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The broad ax., 1899-12-02

The Baltimore and Ohio lines west
OF the Ohio River present a very busy
appearance these days, as there Is
scarcely a ten mile stretch without a
bridge or a construction gang at work.
There are still few Of the So bridges
purchased last January to be erected.
and almost all of the 10000 tons of IS
pound rails have been laid. At several
points sidings Of 100 car capacity are
being constructed. and between New
ark and Chicago Junction thousands of
men are working on extensive grade
reductions Between Chicago junction
and Chicago nearlya score Of passing
sidings are being constructed with q
view Of q double track some time In
the future. They are to be long
enough in most cases to hold three 50
car tfa1nA
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
UP THE HILL FOR A CENT.
Small Boy In Germantown Starts . New
Business.

business.
There's a new and fourishing busi-
ness just started up in Germantown. 1t
means money for small boys and a rest
cure for bicyclers, says the Philadel-
phia Press. Perhaps you've seen
wheelmen and wheelwomen toiling up
the Wissahickon hill that brings them
out into Rittenhouse street. When that
stage Of the journey is reached one is
pretty well tired out anyhow, and to
meet Wissahickon hill in addition Is
the last straw. The look OF rage and
hopelessness and utter exhaustion on
bicyclers' faces would be pitiful IL 1t did
not come from a voluntary self-mar-
tyrdom. Well, there is nothing for 1t,
when you get there, except to ride mp
or walk up, pushing your wheel. The
first proposition is out Of all possibil-
ity. And heretofore there have been
daily professions Of purple riders seen
trudging up the hill, trundling their
wheels beside them. Now, however, all
this is going to be changed, by dint OF
enterprise and business ability. You
get to the foot Of the hill and you dis
mount, and a crowd Of small boys
bears down upon you. Take your
wheel up for a penny, LADY," Save
you all de trouble for a cent?" The
whole hill for a copper" So they be-
siege you. And you gratefully turn
over your bicycle to somebody's hands
and walk on leisurely and unburdened,
with time to stick in loose hairpins and
mop your heated brow Blessed be the
small boyi
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
Who Would Mourn for Hanna,

From the Philadelphia Ledger: The
downfall Of Mr.. Hanna would not be
an event to cause national sorrow. and
IL any movement be made to unseat
him by the friends Of purer political
methods it is to be heartily fostered
and aided in every manner possible.
But his enforced retirement is a mat
ter not easily accomplished. Abso-
lutely Indifferent to public opinion ana
holding much Of the political machin-
cry OF the Republican party in his
hands, he may be expected to hold ON
as long as he can.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
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The Well Known Physician and Specialist,
FRANKLIN NILES, q. D., Il. g., Of
Chicago, viii Send $3.50 worth Of
his New and Complete Treai.
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There never was q better opportu-
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or stomach, to test, free, New and
Complete Treatment for these disor-
ders. DR.. Miles is we'll known as a
leading specialist in these diseases, and
his liberal offer Is certainly worthy Of
serious consideration by every afiicted
reader.
This new system Of Special Treat
ment is thoroughly scientific and i'm
mensely superior to the ordinary
methods. It consists Of several RENE
dies carefully selected to suit each in
dividual case, and Is the final result OF
twenty-five years Of very extensive re-
search and experience in treating this
class Of disorders. 1t consists Of
curative elixir. tonic tablets, laxative
pills and usually q plaster, selected for
each case. Extensive statistics clearly
demonstrate that DR.. Miles New Treat
ment is three times as successful as the
usual treatment
Thousands OF remarkable tesimo-
malls from prominent people will be
sent upon request which prove the doc
tor to be one Of the worlds most sue
cessful physicians.
Col. z. B. spHemHn, Of the 9Th United States Reg.
ulars, located at San Diego, Cal, says: Dr. Niles
Special Treatment has worked wonders In my sons
case when all else failed had employed the best
medical talent and had spent - 900 In doing. be-
Heve be is q wonderful specialist considered it
my duty TO recommend him" you cured me Of
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For years had severe trouble with my stomach.
head. neuralgia. sinking spells, and dropsy. Your
treatment entirely cured me-" writes Hon. W. A
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As all afflicted readers may have $3.50
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them to send for it at once. Address
DR.. Franklin Miles, 201 to 2o9 State
street, Chicago
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
Divided Republican Councils.

