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A Good Example.
The subject of food adulteration was
brought to the attention of a recent
grand jury at Philadedphia, which
made a special presentment on that
subject, saying that "the adulteration
of food is a matter of such vital im
portance to every member of the com
munity that the strongest measures
should be taken to prevent and punish
the crime." Special attention was
sailed to the fact that it is not always
the retailer who is sit fault, but that
very frequently the adulteration is
made by the wholesaler or manufac
turer. The Pennsylvania law prohib
its the use of borax, boracic acid, sal
icylate of sodium and salicylic acid
as preservatives in any article of food,
and this provision of the adulteration
act is relied upon in many instances
to secure convictions, these preserva
tives being frequently used by milk
dealers. The Pennsylvania oleomar
garine law is also quite severe, there
tail dealer being held responsible even
if he himself bought oleomargarine in
the belief that it was butter.
One of the officials of the Canadian
police at Niagara Falls tells the follow
ing story in the Buffalo Commercial:
"A German from Pennsylvania blew in
the (,ther day and asked the officials if
there was anything about tlie place
worth seeing. 'You zee,' he said, 'it's
shust like dis: My frients und frail tole
me I should take id in, und 1 vant to
take everyting in der iss to zee. Day
did zay der was soineding great here,
und 1 forgot id alreaty, und 1 haf
walked all ofer und see nodings.' The
visitor was at once taken to the finest
■view of the falls, where he stood a
few minutes looking around. 'Well?'
paid his conductor, at last. 'Veil?' re
turned the man. 'I zee nodings.'
"Don't you see the falls?' 4 \ at! Dot
vuter falling? Iss 'lot for vat I cum
all dis vays to zee, a licldle vater tlrip
ping? Acli, Gott! Igo me home.' "
Here is a corker from tlie Valilosta
(Ga.) Times: "Smith Myddleton had
u novel catch while fishing in the rivet
on Saturday. It was the occasion of
the fish fry given by Mr. Will McKee tc
u party of young people at Yaldosta,
Smith put out a trout line, baited witl»
minnows, and in a short while went
back to see what the results were. Tc
his surprise he found a four-pound
trout 011 one of the hooks, a big catfish
on the other and a crane on tlie other
hook. Such a catch of fish and bird
lias not been recorded in this section
before." If Mr. Myddleton had only
put out another hook he might have
made a good catch.
A not very courteous author, replying
to one of the interview syndicates that
had propounded the question: "When
do yo.u wite, and what do you get for
what you write?" said: "I write when I
please, and it's none of your darn busi
ness what I pet for what I write'" But
when the managing editor of Ihe syn
dicate informed him that he merely
wanted to know his terms so that, he
might forward hitn a check for some
work he had in view the uuthor changed
his tune and wrote six pages of infor
mation, with an apology in postscript.
When the yacht America, in August,
1851, beat 17 British yachts, the news
was 13 days in reaching the United
States. No New York or P.oston paper
had from its own correspondent over
500 words describing the contest. Most
of Ihe American papers covered the
race with brief clippings from the
London journals. Newspaper enter
prise has expanded in the 4b years since
the America made her brilliant run
around the Isle of Wight. leading her
nearest competitor 20 minutes.
C'. G. llerr, of Lancaster, l'a., has re
ceived a letter from a person residing
in the west in which ten dollars is sent
to him as conscience money. The
writer says that many years ago he
stole a set of old harness Irom Mr.
Ilerr's father, and, having since then
turned over a new leaf, the money is
forwarded to wipe out the old score.
Our agricultural department is not
satisfied with the fact that ail perfumes
are manufat t ured abroad, and has sent
agents to the Mediterranean region to
bring back tlie Bulgarian rose and other
plants from which fragrant extracts
lire derived. Their culture will be test
ed in various parts of the I nited
St»tf6
MEANING OF THE ELECTIONS.
The Policy of tb<- AdmlniHtrntion
SuNtninrd in All Hut
Two Stale.
It v.ill not require many facts to
make clear the falsity of the demo
cratic elaii:- that the president was re
buked in all the states, that voted on
Tuesday. Hegin with .Massachusetts.
