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Middletown transcript., 1898-10-08
Redskin Walters.

"Apropos of Indians as walters"
said the social travelling man ST dare
say the students from Indian colleges
will do first rate, but I have in mind
time when it was tried in Nebraska,
in small town on the Missouri bot
toms, and in way that was not al
together satisfactory to the guests who
were waited on"
"Were you one of them?" asked the
representative of piano house.
"No, but I was at the little river
tavern where it was tried. The girl
walters ha! all left for new big hotel
that was to be opened in the next town
and the landlord had to do the waiting
himself, and then he thought Of the
Indians at the reservation, and went
and hired four of them. They didn't
get around until breakfast was over
the next day-an Indian dosen't have
any idea of time-and there was only
one man who hadn't eaten. He was a
drummer for a New York clothing
house and the biggest growler in six
teen counties.
"You take this order, Jim, said the
landlord to the man he had been drill
ing. Put this bill of fair under hisnose,
give him glass Of ice water, and may
the Lord have mercy on your SOUL
"Indians are not as slow as they
seem, and this was one of the wicked
est bucks on the reservation. He
managed to get the order all right and
carried it in and served it, and then,
with towel on arm. he stood at the
back of the guests chair, as he bad
been instructed to do. But-the drum
mer was ugly and swore big round of
oaths that he would not have an Indian
In his.
Sat that the grim statue at
his back whipped out a savage dirk
from his store accoutrements, and
holding it over the grumbling guest, he
said, with consistent Indian breyity.
accentuated by a Choctaw swear word:
s'You eat,
"And he did eat, flesh and fowl, not
not daring to move a muscle, while the
arm Of fate held the muderous knife
with in an inch of his visage. And it
was not until he had eaten everything
in sight that his dilemma was discover
ed, and he was rescued in state verg-
on collapse.
"That particular guest was never
again heard to complain, but the trial
Of Indians as walters ended then and
there, their methods being quite too
original or aboriginal, for practical ap-
plication."
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Middletown transcript., 1898-10-08
What ScrnRnla Ia.

Scrofula is disease as old as antiquity.
1t has been handed down for generations
and is the same to-day as in early times.
1t is emphatically disease of the blood,
and the only way to cure it is by purifying
the blood This is just what Hoods Sar-
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Middletown transcript., 1898-10-08

stop gap. Agreeable chap Tom, but
| that was always his way-must be Hrs'
or nowhere. think will telegraph
my cousin Herbert in Philadelphia.
never fancied him much but | must
| have someone, I suppose.
| At this juncture Richard who had
been looking at Dorothy's picture
spoke rather hesitatingly;
.Well, old fellow, since you are in
such tight place, I'll help you out.
will act as best man."
Will stared with amazement at this
unexpected offer, but slapped Richard
heartily on the back.
twill you really, though? You're
an old brick!o
7 wonder wig Wig saea always nse the
word s'old" as a term of endearment
with each other? ! suppose it is sub
stitute for s'dearn and darling" and
all the tender terms of a woman's vO-
cabulary.
Richard seemed embarrassed at Willis
gratitude, and added somewhat apollo
geticalIy:
"If can accommodate friend, /
want to. That's about the only thing
in the way OF pleasure can ever hope
to have"
Dorothy arrived day or two before
the wedding. We found her even
more charming than her picture, and
we were all delighted with her.
was almost to busy to breath these
last few days, but everything is over at
last. The rehearsal passed off satisfac-
torily, and SO my friends assured me.
did the wedding. am not authority
on the subject, but at any rate every
thing went off according to programe.
Then Will and I started away for six
weeks trip.
After travelling about for fortnight
we settled down, in spot which was
most restful and delightful. There
was nothing in the way of excitement,
but we thoroughly enjoyed the primi-
tive and idyllic life Of the little town.
Toward the close Of our month there,
however, we were glad to receive let
ters from our home friends. We had
not encouraged them to write US earlier
in our stay, and we had heard almost
nothing from home.
We we're not getting dull, Of course,
but when I said one day that / should
like long, newsy letter from one Of the
girls, Will echoed my wish heartily.
That afternoon came letter, not from
one of the girls and not long, but de-
cidedly "newsy," so much SO that it
fairly took away MY breath. It ran as
| folio VS.:
Dear Willie-Congratulate me! I am
the happiest man alive. Your sister Doro-
thy, the dearest girl in the world, has prom
ised to marry me.
No time to write more now. Your friend
| and brother to be, Richard Deering.
P.S.-Perhaps it would be as well not to
| mention that little affair of last winter to
Dorothy. She might not understand it.
In fact, don't understand it myself now.
| r.
4
1t was long before Will spoke.
When he did, it was to say:
"And he calls it that little affair,
after all the sleep lost for the rascal.
"That little affair." indeed. IA. j.
johnson in Wayerly Magazine.
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An Enterprising Druggist.

