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and vented his signs for his dear native
land.
After the burning of the city, in 1914,
by the British, when the Capitol, the Presi-
dents House, the Navy Yard, the Depart
ments, and some private houses were
burned, when Congress next convened the
subject Of rebuilding the public build
ings came up Another great effort was
made for the removal, but better judg-
ment prevailed and the proper appropIia-
ton was voted 10 reconstruct the burnt
buildings.
Previous to the civil war Washington did
not rise above the aspect of provincial
town. During Congress it was busy and
gay, but fell into sleep at its close.
With the finishing Of the House wing,
in 1911. To the completion of the central
building, in 1925, which connected the two
wings by the old rotunda, library, and
eastern portico. art and architecture went
hand in hand toward the adorning and
identifying Of this magnificent structure.
For u years the building remained un-
altered. In 1850, Sept. 30 Congress pro-
vided for the enlargement Of the Capitol.
The cornerstone of the new addition
was laid July 4, 1851, by President Fill
more Daniel Webster, Secretary Of State,
delivered the Grafton. The marble wings
OF the Senate and House were then com.
menced. Dec. 6, 1857, the House occupied
its new chamber. The new dome was
begun in 1885, to overcome the faulty
appearance which the extension of the
wings made. Mr.. Thomas A. Walters, the
architect, magnifcently overcame the diff
culties, and one of the most graceful and
beautiful domes of the world adorns the
Capitol.
When Charles Dickens honored himself
by coming to Washington in 1s41, he left
vivid pictures of the mental snapshot
taken at random. He writes "Take the
worst parts Of the city road and Penton-
Vile, or the struggling outskirts of Paris,
The National tribune., 1900-02-01

monument, the classic public buildings
might surprise the author of Martin Chuz-
zlewit, while such achievements make us
very willing to be dubbed a nation of
''shopkeepers.
This Republic has made rapid strides.
1t has Travelled in a few generations the
space which other nations have taken cen
turies TO traverse. But it has been ra-
pidity Of progress that has shortened the
years Of her youth and has already brought
her face to face with the political and social
difficulties of a Nations mature age.
AS the Nation advances so will the Cap-
tai grow, and the benediction of its found
ers will rest upon this Capital, their Capi-
tal one of the most beautiful cities of earth.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01
Identifying a Rare Fossil" e"

The late Prof. Marsh, of Yale College,
the eminent paleontplogist, had a quiet
wit. Once a facetious student brought him
q bone scraped and cut in a fantastic
fashion. The class knew of the plan to de-
ceive the scientist
81 think, Professor, that this is q very
rare fossil"
The doctor looked at the bone, then at
the student, finally centering his gaze upon
the latter's knee.
g. 1t is not rare. 1t is painfully familiar
to me. 1t is piece of the leg bone of a
calf"
The National tribune., 1900-02-01

The advices indicate that Gen. Schwan
is conducting the campaign in the south Of
Luzon with the greatest energy. that he
located southeast Of Laguna de Bay what
is probably the last considerable force Of in
surgents remaining in one command, and
with small loss to himself and heavy loss
to the enemy managed to completely dissi-
pate that force, probably beyond the posi-
bility of reconstruction.
Kobbe's troops occupy several ports in
southeast Luzon containing a greatquanity
of hemp for shipment The ports were to
500 insurgents at Logaspi; troops landed
under protection of the Nashville's guns,
which fiercely bombarded the works. at
close range. The enemy's loss was over
so killed or mortally wounded; our casu-
altieS were seven wounded.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01

Mississippi.
Hon. W. V. Sullivan, United States
Senator from Mississippi, in a letter re-
Gently written to DR.. Hartman from Ok
ford. Miss, says the following:
"For some time 1 have been sufferer
from catarrh in it's most incipiert stage,
so much so that 1 became alarmed as to
my genreal health. But, hearing of Pc
ru-na as good remedy, gave it a fair
trial and soon began to improve. Its
effects were distinctly beneficial, remov-
ing the annoying symptoms, and was
particularly good as tonic.
Il take pleasure in recommending
your great national catarrh cure, Peru
ma, as the best have ever tried.
"W. V. Sullivan"
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
Peruna has no substitutes rivals.
Insist upon having Peruna. Address
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.,
for a free book on catarrh.
The National tribune., 1900-02-01
A CURE FOR ASTHMA.

