THE HICKMAN OOURILR.OLDEST NKWSPAPEP II

ESTABLISHED 1859 HICKMAN, FULTON COt

^KSTERN KENTUCKY.MTY, KY., MARCH 14 1902. VOL. XXXVII. NO. 17

The OPENINGOF" OUR

- = NEW = =

MM1RERY PARLORS,W/TH THE

OPENING DISPLAY-OF

Fine Millinery,

Dress Goods,

Silks, WashGoods, Etc.

WILLOCCUR

ThursdayMarch, 20.

You are cordially invited to

be present.

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MR. CLEVELAND'S VIEWS

BJPF.s ;

OCR \ I CLiEARINGSALE,

ic Ic p r yard, worth 8c. Only 10 yards

Laces and Embroideries,

e sold at less than c

L. P. & W. S. ELLISON.

r guu§ havUMpMl Delarey.Dispatches received here say ( ieii.

Jethu. II was wounded In the thigh.Three British officer- and thirty eight

iurn were killed. File British '..rti.ers

I tnd seveuty-two meu were v

|

tnd one British officer and J0O men are

1 Tb. light io which Gen. Metheani captured occurred before dawn on' dared 7, between Wimberg and I.nht'mherg. .Ii tin- Orange River colonv.The British f.,r.-e numls-red I. .no menThe Boers captured all the British

Mr

FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY

The cost prices we have mi8v have

" Sr^tB-^ • meet- n'.At" jiiuritay"night. ,»*).!

WILSON'S BOOK ST« >KK \

Courier building.

The Hickman B. A l». Association

SNAPPY STYLES,

HANDSOME COLORINGS,

SPLENDID FIT,

EXCELLENT WORKMANSHIP,

SMALL PRICES.

THAT'S THE SUM AND SUBSTANCE OF

INTERNATIONAL GARMENTS.

H. C AMBERQtLocal Agent.

WILL SCE NEWMAORIO COUNTY.

The St. Louis Republic gays negroand white Cituens„f Chicago will geekredr.>ss on behalf of the family of Lewis 1

F. Wright, the negro minstrel who waslynched on the mcfit of February IS,at New Madrid. Mo, An effort will bemade to make the count v of New Mad .

rid. of which the town of New Madrid

death,'

Pl> negro s i

j

posed of » bites and negroes w ho live in i

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the neighborhood of weal [afca -trot,Hermitage avenue and vicinity the

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locality in which the Wright Ikjv Was .

born and reared, has been organizedand already raised a large s Umwith which to eutplov conns

Methio n is d. tamcl |

SCHOOL BOYS FIGHT IN FULTON

t Orimes was badly cut bu young sou of grocer 3The tioft mixed over a i

. and Bennett struck tfri

liter retaliated with a blowI his little linger. Bennett' u in the throat with a knife.

BIG OFFER

WARRANT FOR EXECUTION

OF WRONG MAN.

i The Palatka (Fla i News relatr s a remarkuble story of au error made by

!(Jov Jennings in fillintr out a warrant' for tl x.-cut.on of .1 B. Brown, a M|

gro murderer. By some unexplainedblunder the liovernor omitted the nunie

Iof Brown from the document and in-

serted in its place that of Noah T.Tilghman. of Palatka. a Methodistminister, a white man and one of theunlet respected citizens at the town

' The sheriff was directed in the warrant to hang the Rev. Mr. Tilghman onJanuary 2~>. Of coarse he did not do-obut the iniuister is very much annoyedover the incident, aud feels that anapology is due him—a view which-trang.-Ii MMgfc, the ( . ivenior refuses

! to take.

!aM fltpiil for Washington to see abouthis patent It is said that he has re-

. l ived an offer from two I'aris capital-ists or *40. oOii for his inTention. with a

royalty of fcl.tmo a year until death andis now on his way F.ast to confer withI hem.— Fulton Li ader.

ThACHERS MAY G?AT PLEASURE.

Dresden. Tenn.. March lw. Mis<Franc* Copa-s who has won her suit

against the Hall Moody Institute, ofMarti". The j.irv after being out aboutfive minutes ret urn- si a verdict in her

favor for t275 the am. .nut for whichthe suit was broughtThe verdict, give, great aatiafaetioa

to the public both h.-re and in Martin.Mi- dupe** w discharge. I aaae. it

had re gentlemen

have They also held she weuttoo much into society.She had been en.'ajed for the session

and when discharged sued for the full

amount nnder the agreement.A precedent is hereby established

where all teachers n.av go when andwhere they please after school bonrs.

SF.F.IK'ORN.

DRESS GOODS.00 Cashmeres go at .17.}.;. Blue, Tan. Gray and Hrown

Flannel worth 00c will he sold at 37|.>epoos worth $1, 1.25 an J 1.50, go at 40, .60 and 75c pel

aist patterns 37J to 60e, worth 60c to $1.001per yard.Flannel Waist Goods ut SSfe worth 50o per yard.Beady naade Flannelette Waist for SI.09 worth 1.75.

Children's Two Piece Heavy fleeced lined Underwear at|35cworth 60c. Gent's Work Shirts go at 35 and 50cworth 50c to $1.00. Gents Lauodried Shirts at 35Jworth 60.

•lust received a big lot of Men's and Boy's Cap* which will

I* sold at 18 to 35c worth '25 to 50c.A Fine Line of Neckwear and Mufflers at Cost.1 will oivc you the best bargaius you ever had in Shoes.Ladies and Men's Storm Rubbers at 35c. Misses and

Children* go at 2'2c per pair.

Please Call and see for yourself.

Ilea'* Sl u m Robbers 26e pr. Quilt Rolls, of 35 n 4C ydsgoing at only $1 per roll.

With awn KM worth of Brows* Shoes will be given a large wallmap of the United States and Territories.

L. D. SIMMONS.

TELLING OF

THE NEW THINGS.

M incoming values tor the spring furniture.- interesting w r* here, for we've a wide rangetth n. select a mpoA assortment from which tolij. et matter Then they are riehtly priced, and.1 Mm.- now to test tin- "accuracy of this state-id it's au interesting buying time for you. while< is brimfull of the new things- while everyis alert W, -pledge you an unusually gooda buying time of great — -'

- S 1 40

First=class Comb. Matr's 3 50

" * Steel Springs 190

Comforts from 90c up.

CTEPHENS &. TJ KK.MAN.KY. *

LIE STEAL DRINK AND SWEAR NO LOCUSTS THIS YEAR.

WILL BUILD CLUB HOUSE.

Rec Men.

«»\e Thefollowing are the incorporators . S.

Wadd.-li. John N-in"n,< W h Webster John Joiner. . I.

(' Rurdlck .I..,eph

KolK-rts, li Hietzel. John O'Dont.ell.

J.O. Re lwoMa. M, B. fleasant, J, W.Wade U II CMuuioSF^;. Wade. Ceo.

inlitik'. J.-ff W illiams. Wafry Edwards.t;..,,rge 1I..M>. \V. T. Ca-ev J.kIi

\,lains. Keb. I... i.eref. W. U. Caldwell.

H MoAUater. II. V. Alexander, DanBeckham.—Troy News Banutr

As much has been laid recently in' regard to the --17 yeear Locusts" werepr.nii an article on the subject.written by ' < )ver Sixty" in the Mad-iaooTiUc Hustler, which apparentlysettles the <|uestlon, at least for thepre-ent 1 ne contributor says: "Wesee au article in the Hustler of FebruBT) 38 that we wish to say a few wontsabout. 1 never heard or read of seven-teen year locusts liefore. We have norecollection of old people speaking ofthem. The first locust year we knowanything about was iu 1842. Theyhave made their appearance every sincethen every thirteen years, and n*l.x'usta in the intervening years. There" >

is something that is very much like >(BR1 H'o-t that makes its appetrauce tha.'vtn-t ..f . very Jane every year, but theymake a sound <iuite different from the' I'barach" locust. The last locustjearwaslssM. They will not comaaoain until 1*17 No locusts this year.

are correct in our dates. •

CITY ORDINANCES. SEED CORN WILL BE >2 A BU. BAPTIST VS METHODIST WOULD SWAP BOY TWIN FOR

W«gon Ordinam -.

regular meeting

The City Connc.l of the city of HickKy., do ordain as follows, to wn:it no person shall sell or offer for

I

-"tin the city of Hkluoan an;.

it except poultry. Bah, game_e, back bone or ribs' or the whole

is of a nog. unless sold to a licensedher cr raised by hini and not

.rht for the purpose of butcheringwithout rlrst obtaining from the <Jit)

Clerk a license h to do and payinghim therefor the son. of thirty-sixdollars per year or a proprtionate amount for a shorter time provided nolicense under thi-

jjtajdfof a shorter time than thre.

2nd. Any person fiolatins the provisions of this ordinance shall 1*- guilt)

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of a misdemeanor and uponshall be fined not less than thirty sixnor more than one hundred

* All ordinances in conflict herew i h arehereby repealed

Tom Dht-ion, Sr.. Mayor.H. C. Hf.lm. Clerk.

kouoh LocKF.n moon obdmamce.

The city council of the citv of Hickman Ky.. do ordsCii as follow-, to wil

Sec. 1 It shall be unlawful f..r anyperson to rough lock a wagou upon any of the streets -,f this city,unless it be when the ground is frozenhaitl or covered with sie. t so that thestreets cannot be torn up by

Seed corn, it is predicted, will be A good Methodist and a go»d B«pworth e"i a bushel in the »pnug. It is tist. '

say.-, an exehaage, • -.,1 to b lliug

1very scarce on account of the unsatis dreams to each other one night at a :

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factory crops and there will not be much en,irch social "I dreatned 1 was inof last year's crop left for seed. The heaven and saw no Baptist* there.

i hot winds which struck the early coru,-remarked the Methodist. I inquired,

I during the early stage destroyed the wheie the. were and a... answered'' fertilizing power of the pulleu aud but The) have not arrived \ ,-t. they'relittle of the corn is fit for seed Espec- i cou.lug by water 1 dreamed"ial attention should be paid to tl 1

e retorted the Kaptislection of corn" fo7>^ped and it -honld I

be thoroughly tested- Hoplm-wlle 1

GIHLLEDPORD & HANDLE, % ^

Groceries, Fresh Meats, J

( brume

Mr. C. B. Wingtield. of Fair Play.

Mo , who suffered from ehronio dysen-tery for thirty live years, says Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and iMarruoeaHem. dy did him more good thannthei medicine he had ever*a*ed. Forsab! bj Howgill 4: Cowgill

Long. Secy, of War, has resigned.i.dW.H. Moody. rWtlSSISP fromda.-.-achuseUs, appointed in displace.

NO FUSION

' Tsui i will be no more fusion brtween the Democrat and Populist parties," says Jo Parker. There never hu-been auy fusion bet we, n the I i,.D i

ocrats and Jo Farker'l kind ol Popuiisls.Jo and his kind i f Pops have a.u.lvbeen in the servioc of the Republicanparty. -Padncah Democrat

lives hav.. tV..r

,erly

number uf persous hav.adverli-eineiil. -bowing tliat otic

parents have been disappointed ,u tl

eex of their children. OhleagO T.I

gram to the Philad. Iploa Kecnl

WUt AT i lAKH >N.

The report is printed that the town i

Oakton, Hickman ..uiity. aihelrayiby tire, Monday night. The repOlacks con ii nation

The date for the Kentucky StaMedical A -social ion annual mcetll

ha- been lived for Ma> ~. i and BPaducah.

I 1902 riodel-***^

I ONLY $11.75e than tweiitv

T.is Da i on sii Ma. or!H OL HauKXO,

IMPROVEMENTS.

CONSIDERABLE BXPSVDITUBEIt) HE MADE AT MARTIN

Thei- t:

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...gin

« Mart..

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chute, repair shops and an eawtiae hoiThe tract of land besajht is mmmmhalf mile from the center ol townabultson the present railroad

jrope

This road is al*o buildn g s ha

town at this place in i

the Illinois Central Kaidenot will be erected li

reight h vingbMartin has

tan t railroad pom t. This ja where "theNashvillO. Chattanooga A St. Lotn-Railway makes iLs connection- both t',,i

passengers ana freight, with the Ills-nois Central Railroad to and from St.Louis. Chicago and other points.In addition to this Martin ha- been

made a turning point for freight trainsby the Na-lnilie Chattanooga A StLouis Railway It is where the enginesand crews on freights end

the lr families to Martin.

TAW WT» i

1 wish to notify all old soldier- andfriends and people in general who expect to attend the Dallas Texas reunionApril 22 to, V. to meet with us SatnrdavMarch 15th at 2 o'clock p. ,„ j„ unVhall over I on Collins. We wish tokuow how many to prepare transport.-!tion for and it M important that voushonld come or send your num.- as thetraveling passeuger agents will meetwith us. J. U. PARKER. Com

Pulton, Ky

Improved "Jay Bird" Bicycles tire the besl cheap n heels in the UnitedStates. They will give*you satisfaction, ibey are built on

strictly up-to-date lines and contain up-to-date ideasin construction. 411 parts inhere hanqj

and repair parts can be furnished- - promptly. - -

They aremade from Seamless Steel Tubing, have ili.iin.-i tu

Cranks, Ball Bearings throughout with r,;tl! Kct;iin.i > in tKrtli Hubs and bager, new style bos srown, flush joints, Internal ftiitemngH at handle bar

iind teat post, bjgfa grade pedals, the celebrated Qarford saddle, Good-year Single tubeTires, (guaranteed air tight i Vdjustnpta HanrlkBMrsonOeats' machine, npturnet] stsitioimrv

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Handle Bars.hi Ladies. it w »fc tfc * a \l *v

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Hardware, Queensware,I lav. <^>, r»r;m, Lime and (Vineflf^T

»TWe carry everything u ually found in a firat-clan (imcery, and

|-iins will be stared to (.lease our customers.

OurmottoN: "HOOD GOODS at FAIR PRICES." Try us;

Clinton Street. Telphone «. Gootls Promptly Delivered

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Coirilr- JournalINSURE IN THE

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tm» I »ii y..\ n 1

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k ( oi MM*JOl K> tl. 1- tile i.-! |Kl|.er til islletl

ill the I'mteil States (or D. iih« im1- mc4for all r. lol. rs It i- the SqasJ of mWUfDhiIi.-. ami ttie -uj.erior of :.ll otherSen,, We.-kl.c- MKNKV \\ A I KK-S..N. K.l.ior.

