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The herald., 1898-10-28
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The Chicago Record tells story of the
old days before the cash registers were used.

The Chicago Record tells story of the
old days before the cash registers were used.
Frank Parmalee was
One for Frank and running his bus line
One for Me. in Halstead street.
Said the narrator:
He had driver named Bob Something
or Other, and he had his suspicious that he
wasn't getting all the fares he was entitled
to. Bob had habit of talking to himself,
and one time Parmalee caught him in the
stable reckoning up the days proceeds. He
had emptied his buckskin bag out onto q
lars into two piles There's a dollar for
Frank, he says, AN dollar for me and a
dollar for Frank He kept on. this way
until he had all the money equally divided
with dollar over. Old Frank kept still
and VOTED to see what Bob would do with
that dollar. Bob seemed to be rather un.
decided about it himself.
He looked at it, and weighed it in his
hand. Shall keep it,! he says to himself:
No. I'll let Frank have it. He has to feed
his horses. Parmalee broke in on him then
and gathered in the whole pot. Next he pro-
ceeded to talk kindly but firmly to his dri-
ver.. It's a good thing you had some glim-
nal old scoundrel,' he said. If you hadn't
turned over that odd dollar I'd have fired
you sure"
A lady who was his constant friend and
benefactor begged Beaconsfield to read Nal:
locks first book and
Praising an say something civil
Unfamiliar Book about it, says a Gu cur
rent magazine. The
prime minister replied with groan: ASK
me anything, dear lady, except this. l am
an old man DO not make me read your
young friends romances." oh, but he
would be a great accession to the Tory party
and a civil word from you would secure him
forever" "Oh-well, then, give me a pen
and sheet of paper And, sitting down
in the lady drawing room, ne wrote: Dear
with you, but l am going down to Hughen-
den for a week Would that my solitude
could be peopled by the .l2T, bTlgt creations at s
your young friend!"
A Scottish paper tells story of Sandy
Nc, Forfarshire farmer, who had been
spending an hour or
scotch two in the evening
Eccentricitv with friend a couple
Of miles away.
1t was moonlight night, and Sandy,
after partaking freely of his friends hospi-
tality was riding quietly nome across the
sheep pastures on his 'guid auld mare
when they came to an open ditch, which his
mare refused to cross, =, u,
"Hoot, ava, Maggie said the rider, this
Wilma due. Ye maun jist gang over.
He turned back about hundred yards,
wheeled around and gave the mare touch
of his whip On she went at brisk canter;
but as they reached the edge of the ditch
She stopped dead and shot Sandy clean over
to the other side. -.
Gathering himself up, Sandy looked his
mare straight in the face and said.
Vera weel pitched. indeed ma lass. But
hoo are We goin' to get over yersel eh!"
The herald., 1898-10-28
Great World Railways

Within three years man will be able to
get into the train at Ostend and travel
straight through to Port Arthur. In five
years a person will be able to travel in
railway carriage from the Cape to Alex
andria. There is yet third great world
line from Constantinople via Palestine,
Persia. India, and Burmah to Hong Kong
The Importance of these three great lines
Of communication cannot be sufficiently
dwelt upon; it can certainly not be exag-
eerated With the Siberian railway we
have nothing to do now; with regard to the
other two this is to be noted-they both OF
them meet in Palestine. Palestine is the
great center-the meeting of the roads.
Whoever holds Palestine commands the
great lines of communication not only by
land, but also by sea.-Fortnightly Re-
view
The herald., 1898-10-28
SPIRIT or THE PRESS
Presidential Gush

Does President Mckinley think that the
people Of America will be plastered over with
fulsome fattery? Would it not be more be-
coming in him and more acceptable to sem
sible men and women throughout the coun-
try if he used the language Of moderation and
common sense in speaking of the virtues of
and good taste should check the president :
constant indulgence in talk about the "holi-
ness OF our cause, in such hgh-fown asser-
tions as that AL through the war we have
mingled with our heroism our splendid and
glorious humanity" Neither is there any
sense in talking about our victory as of a
splendor unparalleled in history; on the con-
trary, the war was fought between two ma
tions of such disparity in strength as has
seldom been known in wars.-Baltimore
News
The herald., 1898-10-28
Molasses Better Than Vinegar

