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, 1898-10-07
Tho pimcnltu.

'There Is 10 occasion for you to envy
me-" said the, prosperous peraou. tn
have as many eroubles as you"
II allow yon do, mister, admitted
Dismal Dawson. "but The difficulty
with me is that 1 amt got anything
else."-Indianapolis Journal.
, 1898-10-07
HOW Sad.

at is too bad" said Asbury Peppers,
shat the Spanish now have to eat all
their mule meat raw"
Cant tlfey cook it," asked the eld-
est boarder.
Not" replied Asbury Peppers, "s1nce
the Americans got their range
Washington Star.
, 1898-10-07
Not a cannibaL

First Neighbor-That Is a very dainty
dog OF yours. 1 threw him some cold
sausages this morning and he wouldn't
touch them.
Second Neighbor-What do you take
him fora cannibal?-New York Tribv
une.
, 1898-10-07
rntereaffr1.

why are you staring at me like
that?' irritably asked the young lord
Of the money-lender.
Because you II an object Of inter.
est TO me, my lord" replied the money.
iender.-Fun-
, 1898-10-07
Fell From a scanoId.
Hrone The Herald. Woterto,nn. n. 7

stroke OF par
a s 5 and
was beyond
medical aid.
He could not
use one arm.
or turn over
in bed.
One day.
v lille lying
On the bed,
ne read Of a
case s o Ia
thing like his
having been
cure d with
DR.. Williams
Pink 8
, 1898-10-07
A HAIRLESS Thing.

First Veteran-Wen, what did your
girl do when you met-fal on your
neck and weep2
Second Veteran-No; she offered to
lend me Is cents TO get a clean shave.
, 1898-10-07
oLD.FAsHIoNEo CAKE WALKS.
= 10 ver-Fai1inR Amusement In tho
Days OF Slavery. -

. Igver-Faiiins Amusement In tho
= Days OF Slavery.
Away back In the silken DAYS of Dfxie
land, when cotton was king and slavery
the colossal sin of the new world, cake
walks occupied q peculiar place In the
relations between master and slave.
AFTER the weary tolls Of q long day In
the fields the negro forgot his wrongs
and dreamed of liberty In practicing
with bis partner intricate STEPS for the
cake walk that usually took place every
Saturday night. The sensible planters
encouraged this amusement, for such
simple advertisement often softened the
stubborn spirits. But the GRIND cake
walk, the one that aroused the most
intense rivalry, and was Looked for
ward TO by the darkies with The same
feeling that children wait for Christi
mas, was the function that took place
after 'massa's" return fronl his annual
trip North, where he went I'd sell bis
cotton and buy new machinery and I'M
plements for the coming season. Tie
confection thar graced the walks OIL
saturday nights was nothing more than
a corn pone, enriched with a few eggs
ana butter. On this occasion the cake
was q massive structure, covered with
icing, so delectable that a look at 1t
widened every slaves eyes and un-
Tipped his shining teeth. The master
and all the ladies' of the household at
tended the contest that every partiei-
pant had been preparing for in months
past.
To-day the cakegwalk is as ornnipres>
ent as in the SOS, and many a nan who
in the old days witnessed them with q
heartache, knowing what was to fol.
low SO soon, now looks upon them with
Infinite amusement, and goes home
contrasting the two different conditions
that q law of progress has made. No.
where has the cake walk been repro
duced with such close fidelity and nat
ural effect as In Nate Salisbury's
Black America" Not less interesting !
than the cake walk is the effecA it has
upon certain Of the spectators. \Con-
vention Hall the other night, sc In
one of the first rows, were three
ern men, who passed service in t
anu WORST Gays OF the gray
them was an old negro couple
most pronounced uncle" and
my" type. Time had aged their
with a covering whittier than the
they picked in their youth. The
showed as much fervor
humble pair in the program re1
When the magnificent chorus sal
old-time melodies the gentleme1
line with their feet, and 'uncld
nanny moulded their heads in
With the voices.
But the pinnacle of ecstacJ
cached when the soprano Of t
sregation, Bessie Lee, sung the q
lee River" AS the sweet notes d
'o9x sounded through the big h
silent with its great o
de, down the shining black che,
Al old colored couple. the tel
AScboH np4si fboin u
, 1898-10-07
800 Reward. Sfoo.

