Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 18, Petersburg, Pike County, 8 September 1899 — Page 2

Kansans Sail on the Tartar; Washingtons, on the Pennsylvania, and Nevadans on the Ohio. ALL WILL START WITHIN A FEW DAYS, Kauu and Washington Will L««« Over Fonr Hundred Men Behind. Moat of Them Re-Bn Hating—An Interesting Chat With Brlg-Gca. Funa ton.

Manila, Sept. 2.—Of the troops about to return to the United States, the Kansas men . will leave on board the transport Tartar, the Washington regiment on board the Pennsylvania, and the Navada cavalry on the Ohio. All these departures will occur within the next week. - The Kansas Regiment. Eight hundred men of the Kansas regiment will return, and 200 will remain at Manila, 150 of them re^nlist|ng. Three officers and 30 men of the Kansas regiment were killed, and 18 Officers and men died from, disease 4or* Ing the smallpox epidemic, while 132 members-of the regiment tvere wounded. The Washingtons. Of the Washingtons, 875 men are embarking, while eight officers and 806 men will stay, most of those remaining enlisting in the new regiments being formed here. One of the officers of the regiment was killed, one was wounded, and one died from disease. Twenty-four of the men were killed, 18 were wounded, and nine died. Gen. Funstoa's Old Wound. Gen. Frederick Funston and Mrs. Funston are with the general’s regiment. Gen. Funstdn has undergone an operation, necessitated by an injury resulting from a fall from his hone while serving in the Cuban army with Gen. Gomez. In the course of an interview, Gen. Funston remarked that he would not mind staying in Luzon. He dislikes war,but inasmuch as there is fighting, he would like to remain and aid in bringing it to a close. Speaking of the future, he said: Solution of the Problem. “The only solution of the problem will be through whipping the insur gents. I do not think they will surrender. When we begin active op erations against them on a larger scale, in the autumn, we will scatteT them into small bands, and I think when the soldiers composing these bands see that they are persistenly pursued, they will throw away or hide their ai^ns and return to their pursuits of peace. A year hence small bodies of armed men will be able to go anywhere in Luzon. The island was always infested with bandits, and was never safe for Europeans to travel in. Probably after the end of the fighting the highwaymen will be more numerous, because the members ol Aguinaldo’s army who have lived foi years with guns in their hands, havt acquired a taste for bush life, and would rather continue as highwaymen than return to work. Cavalry Greatly Needed. “Cavalry is greatly needed here. The country, when dry, is superb for cavalry operations. The insurgent* have none. One of their strong points is their ability to retreat rapidly., Cavalry could overtake and hopelessly scatter and punish them,1 and could subsist largely off the country. When cavalry is once ht^e, it should be given • chance to go ahead, and not be kept In towns for guard duty. Our greatest successes have been gained when the regimental commanders have been allowed to quickly follow up the advantages gained in battle. Small bodies of Americans, operating freely, and commanded by officers of dash and energy, could badly break up the enemy. The capture of Aguinaldo by cavalry would be & less difficult proposition than the capture of the Apache chiefs of Arizona.”

FUNERAL OF COL. HAWKINS. ^ Romain* of the Late Commander of the Tenth Pennsylvania Laid to Rest with Honors. Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 2.—The remains of Col. Alexander Leroy Hawkins, commander of the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers, who died on ship board while en route to San Francisco from Manila, were buried with militray honors in the family lost in the Washingtaen cemetery at Washington. Fa. „ A provisional regiment, cor&poscd of three companies each of the Fourteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth regiments, Pennsylvania guard, under command of Col. Wm. J. Glenn, headed the funeral cortege, followed by the Tenth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, under command of Lieut.-Col. Barnett, and members of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry. The ceremonies at the cemetery Were in charge of Chaplain Hunter, o( the Tenth. YELLOW JACKATnEWORLE AN? One Death and Two New Cases Re ported Yesterday — Mobile Promptly Quarantines. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2.—Owing to one death by yellow fever m New Orleans and two other cases declared there, Mobile city authorities proclaimed, last night, a quarantine against persons, baggage and freight from New Orleans entering Mobile county. The night train from New Orleans, due at 12 10 a. m., will be prohibited from di» charging New Orleans passengers hero

