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Haule, of Edgerton, Wis., tells how she was cured of irregularities and uterine trouble, terrible , pains and backache, by the use j of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable ! H Compound "Dear Mrs. Pikkham:? a while ago my health began to fail because of ; female troubles. The doctor did not j help me. I remembered that my mother had used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound on many occasions for irregularities and uterine | troubles, and I felt sure that it could j - not harm me at any rate to give it a trial. "I was certainly glad to find that j within a week I felt much better, the ; terrible pains in the back and side were beginning to cease, and at the time of menstruation I did not have : nearly as serious a time as heretofore, ! so I continued its use for two months, ! . V at the end of that time I was like i a new woman. I really have never i felt better in my life, have not had a j <->Vi <a c! n nnH wpirrh 20 pounds more than 1 ever did, so I unhesitatingly recommend your medij?' cine." ? Mrs. May Haut.e, Edgerton, "Wis., Pres. Household Economics C^ub. i ? $5000 forfait if original of above letter prooing | genuineness cannot be producedOf all newspapers in the world sixty- : eight in every 100 are printed in the Eng- 1 lish language. ft CDCC STUART'S ! P rntt GIN and SUCHU To all who suffer, or to the friends of those who suffer with Kidney, Liver, Heart, Bladder or Blood Disease, a saxaple bottle of StuartV Gin and Buchu, the great southern Kidney and Liver Medicine, will be sent absolutely free ol cost. Mention this paper. Address STUAR1 %;/. DRUG M'FG CO., ?8 Wall St.. Atlanta. Ga. IllllflllllHIll s.<-v w-km- b ! EVERY SHOOTER ' I | (_y^ HfiiHUHITIOM J ~ '. h has a feeling of confidence in B his cartridges. They don't |. i J misfire and always shoot where * | you aim. I ? Tell your dealer U. M. C. g ^whcn he asks "What kind?" - , g Send for catalog. a * The Union Metallic Cartridge Co. * j | Bridgeport, Conn. ? iiiiiiiiiiiiiiai must have a sufficient supply of I Potash in order to develop into a crop. I I No amo nt of Phosphoric I j Acid or Nitrogen can compen- | 'M sate for a lack of potash in | able in for m a tion ^ |'> GERriAN KALI WORKS, 1 Jfetr York?93 Nawin Street, or f* RlpansTabulesare ! |/; the best dyspepsia medicine ever made, hundred millions ' IdBtftuvV of them have been j B|;: gold in the umtea ; States in a single ; Bplj; year. Every Illness j rising from & disordered stomach is ! g|?;:reUeved or cured by their use. So j |P^ common is it that diseases originate j from the stomach it may be safely as- j 5? . aerted there is no condition of ill j p health that will not be benefited or ' cured by the occasional use of Ripans Tabules. Physicians know them and S" apeak highly of them. All druggists I tell them. The five-cent package is enough for an ordinary occasion, and the Family Bottle, sixty cents, contains j a household supply for a year. One generally gives relief within twenty minutes. U/C n CCITDFresh PackedOraoges WLUrrtn*>TsPER Boxtib. < at Kia-dmrnee from uow until December 20th. ; Cash with order. *. WANTE1>?20.000 pounds Dressed Cat-Fiah i dally. Correspondence solicited. We pay the Highest Cash Price for Otter Pari, Raccoon Skina and Alligator Hides. Ship us your fura. I W. B. flAKINSON CO., KISSWMcE,RJL The biggest gold-producing mine in [ the world Is the Homestake, in South Dakota. The ore yields less than $4 a ton, but is worked at small cost. The output now is over 20.000 ounces tine gold a month and will soon be increased. SlOO Reward. SIOO. The readers of this paper will be pleased to ."earn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been abie to cure in all itsstages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's CatarrhCure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu- ! couieurfaces of the system, thereby destroy- J ing the foundation of the disease, ;ind giving the patient strength by building up the con- I stituf'ou and assisting nature in doing its j work. The proprietors have so much faithin j nseurative powers tnat tney oner un? nnn- i ' dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure, I tend for list of testimonials. Address j F. J. Cheney <fc Co., Tvuedo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75?. Hail's Family Pills are the be3t. About S3,500.000 have already been paid in Spanish war pensions; the average yearly value of the Spanish war pension is $137. and the average annual value of all other pensions is $133, and 304,S09 applications for Spanish war pensions await