The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, July 28, 1899, Image 2

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    M'COOK TRIBUNE.
F. M. KIMMKLL , Publisher.
McCOOK , - - NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA
Contrary to explanations , wheat li
Polk county is turning out well.
The thirteenth annual reunion o
the Northwest Nebraska Soldiers
and Sailors' association at Bordeaux
was the most successful in its history
William Brady of Davey , the seven
tenn year-old son of Mike Brady , ha <
his eye burned the Fourth of July am
did nothing for it Now the doctoi
says he may lose the sight of the ye.
On the charge of attempted rape 01
the person of the ten-year-old chile
of Mitt Allen Tom Bottorff of Wash
ington count"was bound over to th <
district court. His bail was fixed ai
? 2,000.
The little daughter of Engineei
George Gray of Wymore was bitten bj
a rabid dog and when the madston *
was applied it stuck. The dog diet
during the night. The mayor issuet
an edict that all dogs found withoui
muzzles would be shot on the spot ,
enlists it Is said they did not doctoi
her nor allow her to de doctored , bul
simply offered up prayers during the
day and thus tried to save her life bj
faith cure. It is further claimed that
the chief promoter of Christian Sci
ence in Hastings was called to attenc
the sick girl and did so , but that was
the only effort made to save the pa
tient's life.
The railroad officials about Beatrice
are hot on the trail of the fellows whc
have been stealing brass from freight
cars , and have enlisted the services oi
every police officer in that part of th
state. It is thought the thieves were
in Beatrice one day recently and that
they left with a wagon load of plun
der. Warrants were Issued for their
arrest , but as yet they have not been
apprehended.
The postoffice at Farnam was brok
en into , the safe blown oper. . and rob
bed of its contents. The burglars
drilled a hole in the top of the s-afe ,
put in a charge of dynamite and blew
the door of the safe off. The tools
were stolen from M. Morgensen'a
blacksmith shop. The work was evi
dently done by experts , as they did
a clean job and left no clew. Post
master Bradshaw reports .1 loss of $431.
Fred Yeager of Holdrege was shot
and his life is despaired of. Mr. Yeag
er , a young man of about twenty-five
years , was at Mr. Strohm's house vis
iting and was about to depart when
Anna Strohm , pointing a revolver at
him , telling him to throw up his
hands. He made some joking answer
and she snapped the trigger. The re
volver was loaded and the ball en
tered below the tenth rib on the right
side. The wounded man is likely to
die.
Mrs. F. C. Colar of Cedar Rapids is
suffering the most intense pain , while
her face is so badly swollen that she
can scarcely see from either eye , the
right one being closed entirely. It is
supposed to have been caused by the
sting of a kissing bug. While milking
her cow she was stung under the right
eye. Her face began swelling rapidly ,
and by 10 o'clock the right eye was
closed. Home remedies did no good
and she consulted a physician , who
was completely puzzled.
A communication was received by
Deputy Commissioner Bryant protest
ing against the Tontine Savings asso
ciation of Lincoln , which it is claimed
is doing business illegally. As the
protest was not drawn up in a formal
manner Mr. Bryant replied stating
that no action could be taken until
certain charges were preferred. This
company sells a contract for $5 , the
conditions being that there shall be
sixty subsequent weekly payments of
$1.25 each , making a total of $80.
The Nebraska Telephone Company
has reduced the monthly rental on
business telephones in Kearney from
$3.50 to $2-00 , and residence telephones
from $2.50 to 75 cents. This reduction
II ! was brought about by the organiza
tion of the Home Telephone company
by citizens of Kearney , assisted by
Con Lloyd of Gothenburg , who are
putting in a complete telephone ex
change and making five-year contracts
with the people for business tele
phones at $2.50 per month and resi
dence at $1.50.
Following is the mortgage record of
Johnson county for the six months
ending June 30 : Number of fa An
mortgages filed , 147 , amounting to
$188,660. Number of farm mortgages
released , 176 , amounting to $213,438.
Excess of releases. $24,778. Number
of c.ty mortgages filed , 38 , amounting
to $14,202. Number of city mortgages
released , 33 , amounting to $15,965.
