Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 May 1897 — Page 4

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Bryan hasn't eyen got a bicycle.

To the United States senate: "Play ball!"

This morning the senatorial slow mule race will be off.

Steve Crane's campaign in Greece has been a complete failure.

The scorcher is in need of a period of perfect rest in a cool, quiet cell.

Everybody in Chicago from Mayor Harrison down to the burglars ride a bicycle.

It will probabiv be next to impossible hereafter to keep Broker Chapman out of

jail.

The heavy tax on beer will hardly reduce the speed of the schqoijfi'iS that pass in the night. .' 'jw'

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The United States should lose no time in adding to its xiavy that other gunboat which will sink.

In Xew York the other day an ice wagon was usied as ®i hearse. It was a chilly way treat a corpse.

General Gomez should train his ear on 'American commencement exercises in two Dr three weeks.

It is understood that Colonel Hamid seriously objects to the civil service reform idea of the powers.

Jerry Simpson is most unwise to attempt to glide along in the house with both hands off the handle bars.

Ex-Queen Lil is still in Washington. It is absolutely wonderful how the "ex's" hold on in these recent times.

The man that broke the bank at Monte Carlo didn't do any better job than Johnson performed at L/ogansport.

•Bob Fitzsimmons says he wants to go.on the stage. Well, we don't know of anybody likely to get in Bob's way.

It looks as If Spain were going to forget Cutoa and the United States in her absorption over the Tetuan-Comas affair.

Emperor William is uncertain and erratic about most things but he may be relied upon for consistent hatred of England.

Germany and Italy do not like the proposed American tariff tout as yet they have not explained what they are going to do about it.

Professor Wilson attributes consumption to the tariff and Senator Vest says the Mississippi river floods were due to the gold standard.

Forest City, Ark., has a candidate for the postoffice whose name is Flab Izzard. That name will probably make the president hunt a cyclone cellar.

For one week Professor Wilson has been silent on the subject of the tariff. His popularity steadily grows under the influence of his new policy.

General Weyler goes at face value in certain official circles at Madrid but nowhere else -on earth. It is said that he cannot even make his boy mind.

If Colonel Abdul Hamid is as shrewd a diplomat as General Wallace thinks he is he will probably not push the "will of Allah" in regard to Thessaly.

It is declared by the war correspondents that Prince Nicolas has no courage. If he had he apparently would be somewhat of a prodigy in his family.

Certain statesmen have discovered thus early in Foraker's senatorial term that the Ohio man has some of the salient features of a barbed wire fence.

Senator Deboe is in the habit of going fast asleep at his desk. He will be wide awake, though, when his time comes to vote ifor protection and prosperity.

The Gilmer (Texas) Mirror declares thfLt it "kwows ta blamed sight more than it prims." The readers of the Mirror will probably not find much difficulty in believing its etiatemea:.

The Spanish gunboats appear to be chasing ail vessels tfhat disturb Cuban waters. It is to be hoped that sooner or later they will find some of the trouble for which they vre so eagerly searching.

Prince Constantine gives the distinct impression that he does not admit that anybody could have done it any bet ter. Possibly no one will deny that few persons could have done it any worse.

Popocraey5 in the future, it is announced, will fight for free trade and free silver. That will be a perfectly homologous programme. All Republicans can unite against with ^hole-hearted energy.

It used to be that the sultan was especially afraid of his own subjects. Now he appears to be especially afraid of other rulers' subjects. He wants to exclude most everybody from Constantinople.

It is announced that Victoria is having her carriage fitted wkh rubber tires. My! but the queen must be slow. Think of her being content all this tme with old solid tires. Wonder if she still rides an old "ordinary?"

The socialists of Massachusetts "have already chosen a candidate for governor. George Fred Williams had been at much pains to get his lightning rod in shape for the impending crash but It never touched him. it

Kipling |ias not found things so warm in the East Is to keep him from grinding out poems on various subjects. While the war raged about him he was building rhymes on the Canadian tariff and on Euglish art. H:s salary for reporting the war was fcj.OOO

A

month and there is no telling how uiuch 4

he made on the si«e. Whatever may be said against the literary notable out of his line he is on the royal road to wealth.

