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New-York tribune., 1900-05-24
The list that follows tells Just what and how much:

At $3.50, was SIS yard-All Silk Novelty Crepe, in
fancy striped combinations in helotrope, turquoise
blue, cerise, pink and cream.
At Sl50, was So. 2.5O-Silk and-wool Bordered
Eoenne, borders of narrow cluster stripes of white
light colorings.
At $l.5o, $3.50 yard-SiIk-and-wool Corded
Crepe Vole in selfcorded gray tan, and navy blue.
At $l.5O, was s.. so yard-Silk- -and-wool Novelty
Figured Striped Wolfe, in gray, tan, heliotrope,
lavender and cream.
At $l.50, was 81 -Silk-and-wool Melange
Barege, in six different color combinations.
At SITS, $3 a yard-Silk- -and-wool Ribbon
Drawn Plaid Grenadine, in tan, gray, old rose,
reseda, light blue and navy blue.
At $l.75, was S2.75 d-Silk-and-wool Self
Colored Figured Poplin.
At $l75, was $3.50 yard-Self Colored Brocaded
Faille Silk Striped Grenadine, in gray, tan, and
brown.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-24

An arrangement is under consideration whereby
Colonel William F. Cody is 10 lease the Linden
racetrack at Linden, y. J. The present intention
is that the Wild West shall be exhibited there at
the end of the and then occupy the grounds
winter quarters.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-24
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

The Casino roof garden is to open for the season
on June under the management of T. D. Marks
New-York tribune., 1900-05-24

At 81, was SS-Drawn Faile Ribbon Striped Silk
and-wool Crepe de Chine in gray, navy and light
blue.
At So, was SITS yard-SiIk- -and-wool Satin Cloth
in tan, navy blue and reseda.
At S2.25, 5.50a yard-Self-Cord-d Lace Striped
Silk-and-wool Crepe de Chine in tan, light blue
brown and cream coloys-
At So. so, was 81 yard-French Embroidered
Figured Silk-and-wool Eolienne in white and black
figures on colored grounds
At So. so, was $3.50 yard-EmbroideIed Figured
Silk-and-wool Eohenne in white figures gray,
tan, navy blue and cream.
At $3.50, was $3.50 a yard-Self- -Colored Spiral
Corded Striped Silk-and-wool Eoienne, in gray,
tan, cadet and navy blue.
AT S2.75, was S4 yard-Embroidered Figured Silk
and-wool Eolienne.
At SIS were SIS yard-Embroidered and Fringed
Border Robe Patterns in s;lS-and-wooi Eohenne
New-York tribune., 1900-05-24
Fine Purisiun DRESS F.
Many at q Third to a Half Of Their


hendcl alb be
hle whether for mmedA
These from Best Makers
Quality - Exquisite in Coloring
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American Legion of Honer.
Atlantic City, Aug. as.-The supreme
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CUT OFF BY CHINESE.

Imperial Troops FOLLOW Allies KeepiuE
Line of Communication Blocked.
London. Aug 29.-The foreign consul,
At Shanghai. not having received any.
thing from Pekin later than Aug. n,
fear the Chinese troops are operating
along the rear of the allies. cutting OF
communications. The blockade Of pres,
messages at the Che Foo telegraph Office
continues. But these in no way inter.
fere with official dispatches which has
been put ahead. The attempted uprising
nj Hankow is causing unonsiness In
all q warships are assembled at Shang.
hal and Woo Sung, their crews number.
ing about 1000 men.
The German governments reply e
Il Hung Chang's peace proposition il
that lowing 10 the lack Of any properly
accredited authority on the Chinese
side" the government Of Germany can.
not enter negotiations.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-24
PEACE PROPOSALS.
The united state. wni Not Accept any
Terms at the Present Time.