M’KINLEY’S PROCLAMATION. Oates O0ee Holden the Only Class Who fJa«uliaedly Approve the President’* Posltloa. Havana, Sept. 4.—The consensus of opinion in Havana regarding the census proclamation can now be ascertained with a reasonable degree of accuracy. When the proclamation was first made known all elements were apparently satisfied. Now' the only ones who appear to give full approval are Cuban office holders. These say that the proclamationts the work of a master head and ought to satisfy everybody. Their outspoken approbation, if there were no other reason, would cause all elements to suspect the existence of something wrong somewhere.

What the laaependini want. The independists, as the members of the party advocating independence are edited, say that President McKinley should have made some declaration regarding absolute independence for Cuba. Those who favor an American protectorate consider that the proclamation does not offer adequate guarantees to property and thy investor. The annexationists assert that tha proclamation tells literally nothing respecting President McKinley’s purpose and that no one is any wiser regarding the future of the island than before. They, however, believe that the administration is inclined to adopt the theory that it would be impossible immediately to turn over the reins of government to the Cubans without precipitating civil war. Object oa General Principles. The malcontents—those who abuse everything, no matter what, that ia done by the present administration— object to the proclamation on general principles. American officials believe that there is nothing to be worried about from any point of view. Don’t Care What Happens. *5 As to the foreign capitalists, their opinion is fairly represented by the president of an important railway who said yesterday: “We do not care what happens. The United States has assumed Spain's responsibility in the island and evert if a republic is established, its officials would of necessity obey Washington implicity. It is this conviction that has led English capitalists and Germans to invest capital in the island. American capital—I do not see why—continues timid, despite the fact that the United States is pledged before the world to give the island some stable form of government, w’hether the realization be soon or late.” Caban Autonomy. “Prominent members of the former autonomist party intend to form a club to promote “Cuban autonomy under an American protectorate. Among the promoters of the movement are some of the principle men of the island. They claim to represent a very large number who have been completely ignored in the reconstruction of the insular government. Positions which, as they contend, they are eminently qualified to hold, owing to personal character and family connections, have been given to “incompetents who have degraded the Cuban name not only in the eyes of the world, uut among the Cubans themselves.” Gen. Lee Criticised. La Patricia, commenting upon the assertion oi Gen. Lee that it would be wise to keep the United States troops here to safeguard the interests of Americans and foreigners, says that he does not wish an American protectorate, but merely protection for the foreigner. The Nuevo Pais, commenting upon the statement, remarks that a protectorate would be infinitely preferable to such an arrangement as Gen. Lee suggested.

Something to Lay to Heart. Nuevo Pais says: “In spite of the fact that Santo, Domingo has plenty of able men, the republic is in a state of chaos. Let Cubans lay this fact to heart. What Cubans can read the story of Venezuela after she attained independence without tre mbling at the thought of what Cuba would become if the American troops were withdrawn? Let us bear in mind our own history. Let us recall the fact that three mutually hostile Cuban parties began together to oppose Spain, and that Gomez, seeing the discord among our people, declared that Cubans could not be free. Bearing these things in mind can we believe that peace is possible and that property can be guarded in the island without American help.” To Boy a Newspaper Plant. Quintin Banderas arrived yesterday afternoon from Santiago de Cuba. He says he has come to buy the plant for a newspaper at .Santiago, to be called /‘The Cuban Banner,” and also to talk over the political programme with the leaders of' the Cuban national party of which he is the founder. He declined to offer an opinion regarding the governor general’s refusal to pay on the supplementary lists of the Cuban troops, but his attorney remarked that such a refusal, if persisted in would be attended with great circumstances, as men who had fought for SO years in behalf of Cuba would not consent to be put off in that fashion. Wonid-Be Lynchers In New York. New York, Sept. 4.—Policeman Pat* rick O’Keefe, attached to the East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street station, was shdt through the head and chest yesterday by Michael Farrelli, in Farrelli’s saloon, a notorious dive on Second avenue. O’Keefe will die. Farrelli w^s placed under arrest after a long chase and a desperate fight in which he made further effort to d« murder. A mob of several thousand persons gathered after the snooting and made a determined effort to lynch the Italian.

