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BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM ?12?? Wes'ern South Carolina. RATES REASONABLE. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM JOB PB1NT1NG?A SPECIALTY, That Grow and Bear Fruit. Write for our 60 pasre ilustrated Cflalogue and 40 >ajje pamphlet. '"IIow to i-'lant and Cultivate-an Or* ' hat-a " fiivna vnn that in THE LEXINGTON DIS PATCH J Ji Representative newspaper. Boners Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Bihc a Blanhet. VOL. XXX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., WEDXESDAY, APRIL 4, 1900. XO. 21 jwlIa globe m goods cohfaht. jmh. "W. SI. S^EOSTCSTTOST, JS3-, SvdC^ST^.O-BS3. MfMl J WSO MAIN STREET COLUMBIA S. C., In LnF xst^ Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Politeanu Prompt Attention. 0 IfY I I October 13?tt ormation you have so long & '^Sa wanted; tells you all about Ma hose big red appl^?. lucious war oeacbes. and J.iphn plums vith theirorien<al sweetness. I ill of wbich you have often .vondered where the trees ame from that produced EVERYTHING GOOD IN FRUITS. Pnusal floe stock of SILVER MAPLES, young.thrifty trees ismooth and straight, tho kind hat live and grow off well. No old. rough trees. This is he most rapid growiDg maple and one of the most beautiful shade trees. Write for prices and give :1st of wants. \. Van Lindley Snrscry Co., ; Pomona, N. C. - Fire, Life and Accident Insurance. Only First Class Companies Represented, See my List of Giants: Assets. ?TNA FIRE, of Hartford, Conn $13,019,411 CONTINENTAL (FIRE), cf New York 9,809,660 PHILADELPHIA UNDERWRITERS, Phila, Pa.. 16.523,773 ATNA LIFE, of Hartford, Conn 1 47,584,967 FIDELITY AND CASUALTY, of New York 3,482,862 My Companies, are Popular, Strong and Reliable No one can give your business better attention; no one can give you better protection; no one can give you better rates. aarBEFORE INSURING SEE-fcSt - R ice B Harman, General Insurance Aeent, LEXINGTON C. When writing mention the Dispatch EilmiiE ? OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City&County Depository COLUMBIA, S. C. Capital Paid in Fall $150,000 00 Surplus 3 % 000.00 Liabilities of Stockholders 150,000.00 ' . $335,000.00 SAYINGS DSPAET2CENT. nf a ru?r cAntnm r>er an t?i VUV AWvv v* * v- ? ? nam paid on deposits m this department TRUST DEPARTMENT. This Bank tinder special provision of its charter exercises the office of Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Es tates. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Bnrglar proof safety deposit for rent from $4 00 to $12 00 per year. EDWIN W. ROBERTSON, President, A. C. HASKELL, Vice President J. CALDWELL ROBERTSON, 2d Vice President G. M. BERRY,Cashier. Ffhruary 12?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. THE COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL $100,000 00 SUEPLUS : 30,000 00 ESTABLISHED 1871. JAMES WOOD ROW, President , JULIUS WAI KER. Vice President JEROME H. SAWYER, Cashier. DIRECTORS?James Weodrow, John A. Crawlord, Jalins H. Walker. C. Fitzsimznons, W. C. Wright, W. H. Gibbes. John T. Sloan. T. T. Moore, J. L. Mim? nangh, E. S. Jovnes. This bank solicits a share, if not all, of your business, and will grant 67ery favor consistent with safe and sound banking. January 29. 1R97?lv. When writing mention tha Dispatch. Saw Mills, Light and Heavy, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AND BEST. Ca?t every day; wori 180 hand*. Lombard iron Works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA, GKOitGlA. January 27 ? When writing mention tlio Dispatch. GEORGE BRUITS MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C., JEWELER '"d REPAIRER Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware. A fine line 01 Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, all for sale at lowest prices. Bepairs on Watches first class quickly done and guaranteed, at moderate prj/?Aq fin?tf. When writing mention the Dispatch. W. A. RECKLING, COLUMBIA, . CM IS NOW MAKING THE BEST Pictures that can be bad in this country, and all who have never bad a real fine picture, should now try some of hiR latest styles. Specimens c?in be seen at his Gailerv. up stairs, next to the Huh. Whou writiug mention the Dispatch, BEESWAX WANTED 15 LARGE OR SHALL QUANTITIES I WILL PAY TEE HIGHEST MAEket price lor clean ani pare Beeswax. Price governed by color and condition. BICE B. HARMAN, At th Baziar. Lexington. S. C. Remember that you can always find nice candies, cakes and