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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
H H. MULLIN, Editor.
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CURRENT TOPICS.
NEW SOUTH WAI.ES lost $1,000,000 by
the drought of 1897-98. Yet the colony
thrives.
W. V. SMITH, of Florencs, Ran.,
claims to have the longest whiskers it:
the world.
A LITTLE girl of Bridgeton, N. J.,
swallowed her chewing gum and it
killed her.
A PLYMOUTH (Mass.) sexton was killed
by lightning while ringing the church
bell for services.
HOTEL chambermaids are unknown
in Mexico. Men make the beds and
beep the rooms in order.
TWEXTY-TIIKKK new cotton mills arc
under way, or projected, in various
parts of the southern states.
HYENAS always fight kneeling, the
shank of the foreleg being the most
vulnerable part of their body.
AN English scientist has calculated
that a human opens and closes his eyes
no fewer than 4,000,000 per year.
AMONG recent attempts at joking in
London papers is one which refers to
Lady Curzon as "the Leiter of India."
RL'DYAUD KIPLING • has never been
much of a reader, and what books he
does read are devoted mainly to his
tory.
RICHARD MANSFIELD'S share of the
receipts for 20 weeks' piaying of "Cy
rano de Bergerac" is said to amount to
SI 20,000.
THE Chinese pronounce their dow
ager empress the most beautiful wom
an whom the celestial kingdom has
ever known.
THERE are millions of the inhabit
ants of the Philippine islands who
never knew the dominion of Spain and
never saw a Spaniard.
CHICOPEK, Mass., which had 14.000 pop
ulation in 1890, is the only city in that
state which is without a newspaper,
cither weekly or daily.
MRS. MILES, wife of the general, is a
niece of Senator Sherman, between
whom and her there has always exist
ed the warmest sympathy.
OF the 800,000 half-cent pieces putin
circulation years ago not one has been
returned to the government for coinage
or is held by the treasury.
THE highest income received by any
chorister in Europe or America is that,
of s4,sooayear paid to Miss Clementina
de Vere for her services as leading KO
prano in Dr. l'axton's church in New
Y'ork.
A WELL KNOWN professor asserts that
the smallest intervals of sound can be
better distinguished with one ear than
with both. It takes the full comple
ment however, to hear the alarm clock
at 5:30 a.m.
EGYPTIAN boats more than 4,500 years
old have been exhumed from the banks
of the Nile in perfectly good condi
tion. They are of cedar, and float as
jauntily as if they had been paddled
but yesterday.
THE silk worm wast introduced into
Europe by two monks engaged as mis
sionaries in China, who obtained a
quantity of silk worms' eggs, which
they concealed in a hollow cane, and
conveyed in safety to Constantinople
in 552.
THE pope is the only ruler of the
Vatican who has ever strolled down Pall
Mall. It was early in his career, when
he was simply Monsignor Pecci. lie
was mentioned in the London papers
as having attended a reception of the
queen.
THE human system can endure heat
of 212 dcg., the boiling point of water,
because the skin is a bad conductor
and because the perspiration cools the
body. Men have withstood without
injury a heat of 300 dcg. for several
minutes.
IN 1803 John Jacob Astor bought two
pieces of farm land on the side of New
York city and paid for them $23,000.
They are now worth about $5,000,000,
while the Astor family has collected in
these 95 years some $10,000,000 of rents
from them.
Two Californians have devised an
improved satchel clasp, having the two
clamps usually placed on either side of
the lock connected with the central
sliding catch by rods, in order that the
movement of the central catch may op
erate the clasps.
ASBESTOS is found in nearly a . parts
of the globe, but there is probably no
product of inorganic nature about
which there is so much popular mys
tery. The principal claim for this re
markable product is that it cun njt be
consumed by fire.
IN a new animal trap the cage is
formed of wire, with a chute in the
bottom made of wires woven into a
tube, with the lower ends of the wires
bent back and sharpened to to prevent
the rodent from hacking out when it
once starts to enter.
A CANADIAN* has designed an insect
shield for trees which is made of a slip of
metal of circular shap», with the lower
edge bent to cut into the bark of the
tree and the top formed into a flaring
hood, with a suitable filling between
ihe shield and the tree.
BADLY BROKEN.
What Willi CI««i>»'ll*Ml Jelfenoo l>ll
nem, ftClc*., lUe Dfinocral# Are
lu u tind Way.
