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Dzsny's Pure
Matt sWHsEskgY
CURES

The Ctip hut stimulates the blood to healthy ac-
tion and prevents bad after-effects.
New York City.
Gentlemen: I have been using your PURE
MALT WfIISKEY for the Grip, and find 1t has
helped me wonderfully.
NJ HALL, 81 West Goth St
Sermlion, Ills.
Gentlemen: have had the Grip ard DUFFY
MALT NIIISkEY has done me more good than
any doctors medicines Please send me two more
bottles MRS MARY A. BANTA.
Government stamp marks the genuine. Drug
giStS usually sell it. II yours does not, bottle
viii be sent you. prepaid, for 81; six for 80. Val
liable book of information free on application.
Duff Malt Hhs,c Co, Rochester,, u. Y.
mbI2-1T
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BAD FEEDING

IT'S the one great cause OF
ricketts,. The food is deficient
in fat for the blood, and in
mineral matter for the bones.
Such children have profuse
sweating of the head and great
restlessncss during sleep. The
ideal remedy is SCOTS Emulsion
with hypophosphites of lime and
soda. Here is fat to make the
blood rich, and mineral matter
to make the bones firm and
strong.
At all druggists soc. and $500.
SCOTT f1i-EE. Cicr a. \ : 'oEk-
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Don't fail to attend auction sale Of Oriental
Carpets and Rugs at Williams & Co.'S auction
rooms. corner Tenth and Pennsylvania Avenue.
tomorrow al II Il. ard r. IN. mb13-3t, ,em
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For the entertainment Of your visiting friepls
Won Should hav, case OF coed beer. Heurich's
Maerzen. Senate and Lager are the best, Phone
634 Arlington Bottling Co., for case.
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A WAR ON NEWSBoYS.
Richmond Preachers object - the
sale of sunday Papers.

RICHMOND. Va. March l$.-TEere is TO
be an effort made here to enforce more
rigid observance OF the Sabbath. with
this end in view the Sunday Observance
League. a body composed OF $50 ministers
and laymen of Richmond, will meet eltheF
Thursday or Friday of this week.
The evil of which the ministers complain
very loudly is the crying CT the sunday
papers on the streets. The New YORK sun
day p3pers now arrive here at II g. m,
instead Of 2:30. as formerly. and many
preachers say their devotional services
have been disturbed by the shouts OF the
pewstoys in front Of their churches
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EDUCATIONAL.

MRS CROBE viii fust-sct On plane. harp. q, .lse-.
mandolin, and guitar reasonable Stl Die,
100 I4rh NV fnEil3t
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DEATH REPORT FROM Otis
Three American Soldiers End Their
Own Lives.

Second Lieutenant Weber One of the
Philippine suicides-kiIied Him.
self while Mentally Deranged.
Those Who Succumbcd to WOUNDS
Received While Engaging Enemy.
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washing GtOn-C1eveiand sleeper via
II. & q.

Oo,ick service and superior accommodations
dailv on $50 p. train. without change, ar
riyinr Cleveland 1920 next morning
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MASON'S YELLOW TABLETS

Cure This desperate trouble in its most acute form
C,,rc so that il never comes back again. Relieve
in fifteen minutes too much BANQUET. Head all
right in the morning. You feel encouraged-Be-
cause your nerves are toned. You have been sus-
tanned while MASON'S YELLOW TABLETS
worked which is very vital You are getting
rid of serious aiimeEt. You must have sone
,ucouraopmCGt.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.


STATEMENT Of III, condition Of the NERCAN-
TILE I. & NJ INSURANCE COMPANY of
Bas.ou Mass. on the 3l-t day Of December. lS21.
4S required by act Of Congress approved july
-. ls.S.
Csrif,' stock 800 40 %
Capital stock paid Up..-...-.-........- 10000 -
ASSETS.
Cash in bank. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -. is5 3
Egrds ard mortgages tHG-l lien on
rslI e,t4t-1 ............. 1111C0 %
S-.l.4 and hor,:s trnlrSe- yafusI..... sfN.7Il -
Bids receivable and collateral loans. s-.'HU %
P-lmiuHss UuCJl.rCted and IN uJuaS OF
agents -.-.---.--.. --.--.-.-.. 9'.t]t II
In 1s6,. .--......................... 3.a0S -
S539.5gs $
LIABILITIES.
c,st c,,i.,T ........ .Sl60G0l 60
Reserve pramilW fund. ..........-....- l"l - 20
Reserve fox unpaid losses aid claims. @..Jig .
Ntf sttru,ls .........- 'us'h -
SGtp.5g> -
Statement Of dividends and expenses
for six months ending December
81 1s99:
Dividends ...-.--...-. .-.--.------ ft---'l
C1r~ert ev;,el.,sS ....--..-.-. lf.'l3 -
GEORGE &. ROGERS. President
JAMES SIMPSON. secretary
Subscribed and sworn % before me ihiS LA
| dav OF Jauuary 1909. --.-
(Se8D JANIS g. NI-t'','
It N----- . -------
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G. ri =

