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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-13

The empress OF Germany, who has
leen suffering from Influenza. has suf-
fered relapse.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-13

REPORT has it that Ambassador Hay
is to succeed Sherman as secretary of
state.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-13

America has 300 universities and
England "a, yet there are 2.77S more
fo' mer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-13

Oxford won the intercollegiate foot
ball championship OF England. by de-
feating Cambridge on Dec. 18th, In
their annual game. by the score OF two
goals to nothing
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-13

The federal treasury has surplus
for December.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-13
Coughing Leads to CONSUMPTION.

Kemp's Basam will stop the cough at once.
Go to your druggist too day and get sample
bottle free. Sold IN 81 and so cent bottles.
Go at once; delays are dangerous.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-13
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Al
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure, 10
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-13

The record Of failures in 1897 af-
fords much encouragement.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-13
A LETTER TO WOMEN.

A few words from Mrs. Smith, Of
Philadelphia, willcertainly corroborats
the ella IN that Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is womans ever
reliable friend
II cannot praise Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound too highly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-14
THR FORCE OF A RIFLE BULLET

In the English official regulations
for 1898 it is stated that the mean ex-
treme range of the L9e Metford bull
let may be taken as about $500 yards,
although, with q strong wind, $3.50
yards have been observed. The bull
let's ind their way through joints Of
wall, unIei sshe walls are made very fne
and set in cement. About $50 rounds,
concentrated on nearly the anne spot
at 200 yards, will break q nine inch
brick wall. Rammed earth gives less
protection than loose. When fired
into sand, the bullet is found to be al.
ways turned aside after it has entered
a little way. The following thickness
es of material in inches) are usually
necessary to stop the regulation 3O3
inch bullet: Single between picard,
1; hardened steel plate, 4;tgoS d brick
work, 8; sack of coal, 10; herd dry
mud wall, IA; peat earth. 60; com.
pressed cotton bales, %; oak, %; elm,
SO; teak. Sc; fir, 48; clay. 48.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-14

and Of all ceremony and naval etlquets Q
he told the Admiral ii a tone OF COM.
mand that he must not again be inter
fered with.
81 can carry this thing through"
said he, s'but there must be no more
recalls. Ny men have been keyed up.
for twenty four hours, and under q
tremendous strain. Iron will break
at last"
Friday morning the Merrimac start
ed in shortly after 8 o'clock. The full
moon had disappeared behind q black
cloud bank in the west, leaving only a
gray mark of heaviDg waters and the
dim outlineo of the Cuban hills showing
against the unstarred sky to the watch
ers on board the ships of the feet.
When Hobaon left the ship and the
extended hands of his shipmates, more
than n of the latter turned hastily to
hide the unbidden tears, but the Lieu
tenant waved them adieu with q smile
on his handsome face.
Rear Admiral Sampson, speaking OF
the expedition, said: II think he will
have a fair chance to get out. Yes, it
is plucky; very plucky."
Slowly the seconds of fate licked on,
az for an hour, 5000 strained eyes
strove to pierce the deep veil of night.
Suddenly several blood-red tongues
of flames shot down from the rocky
eminence on which Moro Castle is sic,
uated. They were followed by jets and
streams of fire from the batteries oppo-
site. The Merrimac had reached the
entrance of the harpor. She must have
passed so close that a stone loosened
from the froWning parapet OF the castle
would have fallen on her deck.
Into the murderous hail shoWered
down on her the Merrimac passed and
moved on a full quarter of q mile, en-
fladed from sides, rear, and front with
a plunging fire from the batteries that
surrounded her.
1t seemed q miracle that the appar
entity riddled hull could have reached
the goal.
After five minutes the firing ceased,
and. all became dark again. The Mer
rimac was where gallant commander
had contrived to place her.
Lieut.. Hobson then set of~an inter.
nal torpedo with an electric attach.
ment, there was an explosion, the
Merrimac sank, the channel was closed
and the brave crew of the MeerimaC
rowed away and surrendered to the
Spanish.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-14

