was
most beautiful and impressing, a e-and
banquet was spread, given compliment.
airy to the visiting Elks. About ,oo
Elks were present.
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Bank Robbed,

1uscola, ILL.,, Jan. 2l.-The bank at
Arthur was robbed at an early hour
Friday morning. The village has no
night Waterman and the robbers had
things pretty much their own way.
They carried away in gold, greenbacks
and silver from 5000 to $4,000. The
bank officials are reticent about the
matter, but they admit that the sum
Is IN excess of $4,000. Six men did the
work. and from all appearances they
were experts.
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Memphis, Tenn. Jan. l9.-Ihe Mem
phis G. Nicksburg packet liner Ouachita
Capt. Bender, was destroyed by fire
this Thursday morning at the foot
of jefferson street, where she was tied
up for the night at the Memphis dock
The blaze started about 1915 O'Clock
and in Is minutes very little was left
ofthe boat except the hull and mass OF
twisted rigging. The Ouachita Isl pas
senger and freight boa in the Memphis
and Nicksburg trade, and was valued
at $4,000, with insurance of $4,000
The fire originated in the boiler room
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VIII Benefit the Delta Folks.

In a short time the gap between
Greenwood and Philip will be filled by
the building of track which the Hi
nois Central system has we'll under way.
This will give the territory through
which the road will take its course i'm
proved facilities of travel to all points
of the delta. At present to reach Co
lumbus from the delta il is necessary
to go via Memphis, an Inconvenience
that will be obviated when the gap shall
have been filed
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Honor for Roosevelt.

Washington, Jan. 20.-Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt, of New York, formerly
colonel of the First United States vol
unteer cavalry trough riders), will re-
ceire the breyet of brigadier general of
volunteers fer gallant and meritoriCus
conduct in the Santiago campaign, pro-
vidcG the senate confirms his nomina-
ton by the president. Gov Roosevelt S
name is included in long list of nearly
500 officers who have been recommend
CO by the army breves board, of which
Gen. Schwan is president, for brevet
appointments Tor distinguished con-
duct in Cuba
The leader., 1899-01-25

The New York Independent publishes
review of the past year in the churches
of the nation, which, with but one ex-
ception, the Church of New Jerusalem,
shows a satisfactory increase in their
membership. A general summary shows
that there are 149.s6S ministers, gain
of 1907 in year, that there are lso.4sS
churches, gain of G,337, and that there
has been an aggregate gain in member
ship OF s62, 300. the total now being e.
7i4,523, or fully one-third of the popula-
ton. 1t is also shown that during 1898
the churches spent $a5,oO0,000 upon
charities and missions.
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States district court for The northern
district of Illinois and succeeds John
w. Showalter on the Seventh circuit
bench.
Judge Grosscup Is a native Of Ohio and
lived many years a Ashland, in that state.
where he had the distinction of making the
first nomination of Maj. Mckinley for con-
gress. Later he moved to Chicago and
practced law. He held TO public office
prior TO his appointment Is district judge.
lie presided over the trial of Dcbs, the rail
road strike leader. at Chicago several years
ago. lie is member OF the federal COM
mission TO examine and report on needed
changes in the patent laws.l
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Ambassador Choate is credited with
saying many pleasant and clever
things. Once at a dinner party he was
asked whom be would like to be if he
could not be himself He paused a few
seconds, as if thinking over the list of
worlds celebrities, and then his eyes
rested upon his wife. al" he answered,
Il could not be myself, should like to
be Mrs. Cheats second husband
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High Prices Paid.

New York, Jan. 20.-The extraordi-
nary activity in the New York stock cX-
change has been rejected in steadily
increased prices for membership seats
The action of the governors in pur.
chasing connecting properties on the
north and south side of the Broad
street entrance, with a view of or
larging the scope of its operations, also
stimulated the inquiry for seats. 4
sale Thursday was made at $4,000
which was the record price. Subse,
quen:ly $4,000 was bid, with an oirtr
al $4,000.
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shafter Takes Command.