Asthma sufferers need longer leave boms
and business in order TO be cured. Nature has
produced q vegetable remedy that will perma-
nently cure asthma and all diseases Of the lungs
and bronchial tubes. Having tested its wonder.
full curative powers in thousands of cases with q
record of 90 per cent. permanently cured), and
desiring to relieve human suffering, will send
free of charge to all sufferers from Asthma, Con-
sumption, Catarrh, Bronchitis and nervous dis
eases, this recipe, in German, French or English,
with full directions for preparing and using. Sent
by mall Address with stamp, naming this paper,
W. A. Noyes, 800 Powers Block, Rochester, n. z.
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She Had to Interrupt.
Chicago Daily NelUs.

Chlcdgo DdiIy NelCs.
eve might just as well come to an un-
derstanding right now," said the angry
husband. "It's hard for you to hear the
truth, especially from me, but
"Indeed it is" interrupted the patient
WIFE, az hear it so seldom"
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progressed.
The architects have all
passed away, and their
strifes are forgotten; even
their names have no fa-
miliar sound to the new
generation.
The city at this time
presented all the eau-marks
of a country village. In
an old print we ran upon
were some queer pictures
of Washington. A trav-
eler. in 1916, when WASH
ington had few streets,
frregularly built up, strag-
Cling houses here and
there, saw this sign,
Peter Rogers, saddler,
from the green fields of
Erin and tyranny TO the
green streets of Washing
ton and liberty. See
Copenhagen view the seas,
Tis all blockade it's all
ablaze.' The seas shall
be free Yankee Doodle,
keep it up!'" II seems
the Irishman was banished
at the age of 10 for hay
ing worn a green coat.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-03

Of the United States be and IS hereby
authorized to acquire from the states OF
Costa Rica and Nicaragua, for and in
behalf of the United States, control OF
such portion of territory now belonging
desirable and necessary on which to ez-
cavate construct and protect q canal of
suen s. deptn s ana capacity, as Will pe suIIl-
clent Tor the movements Of ships OF the
greatest tonnage and draft now in use,
from point near Greytown on the Carib-
bean sea wa Lake Nicaragua to Breto,
on the Pacific ocean; and such sum as
may be necessary to secure such control
is hereby appropriated out of any money
in the treasury, not otherwise appropri-
Section 2-That when the president has
secured full control over the territory in
section 1 referred to, he shall direct the
secretary of war to excavate and con-
point on the shore of the Caribbean sea
near Greytown, by way of Lake Nieara-
ocean. Such canal shall be of sufficient ca
pacity and depth that il may be used by
vessels Of the largest tonnage and great
est depth now in use and shall be supplied
with all necessary locks and other ap-
plianees to meet the necessities of ves-
sells passing from Greytown to Breto;
and the secretary of war shall also con-
struct such safe and commodiOus harbors
at the terminus of said canal and such
provisions for defense as may be neces-
sary for the safety and protection of said
canal and harbors.
cause such surveys as may be necessary
for said canal and harbors and in the
construction of the same shall employ
such persons as he may deem necessary.
Section 4-That in the excavation and
construction of said canal, the San Juan
river and Lake Nicaragua, or such parts
of each as may be made available. shall
be used.
Section 5-That in any negotiations
with the state of Costa Rica or Nicaragua
the president may have, the president is
authorized to guarantee to said states the
use of said canal and harbors upon such
terms as may be agreed upon for all yes
sells owned by said states or by citizens
thereof.
'.Section 6-That the sum of So 900 is
hereby appropriated, out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriat-
ed toward the project herein contemplated
and the secretary of war is further here
by authorized to enter into a contract or
contracts for materials and work that
may be deemed necessary for the proper
excavation, construction, completion, and
defense of said canal, to be paid for as
be hereafter made. not to exceed in the
aggregate $40 900, 000.'
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-03
WHAT FUNSTON FOUND
Discovers the Archives of the
AguinaldO Government.