Explosion, Followed by Fire, at tin Republic Iron Works in Pittsburgh, Pa. m MEN WERE INSTANTLY KILLED* \ “ Several Others Received lajarles Some of Which Will Prove Fata) —Fire Followed the Kxploiloa, Addins to the Horrors ot the Dreadful Disaster.

Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 2.—A boitci •xplosion at the Republic iron work* 3ii South Twenty-fourth street, shortly before daylight, killed five men and seriously injured seven. Fire which broke out following the explosion, added to the norror. The mill was partly wrecked and the entire plan! was compelled to close down. The list of killed and injured is as follows: The Killed. David Matthews, heater; married. Thomas Beavens, heater; married. Wm. Thomas heater: married. John Warminski, heater. Unknown man, crushed almost be* yond recognition. The In) a red. Malachi Donohue, 58 years of age, puddler; fatally burned. Neil Donohue, his son, 28 vears old; will die. Frederick Herb, 48 years old; will die. Stephen Macaski. Henry Sanders. Peter Schnitzer. Unknown man, cut about head; left the hospital without giving his name. Few Men Were Around. The explosion occurred just as the night force was leaving and the day force was coming ofi duty, so that there were only a few men in the mill at the time. It occurred in the 14-inch department, and the concussion was terrific. Buildings were shaken a mile away, and dust filled the air for two or three blocks. It entered open windows and nearly sufficated persons who were aroused by the roar and the shock. . The Wreckage Took Fire. Immediately following the explosion the wreckage took fire, and this added to the difficulties encountered in rescuing the burned and mutilated vie tims. A fire alarm was quickly sounded, ind in a short time the flames were under control, after which the firemen were employed in searching the ruins for the dead and injured. Bodies Recovered. The first two bodies taken out were identified ns those of Beavens and Matthews. The bodies were lying against the .vrteked furnace. The men had beeii knocked down by flying bricks and were roasted to death by the heat from their own furnace. Thee others were found soon after and sent to the morgue. The injured were removed to the South Side hospital, where they received prompt attention. The Boiler's Plight. When the boiler burst a section of it, weighing four tons,was blown thrqugh the roof and crashed into the side of the house of Gregory Sanders, on Wright’s alley, about 200 yards distant. The building, which -was of frame, was wrecked, but. the occupants escaped with a bad fright. This flying portion of the boiler tore down the central supports of the roof which fell in and partially burned some of those injured. '■ The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined. “ The damage to the plant was heavy but the firm could not estimate it at this time. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. Three Men Killed Outright and Five Others Mortally Injured— it adding Totally tV reeked.

Manistee, Mieh., Sept. 2.—The boiler in Chapman & Sargent’s bowl factory at Copemish. 20 miles north of here, exploded yesterday afternoon, killing three men and fatally injuring foux others. The dead are. Charles Handy. Perry Melafont. George Estabrook. The following were fatally injuredr Oliver Sanders, Robert Peterson, Charles Taylor, Howard Ketcham. George Rice was severely, but not fatally scalded. The building was totally wrecked, debris being scattered for 80 rods around. Water was immediately thrown on the ruins and finprevented. Handy, who was the fireman, was fouHtl with his head blown completely off. The other men were working at the machines in the mil! when the explosion occurred. All bnt three of them leave families. The loss to the factory will be $5,000. The Marbleheiul at San Diego. San Diego, Cal., Sept. 2.—The United States cruiser Marblehead arrived here at 2 p. m. yesterday. ConaMerinir Military Rates. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 2—After a session lasting for two days, the Tran*missouri committee u’ the Western Passenger; association concluded its sessions yesterday. The principal matter under idiseussion was the question of military rates. Transmissouri roads are vitally inter, stedm tin-. The movement of the several new regiments now- being formed will naturally affecls thevj, as the soldiers mi st be transported over their roads, to the Pacific coast preparatory to *\»-barking fox Manila.

