IIAXDSLIDE TO BRYAN, REPUBLICANS FLOCKING TO THE DEMOCRATIC STANDARD. Wellington, Euan, Davis, Monett, Sehurz, Olney, Wilson a n<l Hundred* of Others of Like I'romiuence Cannot Endorse Imperialism. Not a day passes that the press Is not called upon to record the fact that from a dozen to a score of prominent men who voted for McKinley in 1896 have announced their intention of vot ing for Bryan and Stevenson this year. While there are among these many gold Democrats who voted the Repub lican ticket four years ago, and who are returning to their former allegi ance, there are still hundreds of life long Republicans who have consistent ly supported the Republican ticket, ever since they reached their major ity, but who now find it Impossible to accept the Republican platform adopt- ed at Philadelphia. The list includes business and professional men, bank ers, educators, historians, jurists and the like, and in itself presents a forci ble argument in favor of the Kansas City platform and the ticket nomin ated at the Kansas City convention. The reason given for their conver sion by theso recent additions to the Democratic ranks are many. The gold Democrats, who left the party four years ago because of its attitude on the money question, declare that this issue is not the paramount one in this campaign; that the questions of im perialism," militarism and trusts are of Immensely more consequence to the country, and upon these questions they cannot support the Republican party. Why They Support Ilryan. The many voters of foreign birth who are leaving the Republican party give as their reason for doing so that they are opposed to its policy of im perialism. Many of them, also, differ with the present administration in re gard to its colonial policy, and believe that the constitution is being ignored in the conduct of the administration towards Cuba and Porto Rico. Still others give as their reason for coming over to Mr. Bryan that they believe, in a crisis, the country would be safer in his hands than in the hands of the men who dictate President McKinley's course of action. In view of the continuance of the war in the Philippines and the complicated con dition of affairs in China, they be lieve that there is grave danger of a crisis to successfully carry this coun try through which will require a clear head and mature judgment, such as Mr. Bryan possesses. Ex-Secretary of State Olney has written a letter declaring himself for Mr. Bryan and advising all patriotic citizens to support the Democratic •candidate. Mr. Olney has always been an expansionist but has not confused the Jeffersonian article with imperial ism. His announcement came as a bomb shell into the Republican camp. Great Numcs In the Van. At the head of the list of converts to Democracy since the Kansas City convention stand such names as Web ster Davis, late assistant secretary of the interior under Mr. McKinley; G. L. Wellington, senator from Mary land; Patrick Egan of New York, who was minister to Chile under Presi dent Harrison; Thomas Wentwortli Higginson of Boston, soldier, liisto rain and litterateur; and a score of others equally as prominent. The Re publicans, in their desperation, are announcing conversion after conver sion to McKinleyism, but they arc un able to present a list containing such a formidable array of names of na tional reputation as the above. Webster Davis, who resigned his po sition as assistant secretary of the in terior and cast his lot with the Demo crats, did so because he had visited South Africa and had become con vinced that the attitude of the present administration towards the struggling Boers was un-American and unjust. He had been making speeches for the Democratic ticket ever since he an nounced his conversion at the Kansas City convention, , and his work has been the means of changing hundreds of votes from McKinley to Bryan. Former Lieutenant Governor Jones of New York, who was an enthusias tic supporter of Mr. McKinley in 1896. says in announcing his change of sen timent: "I believe the country would he safer, in the event of any possible crisis, in the hands of Mr. Bryan, a man of unswerving firmness, integ rity and ability, than under the con trol of Mr. McKinley." Frank Monnett, who, as the Repub lican attorney general of Ohio, en forced the law against trusts so dili gently that they sought to bribe him with half a million dollars. He is out for Bryan now. WelLi, Farfjo & Co.