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liilL llwLuwd
Senator norm's Committee Reports on the
l Canal Commission. -
The Ilay-Paancefotc Treaty SfcssIJ 'Not Stand in the Way of legts,
latlcn la Congress Yclcntcers Start Home - 1
frcni the
, W A SI 1 1 NGTON 1 r Senator
Morgan, chairman o theSenate com
mittee on. Iuuoeeanic' Canal to
whk-h vi referred t he preliminary re-port'of-the
Isthinlan Canal Cmnmls
ion. today submitted a partial report
thereon In connection wHh the proto
cols of tlie agreemieBt with ; Costa
Bkanud Xk-ansmajrelatlnj to the pro
jnjsed canal which "jrere submitted re
cently' to the Seuatf. In the eoure of
the report' It-; I said that the state
ment of tlie Walker; Commls.sion and
the protocol referred to tare a dlr
ect learing on what I known as the
Hepburn bill now On the Senate Cal
endar. '. j " ''
"Tnat bill." ay the refiort. "Is a
declaration of the fiolicy of the United
State for a filial under the control of
4 hi Government.'
TJi' riNrl tmy: 'r
"The iassige of
the Hepburn bill
bv an almost ' unanimous vote In the
House must, have called for a lrotest
rroni Great Britain, if that Goveru
'ment eousiib-rs thajt any right of her
I in coufilct with that measure. If
the passage of that measure through
the Senate calls forth udi a protect,
tlieu will lie an apjiropriafe time, for
it consideration, and Tor taking meas
ure to answer it, i UP til then we can
never know tlie g rim ml of objection
Crctrt Britain rnayj chooe to, make. '
.- "Tlie Senate, .cugaged in a negotia-
THE BOOZ INVtSTIGATION.
OAHBTS AT AVlST POINT TELL
AVIIAT THKV ltKMKllUEU ,
f the Htad Cadfffs Standing at the
Academy Slurs f 'ast, , 3y the
Heroes, oa the Dead. -
WES l'OINT. N. Y.. 'lie-. I A. The
iiilitary court if iimuiry. whieh 1eau
taking testimony U Uris4ol; I'M., yes
lenlay. arrived at jthc -Military Actide
iny this afternoon and rvsmueil Inves
tigation on the charges of hazing ami
brural tr-atmen4. inadc by tfhe parents
of former I'adet Os-ar 1. . ltooz, .who
i Mn J recently at his home In Bristol.
Sixty-ciht inenilsTs of thefclass of
to wliich Ihsix Is'lonpetl imtH he
niisiuil Jn Scpte1nlr or th-tolier
1IH.. were mimmoned to She -iurt
Kotrr of the ilxtjH'itrht -ah?t of tlie
twiirtn! 'lits4 - were exaniiu"I. ami' all
of theiu. lio knew 1Uht., deektreit niat
his. htainlinc with! his classnniUs wa;
not Very high, us they looked uism him
us a eowanJ. Toe fctory of his.tiKM
w lKh KcILir in ISWwa told .by Cadvt
. X. Tyler, wbojceonded Ihoz. ,T
tlnhl that Jfajoz jlmdl Ihs ii inttrferel
with on. account of his T liious le!ief
r ? tcndeuck-s. , Cadet O. X. Tyler
"1 was present at the fight. j
"Was there si kuockout blow d;liv-
ereiir - 1 :
Yes. r. irm was hk in tlie
ro-
Biwu of the stomach, and when he was
ou tlie grottiMl hei aid.the wind wa.
kms'kcd rut tf hijjit. . , j
"Was there any Tlow -'delivered iu
tlm region of the meart?" ; (
VXo. lr.M ! :- -
"Was 1t a Ur figinr'
"Ye Ir. It was." I:
"Were there any inarks on llooz af-
iter it was over? i .
"l-s, xir. He had a blaek eye and a
cut over tthe left -y." I
Th witness aill 3 liad never Is Mi
mad-. 1o take hot autv but he had
"fit it irlv-u In (the mess balL He
never aw Jt alvtln toiBooz.
SALl.SimilY TALKS.
He Cueouraffes KiiKlishmen to Staud
by tlie Empire. 1 , j
LONDON, Dec, 18.At the ahnuiil
conference of the National Union uf
I be ConervatJve Asoctatiou, today,
Jjord talitury. alluding to the war,
paid If they wished to sustain the Em
pire and maintain the glory of Eng
land untarnished their efforts urust
not lc (slackened until this great en
terprise was carried out. for on the
Issue thereof depend! the glory and
lK-rjs'tuity of the Empire. It might
reiuire a strenuous effort ami great
. M'lfsneriflce. The ireseiit was a isr
i ksi of oiiM anxiety. j
"We," said 4 be Premier, "do not
know exactly what ha taken place.
