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THANKFULTO Letters Proving I there is No M( Ills Equal to Vegetable Cor I \ f^^Mgl^RSANNlE (ALL LETTERS ARE rUBLI "I cannot say enough in regard to It has done me more good than all female weakness in its worst form and was so weak that I could not do I also had falling of the womb and and at menstrual periods I suffered very hard. I could not lift anything stand on my feet long at a time. M; doctors but they did me no good. M table Compound had done for her, a: think it would do me any good. Aft truly say it does all that is claimed f and seven packages of Sanative Was! had no womb trouble since taking th in years; can do all my own housewi now feel that life is worth living. I etable Compound. I feel that it out it lor anytmng. i am aiways know if they will follow Mrs. Pinlch: Gratefully yours, Mrs. A-nj CHANGE OF LIFE. " I was taken sick ^ ^ five years ago with , ' The Grippe,' and had a relapse and /' was given up by f W g the doctor and my I f J J friends. Change \ \ y\ P? I of Life began to v^" A \ work on me. I flowed very badly until a year ago, fhen my stomach and lungs got so bad, I suffered terribly; the ulooi went up in my lungs and stomach, am I vomited it up. I could not ea scarcely anything. I cannot tell wha I suffered with my head. My hus band got me a bottle of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, and befori I had taken half of it I began to im prove, and to-day I am another woman Mrs. Pinkham's medicine has saved m; life. I cannot praise it enough." 0 M. A. Dexsox, Millport, N.Y REWARD.-Wb liared^p VfoEiliSlS w'i'c'1 wi" ,)e to an>' i>e _ ^61II tig fl are not genuine, or wero pu UUVvU mission. Women Workers In France. A recent volume treating or me wui of women in France gives this tab! of women workers in that country Physicians, 450; authors, 519: artist and sculptresses, 3500; singers am actresses, 3(500; uiirsos, 13,000; millic e.Ts. 30,000; Government employes. 50 000; members of religious orders, 95 000; teachers. 100,000; in business houses, 245,000; land owners, 500,00C factory girls. 575,000; domestic serv ants. 650,000; seamstresses, 950.00C farm laborers. 'J.700.000. Czar Nicholas' usual tip for servant when on a visit is $5. The Kaiser usi ally gives about $1.50 for the sam service. There tn s. Clans oC People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recent there has been placed in all the grocery ston a new preparation called Gkaijj-O, made < Sre grains, that takes the place of colTo e most delicate stomach receives it withoi distress, and but few can tell it from coffc It does not cost over }? as much. Childn may drink it w ith great benefit. 15 eta. ar 25 cts. per package. Try it. Ask forGa.u.N-f People in Honolulu indulge in a beve age known a3 "swipes." It is the natn beer of Hawaii, and is a dangerous coi coction. 'J ho principal articles use<l in i manufacture are sugar, corn, pineapp roots and Chinese ginger, bran. Irish pot toes and sliccd pineapples. It is fermen ed after standing four or five days, an then it is ready lor use. Kane's Family ^ledicinc Moves tho bowels each day. In order to 1 healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on tl liver and kidneys. Cures sick headacl) Price 25 and 50 cents. The area under tea culture in India < the end of was over .116.732 acre eixtv per cent, of this acreage being ; Assam, in the valleys of the Brahamap tra and Surma Rivers, twenty-five pi cent, being in Bengal and the other U per cent, being divided between the nort ^ west provinces and the Punjah, in Nort em India, and Nilgris, Malabar and Tr vancore, in Southern India. Try (irain-O ! Try ?;rain-0! Ask your grocer to-day to show you a pac age of Gbaix-O, the new food drink that tak the place of coifee. The children may drii it without injury as well as the adult. All w] try it.Iikeit. Gbaix-0 has that rich seal broi ?f Mocha or Java, but it is made from pu grains, and the most delicate stomach receiv it without distress. the price of coffc 15 and 25c. per packagc. Sold by all groce: What they call the rainy season in Mo ico comes only in the iorm of showei which fall in the afternoon. These sho ers usually occur every day, but sometim there will be two or three days of p< fectly clear weather. There is no stea> downpour, however, as in most tropi< countries, and in Mexico the rainy seas is regard a; the linest season of the year Sweat and fruit acids will not discolor gor dvcd with Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold all druggists. Most suicides by drowning occur night. Disinfection of houses is the only pol pursued in Calcutta against the plague. The liife Saver of hildrcu is Hoxsie's Croup Cure in attacks of Croi "Whooping Cough, Diphtheria and Pneumor Ko opium to stupefy. 