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The Job department of the PHBSS Is complete and affords facilities for doing the best class of work. PAHI K ri.Alt ATTKNIION PAID TO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear- Kes are paid, except at the option of the pub ber. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. Two brothers namrfl T'tter, of Amitz, N. V., lia\r sjtil into a snarl he cause bees belong lnli 11 ernli i > I ll infT to one hau frateriiiil. , i > „ ruined peaches be longing' to i lie other while searching for honey. The beekeeper, reports a local exchange, claimed that it could not be proved that his bees were the offenders, but his brother lias in geniously overcome this difficulty. The bees were first caught extracting juice from the peaches and were caught in a wire gauze trap. Then lie let them through a trap door into a place supplied with a dish of honey. When the insects had eaten as much as they wanted they began to look for an exit, and in doing so crawled over a liberal sprinkling of flour, ■which stuck to them. When thor oughly coated they were released and nil flew straight for Brother I'tter'a liives, thus establishing a complete chain of evidence. The beekeeper, however, declines to give in and will fight the damage suit. Seldom has anyone shown such presence of mind as was exhibited by William T. McOraeken, who was fatally injured while repairing a broken telephone wire in Kansas City. In some way the line became crossed and McCraeken fell writhing to the sidewalk. "Don't touch me," be cried to a bystander who hurried tip, "you'll be killed if you do. (jet a dry board and stand on it and wrap your hands in it felt hat, then you can get the wire oft' without hurting yourself." The man dashed off in search of the board, but before lie came back McCraeken was dead, Ihe •wire still grasped in his charred bands. Karl I.indstmm, a farmer near Wil- I liamsliekl, .Mich., has doubts as to the economy of hiring cheap city boys to ! work on a farm. Karl engaged an inexperienced youth to heip about Ihe place and one morning told the hid , to "salt the calf down in tl>e pas- | ture." The boy took a quart of salt end rubbed it into the calf's hair. Home colts scented the salt and be fore long had nearly licked off the creature's hide. Then the farmer tried to catch and wash the calf, but it apparently thought he wanted to lick too and there was quite a time before it was captured am. Putin a safe place. A crowd of American soldiers in the Philippines attended church service in their honor and were perhaps more amused than scandalized to see on a flaring banner an American eagle bearing in his beak a streamer on which was this legend: "L'se only So and-so's condensed milk." An irrev erent artist had enlarged a picture which he saw on a milk can and Ihe good padre was easily convinced that the whole uesign was American in the extreme. Therefore h« had the ban ner hung over the altar, hoping there by to greatly gratify the soldiers among his congregation. There was rather an odd wedding in Lansing, Mich., a few days ago, •when J. A. (ireenough was married for the second time to the same wom an. Twenty-five years ago, immedi ately after his first marriage, he fctarted for the Black hills to seek gold. After a time, says a local re port, he eeuFed to write home and his _wife, after securing a divorce, mar ried E. A. Timmerinan, who died ' three years ago. Last spring the widow learned that her first husband was still alive, correspondence ensued and now they have been joined in wedlock once more. A fish story comes fl'Oltl Kalistts, perhaps by way of preliminary to tlie annual crop of tall Cornstalk yarns. The irrigation ditches at Garden City arc said to have become so filled with catfish that the hired men are com pelled to spear them with pitchforks before the water can flow. A new song now gaining JKXpntarity in the east is entitled, "A Krss Was the Cause of It All." Until a copy of the production comes to hand, jocose ly remarks the Denver Post, we are left to guess whether tile ''all" was a divorce case or a oa«e of transmission tof disease by lip niiiirobes. M'KINLEY'S VIEWS. Abstract of Letter Accepting Nomi nation for President. IN FULL ACCORD WITH PLATFORM. Sara OpponlnK Fnrllea Compel lie - publican* to h Second llntlle ua (lie Money luine—Rpßaril inu Philippine Inland*. The following in an abstract of the letter of Hon. William MeKinley ac cepting the nomination of the repub lican convention of I'JOO for president of the United States: The nomination of the republican nation al convention of June 10, lsiOU, lor the office of the president ol' the United Status, which as the official representative of the con vention you have conveyed to me, is ac cepted. 