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Show TO FIT THE CRIME. LEADING EVENTS OF 1904 professor Evidently Approved of Coming "Execution." The daughter of the house was pounding away at the piano like a human ptledriver, and the faces of the assembled guests bore traces of acute mental anguish. Suddenly the music ceased, and the company, in order to remove all possibility of its resumption, burst out into a salvo of applause. :The proud and happy mother of the performer approached the guest of the evening, old Herr Zwillbier, who was stamping his feet and clapping his hands like an unemployed cabman on a frosty morning. And what do you think of my daughters execution, Herr she inquired, Zwillbier? smiling sweetly upon the old gentleman. Your dorder's vot, matam! he cried. Her execution, replied the somewhat Er egsecution! astonished lady. shouted the professor, 'er egsecution! Matam, I congradulado you! Ven vot ee to be? Ven vos eo goming off? to be bresend vill efcry efford make!" And in his excitement he shook his hostess violently by the hand, and almost burst into tears. Liverpool (Eng.) Mercury. 1 Especially for Women. Champion, Mich., Jan. 9th. (Special) A case of especial interest to women is that of Mrs. A. Wellatt, wife of a well known photographer here. It is best given in her own words. I could not sleep, my feet were cold and my limbs cramped," Mrs. Wellat states. I had an awful hard pain across my kidneys. I had to get up three or four times in the night. I was very nervous and fearfully des- War in the East Has Occupied the Center of the Worlds Stage During the Twelve Months Just Ended Progress of Arbitration Commercial Prosperity of the United States a Gratifying Feature Railroad Disasters Serious Enormous Increase in Farm Wealth Notable Names in the List of Those Numbered With the Dead. War oceupif-- the center of the worlds constaKe in 1904. The flict between Russia and Japan for mastery in the far east broke out early In the year and was still in progress as the twelve-month relaHosed. Diplomatic tions were severed Feb. 6 and two davs later the Japanese attacked and partly disabled the Russian warships at Foit Arthur. A day after that they toipedoed two cruiseis at Chemulpo, Korea, landed troops and began the first of a series of maneuvers destined before the jear was over to give them command over the Liaotung peninsula and the most Important part of Manchuria. Battle of Yaiu. The first great battle of the war was fought May 1 on the banks of the Yalu tit er, near Antung and Wiju. The Japanese were In superior force and drove the Russians In the direction of Later In the same month Kinchow. they attacked and captured The spectacular and bloody battle of Nanshan hill followed, in which victory again was on the side of Japan, though it was dearly bought. Dalny had been captured on the 12th of May. so that when Nanshan was carried the investment of Fort Arthur from the land side was complete. Kaml-mur- a. a Rua-lia- n TEA Oamynny, Whit-thoft- -- rrudno Value of System. A wealthy merchant remarked the other day that his filter of success had a wrapper marked 'system And he declared that both those who sold goods to him and those who bought of him were so impressed with his show of system that the confidence emanating therefrom was a big capital in itself. Success. TEA There no nicer indulthan gence tea; and there is no emptier humbug than tea. All turns on the tea and the cook. i$ ! eoery packs of Schlffinfe Best Toa kook lot i Bov to Boko Good Toa. I a Still Imperfect. The microphone enables a person to hear a fly walk or a bee sneeze," remarked the observer of events and things, but It won't tell which way a flea Is going to hop next Yonkers Statesman. fierce bombardment. The Japanese navy' also met with losses In the course of the year, but In comparison with those of their opponents they were not severe. The riatsuse was sunk by a mine battleship May 15 and about the same time the cruiser Voshino was sunk in collision with er cruiser. The battleship Yashima was also reported lost, but under circumstances which have not yet been made public. Port Arthur Surrendered. Gen. Stoessel. unable longer to hold Port Arthur with his decimated forces, surrendered to Gen. Nogi Jan. 2. War between Great Britain and Russia was very narrowly averted In October. 'the czar had ordered the Baltic sea fleet to proceed to the east under the command of Admiral Rojestvensky. The Russian fleet was passing through the North sea when one night It encountered a number of trawlers of Ashing vessels. Mistaking them for Japanese torpedo boats the warships fired on them, sinking one and killing two men. They then went on without waiting to see what the result of their action had been. The act aroused great indignation In England and threats of war were After some negotiation openly made. the matter was referred to an international court of Inquiry, which met at the foreign office In Paris only about a week ago. The United States is represented in this court by Admiral C. H. Davis. Arbitration Makes Progress. Though war waged throughout the year the cause of peace was advanced by the adoption of many important in- The ternational arbitration treaties. first of these agreements was that between Great Britain and France, signed Oct. 14. 