This ureaa disease q now becoming prevalent.
Beware of that slight cough" also that slight
cold''-it is the GRIP. 1t can be quickly cured
by the use of
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THE PLAGUE SITUATION
San FIR neiscO'S Suspected Case
Proves TO Be Genuine.

Precautions Taken by the Murine
uaxnf,al Service 10 Prevent an
Epidemic-Dr. Nyman N"i
ed Over the Appearance OF the
disease - Reports From HAWAI-
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HOUSE,
80" COLDS. iss
a CRIME

To neglect your health. Especially D1 sPEP>iA.
For that's morose and despondent. Enough to
make you commit crime.
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TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Rromo Quinine Tablets y
druggists refund the money il If fails 10 cur
z " Groves signature is On each box 29c
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MATTINGS, Sc yard up.
IInrsE 4 HERRMANN. 1th nnd Z.
GAS STOVES
AUCTION SALES.

Fer Cookirg ard lleIt.rE-
Gas APPLIANCE EXCHANGE,
1924 Sew NO-k Avenue.
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"HeChts' Greater Stores"
Sic for 60C all=wOOl henriettas.

In dress goods this spring popular will
Waists will t0-inch soft finish. ustrous
etta in such shades lavender cardinal pink pearl
blue mode castor golden. violet black and
sold yard all to go tomorrow at 52c
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the very haudsomest quality black
broadcloth. with the new single box
pleat back and front. appl Ne trimmed
with braid and tafeJa sill Should be
$40
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
MORE RAINS IN THE NORTHWEST
CAUSED ANOTHER
Sill MP
PART OF DECLINE RECOVERED
August Closed Quarter to Three
Eighths DOwn-Ncws From Spring
Wheat Sections Was Decidedly
Bearish-COrn Sold Off some.

CHICAGO, July 7l-Wheat was rather
quiet TO-DAY and slumped on more rains
IN the Northwest. Although part of the
decline was recovered, the close was cas-
Ter, August A@3sc down. Corn closed "a
Q12c- lower, because rain was predicted
for Kansas; and oats &c higher. Provi-
sions closed 213@5c TO 10@1212c down.
When the wheat market started the
days business there was, among others,
the consideration of more rain in the
Northwest. AS to- whether this rain
would rescue the perishing crop in the
portions of that section where spring
wheat is not already numbered with the
dead was matter of controversy. The
opinion that the Wetting would do some
good caused Ac drop at the opening,
which was al 79A@795sc for !. August.
Meanwhile, Liverpool was resting after
a. days work, %q1d over the previous
showing a small batch of receipts at the
big markets. The trade changed its
views for a moment after digesting this
information and August ambled up to
SO1sc. That was as high as the market
got.
The rains, together with some messages
of a cheerful sort from the spring wheat
country, animated the trade into gselling
of various sorts, Ind Under this pressure
August slid off to 791sc.- An English ca
BILE prophesying smaller worlds ship
ments. would be shown in Mondays re-
port, together with a lighter Southwest
ern movement, as shown by receipts,
caused a reaction from the bottom to
797sc,. but some of this was lost and the
close was easy, August closing H@3sc
under yesterday at 1880. The cash bust
ness was slow. AC1
Clearanees- at the seabeard were equal
in wheat and -four to .521 600 bu. Primary
receipts were 100000 bu, compared with
6S2,OC0 bua hast year. Minneapolis and
Duluth reported 1877 cars, against 3zS
cars last week, and 368 a year ago. Lo-
/ cal receipts numbered AZ cars, 8 of con-
tract grade.
Corn sold off on the prediction of rain
for Kansas and Nebraska, where hot
weather and scorching winds have been
holding forth. affording the crop expert
an opportunity to say bad things. about
the likelihood of the crop showing up
well. The representation and the fact
that bulls for reasons Of their ,E own had
ket rose some later en- buying. August
sold between 443sc' and 4315c, closing $50
nc down at 4334e=.4 Receipts were Al
cars.
Oats were steady without a general
trade. The market was disposed to fol-
low corn, but finished little better than
did that market. 2 August sold between
i 2S1zc and 237sc, closing 1sc up at 24c.
Inc leading futures ranged as toiiows:
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MONEY outlook pulling
STATEMENT OF NEW YORK CLEAR
ING HOUSE BANKS CONTRARY
TO ALL ESTIMATES
CASH HOLDINGS CUT DOWN
This Is a Condition Not Looked for
by Financiers-Interes Fea-
ture Decrease In the
Loan Item.

