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The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
HE WAS NOT GLADSTONE
which Was just Why She DIa Y
Care to Listen to His
Gentle Flow.

NO." remarked the early morning m,.
in the car down from Mount Pleasant: o.
can't say that have my wife trained y
perfectly as could wish to have her traine1
or that | shall be so fortunate as ever to havs
her so, but there is good deal of pIeasurs
in trying to. 1t at least gives her an ia
that she is not perfect, and as long az a mss
can keep his wife IN that state of mind il Z
almost as much OF a comfort as il is to havs
her Just what he wants her to be"
"Geehoolipins. exclaimed a little man.
with a pale blue eye and fidgety manner.
Il wish | could only get my wife to your way
of thinking"
Ibid you ever try?" inquired the early
morning man.
"Did Il" chuckled the little man, with !.
profound internal CONFUSION not entireIv
clear to the understanding of his auditor
Il should say | did. 1t hasn't been half sp,
hour ago. | had something to say to mi
wife on the lines you suggest and was en-
deavoring to get an opening for my re
marks, but she was talking to such an ex.
tent that l had no show at all. Finally.
quite driven to desperation, but not wish.
ing to do anything violent, | merely gave
her hint OF the situation by telling her that
when Mr.. Gladstone talked his wife always.
listened in silence. And did she take it as
had intended" he asked OF himself, with an.
other one of those ambiguous chuckles.
did she?" inquired the early morning
man, with much interest.
did she?" chuckled the little man.
"Well. says she to me, i don't doubt it at
all, but think who it was that Mrs. Glad.
stone was listening to- and then she went
right ahead with her conversation as il /
hadn't been within ten miles. .-Washing.
ton Star.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY.
tlon treaty Between Great Britain
and the United States.

London, Sept es.-The board of di-
rectors of the American Peace society
yesterday adopted resolutions ap-
proving the cars disarmament circu-
lar; expressing appreciation of Presi-
dent McKinley's prompt Endorsement
of the czar's project, and declaring the
time is opportune for the reopening of
negotiations for permanent treaty of
arbitration between the United States
and Great Britain, and urging the
president to proceed in the matter at
the earliest practicable moment 1t
was voted unanimously to send to
President Mckinley a protest against
any permanent enlargement of the
army or navy Of the United States,
except what may be absolutely neces-
sary for police purposes.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
PRACTICAL KINDNESS
One Hundred Thousand Grateful Bel.
diers.

These war times have tried mems souls
in many unexpected ways, but like = shaft
Of sunshine and good cheer out of the cloud
of privation and endurance has been the
work that The American Tobacco Co. has
done among the U. S. Soldiers and Sailors.
ever since the war began-for when they
discovered that the camps and hospitals
were not supplied with tobacco they de-
cided to provide them, free Of cost, with
enough for every man, and have already
given outright to our Soldiers and Sailors
over one hundred thousand pounds of bat.
Az Plug" and Dukes Mixture" Smoking
Tobacco, and have bought and distributed
fifty thousand briar wood pipes, at a total
cost of between fifty and sixty thousand dol
lars.
This work has been done quietly and
thoroughly, by establishing headquarters
in each camp, so that every camp and every
hospital OF the United States Army has
been supplied with enough tobacco for
every man and the sailors on thirty
United States Ships in Cuban waters have
shared with the soldiers this most welcome
of all "rations."
Perhaps it will be only fair to remember
when we hear the remark again that
Corporations have no souls" that there
is one American corporation whose soul
has been tried and has not been found
wanting in practical kindness. :"
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
THE cZAR'S PROJECT.
Italy EIpressss Sym apathy for an Interna-
tionai Peace Conference, but Would
Like Deli nite Pro osramme.

Rome, Sept IS. The government
has sent t. Russia n iplomatically
worded acceptance of the cars invita-
tion to take part in the international
peace conference. In its note of ac-
ceptance the government expressed
sympathy with the admiration for the
objects of the czar, but says it fears
that difficulties will arise over the dis
cussion of questions other than that OF
armament, which might accentuate
in the very heart of the projected con-
ference a conflict of opinions, the con-
sequences of which would not leave us
without anxiety" The government
suggests that the czar eliminate this
possibility by formulating a definite
programme limiting the discussions to
the central idea.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
UNTRAESLATABLE.
The American Phrase, Get There,
Is DImcult for Foreigners to
Translate.

