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THE most offensive thing you can
say to a Tuscan is that he is ignorant
or ill-bread. You may call him a fool,
or a thief, or a liar, and he will only
grin at you: but every peasant considers
himself a gentleman, and desires to
run a knife into any one who questions
bis manners.
livaiAN beings have six muscles to
each eye. that they may move it on
cither side: but horses, cows, sheep
and other quadrupeds, which habitu
ally incline their hea<ls to the earth in
search of food, have a muscle by which
their eyelids are suspended and sup
ported, and which we do not need.
IT is a curious fact that the higher
the civilization of a rac • the slower
the action of the senses. At any rate,
actual experiments have shown that,
whereas the ear of a white man re
sponds to a sound in 147-1,000 of a sec
ond, that of a Negro responds in 180-
1.000, and that of a red Indian in 110-
1,000.
THE great nutritive powers of choco
late are now so generally recognized
that it has been adopted for campaign
use in the armies and navies of almost
every European government. The in
creased consumption in Europe within
four years is 35 per cent., and Amer
ican consumption lias during the same
period increased 50 per cent.
IT has hitherto been the custom of
the children attending the public
schools in Austria and Hungary to
kiss the hands of their teachers on ar
rival and departure. This has now
been forbidden by a ukase just issued
by the imperial board of education,
which basts its decision on a declara
tion of the sanitary council.
A MANiTACTIJicKii of chafing dishes
recently made the statement that he
believed gas and coal consumption in
New York would soon be very materi
ally reduced by use of that convenient
means of cooking light ineals. "Where
one was sold a year ago scores are sold
now," he said, "and the demand is in
creasing at a remarkable rate."
THE Boston subway work is nearly
completed. According to present
prospects, the total cost of improve
ment will fall considerably within the
engineer's estimate. The total cost of
the subway to date is $4,048,812, the
original estimate being 85,000,000. A
tunnel under the harbor of East Bos
ton is again being discussed, at an es
timated cost of 8^,406,000.
TIIE pope do.'S his private writing
with a gold pen. but bis pontifieial
signature is alwaysgiven with a white
feathered quill which is believed to
come from the wing of u dove, al
though persons who have seen it say it
must have come from a larger bird.
The same, quill has been in use for
more than 40 years. It serves only for
important signatures, and is kept in
an ivory case.
OHAXGE juice is one of the best
dressings for black shoes or boots.
Take a slice or quarter of an orange
and rub it on the shoe or boot; then,
when dry, brush with a soft brush un
til the shoes shines like a looking
glass. This is an English recipe. An
other fruit dressing is for tan shoes,
the inside of a banana skin. Rub the
skin over the shoe thoroughly, wipe off
carefully with a soft cloth briskly.
THE United States hits won a signal
diplomatic triumph, which can not
fail to exert a powerful influence upon
the duration and eventful result of the
Spanish-American war. This country
and En&land, at the proposal of the
United States, have entered into a con
vention w hereby coal is declared to tie
contraband of war. This agreement
juts Spain at a tremendous disadvan
tage, as compared with America.
THE Canadian government is sending
out a military force to tiie Yukon to
establish the capital of the district,
which, it has been decided, shall be
■placed at Selkirk, instead »112 at Daw
son City. Lady Aberdeen has recently
established a new order of nurses in
Canada, known as the Victorian Order,
and four of the women who belong to
it are going with the expedition. Miss
Faith Kenton, a well known Canadian
journalist, will also be a member of
the party.
JOHN WANAMAKEK, the merchant
nrinee of Philadelphia, offers to raise
n regiment and o-o with it to the front,
but he proposes to iiis employes that if
they wish to enlist against Spain their
positions shall be reopened to them
when they return; that in the mean
time tlieir salaries shall continue, and
that an insurance of SI,OOO will be car
ried on each one of them while they
are engaged in military service. Rich
men may not be experts at going
through the eye of a needle, but they
are not totally depraved, nevertheless.