sighted O small steamer, perhaps a
gunboat, and that she had failed TO
answer the private signal and that he
had fired on her He believed she had
escaped along the beach, or had been
destroyed and could not tell which.
This ended the night attacd and the
first experience here with torpedo
boats in naval warefare.
It was not until the Porter, this at
ternoon, found the torpedoes that the
danger of last nights affairs was full
" realized. The Porter was steaming
two miles from shore and well to the
eastward of Moro Castle, when two
torpedoes were seen floating on the
water. Ensign Gillie jumped overheard
and swan around them. He tried to
unscrew the war nose, but the torpedo
itself turned too easily in the water.
Hereturped to tbs Porter, and Com
mander Freeman finally got one of the
toredoes safely on board. The other
sunk as he was getting it in.
Commander Fremont then brought
the torpedo alongside the New York.
It was q 14-inch knothead
of modern make and worth about
So, 500. It was in perfect condition,
and had any Of our ships struck it
while it aoated it would have explc-
ded and perhaps sunk the ship. There
fore, the find was not valuable, but
most fortunate. A curious fact is that
the torpedo which sunk had an extra
sized head on and had no war nose,
and would not have exploded.
This either means that the Spaniards
are terribly ignorant or careless about
torpedoes.
Precautions against a night torpedo
attack have been q distinguishing fea.
ture of Admiral Simpsons policy ever
since the commencement of the war,
and last night proved the efficacy OF
the arrangement. Everything moved
as smoothly as if in the case Of
a day engagement.
It is possible that there we're two tor.
pedo boats out last night, although
only oneis believed to have approached
anywhere near "a ships.
The ability Of a Spanish torpedo
boat to get out from the harbor is moi
regarded as a sign that the MerrimaC
does not block the channel leading into
il. Torpedo boats draw 90 little watel
and have so little beam that the sink
ing Of the Merrimac would scarcely
prevent them from coming out. 1t i
pretty certain, however, that big ships
could not follow suit, even il they
wished TO, which is unlikely.
Two curious pictures Of war were
presented yesterday. In the after
noon, the Spanish chief of stiff wa
sitting amicably in Admiral Sampson1
cabin and saying, over a glass OF wine
You know there is nothing persona
In this," and a few hours later his tor
pedo boat tried to blow the AdmirR
and his ship out of the water.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-14
RIcHMoND PEARSON HoBsoN.
The Brave Young Hero of Whose Act
Two Continents Are Talking.

The Brave Young Hero of Whose Act
Two Continents Are Talking.
From a Washington dispatch to The
New York Sun, and other papers we
clip the following items regarding the
hero Hobson, who took tho Merrimac
in and sank her in the face of a terrific
fire:
He is of the stuf that they make
heroes of" said Col. Hilary A. Herbert
former Secretary Of the Navy, who, as
q representative in Congress from Ala
bama, appointed young Hobson to the
Naval Academy. Every body else in
Washington thinks the same to night,
and those who know the hero of the
Merrimac r recalling incid ents in his
career to show how well fitted he was
for performing a deed of remarkable
gallantry and Judgment.
Every body who has had acquain.
lance with Constructor Hobson agrees
that he is one of the cleverest men who
ever was graduated from the Naval
Academy.
Like most geniuses Constructor Hob.
son is regarded as peculiar. Men who
were at the Naval Academy while he
was there cay his classmates at first
attempted to make life miserable for
the quiet, studious boy, but found that
he could resent their actions in a way
that made them desist before he had
been in the Academy very long. He
was only Is years old when he went to
Annapolis, and his most marked char
acteristic was his use Of words seldom
in the vocabulary Of a youngster of his
age. One of his classmates said to.day
that Hobson was hazsda great deal in
his plebe year, and many a dignihed
officer had the honor of standing him
on his head and making him do ell
sorts of ridiculous things in the hazing
curriculum. One day Hobson resented
the annoyance to which he was cub
jected by older cadets in these words
ST do not desire and neither will
tolerate any more of your acurriloua
contumely."
At another time Hobson was fishing
from the end Of the old Senate wharf,
and q passing clasemate asked him
what he was doing. Merely indulgina
in piscatorial pursuits" said the future
hero Of the Merrimac exploit. Fut
while other cadets had fun at his ex
! pense, Hobson plodded away and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-14
eHoN,s Thisl

