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Mesa free press., 1898-05-13
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

According to dispatch from Athens
the United States made an offer
$9,000.0OO for the entire Greek navy.
Fifteen men and sixty mules were
killed by an explosion Of powder at the
Coldaw Burns Candelaria mine, Mex
leo.
Spanish officers at Havana say that
the well-known insurgent Juan del
Gado and seventeen of his followers
have been killed near Cano.
The steamer Empress of China
brings news from Hong Kong and Yo-
kohama that the people of the orient
sympathize strongly with the United
States.
That the insurgents in the Philip
pines have begun hostilities again in
deadly earnest is fully confirmed by
the oriental mail advices received by
the steamer Rio de Janeiro.
An extraordinary issue of the Lon
don Gazette last week contained the
customary royal proclamation of neu-
trality, defining the attitude of British
officials and British subjects during
the war between Spain and the United
States. 1t Is identical with the proc-
lamation issued at the time of the
China-Japan war.
Emperor Francis Joseph privately
contributed 100000 ($1OO,OOO) to the
national naval subscription of Spain,
and has further shown his sympathy
by permitting number of Austro-
Hungarian officers to join the Spanish
flag. The Archduke Eugene has gone
to Madrid to stay with the queen re-
gent during this critical period.
A dispatch from Valparaiso says:
The protocol for settlement of the
long-pending dispute with Peru over
the disposition of the conquered prov
inces of Tacna and africa has been duly
signed,a and Vice-President Billinghurst
of Peru, who conducted negotiations
for his government, will return to
Lima at once. He says that he is
satisfied that the work accomplished
will insure lasting peace between the
two countries
The gun practice of the American
ships in the Mantanzas bOmbardment
has excited the warmest admiration of
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naval experts in England. The supe-
rior craftsmanship claimed for the
American fleet is now effectually dem
onstarted, and the result of the opera
tions against Mantanzas Is held to
point clearly to shortening of war if
Spain risks decisive engagement.
The performance of the New York ia
also regarded as clear proof of the
soundness of the American naval au-
thorities in providing their ships with
exceptional battery power, and the in
fuential section of naval experts there,
who always supported the American
system, are specially elated, believing
that England must now follow suit.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13

That keen observer and accurate de
Nneator OF human thought, Walter Saw
age Landor, stated paradoxical truth
In clear and forceful language more
than q generation ago when he said:
'The Frenchmen are the most delicate
people In the world on points Of honor
and the least delicate on the points OF
Justice There could scarcely be a
more forcible illustration Of the truth
Of this observation than Is furnished
IN the history of the Dreyfus scandal
and the recent lola trial In Paris.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13

Lake Doniphan, In Kansas, is one of
the most peculiar bodies Of water in
the world. In the winter, when the
lake is covered with ice, it Is possible
to build large bonfire upon 1t by SIM
ply making hole through the ice and
applying q match to 1t. Instantly the
flames shoot up five or six feet and
burn with great brflliancy for min
ute or two. The supply for the flames
is natural gas, which bubbles up
through the water the year round, but
1t Is only when the surface Is covered
with ice that the gas is prevented from
escaping and Is collected in large bub-
bles or pockets, from ten to twenty
yards square. If puncture Is made
gas escapes and If lighted furnishes
the skater an excellent fire at which he
may warm himself. In some sections
Of the lake ice rarely forums, except In
extremely cold nights, for the gas, be-
ing warmer than the water and rising
in such large quantities, prevents the
water from freezing. The lake itself
is peculiar. 1t is river Lake; that is,
1t was formed from bend Of the Mis-
souri, River by the stream taking a
shorter cut across the neck Of the-bend,
thus leaving lake shaped like horse
shoe about five miles in length. The
lake was made dn 1891. The gas does
not rise from all sections Of the lake,
but mostly in the western arm. On
the other or Missouri side Of the river
are three small lakes formed exactly
as Dontphan has been, but from these
there Is no gas exhaled except occa-
sional small bubbles. Natural gas has
been found in Kansas. A well some f1f.
ty-fiye miles south Of Lake Doniphan, q
few years ago, gave limited supply Of
gas, while at lola gas well has fur
ntshed several million cubic feet of
gas. 1t is believed that Kansas will
yet prove to have gas areas of no in
considerable extent and 1t Is thought
that should field be discovered 1t will
be found in am area Of which Atchison,
st. Joseph and Kansas City will form
the boundaries.
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In this worldwide fisticufing craze
the various shouts Of war are not to be
interpreted as an equivalent of war,
though they are its ragged edge. Where
there's so much smoke there must be
some fire. but it is also true that bark
and bite are not identical. AS a rule.
the dog that bays most Is gazing the
moon out Of countenance. The cost of
battle under modern conditions Is 30
great that since Sedan the civilized
world has generally taken It ont in talk,
and It IL agreed that millions for de-
fense are the almighty dollars of peace.
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vealed that after the meeting the pre-
ceding Sunday the sexton had closed
the church without airing It, and the
vitiated atmosphere had been reheated
for another audience. 1t Is as much
crime for housekeepers and janitors to
furnish their families and guests with
impure air, as 1t would be to set before
them unwholesome food. Indeed,
man can live longer without food than
without air.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13

