I t is said that the South Africanwar is costing Great Britain ?5,000,*000 fa week.

Fitch Bros, large creamery atMooers was destroyed by fire laBtThursday night, entailing a loss ofabout $4,000. f

Articles incorporating the MalonePaper company-.wsre filed with theSecretary of State last Friday. Thenew concern is capitalized at $40,000,divided into 400 Bhares, and iB to be-gin business with 110,000.

The cost of the Spanish and Phil-ippine war up to date has been $855,-000,000. England will probably havean even bigger bill to foot before sheconquers the South Afripan Repub-

: lies. The two .great English-speak-ing nation shave hacl more than theirBbareof trouble of late .

Collector Witnerbee has appointedJehiel B. White of Champlain to bedeputy collector of customs at Cham-plain, in place of John W, Clark,resigned, and A. B. Angell of Cham-plain to be cashier in the customhouse at Plattsburgh in addition tothe present force. These to positionsdo not come under the civil service.Mr. White has a salary of $600 andMr. Angell $1,400 per year.

The latest contribution to canalliterature- is the offer of PresidentCallaway of, the Central that if theState of New York will pay over tohie raUro^.A^sunx equivalent to 4per cent Merest" annually on the$60,000,000 which it is proposed to ex-pend on the canal improvements, itwill agree to transport at no expenseto shippers all the grain designed forexport trade which may be sent acrossNfw York State.

The text of the new treaty nego-tiated with Great Britain in rela-tion to the construction of the Nic-araguan canal, reads in effectthat it is agreed that the canal canbe" constructed under the auspices ofthe United States government, whichshall enjoy all the rights of Buch con-siajuction as well as the exclusiveright of providing for the regulationand management of the canal. Therules adopted provide that the canalshall be.bpen in times of peace orwiar and shall not be blockaded.

General BuUer's third attempt atrelieving Ladysmith absorbs atten-tion. Telegrams of from 100 to 200w<|rd8, from a dozen correspondents,have been passed by the censor, whohas apparently redated messageswritten Monday or Tuesday to Wed-nesday at 6 p. m. From these it isclear that General Buller, up toTuesday svening, had taken one hill,had repulsed a Boer counter-attackand was holding the position) againstan enfilading fire from Spion Kopand Doorm Kloof. His losses,- as men-tioned by one correspondent, are J250.

The monthly treasury j=t.itomontfpr January showed that thu voialamount of money in circulation inthe country was §2,003,149,355; Notonly is this the high water mark ofcirculation, but calculated on the

: highest estimate of population, 77,-'116.000. it yields the highest per capi-ta circulation 'ever enjoyed in thecountry, namely, $25. &8. The moneyin circulation in 1870 was $67,5,212.794.In 1880 it was 1973,382,278, while in1890 it was 11,429,251,270. More thanone-half of the money now in circu-lation is gold coin or gold certi-

. The total amount of school moneys^--apportioned to Franklin county forthe year ending July 31, 1900, is $32,-112.18, being $270.97 less than lastyear. The total is made up as fol-lows: Number of teachers for 160days or more, 278; population, 30,817;apportionment according to teachers,$27,800; apportionment according topopulation, §3,236.89; library appor-tionment, $275.29; for supervisors in

. cities and villages, $800. The moneywill be apportioned by the commis-sioners to the different towns on thesecond Tuesday in March, but themoney will not be received by theeounty treasurer until the first ofMay,

There will be no river and harborbill at this session of Congress. Asufficient reason is found irr the re-

i port* of the war and ' nayy depart-ments, "which show that there is still$30,000,000 in cash in the hands ofengineers for work authorized byriver and harbor bills of the last andprevious Congresses, and that forsome of this work no bids have asyet been allowed. There is also §15,-000,000 remaining from sundry andcivil bill appropriations, making$45,000,000 in all. The backwardnessof the engineering work is in partdue to the draft on this grade of theservice for work with the army. Anominal sum will be appropriated tocover contingencies, such as damageto harbor work by storms.

Superintendent Collins, of the Stateprison department, advocates in hisreport! submitted to the legislaturethis week, a radical change in theprison management of the State.Hie plan includes the abandonmentof the* prisons at Auburn and SingSing, and the erection of two prisonsat Dannemora, at a cost of~$t 000,000.He proposes to have the office andforce of the State prison departmentlocated near by in an administrationbuilding, and to have the affairs ofthe prisons controlled by the men onthe ground rather then at Albany asat present. It is believed that sucha concentration of the prisons of theState would allow a saving of onethird in the expense of conductingthem ana would possess other mark-ed advantages over the present HVS-tem.

A^eonference was held Thursdaylast at ttfe law office of W. J. Fleteh-er in relation to the Madrid andNorfolk1 railroad assessment cases.The railroad was represented by At-torneys Cantwell and Badger, ofMalone, the town of Norfolk by V.P. Abbott and W. J. F=. irli-r. i!n»town of Madrid;by F. ,1 Morr rumand V. P. Abbott. Tl.v «.l,jiv <.fthe conference was to agree upon theamount that the real property of therailroajd should be assessed in thesetowns and thus save the expense ofcontinuing the proceedings now.pending. The railroad company of-fered to allow the town of Madridto asqfee its real property at $8,500per-mife, and to allow the town ofNorfolk to assess all the property Inthat town at $12,000. Both offers

" were rejected, and it is probable thatfile natter will be carried to the

GEOBEL THE GRASPING. ....The death of William Geobel'bf

Kentucky, which ocourred Saturdayevening, illustrates with a little varia-tion the old proverb that he Whotakes the sword shall perish by "sword. Goebel had a political quar-rel with Col. John Sanford, an op>ponent of his- in the democraticparty, and meeting him on the street,shot him dead. He pleaded thatCol. Sanford was about to draw apistol and he shot in self-defence.Though it was proved that Sanford.was not armed, Goebel got clear.The killing of her husband drove Col.Sandford's wife insane, and she liasnever recovered her mind.