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any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
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We the undersigned, have known T. J. Che.
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and financially able to carry out any obliga.
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DTuGgigtas Testimonials 6eeS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-14
N. C. STATE DAIRYMEN'S RE-
PORT.

The second report of the North Caro-
lima State Dairymen's Association has
just been issued. II is a neat pamph-
Let Of 90 pages containing a f~rontispiece
and several illustrations. A neat table
Of contents gives ready reference to
the subjects and to the advertisements
separately.
This Association is now in its fifth
year. It is seeking to encourage the
most profitable branch Of animal in
dustry and farming, and to help it's
members and others TO practice dairy.
ing ON the best methods which have
been worked out, and to help it's friends
find the best markets for their prod
nets. This report is packed with helps
and suggestions, and has within it's
covers information regarding nearly
everything q dairyman needs, or direc-
tions as to where he can find what he
wants. The report is sent free to all
members and every North Carolina
dairyman, or COW owner, is invited to
join the Association and take part in
its proceedings. Membership fee is
81 and the annual dues are 81. New
members who have not receivedacopy
OF the fret report will be entitled to
both reports on receipt of membership
lee or dues to October, 1898.
Address the Secretary and Treasurer,
Frank z. Emery, West Raleigh, n. @,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-14

Su8Ip SCuSGmS Va A1S AJF
Save Their Own Eides--Dr K~ingsbury
May Join the Naval Reserves.
R-"Hellol Mr.. Editor"
R.-"Hellol Major. How are youH"
BIN sorter midlin'. The hot
weather is maxim me purity lazy an it
IL no unusual site ter see me lookin'
fer a black spot under sum friendly
tree, Betsy don't give me much peace.
I'm lookin' fer her to lombard me
every day. She is tryin' ter get me
ter buy her one ov them new tangled
searchlites. Taxed her what she wan
ted Withft. She sed she wanted it ter
throw Ground an see what I Wuz doin'
when Pm away frum home. Istarted
ter town the other day an she remin-
ded me that I should bring the search
lite back with me. I told her I'd
rather not. Then she sed, well: ~Rs-
member the Maine" That meant that
I mite expect to git blowed up at any
moment. Them electrick searchlites
are sum ov Edison's schemes. I wish
he'd quit inventin' things ov that kind.
If he keeps it up a married man will
soon be without any liberties even If
he il several miles frum home, fer hiz
wife kin throw q searchlite an see ex
actly whut he liz doin' five miles away.
Tt will also be hard on US p~olitishuns,
fer aWl the voters will soon hev them
searchlites an will keep aWl our doins
in full view aWl the time. Think Dr..
J. J. Mott orter git n ov 'em an see
if he kin locate the other member oV
the silver party in this State-that il
If the DR.. Thinks there il another
member. I see that the PopulisE pa
Ders are criticizin' the Silver Democrats
for allowin' the gold Dymakrats ter git
IN the lead an rule the roost. That il
RWl rite. They won't be anything ter
complain erbout erlong that score.
The silver dymakrats r lettin' the
gold felIers git in front so they viii
all git killed, so ter speak. Then we
won't hev anything but silver men.
The silver men are goin' ter make the
most racket, but the gold fellers viii
quietly do the work. Our sympathies
are with the gold f~ellers, the poor an
oppressed, but we are goin' ter pretend
ter stand in with the rich silver cranks
By the way, I see that they are goin
ter mobilize the naval reserves at Viii
mington. That will do my ole friend
Kingsbury good. His military blood
will bile up rich an warm. He viii
dream erbout gRtlin' guns an DARN
exploits every mite. Wish I could b
with him at this time. It wouldn'
surprise me ter hear any day that b.
hez rugged up q pulpit an armed him
self with q book ov sermons and jineC
the naval reserves. He will make i
hot fer that Spanish feet at Cadiz at
range ov two thousand miles. Wall
I must close my conversation az I SCI
Betsy cumin' with a frown on her face
When she gifts mad she il worse nor
torpedo hotilla. She could silence
strong Spanish battery with one lool
anyday. Gudebye."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-14
NOTICE.

