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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1899)
THtt Oil AHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JUNE 7 , 1801) . THE SIXTH MRS. WASHANE. 4 | First Wotnnn Able to Conquer ami Subdue One of the Crankiest t > .Men In Pottsvillc. $ IJy DHUTHA IJAini.IiTT. ® i < ! > t < i > t < > j < i > 5 < > i < i ; < i > t < 5 > j0 ; > 5 < i > j0l' People generally In Pottsvlllo pitied the new Mrs. Wailiano that wa to be. Not that rottsvllla people were acquainted with her and allowed their acquaintanceship to run riot with their sympathies ; not so ; they know o her by hc&rsay only , ns a widow , Widow Douglas , tticy believed , of Green Meajjnwg. Dut tboy did know John Wnshano. That was enough to know. Jctn Wnshanc , who had placed lew than a year ago the plain yet touchlngly Inscribed utono to the flfth Mrs. Washane. The first Mrs. Wnshnno's stone testified that "None knew her but to love her ; " the second , "Her prlco was nbovo rubles. " Mrs. Waehanc , third , was lamented ns one \\lio "had done what she could ; " the fourth , "as ono whom the heart of her hus band could eafoly trust In ; " whllo number five's epitaph was "Sho always made homo happy. " And now number six wan about to bo offered' nt the connubial nltar to Bald Pottsvllllans. It was talked over at the varlo.ua sewing circles , and suggestions were offered , mo * tlons made nnd carried as to the best way In which to apprise the now Mrs. Wnshane- to-bo of her uncnvlablo prospect ; and ono day as It happened , only n week prior to the marriage an anonymous epistle found KB way to the Widow Douglas of Green Meadows. "Dear Friend" thus ran the letter. "Dear Friend , though strangers to you , we feel It Incumbent upon us to write you , ere you take upon yourself the vows of connu bial obcdlonco to ono John "Washano of Pottsvtllc. Ho Is an honest man. Ho Is a generous man. nut truth compels us testate state that In eptto of many vlrtuca do has worried his many former wives Into untimely graves by nagging and bossing. That this may not bo your fate Is the wish nnd prayer of "YOUR WELL-WISHERS. " The Widow Douglas read the letter , a curious llttlo frown , that wan halt a smile , showing Itself as she perused the anony mous missive. II. The wedding ceremony was over. Mrs. Washane , sixth , was an accomplltticd fact , nnd the twain , now ono , hn\lng ; driven in their own hired lhack all ; "j way from Green Meadows to Pottsvllle , were about to enter the house which Sally Lancaster had with Indignant vehemence gotten In readi ness to receive the bride. "And now , Jcbn , as soon as wo can get our clothes changed I think you had better hang that gate while I am getting supper I nc.tl.ccd It sags. " "iLu Lucia wh what ? " John Wnshnne was plainly aetonlohed , at , the admonitory I.'no of his now made helpmate. Mrs , Wnsh- anc's answer was a trine disturbed In tone , though sweet. " "I hope , John , that you're not going to annoy mo by causing me to repeat my words my dear departed husband always paid close attention when I epolte. I said 'You'd 'bettor hang that gate ns soon as you get your everyday clothes on , as It sags so. ' " Thus was the beginning of John Wash- nno's sixth marital venture ; when ho came Into the house ho was urged to take off hU boots at the threshold nnd reminded "Never did I thus have to add.rws my first husband. " Constantly were the statements made : "What would my dear Partner Doug las have thought had I been obliged to ask him to bring up coal ! " "Dear George would never have failed to procure the beatof meats end butter. " Until at last John Washan | jbecamQ accustomed to the , oft f.e- ' ' ' peated 'assertions''and' actually 'felt that , compared with the lalo George Douglas , he , John Washane , was an outcast and n vil lain. No longer did ho refer to Susan , ( Ma tilda , Jennlo , Carrie nnd Mary as patterns for all future house-wives to copy ; what were they as compared with her to whom the minted Douglas had bowed In allcglanca before ? His voice took on a humbler cadence - denco when ho spoke to or of his Lucia. His ? How had ho over dared to woo thi-s piece of perfection how had he been eo fayored to win her ? He referred to his own unworthlncss ono day to a neighbor lately moved Into the town , a man who years before had lived In Green Meadows. 