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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

DURHAM, JAN. G.-The German
steamer HerzOg has been seized by
a British wnrship and brought to
this port.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

The following telegram was received from
Gen. White, Jan. G., a. m:
I" The enemy attacked Caesars camp
at 2:45 a. M, in considerable force The
enemy was everywhere repulsed, but the
fighting still continues
Though nothing definite is permitted to
pass the censor, sufficient transpires to
confirm the belief that an important
move on the Tugela river is imminent.
The continual bombardment kept up on
the Boer entertainments and the num-
erous reconnoissances are apparently con-
nected with well defined purpose. There
are some indications that the British plan
of attack includes an important move
ment via Weenan.
FIGHTING AT LADISMITH.
Gen. Buffers telegram to the war office
stating that Gen. White, at Ladysmith,
reported, under date of Jan. 6, a. M,
that the enemy had attacked Caesar
camp at 2:45 a. M, and that the fighting
was still in progress, caused many late
calls at the war Office in expectation of
the receipt of additional news. The off,
Gals stated at midnight, however, that
nothing further will be issued during the
night No further news had been re-
ceived from other sources, although dis
patches indicated that important events
at the front were imminent, if not prog
Tossing.
CABINET CONFERENCE.
Lord Salisbury arrived in London from
Hatfield house at noon today, somewhat
contrary to his custom, and proceeded
at once to the Office of the foreign secre-
tary, where he spent the create part of
the afternoon Not only Lord Salisbury,
but the entire department, manifested ex-
traordinary signs of activity. The attor-
ney general, Sir Richard Webster, was
summoned from the country, and the So
1icitor general, Sir r. B. Finlay, was also
in attendance. The Portuguese minister,
Senior de Sovral, called at the foreign
office during the afternoon. While no an
neuncement was made regarding the sub
ject of the meeting, it was understood
that the subjects discussed included the
international law points raised by the
stoppage of German ships on their way TO
Delagoa bay, and the supply of American
provisions to the Beers
TOO COLD IN CANADA.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

Makes the First Address-Gov.
Lind Receives an Ovation as He
Walked Down the Aisle to the
PIntfOrm-BIow Aimed Not Mt
England, but at Chamberlain.
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Continued ON Twelfth Page.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Strike The Only Observation-Disclosures the
Business Situation is ExceleHt--ln-
creased Activity in iron and steel.

r. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly Review
OF Trade" says; The strike in the an
thracite coal region disturbs business
and intcricrcs with calculations OF mer
chants over large part OF the Atlantic
scaboard, and is really the only tangl-
bic check to the general recovery which
set in with the larger demand Tor iron
and steel products. Outside OF the
anthracite industry enforced idlencss OF
hands is an exception, and even in the
Pennsylvania coal region other employ
ers would gladly take on thousands OF
the more intelligent miners. The
Doscher Sugar refinery closes down on
account OF the scarcity OF raw sugar, of
which all rcfiners are estimated to hold
only 10000 tons, but the Lorraine Steel
Company, idle three months, is start
ing its furnaces, with others to follow.
Wheat advanced sharply to S3c on
Wednesday, helped by gloomy reports
from the growing districts and free pur-
chases at northwestern cities. Sensa-
tional gains in price stopped foreign
buying, which led to heavy liquidation
and reaction almost as large as :he
previous movement In iron and steel
products greater activity at former
prices was the rule. New contracts
were for moderate amounts, bit large
order for malleable Bessemer pig iron
was placed at Pittsburg. Reduction in
stocks OF pig iron at southern points
makes the outlook more encouraging,
and a Scotch concern is only prevented
by high ocean freight rates from closing
4 very large contract for billets. The
break in Scotch pig iron warrants had
an international significance. Puddlers
and bar rollers are still waiting theiI
turn ior wage settlement. Orders foi
railroad equipment in September are
expected to include fully 5000 freight
cars. Failures for the week were 2Il
year, and 80 in Canada, against IS las
| year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26
Bakers in the Middle Ages.