50 eta. Rubber, spun glass, steel and ivory i the moat elastic substances. I Mrs. PiNKHAM I ; Positively that -C TTT 5 _ saiciiitj iur vv Oman a Lydia E. Pinkham's ' apound. a^\ : . THOMPSOfTM 98^) | shed bt special permission.) Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. ! the doctors. I have been troubled with for about ten years. I had leucorrhoea ' my housework. inflammation of the womb and ovaries. . terribly. At times my back would ache f o;' do any heavy work ; was not able tc y husband spent hundreds of dollars foi y husband's sister wrote what the Vegeid wanted me to try it, but I did not then cr a time, I concluded to try it, and I can or it. Ten bottles of the Vegetable Com1 have made a new woman of me, I have le fifth bottle. I weigh more than I have ork, sleep well, have a erood appetite, and owe all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg- 1 has saved my life and would not be with- 1 glad to recommend it to all my sex, for 1 ' im's directions, they will be cured." ie Thompson, South Hot Springs, Ark. PROFUSE PERIODS. " I commenced taking Lydia E. j Pinkham's Vege- / ? table Compound / about 3 months i? aero, and cannot C, * ^"3 . // express the won- S\ y\ U If , derful good it has ^ V ~*K" J ! , done me. Men- I \ struations were so profuse as to leave a me very weak for V^^.o hoDG^/ , some time after. : j Was also troubled with leucorrhoea, t tired feeling1, bearing1 down sensation, t pain across the back and thighs. I i- felt as though there was a heavy weight in my stomach all the time. e I have taken two bottles of the medicine, and now have better health than y I have had for four years." Miss. Lizzie Dickson* IIodge, Avalon. Ohio. ositeil trith the National City Bank of Lynn, $5000, r.aon who can find that the above testimonial letters blished before obtaining the writer's special perLYDIA E. I'INKHAM MEDICINE CO. a iHUHit'Ui i.ypewmci. ? k One of the most interesting of ree cent inventions is the musical typewrl: ter. It does not play music, but writes s it, the keyboard being an arrangement [j of musical characters instead of ordinary letters. The mechanism is in _ most respects similar to that of the t. everyday typwrlter. [ The shoet of paper on which the ij music is to be written is printed ber. forehand with the lines of tlie staff, i; and, by pressing one of the buttons, . the musical character desired may be made to assume its place on the line s wanted, so as to stand for the proper i- note or other mark. Full notes, half e notes, quarter notes and sixteenth notes appear on the keys, as well as the si?ns for sharps and flats. In writing music, the operator first prints the clef mark, and then the arDf rangement of sharps and flats which e. iudicates the key in which the piece llt is written. Chords are formed by put.l,j ting the component notes together, one xl after another, but in a vertical line on J- the staff. It is all very simple, but. as r. may easily be realized, this kind of e typewriter requires special expertness and a good deal of practice. It is likely ly to be of more value in copying than j. in actual composing. ? Philadelphia t- Saturday Evening Post, id _ Flower* Preserved by Insects. Insects are a necessity of the lift be J of flowers, as they carry the pollen; 110 yet some destroy both plants and trees. ie* Ilere nature comes in with extraordinary means of protection, as in the it Arum lily, where libres like needles s> and spikes force them to beat a hasty u. retreat. The Bull's Horn Thorn, an i?r Australian tree, is particularly well :n protected against these marauders. At the end of each leaf is a pair of hollow a- horns, in which live a small, tierce, pugnacious species of ant, bribed to the office of defense by a generous k- supply of food collected on the leaf close to their cells. When destructive k insects come to carry away the foliage v? of these trees the warlike inhabitants re spring out from their kopje-like 1'astnesses, descend upon the invaders, killIng all who are not able to flee.?London Telegraph. PS, A Mistaken Diagnosis. w' A Swede arrived at the Uniou Depot cs ;r. the other morning and started through dy the gate to go uptown, when he was 'al sighted by some of the attaches about ou the station, who jumped at the conclusion that he had a well-developed case k* of smallpox. He was given a wide J berth until one more brave than the rest demanded to know by what right at the pest house was being cheated out of a patient. icy "Aye guess you bane mistaken," explained the Swede. '"Aye bane up in Minnesota