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THE AMERICAN f IEW WISCOSSU A. P. 1. LEADER. C. 1. McCliaUck, Major tt Aalaa4. It EWV4 as PreaidraU Milwaukee, WU.. Feb. 15. The annual atata convention of the A. P A., which has juit come to a clone, u productive of one big eurprUe. That iu the overthrow of Rev. D. B Cheney m the head of the order aad the election of C M. McClintock, mayor of Ashland, ai president In hi place. Ever since the organization of the order la thla state Mr, Cheney hat been at lta head. Earlf in the move ment he became a political power, and It it this which 1 responsible, it is said, for his downfall. The election of Mr. McClinlock is an anti-Upham move. Those who kno him say there is no more bitter oppo nent of the governor n the state than he, and that his election is the first step in the fight that will be waged against the governor's renomination, Should this rove true, it means an active force cast into the opposition seale that had not before been counted on, and may well cause a lively flutter ing in the ranks of the governor's friends. The fact that the convention was in session was known to but few. The delegates assembled so quietly and de parted so stealthily that their work was done and they were out of town before their gathering was generally known. It is claimed, however, that there were 185 delegates present, every part of the state being represented, and that twelve more councils appeared than ever before since the order was established In the state. Mayor McClintock is a native of the province of Ontario, Canada, where he was born in 1845. He has been a reel dent of Wisconsin since 1865, and has always been a hard working private in political ranks. He was never a candi date for office until last year, when he was put up as the A. P. A. candidate for mayor of Ashland, and won over W. W. O'Keefe by a neat majority. Mr. McClintock is a lumberman. ILLICIT STILL 15 A MONASTERY. Trapplst Monks in Quebec Detected De frauding the Government. Montreal, Que., Feb 11. Montreal excisemen have seized an illicit still at the Trapplst monastery of Oka. For some eighteen months past the officials of the Inland Revenue department were aware of the fact that quite a lot of whisky was coming into town .from the little settlement of Oka. It was known that a certain druggist in this city was receiving from there more whisky than could naturally be sold for medical purposes, and that Oka was not a way station from any big distillery. ' During these eighteen months the source of the whisky coming from that locality was only guessed at, but the week before last it was thought steps should be taken to settle the mystery, Consequently Mr. Brabant, inland rev enue officer, accompanied by an assU' tant, went to the monastery and made a search. They found a full-fledged whisky still of twenty-five gallons per day at work in the monastery. The superiors admitted the matter looked serious, but claimed the whisky was distilled without their knowledge, seizing this machinery, the inland rev enue officer returned to Montreal. Later on two monks from Oka called at the inland revenue office here and of fered to pay the fine for the illicit dis tillation whisky. They were refer red to the government at Ottawa. The Trappist monastery In quesaon is a large concern. It is on a farm, 1,000 acres in extent, in which are a cheese factory, a dairy, and sawmills. The monastery also runs a hotel which does a good business during the sum mer months. The monks make consid erable wine. Last season they bought eight car-loads of grapes, which they converted into wine, and during the same period sold about 30,000 gallons of wine. The matter is now before the government. Failed to Work. An attempt was made by the Burgess of Osceola last Sunday to prevent the That Tired Feeling So common at this leaton, Is a arloas condition, liable to lsad to disastrous results. It Is a surs sign of declining health tone, and that the blood Is ha poverUhed and Impure. The best a&4 most inocesgful remedy is found La HOOD'S Sarsaparilla Whloh makes riok, healthy blood, ami thai gives strength to the nerves, elas ticity to the musoles, vigor to the brain and health to the whole body. In frnta, Hood's SarMparllla Makes the Weak Strong Be sore to got Hood's and only Boot's Hooel't Pills are tf.ly vefetafle, J& VsnUfi ' jeliaMt lia MasteUL ATTENTION! That special ofler means exactly what it says. If you pay your subscription to-day 50 cents canies you to Jan. 1, 1897. If you pay it next week, 50 cents carries you only to Jan. 1, 1897. The fifty cents does not pay for papers received before you pay, but for all you receive after you pay and up to Jan. 1, 1897. The papers received before you pay must be paid for at the S2 00 rate. This is our offer. Remember, 50c pays from date you pay--not from to-day --not from the first of Jan. 1896 but from the day you pay to Jan. 1, 189?. Read