The Wt&Ommiaj i->uc is devoted toNi:\V> M.M'l'KUS. tlie S..uir,!..v i.-uetoTltK IKiMK. Sinnple copi.-s -cutfree on Sppliwliou. I (Ml11OOURIKR JOURNAL t'DMI'ANV

D.i.i-ville. Kv.

Jaa. W. Roney

Af TORMLY-AT-I AW,I I 1. I. hi:. ... K > .

I II kMN 4.11 M.I.Kri„> \t\ M.I I! ILKA OHIO It. K.

LAwLKSSNKSS 00ND1 M NEI).

The Elevator Current, publish-

ed at Hickman in the haterafttof

the negro race umkes a *tr..ng ap-

peal to the hettcr elMI of vviiite

itizeti

a^'Hins

reate a sentiment

laltrearnietit of thci r

race by lawless whites, and wefeel that the article is well tritned

We Garry a Full Line ol wneeis and Bicycles Sundries.

£ Our $22.50 Wheels, we Guarantee

^ the Equal of any $35. Wheel on the Market.£

t L. P. & W. S. ELLISON. t

C.E EAKER,Genera! Grocer,

Fowoii Block. CMntoa St

tts*|»K snrslMscJ n,^ i;.,..

J C. Bm Iwmi, 1 1.

• •e .11 oi l (H*m4* 10 sail, I

Tiitater <l«-r«-.

Mr. C K. Smith, the tii.ner.

ouchly BisSpSISMl and skillwl. i

with K K. hr-vard. l:.».tiii>. aKin.U of Tin Work. (.,>• Mm

u a i-.mv

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v o.^'wanl'iiiL"''!reliable rsaoMi for MiBsdusn U lbsstoaaach, biliouaoMs or oooatipatioa

ung a the

West Tenne»ee anb the killing of

Bill Dooley in Fulton. It is the

very lowest 4 the white race whocommit these foul murders the

better class of whites taking sides

against the poatssission of such

crimen, as evitTence by the large re-

wards offered for the conviction .,f

the murder or murders of Dooley.

We appreciate the Tact, as law

abiding whites, that liie negroes

are a defenaeUss elaat, bill «v ,—

•ure them that we do not condone

lawlessness by members of our

race, and this can only be done by

giving them an education and the

protection of the law.—ColumbusCritic.

The Porto Kico Hou-e of Delegateshas sent a memorial to the Colore— of

the United States setting forth the d.

pressed condition of the coffee industry,- and asking that a bounty of five cenua pound be paid ont of the UnitedStates Treasury for coffee raised in

j

Porto Rico and exported. Well, wemast expect this sort of thimr. Porto

Rico is ours now. and we must look

after her interest* We u

same thing all the time, under a little

different form, in the United States.

'We jouiuience with some ot the in-

dustries when they are infants and keep

right on with them till they hav-' e '<slippered pantaloon'

TO ALL PERSONS HAVINGFARMING, TIMBERtD ORMINERAL LANDS, ETC.

FOR SAI [ .

Splc.li.I Selection...

new ntnSTATONERY.

NOTIONS &Call ami aj ur Stoek. Kver

iMag up to date.

Makv BuuprMi .V 6a

CITY BARBER SHOP.

A Free Picture of Gen. Leei, w ho contemplates attending the Reunion at Dallas.

April 22nd to 25th, will receive a handsome picture of General

Robert E. Lee, and a copy of his farewell address (suitable for

framing), if he w ill send us his name and address, and the r.

and address of the Camp to which he belongs.

ui<l to engage the attenof capitalist se.-kiiiL- Manttfscta

Mfete ^mSSme?9"^ U U"'r'

the .ts-ista,,".",,!

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(',V'ec< unty through w In, I, its lines i

lThe>auagement earn. -tl> r.-.|iie-ts

water ,„,« , r or mineral' land/ for'''will s.-iM ahiiai deaeriptioo of -am,

the prices i.n.l terms of amle. Xbe Hmust corresi»,.,d with the price- a-of local buyer- Th- nuinagenientmat araaoai so aid m --liiiig btad t,

I DR. 8. K. DAVIDSON1

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Dentist,HICKMAN. KKN'I I . \

i OfCcr over Cowjjill & CowgillV

I. aJQTDAL DIVIDKNDS

IJegiiii.ing with Second year, whichq lie ll-e,l i,, reduce ^SMM or in-mm the insurance, or conv. rt the pol

icy int.. air eiUlowmetit aajgWi at a-| . . ir„.,| ;,„.; gradually diminishing age

Available at u:iv tjyieve.u-. p>asalll— have I ii m

S. MO RESTSlCtlONS

."foXTK-STAP.I.K

' \Ni OH UftiK ttKN-

Kttmr haviag raila4a> pay the pre-the insurance will be continued

tow the lull amount, foi us long a m>m.-I a- the value will carrv it. providedt .\o \. ar- premiums have been paid.

All thi- taken in , „iiii,rti„n with the-;r, ngth -f th ' ompany. its low rate of

• \pen-e. and it- large 'dividends c,,m-mend a potter ia this "rnrnnj la alldesiring iusurance of any kind.

I N."..MINI; IT and you will aaCOV-•'"•< l-l' ol ii u, hi, SI'K.'IMKN

P< >UOIKH and any dcsir^l mforma

R. T. TYLER AG'T.

TSS SWEETEST OF THEM ALL

Nunaally's Candies,

Reiger's

CALIFORNIAPERFUMES

FOR SALE B7Cowgill Sf Cowgill,

DRUGGISTS.

COAL! C0AI<

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Pittsburg and Eureka.

( MdtTs accompanifd l.y

CASH <»r paid for on deliv-

lerywill hare

|tk»n.

I

GfSADSa Of STEAM COALS

Alex. A. Faris & Son.

xorl.it. ii r qamM

arid lands in ,-rVe West It is unred u\*iu

Congress as a promising siieculation in

real estate, sure to repay the Government in the loot; run and incidentally

beneficial to State, Territorial andprivate interests, says the N. Y. Snn.

HAY FOB SALE.Crab frrass hay bal.nl.

2t Jxo. C, Roi-eb.

.-d bids for paiutiuE the City Hallill lie received I.) the uud.-rsi|;ti.-.l

iuiii on the tir-t Monday in AprilRoof to be painted with ,,xjd, ,1

... _jd pood tin-e.-.t oil, game u, i„.

al.phed tW Hand hru.-h

H. C. Hflm C.C.

Miss N. Johnson, the fashioiial.ledr. ssmaker and ladies tailor, will retnrn ioday, and will be itlad to see her manvfnend- and cu-tomer- ot the pa-t -e.i ,,n ,

also invit.-s new cm-tomers t.. call andsee her. She is ju-t from St. I^mswhere -he h is been the pa-t two w, , ksstndyiue the latest style- for -|,rian aud-uinmer. I'ha-e.-all aid see h( r at

L D SIMMONS.

Laiye tracts suitable for colon lion,at low pric.~ are , -p, , ,.,|u wanted.

J. B KILLEBUEW.

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Traffc Manager.NASHVILLE. TE.N'N.

MORE LIVES ARE SAVED

Dr. King's New Discovery,

Consumption, Coughs and ColdsThan By All Other Throat AndLung Remedies Combined.

This wonderful medicine positivelycures Consumption, Coughs. Colds,Bronchit.s, Asthma, Pneumonia, HayFever.Pleurisy.LaGrippe, Hoarseness.« C

CUf5E.VoW!Price 50c. Trial Bottle Free.

COWGILL <fc COWGILL.

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11 ael ian I ron, lohwehs

i obveta at naa ami lately gave awoman lockjaw, Millions kuow that

Huiu: to(

ii* on a ,-nt is Back-

ol Wound.. Date*. Sore., .-kiu Eru'p.i, .- Diim.. Scalds and Pilts. It curesor no pay. Only 2.V at fowgills &1 QWgUi,

l drug store.

•THE BENT l> THE < H K Al'hvi .•

THPCUGH PULLMAN Si.CE»CR8

ST. LOUIS JACKSONVILLE.ST. LOUIS a- MOBILE,CT. LOUIS aho NEW ORLEANS.

howch ap I

I Wll K | •:ek REPC B LICis noi as cneap as it is issisihle to sell ativ-' -I..-, new .paper. It jirinti* all thon. u. ihat i- worth (irintintf. If youre .,1 ii all the vear round, you areposted on all the important andeating affain of the world. Ii

beat and most reliable newspapemoney and t.raius cau produthose -hould Ik- the distingaiaaEStr.ut-ofthe ii.-a -paper that is de-.^nedj"

he read b\ all members of lb*

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•,oii price #1 a yey.g^BT

• •• " ' • . or joI HK JJEPUULK

IS

NOTICE!HERErtY l-iivfex TO

ALL PERSONS IXDKBTKl> TO THE FIRM OFn is. Nil nvs toroilK FORWARD AT

iND M.IKE SATIS-

X. C. & ST. L. R. R. SCHEDUI*

LEAVE HICKMAN

No. .v... baatat

2:05 p. on

7:00 a. m.

ARRIVE

No. 4.. Arrives

Na.St.Amtt*No. 54. Arrives

1 4(i p. oi.

; -.It a. oi.

Setup. M

—<— I'tmmMwmmtmnmmmmmmtm? row mrm? mm 1

Happy HomeSEWING MACHINE.GUARANTEED FOR FIVE YEARS.

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EAr'IX^iY .iSiHAM-K.RENTS IN RE(;AR TOTHEIR A

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VOr\'l\M. IS SHAW

3 We have an Elephant on hands

2 111 the waj of a

| TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR STOCK

3 OF^ MEN'S and HOY'S CLOTHING

LADIES CLOAKS, H ATS,3 CAPS. SHOES and3 NOTIONS

of all kit

actual cost, Will have Auction

3 EVERY SATURDAY

Mr. Uw Kbeiiehar Jr.,js the guest of Mr. W. I

'. Rice

U Home forms thei. aritjg two threadslogotbarin the centerii" making a stile

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erator f.irlhir thansad Ira m

i fie m mmi^i i« ti

IIaj ii r, fatato 1 aj |oada,

Mat Riddle left for boate, (Naahtfja)Tuesday. having many new madefriends lielnnd.

if.,- poaalar dry rnmtt i

BiNMUay, has taken a positi.

P. -v w s. fflaaiia.

R. L.

atlatfStaafe IVeaea left Tuesday forroley, La., to atted the marriage of herhool male. Mi-s Shula Clurk.

aaProf. Link, of ilickman CollegeTuesday for her home m Nashville.

Tiii- is -aid to be the season for thewveuteeii-year locust-, and the wisemm predict that there will be inillioas

J. Ii. KHOWS. sz

nwrnmwmwmwmm rc: pubi

ted by BtaHff

FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK,

AbsoluteThai we

Safety is the Basis

Upon this Guarantee we solicit your patronage

l. A. THOMPSON, Caahiei

ft. BUCHANAN, President,

J. J.C BON l>HUMIt M. ISI.KK.

DIRECTORS-ii. in « raiub, i. \. rMMrcwR. i. ( . nm,J. W. ALBXAMMB, «;. u. ihkki.ku.k

TO BAR OUT THE WOMEN.

Frankfort Ky..General Assembly-em to the Qemraa

li.-M adopted andfor approval a bill

lien of Kentucky

as tattadted bj

M. In that ettj

fcr.fy

moved from the

swallowed tl e i

tr>a.t the patient doingwell Thedepended on I

all the papersiiii- alatanee the author

QLASBB \t HALT/.KR S

in the store of Ualtzer iV I»o• he will be glad for hi* old fri

and cni tomers to call.

Mrs * Moore died in Kast I

man Thursday ataman March. 1

dropsy. Aged i;.r> year-. She Wi__ _

DMBaacraf the Methodist church andhighly respected by those who knewher best. She leaves thr, Inldrenmourn her loss. She was buriedthe City Cemetery. Svmpatln is

tended the bereaved.

et-ie

Miss Male. .

and society leaders,

id position with I

_fatils^Valley .1 T

us accepted a -;m ti.i

V Steven- Co. of

where she will havelilmerv dep't. SheIs in t Ins commnnit t

>ry much, but wi-ii

K1VKK NKWS.

•rill b

here bids fair to be an unusual de-id for good seed corn the comingon. Many -.-etion- of the corn oelt

bad no Bam la-t year lit for seed.

The Temperance Alliance will i.eet

,wth Mrs >. M Hubbard nevt Tuesday' 90 [i m. Ail tn.-nd- ol Hie t.«%er_iucc cause are requested to be prcseit.

L l ». Btpaamw dm ol mm ttaallim ner-hauts ui dr> K»ods fTnithtafJl Hidho. - Kfji }bM returned trom St. Unarhera be bought a large and well >e-

leoied line,. I Hprinx goods. \\'• i .

jrlad he returned hi Hieknaa in^

of K0 ' ut-'u > l» 9

itifticu

Hick

lioth i •gioes

Five Drawers, Drophead, High Arm,Oak Wood Work, Double Feed,

Double Lock Stitch,

Automatic Bobbin Winder,Stitch Regulator, Self threading shuttle

MscRirnoii bp—mir: mm—

% <IT BKQUIRSH years ol experteaoe

and creat skill, coupled with a largenianufa< luring plant et|nipped withthe lati-t -fecial and automatic ma-chinery to produce a food and -.iti-tac

tory Se ring Machine ai aa ecooomical

TH I BAPPI Home ,- built by atctor> ] aaiagallof tlwat i iiaalaiaiai

aj i 'a ajoudeaiaaM reliable and fully

gaaranteed, not only to work well bu t

well. mar!,,,work all riKht for a while, but thevBOOB get oat of order and then theowner will pax out more for repairs in a-hurt lime than the original costs of themachine. An article may be satisfaetatj and reliable even at u veryn i-onalile price, and these <|,ialities

will be toaaa to aa etaiaaal aagrae inour H ![,,,> BoaaBaaajrfcaj machine

WK DO NwT represent it to be as\vi II tiiu-hed in uuiii cessarv d.-lads asour Iniih. r

|riced toods. bnt so far as

I..-MI1U- iii d -.-wuiu nualitic- ure conBtraad H 1- Ural okaaa aad akuai it tubeEar eaaaeior to aay ol the taa "heapHacbini - Mtl, «hch th ark.-t isflooded, and whic h the buyei cratrttlj

m vm- tlie work from under prefer: loot.