and Aye tried to melt out ip, some gunpowder. My face bane too ua- close ane that bane what make ate look lake smallpoox." ire The station force breathed easier. ?Grand Rapids Press. * ' MY BILL IS PASSED The Senate Adopts the Philippine and Cuban Amendments. /OTE AFTER A SPIRITED DEBATE Irmy Appropriation Bill, Containing Provision* For a Temporary Government of the Philippines and Defining Future Relations Between tlio United States and Cuba, Passed by a Party Vote Washington. D. C.?Xot in years has there been a debate in the Senate tvhich in intense interest, excitement ind passionate oratory equalled that Df Wednesday, which culminated in the adoption of the Spooner amendment to the Army Appropriation bill and the Cuban amendment to rhe same bill, offered by the Committee on Relations with Cuba, and then passed the bill itself. The Spooner amendment confers on the President wide powers in connection with the Government of the Philippines, and prohibits the disposal of any public lands in the archipelago, and the granting of .any franchises, [luring the pendency of the temporary government, unless such grant be indispensable. The amendment was adopted on a strict party vote, with the exception of Mr. Hoar, (Rep., Mass.,) who voted with the Democrats, and Mr. McLaurin. (Dem., S. C.,) tvho voted for the amendment. The Cuban amendment specifyin.se the desires of the United States as to the terms of the future relations between Cuba and this country was taken up after the Spooner amendment was disposed of and passed on ^ 1,wl I ft party votQ arter a suorc ui-uuiv. i?i i bjf Senators .Tones, (Den*., Ark.,) Morgan, (Dem.. Ala..) and Pettus, (I)em., Ala.,) in opposition. The Spooner amendment as agreed to is as follows: "All military, civil and judicial powbe granted which is not approved by Islands, acquired from Spain by the treaties concluded at Paris 011 the tenth day of December, 180S, and at Washington on the seventh day of November, 1900, shall, until otherwise provided by Congress, be vested in such person ana persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct, for the establishment of civil government and for maintaining and protecting the inhabitants of said islands in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion; provided that all franchises granted under the authority hereof shall contain a reservation of the rignt to alter, amend, or appeal the same. Until a permanent government shall have been established in said archipelago full reports shall be made to Congress on or before the first day of each regular session of all legislative acts and proceedings of the temporary government instituted, under the provisions hereof, and full reports of the acts and doings of said government and as to the conditions of the archipelago and of its people shall be made to the President, including ail information which may be useful to the Congress in providing for a more permanent government. "Provided that no sale or lease or other disposition of the public lands or the timber thereon, or the mining rights therein, shall be made, and provided, further, that no franchise shall be granted which is not. approved by the President of the United States, nnri is not. in his judgment, clearly necessary for the immediate government of the islands and indispensable for the interest of the people thereof, and which cannot without great mischief be postponed until the establishment of permanent civil government, and all such franchises shall terminate one year after the establishment of such permanent civil government" CUBANS DEFINE RELATIONS. The Constitutional Convention Adopt* Five Declarations. Havana, Cuba. ? The Constitutional Convention has adopted a declaration of relations between Cuba and the United States as follows: 1. The government of Cuba will not make a treaty or agreement with any foreign Power which may compromise or limit the independence of Cuba, or which may permit or authorize any Power to obtain by means of colonization or for military or naval purposes, or in any other manner, any foothold or authority or risht over any portion of Cuba. 2. The government will not permit its territory to be used 03 a base of operations for war against the United States or against any foreign nation. 3. The Government of Cuba accepts in entirety the treaty of Paris in what It affirms as to the rights of Cubans as well as regarding obligations which are tacitly included, and especially those obligations imposed by international law referring to protection of life and property in Cuba, substituting itself in respect to obligations assumed by the United States, according to articles one and sixteen of said treaty. 