*s President. John J. Valentine, president of the Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, says: "Believing that between the claims of freemen, that all men are entitled to equal political rights, aud the dogma of tyranny, that might makes right, there is no middle ground, I favor the endorsement of Bryan and Stevenson and the straight support of the Demo cratic nominees." Edward Osgood Brown, a prominent Chicago attorney, says: "I believe Bryan honest, able and right on the only real issue of the campaign. I support him because I think opposi tion to imperialism my first political duty." Sigmund Zetsler, a prominent attor ney of Chicago, says: "McKinley's arrogation of unconstitutional powers, his yielding to sinister Influences, his constant wabbling, his hypocritical cant, filled me with gradually Increas ing disgust. Bryan's courageous con- slsteney, his manifest alneerlty, Ms brilliant defense of the principles of self-government have filled me with Increasing admiration and confidence in his statesmanship." William Birney, son of the old lib erty party's dead leader, has declared that he will support Bryan In the pres ent campaign. Great New York Publicists. Bourke Cockran of New York, fa mous as lawyer and orator, who has been classed as a Republican ever since he made speeches for General B. F. Tracy, the regular Republican candi date for mayor of New York City In 1897. ~~ General Robert Avery of New York, a life-long Republican, who says: "My devotion to the principles of the Re publican party taught by Lincoln, Sew ard, Greeley, Summer, Chase and others compels me to vote for Mr. Bryan." P. Tecumseh Sherman of New York, son of the late General W. T. Sher man, who has served a term in the board of alderman as a Republican. He cannot longer affiliate with a party that condones the Alger and other army scandals. Henry F. Keenan, a well known au thor, who wrote "The Money Makers." L. W. Habercorn, who was chief of the Republican national committee's German bureau in the campaign of 1896, leaves his party on the issue of imperialism. It would require several pages of this paper to publish the names of all prominent Republicans iu all parts of the country who are now working for the success of Bryan. ENEMY OF LABOR. Theodore Roosevelt now pleads for the vote of the laboring man. On Labor Day he stood upon the same platform from which Mr. Bryan spoke and said nice things to the "horny handed sons of toil." Mr. Bryan voiced the laboring man's complaint against the Republican doctrine of "Govern ment by Injunction," and in a round about way "Teddy" voiced the same sentiments. Of course, Roosevelt is in .sympathy with the laboring man. He is opposed to "Government by In junction"—at least he says he is; he is a candidate for vice-president now, you know. There is, however, food for thought in an article published In the "Review of Reviews" for Septem ber, 1896, and written by Theodore Roosevelt, at that time not a candi date for vice-president. In that arti cle, page 295, Mr. Roosevelt said: "The men who object to what they style 'Government by Injunction' are, as regards the essential principles of government, in hearty sympathy with their remote skin-clad ancestors who lived In caves, fought one another with stone-headed axes, and ate the mammoth and woolly rhinoceros. "They are interesting as represent ing a geological survival, but they are dangerous whenever there is the least chance of their making the prin ciples of this ages-buried past living factors in present life. "They are not in sympathy with men of good minds and sound civic morality." A CANDID CONVERT. The administration press has loudly proclaimed the "conversion" of Mr. Chavannes, editor of the Des Moines Globe, a Republican who voted for Mr. Bryan on the money question in 1896. Mr. Chavannes has returned to the fold, however; has been elected a Re publican precinct chairman, and his paper advocates the election of Mc kinley and Roosevelt this year. In an interview with the Omaha World-Her ald, Mr. Chavannes gives the follow ing candid reasons for supporting Mc- Kinley this year: "I am a Republican and I do not have any faith in the Democratic party. I am giving the Republican na tional ticket my support now for the reason that I believe the election of McKinley means imperialism. By im perialism I mean just what the Demo crats mean when they call Republicans imperialists." He is supporting McKinley because he believes in imperialism; wants Im perialism; and knows what ticket to support in order to get imperialism. A candidate who