1 have carefully examined the platform adopted and Rive to it my hearty approval. Upon the great issue of the last national election it is clear. It upholds the gold standard and indorses the legisla tion of the present congress by which that fctandard has been effectively strength ened. The stability of our national cur rency is therefore secure so long as those w ho'adhere to this platform are kept in control of the government. In the first battle, that of 189G, the friends of the gold standard and of sound currency were tri umphant and the country is enjoying the fruits of that victory. Our antagonists, however, are not satisfied. They eornpei us to a second battle upon the same lines on which the first was fought and won. "While regretting the reopening of this question, which can only disturb the pres ent satisfactory financial condition of the government and visit uncertainty upon our great business enterprises, we accept the issue and again invite the sound money forces to join in winning another and we hope a permanent triumph for an honest financial system, which will continue in violable the public faith. As in 18% the three silver parties are united, under the same leader who, im mediately after the election of that year, in an address to the bimetallists, said: "The friends of bimetallism have not been vanquished; they have simply been overcome. They believe that the gold standard is a conspiracy of the money changers against the welfare of the hu man race, and they will continue the war fare against it." The policy thus proclaimed has been ac cepted and conllrmed by these parties. In all three platforms these parties an nounce that their efforts shall be unceasfng until the gold act shall be blotted from the Statute books and the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 shall take its place. All llie Innnen Important. The relative importance of the issue 1 do not stop to discuss. All of th« m are im portant. Whichever party is successful will be bound in conscience to carry into administration and legislation its several declarations and doctrines. One declara tion will be as obligatory as another, but all are not immediate. Tt is not possible that these parties would treat the doctrine of 10 to 1, the immediate realization of which is demanded by their several plat forms, as void and inoperative in the event that they should be clothed with power. Otherwise their profession of faith is in sincere. It is therefore the imperative business of those opposed to this financial heresy to prevent the triumph of the par ties whose union is only assured by ad herence to the silver issue. "Will the Amer ican people, through indifference or fancied security, hazard the overthrow of the wise financial legislation of the past year and revive the danger of the silver standard with all of the inevitable evils of shattered confidence and general disaster which just ly alarmed and aroused them iri 189G? Stiindn by Protection. The republican party remains faithful to its principle of a protective tariff which supplies sufficient revenues for the gov ernment and adequate protecion to our enterprises and producers; and of reci procity which opens foreign markets to the fruits of American labor, and fur nishes new channels through which to i market the surplus of American farms. The time-honored principles of protection ; and reciprocity were the first pledges of republican victory to be written into public law. During the past year more than $19,000.- 000 of United States bonds have been | paid from the surplus revenues of the : treasury, and in addition $25,000,000 of two , per cents, matured, called by the govern- | ment, are in process of payment. Pacific railroad bonds issued by the government ' in aid of the roads in the sum of nearly J41.000.000 have been paid since Decem ber .11, 1897. The treasury balance is in satisfactory condition, showing on Sep tember 1 SI3F». 419.000, in addition to the $150,000,000 gold reserve held in the treas ury. The government's relations with the Pacific railroads have been substan tially closed, $124,421,000 being received from these roads, the greater part in cash and the remainder with ample se curities for payments deferred. Volume of Our Currency. Instead of diminishing, as was predict ed fotir years ago, the volume of our currency is greater per capita than it has ever been. Tt was $21.10 in 1896. it had in creased to $26.50 on July 1, 1900, and $2G.85 on September 1, 1900. Our total money on July l, 1896, was $1,506,434,966; on July 1, 1900, it was $2,062,425,496; and $2,096,683,042 on September 1. 