The ll u K o e a o i a . GRAFTWASRAMPANT Here are two essays on the Hugue nots by Chicago public school p u p ils: “ The llugouots are people in France that are follow ers o f V ictor Hugo. Their leader Is a man named Jean Valjean that was a thief, but got con verted and turned out well. The Hugo- nots are very good people. A lady named Kvangeliue w rote a long poem about them, but It don’t rhyme.” “ The Huguenots is the name o f a big thing like u steam roller that the mo gul used In India to run over people. It squoshed them to death and was very terrible. It had eyes painted on It like a dragon and snorted steam when It Traction Company Mulcted of S460,- was running. They are no huguenots OOO— Money Teken from T w o enny more.’* Telephone Companies. F ln e a a « . “ Senator, everybody is commending that speech you made the other day on the subject of the trusts.” San Francisco, March 19.— Before “ I think myself it was a pretty fair tomorrow m orning dawns, Abraham effort.” “ Unfortunately, I didn’t hear it. What Knef, fallen boss o f San Francisco, now position did you take?” on trial for extortion, w ill have been “ Bless you, I didn’ t take any. I man indicted by the grand jury on various aged, however, to assure each party to the controversy that its position was the only counts, aggregating neurly 100 in num ber, covering a period o f many months correct and logical one.” and based on bribes tunning into hun T im e to R a n . dreds o f thousands of dollars. W ith Gunner— There was a bad, bold bur him w ill be crim in a lly involved M ayor glar up In the girls’ college the other Schmitz, alm ost a score o f the ollicials day. of the city governm ent and a number Guyer— You don’t say. And did the o f m illion aires of prominence in San girls yell? Francisco and in the East. Gunner— I should say so. They gave Seventeen o f the 18 county supervis the college yell and the burglur basu't ors went l>efore the grand jury today stopped running yet. and confessed in detail graft operations and th eir magnitude carried on during B u t t h e O t h e r S id e O b je c t e d . Attorney (fo r the defense)— Do you their tenure of office. Prin cipal among know anything about the merits of this these was the award of a blanket fran chise to the Unfed Railroads to trans case? Venireman— I should say not. It hasn’t form its cable lines into an overhead any merits. trolley system, for which R uef had Attorney— W e’ ll take this man, your mulcted Patrick Calhoun, president of honor. the company, in the sum oi $450,000. T h e H u m o r is t . But the corruption surrrounding the Mr. Depew threw aside the paper in history o f the franchise granted to tire which he had just read that as a Senator Hom e Telephone company was even he was a joke. more damnable, and explodes the cher “ In that case,” he said with decision, ished proverb that ‘ ‘ there is honor “ I will not resign. I wouldn’ t spoil a among th ieves.” T h e board of super joke for anybody.” — Philadelphia Ledger. visors wus bought tw ice, once by the N o D i a g r a m w i t h T h is . Pacific States Telephone company, “ Smythe, you called on that Boston which wished to keep the rival corpor girl, did you? Was she at home?” ation out of the city, and once by the “ Yes, she was at home, but you see— ’* Home Telephone company, which was “ V.*s V” fighting to get an entrance in to th e c ity . “ She was at home, but you see------* The Pacific States company paid the “ W ell?” most money. “ She was at home, but you see------** Tlris was brought about by th e pur “ Go on.” “ As I said, she was at home, but you chase of M ayor Schmitz and Ab e Kuef by the foreign concern, and they, with see----- ’* “ Yes, yes; she was at home, but I their pockets w e ll lined, cracked the w h ip over the supervisors and forced see----- ” the granting o f the coveted p rivilege. “ Well, that’s the answer.” Most of the supervisors had got $5,000 Too M uch. There eoaie times when the desire apiece from th e Pacific States com and need fo r a vacation are quite over pany. A little later the H om e T e le balanced by other things. W hen Mrs. phone agents paid a number o f th e su pervisors $.‘1,000 each, but Ruef and Hanson bad nursed the children o f Schmitz, having been seen meanwhile, B erryvllle through an attack o f scarlet the sum was considered enough to com fever, she resisted all suggestions from plete the transaction. grateful parents that she go off fo r a The confessions revtaled details also month’s rest at their expense. of the Ocean Shore railroad ftanchlse “ No,” she said, w ith w eary firmness, deal and others less extensive, but in “ I ’m obliged to all, but I haven’t got volvin g in the aggregate upward o f $1,- strength. I could either get ready and 000,000. It is ¡relieved that the super stay at hocne, or I could go without visors w h o confessed have been •prom getting re a d y ; but I couldn’t do both ised im