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The evening times., 1900-01-06
REMARKABLE SUCCESS
OF n New Pile Cure.

People who have suffered for months or
years from the pain and inconvenience Of
that common disorder, piles, will look With
skepticism upon the claims Of the makers
Of the new discovery for cure Of all forms
Of piles, known under the name of Pyramid
Pile Cure: nevertheless the extraordinary
cures performed by this remedy are such as
70 warrant the investigation Of any sufferer.
As q case in point, the following letter
speaks for itself
Mr.. Henry Thomas. Of sub-stati No.
3. Hosack Ave. Columbus, Ohio, whites as
follows:
Pyramid Drug Co.:
Gentlemen. | want you to use my name
if il will be Of any use 70 you. was so
bad with the piles that I lost work on that
account. Nothing did me any z Cd. ! read
in Cincinnati of the many cures OF piles
by the Pyramid Pile Cure. and I went TO a
drug store and asked for it. The drug c,eTk
told me that he had something else that he
thought was better. but / told him that /
wanted TO try the Pyramid first.
The first box helped me so much that I
tried another and then to complete he
cure used two more boxes. making four n
all. | am now completely cured. Have not
a trace Of piles. and I had suffered for four
years with the worst form Of prOruding
piles.
suffered death from piles. but have
found the Pyramid Pile Cure 20 be just as
represented. / have recommended il to
several OF my friends and / am thankful
to be able to write you what g Oh the rem
edy has done for me.
Physicians recommend the Pyramid Pile
Cure because it contains no opium. cocaine,
or mineral poison of any kind. and because
il is so safe and pleasant TO use, teiag pain
less and applied at night. The patient IS
cured in a surprisingly short time with 70
incon nvenience whatever.
The Pyramid Pile Cure is sold by drug
gists at 80 cents per package. and II there
is any constipation it is well 10 use the
Pyramid Pills at the same time with the
Pile Cure, as constipation is very often the
cause Of piles, and the pills enectually re-
move the cOstive condition. Price Of pills
is % cents per package.
Write to Pyramid Drug Co. Marshall,
Mich, for little book on cause and cure OF
piles; sent by mail free.
The evening times., 1900-01-06
AN OLD CITY'S NEW VENTURE.
4 ne Establishment of "a Grain EIe
Nntor at Amsterdam.

A description of the recently completed
grain elevator in Amsterdam has been sent
to the State Department by Frank ID. Hill,
the United States Consul stationed at that
city. The elevator is the only one in the
Netherlands and is an object of much OBJ
servation by the people there. Mr.. Hill
says:
There has recently been completed a
grain elevator in Amsterdam. the only one
in the Netherlands. 1t is near the timber
harbor: its length is $40 feet and its width
les feet. 1t was built by the city and
leased for a term of fifty-five years at
81 400 a year to Messrs Korthal Altes. For
the building itself a space of 7.2lS feet was
reserved. The capacity is from 16 0OO to
$4,000 metric tons: the greater part will
be used for the storage of grain in slos;
the ground floor alone, with a storage ca
pacity of 1900, being intended for the stor-
age of grain and seeds In bags.
Steam and sailing vessels will be dis
charged as follows: The cargo is weighed
by hand and put over the ships side in
tipping buckets, which deposit it on the
travelling bands. 1t is then brought TO its
place by mechanical power. The velocity
of transport is calculated SO as to insure an
easy transfer of all the grain, however
fast it may be discharged A maximum
capacity Of 4i0.920 pounds per hour has
been fixed, and two kinds of grain may If
necessary, be discharged simultaneously,
from the same vessel.
The travelling bands run in channel In
front OF the building up to its centre,
where the grain is deposited on transverse
travellers that take it 20 the elevators.
These work the grain up to the top of the
building, whence il can be conveyed to
any chosen division by means of the trav-
cling nds running over the silos.
The emptying OF the silos. or bins. is
thus conducted: Below the conical bottom
of the silos are shafts. through which the
grain is transmitted 10 travelling bands
running on the ground floor; it is again
raised TO the top by the elevators. and
thence may be carried off in any desired
direction.
If the object is merely TO stir the grain
il is taken TO one of the top travellers and
thrown into another silo; but it may also
be sent first through a shaft TO the clean
again by means of small elevator 10 an
other silo or through a shaft.
The grain can be discharged at the side
Of the harbor in wagons or lighters al the
rate of 220. 45G pounds per hour. For dam
aged grain. silos are arranged in what are
called hospital cells
The evening times., 1900-01-06
BUSINESS ON BIBLE PLANS.
4 Merchant Burns His stock of To-
bacco and Pork.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan. 6.-W. B.
Holmes a wealthy grocer of Danville. is
applying the strict letter of the Scripture
to his business. Some time ago he sur
prised his friends by building a bonfire
in front of his handsome store on Main
Street and piling on it every cigar and
every piece of tobacco in his store. No
one was allowed to touch the pile until
the last bit of flame had died away.
few days ago he became convinced that
the selling OF pork and lard was contrary
TO the Scripture. and his stock Of both
was likewise destroyed.
Mr.. Holmes is a Presbyterian and stands
high in all circles. He is a deep student
OF the Bible and OF literature generally and
cannot be said 10 even border on the
crank" condition.
He has been very successful in business
and says it is his intention to handle moth
ing which is in the slightest degree against
the welfare of mankind or contrary to the
teachings Of the Scriptures.
The evening times., 1900-01-06
IMMIGRATION OF CHINESE.
senator Proctor's Bill Amending the
Exclusion Act.


