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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-29
The Question

has been asked why have my own
medicinal preparations, and why
,ry TO sell them in preference TO
Patent medicines.
There are good many reasons, Nance
ly:-
BECAUSE | can afford to give you
the same or better value than the
Patent Medicine men do Tor lees
money-namely, 20 per cent less
BECAUSE q great many people have
learned that my standard medici'
mai Preparations give them better
aa,lshcuon, and they look TO US to
furnish the preparations they need.
BECAUSE l can recommend them
with a confidence born of knowl'
edge II what they contain.
BECAUSE he who buys my frepara-
tons has only one profit to pay
while 10 who buys the Patent has
several Of them and more besides.
BECAUSE the Patent Medicine man
doesn't care anything about you or
us anyhow only to sell his stuff
BECAUSE the people are learning
that good druggist knows more
than some fellow who ioundl) his
recipe in the hands Of an Egyptian
mummy or from some Indian
squaw.
For these Reasons ! sell
my own Preparations.
e. fR. Emnlsl Db o.,
Manufacturing Pharmacist.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-29
Residence and Furniture For
sale.

My residence and furniture are offered
for sale Also oue.hali block next to
d. G. DeMaret. See me for bargain.
ls3 G. n. Wye.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21
THOUGHTS OF GREAT MEN.

Three may keep secret-if two Of
them are dead.-Ben Franklin.
The public! How many fools must
there be to make public?-Chamfort-
Weigh not so much what men say,
as what they prove remembering that
truth is simple and naked, and needs
not invective to apparel her comeli-
ness.-Sir P. Sidney
Simple as it seems, it was a great
discovery that the key of knowledge
could turn both ways, that it could
open, as we'll as lock, the door of
power to the many.-Lowell.
The kingdom of God does not lie in
elegance of speech or fineness of parts,
but in innocence of life and good
WOrks.-ThOmas a Kempis
Our feelings are always purest and
most glowing in the hour of meeting
and Of farewell; like the glaciers which
are transparent and rosy-hued only at
sunrise and sunset-Jean Paul
The young man or maiden who can
find out, in early life, what the line
Of his or her genius is, has every rea-
son to be grateful to the teacher, or the
event, or the book that has discovered
it.-Edward Everett Hale
When a child can be brought to,
tears, not from fear OF punishment,
but from repentance for mis- offense, he
needs no chastisement. When the
tears begin to flow from grief at ones
own conduct, be sure there Is an angel
nesting in the bosOm.-Horace Mann.
Ye men of gloom and austerity, who
paint the fact of Infinite Benevolence
with an eternal frown, read in the
everlasting book, wide open to your
view, the lesson it would teach It's,
pictures are not in black and somber,
hues, but bright and glowing tints; its:
music-save when we drown it's not
in signs and groans, but songs and
cheerful sounds. Listen to the mil
lion voices in the summer air, and find
one dismal as your own.-Dickens.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21
WEDDING OF WASHINGTON

1t was a crystalline day, the 9Th of
January-old style-11o9. Up 10
colonial mansion, the white house. in
New Kent county, Virginia, spank
ing team of horses Gathered and
stopped, putting clouds of breath on the
frosty air. From the great coach
orlsk-faced, slow, important gentleman
IN scarlet dress stepped out, British
from forehead to foot-his excellency.
Lieutenant Governor Fauquier, come
with his wife to grace the wedding
party Of young Colonel George Wash
lngton, new burgess in the Virginia
assembly. The lieutenant governor
assisted the lady to alight. His sword
clanking as he followed her, remoy-
ing his belaced cooked hat, he entered.
TO add to festive brilliance within.
Inc dark eyes of the comedy little
bride, the widow GUSTS that was.''
were bright. She greeted them with
dignity softened by desire to please
into the graciousness that is southern.
In white satin threaded with silver.
and quilted petticoat, she wore pearls
entwtned In her soft brown hair. Her
little feet in high-heeled slippers. the
smallest fives," twinkled with buckles
OF brllliants. Point-lace ruff1es fell
about plump tapering arms and bosom,
and adorned with bracelets and neck
lace of pearls she looked tiny beside
the tall bridegroom in his costume
OF blue lined with red silk, embroidered
white satin waistcoat, gold knee and
shoe buckles, and sword Happiness
beamed in his glance and movement.
He was the handsomest man of the
handsome assemblage it is said, and
he had the quality that most quickly
makes a woman love-masterfulness
with tyranny He was
twenty-seveu, she but three months
younger. Her charms were such that
on the day they met he knew that he
wished to marry her. He had seen her
but four times before marriage; each
time, however, was a day of more, or
little less. 1t was a hopeful wedding,
a suitable match.-Leila Herbert in
Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21
MARK TWAIN ON THE JEWS.

