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Middletown transcript., 1896-05-02
New York Clothing House


F A SOCIAL SCIEN-
tist should want to discuss
the poetry of TEN. DOLLARS
he would need to test its power
on our Mems Suits. A con-
tant study in our clothing
business is how to raise the
power of ten dollars in Mems
Suits.
Witness the Mems Suits at
Ten Dollars /!
You'll exclaim, Mighty
Ten Dollars.
Black Clay Diagonal Suits
sack or cutaway $40
Black and Blue Diagonal
Worsted Suits $40
Black, Blue and Steel Serge
Suits $40
Colored Clay Diagonal
Suits mot too light in
weight, $40
Pin check Worsted Suits, $40
Black and Blue Rough
Cheviot Suits $40
Scotch Cheviot Homespun
Suits $40
Cashmere and Worsted
Suits, in many styles S18
Middletown transcript., 1896-05-02
There is fun in the
foam. and health in
the cup Of HIRES
Rootbeer-the great
temperance drink.
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Hade only By The Charles z. Hires Co.. Phiiadeiphfs
4 15c. package makes gallons. Sold evsrywhefe.
Middletown transcript., 1896-05-02
CURRENT EVENTS:

Gov. Hastings has refused respite in
the case Of H. H. Holmes, who will be
hanged May7.
Middletown transcript., 1896-05-02

and it has been so manipulated that il
is curse. Republicans are not op.
posed to poll tax. or many Of them
are not, If it is reasonable one and is
not made the means of disfranchising
the voters. But that is what the law
of 1873 has made it and if the Single
Tax agitation will only awaken sem
timenr along this line then it shall
serve good purpose. Honest Demo-
Gratis denounce the outrageous manipu-
lations to which their politicians have
put the poll tax, and some of them
have become voters Of the Republican
ticket for that reason. Il is only this
week that we have heard of the assess
ing of five or more dogs 10 colored men
who have never owned or had dog
and they must pay that tax of two or
three dollars before they can get tax
receipts on which to vote. This is an
oppression Of the weak that the Single
Iaxer, democrat though he is, sees
and openly condemns. This is healthy
and from our point of view the Single
Tax is not without its redeeming feat
ures. Nor can We get away from the
conviction that the strength Of the
Single Tax movement in Delaware to-
day is all due to the Democratic Party:
First, to the Cleveland administration
which has brought these times upon
US; Secondly, to the maintenance Of
unjust and unfair laws, especially the
assessment aud poll tax laws. This is
our view, and any correction of these
evils by the Single Tax advocates. is
for good.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15
AMONG THE CRACKERS.
Work For Home Missionarles-Clay Eaters
and Sand Lappers.

| tOpVSieh NOtitspOhuouCo'J
ANDERSON, S. c., Aug. 10.-In the
mountains of Tennessee, North Carroll.
ma, South Carolina and Georgia there
is class Of people known as clay eat
ers, sand lappers or poor white trash.
They are as separate and distinct from
the other natives as if from different
part of the world. They cannot read or
write and are totally ignorant of the
affairs of government or of moral obli-
cations.
If called upon to vote for the next
president, they would be just as likely
to give the name of Andrew Jackson or
Zach Taylor as the nominee.
They are law unto themselves. New
er seeming to have any visible means
of support, they still subsist, how or on
what is a mystery.
Scrubtown, one of the strongholds of
this genus Cracker, hangs, as it were,
upon a spur Of the Blue Ridge noun
tains. II has the air of having strayed
away from civilization without any
manifest desire to return within its fold.
The lives of the people are calendared
by the Sabbath and "sale day." with a
wedding, funeral and big meetin"
occasionally thrown in.
A young soldier from this district
who was in hospital during the war
asked one of the lady attendants to
write letter for him. She did so, and
when the letter was finished he looked
up with woebegone face and said, II
hain't got nary cents to give you to
pay for that. The lady, taking post
age stamp from her pocketbook, said (;
"I'll put this on it. You won't have to
pay anything then.
"No, stree, said he excitedly. you
don't put that ar feller's pictur on my
letter for then it'll go right plumb to
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15
The Care OF the Chain.

