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In Prussia 413 school children under
15 years of age have committed suicide
within the space of ten years. Three
hundred and thirty-seven of them were
boys and 76 girls.
The Americans are the greatest trav
elers in the world. In the I'nited States
a train runs 13 miles annually for
< very man, woman and child in the
country; in England, 8; in Germany,
4'/ a ; in Belgium,
A New Jersey man, who is suing for
li'.orce, says in his petition that his
wife has made only one tapioca pun
ding during all of their married life.
This is a pretty strong proof that the
lady doesn't like tapioca herself.
Ex-Empress Eugenie on the Spanish-
American war is very interesting. Sb«?
l.as confided to the American wife of
one of our peace commissioners that,
though she (Eugenie) is a Spaniard,
she thought our war was justifiable un
der the circumstances.
Ours is tlie greatest producing and
i \portingnation in all the world. llith
erto we have held at best second place
to Great Britain. This year, with our
exports amounting to $1,230,000,000 we
leave even Great Britain behind by
more than S6O 000.000.
Having had his fleet augmented by
two monitors. Admiral Dewey cables
that he can hold the Philippines against
the world. That he could have held
ihem without the monitors no one
doubts; but while the game is lagging
we mmy as well get two more men in
ihe king row.
Ex-Gov. Flower, of New York, recent
ly sent SIOO to the Salvation Army.
V.hen jokii gly asked if he meant to
enroll under Gen. Booth's banner Mr
Flower bluntly rcpl'ed: "No, sir; but
I do belong to the great Christian army,
« nd I don't care what flag they march
under so long as they are bound to llie
crass."
There is an impending famine in
Ttussia, the czar has already given $350,-
000 to the relief fund, and it is now said
that American will soon be asked to
give from her bountiful store. The
world knows that America Is as groat
in charity as she is in war, and when
famine stricken all countries turn their
eves toward the United States.
There are two curious coincidences
in connection with the Mary Washing
ten hospital at Fredericksburg, Va.,
ground for which has 1 >een broken.
George Washington Smith, who was
born on Washington's birthday, drew
the plans, and George Washington, who
a'so tirst saw the light on February 22.
will superintend the work of building
The official records of the rebellion,
comprising 111 volumes with an aggre
gate of 118,21(1 pages, have just been
completed. The work of the compila
tion and publication of those records
l,as required 24 years, and the set un
doubtedly constitutes the most expen
sive series of books ever published. 1 p
to June 30 last there had been expended
on the work $2,025,088.50, or something
like $235,000 per volume.
Mrs. Harriet 11. I'. Stanford, of Cot
tage City. Mass.. has presented to the
government the flag carried by John
1 'aill Jones' frigate, the Bon Homme
Bichard, during her famous battle with
the British Serapis on September 23
17*0. Mrs. Stanford has decumentary
evidence to the fact that this flag is tin
first stars and stripes ever hoisted ovei
as American man-o'-vvar and that it
was the first ever saluted by a fareign
naval power.
The Garton Brother*,.of England, are,
agricultural scientists likely to make
a figure in the world. They have
doubled the yield of Fife wheat by
crossing it with an Asian variety, in
creased a barley head with two rows to
six rows, crossed English and Jap
anese oats until 50 pounds to the bushel
is the yield, and not only crossed white
and red clover, but made red clover a
perennial. The benefactor who pro
duced two blades of grass where one
grew before is distanced by these ex
periments.
During the recent blizzard in the east,
which blockaded railroads and sus
pended all traliic for days, Uev. <ieorg<»
J,\ Cutfen walked from his pastorate in
Montervesc, Conn., to New Haven,
where he delivered an address before
800 Vale students on "Giiving :.s an Aid
to Christian t'.rowth." Five miles of
the walk was through snow drifts
which teamsters had found an absolute
barrier against p.issage. Bev. < utten,
j; must be remarked, played center
rush on the Vale foo'ball team thissea-
DR.DEPEW ON "'DIP
Imperialism the Keynote of His
Address.
*!<■ Itrii'fl) Krvicnm Hie lllMorj of 1 lie
i olllilr) antl SiibniilH Ills View «. ull
Hie l*uli«'>- Unit iiuulii (<• l><- I'ur
aileil I>> III)' I llill'tl Milled M ill!
