Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MAROH 65, 1896—TWELVE PAGES, The Evening : Star’s Almanac for ’96. contains 416 pages i of solid reading matter! Tells - . all 4 about the local government, making it < of | special interest to every — citizen of the District. Contains more information than any other Almanac printed. — You need it for reference every day. A mine of useful -facts worth their weight in gold! Get it from any newsdealer, or at The Star Office, 25¢. per copy. NO BAD EFFECTS From Dr. Charcot’s Kola Nervine Tablets. This Great Nerve Remedy and Tonic is Free From Anything Deteterious. Itis Compounded to Cure and Its Merits Are Attested by Physicians and Patients. The compounders of the famous Dr. Charcot’s Kola Nervine Tablets positively and earnestly guarant-e all us-rs that the remedy Is absolutely free from all opte narcotics oF poiscnous. sub- Stances of auy kind and that no evil or secondary effects can possibly resuit from its use. 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All"druggists or sent direct. Eureka Chemical and Mfg. Co., La Crosse, Wis., and Bos- ton, Mass. mb5-5. DIDATES FOR CHICAGO. They Should Define Their Position Upon Currect Issues. To the Euitor of The Evening Sta ‘The article of “Vox Populi’ in The Star of March 4 seems to be a timely effort to clarify the rather cloudy atmosphere of the Distriet democracy, and to suggest action in the right direction. It is what is done in every county and state of the Union, and as the first local convention of the impend- ing campaign {s to be held here at the head- quarters of the country, and its action will be eagerly watched from all the states and territories, and is sure to exert a command- ing influence upon the policy and fortunes of the national democratic party, it would seem to be a question of prime importance that the six delegates to be chosen here for the appreaching national convention at Chi- cago should be men of character and snb- stance, men widely known throughout the country, and men of clear and settled con- vietions on the great questions now at is- sue. It would be most unfortunate and in- iurious to elect a set of delegates to go to Chicago from this capital who have no opinions, no settled convictions, and who would represent nothing but their own per- senal aspirations for place and distinction. The Star has already published a lis: of Prominent citizens from which a selection might be made, and also the principal topics the party here should be enlight- Anquity ought immediately to be those who are seeking the election tes to Chicago, or whose names may be brought before the local convention, ion and purpose in regard f as to their posi designated in the arti and it should be dis: and are as fol- lows: Do you inderse the administration? Are you for free silver Are you for sound money? 4. bo you faver the annexation of the Sandwich Islands? It is learnec that at the meeting of th central committee, March 3, Mr. Geo Kili in a forcible speech, announc himself as an aspirant for a seat in the Chicago convention, and boldly and broad- position on the pending is u ated that he had the ba of a rhinoceros and the courage of a lion, and that if elected as a delegate he would, if he ha cast them for Mr. Cleveland's renomination. This answer all the questions propounded by Vox Populi in a clear and direct manner, which cannot fail to be understood. Mr. Killeen ja the first man to declare where he sta and the democratic rs of the District will row be able, as he is concerned, to act intelligently in giving him their suf- frage or in turning him down. Th open and manly way of meeting the ons. Now let each of the other rants in like manner define their positioi and then there can be no complaint he after that any man has deceived or important. crisis. thus manfevlly define? Ris pos! it was in the presence and hearing of Paul Reagan, Wii van, Walter Costello, John Mv ward L. Jor am Hol- mead, P. F. onogue, Frank P. Mo Hy, a it is to be di regretted that those gen- Ueman did not at once follow bis noble e: ample. en members of Congr ed their astonishment tha of this great city should consent to vot any man as a de te to Chicago without knowing thoroughiy whether he would rep- resent their views or not, thus blindiy ca ing their votes for men simply be s have expres the de: and put rames have been thrust forwa: upon tickets which signify nothing but a combine for place rment. It is a spectacle at on id degrading, Lif the District democracy will so pros- ute their manhood and launch their fo tunes upon an uncertain they will richly deserve the shipwreck that. may follow. AMICUS PATRIAE. ————= AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. Another Man Hurt at the Union Station. Anthony Walker, a cciored laborer, aged thirty-seven, employed at the Union depot, while at work yesterday met with a serious and perhaps fatal acccident shortly after o'clock in the afternoon. The excavating in the interior of the place has nearly been completed, end Walker was some little dis- tance