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i POINQS AT THE CAPITAL House Committee Unanimous That Roberts is a Proved Polygamist. POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATORS Special House Committee Reports Against tlie Seating of Polycamisl Itc.hprfs? Treaties Favorably lieporte<! to Senate ?Socks For Our Soldiers in the ]'hilip> pines?The Pensions Appropriation. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The special committee of the House of Representatives to Investigate the case of Rrlgham H. Roberts, of Utah, on Wednesday reached a flual conclusion. The committee was unanimous on the questions of fact and also on .u_ s?i:-iKiia? ^t in Unlit Ilia cont in the House. Seven of them voted in favor of a report to the effect that the House was within its rights in stopping him at the bar of the House, and the other two in favor of a report [that he should have first beeu seated and then expelled. Those who voted for the majority report are: Chairman Taylor, of Ohio; Landis. ot Indiana: Freer, of West Virginia; Mephor on, of Iowa: Morris, of Minnesola, Republicans; and Miers, of Indiana, and Dunham, Of Texas. Democrats. Representative Littleileld, of Mainp, drew up the minority re{ ori. which was also signed by ltopresenative De Armond, oT Missouri. The iludlngs on the fact are as follows; "We ilnd that B. H. Roberts was elected as a Representative to the Fifty-sixth Congress from the State of Utah, and was at the date of his election above the age of twenth> ),,i Inn! been for more than seven years a naturalized citiz-nof the United States and was uu inhabitant of the State of Utah. "Wefurther And that about 1ST? he married Louisa Smith, his llrst lawful wife, with whom he has ever since lived as such, and who, since tneir marriage, has boruo him six children. "That about 1835he mnrried a9 hl3 plural wife CVlIa Dibble, with whom he has ever since lived as such, anil who, siDce such marriage, has borne him six children of whom the last were twins, born August 11, 18!>7. "That some years after his said marriage to Celia Dibblo he contracted another plural marriage with Margaret C. Shipp, with whom he has ever since lived in the babit and repute of marriage. Your committee is unable to llx the exact date of this marriage. It does not appear that he L-,J no Klo tnifa Kofr.pa .Tfinilflrv I2CJU IJCI v;ui ur? uio n uv ^ , 1897, or that before that date she field him oat as her husband, or that before that date they were reputed to be husband and wife. ' "That these facts were generally known in Utah, publicly charged against him during his campaign for election, and were not denied by him. "That the testimony bearing on these facts was taken In the presence of Mr. Roberts and that he fully cross-examined the witnesses, but declined to place himself on dhe witness stand." Hague Treaty li Favored. "Washington, D. C. (Special). The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations agreed to report favorably the convention known as The Hague Treaty, negotiated last year. The treaty was not amended. The committee also acted favorably upon the extradition treaties with Peru and Argentine, *i"> traoto (iftnUnna the Mexican Boundary Commission. Direct Vote For Senators. Washington, D.C. (Special).?The Ilouse Committee on Election of the President and Vice-President agreed on a favorable report of the joint resolution for an amendment to the Constitution for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. 814.1,245,230 For Fcnsions. *" Washington', I). C. (Special).?The House Committee ou Appropriations agreo.i on the Pension Appropriation bill and reported it to the House. It carries adotal of r 113,-45,530, exactly the amount estimated by the Pension Office. Hrfrlscratins: Magazines For Battleship* Washington, D. C. (Special).?Experiments are uow being made at the Washington Xnvv Yard, under a plan proposed by Bear-Admiral O'Nell. for refrigeratlug magazines of battleships to minimize the danger of explosion through overheating. 