Peace Jubilee Week Attracts Tremendous
Crowds ,
1OO.OOO ON OCTOBER 12th.
The President the Grout Drawing ; Card-
tVliut Ho Said Jn n Quito
Addrcua to the Vast Crowd.
The sreat feature of the Trans-Mis
V sissippi exposition on the 12th was the
i v visit of the president of the United
States , who spent the entire day on
the srounds. Soon after the arrival
the nation's chief executive was con
ducted to the Plaza , and after an in
vocation by Rev. John McQoid , of the
First Methodist church , Omaha , spoke
to the vast assembly as follows :
Gentlemen of the Trans-Mississippi
Exposition and Fellow Citizens : It is
with genuine pleasure that I meet
once more the people of Omaha , whose
wealth of welcome is not altogether
unfamiliar to me and whose warm
hearts have before touched and moved
me. For this renewed manifestation
pf your regard and for the cordial re
ception of today my heart responds
with profound gratitude and a deep
appreciation which I cannot conceal ,
\ ( ani which the language of compliment
is inadequate to convey. My greeting
is not alone to your city and the state
of Nebraska , but to the people of all
the states of the Trans-Missiissippi
group participating here , and I cannot
withhold congratulations on the evi
dences of their prosperity furnished
by this great exposition. If testimony
were needed to establish the fact that
their pluck has not deserted them , and
that prosperity is again with them ,
It is found here. This picture dispels
all doubt.
In the age of expositions they have
added yet another magnificent exam
ple. The historical celebrations at
Philadelphia and Chicago , and the
splendid exhibits at New Orleans , At
lanta and Nashville , are now a part of
the past , and yet in influence they still
live , and their beneficent results are
closely interwoven with our national
f development. Similar rewards will
honor the authors and patrons of the
Trans-Mississippi and International
Exposition. Their contribution will
mark another epoch in the nation's
material advancement.
One of the great laws of life is pro
gress , and nowhere have the principles
of this law -been so strikingly Illus
trated as In the United States. A cen
tury and a decade of our national life
have turned doubt into conviction ;
changed experiment into demnnstra- _
tlon ; revolutionized old methods and
won new triumphs which have chal
lenged the attention of the world. This
Is true not only of the accumulation of
material wealth and advance in edu
cation , science , invention and manu
factures , but above all in the oppor
tunities to the people for their own
elevation , which have been secured by
wise free government.
Hitherto , in peace and in war , with
additions to our territory and slight
changes in our laws , we have steadily
enforced te spirit of the constitution
secured to us by the noble self-sacri
fice and far-seeing sagacity of our an
cestors. We have avoided the tempta
tions of conquest in the spirit of gain.
"With an increasing love for our in
stitutions and an abiding faith in their
stability , we have made the triumphs
of our system of government In tne
progress and the prosperity of our people
ple an inspiration to the whole human
race. Confronted at this -moment by
new and crave problems , we must
recognize that their solution will affect
not ourselves alone , but others of the
family of nations.
In this age of frequent interchange
and mutual dependency , we cannot
shirk our international responsibili
ties if we would ; they must ibe ; met
with courage and wisdom and we must
follow duty even if desire opposes. No
deliberation can be too mature , or self-
control too constant , in this solemn
hour of our history. We must avoid
the temptation of undue agression ,
nnd aim to secure only such results
as will promote our own and the gen
eral good.
It has been said by some one that
the normal condition of nations is
war. That is not true of the United
States. We never enter upon war until
every effort for peace without it has
been exhausted. Ours has never been
a military government. Peace , with
whose blessings we have been so sin
gularly favored , is the national desire ,
and the goal of every American aspi
ration.
On the 25th of April , for the first
time for more than a generation , the
United States sounded the call to arms.