UP TO HIS TRICKS.
llr>*nn Trying Mute rolltlenl Cti|i-
Ilal Out «if the I'renent
Gruve
The shameful attempt of W.J.Bryan,
late populistic and free silver candidal .-
for tlie presidency, to use the present
grave crisis in our national affairs for j
liis personal advantage and to benefit
the cause of the financial policy of
which he is the high prophet is char
acteristic of the man. At a not far dis
tant time, still vivid in the recollec
tion of all men, he did not hesitate to
promulgate the most flagrant heresies
in the endeavor to foist upon the busi
ness interests of this nation an un
paralleled disaster, and he is «:ow seek
ing and plotting to make cheap political
capital for himself and his followers at
the expense of division and discord in
'.he national councils.
Mr. Bryan arrived in Washington the
other day.and, after a conference with
some of his adherents, he deliberately
set about injecting politics into the
present crisis, hoping thereby to wean
the democrats in congress from the j
patriotic attitude they have hitherto j
assumed, and to secure the defeat of
the senate Cuban resolution in the
shape in which it was introduced by
procuring an amendment to it recogniz
ing tlie independence of the present in
surgent government of the Cubans.
Unfortunately, Mr. lb-yan has to
some extent been successful. Through
his malign influence numerous demo
cratic senators have been persuaded to
disregard the wise advice of the execu
tive. and to vote unless they perceive
in time the unpatriotic course upon
which they have entered, for recogni
ing, not the independence of the whole
Cuban people as recommended by the
president, but for the independence of
the provisional insurgent government.
Mr. Bryan's object is to create the im
pression among the people that the
republicans are opposed to Cuban
independence, while the democrats fa
vor it, and, to achieve that result and
benefit himself politically, he is willing
to plunge Lis country into dangers in
finitely greater than any which now
exist.
Should the Bryan scheme be success
ful, tiie United States would present to
the world at this juncture tlie la
mentable spectacle of a country whose
chief executive and law-making body
were at odds, instead of a nation
united and unanimous in every part.
The moral effect upon Europe of our
united action would be lost, and every
European nation having orderly col
onies in this hemisphere would become
sharply antagonistic to us. England's
present good will would disappear. In
stead of holding an invulnerable posi
tion in this crisis, during our occupancy
of which no other country dare meddle
with us, we would lay ourselves open to
interference by Europe on the ground
that after such a precedent as our rec
ognition of the Cuban insurgents we
might give unmerited recognition to
any band of malcontents who might
stir up a disturbance in any existing
European colony in this hemisphere.
This is no time for party politics, and
the man or party that maneuvers for
political position during our pending
controversy with Spain will receive the
merited rebuke of the people. The
republicans in congress have not
striven for party advantage, and will
r.ot do so. The whole country ap
plauded and rejoiced at the unanimity
with which all parties joined in voting
for the $50,000,01(0 emergency appro
priation, and that is the kind of action
now demanded.
Mr. Bryan's mind, ever intent upon
securing some advantage for himself,
no matter what the cost, evidently is
unable to grasp the temper of the pub
lic, but the public will set upon him,
for his unpatriotic action, the indelible
sea! of their indignant disapproval.—
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
fllulTrr Ilrynn.
Mr. Bryan has been doing a great d-eal
of hard work in behalf of the recogni
tion of the Cuban insurgents, and has
neutralized the influence of Messrs.
(iorman and other democratic paciflcos.
He has had an interview witli nearly
every silver democfat upon the senate
floor and urged him to sustain the rfii
nority report; first, because it is a
democratic document and in the same
line taken by that party in the house
of representatives, and, secondly, be
cause his sympathies are earnest in be
half of the insurgents. Mr. Bryan ar
gues that the only way the democrats
can get any political prestige out. of
the present situation is to take more
radical grounds than the republicans
and to outrun them in pursuit of popu
lar favor. Mr. Bryan was very urgent
also in advocating immediate action,
and took the grounds that if the demo
crats of the senate would insist upon
passing the Fornker resolution without
further debate Ihey would place them
selves in an excellent position before
the country.—Chicago IJeeord (Ind.).
