Cameron County press. (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, May 19, 1898, Page 2, Image 2
2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. f*T year It 00 If paid ID advance 1 WJ ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisement* are published at the rate of •■e dollar per square tor one Insertion and tlfty eeats per square tor each subsequent insertion Rates iiy the year, or for six or three month*, are low and uniform, and will be furnished on •■plication. * Legal and Official Advertising per square, three times or less, »2; each aubsequent inser tion 60 cents per square. Loral notices 10 cent* per line for one lnser ■ertlon: 6 cents per line for each subsequent •oosecutive Insertion. Obituary notices over five line* 10 cents per llae. Simple announcements of births, mar riages and deaths will be Inserted free. Business card*. Ave lines or less, >5 per year; •ver tlve lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local lmerted for lea* than 75 cent* per ll*ua JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the Pims Is complete and affords facilities for dointf the best ciass of WORK PAKTICUI.AU ATTIKTIUK PAIDTO LAW PjUMTING. No paper will be discontinued ntll arrear- Kea are paid, except at the option of the pub ber. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. The test of a man's condition after dinner at a certain college used to be to make him say "Cissie Fitzgerald" three times. Now, however, it is to make him taiy "reconcentrado" once. Gen. Blanco claims that there is still a bright future in store for Spain, but as he neglects to mention the place of concealment it is presumed to be in one of the stores that does not advertise. Seven troupes of mandolin and guitar players, called Spanish students, and really Spaniard: , were traveling in this itountry when the war talk began. They have all transformed themselves for professional purposes into Italians and Mexicans. Although this country IMLS not the ad vantage of a location that Great Britain lias as regards German markets, yet one-third of the sewing machines and two-fifths of the bicycles imported into that country in 1897 came from the United States. Prof. Henjamin Howard is the only American who has been able thus far to reach the Siberian island of Saghal ien, where the worst .Russian criminals are sent. He asserts that the com monly accepted tales of the horrors of Shis prison are exaggerated. Those Madrid editors who anticipated that a revolution could be started in the southern states may learn something from the fact that a grandson of Gen. Grant will serve on Gen. Lee's staff, while a grandnephe w of Jefferson Davis will ca<i,v 'h.e American colors for A Kentucky regiment. Chemists of the Glucose Sugar Re fining company in Chicago claim to have discovered a process for vulcanizing t he oil from corn in such a manner as to prod nee rubber. They say this will rev olutionize the rubber trade and give them control of at least the manufac ture of bicycle tires. A curious story comes from abroad to the effect that papers have been found "in a convent in Venice" establishing the fact that there was a veritable black Othello who married a white De.-de mona, and that he never killed her at all, but she survived him and "died in her bed" long after his death. John Bassett Moore, professor of in ternational law and diplomacy in Co lumbia university, who has been ap jwimed assistant secretary of state, is a recognized authority in bis field and in addition to his. ability aud learning, he brings to his position the resu't- ol active work in the state department un der three administrations. The Toronto Globe says: "We who speak the Knglish language, under whatever flag, under whatever skies we dwell, cannot but believe the United States right in the grand point at issue; cannot but assent to the righteousness of the decision to u«e force to put an end to bloodshed and barbarity when all other methods have failed." The important news comes from Dan bury, Conn., where 80 young women employed in a hat factory have given notice "that they will goto war in place of the local militiamen if the latter will turn over their uniforms to them." If the governor of Connecticut wants n full representation from his state we do not see how he could do better than to accept this offer. It gives us pleasure to call attention to the regular daily addition to the •humors of the war. Forgetful of the fact that St. Vincent, Cape Verde ir.lands, is a few hundreds of rnilessouth of Havana, a Chicago paper announces that the Spanish flotilla "has sailed south from St. Vincent, presumably eu route to Cuba." And yet geography is taught even in the primary schools. "Hot-water lamp-posts," with which "Liverpool is already familiar, are soon to be erected in four different parts of Ijondon. A gallon of water, boiled by the heat, of the ordinary gas lamp, will be supplied day and night for a half penny, on the penny-in-the-slot prin ciple. A eaks of solidified tea, coffee or cocoa, with the use of a metal mug, may also be had automatically for a penny extra. John Sherman's resignation as secre tary of state was expected. He is en titled to honorable retirement from public life in which he has fjeen a con spicuous figure since he was