The oanners of war were unfurled :
the best and bravest from every section
responded ; a mighty army was en
rolled ; the north and the south vied
with each other in patriotic devotion ;
science was invoked to furnish its
most effective weapons ; factories were
rushed to supply equipment ; the youth
v < \ and veteran joined in freely offering
their services to their country ; volun
teers and regulars and all the people
rallied to the support of the republic.
There was no break in the line , no
halt in the march , no fear in the heart.
No- resistance to the patriotic impulse
at home , no successful resistance to
the patriotic spirit of the troops - fighting
ing in distant waters or on a foreign
shore !
What a wonderful experience it has
1 > een from the standpoint of patriotism
and achievement ! The storm brolce so
suddenly that it was here almost be
fore we realized it. Our navy was too
small , though forceful with its mod
ern equipment and most fortunate in
its trained officers and sailors. Our
1 army had years ago been reduced to a
peace footing. We had only 19,000
.available troops when the war was
. declared , -but the account which offi
cers and men gave of themselves on
the battlefields has never been sur
passed. The manhood -was there and
everywhere. American patriotism was
there and its resources were limitless.
The courageous and invincible spirit
of the people proved glorious , and
those who were a little more than a
third of a century ago divided and at
war with each other"were again united
under the holy standard of liberty.
Patriotism banished jarty feeling ;
$50,000,000 for the national defense
was appropriated without debate or
division , as a matter of course , and as
only a mere Indication of our mighty
reserve power.
But if this is true of the beginning
of the war , what s'aall we say of it
now , with hostilities suspended , and
peace near at hand , as we fervently
hope ? Matchless in Its results ! Unequaled -
equaled in its completeness and the
quick succession with which victory
followed victory ! Attained earlier
than it was believed to be possible :
comprehensive in its sweep that every
thou htiul man feels the weight of
responsibility which has been so sud
denly thrust upon us. And above all
and beyond all , the valor of the Amer
ican army and the bravery of the
Amercan navy and the majesty of the
American name stand forth In unsul
lied glory , while the humanity of our
purposes and the magnanimity of our
conduct have given to war , always horrible
rible , touches of noble generosity.
Christian sympathy and charity , and
examples of human grandeur wnich
can never be lost to mankind. Passion
and bitterness formed no part of our
Impelling motive , and it Is gratifying
to feel that humanity triumphed at
every step of the war's progress.
The heroes of Manila and Santiago
and Porto Rico have made immortal
history. They are worthy successors
and descendants of Washington and
Greene ; of Paul Jones , Decatur and
Hull , and of Grant , Sherman , Sheridan
and Logan ; of Farragut , Porter
and Gushing , and of Lee , Jackson and
Longstreet.
New names stand out on the honor
roll of the nation's great men and with
them unnamed stand the heroes of the
trenches and the forecastle , invinci
ble in battle and uncomplaining in
death. The intelligent , loyal indom
itable soldier and sailor and marine ,
regular and volunteer , are entitled to
equal praise as having done their
whole duty , whether at home or under
the baptism of fire.
Who will dim the splendor of their
achievements ! Who will withhold
from them their well earned distinc
tion ! Who will intrude detraction at
this time -belittle the manly spirit
of the American youth and impair the
usefulness of -American army ! Who
will embarrass the government by sow
ing seeds of dissatisfaction among the
brave men who stand ready to serve
and die , if need be , for their country !
Who will darken the counsels of the
republic in this hour requiring the
united wisdom of all !
Shall we deny ourselves what the
rest of the world so freely and so
justly accords to us ? The men who
endured in the short but decisive
struggle Its uardships , its privations ,
whether in field or camp , on ship or in"
the siege , and planned and achieved
its victories , will never tolerate Im
peachment , either direct or indirect ,
of those who won a peace whose great ,
gain to civilization is yet unknown
and unwritten.
The faith of a Giiristian nation rec
ognizes the hand of Almighty God in
the ordeal through which we have
passed. Divine favor seemed manifest
everywhere. In fighting for human
ity's sake we have been signally bless
ed. We did not seek war. To avoid
it , if this could be done in justice and
honor to the rights of our neighbors
and ourselves , was our constant pray
er. The war was no more invited by
us than were the questions which are
laid at our door by its results. Now ,
as then , we will do our duty. The
problems will not be solved in a day.