up on the bank loosening dirt and $ so as to fill the carts standing below him. The entire bulk of the bank has been more or less loosened by the blasting of previous days, and in picking the loose material away frem in front of him Walker left the pile above withcat much support. A slide occurred, which swept the unfor- tunate n.an down and buried him under rocks and dirt. His head and back were y injured and the man picked up un- us. He was carried to the Emer- Hospital in the patrol, where an op- eration was performed on him. Walker lives at No. 7 Dyer’s alley, between M, 33d and ith streets and the canal. Notes. Mr. John Archer yesterday bought of the Robinson estate the house and lot known as Prospect avenue for $2,075. At the regular midweek prayer meeting services this evening at the West Street Presbyterian Church, in the abse Rev. Dr. Alexander one of the chy will officiate. : Rev. Father Zimmerman 4 sermon last evening at Trinity (Catholic) Church in the absence of Rev. Father Mc- Tammany. ‘The work of relaying the gas and water mains along the route of the Metropolitan railroad, preparatory to the introduccion of the underground electric condutt, is pro- gressing rapidly. The workmen are now working on 35th street between Prospect avenue and O street. ——— It Was Diplomatic Day. The French ambassador, the Spanish minister and the Venezuelan minister had business with Secretary Olney at the State Department today, but the character of it was not disclosed in either instance. Inas- much as this is “diplomatic day” at the department the visits of the foreign repre- sentatives did not excite as much outside interest as would have been the case if they had occurred on another day of the week, in view of the general strain en in- ternational relations just at this time. ALABAMA'S BLACK BELT Booker Washington's School and Its Influ- ence in That Section. An Effort Made to Provide Not Only Mental Training, but to Teach Trades. Correspondence of The Evening Star. MONTGOMERY, Ala., February 28, 1896. What is known as the “black belt” of Ala- bama extends across the state from east to west, just south of its middle portion. It has an average depth of three counties, or about 100 miles—area slightly less than one-third of the state. Within its borders are the cities of Montgomery, the capital of the state, and Selma, a city of consider- able importance as a railroad center. This “belt” comprises twenty of the sixty-six counties of the state. In each one of the twenty the colored population greatly out- rumbers the white. In some counties the proportion is as much as five and even six colored persons to one white! There are many districts of considerable area in which the preponderance of the colored ele- ment is even greater, often as much as ten to one. The white people are in the majority in the state, but two-thirds of the colored population of the state are massed in less than one-third of the state's area. In the nty counties comprising the “black belt" of Alabama the colored popu- lation exceeds the white by 248,186. The tetal white population in these counties in 1890 was 157,755, the colored 403,04, the colored element being seventy-two per cent of the total population. The whites mostly reside in the cities and towns, as also do many—too many—of the colored people. But the great mass of the colored people are on the large plantations, under influences and environments not the most favorable for their advancement. In the first place, the plantations or great es- tates are getting large again. Small hold- ers in this belt are selling out or leasing their holdings, which are gradually falling into the capacious maw of capitalists of oth races. The capitalist usually resides in the cities and towns, and is often the storekeeper. He hires to the colored farm- er a small patch of ground, usually ten acres, for half the crop, which must be cot--| ten, and furnishes the scantiest necessary supplies, taking a mortgage on the prospec- tive crop for his security. It is easy to see that by paying fifty per cent of his crop for vent of the land and the merchant charging his own prices for supplies there is not likely to be much of a surplus left over for the benefit of the colored “cropper.” Indeed, a deficit is usually the result. It is « misdemeanor for a ‘cropper’’ in debt to leave the county. Hence he is forced to re- main, and unless he escapes and runs away each year becomes more hopelessly imbed- ed in the quicksands of debt. It is this never ending succession of years of accu- mulating debt that causes the negro to de- scribe the way the white man always figures him in deb: in these quaint lines: “An aught’s an aught, and a figur’s a figur; All for the white man and none for the nigger.” In the towns, almost every avenue of re- munerative employment being open to them, the colored population is making great progress intellectually, morally and ma- terially. They are well equipped with schools and churches, and thousands of them own real estate. Many of them are in business on their own