a delegate t.i the national whig convention held in Philadelphia in 1848 to nominate a presidential candidate, who was Gen. Taylor. Sherman was secretary of that convention and Schuyler Colfax was his assistant. From that time John Sher man was very much in public life. LATER-DAY COPPERHEADS. Free SM*-erlt«»* II lock in iz l.rx i *lit t l«»n LoulilnK to I lie Creation of a \\ II r FnuU. The bill introduced by Chairman Pingley imposing certain taxes to raise a war revenue and authorizing the sale of bonds if money is needed to meet sudden exigencies is not to be allowed to become a law without opposition. The f:ee silverites in congress, and es pecially those in the senate, are devis ing schemes of obstruction which they believe will be effective. Senator Tel ler declares that he does not believe the house bill can pass with the bond proposition included. The bill is to be held up in order that speeches may be made denouncing the supreme court for having set aside the income tax law of 1894, and that an at tempt may be made to engraft on the bill an amendment for the reenact tnent of that unconstitutional tax as a "war measure." Hut the position which the free silverites propose to assume regarding the bond issue is even more condemnable. Senator Jones, of Ar kansas, the chairman of the democratic national committee, declares: "I see no occasion for a bond Issue, be lieve there is no necessity for it, and think it will not be considered for a moment. If the necessities of the case require it the government might issue the necessary quantity of greenbacks, which, by becom ing a part of the circulation, would relieve the present distressing conditions existing throughout the country by increasing the volume of money. In addition to that, for one, 1 am willing to provide fur an Increase in the volume of money by opening the mints of the country to the unlimited coin age of silver." The intention evidently is, now that war has begun, to open up a lire in the rear and to harass aud hamper the ad ministration instead of rallying patri otically to its support like loyal Amer icans. Jones and the other senators who may pursue his copperhead policy have voted for war. They have voted to authorize the president to call out men and to incur every conceivable ex pense connected with the prosecution of a war. Having done that, they pro pose to leave him in the lurch by refus ing to provide the money with which the president is to foot all the bills they have authorized him to incur. They have done more than ",utithor ize." They have ordered him to use the land aud naval forces to drive the Spaniards out of Cuba. They refuse now to provide him with sound money with which to pay soldiers and seamen and buy the supplies which are needed for them. They say to the president' "Open the mints to silver, debase the currency, fill the country with 40-cent dollars, and then perhaps we will au thorize you to borrow some of those dollars to pay bills which were con tracted on the basis of gold standard prices." Thesedemagoguesand latter-day cop perheads who call themselves patriots are enemies of their country. They vote war and then make it almost im possible to carry on war. They take u'way with one hand what they give with the other. They are insincere and treacherous. They are not thinking of a Cuban campaign and of American vic tories, but of « rotten money campaign in 1900. The perfidious nature of their prop osition is apparent. Instead of selling bonds they desire more greenbacks is sued, without further legislation to make their redemption in jrold certain. They wish to spend all the money in the treasury, the gold reserve included, so that the currency may be slumped to the silver standard. They wish to de stroy the credit of the government and weaken its power to carry on war. The fiite of these free silver obstruc tionists will be the same as that which befell the copperheads of the rebellion period. They will be overwhelmed at the polls by popular indignation. They will be driven out of the house and the senate. The party to which they belong will be held responsible for their treach ery by the American people, and many years will elapse before its sins will be forgotten. This is the time to remember that all party lines should cease at the shore. Congressmen who cannot remember that, and who play at partisan politics as though the country were not at war. never will be forgiven. The duty of the hour is to support the president loy ally. lie is the commander in chief, and he should be given whatever he thinks necessary to carry on war vigor ously. Hailey, of Texas, and Jones, of Arkansas, should remember that be fore they commit themselves fully to I an un-American, unpatriotic, copper head policy.—Chicago Tribune. DRIFT OF OPINION. r?"i'liirty odd years ago the soldiers of Uncle Sam were paid in a depreciated money. This time they will be paid in the equivalent of gold.—iowaState Reg ister. pundits who called gold the unpatriotic metal were wrong in their premises. It is doing its full share in backing up Uncle Sam. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. CfNow that the public begins to see the details of President McKinley's course in the Spanish-Cuban matter, the action of those who have been making attacks upon him and his ad visers because of what they assumed was an unwarranted delay is reacting in his favor. It is now clearly seen that every minute of time occupied since the destruction of tiie Maine has bt;n judiciously and wisely utilized in preparing for war. It lias been the con stant cry of men in congress—and out of it—for years that the country was entirely unprepared for war, and it is not surprising that when the president and his cabinet found the necessity for entering upon a war they recognized the importance of preparing the coun try for it as far as possible. The re sult is seen in the conditions which now exist, especially if they are con trasted with those of CO days ago.—Cin cinnati Commercial Tribune. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1898. ENEMIES IN CONGRESS. I*nr<inaii« Who I'lnee Political Ad vnntuKe llefore I'u trlotlNm. More dangerous, perhaps, at this time than any Spanish fleet or tint ilia are the senators and representatives in con press who propose to hold up, if they can, all war measures of finance or tax a'ion that are not shaped according tc tiieir various political and fiiiancia' theories. The man to give the signal for this at tack from within the,lines was Senator Allen, of Nebraska. The signal ap penred in a resolution which Mr. Aller introduced in the senate: "That in the opinion of the senate no cir cumstances can arise in the relations of the I'nlteil States of America and the kingdom of Spain that will warrant an increase of the interest-bonded Indebtedness of this government, or that wi'.l In any mannei interfere in the reform of the linanclal af fairs of the United States on lines laic? down in the national people's party plat form of July, lfcOC." It is not from the extreme populists cf the Allen stripe that embarrassment to the administration and the national interests is chiefly to be apprehended. Of course there is no danger that con gress will undertake to prosecute the war exclusively upon the lines laid down in the populist platform of 1S!)G. But the disposition to use the present opportunity to enforce or promote crank ideas or pet notions or factional or partisan theories is already manifest in bills introduced since Allen led the way with his impudent resolution; in come tax bills, inheritance tax bills, sil ver standard and silver bond proposi tions, greenback measures, and so on in great variety. They are all present ed as war measures, and they are all intended to complicate the war ques tion with the issues that entered into the last presidential canvass, and were then determined for four years, at least by the result of the election. Let it be understood in advance that any attempt in any quarter to embar rass the administration and imperil the nation's cause for the sake of this or that financial theory is a crime against patriotism sure to be visited heavily with public indignation. The only is sue now is with Spain.—N. Y. Sun. TREASURY GOLD. The "Kndli'M Chain" HUM CeiiNed to Revolve anil the Notion IN Secure. The United States treasury holds $.181,000,000 net in gold, and new sup plies have been coming l»y every steam er from Europe. Our gold reserve is now larger than at any other period during the last nine years. The Amer ican Economist contrasts this condition of the treasury with that which wan ob servable iu 1895, the year of the Vene zuelan crisis. Then the net gold in the treasury was $G3,2ti£,269, and we were exporting gold to Europe in pay ment of an adverse balance of trade at the rate of $1,000,000 a day. Then Mr. Cleveland's "endless chain" was in full operation, n -3 its buckets constantly were carrying gold abroad or deposit ing it in American secret hoards. There was confidence neither in the tariff nor in the currency, nor 'R any feature of the financial policy of the government. The national pulse was panicky, agriculture was depressed, and manufacturing enterprises showed hardly semblance of life. All classes were dispirited and many a fanri.'.r felt the pangs of hunger. Now the "endless chain" has ceased to revolve, confidence in the financial policy of the government is unbounfl e 1, and, but for the event of war, which necessarily must diminish imports, there would be a steadily increasing surplus from tariff revenue. Tfte crisis of war has found the nation i'.s a condi tion of financial readiness whvrh is un paralleled in history. Had War con fronted us while we were uf der such financial and industrial conditions as prevailed during the Cleveland admin istration the prospect would have been alarming.