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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-12-13
Hoods SaysaparilIa

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pared only by {. l. Hood & Co, Lowell, Mass.
HOOd,c DiiiS ar" the best after-dnner
AAOOa > fa20 pills aid digestion. zoe.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-12-13

most offensive and uncomfort-
able affection of the skin. also
due 10 impure blood.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-12-13

which 80 disfgure the skin, and
make the human face divine
anyt thing but thing of beauty,
but which ere Natures adver-
tiscment Of foul blood.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-12-13
8 alt Rneum,

torment to the fesh, a dis
fgurement to the body, and a
drain on the system, also due
to vitiated blood.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17
orrurred forward Of the midships SEQ
tion of the maine"
A COMPLETE WRECK.

MAsHrNeroN, D. G, Feb. IL
Admiral Sicard telegraphed Secretary
Long from Key West, this afternoon
as follows; I'm the opinion Of Lieut.
John Hood, Of the "Maine,' who hal
just arrived from Havana, the Maine
can never again be utilized as q ship
He describes the whole body Of ths
ship as completely collapsed where the
schock Of the explosion was heavi est
HAD A PREMoNITIoN.
BAY CfTH, Mich, Feb, IL "A letter
was received, today. from Elmer Neil
strup, gunner of the "Maine," dated
February 18th, In which he wrote he
would not be surprised IL they should
be blown up any day; that the ship was
surrounded with Iorpedoes and could
not leave the hafbor without the CON
sent and direction OF the Spanish
authorities.
A PUBLIC FUNERAL.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 17.--The
following message was received at the
navy department from Captain Sigs-
bee, at Havana: Secretary Long,
Washington General Blanco and
mayor of the city have requested ms
to permit public burial to the dead
already found, In order that public
sympathy may be expressed thereby
and due honor shown the dead. IL
would be impractic#ble to transport
the remains to the United States. /
have accepted the offer of the author
tiles and there will be public funeral
~ H. -
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17

NAHAIMo. BIC. ,Feb.-17.--A special
from Juneau, Alaska, of February 18th,
confirms the news OF the loss of the
"Clara Nevada, !" aud says: The cause
of the disaster was doubtless due to an
explosion other boilers. OF the fifty
people on board, none are believed to
have been saved. Frank Whitney, OF
Cripple Creek, Colorado, was one Of
the unfortunates.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17
Naval rIIsvenlaentsIII. 3

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. I7.-A private
telegram from Galveston says the
battleship "Tcxas' and cruiser "Nash-
vile received orders from the navy
department to sail from Galveston 81
once. Their exact destination has nM
been learned, but it is accepted that
they go either to Admiral Sicard ssfleet.
off Dry TortHgas or directt to Havana.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17
Fusion vlctsry.

MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Feb. ~17;AThe
Populist convention has come to an
end with victory for the fusion forces
The state convention was SET for June
18th. The middle Of theroad faction,
who desired an April convention, found
itself SO much in the minority, 1t made
no struggle.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17
Terrific Explosion.

BERGMAN, Prussia, Feb. ia ter
rible explosion of FIRE damp occurred
in the Carolinengluck cgliery, at Ham.
mersly, this morning. Thirf y seven
jured. 1t ID believed fifty persons per
ished.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17
Merry GRANTED Z Resplte

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, February H.
Christopher Merry, the peddler. who
was to have been hanged In Chicago
tomorrow for wife murder, was today
granted respite Of sixty days BY, Gov
ernor Tanner His lawyers asked time
to perfect an appeal to the supreme
court or to take the case before the
state board Of pardons.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17
Z saeffsrson,s BIrthdsy.

wAsnrNaros, D. O., Feb. ~
Jefferson's birthday anniversary will
be, celebrated April 18th, by the Ma
tional association Of Demobratic clubs,
with subscription dinner. Bryan
will be thesprincpal speaker.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17
Easteruu division Sold.

r TOPEKA. Kas.. Feb. IL The eastern
division Of the Kansas Pacific road, l40
miles in length, was sold under the first
mortgage today and was -bonght In by
Alvin w. Krsck, on the part of the
reorganization COMMITTEES, for Si500. 600.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17
Heavy Loss by rire.