'Us I think of her former partner I wonder what ehe saw In mo that should lead her to renounce the name of George Douglns ? It may bo that she saw my noeil and , as It were , was willing to snatch me as n brand from the burning what were you about to say , Lawton ? " "You never knew George Douglas per sonally ? " John shook his head. "But you did , I dare say , by reputation at feast. " . Mr. Lawton grinned. "I did , " ho said with a silent mirthful chuckle. "And so you are the man that mar. rled Lucia Douglas. A good woman , she , nnd a clever ono. Dut George Douglas well , yes , I knew him , too lots of folks did the grog shop keepers best of all. Thought that ho was n kind of saint , did you ? Well , now , Lucia didn't when ho usc < l to beat her 'til she was nearly dead ; and she didn't when ho stole Parson Grant's colt ; nor she didn't when ho used to swear blue streaks nt her ; nor when < < ho used to have to keep hcrsoff and him from starving by taking in washing oh , she didn't think him a saint 'till ho up nnd died In the gutter , relieving her of n nuisance. I mind how she broke down when uo told her that ho was dead , and snld 'He's done ono good thing that I hope the Lord will give him credit for , he's died.1 " John Wnshano walked homo In n dazed condition. "Lucia , " his voice was ntlll somewhat nwcd as ho addressed her , In spite of what ho had heard. "Lucia , did did did " "Oh , John , why don't you say what you start to without repenting ? Dear George used to speak so differently. " "Did ho over cuss you ? " John bad found his tongue at last. "Why , John ! " "Aiml slrlko you ? Get drunk steal ne glect come , Lucia , tell me , I want to know the truth. " Mrs. Wnshnnc's dimples became apparent. "Some ono has been talking , " she said , a twlnklo In her brown eyes , "so I may as well admit It. Ho was oh , John dear , he did make my life so miserable , so unbear able. " "Why did you deceive mo so ? " John de manded , pulling upon his knee the wife whom hitherto he had hanlly dared to kiss. "You made mo think ho was an nngcl , all but. " "It's too bad. " Mrs. Washano gave a play ful tweak to the grizzled moustache so near her face. "Hut. John , dear , I did It In self- defense. I'd heard how you told your second wlfo of the virtues of Susan. And I'd heard how she came ( it last to the conclusion that you didn't think she was worthy to untie your shoestrings nnd so died. And then you told your third > wlfo that she had been n treasure , that Matilda was not to bo men tioned lightly , that she was a worker , a helpmate , a woman of a thousand nnd you could never forget her worth ; nnd then Jennie died and you put on her tombstone what you never told her you thought about her ; and then Carrrlo heard of Jennie's good ness , and how you could trust her , and Carrie tried to bo llko her , but died not knowing that you trusted her , too ; nnd then Mary the sweetest woman that ever lived , I admit , for I know her , she was my own cousin -Mary became your wife , and you never told her that she made your homo as happy ns heaven , and she died and John , dear , I didn't want to hear what all the others had hoard , and so I gave you the chance to hear the kind of talk your wives had heard and John , dear , you're not angry , dear , are you because well , It has been lovely -hero , nnd I'm so glad you married mo and gave ino a Chance to for get George Douglas. You'ro not angry , John , dear ? " And John Wnshnne kissed his pretty , coax ing young wife , nnd said : "If you'll never mention your 'dear departed' to mo again , I'll full you what I think I've got a wlfo now who Is the best and brlahtest , loveli est , sweetest , cleverest , dearest .woman- there , there , puss , don't smother me ! " FOHKION J'OSTAIj IIEVE.VIIBS. View of Thin Source of Xnlloiinl In- oiiinc Viirl ' In IlllTerrnt Imiuln. The recent strike for higher wages of the Paris postmen , says the New York Sun , brings again into notlco the view taken of postal revenues 'by various European gov ernments , some of thorn regarding post- office business as an Item of available na tional revenue , whllo others regard It ns ono of the public "utilities" which are main tained for the people In general. The French postofflco department , of which the Paris office Is only a subordinate branch , costs In a year , the revenues from telegraphs In cluded , 170,000,000 francs , or 134,000,000. The revenues of postal receipts , telephones and telegraphs wore 230,000,000 francs In 1893. or a total of $46,000,000 , showing a net prollt to the government from these agencies of communication of ? 