The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 14, 1899, Image 2
Bill DSP's keekLy letier
HIS RECENT ASSERTION CAUSES
INFLOW OF HEAVY MAIL.
REV. CADMAH CAUSED IT ALL
Bill Kelteratci HI* Krmark*?A Short
Trip to Florida to Annihilate
the drip.
Now there is auother trust just
consummated. Mr. Yamlerbilt and
Miss Fair have piit their millions together
aiul somebody is going to suffer
by it. This thing is a!l wrong,
ltich people ought not to marry ricb
people, but I don't see how we can
Htop it. There are prettier girls than
, Miss Fair and handsomer men thai:
Mr. Vauderbilt, but money love;
money and that settled it. Tha
pretty little nursery story about Cin
derella marrying a prince is as deat
as Hector, llut 1 don't see how \vi
can prevent these trusts and com
lunations and great accumulation
without a heavy income tax and un in
heritance tax. Even then the mil
lionaires would hide out of it or lie on
of it. They would dodge the revenm
tnen just like the moonshiners do. W
seo that Vauderhilt is dodging then
now in New York and Governo
Roosevelt is after them in a specin
message. It looks like wo poor folk
will just have to submit?and than!
the Lcrd that we are out of jail am
that it as well with us ns what it if
They can't form nny trust on air am
water and our gardens and home
raised chickens and eggs and potatoes
Wo had asparagus for dinner toda
and will have strawberries in a wee
or two. There are many good thing
not yet in nny combine. 1 suggeste
to Mr. Bealer the other day that I wr
in favor of a church trust in ever
small town, for I wanted to hear hii
for fear of giving
er. I think it would be a good i<1<
n>i- uie prcaciiers to rotate ami pren?
in the different churches, nud we woul
make a combine of the salaries an
divide it out pro rata. Doctrinal sei
moos have uhout played out, unyhov
and excepting baptism hy iinmeraio
there is very little difference in th
essential principles of the C'hristia
denominations. We all want to idol
i/.e somebody and I hail just as ieav
idoli/e four preachers as one.
Some of the preachers #re disturhc
about what I wrote about tbe 400 i
N.e,w York, and want me to retract am
from Tbe New York Christian Advc
cato that the Associated Press die
patch that I quoted from was mud
exaggerated and distorted. Enougl
is admitted, however, to show tha
Rev. Cad man is a skeptic on the sub
ject of miracles and drew conclusion
from his own argument that the edi
tor says'he cannot accept and that Mr
t'adman says he does not himself nc
cept. That is funny. The editor say
these preachers ofteu give tumultuou
applause to a meritorious paper, bu
would refuse to indorse or approv
the paper. That is funny, too, and i
an admission that Mr. ('adman's nrgu
ment against miracles was meritori
oils.
but enough of this. The nortlieri
Methodist church can take care o
itself. The editor says he has roceive<
from two to twenty letters from end
of fourteen different stutes asking i
that press dispatch spoke the truth.
f And T have received many,and amonj
them are two who indorse Cudmui
aud the 100, and one from a Mornnn
elder who asserts that the purest of al
Christian faith is to he found onlv ii
tho Mormon church, ami he semis uu
some tracts ami begs ine to rea<l tlieiu
The letters 1 have received are m
doubt sincere, ami they are written ii
polite and scholai ly language,and gav?
me no ground for otl'ense.
Many men of many mimls there ar<
in this world and it becomes us all t(
i?e tolerant, r.rror unites on intoier
mice ami persecution.
And here is an editor from Yirginii
who complains to The Constitution
ami takes exception to my saving
"So far as I am concerned I feel as i
I was nothing and less than nothing
in the scale of existence, for I know
not whence I came nor where I an
going." And he asks impertinently
if 1 have become an agnostic, and say!
my utterances are astounding. There
are some smart people who are hypo
critical and cau't help it. They liunl
for something to hawk at and fee?i
their conceit. "What. man knows ttic
secret of his being or where he rami
from in the beiriniiintrV I'ba r..r.l
answered .fob out of the whirlwind
and said: "Whero wnst thou when I
laid the foundations of the earth? I>eelare
it if thou liust understanding."
Perhaps this editor can answer. And
again the Lord asked Joh: "Have the
gates of death been opened unto theeV
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven
and canst thou set the dominion there
of?'" This editor wants to know if I
have a ltible before ine. Yes, and that
is what it savs and much more on
that line.