fruits, at the Bazaar. NEW PENSION LAW. SOME DISSATISFACTION WITH ITS PROVISIONS. The Law May Deprive Hundreds of Veterans of Their Money?A Greenville Criticism. The new pension law was devised by a committee of veterans and it was thought to embody the ideas of the old soldiers on the question. But some dissatisfaction has been expressed about it, as is shown by the following from the Greenville News: The old soldiers and their friends are displeased with the changes the recent legislature has made in the pension law. The new law, they say, works a cruel hardship on the old pensioners by requiiiog them to make new applications, because in many cases their witnesses are now dead. It is thought that the new law will result in the dropping from the list of hundreds of the most worthy beneficiaries under the law. Gen. S. S. Ciittenden, who has been a member of the Greenville township and county boards continuously since the State has been granting the ex Confederates pensions, and who was instrumental in having the resolutions passed at the last convention of township chairs men here last summer, recommending the changes in the law, recently submitted to an interview on the ? T't-.rw vaonlnfmns of fhp uew ian. xuc X V- w Greenville convention were incorporated in the Governor's message to the legislature, and he uiged that body to put them into the new law, bnt this was not done. General Crittenden said: "I read the new pension law published recently and I regard it as impracticable. It is very much a copy of the old law, except in two respects. One is that they have abolished the township boards, which I regard as the most valuable feature of the old law, and the other is that the new law apparently requires all present pensioners to file new applications. It will be almost an impossibility for all old pensioners to get up new papers and de novo. It will require a vast deal of labor to get up the necessary witnesses and furnish the necessary affidavits. Ia fact, in hundreds of cases it will be impossible for them to do it. It is a hardship and a cruelty to all old pensioners. tkTho rrVinlo nr??H-pr r?nw will fie 4.UW *T UUJV/ UAMWWk MV > ..... volve upon a county board of four members and one physician, who will know absolutely nothing of the great majority of the applicants and their pecuniary conditions. The great advantage of the township boards was that the members knew the merits, of every applicant as a claimant under the law because they were neighbors to them. "The difficulty has been to get any good men to serve on the township boards, as they were paid nothing 1 for a considerable work. "The recommendation of a convention of township chairmen held here last summer was that the members of the township boards be sworn to do their duty under the law, which they are not now doing and that they be paid $1 a day each for not exceeding two days services a year. There is a great difference between being paid nothing and having to ride many miles to do the work and being paid $1 a day, as small as that amount is. "Another feature of the new law is that one delegate is elected in each township at a meeting of all old soldiers in January of each year, and all the application go through him to the county board. He is appxrently without authority and gets no pay. Who wants his j)b? These delegates meet at the court house and elect a county board of four who elect a physician to act with them and upon whom the whole responsibility is thrown. Their pay is $2 a day for five days. The pay of the physician is the same. In my judgment this new board cannot do the work intelligently in thhty da}s. The legislature makes a great mistake continually changing the law." She Wanted Gold. inQ Q m f/vl/1 ftf IXlUOi WUiiVUl O l/W* x V, o t** t. -v * v- Mv expense of the fair sex regarding theii unfaujiliaiity with banks and theii methods. One came to the ears o! the Saunterer that apparently has j the merit of newness. "My wife had saved up her pin ; money, or what she hadn't had occasion to use of it," said the relator of the story, "until she had $40 in billB of various denominations. This she was extremely desirous of securing gold for, and every day when I came home to dinner she would haul me over the coals because I had forgotten to procure the shining metal. Finally she said she would attend to the matter herself. That evening she greeted me with a triumphant smile. " 'I got my gold,' she exclaimed as soon as I entered the house; 'but I had a time in doing it, though.' "Then she told me she had gone to the mint with her bills and been refused the coveted coin because the notes weren't gold notes. Next she hustled around to a bank and secured four $10 gold pieces. These didn't suit her because they weren't tew and shiny, so she trotted back to the mint with them and exchanged them for two double eagles, fresh from the dies. I listened to her recital and asked her to let me see the coins. '"Let you see them!' she exclaimed in surprise. 