One Of the most remarkable develop.
ments In the Industrial world Of the
United States of recent years Is the In
creased manufacture of pearl buttons
SO great has this been that the exporta.
ton Of the low grades of these ARTICLES
TO this country from Austria has al
most entirely ceased The American
pearl buttons are chiefly made'in Iowa.
and are used ON underwear.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13

It may be that we are, with respect
to the coming century, in the same I'M
mature mental condition In which the
people Of the eighteenth century were
with regard to the nineteenth. If some
in the preceding century had dared to
predict the wonderful achievements of
the nineteenth. he would probably have
been declared a fool, and treated as
was Robert Mayer in Germany, in this
century, who, after the discovery OF
the law Of the conservation Of force,
was put into an insane asylum. A like
fate might befall the man who should
dare now to cast horoscope for the
twentieth century, and to predict the
progress of the human mind in the
various domains of scientific research.
After all, those may be right who, In
spite Of all those acquisitions on which
we so Justly pride ourselves, are Of
opinion that we are still moving In
only the initial steps, in the leading
strings Of evolution, and that we are
yet very far from the goal Of those ma
terial and ddeal aims which the human
race in its unremftting onward strug-
gle is destined to attain, or to show Its
capacity Of attaining. The great Sir
Isaac Newton used, perhaps, the most
appropriate simile when he compared
men with children who on the seashore
pick up here and there a curious peb-
BILE or colored shell, while the great
sea Of truth Hes still unexplored before
them. We can only conjecture as to
the probable course as we cannot know
which position we occupy in the course
Of human volution-whether we are
still in its beginnings or well advanced.
This lies hidden I'm the bosom Of the
future.
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An up-todate liveryman In Berlin
has hung up In all Of his public con-
yeyances card which reads: mo
passage money has the passage guest
to pay, II to him not on the mounting
of the cab the valid passage tickets, on
height of the for simple passage to be
paid passage money, by the coachman
downreached become are" That seems
to be plain enough.
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An ex-Confederate soldier died In
Newport, Neb., few days ago. The
vsterans who wore the blue in 1881
took charge OF the remains OF their old
antagonist and conducted the funeral.
The war Of the rebellion closed thirty
three. years ago.
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The New York chronological Socie.
ty Is talking of Importing the ichneu
mon fly to drive out caterpillars. Has
not this war Of determination Aone
about far enough? That was the pur-
pose, II we remember rightly, for which
the unspeakable English sparrow was
brought over.
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Two Arkansas men have challenged
each other to engage in contest to
prove they are not afraid Of snakes.
That match ought to be pulled or In
Kentucky.
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Careful estimates show that the tdm-
Der supply of the United States will be
entirely exhausted In sixty years, but
manufactured gold may be so plentiful
By that time as to make a fairly good
substitute.
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President Andrews advises all young
men to keep out Of journalism. This
may induce many a young reporter to
forsake the error Of his ways and be-
come university president.
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An agricultural exchange urges farm
ers to pay more attention to onions, In
which It declares there Is great profit
Good idea. Look out for the scents and
the dollars viii take care of them
selves.
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A bicycle thief was lately sentenced
70 ten years imprisonment. Evidently
those riders who bend themselves dou-
BILE are not the worst crooks in this con-
nection.
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His Experience.