ewEPsoNy1LIE, N. O., June , 20 q
To the Peoples Party Erecuti'., "
mtttee of AlGmonce Co CON-
You are hereby called to NEE.
court house. in Graham, sa,," ~ 'ne
June 25th, 1898. at 10 M. to soaay,
for the ensuing campaign and ange
fer as to the time for holding 70 Con.
convention and such other b1s; county
may be necessary. aesa as
b NJ. Gates
Chm'D n S'
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29

gested by Senator White, he questioned
the effect fusion movement would
have in tbs state where conditions were
so different from what they are in other
states that he did not believe that fu-
sion would be a good thing here. A
man who could endorse the Chicago
platform was as good a Democrat as
any and the speaker alluded to the
fact that 900 endorsed it i'll this state
at the last presidential election. he saw
no reason why conditions should not
continue as they are and why the men
and women who voted for w. J. Bryan
should not continue voting for the prin-
ciple right along. They voted for
principle when they cast their votes for
Bryan over q year ago and not for the
man. The Democratic party represents
those principles now. He was one who
had helped support Grover Cleveland
and had contributed money to his sup
port, With the majority of his party
he had turned his back upon Cleveland
and his administration and became
member of the new, Democracy, the
party of principle. He admitted that
we should prepare for 1900 and was
willing to accede to any reasonable pro-
position, but he could see no reason
why there should be fusion at this time,
which means nothing else than an
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29

voices Of the speakers. SO the reporters
could not catch what was said. Let the
totals tell the story. Here they are:
Against F'usion-Harris, Dunbar. NC
Cune. Hamer. Whitaker. Varian. Baskin
Nebeker Lund. Henderson. Boyle Of
Ogden. Sheperd. stephens. Dale, Ryan.
Nat NJ. Brigham. Chambers. Cainc. King.
Ellis, Evans. Taylor of the Broad-Ax.
Hap. Rideout. Cohen Sanford. Young.
OF Rich. Sloan. McDaniel-25.
For FuSion-Weber. Johnson. A b.
Smurthwait. kenner-5.
For operation-Shurtlin. Thatcher
In the last moments Of the meeting,
however. Mr.. Dresser. OF ToOele. made u
statement to the effect that William q.
Nebeker was nominated for the state
senate from that district as a silver Re
publican This assertion brought Hon.
Aquiia Nebsker to his feet with the as
sertion that William G. Nebeker. not be-
he (the speaker knew that William G..
Nebeksr was Democrat and had so de-
clared himself before that nomination was
made.
At the conclusion of the speeches Sena-
tor White arose and thanked the gentle
men for their consideration and expressed
his gratitude at the frank expressions
which had been made. He stated that
the people at Washington did not want TO
run things here. but that everything
which had been stated had been Offered
glad to be able to tell the Democracy in
Washington that the party in this state
Is on the alert.
The meeting then adjourned
Senator White left for the east last
night and will stop off at Denver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29