; "N'e earnestly bone the isue may le
? letter than the ItcgiDtiliig. , But we
: uae io nusn 11 inrousn. !
COKHA tJIXSENO CHOP.
Culture of n TttnH That Is Highly lus
beinHj hy 4fM Chinese--Wild -'
" il Kind the lU-ni.
" " " ' ' ' - ,
II. X. Allen. lw I'nited States 'M!
ister at Seoul, lias Issius! Jxinrpltkit
which k1mws tliat tlie cuitivatkiu hf
ginseng in Ctrt Is of nure lyiMr
tance ttain iu this etimtry, altJxtiiirlv
Anxeriean cxpirt up to tlwt twjrinniitg
f the disturltaiK-es iu Ciihia nmourrt
is! to about Jl.tHWMHiu jtr. v f ( . ,
Much Iws tscen prlutsl alxxit tlni
cultivation of giits'tig,1n the Uuked
states ami tlw exportation of practi
cally 4In' entire 'crop to INiIim. Ef
fH"ts isve Ijwmi tittnie tt enitMirajie
tlM plantio? of ginsug and "they bnve
met with wuif sihiwt. hut th time
and iKitienee retilrel lit tlie work
are suvh as to H.-woiinigt tlie nvrage
Aimrit-ia anxious ; fr quick, returns.'
Most of the erop gatlK-rel in th'"
eKinry ;mvswiht slid lit the woods
of Tenuetwee, AVest Virginia, and New
' York state, and while the value of
the crH has iuerease year after year
the -production ha mvn steadilr dv
encasing. Notwithstanding tlie ! lit-
erease in irk-e. the Amcriejin ginsHitf
vastly eliesnicr tlian the. Corean j
pnnlm t. In jkh; the enst,, ootlur-j
iUi-s ef China rated Aimricau giu-j
Pfcillppines.
tion with Great Britain,, which 4uay or
may not result In an agreement, can
not afford to refuse to consider a bill
so important; to the country a, the
Jfeiburn bill, .'merely to await ' the
pleasure of one-third of that body.
.Tbe Senate, as a part of the treaty
making power lias no more just right
to suspend legislation on IbU subject,
than the. President, who la the other
part of that power, ha to suspend
legislation by his order."
VOLUXTEERS COME HOME.
Manila; Dec. IS. Volunteer regi
ments w ill proceed to the United
states to be mustered out In practical
ly the name order asthey arrived In
the Philippine Island. They will be
replaced by the regulars, iwivlded by
the army bilL The Thirty-seventh
! volunteer regtiueut, which is to begin
tlie homeward -movement by enibark
ling New Year's day, was brought
i front the Laguna. re llay district, and
will start on the traiisjrt Sheridan.
j tiflicers of the regular amy holding
commissions in inc vuiiiiiwt 'regi
ments will le retainel in. the Philip
pines, and volunteer ottifrs ou iqeeial
ilirty will ls relieved only on authority
of hadgnarter. . ; ;
: VoIunte;rs desiring to leave tlie Hr
vi- and remain in the Philippines
will !o alloweil to do so. Enlisted
native, will .he dis-hargeiU , '
It is 1mHcvs1 that the temporary de-l-l!ou
of tlie many ssts and the
flu-eking; of oH-ratious will result in
renewed Iiisurgeut activity.
ss-Utf 'a-s worth only $i.SI a pound.
wJnr'as 11m Corean 'article averaged
as Llish as 1 !.," a isu.iud.
TlM"n is a markeil difference le-
twivn Hh Amerk-an ami the Coreau
root. The American iusenji is made
ut ' largely of fibrous Toot, called
beard, while the Corean .I tnore com
pact. T'iicre Is also sstid to be a
ntarksl ilifference In t1ie effect pro
duced by tlie 4wo.' -American etuseu
H oiisMh-rel by 'Corean to Is? inert
a comiKircd with the Coresui roo4. .