IT According to the republican con
gressional campaign committee this
year's canvass will be waged on the
lines laid down in the St. J,ouis plat
form. This is well. That deliverance
fully and squarely defined the repub
lican creed. Nothing has happened
since the convention of 1890 to change
republican views on any issue. The
chief plank in that year's platform, that
on the finance question, has been ad
hered to unswervingly by the party ever
since, and will be adhered to i; 111i4 1000.
Probably it will be reaffirmed in that
year. It will be a winning declaration.
Under that sign the republican party
can always conquer. —St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
CT'The imaginary partnership be
tween silver and wheat cannot be trot
ted out next fall to cajole the rgrieul
turists with the notion that the gov
ernment can increase the price of their
products by legislating more value into
silver. As a matter of fact, silver and
wheal parted company before the elec
tion of Ib'.iO.—Chicago Times-IJerald.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1898.
TRUE STATESMANSHIP.
The American l'eo|ilf Have a Presi
dent of Whom They Mn>'
Well lie Proud.
The president of the United States
doe** not represent nor exercise the full
power of the government of the United
States. Yet this opinion is entertained
by many persons who should know bet
ter, and the president is sharply criti
cised because lie has not plunged the
ctfuntry into war.
Even if he possessed the power to de
clare war, which he does not, he might
well hesitate to take that step. War
always is terrible, but with modern en
gines it is appalling. Who can predict
what would follow on encounter be
tween the cruisers New York and Yiz
caya? How many of the crew of either
would survive? Would either ship sur
vive the battle? In such war as will be
conducted hereafter, for what will indi
vidual valor count? Merciless engines
dexterously and promptly operated will
decide fights and the fate of nations.
Therefore, even though Mr. McKin
ley possessed the power to declare war,
he might well hesitate before taking
"the final step. Hut he does not possess
that power, and in calling upon con
gress to net lie brings the country to a
realizing sense of the fact that the ex
ecutive is but a coordinate branch of the
government.
The encroachment of the executive
upon the legislative branch of the gov
ernment constantly practiced during
the administration of Grover Cleveland
caused n large portion of the American
people to lose sight of the constitution
al prerogatives of the legislative
branch, which in some respects are su
perior and greater than those of the ex
ecutive. Mr. Cleveland derided that
branch and sought in many ways to
bring it into disrepute. Mr. McKinley,
a trained and experienced statesman,
who has studied the constitution of his
country with care and intelligence, de
fers to the legislative branch of the gov
ernment.
TTe lias written a message which will
lie read with admiration and approval
by all generations to come that uphold
and support republican institutions.
TTe has brought the country back to
its moorings. TTe moj-es in accordance
with the constitution he has sworn to
support. Tie has produced a document
which may be criticised to-day by
many who have been led astray by the
usurpations of a democratic executive,
or by emotional impulse to plunge into
war, regardlt ss c.f what may follow, but
that same document will be regarded
hereafter as cue of the wisest of Amer
ican state papers.
The American people have an execu
tive of whom they should be proud.
This is recognized by his political op
ponents. even if it cannot be seen by all
who once called themselves his friends.
Rome one is reported to have said to
Richard Croker the other day that "un
less McKinley does so and so he will
lose the support of the republican par
ty." Thereupon Mr. Croker replied that
the republican party cannot make any
issue with McKinley. for he is to-dav
really stronger than his party, and he
so thoroughly represents the American
people that if he were deserted by his
party he could be elected as a candi
date standing upon the issue which he
now represents.
This embodies sound judgment, as
events will prove.—Albany Journal.
PRESS OPINIONS.
iWThe people of the United States
certainly displayed their wisdom when
in 189G a republican president was elect
ed.—Albany Journal.