Patience will be required ; patience
combined with sincerity of purpose
and unshaken resolution to do right ,
seeking only the highest good of the
nation and recognizing no other ob
ligation , pursuing no other path but
that of duty.
Right action follows right purpose.
We may not at all times be able to di
vine the future , the way may not al
ways seem clear ; but if our aims are
high and unselfish , somehow and in
some way the right end will be reach
ed. The genius of the nation , its free
dom , its wisdom , its humanity , its
courage , its justice , favored by Divine
Providence , will make It equal to every
task and the master of every emer
gency.
Captures a Horse Thief.
Dakota City dispatch : Sheriff Bo :
rowsky last Saturday received a tele
gram from the marshal of Charter Oak ,
Iowa , to arrest one Godfrey Peter
son , who was supposed to be in this
locality , for horse stealing. The tele
gram arrived just a little late for the
sheriff to apprehend Peterson , as he
had left , going to Elk Point , S. D. , so
he announced. However , he disposed
of the stolen horse to Jay Bliven for
$15. The marshal at Elk Point was
notified and a telephone mesage today
announces Peterson's arrest at that
place , and his being en route to Char
ter Oak. The horse will also be re
covered.
g to Enlist Again. *
Clay center dispatch : The members
of Company K , Second regiment , from
here , are drifting back to camp. Out
of ten from here one , 0. W. Burt , has
died since coming home. Archie Jones
is slowly recovering from a three-
weeks' siege of fever , and two or three
are not yet sufficiently strong to en
dure camp life. Most of the boys were
taken sick after coming home. Near
ly all of them express a willingness
to volunteer for service at Manila if
such a move is made , as has been re
ported.
Think Ho "Was a Tramp.
THINK HE WAS A TRAMP.
The body of the dead man found
near the Blue River , says a Beatrice
dispatch , has not been identified. It
was buried tonight at G o'clock. The
verdict of the coroner's jury was
death from unknown causes. The un
dertaker thinks the man had been
dead about three months. The body was
terribly decomposed. There was some
$2.30 in his pockets , but -it is likely
deceased was a tramp.
The Northwestern Nebraska Sheep-
Breeders' and Wool Growers' associa
tion has been formed in Chadron by
the prominent sheepmen in that sec
tion of the state. The object of. the
organization is to promote the inter
ests of the wool growers of northwest
Nebraska , and for their protection.
The interest manifested in the new
association by the members indicates
that it will have considerable influence
along tne lines of promotion and pro
tection of the sneep industry.
Some of the "Reforms" He Has Put in Effect
Since Being Inducted Into Office
at Lincoln.
SAVING EASY ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN
How the Unfortunates Have Suffered in Order that Popo-
cratic State Officials. Might Have Flowers and Other
Pine Things at Their Expense.
An Investigation has been made into
the manner of conducting the Hospital
for the Insane at Lincoln by a man
thoroughly acquainted with the Insti
tution and an array of facts and fig
ures has been produced wnlch shows
that the "reform" talk of the fusion
combine is all a hollow pretense , so far
as this institution is concerned , with
th further indication that the same
applies as well to all the other state
institutions. Thfese facts and figures
have all been authenticated by exami
nation of the records and by direct tes
timony of individuals now in the em
ploy of the Lincoln asylum.
It seems that the asylum has been
turned into a machine to further the
material welfare of a job lot of poli
ticians , and that the state officials have
made some little private "savings" in
their connection with the institution.
In bringing about this style of reform
the fact seems to have been lost sight
of that the asylum was built for the
comfort and treatment of the unfortu
nate men and women who are Its in
mates , the money appropriated for the
maintenance f the Institution and the
control of the treatment of the in
mates being regarded as legitimate
plunder for the reform crowd. In
uncovering this state of affairs the
insincerity of purpose on part of the
reformers Is laid bare before the pub
lic.