Senator Proctor of Vermont said TODAY
that he viii endeavur TO secure early
action by the Senate on his bill 10 regulate
the immigration of Chinese to the United
States. The bill directs that the Secretary
OF the Treasury shall transfer the admin
istration Of the Chinese exclusion laws to
the Bureau OF immigration. Il IS provided
that an appeal to the United States District
Court from any judgment or order of a
United States Commissioner ordering the
deportation or discharge OF any Chinese
person shall be allowed upon application
or the Chinese person affected by the order
1t is further provided that an appeal to
the Supreme Court OF the United States
from the decision or decree of a district
court ordering the deportation or dis
charge OF any Chinese person shall be
allowed TO such Chinese person upon his
written application, or 10 the United States
upon the written application Of the United
States attorney for the district where The
cause is pending provided the same is
hled with the district court within three
DAYS from the announcement or entry of
such decision or decree.
1t is further provided that an appeal IN
the United States the Chinese person shall
upon the motion of the United States mar
shal, be remanded to the custody of the
United States attorney, pending such ap-
peal. unless substantial bail is furnished
as the case may be. in a sum not less than
$500 for the appearance of such Chinese
person to abide the final order and decree
IN the premises.
The evening times., 1900-01-06
DELAYED BY EXPERTS.
Why Bids Have Not Been Asked OF
New BattIeships.

great deal of comment has been at
tracted both in and out of the navy by the
delay in preparing plans for battleships.
Congress last year made provision for
three. March S 1898, Secretary Long in
structed the board on construction to pre-
pare a circular for intending bidders. This
circular was to be preliminary TO any plans
and specifications. in advance of the latter,
perhaps by five or six months. The circu-
lar was to set forth the most general char
acteristics of the battleships, such as the
length, draft, displacement, number Of guns
in the battery, etc
Ii would ordinarily require a few weeks
OF time TO afford ample opportunity to
make up such a circular Nothing has
been done by the board toward composing
il and the ten months since the date of the
Secretarys instructions have been eXpend-
ed in casual discussions of the various
propositions, mainly affecting the arrange
ments of the ordnance of the ships. A
number of plans of batteries have been
submitted to the board-fully ten different
ideas-but none appears TO meet with the
approval of the experts.
This failure to decide upon the battery
delays all other work, since the distrlbu-
tion of other weights among the other de-
partments of the ship depends largely upon
the amount and the location Of the main
and secondary batteries. The design of
the hull, of course is out of the question
until the guns are placed on paper,
II Will take at least six months TO get
up the plans, after the circular of general
description has been completed. 1t will be
at least June or July of this year before
the plans will be ready for the bidders and
another month before proposals can be
made and September, or nearly year from
now, before the contracts for the three
battleships can be awarded.
The evening times., 1900-01-06
PROGRESS IN URUGUAY.
improvements Contemplated in tn
south American Country.