Lafayette Qnd.) Journal: II ever
the Republicans had big job on their
hands they will have it when congress
meets. 1t is an essential part Of their
program that the administrations for
eign policy be upheld. 1t will be hope
less to expect anything for Mckinley
in the presidential campaign unless
that can be done. 1t is well known
that there are strong influences in the
Republican party and a pretty nearly
united strength in the Democratic
party opposed to such an Endorsement.
Meantime the Democrats have the
advantage IL they can but maintain
The present feeling of harmony in the
party. And If they can reconcile such
minor differences as are known to ex-
ist they will but gain an added ad-
vantage over the enemy. The Demo-
Gratis are right. The policy OF impe-
rialism is wrong. The president de-
serves the defeat that certainly awaits
him. And the thing for all men in the
Democratic party to do is to get to-
gether. There will be contentious in
the other side OF the house. Let them
have monopoly OF it.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
The transportation Trust.

The railroad pool is organizing.
When it is complete every rail OF
transportation in the country will be
In dozen names. Already, as the re-
suit Of foul railroad extortion, corn is
burned in Kansas, while folk starve
for want Of it in Pennsylvania and
New York. What will be the ballad
when the railroad pool is complete?
Here Is the muster-roll of this coming
railroad infamy-the elements which
are to constitute the transportation
trust:
The broad ax., 1899-12-02

went to Frederick and a Republican
majority Of 1.000 disappears and is re-
placed by a Democratic majority.
Then, as a climax to his tour, he
went to Baltimore and stirred I'D the
enthusiasm Of the patriots to such an
extent that the city elects twenty
Democrats to the general assembly and
gives an old-fashioned majority to the
state and local ticket.
Such is the result Of political rough
riding We think the Democrats next
year could wen AFFORD to employ Teddy
to -rough-ride It over the country max
frz political speeches.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
aIOO ReHard. 300.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased 10
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO cure In all its
stages and that IS Catarrh- Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known TO the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tionAl disease requires a constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prfetors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they oner One Hundred Dollars for
any case that It fails 70 cure. Send for list of
Testimonials
Address F. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo, o
Sold by druggists 75c-
Halls Family Pills are the best
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
CHEAP TELEPHONE BELLS.

One would hardly look for the most
perfect telephone service in the world
in the rural districts, but such is the
case, IL reports evidently authentic
are to be relied upon. The system is
located in Geauga county, northeastern
Ohio. There are two or three competing
companies, but the principal one is
owned and operated by a number OF
farmers, whose aim is to secure an
economic and efficient service rather
than dividends for the stockholders.
Several hundred farmers in the county
have telephones in their houses which
greatly facilitate their business and So
cial intercourse. The charge is only
S1.25 per month, with unlimited use
Of the wire.''
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
Teddy q Political Rouxh Rider.

From the Atlanta Constitution: AS
a spellbinder Teddy Roosevelt seems
to be responsible for some curious re-
suits. He was called into Maryland by
the Republicans to arouse the patriotic
enthusiasm Of the masses, and .here
can be no doubt that the campaign
he made will be long remembered by
the Republican leaders. He went into
the mining regions and displayed his
fervid eloquence. In consequence, ap-
parently, there was landslide to the
Democratic party. He went into Wash
ington county and forthwith Washing
ton county became Democratic. He
The broad ax., 1899-12-02

Secretary Root Is surrounding the
war department with as much secrecy
as though the nation were at war with
a formidable foreign power. This se-
erecy, however, is solely directed at
keeping facts Of disgraceful manage
ment from the public. The latest ex-
ample Is the suppression Of a stinging
report relative to the bringing home of
several hundred sick and wounded SOL
diers on the hospital transport ship
Tartar. The transport was fearfully
overcrowded. the medical stan both In
cufacient and incompetent. These
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
ProDo.ed Absolute Measure Of Time.