Jo far as AiiK-rican medical author
ities have Ieen able o-determine,
giuxeng lui none of" tlr . marvelous
enrattlve iWfHHTtles which tin Coreaus
asigt to It. It Is iioss'ble " tlmt the
i Vrean not isisses imit"rih's whk-1
aje not aptjorent Ju the American. - It
is rejrardd by the Chinese as a strong
tphrodisiae and is nsfl I nthc treat
ment of the various malarial fever of
the Orient: It Is al-o used as a general
toui lclii; brewed into a tea whfeli Is
very commonly lrunk. Owlns! t the
high price of theorean not In almost
all tlie Chinese stores, It Is found mix
ed with the American root In order-to
eheicn it. :'
Hktc are two kinds f jfiusi-ns in
!orta. ne Is the,wi!d aud the other
the cultivated. The wild is of much
the greater value, the Coreaus believ
log that St iwsMerses almost jnaghal
properties. The Ccrean name for gin
wng Is sjhu. - The' nse it with the
prefixes "lu.7 nvhich means man, and
"Kan" which means monntain. in or
der to 4llstinguish the variety culti
vated by man from that fouud trrow-
"itg wild in the mountains. "Sansam
's extiemely rare and is saidd to be
worth Its weight in gold. This kind
f ginseng is sold by he single root.
ind there are well-authenticated cases
wlicrc nearly $2.M.K has been paid for
in eieeially "line specimen. Tlie wild
root is much, larger than the cnltivat
-si. ranging from a foot to four fet
n length. Tl sie-ial virtues of ?an
am are not suishsi! to lie in th?
araterlal comiK-sition of . the plant, but
to le due to the fact that it is troduo
j1 wholly apart from man's influence
tnd nnder the 4-are of some g:od spir
it. True san-sam Is supisiseu nev r to
have been seen ty any , man until
found and dug up. It is jKsib!e ty
tislliir Hie Mt of 1lte wilil riMit tit irrnu-
ginsiug lit almost the same character
as san-sakn. but an effort to ell It a
the real wild article Is Jtsked upon as
a swindle and expect bont that they
are able Jto tell tlie difference tMitween
the two. -t ;t :'
, EsjMxrially line sp-Hu'ns of snn-sam
are inVariatdy fcept for the ue of the
royal family. Iit-niii, r the cnltivat
ed root, is produced in largur qnantlties
In i orea, but in a very roirK-t",! area
Most, of It comes front the Immediate
vicinity of , the city of SonjjiV. The
majority of the farms are within plain
sight of the city and cover au area
not more than eight 'miles In diameter.
As the production of the root is a gov
ernment iiK)iiMly, the farms are-kept
in a condition strikingly superior to
the iroertics of the Coreans .niit so
eugaged. l-ich farm is a n-iaugular
eoi?iKinid. one iirt emtainiig the
boililings iiiclos'il by a wall, the rest
Is-ing MrrMindd by hgi-s. In eucli
coi"iound are-owe or ww tall little
watch towers from, which-a lnoktoit is
knt t6 revent the rakts of nbter.
A vast amouut of work' Is nwiry
lo raie .one crj. Plant iitg I done
along in KeptemUT -or (K'nsr. lis
sels are ftte-k thicklv In a carefully
prefMireil Mill bel to the ilerfh Of three
inches. In tittle watering tntu-be
alxmt Uireejiicues siKirt. ue hi ev
ery thr-e days of the .iki tit's whole
life-It has to b watered aud the IssI
arrftdly insiss-tcil to jirevetit crowd
ing and the tavafc's ef worms ami In-e-t-.
frer the entire seed bed are
boiil shells with atatt!iig-. m.nU f
weeil for a ctver. iu nbr to keep 'the
light from the growing plants. They
c:iii:ii stand a strong light. In tlie
stHiiiul mouth of the second year a f
ter o'antiiig tlK rinit is ri'gardeii s
formed and tlie general shaie if the
plant alsve grouud I attained. .
In Fcbrcary ofrthe third year, the
lilauts are' trauplautetl lo adjoining
lnnls. live rr six to each cross ,row. the
waKring trnches leiug hen between
the plant rows. Here they remain a
year and then they are transplanted
to a. tlunl lnL leiug placed still fur
tlter apart in their-rcspa'ei ire trenches.
A year later they are again transplant-
- a -. , . - - -...- . i
ed. this tiuw to their final ted, where
they remain about three ycars - Jt will
thus be , weit that even years are re-
quiretl from the time of planting until
the plant Is matured. After tne nrst
three or foiu years the necessity for
keeping the plants shaded does not
exist. In the arftumn of the 'seventh
year, as soon as the seed are rlls; ami
have leen picked, the harvest begins.
Tlie plants awl roots Intact are care
fully taken from the earth. The stems
are broken off.' tlie roots washed.
placed In .snall laskc4ts, and taken to
the, steaming houses. After J: being
t'jruied for several hours they are rc
n'oved and taken to the drying house.
where they are spread out In basket
over slow, tires and dried for ten days,
when they are mpio.ed to tie cured.
