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The ennnIng ofthe FLlaplaes.

Cleveland, O., March I5.-An draw L. Lober, Of Company II, Fourteenth United States infantry, DOW at Manila. writes a most inter- estlLe letter to his parents in this city concerning the attempt of the rebels to capture the city on Jan- uary II Among other things the writer says
 The insurgents tried to take the city by making an attack in the rear, So in order to do this it was necessary for them to get arms into the e.ty. Ne notieed they were having q large number Of funerals from 8 church in Paco. One day there vera seventy-thrae c0ffns taken in. When some Of our boys were detailed to inspect they found that these eohns contained guns, and D this way we captured l. 200 of their weaDsns.
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THEY'RE AFTER HIM.

Sheriff Tom Manion. of Mt. non, H., arrived ia the city morning and will this afternoon as escot for Sheridan Palmer white boy lwho was captured 2 by Deputy Sheriff Jonnson 3 days ago. He is wanted for 7 glary ard grand larceny as place, where he formerly reslas''
 Sheriff Mauion said Palmer ps' into a depot at Mt. Vernon stole 8 large amount of money . breaking openlthe safe.
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COME ID TIME.
4 Congregation Held Up for Que
 Hundred Dollars.

Rev Petite has a5oDted a novel methods Of raising money, says the JoBes0oro Sun He stared ia at the conclusion of his sermon last night to raise SOD 6y subscription for the Ar6adelDhia Baptist college. Forty d8i ars vas subscribed and the donation stopped The pastor coo 4F ordered the ushers 10 lock the doors and calmly val. ed for the con grega ten 10 donate the remaining S60. required some patient wait ing. but they finally raised the amount
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STATE aF OHIO. CITY OF ToLEDo. .LUc4s Co Frank ], Cheney makes oath rhat he Is the senior partner of the firm Of E. J. Cheney E Co. doing business in the City of ToIej0. County and state aforeseid and that said firm will pay the sum of Sl00. for each and every case of Catarrh that eonnot D cura7v TEe use Of Halls Cafarrh Cure
 FRANK J. CHENEY. sworn 70 before me and subscribed fn nv present. this 9th day fl December. 4. D. Iss5 isEAL5 A. v. GLEASON
 Nor ART PUBLIC. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous sI4r faces of tha system. Send for resfirEorfsIs Ire. sold by Druggists z5c.
 Halls FamT Illsars the best.
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We are authorized 10 aaaoanee Judge J. Y. Owen as candidate for rec ece.oa as Alderman from the Third ward. Judge Owen has made 2 verv. conservative and eff eieat Alderman 6arsn2 tEe past TWO years and ga far as Ee saeW has gwen perfect satisfaction to 1s cons stItusucv.
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Itis runored that Joe Wheeler. Ebo vas never whipped in four years against the Yankees and four weeks against the Spaniards, has been conquered at last. The sub lugator is tte widow Of George ". Cbilcs, and 1t is said that the 6oal exploitation will be made soon.- Owensboro Inquirer.
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We ackuom geo ge the receipt of the Brin kley Daily Times, of which Mr. " H. Oakley is editor and manager and Mr. Edgar Brown, formerly of tbis city, is city editor. Itis 8 neat anu spicy $ column folio and is al together a credit to Brinkley. We hope to see the new enterprise sue ceed.
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THEIR AVENUE OF COM NUNiCAT10N $ NOW
 CLOSED.
ADVANCE OF WHEATON.
Beyond Pasig to the shores of La- tuna de Bax-Ihe Rebels
 IT patesos anl Iagnig.

Naala March I5.-Brigadier General Ihsat5as column aaganoz a Tuesday b Pazig to tie shore q Eagaaaa 6s Bar. sweeping every 5taa eetor= 1ben. The enemy mace raaug 6ght and suffered severe ass. Tae rebels avenue U lonu- -uIcat.on north and south non closed tbe American cordor stretching ever mic from taa river t3 tse ase
 The re6ss are 5a force a Pateros and Taga
 Two of yesterdays wounded, Private Stewart. o9 Company 3, TVeutieta regn=at. and Pnvate aaasoa. D: Company |. Twenty second regiment. are dead
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Mrs. H. " Foster, accompanied by Miss L. c. Fleming. arrived in the city from Fernando. Miss. Tuesday afternoon, and will make this pIae their future home. Mrs. Foster is the mother and Miss Fleming the aunt of Attorney H. R. (. Foster. of this city.
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Mr. (. T. Torbett. formerly with the Cotton Belt af this place, now connected with the Memphis < Choctaw at Little Rock. arrived in the city last evening and will in q few days move bis family To the capital city Our best wishes ae- company them
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MET TUESDAY NIGHT :, THE COUNTY COURT
 HOUSE.
BUSINESS TRANSAcTFn
Delegates and Alternates Selected f, the State Eneampment at
 Little Rock.