The readers of this paper will be pleased TO
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able 20 cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known TO
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con-
stitutionsl disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly Upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they ofer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address.
F. J. CHENEY u Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
, 1898-10-07
Worse.

"Aleworthy has quit drinking entire
" since he married"
HE has quit drinking, but be has
contracted the bargain-counter habit
Indianapolis Journal.
, 1898-10-07
R.nntvis Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty
without il. Cascarets. Candy Cathlrtic clean
your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the
lazy liver and driving all impurities from the
body. Begin to-day to banish pImples. boIls.
blotches blaekheads, and that sickly bilious
complexion by taking Cascarets-beauty for
ten cents. Ali druggists, satisfaction guaran-
tead. 10c. 25c.. SOC.
, 1898-10-07

The best way In business is to ask
no privileges, and when you have made
a dollar you know what it belongs to.
, 1898-10-07

Our life is but the childhood of our
eternity. h schooldays preparatory
for the immortal years beyond.
, 1898-10-07

Piso's Cure is a wonderful Cough medicine
Mrs. w. PICKETT, Van Siclen and Bla, e
AYES, Brooklyn. n. Y. Oct 2. 1894.
, 1898-10-07

Fits permanently cured. Nc fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline Grea'
Nerve Restni er. - trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. r. II. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch ST., Phila. Pa
, 1898-10-07

The whole world is after pleasure,
and the great mistake people make is,
they are satisfied with an inferior ar
ticle.
, 1898-10-07

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing syrup for children
lion. alIays pain. cures wind colic, 25c a bottle.
, 1898-10-07

Educate Your Bowels with cascarets.
eandy .Cathartic, cure constipation forever
i0e.. Csc. IfC.C.U q. fan, druggist refund monsv-
, 1898-10-07

When yer a mar fails In an under
taking he attributes it to fatalism.
, 1898-10-07

The injuries we do and those we SUI
fer are seldom weighed in the sarne
balance.
, 1898-10-07

Errors in religion may aus pity
but never excite anger in a wise man.
, 1898-10-07

we've often wondered what will be
come of the self-made maj in the final
roundup.
, 1898-10-07

There are people who haven't char
acter enough to be good, pad or IN
different.
, 1898-10-07
To Cure Constipation Forever.

Laziness will eat up all there is gooC
in a man, and then consume his vices
, 1898-10-07

There is nothing which needs sucf
constant watching as u honesty.
, 1898-10-07

Some people. like the earth, have to
be broken up before they become use
full.
, 1898-10-07
JPTJR FL

Cira Gna ronteed bv DIR j. y. MA fEH, IUI3
Rcu ST. PHILA. PA Ease at once no
operation or delay from business. Consultation
Tree. Endorsements Of phystcia {rc,i ladies' o ana
prominent citizens. Send lot choul@t' O"ee
hours 9 A. NJ. to l ?. NJ.
, 1898-10-07

A great fortune often serves as an
~impregnable fortress TO resist the eu'
vance of contentment.
, 1898-10-07

Children call an old-fashioned square
piano a downright" the other kind
being an upright
, 1898-10-07

There are hypocrites so weak thai
they can't cheat anybody put them
selves.
, 1898-10-07

Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic, loo or 25c
II &. c. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money
, 1898-10-07

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money ii 1t fails TO cure. 2oc
, 1898-10-07
rOn't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Awal

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
neties ful1 Of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac. the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc, or 81. Cure guaran'
teed. Booklet aud sample free. Address Ster
ling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
, 1898-10-07

Nc To-Bac For Fifty Gents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong. blood pure. 5Uc, II, All druggists
The evening times., 1898-08-15
Spain and Peace.

