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WORK OF CONGRESS Washington, Feb. 13.—After a spir- ited debate of more than two hours a unanimous agreement was made by the senate to vote upon the resolution of Mr. McEnery of Louisiana declara- tory of a policy of the United States as to the Philippine possession. The request for the unanimous consent agreement was made by Mr. Mason of Illinois after what seemed the con- clusion of the debate upon the ques- tion, and after several senators who were known to be opposed to any ac- tion on the resolution temporarily had left the chamber. Upon their return to the chamber they learned what had happened in their absence, and later in the afternoon Mr. Hawley of Connecti- cut gave notice that at a proper time he would endeavor to have the agree- ment vacated. Consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial bill was concluded, and the bill passed just before adjournment. The House. The memory of the late Representa- tive Dingley was fittingly eulogized in the house of representatives by those who had been closely associated with him. The early part of the day was given to some minor routine work, and the eulogies, which were a special or- der, had the rest of the day. The tributes came from both sides of the house. Messrs. Tawney of Minnesota and Johnson of North Dakota were among the speakers. Washington, Feb. 14. — At no time during the session of the senate yes- terday was a quorum of the body present, a majority of the members be- ing snow-bound at their homes. A sharp debate over the unanimous con- sent agreement reached Saturday af- ternoon to vote on the McEnery reso- lution s afternoon was precipitated early in the s ion. Some feeling s manifested by senators who ob- ject to the adoption of the resolution, but none of them indicated what might be their action to-day. In con- nec resolution the senate decided to meet at 10 o'clock this morning. The agri- cultura ppropriation bill was called up, considered and sed with only a fev unimportant amendments. A bill removing the disabilities of cer- tain persons engaged in the civil war was passed. Mr. Hale, chairman of the nay ffairs committee, favorably reported and the senate passed a bill creating an adm of the navy, it being ended that Rear Admiral Dewey should get the office. The House. The raging bv ard caused practical- ly a suspension of business at the house yesterday. Not a car line ap- proached the building, but a few mem- bers of the house managed to reach the capitol in sleighs and carriages, and the employes trudged and labored through the deep snow and blinding storm to reach their posts of duty. Speaker Reed did not appear at the capitol but sent word to his Heuten- ants that, in his opinion, it was inad- visable to hold a session of the house. and after consulting several members of the aj y, Gen. Henderson of Towa, who had braved the storm, de- cided it would be best to adjourn im- mediately after assembling. At 12:05 Clerk McDowell called the house to order. There were about sixty mem- bers on the floor. Mr. Payne moved that the house adjourn. The motion was voted down—44 to 9. On motion of Mr. Grosvenor Mr. Payne of New York was elected speaker pro tem. amid an outburst of applause. Dis- trict day was postponed until Thurs- day, and the house, on Mr. Cannon's motion, then went into committee of the whole. . Hopkins of Wlinois, in the chair, 2 resumed the considera- tion of the sundry civil bill. Washington, Feb. 15. — The unani- mous consent agreement reached by the senate last Saturd: to vote yes- terday afternoon on the resolution of Mr. McEnery of Louisiana declaring the policy of this government in the } Philippines was not vacated. In ac- cordance with that agreement the vote was taken on the resolution and it was adopted—26 to 22. It was no- ticeable that several Democrats who were present and not paired refrained from voting. An amendment offered by Mr. Bacon of Georgia several days ago was defeated. The vote on the amendment was a tie—29 to 29, and Vice President Hobart cast the de ciding vote against the proposition. The voting was preceded by three and a half hours’ debate. The resolu- tion is as follows: “Phat by the ratification of the treaty of peace with Spain it is not in- tended to incorporate the inhabitants of the Philippine islands into citizen- ship of the United States, nor is it in- tended to annex said islands as an in- tegral part of the territory of the Unit- ed States; but it is the intention of the United States to establish on said islands a government suitable to the wants and conditions of the inhabi- tants of the said them for local self government, and in due time to make such disposition of said islands as will best promote the interests of the citizens of the United States and the inhabitants of said islands.” The House. The Nicaragua canal Dill was ot fered in the house as an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bil! by