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The Press., 1898-02-17
MATTER OF PRONUNCIATION
A Father Who Seeks to Enlighten His
 Son on q Small Point.


 Son on . Small Point.
 There is a certain man who by the sweat of his brow-in summer time earns his bread as government official, with an office in the big state, war and navy building He also earns bread for a wife and three likely children and 8 servant, who manages to carry slice of pie along home with her bread about three evenings in the week. But that is the cooks privilege always
 This official has son aged IS, who is very nearly as sharp as the father thinks himself to be, especially in those things that everybody ought to know and not one person in @ dozen does know. About three times 8 week the father comes, to the office loaded with some new information which he seeks to im- part to his fellow clerks by the induct- i've method-that is, he induces them to show how little they know; then he words and their pronunciation, and he thinks he is an authority.
 The other evening while he was en- tertaining three or four of his office friends at small supper the eldest boy spoke up from the far end of the table. Say. pop," he inquired, "how do you pronounce N-e-w-o-n-e?" spelling 1t out slowly.
 ''1 presume, replied the father, with the courage of his convictions, "that it is an Indian name, and by the rule l would pronounce it Ne-wo-ny."
 'But that ism t the way" dissented the boy.
 The father was never more surprised in his life.
 ''I don't quite see how it would be euphonious any other way" he said, with @ mild air of offended intelligence. Whats the matter with pronouncing it new one?" inquired the boy, with 6 loud, irreverent ha ha. And the blow almost killed father. Washington Star
The Press., 1898-02-17
Thoughts.

Thoughts are certainly able to spread themselves without the aid of looks or language Invisible seed that floats from the parent plant can root itself wher- ever it settles, and thoughts must have some medium through which they sail till they reach minds that can take them in, and there they strike root, and whole crops of the same sort come up just as if they were indigenous and naturally belonging to their entertainers This is even more true in great matters than in small. Ingelow.
The Press., 1898-02-17
A Natural Query.

''I am getting up little article about men of wealth, explained the reporter, as he entered the great merchant's s office, "as sort of lesson for the young men of today. Would you mind telling me how you got your first real start in life?"
 "Not at all, not at all," replied the old man pleasantly. "Do you want the truth, or the regulation biographical TO- nance that is ordinarily used? It's im- material to me. ''-Chicago Post.
The Press., 1898-02-17
The Letter I.

The name of "I'' is in Hebrew iod or jot. hand, and the earliest charao- ters representative of the sound closely resemble hand with but three fingers. Little by little one finger after another dropped off until only the little finger was left and the letter became the small est in the alphabet, a jot or tittle, that is, the "I" and its dot being synonyms of the most insignificant things that oould he described
The Press., 1898-02-17
LINEN MAKERS.
Ireland and Holland Have Most Women
 Engaged I'm This Work.


 Engaged In This Work.
 Though Ireland today holds the first place, so far as America is concerned, in regard to linens, Holland occupied that position everywhere in the past and holds it today in many parts of Europe. The very word Holland is employed to designate a fine linen cloth or a linen and cotton cloth and has been used for this purpose from time immemorial It Is roth glazed and unglazed and used for wearing and household decoration. Flax grows we'll in that part of Europe, and the sunlight is said to be brighter and to have more power in bleaching in the Low Countries than elsewhere. The linen industry is carried on in Holland more by women than by men. In the fields there are almost as many female as male cultiv ators. In the harvesting there is an excess of women.
 In the many processes, such as lining, hacking and spinning, the women out numbered the men three to one. In the mills the women are in the majority. The men preponderate when it comes to the making of damasks and fancy de- signs. For at least four centuries it has been an honored custom in the Neither lands for young women to begin making their marriage portion in linen when mere girls Some go so far as to start with the sowing of the seed; others be- gin with the spinning, while those bet ter off buy the finished cloth. All do the cutting and sewing A wedding outfit consists of petticoats, nightgowns and other underwear, several suits for sum- mer wear. sheets, pillow cases, bolster cases, pillow shams, shirts for the hus- band to be and number of rolls of the sncut material for future emergency or use Nearly every girl of marriage able age has stock of these goods rang ing from trunkful to three or four times that amount = Philadelphia
The Press., 1898-02-17