DEMOCRATIC DECLARATION. Made hr Horn. William T. Mooney, Temporary Chairman at the Okie SUtte Convention.

In his address to the Ohio democratic state convention'at Zanesville, August 30, Hon. William T. Mooney, temporary chairman, in the course of his remarks said: "4 “There wtll - be to-day no contest as to the platform declarations which our party shall make. There Is no difference of opinion. The democratic party of Ohio stands squarely upon every plank of the Chicago platform of 1S96. We believed it then and we believe It now. “The people who sent us here do not believe in a double standard of democracy. In 1896 the test was; ‘Are you loyal to the platform?* and that is the Ohio test to-day. “The party In Ohio is too thoroughly honest, too completely convinced, too desperately in earnest, to desire to be misunderstood. The reaffirmation of the national platform does not eliminate and does not fail to both recognise and emi pbasise that we demand the free and unlimited! coinage of both gold and silver, at the ratio of sixteen to one, without waiting for the consent or assistance of any nation on earth. “We believe that the denu etlsation. of silver In this country in 1873 v as accomplished by fraud and crime; that the action was taken without any demand from or the consent of the people of the United States, and we decline to believe that blessings have flqwed or will flow from legislation so procured and so enacted. We still distrust the' new found solicitude of England to promote our material welfare, and we deny the right of the British parliament to participate in the government of this union, In monetary or other matters. “The leaders of the republican party are committed to a bank currency. Not being able to go Into partnership with Europe on the silver question, and recognising their Inability to cope, with th«i: question themselves, the republicans have resolved to appoint a receiver for the money question, and their selection for a receiver, not inappropriately, to be the banks of the country. All honest men, however, may be amazed at the effrontery of a party which one moment contends that this government is unable to sustain an American financial policy and the next moment asserts that the American i banks can be relied upon to formulate I and carry out a safe and proper financial ( policy. And we are at a loss to understand why, If the banks can be charged with this exercise of governmental power, they did not In some manner demonstrate their fitness for the trust In the money famine of 1894, when their vaults were bursting wltfr the accumulated money. “If there has been an Increase in the world’s supply of gold, and if that Increase has in any measure found Its way to our mints, and If an increase in our money supply has contributed to our prosperity, as our adversaries state, it follows that we were right in 1896, when we contended that the money supply if inoreased would result in prosperous times. If it be addfed that the scale of general prices, excluding only the commodities the manufacture and sale of which is controlled by a trust —that the scale of general prices of all other articles Is still on the decline, and If it be further considered that India has been forced by the money power of England to go to the gold standard, and the bank of England has been for some time and is now making frantic efforts to supply from other sources a gold reserve for its vassal, thus reducing this country’s distributive share, it must follow that we are right now In our contention for recognition of the white metal. “We are pointed to a business revival In the United States and It Is argued that this makes most strongly against our position. That there has been a revival none will deny, and that the revival Is not confined to this country our adversaries •will certainly not contend. Revival of trade In Canada, Germany and Mexico, as well as the United States, proves too much; for the republican party has nothing in common with Germany, holds Mexico as a ‘horrible example,’ and till it yields up a portion of Alaska will not be reestablished on cousinly terms with Canada. The business revival for which so much Is claimed is naught but the reaction succeeding a world panic and a world famine. Such reactions always come, are always marked and are sometimes spasmodic. Business revived after the panics of ’73, ’84, and ’87, but remember waves ride the ebbing as well as the flowing tides., The existence of the revival fails as evidence to establish the fact that trade will continue. Proper conditions are necessary to support and maintain it, and an Increase in trade requires inevitably an Increase in the medium through which trade is carried on. “Concede, however, that we are Increasing our stock of money; admit that the balance of trade will continue in our favor and will continue to supply to us a balance in gold. Is there, then, any reason why this country may not establish and maintain an American monetary policy? In this undeveloped country money is required to establish, as well as to carry on, enterprises, and if money must be borrowed, if interest must be paid, let it be borrowed and paid here, to be returned without decrease again and again into the field of our activities and to be used again and again in the further development and in furthering the prosperity of our own country. “The silver question is not dead, and till men cease to think, till the American people are willing to take theft* laws from Britain, till the republican party recognizes that not the existence but the distribution of wealth makes prosperity, till ease comes to the agricultural classes, till a fair wage Is paid to the mechanic and till content and satisfaction come to those who toil, until silver is restored to Its proper place in the coinage the democratic party will stand by the Chicago platform.