account. Much farm land is owned by colored people in the black belt. But the proportion of land own- ed Is not so great as it is in the cities and towns. The Star of Tuskegee. But there’ ts a star, a bright particular star, in this black belt—“the star of Tus- kegee.” Perhaps this little town is now the most famous place in Alabama. Thousands know something of Tuskegee who never heard of Anniston, who may think Birmingham is in England. The town of Tuskeg. s old, quaint and commonplace enough. What makes it so famous is the fact that it is the seat of a great indus- trial school for the training of colored youth, The general read had doubtless read more or less about is great school befure the Atianta exposition opened. Newspa- pers and magazines had not failed to tell the reading public all about this bri star in the black belt of Alabam: when Mr. Booker Washington, its founder, builder and able principal, had fin that specimen of American oratory red by him on the opening day of the jon, not only Tuskegee, but Mr. ington, was famor His speech was telegraphed all over tie country, and re- ceived much favorable comment. It at once i him to be the foremost colored man in the country. Recently he has 1 guest of some of the most “tony and literary clubs in the north the Hamilton Club of Chicago and Union League of brooklyn. He is modest and un: ming, and bears his success in a fitting manne’ While in that vicinity recently I visited the school. Leaving the Atlanta and West Point ratlroad at Cheehaw, thirty-nine miles east of Montgomery and 142 miles west of Atlanta, I boarded a train on a little narrow gauge road, and the diminutive locomotive, after snorting and puffing for about half an hour to travel five miles, pulled the train up to the station at Ty kegee. The school grounds are a mile away from the railroad station. Order, system and cleanliness prevail everywhere about the property. The Growth of Taskegee. This school has had a remarkable growth. Beginning in 1882 in a rented building, with an annual appropriation of $2,600 from the state of Alabama, Mr. Washington has built this school up, until today it has sev- enty-two teachers, over 1,000 students, thir- ty-five buildings, all but one the work of tudents; 1,810 acres of land, 560 of which are under @ fine state of cultivation; 37 head of livestock and a valuable equip- ment of machinery and apparatus. The property is valued at $250,000. The annual disburseiaents, two-fifths of which go into permanent plant, are about $75,000. Of this amount students contribute about $6,000, for board; the Slater fund, $5,400; the Peabody fund, 3500, and the state of Alabama, $2,000. The balance, about $6 annually, must be raiSed by donations from friends of education. There are four departments, acadtmic, industrial, musical and Bible training. Number of industries for boys, eighteen; for girls, yen; number of graduates, 1 most all. of whom are teaching in the south. It is the aim of this school to train its students for teachers and leaders among their own people in the south, par- ticularly in the black belt. They are given that kind of training which experience proves best fits them for the work. The heart, the head and the hand are all care- fully trained. It is also a part of the plan to teach in the most thorough man- ner a trade to those who may desire it. The academic department runs night and day. Those working in the shops learning trades get pay for their work according to its value, out of which they pay board and other expenses. Trade pupils attend the night school. ‘The teachers and pupils at the school and on the farm constitute a community of over 1,000. persons. They make in the workshops or raise on the farms about everything they use. They make their own brick, saw their own lum- ber from logs hauled from the wealth of pine forests on their own land and con- struct the buildings. The rooms are fur- nished with bedsteads, mattresses, tables, chairs and tinware from the products of the shops. Nearly all the clothing is made on the grounds, as also are the wagons, buggies, harness, ete. Washington is also the originator of ‘Annual Tuskegee Conference for Ne- gro Farmers.” The first one was held in the spring of '92. The purpose is to inspire the masses of colored people to secure homes of thelr own, to aim after better ways of living, to insist upon better edu- cational advantages, especially an exten- sion of the school term, and, generally, to raise the standard of living, morally, phys- ically, intellectually and financially. ANDREW F. HILLYER. The Tarkish Massacres. Secretary Olney has received a cable- gram from United States Minister Terrell at Constantinople stating that-no general massacres have occurred in two months, and that much confidence is felt that they hheve ceased. Jokithi Unchida, a Japanese student at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, and well known as a lecturer, committed suicide yesterday while despondent by cutting his throat. EPWORTH LEAGUE ORATORS ae Annual Oontest, Whick--Will Take Place