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ABRAHAM LISCOI.N'H nomination fop
the pr sidency of the United States is
to be commemorated l>y a tablet that
will be inserted- in a ten-story steel
frame building now reaching skyward
at the southwest corner of Lake and
Market streets. Chif»"o.
IT has been anuuunceu t>y the Ainor>
ican Society of Professors of Dancing
that the dizzy and mazy waltz, which
is the hugging feature of the terpsi
chorean business, lias got to It is
out of fashion. Hereafter empty arm
dancing' is to be in vogue.
'J lis prince of Wales is the champion
pod fat her of Great lJritairi, his record
being 75 occasions on which he has of
ficiated in that capacity. lie also
holds another unique record in this re
spect in having-stood as godfather to
the duke of Marlborough, as well as to
the duke of Marlborough's infant heir
—that is, godfather to both the lather
and the son.
TIIEIiE are in the world several
kinds of animals that have never swal
lowed a drop of water in all their
lives. These include the llamas o 112
l'atagonia and certain gazelles of the
far east. A paroquet lived 5'J years in
the London Zoological gardens with
out drinking a drop, and some natural
ists think that hares take no liquid
except the dew that sometimes forms
on the grass that they eat.
BOARDINO house keepers will rejoice
to know that the war with Spain will
not cut off entirely the supply of their
staple table delicacy—prunes. Cali
fornia has come to the rescue with a
crop of 84,000 tons this year from
orchards which aggregate 55,000 acres.
At least 10,000 more acres will be in
bearing next year, and a crop of 100.-
000 tons of green prunes is prophesied
for the first year of the next century.
POPE LI:O XIII. is said to have ac
cumulated more wealth during his
pontificate than any of his predeces
sors in the chair of St. Peter. Pius
IX. collected $10,000,000, and that was
looked upon as a large sum. But Leo
is said to have acquired twice as much
for the Vatican. The greater part of
the money is said to be deposited in
the Bank of England, and the remain
der rests in various other European
banks.
PROBABI.Y tlie smallest monarch in
the world reigns over the Hindoo vas
sal state of Bhopal. and governs a peo
ple of more than a million souls. This
dwarf is a woman, Djihan-Begum by
name; but although she is about fifty
years old, she does not appear larger
than a child of ten. Her diminutive
size does not prevent her. however,
from holding the reins of government
with a firm hand, and in her realm
quiet and order are supreme.
THE problem of choosing a president
for the Cuban republic has already agi
tated the patriots \»no have been
struggling against the rule of Spain
for years. There is much talk of Dr.
Eleuterio Betrances for the first presi
dent of the Cubans. He is a noted
savant, Hellenist and oculist of Paris.
He was born in Porto Rico but has
long lived in Europe, and attained
great prominence because of his abil
ity as a surgeon and a man of letters.
EMPRESS EI.IZAHKTU did not perif.lt
herself to be guarded by detective.
As soon as she noticed them she avoid
ed them. Seven Austrian detective.!
followed her to Switzerland, but they
were ordered to remain at Gilon while
she went to Geneva. fTer majesty oft
en complained of the watchfulness im
posed by the Swiss government for
her safety. When leaving the hot.'l
on the day she was assassinated, and
perceiving detectives outside, she left
by a side door to escape them.
LCI.VAKA, the king of Barotse Land,
says a traveler, is held in great fear
and respect by his peaple. His court
lias as much etiquette and ceremonial
as that of Louis XIV. His baud of
musicians make both day and night
hideous with their performances. The
music is done to drive away evil spir
its. Luinaka himself is an imposing
spectacle. He wears a long blue dress
ing gown, trimmed with red braid,
trousers and shirt, and on his head u
scarlet nightcap, and above it a black
teral hat.
Kit Ami. SAMPSON will reive as
prize money and bounty about -JO.OOO.