400,000 Socks For Our Soldiers. Washington, :D. C. (Special). Colonel Button of the Qunrtermaster's Department of the Army ha* directed the shipment to Manila of 200,000 pairs of lightweight cotton socks for the soldiers in the Philippines. * WOULDN'T READ THE BIBLE. Fifty Catholic Public School Pupils Suspended on That Account. HtRBissma, Penri, (Special). About fifty pupib have been suspended from school attendance at McDonald, Washington County, because they refused to road the Biblo in the regular religious exerclset ?>.a ch/tAl Tliev aro children of Catholic families, nud, while they made no objection to tin rendiug of the Bible in the schools, they would take no pur: in the reading themselves. James F. Burke, of Pittsburg, representing the parents ot the suspended pupils called at the Department of Public Instruction nud submitted the case. An investigation wilt oe made by the Department. BANK ROBBERS CET C5C00. A Safe IS'onn Open at I'liilippi, \V. Va.? hoblierk Khch|i?i1 uti a liantl Our. Tl'int-'ri':, W. Va. (Special).?The Tycart' Valley Bank Building was entered earl; Wednesday morning l>y thieves. The sa'< was blown open by nitroglycerine and al the money, except n few stray cents and : few notes, which wore blown to one sM by the concussion, was taken. The anioun was about ;?jOOO. N'o clues have been found. The ham car of the railroad company was stolei and was found at Grafton. Tho explosiv# u?ed was in so largo a quantity that tin heavy safe doors wore thrown across t lit room. German Exports to America. Exports to America from the district em braced in the United States Consular ter ritorv of Berlin. Germany, argrogatei k 14.770.287 in 18aD, an increase over th preceding year of more than a milli'W). SAMOAN TREATY RATIFIED. Approved by the Senate Aftor Two Hours' Debate. \fter an Kxclianje of Katificntion* Witli Great Itritain and Germany We Will Take Posnesniou. Washington, D. C. (Special).- Without the formality of a roll call, the Senate ratified the treaty under which Great Britain will withdraw from the Samoan Islands and the group will he divided betweon the United States and Germany. Six speeches in all were made on the treaty, three, by Senators Davis, Forakor and Spooner. advocating ratification, and three, by Senators Uaeou, Money and Tillman. opposing the acquisition of more territory by the United States. Upon the conclusion of the speeches, the Senate, by its vote, showed itself so overwhelmingly in favor of the convention that ratification was announced without further proceedings. There is reason to believe that the j aamiuisiracioo. ;iuui:i|>unu^ , I has made arrangements for tlie extension j of American sovereignity over Tutuiln, I Ofoo. Maua antl Rose Islauds. Xothine j will be done until after an exchange ol ' ratifications with the Berlin and Condor | Governments, when instructions will b* | cabled to Commander B. F. Tilley, com ' manding the cruiser Abaremla, directint I him to take possession of the islands it j the name of the United States. Commander Tilley will issue a proelama I tion to the inhabitants cf the islands, set ; ting forth the purposes of the United State1 j in connection with their government. Tu j tuiia will be regarded as a naval station i and Commander Tilley will be its first Gov ernor. ^ .... .. ... ^sow id.1i lue ofuam una luimvu : treaty the three governments will make ar rangcments respecting their consular rep I resentation in Samoa. The abrogation o I tue treaty of Berlin will naturally lessei ' tha duties of Consul General Osborn, whi will probably bo recalled and a consul ap ! pointed in bis stead. i 'FATHER ENDEAVOR" CLARK'S TRIP He Will Go Around the'Worhl in the In terest of Christian Kndeavor. Boston (Special).?For the third time Di j Francis E. Clark, "Father Endeavor i Clark, as be is often called, started on i | tour in the interest of the organization o I chich he is the leader. After lenving Bo< i ton, ho and bis wife goes