The present turmoil in Kentuckybegan last June, when Goebel de-termined to make himself governorof the Stfite. He was fairly beatenin the nominating convention of hiBjparty but had control of the demo-cratic State committee and enoughanti-Goebel delegates were thrownput to give the control of the con-tention to Goebel. He thus securedthe nomination; but another conven-tion was held and an oppositiondemocratic candidate, ex-Gov. John(Young Brown, was put up. The"•democrats being divided, the cam-paign resulted in a victory for Tay-lor, the republican candidate. Goe-bel plotted to deprive him of his elec-tion by throwing out the votes ofsome republican counties; but wordcame from the mountain countrywhere Taylor had had a big majoritythat an army was ready to march onthe State capital and see that he was,not cheated out of hie seat. The1

swindle would have been so barefacedthat the State election conimjsaioners,friends of Goebel though they were,gaye the certificate of election to Tay-lor ifind he was sworn in as governor.

Even then Goebel. would not giveit up. The election law which hehad drawn and carried provided thatin case of a contest the election mightbe [taken to the Legislature. Hecharged fraud oh the part of the re-publicans. The Goebel democratshad a majority in the Legislature, se-

ired in part by throwing out' anti-Goebel members-elect, and the com-mittee to which the contest was re-ferred was made up of one republi-can and ten democrats. The coin-

ittee decided that Goqbel was elect-ed; but Gov. Taylor's action in ad-journing the Legislature, preventedaction on the report of the coinmit-ee in any regular way. The finaloutcome remains to be seen. But

Goebel's death seems to assure apeaceable settlement pf the Controv-ersy. -

GOVERNMENT FOR THEPHILIPPINES.

A TERRITORIAL FORM RECOMMEND-

ED BY TPE COMMISSION IN ITS

REPORT.

The President has transmitted toCongress the first volume of the re-port of the Philippine commission.It is a volume of 264 pages, includ-ing the appendix, and is signed byProfessor Schurmann, Admiral Dew-y, Colonel Denby and Professor

Worcester.The principal subject dealt with

is the plan of government proposedby the commission, which includes adiscussion of the Spanish government

i desired by the Filipinos, andthe constitutions proposed by them,together with the conclusions andplans suggested by the commission.The report covers many other mat-ters connected with the social admin-istration ,of the island; racial char-acteristics', education, secular andreligious orders, the Chinese in theislands, the public health, currency,etc., as well as the condition andneeds of the United States in thePhilippines from a naval and mari-time standpoint.

The second volume of the report,which will not be ready for severalweeks, will contain a detailed des-iription of the climate and natural

resources of the island.The chief interest in the report

naturally centers in the plan of gov-irnment proposed by the commis-ion. The commission announces it-elf unqualifiedly in favor of a i gov-irnment of the Philippines analo-

gous to that of a territory of theUnited States, with a governor ap-pointed by the president. The com-missioners say it is desirable thatthe inhabitants of the archipelagoshould enjoy a large measure of homerule in local affairs, their towns toenjoy substantially the rights andprivileges of town? in a territory.

The provinces should be vestedith substantially the functions ofcounty in a territory. This sys-

sm might be applied to Luzon and;the Viscayan islands at once, and abeginning might _ be made on thecoast of Mindanao. The Sulu archi-pelago, calling for special arrangements with the sultan, the oommiB-

says neied not be considered inthis connection. The Filipinos couldmanage their jown town and county

through then- own officers,whom they could elect with no helpfrom American officials, except such

would .be involved in controllinglocal governments at Manila.'•• Thesuffrage should be; restricted by edu-cational or property qualifications:or both. This system would necessi-tate a small body of ? American offi-cials of great ability and integrityand of patience and tact in dealingwith other races, and on this acountthe commission recommend that theyshould be paid high salaries, Thecommission says they could be calledadvisers or commissioners, and thatone for every 250,000 natives shouldsuffice. It would be the duty of suchcommissisners to roport upon theiiwork to the central government atManila. Their main function wouldbe to advise town and county coun-cils in the discharge of their duties,and to watch the collection of rev-enue and its expenditures. Our gov-ernment of the Philippines the com-mission insists mu6t be" adapted to.the Filipinos. ;

It is reported from Washingtonthat President McKinley will estab-

h inch governments in the Philip-!:< t- as the commission suggestsirl:oi.r waiting for Congress "to act,

his.action being analogous to theestablishment of provisional govern-ments in the southern states byPresident Lincoln. The temporarygovernments may easily give place towhatever' Congress may sanctionlater on, and It is hoped will tend'tomolify Philipinos toward Americans.