Iteiruril lo lt» INewlj-Ai'"
«|iilri*il
Buffalo, Dec. 28.—The banquet hall
of the Elliott club was tilled on Fri
day night with one of the largest
gathering's ever seen at a club dinner
in Buffalo. The speaker of the even
ing was Dr. C'hauneey M. Depew. Ilis
BUlbject was "1S0S" and his speech,
eloquent and polished, was devoted
chiefly to argument in favor of terri
torial expansion. .101111 G. Milburn, the
other speaker, replied effectively in
a short address. Follow ing is Dr. De
pew's speech in part:
Mr. I'msident and Gentlemen In
1960, in the full flush of youthful en
thusiasm, I spoke in Buffalo for Ybra
haun Lincoln. 1 was full of the feel
ing that James liuchanan and his
ealbinet weri contemplating treason
against the United Stales. Subse
quent events verified the frightful
charges which fell from th«' lips of
the impassioned young speaker, but
that night lie lay awake, fearing that
when tin- libel suit was brought by
the president and his secretaries he
might not be able to secure the evi
dence to sustain the charges. "i outli
does not get a due sense of propor
tion. At that time Ituffulo was not a
factor in the public opinion of the
country of great importance, and the
orator was of no importance at all.
Since that time liutl'alo and 1 have
both got on fairly well.
One hundred and nine years ago
George Washington was elected first
president of the I'nited States. The
young republic was overwhelmed with
debt, had no manufactures, no com
merce and few resources. It was torn
with the dissensions and jealousies
of the thirteen original states which
composed it. Washington gave eight
years as president to lix this republic
upon firm foundations and to enable
it from them to grow into the full
fruition for its people of "t.he equal
ity of all men before the law" and the
full enjoyment in practical life of the
philosopher's reflection that "all men
are created equal, with certain in
alienable rights, among which are
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness." These principles suffered
many vicissitudes and nearly wrecked
our government several times. Their
first complete recognition was in the
emancipation proclamation of Abra
ham Lincoln, and the seal upon their
practical enforcement was affixed and
stamped with the hilt of the sword of
irant at Appomattox.
For 33 years, from the close of the
civil war. we have been enjoying
American liberty and opportunity. In
|K<)S we are reaping the full benefits
of t.he fruitage of this grand experi
ment.
liy a marvellous series of provi
dences we are now in possession of
vast territories, peopled by ali'en
races in various degrees of civiliza
tion. in regard to which there have
•been thrust upon us the gravest re
sponsibilities. Our success in their
government deipends upon the faith
ful application of these same oft
trieil and ■ever-successful principles,
which have been worked out in such
a marvelous way in our own history.
There is a large school of historical
criticism which depreciates Washing
ton as a man of ordinary ability,
guided by the brilliant minds about
him and incapable on his own ac
count of the initiative which is the
quality of genius. It is because
Washington is not only beyond all
parallels, as I have said before, but
lie does not. come within the rules by
which the leaders of mankind have
been judged. Hannibal was supreme
ly great as a general, but failed as a
statesman. Napoleon was supremely
great as a conqueror, but failed as an
administrator in tin' conservation of
his conquests for the glory of his
country. Genius is commonly be
lieved to be the possession of a fac
ulty which amounts to inspiration
in some one field of human endeavor.
TVoeause of Washington's full-rounded
and perfected talents in every field
which he entered, extreme criticism
places him among the moderate men
of his time. The people of the United
Rtiates were venomously enraged
against Great Britain and wildly en
thusiastic for France because of the
help she had given us in the Revolu
tionary war. They were determined
to form an alliance with France, of
fensive and defensive, in the wars
which she was waging against all Eu
rope after the French revolution.
Washington saw, almost alone, tlmf
such an alliance with France, who
was so involved that she could not
help us and aga.inst England, all-pow
erful. all around us. would lead to the
destruction of the young republic.
He saw, further, that in the evolution
of the century the English-speaking
nations of the world, with their com
mon language and similarity of laws,
literature and institutions, must
grow closer together in the recogni
tion of their common destiny and in
the imiHirtanee of their common
friendship. Tie made the treatv of
170r,. a treaty in which all disputes
arisinc between Great Uritain and
the United States should thereafter
lie settled by arbitration. It was
only bv his personal power that he
secured its ratification. It has re
mained practically a dead letter for
100 years. Tn spite of it we had the
war of 1 St2 with Great Britain; in
spite of it.the action of the British
government during our civil war was
such that, except that our hands
were tied, we would have fousrht
atrain; in spite of it. during the Ven
ezuelan controversy four years ago.
if the people of Great Britain had not
become so extremely cordial and
friendly toward us, the challenge of
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1899.