Tom-Do you believe that marriage,
as rule, Is failure?
Jack-Judging from my own expert.
ence, believe it is.
Yom-Why, didn't know that you
had ever been married.
Jack-Thats just it, failed to mar
r..
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A Georgia court has decided that a
contract OF marriage made ON Sunday
Is valid and Montana court has de-
cided that 1t is Illegal to collect fee
In that State for issuing marriage IL
cense. The New Jersey plan Of taxing
bachelors is not the only way marriage
may be encouraged.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13

A writer in the North American Re-
view advances a cure for pension
frauds in the following terms: There
has been too much secrecy and de-
vfousness connected with the pension
business of this country, and blush
to own that my profession has taken
no small part In 1t. Here is a method
by which frauds and pretenders can
be got rid of. Let Congress pass law
requiring a denomination Of every
pensioner, or applicant for a pension,
who bases his cladm on physical disa-
bility contracted while discharging his
duty as a Union soldier. A board Of
medical examiners should be estab-
lished In each State-two or more
boards might be required in some
States to facilitate matters. Each
board should be composed Of two mem
bers, one q surgeon and the other
physician. They should be selected
solely for their eminent and acknowl-
edged professional ability, and their
honesty and standing in the State.
They should give all their time to this
work, and be paid salary Of $4,000
each per year. They should carefully
examine every pensioner In their re-
spective States, and report to the gov
ernment exactly the physical condition
Of each, and how much, II any, disa-
bility in any case was the result OF
service in the war of secession. They
would be Influenced by nothing except
the physical facts presented, and al
ways give the applicant the benefit Of
any doubt. Such a re-exam1nat
would require about one year to COM
plete 1t, and would cost the govern
ment from 100000 to $3,OOO,0O0.
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A North Carolina contemporary says
that there Is plenty Of war spirit in
this State" Too much; the moonshin-
ers are perniciously active down there.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13

In the United States there are be-
tween fifty and sixty thousand tramps.
II this number seems small 1t may be
remembered they are not working to
make It larger.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13

II the viscaya ever runs into New
York harbor again she probably will he
arrested for trying to work shell
game inside the city limits.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13

That Holland submarine boat has
given another surface test. Such
trials don't go deep enough to satisfy
the public.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13

A statistician, according to current
item, has figured out the fact that ''it
costs 81, ,000to kill man." Sometimes II
IL well worth the money.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13

That express agent who eioped with
. $4,000 package and another mans
wife evidently prefers his trouble In
large quantities.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13

In Z crowded church In Poughkeepsie
recently the service had to be stopped
While several fainting women were car
- from the room. Investigation re
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China is the apple of Russia's eye,
and there amt goin' ter be no Corea.

Some statesmen may argue from cats
having nine lives that It's generally
healthf1ll to be on the fence.
Mesa free press., 1898-05-13
TIMES AND MINING.
MISTAKES IN MININoMAcH1NERY.