In the Journal de Physique, NJ. Lipp-
mann advocates the adoption Of an abb
solute measure OF time based on max
ing the Newtonian constant Of gravi-
tation equal to unity. Instead OF
adopting an astronomical unit Of
density based on taking the mean
solar second as unit Of time, we are
to adopt an absolute unit Of time based
on taking water as the unit Of density.
On making the necessary calculations
the proposed unit is found to be ap-
proximately equal to 1852 seconds Of
mean time.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
ELECTRIC HeadIirht.

Once more electricity has taken the
place Of other illuminants. The Chi
cago, Burlingtt n and Quincy Railroad
has Just commenced to equip locomo-
tiVes with electric headlights. The
famous Fast Mail of the Denver Linn
tied travel at such high rate OF speed
that stronger light than the old style
has been found necessary to safety.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
OUR FINE OPPORTUNITY.

Seniors Montalvo and Figueras, COM
missioners appointed for that purpose
by tie Planters and Farmers Associa-
ton Of Cuba. have laid before Presi-
dent Mckinley an earnest appeal for
American assistance in bringing about
q revival Of the sugar, tobacco and
mining interests Of that island.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02

though / must
tell about It. A
year ago I was
taken very sick.
Doctorsc Go
me no good only
to deaden the
pain which I
had almost con-
stantly. / got
some Of your
Compound and
took one bottle
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
A Prince OF Commenee.

John NJ. Smyth, head OF the great
house The John NJ. Smyth Co., has
built up, by years of hard work, the
greatest institution OF its nd in the
world. His name is household word
in Chicago.
Their "ad." in another part Of this
paper should be Of interest to every
one. Get their catalogue Of everything
to eat, wear or use.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02

Hix-That fellow jerks is a clever,
ingenius chap. isn't he? Dix-why, I
never heard Of his doing anything re-
markable. Hix-That's Just it. He
manages to get along nicely without
doing anything.-Chicago News.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
ALABAMA POLITICS

A joint debate is going on in Ala
oama between Senator Morgan and
Gov. Johnston, both democrats, though
not agreed as to leading issues Of the
day. The senator is a candidate for
reelection, but the governor thinks
that the senator is out OF touch With
their party and so has himself entered
the senatorial race.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02

Nameless Village ON Lake Huron.
A village without a name. consisting
Of 500 fshermen's huts, occupies a DO
sition every winter on Lake Huron.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
One DIRarannn-

Greene-They say Miss Rattles talks
like book. De Witt-To a certain
extent. but you can generally make a
book shut up.-Cleveland Leader.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
AMERICAS COMMERCIAL sUpREM.

In 1899 for the first time the imports
into Jamaica from the United States
exceeded those from Great Britain, and
this fact begins TO attract the earnest
attention Of some Of the London pa
pers- It is, indeed, as they contend, a
matter Of considerable consequence to
England and the world that most Of
the trade Of England's largest posses
sion In the gulf Of Mexico is with the
United States rather than with the
mother country. The drift has been
in this direction, however, for many
years. and nobody need be surprised At
ats latest development.
The broad ax., 1899-12-02
SUNDAY LABOR AND THE Law

SUNDAY LABOR AND THE LAW.
1t Is well known to those who have
given the subject any sttention that
the question of Sunday labor is unset
tied in the United States. Not only is
the Law regulating or restricting such
labor openly disregarded in many
states. especially In large and cosmo-
politan cities. but the principles OF
Sunday legislation are neither nxed
nor definite. The usual rule Is toIer-
ably familiar-works OF necessity or
charity are deemed to be legal on the
day OF rest But this formula Is oo-
Tiously rather elastic. Who can define
What work Of necessity il?
The broad ax., 1899-12-02

ILETTER 70 HzS PrHKHAH NO. s4.ss1
Siam so grateful to you for what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me that I feel as
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-21
NEW BASEBALL SCHEME.
Brush Wants Eight Club National
and Two Minor Leagues.