Three or four Jeffersonian dinners
will occur in New York city in a few
days, all representing different ele
ments of the democratic party, and two
of them representing factions which
would prefer that the republican party
should sweep the country in 1900 than
that the other democratic faction should
win. These are the factions run liy the
Crokerites and Bryanites, respect
ively. Another element of the Xew
York democracy, that representing the
old Cleveland w ing of the party, is, ac
cording to the latest reports, prepar
ing to make an attack on both the
Crokerites and Bryanites, on the as
sumption that each is an eneiny of true
democracy. Last week Altgeld, who
had the support of the national demo
cratic committee, was beaten out of
sight by Harrison, who claims also to
be a democrat. The Crokerites con
gratulate Harrison. The Bryanites
condole with Altgeld. The latter de
clares he will keep up the fight for what
he calls the Chicago platform democ
racy, and very likely he will. Aitgeld
is an implacable, and he stands for the
Bryanite section of his party in this
melee.
The democratic party has been in ex
istence for a good many years, but no
body ever saw it broken up into so
many fragments as it is at this moment.
It has no leader anywhere who has the
faintest chance to join these frag
ments into any sort of a semblance of
unity. The indications now are that
if Bryan is defeated for the nomination
in the regular convention next year his
friends will put him tip on an inde
pendent ticket. This is the spirit rep
resented by Altgeld in his stand agaiest
ROMULUS AND REMUS UP TO DATE.
all the democsVtfis who voted for Rar
rison. This was the spirit shown by
Bryan in his letter to Belmont when lie
assailed the latter for supporing Palm
er in IS9G. In Bryan's own wing of the
party he appears to be far ahead of all
other possible aspirants. Moreover,
that wing will accept no fellowship with
any other faction of the democrats ex
cept on an abject surrender to what Alt
geld calls the Chicago platform democ
racy. A powerful section of tl.e de
mocracy in the west and south seem
disposed to cling to Bryan through evil
and good report, regardless on the con
sequences to their party in the present
and the future.
It was formerly thought to be impos
sible for a minority party to have any
feuds with itself hard enough to injure
its chances to win, if there were any
chances. The present condition of the
democracy destroys this assumption.
The democratic party is far in the
rear in numerical strength, and in the
standing and ability of its leaders. It
was not strong enough at any time
since lS9(i to carry the country, even if
the republicans had made as many
blunders as democrats had predicted
they would make, but which they care
fully refrained from committing. Yet
the democrats have now taken steps to
break themselves up into at least two
sections in 1900. Each side refuses to
recognize the other as belonging to the
democratic faith. Each desires repub
lican victory rather than the triumph
of the other element. At the dinners
in honor of Jefferson in New York this
week each branch of the party will
figuratively drive the other out of the
democratic communion. The members
of a party which has no chance to win,
and whose leaders recognize this fact,
are at liberty to speak their minds free
ly regarding their enemies. In each of
the approaching dinners of mutually
hostile democrats there will be some
picturesque denunciation of democrat
ic marplots and traitors. —St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
CTThe democrats cut down the re
publican majority of the last f»»w years
somewhat in the Rhode Island state
election on Wednesday, but it remained
larger than the margin for the winning
party in a 113' year before 1895. As long
as things go that way the republicans
of the smallest state in the union are
not likely to exert themselves much to
show what they really could do if they
tried.—Cleveland Leader.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1899.
WITHOUT AN ISSUE.
StruKif I**n «112 t!i«' Democracy to llatcb
Out SouietliiiiK to Make
a Fiftfckt Over.
Lending democrats are credited will
the pur{>ose and intention of making
"Down with the Trusts!" their battle
cry in the next national campaign am
relegating not only the distinctivi
Bryan planks, but also anti-expansion
into places of small importance
Whether this effort to give the trusl
issue special prominence involves th«
sidetracking of William J. Bryan may
be doubted. The well-known elasticity
and agility ol' the Nebraskan will per
mit him to do the bidding of the con
vention with the utmost cheerfulness
lie stands ready to drop anything, or t<
exploit anything, which the majority
of the "regular" delegates may decide
to abandon or take up, as the case niay
be. 11 is latest epistle to l'erry Belmont
restates his creed. "The riffht to de
termine what is democratic, in a party
sense," lie says, "belongs to the demo
cratic party. If," he continues, "a mi
nority of the delegates to the national
convention, representing a minority oi
the members of the democratic party,
has a right to determine what is demo
cratic, then each member of the party
has a right to define democracy for
himself and to assert that he is a bettei
democrat than anyone else."
