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short Ip His Accounts.

In February. 1900, his accounts were
found short $1,000 and upon being re-
quired to make an explanation he claim
cd that on one occasion he had forgotten
to close his safe on leaving his office and
that it had been robbed of $1,000. He
produced evidence which tended to exon
crate him from the charge of taking the
money, and as he Immediately made good
the amount nothing further was done ex-
cept to reduce his salary to $1,400 and
transfer him to the Office of the auditor
for the postoffice department, where he
was employed at the time of the tragedy.
1t is stated that Macdonald has been a
hard drinker at times and that many OF
his misfortunes can be traced to this
source. He has many friends, however
who regard him as man of many excel
lent qualities.
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Mechanical Engineer Dead.

Newburg, n. u, Dec 23.-Charles A.
Dixon, mechanical engineer, died here
of meningitis resulting from fall on the
sidewalk. He was a member of the board
of water commissioners and belonged to
Mecca Temple.
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THE LAST DAY

Before this Christmas; We
are ready for a big trade,
extra clerks for prompt and
careful service. Extra stock
all over the store, sizes and
styles filled in. You can buy
useful holiday gifts for men,
and boys from a rs cent tie
or IL u cent initial handker-
chief to the finest dress suits
and overcoats.
Boys suits, $2. SO to SIS.
Boys overcoats, $3 to SIS.
Young mems suits, IS to
$I5.
Young mems overcoats,
IS to SIS.
Mems suits, IS to $25.
Mems overcoats, IS to Vas.
Mems and boys hats.
Mems and boys caps.
Little boys toques.
Little boys tans.
Meu's house coats.
Mems bath robes.
Mems umbrellas.
Mems macintoshes.
Mems handkerchiefs.
Mems neckwear.
Mems fancy shirts.
Mems white shirts.
Mems fancy suspenders.
Mems slippers.
Mems and boys gum boots.
Boys leggins.
Latest and best styles.
Guaranteed qualities.
Lowest and moderate
prices.
Open tonight until II
o'clock,
Open tomorrow, Christmas
morning.
JAS. 7. MULLIN & SONS,
9th & Market Wilmington
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old Preacher Dead.

Syracuse, N. Y, Dec. 23.-The Rev..
David Whitney Thurston, one of the old
est Methodist preachers in New York,
died here. He was born at Owaso, Tlcga
county, in 1878.
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A good substitute for the round sand
wich loayes of bread sold at many bak~
cries 'aay be made at home by steaming
any white loaf as Boston brown bread
is cooked. The steamer is used, and the
bread does not see the oven at all.
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Miners Go ON Strike.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Dec. 23.-The 4lin
ers employed at the Doryanceton bnd
Prospect collieries of the Lehigh vqlley
Coal company went out on strike bechus
they had not been paid. The COMPANY
has heretofore paid monthly. The mer
demand payment of waghs every1 two
weeks. Five hundred men and boz, are
idle
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Confederale Veterans to Msll

New orleansf Dec. 23.-GeneraE Ohm
B. Gordon. commanding the Unite Con
federate Veterans, has issued{<1y3eAeSsi
order appointing May 20. and' 80 5
following as ti$ time for thSh sd D.
Rual reunion ofIthc veteragS
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WILMINGTON, DEL.
Farmers. Attention !!

The eighth annual special course of
instruction in Agricultural and Horti-
cultural subjects at
DELAWARE COLLEGE
will begin WEDNESDAY, JANUARY I'd,
1901, and continue twelve weeks. 4
A circular describing the course will
be Ger upon application to the President
of the College.
DIR. Geo. A. Harter,
NEWARK, DEL.
Catalogue describing the other two
Agricultural courses OF the College will
be sent upon request.
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Admiral Rodgers, Detail.


