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skin and scalp humors, rashes, and irrita-
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SPECIAL Low RATE EXCURSIONS
Via Missouri Pacific Railway 10 Points
Named Below
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deavor. Dates Of sale July s. 4 and s.
Hutchinson, Kan. Kansas state sun
day school convention. Dates OF sale May
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Hutchinson, kan. Musical Jubilee
Dates Of sale May Is % -
Louisville. Ky. Travellers Protective
association. Dates Of sac May u and T.
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NATIONAL BAPTIST ANNIVERSARIES
VIII be he'd in san Francisco this year.
For the FIRST time IN the history q this
organization these meetings Hij be held on
the Pacific Coast. The santa BE viii eel
round-trip tickets May l. 20 IS Inclusive.
with limit of July y. for SCI 90 LIBERAL
st0p-overs permitted Pullman palace and
tourist s,ecpers and free chalr CAFE to Cali.
fornia daily Cali on J.. T. Delaney
Agent. Wich IA for literature and details.
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SPECIAL LOW RATE EXCURSIONS
Via The Santa Fe TO Points Named
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dewey Bought q Ticket.

When Commodore Dewey left Wash
ington in November. 1897, to take COM
mand of the feet in the Pacific ocean,
he did not ride on a pass or a half
rate ticket. Being personal friend of
8. b. Hege, General Agent of the Bal
timore & Ohio passenger department
in Washington, the now famous sea
fighter, bought two flrst-class tickets
from Washington to San Francisco, via
the B. and o., Chicago and North
Western. Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific lines. Lieut.. Brumby accom-
panied the admiral and they departed
on November q. Some time ago, Man
ager OF Passenger Traffic d. B. Mar
tin of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
set out to collect the coupons of the
ticket and only recently secured all
of them. He has had the ticket, con-
tanning Dewey's signature. lithograph-
ed. and Is issuing fac SMILES as SOU
venirs.
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1T COSTS 3S MILLIONS.
An Enormous Sum Spent in Rebuildip

| An Enormous Sum Spent In REBUILDING
and Ke-equipping the II. & O. X r.
The receivership Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, which has just come
to a close. was remarkable in many
ways. Messrs. Cowen and Murray did
not follow precedent, but went ahead
and placed the property in first-class
shape, instead of attempting to main
tain it in the condition that they found
1t. OF course the receivers were up-
held by majority of the security hold
erS and the court, but the Baltimore
and Ohio receivership marked an epoch
in such affairs that will be historical.
The vast sums expended were put out
In go and 81, when trade was at low
ebb and money scarce. During their
administration the receivers purchased
Is, $50 box cars, 6,751 wooden gondola
cars. 5000 pressed steel cars, 80 mis-
cellaneous freight cars, postal, express
and dining car equipment, at a total
cost Of SIT 100000. The PIG locomotives
cost nearly two and one-half millions.
The steel rail purchased amounted to
123.010 tons, costing $2.142,152, and
there were bought over 5000, 900 cross
ties. costing $1,2O0,OO0. and $50, 900
cubic yards of ballast amounting to
$525, 900. The new steel bridges aggre-
gate in value $3.50, 900, and fully as
much more was spent in improving the
several terminals, erecting new build
ings, reducing grades and changing the
alignment. The maintenance of way
payrolls, or the amount paid directly
to men employed in making improve
ments on the tracks, etc, in three
years was nearly twelve millions of
dollars. The total amounts to about
$35,000.000. OF which about SIS, ,0O0, 900
were secured by the issuance of receiy-
eTs' certificates and the balance
through car trusts, earnings from the
property and from the reorganization
managers. Most of the purchases of
equipment and rail were made when
material was low in price and manu-
featuring concerns were in great need
Of orders to keep their plants in or
Grafton. Steel rails are worth now from
IS to 50 a ton more than when the re-
ceivers made their purchases, and lc-
comOtives have advanced from s.. OOv
to $50, 200 in price The equipment
alone, II purchased today. would co7t
:. .0O0, 900 more and the other improve
me0ts II 900 ,000 more. President Cow
en- u authority for the statement tha.
the new company intends spending
$1O.0o0.O00 more in Improvements in
u 2ext year or two.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10
UNHAPPY HUBBY

Congratulated Himself on the Start Too
Early.
She had kissed the baby for the last
time until she returned, and then
kissed him again. She had carefully
locked every door in the house, and
all the windows. She had turned the
gas to the exact point at which it was
to be left until her return. She at
tended to the crate, and warned Mary
not to meddle with it for fear Of fire.
She had put the cat and dog in the
cellar and had wrapped a newspaper
around the canary's cage. And then
she was ready. She locked the inside
door and tried it. Then she locked the
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AMAL1A KuSSNER.

