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that must elapse II the future revenues
be not discounted and the construction
expedited. Now we haven't the slightest
particle of doubt that. were Mr.. Jacob
son the builder on his own account and
for himself, of this building, and If he
possessed that ordinary business sagac-
ity. he would get that building finished
and occupied at the earliest possible day.
And If. to do it, he had to discount his
paper to anticipate his revenue. he
would know that there would be a sub
stantial value in the earlier use of it
that would more than compensate for
the discount he paid.
There is another phase that. were Mr..
Jacobson less unthinking of self. might
be urged upon him. but which would
have weight only with less scrupulous
men. He is credited with desire to be
governor of this great state, laudable
ambition, and we are free to admit that
with whatever of eccentricity he may
be possessed. he would be a vast i'm
provement upon some late incumbents
from his own party. If Mr.. Jacobson
nurses this worthy ambition, he can
not be exempt from ordinary human
fratlties as not to wish that his inaugu-
ceremonies attending the dedication and
occupancy of the noble building now so
slowly taking form.
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committee on revision of the senate. to
advance two bills In which he was in
terested. Walls gave bail In the sum of
81 0O0
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The millionaire grocer, r. 3. Thurber,
has become a lawyer at fifty-seven. Is
it a case of spelling a good grocer to
make a poor lawyer?
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Another plan is on foot to dam the
Nile. Nobody had TO put on foot any
scheme to damn the Chicago river.
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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
Results OF Experiments Made With
Respiration CaIerineter

MIDDLETON, Conn. March 22.-The
following authorized statement regard
ing the experiments with the respiration
calerimeter, which are being conducted
by Prof. o. w. Atwater and his asso-
c!ates at Wesleyan university under the
auspices Of the United States department
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A st. Louis paper heads a two-column
article THE Flying Angel" And since
when have you made up your mind that
some portions of the angel family do not
fV2
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Having raised himself above the peer
age. the peerage appears suddenly anx-
ious to hobnob with Mr.. Kiplng.
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Some day Mark Hanna will leave Jekyl
island. But it will be with regret. Mark
dislikes TO leave anything for others.
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1t is announced that Miss Virginia Fair
will have d fortune in new hats when
she gets married. She will be different
from the man who takes up q collection
in that she cannot get it out again.
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in Philadelphia. What a lusty fellow
must be at the pump handle.
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Speaking of political lunches, Mr.. Bryan
declines to be sandwiched between Perry
Belmont and Dick Croker.
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BRIBERY ALLEGED.

Oklahoma Popuaist Legislator Pine
ed Under Arrest.
GUTHRIE, o. T., March 22-J. c.
Walls, Populist member Of the territorial
assembly. was arrested here today as a
result of the grand jury's investigation
of the territorial legislature. He is ac-
cused of having offered s75 to Senator
Frank C. Hutto. chairman of the special
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THIRD AT MANILA.

UeH' VtIs CabIeR safe Arrival of Fort
Smelling Soldiers.
WASHINGTON. March 22-Gen. Otis
has cabled the war department announc.
Ing the arrival of transport Sherman at
Manila. The Sherman sailed from New
YORK with the Third infantry and four
companies of the Seventeenth infantry.
under command OF Col. J. H. Page. Tha
troops are reported as arriving all weE
and in good condition.
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Charles II. Hoyt's comedy, "a Mid
night Bell which has kept EN- laugh
Ing for long time, will be the attraction
at the Grand the coming week Charles
Hoyt directed the first production Of that
play at San Francisco during the month
of June, 1887; since that time it has fired
the soul Of the dramatic universe and
added fame and fortune to the author. L.
r. Stockwel will Gil the role Of the dea-
con, which character he created at its
first presentation.
There is attraction about coon COM
edy that never fails to please theater-go-
ers. The best attraction Of this order
that has been seen in this city for a long
time IS holding forth at the Grand opera
house this week
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MIR. REEDS CANDIDACY.
Secretary Allen Denies Having Dis
cussed Presidential Possibilities.