THK NEKHLt m ot the popularSal shank pattern and is self settim/.

XBterBBD is double, extends onboth -ides of the needle and is poativein its action, a very important feature,in that it dues not depend on a spring

U but it will lift and returnthrougaoul its full stroke every time a

I

stitch is made, regs rdleao of whetherthe work that is t,eing sewed is light orheavy. Many machines now on th,market will be found to poaaeea a feedmovement, necessitatine the ate of aspring of some sort in order that it maydoll work. This is a very bad featureas it is a source of weakness and sooneror later will tend to cause trouble. The

I

Parts are very few. simple and strong,aoiea insures ease of working and

I great durability. The more small partstlor.- are the more complication andptaatt liability of the machine getting

— out of order.

...|

THK STITCH regulator is very sim-r.l. to operate and is in plain view on

upright portion of the arm.THK SHUTTLK is self threading

I

wlindrical in shape and is made <

A COMPLKTK set of attachments,including the following - rufHer, tucker,binder braider four heuiniers of assort-ad width-. c|uilters. thread cutter, foot

ELLISONSHICKMA TV.

U>uiiiUii*iil>iuuiituUi>iiuUiiUai*iiiUiii.>uliiuUilUiUiUiiUUi

THK WOODWORK is oiiu.tlity oak. The design is

with -keleton drawer cases. Thdr. w. risol the sliding patt<-

length

A i.-1 I N I) It made and linis

out and is titled with means fcmi nt to take up the wear.

THK At'CKSSORlKS sent wmaniline without eitra charge

Richmond McDanid In-

jured.

President Kixn-evelt lias cautioned his

clerks former!) known as cabinet officers

to t.iik last to tha pre--, sayiaaj bt atUtill the reporters nimsell all he care*for the public to know.

County Clerk Luteu issued license

this week lor the marriage of WalterIt. Catoa to Clara Butler. The m.tr

riag on. d ai tb< horn.- of Mr. BobCaldwell, and the c.-niiony performedby Judge fcaathg

Fred Overlield was afleattd in

I'aducah by government olHcers. Heis wanted on the charge of interfering

with the mails by attempting to ride a

horse in the postuttice at Pool.

There is said to be a strong Oormauseutimeut in several Southern stales.

Senator i ioniian is the one conspicuousKasteru llemocrat who can read hi

tie clear as to party regulaity.

Good material, good workmanship,good tit and good values are the distm

i.lui.g • -Inter

loth.s S

Kieh.i.ond McO.n,Marshal Mel i.uiiel

pbpth

Two

nek ill the Wleklltte oil Well l,a>

vatered" judging from all ie

Tht drillers struck water at I

WW feet ami il Mows from th.

a Stead] stream. Tl,.- prist ol

ill now go down to bed rock.-

f

r-rs-i

>

T

CLOTHINGMENS, BOY AND CHILDREN.

We are Rbovinc the han«ls(u:i»'st line

ol ftpting < lotliiiiL; tlnil eve* came to

Hickman, ( nm.- quiok asd makeyour selection for a Dew EASTERSUIT.

c. Rom.

Two large whales found their wav|, a lf of I

into a small cue at Kastport. Maine,and are practically imprisoned and " '' ">

.-ramped for riK.m at low tide. The (ul.wh

deople of Ka-tjiort. insensible to the I'li-me—[H.-sibilitie- of their tow u as a summer ^*!f to d

resort, are trying to >l t the monsti rs1 thing.

of the old corn crop,

ire that it will be mored batata corn will be

• will duri s% the lirst

Though many people are lulled Mathyear by cyclones and kindred atmo.pherie disturbances n statistician has

Balesbtted that bo) pataaaj ..ut of

a million is killed bv saofa visitation's

This fact may be one of consolation or

yen-' wt'i.-i heavv r.nu-. high wind- anddark clouds are calculated

lias bata in Vurip'

att ol Berlin

WE rVRE AGENTS R»l{

. BORN & CO. and LAMM & Co.

The greatest Chicago Merchant Tail-

ors. < 'nil inn! tee gainple*.

(•in new Spring Stock of Dry QoodiNotions etc., we are receiving daily.

See our "add" nexl week forbafgaou.

B4LTZER & DODDS.

ic Ocean, and the advoa Pacific cable will hoid theirBT awhile. It might be welltor the distinguished inventor

. . ionstr.it i.-v

he tries t !,. Pacific, thai i is

practical for all purp.-e-

famatter body of water. Wonders navebeen accomplished, but as vet in not

Jarre enough quantities to assure com-

ia n Rogers has bought the in The name oif Mr. Cue Threlkeld Jin the Keta into the |

house of Rogers & Threlkeld. pretext and a,

Willi..- eontinu.-d u timn.i-tration i

der the firm name U lingers & Son PresidentialMr. Than Rot erf jaw live, competentai aaiitjilalta ynaaaj warn, and will the front.prove a valuable acquisition to Hick 1 v„_ Vnrl, :

man business interests.rnnn.l for t'

An order has been issued by Secre- ! ls*

lary Root to send home all the regi- N< -

incuts sent to th- Philippines in lsW*. I'ont.cticut. Then again, IlliuoLs andThis will reduce the army on the I

Wisconsin might Uke a notion to comeisland to abou

J 32,000. in again as pivotal points.

country to tax dog-, but for some rea-ou

revenu.. And \ et th.-re ,- f|lo -pe-ial

reason why it should t.ot be A- a dis

tarber of the peace the cat is certainly

the equal of the dog, and it causes quite

as lunch trouble t,. the hi me by get

e-wiuter will notuntil i he bloom is on theSamuel P, (ireshaui assist-

•t official of the LexingtonIareaa. i- the authority for

lent.

ft)R.N l-ORSALK.

S A. Wade.

better equipment and improred tracThis alone is going to make basiafor a vast number of

h in lids

jg

ra"' tht JT«

v,,ll,,NU,M,,

,

,,Ut. :-:v^^^

T

T

The railroads of this country are '

ilanuing to spend no less than $340,-" ,0(0 the o -

A

— 'Hi-.

ANNOUNCEMENTS.

nouuct- lunn5 couuty. ui a

- . jt the 1st Congreasional District in tl

House of the next Congress of theUnited States Hi- randi.laey is subject to the action of the Democrat

n

party

Quail

TheKou^e Tuesday afternoon passed

the bill making it unlawful to kill quail

in this state for tin next two yean, ex

cept for family u*e. The bill make- it

DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE BENE-

FIT OF FREETRAOE-

|

L.xniejon Trans* r»|. Ii

We have tried tlie experiment o! au-

nt xation juitt- frequently and alwaysWith HMOCM And with each of these

have also tried the

rith

White Caps In Lake County.

A citizens Meeting ha* been held at

Tiptonvill.-, to tak. pi to - op) r<

the white eaaai who ha..- Ix-e. driviug

out the negroes and leerorixinp rertu»ia

white men who employ* d Begrow An

teroiiue.l to wpprew tt»€ a bite rapper*

The meeting mined fan), employeddetective and think they bare |s.-,v

aaliaMi »« to the guilt of aaveraJ 1I i

writing h;iR fixed the "warning milon a woman. 9oaoe antieipated 'W !>

reactance ' when 'he ohVeti andertaketc arrest the white capper* Hut law

aud order must 1m- enfore. ,1

annexed territory grew in wealth) IB

|...palatum and in pn >.ln. t ion the ex-

periment grew iii lamum Ami yet

thin very growth made the annexedle-ritory the more formidable as rivals

t)the former States ai d industries.

If the States which were carved oat of

the Louisiana Territorv .-.instituted a

mrabia natiou-as Cai.a.la does - the

East Mi— issippi

s they

VMM Baaaat Ho i i„h.

* ami i- poahrvet* gaatantrnd lotall I't.ro.il anil I. in,;; li.. ul, 1. - ",ll.- {Ikitrial bottles iree at f.mgiii ,\ Coanjil -

I'rinit r <.r< ull) KasfftM d.

SPRI\GSTO(K

Buggies, °Plows and

The Mississippi PlanThe resolution adopted hv the Lepis

latureof .Mississippi uiging ..let in.i. r-

haf an aTHaarr between t be North andHast on 1'olitie- and Maim— Uuea is

startling M : o party lines I,, this

resolution Mhaaaariapl owl] re tflraajthe position of the I»emocratic |*rtysince lw;:, up t.i 1««; under which the

Daaa uc rata elected Tilden and ci.-ve-

land -two terms, and rowt railed UMKress several terms laMBftajhj DataeraU cut loose from i he Kastern Denoeratic states of New Vork, New .Jersey

aud li.du.na and MDelaware. Wert Vltgima and K,,.m. ;.,

The resolutions njeaii that the Mi-»i's

sippi deuiwrats consider tr. e -,L, r a

dead issue; and want future battle*fought on the old lines.

40 Years AgoOur venerable friend .Mrs. Man

Ledwidge furnished the Courier this

week a souvenir of the Civil war times

in Hickman, a copy of the SabbathSchool Picnic Journal issued in theSummer of 1861. It is altogether rte

voted to an account of the SundaySchool celebration and the celebration

altogether devoU-d to the cause whichat that time moved the hearts of thepeople of Hickman and this community,the Southern Confederacy, The cele-

bration was gotten up Prof. n. F.

Tewlksbery. by Mi--e- Sallie

Landruui, Anna Fhtlps, Sallie Ku.gua.

Lizzie Hughes and Jennie LandrumThe music was rendered by Dr. Ulanton,

Harris and Walker. The young ladies

representing States Ac., were Misses

Anna Phelps. Lydia Fari-. Irene .Vm-

berg. Josie Phelps. Mary Judge Baeaaja

Marrs. Jennie Cobb, (iertrude MrCawley. Cornelia Foqua. Ella Atwood,Cora Rose, Roxana Marr- Mary Mc-intosh. Angeline Overton Mary KirkPatrick, Caddy ClarK. lieorgia Walker,fannie Fowler, Sallie Hailey. atnU*Overton, Victora Amlierg Layinia Rose,

Belle Allen and others. Most of the

participants will be remembered by ourolder citizens, many have gone to that

bourne from whence no travelers re

turn, many have found homes else-

where, and we believe only one is nowa resident of Hickman.

A LETTER

Paunca.i, Ky., March 10. 11*02 —Tothe Democratic Commute, (ientlemen- Seeing in the oublic prints acall by Mott A> res. .hairman. for thecommittee to meei in Paducah on Salurdav. March 15, Itto-J. to determiu?the time and manner of nominating aDemocratic candidate for congress, 1

suppose a suggestion will be proper. ' I

disclaim all intention or purpose todictate the action of the committee mthe premises, but in the interest ofparty harmony, suggest that a primaryelection be called to nominate a Democratic candidate for congressman fromthis district as late as August, to theend that all voters may have an apportunity to turn out then and ,.o,r,»their chow, that being a time of mostleisure to'the farmers. It will alsogive all gentlemen who wish to standfor the nomination ample time to makea thurough canvass of the district, andwill be fair to all aspirants, as well asto Voters of the district, and uill keepdown and avoid discord in the Democratic party in the distric t

ei,aM-.l Alaska l! i- pa-sing atraafKthat i.rter these deiuonsirM urns thmuuha rem ury there should he any division

us iii w hat policv it is to our advantageUi pursue toward the I'hihpp.i.e Llanos.

Bttt I he most re -ent experi lit- Lavethe ..line result. Kree I rade with Hi.

exuiied by limitalimi amiI'orto Kicoand us there ,,

trade ami tic advannag* is ia

ami material. To I'orto Ki.o i

dawn ola lieu .la. ; from the"

in the edge of M

We will lutvothu (art-ist KtOCl; I hisst ;

E. E. Reeves & Co

^E'RE JELLING JjHOESi I

Iliuildin

»

RiGH. TO BE ViGOR 1US

|Materia!.

i ROUGH AND DRESSED LBM;J

J

—. BEii, ^Do. Irs ami Window-. 8Mn«}Um and Oliaae.iit,

Hull. I.

\<»TU ITU-TAMHMi THE<<>U> WKATHKH. * * iW.

Boys and Girls Sc hool ShoesS1..-.M Th.-it .vi|] st;ill«l tlielhckfr^

• K - 11

i'i ! :

i rWinis '.ti-n.-nitions.

S/.50 -i$2.00

I .iclios Shoes.

< Mir lint s ;ii s| r.o hihI ^2.<iO af»» extra

proo«l \ :i!u s for " !)>• |M-i< •• Riittoii

:.n<l !;:.-.. «i,|i,,f. !ii ;; h,-i- |,ri,--.|

int I hem. 0, w • «V

NEW AND N08BV LINE NEGLIGEE

. . SHIRT5. .

.

-land

i that

prosperity The -ugar planters

have doubled their product, railroads

an- being cnustructed. and ev.ryoneha- profitable la le .r at fair pre I'll,

people are coutented under our govern-in. nt and an- rapidiv becoming accus-

i re

the grow Hi

larrun of their pnnwmeal.' .lallle. The 'peopU- will

not only s,"i( supporting, but

fending. Our new possessionCaribbeau sea will be outpostsestimable vain-

The Um of Saggibg

Clouds the happiness of the home,but a nagging woman often needi h. -Ip

She may be so nervous aud run-downin health that trifles annoy her. If sheis melancholy, excitable, troubled withloss of appetite, headache, sleeplessness

eonsti|«tioii ..r fainting and di/./v

spells she need- Electric Kilter-, theino-t wonderful remedy for ailing

women. Thousands of sufferer- fromfemale troubles, backache and weakkidneys have used il. and becomehealthy aud happy. Trv it. Only .'iOe.

Cowgiil A Cowgill guarantee satisfac-

FROM ST. LOUIS TO NASHVILLE.