There are few more men more wide awak g
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who spare no pains to secure the best OF
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ness and all affections of the Throat. Chest
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price refunded.
Middletown transcript., 1898-10-08
CHOOSE A HUSBAND.

/ "You want me to tell you how to
choose husbands2" queried the pro
fessor peering over bis glasses at th
bevy Of girls surrounding him.
SIT will be great waste Of effort OF
my part. assure you. My words will
be forgotten when you meet a yon nj
man who strikes your fancy"
"You insistP Well, in the first place
do not choose for a husband a man
whom men dislike and distrust.
ST have known some very good girls
who esponsed the cause Of men disliked
by men believing that this feeling wa I
inspired by envy and jealousy.
Marriage opened their eyes. They
learned that men have much better
facilities for judging each others
character than women can possibly
have, their opinions, therefore, having
weight.
"a man is himself when with men.
Very often he is somebody else when
with the girl he wants to marry. Es-
pecially is this true if he be rascal,
aware Of the fact himself and anxions
that the girl think him an angel.
"If you are fond OF society and gay
life, do not marry man who prefers
his library to the world, imagining that
love will make him like everything of
which you are fond. It will not. This
fallacy is responsible for many unhappy
homes.
'She marries belle wing she will have
some one to escort her hither and
thither.
"He marries, conjuring upa picture
of dainty figure sitting by the shaded
lamp and hearing in imagination soft
voice driving away business cares by
reading to him from his favorite poets.
One of these two must be disap-
pointed, perhaps both.
Glove, if it be of the right sort,puri-
fies and ennobles the character, bringing
out all that is best in man or woman.
"But mark this. It does not change
the tastes and habits materially. The
man of the world may play for q time
at being a student to please a woman
or vice versa. But he will not keep up
the pretense very long even for loves
sweet sake. If he does, it will grow
irksome and destroy some of the
brightness of his life. What is
true of man is true Of woman.
So you must choose a husband who is
thoroughly congenial If you would be
happy.
"If like Polonious, when with Ham.
let he agrees with every thing you say
you may we'll become suspicious. A
man who seems too tractable is worth
watching. Ina case like that, indeed,
in all cases, inform yourself as to his
home life; how he treats his sisters, his
mother, and also how he treats his
horses. A man who abuses a horse
will be certain to make an abominable
husband. The cruelty in him will GER
tainly crop out in his treatment OF his
wife, even though he may think he
loves her.
'There, my dears, think that is
enough for one day." concluded the
gray-haired professor.
mo, I am not married man. l
simply give you the result Of my OBJ
servations."
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and expects that we will have to main
tain about the same sort of government
over them as will be maintained In
Cuba, until Congress decides what
shall be done with them. He says he
bases his opinion upon the idea that he
finds prevalent everywhere that we
cannot allow Spanish rule to continue
on any of the islands, whether we dsire
to keep them ourselves or not.
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PITY ,rwere Not TWO.