One day f was talking to I>r. Candler
at the union depot in Atlanta. The
train was about to leave and he hud
hold of the hand rail when a newspaper
man hurried up with his pad and
pencil and suid: "Hello, bishop. Kxeuse
me, hut where ate you going?"
The bishop pulled himself up gently
as the ear began to move and said:
"My friend, I am going to heaven.
Where are yu'.t going?" I enjoyed
that, but it 1 had been the reporter I
think 1 would have asked: And where
is heaven, ami how big is it, and when
will you get there? That uudiscover
ed country from wnence uo traveler
returns is still the mystery of mysteries.
No, my friend, I repeat that I
know not whence 1 came nor whither
1 am going and therefore I humble myself
under the mighty hand of God
and trust him as a littfo child trusts
ts father.
J have just returned from a brief
visit to Jacksonville, where 1 went in
search of luihler weather, for I have i>
bad cough ami the grip, etc., but I
did not lind much difference. The
weatlicr is bad everywhere?get on a
trust I reckon. I had some fun, though,
nt the expense o? other people. A
good old matron came to see mu ami
lavished on me many pleasant compliments
and among other things said:
"You must come and see us. We lmve
every book that you ever wrote upon
our parlor table. Yes, we have your
'Uncle Remus' and your 'Mingo and
juauuy iacK, me runaway, uuu uu
your other books." Well, now of
course, I didn't have tho meanness in
my heart to tell her that I was not
Joel Chandler Hurris, so I just swal^
lowed it all down and felt fluttered.
Next I tackled a conductor, and
j when he read my pass he looked at ine
and smiled: ;'I am yerv clad to meet
p you, major. My father was a Colum*
l>us man and he just hanked on you.
8 Yes, up to the day of his death ho said
* everything that Bill Nye wrote?"
"Bill Nye is dead," said I solemn'
ly. lie looked bewildered and I rc0
lieved him by telling him that I was
0 Bill Arp and not Bill Nye.
11 1 wish I was rich. 1 know a man
r whose name was Duncan, and one day
' I found him brooding over the tire in
8 his back store, ami says I: "What are
k you thinking about, Duncan?" He
smiled sadly and said: "1 was just
' wishing 1 was rich." "What for," mid
I. "Why, just to have my opinions
!* respected. One of my customers
asked me this morniugwhnt I thought
.V about cotton?would it go up or gc
k down, and I told him I thought i1
t8 would rise in a few days, and he tolil
o another feller what 1 said and hi
18 turned up his nose and said: 'Duncan
y ?Duucan?hang Duncan. What does
1U he know? Why dideut you ax Shor
ter?' Well, Shorter is rich and l'n
l,,u" n? ti.v.Vviw .more about eottor
bale iu his life." ' 1
Now, I don't want to bo rich just ti
have my opinion respected,but J wouli
r_ ko to ,mvc ? charity fund at my coin
'"""d so tbat I could respond to souk
* of these pitiful appeals that f receive
. ?lmo8k. every day. They wake mc
ueartsick mid I can't do anything.
11 About half the letters I receive ask for
something that I cannot supply. They
e want to know the missing word and
some of them actually otter to give me
' half the reward if 1 will tell it to them.
" And then these chain letters come
' almost every day and thev expect me
' copies ami semi iu iukc ?<?
' and pay postage all round. And some
h of my young friends want composil?
tious or points for a debate about the
t Philippines or the Cuban war. And
- some ambitious young people send mo
s a lot of poetry to be criticised. They
arc afraid of Frank Stanton. Well, of
course, all these letters are with good
intent and some of them have a stamp
s inclosed, but they are a white man's
s burden and I cannot do justice to them.
t As for autographs, I send them with
0 pleasure, for it is an easy task. I
s wonder if "Uncle Renins" has a similar
experience. Nevertheless, I am
till calm and serene. lJii.i. Ann in
Atlanta Constitution.
J SPAIN'S .MONKY UK AMY.
' Payment <f the WJO.OOO.OOO To Madrid
ItiMciioHt<1 At Cahliit-t >1 .-oilnj.'.
^ A Washington dispatch s-ays: The
cabinet was in session only an hour
' Friday.
