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The United States-military authori
ties in Cuba have decided to establish
a sanitarium on the Isle of Pines for
the care and cure of sick soldiers, ("ol
Hecker and a party of staff officers have
made a survey of the island and ar
ranged for hospital building's'. The Isle
of l'ines has several mineral springs
with healing qualities and lias long
teen regarded as a health resort.
; ■ i-»
Joseph H. Choate's appointment as
ambassador to England naturally re
callsstories of his uncle. Joseph t'hoate.
One of them tells how he described fhe
indefinite boundary line between
Ilhode Island and Massachusetts: "It
is like starting- at a bush, thence to a
bluejay, thence to a hive of bees in
swarming time, thence to 300 foxes
with tire brands on their tails."
A story comes from Madrid that five
Spanish officers haw been rewarded
for valiant and successful services as
spies in this country during the war.
The spies may have done good work,
but the mistake that Spain made in the
matter was that they were not detailed
to learn the weakness of their own na
tion before the war rather than the
strength of their foes after it was toe
late.
We feed the world; we finance the
whole community; theuniverse pays us
tribute. On Uncle Sam's territory the
sun may set, but he is safely to be trust
ed in the dark. Nothing can shake out
position. This nation is the wonder of
the world, and yet has only just reached
stalwart manhood. The eagle should
be excused for screaming now and then,
since the bird has really just begun to
extend its wings.
An impression has become current in
America that the Japanese live almost
exclusively upon rice. '1 liii* is a mis
take. In 1890 Japan produced the lead
ing cereals in the following propor
tions: IJice, 180.498,855 bushels; wheat
37, 701.11 45 bushels: rye, 24.610.235 bush
els; barley, .'i7.42t'>.425 bushels; millet
of all varieties. 11,017.030 bushels; rape
:i.554,700 bushels. There were also pro
duced 3,715.170 bushels of Irish pota
toes and 37,948,506 bushels of sweet po
tatoes.
An editor in Georgia wants the news.
He says: "If your wife whips you let
us know it, and we will put you right be
fore the world. If you have company,
tell us —if you are not ashamed of yout
visitor. If you have a party or gather
ing of any kind, bring around the cake,
seven or eight pies and a side of ham—
not necessarily to eat. but just to show
your friendship and appreciation. You
needn't mind inviting us, as it may be
toocool for our wardrobe. We wanttlu
news—that's all."
Gov. "Bob" Taylor, of Tennessee, in
formed the people at the inauguration
of his successor that lie did not retirf
from office "the somnambulist of a shat
tered dream, but with all the buds ol
hope bursting into bloom and all the
bowers of the future ringing with mel
ody." Happy "Bob!" "I fly away to
the heaven of my native mountains,"
*aid he. "where I may think and dream
in peace, safe from the sickening sting
of unjust criticism, safe from the talons
of some old political vulture; safe from
the slimy kiss and the keen dagger of
ingratitude."
American agricultural implements
are imported into Mexico without coin
petition from abroad. Our manufac
turers have a clear field and a market to
•themselves. In addition the demand for
United States agricultural machinery
is steadily increasing. In the first place,
implements for tilling the soil are bet
ter in the United States than those
made in any other country. Our man
ufacturers have the advantage of quick
transportation and moderate freight
rates and all agricultural implements
chipped into Mexico are entered free of
duty at the custom houses.
A remarkable story comes from fhe
south to the effect that, a Mississippi
,planter by the name of Mangum has
been experimenting with monkeys as
cotton pickers, and that during the en
tire fall of last year he bad ten mon
ikeys working in his fields. It is said
they were taught to perform the work
of picking cotton by a New York ani
mal trainer, and that, the same tnan is
now training 120 monkeys for Mr.
Mangum. Monkeys may yet prove ol
some use outside the menagerie and
hand organ business, but we have no
proofs concerning the cotton pickers.
At the last Mardi Gras festival in New
Orleans a special car was devoted to the
doings of Aeolus, king of winds, but it
lias not yet been reported which one ol
11*- 1 arge crop of punilists now floating
aroond the country impersonated the
iiing.
THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY.
Demupralli' ( luireeM of ImpcrliiM
Are nn 11 y ("oatru
ll lO t I'll.