LEWISTON, Me, March 22.-Amos L..
Allen, secretary to Speaker Reed, says
regarding the interview printed today
in which he was made to say that Mr.
Reed would not be a candidate for the
presidential nomination In 1900, that he
did not make such statement, and he
did not know whether Mr.. Reed would
be a candidate or not.
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The Republican party is severe on
trusts-between elections.
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AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN

The Prisoner of Zenda" is proving a
strong drawing card at the Metropolitan
opera house this week; the matinee and
night performances yesterday were
played to big houses, and the indications
are that the business for the last half of
the week will be much larger than the
first. This is the farewell season of '"The
Prisoner of Zenda" on the road.
NO farce that has been presented dur
Ing the last two easons has received
such universal praise as Stapletons de-
l1ghtful farce "A Bachelors Honey
moon, which comes to the Metropolitan
on Sunday night. Mr.. Walter Walker
the star, is said to be a farceur of ex-
cepuonal ability and is supported bv an
excellent company throughout Seats are
on sale for the engagement, which con-
cludes on "Wednesday night
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FATAL EXPLOSION.
Two Men Killed and One Fatally In
Jured in u Powder Mill.

PENN'S GROVE, N. J., March 22-Two
men We're killed this afternoon by the ex-
plosion of the e. I. Dupont Powder mills
at Carney Point, N. j., near here. The
Killed are: Isaac Layton and Charles
Ford Frank MagiIl was fatally injured
There are five mills located at Carney
Point. and all We're blown TO pieces. The
first explosion occurred in the gun-cotton
room, and it was followed in rapid sue
cesston by four others.
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Chicago is preparing for Its annual
''heresy trial"
The April fool joke is seen to be ripen-
ipo
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TEMPERATURES
Temperature.
LII g
Temperature.
I1iyI, %2DD,
'WELL. WHAT'S 1T ALL ABOUT..

*Washington time q p. m. St. Paul
flr1nal
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than no protection at all, yet they ac-
cept the risks calmly. Poor men IN a
big city will do good deal for per-
mission to make living. They say,
when asked about it, that nearly every
death among them is traceable to the
carelessness of the workman. 1t is not
often that one Of the safety devices
breaks-that is, comparatively speak
ing. A man who has washed hun
dred windows day for three years in
all sorts of weather gets to thinking
that he cannot fall. When he reaches
this state of mind the tumble always
follows. Ten are killed from careless
ness where one meets his death
through fault in the bar or the belt,
all Of which they admit freely.
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giOn has a more destructive influence on
the well-being and stability of mems
lives than the smoke-laden fog of Lon
DON"
The average weekly rate of mortality
during the prevalence Of fogs is increas-
ed nearly twofold, Mr.. Thwaite de-
clares, and the deaths traceable to dis
eases Of the respiratory organs are more
than doubled. In persons of advanced
age this rate Is increased to an alarm
Ing degree. A few years ago fort
nights heavy fog in London brought
the death rate to 40 per 1000, a rate
equal to the great cholera year. Not
only does an ordinary London fog
sweep away each day the population of
an English village, but its effect upon
the moral stamina of the people is de-
clared to be appalling. In fact, Mr..
Thwaite charges fogs with being the
cause Of most Of the crimes and misery
of the city. He contends that the in
crease in the cases of drunkenness dur
ing foggy days substantiates this state
ment.
The almost daily fog that hangs over
London weighs, according to scientific
investigators, 300 tons, composed of
fifty tons Of carbon and 25O tons of hy-
drocarbon. The value Of these COM
modities is estimated at 100000.
The solution Of the problem that Mr..
Thwaite suggests is to supply London
with gas generated in the coal fields of
South Wales, South Yorkshire and STAFF
fordshire. London consumes 10000, 900
tons of coal year. In transporting
this there is probably a loss of 6O,OOO
tons, equal to f45,0O0. The cost of
transportation by rail Is estimated at
t2,7SO,OOO, and by sea Fl, ,566,OOO. The
profits of various merchants, middle
men and carriers and the loss in nitro
genous and other constituents of the
coal bring London's annual coal bill IN
to f9,5OO,000. ALI this, Mr.. Thwaite ar.
CUES, would be saved by the erection of
gas-generating plants In the coal dis.
tricts and the carrying of gas by pipes
to London. Cheap coal gas could then
be supplied to every householder of the
metropolis.
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TO PREVENT FOGS.
Novel Plan Il Proposed to Remedy
London's Great Plague.