NEW YORK. July THE New York
FinanciGr says:
'The statement of the New York clear
ing house banks fol the week ending July
Z was in direct conflict with all prelim-
mary estima tes Theoretically the banks
should have exhibited a heavy gain in
cash, owing to receipts from the interior
and treasury disbursements. Instead of
that, however, cash holdings were reduc-
ed $3.50, 3e0. No explanation is forthcom-
ing with reference to this falling off, but
it is probably true that the July dividend
period has confused the averages. 1t is
only fair to infer that the position of the
clearing house institutions Is much
stronger than the statement indicates, for
receipts Lave been heavy over the past
few days.
THE interesting feature of the weeks
operations is the decrease In the loan
item, the reduction for the week having
been $5,57S, Co., This makes a total de-
crease of s., 135, 800 from the high point
reached June %, and there is reason to
believe, if the movements of past years
afford q precedent, that the loan total
will continue to decrease until well into
the fall season.
1.-The contraction of Sc, 100000 in deposits
is not as large as called for by the other
changes, but it sets free $1,600,0G0 hereto
fore locked up in legal reserve require
off of only $1,720,175 in surplus in the face
of an actual loss of $3.50, 300 in cash.
THE future money market is rather I'M
certain The loaning rate, in view of the
present condition of surplus reserve, Is
abnormally low, but there is noticeable
tendency to put out only short time loans.
The expanded loan account can be traced
to investments in sterling, and this means
that a rise in rates, should one occur,
will be met by liquidation of foreign ac-
counts and an import of gold. But so far
from expectation on this ground attempts
are being made even now to negotiate
additional foreign loans. 1t is also known
that within the next few weeks recelpts
from the Klondike will be transferred to
New York.
so far as crop season demands are
concerned, there is absolutely nothing to
show that money is going West. In TACT
the movement is the other way
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visible until next day. Unless she were
given chance at once her fill of fish
1t was hardly worth while to dream of
having any for breakfast next morning.
They were kept in the ice house some
distance away from the kitchen. and
try as the cook might to fasten it Sc
curely, the maruading tortoise-shell com
monty cleaned the platter, some time in
the night. Then it was beautiful to see
the look of meekly insoIent innocence
she wore next morning
Another cat, gray tiger-striped grim
alkn' loved fish quite as well but dis
ualned TO depend upon stealing for the
srauncauon OF her taste She became a.
Ilshefman on her own account A small
creek ran through her home plantation.
ana at one point in 1t an elm tree sent
long root out, Just at the surface of
d oeeplsh pool Perch and suckers
haunted the pool, especially when the
stream got low. The gray cat wou!d
crouch upon the root for half a dav at
time, as motionless as the wood Itself
eyes seemingly closed. tail tucked snug
~ at one size. the moral and pattern
OIL sleepy content. Then maybe a nudge
or beetle dropped into the strearS~an
incautious fish darted to seize if. He
was quick. but the gray cat was quicker
In wink she had him in her claws
dragged him to the bank in spite of his
Hounderings, and devoured him with a
ferocious delight.
StiH she was not without STRINGS of
generosity. There was little boy on the
plantation. who played with her on he~
days off, and sometimes gave her min
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08