Manila, May General Funston has
discovered a rebel warehouse near
Cabanatuan, province of New Egija,
containing all the archives of the Malo-
los government, Agufnaldo's CORE
spondence up to the time of his flight,
and much valuable historical matter.
The belief is growing that Aguinaldo
was killed by the Igorettes. There is
no proof that he has been alive since
Major Peyton c. March, of the Thirty
third regiment, abandoned the chase
after the Filipino leader in the Ben
uuet mountains. An insurgent officer
who recently surrendered to General
Young says that the insurgent General
Tino holds this belief Tino held reg
ular communication with Agufnaldo un-
til December 28 since when he has
heard nothing from him, and Tino
thinks AguinaldO would find means to
communicate with him if alive. Major
March's information was that there
were only half dozen soldiers with
Aguinaldo when he fed beyond the
Bontoc wilderness, where the SavageS
are hostile to all strangers. Friends of
A AguinaldoS wife assert that she has
heard nothing from him since they
parted.
She is in a delicate condition and
nearly prOStrated with worry. There
fore she has not been informed OF the
friends at BacOr.
The Sultan of SuIu with a retinue
including several of his wives, has
sailed for Singapore, ostensibly on a
religious mission. A Hong Kong dis
patch to a Manila paper says the sultan
has gone to Singapore in order to pro-
test to the British against the Ameri-
cans establishing tariff against i'm
ports, claiming that it is a violation of
the treaty of 1877 between Spain, Great
Britain and Germany, Germany guar
anteeing the Sulu islands free trade,
whereas the Americans have estab-
Iished g. tariff nearly doubling the
prices of tobacco, rice and the Sulu
staples Of life, most of which are i'm
ported from Singapore.
The Filipino crew of the steamship
Escano recently mutinied in the cham Fl
between Cebu and Leyte and killed the
captain, the mate and the owners, Senior
Escano and his son, with knives, after
a. desperate struggle The mutineers
then scuttled the ship and escaped to
the Leyte mountains with $500
A little life may be sacrificed to a
sudden attack of Group. if you don t
have DIR. Thomas Ec1ectric Oil on hand
for the emergency.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-03
Spring
HunnOrS

It doesn't make any difference
whether you believe in the modern
theory and speak of the cause of dis
eases as referable to germs, microbes
or bacilli, or whether you use the old
er and better understood terms of
q humors" and " blood diseases p
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures them all
JUST THE SAME. 1t cures those
eruptions, boils and pimples which are
so likely to appear in the Spring;
cures serofula diseases in their most
tenacious forms; cures salt rheum or
eczema and relieves the itching and
burning; adapts itself equally well
to, and also cures, dyspepsia and all
stomach troubles due to generally
weak condition and thin, anamic
blood; cures nervous troubles, which,
in nine cases out of ten, exist because
the impure blood cannot supply prop
er nerve food; cures debility and
that tired feeling, which just as surely
indicate that the blood is lacking In
vitality and the elements of health.
This is not merely modern theory but
it is solid, up-to-date fact. Hoods
Sarsaparilla has had such remarkable
success along these lines that it is not
too much to say it is the best Spring
Medicine, blood purifier, stomach and
nerve tonic that money can buy.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-03
FOR WELL PEOPLE.
An Easy Way to Keep Well.

1t is easy to keep well if we would
only observe each day a few simple
rules Of health.
The all important thing is to keep
the stomach right and to do this it IS
not necessary to diet or to follow 8 set
rule or bill of fare. Such pampering
simply makes a capricious appetite and
a feeling that certain favorite articles
Of food must be avoided.
Prof. Wiechold gives pretty good ad-
vice on this subject He says: Il am
6S years old and have never had a Sc
rious illness and at the same time my
life has been largely an indoor one, but
1 early discovered that the way to keep
healthy was to keep a healthy stomach.
not by eating bran crackers or dieting
of any sort; on the contrary I always
eat what my appetite Graves, but for
the past eight years have made il a
daily practice to take one or two
of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after each
meal and attribute my robust health
for man of my age to the regular
daily use of Stuart's Tablets
My physician first advised me to use
them because he said they were per
fectly harmless and were not q secret
patent medicine, but contained only the
natural digestives, peptones and di-
aStaSe. and after using them few
weeks have never ceased to thank him
for his advice.
Il honestly believe the habit of taking
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after mea 8
is the real health habit, because their
use brings health to the sick ana ailing
and preserves health to the wen and
strong"
Men and women past 50 years Of age
need a safe digestive after meals ia in
sure a perfect digestion and to ward OF
disease, and the safest. best known and
most widely used is Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets
They are found in every wen rceulat-
ed household from Maine to California
and in Great Britain and Australia are
rapidly pushing their way into popular
favor
Al DRUGGISTS sell Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets full sized packages. at - cen =
and for weak stomach a so cent mack
| age viii often do fifty dollars worth az
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-03
SIX WEEKS
Is the Time Limit Set on the
War by Roberts.