Besides thorough brushing after ev-
cry ride, the chain should be taken off
the machine at least every two months
and given good overhauling A good
scrubbing with benzine or kerosene
should be given until every foreign
particle is removed from the joints.
After thoroughly drying, the chain may
be dipped in boiling tallow for several
minutes with advantage. A brisk rub.
bling should then be given and bicycle
oil or chain lubricant rubbed we'll into
every link. New York Press
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15
When Shoes Get Soaked,

came home from long, muddy ride
the other day with my shoes soaked.
The leather was completely sodden with
moisture, so l filled the shoes with cats
and let them dry gradually. The oats
kept the shoes in shape. When quite
dry, they were we'll rubbed with cod
liver oil (this is nicer than taking it
yourself) to restore the suppleness, and
the rubbing was repeated several times.
The smell of the oil soon wears off. OF
course this treatment prevents the shoes
taking polish, so finally they should
be rubbed over with slice from a raw
potato. Cyclists are so often out in the
mud and wet that method of restoring
the softness of shoes is necessary. Ny
shoes are now as comfortable as ever. -
Lady Cyclist.
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He wears no glasses, his gray hair is as
thick as that of the average man of half
his years, and each day he drives through
Buffalo park in q one man buggy be-
hind as spirited team of roadsters as
can be found in the United States.
Counted the third richest man in the
Queen City, his money was not all made
out of the Glucose trust, Of which he
was for years president but largely
from his breeding, racing and selling of
thoroughbred horses. Although still
heavily interested in the manufacture
of glucose, with manufactures in Buffa-
10 and Peoria, Ills, his sons relieve him
OF the details of the business, and his
horses claim his first attention Speak
ing of breeding, he said:
LAS far back as 1882 / attended q
trotting meeting and distinctly remem-
Der that it was then considered a won-
derful thing for horse to go in three
minutes. Today my PAGER Robert J
holds the worlds record, 2:011S, made
at Terre Haute, Ind. No one imagined
such thing to be within the range of
possibility when began to study
horses. Pneumatic sulkies, improved
harness, better tracks and drivers have
no doubt had much to do with the low
ering of the record, but / maintain that
careful breeding has been the major fac
tor. No horse has made better time than
2:O11a except running or race horse
Now, as to still further beating this
record, you must understand that Rob.
ert Us time over mile course means
terrific clip. There is limit to muscle
and endurance. 1t will be harder to re-
duce this time a quarter Of a second
than it was to bring down the record
from $3.50 to 2:20.
"Give your horses plenty of room
and plenty of time to mature. have
just sol horses at my stock farm at
East Aurora, N. Y. There are just 500
acres there. That gives each animal
an acre to himself on an average One
thing noted many years ago-that is,
that most animals live to be about five
times as old as it takes them to mature.
For instance, fly natures in five
hours; it is dead in "a. A dog natures
in about 2 or az years; he is an old
dog at ~. A horse gets his growth at
years; his work is over when he is 80
A man is generally full sized at 20
years; he will live to be 100 if he
doesn't drink too much whisky.
Acting on this principle, l today re.
gard my two celebrated stations Nam.
brine King and Almont Jr., as my
most valuable horses, though each is
now "a years old. The former has earn
ed more than 100000 in the stud
alone, and there is not enough money in
America to buy him."
After his long experience it is perhaps
not surprising that Mr.. Hamlin is IA
miliar with every particular connected
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Won't you take chair?' said the lady
Of the house.
mo, Lor bless you; I'll Jest squat
right yer" And down she tumbled
tailor fashion ON the floor.
"I'ze bin spliced since I seed you
last" she continued.
II hope you have done well, " replied
the lady.
"Well, dunno so much bout that.
He hain't got much, but then he's pow.
erful good lookin. BY the way she
continued, drawing the other young
woman nearer, "this is Mandy Jane
Springs. She's had er application, too,
but she SEE ez how she amt er goin ter
have the Teller kase he wants ter live
with her dad, an he hain't got nary
critter either"
well, Mandy, you look as fresh as
a rose" continued the lady, addressing
the one with the application.
''You bet I'll alters have a color ez
long ez I've got any artificial flowers on
my bonnet" she facetiously remarked.
1t is one of their customs to use the
red leaves of the flowers instead of
rouge on their faces.
Mandy Jane edged around the piano
and finally said, miss Spencer, can
you git any music out er that ar box?"
After being shown its possibilities
she said in an apologize manner, "Miss
Spencer, mought it be a.axin too much
ter git you ter pick chune out er that
ar b01?'
A medley of "Dixie" and yankee
Doc re" was improvised, during which
the two women stood with eyes and
mouths wide open, and when it was fin
ishec they gasped, "Waal, 1 never did"
Az they drove away, seated ON split
bottomed chairs, in their cart, made of
few boards nailed together and drawn
by dilapidated COW, over which
patchwork quilt was thrown to conceal
its bones, they yelled: "Goodby, you
uns! Well come back gin and git you
ter pick us some more er them chunes. "
MRS. +. G. DE FoNTAINE
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15
A PUERTO RICO STREET SCENE.

