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The Republican journal., 1897-07-08
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action upon the system is remarkable and
mysterious. 1t removes at once the cause
and the disease Immediately disappears.
The first dose greatly benefits; Is cents.
Sold by A. A. Howes & Co. Druggists, Bel
fast. 1yS.
Fuddy: Gorgon is man of resources.
Whenever I call at his house he begins to
ask me profound questions. He does it to
pie ise his baby, confound him buddy
Please his baby? Fuddy; He rattes me,
you know. Boston Transcript.
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A Come Down 'Poor Madgel Before
her husband failed she used to have such an
elegant turnout 'Yes aud now she has 2
bicycle and bloomer suit, and won't turn
out for anything less than a trolley car
indianapolis Journal.
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An OLD AND WELL-TRIEr REMEDY. Mrs.
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over fifty years by millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect
success. 1t soothes the child, softens the
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tie. Its value is incalcuable. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind.
Taste in Selection: "What did you think
of my speech, Mrs. Tactly ?' asked the sa-
pient young statesman. II thought some of
your quotations perfectly grand" detroit
Free Press.
The Republican journal., 1897-07-08

Pure, rich blood feeds the nerves. That Is
why Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great blood
purifier, cures nervousness.
Fuddy: isn't Miss Smarte little extra
vagrant? | notice she wears silk about
every day in the week. Don't think | ever
saw her in calico" buddy: son, that's
not extravaganza. The factls, she's terribly
set against the personal element in Journal
ism; so much 50 indeed, that she never al
lows herself to appear in print" Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
The Republican journal., 1897-07-08
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Shop-walker: Would you like to look
through our stock of blankets, madam ?
Lady: No: should like to see some that
l can't look through. [Standard.
The Republican journal., 1897-07-08


'9 lave themselves named it. Won
'-L are lie stories written of the baby
flvne
'1 'aI lew minutes talk on current
'Ds pictures are invaluable, especially
-IoSe Of Queen Victoria and her
'4liAI homes. Many of the children
'Aal -esson read the newspapers or
4eN NH.le they were read at home and
.+ l'" sac what they remembered.
" .'"glest of our boys has a soft
'- prs heart for pet, whether cat.
H'oDit ! find no listless children
Vlf an look at a dog. The bray
Mast Bernard dogs the intelligence
''i.-l> and shepherd dogs. and some
''' Told OF each one makes these
lS delightful and furnish instruc-
''iii dt Tie same time awaken admira-
'1' more kindness to dumb animals
.'''ql and his dogs, by his pictures.
"'A' place in their hearts.
'''e few pictures chosen especially
' When the day sort of drags, and
9> boots get so heavy. Then |
''' ihese pictures and a good laugh
'"e ar like magic. Frye, in his
1eF Manual, recommends the use OF
'eN III geography work. find them OF
7'F@'est assistance. Take for instance
Is they would have no meaning to
unless seen. Drs. Nansen and
H., "'uId not have the respect of the
l. 'eA which they now have, had it not
- me pictures. When they see the
fastened in by these mountains OF
@'' can realize to certain extent the
7eiS Of the Northern trips. We read
even Little Sisters,'' and the pic
ma lhe esquimo and his dogs helped
mem better acquainted with 'Lit-
eOouack and her home. The China
h., N'S boat, the Japanese in his jim
"' Tie Arab upon the desert, the
Ia his bamboo hut, ali impressed
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-08-18

It is a dangerous experiment now for
ever a transforming, melodramatic
troop to carry inadequate and ugly
scenery While a writer in LIE Figaro
complains that "a subscriber of the
Coincide Franchise would be ashamed
to applaud a scene" an American au-
dienoe Is always prompt and hearty
with recognition Of a good stage picture
and on occasions even calls out the
painter. In all important productions
the name of the painter of each scene is
printed in the programme, and half a
dozen names have thus become familiar
to the general public. The very decent
compensation for good scene painting
and the fascinating problems that en-
dear success should commend it most
highly to the interests of the best art
lists. The painter with a tendency to
landscape can find congenial employ.
ment for his highest flights of fancy
and his most intimate psychologists Of
nature. The impressionist is particular
" needed to carry out the revolution
o waging on the stage against che
old grayness and dun severity of the
bituminous school. -Scribner's.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-08-18