adjudication. New Tourist Sleeping Car Line to California. Commencing December 9th, the Frisco System will.inaugurate through Pullman tourist sleeping car service between Birmingham, Ala., and San Francisco, California. Cars will leave Birmingham at 10:20 p. m. every Tuesday, and will be routed via the Frisco ; System to Kansas City, Rock Island System to Pueblo, Denver and Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western to Ogden and Southern Pacific to San Fran Cisco. Requests for reservations should be addressed to W. T. SAUNDERS, General Agent Passenger Department, corner Pryor and Decatur Streets, Atlanta. Ga. I A P.ejected Recipe. Edith?Just think! Here's a New Thought professor who teaches that one can become beautiiul by persistently thinking herself beautiful. Irene?Oh, pshaw! We could point out so many instances to tne contrary. ?January Smart Set. FITSoermanentlveuied. No fltc ornervousness after first dav's use of Dr. T~llne'? Great Nerve Restorer. $2trial bottle and treatlsefree Dr.R.H. Kline. Ltd.. 931 Arch St.. PhlU..Pa. Only eleven per cent, of the families of Londrn employ a servant, but there are 205,S5S persons of the servant class. Quit Conchinsr. Why cough, when for 25c. and this nofi/?o vmi o-of nf an absolutelv. gunrant*ed eoueb cur* in tablet form, postpaid. Dr. Skirvin Co., La Crosse, Wis. [A.C.L.] __ A (lror> of blood which might hang from the point of a needle contains about 1,000,000 red-flattened corpuscles. Mrs YTinslow's Soothing Syrap for children teething,soften the gums, reduces inflammation,allays oain.oures wind colic. 25c. a bottle In proportion to its thickness, frog skin - .ikes the toughest leather. Dyeing is as easv as washing when Putnam Fadeless Dyes are used. The onlv birds that sing as they fly are the skylark and woodlark. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of throat and lungs.?Wh. O. Exdsley. Yanburon. Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. Esquimaux Dying Off. Steamboat Inspector Pnnnps, wno just returned from an official trip to all points on the Mackenzie River and tributaries, where steamboats are in commission, going as far north as the Peel River, 300 miles within the Arctic Circle, states that during the past two years the Esquimaux tribes of the Mackenzie Bay region have suffered from an epidemic of measles, the deaths frc-m' the disease having decimated some bands to such an extent that there are very few left. At Fort Resolution on the Peel River, where usually a large number of Esquimaux meet the Hudson Bay boats, there was not one this year. The disease was contracted by these people through a visit to Dawson City, and as they had absolutely no care the disease spread and they left the dead all along the trail on the way home. Among one tribe at the north end of Great j Slave Lake about eighty of these poor i people died from this disease.?Winnipeg Free Press. Mechanical "Printer's Devils." A "printer's de.vil" is to the lay mind the errand boy who comes for copy and brings proof. In reality he is nothing of the kind; af "printer's devil" is a roller cleaner, and at the end of the run or day he washes the ink from the composition rollers and puts them in boxes. Heretofore hand work has , been used, probably because no satis- j factory machine for doing the work had been invented. Now, however, a i mechanical washer has been devised , which will clean the rollers of eight- j een presses.?From the Special Num- j hor <->f thrf Scientific American, dated ' Nov. 14 and devoted to "Modern Aids to Printing.'* An Engaging Man. "There was a drummer took sick and died here, three weeks ago," said j the landlord of the tavern at Polkville, ! Arkansas. "He was a thick-set, guitarplayin' sort of feller, and the girl he | was engaged to marry came over from j Torpidville to attend the tuneral; alsd from Waupsey; also from Peapack; also from Tonganoxie; also from som'ers in Kansas, and some place up in Missouri. Seem* how many there was of 'em, they put away their engagement rings, and, figgeratively speakin', organized a new society, and invented a yell. And it was a pretty durned expressive one, too, lemme te1! you!"