12,000,000. As the French pcstofflco Is maintained as a eoiirco of na tional revenue and not as a means of public convenience , It can bo better understood , perhips , why It Is that the government should exact the largest possible amount of labor for the least pay among Its employes In Paris us elsewhere. The British postofflee costn In a year 7,500,000 nnd yields in revenues 12,000- 000. showing a profit of 4,500,000 , , or $22- f.00,000. This Is exclusive of the telegraph service under government control , for which the annual cxnenso Is about 3,000,000 , or $ li,000.000 ! , and the annual Income from which Is about the same. England makes money on Its poatofflce , nnd Its telegraph sjstcm Is self-supporting no more. The annual revenues from the German postotllce department , known ns relchpost- goblet , are 310,000,000 marks In a year , or $08,000,000 , and the annual expenses are 300- COO.OOO marks a ycir , or $60,000,000 , showing a profit of $8,000,000 a year , which Is much lorn than la yielded by the English or French poatofftces , but Is lit compliance with the German policy of maintaining cheap postage AS an aid to popular Instruction , n plan which has been found to work welt nnJ Is , moreover , made more desirable by the fact that two of the minor German political subdivisions , the kingdoms of Bavaria And Wurtcmburg , maintain their own separata pcetofflce systems , applying the net revenues to their treasuries , though these figures are Included In the operations of the German poitofflcos generally. There are nearly 7,500 pootofflces In Italy , where the telegraph system Is under gov ernment control. The gross revenue from Italian postofllccs last year was 60,000,000 lira and the expenses of their maintenance were 65,000,000 lire , ebowlng a net loss of 5,000.000 lire , or the equivalent of $1,000,000. The Italian postofTlcea are run nt n less of about $1,000,000 n year , partly , though not wholly , made up from the profits of the telegraph system , which yields 1S.OOO.OOO lire and costs 14,000,000 llro a year , a profit of 4,000.000 lire , or $800,000. The postomco system of Russia Is allied with , nnd a part of , the telegraph systt-m , nloo under government control. The revenues amount to 40,000,000 rubles a year and the expenses of both are 30,000,000 rubles , show ing n net profit of 10,000,000 rubles a year , or about $5,000,000. The Russian govern ment docs not maintain Its postal and tele graph systems with n view of adding to the Instruction of the Inhabitants. It runs them oa a matter of business , nnd makes a profit on them that's nil. The annual revenues of the Dutch post- office are 8,500.000 guilders , nnd the annual expenses 7,000,000 , showing a profit of 1,500- 000 guilders , or $000,000. The Belgian post- olllco department takes In the equivalent of $5,000,000 n year and expends $3,000,000. The Belgian telegraph system represents nn an nual Income of $1,500,000 nnd nn annual out lay of $300,000 n year less. In the extent of postal receipts the United States Is ahead of all other countries , and Its revenues this year are expected to ex ceed $100,000,000 , a larger oum than has been collected In the poatofflce in any nre- vlous year. THE HOY'S VIEW OF IT. Too Much Wn Expected for Two Uol- Inra a Week. A downtown merchant , finding himself In need of the services of a boy In his estab lishment , relates the Washington Star , put a card In his window 'bearing ' the usual Inscription , and though many had called In response to It none had been chosen up' to 3 o'clock In the afternoon. At that hour a llttlo , wiry chap of twelve summers , with sharp eyes , a foxy nose with freckles on It nnd a sandy suit of hair came In and asked about the sign In 'the ' window. Ho was es corted to the manager of Che boy depart ment. "Wo want a boy , " said the manager , lookIng - Ing him over critically. "I'm a boy , " the youngster explained , briefly. "What can you do ? " inquired the man ager. "Most anything. I guess , that a boy can do around. I have been working for more than a year new. " "Where' " "In Mr. Blank's place. You know he's broke up. " "Well , wo waot a boy , but so far wo haven't been abto to find what we are look ing for. " "What Is It you are looking for ? " "Wo want a 'boy ' that Is honest , Indus trious and diligent. Ho must always bo on time and must not run on the streets , nor play marbles for keeps , nor tell stories , nor smoke cigarettes , nor fight other boys , nor play ball on Sunday , nor use bad lan guage , nor play tricks on the other boys In the store , nor get into any kind of mis chief during business hours. Ho must be neat in his appearance , his clothes must bo kept tidy at all times , his face and