Lamentation wei the inferiority Of
the present to the past has been going
on probably ever since there was a past
sufficiently remote to be haloed by dis
lance, and critics Of a certain class
have always failed to realize that what
they really regret Is youth, not the con-
ditions under which youth was passed.
The deterioration Of the stage has been
for ages the constant topic Of comment.
which, considering the steady improve
msnt in plays as plays, Is as ludicrous-
ly u~nvarying as It is willfully inaccu-
rate. The Pail Mall Gazette has dug
out Of one Of its first numbers a criti-
cism, written in 1865 by George Henry
Lswes. and it calls attention to the Gu
to what one not infrequently hears to-
day.
"The present condition Of the dra-
ma" wrote Mr.. Lewes in the time
which has come to be called "the good
old days." ''is deplored by all lovers Of
the art" And he went on in an anus
ingly familiar strain to say: at is the
more irritating because never were thea
tiers 90 flourishing. A variety Of concur
rent causes, which need not here be
enumerated, has reduced the stage to
its present pitiable condition. We have
many theaters nightly crowded by an
eager but uncritical public and no one
theater in which q critical public can
hope to enjoy a tolerable performance.
Yet there Is q smaller public choice in
It's tastes and large enough to support a
theater. which would eagerly welcome
q fine actor or a well written DRAMA"
Surely 1t Is to laugh. New York Times.
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Wadsworth Dispatch,
PUsLIsHEo sGhI-wEEkLY
$500 Per Annum.
Famous Kickors.

Famous Kickers.
A writer who knows what he is talk
ing about says in an exchange:
Most of us are familiar with the way
In which a horse or mule kicks, but few
Of us know how a camel expresses his
anger. The camel doesn't seem to be
out Of temper. He lazily chews his cud,
with his eyes half closed. and those not
familiar with mis- ways might fancy
that he is half asleep. But directly he
draws a hind leg up under him, and
then, as soon as the object Of his wrath
Is in range, he sends his hoof straight
back like a shot. / have seen a heavy
man sent whirling several yards i'll a
dense crowd by the kick of a camel.
An emu can kick as hard as a horse.
/ have seen men kicked SO hard by this
vicious bird that their legs were broken.
If l had my choice of being kicked by a
horse or an emu, ! think I would take
the horse. The emu stands IN n leg
and with the other strikes a quick and
most paralyzing blow. / " would
have believed that a bird had such pow
er had / not had ocular evidence Of it
during this trip. After two or three Of
our men had suffered from the terrible
kicks of these birds we did not venture
near them, but, after running u horses
till we got close enough, would bring
them down with our rifles. We did not
approach them till we knew they were
dead.
We killed them for their feathers, al
though they are not so valuable as those
Of the ostrich. We also hunted for the
eggs, which are to be found in the sand,
but In doing this we took care not to
collide with the emu. The eggs are
more in demand than the feathers. They
are very beautiful and are so tough that
II is difficult to break them. Profession
al curio makers drill a hole in each end,
take the inside out and then the she'll ia
carved and mounted In silver.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-08-18

Greek fire, which had several other
names-wild fire, liquid fire, wet fire
and fire rain-descriptive of its destruc.
~tiveness, is said to have been the most
destructive engine Of war previous to
gunpowder. Discovered by C~allinicus,
a Syrian, it was first used in the siege
Of Constantinople, 67S-67S, and at Meo-
ca, 600.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-08-18
he Understood.

The professor Of mechanics at an
English college records that he once
gave a lecture upon the locomotive and
was particularly struck by the ABSORB
tion of u juvenile listener. he spoke
to this student after the lecture and ask
ed him, "Well. I suppose you under
stand all about the locomotive now?"
Eyes" was the reply, "all but one
thing"
"And what Is that7" said the profess.
or kindly.
"I can't make out what makes the
locomotive move without horses. Tit
Bits.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-08-18
A Summer Idyl.