New York, Dec. 21.-The Journal and
Advertiser publishes the following in
terview with John T. Brush, the base
ball magnate:
AN eight-club National league and
two minor leagues, an eastern and west
ern, working in harmony with the ma
jOr organization, is my idea of placing
the game in a position where it would
be unassailable for years to come.
1.-The eastern league, if matters so
shape themselves, could be greatly
strengthened by the addition to its cir
cult of Baltimore and Washington
which would make it second only in
Importance to the National league.
President P. T. Powers, I am happy to
see has grasped the situation and has
already applied to President Young for
protection for those two cities.
The Western league could also com
plete its circuit and also strengthen it
by adding Louisville and Cleveland to
its already strong showing.
MY plan, and I am in hopes of see
ing it successful, is for these two minor
leagues to play for their individual
championships and settle that fight in
a, season up to say about August of
each year.
1.-The two leagues could then have an
inter-SectiOnal contest, east versus
west, the winners of this battle to play
off for the inter-SectiOnal champion
ship. This would also be an interna-
tional affair, because Montreal and To-
rOntO would participate in the battle
both being members of the eastern
league.
THE recent action of the National
league in allowing the minor leagues
two years reservation of their players
and in increasing the drafting price of
players of class A clubs from $500 to
$1,000, will no doubt appeal to the minor
league officials and place them in a
position to take up this scheme of
mine with avidity"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-21
SOAPS.
SCORES UNCLE SAM.
DR.. Goldin Smith Deplores Americas
Position en- the Boer-British
Tronble.

New York, Dec. 21.-A special to the
World from Toronto, says:
DR.. Goodwin Smith condemns the
stand taken by Great Britain in the
South African war in no uncertain
words.
He quotes approvingly from a letter
received from "A Highly Educated En-
glish Gentleman, with the sentiment of
his class" which deplores the war as
unjustified, as the ruinatiOn of harmony
among the races and as implating in
the breast of the BOer ineXtinguishable
hatred of Britain, the only redeeming
feature of the war being that it sounds
the death knell of imperial federation,
as no colony would be found to unite
in political scheme which would put it
at the mercy of every gust of Informed
passion that might for a moment agi-
tate the central power.
DR.. Smith says:
My correspondent might have re-
marked that it is not even by a gust of
popular passion that we have been
swept into war but by the Vaccinations
of two men for their personal objects,
one of the two being not less known Tor
his INSCRIPTIONS ambition than he is
for his ability, and the other being Cecil
Rhodes.
.'The stalking horse of 'enfranchise-
ment for the outlanders.' having serv-
ed it's purpose. has been laid aside and
replaced by British supremacy in South
Africa The pretense of human right
under which the clerical abettOrS of
the war shelter themselves has been
laid aside, the watch word now being
equality for all white men, while the
brown men, vastly Outnumbering the
whites. are philanthropically consigned
to indefinite bondage.
'As it is, the end is certain and by
this time may practically have come.
Yet the stand which this little farmer
commonwealth has made for its iude-
pendence against the banded forces of
world wide empire, backed by the
diplomatic encOurag cement Of the great
powers, including the American repub-
lie, has hardly a parallel in history
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-21
OISTHMTAN CANAL YET.
improbable That the Present Con-
gress Will Act.

New York. Dec 21.-A special to the
Herald from Washington, D. C., says:
LEGISLATION providing for the con-
structiOn of a tranSisthmian canal IS
not prOba Bile during the present session
of congress
Both the Nicaraguan canal committee
in the senate, presided over by Senator
Morgan, and the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce, pre-
sided over by Mr.. Hepburn OF Iowa pro
pose to take the matter up without
waiting for the report Of the Walker
commission It is extremely 1mproba-
BILE, however, that they Will be able to
get bill through either house of con-
gresS before that report is available
The Walker commission will leave
New York on January S, going direct
to Greytown, Nicaragua. by the regular
mail steamer. They will go over the
route of the NicaragUan canal to the
Pacific side and will then go by steam
er to the Pacific end of the Panama
route.
The commission has now in the field
ten surveying parties The commits
siOners estimate that it will take about
a year for them to complete all their
work and make their report
Senator Morgan has never given his
approval to the sending of additional
commissions to the isthmus. being sat
isfied with the information already
available as to the practicability of the
canal He Will endeaVor to have his
bill reported from his committee. Rep
VS. .ahlcuIc
resentative Hepburn also believes the
provision for the Walker commission
was intended to delay the construction
of a canal and will endeavor to have
has committee take up the subject i'm
mediately after the holiday recess.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-21
LOCOMOTIVE TRADE.
Baldwin Works Receive Orders For
Engines For France, Denmark
and Finland.