4. Cuba recognizes as legally valid all acts of the military government during the period of occupation, also the riphts arising out of them, in conformity with the joint resolution aud the Foraker amendment and the existing laws of the country. 5. The governments of the United States and Culm ought to regulate their commercial relations by means of a treaty based on reciprocity and with tendencies toward free trade in natural and manufactured products, mutually assuring ample special advantages in their respective markets. A Good Peach Crop Indicated. Estimates of the possible peach crop are being made. It is most too early for that, but it may be well to note that experts who have examined the trees in all producing sections say the brels indicate as good a crop as last year. Gold Discovered in Samoa. A remarkable discovery of gold is re ported from the Samoan Islands. Black saud running as high as $940 a ton is saiti to have been found on the Island of Upola. Doings of State Legislatures. The Colorado House has passed a bill to restore the death penalty, its infliction to be by electricity. The Idaho House has tabled a resolution asking the Governor to substitute civil for martial law in the Coeur d'Alene District. A bill has passed the North Carolina Legislature restoring to the Governor the power to appoint a Board of Public Improvements. Petitions bearing 3000 names have been presented to the Maine Legislature. asking a resubmission of the prohibition clause of the Constitution. *. > \ I'r ~ " " -T THE NEWS EPITOMIZED I WASHINGTON ITEMS. The negotiations regarding the HayPnuncefote Treaty are to be trans- j ferred from London to Washington. It was proposed to appropriate $900,W0 to start the construction of a building for the Department of Justice. President McKinley selected Cap- I tain William Crozier to succeed the late Professor Michle at the West Point Military Academy. President McKinley nominated Edward H. Anderson, of Utah, to be Surreyor-General of Utah. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Fire in Puerta Tierra. Porto Rico, rendered more than 100 persons home.ess. I Deaths in Havana for January ntira- I tiered 470, a rate of 22.75, the lowest , for that month in twelve years. Charles Z. Landreau was appointed postmaster at Mnyagucz, Porto Rico. The Government, buildings at Iba, 1 Province of Zambalos, P. I., were burned. ! Measures are being taken by the i American authorities at Manila to pro- , tect the gold fields and mining claims of Luzon from prospectors and squat- 1 ters. I DOMESTIC. j Edward P. Miles, embezzling tax col- J ector of Hudson. Mass., was sentenced ; to imprisonment for from six to nine j rears. Tinfk- tivps to a considerable amount i were collected in various parts of [owa, tlirouph the employment of 'tax ferrets." The discovery of the oldest fragnent of the Gospels known to the ivorld wiis announced in Boston, Mass., by the Vice-President of the Egypt Exploration Fund. William J. McManus, the famous 1 ?ecret service detective who made nis 1 reputation in running down counterfeiters, died at Baltimore, Md. j The right of way was secured for in electric road from Schenectady to ! Bnliston, where it will couuect with the road to Saratoga, N. Y. Fire in the Cordova Hotel, at Memphis. Tenn., supposed to have been caused by crossed electric wires, was i extinguished with a loss of less than $15,000. I About forty persons were injured in a wreck on the \v abash Railroad, near I Benton, Ind. I Ten-year-old George M. Rein died ' from lockjaw, at Winsted, Conn. He ! was vaccinated in school and blood- ' poisoning resulted. W. J. Akcrs was nominated for the Mayoralty of Cleveland, Ohio, at the Republican primaries. The assassination of Salvo Giovanni, at Chicago, is believed to be the work of counterfeiters who feared ' mm. After four teeth had been, pulled Mrs. E. G. Mitchell, of Boston. Mass., died in the dentist's chair. Rural mail delivery has come to stay, said Assistant Superintendent Charles 1-Iodges to Missouri postmusters at Kansas City. The total loss of life by the sinking of the steamship City of Rio de Janeiro at San Francisco is now placed at 12S. The loss on the vessel and cargo will exceed $1,000,000. The Fire and Police Board of Denver, Col., after a long investigation of charges of receiving bribes from criminals, demanded the resignations of all the police officers accused, including several detectives and a police captain. The Thirty-seventh Infantry, U. S. V., was mustered out of servicc at the Presidio San Francisco, Cal. A church quarrel at Rock Bridge, Ky., ended in the murder of Elder William Faulconner. FC REIGN. A European