The Jew is not disturber of the
peace of any country. Even his enc
mics will concede that He is not a
loafer, he is not sot, he is not noisy,
he is not a brawler nor a rioter, he
is not quarrelsome. In the statistics
Of crime his presence is cOnspicuously
Tare-in all countries. With murder
and other crimes of violence he has
but little to do; he is a stranger to
long roll of assaults" and drunk and
disorderlies' his name seldom appears.
That the Jewish home is a home in
the truest sense is a fact which no
one will dispute. The family is knitted
together by the strongest affections;
it's members show each other every due
respect; and reverence for the elders
is an inviolate law of the house. The
Jew is not a burden on the charities
of the state nor of the city; these
could cease from their functions with
out affecting him. When he is we'll
enough, he works; when he is inca
pacitated, his own people take care of
way, but with a fine and large benevo-
lence. His race is entitled to be called
the most benevolent of all the races
of men. A Jewish beggar is not i'm
possible, perhaps; such a thing may
exist, but there are few men that can
say they have seen that spectacle.
The Jew has been staged in many I'M
complimentary terms, but, so far as
I know, no dramatist has done him
the injustice to stage him as a beg
gar. Whenever a Jew has real need
to beg, his people save him from the
necessity Of doing it. The charitable
institutions of the Jews are supported
by Jewish money, and amply. The
Jews make no noise about it, it is
done quietly; they do not nag and
poster and harass us for contributions;
they give us peace, and set us an ex-
ample-an example which we have not
found ourselves able to follow.-Mark
Twain in Harper's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21
RIVAL EUPHRATES RAILWAYS.

International politics complicate
every question for the rehabilitation
and development of the once prosper
Gus regions of Asia Minor and Syria.
This is illustrated in the struggle now
in progress at Constantinople between
German, Russian and English diplo-
mats and syndicates for a concession
for a railroad down the Euphrates
valley to the Persian gulf. The Ger
mans already have a line of railroad
extending eastward from Constanti-
ultimately to the gulf, thus gaining
control not only of the business of the
rich country traversed, but also of
through business between the Indian
ocean and the Mediterranean. German
prestige and German trade in the
sultan's dominions have increased
enormously in recent years, and it is
desired to enlarge and strengthen both.
The sultan, on the other hand, would
like to have such a railway extending
from his capital through his rather
inaccessible Asiatic dominions, since it
would greatly facilitate his military
operations in that direction. Strategic
reasons appeal to him very strongly
in behalf of railway that will shorten
the time required for communication
with the lower Euphrates valley from
months to days. At the same time he
can see an advantage in having Ger
many rather than Russia investing
money in Asia Minor. He is averse,
however, to letting Germany get too
strong a grip. But an English syn
dictate is also urging upon the sultan's
attention a scheme for an English rail-
way to the Persian gulf, and Abdul
Hamid has recently shown friendly
disposition toward the English
probably with the object of playing
off one power against another. The
English scheme, which is presented to
the sultan by E. RechnitZer, a Hun
garian settled in London, provides for
a terminus at Alexandretta, on the
Mediterranean, with a branch line
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21

zl,150,l51 bales in the latter. Of cloth
we exported in the earlier period 493,-
26S,S93 yards in the latter 996.U44.yl7
yards. Happily, also, our COMPETE
tors in the production OF raw cotton
do not greatly increase their output.
Egypt has but limited area, and its
exports OF cotton can never assume
large proportions. Russia is trying to
enlarge the growth of cotton in GER
tain provinces Of Central Asia. and
England is introducing the culture in
east Africa, but it will be many years
before large results can be expected in
either country. In India the yield in
1897 was 2,172,000 bales, against ESQ.,
600 in 1898. 1t is evidently our own
excessive production, not the activity
of our foreign competitors, that causes
the decline of the price of cotton per
pound in recent years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21
OUR COTTON INTEREST.

