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The age-herald., 1901-05-11
NEW STATEMENTS ARE MADE PUBLIC. Congressional Appropriations Amounted to $730,338,370 DETAILS OF BILLS GIVEN Volume Containing Statements Has Just Been Completed and Shows
 an interesting condi-
 tion.
DETAILS OF BILLS GIVEN

Washington, May 10.--The volume con taining statements of appropriations. new officers etc. required by law to be pre- spared and published at the end of each session of Congress under the direction of the committee on appropriations of the Senate and House, has been completed for the second session of the Fifty-sixth Congress- A summary of the appropria- tions shows the grand total of $780, .33S. .370 The details by bills are as follows:
 Agricultural s45S2.420, army $115, 734.049 diplomatic s1 .s49,12 District of Columbia ss, ,520, 300, fortlfications S.364011, Indian .$e,741,41, legislative s24594.s6s, Military Academy s772s5s. navy s1s115,1s7. pension s145. .245. .2So, postoffice s12s 7S2.s .sss. sundry civil ss1s7s5 9os. deficiency sl5.s7e,l5s, mis- cellaneons s7.9so. .0ls. permanent appropria- tions SPA, ,S5s. 220; total. $7a0. .sSS,S7O.
 Public Works.
 In addition to the specific appropria- ton made contracts are authorized to be entered into for public works requiring future appropriations by Congress in the aggregate sum of A.224.640
 The contracts authorized In excess of appropriations made at the first session of the Fifty sixth Congress amounted to $54. 5,724 more than the contract au- thorizations of the session just closed.
 The new officers, of civilian character, created number 3S26, with annual compen- sation of s25O0.601; and those abolished or omitted aggregate 2l1 at an annual pay of s245, ,226, a net increase of $360S, at yearly cost of $2, 239,0 ,075
 A net increase is shown in the military establishment of 7194 officers and enlisted men with annual pay amounting to Slo,- 3199 910 and fifty officers and 5000 seamen in the navy establishment with yearly pay of $1.SO2, 425
 The total appropriations made by the Fifty-sixth Congress aggregate Sl, 40 4se . 4SS of $127, ,723 19S less than the $1.56Ss2l2,6Sf appropriated by the preceding Congress.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
Only the Select Could Gain Entrance

Secretary Root has adopted certain cipher knock, without which magic ses- anne the doors of his office in the War De- pertinent remain closed to visitors after o'clock each day says a Washington correspondent of the New York Times.
 The new scheme worked like charm, and Senators, Representatives, tourists and other unwelcome callers have gone up against the door and knocked till their knuckles were sore without result, be- cause they did not know the secret code, Since the lockout has been placed at 3 o'clock instead of 3 the casualties have been even greater, although no Cabinet officer has fallen a victim since the mem- orable occasion when Secretary Hay tried all the knocks he knew.
 The other day, however, Senator For aker triumphed' over the door without the faintest knowledge of the open sesame and he has been chuckling over his vic- tory ever since. The countersign knock has by this time become a matter of mo-
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
TWAIN's WATERMELON STORY.
Humorist Tells Characteristic Anec-
 dotc.

Writing about the American Board of Foreign Missions in China, Mark Twain contributes an article to the North American Review, in which he relates the following incident of his life in the South years ago:
 Many years ago, when was study ing for the gallows, had a dear com rade, youth who was not in my line, but still a thoroughly good fellow, though devious. He was preparing to qualify for place on the board, for there was going to be vacancy by superannuation in about five years. This was down South, in the slavery days. It was the nature of the negro then, as now, to steal watermelons. They stole three of the melons of an adaptive brother of mine, the only good ones he had. I suspected three of neighbours negroes, but there was no proof; and, besides, the water melons in those negroes private patches were all green and small and not up to the indemnity standard. But in the private patches of three other negroes there was a number of compe- tent melons. I consulted with my comrade, the understudy of the board. He said that if I would approve his ar engagements he would arrange.
 q said:i Consider me the board. l approve; arrange
 "So he took gun and went and col lected three large melons for my brother dn-the-half-shell, and one over. was greatly pleased, and asked:
 "'Who gets the extra one?
 Widows and orphans
 "A good idea, too. Why didn't you take thirteen?
 "Tt would have been wrong; a crime in fact-theft and extortion.'
 "'What is the one-third extra-the odd mellon-the same?'
 Tt caused him to reflect. But there was no result.
 "The justice of the peace was stern man. On the trial he found fault with the scheme, and required us to explain upon what we based our strange con- duct-as he called it. The understudy said:
 "'On the custom of the negroes. They all do it.
 '"The justice forgot his dignity and descended to sarcasm:
 "'Custom of the niggers! Are our morals so inadequate that we have to borrow of the niggers? Then he said to the jury: Free melons were ow- ing;i they were collected from persons not proved to owe them; this is theft. They were collected by compulsion; this is extortion. A melon was added for the widows and orphans. It was owed by no one. It is another theft, another extortion. Return it whence 1t came, with the others. It is not per missible here to, apply to any object goods dishonestly obtained-not even to the feeding of widows and orphans, for that would be to put shame upon i charity and dishonor."
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
The Law and the Lullaby.