•...; FIRE ON BAY STREET. *$>*

SuifPHUK.gBOK A-BKTB Finn TO EDMOKD Mi#t- ••

TIN'S HOUBK. .About ton o'nlookWednoJclay'morn-

ing; tho house at Edmond Martin onKay street, naught llro in the ujpporpart. MIHH Huttlo Martin was In thehouse alone, and Soaring a omokllngOH of flro, begun u diligent search.Wliilo HtMirvhitig, and uftor shuttingoff tho draft, from tho furnace, diehoard a nrauh up stairs and runningup unA opening one of tho chamberdoom, was noarly choked with smoke.Tht> WLHIHK of a window had burnedout lotting tho xuili full..- The paperWUH uiimod and it won owing to MIMMarlins presence of mind that theflro was stopped. Shu gave the alarmand then took the garden hone andattacked the flro. Bh« had it put outor nearly HO when tho hone carte ur-rlvod. Couoldorablo damage wasdone by lire and waior.

ThouaiiHi! of the (Ins in thought tohiivi) h«H»n ii match or tho milphurfrom a match falling on tho (?arp<!t.MISB Sophia Martin was in t)i« roomabout an hour before the fire waB dis-,covered and remembers striking amatch to light a lamp. It was a par-lor match, and ,the sulphur flew offand fell on the carpet by the window.She looked carefully1 where the headof the match fell and discovered nofire, so she thought there was no dan-ger. Whether the fire smoulderedfor an hour in the tightly closed roombefore it was discovered, or whetherthe head of the match was ignited onthe floor after she left the room by thesunlight streaming through the win-dow can only be conjeotured. Theproperty was insured.

FORTNIGHTLY CLUB PROGRAM.The Fortnightly Club will meet

with Mrs. Strelbertat her home onProspect Place Monday, February 12.Subject, "Further Programs of theNew Government."

Cotton was king, and his majestyon his throne was not aware of theinfluence, which Burrounded hiscradle."Slavery Questions, 1789-1602. . . . . . . . . Mrs. E. D. CruikshankInternal Disturbances:(a) Indian Wars, . . .Mr. R. E. Sumner(b) Whiskey Rebellion. Mrs. StreibertForeign Relations, 17H8-1797I

Mrs. Helene BonneyTopics: • & .Political "Mud Throwing,"

; Mrs. Clara K. HawkinsEli Whitney's Experience as an In-

ventor j.Mre. Jessie Loveless

CHURCH NOTICES.The annual meeting of the Pres-

byterian Ladies Missionary Societywas held Monday afternoon. Mrs.R. L. Sisson was elected president;Mrs. Jesse -Reynolds, Mrs., H. P.Eastman, Mrs. B. Cruikshank, vicepresidents; Mrs. R. E. Sumner sec-retary; Mrs. E. P. Matthews treas-urer; Mrs. L; T. Botsiford editor;Miss Belle Clhamplain ^Secretary ofliterature. : -1

Rev. W. J. Cross, Waddington isto preach at the Methodist churohnext Sunday.

First Universalist church, Rev.Thomas Stratton pastor. Services at10:30 a. m. Y. P. C. U. meeting at6 p. m. Subject of morning dis-course, "Fact and Faith." Subjectof x. jr. v. u. meeting; "Tfie Scrip-tural Basis of the Larger Hope."

The Y. P. C. U. of the Universa-list church will serve a supper atthe parsonage on Eln> St. Fridayp. in., Februarys from 5:30 to 7:00o'clock, followed by a -social In theevening. Games and a literary pro-gram. Every one come and enjoy apleasant evening. w \

GRANGE OFFICERS.

S. N. JUDD, OF ST. LAWRENCE!COUNTY, ELECTED TO THE

OFFICE OF STATELECTURER. "

Herkimer,. Feb. 8.—The followingofflcers_were elected at today's ses-session of the state grange: Lecturer8, N. Judd, of St. Lawrence; steward,Charles Mann, of Schoharie; assistantsteward, J. J. Bell, of Broome; chap-lain, A. H. Davey, of Ontario. Geo;A. Fuller, of Jefferson county, waselected overseer.

General Boiler commenced the ad-ranee for the relief of Ladysmith• - - — -

—Negotiations have been in progressfor some time looking toward thesale of the Thatcher ManufacturingCo's. factory and business to a newcompany organized for the purposeunder the name of the Thatcher Sup-ply Manufacturing Co., with a capitalof $800,000. The new corporation hasgone so far as to pay its State tax,but the final negotiations and trans-ferre have not yet been made. Thenew corporation contains several ofthe same people who have been con-nected with the Thatcher Mfg. §o.and some others. The fact that S. J*.Barnhart has been out a good dealwhile working to resurrect the PyritesPaper Co. business gives color andcredence to the report that he will gooutoftheMfg. Co. and devote his wholetime to the business at Pyrites; Thismay be true, but as yet all negotia-tions are pending, and there is a gooddeal of uncertainty as to the future.The Thatcher Mfg. Co. is doing alarge and increasing business Jn themanufacture and sale of butter color,milk bottles and caps, and other supplies for milk dealers and dairymen.

—The Odd Fellows of ExcelBiorlodge have decided to establish anEncampment in Potsdam and ten ofthe members will go over to Cantonon thu lw«nty-flritt of this month toreceive instruction in tho mysteriesof thts new degrees. The charterluciuborH will bo Alba Gates, GeorgeWhite, 3 . L. Benson Jr., CharlesBenson, L. A. Wilsou, Walter Hoaltsy,A. C. Smith, Fay Foster, E. L. Flintmid F. S. Neodhain.