John Hay has made a notable speech in the hearing of the British. He talked appreciatively, strongly and elegantly about Walter Scott. He did not represent Uncle Sam«nd John Bull as clasped in each other's arms and weeping on each other's necks.

Canovas and Olney appeared in the diplomatic arena. Olney sparred for an opening and Canovas punched him over the ropes. That seems to be about the fact in connection with the country's cooing offer of mediation to the imperious Spaniard. jt .*, 3?

Ex-Senator Ingalls is in Washington for the purpose, as he explains, of "seeing how things are going." He had been there only a day or two when an interview with him appeared in which he poinied out by means of strenuous and lurid rhetoric that there were deterioration and demoralization .everywhere.

BANK WRECKER JOHNSON. There is strong evidence and a great deal of it, that John F. Johnson, late of Logansport, is one of the most audacious scoundrels that the country has produced. He was no ordinary bank wrecker. He did not confine his -crookedness to falsifying the books and similar peculations. This map's policy waa broader and more comprehensive than that. He was not wedded to any particular kind of villainy. False entries, forgeries, lies, confidence games—everything short of highway robbery—seem to have been a part of Johnson's plan for coming into wrongful possession of other people's money.

Johnson did not staaid by his friends. H!e made no effort to protect them in his career of diversified fnaud. On the contrary his friends appear to have suffered more than anybody else. The defaulter used friendship to further his designs of personal aggrandizement. Old farmers who believed in their bank president, who knew him well and esteemed him highly—those are the men from whom Johnson borrowed extensively and to whom he gave in return for hard-earned ca-sh securities utterly destitute of value. The man seems to have been wholly without sympathy and without conscience. He robbed right and left, fore and (aft, nor at any stage of the desperate game did he falter. It is a remarkable record that he has given to the criminal world and thrusts upon Indiana fame that she would willingly be without.

The conduct of this brazen and Napoleonic criminal since his arrest has been peculiar. He bears up as well as one who expects the honorable verdict, "well done, thou good and llaithful servant." Even his wife bears the disgrace with firmness. It is a most unusual case. Johnson is anxious to have his term of imprisonment begin at once and there would seem to be no reason why it should not. He has certainly earned the right to have this request of his promptly recognized. Furthermore, he should be allowed to stay in prison a good long time. Bank wreckers are becoming altogether too common to be interesting and they should get every bit of bitterness that the la!w and outraged conscience can administer.

CURRENT EVENTS.

Eugene 'Debs 'says the convention to be held in Chicago next month, following the special convention of ihe American Railway Union, will form the organization for the movement to get political control of a state and test the doctrine of a state co-op-erative commonwealth. Debs says 100 men ought to be put in the field at once enrolling members and he believes that in a fs*v months there could be a membership which would contribute $50,000 a month, each member giving what lie or she felt able to contribute. This money would be used in paying the way of the men sent into the state which the convention may select for the experiment and in establishing co-oper-ative industries. At the end of two or three years when the advocates of the doctrine had succeeded in electing a legislature which would call a constitutional convention to change the organic law so that state aid could be given to the co-operative policy, other states would fall into line. Debs ts inclined to favor a marching army of say 1,000 men as soon as there is enough money to pay expenses. He says there would be nothing of the mendicant idea in the army, as it would pay lis own way, but that the marching programme would be carried out for the purpose of attracting the attention of the country to the movement. It would start, perhaps from Chicago, and on the occasion there would be addresses by such men as B. Fay Mills, Professor Herron or Henry D. Lloyd.'

Mr. Debs says 'that while in Utah he made a thorough investigation of the co-operative phase of Mormonism. He found that it was about as near perfection as it could be and that it was eminently successful. The popular impression of Mormonism is based on the polygamous iniquity, but there was much else in the work of the Morhaons^that was admirable. There were no drones no crime and so far as their material welfare was concerned, the Mormons could not complain of their condition. They made a desert into a garden spot, and but for the spirit of commercialism which possessed old Brigham Young and the leaders in the church and polygamy, Mormonism would today furnish a model industrial system.