Br. Adm. Dewey wijl recci' *fcbont
89,000. Rr. Adm. Schley's share will
be about 85.000—less than that of some
of the captains in the navy who were
capturing prizes while Schley was
"bottled tip" in Hampton Roads at
the beginning of the war. The
seamen, including the "men behind
the guns," will get from $:;0 to S2OO or
£:;00, according to their pay and the
number of prizes captured by their re
spective ships.
THE NATION'S FINANCES.
Cretfllnhle Work of the Administra
tion Shown In (he Tres»-
ury Department.
Not the least remarkable of the
achievements of the present national
government at Washington is found
in its skillful and accurate adjustment
of the nation's revenues to the na
tion's expenses. The success with
which this has been done, both in
peace and war. stands out in striking
contrast with the failure of the dem
ocratic government of the preceding
years. An examination of the official
figures for the last year shows a re
markable accuracy in making the rev
enues meet the disbursements of the
treasury through the Dingley tariff
and allied sources, and an examination
Df the figures for the month of August
shows the same thing with regard to
the war revenues.
For purposes of clearer comparison
it will he helpful to separate the pro
visions tor peace times and those for
war expenses and to reduce each to
daily averages. As the postal service
is almost exactly self-supporting, it
may be left out of the calculation.
Exclusive of this, the government ex
penditures have for several years aver
aged a little less than $1,000,000 a day,
so that a revenue of that amount suf
ficed to meet peace expenses at the
start and provide a slight surplus as
the population increased. The act of
1897 was intended to yield about $190,-
000.000 in customs, averaging $520,000
daily; $157,000,000 internal revenue,
averaging $430,000 daily; and about s22j
-000,000 miscellaneous receipts, aver
aging about SOO,OOO daily—a total of
$1,010,000 daily. When war broke out
it was judged that at least $138,000,000
should be added to the yearly revenues,
or $378,000 daily, these being the fig
ures given by Chairman Dingley in his
estimate of what the war tax would
yield. This was expected to raise the
total internal revenue to SBOB,OOO daily,
and the total income of the govern
ment to $1,388,000 daily.
How closely the actual receipts have
approximated these calculations is
notv shown in the official returns for
August, the second month after the
new act went into force. The follow
ing table explains itself:
Amounts expr-cted. Aetiml.
Dallv. 31 days, receipts.
Customs $ $520,000 $Hi,l2<ViPO $W,24P.W9
Internal 808.000 2;'.045.0(,0 24.«ir,.!i34
Mlscellaiieo us 00.000 1,800,000 1,517,073
Totals $1,388,000 $43,028,000 $41,782,706
The internal revenue and miscel
laneous receipts are naturally small
er in August than in July or in other
months which include quarterly pay
ments. The internal revenue for July
was $20,171,000, making the average
$25,003,000 monthly. The miscellaneous
receipts for July also bring tlie month
ly average in that department up to
£2.012.000, so that in each branch the
calculations are surprisingly sus
tained by the actual results. Customs
receipts naturally fell off a little dur
ing the war, but August, the first
month of peaceful commerce, shows
receipts slightly in excess of the cal
culations. Taking all branches to
gether, the income and outgo have
maintained a steady and reassuring
balance alike in peace and war, thus
laying a solid foundation for the re
turn of confidence and for a firm be
lief in the practical business ability of
lhe republican party.
This large revenue in August,coupled
with the receipts from the popular
bonds sold by the treasury, caused the
receipts to exceed the expenditures
during the month. The cost of run
ning the government and the war in
August was $36,200,717, yet $22,358,025
was added to the cash in the treasury.
A part of this was necessarily with
drawn from circulation by the buy
ers of bond's, but the large deposits in
the national banks fully offset this,
and the $17,101,799 decrease in circula
tion during the month was not felt—
for the good and sufficient reason that
the money still in the bands of the
people was $1,792,090,545, or $23.90 per
capita. After this month there wll
be no more payments to make on the
war bonds, and the treasury reserve,
which has been piling up unnecessar
ily high, will probably be pulled down
a little by continued war expenses. In
the end the expenditures will come re
markably close to balancing the re
ceipts. It is no mean triumph of
statesmanship togo through a war
without a hitch or jar in the nation's
finances.—Chicago Tribune.