The address of President McKinley
before the members of the lfome Mar
ket club, in Hoston, was in the nature
of an unofficial communication to the
American people. If it had been a
message to congress it would liave con
tained some suggestions as to the
methods of government for t-hc islands
now under control of the United States,
but. until the opportunity comes we
must, assume that the president is open
to suggestions and willing to lie influ
enced in right directions. What is best
for the islanders \s ill meet his approval.
There is in the whole address a
spirit of frankness, an evident desire to
explain his position before the country.
TTetellswby the Philippines were taken
and plainly shows that, no other course
was feasible, practicable or honest. It
vias the United States, or Spain, or
anarchy among millions. In the inter
ests- of humanity his country assumed
tju responsibilities with all the inci
dental costs, and the country approves.
As- to the future of the Philippines,
the president recognizes most devoutly
the- great problems, which face the
statesmen of this country.
"Until congress shall direct other
wise." he says,"it will be the duty of
the executive to possess and hold the
Philippines.giving to the people thereof
peace and order and beneficentgovern
ment. affording them every opportunity
to prosecute their lawful pursuits, en
couraging them in thrift and industry,
making them feel and know that, we
are their friends, not their enemies;
that their good is our aim: Ihat their
welfare is our welfare. but that neither
their aspirations nor ours can be real
ized until our authority is acknowl
edged and unquestioned. That the in
habitants of the Philippines will be
benefited by this republic is my un
shaken belief; that they will have a
kindlier government under our guid
ance. and that they will lie aided in
every possible way to be self-respecting
and self-governing people, is as true as
that the American people love liberty
and have an abiding faith in their own
government and in their own institu
-1 ions.
"\o imperial design? lurk in.the
American mind. They are alien to
American sentiment, thought and pur
pose. Our priceless principles undergo
no change under a tropical sun. They
go with the fiat:
" 'Why read ye not the chanpeless truth,
The free ran conqin r hut to save.' "
Tie concludes his address with these
eloquent and hopeful words, which will
carry weight and influence when they
have been placed before the Filipinos:
"I have no light or knowledge not
common to my countrymen." said the
president. "I do not prophesy. TTie
present is all-absorbing to me, but 1
cannot bound my vision by the blood
stained trenches around Manila, where
every reddrop, whether from, the veins
of an American soldier or a mistruided
Filipino, is anguish to my heart, but by
the broad range of future years, when
that (jroup of islands, under the im
pulse of the year just passed, shall have
become the gems and glories of tlie
tropical seas, a land of plenty and of
increasing possibilities, a- people- re
deemed from savage indolence and
habits, devoted to the arts of peace, in
touch with the commerce and trade of
all nations, enjoying the blessings of
freedom, of civil and religious liberf v.
of education and eif homes, and whose
children and children's children shall,
for ages hence, bless the American re
public because it emancipated and re
deemed their fathierland and set tliem
in the pathway of the world's best
civilization."
In this there is no tone of imperial
ism. It is humanitarianism in the high
est, against which no words of reason
can be said. Everything to be done
will be in Ihe interest of these, the new
wards of the nation. What more can
be asked by those who have the inter
ests of humanity at-heart? The presi
(V»t. is not. an imperialist in that bad
sense. lie is a humanitarian, with a
kind and gentle heart, that wishes well
to all nations and all people. None but
those who are blind to reason will
say otherwise.—Cincinnati Commercial
T ribu ne.
Alremly Voted I pun.
(01. Hryan wishes the question of the
independence of the Philippines sul>-
initted to the voters of this country.
The hero of Savannah and its hotel life
seems to have forgotten that the entire
war policy of the administration was
submitted to the voters last fall, and
that a national congress was elected
with a republican and administration
and sound money majority in hoth
houses, and that to this congress and to
the president, without any mention
whatever of the Nebraska colonel, was
entrusted the disposition of the ques
tions which Col. Hryan is now arguing
out of court with demands for a resub
mission. The colonel should take ada v
oIT and study the returns of the last
election in his-own state. For a man
who himself was once submitted to
popular vote Hryan has a confidence in
elections that is "childlike and bland."
Troy Times.
trr According to I try an "our fathers
fynght for independence under a ban
ner upon which was inscribed the mot
to: 'Millions for defense, but not a
cent for tribute." " Bryan is mixingup
the war of 177r,- s 'n with England with j
the Franco-American trouble of the X. •
- |
istration. It was Hi years after the hat- j
*1 •' of York town that Pinekney made j
this answer, or was alleged to have j
made it.to Tallyrand's tools, who asked 1
a bribe from the American eommis- J
sioners tr- save American vessels from I
French attack. Hryan knows as little j
abou' American history as he does j
•ibo» .» American sentiment on the'ques- !
