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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-03-09
Poisoned by Ivy
Was in i Dreadful Condition
Happened 70 Read About a Similar
Case Followed the Other Mans
Example and was Cured.

EAdF1HiS dHC = as S-IeC.
The following incident is given by
Charles Morris, general jobber, % Le1ing-
ton Avenue, Nor. Il Can't bridge, Mass:
Several years ago l became poisoned
by ivy. 1 tried many medicines, spending
large sum of money without obtaining
q particle OF good. Ny children were
also afflicted with the same disease. We
were all constant sufferers with al awful
itching sensation, and il seemed a If l
should tear myself TO pieces. / picked
up paper in which l found printed
testimonial from man in Vermont who
had been similarly afflicted and had taken
Hood : Sarsaparilla with benefit. bought
a bottle. which we took and il did
Me and ray Children
so much good purchased another supply.
We continued taking Hoods Sarsa parilIa
until we used five bottles and l can
safely say that neither myself nor children
have any signs of the poison. 1t has en-
tirely left Us and we are perfectly cured.
We give the whole credit TO Hoods Sarsa-
pariIla. Before resorting to this medicine
I was reduced in weight, but now 1
weigh 1.5 pounds. Hoods Sarsapar;Ila
has not only done much good but has
been the means of saving me great deal
Of money. I would no. be Without it
in my house and l heartily recommend
it to all no ere afflicted. ! have writ
ten this statement for publication, Of my
own will. a. | want OF hers to know what
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-03-09

State Day-Secretary Sherman
appears 10 have little or nothing
to do with our foreign relations, /
though nominalIy he is at the |
head of the department of State /
have consistently maintained /
that the tragedy was due to an
accident until design should be
proved. It's greatly to the credit
of the American people that as
whole they have heartily sup
ported this attitude of the admin
lStratiOn. 1t is the only one that
could be taken with dignity and
self-respect, and yet it is conceiv-
able that suspicion might readily
have assumed the pace Of con-
viction, and though there is no
reason for believing that the gov
eminent could have been
stampeded by popular cutlery,
YET less oeli-fe9IfdihC Oh the part
Of the people would nave aoGed
enormously to the difficulties Of
the administration. The only
marked exception to this self
restraint IS the course OF two
sensational papers in New York
city. They have published bogus
news, aftluIIE designed to lAtlame
the PUBIC NINA, ana have clam
ored TOT war. but even the
masses OF the metropolis nave
/ understood that THIS was only pa
tflOtlSm Tor revenue, and they
have refused to be influenced by
these sheets.
1t is lnconcelVable that the Span
lSh government should have been
/ lmpllCatCd IN q plot TO destroy the
Maine. There is no sclntllla OF
evidence thus far to show that.
Indeed, all the facts point the
other way. The relief extended
/ by the Spanish warship Alfonso
MI. was prompt. The attitude
of the officials at Havana, and of
the people at large, to
say nothing Of condolences
from the government at Mad
! Il If n
llcVe that Spain cOnnlVed at the
destruction of the Maine. If the
ship was destroyed from without,
the plot was carried out by pri-
vale persons, either SpaniardS or
Cubans. 1t would be impossible
to hold the Spanish people NOR
ally responsible for the act of
fanatic, though undoubtedly
Spain would be liza BILE in damages
Tor the acts Of her subjects. Sew
eral days must elapse before any
decisive evidence as to the causes
Of the explosion are forthcoming.
We shall have to await the find
ingS of the Board of Inquiry.
Ii it shall be ascertalned that
the Maine was blown up by the
accidental Ignition of her own ex-
plOsives, the finding will have a
great influence upon the naval
| f I \ fI14I
Is an increasing suspicion that
these great steel monsters are
quite as perllouS to the country
that owns them as to the enemy
They have never yet been tested
III war, except at the battle Of the
1alu, and there cOnfesSedIy the
| Chinese were not well fought.
But whatever they may turn out
tC be in war, they meet with an
unconscionable number of acct
dents in time of peace. We do
not believe that these accidents
are due, as some have charged,
| to unSkilful ScamanShip of our
naval officers. 1t would be nearer
the truth that the complex ar
rangcments of machinery. wires
an" 'uo's' mat make up Il mod
ont Of order Fsncc;oIIf, !, +bis
80 .;,o, 49,, ;a+.o5.,a.;a. 49,
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rle constitution and law 4 The stat ~ r. =
ida And upon Application :" register. 'a'n
.lertor shall - required ru take and -u'r>rrlt.-
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registration for said city. = hereby authorized
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30
WAR NEWS