The republican plurality is nearly 00,-
000; it was, considerably larger last
year because, on Tuesday, the repub
lican vote fell off nearly and the
democratic only .'i,0(lO, and this with
tla> open indorsement of the demo
cratic ticket by the mugwumps and
anti-expansionists. Mr. Bryan will
not be elected president in 1000 by
states whose republican majorities fall
from 80,000 to 00,000. Tammany car
ried (ireater New York, but by much
less than its usual majority. The re
publicans gained elsewhere in the
state. New Jersey and Pennsylvania
made it clear that they would stand
with the republicans a year hence.
Coming to the president's state it can
be claimed that the republicans have
rarely won in Ohio a. more emphatic
triumph. In an off year, in the face
of open treason and secret treachery
in official places, with a candidate
using hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to debauch voters, and with fac
tional jealousies, the rank and file of
the republican party in Ohio have
given Judge Nash about as large a plu
rality as President AlcKinley received
in 1896. Forcing the question of ex
pansion to the front in. lowa in the
most aggressive manner, the repub
licans have gained thousands of votes
in that state. The republicans have
also carried Kansas and South Dakota,
if the result in Kentucky has no na
tional significance it has given th?
democratic leaders a feud that will
distract them for years to come.
The democrat s carried Maryland and
Mr. I'ryan carried his own state. They
carried Maryland upon a platform
which was carefully silent on the
money question and because of the
dissensions created by a few would-be
bosses in the republican party. It is
not probable that the Bryan party
can carry Maryland next year on the
Chicago platform, with Mr. I'.rvan as a
candidate; and if they could—if by
Goebel counting out laws the solid
south should be arrayed for the I'ryan
ticket, Nebraska and Colorado are not
sufficient, with the gain of Kentucky
and Maryland, to elect Mr. I'.rvan. In
Maryland and Kentucky, in 180<>. Pres
ident McKinlev received 20 electoral
votes, and in Kansas. South Dakota
anil Washington Mr. I'ryan received
18 votes. The votes of these states are
more certain for President McKinlev
in 1900 than is Maryland for Mr.
Bryan.
There was nothing in Tuesday's elec
tions to indicate that one northern
state, great or small, which voted for
At.'Kinlev in Ist»(> would not vote ror
iiiin next Indeed, wherever
there was voting on Tuesday, except
in Maryland and Nebraska, it sus
tained the policy of the president,
even when a part of that policy is
stigmatized as imperialism. Indian
apolis Journal.
ECHOES OF THE ELECTIONS.
ComiiM'iilm of in JinirnnJ*
011 tli<* lii'MtiltM in tin* Vnri
ou m Slatt'H.
CT-Col. Bryan will perceive that he
has failed to talk "imperialism" to
deal h.— Chicago Tribune.
C7"The result in Ohio was as em
phatic an indorsement as a president
could have from his own state in an
off year.—lndianapolis Journal.
CAs a prelude to the year 1900
elections on the 7th were a solid as
surance of renewed republican suc
cess. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
(ETTliere is some doubt about what
question the democracy will take up
next year, but there is a prevalent be
lief that it will prefer something else.
—Milwaukee Sentinel.
C ft will be the height of political
stupidity for the opponents of the
president's policy to attempt to de
tract from the force and significance
of the vote of confidence in the na
tional administration registered by
the people of Ohio. —Chicago Times-
Herald.
3 If the friends of William .T. Bryan
are not wholly deprived of sight and
sense thev must perceive that the
state elections terminate his political
career. The voters did not indorse
him or his principles. They sustained
the administration and its policies,
which lie has attacked. —Y. Times
(Gold Item.).
•crTuesday's elections resulted in
a magnificent iiwlorsenu fit of repub
lican policy and demo list rated the fact
that the people of the country are un
touched still by the silver heresy and
the traitorous sentiment that would
haul down the flag raised by tlie valor
of American arms in the Philippines.
St. Paul Dispatch.
tWThere is no concealment of tlid
fact that republican leaders want
Bryan renominated, and are will ill sj"
to sacrifice Nebraska for the present
fin tie theory that lie is the easiest
man TO beat, as he will always stand
for the silver issue, no matter how
he attempts to avoid it, and on this
issue the republicans are confident
they can win.—Chicago Tribune.
