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A Frenchman who ran away from his
adversary in a duel is certified by his
physician to have been suffering from
tacliypodia. It sounds better than
"quiekfoot," just as kleptomania is pre
ferijed to the commoner word.
A car load of Illinois eggs passed
through a railroad wreck the other day
without having a single shell disrupted.
This variety of non-explosive and ar
mor-clad poultry product must be in
tended for the exigencies of the naval
tervice.
A French paper makes much of the
idea that "the American army has yet
to be brought into existence." The
editor, unfamiliar with the history of
the American volunteer, should be re
strained from shedding ink about this
country.
"Now that the government has decided
to abandon the Klondike relief expedi
tion what is to be done with the 537
reindeer, 418 sleds and the 133 Lapp,
Finn and Norwegian immigrants?"
asks an exchange. Well, the reindeer
and sleds will come handy at Christmas,
and the Lapps and Fins can settle down
and goto work, or sail back, as they de
tire.
An ordinary western county seat con
test is bad enough, but Oklahoma now
proposes to convulse the civilized world
with a mad scramble for the territorial
capital, in which four cities stand read 3*
to shoot as they vote. Most of the
rivers down there are naturally red, so
that the presence of artificial carnage
can only be detected by an abnormal
ldueness in the atmosphere and the
clash of rival knives against opposing
ribs.
Seven years ago William Itodgers, a
convict serving a 30-year sentence in
the penitentiary at San Quentin, Cal.,
was told by Lieut. McLean, of the force
of guards, to stop talking and attend
to his work. The prisoner replied: "I'll
not talk any more. He kept liis word
-tintii the other day, when he was in
formed that McLean had left, the prison.
Then Rodgers broke his silence of seven
_years by remarking that his vow v as
off and iie now converses freely with his
fellow convicts.
The work of the Christian Endeavor
societies extends almost all over the
world. According to official returns
this sixteenth year of the organization
has been one of the best on record.
The movement includes besides the
"United States, the parent country,
Great Britain, Germany, India, Btirfnah,
Ceylon, South Africa, Scandinavia,
Switzerland and several other Euro
pean countries newly listed in the
•work. The world's international con
tention will be held at Paris in 1900.
"Private" John Allen, of Mississippi,
is a total abstainer. He is now serving
his seventh term in the national house
of representatives and he gives this
characteristic reason why he never
touches liquor: "Of course, if I drank
any at ell I should have to indulge
■while stumping my district. Now,
you just think what would hap
pen to me if, while on a stump
ing tour, 1 should take a few
drinks and then attempt to say: 'Fellow
citizens of Itawamba, or Oktibbha or
Tishomingo county.' My finish can be
easily imagined."
The British government has awarded
a contract to the Carnegie company
for 5,000 tons of armor plate for its
war vessels. This is a triumph for the
United Slates. Orders for all sorts of
iron anil steel for private persons in
F.ngland huve often been filled in this
country, but this is the first time that
the British government has come here
for any of them. Exports of nearly
i.ll sorts of manufactures from the
United States have been largely on the
increase in the past year or two. Uncle
Sam is fitting up a great workshop for
the whole w^rld.
The Chinese question has been defi
nitely settled at Baltimore. A China
man wanted to marry a negress. and
it at once became of paramount impor
tance to decide whether he was white
or colored. If white, the law against
miscegenation applied to the union; ii
colored, no objection could be raised.
The negroes decided positively that he
•was not one of them nd the white
people were equally l'tain that he
should not be classed \v ,h them. There
upon he was put down as "yellow."
and.of course, a "yellow" man was
privileged to marry whom he chose.
Arizona is looming up as an orange
growing state. The oranges ripen |
earlier tliF.n in California, and those
produced have a fine, rich flavor like the
Florida oranges. I'ight hundred acres
have been planted, and now there are
500 acres of bearing trees.
ONE RESULT OF FREE COINAGE.
The Sixteen to One Pol ley \Vonl<l
lliinkru|»t the Notion.
Ever since the national government
was established individuals who have
suffered property losses by reason of
tlie acts of its agents have been apply
ing to congress for relief. Theirclaims
have been pressed by congressmen and
by lobbyists. An enormous amount of
money lias been paid out in a hundred
years on account of private claims, a
large percentage of which, it may be
stated, were exaggerated or fraudu
lent.