direct to Sa I FraDcisco. whence they will sail for Japar I They will be in Japan nearly a montu, ai tending meetings and conventions l various parts of the country. In referene to the remainder of the trip, Dr. Clar i says: 'From Japan, the trip to China will b ! made about the middle of March. Hei Christian EndeaTor is particularly stronc By June 1 we will have to leave Chini taking the new Trans-Siberian Railwa across Russia to Europe and including te days of river travel and about twelve b i rail, to 3:. Petersburgh. Thence wd go t ] England, in time to greet the arrivin Americans, who will pour into Loudon fc I the Nineteenth International Christian Ei j deavor Convention, July 14 to 18." I Concerning this convention Dr. Clar | said: "The spectacle of 4000 or 0000 Arae; icaus crossing the seas with this object i I view will be without precedent. And tb I fact tnat 1200 or 1J00 of them will go prai tioally in whole steamer.louds will be ai < ditionally noteworthy." j FRENCH DEFEAT THE CHINESE. Battle Over the Boundary Dispute i It woiig-Chau-Wau Bay Tacox/., Wash. (Special). The steami Elm Branch brings news from Shargh that French warships have taken posses sion of Kwong-Chau-Wan Bay, whero ; boundary dispute has been pending f< several months. The French commence ! operations by sinking two Chinese gui boats, destroying their guns and ainmun tion and taking the officers on board tl French snips as prisoners. The warshij theu shelled tweuty Chinese villages, con polling the Chinese troops to move back. A four hours' battle took place at Vei j !uc.\ iu which the French lost four kille ; and twenty-eight wounded. The Chines loss was heavier. Alter the Chinese r treated the French forces were divided ii to four expeditions, which pillaged ac i turned many villages. Several mandarins surrendered to pr ! vent the burning of their towns. They a held as hostages to prevent retaliation I , the natives. I SETTLORS CO TO CANADA. i Nearly 14.00> With S.'.OOO.OtfO Left ll ' I United States Last Year. 'j T ronto. Oat. (Special). The Kupcri tendent of Immigration has received r ' ports from most of his agents in the Unitt 1 States aud estimates that nearly lt.ouase j tiers from the Republic have become re< dents of Canada during the past year. | conservative estimate places the wealth i I these persons at 22,000,009. The prospects for increasing the numb [ of settlers .Tom the United States duri) t the season of 1900 are very eucouragin 1 Kansas dud Arkansas supplied the great part of those who earue. ' ; ALASKA MAY BE CUT IN TWO. | Suggestion I* Made to Create tlio Terr tory ot Seward. 1 Wasiiixotcn, D. C. (Special). The Sena Committee on Territories considered a hi i creating three judicial districts for Alasl i and for a revision of the laws of the Unit< .it.nluini' tn i?irt Torrlfnrv A mil . her of Alaska men were present with tl ! committee. They were asked if there was any senl I nient in favor of dividing thoSTerritory s .\It.St. Elins, making the southeastern po y ' tion the Territory cf Seward. The rep } was that the people helioved such a divisl* I would he necessary at some future time. 1 Would 1'reserve Cuba'* Tree*. t' General Kius Rivera, Secretary of Agr eulture, Industry, and Commerce, has ai 1 dressed a communication to Governt i General Wood, at Havana,1 advising tb ? steps he taken immediately to prote * Cuban forests belonging to the public d ; 1 main. He urges that he be empowered | appoint six inspectors, at a salary of 520 i each, with instructions tc locate pub! j property and to consult with the officers - ! the rural guard in the various provinc . I as to the best methods of preserving t! . trees, which are now being used at tl i pleasure of the llrst person who desires B ' cut them. ] KILLED IN A PISTOL DDE i j Fata! Result ol a Feud Between Pror !. . inent Kentuckians. i battle in a hotel lobb Former Congressman Colson ami i.ie L tenant Scott, Nephew of Former Go i I ernor Bradley, Meet in I>eadly Dne > ! Scott and Two Bystanders Killed?