A valuable hint is offered to the Chicago
Virden Coal company by the people of
Waco, Tex. Eleven motormen, who went
from Wichita to Waco to fill the places of
the striking motormen, were filled with good
things to eat by the citizens of Waco, were
given money to pay their fare back to Wich-
ita and were so touched by the generous
the day after they arrived there. All of the
bloodshed and trouble at Virden might have
been averted if the strikers there had fed
the Alabama negroes on chicken and catfish
and watermelons and paid their fare back
to Birmingham.-Kan City Star.
The herald., 1898-10-28
Trade With Brazil

The main thing that seems to interfere
with our trade with Brazil is the fact that
Americans do not study the conditions that
are there. The trade that has already been
built up is due in a large measure to the en-
terprise of the Brazilians themselves. The
rich planters send their sons here to be edu-
Gated, and they return to their homes filed
with the methods and ideas of this country.
AS a result they naturally look to it as an
outlet for their goods. England, Germany
and Holland are' reaping the benefits of
tade that should rightly be our own.-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The herald., 1898-10-28

sensible plan has at last been suggested for assuring peace
Cuba while the island is settling down conditions
This plan is police the island with ten fifteen thousand
insurgents under American control. well organized system
of this kind would give needed employment who
going of the military service and would probably be effect
After the Spanards there necessity
such army occupation has been talked about The
insurgents good material for police service in their
country. and is only such service that likely be required
Anyway, the plan proposed will many American
soldier from taking his final sleep beneath the sod of Cuba
The herald., 1898-10-28
Scotch
Eccentricity
HIBERNICISMS

A reply of somewhat mixed char.
acter was given by the gamekeeper OF
an estate near Tralee to gentleman OF the
town who requested leave for da: s shoot
ing Sure, yer honor may as well do the
poachin' as any other blackguard out OF
rraee." Of course the gamekeeper meant
that the gentleman might as we'll enjoy the
advantages of the preserves as the boys from
Tralee, who were in the habit OF surreptl-
tiously coursing the estate for hares and
rabbits.
A beggar man was brought into a work
house, got good washing and was then dis
charged in new suit of clothes. AS the
old man was leaving the institution the mas
ter said: "Well, Mick, how do you like your
fine new suit!" "Oh, thin, the duds is rale
illigint." but the washin' took more hate
out of me than is in four shutes OF clothes.
London Standard
A lady took her Irish maid to task for care
lessness and forgetfulness. why is
it, Mary" said she, that you keep
on making the same mistakes over and over
again: Why don't you try to remember
what tell you?" That day happened to be
very warm, so Mary returned the quaint re-
ply: Sure. ma am, l can't be afther aggra-
vatin' me moind this hot weather"
Two men were fighting in the streets of
Cork. One got the other down and was
administering to him a severe punishment
when the man below cried out to the on
lockers: "Oh, tare us asunder or We'll muir
dher ache other
Sayings deliciously quaint or delightfully."-
extravagant rise naturally and spontaneous
ly to the lips of the Irish peasants, and the
number of felicitous eccentricities of express
sion or unexpected perversities of view which
a resident meets with in Ireland is endless
4 gentleman noted for his bulk of proportion
fell i'll, and was kept alive only by the occa.
sional administration of a teaspoonful of
brandy. One of the servants of the house
mentioned this circumstance to a friend.
"a tavspoonful is it," said the other, con-
temptuously. "An' what would tayspoon-
full be sthrayin' about in such wilderness
of man?'
The herald., 1898-10-28
REGARDING FASHODA

A Frenchman met a Briton
Far down in the Soudan;
And the Frenchman said: We've dropped
in here
With d civiliZing plan,
To do work humanitarian
For our heather brother man..
Said the Briton to the Frenchman:
Really, now. that's very nice;
But we've civilized some thousands
At a reasonable price,
And we think the job is so well done
It won't need doing twice."
u. W. M. in New York Press.
The herald., 1898-10-28