•iom of expansion.—St. I.oui.s l.lobe- !
Democrat.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1899
BRYAN'S ARMY TALK.
The "Colonel" Keepo I |i lli» Itnckt't—
Any Olil TIWIC In GUIKI
I l ' n
William J. Bryan has delivered sev
eral addresses during tlie last, ten days
and he i.s billed to deliver several more
during' the next fortnight. He cannot
keep quiet. He feels that he must ad
vertise himself daily or the public will
forget him and next year's democratic
convention will ignore him. Hence this
unwearied activity of his tongue. No
body else is blowing Bryan's born lust
ily just now, so he is blowingit himself
with great, vigor.
A year ago this time all his speeches
were about free silver. This year he is
working up a fresh issue which may ap
peal forcibly to persons for whom "six
tfen to one'' has no special attractions,
The theme on which Bryan is enlarging
now is the danger of increasing the reg
ular army. By harping on that theme
he believes he will retain the support
of anarchists, foreign socialists and
Debsites. All these individuals arg op
posed to the maintenance of a. regular
army by the general government or of
militia organizations by the states.
They prefer to have to deal with weak,
defenseless governments. It is so much
easier to terrorize such governments
and trample on their laws.
Xo law-abiding citizen has any more
occasion to fenr the regular army than
he has the local police force. It is not
made up of mercenaries, subject to the
exclusive control of military chiefs.
It is composed of American citizens
who are better acquainted with and
have more respect for the laws and in
stitutions of their country than the
brawling alien socialists who affect to
see in a regular army menace to tbeir
liberties. The regular army is under
ihe control of the president. It is de
pendent for its support on biennial con
gressional appropriations. Thus that
army is not a menace to liberty or to
law-abiding citizens. Those who have
cause to fear it-are the violent opposers
of the enforcement of national laws.
"Organized labor" has nothing to
fear from the proposed increase of the
regular army, though Bryan is endeav
oring to make it believe so. More sol
diers are needed in order that peace
may be established, not in this country,
but in the new acquisitions of the
I'nited States, < specially in the Philip
pine island®. It has been decided th/<t
the United States, shall take those Jo
lands and establish a stable govern
ment there. Bryan deplores that de
termination, but it is the settled, irre
versible policy of the people. There
fore a sufficient number of soldiers
must lie sent to the Philippines to put
(Town the military chieftains who arc
disturbing the peace there. When that
has been done, and it will not take long,
only a few soldiers will be needed to
keep the peace.
So when Mr. Bryan asks "my friends"
whether "it ought to take twice 11s
many soldiers to bring the blessings of
In neficent assimilation to the 10,000,000
aliens in the Philippines as is required
1o do the work among 70.000,000 peo
ple." lie misstates the question, with the
(Uise of a veteran demagogue. The reg
ulars who are to be sent to the Philip
pines are to do what the Nebraska vol
unteers now there have been doing.
They ore to put down armed disturb
ers of the peace, the men who are
oppressing the quiet, peaceable Fili
pinos. No "benefi'a nt assimilation - ' of
the .Filipinos into American citizens is
proposed. The American people have
willed that they be given a just, good
government, and it is to be given them.
The anarchist rabble will applaud
Bryan's opposition to the increase of
the regular army. They would applaud
him more loudly if he urged the entire
disbandment of the army. The senti
mental simpletons who think the
I'nited States should abandon the Phil
ippines at once and forever will ap
plaud Bryan's-opposition to an increase
of the regular army so the Philippines
may be pacified. The bulk of the voters
will see through Bryan">t shrieks and
sneers, and will give tJie baffled dema
gogue to understand that this his latest
bid for popularity will not be a success.
—Chicago Tribune.
DRIFT OF OPINION.
ITT"Bryan is r.ow a used-to-be without
ever having been much of a was.— New
Orlenas Picayune (I>cm.).
state of Nebraska is to be
congratulated upon the fact that all
her soldiersi didn't resign togo into pol
itics.—Washington Post.
