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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-09-06
A nillsdale County Boy I'm Cuba.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. IL, 9S.
DEAR PA AND MA
l will try and answer your most well
come letter. / was glad to hear from
you and learn that you were well. We
are still in Cuba but expect to go back 10
the United States next week. Most of the
boys have gone now and we are ordered
to 60 and will be glad as IL Is very hot
here. We live on the island and it rains
every day; Is raining now. it Is not a
very good place to be In. We had a
pretty hard fight for a while. / suppose
you saw where our battery did lots of
work. July 1st we fought with one OF
the Spanish batteries. We had two men
killed and wounded. / did not get a
scratch, but was pretty well scared for a
few minutes when those big shells came
at us. One went under ground about
forty feet and then burst. We had q
fight July I'd. 1t was very hot but we
made our guns talk. We threw a big
shell in the Spanish battery and blew
them to pieces. We also fought the 10Th
and 18th of July, so we had all we wanted
for a while as we were tired out. | have
been in Santiago twice; 1t Is a poor look
ing place. They had 1t all fixed so az to
keep us from coming into tho city but
we went In. Yankees are hard people
to fool with you know. Sampson didn't
do a thing but blow that feet 10 pieces.
We were within three miles OF him all
the time. L will close for this time.
Good by. +. N. HOLDEN,
Battery A, Light Artillery,
Santiago de Cuba.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-09-06
G.. IA. Chapman,

at the Mammoth Shoe Store, the only
dale, undersell all competitors, quality
and prices considered. / am the
only House that sells the pure gum gold
seal rubber goods which, will wear as
long as any two pairs of common rubbers
IL Is the Shoe House to break the com.
blnation prices on the Lambertville Snag
proof Rubber Boots and Overs. Call and
convince yourselves, and save money.
Remember l do not sell shoddy goods
or worthless trash.
90 Howell ST., sign of goldboot
Hillsdale, Mich.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-09-06
wOODRRIDGF.

SEPT. 3.--Jonas Brown met with quite
a severe accident last Monday while
threshing on Lewis Easterday's farm
by falling off from the straw stack,
knocking out number of teeth aud cut
ting large cash under his chin.
Quite number of our people from
the west part OF the town went to the
Maccabee picnic at Clear Lake last
Tuesday.
School begins at Frontier next week,
Nearly everybody attended the en-
campment at Montgomery Thursday
and Friday.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-09-06

You will have more fun TO the square
inch at the Coldwater Free Street Fair,
Spsf. 9th. 7tb, Sth and 9th, than ever be-
fore In your life.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-09-06

elected, would take rank among the
eloquent speakers In Congress.
The convention then adjourned with
many expressions OF esteem for the can
didate, Judge q. N. Chester.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-09-06

Those up-to-date metal belts at AL
baugh & Sons are beauties
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-09-06

Everything first class at Lambert,
Wood IL Wells market near post office.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-09-06

Wood or good comb honey wanted on
subscription for the Standard.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-09-06

To stick things use MAJORS CEMENT
Pewarelll Take no substitute
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-09-06

Choicest meats, poultry and vegetables
at Lambert, Wood & Wells market near
post Office.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-09-06

Spring Is the life OF your watch and
you can get the best at Albaugh & Sons
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-13
PROSPERITY AND POLITICS.
De"o-Pop"Iisf Orators wiII Have
Hard Campaigning During This
Era OF Good Times

il y hard campaigning for the demo
populist orators this year. They are on
The stump to talk calamity among the
producing classes Of the state az time
when there Is abundant prosperity and
every prospect Of more Never before
vas ;here so great prosperity among
he producers Of Oregon The enor-
nous crops Of last year. with good
prices for al products. have put every
thing IN excellent condition among the
producers and merchants; and in alI
OF most lines Of industry wage-work-
ers End remnnerative employment.
Dents have been paid. and another rank
harvest, with good prices. looms Up.
me country D. full of money. and the
growing crops. which never looked bet
ter' viii bring a good deal more Ir
'hese circumstances there is hard cam
paigning for the demo-popuiist orators.
iheir old argument about silver is an
minated. II they venture 20 repeat g.
they are met with derision. The best
they can hope for now Is recurrence OF
hard times by the year 1900 But az
mat The prospect is smail.-Portland
oregonian
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PEOPLE WHO CAN'T SPELL
Job Printers and sign Painters k~v
Great Offenders Against the
proprfettc. OF English.