A CLEVER TRIoK.-It certainly looks like 1t, but there is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who has Lame Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or ner- vous trouble. We mean he can cure him. self right away by taking Electric Bit ters. This medicine tones up the whole system. acts as stimulant to the Liver and Kidneys, is blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures Constipation, Headache, Painting Spells, Sleeeplessness and Mel ancholy. It is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only soc. bottle at E. K. Taft's Drug Store. :
The Press., 1898-02-17
Now, while parties of gold-hunters are

NOW, WnlIe parties or goId-hunters are region, under the auspices of profit-shar- ing of the Pacific Mining and Trading Company" comes dispatch announcing the arrival on the Pacific coast of a steamer from Skaguay, bringing % dis gusted and aabbergasted passengers who have got enough of the Klondike region, and who severely denounce the headlong rush. They report that the mass of men at Skaguay have nothing: to do but to drink and gamble,
The Press., 1898-02-17

MT. F. c. Helbig, prominent druggist of Lynchburg, Va, says: "One of our citizens was cured of rheumatism of two years standing, by one bottle of Chamber lain's Pain Balm. This liniment Is fa- nous for it's cures of rheumatism ; thousands have been delighted with the prompt relief which it affords. For sale by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1898-02-17

DoN'T DELAY-AooEPT AT ONoE.-If you are sick or out of health, here is a chance of being cured which may never happen again. Dr. Greene, 35 West 14th St., New York City, the most noted and successful physician in curing disease this century has produced, has announced that by letter free Write him immediately about your case. You can thus get his opinion and advice without charge. Do not miss this opportunity restora- tion to health will undoubtedly result.
The Press., 1898-02-17
The Meanest Man.

"About the meanest man I ever knew," said the steady liar, twas a fellow over in Indiana. His little boy got leg cut off in sawmill, and the old villain had wooden leg made for the kid of green willow, in the hope that it might grow as the boy did and save him the expense of getting new one so often. ''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Press., 1898-02-17
Bad Every Way.

Thirteen is an unlucks number in all cases, ," said .Jarley "I don't know,' said Butler. "I'd rather have SIS than $12.''
 "1 wouldn t. said Jarley. "If had 412, I'd spend only $l2, but if had i SIS I'd spend SIS. Harlem Life.
The Press., 1898-02-17
Getting Even.

"I notice, '' remarked the literary ed- itor, casually turning over the leaves of the book the struggling author had brought in,. ''you have given your hero six fingers on his right hand, and there is nothing in the story, so far as can see, to explain why. May I ask what the extra is for?''
 ''To snap at the critics" vociferated the struggling author, with 8 gleam of vengeance in his eye.
 The worm had dturned.-London Fun.
The Press., 1898-02-17

Sweden and Norway find the United
 States good customer of cod liver oil
 and matches, those articles being the principal items of export to this coun.
The Press., 1898-02-17

IT KEEPS THE FEET WARM AND DRY.-Ask fol Aliens Foot.Ease, powder. It cures Corns feet. At all druggists and Shoe stores. 25c Sample FREE Address, Allen s. Olmsted, Le- Roy. NY.
The Press., 1898-02-17

Swords were formerly all handmade, the utmost dexterity and skill being re quired to give the steel the roper tenn per. In the ordinary sabers now used i1 the army machinery is, to limited ex tent, employed.
The Press., 1898-02-17
Number AZ.
Cretan Caution.