Secretary Long says that no change
is contemplated in the command of the
Asiatic station and that the detail of
Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers to du-
ty on that station is merely for the pur-
pose of giving Rear Admiral Remey,
the commandant of the station, much
needed assistance. Owing to the large
size Of the Asiatlc squadron and the
important duties devolving upon 1t just
at present in consequence of the trou-
bles in China and the Philippines, 1t
has been thought expedient to divide
the responsibilities of the navy in that
quarter among three admirals instead
Of between two, as at present. Rear
Admiral Remey as the senior officer
will continue in supreme command Of
the naval forces and will act in the
character of general manager of the
operations of the feet. 1t will remain
for him to decide whether he will take
station ashore at Manila or direct op-
erations from on board of one of the
battleships. The feet will be divided
into two divisions, one operating in
Chinese waters and the other in the
Philippine archipelago. Admiral Rodg-
ers will undoubtedly be placed In COM
mand of the Chinese feet, and, unless
Admiral Remey elects to remain afloat,
Rear Admiral Kempff will have COM
mand of the Philippine fleet. Otherwise
Admiral Kempff will be assigned to the
command of the Philippine naval sta
tion.
Our Trade with Germany.
Consul General Mason at Berlin has
submitted his annual report for 1900 to
the department of state. He gives a
comprehensive review of commercial
and industrial conditions in Germany
during the past year and makes an
earnest appeal for an amicable adjust
ment Of the many vexed questions of
trade and mutual resentment existing
between the empire and the United
States.
| Mr.. Mason says that q notable in.
crease In the import of American corn
and oats has inspired great uneasiness
among certain German economists OF
agrarian tendencies. who hold that in
respect to food products, forage grains
and certain other materials Germany
is becoming altogether too dependent
upon the United States. He points out
that in the reciprocal trade between
the United States and Germany for the
past decade balance of over $500, 900,
600 rests with the republic against the
empire. Germany. he says. is still pool
I'm accommodated wealth In oon,po ri q a,
with France and England. Writers II
other countries have painted the sltua
tion in Germany in somber coIors ant
have predicted stormy sea ahead ifo
certain German industries in the sbap,
of the increased cost of fuel and tn,
overshadowing competition of tn,
United States. CARL ScHoF1ELp.
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Aluminium ware may be cleaned by
boiling five minutes in quart Of water
TO which tesspoonful of washing soda
mas heea added.
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You Get Trading Stamps at Lyncns
and good values for cash. 5lb pals
Jellies, 25c; GID Pals Apple Butter z9S'
5fb Pals Preserves, 4oc. New, a} q,
Currants.. Citron, Orange ana
peel. California Brandy a4rka
Spices for holiday Baking,
Stores \ w., u ,.sxf
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STATE OF ONO, Cry OF TOLEDO, :.
x,,.e Go,-,,r,., 2 ES.


LUCAS COUNTY, 90.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm OF f. J
CHENEY & Co., doing business in Che
city of Toledo, county and State afore.
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of CATARRH that cannot
be cured by the use of HALLS CArARRH
CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December,
A. d. 1886
f@, A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
Tor testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tha best.
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WASH bGToN LETTER. !
who VIII Succeed MIR. GrfEgwf--The
Revenue Reduction Bill-Ad-
mirmI Rodgers Detail.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence.1
The certainty of the withdrawal Of
Attorney General Griggs from the cabi-
net on the 4th Of next March has led to |
considerable speculation regarding his
successor. The recent visit Of Mr..
Wayne MacVeagh to the White House |
was taken as an indication that his
name might be considered in connec- /,
tion with the position, but it is said to
be hardly likely that he will abandon
his law practice for official title, espe-
cially as he has nothing to gain In the
honor, having already been attorney
general.
Another visitor at the White House
lately whose presence occasioned con-
siderable talk was Mr. Edward X.
Jones, O prominent lawyer Of New
York who recently came into public no.
tice as government counsel In the prize
cases growing out of the war with
Spain and also as special assistant at
torney general In the Neely and other
cases growing out of the Cuban postal
frauds. Mr.. Jones has not been partic-
ularly active in politics and has had
but little experience In public life, but
the fact that he had two interviews
with the president and that his name
has been presented by influential bank
ers and lawyers for the position to be
vacated by Mr.. Griggs led to some
speculation as to his appointment. 1t
is said to be likely that the president
will make decision before long, al
though the selection may not be made
known until just before the expiration
of Mr.. Griggs' term.
Revenue Reduction Bill.
Several members Of congress have
expressed opinions that IL the revenue
reduction bill Is to pass this session 1t
will be best to make one job" and not
do 1t by piecemeal. A prominent mem-
ber Of congress, who will have good
deal to do in framing the bill In the
shape 1t will finally become as a law,
In speaking about this question said:
at is my opinion that we had better
make one bite of the cherry and take
off all unnecessary taxes at one time
and leave only those that are to per-
manently remain. There are number
of taxes provided for by the war reve-
nue. bill which will remain permanent
ly. There are others that are burden
some and annoying and only intended
to be temporary, which should be taken
off at once. 1t is proposed by some Of
the members Of congress at the present
session only to relieve certain Of these
annoying taxes and to keep down the
reduction of revenue to a certain figure.
This will only create dissatisfaction,
because those relieved will only think
: they are getting their just dues, while
those sighted will become more impor-
tunate. There is cash balance in the
treasury and national banks of over
$135, 100000, and the excess of receipts
for the last year was over $75, 5000, 600,
] which shows that the revenues are pill
i, ing up a surplus In the treasury, a
i. thing only popular to the secretary Of
the treasury, who always likes to have
: comfortable cash balance, but It also
shows that there is no reason for the
continuance of excessive internal taxa
. tion."
M
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III KIDNAPPED.
kRilsian and Woman
ksf Her.


