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have been so e1fectual in remedying former abuses as to reduce the insur- anee rates on cattle shipped abroad from eight dollars to one per head.
 In 1891 the weather bureau was es- tablished as a part of the agricultural department by the transfer of the work from the war department The cost of this service for the first year under the agricultural department was $sG1, s40.S3. but the service 10 the country could not be estimated in dollars and cents. That amount included the es- tablishment of a large number of new stations and the general enlargement of the service rendered
 Hon. J. Sterling Morton, Of Nebraska. became secretary of agriculture when President Cleveland was inaugurated for his second term. in March. 1893. He added q division of agrostology, which is doing important work, and several important publications have already heen issued by it. The work of tue weather bureau was again greatly eu- larged several valuable discoveries were made in the department of for estry, and by the introduction of ciyi3 service methods in the administrative department a vast saving made for the government.
 Secretary Morton was succeeded by the present incumbent, Secretary WiI- son, under whom the work of the de- partment is still growing.
 In historical sketch of the depart ment, prepared by Charles H. Great house, of the division of publications, he says the department has cost the government since the time of its ss- tablishment as division of the patent office to the present time, $26,915,9S8, or less than $500, 900 per year.
 Mir, Greenhouse. after giving the ex- pense to the people, asks: Tn what manner and to what extent has it made return for this outlay?' Then, after giving figures to prove its worth al- most thousandfold he adds m ex- tract from Secretary Rusk's last report as follows
 In concluding the work done under the several divisions of this department since the date of my last annual re. port, it gives me pleasure to state, and I say this advisedly, that each one of more than a dozen divisions whose work l have reviewed has returned in actual value to the country during the past year far more than the entire an- nual appropriation accorded to this de- partment.' RERNHARD RRTsT0T
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with the patent office. He was sci entifc farmer of well-Inown reputa- tion, and took great interest in the work intrusted to him. In addition to the propagating gardens at Sixth street and Missouri avenue, in Washington, small plat of ground which had pre- viously been assigned to the work of the division in the patent office, anoth- CT tract of 40 acres in the same city was assigned to the work of the new depart ment by congress. This latter tract now forms the chief experimental sta tion of the department,
 During the term of Commissioner Newton the question of the weather service was first agitated by him, and he strongly recommended such service In connection with his department. He also recommended the investigation of the beet sugar industry Before his death which occurred from the effects of sunstroke suffered on the grounds of the experimental farm June 19, 1867, the valuable department library was started, first by an appropriation of $4,- GOO by congress, and later by the pur- chase of the Glover collection of agri- cultural works.
 Gen. Horace Gapron, of Illinois, sue ceeded Commissioner Newton. He de- voted much attention to the subjects of steam blowing, beet sugar making and silk culture Under his administration of the department an investigation was made of the Texas cattle fever, and he recommended the establishment Of q division of botany in 1868. During Commissioner Gapron's administration the Japanese government was inYesti- gating the subject of improved meth ods of agriculture. 4 commission was appointed by that government to de-
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work was possible the volunteer sol dier who had so much to learn of a military nature found that the time he could call his own was exceedingly linn lted, and usually came in stretches of but few minutes at each time. On drill when the command rest was given, out would come "the maBings" all along the line, and half minute later every man would be pufing away at cigarette. By the time the few putfs necessary to consume the whole affair were taken the bugle would be sounding attention" again. Had those men attempted 10 light cigar the greater part of it would have been
 wasted. Army discipline forbade their carrying it in their hands when at at 1ention' and the fire which could not have been extinguished rapidly enough would have prevented their putting them in their pockets. To carry pipe on drill was practically impossible be-
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NERVOUS DEPRESSION.
IA TALK WITH MRS. PIHKHAM.1

