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RUSSIA'S STRENGTH
, - -
Has been Greatly Overstated, while
Japan is a Gibraltar.
A tremendous i monet of misinforma?
tion regarding the supposed strength
of Russia has been put into circula?
tion. Our military men are sceptical
on the subject of the reputed army of
1,000,000 or more men. Russia has
been very generally credited with hav?
ing 500,000 troops in Manchuria, yet
the authorities here are advised from
reliable sources that there are. actually
less than 150,000 of the Czar's armed
men in that terri toy .
Less accurate information exists re?
garding the Russian navy than of any
other navy in the world. Our naval
officers say it is easier to get the full
construction plans of a German or
French battle ship than it is to get
the correct name of a Russian war
ship. They declare Russia resorts to
a clever ruse to confuse naval attaches
at St. Petersburg and others who
seek information regarding the
strength of the Russian navy. A
cruiser will suddenly' appear at one of
the Busisian navy yards bearing a
name new to the observers. . In the
course of a few months that ship will
disappear, and another vessel of the
same type, but with a different name,
will be sees. This war ship will in
turn give way apparently to a third
one, bearing a new and unpronounce?
able name. In reality.they are all the
same craft. It is said to. be the cus?
tom of the Russian authorities to give
certain ships new names at irregular
intervals - in order to confuse and
mystify.foreign officers on duty in that
country. This accounts for the fact
that no two authorities agree as to the
naval strength of that country.
For these reasons Washington strate?
gists are inclined to accept with a
grain of salt the wildly circulated
stories of the almost unlimited army
and the extensive navy of the Russian
Government
"Japan is absolutely impregnable
against Russian attack," said an
American naval officer today. "I have
seldom.seen a country so well provided
with natural defence as is Japan. Her
shores rise abruptly from the waters
in steep cliffs, .rendering them safe
against any attack. Japan's few har?
bors are thoroughly defended, both
by nature and the devices of mankind.
Nagasaki is mined from one end to the
other and Yokohama lies at the far
end of a harbor shaped like a horse
shoe. Both sides of this harbor are
lined with fortifications which render
the place as strong as Gibraltar."
Brooklyn Eagle.
Comparative Strength of Russia
and Japan.
Russia. Japan.
Population 129,004,514 43y760,815
Area, . square
miles 8.660,395 147,669
War strength :
Army. Officers 67,574
Non-e o m m i s
sioned officers
and meu 4,950,129 474,770!
Active armv 1.341,210 141,770]
Guns 7,266
War strength :
Navy. Battle?
ships, 1st class 25 S
Battleships, 2d
-class 9 2
Battleships, 3d
class 7 v 1
Armored cruis?
ers 15 4
Cruisers. first
class 12 1
Cruisers, other
classes 34 18
Gunboats " U 16
Torpedo boat
destroyers 40 - 19
Torpedo boats 185 67
Transports 18 31
Heavy guns 672 540
Secondary and
machine guns 4,326 1,012
Corea bas a population of 10,519.000,
and ac area of 85,000 square miles.
Danville, Va., Feb. . 17.-Sixty-two
of the foremen and laborers engaged
on the ?2.COO,000 plant of the " Dan
River Power and Manufacturing Com?
pany, in course of construction a mile
above Danville, have been arrested for
laboring on Sunday last at tnese
works. The men claim the work was
essential and that the works cannot be
completed without some Sunday work.
The cases were partly heard tonight
and an adjonrnnjent was taken with?
out result until Friday morning.
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I R?SS?I BRUTES ?ND COWARDS.
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j Soldiers and Police Brutally As?
sault Helpless Non-combat?
ants.
Reports of Atrocities Perpetrated by
Russians that Compare' Unfavorably
With the Conduct of Japanese
Women and Childr en Assault?
ed and Robbed.
New Ch wang, Feb. 16.- Viceroy Al
exieff left Port Arthur today, proceed?
ing to Harbin with Gen. Pflug, the
chief of staff, and the general staff.
It is said that the Rusisan army and
navy commands will be reorganized,
and that Gen. Kerpaitsky will com?
mand the Yalu division, which is ex?
pected to be attacked by the Japanese
forces.