1900. Our industrial and agricultural condi tions are more nroinisin* than they have been for many years; probably more so than they have ever been. Prosperity abounds everywhere throughout the repub lic. i rejoice that the southern as well as the northern states are enjoying a full share of these improved national conditions and that all are contributing so largely to our remarkable industrial development. The money lender receives lower rewards for his capital than if it were invested in active business. The rates e>f interest are lower than they have ever been in this country, while those things which are produced on the farm and in the work shop, and the labor producing them, have advanced in value. Our Foreign Triade. Our foreign trade shows a satisfactory and increasing growth. The amount of our exports for the year 1900 over those of the exceptionally prosperous year of 1899 was about half a million dollars for every day of the year, and these sums have gone into the homes and enter prised of the people. There has been an increase of over $50,000,000 in the exports of agricultural products; $92,692,220 in manufactures, and in the products of the mines over $10,000,000. Our trade balances cannot fail to give satisfaction to the people of the country. In 1898 we sold abroad $'115,432,676 of products more than we bought abroad; in 1899 $529,847,813, and in 1900 $544,471,701, making during the three years a total balance in our favor of 11,689,779,190 nearly five times the balance of trade in our favot* for the whole period of iu.*» years from 1790 to June 30, 1897, in clusive. Four hundred and thirty-six million dol lars of gold have been added ty the £oid Stock of the United States sIP* e July 1, 1896. The law of March 11. authorized the refunding into tv* per cont bonds of that part of tho public debt represented Iby the three -per cents . due in 1908, the | four pey tents, due in 1907, and the five BfT C&hts. due in 1904, aggregating $840,- 30,000. More than one-third of the sum of these bonds was refunded in the first three months after the passage of the act, and on September 1 the sum had been increased more than $33,000,000, making in all $330,578,050, resulting in a net sav ing of over $8,379,520. The ordinary re ceipts of the government for the fiscal year 1900 were $79,527,060 in excess of its expenditures. While our receipts both from customs and internal revenue have been greatly increased, our expenditures have been decreasing. Civil and miscellaneous ex penses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, were nearly $i4.(k10,000 less than tn 1899, while on the war account there is a decrease of more than $95,000,000. There were required $5,000,000 less to sup port the navy this year than last, and ex penditures on account ol Indians were nearly two and three-quarter million dol lars less than in 1899. The only two items of increase In the public expenses of iVOO orer 1899 are 'for pensions and interest CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1900. on the public d#»bt. Tn 1599 we expended | for pensions $K'9,394,929, and for the fiscal year 1900 our payments on this account amounted to $140,877,316. The net increase ; of interest on the public debt of 1900 over 1899. required by the war loan, was $263,- 408.25. While congress authorized the gov ernment to make a war loan of $400,000,- 000 at the beginning of the war with Spain, only $200,000,000 of bonds were is sued, bearing three per cent, interest, which were promptly and patriotically taken by our citizens. Unless something unforeseen occurs to reduce our revenues or increase our ex penditures, the congress at its next ses sion should reduce taxation very mate rially. Five years ago we were selling govern ment bonds bearing as high as five per cent, interest. Now we are redeeming thrn with a bond at par bearing two per cent, interest. We are selling our sur plus products and lending our surplus money to Europe. One result of our sell ing to other nations so much more than we have bought from tiiem during the past three years is a radical improve ment of our financial relations. The great amount of capital which has been bor rowed of Europe fnr our rapid, mate rial development have remained a con stant drain upon our resources for inter est and dividend and made our money markets liable to constant disturbances by calls for payment or heavy sales of our securities whenever money stringen cies or panic occurred abroad. We have now been paying these debts and bring ing home many of our securities and es tablishing countervailing credits abroad by our loans and placing ourselves upon a sure foundation of financial independ ence. RegnrdinK Ihe Hoer \\ nr. In the unfortunate contest between Great Britain and the Boer states of South Africa, the United States has main tained an attitude of neutrality in ac cordance with its well-known traditional policy. Tt did not hesitate, however, when requested by the governments of the South African republics, to exercise its good offices for a cessation of hostil ities. It is to be observed that while the South African republics made like re quest of other powers, the United States was the only one which complied. The British government declined to accept the Intervention of any power. Ninety-one per cent, of our exports and imports are now carried -»y foreign ships. For ocean transportation we pay annual ly to foreign ship owners over $ 165,000,000. We ought to own the ships for our car rying trade with the world, and we ought to build them in American ship yards and man them with American sailors. Our own citizens should receive the