Antl-Pro*|>erlty Bryant ten.
August is almost always a dull busi
ness month. Last August was a wot
able exception. The clearings were the
largest ever known in that month.
They exceeded by 23 per cent, those
of 1892. There have not been for five
years as few failures in any one month
as in that which closed last week. As
one of the commercial agencies puts
it: "Business is larger than in the
best of all past years, and yet there
is every prospect of much further in
crease." Nevertheless in a few weeks
Altgeld and' other Bryanites will be
roaming from place to place proclaim
ing to all who can spare the time to
hear them that there is no real prosper
ity and there never can be any until 44-
cent free coinage silver dollars flow
from the mints in a flood and inundate
the country. These prophets of evil
will go past busy factories, through
fertile fields from whose products the
farmers are getting good prices, and
through cities and towns where all is
activity and confidence, and will crj' out
continually: "Yet a little while and
prices will be low and laborers idle
if the country does not have cheap dol
lars and debtors are not enabled to
swindle creditors." It is no wonder
that the Bryanite orators who are
about to start out on their fall anii
prosperity crusade feel blue. They
have a terribly up-hill job of it this
year. As "the stars in their courses
fought against Sisera"so is the jubilant,
prosperity of the country fighting
against the Bryanites.—("h.'-igo Trfb
nce.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1898.
ISSUES OF THIS YEAR.
The Prenlilcnl Should Have a I'arti
■au CoiiK'ream (o Help Handle
New OltlleultlcN.
The congress which will be elected
a few weeks hence will have to deal
with more questions of great impor
tance than presented themselves to
any congress which has met since the
civil war and recons-truction days. It
will have to devise a system of govern
ment for each of our new possessions
with the possible exception of Hawaii,
which may be attended to in the com
ing short session of the present con
gress. The work of forming a per
manent army to meet the new needs
which enlarged territory will impose
may possibly be transacted in the com
ing four months' session of the exist
ing congress, but the chances are that
it will go over to the next body. Then,
too, a staff organization for the army
in line with modern requirements will
have to be devised. The old issue of
the staff and line wrangle in the navy
will have to be settled, and a new sys--
tem of naval promotions must be
created.
Work enough to keep a congress
busy during nearly all of its term,
aside altogether from the routine
business of the government, has here
been cited. The task of framing gov
ernments which will recognize the
local capabilities and meet the pe
culiar needs of the people of Cuba,
Puerto Rico and the Philippines de
mands time and intelligence. In a
considerable degree the conditions
here arc new. Some of the peoples to
be dealt with may have to remain in
a state of dependence forever. The
full territorial status which is enjoyed
by New Mexico, Arizona and Okla
homa cannot be extended to nny of
our new possessions immediately,
though the indications are that it may
safely be given to Puerto Rico before
many more years pass. An entirely
different and a less advanced sort of a
government will have to be provided
for the Philippines. Government for
Cuba will involve some delicate ques
tions of a different order from those
which will come up in the* Puerto
liican and Philippine matters.
For the adjustment of all these com
plex questions the republican party
will be held primarily responsible.
The necessity, therefore, for the re
publicans to elect a majority of the
next house of representatives and) to
gain the two or three seats which will
give them control of the senate is par
ticularly urgent. A republican con
gress should be chosen to assist the
republican president in dealing with
these delicate issues. Not since IR7O,
when Georgia, the last of the seceded
states, was restored to her old rela
tions to the union, has congress been
called upon to deal with so many ques
tions requiring discrimination, bal
ance and tact as will present them
selves to the congress which is to be
elected a little less than two months
lience. The president in managing the
war which has brought all these
troublesome issues to the front, and in
dealing with some of them in their
rudimentary stage since the armistice
began, has shown excellent judgment.