All signs point to the confirmation Of
John T. Game for the office of superin-
tendent of waterworks at this evening s
session of the city council.
And thereby hangs a tale.
The votes which are. necessary for his
confirmation are those of Robertson and
Buckle. Now. these gentlemen are astute
politicians. They live in the First and
Fifth precincts, Mr.. Buckle being from
the First and Mr.. Robertson from the
Fifth
Both have constituents which they want
taken care of. They do not neglect Op-
uortunities when they present themselves,
so, on excellent authority, The Herald can
state that the following well-knoWn pol
iticians.' not patriots, will be selected
for places on the waterwOrks as soon as
Mr.. Game is appointed.
Now. this list of names does not con-
tain the sobriquet of any OF the fellows
who assisted in electing Mr.. Clark. On
the contrary, during the memorable cam
paign which resulted in his selection
nearly every one was known as a "heeler'
around the place where Doremus blew in
They were the boys who were alluded 10
by the News as the workers" the
gang" the men who hung around Tor
pap and all that sort of thing
Here is Joe COttle. who Datroled the
canyon last year. Joe is booked for his
old job. Then comes w. II. Sells. former
ly justice of the peace in the First: he,
too. will have a soft snap under the eX-
congressman. Z. S. Urry, who was an
ardent Doremus man: he, too, comes IN
for a continuation of work. Harry Cod
dard and his brother are in line, and VIII
lard Burt, b. +. Stewart and Ed Pick
ering, who were wont to shove brOOms
over the joint building floors. Joe Y.
Smith. who wants the earth. but Will
take anything he can get; John G. Robin
son and Tom Hill. There is one more,
but the dice have not been shaken to see
who he will be-
OF these, Urry, Stewart. Sells. Picker
ing Smith. come from the First; Cottle,
the two Goddards and Hill come from the
Fifth. To give color to the scheme. Burt
of the Second and Robinson of the Fourth
are selected. and there you are, there you
are. there you are
Thus do we see official excrescences
removed and men especially fitted for
place. men Ito the manor born, men
with the public veal at heart" selected.
And Mr.. Game has to toe the mark If
he does not-but. then. why wiring tears
of anguish from his eyes? Let the mantle
of sweet charity. with its silken folds en-
velop him, and remove him from the pry
ing. the severe. the cruel. the glittering
gaze of the public, for has he not earned
his reward as a non-political leader of
men?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29

pencd inside the writing room of the
hotel where the assembly gathered So
exclusive were the members of the
session that Mr.. Hansen, a member of
the city committee, was fired from the
room because of his connection with an
evening paper.
Chairman Sloan called the meeting
TO order in a few well chosen words,
and. without further preliminaries. in
troduced Senator White. who was there
to present the situation as it exists.
The senator was received with con-
siderable applause. SO much that the
man with the truckload Of coal in the
reporters ante-chamber was fain to
stop wheeling the vehicle and maintain
absolute silence, a novelty in itself
SENATOR WHITE SPEAKS.
Senator White informed the gather
ing that there was a proposition before
the national congressional committee
looking toward the Capitalization of
the silver forces in the western states,
with a view 10 getting control of the
United States senate in 1900. The SEN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29

the national Democratic committee in
support of his declarations.
Hon r. b. Sheperd opposed fusion.
He saw no necessity for the same. and
did not think the grounds advanced by
its advocates were tenable.
EVANS OPPOSES FUSION.
Hon. David Evans. of Ogden. was op-
posed to fusion. He believed that a ma
iority OF the silver Republicans of his
county were in favor of it. were averse
to joining the ranks of the Democratic
party. but he believed the members of
the Democratic organization were
against any such action. 1t is a mat
ter of principle; the mere securing of an
Office ought not to cut any figure. How
ever, the attitude of the Democracy was
such that it could not abandon the
position it has taken. 1t has made sill
yer an issue and as the party which has
made the issue il was entitled to the
credit and the victory If such was TO
follow.
a colored man brought up a bucket
of ice to put on the freezer of cream
while Mr. A. b. Johnson, of Weber, was
talking. but he advocated fusion just
the same. He declared that as TO the
matter of the methods to be pursued
he was not certain. but for many rea-