President Cleveland for war would
hav«* IMMII accepted. lint in 1898 the
ptir|«)se of Washington is accomplish
ed. We have a war with Spain, and
France would help lier because she
owns Spanish securities, because of
tics of blood and because of relations
of continuity; Kussia, Germany,
Italy, Austria would help her for dy
nastic considerations. England alone
stands aloof; England refuses to join
in an effort to have the navies of the
world intervene; England alone says,
"if you intervene without us we will
be with our navy on the side of the
I'nited States." The closing days of
lsiis witness a fraternal relation and
a full and complete understanding'
between the English-speaking" peoples
of the world. It sees America
and Great Britain together the
controlling powers for civiliza
tion, for liberty and for com
merce. If, as I believe, those who
have, gone before in their spirit lives
follow in the family those they love
and iu affairs the things in which they
were interested, Washington has the
gratification of seeing - the prophetic
purpose of his maligned intentions of
IT'.lii fulfilled in lsils.
'l'he evolution of the administration
of the affairs of the American repub
lic has been for 100 years toward na
tional supremacy. Hamilton's rem
edy has worked the cure of state
rights. From the war of ISItJ came
to the presidency its hero, Gen. .lack
son. Ilis prestige and personality
enabled him to suppress the South
Carolinian assertion of the original
doctrine, came near hanging John ( .
Calhoun, and condensed in an epigram
the philosophy of the future. "By
the Eternal," said the old soldier,
"the Federal I nion. it must and it
shall be preserved." By the
war with Mexico in ls4t> our coun
try acquired vast territories, organ
ized for them governments and ad
ministered them from Washington
for years without regard to the
wishes of the inhabitants. With the
close of the civil war, during" which
Vbraham Lincoln was both president
and commander-in-chief. Federal
power began to rapidly crystallize in
the president. Now, in IS'JS, at the
close of the Spanish war, Hie presi
dent of the I'nited Stall's possesses
and exercises nn authority beyond
that of any ruler in the world except
the czar of Kussia, and without ques
tion from any source.
From Washington to MeKinley we
have evoluted from tin* weakest form
of federaton to the most ooiieeirtrat
ed one of executive centralization.
.lust here the difference bet ween
American liberty and autocracy or
hereditary sovereignty in any form
becomes brilliantly conspicuous. 1 he
majestic presidential office, with it*
supreme and unequaled powers, at
the end of every four years is sur
rendered to the people. The office
remains, the power remains, the man
is eliminated. The people a wain and
again select the chief magistrate tc
whom they shall confide this tremen
dous responsibility.
We face at this ( lirist niastide ques
tions as vital to Hie future of our
country as any which in the past have
been met and successfully answered.
The federation of Washington in 1798
ha.-, developed into the L'nited States
of 1898, with that inherent power
which is always attached to national
sovereignty, of acquiring" territory by
conquest or cession. .No constitu
tional lawyer will doubt this power.
1 do not think any body of constitu
tional lawyers will doubt that
among 1 the reserved 'powers of sov
ereignty, which belong- to us as a na
tion, is the right to administer the
affairs of territories acquired by con
quest or by cession, under such form
of government as congress and the
executive may prescribe. Hut to great
num'l>ers of wise and good people, to
govern any of the possessions of the
I nited States, except as the people
worM govern themselves, seems illogi
cal d contrary to the Deelbration of
11: endence and the constitution of
tld ited States. War is illogical. It
cs the injunction of the (ireat
Mas. i r. "Peace on eairth, good w ill to
m ( ' Revolutions are illogical. They
ovi i : irn the existing order of things.
Thai I'ic fleet of Admiral < ervera,com
ing out of the harbor of Santiago and
meeting an American fleet of nearly
equal strength, shoul<? have been sunk
in thirteen minutes, with a loss of
half its officers and crews, while the
American fleet lost but one man and
received no damage to any vessel is
illogical. It is against the traditions
of war. That Dewey, with six cruis
ers, should have sailed unharmed past
the forts in Manila bay and captured
ami destroyed thirteen Spanish men
of war without the loss of a man is
illogical, according to the calculntions
of war. Destiny knows no logic.