PITTsFIELD, Mass, Feb. 1.-THE
Burbank block burned this morning.
Loss, $4,000 insurance, $65, 600.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17
Job Printing

In all Ifs Numerous and d.
verse branches done as II
should be az THR OPTIC Job
Rooms.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17

dispatch this morhinz ffom Admiral
Sicard, in command OF the North
Atlantic squadron, diving details Of the
court of inquiry to investigate the
"Maine" disaster, as follows. Captain
Sampson, president Of courts Captain
Chadwick, Lieutenant Commander
Schroeder and Lieutenant Cofnmander
Mark, Sampson is COMMANDER of the
battleship "Iowa;" Chadwick II COM
mander Of the New York;" Schroeder
is executive officer of the "Massachu- :
setts" and Mark is executive officer Of
the "Verm0nt."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
Two Audacious Colleglans.

William Wetmore Story was fond Of
telling the following tale Of James
Russell Lowell and himself:
Games Lowell and I were very
angry with Webster for staying in old
Tyler's Cabinet, and as he was to
speak in Faneuil Hall on the evening
of the 3Oth Of September, 1842, we de-
termined to go in from the Harvard
Law School and boot at him, and to
show him that he had incurred our
displeasure. There were 5000 people
there, and we felt sure that they would
boot with US, young as we were. But
we reckoned without our host.
'tMr. Webster, beautifully dressed,
stepped forward. His great eyes
looked, as I shall always think,
straight at me. Ipulled 'of my hat;
James pulled off his. We both be-
came as cold as ice and as respectful
as Indian coolies. I saw James turn
pale; he said I was livid. And when
the great creature began that most
beautiful exordium, our scorn turned
to deepest admiration, from abject
contempt to belief and appreciation. "
San Francisco Argonaut.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
Tactics of Pursued Deer.

An Oxford County sportsman who
is much interested in the habits Of
wild game reports seeing three deer
chased by dogs in the deep snow. It
was impossible for them to rum fast,
and they adopted tactics that were at
once novel and practical. They were
running single file. The first thing
that attracted attention as unusual
was the action of the leader, which
stopped suddenly, jumped to one
side, and let the other two deer run by
in the path he had made. Very soon
the new leader jumped out and let his
followers run ahead as long as the
leader could stand it to make the path
in the deep snow. This was kept up
until they went out of sight, and the
sportsman had learned something
new.-Kennebec me. Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
Indian Fails as Shoplifteri

A Navajo Indian can hide more
bulk within the folds Of his blanket
than a two-bushel basket could hold,
and can successfully hide many stolen
articles before our eyes. The settlers
along the San Juan and Animas rivers,
during the early days, had to put all
their stealable possessions in one cor
ner of their places of abode and stand
guard when the Navajoes were visitors,
which was q too frequent occurrence.
"Chinny ah-go!" (meaning something
to eat) was the first intimation, gener-
ally, that an Indian was near (perhapa
o half dozen). They rarely exceeded
half dozen in number, as they, like
the American hobo, had learned that
smaller numbers stood q better show
to get something to eat.
One dayin A. r. Lincoln's cabin,
on the south bank of the San Juan
River, three bachelors were partaking
of their evening meal, when q Navajo
with glass eye walked in. All tried
to watch the Indians movements, but
he had managed to get several articles
under his blanket, and would not have
been detected had not an accident be-
fallen him. A hatchet which slipped
from one of the folds in his blanket
fell, and the sharp blade cut long
cash in the calf of his leg. The Indian
looked to the roof Of the cabin as if
wondering where the Ratchet had fall
len from, but the blood squirting from
the open cash betrayed him. His
blanket was shaken and butcher
knife, miners candlestick, several can
dies and package Of tobacco, all be-
longing in the cabin, fell on the earthly
floor. Durango (Col. Wage Garner.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21

