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All business or nearly all in Now
South Wales is conducted through
"trade industrial unions." Up to
March. 1903, 108 unions of employes
and 82 unions of employers had been
registered in the arbitration court.
"When a union has been duly registered
it becomes amenable to the arbitration
laws.
Several members of congress smoko
pipes, but only one has nerve enough
to do so in public. The exception is
Senator William J. Stone, of Missouri,
who rode down Pennsylvania avenue
on a trolley car the other day smok
ing a short, black brier, and evidently
getting a great deal of comfort out of
liis pipe.
A discovery of a large coal bed has
been made in the mountains of the de
partment of Yoro, in Honduras. The
prospective coal field has been named
"El Porvenir." Expert examination
and test of several samples of the coal
taken from or near the surface estab
lish the claim that it cokes with excel
lent result.
The commercial relations between
France and the United States continue
to be thoroughly unsatisfactory, and
must so continue as long as imports
from the United States are dutiable,
with a few exceptions, at the maxi
mum rate of the tariff, while competing
nations without important exception
secure the minimum rate.
Prof. Albert Eulenberg, the well
known German neurologist, agrees
with Dr. May Schiller's physician, that
actors are more nervous than women.
He thinks that the plays of Ibsen,
Hauptmann and Bjornson are particu
larly injurious to them, and mentions
the case of one actor who was utterly
wrecked by one of the modern realist
ic plays.
Paris has revised a new mode of
dueling for young women whose feel
ings have been ruffled. Two such re
cently decided that their honor de
manded a duel. Having no weapons
conveniently at hand, ingenuity camo
to the rescue. Each took ofT a stock
ing and filled it with sand. At last ac
counts the vanquished was reported in
a hospital probably dying.
Agricultural scientists are unquali
fiedly enthusiastic over the future of
the Cashew nut, which grows in Porto
Rico on a tree which attains a height
of 40 feet. Roasted, no other nut can
compare with it in delicious flavor in
the opinion of David G. Fairchild, ag
ricultural explorer for the United
States. "Rurnt almonds," said Mr.
Fairchild, "are flat in comparison."
There is one feature in the work of
the Carnegie institution which is of
wide-spread importance, and that is
the selection of 25 "research assist
ants," to each of whom is given a sum
•of SI,OOO or $1,200. These "research
assistants" are, for the most part,
young persons who have already been
well trained and are prepared to prose
cute definite lines of investigation un
der the guidance of older, higher quali
fied leaders.
Recent excavations on the site of an
cient Naueratis, on the delta of the
Nile, have brought to light, among
ether things, a possible relic of Hero
dotus, to whose description of the luxu
rious Greek settlement we owe much
of our knowledge of it. He visited the
city in the latter part of the fifth cen
tury B. C. The relic in question is
the base of a painted vase inscribed
"Herodotou." This vase was found
within the Hellenic precinct.
Mme. Takahira, wife of the Japan
ese minister to the United States, pre
fers American costumes to those of
her sisters in the East. Madame is
the only Oriental woman presiding
over a legation at Washington. She is
a dainty little lady, with the exquisite
ly delicate molding of the Japanese.
She is scarcely five feet high, but
graceful in her carriage and move
ments. She has learned to speak Eng
lish fluently since her arrival in this
■country three years ago.
Not counting the navies the world's
ships are 29,943 steam vessels and 12,-
182 sailing craft. Boys of 21 can re
member when sails outnumbered
steamers 100 to 1. The familiar ex
pression "a fleet of forty sail" will
have to walk the plank pretty soon.
It may be " a fleet of forty screws," or
"a fleet of forty propellers." Eng
land's part in the tonnage is over Ifi,-
000,000 and ours is 3,611.956. Ger
many comes next, with 3,283,247. then
Norway, strange to tell, with 1,653,740.
THE PANAMA AFFAIR.
Ainerlrnn lllglilii ami Interesi* Jus
tlty the Chief Kxecntlve'n
Action.
When the people of Panama revolted
against the venal and injurious control
of Colombia it was inevitable thH.t the
United States should recognize the au
thority they might set up for them
selves. There has not yet been a distinct
and categorical recognition of an in
dependent republic of Panama. There
haas been only the anticipation of a de
facto government which would be en
titled to such treatment when it should
be created, and meanwhile an acknowl
edgment that the provisional authorities
of the revolutionists are the only au
thorities on the ground, says the Phila
delphia Press.