Providence, in the wise purposes
which it has for nations, makes the
precedents and conditions from which
alone the logic of these conditions can
be argued. We make war against a
foreign power, and for the first time
in the history of the world solely for
humanity. The world cannot under
stand, and the world stands by to
sneer and scoff. To maintain order
in Cuba until her people shall be -able
to maintain a stable government of
liberty and law, is humanity. To in
corporate Porto Itieo in our domain,
relieve its citizens from oppression
and give them good government, is
humanity. To permit the bloody hand
of Spa,in to again grasp the throat of
10.000,000 of Filipinos, or to pass them
over to the tender 'mercies of Euro
pean governments, would be inhuman
and cowardly, it would he refusing
the mission which Providence has dis
tinctly forced upon us. We must
judge of the future of these posses
sions, not b\ the oppressions which
they have suffered, but by the liberty
which they will enjoy. We have the j
opinion of Dewey, one of the greatest i
men whom this war has developed. I
and of (ien. Merritt. a wise observer, I
that when the inhabitants of the Phil- j
ippine islands appreciate what Ameri- i
can protection and law mean they will j
become one of the most obedient, law
abiding aiul productive population* I
in tlie world. The vast trade of Cuba,
which heretofore went to Spaiin and
to Europe, will now come to us, and
be enormously increased by Ameri
cans. who will flock there with capi
tal and energy. The development of
; the island will necessarily be by leaps
i and lxtunds, because it deserves, by
its location, its climate, the richness
of its soil, its mineral possessions and
its forests, its title of the "Gem of the
Antilles." The $34,000,000 of exports
from Porto Rico, of which all but $4.-
000,000 has gone to Spain, will now
I come to us, enhanced many fold by
: American enterprise and immigra
tion. The Philippines to the United
States, like Java io Holland, under the
inspiring influences of American op
portunity. of American school and
American hope, will be an 'immense
! market and a large source of revenue
I over and above the cost of administra
I tion for the United States. Our gov
ernment, firmly planted, will not only
enter the "open door" of the Orient
for the products of our fields and our
factories, but when the great Iwiot of
Cnclc Sain is putin the crack of the
door which continental nations would
close, there will be no musket jammed
upon that boot to compel its with
drawal.
Dr. Depew closed amid great ap
plause at 10:45 o'clock, having spo.»u*i
for one hour and fifteen minutes,
HUMOROUS.
"The vane on the church steeple says
the wind is east." "Well, that is pretty
high authority."—Bositon Commercial
Rulletin.
Trainer—"Hit him like a nail." Pugi
lisit —"Like a nail'.'" Trainer—"Yes;
an the head."—Syracuse llerald.
"And yet, I trow," the actor cried.
Emerging from the wing-
Hut the gallery it rose en masse.
And didn't t'row a t'ing.
—Detroit Journal.
"We are worried about Julia: she got
out of a sick lied togo to the matinee.''
"How could she?" "She had togo; she
had a ticket."—X. 0. Times-Democrat.
A West Union woman called in the
loctor to see her husband, not because
he seemed sick, but because he didn't
.vant togo to the circus.—West Union
Jazette.
"I have never met." he said, "more
than two really lovely women." "Ah!"
she said. looking up innocently into his
face, "who was the other?" —Chicago
Journal.
The Day After.— Grogan—"l'm feei
ng terrible to-day." Ilorgan—"Con
gratulate you. old boy. You must have
lad a mighty good dinner yesterday."
—Boston Transcript.
A Play on Words. —"Yes," she said,
bitterly, "you loved me then-—-and
now!" She paused and sighed. "It is
merely a revised passion," he calmly
replied. "I still love you now and then ''
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Caller —"That was a fine editorial you
had this morning on the 'lncrease of
sordid Commercialism.'" Assistant
Editor —"Yes. the old man wrote it him
self. after one of our best poets notified
him that we would get no more verse
inless we paid something for it" —Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
NO MARKET FOR STOLEN HAIR.
V Drnler'N \ lew of llt#» Storlea of
CiirlM WIIONP ItratiU IJlxnp
l>t»itr Suiltlciilj.