'Why, I haveu't them any more, you goose!'' " 'Haven't them any more?" I repeated. What did you do with them?" She looked at me with mingled scorn and contempt.' " 'I deposited them in the Savings bank, of course. That's what I wanted the gold for. What did you think I wanted the gold for? What did you think I was going to do with them? Keep them around the house to look at?' ''But I was too busy laughing just then and for an hour after afterward, to make any reply." Bargains: DRY CC j i ! JMUUN 9 ! BIT FROM HI j We Have the E WHOLE THE CUT PRI J. I 1700 Main i Miro.h 7?12mot. Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. King's New i Discovery for Consumption, Coughs i and Colds, have given away over ten ! million trial bottles of this great ' medicine; and have the satisfaction I of knowing it has absolutely cured | thousands of hopeless cases. Asthj mo, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all I diseases of the Throat, Chest and ; Lungs are surely cured by it. Call : on J. E. Kaufmann, Druggist, and get a free trial bottle. Regular size 50c. and 81. Every bottle guar | antceu, or price refunded. Small Oil Mills. . Atlanta Journal, One of the most promising of al industrial developments of the sout) is the establishment of individual o n ighborhood cotton oil mills to con ' siime the cotton seed produce in th ' ; immediate vicinity. These neighbor : ; hood cotton mills have proven ver f successful wherever they have bee; How is This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. We the undersigned have known | F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, I and believe him perfectly honorable ; in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligaj tion made by their firm. 11/St HP.-i-int- Wtinlocolo Tirncrcrlsts. 71 CD I IX/ XI UO-Af VT &A\SAV >?&*? w O ? J j Toledo, 0. "Walding, Kinnan & Mar| vin, Wolesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. I j A correspondent of the London j Times says that 15,000 foreign troops ; have landed at Lorenzo Marques j during the past few days to aid the ! Boers. President Kruger is quoted as saying that he will yet whip the ' British and make them sue for teams j of peace. A Washington dispatch says that ! the United States is willing to give j $3,000,000 for the Danish West ladies, but Denmark wants $3,5000,000. It is estimated that this year's wheat crop is about going to equal the average annual production for the past ten years. Contrary to reports in seems that I Mafeking has not yet been relieved and the garrison is said to be in desperate straights. Two British ships have been sent ; to Yaku, Coina. Trouble is anticij pated. Bargains!! IN ALL KINDS OF >ODS, N( AIVD furnis mrnrn aid light Goods at tli Prices. SALE AND ICE CASH BARGA Street, Ooli j built. The writer calls to mind one such mill owned and operated by the planters themselves that pays a aivii dend of from 20 to 25 per cent, ani nually. This mill only consumes the i cotton seed that may be hauled to it I in wagons. It is kept in operation scarcely two months during theyear, j yet every planter who has stock in the mill gets an annual dividend of I $20 to $25 on each $100 worth of stock that he owns. In addition tc this profi1-, he gets good prices for his cotton seed without shipping it, and he is able to provide himself with cheap oil cake and hulls for his ' cattle during the winter. [ ? > The Best in the World. We believe Chambe; Iain's Cougl Itewedy is the best in the world. I. few weeks ago we suffered with i severe cold and a troublesome cough and having read their advertisement 1 j in our own and other papers w< 2 j purchased a bottle to see if it woul< r effect us. It cured us before th ! bottle was more than half used. I ! e ! is the best mediciue out for cold - ; and cough3.?The Herald, Andei I y sonville, Iud. For sale by J. I j Kaufmaun. 