him." After beng assured that the
postage stamp bore the likeness of JEFF
ferson Davis, and that it was official,
he consented, although as the letter was
being handed in with the other mail
matter he said in a doubtful tone,
"Well, eff that ar letter ever gifts to
Pumpkintown, I'll be bowed"
The meeting house is the general gath
ering place for the country folk, who
drive many sharp bargain in horse
swapping and predicate many crop
that the worms afterward destroy.
To the hitching posts around the
church are attached a wonderful array
OF conveyances, OK carts, mule wagons,
COW carts, with rope harness, and sad
die horses on whose anatomy hard times
have left its unmistakable impress.
The women come on horseback, with
one or two children mounted up behind
them They dismount, shake off their
cinnamon colored riding skirts, throw
them over the saddles, hitch their horses,
and then sit down on a log and dip snuff
until the bell rings
The only semblance Of anything like
store in Scrubtown is an implanted,
weatherboarded shanty, in which is
thrown heterogeneous mass of bonnets,
molasses, lard, -four, turpentine, yarn,
cotton, onions and tobacco The pro-
prietor of this melange is the Sir Ora
Gle of the settlement He sits in his
shirt sleeves, his feet on the counter and
the floor around him, an arabesque pat
tern OF tobacco juice and sand.
While waiting for him to look around
the floor to find paper enough in which
to wrap two spools of cotton and piece
of tape two girls mounted on q horse
stopped at the store
They dismounted, dropped their
homespun riding skirts, shook out their
finery and entered the store.
One wore a brick colored barege
gown over white skirt and waist; the
other, an orange colored garment of the
same material, with q red SASH
II say, Mr.. Smith," said the orange
colored damsel, "has you got any more
er that ar new chewin gum? We're
gwine down ter Mandy Thompson s we'd
din, an our gums done Civ out"
Two Of the same genus drove up to
our abode. GOOD morning, Eliza Ami
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private retinue, but he brought along
several hundred soldiers and pack Of
bloodhounds. 1t didn't take long fol
the Spaniards to find matter for provo.
cation, and in a short time they were
hunting the chieftain and his followers
with arquebuses and bloodhounds until
the golden streams ran blood and the
forests soon ceased to know them any
more
One of the strangest things about this
island is its shape, being almost rec
tangular i'll outline, about 1870 miles
long by 60 broad. The interior is one
vast congeries of hills and mountains,
the highest being Luquillo, with an al
titude Of 1000 feet. 1t has rich soil
everywhere and is cultivated clear up
to the SUBMITS of the hills, which are
of rounded outline and very beautiful
as seen from the sea. There Is an al
most total absence of forests and ra-
vines, swamps and rugged territory,
which make Cuba such a paradise for
the rebels and insurgents. Consequent
ly there are few hiding places for the
patriots once they cut loose, and that is
the main reason why they have hest
tated so long declaring themselves as
opposed to the rule of Spain. But un.
less all signs fail there is going to be a
disturbance soon, and this island will
shortly lose its title Of the lever faith
full. " The population have been in
ferment for months, and the continued
successes reported from their kinsmen
in Cuba have excited them to the brink
OF revolution. In fact, if you do not
hear Of some outbreak before this letter
reaches you, am greatly mistaken. /
have talked with many of the leading
citizens, and while all wish to be nom
committal, yet the impression received
is that an explosion will soon take place.
1t cannot we'll be avoided.
If Puerto Rico were governed by its
own people, it would be one of the
most prosperous islands in the world,
with its rich soil, wide range Of prod
ucts, good and numerous harbors, de-
lightful climate and commanding situa-
ton. 1t is governed the same as Cuba,
by captain general, at present subject
to Havana, and it supports an immense
horde OF rapacious and rascally military
and civilian officeholders
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15
ROBERT j.