E~"JII one speech President McKinlev
counteracted the effect of all that the
enemies of the administration have
done in weeks.—Cleveland Leader.
in*"\\ hat does the democratic party
most need, just at present?" asks a
contemporary. It needs more votes
a"bout as badly as anything.—Portland
Oregonian.
tC?"That "almost unparalleled activity
and prosperity" of which the president
spoke to the Boston merchants is only
another name for "McKinley t'nnes."—
Boston Journal.
crPresident McKinley has no Philip
pine policy to urge in opposition to the
will of the people. This may be de
scribed as the best possible policy. —St.
Loui» (ilobe-Democrat.
ICThe speech of President McKinley
at Boston, with its serious utterances
of statesmanship 11(1011 great questions
of public policy, affords a welcome re
lief from the catchpenny attempts of a
morally degraded and intellectually
feeble journalism to agitate the public
mind by exaggerating blemishes in the
conduct of the war.—N. Y. Sun.
ETTlerc is a pointed remark from the
president's address at lioston: "Many
who were impatient for the conflict a
year ago. apparently heedless of its
larger results, were the first to cry out
against the far-reaching consequences
of their own act." Luckily for tin
country this class, though perniciously
active, is not large enough to spoil thi
victory.—St. Louis Globe-Bemoerat.
THE UNION REFORM PARTY.
National t onfereneeof a New I'olitlra
Organization l» Held.
Cincinnati, March 2. A new political
party is to be organized here this week,
The general eiinference begum a session
of two t'lays at the Odd Fellows' audi
tori urn yesterday. The new national
organization is to be called the union
reform party and it will seek to unite
the silver republicans, populists, tin
social labor party and the lilierty par
ty. in fact all of tiie minor parties ex
cept the prohibitionists. There were
17 states represented in the nationa.
conference.
I'he following permanent organiza
tion was effected: Chairman, It. S,
Tliompson, Springfield, <).; secretary,
Asa Taylor, Omaha-, X< J b. The com
mittee nominated Edward Kvans, ol
New Vork, for permanent chairman
but he was engaged with the commit
tee in drafting- a plan for the perma
nent organization of the party. Over
$1,0(10 was raised on the floor of the
convention for the national executive
committee.
The platform invites all persons who
believe in the principles of liberty and
the Declaration of Indejwndence to
unite in support of the following: "Di
rect legislation under the system
known as the 'initiative and referen
dum.' "
Two reports were presented on plan?
for the permanent organization of the
union reform party and they were dis
cussed during most of the afternoon,
Die majority report was finally adopt
ed, providing for independent organi
zations in all status and districts, so as
to protect the party from fusion and
maintain the principles of the initiative
and referendum and the imperative
mandate. This report referred various
plans for clubs and local leagues to the
executive committee. The- minority
report provided for co-operation with
the people's party.
TWO NEW TRUSTS.
Sewer IMpe ami ISakintr Pou'tlcr are
Added to the l.iot ol Industrie* ttial
Form Combine*.
Xew ork. March 2.—The represen
tatives of .">1 sewer pipe manufacturers
met yesterday to discuss a cnn-olida
tion of interests. The secretary of a
large sewer pipe company, who was
present, reports that it was formally
agreed at this meeting to organize the
American Sewer l'ipe Co.. which in
tends to absorb all of the leading
plants in the country. This company
will he capitalized at $25,000,000 and
will be incorporated under Xew .Terse v
laws within two weeks. A prospectus
of the new organization is now being
prepared.
It is proposed to make either Pitts
burg or Cleveland the location of the
main office. K. 11. (iibbs, of the Sum
mit Sewer Pipe Co., of Akron, 0.. said
that of the $25,000,000 capital it was
proposed to make half cumulative pre
ferred stock and half common stock;
$20,000,000 of the capital will lie re
quired to purchase the plants. Of
these plants :)4 are located in Ohio,
three in Michigan, three in Indiana,
three in Xew York and eight in the
Akron district.
Subscriptions were received Wednes
day by the I'nited States Mortgage and
Trust Co. for $10,000,000 »i percent, pre
ferred stock of a new baking powder
company about, to be organized. This
company is being organized by William
Zeigler, who has purchased the Royal
Ilaking Powder Co., the Cleveland Bak
ing Powder Co.. the New York Baking
Powder Co., the Price Baking I'owder
Co. and others of less note at prices
aggregating something over $10,000,000.
The new company will be capitalized
at $20,000,000.
FOR LOVE OF ANOTHER.