“The mo>ey question is not, however, the only ftsue in this campaign. Everything, from pine lands to peanuts, from steel rails to sardines, from straw board to sugar, from tin cans to tobacco, from crackers to chewing gum, has been organized into a trust. “Not only are these aggregations of wealth Intended to control prices and to beat down wages, but in politics they threaten to affect our liberties. “We are informed by an eminent republican, who professes to know his own business, that no political issue can be made of the trust question. And why not? Because it is ineffectual? Because the state cannot control its creatures? Because these giant corporations have too much power? ' v "The republican party is in power in the state and nation. Why does it not. Instead of denouncing thb trusts on paper, prosecute them in the courts, ,-jhd why does It not hold up the hands of officers who try in this respect to do their duty? But Is not all this in line with what was to be expected? To be consistent must not the republican party favor the trusts? To pay a debt of gratitude must not that party be for the trusts? Must not that party, which favored a tariff to eliminate competition so that the favorites ot the government might plunder the pockets of the people, be in favor of trusts while they i take the people by the throats? Is Hanna against the trusts? Carry the news to Monnett. Hanna against the trusts? In. these latter days do men gather grapes j of thorns or figs of thistles? j “We charge that the trusts of uie counj try own this administration, and that their title to It was acquired by purchase, and until Mr. Hanna is dethroned we insist | that the trusts will continue as now to I be in possession of their property so ac- { qulredL That the trusts can JU controlled by the states cntv. ««•>* not by the general

■ has is * matter of to consequence if they can be controlled at all; the blican party Is at fault. So Ions os thej attorney general of the United States is selected and Inducted into office because h« is a trust lawyer, and so long as an atey general of the state of Ohio is retired to private life because he has underen in this respect to enforce the law. the republican party must fail in its declaration t it is opposed to trusts, e charge that the republican party, as nt controlled, stands for. if indeed as not already entered iato, an Anglolerlcan alliance. The democratic party no desire to adopt for the United States, upon any subject of governmental earn, any but an American policy. We e no desire, we perceive no necessity, td Britain in the maintenance of a Brit* policy anywhere, and with full connee in the strength of our cause and try, we ask no aid from Britain In tainlng an American policy anywhere t it is necessary or desirable to mainone. We adhere to the Monrce doc-: e. We are loyal to the counsels of shirgton’s farewell address. We are |t prepared to accept the ancient an tagisms of England as our own, nor to rticipate with her in her new found tes or envies; and at this juncture, when, gland sees Its power slipping away and! elves with alarm the great advance German manufacture in the world's de, we have not discovered any rea-i why we should sldfe with England d oppose the advance of Germany. We pose the Anglo-American alliance; we uld equally oppose any other alliance, d our motto will continue to be, in the ture as in the past, ‘one flag, one country