Mr. Hepburn of lowa, chairman of the committee that reported it, and the leaders on the respective sides are engaged in a desperate struggle which involves the fate of the measure at this section of congress. After Mr. Caureén, chairman of the committee on appropriations, served notice last week that there was no time for the consideration at this session the sup- porters of the measure decided to force it onto the sundry civil bill as a rider if possible. As soon as it was offered Mr. Cannon raised four points of order against it and one o€: the most interesting parliamentary de- bates of the session was on. As a rule the house leaders are able to hold the members in line, but strong arguments are adduced in support of the pertinency of the bill, and, besides. the bill has strong friends on both sides of the chamber who are ready to adopt any expedient to provide for the construction of the canal. The de- bate on the yoints of order lasted two hours and was not concluded. It - on with the corsideration of the ; islands, to prepare } promises to consume several hours to- day. It seems to be a foregone con- clusion that the chairman of the com- mittee of the whole, Mr. Hopkins of Illinois, will sustain the points of or- der, so that the real test will come upon the question of overruling the chair. Should the chair be overruled there is no doubt that the amendment will command a majority of votes. About twenty pages of the bill were disposed of. No important amend- ments were adopted. Washington, Feb. 16. — The house yesterday settled the fate of the Nic- aragua canal bill in this congress by refusing to override the decision of the chair in committee of the whole when the chair held that the canal bill of- fered as an amendment by Mr. Hep- burn was out of order. The friends of the Nicaragua bill were very confident that they would triumph, but after four hours of debate the chair was sustained—127 to 109. Mr. Bailey, the Demvcratie leader, made an argument in favor of the view that the amend- ment was in order. Mr. Grosvenor bore the brunt of the argument in be- half of this contention. Messrs. Moody (Rep.,Mass.), Dockery (Dem., Mo.) and Fleming (Dem., Ga.) were pitted against him. The debate throughout the day was exceedingly spirited, and in the end a majority of the members refused to override the house rules. No record is made of the vote in commit- tee of the whole. Party lines were not adhered to, the division in favor and in opposition to sustaining the chair’s decision being about equal on both sides of the political aisles. Ten pages of the bill were disposed of. The Senate. In the senate yesterday Mr. McEn- ery, as a question of personal priv- ilege, made emphatic denial, of the statement that his resolution, adopted by the senate the previous day, was introduced in the interest of the sugar growers of Louisana. He said that he had pot consulied the planters about the resolution, and that, as a matter of fact, they were known to be opposed, as a body, to the ratification of the peace treaty. A bill, extending the “cordial appre- ciation” of congress to Miss Helen Miller Gould for her patriotic services during the recent war, and providing that the président should present to her a gold medal was passed. After } the executive session an effort was made to obtain an agreement to hold an evening session to read the Alaska tode bill, but it failed. Washington, Feb. 17.—Two very sen- sational and unexpected things hap- pened in the house yesterday during the consideration of the sundry civil bill. The paragraph carrying the ap- -propriation of $20,000,000 for payment to Spain under the terms of the peace treaty was stricken out on a point of order made by Mr. Wheeler, a Ken- tucky Democrat who declared that he opposed the appropriation on principle, and would resort to any technicality to defeat it. The point of order was debated for hours, its determination hinging upon the question as to whether the ratification of the treaty by the senate and its signing by the president vitalized it without the ac- tion of the Spanish cortes. Warrant of law was necessary to make the ap- propriation in order. Mr. Hopkins (Rep., HL), who was in the chair, sus- tained the point of order against it, and upon an appeal his decision was sustained—149 to 56. Mr. Cannon then attempted to have the appropria- tion inserted by unanimous consent, but Mr. Wheeler again objected. After the sundry civil bill had been | completed and reported to the house, Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, the champion of the Nicaragua canal bill, moved to re- commit, with instructions to report it back with the canal bill incorporated in it. This was an unexpected move, it was generally understood that Mr. Hepburn had abandoned all hope after his defeat of Wednesday. But he believed that his motion would have additional strength in the house, where members could be put upon rec ord. The