Hotelier Keeker foiife-our* that He
Murdered lli» l<ir»t Wile.
Chicago, March 2.—Albert Becker,
the South Side butcher who has been
in custody for a week on suspicion of
having murdered his first wife, Teresa
Becker, broke down last night under
the cross-questioning of the police and
made a complete confession "I killed
her on January 27," said Becker, de
fiantly. "We were walking on the
Randolph street viaduct and began
quarreling - . I became angry and threw
her into the lake. Then 1 went home."
The love for another woman which
prompted Meeker to kill Teresa Meeker
was also apparently the cause of the
butcher's confession. Since Meeker's
arrest his second wife, 17-year-old Eda
Sutterlin, has been in custody. Meeker
inquired continually for her. asking the
police why she was not released. Al
ways given an evasive answer and ap
parently receiving Ihe impression that
Eda would in some way be connected
with the disappearance of his first wife,
Meeker, according to the theory of the
police, made the confession in order to
absolve her from any blame.
Will Keep tile I*l-OIIIIKC.
Havana. March 2. —Maximo Gomez, in
reply to a question yesterday as to
how long the American military occu
pation of Cuba would last, said: "I
have talked with the American gener
als and high authorities and am con
vinced that there is no doubt whatever
that the I'nited States will loyally keep
tis promise and thait Cuba will be free."
Fill hunter*' t.ame Blocked.
Xew Orleans, March 2.—Seventy of
the Kansas City filibuster rers were sent
home last nig"ht and more will go to
day. Evans, the leader, giving the men
choice between tickets home or eight
dollars. The government authorities
blocked any attempt at transportation
to Minefields and the expedition was
abandoned.
l.oKt ill a lllizzai'd.
Seat lie. Wash.. March 2.—The steam
er City of Seattle has arrived from
Alaska. <!. T. Howard brings a utorv
that a party of ten tenderfeet started
out in October to g'o from Kainpart
City to the Koyukuk river. They em
ployed John Eolger, an old miner, to
guide them across the country. After
they had been three days on the trail a
snow storm came up and three of them
turned back, reaching Kainpart safely.
Two days later another blizzard came
up and the thermometer dropped to 42
degrees below zero and nothing ha?
been heard of them since.
SAGASTA RESIGNS.
S|>»ni«li Premier 41■'I"> OKlce I'roha
l>le Kllicl of S|>uill'« lo
Kallly II,). Peace Treat).
Madrid. March 2. Senor Sagasta has
handed the resignation of the ministry
to the queen recent. Ttie cabinet cri
sis is expected to last for several days,
as it will he necessary for the queen
repent to consult with the presidents
of the chambers and other political
leaders.
Washington, March 2.—The resigna
tion of the Sagasta cabinet, state de
partment officials say, docs not neces
sarily involve the failure of the peace
treaty. They believe that the succeed
ing cabinet will find means to forward
the treaty 'to the point, of ratification,
that the opposition to the govern
ment will express itself as content with
forcing the cabinet to resign The rea
son for this Itclicf is that the Spanish
government has much more to lose by
the failure of the treaty of Paris than
has the United States.
It is a question whether our govern
ment would not profit by the loss of
the treaty, provided this loss could lie
charged to the action of the Spanish
government, as would be the case if the
eortes refused to ratify it. The United
Stales would refuse to surrender the
Philippines and on the other hand
would be relieved from the treaty obli
gation to pay the Spanish government
$20,000,00(1 on account of the cession of
the islands. Cuba would retain her
present status and all that would be
lacking would be a recognition by the
Spanish government of the legality of
that status. That lack would not be of
serious moment, judging from the fact
that the Spanish-American republics
managed to get along without trouble
for a quarter of a century after the
revolutionists therein had driven the
last of the Spanish troops out of the
country, without the formal admission
by Spain that they had achieved their
independence.
As a legal fiction the two countries
would be still at war. This state of
affairs, though embarrassing in some
respects, would not prevent trade be
tween 1 lie United States and Spain.
Trade in fact has been resumed al
ready and although the United States
is under the necessity of paying larger
duties upon imports 'into Spain than
countries favored with the minimum
tariff's, still the Spaniards are glad to
buy our wheat, flour and cotton and
other great staples and to pay the ad
ditional duties.