?January Smart Set. ? * FOES OF PANAMA Hold Up Nomination of Minister Buchannan in Senate. CONFIRMATION DON'T 60 Many Senators Plead Ignorance of Proceedings When Action Was Taken, and the Whole Matter Hangs Until January 4. A Washington special says: In exArntivfi session Saturday afternoon the senate reconsidered its action confirming the nomination of W. I. Buchanan, as minister to the Republic of Panama. Under the agreement entered upon among senators, it was determined that the nomination should be held up untii after Che Christmas recess, when thobe seifators who ar9 opposed to sending a minister to the new republic at this time will be given the opportunity to express their views, and register their votes. It seems that when the nomination was called in executive session a lew days ago, it was read out with a lot of others in such a way that nobody understood what was under consideration. The first time that the majority of senators knew about the confirmation was the next morning when they read the newspaper reports. It was a great surprise to them, because all had expected that the proposition to send an accredited minister to the republic in the present nebulous state of the government down tnere wouia he opposed. Saturday afternoon Senator Gorman moved a reconsideration of the senate's action, and so strongly was the case presented that the administration senators agreed it would be better to reconsider the previous action and let the matter go over. It is understood that many republican senators h^ve; much to the disgust ot their fellows, manifested a disposition to join with Senator Hoar in the support of his resolution, the purpose of which is to call upon the president to furnish the information which will enable the administration to show an absolutely clean hand as to the charge that this government contributed in soma way to the fomenting of the Panama secession. Senator Hale, of Maine, is one of these, and it is even said that he has expressed the opinion that Senator Hoar is on the right tack. It is expected in consequence of this feeling that the administration leaders in the senate will acquiesce in ihe adoption of some resolutions on the line of that of Senator Hoar. They will probably refer the Hoar resolution to the foreign relations committee, where the sting will be taken out of it, and then permit its passage. The determination to get all of the facts does not necessarily mean that the treaty is in danger of rejection. However, the democratic senators seem disposed to join in any movement calculated to bring mere light upon the occurrences immediately prejl ceding the outbreak of the revolution. There are enough democrats who want to vote for the treaty to secure its ratification. even in the face of the caucusrule, and will do so if it can be shown beyond question that the administration's hands are free from stain in the matter of the inception and organization of the Panama revolution. Senate Adjourns for Holidays. After a session of two and one-quarter hours, the senate Saturday, adjourned until January 4th. The day's sitting was devoted largely to a Drtf f nn r\f A InKom o On ?jy Jll. ? CUUO, C/X WJJL the situation in Panama, in which he took the position that the recognition of the Republic of Panama by the United States nad been premature and of such a character as to render it of doubtful appearance. ______________ A / REVISION FOR DREYFUS. French Courts Will Again Pass Upon Most Famous Case. Positive announcements are made "n Paris by Coleil and LaLanterne that Victor Mercier, one of the directors of the ministry of justice and reporter of the Deyful commission, i.as concluded his report, and that it recommends a revision of the case. GRAFT CHARTS IN NEBRASKA. Another Indictment Against Deitrich. Other Officials on Rack. The United States grand jury at Omaha Thursday made its report to the court, returning nineteen true bills. These include ?indictments against United States Senator Charles H. Dietrich for alleged leasing of a bnilding to the government to be used as a postoffice; former Adjutant General T.ermard Colbv. for the alleged embez zlement of government funds; Daniel Gaines, of Bassett, Nebr., for alleged perjury in swearing falsely to homestead entries. ALEXANDRETTA AFFAIR OVER. Incident Practically Settled and Con* sul Davies Returns to Post. A Washington special says: The Alexandretta affair is believed to ue practically settled with satisfaction 10 ill parties. The navy department Saturday received word hat the San Francisco left Beirut Friday for Alexandretta carrying as a passenger of honor United States Consul Davies. TURK TO MAKE AMENDS,' Alsxandretta Affair Amicably Settled, and Consul Davies Returns to Pis Post of Duty on Warship. A special from Constantinople says: I The porte has agreed to tne demands of the United Ctatos government and j has ordered the governor of Alexan | dretta to make ample apology to Con- ! sul Davies for the insults and assault j j to which he was subjected Dy the police of Alexandretta, while he was escorting a naturalized American citizen named