B. H. Thwaite, G. E., F. g. s., author
Of number of books on sociological
questions, has been studying the smoke
problem Ia London and proposes novel
remedy. Mr.. Thwaite says that, nat
urally, the London atmosphere is as
clear and pure and often as bright as
that Of Paris. This, he says, Is easily
shown at night or at early morning,
before fires are alight. Unhappily this
desirable condition is destroyed by the
fall Of smoke that follows London's
awakening.
The deprivation Of comfort and the
ruin of works of art by London's smoke
plague Is small part Of Mr.. Thwaite's
indictment against this ever-present
evil. "No plague" he says, mo conta-
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fl Desperate E&pedient.


Don't be sarcastic and angry. You
know that l love you; that for two
years 1 have not had a thought bu\
for you and Of you. This offer of my
uncle's was made in the kindest spirit,
He knew that my practice was not suft
ficient to justify me in speaking to any
girl of marriage, and like the dear old
fellow that he is, he came to my rescue.
He had previously offered me $4,000
to settle down with any one, and then
because he had once loved your mother,
and because he admires you so very
much, he afterward said that he would
make 1t $4,000 if could get you"
"Oh! put in the girl, rapidly, "you
are candor personified. That explains
fully why you have so seldom come
near me during the last few months,
when you were free to choose whom
you would, but now, on receipt Of this
larger offer an hour ago, as premium
for choosing me, you hasten back to
my side. Some other girl-Annie Ben
nett, for instance-must feel almost as
highly complimented as do"
ENID! Enid" cried the unhappy doc
tor "you are trying not to understand
Uncle Tom made the offers at the same
time; the other one first, but both In
the same conversation-both this after.
noon. Can't you see? And you know
why 1 tried to stop coming here.
could not ask you to marry me, and
without that could honorably tell you
of my love? AS for Annie Bennett,
haven't laid eyes on her for two"
THAT will do, DR.. Buchanan" said
Enid, rising, "you need not try to ex
plain any further. l take back my
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ders the washers task doubly peril.
Gus. Above him Is the open sky. Far
below are the stones Of the cruel street.
The people moving about look like
ants. Between him and sickening
death Is only slender bar of steel,
which fits into socket on each side
of the window frame and passes across
the small of his back. He is compelled
to use both hands in his work. If he
slips he trusts to catching the bar with
his numbed fingers. 1t Is contended
that some window-washers deyelop
claws on their feet after year or so.
Those who do not are dead when
picked up"
There are various safety devices, but
the steel, or iron, bar Is the most com.
mon. Sometimes the bar breaks; some.
times the socket breaks; sometimes the
screw breaks. 1t all amounts to a
cheap funeral in the end. One of the
best OF the guards is wide heavy belt
of webbing or leather, which passes
about the mans middle. 1t has n sta.
pie in the center of its back and through
this staple strong rope is passed and
hooked to each side of the window. IF
a man slips while wearing the belt he
Is suspended In air and spraddles about
with arms and legs until he catches
hold and resumes his task.
The window washers make no com.
plant of the dangers to which thew
are subjected or of the lack of guards
with which they are furnished. The
steel bar crossing the small of the back
Is III bad weather, but little better
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promise; all Is over between us for.
ever! and she could not hold back the
sob In her throat.
Miserably enough, Robert picked ur
his hat and passed out into the hall
With his hand on the street door he
paused.
He muttered, at is now or never;
I'll risk It,"
When he re-entered the room Enid
was standing before the mantel.
Enid" he began, humbly, forgive
me If l say one more word. l cannot
leave you In this way. l was so
astounded at what you were saving
that l forgot another offer my uncle
made me-"
He paused, but she did not help him.
Robert continued:
HE named another girl, and said
that If would marry her he would
give me $50,000."
"0hw "~
"ies, he really did"
And who-who was the other girlY'
well, Enid, l was so overjoyed al
the offer about you that l rushed of
here without waiting to hear the rest
of It.; but as slammed the front door,
l think l heard him say Annie Ben.
nett"
For n moment there was another
pause, Robert ventured to take the
hand hanging at her side.
Don't you think, Enid" he said,
pressing 1t between his own, don't
you think that makes a differenceY"
And Enid said, very low, "Yes-I sun.
pose 1t does-R-Robert."
The girl was not crying now. and
Robert took her in his arms.
Uncle Tom promptly filed out his
check for $4,000.
THANK you, SIR" said Robert. as he
folded and carefully placed it in his
pocket-book, "and, Uncle Tom. IL anv
one ever mentions this matter to Won
be sure you do not forget that third
offer you made me."-Buffalo News.
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Her Soldier and His Cake.