1 Tin* method of making the payment
[ of to Spain was talked
over, and, although iro conclusion was
1 reached, it is expected that the transfer
will be made by a draft on the
treasury to be delivered to any repre'
tentative whom the Spanish govern1
ment may designate.
The situation in the Philippines was
also discussed, and a telegram wic.
i read to the etVeet that Aguiraldo was
' rporrrntii'S-iticr his nrmr
RECEIVED INTERNAL MACHINE.
n
' .Andrews' I.tfe Wan In Danjjer lla-foi-e He
Was Iturned In llrnlll.
, The New York Evening World states
1 that live weeks ago Wallace Andrews,
the president of the New York Steam
Heating Company, who was burned to
j 'death in his Fifth avenue home with
his family lust week, received through
the mails un infernal maehiire, con\
tabling enough explosives to blow up
| the house and household.
BRYAN* M IKKS ACCEPTANCE.
1 Nrlirniknn Stt.vit ll<< Will Ailrnil the ilrlTfrson
Dinner In New York.
E. V. Brewster, who is managing
the Chicago platform JetFersou dinner
to be given in New York, weeivod the
r..ti : >?i ? ??in! *
iiiitun uif^ ICK^IIIIll iron) IA 1111*4111 iM'linings
Bryan Thursday:
1 "Lincoln, Xf.ii., A j > r i 1 (!, lH'.K).?
Eugene V. Brewster, Brooklyn, N. Y.:
Will attend dinner April loth. All
speakers should he supporters of the
Chicago platform. W.J. Bkyan."
('IIA HOES AOAINST CATHOLICS.
Aineriraii Protestant >1 iKxIonniy'? AIIokii
1I on n Arc of SI,4il line ('Imritclrr.
The TiOndon Daily Mail publishes
(he following dispatch from Shanghai:
"An American Protestant missionary
nt Hun Kin:, a Chinonc treaty port on
the Yang Tr.o Kiang, makes seusatioinil
allegations against the Boman
Catholic: of Burning Protestant chapels
and torturing Protestants, lie
gives the name of a priest concerned
and pictures n reign of terror in certain
districts."
pact mis mm
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR IS
BROl'WHT TO A CLOSE.
LAST ACT IN DRAMA CONSUMMATED
l'r?sl<lent MrKinlry Insure I'rorlumntion
OfflrlMlly Aiiuounclna: I lie
ICvKturiitlou ?r l'eucft.
Tho condition of Avar which has existed
between the United States aud
Spain since April 21, 1898, terminated
Tuesday. Avhen the last formalities in
tho restoration of peace were performed
by tho exchange of ratifications
of the peace treaty.
Coincident with this, President McKinloy
issued his proclamation declaring
tbnt the war was at an end-, and
the appointment ot u?iumv Stover
was determined upon ns United Bbntes
minister to Spain. *.
Tho principal ceremony of the day
occurred in tho reception room at the
white houso when tho exchange of
ratifications took place at 2 o'clock.
In anticipation of tho historic character
of the event, many members in the
cabinet and officials prominent in the
administration gathered at the white
house.
Shortly before II o'clock the French
ambassador, M. Cambou, arrived in
company with M. Tliiebaut. lirst
secretary of -the embassy, the latter
bearing the Spanish copy of the peace
treaty.
Mr. Mclvinlcy cordially greeted /ho
ambassador, and after n brief exckwge
of well wishes, the formal cereuony
began.
The powers of JI. Cainbon andSccretary
Hay were examined, a protocol
concerning tho da.'a ceremony affiled
and other formalities concluded. Tpesc
preliminaries took some time, so that
j^was nearly 3:30 o'clock beforethe
The effect of the action taken r to
completely renew peace relati.ns
trade, official, diplomatic, consular wid
in all other ways, between this conntrv
an a Rpuiu.
Following tho appointment of n
"ltpd.States minister to Madrid and
a hpamsh minister to \VnKi.
.. -?ug.UU, 11
is expected that consuls will be sent to
Ihirceloua un<l other places in Spniit,
where our consular representations
were suspended by the war. At the
same time Spanish consuls will be appointed
throughout this i't>i???trv.
eeed without tVea'ty tf
war put uu end to the commercial
i treaty, but a treaty of trade, navigation
and commerce, suitable to the
new conditions and the needs of both
countries and also an extradition treaty
will be negotiated soon. After the
ceremony President McKinley issued
the following proclamation:
Tin- l'rcniilciit'? l'rnclillimtioii.