motion was promptly de- clared out of order by the speaker, whereupon Mr. Hepburn appealed and Mr. Payne of New York moved to lay the appeal on the table. Upon the lat- ter motion the vote was taken and the result was 97 ayes to 67 noes, As no quorum was developed on the vote owing to the lateness of the hour they managed to carry an adjournment un- til to-day. This gives them a breathing spell in which to marshal their forces for the final encounter, and to-day, as soon as the house meets, the vote will be again taken. The Senate. The army reorganization bill was re- ported to the senate yesterday and M1. Hawley of Connecticut, chairman of the military affairs committee, gave notice that he would move to proceed to its consideration at the earliest pos- sible time. The naval personnel Dill was taken up and read but no effort made to proceed further with its con- sideration. The military academy ap- propriation was passed. The postof- fice appropriation bill was under con- sideration during the greater part of the afterncon but was not disposed of finally. A spirited debate occurred over the amendment of the senate committee providing for an appropria- tion to secure fast mail service be- tween New York and Washington and Atlanta and New Orleans. The amend- ment was retained in the bill. Washington, Feb. 18. — The house finally passed the sundry civil appro- priation bill, to which it had devoted over a week. No important amend- had been adopted. The speaker's rul- ing upon the motion to recommit the 4:11 with instructions to incorporate in it the Nicaragua canal amendment was sustained—155 to 96. The naval appropriation bill was taken up and over half the bill was completed dur- ing the remainder of the day. There was no general opposition to the meas- ure, although it carries $44,000,000, be- ing $8,000,000 more than the largest naval appropriation bill ever passed by congress. An attempt to defeat the provision for a joint arrangement be- tween the government and the Fitch- burg Railroad company at the Boston navy yard failed. A point of order against the provision in the bill rela- tive to the rearrangement and recon- struction of the buildings at the naval { academy went over until to-day. The Senate. At its session yesterday the senate adopted a resolution instructing the vice president of the United States, as president of the senate, to express to the government and people of France the sympathy of the senate in the be- reavement that has fallen upon the French republic in the death of Pres- ident Faure. The naval personnel bill —for which the navy department has been contending for so many years— was passed by the senate. It was un- der discussion for several hours but was passed practically in the form in which it was reported by the senate committee. Its provisions have here- tofore been fully given. The remain- der of the day's session was devoted to passage of bills on the private pen- sion calendar, seventy-four in number, and to the reading of the Alaska code bill. The agreement under which the laska bill was read provided that no other business than the formal reading should be transacted. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Feb. 20. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 70 @ Tic; No. 2 North- ern, 68 @ 6¥c. Corn — No. 3 yellow, 83@33 1-2c; No. 3, 321-2@33e. Oats —No. 3 white, 28 1-2@2¥c; No. 3, 281-4 @281-2c. Barley and Rye Sample barley, 39@45c; No. 2 rye, 52@S8c; No. 3 rye. 50@51c, Duluth, Feb. 20—Wheat—Cash, hard, 713-Se; No. 1 Northern, 69 No. 2 Northern, 65 7-8c; No. 3 spring, 62c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 723-8: 1 Northern, 703-8c; February, No. 1 hard, 713-8¢; No. 1 Northern, 69 3-8¢; May, No. 1 hard, 73 7-8c; No. 1 North- ern, 71 7-8¢; July, No. 1 hard, 74 1-2c; No. 1 Northern, 72 1-2c; oats, 291-4@ 291-2c; rye, barley, 40@46c; flax, to arrive, $1.17 1-2; May, $1.20. Minneapolis, Feb, 20.—Wheat—Feb- ruary closed at 703-8c; May opened at 711-4c¢ and closed at 705-8e; July opened at 713-Se and closed at Tle. On track — No, 1 hard, 70 7-8¢; No. 1 Northern, 697-8c; No. 2 Northern, 67 7-Se. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 20. — Flour is steady. Wheat steady; No. 1 Northern, 72 1-2@72 3-4c; No. orthern, 70 1-2@ Tle. Oats lower at 291-2@30c. Ry 7c. Barley low- No. 2, 50 1-2@5l1c. ‘eb. 20.—Wheat—No. 2 red, No. 8, G6@7T1¢e; No. 2 hard, 2 Northern Corn— 1-2c. No. 2, 3434@ Oats—No. 2, 27% mixed, $ ; rough, § 4.70; stockers and feeders, $3. 4.65. Sheep Natives, $2.80@4.45; lambs, $2.85@4.50. ioux City, Iowa, Feb. 20. — Hogs—- 5 , $4@5.10; ers and feeders, $3.50@4.65; calves and yearlings, $3.7: South St. Paul, Feb. 20. — Hogs — $3.60@3.65. Cattle—Cows, $2.10@3.75; steer $4.50; stockers, $3.65@4.40; heifers, $2.60@3.30; bulls, $2.60@2.90. Sheep, $2.25@4.75. YANKTON’S CALAMITY. Verdict of the Coroner's Jury on the Insane Asylum Fire, Yankton, S. D., Feb. 19.