+ khisfan and Woman
- x sg Accompanied by
olive, Andrew
= fusted Summit,
EN. j., Satur-
wing to locate
r man, 15 years
+. New York
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The Efephumt,s Revenge

An extraordinary incident oeelrred at the Jardin des Plantes The elephant house adj1ins that in which the camels are located. and young camel re- gently introduced had great attention iayished on him. to the neglect of big elephant which had hitherto had most of the public favor in that quar- ger. The elephant grew more jealous day after day. and matters came to & climax when, failing to attract the att tention of a dainty little maiden who was earessing his young rival. the ele- phant flied his tfur1. with water and deluged the offending damsel from head to foot Chsttsrhnx.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-31
MANY PLAQUES IN AFRICA.
Both Man and Beast Are Made Miser.
 abIe by Natures Pests

From Ainslee's Magazine South Af- eiea exports hides, wool and mohair, and the ranchman would reyel in riches were it not for the various pests that deciplate his docks and herds
 The most deadly one is the rinderpest, I cattle plague which in the last ten years has been slowly creeping from Central Africa southward, leaving a wake of whitened bones. In travelling through Natal 1 saw fifty oxen lying lead about a spring, so suddenly had the disease attacked them. It was al most impossible to get an untinged piece of steak at restaurant, though the proprietor resented any such charge, and a plethoric German travel CT who called out in loud tone for roast rinderpest" in the railroad cafe at De Aar Junction, Cape Colony, had to be picked Up in fragments. pr. Koch and other eminent specialists tried to stop this plague. The country is now recovering from it slowly. Another pest is the tsetse fly, an insect resembling our common hodse fly, but three times as large. It's bite will kill 3 horse, COW or any other domestic animal in about ten days, but, strange to say, does not affect a wild animal or q human being. 1 less dangerous, but more troublesome pest is the white ant. which is about one-quarter of ap Inch long and ubiquitous in many parts of the country. They live under the ground, and can only be routed by killing the queen, which sometimes reaches tbe size of one inch in length
 This insect is particularly harassing in Rhodesia. At Buluwayo my travelling companion inadvertently left his boots on the floor after turning in at night, and he arose next morning to find the uppers carefully separated from the soles. Lucky you didn'; leave your clothes on the floor" was the hotel keepers only consolation. These ants will eat through anything but metal
 and for that reason much of the build ing is done with corrugated iron. The anthill is one of the conspicuous land- marks In travelling over South Africa
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Waited fer One Cent Change.

''I never felt so cheap in all my life,
 said Short. as l did one day in de- partment store. l bought book for e9 cents and while I was waiting for iS a young woman. whose good opinion valued, came up and we began te talk. The book was wrapped up and handed to me hy the girl at the counter and after a short while the young woman asked: Are you waiting for you$ changer. ] replied that l was, but, in fact, hadn't been thinking of it. wanted to talk to her and made that an excuse for staying. After the usua; delay, when it had passed entirely out of nay mind, the girl at the book cGun, ter stepped up and said: Here's your change, sir And she held a bright new cent in her open hand so that the other girl saw 1t. 1 felt chill at once and just because it appeared to the young woman that I had been waiting all that tlme for ( cent. I got 8 reputation for closefstedness that Is stiil stiekilS to me ".-Pittshurg NewS
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rrotel .n 4 Graverartf.