Excess of releases , $1,736. Number of
chattel mortgages filed , 375 , amounting
to $126,511. Number of chattle mort
gages released , 125 , amounting to $56-
092. Excess of filings , $70,419.
Arrangements have been completed
at Nelson as far as possible for the
entertainment of Company H when it
returns home. The day is to be ush
ered in with a cannon salute. A
grand review will be had at 10:30.
This will consist of delegations from
the several precincts throughout the
county , all civic and secret societies ,
Sunday schools , etc. , of Nuckolls and
adjoining counties and a variety of
floats. Immediately following this a
banquet will be served by the citizens
of the county to the ex-soldiers with
the boys of Company II as the guests
'of honor.
Considerable excitement prevails
among the farmers living on the Platte
north of Hastings and there is talk
of holding an indignation meeting.
The 7-year-old daughter of a promi
nent farmer died. The little girl had
been sick with the croup for some time
and as her parents are Christian Sci-
Hastings is to have a street fair in
September.
The Chicago hide house has com
menced work on a new $5,000 render
ing establishment in Grand Island , to
employ from twenty to fifty hands ,
and be completed as rapidly as possi
ble.
The Olaim that It Imposes Hardship 01
on Provident Citizens.
POLICYHOLDER PAYS THE TAX
Measure Causing the People to Thlnl
Quite a Little About Taxation tvlm
the Iaw 1'rovldes Legislation It
Which There Is Said to lie u Goo <
Deal of Injustice.
The Weaver Insurance Law.
The Weaver insurance law , says i
Lincoln correspondent , which wenl
into effect July 1 , is causing people tc
think quite a little about the taxatior
of the premiums or gross receipts ol
old line insurance companies. This
law provides for a tax of 2 per cent or
the gross premiums paid to this class
of insurance companies in Nebraska
Some policy holders are Inclined tc
think that it is a system of double
taxation. Nearly all of the old line
companies , it is asserted , are on a
mutual basis and return to the policy
holders every cent above the actual
expenses of management and the pay
ment of mortality losses. These sav
ings in expense are called profits oi
dividends.
"A policy holder in a mutual old
line Insurance company is at the same
time a stockholder or a member of the
company and receives each year or at
the end of a period of years his share
of the profits , thereby reducing the
net amount he pays the company to
the acutal cost of carrying insurance , "
said a policy holder in one of the old
line companies who has made a study
of insurance. . "Hence legislation that
increases the expense of a company
merely lessens the amount of a pre
mium to be returned to the insured ,
thereby increasing the cost of insur
ance. Suppose all the states should
exact a charge of 2 per cent , it would
mean that the cost of insurance would
be increased by 2 per cent of the total
premiums. The annual premium on a
twenty-payment life policy for $10,000
is $360. A tax of 2 per cent would be
$7.20 , which represents the additional
cost to the policy holder , as this
amount would be returned to him as
an unused portion of the premium.
"To show the injustice of this kind
of legislation , suppose in the case of
two men of equal income one should
make no provision tor his family and
leave them to be dependent upon the
community ; this man escapes the tax
and his provident neighbor , whose in
come is no larger , but who , feeling the
responsibility to his family and soci-
ty , appropriates each year a portion
of his income in providing for their
future in case they should be deprived
of his earning capacity , would be pun
ished for so ding and his punishment
would be graded according to the de
gree of his philanthropy.
"Many policy holders are beginning
to inquire if this sort of taxation is
fair and equitable. They are coming
to the conclusion that the taxing of
premiums does affect the management
expense of an insurance company and
merely makes an additional burden
Cor the policy holders to carry. It
seems to me that the policy holders
aught to protest against a system of
taxation which discriminates against
the industrious and provident citizen
In favor of the spendthrift and com
pels the former not only to pay for the
privilege of being honest to his family ,
but in addition to pay his share to
maintain an institution for keeping in
later years the family of his irre
sponsible neighbor. "
Ex-Senator Allen Stakes Denial.
Lincoln dispatch : Judge Allen , who
's ' temporarily in the city , was asked
3y a Bee reporter concerning the re
port printed in the New York Tribune
; hat he had entered government land
inder the reservoir act.