Attarin, who had been liberated from prison through the intervention of Mr. Davies. United States Minister Leishmm arrived at a friendly understanding in j tho premises with Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish foreign minister, who agreed j to the demands of Minister Leishman. j The porie notified tho United States j legation orally and in writing of the I instructions telegraphed to the vali! of Aleppo to order the governor of j Alexandretta to call on Consul Davies : immeditely upon his arrival at Alex- j andretta and offer a complete apology. | The porte has also promised to pun-1 ish the police officials who assaulted j Consul Davies, and will allow Attarin to depart unhindered. The United States cruiser San Francisco, with Rear Admiral Cotton, left Eeirut Friday evening for the purpose i of taking Consul Davies back to Alic-1 andretta arrived at Constantinople j Sunday, and if the Turkish government | carries out the program it has formulated the Alezandretta incident may be considered closed. It is felt there that delay or complications are not likely, but Rear Admiral Cotton has | received instructions to meet all ; eventualities. , LET COLOMBIA STRIKE FIRST. Secretarw Moody Advises Naval Com- j manders in Isthmian Waters. "Let Colombians take the initiative and strike the first blow," is the restraining key note of specific instructions which Secretary Moody has cabled to the American naval commanders in isthmian waters. The secretary has taken active hold in the, shaping of the naval policy on tne isthmus, and from now on the instructions, whether to naval or' marine officers, will as far as possible be prepared at his personal direction. It was announced Saturday thaf while the situation on the isthmus was I in no wav alarminz to the Washington government, it was ^sufficiently delicate to compel careful diplomatic handling. For this reason secrecy has : been enjoined on officials in the de-1 partment regarding' the operations of ships and marines. The only official information on the subject will be giv- : en out at the direction of the secre- j tary. HIRED TO KILL WOMAN. j Prisoners in Kentucky Jail Make a Sensational Confession. Charles Nellins, who is charged with killing Alice Lamb in Middlesboro, Ky., several weeks ago, has "be^n j captured in North Carolina. Will Nellins and Phil Haynes, who are in the Pineville, Ky., jail, under the charge, have confessed and state that Charles Nellins hired them to do the killing. They also connect him with the Wentz disappearance, stating ho aided in the abdi>ction of Wcntz. INTERFERES WITH FUNERALS. | Hearse Drivers at Chicago Go Out j With Teamsters' Union Men. ~ I Drivers of hearses went out with j the carriage drivers at Chicago Friday, and as a result funeral process sions will be curtailed during the strike. .Neither of the unions made any exception in the strike order to | facilitate burial arrangements, although instructions were given to 'pickets not to interfere with the movement of undertakers' wagons, which will be used in lieu of hearses. I Noted Barrister Dead. Frederick R. Coudert, the wellknown lawyer, of New York city died in Washington Sunday from an affection of the heart, with which he had suffered for several years. He was 71 years old. "COMMISSIONERS INCOMPETENT." | So Declares a Florida County Grand Jury in its Presentments. At Tampa, Fla., Friday the Hillsbor- i ough county grand jury made its pre- j sentments. They were favorable lo \ all officials except the county commissioners, who were severely criticised and charged with gross care , lessness; illegalities and incompetence. The report does not charge wilful criminality, but says: "We think that every fair-minded j man will Indorse the assertion that ! the county commissioners are beyond ' any doubt incompetent to administer j the vast financial interests commit- j ted to their charge." TO WAR "AGAINST MORMONISM. New Union Formed by Women for Protection of the American Home. At a meetThg of the Inter-Denominational Council of Women for Christian ; and patriotic service held in New York j city Thursday, a new union was formed ! "for the protection of the American j home against the present menace of Mormonism and its teaching of polygamy." ' j CRISIS IS HEARING' j j Colombia is Making Prepar- j i ation for Hostile Action. I j WILL BE GUERRILLA WAR' j | Commander cf Cruiser Atlanta Finds 1 a Camp of the "Enemy" and Receives Cold Reception and Orders to Vacate. A Washington special says: While General Reyes is at the national capital talking peace and assisting Wayne MacVeagh in the preparation of the Colombian memorial