New York, May 3.lThe Evening
Posts London correspondent cables to-
day as follows:
Six weeks today's cables say is the
time named in we'll informed circles in
South Africa for the probable duration
of the war. That also is the expectation
in government circles
1.-The probability is that Lord Roberts
has himself informed the war Office that
he expects to enter Pretoria within that
period, but ministers are quite alive to
the probable continuance of guerilla.
warfare here, there and everywhere in
the Free State and the Transvaal, after
Pretoria has been occupied
Tomorrow's debate in the house of
commons on the Spion Kop dispatches
is awaited with keen interest. Min
listers say that they are quite prepared
to meet the points so eagerly discussed
in the public press. One is why they
publish dispatches which expose their
generals to the ridicule of the world and
Of their own soldiers while the war
is in progress no continental nation
would have done so.
Ministers will reply that England
does not follow continental methods,
and that the public has a right to
know who is responsible for the failure
of a vital military movement.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-03
M'KINLEY AND CULLOM.
The Latest Suggestion For the Re
publican Ticket.


Washington, May 3-As the result OF
conferences held here today the Illinois
Repubhcan convention at Peoria may
lndorse Senator Cullom for the vice
presidential nomination. The senator Is
not party to the movement. He is
wholly non-committal on the subject
FRIENDS of the senator were among
those who canvassed his availability
Tor the nomination. They asserted with
confidence that he would not forbid the
use OF MS name if there should develop
a popular sentiment for it. Members of
the Illinois delegation take kindly to
talk of Mckinley and Cullom' started
among eastern Republicans. Some of
those foremost in the discussion might
from their location have been expected
TO pc partial to Roosevelt. But the
plain truth is that there is not the
strength in the proposition to nominate
Roosevelt in spite of himself that has
been represented in certain quarters. In
looking for available candidates, the Re
pub1cans seem to have turned quite
naturally to the consideration of Sena-
tor Cullom's elements of strength.
Members of the Illinois delegation see
IN the mention of the senator for the
vice presidential nomination good poll
a solution of factional troubles in Illi-
nois the nomination of the senatoron the
national ticket would be most happy. AT
the present time the contest between
the friends of Cullom and the friends of
Ianner IS such as to give much con
Germ The Republicans of Illinois, MEM
bers OF the delegation say, could sink
all differences and give the senator
hearty support for the nomination.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-03
The Monkevg Of Mauritiua.
TFrom the Cornhill.1

FROM the COrnnlil.l
Nothing can be much more beaut1ful
at Rebuilt as the fine country govern
ment house built by the Chevalier de Ia
Brillane for the governors Of Mauritius
more than a century ago is called Be
fore you spreads an expanSe of English
lawn only broken by clumps of gay
f0liaged shrubs or beds of flowers, and
behind that again is the wooded edge
of the steep ravine, where the mischiev-
Gus '*jackOS'' hide, who come up at
night to play havoc with the sugar
canes on it's opposite size. The only day
of the week on which they ventured up
was Sunday afternoon, when all the
world was silent and sleepy. 1t used
to be my delight to watch from an up
per bed room window the stealthy ap-
pearance of the old sentinel MONKEYS
who first peered cautiously up and eV1-
IDENTIFY reconnoiteFed the ground thor
oughly After a few moments OF care
ful scouting a sort of chirrup would be
heard which seemed the signal for the
rest Of the colony to tumble tumultu-
ousIy up the bank Such games as tnen
started among the young ones. such
antics and tumblings and romplngs!
But all the time the sentinelS never re-
laxed their vigilance.
They spread like a Gordon round the
gamboling young ones and kept turning
their horribly wise human-looking
heads from side to side necessarily only
picking and chewing a blade of grass
now and then. The mothers seemed to
keen together. and doubtless gossiped,
skye terrier toddle round the corner of
the veranda, and each female would
dart into the group Of playing monkeys,
seize her property by its nearest leg.
toss it over her shoulder and quicker
than the eye could follow she would
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-03
ssSALTED WHISKY"

