Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1899 — Page 7

Important Information for Men and Women.

For those who are accustomed to send* tag away from home for'their goods it is of the greatest importance to know the character and reliability of the establishments selling goods to families from catalogues. The great emporium ot the John M. Smyth Co., located at ISO to 166 West Madison street, Chicago, has been established for a third of a century, and has furnished over a half a million homes in Chicago and vicinity alone. This firm enjoys the confidence of the public by its many years of fair dealing. It issues an immense illustrated catalogue that should be in every family, as it describes and gives the price of every article required for household use. A sample of the extraordinary values offered by this firm is shown in the illustration of the •' gentlemen’s overcoats in another column of this paper. These garments are indeed wonderful values, and yet they are but a sample of the thousand and one useful articles illustrated and described in the beautiful catalogue of the John M. Smyth Company. It is the mind that maketh good or, ill, that maketh wretchedness or happiness, rich or poor.—Spenser.

4 * m\ I r 8 The debilitating drains and fl H discharges which weaken so I Jf| many women are caused by Ca- K S tarrh of the distinctly feminine fl ■ organs. The sufferer may call H ffl her trouble Leuchorrhoea, or H ■ Weakness,or Female Disease or K fl some other name, but the real fl fl trouble is catarrh of the female I ■ organs and nothing else. 8 B Pe-ru na radically and perma- fl fl nently cures this and all othei fl B torms of Catarrh. It is a positive B fl specific for female troubles fl ■ caused by catarrh of the delicate fl fl lining of the organs peculiar to fl fl women. It always cures if used fl fl persistently. It "is prompt and fl H certain. fl The microbes that cause chills and fever aud malaria cuter the system through mucous membranes made porous by catarrh. Pe-ru-na heals the mucous membranes and prevents the entrance of malarial germs, thus preventing and curing these affections. PILES “I radhrcd the tortures of tbs ftaaud with protruding piles brought on by constipation with which I was afflicted for twenty years. I ran across your CASCARETS In the town of Newell, la., and never found anything to equal them. To-day I am entirely tree from piles and feel like a new man " a H. Karra. Mil Jones St.. Sioux City, la CANDY M CATHARTIC VWADI MANN MtNnitD Pleasant. Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. Do Good. Never Sicken. Weeken, or Gripe. Xlc.no, Mu. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... atwflf ■«■**? Owpo, emus ■«s*reel. M In*. MS M.TA.IIP Sold end guaranteed by all drag- * I U-DAIi gists to CIJKC Tobaooo Habit. m w fl £[Sa Ffl SUCKER WILL KEEP YOU DRY. Don’t be fooled with ""SSMFI or rubber coat. If you ■I thst will keep you dry in the hard- |*JflE lest storm buy the Fish Brandi I YT" Slicker. If not for sale In . EPI town, write for catalogue to Mfl^^^TOWEßjtostoivMnsalfllß W. L. DOUGLAS S 3 A >3.50 BHOEB B»g» . Worth |4te |S ee«pgred«Mb ether mekes. ft m Indorsed by over fl 1,000,000 wearers. |f% ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES l V Mi THC eksnsa ks.e W. L. Seetlee* r “<* »riee riwH em better f Take no subetltnte claimed L to be as good. Largest maker* of S 3 and *3.50 shoes la the ZCK. world. Tour dealer should keep them—ls not. we will send you a patron receipt of prloe. State klad of leather, size end width, plain er cep toe. Catalogue D Free. W. L POtISLAS SHOE CO., grocktu. Warn. Ely’s Cream Balm /SEbk haTfeVer^w Druggists, 80 Cta. ——-—^ l *• M CURIo WHERE ALL ELSE FAtLS* . • tatlSe. y ßofc by“roggtf. "* B

CAPTAIN CARTER'S CASE.

Zs This Army Officer a Thief or am American Dreyfus T The Dreyfus case has a parallel In our own country, if the charges of counsel for Capt. Oberiin M. Carter are true.