4 largely attended and interest. fng meeting of the J. Ed N,r,.. Camp of U. c. Y. convened ls.. evening at the court house, uurs5. mt to an adjournment. Previos. to the calling of the meeting to a. der, a communication from Nr. [ R. Crumby, member of the Camn was read. He 4s an employe of tbs Cotton Belt road and is confined h the conpanY's hospital at Tyler. Tex. He says he is regaining his healtr.
 The meeting was then called b order by Commander Valiant. Tbe minutes of the previous meeting were read by Adjutant Green and approved.
 The members of the committee. which was recently appointed 9 visit their sick comrades, Messrs. ! F. Carr and J. H. scull. reported that they had visited the afflicted and found them much improved.
 Nessrs. Dswoody. Saunders and Benton, who were appointed at the last meeting with power to act re. sponded when called upon. They sad they had selected the fnl Thursday of each month as a social session" date. They also said the Daughters Of the Confederacy ant other ladies would be invited to participate on these occasions.
 Gen. B. II. Knox rendered his hall and and County Judge Jones also rendered the old soldiers tbs use of the court house. The latter place will doubtless be selected asi [ is best suited for the occasion. 4 motion was adopted rendering both Gen. Knox and Judge Jones a vote of thanks for their kindness.
 A communication relating to the official U. c. V. button, was read by the adjutant. The design Las been patented.
 The following members were ap. pointed by the Commander as deeI gates to the Sta5e Encampmelf| which conyenes at Little Rock Oa March Fist: Messrs. J. Y. Saun- ders, J. ". Tucker. H. A. McCoyl and R. NJ. Knox. Alternates, Nil ". Tagga~t. NJ. c. Sennett, J, D| Bush and Tom Green. On motioiI Commander Valiant was also mad' a delegate.
 The delegates were given instruotI ions tc use all honorable means t| elect Capt. Benton 10 she office o| District Commander.
 On motion of Capt. Taggart| Adiutant Green was appointed { committee of one to secure reduced rates on railroads.
 a4
 A communication from Gen. Jn'0 B. Gordon relative to the reunion be held at Charleston, sc, May " II, 12 and B inclusive, was req and ordered dled.
 Commander Valiant was ordersE to select delegates 10 the Natlonss Eneampmert and make same puo4 early in April.
 The meeting then ad journed reconYene Thursday evening Aph 9th, on which date will be given 7 first social session. /H
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The President arrived Tuesday at Townsville. Ga, to spend EE- weeks vacation. Heis aec84psnt cd by Mrs Mckinley ald ssvera members of his cabinet.
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SENATOR JONES RESTING WELL

Washington. March.I5 Senator Jones of Arkansas was reported 10 De resting comfortably yesterday and his physician was encouraged with the senator's condition.
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Ineoaat=Fsd strong Insurge'.t Force.
 Manila, A8rca 15 Late Tuesday Gen. Wheaf5us column eneoun 5er- ed tha enemy 5n such force between Paser5s and Ta as to ascessf- late change ia the original plans The cayasz attacked Ee5el strong bod 5a me 5aags driving t4e @ emg 5oto Pateros. The Americans bad one man aaed aad three wounded.
 Se5tts battery shetled the eitg ard woods effectively Later the emmy crossed the river from Pasig. Two companies of the Second Ore gon infantry cleared the right bank after 3 sharp engagement and then retired win three wounded. In the meantime the Washington volun- teers closed in. driving small bodies ot the rebe.s back upon PsIeros. One man was killed. During the nigbt The enemy burned the town Of Pasig
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he Desa1are Legis. aturs has adjourned without electiag 3 Sena- tor Iais EitI leave bus one Seaa- tor from that State until 1901.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-05
Sl00 Reward. 500.