m unity from prosecution. anyw ay In this world.” Roef and Schmitz S cared Lar^e Sams in Bay City. SUPERVISORS TELL ALL ABOUT IT A . M itch ell, dealer in geueral merchandise, M artin, Ga., w r ite s : “ M y w ife lost in w e ig h t from 130 to 68 pounds. W e saw she could n ot liv e lon g. She was a skeleton, so w o con sulted an old p h ysician . H e told her to tr y Peruna. “ She gra d u ally commenced im p ro vin g and g e ttin g a little strength. She n ow w eigh s 106 pounds. She is ga in in g e ve ry d ay, and does her own housework and coo k in g.” A c c o rd in g to H I* F o lly . The present chief justice o f Ontario, Sir W illiam Meredith, is a man o f fine presence, with a leonine mass o f white hair. One night he was speaking in Toronto at a turbulent meeting, when he was sharply interrupted by a stri dent voice from the top g a llery : “ Aw , W ilium , go an* get your hair cut !** Instantly M eredith threw back his magnificent head, and, fixing the o f fender w ith the stern eye o f the prac ticed examiner, exclaim ed: “ My friend, if my memory serves me, I once had something to do with getting your hair cut.’* T h ere were no more interruptions.— Llpplncott’s Magazine. C y n i c a l. S a m e O ld F e e l i n g 1. Gladys— I feel sure he has never loved before. Penelope— Oh, I fe lt the same way, dear, when he used to make love to m e !— N ew York Press. FA D E D T O A S H A D O W . W orn Down by Five Years o f S u ffer i n g from Kidney Complaint. “ Permit me to ask you, madam,” said the lawyer, who was a friend of the fam ily, “ your real reason for wanting a di vorce from your husband.” “ He isn’t the man I thought I was marrying,” explained the fair caller. “ My dear madam,” rejoined the law yer, “ the application of that principle would break up every home in the coun try.” D u b io u s . Stippler— Did Miss K utts admire Mrs. Rem ethe M yers, of 180 South Dobber — I don’t Ten th St., Ironton, O., says: “ I have your paintings? worked hard in m y know. Stippler— W h at did she say tim e and have been about them? Dobbler— That she could exposed again and feel that I put a great deal o f myself again to changes of Into my work. Stippler — W ell, that's w eather. I l is no won praise. Dobber— Is it? The picture der m y kidneys gave I showed her wus “ Calves in a Mead out and I went a ll to ow.” pieces at last. For five A n c i e n t In sta n c e .. years I was fading Moses was numbering the children of aw ay and finally so weak that for six Israel. months I could not get out of the “ What are you doing that for?” some- house. I was nervous, restless and I body asked him. sleepless at night, and lame and sore ! “ They wouldn’t stand for a referen- in the morning. Sometimes every | dum,” explained Moses, “ and I had to th in g would w h irl and blur before me. I turn it into a census.” Not even his worst enemies, however, I bloated so badly I could not wear tig h t clothing, and had to put on shoes accused Moses of doing it for political j purposes. tw o sizes larger than usual. T h e urine T h e O ld Q u e s t i o n . was dieorlered and passages w ire dreadfully frequent. I got help from i “ Say, I f you put all your money Into the first box of Doan’ s K idn ey P ills, building a bouse?” “ Yes?” however, and by the tim e I had taken four boxes the pain and bloating was “ And an earthquake came along and gone. I have been in good health ever shook the bouse down?” since.’ * I “ Yes?” Sold by a ll dealers. 50 cents a box. “ W ouldn’t that Jar you?” — P h iladel Foster-M ilburn Co., Buffalo, N . Y . phia Ledger. CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON NO LIMIT TO ITS POWERS FOR EVIL Contagious Blood Poison has brought more suffering, misery and humila- tion into the world than all other diseases combined; there is hardly any lim it to its powers for evil. It is the blackest and vilest of all disorders, wrecking the lives of those unfortunate enough to contract it and often being transmitted to innocent offspring, a blighting legacy of suffering and shame. So highly contagious is the trouble that innocent persons may contract it by using the same table ware, toilet articles or clothing o f one in whose blood the treacherous virus has taken root. Not only is it a powerful poison but a very deceptive one. Only those who have learned by bitter experience know by the little sore or ulcer, which usually makes its appearance first, of the suffering which is to follow. It comes in the form of ulcerated mouth and throat, unsightly copper colored spots, swollen glands in the groin, falling hair, offensive sores and tileers on the body, and in severe cases the finger nails drop off, the bones become diseased, the nervous system is shat tered and the sufferer becomes an object o f pity to his fellow man. Especi ally is the treacherous nature o f Contagious Blood Poison, shown when the infected person endeavors to combat the poison