F1Cy >IW0T0 N OF 1WOs
It was their first baby. The young
mother was in a perfect rayture. It was
without doubt an ugly baby, but she
did not know 1t. Happy young motherl
All of them aIe like her. But the
father had dark misgivings. His salary
was only $40 per week, and babies are
expensive luxuries. Her father was
rich, but be had frowned upon their
union, and had heterodox and heretical
notions as to supporting a son-in-law
besides, Cruel old man One day, when
the baby was about month old, the
father came home from his Office and
found his wife radiant. She was even
happy when the baby was out of her
sight.
"What is it, Jennie 2'' asked her
husband, gloomily, for he was yet un-
certain as to the blessings conferred by
the baby.
He was also sleepy.
"Oh. Charlie !" she chirruped, 81
heard from papa to-day"
Charlie looked gloomier than ever.
"Don't say anything, DEAR" she
pleaded, for she knew her husbands
opinion Of her father. HE has heard
of our baby, and though he has not yet
determined to forgive us, be has sent a
check for $500 for dear baby's sake 20
At first the young husbands face
showed glean of pleasure, then he
shadowed again.
AREN'T you glad, Charlie ?" she
asked with a quivering lip.
Then he smiled joyfully.
"Yes, darling," he whispered. shut
we should have had twins ~
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Washington
Letter

ESIDENT Nc
Kinley has been
given much sat-
isfactory infor-
nation on the
outlook for Re-
publican success
in the Congress
ional clmpaign,
b y his callers
Middletown transcript., 1898-10-08

The best medicine you can take is
that which builds a solid foundation
for health In pure, rich blood Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
Middletown transcript., 1898-10-08

during the last two or three days.
Among those who gave this informa-
tion were Senators Hanna, of Ohio;
Mason Mason, of of HIS, His AID PEitehaEa ef n
c.; Ex-Governor Merriam, of MINI. !;
Representatives Cannon, of ILL.,, and
Hepburn, of Iowa, and Mr.. A. E. Hol-
ton, Chairman of the Republican State
Committee, of N. q. The last-named
told the President that the Republicans
would gain too Congressman in N. G..
The general tenor of all the informa-
tion given the President is that the Re-
pu5Iicans have nothing to fear except
the existing over confidence, which
makes it difficult to convince Republi-
can voters that their votes will be need
ed this year.
Middletown transcript., 1898-10-08

Since the war investigation commits
sion began inviting editors Of yellow
journals t. furnish the names Of wit
nesses to prove sensational charges
made by them in their papers, there
has been a marked falleng off in the
number of such publications, but up to
this time none of the yellow editors
have attempted to furnish the evidence
asked for. The Commission has its
work pretty we'll mapped out, now, and
this week will begin the taking of testi-
mony. The President and Secretary
Alger are both aiding the Commission
in every way possible.
Middletown transcript., 1898-10-08

1t is customary whenever new Sec
retary of State assumes Office, for him
10 hold a reception to the members Of
the diplomatic corps, for the formal in-
PRODUCTION and the establishment Of
official relations. Secretary Hay, who
was sworn in last week, held recep-
tion today in the Diplomatic Room in
the State Department, that was attend
ed by representatives Of every country
with which we have diplomatic rela-
tions. Many of thee older diplomats
have long been personal friends Of Sec
retary Hay, for whom they predict a
brilliant career as Secretary Of State.
The War Department gave Col.
Bryan and Gov. Holcomb more than
they expected when it requested the
latter to decide whether the regiment
of Nebraska Volunteers, now at
Manila, or that commanded by Col.
Bryan, shall be mustered out of the SER
vice. It was clear case of beating
these two very cute politicians at their
own game. They expected the War
Department to name the regiment to
be mustered out, and were prepared to
charge injustice no matter which was
chosen. Now, they are bound to keep
their mouths closed, and Col. Bryan
himself must take the responsibility Of
deciding whether his regiment remains
in service or is mustered out, as it is
known that he will dictate Gov. Hol-
combs decision.
Middletown transcript., 1898-10-08

