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P; ' EHr^-: If'.. ?Cartoon bv ?DEFIES II THE DAY EROi A HIRT WAIST FASHIONS }R THE'MAIL CARRIERS. Washington, D. C.?Letter carers. if tney desire to wear shirt i lists, must wear also dark ties and | iat belts. This has been determined . Eicially by the Postoffice Depart- I =>nt. A few days ago Postmaster-Genal Meyer received a letter from a ail carrier suggesting that the stal regulations state that carriers, ten wearing shirt waists, must wear rk ties. He then'continueu: "I desire very much to know j tether the wearing of ties is com lsory for a member of a religious j :t that does not allow its members j wear ties at all. Does not the ' [Constitution of the United States in- J sure religious freedom to every legal citizen?" ^ Postmaster-General Meyer, replying to the communication, said: "Under the postal regulation? if aletter 'carrier wishes to wear a shirt >1 waist he must also wear a turn-down collar with a dark tie and a neat belt.". BURIED FRENCH WOMAN RESCUED TOO LATE. Paris.?The wife of a farmer of Mount de Marsan, in the Province of Landes. was buried while in a state of catalepsy. The woman had suffered from a lingering illness, ana death apparently. took piace a week ago. The body was interred on Friday, and for <ome unexplained reason the grave was not filled at once. |h-The following Monday a man who was passing the grave heard stifled -cries proceeding from it, and ran to the house of the Mayor to give information. ^J'he Mayor summoned a doctor and flurried off with him to the cemetery. "When the coffin was opened the woman inside made a convulsive effort to rise. aft. The doctor put his arms around || her and raised her to a sitting posi^ tion. Her heart was still beating, but she died shortly afterward. g? Th? woman had torn her shroud ||: to pieces in her desperate efforts to pv. escape from her living tomb. | ROOF GARDEN VAUDEVILLE ^ ON A CHURCH. ~ * Philadelphia. ? When the Rev. .Charles R. McClellan, D. D., pastor [of the Fair Hill Baptist Church, of tthis city, suggested to his congrega- s j? [tion that the church should be sur-? ? A - J t. ? n r. /I A TtrV? nr A o ; XIl'J UllLtiU UJ tk IKJUL gaiucu, nu^ic u t^vaudeville show could be held in g|' " pWarm weather to attract men, women ;and children to Gospel services, those j|> (present manifested their approval by |?~ ^subscribing $12,000 for the project. H j.The Fair Hill congregation is comW:' -> posed largely of mill workers. " j Dr. McClellan said: "Too many $ .of our people find the church unatjtractive. We must offer something C-y 'to draw them from the playhouse, the 'poolroom and the saloon. If neces|| ' Jsary we must supply a free lunch, {.which attracts so many men to the saloon." gr . . CUBES WIFE'S INSOMNIA BY STAGE DEVICE. - - Cleveland, Ohio.?James Benham, a grocer, has cured his wife of nerivousness and insomnia by a stage device. He saw in a medical journal that ithe patter of raindrops on the roof iwould cure sleeplessness. Getting a ;theatre employe to help him, he :rigged up a thunder and lightning I maker on the tin roof of his house inear his bedroom. When darkness came he sent his son out with the 'garden hose and urged his wife to (go to bed, saying it looked like rain. Socn the rumble of thunder and flashes of lightning were followed by the patter of raindrops on the roof. and in a few minutes Mrs. Benham was asleep. Benham says the trjck | has worked a complete cure. Friendlv Act Cost Him His Life. Just after he had said: "This is the last time I can help you," Asa Van Kcuren, a sawyer, was killed at Pine Bush Hill, N, Y., by being caught under a log which he was helping a friend to take from a wagon. *** "* ??? - _ ji Tiibcmulcds in In a payer read before the National AnLi-Tuoerer.lcs.'s J.eaguo Xuihan Straus declared chat a c:c. ci raw if'.. mi it:, without pasteurization is of cansuniytioii ^erms." - *. * : ' i lDUATE in training. - ' Berryman. in the Washington Star. "S NEWS LL OVER THE WORLD FISHED WITH HONEY FOR ANT IN THROAT. Shrewsbury. Mass.?An ant almost caused the death of Edgar Smith, of Shrewsbury. Smith is an athlete and takes longwalks, carrying his lunch with him. An ant dropped on a sandwich he was eating a.:d lodged half way down his throat, clinging to the membrane by its mandibles. Two Shrewsbury .physicians were unable to release its hold, and Smith was being tickled to death when taken to Worcester. A waxed thread with