Friday Bit, et The Various Churche#, Represented and the Interest; Taken in the Result of thé Contest. BS ort ‘The third annual contest‘bf the Epworth League Oratorical Association of the District ef Columbia is to be held tomorrow evening in the Foundry Methodjst Episcopal Church at 8 o'clock, and great interest fs centered in the event. Three of thé ,firgest Methodist churches in the city will be represented by contestants for oratorical honors, Interest in the contest is intensified by reason of the fact that two of the three churches, namely, Hamline and Metro- politan, have carrie] off the honors in the preceding contests, and Waugh is deter-_ mined to have her share «his year. The Oratorical sociation was organ- ized about the middle of May, 1893, through the efforts an enthus- lasm of Mr. George F. Cahill, who was made the first presi- dent of the organiza- tion. An organization e was formed of the E. W. Willinms. leagues of Foundry, Metropolitah, Waugh, Douglas and McKendree Methodist shurches a3 charter members, and the following offi- cers were elected for the ensuing year: Pres- ident, George F. Cahill of Foundry; vice president, Seth BE. Tracy of Foundry; sec- retary, E. W. Williams of Hamline, and - treasurer, Miss M. MM. Beck of Douglas. ‘Two-annual contests have been held thus far under the auspices of the organization. The first was held at Metropolitan in Feb- lary, "04, the suc- cessful contestant be- ing Mr. FE, W. Wil- ms of Hamline, and second at Ham- n jine in February of last| year, won by Prof. C. M. Lacey Sites of Metropolitan. EE The present officers of ©. W. Goodwin. the association are: President, E. W. Williams; vice president, Rev. Hedding B, Leech; secretary, Harry O. Hine, and treasurer, Miss Fannie Ken- nedy. ‘The victor in the local contest at Hamline this year was Mr. O. W. Goodwin, who chose for his subject “The Formation of Charac- ter,” and will represent that chapter in the contest Friday night. Mr. Goodwin is a rative of Dodge county, Wis. He was ship- ping clerk for three years for a large lumber firm in northern Wisconsin, and later taught school for six years. Since 1890 Mr. Good. win has held a clerk- ship in the United States bureau of pen- siors. Metropolitan chap- ter is to be represent- ed in the struggle by Mr, Herbert G. San- ford, the only son of Rev. B. F. Sanfora, who js at present pas- tor of the First ret olist Episcop Church of. Oshkosh Wis. Mr. Sanford ceived his edu in various schools within the state of Wisconsin. He is at present private secretary of Representa- tive Theobald Otjin of the Milwaukee dis- trict, and s s his evenings in study at ambian Un w department, where vice president of the junior class, ‘The last of the contestar ts, in the order in which they will speak Friday, is Mr. Harry Orem Hine, who will stand up for the honor of Waugh. Mr. > has selected as the theme of his ‘The Mission af Ameri- H.C. Sanford. he a.” Mr. Ha Hine was born in Penn- eae ee his education in that state, being a graduate of the State Normal College. He is at present in charge of the teaching of higher mathem nd English atthe Y. MC. A. Business Sehool. He has a position in tha bureau of labor. The program of he con- test Is as * follows: n voluntar: ductory the presiden ciation Tnseen b: aed Wahley; “Formation of Character,” Mr. O, W. Goodwin: vocal : ‘olo, Mr.Philip Gerry; H. O. Hine. he Mission of America,”’ Mr. Harry O. Hine; duet, mando- Yin and guitar, the Weaver brothers, and decision of judges. The judges are: On thought and composition—Prof. Julian Hall, Representative W. E. Andrews and Mr. Jesse H. Wilson, and on delivery, Senator Lindsay, Rey. Charles W. Baldwin, D. D., and Mr. Brainard H. Warner. The prize is a handsome Oxford Teacher's Bible. ———._—_ MR. WHEATLEY WITHDRAWS. Democrats of Georgetown Held a Meeting Last Night. The democrats of the third and fourth wards, comprising Georgetown, held a live- ly and interesting meeting last evening at Mr. Fickling’s office, corner of 32d and N streets. The object of the meeting was to select a candidate from that section to be backed as delegate to the national con- vention. As stated in The Star yesterday, there were only two candidates, Samael E. Wheatley, ex-Commissioner of the Dis- trict, and Edwin Forrest, a well-known lawyer. At the meeting the friends of both men were about evenly divided. Mr. Joseph F. Fanning was elected chairman of the meeting, and though the audience was in favor of selecting a resident and a voter under the old corporation of Georgetown, that was perhaps the only point of agree- ment. The name of Mr. Wheatley was presented, and he was backed by the peo- ple of the fourth district present at the meeting. The name of Mr. Forrest was immediately placed in nomination and backed by the representatives of his ward. ‘Though the attendance at the meeting was limited, fully two hours were spent in ora- torical effort, in which every one partici- pated. It was impossible to agree upon a single man, and an idea was suggested by ex- Collector of Customs Manogue which