The Padueoii NewavPemo-••rat baa the following in

relation to ;i proponed col

OaTthe Illinois < Vntral whichwill shorten its route fromSt. Louis to N:tshvillc: •

' It is sai<l that the Illi-

nois ( Vntral will extend its

Eldorndo division fromEldora.Jo to Cave4n:Rook,on the Ohio river, fehe&ee

a< ioss |, v blidcetO K.-ntuckyand down to Marion, wlu-iv

it will be connected with thePadiitah aad Louisville

bmnch of the Central into

Nashville, Tenn. The hifjit-

of-wa.v from Kldoia<h> to

CaVt-iii-Hock has l»<-.'ii siir-

litiot, that M>«fa|

itv."

ing DO the case, Ihe judge *ai-l:

'•It m emay Mwmgn ta'tajwenccan action where tliert is no merit,anil [( tlic rule nl dating.- to tl e

ilclcn.latit a/u not applied men of

we-alth might thaolatljr crush thepress in every eomatDaftj i( iheystartc.l nut to 'do n. It vVoulJ beonly ytwtim of ho v much theytroatld spare out <it their hjeumefl

lo -title the freedom*]*! tl,,- areaj

Il newspaper tells the trntli. it

has a light in be vigurou-. Thepublic .Iocs „ 1)t want .lish water.It wants readable articles— ui t i. la-

titat will he attractive aal call lor

public ati.-ntioii. A paper whencorrect and energetic may create a

better atmosphere in tin- coiiiiniin-

I0RJA1E.On account of a necessary chaige in

blood liii.-s to ero— W ith Judas ls.-iriot -

lilli.-s we offer him for sa le jirovid il \v.

make the sale on or liefore Aprl 1st

Ml, .ludus blood lines ar- fiehllfu-ed with the blood of th. iinm, rtal-Ueo. Wilke- and Kleetioii. t r and s tie.

youd doubt the ui, st perfect Mild bellll

tiful trotting Ktalliotl r oil Whtuddut. in W.-tern henta.ky B«

matched le ai,.l nan:es- grfdn-i

harness and -addle that we would -el

Two young .lacks and five .1. nn. t t

sell or trade for other stock.Parties wishing to buy su.-li a- am

the above stock should call ou or w rit

ut, at once. Very^.etn,^.

1 21 It M-.w,K

H.(\ Ambergs and lotik at the line of

the International Tailoring Co ssampl.-*.

Strayed from Milburn latt Sept.. oneblack mare pony, 1 1 1 hands highwhite spot .a, hack and branded with

Information regardrewarded^ —

T. U. Lamkm.Milburn ky

id take if to (Weill A

TALK OF STREET RAILWAY.

It Of Iagitatingway for Fulton aud Onion City. Theyare very enthusiastic and will pu-li theproject which may matt riali/.e. Tinplan is to build a street ca» line to runover the towns of Fulton and L'niouCity and aNo a through lint- from L niouCity to Fulton to haul passengers anilfreight. A prominent capitalist in

Union City says he has the money andcan get more money to build the linesand all be wants is the franchise fromboth cities He will probably be inKultou in a few days —Fulton Leader.

MOKK THAN I'LKASKDHundreds of our customers have ex

pressed their delight at the bargains wehave given them. Come and see us at

once WILSON'S BOOK STOKF.

<-oiitra< t has bees let for tin

grading &nd the st«M>i order-

1

fd. Eighty-live pound ateel I°«**»*

will be laid', whi. h jnennj > °—***ballnsi track. TheaTteftlnowon tin- road from I'inckn. v-

Tillf to Eldorado will !.«• re-

placed with heavier r.iil.

iTho track will be rnined,

strengthened and bnJltated

and put in condition for

Ipmvv freight and pnnnrmgiii

trains.• When the gap of thy

miles from Eldoradd to

Marion, Kv.. is built theIllinois Central will have the

shortest line from St. Louis *»*« » «" I hamberlalnS

to Nashvill,, Tean., and' . ,

Kn"e,,J -

., ,. . l .i H.-tw. .n the hours of eleven .

|K)ltltS SOllth. It IS stilt I thf a. m. and dicing time ;,.,,,„!,, ,„

1-oad is to hecoinpleted with- -'"''^ F-Hark, druggist,

ill ample tillle lot' tile World's rCalnlerla.u's T'/'u^r' Itemed'''

fail' tiaffie. says. •1 never handled a mediein

"In |oingtoCave-in-Rock ui^""^!^' 1

the niinpia Ceilt rat taps one l-een in general „

of t he y.ch^st countries in tin- 'Z'u l'-,'"^,nu-!i 'I

state in minerals. Hardin 'iuain.es \i.,,,v„f

county [ahounds with floor aCtetoal'^WhMrcspar, le-ad. zinc, iron and ll" l i ' i . n.. t'..i

other minerals, hut it has Cough'reml'Vv^milain dormant for the lack of '»<• m»r- ui..u ph-a-.-.i ami, Vh'.' V,',',

mOfoad facilities." I

o«. which „ -^i^ag^

Chamberlains Stomach andLiver Tablets the best physic. Theycleanse and invigorate the stomach improve the appetite and regolate the

bowe Is. l^gnlar size.8.V per box.

A. A. Avert on. t he |t,„,sc Sign andOrnamental Faint, i ha- located in thetowu of H.i kman to pl\ his franc, ain!r.-pectfully solicits tin- patronage •!

the publie You ,-an get first cla-sI'auiti.ig. I ill. ling. I . ran, mg, Sign I'aiir-ing and I'ap.-r Hanging at eo-tomai vprice- and >ou can aUo get .,,ur hugg.repainted at ., i • .initial ,-„, w „h tl,..

Ke in id y has

pie there areits excellenthave te-tllie.l

which it has

^ Hay. Oats. f.„n. Br**, t,

\ \

\ i

|L.P.>»W.S.EIIispnj

CHEAP RATEove can 1-i.u mils

DALLAS, TEXAS.

ILLINOIS CENTRAL,.flood to return until Anril SO, ,,r bj

extension to Mav II i

tccnuni ui i—aal t»—inI \ITKI» O0MFRBKBATK

VF.TF.K4XH iintl

aa>m OF VBVBBANNLiberal slop o.er privilege-, including

op|H.rtnnity I" wstt -c ue of fajMMHsi. g, and ... W X.lti .1 I':, l is It. at

MEN'S FI\L SHOtS IN ALL LEATHERS.Tl„ -'LtXoriarch. Pats" fcre the

l-. st patent leather shoes in the mar-

ket for $3.50 K\. ry pair \\\u-

raktko. Nothing lifce them in Hick-

man .

All rips sewed and soles pegged FRKK,

St. RICE I MYLOR.

FOR THE BESTIN

GROCERIES!

Bpaoia) Through Train from Loui--vilh- for K.-ntucky delegates and their

frien.U.

Write to aay nihanag OaatUal Aflnlr l° W. J. M« Bitu.K. C. 1*. A T. A..

lxmisvillc.

R. II Ku.vi.i:k, T. P. A..

Lolli-Vllle.

X*. Ai na.ii Kmuumtt, \. r, a.

A. II IIan-. n, o. P. a.

(io where they all go, whowant FRESH GOODS a*

the LOWEST PRfOBJ

JOHN RI\G$00D,

General Grooeries.

Deistlebriak's stand. East Hickman.

J. W- Rogers <& Son,UP-TO-DATE GROCERY !

WiTTino's Old Stand,] pogyu uvatS fGo°^8 Delivered Free

Clinton Street. f .

''

| Telej.lmne 74.

CARUTHERS'

BAKERY AND

CONFECTIONERY

FRESH BREAD. CAKES AND

CONFECTIONERIES

Tor New and Fresh Groceries of All Kinds

FLOUR, MEALBRAND and MEAT.

We have the Exclusive Agency for

CHASE .V SANBORNCOFFB

sTTos-aLiTafluar.

CLINTON STREET

HI.'KMAN. KENriCKV.

Telephone Nuiub-r MO.

fhainberluiu';

Ca«n Keep II Seen ).

The splendid work of l>r. King's

New Ufa fill- hi ilaiiy aaaja|aa| to light.

No s.i. li (.'rand lemedy for Liver and

liowel troiil.i.- was ever kaM 11' hefore.

Tfcaaaar'*" Maai 1,1 f"r 5J™1"stiuatloll. Sl.-k llea.la ,ll. IlllllOII.Iiess.

.1 .iin.h.e ami In.l.u'eslioii. Try lliein,

-.-„• M OaaniHI t'owvill s drug store.

I^reo Delivery

HICKMAN MARBLE WORK,i:t i \ ii;,i-«iii:i) i

TOM DILLON. Sr., Prop'r.

Marble and G;anit2 Montnasa

GURBI T&hr

STONK WORK of all Kindt*

IKON KENOrNG, &c,

Hiokmaa, B:yv_#

STATE NEWS ITEMS.

^fHfvUM BILL DEFEATED. IS SLOWLY DYING.

W-AdWpittration Democrats and The Days of Grr< Garrard, the FamourRepublicans Join Hands.

j of removics

-cxington. was kill."', in

e Tuesday by a vote of ..• to13. The *rnatP adopted the bill reeu

'laWng Investment companies, requlr-' lug every sueh corporation now doingb-.'si&ess m this stato within hu days»rer the passage of the ad to depositwith the state treasurer the totalamount of its paid up cupPM, If said paid up capita) stock shall3** amount to $15.<H»u. it shall rir positin addition thereto enough of the r-s«T\e fund to make H6. In rush.-or in bonds or ir.o:i--:ir. -. fiw, notesor deeds of trust, or unencumberedreal estate within the state of Ken-tucky worth M |>er cent, more thanthe sum loaned thereon.House—The house passed the Cole-

man senate I. ill establishing a homo' confederate soldi*

1 by a It

clal order for consideration by thebody at 11 o'clock next Thursday, an 1

for consideration from day to day un-til finally disposed of. The housepassed the Tompkins bill, regulatingthe practice of embalming. The houseat the afternoon session adopted billsretaliatory to Ohio. Illinois and Indiat:a relative to hunting game. Thebills require non-residents to have alicens" resting annually, and pr>hibits its carrying of quail out of Kentucky after the hunt. One of the bills

prohibits for two years the killing if

quail In Kentucky for the purpose ofsale.

Frankfort. March C. Senate—The.most lnt< resting fight of the presentlegislative session, exclusive of that I

over the school book bill, came to an«nd Wednesday with the defeat of theKarris •'county unit" local option bill

where It originated and in which bodyit has been blocking leg-slut ion he- ... .

eral weeks past. The Benate took upand adopt en the Hradl.y house bill

to repeal the tollgate raiders law of1X97. It now goes to the governor.Senator Hickman, who Champione I teeschool bill, sought to secure scco-nlreading and advancement of the bill

passed by the house, so that It mightbe placed in position for discussion

\

and a vote had on It. The senate,by a vote of IS to 16, defeated the mo-

know that his kith and kin need hav.-

no f-ars • being molested by their

en-aii>-s. However. Gen. Garrard, whohas beer, ill for months, is jsra.l-ir.lly

sinking and his relatives say he cannot live much longer.

I>:u ir-;: the last f da> * : . : IV

!\ Whir... a leader at the \V; i. • .-».--

tion. a brother of John E. White, andan unci;- ot Tev and John C, White.r< moved his family and householdgro.is from Manchester, and he will

piobhaly settle in Kayctte (ounty,w here he says he Intends to si* nil theremainder of his days.

JAIL UNDER QUARANTINE.

Ower.sboro Council Appoints a Boardof Health With Quick Results.

Owenshoro. Ky.. March 8.—The cityooun. II Friday afternoon appolia city board of health, consistimhw ;il ysn ians. The hoard met imme-diately, with the mayor presiding, and

ty jail, its Inmates, the jailer and fam-

In Jail during -he quarantine Mto the pesthouse for three weThe yellow flag is now flying anthe premises. No new eases wenported Fridav. but it is feared t

will he more.There are 41 prisoners in the jail,

and five are isolated with bad cast

FOR A KENTUCKY EXHIBIT.

The Passage of the St. Louis Fair A p.

priation Bill Urged By Outsiders.

Frankfort. Ky.. March 7.--Kx-T.ov.

Thomas T Crittenden, of Missouri,accompanied by M. E. Taylor, pres-

ident of the Uwtfawflls board of trade,

arrived here Thursday night to urge

the hill appropriates SI""."'"' for : -.-

St. Louis worlds fair. They are botl

anxious to have Kentucky flttingl:

represented at the big exposition, am

rsday night i

se—The r

We.democratic majority adopted them,as Indorsed by party caucus, in thefollowing order: Judicial. legislativeand congressional. The house adopt-ed the Renlcke bill, prohibiting rail

road companies from charging for thecapacity of a freight car instead of

for the weight of the freight contained therein.

Frankfort. March 7.—benete— Bills

rassed Thursday: The Pogue housebill, making a number of changes in

the school law with referen. e to thebuilding of school houses and the levying of special taxes; the house bill

ceding to the United States a tract ot

land at 1-awrenceburg for a public

the Met

gradeu schools in cities of the fifth

and sixth classes all the rights andprivileges to Issue bonds as given to

public schools under tue act of 189fi.

House—After juggling (.11 day withthe chief feature of the new revenuebill, the increase of the raie of statetaxation, the lower branch of the general assembly late Thursday after-

PASSED A CURFEW ORDINANCE.

Petersburg. Ky.. March S—Hopingto stop the throwing of ltowlder

night the city council has pased a cur-

few ordinance. It provides that all

persons under 16 years of age mustbe Indoors for the night at 8 o'clock,

and all over that age at 9 o'clock.

A 10 Oat fine for the first offense is

to be doubled in geometrical progres-

sion for each succeeding offense. Thecitizens are Irate over the ordinanceand Its enforcement will probablycause considerable trouble.

No Extra Session Probao.e.

Frankfort. Ky.. March The de-

termination of Gov. Beckham not to

call a special session is expe.liting

gard to some important

BIG STRIKE IS ON.|SECRETARY LONG

* eamsters. Freight and Express Hand- Reprceentat

lers at Boston Go Out.

S SUCCESSOR.