In other words, individual democrats
can have 110 principles, no settled be
liefs, no personal interpretation oi
party history and party records. Mr.
Bryan thus makes it clear that sixteen
to one is not dear enough to him to war
rant any political sacrifices. He will
stand by it till the next national con
vention overhauls the party platform
and decides the future of the silver is
sue. Should it decide to retire or damn
it with faint and ambiguous indorse-
- ment William 'will be found ready tc
; lend liis eloquence to any other cause
. or tiling 1 that the wisdom of the major
. ity shall bring forth.
; But, with or without Bryan, there is
1 little promise of potency in the trust
issue from the democratic standpoint,
j The national government can do very
. little under existing legislation to stop
. the progress of monopolistic coinbina
. tion or to suppress trusts already in ex
. istence. Jt can only proceed against
t trusts that restrain interstate com
j nierce, and against these it has sought
. to enforce the law without fear or favor.
I Everything that can be done is beii.g
done, and the people, understand per
fectly that the constitution bars the
way to more sweeping legislation.
The republican platform will not es
. pouse the cause of monopolistic trustes.
, It will discriminate between the legiti
mate consolidation which benefits the
° consumer and oppressive combination
which artificially raises prices and
throttles competition. It is highly
_ probable that the platform will con
|. tain a distinct pledge to deprive trust
ridden industries of the protection af-
I forded by the tariff. What more can
any party promise? What more can
t congress do?
There is no political capital here for
( the Bryan democracy or any other fac
( tion of the party. The demorcrats are
without issues, and if they revive the
sixteen to one absurdity it will be be
cause of a painful want of better ma
terial.—Chicago I'ost.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
I
CTlie spring elections of 1899 put
s silver in the scattering column. —St.
, Louis Globe-Democrat.
, The Cedar Rapids Republican
• truthfully remarks that "Increase in
F Wages" has become a standing head
• line in the papers of the country just
- at present. Let the good work of re
- publican "ruination" goon. lowa
3 State Register.
t7lt is related that when a hard
money business man of North Carolina
- was asked bv a silverite member of con-
gress on the coinage committee: "Is
• there a sufficient quantity of gold in
! the world to do the world's business?"
r be promptly replied: "In my humble
' opinion the present commercial value
> of silver is conclusive evidence that
■ there is plenty of gold in the world for
) the exchanges of the world." There is
• a nut for the silverites to crack.—ln
dianapolis Journal.
A SAVAGE HOHDE.
Its Members Capturo 16 American
Sailors.
A Portion of (lie Vorktou n'a Crew Are
Surrounded Itj- an Overulii-lmlns
Force of Filipinos Admit ul
Send* Had Nt-us
lo Uutliin^lon.
Washington, April 19.—The navy de
partment has given out the following
dispatch from Admiral Dewey:
"The Yorktown visited Baler, on the
east coast of Luzon, April 12, for the
purpose of rescuing and bringing away
the Spanish forces consisting of 80
soldiers, three officers and two priests,
who were surrounded by 400 insur
gents. Some of the insurgents armed
with Mauser rifles * * * * by na
tives. Lieut. .1. C. GiliTiore, while mak
ing * * * * ambushed were lired
upon and captured. Fate unknown,
as insurgents refused to communicate
afterward. The following are missing:
The officeri previously referred to
Chief Quartermaster W'. Walton, Cox
swain J. Ellsworth, Gunner's Mat* I!.
J. llygard, Sailmaker's Mate Yendet,
Seamen W. H. Rynders and C. W.
Woodbury, Apprentices D. W. Yenville,
A. J. Peterson, Ordinary Seamen 1". B.
Brisolese, (>. B. McDonald, Landsmen
I. T. Edwards, F. Anderson, .1. Dillon
and C. A. Morrissey."
The dispatch (from Admiral Dewey
caused much excitement in naval cir
cles. It was received late in the day
and considerable delay was occasioned
by the blindness of some of the cipher
words. It was impossible to complete
ly decipher it, and the asterisks indi
cate the unintelligible words.