A Summer Idyl.
Just o little brown canoe
Floating on the stream;
Only room enough for two
And a blissful dream.
just q little maid demure.
Sitting In the bow:
Eyes that twinkle, lips that lure,
Cheeks with health aglow.
Just a little sail we took
Like to take some more
Where their heads the willows shook
Along the shaded shore.
Just a little tale Of love
Underneath the trees,
While the cloudlets up above
Drifted with the breeze.
Just u little promise won
From the maiden meek,
Kept as faithful as the sun
Just o little week.
james Barrett Kirk in New York Journal
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-08-18

George, I wish you'd leave this lit
tie package at the express office"
me carry q bundler / guess not. Be-
sides, I've got to lug both my tires and
Q handle bar down to the repair shop"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-08-18

She-It's funny, but all the time I
have known Mr.. Tigg he never has
paid me a compliment.
He-Tigg never pays anybody any
thing. Boston Transcript.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-08-18
Too Patient.

"You protest that you love me, EN-
lily, but l am still waiting for the first
kiss" ~
"Well, why DO you wait2"-Flie-
Rende Blatter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-23

To THE EDITOR oY THE SuS-Sir: The better and
more conservative OF the American people are deeply
imbued with u spirit of optimism; an optimism which
Is 100 OFTEN unreasonable and even wilfully blind to
the truth For years dark and ominous clouds have
been gathering over our land and the Chicago platform
OF 1895 is a herald OF that storm which, through the
forces Of discomfort. lawlessness, and anarchy. threat.
ems sooner or later to imperil this republic.
II there was any excuse for the birth OF the Cit.
zens' Union there Is no excuse for its further exist.
ehce' Back OF Seth Low and pcrllously near stands
Henry George with Socialism and Bry anisn. After
George come" Debs. and then Most, The honest man
who Is thoughtful and discerning sees In Henry
George a most dangerous fanatics he finds no use for
chairs or social science In our colleges; AS occ aston
u1rrs ne condemns the prinCiul embodied In the
casinn Ontrs no upholds the platform ~ his party.
What "A spectacle OF Iorndy Is presented by those
gentlemen OF tue metropolitan press who, " lille pro.
Tossing Loyalty TO Republican principles aud reform,
ar" Feeding mo names OF disorder and consuming
themselves IN lnaniacal attacks on senator Flat and
the krpuhllrnh organization OF New York This eG,
hiiltiun OF elly spite and mOribund Childishness may
tickle IN" ihordinate vanity OF Seth Low. but IL viii
not n'rs,ur" the issues, shift responsibility, nor drludo
the lntelllsent: The duty OF the Republican voters OF
Greater New YORK and their allies who have at heart
the WclidI" or city. state an nation, was never more
clear aud imperative. With the oppusing forces
nearly equally divided, II Il Incredibly pessImlstlc 10
predict other than one result, Victory FOR right ana
for supremacy OF laW"-th election II BENJAMIN
i. Tracy as hrst Mayor Of Greater New York.
"EsTfohr. Sonn, ooL Ia PowER u, D.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-23
The Money for Forts.