So successful have these claimants
been that every man who can make
out a shadow of a case against the gen
eral government makes application for
relief, confident that if he keeps at
it long enough he will be sure to ob
tain redress. He expects his repre
sentative to take tip his ease and work
for him. If that representative seems
to take no interest in the matter, then
the claimant and all his relatives and
friends began on lsim.
Suppose congress were to change and
debase the money standard in the man
ner demanded by the Chicago platform,
thus enabling those who owe gold
value money to force on their creditors
dollars whose actual value, as measured
by the old standard, would be less than
half face value, then millions of men
and women would be damaged direct
ly to the amount of billions of dol
lars.
The indirect damage need not be con
sidered, enormous though they would
be. But there would be a direct pe
cuniary loss falling on depositors in
savings and commercial banks, on per
sons who had sold real or personal prop
erty on time or who bad loaned money
in any way, and on all beneficiaries of
life insurance policies. Each of these
would be deprived by of the
government of a portion of his prop
erty.
The first act of these sufferers would
be to apply to congress for relief.
Among these applicants would be many
men who voted for the congressmen
who changed the money standard and
thus deprived so many citizens of their
property. They would be sorry for
what they had done when they felt
the effects of the policy they had ig
norantly indorsed.
There would be so many of these
claims that it would be impossible to
introduce a. separate bill in each case.
11 would Vie necessary to lump the
eases. There would be bills "to in
demnify bank depositors for losses sus
tained by reason of the change of mone
tary standard,"to indemnify mortgage
holders, and bondholders, and life in
surance policy holders.
The persons in whose behalf these dif
ferent bills were introduced would not
ask for a restoration of the gold stand
ard. They would simply ask congress
to appropriate enough cheap money to
pay them for the property they had
been deprived of by the change of stand
ards.
A single claimant sometimes nearly
drives a congressman wild. It is easy
to imagine what the state of mind of
representatives and senators would be
when each of them had several thou
sand men at his heels begging for the
passage of relief bills and
vengeance at the polls if the matter
was not attended to quickly.
What, would the free silver democrats
in congress do? What would free silver
democrats outside of congress advise
them to do? Many of those congress
men would feel that it was hardly safe
for them to return to their districts if
indemnity measures were not adopted.
Hut to settle all these claims would
call for appropriations amounting to
many billions. If the losses footed up
$8,000,000,G00 in gold value money, then
it would be necessary to appropriate
$16,000,000,000 in cheap silver dollars to
cover the losses. That sum would have
to be obtained by the sale of cheap sil
ver "relief" bonds, and the taxes would
have to be increased considerably t»>
raise the money with which to pay the
interest on them.
So if the free silver democrats were
to come into power and carry out their
"sixteen to one" policy their represen
tatives in congress would straightway
find themselves in a pretty pickle. They
would be besieged by legions of men
claiming compensation from the gov
ernment for damages inflicted by it.
On the other hand, the magnitude of
those damages, which could be made
good only by selling vast quantities of
bonds "in time of peace," and taxing the
entire community heavily to pay tliein
icrest on them, would appall congress
men. Those senators and representa
tives who voted for free silver "with a
light heart" would feel differently after
the damage claims were pressed on
their:. —Chicago Tribune.
C7"The Dingley tariff law durir.g Feb
ruary prod need a revenue of more than
a million dollars a day. For the first
seven months of its operation the total
customs receipts were $175,515,751,
against $159,*i?£38 for the same period
of the Wilson law, a gain of $15,015,74.1
for the Dingley statute. And the latter
had to contend with warehouses packed
with imported goods in anticipation of
increased duties. February sHc.vs a
snrplus, SI,S 15,358, for tlie. first time
since Mr. Cleveland and his "wild
team" were running things at Wash
ington. Republican legislation is the
kind that meets public needs and does
away with deficits.—Troy Times.
inTTroker has turned down silverism,
and Ilili and Gorman did this long ago.
These men arc a power in their respect
ive states. They know the direction ol
the political currents. On this issue
they undoubtedly voice the view of an
overwhelming majority of the democ
racy in their locality. Their attitude,
however, should not lie misunderstood
The fact that silverism is dishonest if
not the reason tliej'are against it. The}
are agiins't it because they know it will
bring swift and certain defeat to an}
party which champions it. —St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1898.
AN IDEAL PRESIDENT.
WlileHprcml Ciinfidenrc In I'reMldent
McKinley.