Atrocities are daily perpetrated on
foreigners and natives, both by the
orgnized police and incoming troops,
which makes it impossible for the
civil administration of New Ch wang
to control the situation. It is feared
that a reign of terror will be precipi?
tated if the neutral Powers remain
inactive. A captain of police, with
ten soldiers, without any provocation,
destroyed the contents of a hotel,
owned by a German, where three Jap?
anese had registered under the protec?
tion of the civil administrator. These
Japanese were bonnd, stabbed and
robbed of money and jewelry. They
were rescued with difficulty by United
States Consul Miller, together with
three women refugees, ali of whom
the civil administrator had assured
Mr. Miller would be protected.
The administrator admits the grav?
ity of the situation, but declares that
Viceroy Alexieff alone can remedy it.
It is believed here, however, that the
maintenance of order at this treaty
port and the prevention of these viola?
tions of international rights can be
insured only by instant international
proclamation, supported by an armed
force.
Mine3 have been constructed and
preparations made for depositing them
at the mouth of the river her?\ where
the forts have been occupied by a field
battery of artillery and guns from the
Russian gunboat Sivoutch.
RUSSIAN WAR SHIPS TRAPPED.
Seoul, Corea, Feb. 16.- The Corean
Government has granted Japan the
right to traverse .the country. It is
reported that Japnese war ships have
trapped three Russian ships at Yon
gampho. No details regarding the re?
sult of this naval exploit has been re?
ceived.
RUSSIANS FROZEN TO DEATH.
Berlin, Feb. 16.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Tagliche Rundz
chau says that six hundred Russian
soldiers have been frozen to death
while marching across Lake Baikal,
Eastern Siberia. The correspondent
adds that the temporary railroad
across the lake is not yet completed,
that a large detachment of troops was
sent on a twenty-two-mile march over
the ice-covered lake, and that it is
presumed part pf these troops lost their
way in a snow storm and perished. *
A RUSSIAN SQUADRON AT
*3gR JIBULIL.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 16.-Admiral
Wirenius has been instructed to hold
the Russian squadron, consisting of
the battle ship Oslabya and the cruis?
ers Aurora and Dmitri Donskoi and
a number of torpedo boat destroyers,
at Jibclil, French Somaliland, until
further orders.
GERMAN CRUISER FIRED ON.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 16.-A semi?
official telegram, dated from the head?
quarters of the viceroy at Port Arthur,
says the German criuser Hansa, which
had been sent to remove German sub
jcets from Port Arthur, and which
had on board also a number of Russian
women and children, had been fired
upon by Japanese war ships.
WHAT IS SAID AT PORT ARTHUR.
Port Arthur, Monday, Feb. 15.-The
firing on the German cruiser Hansa
by Japanese war ships occurred while
she .was proceeding to Port Arthur to
take away the German^ residents, and
not when the latter were on board of
her. The Hansa was not damaged.
On her arrival at Port Arthur she
took on board a number of wives of
Russian sailors and left the port with?
out further incident.
The work of repairing the damaged
Russian battle ships is progressing
rapidly. The Chinese workmen were
panic-stricken by the bombardment,
but they are now working well, regard?
less of the approach of the Chinese
New Year.
Investigation shows that the city and
fortress were wholly undamaged by
tbe Japanese attack. The people natu?
rally are anxious, and business is at a
complete standstill, but the utmost
tranduillity prevails.
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT OF JAPS
Paris, Feb. iS.-Advices through
the French Government's channels
confirm previous reports to the effect
that the Japanese arc preparing to
make lauding west of the Liao-Tung
peninsular, at or near the port of New
Chwang. Owing to the sandy shal?
lows near this port it is expected
that the landing will occur at thc
rocky points eastward of the town.
Owing to the extent of American in?
terests there, and it being the port of
entry of thc capital of Manchuria,
considerable importance is bring at?
tached here to the movement.
NO JAPANESE ON YALU RIVER.
St. Petersburg. Feb. 16.-A dis?
patch received her?' from Port Arthur,
dated February 15, denies that the
Japanese are ^landing at Chin-Wang,
Tao, a port on the southern borchr of
Manchuria, close to the Chinese
Northern Railroad. The sea there is
covered with ice for a distance of four?
teen miles from ?he shore, and this
would make landing extremely diffi?
cult No Japanese have been seen on
the Y'alu River.
The Japanese are landing provi
sions and munitions of war at Wo n?p,
on the east coast of Corea and north
of Seoul.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 18.-It is offi?
cially reported that Admiral Alexieff
shot with bis own band the naval lieu?
tenant who is said to bave been re?
sponsible for the surprise of the Rus?
sian fiaet at Pori Arthur on-the occa?
sion of. the first Japanese attack.