From the New York Evening Sun.
 The learned justices of Georgia differ somewhat as to whether the praying of an ass can be considered a lullaby.
 Tn a recent decision as to what consti- tutes noise nuisance" the Supreme Court of Georgia referred to previous decision of that court in which Justice Lumpkin said in regard to the praying of an ass: We know of no sound, how ever discordant, that may not, by habit. be converted into a lullaby, except the praying of an ass or the tongue of a scold.' Tn the latest decision Chief Jus tice Simmons said of the above opion or his brother justice:
 with this statement we cannot profess that we entirely agree. but If we did so we would still think that lullabies are not usually desirable after one is wrapped in slumber, and might become an intol-
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
COUNTRY FLOODED
 BY A CLOUDBURST
Bridges Were Washed Away
 and Tracks Torn Up
PEOPLE PANIC STRICKEN
Rain Wac Succeeded by Hall Storm, Which Covered the Ground for Mlles-Trains Were Delayed
 and Some Lives Lost.

Pittsburg. Pa, May 1o.-A cloudburst in Tarentum and vicinity this evening did many thousand dollars damage. Barns were washed down off the hills and in some cases were upturned against resi- dences. Bridges were washed away, the railroad bed was washed away at Creigh- ton. the railroad track was covered with three feet of water for more than three miles, Telegraph and telephone poles and trees were washed down onto the tracks for a long distance and at least seven hundred cellars were flooded.
 People were panic stricken and many moved their furniture from their homes. It looked as though the whole town would be washed away from the rise of waters and even on the higher grounds houses were endangered. Before the storm abated the rain turned to hail and inside of ten minutes more than an inch of hail covered the ground for miles
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
FOUL MURDER
Brought to Light Through Confession to Sweetheart.

5 Greensboro, N. C., May 10.-The facts In regard to what was probably the foul
 est murder ever committed in North Car olina have just come to light in Chero- kee County. beyond the Blue Ridge, near the Tennessee line.
 r Seventeen months ago Chares Mason and John sherman two white men, left a lumber camp in which they had been employed in Cheokee and were not heard Hof again until their skeletons were found
 a few weeks ago. s,f
 I. Working in the Cherokee lumber camp
 with Mason and Sherman was a young
 f.rs.n.by the naaine of Charles Dunboye
 who bore~s sbad reputation. Under the
 promise of marriage. he seduced the daughter of a mountaineer, and as a re- euIt of his perfidity his guilt as mur- iderer has now come to light. The young woman states that on the day of the dis Appearance of Mason and sherman she saw Dunboye arm himself with revolver and take the trail over the mountains in advance of his two fellow workmen. T Several days later, while in a conflden- tial mood Dunboye, swearing his sweet 2heart to secrecy. told her that he had waylaid and killed Mason and Sherman. He added that as soon as matters became quiet he would marry the girl, since the money he had secured from the bodies of tthe men he had murdered would enable them to set up housekeeping.
 Upon the strength of the young wom-
 ans affidavit, a warrant was issued for SDunboye, but he aluded the officers and
 has not yet been captured. It is believed < that he is in hiding in some of the al-
 most inaccessible mountain passes near the Tennessee line.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
ssCannof Say Enorgh. ''

