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Tbo plaeue Of Rats in Paris.

New York Post: The plague of rats in
Paris Is something more than nuI-
sance. II appears that myria1s OF the
rodents, disturbed by the excavations
for the exposition buildings, have de-
serted their former haunts In the Sow
crs ana have practically taken posses
sion of the cellars OF district. It is said
that there are streets In which It is not
safe to allow children to 60 into gar
dens or court yards after night. The
nelrbborIng markets are overrun by
auch syynrms that nil ordinary attempts
10 subduc the vermln have been aoan-
dnncd in despair. As Tor the cats, they
no longer take any notice Of n rat, either
from motives Of fear or because they are
100 common to be OF any interest to
them. Hitherto there hRs been an an
nuai appropriation for the Bustenanee Of
cats IN the military store houses, but
now chat pussy is ncElecting her mis-
sion. her ratlons have been cut Oft. The
heroes OF The day arc four tcrrierg. who
working i'm unison und with indefattga-
ble energy, have cleared all the rats out
az tho prefecture Of police So far the
authorities are at a LOGS to know now 70
proceed against the rodents. the use
az ccrialn poisona which Kill Instantly
and which mummify the body has been
advocated. but the government. hesi-
tntos to adopt n remedy which would
make IL 70 easy for criminals TO get pos
serslon Of deadly drugs.
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Divorce More Difficult.

Atlanta Journal; The tendency of the
divorce legislation In nearly all the
states Is In the direction OF greater re-
striction and closer protection Of the
marriage bond.
Several OF the new western states,
where divorce could formerly be obtains
ed for the asking by anybody from any
body from anywhere, have changed
their statutes on this subject so as to
require real residence and substantial
causes for divorce.
Last year laws were enacted in Nevn-
da, New Hampshire. Texas and wiseon-
sin which regulate better the granting
both of marriage licenses and divorces.
The new wisconsin law removes great
and growing evil by cutting of large
number of persons who resort to the
state from Chicago and other places for
marriage without a license. The new
Wisconsin law requires five days notice.
and the return and record OF the certia-
cate under stringent penalties.
In all but few states a year BONA
ode residence is required of seekers for
divorce.
Last year the divorce laws OF Alaba-
ma, Florida and Rhode Island were
made more stringent Maine has added
the opium habit to the list OF causes for
divorce.
This is about the only instance Of re-
cent legislation which tends towards an
increase in the number OF divorces.
The course OF legislation In the last
two years has made the obtaining Of d.
vorces much more difficult In q large
number of states. and we may expect
further progress on this line.
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VANITY FAIR.

Queen victoria's furniture, which had
been packed fer Bordlghera, with her
maiesty's travelling equipage of plate,
linen and glass. was dispatched to Ire
land instead Of 10 Italy. Two landaus
were sent over to Dublin With servants
and horses. and the queens garden chair
and donkey were dispatched from
Windsor at the same time.
1t Is an expensive luxury 10 belong to
half dozen Of the leading clubs OF New
York. The annual dues Of the Metro
politan arc 800 and the initiation fee
$500, as compared with 500 and $3.50 for
the Manhattan: $50 and $500 for the
Lotus: 500 and 500 for the Meadow
Brook; S25 and 500 for the New York
Yacht Club; $40 and 500 for the Play
erS'; SIS and $500 for the Union League:
and $40 and $3.50 for the Colonial Club.
Men, as usual have the best Of 1t in
the way Of closets, as In pockets. The IA
vorite closet row for q mans use is burt
out IN the room in the shape Of the old
fashioned wardrobe, and Is partitioned
OF on the one side into shelves for trou.
sers, shirts, and various other articles
OF clothing, while the lower part Is deep
enough to accommodate the countless
pairs of shoes now needed by every well
dressed man. The other side OF the
closet is devoted to hanging space, and
Is fitted with cross poles, or with hooks
screwed Into the upper shelves, either
OF which receive the racks for the coats
gays HsrpeT's Bazaar. These racks are
carefully made the exact size OF the
caots, and no larger. There arc
two hooks for susPendeFs, and another
larger hook on the door that does not
come anywhere near the hanging brack-
cts, for the neckties. This style OF clos
ct is compact, yet capable Of holding
large outfit.
The tenant Of the burned New York
apartment house who wanted 10 tele-
phone to a hotel for q room before he
left the building showed degree Of eau
ton which was warranted by the facts.
Hotel men say that never before have
the hotels been so crowded as they are
now, and for the last few weeks 1t has
been almost impossible for strangers to
get rooms In any of the larger hotels.
Although the Waldorf-AstorIa has ac-
commodations for about 1,400 people, 1t
has been forced to turn away strangers
every day, and dozen other big hotels
have done the same thing. This condi-
ton of affairs was discussed at the hn-
tel mems dinner several weeks ago, and
one hotel proprietor, who regretted that
he had not argerRccommodation said:
"Thc only explanation that can give
for the unusual crowdlng of the hotels
Is that people generally are more pros
porous and that the hotels now offer
many more comforts than they did
few years ago. Out-of-town people who
used to rent n furnished house in New
York few years ago now come TO the
hotels. II they are willing to nay the
price they u1Sy get all the comforts of
home, even privacy
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PLAIN, EASY READING.
1t Will Do You Good to Ponder Over
A Splendid Article Which All the
People are Now Talking
Much About.