/ fray Grew Out of an Old Feud. i Fu.'ruronT, Ky. (Special).?A trage ! tb:*.t has rot been paralleled in Kentuc j since the famous duel to the death of Wi 1 ! iam Cassius Goodloo and A. M. Swope c ! i curred here in the lobby of the Capil j Hotel. A feud that existed between form i : Congressman David ('<. Colson, of Middl | borough, and Lieutenant Ethelhert J , , Scctt, of Somerset, was renewed on th< I meeting, and both men began Ilring tb< i I revolvers. As a result Colonel Cols : | killed Scott and (diaries Julian and woun ; | ed Captain B. B. Golden, while Scott kllli t j L. \V. Dcmaree, of Shelbyviile, and one , them wounded Marry McEwun. Cols . j himself was wounded, but not dangerous! The shooting occasioned extraordina J ! excitement, Colson is oue of the leadii j politicians of Eastern Kentucky, and li . ' and a stormy and .tumultuous life, ku . j in>c been involved in many qui , ; rcls. He resigned his seat in Co . ' Kress, which he had held two terms, ; raise a regiment for the Cuban war. Tl * ; was the Fourth Kentucky. and it remain ) in service for some months. Scott was B lieutenant in it, and as he was a nephew Governor Bradley and Colson and Brad I were political opponents, there was so f bad blood between them. Colson brou^ j j charges against Scott, and the regime 3 1 took sides. The two men had a light . 1 Anciston, Ala., upon being mustered o | aud Scott shot Colson. The Capitol Hotel lobby was crowd , ' with politicians aud prominent men fr< all over the State as a result of the tri t- I of the election contests, now going on lie J Colson was standing with a party of frier in the southwest corner of the lobby wh ' 1 si .4. ?n^.4 in Tha f rial CI tit hn ??51 II C ! OCUli vaiuo iu, i uv ............ .... " i sight of Scott, Colonel Colson drew a 4 vo'tver and began firing rapidly. Demarea was between Scott and Colsc ' j witnesses say, and he was killed bv t >- I first shot llred. The second shot stru n | Scott in the breast, and he staggered bau ?. j ward till he reached the flight of st<; I leading to the bnrroom downstairs. Ci n j son followed him up. his revolver spitti e J lead at every step. Scott fell backwa k | down the steps, and his body rolled j against the barroom door. As he lay th< e i Colson stood at the top of the steps a e ] fired two more shots into the prostri r. I form. i, Others took part in the shooting, as x y shown by .he wound that Colson hims n received, but their names cannot y I learned positively. About twenty shi ? ' ? *1 r, irt a tha iiaiiqi u | were muu auu^u?, miu w*... g j packed lobby was a surging mass of bn ir j frantic men while the bullets were flyii 1- I There is no doubt that the killing i Denaree and Julian was accidental. k j Luther Demaree, the assistunc postrni r- terin Sheibyville, and a prominent Kept n | lican politician, and Charles Julian, one 10 I the wealthiest farmers of this county, w< 2- i innocent bystanders and were killed I 1- j cause they happened to be in the line i Colsor's bullets. Captain B. B. Golden , lawyer of Barboursville, and Harry J Ewau oi Louisville were wouuded, as ' result ot the general fusillade, it After Colsou had gone to the home Chief cf Police Williams, a few doors av from the hotel, and surrendered himself warrant for his arrest, charging him w at murder, was sworu out by Clint Fogg, < j. of tliH witnesses of the shooting. | Colsou will have an immediate trial. 1 I Franklin Cou nty Grand Jury is in sessi* 5r and the Kentucky laws provide that 1 such cuses the County Judge may only a- , sue a warraut and hold the prisoner si i- jeet to the Grand Jury's action. 'J 16 charge against Colson will be murder, a 13 he will be strongly prosecuted by Coui i- j Attorney l'olsgrove and Commonwealt Attorney Franklin, in addition t;> strc legal counsel by frteuds of his victii d ! Colson Is himself a lawyer and is wealt I '0 He will have able ccunsel to assist in e- I defence. a- I l(l ! DOUBLE TUAGKDY IN A BANK. e. j Insane Cashier Kills Teller ar.cl Tli re 1 Shoots Himself. i Columbus, Ga. (Special).