was adepted. The suggestion cprovided that the names of Mr. Wheatley.and Mr. For- rest be printed on the-balipt slips and a popular vote be taken He ‘Hee night of the primaries. The one sdépying the highest number of votes should be .the candidate, the local six delegates fromi the two wards backing the highest maw: J@ order to pre- yent any false voting -Mr-“Wheatley was to be permitted to be a judge at the third primary, while Mr. Forrest.was entitled to a judge at the primary inthe fourth dis- trict. This ended the meeting. Mr. Wheatley, speaking "to a Star re- porter this morning in reference to the use of his name in cggneetion with the Georgetown democratic aonvention at Chi- cago, said: “Upon refiection I have decided not to ajlow my name: to be used in this contest. I consider Mr. Forrest eminently fitted to represent the ;»@emocracy of Georgetown, and it would be good to har- monize all interests by agreeing upon him as a candidate.” According to this Mr. Wheatley is out of the race. —_—>__ To Weigh the Foreign Mails. The government of the United States and of all other countries comprised in ‘the Universal Postal Union will begin weighing all incoming ‘and outgoing mail on May | 1, The weighing will continue for twenty-. eight days. This is done every three years by all of the governments, and on ffs result depends the amount of compensation given by every country for the carriage of its mails in the territory of the others. After these figures are gathered they will be multiplied by 13 to secure the weight for the fifty-two weeks of the year, and the reports then will be interchanged by the respective governments. NAVAL DEVELOPMENT An Important Oontribution to the Study of the Subject. Notes on the Yenr’s Progress Contains a Number of Interesting and Instruciive Chapters. ‘The intelligence bureau of the Navy De- partment has just issued its annual volume of “Notes on the Year’s Naval Progress,” which has come to be looked forward to with great interest, not only by naval offi- cers, but by every person interested in naval development. Owing to one of the restrictions imposed by the last printing act, it has not been possible to print more than a thousand copies of this valuable work, notwithstanding the fact thaf this number is less than the number of naval officers on the active lists, who are sup- posed to be supplied with the work in fur- therance of their technical education. So it happens that the department has been obliged to cut off not only the press and foreign legations, heretofore supplied as courtesy, but also all of the junior officers of the service, the very persons who would most benefit by the study of the volume. The Japan-Chinese War. The leading feature of ihis nuraber is a set of preliminary notes on the Japan- Chinese war compiled by Lieuts. H. M. Witzel and L, Karmany, who were present in Chinese waters during the progress of the late war, and thus set out compendious- ly the principal events of the conflict from a naval point of view, with the intention of following up the subject and treating it much more liberally, especially in the mat- ter of comment, in a special issue to appear leter on. A chapter on small arms shows that the European powers have found a caliber as small as .197 entirely feasible for a rifle, and, in fact, are looking forward to still smaller calibers. The British authorities have been making many experiments to de- termine the penetration of the bullets into different substances, with a view to ascer- taining the best protection to afford to troops, and the results are all set out in this chapter. Electricity Aboard Ships. The surprising exient to which electricity is now being used on board men-of-war is strikingly exhibited in an article contrib- uted by Lieutenant B. A. Fiske, the in- ventor of the rangefinder, with many il- lustrations of all sorts of instruments of precision and measurement and conven- jence. The boiler of the future, that of the tubulous type, is thoroughly discussed and illustrated and its merits compared with the present style of tubulous boilers, and there is the usual list of new vessels un- der construction by all of the naval powers, with descriptions of their novel features. ‘Technically, however, the chapter of great- est interest to naval students is that tell- ing of the naval maneuvers conducted last year by the powers of Europe. Break Down of British Bont. It may surprise the American public to learn that during the British maneuvers no less than forty-flve ships broke down in s¢me more or less important portion of the machinery, requiring in most cases to be put out of action and sent to the nearest deckyard for repaii Somehow the tor- pedo boats which did such great service in the preceding maneuvers did not come up to expectations this time in the case of Great Britain, but, on the contrary, in the rench maneuvers they were so effective as to lead to the conclusion that most of the hostile fleet would have been sunk had the engagement not been a sham. One les- son derived by the British from the