A woman with the blues is a very un- comfortable person. She is illogical, unhappy and frequently hysterical
 The condition of the mind known as the blues," nearly always, with wo- men, results from diseased organs of generation.
 It is a source of wonder that in this age of advanced medical science, any person should still believe that mere force of will and determination will overcome depressed spirits and nerv- ousness in women. These troubles are indications of disease.
 Every woman who doesn't under stand her condition should write to Lynn, Mass, to Mrs Pinkham for her advice. Her advice is thorough com. mon sense. and is the counsel of learned woman of great experience. Read the story of Mrs. r. s. BENNETT, Westphalia, Kansas, as told in the fol- lowing letter:
 DEAR MRs. PINKHAN:-T have sui. fered for over two years with falling, enlargement and ulceration of the womb, and this spring, being in such q weakened condition, caused me to flow for nearly six months. Some time ago, urged by friends, I wrote to you for advice. After using the treatment which you advised for short time, that terrible flow stopped.
 II am now gaining strength ana flesh, and have better health than | have had for the past ten years, wish to say to all distressed, sufIer- ing women, do not suffer longer, when there is one so kind and willing u aid you"
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Como pound is woman's remedy for Wo' mans ills. More than million "os men have been benefited by it.
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is here beside one of the large city armories, and probably feel the effect of the increase more than those who do not depend on the trade of the sol diers. Before the boys went to the war sold large number of cigarettes. Not the paper and tobacco, but the manufactured cigarette. l also sold, however, large number of cigars every day and had a good business in this line. Of cigarette papers and gran ulated tobacco l then sold practically none
 When the men returned from the war my sales of cigars increased at once until they were far in advance of the trade I had had before the war. l was congratulating myself on this in creased sale, and then as suddenly as the increase had grown it dropped again to almost nothing. and in it's place came a demand for cigarette pa per and the cheaper brands of granu- lated tobacco. The whole thing pug zled me, and while 1 have asked several the reason for it you are inc first one who has given me a satisfactory reply"
 Before the war the internal revenue returns showed that there were near ly 500,o00,o00 cigarettes smoked in each year. The habit had practically grown to those proportions inside of ten years and was increasing rapidly, But while cigarette smoking has increased the revenue retUrps from +ba f ret L.1e e the present fiscal year show a heavy de- crease in the sale of manufactured cig- arettes. The sale of cigars has also de- creased, but the sale of granulated to- bacco has increased very heavily, and all tobacco dealers that I have seen re- port heavy increase in the sale of cigarette. paper. As a fve-cent pack age of cigarette paper will make some 200 cigarettes, however, the dealers are not liable to become wealthy from this source. MAX OWEN.
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GT0o THE United States Agricul-
 tural society, organized in 1852,
 are we indebted for the estab- lishment of the agricultural depart ment of the government. For the eight years following that in which it was or ganized this society met annually in Washington, and at each of it's meetings the organization of cabinet depart ment of agriculture by the government was the chief topic of interest. It's com mittees pursued their work in this di- rection with such vigorousness that they secured from Hon. David ?. Hal loway, of Indiana, commissioner of patents in 1861. a strong recommenda- tion that such a department be organ lzed in his report of that year.
 From 1886 to the time of Mir. Hallo- ways report the agricultural interests had been conducted as division of the patent office. The first work of the kind done by that department of the gov ernment was under the direction of Henry l.. Ellsworth, commissioner of patents, 1886 to 1s45. Mr. Ellsworth s first work in the agricultural division of his office was done without govern ment authority, and consisted in simply receiving from our representatives abroad such seeds and plants as they were enabled to send him, which he dis tributed to such farmers as were in terested and who would give them the benefit of trial. In 1889 he secured an appropriation from congress with which to carry on the work thus begun of S1,ooo. This money was taken from the patent office fund and the work done under the direction of the commissioner of patents. With thissum he continued the work of procuring and distributing seeds and also gathering agricultural
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5eaat and a hero, and am zgsr UetsfaH you see. arctic paper is probably noticeable. Young men who entered the volunteer service who had never had 6 cigarette in their mouths came out of the service addicted to the habit During the sum Iner mont1sI saw men who had smoked pipes or cigars for years and had dis liked even the sight of cigarette plead for the makiHgs. z .The mal- ings9 consisted of a small piece of rice paper and little granaIated tobacco In=many of the camps cigars became rarity, and pipes were to a great extent discarded for the cigarette.
 But it was the handmade cigarette that was popular, and is stiIl popular. Tailor mades, as the men classed the manufactured kind, were almost as scarce, and their consumption was never very great
 There was more than one reason for this demand for .the makines In the first place the average man who went to the war and spent from six to eight months either in the big camps or on foreign shores soon found that his sal
 ry would not permit him to indulge often in cigars. The private soldier. even though he was to spend his entire wages for cigars, could not buy more than ten fve-cent ones each day. At home ten cigars in one day would be considered worse than excessive smok- ing. hut in camp with long evening or rainy days when nothing could be done but lay around the tents, when getting to town was not permitted, ten cigars, if cigars had been smoked, would in many cases have been the minimum rather than the maximum Then the fyc-cent cigars of the camps were hard lv smokable. They were so rank that even cigarette was preferable.
 As for pipes it was almost impossible to keep one. Men often slept in their clothing simply because there was no place to hang it up if they should take it off When from five to seven men went to bed in a seven by seven tent there was not much room left on the floor and pipes were inevitably broken.
 But there was a greater reason than these for the cigarette smoking. When
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60VA7HAT do you suppose is re-
 wv spoOsible for for i the 5d5,l1g big fo,. fa-