Cliamberlaiu shows that the gov-errnnont, in spite of mistakes, whichlie acknowledge*, is doing all thatany government could do to redeemthose promises and, therefore, thoEnglish will stick by the govern-ment. They may distrust Chamber-Jain personally, but the majority ofthem like his war, and he and Ar-thur Balfour are the only statesmenwho have justified it broadly enough,and perhaps, fiercely enough, to sat-isfy the primal race instinct of theBritish—Brookljrn Eagle.

The London press exhibits surpriseover the failure of England to receiveooncespktas in return for the waiving ofher rights' under the Clayton B u twar treaty In connection with thebuilding of the Nicaragua canal.There i s * rumor in th*air on -vtfatf

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-is'-nothing ^OMpleasing to took fagphearty, ruddy face, gabled byhonest toil. They are thesaving of the nation, thesetoilers of both sexes, strug-gling for daily bread:

<Pur*Uoodnufiuihem *bU to teep upth* djJl? Ktmd of datyt.fwme, stop orstore. ifYtiu blood has a taM or bn.purify, of* ran down fading comes on,tteZw rimed* is Hood-, SarsaparSUuAmerica's (hufesi Htdtcb* for the blood.

Poor B l o o d - " 9 S a blood « w sopoor that to hottcsi weather*fell cold.Hood's SaraaparSU made me warm. BUthe right thing m the right place." HatiUJ. Taylor, Woo<hhmm.N.J.

THOUSAND ISLAND PAIIK.The^legal bultlu botwoon Uut stock-

holders of the TliouHiuid Inland Parkassociation in Iwing waged in Cana-dian courtH OH woll an in the Htatocourts. Tlutro im woll as hero, thefaction to which the Rev. MelvinD.Kinney, who for several years waspresident of the association, belongswas defeated.

The action in th,e (Jnnadiun court*which was tried about a year ago,was brought by A, F. Barker etal.vs. B. M. gritton, a, member of par-liament* to compel him ' to transfercertain stock whiph he had agreed tosell them.

The decision was that Mr. Brittenshould pay back the value of thestock which he had already received,but need riot .transfer the stock tothe plaintiffs.

The case was argued on the appealat Toronto February 1, and at theconclusion of the argument the ap-peal was dismissed.

Rev. Dr. J. E. C. Sawyer, of Syra-cuse, who had charge of the Tabeu-nacle services at Thousand IslandPark last summer, says that the sea-son at the Tabernacle will open sev»eral weeks earlier than usual thisyear. Among the speakers whom hehas already secured are Rev. Dr. R;R, Meredith, of Brooklyn, Rev. Dr.E. S. Tipple, of Naw York, Rev. Dr.8. Park Cadman, of New York, andRev. D. C. N. Sims, of Syracuse.

The secretaries of the Christian asr

sociations of the United States andCanada win meet at the Tabernaclethe first week in June and this willbe followed by a meeting of the phy-sical directors of ' the Christian as-sociations. July 5 and 6 the NewYork State Teachers' association,lumbering about 2,000, will assemble

at the Tabernacle.

GASOLINE FIRE POT EXPLODES.

A BOONVILLE PLUMBER A?TD A BOY.

TERRIBLY. BURNED.Boonville, Feb! 4.—Yesterday after-

noon about 5 Elbridge G. Palmer,of the firm of Palmer Bros., hard-ware dealers, was at the home ofLincoln Perry, on Schuyler Btreet,doing a job of plumbing and wasusing a gasoline fire pot. He leftm e HlO put Ot^nnUug VO|» iiul/lo W

he was at work in another part ofthe room, and, hearing a noise, turn-ed to find that Mr. Perry's youngson, Charles, jhad pulled it off. Mr.Palmer, seeing the danger, rushedover and! grabbed the1 fire pot, butat that j instant it exploded andthrew the inflammable stuff overhimself and the chqd. Both werevery badly burned about the handsand face. Mr. Palmer was removedto his^ome and Dr. L T. Rinklewas called. It was found that thepatient was burned badly atout theeyes and was unable to open them,and his hands were burned so badlythat the flesh peeled from them insome places. Mr. Perry's, son wasalso severely burned, but the attend-ing physician thinks not fatally.The room in which the explosion oc-curred was, badly wrecked. A holewas blown through the ceiling, win-pows demolished on all sides, furni-ture burned and the gable of theroof was split. Both Mr, Palmerand the boy were resting as com-fortably as could be expected to-night.

—School at the Normal reopenedWednesday.

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D o e sthis illus-trate yourexpe r i -e n c e ?And areyou wor-ried for

^ T w . v , fear you, are-sootf tjo'he bald?

Then 4ease worry-ing, for help is athand. You needsomething that will

| cut new life into theI hair fculbs.

