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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
Calling Etiquette.

A fine line of courtesy leads the visitor
not to offer her card to the servant, but to
inquire if Mrs. Blank is receiving. If an
swcred in the affirmative, she asks if she
will see Mrs. S.. If in the negative,
then the card is left as evidence of the call.
Cards are in IL measure falling into disuse,
the English method of announcing guests
being very generally accepted in the best
circles of socicty, Il pasteboard only being
left when the lady is out and not receiving.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
Roads Should Be Owned by the People.

The turnpike riots in Kentucky offer
valuable lesson on the subject of how
not to build good roads. The outcome
of all private pike building has been
popular dissatisfaction with tolls. Sub
sequently comes the purchase of the
pixies by the state, sometimes at high
cost. The roads should be built by the
people under good road laws. st. Louis
Republic.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
Paved With Musket Barrels.

Bayard Taylor in one Of his books Of
trayel tells Of a highway in China
which for over l 900 yards is corduroy
ed with tn barrels of old muskets.
They are about seven feet long, and
when used "a couple of hundred years
ago were carried by two men and fred
by third
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04

Put an end to misery Doan's Ointment will
cure the worst case of Itching Piles there ever
was, and do it almost instantly. Years of suf.
fcring relieved in single night. Get Doan's
Ointment from your dealer.-Adut.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
south Surry-
RAE.

south Surry.
w. p. Stewart and family, who have
been at Goshen, n. Y, since leaving Ca
BILE Villa, have gone South where they
will spend the remainder of the winter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04

The soothing, lung healing virtues of the
newly cut pine are all embodied in DR.. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup, the sovereign remedy for
coughs and colds, and lung troubles of all
sorts.-AdUt
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04

People ,cho advertise only occasionally
overlook the fact that most persons hare
short memories.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-07

speculation, but it was soon given out at
the headquarters of the Cuban junta
that tho reports had no foundation in
fact.
A representative Of DR.. Palma was
seen at tho junta in this city and asked
about tho dispatch printed from Key
West, which alleges that Antonio
Maceo Is alive and Is in a Cuban hospi-
tai recovering from his wounds. His
attention was also called to tho state
ment that the wife Of prominent
Cuban had landed at Key West and
confirmed tho statement that Maceo
Is alive. Ho smiled incredulously and
said:
4" You can say that the Cuban iunta
believes that Macco is dead aud that
ne died in the manner described in the
circular recently issued by the junta.
I'VE havo fully satisfied ourselves
OF his doath. We place no credence in
these reports that Maceo Is alive"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-07

soiia NSs aos and AGs, "ThH Atlanta speoialn
and Day Coaches bet botween % TsSft WnsSnvSt Stesr%SS %
Atlanta. Parlor and Dining Cars, Now YORK
70 Washington. Pullman Slecpeis butwcnn
Portsmouth hnd Chariotto,. (open nj Poris.
mouth p. m. Connecting at AtInnt1 for anJ
from Macon, Florida, Chattanooga. NaaHviSin' iSi'
hlSmphis, Texas, California and tho West.
-, NOS. Al aud 3o, Tho 3. "A. l.. Express = So,,r
Train of Pullman Sleepers snd DaV Go.SSSin,ss
Detwoeh. h.portsmouth Weldon and Htlansa al
20 NOW DIX TO Weldon and Cane ChnrIos
connecting at Atlanta for and from Mont.
gomSry, new ,)r!Gans. rCXus Mexico CnIifor
ma, Macon. FLORIDA; at POI ihmouth with Hnv
- L,tG tG "Ha tS"sLwiSo steamers ana rail routes
No ONtru faro Oh any train
For Tickets, Slcepers and ;nfor,o
tl0n apply to ticket agents, or to
Is. a. NEWLAND, General hyent
Pass. Dept, Kmball House. tI,nta'
Ga. ''ss'
WM: B: CLEMENTS, Tray Pass, Apt.
klmDall House, Atlanta, Ca
g.. ST. JOHN, Vice-President and
G9nl Mgr. 1o
V: e. McBEE' Gcperal superinten-
dent.
II. w. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager.
L. ). ANDERSON, Gen'l PASSENGER
Agent.
General Offices: Por tsmouth, Va.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-07
-Whilo no was ut breakfa fast in Gin