will be q fair prospect that the money
will be intelligently and scientifically
applied instead Of being practically
wasted, as the money and labor in the
existing system Of working out the
tax are. After two or three conspic-
nous object lessons, such as the
Brighton and Ridge road improve
ments will be, have been furnished,
there will be a rush OF applications
from rural property owners for road
improvements under the new law
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
citizenship of Chinese.

Tho case Of the United States
against Wong Kim Ark was decidedin
the United States Supreme Court,
Justice Gray handing down the opin'
ion of the court. The case was ap-
pealed by the United States from the
District Court for the Northern Dis.
trict of California, and it involved the
citizenship of aperson born in this
country of Chinese parents, which
bad never hitherto been decided by
the Supreme Court. The decision
will have the effect of confirming the
citizenship of such persons.
Wong Kim Ark was born in the
United States in 1873 of Chinese par
ents, who had resided here for several
years. When he grew up the young
man returned to China for visit, and
upon his attempting to return without
presenting the usual certificate hewas
detained on shipboard by the collector
at San Francisco on the ground that
under the laws restricting Chinese i'm
migration he was not entitled to land.
Wong Kim Ark thereupon applied to
Judge Morrow, of the United States
District Court, for q writ Of habeas
corpus, alleging that he was al Amer
lean citizen because of his birth in this
country end regardless Of the nation
ality OF his parents.
The question was new one, but,
after giving it due consideration,
Judge Morrow issued the writ, thus
deciding the question in the China
mans favor, giving him his liberty so
far as that court could do so and rec
ognizing his citizenship.
The United States Attorney ap-
pealed the case to this court, but in
the meantime Wong Kim Ark was id
mitted to bail in his own recogniz.
ance. The case has been pending
since 1896, when Wong Kim Ark
landed in San francisco. There are
said to be several thousand persons in
the United States whose status as citi
zens will be affected by the decision.
Washing Star.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
GOOD ROADS NOTES.
A System of Military Highways.

System OF Military highways
An elaborate system Of good high
ways for Pennsylvania is proposed by
Arthur Kirk, Of Sharpsburg, Penn.
As the constitution Of that State says
there shall be no State debt created
except for military purposes, he pro-
poses that the State create complete
system of military roads, which shall
traverse the State from east to west
in parallel lines forty miles apart, and
in like manner from north to south.
These military highways are not to
utilize old roads, but are to be laid
out new under the most expert super
vision; be constructed in the best
manner; have no grade greater than
three per cent, no matter what grad
ing may be required, and to be from
forty to sixty feet wide.
The whole charge of building and
maintaining these military highways
is to be in the lands of the Secretary
of Internal Affairs, who is to have
three competent civil engineers as his
counsellors. All applicants for posi-
tions Of engineers in charge OF the
construction of these roads are to be
sigidly examined before they con be
appointed. The Secretary is to ap-
point court to hear all claims and
award damages for property taken for
the construction of the roads. Before
each section Of road is completed, the
Secretary is to sell at public auction
the right to lay and use q double track
street railway on it for transporting
freight and passengers, for period Of
twenty years, and money received
from this source is to become part O.
the bodybuilding fund.
Before the end Of November in eacl
year, the Secretary is to notify tn
State Treasurer how much will be re
CURED for the following year, which
sum shall not exceed Sl2, 100000. 0,
the first Tuesday Of each month, tn
Treasurer shall sell at public auction
j twenty year, three per cent. Stat
/ bonds, to an amount not exceedin
I 81, 100000 per month, until the sur
required by the Secretary is obtained
A Such highways are expected t.
benefit the people so greatly that the
will demand that they be built bu
twenty miles apart, and then ten, an
then five. Mr.. Kirk has given th
road question much attention bot
here and abroad. His propose
Military Road Law has been printe
! with full explanations.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
Working of Permissive Laws.