zollverein against America is predicted as the result of the steel consolidation. The I'owors vetoed Prince George's proposition l'or the annexation of Crete. Herr Bueb, a member of the German Reichstag, was sentenced to serve three months in jail for lose majeste. The opinion prevails in Pekin, China, that Prince Tunn's punishment will necessitate the choosing of another heir to the Chinese throne in place of his son. The British House of Commons voted down John Dillon's objection to farm burning by the British in South Africa. A British punitive force, attacked by Sowalls, in East Africa, lost seventeen killed, and was forced to retreat, after killing 150 natives. Two persons were killed and many ininrod in the dostruction bv fire of a theatre at Castignuola, Italy. There is fear of serious disorder throughout Italy owing to the impoverished and distressed condition of the people. Sir Robert Hart, at Pekin, China, protested against the seizure of his property by foreign Powers in order to enlarge their legation grounds. Frederico Mora, a former convict of Ring Sing, N. Y? attempted to invade Costa Rica with discontented Nicaraguans, and was taken prisoner by Nicaraguan troops. The hospital attached to Tokio University, in Japan, was burned. Twenty-one patients perished and ten patients and eleven nurses and attendants were injured. The Daily Mail, of London, in view of the necessity of raising money for the war in South Africa, still "in full blast," advocates a tariff for revenue purposes which, it says, differs entirely from a protective tariff. The famous observatory on the Seeburg, Germany, at which the celebrated astronomers, Euckel, Zack and Lindenan worked, was destroyed by tire. Riotous interruptions by the Bohemians and Pan-Germans caused a suspension of the sittings of the Austrian Parliament at Vienna. Russia will withdraw reprisal measures should the United States drop it? countervailing sugar duty. It is rumored that Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, has decided to addicate in favor of his son, Don Jaime. The Russian battleship Tsanevitch was launched at La Seyne, France. For the third time the Boers almost captured General Kitchener. The County Council of Longford, Ire lanu, voteu uown a uiuuuu iu mnvaiu an expression of conlidence to King Edward. The Militar-Wochenblatt, of Berlin, announced that Major von Hugo had been appointed Military Attache of tht German Embassy at Paris. j A few days ago a quarrel occurred between members of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Soudanese Battalions at Omdurman. Flye were killed and i ^wenty Tvounded. ?,-<? ; T ; *? ;x->.^ ^S:- . T: r -r .'v v - 5* MM DEFEit 1WET"' rhe Invasion of Cape Colony is a Complete Failure. 30ER FORCES ARE DISORGANIZED Fifty Boer*, Some Guns and Ammunition Captured and the Invaders Put to Flight ? Steyn Said to Have Notified the Burghers to Shift For Themselves?General Kitchener's Report. London.?General Kitchener reports that General De Wet's invasion of Cape Colony has been a complete failure. General De Wet's force has been lefeatcd and his two guns have been captured. General Kitchener's dispatch to the War Office follows: "General French, who was at Piet Retief, February 22, reports that the result of his column sweeping the country to the east is that the Boers ire retreating and scattering in disorganized parties, totalling some 5000 men, in front of him. Amsterdam and Piet Retief have been occupied, rroops are protecting the Swasi fron tier. General French will push on, but lie Is much hampered by continuous heavy rains. "A summary of the losses inflicted on the enemy to February 1G shows that 282 Boers were killed or wounded in action; fifty-six are prisoners of war; 1G3 surrendered. One fifteen-pounder, 1G2 rifles, 1GO.OOO rounds of small ammunition, 3000 horses, seventy-four mules, 3530 trek oxen, 18,700 cattle, 155,400 slieep and 1070 carrs were captured. The British casualties were five officers and forty-one men killed, four officers and 108 men wounded. "Colonel Plumer reports that on February 23 Colonel Owen captured De Wet's fifteen-pounder, a pompom, some :arts full of ammunition and fifty prissners. We sustained no casualties. The enemy are in full retreat and are Jispersing. They are being pursued vigorously. De Wet's attempt to invade Cape Colony has completely failed." The Daily Telegraph publishes the following from De Aar: "Mr. Steyn addressed the Boers and told them they must all shift for themselves, returning to Orange River Colony as best they could. He and General De Wet took 300 of the best horses with which to escape." Cape Town, South Africa.?Colone. Plumer engaged General De Wet near DIsselfontein, on the south bank of the Orange River, capturing a gun and a pompom and taking fifty prisoners, rhe Boers were scattered and were pursued by Colonel Plumer.