Lieut. J. C. Gilmore, the officer re
ferred to as captured, is well known in
Washington, having been stationed
here for some time and his wife find
family living here. He was born in
Philadelphia, July 10, 1854, and was
appointed a naval cadet from Arizona
in September, 1871. He. reached his
present grade of lieutenant in 1891.
The capture of the Yorktown's men
was discussed with much feeling in
naval circles. The misfortune was felt
with added keenness, as the navy has
prided itself thus far on immunity
from reverses. The admiral's dispatch
was the first knowledge the depart
ment had that the Yorktown had gone
on this special mission to relieve the
Spanish parison at Baler. That the
capture should have been effected
while the American forces were on a
mission of mercy toward the Spaniards,
rather than in the. prosecution of a
campaign led to the belief that Spain
would have no further ground for
questioning the good faith with which
the Americans were seeking to relieve
the condition of the Spanish prisoners.
Although the dispatch gave no indi
cation that Lieut. Gilmore and his men
had lost their lives, yet great anviety
was aroused by the mystery surround
ing their fate while in the hands of
an uncivilized enemy. This is the
first capture of any Americans, mili
tary or naval, so that it is unknown
how the insurgents will treat our men.
If civilized methods were pursued an
exchange could be quickly effected, as
Gen. Otis has a larpe number of Fili
pino prisoners, but the insurgents have
been averse thus far to exchanging
Spanish prisoners, and this raises a
question as to what they will do with
the Yorktown's men. The purpose of
officials here is to spare no effort to
secure the speedy release of our men.
HE WAS ONCE A GUERILLA.
tie n. Rodriguez In Appointed < lilef ol
Havana'* I'olice fiihali Soldier* Ic
<>e( Alton! 575 A|tiecc.
Havana, April 19.—Alejandro Bodri
truez has been appointed chief of police
of Havana to succeed Mario Menocal,
who resigned yesterday. Rodriguez
holds the rank of major general in the
Cuban army and is chief of staff to
Maximo Gomez. He is considered,
moreover, second to Gomez alone in
•he affections of the Cuban soldiers.
The new nomination is approved by
Cubans and Spaniards alike. The Uni
ted .States military authorities, who
knew Rodriguez well, think they have
at lust found a man strong enough to
discipline the force.
Rodriguez, who was wounded three
times during the last insurrection, was
a spirited fig-liter, a guerrilla chief of
extraordinary activity. In 189G with
125 horsemen he raided Guines, then
occupied by 300 Spaniards, and carried
off Col. Valdaveza, the Spanish com
mander. Menocal retired because he
feels lie has not aeomplished what the
people of Havana and the American au
thorities had expected of him.
The Cuban army l:*ts are being ex
amined by name by a large staff of
clerks. Out of a total of 42,173 pri
vates and non-commissioned officers
2.242 have been eliminated, 1,573 of
these as persons who have enlisted
since the surrender of Santiago and
869 as government employes at present.
Of the remaining 39,930 Capt. Forest,
n Cuban who directed the preparation
of the rolls, informs the administration
that all, or nearly all, can be relied
upon to appear for a share of the $3,-
000.000.
This the American officers are reluc
tant to believe. Nevertheless if Go
mez and his associates wish to take the
rolls with oiily the above mentioned
subtractions as the basis of payment,
Ihe Americans will consent. In that
case the individual share may be about
$75, with nothing left for the officers.
W ill Fight the New L»w.
Ran Francisco. April 19.—The news
paper signature law goes into effect to.
day and as many papers in the state
will pay no attention to it, there will
probably be some lively times for Cali
fornia journalism. The law provides
that all newspaper articles that reflect
on any person's character or tend to
hold him up to ridicule and articles re
flecting on the memory of the dead
■jhall iie signed by the writer. The
penalty is a fine of SI,OOO for each
violation, SSOO of the fine going to the
person who brings action against the
offending newsuaDer
HIS OLD YELLOW ALMANAC
1 left th# farm when mother died, and
changed my place of dwellin'
To daughter Susie's stylish house, right
In the city street.
And there was them, before I came, that
sort of scared me tellin'
How 1 would find the town-folks' ways so
difficult to meet.
They said I'd have no comfort In the
rustlin' fixed-up throng,
And I'd have to wear stiff collars every
weekday right along.