Thomas E. Vallins, the Pinkerton detective, who is known here as the man employed in the search for Farden and Barnett, the men who took the Adams Express package, and who was elected chief of police in Kansas City, Missouri is going to have trouble holding his job. Attorney General Crow has instituted proceedings in the courts to oust him on the ground that he has not been a resident of the state the legally stipulated time. The labor organizations of Missouri are back of the movement to secure his removal and they furnished the attorney general with the necessary affidavits to institute the legal proceedings.

The society ladies and club womeh bt Danville, 111., concluded they would drop the discussion of Browning and the Soul— with a big S—for gymnastics. To raise the money for a gymnasium they gave a minstrel performance last week. It was a big success in all respects. The women appeared in buvnt cork and dress suits and air the men folks were in the front seats. The programme gave fictitious names, but the audience knew every member of tHfe company and roared its applause when the society ladles sang: "I Love My Honey, Yes I Do," "Brush fcy. Niggah," "The Funny Little Fellow Wid de High Hat," and many other "gems of minstrelsy." Some of the ladies on the programme are well known in Terre Haute social circles. Why can" Terre Haute have as much fun as Danville ha4?

CUBA IS NOT FOB SALE

SPAIN REFUSES TO NEGOTIATE OR EVEN ENTERTAIN OVERTURES.

Th« Government's Representative at Wash­

ington

Rejects

the

Unofficial Proposi­

tion For DUpoaal of

tbe

Island.

Special to the Chicago Record. Washington, May 23.—The various reports that have been in circulation for several days past about a plan for the purchase of Cuba being .under consideration by the administration originated in a visit to the White House of Colonel John J. McCook, R. A. C. Smith of New York, and Mr. Narganez of Matanzas, Cuba, who endeavored to interest the president in such a proposition. Colonel'McCook is the same gentleman that was under discussion for a cabinet position. Mr. Smith is a native of Cadiz, Spain. His father was an Englishman and 'his mother a Spaniard. He has spent most of his life in New York, however, is a citizen of the United States, and has busiuess interests in Cuba. Mr. NTarganez is a native Cuban, with large property interests, and his sympathies are with the revolutionists. For the last year or two he has been a member of t?he colony of exiles in New York. These gentlemen did not pretend to represent the Cuban juntas nor the insurgents in the field, nor did they bring credentials from any organization. They came to present a petition largely signed by business men of New York who are engaged in commerce with Cuba or have investments in that island. They also spoke for a number of Cuban exiles who 'have sympathized with the insurrection and have contributed money to its support. Indirectly they have represented New York capitalists who have been led by their sympathy for the patriots of Cuba to invest in th§ bonds of the provisional republic, and, lastly, they came with the good will and sympathy of the Cuban league, which is composed of native American citizens and almost entirely of members of patriotic organizations in the United States. Colonel Ethan Allen is the president. The chief object of the Cuban league is to assist in raising funds for the insurgents and creating public opinion in their favor.

A little more than a year ago a Cuban of the name of Armas visited Madrid as the representative of similar interests, for the purpose of submitting to Mr. Canovas a plan for the sale of Cuba to the citizens of that island. He published a lengthy report of his mission in the New York papers, and afterward in a pamphlet, but it was unsatisfactory, because it contained so much of what Mr. Armas thought and said and so very little of what the prime minister of Spain thought and said. There has always befen some doubt -whether Armas actually had an interview witih Canovas, but if he did it was unimportant, and he received no encouragement whatever for his scheme.

The visit of Messrs. McCook, Smith and Narganez was for the purpose bf persuading President McKinley to submit a similar proposition to the Spanish government, and it appears to have been* suggested by the conciliatory words spoken by Mr. Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister, at a dinner recently given by him to the Spanish and Cuban residents of New York. On that occasion Mr. Dupuy de Lome said the mother country was ready to make peace with her wayward (Children on any honorable terms, and used other expressions which were construed by the New York Cubans as indicating favorable time for the renewal of their efforts to buy the independence of the island.

