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} At the late election Mluuesola adopt* ed by an overwhelming vote a proposU tlon to amend the constitution of the State 60 that no alien can oxorclso the Hght ofjiuffrage until ho 'shall have boon naturalized. As few Btatea havo $o largo a percentage of foreign-born citizens as Minnesota, tho adoption of this awendmopt indicates that real foreign-born cltlsens do not favor alien voting. That Kv6rlR*tln? IrrltAtlng Itoh. That <U?oilb?6 Tetter, *ud othorRkln ?UfpnMia. M) cent# will euro thorn? ?toi> tJ>? U?>h fttoiico, 60 ooutrt |>Ay? for ?\ box ot Totterlno At drugstores or pontimt'l (or 60 in attuup* <Tom J. T. ttkuptrtno. Hiwanimh, t<a. 8e* of Azov Frozou Over, i Tho first tlino In tho remembrance of Kbe living generation tho &oa of Azov is ifroseu ovor solid. Tho Don Itlver and tlio Boa of Azov froze very suddenly In a rather uuoxpocted way, and as a consOquonce a number of vessels were taken unawftros and stopped on their ?way. Moro than twelvo steamers aro toolpless lu the Ice between Azov and Rostov, and a large number of vessels are disposed in various parts of this immense frozen shoot of water, tlrsl tossed about by the violent storm and then bold fast In the glaeltii embrace. iWhllo tho Itlver Don has froquently frozen over thero is no record of tho fiea of Azov having frozen solid In this century. I I'erfmnori flutter la London, I Perfumed butter on tho dinner table (a tho latest fad of wealthy peoplo In London, Tho dairies wlioro this butter is liiado aro as odorous as a florist'^ tihop or tho laboratory of a perfumer. In tho first place the butor la made In small pats liko those lu ordinary uso. JCach pat Is wrapped In a bit of flue muslin and placed lu a bod of roso loaves specially prepared In an earthen Jar. On top another layer of the fresh und dellcato roso lcavos is placed bo foro the Jar Is filled with a solid chunk; of lco. Thon tho Jar Is placed In a re frigerator and allowed to remain there for ten hours, when tho pal# aro ready for Um custom or. ... { Wll.MlMJTON. K. 0., April It, 1807, Thus, V. Mearcs. Karj., <3 ope ml Agent S, A. L, city : Dkah Rih:-T wish to acknowledge with iplonMtre tho contribution made by tbo floa bOnrd Air Una to tbo Initial expanses Ind. <lcnt to routing and locating the delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention oxpeoted to mcol hero (li st week In Mny. It gives mo plcuaut'O In thin connection to ?ny that the wUo and liberal policy of tbo Seaboard toward all onlorprlticH along Its lino 1b provorblal. and entitles it to tlio good will nnd aupport of till who appreciate tbo ef fort to build up our Houtborn country. Yours very truly, (rlg-ned) James C. Stevenson, Chairman Finance Committee on account Southern Baptist Oonvention. 'l'onder Over It, '. 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Uahm'm Dili, arc prompt, efllolent and HOOU S PUIS c?s> inerlect. ¢?. MIRACLES^ Belong to an older age than onra. But wo still havo things that remind u> of tho misty past. Under date of March ICth, 1897, Mr. II. 8. Idflseomb, of Bacojet^ H. O., writes; "Please find check for 3'uoz. RMEUIMACIDK. X'.> It Is working mlraolM In this country." Mr. Llpacomb U bat on* of many who a offered with rheumatism. He was cared, and being * merchant, haa bean soiling and recommending RHEUMACIDIS to all Ma frlendi^pTer tlnoo. foM by 11 Pm<giaU t Hoe fl.00 p?r bottK m VOIBITY ?*?qC0, B?Utek *. 0. . - ? ? - i'i - - -* GRANT'S TOMB. I Magnificent Ceremonies at Its Dedication in New York, LAND AND WATER PARADES Ono of tho Greatest Pageants of Modern Times, Th? City W*i> Profusely Decorated, nnd an Imments Throng of Spectators From All rntti of tho Country Lined the ltoute of the rroce??lon>.