with mercury and potash. These minerals w ill drive away all outward symptoms of the troubles for a while, and the victim is deceived into the belief that he is cured. When, however, the treatment is left off he finds that the poison has only been driven deeper into the blood and the disease reappears, and usually in worse form because these strong minerals have not only failed to remove the virus from the blood hut have weakened the entire system because of their destructive action. S. S. S. is she only real and certain cure for Contagious Blood Poi son. It is made of a combination of healing blood-purifying roots, herbs and barks, the best in Nature’s great laboratory o f forest and field. We offer a reward o f ft.ooo for proof that S. S. S. contains a particle of mineral in any form. S. S. S. goes down to the very bottom o f the trouble and by cleansing the blood o f every particle of the virus and adding rich, healthful qualities to this vital fluid, forever cures this powerful disorder. So thoroughly does S. S. S. cleanse the circulation that no signs of the disease are PURELY VEGETABLE ever seen again, and offspring is protected. W rite for our special book on Contagious Blood Poison, which fully e x plains the different stages of the trouble, and outlines a complete home treat ment for all sufferersof this trouble. N o charge is made for this book, and if you wish special medical advice about case or any of its symptoms, out physicians w ill be glad to furnish that, too, without barge, S.S.S. COL, ATLANTA, C4. HERM ANN W ROTE Many ANSW ERS. Letters - Received at Office Sustain C ase. Land W ashington, March 19.— Yesterday opened the sixth week o f the trial of Binger Hermann on the indictm ent charging destruction of 35 letterpress copybooks alleged to have contained official correspondence of the general land office. T h e prosecution w ill prob ably conclude by the end o f the week and it is expected the defense w ill occu py tw o weeks with its witnesses before the case goes to the ju ty. T o date ap proxim ately 1,000,000 words of testi mony have been taken. Yesterday the prosecution placed on the stand seven chiefs o f divisions of the general land office who set ved under Hermann, and a ll identified original official letters from the land office files which were answered in person by H er mann as com missioner. A ll testified that they have been unable to find in the fileB copies of the replies to these letters, the memorandum in each case stating specifically that the letters were answered by the com m issioner. There were no such letters. Smallpox Hits Paris. Paris, March 19 — The appearance of a few cases of small|>ox here lias greatly alarmed the people. Thousands i f persons have been vaccinated during the past few days and the hospitals and academies of medicine are besieged by crowds o f people anxious to fie vacci nated. The authorities, however, say that there is no real danger o f an epi- lemic. Dr. Mesquereur, director gen eral of public service, inform ed the Assoc la tod Press that the reports that the situation had grown worse were untrue. X-Rayt on Governor. Santa Fe, N . M ., March 19.— The fight in the lower house o f the legisla ture culminated this afternoon in the adoption o f a report to investigate the governor’ s alleged connection with the disposal o f 78,000 acres of tim ber by the territory to the Pennsylvania De velopm ent com pany. The report, which is b itter in its arraignm ent o f Governor Hagerrnan, finds that he signed 23 deeds conveying part of this tim ber land and affixed the seal o f the com mis sioner o f public lands thereto without warrant o f law. Will Tell About Land Deals. Seattle, W ash ., March 19.— Henry C. Robertson, a court stenographer, and A , G . K in g, form er deputy clerk at Portland, Or., we re subpenaed Saturday night and w ill be sent to W ashington tomorrow to supply data in the tria l of Binger H etm ann, ex-commissioner of the general land office. Robertson and K in g have fa ll data of a ll the circum stances relatin g to the land deals, and th eir appearance in the trial ia very necessary. Civil Ssrvica fo r Porto Rico San Juan, Porto Rico, March 19.— The legislature adjonrned today, after the moat im portant session since the Am erican occupation. 15 b ills o f the 257 introduced being passed. Am ong the measures approved is a c iv il service b ill which w ill become e ffe c tiv t next January. Appropriation b illa finally were paaeed in the form presented by the governing council. H ow Ho K oow . T O O S O O N FO R FAIR. Califorr la Governor Will Not Bill for Appropriation, Sacramento, Cal., 8ign March 18.