Miss Kussner, the young American
who has achieved high reputation in
Europe and America as a miniature
painter, recently returned to London
from Russia, where she had most in
teresting experiences. She went to St.
Petersburg to paint a miniature of the
Grand Duchess Vladimir, and had only
been there few days when she was
summoned to the winter palace to
paint likeness Of the czarina. Be-
fore she had finished the car ordered
. miniature of himself. Miss Kussner
speaks with much enthusiasm of the
kindness and consideration with which
she was treated by the imperial cou-
pie and of the simplicity and unaffect-
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stantly on duty, which would shut out
the pure daylight and enable them to
readily detect the position Of any
sharpshooter. even though equipped
with the smokeless powder. This Il
the explanation, but what a novelty!
To what extremes may We not come In
our efforts to combat the inventions
Of modern scientific warfare? The
twentieth century soldier will soon vie
with the armored athlete, who today
battles on the football field for the
honor Of his alma mater. What will
be the next step toward it?
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Imagine facing an army Of google
eyed soldiers, each man in rank wear
ing great goggles to completely cover
the eye and shut out every ray Of pure
white light, advancing upon you, like
some great-eyed, destructive monster!
This is what the Filipinos must DO
when the United States puts into op-
GRAFTON the scheme which has been
projected and adopted by the war de-
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edness of their life. The czar gave
Miss Kussner eight or nine sittings of
several hours each and talked most
freely with her. He is great admirer
Of America and Americans, who. he
told Miss Kussner, he admired for their
intelligence and independence.
Everything affecting Russia or the
cars family appearing in the promi-
nent American newspapers finds its way
to the cars desk and is read by him.
His familiarity with American affairs
and Americans of note is remarkable.
The car spoke warmly Of Admiral
Dewey, discussing his career with great
interest and saying, "His victory at
Manila was a splendid achievement"
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GOGGLED-EYED SOLDIERS
FOR PHILIPPINE WARFARE

smokeless powder that it was abso-
lutely invisible to the eye, until an ac-
cider: developed one unknown condi-
ton. Through a violet glass the fash
and smoke could be deserted as clearly
as the old black powder. Experiments
followed and the condition remained
unchanged, with the result that the
department ordered for every soldier in
the field violet glasses to be worn con-
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

Remember that cholera morbus,
cholera infantum, summer COM
plant, bilious collie, diarrhoea and
dysentery are each and all catarrh
of the bowels. Catarrh is the only
correct name for these affections.
Pe-ru-na is an absolute specific for
these ailments, which are SO COM
mon in summer. DR.. Hartman. in
a practice of over forty years, never
lost a single case of cholera infan-
tum, dysentary, diarrhoea, or chol-
era morbus, and his only remedy
was Pe-ru-na. Those desiring fur
ther particulars should send for a
free copy of Summer Catarrh."
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, o.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

outside door and tried it. Then she
opened the outside door and tried the
inside door again. Then she locked the
outside door again, tried it, and they
started. They had proceeded two
streets, and her husband had just be-
gun to congratulate himself that she
really was ready, when she suddenly
stopped. "John," she said, 81 must go
back and tell Mary to be sure and not
wake the baby unless he wakes him
SELF"
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partment. The department proposes
to furnish to each soldier fighting un-
der the stars and stripes in the Phil
ippines a pair Of great glasses which
he must constantly wear in active ser
vice in the field. The reason? Why,
to detect and locate the ambushed en-
envy and its Indian fighting sharp
shooters. to obviate the dangers and
difficulties introduced into modern
warfare by smokeless powder. How?
Well there is an easy explanation. 1t
vas discovered In experimenting with
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

According to the latest survey, the
Great Salt Lake is about 100 miles
long. with an average width Of from
twenty-five to thirty miles. though in
some places its width Is from dfty to
sixty miles, and the greatest depth Is
found to be some sixty feet. It's waters
contain nearly Is per cent solid mat
ter. mostly salt and soda. with small
proportions of sulphur, lithia and bof-
acic acid. It is a wellknown fact that
Atlantic ocean water holds but 3.5 per
cent Of solid material. Of which salt
constitutes &c per cent. In the Asiatic
Dead sea the water. contains % per
cent of solids, including less salt and
soda and much more magnesia, cal
-cium and potassium than Salt lake.
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c.~,.sseea ef 49,

Admiral Dewey's salary amounts b
e37.so . day. President McKinley's Il
equal to $l3a day, cabinet oh1cers. the
vice president and the speaker Of the
house get $22.zz . day. senator's and
congressman $3.50. and the chief JUS
tice Of the supreme court so . day.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

There is nothing new In the diving
bell. Long before man thought he In
vented it the water spider knew all
about it. The water spider crawls
down q reed. dragging his diving bell
with him, and anchors it under water
en- q level keel 50 that the air 4 con-
tains keeps the water out.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10
NO REMEDY EQUALS PERUNA,
so THE WOMEN ALL SAY.