It is particularly essential that the
congress elected on November 8 shall
be in partisan accord with him on
these and the other grent issues which
may arise.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
PRESS OPINIONS.
the democrats make an issue
of the sick soldier there will be a very
decided increase in the number of
sick democrats next fall.—Chicago In
teT Ocean.
ICThe typographer who made his
paper speak of the "sliver plank" in
the democratic platform was not so
far out of the way. The democratic
silver plank is full of slivers. —Troy
Times.
ICTProsperity cannot always be as
sured, but it will depart never to re
turn so long as there is any doubt
about the continuance of a dollar
worth a dollar in the markets of the
world. —Indianapolis Journal.
ITT At first Bryan complained that
there was a plot to prevent him from
obtaining military glory by keeping
his regiment out of the army. Now he
is afraid there is a plot to injure him
politically by keeping him and his reg
iment in the army. It is pretty hard
to satisfy some people.—Cleveland
Leader.
£3"The republican party under whose
policies and administration prosperity
has been restored and a foreign war
successfully conducted, has earned the
right to be further intrusted with the
task of solving the territorial, colonial
and commercial problems that have re
sulted from the war. —lowa Republican
Platform.
e y—better known as
"Coin"—is lecturing on free silver in
Colorado. While this looks much like
"carrying coals to Newcastle," it
would probably be more just to regard
it. as evidence that missionary work is
needed to keep the free silver party
from going to pieces in the champion
free silver state. —Chicago Tribune.
P"The responsibility for the greater
part of the sickness and mortality? It
! rests upon all who favored the war,
and it is a pretty widely distributed
burden. The newspapers who are now
waxing wrath and censorious over
stories of privations and sufferings
will have to bear a portion of the
blame. And it is not their fault that
the horrors of war did not begin soon
er. —Detroit Free Press (Dem.).
CSoine of Mr. Bryan's friends think
; he will catch tiie soldier vote if he runs
j again. But they deceive themselves.
' lie has another record which he can
not run away from and that will drag
him down. The sixteen-to-one busi
ness is completely out of sight as far
as national polities is concerned, and
the soldiers will beagainsttheeloquent
champion in a ratio just about the
same, —Cincinnati Commercial Trib
une.
TEN LIVES LOST.
Explosion of Grain Dust Destroys
a Grain Elavator.
Toledo, 0., Is Visited by One of the Mo*t
falaraitien In It.* History
S.x of tlie Injured Will Hie—prop
erty I.oss Over Half u Million.
Toledo. Sept. 21.—Eight men cremat
ed and eight more fatally burned is the
result of the most disastrous tire that
ever occurred in Toledo. The spon
taneous combustion of dust, in tho
jrrain elevator owned by Paddock,
Hodge & Co. caused this terrible de
struction of life last night and none
of those who were taken out after the
lire started were far enough from
death's door to tell any of the details.
The dead:
Samuel Alexander, Bert Wainwriglit,
Fred Carreft, Harold Parks, John
Smith, Grace Parks, Frank Van Ilotis
en and John Carr.
The injured: David Kemp, Barney
Welch, Charles Keifer, Fred I'argillis,
Elliott, Charles Brookseeker. Ev
erett Smith, Hamilton Parks. William
T . Parks, W. C. Jordan, Peter llaas, A1
Baldie. Four others, names not
known.
William .T. Parks, the superintend
ent, after being blown through the
window of the lower story, was con
scious for a moment and said that
about S:.'io a terrible explosion oc
curred on the south side of the eleva
tor, and that he knew there were about
20 men at work on the seven floors of
the building. Besides thi/se regularly
employed at the elevator the three
children of Superintendent Parks were
visiting him at the time. One of these
may recover from his burns, but Grace,
a 17-year-Md girl, is burned almost be
yond recognition, and Harold, the
third child, has not been found, being
either blown to atoms er cremated.
At 8:."!0 last evening the people of
East Toledo were startled by a ter
rific explosion which caused a panic
all over the neighborhood. Houses
were shaken as in an earthquake and
windows were shattered for blocks
around. Those in th« vicinity of the
Union elevator soon noticed flames
bursting from all sides of the building.