-r?roAt (lather* In* of l>l?tli\gnlfihcd I'oraonaKon Frou> Kvftry Corner of tho Civilized Worlds More Than ftO.OOO Hnldlort And blvll lam In I,lno--?Tho ktuilion Crowded With YAtaela of Kvery lioiorlptlou<? tiu[ir?lllvo I'.xorctooa Hold at Toml>, Nkw Yoiik Oit* (Hpoola)),? Tho dedica tion o( tho monument on lUveroldo Heights to Ulynsoa Simpson Grant* Gonoral-ln-Ghlof of tho Arraloa of tho Union, and twloo President of tho Unltod Slates, marked an opooh In tho history of tho country, for on that day bravo soldiera of tho tffray Unltod with gallant votorana of tho blue In honor ing tho raomory of tho inau who, vroat In battlo, was greater In tlio hour of triumph, whon, under tho applo trno of Appomattox, ho roturnod }ho sword of Itobort Ji. I^oo, tho Southern olilof, and bftdo him and tho romnnntn of his horolo army godspeed In tho work of robulldlng ft OOuntry mado desolate by grim w<U\ Now York City has had two "Grant I>ayn," tho llrat whon to solomn dlrgoa and amid ombloms o! mourning tlio romalna of tho groat commandor woro homo to their temporary tomb. Tho aocond has Juttt been observed uudor surroundings In violent contrast to such scenes, for tho Kreat me tropolis put horaolf In gnia attiro, tho tramping hosts marohod to inspiriting martial at ml no, and nil mado u Joyous feto of tho dedloatory ooromonloa. 'I ho deflo rations, especially along tho routo of tho l?arado, woro olahorato and vdoturoaquo, striking arrangements of flags, minting nnd uqrtraltB of Grant apponrlng on both pub lic and prlvato houses. Tho host foaltuoof tho doouratlons was tlmt thoy woro not con fined to tho lino of march, hut woro com mon throughout tho town. Evon In the:ea Idoneo Bootlonn, Including tho so-onllcd tonomont districts, rnoro or loss protontious displaya of Hags and bunting woro mado. Tho hotels, theatres, hualnoaa houses nnd other buildings put out their colora, nnd tho day docorntlona woro augmented til night by brilliant oleotrlenl displaya. Tho thuatros ware eapoolnlly lavish In tholr dis play, and tho largo hotels followed oloaoly with haudsomo colors, nrtlntlcnily ar ranged. Oilleo buildings and buildings bolonglng to tho great oorporations caught tho Infootlon nnd oovorod tlio grim and businosfj-llko outlines of tho buildings bo hlnd patriotic clouds of bunting. On most <?f tho buildings tlio favorlto decoration was a photograph of General Grant no a contrepiooo and thou bunting reaching all ovor tho hnlldlng. Tho first tpubllo function In connection with tho dedication occurred nt sunrise when tho enormous ilag which la forovor to lloat alongside tho tomb was hoisted by G. A. It. Veterans. Then occurred tho formal ooromonlos at tho tomb, alter which fal lowed tho land and naval parades. Tho day's observances were concluded at night wfti a oloso poraonal frlaud of Oonftral Grunt and ht? pantor in WuHhlntfton whon ho was President, offyred tho opening prftyor, after which General Horace Porter, oh president of tint Monument ABftocdation, delivered an address, presenting tho tnonu* meat to Mayor Btrong. who received It on behalf of tlio oity. President McKinloy then upoko, and Archbishop Corrlgan pro nounced the benedidlion. The oratory was Interaperoed with the | singing of patriotic Bongs by a chorus of one thousand voloefj, accompanied by an orohoatra Of ono hundred pieces, undo* the direotion of Walter PamroBch, and tho vast assemblage Joined when tho Doxology waa announced. The order of n^ereises follows; 1. Hymn, "America -Mv Country, 'Tis of Thee. 2. Prayer by JMshon J. P. Newman. 