What we say Is plain, easy reading
and win do you good. The people OF
West Virginia are saying great deal
about Morrow's Kid-ne-olds just now
because Morrows Hid-ne-oIis have
cured so many bad cRses of backache.
sleeplessncss and nervousness in this
city. Morrows Kid-nC-oids Is a scien-
tiic preparation prepared in yellow tab
let form. and acts directly upon the kid
ncys and nerves Do not connect Nor
rows Kid-ne-olds with amy kind of kid
ney pills; they are yellow tablets and
put up in wooden boxes which contain
enough for about two weeks treatment,
and sell at fifty cents Il box at all drug
stores.
We ask you to read what a gentleman
has to say about the great merits Of
Morrow's Kid-nc-olds,
Mr., NJ. V. Graham, 1929 Fourth Ave
nue.. Huntington, says: Some time ago
was feeling badly; had pains across
the small OF my back and was general
~ run down. had no appetite and
could not sleep well at night and Il
seemed that would be more tired In
the morning VIXEN would first get up
than when went to bed. I would have
hcadachc frequently. Some of my
friends had been greatly benefited by
Mnrrow'a Kid-nc.olds and MOrrow'a
Llvcrlax. so ] got some at the drug store
and was cured in week after / began
taislnE them"
Murrows Eid-ne-oids nrc not pills,
hut Yellow Tablets and are for sale Mt
all drug stores MoITOw's LlvcrlaN are
small red grnnules and cure constipa-
tlon and hlliOusncsF Eld-nc.o fifty
cents and BiverlaN twenty-five cents
each per box
Description books mnlicd unon re-
ducst Nv John Morrow y Co, Chemists.
Springfield, Ohio,
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By the BY.

New ORLEANS T.mes- Dcmoc. at: Short.
ly before the curtain rose the frs, night
Mansfield put on 'Cyrano' here" said
young man connected with the theater,
Il was passing down the little hall In
front of the stars dressing room. when
| noticed a good-looking, smooth-faced
chap sitting on box near the door
Csnized him as Mulsilcld's dresser,
and knowing that the actor muft be
businly preparing for his entrance at
tina: very moment was greatly surpris-
ed to see his man outside OF tbs room
My FIRST thought was that they had had
a row and l stopped TO see whether |
could learn any spicy details. When
suggested such u thing the dresser
laughed. Bless yer heart. no. lie said
Tho boss Is putin on hiB mHke-up
that's all Upon this l pumped him a
little, ana was nstonlshed to hear that
Mansfield never allows anybody in the
dressing room when he Is milking up
fer 'Cyrano He had had a great deal
OF trouble. the dresser said, In hitting
on paste that answered eXnctly for
the big nose, and htterward In finding a
combination Of grease paint that would
make It blend properly with thu flesh.
When he finally struck the right thing
he made up his mind that nobody should
steal the secret. and for thar reason in
sists upon being alone when he put the
stun on. His makeup materials are
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PUBLICATIONS.
PUBLICATIONS.
NOW READY.
Daughter Of the Elm
A Tale of the Virginia Border
q Before the War.
81 enAn1u111E DAWSON HALl