United States Minister Finch has inform
ed the State Department that the Uru-
guayan Government is undertaking va
rious enterprises with the view of provid-
ing employment and in anticipation Of bet
ter times. Among these projects is the
construction of port works at MonteyideO,
the erection of new government building
TO cost about $500 900, and the building Of
a railroad line, particulars OF which Min
lister Finch states will soon be forwarded
10 the department
Electric traction is proposed. for Monte
videO by an English company. which owns
the best street railway franchises there.
This company has made a proposition 10
reduce its fares and 10 give the city $40
000 in cash for the privilege. Thus far,
the offer has not been accepted.
Minister Finch thinks American capital
lists, if properly represented, could obtain
privileges in Uruguay. owing to the fact
that the government is favOrably inclined
toward American enterprise
The evening times., 1900-01-06
CONTRACT LABoRERs MUST GO.
The Treasury Department Rules
Against n Steamship Company

The Treasury Department is in posses
sion of information that there are about
l,500 emigrant contract laborers now in
this country, and is endeavoring to locate
them, with view TO deporting them at the
expense of the steamship company which
brought them here, if this can be deter
mined.
There were recently landed at Galveston,
Tex, fifteen laborers of this class, who
were intended for the stave camps of Mis-
sissippi. These have been ordered de-
ported by the North German Lloyd Steam
ship Company, by which company they
were landed. The company has taken an
appeal from the decision of the Commits
sioner General of immigration to the AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury on the
ground that they are not liable under the
Contract Labor law. and the appeal has
been granted, with the proviso that the
witnesses in the case are produced prior
TO the departure OF the next vessel Of the
line in question from the port OF Calves
ton. Otherwise the law will be carried out
as stated
The evening times., 1900-01-06
SOUTH AFRICA'S PLAQUES.
Boots Devoured by Ravenous Ants at
BuluwayO.

lFfoin Alnslee Magazine
South Africa imports hides. wool, and
mohair. and the ranchman would revel in
riches were it not for the various pests
that decimate his f1ocks and herds. The
most deadly one is the rinderpest. a cattle
plague which in the last ten years has
been slowly creeping from Central Africa
southwark, leaving a wake of whitened
bones. In travelling through Natal l saw
fifty oxen lying dead about a spring where
they had tumbled one over the other, so
suddenly had the disease attacked them. 1t
was almost impossible then to get an un-
tinged piece of steak at a restaurant,
though the proprietor resented any such
charge, and a plethoric German traveller
who called iE loud tone for roast rim
derpest in the railroad cafe at De Aar
Junction, Cape Colony, had to be picked
up in fragments. DR.. Koch and other en-
inent specialists tried in vain to stop this
plague. The country is now recovering
from it slowly.
Another pest is the tsetse fly. an insect
resembling our common house fly, but three
times as large. lis bite will kill hSrse.
cow, or any other domestic animal in about
ten days, but, strange TO say, does not af-
feet wild animal or human being.
less dangerous, but more troublesome, pest
is the white ant, which is about one quar-
ter Of an inch long and ubiquitous in many
parts of the country They live under
ground and can only be routed by killing
the queen, which sometimes reaches the
size Of one inch In length. This insect IN
particularly harassing in Rhodesia At
Buluwayo my travelling companion mad
vertenly left his boots on the floor after
turning in at night, and he arose next
morning to find the uppers carefully sepa-
rated from the soles. Lucky you didn't
leave your clothes on the floor,' was the
only consolation. These ants
will eat through anything but metal, and
for that reason much of the building is
done with corrugated iron. The ant hill is
one Of the conspicuous landplarks in trav-
cling over South Africa
The evening times., 1900-01-06
GROWTH OF TRADE UNIONS.
The Onward March of Organized La
hOr I'm the district.