The simplicity of mind of a great
people in the United States with regard
to the proper uses of soldier is nd.
mirably Illustrated in the following LET.
ter, said by the Army and Navy Jour.
nal to have been received lately by the
Secretary of War:
Sir: know it is most presumptuous
in me to address so great a man. but
firmly believing as l do that you truly
have the interest of every soldier NJ
heart, venture to make bold reouest
that you will not start the Second Di.
vision Of the Second Brigade. First
Army Corps, now at Americus. Ga to
Cuba until after Dec. ~, because NV
soldier has birthday about that time
and l want to send him a birtbda v
cake, with candies, to remind him of
nome and mother" and you know the
cake would not stand transportation to
Cuba.
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PERIL OF wlNpow.wAsHERs.
Dangerous Employment of Janitors
on Chicago's Sky-Scrapers.

Dangerous Employment of Janitors
on Chicago's Sky-Scrapers.
The man who rents an office In one
of the large buildings Of Chicago pays
as much attention to the man who
washes his windows as he pays to the
charlady who scrubs his floors. In
both cases he notices them only to
wonder that they can put in so much
time and achieve so little. The win
dow washer, however, Is worth some
study. Like the wild duck, he lives a
life Of peril and harship and when he
falls, as a general thing, he falls a
good deal further. Chicago is town
of high structures and strong winds
and bitter weather and the proportion
Of accidents among the men who clean
Its windows Is large. 1t is so large, In
fact, that more than once move has
been started to obtain State legislation
looking to the enforced protection Of
the artists Of the soap and rubber
broom.
All Of the window washers do not
fall at once, so the public gives no heed
to the number of fatalities among
them. 1t Is fact, however, that more
than 400 men lost their lives by falling
from window lodges in the United
States last year. Of these casualties
Chicago furnished it's share. Indeed,
1t is a Iare week which passes without
the chronicling of one or more Of this
class Of accidents. Ten, or at most
twenty, lines in a newspaper give in
formation Of the workmans death. Ex-
cept by the woman and children who
depended upon him for bread he Is
speedily forgotten. The thing is so
common that the risk of window
washers life is regarded as extra haz-
ardous by all insurance companies.
The danger Of the calling is appar-
ent. A man earning his living by
washing the windows of the Masonic
Temple has to keep his wits awake.
That Is the windiest corner In the
world. Even on still summer days,
when the lake is CLASSY and perspiring
pedestrians a block further north or
south long for breath of air, a blast
from the deepest lung cells of Boreas Is
whistling around the Temple, hurting
dust into the eyes of passers, playing
bowls with their hats, wrenching their
coattails, forcing them to lean far out
Of the perpendicular, and doing wicked
things to the ladies' skirts. On the win
dow ledges which mark the twentieth
story this blast is bowling gale. Often
in the winter time it blows so strong.
ly that man cannot stand in it. In
these cases the window washer wisely
postpones his work and the man who
rents the offices goes down and swears
at the janitOr. Fifty miles an hour is
common rate for air travel about the
upper stories Of the Temple, and in this
sort Of blow work goes on as usual.
Many times in the winter the stone
ledge is covered with snow, or with
smooth ice an inch thick. This rem
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she Didn't Make Them.