From almost every foreign country,
comes an increased demand for Amer
ican goods-we are actually selling
silks in France. The following report
from the U. S. Consul at Athens,
Greece, which has just reached the De-
partmeat of State, speaks for itself:
'tThere cannot be the least doubt Of
the necessity of direct line Of steam
ships between the u. S. and Mediter-
ranean ports. There is wide field
and large profits for we'll managed
line, and it should be an American one,
flying the stars and strips, if possible.
Many of the stores of Athens-all those
that keep the imported articles-ex-
hibit American goods for sale as Eng
lish goods, they having been imported
from England. Nearly every mail brings
letters of inquiry to this consulate from
merchants and manufacturers Of the U.
S., all anxious to find market here
for their products; for it is becoming
generally known that Greece imports
nearly all kinds Of goods and machinery
The English, German and French
transportation companies that call here
are doing very good business; but the
Greek importers want a chance to get
imports directly from America, and
thus save the profits of the middlemen. +"
There is much gossip in politician
circles concerning the comparative ease
with which Boss Croker downed Ex-
Senator Hill, at the New York Demo-
cratic Convention, and compelled Hill
to accept Judge Van Wyck as the party
candidate for Governor after he had
declared most positively that he would
not support any man from New York
City or Brooklyn for the nomination.
It is said that there was treachery
among those whom Hill had counted
pom to stand by him. No matter how
be accomplished his purpose. there ia
no doubt that Croker named the whole
State ticket and that he is now the
boss of the whole Democratic state out
Git as well as of Tammany. Neither ia
there any doubt that Croker's triumph
has added to the certainty Of Col.
Roosevelt's election to the Governor.
ship.
Senator Hanna, who is now in
| Washington, says that he doesn't know
what the instructions given to tht
American Peace Commissioners, now
ut Paris, we're. but that he regards
American possession of the entirePhi
ippine group as an inevitable result o
the meeting Of the Peace Commission
The record-union., 1898-08-16
Ii HUNG CHANG.


LONDON, Aug 15.-The Foreign Of
fee it is reported here to-day, though
the report as yet lacks confirmation,
intends to demand that the Chinese
Government dismiss Prince Ii Hung
Chang from power, on the ground that
he is responsible for the recent anti
British attitude of the Tsung Lii va
men.
The Foreign Office, it is also asserted,
has had under special consideration the
question of Selling the Taku forts, on
the Gulf of Pechin, at the mouth OF
the Pekin River, and the city Of Tien
Tsin, the port of Pekin, in the event
of China refusing to comply with this
demand, holding all until compliance
is assured.
Meanwhile the semi-official journal
de ST. Petersburg" in to-day's issue
deprecates the tone of the British press,
and says: Russia does not contem-
plate further acquisitions in the Far
East Her only object is to preserve
the advantages recently gained. The
Russian Government does not desire
to injure the economic interests of
Great Britain any more than those of
any other Power"
The record-union., 1898-08-16
Estimated That Thirty-TWo Lives
Were Lost in the Flood,
Resulting From the CIeudhurst in Hawkins
County, Tenn.
Fifteen or Twenty People Reported
Dead in an Adjoining County as
the Result Of a Cloudburst-A
Vast Amount Of Damage Done
to Crops.

KNOXVILLE, Aug. 15.-Additional
burst in Hawkins County last Friday
morning were received in this city to-
night. 1t was previously reported that
twenty lives were lost in the flood but
1t is now estimated that perhaps thirty
two persons became victims of the
doWnpour from the skies. The report
states that the families of William FL
gin, Thomas Figan, William Tunnel and
James Conk were drowned, together
with Patience and Vance Morelock,
John Arnold and mother and Samuel
Henry and wife. The Figan family
numbering thirteen were lost, Figan
himself escaping.
The report gives no number of the
members of the remaining families, but
it is estimated that they averaged at
leas4 four each, which would bring the
total number of lives lost up to thirty
two. The families in that section are
as rule very large, and this is there
fore consired fair estimate.
The damage to the crops is also be-
lieyed to be much heavier than was at
first reported. Beach Creek has risen
out of its banks on an average of TWEEN
ty feet, and whole cornfields have been
devastated
The report also states that the cloud
burst visited Green County, a distance
Of five miles from the Beach Creek
section, and killed from fifteen to TWEEN
ty people in that community.
The record-union., 1898-08-16