Permissive road laws will not bring
the millennium Of good roads upon
us with a rush. There is still much
opposition to road improvement, and
it will take a good while, and much
hard work, to overcome it. If county
supervisors are simply given permits
sion to indicate what roads they want
improved, and their constituents don't
want any done, they will not call for
any road building in their districts.
Under such laws, the only induce
ment for a county to build roads that
it does not want, is the States prom
Use to bear half the expense. AS some
one remarked, ''this is a good deal
like asking a man, into whose intel
lect no ray of spiritual light had
pierced, if he wouldn't like to be
taxed for his salvation. Good Roads
Bulletin.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21

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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
Statistics Regarding Good Roads.

This is the time Of the year when
the average cyclist begins to look
around to find out the condition, Of
the roads. 1t is only the enthusiast
who has done moro or less regular
riding during the winter, but this
class is increasing every year. Fred
erick J. Fl. Merrill has issued good
road bulletin for the New York State
Museum of the University Of the
State of New York, which shows that
he has made q close study Of thegood-
roads problem. The bulletin treats
Of road building and good road ma
terial, and it also includes maps and
Illustrations of stretches of good
roads. The writer shows that this
country is in the same condition in
regard to roads that Great Britain was
at the beginning Of the present cen
fury, or, in other words, that we are q
hundred years behind England in
road-building. Mr.. Merrill says that
tho Romans showed o better know
ledge of road-building three hundred
B. O., than the officials of this State
do to-day. He gives the mileage Of
the important roads Of this State at
1913, 900 miles. Much money, he says,
is spent in repairing roads improperly,
leaving the highways in worse con-
dition than they were in before the i'm
provements were made. The maps
show the quarries in the State and the
kind of stone to be secured in each.
The ideal stone for bodybuilding can
be had around the Palisades on the
Hudson. Mr.. Merrill argues that it is
not necessary to destroy the Palisades
or blast for this stone, for, he says,
there is enough loose material at the
foot Of the Palisades to last for road
building in this district for some time
to come. The writer argues that all
that would be necessary would be for
the road. builders to get barges, pick
it up and bring it over. This particu'
lar stone is known as "trap-rock, u
and it can be found in quantities in
no other part OF the State.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
CAPTURE OF PORTO BELLo.
Morgan Forced Monks and Nuns to rlace
Scaline-Ladders Against tho Walls.

Morgan Forced Monks and Nuns to Place
scaline-Ladders Against the Walls.
Frank R. Stockton continues 1.-The
Buccaneers of Our Coast" in St.
Nicholas. Writing Of Morgan and his
piratical crew, Mr.. Stockton says:
"Tho buccaneers found Porto Bello
o hard nut to crack; they landed and
marched upon the town, which was
defended by several forts or castles.
Even when one of these had been cap
tured by assault and blown up with
all its garrison, who had been taken
prisoners, still the town was not IN
Inundated. The Governor vowed ne
would never surrender, and would die
fighting to the last. In vain the pr
ates made desperate efforts to capture
the principal fort, and Morgan began
to despair. The garrison was strong
and well commanded, and whenever
the pirates attempted to scale the wall
they were shot down, or fire-pots full
of powder mixed with stones or other
missiles we're hurled upon them.
At last the willy Morgan had an idea.
He set his men to work to make some
ladders long enough to reach the top
of the walls, and wide enough to allow
three or four men to 60 up abreast. Ii
he could get these properly set up, his
crew Of desperate tigercats could
make combined rush and get over
the walls. But it was not Morgan's
| plan that these men should lose their
lives in setting up these ladders. He
had captured some converts in the
| suburbs of the town, with number
| of nuns and monks, and he now or
dered these poor creatures, the women
as we'll as the men, to place the lad
ders against the walls, believing that
the Spanish Governor would not allow
his soldiers to fire upon these inno-
cent persons.
But the Governor was determined
to defend the town, no matter who
had to suffer, so the soldiers fred at
the nuns and Che monks just as
though they were buccaneers or any
other enemies. The poor creatures
cried out in terror, and begged their
friends not to fire upon them, but the
soldiers obeyed the command OF the
Governor, and the pirates were close
behind them and threatening them
with their pistols, and SO the poor
nuns and monks had to press forward,
many of them dropping dead or
wounded. They continued their work
until the ladders were placed, and
then over the walls went the pirates
with yells and howls Of triumph, and
it was not long after that the town was
taken. The brave Governor dice
fighting in the principal fort, and the
citizens and soldiers all united in the
vigorous defense, but it was useless
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
New Road Law Already Popular.