From the Washington Star-1
There are tricks in the whisky busi-
ness as well as in Others said the drum
mer for a large compromising house, land
remember once how the firm was with
got stuck. One day a man drove up in a
one horse wagon carrying one barrel of
whisky, which he wanted to SELL He told
US some kind of a story about an old un-
Gle dying and leaving it to him, but, as
he couldn't afford to use as good liquor
as it was. he had concluded to sell it.
We took the barrel into the house. and
prying out the bung, We slipped in the
siphon and drew off a glass of it to sam
pie And it was fine. The barrel showed
age, and the liquor tasted it. 1t was
worth so a. gallon if it was worth a cent,
but we didn't give the man any such
there were at least forty gallons of it,
and We made him an offer of $50 for the
money at last and drove away.
In the course of couple OF weeks
we concluded to put that whisky in bot
ties and sell it as case goods, so we set
the siphon to work at the bung and be-
gan to draw it eff. After the. fourth bot
tie had been drawn the siphon refused
to work, and we examined it to find what
was wrong We could not get at It that
way, and, as the contents seemed to be all
right we set the barrel on end and bored
I-ori<ed but the Iion1or was much raler
and one Of the men tasted it. By George,
it wasn't whisky at all 1t was only wa
ter, colored some what from the charred
we smashed the head in to see what was
inside, and saw in a minute The willy
cuss had fitted a can f1iled with me old
whisky to the bung where we had nade
the examination before purchasing, and
when that had been enptied the whole
story had been told He had probably
paid So for the gallon to fill the can, and
we sold it for $2-5 a bottle, but we didn't
get a blamed cent for the thirty-Tline gal
Ions. more or less. of water that filed the
rest of the barrel It wasn't g. total loss
Of $50 to US, but it came so blamed near
it that we would have lynched that fellow
if he had ever turned up again, which
he did not
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-03
CANAL BILL PASSED.
House ApprOpriates $1O,OOO,-
600 to Start the Work.

Washington. May S.-The house yester-
day at the conclusion of the most stormy
debate of the present session of congress,
passed the Nicaragua bill by the over
whelming vote of 225 TO IS. All attempts
to retain in the bill the language of the
original bill for the fortifcation Of the
canal and to still further strengthen the
language on that line were baked and
the victory of Mr.. Hepburn and the COM
mlttee was complete motion to recon-
nit the bill with Instructions to report
back another bill leaving the selection of
the route to the president was buried
under an adverse majority of III to 50.
Mr. Cannon, chairman of the approprfa-
tfons committee. and Mr. Burton fOO
chairman of the river and harbors com
mittee, made a game fight to stan of ac-
ton at this session. but their appeals
were in vain and the members rode rough
shod over all their arguments and pro-
tests.
The bill. as it passed the house, is as
follows:
BE it enacted, etc, that the president
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
EFrom the Chicago News.l

LFrom the Chicago News.l
kid glove manufactures is rough
on-rats.
The man who is loafer is a dead loss
to himself.
The revenue officers frequently go out
on still hunt
An office coat should last forever, as
it is never worn out.
The more snags dentist runs up
against the more successful he is.
The man who trades with the Indians
soon discovers they are redskins.
Men marry because they are weary
of nberty-women because they de-
sire it.
If a man listens to every word a. wo-
man says, it's a sure sign that he's in
love.
A woman can do anything with the
aid of a hairpin-except sharpen a lead
pencil
If a woman tries to practice what her
husband breaches she has no time for
gossip.
Occasionally when a man finds money
scarce in the city he goes to the country
for a little change.
Tt sometimes happens that a man Of
resources is one who has ingenious
methods Of contracting liabilities.
What the average family man would
like to see invented is an air brake that
viii stop a grOcer'S bill IN less than
half its own length.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-03
"sAPHO' SALE SMALL.
Topeka Evidently Has No Strong De-
sire to See Nethersole Play.

The demand for "Sapho' tickets has
fallen off. The day Mayor Drew opened
the sale by purchasing Is one dollar
paSteboards, the aggregate sales
amounted to $780, Since then the sales
have amounted to no more than SIS.
The same production that will be seen
in Topeka was in Lincoln Monday night
and the State Journal there declared it
to be desperately decent and exasper-
atingly genteel." If Mayor Drew takes
this view of it there will be no excite
ment at the Crawford theater Friday
night. If he doesn't, it will be different
1t would be difficult to make the plot of
Sapho the subject of a desperately
decent play