An article in an English technical
Journal gives some curious details in re-
gard to bread and bakers in the Middle
Ages. Bakers were subject to rigid
laws and close government supervision.
In London only farthing and half-penny
loavcs were allowed to be made. Ii the
baker retailed his own bread he was not
allowed to sell it in his own house, be-
fore it, or before the oven in which it
was baked. He was obliged TO dispose
OF it in the market on Tuesdays and
Saturdays only and sometimes on Sun-
days. A baker OF white bread was not
allowed to make bread of unboltcd
flour, and bakers OF the latter were not
permitted to have a boiling sieve in their
possession. They were not allowed to
heat their own ovens with fern, stubble
or straw or to bake at night. They were
not allowed to take back bread from
hucksters when once il had become
cold. Hotels and keepers of lodging
houses were not permitted to bake
bread Private individuals who had no
oven OF their own were in the habit oi
sending their -four TO be kneaded by
their own servants at the moulding
boards belonging to the bakers; the
loaves being baked in their ovens. The
profits of bakers were strictly defined
The quality OF bread made was in de-
gree indicative OF the rank OF people
who ate it, The finest and whitest was
called "simnel bread" and was only con
sumed by the most luxurious persons
occupying high rank and in afiluent cir
cumstances. The wealthy middle clas:
used waste bread" which is supposed
to have rcsemblcd what we know as the
| French "gateau." Poorer middle class
people bought bread OF an inferior quail
ity called "cocket." A still lower grade
was "tourte" made OF unbolted meal
1t was so called because the loaves haC
a twisted form. Tourte was used by th'
humber classes and the inmates q
monastcries. Three other inferior
grades of bread were made; by whom
| CONSUMED il is not stated.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

The boundaries of the city Of Lon
don are indeed wonderful.
We have all heard. 1t is true, of n
house being partly in one parish and
partly in another, but the London Cit
izen ventures to say that it is unique
for the ground floor of a property to
be in one district and the upper floor
in another.
This, we are told by DR.. SedwiclI
Saunders, in his annual report as
medical officer, Is the case with the
houses that form Staple Inn.
Such peculiarlty quite puts into
the shade the fact that a certain block
of buildings in London is at the pres.
ent time on the rating books OF nc
fewer than Six parishes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26
RkG-TIME.

A measure that sets you TO dancing,
The lit oi n gay little song.
The accent of merry waves glancing
In the sun as they frolic along
That's rag.timc.
The sound Of the crispest stacceto,
The chirp of the ilighticst bird,
The glide OF rich obligato
by the pulsipg of happiness stirred
That's rag.time.
The music of youth and cndeavor,
10 agping no dropping the pace
The glad heart that keeps on forever,
And lights up the loneliest place
that's ragtimc.. -,
Margaret +. Sangster, in Golfers Weekly
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

A process for the production of arti-
fetal ornamental stones has been pat.
ented in Germany. The inventor
produces these gems by boiling fish
eyes, removing their skins and polish.
ing the limpid, hard body resulting.
For colored stones corresponding ad.
iitions are made to the boiling water.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26
Chinese Loot Seized.

Revenue officers have brought down
from the Mare Island navy yard, San
Francisco, Cal, I54 cases OF rare Orien-
tai goods, which had been brought into
this country on the hospital ship So'acc.
The articles seized would net small
fortune.
The duty is nearly 60 per cent. On
this account most OF the stuff, which
includes loot from Tien Tsin, probably
will be abandoned to the Government
The cases OF silks and curios are adj
dressed to persons all over the United
States.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26
The Beers are losing many horse,
from cold and lack of food.
500 Reward. sIOe.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased TO
learn that there is at least one drea led dis
case that science has been able 70 cure in all
Its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known TO
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being n COM
stltutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
Ing the foundation of the disease, ana giving
the patient strength by building up the con
stituton and assisting nature I'm doing its
work. The prOprietors have so much faith in
Its curative powers that they offer one Hun.
drcd Dollars for any case that 10 fails TO cure.
Send for list OF testimonials. Address
L. j. CHENEY a. Co., Toledo o,
Sold by Druggists ijc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26
Price of Grub ut Nome.