You' n e e d| a hair1 food,s u c h

Different topl«*jjjrork planned all

along our U n S ^ e w presir ' "Dow'ereelgnajloawA* d t a .hot kweptodTXutotion wae nudeand carried th*£* superintendent beappointed to fldmrforward the workplanned by Un, Dow. Mm Braceelected to theofcoV Mootingdeoidodthat the first and third Tuesday eve-nings In each*'Month be for regularmeetings. It v « decided that wemeet with our benevolent and Chris-tian worker. Mrs. Harvey, the~Tuturetwo months. Med«l contest work dte-oussod and deftd«a for future meet-Ings. Moved and carried that thename of Mrs. H. Day be added to theParlor meeting «oinuilltee. Movedand carried that the Hum of two dol-lars bo drawn fropi the treasury andbo expended for Werature for super-intendent of Sunday school work,Mrs. Ifarvoy was elected as superin-tendent.

A Parlor meeting held at the lovelyhomo of Mrs, H. Day on Jan. 30t1>,proved a decided ioooess, especiallyfor the treasury department.

A; Sunday school temperance lessonwas given-^h the^t. E. church Feb.4th, uiuWttufauipfoetI of tho W. C.T. U. , "*

There should b* aiJeeire and effort•on the part of otl white rfbbonertt toinake as large as possible the WlllardMemorial Fund fpr the extension andbuilding up of W O . T. U.-work.Some Unions, are Already forwardingthe two dollars asked of each union,while a few are sending larger sums.Inasmuch as this Is the only call sentout by the National W|. C. T. U. formoney to be applied to a memorial forMiss Willard there should be a gener-ous and nearty response. Certainlyno expression of the people's grati-tude, reverence and love can compareIn significance and importance Viththe W- C. T. U. itself, as Frances AWillard's memorial. If each unionresponds, as we trust it will, the workshe loved and to which she gave herlife, can be extended: and strengthenedandcan be organized in manyplaces heretofore unreached. Giftsfrom individuals to this fund ^wouldbe received with gratitude and withthe gifts from the unions be carefullyused for'the promotion of the temper-ance cau^e.

~ In the case of Roberts vs. the Amer-ican people, the people have won.By a vote of over five to one, the seatof the polygamouson January 25th, declared vacant,"Overwhelmed by the force ofnumbers" says Mr. Roberts, but he ac-knowledges that back of this forcewas the "whip, and spur of public sen-timent." The case furnishes a forci-ble illustration of the power of thepeople—not only _of the "sovereignvoter" but of the women of the land.And we are proud to know that theW. C. T. U. was one of the most po-tent factors in bringing about thisnotable victory for righteousness andpurity. The uiighty wave of popularsentiment, which brands him as alawbreaker and leaves the state ofUtah without a representative in the

^ W o i H e ,vocalist, and UIM Helen 'P, Rlgg»,of Buckton, violinist and local talentwill wwUrt, Question,

JfcHalw*, TOattbe war waged bythe British against the Boers is Justi-fiable.

Affirrnitiw, Trot E. . A. Manh,Hopkint«n;-Prof. H. P.Banm, Brash-er Fallsf Rev. Mr. Mackenzie Mns-

. Negative, Rev. L. T. Cole,Brasher Falls; Rev. J. W. Miller,Brasher Falls; Rev. D. E. Bellly, Hop-

?hof prejudice"*;ihisconstituency^maydeclare that the* support of the major-ity resolntion was the "test of repub-lican orthodoxy;" but Utah knows,and the Nation knows,%nd the worldknows that the real purpose of thepeople's uprising was the striking ablow at polygamy as such. It was anemergency whicn demanded quickdealing, a new" and perhaps startlingprecedent. It was a new occasion andtaught a new duty. "Stand not onthe order of your going;", said theAmerican people, to Roberts, "but goat once." Andhew^nt. -

S, L. GOODAXB.

WADDINGTON.)Feb. 7, 1900.—Everyone was glad

to see the snow which has made suchfine sleighing.

.The Normal students are all homespending their vacation.

The Presbyterian Sunday Schoolhad a sleigh ride andsuppgrin thechurch parlors last evening. Aftersupper a Graphophone program wasgiven, interspersed with music: Alto:gether the little folks and older onesalso seemed to have a good time.

i The R. C. society held a social lasteVening at Mi John Murphy's. Amusical and literary program wasgiven.- Their large house was wellfilled and all seemed to enjoy them-selves.; . -

Percy Parlow and family, of Gouv-erneur, - are visiting friends in town.

A discussion of the Philippinequestion will be held in the townhall this week Friday evening. Prof.Nulty, of our 'school, JoBeph Mar-tin; of Chase Mills, Mr, ScratonandMr. Wade, of Madrid, ore the de-baters, : . j. . - .

Mrs. W. A. panlels-imtertained aeompway o#-ladies l«et«v«aiittg

I a s - iajrIt brings health to 1

the hair, and the fall-1 ing ceases. /I It always i restores> color to gray hair .\ You need not look at

thirty as if you werefifty, for your grayhafr may have againat! the dark, rich color*

I of youth. ;

Dr. Bower has gfepne to Watertownto his daughter's Mrs. Parker.