McKinlcy's policy has
been vindicated by then suit iu Ohio."
said Assistant Secretary Yandcrlip
"Considering the conditions it was a
remarkable victory. The triumph of
tl:e fusionists in Nebraska means that
Bryan will be a candidate next year
I l»is is what every republican wants.
r,s he will be the easiest man to de
feat. In lowa the result is significant
as the platform declared emphatical
ly for sound money and expansion.
The result in this state is particularly
gratifying to the party and points
clearly to republican su'/'ess next
rear."
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1899.
PREPARING THE WAY.
Th* President"* I'lllllpplne I'ollc)
Receive* the Fnlleat Indorxe
inent a* a I'eucemuker.
President McKinley's administration
has had uo stronger words of justifica
tion, we will ne>t say of defense, than
were found in the very noteworthy
speech of Hon. Elihu Hoot, his new sei
retary of war, delivered recently at the
Marquette club dinner at Chicago. He
made complete answer to the auti-es
pansionists. He emphasized facts that
had in part been told heretofore, but
which the anti-expansionists had either
refused to hear or failed to remember.
These facts cannot be repeated too
often or be remembered too long.
Secretary Koot. says the problem
which confronted us in the Philip
pines was how to hold back the un
counted hordes who surrounded Manila,
how to keep in subjection the 200,000
Filipinos in the* city who had been or
dered to rise and massacre every Eu
ropean, while we were waiting during
the rainy season until a new army
could be raised and sent si third of the
way around the world to take the place
of the returning volunteers. Seventeen
thousand of the latter have been
brought back, and a new army of 27,-
COO has taken their places. Seventeen
thousand more are e>n the way. 17,000
in camp ready to start, and by the er.d
of November. Secretary Hoot adds, 65.-
000 American soldiets, the best youth,
of America, will be ready for duty in
the Philippines.
The secretary called attention again
to the fact that we arc not fighting the
Filipino nation, because there is none;
that there are hundreds of islands in
the Philippines, inhabited by over •;.>
tribes, speaking more than six lan
guages, and every tribe but one read\
to accept American sovereignty. Ad
miral Dewey, (ien. Greene and Presi
dent Scliurman says the Filipinos are
ne>t fit for self-government, and the in
surgents themselves only demand the
right of self-government under the pro
tection of the United States; the right
to make war, but only with our help/.
The vast majority, including the men
of property anil intelligence of the
Filipinos, are anxious for pence, and
the secretary declared that "we ai..
fighting against the selfish ambition of
a military dictator brought from exile
by an American ship, furnished With
arms by American soldiers, who lias
been permitted to gather all the forces
of disorder, has attained supreme power
by the assassination of his rival, and
maintains it by the murder of every
one whom he can reach who favors the
United States."
The secretary believes that as longiis
the American people stand behind the
American soldier he will maintain the
honor of his Hag. Tin se are not mere
words of sentiment; they come from
one e>f ultra-conservatism, a student of
the situation, a man trained in thought
anil naturally possessed of a judicial
temperament. We are among those
who believe that the anti-expansion
sentiment in this country has been
greatly overestimated. The tendency
of the times is clear. What Charles
Kendall Adams, in his interesting ar
ticle in the Atlantic Monthly, calls "the
ever irresistible encroachment of the
Occident upon the orient, of the mod
ern spirit upon the spirit of antiquity,"
is noticeable among all the great na
tions of the world. "It is," says Mr.
Adams, "thes substitution of the rail
road train for the ox-cart and the cara
van. It is electricity driving out the
rushlight. It is the white man ever
civilizing the red man or pushing him
out of the way."
lie might, have added thai it is open
ing tlie doors that have been shut; ii
is blazing tlit way with weapons of war
for the entranee of perpetual peace.
In the words of Rev. Lyman .I. Abbott,
at the recent international Congrega
tional council at Boston: "When-con
science and reason are wanting, and
either despotism rules by the red
dened sword of anarchy runs its wild
amuck, the Christian must meet sword
with sword and awaken conscience and
reason through the wholesome fear of
a stronger arm." Bishop Thoburn,
fresh from the Philippines, said as
much in his recent interesting contri
bution to these columns, and it is this
thought and not thirst for blood or an
eager pursuit of plunder that animates
the sentiment, of the American people
in reference to the Philippine question.
