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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-18

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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-08-27
The Somerset Reporter Thursday August 27, 1895

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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-08-27
Mans Labor Creates Wealth.

Now let II. 5re how Mr. Bryan proposes
to dead with this question. | have lnoNcd
through his speech to find out just what be
thinks he is going to do for the lahorng
man and | find that he dismisses him with
II very few and some very unsatisfactory
phrases. But it is perfectly clear that the
purpose OF the Populist is to put up the
prices nj certain commodities Mr. Bry
ans language is that he is going to i'm
prove the condition Of the people of this
country, not of all of them, but of the
greatest number Well, now, | don't sup
pose Mr.. Bryan prctends 10 any miracu-
lous power don't suppose he claims he
can multiply the number of chairs upon
this platform or upon this floor, although
he has shown his capacity to empty Thorn.
II he is goiry ~ work INV chono,o in the
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-08-27
DIRECTIONS.

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Senses OF Taste and Smell. The Balm is
quickly absorbed and gives relief at once.
Price SO cents at Druggists or by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, Sc Warren ST., New York.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-08-27

Continued on Page 6.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-08-27
BY True a.,
~ Merit Only

can any article attain such a
high standard of favor among
thepeople as that enjoyed by
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
CLEVELAND'S LAST TRIP
Was Not Hunting Excursion. But
a Business Journey.

SEATTLE, Wash. Jan &c. Fl. Walk
er,receiver OF the Merchants Nation
al Bank of this city, has returned
from Washington City, and tells an
interesting story of President Cleve-
lands last duck hunting trip and the
reason he made it. The story was
told to Mr.. Walker by one in high
authority, and is as follows:
81 called on the President lust be-
fore the issuance of his Venezuelan
message, and in regard to that there
IS little incident that is not generally
known. Mr.. Cleveland's trip was not
duck hunting expedition at all. The
story Is this: Lord Salisbury's reply
to Secretary Olney's note was to be
made public, but Lord Salisbury had
agreed not to make it public until it
was received by the President of this
country. Now, Mr.. Cleveland absented
himself on this duck hunting, so that
when Lord Salisbury's reply arrived
he would not be in Washington to
officially receive it. In the meantime
he did receive it on board the tender
Violet, and on board that vessel he
got up his famous message, ana it
went before the world as an answer
to Lord Salisbury's reply at the same
time as that reply became a public
document"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

y farmer near New Brunswick, Ind,
ran down and killed ia rabbits in the
snow one day last week.
Vermont is the home of at least two
daughters of Revolutionary sires. The
second was discovered last week in
Royalston. She is Miss P. II. Ather-
ton and is s6 years old.
The new woman had her inning on
the first day of this leap year in Green
castle, Ind. Tie customary receiving
of callers was undertaken by the men
of the place and the women made the
calls.
Maine sent 10000 Christmas trees to
the Boston market for last Christmas,
which proved to be about 1000 too
many. Several hundred car loads of
trees were also sent from Maine to
New York and Philadelphia.
A hairless coon was caught in a trap
on North Coos River, Kentucky, a few
days ago. Such an odd freak had
never been seen there before, and no
satisfactory explanation of how the
coon lost its hair was arrived at.
Sagadahoc county, Me-, is expecting
TO make about 5000 out of prohibit
tion shortly. Forty eight indictments
for violations of the liquor law have
1een found in the county, and it is
figured the fines will amount to the
sum named.
In three rabbit drives this season in
Cassia county, Idaho, some 5000 rab-
Dits have been killed. The animals
ire astouishingly numerous and very
Serious nuisance. A roundup hunt is
be held every week through the
winter in the hope of exterminating
Ge pest
Gambling will be unlawful in Boze
man, Mont, on and after the first of
next month. An ordinance to that
effect passed the City Council last
week by vote of 5 to 5. The Council
also passed curfew ordinance COM
pelling children to be at home by 9 |
o'clock at night.
A new hitching device by which fire
engine horses are harnessed by one
move of the fireman's hand, is be-
ing tried in San Francisco. 1t is the
invention of San Francisco maehin-
ist. The main part Of the invention is
a self closing collar. AS a whole, the
device is somewhat complicated, but
it is said to work well.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
READY FOR A SIEGE.
Havana Has Cannon and Troops Post
ed About the City.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-The Herald
prints this special from Tampa, Fla:
A private telegram received here
from Havana says: "The whole force
of the insurgents is within sight of the
capital"
The message further says that ap-
prehension exists of an attack on the
city, and that every effort is being
made to protect the suburban ap-
proaches, especially the water works
and electrical station. Sympathy with
the insurgents is known to exist in
Havana outside of official circles, and
there is said to be fear of an uprising
in conjunction with the insurgent ad-
vance. The Cubans believe that the
end of the revolution is rapidly ap-
preaching, and say Campos is defeat
ed without an attack on Havana.
Consul General Soils discredits all
news from Havana, and says he is
satisfied that the report of the insur-
gents being at the gates of the city is
a canard. He scouts the idea of an
attack on the capital in the face of
Campos' force of 100000 men, includ-
ing the volunteer force under arms.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