REWICK TO THE FRONT.
The chief manipulator at the asy
lum seems to be E. C. Rewick. This is
the man who a few years ago demand
ed some substantial recognition from
the Republican party , either in a po
litical or financial way , and being dis
appointed made it his especial business
to investigate the affairs of the Lin
coln asylum , which resulted In an ex
posure. When'the Popocrats got In
the saddle , Rewick demanded as his
reward that he be placed in charge of
the business end of the asylum , and
he has used the pointers obtained In
his celebrated Investigation to aid him
in manipulating the affairs of the in
stitution to the profit of himself and
other politicians , making at the same
time such a shrewd showing that the
office hunters have been able to point
to the management of the asylum as If
some real reforms had been wrought.
It was evident for several years that
the institutions of the state were
crowded , and the last legislature made
appropriations for substantial addi
tions to the buildings at Norfolk , Has
tings and Lincoln , in order that a lar
ger -number of inmates might be ac
commodated. But during the last two
years , when many insane persons were
needing care and treatment and were
being held in the counties waiting for
transfer the Lincoln hospital has re
fused to receive them , giving as the
reason that there was lack of room.
The records , however , disclose the fact
that this was not the real reason.
In April , 1898. from the 1897 appro
priations , the capacity of the hospital
was increased by the completion of an
infirmary and other additons at a cost
of several thousand dollars. The total
cost of new additions and furnish
ings was $10000 , and in Apr l twenty-
two beds were added , but Instead of
yielding to the demands of counties
desiring patients to be cared for the
institution actually reduced the num
ber of inmates so that during last May
the number was down to 357. as com
pared with the 417 , who were accom
modated ten years ago.
FIGURES ON INMATES.
To show how little reason there is in
this talk about lack of room it is only
necessary to quote from the public rec
ords , which show the number in the in
stitution under Dr. Knapp , in 1887-8 ,
compared with the reports of the pres
ent management :
1888. 1897. 1898.
January 413 361 363
February 417 361 367
March 412 369 367
For the latter part of the year 1887
the report show the following num
ber of inmates for each month : July ,
389 ; August. 390 ; October. 393 ; No
vember. 399 ; December. 396. This
shows that in the course of ten years
the number of inmates have been ma
terially reduced while at the same time
the capacity of the buildings has been
largely increased. 'That lack of room
was" not the real reason for this re
duction is proven by the action of the
management In receiving patients who
had well-to-do relatives , including a
number who furnished their own at
tendants , while poorer people were re
fused admission. In many cases un
reasonable demands have been made
on the authorities of the counties as to
the amount of clothing and other outfit
that must come with each patient be
fore admission. In these various ways
the institution has been able to "save"
money by compelling counties to fur
nish clothing , by utilizing attendants
provided by private parties , by cut
ting down the number of inmates and
finally by feeding those who remained
on adulterated food. It is a significant
fact that the bills for everything
bought for the Institution go through
the hands of Rewick. This has led
to a scandal in connection with a Lin
coln wholesale house which every ef
fort Is being made to hush up.
FIOY7ERS FOR STATE OFFICERS.
In the manipulation of the funds the
appropriation for $500 for "amuse
ments , " receives the epecial attention
of Rewick. and as it turns out he is
about the only person who .is
"amused. " The fund has always been
appropriated with the idea that it
would furnish entertainment for the
patients , but Rewick has diverted It
into a channel where It will serve to
entertain himself and the reform state
officials.
The legislature appropriates money
to maintain a hothouse on a consid
erable scale , to provide fresh flowers
for 1 the patients. Under the present
management no flowers are furnished
in any of the wards , and a rule has
been 1 made forbidding any patient to
enter the flower house. In addition to
this the amusement fund has been
used to maintain this hothouse , and
the flowers , which should go to the pa
tients I , are in reality turned over to
the officials of the institution and the
"reformers" at the state house. In
disputable evidence has been secured
to show that the state officials from
the governor down , receive from the
asylum a large amount of cut flowers
which if bought on the market would
cost hundreds of dollars annually.