A prominent trades unionist in speaking
during the last year said that marked i'm
provement in the conditions of the work
ingman could be seen on all sides.
This is especially true he said, ''of the
condition of affairs in the District Of Co
lumbia During the last year there was
little or no trouble between the employed
and the employers, what differences did
arise having been amicably settled and al
ways to the full satisfaction of the wage
earners
THE greatest concession gained was in
the matter OF the increase of pay for the
employees in the Government Printing Of
fee when the wages of the printers and
bookbinders was increased from $3.50 to
81 per day.
Another concession was gained in refer
ence TO the payment Of machinists en-
ployed at the Washington navy yard when
through the efforts of Samuel Gompers,
President OF the American Federation of
Labor, they received extra money for the
over time work done during the late war.
There was also a short strike OF the
members OF the Electrical Workers Union,
but this was settled after conference
lasting three days in favor of the work
men who were granted the increase OF
wages asked.
"All this has been accomplished by the
trades unionsts, through the influence and
power Cf the American Federation Of Labor
This recalls 10 mind the time not so very
long ago when it was nearly worth mans
O.. ,,h1 f.lN arnu ll N
trades unionism in the District Of Column
bia.
Not more than five or six years ago the
city was almost entirely under the domina-
ton of the knights Of Labor, SO far as
the interests of the laboring man were
concerned. There were, however, few,
not more than three or four OF the forty
or fifty labor organizations in the city at
that time which dared TO stand for trades
uniOnsm.
These extended an invitation TO Samuel
Gompers, President of the American Feder
alton of Labor, trades uniOnist. body, to
come TO this city and deliver an address
He came, but it is said he was threatened
with all sorts of indignities.
only a few of the workmen OF the city
assembled TO hear him speak on the prin-
cples OF trades unionism, and he went
away not knowing whether or not his words
ndd taken root. SOON dlleT lnls open "al
was made between the trades unionists and
the knights of Labor in connection with
the laying of boycott against the local
brewing companies.
The Central Labor Union. a trades un-
ionist organization, was organized as the
result OF the break in the relations among
local labor unions. AS stated, tSere were
but few trades unonist organizations in
the city al that time. Since then the Cen
tral Labor Union has steadily increased
in the number of bodies affiliated. till now
it is the most powerful central labor or
eaniza.ion in the District"
The evening times., 1900-01-06
Americana Robbed Abroad.

BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan. 6.-Sydney
Munro and wife, visiting Americans, we're
robbed in the street here yesterday Of a
bag containing Bank Of Montreal draft
for $500. a check for $40. and valuables
amounting to $40. A loafer named Jones
was arrested, and the draft was found in
his possession. He was also wearing some
Of MIR. Munro's clothes which were in the
bag. Jones was committed for trial at the
Sessions Court.
The evening times., 1900-01-06

BRISTOL. Va. Jan. 6.-Marion, the two
year-old daughter Of NJ W. Wood, re-
tired banker. was burned to death while
playing about a CRATE at the family resi-
dence in Bristol yesterday. This is the
third death of the kind here this week.
The evening times., 1900-01-06

Best remedy for coughs is the simpics; and
costs five cents at druggists Deans msntho~
lated cough drops simply stop the tickle.
The evening times., 1900-01-06
A Fight for Progress

Whatever the outcome OF the present
struggle. Englands statesmen must not
and will not forget their aim. nor be blind
ed to ii by greed Of acquisition. The
Beers are struggling for independence. ss
they conceive ii. Their fatal mistake has
been in seeking independence to do wrong.
England's mistake would be equally fatal
If she attempted anything but the good of
any territory coming under her control
1T must be understood that there is no.
where people mors capable of self gov
ernment than the better element of the
South African white colonists. nor any
more determined to secure the ends of
freedom. justice, and equality for all the
white races. They would be as intolerant
of oppression under one national dominion
as under another. and sheer force OF num-
bers and moral power would eventually
overthrow any tyranny or any influence
obstructive to the best governmental ideals
and administration. Mr.. Hammond de-
clines to discuss the political aspects of
the present situation, but competent au-
thorities agree that the future points to an
African federation Of self governing states.
imperlally connected. probably, with the
British throne, but with the largest meas
ure of freedom. Any attempt at coercion
from without would be more quickly and
more vigorously resented than even the
oppression of a domestic oligarehy.
1.-THE solution of the present crisis will,
no doubt, have strong though Indirect
influence il 'hat development of the Afri-
can contineLi If which Cecil Rhodes Is
the leading exponent. II is not to be be-
lieved for moment that he-or any asso-
citation of men-has directly influenced the
precipitation of the present struggle, nor
that it would have been possible for him
to do so had he been disposed. II is part
Of an organic progress toward fuller life.
in a region destined to play large part in
the worlds economic future. Mr.. Rhodes
is keen to discern the march OF events,
and to place himself in the lead in ordering
and directing them. The Boer government
has been in the hopeless attitude OF striv-
ing to stay them"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-09-05
Old Lady was a ROmaucer.