BOYARIN TORPEDOED BY JAPA?
NESE.
London, Feb. 18.-According to offi?
cial reports received today the Russian
cruiser Bovarin vvas not blown up by
striking a Russian mine in Port Arther
harbor* but was torpedoed by the Japa?
nese, wbo made an unexpected and
daring sortie with several torpedo
boats under cover of darkness.
JAPANESE SEIZE ELLIOTT
ISLAND.
London, Feb. 18.-The Russian em?
bassy reports that it has positive ad?
vices that the Japanese are establish?
ing a base for supplies on Elliott isl?
and near Port Arthur, and are trans?
porting to it a large quantity of pro?
visions, coal and other war stores.
RUSSIANS CROSS THE YALU.
Tokio, Feb. 18.-The government
bas been notified that three thousand
Russians have crossed the ; Yalu river
near Wijti. A battle between this
force and the Japanese army .in that
vicinity is expected soon.
50,000 TROOPS MOVE.
Paris, Feb. 17.-An official dispatchr.
received here today from Tokicr
nounces that one cf the most important
movements of Japanese troops yet made
is occurring today. One of the main
branches of the army, consisting of
three divisions and including a divis?
ion of guards, is now going on board
transports. The previous landings of
Japanese forces in Corea and elsewhere,
are said to have been small compared
with this simultaneous sailing of three
divisions, aggregating approximately
an army of 30,000 to 50.000 men. It is
believed, but this is not sure, that the
destination of this force is a point near
the mouth of Jhe Yalu river or a spot
on the Liaotung peninsula, Hanking
Pore Arthur.
Another official dispatch says a Japa?
nese transport has been sighted off a
town south of the mouth of the Yalu
river.
CARRYING MUNITIONS OF WAR.
Tokio, Feb. 17.-Eight transports
with Japanese troops from Nagasaki
and several additional vessels carry?
ing war raunitons are on their way to
the west coast of Corea. Detachments
of Japanese cavalry have already land?
ed at Wiju, on the Yalu river.
SIXTY THOUSAND MEN.
Port Arthur, Feb. 17.-The report
that the Japanese have concentrated
about 60,000 troops av Wonson (on the
east coast of Corea) with the object
of entering Manchuria, is confirmed.
London, Feb. 19.-It is reported
from Chefoo that the Russian fleet at
Port Arthur attempted to escape by
slipping through the Japanese block?
ading squadron, but was driven back
with slight loss, the encounter not
being of long duration and the Russian
fleet withdrawing as soon as they
found the way was blocked by their
foe.
NO RUSSIANS SOUTH OF YALU.
Tokio, Feb. 19.-lt is officially de?
nied that the Russian forces have es?
tablished outposts at any point south
of the Yalu river.
400,000 RUSSIANS IN MANCHURIA.
Harbin, Manchuria, Feb. 19.-The
Russians claim that they will have
400,000 men in Manchuria within
twelve days and the advance on the
Japanese army in Korea and in the
vicinity of Port Arthur will then be?
gin.
DEATH OF DOWAGER EMPRESS
REPORTED.
Hong Kong. Feb. 19.-A report is
current in official circles in Canton
that the Dowager Empress of China,
the real ruler of the Empire is dead.
No details confirmatory of the report
are obtainable.
RUSSIA MAKES THREATS,.
London, Feb. 19.-Little far eastern
news appears in the press this morn?
ing, with the exception of official dis?
patches, and the comment is made
that the official reports of Viceroy
Alexieff and others are remarkable
mostly for what they leave unsaid.
These reports attract far less attention
than does the significantly frank Rus?
sian proclamation asking the people to
be patient until the army is ready to
strike blows worthy of the dignity
and might of Russia. The threats in
this document are commented upon
by the British press in tones of con?
siderable irony.
It is now believed both in London
and on the continent that Viceroy
Alexieff ha? decided to fall back on
Harbin, practically abandoning Port
Arthur, Vlad ivostock and the whole of
southern Manchuria to the Japanese,
and that he is perhaps hoping that the
reduction of Port Arthur and Vladivos
tock will occupy the enemy while he
is concentrating his forces at Harbin.