Leo Martin, of Carthage, is home,for deputy Collector of

this K t does nottseeni to be settledThe appointment of Deb-I» ; t f t | on^ete4

! Mr. W. W. Kimball, from Boston,formerly a resident of Potsdam andSunday School Superintendent inthe Presbyterian church, hi in Tots-daiu this woek aud spoke at somelength in the Presbyterian prayermueting Wednesday evening. Mr.Kimball wuuo to Pbtedam for hishealth about 20*yaus ago, and pur-chased a small village farm on Leroystreet; sinee known as the Kimballplace. He resided here two years,regained his health ana returned toBoston, and says he has always, cher-ished a warm place in his heart forPotsdam and Potsdam people since... President HcKifafey has appointedWilliam H. Tart of Cincinnati, Unit-ed States' Circuit -Judge of the SixthJudldat district; as president of the

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lAWRENOBViLLE, » . T.Feb. 5,1600. Then will be a de.

bate and other entertainment at Har-mon's hall nailer the auspices of theGrange, Thursday evening Feb15. Mlw Graoe ~ "

Exercises begin at 7:80 o'clock.Admission 10 cents.

i The -Crazy Social," at Harmon'sHall, Friday evening, was decided aroecess. Receipts over 19.00..

MissEIen> Maher, aformeriresidentof this- place, died Saturday the Srd,at Mw.,5tina. gapjule's, Wort^ .Law-,reneei Fnneral Monday at 1 o'oloclcBurial at LawrencevlUe cemetery.

Solon j . McEwen, aged 81 years,died at homo in Westflold, N. Y.,last w.»ok. l)t»cflas«(l • WOH a brotherof Ranooin McEwen, of this place,and will, bo reuieiuburcd by a good-many residents df the'town..

jtra. Elng8bur4, of Kimball St.,died January 27. Funeral the 20th.She was an invllifl since coming tothis town, consumption having sometime ago marked her as its victim.She was 40 year^ of age. She leavesa husband and; seven children tomourn her death. The family havethe sympathy of the community.

Geo. Hill's youngest child is a lit-tle better of his serious illness.

Gay McEwen'Sjyoungest child, whohas been very, stok, is a little better.

Mrs. F. W. Dn$ke fe no better. r

Sam Harmon is out again.Jerry Hourihaft is improving.Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shepard leave

today for Herkimer, to attend StateGrange. "T

Geo. A. Clark) of Plum Brook, didbusiness in fownjlast week.

J. S. Kingston is rejoicing over agirl.

NORTH LAWRENCE,Feb. 5.—Miss Ellen Maher, who has

been in poor health for the past year,passed this life Saturday eveningabout ten o'clock at the residence ofMrs. Sanjule, where she has made hexhome for the past six months. . Fun-eral services were held Monday at oneo'clock at the residence of Mrs. San-jule, Rev. C. Hr Williams officiating;The deceased, aged 61 years, wasloving sister, a kind neighbor, aihighly-esteemed by all whofcnew her.The friends have jbhe sympathy of ourvillage in their sad bereavement.

A. X. Pollock,' while hauling iceteam, the riser to his buttet factory,wan kicked in the stomach by ahorse.We learn that he is in a critical con-dition.

The following are added to the sicklist; Mrs: A- V. Mandigo, Mia* AggieDriseol, and F. G. Potter. X.

NO ICE TRUST IN POTSDAM.

is been formed In Pots-1,dam. I.wjsh to state tih&tl this isincorrect, ^ o combination has beenformed. I fehall manage my ownbusiness and-make my own deliveryof ice the oozing season the same asin the past. ;I am putting in 860 cordsof the best iett that has been harvestedhere in yearsCand am prepared,to takecare of all of my old trade, and anynew that I may obtain.' Place your orders for next season'delivery now.

Yours Truly, I,8w8. LBWIS DHLISLB.

F O E T T J A O K S O M ,Peb. «.-Lumbennen are

over the enow. There to> make good sleighing.Rev. Took* preached in theM. E.

church Sunday night.M. L. Clifford and H. E. Downey

rent to Mauena on business last

The New England supper at SidneyMulligan'» was well attended and enjoyed by all.

Mrs. C. S. Stevens has been visitingher ulster, Mm. Geo. Smith, at JIop-kinton.

The sick are Improving,There will be a-dance In the hotel

Friday night, and also one in Grangeh a l l , • ; ' • • • ' . . . . . • • • - ' • ; „ •

There was a Burprise party at Mr,Beuben KendrfekV last Tuesdaynight. Mr. and Mrs. Kendriok aresoon to leave for New Hampshire. As

memento theyvrere presented with«. silver tea set, Mr. H. Smith beingspokesman for the company.

MtfpFy W. Ballon returned to hishome at PotedAm Friday.

A number of children at HopUntonhave tho Oennau measles.

Mlw* Myrtle Bemte id workingCilOH. Kl!Hogg's. \

Tlje society at Mrs. C|has.Hodgkin'iwas a success and enjoyed by all.

[; RlPPLB,

SOUTH COtTON..Feb. 8.—During the past week the

weather got down to biz. Severaldays mercury stood from 4 to 10 de-grees below zero all day.

T£e sleighing is flue just now, ancevery one is improving every momentof their time, especially the lumber-men, who were getting rather bluebefore the snow came.

W. P. Southworth ^nd his niece,Miss Helen Southworth, of TopperLake, were in town visiting old f riemdsand relatives during the past week. -

Arthur Colling and Miss Nora BartleW were married .Saturday. Congratulations. '

Miss Louisa Strobeck, who has beensick so long, is (able to sit Up nearlyall day. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs.J. B. Strobeck, tender their sincerethanks to their friends and neighborsfor the assistance . and ' sympathyshown them during her long illness.