—Chicago Inter Or-;*an. FOR WAR REVENUE. Ilepultlic-niiH Arc Active in IlatNlnß I'iinils fur Defense of tlie Nation. With characteristic promptness and thoroughness the house committee on ways and means, led by Congressman Dingley, has prepared a bill for the raising of revenue for wa*» purposes. In the committee's statement in con nection with the report it is wisely said that the war should be p.'osecuted with vigor, for that means « quick end and an ultimate saving in expenditures. For speedy work the sinevs of war are needed. In t wo weeks the $50,000,000 appropri ated for national defense will have been disposed of. as cor tracts covering that amount will then have been made. The expenses of preparation have been at the rate of $300,000,000 per annum, and actual war will cost much more. The proposed bill h::jj wisely chosen the articles upon which the burden shall be laid so as to rest with least weight upon the necessities of the country. The bill will go through th* house with the businesslike speed of which such a measure is worthy. It is to be hoped that the senate will not de lay things while all the financial va garies of which the public ear has be come tired have a new airing. This is the time for money to talk, for money makes the war go. Troy Times. PrThe Mexican silver mine-owners are making a fair profit on their prod uct now. and they know that no free coinage laws will add anything to their profits. Most of the American silver mine-owners are making money also, but they are not satisfied. They would overturn the monetary system of the country if they could and create a tre mendous panic, in the hope of getting a few cents more on the ounce for their silver.—Chicago Tribune. ON NEW LINES. Democrats Propose to Reconstruct the War Rovenues Bill. It Will In' Reported to the Senate with th«* liond Feature Eliminated and I'ro vlde for the Istitie of ftlftO,- 000.000 of lirecnltarhH-A Proposal to Tax Cor porations Washington, May 13.—With the ex ception of a few administrative fea tures the war revenue bill is ready for report to the senate. This report probably will be made to-day, though consideration of the measure will not be begun before Monday. With the as sistance of Senator Jones (Nev.) the democrats had control of the finance committee and adopted their amend ments, which include a corporation tax of M of 1 per cent., a provision for the coinage of the seigniorage and the issuance of 8150,000,000 of greenbacks. The bond provision is eliminated. It required little more than an hour for the committee to dispose of the democratic amendments. It was soon made evident that Senator Jones (Nev.) would vote with the democrats on all their amendments and as his vote turned the scale against the repub licans, they did not enter into a stub born struggle to prevent this consum mation. The vote to strike out the bond feature stood 0 to 5. The amendments for the issuance of greenbacks, the coinage of the silver seigniorage and the taxation of cor porations were all incorporated by the same vote. The democrats changed their rate on corporations at the last moment, reducing it from y., to )i of 1 per cent. They made this reduction because of the uncertainty as to the amount of revenue the amendment would produce. It was the generally expressed opinion that the sum would even at this low percentage be very large, but there was no opportunity for even approximating the figures. This provision is a very comprehensive one. It covers all corporations with a few exceptions, imposing a tax of M.of 1 per cent, upon the gross receipts . Th exceptions are charitable, educational and religious institutions and strictly mutual benefit associations, the exemp tion to mutual concerns being made so as to include only those which loan money to their own members. Uuild ing and loan associations were exempt ed from the operations of the bill, but the house provision dealing with this matter was changed and the language of the exemption in the Wilson-Gorman act practically substituted for it. There was some discussion of the beer tax during the day, but it was de cided to leave the matter as it passed the bouse with an increase of the re bate from sto 7}'t per cent. The pro visions in regaril to the taxation of bankers and brokers, bills of lading, inheritances, "futures,"' proprietary medicinal articles, etc., were left as previously fixed. The house provision for a tax on mineral water was strick en out entirely. There was some discussion in com mittee of the amount of revenue the bill would produce. The estimate of the democrat members placed the amount at $150,000,000 from the revenue portion. The coinage of the seignior age would increase the amount to the extent of S-t-,000,000 and the green backs would make the total $842,000,- 000. or 8-12.000,000 in excess of Secretary '■age's estimate of the requirements of extra revenue to meet the first year's expenses of the war. The bill hardly will be recognizable by its authors when reported, as it has been so gen erally amended. BLOWN TO PIECES. A Spanish Torpedo Bout Destroyer is Re ported to Hitve Been Torn Asunder by un Kxplosion of tier Boilers. London, May 12. —A dispatch from Gibraltar says a British steamer which arrived there Wednesday reports offi cially that on Tuesday evening she passed a Spanish torpedo boat de stroyer which was guarding Algeciras bay and straits. Shortly after the steamer passed her all the lights of the destroyer were suddenly extin guished, a terrific explosion followed and the destroyer disappeared. The disaster, the dispatch adds, was ap parently caused by - the explosion of the boilers of the torpedo boat de stroyer. It is feared tbat all aboard of her perished. The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer reported blown up near Gibraltar probably is the Destructor. It is classed as a torpedo gunboat. It was of steel, built in 1887, and was 192 feet (i inches long and was estimated to have a speed of about 33' knots. Its armament consisted of