A reporter for the Sun asked a dealer
in human hair whether men in his
line bought the braids reported from
time to time to have been clipped from
young girls' heads in the streets and
elsewhere, lie smiled and said:
"Many people think so, but they are
mistaken. If we did purchase the hair,
we would not give 50 cents for the pret
tiest braid. Some people labor under
the impression that a head of beautiful
tresses is worth $25 or SSO. There are
in t he large cities houses that buy wom
en's hair, but it is my opinion tlipt very
little of the hair cut suddenly from a
woman's head finds its way to them.
The prices paid for such goods are so
small that it would not pay a person to
rob women of their hair. I have fre
quently been asked whether tramps
or other suspicious-looking individuals
offer us for sale hair that might have
been slashed from a woman's head.
None has ever entered our place. Per
sons wit h hair got ten legitimately some
times call to sell it, but we cannot use
it. No. human hair dressers do not
get their hair in this way. Look at
this hair. That is the only form in
which we buy it. Most of the hair used
in this country comes from France.
There women cultivate beautiful hair
for the purpose of selling it. Agents
go from house to house pay trivial
sums for it, and then skillfully cut
it off. Then it is £ent to factories where
it goes through various processes be
fore it is ready for the market. This
hair I have in my hand is all of the
same length. The fine and strong hair
and the coarser and most feeble ard the
long and short must be separated. All
must be uniform. These are the reasons,
then, why we could not utilize hair just
cut off."
"Do persons ever sell you dead peo
ple's hair?"
"We have had such callers. P.tit as
such hair is weak and brittle, it can
not be used in our business."
"How do you account for these hair
clipping stories?"
"We have our own opinions. Some
times girls get tired of combing and
caring for their hair. Their parents
do not allow them to cut it off The
next thing they know some villain has
come along and clipped it off. according
to the girl's story. She may have done
the clippingand hidden away the braid.
Of course, there may be legitimate
cases of braid stealing or clipping for
revenge, spite or malice; but as for
professional hair stealers, never. As
; said In fore, there is nothing in it. I
have yet to hear of anyone being ar
rested with stolen human hair in his
possession; that is, hair clipped from
an unsuspecting girl on the street."—
X. Y. Sun.
CHANGES FALSE.
Polygamy ia Not Encouraged by
tho Mormcn Church.
.*re*liieii t Knnir, ol ihc Churcli of
Latter ■>») Saliiln, is to
Plural tSurriugen Klri'lluuol
Kobe ilk a Secular Alt.nr.
Salt Lake, I'tali, Dec. 30. In con
nection with the election of K, 11.
Roberts to congress anil certain
charges circulated by the Presbyter
ian Board of Missions. President Lor
enzo Snow, of the Mormon church,
furnished a statement to an afternoon
paper here yesterday in which he says
in part: "I declare most solemnly
and emphatically that the statements
which are being published to the ef
fect that the Mormon church is en
couraging and teaching - polygamy are
utterly untrue. Ever since the issu
ance of the manifesto on this subject
'by President Wilford Woodruff, my
predecessor in office, polygamous or
plural marriages have entirely ceased
in Utah.
"Since my accession to the presi
dency of the church of Jesus Christ
of the Latter Day Saints 1 have re
peatedly asserted my intention "to
stand by that manifesto and my de
termination not to permit any mar
riage to take place under sanction of
the church which is contrary to the
law of th< state, and I now reaffirm
that statement.
"The implied understanding with
the nation when I'tali entered the
Union as a state has been sacredly
observed. There is no intention or
d'spr sition on tl.e | ;.rt of the cnii' .'l.
to violate or depart from it in the
future. The enabling act required ap
probation in the legislature of the
state of I'tali that polygamous or plu
ral marriages should be forever pro
hibited. Laws have lieon framed in
support of this constitutional amend
ment. Heavy penalties are provided
for in case of their violation.
"The election of Mr. P>. 11. Roberts
to the office of representative in con
gress from Ctah was an entirely sec
ular affair. Non-Mormons participa
ted in his nomination in the regular
convention of his party. Non-Mor
mons also aided in his election. Many
Mormons not being of his party voted
for his opponent. He was elected as
an American citizen by American cit
izens and the question of religion did
not enter into the purely political
contest. The church has nothing to
do with the action of congress in re
lation to his seat. If, however, notice
is to be taken of the wild statement
and anti-Mormon fulminations in the
pulpit and the press to the effect that
Mr. Roberts has violated the state leg
islation and the requirement of the
enabling act, it is proper for me to
state, as 1 do most positively, that the
charge which incidentally effects the
church of which we are both mem
bers is entirely without foundation in
fact.