What less could our government do?
There is no representative or emblem of
Colombian authority left in Panama.
The only authority is that of the revo
lutionary force. It is in possession. It
has already created a provisional gov
ernment. What else can be dealt with?
It will promptly establish a regulargov
ernment. What else can be recognized?
The full recognition is sure to come
when an undisputed de facto govern
ment shall be in full control; and the
measure of recognition which the presi
dent has extended was inevitable as
soon as any matters came up which re
quired dealing with the authorities in
possession. The only question is wheth
er the president has been unduly pre
cipitate. We do not see that he has
been. He has done only what would
have been unavoidable soon at the
latest, and his prompt and vigorous ac
tion has doubtless conduced to a speedy
and peaceful solution.
It is said that our government has in
terposed. in a conflict between a friendly
republic and one of its own states, and
that the interference is as unjustifiable
as would have been the threatened Eu
ropean intervention in our civil war
against which we so vigorously protest
ed. But there is no parallelism between
the two cases. Our relation to Colombia
and the isthmian territory is wholly ex
ceptional. We are bound by treaty to
see that the traffic of the world across
the Isthmus of Panama shall be free
and open. For more than half a century
we have discharged that duty. By vir
tue of it we have repeatedly put our
hand on the isthmus. The president is
entirely right in saying that we have
not only a treaty obligation, but an ob
ligation to civilization in the matter.
We are trustee of the world of Isthmian
transit. That responsibility compels us
t\j interpose in the present issue be
tween Colombia and Panama. If we did
not there would be a struggle which
would obstruct and imperil the transit,
and to allow this would be to renounce
our obligation as protector.
The United States is the primate of
this continent and in the common inter
est it exercises the right of primacy.
It has protected American nations from
European aggression. It has thrown the
panoply of the Monroe doctrine around
the continent. There has been a grow
ing feeling in thoughful minds that the
nature of our leadership required a larg
er degree of authority and influence over
th 6 relations of the countries which en
joy our protection. However this may
ultimately work out, it is certain that
we must be entirely tecure in the terri
tory which shall be traversed by the
canal into which the United States will
put many millions of dollars. The presi
dent is rightly taking thought and care
on this point. In spite of the v'enaliiy
and stupidity of the conspirators at Bo
gota, the way is opening up for the con
struction of the Panama canal, and the
president is acting for the American
people in making the most of the op
portunity.
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.
might serve as the
missing democratic issue. As far as
defined, republicans have no use fork.
Free traders alone are crying for it.—
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
a more than usual fore
thought. the democratic leaders in con
gress have decided to ascertain whether
or not the Panama issue is loaded be
fore they blow down the barrel. —Detroit
Free Press (Ind.).
democratic issue, when found,
has a tendency to evaporate suddenly.
Imperialism is a recent example. It
went out so completely that even Ed
ward Atkinson makes no sign.—St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
story that Mr. Bryan and his
frier.ds have agreed to unite upon Rich
ard Olney as their candidate for the
presidential nomination next year is
just a trifle less startling than would be
a report that they had decided to con
centrate on Grover Cleveland.—N. Y.
World (Dem.).
tyßepresentative southern newspa
pers are very earnest in approval of the
government's course with regard to
Panama. The south wishes that isth
mian canal completed, as it has a spe
cial interest in the business which will
be opened up thereby, and it does not
want to see a moment's delay longer
than is necessary. If the democrats in
congress who are talking of opposing
the Panama programme expect in that
way to make themselves "solid" with
the solid south, they probably reck
oning without their host.—St. Louis
Globt-De mocrat.
iC'The young men who have taken a
contract to split the republican party
wide open seven days in the week and
52 weeks in the year, are hard at work,
but the party continues to do business
at the old stand. —Indianapolis Journal.
a."According to advices from Liver
pool, Mr. Bryan, who wai interviewed
on landing at that port, said, speaking
of the- presidential election, that "he
thought he would not again be a candi
date, but that nothing as yet had been
decided." This would appear to indi
cate that Mr. Bryan is contemplating the
possibility of his running again.—Bing
hamton (N. Y.) Leader (Dem.).
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 1903.
MEN AND ISSUES LACKING.
The Demoeritcy Is Without it Slufgle
i'retext for lleiuic iu
ExiMteu ee.
It is significant that when Represen
tative Grosvenor the other day cited a
list of states which would give the re
publicans 2G3 clctoral votes for 1904 no
democrat questioned its authenticity.