Secretary Porter , who some time ago
appropriated the hay grown on the
capital grounds to his own use , seems
to have regarded the product of the
"amusement fund" as one.of . his par
ticular perquisites of office. Twice a
week the team of the reform sec
retary has been driven to the asylum
to bring back flowers and fresh vege
tables for the family use , and if round
cornered cards were issued to show
the amount saved to the h'nisfiiolil
expense account of the Merrick Coun
ty statesmen , there would be figures
regarding the hay , flowers and vege
tables grown at the public expense that
would furnish something besides
amusement to the reform crowd.
Rewick's method in handling : the
amusement fund is to draw vouchers
against it. lhave receipts signed by
inmates of the institution , and usest
part of the' money iii buying supplies
for the hothouse. The signatures of
the inmates are verified by a young
son on Rewick's , and often it is only
a mark that is made by the inmate ,
who is unable to write his name. This
signing "of receipts is the only part of
the inmates have in the "amusement. "
and the vouchers are now on file in the
state auditor's office as the best possi
ble proof of a most peculiar method of
doing business. The following vouch
ers have been drawn against the fund
by Rewick. the receipts being by in
sane persons at the hosiptal :
1897.
September 11 $15.25
October 18 5.25
November 8 4.80
December 31 5.75
2RCS.
February 7 $ 8.10
March 7 $ .25
May 4 5.25
June 8 9.95
July 8 15.25
September 9 10.00
Among the vouchers drawn against
this same fund are the folllowing :
No. 12513. S. V. Stewart , tube
rose bulbs and plants $22.00
No. 14793 , Chapin Bros. , Ameri
can Beauty roses and plants. . . 16.00
No. 15784 , S. B. Stewart , prim
rose seeds 3.00
No. 16207 , Lincoln Pottery Co. ,
400 pots 8.20
No. 16208 , C. H. Frey , 250 carna
tion cuttings 3.75
No. 17000 , S. B. Stewart , variety
of flowers and plants 16.49
It is in the receipting of such vouch
ers as these that inmates are furnished
amusement by the fund and it is on the
product of this kind that the tables
of state employes are decorated or the
private culinary departments replen
ished.
ished.ABUSES
ABUSES SLOWLY MULTIPLY.
The hospital was provided with a
chapel or amusement hall , the expense
for building it being nearly $4,000 , yet
during the last two years no attempt
has been made to hold religious ser
vices in the hall , and the times when
It has been opened for amusements
or entertainments have been few and
far between. Parties and elaborate
luncheons have been given to city
friends and political dignitaries , but no
oneto the inmates , except the regu
lar meals , where the Kansas City oleo
margarine is the crowning article of
diet. From the best of sources It Is
lear&ied that no delicacies are fur
nished to the sick , that medical atten
tion is often lacking and that some of
the patients hire attendance of physi
cians and nurses from outside sources
at their own expense. The assistant
physician of the institution , who
draws $1,500 a year , finds so little to do
in the meantime that he Is able to de
vote six hours a day to his duties as
treasurer of Governor Holcomb's in
surance company , and the recent politi
cal decision made by the attorney gen
eral that a state employe "who gives
all his time to the state" receives no
attention from the asylum reformers.
All the loudly promised reforms have
been forgotten , and the present man
agement Is thoroughly endorsed by the
state officials , who draw house rent
from the public funds , pay extra mon
ey to their deputies , open election re
turns in the middle of the night , and
who declare that the county treasurers
are thieves and "the delinquent tax is
worthless. "
A Few Koform Defaulters.