transpor tation charges now paid to foreigners. The Cnnnl (pn'Ntlon. A subject of immediate importance to our country is the completion of a great waterway of commerce between the At lantic arid aeific. The construction of a maritime canal is now more than ever indispensable to that intimate and ready communication between our eastern and western seaports demanded by the annex ation of the Hawaiian islands and the expansion of our influence and trade in the Pacific. Our national policy more imperatively than ever calls for its completion and control by this government; and it is believed that the next session of congress, after receiving the full report of the coin mission appointed under the act approved March 3, 1899. will make provision for the sure accomplishment of this great work. I it l>l till mid Labor. Combinations of capital which control the market in commodities necessary to the general use of the people, by sup pressing natural and ordinary competi tion, thus enhancing prices to the gen eral consumer, are obnoxious to the com mon law and the public welfare. They are dangerous conspiracies against the public good and should be made the sub ject of prohibitory or penal legislation. Publicity will be a helpful influence to check this evil. Uniformity of legislation in the several states should be secured. Discrimination between what is injurious and what i' useful and necessary in busi ness operations is essential to the vvi<e and effective treatment of this subject, llonest cooperation of capital is necessary to meet new business conditions and ex tend our rapidly increasing foreign tra<i<\ but conspiracies and combinations in tended to restrict business, create mo nopolies and control prices should be effectively restrained. The best service which can he rendered to labor is to afford it an opportunity for steady and remunerative employment, and give it every encouragement for advance ment. The policy which subserves this end is the true American policy. The past three years have been more satisfactory ta American wurkingmen than many pre ced ing years. Any change of the present in dustrial or financial policy of the govern ment would be disastrous to their highest interests. With prosperity at home and an increasing foreign market for Amer ican products, employment should con tinue to wait upon labor, and with the present gold standard the workingman is secured against payments for his labor in a depredated currency. For labor, a short day is better than a short dollar; one will lighten the burdens; the other lessen the rewards of toil. The one will promote con tentment and independence; the other pen ury and want. The wages of labor should be adequate to keep the home In comfort, educate the children and, with thrift and economy, lay something up for the days of infirmity and old age. Practical civil service reform has al ways had the support and encouragement of the republican party. The future of the merit system is safe in its hands. The merit system, as far as practicable, is made the basis ofr appointments to office in our new territory. The Army mid Navy. The American people are profoundly grateful to the soldiers, sailors and ma rines who have in every time of conflict fought their c ountry's battles and defended its hone»r. The survivors and the wid ows and orphans of those who have fallen are Justly entitled to receive the generous and considerate care of the nation. Referring to what has been accomplished in Cuba, the president says a long step hcis been taken In the fulfillment of the sacred guarantees to the people of the is land. Notwithstanding the many embarrass ments incident to a change of national con ditions. Porto Rico is rapidly showing the good effects of her new relations to this nation. The Philippine Question. The power of the government has been used for the liberty, the peace and the prosperity of the Philippine people, and force has been employed only against force which stood In the way of the realization of these ends. After reciting the events of importance leading up to the present situation, to show what "has been done and is being done to bring the benefits of liberty and good government to these wards of the nation, the letter continues: Every effort has been directed to their peace and prosperity, their advancement and well-being, not for our aggrandize ment nor for pride of might, not for trade or commerce, not for exploitation, but for humanity and civilization; and for the protection of the vast majority of the population who welcome our sovereignty against the designing minority whose first demand after the surrender of Manila by the Spanish army was to enter the city that tney might loot it and destroy those not in sympathy with their selfish and treacherous designs. \\ ould not our adversaries have sent Dewey's fie** to Manila to capture and destroy t'} ie Spanish sea power there, or, dispatching It thf re, would they have with drawn it after the destruction of the Span ish fleet; and if