TitBits tells of drOlI mistake made
by an imaginative old dame who, having
permitted a telegraph pole to be placed
just by the side Of her house. waited up
on the telegraph officials to complain
that she could get no sleep of night,
being kept awake by the noise made by
the messages passing over her head
Il don't think. Sir. said she. You can
be aware Of all that's said along them
wires. There's Il deal that hadn't ought
to be. | can assure you. sir that very
much that's said there, that | have to lie
and listen TO. is such as no decent wom-
an ought to hear; and l'hope you will put
stop to it.
The amused gentleman was hardly
able to meet the accusation with due
gravity; but he did contrive to keep his
countenance while he informed the old
lady that the young men who had hither-
to worked the wires were under notice of
dismissal. and that in future only young
women of great respecta bility would be
employed. so there would be no danger
of her proprety being shocked again.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-09-05
Something New.

1t has always been conceded that no
ordinary paint equalled an enamel for
all interior decorative purposes, as the
former does not give the beautiful.
smooth, mirrOr-like surface that the
latter does.
The economical housewife Of today
has the walls, bath room and bedrooms
enameled, as once done it lasts for
years. Rubbed with a soft cloth once
in while, such rooms are kept clean
and healthy with practically no labor.
Old articles of furniture are made to
look like new with coat of enamel
and give good service for years when
otherwise it would have been neces
sary to discard them.
In the past the price of enamel has
been almost double that Of paint. but
E'lOrentine Enamel Colors are sold at
the same price as ordinary mixed paint
and come ready for use. This brand Of
enamel is put up in twenty-three colors
and comes in all size packages from
pint to gallon cans, and we understand
that nearly all dealers of paint carry
it in stock on account of the great de-
mand that exists for it, BY writing
to the manufacturers. Bradley & Vroo-
man Co., 2629-31-333-3J Dearborn street,
Chicago. and stating what color is de-
sired, anyone can get Il sample package
free of charge
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-09-05
Such Cruel Parents.
&c. mamma, please '"


Papa, / beg of you, 10 not refuse
Cordella Pasdetout chung wildly about
her fond but Obdurate mothers neck and
ralned kisses upon her cheeks, while An
astasia her sister, did likewise to her
father.
But their pleading seemed of no avail;
the elder PasdetoutS shook their gray
heads firmly in negatiOn. though it was
evident that the necessity of refusing
their daughters request panied them be-
You'd measure.
Gently, but with decision, as one
shakes hard-shelled crab from out a
scalp net. the parents disentanglcd their
daughters arms from their shoulders.
Then, mastering his emotions, the father
said:
mo, Anastasia and Cordeia. what YOU
ask of us is too much. Never before
have we refused Il request of yours We
have moved from city to city, from state
to state, to the injury of my business
and the destruction Of your mothers
health in order to deceive people as to
your ages. For the past ten years it has
been nothing but move on for us. for
every time the people of one place would
begin to suspect your true ages you have
insisted on lis packing up aud going else
where that you might start anew at %
and 23, respectively. We have submitted
to this nomadic life for our love of you.
but your most recent demand is too
much We absolutely refuSer'
The daughters sobbed like anything.
In fact they sobbed like everything
But their firm parents remained firm,
NO" continued Mr.. Pasdetout. I'VE
our silver wedding again in order to
prove to people that You two cannot be
over "A at the outside. The idea"'-
HarDer'S RaZar