The 25 states on the Ohio congress
man's roll give the republicans 24
votes in excess of the number required
to elect. These are the states which
are cited as certain to declare for the
republicans in the balloting. While
there may have been democrats with
in sound of his voice who believed that
some one or other of those states
might have a chance togo to the dem
cratic candidate, not one of these
democrats doubted that the repub
licans would have more than enough
votes to elect their ticket. No dem
ocrat anywhere who has any reputa
tion for sanity predicts or thinks that
his party will carry the country in
1904. Every man of any standing in
the democratic party believes that
President Roosevelt will be elected
next year.
One of the reasons why no democrat
questions the general presumption that
the republican party will sweep the
country in 1904 is that no democrat
believes his side has either a man or
an issue which can command the pop
ular support. While several persons—•
Cleveland, Gorman, Hill, McCiellan,
Parker, Olney and others— have been
mentioned in connection with the nom
ination, there is no enthusiasm in
any quarter for any of them* The
coterie of Cleveland idolaters go no
farther than to say that he would
come nearer to winning than any other
democrat could. None of them im
agines that he could get the 239 votes
in the electoral college which would
be required to elect him. Moreover,
only a corporal's guard of democrats
can be found anywhere who want him
nominated, or who think that, if nom
inated, he would hold all the states
which Bryan had in 1900. No interest
is felt in Gorman outside of a few of
the southern states. His race issue,
which he thought would create a cy
clone of enthusiastn for him in the
south, excites only a mild sort of an
interest, althoagh a large majority of
the democrats of the soum are in
favor of the negro extirpation which
Gorman is understood to be ready to
champion.
On issues there is as great a pov
erty among the democrats as there is
on men. No democrat can say with
any approach to confidence what his
party will declare for in 1904. Gorman
attempted to get the caucus of his
party in his chamber to attack the
president on the Panama question, but
it broke away from hiin. He found
that his followers were so discordant
on that and on other questions thaf
he despaired of being able to get unity
of action among them on anything.
Not a question is before the people of
the 1 nited States that the democracy
can unite on. Every issue that comes
up between this time and the close of
the long session of congress next
summer the republicans will be able
to get democratic votes on if those
votes should be needed. On the
Panama policy more democrats are on
Roosevelt's side than are on Gorman's.
All the southern members, with a few
exceptions, can be relied onto aid the
republicans in the administration's
policy on the isthmus, if any aid
should be needed. The canal treaty
which the administration and the rep
resentatives of the republic of Pana
ma have just framed will receive the
support of many democrats in the sen
ate. Neither an issue nor a man is in
sight on the democratic side which
can command any general interest
among the members of that party. So
far as regards the leading issues of
republican policy, this is an era of
good feeling for the country. Sensible
democrats of all sections see this.
This is the reason why predictions of
big republican majorities in the elec
toral college of 1904 excite no dissent
from democrats, for they realize that
while these estimates may possibly
err in details, they are mathematically
correct on the main fact that repub
lican sentiment is still at flood tide
throughout the United States.
NoHiliik Slow \bont Them.
Speaking of "quick action," there i»
certainly nothing slow about the pres
ident and Secreta y Hay, when it comes
to taking advantage of any situation
that may arise, and getting out of it all
there is in it for the American people.
The world has scarcely realized that
there has been a revolution in Panama,
but within two weeks the new republic
has been recognized, its minister has
been received in Washington, and a
r.ew canal treaty has been threshed out,
licked into shape and signed. When
anything is to be done it may as well be
done at once, and, so long as good judg
ment is exercised, the quicker the bet
ter. Now, if the senate will only be
come imbued with the same spirit of
energy and realize a good thing when
it sees it—and realize it quickly—there
is no good reason why work on this
long-dc-ferred and much-needed canal
should not begin speedily.—lndianapolis
Journal.
C "Bryan expresses surprise that peo
ple in England should have recognized
him. As like the Bourbons, he never
changes, any recognition could not be
very difficult anywhere. He will be
lucky if the people abroad don't get to
know him too well.—Philadelphia Press.
fnTThe democrats are uncertain as to
the attitude they should assume toward
the Cuban question, which means, ol
course, that they will keep their eyes
open for political issues. If the repub
lican senators are likely to approve the
president's recommendations, the dem
ocrats will probably take the other side.
I —Cleveland Leader.
