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SPECIAL prices IN vines--Fiae Old Port Saer-
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orders delivered 10 any address in Unlertered Rag
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INCE OF SANTIAGO. CUBA, per :. san
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Per s s elsura, from New York.
(c) At i .05 .. n. for PORTO RICO via
san Juan YENEZE Ella and CURACAO per
= $ Caracas. from SCw York. Nail for SA-
VANILLA and CARTHaGENA, must be oI-
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FOREIGN MAILS.


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WAN1ED-A young girl as apprentice TO learn
dressnlaking. I40I 81. NV; ring and come
IN 1t,tm
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STATION CORNER OF SIXTH AND B gTs-
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PRESS-Psrl0T and Dining Cars Harrisburg ta
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Cc) At 1I-O5 p m tor FORTUNE ISL
AND, JAMAICA, SAVANILLA. and CARTHA-
GENA. per 3 S. Altai, from New York
Nail for COSTA RIGA must be directed
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The exact origin of All Fools Day is
not Known, and there are many con-
tiicting records of it's first observance.
Among European countries, however,
the day was originally given it's char
acter in France. In 1864 New Years
Day was changed from April / to Jan.
l, and as New Years had therefore
been celebrated in France with elab-
crate festivities. the date. though no
longer a church holiday, was fixed in
the popular calendar, and, perhaps. like
a discarded hat or castaway pair Of
trousers, was turned to humorous ac-
count. The day was gradually given a
new character, nearly the opposite of
religious occasion. From being a day
of solemnity it became n OF mirth;
serious thoughts gave way to frivolity,
at that season.
of the French custom, and many authOrl-
ties trace the observance of the day to
the Roman Festum Veniris, the pagan
festivities falling gradually into ridicule.
"A celebrated authority who has de-
voted a great deal of time to the task
of discovering the origin of April Fools
Day, says that from time immemorial
the day has had it's present character in
India, where it is called the Hull festl-
val. Instead of April l, though, it is cel-
ebrated March 81, just a day before. And
in Persia, many centuries ago. All Fools
Day was celebrated as the period of the
vernal equinox, the Persian new year be-
ginning on that date.
FIRST APRIL FOOL.
Among the Russians, Peter the Great
was the first to introduce April Fools
Day. He erected in the year 1919 an
immense pile of wood and timber gar
nished with tar and other inflammable
substances on an open square in front
of his own palace in st. Petersburg,
and set on fire early in the morning
of April l. st. Petersburg at that time
was a new city, and the Russians We're
more than proud of it and the great
palace which was a triumph in arch1-
lecture even for those days. Soon the
report was spread that the palace was
OF fire, a rumor which was speedily
followed by a great rush of people from
all sides, who, maddened with the
thought of having their finest building
destroyed, hurried to the scene to help
extinguish the flames. When finally
they reached the seat of the c%onflagra-
ton. they We're met by troops forming
heads and donkeys. fall back, by the
order of the Car, fall back! Cant yOu
understand that the Little Father has
fooled you? It is the first of April to-
day"
1t can be readily understood how the
Gar of all the Russias could practise
such a joke upon his subjects with i'm
punity, but such a caper instigated by
a person of less power and influence
would haVe resulted in a lifetime'S res
idence in Siberia.
Historians tell us that the stage, too, is
in a measure responsible for All Fools
Day. They say that 1t grew out of an
old Easter miracle in which the sending
of Christ from Annas to Caiaphas. n
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from PLATE to Herod was the basis of the
medieval dramatist's plot. Then the ideau
was adopted by the public and has been
carried out each year with notifications
until now the joke which is in closest sim-
ulatiOn to it is one practised in Scotland
1t Is played by starting someone or a
short journey with a message to an im-
aginary individual. When he arrives
at his destination he finds that there id
no such person to be found, and is suc>
cessful indeed if he finds the place; for
as often as not the place is imaginary
as we'll as the individual, and not untir
the messenger has made two or three
trips is he informed that he is the VIC
tim of a joke. This is a very popular
practice in Scotland, in spite the fact
that the connection, between l.. I'd the
medieval dramatist's plot can s,>.Icely
be recognized.
EASY FOOLS. 80,
In our own country there seems TO be
no record whatever of the first celebra-
ton of All Fools Day, but it is moro
than likely the custom was imported
from Europe. The pranks played ON
this day by the grown folks as we'll as
the children of America are numerous
and amusing. A favorite trick is send
ing an unthinking person, usually a
boy. to the shoemaker's for a nickel'S
worth of strap oil. The child, not thinkei
ing. goes upon the errand and does not
realize that he is the victim of a joke
until he has received a vigorous appl;-
cation of the strap across his legs iK
evidence for the next few days. An%
other article which seems to have no
commercial value except on April Fools
Day is elbow grease.
Dealers in old literature and second.
handed books are often requested O
this day by an innocent-looking pur-
chaser-sent by someone, of course-to
furnish a volume of the History Of
Ewes Grandmother, or a copy of DR..
So-andSo's work IN How to Make the
Blind Talk, while druggists are called
upon to supply a demand for two
ounces of canary birds milk, and other
Such nonsense. y
The favorite time for practising these
jokes is before breakfast, because at
an early hour few people have realized
that the day is one devoted to impost-
had time to warn others who might be
as susceptible as himself.
There are, of course, many names for
the victim of an April Fools plot. ac-
cording to the language of the country
in which it is perpetrated.
In France one is called un poisson
d'Avril: in Scotland the very flattering
epithet of gawk is used. while in Eng
land and the United States the familiar
April fool is in common usage. But
whatever the name, there is a great
and no one is blamed on that day who
fails to advance his or her reputation
for sagacity, for the first of April has
become so thoroughly identified with
the idea of impossibility and unhealthy
that there would be no enjoyment il
proved invulnerable against the willy
snares Of All Fools Day.
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VISIT
To IRELAND