Boston and the two gn at railroad ™:porations, the New York. New Haven£ Hartford and the New York Central

ft Hudson River, the latter locally

known as the Boston & Albany, brokeout Monday.Monday night the outlook was that

unless powerful agencies are speedily

invoked to compel peace, the struggle

will have a far reaching effect. Tbestrike, which is a sympathetic one. al

ready involves 8.000 men in and about

Boston.

Stopping work because of the dls

charge of union men who refused to

handle non-union moved freight, the

various organizations now on strike

made every effort Monday to extendtheir sphere of Influence of affiliated

bodies while the corporations energet-

ically tried to fill the strikers places

and to receive and dispatch goods of-

fered them. Both met with some meas

Tuesday the local employes of the

great express companies, the Adamsand the New York and Boston twocompanies which handle practically

all the fast freight in Southern NewEngland, will refuse to work, while

several smaller bodies of organizedlabor, such as the brewery teamster*and the piano movers, as well as-

freight handlers In East Boston, will

On the c

The

New Yor

Setts.

M'ted i

Offer

•eight

ly affe. t the fast freight b

nearby business centers like Worces-ter. Springfield. Hartford. New Haven. Providence and Fall River. Thecontest Is being closely watched onall sides by labor leaders.

Nearly every labor union in this city

met Monday nrght to discuss the situa-

tion. The predictions were that thelongshoremen, numbering about I.W0,would strike, together with 2.000

Knights of Labor freight handlers em-ployed by the Boston & Maine road

•fhea swf!

• is neeother when

fslatio It

be 2

bill 1

I shotvorth <

oil fa,':

f>eing made to push through the bills

which must be enacted before the

time limit of the present Besslon ex-

New Kentucky Postmasters.Washington. March in —The follow-

ng fourth-class postmasters were con-nissioned in Kentucky: Bernard. ..ia-

>on county. E. L Brodt; Colfax. Kiem-

. J- ! Davi

. BecVpeal the local control law governingthe state asylums for the insane andplacing thise institutions under themanagement of a central board of

three members. The senate adoptedthe bouse bill making an annual appro-priation of $16,000 to enftiliv«

Hoicf the

lurage t

man: Greenmont. Laurel county. Silas

Hoskins; Osie. lawrence county. Con-

nie Jobe; Witch. Knott county. J. W.Combs.

^t»t« child labor bill, making it unlawful£W» employ a child under 14 years ofMr. unless by consentsflpUe of the county, in

TWops and factories in Kentucky, ["heKhouse voted down the amendment protd by Mr. Toupkins. of Daviess,at— the county assessor the asses

»Wof banks. Instead of the state boardValuation and assessment, as under

TPS*present law. Tne revenue commitI and the house adope.l

*Jag*dinent bj Mr. Sharpless. of

J r «ent Niat distille rs include the

Pest House Blown Uo.Burgin. Ky.. Msrch lo—The pest

house which was in course of con-

struction one mile from this city »•*blown up with dynamite by unknownpersons and a note was found tacked

in a conspicuous place on a tre° warn-

ing the authorities not to rebuild, andthreatening the workmen with death

if they attempted to drive anothernail.

to the sta

t this

iThs Kentucky Musical Prod'gy.

Lexington Ky.. March 10.—Green-Mcintosh, the musical prodigy

the Kentucky r. mm;.Wilbur Opera Co. to do hi-

He goes to Cincinnati

lr» they play at the Ly-

o for a week.

woman of Versailles, ands, a well-known young

ere secretly married in Lex-

Are After Corbett.

night. Mayto have Jim CorbettThree bouts are alread; negoteach one a star, and each to be heldunder a different eta*

At a Ripe Old Age.Williamstown. Ky.. March 10—WiT-

liam Points, the oldest ex-member ofthe Kentucky legislature, was burledhere, eight grandsons acting as pall-

The strike of the longshoremen will

be for the purpose of stopping watershipments of freight.

HANGED BY A MOB.

A Negro, Accused of Assaulting TwoWomen, Lynched in Arkansas.

r.ittle Rock. Ark . March 11.—A spe-

cial from Foreman. Little River county. says: A Negro giving his name asHorace McCoy, accused of assaulting

a white woman and a Negress washanged by a mob at 11 o'clock Sun-day night. At 3:30 o'clock Sunday theNegro assaulted a Negro woman. Shewas badly cut about the head andshoulders in .he struggle, but succeed-ed in getting away. Ijiter the Negromet Mrs. JohneLemons. whom he alsoassaulted. A desperate fight followed,

the Negro cutting Mrs. Lemons danger-ously about the head, neck and shout-

-!ers. He was captured about darkand at 11 o'clock Sunday night wastaken out by a mob and lynched.

KILLED HIS SWEETHEART.

Chicago. March 11.— Monday nisi

in the suburb of Rivervlew. 2u mil<

from Chicago. Edward Desnitz. :

years ot Ac shot and killed Lill

Dittuiann. his fiance, 19 years olAlter killing the girl Desnitz sentbullet into his own head. He was r

jved t e jail in a dyin

A mob gathered to lynch him and wasbattering in the jail doors when theassurance of a physician that Desnitzcould live but a few hours, to retire.

The eating of the tragedy was the jeal-

of Desnitz, who said the girl

cared more for others than for him.

Perry. Okla.. March U.—Knight W.Joles committed suicide here Mondayby holding a stick of dynamite underhis head until it exploded, blowing off

his bead and both hands. He hadbeen arrested on the charge of burn-

ing the mail which he was employedto carry. He confessed, saying he hadonly burned papers to keep from de-

livering them.

Gov. Taft in the r

Cincinnati. March 1!

sm H. Taft. governorInes. is at the Jewish t

pital.

Wil

Manila. Dr. Forchheimer will p?r-

rm the operation Tuesday. Gov Taft

in good health otherwise.

A Minnesota Exhibit

St. Paul. Minn.. March 11.—Thehouse of representatives passed anamended St. Louis exposition bill, ap-

opriating $50.0tn) for a Minnesota ex-

hibit. The bill goes at once to the

senate and will probably pass that

body Tuesday

Prisoners Vaccinated.New York, March 11.—Three hun-

Ired and ninety-two prisoners in theTombs were vaccinated Monday nightjecause of the discovery earlier in theevening of a case of smallpox in the

the capito! shortly after noon and MrMoody, who was on the floor of thehouse, was showered with beam con-tratulations. For several minute., hhad a regular levee in one of the sideaisles of the republb an Demi'ratio members noticing the dem.uistratibns came over to Join in biscongratulations from that quart r be-ing felly as hearty and tlmCere as(hose from his own side ol the bouwMr Moody began lo rise to promi-

nence during his first term In thehoa» whe„ Speak, r It I Bel cted himtregoegUy to preside over the com-mitt, e of the whole, and predicted forhim a briloant legislative career. Asmem her of the appropriation commit-tee he has since led several fights onthe floor, notably in connection withthe contests of the navy and geodeticsurvey over jurisdiction ol deep sensurreys. He secured the adoption ofa resolution on an appropriation bill

raising Dewey to the rank of admiral.

TERRIFIC TIDAL WAVE.

Many Lives Were Lost Between LaLibertad and Acajutla.

San Francisco, y.zu h u. -The Paeiflc Mall Co s steamer Newport, from''•ntral American ami Mexican port-'

hurst over all the length ol the coastand when the Newport sailed it wassaid that f»3 bodies had air a

recovered and buried.

The wave went entirely over tnebarriers that had been built along th-coast, and swept the towns ol I a Lib-

. rtad and Acajutla. carrying away thefresh water pumps of the latter place.

The only thing that will account Tor

it is some terrific volcanic eruptiffii

tar out at sea. The wave rolled in

like a mountain am! there was nor ••

until striking tie- beach,

the embankments,iveriog them to a height or to ir orve feet, completely inundating the

hole eoa.st.

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R B. BRET A RD, '_Has a Superior Stock of the best makes

of all kinds of Hardware which is offered at

ONE PRICK, and that the very lowest themarket justifies.

Capital Slock paid in $50,000Surplus and Undivided Profits, 20,000Does a General Hanking Bvriacw. I-oans Money on Liberal TernAct's of Farmers, Merchants mmi UnmttBUUUt tggpifillelllj solicited

The Funds and Securities of this Bank are protected by th*

Mosler Patent Screw Door SafeHas never ««t beer. Opggead by Hurglars.

R. T. TYI.KR. President,' A. B9LCOMBK, Vice-Preeident.

THE MILITARY SERVICE.

US

y legis ;>ointm

eijht in the grade of first lieutenant:

an.1 11 In the grade of second lieuten

arts of artillery, one second lieuten

aicy in the Infantry and three of th'

same grade in the cavalry- There ma;vacancies in the infant

created by the transfers oof that branch o

the artillery corps. Se<

re.ary Root regards as original egcai

del those created by such transfeis.

THE WORK COMMENCED. n

Seattle. Wash.. March 1

the British tnaa-PacMca point on the Chinese cot

hama and the Aleutian Is]

CYCLONE AT OMAHA.

Omaha. Neb.. March 11—Omah:was visited by a cyclone at 1 o'clocl

Tuesday morning. A number ohouses are reported unroofed amblown In and many windows wt-r

smashed. It is thought no lives werlost. The center of the distnrbanrwas at 24th and ^ ummius streets.

A tornado is reported to have swepthe country north of here. Suddei

throughout the country as the Trible Swede." was taken to a hosplin this city Monday, having b«

stricken wiih pneumonia, l.ate Miday night hip physicians reported Ls

son's condition as serious.

Conspiracy in Ha ti.

Port au Prince. Haiti. Match 11

Advices received nere from Aux Ca;annomnjB that nearly 20 citizenscused of conspiracy against th? gnrmcrit have b?»n Imprisoned the

and that many others have sought f

nge in Tartans consulates.

Powder Mill Explodes.Keoknk. la., March 11.—By an

plosion In Mill No. 10-y4 . of the E.Pupont de Noumouers * Co.plant, near this city. Frank Schneiderand Robert Evickson were killed

four men cut and burned.

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Sofd by Cowgill & Cowpill.

iranuc. surely .,>,.!

Lost Manhood

1 andI

A. F* OLIVER.Blacksmith and Undertaker

HICKMAN, KENTUCKY.

f-llTEWB A TftlALwbeo jqu waitT'sttaeksmUkliK do,,., or repairing

S i agsas, *C. Hora.nh.inf . iptei.liT

Iafesks.ssfall lis. .(

Uiiartaker'B Goods

V .last Csfisa .ad Cuu wbiok .

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J. H. POLLOCK, Prop'r.

Fint elass turnouts, buggie... surtfrt,

•arriagea, safe

tarred with courtesy and politeneee. P»-Telephoua 1*.

Splendid Selection of

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STATIONERY,

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CITY BARBER SHOP.

To my old customers : We are hereto »tay. Nobody wdl appreciate yourpatronage or take more pleasure in try-

tog to piease you thau we old reliable

barbers. R. U "

DR. 8. K. DAVIDSONDentist,

HICKMAN,

FOKGlYKANPFORlii/r

KENTUCKY

t ©tot Cowaill & Cowgill'a

Urn* more.

C. E. EAKER,General Grocer,

Having psraha.ed the Grocery Ptook ol

|. I. C. Bondorvul, would be pl.aa.d la

pi.* all .Id friends to call. Freab Goodi

aad Cboie. Bsrgsina.

W . J. BARRY & CO,

( AT BCCKMOri OLD SHOP.

)

Will make yon a Buggy to orderRepair or Paint your old one.

BLACKSM1TEIXG CF ALL HND3ALL WORK tJUAKAXTEED,

BENKETT & REMLLYas : ATIOSNZTS AT LAW==

•. Keuilej'H in Hickman.

The "Big Four Route"

la a Railw my SystemComprising

2,500 Miles of Superb Roadway

Builtand Equipped In the Moat

Railway Construction.

mmthe Passenger Train Service of the

*»BIQ FOUR ROUTE" provides 200

Passenger Train* per day, requiring

150 Passenger Locomotives

450 Passenger Cars

. 25 Parlor Cars

I 20 Dining and Cafe Cirs

ifjladdrtlott to which Sixty Pullmat

•pers are in Continuous Servlct

the "BIO FOUR" and its Throogl

Dr. Talmage Illustrates How Offen-

ders May l£ Emancipated.

R»«t«krr.^ ai

M I- —mill' AmlL »

(Copyright. ;9cJ.

Tolniage take* a text and i.lust rat.-.,

hi wall offenders may be cinancipati >l:

text, Hebrews 8:12: "Their sins and

their Iniquities Mill 1 remember im

Tb« national Bower 6t the Egyptians

is tl.c Itolwtrope, "F the Assyrians ii

tlie water lily. ..f tin- Hindoos la the

mangold. .,f ihc t Intake i 1 1.«- . hi \

tower, but there is hardly

Ika t.u get

ami Miaaea and la

slons have throne

credible extent. I

invaluable peeaeacultivate it. Iliad

<!etaine,l all night

in wail in? f--r a i

aoaaa ten a* Utaet

iltoesl Mi-

ia anybody <>r a"; thing if they acetwo people whii pering, they think it

la alii. ut thetase ' vss. if they see twopeople laughing tli. y tl ink n is aboutthemselves. Wl ere there is one .wett|.i|i|iiii in their orchard there are SO

crabapples. Tbey have never been abletof.TL-et They donot want to forgetThe, never will forget. I heir » rctch-

happy if heenrries perpetually in mindthe n.ean .things that have been <lonehim. On the other hand. j ..ii .-an find

here and there a man or woman (for

I here are not many of them) whose

Why 7 Maie the, always bi.-n treated

well? Oh.no. Hard thing-- have beenamid i galas! them. The, have ljeen

charged with officfouaaeaa, ami their

generosities have been set down to adesire for display, and the, have many

I laac been the subject of little tattle,

ii<) they have had enough small as-

saults like gnats nnd enough great at-

tacks like li<uis to have made them per-

petual:, miserable if the, would have

heaven. M, e's.-, ret of it ,,l| , 5 theyhave, by the help of the Eternal God.