The estimates for Notifications made by
Gen. WILSON must be called moderate,
even when compared with the a%ppropria-
lions of the past two years, while they are
especially so in view of actual needs.
The sum of $500, 900 for buying the land
required for new batteries is surely not too
much, and 1t should be remembered that
since these sites are mostly in the suburbs
OF growing seaboard cities, delay to pur-
chase will naturally lead to Increased
values and prices. The item Of 100000
for the care of existing works is the
ordinary one, regularly granted, while
100000 for sea walls and plans will
hardly be objected to. For torpedoes the
sum OF $150,o00 is small. The remaining
amount Is the main one, $4,000, 900 for
gun and mortar batteries; and this is
called for in pursuance Of the programme
already adopted, and, to some extent, car
ried out under the authority of Congress.
When, after many years of postponement,
the work Of coast defence was fairly entered
upon, the most pressing need was that Of
heavy guns, with their carriages. 1t
was possible, in emergencies, to extempo-
rize cmplacements, but ordnance could
not be eX~temporized. Accordingly efforts
were directed to pushing forward the
guns and mortars, the result being that
scores of pieces are now ready that cannot
be mounte because there are no carriages
or sites ready for them. The former back
wardness in carriages has been in part
remedicd, but it is probable that the largest
appropriations that Congress may make at
the coming session will not bring the en-
placements up to a level with the guns that
will be ready for mounting at the end of
the next fiscal year.
Gen. WILSON'S estimates, we repeat, are
moderate, and Congress would make nc
mistake in accepting them as they stand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-23
The Real Seth Low.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: Seth Lows pso-
pie are running him on the strength of his character.
Here is a man, they say, who viii be sure to give us
good government. according to universal assent.
But. It seems, there Is no such assent. and that Mr..
Lows career affords no Justification for It,
As n partner in his fathers business he showed n de.
nciency of practical judgment which cost tho firm
great loss and made him an object OF ridicule In that
department of trade.
As Mayor of Brooklyn he showed little discrim,.
nation in the selection of his assistants, with a few
exceptions.
As President of Columbia University he has run tho
richest college in America 81. 900. 900 In debt. and
filled the corps OF Instructors with cranks and
mediocrities.
AS the boss OF the Citizens Union he has surrounded
himself with Goo Coos responsible for the absurd
Goo Goo hasco in the election OF 1895, and with all
sorts Of cranks and crooked sticks drifted av nv
from the regular parties.
Is that a record which gives promise OF a wise ad.
ministrationi II Mr. Low Is elected Mayor Would
any great private corporation accept II as ..a good
reference " for an applicant for its Presidency
Sir. Seth Low, to put 1t shortly and sharply. is not
competent for the Mayoraity; he is distinctly and
peculiarly untitled for the place by reason OF his
natural deficiencies and because OF the impractIcabIe
and visionary crowd by which he would be sur.
rounded and Influenced.
1t is high time that the truth about him were told
"nhout reserve BCRIISG.
NEW YORK, Oct, 10,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-23
The Hon. Arson 4. McCook.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: Arson G. Nc
Cook stands where he belongs. He is a born bolter.
and has prohted by bolts.
In 1882 more than two.thirds OF the Republican
members Of the United States Senate, in caucus as.
sembled. wanted to make George c. Gorham Of Cali.
fornia Secretary OF the Senate.
But there were three Republican Senators who said
that they would not vote for Gorham on personal
grounds. although nobody said anything against hs
integrity.
Those Senators were good men; much better men
and ADLER than Seth Low, or the people who put him
athwart the pathway OF Republican success. They
had personal grievances against Mr.. Gorham, who
had been a virile editor. and had published some
rasping things about them. Not one OF them had any
axe to grind. But Just tho same they were boilers.
As a result of their stand IL became necessary for
Gorham to be withdrawn. Consequently. Arson @.
McCook became the second choice OF the Republican
caucus. and Vas made Secretary OF the Senate, a DO
sition in which he staggered about with considera.
BILE enrontery.
Now he bolts. and wants to get enough boilers with
him to defeat the regular Republican candidate for
Mayor OF Greater New York. That is all right. Nc
Cook 10 where he belongs. You may be very sure
that he is not holting for his health. When people
hear him talk and swagger as a factor In the boiling
column. they should ask: what is there in II for
McCook ?"
Has he any following In New York? II so, whyp
SMITH d. FEY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-23

trail and South America. II has treated
Spain with q patience and forbearance
of which there is scarcely another ex.
ample, and 1t has refrnined from, remind.
ing her that she recognized the Confed-
crates as belligerents before the first battle
of Bull Run. Our patience has limits,
however, and these are about to be passed,
II the purport Of the reply by the Sagasta
Government to Gen. WooDFoRD's note Is
correctly described by telegraph. How
ever automatically expressed, such a reply
will be n glazing and impertinent evasion
Of IN inquiry which we ave a perfect right
to make; IL will be an ~insolent attempt to
hold us accountable for the negligence or
incompetence of the Spanish naval force,
which is pretending to keep Cuba under a
strict blockade.
II such n reply as we have outlined shall
be delivered, the rejoinder on our part
should be n prompt recognition Of the Gu.
ban rcvolutionists as belligerents. None
Of the objections that might be raised to a
recognition of Cuban independence is ap.
plicablc to n proclamation that a state Of
public war exists upon the island, and that
VIC will bear ourselves with absolute neu-
trality toward both combatants. This Is
what our Government did at a very early
stage of the contest between the Spanish
colonies on the American mainland and
their mother country it recognized them
as belligerents very many years before their
independence was acknowledged by Presi-
lent MONROE. This is the boon which the
Cubans have repeatedly requested at our
hands, for they know that 1t would assure
to them a definite status in international
law, would deprive Spain of the pretext
for treating them as brigands and as pirates,
and would enable them to gain financialre-
sources and to undertake naval operations,
from which otherwise they would be de-
barred. 1t is a boon which they deserve,
and which, in the minds Of a vast majority
of Americans. has been withheld too long.
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Don't BE Deceived.