The state officials are traveling over
the state on free passes -bragging about
their immaculate records and askins
for votes when they ought to be here
in Lincoln attending to their official
duties and earning their salaries. And
on these excursions the "chorus of ev
ery song sung by the sham reformers
! a that republicans are all thieves and
that popocrats are always honest. Ear
ly In the campaign the statement made
was that Hartley left the treasury emp
ty when he went out of office , but this
has boon revised since Mescrve was
trapped into making the statement in
a public Bpecch that Bartley turned
over to him something over $800.000
of available funds. The talk about
Moore's shortage Is not ao loud novr
since it hns been found that the pres
ent auditor manipulated the fee * In
his offlce last year until the newspa
pers made It BO warm for him that he
disgorged. But in spite of these dis
advantages the "republican shortage"
cry Is doing good service for the re
form crowd , and often serves to ob
scure other issues that are beslnnlns
to be embarrassing to the oleo party.
To show that the claim of "holler
than thou" made by the shaai reform
ers rests on a sham foundation , it is
only necessary to print a paragraph
of the popocratlc county treasurers
who have been short at the ends of
their terms in the past eight years.
The counties mentioned below arc
onlv a few of the many In the same
condition in the state , but the list will
prove an eye-opener to the people
who are inclined to believe mnuv ot
the things said by the reformers in
their speeches :
i\ \ Pop.
County Shortage.
Stanton 5 2.COO
Howard 17,000
Platte 30.000
Custer 15,000
Greeley 30.000
Thayer 5.GOO
Sherman 5.000
Sheridan 1,540
Hall 25.000
Keith 5.000
Keith 9.000
Harlan 13.1S4
Hamilton G.500
Gosper 5.000
Merrick 3.400
Total $204,394
This is only a partial list , but many
of them are aggravated cases , and the
indications are that the pilfering offi
cials stole all they could. In Platte
county the treasurer was a banker , re
lated to Senator Allen and connected
closely with the Platte county ring
that has so many representatives
drawing salaries from the state. When
the shortage was discovered the judge ,
county attorney and other officials
were popocrats ; and no move was
made to prosecute the defaulter. The
part of tue money owing to county has
since "been paid up by the bondsmen ,
but a little over $13,000 Is still due the
state. A popocratlc attorney has been
In office nearly two years , and Instead
of prosecuting the defaulter , appears
to be protecting him on account of bis
high political and family relations.
In Gosper and Hamilton counties
the -court houses wereburned by In
cendiary means , and the amounts men
tioned as the shortages of the treas
urers are small in proportion to the
real losses of records and property
sustained by the counties. In one or
two other cases , like Hall county , the
money was used to bolster up totter
ing banks. In Harlan county the
treasurer testifies about the shortage
in order to send a republican banker
to the penitentiary , and contrary to
the plan worked up by local popocrat-
1s politicians , got sent up himself. The
Greeley county man fled to New York ,
and was captured after great expense
on the part of the state. His shortage
has just been compromised by popo-
cratic officials who took a section of
land in the sandhills and ? 1,000 in
notes as full settlement.
One remarkable popocratic shortage
occurred in Merrick county , the home
of Secretary Porter , the great "money
saver. " A fusion treasurer in that
county "saved" $34.000 belonging to
the county , and while no part of the
shortage has been made good , the de
faulting treasurer is still following in
the footsteps of the immaculate Frank
Hilton , and is shouting for "Porter
and Reform. " The chances are that
Porter will not mention the rotten rec
ord of the fusion party in his own
county , as he swings around the circle
on his pass-propelling campaign tour
but the people of Merrick county whc
pay their taxes and who have to shoul
der the additional burden made by the
popocratic defaulter , are apt to remem
ber the matter in a substantial way on
election day. Porfer rides around ovei
the state tellin ? the voters of the de
falcation of Eugene Moore , vhile in
his home county is a defalcation larg
er than Moore's by over $10.000. which
passes by in silence. The existence ot
such a state of affairs In his home
county Is calculated to make the voters
ers suspicious of the state officer whc
does not hesitate to borrow his hay
and vegetables from the state.
