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How A WOUND HEALS.
When the Blood is Pure a Wound Heals Quickly.
The Fact Demonstrated in the Case of
Baptist Clergyman of Ashley. Ohio.
From The Times, ashley, Ohio.

thought of Dr. Williams Pink Pills 70,
Pale People and concluded to try them. In
the morning / went to the drug store and
purchased box of the pills and commenced
using them according to directions.
1T was the wisest thing | ever did. On
the third night after commencing their use
went to bed and slept all night without
particle of pain. 1 continued taking the
pills until used hve boxes and have not felt
any symptoms of my old trouble since that
time, now two years ago.
Just after / stopped the use of the pills
met with an accident. In chopping wood
cut my foot very badly, the axe going clear
through the instep of my foot. 1t was
thought the wound would be very hard to
heal for a man Of my age, but to the surprise
of everybody it healed quickly without any
difficulty. / attribute this also to the good
condition of my blood through the use Of
the pills"
In rheumatism the blood has an acid i'm
purity which irritates the sensitive tissues
that unite the joints and cover the muscles,
thus causing those indescribable tortures which
always dangerous it is liable 10 attack the
heart.
Years ago those afflicted. were bled; as II
taking away some Of the impure blood could
remedy the balance. This folly has been
abandoned, and to-day physicians prescribe
and druggists recommend the use of DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, as
these marvellous vegetable pills 90 directly to
the seat of the trouble exerting q powerful
influence in purifying and enriching the blood
by eliminating poisonous elements and renew
ing health giving forces thus making potent
remedy for curing this disease
The record-union., 1898-07-23
FIELD TOUCHED THE HEART.
HOW THE AUTHOR OF LITTLE
BOY BLUE" WROTE.
Charles HadIey Tells the Record
Union" About Chicago's Great
est Poet and Journalist.

There was a man in Sacramento a
few days ago who knew Eugene Field
we'll, not only before the great journal
ist, story writer and poet was known
to the world, but during the years of
his great fame
The old friend of Eugene Field gave
the Record Union some very inter
esting information concerning the illus
trious Western writer whose verses
have been translated into the language
of every land where literature is be-
loved, and his "reminiscences shed light
on one or two things that were not
generally known. The man referred
to is Charles Hadley, formerly a we'll
known Philadelphia newspaperman-
Speaking of Field, Mr.. Hadley said:
"'Gene, as we all called him at Kansas
City, Denver, st. Louis, Chicago, and
in all cities that ever claimed him
even for a little while, was as timid
as a little child about many things
connected with his work. During all
the years when he kept up the remark
able Flats and Sharps column OF the
Chicago News he was preparing the
volumes, ten in number, on which his
fame now rests. 1t was not generally
known that he cherished an ambition
to do great things, for there was some
thing about the mans work that
seemed transitory, and his manner gave
one the impression that he did not
think his work would live. / am able
to say that he felt his way carefully;
that he consulted others who had
achieved fame, and followed their ad-
vice in many details. One of Fields S
greatest friends was Julian Haw-
thorne, to whom he sent some of his
early manuscripts for critical revision" !"
Mr.. Hadley exhibited letter that
Field received from Hawthorne in 1885,
a letter that has never before been
printed, and it shows the estimate that
Hawthorne placed upon Field, and the
estimate that Field had of Hawthorne's
ability as a critic. Mr.. Hadley says
that Field was encouraged as much
by the faith of Hawthorne as by any
thing in the whole range Of his expert
ences. Since the letter played so i'm
portant a part in the career Of the
author of Little Boy Blue" it is for
the first time printed, and is as fol-
lows:
Sag Harbor, l.. l.. Sept. IA, 1885.
Dear Mr.. Field: I have to thank you
for a great pleasure l have read all OF
your stories, and they have done me good.
You have a very rare faculty. l know
of no contemporary writer who possesses
1t in greater measure. The delicacy, the
playfulness, and the pathos OF the little
tales render them valuable to literature
and invaluable certainly, to children. OF
course, l like some of them better than
others, but there are none of them that
/ do not like nor can / decide which of
all like best OF "The Four Snowfiakes,"
/ like the first and the last best. THE
Cross-Bow Cum did not appeal to me
SO much. The 'Springtime" is very
graceful, but takes hold of the heart less
than some Of the others. The 'aamp-
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GARCIA'S LETTER.