The expression, 1T cannot say enoueh,n has fallen from the lips of many grateful persons, as it fell from those of . lady residing in eanaertille, Me, In the course of 8 conversation had with her last spring. .,
 But shall never forget how much significance her manner gave an ex- pression 80 familiar. f
 < She was, indeed, grateful.
 It was interesting to hear her tell how she had been troubled by per sistent foe five long years.
 When she told me that there had been punches on her neck SO sore that she could not bear to have them touched, however lightly, and that her throat had, also been affected, l recog- nized the persistent foe as an ancient foe of the race, that sometimes makes havoc of the whole system, disfguring the face, wasting the muscler, corrod- ing the bones, causing eruptions, in- famed eyelids, sore ears, general de- h!iiity and consumption, commonly beginning it's attack in punches on the neck, otherwise known as glandular tumors = in a word, that the per. sistent foe was scrofula.
 And 1t was scrofulR, and nothing'else.
 She tried again and again to rid her self of it, and her failure to do SO troubled her exceedingly, for she had learned that the disease is progressive --it always grows worse = and she feared surgical operation might be necessary for the removal of the punches.
 And it might have been submitted to had not Hoods Sarsaparilla been Recommended to her.
 She wisely concluded to see if there was any virtue in this medicine, If 1t would cure her.
 "The first bottle" she said to me, relieved all the soreness of the punches on my neck, and the second entirely removed the punches them selves. Hoods Sarsaparilla radically and permanently cured me, and when 1 praise it, as I do gratefully for my release flor such I regard it-I can not say enough.
 Her name is Mrs. Manley I. Davis, and she is still residing at Sangerville. Many medicines are said to eradi- cate scrofula, but Hoods Sarsaparilla DOES eradicate it, positively and abso- mtely. This statement is based on the thousands of permanent cures this medicine has wrought. It cleanses the blood of all impurities, inherited or acquired; cures all cutaneous erup- tions, catarrh, rheumatism, kidney complaint, and all low or rundown conditions of the system. Do not fail to take Hoods Sarsapa- rilla for it cannot fail to do YOU good. All druggists.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
Commerclalism In Literature.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer
 You'll have to wait and see the boss. We like your book alright and believe it would prove a great success But we can't touch it until we get permission from the boss. He may say he's got as many as he can handle now"
 May I ask who the boss is?'
 He's the advertising man. He's the man who has made all our big success. If he takes hold of a book it sells. It's got to sell. No matter how poor it is, it sells. No he doesn't spare the money. But, gracious, we get it all back again. You must wait and see him"
The age-herald., 1901-05-11

toriety to Congressmen, so many of them having fallen a victim to it. Accordingly, when MT. Foraker arrived at the War Department and found the doors locked, he knew what 1t meant. and drowned. The stories his colleagues had told of their vain efforts to learn the counter sign flashed across his mind. He had taken pains to get there before o'clock so as to avoid the usual defeat. and yet the doors were locked. He knew that be- hind it were three sturdy colored men, who would listen complacently to his fu- tile knocks and never stir toward the doorlnob. Nay. more, they would proba- bly, grin.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
VI
 From Spare Moments.

From Spare Moments. ] drunken Irishman was once lodged in the cell of Scotch country police station, when he made tremendous noise by Kicking the cell door with his heavy hob mailed boots.
 The constable who had charge of the police station, going to the cell door. opened it a little and said: .l Man. ye micht pit aff butts. an I'll gie them a bit rub, so that yell be respecta- [ bic like when ye come up afore the bailie the morn.'' The prisoner. fiattered at the request, at once complied. and saw his mistake only when the constable shut the door upon him. saying coolly:
 ''Ye can kick ava moo, my man, as
 bang as ye like"
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
At Wheeling.

Wheeling, w. Va, May 1o--A cloudburst east of Wheeling tonight caused the over flowing of Peters. Chapels and Woods runs. tributaries to Wheeling creek. At Triadethia the Baltimore and Ohio tracks were covered with water for several hours and trains were held up, including two passenger trains.
 At Greggsville a child. name unknown, is said to have been washed away and drowned. Between Greggsville and Leatherwood, suburb, the water came down from a 10-foot height. taking bridges, outhouses and logs. IL is feared several lives were lost.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
Musicians Federation.

Denver. Colo, May 1o-The annual con vention of the American Federation. of Musicians convened here today with near Iy one hundred delegates present The president of the federation. Joseph Weber of Cincinnati, presided The convention will consider ways and means for pre- venting union musicians taking places va cated by other union men for reasons not satisfactory to the union.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
Jack Was Always Free.