D. Boyd, who has pneumonia,also slowly iregaining his health;;

The little babe of J. Hayes is seouslyilL

You would do well to call upon Mrs.S, L. Irish, who has a fine line of allkinds of books, Bibles,,albums, or anykind of silverware, from the cheapestto tho best. She i» authorized agentfor tin's town for tho life of the greatEvangelist $ wight L. Moody, writtenby his son Wm. R. Moody, also thewar in South Africa.

Services will be held in the Baptistchurch in the future at 10;30 a.

Plattsburgh is to have a printercarnival and have seclected February21, 22 and 28 as the dates. The usualwinter sports will be offered as

— - - — • - • — • • • • wmm 9 I H U I

- - „ night for the benefit of

iJtt?111'--*•"-*^ ^ ^ £ £ £ l B r a " h -

MiMAnnena Mareh left\today toattend the Potodam Normal:

Mr. WaUle Llndwy came homeyesterday from Mountain View. He« - i to Carthage tomorrow, where hepulp

- — Bennie Cauhman returnedfrom the east today.

Mtas Margaret Mahar, of Moria,visited her sfater Mary, last Thursdayand FrI<Uy. Mfcs Mary IH one of our

Mr. and Mrs. Friend Smith and! daughter, of NIoholville, visited at

>. E. Parlu'B lost Friday.The wedding bell* have rung and

re soon to ring, again. 7

A very quiet wedding- took plaeelast Sunday aftertoon at the homeof Mr. and MnrT Chester Root, itbefhg their daughter, Miss Edith, to;Mr. Arda Panaer.. Rev. O. M. Kelleyperformed themat^Imonial ceremony.They are now away on their weddingtrip, We wish theto a long andhappy life. iso.

The mid winter convention of theFranklin County W. C. T. U. will be

It hasbeen currently re^orfcd that held in Malone on Thursday, Marchan ice trust has been formW In Pots-\ ut1st.

Great opportunity offered to good,reliable n Salary of $15 per iand expenses for man with rig. to introduce our Poultry Mixture and In-sert Destroyer in the.country. Sendstamp, American Mfg. Co,, TerrcHaute, Ind. -

BRASHER PUMPJ3.Any one wishing Brasher Pumps

and Repairs, can have them by callingon or writing to M. H. IiBLTOiir,

iW Norwood, N.Y.

OFESfcA HOUSE, POTSDA^I,Saturday, February 10.

One of tile Grandest Dramatic and Musical Events ever given inthe-History o£ Potsdam. [

.—-Demran Thompson's Beautiful Play-^— [

"The Sunshine of Paradise Alley"Written for the (people who enjoyed "The Old Homestead".!

A. Great Company of 18| Players and Singers! Beautiful Special Scenery!WILLIAM STURGEON, TBKOR, formerly with Camille iDafcffle Opera Co.GBO. W. CALLAHAN, BASSO, " ! ' - " Lillian Russell ™ "GBO. P. AEMOND, BARBITOIHB, "| j " Castle Square

; And T H E PEERLESS VERDI1 LADIES QUARTETTE.

' S o a t o o n 0^3.o mvt. w&mtoxt.'m Book. *»tcanYou Can*t Afford to 1 Miss Thia Treat.

ons-Fii^t Semi-Annual-

Shoo Sale!• • OoynTDQ

Wednesday Jan. 17th,And for SO days t wilibffer for sale everything in the

« * — - » Rubber line at

UNDER.This is my first SoSai-ammal Sale and I wish to es-

tablish a reputation of, giving my patrons jnst what Iadvertise. So thai wftan I say cost and under tt meansthat and no one shall have reason to doubt it.

Come and see.) Yon cannot bnt be finrprtsed jtt thebarg^nsIoJKerinMens1^Shoes, Misses1 .«•"- *~*—-•*• ^Ttoya! Shoes, Leggins, Robbers,

0 'hb duties )

: PARTSHVILLE CEirr^R.Feb. 5.—Ida Manser went to Nc

wood last Saturday. \

Pearl Covey, who| has oeendanger!ouslyill of pneumonia, is reported avery little better. Dr. Duffy, of Par-ishvUle, is attending her.

Mrs, Mary Thomas.j who hadshocklast Friday nighty and was reported better; is not so] well at thiswriting." 5 '.

Mrs.!Fish and hersonjLantie Hopie,of Malpne, visited at i$e Center lastweek. |

Got© Mabel Parker to get yourdress-ttiakmg done. First classtat moderate priees. :

Mrs.1 David Riggs is on the sicklist.

JMrs. Mary Thomas died at the rc-deneeof-H. M. Covey Tuesday morn-inj at I o'clock.

"*". ' MOIRA.Willie Dickenson, who has a posi-

tion in Minneapolis, is home visitingfriends.

Irtf, Young, oar popular painter andpaperhanger, is at work On a job &iEast Dicjtinson,

Oa account of the severe storm, doservice was held in the Congregation/

! The W,. C. T. U. will meet witiMrs. P. fPierce next Friday , . _Subject, Narcotics. We should judgefrom appearances) that some of ouryoung boys wereidl ready handlingthe subject a little too freely.

Mrs: H, B. Dr&ke returned fromKeesevitte "Friday, and her cousin,Miss Florence Rowe, came with herfor a few weeks' visit.