--Captain .T. | Murphy, cashier of the Third Xatioi Back, instantly killed the teller, I*. Shutze, and then committed suicide. 1 rauraer and suicide occurred trhile I bank was filled with customers. Murphy has been one of the mcst pro n- | Icent business men of the city for a nu - ! ber of years, but in recent months has be * | in ill health, and hus suffered two strot i Ci paralysis. It is believed that he w t- ] insane when the shooting wr.s done, ! be aud Shatze had been the closest m i friends. 0l i G'JCSl IONS FOR 1 HE FARMERS et ^ A Susijestfoii to Agriculturist* by Cens ^ Director Metriam, i Washiscjo:?. D. C. (Special).?Dlrec ; of the Census Merriam suggests to the i I riculturlsts of the country that they l some of their spare time between now v ! next June in thcroughly proparing th< selves to &U3\7er promptly and te curately the questions relative jl ' the acr?ago, quantity and value ! crops; the quantity and value of nil f.i ca products, animal and vegetable; the c id of fertilizers and farm labor, aud, in fi n- j all the items of farm operations for i calendar year 1S9J, which the cen i enumerators are by law compelled tj. j ascertain. This, ho says, will result ii at | full and accurate census. ly i BIG FIRE IN DAWSON. )Q ; | Bunine** I'art of Town Burned YV Lo.?g of 8^00,000. I Seattle, Wash. (Special).?The stean | Danube, at Victoria, from Skagway, brli j news that a large part of the easiness p )r : tlon of Dawson has been wiped out by t 1 The loss will exceed 3530,000. 0. i There are no narues of the buildings tg { losses. The Skagway Operator said t qq j great suffering would undoubtedly foil jc the lire, as the temperature at Dawson \ 0j forty degrees below zero, with the w e3 blowing. The city Is without the regu 10 tlon water supply. K p This 1s the third large Are which ?!?<ted Dawson In its short hi?torv. | THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. TTanlilncton Item*. Iu tho Senate Mr. Pettigrew's Philippine resolution was tubleil and nn nmondmeut 11 to the resolution ot Senator Hoar, calling on tho President to furnish copies of the instructions to tho Peace Commissioners, ! was defeated. Tho vote on the latter was j 41 to 20. V | The \7ar Department reports that exports f'om tho port of Hollo during the | months of February. March and April, lsast, aggratea cf34'J,U37. K* I Tho House Committee on the Judiciary iv- fixed February 13 us the ilato for a general , I hearing upon the proposed constitutional umcndt lent granting woman suffrage. lf" Representative Loud, of California, has j reintroduced, in modified form, his bill in I refercn '0 to second-class matter, dy Unde a new ruling by the .Secretary of ky War, officers and enlisted men may wear U_ | the badges of their military societies and 1 their medals of honor on occasionsof cere>c* j mony. Insignia buttons arc stiil barred. t0' | Negotiations with otber countries for mr teeiproeity treaties have been suspended |p. by tiie administration because of the pros.. | pect thr.t those aireadv negotiated will not be ratified by Congress. air j John D. Rockefeller, in reply to inquiries Bii" from the Industrial Commission, recomon mends that trusts be created and regulated (l. by law. i(j ; General Oils reported to the War Deof partmeut tlio suicide, duo to insanity, of 0Q First Lieutenant Jfonmun, of the Tliirtyiy I seventh Volunteer Infantry, ry Rear-Vdmiral Schley has cabled to the ag ' Navy Department from Montevideo that as Lieutenant-Commander F. E. Greene has ,v- 1 commit :cd suicide. ir- i hi. Our Adopted Islands. to j Rafael Salsado. tlie Cuban patriot and lis J the llrst Mayor of Santiago de Cuba under ed American rule, is dead. ! The American forces occupied Magal?; j lanes, province of Cavito. P. I., capturing twenty nsurgents, including a colonel. ;l,t i General Ludlow Is making an attempt lnt to stop the practice of begging, which is at assuming