a one anefjiance. ‘In condemning the doctrine of imperl- ‘ m, we In no manner abandon our soldiers in the field. But at the same time. never a purse-proud, trust-controlled administration dares array our flag or farces against a people fighting for the Gpd-given right to rule themselves, .whenever the sum total of a people’s offendthat they desire to be free, it will the duty of the democratic party to brave enough to expose the pretense, tear the mask from the covered face fraud and greed and avarice, and proclaim that the recognition of such a war for such purposes is un-American and ust be brought to a close. We proclaim that there shall be be-, nfcath our flag no slaves, no subjects, njo cplonists, who cannot bo eitlxens, and, lest je be late, we proclaim it now. Commercial empire must not be placed before ' nciple: the doctrine, the recognition of jhich made us a great, *ree people, must t be ignored, departed from or limited, ahd we profess our lasting adherence to the doctrine that all men are created frep and ual. i We affirm that the war in tho Phillpes, as at present conducted, is one of Inal aggression, and we flnd%io diffej*:e In the situation the administration cupies than the one occupied by Spain the Philippines before the surrender, hatever rights we have were acquired purchase from Spain; our right is no gher. We declare that while no proclamation s been made, tho fact is that this adinistration intends to hold the islands a dependency; that the prosecution of the war is a part of a political scheme “hd the government of those Islands is!to used as a manner of payment for polcal services. The civil service is not innded to apply. The importance of the campaign this I tar must not be underestimated. This is year beginning the triumph of ipOO democracy’s cause and. democracy's didate: the issues are made up of fhe pie’s interests, and the present admination’s inefficiencies and blunders. The stlons involved are the hone of <jhe pie fnr the future, the possibility of Ir prosperity, the maintenance of their rties, the existence of the fundamental iciples upon which this governments is nded. The name of the candidate for presidency next year appears in the >lutions of every convention Held by the tocracv this year in the state of Oliio. le to the people, devoted to their inters, gifted with wisdom to discern the it, and possessed of eloquence ynd rage to declare and defend it, the jexent of every principle declared to! be locratlc,. the uncompromising foe to #11 ai variance with the people’s best interest, tjhe unquestioned leader of a reunited democracy, his name trembles upon your Ifps, and trust and confidence in his honesty and capacity abide in your hearts: an Iqe'al Candidate, stronger in defeat than his,opponent in victory, he is demanded by the democracy of Ohio and the democracy of tjhe country as our standard-bearer in 1900 -fWilliam Jennings Bryan, Under the ljaner -of the democracy we enlist with him s our leader, and this day’s work Will ake an appropriate and fitting beginning r next year, when at thqt great tribunal f the people’s wllK-the ballot-box4the rror of 1896 will be corrected and. the IllConsidered and unjust judgment then rendered will be reversed.*’ " McKinley’s Optimism. Mr. McKinley cannot afford < to be itherwise than optimistic. It is his war. le embarked^the country in it without lonsulting either congress or the people. The acquisition of the Philippines ^vas his idea. He insisted through his docile agents and brokers - in Paris" jipon the surrender of the Philippines >y Spain as the condition upon which e would agree to make peace with*the latter country, although uothihg of the kind was stipulated or even hinted at |n the protocol. Rather than miss hat he must have thought at the time as a fine bargain he agreed to : pay ipain $20,000,000 for her title, such as it was, and to take the chance of liqkpig the Filipinos into submission. How any millions in addition to the $20,•00,000 paid to Spain have since been xpended in the vain effort to protect he Spanish title by war and bloodshed he American people do not know.— ' Itimore Sun.

—“—The questions which split the republican party and drove its great men away from Blaine were not so l momentous as are the questions which are driving great republicans away from McKinley. The issues which drove hundreds of thousands of republicansaway from Hayes to Tilden were as nothing Compared with the questions of tcj-day. fn the meantime, only folly on the part Of the democratic party can keep the people from turning to true democracy as a refuge from the dangers which threaten their country. And the democratic national convention will be held in 1900.—Poughkeepsie Xewss-Pregs. --President McKinley told the PC**” pie at Ocean Grove that there had heen doubt expressed in somfc quarters as to the purpose of the government respecting the Philippines and thpt he saw no objection to stating it there. “Peace first, then, with charity fbr all, an ^established government of law and order, protecting life and property and occupation, for the well-being of the people, in which they will participa^. under the stars and stripes.” Tn other words, it is the purpose that the? Philippines shall not be independent, it any time, but shall remain “tinder the stars and stripes.”—Indians^'15* sentinel

‘He Laughs Best Who Laughs Last. A hearty laugh indicates a decree blood. cAs but one person in ten poet blood, the other nine should pe the blood ’With Hood's Sarsapar Then they can laugh first, last anc the time, for