The newspaper press of Madrid can
not give free expression to its views
under the restrictions of the censor,
but it is apparent that the leading
journals cherish no delusions as to the
future of the nation. They may exae-
gerate the material losses in the loss
of the colonies, refusing to admit that
the burdens of colonial possessions as
administered by Spain are greater than
the benefits. The millions drawn from
Cuba and the Philippines have been
fully expended in maintaining armies
there and in the expenditures caused
by periodic instructions. For a ma
ton that is no more capable than
Spain of keeping peace in her outlying
territory their sacrifice must prove a
benefit When her interests are strict
ly limited to the boundaries of Spain
proper there is no reason why she
should not begin prosperous career.
She does, however, sink in impor-
tance as European power. Without
her islands she can have no voice in
the affairs of Europe. This touches her
pride rather than her prosperity, and
pride is no small part of Spanish char
acter and capital. 1t is this that leads
the newspapers of Madrid to speak
with the degree of bitterness the censor
will permit of Sagasta's peace. 1t is
not at all probable that the people can
be induced to make a practical protest
against the peace or that the Cortes
will fail to ratify his action. Not even
the Carlists, from present Indications,
can persuade the populace to sacrifice
the opportunity to enjoy themselves
which the suspension of hostilities af-
fords. They are tired of a war in
which their arms won no laurels and in
which their navy disappeared. The
strain on their patriotism has been too
great, and the Indifference with which
a majority received the announcement
of the loss of Porto Rico and Cuba AMI
the possible surrender of the Philip
pines is entirely natural.
Spain will have peace for time, if
not for always. and under a rea soma BILE
policy may become richer and stronger
by reason of the restriction of her in
terests. There is no reason to antici-
pate her failure to accept the con-
clusions of the peace commissioners.
The evening times., 1898-08-15
KILLED AT HIS w1FE's SIDE.
Mysterious AssRs.ination of an ItaI-
ian on Long Island,


New York. Aug. 15.-Franzesco Vilon-
etto. living in Ocean Avenue, Ozone
Park, L. l., was shot and instantly kill
ed last night while standing with his
wife in front of his home. The fatal
shot came from the direction OF the road
way, and one man is under arrest on
suspicion of having fired it. while three
others are held as witnesses
Vilonetto was standing only three feet
from his wife when he was killed. Mrs
Vilonetto was standing with her back
against the fence, AZ the street line.fac-
ing the house. She held an infant in her
arms. They We're talking when there
was the report Of pistol, and Vilonetto.
clasping his hands over his left breast.
exclaimed something in Italian and fell
dead.
Dropping the child. the women fell
beside her husband. and her screams
quickly gathered crowd. Coroner Leon
ard Ruoff passed along just then. He
had noticed one man assisting another
along the road a block away. and he at
once gave chase. Catching up with
the two men he discovered that one of
them was an Italian known as Joe"
The man is a mute. Coroner Ruoff took
him into custody. but could find no weap-
on in his possession. The coroner learn
ed that at the time the shot was fired
the mute and boy named Joseph Aqui-
no were standing together in the road
way in the direction from which the bull
let came.
The evening times., 1898-08-15

Considering that We have been called q
nation of shopkeepers, with no souls
above business. 1t is somewhat remarka-
BILE that the business end of this war has
proved SO miserably inefficient We could
raise the regiments OF volunteers and
regulars VINO fought like heroes, but we
could not provide them with comfortable
clothing, sufficient food or adequate means
of transportation. We could give the
world an exhibition of marvellous marks
manship, after thirty-three years of
peace. but we could not furnish proper
hospitals or competent surgeons and
nurses for our wounded. Something Is
the matter here, and 1t needs explanation
very badly. There is enough business tai
ent in this nation to provide the best hos
pi:als in the world, and to furnish our
soldiers with all the rations they can eat,
without impoverishing the country to any
appreciable extent. The fault is not in
our lack Of ability. The dry rot of cor
ruption is at work somewhere in the
system of things. Men have been trust
ed with important war preparations
whom no business man of average ability
would trust to buy a mule. How they
got their positions the powers above and
the Administration only know.
The evening times., 1898-08-15
;MusTER1Na THE MEN OUT.
Many will Enjoy Long Marches
From Their Camps.
The abandonment of the a