Terms at the Present Time.
Washington. Aug. 23.-After long
conference at the White House yester.
day the reply Of the United States 10 the
application Of Ii Hung Chang for the
appointment Of peace commissioners
was completed and a copy q the reply
sent 10 the Chinese minister. Mr.. Wa.
% b. forwarded % Earl Ii. A copy Of
;ho reply was sent % the other gov.
ernments represented in China
The American reply Is chiefly char
ncteri1ed by It's firm tone and iss brevity.
Its keynote Is the presidents attitude as
laid down In the American note Of July
3. and there is the strictest adherence TO
the points enunoiated at that time.
While the document Is open 10 the
construction Of being a rejection Of IA
Hung Chaug's proposition for immedi.
ate negotiations, yet it Is stated by those
who have read the answer with care
and have had a part in is preparation
that rejection is probably too strong a
term TO apply 70 IT, The United States
places itself in the position Of being
ready at the proper time 30 take up
peace Negotiations. but In the present
unsettled condition Of affairs in the en-.
pire, the lack Of knowledge as 10 who
ara responsible rulers and what eonsti.
tutes the actual Chinese government. il
i maan char that the.time has not ar.
rived Tor pursuing the negotiations pro.
proposed
The formal courtesy Of diplomatic pro-
cedure is preserved. but at the same time
tine entire tenor Of the document is one
q irmness and force. The government
of the United States takes the position
that Negotiations are impossible with d
/ government which cannot prevent hos.
Utilities against the forces Of the power,
which wers sent O. the Chinese capita
% save their ENJOYS As long rs attack
are made on the troops Of this aud Other
governments. such as have followed the
occupation of Pelgin and the attacks in
:he vicinity of Ticn Tin, il is deemed
that the Chinese government is either
unwilling or unable 10 prevent thes'
h0stilitie- and for this reason negotia
tions must be deferred. Il is stated
however, that tho reply is a step in thl
direction of opening negotiations.
No question Is raised rs % the author
. fly of Ii Hung Chang 10 represent hi
Government. but 10 is said that his ere
dentinls. like those Of all others VIII
oome together for the purpose Of nego
tiaiing terms Of paace, will b. examines
by the respective representatives aud IN
validity " the papers Of each represen
tative determined by that body. Tn
United States, however. IN cOmmunicai
ing with Mr.. WI recognizes him as On
official representative Of the Chimes
government
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Germany Also Declines.

Washington, Aug. 23.-Ofiicial cable
dispatches have been received hero stat.
ing that Germany had taken action
similar 20 that Of the United States In
rejecting Chinese proposals Of peace.
The German foreign Office delivered IL,
answer 30 the Chinese minister at Ber.
lin. Germany insists that no negotia.
tions can be- conducted with ii Huns
Chang until his credentials make plain
that be has authority from responsible
heads Of the Chinese government.
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tween republic and monarchy ano
the oppressed IN every land viii see in
our flag the hope Of their deliverance
and, whether they are bleaching upon
the battlefield OF groaning beneath a
tyrant's lash, will raise their eyes toward
Heaven and breathe fervent prayer
Tor the safety Of our republic"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-24

couucL ot rie Americ.l Loglon q. uJI,t
began a two days session here Wednes.
day. The annual report Of the treasurer
George w. kendrick, Jr. of Philadel
phia, showed receipts Of s50.Ol5. dis.
bursements s5i.S22. benefit fund.
Total receipts amount 20 Sl.59i, ,7Ol OF
which funeral claims amounting 20 e.
606, 500 have been paid Death benefit
drafts not yet presented for payment
amount 20 10000. which leaves a ne
available balance on maud Of S9,20A90
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Seattle, Wash. Aug. 2s.-The United
States government viii build within
the next four months 30 large store
houses at rAku, China, for the Accomo.
dation Of vast supply Of oommissAry
and other goods which have been Ans
will be transported to that point for th,
maintenance Of the troops.
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suit Ar.In., n.ra.m.n Count,

Austin, Aug. 23.-rhe attorney gen.
eral has filed suit in the district court ts
recover interest due from Hardemar
county on an issue Of bonds Of thai
county Of $4,000 held by tho schOo
eund.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-24

Washington, Aug. civilian NJ
johnson, the newly apr linted first
assistant postmaster general. arrived AT
Washington and took the oath Of Office
He will not begin his new duties unu
the latter part Of September
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-24

Poplar Bluff. No. Aug 23 Frank
Wallace, a farmer living west Of here.
while insane cut his wife's throat with
d razor and then killed himself with IT,
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Special OFFERINGS For the Holiday.
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Clothing, Notions, Etc, Etc
Special Sale Every Day
Mrs nj. ISAAC,
THE LEADING GOODS EMPORIUM sos-soa NEWCASTLE q