Probably the worst that can happen
will be a delay in the exchange of rati
fications. These should be exchanged
on or before .lune 30. which date is six
months from the date of signature of
the treaty in Paris. Should the time
limit expire through the internal trou
bles in Spain without the exchange
having been made, it is still possible
for the United States and Spain to ar
range through the French government,
which has been serving all along as an
intermediary in their relations, for an
exchange on a later date, without dis
turbing the articles of the treaty at
other points.
Should the Spanish government un
dertake, however, to reopen the nego
tiations in the effort to secure another
treaty more favorable in terms, and
especially a*, to the cession of the Phil
ippines. than the pending treaty, it will
be doomed to disappointment, for it is
said here that if these existing terms
are withdrawn those to follow will be
even harder for Spain to bear.
RAN ON A ROCK.
Tlie Steamer Labrador .Meet# with
lllMasler—All oil Koti rd Saved.
Montreal. March 2.—A cablegram re
ceived last night by the Dominion
steamship line agents here announces
the total loss of the company's steamer
Labrador, from.St, John, X. 8., for
Liverpool. The passengers were all
saved. The Labrador went on Skerry
more rock, on the Irish coast, at 7
o'clock Wednesday morning. The Lab
rador is a steel steamer of 2,998 tons,
hails from Liverpool, and is owned by
the Mississippi and Dominion Steam
ship Co. She was built at lie 1 fast in
Is!)I. She is 401 feet long by 47 feet
beam.
Halifax, March 2.—The steamer Lab
rador arrived here from St. John, X. P.,
February 20 to complete cargo. Felipe
Agoneillo and L. Lopez were among
the passengers. There were 50 pas
sengers in all, 20 cabin, 16 second class
and 20 steerage. The steamer was due
on the Irish coast on Tuesday. It was
in charge of ('apt. Erskine. It has al
ways been employed in the Canadian
Atlantic mail service, plying between
Liverpool and Montreal in summer and
Halifax in winter.
ON FOUR COUNTS.
Tlie <;ran<l Jury Indict* tlollneaux for
.■Murder in Hie l'ir»t Hejiree.
Xew York, March 2. —Poland B. Moli
neaux was yesterday indicted by the
grand jury for murder in the first de
gree in causing the death of Mrs. Kath
erine J. Adams. The finding of the in
dictment does away with a hearing be
fore the coroner, and there will be
small chance for Molineaux's counsel
to take any steps in his behalf until
the case actually comes to trial.
The indictment contained four
counts: First, that- Molineaux sent a
poison through the mails to kill and
which did kill Mrs. Katherine .1. Ad
ams; second, that Molineaux did send
through the mails a poison for the
purpose of killing some unknown per
son; third, that Molineaux sent
through the mails cyanide of mercury
with intent to kill; fourth, that Moli
neaux sent an unknown poison to kill
some unknown person.
Wuzt'w of 15,000 .11 en Advanced.
Pittsburg, March 2.—-An advance of
50 cents a ton was made Wedjiesdav in
steel billets and Pessemer pig iron.
I'illcts are quoted at $23 per ton and
Pessemer pig at $13.50. Under the scale
agreement of the Amalgamated asso
ciation the advance in steel billets will
be followed by an increase of 8 per
cent, in the wages of skilled workmen.
The at'vanee will affect about 15.0J0
men. Notices were posted at all of the
blast furi-aees at Sharon and Sharp.s
ville yesterday increasing the wages of
thi employee from ten to fifteen cent*
a day.
THE BEST PASSPORT.
When Traveling Abroad a IMnaaan
and an Agreeable Planner Help
*'\\hat is fhe iirst duty of a good
traveler?" asked a young lady who
* as about to start from New York on
an extended European tour.
"io look pleasant and never to
grumble, ' was the answer of a veteran
wanderer who had crossed the ocean 20
times and gone twice around the
world.
It was a pood prescription, and will
help to make a good traveler of any
novice. The fatigue of the longest jour
ney can be patiently endured if one
can only be amiable and avoid the wear
iness that comes from fretting over
what is unavoidable and worrying over
trifles.
An American girl not long ago spoiled
the pleasure of a party of tourists by
complaining of everything 011 sea and
on land. The ship was a dreadful
roller, the cabins were badly ventilated,
"the cooking was abominable, the serv
ice was shocking, the officers were un
civil and the passengers were disagree
able and stupid. Northing suited her
and she had not a good word for any
body. Every member of the party was
indignant over iier want of amiabil
ity.