Tlie admirable address of President
McKinley on the character of Washing!
ton lias elicited from thoughtful men
of both parties hearty expressions of
thankfulness that the executive respon
sibility now rests on the shoulders of
n man so resembling the firstchief mag
istrate in many traits. Ex-President
Harrison has just borne testimony to
the profound confidence which Presi
dent McKinley has inspired by his con
duct thus far. There is no posing for
effect, no sensationalism, no feverish
haste to decide, lest those not charged
with grave responsibility siould think
him too slow, l>ut also no lack of care
and thoroughness in preparation, or of
decision and promptness in action when
the proper time has come. It is with a
deep sense of relief that the country
finds its gravest interests in the hands
of a man of singular calmness and self
command, not flurried by most exciting
events, able to set the country a grand
example of» patience, deliberation and
scrupulous justice, and at the same time
preparing with singular energy for any
course which the occasion may re
quire.
President McKinley clearly realizes
that the way to preserve peace is to
make ready for war. If any event what
ever compels the nation to repel attack
or wrong", it seems that the executive
will not be found unready, within the
limits of possible preparation fixed by
congressional failures. Congress also
begins to act. rather than talk, and the
passage of the bill to raise two artillery
regiments for service in coast fortifi
cations is an important though belated
step. The men ought, to be drilled al
ready. The senate's increase of appro
priations for defense should lead the
house, not lacking in patriotic vigor and
promptness of action in many other
cases to revise its course. With some
thing done, much remains to be done.
Less than a third of the guns and their
emplacements asked for by the board
on fortifications has yet been provided
by congress. The first great 16-inch
gun is completed out of 22 deemed nec
essary. Congress has appropriated in
all less than $10,000,000 for completion
up to July of 24 12-ineh guns out of 200
required; fr2 ten-inch out. of 180 re
quired, 33 eight-inch out of 100 required,
16 heavy rapid-fire out of 250 required,
and 232 12-ineh mortars out of 1,032 re
quired. Unless congress is prepared to
take the responsibility of differing from
the board as to requirements for na
tional defense, the work of preparation
should not be limited an}' longer by
want of money.
One or two seiiatprs have expressed
doubt whether more money should be
spent for powerful battleships. The
statement of ('apt. Matron as to the ne
cessity and safety of this arm of the
nation's defense is worthy of the high
est weight. But respecting all the de
tails of preparation for national safety,
it is only fair to say that congress
should be largely guided by informa
tion obtained from the executive de
partments. Much of that information
ought not to be tnnde public. But the
country knows that the executive re
sponsibility is tinder the personal
charge of President McKinley. He is
the active and controlling head of the
state and navy and every other depart
ment, and the country has in him such
strong confidence that it will not fail
to sustain congress in authorizing the
expenditures which he deliberately pro
nounces necessary for public defense.
A. calm, cool man, swayed by no excite
ment or passion and resolutely facing
every emergency, is a man upon whoso
judgment congress ' and the country
may safely rely.—N. Y. Tribune.
PRESS OPINIONS.
CTFebruary receipts at the treasury
department have averaged over a mil
lion dollars a day under the new rev
enue law, thus fulfilling the pledges
made by its framers that it would pro
duce sufficient money to meet the run
ning expenses of the government,
which averages only a million dollars a
day, taking one mouth with another,
the year around. —Cincinnati Commer
cial Tribune.
cyOnee upon a time the democrats
were greatly worried over the surplus
revenue. A surplus reappeared last
month, but no party is likely to view it
with alarm.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
fact stands out in bold relief at
the present time. The entire nation
approves of the course of President Mc-
Kinley, and has unlimited confidence
in his coolness and his wisdom. —Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
m*During the first year of President
McKinley's administration the dc.ieit,
exclusive of the Pacific railroad re
ccipts, has been reduced more than one
half. All of it will be wiped out now
that wc arc in good working order un
der the new tariff. Uearin mind that a
year ago the Dinglev law was still al
most six months from its passage. Itis
really remarkable how well that law
has been straightening out our finances
—lowa State Register.
Gold's Circuit «>f the Globe.
"A million dollars gold from Japan
en route to the subtreasury in New York
detained for eight, hours at Cedar Rap
ids, la." This very metal like as not
originated in California, crossed tlie
continent in the form of double eagles
was thipped to London and converted
intosovcreigns. went perhaps to France
and, after circulating for a time in
the shape of 20-franc pieces, was sent
to Japan in payment for silks, and
completing the circuit cf the earth
comes back to us in payment for cot
ton. The ceaseless eblvand tlow of golc
round the globe in settlement of trade
balances proves that independent of al
statutes it is by natural laws the moncj
cf the civilized nations. When one re
fleets on the heavy expense of transpor
tation and the great loss from attrition
however, it is surprising that, in this
age of pcaec and international trade re
lations there lia.s not been establishes
a world's clearing house. — X. . Berald
WAS MINED BY WEYLER.
