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AMERICAS FIRST GEORGE.
How He Sometimes Tried to Run Away
 from His Admirers.

Washington was not churlish, but he had that preference for being unob- served that develops at times into a longing in man whose life is spent in public He quilted the Macomb house on the morning of Aug. 30, 1790. The servants were instructed to steal away at dawn, to have the carriage and lug by sunrise. By candielight, Mrs. Washington, the children and the sec- retaries assembled in the morning room. The president appeared pleased with his stratagem. He was enjoying his prospect of concealed departure. Immediately under the window sud- denly struck ID on the still morning air the blaring, vigorous notes of an artillery band From the highways and byways scurrying people ap- peared. To witness his first step out side the door thousand goggling af' feetionate eyes watched. "There!" cried the general, in haIf-comic de- spair-T cannot think altogether dis pleased-tsit.s all over; we are found out. We'll Welli they must have their own way 1t was the general" they waited to see. not the president. They lined the roadway from house to barge. recording every movement in observant brains. GA distinguished man can never know which of his au- dience is to be his biographer, It may be one of the "supersa on the stage rolling off the carpets) The thunder of artillery could not drown the living shout that rose from the throats of the people as Washington was borne off with the rise and fall of the oars gleaming in the cheerful sum- His voice trembled as he bade the as sembled crowd farewell. Though chary of appealing to it, the love of the peo- pie never failed to move him deeply,
 -Harper's Magazine.
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scented Water for the Table.

If society has not perfected the art of dining it is surely not far from it. The latest fad fer the dinner table is scented water for the finger bowls Great care should be taken in scenting the water. To be correct the oder must be exceedingly faint. Verbena leaf is refreshing. and occasionally one leaf is left floating on the water of each finger bowl When natural flow CTS and leaves are scarce and one has not private hothouse or conservatory to draw from perfume tablets are used for this purpose. If scented flower is used in decorating the table, perfect taste requires that the water in the fin- ger bowls be of the same perfume as the flower.
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Mastodons in Beaver DamN

The discovery of the remains of a mastodon near Newburgh. New York, last summer, recalls the fact that the best preserved skeleton of one of these huge animals now to be found in our museums was also discovered in a marsh near Newburgh. That part Of the Hudson Valley appears to have been a favorite haunt for these Ameri- can elephants. Inspection of the place where the latest discovery was made emphasizes the fact that beavers were contemporaries of the mastodons, and that heayer-dams were as perilous as Quicksan6.s for the massive beasts who ventured to set foot in them.
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JUDGING A NATION.
By the Advertisements Which Are
 Printed In the Newspapers.

How easily one can tell the country in which a paper is printed just by glance at the advertisements, said woman deliver at the library the other day to the New York Commercial Ad- vertiser man. sHeres an Italian paper nothing but ads or restaurants and things to eat; and here are some French papers, every one of them hon. eycombed with eulogies of Dr. B.. recipe pour maigrir,' or Dr. z. s lotion pour embellir la peau, or to render bright the eyes And so many medi- cines! For coughs and colds and spinal diseases and smallpox! Talk about have glanced at the advertisements of the papers of his native land to have got copy for a chapter of horrors. And here is a German paper-ebesity and beer and books; isn't that characteris- tic? But the most typical Of all are the English ads, all about travel, false hair carriages. tea, cocoa. hotels and bicycles-iewelry, complexion lotions and tailors figure prominently in some papers, Tt travel and tea and hotels and false hair fill pages in all the papers. Listen to this, opened at ran dom in one of the smaller English magazines: TO the Continent on a Crack Liner A Holiday Trip to the Canaries, To the Fjords and Baltic on a Yacht, Cheap Trip to Weymouth Quick Line to Scandinavia and then pages and pages of hotels. The Amer ican papers are more cosmopolitan than any of the foreign papers, and so in their way just as characteristic of the land of emigrants, I suppose. One typical Yankee trait their advertise ments have is that nearly everything is patented. Baby swings, chairs, beds, corsets, soups, four, biscuits. soap, fuf- niture and shoes. Nearly everything Is made by machinery and almost eY- erything is patented <"
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lt is Impossible
 to Get Away

from the fact that in 1900 While other butchers changed their
 shops, And the name of other meat firms
 fops. Peddter3 haul their stuff thro' mud
 and slop. Still tie people know That to the old reliable They've always gotto go, To get the meat that is desirable.
 CITY MEAT MARKET
 2l0 N est Second, R. P. Holmes, Prop.
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Fuel Cubes from Cuina.