The meeting of Citizens Unionists, mas.
q%uerading as Republicans, at Carnegie Hall
on Thursday night will surely open the eyes
Of many Republicans hitherto blind to the
nature of the Citizens Union movement.
BENJAMIN f.. TRACY, one of the worthiest
of citizens and ablest Of public men,
has been nominated for Mayor by the Re-
publican organization of New York. His
candidacy has been Endorsed with peculiar
interest by the Republican State Com
mittee of the Empire State. Republicans
throughout the country, from Maine to
California, are earnestly watching the
progress OF his canvass, and Democrats
are watching it, too; all partisans feel
its great Importance to parties at large.
Looking over the speeches delivered by
the four Carnegie Hall advocates of SETH
Low. namely, Mayor STRONG, Gen.
SwAYNE, Mr.. RooT, and Mr.. CHoATE, we
find the word Democrat occurs six times.
Tammany Hall, which Mr.. Low had the
face to say was his real foe" was men
toned thirty-four times. And the Repub-
lican party was mentioned, always in a
spirit of complaint against the New York
candidate, one hundred and eleven times.
1t was virtually an attack upon the Repub-
llcan party, here in this great political cen.
tire, three times more bitter than the at
tack upon Tammany Hall.
The body of the Low movement is the
venomous Republican faction that has been
fighting the Republican organization since
WILLIAM BRooKFIELD was dropped from
the Craftsmanship of the County Commit
tee. 1t hoped to nave BLACK defeated for
Governor a year ago. Rather than see the
difference between failure and success exist
longer between itself and its rival, it would
have the New York city government pass
back into the hands of Tammany Hall.
Don't be deceived. The man to vote for
is TRACY!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-23

A while ago our Cnnsuls at Amsterdam,
Bremen. Glasgow, Hamburg. Liverpool. and
Southampton were instructed to report upon
the manufacture and export of dynamite in
their several districts. In course OF time their
reports were received, and the State Department
published them under the heading. "Manufac-
ture of Dynamite" All tho information they
contain may be thus summarized:
"AMsrERDAM-DynRmite Is not manufactured in tho
Netherlands.
shipped from this Consular district.
"GLAsGow-There is only ono company here that
manufactures dynamite. and 1t absolutely refuses to
give any information.
"HANRuRG-'I was most politely. but frankly. in.
formed by the dynamite people that they were un.
willing 10 impart any OF the desired information
"LIyERPooL-So dynamite Is manufactured in this
district.
SoUTHAMrToS-'The manufacture OF dynamite in
this district and Its exports therefrom are practically
nil.'"
This Is the sum and substance OF the official
chapter on Manufacture OF Dynamite" in our
Consular Reports. II deserves prominence in
the same category with this famous chapter on
Snakes in Ireland: There are no snakes
in Ireland"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-23

DR.. ELISHA B. ANDREWS, at present the
President Of Brown University, may not be a
storehouse of the soundest information and a
type Of unyielding martyr spi; t, but the youths
in his college suffice to illustrate its name.
In baseball and football they show a vigorous
and almost commanding genius. They made
Yale tremble ct football the other day, and they
are not awaited with any excessive confidence
in Cambridge to-day. Brown is not yet too big to
retain that solidarity OF undergraduate feeling
which some modern philosophers believe to be
a condition precedent of college victories in
athletics; but perhaps it Is nearer the facts to
say that in the progress OF scientific athletic
sport the force Of numbers has been percep-
tibly weakened.