8, l(ymn of thanlcs, "Old Ndherlnnd Folk-Hong." Ro?er Wojoott, Governor of MoA*oohu??tU, with tUu Oadcta as eacort. Uolilnd theia oanifl tho National Lancers and tlio Anoiont and Honorable Artillery, of Hofston, founded in Colonial days. Tho Maryland troops, headed by Gov ernor Lowndes, trod upon tho hoels of tho Boy .Stato brigudo, Tho Governor was es corted by tho oraok regiment of Marylaud, tho "Dandy Fifth," of JJiUtlmoro," Tho National Guard of Virginia, led by Govornor Charles OTorrall, followed. Tho Govornor wn9 escorted by tho Rlohmond lJluea, ooni posed now of brilliant young men, typical of tho Now South. Then marched the soldier boys from Ver mont, commanded by Governor Josluh Grout. Next camo Governor Asa Buhhuell of Oldo, supported by picked detachments of cavalry, infantry and artillery from tho lUiokeyo National Guard. Governor John It. Tanner, of Illinois, THE OH ANT MONUMENT, HIVEH3IDE D1UVE, NEW YOHK. 4. Address by the President of tho United State*, 3. "Star-Sprtntflod Banker," 0. Oration by Otneriu llot-nco Portor, President of Grant Monument Association. 7. Acceptance of tho monument by Mayor Strong. 8. Hallelujah chorus from Handel's "Mo.i Hlnli." P. Do.rology. Tho Doxology will be sung by tho ohorui) under l'rank JJamrosoh, and tho assemblage In the vicinity of the Monu ment are Invited to join, THE LAND PARADE:. A Clurgertiln Kpectnolo Mailo l>y ltfywlur*, Votornnt, Ml I It In nn<t Civilians. Tho laud parade began to move at half past ton o'olock sharp. One-half hour bo foro that tlmo Prosldont MoKlnloy wag driven over tho lluo of march to the' touib Of ills great predecessor in tho Prosldontlrtl chair. With him wore Mayor Strong, who received tho monument f ?>t- jho city; Gen eral Horace Porter, Ambassador to Franco, tho oratot of tho day, who mado tho pres entation, aud Admiral Goorgo Brown, of tho navy. Behind tho Presidential party rodo Mrs. U. S. Grant und family. Thoy were escorted by four comrades of tho So ciety of the Army of tho Tonnessoo, four Companions of tho Loyal Legion and four veterans of tho Grand Army of the Repub lic as a guard of honor. Squadron A, led by General Danlol Uutterfleid, formod tho general escort for this p{irty. m/ rt (JtSKKAI. ULYfcSKS 3. GRANT. by a rceepUon nl tho Union League Club in honor of tho President and Yloo-rrosi dent. At tho massive tomb, during these pre liminary exercises, surroundod bv all tlio thousands who could tlnd scats or footholds there, \wro tho President of tho United States, lito Vioo-l'rcsidont, every member | of tho President's Cabinet, tho Justices of j tho Supreme Court, nearly all tho I'nitod ! Stntea Seuators and Representatives, and j tho representatives of about every Nation | on earth with whom this oountry has | diplomatic relations. There, too, were the i Generals of tho Army, active nnd retired, J and the Admirals of tho Navy, active and j retired, the member* of the Legislature of Now York, the Mayor of Now York City and { tho Aldormen of New York and Urookiyn, ; together with all tho mom hers of tho Grant ! family. Tho procession that was reviewed by the j President, at tho conclusion of the de'diea- I tory ccromonlcs from an elaborately deco- j rated stand bo^ido a triumphal arch that ? spanned Riverside Drive, was composed of i ono of the largest bodies of armed men that j has over been gathered together in this! country In tlmo of peace. There wero 2.V10 ' soldiers of tho Rogular Army, loOO sailors and marines from tho warships in tho river nnd thoNavy Yard, 23,000 uolulor* of tho Na tional Guards of tho variout) States, 10,000 veterans of tho OrAnd Army of tho Republic, 4000 oi mod And equipped cftdcts, and '10 000 ft vlllans. Tho grand total roso abovo Ml .000. and th* line took nearly five hOuru in pass* lng the reviewing stand. In the Hudson River, off Ilfvorsldo Park, woro acolxorod the veasols of th>> North At lantic squadron, tho Proaidont'a flagship Dolphin, and warships/ representing tho GovorAmenta of Hpaiu, Italy, Franco and Groat Britain. Aftet the land parade was ovor tho Presi dent ratio wed fb<> licet and tho vessels saluted Mm. X ? EXERCISES AT THE TOMB. The CtwmonlM Were Simple, and In cl?d?4 ?" Ad<tr?n by the President. Owing to the length of the parade. It was impoeeiele for tboee In charge of the cere* .monies .at the tomb to d#la/tbom until tho head of the marching column reached RIverftlde, hence they began at eleven yo'elock. plMhop Job* P. Newman, who /* At tho head of tho military division and of the parade rodo General Oronvillo M. Dodge, tho (Irantl Marshal, accompanied by distinguished aids. Noxt in lino were the United States forces, under tho com mand of Major-General Wesley A. Meriitt. Jle was surrounded by a brilliant statY, fol lowed bv tho First Brigade, U. S. A., led by General William M. Graham, Under his command, among other bodies, were the. gray-coated corps of cadota from tho West Point Military Academy; tho engineers from Willets Point, the Thirteenth and Ninth Infantry ltugimonts and nine bat teries of artillery. Then followed a regi ment of crack united States cavalrymen. Tho Second Brigade of United States forces was made up of three battalions of ma rines, headed by thn Marino Hand1 of Wash ington, and tlvo battalions of bluo-jaokets from Admiral Bunco's White Squadron. Second HJvUInn, New York Mllltlnmrn. Governor Frank S. Black and his gold laced statT led tho Sooond Division, com posed of tho National Guard of the Stato of Now York. Brigadier-General Louis Fitz gerald commanded tho First Brlgadoof this division, which included the Seventh, famed Jn war and peace as tho best drilled militia regiment In tho United Stntes. In this bri gade also were all tho city regiments and the First and Second Batteries. Tho Second Brigade included tho Thirteenth Regiment and Troop C. Then camo tho up-State guardsmen of tho Fourth and Third Bri gades. Conununder J. W. Miller's Naval Reserve and tho veterans of the Old Guard brought up th<>renr of tho NoW York Divi sion. f Governor* In the Third Division. Tho Third Division mar he called tho Governors' Guard, for ton Chiof Executives of sister Commonwealths had places in it. First In lino was Governor D. A. Hastings, of Pennsylvania, followed by a provisional brigade plfcfcM rr<Sm tho National Guard of the Koystono Stato. New Jersey's Governor, John W. Griggs, aeted as a brigadier of the soldiers of that Stato. Next oame Governor Cooko, of t^orfoeetl* cut, supported by a soldlorlv bat t alio*, tho Governor'* llprjo and Fggt (lusrtfs, of Hart-, ford and New liaven. nhy wero followed by tho eraek Now Haven Grays. Tho next brtfl*to In IIq* was headed by headed a detachment of tho Guard of his &tato. Thou rodo Governor Charles Buslol, of Now Hampshire, osoortod by tho pride of thoGranito Stato, tho Amoskeag Yotoran Corps. Tho National Guard of tho District of Columbia, representative o? ovory State in tho Union closed tho strictly military section of tho parado. Cadets and Vctornns In Idne. Tho Cadets of ttio American Guafd, of tho public schools, Uniformed, ain\t>d and equipped, and tho hoy soldiers of pHvnto schools nnd academics, hail tho right of tho lino of tho lioit division, iharshnlled by Captain Zallnskl, U. 8. A., roWrcd. All croods and nationalities were represented In this division, for thero was a Company of Chineso students, fully equipped, as well as a craok coloroil cadet corps. With General O, O. Howard riding ahead, tho votorans of tho land and sea forces of tlw> Union Army next fell Into line. Gen eral Howard had a staff of 100 mounted veterans behind him, and It Is estimated that ton thousand old soldiers, sailors and marines were in his division. Following tho Union veterans and thoit Hons rodo tho Confederate votorans and Sons. A Most of Mnrehlng Civilians. In tho civilian division thero wero many branches of tho Ancient Order of Hiberni ans, independent military eompanios, tho voteran firemen and hundreds of fraternal and benellt societies. Tho letter carriers* repimeut was a markod foature of this division.' In this division also appeared a tribe of Sioux Indians, with Colonel Will iam P. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and Chief Jos eph, of tho IsoS Torces, riding side hv side. Chief Joseph oamo at tho, Invitation of General Nelson A. Miles, tho commanding general of tho army. PARADE ON WATEH. ZZ -? ilruvo Array of United States Vcssols on tlio Hudson. Tho exorcises at tho tomb woro concluded .it about tho time the head of the parndo appeared, and tho President reviewed it as it filed by in tho order given. When tho last detachment had inarched beforo him, President McKlnloy went aboard tho Dol l-bin. As the President boarded his flag ship tho corablnod fleet of war vessels gavo tlio Presidential ealute? twenty-one guns. President MeRlnley was accompanied 011 Lao Dolphin by the cabinet, tho foreign Ambassadors and Ministers. Admiral Brown, Generals JUles, John,M. Schollold and Dan iel Buttorflold. The ships woro dressed in rainbow fash Ion with tho signal flags, which wero strung from the bows over tho trucks of tho musts and fastened to tho jack BtaflT At tho sterns of tho* vessels. Besides this tho vessel floated ensigns at tho storn and union jacks on tho etafl's on tho bows of tho ships. The men-of-war, United States and for eign, were anchored In double oolumn In midstream, abreast of tho monument, olf Riverside. Below these, riding In doiiblocol umn also, was tho licet of rovenuo cut tors and lighthouse vessels. Tlio merchant marine division, "like rainbows dressed," paraded up the river. In passing tho monument the vessols saluted by dipping colors. Tlila division rounded n stakobont aud proceed ed down stream again, heaving to and forming in doublo column Just below tho cutters and lighthouse boats. Then tho ves sels awaited the Presidential review. Astho Dolphin started down between I ho columns the North Atlantic squadron ami tho foreign warships blazed forth a Presidential salute of twenty-one guns. Tlio men of tho mer chant tnarino manned tho yards and gavo thrco hearty cheers as the rovlewing pnrty moved past. Tho steam river oraft gavo vent to tholr enthusiasm through brazen and iron-throated whistles. After tho review tho Presidential party was driven bacl^ ,to the hotels to prepare > for tho reception at tho Union League in tho evening. Tho reception was a grand a flair. Thero wero many other receptions at night on a minor scale, and reunions innu merable. Men who had not met since war times, nnd then in some cases fat'e to face as foes on tho battlefield, draft k from tho samo cantecn to ono toast, "A peaceful and riyjnltcd country and the memory of Ulys ses Simpson Grant." Tho ciiy lteclf, swathed in the Stars nnd Stripes during tho day, was brilliantly Illuminated at night, for the Mayor had called on patriotic New Yorkors to thus show their respect for tho memory of tho great departed. So the oily seemed like a veritable fairyland after the sun went down. Cleveland At ltcform Club linnqnet. Tho banquet of tho Bcform Club at tho Waldorf Hotel In Now York was an ovation for former PresMont Clovoland. It was his first public oppenrance sinco ho left the White House, and ho spoko on tho present problems vf Democracy. John Do Witt Warner presided and mado an address. Other speakers wero ox-Secretary. Carllslo, ox-Postinnstor General Wilson, of Tennes see, Senator Caffory, of Louisiana, Joslah Patterson.of Tonnosseo, Ilenry G. Turnor, of Goorgia, and William 1). Bynum, of Indiana. flenernl Mile* to Oo to Major-Goncral Nolson A. Miles, com manding tho Unitod States Army, will visit tho seat of tho Groco>Turklsh war in tho, East, as tho ropresontAtlve of the United, States Government, and will xnako "an ex-; aminativn of tho personnel, equipment,,' methods of military practice of the con-, tending forccs, nnd will mako an extended roport to tho Government of the results of his observations. England Bay. A squadron of eight British war ships ar*. rived at Delagoa B ay, the Portuguese Afri can