In a few minutes the fire department
began the work of rescue.
The river cut off escape on one side
and there the flames seemed to be less
fierce. The families of a dozen men
who were at work Within rushed to the
acetic, and women calling for their im
prisoned husbands, brothers and fath
ers made a scene indescribable.
The force of 20 men expected to load
80.000 bushels of grain during the
night. Not one of the entire number
could be seen in any part of the build
ing and it was impossible to reach
them in any way. William Parks was
found first. He was 20 feet from the
building, frightfully burned and his
clothing almost entirely torn ofT. He
had been hurled from his place in the
main room through a window and his
agonizing cries were most pitiful.
Arother employe, John Carr, was hurl
ed from the fifth floor of the building
and was found bleeding and burned
with many bones broken. He did not
long survive. Fireman David Kemp
and Charles Keifer, the engineer, were
found at their places in the engine
rooms. They were wounded by falling
timbers and their faces were charred
The little daughter of William
Parks was sitting at the desk in the
office at the time of the explosion and
she was hurled out of the door. She
walked down the elevation on which
the building stands and dropped down
to be carried away unconscious, suffer
ing from wounds from which she can
not recover.
' John Smith was fatally burned. He,
was literally disemboweled and was
taken to the hospital to die. The miss
ing men are doubtless all dead.
trace can be found of any of them and
as they were employed at the top of
the elevator their chances for escape
■were bu» slight.
Superintendent William Parks and
one of the unknown injured men died
early this morning of their injuries,
making the total number of fatalities
ten.
There were between 500,000 and 600,-
000 bushels of grain in store at the time.
The property and the grain is an en
tire loss and will reach $550,000. The
insurance is $40.1,000.
DONS; ARE MOVING OUT.
Less Than One-Third of f'orto Klco Is Now
Held by Sp:tnl*h Troopn.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Sept. 21. —The
evacuation of the outlying positions
occupied by the Spaniards began Mon
day. Aguadilla, San Sebastian and
Lares were abandoned by them and the
troops of Gen. Garretson's brigade
moved in and hoisted the American
flag. The Spanish troops from the
abandoned positions are being concen
trated at Areeilio, from whence they
will reach San Juan by railroad as soon
as transportation is available. They
could not enter the city before, owing
to its crowded condition. On Wednes
day the Spaniards will evacuate the
island of Vieques, where a company of
American troops from Gen. ('.rant's
brigade has been landed. The Spanish
troops from Vieques will remain at
Uumaeao until the Spaniards fall back
on the line of the military road. Span
ish control is now confined to less than
one-third of the island.
Miners* Strike Kntfecl.
Monongahela City, Pa., Sept. 21. —
The coal miners' strike in the third
pool is over and work will be resumed
in all the pits to-day, pending a settle
ment of the differences by arbitration.
Both sides have agreed to abide by the
decision of the arbitrators. The ac
ceptance of the arbitration proposition
is regarded as a victory for the miners.
The operators have agreed to with
draw the suits against the strikers
who are now locked up in the Washing
ton county jail, charged with riot, and
to refund the money withheld from
the employee
HOSTILITIES AVERTED.
Bat It Tuik tbr I'nllrd Effort* of the
Whole Crowd to Prevent *
Hot UiiKngrmcnl.
"One of the liveliest brushes I have w-t
--nessed since the opening of hostilities,
said one of the representatives at the re
cent meeting of the credit men, "took place
in a quiet New England village of my state.
Both participants had passed their three
score years and ten, but were still vigorous
in mind and body, and especially vigoruos in
language, for both had been followers of the
sea.
"One of these old fellows espoused the
cause of Spain, declaring that she had
heen jumped on because she ws.a little, and
that this country was playing the part of
a great big bully. After they had ex
changed hot shots for a few minutes, the
champion of the government got things
to going his way by shouting that the
other fellow came honestly by his principles
and was bred a traitor.
" 'What do you mean, you old shrimp?'
from the advocate of Spain.