honey on it, was worked down Smith's throat by a doctor and the ant finally seized it and was pulled out. MISER SPENDS $30,000 IX FEAR OF BEING SLAIN. Pulaski. Tenn.?Stricken with the fear that he would be murdered for his money, Willis Smith, eighty-four years old, has flooded the country with S30,000 in quarters and half | dollars, which he has been hiding in fruit jars for many years. The money was coined two genera- i tions ago, but is not worn. . Many j years ago Smith put some money in a j bank and the cashier at once paid it out on a check. Smith saw this and j withdrew his money, saying he would not do business with a concern that would not keep his money ' better than that." GIRLS ON STRIKE FOR LARGER DOWRY. Paris.-?The most curious strike.in France is on in the suburb of Granges-le-Roi, near Pajris, where the girls are "out" demanding a larger marriage dowry for the annually elected "Rosiere," or Queen of the Rose. The "Rosiere" is chosen from among the industrious unmarried women under twenty-five, and the lucky girl receives from the community $50. Qiv triric olnptPfl in snor.pssion this year declined to serve, saying the sum was too small. TIGER DODGES BULL AND CHARGES CROWD. Colon.?The arms-carrying habit i in Panama City came in handy at the 1 last tiger and bull fight. Three thousand persons, one-third of them Americans, were in the grandstand, when the tiger broke out of its pen and made for. the crowd. There was almost a panic, but a fusillade of shots ended the career of the beast after he had gone through the first ten rows of seats. WHOLE TOWN BUSY ' PLAYING MARBLES. Sandy Hook, Ky.?Marble playing is monopolizing the time of men, women and children at Sandy Hook. Everybody is playing the game. Gray-haired men and women enjoy it as much as children. Even Judge Hargis, who is ready for trial, charged with killing Dr. . Cox, plays in the court-yard with other prisoners all day. SXORER SHOT FOR WILD BEAST IN IOWA. V Oskaloosa, Iowa.?Richard Harding's alcoholic snoring, while sleeping behind a hedge at Durfee mining camp, caused him to be shot and killed by friends, who mistook the vibrations of Harding's uvula for the snorting of a wild animal. The slayers surrendered to the Sheriff. DIED IN ROOM WHERE HE WAS BORN. Wilmington. Del. ? Born seventy years ago in the house at No. 40T> Shipley street, William H. Jack, (The of the best known men in Wilmington, died from paralysis in the room In which he first saw the light of day. Life Sentence For Assault. The first life sentenceever imposed j in Indiana for criminal assault was I given 10 George T. Anderson at Shei| oyvilie. Anderson, who is forty j \ cars old, v.as convicted of assault; :ng his nir.?-} car-old niece. The iuw j limiting such a sentence possible was ! passed by the last Legislature. I'listner Commits Suicide. ! Artna.- i". Hammond, of Boston, committed suicide in j:;;: in Thiiudei:.:ia. v-mre lie was amvsited on a 01 * obiter: . [SCHMITZ IS GUILTY) j * Frisco Jury Biffs Grafting I Chief Executive of City. I '1 !CHARGE WAS EXTORTION ! I I 1 Verdict Reached on First Ballot and I Finding Was Vociferously Approved by Spectators in Crowded Court Rccm. i I At Sail Fraucisco Thursday, a jury | of twelve of his people declared Mayj or Eugene H. Schmitz guilty of the crime of extortion as charged agains. ! him by the grand jury. The jury was out just one hour and j thirty-five minutes. It elected Charles I E. Capp foreman and at once prcceedj ed to an informal ballot. This was j cast verbally, and stood 11 for couvic! tion and 1 for acquittal, Juror Burns, J | a shoemaker, casting the dissecting J | vote. i Then the twelve men began a dis* . | cussion of the evidence, which lasted j for nearly an hour. At the end of that J ! time the first formal ballot was cast, i j It was a written ballot, and was unan! imous for conviction. ; Even before Judge Dunne reached i the courtroom hurried thither by an j ? j automobile on receiving word that a ! verdict had been reached, nearly a thousand men had gathered in Bush street, and were clamoring at the doors to be let in. They were kept out until the twelve men had been brought j in and seated. [ As Judge Dunne entered his cham- j i hers by a rear way the crowd surged j in!o the building from the front. Judge Dunne took the bench at j i once. "Let the jury be polled," he f j said quietly. The jury was poiled and j j on being asked for the verdict Fore- ; man capp said, very siowiy, ana