possession. The advent of the squad ron caused much ?xcitement. Six of the war ship* have entered the river and two others remain in the bay. A French war ship has" also arrived. IX 'i itioaght mv Cape Town that only afiaval demonstration ' Is founded, l V THE GRANT MONUMENT, DuAoiptton of tho Magnificent Muutoleun on 1(1 vartldu In Now York. The (trant Monument on III vor#?i<lo Prlvo Is rn established ffl't, grand in li t ?lm? pllolty, inspiring In/ tho qioinorie# that It brings to lire. Thot/? la no place In Now York or vicinity b/tter fitted for it. Tho Hudson Itivor flow/ silently within a atone'# throw. Plreotly opposite, across tho river, tho Palisades loom Hi ft graudour that has glvitfi thom world-wide farnp, Looking north, tho oyo may boo as far as Tappan Zoo, over a stretch Of country which is" j famod iu history. Tho ImnjedlatH anrroundlngd of tho rnon umont Itso! f are vot>' beautiful. In ono direction aro located tho stately buildings of tho now Columbia Univereily. Adjoin ing thorn, will fitand tho groat rrotostnnt Cathedral of St. John tho Divino. Tho monument U J05 feet high, and ftandu upon a promontory 140 foet ubovo tho HndfiOli. Tho design is original in Its oxoerition and eotlCfcptlon. Tho square Porte basrt Is typical of Grant1* military career; (ho circular cupola is symbolic of nil olVH llfo, and tho stopdoino that oom? plotes the strnctufo announces that it w tho tornb ol a warrior. Tho oxterlot la of gran ito, and its interior of marblei. On tho main floor 1$ tho crypt, thirty feet wldo, whero already rests tho masslvo sarcopha gus of Conor a I Grant. Tho foundation, which Is of concrete, is 110 foot by 110 foot at tho base, and 107 (out Gtiuaro at tho tup. Its depth Is twenty-two foot. Tho top of tho foundation is 131 foot, uud tho top of tho dorno Is 800 foot, above high v/ntur. T)?o main ftUpoiat ruoturo is of granite, 100 foot smtaro and eighty- II vo foot big!* At eighty foet from tho foundation is the loWot edge of tho cornice. Hugo Hon blocks of granlto form projocting layer ahovo this, and oho more layer cf jffanlto blocks completes tho main body. Tho monument faces tho south, and on this side aro tho only approach and entrance to tho tomb. Tho ontrAuco is through a brazen door. This froi^t of tho tomb has four granlto columns at tho entrance, but just outside of those is another lino of fluted columns six in nhnlbor, thirty foot high, seven foet in dlflmetor nt tho l>a.?o and six at the top. They form part of tho portico, Tho hoftloo Is in tho ionio stylo, and itj in Itself a flguro of groat beauty, " Tho ap proach to the portico Is formed by granito platforms 100 font wldo whloll 'afford a graddiil risoent of forty feet. Tho completion of this noble mausoleum v/ithin flvo years is a lasting tortimonial to Now York's oivio pride, Tho llrst meeting of tho Grant Momorial Committee was hold on April 0, 1892, and over 80,000 American citizens contributed tho $<700,000 necessary for tho oroction of tho great tomb. WHY NEW YORK WAS CHOSEN, Mrs. Giant J"|iiAll| !>c<ldcd In Favor of if** ' llio fcmpfre C'ily. M-r When Grant died there was a keen compe tition among the various cities of tlioUnlod for tho honor of having his tornb, While Genoral Grant and Mrs. Grant wore in Eu rope they paid visit to tho tomb of Ferdi nand and Isabella. Tho thought of tho royal couplo sleeping side by sido for cen turies appealed to tlio devoted husband, and turning to his wlfo ho said: ".Tulia, tins is tho wny wo should lio in death," His wish was not forgotten, and when th# groat cities of tho East sought tho honor of affording his body a sepulture, Now York was Iho fltst to Offer a tomb for both tho General and his wife, Without conditions. Now York was also helped by tho fact I hat a memorandum loft by the General gavo his preforonco as a place of a burial as follows: "West Point? I prefer