Judge Allen emphatically denied the
: harges made by the Tribune and the
: ommissioner of the general land of-
ice. He said that he never entered a
loot of government land in his life ,
rhat what land he did own , and that
vas very little , had been purchased ,
lot entered. The judge said that a
nan named William F. Allen , a citizen
) f Omaha , it is alleged , entered land
n the O'Neill land district under the
eservoir act , which was probably the
oundation for the story connecting his
lame with the deal.
Judge Allen showed the reporter
; wo dispatches which he had just
vritten for transmission from Madi-
on , his home. The dispatches are as
ollows :
MADISON , Neb. Hon. Binger Her-
nan , Commissioner General Land Of-
ice , Washington , D. C. : Your state-
nent that I have entered government
and under the reservoir or any other
ict is a falsehood and I demand that
rou retract it. I never entered a foot
if government land in my life.
WILLIAM V. ALLEN.
MADISON , Neb. The New York
Tribune , New York : Your statement
hat I have entered public lands under
he reservoir act is a flat falsehood.
never entered a foot of government
and in my life. I ask you to retract
he statement.
statement.WILLIAM
WILLIAM V. ALLEN.
Fatal Mistake in Bottles.
By mistaking a bottle containing
arbolic acid for a bottle of pepper-
Hint , John E. Prendergast , of Omaha ,
ged " 22 years , drank a poisonous po-
ion which resulted in almost immed-
ate deatn last evenfug.
The young man left his home in the
vening and remained out all night ,
eturning shortly after 6 o'clock next
vening. He had been imbibing some
what freely during his absence , and
.is first thought , doubtless , upon
caching his home was to allay the
ffects of the dissipation. He went di-
ectly to the pantry and there grasped
he bottle which he supposed con-
lined the peppermint. He had made
mistake , however , and drank half
lie contents of an ounce bottle con-
lining carbolic acid. He was thrown
ito convulsions immediately and did
ot regain consciousness. Death came
s a relief within an hour.
Fine Crop Prospect * ) .
A Beatrice correspondent' tin
Lincoln Journal writes : Farmers ari
busy harvesting their oats , 'a croj
which this year will be the larges
ever raised in the county. The acre
age is unusually large and the yieh
will be enormous , thousands of acre !
producing an average of fifty to slxt :
bushels per acre. At this time of thi
year interest centers in the corn crop
which never gave better promise thai
at present. The winter wheat croj
proving a failure a great deal of whea
land was plowed up and put in corn
so that the acreage in corn in this
county will reach nearly if not quite
250 acres. To say that it looks mag
nificent is no exaggeration. The mos
of the corn is in tassel and a grea
deal of it is beginning to shoot th <
ears out. The stand is unusually per
feet and a bumper crop is almost a ;
good as assured. At present there an
scarcely any fat cattle in the county
but several herds of fine heifers anc
stock cattle were seen. As a rule th <
farms passed were not only in a liigt
state of cultivation , but were kepi
neat and clean.
One farm , that of Harvey Mason
which was passed , was a model , 'me
large lawn about the house and barn
was mowed close and in comparison
with many yards to be seen in town ,
would put the owners of the latter tc
shame. The writer has made an esti
mate based partly on reports of as
sessors of the crop in acres , and finds
that there will be approximately 250-
000 acres of corn , 10,000 acres of
wheat and 50,000 acres of oats. Pota
toes have this year also done excep
tionally well and there is a large acre
age. Gage county is now smilling hei
sweetest thanks to dame nature.
Condition of the Crop ? .
The past week has been cool , with
showers in nearly all parts of the
state. The average daily temperature
deficiency was about 1 degree. The
maximum temperatures the first days
of the week slightly exceeded 90 de
grees , but the last part of the week
were about or below 85 degrees.
The rainfall has been above normal
in most counties touching the Platte
river and. with a few exceptions , be
low normal in other counties. The
heaviest rainfalls occurred in Gosper ,
Buffalo and Platte counties , where be
tween two and two and one-half inches
fell.
fell.The
The past week has been another ex
cellent growing week. In most parts
of the state it has been a good week
for harvesting. Most of the rye and
winter wheat in central and southern
counties has been cut. Threshing has
commenced in southern counties. A
few yields of winter wheat are report
ed , but they vary from five to thirty
bushels per acre. The oat harvest has
commenced in the central and is nearIng -
Ing completion in the southern coun
ties.
ties.Corn
Corn has continued to grow rapidly
in all parts of the state. Tassels be
gin to show in most fields in the cen
tral counties , and the silk is appear
ing and ears are forming in southern
Bounties.