Miss Susan Wymar, teacher In the
Richmond school. Chicago. ILL.,. writes
the following letter to DR.. Hartman re-
garding Pe-ru-na. She says: only
those who have suffered as have can
know what blessing it is to be able to
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10
Miss Susan Wymar.

Miss Susan Wymar.
find relief in Pe-ru-na. This has been
my experience. A friend in need is a
friend indeed. and every bottle of Pc
ru-na ever bought proved q good
friend to me."-Susan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1914 North
Superior St., Racine City, Wis.
writes: II feel SO we'll and good and
happy now that pen cannot describe it..
Pe-ru-na is everything to me. have
taken several bottles Of Pe-ru-na for
female complaint. I am in the change
of life and it does me good" Pe-ru-na
has no equal in all of the irregularities
and emergencies peculiar to women
caused by pelvic catarrh.
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, O.,
for a free book for women only.
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One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. II makes
tight or new shoes easy. Cures swol
len, hot. sweating. aching feet. ingrow
ing nails, corns and buniOns. at all
druggists and shoe stores. % cts. Trial
package FREE by mail Address Allen
S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n Y.
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After a recent tornado in Australia
thousands of wate: snakes were found
IN the beach in one place. while in an
other the beach was entirely washed
away. leaving nothing but bare rocks.
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A GOOd.Luck Cross

Recently discovered in the grave Of
Queen Dagmar is supposed to keep
away evil influences There is no more
evil influence than i'll health, and
there is nothing which has SO great a
power to keep it away than Hostetters
sia and indigestion. A private Revenue
Stamp covers the neck of the bottle.
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haw receives
from the use q
Lydia E. Pink
hams Veget&
bic Compound
Soon after tie
birth ofmy hrs4
child. I com.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

Kaskola is guaranteed to cure Dyspepsia
and Indigestion. 1t contains new remedies
that digest starchy fcoa 15c. All druggists.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

r0ne Of the curiosittes Of The BANK
~pe Enxland Il. to be seen in the print
r1ns room. A man sits at. . desk, and
.worv three seconds q machine delivers
,Ho him two complete E6 notes. 1f.he
sata there six hours he receives over
zero ooo.. and in 800 days. over --E2A-
,,noo:DO0.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10
VIII Be Surveyed.

The Egyptian government has agreed
70 undertake a survey Of the Nile, with
the object of enumerating the species
OF fish inhabiting it's waters.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

Slate pencils are made in tennessee
from slate dust and other ingredients
compressed by hydraulic means. One
concern made Is .000, 900 in a year.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the bese
Of all cough cures.-GeOrge W. Lots,
Eabucher, La, August 20, 1885.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Eass.
"A powder to shake in your shoes. Il
rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Sore, Hot. Callous, Aching,
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails.
At all druggists and shoe stores, 25 cts.
Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen
S. Olmsted. lie Roy. N. Y.
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is relieved Of much of its drudgery by the
use OF "Faultless Starch" Once tried,
always used. Get package from your
grocer, 1Oc. Book Of Wit and Humor free
with every package.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

Women are contrary by nature men
by education.
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hing Syrup.

No man can love a woman long who
he knows doesn't trust him
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

Jailed for kissing . Child.
A Watertown On. W peddler has
been sent to Jail for four months be-
cause he kissed a child without per-
mission being first obtained.
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Beauty IL Blood De.

Corn bread will 60 much further in
. hungry family than philosophy will
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cI1ffRl TO MIA y1xK4AH no. aa,All
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-For so0o
time have thought of writing to yoa
to let you know Of the great benefit Z
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Ladie. Can Wear shoes

Only insanity can deprive the men,
ory of past pleasures
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

He isn't always happiest who wears
the happiest look.
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Tho Best PrescrfDtl'

Always put off until tomorrow that
which should not be done today.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

The only man who is fully satisfied
with arbitration is the arbitrator.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

The cook as we'll as the dressmakez
shows her taste in dressing.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

Words of sympathy are worse than
useless to q man who is starving.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

The fizzle Of the soda fountain Is q
financial success
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