hands bo clean and his shoes 'bo well shlncd. In addition " "Hold on , mister , " Interrupted the youth- fur applicant ; "you ain't looking for a boy ; you're lookln * for a Sunday school song , and I guess I won't suit. So long. " And the boy went out whistling "Break the News to Mother. " Pointed rnriiRrrapliN. Chicago News : A ball dress Is cut low , but the blir for It comes high. Ungratefulness Is one of the meanest traits of humanity. Probably the easiest way to make trouble Is to look for it. Poverty must be a crime at least It is punishable by hard labor. In the matrimonial game n base ball player Isn't always a good catch. It Is much easier to form a new habit than it Is to ro-form an old one. It is enld that every man has his price , yet lots of men give themselves away. Nothing ruins a woman's complexion quicker than marrying a man to reform him. There Is nothing In the world more sensa tional1 than the plain unvarnished truth. About the time a man gets ready to lay up something for a rainy day it begins to rain. rain.Tho The optimist derives much pleasure from the thoughts of trouble that do not trouble htm. htm.Neighbors Neighbors win never become bosom friends ns lopg ns they look into each others' back yards. A man naturally likes to stand high in bis community , yet he doesn't care to have the assessor over-rate him. ( i She If you dare hup me , I'll call rny big sister. He Don't do it. One at a time , you know. RAPID BOOSTING OF PRICES Critical Exanination of the Benevolent Fretcnscs of Trusts. WHOLESALE SQUEEZING OF CONSUMERS A Score of Common Xrcntunrlen of I < lfc Mnlrrlnllr Ailvnncnl In 1'rlce liy the KITrrtlvc . Method of Comhtiintlon. Promoters of trusts Invariably claim nt the outset that the purpose of combination Is the reduction of the cost of production. "This Is accomplished by economics possible only in concentration , " they say , "and con sumers wilt get the benefit. " The extent to which consumers are fleeced Instead of ben efited by trusts Is shown In the facts follow ing , compiled by the Chicago Tribune : Trusts have multiplied so fast that nearly all of the common commodities nro now controlled by these giant Industrial organi zations. Sugar , petroleum products and Iron and &t.il manufactures Are not by any means the only things In the hands of trusts. It Is cause for surprise when one finds ttomo article of popular use on sale that Is not from the hands of n trust. People generally discover that n thing has come to be possessed by a trust by reason of the advance of itho prlco of the article. Wall paper , bananas , chewing - ing gum , brooms , oatmeal , vinegar , flour , coffee , tin cans , raisins , buttcrlnc , kidney and liver planters , crackers , bread , glass ware , and ice cream are some of the things people generally have occasion to buy nnd the prices of which have been advanced re cently. 'Herewith ' is submitted n list of some of the articles recently seized by trusts , the prices of which have since been advanced. In general < the prices are those quoted yec- terday and a year ago : Former price. PrcUjnt price. Buttcrlno 10o to lie 12c to 15c Hn..slns . 4V4o to 7c B'.io to lOc Brooms 16c 2oe to 2oc Ice cream 25o 30c to 3 > e Bananas Be per iloz lOc to 20c Wall paper advanced BO to 100 per cent Kidney and liver plasters.advanced 2) per ct Hubber goods advanced 15 to 25 per cent Glassware advanced PO to 1UO per cent Meat advanced Ic to zc per Ib Crackers advanced 15 to 20 per cent Bread cutting prices nt present Fish advance not noticeable Vinegar advance sjlRJit Soap advance slight Che wins gum retail price not advanced Flour advanced IBc per bbl Furniture materially advanced Wagons materially advanced Plows materially advanced Wire fence materially advanced Plug tobacco prices unchanged Sonii Taken n Jump. On some of these articles the prices have been advanced In anticipation of n trust iboing formed to control them. This Is true In 'the case of soap. The soap factories are not yet in a trust and price of soap has gone up. Ono grocer yesterday offered to buy some soap of a ibrand ho had been buying for years and ho offered a prlco In advance of any ho had over paid for It. His offer was declined for the reason that the factory making the scap did pot wish to bo com pelled to fill any order at the price after the trust had got control nnd was able to do what It would with quotations. It Is estimated by grocers that the ordinary bars of soap that have been sold for domes tic use at four cents will bo advanced In price to seven cents. Vinegar Is anothur