''The pies that mother used to-"
She fixed him with flashing evo
and he wisely paused.
"Your father" she said, chad an
income sufficient to enable Won,
mother to keep first-class cook.
Still, he was resouroeful man, and
not easily Disconnected.
"The pies that mother used to have
made never did amount to much, any.
way" he asserted; but there was a lack
Of enthusiasm in his manner and tope
that told her she had won a great vic.
tory. Post.
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y
cine, and have certainly been greatly
benefited by its use.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has indeed been a friend to me.
" l am now able to do my own work,
thanks toyour wonderful medicine. I
was as near death believe as I could
be, so weak that my pulse scarcely beat
and my heart had almost given out. I
could not have stood 1t one week more,
l am sure. never thought would
be SO grateful to any medicine.
~ shall use my influence with any
one suffering as I did, to have them
use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
Every woman that is puzzled about
her condition should secure the sympa.
thetic advice of woman who under.
stands. Write to Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass. and tell her your Ills
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Under Henry V, an act Of parlia.
ment ordered all the geese in England
to be counted, and the sheriffs of the
counties were required to furnish six
arrow feathers from each goose.
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There was young man from Lenore,
Who boldly went off to the war;
The beef made him sick,
He recovered quite quick
By the prompt use Of old Jesse Moore
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Naming a battleship George Wash.
ington is all right, but could shin
with that name lie at anchor?
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Caughey-"Who on earth is trying to
play the piano, Gardiner Mrs.
Caughey 0roudly)-"It is Arabella
She is learning to read music"
Caughey (testily)-"Well, ask her If II
Is necessary to read it aloud."-strav
Stories.
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When a man has trouble he regards
his burden as being particularly heavy
If he has no one to go to for sympathy.
He is fortunate that he is compelled to
keep 1t to himself, and doesn't know II.
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Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sootb.
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
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II DO MY OWN WORK"
80 Says Mrs. Mary Rochiette Of
Linden, New Jersey, In this
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham.

"I was bothered with a flow which
would be quite annoying at times, and
at others would almost stop.
~ used prescriptions given me by my
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Somehow we always expect the fe.
low who gets mad first to come out Of
the argument second best.
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cITe Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness
ITO after first days use Of DR.. Kines Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE 1900 trial
bottle and treatise. DIR. r. II. KLINE, Ltd ga
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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If a man is particular friend of
yours he may not be so very particular
after all.
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When a woman washes her head, all
the neighbors know it
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RICH
Government
Lands.

t,AdS a sou OF very deep dark loan; will grow al
dance, Climate splendid. Crop fsiinSes sim i'm.
possiole. Adapted to. the raising of cattle,
m,n3Rn,g sn,GeR, hSgs; dairy and poultry Industries In
tor M uls,riet, providing an excellent market
Msagniheent chance II taken at once. Write fol
de 9deserlptiye book giving full particulars. Ad.
uless 'ouey' 2. r. DEWITT, Secretary,
" %Thurlow Block. San francisco, Cal
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physician. b.
same state
of affairs
continued.
/" After q
time I was
taken with
a flooding,
that l was
obliged to
keep my bed.
Finally, in
despair. ]
gave up my
tor, and b
faLiun uoi,r
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physician. but the