"What gives me most trouble, SAID for
eign military attache, is trying to translate
your American language into English hrst,
and then INTO my own language, 50 as to
give my government correct understand
ing OF the spirit and character OF your sol
diers. ! find the phrase get there, Tor eN-
ample, difficult. When | saw your infantry
going forward against the opposing troops in
the forts and intrenchments, ! said to the
officer with me that the infantry should not
attempt such movement without the artil-
iery. You're right, be told me, but the
boys will get there At night, when we were
all so hungry, i vcntured to inquire II a fur
ther movement were contemplated till your
army was provis,oned Then the officers,
who were yentlemanly. all laughed, and said
the army would think about rations when
they got there The second day we met
many of your wounded men coming back
as we were going forward. When the colo
mel asked them about the fighting, SO many
times heard them say We got there And
afterwards l also heard those words used
very often, But it is so difficult for me TO
explain SO my own people will understand It,
what nature of tactics is get there. Dos
ton Transcript
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
MORE WORK FOR DEWEY.
de WIN Take In the Insurgeut Fleet At Ma
Mia because the Vessels Fly an I'm
recognized Flag.

Manila, Sept 27.-When the United
States auxiliary cruiser McCulloch
captured the insurgent steamer Abbey,
formerly the Pasig, 60 miles south of
Manila, the Abbey, it is believed, hav-
,ng landed 1000 rifles, an iusurgent
ooat followed the American vessel in
to Cavite, and now the Americans
contemplate taking possession of the
entire insurgent feet because the ves-
sells are flying an unrecognized flag
and are liable to seizure as pirates by
the war vessels of any nation.
American cruisers have gone
north, where the steamer Filipinas
is landing troops Two steamers
which have just arrived here brought
many Spanish officials and refugees
from the southeast of the island of
Luzon. They report that the insur-
gents are overrunning the country,
destroying property and the hemp
crops There has been an outbreak of
smallpox in the California regiment
here, but only six cases of a mild type
have been reported.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
NATIONAL SOLDIERS HOMES.
Senator Mitchell Says That Needy and Dis-
abied Soldiers of the Recent War VIII
He Cared for by Them.

Milwaukee, Sept a7.-Soldiers of
the Spanish American war, when SO
disabled that they cannot care for
themselves, will be admitted to the
national soldiers homes Senator
John L. Mitchell says that while the
law provides that the national homes
are for disabled soldiers of the civil
war, discretion is given the board of
managers of the homes in a clause
which permits such other soldiers to
be cared for as in the judgment Of the
managers is deemed right Under
this ruling Senator Mitchell says that
members of the regular army have
been cared for at the homes until they
could be transferred to their home at
Washington, and he says it is his judg-
ment that needy and disabled soldiers
of this war will be cared for at the
homes if they apply and room can be
found for them. 1T may be stretch
ing the law little" said the senator,
but it is in the interest of humanity
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
THE OFFICIAL TIME.
1t Was Carried by the General and
Had to he Recognized
as Such.