with the turf. He has driven on every
important track and is partial to those
at Detroit, Cleveland, Terre Haute,
Rochester and Buffalo. The latter track
is still accounted one of the fastest. 1t
was here that Dexter astonished the
world by Keeling off mile in 2:17A in
1867. As far back as 1871 Mr.. Hamlin,
at Independence, Ia, drove Justinia
and Belle Hamlin one mile to buggy
in 2:1314. This was the record for
years. subsequently his driver drove
these mares, together with Globe, an
other famous animal, one mile in ia.
This was at Cleveland, before 10, 900
people, and is to this day regarded a
wonderful performance for three horses
abreast. Mr.. Hamlin owned these
horses and their ancestors for five gen.
erations. His principal driver is Ed
ward +. Geers, who has been associated
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15

A Beautiful Island DenseIy Populated
and Heretofore Loyal to Spain - The
Population Now In . Torment - The
Island and Its People.
Especial Correspondence.l
SAN JUAN DE PUERTO Rico. Aug. g.
Having seen all the principal ports and
cities of Cuba, Spain's chief possession
in the western hemisphere, took no
ton to run over and view Cuba's little
sister, Puerto Rico. She and Cuba are
all there is left Of a once large and very
6ourishing family which belonged to
Spain by right of conquest and discov-
cry.
1t must be a sad reflection for the
naughty don that Spain might still
have owned the greater part of Central
and South America if his ancestors
hadn't been so rapacious and so muir
derously inclined But such is the fact
1t was an axiom with the proud and
naughty don Of two, three and four GEN.
turtles ago that there is no Indian so
good as q dead Indian. And he and his
descendant have nobly lived up to this
maxim ever since wherever they have
had the good fortune to find weak and
defenseless people.
That galliard old adventurer, Ponce
de Leon, was the first one to pre-empt
soil here and one of the first to COM
mence to clean out the Indians. We
rather expect better things of one Of
Ponce de Icons romantic record, for
his search for the fountain of youth
made him out to be gallant, chivalrous,
humane, etc. But as we have those sta
tistics mainly from the poets, and as we
all know that they are VIGOROUSLY un-
reliable, they won't stand against the
plain, cold, hard facts of the old mans
Puerto Rican record. And these are that
he found the island ruled over by kind
hearted Indian chief, who gave Ponce q
cordial invitation to take up his abode
there. He casually mentioned that there
was gold in the streams and dead
loads" of it in the mountains, so the
Spaniard not only came over with his
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15

with him for years. and the veteran
owner told me he considered Geers the
best reinsman to be found anywhere.
asked Mr.. Hamlin IL the Ives pool
law TO prevent betting was likely to in
terfere with the interest in racing, and
he replied: "There is law forbidding
swearing, but a man will swear when
he gets mad This law cannot be effect
iye." AID. VANCE
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15
Babies and Cycles.

A wise physician of Hartford says
that the talk going on about taking the
babies cycling being destructive to their
nervous systems is all nonsense and I'M
doubtedly originated in the mind of
some writer with space to fill The doc
tor, however, thinks that the practice
ought to be suppressed on account of the
danger to the child from possible falls.
American Cyclist.
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t n e venerable
turfman, during
which he talked
entertainingly Of
his many expert
ences, his famous
horses and what
he termed "his
own ambition. 3"
AS Mr.. Hamlin
was born in 1919
he must be more
than 70 years
old. But he does
not look it-no,
NOT nv 90 veare
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15

San Juan, just at present. is not q
healthy place to visit, having now pre-
monitory symptoms Of its annual visit
from yellow jack" But it is now that
the best time offers for revolution,
and if the Puerto Ricans are as plucky
as they are intelligent and are willing
to shoot as they talk there will soon be
trouble in this island.
J. w. BARTRAM
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15

Wright (bitterly)-If the name of
fome famous writer were only signed to
my poems there'd be no trouble about
their selling-and at good, stiff price
tool
Mrs. Wright hopefully What's the
reason you can't adopt Alfred Tennyson
pr something like it as your nom de
olume?-Brooklyn Life.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15