"There has been no polygamous
marriages since IS9O. There is no
movement in the church for the re
vival of such unions. I am personally
opposed to any such change. My as
sociates in the leadership of the
church unite with me in this determi
nation. The excitement that has
been caused during the last few weeks
is without reason, and it appears to
me without excuse."
THAT BANK ROBBERY.
Kxelteniciit 111 Lima Over the
Tlit*«iifh Ailvaiiee<l.
Lima, 0., Dee. 30.- Great indignation
exists here over the investigation of
the robbery on Christmas night of the
American national bank. Detectives
have been set at work on the theory
that the robbery was by those having
knowledge of the combinations and
that the time lock was left unset, ac
cidentally or otherwise. N ice Presi
dent Michael has heretofore exoner
ated those connected with the bank.
Cashier Kalb says he has labored for
years to btii'd up the bank and holds
$38,000 of stock. While the solidity
of the bank is not affected by the
robbery of over SIS,OOO, yet the stock
is affected and some who are now be
ing accused in some quarters are the
heaviest losers. There is ranch agita
tion and excitement over the theories
advanced by detectives.
While expressing the fullest confi
dence in their officers, yet it was
deemed best with the feeling run
ning high to reorganize the Ameri
can national bank. The directors ac
cordingly last night accepted the res
ignations of President Goldsmith,
N ice President Michael and Cashier
Kalb and elected in their stead the
following: President, Theodore
Mayo: vice president, R. W. Thrift;
cashier. Vu A. Holland. The directors
also charged up the loss of the SIB,OOO
robbery to the capital stock and or
dered an assessment of 15 per cent.
o|MM»we<t lo Expanilim.
Los Angeles, Pal., Dee. 30.—United
States Senator White left yesterday
for Washington. In an interview with
a reporter regarding the Philippine
question he said: "I am utterly op
posed to the acquisition of distant and
barbaric lands. It appears to me fool
ish to embark on a line of policy
which we heretofore have never done,
ft is my honest conviction that the
carrying out of the expansion ques
tion will prove disastrous to the re
public. The result may be postponed
for years but it will be reached if we
abandon our precedents."
bribery InvenCltfatlon Fntfoel.
Chicago, Dee. 30. —-The grand jury
investigation of bribery in the city
council is at an end. After a day and
a half of earnest effort the grand jury
was unable to develop any evidence
upon which to base indictments.
Nearly every member of the city
council was before the grand jury
during the day and at the end of the
day's work Foreman Gookin, of the
grand jury, said: "We found no tan
gible evidence of bribery or attempt
ed bribery and the investigation is
practically closed unless something
definite comes to the surface to-da.v."
Rheumatism
Is caused by arid In the blood. Hood's
parsaparilla neutralizes this acid and cures
the actios and pains. IJo not suffer any
longer when a remedy is at hand. Tako
the great medicine which has cured so many
pthers, and you may confidently expect it
will give you the relief you so much desirs.
HoodVgX
Is America's Greatest Medicine. Price K.
Prepared by C. I Hood & Co , Lowell, Mase.
Hood's Pills Cure sick headache 2:>cent»;.
Snift Itctributiun.
There was a wicked leer in Meandering
Mike's eve as he saw the little girl corning
out of the restaurant side door, carrying a
small tin paii. "The idea!" he exclaimed to
his comrade, "of incouiaging sich luxuries
in de young." "It's our duty to stop it,"was
the rejoinder. Jiefore the little girl could
turn the corner the tramp loomed up befora
her and exclaimed: "I'm sorry, lady, but I
couldn't see ye carryin' dat paii any furd#r<
It's agin me gallantry." The little girl be
gan to cry. Mike seized the bucket and io a
moment had the bottom of it pointed to
ward the blue sky. The effect was volcanic,
Foam Hew in all directions. His one ejacu
lation solved the mystery: "Soap suds!"
And when the restaurant proprietor came
out and desired to know why his children
could not blow soap bubbles without being
interfered with the victim of poetic justict
had not a word to say.—Washington Star.
Tlie Oornfed IMiiluxoplier,
"The successful statesman," said tb«
Cornfcd Philosopher, "must be able to stand
a great deal while he is running, not to men
tion the ability to lie at the same time."—
Indianapolis Journal.
