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Th« Job department of the Press Is complete and affords facilities for doing the best ( lass of work. PAItTICULAH ATTENTION PAIDTO I.AW PRINTING. , ... No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. - . .. Papers sent out of the county must be paid (or in advance. In these days when appendicitis 4a bo common an ailment the doctors &re put tins" forth every It IN Time * effort to arrive at I iie> K new. aclearer tinder standing of it. The time has long gone by, says a writer in the Philadelphia Saturday Evening l'ost. since the grape seed and the toothbrush bristle were held accountable, and we may now eat our grapes and brush our teeth quite without the menace of a month in the hospital. Medical men generally agree that appendicitis is due to the presence of ft bacillus. One of (he latest and most ingenious theo ries to account for the malady is that put forth by a medical man who be lieves that it is caused by the habit of sitting with the legs crossed. Nine men out of ten —leaving tailors out of the reckoning—spend many of their sedentary hours with the right leg crossed over the left. As tlie vermi form appendix is on the right side it requires no great stretch of the imag ination to believe that such a posture may cramp and constrict the little sac to an extent sufficient to cause trouble. Whether or not litis explana tion be accept<outh would have been weak ened by the refusal to put a specific 16 to 1 piank in the platform, and that was why they insisted upon thot ac tion. On the other hand, the leaders in the eastern stales realized that sil ver would fie a handicap in the coming campaign. They frankly admitted that free coinage had defeated the party in 1896, and they saw no chance of w in ning this year on that issue. This seems to define the lines on which the campaign will be fought. It will be the same fight over again, and the republicans will have the ad vantage of being able to quote the declarations of distinguished demo crats to t.he effect that the financial question has been disposed of and that prosperity has returned to the country in spite of the geld standard. That the money issue is the only one that has been given earnest consideration is proved by tjie fact that no other ques tion was seriously discussed by the crowds at Kansas City. The dele gates cared little for the issues of im perialism. apparently, and while they will follow the lead of Bryan in attacks on the foreign policy or the administra tion, it is plain that they will not re gard that as the vital issue of the cam paign. It seem si to be clear that if the mug wumps support Bryan this year they will have to swallow the pernicious financial doctrine which they abhorred in 1890. and in opposition to wh'ich they worked for the election of President McKinley.—Cleveland Leader. Too Much Work. A stalwart republican, making pur chases in an lip-town dry goods store, happened to meet Mike, the porter, and the political microbe in the air tempted him to ask: "Mike, how do you feel about the election?" "Bryan, for shure," said Mike. "But, Mike are you going to vote for Bryan?" "Shure I am, sor." "Why are you going to vote for Bryan, Mike?" Mark the sage reply: "Oh. begorra, I have had work for four years, an' I want a rest." —N. Y. Press. ICDemocratic stump speakers in states like New York will have to keep watch over their tongues. The I ratio of sixteen to one win be a for bidden subject. To denounce trusts will be to tread on the toes of the Tammany leaders, who own stock in the ice trust. Denunciations of "im perialism" and "militarism" will awaken no enthusiasm. Cnstinted general abuse of everything done by the McKinley administration will have to be the chief stock in trade of the democratic stujv'vrs.—Chicago Trib une. DEFEAT OF BRYAN. of John M. I'nlmer. r n Olfl Democratic* \\ arliorat of Illinois. "Mr. Bryan is not an inspired man. Nor has he prescient powers. Indi vidually he is clean, and I credit him with being honest in his opinions, but at the same time i cannot indorse ihein. Populism has grown wonder fully strong and wonderfully danger ous. "You predict his defeat?" "Assuredly. The cry of imperialism will win him no votes to amount to anything. It's a false alarm. This country is not nor are Mr. McKinley and his followers believers in imperial ism. Cuba will be under self-govern ment in a little while, and the Fili pinos will be governed as best the ad ministration can. "Pray, what would Mr. Bryan have, had this country do with the islands? We got them, and we will hold them as they stand until some better schema presents itself for controlling theit< 1 think myself that the American gov ernment would be better off without theislands. but the administration has met all the demands that have arisen there manfully and honestly. "Mr. McKinley has the confidence of ihe business interests of the country. He is not an unsafe leader. 1 differ with him on many material questions concerning the welfare of the whole people, but as between him and Bryan there is but one course. "If Mr. Bryan were president and controlled the legislative branches, this country would be thrown ill a panic which would require months to check and years ro heal. False proph ets and leaders sprit? g up and live for a time, and they die. Mean time the true principles of self-govern ment live. "My prediction is that after Mr. Bryan has been defeated for the sec ond time the people will renounce him. No man and no set of principles can live after having been twice de feated at the polls. Perhaps it is well that Mr. Bryan was renominated. His party cannot win. and his defeat will forever settle him. "Should he be st:ccess'f-:;l he would convert democracy into populism, and 1 can apprehend no imoit serious na tional calamity than populist prin ciples of political economy be even given a trial. They are unsuited for the times and unsuited and unsafe for a successful government."