Hazleton 6Pa) Spec Philadelphia Record: The fine coal dust or "eulm . which has heretofore been considered worthless. and lies mountain high around the breakers of the Lehigh re- zion. is now being shipped to tide water at the rate of about twenty car loads per day. At point near New York a firm has. undertaken to .uanu- facture the stuff into fuel cubes or .'briquettes, and while the success .of the enterprise is not yet assured, a ready sale is being faund for the lim- tted product of the plan
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The Rnrrnase.

The Burmese will sacrifice any pros- pect of money-making to go to a feast These are called pives, and often the entertainment is elaborate 1 remem- Der going to one in Upper Burma. There was a good deal of dancing, but neither the host no9 his guest danced, that would have been undignifed. The dancers were paid, and they twirled lazily or jumped excitedly as occasion required. Most of the time. however. was spent in chatter and smoking. Smoking is the only thing at which the Burmese are industrious. They start smoking at the early age of 8. and they smoke themselves into the next world. Girls smoke quite as assiduously as the men, and as the cigars are very big many a pretty mouth is strained to accommodate giant cheroot.-Pall Mall Magazine.
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THE DAYS OF QUILL PENS.
An Accomplished sehoolmaster's Won
 derful Effects in Flourishes.

An Accomplished sehoolmaster's Won
 derful Effects in Flourishes.
 The art Of cutting quill by adept "quill-drivers' was dying when l first began schooling, says Notes and Quer- ies. Steel pens had been known for some time. but were not in general use. The goose quill pen died q hard death as eommonly-used writing tool. My first schoolmaster was frst-rate hand at cutting a quill, and he could use it with wonderful effects in flourishes It was his boast that he could fill the first page of lads school book with name, age, date and fiourishes-in which were depicted wonderful swans and other birds-in such fashion that none but experts like himself could tell where the quill pen was taken from the paper for a fresh dip. My last master could neither cut quill nor use one with ad- vantage. Quilis as pens remained in use in some houses as the only writ- ing tool up to dozen or twenty years ago. Those who can cut q decent writing quill are now few. People used to ask for "a quill pen Or "a quill" when they wanted a pen, and both steel and quill were always called pens, buyers asking for fine or other "nibs' or 'nebs." Nowadays nearly all ask for "nibs' when they require pens. The word pen has almost dropped out of usage, except to express the pen and holder combined. Persons in variably ask for box of 'nibs,' ap- bearing to lose sight of the fact that nib" or "neb' is point and that the points of pens alone are not to be had. One would think that ill these days of much schooling teacers would define pen" from point or nib. but. they. too, ask for "nibs" when they mean "pens9 Children only know a pen as holder and pen combined. They ask for "nihs' or pen nibs," and asked if they do not mean pens. the reply is No, nibs!9
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HANGED FOR BURNING COAL.
Strange Law Which Was in Force in
 England in I6OO

Strange Law Which Was in Force in
 England in 1900.
 There will be an interesting function in London shortly, when the coal ex- change celebrates it's jubilee. The ocea- sion is one for recalling strange remi- niseenees; for as late as the four teenth century prohibition was issued against the burning of coal, with se- we're penalties decreed against any per- sen who warmed his house by coal fire. In the early days of Lord Mayor Wilmington the burning of coal was considered so great a public nuisance that it was made a capital oIfense, and one man was actually hanged for in- dulging in a coal fire. As matter of fact, this ordinance was never re- pealed, but in Dick Wilmington 8" third mayoralty it Is evident there was a great trade in coal, and the sugges- tion has been made that coal was brought to London in boats known as the "cats, this was the real origin of the story of Dick Wilmington and his cat. The coal exchange, however, is a modern institution. It is also one of the most important of London's marts. Under the shadow of its domed roof commercial transactions are daily car ried through of greater value than in connection with any other mercantile building in the world. Unlike the corn exchange in Mark lane, it is not a pri- yate concern, but is a. city market con- ducted on the same principles as the other markets opened by the city cor poration. Opened with much ceremony in October, 1S49, by the prince consort, the present building is just about to celebrate it's jubilee. But the market Itself is older than the building. Up to 1907 it was in the hands of private individuals. but in that year it was purchased by the corporation for e25,- 600.-London Times
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Jolly Times at n Funeral.