her fourth consecutive race at Windsor
suits:
Seven furlongs, Fauscuro won. Lord
Farondale second, Wenlock third. Time
-1:3O
Four and a half furlongs. Miss Trix
won, Ivy Gotta second, Fred Perkins
third. Time-0: 56A
Mile and sixteenth, Alice Farley
won, Miss Gussie second, What Next
third. Time :41A.
Mile and a half, Royal Choice won.
Siboney second, Beau Ideal third. Time
-2:36A.
Seven furlongs, Eggler won, Guilder
second, Victorine third. Time-1 :2S34
Fiveand a half furlongs, King Carni-
val won, Salvarse second, Neada third.
Time-1:09.
AT HAWTHORNE.
CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-Hawthorne re-
suits. Weather wet; track slow:
Seven furlongs, Bannockburn won,
Lizzie Cavalier second, Hosi third. Time
-1:32a.
Five furlongs, links won, Boney Boy
second, Doremus third. Time-1:O412.
Mile and one-sixteenth, Elidad won,
Mr.. Easton second, Friar John third.
Time-1:N.
Six furlonGs, Con ReSan won. Del
Paso II. second, C. H. Whelan third.
Time-1:20A.
One mile, Swordsman won, WinslOw
second, Can't Dance third. Time-1:4S;ii4.
The record-union., 1898-08-16
WHEAT CROP.
Large Increase in Yield in Mime
sofa and the Two Dakotas,

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. Is. The
Journal to-day prints the annual crop
estimate of shipping wheat for Mime
sofa and the two Dakotas, made by its
commercialeditor, w. v. Jones. Mr.
Jones has for several years made a
personal inspection of the situation in
all three States, and has been fortunate
in approximating the quantity and
qualityof the yield very closely.
He estimates the yield this year for
the three States at 19O,OOOOO0 bushels
as against 13O,C0O.0OO in 1897 This
isdistributed as follows: Minnesota
yield SS,OO0O00, acreage 100000;
North Dakota, yield SO, 100000, acreage
4, 100000; South Dakota, yield 5000
coo, acreage 100000
The average yield per acre shows less
increase, however, than the total yield
would indicate, because of an increase
Of acreage of about two million.
The record-union., 1898-08-16

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15.-Dan
Thomas, a negro crab fisherman, was
wounded and narrowly escaped lynch
ing at the hands of 500 Tennessee SOL
diers this, morning. Two men of Troop
3 of the regular cavalry, which at
tempted to quell the riot, We're dragged
from their horses by the mob of Volun
teers and slightly injured in the tussle.
The negrO's house, a block and half
from the Presidio, was almost wrecked.
Officers of the Tennessee regiment
finally sent the men back to quarters,
and took the bleeding negro to the
guard house for protection.
The trouble began in a saloon. VIII
Davis, a private of Company L., First
Tennessee Regiment, had left camp after
breakfast. and at 7:3O O'Clock was
drinking in a saloon. Five Or six other
soldiers from different regiments and
the negro, Dan Thomas. were in the
place. According to the story told by
Davis, the negro approached him and
asked for a drink Davis replied that
he had no money, whereupon the negro
struck Davis in the right eye with a
set of brass kunckles. The two closed
in a struggle, until they were separated
Dy an iowa private WHO WAS Ill Tie
saloon.
When the negro found himself free he
left the saloon and went to his home.
Thither he was followed by the SOL
diers, who wrecked the house in an en-
deavor to get at the colored man. A
suggestion to lynch the negro was
taken UP, and but for the prompt ar
rival Of Major Cheathman the negro
would doubtless have been killed. Major
Cheadhman covered the leaders with
his pistol, and said he would kill the
first man who injured the negro. This
prompt action saved the colored man
from immediate violence, but on the
way to the guard house at the Pre-
sidio the negro was attacked by Private
Scruggs, who struck him a terrible
blow over the head with bludgeon.
The soldiers were quoted with much
difficulty. General Miller is investi-
eating the affair.
All the men engaged in the riot We're
volunteers. Most of them were Tennes-
seeans, but there were a number also
from the Kansas and Iowa regiments.
The record-union., 1898-08-16
FOXY WAYS OF THE JAPs.
Polite but Inscriptions, and To-
tally Regardless Of Contracts.

The first ten days that one spends
in Japan impress him with the idea
that the people there are the best to be
found anywhere. But little by little
the conviction dawns that the bowling
and scraping is all slammed, and that
the Japanese are as INSCRIPTIONS is
any one. They cannot be trusted to
keep contract that is not fay ora BILE to
them. In all the large establishments,
especially in the hotels, one always
finds Chinese as cashier. Seemingly
the japanese are afraid to trust
one another. The women are quite diff
ferent. They are faithful and honest,
and have a lovable nature i have met
a large number of foreigners who have
married japanese women, and they are
all enthusiastic in their praise.-4Ta-
coma Ledger.