The necessity that there shall be only one
man who "has the say in a military com.
mand is thoroughly recognizedsin the United
States army. A story is told Of Gen. Shat.
ter. commander of the American expedition.
ary force for the invasion of Cuba, which H.
lustrates the punctilio of the regulars in this
regard
At certain frontier post at which Shafter,
who then held an inferior rank, was com.
mander many. years ago, discussion arose
among several officers as to the exact time
OF day. A captain, with his watch in his
hand, said:
TT is now exactly three o'clock"
"Oh, no, said lieutenant, "by my time
it's eight minutes past three"
a third officer drew his watch out of his
pocket: Il know my time is exactly right,
he said, "and my watch says two minutes
past three"
At this juncture Maj. Shafter looked at
his silver watch.
Il don't know what your watches say" he
remarked, but i wish you to understand
that III this command it is five minutes past
three"
Then the young officers remembered that
the authority OF the commanding officer ex.
tended even to the time OF day.-Pit,sburgh
Dspatch.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Al the recent reunion Of the Nine
teenth Michigan regiment at Constan-
tine, Mich, Gen. Shaiter, who was its
colonel during the civil war, gave 4
brief description Of the santiago cam
paign and said that ali the hardships
of the troops under his command and
the deaths could not be avoided under
the circumstances.
An imperial edict announced that
the emperor OF China had resigned his
power to the dowager empress, who
had ordered the ministers 10 deliver to
her in future their official reports.
This practical deposition Of the en-
Peror blasts the hopes Of reform in
Chinese affairs cherished by intelli-
gent factions of Cinnamon.
Miss WINNIE DAVE, the Daughter
OF the tonfederacy. was buried at
Richmond, Va, on the 2&d. An i'm
mense number of people followed the
body to the grave
THE president hur completed the
commission of nine members to in
vestigatc the conducl Of the war de-
partmeut
Gen. MILES stated that the regi-
meuts which were d.sronteutcd and
dcmoralized would Doe soon mustered
outand also that all the volunteers who
were found to be uuht for the service
would be wccded out
SECRETARY GAGE does not feel at
present that he will be justified in
recommending any reduction in the
revenue. lie realizes that the customs
and in fy,Yg NJ do
the old Law will not be sufficient 10
meet the nerds Of the government
There is, however, likelihood that
many inequalities and annoyanccs in
the tax law viii be modified or re-
pealcd.
ADMIRAL BrNUE, cOmmaHdaut of the
New York naval yard, was rctircd on
the 2dth under the age limit lie had
been in the navy 40 years.
THE London Daily Telegraph's Hong
Kong CORES spondent on the 25th said
that although there was no positive
confirmation, all the evidence tended
to the conviction that the emperor of
China was dead A private dispatch
said he died on September 2l. directly
he issued the cd!ct giving the dowager
the regency.
THE first convention of the socialist
labor party II Texas was held at San
Antonio on the g4th. The national So
cialist platform was indorsed. &. II.
Royal, Of LaInpasas, was iudOrsed for
governor and Edward Bellinger, Of
San Antonio. for Lieutenant governor
The commission to investigate the
conduct of the war department during
the recent conflict with Spain held its
initial meeting at the white house on
the 24th. President Mckinley said
complaints had been directed es-
pecially against the medical, commits
sary and quartermaster generals de-
partments, but it was his wish that
the entire military organization should
be Investigated if necessary.
FANNY DAvENPoRT Mrs. Melbourne
McDowell, the famous actress, died at
her summer home, Melbourne hall,
DuNbury, Mass, on the Goth, of en-
largement of the heart, aged IS years.
AT II meeting of the French cabinet
on the Goth, all the ministers being
present, decision was taken in favor
of n revision of the trial of Capt Drey-
fus and the documents in the case viii
be sent to the court of cessation.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
MISI,EILaSElI,l

ToSAwASDA, n. Y, was struck by n
Iornado on the 10th and many build
iugs were uuroofed and barns blown
to pieces. Several persons were in
jured, but none fatally.
A TORNADO struck Merriton, Ont, on
the Goth, killing five persons aud in
juring others. Many buildings were
unroofed. including the public school.
A RECEIVER was appointed at New
York for the New England Loan &
Trust company. 1t has a branch at
Kansas City and was large lender of
money on western mortgages.
A DISPATCH from Asbury Park, n. j.,
said that the Corbett. Mccoy fight is off.
THE big hall at Kansas City, Mo-,
will be called Convention hall, S,9ls
votes being cast for that name, 3.3s2
for Harvest hall, i,l67 for Agricultural
hall and l64 for Industrial hall. As
there were II, 93l votes cast and each
vote was accompanied by 10 cents, i
netted the directors 81, 293.1 10.
A FREIGHT train on the Mobile &
Onio railroad was wrecked just below
Hodges park, near Cairo. H., and
Ernest Collie, bridge carpenter, was
killed and three of the train crew in
jured. The caboose of the train
jumped the track and three cars were
derailed.
SECRETARY ALGER and party, con.
sisting of Surgeon General Stern berg
Quartermaster General Ludington and
others spent the 25th in Jacksonville,
Fla, inspecting the Seventh army corps
under Gen. Lee. The secretary of war
expressed himself as being highly de-
lighted with the conditions existing
in the camp and hospitals.
THE champion wingshot, Jim Elliott,
of Kansas City, met his old rival, Fred
Gilbert, of Iowa, in 100 bird race at
Chicago on the cath for the Dupont
trophy, but the Iowa man successfully
defended the trophy, killing 81 birds
out of 100 to Elliotts "a.
SOCIETY women took charge of all
the street car systems at Peoria, Ill. =,
for day and devoted the proceeds to
charity. A rain prevailed all day,
making travel good on the cars, but
having a disastrous effect on the pretty
dresses and carefully curled hair of
the fair conductors.
phhAI COhSteTudllOu TelpnS an OuP
white intermarried men in the Chicka-
saw nation, L. T.. over an order issued
by the Dawes commission, saying that
white men who married Indian women
have no right of citizenship and may
be treated as intruders. Under this
ruling the white men who married In
dian women may be ordered from the
territory and separated from their
wives
five men were drowned in St. Mary's
river near Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, on
the a5th by the laundering of the light
er Monitor.
HERBERr KLEIN, aged %, and Miss
Lettie Green, II, lovers, were found
lying on the floor OF bedroom in
Daniel Green's residence at Versailles,
KY. unconscious FROM overdoses of
morphine, taken with suicidal intent
Notes found stated that KLEIN had lost
his situation and wanted to die. and
Miss Green preferred dying with him
to living without him.
AT meeting of ingram carpet yarn
spinners held in Philadelphia on the
23d an absolute shut down Of the mills
represented was decided upon. This
action was taken because of the over
production of yarn. The shutdown
will be indefinite.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
p1rCTu,,j ~, ~, r.