I BUBBLE IU'RSTED.
Dr. Dowie's Zion City in the
Hands of Receivers.
I'llinnelal niftlcullica Overwhelm Ilia
Scll-StyleU "Elijah III" lle A|>-
peulo to Ilia Follower* to Sfll
Tlielr Properly and Help
Ciod'a Church Work.
Chicago, Dec. 2.—Financial (lifiiculi
ties which began during the crusade !
of John Alexander Dowie, the self
styled "Elijah III," and his restora
tion host to New York a month ago
and which have been rapidly increas
ing since Dowe's return culminated
last night in the federal courts tak
ing possession of all the property
controlled by Dowie in Zion City, 111.
j This town, which was founded two
1 years ago by Dowie, has a population
of over 10,000, Is the general head
! quarters for Dowie's church and is
said to represent an expenditure of
i $20,000,000.
| Fred M. Blount, cashier of the Chi
! cago national bank, and Albert D.
I Currier, a law partner of Congress*-
j man Boutelle, were appointed re
| ceivers of the property. Their bonds j
' were fixed at SIOO,OOO by Judge j
Kohlsaat, of the United States dis- j
triet court, who made the appoint- \
merit on the petition of several credit- |
j ors.
j The bankruptcy proceedings •
against Dowie were based on the al- I
legation that be is insolvent and that |
! while in this financial condition he j
committed an act of bankruptcy by j
making a preferential payment, on I
November 2, to the E. Streetor Lum- j
ber Co. for $3,770. Dowie lias beca
hard pressed by his creditors, es
pecially since it was announced that |
his recent mission to New York had j
proved unsuccessful financially.
Dowie accumulated a large sum as j
| the head of the Christian Catholic I
church, the assets of the organiza- I
tiou being estimated at between S2O,- |
000,000 and $30,000,000. There was a j
large outlay of money, however,, j
when Zion City was started. Then' J
lace and costly candy industries were |
started, and as both of these ventures !
have never been paying investments
a great deal more money was tied up.
Dowie's differences with liis brother- i
in-law, Stevenson, over the manage- j
nient of the lace factory cost more j
than SIOO,OOO and other suits recently j
begun in Lake county by creditors
are said to aggregate a large sum.
Last Wednesday Dowie's first con
fession of weakness was made at a
rally in tlie tabernacle at Zion City.
"A lot of you people have cash iu
your pockets," Dowie said to his fol
lowers. "Dig down and get it out. !
it is God's and we need it in his j
work. You're cowards if yo*.i don't ;
give it up."
Dowie talked in the same strain
for more than an hour, tears glisten
ing on bis cheeks as he told of the
financial straits in which the Zion 1
industries found themselves.
Instead of frightening many into
depositing, this appeal sent a long j
line of people to the bank on Friday,
when they lined up at the paying I
teller's window drawing out their
money. Less than $3,000 was do- 1
posited in the bank on Friday, while j
the amount withdrawn was twice as
much.
Yesterday Dowie asked tlie mem- j
ber* of Zion more urgently than ever !
for money. He declared that he must j
have $300,000 without delay. This I
sum, he said, lie was willing to take
in short loans, but that they must be j
forthcoming immediately. In the ef- |
forts to remedy the condition of af
fairs at Zion City hundreds of letters !
were sent out to Dowie's followers in I
other parts of the country.
In these letters, in which glowing j
prospects of Zion City's future were '
painted, and in which Dowie himself \
is quoted as praying that all those |
who believe in him will "follow the
Lord," all Dowieites are urged—al- j
most commanded—to sell tlieir farms, !
stores and everything else and come j
at once to Zion City and take up the ;
work of the church. All of those who j
have money in banks near where
they now live were asked to draw
that money out of the banks and send
it for deposit at Zion City.
Last night the receivers and their
attorneys called upon Dowie and
read to hiin the petition and order of
court which placed Zion in the hands
of a receiver.
The order of court issued compels
Dowie to appear in court Decern
j ber 11.
Chicago. Dec. 3.—-A great gathering
|of the Dowieites was held in the
tabernacle at Zion City last night. It
was called by Dowie for the purpose
of starting a fund of $1,000,000 with
which to pay off all the indebtedness
that hangs over Zion City and hiift»
self. The outpouring of his followers
was not one to bring cheer to the
heart of the general overseer of Zion.