CAPT. CARTER.

victim of injustice and intrigue which rivals French military justice and that he will be vindicated if given a fair trial. Carter was declared guilty by the court martial over a year ago, but the President had ex-Senafor Edmunds review the evidence and directed Attorney General Griggs to hear oral arguments by the counsel on both sides and render an opinion. Meanwhile the opponents of Carter charge that political influence has been exerted to save a guilty man from the punishment he merits, viz., dismissal from the army and imprisonment. As a sensational denouement, Gen. Elwell S. Otis, now in the Philippines, who presided over the court martial, is accused of perjury and subornation of perjury in this connection. Of all the scandals concerning the bon* or and integrity of the army none has been so serious as that affecting the reputation of Capt. Oberiin M. Carter, late Government engineer in charge of the works at Savannah, Ga. In the winter of 1898 it was whispered that extensive frauds had been committed in connection with the Government work in Savannah harbor. Capt. Carter had been in charge of this work for a number of years, and it was his successor, Capt. Cassius E. Gillette, who first intimated that the work at Savannah was suspicious. Following au investigation by Col. Gillespie, Maj. Raymond and Maj. Adams Of the engineer corps of the Savannah works, the charges were formulated against Capt. Carter, then military attache to the American embassy at London, to the effect that he conspired with contractors to defraud the United States and obtain allowance for fraudulent claims amounting to two and a half million dollars; that he indorsed a false pay roll and did divers other criminal acts, including embezzlement. A court martial was ordered, with Gen. Otis as president, and Col. Thomas H. Barr as judge advocate. The proceedings of the court martial were no sooner begun than intimations were heard that through the operations of a hostile clique in the engineering corps of the army the court had been packed against Carter and that he was to be condemned to a certainty. On the other hand, it was charged by Carter’s enemies that political influence and wealth were being used to secure his escape from punishment. However this may be, he was tried, found guilty in May, 1898, and the findings of the court sent to the President.

OYSTER SEASON IS ON.

The Supply Thi* Year Witt Be Unusually Abundant. The oyster season is on. From now until the last day of April—during which time the spelling of all the months will contain an “r”—it will be proper to eat oysters. The first dredgings this year, dealers say, indicate that the supply for the season will be unusually abundant. All of the Eastern oystermen are reported as having increased their facilities for dredging, extended their beds, and provided more boats. Western dealers also

ANATOMY OF THE OYSTER.

declare that better transportation facilities have been obtained. Last year it took 230.000 oysters a week to onpply Chicago. In previous years the average was considerably less. With the increased supply the dealers are preparing for a sale that will come nearer the 300,000 mark. New York consumes 1,000,000 oysters a week, half of which arc sold at the wharves at low prices, and it is estimated that 150.000 are consumed each week in St. Louis.

TWENTY YEARS AGO.

“Pinafore” was raging. Telephones were a novelty. * “Baby Mine” was prevalent. Denis Kearney was rampant. Sitting Bull was a “big Injun.” Campanini was the great tenor. Adelaide Xeilson was playing Juliet Six-day walking matches were a craze. Prince Louis Napoleon was slain by Zulus. England was fighting Afghans and Zulus. Kaiser William celebrated his golden wedding. Gen. Grant was finishing a tour of the world. ' “Wot d’yer soy?” was the slang phrase of the day. The great Brooklyn bridge was nearing completion. The United States army was fighting wfth Ute Indians. Leadville was two years old and had 20,000 inhabitants. Zola’ft “L’Assommoir” had just shocked the reading world. Millionaire A. T. Stewart’s body was stolen for ransom. Grevy succeeded Marshal McMahon as president of France. Sol Eytinge, Jr., Frank Bellew and Thomas Worth were leading humorous artists. Bernhardt created a furore in London and announced an intention of coming to Amerlca-

They assert that this disgraced army officer, who was found guilty of embezzlement to the extent of several million dollars by a court martial appointed to investigate charges preferred against him in connection with the improvements in Savannah harbor, is really the

LOVING CUP FOR DEWEY.

Here is s picture of the loving cup which is to be presented to Admiral Drwey, through the New York Journal,

when the hero of Manila reaches this country. Dewey is five feet seven und the loving cup stands six feet.

SHAW WAS A BOY SOLDIER.

Enlisted at the Age of 18 and Was in Many Great Battle*. Col. Albert D. Shaw, the new commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, lives at Watertown. N. Y., and was among the first to enlist in the old “fighting” Thirty-fifth regiment of that city. He was 18 years old at the time, a farmer's son, and had never seen a soldier in uniform before. He fought at Arlington Heights, Sulphur Springs, Second Bull

COL. A. D. SHAW.

Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg and the historic charge at Chnncellorsville. But as a worker for years past in the ranks of the G. : A. R. he won his principal claims. He has been in the consular service. In 1872 Col. Shaw married Mary Sherwood Keith of Chicago, 111. They have three children—Henry L. Keith Shaw. Mabel Keith*Shaw and Minnie Scott Shaw.

CONDITION OF CROPS.