Ireland. often called "the sister king
DOM" has had only three previous oppor-
tunities to see the queen.
When Victoria was crowned in 1897 she
almost Immediately expressed her desire
state reasons she was prevented from do
ing so at that time. Then came her mar
riage, and in the years that followed there
We're diplomatic matters and babies to
keep the sovereign at home, for queens
are governed by domesticity as well as by
state.
Yet during these years of busy mother
hood the queen fretted for a glimpse of
that portion of her kingdom beyond st.
Georges Channel, M when, in 1S49 after
many unsuccessful attempts to get away,
she and the prince cOnsOrt at last BOARD
ed the royal yacht and set sail there was
general rejoicing.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
1t was on the first of Angus. 1S49. that
the royal yacht, escorted by four war
vessels, and having on board the queen,
the prince consort and their four children,
lifted anchor and sailed from Cowes
westward to Waterford. The departure
was witnessed by thousands of loyal pa
triots who cheered their good Quen to the
echo, never leaving the pier until her ma
peared as only a speck upon the horizon.
From Waterford the royal party set sail
for Dublin. The entrance into Kingston
HarbOr was made just a little past noon
day, and Irish men and women, boys and
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ence died and Prince George succeeded to
his place in the line Of direct succession
to the English throne.
When the Duke Of York was married in
1893 he was urged to make Ireland the
scene of his honeymoon, but 1t was not
until 1897 that he and his Duchess found
time to leave for so long a journey.
Their trip correspondent to the last one
made by Victoria and Albert. They left
England in the morning or the yacht AL
bert & Victoria, and arrived at noon off
Kingston, where they were met by the
High Sheriff of Dublin and escorted to
Vice-Regal Lodge, where they became
the guests Of the Earl and Countess
Cadogan.
THE ROYAL TRIP.
The ceremonies were the same as were
previously observed, and similar to all the
royal welcomes that have always been
extended to the royal family.
The Duke and Duchess of York disem-
barked at moo while a royal salute was
being fired and the royal anthem played.
The guard of honor at the landing stage
and to the railway station was the West
Kent regiment.
The railway station was deliberately
decorated with flowers, and a special
train brought the Duk and Duchess to
where they were received by Lord Fred
erick Roberts of Kandahar and Water
ford, commander of the forces in Ireland,
n his staff. the Yorkshire Light Infan-
try, furnishing the guard of honor. All
the troops in Dublin lined the route for
the procession from the railway station
to Dublin Castle. where the guard Of
honor was the Connaught Rangers.
At the castle the royal visitors were re-
ceived by the Earl and Countess Cado-
gan. and a salute was fired in Phoenix
Park, after which the Earl and Countess
Cadogan. with the staff of the Lord Lieu
tenant, Joined the procession and escort
ed the Duke and Duchess to the Vice-Re-
gal Lodge, where the guard of honor was
furnished by the Royal Irish Constabu-
larry.
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girls, whose hearts were filled with in
tense enthusiasm, swarmed the shores for
miles to welcome the queen on her visit
to their native land. The demonstration
was so great and the homage paid to
Queen Victoria so much more enthusiast
tic than she ever imagined, that in her
delight she resolved to perpetuate the
event by creating her eldest son, Prince
Albert. the Earl of Dublin, a title which
was borne by her honored father.
Her second visit was in 1858: and her
third visit was in August, 1861. When
she went with great pOmp and amid gen.
eral rejoicing.
This time the queen made a delightful
trip to the Lakes of Killarney and was
entertained at Muckross Castle. She, and
the prince consort sailed on the beautiful
waters of the famous lakes and the prince
sang ballads rs h yacht courtesied
across the waters in the cool, delicious
MONDAY for which Killarney is noted.
This trip was described in verse and
put to song by all the poets of the king
dom.
1t was shortly after this trip that the
prince consort died and the queen de-
clared that she would never again visit
Ireland.
VISIT OF PRINCE.
After the death Of the prince consort
the queen requested her son, the Prince OF
Wales, to make the journey for her, and
in 1866 he and the Princess of Wales paid
a flying visit followed by another in 1871.
R~ecollections of the memorable visit of
the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1866
are still fresh. and nc one has forgotten
the universal and fervent expressions Of
loyalty which it called forth, in spite Of
Mr.. Parnell's repeated demands that his
followers should not recognize the visit
and the injunction Of the Archbishop OF
Cashel to preserve a ~"dignif1ed reserve"
In 1887 the dukes of Clarence Inc York,
the two son of the Prince of Wales, en-
joyed a delightful journey to Dublin,
where they were sumptuously entertain
ed. Five years later the Duke Of Clar-
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The entire route was lavishIy decorate
ed. much of the fittings and trappings
used in London during the Jubilee festi-
vities being utilized for the purpose.
The remaining days of the stay of the
royal pair in Dublin were devoted to Wis
iting The sights Of Dublin and to the in
stallation of the Duke of York as a
Knight Of St. Patrick.
The queen hopes by her visit to Ireland
to arouse all the latent patriotism and
also to convey to the Irish people her
thanks for their valor in the South At
rican war.
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THE HISTORY OF APRIL FOOL.