article of common de mand that has been advanced In price , though the trust that Is to take In the vinegar - gar plants has not been completed. It Is usual that when n trust begins busi ness It reduces prices. This Is the case with bread. At the present time the trust thai makes loaves has cut , prices to such a figure tha the Independent 'jjakcrs-nre fearful they will bo driven out of 'business. ' "When * he bread trust has cleaned up its opponents , " said a restaurant keeper , ' 'I ex pect to see the priceof bread go up. " Vinegar and scan however , have been ex ceptions to the rule. 1 = A laundry trust .s In process of formation and It uses the argument of the Ice trust- that It will save a great deal In operation ot the business , and , therefore , do laundry work at.less prices. In the prospectus of the trust It shows that one-third of the operating cost will bo saved when the trust gets hold of the plants. . It a'fco promises to reduce prices 20 per cent to customers. Ono laundryman - dryman said his firm had been offered moro than three times what the plant was worth , as control of the plant was necessary in or der to make a success of the proposed trust. That trusts have not been overlooking any opportunities ono would probably con clude on learning that chewing gum Is now controlled by one of these organizations. One may now find the stock of the chewing gum trust listed among the "now Indus trials , " and speculate or Invest In It ns a "good thing , " just as he would In federal steel or American tlnplato stocks. The price of raisins has been advanced by the growers , who do not admit they are In a trust , hut rather In an association. Ono of the 'things ' this association did recently was to gather up all of the Inferior quality of raisins In the market and sell them to distilleries. In that way they cleared the market of surplus stock , and then boosted the prlco to nearly double what it was before. Advance in AVnll Paper. Something llko a sweeping change in prices wae made In the wall paper business when the output of the wall paper mills got Into the hands of a trust. It used to bo that ono could buy wall paper at such low prices that no ono need to live In an unpapored room. The trust sent prices bouncing up. In some casca the selling figures were dou bled. The result was , that instead of n housewife being able this spring to have her beJb-ooms repapered for $10 each , she was compelled to pay no less than $14 to $10 for the embellishment. The coat of the paper- hangers' labor is counted Into that prlco at the some flguro It was the year before. The price of paper being doubled makes the dif ference. The trust got the prlco It wanted , The wagoworker who hung the paper was not able to get In on the upward tendency of things , The thrifty conduct of the wall paper trust had the effect of causing many flat dwellers to forego paper on the walls of their rooms and resort to paint nnd kalsomlno. Tills ex pedient as a mural decoration has therefora become popular , nnd housewives are ap parently contented with It. The banana trust is a Now Orleans con cern. It has control of the importation of bananas. It has raised the price of them all the way from 25 cents to 75 cents a bunch. The dealer who was able to buy a 'bunch ' of bananas last year for $1 could sell them ns low as 5 cents a dozen. When ho has to pay $1.75 a bunch ho Is forced to raise the prlco to 10 cents , and sometimes to 20 cents a dozen. Many of the small dealers in fruit have quit handling bananas. When the price was as low as B cents a dozen many poor people were able to supply their tables with ba nanas , which .formed not only a sort of luxury , but n substantial and cheap addi tion to an otherwise meager meal. The street vender who had the hahlt of wander ing into alleys and side streets and waking up late sleepers In nn endeavor to dispose of his cartload of bananas , has been forced cut of business. He cannot sell cheap enough to find customers. It is only when the market is glutted that he finds an opportunity to get hack into business , but then It is only for a few days. In the drug business the trusts have not made much headway , , The only articles that have been advanced In prices , according to the admission of the retail druggists , ore plasters of various kinds. The factories that furnish aching humanity with piaster * have been taken Into trust , Alt ktndi ot plasters corn plaster * , kidney plasters , liver plnsters and mustard plasters have been Advanced. In price. In most of the drug stores the retail