one :5.5-inch gun, four (5-pounders and four Maxim guns. She bad three torpedo tubes and a crew of 55 men. Burned to I>euLh. Philadelphia, May 13. —Three per sons were burned to death and prop erty amounting to $255,000 destroyed by tire which originated Wednesday in the six-story building occupied by Me- Cadden Bros., wholesale dealers in toys anil fireworks, 619 Market street. The dead are: William MeCadden, a member of the firm; Charles Richard son, a packer, and Miss Evelyn Cald well, a stenographer. Their bodies were found on the secona floor in the rear of the building and were fright fully charred. The fire was caused by an explosion of fireworks. Merritt to l.ead the Invasion. San Francisco, May 13. —The Bulletin says: The president has appointed lien. Wesley Merritt. of the regular army, to command the volunteers from the Pacific coast. Gen. Merritt will lead the invasion of the infantry upon the Philippines. He will be proclaimed governor general of the Philippines. "Fighting .Joe" Reports. Cliickamauga National Park, Mav 12. —Gen. Joseph Wheeler arrived here Wednesday and reported to (ien. Brooke for duty. There seems to be some question as to whether Gen. Lee is coming to this point, no orders to that effect having 1 been received. A CHEERFUL_WOMAN. From the Democrat, Brazil, Ind. Every woman cannot be beautiful, but a cheerful face often supplies the deficiency. Kut no one can be cheerful and bring jov to others unless they have perfect health, For tunately, science has placed this priceless boon within the reach of every woman as the following incident proves: Mrs. Amanda Kobinson, wife of William Robinson, farmer and stockman, near Howesville, Clay County, Ind., is thirty two years old and had for several years been in declining health and despondent. For three months she was not only unable to attend to her domestic duties, but too feeble to be up and about. Today she is in good health and able to attend to her household affairs. She relates her experience as fol lows: "I was afflicted with female troubles and was in a delicate state of health. I lost my appetite, grew thin and was greatly de pressed. After taking various remedies without being benefited I was induced by a friend to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "Ear 1 yin n J ' the summer of I 'I 1897 I pro, 'l' 1— i cared five 1 [ boxes of them 112 / 1 and before ' aj / V; finishing the /Tk r / «"'} second box S *7 { I began to im- ~ t /'" A prove and by J / ' the time I had M taken the five j! boxes I was able togo about my A Pricelesi Boon. usual work and stopped taking the pills. "Our daughter Anna, twelve years old, was also afflicted with decline and debility. She lost flesh, seemed to be bloodless and had no ambition. She took two boxes of the pills nnd they restored her appetite, aided digestion and brought color to her cheeks. She is now in the best of health. I think Dr. Williams' Pinl: Pills for Pale People the be*t medicine we ever had in our family and recommend them to all needing a remedy for toning up and rebuilding a shattered sys tem." No discovery of modern times has proved such a blessing to women as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. They restore strength and health to exhausted women when every effort of the physician proves unavailing. These vegetable pills are every where recognized as a specific for diseases of the blood and nerves. The pulling of a sound tooth tries the acoustics of the dental chamber.—Chicago News. OenfneNN Cannot He Cared by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mu cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal con dition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold bv Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. When a firm, decisive spirit is recognized, it is curious to see how the space clears around a man and leaves him room and free dom.—John Foster. 'The memory of this night," he Mid, "will -heer tne in those moments when life seems dreary and burdensome." Patriotic Preferences.—His Wife—"They must be very patriotic in Wall street." The Farmer —"i suppose so." Ilis Wife —"Oh, ves, indeed! Here's a report with a whole lot in it about 'American sugar preferred' and 'American tobacco preferred. " —Puck. First Tramp—l hear they are building a new jail, with all modern improvements." Scc-ond Tramp—"That won't do us no good. You'll need a puil to get in there."—Flie gendc Blaetter. Idleness.—At. idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian inaxim—that it is better to walk than to run,and better to stand thantowalk, and bet t IT to sit than to stand, and better to lie than to sit. He hugs himself into the notion that God calls him to be quiet.— Richard Cecil. When a man goes fishing he may not catch a good string, but he is sure to come home> wiili a long yarn. —Chicago Daily News. In English coffee-houses, in the olden time, a contribution box was placed against the! wall, find it was customary for guests toj drop in small donations for the waiters.' Over t/lie box were the words: "To Insure! Promptness." From the initial conies the modern tip. In Derby, Mich., dwells a farmer who a! ways likes to get the worth of his money. The general store at v.iliich he deals is about seven miles from his home. In a package of matches he bought last week there were 11 without heads, lie spent two cents in mail ing them to the storekeeper, and asking for II perfect matches. A woman's idea of business sagacity is to oin the pocket that has her money in it.