Fred Rozen and Miss Nettie Eldredwere quietly married at the homethe bride's grandparents at BrushtonThursday, February 1st. Congratulattons.

Mrs. Pnrrington is failing rapidlyand a specialist from Ogdensburg hasbeen summoned. Mrs. Purringtonfell about two weeks ago, six feeistriking op the back of her headTho'fllie was rational for a short tim<after the accident she has since therbecome insane; and little hope is lefifor her recovery.

Prof. Howe cut his foot veryfbadii

last Saturday, but was able to gb intischool Monday^ . Doi Mf.

RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.At a regular meeting of I. O. F

Court Potsdam No. 1886, PotsdamN. Y., Jan. 2$nd, 1900, the followingresolutions were unanimously *"ed.

Whereas, In view of the loss w<have sustained by the- di "our associate and Brother,:.Sheets, and of the still heavi<sustanied by those who areand deafest to him; therefore

Resolved, That it is bat abute to the memory of theto say that in regretting his removalfrom our midst, we mourn for onewho was, in every way, worthy ofrespect and regard.

Resolved, t h a t we sincerely con-dole with the f amiiy of the deceasedon the dispensation with which it haspleased Divine Providence,to afflictthem, and commend them for conso-lation- to Him who orders all thingsfor the best, and whose chastise-ments are meant in mercy.

Resolved, That this heartfelt testlmonial of our sympathy and sorrowbe forwarded to the family of ouideparted Brother by the secretary oftills Court; also published in ourlocal -papers, and placed on t&e re-cords of our Court.

(H. M. _-_Committee] William J ,

( F: N. Ormiston.

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~v •»»•*« * u s * i i u r i > BJj ( D l u t U T w O v

with. When asked what was the causeof his hons being so prolific, S t a t e d

-ran all in a certain compound he- J using, jtlmt'kept his hons In good

condition and funiiwhed them withthe proper 8tiim,],,«to egg production.American Poultry Mixture Is the nameof it, and is made by American Mfg."o., Terra. Haute, Ind. Every man

i the poultry buninoeH !H interested in-ie health of liis hem and their laying

capacity.;, In the eggs lie his proflu..ThiB mixture Is guaranteed to increase >he production of eggs 100 per cent. •"

• money refunded. It will do morethan three tithes as much as the same -r>amount of any other compound. ' u" <iIs concentrated in form and the resultof years of practical .experience in thepoultry business. There isabsolute--* no doubt as to; what it will do, andi

m arp invited t< try it at the expense«' the company. Send ?l for a sample \ ipackage and if it doesen't do theworkA'Jyou get your money back. This Is j pfair and is made to induce -practical'??poultrymen to give i t a trial. It ft •?•also a preventive; of such diseases, as Lthe terrible cholera; and roupe whichf '**'create such havoc in all parts of the -jcountry. It acts directly on the crawand gizzard and is a thoroughly scien- :

tine preparation.The manufacturers guarantee every

package or refund purchase money.If your druggist don't sell AmericanPoultry Mixture'; he's behind the age. ,T i that'case OEdfer direct from Ameri-

in Mfg. Co.-. Terre Haute, Ind.

BANGOR. . JWe have two days of snow and ' ;

still coming.

Elmer Merrick was' out with hisson Gordon, who has been very sickfor several weeks. Glad to see himout-once more.

Miss Od'ell, from Canada, is stoppingwith her sister, Mrs. Farr.

A"|5.00 gift from Mrs. Helen Pat-terson, of California, was received byKings Daughters for their leemeteryfund. •

Dakota friends have been guests at"^atson Barber's. ' -..

Rev. Rand's lectures with views {ere flnei greatly superior to anything .*

we have ever had fere. , \-

Received....at —

Ives'Block.Drug Store

•: . "_ y*-..-i*'.'..' '1""-1^'V>"..£ : ,

Y A R D . "•'•• .* -

—a in Iowa Uses a Oomixnud 'that Makes His H e S T ^ 'Doable the UBaal Numbe?Sammer and Winter. Be-

"»•* of His -cret

People in the neighlwrhood of Cres-m. lour* are amazed at the number

" this man drives t<

Geo. Bradford is to occupy his newstore Very soon. \ Expect we shallhave a "nobby" s|ore when Georgegets there. \ _ • . ,

Silver Gray daniee at Fish's hotelFebruary 14th.

Mr. and Mrs. W I J B . Royce spentlast week at Saranac Lake, attendingthe Carnival.

Mrs. Florence Peufleld, of Syracuse/is a guest at C. J. Adams's.

Mrs. Larkin returned home to -Brushton, after four weeks' stay w i ^her daughter, Mrs. Marvin.

* Eugene Crooks, of Carthage] is in 'town for awhile.

Frank Bradford iy^ expected homefrom Boston soon. ;

King's Daughters met -with Mrs.Fred Brown Monday^evening.

Ernest Fish is at tome from SaranacLake. • - [«

Rev. Andrew, |>f Brushton, ex-changed pulpits wifh Rev. Rand lastSabbath, giving hi|i friends a chanceto meet their former pastor again.

PleurisyHfe d

Special tuducements to part-J

ie© drawing' theirC^ l

/Wecarrythelargeststockof

FLOOR, FEED AKB GRAINo£ any concern % town.

Havitigjoai-omere get h

^Huestock *ti$&fim.