—Leslie's W'eeU.y.
CURRENT COMMENT.
(CM r. Pry a n would doubtless be well
content to have Kentucky forget <!oe
belisrn and centralize on Bryanism.—
Washington Star.
C" r liecause everybody else is prosper
ous Col. Bryan has discovered that the
best way for him to get prosperity is to
howl for it.—Cleveland Leader.
E?Mr. I!ryun says "Dewey has added
glory to American arms." He also made
an addition to the American map that is
worthy of mention. —St. Louis (ilobe-
Demi* - rat.
ITj'Mr. Bryan has been saying that
there are now 10 reasons why one
should vote tli" democratic ticket where
there was one in ISI.O, which shows that
he is mistaken, as usual. His IGreasons
w ill not be reasons to intelligent people.
lndianaix lis Journal.
IT. A serious uprising by natives in
Manila was frustrated by tlie prompt
action of the American military au
thorities. The natives intended to
butcher all the Americans they could
•ret at. They probably had been read
ing Atkinsonian pamphlets and liryan
democratic platforms. — Troy Times.
CTIt is impossible to see how any un
biased person can read the report of the
Philippine commission without being
convinced that i1 is the inevitable duty
of the United States, both for its own
honor n:»d for the greatest measure of
liberty to the Filipinos, to s.ippress the
nsurrection ar.d maintain a general
•ontrol of the nrchipt 1: go.—Chicago
I Tribune.
WHAT SENATOR JONES WANTS
The Worker* Are I'roHprruui Hot III*
l-'ilend* Cannot (<el Kieh
bj l.outinK.
Senator Jones, chairman of the Chi
cago democratic party, returned to this
country from Europe a few days ago,
and proceeded at once to unbosom him
self lo the American people. He iaid
that all of this talk about prosperity
was ridiculous, anil that the country
was not prosperous. Now, for any man
to stand up in the face of the Ameri
can people and tell them that they are
not. prosperous, when the country is in
such a rush and tide of business as was
never heard of before, is simply to dis
credit himself with all observant men.
Hut in point of fact Senator Jones is
not. suffering from such an extrava
gant delusion, after all; what he means
is that the calamity shouters who sit
around waiting for the government to
make them rich are not prospering.
His ideas of prosperity center in and
revolve around thein. Unless they can
get cash to buy whisky and tobacco,
while they gossip about the courthouse
in regard to the country "going to ruin
because the niggers won't work," Sen
ator Jones imagines that the country
is 011 the brink of ruin. They are the
people to prosper, in his mind, and
there is no prosperity unless they can
loiteraround and swap anecdotes, while
they repeat every 15 minutes what the
governor of .North Carolina is reported
to have said to the governor of South
Carolina.
It is of no consequence, in his opinion,
that the negro laborers who produce
the cotton about which they were al
ways gabbling are getting 1» t tcr wages
than they ever got in their lives, and
have clean shirts to wear on Sunday and
are able to give their barefooted chil
dren shoes. It is of no consequence,
in his opinion, that the great indus
tries of the country are paying their
employes tile best wages they ever re
ceived, and that every man who is will
ing to work can get work with the best
wages that the world lias ever known
to be paid. This part of the population
cuts no figure in the estimation of Mr.
Jones and his kind, much as they talk
about "government by injunction" aril
the necessity of the politicians of labor
having full and every opportunity t 1
burn up property and murder and mal
treat men who are willing and anxious
to work. It is the calamity man who
will not work, come what may, who
nm t be thought of. —Kichmond (W.
Ya.) Times.
TRUE PROSPERITY.
Fact* nnd KI store* Which Show Hon
the Republican Policy Help*
the People.
In March, of the present year, the
American Protective Tariff league
made an industrial census to show, in
a measure, the gain in the number of
men, employed in various industries
and the increase in the amount, of
wages paid. This report shows that,
compared with March, 1895, there was
111 the 1,957 establishments report
ing, a grain of 75,754 in the number
of hands employed, or a gain of;' 9.56
per cent, for March, 1899, that there
was a gain on the gross sum of wages
paid of $X461.2.';5.58, this being 54.09 per
I cent, more than in March. 1895; and
| that, while in March, iy.)s, the average
rate of wages per capita for the month
wiis $o:i„16, the average wage rate per
capita in March, 1899, had increased to
$30.86, being a gain of 10.49 per cent.