large proportions in Havana, ut> j Cuba. A battalion of the Nineteenth Infantry ed routed the Sudlon rek"ls in the Cebn nin Mount,'i n?, t\ 1. wonsiuernuir umniuuiais ; tiou was captured. Foqr Americans were re. I wounded. Governor-General Wood at Havana lias *D issued r.n order appointing a commission j of tliree to study and report upon the >robre" | 1cm of taxation throughout Cuba. )n , The country in the vicinity of Manila P. I., is quiet and communication has been j established with the adjacent towns, k- | A land boom has followed the flag to 'ps Guam, suddenly boosting real estate from ol- i $15 to $100 an acre, with tho market stili tig adrauciug. ird ; The concerted movement of Generals "P | Bates and Schwan to Intercept and destroy ire I the Filipino troops fulled because of bad t rouas. tie Domestic. The trniningship Dixie left Norfolk, Vn., e" for Sun Juan, Puerto Rico, whence she will he go toths Mediterranean for a cruise. She 3ts has nearly four hundred landsmen on ely board, and the object of the cruise is to df- train them for service on men-of-wur. All &K- these men are American citizens. 01 The hamlet of Zeeland, Mich., with n population of 700, has raised $G00 by popu" lar subscription for Red Cross work among I the Boers. 3re Joseph New, an artilleryman at Fort j0. Monroe, was murdered in Phoebus, Vn., as of j a result of a row. After an early evening rt : row had beon quelled New and his comIq. 1 pauions had a quarrel p.t the Indiana a House. When they left the place sorae one j flrei from the house and New fell dead. i of t The Iowa Legislature met injolitsesray ' slon and ro-electod James II. Gear to the , a , United States Senate. I Jacob Crumbling, whoso home is not far ,ae from Vor!c, Peon., was fatally Injured by 1 an explosion of dynamite, fie put the lie j fuse in the store to thaw, ft exploded, ?!1, | blew olT one of his arms, wree >d his home lu and set Are to^it. Crumbli...,- had been i blasting rocks. [>j,e Mrs, George Sabal was beheaded at Vir1 den. III. , by n passenger train. She had atv , just arrived from Germany, and was met i by her husband and a number friends ,ng nt tho iruin. Husband and wife bad cot | seen each other for ten years, ay. i Felix Morris, the well-known nctor, died his 1 In New York City from pneumonia, after a week's illness. N. K. Goss, a merchant of Edenburg, 1 Ohio, was murdered by robbers. Goss ien ! owned a general store. The robbers, three ! in number, escaped. Miss Mary White and Mrs. Sarah Rue, I- , sisters, eighty and eighty-two years of age, j died within twenty-four hours at Bristol, .* ' Ponn. Grief over tho loss of her sister 00 I caused the death of Mrs. Rue. They wore '^a j wealthy. m. j The Slate Teachers' Association of Mism. sissippi, by a uuaulraous vote, has pro0n I tested r gainst the Universal >choolbook :es system, und has urged the Leg'slature not | to change the existing law, wh' "i provides as j for only county uniformity, of | Jacob Shudin murdered his wife and j then kiliod himself at their home, six miles j from Kaoxville, Tenn. The t;:ogedy is I; supposed to have been due to domestic troubles. u* W. W. Gage, cousin of Lymau J. Gage, died at Toledo, Ohio. Secretary Gage was fn? \ notified Deceased was a consumptive I and died penniless. a^" 1 Governor Leslie 31. S law was inaugul*' | rated for a second tern at Dos 3Ioines, j Iowa. :m- ' The jloody 3I? morial Fund Committee ac- I at a meeting in Northampton. 