Whereas, A treaty of peace between
the United States of America and her
majesty, the qtucn regent of Spain, in
the name of her august son, Alfonso
XIII, was concluded and signed by
their respective plenipotentiaries at
Paris on the 10th day of December,
1898, the original of which conception
being in the English and Spanish
languages, and
Whereas, The said convention has
been duly ratilied on both parts, and
the ratifications of the two governginents
were exchanged in the city of
Washington on the lltli day of April,
1899.
Now, therefore, be it known that I,
William McKinley, president of the
United States of America, have caused
the said convention to be made public,to
the end that the same and. every
articles and clause thereof may he observed
and fulfilled with good faith by
the United States and the citizens
thereof.
In witness thereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington,this
11th day of April, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eiirnt hundred and
ninety-nine, ami the imiopemlence of
the United States the one hundred
and twenty-third. r
William MoKinley.
Jty the President:
John Hay, Secretary of Slate.
DEFENDS ON DANK KOOKS.
\n Ini|>orliiiit I'oliit In <Juny Trial In
Iti-iililllii I'|>.
A Philadelphia dispatch fays: In
Thursday's trial of ex-Senator Quay
his lawyers began v.hat is regarded as
Mo ail important contention in their
tight for his ncipiitu!, namely, that the
hooks of the broken People's hank arc
not competent testimony against the
ict used man, and therefore, should not
lie admitted as evidence.
On the decision of this point rests
the entire fabric of the prosecution's
ase.
If .Ml'OltA It Y lilt I DDK COLLAPSES,
Strnetur<> Over llnrlrm IJIver Knlla, Killini;
Four Men uml lnjirrlnji Six.
At New York, Tuesday, the temporary
superstructure of tlie biff Willis
avenue bridge, now being built over
the Harlem river, collapsed, killing
four men and seriously injuring six,
one of whom may die. Twelve or
more other workmen also received injuries
of a more or less serious nature.
The accident was Caused by too
great a weight being put on the traveling
derrick that crosses the superstructure.
WILL UPHOLD KAUTZ
Until It I* Proved 'I hat HI* Action In Sa- I
mo* Wui Wrong.
A Washington dispatch says: As a
result of conferences held Tuesday at |
the state department aud at the British
embassy. efforts will bo inude to
have the Samoan high commission
make a quick trip across the country,
reaching Sail Francisco in timo to
catch the next boat leaving for Samoa.
This is regarded as a distinctly favorable
turn in tho negotiation?, aud
as indicating that the three governments
aro very near to a complete accord
on all the points of the commission.
It does away also with the reports
that Germany was withholding the
appointment of her commissioner, and
makes practically certain that Baron
Speck Von Sternberg, first secretary
of tho Gorman embassy at Washington,
will be the German high commissioner.
In an authoritative quarter it was
stated that reports of a German protest
against Admiral Kautz's course in reference
to the treatment of tho cruiser
Falke were unwarranted. All the ne
gotiutions, it is said iu the highest.
Geiman quarters, are of such u character
ns to bring the governments more
closely together instead of separating
theiu.
As it has been strongly intimated in
the Berlin dispatches that the German
government was about to make a demaud
for a disavowal of Admiral
Kautz's action, it may be stated that
our government will certainly not accede
to uny such request in advance of
a full knowledge of all tho facts iu the
case and a conviction that the admiral
acted wrongly, the presumption always
being that our officers have acted
with due propriety until the contrary
is shown to be tho case.
If Admiral Kautz found Mataafa,
the self-constituted king, with his
thirteen chiefs, dominating tho affairs
of the island, involving the suspension
of the functions of the supreme
court, and of the municipal council,
formally and duly established by
treaty, then it was his duty, according
to the state department, to bring
the condition at once into conformity
with the treaty.
BIIYAN IN MISSOURI.
Ncbi'iiHkuii Deliver* Due of Ills (!li?r*rl?>rlulli!
Spet-clK'H Kcforo I.oj-inliiI lire.
Colonel William J. Bryan addressed
the .Missouri legislature at Jefferson
City Tuesday afternoon from the c?pitol
steps, in order to accommodate
the big crowd, '2,000 people being
present.