the latter, whither v,\,„"„i they have directed it.to sail? V» lie re could it have gone? What port In the orient was open to it? Do our adversaries con demn the expedition under the command of Gen. Merritt to strengthen Dewey hi the distant ocean and assist in our tri umph over Spain, with which nation we were at war? Was it not our highest duty to strike Spain at every vulnerable point, that the war might be successfully con cluded at the earliest practicable moment? And was it not our duty to protect the lives and property of those who came within our control by the fortunes of war? Could we have come away at any time between May 1, 1898, and the con clusion of peace without a stain upon our good name? Could we have come away without dishonor at any time after the ratification of the peace treaty by the senate of the United States? There has been no time since the de struction of the enemy's fleet when we could or should have left the Philippine archipelago. After the treaty of peace was ratified no power but congress could surrender our sovereignty or alienate a foot of the territory thus acquired. The congress has not seen fit to do the one or the other, and the president had no authority to do either, if he had so inclined, which he was not. So long as the sovereignty remains in us it is the duty of the executive, whoever ho may be, to uphold that sovereignty, and if it be attacked to suppress its assail ants. W uuld our political adversaries do less ? We are in agreement with all of thus* who supporteo the war with bpain, and also with those who counseled the rati fication of the treaty of peace. Upon these two great essential steps there can be no issue, and out of these come all of our responsibilities. If others would shirk the obligations Imposed by the war and the treaty, we must decline to act fur ther with them, and here the issue is made. It is our purpose to establish iu the Philippines a government suitable to the wants and conditions of the in habitants, and to prepare them for self government when they are ready for it. That I am aiming to do under my consti tutional authority, and will continue to do until congress shall determine the po litical status of the inhabitants of the archipelago. Are our opponents against the treaty? If so, tney must be reminded that it could not have been ratified in the senate but for their assistance. The senate which ratified the treaty and the; congress which adoed its sanction by a large appropria tion comprised senators and representa tives of the people of all parties. Would our opponents surrender to the insurgents, abandon our sovereignty or cede it to them? It that be not their pur pose, then it should be promptly dis claimed, for only evil can result from the hopes raised by our opponents in the minds of the Filipinos, that with their success at the polls in November there will be a withdrawal of our army and of American sovereignty over the archipel ago; the complete# independence of tho Tagalog people recognized and the pow ers of government over all the other parties ot the archipelago conferred upon the Tagalog leaders. The effect of a belief in the minds of the insurgents that this will be done has alreadv prolonged the rebellion and in creases the necessity for the continuanco of a large army. It is now delaying full peace in the archipelago and the estab lishment of civil governments, and has influenced many of the insurgents against accepting the liberal terms of amnesty offered by (Jen. Mac Arthur under my di rection. Hut for these false hopes, considerable reduction could have been had in our military establishment in the Philippines, and the realization of a stable government would be already at hand. The American people are asked by our opponents to yield the sovereignty of the United States in the Philippines to a small fraction of the population, a single tribe out of 80 or more inhabiting the archi pelago, a fraction which wantonly at tacked the American troops in Manila while In rightful x>ossession under the protocol with Spain, awaiting the ratifi cation of the treaty of peace by the sen ate, and which has since been in active, open rebellion against the United States. We are asked to transfer our sovereignty to a small minority in the islands with out consulting the majority and to aban don the largest portion of the population, which has been loyal to us, to the cruel ties of the guerrilla insurgent bands. More than this, we are asked to protect this minority in establishing a government, and to this end repress all opposition of the majority. We are required to set up a stable government in the interest of those who have assailed our sovereignty and fired upon our soldiers, and then maintain it at any cost or sacrifice against its enemies within and against those having ambitious designs from without. This would require an army and navy far larger than is now maintained in the Philippines and still more in excess of what will be necessary with the lull rec ognition