OF all the holidays and days of merry
making to which custom has accorded
observance by h people of different
nations. there is none more unique in
it's general character. than All Fools.
Day. This day, as everyone knows,
comes on the first of April, and is con-
secrated to the practice of innocent i'm
pastures and ridiculous jokes upon I'M
thinking persons who happen to come
in contact with heartless testers out for
amusement.
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A MYSTERIOUS ISLAND.

t.t-fr-tsfard lying aboat seventy
miles east of the most southern point
OF Minlianao has given map makers
more perplexTty within the past two
centuries than perhaps any other blt OF
Hand of so little Importance. 1t is the
island OF Miangas, and has long figured
on the maps under the Spanish alias Of
Palmas Island. Though 100 miles
north of the Dutch group of the Moluc-
cas- the flag of the Netherlands now
foats over dt. having been raised there
by the Dutch government steamer De
Raaf IN 1896 The government in 1898
published the particulars of it's appro
priation and proof of It's identity with
the long lost land seen by Dampier
whose brief account Of IT was printed in
London in 1929. The story of the mysti-
fication Of geographers ana the final SO
tuition OF the problem is told in Peter
mann's Mitteilungen by Prof. ID. A.
WichmaHn of Utrecht.
The native name OF the island was
mentioned by William Dampier, the
English sailor. who wrote i'm part: "The
island Meangis lies within twenty
leagues OF Mindanao. There are three
small islands that abound with gold
and cloves, IL / may credit my author
Prince Jeoly, who was born on one OF
them. I saw the island twice and two
more close by IL. Each Of the three
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A DOCTORS
Success With Grippe.
He preseribes BRAZILIAN BALM,
Which not only effects a cure III the most
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leaves no evil results be,nnd.