— G ov ernor O ille tt w ill not sign tire Pacific Coast Exposition b ill under any circum stances. No umount o f influence w ill lend lo change his resolution in this lespect, which, Ire says, is unalterable. I t is no! because the governor is opi>os- ed to the exposition itself, but because he is fu lly convinced in his own mind that the project Iras been sprung too early and at a tim e when the taxpayer* of the state w ill Ire burdened enough tu repair the damages inflicted on the state institutions and on California cities by the disaster of last A p ril. In expressing iris views tire governor said: “ I told these people from tire first that I would not sign this b ill, that 1 would not burden the tax|rayers o f the state with a tax tc raise $1,000,000 at this tim e. In the first place, this pro posed fair is six years in the future, and it w ill be plenty o f tim e at the next session o f the legislature for the state to do her share. Another th in g, it is absolutely foolish to begin operations now, when labor is scarce and m ateri als high. ‘ ‘ It is foolish for a man to have a housewarming before he builds his house, ami for the next tw o years, to say tire least, the streets of San Fran cisco w ill be filled w ith bricks and de bris. The b ill provides that the people o f San Francisco must raise some $3,- 000,000 as w ell as the state. L e t them do tiris and then (h e state can a c t. OVER A H UND R ED DEAD. A witness was being examined as to the sanity o f one o f the Inmates o f the asylum. “ You bold that this Inmate Is insane, do you?” a law yer asked. "I do," was the firm resiionse. "W h y are you so sure?" “The uian,” the witness said, “ goes about asserting that he Is Santa Claus." “ And.” said the law yer, “ you bold, do you, that when a man goes about asserting that he Is Santa Claus It’s a clear proof o f Ills In sanity?" “ I do." “ W hy?” “ Because," said the witness, In a loud, Indignant voice, “ I happen to he Sauta Claus m y self." Llaalta. The train was called the limited, but what was limited about It? It ran at an unlimited speed, the In civility of the conductor and tbe brukemen was unlimited, as was tbs rapacity o f the porter. “ I t ’s a m ystery!“ exclaimed tbe little party o f foreigners. But In a moment they entered the drawing room car and their wonder vanished. “ O f course. It’s the good taste o f tbe decorations!” they whispered, and, re membering their manners, pretended not to notice.— Puck. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. 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Why, I saw him leaving Mrs. Winkley at a street corner the other day, and he took off his hat and was just as polite to her as if they hadn’t been married.— Somer ville Journal. Mothers w ill find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Catastrophe in Forbach, Germany, Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during tho teething period. Mine from Firedamp. R u b b in g It In . Forback, G erm any, March 18.— An Miss Rcdpep— You are better, are you explosion o f fire dam p in the coal mine not, Mr. Feathertop? You were not look at K leinrossein, near here, last night, ing at all well the last time I saw you. Mr. Feathertop— Why, when did you resulted in the death of over 100miners and the injury of 12 others. The dis tee me last? Miss Redpep— A t the Swellhara recep aster occurred between 10 and 11 o ’ clock in a sm all gallery in which 80 miners tion. You were waltzing, I think, wiiu Miss Flutterbv. were at work. As the work o f rescue progresses it is seen the disaster was more serious titan the first reports indicated. U p to a late hour 67 dead men had been brought to the surface, w h ile 40 men were still missing. A ll the m issing have been given up as dead, as they undoubtedly were buried under fa llin g wreckage. Of the wounded tw o have died, and the doctors think that o n ly one of the rem aining 10 w ill recover. The De- W endels brothers, owners of the mine, have given $25,000 to relieve the im m ediate necessities of tfie afflicted fam ilies. One hundred and seventeen others e caped into ad join in g galleries. T w o hundred and ten men went into the mine at 5 o ’clock last evening, and about m idn igh t the news was spread to the nearby villa g e that a terrible disaster had occurred. A lm ost the w hole population of the countryside gathered at the mouth of the shall, among them the famalies of the men below. R ain began to fall h eavily, and distressing scenes of grief were witnessed as the bodies were brought to the surface and laid out un d* r a blaze o f electric lights. Many of (he bodies were so disfigured that they were scarcely recognizable. The work of bringing out the injured men and the bodies o f the dear! was very slow, the galleries being choked with wreckage. The DeW endels are one of the richest m ining fam ilies of Alsace-Lorraine. “ Speaking o f success in life,” re marked H ojax, “ there goes a man who has le ft hundreds o f people behind de spite their streuuous efforts to overtake him.” “ In d eed!” exclaimed Tom dlx. “ Who is he?” “ Oh,” replied Hojax, “ he’s a motor* man on a trolley car.” 321 H a w t h o r n « A v t . Mrs. Hom er (re a d in g )— An ordi nary piano contains about a mile o f wire. Homer— Huh ! The one next door sounds like It contained a wagon load o f tinware. M u s i c a l. 