The papers this morning comment
upon the activity which is seen at
Woolwich and elsewhere in refitting
the navy in prepaiation for any emer?
gency. It is admitted that the manu?
facturers of fixed ammunition have
been working night shifts since Christ?
mas, and that all the surplus obsolete
war material on war vessels at home
and abroad is being replaced as rapidly
as possible. Especial interest attaches
to the equipment.of sixty battleships
with the new 12-inch wire steel guns,
said to be the most modern and mest
powerful guns in existence.
Similar, reports of military activity
are received from other countries.
For instance, even Spain is preparing
for possibilities.
KEEPING THE RECORD
STRAIGHT.
London. Feb. 1*.- The Japanese le?
gation here received an official dis
j patch from Tokio tonight saying that
it was not true that any Japanese ves?
sels had been destroyed so far in any
of the varions naval engagements and
j that all necessary repairs bad already
been made. The Japanese fleet remain?
ed intact.
This message also denies the report
that the Japanese were driven from the
neighborhood of Km-Chau, after a
skirmish iu which 150 Japanese were
taken prisoners and declares that the
Japanese made no attempt to land at
P"gecn bay. It says the Japanese forc?
es have, np to the present time, made
no attempt to land at any point where
they could come in contact with the
Russians and that consequently all re?
ports of land actions and Japanese
losses are untrue.
WILL PORT ARTHUR PALL?
Paris, Feb. 18.-An eminent military
authority connected with one of the
embassies said today that Port Arthur
was practically besieged and it was a
serious question whether this would
not compel either the abandonment or
the surrender of - the fortress with its
men and material. The grounds for
j this belief were?stated to be as fol
I lows : ,
"Admiral Togo's ships, on the watch
at the entrance of the port, prevent
ingress or egress, thus establishing a
virtual blockade and cutting off the
chances of reilef from seaward. The
Japanese troops near New Ch wang and
other points on tjie Liao-Tung penin?
sula are abie to interrupt the railroad
forming the line of communication and
jrSUpplies between Port Arthur and
r Harbin. The result is the gra
'dual investure of Port Arthur within
the Japanese naval and military lines.
It will require a bold action on the
part of the Russian forces to prevent
the Anal accomplishment of the invest?
ure and slow reduction of Port Ar?
thur."
A RUSSIAN REPORT.
Port Arthur, Feb. 18.-The repairs
to the Russian warships damaged dur?
ing the bombardment of February 9
are rapidly proceeding. The Czare?
vitch, Retvizan and Pallada will soon
rejoin the fleet. The work is being
hurried on with the aid of caissons.
The mishap was not so great as at first
believed.
The railroad is undamaged and Port
Arthur is calm: All the troops are ea?
gerly awaiting an opportunity to meet
the Japanese in an open fight.
Americans Own Panama Canal.
An instance of American enterprise
in financial matters has been brought
to light in the case of the Panama
Canal. No sooner did it become evi?
dent to our thrifty millionaires that
the United States would purchase the
Panama Canal Company's rights and
build the canal along the Panama
route, than they at once setabout ac?
quiring the stock of the Panama Canal
Company. Nearly all of the stock was
held by citizens of France who bad
held it for years as a load on their
hands, from which the question of
realizing anything was highly speclua
tive.
Agents of American 'capitalists with
secret instructions began quietly to
work among these shareholders and
buy up their stock at the lowest avail?
able figures. Some shareholders pro?
bably knew nothing at all of the con?
templated American purchase, or, if
they did, believed it was still a matter'
very much involved in doubt and
uncretainty, and even if ultimately
good years mi^ht intervene before they
would realize on it. They preferred
to accept a smaller certainty now. than
to speculate on. the larger value in the
uncertain future, and many of them
sold their stock to American buyers.
A circular issued by a New York
bank declares that more than half the
Panama Canal Company stock is nov;
owned in the United States, so that
when the 340,000,000 is paid by our gov?
ernment for the canal company's hold?
ings, more than half the amount will
go to stockholders in this country, and
stockholders* who bought their hold?
ings cheap and will make large profits
on the transaction.
Two things are evident from this.
There will be no lack of American in-.
fluence to carry the Panama treaty
through at Washington ; and it is
mightyhard to get ahead of the Yankee
where dollars are concerned.-Au?
gusta Chronicle.
A i'- -. .'. ' '.'?. .*>.<( II*?S(K.