"It makes me almost seasick merely
to look at her," exclaimed one of the
ladies.
"Perhaps she will cheer up," was the
charitable response, "when she reaches
port."
Hut she was as unhappy on land a*
she had been at sea. She was angry
with the customs officers and told
them that they had mauled and ruined
her best gown. She found fault with
the lovely rural scenery between South
ampton and London. She pronounced
English cooking to be utterly vile. She
inveighed bitterly against the weather
and the climate. She was not inter
ested in cathedrals, castles, palaces, pic
tures, colleges, ruins or country roads.
She was bored by everything she saw.
One night she received a round robin
•igned by every other member of the
party expressing regret that she was
not enjoying her journey and offering
their sympathies in her vexations and
discomforts. It was a (bold stroke on
the part of her friends, who were worn
out by her tiresome peevishness. For
tunately it 'was not unsuccessful. Not
another word of complaint was heard
from iher during the remainder of the
tour.
A pleasant, cheerful face and man
ner, that expresses kindness and good
will, make the best passport which a
traveler can carry into a foreign coun
try. They insure civility and courtesy
from officials, fellow travelers and
strangers, and are an unfailing re
•ouree whenever there is any misad
venture.—Youth's Companion.
Wild Rash of Diamond Miners.
A wild rush of excited miners is reported at
Nullagine, Western Australia, where dia
monds have been discovered in large quan
tities, and it is feared that many will lose
their lives in the mad struggle for riches, la
this country the rush for gain is causing
many other men to break down in health
and strength. Nervousness, sleeplessness,
loss of flesh and appetite and general debility
are the common symptoms. Hostetter's Stom
ach Bitters will cure them all.
Kleptomnnln.
Molly—Jack stole something from undpr
my very nose while we were down at the
shore looking at those fishing boats.
Dolly—What was it, a little smack?—
Somerville Journal.
Crescent Hotel, Eoreka Springs, Ar.
' k«n»),
Opens February 23. In the Ozark Moun
tains. Delightful cilmate. Beautiful scenery.
Unequaled medicinal waters. Cheap ex
cursion rates. Through sleepers via Frisco
Line. Address J. O. Plank, Manager, lvooro
11, Arcade, Century Building, or l'riscc
Ticket Office, No. 101 N. Broadway, St.
Louis, Mo.
Strangely enough the "better half" is not
the one who does the betting.—L. A. W.
Bulletin.
Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat and
Lung trouble of three years' standing.—E.
Cady, Huntington, Ind., Nov. 12,1894.
St. Jacobs Oil Cures Lumbago. St. Jacobs
Oil cures Sciatica.
The Digger Indians must have to scratch
for a living.—L. A. W. Bulletin.
St. Jacobs Oil cures Rheumatism. St. Ja
cobs Oil cures Neuralgia.
The president of a gas company naturally
has a light income.—Chicago Daily News.
"Durability is
Better Than Shcnv
The wealth of the multi
millionaires is not equal to
good health. Riches without
health are a curse, and yet the
rich, the middle classes and
the poor alike have, in Hood's
Sarsaparilla, a valuable as
sistant in getting and main
taining perfect health. It
never disappoints.
Scrofula— " Three years ago onr son
now eleven, had a serious case of scrofula
and.erysipelas with dreadful sores, discharg
ing and itching constantly. He could not
walk. Several physicians did not help for
sixteen months. Three months' treatment
with Hood's Sarsaparilla made him per
fectly well. We are glad to tell others of it."
MRS. DAVID LAIRD, Ottawa, Kansas.
Nausea " Vomiting spells, dizziness
and prostration troubled me for years.
Had neuralgia, grew weak and could not
sleep. My age was against me, but Hood's
Sarsaparilla cured me thoroughly. My
weight increased from 125 to 143 pounds. I
am the mother of nine children. Never felt
so well and strong since I was married as I
do now." MRS. M. A. WATERS, lO2U 33d St.,
Washington, D. C.
Eczema "We had to tie the hands of
our two year old son on account of eczema.
on face and limbs. No medicine even
helped until we used Hood's Sarsaparilla,
which soon cured." MRS. A. VAN WYCK, 123
Montgomery Street, Paterson, N. J.
_ Hood't pftlw rnrw liver ill"; non irritating ans
the oaly cathartic to Ukc nlth Sar»aparlllj>