Another practical thought: Whenour faults are repented of let thein goout of mind. If God forgets them, wehave a right to forget them. Havingonee repented of our infelicities anduusdi uieanors. there is no need of ourrepeating of them again. Bappnaa I

owe von .i largesum of money, and y..u

are persuaded 1 am Incapacitated l«.

pay and you give asc acquittal front

that obligation. You say: "I caucelthat debt. All is right now. Start

of many, necessary for Christian nse>fuln.-s-. f,, r I never swore a word orerer got drunk or went to compromis-ing place* ..r was guilty of assault andbattery .. r ever uttered a slanderousword or ever did any one a hurt, al-though I knew mj heart was sinfulanough. and I said" to myself: ' Thereis no OSS) ,,f my trying to do any good,for I never went through those de-praved experiences.' But afterward I

saw- consolation in the thought that

laying on of the 1

about i

of diss

f the

propria!.- in a meeting of reformeddrunkard. ..r reformed debauchees toquote for those not reformed how des-perate and oast, j aca were, bed donot drive a scavenger's eart into as-semhlages of people the in. . .t of w hornhave always been decent and respect-

able. Bui I have b.-.-n aontetkMat in

grcit eraageHeal wsaattaga where peo-ple w.-ui into particulars about thesins that they onee committed, somuch so that 1 felt like putting myband on my | ketbor.k or calling forthe police lest the.<- reformed men

•Jd I

if ]

and wh, h i sskad Mai if tali story ..f

lillle

-elf:, a

through that process be ten timeshappier nnd more u-.-fiil than we noware. We have been told that forget*

actnallv let! It|

"Their sic an.

I

remember no ,M ,

forget I ing i. so

apt>eal t

u.sion." The following day I come ia

ind say: "M, de ar sir. al out t hat debt- I can never get o\er the fact that 1

iwe yon that money. It is somethinghal srsagtta on nn mind like' a mill-

tone Do forgiven,,- thai debt." Thisime you clear ;>( your patieneeanda,. •, oil are a nuisance. What do

friends, there are mauv Christiansguilty of worse foil, thaathavt. Whileit is right that the, repeal of new sins

and of recent sins, what is the use ofbothering yourself and insulting Godib\ asking Him to forgive sins t hat longago w. ie fora-ivrn? God has forgottenthem. Why do yon not forget them?So; jtm drag the load on will vou.nnd365 times a veil, if you pray everyday.

been forgiven and your life puritied.

forget the waywardness of the pastami allow oihers to forget it.

Hut what I moat want in the light ofthis baXt to impress is thrt we have a

sin forgetting God. gopnooe that onthe last day—called the Inst day be-

cause the sun will never atnin rise up-

on our earth, the earth ftself bahhoHung into fiery demolition sup[i..Miig

that on that last day a roup of in

fernal spirits should aottiehow get

that their pr- n niu iat ion i hi ills all whohear them. Such is tha name of theItalian soldier nnd lihr-rato* Gari-

baldi. Marching with his troop. . he

met n shepherd who wn. in great dis-

tress localise he had lost a lamb.•» wid to hi. troops: "Let us

help this poo,- shepl .ti! find hi. lamb."

explored the mountains, but did not

find the lamb, and after an unsucceKS-fnl search late at night they went to

lea lie i. but

scldie keptth»r into the night and had found it,

ant he pulled down the blankets fromhi* couc h, and there lay the lamb,

which Garibaldi ordered immediatelytokMi to iis owner. So the Commanderof ill the hosts of heaven turned aside

froti Hi. glorious and victorious marchtin- i the

heartI all i

it. God's powci of

at that it two menIhe one man. after

ts the sins .,1 his

disagreeables of life drop. Wee enough things in the present. andre will be enough in the future, to

lurb us without running a special

r the,

afraphs a«

or they h.v

e times look- them over,

them tied up in bundlesor thrust in pigeonholes, and theyfrequently regale themselves and their

friends by an inspection of theseflings, these sarcasms, these false-

hoods, these cruelties. 1 have knowngentlemen who carried them in theirpocket books, so that they could easily

get at these irritation., and they puttheiv right hand in the inside of their

study, and that is well, but these ofwhom I speak catch the wasps and thehnrn-ts and the poisonous insects andplay with them and put them on them-selves and on their friends and see how-far the noxious things can jump, andshow how deep they can sting. Haveno such scrapbook Keep nothing In

your possession that is disagreeableTear up the falsehoods and the slan-

fforget, sublimely forgethajgujjest for you in an,

di-pos

of tail

They.antl.ei

peut much of tbeir

time in calling the roll of all the rats

that have nibbled at their reputation.

Their soul is a cage of vultures.

Everything in them is sour or embit-tered. The milk of human kindnesshas bc'.-L cu-dled. They do not believe

threw it ..IT where it ^tras deml loaded up w ith something

LeffbtS t h row off the w in ..• than nsefreight of a corrupt and destroyedand load up with gratitude and

h and holy determination. We doplease God by the cultivation ofmiserable. He would rather seelappy than to see us depressed.

jl Ka r ha ndness fo

Leader came all the way down, and by

the time His errand is done our little

world, our wandering and lost world,

our world Beecy with the light, will be

found in the bosom of the Great Shep-

herd, and then all Heaven will take up

the cantata and sing: "The lost sheep

found!"So I set open the wide gate of my

dated nnd broken and prostrate than

the ruins of Melrose or Kenilw orih. for

from these last ruins yon can pick up

some fragment of a rculpt tired stone

or you can see the curve of somebroken arch, but after your repent-

ance and your forgiveness you cannot

find in all' the memory of God a frag-

ment of your pardoned sins so lnqr-e

as a needle's point "Their sir.s and

their iniquities will 1 remember no

Six different kinds of sounds were

heard on that

will not forget their forgiven deficits,but they seem to be determined thatthe church ami the world shall notforget them. If yon want to declarethat you have been the chief of sinners and extol the grace that couldsave such a w retch as you were, do so,but do not go into particulars. Donot tell how many times you got drunkor to what bad places you went orhow man, free rides you had in theprison van In-fore you were convert-ed. Lump it. brother; give it to us inbulk 11 you have any scars g„, in

fare

o thehorrible pit from whidigged. Yes. be thankful for that res-cue, but do not make displays of themud of that horrible pit or splaaa it

over Other people. Sometime,' 1 havefelt iu Christian meetings discomfitedand unfit for Christian service be-cause I had .lone none of those thingsrtsiak seemed to be, in the estimation

o tbeThe

the bang of the hammers was a second

sound, the jeer of mnlienants was a

third .ound, the weepingof friends and

followers was a fourth sound, the

plash of blood on the rocks was a fifth

sound, and the groan of the expiring

j nrd was a sixth sound. And they all

commingled into one sadness. Over a

place in Kussia vv here wolves were pur-

suing a load of travelers and to save

them a servant sprang from the sled

fnto the mouths of the wild beasts and

was devoured and thereby the other

H*«a were saved are inscribed the

words: "Greater love hath no man

than this, that a man lay down Ins life

for his friend." Many a surgeon In

o,, r own time has in tracheotomy with

his own lips drawn from the w m.;e

, )f n diphtheritic patient that which

cured the patient and slew the surgeon.

snd all have honored the self-.-e, rilu e.

iVut all other scenes of sacrifice pale

before this most illustrious martyr of

nil time and all eternity. After that

a ,o.,,i/ingspectacle in behalf of our

fallen race nothing about the sin for-

getting God is too ftupe-.^ous for my

faith, end I accept the prom.se, and wiH

you not all accept it I "Their sins and

their iniquities will

Canal and Interme-diate Polats.

Colonist recursions open to all. Later onIf n.-.clv..!. dur.ligt^e.iimii.rr.; ,-. lotllaitrip excursions to the Coa*t at less than;", 1

;

r M •• : >•'

.' !'•' •'*•"''• «•''"• »: .on be I.u-k,. - I'.-.i-

l-ie i.;-!, niter.-... at v„nau« points will- yell a! tent:, n. A-!-!|... ..

i,1 to

U. II. I ,.„n..r. G-ner.l Ag.n- U „,,.,. IV

veteran leunn.n. April -J to 2... are rejC.ied

hv :m,l seee.--.iilc to -urn >me line ol railwayentering Dallas.

In t.-.e .n-.-i. -• n: T tie . lti/en- of Dalla.and ot veterans wtiu contemplate attendingt:.e t. ti t ,:- en .n.-.ui. Iinpre I. is

nirreeted. In audit inn to the railroad re-

ferred to, die < otton He'! route passes thereunion grounds, where all trains will -top.

l. Dim

your friends and y,

,d-o

• ears dao raa e*«ry few minute.• D." 1 - '

- .•• i'-it i.'-.-u.ii-. -Aneed have no fear that, come as

iv. ample » .-.>mttvi..i it •. i - an-1 f i -it a—

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ifed Northern.

t$u hrO .-r.p.

Hpnags, I>i., Feb.

9oo Drops

Fromolcs Digcalion.Cheerfur-

ncss and Rest.Conlains neilher

i hi tin Morphine nor>lii\eral.

>'OT NARCOTIC.

glTO-ad.fWlyif

Aperfecl Rpmedy forConslirvt

Hon , Sour Stomach, DiarrhoeaWorms .Convtilstons .Feverish

ncss nnd Loss or Sleep.

OASTQBIAFor Infants and Children.

The Kind You Have

Always Bought

Bears the

Signature

of

Thirty Years

GASTORIA

The Hickman Courier

GEOHGK WARP.F.N. Publisher.

l^ICKM

[l902 MARCH. 1902jf

HIS TOUR AT AN END.

and his pstUcalwith which he »

out the country.

7 8:

Prince Henry Traveled Throurrli

13 Stater, and Loeged a Total

Mau^Maf 4,158 Miles.

GREATLY PLEASEO WITH HIS TRIP

l.-go-iatui

by the

special traine south, west

prince on thea visit to Al-ii bright gun« of the Hud-.h a receptionlilitary acade

I fell

I METHUEN CAPTURED.

9 10 11 12 13 14 15|

;T6 17 18 19 20 2122J

I"23 1 24125 26 27 28_ 29 I

t-h«-;-:t:-:-:-h-:-:-i-4

CURRENT TOPICS.

Camels are the only animals that

Can not swim.

Smallpox is spreading at a rapid

rate in i-onnon.

The duratic% of antour-tenth* of a secon

Some of the railway cars in Basal*.

<« pail Day Beran With a V';»

Albany and Closed With a E«

reptiou at West Point.

A pontifical tiara In gold, valued'£ 40.000. is to be the jubilee Rift of the

English Catholics to Pope I-eo XIII.

The metropolitan police of Londonlook after 8.200 miles of roads andetreeta.

All Scottish estates are ownedt.240 people. England has 1T»«

owners of farms.

In some of the farming district!

China pigs arc harnessed to smallwagons and made to draw them.

Japan has acquired 1

dining car system at a jump without

pausing at the railway sandwichatage.

Prince Henry soon after returning

from the United States

the quarter centenary of his service

In the navy.

Silk is the strongest cf aUtable, or nnlanil tloeads. It is three

times as strong as a flaxen thread of

the same sue.

A mountain of arsenic, the first im-

portant body found in America, hasbeen discovered 50 miles south-west

of Tacoma, Wash.Since its doors were thrown open,

on October 1, 1897, there has beendaily average of 2.2i>0 visitors to tt

congressional library.

Hurlne the last century the rhino;

Yellow river changed its course SS

times. Its present mouth is tiOO milesaway from its mouth of 1809.

Cabbage grows all the year In Hit

waii. and it apparently makes no dif

ference whether it is planted in the.

spring, summer, autumn or winter.

There are 13.958.622 acres of uncultivated land in Italy, •which mightbe developed and made profluctive bythe application of ordinary enterprise.

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Snyder, whorkersburg. \V. Va . have1 only 21 year?, but have»ight being twins, and all

Milwaukee. Wis.. March 5.—Milwau-kee was host to Prince Henry of Prus-

sia for six hours Tuesday evening andgave him a reception that was highly

enthusiastic and an entertainment that

ilque. His special train

at 4 o'clock and at 10 was away again

the long trip to Niagara and NewEngland. The intervening time wasall given over to the reception andentertainment of the royal visitor. It

with a drive through business

and residential districts in review be-

fore a crowd that numbered 200.000. I cers on duty a

Then there was a public reception at troduced to hit

which Gov. Robert I-a Follctte and very warmly ;.

Mavor David S. Rose voiced the offi- on their work.Leaving

iding offlci

the honor. He looked through the cap-ltol and. returning under guard of cav-

alry, infantry and police to th> Unionstation, left at 10:30 for West Point.

West Point was reached at 2 o'clock

and the prince was received with themilitary honor due his place tn thenaval service of his country. Col.Mills came to the station with a Jimber of the officers of the academy andwith a troop of cavalry drove aim to

the parade ground on the heights* "tie cavalry escort showed

if the inclined road.

The. Lnoi

ie Held and the prtuce

d them. Dress paiadthe prince as reviewing

i omplinieuted Ibem

iding school

n exhibition

Illuminating and a thrilling night run of riding.

of the Milwaukee Are department. La-J The parting call of the prince wasthere was a banquet at which theajat the house of Col. Mills, whom he

prince met the leading citizens of the i repeatedly congratulated and thafked.city and state.

| He was so much interested in the jxjsl

Rochester. N. Y . March 6.— Prince tMat he prolonged his stay 20 minutesHenry of Prussia traveled from Chi- beyond the time set for his departure,cago to Niagara Kalis Wednesday. The prince had originally intendedcrossed the Canadian frontier for a t0 return to the Hohenzollern. but thebrief stay, during which he was offl- discovery of a case of scarlet feTer Incially welcomed by the dominion, and the crcw changed his mind. He did

Wednesday night., not fear infection himself, but decided.

or the fact that he is to meetnumber of persons during the

training days of his stay in the

States that it would be better

His longest stop ii

arranged in his honor. He first list

n. ,! to concert at the ^ldon-As-l.iria hot. I, largely made up of his fa-

3, the

horseshoe falls from Table Rock,the American falls from the ledge over

the whirlpool on the Canadian shore,

roue down the gorge to a point belowthe lower whirlpool, and there inspect-

ed the plant of the Niagara Power Co..

which con'-erts the force of nature to

the purpo. os of commerce. He wasmuch impressed by the falls, and as

jiUg arranged at his request M n

he stood cn Table Rock looking across ! lhat was ovt>r he drove tu tnu Uniwrat the horseshoe, he said: "U Is mas-

; tily rIul) to a Ulncheon which was aotniflcent; it is grand." He was much conttude<j UIlti | afternoon. In the evimpressed also by the swirling rapids

j

tning hl. w„ a KUHSt at dlnner -down in the gorge and when he left

|and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbr

bis car at the whirl; nd ha stood lorjniet a largo party mau> up ot

several minutes watching the tumb-, of KOC ja i prominence. When the'

ling of th? waters. [bade faiewell to the coiAt Erie. Pa., was a srrc*t

beei

in the preceding calendar year, val-

ued at $1,821,562.