very > low,' "Guilty." The silence was broken in a hun- | dred places at once. A long drawn "Ah" ran through the crowd. Then "Good!" cried a voice in a far corner and "Good! good!" echoed another spectator farther in fron:. Rudolph Sprecldes, whose wealth made possible the whole bribe graft prosecution, was walking swiftly down the aisle as the sentence fell from the foreman's lips. He sank into a nearby seat as though arrested by some sharp command. All over the house people were jumping up, and some of them turned I to the strangers at their elbows and I thrust out their hands in enthusiasm of the long-lcoked-for moment and | said: "Shake." "The judgme.pt of the court will be pronounced on Wednesday, June ,27," said Judge Dunne. "The court will, at this time, listen to any motion that may suggest itself to the prosecution." District Attorney Langdon arose. "We will ask that the usual way be pursued," he said. "You mean," asked Judge Dunne, | "that you desire the defendant be taken into custody pending the pronouncement of sentence?" "Yes, your honor, we think that i should be done," responded the state, j Mayor Schmitz, who was carried j back to jail, at first declined to make any statement, but later .by advice of his attorneys, he dltta:ed <he following statement to the Associated Press: "No matter what the decision of the jury, which was gotten under most adverse circumstances, regarding myself, I still maintain and affirm that I ? ? f t V? n n r! m a am ausmuiciY iiiuut^iii. m w>>uiv charged, and will fight the case to the last resort. As I said before my trial, I did not expect nor did I receive fair or even decent treatment at the hands of Judge Dunne; and realizing his | prejudice, I made every effort to have | the case transferred to any other judge in the state. I do not take this | as a defeat, and the decision makes ; me all the more determined to seek | and secure justice in another court.". JAP NEWSPAPERS WARNED. Mikado Calls Off Publications Touching American Question. The newspaper men of Tokio, Japan, were summoned to appear before the home department Thursday, and were then officially advised to abstain from the publication of any matter ol' an inflammatory or agitating nature upon the American question. Several papers Thursday morning printed photographs of the wreckage of Japanese restaurants in San Francisco. This appeal to the eye, coupled with stroug words, further inflamed popular indignation. WAS GIVEN SECOND DROP. i Difficulty Experienced in Hanging a Negro at Jacksonville, Fla. Alfred Sargent, colored, was hangj ed in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday for the j murder of John Skeels. He confessed, | ; collapsed, fainted and had to be dragj god co the gallows. After hanging five ! minutes it was found he was not dead i ? j and he was hauled up and given a j a second drop. \ iiiMi :V~; Most Wasteful of Cooks. To live to waste seems an unwritten maxim of English life. Our cooking, the cooking of our working and agricultural classes, is about the most wasteful cookery on earth. The French peasants 'will live, and live well, on what, we discard. It'is said that one hundred millions sterling a year are added to the national wealth of France by the saving hfebits of her people.?C. B. Fry's Magazine. ,... SULPHUR BATHS AT HOME. 1 ? I They Heal the Skin and Take Away lis Impurities. Sulphur baths heal Skin Diseases, and give the body a wholesome glow. Now you don t have to go ott to a high-priced resort to get them. Put a few spoonfuls of Hancock's Liquid Sulphur in the hot water, and you get a perfect Sulphur bath right in your own home. Apply Hancock's Liquid Sulphur to the affected parts, and Ezcema and ether stubborn skin troubles are quickly cured. Dr. ft. H. Thomas, of Valdosta, Ga., was cured of a painful skin trouble, and he praises, it in the highest terms. Your druggist sells it. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur Ointment is the best cure for Sores, Pimples, Blackheads and all inflammation. Gives a soft, velvety skin. AN ODDITY AI\;ONG NAILS. Whoa* Use Turned Out to 3e Quito Different From What Had Been Expected. A man who had often seen on the fide of a building that he passes in his rounds down town a sign reading "Cement Coated Nails," and who had wondered what cement coated nails could be used for And made up his mind that they must be for use in wharf building or something like that, under water, where the cement on them would protect them against rust, learned upon inquiry that the cement en the nails did indeed have a protective purpose; but this purpose turned out to be one quite different from that which he had imagined. For the coating on cement coated nails is designed noi to protect the nails themselves, but. the goods in the boxes in which the nails may be driven; and this in a manner that to the man of inquiring mind seemed quite novel and remarkable. The cement coated nail is a wire nail. In these days there are more wire nails used than cut nails, because wire nails are cheaper; they cost about the same by weight, but there are more wire nails to the pound, and so wire nails have come into widespread common use for many purposes, one of them being found in the nailing together of many sorts of boxes. A wire nail can be drawn more easily than a cut nail and so with less likelihood of injury to the box, and this might seem only another recommendation of the wire nail in suca use, as it reasonably might be if on* of the chief considerations were the preservation of the box; but the primary consideration is, of course, the protection of the box's contents, an<| here is where the cement coated nail comes in, and in the manner that seemed novel and remarkable. With time and the opportunity the cover of a light box wire nailed could be lifted and replaced and the nails redrlven without showing any markson the box, and thns there was the possibility of the abstraction of goods from such boxes in transit. For instance, a pair of shoes might be taken out of a shoe case, and the cover put back without showing any - * " inH ' h this SI IS 118 UL iaiuj;ciiU6 requirement for it along comes the inventor of the cement coated nail, which is simply a wire nail covered with a very thin coating of material that makes the nail, once driven, stick so tightly that not only does it hold more securely but it can't be drawn without marring or breaking the box, ? New York Sun. NOT FIT TO REPEAT. Teacher?What's your father's name? Tommy Mucker?Why, Mucker, o' cause. Teacher?I know; but what's his full name? What does your mother call him? Tommy Mucker?When he's full? I don't dast ted tell yer, ma'am. WENT TO TEA And It Wound Her Bobbin. Tea drinking frequently affects people as badly as coffee. A lady in Salisbury, M&., says that she was compelled to abandon the use of coffee a good many years ago, because it threatened to ruin her health and that she went over to tea drinking, but finally she had dyspepsia so bad .4 1- - A. ~t_ ^ 1 J 1 A. A. 4.? XI j _ mai sue uiiu jusl iweuiy-uve pounas and no food seemed to agree with her. She further says: "At this time I WQ3 induced to take up the famous food drink. Postum, and was so much pleased with the results that I have never been without it since. I commenced to improve at once, . egained my twenty-live pounds of flesh and went some beyond my usual weight. "I know Postum to be good, pure and healthful, and there never was an article, and never will be, I believe, that does so surely take the place of coffee as Postum Food Coffee. The beauty of it all is that it is satisfying and wonderfully nourishing. I feel as if I could not sing its praises too loud." Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." MORGAN LAID TO REST. Body of Senator Entombed at Old Home in Selma with Simple Ceremonies?Big Crowd Present. The funeral of the late Senator John T. Morgan took place in Selma at nocft Saturday from the Church Street Methodist Church, where the dead senator for many years worshiped, and his body was laid to rest in Live Oak cemetery in a lot adjoining the tomb of Wiliiam R. King, who died more than half a century ago, while he was vice president of the United States. Thousands wore present at the funeral, including delegations from every city in the state. Many distinguished men were also on hand. Besides the congressional party who accompanied the body from Washington, there were present Vice President U. \\. JL-'airoanua, uovernor Comer and the various state officials, together with every member of the Alabama congressional delegation. The funeral train arrived promptly at 9 o'clock a. m. and was met at the union depot by a large escort, consisting of military, Confederate veterans, distinguished Alabamians and the population generally. When the train halted, Senator E. W. Pettus, the . venerable colleague of the dead senator, was first to alight. After he had assisted the