By GRANVILLE DAWSON Hall
A powerful story, recalling torgota
tragedies. A love story thfs1ai \
stirring recital of crime and y
tective work. Scene in the valg
Of the upper Monongahela. g
Meeting with Pittsburgh, VlHH
burg and Fairmont, 49,.
The book is something more ~
an ordinary bit of fiction II Ia
substratum Of historical fact, ~
some real people figure IN
nsres. There is a vivid glimP
American life rs found in that wv
fortv years ago. The book cFia y.
n Syeat metropolitan western dnS
Who read the manuscript, says y. n
author has "dipped his pen IN /
very pigments OF life" Ihe nt s., a
n lsodi8g chicago publishing s's Y.
said az Il; 1--WE have been muSu -.
tsrested:" "the plot is clever ~
details dingenious." The stoF! ~, vi
is interesting and there are "-'
capital situations" .,so
MAYER s. MILLER, cAIUAV|
Cloth. $50 p, sl,oo. Sold ;, y =
Frank Stanton, or sent p2s'2EngS ,l
receipt of price, Address, a " =
Glencoe, Ill,
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Is moi that don't love you as much -
eyer-ayc, a great deal more than ever
before-but ! feel that ] have been
fool: that am not worthy OF you ana
il was presumption for me 70 ask you
10 marry me. ! Believe that J eas e
more modest and sensible man, end I
went you to give me the opportunity %
prove II before giving me your answer
Mary's answer YVES Torthy Z y nrain
and her heart.
arthur. she said. whit you nave
aid proves that you are all right, and
N take you on faith
Next morning the photograph was
sent back to town. It having succeeded
IN eliminating forever the capital Wy
from the personality OF Cecil Arthur
lovely. aad the fun Of It was that Cecil
bought he did 1t himself. Chieagp
iIacs- Herald.
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The Newest Bible.

Golfers Weekly; He was an open-air
evangelical exherteF and was SPELL
binding his hearers by his learned dis
QUESTION on the alternative of saliva
ton or damnation-the King James BIZ
bile or the Douay Bible" In the audi
ence was citizen who had been imbib-
ing freely and whose patriotic sense
overpowered his religious feelings. This
gentleman evidently misunderstood the
preacher for he yelled: 'Hcoray for the
Dewey Bibic!" The crowd took up the
cry and the exhorter was compelled to
suspend his meeting.
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RECEIPTS.
Net proht..........