to be presented to this government, the republic of Colombia is taking active steps lor an attanir nnon Panama. This has been known to the general staff or the army for some days, for the general staff has taken every possible precaution to keep itself fully advised of all that is I going on at Bogota and throughout the Colombian territory; but not until reports were received Thursday from Captain Turner, commanding the cruiser Atlanta, was it officially acknowledged that however peaceful the talk of the new Colombian president, the trend of events in his country is dei cidedly warlike. It will be recalled that some days ago there came a report from La Guayra of an expedition bound for the mouth of the Atrato river, which is close to the border between Colombia and Panama. Later it was announced that the government had been informed that this expedition had turned 1 back, and the impression prevailed in Washington that it had never been started. But Captain Turner's dispatches to the navy department reveal i the fact that he has discovered that expedition and that it is established I at what appears to be a permanent ! camp which would be advantageable [ as a base of supplies in case of a ! movement upon Panama, when it be? "D orAo mlfi. | iruuius ajjytiz cui iuai ui? | sion is a failure, which it certainly I will be, so far as securing the return j of Panama to the mother country is ; concerned. It is this condition of affairs that forms the basis for the warlike r reparations which hare for some time been under way. The general staff | through its secret service department is kept daily iniormed of the progress of events in Colombia. The feeling throuhgout that country is intensely bitter toward the United States. Of course,, Panama's figh must, if the administration program is not in1 terfered with in some way, be our own. : President Roosevelt has determined j that the United States shall keep the ; Colombians off Panama territory, cx! tending the new government just the j same measure qf jrJotection as is ! guaranteed in the treaty which he ae; gotiated, but which has not yet been j perfected by the senate's ratification. Captain Turner's Report, j A special from Colon says: The i TTnitprf States crniser Atlanta. Com | mander William H .Turner, returned ' Wednesday night from the gulf of Darien. She discovered, December 15, ' a detachment of Colombian ' troops , numbering about 500 men, but accordling to their statements, totalling 1,000 or 2,000 men, at Titumani, on the ! western side of the gulf, just north of | the mouth of the Atrato river.| The commander of the Atlanta sent ashore an officer, who conversed with the Colombian commander. The latter protested energetically against the i presence of American warships in Colombian waters, insomuch as war beLtween Colombia and the United States had not been declared, and politely requested the Atlanta to leave the gulf because it belonged to Colombia, j Commander Turner ignored the request and the Atlanta returned to Colon to report to Rear Admiral Coghlan. Cruiser Oiympia Leaves for Colon. Thft rrniser Olvmnia. flacshin of ! Rear Admiral Coghlan, coffilhanding the Carribbean squadron, left Norfolk Thursday for Colon. The cruiser Dixie has left Colon for Philadelphia to take on board the battalions of marines being assembled at that city tor service on the isthmus. TO SELECT OFFICIAL QUARTERS. General Barry, Gulf Department Commander in Atlanta. Brigadier Goneral Thomas H. Barry arrived in Atlanta, Ga., Sunday night from Washington, for the purpose of selecting headquarters of the new department of the gulf. He was taken , immediately to Fort McPherson by ColI cnel Butler D. Price, commandant of the Sixteenth United States iniantry, and a personal friend of the generai, their acquaintance dating back years ago in the sage-brush country of the west, and one which has ripened in many odd parts of the world, the last meeting being in the Philippine ELLIOTT FOR ISTHMUS. Commandant of Marines Will Go to Panama if Trouble Starts. After a conference at Washington ; Friday, between Secretary Mooly, Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of the bureau of navigation, and Brigadier Gen! eral George Elliott, commandant of j th|) marine corps, it was decided that j if present conditions on the isthmus j of Panama continued, General Elliott ; will be sent to Colon. - - ' - - '' ."Y ,-i I ' "" ':-n~ 'X ' I -* /." "oyASBe . : ??? ??? . !SLEW HIS WHOLE FAMILY Derby, Despondent Over Dire Poverty, Shoots Wife, Three Children, and then Commits Suicide. ' At Cleveland, Ohio, early Sunday morning, Roscoe W. Derby, a