The abandonment of the army corps
camps at Chickamauga, Jacksonville.
Fernandina and Manassas, and the es-
Establishment of new camps at Hunts
VILE, Ala: Lexington. Ky; Knoxville,
Tenn. and Middletown. Pa. has final
Iy been determined upon by the War
Department officials. As far practi-
cable the various regiments will be SO
brigaded divisioned and stationed as to
place them at the camp nearest their
various States, to afford facility in their
transportation home, and the final dis
abandonment of the troops under the Sec
ond call. and some of those under the
first call In some instances the troops
of the various camps to be moved will
be transported by rail, while in others.
where the distance is not so great, they
will accomplish their journey by march
es. The latter plan is in high favor with
the officials at the War Department. be-
cause of the great practice and training
which would necessarily be gained.
Many of the troops which have not as
yet been given active service at the
front. have for several months been
penned UP in the camps, and have been
for the most part without the requisite
exercise 1t is deemed advisable by the
authorities to prepare just such troovs
as these for visit to Cuba, or. at any
rate. for garrison duty there, which will
of necessity devolve upon some of them.
Accordingly. where the distance between
the camps is not more than probably 100
miles. the troops will cover the stretch
on foot. while their heavier accouter-
ments and camp equipage will be car
ried by wagon train.
The President has decided to prompt
ly muster out of the United States serv-
ice nearly all of the volunteer troops
of the second call. and as many as possi-
BILE of those under the first call. In
many cases it has been a personal sac
rifice to the soldiers. who have so will
ingly and enthusiastically volunteered
their services, and. after the conclusion
of hostilities, the sooner these men can
be returned home. the better for them.
In some instances, too. the mastering in
of regiments under the second call has
not been completed, and in such cases
the enlistments will be discontinued i'm
The evening times., 1898-08-15

was caused largely by the thick jungle
side. and afforded an excellent hiding
place for an enemy. One Of the stories
which has come drifting back from the
front Is of an incident due to this
Jungle and this nervousness, and bears
some resemblance to the Windham
frog story.
Several officers and their respective
companies Of privates were coming
along a mountain road, when they
heard rustling in the bushes. In
stantly every mans ears were prick
ed up as straight as they would go.
and every mans eyes were endeavor-
ing to penetrate the impenetrable mass
of underground. The rustling kept
coming nearer. 1t sounded as much
like Spaniards as it did like anything.
Finally corporal called Halt" The
noise did not stop. He called Halt"
again. but no attention was paid to the
warning. Then the men prepared to
shoot. Somebody in the rear, who did
not understand the commotion, called
out, What's the matter?" The cor
poral. wiping the perspiration from his
brow, replied that the whole blanked
bushes were full of blanked Spaniards,
and they would neither halt. answer
nor shoot. and he did not know what
in hot weather to do with them. The
men charged into the bushes, and
fos nd the army. 1t was an army of
crabs.
The land crab was new to our SOL
diers, who had been used to do their
grabbing by the salt sea waves. 1t
was not surprising. therefore. that in
the anxious days before the battle be-
gan, the noise made by horde Of
these creatures in forcing their way
through the jungle should be mistaken
for the movements of soldiers. But
the men have the satisfaction of know
ing that. unlike the Windham people
in the old histories, they did not run
from their foe.
The evening times., 1898-08-15
D1sausrzD WITH ALASKA.