During the winter of 1898, F. M.
Martin, of Long Reach, West va.,con
tracted severe cold which left him
with a cough. In speaking Of how
he cured it he says: "I used several
kinds of cough syrup but found no re-
lief until bought a bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, which re-
iieyed me almost instantly, and in a
short time brought about complete
cure.n When troubled With a cough
or cold use this remedy and you win
not find it necessary to try several
kinds before you get relief. 1t has
been in the market for over twenty
years and constantly grown In favor
and popularity. For sale at 25 and so
cents per bottle by G. A. Buckner,
druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
THIS is SIGNIFICANT.
CAPTAIN A. B. Davis Takes His War
Maps to Washington.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. S.--Captain A. B.
Davis, commander of the revenue cut
ter Andrew Johnson, has been sud-
denly called to Washington, and Lieu
tenant j. M. Moore has been sent here
from Cleveland to take his place.
Captain Davis is one of the oldest in
inland naval service and it is surmised
that war talk is responsible for his
sudden summons to report at Wash
ington. He is thoroughly familiar with
the great lakes and has in his posses
sion war maps which he has worked
upon for the last ten years. He has
paid particular attention to the form
ulation of plans for the defense of the
cities of Chicago and Milwaukee, as
most of his cruising has been in Lake
Michigan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
Hope Future Add Vigorous


tory message, in which he was re-
ferred to as ssour ruler
In the second chapter Banker Geo.
Wilson, of Lexington, Mo-, wrote to
the Chronicle, critioising the use of
the word ruler. The young ladies,
through one of their number, furnish
cd the third chapter, in sharp re-
joinder, refusing to accept Mr.. Will
sons dictum. Mr.. Wilson, nothing
dismayed, stands to his guns in the
fourth chapter The fifth follows:
Mexico, Mo-, Jan. 6, 1895.
Editor Chronicle: The college girls,
seeing Mr.. Wilson's awful picture,
were too much frightened to carry
the discussion further. MIR. WIS ex-
perience clearly proves that ga little
learning is dangerous thing" He
has also shown that man may write
articles with "weighty reasons (!D
in the Arena Magazine" and also
make display of himself before the
several hundred thousand readers of
a great Journal, and yet not be Solo.
mon.
We regret to be brought again be-
fore your readers, but if not against
your Judgment we request you to in
sert the within. Very respectfully,
SUE BELLE GRAVES.
Mr.. Wilson surrenders. He has
only one book that is less that hun
dred years old from which he gives a
definition of 'frulero that knocks the
last prop from under him.
The matter stands now:
On the one side, Mr.. w. and his
picture!!
On the other side, all standard works
on civil government, all works on po-
itical geography, all encyclopedias
and dictionaries, not excepting Mr..
WIS ancient book; all proclamations
of Presidents, Governors, societies,
etc, of thanksgiving and
"prayer for rulers" etc.
Mr.. Wilson, Notwithstanding his
boasted gallantry, does not yield
gracefully-does not seem to realize
that he is "dead cock in the pit"
He is like old Sans terrapin that his
mistress had ordered Sam to kill. |
Seeing the terrapin moving, she call
ed out: 'Sam, didn't / tell you to
kill that terrapin?" 81 done kilt him,
missus, sure" "But he is not dead; |
don't you see him moving?" 'sMissus,
he's dead fur fac, only he amt
aware of it,
AS Mr.. w. has little acquaintance
with books under hundred years old,
We commend to his serious considera-
lion an ancient proverb:
''Ne sutor supra crepidam"
ONE OF THE COLLEGE GIRLS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
Presidents Who Joked Not.