Considering all the time ana rrouiue
necessary for the growth and curing
of the root It is wnrccly td be wonder
ed at that a. high price 1 demanded
for it. No man is oennltted td grow
.'Inyenff withotft a license - from the
government, and tne wnoie inuasiry
is umler the control of tlie toreign
maritime customs. It ' has- to pay an
exiort-duty of about half Its value.
and this stimulates smuggling ox ine
root out of the country. In April.
the net irofits of tle government from
declaretl exports were K15.')UO. and It
Is estimated that one-thlnl of the crop
was smuggled ; out , without paying
duty.' -: - : -:- ' ' ,
tanseng whch has been raise I and
cured bv tlie' in-ocess deserilied above
is called 1y the Coreans liong-sam. It
forms the greater part of tlmt staple.
It I the only, kind -which will stand
exiorting. i l'ak-sam is In-sam which
Is simply washed, scraped, and sun
dried after lie! rig taken from the earth
Instead of lelng tired In the drying
hotisex. It Is innch used, and Is re
garded by many a a better meUiclne
than hong-sam .but commercially It is
not of such hiniortanee.
A DAiXOEUOUS COUItSE.
Tlie
Cnntain of the Steamer Alpha
to BkiiiMi tor the Wreck.
t VAXCOUVEK. It. C, He.-. l!S.-Th
t;if iMws of flic foundering-' of t.li
suiiiner Atha with a loss of nine lives
indicate that; the eatie of the tlisa.s
ter wji uri-marily tthe taking of an nu-
usual course iuto tlie coaling station
at ITniou Itay. rncounieriu-g a fierce
KmtlivtKt gale, wliile ; stesiniiug up
the -straits, the captain decided to' take
wtm'Vi known as the iuUIe passjige,
:md kent on Uie Inside of Denmau
island. f .- " ;
SlCiXS.
"I shoiddu't Ik surprised
rtihll 1 hit ? inulu- af lull an,"
if I done
remarkel
l.'ncV ltasl-rry. ,
Is vou got any offi-rsY"
"No. Itut ls gwinttr git one purty
ssu. iN-aeon Thompson stops hytili
every yutali l.iy an' was'es half an
hour tilt in ns :1oiit what a ho-'count
anhnal it is.- An de deacon don't iurt
Iu his 4ime wlfout 1k''s got on object.'
Wsivhinytott tar.
MITKIATINtJ L cii:ci;mstances.
"Why, yu wickd loy! Yon. were
playing games i witli those nauglity
children .011 the Said with day! I must
punish , you severely." . ; ..
"Hut. mamma, .those were the cJiil
ilren of that -niaii 011 the avenue thsh
von said made a million , kllar l:t,t
toiith " I jif - , , . , .t ,.
"Oh, well, don't lot it happen again."
THE DltUMMEIl COMPLAINS.
These chumps won't liuy our goods;
they liu w and hem.
It's got to lie by jhig! -j
A much too onllnary thing with them
To order nary thing. "
t . Philadelphia Press.
It AILWAYiS IX JAPAN'.
The total leugth of all railways In
.Litatt at the end of the; Hist of
March. Ilt0".' was 3tST miles, of which
8"Ei miles Jw4ougel to the government
and tiVKi uiiles to jtlie private Mnnpa
nies. showjiig iiiciea!,B of t4 miles in
the governmental railTijs and I'M
miles. in the iirlvate railways, a total
of miles. coimaretl with tlie fig
ures of tlie preeedlug fiscal year. .
5.
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Literature. Institute of Psychology,
Tth and AVash., Portland.'
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WILL OCCUPY NKW (jUAUTKRS.
the Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co.'s
r Salem lionse Will Remove to f ?
Store-rooms on State Street.
Minliell. l-wls & Slaver .'Co.. which
firm luis iKjrupieti the ground tlwr of
tlie Illihee i Club building for some
tins- imst. j will soon -move to more
-oiiinyslioiis i ijiuirters. Tlie stor
rtsmis forinerly occnpiml by Polde &.
l'.i?i and (Iris wold & Chas. on
State street, "have Itccn kased by Hie
coi'many mimI are ls-iiig remodeled' to
suit tla num-iiiem-e of sucli a srock
of hard wn piiaratory to moving it
Into Use Initlding.1 Tlie two tismu will
! iiibiiHil by a large areli. uiaKiug
A stores ro;m' tvith 4itl mpiare fisd of
sjkicc- on tin gronisl floor. Thfc will
give u bunt oiM-thinl -more room tliau
in tlHkpnsent jo-ati4i.. , : , ,
.Milnagir F. F. Cory- is busily rugag
d in taking an" iu voice' of the goods
and machim-ry wu hand dnt exiHcts
to le in Ids new store-ready -for business-
by . January 1st. ,
ThiK UniiV HpuLiriy among tla
fanners laud the very lils ral sitronage
Is reci'i vies a t heir mutd. insures for
the ctHiiiug ywir the 'largest -liusinesH
that Ibis ever lnen ihnw iu Sileni ly
Ibis well known Iioum. -
SI CK II E ADAtTTJ E A BSOLUTKr
ly aivl permanently cunst by using
Moka .Tea. A pleasant berb drink.