VERY OBLIGIHG. He Wm Wlllln* to fllw tS»e canic Vocalist a Good Hard Shove. The young man who sings lorn) and 1 was interrupted by a tap at the door i ‘ apartment “Excuse tne,” said the tall, thin str , “I am sorry to intrude. I occupy the under you, and I have come up to is if you are the gentleman who str lads.” “Yes,” was the answer, with the man who is modest, but cannot deny truth. “Are you fond of music?” “1 don’t know that I am what you call fond of it. 4 At the same time I' anything particular against it. I am , much affected by some things I hear.”^.|-; “That amounts to the same thing as I * fond of it,” was the answer, in a soothing encouragement. “1 have been wondering if I caught words of your favorite song correctly. § me see: “'How often, oh. how often, Have I wished that the ebbing! Wouid bear me away on Its ItnimL To the ocean wild and wide.’ Is that right?” “Yes; it's all right, according to my 'fjfco.* lection. Is that one of the pieces you are a(* fected by?” HH “Yes. I have been affected by that idr hours at a time. It has drawn me-iiTewfe ibly to you. It has filled me with a.: ing to ao something that would happier. And I called up to ssy tfe you 11 come down to the river with f' evening I’ll pay your ca#4are and boat and give you a goqastart on titer] ebbing tide scheduled. And I dob^ saying that the further out it bears yo better I’ll be satisfied.”—Washington ‘ STORY SOUNDED WBLfcW . |j§§|| But There Was Reason to Itelleirn That It Was Not Wholly - True. ^ ■" .. ;v||Pseg®!©? “When I first went west,” tells i.i business man, who now does nothing ! way of work except to mow the laws: see that the cat is in the barn at: “this maimed hand saved my life.” S. i “Is that so?” asked the visiting neighbor, ^vho knew that this form of invitatiQh.t@pki pc suffi<$ynt to insure the story. “Yes, that’s right. If I hadp'i . sngut. it I haap’t first finger when I was a boy T woul here now. Jim Dixon and me w« with the Indians. We exchanged ! t'ewelry and bright calico for iurs. luffalo were not gone then and good business. One time we happ'er strike a wandering band of savages held us up on sight and it was plain the way tne red devils danced amt "that we were to be put to death Indian fashion. All at once I rec a good many of the Indians knew ‘four-fingered’ trader who was alway . the level with those wild merchants, held up the hand and kept it up till oi the young bucks let out a significant j and then hurried to the chief in eoror He came to me in a dignified maan amined. the hand, grunted about 1 Avhile deliberating, said ‘How.’ and i me as well as. my partner. We were t right up to the handle and permitted part when we wanted to. It was the t squeak and the worst scare I had out S country when near calls and heart-: . .... frights were the rule.” “Brave man,” said one neighbor to another, as they walked away. ■ *•’ “Yes, regular big iojun. if you accept all he tells. Between me and you he lost that finger t wo^ ears ago while examining alay cutter.”—Detroit Free Dress. Queernesi of It’s a wise child that knows its own father when it sees him out in companyi' It doesn’t take much of a uum to tell how a thing ought to he done. Thf one who goes and does it deserves the praise. , The man who goes to church may enjoy the sermon, but he generallv with a good appetite for his Sund It is claimed by some people that indicates great brain power, but the l of alleged hair restorers keep oh. rich.—Chicago Times-Herald. V----.:*ggs Irony. £ ci||“Did ye iver notice a mon from! inquired the janitor philosopher. ve didn’t it’s worth yer whoile. boulevard he struts wid hid ilevat dinly thor’s a big commotion afi’ ed off his fate by an autymobile. himsilf up, goes home an tills his 1.. horseliss carriages av Chicago are_ jackasses; but tnot th.’ jackasses are insoide. Oh, he’s a bitter lobster.”—Chicago — News. ' 'll Family Pride. The Husband—But we can’t affo a carriage. The \\ ife—J know we can’t, but l hbUit to show that stuck-up Mrs. Brown that we can have things we can’t afford just as they can.—N. Y. Journal. Can't Succeed. Some men are so deficient in t§|L_ of success that they would never world on fire even if the world v ' in their favor.—Detroit Journal jess

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