of our sovereignty. A military support of authority not our own, as thus proposed. Is the very essence of militar ism, which our opponents in their plat form oppose, but which bv their policy would of necessity be established In its most offensive form. The American people will not make the murderers of our soldiers tin- agents of the? republic to convey the blessings of liberty and order to the Philippines. They will not make them the builders of the new commonwealth. Such a course would be a betrayal of our sacred obligations to the peaceful Filipinos, and would place at the mercy of dangerous adventurers the lives and property of the natives and foreigners. In short, the proposition of those op posed to us is to continue all the obliga tions in the Philippines which now rest upon the government, only changing the relation from principal, which now ex ists, to that of surety. Our responsibility is to remain, but our power is to bo diminished. Our obligation is to be no less, but our title is to be surrendered to another power, which is without ex perience or training, or the ability to maintain a stable government at home and absolutely helpless to perform its International obligations with the rest of the world. To this we are opposed. We should not yield our title while our obligations last. In the language of our platform, "Our authority should not be less than our responsibility," and our present responsibility is to establish our authority in every uart of the island. Our rights in the Philippines are now free from outside interference and will continue so in our present relation. They would not be thus free in any other rela tion. We will not give up our own to guarantee another sovereignty. Those who profess to distrust the liberal and honorable purposes of the administra tion in its treatment of the Philippines are not justified. Imperialism has no place in its creed or conduct. Freedom is the rock upon which the republican party was builded and now rests. Liberty is the great republican doctrine for which the people went to war and for which a million lives were offered and billions of dollars expended to make it the lawful legacy of rill without the consent of mas ter or slave. Thr re «ls a strain of ill-con cealed hypocrisy in the anxiety to extend the constitutional guaranties to the people of the Philippines, while their nullifica tion is openly advocated at home. Our op ponents may distrust themselves, but they have no right to discredit the good faith and patriotism of the majority of the peo ple. who are eipposed to them; they may fear the worst form of Imperialism with the helpless Filipinos in their hands; but if they do it is because they have parted with spirit and faith of the fathers and have lost the virility of the founders of the party which they profess to represent. The Declaration of Independence* The republican party does not have to assert its devotion to the declaration of independence. That immortal instrument of the fathers remained unexecuted until the people under the lead of the republican party in the awful flash of battle turned its promises into fulfillment. It wrote into the constitution the amendments guaran teeing political equality to American citi zenship and it has never broken them or counseled others in breaking them. It will not be guided in its conduct by one set of principles at home and another set in the new territory belonging to the United States. Kmpire has been expelled from Porto Rico and the Philippines by American freemen. The flag of the republic now lloats over these islands as an emblem of rightful sovereignty. Will the repub lic stay and dispense to their Inhabitants the blessings of liberty, education and free institutions, or steal away, leaving them to anarchy or to imperialism? The American question is between duty and desertion —the American verdict will be for duty and against desertion, for the I republic against both anarchy and im perialism. The country has been fully advised of the- purposes of the United States in China, and they will be faithfully adhered to aa already defined. We are grateful to our own soldiers and sailors and marines, and to all the brave men who, though assembled under many standards representing peoples and races strangers In country and speech, were yet united in the sacred mission of carrying succor to the besieged, with a success that now the cause ol a world's rejoicing. Not only have we reason for thanksgiv ing for our material blessings, but we should rejoice in the complete unification of the people of all sections of our coun try. that has so happily developed in the hist few years and made for us a more perfect union. The obliteration of old dif ferences, the common devotion to the flag, and the common sacrifices for its honor, so conspicuous by the men of the north and south in the Spanish war, have so strengthened the ties of friendship and mutual respect that nothing can ever again divide us. The nation faces the new cen tury gratefully and hopefully, with in creasing love of country, with firm faitl? in its free institutions, and with high re solve that they "shall not perish fror* the earth." Very respectfully yours, WILLIAM M'KINLEY WAS NOT ASKED AGAIN. One Orriminn When the Piety of a Mlcliijiun Politician VV»» Not Conaptcnuua. M. E. Chittenden, the Michigan politician who died recently, dearly loved a juke. 11 id own initials, "M. E. he alway.