The readers of mis- paper will be
pleased To learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been aole TO cure IN all its stages and
that is Catarrh. Hairs Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known 90 the
medical fraternity Catarrh being a con-
stitutlonal disease. requires q constitu-
tional treatment. Hairs Catasrh Cure Is
taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of thn
system. thereby destroying the founda-
tion OF the disease. and giving the ps .
tient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
faith i'm its curative powers. that they
offer one Hundred Dollars FOR any case
that II fails 90 cure Send for list Of
Testimonials. Address. r. J. CHENEY
e. co. Toledo. q.
Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19

hV 11hSC w INV
About the ninth century of orr
chronology, as the arch,cologists esti,
mate, an unknown people who called
themselves Caras landed from large
RATS upon the coast OF Ecuador and
overcame the Quitus, as the aborigi-
nal race is called. The Caras in turn
were conquered by the Incas in the
earlier part of the fifteenth century,
and the victorious Huaina Capac, the
twelfth Inca, anxious to mollify the
people, took for his fourth wife the
only daughter of the conquered king.
Her name was Pacha, and by her he
had two sons, one of whom was the
unfortunate Atahualpa, who in history
and romance is usually referred to as
the last of the Incas. The marriage
proved to be inefi'e ctual in quelling
the dissatisfaction of the conquered
people, who rose in frequent rebel
lion, and when Huaina G pac died he
tried to make things right by dividing
his empire and placing the northern
part, the conquered races, under Alta
hualpa, and the old empire, whose
capital was Cuzco, under Huascar, his
first-bo son. But, like 50 many
other well-meant arrangements, this
went wrong Nobody was satisfied,
and the funeral ceremonies were
scarcely over when the northern and
the southern people were at war under
the leadership OF the two brothers.
Atahualpa was victorious and put his
brother Huascar to death. The Incl
dent occurred just before the arrival
of the Spaniards aud was used by
them to justify thei cruelty to him.
Chicago Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19

1t is we'll known among literary
people that Charles Dickens considered
"David Copperfield" the best OF his
novels, but occasions when he actually
expressed that opinion areso rare that
it is worth while to recall an incident
which happened while he was in Phil.
adelphia. Mr.. Chaplin, father of DR..
John B. Chaplin, the well-known ex-
pert on insanity, was at that time at
the head of the blind asylum here.
Raised type for blind reading was just
coming into vogue, and, desiring 10
have one of Dickens books printed in
that way, Mr.. Chaplin took advantage
OF an introduction to the great novelist
to ask him which OF his works lie con-
sidered the best, and mentione the
reason why he wanted to know.
Dickens unhesitatingly answered
"David Coppertield. - Philadelphia
Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19
Who Had the Button

There is good story told of q
magician who has passed the
great divide. He was world-traveled
player, and his wanderings set him
upon one occasion in faraway New
Zealand. 1t was arranged that he
should give an exhibition of mind
reading before the King of the Maoris.
After some parleying it was decided
that the King himself should conceal
the article which the magician was to
discover. The mind-reader left the
room and after time was brought
back blindfolded, as is the custom in
such performances. After some time
the magician declared that the hidden
article was in the Kings mouth. His
Majesty shook his head savagely in
the negative. The magician insisted
upon his point, and demanded that
the Kings mouth be opened wide.
The King refused. The magician in
sisted, and the excitement became
very great, until at last the
dusky King reluctantly opened his
jaws. The article was not there
The next instant, however, the
King was taken with q violent fit of
coughing. He had tried to swallow
the lost article, button, but could
not and was compelled to cough it up.
The Maoris was uproarious with
mirth. They did not know which to
admire the more-the wisdom of the
magician or the heroism of the King.
London Tit-Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19

In Switzerland the chimneysweepis
an official parsonage. He is i'll the
employ of the commune, receiving IL
fixed salary. He is also, as many
tourists will have noticed, one of the
few sons of the Helvetian republic
who on Sundays and week days sport
II tall silk hat On his official tour hd
takes it off blandly, and informs the
householder that lie sis empowered by
the state to inspect his tlues." In the
canton of Grisons recently the | ost
and title OF communal chimney
sweep was opened to competition.
The salary was SlG0 a year, and the
candidates were numerous. But the
strange thing was that there were
mostly schoolmasters from Italy, Il
painful sign of the times in that I'M
resttu land. Boston Traveller.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19