Account Of Christmas Holiday tx
eursiOp. Rates, Southern Railway vii
'sil tiokets between all points east IF
we Mississippi ana south ostlo obto
and Potomac tigsrs Il rate u one fare
AGO oae-Ehird tor TIE round trip.
Tickets e b cola December %, 2s, IA,
%. and 81, 1900; also, January /, 1901,
WITH extreme limit January 4, 1901.
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Don't We deceiyedyor humbueged by people
who cleim the discovery q some hitherto IN
known herb or root in sWnmps, or on some
mountain or prairie for the cure Of kidney and
bladder troubles Any doctor, OF druggist with
tell you that such claims or fraudulent. Foley,s
kidney Cure simply contains remedies that are
recognized by the most skilful physicians as
best for tbese complaints 50 don't be creGuIous
or foolish. WI. Butts.
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Mrs. T. Briddleman, OF ParshalIyIlle
Mich, was troubled with salt rheum
for thirteen years and had tried a
number Of doctors without relief. Az
ter two or three applications Of Ban
ner Salye, her hands became better,
and IN short time she was entirely
cured.
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Second hand household
--~oure bought and sold;
also pianos, organs, trunks,
mirrors, carpets, etc. j !.
w. Watkins.

You can't afford to cisk your life by allowing
cough o. cold to develop into pneumonia or
consumption One Minute Cough Cure viii
cure throat and lung troubles quicker than
any other preparation known. Many doctor
use it as specific FOR sripre. IT'S an infaIliblc
medy for ciofpl eh1ditn Gkeit and moth
CO endorse. IL " J.Futte
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LEE ANp FoREMosT

In the field Of medicine is Hoods sar5a-
parilla. It posseescs actual and unequalled
merit BY which it cures all diseases cauaed
or promoted By impure or irnpover
blood. II you have rbeumatifm, dyspep
Ella, sorofula or catarrh, you may take
Hoods sarsaparilia and be cured. II you
are run down and feel weak and tired you
may be sure II viii do you good.
The favorite family cathartic is Hoods
Pills.
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Hall he worId 8 j parknssa

Is tolthe cause Of their ID health. II they would
start to treat their kidneys with Foloy's Kid
ney CuTesfhe, woariI ees Of bodyand mind, bacr
aeheG headache vanda steumatie pains would
disappear. Wa. .BpttA
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4eyslgo1 9 sense, Of fnllnession Tie region
your stoinaoa lafter eaangY II 50 you win 10
poneFlea hy nsins chamterlain's stomach ana
LIVER tapiats. Jieg also cure beichine ana
soat asSpissa' Ahey ekRiate tie be4gels 600
Price 25c. sold by Bishop's Drug store.
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BRgain days, Monday and Tuetday,
December IL and IS, att II Heller %
Bro's.
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The.TnfEs CALL job 7ofice Is now IN
full'bisst again and those .who desire
to save money sehoul5 let a BID or
their work. Best gorknsn sandl best
equipped.
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fof32 VI -. fp1lts
nothing so ood.as Chsmberlain's. Pam Balm
Try it. For sale.at Dr. Bishop's drug store
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BfuDswisk wants "ofheF Peoples
Money
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN.
MORE "REMINISCENCES OF HIS PERSON
ALITY AND WORK.

MORE "REMINISCENCES OF HIS PERSON
ALITY AND WORK.
From The Pail Mall Gazette.
F. R. Spark. the honorary secretary of the Leeds
Musical Festival. has many stories to tell OF Sir
ton. A few were told in The Leeds Mercury
yesterday. Here is one: After The Golden
Leeds FESTIVALS With the approach OF each festival
s e 9 % so TO poVed Se edad aF ne
6retto - about year before the Ia last bad fesya fGTnd ne
subject. and had already gritten a considerable
portion of she instrumental music of a cantata.
taining further particulars Of the work only to be
surprised and somewhat annoyed to find l., that Sir
that, the further he went with the work the more
opera and that he Should very likely use it as such
He did so: he converted the cantata into an opera,
of R az 1T ts nT nd
sdering the circumstances that was perhaps hard
ly surprising.
AN ADMIRER OF BACH
Sir Arthur was great admirer Of Bach. and
formed at L Leeds & in 1Sss and at the tin time Of the
to that time had been regarded , as an almost i'm
the Bach Society in London Sir Arthur took great
pains with 1t; he wrote the organ part and Its
recalls an incident In connection With it Which,
illustrates the effect which ambition had upon Sir
suffering from an attack of the painful maiady
saf ea@e to nS o see h nF about h
arrangements for the festival and conversation
couch scarcely able to ri raise himself on his elbow
but he became quite animated in speaking OF par
extant. Il would willingly give. ali / have ever
Of music like that" Weak though he was, so great
was his enthusiasm that he began to sing one
should be rendered Continuing to sing passages,
he quite revived, the anticpation of brilliant
into him. and he quickly recovered
A BEAUTIFUL MELODY.
A composers memory is proverbialy treacherous.
On this head Sullivan told amusing story: His
was trying to get sleep One so persistently
haunted him i'm that he got up and fE, wrote down
mitted that he thought it of the most beautiful
So 1t was 'The Power of Love- from 'Satanela.' .
And Sullivan had certainly not heard 1t for some
thing like thirty years.
From The London News.
musician, fact which seems to have been lost
sight OF in the many articles written on his death
In this less known character he appeared at the
Crystal Palace last year when the Article Clubs
Exh6on Eas sRensd by the PHke and
Of freeing runaway horses from the carriages be
sengers He @ Explained it to the Duke and Duchess
who seemed much interested in it, They We're
an onlookerJ whether if the invention were in use.
1t would not be possible for horse to quit the
carriage accidentally.
From The London Chronicle.
Sir Arthur Sullivan had remarkably calm and
sane relations with the press-for composer. He
never made miserable by dispraise in one quarter
nor eated by praise in another. One critic whose
letters. rare of their class, In which the composer
agrees with his critics dispraises For instance:
I pTrposely tried to hit the French cafe chantant
style Stog5 es an 2 de @ plus & eanae1 and fear
"The Absent Minded Beggar.' there was the con-
fession of frank appeal to popularity.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