rFuHi tue 1inctHnAtl COMMERCIAL -daZstte.
jackson was always aggressive, un-
compromising, serious.
Tyler was cross, sour, unapproach-
able and irritable.
John Quincy Adams was Puritan
through and through, with a caustie
and bitter wit, but no humor.
John Adams was impulsive and
irascible, but too much in earnest
ever to be humorous.
Benjamin Harrison Is credited with
having no sense Of humor, although
he does not object to a joke II the
point is explained to him.
Buchanan could never see the point
of joke and regarded all jesting as
ili-bred. His strong point was dignity
and politeness.
Washington was the embodiment Of
gravity. 1t is said that he seldom
smiled, and never laughed.-A-man
ington on the shoulder, and the poor
fellow was frozen stir by the Icy stare
of his excelIeucy,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
PAPA'S PISTOL
Made More Noise-Baby Laughed as
He Shot Two Cousins.

DANvILLE, KY, Jan. 9.-The shoot
ing of the three Waldner children
near the town of MilledgeviIle, in Lin
coin county, announced in this morn
ing's Enquirer, was one of the most
distressing affairs of the kind ever
known. An Enquirer man visited the
Waldner home this afternoon and
found Rosa Waldner, years old, and
her sister Augustes both in critical
condition, the one shot through both
hips and the other with bullet in her
stomach.
Frank Waldner, their cousin, him
self only 4 years old, was also almost
beyond any hope of recovery, the 3s-
caliber ball having struck him IN the
under jaw, ranging upward and COM
ing out near the left temple.
The boy who had done the shooting
was conscious at times and talked of
his deed, but did not seem to have the
slightest conception of the enormity
of it. The wounded children belong
to John and Frank Waldner, brothers,
and rather well-to-do farmers, who
live together in double house.
The three children were left alone
by their parents and during their abb
sence got to playing with toy pistol
which the little boy would snap at his
cousins. Rosa, the Oldest girl, sug-
gested that she knew where there was
bigger pistol, and she searched a
bureau and procured her fathers re-
volver, which Frank took from her.
He says he did not think it would hurt
the girls any mora than hia tazz- -@;~A-a-
and began firing at them.
He shot at Rosa once and missed
her and the next time brought her to
the foor. Without stopping to see
what he did he fired at the baby, which
became frightened and crawled under
the bed and then the boy got on his
knees and fired under the bed and
shot the other child.
The next time he attempted to fire
the pistol 1t snapped. He cooked it
again, held the barrel with the n1uzzie
pointing toward his face and pulled
the trigger just to see how il worked.
The remaining bullet perforated his
head. Physicians do not think the
boy and youngest girl can recover.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
MR.. HARRIsoN's MARRIAGE.
Intention of Wedding Mrs. DIM
mock.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. s.-The
announcement that x-PresidentHar
rison will leave for New York this
week has started anew the rumors re-
garding hisreportedapproachingm mar
riage to Mrs. Mary Dimmock, niece of
his deceased wife. His friends now
generally believe the story. Neither
Mr.. Harrison nor Mrs. Dimmock have
denied it. For the last month there
have been improvements in progress
on the residence at 674 North Della
ware Street, painters and decorators
being almost constantly at work. Gem
eral Harrison's friends concede that
all the indications point to his early
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
Grim Preparation.
PNEUMATIC GUNS IN SAN FRAN
CISCO HARBoR.
Throw Explosives More Than Three
Miles They Are the Very Thing
For Coast Defense, and Boston
is to Have Several.

NEW YORK, Jan. s.-A Sun special
from Washington says the Notifications
of San Francisco have been strength.
ened the past week through the ad.
dition of three of the mosu powerful
guns yet tested, each of which threw
800 pounds ohigh explosive upward
of 500 yards with precision and terrific
effect upon the water where it struck
Columns of water were thrown as high
in the air as the Washington monu-
ment and the aim was so true that
there would have been no difficulty in
hitting any ship which they might
have been aimed at. With 500 pounds
of gelatine range 2,1oO yards was
secured, explosions occurred both on
impact with the water and with fixed
fuse, two seconds after the shot struck,
the water in each instance being tossed
like a geyser spout over sixty feet in
the air.
With the charge reduced to 100
pounds the guns propelled shells three
miles and 1t hit so near the mark
aimed at that a battleship would have
been easily blown to pieces had she
been the target. These three guns are
similar to those which are now pointed
at Sandy Hook, but the tests demon
strated that improvements have been
made which place the new weapons in
advance of those at New York, both
in accuracy and power of range.
Other guns will be placed at Boston
and the important coastwise cities in
cluded in the fortification plan of the
war department. The success attend
ing the trials at San Francisco has
sealed to the satisfaction of the ordi-
nance expert the value of that type of
weapon for the country's defense; land
hereafter some of these guns will be
stationed at the important cities along
the seaboard where the department
proposes constructing defense invul-
nerable to attack from the sea.
Eminent ordnance experts of the
army, including General Flager, have
contended that the pneumatic gun
will prove Invaluable in dealing with
a large fleet and ships would not dare
approach within it's range, knowing
that an explosion of 500 pounds of
gelatine in the vicinity of a vessel
would have a most disastrous result
upon those on board. 1t is said that
one shot from a dynamite gun would
be worth more than a broadside from
a war ship, and that the country can
risk making true shot occasionally
with results as effective as those fol-
lowing the impact of projectile with
a battleship.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
Nominate to Win. .
From the Columbia Herald


It is more important to carry Mis-
souri, than to give any man Il place on
the ticket.
The situation in this State is too
periIous to sacrifice votes to honor
any favorite son. The next election
will be bitterly contested. The DEM
ocrats will need all the otes they can
get. The platform adopted and the
ticket nominated should be repre-
sentative of the masses OF the party.
The platform should enunciate sound
Democratic doctrine and in no mealy-
mouthed way. 1t should straddle nc
question. The people are tired oi
straddles aud straddlers. On good
old fashioned Democratic platform
n ticket should be placed composed o;
rood men with clean records. Such q
platform and such a ticket would in.
spire the Democracy of the State ant
bring our full vote.
The danger is that combinations anC
compromises will defeat the will oi
the people. II this is done in con
yention II win be hard work beating
the Filley crowd at the polls. Let u
nominate with view to success, NO
simplyto grgtify personal likes anC
dlslikss-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
CHARITY.
Where it Begins and Where it Ends
in Dealing With Poor People.

With the coming of winter each
year comes the poor man, woman or
family, who need help. Each one has
a special tale of woe, which touches
the heart of some sympathetic man or
woman, and help is given them. 1t lie
and always has been a question as to
what is the best way to help such
people. Should they be given money
and clothes and be taken care off
No, they should not. There is no surer
way of making worthless paupers
than this. In time, the people thus
helped begin to think that it is no more
than right that they should be given
aid and they make no efforts what
ever to help themselves. In this way,
without meaning to do such a thing,
the people who are charitably in
clined are breeding idleness and
crime. Nine times out of ten the per-
sons who ask aid are strong, able
bodied men or women who are alb
solutely too lazy to hunt work, and in
this world work does not hunt men.
The only way to really help the poor
people is to supply their pressing
immediate needs, and then give them
a fair chance to find work. IL they
fail to do this, there is only one place
for them, the poor farm, and this is
even too good for such people.
Families that have been reared In
filth and poverty do not need the
same kind of treatment as well bred,
civilized poor people do. But chari-
table people do not seem to realize
this. They 60 ahead, presenting them
with articles which, though to the
donor, seem necessary, are entirely
unnecessary to the recipient. BY this
method the lower classes of poor peo-
pie are actually educated to want all
the luxuries of life, and unless they
can get them fairly, do not in the
least object to stealing them. This is
how they are spoiled, and If charitably
inclined persons would study this
matter more and make thorough and
systematic examinations before help
ing the poor, we should have fewer
vagrants and criminals.