)lany People Cannot lJriuis
coffee at night. It spoils their sleep. Yoe
can drink Grain-0 when you please and sleep
like a top. For Grain-O does not stimulate;
it nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looki
arid tastes like the best coffee. For nervoui
persons, young people end children Grain-0
is the perfect drink. Made from pure grains-
Get a package from your grocer to-day. Try
it in place of coffee. 15 and 25c.
Sonic Still Semi-Civlllzed.
There is still a demand for about 25,000,000
paper collars in the United States each veur.
The paper collar is the connecting link be
tween collarless barbarism and decently at
tired civilization. —Boston Transcript.
California.
Should you desire information regarding
rates and through sleeping car routes, first
class and tourist, to California address tha
undersigned. The Southern Pacific Com
pany's famous Sunset Limited leaves New
Orleans every Mondav and Thursday and
traverses a country where the rigors of our
Winter and Spring are unknown. W. J.
Berg, T. P. A., S. P. Co., 220 Ellicott Sq.,
Buffalo, N. Y., or W. H. Connor, C. A., S.
P. Co., Chamber Commerce Bldg., Cincin
nati, Ohio.
Xuthlne for Ilnliy to Pull.
"Mean? He's the meanest man I eves
knew," she asserted.
"In what way?"
"Why, his wife says that the very daj
after their baby was born he shaved off hit
Bice, long beard and hasn't worn one sinca
—Chicago Post.
Holiday Reduction.
For the Christmas and New Year Holi
days the C. A. & C. K'y will sell low-rat*
excursion tickets to all points on its linei
and to prominent points on connecting
linos. Tickets on sale December 23rd, 2-tth,
25th, 26th, 30th and 31st, 1808, and January
Ist and 2nd, 1809, good returning until Jan
uary 3rd, 1800. \~k agents for particulam.
C. F. Daly, Gen'l Pass. Agt., Cleveland, O.
An Kasy Deduction.
Wise—Gayboy's wife must be a very beau
tiful. fascinating woman.
Callow—She is. Have you seen her?
"No, but their maid is very pretty."—N.
Y. Journal.
Couehine I.eadn to Con.inmptlon.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at
ence. Goto your druggist to-day and get a
•ample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 5C
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
A Future Sew Woman.
Teacher —Mollie, what is the most intel
ligent beast?
Mollie —Man. —Indianapolis Journal.
Bad feet from frost-bites are made sound
By St. Jacobs Oil. It cures.
We commonly cut our eye-teeth on some
thing harder than a rubber ring.—Detro ; t
Journal.
The Public Awards the Palm to Ilale'i
Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs.
Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one lilinute.
The boy with made-over trousers takes
after his father.—Golden Days.
The pain of sciatica is cruel. The cure by
St. Jacobs Oil is sure. It penetrates.
The stingy man's dollars are what you
might call close quarters. —Golden Days.
KELIEF FROM PMir"
Women Everywhere Express thel?
Gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham.
/Ira. T. A. YVALDEN, Gibson, Ga., writes:
" DKAR MRS. PINKHAM: —Before tak
ing your medicine, life was a burden
to me. I never saw a well day. At
my monthly period I suffered untold
misery, and a great deal of the time I
was troubled with a severe pain in my
side. Before finishing' the first bottle
of your Vegetable Compound I could
tell it was doing me good. I continued
its use, also used the Liver Pills and
Sanative Wash, and have been greatly
helped. I would like to have you use
my letter for the benefit of others."
nrs. FLORENCE A. WOLFE, 515 riulbonry
St., Lancaster, Ohio, writes t
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM;—For two
years I was troubled with what the
local physicians told me was inflamma
tion of the womb. Every month I suf
fered terribly. I had taken enough
medicine from the doctors to cure any
one, but obtained relief for a short
time only. At last I concluded to write
to you in regard to my case, and can
jay that by following your advice I am
now pefaetly well."
firs. W. R. BATES, Hantfleld, La., writes:
" Before writing to you I suffered
dreadfully from painful menstrua
tion, leucorrhcea and sore feeling in
the lower part of the bowels. Now my
friends want to know what makes me
look so well. Ido not hesitate one min
ute in telling them what has brought
about this great change. I cannot
praise Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable
Compound enough. It is the greatest
remedy of the age."