Cures constipation and indigestion,
makes you eat, sleep, work and happy.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money
iKick. 'Si and 00c. ' DlC STONE'S
drug storea. (.. . .. .
Senor Don FernamW de HapuchiHa.
wist succeed 6euor Luis las as the
P-oliviaii minister ti this t-ountry, Im-gan-
his diioinatk' "career as charge
iraffatn- at Lima. Peru, ami ha hr-lil
tin office of Ifioliriau niluister for for
eign affairs for tw terms.
TELEiGRAPilEElS
Effort Will - Be Made to
Afccat Peace Tcs!ay.
Dring
SANTA fE OfflCfRS Wilt RECCfYE
And Hear ft Committee from Train-
men 6ioltation8'-Tliei Strike
Considered aHi&take. ' ''
. . . ... ' -tM I
fl! ICAtiO. I ec. IS. Aifordiug to a
Kta tineiit issu tonight byj-J.M. Harr.
vli wr-Hleut .of ,thc;aiite, Jfe, ltaU-
road Co'iniM ny, a" com m i t tee coinposed
of different railroad trainmen organi
zation, who ha ve taken tip tlie griev
ances of thestrikiug telegjraplKT, con
sider t-lie strike a mistake, and at to-
morrow s eon-Terence 10 ie ue ncre
with the officials of the Sante IV,
nothing but tlie reeiuploynw nt of the
tclegraplK-r ;
the couipaiy
will be rtsuested fixnn
THEY DISAGliEE.
Wii-ago. Ih-. IS. The ?onfereure on
arid 1 ration and conciliation was en
livened during the flay, by a debate
between Samuel ; tloiuptT, iMesUlent
irf'tlM American Federation of. Labor,!
and Hugh II. Lusk, ex-mtniiber of
iKirliaimiLt: of New Zmlaud. '" Tire
venerable. Now ZealamT .cxirre-sed
his tlljileaine at-tlie deebira t iou made
by 4oiiiiers. In hi atWifns last night.
The la bor leader ; assertejd tha t lie
wante to we tarkir organlzatidus re
tain the privilege of striking when
they pleased, .or 'merely; because they
ulcas4Hl. .'' t.
"IHiat is hot lilHTty," crkd Lusk,? "it
is license,"
A CUT-OFF.
Sjilt I-ake City, I-tali, Dec. 18. A
seeial to the Tribtiue.'from Chejeuue,
Wi o., savs:
The l!nion I'acific Kailroad Com
pany t today awarded to ,Kilpa trick
ItrotlKTS & Collins, the contract for
the cut-off through Kcho Canyon, from
Echo. Wyo., to Salt Lake City, a dis
tiiiice. of forty miles.' ' Tlie coutraci
prhv Is $i'.JO,0io, ami is one of the
largest in tl;o history of railroad ei;ii-Stnn-tiou
, lo the West.; j
The contractors 'have four years in
which to complete the work. It is
siild that the I'uiou. Pacific has formed
a ileal with the -recently Incorporated
Lea Angeles A: Salt Lake ICailro.-td
Cr.'mpany, widen will give theni prac
tically nn air lli: from Chicago to the
Pacific .ttflfl. via -Salt Lake City.
IT IS NOT A TRIST.
VSHOCI.VJ'fil PUKSS Wl.VS A VIC
. TOltY IN MISSlUKI.
ilffort of a St. Lcui Newspajier to
Secure the Press Serv ice Fails .
iu Supreme Court.
KT. I.m'IK-Vio.- tW. IS. Tlie Su -
pn4ue l.'ours of Missouri, at JeffTsonJ yrgaus. wbose distasc am only symi
Clty. bsjkiy liandtd down an opiuioudKotes of disease of the Piomacli and
In the ease of the Star Publishing Co
vs. Hie Asswlated l'ress of Illinois,
deciding the. case unanimously In favor
of the Associated lrs. .The Star
Ccmj;asiy wa- engaged iu publishing
au evening newspajKr In R IjouIs,
kuown as Tlie ttar aud it brought- suit
for a writ of mandamus to require the
Associated Press to serve it with the
evening news Texrt.