How many persons were there in Uncle
Sans big family on June l? If this
noble American. sire is not quite like the
tabled dame of Mother Goose, who had
so many children she didn't know what
to do, he has so many that he isn't sure
but once in ten years what the total
number of his offspring is.
Measured by the per cent of gain be-
tween the censuses of 1880 and 1890, which
was 2L6, the population Of the United
States to be disclosed by the national roll
call Just completed, should reach a total
of a. $50 600. As a matter of fact it does
not seem likely that the total will exceed
rs, 000, zoe and probably it will not reach
that figure.
Several noteworthy factors have been
at work to effect this, to many, surpris-
ing result immigration has fallen off to
a remarkable degree In the ten years
ending June 80, 1880, 4,S94,00O persons en-
tered this country from foreign lands. In
the decade closing with June 80 of this
year almost a million less will have
sOught an asylum on America S shores.
These figures omit the immigrants from
Canada and Mexico.
The reason for this marked decrease
IN immigration lies very plainly In the
hard times period of 1884 A small flood
of G23,O4 persons entered the United States
I'm the fiscal year Of 1892. Two years later
the total was barely half as great and
so far spread was the news of our busl-
ness and financial distress than in 1898
the immigrants were only 229,299 the
smallest number since 1879. An increased
total last year has been followed by a
greater one this year, so that the coming
decade will probably see a return to the
huge immigration figures of the eighties.
Coincident with the decline in immigra-
ton due to the business crisis, must be
reckoned a decline in the natural growth
Of population. Adverse financial condi-
tons operate not only to increase the
death rate but also to decrease the birth
rate. Aside from this it is notable fact
that the per cent of natural growth of
population has been constantly and rapid
y decreasing in this country for a whole
century. If we correct the admitted err
roTs in the census tables of 1870 it will
be found that the ratio of increase of
population by natural growth in each de-
cade has steadily dropped from $50 in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
Eat Stories. ..
Anecdotes Which illustrate the In
teIIige1cs o. the Dom. stic Pet.....

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
1t is small wonder the old Egyptians
deified and mummifed cats-even in our
own times puss is a mighty uncanny
bundle Of fur, claws and antipathies. Oc-
casiona,ly. but only occasionally, she has
also sympathies.-. Beyond all other ami
mails, her affection is capricious and
timeseving. One pampered tortoise shell
tyrant always manifested the most silken
and lofty Indifference for her owner, ex-
cept upon the days when he said, casually:
Il think / shall go fishing" No matter
what she was doing, tapping cream or
washing her face in the sunshine as soon
as she heard that she ran to him. rubbed
herself against his legs and set up a
loud purring. She seemed to know when
he had gone, and watched for his re-
turn, often meeting him at the outer
gate, half a mile from the house. If a.
string Of perch and trout dangled from
his saddle bow, she ran before him to the
door, mewing delight. If he had been
Unlucly, after one long disdainful stare,
she skunk off into the woods and was In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
Retirement OF Gem~ Merritt.

Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, who was
retired from active army life recently, is
a living illustrator of what can be ac-
complished by one possessed Of grit and
ambition.
Born in a modest house at CT North
Moore street, New York, June 16. 1886,
and brought up on a farm in Illinois,
he was early instructed in the school OF
adversely. Corn was IS cents a bushel
when young Merritt took his fathers
product to market; luxuries were scarce
and dear. Having a hankering for
something better than the farm afforded,
he worked awhile on a newspaper, and
at is became d cadet at West Point
academy. This determined his career,
and gave to the country a soldier WHO
at 2G--was a captain and had received
six Brevetss FOR bravery. Just before the
battle of Gettysburg, Merritt was made
one OF the quartette Of hoy bfigadiers"
which included Mackenzie, Upton and
Custer lIe-i the only survivor.
Graduated, from West Point at the
right tins TO take part in the MIST
stirring scenes Of the civil war, ard al
nlNSt +lIWtt SS-ln- the SADDLE, ne escaped
lis, numerous battles without a disabling
wound. Among his numerous narrow
escapes from death perhaps the most
rotable was the fight at Beverly Ford
IN lSG3. when lie got a saber cut over
the head ln a and to. hand encounter.
with = Confe5 rate officer.
Coming out Of the war, the young gen
eral. after being personally commended by
Grant and Stanton was appointed to the
command Of the military division of the
Southwest and subsequently, of the gulf.
AGterWard, in the West he became known
as an intrepid Indian fighter, and led "
eral expeditions into hostile country. the
most famous Of which was a forced march
10 relieve band of soldiers hemmed IN
by ttes in 1879. The redskins had caught
the white men in trap had killed half
their number, had killed or wounded ev-
cry officer, and then sat down. like a band
of coyotes, to await their death by starva-
ton or surrender. A single soldier escap-
ed through the living Gordon and took TIE
news to Merritt, 200 miles away. Without
losing an hour, he set his command or
the march and arrived just in time to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08