Spelling has been defined as an act
of memory, and many great authors
who could remember all the leading
events of the Peioponnesian war could
not be certain whether il Was ~princi.
pie" or principal" Outside of com.
positor or proof reader. who are sap.
posed to be infalliblc. the next best
spelier ought to be sign painter.
whose work is set in high places. AS
n matter OF fact. he isn't and neither is
a job printer. OF course. this excerpts
the high-class men. but the second ard
all the lower classes never consult die.
uonary and depend ON their memory
with disastrous results.
Their" and there" are transposed.
the plural and the possessi,c ease are
COMPOUNDED. and occasionally we Ace
the or n upside down. As 10 faults
Of phrnsing. they are exceedingly CONF
mon. Handsome Ladies Suits" and
superb BOYS Pants" doesn't mean that
at all, and who has not smiled at at
"One Dollar Womens Corsets" and
"Chcap Mems Vests"
Even the big tradesmen offend. I'm n
certain confectionery store. which shall
be nameless. as the noVclists SAY. there
Is a collection o. candy boxes. and the
sign reads: These boxes are eNnct
fncsimiles OF the eight.iuch proiectiles
used by our navy. and they are about
onc-thiri actual size"
Further along the same street H. n
window displaying womcn's under
wear. and the sign reads: Every.
thing Ia this window for es cents =
How surprised the proprietor would be
II some grammarian would proirer him
quarter of dollar for the lot
But what shall be said of the sign
that reads; National Shoe Repairing
Co. Look NJ Our Pricesl Only Is Min.
utcs OF Wait" To substitute "oi" for
ito" looks as If the painter stood on
his hend, but there IL is a serene tribut,
to the Ignorance of the painter aud pro.
prietor nlilSe.-Chicago Times-lIerald
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-13

now. Is ii because labor is cheap in
the United States? Mr. Archibald l..
Head, of London, recently reported to
the South Stafrordshire institute Of iron
and steel works managers that Labor
was, on the average, 80 per cent. dearer
than in England"
And yet, in the face Of cheaper ocean
freights and dearer labor, this protec-
tive country is taking free trade Eng
lands Canadian iron and steel market
sway from her so rapidly that II would
appear that another ten years would
totally wipe il out of existence. Ten
years ago England sold TO Canada more
than five times as much iron and steel
products as the United States did Last
year the United States not only sold TO
Canada as much as England did, but
almost twice az much.
And these are English figures. No
wonder English trade Journals are
sounding ''the tocsin OF alarm II Is,
however, too late. The die j. cast. and
the cnst is protected
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-13
A rARDY RECKONING.
The Frugal Housewife Falls We
tim 10 the wiie- OF the Crafty
street Vendor.

"Ste-raw.berries. nice ripe ste-raw.ber-
ries. shouted the stree. vendor as his
horse jogsed slowly through Bagley ave.
nue.
How much are they" asked the pretty
young housewife who had hailed the ped
dler by waving towel
leu cents a quart. nam. All Michigan
strawberries. and the dows on 'em yet.
man.
"But want hushel I'm going 20 have
sort Of a strawberry festival Just among
my relations. aud wouldnt run out Of
them for the world. How much for
buShcly"
Three and a half. mann"
Too much You'll have 20 do better than
that or Ill try some one else"
"Ill throw off quarter" he said. and
she nodded 80 that her voice might not
hetrey her eNultatlon. Then he Carried In
r. OF the little measures that have the waists
band about two inches from the bottom.
received his money aud did not lingcr
Three minutes later the little woman rushed
IN the street, her eyebrows knitted aud her
dimplcd hands clcnchcd. one over q lead
pencil and the other over a crumplcd piece
OF PAPER. but the peddlcr had vanished
Detroit Free Press.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
some Short Sentences which Contain
some Truth and More Than
Little Wit

It's easy for the man who has no credit to
keep out OF debt.
\ detective hammock has caused many
fond lovers TO fail out.
Some men manage 20 talk a great deal
and without saying anything
Every dog has his das --hut the cat has
monopoly on the nights
The turtle may be slow, but he usually
gets there IN time for the soup.
a woman seldom cares anything about the
answers 10 questions she asks.
The man who seeks damages in court is
sure To get what he's looking for
Nothing makes a woman 40 mad a. having
something TO say and no one 60 listen
An old maid says she never married be.
cause she couldn't find a man to sutton
Taking time by the forelock causes lota of
worry about things that never happen.
About two thirds of the credit man gets
Tor doing things rightly belongs To Others
When man proposes 20 a woman in fun
ana Is accepted for joke the foundation for
real trouble has been laid
The average mans head contains about
l2S,OOO hairs. woman often has more, but
many OF them are not Indigenous Chicago
Evening News.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-13
IMPORTANT TOBACCO DECISION
Domestic Growers VIII lie Bene Hfea
by the Increased u titles ON the
Imported Lenf.