1903. All the others are based upon the same model and are couched In almost thf same woids In the course of the var treaties of arbitration wtie United the between States and arranged France, Great Riltain anti Spain. Great Britain and ltalj, Great Bntain and Germany France and Italy Spain and Portugal, France and Sweden and Noiwa. Bolivia and Peru, and between a number of other nations. All the important powers of the world with the exception of Russia and Japan now have HKiee-menf this soit and when the present war between the two countries named is concluded they will doubtless follow he example of the other. The Year In Europe. In Europe, outside of Russia, the year was rather uneventful. The church question continued to occupy the attention of France. Kfforts to upset the policy of the government failed and the ptob-leseems to be In a fair way of being permanently and peacefully settled. In Germany, where commercial depression has xistd for some time, things have taken a turn for the better. Trad has improved, the factories are busy and fewer poisons are without employment. In Servia Peter Karageorgev itch was ciowned king and for the present affairs in that test less little state are comparatively quiet. Of importance to the families involved were the births of heirs to the thrones of Russia and Italy. In spite of the granting of greater religious freedom, the modification of the exile systim and promised reforms and in spite of the fact that the country had a great war on its hands serious internal troubles disturbed the authorities of Von Plehve, minister of the Russia. interior and secretary of state for Finland. was assassinated July 26 in St. Riots occurred in St. Petersburg Moscow and other cities in December in which many persons were injuied and a number reported killed were Appeals for local made by the zemstvos and were listened to by the czar but not granted. The struggle between the reform and conservative pat ties promises to be one of the features of Russian internal history in the coming year. the mysterious city of Tibet, is a mystery no longer. A British military-political expedition entered its precincts last summer and brought the unw tiling lamas to terms. Panama Canal Begun. In glancing back at the history of the in the lnited States the one fact year that stands out more prominently than ail the ret is the beginning of work on the great Panama canal. Only a beginning has been made but It has brought the pi eject out of the domain of speculation into that of reality. National Politics For a presidential election year 1904 was unprecedentedly quiet politically. The national conventions, with the exception of that of the democratic party, aroused only passing Interest. At the republican gathering in June the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt was a foreThe choice of Senator gone conclusion. Fairbanks for the was made without a contest. At the democonvention cratic the situation was different. No one knew beforehand who the nominees were to be, nor the exact character of the platform to be adopted. The proceedings were followed with Interest from day to day until Parker and Davis were nominated and the position of the party on the financial question was declared, Roosevelt and Fairbanks were elected by a larger plurality than had been generally looked for. Even Missouri chose republican electors, though electing a democratic governor. When the lesult of the election In the states had become known Mr. Roosevelt Immediately issued a statement declaring that under no circumstances would he again be a candidate for president ou the ground that he was opposed to the third-terprinciple. Commercial Prosperity. the year was one of Commercially general prosperity for the whole of the United States. Trade of all kinds was good, prices were maintained and complaints on the part of business men There was a cessawere Infrequent. tion in the formation of gigantic trusts, partly because some of them had proved failures so far as dividend paying was concerned and partly because the antitrust legislation of congress was feared by the promoters. The decision against was the Northern Securities company affirmed by the United States Supreme court in March, putting an end to that particular kind of combination. The union of railroads In regard to rates was the subject of much comment after the president's message to congress was published. Legislation by congress giving the interstate commerce commission power to enforce Its rate decisions was strongly urged in many quarters and the indications are that this question will be taken up by the lawmakers In the near future. National Finances. The finances of the nation remained tn in the good shape, though the cash treasury was reduced by the part paysome to $40,000,000 the old Panment of ama canal company and of $10,000,000 to the republic of Panama for the canal right of way. It was recognized that retrenchment in public expenditures was necessary and congress was urged to exercise greater economy In making appropriations. The navy was made an exception to this program, the general desire being to strengthen this arm of the national defense and not to retard Its development in any degree. Many Railroad Disasters. Railroad accidents were more than ordinarily frequent and serious. To enumerate them In detail would require much more space than has been allotted to this review, hut a few may be mentioned. In July twenty-fiv- e were killed and injured on the Wabash 111., road at Litchfield. and sixteen were killed and injuied on the Erie road at Midvale. N. J.; in the same month sixteen were killed and eighty injured on the Eastein Illinois road at Glenwood. Ill; In August a train on the fifty-eig- fifty-eig- fere? Here and there may be found a brave spirit whom a great pity will A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Itching, Blind, Bleeding nr Protruding Pile., Yodt druggist will refund money If PAZO ODiTMKM Picture of Young Girls Abroad at move to stay and warn, and take the tolls to euro you la 6 to id dago. hue. rick, but good