The list of Popocratic defaulters does
not stop with county treasurers. In
several counties the clerks and re
corders got away with all the fees that
came into their offices. In Custer
County last year the probate judge
was found to be short $900. but he run
for re-election just the same , repeating
the parrot-like saying. "Mooro and
Bartley done the same thing. " It Is
to the lasting credit of the Custor
County Populists , however , that they
elected a Republican In his place.
In counties having township organi
zation , where there is a tax collec
tor to each precinct , the number of de
faulting "reformers" is large , Custer
County probably presenting the biggest
collection. The stealings of these mon
averaged something less than $1,000
apiece , but it was in each case about
all they could conveniently get their
hands on , near the close of their terms
of office. The list of defaulting post
masters , who were appointed by Cleve
land , but later declared themselves for
"Bryanlsm , fuslonlsm and reform , " la
so long that In the whole state It runs
up Into the hundreds. In some coun
ties nearly every postmaster turned out
to be a defaulter. Greoley County , the
home of Cashman , furnishes some rich
samples. At Greeley and Scotia , lltttle
towns of less than 700 inhabitants , the
Popocratic postmasters got away with
something like $4,000 apiece , and their
bondsmen had to suffer. The olficos
up along the Kearney and Cnllaway
branch , the homes of Maret and Ed-
mlsten , and other reformers , nearly all
went the same way .and their bonds
men had to come forward and pay out
hard-earned money. It has been the
same way all over the state , and a thor
ough Investigation would show that
in the last ten years the Popocratic
defaulters woults outnumber all the
Republican shortages there have been
In the last thirty years.
THE MAJOR'S EXPERIENCE.
Frota Vic Dttrrtt Fn * Prttt.
One of the stauncbe * ? supporters of
deep-water tray from the Great Lakes to
the ocean la Major A. C. BUbop , of 715
Third Are. , Detroit , a dril aagizer ot
wide experience and considerable promi
nence in his profession. He waa aiiUiasi
engineer on the Hod Km Hirer Railroad in
1S50 and baa * ince conducted larjj engia-
operation * . Ho has been located ia
Detroit sine * 1S L5. Rod baa a large acquain
tance among the butine * * tnca and citlrena
of thU city.
Two je .ra ago , for the firrt time. Major
Hhhop was in the hospital. Fortwomonth *
be bed the beet of medical attendance bat
when bo wa < * discharged he waj > not like th
Major tiichop ot old. When asked regard
ing bia health , be said "When I had my
lost spell of slckntva and came oat ot tbi
hospital I was a MJITV afght , I coald not
gain my strength , and could not walk OTCT
a block for several week * .
Major HUhop.
article * In the
newapapera re-
rarding Dr. Wil
liams * Pink Pills
for Pale People ,
trhioh conrlned
m * that they were
worth trying and
bougbttwo box * * .
I did not take them
for rcjcomplex -
ion but tor
strength. After
using them I felt
better , and tnow
they did me worlds
of good. I am
pleated to recom
mend them to in-
tonic to build up a shattered constitution.
"A. C. BISBOP , "
Subscribed and sworn to before me thii
eighth day of January , 15 * $ .
KOBKST E. Hcix , J2Xctary Public ,
The pure , powerful vegetable ingredient *
In Dr. Williams' Pink PilLs tor Pale People
supply tbe antidote forpolsonous matter in
the olood and add those elementa needed to
build up body and brain * . ilanr diseases
long supposed by tbe medical profession to
be incurable have succumbed to the pote&s
influence of tbee pills. They rnn be takea
by young or old. being harmless in their
nature , vet powerful in eliminating disease.
The New York Ledger , the old orig
inal Ledger , Boaner's Ledger , edited
by Bonner's sons , has announced thai
on and after November 1. next. It wfll
change from a weekly to a monthly ,
retalninc the present size , bat irttb
added pages.
Two Intcre ttns BuHdlae * .