While no was ut break fast in Gin
clnnati on tho day after Christmas q
Now York Journal reporter asked Mr..
Bryan whether he thought that the
recent bank failures in Chicago and
ST. Paul wore in any way due to the
result OF the recent election. His reply
was: " All by this time know the
underlying principles CT free silver
and tho effects Of the gold standard,
and oil can apply their own measuring
sticSs, and doubtless reach o true con-
clusion. II there have been any evi-
dences OF returning prosperity 1 have
tailed to note them particularly. AS
10 any permanent prosperity without
FREQ silver, the people of the United
States will havo timo to decide that
point. lot the silver men not put a
stone in the pathway of any man who
Will give prosperity, but To-, not the
camp fires of free silver burn out"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-07

SPAIN IS BANKRUPT.-Jam Crecl-
man, who has been sent to Spain bv
the New York journal, says in his last
letter: "Spain is baGkrupt. It is use
less TO attempt to disguise facts. Not
only Is she unprcparcd for war with
any hrst-class Power, but it will be
impossib bic for her to carry on the cam.
paign in Cuba and the Philippines
much longer. The cash sheet OF the
Bank OF Spain to-day shows not more
than nineteen million dollars remain
OF the siXty'four millions raised by the
domctic war loan. This balance will
disappear within u littc moro than two
months. The European banks have
refused to furnish money. Capitalists
throughout the world know that the
wealth producing machinery Of Cuba
has been largely destroyed, and the
principal source OF Spain's revenue IL
dried up. Even were peace restored
tomorrow it would ho impossible to
secure capital to rc-cstablish the great
Cuban Plantations while tho Spanish
nag remains in that island, constant
ana certain incentive to armed revOlu.
tl0n' The situation appalls all Spaniards
,%i VINO are not blinded by pride or passion
mo haClon's funded debt Ia, roughly,
one billion two hundred million dol
iarS, ana the annual interest on this
aggregates about sixty-fOur million
aoliars, more than one-hnlf OF the whole
income oi Spain. Although in recent
years tho annual deficit has beer
eroatly reduced, tho floating debt Is
no" ABOUT ninGty-onc millions"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-07

,-English statisticians who assert
that the London and Northwestern,
with 1896, 100000 capital, 1900 loco.
motives and 10000 employees, is the
largest corporation in tho world, prob
ably have not seen tho statement of
tho pennsylvania. The American rail
road has capital Of 1857 ,075, 500, 1851
locomotives and 900 names on its
pay roll. Tho fact that tho United
States has a railway larger than the
London and Northwestern is not gen
orally known in this country.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-07
IS MACED STILL ALIyEY


''H '"hHrTIS IIiH DcHti
iiA"hnn, Dcccmb"r 30, via Roy Wcst,
IA: Mac"O i4 hliVc H. The Cubnn's
J'yIni cry. Information 10 coming tn,n
Lhc c'ty daily giving prccinn details.
~ u ,hIh that when no fcll from his
horse bis foIIowcra Thought him dcnd
but found that hc wns sLill living and
aprchh tho ncwH that h0 wns doud in
orIcr 10 carry him to IL place OF Unfoty.
Ohhcr II ftronK escort thGy carried
MN 10 Tho SigunDcn hospital, whcro,
under The skIIIfnl treatment OF Drs.
Fcn'hln, WaIdCs DJningucz and Pan.
ch"n Dbmingucz, the chief 10 now slow.
~ rcCupcratinE.
rho acute period has now passed..
10 seems that only ono wound is dung.
clonF, that being In tho stomach
Fortunately tho bullet did not touch
The intcstincs. IL was feared that per-
ltonitis might set In, but he oscaprd
this. y
Tho other wounds aro I'm tho law and
back, and arc only slight. No bones
were fractured. Xrrtuchu's trcnchcrv
Is boing confirmed d .ily.
IT s said that Mae, o's lirst worda
when ho was ablo " speak was to yrdor
Itrtnchn's cnptnro, but ho had ulrcnJv
He'd to tho Spanish lines.
Itrtucha wrote the paper foun1 on
GOmeH'S body. Gomez was killed bv n
bayonot and did not stab himscIf as
tho Spanish say.
~ dispatch from Now York, dntod
Dec. 3lSt, says that the reports in the
morning papers have created wild
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-07

The best briar from which pipes
are made comes from the borders OF
france and Italy. In tho mountainous
a'strlct OF those countries roots arc dug
out which have grown for ages, and
are sometimes larger than mans
Dody, weighing hundreds OF pounds.
The wood thus obtained Ia remarkably
beautiful These largo depositeof the
root have just been discovered in
France, and the price may bo'brought
down in time. AT present q good triar
root pipe is not cheap.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-07

A clerk at tho Fort Hall Indian
agency boasts Of moustaclo nearly
long enough to make lariat. In fact
u has length OF nine feet. Ordinarily
no folds the ends away out of sight
under his vest but sometimes Eo Icts
IT. drag on The iluor To show It's fun
Icngtn just rs II woman with IL wealth
OF h"ir exhibits IL in the privacy Of
her Doudoir 10 Il coterie OF admirinp
friends.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-07

"A" a. m. up" p. IN. I'M" noon. IN" night.
Nos. ~ and 3a-Daily. Washington and South
western Fosti bulo Limited. Through Pullman
seepins cars between Now York and Now Or
leans, VIC Washington, Atlnptn and Mont Som
cry. and also between Now York and Msmphia
via" ashington, Atlanta and Birnin CHAM. Pun
man sleeping caro- between New York and Now
Orleans IN connection with the "SNnsot Linn
ted trains for San Francisco, semi. weoffiy
leaving Jcrsey City Tuesdays and Saturdays
Teturnins, leave New Orleans Wednesdays ard
Augusta Bleening cara between Danvino aI /,
Charlotte. FirHt clnss thoroushfnTe coachea
between Washington and Atlanta Dining caro-
gerye all meas en route.
Nos. Is and B3-United States Fast MuD
runs solid between Washington and Now Or.
loans, Via Southern Railway, A. % ". P. II. r.
and l.. % n. Il. Il. being com posed Of bngeaRe
car and coaches, through withput change fcr
psssensors OF all clsssor. Pullman palaca
driving room O sleepins cses bosween %ash.
ninEton md SalySston, Tex .(Dt Atlanta, New
drawing room sleeping cHrs between Jersey
S1ty and Atlanta. Leaving Washington each
Saturday, tourist sleeping car will rim
through between Washi. gton and San Fran.
ctgqo without change.
Nos IL aud le.Pulman sleeping cars between
Richmond and Dnnvills
The Air Lane Belte train, Nos. II and 49, be-
tween Atlnnta ard Oornoiia. Ca, daily sxcopt
"; II. GREEN. j. n. GULF,
Qsnl Snpt., Traffic Mgr.
Washington. y. O. Washington, d. @.
w A. TURK, 8. II. HARpWICK,
G9a'l Pass. Az g., Asst 4enl Pass. Ak't,,
Washing eton. y. q. Atlanta, Ga
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13
OUR CANDIDATE IN 1900
Plundering the Public Treasury.

1lu40er1AS the fuDllc treasury
The investigation of two of the Off
GERS Of the state which for more than
thirty years have been parceled out
as compensation for partisan service,
reveals a condition of rottenness in
Iowa that only had its parallel in
New York in the palmy days of
Tweed. Here, as there, the PARTISAN
majority has been so immense that
any system of plumber could be car
ried on with impunity. The CON-
mittee making the report which dis
closes the system of robbery carried
on SO successfully for all these years
consisted of three republicans and
two democrats, and to cover up the
expose of plumber in the state, the
legislature has appointed another
committee presumably to investigate
the former committee. That the
people who are thus robbed and
plundered may see the depth and
methods of this robbery in two of the
department, we copy from the Tele-
graph and from the Manchester Dem
ocrat portions of the evidence in the
printing and binding departments.
The investigation in the Office of
the Secretary of State in connection
with the census of 1896 shows even
greater robbery than in these depart
ments.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13


w. E. Curtis, the noted correspond
ent of the Chicago Record, a republi-
can paper, says:
ut is unfortunate that the consum-
ers OF the United States have no
agent to represent them in the prep
aration OF the new tariff"
"The bill as it passed the house is a
New England measure, with a sop
thrown to the farmers in the shape
of increased duties upon eggs, hay,
potatoes and other agricultural prod
ucts, hut what is the good of an addi.
tional duty of one cent a dozen upon
eggs, or another dollar a ton on hay
or a duty of 10 cents a bushel on pc.
tatoes, when, under the new wooden
schedule the farmer will have to pay
IS more for every suit Of clothes?"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13
Catarrhal Dyspepsia.
Pe-ru-na Not Only Cures, But Cures Perma
nently.

Pe-ru-na Not Only Cures, But Cures Perma-
neatly.
Horizons, Pa, April, 1S93.-Dr. s. b.
Hartman-Dear Sir: l have tried
three of the best physicians in In
diana county, and had spent great
deal of money, all to no effect. My
friends said l could not get we'll. l.
had about given up all earthly hopes.
I weighed 100 pounds. l accidentally
saw the name Pe-ru-na. L immediate
ly commenced taking it, and con-
tinued taking it until l had taken
twelve bottles. then weighed 1870
pounds, and never felt better in my
life. / am walking monument of
the virtues of your Pe-ru.na.
w. w. STRAsLER
When next he writes he had
changed his residence.
Cory, Pa, May 2, 1S94.-Dr. s. B.
Hartman: Now for all time to come,
use my photograph and statements.
will go at any time and testify to
the truth of my assurances. am
hearty and we'll today and attribute
all to Pe-ru-na. w. w. STRAsLER.
Cory, Pa, March 8, 1s97.-Dr. s.
B. Hartman: My health is A. No. /,
and stand fast and untiring friend
of Pe-ru-na. w. w. STRAsLER.
Pe.ru-na cures permanently. Its
cures last as above letters show. The
spring of the year is peculiarly pro-
vocative of catarrhal dyspepsia.
Nearly every one needs course of
Pe-ru-na at this season. Send for
free book. Address The Pe.ru-na
Drug Manufacturing Company,
Columbus. Ohio,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13


The contrast between the pitiable
condition of SO many of the poor in great
American cities with the foolish and
silly eNtravagances Of certain society
leaders is so sharp and SO bitter that
it does not require any extended argu-
,ment to prove that TIA great fault is being
committed. 1t is claimed, according to
the British Advertiser, that the money
of the rich is theirs to do with as they
please. On the contrary, in any intel
ligent and self-respecting community
the possession of wealth carries with it
just SO much responsibility. 1t was
Cain who asked: "Am my brothers.
keeper" And the world to-day still
remembers and can never forget the
greatest of all parallels which came as
reply to the question: "Nho is my
neighbour"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13

A. think bill head like that
would be construed a blank.
@, What do you think would be a
fair compensation for printing 1000
copies of bill head No. II?
A. So for press work. (The state
paid $11.)
@. What do you think would be a
fair price for printing postal card No.
on both sides, just the press work?
A. We get So. (The state paid BID
@. You are practical printer, are
you not?
A. Yes.
Is it any wonder that the state
treasury is bankrupt when such work
as Mr.. Parrot describes has gone on
unchallenged for Observation-Disclosures
Democrat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13
Matt Parrot on the Witness Stand.

Most everyone it this part Of the
state knows Matt Parrott, of Water
loo, now the lieutenant governor of
Iowa. Mr.. Parrott is much better
man than the average republican
politician, who succeeds in running
the gauntlet Of deals and bargains
between private life and state Office
at the capital When Mr.. Parrott BE-
cured the nomination for the Office he
now holds the democratic newspa-
pers of the state generally spoke we'll
of him, and his work the past winter
in helping to expose the rottenness of
gang rule in the state fully justifies
all good opinions expressed previous
to his election. Mr.. PARROT is a print
er and book binder, and knows as
much about that class of work as any
man in Iowa. Books and blanks made
by him are in use in nearly every
county in the state. He testified a
few days ago before one of the invest
igating COMMITTEES rs follows:
Q. What would you consider fair
compensation for setting blank No. II
A. / presume in my own Office in
figuring job OF that kind I would
figure it about So so or So. (The price
paid by the state for that composit'
ion was $5O.5S.
| Q. What would you consider fail
compensation for blank No. q
A. About $3.50 or 8. (The state
paid $81.O3.)
@. What would you consider fail
compensation for blank No. 8?
| A. So or $3.50. (The state paid
$4,000
| @. What would you conider fail
compensation for blank No. a?
| A. / should say S.. (The state paid
$4343)
@. What would you consider fail
compensation for blank No. s?
A. $3.50. (The state paid $11.91.)
@. Do you think that quarter
sheet bill head wheu printed in regu
lar form with filing on back is a blank
under the meaning of the lawf Bill
head No. 1.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill bottle or common glass with
urine and let it stand twenty-four
hours; O sediment or SETTLING indicates
an unhealthy condition of the kid
neys. When urine stains linen it is
positive evidence of kidney trouble.
Too frequent desire to urInate or pain
in the back, is also convincing proof
that the kidneys and bladder are out
of order.
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge
SO often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney rene
dy fultills every wish in relieving pain
in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary pas
sages. 1t corrects inability to hold
urine and scalding pain in passing it,
or bad effects following use Of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that un-
pleasant necessity of being compelled
to get up many times during the night
to urinate. The mild and the extra.
ordinary effect of Swamp-Rootis soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distres.
sing cases. If you need q medicine
you should have the best. Sold by
druggists price fifty cents and one
dollar. You may have sample bot
tie and pamphlet both sent free by
mail. Mention the PLAIN DEALER
and send your address to DIR. Kilmel
& Co, Binghamton, N. Y. The pro
prietor of this paper guarantee the
genuinenese of this offer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13

Some criticism was aroused in Mary
land a year ago By the appointment of
a woman, Mrs. Anne b. LETTERS, as the
state librarian. But she has justified
the appointment by the admirable way
in which she has fulfilled the duties of
the office. Her success" says the Bal
timore American, sis another proof of
the fact that in work of this kind a
woman can prove herself fully as capa-
bic as man. Her years work is to her
credit, and proves that no error was
made by the governor when he named
her for the otfice.''
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13
From the Pacific Coast


WooDvILLE, OREGON, March 81, '97
Editor PLAIN DEALER:
will try and fulfill my contract
with you as am now more prepared
to tell what think of this country.
As for California, some parts of it can
not be beaten, while other parts are
not worth paying taxes on. All of
the best of it is taken by monied mo-
nopolies and held at such prices that
it is impossible for a poor man to
touch it, and the poor land no one
wants; and all of the mountain ranges
are owned by cattle kings and are
held in such shape that no Irish need
apply.
When we arrived in Crescent City,
although in California. or rather gu
the Oregon line, we were in great
lumber country. 1t being on the
coast, there is good outlet for the
lumber and it makes lots of business
for that part of California, and as
there is no end to the timber it is a
business to last for generations to
come. I stopped with the Berry
Bros, who are good, whole-souled
boys and highly respected. They
have good business there besides a
small range on the mountains where
they have small herd of cattle to
which they are adding every year as
times and means will permit.
On leaving Crescent City the Berry
brothers brought US across the Coast
range and Cascade mountains to
Grants Pass in Oregon. l must say
it was a trip long TO oe remembered.
1t is great to see what Nature has
done and placed in the soil just what
we are all after-the mighty gold dol
lar.
From Grants Pass we soon found
ours elves in Woodvills where our
frlt nds were waiting for US, and soon
found ourselves we'll cared for. Here
we still remain. This part of the
country is better adapted for gold
mining and there is plenty of II.
There is but little farming done as
the land is not fit for it and it seems
to be easier to get gold than it is to
make living at farming. Here, in
the winter. it rains IA days in week
and old miners say as the fog goes up
the hill the water comes down to the
mill which forms the power to move
the dirt on the bedrock where the
gold is found. The water is forced
through what is called a giant and
by its great force sweeps off the dirt
SO easily it is fun to see it. Very often
there are large nuggets picked up on
the bed rock. Last week two boys
about 20 years of yge who rnstled and
got claim of their own, picked up a
nugget of $110 near Jump of 10,
about ten miles from here. People
here are the easiest going ever saw,
for if they get a little hard up they
take their pick, pan AMI shovel and
off they go and by night they are at
home with the price of sack of flour
in gold dust. You can hardly find a
man hunting work, for if he wants it,
it is always at hand. There is vast
difference now and 40 years ago in
the methods of mining, as now most
of the mining is done by water pres.
sure, and bitches are cut for miles te
get the necessary water.
Yours respectfully,
GEO. w. COMBS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13
William shanley,

farmer, lately from near Lourdes,
Howard county, Iowa, now living in
Southwestern Mimi, is prepared to
give. full and reliable information in
regard to all lands for sale in his Sec
ton of the country. Parties desiring
a home in that locality wonld do well
to correspond with him.
Address William Stanley, Rock,
Redwood county, Mimi. to maya
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the firm
of Lukes & Cisar at Protivln, Iowa,
is dissolved by mutual consent. ALI
debts due the late firm are to be paid
to Fred Lnkes, who continues the
business. and by whom all debts of
the late firm will be paid.
FRED LUKEs.
WENZEL CIsAR.
Protivin, March, 20, 1897.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13
A Blblical Mystery Expluinod


A Sunday school superintendent at
the close of an address on the creation,
which he was sure he had kept within
the comprehension of the least intelli-
gent of the scholars, smilingly invited
questions.
A tiny boy, with white, eager face
and large brow, at once held up his
hand.
please, sir, why was Adam never a
baby?"
The superintendent coughed in some
doubt as to what answer to give, hut n
little girl of nine, the eldest of several
brothers and sisters, came promptly to
his aid.
"Please, sill" she said, smartly, "there
was nobody to nuss m!"-Tit-Bits.