Startling Statement Made by Cor
respondent Liine.
Il«* ClalniM to Iliive an Authentic Copy of »
letter Written by the Kx-Cuiitain
(irnoral In Which the Maine l>ln*
Ulster IH Foreshadowed.
New Vork, March 18.—The New York
Journal prints a statement written by
llonore F. Laine, the newspaper cor
respondent recently arrested and
searched by Spanish officials in Ca
banas prison, Havana, anil later ex
pelled from the island. This is the
opening of Laine's statement:
"On January '.J4, at 10 p. in.,l met in
the cafe Inglaterra, the headquarters
of the reporters in Havana, Francisco
Diaz, a reporter of the rabid Spanish
newspaper, La Union Constitucional,
with whom 1 frequently exchanged
news.
"On asking him if he had anything
to give me. he took from his pocket a
letter and gave it to ine, saying: 'VVey
lcr wrote this letter to Santos Guzman,
who sent it to Nove (the editor of the
I'nion Constitucional) for him to read
and write an article on the acceptance
by Weyler of the candidacy of deputy
to the cortes for Havana. 1 took this
copy, which you can keep." "
The following is the alleged letter
referred to above:
His Excellency, Don Francisco De Los Santos
Guzman:
My distinguished personal and political
friend: Since the latest events I have changed
my views about the attitude which our politi
cal party in Cuba ought to assume. If I have
thought before that it was more dignified fcr
us to abstain from the electoral contest. X be
lieve now that it is a patriotic duty for us togo
to the polls. Our success cannot Ie doubted,
nor that with a programme of defense of the
national honor, we will have side by side with
us all those lukewarm politicians who, though
Spaniards at heart, are deceived by the inside
combinations of Moret and Sugasta and take
as scientific solutions of our colonial problems
what are really dishonorable humiliations of
our country before the United States.
Write on your flag, the flag of Spain, "De
fense of National Honor." and I offer you my
name as your candidate. After having com
manded during two years aCO.tOO Spanish
heroes in Cuba, I shall be more proud of the
title of deputy from Havana to the cortes of
Spain. By the way, I have read these days
that the Americans are pondering about send
ing one of".heir warships to that city. During
my command in Cuba they did not even dare to
dream about it. They knew the terrible pun
ishment that awaited them. I had Havana
harbor well prepared for such an emergency. I
rapidly linlshed the work that Martinez Cam
pos carelessly abandoned.
If the insult is made I hope that there will be
a Spanish hand to punish it as terribly as it
deserves VAI.KHIA.NO WhYLER.
Madrid, January S, 188 K.
Laine says that he read the letter
and pigeonholed it. When the Maine
disaster occurred, he called at the
office of the I'nion Constitucional to
see Diaz, in an effort to secure the
original of the letter. Some days after
the Maine explosion Laine met Diaz,
who asked him if he remembered the
letter and what its contents were
about an American warship. Laine
replied that he did. and that he be
lieved someone had followed Weyler's
advice. Laine says that he has since
found out that Diaz informed the chief
of police that he (Laine) had a copy of
a letter written by Weyler which
might bring trouble to the Spanish
government, especially as he was an
American newspaper correspondent
who was associating with Capt. Sigs
bee.
tin March -1, Laine was arrested by
Col. l'aglieri, chief of police of Ha
vana. His friends were informed of
his being imprisoned by a cabman who
knew him. According to Laine, Chief
Paglieri said: "Well, sir, we have you
here secured, and let me tell you that
the secret that I know you possess will
never be known through you by others,
as no one will ever know what becomes
of you.''
Laine replied: "If you think that
you can murder me as were Ariza and
Posasa. the two young men who were
taken from here and killed in the Cer
ro, you are mistaken."
The colonel replied: "No, sir: I am
not mistaken."
"You may cot be mistaken," said
Laine, "but I can tell you that at this
moment the French as well as the
American consul have been notified
that 1 am here."
This changed the chief's attitude
somewhat, but he persisted in trying
to secure information from Laine.