machin*'. ' isi, about forty-five years of age, axlorminated his family by shoot- ? ing his wife, his three children and | then himself. The crime is believed to have been due to despondency i ever the impoverished condition of the I. j family purse and the near approach of [ Christmas. The crimes were extraordinary in | their thoroughness, and there was eri| dently no hitch in their enactment. ? j A revolver was the weapon used. The ; wife was killed first, while sleeping at' * ' her husband's side in bed; two of the ; children were killed as mey ran through the house in the darkness t? j early morning, endeavoring to escape i their merciless parent. The third child | was killed in its bed, after its elder | brother and sister had been killed. The dead: Roscoe W. Derby, his wife, Delia; Harold, aged 8; Alice, | aged 7; Thomas, aged 5. The first knowledge of the crime i was communicated in a letter written | by Derby to a friend, who lived not far i away, and which was sent by special | delivery. The letter is to the effect ! that when it had been received Cie i Derby family would be dead. When | the friend hurried to the house Sunday [ morning, all that had been promised j was seen to have been fulfilled. RUSSIA IS MORE DEFIANT. i ' - ? > j ? j As Time Passes Situation in Far East Grows More Critical. Reuter's Telegram Company, in London. has learned that considerable anx i iety exists in the best informed circles of the British capital regarding the possible outcome of the situation is * , the Far East. Fears are, it is said, expressed that the Russian government | may have overstepped the bounds which would make a continuation of peaceful negotiations with Japan possible. It may be regarded as quite certain, it asserts, that Japan will not accept the principles of the last Rusgian note, which are altogether at variance with Japan's main contentions and that Japan's reply must necessarily be cast in this sense. Apart from the delicate state of the ! negotiations between the two nations, j Reuer says it is also known that Rus1 sia is assuming a more defiant atttJ tude, and the outlook may be regarded { a more gloomy than it hitherto has ' u-?- 1+ AantlAt ha salri that [ uecu, aiiuifugu ib v?uuv#? w | the resources of diplomacy have been ; completely exhausted. The statement ' concludes by saying that there is as I yet no actual news of fresh develop- - : ments, and that no ultimatum has I been sent by Japan to Russia. ' GOVERNOR PUMMELS JURIST. | Chief Executive of Arkansas Strikes Member of Supreme "Court, ; At Hope, Ark., Saturday, during the j joint discussion b^ the three candl! dates for the democratic nomination j for governor, a personal "encounter, oni curred between two of the candidates, ! Governor Jeff Davis and Associate K4 Justice Carroll D. Wood, of the tfta; preme court Governor Davis struck Judge Wood : on the side of the head, causing blood ; to flow freely. As Judge Wood attempted to retali! ate, he was seized and kept from reaching the governor. Later he disj engaged himself and struck the gover! nnr on tha arm | ' The two principals were arrested and placed under bond for their *>i pearance in the mayor's court January 15th. . , r i i 'FRISCO ENTERS NEW ORLEANS. Arrangements Made to Use Tracks of Southern Railway. Negotiations have been completed by the St. Louis and San Franciseo railroad for a new alliance which will admit the Rock Island 'Frisco system to New Orleans, says a New York H?r-. aid dispatch. This plan has be3* worker out with the Southern railway and will save the 'Frisco from building a line from Memphis to Bafcta Rouge, which involved a possibility W antagonizing the Gould interests.. ROOSEVELT SIGNS BILL. Proclamation Also Issued Declaring Reciprocity With Cuba. The president signed the Cuba reciprocity bill a few minutes before 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon. He them x issued a proclamation reciting the passage of the Cuban reciprocity bill and declaring the Cuban reciprocity treaty to be effective ten days from date. Now that the bill has become a law, a question of great interest has arisei, namely, the effect of the reduction of the duty on Cuban sugar upon importations of sugar from other countries. WOOD CASE IS POSTPONED. i No Action Will be Taken by Committee Until January 4th. The senate committee on military affairs met Thursday and decided postpone action on the case or tieneral Wood until January 4. It is planned to go over the entire testimony tha* was introauced in the investigation of charges an! give time icr preparation of the majority and minority reports which will be made. - ^ '.v ' ' . . \