[ find I take to city ways just like a duck
to water,
I like the racket and the noise, and never
tire of shows:
ind thsre's no end of comfort in the man
sion of my daughter,
And everything is right at hand, and j
money freely flows;
And hired help is all about, just listenin" j
for my call,
But I miF9 the yellow almanac oft my !
kitchen wall.
The house Is full of calendars from attic to t
the cellar:
They're painted In all colors, and are
fancy-like to see.
But just in this particular I'm not a mod- !
era feller,
And the yellow-covered almanac Is good
enough for me:
"m used to it, I'vk seen it round from boy- i
hood to old wge,
And 1 rather like the jokin' at the bottom j
of each page.
t like thfl way the "S" stood out to show ;
the week's beginnln'
(In these new-fangled calendars the days I
seemed sort of mixed),
And the man upon the cover, though he
wasn't exactly winnin'
With lungs and liver all still
showing how we are fixed;
And the letters, credentials that was writ
to Mr. Ayer,
I've often, on a rainy day, found readin'
fair.
I tried to find one recently: there wa'n't one
in the city.
They toted out great calendars In every
sort of style;
I looked at 'em in cold disdain, and an
swered 'em in pity:
"I'd rather have my almanac than all
that costly pile."
And, though 1 take to city life, I'm lone
some, after all,
For that old yellow almanac upon my
kitchen wall.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox, In the Century.
Wonderful Evangelist,
"Biggest revival preacher we ever had
here, said the country grocer, "was old
Brother Jarvis. Actually, when that man
got through with 'em, the whole blame com
munity turned in an paid ali its debts!" —
Indianapolis Journal.
Those who are really ic society are not as
ridiculous as those who are trying to get
la.—Atchison Globe.
Spoiled the Effect. —"Did you enjoy
Ihe symphony concert?" "Nu, not fit
all. A girl who sat near us had
on three eolors t hat didn't harmonize
a bit." —Philadelphia bulletin.
Ostrich Tips.—"Ah!" chuckled the w,-lit
er, when he reached home, "I struck luck
to-day. A rich old fellow gave ine a s."> tip."
"How nice!" remarked his wife, "a $5 tip
will just make my old hat look like new."—
Philadelphia Record.
Explained.—"l wonder why it is so rare
for a man to marry his first love?" "(ren
e rally because a woman of 35 has too much
sense to marry a kid of 18."—Indianapolis
Journal.
Doctor —"What your husband needs,
madam, is rest. He ought togo to the moun
tains for a month or two." Wife —"But he
won't do it, doctor." Doctor —"H'm, then
suppose you go."
Bowlder—"l tell you what, Meekly, you
don't know how to manage your wife."
Meekly—"Yea, 1 do, too." Boulder—"Then
why fiun't you do it, if you know how?"
Meekly (gloomily)—" Because she won't let
me." —Town Topics.
Hereditary Characteristic. —Crimsonheak
—"Owen Moore's sort was into see me to
day." Yeast "Indeed! Doesn't he remind
you of his father?" "Very much. He want
ed to borrow ijC>."—Yonkers Statesman.
Mrs. Suburbs—"Why, my dear, you're
drenched. Did you fall overboard !" Sub
urbs —"No. Didn't you sec me try to turn
on thai, patent, lawn sprinkler? ' —X. Y. i
World.
What A/Tected Appreciation.—Husband
—"What was tha«> you were playing, my
dear?" Wife—"Did you like it?" "It
was lovely!—the melody divine, the
harmony exquisite!" "It is the very thing
I played last evening and you said it was
horrid." "Well, the steak was burned last
evening. "--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
ONE reason Mrs. Pinkham's treatment helps women so
promptly is that they have confidence in her.
Through some of the many thousands of Mrs. Pink
ham's friends an ailing woman will be led to write to Mrs. '
Pinkham at her home in Lynn,
Mass., and will tell her symptoms. Jl#f
The reply, made without charge of tUtmMW fafti
any kind, will bear such evidence mm r- a QA ■■■ ■■
of knowledge of the trouble that Mmm
belief in her advice at once inspires m mr% r'
hope. %o^MmuKm
This of itself is a great help. ' ——
Then the knowledge that women only see the letters asking
for advice and women only assist Mrs. Pinkham in replying
makes it easy to be explicit about the little things that define
the disease.