The New York aerald's splendid
service, including both its foreign
and domestic dispatches, relating to
the war with Spain, has been secured
for exclusive nse in the New Orleans
Picayune, simultaneously with lis
publication in the Herald. These
specials, suppementiDg the regular
of the Associated Press,
ensure the readers of the Picayune
the most thorough, complete and re-
liable news service ever presented hy
a Southern newspaper. Subscribe
tor the Daily Dicayune, seven issues
a week, 81 90 a month, or buy the
Picayune from your local dealer, or
from the boys on the railroad trains
at 5 cents a copy. Insist upon hav-
ing the Picayuue.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30
The governor OF Kansas has re-

The governor oil Kansas has re-
ceived letter from a patriot, who
offers to enlist as a private. He
SAYS Il hear you say that every
body has spoken for place as colo
mel. Now, don't care for any title.
Just make plain every day private
aud give ne canteen filled with
the fighting brand Of whisky, and III
be satisfied"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

A well known naval officer, now
stationed at Key West, writes to
the Electrical Review as follows -
The Bache brought over to the quar-.
antiue hospitel here number Of the
survivors Of the Maine. One Of
these wounded jackies, when asked
to tell what he knew Of the frightfal
explosion, said We'll, sir, | was
a-corkin' it off in me hanmick, sir,
when | hears a hell Of noise. Then,
sir, the nurse says, sit up aud take
this" That's all know sir.D
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

The bodies Of seventy Ameri.
can seamen remain in the wreck Of
the Maine. Their tragic death
through Spanish treachery should be
properly avenged when American
soldiers land on Cuban soil. L is
to be hoped that General Filzhugh
Lee will be allowed TO lead troops to
Havana.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30
BAPTIST APPOINTMENTS.

MISUNDERSTANDING on 1st and
3rd Sundays at the courthouse at Ii a.
ID. and 7:30 p. N.
Sunday School every Sunday at 10
a. N.
HENRY Preaching on 4th Sundays
at II a. m, and 7:30 p. NJ.
PERRY Preaching on 1st and 3rd
Sundays at 8 p. a1.
SHELL BEACH Preaching on End
Sundays at IL a. m. and 7:30 :. m.
O. NJ. LUCAS, Pastor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

A Missouri orator is said to have
gotten eff thefollowing- We live
in a land of high mountains and high
taxes, low valleys and low wages,
big crooked rivers aud big crooked
statesmen, big strikes. big drunks
big pumpkins, big men with pump
kin heads, silver streams that gam
boi in the mountains and pious pol
iticians who gamble in the night.
roaring cataracls and roaring ora
tors, fast horses, fast young men and
giris-fast, faster, fastest lawyers,
sharp fnanciers, and sharp toed
shoes, noisy children, fertile plains
that lie like sheet of water and
thousands Of newspapers that lie like
thunder.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30
MARVELLOUS FINDS!
THE RIVAL OF KLONDIKE!
FOR full HnformasIor,. write 20
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
METHODIST APPOINTMENTS.

ABBEvILLE- Preaching on End and
4th Sundays, at IL a. N. and 7:30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at 10
a. N.
Prayer meeting Every Wednesday at
7:30 p. m.
PERRY-Preaching on End and 4th
Sundays at 3 p. m, and every 9th Sun
day at Ii a. m. and 1880 p. m.
PRAIRIE GRE1G Preaching on the
1st and 3rd Sundays at IL a. m and
7:30 p. M.
Sunday School every Sunday at 10
a. N.
A. S. j. NELL, Pastor.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Proiectlles used for the United
States army for its great modern
guns cost as follows Solid shot g.
incn, 5000 each; l0-inch, $l44 SO
each; l2 inch, $2l2 each; l2inch
mortar shells, weighing SOC pounds,
sll4 each; aud I2-inch mortar shells
weighing 1000 pounds, $l95 each.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Sam Jones is a good story teller.
FIe says while he was holding q.
meeting ia one Of the Mississippi
river States conductor, who bad
been running on a railroad since
long before the ticket plan was
adopted. and when the conductors
collected the money, got happy one
night and joined the church, The
division superinte ndent was tele,
graphed The good news. His reply
was not altogether what was expect
ed. Il reads IF Tom Jennings
bad got religion TWENTY-FIVE years
the road would be paying dividends
to-day"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