Pictures of two Interesting Balti
more and Ohio Railroad buildings
have been reproduced in a recest lasua
of Truth. On i the building at
Frederick. Md. , which baa b en aied
since 1831 as a freight station , and
which is still devoted to that purpose.
In the little cupola of the building a ,
bell once hung which was alwajt ruas
on arrival of trains from Baltimore
when horses -were the motive power of
the railroad. Ther other buildlsg Is
the station at Mount Clare. Baltimore.
and It Is noted 'as being the location
of the first telegraph offlce Is the
world. It was from this bulldiag that
Professor Morse sent his celebrated
message in 1544 to his frlcsds la
"Washlnston. forty miles away.
Don't trust a tame wolf and a re
conciled enemy too far.
JSdccate Your isoweia TTUn Caaeareta.
Candy C&thnrtic cnre ecssUpatics lors
ICc. 25cU d C C-f all. druerists reread mos
Mrs. Theodore Sutro , wife of the
well known minlns financier , of New-
York. has just finished a course of
study In the law. which she under
took in order to assist her husband la
his work.
FITO
first dar' ° ' DrKlin * Gr t > * rr X * tor e.
Snd for FREE SU.OO tnal N > tU * nd tr 4.ti .
Da. B-11. KtiM.Ltd93I Area Si _ run fb > t > * . F -
"Now , " said the president of the
Spanish peace commission , as he met
Judge Day. "there is one thing we are
a unit on from the start. " "And that
is ? " queried the judge. "We both re
member the Maine' " Philsdelphis
North American.
lon-ix Patent Office Krpoit.
Patents have been allowed , but net
yet issued , to R. F. Flcak. of Stuart ,
Iowa , for a rotary pump ia which a
plurality of valves are pivotally con
nected with a. retable hub that Is in
eccentric position in the case or cyUa-
der in such a manner that a uniform
motion of the valves occurs to product
a uniform flow and continuous stre.ira
and pounding prevented. One-third i *
assigned to G. Laird and J. l > . Grove ,
of sameplace. . To D. K. Walker , ot
Adalr. for n decided novelty In corn-
planters set forth lu one of the claims
as follows :
Automatic check row mechanism
for corn planters comprising a journsl
fixed to the cross bar that support *
see l boxes on the runners of a car
rlage. a traction wheel having convex
faces loosely mounted on the journal
and cross bar. a sprocket wheel fixed
to the retable rear axle of the car
riage. a chain connecting the two
sprocket wheels and means for oper
ating the clutch , all arranged anl
combined to operate In the manner
sot forth for the purposes stated
All the work required In nrcpArlng
and prosecuting applications done In
our olllco. Wo have official rejiorts
of all patents Issued since ISPO to dnto
and Inventors can examine same an l
obtain advleo free. Call or write.
THOMAS G. OttWIG & CO.
Solicitors of Talents.
DCS Molnes. Iowa. Oct. I. ' 9S.
The. l.nrjjent llollop
The largest steam boiler plate In the
\vorlil was recently turned out nt the
Krupji works. In Ksscn. Gcrmanj. Its
dimensions are as follows- length , 53
feet ; width. 11 foot ; thickness. \ \
Inches ; surface , 429 square foot , i\m\
weight , 37,600 pounds. Compared \\llh
this gigantic fitoel plate the one. re
cently rolled by the Stockten Malleable
Iron Company of Knglaml MnHs Into
insignificance. This plate , which \vs\
announced by the innkors as the largest
ever turned out In Mnglnnd . imviiuuvs
Length , 71 feet ; width. B foot. thlcK
ness , three-quarters of an Inch. Us Mir
face measures nearly 370 sqnnve feet
nnd It weighs 12,300 pomuls.
A nmn well un In do * lore eonnsel *
Intending purchasers of a nu py t >
lot the mother of the punny iuVs *
for them. In carrying them back io
their bed the tlrst the mother ulck *
up will always be the best.