Tlie- Associated' Piths answered that,
while it was In form a corioration, it
was essntially a co-operative Deicty
based upon an agreement between Its
members to gather aud furnish news
to each other; that U was not engaged
in news gatheriug aw a commercial en
terprise. 'and that It carrit'd on its bus-
ducss wftJiout any effort at profit-mak-
Ling. It lcnled thait Its -so-caned ex-
liislve contract was in violation of the
laws of the United States, the state of
Illinois, or the stale of Missouri.
Tlie opinion suxtaius the AociaatPd
Press at every isdut. It holds tha the
Associated Press is iiot a monopoly,
and that It does not 'ylolatte the autl
trust law of the state of Missouri.
RAIDING BOERw
Have. Invaded Cape Colotiy. Where
AVuriu Fightiug Has Ensueil.
.; MIXHOX. I lee. IX. "The Ito-r have
raUlcd Ca fie Vtny at. two cparate
tMints Pm mile distant." say thj
Cape Town eorrespoudent to the lfciily
"t Mut cominaiido advanced upon IMii?
liiislown lsHweeii Cob-sbnrg and Klm-lierlc-.
The other, ; suiissed to Is?
llerzog" ctiiiiuiando. itomi.I the Or
ange river bet ween! Othudaa!strKiu
aud Belbulle. uorthwit of Kurghrs
hrrii. It obht-tive ,avpparcirtly being
CtuddiR-k. r -.-' .s -i ' ,; 4
";emr:il Mt.clnmald 1 engaging
tin Invaders, who bare no guns, alsmt
twenty miles west of IturghersdiM-p.
The latest new- is that tley are b-iug
slowly fircebaek to; the Orange river
where -a warm reception .is being n-c-parist
for them." '-
SEKVICEi PO4TPONEI )
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The. ThaukKgiving Exercise In Eng
land Will Not iTakc Plae-:
I A S 1 H N. Dee. I M.-Tlie i,n temila t
mI tli;iuksgiving si-rtiee iu St. Paul's
t5tlliedral, in connection with the r
tnru of Iait! Itoln-rts from South A f-rn-ji.
has been abandoned owing, as tlie
tJoveronient announii1. "to it being
eimsftlered deelrabk to ilefer a sremrul
thanksgiving until the close of tlie oy
cra lions in South Africa."
The progratu uowls Tor Lord ltol
erts to debark in the Solent; to visit
the Queen at Osborne, on January 2d;
to re-curt ark, and h finally laml at
Shi tha in ptoti, eouiiug from that iolnt
to Loudon. ' -.-' " - - .
PINGUEE IGNORED.
LANSING. Mk-hJ Dee. 18. Gover
nor Piugrec' iMnquet. wiiieh was n
iioniicel in honor of the uic udders of
1 1 1
People Wh3 Will Learn cnly by a
Pcrlloas Personal Ex
perienced As u rule experience Is Tprotitable
only to ihe Individual . who obtains it.
Wlam the aged man trie -to save
.youth from mlwiakes such as lie made,
the youtli Miillw to himself: "Th
klea of that okl fossil thinking that,
an -up-to-date, young mwu i going ro
nake mistakes..lt Is a peculiar trait
of human nature rtfliat each, man
thinks be is a little KDiarter than the
otlierx. ami tlmt he will s 11 weed wliere
otlii-ns IfalleO. "Oil. yes," ay Smith.
"I know, thar fwsVr'Jenje. got cajwlred
In the rapid. 1 but: Jomes, you know,
never was a good") hand at the paddle.
It"' a pity ieHle ,like Jones will take
ncB. .clianceH."! - AHA.,le,. siuillngly
Lii..w4'u. 1.1-- vJt niA.iT - ' rniiAtt- imnnm'-Jt
alike In W feat and hl failure.
TIIK EXT1IBMB OF FOLLY.
T1m most' fooMiandy man w-lio ever
rlskel UIs life? or tlie most infatuated
arambler vvlio ever' risked his fortune,
is a sage eomjiared with the man who
attempt to get the l.t of Xature.
Tlie foolhardy man may succe'd. The
candi'ler may win. Hut- the man wlio
takes chanc wltli Xature is 1muihI
to loi-e. If the obltiuarles of tens of
tthouand wlw are cut down annually
Ju life "prl-me wer truly WTltten
death would hot be attributed to thi
or tlu-it ... fonn of disease. birt to - au
4 at tempt to evade the necessary law
of health. - , '- " , -, ' ; I ,
Tlie weak stHt In tlie tmsJern tuan
is bis ytoiuocli.
It in 'disease of the
Wei
j- 1 - -c' v vs.