Had lliis census been extended so as to
include the months of April and May,
1599. the months in which the heaviest
and most general advances in wages
occurred, the percentage of increase
in the per capita wage rate would un
doubtedly have been above 15 per
cent.
Of course, if it had been possible to
cover the entire country, the totals
would have been far up in the millions.
Even as it is, and restricted as it had to
be, the comparison is startling. it
shows that industrial activity has
taken the place of the depression and
dullness of the period of desolation
that followed the free trade experiment
of President Cleveland. Is it reasonable
to imagine, then, that at this time any
number of voters will, with their eyc-s
open, refuse to indorse an administra
tion whose beneficent legislation has
made r.ossible an era of prosperity
scarcely second to any since the days
of thrift that followed the war of the
'6os?
In commenting upon the figures
given above, the American Economist
says: "Such is the story of protection
and prosperity as affecting the Amer
ican wage earner." Does anyone really
believe that the voters of this country
are going to run any chances at this
time of endangering Ihis prosperity by
rebuking, even indirectly, the adminis
tration of President McKinley?—Cin
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
Silver on Hand.
The number of standard silver dol
lars in existence at the beginning of
November is reported by the treasury
department at 48X122,376. On the Ist
of June. 189S, the number was 461.180.-
422. so that 21.941.954 of them have been
coined since June 1. 1893, pursuant to
the provisions of the war revenue act
of June 13. 1898. At tin minimum al
lowed by the act, of 1.500, C00 per month,
the number will, in the course of the
next 12 months, be augmented by 18,-
000,000, bringing the total lip to $"01.-
122,270. This, it w ill beobs;rvi d. is under
an administration and a secretary of
the treasury opposed to free silver ecin
age. and it excites no alarm for the
safety oft lie gold standard. A silverite
administration could do but little more
without new legislation, and fear of its
being able to overthrow the geld stand
ard is a delusion. —N'. Y. Sun.
C~There is 110 comfort for the ant:-
1 expansionists anel the "anfi-imperial
-1 ists" in the Philippine report.—Kancar
CM\ Jonrtifci.
"BURN THE VILLAGES."
Order liltrh by Asiiinuldo lo Ilia K«l»
lower* in t|jr l*land ol I'niia).
Manila. Nov. i»;. (U'n. witu
parts of the Nineteenth anil I wenty
sixth regiments moved from lloilo <lll
November to Ofton, six miles west,
for tin- purpose of capturing Santa
llurhara, the rebel btrongholil ten
miles north of iloilo. Heavy ri<in
preceded the movement and the roads
were in places impassable. The same
night Col. Carpenter with the Eigh
teenth regiment and J lattery (« of the
Sixth artillery moved woterlv
Jaro to connect with (ien. Hughes.
Col. Carpenter was forced to return
to Jaro on account ol' the roads and
the entire movement was hampered
l>v lack of proper t ranr portal ion.
Company C. of the Twenty-sixth regi
ment, had the only lighting. When
three miles out of Jaro this company
'•harged the rebel trenches and three
of the enemy were killed. One Amer
ican was wounded.
(Jen Hughes on November 12 occu
pied Ti.ghanan and (liiimbal on the
southern coast and also Cordova in
the interior. The enemy ili'l not. op
pose t •<•!). Hughes' advance Uecent
orders from Aguinalcio found in the.
trenches said: "Do not oppose the
Americans' advance. Hum the vil
lages as thev arc evacuate*!. Divide
the forces into bands of 40. Ilarrass
the \mericans on every oci avion
Arancta. the rebel leader, of the
island of I'anay, was captrfr>d at Tag
hanan while atteni|>ting to pass the
lines into Hollo. Two battalions will
garrison lloilo and J;*ro. San Miguel,
visible from lloilo, has been burned
by the rebels
FOUR FOUND GUILTY,
Defendant* in lli«* I'amoii* "Corncob"
<u*c are ( onvkled ol I *in;£ the .tiailk
lo ltd will.