this above others, but foV tho fact that my wife could not bo placed botldo mo there. "G'Hentt, or some other place in Illinois ? Because from that State I I'oceivod rny first General's commission. "New York- -Because tho people of that State befrleuded mo in mv need." When offers wero made by tho various cltles'Mrs. Grant cast her vote on the sido of New Yorlfi/ A plot of land was set aside In Itiversldo Park. There tho General was buried in 1801. Tho monument is, as 1,1 Hung Chang says, the most Interesting memorial over ereotod. Th<\jtomb of Napoleon is its only rival, that having also been built by volun tary oontributionrf: ^'JL'hO two other groat tombs, those of Albert In Hydo Park and Kaiser Wilholm in Berlin, were erected by tho Governments of tho two countries. CONGRESSMAN HOLMAN DEAC. The "Watchdog of tlio Treasury" Succumbs to S]>i mi 1 Meningitis. William Steele Holman, of Indiana, tho oldest member of Congress in point of ser vice, died at Washington, Thursday, after an illness of govern 1 weeks. Spinal menin gitis was the direct causo of death, and tho venernblo . statesman had been un consoions for days preceding tho end. Congressman Ilolman was nearly soventy I! vo years of ago, bio birthday falling in Soptombor. Ho was serving his 6ixtoonth term. Mr. Ilolman would have been called "tho leather of tho IIouso" during lato fears were It not for tho fact that for over wonty years ho was known, both in and out of the House, as "tho Watchdog of tho Troasury." HIE I.ATE W. 6, 1IOLMAK. William Steelo Ilolnmn was born in Dear born County, Indiana, in 1322. llo had ft common school education, supplemented by a two-year course at Frauklin College. Then ho taught school to support himself while ho studied law. when twenty ono years of ago ho was elected Probnto Judge. Ho served also as a prosecuting attorney, was ft mombcr of tlio Constitu tional Convention of lfif?Q. Thon ho on tered the Legislature, and lnt?*ron was re turned to tho Bench. His Congressional carcer commenced with tho Thirty-sixth, and out of the twenty sessions of that body which liavo followed ho has been nbsont from but four, tho Thirty-ninth, Forty-llfth, Forty-sixth and Fifty-fourth, ft record unparnllclcd in American public life. Personally Mr. Ilolman was of a genial and approachable disposition, which did much to reconcile his colleagues to his coursoon nubile matters, notably appropriations. Tho body of Congressman Jlolman wot ' taken bnnk to Indiana for interment upon tho old homestead. It was accompanied \vv/ the customary honorable guard of hi3 Iqft colleagues. ^ Killed by a Heart Blow. |, Timothy Harrington, proprietor ot a cigar storo in Fast Baltimore, Bid., died from a blow similar to that with which Fitzsimmons knocked out Corbott. Ilar rington was sixty years old and was play fully sparring with a youth named Oeorge Worth, when the latter iabbed at him across tho store counter.strlklng him abdre ?ha heart. ? _ ? 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Practical experiments at Ala bama Experiment Station show conclusively that the use of - "Kainit" will prevent that dreaded plant disease. All about ? th? reMilt* of its use by actual ox psriincnt on the belt farm* In tha United States-wit told in a little book which we publish and will gladly mail free to an)' farmer in America who will writ* foe it GERMAN KALI WORKS, Nassa- St., N'ew Yorfc^ OPEN SUMMI0K AdvaiHuKCi li>>? MXftfUjJ t mera an I grand, iik'UuIkIu * oioulli <?r wholnrthlii iW cheap Katiroad rates. M. ANI> WINTREi C?Ol ?ttWj nyhery. ? union #10 ?j* V<n. fit tti' I>?r irtOUin. m. i.ksimonP, rt>K?. AhUcvU1v? N? Pi SUFFERING IN 8U.KNCK* Womea are tho ronl heroes 6f th* world. Thousands ou thousands of them endure tho djguggiug torture of tho ills Seculiur to womankind in tho silence o1 omo. 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