Samaritans are few. Night Without Chaperon. Fathers and Mothers: If you have And so young girls Infant women Stork an Affectionate Bird. a daughter this picture which with fine passions and powers of womanhThe stork retains Its affection foi is young no fancy oneis for you. says a ood-thinking to tread the primIts parents to the close of life. After in the Syracuse Journal. It is rose path of dalliance, go down to writer the ' relations of the. nest are broken long after curfew. Ogling men lean ruin. up, it. will feed and protect them in on sidewalk railings and wait at Whose fault is it? Is it the fault old pge, as it was protected and fed street corners. There they come of the girls? Who sent them out into Its lh them by youth.' down the street arm in arm two the night or permitted them to go young girls with fresh, rosy faces. unprotected? Who failed or neglectAbundant braids of hair fall down ed to warn them of temptation? Who their backs. Natty little gowns come supposed when they had dressed their Is it likely that all the good to the shoetops. They are school- girl as well as the neighbor girls their duty was done? girls and in their early teens. tea js sold by one firm ? There is only one answer to these There is no chaperon and no escort. The girls ate out alone and the hour questions father and mother. Ho; not all; a good deal; Is rather late. Young men and the Law of Fair Dealing. ' girls are strangers to one another, not all. Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, and yet there is some sort of freeWrh for our Knowledge Book, A. Schilling ft masonry between them. The glances saying. Execute true ju gTent ;nd Son rteaclsco. of the young men are bold. The eyes shew mercy and compassion even of the girls are not timid as they turn man to his brother. , Consanguineous Marriages. And oppress not the widow, nor the In every 1,000 marriages in England them backward with the hint of a 'he twenty-onare solemnized between smile. Flippant words are exchanged. fatherless, the &transer, ncr But what can one do? If their nat- loor; and let none of you imar!r e first cousins. Among the nobility the ural guardians are not there to pro-- t evfl against his brotl er in yonrart. is much higher, amounting to Zachariah vii. 910. forty-fiv- e 1, what right have you to inter- tn 1,000. IV 19U lives were lost; in Island near sound, Hell Gate, June 15. The vessel was crowded the members of a Sunday school and their friends bound for one of the Fire pleasure resorts on Long island. N. Y., , you to have your money if you dont find Schillings Best satisfactory. Vrlu for enr tanMi Saak, A. IcUUlx S Sen and e inSeptember sixty were killed and 120near jured on the Southern railroad e Hodges. Tenn.: in October twenty-ninwere killed and thirty injured on the Missouri road near Warrensburg. Mo.: in November fourteen were killed and twenty-fiv- e injured on the Oregon Short line near Granger, Wyo., and Dec. 25 hurt were kill! and twenty-on- e eight on the Southern load at Maud. Hi. And so the list might be continued almost The result of this slaughIndefinitely. ter on the railroads of the country Is a demand for more safety appliances and a stricter accountability on the part of those responsible. The General Slocum Horror. The worst disaster of the year was the burning of the General Slocum, laige excursion steamer, at the entrance of Long In the North. In the meantime the other Japanese armies steadily marched towaid the north, driving the enemy before them. The battle of Vafangow was fought and won June 14. A week later Gen. Kuroki and Gen. Oku occupied the impoitant mountain passes to the east and south of Liaoang. July 25 the Russians evacuated Newchwang and Aug. 8 abandoned Haicheng. At Liaoyang. however. Gen, of the Kuropatkln, commander-in-chie- f Now I can sleep well, my limbs do esars army in Manchuria, made a stand. From 26 to Sept. 4 the opposing Aug. not cramp. I do not get up in the forces were in daily combat and of the night and I feel better than I have in 400,000 men engaged about 3S.OOO were years. I owe my health to Dodd's killed or wounded. The Russians were outflanked by Kuroki and compelled to Kidney Pills. in the direction of Mukden. Field Womens ills are caused by Dis- retire Marshall Oyama, who had been placed in eased Kidneys; thats why Dodds supreme command of the mikado's armies, followed as far as the Sha river Kidney Pills always cure them. and here from Oct. 12 to Oct. 19 was one of the bloodiest battles in fought Steel Fishing Rods. Gen. Kuropatkin took the ofSteel fishing rods have been brought history. fensive for the flist time, but the Japanto such a state of perfection that they ese held their ground. The contest endare now being sold extensively in the ed without a decisive victory for either side. The aimies were exhausted and place of those of bamboo. It is said do no more. The combined losses that they are handier to carry, and could in killed and wounded amounted to the are better balanced. enormous total of about 79.000 men. of whom 60.000 belonged to the Russian BABY'S TERRIBLE SORE Before operations could be reaimy. sumed winter set in and the year ended with still facing each other Body. Raw With Humor Caused Un- on thethe armies banks of the Sha river. told Agony Doctor Did No Good Russian Disasters at Sea. While the Russians were Cutlcura Cured at Once. nulling these reverses on land thlr reverse on the sea were equally great. Many of their My child was a very delicate baby. ship had been disabled or damaged at A terrible sore and humor broke out the beginning of the war and their fleets on his body,-- looking like raw flesh, in Port Arthur and Vladivostok were tn the best of condition