Dowie gave to his followers a state
; ment of the financial situation of i
Zion City, told them that the assets
I were ample, the only trouble being |
that he was not able to realize upon
them at once. All lie needed was a
contribution of ready money with
which to tide over the present crisis
in the affairs of the city and, this
once done, Zion would grow to great
er power than ever before.
"We want $1,000,000," be said "and i
I want the faithful here in Zion City
to contribute half of that sum. I
want it now; tonight."
The collection taken tip is said to
have amounted to less than SI,OOO.
Accepted CarneKle'* lilf:.
Philadelphia, Dec. 2. —City councils
committee on free libraries yester
day voted to accept from Andrew
Carnegie the gift of $1,500,000 for th<
building of 30 branch libraries in this
city. The gift was contingent on th«
city furnishing the sites, appropriat
ing 10 per cent, of the total cost of
the libraries for maintenance and
purchasing the books. There wag
spirited opposition to the acceptance
of the money because it made neces
sary an annual appropriation ol
about $150,000 te maintain the
libraries.
A BRAVE MAN.
Ronlaivnltl IJeery, lvlio Saved the Tor
pedo If out Adder, will be Com
mended lo ll»e Prenldent for Per
forming an Hurolf Peat.
Norfolk, Ya., Dec. 5. —The naval
tug l'eoria, towing the submarine
torpedo boat Adder, has arrived at
the navy yard here. The Adder was
saved by the heroism of Boatswain
Deery, who responded to a call for
volunteers and swam 100 yards with
a line to the Adder from the tug and
pulled a hawser after him. The Moc
casin is ashore at Currituck and ap
pears to be only slightly damaged.
The Adder is leaking badly.
When Boatswain Deery responded
[to the call for a volunteer to swim
'to the Adder, a 34-mile gale, with
mountainous seas, was crashing over
the Peoria and burying the drifting
submarine boats beneath tons of
water. Deery, with a slender line
fastened around his waist, plunged
into the ocean and battled with wind
and tide for a full hundred yards,
finally reaching the Adder and gain
ing her deck. There he hauled a
thick hawser aboard by means of the
lifeline and made it fast.
At this time the Adder was being
tossed about like a cork one minute,
and driven far beneath the surface
| the next, rolling and wallowing in
j such a manner as to make it almost
i impossible to retain a position upon
j her scanty decking, but Deery held
on and accomplished his work. Then
! lie went back to the tug hand over
j hand on the hawser.
It is said at the navy yard that
! Boatswain Deery will be commended
! at once lo the president for bravery.
Lieut. English, commander of the
j Peoria, says the little boats towed
i very well until the; - were just olf the
j Virginia capes.
J There the heavy seas running at
! the time proved too much for the
j frail towing bits of the Adder, which
| was towing first, following the tug.
j They snapped short and the two sub
| marine vessels went adrift,
j The Peoria sought to catch them,
j but they drifted southward before
| the wind rapidly. There were only
| the broken bits on which to get a
| hold, so the tug could only run in be
! tween them and keep them from
I bumping together.
The seas were running entirely too
j high for the tug to run alongside the
I boats, and it would have been suici-
I dal to have lowered a boat. All the
! Peoria could do, therefore, was to
| keep the boats apart.
All night this continued and then
the line between the boats snapped.
It, was then that Boatswain Deery,
who comes from Brooklyn, perform
j ed his heroic act in a last attempt to
save the boats. After he had made
fast his line to the Adder and suc
' ceeded at the risk of his life in re
! gaining the tug, consideration was
; given to anchoring the Moccasin, but
it was seen that it would be impos
sible to anchor her. The tug could
handle only one o> the boats in the
i heavy seas. The Yankton appeared
j and the Moccasin was left to her,
I while the Peoria fought her way up
: the coast with the Adder.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Price* of Comniodllle* Average 2 For
Cent. Lena than n Year Ago.
Xew York, Dec. s.—lJ. G. Dun &
, C'o.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
I Trade is seasonably quiet, except in
j the lines affected by weather and
\ those embracing holiday goods, which
I are in good demand. Activity is es
i peeially conspicuous among footwear
jobbers and retailers. Commodities
| are generally lower in price, although
; a few important articles such as cot
ton. eggs and dairy products have
| risen sharply. For the year there is
| a decline of about 3 per cent.