our offer. lecture in that place by Ex-Priest Ruthven, on the ground that It was an Immoral lecture; but he appears to have failed to score a point in favor of Rome. Priests stand In their pulpits and assert that person i married by Protestant ministers are living in open adultery, and the issue "f such mar riages are illegitimate. Only a week or two since a man married to a Cath olic wife by a Protestant minister soundly thrashed a priest for using just such language regarding his wife and hildren. American citizens are be 0 ulng disgusted with the frequent at ten ts made by the members of this alien church to suppress free speech, and In a majority of towns and cities such work is no longer tolerated. Rome is losing her grip, and the day of her doom would be hastened if Americans would stand firmly together at the ballot-box and vote her adherents and po litical backers out of power. Houtzdak (Pa.) Observer. FITZGERALD IS GUILTY OF ARSON. Catholic Priest Who Burned Buildings for the Insurance. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 5. After a deliberation of four hours the jury In the Fitzgerald case at 9:30 o'clock to night brought in a verdict of guilty of arson in the second degree. The court room was crowded and intense excite ment was expressed upon the reception of the verdict. Father John M. Fitz gerald, the defendant, leaned forward in nervous excitement as the foreman of the jury arose to give the verdict. t Eighteen years ago Father Fitzgerald took charge of Holy Cross College at Charlotte. He dealt extensively in real estate. For several years past bis financial condition had been growing from bad to worse. Several buildings belonging to him, one after another burned. June 17 the provincial school was destroyed by fire. It was insured for $6,600 and was worth but $3,000. John Cronin, the priest's servant, waB arrested, found guilty of arson in the third degree, and given a year. This trial followed, establishing that Fitzgerald was the principal in the crime. New W. A. P. A. Council. Mrs. M. A. Hertzmann, 8 tat a presi dent, and Mre. A. E. Hough, state vice president of the W. A. P. A. of Ne braska, were in McCookJ Neb., this week, where they organized a new W. A. P. A. council. The council Is a large one, and from the present outlook will be a very prosperous one. The outlook for the organization of more W. A. P. A. councils in this state are very flattering. A Hold Star. Chief Detective W. W. Cox was made happy last Monday night by being pre sented with a beautiful gold star. The present was from the sergeants Be bout, Her, Corey and Mitchell. He was presented at the same time with an engrossed set of resolutions, adopted by a council of the A. P. A., commend ing his work in behalf of House Roll 139. Jesuits Suppress Papers London, Feb. 4. The Chronicle learns that the Jesuits have succeeded in suppressing the papers which the late Cardinal Manning intended to be published after his death, dealing with the Soclet" of Jesuits and their policy. Mrs. Mary Svabek, 1235 South Four teenth St., Omaha, Neb., writes: "I have been sick three years with head ache pain in stomach, dizziness, and no appetite, I tried three doctors and all kinds of medicines, all of which failed. I have since used two 25-cent boxes of Dr. Kay's Renovator, and I have no more headache, good appetite and stomach in good order, as well as my whole system." Sold by druggists at 25 cents and SI. See advt. "The OTerland Limited" Is the fastest train out of Omaha, and carries the finest equipment of any line in the west. Tickets via the Union Pacific can be secured at 1302 Farnam Street. ABSURD BELIEFS ABOUT EELS. Carloae Thaorla of Their Orlfla aa Well aa Taatr Characteristics. In the midst of much dry-as-dust In formation and many drier-than-dust figures relating to the larval or post larval development of the brain of the lesser sand eel, to hermaphroditism In the cod, to the spawning period of the armed bullhead and the vitality of its eggs, and to other topics of a similarly hair-raising character, the third part, recently Issued, of the thirteenth an nual report of the fishery board for Scotland contains papers on two or three points of Interest to others be sides biologists. In a paper on the hatching and rearing of food fishes It la stated that during 1894 and down to July of last year the total number of fry distributed from the Dunbar hatch ery for sea fish was 72,785,000, of which 64,675,000 were plaice. The number of cod hatched was 2,760,000 and of turbot 3,800,000, this being the first time (to the knowledge of the board) that the eggs of the last named have been batched at any hatchery. The papers on the Influence of marine currents In transporting floating eggs and larvae from off-shore spawning areas on the life histories and develop ment of the food fishes and on the long and valuable series of physical Investi gations ought to appeal to