NN crease in the demand for cigarette paper?" said tobacco dealer to me a few days ago. l answered i'm mediately:
 s'The war"
 "But what had the war to do with the smoking of cigarettes?"
 The question naturally followed, and having seen the growth of the cigarette habit during the war answeredit, and then in turn asked another.
 Almost every town and yillagein the entire country was represented by one or more companies of troops in the re cent war. and in every town so repre- sented the increase in the sale of cig-
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A DIFFICULT CASE.
1t Was One That the Best Skin .. Physicians Could Not
 Cope With.

"Curious case! Curious easel" exelain.a & Detroit physician who is old enonob ~ have encountered all sorts of exBerienooo. in a professional way.
 Anything in the line of surgery" asked the younger doctor who had been addressed
 No; insomnia; one of the most difienIt maladies with which we have to deal Very interesting young lady. Very inter- esting indeed. Nervous organism entirely too sensitive, however, and apparenfjyy proof against the remedies prescribed in tbo books. Her trouble began after her en. gagement. She evaded my questions for some time, but at last admitted that sba lay awake thinking how much she loved and adored her prospective husband No amount of will power at her command could put aside her blissful meditations to mais way for sleep, and my prescriptions were equally impotent. At last the case became so critical that l consulted with the stI. dents, and they induced the young man to make an enormous sacrifice by breaking the engagement.
 You are a marvel, said the younpey man, admiringly I think that there 9ra often eases in which common sense can sun. ply defects in our progressive but ineom. plete science of medicine; but 1t is not al ways that doctor has the requisite fund of common sense on which to draw. ! our ex perienee Is not only exceptional but truly wonderful. l must make note of 1t. Of course recovery was immediatezo
 No, with hesitation The truth Is, she now lies awake thinking how she hates him. 3-Detroit Free Press.
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IH0Hti=1Hssou

Mrs. OHve-It is Fumored among the neighbors that your husband beat you last night. is 1t true1
 Mrs. Poplar-Thefe isn't a word of truth in the report He struck at me several times, but failed to hft me ] on know, he played with the St. Louis nine last sea. son. n.2-Ghicag0 Evening News.
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Actors, Nocatsts, Public Speakers praise Haie's Honey of Horeaound and Tar Pikes Toothaehe Drops Cure in one minute.
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The man who does his own thinking be comes focus for all the reHectors.-Ram's Horn.
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There is more Catarrh in thls section of Le country I Cag 1i +t3 o0st 5t qseSs f,.. put so supposed to be ineufable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by con, stantly failing to cure MiJh local treatment pronounced 1t incurabie. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teasBoonfal. I6 acts diractly=on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it faifs to eure- Send for circulars and testi- moulals. Address F. J. Cheney & Co.,, To. .edo, Q. Sold by Druggists. 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
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4 mans worE is aa index of his char acter-Ram's Horn
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sIt's gone, he said TO years of rheuma. tism. St. Jacobs Oil did it.
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Where's it gone? Ask St. Jacobs Oil. Ii cured that bruise-gone
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Some people put on airs while otheri merely whistle them-Chicago Daily News.
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St. Jacobs oil cures Soreness.
 St. Jacobs Oil cures Stiffness. = Buzzards never study etiquette.-Ram's Horn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-03
OFFICIAL VIEW DIFFERENT.
Cabinet, 1t Is Said, Opposed to CALI
ing for Volunteers.