"I know,"he said, "all about a copy
of a letter of Gen. Weyler which you
have, and the trouble you intend to
cause with it, but 1 do not care very
much about that. What I want to
know now is, what information yon
gave to Consul Lee on February -1
about your suspicions of a plot sug
gested by that letter and the placing
of dynamite mines in the harbor, with
which fact you said you became ac
quainted during your incarceration in
the time of Weyler'."'
"This was really a surprise to me."
Laine's narrative continues. "1 had
referred to the letter to Gen. Lee and
had also spoken to hi in about what I
had seen during my imprisonment in
the Cabanas fortress, which lasted for
more than a year, during the most
bloody period of the reign of Weyler.
"My investigations during my im
prisonment were carried on as far as a
political prisoner could in a Spanish
fortress, but it was sufficient for me to
ascertain with certainty that the quan
tity of dynamite placed in the harbor
In different places was two tons, and
that the wires of the mines were con
nected with the Cabanas fortress and
the marine headquarters."
The Correspondent!* are Not Wanted.
Havana, March IS.—The question of
the expulsion of several American cor
respondents who are very obnoxious to
the authorities is again being consid
ered, now that the court of inquiry has
left Havana. Clippings from the papers
they represent have been inclosed with
Spanish translations to the palace offi
cials, accompanied by demands for
their instant deportation. It really
seems- as if now for the first time the
probability of an open breach with the
United States is being seriously con
sidered in Spanish official circles in
'"uba.
COMPLETELY DISCOURAGED.
Arr Thousands of Profile Who Have
Chronic* I'Hlnrrb.
As a result of our changeable climate
catarrh has become one of the most preva
lent ami universal diseases known toman.
Nearly one-thinl of the people of thel'nited
Slates are afflicted with catarrh in some of
its many phases or stages. Add to this fact
that catarrh rapidly tends to become fixed
or chronic; also the further fact that it is
capable of producing a great many other
diseases, and we begin to realize the true
nature of this dread disease. So formidable
has catarrh become that in every city or
town of any size numerous doctors are to be
found who make the treatment of catarrh
a specialty. Mr. Ralph W. Chulip, La i'orte,
Irid., in a recent letter to Dr. Hartman,
•ays: "I have been with catarrh
bad I had to quit
Y that I sometimes
A staggered when I
' t ' had taken two
fl| bottles of Pe-ru-na
w vI I began work again
v and have not felt
J ys • ' better in ten years.
I feel so grateful that it seems as though I
could never stop talking in praise of the
medicine."
On application to The Pe-ru-na Drug
Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio,
a free book on catarrh will be sent to any
address.
JUST MARRIED.
liow "Hubby" Order* Hl* Supplies
Tli roiiuli the Telephone.
When a young man marries and opens up
'i home one fit his chief anxieties is to appear
master of the situation and as much like a
veteran as possible. i»lueton, who would be
widely known by his real name, is a new ben
edict and just settled. Here is a sample se
lected from his almost continuous conversa
tion at the telephone:
"Send uic up a pound of carpet tacks.
Number? I don't know anything about the
number of tacks in a pound. All you've got
to do is to fill my order. And, say, send me
half a peck of nails. Tenpennys? I'm not
asking the price, am I? Yes, half a peek;
that's what 1 said. Now I want a saw.
Don't you know your business? I'll is is a
private residence--Mr. Blueton's residence.
It's no lumber mill. I don't want any buzz
saw or gang saw, just a regular house saw.
Throw in a hammer and a hatchet and a
stepladder. And say, I want a good strong
stove leg. We broke one in moving. Noneof
your business who made the stove. All you've
got to do is to send up the leg."
After swearing for a few minutes I'lueton
was rattling away at the grocery:
"Three pounds of steak. What kind?
Beefsteak, of course. We're not eating
horsesteak or sheep steak at our house.
Three yards of sausage. Never mind, now,
how other people buy it.l always buy by
the yard. A gallon of coffee, two dozen
frying onions, half a bushel of oranges —yes,
half a bushel. Now, whose make ot canned
goods do you handle? All right, send us a
couple of eases of selected, a quarter of a
section of cheese, half a bale of lettuce, two
of those cigar-shaped loaves of bread, a
pail of butter and a sack of sugar. Yes, just
a regulation sack, you know. And, hold
on, putin a basket of eggs. Good-by."—De
troit Free Press.
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
LEAGUE OF AMERICAN
WHEELMEN'S REPORT.
National Assembly ISUS.