Corn Promises Heavy Yield—Government Report for September. The September report of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture shows the following averages of condition on Sept. 1: Corn * 85.2 Wheat : 70.9 Oats 87.2 Rye ....- 82.0 Buckwheat 75.2 Potatoes 86.3 Barley 80.7 There was a decline in the average condition of corn during August amounting to 4.7 points, but the condition on Sept. 1 was still 1.1 points higher than on Sept. 1, 1898, 5.9 points higher than at the corresponding date in 1897. and 2.9 points above the mean of the September averages for the lns( ten years. There was a decline during August of 3 points in Ohio and Missouri, 2 in Illinois, 9 in Kansas and 14 in Nebraska, aud the averages in the Southern States are nearly all somewhat lower than on Aug. 1. On the other band, there was a slight appreciable gain, represented by about 1 point, in Kentucky, Indiana and lowa. The condition of winter and spring wheat consolidated is 70.9, as compared with 80.7 on Sept. 1, 1898, 85.7 at the corresponding date in 1897. aud 82.5, the meau of the September averages for the last ten years.

DEATH OF A VANDERBILT.

Head of the Family, Cornelias, Passes Away Suddenly. Cornelius Vanderbilt, multi-millionaire, the head of the 'Vanderbilt family, died Tuesday morning at his home in New York. Vanderbilt had beeu ill for many months. Mr. Vanderbilt was suddenly taken worse at midnight Monday night, three hours after he had returned from Newport. Physicians were hastily summoned, but the patient grew gradually worse, despite their efforts. The end came shortly before 6 o’clock in the morning. The only members of thie family present* were Mrs. Vanderbilt, Reginald, Mr. Vanderbilt’s youngest son, and Gladys, the youngest daughter. Alfred, the favorite son, recently left for a tour of the world. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., the eldest sou, whose marriage to Miss Jennie Wilson two years ago displeased his father, wn* not at the dying man’s bedside. Cornelius Vanderbilt was the eldest son of the late William H. Vanderbilt and grandson of Cornelius (Commodore) Vanderbilt. He wns born on his father’s farm, Staten Island, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1843.

DEVIL ANSE TAKEN.

Hatfield Clan Leader and Two Followers Arrested. “Devil Anse” Hatfield, the most notorious of the clan which has -terrorized the vicinity of Wharndiffe, W. Va., is now safely lodged in jail. The famous outlaw put up a game fight and fired six shots at the posse which captured him. Sheriff Henderson of Logan County, Deputy Sheriffs Peck and Klag, Prosecuting Attorney Peck and two others made up the posse. Bob Hatfield and John Din(Css were also arrested. "

Mrs. Col. Richardson SAVED BY MRS. PINKHAM.

[unu to nss. rmzHAK no. 72,896] “You have saved my life, snatched me from the Brink of the grave almost, and I wish to thank you. About eighteen months ago I was a total wreck, physically. I had been troubled with leucorrhoea for some time, but had given., hardly any attention to the trouble. “ At last inflammation of the womb and ovaries resulted and then I suffered agonies, had to give up my profession (musician and piano player), was confined tp my bed and life became a terrible cross. My husband summoned the best physicians, but their benefit was but temporary at best. I believe I should have contracted the morphine habit under their care, if my common sense had not intervened. * 4 One day my husband noticed the advertisement of your remedies and immediately bought me a full trial. Soon the pain in my ovaries was gone. lam now well, strong and robust, walk, ride a wheel, and feel like a girl in her teens. I would not be without Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound; it is like water of life to me. lam very gratefully and sincerely your wellwisher, and I heartily recommend your remedies. I hope some poor creature may be helped to health by reading my story.”— Mbs. Col. E. P. RICHABDeOH, Rhinelander, Wig.

AN AFFLICTED PRINCE.

Grandson of Queen Victoria the Victim of Kpilepay. To the great sorrow of Queen Victoria and of all the royal family of England, the young Duke of Albany has inherited the pronounced tendency of epilepsy from his fathe-, whose entire life, so prematurely ended, it served to blight. It had been hoped that the young prince, who has recently been a schoolmate at Eton of young Astor and of other American lads being educated at the 600-year-old college, had escaped the affliction. But during the past few months he has developed unmistakable signs of the malady, and recently‘had his first fit, which was of such an alarming character that he was at once removed by orders of the doctors to his mother’s home at Claremont a full week before the end of the term. Nor Is it likely that he will return to Eton. The affair Is all the more sad as the boy is bright, merry aud popular, with a very keen sense of humor. In fact, mentally he bids fair to resemble his father, who. in spite of his phenomenally delicate health, was the most intellectually brilliant and far and away the most accomplished of all the sons of Queen Victoria. It may be remembered that the late Duke of Albany met with his death in a particularly shocking fashion, having first lacerated himself with a pair of sharp-pointed scissors and then rolled downstairs while in the throes of a most violent fit. It is to be hoped that his son. the young duke, may be preserved from an analogous fate. But unfortunately, epilepsy is one of those ailqxents for which there is little or no cure, and all the hopes which had been entertained with regard to the military career of the royal lad will necessarily have to be abandoned.