The president received these volunteer commissioners in a friendly manner and expressed his desire to do everything in his power to secure peace and restove the prosperity of Cuba. He referred to the offer of mediation by Secretary Olney, which was rejected by the Spanish government, and said that he feared a proposition to -purchase Cuba would meet with a similar refusal. He suggested that it would be better first to sound the government of Spain in an informal manner to see how such a plan would be received, and if there was any encouragement he would be glad to use his good offices to promote its success. He could not, however, give an official or even a private indorsement to the scheme without the authority of congress, because it involved a large financial responsibility. Colonel McCook's idea was for the Cuban republic to purchase its independence with the proceeds of

bonds

guaranteed by the

government of the United States. In compliance with the president's suggestion, Colonel McCook and Mr. Smith called upon the Spanish minister and confessed that they received a cool reception. They decline to give any details of the interview, but admit generally that Mr. Dupuy de Lome told them that he would not receive such a proposition, knd that his government would not consider it for a moment He told therfj that none of the colonies of Spain were for sale. It were possible for the Cubans to obtain their independence by fighting It were possible for the United States or any other nation to conquer Spain and take away her territory, but It was impossible for any one to obtain a foot of Spanish soil by purchase. He said that the government of Spain would give the same answer now that it gave to the United States sixty years ago,.when a similar proposition was presented by Pierre Soule. a special envoy sent oyer by the president.

Colonel McCook and his associates returned to New York on Saturday, without any further encouragement.

Evidence in support of claims for indemnity against Spain is accumulating at the state department. When the Cleveland administration went out the reported losses of American citizens in Cuba amounted to about $19,000,000. As the result of a widespread impression that this administration is to apply a more vigorous policy, claimants have been active since March in presentig details and affidavits. The aggregate of losses of which the government now has official knowledge is Considerably over $25,000,000. This, however, represents not. more than half of the amount which will be involved, It is expected, when the attempt is made to press the subject formally upon the attention of Spain. There are some cases in which the amount of pecuniary indemnity has not been considered. One of these is that of the relatives of Charles Govin. Representative Robbins referred to this in his remarks on the floor of the house on Thursday. But he did not tell the most interesting part of his history. Govin went to Cuba early in the war. He had his passport and his credentials as a newspaper correspondent. He was captured with a squad of insurgents. When he presented his papers they were torn in pieces. Govin was put to death my the machete. Another of the Covins went to Cuba, but received warning while in Havana, secreted himself before the order for his arrest could be jserved and escaped to Key West, where he has since remained as a newspaper correspondent.

The Govins have been well known CubaiiAmericans in Florida for many years. The elder Govin moved to this country when the' sons were small boys, and became prominent. in American politics. He was a Republican and took rank as a leader with his people. Soon after the civil war he was appointed United States consul to Florence. Italy, and held the place through several administrations. But he became still more prominent in the campaign of 1S76. Previous 10 juu time the Cuban-American citi­

zens of Florida had been voting the Democratic ticket. Consul Govin entered the campaign for Hayes. He made special use of the expressed sympathy of Grant for Cuba, the ten years' war was then in progress. In November, 1876, the Cubans who had become naturalized in Florida, numbering several thousands, for the first time, voted almost solidly the Republican ticket. Florida, it will be remembered, was one of the thtee Southern states which were in doubt. Both parties claimed the elecoral vote, and sent visiting statesmen to see that there was a fair count.' The Cuban vote was what turned the scale and gave the Republicans the basis for claiming the state —a claimftthat was subsequently sustained by the electoral commission. If it had not been for that change of the Cuban vote through the efforts of the elder Govin, it is doubtful if the electors for Hayes would have been counted in. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire is familiar with the Florida case. For his important influences in that campaign the elder Govin was appointed postmaster at Jacksonville. The younger members of the family were born in this country. They are so thoroughly American that they cannot be easily identified as of Cuban extraction. At the time Charles Govin was killed another Cuban-American was captured. He did not reveal his citizenship' until he reached Cabanas prison. This man was released through the intercession of Consul General Lee about two weeks ago. He has made a deposition which sustains the version of Covin's death about as given above.-v Jjfe*,