The following dialogue between two Oretans who met in the mountains is a literal translation from tie original and typical illustration of their eau tion:
 A.-Good day, neighbor.
 B.-You are right welcome, my good friend.
 A.-Where do you come from?
 B.-From up yonder; quite near.
 A.-And where might you be going tor
 B.-Oh, only just down there.
 A.-Well. and what's the news. dear friend7
 B.-Good news, and all that you may tell me over and above.
 A.-Make me present of your name.
 B.-You are heartily welcome to it But be never breathes it for all that.
 A living example of this curious dis trust and caution, lest by a mere acci- dent the common enemy should learn a secret of significance, is an old man named Costoro Voludhaki, who, like several others Cretans whom I met, is hale centenarian who has passed through eight revolutions unscathed. He carries secrecy to such point that he never allows even his own friends and partisans to know where he sleeps at night. It is hardly surprising if. un der these circumstances, contemporary Cretans have inherited the unenviable reputation of their forefathers for un- veracity. But no one who approves de- ception in war and diplomacy in peace will be justified in casting the first stone at those whose very lives occasionally depend. both in war and in peace. upon their misleading their secular foes- EortuiQhtlv Review
The Press., 1898-02-17

GLAD TIDINGs.- specific for Dys- pepsia, Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, Cos tiveness. General Debility ,etc., Is Bacons' Celery King for the Nerves. This great herbal tonic stimulates the digestive or gans, regulates the Liver and restores the system to vigorous health and energies. Sample free. Large packages 5Oc and 25c. Sold only by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, W. P. Fuller, Somers, Odell & Jones, Staffordville.
The Press., 1898-02-17
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill 8 bottle or common glass with urine and let it stand twenty-four hours :; a sediment o1 settling indicates an un- healthy condition of the kidneys. When urine stains linen 1t is evidence of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate. or pain in the back, is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order.
 WHAT TO DO.
 There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great idney remedy, fulfils every wish relieving pain in the back. kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passages. It corrects inabil- ity to hold urine and scalding pain in passing 1t, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night to urinate. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing eases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists, price fifty cents and one dollar. You may have sample bot tie and pamphlet both sent free by mail. Mention The Press and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, Binghampton, N. |. The proprietors of this paper guar antee the genuineness of this offer.
The Press., 1898-02-17

The most valuable sword in England is the one presented by the Egyptians to Lord Wolseley The hilt is set with brilliants, and it is valued at $1O. .OO0
The Press., 1898-02-17
Mountain Ranges,

The long, undulating folds in which the AppaIachians were produced when first thrown up are characteristic of mountain ranges the world over The Alps, the Pyrenees, the Caucasus, Himalayas, Andes and Rockies are built in just that way They are enor mously thick beds or masses, and they are all rideed up into these folds
The Press., 1898-02-17

From Bremen to Sandy Hook is 3, 4s. kuots
The Press., 1898-02-17
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Feb. 21, 1868.

Items of local interest taken from the columns of The Press, thirty years ago.l
The Press., 1898-02-17

In It, Too.-"What do you think of these Klondike investment schemes, any way ?" "Some of them are all right. Here by the way, is a prospectus of one, in which I am director. Shares are sell ing for" "Oh, never mind. don't care to invest. I'm vice-president of one my self f"-Cleyeland Leader.
The Press., 1898-02-17
It is not often that a physician reco

It is not often that a physician recon. mends patent medicine: when he does you may know that 1t is good one. Dr. J. P. Cleveland, Glasgow, Va., writes II have used Chamberlain's Collie, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy in my practice and it has proven to be an excellent rem edy, where a thorough course of medicine had failed with me. I recommend 1t tc my patients every time for collie and diar rhea." Many other progressive phy sicians recommend and use this remedy because it always cures and cures quickly Get bottle and you will have an excel lent doctor in the house for all bowe complaints. both for children and adults For sale by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs and G. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-21
AN OCEAN FREIGHT EVIL.