G. A. LOVELAND ,
Section Director.
New Use for Nebraska Soil.
Chadron dispatch : A new and in-
.eresting discovery has been made for
; he use of Nebraska dirt. A woman in
: his county , has discovered a method
tor rectifying Indian maize or corn
jil , making it a valuable Substitute for
jlive oil.
It is not generally known that under
: he new milling process the kernel
s degermed before manufacture into
lour or other food products. This
ittle germ containing the life prop-
irties of the corn kernel also contains
i rancid oil that taints and gives an
mwholesome flavor to corn food pro-
lucts when not removed. The crude
) il is thus thrown onto the corn mill-
; rs in large quantities , and until this
liscovery they have had no method
or successfully treating , hence it was
alueless because of its rancid nature.
Mrs. Emma C. Sickles , now attend-
ng the Domestic Science Laboratory
n Washington City , discovered the
vay to treat it with the soil off her
arm in this county. After several
oonths' time she applied for a patent ,
vhich was granted a few days ago ,
ince which she has closed contracts
dth several eastern corn milling con-
erns for the use of the soil in carets
ots , to be used in the treatment of
he crude oil. The patentee says the
ill can be used quite as successfully
n the beet sugar and other food pro-
.ucts. She will be here in a few days
o personally oversee the shipping of
he oil. Hers is the only method dis-
overed in America for treatment of
orn oil , and all former corn oils used
n American tables were rectified in
Lustria. She has found that no other
iart of America furnishes soil that
all successfully treat the oil.
Regents in Session.
The board of regents were in ses-
ion for two days and the resigna-
ion of Chancellor MacLean was ac-
eptcd and a committee appointed to
30k after employing his successor ,
'his committee consists of Regents
Veston , Gould , Kenower and Rawlins.
L member of the committee said that
o special man was being considered
y the committee and he knew of none
rho had been mentioned. The board
Iso accepted the resignation of Prof ,
.nsley , who intends to engage in the
ractice of law in Illinois. The re-
ents had their time occupied with the
isk of selecting an acting chancellor
) fill the place until the successor of
> r. MacLean is named. The board
amed Dean Charles F. Bessey as act-
ig chancellor.
Nebraska In Brief.
Judge J. L. Edwards died at his
ome in Pawnee City last week , aged
i years , 1 month and 6 days. Judge
Idwards was born June 10 , 1835 , in
ullivan county , Tennessee. He was
imiliarly known to all the old resl-
ents of Pawnee county , where he lo-
ited in I860 and had since made that
ty his home. He was prominent in
11 affairs of a public nature which
loked to the welfare of the commun.
y. " He served with ability in numer-
js public positions. He was sheriff
: the county in an early day and later
: rved as county judge.
The News Briefly Told ,
.1lf
.
Saturday.
Yesterday was the hottest day of tt
neason at Dubuque , la. , the mercui
reaching 94.
The appointment of Father Fredei
ick as bishop of Marquette and Sau
"Ste. Marie is confirmed.
Gustave Wollager , president of tfc
Concordia Mutual Fire Insurance con
pany , Milwaukee , is dead.
H. D. Kinksbury has been eleote
treasurer of the Continental Tobacc
company , vice Pierre Lorillard , r <
cigned.
Threatening to kin his famil ;
drunken Frank Susie of Blrminghan
Ala. , was fatally shot by his 10-ycai
old son.
The great volcano at Mauna , in th
Hawaiian islands , is in eruption and 1
supposed to have almost totally dc
molished the island.
Peter Mitchell , one of the fathers c
the Canadian confederation , wa
stricken with paralysis at Ottawa an
Is not expected to recover.
The United States government ha
chartered the steamer Athenian , n
Vancouver , as a transport to the Phil
ippines.
Dr. C. M. Palmer of Warrensburj
Mo. , aged 68 , one of the original stock
holders of the Atlantic Monthly , i
dead. He was a lieutenant colonel i :
the confederate army.
Winfield N. Sattley , an insuranc
agent at Chicago , has filed a petitioi
in bankruptcy , in which he schedule
$210,000 as liabilities. His assets
which are estimated at $70,700 , consis
chiefly of life insurance policies.