Hungarian peasants like to have 8 good time when somebody dies. A wealthy farmer at szabadka recently left 1.50o acres of land and large sum to his nephews. In his pockets were found 5000 forins in easEs. This sum, 1t was decided, he had set aside for s sumptuous funeral, So the bells were kept ringing two days and everybody was royalty entertained.
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Cyclls ts inlFrance.

Everybody in Paris will soon be running on wheels. There are in France-chiefy in Paris-oYer half a million registered bieyclists. In 1894 the number was 203, ,026 and last year 483, All. Each one pays tax and car ries a license. The above number does not include motorcycles and motor cars.
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Seth CONGRESS
CONTINUED from page ID

Cullom. Davis Deboc. Depcw. Fairbanks.
Foraker. Galiingcr. Hansbrougr. Hawley
Kean Lodge, McComas. MCCumber, Nc
MILAN, Martin. Nelson, Pettgrew. Platt,
Conn, platt, y. y, QuarleS, Ross. Scott,
Seweli. Shoup. Stewart, Teller. Thurston,
Tillman, Warren-33
Carter then moved that the Senate take
up the Alaskan civil code bill. Lost, - to
"a, as follows:
banks, Foster, Hansbrough, Harris, Heit-
field. Martin. Money. Perkins Scott,
Shoup, Taliaferro, Vest, Warren-22.
Nays-Allison. Cullom, Davis, Deboe
Jones, New. Kean, Lodge, McComas. Nc
Cumber, Mcmillan, Nelson, Pettigrew
Plat, Conn. Plat. n. V, Quarles, Ross.
Sewel. Stewart, Teller-2i.
The Senate decided that when it ad-
journed. today. it he until Saturday.
The senior senator from South Dakota
Pettigrew) being unable. on account OF
Morsan's objection. to get before the Sen
ate his resolution expressing sympathy
for the Beers. then addressed the Senate
as If the resolution were under discus
sion. The senator maintained that ms
resolution ought to be adopted. II II were
not il would be the first time in history
that the Senate had failed to stand Dy =
nation struggling for liberty. 1t was wei
understood in his opinion. that the pres
ent administration was favorable TO the
cause of Great Britain. Even II Mr.. nay
had no verbal understanding with IIt'''
Britain-and the senator believed ne hdu
so long as Mr. Mckinley occupied inc
White House nothing would be done Tor
the struggling South African repuplics'
The reason was that the lnited states
he said, was engaged in the same puslI
ness as Great Britain. W nile EhSi!hl
was robhing the Beers. we were roDblhS
the Filipinos After an executive session,
the Senate adjourned until Saturday.
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TO GOVERN PUERTO RICO.
Summary Of The Bill Signed. thursday, by
President Mckinley.

Washington, April 12.-Thc following
is a summary of the provisions of the
put RIO Rico bill. which became a law.
today. 1t applies to the island OF
Puerto Rico ard to the adjacent is
lands lying east Of the 18th meridian
which are designated Puerto Rico.
From the date Of the passage Of the
act the same custom duties are levied
on all goods entering Puerto Rico from
foreign countries as are levied on the
same goods entering the United States
save that coffee. which has free entry
into the United States, is to pay a duty
Of five cents per pound on entering
Puerto Rico Scientific, literary and
artistic works and books and pamph-
! lets printed in the English language
may enter Puerto Rico free of duty
| The tariff section Of the bill relating t.
duties between the United States anC
Puerto Rico is as follows:
THAT on and after the passage OF
this act all merchandise coming into
the United States from Puerto Rice
and coming into Puerto Rico from the
! United States shall upon entry at thu
( various entry ports on payment Of /;
per cent Of the duties which are re.
4 quired 70 be levied and paid upon like
articles Of merchandise from foreign
countries; and in addition thereto up.
on articles Of merchandise of Puerto
/ fican manufacture coming into the
Hlted States and withdrawn for con
sumption or sale on payment of ta1
equal to the internal revenue tax i'm.
posed in the United States upon the
like articles of Oprcba.1ica Or dop,oc
tic manufactures: such tax to be paiC
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Remarkable Cure OF rheumatism.