Many mistakes are made in the pur-
chase of mining machinery, the chief
cause lying in the fact that the pur-
chasing parties are too eager to get
the machinery on the ground before
they have demonstrated what they can
count on for an output, or by the pur-
chase of machinery which Is not re-
quired on the property, and will not do
the work required of it. AS rule, the
fault lies with the purchaser. The first
thing to know Is what the mine con-
tains. Tests rdle rtoef defd fdewelw
tains. Tests of the ore should be care
fully made at various stages of the
property's development, all Of which
should be carefully noted and recorded.
Not only should the value Of the ore
and all its contents be ascertained, but
in every instance the owner should
know in what form the mineral occurs.
After this has been done, and sufi-
cient amount of ore is taken out and
exposed to justify the purchase of ma
chinery, unless the owner is well in
formed himself, or has practical man
of experience with him, he could do no
better than to go to responsible min
ing machinery manufactures and lay
the facts before him, when, in the ma
jority of cases, he would get the proper
machinery and be able to successfully
work his mine. Milling, concentrating,
smelling and refining are each adj
juncts of mining, and yet few ordinary
mine-owners are sufficiently acquainted
with these adjuncts any more than a
millman who has spent many years in
that business is a first class mining
operator. But the manufacturer of
mining machinery has a varied expert
ence in his business. He is called upon
to put machinery into all kinds Of
mines, and the safest way to do, unless
one is oneself practical millman, is
to enlist his attention and avail oneself
of his experience. In that manner one
may often turn worthless enterprise
into a profitable investment. But the
first rule is to know that one needs ma
chinery and that the property will JUS
tify or demand its erection.
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COUNTY MEN.
Sixth Regiment Soldiers Who Returned
on the Bay State.

Sixth Regiment Soldiers Who Returned
on the Bay State.
The following is the list of the Wor-
cester county men in the sixth who were
brought to Boston on the Bay State,
and sent to the Boston hospitals:
BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL.
William R. Alton, Company x, Dud-
ley.
Capt. ]. M. Barrett, Company M, Mil
ford.
]. F. Gerstner, Company NJ, Milford.
Corp. H. Gary, Company K, South
bridge.
sergt. J. A. Higgins, Company X,
Southbridge.
CARNEY HOSPITAL.
John M. Orr, Company B. Fitchburg
L. Wood, Company X, Southbridge.
Charles Bellimeur, Company M, Mil
ford.
Martin G. Acton. Company K, South
bridge.
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOS
PITAL.
Thomas NJ. Flood, Company X,
H. A staples, Company NJ, West Up
ton.
The following Worcester county men
We're sent to their homes, with oral
furloughs:
COMPANY B.
F. M. Chase, Leominster.
Corp. A. A. Dreby, Leominster.
c. A. Edwards, Fitchburg.
Corp. H. N. Fiske, Leominster.
z. Fl. Hathaway, Leominster.
George L. Robertson. Fitchburg.
Scott L. Smith, Fftchburg
Cory A. L. Sunbury, Fitehburg.
f. l.. Watson, Leominster.
COMPANY D.
Frank L. E. Bacon Fitchburg.
Corp. James F. F. Percival, Fitch
burg.
Alphonse Siniard, Leominster.
j. F. Whooley, Fitchburg.
COMPANY K.
M. G. Acton Southbridges
John Caplette Southbridge.
F. M. Flood, Southbridge.
Omer Galipeau, Southbridge.
c. Hopedale, Southbridge.
Fl. Laplante, Southbridge.
Sergt. Robert E. Putney, South
bridge.
COMPANY M.
Paul I. French, Milford. a
H. F, Green, Milford. a.
Musician Edward Lancey, Milford.
Bugler E. L. Morse, Milford.
jeremiah Mahoney, Milford.
e. S. Stratton, Hopedale
G. A. Rowles and A. Schwartz of
Company e, Marlboro, We're also sent
TO their homes on furloughs.
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ARE TO RESUME.
Westboro Y. M. G. A. Have
General Secretary.