CThere is reason to fear that Mr.
Bryan will look upon the talk about
(Jen. Fitzhugh Lee as a candidate for
the presidency in 1900 as only a revival
of the rebellion of ISGI on a new line.—
Chicago Tribune.
ir?T)oes Mr. Bryan really think the
people of -this country are deeply inter
ested in the question of bimetallism
just at present, or is he just sitting up
with the corpse out of respect for the
memory of the deceased?— Boston Her
ald.
IE7Mr. Bryan is beginning to compre
hend that he will not be nominated by
acclamation in 1000. The enemy's coun
try is after him, and perhaps his his
tory will be finished two year? from
now with the footnote that he "also
ran."—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
C-rPresident McKinley need not ex
pect exemption from criticism. Which
ever course he follows the jackals of
so-called public opinion will follow at
his heels. That is inevitable. Hut the
president is a patriot and a Christian.
Let the cowards insinuate and the jack
als bark. —lowa State Register.
Cln view of the way President Mc-
Kinley is acting just now, our convic
t ion is that very few of 1 hose people out
side the republican party who voted for
Mr. McKinley arc disposed to regret
their action. We ha\e no doubt that the
possession of the presidency would
have sobered and steadied Mr. Bryan
i to a considerable degree, but, in the
! face of what has occurred since the elec
tion, we are inclined to believe that
there are a good many who voted for
I him and vet congratulate themselves
L that the country did not take the risk
• of his election.—Boston Herald (Ind.).
CTTliroughout all this excitement
| '.he coolest and the busiest head in the
j country has been the president's. With
a full knowledge of Jhe country's needs
and knowing from actual experience
| what war means he has endeavored to
prevent premature action and to secure
| time for putting the country on a war
j footing. The same clamor that has been
| raised against him in some quarters
I was raised against Lincoln in the early
: days of the rebellion. In the present
crisis it requires greater moral courage
i to take the stand that the president has
taken than it would to bow to the senti
ment of the radical element and adopt
a policy that his knowledge of the situ
ation and his own good judgment tell
| him is an unwise one. —Albany .lauruai.
SIX MEN KILLED.
Powder Mills N«ar Dover, N. J.,
TxDlode.
Ten ItulldingH DcmoltKhfd and Four Work*
men Itadly Injured Shock of the ICv
plohtoiiM wan Felt Wltliin a liadhiH
of Twenty Mllea—The riant
a Man* of JtuiiiH.
Easton, Pa., April Sit. The town of
Dover, in Morris county, N. .I..and the
country within a radius of 20 miles was
startled Thursday afternoon by a series
of terrific explosions. The explosions
occurred in the Atlantic Powder Co.'s
works and the plant is now a mass of
ruins. Six workmen were killed and
four others were seriously injured,
some probably fatally. The dead are
Alfred Karick, William Stumpf. Casper
Hay, David Seheer, William Haycock
and Elias Abers. All the killed were
married and leave families.
Tlie works were situated in an iso
lated spot seven miles out in a rough
country from Dover. There were ten
buildings in the group and all have
been destroyed. The first explosion
occurred in one of the packing houses,
caused, it is thought, by a spark from
the pipe of a careless smoker. The con
cussion set off the explosives in anoth
er packing house nearby. Debris and
burning timbers of the wrecked build
ings were carried high into the air and
fell in a shower over the remaining
buildings, setting fire to the main fac
tory and the other five packing houses
and the two shell houses: In a brief
time the explosives in these buildings
were set off and left death and destruc
tion in their wake.
The works have been running night
and day turning out rush orders for
the government and a large amount of
ammunition ready for shipment was
stored in the packing houses. This
with all other explosives was com
pletely destroyed. The scene present
ed at the place was terrible. People
who felt the shocks and saw the flames
of the burning structures flocked to
the place from miles around, but could
render no aid to the injured. The
people were terrified and held back in
constant fear of other explosions.