1 The British attack on a Boer position at Bradfort resulted in a fierce j fight which ended in no material ad | vintage to the British. Many B:it- j ish regiments received their baptism of blood and fire and showed splendid j coolness. The Riilroad Commissioners have j been requested to inspect and accept j the Seaboard Air Line railroad from i Cheraw to Columbia on April 12ih. * Brave Men Fall I Victims to stomach, liver and kidney troubles as well as women, and i oil results in loss of annetite, poisons in the blood, backache, nervousness, headache and tired, listless, run-down feeling. But there's no need to feel like that. Listen to J. I W. Gardner, Idaville, Ind. He says: "Electric Bitters are just the thing : for a man when he is all run down, j aod don't care whether he lives or dies. It did more to give me new strength and good appetite than i anything I could take. I can now eat anything and have a new lease on ! life." Only 50 cents, at J. E. Kaufmann's Drug Store. Every bottle guaranteed. An Arab army has been defeated ! near Algeria by the French. Ex President Cleveland endorces the Hay-Pauncefote canal treaty. Two men convicted of murder were hangad in Manila on March 30. A malignant form of small pox has broken out in Winston, N. C, and the people are wildly alarmed. Actual advance upon Pretoria has beguD, and Lord Roberts is confident of capturiDg the city. It is said that Pretoria is provisioned for a three j years seige. Bargains!!! JTIONS i | HINCS. , I SAVE MET!j | ie Very Lowest I RETAIL. | IN MERCHANT I ; , imbia, S. C. I 7 i A Sure Cure for Howls. "I say, mamma," said Charlie who was watching his mamma washing the new girl baby, "what would happened if you would put her in the bathtub and go off and leave her to wash herself, like me?"' "I'm afraid/' said mamma, "that little sister would get water in her mouth and drown-" i "Would it fill her up full so ' she couldn't howl no more?" in, quried Charley. "Yee, I'm afraid it would," said i with the interest ' Hi a lu ill a) |;ilt?ov/u n ?vm v?w ? Charley was taking in his little sister's welfare, "I say, mum," exclaimed Charley enthusiastically, "let's put her in right away." k. ' Rebuttal Testimony. 1 Guett?Isn't your little boy rather 8 | nervous. Mrs. Brimm? e j Mrs. Brimra?Nj, I thiuk not. * j L'.ttle Boy?Yes I am, ma; when e people who come here and stay too j long, it makes me wriggle around and 8 : kick my chair. 1. | Londou bridge is crossed by 200,j 000 people daily. mbhmbanibbabmbnb Absolutely t Makes the food more del royal baking powoi ihabmnanhbhbhhb COST OF ARMY FLEET.j i ( I TWENTY-FIVE MILLION EXPENDED j IN BUYING AND CHARTERING. Ships for Transport Service?$8,000,000 for Charterina Vessels Alone in the Philippine War Service?Only ] One Ship Sold. < Washington, March 29?Acting 1 Secretary Meiklejohn has sent a re- 1 port from the quartermaster general to the senate in reply to a resolution 1 of January 9ib, last, calling upon the ^ secretary of war for a list of all transport ships and other vessels purchased or chartered by the war department since March 4, 1897, together with their names, from whom purchased or chartered, the cost of purchase or charter, the cost of fitting up or repair, and the number of names of vessels sold and the reason for such action. The department's answer is in the form of three large tables, replying specially to the various inquiries of c the senate. From these it appears ? that only one vessel wa3 sold, the i steam tug Atlantic, which was worn out and condemned. She brought t $1,509. The transport Hooker, which i was fitted up for laying deep sea cable in the Philippines, grounded ( near Carregidor island, while en i route from Manila to Honk Kong, and was lost. The steam lighter c Bessie became the property of the government under the terms of the 1 charter for $12,207, and was renamed the Kearney. c It was shown that 13 vessels have been purchased by the quartermaster's department since March -4,1897, exclusive of those purchased for the army transport service for transpor- < tation incident to the Spanish war. \ These include the ferryboat' John j Hancock, the steam tugs Gen. Hunt, 1 Martha and John Barry and 10 steam launches at a total cost of $112,493, with $9,525 repairs. ] Forty-five vessels of all classes were purchased for the army transport service during and since the Spanish war, including about 25 small craft such as tugs, launches and lighters, purchased in the Philip pines. The total purchase price of these vessels was $8,074,455 and the total cost of refitting and repairing was $5,189,093. The most expensive vessels were the transports Grant, Logao, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and