Coils p Huntington has kindly furnished the people Of Cali
forna with another and very potent why they should
choose Judge Aaguirc, and Henry 7.
HUNTINGTONS Gage for governor. Though the reason
CHOICE is furnished at long range it is lust as
important if uttered written bv the
principal owner OF California while personally present among
Being interviewed in New York city regarding the political
situation IN this state Mr. Huntington though expressing
seif rather guardedly did not hesitate say whom he
cred the for governor and whom he wished
elected. He first declared the Democratic nominee is
bad man, and mixed up with bad lot bad through
through"
OF the other candidate he said: 81 think Gage is a good
man - good enough TO be governor of California"
1t IS well that the head Of the great octopus thus clearly
expressed his choice to the important selecting
governor OF this years
IL Is JUST What every thinking expected but de
MED and now we have it from the fountain head.
Mcguire is ga bad man, and mixed up with bad lot
The herald., 1898-10-28

tactics in their desperate efforts parry the effective Demo
cratic attack. A seadfast support of the
NEW administration in the coming election is
REPUBLICAN necessary, told, proper
TACTICS climax to the The Republican candi
date for governor of New York says, for
example, that ga victory at the polls of the who op
posing and denounng the administration in this election will
be interpreted abroad meaning the part of Americans
reputation of the from which have Just emerged
The same sentiment has lately been expressed by Republican
leaders in California 1t looks in fact if might be
thought the fertile brain of the Hon. Marcus Hanna
The attempt to shield the administration behind the
of the will not The not a Republican
enterprise. Democrats did quite much Republicans
precpating and wagng the and they have inten
ton of being crowded aside by Republican claimants In
tackng the papable abuses in the department
posing the political purposes of the president the and its
results foreign to the question And diversion of the
main issues be effected by the attempt place the Dem
ocrats in the light of anti-war party.
The Democratic party for when the president
dalyng and when his aggressive supporters trying
to sen his backbone Newspapers and leaders OF the party
stood by the administration steadasty throughout the
period When peace and facts brought to light
showing the utter ottennss of the department. then Dem
ocrat and Republicans WE'LL spoke their minds with
certainty of meaning Newspapers of both parties demanded
the removal Of Secretary ger and urged the president
decisive action When became evident that the president
determined to ignore all these appeals and to adhere strictly
his habit of being faithful his friends then he fairly
target criticism.
The attempt to place the Democratic party in the position
of opponents of the simply indicates the desperate
to which the Republican leaders driven Every Democrat
loice at the outcome OF the contest and every
mands firmly his political opponents, that the United
States shall reap Just reward for the nations victory
TACT the Democratic party stands firmly the PRESIDENT deca
ration of the purpose for which the waged
The idea expressed by Colonel Roosevelt by
similar FORM is simply udcrous II the Republicans fail in
the election foreigners will attribute the disaster
'epudaon of the war!" We worrying much about
foreign Interpretation, but here in the United
would mean, rather will that the people
OF gersm and that they rebue the president for sticking
his political friends than to his obligations
duty.
The herald., 1898-10-28
Advantage of the Trusts

Where the public stands at disadvantage
in cases like the one having for its object the
looking into the affairs of the Standard Oil
company is in the sort of legal talent it usual
ly employs to cope with the ablest lawyers in
the country, who are always at the beck Of
wealthy clients. A salaried attorney Of the
state finds it hard to overcome the might of
$4,000 fee on the other side.-Boston Her
aid
The herald., 1898-10-28
Another of Alger's Scheme es

The recommendation of the war depart
ment that the United States spend few
million dollars in railway construction in
Cuba to provide the island with transporta-
ton for military purposes does not look like
Cuba for Cubans. Secretary Alger's plan
looks too much like scheme to spend money
for political advantage. No doubt few
millions of government money could be made
to do the administration substantial service
by turning over the construction of the roads
to the late army contractors.-Kansas City
Times.
The herald., 1898-10-28
An Armo ored Cruiser

Notice has been served upon CASTELAR,
the republican leader of Spain, that he is
TO be the next publicist to feel the touch
Of the anarchist knife. Senor CASTELAR, Is
walking about with great difficulty now
on account of the Kruppized armor over
his ribs ard the boiler iron with which his
trousers are reinforced.--St Louis Globe
Democrat.
The herald., 1898-10-28
All Making for Democratic Success