WASHINGTON, June 1.-The cabinet
tonight, decided that there was no imme-
date necessity for the enlistment of VOL
unteers. The contingent in the war de-
partment which is in favor of quick ac-
ton and speedy end to the Oriental
campaign, even at large present ex-
penditure, is chatting at delay. On the
other hand. the more conservative ele-
ment points out that the rainy season
has already commenced in the Philip
pines, and that 1t would be a waste of
men and resources tc throw a large
body of volunteers into the islands at the
beginning Of the sickly months, and to
have them cramped In barracks until
the could come out in the fall and work
off their malaria campaigning through
the swamps.
The administrations advices from
Prof. Schurman, of the Philippine COM
mission, have. been uniformly optimistic,
and it is understood that further advices
of the same tenor were received today
1t is said there is no difficulty putting
into Manila any number of troops this
government may elect to send The
wra department has q large and we'll
equipped fleet Of transports both in the
Atlantic and Pacific. Several of these
are already on the way to Gen. Otis with
regular troops, and can be promptly
returned and sent with fresh forces if
necessary. 1t is not thought, however,
that this will be called on at present,
as the prospect now is that the active
campaign in Luzon is finished until the
end of the rainy season.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-03
WAR ON MERRIAM.
Bailey, Of Texas, After the Director
of the Census Bureau.

OF the Census bureau.
DALLAS, Tex, June 2.@Congressman
Joseph w. Bailey, of the Fifth Texas dis
trict, has opened war on Director of the
Census Merriam for the latter's method
in distributing the census supervisorships
in this state. Mr.. Bailey presumed that
he would have something to say in the
matter and had made a recommendation,
but today he received letter from Di-
rector Merriam saying that Senators
Chiffon and Culberson and Representa-
tive Hawley, the latter a Republican,
would make the recommendations. Bailey
considers that he is being unfairly dealt
with, and for a political purpose. He
said:
1.-The director of the census does not
have the candor to say that the Demo-
cratic representatives are to be ignored,
but 1t is perfectly plain from his long
and evasive answer to my short and di-
rect question that the census supervisor
ships are to be controlled by the two
Democratic senators and the one Repub-
lican congressman, so far as. Texas is
concerned. l was entirely willing to take
the responsibility, for my part of the
distribution of this patronage, and l had
already announced my Endorsement Of
Mr.. Kelso, of Denton county. I am not,
however, willing for the director Of the
census to play q miserable little game
of politics by which he expects to involve
the Democratic representatives with one
another as well as with their constit-
uents. That Is cheap kind of politics
that will be despised by all honest men,"
Mr.. Bailey is a candidate against SEN
ator Chiffon to succeed the latter In the
upper branch of congress. Mr.. Bailey's
friends interpret Merriam's course as an
indirect effort to help Chiffon in his race
with Bailey.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-03
BRILLIANT BALL.
United States Philippine Commits
sion Entertain Manila. Natives.