" 'During the war with Great Britain the
British entered the harbor and burned the
town of New London, didn't they?'
"Course they did. What of it?'
" 'Why, somebody piloted them there and
when he come home his pockets was full of
British gold, paid for his dirty work, and his
neighbors, hearin' of what he had done, got
ropes and made him an evenin' call. He
scudded by the back door and never stopped
till he got to Bermuda, and he never had the
cheek to come back.'
" 'What you tryin' to git at?'
" 'That there pilot was your grandpap.'
And it *ook a dozen bystanders to keep the
two old sea dogs from clinching."—Detroit
Free Press.
THE RUSH FOR GOLD.
From the Times, Bluffs, 111.
The rush of gold seekers to the Klondike
brings thrilling memories to the "forty
niiiers" still alive, of the time when they
girdled the continent or faced the terrors of
the great American desert on the journey to
the land of gold. These pioneers tell some
experiences which should be heeded by gold
seekers of to-day. Constant exposure and
faulty diet killed large numbers, while
nearly all the survivors were afflicted with
\ AjdC'fi disease,
many of
((( them with
rheuma
/g\ tisin. Such
J\ a sufferer
\. was Adam
yj s* Vangundy,
r\P' J fii w ' lo nowre_
sides at
\ Bluffs, 111.,
V "*» where he
J\ /' has been
\JV justice of
/ VI tlie Peace
-L / I J KTliland was the
dent of the
"AFortynintr." board of
trustees. In a recent interview he said:
"I had been a sufferer of rheumatism for
a number of years and the pain at times was
very intense. I tried all the proprietary
medicines I knew of out received no relief.
"I fianlly placed my case with several
physicians and doctored with them for some
time, but they failed to do me any good.
Finally, with my hopes of relief nearly ex
hausted 1 read an article regarding Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills for I'ale People, which in
duced me to try them. 1 was anxious to get
rid of the terrible disease and bought two
boxes of the pills. I began using them about
March, 1897. After I had taken two boxes
I was completely cured, and the pain has
never returned. I think it is the best medi
cine I have ever taken, and am willing at
any time to sign my name to any testimony
setting forth its good merits."
(Signed) ADAM VANGUNDY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
29th day of September, A. D. 1897.
FRANKLIN C. FUNK,Notary Public.
Air. Vangundy'.? statement ought to be
regarded as a criterion of the good merits of
these pills, and what better proof could a
person want than the above facts.
She Wanted Healthy Ham.
Mrs. Murry—Give me tin cints wort' av
ham. , ,
Grocer —Sugar-cured, madam:
"No! I want some tliot has niver bin de
•azed." —Judge.
Lots of men don't know enough to stop
boring when they strike oil. —CLucagv Daily
News.
Fever patients should be kept in good
spirits.— Buffalo Times.
Every now and then a mans mind is
stretched by n new idea or sensation, and
never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
—O. W. Holmes.
A good fire is all it's puffed up to be.—L.
A. \V. Bulletin.
If salt used at the table is damp it should
not be kept in the cellar. —L. A. \V . Bulletin.
He—"lt costs ne $5,000 a year to live."
She —"l<s it worth it?"— Town Topics.
"Charge bayonets!" said the clerk in the
arms factory, as he billed a consignment of
small arms "to the government.—L. A. W.
Bulletin.
A Comforting Thought.—She—"l hope we
will always lie able to keep the wolf from
the door." lie—"Well, if he ever comes to
tliis flat he's nretty sure to liud the door
bells out of order!" —Puck.
"Why," asked the youngest boarder, "do
they measure the speed of a ship in knots?"
"I think," said the Cheerful Idiot, "that it
has something to do with the tied." —In
dianapolis Journal.
"My whole family was in the country a
month, and the house was closed up; yet the
gas bill was as large as ever." "Of course.
Gas meters never take a vacation." —Brook
lyu Life.