Hancock. The purchase price of the first five named was $GG0,000 ; each, and that of the Hancock $GO0,j 000. The expense of fitting up these Y6SS61S IS SIHIKU us iunu'.vr. Hancock, $543.51G; Grant, $429,459; Logan, $482,839; Sheridan, $339,169; Sherman, $526,954; Thomas, $335,305. It thus appears that the Hancock, Logan and Sherman cost over one i million dollars each, and the other | three named a slightly less amount. The purchase price of the transport Meade was $1000,000 and $874,000 was expended in fitting it up. The purchase price of the Summer was $160,594, and $250,000 additional was expended in fitting her up. The original cost of the hospital ship Relief was $450,000 and $265,581 was expended in her transformation. The hospital ship Missouri ha3 cost the government so far $430,012, of which a little less than half was j expended in adapting her to hospital j purposes. Two of the large transports, Burnside and Hooker, are captured Spanish steamers. All the principal transports were acquired under the term3 of their charters, | aud were paid for out of the op j priation for the national defense. I There were 147 vessels chartered for the transport service at a total cost of $10,031,519 for services rend| ered and a total cost of $1,894,332 in i restoring them to their original condition ou cancellation of charters. Of the chartered vessels 59 were attached to the Atlantic fl.-et at a cost , for service of $2,982/284, and for re L Baking Powder URE icious and wholesome fl CO.. NEW YORK. pairs of $175,580. The remaining chartered vessels were employed on ;he Pi cific at a cost of $7,749/235 'or services and $107,G08 for repairs. Remarkable Cure for Rheumatism. Kenna, Jackson Co., W. Va. rno r-a a rrr\ TY\ T7 TCI fo I XlUUUt IU1CO jcaio t.gw J ?>.V had an attack of rheumatism which ;onfined her to her bad for over a uonth and rendered her unable to ivalk a step without assistance, her imbs being swollen to double their aormal size. Mr. S. Maddox insisted on my using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. I purchased a fifty-cent botle and used it according to the lirections and the next morning she valked to breakfast without assisiancein any manner, and she has not lad a similar attack since.?A. B Parsons. For sale by J. E. Kauf nann. , A Husband's Rights. Clergymen are not always practi:al, but there are times when their idvice is good. Here is the latest egarding the husband's rights: "Sir," he said, as he strode into he clergyman's study, "you are the nan who tied the knot, I believe?" "I beg your pardon," said the degyman, looking up from his eernon. "You performed the marriage :eremony for me, didn't you ?" "Yes, certainly, Mr. Willings. SYhat, may I ask?" ' Then you know what the rights )f a husband are?" "Why, yes, in a general way." "And the rights of a wife?" "Of course." "Well, now, sir," said the caller, drawing a chair up to the clergyman's desk and taking a seat, "has i wife a license to torture her busoand ?" nnf " laiuij uwu. "If she makes his life miserable be has redress, cf course ?" "Yes, but I should advise?" "Never mind your advice now. We will come to that later. My wife complains that I don't shave often enough." "Oh that's a small matter." "Is it, sir? Is it? Just wait? I informed her that that wa3 my affair, and then she told the children to cry when I kissed them, so that she could say that my rough, unshaven chin hurt them." "That hardly showed a Christian?" "Just wait a minute! Yesterday morning I found them playing with the cylinder cf a broken music box. You know how that seems to the touch?" "Certainly." "Well, she'd taught them to call it j 'papa's chin !" I '.'Really, sir, I must admit?" "Now, wait till I'm finished. To- I day one of them got up on my knee, passed his hand over my chin and called it 'papa's musiebox.' Now, sir, I ask, of ycu, a Christian man and as the minister, who tied the knot, what shall I dot" "Get shaved," replied the clergyman, softly, as he returned to his work. To those living in malarial districts Tutt's Pills are indispensible, they keep the system in perfect order and are an absolute cure for sick headache, indigestion, malaria, tcvpid liver, constipation and all bilious diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills , | General Eiward MiC.ady has ! been appointed custodian of old Fort ! Dorchester, a relic of the Revolution ary days. Tue U iite J Spates government is indebted to this State in quite a large sum. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate 01 75 cents per square of one inch s^ace for first insertion, and 50 cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those wishing to advertise for three, six and thelve months. Notices in the local column 5 centa per line each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of ote cent a word, wLen they exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free. Address G. M. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher. The Siiuler Inquest. Both S. F. and L. T. Perry are Held for the Kiliing?Funeral Yesterdftv. Special to the State. Batesburg, March 28 ?Magistrate Addy, acting coroner, held an inquest today over the body of Harry W. Shuler. There was present Solicitor Thurmond, to represent the State, and F. E. Dreher was the immediate representative of the Shuler family. The Perry boys had G. T. Graham and Edwin Folk Strother as their counsel. The jury found that H. W. Shuler came to his death by a pistol shot wound from the hands of S. F. Perry, and that L T. Perry was accessory to the fact. Mr. Shuler was buried in thecemetery here this afternoon. The funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Ilev. A. C. Walker. A large number of persons were present to do honor to the memory of Mr. Shuler. He bad a host of friends, was a genial, warm hearted young man and the most skillful farmer in gjjj his section of the State. Some years ago he married Miss Sallie Clinkscales of Mississippi, who, with one son, 5 or G years old, survive. L T. Perry was arrested under the verdict of the coroner's jury and conveyed to Lexington C. H. S. F. Perry was committed several days ago. Batesburg is exceedingly gloomy. The events of the last two weeks form the saddest page in Batesburg's history. Jj OBITUARY. Ella Louise was born Oct. 30,1899, to Mr. and Mas. C. W. Hedepath, Columbia, S. C, and died Feb. 2G, 1900, being only 3 months and 2G days old. Her little body was laid to rest in the cemetery at Spring Hill by her pastor. Go to thy rest, my child, rt i. a. i j 1 l.j vjo 10 my ureuuiieas ueu, Gentle and undi.filed, With blessings on thy head. Mary 13. Hiltiwanger, nee Clark, was born January 6, 1859, died March G, 1900, aged 41 years, 2 months. She united herself with St. Johns Ev. Luth. church and was afterwards transferred to Mt. Sermon E. L. church, where she remained a faithful and consistent t member until death. She was joined in marriage to Walter 0. Haltiwanger, February 14, 1878, which union was blessed with six children, four sons, and two daughters. Besides these she leaves to mourn her departure a faithful husband, her mother, three sisters and five brothers. Her death was sudden. While eating dinner Thursday, March 1, she was taken suddenly ill, with some unknown throat or stomach trouble, and from which she was unable to obtain any relief. She lingered in great suffering until the following Tuesday, when God gave her a merciful release. ?- ^ 11 i . We can only recommend tne oereaved ones to the mercy and love of God, who, in His all wise providence, hath seen good to remove this loviog wife, mother and sister. May He bind up their wound3 with the oil of His consolation. S. C. B. Red Hot From the Gun Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman, of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War. Ifc caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years. ! Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him. Cares Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. 25 cts., a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by J. E. Kaufmann, Druggist. Confectionery For The Army. Candy has been added to the rations of the American soldier. Fifty tons of confectionery have been seat to the troops in the Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico by one New York firm. The sweets preferred are chocolate creams, cocoanut drops, lemon drops and acidulated drops. These are sealed in one pound cans of an oval shape to fit the pockets of a soldier's uniform. As we have before mentioned, the Germans have found that sugar improves the endurance of soldiers, and issue chocolate and other sweets to the army. Jam is also good for men in the field. Reliable persons of a mechanical or Inventive mlDd desiring a trip to the I'aris Exposition, with good salary and expenses paid, should write i The* i'ATE>T KECOKD, Baltimore, Md. The striking machinists, who ere oui on a strike have decided to leave the settlement of their grievances to arb tratiou. ....