The letter of Garcia to Shafter Is
adroit in several respects. The General
declares he was not invited to attend
the ceremonies of the surrender; that
as an ally he was entitled to be invit-
ed; he says he was not consulted as TO
the terms Of the surrender-he was not
entitled to that consideration, since the
United States alone was responsible and
alone had the physical force to guaran-
tee the integrity of the terms.
But there is some strength in the
claim that it would have been courteous
to have invited him to be present at
the council, inasmuch as his advice was
sought and his counsel accepted in the
war councils prior to the surrender. He
declares that he accepted position
subordinate to the American arms and
faithfully carried out all his obligations
as an ally. That his army is ragged
and half starved, he comedies, but he
says. so was the American army in the
bitter days Of the revolution for Ameri-
can independence.
ne says lS has SGAL HIS ASS lASL1AcAA
to Gomez as commander in Santiago,
and that he asks to be transferred. that
he may no longer be called upon to CO.
operate with the American forces. He
enters strong objection to the reten-
ton in power OF local civil officers in
Santiago, on the ground that they were
not elected by the people. but are ap-
pointees OF the Queen of Spain, and
are enemies Of Cuba and of the United
States, and he winds up by complaining
bitterly that IN establishing civil gov
ernment in Santiago he was not con-
suited, nor yet the Cuban people, as
was their right, since they are to live
under the government by officials who
are their avowed enemies.
None Of the claims of Garcia have
perfect grounding. They are all open
TO sufficient reply. His letter evinces
chagrin that BODIES no good for the re-
lationship we are to have with the in
surgents in arms. 1t might have been
more discreet to have so treated Garcia
in all this matter as to have retained
his good will and allyship. gratified his
vanity rather than excite his animosity
and the withdrawal of his aid, which
however ill-equipped his army, IS of
some value, and was solicited and ac-
cepted in the investment of Santiago,
Garcia being given the task of prevent
ing reinforcements for Toral coming in
from the north and which the presence
Of his troops accomplished.
But Garcia appears to forget, when
he declares ii shame TO suspect that
If his troops were allowed to enter
Santiago they would be guilty Of acts
of savagery, that his men did loot FL
Caney shamefully the instant they en-
tered that city. 1t was that one in
stance Of savagery, possibly, that
changed the program which would have
given them the policing of Santiago.
Garcia forgets that his men did fire
upon the struggling, drowning Span
were driven ashore, and that they re-
fused to desist until the Iowa's guns
were turned upon them. He forgets or
ignores the fact that his men refused
to do soldiers work, duty. and thus
antagonized our men. He forgets that
his men made exhibitions of themselves
on several occasions, which destroyed
confidence in them and supplanted it
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with a feeling of distrust that was well

with a feeling of distrust that was well
grounded.
We believe the original program was
to impose upon the Cubans the polio
ing and government Of Santiago that
the American troops might be taken
that the Cubans might have a capital
where they could set up their civil gov
ernment and demonstrate their claim
of right to recognition. But all that
was changed, because the men under
Garcia so early made it clear that they
cannot be trusted with any such func-
tions, and that their rule would have
meant the addition of new horrors in
the Cuban situation.
1t is infinitely better for the Cubans
that the men of Garcia's army We're
not given opportunity to jeopardize
their claims to independence and repose
of trust. Garcia, Gomez and the lead
ers have high purpose and are intelli-
gent and patriotic, but their men have
been SO long under the influence of
Spanish example, have seen SO much of
inhumanity, cruelty and injustice, have
themselves suffered so much that their
moral sense, we fear, is dulled, and they
are not in the condition that should
characterize men who are to assume
civil and military control over a large
population, in part composed of the
enemy.
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OF NATIONAL HONOR.