to meet the and causing the child untold agony. not modern Japanese battleships and cruisMy physician prescribed various rem- ers under Admirals Togo and edies, none of which helped at all. I One of their best ships, the became discouraged and took the matstruck a mine outside of Port Arthur April 13 and S'wi down ter into my own hands, and tried i!h Admiral Makaroff and more than Soap and - Cutlcura Ointment officers and men. Aug. 10 Admiral with almost immediate success. Be- Wltthnft with the lemainder of the fleet attempted to escape from Port fore the second week had passed the but was met a few miles out at soreness was gono, not leaving a trace Arthur, sea by Togos squadron nd defeated in of anything. Mrs. Jeannette H. Block, a battle lasting several hours. His Bhlps were 881 Rosedale St., Rochester, N. Y. dispensed, some of them seeking in the refuge adjacent pom of the Chinese coast others retreating to Port Copper Mining Once Irish Industry. Arthur. Heandhimself was killed and Copper mining once flourished in flagship, the Csarewltch. compelled his to Ireland. The Ballymurtagh mine, in flee in a disabled condition to Tsung-el-.awhere it was dismantled. Aug. 14 Wicklow county averaged 6.000 tons Kamimura met the Vladivostok of copper pyrite per annum between Admiral fleet in the strait of Korea, sunk the 1840 and 1843. Desultory prospecting cruiser Rurik and compelled the Rossla Is going on at the present day in sev- and Gromovoi to return to the home port in a badly damaged condition. eral localities. The cruiser Nov lk as destroyed by the Japanese cruisers Chttose and Tsushima off the island of Sakhalin Aug. 21. As already staled the remnant of 's fleet that took tefuge in Port We want ou to Arthur was destroyed later in the year when the Japanese had gained positiona the land side of the fort from which pick our pockets; we want on they were able to successfully direct a Cuti-cur- seventy-fiv- PRESENTED IN SUMMARY pondent. I had been troubled in this way for five years when I commenced to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and what they caused to come from my kidneys will hardly stand description. By the time t bad finished one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills I was cured. dont Denver & Rio Grande road went through a bridge near Eden. Col., and between A PLEA TO PARENTS. TEA e ' with broke out and before the vessel could be beached the appalling number of 95S persons had been buincd to death or As in the Iroquois theater fire drowned. most of the victims were in Chicago women and children. Another maune disaster of the year was the wreck of the Noige on a sunk- n rock l: the Atlantic north of Scotland, June 28. Some W0 of the passengers and crew were di owned. Most of the victims were emigrants fiom the Scandinavian countiies bound for the United States. Baltimore Fire. Of fires the most destiuctive was that in Rnltimore, Md.. Feb. 7 and 8. One hundred and forty acres of business blocks in the heart of the city were The total loss was estimated burned. at between $75.uio.OUO and $100,000,000, while the insurance amounted to a little more than $32,000,000. The work of rebuilding the burned district was begun at once and is now far advanced. Sioux City. Iowa, had a fire Dec. 23. which caused a loss of more than $2,500,000. Worlds Fair in St. Louis. The Louisiana Purchase exposition in St. Louis was opened from the last day of April to the first day of December. the matter of exhibits, architectural effects and general interest It was a great success, but the attendance was somewhat less than had been anticipated and financially the enterpri vas a disappointment. According to an official statement the total number of admisOf these 12,804.616 sions was 19,694.855. were paid and 6.890.239 free. During the year rapid progress was made on the buildings and grounds of the Lewis and' Clark exposition to be held at Portland. Ore., next summer. Gifts and Bequests Enormous. Gifts to education, religion and charity in the United States in 1904 aggregate more than $62,000,000. The total for 1903 was about the same. Andrew Carnegie heads the list of givers, his benefactions amounting to $20,907,500. This sum was distributed among nine libraries. five colleges, two clubs, a home for convalescents and a hero fund and for excavations in Rome. Nine people gave away $1,000,000 or more each during the year, their gifts reaching a total of $40,997,500. Charity is First. . Charities received the largest share of the 1904 donations, but educational institutions are a close second. Each group secured more than $18,000,000. The biggest educational gift, $5,000,000, went to the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg. Agricultural Prosperity. "Abundant prosperity has been enjoyed by the American agriculturist during the year 1904, said Secretary Wilson in reviewing the last twelve months from & farmers point of view. It is true a few exceptions may be noted to this general condition, but these exceptions are few in number and trifling in importance. To present it in form easily understood, it can be stated that the principal crops that are valued annually by the department or by commercial houses, had an aggregate farm value in 1904 of more than $3,500,000,000. an increase of more than $1,000,000,000 since 1900, and over $500,000,000 above 1903. 3:3.000.-IWing months nf last year, about below those of the corresponding months of 1901 and about J26.0o0.0oo below those of the coriesponding months of 1900. . When It Is remembered, however, that In breadstuffs alone there has been a reduction of J94.000.000 as compared with the corresoiiding months of last year and of J170.000.000 as compared with the the fact corresponding months offall 1901. J4. 