From the London Tft-Bits.
 A day or so ago sailor entered well- known bank in Hull. Having got fairly inside he hailed the clerk with:
 What cheer, matey? How's your busi- ness doing. hey?"
 The clerk, who was all things to all men, replied blandly that business was not so brisk, but doubtless would im- prove and asked the briny one what he could do for him.
 Out came check from the tar's pocket. ''Pay to bearer f100," and he handed 1t to the clerk with a chuckle. That's the fruits of being steady young man, an there's more where that came from, for I've had several years cruising round Chiny, and not for nothing"
 After scanning the check the clerk asked the usual inquiry: How will you have 1t, sir?'
 The salt hesitated moment, then leaned over the counter and said in boarse whisper: Well matey, don't want to be hard on yer. Gimme ten pun now, and I'll take the rest pun week."
 The best that can be said about a med- icine is said about Hoods Sarsapartlla- IT CI1rea
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
Clocks In Street Cars.

From the Washington Times.
 In St. Louis, where the street car transfers are good only within an hour of the time of their issuance. an ordinance has been introduced in councils to compel the companies to place a clock in every car The companies make no allowance for mistakes of the conductors in punch ing the time on the transfers and the ob- Ject of the proposed legislation Is to en able passengers to call the conductors to account when they err.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
More Trimming.

From the Baltimore American.
 : "Oh," cried Mrs. Nuliwed, "the milliner 0 going to trim my new bonnet with lace and ribbons and roses and violets, and" ( ,"Huh' snorted MT. Uulwed. who was . coarse, slangy person, anyway, 'I see sehe is goin' to trim me all right enough" |"
The age-herald., 1901-05-11

the process of time the inspirations will be changed, and the aspirations with them. On any vastly extended scale you can't expect taste for the best things; but many people of bad taste would willingly have good taste If they could. No. mo-" the Easy Chair continued, i've must never despair of the republic, in any thing"
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
Sympathy Misunderstood.

From the Boston Advertiser. Y
 was walking in the direction of a certain hospital the other morning when I noticed a little girl some or years old toddling along at my heels. Whenever I stopped she stopped, and waited for me until started on again.
 Well, Bess," queried. She looked coyly down at a pair of ragged shoes.
 What do you want? A cent?" I ventured.
 She shook her head. T wants to foller yer to der hospital"
 All right. Come along" I answered. But what are you afraid of?"
 T am a-scared to go alone. So l follers some ons."
 Scared of ,what?"
 Der Salvation Armory." she an- swered.
 "Dey ketches yer and brings, yer inter der armory house, an den dey says, Yer my chile an so Pm scared"
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
Emperor William at stfasbura.

strasburg. May 1O.--Bmperor William arrived here today,''A gala dinner will be given tonight at the Imperial palace in commernoration of the anniversary of the peace of Frankfort, which was signed May 10. 1871
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
~EczEMA; No CURE, NO PAY.

F Your druggist will refund your money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure Ring worm. Tetter Old Ulcers and Sores, Pimples and Blackheads on the face, and all skin diseases. 50 cents.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11

morning :"
 The court then held that the blowing of a factory whistle at unreasonable hours constituted a nuisance which the court would enjoin.
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F. c. Johnson advertising agent of the Louisville and Nashville, was In the city yesterday.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
On the Gas Man.

From the Baltim ore American.
 Bobbs--There goes a fellow who makes extravagant statements.
 Dobbs-Hc looks respectable. Who is he?
 Bobbs--I don3t know his name. He writes gas hIlI.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11

John w. Daily. Southern Passenger Agent of the Lake Shore road with head quarters in Cincinnati, was in the city yesterday looking after travel to Buffalo D.ta.
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L. B. McKitterick, Travelling Passenger Agent of the Louisville and Nashville, went to Montgomery yesterday after
The age-herald., 1901-05-11

Tho Central of Georgia will run special trains to Andersonville. Ga. from several points in Alabama and Georgia on May 30 Decoration Day.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Scotch Wit.