Just wherein the national honor
Of Spain resides, it is difficult to deter
mine. The honor Of the average man
is in his fair dealing, the payment Of
his debts, the discharge of his duty in
the condition in life to which he is
called, and in maintaining self-respect.
But the Spanish estimate as to ma
tional honor does not appear to fall
within that definition Blanco says
national honor is imperilled when the
nation is defeated in battle. But that
is a mistake, because history proves
to the contrary. More than one nation
has been soundly thrashed and made
all the better for it, it's honor gaining
new brilliancy from the process
Cervera says national honor was dis
counted when his fleet was destroyed,
and Montejo agrees with him. Toral
declares that national honor consists
in having the Spanish prisoners bring
home with them the arms with which
they were not successful in battle. The
Spanish Cabinet insists that national
honor consists in the retention of Cuba
and all other Of Spain's colonial pos
sessions.
The Queen Regent Of Spain describes
national honor as the preservation for
her son Of the colonial properties the
late King left in her charge for his
heir. The Weylerites insist that ma
tional honor is safe only in victories
and that it is lost when the army is
compelled to lay down its arms under
any possible terms of surrender.
1t seems to have occurred to none
OF these, nor to any Spaniard, that
national honor may be conserved and
gain new laurels by bringing to a close
a war the prolongation of which is de-
pendent wholly upon the action of
Spain. That national honor which was
cast down and tarnished by malad-
ministration, cruelty and inhumanity
in the colonies can be rehabilitated by
acceding to the demands of mercy,
justice and humanity.
The record-union., 1898-07-23

The attitude of such of the corpora
tions of the country as are resisting the
war revenue tax by compelling their
customers to pay 1t is foolish posing.
They are simply intensifying sentiment
against them uselessly, and which will
possibly find expression some day in
a way altogether unpleasant. At a
time when every poor man, and every
merchant and every wage Garner, the
farmer, the publisher, the laborer and
the artisan are paying their war taxes,
the effort Of corporations to escape
theirs is the hight of folly
The record-union., 1898-07-23

sumption was considered absolutely incur
able. 1t is now known to be durable.
During the past thirty years it has been
demonstrated that DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will cure % per cent.
of all cases of consumption, if taken in the
earlier stages of the disease before the lungs
are too much wasted, also bror chitis,
asthma, laryngitis and all diseases of all
the air-passages. 1t acts directly on the
lungs, driving out all impurities and dis
ease germs. 1t soothes the cough facili-
tates expectoration, thus thoroughly clear
ing the lungs. 1t purifes and enriches the
blood and tears down, carries off and ex-
cretes old, inert. halfdead tissues, replac-
ing them with the new, firm, muscular
tissues of health. 1t is the great appetite
sharpener, blood maker, flesh builder,
nerve tonic and restorative Thousands
who had been given up to die have been
restored to complete, robust health by this
marvellous medicine. Do not buy from un-
scrupulous dealers who try to force upon
you something beside what you ask for.
There is nothing to take the place of it, or,
which Is Just good" as Golden Medi-
cal Discovery"
81 had the grip, which left me feeling miser-
abIe-no strength and cough" writes Mrs. c.
Maynard, of East Lyme, New London Co., Conn
AS some of my family died with consumption,
I was frightened began taking DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. After taking the
second bottle felt much better, and am now
well"
DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation.
The record-union., 1898-07-23

We have never had a President who
kept in closer touch with every detail
Of affairs in war than has President
Mckinley. His strong personality has
been felt in every step taken. Even
in the action of Admiral Dewey, ap-
parently SO independent, it was the
Presidents personal order as Com
mander-in-Chi that put the Dewey
force in motion. That order was Cap
ture and destroy the Spanish fleet in
Pacific waters"
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| desperat'

A desperate
looking man, with
two drawn revolv-
ers, is not a pleas
ant p ers N t o
meet at a lonely
cross-road. Most
men will go a
long way out of
their road to avoid
such an encount-
er. T h G $ a N c
men will re ck-
lessly n G G ] e c t
their health and
court death in the
guise of consunp-
tion or some other
equally fatal dis
| ease. One sixth
of all the deaths
each year are due
to this most fatal
of nlaladies.
Until very re-
The record-union., 1898-07-23

A contemporary remarking upon the
fact that our great commanders come
from very humble and unpretentious
families, says valor knows no station.
True in America But the valiant in
European armies who are not born to
gaining recognition.
The record-union., 1898-07-23
Weather Forecast.