000,000 but that the figures of 1904 will prove an below those of last year extremely gratifying one In its evidence of the advantageous effect upon our export trade of diversified production. Labor. The year 1904 In the history of organized labor furnished a contrast with the For the most twelve months preceding. 1904 were part the labor struggles ofunions were contests tn which the labor the "open combating wage reductions, piece-wor- k sysof the institution shop. policy of tems and the 1903 the employers' organizations. In unions were more aggressive. on Railroad. Traffic Passenger The magnitude of the railway mileage will be understood when It is stated that the present rails, excluding second track, sidings, etc., would make. If laid side by nr sixty-nin- e complete side, sixty-eiglines reaching across the United States ocean. to Pacific the from the Atlantic The vastness of their transportation Is of other to the people inconceivable countries. In the fiscal year they carried 1.000.000.000 passengers, the passenger mileage reaching 20,895,000,000 milesif which Is equivalent to saying that evei y inhabitant of a city of 1,000,000 nearly people were to be transported around the world the passenger .movement of the American railways would be 1,306,-000.0- 171,292.-000.00- ff 0. crop-peri- much-deteste- Farm horses never were so valuable as tn 1904, when the total exceeded Farm mules reached- their highest value in 1904, when their worth is estimated at $217,532,000. Cattle declined in number and appreciably in value, as did sheep and hogs. Poultry advanced in number, and the farm hens now are producing one and d billions dozen of eggs yearly, and the eggs in less than one month are worth more than a years interest on the national debt amounts to. Farm Wealth Enormous. "Five billions of dollars a sum the enormity of which it is difficult for the mind to grasp can conservatively be placed as the value of the products of 1904. This estimate is the farm in placed after deducting the value of farm crops fed to live stock, and probably does not fully represent the Value of wealth produced on farms. To enable the mind partly to realise what this stupendous production means, it can be stated that since Columbus discovered America the gold mines of the entire world have not produced as much wealth as the American farms have in the past few years. The value of our farm product in 1904 is over six times the capital stock ot ail national of a bilbanks and within lion dollars of the value of the manufactures of 1900, less the cost of material used. It is twice the value of our imports and exports combined for a year, three times the gross earnings of the railroads and three and a half times the value of the output of all our mines and quarries." National Finances. The United States treasury receipts for the calendar year 1904 were according to a review of the departments operations given out The expenditures, by Secretary Shaw. excluding the Panama payment, were a deficit for the year of $562,000,000 As compared with the pre$22,000,000. vious calendar year, the receipts show a falling off of $8,000,000 and the expenditures an increase of $50,000,000. The decrease in the receipts is accounted for of cus$9,000,000 in the by a decrease toms revenues. Foreign Commerce Large. ' The year 1904 has been one of unusual activity and prosperity in our foreign commerce. While the exports may fall slightly below those of 1900 and 1901, the Imports are so much in excess of those of the year named as to justify 262. the assertion that the total foreign comThere is real losa in the' passing of merce of the country will exceed that such men as Henry M. Stanley, of any preceding year. Hearae, William Vernon Harcourt. The figures for the eleven months Count Von Waldersee, Pierre Waldeck ended Nov. 30 put the total exports at Jtousseau, Antonin Dvorak. George Fredand imports at $939,345, $1,305,738,374. erick Watts, Maurus Jokai, William C. 370. The export figures are about Whitney, and George Frisbie Hoar. below those of the correspond- Scarce a land but has heard the cold two-thir- - three-fourt- 0, to-d- - twelve-month- Laf-cad- io INSECT USED HER BRAINS. Wasp Made Receptacle for Egg and Provided Provision. The deliberate use of a tool by a little sand wasp might well be supposed to Indicate reasoning power. A naturalist. Dr. Peckham, watched a wasp dig a hole In the earth and deposit therein an egg, to getter with. a spider, which she had stung into paralysis, to feed the grub which shotild be hatched in due course. Thin she filled up the hole with sand or eirth, and jammed it down with her head. When at last the filling was level with the ground, she brought a quantity of fine grains of dirt to the spot, picked up a small pebble in her mandibles, and used It as a hammer in troVes, thus making this spot as hard and firm as the surrounding surface. Pefore V e could recover from our at this performance, she her stone and was dropped v"'n"insr -- ore earth. In a moment we saw her pick up the pebble, and again pound tie earth Into place with t. Once more the whole process was well-know- . repeated, and then the little creature . , two-me- 5. ten-mi- 18-- five-mi- le 5. in 27:18 Sept. reduces the trotting record to Charlie Mac trot 0:5844 at Cleveland. a mile under Mr. Billings in 2:1314, also record. a worlds Oct. 6 Sweet Marie won the fastest race ever trotted in the Transylvania stake at Lexington. The times and were: 2:0544, 2:0444. 