Manufacturing conditions are still
< irregular, the best symptom of the
| week being the steadiness of iron
! and steel. Textile mills still find it
j difficult to secure prices in proper
ratio to the raw material, the violent
j advance in cotton adding to the em
' barrassment of spinners who have
j only limited supplies on hand. Rail
j way earnings in three weeks of Xo-
I vernber were 4.S per cent larger than
a year previous.
Several encouraging reports are re
ceived regarding the iron and steel
situation. In most cases the proposed
reductions in wages have met with no
opposition and such business as
comes forward is handled without in
terruption. Another good sign is
that the past week has brought no
further reductions in prices. Steel
mills have received several fair con
tracts for structural shapes and rail
way supplies.
Failures this week were 331,
against 204 for the corresponding
week last year.
Judge Springer men.
Washington, Dec. s.—Ex-Represen
tative William M. Springer, of Illi
nois. a democratic leader conspicuous
in the house of representatives dur
ing the Forty-fourth to Fifty-third
1 congresses, inclusive, and once chair
j man of the ways and means commit
i tee of the house, died at his residence
in this city Friday, aged 04 years.
His death was due to pneumonia con
j tracted in Chicago Thanksgiving day.
Six IlexlliM from Fever.
Butler, Pa., Dec. 5. —-Only 11 new
cases of typhoid fever were reported
to the board of health Friday, but
t more deaths occurred than in any
previous day since the epidemic com
menced. the number being six, which
makes the total to date 43. Last
evening eight nurses and four doc
tors arrived from the western end of
the state.
A Warning lo Kiigllnlimeii.
London, Dec. 4. —The Board of
Trade Journal for December prints
a warning to British manufacturers
from Seymour Bell, the British com
mercial agent in the United States,
prophesying an extensive invasion of
British markets by American firms
in the near future. Mr. Bell writes
that the decreasing demand in the
United States for many classes of
manufactured goods indicates that
American firms will soon be looking
abroad for markets in which to dis
pose of their surplus products at al
most any price.
CURIOUS FOOD COMPOUND.
Old Doiicm, Alain, Flint and sll!ph irlfl
Acid for Hafainig; Dread.
Housekeepers have recently been so
licited by Borne of the grocers and by
peddlers to try another kind of baking
powder—"cheaper and Just as good," aa
tbey say. This is another scheme of
some baking powder manufacturer to
get a new brand on the market by offer
ing the grocer a large profit. House
keepers are not usually much benefited
by such changes. Alum baking pow
ders are generally low priced, but they
are well known to be detrimental to
health. Large quantities of one of
them were recently seized in New York,
being found to be largely composed of
sharp-pointed grains of ground fiiiit
and sulphuric acid!
Most of the so-called phosphate pow
ders are mixed with alum The manu
facturer of a phosphate powder has pat
ented the process of making the princi
pal ingredient of his powder from bonea
digested with sulphuric acid.
Housekeepers do not want such mix
tures in their focd. They should never
encourage peddler* nor admit testers
or alleged experimenters in food within
their doors, and when buying baking
powder should get a brand well known
to be made of cream of tartar, which is
a healthful product of the grape.
CHICKEN LASSO.
New liivenllon Ilelns Tried In lh«
CommUilon of Cleveland,
0., .lleetlns iTllli (ireat Biicce»«.
Ch'.-ken lassos are the latest. The
inventor is a well-known man in the
commission district, of Cleveland, 0.,
and his device has become popular
among 1 the handlers of poultry in
that locality. All dealers are sup
plied and farmer# will be quick to
adopt them.
A chicken hunt is a daily occurence
in the commission district. It is a
common sight to see a crowd of men
and boys running' down Broadway,
over wagons, through yards and over
fences, after cackling hens, turkeys
or ducks. The race continues for
blocks, and sometimes lasts for hours
before the fugitives are caught.
But the evil has been corrected,
and it is now an easy thing to cap
ture the fowls. The new invention
is a stiff wire, ten or 12 feet long,
with a long narrow hook about the
size of a chicken's leg at the end.
The operator stealthily approaches
the fowl, hooks it by the leg, ana
draws it in aj< an angler would a fish,
then it is carried back in triumph to
its coop.
It Cares Colds, Conjhs, Sore Throat, Crotjp, Influ
enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma.
A certain cure for Consumption in firft stages,
and a sure relief in advanced stages. l!te at once.
Yon will see tho excellent effect after taking tha
first dosa. Sold by dealers everywhere. Largo
bottles a cents and 60 cent*.
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