"It would cost us $500,000,000 before we fired the first gun," said a high official today in speaking of the possibilities of war with Spain. The official went on to speak in high commendation of .the president's course, and to justify the declared intention to proceed slowly. Those who have conversed with the president about Cuba during tbe last three days have been much impressed with his desire to bring about a peaceable settlement. They agree that the administration is most earnestly opposed to war about Cuba and to the expense of getting ready for war. The remark about the cost of preparation is being used so frequently in administrative circles that it indicates some official consideration of that phase of the question.

There is another serious feature of this Cuban business. The highest medical officers of the army and navy view the possibility of operations in Cuba with apprehension. Some of them believe that if an American force were landed there this sumnfier one man in three would die of yellow fever. The reports to the United States marine hospital service show that the Spanish troops are already suffering severely, although the epidemic season has not fully opened. Secretary of War Alger and Secretary of the Navy Long are the most pronounced among the members of the cabinet against a policy which will precipitate armed intervention by this country.

COUNTERFEITERS ABROAD.

Quickly Detected If Care Is Used. It frequently happens when an institution successfully places an article of merit on the market, that little concerns spring up all over the country like mushrooms and without skill, experience or practical knowledge Jn the manufacture of the article, offer to the public "something just as good." It is .sold to the grocer at a reduced price and in ,order to unload the goods on a confiding trade, be must practice deception.

A food expert experimented and worked about a year to produce Postum Cereal Food Coffee and make a beverage that would please the eye, palate and system, using only nature's grains. Its success has been beyond his expectation. This has led many imitators to place concoctions on the market. The public is np.t long in detecting the difference, however, between Postum and the counterfeits. Shun the grocer who would sell you some of these impositions. Every package of Postum Cereal Food Coffee has on it the .red seal, "it makes red Wood.'.'

There is but one original and genuine "Cereal Coffee," all others are imitations made to sell to inquirers for Postum. A counterfeit maker will use any means to accomplis'h hiis end. Does 'he care for pure food value? Your own reason will make .answer.

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The Eyes of the Eagle.

Thafei the eagle 1ms a most wonderful power of vision is shown from the fact that it flies in almost a straight line for any object which it desires to secure. Baby eagles also possess this farsightedness. Long before human eyes can discern them their gaze is fixed on distance, and their cries of .welcome to their parents are shrill and continuous. The struoture of their eyes makes them peculiarly strong. The brightest glare of sunlight does not affect them. Eftgles do not fly as high in tho air as some other birds, but their flight is very long and steady. A peculiarity about eagles is that they are constant to their maten, not changing every season, as most birds do. Sometimes the same pair of eagles will return to the same nest year after year. They seem to become acquainted with the locality, and if they are not disturbed are regular tenants.—New York Ledger.

Mothers, Save the Babies.

Summer complaint, dysentery and diarrhoea carry many babies to the grave. Mothers, take warning and use in time Dr. John W. Bull's Baby Syrup to regulate the bowels and allay inflammation. "We have used Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup for thirteen years with the best result. We would as soon be without flour or sugar in the house as this remedy. A. N. Burgess. Grove, Ohio." Ask your dealer for Dr. John W- Bull's Baby Syrup. Price 25 cts.

Sold by

Wm. Jennings Neukom. 648 Lafayette avenue. Geo. Reiss Second street and Wabash avenue. Carl Krietensteln. Fourth and Cherry streets.

He Was Blaffed on Three Queens. Pittsburg, May 23.—A fight over cards today at Snowdeb, a mining town in this county, resulted in the murder of Albert Grier by George Douglass, both colored. A game of draw poker was in progress when Douglass was bluffed by James Smith into laying down -three queens against a bobtail flush. Douglass fled after the shooting pursued by a crowd, who captured him in the woods, a&d were about to lynch him when officers appeared and rescued him and brought him to Pittsburg jail.