2:05, 2:0844 world's Lou 17 half-mil- Dillon e ' - 1 y Co., Foster-Milbur- n Buffalo, N. Y proprietors. For sale by all druggists price 50 cents per box. Throw Stone at Glass House. Glass houses may soon be mads Btone-proo- Silesian f. glassmakers are turning out glass bricks for all sorts of building purposes, and hope that the proverb will soon have no significance. Many Children Are Sickly, Mother Grays Sweet Powders forChildren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Childreoi Home, New York, cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. At all Druggists ,25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Prize 8moker. man won a smoking contest In Paris by keeping a cigar alight lor two hours and twenty-nin- e minutes. A Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, the seue of smell usodmercury will surely destroy the whole - system when completely derange entering It through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on p re scrip tlons from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do la ten fold to the good you can possibly de rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cbeuey ft Co., Toledo, O., contains no mei eury, and la taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, in buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It ts taken Internally and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney ft Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggist. Trice, 75c. per bottle. Take Rails Family llllb for constipation. Japanese Expression of Disapproval. When a Japanese audience wish to express disapproval of a play, they turn their hacks to the stage. TEA No other tea is safe but moneyback tea; you take your chance with all other tea. Your grocer returns your money If you dont tike Schillings Best. Retain Weight Consumptive It has been found that 70 to 80 pel cent of the consumptive patients a' one of the Swiss sanatoriums retail for several years the extra weighl gained there during several months treatment. TEA Moneyback makes it downhill to your grocers all round ; downhill downhill downhill downhill. Your grocer returns your money If you dont Hks Schilling's Best. Lost His Thought. Our readers will please excuse th dearth of news this week. Ye editor returned from Knoxville Sunday and has not been able to concentrate his thoughts since. Montgomery (Tenn.) Vindicator. Comfort of Travel. The porter on the California Limited this winter will be prepared to press a gentlemans trouser while he waits. This is a new wrinkle, Introduced for the benefit of fastidious dresser. It isnt absolutely necessary to carry along an extra pair of trousers, either; the porter work while you sleep. this On luxurious train daily market report are received by wire; there are the latest morning and evening newspapers issued en route, fine staand tionery, a library of western booksexer2:09. current magazines. A Whitley Oct. 8 Major Delmar sets new mark ciser for those who wish to keep up for mile without wind shield at Memtheir athletics, and electric curling phis, trotting In 2:0144Oct. 21 E. E. Smathera drives The irons forthe lsdies are other travel Monk and Equity to wagon tn 2:07, a comforts. r.ew record. The Santa Fe intends to keep its Oct 24 Major Delmar lowers record fast flyer at the front. . made Oct. 8 to 2:0144- five-he- at , - Oct. 25 Morning Star and Prince Direct lower the pacing record to pole to 2:06. at OcL 26 Dan Patch paces mile in 1:56 Memphis, a new record for all harness horses. Nov. 11 Lou Dillon is credited with a mile in 2:01 at Memphis, breaking Ma- jor Delmar' s record. Dec. 13 Barney Oldfield captures all automobile race records from fifteen to fifty miles. Inclusive at Fresno, Cal. Dec. 21 Barney Oldfield lowers all automobile records from two to nine miles at Los Angeles, Cal. Following are the three records: Two miles, 1:46 four miles, 3:55; five miles, 2:39 seven miles, 4:09; six miles, 5:22 miles, 6:15 eight miles, 7:09 nine miles, 8:04. 5; 5; myself In newspapers to keep warm. Several thicknesses of newspaper round about the body and legs will keep a person from freezing, If he sleeps In a snowdrift Never put the papers on the outside, they will fall off; put some sort of covering over them. And another fact about the- practical uses of a newspaper. A few sheets spread In front of the door and windows serve to awaken the soundest sleeper, if a burglar Intrudes. But it is well to have a gun ready and not to hesitate Use for Newspaper. about shooting. Otherwise awakenAlthough the Rev. Mr. Sanders of ing adds to one's danger. Jullu Brooklyn does well to call attention Chambers In Brooklyn Eagle. to the excellent use to which newspapers can be put as reinforcement Jew Respect Their Elders. for bed spreads In cold weather, The Jews in New York who obevery traveling man is well Informed serve all the orthodox forms of their on the subject As a special corre- religion grow less in number yearly. spondent I have made many winter Ot 100 Jewish men who sat at table trips through the West. On all such together recently only two kept on occasions I carried a bundle of news- their hats during the meal, and these papers to spread between the half- were graybeards. Some of the youngcotton blankets and the counterpane. er men, observing that their elders I recall a terrible night In a hotel at were keeping strictly to the law, foldMansfield, during the winter of 1896-9ed their napkins in the shape of cap when I literally had to swathe and wore them during the dinner. flew away. , "The whole of this performance," writes Sir Herbert Maxwell In Memories of the Months, "Is so unexpected that even Dr. Peckham's high reputation as a scrupulous observer might fail to convince skeptics that he had not been deceived; but similar behavior on the part of a wasp of the same specie has- been recorded