is getting converts because of their avowed belief in im perialism can hardly assert hereafter that imperialism is a "bugaboo." Two Silent Statesmen. Kansas City Times: The aloofness of Thomas B. Reed and Benjamin Har rison, the two bravest and most dis tinguished leaders of the Republican party, from participation in the can vass for the re-election of William Mc- Kinley cannot fall of having a telling influence upon the action in the forth coming election of a very large num ber of voters belonging to that political organization. lmperlillflm Past and Present. Cleveland Plain Dealer: Imperialism first destroyed the Roman republic and then ruined Rome. Imperialism killed two republics in France and is waiting its opportunity to assassinate a third. Imperialism is a menace to the Ameri can republic as it was the destroyer of the great republics of ancient and mod ern Europe. Slow but Steady Squeezes Boston Globe: The price of sugar has been raised almost a cent a pound since May 22, in eight different ad vances. The only thing that can be said in favor of the trust is that it has apparently tried to break the bad news gently. &I HOUSEHOLD : Best Snncepaug For rooking;. Cheap enameled saucepans which have become chipped inside should not be employed for cooking. The glaze which is frequently employed is poisonous, and flakes of it, which are liable to come off with stirring and heating, are likely to be absorbed by the food and become a serious irri tant to the stomach. A Hint un to Tea. Cups of strong brewed tea are not to the taste of the majority of guests. The old-fashioned practice of making tea in large silver urns is now quite out of date. Tea in tho smartest houses is served from teapots and is made almost every ten minutes during the afternoon. This insures the tea being good and palatable and to the taste of the company. A rather strong reaction has set in against putting cream in tea and many prefer cold milk to thick cream; therefore, this preference should also be taken into account or a run is made upon the hot milk on the tables, which is not so desirable. These hints, small as they are, are worth a hostess' attention. Artistic Tlouso FurnlAhlnKT*. Benares brass is the latest fancy for hanging lamps, vases, jardinieres and other decorative objects. It comes either dull or bright, and is executed in dainty traceries. At one of the East Indian houses it was snid that the work is done by hand with line sharp instruments. A favorite use of the Benares brass is its chandeliers. Next to the light is a globe ol' colored glass richly jeweled or of the irrides cent variety. Over that comes the out er glolte of tho brass. Then there are tail vases of the dull brass with slen der necks and graceful bowls, aud jar dinieres, which have a didl gleam en riched by the etching. The bright brass is used mainly for smaller arti cles. It contrasts nicely with other kinds of brie-a-brac and looks especial ly well against a background of pure white. Japanese bronze is another fancy of the time. An endless variety of articles is made from this material. A particularly effective grouping of art objects was seou the other day at an Oriental house, where a table tilled with the Japanese bronze was flaulced on one side by another covered with 'he most beautiful Cloisonne, and on (lie other liy oue filled witli Itoyal Worcester. The dark bronze made an axccllent setting of the soft tints of the china, . OL Raised Waffles—Melt two tablespoon fuls of butter in one quart of milk, then mix gradually with one quart of flour; add one-half cupful of soft yeast and one teaspoouful of salt; let it rise, mix in two well-beaten eggs and hake in well-greased waffle irons. Indian Dumpoke—Bone a chicken and stuff witli a force meat made of boiled rice, a little finely-minced bam, butter, parsley, thyme, salt and pepper, stuff tightly. Beat well while roast ing. Serve garnished with aspic jelly nud parsley. When serving, cut the slices through. ' Squash Fritters—Cook three medium sized squashes until tender, mash and drain thoroughly, season witli pepper and salt, add one cupful of rich milk, the yolks of two eggs aud sufflcient flour to make a stiff batter, then stir In the well-beaten whites of the eggs. Fry in smoking hot fat until a rich brown. Stuffed Egg Plant—Boil an egg plant twenty-five minutes, or until tender. Cut it iu two lengthwise and take out the pulp, using care not to break the skin. Mask the pulp and season it with butter, salt and pepper; replace it in