One of the largest hotels in Central America and by far the largest Tn Be- Hze, Honduras, is surrounded by tomb- stones. As this old and abandoned cemetery was located in the center of the town. and afforded an excellent eite for an hotel, the necessary permis- Sion was obtained from the proper au- thorities, and in less than Q year 8 large and handsome hotel was erected In digging the foundation hundreds Of skulls and bones were discovered. all of which were carefully collected and inferred in the new cemetery. The ho- tel possesses a room in which service is conducted by local preacher every Sunday. Last year the Battersea Yes. try voted a sum of G400 for the pur pose of erecting a refreshment kiosk in the Battersea Parish Cemetfry. better known as Modern Cemetery"
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C A S r Go E2 TA. Bears the 1 Iaa Kind fu Have Always Rough. n, S~@R< r s's'ssa's ss l<arz1zzz zzazz:Zs<
Rays Find False Teeth.

Albert Brown, aI aged and paralytie citizen of Paterson, N. J.. was out and in a set of false teeth for two days. Ua swallowed them Sunday, and as he could not speak the whereabouts of the artificial grinders was mystery. IL was decided that since he could not have walked away with them and could not have thrown them away be. cause of his paralyzed condition, he must have swallowed them. The K rays discovered ths missing set Of mouth upholstery snugly reposing in the Upper part of the esophagus. They were successfully removed and clamp ed to their proper position.-New York Journal.
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CA c Y ' ORIA
 For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature ssass ees of sNz17zzzzel
Urookedest River in America.

From it's four heads in the Boston mountains to Batesyille, where it leaves the Ozarks and enters the Ar kansas lowlands, White river is sue eession of astonishing curves. Ne other river on the continent so oftep and so nearly doubles upon itself. From the source to the fiat country is a distance on a straight line of per- haps 150 miles White river between these points has course of over 606 miles, some estimates make it 1.00e miles.
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sHxLocK IN JAPANESE.
fin the Text of shaxespea1e's
 Great Play.

Two tragedies were given by the fAsanese players at the Boston theater recently, and the author of both-Ka. Wakami-p1ayed the leading part in each. Japanese playwrights are cer- tainly versatile, and when the amount of physical labor involved in these tra- gedies is considered, they cannot be said to be afraid of hard work, says the Boston Herald. The Japanese idea of The Merchant of Venice" which the author attempts to show in "Sairoku" and in which be plays the name part, proved hardly as entertaining as might be expected. It might be called weari some in places, owing to the rrotracted. dialogue and insufficient pantomime to clearly indicate what the people were talking about The main features a1 the play are copied with some changes Thus the Jewish miser becomes a Ja- panese miserly fisherman, the pound of flesh is three square inches." to be cut off nearest the heart of the lover Of f miser's daugater, who has borrow 5000 rio under the pledge of flesh f feiture; and an older daughter is Portia who becomes the judge and { fes the lovers life The play ends l~ppily in the repentance of Siroku though hot before the tragic element Is devolved in the suicide of the young sr daughter. The shorter play that opened the bill ard is called Scarlet Snow" is based on events following the visit of Commodore Perry in Japan in 1853, and the tragic fate of Minister Tairo Ramon in consequence of his signing treaty in opposition to the wishes of the exclusion party. The and-to-hand fighting that comprises almost the entire second act and that reddens the deep snow with blood gives the name to the play, and is S study of muscular realism on the stage The play is riven entirely by the men, but in "Siroku'' two ladies of the con- pany, Sada Yacco and Mikami, give de. lightful performances as the tive daughters.
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strasss Played the Chant.

The teacher who influenced Strauss most was one Joseph DreshIer. the choirmaster of st. Stevens church fn Vienna, who tried to get the waltzes out of the boys head and put in tnelr place anthems and chords. In this undertaking he met with indifferent success, for the worshippers in one of the Vienna churches were startled on a Sunday morning when there poured forth from the organ, filling the gloomy building by it's enchanting notes, a waltz ihstead of the solemn Gregorian shant to which they were accustomed
 1t was Johann Strauss. IT,, who had taken the organist.a place and substt. tuted his own favorite selection for the usual sacred U9sie, much to the dis. may of the pious folk and the amuse. ment of tie younger people of the con- gregg eien.-E zzz-- & Steiner in the 9arzoz= rEon Companion.
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onnosed to In,,aYatfons.