The term 'secret service money" is
usually applied to Il fund placed at the
disposal Of ministers to he expended,
at their discretion i'll promoting or
protecting the interests OF this coun-
try. These monies consist OF sum
of $l75, 900 annually included in the
estimates, in respect of which min
listers are only required to make
declaration that the monies spent have
been expended Gin accordance with
the intentions Of Parliament" As
ministers are required to give 10 ac-
count of their stewardship, it is OBJ
vious we have no means of knowing
how the monies are expended. -
Chambers journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19
A Man Killing Elephant.

Bolivar, the killing circus ele-
phant, who since December 25. 1888.
has been captive at the Philadelphia
Geological Gardens, is said to be more
than 70 years old. He was presented
to Philadelphia by the late Adam
Forepaugh, and has not been freed
from his chains for more than ten
years. No one noticing his cordial
manner to the small boy feeding him
peanuts would suspect that he had
killed two men in his time. His mate,
Princess, who is very tame, is allow ell
to battle every day, and stroll around
the Enclosure. But old Bolivar, ow.
ing to his irascible temper is never per-
mitted to have the slightest freedom.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19
MISE WORpS.

To certain extent the will can reg
ulate the surroundings, and so indi-
rsctly influence the unconscious life.
The latter in it's turn is continually
forming habits and supplying mo.
tives, and thus building up the more
prominent but not the more essential
sphere OF voluntary and conscious
power.
Love is the bond and the sanction
which connects not only man with
man. but with everything which ex.
lists. Wo are born into the world;
and there is something within us
which. from the instant that we live.
more and more thirsts after its like.
ness.
9 There are two ways of attaining an
important end--force and persever.
ance. Force falls to the lot of the
privileged few, but austere and sus-
tanned perseverance can be practiced
by the most insignificant. Its silent
power grows irresistible with them.
II The race of mankind would perish
did they cease to help each other We
cannot exist without mutual help.
All, therefore, that need aid have. a
right to ask it from their fellowmen,
ana no one who has the power of
granting it can refuse without guilt. E.
The good man quietly discharges
his duties and shuns ostentation; the
vain man considers every deed lost
that is not publicly displayed. The
one is intent upon realities; the other,
upon semblance. The one aims to be
good; the other, to appear so.
In the man whose childhood has
known carresses and kindness there
is always a fibre of memory that can
be touched to gentle issues.
Economy is half the battle of life.
As rule it is not so hard to earn
money as to spend it we'll.
The imaginative faculty of the soul
must be fed with objects immense and
eternal.
Failure to perform to-day's duty
units one for the duty of tomorrow.
The sunshine of life is to be found
in our own natures.
No friend is friend, till he shall
prove q friend
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19
Pain Conquered; Health Re.
stored by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.

(LITTEA TO MRS. PISKHAN NO. o76Io1
~ feel it my duty to write and thank
you Sor what your Vegetable Com.
pound has done for me. 1t is the only
medicine l have found that has done
me any good. Before taking your medi-
cine, was all run down. tired all the
time, no appetite, pains in my back and
bearing down pains and u great suf-
fersr during menstruation. After TAX
ing two bottles of Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound felt like new
woman. lam now on my fourth bottle
and all my pains have left me. feel
better than have felt for three years
and would recommend your Compound
to every suffering woman. hope this
letter will help others to find cure
for their troubles" - Mrs. DELLA
RKMCKER, RENSSELAER,, IND.
The serious ills Of women develop
from neglect Of early symptoms. Every
pain and ache has u cause, and the
warning they give should not be disre
garded.
Mrs. Pinkham understands these
troubles better than any local ply
stefan and will give every woman free
advice who is puzzled about her
health. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn. Mass. Don't put off writing until
health is completely broken down
Write ct the first indication Of trouble.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19
Andrew Muir's AtOnement.
By Herbert Bates.