prices hnvo not been changed , except on the higher priced plas ters. A Sweep. When the broommakem organized last week they lost no time in causing brooms to be sold for more money than formerly. In other days one could buy n broom for 16 cents , which was good enough to sweep the floor. Now a broom that will do that costs from 25 to 30 cents. The broomraakers de fend this action by saying that brooms were sold at too small a price before. The grocers who sell most of the brooms at re- tall do not deny the assertion of the broom- makers. Another reason for raising the prices was that broom corn , from which they are made , was advanced In price. The advanced cost of raw material Is ar gued In the case of many products which are controlled by trusts nnd the selling prlco of which has gone up. Fresh meat has ixdvanced 2 cents n pound , but the butchers say the advance is duo to the increased prlco of live cattle. This argument Is used also in the case of rubber goods. The- price of the raw rubber has advanced almost 100 per cent In the last two years , say the dealers In rubber goods. Rubber coats which are not made by a trust have advanced In price from 15 to 20 per cent. For many seasons the rub ber shoo manufactories have been In a trust nnd prices have been advanced , but the con sumer has not felt this advance to any great extent. It Is explained that the re tail dealers lately have sold rubber boots and shoes nt prices that gave them no profit , nnd , whllo the trusts have made money , the dealers who handle their products have not. not.Tho most important Hem In the way of rubber goods to poor people Is that of rubber boots , wfilch laborers who work In ditches nnd tunncln nro compelled to have. The pocr people may get along without rnln coats nnd rubber overshoes , but when their work demands It they must have the Im- pervlnus boots. The prlco of these remains nt the usual figure ot $3.50 , but the retailer pays nearly that much to the trust for them. In glassware the advance In prices hns boon startling. It is almost equivalent to 100 per cent advance. This Includes window glass nnd all sorts of articles made of glass for domestic use. Restaurant keepers complain that they are compelled to pay Just twice as much for glass articles for their tables ns they did before the trust got to doing all the manufacturing of glass things. The buttcrlnc factories are now In a trust also , or at least the greater number of them. The Buttcrlno trust has advanced the prlco of this table delicacy until It has reached a figure that threatens to put It out of the reach of tlio poor altogether. It has been advanced In price with such a. steady and regular movement that before long none but the rich will bo able to keep it on their tables. The poor will have to go back to pure butter or cat dry bread If the price goes much higher. Other Articles nnontcil. People who sustain life by eating In res taurants may bo Interested to know that the proposed Pie trust never was formed. All ( he pies in the restaurants , whether made In factories , or foundries or by hand , are not made by n trust. The prices of these com modities , theiefore , have not been changed recently. AH sorts of canned goods have advanced In price , but the reason for It Is sold to be tbo increased price of the cans. Thus the great American Tlnplate trust , with its cap ital of $50,000,000 , Is making itself felt in tbo homes of tboso who eat canned tomatoes nnd other modest food articles that are sold in cans. The recently formed Leather trust , which controls the product of eoft leather the sort used In making the upper of shoes haa shoved up the selling price of its commodi ties also. The advance has been of such considerable proportions that the makers of shoes are calculating that they will have , to raise the prlco of shoes. Another trust has 'been ' formed to control the tanneries , where solo leather is made , and that , too , has added a few points to Its selling prices , thus fur nishing another argument to the shoe dealer to induce him to raise the prlco of foot wear. The combination that controls the price of flour Is an old one , but it makes Itself ap parent now and then by stiffening prices. The Cracker trust , which deals with the Flour trust , has raised the price of its manufac tures. The prlco of crackers recently has advanced from 15 ito 20 per cent. Crackers that sold for 6 % cents a pound now cost from 7 to 9 cents a pound. It was only last week that the Furniture trust raised prices and the Wagon trust did the same thing , nnd when these two concerns had added to their respective revenues for itho current year the Plowmakers' trust did the same thing. Promoters of trusts say that one of the Inevitable results of the present tendency of combination in trade Is the abolition of the middleman. This is in keeping with the ar gument that the trust operates to save waste and unnecessary expense , and therefore not only will raise wages of Its employes , but will make the soiling prlco of Its products lower. The lowering of prices by trusts Is an argument that is always supported by pointing to what the Standard Oil company has done In that direction. A correspondent of the Tribune , writing on this particular point , says it is not because of the bcnovo- lence of this trust , but because of other things that prices of kerosene have been reduced. Ho says : "Tho by-products of petroleum now are Sacrificed to Blood Poison. Those who have never had Blood Poi son can not know what n desperate con dition it can produce. This terrible disease which the doctors are totally unable to euro , in communicated from one generation to another , inflicting its taint upon countless innocent ones. Some years ago I was Inoculated with poison by ft nurse who infected my babe with blood taint. The llttlo ono was unequal to the struggle , and Its life wag yielded up to the fearful poison. For six long years I suf fered untold misery. I was covered with sores and ulcers from head la foot , aud no language can express my feelings of woe during those long years , I bad the best medical treatment. Sev eral physicians succrs . stvely treated me , but f.ll * to no purpose. The mer- our/ and potash ceemed to add fuel to the nwful llnme which was devouring me , I waa advised by friends who had seen wonderful cure * made by It , to try Bwlff 8p clfle. We got two bottles , and I felt hope again revlvin my breast hope for health and happiness again. 1 Improved from the start , and a com plete and perfect cure wag tiio result. 8. B. , la the only blood remedy which readies des perate cases. MKS.T. XV I.EE. Montgomery , Ala. Of the many blood remedies , 8. B , S , is the only one which can reach deep- tented , violent cases. It never fails to cure perfectly nnd permanently the most desperate cases which are beyond the reach of other remedies. S.S.S.rfheBlood . . . la PUHBLY VKQETADLK , and is the only blood remedy guaranteed to contain no mercury , potash , or other mineral. Valuable books mailed free by Swift Company , Atlanta , Geor ia. nit turned to use and benr.lno and gasoline rondo from petroleum , that wcro oneo wasted , nro now sold for moro than kero * senphlch formerly \\t\n \ the. only product ot patrol rum. There arc nt least thirty other by-products of petroleum that turn profits to the Standard Oil company. There are ointments , candles and other articles made rf stuff that waa once thrown away nt the elf refineries. There are other oil rompnnlra in existence nnd they flotirlsh In spite of the enormous advantage enjoyed by their com petitor , the Standard , In the way of trans portation rebates. Certain railroads have fixed rates for these other companies nnd the Standard forced the roads to give It re bates from those IHISll.Mi\ llrvleiv of Ttirlr .sharr In the TiiliHe IIff of the World. "Irishmen nro on tht-lr trial. " This Is n phrase which has been constantly on the lips ot Kngllsh people of late , says the Dublin Irish Independent , The opinion hns been called forth by the Inauguration of loc.il government In Ireland , and the now system has been described ns "an experi ment. " "a leap In the dark , " of which none can foretell the consequences. Let us take a few typical examples of the governing Irishmen. Ict us glance nt the careers of some compatriots who In modem times have proved the continuity ot the national character , the character llrst exemplified In the ancient Urchon laws , one of the wisest , justrKt , and most elaborate cede of laws drnwn up In any ape or coun try , the character which again assorted It self In 17S2 , the era of Irish legislative In dependence , when , in the words of Oratlnn , "public prosperity so crowded on the herl of the statute that the powers ot nature seemed to stand at the right hand of Par liament. " Spain , Franco and Austria nro the thrco countries In which Irishmen have chiefly attained renown , both as soldiers nnd states men , but their footprints may also bo traced in the camps and senates of Russia and Holland , Ilavarla , Portugal and Poland. From the flight of the earls down to the present