The ?ns..:i. i of mankind against sa?
ire is really ;i very sound instinct.
Satire is always dishonest. Tor it is al?
ways Un? expression of hatred for a
thing hopelessly coveted. Who satirizes
humanityV None bul he who, not hav?
ing the cuni mon human advantages, is
obsessed with admiration of them.
Who satirizes plutocracy? The pauper,
who is wanned by the notion of
wealth. Who satirizes aristocracy?
The man who wishes he had boen born
an aristocrat. Thackeray wished that,
and the Marquis of Farintosh was one
of the na tum I outcomes of Ins wish.
Max Beerbohm in Saturday Review.
Hun to Advertise.
The householder in glancing through
his morning paper has his attention
caught by the more attractive adver?
tisements. Advertising is an essential
factor in modem business methods,
and to advertise wisely the business
man must understand tho workings of
the minds of his customers and mast
know !$o\v lo influence them effective?
ly he inns; know how To apply J
psychology ;o advertising.- Atlantic.
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SCHOOL LIBRARY LISTS ASKED FOB.
Superintendents Requested to Fur?
nish Them for State Board
Meeting.
State Superintendent of Education
O. B. Martin is sending to each super?
intendent of public schools in the Sfete
the following letter :
My Dear Sir: As you know, the
general assembly has enacted a rural
library law which provides for the
establishment of at least 500 mal lib?
raries, costing not less than 850 each.
I am writing to the city superintend?
ents asking each one to send a list of
25 books which he thinks ooght to be
Xut in such libraries. If you see fit I
shall be glad for you to consult your
teachers, and especially the primary
teachers, prepare such a list and for?
ward it to this office at your earliest
possible convenience. I desire to
tabulate such returns from the city
superintendents and present them to
the State board when they meet to
adopt a list. The meeting of the State
board will likely be called for March
11th, so I shall greatly appreciate it
if you will furnish your list by March
1st.
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A QUESTION OF COLOR.
The Matter of Height Didn't Seem to
Figrnrc In the Scheme.
Tho young man considers himself a
man of resources, although he is not as
sure about it now as he was a few
days ago. He has boen very attentive
to a certain young lady, and he was
calling on her at tho time that he par?
tially lost confidence in bte resourceful
mind.
It, is unnecessary to narrate what
passed between them upon the occa?
sion in question, but at the time the
young lady's sister entered the room
he was in the act of folding the young
lady to his manly bosom.
Of course he desisted at once, as
young men generally do under such
circumstances, but he was not em?
barrassed-not a bit.
The young lady's sister said, "Excuse
me," and started to leave the room,
when his -resourceful mind began to
work. Ho felt that he ought to say
something and say it right away.
"Don't go," he said; "we've just been
measuring to see which one is the
taller."
She paused in the doorway and look?
ed .it them intently.
"You're both about the same height,"
she said quietly, "but sister is much
the redder."
Then she went out, and he was em?
barrassed-just a little.-New York
Times.
SLEEPY WASHINGTON.
The Home Bound After Theater
Crowd In the Capita:.
"There is one peculiarity of Wash?
ington I have noticed." said a traveling
man at an uptown hotel, "and that is
the absence of after theater crowds on
the streets and in the cafes. In many
big cities tho hours from ll to 12:30
o'clock are among the gayest of the
day. the streets are thronged with peo?
ple hurrying to the cafes for a bite and
a sup aud emerging afterward to stroll
slowly home or to the cars.
"These midnight cafe crowds are jol?
ly folks. They seem to be less restrain?
ed than at other hours of the day, when
bent upon the same mission of catiug.
Perhaps it is the music and the lights
and the Bohemian atmosphere suggest?
ed by the midnight hour. I will not
deny that it is in a measure demoraliz?
ing. I- am sure I would not want my
two sisters of eighteen and twenty
years to bc in the crowd.
"I notice in Washington that as soon
as the theaters iet out' the-people make
a break for home. They are anxious
to get the first car that comos along
and won't wait a moment, but would
rather hang to a strap.
"Washington is a frightfully dull
place at night. 1 hate to get hung up
here overnight. But I suppose it's a
good thing for the youug folks that the
town is a little plow." - Washington
Star.
V Hf aa Mix.
Mrs. Bragu 1 gave quito n nice little
luncheon the other day. Midn't Mrs
.Tonkins tell you.'