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I f you need a first- hiss laxative, there is Witness— Not as a general thing, but I nothing be. ter nor safer than that old fam ily remedy, Brandrcth’s 1 ill . Each pill know they come true sometimes. Lawyer— O, they do, do they? Can you contai :s one grain of rol d extract f -arsapnrilla, w ich, with other valual lo mention a specific instance? v getalde products, make it a blood pur Witness— Yes, sir. You remember, Mr. ifier o f excellent character. I f you are troubled with const! | ation, one pill a t ! Ketcham, you paid me $5 the other day that you had been owing me a year. Well, night wi 1 afford great relief. Brandreth’ -* pills are the same fine lax-1 I had dreamed the night before that you ative tonic pill your grandpa ents used. met me on the street and paid it. I was They have beeu in use for over a century I so strongly impressed with that dream and are sold in every drug and medicine that I hunted you up the next day, you stoie, either pl.tin or sugar loated. recollect, and dunned you for it.— Chicago A M e m e n to . Tribune. A gentleman was calling upon the w idow o f a valued friend, says L e F ig aro. During the visit he s a id : “ I fvaa a good friend o f your late husband. Is there not perhaps rome- thing which was his and which I could have as a memento o f him?” T ea rfu l w id o w : “ How would I do?” Hicks— Miss F latly sang with much feeling at the concert lust night." W ic k »— Ah? H ick .— Yee. She «pent moat o f the time feeling for the right note.— Somer ville Journal. A U S T IN W E L L D R IL L S M ade in a ll styles and a:l sizes. G et w ater and oil anyw here, lie s t D rillin g T ools made. Get cal*» lots and prices. B E A L L & CO. J Tü ro C o u l d n 't S to p H i m . Steamer Suevic Ashore. London, March 18.— The W h ite Star line steamer Suevic struck on the rocks and 'w e n t ashore near the Lizard in a thick fog at 11:30 o’ clock last night. T w o lifeboats have been launched and ethers have been summoned to go to the assistance oi the vessel. The S.ie- vic went ashore on what is known as Maentere rock, under a lighthouse. On Isjard the vessel were 400 passengers and 160 memliers o f the crew . N o loss of life is expected. T h e passengers and crew o f the Suevic are being landed. No lives 1 ave been lost. S ix D . in Virginia Minas. Norton, V a., M aich 18.— An exp lo sion occurred in the m ine« at Green- ongh this m orning after several miners hail entered. The m ine is seven miles east of N crton. As h r aa ran be learner), ten m iners h are escaped s ligh tly injured, tw o dead have been , taken from the mi nee and four are known to be in the m in e « and are su p ^ posed to be deadl T h e cause of the e x plosion is unknown. 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Olmsted, LeRoy, N ew York. Children's Suicide Pact. 8t. Louis, March 18.— I t was d evel oped Unlay through testim ony a t the coroner’ s inquest into the suicide last night of L ie b lin g Slocum, aged 10, that she had entered into a suicide pact with Gertrude Harper, also 10 years old. Gertrude testified that she had told her mother that she was goin g to take her life, and was preventer! J. P .S lin g e r, the drug clerk who sold the carbolic acid to the Slocum g irl, was airested today. H e asserts she bore a note pur porting to be from her m other asking for 5 cents worth of carbolic acid. Find. 2 ,5 0 0 'People D.atituta. ColumbuB, O., March 18.— Adjutant General Critchfield returned ton igh t from (iloceeter, 0 ., where he went at the request of Governor H arris to inves tigate the flood situation. The adju tant general reported that he found about 2,500 flood sufferers in Glncester and other m ining towns in the vicin ity in urgent need of relief. He purehased supplies lo the amount of $1>000 at Glorester and turned them over to the local re lief com mittee for dirtribution. Many of the miners lost everythin g, the flood coming upon them so quickly. There i s no eatiefaction keener than being dry and comfortable «then out in the hardest storm. The C. Gee W o Chinese Medicine Co. 162% First St., S. C. Cor. Morrison Portland, Oregon , M ention paper P. N. U. [w No. 1 2 - 0 7 H E N w r it in g to a d v e r t is e r s p ie m e n tio n t h is p a p e r. Tlur K in d Y o u llu vn A lw a y s llo u g lit 1ms b orn e th e signa tu re o f Chas. I I . F le tc h e r, a n d has b een m ade u n d er his personal supervision fo r o v e r HO years. A llo w n o on e to d ec e iv e you in th is. C ou n terfeits, Im ita tio n s an d “ J u st-as-good ” a re hu t K xp crin ien ts, and e > lu n ger th o h ealth o f C h ild ren —'E xperien ce a g a in s t e x p e rim e n t. 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