Kenna, jackson Co, w. va.
About three years ago my wife had
an attack of rheumatism which con-
fined her to her bed for over a month
and rendered her unable to walk
step without assistance, her limbs be-
ing swollen to double their normal
size. Mr.. s. Maddox insisted on my
using Chamberlains Pain Balm.
purchased a fifty-cent bottle and used
il according to the directions and the
next morning she walked to breakfast
without assistance in any manner. and
she has not had a similar attack since.
A Z. Parsons. For sale by Jno.
Coughlin Ii Water St, Druggist.
NJ, w, F, II
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purpose was To permit the dependent
mothers If soldiers Of the Spanish Wal
to be pensioncd. even if their husbands
had been Confederate soldiers.
why not repeal Section 47l6?" ask
"a Gibson. Tenn. "and let Confcdcrat,
soldiers Who afterwards served in tho
Union army b. pcnsioned?"
No. no" called out Williams. Miss.
We do not want to pension drscrters
from the Confederate soldiers"
The bill was passed. The conference,
report upon the executive, legislative
and judicial appropriation bill was
agreed t.. g. To Is.
From the committee on elections OF
President. Vice President and repre-
scntativys III Congress, Corliss, Mis-
called up the judicial joint resolution
providing for a CONSTITUTE amend
mcnt for the election If United States
senators BY direct Vote Of the people
where The Legislatures of the State.
50 elect"
Mark. Mo, offered as a substitute ;
resolution proposing 4 constitutions
amendment providing for the election
If senator's by direct vote in all tn,
states.
CorIiss said the Legislatures of 3:
states had declared for the election OF
senators directly by popular vote. II,
thought there should be some change
in the method of clccting senators.
The House had twice passed resolu-
ton similar to that offered by the mi
noriiy bill and in each instance the
: nate had failed to taxi action. II,
thought the citizens Of every state
should determine how ana by what
method their senators should b
elected.
During his remarks Corliss displayed
cartoon on the subject, which az
tracted large group Of members
about it.
BIosius. Pa. called for order After
the group had been dispersed. CJrliss
said: why does the gentleman from
Pennsylvania object? Does he think il
rcllt cts upon his state?" Laughter)
No. no" replied Brosius.
Powers. VT. favored the election OF
senators directly by the people. The
purpoS" Of clccting senators by tn.
| people was to get rid of the scandal I.
| that had attended 50 many Senatorial
81, ctiOns. The states, therefore, should
have no option. The law should J.,
uniform. All the states should elect
| by popular vote
After some further remarks by lei
| gler. Pa. Small, y. G., Lloyd, Mo.
| ltidGcly, kas., SulZer. y. ". Mcdowell
| ohio, Jones, VA, and Ryan, Pa, il
| favor Of the sub-resolution, the Hous,
| adjourned
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to De purchased ana pfONlutu ny tiiO
commissioner Of internal revenue ana
10 be procured from the collector OF
internal revenue or at place mos
convenient to the port of entry 81 sald
mc rchandise in the United States ana
to be affixed under such regulations as
the commissioner If internal revenue,
with the approval Of the secretary OF
| the treasury shall prescribe; and on all
articles of merchandise of United
States manufacture coming into Puer-
| to Rico in addition to the duty above
| provided upon payment of tax equal
| in rate and amount t. the internal
revenue tax imposed in Puerto Rico
upon the like articles of Puerto Rican
| manufacture.
| provided that on and after the date
| when this act shall take effect all
merchandise and articles except c0f-
| fee. not dutiable under the tariff laws
of the United States and all mcrchan-
| disc and articles admitted into Puerto
! Rico free of duty by orders heretofore
| made by the secretary of war shall be
| admitted into the several ports thereof
when imported from the United States
| free Of duty all laws or parts of laws
| to the contrary Notwithstanding, and
whenever the executive assembly of
Puerto Rico shall have enacted and put
into operation a system of local taxa
ton to meet the necessities of the gov
eminent of Puerto Rico by this act
established and shall be reason duly
passed. so notify the President, he
shall make proclamation thereof and
thereupon all tariff duties on mcrchan-
disc and articles going into Puerto
Rico from the United States or soming
into the United States from Puerto
Rico and from and after such date all
such merchandise and articles shall be
entered at the several ports of entry
free Of duty and in no event shall any
duties be collected after the first day
of March, 1908. on merchandise and
articles going into Puerto Rico from
the United States or coming into the
United States from Puerto Rico. The
duties collected under the above sec
ton shall be placed at the disposal
Of the President to be used for the gov
eminent and benefit Of Puerto Rico.
until the government of Puerto
Rico shall have been organized
when the money collected shall
be turned into the local treas
ury Of Puerto Rico. Goods i'm
ported from Puerto Rico and under
bond shall pay only the duty imposed
by this act. The governmental proyis-
ions Of the bill arc:
tn" capital shall u" ut san Juan Per
sons WHO were Spanish subjects, April IL.
lNaa, ana Whp have MT elected to preserve
their allegiance u Srain, arc HELD u ha
citizens NJ Puerto Rico ana entitled 4,
3 /, ..;..
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Medical Book Free.