signals had warned us OF a change.
But Andersen was always for the
rasher way, and he had no patience
with these 'new.fangled' weather re-
ports. At any rate, there he ay,toss-
ing about, with single reef.
"Andrew won't fail u.s." he said.
"Andrew won't fail u.s." But never a
sign came from the shore.
1t must have been about this time
that John made his last effort to get
away. I felt something calling me-"
he told me, and this may have been
so. But you know the end of his good
intentions.
There the tug lay at her wharf, and
there John sat with his friends, and
there lay Andrew, eager to be up and
away, had any one said the word. But
no one did. Many, as I have said,
saw that flare, but they were too lazy
to step from their houses, though
willing enough to blame others when
the truth was known.
Ald all the time, out there on the
tossing lake lay the Matilde, burning
flare after flare. Those aboard her
were becoming anxious, for the swell
was setting them in toward the shore,
and Andersen was for letting go the
anchor. A moment moro and it
would be over. But just then the
change came.
Andersen said he never knew how
it happened. The wind simply burst
ont of the west. There was no
gradual beginning, just one tremen-
dous gust that knocked the water flat
and kissing.
The little schooner was struck down
on her beam ends in an instant, the
spray tearing over her. Her cargo
was stripped from her deck, and in a
moment she was filled and water
logged, and drifting out toward the
open water, every sea preaching over
her, and the water freezing as it
touched. There were six in her crew,
all old seamen but one, and they chung
for their lives as she went driving out
into the lake, driving on to sure death
while We lay warm in our beds.
Next morning was cold and bright
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19
But he made no

me! Come backi" But he made no
answer.
"At least" she cried, "spare me
the boy"
His eyes softened. "We must bear
alike, Mary" he said. 'He has
sinned; we must pay the price.
Maybe God will spare us yet. Pray
for us! God bless your
He turned his eyes to the lake; the
limos were cast of, and without a
whistle the little tug steamed away
down the gale, riding the sulky back
swell, out into a sea that was to grow
higher with every fathom of her pro-
gress. The old sailors shook their
heads. The men had gone to their
death.
From the top of the bluff, braced
back against the wind that tore the
breath from our lips, we watched her
hull down into the foaming green on
the lake. Then, with solemn faces.
we returned home. We felt we had
seen brave man perish to right his
sons wrong-doing.
But all started with delight when,
at sunrise week later, there came
the shrill blast of familiar whistle.
Every breakfast table was deserted,
and down every street men rushed tc
the river; and there, up the ice.
clogged channel, came the little De-
fance, with Muir at the helm.
Yet, as we came nearer, we saw that
he was not the Andrew we had
known. His face was changed. 1t
had in it the look of man who had
met with terrible affection. He mo-,
toned to us to be silent, and the
cheering ceased, and 1 heard women
near me sobbing.
Silently, gravely, they came ashore,
Andrew and his son and Olsen, sup.
porting tenderly fourth figure, bent,
worn, disfgured, crippled for life, all
that was left of "Bluf" Andersen.
The rest OF the crew had persisted.
Heroism might atone for, it could
not remedy, the mischief. Five men,
one by one, had fallen from the icy
wreck. Only this one, by sheer brute
vigor, had hung on-desperate, suffer.
ing, furious, till help came, till he
saw the ice.crusted bows of the dar-
ing little Defiance plunging down the
green, steep seas to save him.
How they saved him, frozen, weak,
stiff, helpless, as he was, no one
knows. One thing is sure; it was at
the venture of their own lives. deed
as heroic as ever man accomplished.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19
How We Amaze the Foreigner.

From Plymouth to Calais there is o
chain of decayed seaports and idle
shipyards-a chain of rotten wharves,
tumble down piers, shipless harbors,
and old sailors, says H. Phelps Whit
marsh in the Atlantic. All speak elo-
quently of great carrying trade, OF
great foreign shipping interest, of a
great marine power-that was. The
foreigner, when he looks at all this
for the first time, and realizes what
has been lost, stands aghast, and finds
himself wondering whether the high
estimate set upon the American people
as an energetic business nation is not.
after all. an uumerited one.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-19

whole character OF the fruit produced
is controlled by the original germ in
the tip of the bud of the graft, and it
lasts as long as the branch grows, and
that is indefinitely"
why are apples and peaches
round?"
Fruit is formed by the natural
laws of physics in such way as to
produce the least resistance to the
surroundings, and for that reason the
natural shape of fruit is round. 1t
would be entirely so if the pressure
was removed and the force Of gravity
suspended"