Steamship transportation companies are
evidently governed by neither state nor in
terstate rules of traffic, nor do they seem
TO have any rules regulating themselves. 1t
can hardly be said that they combine to ad-
vance rates, for they are too often at war
among themselves, and do as they please,
Individually and collectively. upon any and
all occasions,
1t Is very unfortunate for Texas however,
and especially for the agricultural inter-
ests, that they have managed in some way
to agree upon u heavy advance in foreign
freights just at time when tho farmers
OF the state are suffering from nearly the
lowest prices on cotton ever recorded. a,
present rates the freight on a bale of cot
ton Is 81 25 higher than at the beginning
OF tho season, and fully 75 cents per bale
higher than tho average In recent years
Even AT the latter advance. should it be
maintained, the steamship companies will
takc from Texas this year s1,5oO 900 more
than Is their due, granting that only g.
100000 beles of cotton win be exported,
This Is heavy tax upon the farmers, for
vi Npu's Sc inc price OF tne staple " lowered
to pay for the advance In frelghts II may
be that the heavy demand for freight room
Just at this time justitIcs the ship broker
IN his own eyes, in advancing rates. but 10
the average person II looks like jumping OH
man who IL olready crushed to the earth
by heavy burdens,
Cotton has AT times been shipped from
Galveston to Liverpool for 81 per bale. That
It should cost nearly 81 per bale today
snow that there ss something wrong. and
that the people are sorcly In need OF the
services of an institution something like
the Texas railroad commission to regulate
the maHter OF ocean transportation. Men
and corporations that take such an advan-
taEe OF people in an extremity deserve little
consideration.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-21

In this country. whose decisions form an
unbroken current in support of the rule
we have adopted. 1t has been found ef-
iicae,ous in the past. enabling courts TO
preserve and perpetuate testimony against
great criminals and bring Them to justice.
IL Is comparatively easy recently, after
an offense has been committed. to bring
the witnesses together, and on Il prelim.
mary hearing procure their testimony and
reluce 1t TO writing; and in such case the
witness has confronted the defendant and
ho nus had the privilege OF a cross- examin-
elton upon all the points of the witness
testimony; and 10 hold that after the wit
ness has so testified. If. on the next day
ne should die, and the State should not be
permitted to use his evidence, taken un-
der all the formalties and sanctity of the
law. would b. to authorize in many cases
the ESCAPE from punishment of persons
guilty OF crime Ii would be resting the
administration OF the law upon very
brittle thread. and 1t would be an invita-
lion TO crminals themselves to dispose
OF the testimony against them. There IS
too much at stake in the conservation of
life and property to deal lightly with till;
subject II the contrary rule nhall prevail.
aud 1t shall become the law of this State
that examining trial evidence of deceased
witness, or parol evidence given by a Wit
ness on former trial OF the case said wit
ness having since died. can not be used on
subsequent trial against defendant. It
will not only revclutionlze our criminal
Jurisprudence, but 1t will be letting down
the barriers in favor Of criminals when
our code requires our law. to be literally
construed, In order to suppress crime and
bring offenders TO justice. Ii il was inn
portant in the early days to preserve this
character of evidence. it is equally as i'm
portant now"
This is not eXaggeMtion of the effect
OF this decision. II seriously impalrs the
right of the state to porpetuate testimony.
II lays dangerous precedent upon alb
scondsns witnesses and the wicked destruc-
ton OF testimony. Wide reaching and rev.
olutionary. 1t affects vitality the admins
tratlon of public Justice. and since 1t can
not be remedied by legislation its opera
tion should be promptly arrested by an
amendmtnt to the constitution"
L. A. p
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-21
VERMONT AND MAINE.
"cpuhl,enn Press on the rro.pcrt'

Republican Press on the Prospects
Nv shown by Election Strn,yr.
The Maine election Is lesson to re-
publicans all over the Nation TO keep
eyerlastlngDy at 1t, Apathy win ruin he
beat cause u party ever devoted Itself TO.
PHILADELPHIA North American (RepD
II the Maine and Vermont vote correct
" reflects the popular temper in the coun-
try at large the democracy will stand au
excellent chance of securing control OF
the Fifty-siSth congress. Algcissm and
faint aud uncertain leadership RESPECTING
the new problems and dangers confront
Ing the Nation are doipg u perfect work in
deaienlng republican enthusiasm. Spring
field Republican undD,
Secretary Alger while on his vacation
viii have amplo time to ponder over the
elections In Vermont and Maine. The
Snsses of the republican party in those
States have been unexpectedly large, and
there is hut one reasonable oNplanati ON
An investigating commission Is no remedy
Even II the proper persons can be induced
90 serve. thec viii he the Impression that
the administration IL investigating Itself
The true remedy is for the administered oa
to lop Off the oftoudtug member, 49, Baltl-
more American (RepD.
No pre,euse is made that the party or
ganizatloa In Vermont dll NOT bend every
effort TO get out the full vote ana II is
Improbable that Chaimnan Manlay's com-
mittoe was quite as listless IS he claims
Il 10 have been There is unrest anioup
the voters and they arc in the moos for
independence. They are irate at Alger-
Ism and the incapacity OF The war do.
partment TO properly care for the soldiers
In the field and In camp and the prime
essortip' IS to throw the Jonahs over
board. from Alger and Quay TO the hum
hl,st Of their followers and !mttators. ~
Phfla .clphia Ledger uudl.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-21