Northern California-tal air, WaFiner1sode-
urday; brisk north wind; mouerale
nprther
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MISTAKEN ZEAL.

San Jose Mercury: The ladies who
are so enthusiastically advocating the
project of building a hospital ship for
the Government display great patriot
ism, but theirs is mistaken zeal. The
Government has ample money with
which to purchase twenty ships for the
purpose, if it needs them. The ladies
are doing splendid work in the Red
Cross service, and those tender minis
trations are appreciated both by the
army and the Government
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o. dear Saint, as on you 60
Through the glad and sparkling frost,
Bid those bells ring high and low
For a little child that's lost!
o. dear Saint, that blessest men
With the grace of Christmas joy,
Soothe this heart with love again
Give me back my little boy!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22

factories and shops and stores where
production and trade know no cessa-
tion-are by no means reconciled to
the prospect of weary months of camp
duty, to be followed, perhaps, by a
further term of idleness in the garri-
son towns OF distant tropical islands.
Once on board the transport ships,
the volunteer soldier must abandon
all thoughts of home coming until he
shall have served his full term of en-
listment. 1t is scarcely surprising,
accordingly, that so many of the vol
unteer regiments in camps, should be
unduly depleted by reason of absences
without leave-desertions, in the
blunt phrase of the army regulations
The volunteer rank and file are ex-
ceedingly anxious to get to their
homes. The war is over. they have
been told, and scarcely mothers
son of them can see any necessity for
maintaining in camp a volunteer
army which is predestined to do no
fighting. Hence the apparent laxity
of discipline disclosed in the recurring
reports of assertions from the volun-
teers' camps. The nearer home the
men are the greater, naturally
enough, is the proportion of those
who absent themselves without leave.
This sort of thing, of course, can
not be permitted long to continue,
unless it is to be admitted in Federal
military circles that corps of citizen
soldiery is not to be relied on for duty
except when the battle is on and the
American spirit is reused to chival-
rOus enthusiasm. The volunteers
who must remain in service ought to
be speedily convinced that the Gov
eminent needs soldiers now no less
than when actively threatened by q
hostile nation. Garrison duty is not
inspiring nor conducive to rapid pro-
motion, and to keep the peace among
the turbulent inhabitants of far-off
tropical islands is a task which has
none of the glamour or romance of
war in it;..but these duties must be
performed, none the less, and that by
volunteer soldiers. The Government
has every right to demand that such
service shall be faithfully undertaken
and Loyalty accomplished, at what
ever cost Of discomfort, loss or de-
privation to those designated for its
performance. The only alternative
in the event of failure would be vast
standing army, which would be a
monstrous creation in a country of
free institutions.-Phi Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22

Heller's Concert Band goes to Loeb
Lynn to-day to furnish music for the
big tournament. Our boys will rem
der some good selections.
Mrs. VIM. Lambie, of Davis, and
Miss AnnieSpedden, ofCulpepper, Va,
were here Thursday and Friday last,
guests of their sister, Mrs. Bolden, on
Main-st
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hartman
came here Thursday afternoon last,
and that night took train No. for
Boston, where they will reside in the
future.
Josiah Summers, the veteran snake
hunter of the Alleghenies, came to
town Sunday to get medical aid for
his sister, who is suffering with bad
ly poisoned foot, contracted while
gathering berries. Josiah himself has
been quite i'll and is but shadow of
his former self.
Ed. II. Bartlett, of Oakland, was
here Monday with view to locating.
Ed. has been conducting drug store
at Mt. flake during the past season,
having graduated some years ago
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
Rocky Flats.