J. ft A i*!iserou« lethargy. The forerunner of a train of evils, which too often culminate fatally, is inactivity or lethargy of the kidneys. Not only is Brght's dlseasf, diabetes, gravel, or some other dangerous. integral disease of the organs themselves to be apprehended, but dropsical JiN fusione from the blood, rheumatism and gout, are all traceable to the non-removal from -the blood by the kidneys of certain impurities. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters depurates tbe blood, renders the kidneys active and prevents their disease.

Coach is a word derived front the Italian, meaning a shell. The chrysanthemum is literally "a gold flower," and the lilap is an eastern lady. Map cornea from *'mappa,f' a Punio word which signified a signal cloth.

To Care li Cold In One Day. T*k* laxative Bromo Quinine Tab'ete, Ail druggists retund the money if it fails to cure. 25c.

HERE'SBATTLEBOYAL

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT TO FLAY CHESS.

Arrangements Perfected For a Contest In Which Leading Politicians Will Participate.

Washington, May 23.—The arrangements for the match games of chess 'between five (Selected individual pteyers of the house of •representatives and like number from the (British house of commons, are practically completed. The games will be begun at 2 o'clock p. m., Washington time, and 7 o'clock (London time, M'ay 31st, and continue four ,hours, fifteen moves to the hour. If not (completed in the agreed time, the games will be findshed on June 1st. A single consultation game in which all the members of ,both teams may consult as to the moves, will tbe played on a date to be fixed' by the Englishmen. It is expected that not more than three hours will be consumed in transmitting the several moves between London and Washington. Seven players have been chosen from among whom the five to compete will ibe selected within a day or two. The members of the house have been coached by W. Pillsbury, of Brooklyn, the winner of the international chess tourney at Hastings, JEngland, who has played against all comers for the past week at the Metropolitan Club in this city, and who has won every game (except, a draw with the Austrian minister.

Although the players on behalf of the -house of representatives have not'yet been officially announced, it is understood that ,four of them have toe^n selected, ..Messrs. Pearson of North Carolina, De Grififnreid of Texas, Rodine of Missouri ^nd H|fad of Delaware.

So far as this side has been auvised officially, Messrs Plunkett, Heaton anfl Strauss .will be three of the five in the English team. The house players will move their men in the" house committee on foreign affairs room, and the English players in the lobbies o* parliament house. The wire connections will be direct so as to minimize the time to ,be consumed in the transmission of the -moves.

Greiat interest in the contest is being manifested here. Sir Julian Pauncefote. at the xeque»* of the British players, will act as referee here, and it is probable that the Hon. John Hay, the United States ambassador at .London, will perform a like duty on the other side of the Atlantic.

LORD RANDOLPH'S WAGER.

Bow the Statesman Mad* Qtrick Time Across Westminster Bridge. The late Lord Randolph Churchill was soarcely leaa famous as a wit and joker than as a statesman. His colleagues in the house of commons were oftentimes tho victims of his pranks, and many a good story in which "Randy" figures as tho hero is still told in the lobbies. One night while Lord Randolph was conversing with several friends in the cafe attaoheel to the house a question arose as to the time it would take a pedestrian to cross Westminster bridge. Different opinions were expressed, but no two of the disputants were able to agree. At length Lord Randolph, who had been a silent auditor of the discussion, offered to wager that he could cross from the Middlesex to the Surrey side of the bridge while "Big Ben," the great bell in the clock tower of the parliament buildings, was striking the four quarters and the hour of 12. The wager was accepted by onS of the members of the company, and it was arranged that at the hour named witnesses should tie stationed at each end of the bridge to watch the performance.

A few minutes before midnight a select party of well known members was seen to emerge from a little door near the speaker's quarters in the parliament buildings and stalk sedately across the bridge. At the farther end the party paused and was soon surrounded by a curious throng. Several other distinugished legislators soon afterward appeared and politely requested passersby to keep to the left, .lust as "Big Ben'! began to strike the first quarter the lithe figure of a lyan, wearing atop hat and evening clothes, was seen to leap out of a little group of men on the Middlesex side. Some waggish friend raised the cry of "Stop thief!" and in a jiffy half a score of wondering men and boys were fast on tHte heels of the doughty sprinter. A policeman, hearing the cry and observing the fleeing man, started in pursuit.