San Francisco. Jan. 2o.-Thursday
Maj Gen. Merriam issued an order re-
iinqulshing the command of the de-
partment of California. Immediately
thereafter Maj. Gen. Shafter issued an
order announcing his accession 10 the
command. Ger. Merriam will go to
Denver, COL, to assume command OF the
department of the Colorado.
The leader., 1899-01-25

The police Of Brussels have un-
carthed mandatory of fake master
pieces of art, where imitation pictures
oy famous masters have been made and
passed upon an unsuspecting public.
Pictures, claimed TO be genuine Milletsi
Baudrys and Puvis du Chavaunes, were
seized. and it was evident that the
sharpers have been doing business on
large scale. They have made fortune
Of a million francs. and the dispatch
telling of the matter says that most
of the pictures have been palmed off on
wealthy and aristocratic but unknow-
ing Americans
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There is but one person living of all
The party of John Brown that went to
Harper's Ferry in 1859. She is Mrs.
Annie Brown Adams, daughter of the
old abolitionist leader. She was house
keeper for the men in the hills of Mary
land from early July TO the September
- preceding the raid. She is now old
and feeble and very poor. She has re-
sisted all attempts to help her through
public subscription, and when personal
friends paid off mortgage on herlittle
property she at first declined to consent
TO the arrangement. She lives at
Petrolia. Humboldt county. Cal.
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Laid TO Rest.

Lewiston, Me-, Jan. 19.-In the midst
of marked evidences Of public and pri-
waite mourning the citizens of Maine, in
Guiding the neighbors and lifelong
friends of the late Representative Nell
son Dingley, engaged in the closing
services attending the burial of Names
honored congressman here Wednesday.
The public service was held in the Pine
Street Congregational church. after
prayers at the Dingley home. The body
was then taken TO Oak Hill GENE terry, in
Auburn, for inteTment.
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VIII he Fair and just,

Washington, Jan. 81. = Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood called at the war depart
ment Friday to say farewell prior 20 his
departure for Cuba. The war depart
ment expects to be able in the course of
4 few days to promulgate the plan it has
formulated, after col suItation with
Gen. Wood, for the distribution of the
customs revenue of Cuba, question
which is agitating the people of San
tiago just now rather unreasonably.
The plan will be fair and just to all in
tereStS
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An Extrndition Treaty.

Washington, Jan. Io.-The president
has sent 10 the senate 4 new extradition
treaty between this country and Brazil.
1t was referred to the committee or
foreign relations and at Wednesday 5
meeting of that committee was taken
up and referred TO a subcommittee.
The treaty is formal document pro-
vidng for the exchange Of persons
charged with offenses OF the usual
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Elected senator.

Bismarck, \. D., Jan. 2l.-Porter J.
McCumber, of Richland county, was
elected United States senator in the
joint assembly of the North Dakota leg
islature at noon for the six years ioi-
lowing the term Of William n. Roach
(dem). On the formal ballo: Me
Cumber received ~ votes; NJ. y. John
son, /, and Thomas Kleinogel received
the fusion vote of 10.
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The gifts of colleges in the United
States last year amounted to Sl3,0S6,-
$50, and libraries received Sl,166,50
Museums and art galleries, whose OBJ
ject is partly educational, were gener-
ously remembered 10 the extent of ST.
472.000. For these various institutions
the aggregate Of gifts was S15.724,650,
in total for all purposes of $23, 9s! 900.
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Basing his computations on values
shown by records OF real estate, build
ing, merchandise and railways, Null
hall, the statistician, shows that the
United States is now the richest ma
ton on the globe. His figures are:
United States. $S1,750. 900. 900; Grea.
Britain. $50 900 OOO, 600; France, SAT $780,
100000; Germany, $40, o.Ooo,O 900; Rus
STA, $32, 1875 900 600; Austria, 500 $50 ,000.-
coo; Italy, $l5,sOO 900, 900; Spain, SILL
100000 900. And we are just beginning
10 get move"
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The young people in Ohio are going
10 be 10 need of sympathy before the
year is ended. for state law has gone
into effect regulating the issuance OF
marriage licenses, and according to
that measure young man who applies
for license must be equipped with all
kinds Of Information regarding him.
self. his bride. their respective ante
cedenfs and their family histories. lie
must tell his brides mothers maiden
name and be able 10 give accurate in
formation all around as to birthplace.
places OF residence. occupation. pre-
s.cus mstrimQniai relations. etc.