Independently by Dr. Willlston of Kansas university. Youths Companion. Veteran Joshua Heller, of 706 Soura Walnut street, Urbana, 111., says: in the fall of 1899, after taking Doan', Kidney Pills Ltold the readers of this paper that they had relieved me of kidney trouble, disposed of a lame back with pain across my loins and beneath the shoulder blades. During the interval which has elapsed I have had occasion to re-sort to Doan's Kid-- ' ney Pills when I noticed warnings of an attack. On each and every occasion the results obtained were just as satisfactory as when the pills wer6 first brought to my notice. I just as emphatically endorse the preparation as I did over two years ago." ht duplicated. Colossal Freight Business. The freight moves aggregated tons, the mileage- being This colossal total was possible despite the drop In breadstuffs ex- ports which forms sn important element In the freight of the carriers. The decrease was almost wholly due to the shortage in the wheat yield, the fall-oamounting to approximately J100.000,-00But the earth yielded enough for the country and a little more hence the better prices for the cereal compensated the growers for the lack of a bountiful crop. Corn and cotton, however, have much more than offset the loss In wheat, obviously shown by the plethora of money in the west and In the south, for not the least important of the year's fiscal aspect was the Independence of the western and southern movebankers during the ment. West and South Independent. For the first time in the country's financial history the east was a comparatively negligible quantity pending harvest time. Formerly eastern banker's supplied the funds with which to get the crops to market. This year the west and south had money to lend whilst farmers and planters were sending their stuff to market. The agricultural regions not only did not need the eastern capitalist, but they were in the market for securities they bought bonds, some of them d even purchased the shares of the their railways that traverse farms. v Farmers Are Now Bondholders. Less than The contrast is wonderful. a decade ago the southern planter and the western farmer were "mortgaged to their ears, ay the phrase was In those Now the people who were so days. mortgaged are buying' up other people's mortgages after having acquired more land, paid for, spot cash. In the south the transformation has been marked. During the depression from 1890 to 1899 the planters lost annually JIOO.OOO.OOO through the marketing of the staple at prices below the cost of production. In the last lustrum, owing chiefly to enhanced prices, the volume of the output not materially Increasing, the value of the crop has exceeded by Jl, 000,000. 000 that of the five preceding years. The worth of this year's cotton Is put down at J600.000.000, notwithstanding the recent slump. The Improvement is exhibited by the statement that whereas In 1880 the total value of all agricultural products of the south was J660.000.000. the cotton crop of the last year almost' equaled the latter sum. Even in 1890 all southern products did not exceed J773.000.000. while at present the worth of those products Is about Jl, 700, 000. Failures of the Year. Moreover, a quarter of a century ago the south had J21.000.000 Invested in cotton manufacturing Industries, which consumed 225.000 bales annually, while now J200.000.000 of capital is so invested and the consumption Is 2,000,000 bales, and while the south has expanded In this wise that section of the country did not' swell the total of failures, which throughout the United States were (for manufacturers) 2,993, against 2,812 In were only 1903, though the liabilities a J55.783.137, compared with J66.391.102 year before. Traders made a less creditwere the Insolvencies Here able showing. number and J66.471.388 tn 9,093 In amount, against 8,030 and J58.705.386 respectively last year. That the aggregate makes a favorable comparison with that of 1903 is not as gratifying as the quarterly separation, which shows that the returns have Improved as the year advances. Thus, the first quarter was much the worst of the year, but still contrasted favorably with the last quarter of the preceding year, and the closing three months contained a much lower commercial death rate than the same months of 1903. This means that the depression reached its climax early In the year and gradually disappeared, until at the present time the business situation is sound. Deaths During the Year. With war and assassination to assist him. accident and suicide and Illness to further his ends. Death in 1904 reaped a notable harvest As the months have passed that made up the year which has just closed, first one nation and then another has seen called behind the scenes some figure which had stood well to the center of her stage; now this profession and now that craft has seen its woik laid by forever as some foremost disciple has passed across into the great From the death in January of beyond. those venerable Generals, Longstreet and Gordon, and of that Princess Bonaparte who had linked the era of the first Napoleon with present day history, on through weeks to the deaths of Cardinal Mocenni and President Drown of Lehigh university and Val Princep. s closthe artist. In the ing days a roil of world known names has been forming which now totals at awish of the scythe of the grim reaper from the roster announcing the erasurename now ancient of the living of some new. now in history, though honorable, In this counin the doings of try there have been 122andsuchan deaths, even with sixty in England, score m Germany. France has lost sixteen, Russia and Austria ten each, and Italy four. One finds