during the last eight years. others tmales) have
Deen killed to supply the herders and their families
with fresh meat, few have been killed by dogs
and wolves, few have died from disease and
others have died from old age
Ihe 3523 reindeer distributed in nine herds,
the chief of which at Cape Prince of Wales. the
ioyernment station at Eaton and Point Barrow.
1.fS5 of these deer the personal property
and management of reindeer by five years ap-
premiership at the Government stations.
During the winter of 1s99l90 reindeer mail routes
were successfully maintained between Eaton and
the aggregate number of miles travelled over wild
and sub-Arctc country without roads being be-
tween six thousand and seven thousand
In 1898 sixty-three herders and their families,
making total of 113 brought from Lapland
70 Alaska. Before reaching Alaska one family OF
four was returned to Lapland on account OF sick
ness This fall $500 eleven and their families,
making total OF nineteen persons In ALL who
having expired, returned to Lapland; three have
died during their sojourn in Alaska. This leaves
from eighty to eighty-six still in the country, the
majority OF whom upon the expiration OF thelr
where one of them made $4,000 in one summer ;
two others each made $50 0o; four made $4,000 each.
and sixteen persons made from 5000 to $4,000 each
Some of these men have invested their surplus
earnings in farms In the States Of Washington,
California and other parts Of the IN, =
One is now the principal stockholder OF the Nome
City waterworks. Certainly this does not look
either as II the Laps all dead or all discour-
since the beginning of the reindeer industry
been examining Alaska with regard to It's
capability OF sustaining reindeer and ind that
upon the basis allowed by the Norwegian Govern
has pasturage sufficient for nine million head Of
reindeer. SHELDON JACKSON,
United States General Agent.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 90 1900
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

ayers ayers OF the book which their class will publish in
thelr; Junior year. and ha get advertisements
lor the book published when they sophomoreS.
Ihey are out for the honor of the thing, and
amount or time and labor is too great give the
work They are usually young. terribly in earnest
ana wonderfully lacking in their knowledge of busi-
ness methods. They come in with their handsomely
covered volumes under their and start off
with with carefully memorized description of its al
leged advertising advantages. Each book is 'recog
nlzed by the college world as absolutely the best
ever published They tell you how loyal the
IeLows are about patrOniZing the who adVer-
use In the college books in way which is most
refreshing. l always have to give them the same
negative answer, We very glad that you looked
US up, but our advertising accounts closed for
the year and we will be unable to make any new
Once in while fellow will show with
personal letter of introduction and is surprising
What influence and connections college
Work up through his classmates l remember
lew years ago OF the clever work done by the man
ager OF a Harvard publication. One of the younger
Nanderbilts was going there and this schemeT had
him elected to the Board assistant business
manager. he then had cards printed which
young vanderbilt's name was very prominent. He
came on TO the city and worked of banks
and business sine houses for large advertisements by
q clever scheme, but | don't suppose the Wander
bits would have liked the idea had they known Of
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
TO SEEK THE NORTH POLE
CAPTAIN BERNIER, A CANADIAN. HAS A
NEW PROJECT FOR ARCTIC
EXPLORATION.