Take Laxative Bromo-Q Quinine Tablets 25 cents.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11

The Central of Georgia will run spe- cial train through from Savannah to Memphis on the occasion of the reunion of Confederate veterans in the latter city on May 2s.
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The best that can be said about med- icine is said about Hoods Sarsaparilla- It Cures.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
LEASED OFFICES
 IN FIRST AVENUE.
Kansas. City, Memphis & Bir- mingham Will Move Into
 Morris Hotel Building

The Kansas City, Memphis and Bir- mingham Railroad has leased the offices in the Morris Hotel building at present occupied by the general freight and pas senger agents of the Louisville and Nash vile and will move It's freight and pas senger agents into them as soon as va cated by the Louisville and Nashville force. Tue Kansas City. Memphis and Birmingham freight and passenger agents have occupied offices In Morris avenue for several years. When they get pos- session of their new offices they will fit them up with handsome furniture, mak- ing them among the most attractive in the city. Commercial Freight Agent D. T. Wilcox and Travelling Passenger Agent z. M. Bnlheimer will have charge of the offices.
 District Passenger Agent P. Sid Jones and General Agent E. A. deFuniak of the Louisville and Nashville, whose offices are now in the Morris building, will move Into the new Louisville and Nashville building in Morris avenue in a few weeks.
 The Central or GeOrBla VIII run d oPe- cial train through from Savannah to Memphis on the occasion of the reunion of Confederate veterans in the latter city on May 2s.
 Tho Central of Georgia will run special trains to Andersonville. Ga, from several points in Alabama and Georgia on May 30. Decoration Day.
 John w. Daily. Southern Passenger Agent of the Lake Shore road, with head quarters in Cincinnati, was in the city yesterday looking after travel to Buffalo. f.t.f
 D C. Johnson. advertising agent of the Louisville and Nashville, was In the city yesterday.
 I. B. McKitterick Travelling Passenger Agent of the Louisville and Nashville, went to Montgomery yesterday after noon.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11

Furnishings.
 Elegant line of Mems Shirt Waists, the latest fad this I RI season; pull off your coat. 'CO Mems summer weight Under wear. fancy and plain; 9 E0 Mems summer Undervest or Drawers, plain or fancy, 0Rc
New Ulm review., 1901-06-12
A NOVEL TRIAL.
A Missouri Court, In Session in a
Grove, Hears Evidence in
Murder Case.

Galena, Mo-, June 10.-An unusual
scene is presented here at the pre-
liminary hearing Of Mrs. John Stall
lion, her father, James Crabtree, and
his two sons, Frank and Charles Crab
tree, for the murder of Alice Stallion,
the woman's 16-year-old stepdaughter.
The hearing is being held in a grove,
the two justics sitting at table under
a tree, and 1000 people, attracted from
points for miles around forming a
circle about the court and defendants.
Notwithstanding no overt act has yet
been attempted, threats have been
made against the Crabtrees by many
of the strangers in town, and the coun-
ty officials are taking all the precau-
tions at their command to protect the
prisoners. Galena is off the railroad,
and the fact that 1000 people should
care to come miles to attend the hear
ing is considered significant. It has
been decided to exhume the body of
the girl, that it may be examined by
the doctors to investigate theory Of
the county prosecutor that.a criminal
assault was made upon her by one
or both Of the Crabtree boys, and that
they killed her to hide the crime.
New Ulm review., 1901-06-12
MRS. BOTHA IN ENGLAND.
Wife of BOer COmmandant General
Refuses to Be Interviewed Re-
SardinS Her Mission.

London, June 1O.-Mrs. Louis Botha,
wife of the Boer commandant general,
arrived at Southampton Saturday
morning on board the British steamer
Dunyegan Castle from South Africa.
She refused to grant an interview, but
a son of ex-Secretary of State Fischer,
who accompanied her, Informed a rep
resentative of the press that Mrs.
Botha was going straight to London
and later would proceed to Holland
and Belgium, but that the date of her
departure for the continent had not
been fixed. Mr.. Fischer was unable to
confirm or deny the report that Mrs.
Botha had come to Europe on peace
mission. He was released on parole in
order that he might accompany her.
London, June 10.-The British war
office knows nothing of the alleged re-
quest of Gen. Botha, the Boer COM
mander, for conference with Lord
Kitchener at Standerton. The officials
here point out that if any request of
the kind had been made Lord Kitchen
er would have Immediately notified the
government.