three Japanese names on the long roll, three Spanish, three Belgian, and three Danish, while In Canada and the United States of Columbia. Venezuela and Peru, Turkey and Poland, South Africa, and the Ionian islands at least one of the countrys foremost citizens has been carried to his last, long rest. Monarchs of Title and of Wealth. Loss has come to every walk of life. If one considers royalty and nobility, there is Duke Frederick of Anhalt, who, with seventy titles following his name, headed the nouse which comes first in Europe's Almanach de Gotha; or the of Duke of Cambridge, a grandson George 111. of England; or Isabella of years Spain, who reigned thirty-eigin exile. Spain, and then spent thirty-si- x too. has lost the Infanta Maria, the sister of the present monarch of the peninsula, who ruled six months in her own of Alfonso. right' before the coming Murad V. of Turkey is yet another of the titled dead, though he ruled scarce three drunken months before his twenty-eigyears of imprisonment were thrust upon him. What men of affairs have died? Levi Z. Leiter of Chicago, W. J. Lemp of St. Louis. Edward W. Clark of Philadelphia, Henry W. Oliver of Pittsburg, James J. Belden of Syracuse. W. R. Grace and Ashbel P. Fitch of New York, and more than a dozen others, though these seven names alone represented J25. 000,000 and the widest of commercial and public interests. From various fields of diplomacy and politics death has called Paul Kruger, General Payne, Senators Postmaster Quay and Vest, Golden Rule Jonea of Toledo. Mayor Robert McLane of Baltimore. President Candamo of Peru, the Russians de Pleske and Von Plehve, and eight' former governors and sovereign states of this republic Bushnell and Nash of Ohio, Pattison of Pennsylvania, Lewis of Wisconsin, Carr.ell of New York, Kinkead of Alaska, Louns-bur- y of Connecticut, and Thompson of South Carolina. The Protestant Episcopal church has been deprived since January of the services of Bishops Huntington and Dudley; the Chuich of England, Dean Hole and Bishop Machray, prelate of ail Canada. The oldest priest in the Roman Catholic faith In America, Archbishop Elder, died in November, and John A. Seiss, the grand old man of Lutheranism. in June. So might one run through the death roll. Not a vocation through which men help to do the worlds work but would be found the poorer Generals Thomas Rnd Ruggles in the army. Vice Admirals Makaroff ard Witthoft in the navy, Kirk and Yon Holst and Edwin Arnold and Samuel Smiles in literature, Parke Godwin and John Holllngshead In journalism. Mrs. Gilbert and Janauschek in the drama. Theodore Herzl and Edna Dow Cheyney in philanthropy. Notable Sporting Events. It was a dull day in the sporting world of 1904 that failed to produce a new recTrack athletes left ord of some kind. scarcely a mark of 1903 unclipped, and on the turf, m the harness horse world, and. In fact, every line of sport, unusual performances were seen. It Is doubtful If athletics and sporting events were ever patronized so liberally before. Following are the most notable achievements: Jan. 27 W. K. Vanderbilt drives his automobile over a mile course at Daytona In 0:39, a new worlds record. new Feb. 10 John A. Leavitt sets for two American swimming record miles indoors at Brookline, Mass. time, 57:26. Harry Le Moyne lowers record for eighty yards to 0:43. Feb. 21 Dave and Frank Woodbury n set world's record for bowling teams, scoring 3,023 in match with the Wolf brothers. Feb. 24 G. W. Cooke of the Sheridan Bowling League makes high average record for three games, counting 243. Feb. 27 Harry Le Moyne of Brookline sets a new swimming record for twenty-fiv- e yards time, 0:12 March 9 Harry Le Moyne lowers the record for swimming fifty yards to 0:27 Leslie G. Rich of Brookline swims 440 yards in 6:05, clipping five off the record. seconds March 12 John J. Joyce breaks the A. run by goA. U. record for the John Flaning the distance In 58:34 the weight 29 feet agan throws 614 inches and breaks the record. Blosson seta a March 27 George 2 billiards with a worlds record at run of 291 in New York. May 3 James Shea makes a new billards, world's record for innings scoring 50 point in forty-nin- e at Musseys. May 12 Arthur Shrubb break running record at Stamford Bridge, London, doing distance, in 24:33 June 16 E. R. Thomas' Hermis wins the Suburban handicap in 2:05, a new record for the event. July 7 L. J. Scholes, Toronto, wins the Diamond sculls at Henley, defeating Clouette in 8:23, record for the course. Sept. 5 Rausch of Germany breaks the world's swimming record for one mile at St. Louis, covering the distance Indias Political Division. In traveling the 1,900 miles from the northern extremity of India to southern one passes through as many political divisions as there are great divisions of Europe, and differing as widely in climate and customs. TEA The way to buy tea is in packages; somebody is sponsible for it re- Your grocer returns your money If you dont like Schilling's Best. Poverty Dethrones Cupid. About 60,000 wedding rings are deposited every year at the municipal pawnshop of Paris. tea; We know the business, and give you the benefit . Moneyback does it Tour grrorer return, your money If yon dont lit. senuiiiisi Bret. Spanish Women Taught to Fence. A11 d Spanish women are taught from their earliest years to handle the sword, and as a result they are noted for (heir admirable figures and easy walk. TO CURB A COLD IX OWE DAT T.ko L.r.tlve Bromo Quinine Tntilew. All drtq? gist refund the money If it falls to cure. Grove's signature is ou each bus. 35c, Buildings Have Roof Gardens. In the southern part of California roof gardens are becoming features of all the new buildings. |