— Washington (la. ) Democrat. The best way for a young man to begin who is without friends or influence is first, by getting a position; second, keeping his moutii shut; third, observing; fourtn, beiiiH faithful; fifth, making his employer thins he would be lost in a fog without him, <tud sixth, being polite.--!' IISSRII Siin-e is the name to remember when buying Sarsaparilla. Dr. | Ifl ! Ayer's Sarsaparilla has been curing people right along for |M! nearly 50 years. That's why it is acknowledged to be the jMI sovereign Sarsaparilla. It is the original and the standard. M »« The record of the remedy is without a rival, —a record that 25 : i is written in the blood of thousands, purified by its healing M mm power. SS I?! "I nursed a lady who was suffering from blood poisoning and must cjj !?? have contracted the disease from her; for I had four large sores, or ulcers, ! i break out on my person. I doctored for a long time, both by external Sj 82 application and with various blood medicines; but in spite of all that I CJ r could do, the sores would not heal. At last I purchased six bottles of g' i—Y Ayer's Sarsaparilla, thinking I would give it a thorough trial. Before the J5 1 —— eir. bottles had been taken, the ulcers were healed, the skin sound and I natural, and my health better than it had been for years. I have been Cj well ever since. I had rather have one bottle of Dr. J. C. Ayer's Sarsapa- J5 i rilla than threo of any other kind."—Mrs. A. F. TAYLOR, Englevale, N. Dak. g*| B Get Ayer's Sarsaparilla. If you lire troubled with any form of DYSPEPSIA, 112 AILUP'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS os a Digestive. 25c and 500 boxes, bv mail on receipt of price. (>n "eit,t' of one 2 cent pontage Btomp I will send a Six U«>*«' trial package DP* Tp« -«r« h« mall. 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A new through Sleeping Car line between St. Louis and Colorado Springs will be estab lished over the Wabash-KocK Island Short Line, Muy loth, 1898. The time will be the fastest made with through service between these two points by many hours. A through Sleeper will leave St. Louis on Wabash train No. 3, at 9.20 a. m., arriving at Colorado Springs the next morning at 11.00, with a di rect connection for Denver, arriving at 11.30 a. m. This is the fastest regular through service ever established between St. Louis and Colorado. Returning, the Sleeper will leave Colorado Springs at 2.45 p. m., and ar rive at St. Louis the next evening at 6.15. Patrons of this line will avoid tne only un pleasant feature heretofore attendant on Col orado travel, inasmuch as the trip through Missouri's fertile fields will now be by day light, and the unattractive portion of Kansaf will be traversed during the night, with the mountain scenery to greet the tourists in th 6 morning. The fast time of this line will naturally commend the Wabash Route to intending Colorado tourists. Particulars will be gladly furnished on ap plication. C. S. CRANK. G. P. &T. A., St. Louis. She Wn» SurprSted. Mrs. Huntley—lt must have been very an noying to have had to appear in court. W hat did you do when they asked you to give your age? Dustleigh—Why, I gave it, of course, "My goodness! And didn't they fine you for contempt?"— Chicago Evening News. A flu op Furin and a Good One. Do you want a good farm, where you can work outdoors in your shirt sleeves for ten months in the year, and where your stoclr can forage for itself all the year round? II so, write to P. Sid Jones, Passenger Ajrent Birmingham, Ala., or Dr. R. B. Crawford, Traveling Passenger Agent, 6 Rookery Building, Chicago, 111. Do you want togo down and look at some of the Garden Spots of this country? Tin Louisville & Nashville Railroad provides thf way and the opportunity on tne first ano third Tuesday of each month, with excur sions at only two dollars over one fare, foi round trip tickets. Write Mr. C. P. At more, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky., for particulars. Do you want to read about them hefort going? Then send ien cents in silver oi postage stamps for a copy of "Garden Spots" to Mr. Atmore. Repartee. If we were asked to define repartee mosl of us would say that it was the brilliant thing we thought of saying when the occa. sion for saying it had slipped away from us. —Chicago Times-Hera'd. llonu-neekcrM' KxcurNlon*. On the first and third Tuesdays in May and June, 1898, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway will sell round-trip excur sion tickets (good for 21 days) to u great many points in South and North Dakota and other western and southwestern states, at practically one fare for the round trip. Take a trip west and see what an amount of good land can be purchased for very little money. Further information as to rates, routes, prices of farm lands, etc., may be ob tained on application to any coupon ticket agent or by addressing George H. Ileafford, General Passenger .-Went, Chicago, 111. Marriage is a failure only to soured people who cannot find marrying mates. —N. O. Picayune.