Two gratifying results are promised
in the decision OF Judge I.acombe. ~ the
United States circuit court. sustaining
the general appraisers ruliug on the
classification of imported tobacco. A.
was recorded in these columns last
week. the general appraisers affirmed
the action Of the customs authorities at
the port OF New York in assessing wrap
per leaf tobacco whenever and 4vher-
ever found in appreciabie auan-
titles at sl.s5 per pound, rs provided by
the present tariff law The conten-
lion Of the tobacco importers is that
bale of -fller" tobacco containing less
than Is per cent Of leaf suitable FOR
wrappers shall al be assessed for duty
a. filler" at % cents per pound. The
government tobacco examiners know
full well that il this contention was al
lowed there would be very little leaf to-
bacco entered as wrapper" for the
importers could bring in all tina; they
require by packing IL with the filler
and paying IS cents pound duty in
stead Of Si.s5 pound.
lf Judge Lacombe's decision - final
~ sustained. the revenues Of tho gov
eminent from tobacco duties viii be
augmented 10 the extent Of about ST.
100000 annually. This is one ~ the
gratifying results.
Another good result will -. an in
creased stimulus ia the development OF
-he tobacco-growinR industry in Flor
ida. That infant industry g. already
in an extremely healthy condition. The
Florida growers are raising = grade Of
tobacco that furnishes wrapper leaves
almost equal 10 he Havana tobacco. al
though not az fine in texture az the gu-
maira But the fact that excellent to-
bacco--as suitable for The manufacture
Of cigars ~ Havana tobacco can be
rnised in Florida has been demon
sfrated. and this industry only needs
fair chance iu the home market 20 be-
come prosperous and beneficial 20 the
country ut large The Florida growers
certainly viii not have a fair chance m
the importers ~ Havana tobacco are
permitted To bring IN arst-class wrap
per leaf 90 75 cents per pound
There o. no reason 20 doubt that the
court Of last resort will affirm the cir
cult courts ruling. thereby fusffying
and strengthening the hands Of tie cus-
toms authorities 90 their efforts 10 en-.
force the tariff laws impartiaIly and
Tor The benefit Of The people Of the
whole country.
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A touching fcature Of the hopeful and
prayerful Cuban character IA described
by Grover Flint whore II came under
his notice II was little emblem. con.
sisiing OF scalioped strip of white
flannel. embroidered 10 six floss. with q
crimson heart. IA green cross aud a
scroll OF leaves. and the motto in Span
ish; Cheer up, the heart OF Jesus q.
with me- II is worn pinned 10 the
shirt. and is a taiismau 90 far a. Sanger
Is concerned, az well As pa .port
among the insurgents in Santa Clara
and Santiago. II Is made by the wives
and daughters 81 the Cubans. and Is
worn to-day wherever native IS strug-
Cling FOR liberty and independence
Philadelphia Press.
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~. shap m'al Slarfled.

filled with Joy at finding her mother. The
rest OF the happening l. best told ia the
mother own wofds. She said
ON the 18th Oi Sept 1896 while in the
bloom 81 hralth, Beatrice was suddenly anI
severely afflicted with spinal meningitis
Strong and vigorous before. IN five weeks
she became feeble and suffered from a para
lytic stroke which twisted her mead back 10
the side and made u impossible for her "a
move limb. Her speech. however, was not
affected. We called Ia our family doctor
one Of the most experienced and successful
practitioners in the city lie considered
the case a very grave one. Before long lit
tie beatrice was compelled TO wear y plaster
paris jacket; Prominent physicians were
consulted. electric batteries were applied
hat no benefit was noticed until We .iied
DR.. Williams PIN Pills for Pale PeOple
Bury iu my kitchen one afternoon I was
startled by the gry Of Mamma from little
Beatrice who wa creeping towards me
had placed her on an lmproyi-ed he'd ~ the
p8rior. She became tired Of waiting for me
so come back and made NJ her mind 30 20 10
me, ~ her story Ny Pink Pills made me
walk. which she tells everyone who cntncs 20
our house. was then for the first time veYi
hcd. She has walked ever since. She has
now taken about nine boxes of the pills and
her pale aud piuehcd face has been growing
rosy, md her limbs gained strength DAY hy
day. She sleeps al night long now. while be.
fore taking the pills she could rest hu' few
hours AZ a time" DR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People are sold By all druggists.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-13