SOME IMPORTANT CAPTURES.
They are Mailr by tlie United States Navy
'■lie lilt; Spaiili.li Steamship Panama
Captured l>y a I.ittle I.lglithouße Tender
—The Terror Don (inod Work.
Key West, Fia., April 25. —The Span
ish tramp steamer Pedro, from Ant
werp for Santa Cruz and Pensacola,
was captured by the flagship New , i ork
on Friday evening when about 30miles
from Havana and was brought here
Saturday in charge of a prize crew.
She is owned in Bilboa, is 1,028 tons net
register, is about :i3O feet long and has
on board a crew of SO men.
The tleet captured another prize Fri
day afternoon, the schooner Mathilde,
of Havana, laden with rum.
The gunboat Helena captured the
Spanish steamer Michael Jover on Sat
urday. The .lover's cargo is composed
of cotton and staves.
The revenue cutter Winona, from
Mobile, has captured the Spanish
steamer Saturnina at Ship Island. Miss.
Key West. Fla., April 37. —The big
Spanish steamship Panama, of the
Ceballos line, which left New York on
April 20 for Havana, with a number of
Spanish refugees on board and a very
valuable cargo, including stores for the
Spanish army, was captured Monday
evening about 20 miles from Havana,
by the little lighthouse tender Man
grove, now belonging to the mosquito
Meet. The Mangrove mounts two six
pounders. She is commanded by Lieut.
Commander Everett and has a crew of
18 men. The Panama is of about 2,800
tons and a very valuable prize, the
vessel and cargo being worth $275,000.
The United States gunboat Newport
brought in yesterday the Spanish sloop
Paquete and the Spanish schooner l'i
reneo, Cuban coasting vessels, which
she captured off Havana.
Key West, Fla., April 28. —The Span
ish steamer Ambrosio Bolivar was cap
tured Tuesday night by tlie monitor
Terror. The prize had $70,000 in Span
ish silver aboard, in addition to a cargo
of bananas. The silver was taken on
board the Terror. The steamer was
bound from Port Limon, Costa Kiea, for
Havana when captured off Cardenas by
the monitor. She was brought in hera
yesterday by a prize crew.
Key West, Fla., April 29.—Aside from
the news of the Matanzas bombard
ment. which set the town wild with
joy, the event of Thursday was the ar
rival of a big prize, the steamer (iuido.
She was captured by the monitor Ter
ror and the gunboat Machias ten miles
off Cardenas. Wednesday morning, but
not until after a stern chase.
The (iuido was bound from Corunna
to Havana, with a cargo of provisions
and money for the Spanish troops.
The vessel and cargo were worth £400,-
000. _ _____
FortHloatlons Strengthened.
London, April :!0. —Letters dated
April 10 were received here Friday
from Teneriffe. Canary islands. Tliey
say that placards signed by the mayor
had been posted on the walls of Santa
Cruz, calling upon the Spaniards to
rise in defense of their country, saving
that they defeated the great Nelson
and others, and setting forth that they
will vanquish the Americans. Santa
Cruz, the letters also sa\, is full of
troops. The bull ring has been con
verted into a barracks, and about 1.500
troops with artillery have been sent to
Fort Aravato. Santa Cruz.
The Topeka In Safe.
London. April 25. The I'nited States
Cruiser Topeka is safe. It was not the
cruiser which collided with the Alba
tross after leaving Falmouth. The
steamer Jesmond has arrived at Cardiff
in a damaged condition. She reports
having been in collision with the Alba
tross.
Woodford's offer.
Paris, April 20. —(Sen. Woodford, late
American minister to Spain, lias cabled
to Washington, offering his services to
the government in any capacity. His
instructions are to remain in Paris lor
the present.
WAT? IS DECLARE!!
Congress Goes Through a Neces
sary Formality.