Pretty good for two hours work.
wasn't It? But what's been troubling
me is the way that smooth stranger. is
throwing himself away. Why. with a
little coaching, that fellow could COM
mand senates and own continents. And
the story I'm telling you is literally
and absolutely true II came to a
matter of proof could show you one
Of the two-dollar quarter-matches."
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carried in small sheets iron box, such
as they use In safe deposit vault, and
when he gets through he locks them up
and puts the key in his pocket l
glanced into the dressing room while the
FIRST act was on. and sure enough there
was the closed box in front Of the mir
cor There wasn't as much as a powder
pun In sight,
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4 v,,ctbpr tvhO WnN I'LL, he granted NcT lAiI
ME- r.snit, with almost royal sYa-
c.,nspcss when She had gone Ceei
nicred nm n marazlnc. and was com
n.cer,lv ueruslng IT'S prosy and aca-
S.,,tr roace when he was startled by
trs sopnd Of yolcas in the same room
vim himself He locked about quick
Il, and s,oIpr no one. experienced a
sensation Of fear. AS the sounds pro-
aoSdo1 nova,v sat in mute Arrangement.
For = moment he suspected that he was
Going mad He was superstltIous but
chnsts. according to his way OF think
,nr niwovs manifested themselves to
,ho oyes ratbcr than dialogues. There
,y,s sor,e,bInc uncanpy in the sounds.
too ,s n Issuing from a metal casket.
49,, ~ ,,a,,,I boy, o,tomp,ed nm in
No'e'' s-aa ia h,r,
| Tastigauoh' DuL Neiy i7"' "e'u 49,
| rooted to the chair. He could not cs-
/ co,o and IA. HOGAN to feel that he had
,.,,,t..., ,,,rtts
pten s'iec'eu u! ao"'s
as the custodian OF their condolences
| Tho sound of the voices at FIRST seemed
M. 81, ao,,, % c,,,,tbIrn ha had
llke la'h' e'h' Va SV'''
heard before, ana ms clrcur"S'a'iss
| dpepened his parplcXity. The convcr-
| -, so,-,o,, 10 II, batveen n man and
'"''O'' -, ,,,,,,o,.
/ a woman me man 'ules "eiu i'ipe'
| iOus: those OF the woman half Halter
tho hnlr corciIIatory.
me-, 49,, -, ,,,,t, 5.o,,yors
You Nho" men 'ie sun
| the voice was saying. you pay With
n ynman's heart as a child does with
r,,,, ,,,t. ,,. ,notb,r .b--
'oS' A"s'' ~" 49,"
is newer to you, though perhaps NOT 10
Others, and another fellow who per-
h,,s ba, ,brou,, aside and bruised the
''"H' So '.,-,. -,
heart tnat you PICS up N''lsS '''o"7
ana picks up the very heart that you
have thrown aside"
-, -. - ,,t,..-., ,o,,,rs,ti,,,
suit 'dus' 81 us az
followed this speech,
"Ob that's the old story with wn-
:, ,,,,l.5 ~, NOV, "ynn ora all
'''s"' 'sP''-' -.
wrong; you don't understand man
Your feminine minds can't grasp the
| ,i,,.,h and h,.,l,h of HE nalura have
NsP''' - .,,-.,.. ,-,,,,.
oIten trleu 10 hlaNe so'liS "oni1" SO4'
with me to lottier realms of thought,
bnt have npvpr found one To sympa-
- -+l,,l. .,,,,.,l., :,
thize VITA my poetic W dt..s''s ''''V.'s'
Here a soft little sigh, IKE 4 zephyF'
touching the maple leaves, stole across
| ~, .,or, ,ra ,b,p III, ,rnnsriou, tones
'"s rum anu '''-'' ''''N
resumed:
II know women. I've seen 4 good
5,,t - u,, Dt5r,t Iva mar, than
= year IN New York
Lets talk politics" then said the
woman. "Do Won think Mckinley has
,-,....,.,,,,
any cHahce Oh peliis elsctsu'
No, he hasn't the slightest chance'
I've figured tho whole thing out, and
a., ~. -. 80, o.,.r,. st,,n s,utb
'Hu '''l' ~
Of the Canadian Border.
The Precipitation stood out In beads on
Dovely's forehead as he stared in the d.
rection Of the voices and clutched the
arms OF the chair In which he sat. II
seems like a nightmare. The echo was
getting clearer and clearer. He hated
the dreadful sounds. but felt that he
must suffer the ordeal to the end. And
memory told him that the end was yet
| long way off. and the path thereto full
of thorns of humiliation and shsme for
him. He began 10 feel like a disem-
L
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in at the hotel on the way ana 'bought
q cigar. and the crowd waited for him
outside and then continued to follow
He seemed amused and jollled one or
two OF them pleasantly. When the mob
reached the station there was stiii len
minutes TO wait for the Chicago OK
press. They waited. and the stranger
conversed humorously with them from
time to time. When the train pulled
In he stepped onto the back platform,
stIll conversinG. Then the train start
ed. and he made grandstand bow.
$50 Ions. boys" he said, and that
was the last OF him.
Then the man that had bought the
watch case with the twenty-dollar bill
In It pulled out his prize. The watch
case was there, 50 was the bill: but It
was a one dollar bill. Then the other
watch case buyers and the men who'd
bought 'iewelry wrapped up in bills
opened their coats and held an autopsy.
The bills were all good. but they had
changed somehow to one denomination
81. The mon who had Invested In
matches went home without saying
anything. But that night at the hotel,
we counted up the strangers profits as
follows.
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PIANOS tuned and repaired by cx-
,,ert vorkmrn. i. w. BANNER co.
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THE little folks love DR. Woods Nor
way Pine Syrup Pleasant to take. per-
fsct'y harmless; pcRtlve cure for
coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma.
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IF business men and merchants
consult their best interests they Will
advertise in the Intclligencer,
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For Morbid Conditions take BEECH
ANS PILLS.
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Women
WHO have Me
Blues

Dependency IN wOn1op
Is q mental coalition
directly f'aOsabIs to some
clIstlROfIy female Ill.,
Well women don't haVe
the blues, bUf OONlpa5'a1
NVely few people under
stand that the right Rl0GN-
OLso will drive diem away.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-22