He spoke against trusts, the iucomo
tax decision and denouueed "goldbugs;"
declared ngaiust annexation of
Cuba aud Porto llico, aud tho conquest
.'of the Philippine islands.
rid of bimetallism,, roruiblicans
' standard twenty-three years before
1 they knew it.
1 Colonel Biyan was given a recep
iiui>itm M l.U I'llUt I.Mi
While flit* Condition of l{<-|?rem?iit at I vr
Ituird In Crltlcul.
A Washington dispatch Kays: VicePresident
Hobar't continued to improve
Monday itntl his physician slates
thut lie is gaining in strength. He is
still confined to his lied, and visitors
are not allowod to see him.
'I ho condition of Hepresentative
Baird, of Louisiana, is stiil critical,
with a slight change for the better,
tion by Governor ami Mrs. Stephens
1 ut the exeeutivo mansfion Tuesday
night. Members of the legislature
attended.
ijeoiuVe tkial proceeds.
Soir.o DniiiusiiiR Kvl<lf*n?'e AgniiiMt Wiiinnn
Im Given lt> 1'olit'l* Oflll-crri.
The trial of Mrs. George nt Canton,
O., Tuesday was largely devoted to evidence
of policemen who worked on
the murder case. They detailed the
arrest and described her appearanco
and conduct.
Police ollieers McC'loud and Rkon
said Mrs. George, on being taken to
prison, was searched by a woman doctor.
The thumb and forefinger of her
right hand were discolored and on
smelling of it they pronounced the
discoloration due to burnt gun power.
They also testified to finding burdock
burrs and Spanish needles on her
skirt and fimliug similar burrs and
needles in the vacant lots near the
Althouse home.
VI 4I1C IWH? ..... ........
I ut ii liiinil i w11 Diu imi r.:s.
Kililic/zlcr Ki-tiiriin to Conic, tin., ami It
Now In Jail.
Tlio motion for a new trial in the
case of W. M. Bridges, convicted of
embc//.lemeut for n second time last
January, was completed at Home, Ga.,
lute Tuesday afternoon.
Judge Henry overruled the motion
and sentenced Bridges to four years
in the penitentiary. The bond was
lixed at So,000 and pending its execution
Bridges occupies a cell in tho
county jail.
C1UTH iSKll BY SHAF1 Elt.
Soldier of SnutiiiKo Spcnkn 1.1^li11y of
I.aiv ton In l'!illl|>|ilii?n.
A Washington dispatch says: The
president entertained Major General
William 11. Shafter, Major General
Wheeler and Adjutant General Corhin
Tuesday night. General Shafter said:
"General Lnwton and his men are
achieving much success so far as they
go. The lighting against the Filipinos,
however, is like the brushing away of
tlies; the moment the brushing is
stopped they come back. The Filipinos
arp bound to give in eventually,
but i bplievp it is q much more
serious tusk to subdue them than most
people think."
in ill was if
FORCED GERMAN WARSHIP AT
SAMOA TO STAND ASIDE.
KAISER'S CONSUL CAUSED TROUBLE
Koae Uiurd a Counter Proclamation Inciting
the Follower* of Mataafa to
iKuore Kautx'a Orders.
Advices from Apia, via San Fran,
cisco, April 7, atnte that there been
lively times in Samoa during the past
few days. The Americau and British
warships have shelled Mataafa's forces
repeatedly and sailors have been
iruuou iu Apia to protect properiy.
Numerous casualties have resulted on
both sides.
Admiral Kautz and tho commanders
of tho British ships are anxiously
awaiting advices from their governments
and in the meantime tho shelling
proceeds daily.
When Admiral Kautz arrived on tho
Philadelphia ho spent two days in
making inquiries and then called a
meeting of all tho cousula and tho
senior officers of all tho warships in
the harbor.
As a result of the meeting a proclamation
was issued by the American
admiral declaring that the so-called
provisional government under Mutuafu
can have no legal status under the
Berlin treaty, and therefore cannot bo
recognized by the consular and naval
representatives, and ordering Mataafa
and his supporters to quietly go to
their homes and respect the laws of the
Berlin treaty.