As Big Ben continued to clang the pace grew hotter and hotter. One by one the pursuers began to fall away, but the big policeman hung grimly to his task. When the center of the bridge was reached, the quarters had been rung and the great bell had already begun to strike tho hour. A cheer arose from the watchers on the Surrey side, and Lord Randolph, who had until then been running up an incline, now had the descent in his favor. A few moments later the panting policeman came upon his man, surrounded by admiring friends. "What's up?" stuttered the breathless and bewildered bobby. "Two strokes to spare!" puffed the victorious Lord Randolph.

The officer started, blushed, apologized, wiped his brow and went away.—Exchange. it: .^.v

A Household NeceMity.^C''?!?-

Casearets Candy Cathartic, the most wonderful medical discovery of the age, pleasant and refreshing t» the taste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the .entire system, dispel colds, cure headache, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C- C. C. today 10, 23, 50 cents. Sold and guaranteed by all druggists.

The art at dentistry was introduoed into New York by John Greenwood in 1788. He ia said to have made the first artificial teeth ever manufactured in this country.

The Campfire.

[If the "Vampire" kicks, Kipling can sue if he feels like it.] A man there was, and he wrote a pome (Even as you and I) Of a drab and a jab and a Hindoo dome. It scared the critic away from home. For he painted his landscapes all in chrome (Not as you and I).

Oh, the words he used, and the oaths he nsed, And tho junelo junk he jawe3! The public never had heard it beforeyBut they thought it was great and howled for more. And every one hawhawediN

A man there was and he wrote and wrbte (Even as you and I). vv He got as perk as a yearling shote. For rule and school he cared nary a groat, And every one studied his lines to qnoto (Even as you and I).

Oh, the toil we lost and the spoil we lost, And the lovely plots we planned! And the stuff that delighted his publisher's eye (Now we knov- that they never knew why)

That they did not understand.

The man was seat by a pape to Greece (It wasn't you or Ij At a dozen thou, per month, if you please Jfy (Just to keep his inky pyjems in crease), And he sat in Crete to write his piece (Not as vou or 1).

But it ain't the work and it ain't the shirk Tliat stings like the prickly heat. It's thinking of him and Steevie Crane! (Oh, the crimson crash and the blood red rain

If they should ever meet!)