. . . 1 4 t a , ----- ;- ' - v ' '-
stomach tliat many of he uiahulies
begiu" whhdi carry off the busy nif it
of tin day. iThe s'ed of 'discitse once
t:anril in the stomach grow ami
sounds like -some climbing parasite
alsut it me. It throw.- out a tendril
aIout the heart ami presently another
. - - - a
which jrrlns the lungs, and others
again which take hM of kidneys and
liver. Then suddenly tlie man is .smit
ten by tHTirfc iliease Or lung dlsea.--';
or hh-cuiii1s to im' inaiadj" of kid
ue or liver. The n-al seat of disease
is the totuac4i. And one of tire reti-
K011 why the disease cf the other or-
gan often fail of a. cure I that tlie
treatment Jgnow the stomach, and
1 attempts to treat UirecUy Uie otlier
tiHvotlicr organ of digestion and nu
trition. iv Ar ' '
I THEUE'S P.EXTY OFJPitOOF
of . the soundness . of the pniosItkin
that diseases of other organ remot
from tlo stomach , wh Ich a re ea used
by disease of the -stomach must "be
cured . through the toinaeh.- autl. In
fact, cannot lie cured in any other
way. The best proof In the world Is
that Doctor Pleree'K Golden Medical
Discovery a stomaeh and blood tuedi
cino':iu part icular cures diaes of
heart.- lung, liver. kidne3s. etc., by
curing diseases of the stouweh f and
digestive and nutritive systems.
"For dx long years I sufferel with
my liver, kidneys. aud iuuigestlon,
which baftled the best rroctors iu our
cimntry," writes Mr. E 1 Ilausell, of
Ihe state legislature. Justices of the
Suiweroe Court ami railroad official
of the stae. w-a giveu in the hall of
the House of l'resentatlvis. Xon
of Justice of the Stnreme Court not
railroad ofHelals invited were present,
while only three state SenatoTs and
forty-six . Uepresentatlves attemledi
Xot one of the state's officials-elect ac
cepted Governor PlBgree's invitation
to be present. . . v
BUILDING THE NAVY.
WHEljlE THE CONTKACTS FOK
NEW YESSE1-S ABE I'L.CED.
Tlie Union Iron Work Will Construct
'SeVeral of the Coutcinplatoed
, ..' , "Sia, Warriors. .; ....
WASHINGTON. Dee. 18. The
Board of Naval Constructlou, consid
ering bids for the construction of bat
tleshli and cruisers has settled'these
iHilntx: -..'" . ' '-.' ' I." --
One of the biff aruiored cruisers
tiball go to the Craroiw, -one - to NVw
lrt 'cwsand one to the Uulpn Iron
lirkaj in California tine battleship
shall go to the ! Fore llhrer Engine
Works, at Quiuey 3Ias.
This .leave aeveu hipi" to lie dis
Hs??l of, and while in rjew of the
fact that another meeting of , the
Isiard t to be hehl, fft i not sjsslble
to make a prediction : with absolute
acruracy. the indications are that they
will be distributed a follows: . .
One cruiser - and one battleship to
the . Cramps, making three , for, them;
oue cruiser and one battleship to Xew
Krt News, quaking three for ; them;
oue cruiser and one battleship to the
Union Irou AVorks. making, three for
theun and one battleship to the Bath
Iron Works. There 1 atill a isslbil
ity .that Moran Bafeothers. of Seattle,
may get the buttleiip slated :for the
Union Iron Worksvor the Bath Iron
Works.
tHEB MAIDEN CRUISE. :
SAX FUANCISCO", ' Dec. 18. -Ad-
WooiseyV Prince VllIiam Co.. Va. "I
suffered with my 'stomach and balck
for a long time and
. i -
after taking a
uuantity of niediclue from three doe-
tors, 1 grew, so lad I coidd hardly do
a day's work. Would have death-like
Kiins in the shle, and tdiud spells, and
thought life was hardly worth living.
I decided to consult Dr. U. V. Piemv
and his staff of physicians. They
said my ease was curable and I w ,
greatly encouraged. I begnii taking
Ir. J'leree tJokleu Medical ?lsi-overj-ami
'Pleasant Pellets,' as advised. 'Be-
fore I had taken half of the twi-ond
isittle I began to fel relieveiL! I got
kIx jnore bottles aud. uel them, and
ant happy to say I owe my life to lr.
Pierce and liit medicines. These words
are truths, as I live, so If this testi
monial cau be- used In; any way to lc
of benefit ; you s need hot hesitate to
nSe It. I hall tand for the. Invalid s
Hotel and Surgical Institute as long
as life lasts.'