In Missouri the other day coro-
ner's jury returned a verdict that
"the deceased came to his death by
being struck by a railroad train in
the hands Of a receiver"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Dr.. Wise, collector of The Teche
district, wants to purchase steam
boats for patrol duty. MUS be at
teast one hundred feet long Nor
gan City Independent.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30
q anre Thing for Won.

A transaction in which you cannot lose
is IA sure thing. Biliousness, sick head
ache, furred tongue, fever, piles and a
thousand other ills are caused by consti-
patton and sluggish liver. Cascarets
er stiinulant and intestinal tonic are by
all druggists guaranteed to cure or money
refunded. &C. G. are a sure thing. Try
a box today; 10e. 25c. SOC. Sample and
booklet free.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30
EyerybosIy says So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartie, the most
wonderful medical discovery Of the age.
pleasing and refreshing to the taste. act
gently and positively on kidneys, liver
and bowels, cleansing the entire system.
dispel colds, cure headache, fever, habit
ual constipation and biliousness Please
bnv and try box of C. G. G. today; 10,
5. so cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure
Y all dTn ggists.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30
Two Millions a Year.

When people buy, try, and buy again.
1T means they're satisfied. The people OF
cts Candy Cathartic at the rate Of two
million boxes year and it will be three
million before New Years. It means mer--
rit proved, that Casearets are the most
delightful bowel regulator for every body
the year Iound. All druggists 10c, 25c,50c,
a box, cure guara:i teed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Mexico has lady bull fighters,
Brooklyn has lady loot ball PLAYERS
and Middleton, N. Y, has lady
street car motorman. If this thing
keeps up we shall ultimately have
lady everythings except lady women,
predicts the Louisville Courier Jour.
nal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

The county courthouse at Orange,
Texas, caught fire at 1890 Thurs
day morning and was burned to the
ground. The cause of the disaster
is notsknown.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

A stupii man compliments q
woman's pretty teeth, bat clever
man makes her laugh.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

The belle III the choir often
brings more young men to church
than the bell ia the steeple.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

ana could not sleep
Other complications
peculiar TO my sex ser
in and our physician
called another in con-
sultation. They de-
cided ! had eonsump-
tion and must die. I
cn,nmenced ra.isino Dr..
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

Miles Restorative Neryine and the second
night obtained the first nights real sleep in
four weeks. I know that DR.. Miles Restor-
ative Nervine saved my life.
Dr.. Miles Remedies are sold by ali drug
gists under q positive guarantee, arst bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and. Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DR. MILES MEDICAL Co, El5aart, Ind.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

30 Cure Constipation Forevor.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. l0c
or CSC. If &C. c. fail to cure, drugistgs
refund money.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30

wv EADACHES are the bane Of woman's
H life. Frequently relieved but seldom
= permanently cured. the ultimate re-
suit is continual misery. Miss Maggie Han
nah, 52t Chestnut St.. DanviIle, ILL.,. says in
june 1896: II cannot add to my testimony Of
last year except that am well and strong.
Two years ago I had such pain in my head
that ate nothing, was desperately nervous
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-04-30
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29

The idea that the stage is an educa-
tional agency has found practical devel-
opment in Germany in the shape of repre-
sensations for the special benefit of pupils
OF the common schools. At Hamburg 5000
children were three times lin January,
February, and March, taken to the Stadt-
Theatre. where such plays as William
Tell" "The Maid Of Orleans" and "Minna
Won Barnhelm" were given with an ex-
cellent assignment of parts. The seating
capacity OF the house being 1900, each
play had TO be given four times. The
price OF admission had been put at G
cents, and when It was found that some
children could not afford even this small
amount. they were provided with tickets
Mt the expense pt beneficent citizens At
Leipzig and Breslau, and other cities,
similar advantages are offered TO the
pupils OF the upper classes OF the volks-
schulen. though not on as generous
scale as at Hamburg.
A Hamburg paper prints the expressions
OF number OF teachers OF that citv con-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29