* It Is re ported tiiat uenerai ue wez escapeu to the opposite bank iu a boat. MINISTER CONCER COMINC HOWE. Jommiaslonsr Rockhlll Has Power to Conduct Negotiations Now in Progress. Washington, D. C. ? Minister Conner will leave Pekin Immediately for :his country on sixty days' leave of absence. Commissioner Ilockbill will MINI8TKE COXGEB. Ha leaves Pekin on sixty days' leave 01 absence.) anve full power to conduct the negoUations now in progress. As the foreign Ministers have satisfactorily settled the question of punishments of offending Chinese officials and a new eubject is to be taken up, it will be easy to pass the negotiations iuto Mr. Rockhill's hand without sacrificing any points. It was Mr. Conner's own suggestion that Mr. Rockaill be placed In charge. DISTRESS IN SOUTH ITALY. Thoasands of Persons Are "Without Food and Shelter. Rome. Italy.?As a result of poor :rops and the heavy snowfall, great misery exists in the Apulia district. Thousands of persons are without shelter and bread. Two thousand peasants attacked the oeal authorities, assailing them with stones and other missiles, and troops .Tere sent to the scene to preserve orier aud at the same time to render whatever assistance they could. Oregon Electa a Senator. John P. Mitchell was elected United States Senator by the Oregon Legislate to succeed John W. McBride, jvhose term expires on March 4. The result was reached on the twenty-fifth oallot of the day, and the fifty-third of :he session. Germany to Recall Ships. The German Government has defin aitr r?ofMnri to recall the Asiatic Squadron. TVlld Man From Borneo Dead. Henry Itobinson, colored, known as "The Wild Man From Borneo," died it Maysville, Ky. For the last ten fears lie bus traveled with circuses ind bad been on exhibition in museums all over the country. Slelghinc Party Kan Down. Three persons were killed at Goshen, [nd., and several injured by the Wabash passenger train running info a sleigh filled with people. The dead are Christian Wagner, Christian Dearng and Louis Wagner. Prominent Peopie. King Edward VII. pursued his law studies up to the last of his princeaood. Marconi thought of the wireless tele graph at nineteen ana nau u wonting at twenty-five. Henry Watterson began business after the Civil War on $50 obtained by pawning his watch. General Miles has been unanimously sleeted President of the National Capital Automobile Club. At the end of his present term Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, will have been a Sector thirty years. / GRAZED BY A GIRL'S DEATH Itrange Tale or a Former Russian Army Officer at New York "City ?ay? He Was DIsmlJifted For Shooting s Woman to Save Her From Wolves ? He Is Now Insane. New York City?Whether true or merely one of the fancies of a madman. the story told by Otto Blernath ! in ihe Macdougal street police station, where he begged for protection from a dead woman, was intensely dramatic. He repeated it later in the Bellevue insane pavilion. That he was a man out of the ordinary was plain. He said he had taught modern lnaguages in a university, but would not give its name. Then, to prove his assertion, he ut tered phrases of Spanish, Italian, French, ancient and modern Greek. Latin, and wound up with a burst of Yiddish jargon. He hurried into the Macdougal street police station exclaiming: "I'm insane. Lock me up. I'm all right now, but I won't be in a little while." He explained that he was a night watchman for a shirt manufacturing firm. He said he had periodical visions of a beautiful girl whose killing he had been compelled to order out of motives of mercy. "Seven years ago," he said, "I was a colonel in the Czar's Guards. Commanding a scouting party near Moscow, we were attacked by an immense pack of ferocious wolves. We fought them until our ammunition almost gave out. Then we took refuge in a small cave, where we barricaded ourselves. "From my place in the front I had a view of a road. As I looked for a possible rescuing party I was stricken with horror to see a peasant woman approaching. She was oblivious to her peril. I had to act quickly. A minute more and the wolves would get her. "I called to my best shot, Petrolovitz Miskolitzski, and ordered hin^ to shoot her through the head. It was better to kill her instantly than tc have the wolves mangle her. Petro lovitz demurred, but I told him to shoot or I would hurl him to the wolves. "He obeyed the order, and the woman fell dead. After we were rescued I was tried for the