all who are concerned with the maintenance of our supply of sea fish. More valuable as tending to the elucidation of a subject wrapped very much in mystery la H. C. Williamson's elaborate paper on the reproduction of the common eel. Mr. Williamson gives a very full account of the reproductive organs, both as de scribed by other naturalists and as ob served by himself In a number of speci mens examined at St. Andrew's, and the paper Includes a description of the migrations of the eel and all that has been asscertained about its spawning. It is a remarkable fact that the ripe egg of the eel has never yet been dis covered. Some funny beliefs have been held at different times as to the genesis of this very slippery creature. Aris totle said it sprang from what he called the "entrails of the earth." Pliny the elder said: "They rub themselves against the rocks and their scrapings come to life." Gesner thought the opin ion as to their generation in the putrid carcasses of dead horses was quite a rational one. A German sage forty years ago stated seriously that they owed their existence to electrical phe nomena. People are still in England who believe they are "evoluted" horse hairs; and not long ago one pretentious gentleman gave this recipe for their manufacture: "Cut up two turfs cov ered with May dew and lay one upon the other, the grassy sides inward, and In this way expose them to the heat of the sun; In a few hours there will spring from them an Infinite quantity of eels." In Sardinia the fishermen cling to the belief that the so-called water beetle is the progenitor of the eel, and an Eng lishman has written a small book to prove the same hypothesis. There can be no reasonable doubt, however, that this fish is oviparous and spawns just as other fish do. Plentiful though our lack of knowledge Is regarding in this much we have learned, the notion ap pears to be very widespread that the eel, like the lamprey, only spawns ones and then dies Pall Mall Gazette. The Wrong Word. There is in the city a certain young: attache to one of the legations who has communicated to the world his resolve to eschew its pleasures for the present. This determination is by no means due to the fact of a cold shoulder beine turned toward him by the fashionables, but on account of the numerous conver sational slips that he is conscious of making. Telling of a certain occasion where he "put in ze foot" more than usual, he says: "I talk to ze ladies and smile and be agreeable, and all at once zey grow quiet and look at me so var queer. I exclaim, 'what haf I doner and ze ladees zey make answer: 'It is not what you haf done, monsieur, but what you haf said.' And zen I feel so decayed, oh, so decayed." sHis confidant here reminded him that he had made another faux pas and proceeded to explain to him the differ ent applications of the synonyms, de cayed and mortified, and the despair ing foreigner replied: "Haf I not told you I spik bad all ze time?" Wash ington Star. 0 w WW PAYS FOR THE AITOIPAM Data You Pn ftD Jan.1,1897. XN ORDER to enable every loyal American in the United States to read a patriotic paper during the most Important f political and commercial epoch of our Nation's history, wo have decided to send an eight-pago weekly two-dollap paper from now until January 1, 1807, for the ridiculously low prtoa of 50 cents. Cash must accompany the order. Old subscribers can take advantage of this offer by paying all arrearage to date and paying the turn of CO cents for the remainder of the year 1896. Orders must be sent direct to this office. Add 5 cents for each Paper you receive in 1896 up to time you Remit. NO COMMISSION TO ACENT8. Ve I'jiiI 10,000 Subscribers Before the Day of Election. Interest your friends. Talk of it In your Councils. Get up clubs. Let us all work to win this next Presidential election. Now is the time to'strikel Subscribers who are now paid Into 1890 can take advantage of this offer. 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'There is not a single progressive principle which has not been cursed by the Catholic church." Emllllo Caste lar. Spoken in Spanish Cortes, 1869. "It would be dangerous to our insti tutions to apply any of the revenue of the nation or of the state to support sectarian schools." President Garfield. "The Old World's hierarchy are pressing us and attempting to destroy our public-school system and substitute sectarian public schools.' Horace Greeley. "We are in favor of maintaining our general, unsectarlan free-school system and will oppose all attempts to sup plant it" Declaration of principles of the American Protective Association. "Ah, we know you! We know the clerical party; it is an old party. For a long time already you have tried to put a gag upon the human intellect Every step which the intelligence of Europe has taken has been in spite of It" Victor Hugo on Romanism. 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