—A verdict has been reached by the coroner's jury which has since Sunday been in- vestigating the asylum fire. It was found that the death of seventeen in- mates was caused by suffocation from smoke; that the fire originated in the dry room of the laundry, probably caused by lint or clothing coming in contact with the steam coils in that room. The verdict says: “We further find that said building was built for a laundry and not with the intention of using it as a place of lodging for inmates of the institution, but has necessarily been so used by reason of the overcrowded condition of the hospital and entire absence of ac- commodations for said patients. We further find that by reason of insuffi- cient appropriations for the salary fund no night watchman has been em- ployed in the hospital grounds for at least four years past, but we do not find that any person is criminally lia- ble for the death of said patients.” ARMY BEEF TESTED. Chemical Analysis Fails to Show the Presence of Chemicals. Chicago, Feb. 19. — Samples of the canned beef American soldiers in Porto Rico and Cuba said was unfit for food have been treated chemically and analyzed with respect to fitness for food by expert chemists employed by the Chicago Tribune. The result of these analyses shows that in the cans submitted there was no trace of borie or ‘salycilie acid or any other chemical preparation in the meat aside from the salt, and that the high temperature of the Cuban climate in all probability accounted for its ap- parent unfitness for food when opened by the soldiers. , SOLD BY SPRECKLES. Transfer of Interest in a Large Su- gar Plantation. San Francisco, Feb. 19.—The Chroni- cle says that Rudolph Spreckles has disposed of his one-half interest in the Paauhu sugar plantation in Hawaii, to Edward Palmits & Co., for a sum which has not been made public. Own- ership in the remaining half of the property is retained by William G. Ir- win of Honolulu and San Francisco, but it will be mapvaged by a company Which will. be incorporated in Cali- fornia with a capital stock of 100,000 shares. It is estimated that the plan- tation will produce 11,000 tons of sugar, with net profits of $500,000. _ Died ef Exposure. Prentice, Wis., Feb. 19. — Charley Johnson, employed in Frisk’s bark camp, six miles east, died as a result of exposure. One of his feet was frozen while he lay in bed, and would have had to be amputated. Mill Burned. Rhinelander, Wis., Feb. 19. — The cedar shingle mill owned by H. C. Johnson was totally destroyed by fire here last night. The insurance is small, The plant will probably be re- built at once. THE LEGISLATURE Business Tra cted by Minnesota . Solons, St. Paul, Feb. 15,—Col. William Jen- nings Bryan addressed the house of representatives briefly yesterday, upon an invitation extended to him by that body in consideration of the high place he occupies in the attention of the American people. He said he ap- preciated the compliment of the invi- tation, coming from his political op- ponents, and he showed that he meant what he said by a most scrupulous observance of the proprieties of the occasion, confining himself to some general observations on the relation- ship between members of a repre- sentative legislative body and the people. When he had finished, a re- cess of ten minutes was taken to al- low members of the house and others to meet Col. Bryan. The following bills were passed: Relating to the powers of villages with respect to laying out and grading streets, providing sidewalks, sewers, ete., requiring the consent of three= fourths of the owners instead of a ma- jority of the frontage. — Relating to damages for death by wrongful act, al- lowing a husband to maintain an ac- tion for the death of his wife. — Re- quiring railroad companies to con- struct platforms for the loading of grain, live stock, ete. — Providing that railroads may not increase their charges for the transportation of grain, live stock, coal and lumber without the approval of the railroad commission. — Requiring railroads to furnish passes to shippers of live stock. Making Christmes, New Year’s day and Fourth of July legal holidays. — To punish illegal voting at school elections. — ‘Vo exempt bicycles from execution. : The following bills were introduced: Relating to the bcunty for arrest and conviction of horse thieves. — Empow- ering councils of cities of 5,000 popu- lation to grant franchises to street railway companies for a period not ex- ceeding twenty-five years. — To au- thorize county con missicners to grant street railway companies rights to use the highways. — To provide for printing the annual reports of the Minnesota State Horticultural society. The Senate. A short session of the senate was held yesterday afternoon, following the long adjournment over Sunday. Several new bills were introduced, but few of them were of general interest. Most of the time was spent in com- mittee of the whole, with Senator Benedict in the chair, in consideration of