Between 1850 and 1878 Il Is certain
that some millions Of blesbok. wilde
beest and sprinRbok must have been
destroyed 10 the Transyaai and Oraree
Free State. The slaughter was so
prodigious. and the variety on wild ami
mails 20 great. in These Wild regions Of
south Africa. that the result made n
sensible difference In the leather I'M.
dustry Of Europe The markets were
filled With skins which. when tanned
gave leather u a quality and excellence
never known before. but the origin 81
which, az the material was sfili sold
under old names. purchasers never sns.
pected. Hides Of the zebra and auagga
arrived in tens Of thousands; and good
as horsebide is for the uppers of first.
class boots. these were even better
Smart Engiisbmen FOR years wore
boots. the uppers o. which were made
Of zebra and qu4Rga skin. or from the
hides Of Glands onyx and Remsbok dis
guised under the names Of "caif' or
patent lcathers.-si London Spectator
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UP AND DOWN GRADE.
America IL Heating Free
Trade England I'm sales OF Iron
and steel 20 Canada.

Tue TWO contemporary commerc;a
histories presented in the diagram
printed herewith are as gratifying &c
protectiorists u they are disconeertio.
20 Tree traders. No branch of industrx
was more thoroughly protected in IN.
United States while il needed protection
tnan that embracing iron and steel man.
uiacture. Nor has it Yet passed wholly
out of that need. although in certain inn.
portant lines it now neither requires
nor receives more than a very small de.
gree of protection.
No branch of industry has NOR.
thoroughly justified the application OF
protection. as il shown by the two slant
lines of the diagram. portraying the
history of tae past ten years in the ex.
perience of tree trade England and pro.
'ective United States in capturing the
markets of a prominent English colony
The upper left hand circle is located
centrally little above the scale line
OF E60o.000. showing that In iSSs Enc.
land sold iron and steel articles of All
descriptions TO Canada TO the amount
OF sGO9.926. Eagland's 1897 circle (th,
lower right hand one) is located a little
above the scale line OF 100000. show.
ing a scale Of only e2i6. 79I--a loss of al.
most two-thirds OF the lss5 record.
This record does not cause manufae.
turers OF iron and steel in the United
States TO she'd any tears. for the other
slant line OF the diagram shows that
while England lost two-thirds OF her
trade. the United States more than
,rebled the value of her sales of iron
and steel manufactures TO Canada.
Why? Is il because England Is ham
pered ny ocean freights? The ocean
rolled between England and Canada
ten years ago. just as il does now. and
ocean freights were dea-er then than
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-13

here is much unnecessary anxiety
displayed in the editorial columns Of
me free trade newspapers about the
operation Of The Dinqley tariff in the
philippine islands and other conquered
territory. 10 will be time enough 20
cross that bridge when we come 20 it.
De brains and patriotism OF the party
OF protection have never yet failed 10
ofing things out all right. and there s.
no reason to suppose they Will fail iu
me present contingency.
Meanwhile our friends OF the Golden
ne press should lose no Time ln quail
iying themselves for membership in n
Don Worry club They might be-
gin by ierylne The details Of tariff I'D.
mihisifatlon 90 She very competent Of.
hci1ls chosen BY the people 81 the
unlied States to discharge that fnrc.
lion.
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A TRAVELLERS TESTIMONY.
What He Carried on the Cars.
To Take when Travelling.

Evcry traveller knows that continuous
ioutncytng on tho railroad ~ very apt 10
dctanEe the system an some way. In spite
Of springs aud soft seats there T. a Cuntin.
uous jar aud vibration, which acts upon
the nervous system. aud produces results
varying somewhat. according 10 the
strength Of the traveller OF his pfrdtsposi
ton TO some specific atlmcnt. The MOST
common consequence OF continuous gar
riding - con.tipntion. And this condition
invariably produces headache. aud tends
70 ontousncsS. J. ]. Converse, -. Louis,
Mo-. found a way 10 avoid the evil effects
OF constipation. TO which he was subject
when travelling. lie cRfficd with him
the pill that Will" cure constipation aud
all - scquent sufctings. rhia h what
he SAYS
travelling on the cars teuds 20 conssi.
patton with me. but by using Ut J. &.
Ayers pills moderately. my bowels ate
Kept IN healthy action. They also prevent
hcadachc."--J ]. CoSvFRst, ~. Louis, Mo.
~. Ayers Pills are good for consti patton
under all circumstances aud conditions
They have cured long standing caves after
every other medicine had failed. Rev
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-13