A resident Of Wichita, Kan, who is
now at Cape Nome, recently wrote Il
letter to relative ut home from which
the following is an extract: Here lies
the rolling sea; towering above that
are the ice-green mountains. and tow
ering above the mountains is the price
of grub"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

Piso's euro cannot be too highly spoken OF
as cough cure.--J. w. OBRIES 1922 Third
Ave, N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. G, 1900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

a Jersey City justice was recently
paid a marriage fee OF 10 cents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

Throw rhysic to tho dogs-it you ooni
want the dogs but II you want good diges-
lion chew Beeman's Pepsin Gum.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

More steel is used in the manufacture
OF pens than in all the sword and gun
factories in the world. \ ton OF stee'
produces about 10000 gross OF pens.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

A London newspaper asserts that the
British government has received offers
for the underground mining rights in
the Transvaal which will nearly pay the
cost OF the war.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

Germany is largely strengthening her
navy and army in the Far East
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

Worms eradcated. Oh ldren made well and
mothers happy by ffey's N,rmifug', 25c.
Druggists and country stores.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

Forty-two inventions relating to cy-
clcs were taken out last year by women.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

Octopus is largely eaten in the Isle ot
Jersey.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

Thirty minutes is ali thctlme required TO
dyo with PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. Sold by
all druggists.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

Everything points to one OF the larg-
est apple crops this season i'll the his
tory Of Nova Scotia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

Mrs. Winslow's SoounIng Sytdp for children
teethiny, softens the gums, reduces inilamm1-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. &c n bottle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

If sarsaparilla and the other
vegetable ingredients that go
into the best are good as a
medicine, then Ayers Sarsa-
parilla is good. If not, we are
humbugs.
Your doctor will tell you
which, because he can have the
formula of Ayers Sarsaparilla
any time for the asking.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26
The Happy Result.

February 10th, 1900.
I" DEAR Mrs. PIyKuAM IL cannot praise Lydia
p. Pinltham's Vegetable Compound enough 1t is
just simply wonderful the change your medicine
has made in me- | feel like another person. My
work is now pleasure to me- while before using
your medicine it was burden. To-day ! am q
healthy end happy girl. | think IL more women
would use your Vegetable Compound there would be
less suffering in the world. | cannot express the
relief have experienced by using Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Miss PEARL COOP,
Cor. Goth Avenue and Yesar Way, Seattle, Wash.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

Two-thirds OF the teachers in the pub
lie schools of Chile are women.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

The population OF Zuuland is 10000,
of whom only 500 are Europeans.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26
Tho Best Prescription for Chill

and Fever ia n bottle of GROVES TAsrELEss
CHILL Tonic IL is simply iron and quinino In
n tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price oOc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

If you are tired, half sick,
half well, if one days work
causes six days sickness, get a
bottle of the old SarsaParilla.
Get Ayers, and insist on Ayers
when you want Sarsaparilla.
]. c. AVER COMPANY,
Practical Chemists, Lowell, Mass
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

To Cure Gold in One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BRoNo QUISINE TABLETS. All
druggists refund the money II IL fails To cure
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

More living fish are sold in Berlin
than in any other market in the world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-26

Every mother possesses information of vital value her
young daughter That daughter is precious legacy and
the for her future largely the hands of the
less girl into the thoughtful find the mother
the watch day and night AS she for the physical
ellbeng of her daughter, will the be- and her
children also.
When the young girls thoughts become sluggish, when
she experiences headaches dizziness fantness and exhibits
an abnormal disposition Sleep in the back and lower
limbs eyes dm desire for solitude and dislike for the
society of other girls when she mystery herself and
friends then the mother should her aid promptly AT
such time the greatest aid Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t prepares the young
system for the coming change and the reliance
this hour of trial.
The following letters from Miss Good practical proof
of Mrs. Pinkhams efficient advice to young women
Miss Good Pinktam for Help.
12th
time with monthly periods being irregular will tell
myself
menstruaon
months
bad
f me wSa EH to very %sfa fri% RS1% ooD
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BOER TACTICS.
skill of the Hunter and Trnpper
Is Shown in Their
Campaign.