Both llranf h«'t» of the National I-pjjiHluturi-
Pnftfta Hill Announcing that War Kx
ihtK Between the L'nited State*
and .Spain The I'reni
dent'M MeAHage.
Washington. April 26.—Tlie president
yesterday sent congress the following
message recommending a declaration
of war against Spain:
To the senate ami house of representatives of
the United States:
1 transmit to the congress for its considera
tion anil appropriate action copies of corre
spondence recently had with the representative
of Spain in the United States, with the United
States minister at Madrid, and through the
latter with the government of Spain, showing
the action taken urjiier the joint resolution ap
proved April "0. I8i»S, "for the recognition of
the independence of the people of Cuba, de
manding that the government of Spain relin
quish its authority and government in the
island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and
naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and
directing the president of the United St ites to
use the land and naval forces of the United
States to carry these resolutions into effect."
Upon communicating to the Spanish minister
In Washington the demand which it became
the duty of the executive to address to the gov
ernment of Spain in obedience to said resolu
tion, the minister asked for his passports and
withdrew. The United States minister at
Madrid was in turn noticed by the Spanish
minister for foreign affairs that the withdrawal
of the Spanish representative from the United
States had terminated diplomatic relations be
twi-i n the two countries and that all cttlcial
communications between their respective rep
resentatives ceased therewith.
I commend to your especial attention the
note addressed to the United States minister
at Madrid by the Spanish minister for foreign
affairs on the '.'lst Inst whereby the foregoing
notification wus conveyed. It will be perceived
therefrom that the governmentof Spain, having
cognizance of the joint resolution of the United
States congress and in view of the things
which the prrs dent is thereby required and
authorized to do, responds by treating the rea
sonable demands of this government as meas
ures of hostility, following with that instant
and complete severance of relations by its
action, which by the usage of nations accom
panies an existent state of war between sov
ereign powers.
The position of Spain being thus made known
and the demands of the United States being
denied with a complete rupture of intercourse
by the act of Spain. I have been constrained in
exercise of the power and authority conferred
upon me by the joint resolution aforesaid, to
proclaim, under date of April 22, IS9H, a block
ade of certain ports of the north coast of Cuba
lying tetween t ardenas and Bahia Honda, and
of the port of Cienfuegos on the south coast of
Cuba: and further, in exercise of my constitu
tional powers and using the authority con
ferred upon me by the act of congress approved
April 22, IH9B, to issue my proclamation dated
April 23. IsOH, calling for volunteers in order to
:arry into effect the said resolution of April 2D,
189 H. Copies of these proclamations are hereto
appended.
In view of the measures so taken, and with a
piew to the adoption of such other measures as
may be necessary to enable me to carry out the
sxpresssed will of the congress of the United
States in the premises, I now recommend to
four honorable body the adoption of a joint
resolution declaring that a state of war exists
between the United States of America and the
Xingdom of Spain, and 1 urge speedy action
.hereon to the end that the definition of the
nternational status of the United States as a
belligerent power may be known andtheasser
ion of all its rights and the maintenance of all
ts duties in the conduct of a public war may
je assured. WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Executive Mansion, Washington, April 25,
■ m«.
The house passed the bill declaring
tlie existence of a state of war between
the United States and Spain in a man
ner which cannot fail to impress the
world. Tlie representatives of 70,000,-
)00 people voted for it without a word
jf debate, without a dissenting vote
and without a roll call, but with a sol
stun appreciation of the gravity of
their momentous action. It required
but one minute and 41 seconds to ac
complish this. The house was consid
ering an election case and simply
paused to declare war. There was no
excitement, no cavil, no word or ques
tion.
After the president's message was
read the committee on foreign affairs
framed the resolution, Acting Chair
man Adams wrote the report and it
was passed and on its way to the sen
ate in an hour and six minutes. The
speaker signed it at 4:40.