frnncis n. iTnriowe. of Atlanta. Ca. fur.
h'fhe> case 1n point lie writes;
> fct some years past. waa subject 10
eon,',pAtion, itom which I suffered In
cffahtnk Inconvenience. ia spite 81 the
nse 81 medicines Of various kinds. until
.oms myn'h. aHo. When I began tnksng
~. J. Z. Ayers ftiis. they have eotlfrf~
Sottee,Sd the eostvc habit aud vastly
improved my gvnetai health, - tKrv1
fRANSir D. liAHiowf. ATLANTA. Ca.
Constipation y, psthaps the most serl-
cus physical evil - to-day. a A. ike the
Octopus, that gtapplcs it. victim aud
fhstens IL tcntnslcs On trunk aud limbs
one after another, until NJ last. incapable
Of longer resistance, the helpless hrinn
succumhs 20 his ttishtiui Zoe coustipa.
ton " the hcRinntuR Of many % the most
inutdcrous maiadiea, the stogptd svst4nt
hccnni,ug changed with poisona that affect
the liver aud kihncvs. aud ptDstfafe
the entire being mentally. morally. aud
physically pr. Ayers rnia viii cutr
constipation ~ you doubt " send Tor pf.
ANcts Sufebook. tree, containing the
testimony ~ those cured Nv this rrlnesiy
Address j. 4. Aver Co, Lowell. Masa.
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a pleasing effect was achieved i'm the
decoration OF music room recently. on
Che occasion Of wedding. by Che use N
an India shawl IL Uas large and fine
ene' with q pink center. This was
spread over the grand piano. and on the
pink center stood pink jardincre filed
with apple blossoms. At the side 81
The piano. in taH Chinese Jar on paie
pink and green. were masrcd more
blooms Of dogwood and apple bios
SONS minRied.-Ph Philadelphia Press.
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suicidc without rain.

Yes" admitted the man who had his
feet ON the table. 1t Is true that did
once attempt suicide.
81 was disconsIate. out of work. out OF
health. and broodcd over my unhappy
lot until -
Never mind what drove you TO Mt
tempt the deed. All that interests us i-
how you made such failure
81 can hardly account for II myself
even now. fired a pistol strnight nj
my heart
BLANK cartridgcg-
TOY pistoi?-
Had chain armor ony'
Bullet hit a rib and glanced ofT2-'
NO" snid the man. looking scorn.
fully at the scoffers around him. "The
bullet hit The looling-glnss IN front Of
which / WAS standing and broke II into
a thousand pieces. Strand Magazine.
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with "A Trowci.

Those people who arc anxious TO dive into
the mysteries of ftecmasonry are recon-
moulded 10 become initiated into the fanoua
order. and not 20 DO as a callaw youth ~ said
10 have done recently. Anxious Ga Learn
what are the responsibilities aud dutics az.
taching 90 membership. he purchased a hooi,
entitled Masonry Dams" He H. still ,u the
dark about the nature of a frccu,aso {. oath
but he ought 90 know good deal about Oh.
sttuctiug the flow OF water Moonshinc.
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Doctor You are an run down You must
travel for few months. that's the only
thing that viii save YOU. Non need change
oi scene and air
Patient But traveling's all Eve done Tor
the last ten years I'm salesman for "a hr
To the Pacific nj jump
-, Then what YOU need b rest and quiet
Three dollars, please. '-Chicago hNening
News.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-13

They say links has Eve bicycle
II shouldn't wonder. He's been do
ing pneumatic business for a long
time"
a pneumatic business"
"Nes; he's been running II entirely on
wind Chicago Post
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Hefuted

Professor Light and heat are mani
festations 81 the same energy. Where
there is light there Is heat, where there
is no light there Is no
Old Lady Stop. siopl How f. +; we
get such terrible hot nights7-- Neon
shine.
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4 Doubtful Proof.

Ar. Murphy What makes yex be
aftber ihinsin' Pat liooligan's WILDLY
loved him?
Mr.. Flaheriy Sure. an she's had The
bullet that murdered him set in her
observation-disclosures Weekly.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-13

a device designed % prevent person.
or things from being da6bed bf avna.
per consists Of light frame for fhc
sheet with curved. tufn-doun wire
handles crossing tho sheet. which NAV
be suspended Hdcsired.