MANILA, June 3.-The United States
Philippine commission last night gave one
of the most brilliant balls Manila had
ever seen. 1t was one of series of en-
tertainments intended to foster friendship
between the Americans and natives. The
commission has the handsomest residence
In Manila, overlooking the harbor The
grounds surrounding 1t were Illuminated
while the house itself was decorated with
the American colors.
The newly appointed judges. Gen.
Otis, number Of other American officers
and many wealthy natives were present
There was display of gorgeous native
toilets, many jewels were worn and the
array of handsome women surprised the
Americans. There was a long programmes
of American and Filipino native dances
followed by the rendering of several in
strumental selections, closing with the
star Spangled Banner"
United States Senator Albert T Rever-
idge, of Indiana. who came to the Philip-
pines some time ago, has made a fort
nights trip in the southern islands. visit
ing Ilfoilo, Nogros and Cebau. During
his tour he talked with the chief of Jolo
who has 20e0 fighting men under his com,
mand and who processes friendship for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-03
IS OUT OF "A JOB.
Dr.. Soils Peculiar Predicament IL
Apia, Samoa. 2i'

:. :
Dr.. Soils Peculiar Predicament I'm
Apia, Samoa. Ito y si.e'
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-The steam
er Alameda brings the following from
the Associated Press correspondent at
Apia, dated May 10:
The United States steamer Badger
bearing the commissioners of the United
States, Great Britain and Germany, ar
rived at Apia May Is. The commission
ers have elected Mr.. Trip, the Amer
lean representative, chairman On their
arrival they received letters of welcome
from Kink Malietoa Tanu and from
Mataafa. Both letters were acknowl-
edged. The commissioners are reticent
as to their proceedings. 1t does not seem
to be their purpose to hold any public
sessions. Up to date they have been
busy with preliminaries, and a careful
study of the situation. This afternoon
they are to have an interview with King
Tanu and tomorrow Mataafa, and five
OF his chiefs are coming to Apia at the
request of the commissioners and they
have guaranteed hiss q safe passage to
and from Apia.
The chief justice has been Informed
by the chairman of the commission that
the commissioners while in Apia do not
intend in tiny way to Interfere with the
powers or operations of the supreme
court. DR.. Solf, who was nominated as
president of the municipal council, ar
rived on thel asst steamer firm Saon Fran
cisco. He is on the horns of n dilemma
A president sent out by the three treaty
powers, and yet hesfs no president, for
the reason that he has been unable to
get into Office and assume his duties be-
fore the arrival of the commissioners
Before he came to Apia he was informed
that as there was a provisional govern
ment in Apia, he had better apply to
his governments consul to be put into
office. The Berlin treaty provides that
the president should be appointed by the
Samoan government. When he got to
Apia he found Tanu Installed as king
and recognized by the United States and
Great Britain, but not by his own gov
eminent. DR.. Solf is an officer on the
foreign service of the German govern
ment. He could not, therefore be al
lowed to act until he had obtained his
appointment, but he could not in the face
of his consuls and the governments at
titude apply to and recognize Tanu and
his government He therefore waited
for the commissioners. They superseded
the hitherto existing authority in Apia,
and, therefore, did not see the necessity
of the president.
DR.. Solf applied for the secretryship
of the high commission, but this will be
conferred on the American who came
out as Mr.. Trips private secretary.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-03
nL06t'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
~ &c WASHINGTON Az SOUTH.
TeIephome 2796 -.

Gen. w. d. Washburn last night gave
as Informal dinner to his former COL
league in the senate, Senator OK. Davis,
at his home at Fair Oaks. The great
house was filled with a profusion of
flowers, and the dining room was deco
rated with large American flag, and
streamers of red, white and blue and
strings of smilaX stretched from the cen
ter of the round table to the chandelier.
The guests, who were received by Mrs.
and Miss Washburn, in addition to SEN
ator Davis, were President Cyrus North
rop, Judge Sanborn, of ST. Paul; ex-
Senator Gilbert o. Pierce, Judge M. E.
Koon, E. G. Hay. S. r. Thayer, w. ].
Murphy, F. II. Peavey, Congressman
Loren Fletcher, ]. c. Eliel, w. e. Has
keli, ]. f. Bell. ]. w. Raymond, e. ].
Phelps and w. d. Washburn Jr
The dinner cards bore an eagle and
olive branch, and beneath was printed
the motto, Peace hath her victories no
less renown'd than war;