Not skin deep-blood deep! Pure healthy blood
means pure. healthy complexion. Cascarets make
the blood pure and healthy Druggists. l0c. sc. Soc
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

It takes a strike to make laboring
men stand around.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

Tho Best Prescription for ChIls
and Fever is q bottle Of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL TONIC 1t is simply iron and Quinine
In tasteless form. Nocure-no pay. Price. SOC.
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Mrs. Johnson
Saved from
hssaaljtyhy
Mrs. pk1ihlbaMs

menced to have spells with my spine.
Every month grew worse and ut last
became SO bad that / found I was
gradually losing my mind.
"The doctors treated me for female
troubles, but I got no better. One
doctor told me that would be insane.
Twas advised by q friend to give Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound =
trial, and before had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
81 have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise it
l advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give 1t .
fair trial. l thank you for your good
medicine. ."-MRs. GERTRUDE n. JoH1-
SON, JONEsBORO, TEXAS.
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Running a. a.sewing machine might bs
.properly termed q home run.
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Washing Day

Lots o. family trees bear mighty
poor fruit
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Al,nl.,n sneee tor nersss.

Russia has tried experiments win
aluminium shoes for cavalry horses. =
few horses in the Finland Dragons
were shod with one aluminium shoe
and three iron shoes each. the former
being on the fore foot In some case1I
and on the hind foot In others. The
experiment lasted six weeks. Al
showed that the aluminium shoes LASTED
longer and preserved the foot better
than the iron ones.-BoGton Travelled
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first day of DIR. Kline $ Great Nerve Restorer.
Send tor FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
''R X H. KLINE. Ltd. 93l Arch St.. Philadelphia. Ps
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MRS. Winsl0w's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, sofens the gums, reduces n
fammati0n, sllays pain, cures wind collie sc bottle
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

Even the quiet waiter is frequently
called to order.
The Globe-republican., 1899-08-10

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
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 tho
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
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietOrS have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list OF
Testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. O
Sold by druggists 7oc.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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Mr.. Perkins' Letter.

"I had female trouble of all kinds
had three doctors, but only grew worse-
1 began taking Lydia E. PinkhanS
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
and used the Sanative Wash, and can
not praise your remedies enough
Mrs. EFFIE PERKINS. PEARL, La.
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900 Reward. 0l00L

The truthful fisherman always
knows where to draw the line.
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A man always draws a good hand
when he isn't playing for chips
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Romance is nearly always foolisA
ishnesa
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What does il do?


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In the skin to become more
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II Prevents aAl n
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Address. DR. J. G. AYR.
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PEACE BY ARBITRATION.


=, =,
bo>ton' hpill o. Among the com
muDications received bv the United
Society OF Christian Endeayor r-csnt.
lv In conrec,;or w,,I 80 r.o.,,;..
T. 80.
AZ, war aRa'"s' war anu peacT ov
aroltratlOn" are two from former
United States presidents, Grover Cl-ve.
land and R.niamin U,-r;son ~.
pros;do,, cI,uoi...d ..a,.,
S'''o'""u "'ooe'
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Criminal 4. cnrd Of a Youth.

Kansas City, Mo-, April g. Jack
Shoemaker, a colored boy, IS years old,
astonished even the hardened officials
OF the criminal court yesterday with
his remarkable record He has lived
in Jackson county only three years,
but has spent $50 days, or nearly one
third OF that time, in Jail. He has
been arrested ten times and imprisoned
on nine separate charges of burglary
and theft. A jury in the criminal
court gave him ten years in the peni-
Tertiary yesterday for robbing Edwin
De Honey Of ST..
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THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
The United States Delegates to the Cars
Disarmament Congress Announced
by the Secretary Of state.

Washington, April T. The secretary
of state has announced the constitu.
ton of the United States delegation
to the disarmament congress- which
will meet at The Hague in the latter
part of May. The delegation consists
Of Andrew D. White, United States
ambassador at Berlin; Mr.. Newell,
United States minister to the Neither
lands, President Seth Low, of the Co.
lumbia university. New York; Capt.
Crozier, ordnance department, U. S. A.,
and Capt. A. 7. Mahan, retired, U. s.
n Mr.. Frederick. Hollis, Of New York,
will be secretary of the delegation.
The American commission as whole
is regarded as an exceptionally strong
body, being made up of men. well
known, not only in public and polit.
ical life, but in the world of letters
and internationa affairs. They are
all men of scholarship, fine linguists
and those attainments helpful in a
congress representing the nations OF
the world, conducted under the iplo.
matte usages which makes French the
accepted language.