There will be hot time at Aunt
Sally Ganderby's next Monday night.
An apple cuttin's on hand and"thar's
two likely gals from Keyser to be
thar
Bill Buster has opened blacksmith
shop at this place, and as a side line
Pulls teeth without panen-so says
his sign. Evidently Bill makes light
of the tooth carpenter trade.
The picnic at Gum Tree Hill was a
bowling success. Pod Drinkers sold
three gallons of ice cream and a half
a jar of Ralph's snuff. Lame Sister
Skinner said every gal in the settle
ment was in her elephant the hull
day.
Married, at Rocky Flats church last
Thursday, Miss Bagonia Graves to
Mr.. Sinker Graves, by the Rev. Cab
rial Trump. Pod Drinkers, the sang
digger poet, meets the occasion in his
usual free and easy style:
Twill be no very great surprise
Ii from these Graves the living rise;
And stranger still than all before
From these two Graves may rise q score
Old Pilson McPheeters is looking
for a second wife, He has his eye on
the new school marin and says shes
purifier than a piney red hollerhock
and smarter than all the presidents
from Adam to Gineral Jackson"
Some folks from Wheeling were
out to see Rocky Flats last Sunday
One of them said; 81 see the rocks
but where are the iats?'' Old Joe
Blinkers, who was showing the crowd
around, said: "Oh, the flats air the
folks at comes to see the rocks.
Score a run for joe 49,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
APPOINTMENT
Or
Judges and Clerks
OF ELECTION.
OFFICE OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTION, :
FOR GARRETT COUNTY.

UAXLA&D, MD, September % 1898,
At a meeting of the Board OF Supervisors
of Elections held in their office in Oakland
the following Judges and Clerks of Election
were a ppointed to serve for a term Of one
year from July LIST, 1898:
Election District No. Judges OF Elec-
tion-Thomas Il. McRoDie, republican, Swan
ton; John {. BecEman, democrat Altamont.
Clerks of Election-James II. Comp, republi-
can, SwantOn; Charles NJ. Miller, democrat.
Swanton.
Election District No. 2.-Judges Of Election
D. S. Custer republican, Friendsville; II. NJ.
Rumbaugh, democrat, Friendsville. Clerks
OF ElectIon-Henry X. Friend, republican,
FriendSville; Edward Schlossnagled emocrat,
FriendSville.
Election District No. 3.-Judges of Election
Elisha -. burst, republican, New Germany;
David ID. BrOadwater, democrat New Ger
many. Clerks OF Election-N s. Yoder,
republican, Grantsville; Charles A. Bong,
democrat, GrantSVllle.
Election District No 4.--Judges of Election
f. II. Tibbetts, republican, Bloomington;
John {. Bfydon, democrat, bloomington.
Clerks of Election-Gra Harshbarger, re
publican, Bloomington; William j. Bernard.
democrat, Bloomington.
Election District No. 5-Judges of Election
james w. Skies, republican, Accident;Henry
+. Lininger, democrat, Cove. Clerks of Elec-
tion-ChaTles G. Speicher, republican, Acct
dent; Lyman FrGzee, democrat, Cove
Election District No. 6,--Judges Of Election
Edward N. Casteel, republican, Sang Run;
Daniel Thayer democrat, sang Run. Clerks
of Election-John Cross, republican, Oak
land; John \. Delawder, democrat, McHenry.
Election District No. Judges of Election
d. j. Slabach, republican, Oakland; Henry
BeckInan, democrat, Mountain Lake Park.
Clerks of Election-BOwie Johnson, republ-
can, Oakland; Eugene Hart, democrat, Oak
land.
Election District No. S.--Judges of Election
Peter f. Nine, republican, Sunnyside; l. $.
Thompson, democrat, Gormania. Clerks Of
Election - Marshal n Wilson, republican,
Wilson, w. Va. William \. Harvey, demo
crat, Sunnyside.
Election District No. 9.-Judges Of Election
John Finzell, republican, Finzell; Charles >.
Michael, democrat, FrOstburg. Clerks of
| Election Richard A. BURST republican, Pc
cahontas; Samuel S. Meese, Democrat Elk
Lick, Pa.
Election District No. 10.-Judges OF Elec
ton - Charles l.. Moon, republican, Deer
Park; John Ours, democrat, Mountain
Lake Park. Clerks OF Election-A. l.. Lee,
republican, Altamont Milton o. Wilson