"Know Thyself." book Tor men only, will
be sent Free (sealed and postpaid, to any
male reader OF this paper, enclosing &c. for
postage Address the Peabody Medical IN
stitutc. No 4. Bulfinch ST.. Boston, Mass,
the oldest and best institution of its kind i'll
America. Write to-day for free book,
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New York Cotton Market.

NrW York. April ":
cotton futures closed barely steaa ~,
April. g.IS; May Gas; Jurc. Ail; Jnly. Xiii
August. 9.23; September, NH. octp I'5
uIry. 7.g1; February. 7.e9; March. s.Wi,
cotton spot closed quiet; midd,lnE y
lands. 1876; middling Gulf, 10 l-le. od'e9'
2tg bales.
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Mallett, representative of the SpO-
kane Spokesman Review, who was at
Wardner at the time Of the trouble,
described the march Of several hun
dred armed and masked men on the
Bunker Hill mine, the Selling Of
large quantity Of dynamite. the eX-
plosion in the mill ana the many other
exciting events an that occasion. The
testimony corrobpratcd previous Wit
nesses on this subject, but was moro
vivid ana clrCumstantial on some
points.
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Washington, April 12.-In view of
Secretary Cages statement of the
growing surplus. Importance attaches
to a bill introduced in the House, to-
day. by Representative Tawney Of
Minnesota, a member Of the ways and
means committee, to repeal the follow
ing provisions If the war revenue act
to take effect. July 1. 1900
Contract. brokers note or memoran-
dunn Of sale If any goods. etc. 10 cents.
"Convt yances, deed. instrument, etc.
when the consideration of value cx-
ceeds 500. ana does not exceed $500. SO
cents; and for each additional $500 or
fractional part thereof in excess of $500
50 cents.
Lease, agreement, etc. for a period
of one year, - cents. exceeding one
year and not exceeding three years. 80
cents; for a period exceeding three
years. 81.
Mortgages or pledges, etc. exceed
ing $1,000, and not exceeding $500. %
cents.
Power Of attorney or proxy, etc,
10 cents.
Power Of attorney to sell and con-
vey real estate, etc, p cents.
Protests. etc, q cents"
Mr.. TaWney says that the secretary
Of the treasury estimates that the pro-
visions to be repealed by the bill only
furnish $364904. but that they are very
onerous and vexatious and should be
repealed.
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Grip Should Not Be Neglected
for One Moment,

1t deprcsscs and weakcns its VIC
tims-makes it easy for other diseases
to attack them.
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Washington. April 12.-Thc new bat
tleships viii not have supcr-impoSed
turrets. according I, the decision
reached at today's session of the naval
board of construction. The board. af-
ter carefully examining an alternative
plan prepared by the chief of ordnancn,
accepted this in lieu Of the double tur-
rctted arrangement which at first had
found favor. by the new plan the
ships will be given S-inch guns arrang
"a in four turrcts. one ut each corner
uf the square supcrStructurc. Two
main turrets on the main deck viii
carry each two 12-inch guns. The re-
suit Of this arrangement will D. to civ"
the ships four more S-inch guns than
would be carried in the two double tur-
rcts. This change will cause $50 tons
additional weight, but to compensate
for this. instead of cutting off that
much coal supply the ships will be
heightened t. 4i0 feet. making them
closely approach 1900 tons displace-
mcnt.
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Washington, April Pin the Occur
dAlene investigation, today, Conner
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HaIe's
Honey OF
and I ar

cures grip. But it should be taken at
once. 25f, SOC, $500 per bottle; the
largest size cheapest. At all druggists.
Refuse substitutes.