The canal ring in New York, with its CO.
lossal loot; the gore-dripping Pinkertons in
Illinois, with their smoking Winchesters;
the bright and glory shining sons of their
the young Blaines, Ayers, Lo-
gans ct id genus omne-the fever camps, ty-
phoid flies, rotten-meat contractors, camp
site and transport deals and scandals-all
these are working for Democratic success at
the polls next month harder than if they
were paid for.--Washington Times.
The herald., 1898-10-28

Young with weakness for cigarettes should be
minded of the fate oi Nebraska girl who the
becoming bride She got into the cigarette habit but prom
ised her intended husband that she would never
again As the wedding ceremony about to begin
the groom caught faint cigarette in her breath
Immediately departed The moral in the is of
Obvious. Don't smoke till after the wedding
The herald., 1898-10-28

The American Missionary association declares that hgher
education is needed by the negroes of the south That is all
well enough where there substantial foundation of educa-
on that high The coored people OF the south would
be much further advanced than they now, education
ally they had held years vassas
the horde of Republican bagges who ecked to the south
ut the close of the Civil war
The herald., 1898-10-28
Pc rt0 0nrshiD Affair

"Cholly and Miss Flyppe are insepara-
BILE. They are two souls with but single
thought"
"She has the thought, then. He isn't ca
pable of it."-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1898-10-28
The Light That Failed

Pollywog-What's the trouble between
Van Glove and his wife? l thought sns
was the light of his life.
Jollydog~So she was, but she went out
too much.-Town Topics.
The herald., 1898-10-28

Colonel Roosevelts campaign for governor of New York is
spectacular His principal performance to be exhb
ton of Rough Riders" who fought at
TEDDYS Santiago. This, however does not tend
MISTAKE to enlighten the people in regard to state
national policies. 1t is effort to
make them overlook important questions through aroung ad
miration for brave
There displayed at Santiago courage and fortitue
which deserve applause and gratitude but to who
have bavy faced dangers and with forttude have
ashps, deprvations and sickness is not novelty in this
country. In the state of New York there probably
dred thousand who in the field during late civil
war, which the greatest waged the of
the earth There veterans from hundreds of the boodes
bateteds, who fought Malvern Hill, at South Mountain
Antieam Charlottesville Vcksburg Gettysburg in the Wild
at Fishers Hill, Missionary Ridge Lookout Mountain
Cold Harbor, and who continued through the Richmond
paign to Appomatox Our civil in which Greek
Greek
In presenting this picture do not design detrsct from
the glory earned by soldiers in Cuba they entitled
unsnted praise but remind Colonel Roosevelt
glory, because is the latest does eclipse the perform
OF American soldiers third of century ago Let him
exhibit his "Rough Riders but forget that there
questions from which the public be diverted by
grand play; that it will not conceal the spirit pho
tograph OF Patt by the side of his
The herald., 1898-10-28
A Rude Awakening

Wife-John, 1 wish you would let me have
$50 this morning.
Husband-My dear, you must nave
dreamed that married an heiress, didn't
you?-Chicago News.
The herald., 1898-10-28
Bears Fond of Mutton

AS was to have been expected. New
York's wool exchange has burst. but the
business of shearng the lambs Will con-
tinue to thrive in Wall street.-Boston Her.
aid.
The herald., 1898-10-28
Kent the House Open

"Was Josephine popular at your sum-
mer resort?"
Popular? The landlord had to pay her
to retire at night t"-Chicago Record.
The herald., 1898-10-28
Ouleu9

ITO snuff a candle out accidentally 10
sign of marriage"
"Yes; and to turn lamp down intsn-
tionally is q sign of courtship '-Chicago
Record.
The herald., 1898-10-28
A Lone State

Texas has los, 900 more bachelors than old
maids. This must be the reason 1t is called
the lone star state.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat,
The herald., 1898-10-28
He Nav Be Ahead

The emperor of China may not have lost
his head, but for all the use he is in the
world ne might as well have.-New York
Press.
The herald., 1898-10-28

We notice that the Republican leaders adopting
tactics in their desperate efforts parry the effective Demo
The herald., 1898-10-28

Coils p Huntington has kindly furnished the people Cali
forna with another and very potent why they
The Republican journal., 1898-08-18
An Important Announcement.

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The Republican journal., 1898-08-18
THE BlOckaderS.