Prince Edward of Wales, who is a

great favorite with the queen, seemsto be getting on. He is only sevenyears old. but is learning to ride with

a skill and fearlessness which do cred-

it to his strain of Danish ancestry.

Parisian thieves have discovered anew method, which hag taken the

form of abstracting the platinum tubesfrom the interior of motor cars. Hun-dreds of thefts of this kind have beencommitted during the past few weeks.

Col. 8. A. Houston, of Lawrence.ICans.. has secured half a bushel of•corns from the McKiulev farm in

Ohio. His idea is to give them topeople who will plant them and growliving monuments to the ^martyredpresident.

Mrs. Hayward Lynah. of Savannah.tit., has In her possession the missilethat killed Count Pulaski at the siegeof Savannah. Contrary to the general

an Iron grapeshot. more than an inchin diameter.

air. Cecil Rhodes has bought a horn-?

for himself in England. Dalham Ha'l.

near Newmarket, for more than hair

* million dollars. The estate contains3.4 15 acres. 3<w acres or fine timber,and has been in the possession or theAffleck lamily tor over 200 years.

At Briadels. near Saint-Affrique. !n

the south or Prance, a recent stormlaid bare an immense cemetery or theMerovingian period. The tombs areformed of slabs, arranged in manywaye. some with flat tops on vertical

sides and others arranged like sheds.

v Chicago has three buildings 17 or

sore stories in height, seven ot 16

, stories, three or 15. six of 14 and sevent^pf 13. This according to the count of

Mb alderman.m took practically one-half of

Because two-thirds of German s 15".

I 000 music teachers are alleged to be

I Incompetent, the coming Reichstag

f^Pori be asked to

L the teacheis Ui

\ Anatlou.

i York Vae i informal i

s lat

eral women fainted and anybody any-

was submitted to dangerous pressure.

At Buffalo Mayor Knight welcomedthe prince and the local German sing-

ing societies sans. It was 2: 45 o'clock

when the special arrived at Buffalo,

and 15 minutes later it was steamingaut to Niagara Fails.

At 6 o'clock the prince was backand aboard his tram. Kiitccn minuteslater it departed for Boston.

Boston. March 7.—Prince Henry of

Prussia was the guest of BostonThursday. His welcome was cordial.

Gov. Crane and Mayor Collins, acting

for the state and city. Sllisjlllll tn

be r. turned to- the Waldorf-Astorhfor the night. He found time, betweei

the tour main events on his programmitor the day, to receive a delegatiot

representing the Commercial club oSt. Paul and several callers, and. I

finally complete the arrangements fc

the last two days' stay in the counti

and his departure tor nome* He hac'

intended to be presei

The W orst Keverse to the British

Throughout the War.

Three British Officers snd 38 Metere Kitted, 5 Officers and 72 MenWounded, and One Officer and

200 Men Are Missing.

id Met

FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.

Washington. March 5.—Senate—The ship subsidy bill was further dis-

cussed in the senate Tuesday by Mr.Frye. his remarks belt* directed prin-

cipally to the republican senators, andhe gave further expression to his

views. No other senators desiring to

. -da^athr bill was laid asideid a nunawr of other bills wereissed.

House—The house spent anotherday in discussion of the bill to clas-

liry the rural free delivery service andilace the carriers urder the contractlystem. No vote was reached and it

s doubtful whether one will be hadof speech<

the Boers, commanded by Gen. Dela

rey. The news came like a thunder-

bolt to Umdon. The extra editions ol

the evening papers giving an account

of the disaster were eagerly bought

up and their readers hurried through

the streets with anxious faces and

The reading of l.ord Kitchener s tele

gram by the war secretary. Mr. Hroder

ick. was listened to in deep silence

which was broken by loud Irish cheers

Instantly there were cries of shame.'

shame" from the government U-nches

Then the Irish members seemed tc

think better ot their outbreak and sud

denly subsided. The subsequent eulo

gistic references to Gen Methuen wer«

received with cheers.

In brier. lx>rd Kitchener announcedthat when Gen. Methuen was c aptured

wounded, with tour guns, three Brit

ish officers and 38 men were killed andi 72 I

In addition one officer and 2

men were reported missing.

The text of lx>rd Kite h. n. i s .]

patch announcing the capture of Gt

Methuen is as follows:

"Pretoria. March 8—1 greatly

gret to have to send you bad newsMethuen. He was moving with J

till

news. I think this sudden revit

activity on the part of Delarey

draw off the troops pressing DeIn a second dispatch, dated Sn

Marel, it. l.ord Kitchener says:

"Paris has come in at Krai

with the remainder or the men. I

ports that the column was movltwo parties. One. with the ox wj

(left Twe Bosch at 3 a. m. The

zollcrn ii

sc*let 1

t H(

I the n

r. Jut lie Ho.

Before reinforce

I days

thel

moraryto receive from Harvard the

degree of doctor of laws.

Thursday night the vrinci

en a dinner by the city of Boston and

«tead he remained at the hotel, arising

late and breakfasting at his leisure

It was the Arion society, of Brooklyn,

winner of the kaiser's prize at the

singing festival in Brooklyn in 1900

etui-lied that ' urnisne <l ,he morning concert for

the prince at th» hotel.

It had been originally arranged that

the singers should serenade the prince

aboard the Hohenzollern Saturday, but

in the change of the plan the serenadewas abandoned. The prince met Dr.

John Sehildce. chairman of the

sat at a table with i

the representative citizens of themonwealth.

Boston was reached at 9:35 o'clock

anu as soon as the special halted in

South station Mayor collins and adelegation of city officials boarded the

|

,n,>

train and were introduced to"*

prince by Ambassador Von HolhThere was an exchange or greet

and the prince, his staff and tho i

shown to carriages waiting at

driveway of the depot. Escortecavalrymen and naval militiamenparty was driven to Hotel Som«

the Somerset

than 200 of rrousic committee of tho society, at din

rounded by his staff in full uniform, r

ceived Gov. Crane, who came with anequally brilliant staff, and when thecall was ended the prince started nt

once for the state house to return the

courtesy. After he had paid his re

spects to Gov. Crane he entered the

house or representatives, where thelegislature was in session, and

ner Saturday night and expressed re-

gret that he was not to have a chanceto hear the club sing. The doctor sug-

gested that it might still take place

at the hotel and the prince approvedmidnight, but a fewo arrange the affair.

Telegrams and telephone messageswere hurried out to the members andby 11 o'clock 150 of them had reportedat the hotel.

The concert took place in the Astorgallery and began at 11:30. The princesat in the center of the hall surround-ed by the members or his suite, the

sur • American escort. Ambassador Von HoiConsul C<

sul Geissier. The choru"Pries Lied." and after thquest ot the prince, an e

gramme which includedtucky Home" and "Dixie." Theeluding number was Kreuzer's "ThLards Own Day " and it was rendereverv effectively. The prince was 6\

and Con

presented from the lorum by President lighted with the serenade and. _Soule. or the senate Leaving the shaking hands with the officers of thechamber he was shown the battle flags society addressed the members briefcarried by the regiments of the state

\y f n German,in the civil war.

The heartiest part of Boston's form-aj welcome to Prince Henry was con-

centrated in the banquet at the Hotel '

Somerset Thursday evening. To thesentiments expressed there his royal

|

highness made a formal response.

NEGAUNEE'3 DRY SUNDAY.

Tv»o Members of the Civic FederationLe.inue Attacked By Roughs.

Negaunee. Mich.. March 10_As aesult of the organization or the Clvbfederation league last week. Rev. C.d. Gilchrist, pastor or the Methodist

Monday, when he goes to I hurch. and Louis F. Pearre. a mem-Philadelphia. He was sbsent rrom the ber of the league, were roughly treatedcity lor nine days, during which time . or a crowd ot men Saturday nighthis special train was within the terri while they were making a tour of thetory of 13 states and logged a total i town. They were set upon bydistance of 4.358 miles. He was great of roughs and would have been severe-ly pleased with bis trip and. through 1

»;is aide. Capt. Von

aw

ly dealt with had not three policemenwith drawn revolvers come to theiraid. The town was "dry" Sunday th*Jrst time bj it* history.

wounded in the thigh. Pajis.

Methuen is still in the Boer cam]London. March 11.—Delarey.

has proved himself the most able ol

all the Boer generals, has. within

fortnight, gained a second decisive

His first victory wa3 the cap

Von Donop's convoy, when the

casualties in killed, wounded ai

made prisoners totalled 632. i

has now added to his laurels

capture, for the first time throughout

campaign, of a prominent British

» (ten

reverses the British have si

throughout the whole war.

In a private telegram just re

here Lord Kitchener adds: . "I fii

thuen has a fractured thigh, bul

reported to be doing well."

In another message Lord Kit.

Hie railroad Monday, and add

hope the reinforcements now ai

will rectify the situation in thi

without disturbing operations

The Standard says this defeat

after a succession of mishap

which it is Impossible to accot

mere bad fortune.

The Daily News says the eve

scarcely a parallel since the dark dis-

astrous days when the North Amccan colonies broke from British c<

trol.

"When every allowance Is mad.

savs the Standard, "we can not but ft

something not creditable to our vi

lance in these constant surprises."

It Is feared that Lord Kitchener's

Incomplete accounts have not told the

worst. It is recognized that although

the damage is more moral than mate-

rial, it will certainly have the effect of

The r the bill 1

lereated. Thers Tuesday were Messrs. SmithKv ). Gardner iN. J.l and Wll(Miss. I. in tavor and Messrs.

(ted.), Maddox (Oa.l and Hill

against the measure. Beroredebate began the conference report onthe Philippine tariff bill was adopted.The vote was on party lines exceptthat Messrs. McCall (Mass I. Little-

field (Mel and Heatwole (Minn.t.democrats against

Wai 6.—Senate— It

he senate will

iding shipping

•ment for the time of taklugict date was mentioned as be-

ing satisfactory to the minority memhers of the commerce committee. Mr.

Clay (Ga. » addressed the senate In op-

o the bill and had not conhen the senate adjourned

Early in the session the senate passed" gislative. executive and judicial

appropriation bill, the second of theBiipplv measures to be acted on at

HoiI bill t

ee delivei

ju adjourned early out of respect to

e memory of Representative Polk'a. I. whose death occurred suddenly

Philadelphia Tuesday night. Aimmittee was appointed to attend the

funeral ot the de. eased mWashington. March 7.-

notable speech was made in the sen-

ih. pending shipping hill, which hediscussed from the standpoint of an

the shipping bill wasresumed an extended debate occurredon the measure providing for the protcr tion of the president of (Jfea L'nited

S'.at.s. Mr. Bacon iGaj took theground that in its present shape the

Invasion of the jurisdicstates and that it ought

while

that it ought I

.• as rc

takeil ton No a

The hoii'e devoted anotherdav to debate of the hill to ajM ">the rural free delivery service and to

place the carriers under contract. Lit-

tle interest was manifested In thediscussion. A vote is expected Friday.

Washington. March «.—Senate—Oncount of the indisposition of Mr.est I.Mo.) and Mr. Mallory (Fla.).

bo expected to s|ieak Friday on the•nding ship subsidy MB, that mease was not considered by the senateriday. The diplomatic and consular

I up the r toe

against it. The senate agreed to makethe hill the unfinished business at the

coni iusion or the consideration ot the

ship subsidy bill. Adjourned until

Monday.House—The bill to classiry the rural

tree ib livery service and to place the

c arriers under the contrac t system held

the floor in the house Friday. Hy anamicable arrangement general debate

will be concluded Satiuday and the

(Mo. I address.-d the senate in oppo-

sition to the pending ship subsidy hili

No member of the body has been accorded more flatteringly close atten

tion than he received. Mr. Tillman(S. Cl followed with a brief speechin opposition to the bill. The senate

objected* bloTon the'calendar.House—The bill to classify the ru.

ral free delivery service and place thecarriers under the contract system,which has been debated in the housefor over a week, was passed Monday,but in a form that completely changed

lents. All the

of < \: rb :

creased froa; $:,<.o to |0M per annum.A motion offered by Mr. Williams(dem.. 111.) to recommit the bill withinstructions to report back an amend-ment providing for the dismissal fromthe service ot carriers who should usetheir influence in tavor or any partic-

ulai party and tor any particular can-

didate was voted down—96 to 141. Aspassed the bill classifies the rural free

delivery service and fixes the compen-sation of employes as follows: Specialagents in charge of divisions, not ex-

eaedhmd 13.401 per annum; specialagents, lour classes, graded rrom $1.-

3'»i to ll.fM; route inspectors, rourclasses, rrom $9<i0 to $1,200: clerks,

rour classes, rrom $9"" to $1.20". Thecompensation or carriers Is not to ex-

ceed $«00.

A Wealthy Filipino's Offer.

rrom the Philippines, says that Gen.

Zano. ot C^sUe, a multi-millionaire,

has offered to^uive $5iio.0n0 to eachAmerican army officer who will marry

Senator Foraker III.

Washington. March 8.—Senator For-

aker has been confined to his homefor two days, suffering with muscularrheumatism. He was in bed most ol

Thursday, but Friday night was very

SOME WONDERFUL CROPSWESTERN CANADA. *tt

nits Beyond Dellrl. V

:r.

taA^e-

the extensi

getting it tl

of Agriculti

reports an:,r.*0wingt

delay i

ought to be, and no doubt are,

posted upon the probable yields.