bills on general orders. Among the more important of the bills introduced were the following: To regulate the sale of butter. — To provide for a constitutional amend- ment for local option in counties. — To amend the laws of 1897, relating to the capture and killing of game and fish. — To authorize the board of managers of the state reformatory to discharge prisoners in certain in- stances; time may be less than the minimum fixed by law. — To amend the Statutes of 1894, relating to as- sessments for village improvements. St. Paul, Feb. 16. — The senate ad- journed at noon yesterday in order to give the committees an opportunity to catch up with their work, and, as a re- sult, much work of a routine nature was crowded into a few hours’ time. Following bills were passed: Defining the crime of forgery in the third degree. -- Relating to the addi- tion of territory to ail incorporated vil- lages of 1,000 inhabitants or over. — Relating to change in county seat: Relating to the rate of interest. 'To amend section 1, chapter 181, Gen- eral Laws of 1895, relating to teachers’ university certificates. The following bills were introduced: To regulate the sale of binding twine at the state prison. — To regulate the manufacture and sale of binding twine at the state prison. — To regulate the marking or branding of convict-made goods. — To amend the laws relating to tke taxation of freight lines. — To regulate the practice of dentistry. — To provide for the incorporation of savings associations. — To amend the Laws of 1895 relating to banks of dis- count and deposit. — To regulate the operation and establishment of drains in streams of the gtate. — To amend the laws relating to state aid for pub- tie schools. — To amend the laws regu- lating the incorporaticn of savings banks. The House. The pig iron bounty proposition was up in the house in committee of the whole for some time yesterday, and there appeared to exist a disposition in favor of the main proposion, although some questions of detail remain to be settled, and the fate of the bill may turn on these details. 'The following bills were passed: Amending the Probate Code so as to allow an appeal from final decrees of the probate court. — Relating to the discharge of patients from the hospi- tals for the insane. The following bills were introduced: Providing for the collection of taxes in certain cases. -- To provide for the appointment of a commission to re- vise the tax laws and to appropriate money therefor. — Relating to the as- sessment ard collection of taxes. — To facilitate the purchase and condemna- tion of land for the Itasea state park. — To provide for the submission to the people of the several counties the ques- tion of whether liquor licenses shall be granted. — Relating to the taxation of sleeping cars, ete. St. Paul, Feb. 17.—The question of whether or not the state shall encour- age the establishment of furnaces within the state for the reduction of the iron ore produced on the northern ranges, by a bounty of 50 cents per ton on pig iron manufactured within the state, was fought to its conclusion in committee of the whole in the house yesterday afternoon. The Laybourn bill, amended in several particulars, was finally recommended to pass by a vote of 64 to 39, on a roll call secured in the open house on the adoption of the report of the committee of the whole. The following bills were passed: Directing the county surveyor of Hennepin county to superintend all road and bridge work. — Regulating ' the levying of the taxes in Hennepin county. — To fix the salary of the judge of probate of counties having a * population of more than 30,000. — Fix- ing the time of holding general terms of the district court in Nobles county. The following bills were introduced: Authorizing the prison managers to ; lease quarries and to employ prison Jabor to crush rock for use on public highways. — To provide for the care of the chronic insane by tounties. — To prevent gambling in grain. — To abolish. bills for discovery and to pro- vide for the examination of parties be- fore trial. — Defining what shall con- stitute public stock yards, and regu- lating charges. — To appropriate $2,000 annually for the salary of the second assistant attorney general—To amend the General Statutes of 1894, relating to the state board of equalization. — Relating to earnings exempt from gar- nishment, attachment or execution. The Senate. The senate yesterday in committee of the whole recommended for passage the Greer bill providing for the ap- pointment of a state tax commission to revise the general tax laws and re- port to the next legislature. The following bills were passed: To fix the times for holding terms of the district court in Nobles county, of the Thirteenth judi district. — To amend the act establishing a probate code; passed as amended by the house. The following bills were introduced: To amend the law relating to public parks; Itasca state park and sanitari- um. — Authorizing the governor to designate arbor and bird day. — Ap- propriating $2,500 to erect a monument to commemorate the great forest fire in Pine county. — Relating to dams caus- ing overflow of streams. — To prevent occupants gaining possession of public highways through adverse possession. — Fixing amount of wages exempt from garnishment. — For appointment by the governor of a committee of three of the next legislature to investi- gate public institutions and report to next session. — Amending laws. — Providing for a state temper- ance commissioner. St. Paul, Feb. 18.