. POXT DELAY.' ,
Disease never leais on a man like a
lion from ambush and strikes him
down at a blow; 'Ilott'erer suddenly a
man may be stricken and however
deadly the dieae. the tlim wa when
was A little tiring. easy of oinrol.
11 yon are unering imiif-imiigi'wuoii.
dysmiia. or any form of stomach
troubles," don't put off the pror ,
treatment. MJoklen Medical Dicov
ery" will cure diseases of the stom
ach ami organs of digestion aud nutri
tion at any stage, but the cure will
lie quicker the earlier it Is legun.
"For twelve, long mouths I suffered
untold nikeir," writes Mrs. Mollie;
Colgate, of Itandolph. Charlotte Co..
Va. "Xo fopguefUild exiwess Hie palii
that I eudured before I commenced
taking Dr. Pierce" medicine. I was
not able to do anything at, all. Could
not eat . anything except bread and
tea or if I did (the top of my head
hurt so It seemed It would : kil me;
with all that I could do it would burn
like tire; but now since taking 't.olden
. J
v
Meillcal ; Dis-TveryT I ' can eat a little
of almost anything i want and -can-do
a good day's work as well a 'any'
body can. Am better than 1 'have
been for yimra. I think yotor nitilitiin
Is the 1 icst that ever was uiade, for it
i theonly thing that ever did 10c iiny
- . a . m
good. I 4ried many other kind, but
none dtdtme any good but your "Gol
den Discovery' and 'Favorite Irescrip
tiou.M can. never, praise i them ti;
highly to any oue who suffers as I
dHl." - j - ..
Sick people are invited! to ctmsult
Dr. Pierce, by letter free. Ail corres-
pondens-e, held a strictly private and
sacredly confidential. -Write therefoiv
without fear a without fee to Dr. II.
V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y.
There is no alcohol iu "(Jolden Mit-
ical Discovery," rtnd it Is entirely free
from opium, cocaine, and other nar-
coth-s."
l)o- not' allow a dealer for the sake
of making a little more irofit to foist
on' you a substitute a "jut as gisxt"
as "Golden Medk-al Dis-o-er.v." There
is no other medicine just as"gool fr
you. '-" ; .. .:. ;..'..,.
A GENUINE AND GirSEUOUS GIFT
Dr. PIeree Common Sens .Meilical
Adviser, containing loos large pagei'
and over 7U0' illustrations, is given
away to those who send tamji to pay
expense of mailing only. Send HI one
cent itauns for the book in stronu
cloth binding, or. only 21 stamp "it
satisfied to have the 1 100k iu' pa peri-overs.
Address Dr. It. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y.
vices to the t Merchants' Exehature.
Htate that tlie' whaling steamer Fear
less put Into Marsh Acid, Or., today,
for coal and pro visions. The Fearlesi
rwas built In Norway, ami has been
onrt year 011. her maiden cruise.
KEEP THEIIi PLACES.
British Government Plead for
Discharged Volunteers.
-Hie
LONDON, Dec,' 11 1 iovt rtrnipiit
reffuesti emjilo'ers, who have kept
oin sltuatlous for the ysuwury col
onials 'and voInnteiTs, to continue
their patriotic effort to minimize the
s.'icrilU'e of 'these men in ithe service
of their country,' -
N'mnerous volunteer offh-ers resigna
tion are gazetted - twilght lawyer1,
physicians and businessmen, who have
urgently represented that their affairs
are golug to rtihi.
s The War Offlci'. on account of these
representatives, ha let them off.
TO. SAIL COLUMBIA.
NEW YOBIC. Dee. !. Ex-Coiymo-ilvre
E.oM. Morgan, who will hai
charg; of the ColiniHda in her ra-s
with the hew defender, will have the.
old champion afloat early iu April. He.
said Tecently that ithe -work of over
hanling Mini preparing her would le
ilone at City Island.' where die o
lie haulel out. Her crew will 1: put
.alioard about April 1st, and ' utuler
tlie direction of Captain Barr she will
rapidly assume ber aristocratic "ap
pearance. .' .". 1
A Mnnisters Mistake.
A city minister wat recently handf d a
notice to be read from his pulpd.
Accompanying it a a cIiiHtig from
a newspaper bearing upon the tnaitr r.
The clergyman started to rrad the
extract and found that it began:
. "Take i Kenrp' Balsam.-the beit
Cough Cure.A This was hardly wht
he had expected and, after a mo-mcnt'-s
Hesitation, he turned n oyer,
' and found on the other side the mat-
t ter intended for the .reading. 3-
Twice a-Week Statesman, fl a year.
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