After a debate of an hour and a half's
duration, conducted in secret session,
the senate passed the bill declaring
that war exists between the United
States and Spain. The debate in the
sen-ite was based on an amendment
offered by Senator Turpie providing
for the recognition of tlie belligerent
rights of the insurgent Cubans. The
amendment was defeated —88 to 24.
Following is the bill as adopted:
Be it enacted, etc.; First—That war be and
the same is hereby declared to exist and that
war has existed since the 21st day of April.
IH'.'b, including said day, between 'h; United
States of America and the kingdom of Spain.
Se ond —That the president of the United
Stales is hereby directed and empowered to
use the entire land and naval forces of the
United States and to call into the actual service
of ihc United State* the militia of the several
states to such extent as may be necessary to
carry this act into effect.
The war bill was brought from the
Capitol by the clerk of the enrolling
division and reached the White House
a few minutes before <> o'clock. The
presidential signature wi's affixed at
6:15 and the measure was then the law
of the land.
Fortifications Strengthened.
Ft. Monroe, Vu., April 25.—The work
of strengthening the fortifications at
Fort .Monroe continued till day Sunday
with a large working force, as did also
tlie work of laying mines in the harbor.
Where the old Sand 10-inch converted
rifles used to stand will be mounted a
battery of modern rapid-lire guns
which is expected to command Hamp
ton Roads and Chesapeake bay and
make it impossible for a torpedo boat
of the enemy to enter.
.Murderer Suicide*.
Lebanon, Pa.. April 29. Alfred
Daub, who shot bis father-in-law,
mother-in-law and wife Tuesday night
and escaped, committed suicide Thurs
day by shooting himself through the
brain. Arnold, the father-in-law. is
dead, and the death of the other two
victims is expected.
Austrian Fmperor Aids Spain.
London, April 20.—The Vienna cor
respondent of the Morning Post says:
'•Emperor Francis .Joseph contributed
*.'20,0u0 to the national naval subscrip
tion in Spain and has permitted a
number of Austro-Hungarian officers to
join tile Spanish army."'
WOMAN'S FATE.
From the Record, Bushnell, HL
No woman is better able to speak to othen
regarding "woman's fate" than Mrs. Jacol
Weaver, of Buahnell, 111., wife of ex-Citj
Marshal Weaver, She had entirely r®
covered from the illness which kept her bed
fast much of the time for five or six yean
past, and says her recovery is due to thai
well-known remedy Dr. Williams' Pink I'iila
Mrs. \\ eaver is fifty-six years old, and
has lived in Bushnell nearly thirty year#.
She is of unquestioned veracity and unblem
ished reputation. The story of her recoverj
is interesting. She says:
"1 suffered for five or six years with the
trouble that comes to women at this time ol
my life. 1 was much weakened, was unable
much of the time to do my own work, and
suffered beyond my power to describe. )
was downhearted and melancholy.
"I took many different medicines, in facl
I took medicine all the time, but nothing
seemed to do me any good.
"I read about Dr. Williams' Pink Pilli
for Pale People, and gome of my friends
recommended them highly. I malle uii rnj
-ffifyjft'rVi „ mind to try tnem,
I bought the first
box in March, 1897.
p'r/j MmU^Ti|/l. al "' was benefited
&nj Iffim r " m the start.
i hn 1 112 cured me com
/1 i 1 pletely, and I am
J II now rugged and
/ I IL- strong. I have not
■ 1 lIJ I \ been bothered with
. -M lli J my troubles since
I began taking the
linuQ>it the flint box. pills.
"I have recommended the pills to many
women who are suffering as I suffered.
They are the only thing that helped me in
the trial that comes to so many women at my
age." MRS. J. H WEAVER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
23d day of October, A. D , 1897.
O. C. HICKS, Notary Public.
When woman is passing beyond the age
of motherhood, it is a crisis in her life.
I'hen, if ever, proper attention to hygiene
should be exercised. The attendant suffer
ings will disappear and buoyant health will
ft llow if Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are used.
r hese pills exert a powerful influence in
res oring the system to its proper condition.