Mrs Claude Wright-How do you
like those biscuits, dear?
Mr. Claude Wright-A trife heavy,
love. But. then, you are somewhat out
of practice.
Mrs. Claude Wright-If you'll be-
lieve me, pet, haven't made mess of
biscuits before since my first reincarna-
ton, 5000 years go.-Buffalo Times.
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FAITH in THE HORSE.
THE VENERABLE C. ]. HAMLIN HAS
NOT LOST IT.
Intesvssw with the Greatest Breeder OF
Tretters In the Country - Msmbrino
King. the Handsomest Horse In the
world-Robert j, the PAGER.
Especial Correspondence

BUFFALO, Aug. 10.--Wherever the
trotting or pacing horse is known the
name of Cicero j. Hamlin &c. J. Ham
lin, he usually writes it) is familiar.
There are fully go. 900 bicycles in this
city-more, by the way, than in any
other city Of similar size the world over
but this has not lessened Mr.. Ham
Inns faith in the horse He is just as
enthusiastic a breeder and reinsman in
1895 as he was in l849, and this is say
ing q good deal.
At his palatial residence here one day
last week had an afternoon g talk with
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15

The height of ability consists in a
thorough knowledge of the real value of
things and of the genius of the age we
live in. TRochefouceuld.
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Uh-bis-e-ken
Uh-pem- e-kem.

The women are very clever with the
needle, and as most of us had adopted
the Innuit boot of sealskin which re.
quired frequent mending they were al
ways in demand. In mechanical inge-
nuity they are remarkable. Both men
and women are carvers in ivory, and
the tiny figures-human as we'll as ami
mal-that they fashion in this material,
although somewhat crude, show no
mean ability. This skill is also to be re-
marked in regard to the use of the pen
Gil. One of them, As-sey-e.yeh, drew
from memory steamer in perspective,
with the reflections in the water, and
that too, in a suggestive and artistic
way. Prank Wilbert Stokes in Century,
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-15
ART AMONG THE ESKlMOS.
Clever Carvers In Ivory and Some VIII
Can Sketch.

CleVer CarVers IN ivory ana some VINO
Can Sketch.
We did much entertaining, as we
were continually visited by different
members of the tribe of 200 or more.
They were content to sit and share the
warmth and shelter of our house and
gaze on the curious things it contained.
They would turn the pages of a maya
zine by the hour, and, holding the book
upside down, ask questions about pic
lures. What particularly pleased them
was anything in the shape of gun, knife
or ammunition. OF eating they never
tired. The amount of food they con-
sumed was astonishing, and they par
ticularly reveled in our coffee, biscuit
and pemmican. This love was mani
tested by little ditty that they sang
quite often:
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THE EVE OF REVOLT.
OPPOSITION IN PUERTO RICO TO
SPANISH RULE.

A Beautiful Island Densely Populated
and Heretofore Loyal to- Spain - The
Population Now In . Torment - The
Island and Its People.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-11-20
To Make Big Soap Bubbles.

1t is great sport to make soap bub-
bles, but it is twice as much fun If the
bubbles are big ones, strong enough
not to break when they are floated on
the floor. Bubbles twice as big as your
head or as big as the biggest kind of a
football can be easily blown by anyone
who knows how to mix up the soap
bubble material. To make these big
bubbles, take a piece Of white CASTLE
soap about as big as walnut. Cut
up into cup Of warm water and then
add a teaspoonful of glycerine. Stir
well and blow from small pipe. This
will make bubbles enough to last all
the afternoon. And this is really all
you care to make in one day. To make
pink bubles add few drops Of straw
berry juice, and to make yellow ones
put in little orange juice.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-11-20
INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

her brother. She was incapable OF
earning a livelihood by other means
than those he had named. Her mode Of
life from her infancy had unified her
for toll and privation, such as must be
hers were her plain-spoken benefac-
tor to die tomorrow. Nor had she the
moral nerve to defy public opinion, to
debar herself from accustomed associa-
tions and pleasures by entering the
ranks of paid laborers: Hesitation was
at an end The wish that had been al
most prayer in solemn sincerity was
answered fearfully soon, and she
would offer no appeal. Her destiny
was taken out OF her hands. There was
no more responsibility, no more strug-
Cling. Hedges to the right and to the
left bristled with thorns, sharp and
thick as porcupine quills. But one
path lay open to her feet-a short and
straight course that conducted her to
EInathan Withers' arms.