Captain j. Elzear Bernier. OF Quebec, has just
gained the support of Sir Clements Markham
president of the Royal Geographical Society," Tor
his plan for North Pole expedition He hopes 10
enlist the British Government In his support
Many of the Captains voyages have been under
taken in the icy regions OF the North. and he has
volunteered to undertake voyage OF discovery 70
the pole by route and by aid Of inventions
of his own for ice travelling.
The attempts to reach the North Pole have been
made by four routes-by the two shores OF the
large arm Of the sea between Greenland and Franz
Josefs Land and by Behring and Smiths Straits
The attempt TO reach the pole by Behring Strait
was made by the i'll fated Jeanette. which. i'm
prisoned In the ice for two years. finally
broken up north Of the island OF New-Siberia- Bits
of her were discovered later the southeast coast
of Greenland The wreckage. IL is conjectured.
drfted northwest through the glacial ocean north
OF Franz Josefs Land and close to the pole.
Captain Bernier will travel by the route taken by
the wreck Of the Jeanette. BY this route in
stead of being IN opposition TO the current,
many explorers have been. the Captain hopes to be
carried along and aided all points Of his journey
by it. The Captain says:
the Polar Circle from of the shores of Siberia,
the most frequent winds from the east and
southeast. thus carrying the ice TO the north and
northwest and drawing 1t against the shores OF
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
STEEL TIES TRIED.
EXPENSE AGAINST THEM. BUT ONE ROAD FINDS
THEM ECONOMICAL.
From The Chicago Times-Herald.

~AAA-N2 INO4'OniiS<hh
From The Chicago Times-Herald
roSds Why are s not steel ties used on American rail-
initiated into the mysteries of railroad construction
in the Of Se metal to
changes This. however, IS not the fact. The most
cost compared with wooden ties.
6t or course f & vary with locality and crcum
may m be said to be 60 cents while an average steel
en- tie under ordinary conditions viii wear about
ten years and its life may be extended far beyond
this period. The life of steel tie is problematica
but the majority of railroad engineers do not be-
H neye i Is f long enough to balance the increased
fact that the time is coming when the railroads of
whether they desire OF not. The forests from
which & ties come Will not last forever and many of
view OF the scarcity of tie timber. Knowing that
have for long time been engaged in the manu-
iacture r OF steel ties and in experimenting with
use is probably not yet made. although some manu-
fasfTree or reilow 9ssr the 69roPean % forms
been using steel ties with good results and accord
roads to try the steel tie. Some engineers believe
wood with steel ties and rock Ballast. thew G saw
passengers would think that they were riding on
bed OF solid cement on account of the absence
OF resilient properties. They also believe that DIM
Guilty would be experienced in packing the dirt
the steel ties securely enough to prevent the
tracks getting out of alignment. For about six
Railroad in Pennsylvania has been EXPERIMENTING
with the of steel ties. The tie in use there
resembles the bowl and plate tie largely in
in India and South America, and the company
has been sub1ecttng it 10 exceptionally heavy traffic
The ties were laid on October r. 1899 There are
forty-four OF them, and the normal spacing is
twenty-four inches from centre to centre but the
actual spacing varies from sixteen to thirty inches
the ties having been put in where the wooden ties
were removed Each trough rail bearer weighs
about twenty-fvs pounds and the tie bearer sixty
pounds The rails are seventy Founders. and are
laid with suspended joints spliced with four bolt
angle bars. and the track is ballasted with Stag.
Since the ties were laid about 100000 tons Of
freight passed over them, principally coal
OF 5000 and 5000 pounds capacity. hauled by 100
ton engines. The officials claim that the steel ties
make a durable track than wooden ties and
reduce the labor Of track maintenance by 40 per
cent. They also permit an increase OF IS per cent
in the length Of the sections. IL these deductions
correct IL Is difficult to why railroads In
general do not adopt the steel tie.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

to die off prematurely One of the returning herd
masters master; says, that the climate of that part Of
sent was 70 more rigorous than that of Lapland
in which the animals and their keepers alike thrive
but for some mysterious reason Alaska food and
Alaska conditions of weather deadly to most
puzzle Who explain the causes of sickness
and death among the herds and their keepers?
The puzzle is easily solved, there has been no
special sickness and death among the herds and
their keepers" The Government has carried on two
reindeer enterprises in Alaska. Beginning with
1892 it has annually introduced reindeer into
Alaska from Siberia for breeding purposes. And in
the fall of 1897 when the country startled by
reports that the miners who had rushed into the
klondike facing the rigors of Arctic winter
with an insufficient food supply, the several cham
bers of commerce and newspapers on the Pacific