"A copy of the resolutions of the
League of American Wheelmen, to
gether with a separately typewritten
letter, were sent to each one of upwards
of 1,100 different persons, comprising
manufacturers, dealers, etc., within
the United States, and each of these let
ters, after setting 1 forth the work and
objects of the league, invited a subscrip
tion of any sum which might be afford
ed to aid this general work in which the
league was engaged. The maxi
mum limit of any subscription was
placed at SIOO, and notice was given
with each letter that no greater sum
would be received from any person,
firm or corporation. Hut one subscrip
tion was received. It came from Col.
Albert A. Pope, of Boston, whose mu
nificent and open-handed work for
road improvement has placed him con
spicuously alone among the manufac
turers of the world, and whose con
stant and consistent efforts for bet
ter roads have not only marked his
generous and broad-minded disposition,
but have proved him to be a coadjutoi
to whom and to whose work wheelmen
of the United States must ever yield
homage."
Sellinb.
Brown—You owe as much as that! 1
don't understand how you can get so far be
hind. Now as for me, it is always a pleasure
to pay off a debt.
Black—Sort o' selfish in you to give way
to such indulgence, isn't it? I can truly say
that I never feel that wny.—Boston Trans
script.
Nothing feels quite as good as an excel
lent bed when one is awfully tired.—Wash
ington Democrat.
"I'd rather," said the actor, "that you
would devote fewer of your stories to im
personal traits and adventures and more of
them to my acting." "Billy, my boy," said
the press ngejjt, with the easy familiarity of
a man with an ironclad contract, "it is your
actin<; that lam trying to draw the public's
attention away from."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
"A beautiful face is like a beautiful lower,
it feeds our enthusiasm, stimulates human
courage, and makes all things possible to
man.' Michael Anpelo wrote: "The might
of one fair face sublimes my love." "Talent
develops itself in solitude, character in the
stream of life."—Goetlic.
We make unlovely all our every days by
the little soul we put into our efforts, bv the
way in which duties push us forward, by
lack of that electric something which makes
all word, all deed, quiver and glow.—J. F.
W. Ware.
What May Happen.—Congressman Dennis
(ten years hence) —"Mr. Speaker. I desire
to present a bill granting a pension to Mr.
Fake Scribbler, ex-cdiJor of tne Hullabaloo,
whose health was ruined by the excitement
consequent upon waging in his columns the
late war against Spain." Philadelphia
North American.
"I like not only to be loved, but to be told
that I am loved: the realm of silence is
large enough beyond the grave."—George
Eliot.
Warned in Time. Minnie "Gracious
me! Here is a letter from some eastern
firm offering to send me a dozen cabinet
photographs of mvseif free if 1 w ill send
t.hcni my picture. Mamie —"Don't you
send it, dear. Most likely they are in the
comic-supplcment business."— lndianapolis
Journal.
Some men enjoy nothing much better than
i being a pall bearer. —Washington Demo
j crat.
1 No woman has pretty hands without
| knowing it —Wasluiigton Democrat.
ORB BNTOYS
Both the method and results •when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Kf. NEW YORK, n.t.
Where tbe Danger l.ic*.
She—Don't you think it is dangerous to
eat mushrooms?
He—Not a bit of danger in it. The danger
is in eating toadstools.—Chicago Evening
News.
91IM) Krward
The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tha
system, thereby destroying the foundation
if the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold bv Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
One advantage about onions, they can't
spoil.—Washington Democrat.
Never trifle with pain. It may fool you.
St. Jacobs Oil never fools; it curss.
| TRADEMARK. 112
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rentury as a delicious, nutri- ♦
iious, and flesh-foiming bev- J
erage. Has our well-known X
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X and our trade-mark *
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ESTABLISHED ITSO. *
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It Cures Colds Coughs, Soro Throat, an, Influ
enza. W hooping Cough, Bronchitis aud Asthma.
A certain cure for Consumption in first stages,
and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use at onoe.
You will see the excellent effect after taking the
first dos*. Sold by dealers everywhere. Price,
25 and 50 cents per bottle.
If 111 WILL
■ml Jo it vntreelf w.tleout assistance, publicity or ex-,
Jer.se. ScH'l 11,. and we will mull you. under nn.
in,,rl., d rover., dire,tT„n« mid Hunk nrnu fur drawing,
« NTII lKlllTmllU'll'll will, i" ac,",rcU
M-.. With the laws a (hit state OHIO Wll.l. I'Otf
#o liui'lld tie., Kuoin Bv». claveluud, ULIe.