murder of the woman and dismissed In disgrace from the army. With my wife I came to this country. "Ever since the terrible day I have had moments when this unfortunate woman has haunted me. She te at my heels, pointing her finger at me accusingly, and I hear myself giving or-, ders to shoot her. It Is terrible." On Biernath wer', found a medal for markmanship in the Guards, and a letter from M. Rawics, United States Consul at Warsaw, which stated that the bearer was a man of excellent reputation, and that his father was a rich and respected citizen of that place. There was also a letter of credit showing him to have a large sum of money with Kessler & Co., bankers, in this city. Biernath is now in the insane pavila Roiiornp TTosnital. The doctors believe bis story. He has a wife and child. CUBA'S CONSTITUTION SIGNED. lienor Cinneros Created jv Sensation by Ko fusing to Attach His S ignature. Havana, Cuba.?The Cuban const!tution. first submitted by the Central Committee to the Convention at the public session of January 21. was signed on Thursday. One copy was sent to Governor-General Wood and the other placed among the records of the Convention. Senor Cisneros created a sensation by refusing to sign. He said: "Cuba is now independent, and I can ice no reason for sending this constitution to the United States for acccptance. .The United States Government has no right to pass upon it, for it is a distinctly Cuban document and was drawn up by this Convention, which lias assumed the responsibility Df establishing the Republic." As the delegates retired Senor Tamayo remarked. "We are all Cubans, Senor," and Senor Cisneros replied, "Yes; when the time comes to fight '' * ~!aa"" will firrlit tllpm to I lie AlXieiitaua >. C ,1MAA gether." Subsequently be said he would sign the copy of the constitution that had been tiled with the records of the Convention, but would wait until the other had been sent to Washington in order to avoid any possibility of his name being attached to that also. AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD. Our Country Now Stands at the Head ol the Exporting Nations. Washington, D. C. ? The United States now stands at the head of the world's exporting nations. The complete tisures for the calendar year 15)00, when compared with those of other nations, show that our exports of domestic products are greater than .hose of any other country. The total exports of domestic merchandise from the United States in the calendar year 1900 were $1,543,013.Gr>0; those from the United Kingdom, which has heretofore led in the race for this distinction, were $1,41S,348,000, and those from Germany $1,050,011.000. and those from France $787, 000,000. Additional interest is given to tlie 5rst rank which the United States now holds as an exporting nation by the fact that a quarter of a century ago she stood fourth in that list. In 1875 the domestic exports of the United States were $497.2(33,737; those of Germany, $007,090,000; those of France, S747.489.000, and those of the Uuitod Kingdom, $1,0S7,407,000. Dr. Pearson* Is Still Giving. Dr. D. K. Pearsons, of Chicago/ the helper of small colleges, has offered $50,000 to Illinois College, at Jacksonville, provided the college e:in raise $150,000 more for an endowment fund. Illinois is the oldest college in the State. French Pensioners Asphyxiated. At the Home for Old Men in Noisy Le Seu, at Paris. France, seven pensioners were found dead from asphyxiation. It is supposed the casualty was caused by a defective chimney. Minor Mention. Christians of New York City contributed last year $27,000,000 for gospel work. Yale University is likely to receive ? 125.000 by the will of the late Professor Salisbury. ' His library goes with it. A British army surgeon asserts that ,,OC! driven mnlnrin liparinc mOS quitoes from Hong Kong neighborhoods. The estate of Lord Armstrong, inventor of the Armstrong gun, who died recently in London, is valued at $7,000.000. ' : ; L"' * BEST SPRING MEDIAE Tim DMIM P MIAN 4A n m fipAAflmlA ino raiui uitbii iu ui. uicciio a Nervura. That Grand Jury, the People, Have So Decided XJsod by Hundreds of Thousand* la Spring as a Blood Medicine. Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerra remedy Is Indeed "The world's Great Bpring Medicine, it has come to be recognized by almost everybody as the est pussiDie spring meaicine to taice, 1 and hundreds of thousands of our people use it during the trying spring months, to tone up anew the relaxed nerves and re-invigorate and enrich the blood. A spring medicine is a necessity if one wishes to keep in perfect health . and vigor during the changes from winter to summer. This grand spring tonic, this perfect spring medicine, Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, is exactly what the system needs at this season. It not only purifies, but makes rich, red blood; it not only strengthens and invigorates the nervous system, but re-energizes and revitalizes the nerves by feeding them with renewed nerve force and power. It is not only an aid to digestion, but it creates a regular, natural . and healthy action of the bowels, liver, kidneys, which in the spring are al- ; ways sluggish and inactive. In fact, it Is ju3t what people need to make them well and keep them well during these months, so threatening to the health of all, and wnen it is considered that Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy is made entirely from pure, health-giving vegetable remedies, and that people give It more testimonial of cure than any ^ other remedy on earth, no one can doubt that it is the very best spring remedy for everybody to use. Mr. Gustave Leltach, of 337 First street, Jersey City, N. J., says:? "I was troubled with slcl: headaches, onH nnnlrl nrvf alaon nn orpftiint r\t ttlA pains in my head. I was suffering night and day with dyspepsia, could not eat anything, my stomach would sour so. I had to starve myself to have i any ease. I had to give up work at last, I was so nervous and miserable, and I was falling away in flesh so that my friends hardly knew me. I tried several remedies, but without avaiL At last someone recommended Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. I tried one bottle and began to t T ~11 + - iiuyiwc. 1 aicu tcu -u lu cai> au i then I picked up my health; my headaches disappeared, and my weakness and sour stomach went away. I used three bottles, and could sleep all night with ease; I used six bottles, and felt like a new man. I can now do a hard < day's work without any trcfuble, and I am as happy i.z a bird in spring. I was so miserable, always suffering, always in pain, but now i am like a new man." Use Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy this spring, for it is the discovery and prescription of a wellknown physician, Dr. Greene, of 35 W. 14th St., New lork City, who la responsible for its beneficial action, ^ and who can be consulted free o* charge, peraon..?.y r by letter. Not From His Experience. Mr. uarnegie naviug uuviseu yuuug men to marry women twenty or thirty fears older than themselves, it is pointed out that the multi-millionaire in his own case adopted the opposite practice. This is not at all surprising/ Marriage is one of the subjects it Is not safe to dogmatize abofit, because it is more a matter of personal liking than of theory. The man who chow his wife according to abstract principles would probably be Inclined to agree with the advice Punch gave years ago to young people about to marry?"Don't."?Montreal Gazette. MB IB v mm For headacht (whether sick or nervous), tooth* che, neuralgia, rheumatism, lumbago, juosa and weakness in the back, spine or kidneys, pain round the liver, pleurisy, swelling of the Joints nd pains of all kinds, the application of Eadwav's Beady Belief will afford immediate ease, and its continued use for a Tew days effects s permanent cure. CURES AND PREVENTS Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Hoarseness Stiff Neck Bronchitis. Catarrh, Headache Toothache Rheumatism Neuralgia Asthma Bruises, Sprains, Quicker Than Any Known Remedy. No matter how viotenr. or excruciating the pain the Bheumatlo, Bedridden, Iuorra, Crippled, Ner ous, Neuralgic or prostrated with diseases may suffer, RADWAY'S READY RELIE? Will .A(lord Instant Ease. HTEbnally?A half to a teaspoonful in half tumbler of water will in a few minutes cure Cramps, Spasms, Hour Stomach, Nausea, Vomiting, H(^k> burn. Nervousness. Sleeplessness, Sick Headache, Diarrhoea, Colic, Flatulency ami all Internal pains. There Is not remedial ajrent tn the world that will cure fever and a#ue and all other malarious, bilious and other fevers, aided by HAD WAY'S PILLS, so quickly as UAIIWAY'S KKAOY RELIEF 50 lent* per Bottle. Sold by Driia?!sf?. BK NpKK TO <JBT ItADWAY^. LIBBY'S }EXTRACT{ i of BEEF t ^ Made without regard to economy. We use the best beef, 'r l|< get all the essence from it, and J concentrate it to the uttermost. Jt In an ounce of our extract there is all the nutrition of many ? pounds of beef. To get more 3, nutriment to the ounce is im- 3C ^ possible. Few extracts have m> as much. iC* Our booklet, "How to Make Good ' ft S Things to Eat," tells many ways to 2 use beef extract. It eives recipes for 9ft X lunches and the chafing dish. Semi Sj IK* your address for it. wJffiw?3SiTlw?ip?o?'? EytWatir . , ,- i * V ?^ ? j