St. Louis, Nov. 16. — Four of the de
fendants in th»' celebrated "corncob
ease" were last night found guilty in
tin Ciiited States court of using the
mails ti defraud. The four men are
llenrv llingbcck, K. \\. Northstein.
M. McElhaney and Arthur Miller. One
of the defendants. William Kulf, had
already pleaded guilty. No action
lias been taken in the oases of W. S.
Daly and J. 10. 'A'ilhington who were
jointly indicted with the others
named. 1 heir testimony was of great
value to the covernment and a nolle
jfoseipii may be entered <>r them.
The witnesses brought in by the gov
ernment came fro u a do/.en stales,
showing how widespread was the
operation of the scheme to defraud.
It was the plan of the defendants,
as shown by the testimony, to write
to the mayor or postmaster of a town,
telling 11ii■ i that a corncob pipe lac
torv could be established tor SI,OOO
and operated at small expense, while
the profits were represented to oe
large. The men, whose headquarters
were at Washington, Mo., would then
offer to sell suitable machinery for
<7OO to?!) 00. In each case where a
factory was putin operation It was
corncob pipe market. The govern
founil next to impossible to dispose of
the product, so overstocked was tne
ment alleged that the price asked for
the machinery was so excessive as to
be fraudulent and that the purpose of
the defendants' letters was to cause
an inordinate demand for machinery
which could not be profitably used.
of Chicaffo, president of tin American
Steel and Wile Co., anil William Ede
burn, ol New ork, yesterday closet!
negotiations with J. \\ . Dravo iV- Co.,
of this city, for the purchase of 0.000
acres ol ore land for a new organiza
tion known at, the I'rited States Min
ing Co. The price for the property is
$1,000,000. It lies on the border line
between Alabama and Tennessee and
is underlaid with a vein of iron ore.
The Cnitcd States Mining ( o. is said
to be a part of the American Steel and
AY ire Co., and its organization is be
lieved to be another step of the com
bination tow arils independence Iroir
outside concerns.
A Judge IClijoilli'd.
Louisille Ky.. Nov. 16.—Judge St*-r
--limr I*. Ton cv. whose mandamus is
sued on election day for the admis
sion of Honest Election leag.ie inspec
tors to polling pine"s caused the prin
cipal excitement of that day.was yes
terday restrained bv the appellate
court at Frankfort from taking anv
farther action in the contempt eases
growing out of the order, (in 1 ues
dav :; r . alleged violators ol Judge To
nev's orilers were bo.ind over by liiin
in the sum of s'oo each. >i -;er.lay
he was proceeding with the cases and
had sentenced one prisoner to •■(!
hears in jail, when the order of the
appellate court was receivi d.
V 'luriler in u Court Itooin.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. l'.'.--Fied
(Jiiion ye-tcrday shot and I.tiled James
Miller, the shooting occurring in the
office of Jrstice of the Peace Smith.
Miller's head was bIA-.vn oil his brains
hem:." scattered ovur the room. iiuion
then pointed The gun at Justice
Smith. He was on the point of firing
when Attorney Harta rushed towards
him and knocked Ihe muz/It of the
<vun towards the ceiling. Th> siiot
was tired and did no harm. (iuion
w:is then overpowered and turmil
over 11 th" police It is ruders'.oad
.Smith and M :ll er had a business ills
ag'. eemi nt.
A <'atas«l li» lit l Sold.
Pnltlmore, Nov. 16.—Negotiation*
are pending for the s;:le ol t'i * I.ake
Drv.nnioiu! Canal and Water • •...
which owns the Dismal Swamp caaid.
A New York syndicate is anxious ti
secure the property. The canal was
surveyed bv (ieorge Was'iington and
was construct 111 en:l> in the century.
It »\a-. lal • 1 possession of by tiie go»-
' rmnont duriu«. v the civil wir. at the
close of which it wa- returned to the
owners in a <li Ist t.. dated condition.