1SO1-10 period to al in the 1880 period,
In other words, there was born to the
average community of 600 inhabitants
between 1901 and 1910, 356 children, while
to a similar community between 1881 and
1890, there were born only IA children.
To give keen point to this plain truth
that the nation is slowing up, so to speak,
in its national growth, the interesting
state censuses of 1895 are of decided value.
Nine states counted heads in that year.
Two in New England, Massachusetts and
Rhode Island; one middle state, New Jer-
sey; one Southern state, Florida; four
middle Western state, Iowa, Kansas, Min
nesota and South Dakota; and one far
Western state, Utah. Of this typical
group, representing all sections of the
country, only one showed an increase in
per cent Of population equal to the to be
expected half of the increase Of the
previous decade.
The sole exception was New Jersey,
which grew 277 per cent between 1886
and 1890, and 1871 per cent between 1890
and 1895. Two causes may explain this in
creased ratio of growth-proximity to
New York city, which, with its ever
gathering density of population, forces
more and more families to fly to the less
crowded and less expensive suburbs and
proximity to the main port of entry Of
immigrants, who would naturally, in hard
times, be 10th to spend their savings in
taking long trip into the West.
How much influence this latter consid-
Grafton had is potently illustrated by the
figures of some of the Western states
censuses Thus, Minnesota, which grew
more than 66 per cent between 1880 and
1880, gained but q per cent in the five
years following. Kansas, which added
43.2 per cent to her population between
1880 and 1890, actually lost 6.4 per cent be-
tween 1890 and 1895 In both these cases
probably the lack of new settlers from
foreign lands was not more marked than
the slackening of immigration from other
states.
Now some one will ask in view of the
. sharp decrease in immigration and the
probable decrease In natural growth,
What is the population of the United
| States today? With all due Difference
given to the many points involved, it may
| fairly be estimated that there are between
rs, 100000 and 1900 900 inhabitants in this
country. The exact number is nearer the
smaller than the larger figure
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STOCKS WE'RE DULL.
Little Either Way to Indicate Direc-
ton of Price Movement

Close. Day.
Bar silver. New York .......6i5s SIS
Call money, New York. =. Il ominal Hap
NEW YORK, July THE stock mar
ket was in the doldrums this morning,
with scarcely enough either wav to indi-
cate the direction of the price movement.
Yesterdays prOflt-taking movement took
all the snap out Of the bulls, and bears are
d1slncnned to renew a campaign in face
of recent indications that holders are I'M
willing to let go of stocks. The closing
of the London stock exchange for a holt
day added another factor of dullness.
There was nothing more than sluggish
drift of prices, in sympathy with the
movement of special stocks. Louisville
weakened point on doubts about The
dividend rate to be declared next week,
but Chairman Belmont of the directors
ended surmiSeS by the explicit announce
ment that the dividend would be at the
rate OF per cent year. Illinois Gem
tral was pushed up points on intima-
tons that the dividend rate was to be ad-
Vanced to per cent Missouri Pacific
turned heavy on realizing sales There
was some renewed show of strength In
New Jersey Central on recurring rumors
OF new control.
The whole market weakened and fell be-
low last night on the surprisingly weak
returns of the clearing house banks. TIE
light volume of the selling in face of this
astonishing statement is striking evil
dence of the confirmed dullness of the
market. The showing is quite ineXplic-
able on the basis of any known facts or
the evidence of the tone of the money
market during the week. The loan con-
traction of $5,5IS,OOO seems to show clear
~ enough that the stock liquidation in
Berlin has been accompanied by the pay
ing off of some of that center's heavy OBJ
legations to the New York money mar
ket. What has become of the 81, S70.300 in
specie and legal tenders which are lost to
the banks, there is nothing to show. Those
institutions have gained nearly s20O0,O00
from the subtreasury. according to the
official statement Of that department.
Following the statements of the leading
banks of the currency movement with the
interior, the most conservative authorities
were led to estimate that the gain in CASH
for the week would aggregate over
100000. The actual exchange Is almost
as great the other way. The market
closed dull and weak under the influence
Of the statement.
The bond market has moved irreguIarIy
in sympathy with stocks, and there has
been little evidence of the expected pres
sure for reinVestment of July dividends
and interest. United States old As ad--
yanced 70. the As and IS a, and refunding
Is, when issued, u in the bid price.
STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by Charles H. F. Smith &
Co., members of the New York Stock ex-
change, Pioneer Press building who have
direct wires to Chicago and New York.
Closing prices are bid: