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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

The Oldest office-seeker in Washing
ton is said to be Col. George v. Law
renee, of Monongahela, Pa, who wants
to be district attorney for the western
district of Pennsylvania. He is so
years old, and for the last 81 years has
been almost continuously in congress
or the legislature. When he first went
to the legislature, in 1s43, he drove the
21O miles from his home to Harrisburg
in a buggy, drawn by single horse.
Being reelected to the legislature in
1892, he expressed n desire to make the
trip the same way, and the Legislature
appropriated sufficient money to buy
him horse, harness and buggy, and
he was received at every town on the
route with an walton. He has strong
recommendations for the position he
is now seeking.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or common glass with
urine and let it stand twenty-four
hours; 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 urlnate 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 DIR. 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 UNI
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 a 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 Dr. Kilmel
u Co, Binghamton, N. Y. The pro
prietors of this paper guarantee TIL
genu'neness of this offer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

Nervine and thank God that it has bright
ened my days, heightened my life and saved
me fromthe horrors Of nervous prostration."
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug
gists under positive guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DR. MILES MEDICAL co.. Elkhart, Ind.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
Popular Mc,rorfe..

Popular Memories,
The praise we speak of heroes old,
OF each who glory wins,
Shows death. like charity, may fold
4 multitude Of sins.
- Chicago Journal
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
Black Sand Pool Yellowstone Park.

"No person who visits the Upper Geyser
Basin should fail to see Black Sand Pool II
les to the south of the main Upper Basin, and
is reached by road leading past tile beautiful
Punch Bowl Spring. Black Sand Pool is ali
oval spring some 40 feet long by 20 or a5 feet
wide. The water is Of light blue sapphire Or
turquoise color-it is not easy to name the pre-.
else tint IN many instances beautl.
full, from whose surface the steam constantly
rises. The great peculiarly about it is that rhe
encircling sides, which are in places fifteen feet
high or more, are composed of black, probably
decomposed obsidlan, sand.'
The above is taken from wonderland '97," a
new book published by the Northern Pacific
Railway. Send SIX cents to CHAs. =. FEE, Gen'i
Pass. Agent, st, Paul, MIMI, for it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

| A California chemist has robbed
Castor Oil of its dad taste. LAxoL is
its name.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

and be at rest. One
physician said I had
consumption, for l had
q cough that gave me
no rest. But q good
old physician whose
medicine had failed,
advised me to use DR..
The advocate., 1897-06-02
EXTRA SESSION UsELEss.

The ADVOCATE is not authorized to
speak for the Governor, and it does not
desire to embarrass him in the exercise
Of his functions. Speaking for ourselves
alone, we see no good to result from an
extra session Of the Legislature at this
time. It would cost the people thou
sand dollars a day and leave things no
better than they now are. So far as
railroad Legislation is concerned, and
that is the object Of the proposed ses-
sion, none can be reasonably expected
from the present membership. That is
evident from the proceedings at the reg
.ular session.
The Board Of Railroad Commissioners
know what the people want; let them go
ahead with such authority as they have
under the law which created them and
make an honest and intelligent effort to
correct any abuses which they think
exist; let them point out particular in
stances Of what they deem unreasonable
then declare what they hold TO
be reasonable charges in the same cases,
direct the necessary changes to be made
and follow the cases into court If they
are taken there by the roads, and in this
way proceed until the people get O
clearer idea than they now have Of the
powers of the commission and of the
Legislature as well. We are fast ap-
a time when the interests of
the people at large and Of the railway
alike will require a solution
Of the carrying problem on permanent
principles
The advocate., 1897-06-02

the power to prescribe the carriers com
pensation. But suppose Congress pre-
scribe q rate OF compensation that the
railroad manager says is too law, that it
is unreasonable and therefore urjust?
Though Congress may fix the rate, can
it require the carrier to perform service
for an inadequate or unreasonable COM
pensationH Say the law puts the rate at
10 cents per ton hundred miles when
the carrier claims the service is worth %
cents and he refuses to carry for less
than thatP II Congress should under
take to compel him to perform the SER
vice at the legal rate, and the court
should hold that rate inadequate, insult
ficient and unreasonable, would the
Government be liable for the difference
on the ground that it had taken private
property" (seryice) for public use with
out just compensation And if so,
would not public transportation by pri
vate agencies be wholly discontinued
unless Congress changed the rates to
what the courts hold to be just and rea-
sonableP And if this result would nee
essarily follow, is there any way to
permanently change the rule except
through the reserved power of the people
in the construction and operation Of
their own means of transportation?
The advocate., 1897-06-02
THE KANSAS RAILWAY TROUBLES

Kansas farmers have long been Of opip-
ion that the transportation Of their sur
plus products is costing them too much,
and as early as 1888, if we are not in
error as to date, maximum rate law
was proposed in the Legislature. AS
result of the discussion of that PROPOSE
tion, Board of State Railroad Commits
sioners was created. The writer of this
article, then as now engaged in editorial
work, characterized the new commission
as mere advisory board composed Of
three respectable gentlemen who were
authorized to advise and propose, but
without authority to enforce any order
or request, in so far as the matter Of
compensation for carrying freight was
concerned, The law has been amended
in several particulars, but it has not got
beyond the advisory stage yet, and the
failure Of the last Legislature to effect
any material change in this respect may
be taken as an indication that the law
will remain substantially as it is as long
as it is in force.
The recent conference of the commits
sion and the managers of Kansas rail
roads adjourned without agreement. No
conclusion was reached. The Commis-
sioners asked that the railroad compR-
MES voluntarily reduce rates, to which
the railway people responded, in sub
stance: "Our rates are now low enough
Low as we can afford to put them. II
the Commissioners are of opinion that
rates are now unreasonable, let them
specify particular instances, proceeding
according to the provisions Of the law
which created the board and prescribed
it's powers and Jurisdiction, and the
courts will decide the matters between
u.s."
And there the conference ended, as all
similar conferences will end, and we are
left just where we were-face to face
with the old question, "Whst is reasona-
BILE compensation And this, it sp-
pears, State Legislatures have no power
to determine, because it is a judicial
question.
The advocate., 1897-06-02
A QUESTION OF POWER.

In republic all political power re-
sides primarily in the people. Whatever
powers Legislatures possess, and none
other, they derive from the people,
What Is not thus delegated is retained
by the people.
Political powers are divided into three
classes-legislative, executive and judi
cial. The constitution Of the United
States declares that sll legislative pow.
ers therein granted shall be vested in a
Congress, etc, that the executive power
shall be vested in a President, and that
the judicial power shall be vested in one
Supreme Court, etc.
These powers, while they are thusgen-
erally prescribed, are not defined in the
constitution. Parliamentary law is older
than the constitution, and long estab-
lished definition Of these powers is as
sumed to be generally understood, Some
powers are expressly granted, while
some are expressly withheld; some pass
by necessary implication, and by the
same rule others remain with the people.
Among the powers expressly withheld
is that Of taking private property for
public use without just compensation.
The Legislature may prescribe defni-
tion Of word to be operative under the
particular statute while 1t continues in
force; but when a question arises touch
ing the definition Of word not 90 pre-
scribed in the law, it is a judicial
question and must be decided by the
court. Take, for example, the word
property" as it is used in the constitu-
tion as above quoted. A railroad is a
publichighwsy-so held by the courts
The right Of way is public franchise
taken by government from the people
and granted to the company or persons
that propose to operate the road. Con-
gress is expressly authorized and en-
powered TO regulate commerce among
the several States; and railroads are in
vestments Of commerce, subject, there
fore, to Congressional control. This
power, by necessary implication, includes
3
The advocate., 1897-06-02

THE scolding Of Chicago's Mayor by
some women Of that city, because he led
bicycle ride Of young people on Sun.
day, might well have been reserved for
use among the heathen who ride Sun
days in the parks behind horses that
would enjoy a season Of rest even on
that day.
The advocate., 1897-06-02

AMONG the curiosites of literature is
the use made Of the successful strike Of
the Philadelphia garment workers who
had been working at starvation wages.
They compelled an increase of wages
and better terms as to time, and Repub-
lican editors are parading this escape
from destitution as an evidence Of the
promised return Of prosperity.
The advocate., 1897-06-02

THE GlobeDemocrGt says "the silver
in the dollar coined by the United States
can be bought for 4615 cents" The
CD. is in error. The silver in the dol
lar coined by the United States cannot
be bought for less than 100 cents, and
the writer Of the above quotation is as
good witness as any to prove the fact.
The ADVOCATE will take at bis figures all
the dollars, coined by the United States,
that he can raise and pay him hand
some commission besides.
The advocate., 1897-06-02

what he can with Cause and cure, a
monthly publication, which fully ex-
plains the non-interest bond and public
improvement plan, and which he will
gladly send to all unexpired subscrip-
tions OF Sound Money in payment of
same when requested.
The advocate., 1897-06-02
EX-SENATOR EDMUNDs ON THE CUBAN
gTTUATTON

Ex-senator Edmunds or Vermont
ranks among the foremost lawyers Of the
country, Speaking of the Senate res
olution acknowledging the belligerency
Of the Cuban revolutionists, he says:
81 am free to say that do not think
the Senate was justified in taking such
action at this time. When there was
war between the North and South in
this country the Washington Govern
ment protested strongly against the
recognition Of the Confederacy by foreign
powers, England and France needed
the protest for some time, but teventually
belligerency was acknowledged. At the,
time Of the protest against such recogni-
tion there was in the South a regularly
organized government Its civil branch
was an important one, and it's seat of
government was known the world over.
Yet despite these facts, the United
States protested strongly, and afterward
made England pay for the damage done
by cruisers fitted out in her ports. AS
far as my information goes, Cuba has
not reached such a stage as was reached
by the Southern States. She is still an
integral part of Spain. The Cuban
cause is represented primarily by the
military power, and repeat that there
seems to me no excuse, at the present
time, for the action of the Senate. OF
course, we all know that the American
people are in entire sympathy with the
Cubans, but / have been speaking from
a point of International law and right.
Then, too, whether the cause Of Cuba
be right or wrong, doubt very much
whether the recognition Of belligersnt
rights would do the Cubans any good.
At present Spain has not the right of
search upon the high SEAS Our vessels
or even vessels engaged by the
Cubans and in their service, but
flying the American flag, may now
go within three miles of the Cuban
coast and defy Spanish cruisers. With
the recognition Of bellgerency this would
not be so. A vessel flying the Cuban
flag would be subject to search and
possible destruction, after having passed
the three-mile limit from the United
States. The idea is held by some that,
with the recognition Of belligerency,
Cuba could fit out vessels Of war in ports
of the United States that might prey
upon Spanish merchantmen and fight
Spanish cruisers. This idea is erroneous.
The moment the United States granted
recognition Of belligerency she would
also assume position of strict neutrality.
Arms and munitions might be purchased
by either side, but expeditions of men
for military service or the fitting out of
vessels to fight would not be allowed.
England allowed such things to bedone,
and she paid dearly for it. / do not
think that the commerce of the United
States would be benefited at this time
by the granting Of belligerent rights to
the Cubans."
The advocate., 1897-06-02

GENERAL CoxEY--he of the Common.
veal" srmy-has abandoned the publica-
tion of his paper, Sound Money. He
says his "chief reason for doing SO is the
apparent fact that the masses, to whom
reform papers must look for support,
have become SO poor that they can no
longer afford to take the papers" But
he says that though he cannot afford to
continue his weekly paper, be viii do
The advocate., 1897-06-02

The moral plane on which the people
Of the City Of Mexico live and move and
have their being is reflected in the fol-
lowing paragraph in the Herald of that
city, describing a bull fight: an the
third fight powerful black bull afforded
the best sport Of any during the enter
tainment. The havoc which it made
among the horses was tremendous. It
is no exaggeration 10 say that Of the first
horse which II attacked it left nothing
but the skeleton, nll the entraila Of tho
The advocate., 1897-06-02

AT a conference of leading cOlored
men held at Atlanta recently, it was re-
solved that the extraordinary mortality
among Negroes of the citiesis due chiefly
to their ignorance of rules which are
conducive to physical and moral health
The advocate., 1897-06-02

A BIG fuss was raised when Secretary
Olney announced the determination Of
President Cleveland to pay no attention
to a Cuban resolution of the Senate.
Now that President Mckinley is treating
the same body in the same way and on q
similar occasion, why isn't somebody
bowling?
The advocate., 1897-06-02

THE Cuban question has much Of in
terest in it to some Of our statesmen
who, IL they were we'll organized, might
render prompt and efficient service to
people inhabiting a region designated on
the maps as the United States Of Amer
icA
The advocate., 1897-06-02

The report that George Gould dis.
charged one Of bis most competent
agents because Of his politics is another
evidence that large employers do not try
to influence the opinions of their men.
The advocate., 1897-06-02
SENATOR HARRIS EXPLANATION.

Referring, we suppose, to the article
relating to the Harris railroad bill in last
weeks ADVOCATE, the following explain
atory telegram was received Saturday:
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 20, 1897.
Hon. W. 4. PETER Topeka, Kds.,
My bill was only intended to improve exist
ing conditions and to antagonize Foraker bin,
which is likely to pass. No attempt at final
conclusion was thought OF. w. A. HARRIS
--u--~~---pa~-Su----u-~--------u.
The advocate., 1897-06-02

The combination between the Rookie
feller and Carnegie interests will practi-
cally control the Northern iron industry
In the United States.
The advocate., 1897-06-02

THE Cuban policy of the present Ad-
ministiation is as much like that Of Pres
ident Cleveland as are their money and
tariff policies.
The advocate., 1897-06-02

poor brute being spilled in the arena.
The public almost went wild with en-
thusiasm. 1t killed three horses alto
getherr
The advocate., 1897-06-02

THE votes Of Southern Senators on the
tariff schedules show that the protection
idea is growing in the South.
The advocate., 1897-06-02

Write the Advocate for club rates
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-26
FLORIDA.


Many acres are being planted In celery
at Hawthorne, Alachua county.
The schools of Monroe county are In a
more flourishing condition now than ever
before
The constltutionality of the new fish
law will be tested by the owners of the
Wakulla county seine yards.
Public worship is disturbed at Laurel
HILL, Walton county, to such an extent as
to call for public denunciation.
Fine cucumbers, as lurge as a mans
arm and seven and eight inches long are
to be seen in Wakulla county gardens.
1t is rumored that Maj. st. Clair Abrams
is anxious 10 organize a company with
S25O.OOO capital to start a new morning
paper at Jacksonville.
A rumor is going the rounds at Jackson
Vile to the effect that Chief of Police
Ivers is to be removed and that Deputy
Sheriff Vinzant is to get his place
The Crawfordvile Breeze says that
small game is so plentiful in the ham,
mocks of Wakulla county, that boy
with one eye and sling shot can get
all he wants.
The public school building at Lake City
has just been completed. il is a credit to
state V. costing Sl,WU,
School opened with go pupils under the
management of Prof. Spencer of South
Carolina.
Frank Sullivan of the Southern Lumber
and Supply Company, Friday ran a sharp
splinter about four inches long and about
an eighth of an inch thick through the
palm of his hand and up into his arm
above the wrist.
A building in Tampa has been leased for
be held every night. These meetings will
be non-sectarian, and will be conducted
by George A. Pearson, an evangelist from
London, Canada.
At the term of the criminal court for
Escambia county last week twenty-eight
cases were cried, and in twenty-three of the
cases the defendants were either convict
ed or pleaded guilty. The sum of $3.50 cash
was added to the fine and forfeiture fund.
The expense of the recent term of the
circuit court In Marion county was as
follows: Witnesses before the grand jury.
S4SS70; Jurors fees, S1,20115; state wit
nesses sos; Sherim's costs, $502; total, 81
$685.. This is an average of $135 to each
case. and in many if not a majority of
them there was not one-half this amount
| involved.
At Tampa a day or two ago the ten
months old child of Mr.. Reeves, while
holding lead pencil in its hand, fell on
the sharp point, which entered its mouth
! obliquely, penetrating the root of the
! tongue. Mrs. Reeves almost instantly
| pulled the pencil out, but the point had
| broken off, and she sent hurriediy for DR.
| Oppenheimer, who responded and extract.
ed the lead The wound is an ugly one
George Sanders and ]. C. Hagood, who
with the South Carolina contractor. A
r. Stewart, had a large contract with the
| government to supply rock for the jettie.
| at Fernandina, have ceased operations at
| their quarries at Oxford. new Inspector
claimed that the Florida rock failed Il
come up TO the weight per square foo
required. Until the question Is settled
there Will be no more Florida rock use(
on government contracts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-26
ALL ABOUT AMERICUS.
Public Schools Close Till Tuesday,
Taxes of Railroads.

Americas, Ga, Nov. 2,-Thanksgivins
was appropriately observed in Americas
Business was entirely suspended, all
stores, depots and warehouses closing.
union service at the First Methodlse
church called hundreds of worshipers to-
gether and an excellent sermon was
preached by Rev. Sam Dean.
The woods and fields were filled with
gunners at an early hour, though game
was not much in evidence.
The Americas Gun Club engaged in trap
shooting this morning, fifty gunners par
ticipating.
The Central and Georgia and Alabama
railroads have furnished the tax collector
their estimate of taxes due Sumter county
for the year, the amount being $1,924 VI
this sum the Georgia and Alabama pays
$1,3O6. Collector Dunn reports the gem
eral collections of taxes very slow this fall.
While the fields in this part of the state
are still full of cotton bolls, and pods are
immature and watery, and will yield but
little. Fully half the bolls will never open
at all. The crop in this section is very
nearly gathered and many farmers have
quit picking and turned attention to plant.
ing oats. The weather has been so mia
up to date that in many peach and pear
orchards the trees are in full bloom.
The public schools of the city have clos.
ed until Tuesday next on account on
Thanksgiving and the circus next Mon'
day, and the 1,600 pupils are having pro-
longed holiday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-26
BICYCLE RACES AT AMERICUs.
Five Well-KnOwn Professional Ri
ders Enlivcn the Sport.

Americas, Ga, Nov. 25.-Two thousand
spectators witnessed the race under the
auspices of the American Cycling Asso-
citation this afternoon. Among profess
slonal riders present were Bob Walthour.
Eli Wenezett, Frank Steinhauer, Dudley
and Chapman.
Nine races made up the programme.
Following the amateur and novice events
was the one-mile open, professional II
was won by Walthour in 2:24.
The fifth event, amateur two-mile handi-
cap, was won by Bosworth of Americas.
The seventh event. professional, two
mile open, had as entries Walthour, Wene,
zett, Stenhauer, Dudley and Chapman. il
was won by Walthour. Time sos
The eighth event was an exhibition mile
by Walthour, paced by tandems. His
time was 2:15. AS the time exceeded two
minutes Walthour lost the handsome
purse offered.
The races were the best ever witnessed
in Southwest Georgia and the hundreds
of visitors were well pleased The prizes
offered aggregated $500 in value. Tom
Bosworth and Paul Stanfield of Americas
made fine records in amateur events.