Misses Morgan, daughters of the dead senator, from the train, they were escorted to carriages in waiting. The casket was then removed,, and it was placed in the waiting hearse. A delegation of women literally covered it with flowers picked from Alabama's native soil. The flowers were tossed upon the casket until the doors of the hearse were closed and the solemn march to the church began. Arriving at the church, the casket was placed in front of the altar. Then came the masses, v/ho for two long hours took a last look at the distinguished Alabamian. During those two liAiii-j t<*n thousand nersons wended their way through the church and past the casket. Many beautiful designs sent by peo " pie in all parts of the world were strewn around the casket. There was a huge wreath of roses and lilies of ' the valley from President and Mrs. f Roosevelt. Another beautiful wreath was ordered from Honolulu by ( VHatch." Another was ordered by cable from friends in London. In addition, there were hundreds of floral < offerings from Confederate Veterans t Daughters of the Confederacy, commercial organizations and private cit- * izens generally from all over the south. , The funeral services, which were held at noon, were conducted by Dr. W. P. Dickinson, pastor of Church Street Methodist church, and consisted of scriptural readigs, songs and prayer. The church has a seating capacity of 1,100 and every seat was taken with many standing*. A still greater number were unable to gain admission. Sentinels were placed on duty at every floor to keep the crowd out. Rel- . atives and national and state representatives occupied two hundred reserved seats directly in front of the altar. The church exercises were soon concluded, and while the casket was being returned to the hearse the band outside the church played "Lead, Kindly Light." Many wept as the strains of the favorite hymn of the, late President McKinley, a warm ; friend of Senator Morgan, floated upon the noonday air. The procession to Live Oak cemetery was even larger than that from the railroad station I to the church, various delegations and I distinguished visitors, among them be: i ing Vice President Fairbanks ana sen- i ator Foraker, having arrived meanwhile. All the business houses were closed apd emblepis of mourning bedecked every building on the route. Everywhere the wheels, of industry had stopped for the time. The services were simple, consisting of the reading of the Methodist ritual and a prayer. "LEAGUE" GOES GLIMMERING. Many Third Term Advocates. Caught by a Wily Schemer. Scattered all over the United States are 30,000 people who are wondering what has become of "The Roosevelt j Third Term National League," with headquarters in Chicago. Somewhere is Edward Horner, who induced the thirty or more thousand citizens to want Theodore Roosevelt for a third term of dollars' worth, expecting that their names would be engraved on parchment and presented to the chief executive of the United States. FOUR NEGROES DROWNED. ! Were Bathing in River and All Got Beyond*Their Depth. While baihing'in the Manatee river, near Palmetto, Fla., Wednesday, Jas. Jones, Pear! and Ada S wiilie and Annie Randall, ail colored, got beyond their depth and were drowned before aid could reach them. Dragging on the river resulted in the recovery of the body of one girl. I HEALTH NOTES fined Spring disease. The usual symptoms are given above. A bottle of Pe-ru-na v taken in time will promptly arrest the course oj the disease - ' " known as Spring Catarrh. i . \ t? A HICKS' fco iHMl n nil niftis" ^JOCAHlUinC | IMtotfoV* AtJSfftaw* |jjB Though the half yearly net profits >f the Industrial Bank of Japan imounted to 5350,000, only $10,000 eas paid^out for "directors' fees and onuses." Made Safe )SA ** ??* -fw andmost economic- ^ been for the buyer to be |^t\y i of the white lead and oil. ... We have registerea idp \i? w trademark of the Dutch Boy painter .'-0 to be the final proof of quality, gen- > uin^ness and purity to paint buyers J * ||i everywhere. When this, trade mark o-v; appears on the keg, you' can be sure that the contents is Pure White Lead made by the Old Dutch Process. | SEND FOR BOOK * "A Talk on Point." cive& valuable infoma- S tion on tho paint subject. I re? upon request. NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY V ; /| in whichever of the fottovb iny cities is nearest you: Now York. Boston, Buffalo. 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