81 don't take much stock in the
theory that the superior tactics of the
Beers have been due to their foreign
officers" said a confederate veteran
in the New Orleans Times-Democrat
"The strategy by which they have out
witted the British time and again dur
ing the present campaign is not book
strategy at all. 1t is the kind of cum
ming that is developed by frontiersmen
and pioneers, who learn it from the
savages whom they are compelled to
fight for existence. In the revolution
a great many of our leaders, including
Washington himself, were adopts in
that variety of warfare, and they rout-
ed the enemy more than once by tactics
that upset everything laid down by the
authorities.
st seems to me that the entire his
tory of the Boer campaign shows the
handiwork of the hunter and trapper
rather than the modern scientific SOL
der. and whatever credit attaches to
their successes belongs to the Beers
themselves. The foreign experts have
no doubt handled the artillery, but
the natives are the fellows who have
done the planning and scheming."
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THE QUEENS IRISH GUARDS.
1t VIII Not Be the First ReRi-
ment of the Kind Organized
in Great Britain.

The new regiment of foot guards,
which Queen Victoria has ordered to be
formed, will not be the first of Irish
nationality, says the New York Sun.
Two years after his restoration to the
throne Charles II. formed corps of
household troops which he called Our
Regiment of Guards in the Kingdom of
Ireland. This corps, had it survived,
would have ranked as the Fourth regi-
ment of foot guards. 1t was originally
raised in England and does not seem
at first to have been composed OF Irish
men, but in the days of James II. it be-
came. much too Irish to remain in the
British service. Tyrconnen cashiered
the Protestants in its ranks and filled
their places with Roman Catholics, so
that in the revolution the regiment
gave its adhesion to James II. and
fought for him against William III. at
the Boyne and at Aughrim. After the
capitulation of Limerick what re-
manned of it went into the French serv-
ice, and in the wars in Flanders carried
on by William III. and Marlborough it
more than once fought against British
troops. At Malplaquet it crossed
bayonets with the regiment which
alone of the Irish corps raised by the
Stuarts had passed over to King Will
liam, and, formerly numbered the
Eighteenth regiment of the line, is
now known as the Royal Irish.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-05-25
SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS.
Senator Depew Always Good HUI
mOred and Rarely Fails to
Treat Reporters Well.

Chauncey NJ. Depew is one of the
most accessible men to newspaper re-
porters, and he receives them all in
the same genial manner with which
he receives his personal friends. He
is said to attribute a large part of his
popularity to the newspapers, says
Leslie's Weekly.
For" as he said to friend not
long ago, 81 always treat the papers
well-and they always do the same by
me-" A reporter asked him the other
day how much time he gave in week
to interviewers
"Oh, about two hours day." he re-
Piled.
"You must be pretty good-natured,"
the newspaper man said.
81 have never seen him anything
else" Harry Duval, his secretary, in
terposed.
well, you see" laughed Depew, at
pays to be good-natured. 1 think just
as does this lady, from whom 1 re-
ceived letter this morning, begin
ming: TT is sweet to live!' Now what
do you think of that? I don't know
what she is driving at, but it is sweet
to live. isn't it?'
And the reporter left with the
sound of Depew's hearty laugh re-
sounding in his ears.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-05-25