Westboro. Oct. 29.-After a period Of
the two or three months during which
the Young Mems Christian Association
has been without general secretary,
the society is now making plans for
active work, beginning the first of
November. with Mr.. Bourne of Law
renee, Mass, as general secretary.
Mr.. Bourne has been assistant secre-
tary of associations in Keene, N. H.,
and Lawrence, Mass, and has been
greatly appreciated for his good work.
The annual meeting for the election Of
directors whose terms expire in 1898,
and of the clerk and treasurer of the
society, will be held in the rooms Wed
nesday evening, Nov. 2, at 100 o'clock.
The directors whose terms expire dur
ing 1898 are w. M. Bates. J. s. Bullen
II. L. Day, e. F. Denham and w. H.
Short The rooms will be reopened i'm
mediately upon the arrival of Mr..
Bourne, and all members interested in
gymnasium work are assured that
promptly after the election Of officers
and appointment of committees, a
physical director will be obtained, to
take charge of the gymnasium class
ana all desiring to enter the classes are
requested to leave their names with the
secretary upon his arrival at the rooms
A COMING LECTURE.
Prof. Howard b. Gross of Boston is
to give series of lectures on The DO
ntlcal and social development Of Eu-
rope" in the Baptist vestry, commence
ing Nov. 10th. Prof Gross delivered
a series of lectures here three years
ago which were of much interest, and
be VIII undoubtedly be listened to with
much pleasure in his new series.
A BUSINESS CHANGE.
The grocery and provision business
of H. l. Pike is to be owned and op-
Grated by an association of Westboro
residents. The change will be made
on Tuesday, Nov. l. The capital stock
will be four or FIVE thousand dollars
divided into shares of SIS each. There
is nothing exclusive about the manage
ment, and persons desiring shares can
obtain them by leaving their names
with Mr. Pike, and stating the number
oil. shares desired. The meat business
is to be added, but the details of the
changes to be made are not yet made
public
Proposals for building the new street
commonly known as Holmes street, re-
Gently constructed by the Boston and
Albany Railroad Company, to East
Main street, are now open.
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ton during the coming month. He will
associate Attorney Allan G. Buttrick
with him and retain his law office in
Clinton. Mr. Bancroft is a prominent
citizen of this town. He has been a
water commissioner, a representative
to the general court, and is at present
chairman of the republican town COM
mittee. He has many friends in Gin
ton, who will be sorry that he is going
elsewhere. He was the candidate for
the republican nomination for senator
from this end of the district against
ex-Mayor Harrington.
Rev. Alonzo Sanderson of Worcester
will speak to young men at the Y. M.
C. A. this afternoon.
A party from the night police went
hunting yesterday. The party returned
with a story about destroying seven
rabbits and seeing a partridge. No
body has seen the rabbits, and the
reputation of the department for ac
curacy is suffering.
Among the Worcester guests of Clan
Forbes at it's ball, last night, were the
following members of Clan Scott: d.
H. Mcleod Chief, ]. D. Donald, r.
Burnett G. Cowan, John Dobie, w. B.
Smith, S. Mcleod, j. Cheyney, D. A.
Scott. G. A. Steele, William McLaren,
r. Brand, J. B. Kirk, T. Hunter, w.
Mccormack and Aleck Wood.
The first field day of the Clinton high
school was so gratifying in the inter
est it developed that the school feels
encouraged to make the occasion
thing to be looked forward to as a
yearly event. Not only were many of
the competitions reasonably close, but
it was seen that the school contains
material that may be developed to do
splendid work in athletics.
1t is plain that the registration for
the November elections is going to be
unusually small here. The board is
adding few names to the list and it
has nearly reached the end of it's sit
tings
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CARELEssNESs
Often Causes No End Of sunsrlng.

Often Causes No End OF Suffering.
Probably half the people who see this
article suffer from Piles. 1t is one of the
commonest diseases and one of the most
obstinate. People have it for years and
just because it is not Immediately fatal
they neglect it. Carlessness causes no end
of suffering. Carelessness about SO simple
thing as piles has often caused death.
Hemorrhages occur during surgical treat
ment, often causing death.
Piles are simple in the beginning and
easily cured. They can be cured even in
the worst stages, without pain or loss of
blood, quickly, surely and completely.
There is only one remedy that will do it,
Pyramid Pile Cure
1t allays the Inflammation Immediately,
heals the irritated surface and with con-
tinued treatment reduces the swelling and
puts the membranes into good, sound,
healthy condition. The cure is thorough
and permanent. Druggists sell the Pyra-
mid Pile Cure at 50 cents. Send for Free
book on cause and cure of Piles, by adj
dressing Pyramid Co., Marshall, Mich