The state executive committee of th
United Mine Workers of America hel <
a meeting at Springfield , 111. , to eon
sider asking Secretary-Treasurer W
D. Ryan to resign his office. It i
charged Ryan went into a secre
agreement with the Pana operatois.
rrlilay.
Signor S. Costanini , Italian under
secretary of public instruction , is dead
The national museum at Washing
ton has received from California tin
entire collection of Indian baske
work.
The War department is offering ex
tra inducements to expedite the re
cruitment of the ten volunteer regi
ments.
The Chicago breweries and theii
striking workmen have come to a wag <
agreement and all the breweries re
opened.
The interstate commerce commls
siou will hold a meeting in Chicag <
August 7 , to confer on the expor
problem in freight traiffs.
J. T. Roche has secured the honoi
of being the partner of C. D. Daly ol
Harvard at the broad jump in tlit
game to be played at London.
) At a meeting of the striking ore
handlers at Cleveland the strike begur
at the Erie docks was declared off
The men now say that the strike re
sulted from a misunderstanding.
The Black Hills range horses are
coming into demand this season and
a. number of large horse owners arc
preparing to start for the eastern part
of the state with droves of 100 and
500 head.
The South African volksraad has
adopted further articles of the fran
chise law , enabling some of the Uit-
landers to become naturalized at the
ige of 16 and to obtain the franchise
rive years thereafter.
The War department received an of-
Eicial statement from Manila to the
affect that the internal revenue re
ceipts for the month of May at that
port were $33,191. The total amount
sf internal revenue receipts since
American occupation is $279,195.
There has been some correspondence
Between the War department and Gen
eral Brooke with reference to with-
irawing some of the few battalions ot"
: roops from Cuba , and , although they
: an be spared , it is now thought too
ate to make any such d.ange on ac-
: ount of the danger of bringing yellow
'ever to this country.
In response to an Inquiry from the
nanagement of the Spokane , Wash. ,
ndustrial exposition , which opens
ibout October 3 next , Assistant Sec-
etary Spaulding has decided that in
he absence of legislation on the sub-
> ect , he cannot authorize collectors of
sustoms on the Canadian frontier to
idmit to free entry exhibits to be ex-
lorted from Canada.
Ihnrsclay.
At Pratt , Kan. , grasshoppers are re-
lorted to be numerous enough to ruin
: onifields and all vegetation.
Absolute confirmation has been ob-
ained that ex-King Milan of Servia
timself planned the sham attempt on
lis life recently , made for political
lurpcses.
Acting Secretary of War Miles has
ilrected the remaining battalion of
he Nineteenth infantry at Camp
leade to go to San Francisco to em-
ark for Manila , the 25th , on the Ohio
nd Newport.
The land officials at St. Cloud re-
eived telegraphic instructions from
he commissioner of the general land
ffice at Washington not to receive
r allow any filling on any Chippewa
eservation lands not ceded.
On a rush order from the War de-
artment 200 horses and mules and
fty escort wagons were shipped from
he Chickamauga quartermaster's de-
artment to San Francisco by special
rain , to be forwarded at once to Ma-
ila.
Angus M. Cannon , president of the
alt Lake state of Zion , charged with
olygamy , entered a formal plea of
uilty before Judge Norwell in the
'bird ' district court.
A combine of the bicycle manufac-
irers becajne effective at a meeting
i New York. Forty-five manufactur-
rs , representing 536 plants , were
resent. The capital is $40,000,000.
George M. Valentine , cashier of the
nspended Middlesex county bank , at
erth Amboy , N. J. , was sentenced in
[ iddlesex county court to six years
i the New Jersey state penitentiary
t Trenton for the misappropriation
f about $130,000 from the bank.
Wed n outlay.
A family feud occurred at Milesvill
Monongahela , Pa. , a result of whic
is that t 'o women and one man ui
dead.
Nine thousand tin workers have n
turned to work at Anderson , Ind. , fc
another year at advanced wages , tb
skilled workers getting 15 per cent IE
crease.
The large plant of Sommers Brotli
ers , manufacturers of horse collars an
leggings , in St. Louis , was totally de
stroyed by fire. The damage is estl
mated at $76,000 and covered by insui
ance.