Miss Emma Rockwell of Kewauee, Ills. wres under date
Of January 2s My mother 70 years OF mas beer
very, very sick wh Grippe Her head ad lungs we're at
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MEDICAL.
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SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BIZ
received at the Office of the Light
House Inspector Tompkinsville, n. T.,
until II O'clock m. March 30 1900, and
then opened. FOR furnishing and deliv-
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ending June 80. 1901. in accordance with
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FATAL FIRE
AT ST. LOUIS.



way TO a number OF three and four
story structures. occupied by numerous
firms in various other lines OF business.
These were soon on fire from top 10
bottom and were ruined Heroic efforts
We're made TO keep the flames from the
building on the corner of Fourth street
and Franklin avenue, occupied by the
German American bank, and they were
successful. This and two buildings ad-
Joining on the south were saved.
Across on Fourth street. and extend
ing 20 Third, was a row OF old build
angs occupied by the Schisler-Cornelia
Seed Company, the Plant Seed Com
pany, Krennings Glassware and Crock
ely Company. Bassett Plumbing Com
pany, Muller Block commission house
Baur Flour Company and william
Berk's saloon. Here the firemen were
able to stop the spread Of the flames
10 the east, but IL was many hours be-
fore the fire was out. after tons or wat
er had been expended. The interiors
and stocks OF merchandise In all these
buildings were destroyed.
q Before this occupants OF buildings
east on Third and Second streets, fear
ing a further spread of the iire, COM
menced TO remove their stocks, but at
3 o'clock il became evident that the
fire was under control. In the meantime
stores and buildings on the north side
of Franklin avenue for half Dlock
east and west OF Broadway were sur
fering. The great heat from the ourn-
ing buildings opposite broke the VIM
dows and soon flying embers had start
ed blazes in a half dozen dinerent
places. The tenants living above moved
out as much of their property as possi-
BILE. Good work by the firemen prevent
cd much loss at this point. The druS
store Of Johnson Brothers at the cor
ner OF franklin and Broadway and
saloon on the opposite corner, with
some small shops adjoining, were the
heaviest losers. The other losses were
confined 10 broken glass and scorched
store fronts.
WIRES DANGEROUS.
The trolley wires along Broadway
and Franklin avenue were source OF
danger. and until they were cut there
were numerous narrow escapes from
electrocution District superintendent
Baumhoff OF the United Railway Com
pany and corps OF men set about res
cuing derailed car at Fourth ana
Morgan streets. Stretching long chain
from a Fourth street grip car, the pow
er OF the cable was used 10 haul II out
~ the way cf the firemen. The gripman
started his car, but did not release soon
enough. The derailed car bumped
along over the granite. crashed into a
fire engine and fatally crushed Fire
man Hanson.
For hours after the fire the scene was
thronged with thousands OF people,who
had been drawn from churches ana
homes by the report that the city was
burning up. Every policeman available
was hurried to the scene and rope bar
riers were erected around the section
On which the flames were raging.
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FOR SAT r-DO ROT LOC.s AT
thisi Colonial 1e room hou;c. Bowen
street. all improvements; 1929 square
feet; furnace heat: big bargain; what
do you think OF IL?
ISAAC T.. GOFF co.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
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FOR SALE-ON BARTo oN STREET.
near Broadway, 2-family ouse, 10
rooms; l minute from cars; good IL
vestment; in a good neighDorhoou,
very large lot: plenty room for another
house.
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n CT n ID.

We. the undersigned d hereby agree
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Of Greeners Warranted Syrup of Tar II
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Palmas and Miangas are Identical.
The old maps remain 10 show the per-
pleNity OF the earlier chartOgraphers
and the way they made the mysterious
island travel around the eastern bof-
der of the Celebes Sea.