3lass., deto ! cided to continue the wor1: of the ovaugelof | 1st, and appeal to the people for a fund of inn : ?3,000.000 to endow the three institutions ost | ho was identilled with. ict ; 31rs. Mary Theobold, aped fifty-six. was tlu burned to death and her daughter, Lusus | cindn, aged c.venty-lhree, was fatally t0 ! burned at their home in Louisville, Ky. a u j Chicago people are clamoriug -for pub| Iication of the e'ty pay-rolls. There Is much talk of stufled pay-rolls, but 3Iayor I TTnrrlson savs the city is so poor it cannot HI, ' pay $10,000 a > jar for printing tbe list. Ir oroiirn. oer I The epidemic of influenza in London has beeu productive of so many deaths that tor- the coffin factories are unable to keep up ire< with their orders. The reserve stock of coffins has been exhausted, i or Tha steamship Leon XIII. arrived at Barhat colona, Spain, from Manila with a swarm ow Spanish prisoners. Tha men were in Tas lamentable plight, having been poorly fed iud and housed ou tho long voyage, da- It is stated that Russia will soou occupy the important port of Burghas, on the Black Sea, taking it in lieu of tho money Las which Bulgaria owes us her share of the T'fiklah War indemnity of 1878. / A. f y*. ; r ! A novelty iia> just been introduced by j the Waterworks Company in Dawson. I It consists of a wooden house 6\6x6, ' which is placed over each hydrant in the : city. Each of these houses contains a ; small stove, in which fire is kept day and night. By the payment of $t a week | patrons can secure water at any time. j Blackpool. England, a city of 40.000 j population, owns and operates iter street I railways. It transports passengers for 3 1-3 cents per fare, lays by a sinking j j fund, pays interest and taxes and makes A ,profit- \ Kentucky was the first State to give k I school sutirage to widows, granting it I in 1838. For Men Only ! I Who are suffering wi'li Coughs. Colds, Asthma or Bronchitis. IiiDg's Wild Cherry and I Tar, 25c. Pleasant and it cures. Bubweli, j A 1?u.nn Co.. Charlotte, N. C., and all medI icine dealers. No cure, no pay. 44Take Time bx> The Forelock Don't wait until sickness overtakes you. i When that tired feeling, the first rheumatic pain, the first warnings of impure I blood arc manifest, take Hood's Sarsapaj rilla and you will rescue your health and probably save a serious sickness. De sure to get Hood's, because SaMafMuflg In a Ccffee Grove. You see all those bushes with red J berries strung along their branches? ' That is coffee, and the taller tree among 1 which it is growing are pimentos, front I which the world gets its "allspice." It I looks like jungle, does it not? Yet i many hundreds of pounds would not j buy that one hill slops. Among the lovely flowers humming birds sparkle as I they fly and hover; butterflies as large i as birds dispute the honey with them. i As you turn around the corner you sur| prise parties of tiny ground doves ,and I every now and again the larger pea I doves flit across the road. Up from the valley below the sounds of voices - ? - _1 and laughter. Stop your carriage aim look down. Those are the works on a cotfce estate, and those flat terraces partitioned of? into squares are the "barbecues" upon which the berries are dried. You can see that some of the squares are a different color to the rest. The dark ones are those that are covered with coffee berries; the others are i those which have not yet been tilled. Good Words. Facts For Sick i IVnmrn First-the medicine that | holds the record for the j largest number of abso\ lute Cures of female Ills I is Lydla Em Pinkham's ! Vegetable CompoundSecond Mrs* Pinkham j can show by her letter files in Lvnn that a mil Hon women have been restored to health by her ; medicine and advice* Third All letters to Mrsm Pinkham are received, opened, read and answered by women only, This fact is certified to by the mayor and postmaster of Lynn and others of Mrsm Pinkham's own city? Write for free book containing these certlflcatesm Everv ailing woman Is invited to wrlto to Mrs. Plnkham and get her advice free of charge. Lydia E. Plnkham Sled. Co., Lynn, Mm So. 4. NO crop can /)C?V grow with= J out Potash, I Every blade of ' Grass, ever}' grain of Corn, all Fruits J|S J and Vegetables ]||| : must have it. If ^ j enough is supp.ied ! you can cour t cua full crop? J if too little, the growth will be I "scrubby." Send for our books telling all about composition ot fertilizers best adapted for all crops. They cost you 1 nothing. 1ER.MAN KALI WORKS,9t Nassau St., New York.