the skins; sprinkle with bread crumbs moistened in butter, and place in the oven to brown. Baked Coffee Custards—Scald three cupfuls of milk and add four table spoonfuls of sugar, and stir until it is dissolved. Add one cupful of strong coffee, one teaspoouful of vanilla and six well-beaten eggs. Strain into but tered cups, stand tbe cups iu a pan of warm water, and bake in a moder ate oven until firm in the centre. Serve very cold. Sponge Cookies—Break eight eggs into granite or earthen saucepan; add one pound granulated sugar; set on stove and stir constantly until well heated through (not cooked); remove from stove and beat until cold; add pinch salt and one pound flour; any flavoring preferred. Dip a teaspoou ful In water each time and put by the tenspoonl'ul on buttered tins; bake in moderately ho; oven; will keep for weeks. Peach Custard—Make a soft custard of the yolks of four eggs, one quart of milk and two-thirds of a cupful of sugar and flavor to taste. Whip the whites to a stiff froth and beat ill gradually four tablespoonfuls of pow dered sugar, two tablespoonfuls of peach juice, one teaspoouful of vanilla aud three peaches, which have been rubbed through a colander. Pour the custard into a glass dish and spread with the whiles. Where to Locate? WHY. IN THE TERRITORY TRAVERSED BY THE Louisville An d Nashville Railroad, -TH3- Great Central Southern Trunk Line. IN KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA. ■ WHERE Farmers, Fruit Growers, Stock Raisers, Manufacturers, Investors. Speculators and Money Lenders will And tho greatest chances in tho United States to make "big money" by reason of the abundance and cheapness of Land and Farms, Tlwber and Stone, Iron and Coal, Labor—Everylhing. Free sites, financial assistance, and frea dom from taxation for the manufacturer. Land and farms at SI.OO tier acre and up : wards, and 500,<K)0 acres in West Florida that I can be taken gratis under the U. S. Home stead laws. I Ptock raising in the Gulf Coast Distrlot I will make enormous profits. Half fare excursions tho first and third Tuesdays of eucli month. I Let us know what you want, and we will I tell you whore ami how to get it—but don't j delay, as tho country is filling up rapidly. Printed matter, maps and all information froe. Address R. J WEMYSS. General Immigration and Industrial Ageitl Lou svllle. K. Eskimo Seal Hunting. Most savage and semi-civilized folk aro keen hunters. The Eskimo are by no means an uncivilized race, and they show great skill in chasing the seal. Their method of drawing near to the animal needs much patience and is really very tiring. The hunter lies down on his face or his side, and in this position approaches the seal by a series of Jerks not unlike the move ments made by the creature when on land or ice. He may have to cover hundreds of yards in this fatiguing fashion, but he is so clever at it that he can reach to within a few feet of his victim without the cheat being de tected. An onlooker would then find it hard to say which was the man and which (he seal. Generally the silly seal comes to meet the man, and when It is far enough out of its hole in the Ice the hunter Jumps up, cuts off its retreat and spears or clubs It. The women, too, ar- very smart at this kind of hunting. Found a Submarine Volcano. The British cruiser Ringarooma, while practicing recently off the New Hebrides, lost a torpedo, which sunk suddenly at seventeen fathoms. Three divers attempted to descend and re- I cover it, but were unable, as they came upon a submarine volcano in activity. The water below the surface was boil ing hot; the men bled from the ear. snd the nose, and their diving dress : was injured by the heat—New York Post. The Rett Prescription Tor CTITTTs and Fever la a bottle of (IMOVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It la simply iron and quinine In a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. i J rlc 60c. The first member of the royal family to ride a cycle was the Duchess of Al- j bany. How Are Your Bowels? ji ' | About the first thing the Then, "Let's see your tongue." Because bad tongue and bad bowels £° to £ ether - Regulate ft W, bowels, clean up the tongue, j a " know this is the way ec p anc * ' oo^wc "' j You can't keep the bowels V healthy and regular with purges or bird-shot pi! They move jlMifv y° u w 'th awful gripes, then Now what you want is Cascarcts. Go and get them today-Cascarets-in metal box with the long-tailed "C" on the lid—cost 10c. Be sure you get the genuine! Cascarets are never sold in bulk. Take one! Eat it like candy, and it will work gently-while you sleep. It cures, that means it strengthens the muscular walls of the bowels, gives them new life. Then they act regularly and naturally. That's what you want. It's"guaranteed to be found in the If you want results! Is marked "CCC Cescarete ®°ld In bulk, but onfy ar.d always In the light blue rnetal box with the lonj-tailcd " C." Look^ 25c. DRUGGISTS / 1 -s [p (? f K b nu'!. th * To * n y Ree<i y rr,ortal ' suffering from bowel troubles end too poor to buy CASCARETS. we will ,cnd a btx free. < J? Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. eiv Cinders from the forest fires on Cape Cod were carried by the wind as far as Boston, a distance of almost 50 miles, falling in the streets and the waters of the harbor in considerable showers. PUTNAM FADELESS P YES do not spot,streak Or give your goods an unevenly dyed ap pearance. Sold by all druggists. Only one pensioner who served in the war of 1812 is left. His name is Hiram Cronk. He is 100 years old, and lives in Oneida county, New York. About 2,000 widows of 1812 are left in the rolls. To Cur© a Ooid In On© Hay. Take LAXATIVE UKOMO QUININE TABLETS. All druggists refund the money If it fulls to cure. K. W. (JitOVK'S signature Is on each box. 25c. Meat has been preserved in a frozen state for 30 years, and found perfectly eatable at the end of that time. The stomach has to work hard, grinding tho food we crowd into it Make its work easy by chewing Beeman'e Pepsin Gum. Professional matchmakers aie invari ably employed to arrange marriages in China. I do not behove Plso's Curo for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.— JOHN F. BOYEB, Trinity Springs, lnd., Feb. 15, 1900. It is a noteworthy fact that in the State of Utah there is not one Irish Mormon. Carter's Ink Is tho ' best Ink that can bo made. It costs von no more than poor stutt not fit to write with. Dublin tramways arc £17.000 better in six months with electricity in place of horses. M rs. Wi nslow's Poothl ng Ryt n p for chlid©n teething, softens the gums, reduces intlammr tion, allays pain.cures wind 001ic.25c a bottle. Seven out of eight loaves of bread eaten in London are made of foreign wheat. How'i Tltia? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any caso of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. .J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che ney for tho last 1"> years, and believe him per fectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to curry out any obliga tion made by their firm. WEST AS THUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. WALI>INO, KINNAN A' MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Curo i* talren internally, act ing directly upon tho blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials seut free. Price. 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hull's Family Pills are tho best. The nlace of honor at a Chinese ban quet is at the host's left hand. A Very Bad Combine .6 that of A Very Bad Sprain A Very Black Bruise • It often happens, but Just as often St. Jacobs Oil makes a clean, sure, prompt cure of both. Show us a fault in our busi* ness and we stop it at once, no matter how profitable. We don't believe a fault can ever be really profitable. They said our Ague Cure was too bitter and powerful for the weak digestion of malarial illness. We have corrected the fault. It's cost us thousands of dob lars to do it, but we have cor rected it. And there is no better medi cine under the sun for every form of malaria than this new Malaria and Ague Cure. J. C. AVER COMPANY, Practical Chemists, Lowell, Maw, Aver'a Sarsaparilla I Ayer's Hair Vigor Aver'a Pills Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Ayer's Ague Cure | Ayer's Comatone liftrS SKOES ™ jS -r UNION MADE The real worth of our S:i.OO nnd fiL. M ahoeacompared with O AAff othoruiMkesieSi.OO §W7 t> We fyj or JE.talilUhed in im. *— I 1 —. ■■ w.n/ /... w- do you pay 01 to mi A*VA $5 for i:oes wlien yon if TRIAL YfXcanliuyW.li.Douglai IF WILL \ok siioes for $3 and THE KEASOX more W. L. Douglas *3 nnd 13.50 shooa arA sold than airy other make Is THEY AIIK TlKld BENT FOJt HI EX. THE THE ! manahip is unexcelled. *1 hi style ™ BEST Mh U mk°.'Vb"y flt Ukc'cilw BEST loin made ihoji. They will out -53.50 $3.00 SHoE.lS|sill~iilsHoE. Your dealer should krep them j we give one dealei exclusive sale in each town. 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