In Tantah, the third largest town in Egypt, there are 10000 people living In about $500 houses. and lately wells were dug by an enterprlsing company 10 give them pure drinking water. But the inhabitants prefer to get muddy. contaminated water from the canal which their ancestors had always used, and the company is financially fail- ure so far.-New York Post.
 c xA- g T o R < A.
 B ,ars tbe <9 The Kind You Have Always Bought slS4s'''' os M<z1 ZezZz@sI
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LOW GiFe IT NAPLES.
aaunts of the Thieves Where Crime
 Is Bred.

The haunts Of the beggars of Naples are also usually the haunts of thieves kept by some woman, who trades Oh the vice and misery of her fellow-crea' lures says the Gentleman's Magazine. There the miserable wretches slee2 by night and assemble by day, teaching children to pick pockets and beg. Thence every morning the blind, the lame and the aged set forth on their rounds in the city. A false monk sets out to visit certain families and shops 6a certain days. giving numbers fo the lottery and receiving aims. An Sid woman departs with her pocke7 fftll of sweetmeats, with which she deeoys little children into some deserted e2r- ner and robs them of earrings or art1- cles of clothing. Others reb the aims boxes hung up in churches or in front of shrines on the roads. These kneei before the images in fictitious devotion, Beating their breasts with one hand, while with the other they fish for the money with a thin stick smeared with bird-lime, which they insert in the small oval aperture of the box, draw, ing out the coins one at time. One member of the criminal class, got Up as a gentleman of fortune, used to frequent the public billiard saloons. where he soon made friendships with the aristocratie players. attracting them with his charming, ingenuoas smile, bright blue eyes, and delightfm tenor voice, and WAS often even in- yited to his friends houses and intro- dueed to their families. He was no thief; his bgt ness was to inform his criminal associates of the financial state of the families he visited. thus enabling them to make plots of rob- 6erY 0r gambling
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You Ought to Make Up
your mind riglt

your m1nd rl8Ht now what you are going to have in your home this summer; then you ought to come right along this way, and look over this stock of ours. Are you going to enter tain your friends in the same old chairs. at the same old table, and on the same cid carpets? Why not have things fresh and new3 Needn't buy all at once. Get q piece now and g piece alittle lat CT If you buy here, the first piece will be as good as the last piece.
 BLUFF CITY
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-06-24
SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE
Believed to Have Resulted From a
Wreck on the Southern Railroad.

Believed to Have Resulted From n
Wreck on the Southern Railroad.
MACON, Ga, June 23.-It is reported
here that there was a heavy loss of life
in the McDonough wreck on the South
ern railway tonight. The train crew
is said to be lost and only seven pas
sengers are known to be uninjured.
The Southern Railway Company have
so far on the most meagre details, but
have expressed considerable apprehen-
sion. The wreck occurred at a culvert
near the Ocumulgee river, a short dis
lance from McDonough. A cloud burst
occurred tonight and flooded the
country near McDonough. The train
went into the washout without a note
Of warning, and despite the pouring
rain the wreckage took fire.
The train was composed of n
sleeper, two day coaches and two bag
gage. cars.
The Pullman caught fire, but before
it was totally destroyed the body OF
Captain Wood was rescued.
Supt. Jones fears the entire crew is
lost. He is totally unadvised, but from
the nature of the wreck thinks it must
have been a bad one and that the pas
sengers, too, have met with heavy dis
aster.
ATLANTA, Ga, June 24.-The Con-
~stitution has received the following list
from the Southern wreck: Missing,
Engineer Sullivan, Fireman Byrd.
Seven or eight of the passengers were
saved. Those saved are Prof. Rohr,
Baltimore, Md; Walter Hope, Boston;
Mary B. Merrill, Boston; A. B. Flynn,
Atlanta; VIM. Shipper, Tennessee; e.
Mack, Chattanooga. The fagman is
the only member of the train crew who
was saved. The train is not as a rule
a heavy one on Saturday night.