The steamer City of Seattle , fror
Alaska , brought about 200 passenger
and $600,000 or $700,000 in drafts an
dust Most of the 130 miners aboar
were in comfortable circumstances.
General D. S. Stanley , acting presi
dent of the society of the America !
Army of the Cumberland , announce
the next annual reunion of the sdcl
ety at Detroit , September 26 and 27.
Ralph Shelly , eight years old , lie
dead at his home at Montpelier , Indi
ana , as the result of a vicious attacl
on him by four of his playmates. Th
boys were all playing together whei
some difficulty arose resulting a
stated.
Roy Button , the man who murderei
Leona Elraore near the cemetery a
Mason City , 111. , and then shot him
self , died today. Button steadfastl ;
refused to make any statement con
cerning the murder ot his sweetheart
except to say that he had agreed witl
the girl that they should die together
Mayor Jones of Toledo , Ohio , is preparing
paring to turn his Acme sucker-ro <
plant into a co-operative concern , ii
which each man will be a sharer ii
the profits. The details will not b (
known for some time , as the mayo :
has been unable to settle on a plai
to give each man the proper repre
sentation in the concern.
'luesday.
Snator While of California is beini
boomed for the presidency on th <
democratic ticket.
Railroads this year show an increas-
in earnings greater than any previous
year by $125,235,848.
Kansas City has thus far raised 340-
000 toward securing the Democratic
national convention.
Governor Gage of California has is
sued a commission to Mrs. Pnoebc
Hearst as regent of the state uni
versity.
President McKinley bought s. team
of driving horses of George Warren &
Sous at Fox Lake. Wis. The were
shipped yesterday.
Colonel Charles H. Brown , assistant
chief of the division of loans and cur
rency of the treasury department , is
dead at Pittsfleld , Mass-
Mrs. John C. Allen , the wife of a
prominent dry goods merchant of
Monmouth , 111. , committed suicida by
tour."I
A resolution in support of the strik
ing glass-blowers at Bridgeton , N J. ,
which were adopted by the bottle
blowers' association of America , de
clares that the strike is justified.
William Simpson of Wichita , Kas. ,
who was arrested last March for coun
terfeiting , has brought suit against
Sheriff Simmons , of that place for $3-
000 damages for false imprisonment.
All the churches and Sunday schools
of Frankfort , Ky. , are closed and no
sort of religious services or other pub
lic gatherings will be held in the state
capital for ten days on account of
smallpox.
Commissioner of Patents Duell has
submitted his annual report for the
fiscal year just closed. It shcvs-that
during the year there were received
35,352 applications for patents and that
there were 25.404 granted.
Walbridge Abner Feild , chief jus
tice of the supreme judicial couit of
Massachusetts , died at his home , aged
66 years. He had served a term in
congress from the Third Massachustts
district. Judge Field was the father
of Mrs. A. F. Pillsbury of Minneapolis
Admiral George Dewey has filed in
the court of claims , through his attor
neys , his claim for naval bounty grow
ing out of the battle of Manila V > ay ,
May 1 , 1893. This is the first uf this
class of claims filed in this court , and
it is anticipated that there will be
between 4,000 or 5,000 of them alto
gether.
.Holiday.
General Joe Wheeler has arrived in
San Francisco en route to the Philip
pines.
Governor Renfrow of Missouri has
made another big deal in zinc mining
properties for the American zinc , lead
and smelting companies.
The big Texas cattle syndicate being
formed for the purpose of controlling
the cattle market in Texas is not sail
ing in smooth water at present.
William Jennings Bryon will speak
an the results of industrial and finan
cial combinations at the conference
an trusts to be held in Chicago Sep-
: ember 13 to 16 inclusive under the
luspices of the civic federation.
W. W. Bass , the well known guide ,
md another man have started from
\sh York , Arizona , to search for W.
? . Russell of Syracuse , Neb. , who was
est in the Grand canyon near the foot
> f Bright Angel trail while attempting
.o cross the swollen river in a mere
lockshell boat of canvas.
The separatists uprising in the
louthern province of Peru is spreading
ind the government has sent 500 in-
antrymen into the rebellious district.