It was further ordered that the people
ejected from their homes be returned
and tho power of the naval
force, it was stated, would be used
aga-nst all who disregarded the rights
of peaceably disposed people.
The authority of the chief justice
was upheld by the proclamation, and
the admiral closed by snying that ho
trusts that there may bo no occasion
to uso military powers. The proclamation
was signed by Admiral Ivautz.
This proclamation was taken to Mataafa
and read to him by Flag Lieutenant
Miller. It was received in
silence and no answer, was made. Mataafa
and his chiefs quietly left and
went to the wostern portion of the
municipality, and it seemed as if they
wore about to obey tho commands to
return to their homes.
The German consul, however,issued
n counter proclamation m uie nainoau
language, which was distributed
among the Mataafnus. -^The proclamatipn
tend as follows: ^
of the United niitM)) wunotiu.
it was made known that the consul
for the signatory powers of the Berlin
treaty as well us the three commanders
of men of war had been unanimous
to no move recognize the provisional
gevernment composed of Mataafa and
thirteen chiefs.
I, therefore, mako known to you
that this proclamation is quite fnlse.
I am the German consul general, I
continue to recognize the provisional
government of Soinoa until I have received
contrary instructions from my
government. (Signed) Bose,
German Consul General.
The immediate result t>f this act
was that the rebels turned back and
prepared for war, declairing that they
would not obey the admiral's order
and would prevent any food supplies
from being brought in Samoa for the
Malietoa natives.
Hostilities commenced on Tuesday
afternoon when half a dozen Malietoa
men were taken by the Mataafans.
They were taken to headquarters and
bound. On Wednesday morning notice
was spread that if no answer was
received from Mataafa by 1 o'clock
the Philadelphia would fire one of her
large guns, followed by three onemiuutc
guns. Mataafa sent no answer.
Ituoyeil U|t lly Crrmiinii.
O..ZI 1. in nl.i-.fn 1 1
lie t?u\i uio WUIU I/IIUJUU up
by tlio German consul's proclamation
and vague talk that Germany would
support them and was the greatest
power 011 earth, invincible in war, and
that Great Britain and America would
never dare to engage Germany in conflict.
Signal guns were fired and the
foreign population of British and
Americans were taken on board their
respeciive warships.
The whole native population sought
the protection behind the Amorican
lines. As soon as the land forces
were stationed, the Philadelphia opened
firo by throwing a shell into the
outskirts of Apia.
The German warship Falke attempted
to leave port on secret mission
when Admiral Kant/, ordered her
captain to stay where he was uud
bo ready to afford help to his countrymen.
The Falke remained.
For several days the German warship
persistently kept in the way so
as to incommode the fife of the British
ships. Finally Admiral Knutx compelled
her to move inside the harbor
entrance out of the way.
MANY LOOMS 1ULK.
Slrlkrn In Klioilf* l?lnn<l fiiutlng Cotton
>1 111 M t:? Sllllt lloXVII.
A dispatch from Providence, R. I.,
say*: About 3,000 mill operatives are
idle us the result of many strikes in
this stale, and more tliun 7,000 looms
in the Pawtucket valley, (>,000 of them
in the mills owned l>y llohert Knitfht,
are in operation. The latest recruits
to the strikers' ranks are the employes
of the Natick mills.
AN tXPtRT ON FARM CONDITIONS.
He Sayt Farm Investment Paid Better 49
Years Ago Than To-Day.
The ludustriul Commission gave a
hearing recently lu Washington on
farm conditions, the principal witness
being Assistant Secretary iflughnin of
the Agricultural Department. Mr.
Krighnm said that he had been connected
with the Grunge movement
nearly twenty years, and its master of
Ihe National Grange for nine years
had traveled over the country considerably.
The number of men employed
cn farms was about the same, he suld,
ns fifty years ago. The temleucy, however,
was toward shorter hours and
lighter work, and in general the condition
and wages of tin- farm hands had
improved. This was largely tine to the
use of machinery and Improved methods,
and not organization of labor. The
system of crop sharing, he said, was
increasing, and would, he thought,
largely supplant that of hiring men for
wages.
Mr. Hrigham favored the teaching of
the elementary principles of agriculture
in the public schools, as arousing
the interest of the boys iu that branch
would tend to keep them on the farm
and away from the cities. The money
invested in farms, farm implements
and stock in tlie United States represented,
lie said, about $ 1.500,1 KM),OOO.