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"Six years ago this coming .fan. 19 I reached 9pikers Station on tbe 5:14 train in the afternoon. I was traveling for a wholesale grocery firm and was engaged in working among tbe stores in this part of the state. Spikers is a little place. Only one local train a day stops there. 1 got off the train and hurried over to the store. As it was already daik, the place was filled with loafers, rough looking fcSkms, who stared in a vacant way as 1 unpacked my sample eases and spread the goods tipon the connter. I knew tbe storekeeper and had no trouble, in selling him a bill, so that when I finished boeineas with Mm at the end of ah hour I felt amply repaid for my trouble. Then I began to look about for a plaoe to spend the night. "I found that the Pittsburg express stopped at Sahmucker's Junction, three miles tip the track, and that by good, brisk walking I would be able to catch it ooxnfortablv. I made arrangements to have my cases sent on by the local train next day and then took my leave, after having received explicit directions to follow the beaten path along tbe railroad. "As 1 left the store I noticed, but did not heed, the sinister glances that three of the loafers who were-fprawled along the counter cast upon me. "It was a clear night. The moon was just rising above the mountain in the east. The air was cold and crisp and the ground frozen hard. In a few momenta I passed the last house, reached the railroad and was reeling off rod after rod of the hard white patlvibat stretched before me. I soon arrived bt- the woods and wast plunging deep into their heart. I bad set for myself a brisk, bracing pace, and at first felt not the slightest uneasiness at my lonely condition, dark and forbidding though tbe woods seemed, but as I proceeded deeper and deeper, nntil looking behind me I could make out nothing down in tho woods, I heard the sound of wheels. I stopped and listened. It became louder and louder, as If the vehicle was approaching near me, and then began to die away and soon was lost,in the noise of leaves and limbs. \jj-V "When I bad gone about miles, found myself within a few yards of what appeared to be a wood road that wound out from among the trees, crossed the track and then lost itself in the blackness on the other side. I had just passed this road when I was startled by the sudden sound of a football behind TBO, and before I could turn two horny hands had seized my throat and held me fast. I tried to cry out, but my effort was stopped by a firm clutch of the strong finders. Then two men appeared, and in another instant I lay helpless on the ground. "The three ruffians were big, burly fellowe, so heavily muffled up that, beyoad a few stray whiskers, I could make out nothing of their faces. All my efforts at kicking and struggling proved vain. One eat on my legs and coolly tied my feet, another bound my arms, and then the clutch on my throat was looeened, and I was allowed to breathe. In a few moments they had taken everything of any value that I had upon my person—a watch and ray money, not much, only a few handled dollarn.. "This done, I thought that I would be allowed to go, but reckoned wrongly. One seized my hands and anothetmy feet, and they laid me across the track. My horror knew no bounds when I realized what this meant. One of the brutes tied my feet hard down to the rail. I begged and threatened, pleaded and expostulated, offered them a reward for my release and dire vengeance if they left me there, but in vain. They coolly wrapped the rope round and round my ankles and under the rail, and then, fastening my arms at the elbows, they proceeded to secure my body. "The tighter I felt the rope drawing to hold me until the express freed me from the track and the world, the more I pleaded. The final answer was a blow on the mouth and the information that they 'wasn't goin to have me tellin tales.' Then they left me. 'i "I heard tbe rattle of wagon wheels as they drove away, and then I was alone. I twisted and tore and writhed in my ft-antio efforts to free myself until exhausted. Time passed slowly. I pictured myself lying in pieces along the track. "At last I heard a ringing in the rails, a low, plaintive ringing that told me that the express was coming. Only a few moments, and it would be on mc. I twisted and writhed in one last desperate struggle for freedom. I tore and kicked until the ropes cut deep into the flesh, and my clothes where the thongs werd grew hot from friction. "Theringing became louder until at last it developed into a roar. I looked down the track and saw the faini gleam of t-ha headlight as the engine rounded a rurve. One more minute!

Frantically I struggled. Nearer and nearer came the flying train. Louder and louder became the roar and ringing in the rails, so loud that it drowned my wild screams. The headlight was blinding me. All was over! No I continued to struggle Then I felt a burning sensation In my legs, a terrible heat, and an odor of burning clothing followed. I raised my head, and the gleam of aflame met my eyes. There was a sudden llar.h, and in an instant my feet were enveloped in fire. I realized it then—the friction of the thongs, in my tremendous struggles, had set fire to my trousers. "Suddenly, almost miraculously, the ropes unloosed. They had burned off, and my feet were free. I raised myself on my back and waved my blazing legs in the air. There was a whistle for down brakes, a jarring of the rails as the wheels slipped over them. The headlight was right over me, blinding mo by its brilliancy, hut tod late! I felt the cowcatcher's cose gently rub my back, and then it stopped. I was saved! "The whole train crew and all the passengers rushed up. In a few seconds the fire was extinguished, and I was carried by kind hands into one of the cars. Ah, that was a terrible experience! I hope I mfty never have another such." "So do I," I joined in heartily.

The speaker paid no attention to mc, but continued: "I lost 15 pounds in 15 minutes, a gold watch and $300. My trousers, anew pair not yet paid for, were burned into knickerbockers. The bruises I recovered from. It was just six years ago, and"—

He blew out a great puff of cigar smoke and was about to continue when above the buzz of conversation and rattle of the train arose tbe nasal tones of a farmer in the seat behind us as he exclaimed to his companion "Et do beat all the way this 'erekentry growin, Sam. Two years ago they wasn't a house era store at Spikers Statloa, an now it's gettin quite a plaoe."—Exchange.

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