fu!dlgtea oy ths fdt been cured
with DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie. He coaxed his granddaughter to get
him box of the pills. After that box had
been used he secured another. In three
weeks he began to feel little life in his arm;
at the end OF four he could move his fingers;
at the end OF two months he could walk, and
in three months he could shave himself with
the injured hand.
As he told his story in the Herald Office,
he looked the perfect picture of heal lth. He
carries a box OF the pills in his pocket, and
whenever he does not feel just right, he
takes them. They cured him after doctors
had given him up, and his death was daily
expected.
All the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore shat.
tered nerves are contained, in condensed
form, in DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. They are an unfailing specific for
such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, ST. Vitus' dance sciatica, neural
gia, rheumatism. nervous headache, the after
effect, of la grippe, papitation Of the heart,
pale and sallow complexions, all forms of
weakness either in male or female.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
FOR AMERICAN COMMERCE.
Navy Department Taking Steps to Have "a
Thorough Survey Taken OF Harbors OF
Cuba and Porto Rico.

New York, Sept 27.-A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
For the benefit Of American commerce steps
IRE being taken by the navy department, in ac-
cordance with the recommendation of Com
mander Il b Bradford, chief Of the bureau of
equipment, to make a thorough survey OF the
more important harbors Of Cuba and Porto
Rico The yacht Stranger. under the COM
mand of Lieut. Dyer, is being fitted out at
Norfolk with surveying instruments and will
proceed to Guantanamo bay. where careful
survey OF the harbor will be made.
The bay is regarded as an excellent port OF
refuge by naval oficers, and will probably be
made u coaline station In case Cuba should
pass into the hands OF the United States From
Guantanamo the Stranger will proceed to Qua
uica, Porto Rico where survey OF the harbor
Will be made The Stranger is also under or
iers to examine Cuelbra island. upon the ad-
vantages OF which site for q coaling station
Capt C. NJ. Hester recently reported favorably.
Authorities have given up the idea of obtain
ing a coaling station ut San Juan, Porto Rico.
on account OF the small amount of water In the
ri
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
For a Con e.d.ra,e Monumeat,

Carthage, Mo, Sept 2s.-A very
largely attended meeting of the mem.
bers of camp 5o2, United Confederate
Veterans, was held at Webb City yes
terday. Great enthusiasm was mani
fest and an intense interest expressed
in regard to the erection of a monu-
ment in the confederate cemetery ut
Springfield, Mo. The interest did not
end with discussion, but ere the meet
ing closed siOO was collected and for
warded to the treasurer OF the asso-
citation
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
LIVE WIRES DEADLY WORK
Three Companions Who Attempted His
Rescue Narrowly Esca ed Death.

Malone, n. Y, Sept a7.-Gordon
Williams, of Saranac Lake, was in
stantly killed in the basement of his
fathers store by coming into contact
with a live wire. His brother, Roy
Williams, went to his assistance, fol-
lowed by Bert Mumm and Will john.
son. Each in turn undertook to pull
the others from the wire, but all were
transfxed in deadly grasp. The
father, hearing their cries, rushed
into the cellar and by almost super
human efforts succeeded in pulling
three of the men from the wire. The
current was quickly turned off. but
his son was already dead. Roy Will
liams is badly burned, but will recover
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