I'hc I.iila i*)r iinimoritl I .'.rial and Water
"o. a« quire.l the pro) erly and renabil
tated the wnterwav.
i" The Best is i
| Cheapest."'*
■ We learn this from experience in w- ■
j try department of life. Good clothes |
J are most serviceable and 'wear the long- J
| est. Good food gives the best nutri- |
| ment. Good medicine. Hood's Sarsa- |
■ parilla, is the best and cheapest, because •
• it cures, absolutely CURES, <when all t
S others fail. Remember I
j !
I'crfect Confidence.
Perfect confidence is desirable between
couples engaged to be married, but it is not
always that the young woman has as fine
an opportunity to establish it as did a Nor
ristown belle, to whom a wealthy bachelor
had been paying assiduous attention. After
worrying her a good deal about how many
young men had iieen in love with her, and
now many she had been attached to, he
asked her to marry him, adding:
"Now let there be perfect confidence be
tween us. Keep nothing concealed from
me."
"Certainly," replied the giddy girl; "let
us have no concealments;' and, jumping
up, she snatched the wig he wore from his
head and danced around the room with it.—
Philadelphia Itecord.
JftMon Crow, o*«*«irviile, *■«., Sayni
"I feel it my duty to write and let you
know what your medicine, '5 Drops,' has
done for me. I have had rheumatism about
]8 years, but was able to be up most of the
time, until a year ago last May, when I was
taken down and not able to move about.
About six weeks ago I saw your advertise
ment and wrote for a sample bottle. After
taking a few doses, it did me so much good
that I ordered some more for myself and
friends and in every case it has done won
ders and given perfect satisfaction. Dr.
\Voodliff, my family physician, who has had
rheumatism 15 years, is taking '5 Drops,'and
says it is the most efficient rheumatic med
icine he has ever used. May 31, 1899."
The above refers to "5 Drops," a perfect
cure for rheumatism, kidney and all kin
dred complaints. The proprietors. Swan
inn Rheumatic Co., 1(!4 Lake St.. Chicago,
offer to send a 25c. sample bottle for only
10c. during the next 30 days. Be sure to read
their advertisement of last week.
best friends turn their beads aside.
A bad breath means a bad liver.
Ayer's Pills are liver pills. Theycure
constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia,
I sick headache. 25c. All druggists.
! Want your moustache or beard a beautilul
brown or rich black? Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE tvhlskersj
<4 T Reversible
FO LINENE"
Collars & Cuffs
Z) Stylish, convenient,
jT economical; made of
*• —'y*\ fine cloth, and finished
rev r I
L w ■■frfrj give double
B(OW WAAK * service.
No Laundry Work.
When soiled discard. Ten collar* or five
pair* of cuff*, 25c. By mail , 30c. Send 6c.
in stamps for sample collar or pair of cuffs.
Name size and style.
Rl VEWSllil I COLLARCO..Drpt IB.BOSTON
I Personally t
I Conducted I
I California 112
| Excursions I
Via the Santa Fe Route.
▼ Three times n week from Chicago £
and Kansas City.
9 Twice a week from St. Paul ai»d m
V Minneapolis. $
9, Once a week from St. I«ouis and m
Huston.
'■9 In improved wide-vestibuled
I C Pullman tourist sleeping cars.
I Better than ever In'fore, a* lowest jL
i'l : possible rates.
M Experienced excursion conductors.
Also dailv service betw*#»n Chicago Ar
'X and California.
▼ Correspondence solicited. A
$ T. A. GRADY. $
1 9 Manager California TourUt Service, 4
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa fe Railway,
I 109 Adams Street, CHICAGO. £
GREAT
ROOK ISLAMD
ROUTE
LOW RATES ON OUR PERSONALLY CON
DUCTED EXCURSIONS IN PULLMAN
TOURIST SLEEPERS.
Scenic Route leaves Chicago every Thursday
via Colorado Spring* and Salt Lake to California
and Pacific Coast Points.
! Southern Poute leaves Chicago every Tuesday
J via Kansas City, Ft. Worth ar;d EE Paso to Los
i Angeles and Ssn Francisco.
These Tourist Cars of latest pattern ore at
tached to Fast Passenger 1 rains, and their
i popularity Is evidence that we oifer the best.
For full information and free lltcrcture address
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. p. A., Chicago.
r> a xrMTA Send 112« r "Inventor s Primer"
PATFnIv*-
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