Farm investments paid higher rates of
Interest forty years ago than to-day.
Some reasons for the decrease were
the appreciation of land values and
higher wages for labor. The net profits
of farming, taking an average for the
whole country, lie thought would not
exceed more than two or three per cent.
Farmers, he said, paid too great a proportion
of the taxes, one reason being
that their property could not be concealed
from the asssessors as can some
other classes of property.
Sphinx and Man.
Now, for the tirst time, a photograph
of the Sphinx with one man standing
on top of it and another half way up
the front, lias been taken, showing at
a glance the trcmendousftcss of this
monument which is more than six
thousand years old. Figures tfive so
poor an idea of size that they hardly
convey anything to the mind. Close
your eyes and try to imagine a figure
sixty-live feet high, and its body a
huadred and eighty-nine feet long;
each ear Is two yards wide, tho nose
is live fiH't long, the mouth is seven
feet wide, large enough to swallow a
six footer if it were opened, and tho
distance across tlte face from ouo
cheek to another is fourteen feet.
If a live-story flat house were built
by the side of the Sphinx the top of tho
house would lie below the crown of its
head. Yet this wonderful statue was
cut out of the living rock as long ago
as -1,000 years 1$. C. There must have
been some great artists in that day
to think of so big a work, which lull
never been since equaled,
^lm meaning of (lie Sphinx Is one ot
f i,i ?, i . . . jl,,,lu..q Si 1111A
, ohm that it is a symbol ?i
?',?? T* VUt tho ,nost PwtMblo
stiit!j is t,?at tho Spiiiux Is tho
old i:?f *oli,r 01,0 of Pharaohs of
and tho 1. , _,s '"'"d '-s that of a man,
symbol of \ 0 ,',L> "on >vas only a
king who had l!'?wor of tho mighty
nuinhor of Sphtnxivn* ' here are any
0110 is tho largest n*A Bgypt, but this
oil _ nest of thom
Hoi* Papa's Idol.
Tho I)itc T'Ainale? Your parent
110 constraint upon your choice ot*
husband?
M iss Kathrvn Higgins of Oinaha-Oh,
dear no! Pupa gives me cart
blanch in the matter of expense.
Iteneou Street Holies.
Emma?Do you know,I think Charlie
is really fond of me?
Blanche?Funny, isn't it??Bostot
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America an?l florninny.
So soon an A morion showed lior characterIsle
tli unless Hie German cruiser lolt Manila
hay. an<l wo now protect tho Gcrinnu Interests.
In n ilko manner all stoiiinch Ills tly
before the wonderful power of lloetottor's
Stomach Hitters. It strikes nt tlio root of nil
diseases?the stomach, H|?i not only cures In<1
iKcstlon, const I pa I Ion, biliousness, Jlver ami
knincy troubles, but cures them quickly nml
portnnncntly. It makes n hearty appetite
and tills the blood with rich rod corpuscles.
Navigation between Detroit and Cleveland
was formally opened recently.
" Trust Not to
Appearances."
That <which seems hard to
bear may be a great blessing.
Let us take a lesson from the
rough'weather of Spring. It
is doing good despite appearances.
Cleanse the system
thoroughly; rout out all
impurities from the blocd
with that greatest specific,
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Instead of sleepless nights, with consequent
ll-ritnbleness and an undone, tired
feeling, you will hnvo a tone ftud a bracing
nir that will ennbio you to outer into every
day's work with jdnnsuro. ltompmber,
Hood's never (lisappoin(s.
Goitre "(ioitro whs so expensive In medical
attendance that I lot mine go. It made
mi- a juirfoct wreck, until I took Hood's Karsap.tihlln.
which entirely cored tn?.'*
Tiiomao Jonkb, UpSbutn St., IJlicq, y. y.
Running Sores- "Five year* ago my . *
aniictloii came, a running sore on my lor, A
HunuiK Kreui miguiMi. WHr> 4par
illn hMMd the sore. wlik'h lot a never returned."
Mm. a. \v. Bauhbtt, au I'oweii j
Street, Lowell, Mass. m
llood'a I'lll* cure liver III*, the nun Irritating and
the unl* cathartic U> take tfUU lluvd't 3ar?ju*rUle.