They contain in a condensed form all the
elements necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood.
THIS MAN WANTS WAR.
He In Extremely Anxious fop Some*
tiling to Happen Before Moving
Day Cornet* Around*
"There's one thing about this war busi
ness," said the man with the indeterminate
mouth, "that sort o' consoles me. It may
put a stop to my wife's annual-moving agi
tation, which always becomes something
fierce as the first of May draws closer. .Be
tween going to a war, anywhere or undei
any old circumstances, and moving, gimme
war every time! I'm living in hopes that
the thing'll break out bigger'n a bunch of
coyotes before May 1. When we moved
into the house we re occupying now, my
wife was enthusiastic over it. She called
it the cutest little bijou of a wiekieup, or
something like that, that she'd ever seen,
and said she'd be perfectly willing to live
die in such a love of a little home. But
she's been hedging more or less all winter,
and the other clay at dinner she came out
fint-footedly and made her declaration that
with us it was a case of move on May 1. It
seems that some woman friend of hers down
in the next block had a porcelain bathtub
and one or two other confixin's putin her
house, and victoriously showed them to my
wife. My wife went to our landlord and
gave him a bad quarter of au hour, I'll bet,
from what she told me of it, and when he
told her that the porcelain bathtub scheme
would have to follow a little later she told
him he could have his old ancient Aztec
house after the first day of May. When we
first moveil into the house we've got now
my wife couldn't talk enough about the
idyllic quietude that reigned in the neighbor
hood. Now she talks day and night about
the yelling of the kids on the block. She
says they're the noisest mavericks this side
o' the Pan-llandle, but I never hear 'em.
The bathtub we've got looks all right to me,
but my wife says it's chock full of typhoid
and death, and what she says goes, Is pose.
Now, if this here war'll only get a move on
and break out in time, why, I may get a
show to pack a musket wherever it's goiniAo
happen along with the rest of the gang, and
thereby sneak out of the moving business
this year anyhow. As between packing a
musket and juggling with piano legs, gilded
milking stools, and 79-cent frosted vases,
gimme the dogs of war every trip!"—Wash
ington Star.
PHYSICIAN'S LETTERS.
To Dr. Hart in an—Wli at the Medical
Profession Thinks of l'c-ru-na.
D. P. Nlehart, M. D., Nebraska City, Neb
I am so well pleased with the workn ol
Pe-ru-na in the numerous cases I have beeD
using it during the past two years that I can
not refrain from informing you of the good
results obtained. I deem it useless to detail
every case (for they are many) in which I
have used and prescribed this remedy, but I
will say that I have never been disappointed
in results. I have used, not dozens, but hun
dreds of bottles. I am a physician of 58
years' constant practice and always willing
to recommend anything of service to suf
fering humanity. Pe-ru-na stands first and
foremost in my estimation of all proprie
tary medicines.
D. P. Niehart, M. D.
J. W. Sanders, M. D., of Bogue, N, C!.,
writes: "Many proprietary medicines have
found their way into public favor, but in
my opinion Peru na is unequalcd by any of
tliem. Composed of the best drugs, that act
specifically upon the mucous membranes of
the body, its range of usefulness is as wide
as Its benefits are j n valvular
diseases of the heart, especially mitral in
sufficiency (weakened valves), it is really
the only remedy that to me has given sat
isfaction. A good thing should be praised,
mil a valuable remedy like Pe-ru-na is a boon
to humanity."
Send for a book on chronic catarrh, writ
ten by Dr. Hart man. entitled "Health and
Beauty." It will Vie sent free by addressing
the Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company,
Columbus, O.
A man wearing a shirt and collar of dif
ferent colors would look just as well wearing
one boot and one shoe. —Washington Demo
crat.
We nrc wont to look forward to troubles
with fears of what they'will inflict, but back
on them with wonder at what they hav*
saved us from.—Samuel Johnson.