experi- epce was that the maintenance of a high rate of speed is one of the best safeguards for a ship while in waters supposed to be infested by torpedo boats. o— The Unity Club (1874). The Unity Club met at the Litchfield last evening, a large and appreciative audience being pres-nt. The president, Mr. James B. Philp, presided. Gen, William Birney adc ed the club on the subject, “Men and Women I Have Known,’ calling up reminiscences of such men as Henry Clay, Chas. Dickens, Wm. M. Thackeray, Louis Philippe of France, Alexander Dumas and ore of other great celebrities. Miss K L. Grady rendered a piano solo; Miss Ger- and as an encore “Enchanted 3" Miss Elizabeth Whaly sang “Thy yes; Mrs. C. O. Jones gave a rei ‘How Ruby Played;" Mr. Lillie- ge sang “Tell Her I Love Her So” and Mellie Bawn a comedictta, entitled Yellow Roses,” was rendered by Miss Prentiss Donohue and Mr. J. Barton ; Miss Edna Doe sang “Thy Blue yes;” A poem by Mrs. M. D. Lincoln was read by Mrs, M. C. Hooker, and the Madrid Madolin, Banjo and Guitar Quartet, com- posed of Mr. A. V. Holmes, leader; Mr. H. E. Galleher, Mr. B. F. Judson and ir. Arthur &. Yundt, rendered several difficult selections. se. Construction of W: Charles W. Wood and Ella W. Smith to- day filed a bill in equity against Charles T. and William N. Wood, praying for the con- struction of the will of the late Charles F. Wood, and for an acccunt of the estate. Premises 1707 De Sales street form the real estate involved. The complainants are rep- resented by Attorneys James Coleman and Joseph A. Burkart. — For Key’s Granddaughter. Representative Patterson of Tennessee yesterday presented a petition signed by a hundred or more chapters of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution praying for the relief of the granddaughter of Francis Scott Key, author of the “Star Spangled Banner,” ‘and her mother. Both are said to be helpless aud unable to sup- port themselves. The Little Giant Cathartic. Mild and Pleasant but Searchi: and Thorough in Effect. Sa These little ‘‘ Pellets,” or Sugar-coated Ant | Bilious Granules, Cure Sick Headache, Biliousness, Constipation, Indigestion, u, Dyspepsia, Poor Appetite, And all derangements of the Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Of all druggists. 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It fills absolutely ‘the demand for a higher type of cooking apparatus, B. F. Guy & dorhonsontnesoesenteotonteetentontenseeseesers phoebe Pdr ereribrrtr ted Poatedinstestotedtr del Serer Pe PPEe oe OoOo® Co., Agents, 1005 Pa. Ave., Washington, D. C. The Treloar Copyright Bill. A delegation representing the interests of authors, photographers and publishers has appeared before the House committee on patents in opposition to the ‘Treloar copyright bill. In the party were Robert Underwood Joknscn, secretary of the Au- thors’ and Publishers’ League; Charles A. Bolles, secretary, and B. Lowinson, attor- ney, of the Photographers’ League; Charles B. Bayly of Washington and Librarian Spofford of the Congressional Library. Mr. Johnson presented resolutions adopt- ed by the Authors’ League, and spoke in elaboration of them. _Tke authors contend that the bill renders it uncertain whether the work of a foreigner can be copyrighted otherwise than thrcugh the assignment cf his interest to a citizen of the United States, and that its effect would be to bring about a revocation of the copyright rcla- tions entered into under the act cf 1891 with foreign governments. A protest was presented from the Amer- ican Publishers’ Copyright League princi- pally against that feature of the bill stip- uiating that musical compositions and re- preductions cf works of art in the form of ergravings, etc., must be manufactured wholly in the United States to be copy- righted. o. Admitted to Probate. The will of the late Nancy H. Cartter, widow of Chief Justice David K. Cartter of the District Supreme Court, filed yesterday, was admitted to probate today, the bond of Executor Reginald Fendall being fixed at $100,000. The estate, consisting mostly of stock, notes, furniture, etc., is valued at about $75,000, Gladness Comes wit a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millionsof families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on whichit acts. Itis therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you have the genuine article, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep- utable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laxa- tives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease. one may be commended tothe most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. @Wilburs Breakfast/fereto occlate’ There is a nutritious clement found in this famous chocolate that baffles all attempts at imi- tation. Delicious, digestible. $100—BICYCLES—$100 | (ORMDULY PRY MPC, 5 6 $e, mea | M HOP x ‘ M « BITTERS : i CURES ; ), DYSPEPSIA, 4} "4 BILIOUSNESS, "4 4 LIVER COMPLAINT, 44 NEURALGIA +4 CONSTIPATION, }¢ " And all "1 i KIDNEY DISEASES. 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