Before Governor Black had attached
his signature to tho Higbee-Armstrong
State roads bill, the property owners
along two important highways in
Monroe County had taken steps to
secure the benefits Of that bill when
it shall become law. The movement
was first started on the road between
Rochester and Brighton, and the
property owners on the Ridge road,
between Hoosic Hill and Lake
avenue, arc a good second.
Both of the thoroughfares men
toned are important ones leading into
this city. The Ridge road, for exam
pie, is splendid natural highway
leading westward from tho Genesee
River to the Niagara. It's greatest
breadth makes it appear like a superb
boulevard, and along its entire length,
country crossroads from the north
and south run into it, many of them
from important villages. But as it is
. great natural ridge of sand, the
wagon tracks along this road are,
during most of the year, very heavy.
An improvement which would give
teams and wagons good, solid drive
way would immensely expedite aud
relieve the large traffic over the road.
The evidence thus promptly fur
nished of the prospective popularity
Of the proposed law is specially graf
itying to its friends. Something was
needed to stimulate property owners
on country highways to adopt meas
ures for securing good roads. This
something is furnished in the State
aud county aid secured under the
bill. Under the new system there
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
Preserving Good Roads,

The effect of wide tires on roads has
been shown clearly on a street in
Springfield, Mass, over which heavy
quarry wagons are driven. The road
was formerly badly cut up, but a
number Of years ago it was given q
heavy surface coat of gravel with the
understanding that wide tires should
be put on the wagons carrying the
quarry stone. This was done, the
tires being four to five inches wide,
and since that time the street has
been in good condition, although little
has been done on it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
In the Wrong Place.

It is said that $4,000 tons Of water
fall every year on each mile Of road.
This water does it's best to run off and
join some watercourse, but is general
ly so hampered in it's efforts that
much of it soaks directly into the sur
face, so that dirt roads become mud,
and stone roads are ruined. Proper
drainage alone would go far toward
improving all our highways.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
Largest Bell in France.

The largest bell in France has been
hung in the belfry Of the Church of
the Sacred Heart in Paris. It weighs
twenty-five tons, can be heard at
distance of twenty-five miles, and its
vibration lasts six minutes.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-05-21
MARYLAND and Good Roads.

There IS simple common SeHse AoI
the good roads question, says the Bal
timore American. Get good men, and
make the money reach the roads. AS
things are at present organized-or
disorganized-in Maryland, not one
dollar in four or five appropriated for
roads reaches the work on the roads.
This fact is known. It is admitted.
It is one of the chief scandals OF the
State.
Now the time has come for the
money to be honestly used. There
should be new laws, new regulations,
new men and new methods. The
lack Of good roads is keeping down
the price of every farm in the State,
costing every farmer more to get his
products to market, keeping back that
progress which would come if we had
better highways.
It is simple matter, but we hope
the Legislature will study it and be-
gin by wise laws that progress toward
better things, which will lead Mary
land to the destiny that belongs to it
by right of position and by the ex-
haustless value Of its resources.