- insisted, stood lor Methodist Episcopal chuich, which organization, could it have secured him, would have acquired a very lively member. "Mart," as Mr. Chittenden was familiarly called, relates! the Chicago Chronicle, par tially lost his hearing some years ago and communication with him thereafter was one of the fine arts, Being the agent of the Standard Oil company lor a large terri tory, he traveled considerably, and on a cer tain occasion fell in with a couple of friends at Hillsdale, who invited him togo with them to dinner at the house of a resident ac quaintance. One of them quiet'y said to the host: "Mr. C hittenden is an exceedingly pious man and likes to have the food blessed before partaking. You must invite him to ask the blessing. Accordingly, when all were seated, silence fell upon the company, while the host turned to Mr. < hittenden with "Will jou ask the blessing?" Up went Chittenden's l hand to his ear, with his usual, quick, nervous gesture, as in a listening attitude he responded in a tone more decided than unctuous: "I've grown so all-fired deaf lately that if you've got anything to say to me you'll have to say it devilish loud." A roar from the two friends disclosed to Chittenden and the astonished' host that they had been the victims of a practical joke. Hut "Chit" enjoyed it amazingly when he un derstood what had happened. Intelli<ri>nt Stngc Driver*. A New York visitor returned recently from Newport full of admiration for the in telligence of the stage drivers who undertake to show strangers the sights of the town. He was driving about in one of the vehicles de voted to the entertainment of those who un dertake to see the sights of the town inex pensively. The driver stopped before one of the show places of Newport. "This is Mr. Smith-Jones' villa," said the driver, as he turned to the passengers, "and the lady in the red hat by the corner of the piazza is the younger Miss Smith-Jones, whose en gagement to Mr Brown was announced yes terday." The New York visitor had never before met stage drivers so anxious to have their patrons enjoy themselves.—N. Y. Sun. A Mop of the 1 ntted Slates for 15 Cen IN, Our map, which is 48x34 inches, mounted to hang on the wall, is particularly inter esting and valuable, as it shows in colors the different divisions of territory in America acquired since the Revolution. The original thirteen states, Loui-iana Purchase, the Texas Annexation, the Gadfcden purchase, the cession by Mexico and the Northwest acquisitions by discovery and settlement. It will be sent postage prepaid on receipt of price, 15 cents. I'. S. Eustis, General Pas senger agent C., 15. & (J. K. K., Chicago, 111. Often the only difference between the la borer and his employer is that the for mer is a mere bread-winner while the lat ter is a mere dough-winner.—l'uck. Drugs have their uses, but don't store them in your stomach. Beeman's Pepsin Gum aids the natural forces to perform their functions. To Cure a Colli in One Dny Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if itfails to cure. 250. The desire for fame has betrayed many on ambitious man into committing indis cretions that forever ruined his reputation. —Chicago Daily News. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli- | ble medicine for coughs and colds —N. \V. I Samuel, Ocean Grove, X. J., Feb. 17, 1900. I The trouble with the air castles girls build is that they are all parlor and music room, with no kitchens attached.—Atchison Globe. Thirty minutes is all the time required to dye with PI TNA,M FADELESS DYES. Hold by all druggists. There is an unfortunate time in a man's life when he feels too old to become gay, and too young togo to bed early.—Atchison Globe. Hall s Cutarrh Care Is taken Internally. Price 75c. His Idea. —Nephew—"This hotel is run on the European plan." L'ncle Josh— "How's that; l)o they charge Americans twice as much as anybody else?"— Puck. For Infants anc^Q^dren^ VWlmSm Years ' ! ' The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MUHHAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. I WALTHAM WATCHES Before 1854 there were no Waltham Watches nor any American Watches. To-day the \ tradition that one must go abroad for a good watch has been exploded by the American Waltham Watch Company. , " The Perfected American Watch ", an illustrated book of interesting information about 'watches, 'will be sent free upon request. American Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass. m'liiiii nun 1 1— —■ —»nwww l If I.itbor Snviiin Dennert. 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