—The pig iron boun- ty bill was adopted in the house yi terday by a vote of 51 to 62. was reached after a long-drawn-out debate. A message from Goy. Lind was read vetoing the bill appropriating $19. to pay the claims for bounty for the manufacture of beet sugar un- der chapter 205 of the Laws of 1895. The governor in his message takes a very decided stand in opposition to the question of bounties. It is claimed by the friends of the iron bounty bill that the readiug of this message just at the time the vote was to be taken on that bill caused its defeat. The greater part of the day that was not exhausted in the iron discussion was devoted to discussion in commit- tee of the whole of Mr. Foss’ bill tax- ing mortgages. The committee of the whole voted for its indefinite postpone- ment by a vote of 64 to 22. The bill providing for the taxation of sleeping car companies was recom- mended to pass. The following bills were introduced: To appropriate $1,500 for the relief of Cass coynty. — To regulate and con- trol the sale of nursery stock and pre- vent the introduction of San Juan scale. — Memorial to congress relative to the sale of pine land on the Indian reservations. The Senate. Senator Wilson of Hennepin yester- day introduced a bill of immense im- portance to the State of Minnesota. It is a memorial to congre asking that bedy to set aside aad retire from sale until after Jan. 1, 1902, the 2,000,000 acres of pine forest land comprising the Leech Lake, Winnibegoshish and Chippewa Indian reservations, with a view to trying to induce the federal government to set aside a part of these lands for a national park, and, if this fails, to have the state acquire the lands for this purpose. Senator Wil- son stated the purpose of the memorial and on his motion it was passed unani- mously under suspension of the rules. The senate spent the greater part of the day in committee of the whole and a large number of bills were acted upon. The following bills were intro- duced: To regulate the government of cities, relating to water and light bonds in cities of 8,000 population or less. — To provide for the issuance of bonds for sites and schoolhouses in independent school districts. —Relating to the in- spection of illuminating oils. — To reg- ulate the incorporation of religious so- cieties. — To amend the Laws of 1895 relating to justices of the peace. — To amend the Statutes of 1894 relating to the tax levy rate. — To provide for the care of insane in county hospitals for insane. — Placing the state oil in- spector and his deputies on a fee basis. MR. HAY’S DISPATCH. The President’s Expression of Sym- pathy Are Cabled. Washington, Feb. 19.—The following was cabled by Secretary Hay: “To Porter, Ambassador of the Unit- ed States, Paris: The president of the United States desires you to convey to the family of the late president of the French Republic the expression of his beartfelt’ sympathy in their irre- parable bereavement. The whole world mourns the loss of one of the greatest statesmen, and this country has an especial share in the sorrow of her sister Republic. -—John Hay.” The secretary of state also indited a personal letter to M. Thiebaut, in charge of the French embassy here, expressing his sentiments on the oc- casion. SEARCH FOR THE BULGARIA. The Powerful Tug Warrior Will Tackle the Job. London, Feb. 18. The Hamburg- American line has arranged to send the powerful tug Warrior, now at Newport, in search of the missing steamer Bulgaria, reported in distress about 800 miles from the Azores is- ; lands on Feb. 5 by the British tank | steamer Weehawken, which landed at ' Ponta Delgada, Azores islands, twen- ty-five women and children taken from the Bulgaria. The ofticials of the line are also negotiating for the charter of , & second tug now on the west coast of | Ireland, to be dispatched in search of the Bulgaria. The pedagogue’s rule ‘ both ways. r The vote | often works | “‘ Evil Dispositions ula, pimples, etc., in children and young people. Taken in time it can be eradicated by using Hood’s Sarsaparilla. In older people, the aftermath of irregular living shows it- self in bilious conditions, a heavy head, a foul mouth, disordered kidneys, yellow eyes and skin, with a general bad feeling. It is the blood, the impure blood, friends, which is the real cause. 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