MICHAEL MuLhALL, the noted English
statistician, has taken up the sub bject
of illiteracy and by Il careful re-
search into the matter he has recent
iy compiled data showing the degree
of illiteracy which exists among differ-
ent nationalities as follows: Sweden
and Norway, per cent; Germany, 4
per cent; Switzerland, ) per cent.
Scotland, per cent; Eng gland, o per
cent; United States, Is per cent; Hol-
land, IA per cent; France IS per cent; :;
Belgium, 20 per cent; Ireland, 70 per
cent; Austria, 40 per cent Italy, SO
per cent; Spain, 72 per cent, and Rus.
sia, So per cent
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

THE expectation that congress will
increase the regular army TO 100, 600
men is one reason why the war depart
ment authorities are not very strongly
antagonizing the movement all over
the country for the release of the vol
unteers. II 40, 900 of the volunteers are
allowed to go within the next six
weeks or so, large number of the
general officers will also have to be
discharged, for the reason that they
will be without commands, but an in
crease in the regular army to 100. 900
would make room for those volun-
teer officers who have made the best
records during the war.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
NOT TRAIN ROBBERS.
Implicated In Missouri Pacific Hold-Up
Wanted for Iowa Bank Robbery.

St Joseph. Mo, Sept 27.-James
McAleer, James Morgan and John
Ryan, the men arrested here Sunday
night, suspected of being implicated in
the robbery of the Missouri Pacific ex-
press train near Kansas City, Mo, last
men wanted for that crime. Chief of
Police Hayes, of Kansas City, and a
party of detectives came to St Joseph
to examine the prisoners. They do
not believe them train robbers and
the prisoners will not be taken to
Kansas City. 1t is almost certain the
men are the robbers of the Hastings,
Ia. bank, looted of s., 600 last Wednes.
day night.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
Al Ar. Nnx I'm P.r,.

Washington, Sept 2Z-The French
embassy has received cable dispatch
stating that the Spanish peace com.
missioners started Sunday for Paris.
The trip from Madrid is about 3s
hours, SO that the Spanish party is
likely to be in the French capital
about the time the American commits.
sioners arrive to-day.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
FELL FROM A SCAFFOLD.
From the Herald. watertown. n. Y.

From the Herald. Watertown. \. Y.
John Young, OF lie 10y, n. Y, is p years
old, and is well known in that and neighbor-
ing towns. While putting some weather
boards on a barn, standing on scaffold
twenty-five feet from the ground, he felt
dizzy, lost his balance and fell to the ground.
The side OF his face, arm and one entire side
OF his body on which he struck, were badly
bruised. Picked up and carried to the
house, he was under doctors care for sew
eral weeks. The doctor finally came to the
conclusion that lis patient had received a
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

The recent report of the commits.
sioner OF education showed satisfac-
tory results for the work of the year
ended June 30, lsgs. 1t stated that the
elementary schools were prosperous.
The increase during the year is9G-97
amounted to 251, s96 pupils over the
previous year. The total enrolled in
elementary schools amounted to 49,
s52. i2G pupils. Adding to it those in
colleges, universities. high schools and
academies, the total number reached
$3.50, ,O93. The total amount of school
ing received per individual on an aver
nge was nearly five years, of 200 days
ench.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
Good Progress in Porto Rico.

Ponce, Porto Rico. Sept 27.-The
Americans now hold four-ffths of the
island. The Spanish are retiring upon
San Juan from all directions and the
American troops are moving up. Some
slight disturbances have occurred at
Barros and Rajardo, but their serious
ness has been exaggerated.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
syndicate to buy brew cries.

Columbus, O., Sept 27.-Papers will
be fled here In day or two incor-
porating a brewery syndicate with q
capital of sa5, 1000. 900. 1t is asserted on
good authority that Jay Cooke, of Phil
adelphia, is at the head of the syndi-
cate. which proposes to buy up all the
large breweries Of the country.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

\ CREAMERY company at Chicago ha,
obtained patents for a substitute egg.
or egg powder, For some time the Of
tiCials Of the company have been max
ing experiments with one of the by
products Of milk. They feel confident
they have obtained natural food
product which ha, practically all the
qualities that have hitherto made
fresh eggs Indispensable in the hands
of the housewife. More than that. it
IS claimed the new product has all the
nutritive quailtir, Of eggs, and these
in double the ratio they are found in
The yoIk OF The rgE ltselt
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
A F.taI Railroad wreck.

Cairo, Ill, Sept GA freight train
on the Mobile & Ohio railroad was
wrecked just below Hodges park, and
Ernest Collie, a bridge carpenter, was
killed and three of the train crew
were slightly injured.