The Baldwin locomotive works has
eceived an order for thirteen consoli-
lation engines from the state railways
f Finland. These locomotives are to
> e ready for delivery by January 1 ,
900.Five
Five hundred Chicago members of
he brotherhood of boiler makers and
ron ship builders of America will
iresent a demand to their employers
or an eight hour working day and a
ainimum wage scale of 30 cents an
tour.
"I said the wrong thing to the wrong
" the confession
time was
man at the wrong ,
fession of a New Hampshire postoas
ter when be came to a r < * llzlnf * *
editor of
the
of his error in insulting
had called
the local newspaper , who
and asked for an explanation
at the pastofflce
planation concerning delayed man.
Joseph Jefferson tells a story of a
friend of his who was playing Rlcn-
fronteir. \ % nen
ard III. on the Texan
it came to the wooing scene of Lady
Anne an indignant cowboy Jumped up
" ' believe him ,
and shouted : "Don't you
marm. He've two Mexican wives down
In San Antcnlo. "
"A Good Name
At Home
Is A Towtf of Strength Abroad. " J5i
Lowell SMass. , 'where Hood's Sarsaparilla -
rilla is made , H still has a. larger sale than
all other blood purifiers. Its fame and
cures and sales have spread abroad and it
is universally recognized as the best blood
medicine money can buy. Remember
Last year the lawyers in a Pennsyl
vania town adopted the precedent of
closing their offices from July 17 to
August 5 , to give time for vacat'on.
The move was found so successful
all the attorneys being united for it W
that it will prevail again this sea
son.
Do Year Feet Ache and UnrnT
Shake Into your shoes , Allen's Foot-
Ease , a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns , Bunions , Swollen , Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores , 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y.
Before Frederick S. Church began to
study art he was a soldier in the civil
war and an express messenger. Ho
recently declared that he would be per
fectly happy could he paint but one
picture a year and destroy that if ,
when finished , he did not approve of it.
Kcad , Laugh and Learn.
When buying a package of "Faultless
Starch" nsk your grocer for the book tbat
goes with it froo. It will afford you lots
of amusement and add to your stock of
knowledge. All grocers sell it , lOc.
It is not generally known that S.
Coleridge Taylor , who composed the
cantata played at the last festival in
Norwich , England , is a fullblooded ne
gro. Mr. Bispham declares the com
poser of "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast"
the coming musical genuis.
REGISTER OF TREASURY.
Hon Judson W. Lyons , Register of
the United States Treasury , in a letter
from Washington , D. C. , says :
April 23 , 1899.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg. Co. , Columbus , O. :
Gentlemen I find Pe-ru-na to be an
excellent remedy for the catarrhal af-
Hon. Judson \ , \ . Lyons , Register of the
Treasury.
fectlons of spring and summer , and
those who suffer from depression from
the heat of the summer will find no
remedy the equal of Pe-ru-na.
Judson W. Lyons.
No man is better known in the finan
cial world than Judson W. Lyons. His
lame on every piece of money of recent
3ate , makes his signature one of the
iiost familiar ones in the United
States. Hon. Lyons address is Au-
Iiista , Ga. He is a member of the Na
tional Republican committee , and is
i prominent and influential politician.
3e is a particular friend of President
klcKinley.
Remember that cholera morbus. r
cholera infantum , summer com
plaint , bilious colic , diarrhoea and
dysentery are each and all catarrh
of the bowels. Catarrh is the only
correct name for these affections.
Pe-ru-na is an absolute specific for
the e ailments , which are so com
mon in summer. Dr. Hartman , In
a practice of over forty years , never
lost a single case of cholera Infan
tum , dysentary , diarrhoea , or chol
era morbus , and his only remedy
was Pe-ru-na. Those desiring fur
ther particulars should send for a
free copy of "Summer Catarrh. "
Address Dr. Hartman , Columbus , O.
Send your name and address on a (
postal , and we will send you our 156- \
page illustrated catalogue free.
| WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.
" Winchester Avenue , New Haven , Conn.j
WANTED-Czuc of baa neaira that P.-I-P-A-V-S
III not benefit. Send 5 cents to lilpana Chemical
York.for 10 samples and IjXJO testimonials.
UUP.hS"YiH BE7fl. ELSE FAILS.
Best Coagh 6jrup. ? Tastea Good. Use
In time. Eoid by Craerirte.
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