What Paper Costs.

Ladies who go shopping have little idea of the cost of their trip, even in such a minor detail as the cost of paper lor the packages they have sent home. A Baltimorean has recently compared the weight of paper with the food supplied to the purchaser. In one day’s purchases it is said that the paper wrapping amounted to about 10 per cent, of the total. In a list of supplies costing about $1.40 he found that the paper which was weighed with the provisions cost 14% cents.

Shake Into Your Shoes

Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting,nervous leet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot. i ired, aching feet Try it to-day. Sold by alt druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c, in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Aden S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N.*Y.

Germ Killers.

It has been shown by Koch and othc:<3 that soap is a microbicide, or germ killer, and, according to Prof. Seraflnl, soda or potash soap Is quite a good disinfectant, not only because of the alkalis, but the combination Itself. Heating the water favors the effect. Resinous soaps are not the best disinfectant. Marseilles soap is Very good. A solution of 3 or 4 per cent, kills the most resisting microbes.

Heavy Applause.

Iloland Rantt—Roxey came down from Alaska with plenty of yellow stuff in his pockets. Soubrette—There must be some pretty good throwers un there that can throw eggs In a man’s pockets. Hall’s Catarrh Cura. Is a constitutional cure. Price 75 cents. Asparagus Is so plentiful on the Russian steppes that the cattle eat it like grass. The seeds are sometimes dried, and used as a substitute for coffee. I know that my life was saved by Piso’a Cure for Consumption.—John A. Miller, An Sable, Mich., April 21, 1885Two streets in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, which have heretofore borne the names of two saints, will hereafter be called Gomez and McKinley. KiaSlNfi BUS— More fun thau a be* of monkeys; ww three S-cent stamps for a Kissing Bug to kissing Bug Mfg. Co., I*ll Pins St., St, Usuls,Ma.

MR. LEASE AS A SCRAPPER.

The Hnsband of the Famous Kansas Reformer Can Fight If He Wants To. Anent the slurs recently cut at Mrs. Lease, It Is not generally known that her husband is a man who has not only the willingness to fight when occasion requires it, but who has the requisite brawn to do battle to a successful conclusion, Bays a Topeka (Kan.) paper. Charles Lease was a mighty good man In his day, and his day has not ended yet. He has had only two fights In the last ten years, and unless somebody who doesn’t know him runs up against him he won’t have a fight in the next ten years. One of his fights is thus described and Illustrates Mr. Lease’s make-up to a dot: He was a salesman in the wholesale drug store of Ben Aldrich. One day a bully who wanted to start a joint In a neighboring town came in to buy some drugs to put In front. He was a mean chap and swore at Mr. Lease frequently and applied disgraceful epithets to him repeatedly. Mr. Lease smiled and treated his customer with the utmost affability all the time. In due time the sale was made, the goods loaded on a dray and carried away. Mr. Lease took the money from his customer, gave him the change and thanked him most kindly for his patronage. As the fellow went out on the sidewalk Mr. Lease followed and hailed him. “What's the matter?” said the bully, roughly. “Isn't everything settled?” “Not quite all,” said Charlie; “we haven’t yet settled for those names you called me.” And so saying he mopped up the sidewalk and half a block of the gutter with his customer. Saturday night, when the store was about to be closed, a store boy told Mr. Lease he was wanted at the desk of Mr. Aldrich. He thought sure that his cake was dough, but when Ben Aldrich said, “Charlie, your wages are Increased $3 a week,” he felt better toward himself and the world and even the man he licked.

Discovery of Life Plant.

So full of vigor that if one of its leaves be pinned to a warm wall another plant will grow. It is these same principles which enable Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters to arouse to life and duty the overworked Stomach. The sufferer from dyspepsia or any stomach trouble needs it. A private revenue stamp covers the neck of the bottle.

Stealing a Postoffice.

When the postoffice authorities at Washington refused to establish a postoffice at Mountain View', because of t*here being one at Oakdale, Md., only a mile and a half away, the people of the former place went in a body to the latter, stole the postofflee building, and planted It in their own town.

44 Circumstances Alter Cases ” In cases of scrofula, salt rheum, dyspepsia, nervousness, catarrh, rheumatism, eruptions, etc., the circumstances may be t altered by purifying and enriching the j bipod <with Hood's Sarsaparilla. 11 is the great remedy for all ages and both sexes. Be sure to get Hood's, because

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