MRS. ELIZA THOMAS, of 634 Pine St., Easton, Pa., writes:
" DEAR MRS. PINKHAM—I doctored with two of the best
doctors in the city for two
I years and had no relief until I
began the use of your Remedies.
was of
about four years I was a great sufferer from female troubles. I
had backache all of thetime, noappetite, pains in stomach, faint
ing spells, was weak and my system was completely run down.
I also had falling of womb so bad that I could scarcely walk
across the floor. After taking two bottles of your Vegetable
Compound and one box of Lozengers, can say I am cured."
/
"He Who Pursues Two
Hares Catches Neither
Said a well known young
man about town, "I tried
for years to burn the candle
at both ends, in the pursuit
of pleasure while trying to
attend to business. My blood,
stomach and kidneys got into
a wretched state and it
seemed that I could not carry
the burden any longer.
But now my rheumatism has pone,
my courage has returned, and all on
account of that marvel, Hood's Sarsa
parilla, which has made me a picture ol
health. Now I'm in for business pure
and simple.
Hip Disease— " I had runningsores foi
eight years on my hips. I was confined tc
my bed at times and at others used
crutches. Hood's Sarsaparilla cured mj
hip and pave me permanent health." Orxil
J. AKCHER, 139 Dudley Street, Dayton, Ohio
Indigestion—" 1 now have a pood ap
petite, eat well, sleep well and my dyspepsu
aud indighstion have left me. The reasoi
is I took Hood's Sarsaparilla which entirelj
cnred me. I am Baggage Master on th»
B. &O. Railroad." THOMAS COLES, 111
Carr St., Sandusky, Ohio.
Hood's Pills cur© liver ills; the non-irritating &n|
only cathartic to take with Hood's Saruaparilift
IOOOJ of UNSOICITED TESTIMONIALS SAY T
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Scalp and Skin I>iKea«c«;. such as Salt Rheum. Ko
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Humors. Dandruff. Itching Scalp. Falling llall
(thickening and making it Soft. Silky, and Luxuri
ant). All Fare Eruptions (producing a Soft. Clear
Beautiful Skin and Complexion). It contains no
Lead. Sulphur. Cantharides or anything injurious.
An ea*y, great seller Lady canvassers make SI
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M ANSFIFI-U, Agf-, GLFA IUIX.F, «J.
Proof Positive.
Two men were Ftanding outside a jewel
eis' window admiring the gorgeous displaj
of glittering gems that lay before them.
Presently one of them, pointing to an objeel
in a red plush tray, said:
"Just look at that scarfpin, representing
a fly. Anyone can tell that's not real."
"Well, I should think so," answered tn«
friend. "Who ever saw a common fly witi
such a bright appearance? Why, it makei
me weary when I think that the jewelei
who produced that fondly hoped that som»
one would purchase it to deceive his friends
If I saw that on a man's scarf 1 could tel
directly that it was an enameled imitation.
At that moment the object of their com
demnation moved across the tray, flew ii
the air, and vanished. The two men looked
at each other, gasped, and moved awa]
without a word. —Pearson's Weekly.
SngEeitloni for SpriuK denning.
Much of the labor of house cleaning maj
be avoided by the exercise of good judg
ment and management. Pleasant wcathel
must be selected for th£*work, usually th*
first of May is the best time to begin. Every
thing should be in readiness beforehand,
Brooms, brushes, tacks and strings should
be provided. The windows and paints can
be perfectly cleaned by washing with warm
water and Ivory Soap; the free useof lim«
and borax will purify and deodorize th«
premises.
ELIZA R FARKER.
Folurc Hardships.
"What do you think of this wireless teleg
raphy?"
I think it's one of the worst things that
ever happened. It's an imposition, that'*
what it is. Pretty soon it'll be so that th«
man who goes into the woods 19 miles from
the nearest postoffice for the purpose ol
getting away from his business may re
ceive a message at any moment calling
him home to attend to something that, in
case it had gone wrong in his absence, he
could have blamed somebody else for."—
Chicago Evening News.
Aik Tour l>eatlcr for Allen'. Foot-Ea..,
A powder to shake into your shoes. It rests
the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sora
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease make
new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggist/
and shoe stores, 23c. Sample mailed FHEE
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Mollv —"I wonder why those chickens
are called leghorns?" Dolly—"Don't yor
see the little horns on their ankles?" —Gold-
en Days.