Returned Pr0srecteFs Report the
erase . Big Delusi0n,
Sedalia, NO.. Aug. 15-W. H Har-
rah. a former railroad conductor. who
left here February Is for the gold fields
Of Alaska in company with John Frey.
son Of J. J. Frey. general manager Of
the Santa Fe, returned home yesterday
with a wide experience and a net loss Of
N.ooo which he in no way regrets.
The story Harrah brings back with
him from the frozen Ell Dorado contains
plain facts which discredit the fabulous
reports sent broadcast by the Pacific
Transportation Company.
You can say for me-" said Harr.,h.
that there are not one hundred paying
mines IN Alaska today. and have
money to back the statement The
Alaska craze is the biggest fake ever
perpetrated upon the American people.
All the gold-bearing claims are taken.
and were taken long before this great
rush began Dawson City is full Of
broken prospectors. who are hard I'D
and stand good chance Of starving
later in the season. There is no busi-
ness at Dawson City. and none at St.
Michael The saloons and the dance
--~'-0
stores sell only u little flour and a little
hunk Of bacon occasionally.
There Is no such thing as a coed
streak in Alaska There IS TO fresh
meat to be had that is really fresh
meat.
Il was in Leadville IN its palmy days.
but 1t Is not to be compared to Dawson
City as wide-open town. Some of the
best gamblers in the world are there
The saloons do a thriving 5usineSs, as
do also the dance halls. Sundly. how
ever, is religiously observed. thanks to
the Canadian police. who are strict ds-
ciplinarians. The saloons are required
to close at midnight Saturday. and it is
Monday morning before they are per
mit.ed 10 open again"
Harrah and Frey, en~of sterling rc,-
utation. backed by all the capital they
could possibly use. made tour o. the
richest section of the Klondike. and
they gave UP their hunt for gold-dust
investments in disgust, satisfied that the
big strikes were ended. and all pa yiLg
claims taken.
The evening times., 1898-08-15
STEAMSHIP MAIL ROBBERS.
Letters Not Allowed to Reach Ger
tain Liverpool Women.

New York, Aug l5--The surprising Sc
ries of rhefts from the registered mail on
the White Star steamship Britannia dis
character the longer the Government de-
tectives work on the case. 1t Is reason
ably certain that the men on the steam
strip who made a business of robbing the
mails and smuggling. under the leader
ship of Chief Officer J. W. Jago. who is
now under arrest in England, had
branch office In this city. 1t Is also rea-
sonably sure that he had assistants here.
and II Is these assistants that the Gov
ernment sleuths are trying to discover
Extraordinary precautions are being
taken by the Government Secret Service
connected with the Postoffice Depart
ment to stop mail addressed to the fami-
lies of the men on the other side This IN
dicates that there Is suspicion OF
branch Of the gang here and that 1t Is ex-
pected to catch the guilty ones through
information tina; may be derived from
the apprehended letters.
The men accused of systematically rop-
bing the mails on the Britannia and OF
smuggling goods into this country are:
Chief Oficer j.. w. Jago, the chief con-
spirator. according to the others accused;
Third OFFICER John Kynaston, and Assist
ant Stewards Bernard, Galway and Tighe.
Another prisoner Is Joseph Mangan, offi-
GERS mess steward of the Britannia, who
was caught with a quantity of diamonds
in his possession for which he could not
satisfactorily account.
All of these men. with the exception of
Jago, are imprisoned in Ludlow street
Jail.
And now comes the ground for suspicion
that there are others interested besides
the men who Travelled as officers Of the
Britannia and looted the ship at their
leisure The clerks in the New York post
office and branches have been instructed
to stop all mail addressed to Mrs. Jago,
Mrs. Galway. Mrs. Bernard, Mrs. Tighe.
Mrs. Kynaston and Mrs. Mangan. These
are the wives of the accused men. and all
live at Liverpool or in the vicinity of that
city.
The orders concerning mail for these
women are very strict, and indicate that
not a scrap of mail can reach them be-
fore it passes under the keen scrutiny of
the Government officials. 1t has been dis
covered that the robberies of the mail
country and England but that the re-
suits spread all over the world.
For years hundreds of complaints have
poured into the postoffice here regarding
the loss of mail in transit but nothing
could be done until Kynaston inadvertent-
Iy let the cat out of the bag by trying
to cash some bond coupons at a Jersey
City bank.
The evening times., 1898-08-15
Trouble. of Ircnwcrker..

Joliet, H., Aug 15.-The rollers and 9TH
er employees of the rod mill department
of the Illinois Steel Company. in con-
ference with officials, accepted the terms
Of the company, which is said to be de-
feat for the tonnage men and to mean
large reduction in their wages. 1t is
stated that the Joliet mills-the only
plant working amalgamated union men
has made reduction in wages. The
trouble has been on since July /. resulting
in the closing of the mill. Both rod mills
will start Immediately