She lay in the midst of strange look
ing fleet. A few men-of- war, with their
tall masts and squared yards, lay oppo-
site the fortress, but all around and about
+ were vessels like herself-all painted a
dull leaden gray, all flying over their taft
rails the flag of England side wheelers
and propeilers, twoscore and more, block
ade-runners every one of them. And in
| the harbor of the island of New Provi-
dence, far to the southwest, another
stronghold of her Majesty the Queen, off
the peaceful town of Nassau, lay a similar
fleet, engaged in this same precarious
calling-feeding the Confederacy. Their
names and tonnage, their speed, their
owners, even their commanders, were
known to the government Of tile United
States. One hundred and twenty seven
vessels ran from the rendezvous to Will
mington and Charleston, outside of whose
entrances lay the grim Gordon of the
blockade. For three years hardly night
passed without four or five ventures slip
ping their anchors at the same moment,
and starting with the promptitude of ex
press trains for their destinations.
The runner had a name now. In gold
letters on her stern was painted the word
Falcon. And of all the vessels there at
Hamilton she was the newest, the fastest,
and the best equipped. Her captain ian
officer on half-pay of her Majesty navy,)
as soon as his vessel came to anchor cali
ed away his gig and went ashore to see
the owners agents. He had little to say,
but there was much to report on their
part. Three of their steamers had been
captured by the Yankee watchers. Two,
however, aided by thick weather and
dark nights, had slipped into Wilmington
and ont again successfully. The profits
on these two runs made up for the total
loss of the other three vessels. A tempt
ing business this, despite the risks involv-
ed. No wonder that Great Britain S
purse strings loosened. Harpers Round
Table.
The Republican journal., 1898-08-18
CITY OF BELFAST.
Be it ordained by the Mayor Aldermen and Com
mon Council of the City of Belfast in Cit,
Council assembled, as follows:

Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Com
mon Council of the City of Belfast in City
Council assembled as follows
Section 13 of chapter 8 of the ordinances of
the city is hereby amended by ADDING after the
words mo person shall construct or maintain a
on or around any shade or ornamental tree within
the city limits so that the section as amended
shall read as follows:
Section 10. No person shall wantonly or ma
liciouSly break the glass in any building not his
own, whether inhabited or not, within the limits
of the city; nor shall any person 10y throwing
stones uaubing with paint or otherwise iniure,
mar or deface any such building, nor shall he
break down, destroy, inlure, mar or detace, ny
making indecent figures, or by writing indecent
or obscene words, or i'll any other way any fence
or fences, or buildings; OF cut down and destroy
or by tapping, girdlng or otherwise; ln]ure any
fruit tree, OF other tree or shrub, standing or
growing for ornament or use, on take away OF
break down any stakes, posts OF other protection
for the preservation of such tree or shrub, No
person shall cons truct or MAINTAIN bill board CT
other device for Using purposes on oraround
any shade or ornamental tree WithIn the city
limits. And any person who shall he guilty IF a
violation Of any Of the provisions of this section,
shall be liable not only to the penalties hereinafter
provided therefor, but shall be responsible also at
common law to the owner ot such property for
the actual damage done thereto.
hereby certify that the foregoing is true copy
of an ordinance which was finally passed at a
regular meeting Of the City Council Of Belfast
held August l, 1898. 3w31
Attest L II. MrRCH City Clerk
The Republican journal., 1898-08-18
BATTLEsHIr INDIANA, BAR HABBoR, 1897.

told afterwards that the Iunkn Island
% have gotten along IN the world and be quite nabob In
perfectly protected from the
dow the Reach on
the wind abeam,
we passed rocky sloping
ces and mrs and small islands along We
ne buoy ana then another Here the chart told look
M AGAIN for spindle All this time we had rising breeze finally
HYlng b it, the meanwhile steering.
Ige red boulder with smaller red boulde top
with middle o
island Naskeag Bav
Naskea9 1aIbor biz in
But thought would drive her t we
on the strength of the ebb and the
kicked up chop that with of
d scarcely handle the craft ran down the Ub
double and with
w to au out the caring have done
esaid the late
the wind Blue Hill viii
leeted the mansai Il the
wife rolled the wheel the
again All this time pitching waowng
ran about eight feet high Earbo Island
o OF white mass of breakers ahead the bow
loft
not much time chart
should
were reieve dwbenW
channel Rock and shot through between
gravel hand The