Philadelphia, Dec. 21-The locomotives
built and shipped some months ago Dy
the Baldwin works for the state rail
ways of France, the first American en-
gines ever run in that country, have in
the short time they have been in SER
vice demonstrated their excellence to
the entire satisfaction of the French
officials AS a consequence, the Bald
wins have just been favored with an
other order from the sIaJe railways for
ten passenger locomotives of the At
lantic type with 84-inch driving wheels
and similar in design and size to those
in use on the Readings Atlantic City
route.
The locomotives are to be completed
by the early summer SO that they can
be used in connection with the rush of
travel to the Paris exposition. The
consolidated locomotives for the Fin
land state railways are being COM
pleted at the works, preparatory to
shipment in few days. There are also
being shipped five freight engines for
the Chicago & Northwestern railway,
two passenger engines for the Wabash
and two for Denmark. The latter en-
gines are of the same design and weight
as those previously built at the works
for the Danish state railways
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-21
Stronger than
CarbOliC Acid
AS A GERM DESTROYER
Made from the Fresh Green Leaves of
the Tasmanian Blue Gum Tree.
NO DANGEROUS INGREDIENTS
The Most Perfect Skin and Toilet Soap
Ever Manufactured.
HARMLESS, FRAGRANT, STIMULATING

That a Soap could be manufactured
without the use Of fats and oils COM
bined with an alkah has been great
surprise to chemists. The base of all
soaps from the cheapest laundry to the
finest toilet having always been made
in this way. However. their surprise
was not so great as the pleasure of the
medical profession when it was found
that a perfect soap could be made from
the fresh green leaves of the Tasman-
ian Blue Gum Tree; these leaves fur
nishing a product, which although
three times stronger than carbolic acid
as a germicide, is perfectly harmless
For years these leaves have been the
only cure known to the natives of Tas-
mania for skin diseases, wounds, etc.
and are today used in the principal skin
disease hospitals of Europe, to the ex-
clusiOn of all other remedies. Now that
it is possible to incorporate them in
toilet soap and yet retain all their
medicinal qualities, skin diseases can
be treated more successfully than be-
fore, application of the medicant being
made in this way without the use of
ointment which naturally clogs the
pores of the skin,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-21
Killed by an Elephant.

Columbus, O., Dec. 21.-M. J. Meagh-
er. an elephant trainer, better known
as Patsy Forepaugh, was instantly kill
ed by an elephant yesterday afternoon
at Sellsville. The elephant, known as
Sid has been in captivity for twenty
years and was never regarded as vi
cious. Meagher led the elephants into
the training circles for their daily ex-
ercise, when Sid" became unruly and
the trainer jabbed the animal with his
stick. sid" became furious and hurl-
ed the trainer to the ground with his
trunk. The elephant then fell on his
victim and pierced Meagheris body with
one of his tusks, on which was a brass
ball six inches in diameter.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-21
MAY BE A TRUST.
Attorney General Investigating Grain
Dealers Association.

An official investigation of the work
ingS of the Kansas Grain Buyers as
sOciatiOn is now being made and if rep
resentatiOns made by aggrieVed persons
are found to be true, proceedings will
be instituted against the association
under the antitrust law. 1t is alleged
that the association is a trust formed
for the sole purpose of fixing the price
on grain. The directors of the associa-
tiOn meet frequently, but the work of
fixing prices is done in Kansas City.
1t is charged that this agent sends
notice to each member of the assOcia-
tiOn each day just what he shall pay
for grain until the following day Then,
if some buyer who does not belong to
the association offers more money for
grain than the association fixes upon,
its agent at that point is instructed to
raise his competitor out of business.
In doing so, the association protects its
members from any loss.
A few days ago member of the as
sOciation had an order for corn to fill.
In order to get it quickly he advanced
the price a half cent over that fixed
by the association He was hauled up
and fined $780, He drew his check for
that amount and promised to be good
in the future. These instances have been
reported to the officials to show that
the concern is a, trust and if an investi-
cation proves them to be correct At
tOrney General GODDARD VIII begin pro-
ceedinES to dissolve it.