mount of the regiment-1000 horses.
WIN be sold at auction III this city at the
stables at l5l Ea Twenty fourth street.
The sale will begin on Tuesday. and 1t
won't last long, as these souvenirs will
surely go of like hot cakes. Many OF tine
troopers have become so attached to their
mounts that they will be among the bid
der;, but unless sentiment sways toe relic
hunters the bidding will be too spirited for
many of the brave boys Some of the
mounts VIII surely go West and South
however, as all the Rough Riders are not
poor in purse by any means.
never falling harbinger OF autumn has
put in an appearance on Fifth avenue. 1t
comes in the shape of a rather striking
young woman. who has a peDchant for ex-
tremeiy tight laced gowns. For TWO yn,rs
size has walked up and down the avenue
hoNerlng In front of the club windows and
eas rly scruunizing the faces of the men
Who stand in array bc1lhd them. This au-
tumnal sign Is fanilar to every man IN
clubIand, but, so far as can BE- ascerta!ned
she has never acknowledged acquaintance
snip with any of the poSers. Characters and
types are almost as plentiful on the city's
show street as they are on the Bowery
Inc twenty-one ushers employed in
music hall have struck. 1t seems that
the manager conceived the idea that it
would be rather novel to have all his en-
ployes alfred in red satin "knickers,"
white satin short coats, red waistcoats,
stockings and pumps to match white pow
dered wigs and hairless faces. But the
dapper ushrs flatly declined to lose their
Individuality, much less their downy mus
taches, and they quit in a body. Ushers in
the toys OF Fourteenth century footmen
ought to be hard TO secure. They prefer
to dress like real gentlemen.
Ex- Governor James A. Campbell of Ohio
has come TO live In New York, and as he
las long been on friendly terms with Tam
many Han the braves expect that he will
join the Wigwam council He lives in tn
Ienderloin district, so II he turns to the
Wlgwam instead of the Democratic club
he VIII be placed on the general committee
Here's how one song writer, whose music
is ground out by almost every street piano.
sizes up the situation
Hark! Hark! the dogs may bark
The Rough Riders are all in town.
Some in rags, some with jags
And some with thirsts to drown.
The last line.
You can gimme" said tall trooper.
as he slowed most of his length under the
t ,%ose IN an all-night eating house, some
nam ana eggs and a beefsteak with onions.
protiet chicken With some fixn's, n dozen
oysters, two kinds OF ics cream and a can
also hungry
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-21

tho dominant forces received smaller pay
than we pay our officers and soldiers.
Our expenses upon the whole will be as
great per year out there as we're SPANS.
But does any ore imagine that We would
continue this terrible burden OF taxatica
and oppression WIN we exact half ns
much IN taxation as Spain esactedy Can
we hope for anything like such revenue
recelpts9
II is not difficult therefore. 10 predict
the financial results OF our retention OF
the islan,z--an annual deficit Of large
proportions to BIO voted by congress- out
OF the taxes collected from the American
peofdc
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-21
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TAXATION IN THE PHILIPPINES.

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and tha women ns,, ~ va " ao'u. Wv
ameasured nv o,r 49,. r "po"' go,
heavy ,a,.s Gov ~ ~. .'''.''S pa''
their products Thev n..a se,''"s
their own sheen =, :, -, 'a 80 80 smear ,
trees w,on 49,, ~ W.. uoNu 'He'r
from Their ,raos IVY, sN"s'ei 'Ocoanu's
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