queent highest ability grandest and mightest of
an NATIONS thogn BE- thus 40 measure the responslb-
material prosperity that it will strengthen land and
forces make us more respected factor with the empires
of the East and witha1 give great national aggrandze
men However this prove, with such ambition alone
shall fail of nobles attainment and only upon
this vast purpose determined appropriate millions money
and send out regiments of native youth to suffer- and
many OF them to die only willing to let go many of
cherished ideals of government attempt systems
adapted distant and subjects of dwarfed intel
gece events so order give them complete indepen-
dence; only do sacrifice much more solely
and purely sacrifice uplft benghted
perform duty providentiay imposed upon
only the having the spirit our enter
prise shall we attain sublime accomplishment.
THE GREAT REQUIREMENT
The year upon which just entering is~perhaps the
most momenous yet known to this nation. Its requirements
stupendous. We must deal honoraby with millions
erae blacks and the racial complications of the South
sustain just military rule and half millions of Gu
bans nearly onehaH of whom neither read write
resusctate the ruined industries Rco
ternal help to million people to whom the school house
unknown thousand miles away conduct the
warfare of Christian civilization against the Pagansm
blgotry OF ten million Philippines At home must abb
sorb half million egrants representing the lowest of
all natonaties and along with this maintain heroic warfare
against internal concentration of
wealth into trusts the oppression of the mercenary capitalist
and the degradation of the liquor traffic.
Tell me, my countrymen If ever Republic had greater
requirement made OF It, or needed the wisdom to egs
late wisely and execute forcefuy.
And though at times these facts with al
most overwhelming force yet the future lit with hope
and the divine that priceless institutions
the heroic sacrifice by which they established will
main for inspiration.
ENDURING MEMORY.
Back to fathers must and generations yet UNBORN
still look for potent influence. The poet their
thought verse; the sculptor has portrayed their
in marble the student has made deep record of their Deeds
and the musician has saved melody their grand emotions
All this is for study members of the Grand Army
of the Republic from this final and sincere
There is that about countrys soldiers that remains
eternal with the earth the bullet could kill it, the bayo
net could not stab it. 1t belongs to the ages and will
in which immortal gratitude will lift for the
faithful Coors and the blossoms We shall do
while we live and when other feet glide down the vacant
AISLE and other hands have made couch beside there
will be those still left behind lift up
the wreath, say of you, They remembered still
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-05-25
TAKES STRAY CUR TO FARM.
Bill Saunders, of Keytesville, Mo-,
Finds a Friend on the Streets
of Chicago.

He said he was from Keytesville,
Mo. He was attired in rare old gray
jeans, the trousers of which looked as
If they had been made for grain sacks
and then turned into the more useful
article of apparel by ripping open
the ends and running a seam down
the front and rear. His hat was of
the SLOUGH variety and fell so far
down over his eyes that-he was COM
PEELED frequently to give it an up
ward toss so he could see. His shoes
were heavy and struck the pavement
with the heavy click produced by hard
sole-leather. In one hand he carried
an old-fashioned carpet-bag. Gath
cred up in the other arm and held
comfortably was a strengthening
brown cur, a cross between bulldog
and pointer.
The man was bound for the Dear
born street station when a policeman
stopped him with query regarding
the future life of the dog. The coun-
tryman responded promptly that the
animal met the requirements of his
farm and he thought the citizens of
Chicago would not miss one lone dog
that seemed homeless. The officer
said he guessed that was about right
and Bill Saunders continued his way
rejoicing in the fact that he was TAX
ing home more than he had brought
to the city, if his purse was lighter.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-05-25
BRASS RINGS ARE JEwELRY.
The Circumstances Under Which
Uncle Sans Revenue Officers
So Decide.

Though Uncle Sam has just decided
that brass finger rings constitute
"jewelry," the old fellow, of course,
doesn't expect that all of his coun-
trymen will accept this classification
for all purposes, says the New York
Press. He meant to say only that
when these articles are imported they
are to be assessed for duty as jewelry
and not as toys. These rings are COM
posed of brass, in imitation of gold,
and are set with various forms of
colored glass in imitation of precious
stones. They are of sizes suitable to
be worn by children and also by
''some adults" The importers con-
tended that they were intended to be
sold chiefly by confectioners and
others in prize packages and that
they were designed for the use and
amusement of children as toys. But
the board of general appraisers in
New York has decided that they be-
long to the class OF articles common
ly known as jewelry. The same de-
cision applies to necklaces of glass
beads, to brass chains intended for
watch guards or neck chains and to
hairpins of gilded metal, set with
colored glass. Therefore, as jewelry
these articles must pay duty of 60
per cent. ad valorem, instead of
lower duty as toys.