Mrs. Sly No.
Mrs. Br.-: -' Strange! Why. sh:* WM.*.
on? of my j??.?/*s s.
Mrs. Sh V; s. sh*- told mo that.
%.?*eurnte Painter**.
Th?' famous Tintoretto, in a pa hiring
nf tho Israelites gathering manna,
showed them armed with guns, ami a
Falter day Neapolitan artist has depict?
ed the holy family crossing lin- Nile, in
their tlighi ini'o Egypt, in. a magnill
eently crnami ?ted barge .
TI??* !)i)r(or's Expectation.
Krfotnl I'm glad lo see yon so much
better, old man. I'oos the doctor ex
pod you to 1 .?' mit soon':
Invalid Well, i think he expects mo
soon 1" !?'. otu the amount of his bill..
He son; ?? in today. -.Exchange.
.AT.oi! a clumsy man has stepped on
.-; lady's trailing skirt, before he begins
io apologize he should always get off
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U. S. SENATOR TO BE TRIED.
Senator 8urton, of fflissouri, ls
Charged with Accepting a
Bribe.
St. Louis, Feb. 16.-Judge Adams,
in the United States District Court to?
day, overruled the demurrer of United
States Senator Joseph R Burton, of
Kansas, to the indictment charging
him with accepting money for r/.sing
his influence in preventing the issuance
o? a fraud order against the Rialto
Grain and Securities Company. The
trial of the Senator was ret for March
22. A panel of sixty jurors has been
ordered for Monday.
In filing the demurrer to the indict?
ment the defendant contended that the
Postmaster General did not have the
authority to forbid the Rialto Com?
pany the use of tho mi?is or to issue a
fraud order. Also that there was no
substantial charge of fraud at the
time. Both of these questions were
dismissed by Judge Adams with the
remark that he was not impressed with
them. As to whether the United
States was interested xn the ease called
for a more extended opinion, but
Judge Adams held that it was interest?
ed.
Germany's Little African War.
Wnile watching the extreme Orient
with breathless concern, the.world has
failed to realize that war on a smaller
scale, but of the most ruthless char?
acter, has been raging for months in
German Southwest Africa. News
from that section of the globe is ob?
tainable only in the merest driblets.
But the meagre telegrams, that leave
most of the story untold, indicate nev?
ertheless with terrible clearness that
the white conquerors are fighting a
hard-pressed battle not only for su?
premacy but for existence. A small
host of civilized men, trusting to the
power of higher intelligence and mod?
ern implements of war, have pitched
themselves against the overwhelming
numbers of a barbaric native popula?
tion. And as always, when such is the
case, a struggle between the invaders
and the indigenous threatens to bring
with it that most awful feature of
war-the massacring of women and
children. Rumors have already told
of the slaughtering of whole German
families and the torturing of captives
by the rebellions blacks, but sp far
they have remianed unverified.
The territory involved lies in the
southwestern corner of Africa, imme?
diately north of the Cape Colony,
from which it is separated by the
Orange River. It stretches itself
some nine hundred miles along the
coast to the north, with an average
width of about five hundred miles.
Its total area exceeds that of Texas by
just one fourth. The coast districts
are only wastes, but the intend, which
is mountainous, offers excellent ch?nT
ces both to the agriculturi&t and the
miner. The total native population is
thought to number 200,000, while the
whites do not exceed 7,000,-Collier's
Weekly.
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Washington, Feb.-IS.-The senate
committee on commerce today author?
ized a favorable report on the nomina?
tion of Wm. D. Crnm to bo collector of
customs at the port of Charleston,
S. C. All the members of the com?
mittee were not prescEt, but there
were a sufficient number of affirmative
votes to insure favorable action should
all of the absentees have their votes
recorded against the nominee.
Escaped an Awfui Pate,
Mr H. Higgins, of M??bonrse, Fia.,
writes, '*i?y doctor told me I hid con?
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ms. I was given up to die. The offer of
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A Lasting Effect
This Evidence Should Prove
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Relief troni tito pains and :*:Ws of a ' ad
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'ouldnotsit f?>r .-my length of time in one
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>u t thesharp pain striking me awl m ak i ng me
yell right out and 1 bad to fake hold of some?
thing to support mc when I go* out of bed.
rho kidney secretions were irregular, un
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I ust-d lots <>f remedies and <ooJ< doctor's
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.redit"
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