"Dere's alwavs bound to be kickers," ex
claimed Meandering Mike. "Did you ever
know a time w hen de people agreed unani
mously dat (ley had de right man in de right
place'/" "On'y once," replied Plodding
Pete. "1 was bein' put into jail on de occa
sion."—Washington Star.
Changed Circumstances. —"They say that
Mrs. Bond'v throws on a great deal of agony
since they became suddenly rich." "Well,
rather. That woman useu to walk in hei
sleep. Now she pets up and rides a chain
less bicycle or orders a carriage."—Detroit
Free Press.
We all talk too much to talk well. —Atchi
son Globe.
For Infants and Clittdr |p
S\im\mSg{ Over Thirty Years
0! IJA/ZZ* The Kind You Have Always Bought
~ TMI CINTAUI COMPilf, f* MVIRAT •TMBKT. HIV V#*R • fT*.
MUST TRANSPORT HER TROOPS.
United State* VVlli Aut Agree to Send
Hark to Spain Any lint Soldiers Who
Surrendered.
One of the most important questions
which will be settled by the two mili
tary commissions will be whether
Spain or the United States will bear
the expense necessary to send the
Spanish troops in Cuba and Puerto
Rico back to Spain. The administra
tion is opposed to paying for the trans
portation of the Spanish army, other
than those troops which surrendered
to Gen. Shafter or Gen. Miles. For all
such troops which are in reality pris
oners of war the United States is per
fectly willing to provide transporta
tion. This is being illustrated at the
present by the sending of Gen. Toral'a
army back to Spain.
It is feared by officials of the ad min
istration that Spain hopes and expects
that this government will be as liberal
and provide transportation for the
Spanish armies in Cuba and I'uerto
Rico. Army and navy officers say,
however, that no such plan will be
agreed to by the military commissions
representing the United States.
Improvements In Flylnic Maclilnea.
Inventors are plenty who can make a ma
chine that will rise and float in air, but th«
one improvement which none has succeeded
in making is an apparatus that will guide the
machine through the many treacherous cur
rents of air. In this respect humanity ia
fortunate in having Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which acts as a safe guide by cur
ing treacherous stomach, liver and blood
diseases,giving a good appetite, a strong con
stitution and nerves like steel.
Enough,
Author —What excuse have you for abus
ing my book ?
Critic—l read it. —Up to Date.
The \\Hr Ia Over
And now our thoughts are all of peace and
home. There are, too often, people to be
found who have no home, and it is to them
these few words are addressed. If you real
ly want a home you can easily get one, but
you should act at once before the relapse
from the war puts prices on the advance.
In Marinette County, Wisconsin, the very
finest farming land is to be had now at a
most modest figure. P'xeellent home mar
kets are at hand to take whatever the farm
er raises, and good prices are given. Thess
lands are on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway, and full information con
cerning them will cheerfully be furnished
by 0. E. Rollins, Immigration Agent, 161
La Salle Street, Chicago.
Some people wear such good clothes all the
time that they can't have a good tune.—
Atchison Globe.
To Cnre a Cold In One liny
Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets.. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The expense of repairing tire punctures
should be added to our in-come tacks. —L. A.
VV. Bulletin.
Free Homes In Weatern Florida.
There are about 1,000,000 acres of Gov
ernment land in Northwest I'lorida, subjetS
to homestead entry, and about half as much
again of railroad lands for sale at very low
rates. These lands are on or near the line
of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, arid
Mr. R. J. YVemyss, General Land Commis
sioner, Pensacola, will be glad to write you
»ll about them. If you wish togo down
and look at them, t'he Louisville & Nash
ville Railroad provides the way and th#
opportunity on the tirst and third Tues
day of each month, with excursions at only
$2 over one fare, for round-trip tickets.
Write Mr. C. P. Atmore, General Passen
ger Agent, Louisville, Ky., for particulars.
The roan who wants the earth probably
never stopped to think what the taxes would
be. —Puck.
Haifa Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
Shall we call the "stoop" of the scorchel
a front stoop or a back stoop?—L. A. W.
Bulletin.
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