Still the report* are simply a matter

of opinion, in which a mistake mayeasily be made. The Territorial De-

partment, however, has adopted the

system of returns of crops actually

thr. -h.u. upon which to base their

reports. The ac curacy of the reports

lot, therefore, be gainsaid, for 1

r -pi .-. I ; a compilation of actual

shing remits. In this connection,

ilgl - be mentioned that the De-

ling c turns, which vi

summer. Thhis obtained, v.ith es

rill be available foriks. rmQwmj cmpanrests which have toe

The crop reports alrencly to handflow some remarkable cases of ab-

i.rma! development. Tn the Reginaistrict. many returns are given of

•ops of wheat running from 40 to 43

J. A Snrll. of Yorkton. threshed29,000 bushels of oats from 4S0 acres,

an average of 6:: bushels per aore for alaree ac reage.

, It. Motherwell, at? Ahernethy,threshed 2.0.-,0 bn-hel* of wheat from

acre field, an average of 53 bush-els per acre.

In the Edmonton district. T. T.

TTutchings threshed 729 bushels of

y 7", busheleplot

threshed 6.0.-.0

ac res of land, a

ixhe

publication ..r the actual yield*

iin threshed will likely open the.

f the people t.» the peat ?apabikI (ha western < anadba. prairies.

All n«r« Alike.

II Arch»t.,PuiU.,Pa.

20 MILLION BOTTLESSOLD EVERY YEAR.

cur-d tyST J»co»s OaofRHt L'.VA",.p.a: g:a t;o:hache. he a

ache. lameness, scalds. bur1

PAIN

jusinonr

v v.;

' •v.v.'yg

alien'* UlceriM

:

_Y ^TS.CT2S«s

TO MOTHERSMrs. J. H. Haskins, of Chicago,

111., President Chicago Arcader^^CUb, Addresses Comfort in-'

^rHw*' !0fe,,s {0 Women BegardiogCldidbirth.

- Mothers

PROTECTION AND THE SOUTH.

make thei pt« ai the s..„th believe

that tMrj arc [jjWHTttwl in a prv' *aV

incut of »ew ataAfaeturinf indux-The fallacy .if the argument

becomes mvrt apparent iw] daj'««"«» hfce manufactured products

f the -.nth are iuer-l> ud.lit.ons tourplus products I hat ha\e to haported, .-.i \ - the Indianapolis B

S. J. II «j |-

jur mourns after, and at the time ]

thought death was a welcome reliefbut before iny last child was 1m, rn t

-hbora<hisedLyiliaK.I»ink-MM > \ . p • ,i, i i.ciind, and

be for

- W.. r fout

ndalsc

birth;— it broughtvlief. I hardly had anad when the child wasleft my bed strong in

•«"•"-"• r-very: f ami fall 1 now take

aiKJttie. f Ljrdia i:. l*ink ham'* Wg-etable Compound and Bad it keenuie in continual excellent health.'—Mrs. J. U. IUskins, 3248 Indiana Ave.,

L!^a,!^V,!/',,r

'w°°/'"^"< 'fx** <«"•»-

ObM and careful TaWlfll i-

what tlie«-x|MH taut an<l Wllld 111mother needs, and tliis rawmlShe ean secure without cost btvriilnff to Mrs. 1'inkhum aiLynn, Mass.

ABSOLUTE

SECURITY.Genuine

Carter'slittle Liver Pills,

Mast Teer Signature of

rARTrtfQ F0,MEAD4CHE•

TIVeBj"" JFOIl SALLOW SKIN.— ^ I rOll ThE COMPLEXION

«cSn Purely SetnaSAf.y^^Pi-^

FOR BILIOUSNESS,

jVFR FOR T0RPID LIVER.

PILLS kOR CONSTIPATION.

PROFITABLE PHILANTHROPY.

How iha ** -i-nxli'afiamii HiailMairi tha Pimaanat

me a%a«aTa Baaaaaae.

It bill,

;• » reek and Cuea 1

nx-n.tr of th* two-dollar . lass. TBI>1 line In furnishing und.r lis. tea-ntract 15-krot steel steamers at tb«

led for l--tnL..t x.i.Hlm .if.mn.

'« malic-ally

. ... bridge andwithin th- space ..f a minute. Inorderto close the M compartment doors ofthe Kron Prim Wilhclm it la reccssarvto move a lever on the bridge, la totalwhich an electric hell is luBBlll J lot

door. |llhjg worn

nd in

nfaetiirers extract from the Ameri-can |M-.,p|e.

The situation fully justifies the ol>-

servntion made by I IjafJaMMIFleming, of lieorpia. in an article

pahUaaed and circulated by the

r. putlH. :.l Ixe : I; lit): -!...u.i appal. I :

.

lv If f:. inert d by the cotton ml!! r.sld.i.t-•t -iir i eiahb.ir.1 k . f N..rthSouth Carolina! Perhaps the stockholder?

.-..on h ft'! > 'h- proper n rrertlv.. It Is

possible, too. tli:it i li »• n;ri, behind Uir :.,..m>ma.v have something to say about It. The

"-C4

crugc rate of *t>.12 per |x>un.l. Theaaane -er.icc. if performed at non-contract rates bj laaeihaii >.sseia

would have cost ?l.00 per pound forletters and eight cents per pound for

oihermatter.at a totnl.ost of s:,..,., 1.12.

If performed by foreign

r let-

petttive rates. The rieeani.- companywill get in future *2s:;.2s:i f..ra air ileaworth aa.43S.78, Proaa these flffarea it

A GREAT YET SIMPLE TRICK.

NEW SAFETY DEVICE.

the

Then'n-rler ill

with each door.

ehart house plow I*

AaMc from this

B«y failure of th.the dawn asaj b« e

usual manner.

AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS,

ire Praa-aetaaa ... unais n.e anaaMaaMarket (ratal Their *rli.-

Ha « .....

Amer'.car. manufacturers of silv

ware are preparinjf to invade the Kilish markets. The originality andtlstic finish of th. American J.r^lihas been reeofalard in the hrilish Is

is rtaewbere, bu; sritboat the EnffKethall mark as a guarantee of the purityof the silver it was iMBaSI I .• t., nany headway. One difticulty in th<way was that the hall mark could tio'

he artixetl after the B>a**1 ».r< fit:

ishrd. as the ;e«s for purity sroejitlistigure them.To ahfUtc this the

made airmmewaaenta to ship :1

. ha»e the hall .1,.,'rk aftived

heek to Ike (Hit. States f.,:

CURE SICK HEADACHE.

Homeseekers9

Excursions

California

Great Southwest,

$33 from Chicago

$30 from St. Louis

$25 from Kansas City

Oa* Way. second class, daily, during March and

One Fare plus $2 Round Trip

.... ....

Xnstvsa .out CHlorn,..tier,. - n .-••sfrom Kast general v Ask

jofcr h no i. Through steepers and' cbaii

t In- exportiug mauufacturd ? is M „.. t|„. \\ hal ttie

south needs is markets.

PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.

its the

•s President Koosevelt'se Schley case, hut he timls

j to obey the injunction to

f about it.- Washington

talks for

nnn that

the goods,.w.- Indi-

will |!

RMCd by the otheranapolis News (Ind.j.

Admiral Sampson was not at thebottle of Santiago. Hut what of that ?

The president >nys - 1 1,- 1 ant latl y thatnobody was in command anyhow; thatthe captains were just si, .shing about>n their own hook. The pr. -i.'. nt's

iecision has been set down as n rathershrewdly constructed document. It

I analysis as a humorousIt will not bt taken int.,

sideriition bv the ultimatef the war wilh Spain ( in

»ve shall be guilty of a peculiars* con-temptible sort of cowardice—the cow-ardice of the strong robbing the weakin the e;uise of a benefactor. —St. LouieRepublic.

ROTAIi MEKK

PROSPECT OF A DEFICIT.

lime. I. rip.

says the Chicago Chronicle.As compared with Kehrutir

there was an increase of $1..V

customs receipts, while there v

crease of $.1..Vhi.(ioo in internal . . .

and of fc.'..-.00.IK)0 from jlanHlMUl

At the s e time there was a srn„I

le expenditure- Th,- , \

its hit expendit nr. s f,.,

M $-'.000.4s<I. agninst M,• same month last tear.

phy- cai , haracln i talhta of t

is well a- the living peoplesthe area once occupied bv the cl

dwellers ,,f Pawblo, \/t,-c.. Xoltee ai

Cheehemee (veoples. The ]#ir<cip

tribes, to be studied on th's preaent tr

are the Pimas. I'apag .s. Va,|iii-. HaysTeprhuanos. Coras. Artecs and Tare

ri.m Cost..Eng!an,; -pend- ts.400.UOO m ftmi

lupers. Seat!aad it'oo.ooo.

i:>,a0o,u00.

MARKET REPORT.

Cincinnati.CATTLE—Common . 2Choice steers .'

CALVES- Extra ....HOGS—Ch. packers.Mixed packers C

SHEEP- Extra 5LAMUS W^xtra 6FIXiCR-Cspring pat . 3WHEAT— No. 2 red.CORN— No. 1 mixedOATS—Na 2 m i x ,.,|

RYE— No. 2

HAY—Ch. timothy ..

PORK- FamilyLARD-StearaBUTTER—Ch. dairy.Choice cream. r\

APPLES-Choice'. 4

POTATOES -i

Sweet potatoes .3TOBACCO-New ... I

March 10.

::. r„ 4 p.*

e 7 oo

® 6 m2a f 6 4525 & 5 5040 © 6 50

was bteatflk :

qnent deficit

Are thev

another attack of the

-—If the naval battle off Santlaecwas -., captains' fight." a tremendousinptstice ha- been done to the captainsM the drsrribution of the prfre monev.rorthei L-,,t very little -,f it. r\ . pt theone who., shlp was not in the battleand did a«4 fire a the*** theencarr.aashe was never in range whi'e the fightwas en - Pan Fruiu-isco I hroni. !e

(rep).

FLOUR-Win.Cpa\Vni° 3

WHEAT- No. 2 red.No. 3 spring

COB*—No. 2 mixed.OATS-No 2 mixed.RYE—No. 2PORK— Mess 15I. \Kl> St, am 9

New York.FLOCR— Win. patent 3 9WHEAT- Ho. 2 red.

OATS- No 2 mixedKYK— WesternPOUK—Family 17 oLARD—steam !]

Baltimore.WHEAT— No. 2 red. 8Southern 7

CORN—No 2 mixed 6OAT8—No. 2 mixed' 4CATTLE— Butchers 5 0HOGS—Western ... 1 67

Louisville.WHEAT- No. 2 redCORN—No. 2 mixed.OAT8—No. 2 mixed.PORK—MessLARD—Steam

WHEAT—No" 2'*redP0 ''S'

CORN—No. 2 mixedOATS—No. 2 mixed. 4!

Go tj 3 75

40 610 75

N @10 50

SO @ 4 00S2 /« *i<

75 • 7«<i& 64

*i</tO **>,

& 58 V10 dla 1522' <il 9 25

CONGRESSMAN HOWARD.Of National Reputation are the Men WhoRecommend Pe-ru-na to Fellow Sufferers,

^jfp

A Remarkable Case Reported From the State *^

of New York.

\ 1 \n\M<.< msnssmis bowakb, <

//>:<se of Representative

rne.-» nod fo inn, tnt UMCtry . I did M lag

•eks. and find I am very rally. 1 MaaAW aaaaaae fagmUam ».rn m>

/ fee, that m, cure ^mJaXV^STa\V#\7\%Z.'S

Waahfnvon, Feb. 4. IS99. \ ^ZTX'ad^lVnThe f'eruna Medicine Co. . L ulumbus. tot tcmpor,ry relict. I meatOhio: VaW^Oemlemen "/ hate taken Peruna -i\

now for tn o weeks,much relieved.wlli be permanent. I have also taken Itoihnii"* ben ph..

It for la grip,i. nnd I t*l fawmtmn ,11 -' aaal m miW,•v. ommending Pvruna a . an excellent ZS»r e**2

M. W. HOW ARD. ->»7 _ . .taaaaaCon^ressroan Howard s borne ad- ,h»n,"h AZUSJ. t

dress is Fort Payne, Ale.

head andnose. Nothing is far!h. r from

the truth. It mav be I ha t t he 11 >se andthioat arc the o:'tciie-t artectcd i.-. c-tarrb. but if this is so it is so only be-

cause these parts are more ex jxwed to

the vicissitudes of the elimute than thiother parts of the BOttT.Every organ, everv duct, every cavitv

of the homan b.sly is liable to catarrhA multitude of ai!:n-nts depeatd ontarrh. This is true winter andCatarrh causes

slightestthing to do « th it.

The follow ,nc Uvtcr which gi'" :ha

ude of ailments depend OH ca »"» w

, . . and am now aills is true winter and summer.

. ^Hior^'aamy- • "i™- I

bcit*^ •

.'i - .• V c. .. . s^rrr N.'»vlt'l. .

.'

a here the rietna has not the !™« ro.ui.yi,re | .. .

j

sn-pu .on .:.at catarrh !...-»:•>•, •

.

S b™

^Mr'.r.I of Mr. A. C. Lockhant:

mna fhave been

A. C L

I Send for a free catarrh book. Addivsa, The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.

DO YOU SHOOT?If you do you should send your name and address on a postal card for s

WINCHESTER'GUN CATALOGUE. IT'S FREE.It illustrates and describes all the different Winchester Rifles, Shotguns andAmmunition, and contains much valuable information. Send at once to the

Winchester Repeating Arma Co.. New Haven, Conn.

IN WET WEATHER

A WISE. MANWEARS

OILEDWATERPROOFCLOTHING

WILL KftP YOU NT lOTmaXWlL— rote

CO

.

bOb]

1,213 BUS. ONIONS PER ACRE.

Itpo»«iole to grow 1,200 ami more bus perscre.

|B t list pa t s bet ter_ The

""and" v" eufblcT^slilist, tc pc

wzHAZARD

I GUN POVVDER

1890= SOS .183 Pair*

l!l - < 754 Pairs.

1901= 1,566,720 Pairs.

jhjatsaB! 0ou»W In f—r 1—n

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