—John M. Palmer. A Pilfer Inn: Bryan it e. Mr. Webster Davis, ti e self-consti tuted champion of the Boers, who re | signed as assistant secretary of the | interior because of his dissatisfaction j with the administration, has still fur i ther displayed his dissatisfaction by flopping over to Bryan. He signalized his flop by making a speech at the ratification meeting in Lincoln which greatly pleased the sixteen to one can didate as; well as the notification com mittee. Charmed with his oratory, the democratic national committee promptly arranged to have him ap pear on the stump in various cities as a Bryan spell-binder. Their enthusi j asm, however, suddenly cooled when |it was discovered fhat some of his | Lincoln speech was stolen almost i bodily Tram one of James A. Garfield's 1 speeches. It was about 16 parts (Jar field to one Davis. It is not likely now that tilt; Bryanites will be so eager for 'he oratorical services of a man who shows such a disregard for the use of quotation marks. Chicago ! Tribune. ! l7Mr. Khrich. who was a prominenl gold democrat in 189ti and is a gold | monometallism is going to support Mr I liryan because he thinks the gold i standard to Vie permanently estab i lished. He differs from Bryan. When • senate and house are democratic and - Mr. Bryan president a free silver coin i nee law will be passed, unless Mr. • Bryan and his followers are fal*e to i their pledges.—lndianapolis .Journal. I I Z.TBryan is fairly started on his sec- I ond race for the greatest prize of po r litical ambition. The indications are s that he will make another spectacu t s lar. energetic and dangerous fight, onl v ' - to fall in the end. That will be final, J •—Cleveland Leadtr. I'EKIN IS CAPTURED Allied Troops Attacked the Capital of China. KILLED 300 3IONCiOMANS. The Japanese Lost 100 Soldiers During th<* Fighting. LEG ATI ON ERS AR E R ESC T EI) The I lifted Stulr« t'omnnl at < lie Foo Traiiftiilit* n ICeport Irolii a Japanese Olllcer Ki'Kuritinv the Korflsucr»' Kntry Into the City. Washington, Aug. 18.—The act ing secretary of state makes public the following plain telegram received last evening from Air. Fowler, the I'nited States Consul at Che Foo: '"Che Foo, Aug. 17 (received 7:55 p. in.) —Japanese admiral reports that the allies attacked I'ekir. Irom the east on the 15th. Obstinate resist ance. In the evening the Japanese entered the capital with other forces and immediately surrounded the le gations. Inmates safe. Japanese loss over 100. Chinese 300." '1 lie officials here were aware of the fact that the stronghold f>t' the Uox <• i's was in the Chinese city and that for the allies to attempt to force their way through it into the Tartar city, in which the legation compounds are located, might mean a threat loss (if lite and possibly defeat. 11 was also known that the imperial troops which have sided with the Uoxers were many of them in or near the Chinese city and that much of the artillery and rifle fire which has been ponred into the legations had been from the walls separating- the two cities. These facts evidently were communicated to (>en. Chaffee and the other commanding" officers of the allics. Realizing these obstacles, it ap pears the allies decided to attack f h" city by the east gate. There are four entrances to the city on the east, two leading 1 to the Chinese city and two to the Tartar city. .lust which of these was selected as the attacking" point Consul Fowler's dispatch does not disclose. The .Japanese force engaged with he advance, according to the under standing' of the officials here, num bered 10,0(10 men. so that the loss suf fered by them was about 1 per cent. No mention is made of the losses of the other armies, \ cabinet official said yesterday 1 that, uncpiestionably ihe native ( hris tians in China, said to number sever- i al thousand, will lie included in any arrangement made between this gov ernment and China incident to the cessation of hostilities. At the present stage of the Chinese situation this subject has not vet been serionslv discussed by the cabinet, but there is no doubt, according to this member, that the United States is in honor bound to protect them and will look out for their security. "What will be done with them?" he was asked. "That has not been decided, but rest assured that in their disposition the honor of the I'nitd States will be fully preserved. It may be arranged for them togo to the Philippines, or one of many other plans that are available may lie adopted." It also was stated that, while the matter has not been formally con sidered. the indemnity to be collected b\- the I'uited States will be not only for the families of the victims, but also probably to compensate this gov ernment for the expense it lias been put to in prosecuting the campaign. "It has not been a heavy expense, compared to the Spanish war." he said, "but it will be sufficient, er with the indemnity to.'lu families of missionaries and other victims an 1 for all loss to property of the United States government, or of American citizens, to make it a very serious matter, financially, to China." London, Aug. IS.—"l'ekin was re lieved on the night of the lath." Till*' message was received last evening at the imperial customs office in Ijmdun from the commissioner of customs at Che Foo. It is the only official message that has reached England in confirmation of the earlier reports. Proceeding to discuss the probabil ities of a cessation of hostilities, the Morning I'ost assume" that the Uni ted States is willing t i ahai ion any idea of further aggressive action, but it questions ilie disposition of tier many and the other powers lo agree to such a course. The Merlin correspondent of the Morning I'ost says he learns that no formal request for an armistice has vet reached the powers and that it is improbable that any swell request will be granted. The other papers comment guard edly upon tin- situation, owing to the lack of definite news when the editor ials were written. Most of them ad vocate a stern inquisition regarding outrages and the punishment of the leaders, even if they have to be pur sued all over China. The Daily Graphic, in a paragraph, apparently inspired, says there is no reason to believe that any of the powers will repudiate the previous understanding to respect the integri tv of the empire and the dynasty, adding that the proposal to land a I'ritish force at Shanghai originated not with the British government, hut with the Chinese, who at the same time urged that this should not be done if likely to lead to international complications. Shanghai dispatches say that Empe ror Kvvang Su accompanied the em press dowager to llsian I'u much against his will. Prince Titan com mandeil the rear guard of the impe rial escort, of which Boxers formed 65 per cent. All the palace treasures were sent to llsian Fu. Pale and ■* Weak Women Beauty and strength In women vanish early in life because of monthly pain or some menstrualP Irregularity. Many suf fer silently and see their best gifts fade away. TydiTE. 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