standing armies. II Is that they may be
always prepared. And We repeat that the
United States Will have 70 adopt policy
OF that description. or else cease being
so very bumptious.
However, II was not until March 9Th
that $o,ooo,ooo was voted for purposes Of
national defence: not until April 2Sd that
the first call for volunteers was made,
and we have been putting In big ticks
ever since. Soon we shall be ready TO
invade Cuba and Porto Rico; soon we
shall occupy the Philippines in force. The
Spanish Government is menaced from
within and without, and we may rea-
sonabIy hope that after we have won an
other great victory her people will COM
pei her authorities TO sue for peace. She
has hoped and hoped In vain for help
from the great Powers; but none has
come; nor is 1t likely that any will come.
the Powers having much business OF their
own TO attend to.
so let us be patient and Industrious,
and let us show an intelligent apprecia-
ton Of the situation, and not expect i'm
possible things either OF our army or
navy, or of our government, State or
Federal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29
THE SEVENTH.

The New York Seventh Regiment, hav-
ing been made to eat humble pie
enough, will now be granted leave to in
crease the number of its companies from
ten to twelve and It will then be allowed
to volunteer under the Presidents second
call, and will be accepted by Governor
Black.
The regiment is now willing to go any
where 1t may be ordered, no matter
whether it be Manila, Porto Rico, Cuba,
or elsewhere. And it is pretty safe TO
say 1t will be sent out Of the country. for
if it should be ordered TO Fort Monroe,
or to any other post In these United
States, the War Department would at
once put itself under suspicion Of having
selected "a soft place for the COM
mand.
Furthermore, the Seventh ought to de-
sire to see foreign service. for in no other
way possible could it so effectually wipe
out the unsavory record it made when it
failed to volunteer under the Presidents
first call
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29
ELECTION LESSON.

The story OF the municipal elections In
Virginia last Thursday Is practically the
story OF a Democratic clean sweep. This
is gratifying, because 1t represents a
| triumph for good government. But none
the less, there was disappointing fea-
ture about the elections. As rule. the
vote was small, and very little party
spirit was manifested.
We know that In explanation OF this
IL will be pleaded that In many places the
Democrats had no opposition, and that
In such places as they had opposition
their opponents did not. in most in
stances make their usual vigorous fight.
But the explanation IS not satisfying. The
record suggests condition of things that
ought not TO exist. 1t suggests that local
party discipline is getting lax. 1t sug-
gests that the var excitement is causing
many of the rank and file of the party
to lose interest in politics.
Such a condition would be exceedingly
unfortunate. Next November the con-
gressional elections occur. Not in years
has there been time when there was
stronger reason why the Democrats
should make a supreme effort to get
control OF the lower house of Congress.
Already the Republican majority in the
House have shown a disposition to make
the war an excuse for extravaganza, for
laying unnecessary taxes, and for piling
up debt that will insure the continu-
ance of those taxes for a long season
OF haI
II the war is still on when the new
Congress meets and the Republicans are
in control Of the House, we may expect
an accentuation of all Of these evils. A
Democratic House should not be, and
will not be, less patriotic than Repub-
llcan House in providing the slnews of
war. But IL we can learn anything from
the history Of the two parties, IL is that
a Democratic majority would be needed
to protect the masses from useless |
squee2.n g 10 bloat the Treasury with |
funds that might be used to perpetuate |
the hold of RepubIcanism upon power. |
Again, should the war end before |
the next Congress goes in, the only hope |
the people will have for early provision |
for cutting down the increased taxation |
laid for war purposes will be in electing
a Democratic House.
So, from either standpoint the matter
Is viewed it is clear that 1t behooves the
Democrats throughout the country to
grid Up their loins and prepare to make
l desperate struggle to win in November
next. 1t behooves the Virginia Demo-
Gratis to be to the fore in the struggle,
and 1t is to be hoped that they Will profit
by the lesson of Thursday to the end
hat they begin now the work of party
ocal reorganization for the fray. Let
he platform of the party in the contest
,e millions for defence, but not one cent
or tribute" to any possible scheme for
Republican ACKNOWLEDGMENT.