laid a big brown bearded man, also
insensible, from whose clothes had
been gathered quite sum of money
and whose few papers went to show
he had been a sailor. He was a very
rough looking man indeed.
The man came to his senses first,
and it was night. The nurse on
watch was quite frightened at the
man. He was in pain and great allow
ance must be made for that, but
never, in all her life, had the little
nurse had to listen to such words as
came from the big brown bearded
mans lips. He wanted to get up and
90 right away, but he found he could
not move his great massive legs. So
he began to abuse his fate, and the
railway and the hospital and the
nurse and mankind in general He
was very bitter mouthed man in
deed. The little nurse, by the light
of the night lamp, did her best to
soothe him, because he aroused other
patients, and there was a terrible
groaning and wailing in the small
ward. And all at once The little boy
came to his senses too, just for q
minute, and his face was turned to
the sailors face, and his eyes fell
upon the sailors eyes. He was not
quite sensible yet, for it seemed ne
mistook the sailor for his dead papa,
and he said very prettily:
God morning, dad. How are you
this morning."
The sailor, looking into the little
fellows eyes, was abashed, and stop
ped his swearing, and was silent for
n moment, and then muttered clnrlsi-
".
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A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.

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and noted people throughout the country
We speak of that wonderful instrument, Electro
poise, and ask your careful examination into tn
cures it has wrought. Col. A. P. Nunnally, o
the Inter Ocean, Chicago, writes: "Nearly thre
years experience with Electropoise only con
firms the truth of your claims. l say to my
friends that this instrument is a most wonderful
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could not get another" Send address for ou
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cured by Electropise. ELECTROPOISE Co., 81
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IN THE LITTLE HOSPITAL
The Way Joe and the Big Navy Sailed To-
gether, Leaving Pain and Trouble
Behind Them.
BY P. Y. BLACK.

In the little country hospital the
young nurses were very good and at
tentive to everybody, not having been
in the business long enough to have
grown callous. They were nice girls,
mostly in their first years course, and
their lips would twitch and their faces
whiten very often in the operating
room, or when they held a patients
hand while he died in the night. But
they were brave and went about the
pretty hospital singing softly in the
cool corridors, carrying little White
clothed trays to the sick rooms. ana
being the best of medicines them
selves by reason of their neatness,
their bright eyes asl kind voices.
Now one beautiful bright spring at
ternoon, at the railroad junction in
the town, two trains filled with pleas
ure seekers, smashed together, and
the doctors, and the matron and the
nurses were plunged into a world OF
work. for ambulances after ambu-
lances came driving up from the
scene of the accident and left to the
care of the girls many people soreiy
hurt. Among them was a very niue
boy, about six years old, whom no
body knew anything dDout po''p.,S
his father and mother were both
killed i'm the collision, and there was
nothing on them to show who or
what they were, except that they
were very poor. 1t is comprehensive
that very great deal of attention
was paid to this little fellow, and he
would have been placed in the wo-
mems ward, as the hospital was too
small for a children's ward. but the
women's ward was full. So the boy
quite insensible. was laid on a cot in
xx,oyJ nnI nayf tn him was
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The Boer peace commissioners, headed
by DR.. Leyds, had an audience of Queen
Wilhelmina yesterday. lasting a quarter
Of an hour. The delegates apparently,
were much gratified by the affability Of
Her Majesty. subsequently they were
received in private audience by the
Queens mother.
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mo family can afford to be without
One Minute Cough Cure. 1t will stop d
cough and cure a cold quicker than any
other medicine" writes c. W. Williams,
Sterling Run, Pa. 1t cures Group, bronchit-
is and all throat and lung troubles and
prevents consumption. Pleasant and
harmless. Bobbitt- Wynne Drug Co.. w.
H. King, Adams & Moye, VIM. Simpson.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-11-08
SUNDAY SOCIAL.
SIGNIFICANCE OF ELECTIONS.

The presidential election contests held by the American citizens, resident at SkagWay, Dawson and Juneau, tell story in them selves of the capacity of the people of the north for self government. The fact that there is sufficient interest taken in the affairs of the nation by the busy people Of the north 10 induce nearly every voter to register his choice for president just for the sake of being counted is evidence of pat rio,iSm. When men will exhibit the spirit shown Tn these elections there can be no question as to their qualifications for self government. If men will get out and conduct campaign to get votes for a pres dentaI candidate at a straw election, where the votes can serve no purpose ex- cept the qualification it affords man to be counted for a principle Tn which he believes there is no doubt but that the affairs of government will be well cared for at their hands.
 The truth is, at no place in ihe world are there gathered d more intelligent and progressive class of men than those who make up the population of Alaska and northwestern Canada. They are men of intelligence who study pu lie questions in their broadest scope. Both Alaska and Yukon Territory should have self govern ment