day the names of Irishmen have Leon entwined with the fortunes of Spain. O'Doncl , dictator at Madrid ; O'llcllly ' , am bassador from Spain to the court of Lou In XIV ; Patrick lawless , ambassador from Portugal to the same coiut ; D'Sulllvan , grandee of Spain ; O'Kcllly ' , Kavanagh and Nugent , Austrian marshals ; Lacy nnd Ilrownc , Russian marshals , and these are a few ot the names which spring to one's mind. The O'Doncls of Spain , the Taafcs of Aus tria and the MacMahons of Franco are per haps the foremost , O'Donol , duke of Tetuan , Is ono of 'the ' most Influential grandees ot Spain , a position which ho nnd his ancestors have gained In recognition of valuable serv ices rendered to the state. The career of the Irish-Austrian Tnafes Is no less Illustrious. During the seventeenth and eighteenth cen turies their names have been blazoned on the roll of Imperial Austria. Nicholas Taafe , field marshal , who In 1738 won 'the ' famous victory of Belgrade over the Turks , and Whoso son succeeded him In turn to the post of chamberlain to the emperor , Is a pic turesque flguro , but as an example of ad ministrative genius the late prime minister Count Francis Taafo Is the most notable. Ho Is recognized as ono of the ablest of Aus tria's statesmen and It is a significant fact that his policy has always 'trended ' In the di rection ef extending powers of self govern ment to the various nationalities composing the empire. Ho Is a federalist. In 1870 , the year In which Isaac Butt started his homo rule movement , Count Taafo recommended ' the Austrian emperor , as a member of tols military , to grunt Autonomy to liohrmln The natuml ability of Irlnlimrti fur rulini was strikingly rceognlipil nt the time of th * American war of Independence , \\luit the French noted as nine * of the new rcpmt le. The officers ot the Irish lirlgmlc undir 1 \ - fnyctte , whose rcglmcnti i-uiCRged In vho campaign , -were apjwlnted iwrnors \ < t the West Indian Islands , which they had pre viously conquered. O'lMinn beo\mo gov ernor of Oranada , Itlllon of St. Christojihw nnd Fltzmaurlce of St. Kustnche. The ad ministration of these governors was rau.llty praised by the Kngllsh , French and Ameri can governments. Of all countries the United Stales Is that In which the Irish cle-nlrnt Is the most prominent In public life. For the purp"si * of our argument it , perhaps , affords n bit ter Illustration than do the countries above referred to : lor on the continent ef Uttropo the Irishmen who have dUtlngulfthrd them selves belong , for the most part , to the aristocracy , but in the republic of Hie west It IP the masses , not the classes , who ad minister public nftalrs , and the rank nnd file have acquitted themselves of tbo re sponsibility ns creditably us have the no bility of their country elsewhere. From the tlmo when Dillon of the Irish brigade eagerly demanded leave of Ixnils XVI to embark his regiment to Join the American forces to the present day. whivn Prraldont McKlnlcy. the graiulneivhew of the Ulster ' ! > S man , sits In the White House , Irishmen have been foremost In the civil nnd military affairs of the great republic. The proportion ot Irishmen occupying thi post of governor ot Hrltlsh colonies nnd de pendencies or engaged In other adminis trative and legislative work throughout th empire Is greatly In excess of tholr number ! and Influcm-o ns cltl7ens of the wuno empire , lly sheer force of merit nnd talent they hav forced their wny to the front. The llgurrs of the colonial governors nnd premiers ar perhaps moro prosaic than those of the con tinental statesmen. Carving out the careers of now countries In the backwoods of Canada or 'the ' bush of Australia mny nit bo such dazzling work as presiding over tbo destlnloa of the old world powers , but thn task may prove a moro solid and enduring one when the history of the futuio comes to bo writ ten. ten.Tho governing Irishman Is as active In Australia at present as In the early days ot the colony , Bynncs , O'Lnnghlln and 0'- Shaughncssy being t-omo of the leading names. This glance at the careers of a few gov erning Irishmen may servo to remind wmn onlookers of the high 'traditions of the race. That Irishmen will act up to their traditions In future there Is no reason to doubt. The Kov mill the Crow. Detroit Journal : Once upon a tlmo a Fox observed a Crow sitting upon the branch of a tree and holding a piece of chee&o In his beak. "neautlful bird ! " exclaimed the Fox. "What a lovely volco jou must have ! 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