The next cotton crop will reach 12,-
100000 bales, if the estimates of care
fui observers of present conditions are
to be trusted. Last years crop was
11,250,000 bales, and the crop of the
year before exceeded 100000 bales.
The coming crop in fact, is the largest
in our history. How the production
of cotton has been increasing can be
seen by comparison of triennial aver
ages at periods ten years apart. In
the period from 1866 to 1869, both in
elusive, the average yearly crop was
but 2,422 900 bales; in 1876-79 the year
ly average was ATT, 900 bales; in 1886
SO the yearly average was
6,947, 900 bales, and in 1896
50 the average was 100000
bales. The increase has been rapid in
spite of continued low prices. 1t
used to be said that cotton could not
be grown at lower cost than 5 cents
per pound, but recent events seem to
indicate that many planters obtain a
profit at cents a pound, or less.
Economies in planting, picking, gin
ming, and, above all, in methods of
baling, promise to enlarge still fur
ther the margin of profit. The round
bale alone, with improved ginning, is
expected to put millions to the credit
Of the planters. That the latter are
not producing cotton at less than cost
seems to be proved by the fact that
they keep growing it. 1t is shown also
conclusively, according to the Jour
nal Of Commerce, by the evident fact
that "the southern farmers are not de-
teriorating, but rather are reducing
their Indebtedness, and improving
their methods Of culture" Their posi-
ton is being improved, among other
things, by adding wheat and tobacco
to their crops and generally by raising
more of their own supplies. Happily,
while production Of the fibre is increas-
ing, the consumption Of cotton in the
manufacturing industries of the world
is keeping pace with it, or not far be-
hind. The domestic market absorbs
vastly more cotton than it did, the
growth of cotton mills in the south in
recent years being phenomenal. II we
export yearly more raw cotton than in
former years, we also export more cot
ton yarn and cloth. This is brought
out forcibly in a comparison Of the ag-
gregate exports Of bales and yards of
cloth in 1888 with those of the
period 1898 In the former period
we exported 14,067,669 bales, against
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21

! northward to connect with the exist
ing German line out of Constantinople.
This branch line is to realize the
sultan's requirement of direct conmun-
ication with his capital, as already
noted. for strategic purposes. The
Terms of the English proposal being
from a financial point of view more
favorable to Turkey than the German,
the project has received the sanction
of all the government departments at
Constantinople and awaits only the
ratification Of the sultan. But the
sultan, who has the poliucal aspects of
the matter to consider. is unable to
reach a decision. The German ambas-
SadOr opposes the English project and
insists upon the adoption of the Ger
man scheme as likely to favor the local
and general interests of the Turkish
empire. This forces a pause, and
while the sultan is trying to regard
the whole affair from the German point
of view, his attention is solicited from
a third quarter. Russia objects to an
English railway being constructed in
q ANSAOAA " I4ACA las IouS SluC6
marked out for herself, but vastly
more does she object to German
railway. For years Russia has viewed
with growing jealousy the progress of
German influence in Asia Minor Her
commercial interests are opposed to
the opening up of new granary, such
as the Euphrates valley, capable of
with Odessa. Nor is it to
Russia's interest that Germany, as we'll |
as England, should be interested by |
large investments to oppose Russia's |
some day of the region |
between COnstantinople and the |
Persian gulf. She expects to fight |
England anyhow sooner or later upon |
the disposition to be made of this part |
Of the sultan's dominions, and would |
not like to have to fight Germany also.
Accordingly, though Russia would
prefer to have no railway built by
either English or Germans, she pre-
,ers, if one must be built, that the
English should build it. In that case
she may hope to have Germany an
Ally as against the English. So Rus
ia does her best to defeat the German
and the sultan, being I'M
certain what to do, does nothing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21
Lord Lynne'S Choice
BERTHA M. CLAY.
BERTHA Nj. CLAY.

When quite sure Of not being over
heard, Count Rinaldo drew near Lady
Lynne. He held a small engraving in
his hand, and under pretence Of ask
ing her opinion about it, he bent over
her.
What progress are you making in
my cause" he asked.
None" she replied, briefly.
Answer me truly" he continued
"Have you spoken to your sister as
wished you?"
mot one word" she said, raising
her clear eyes unfinchingly to his
face.
Count" said Lord Lynne, Evil you
give us your opinion? Is not this en-
craving copied from Giorgone?"
He muttered something that sounded
like an eXecration, and leaving Inez,
went over to her husband.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21
AN EXTRAORDINARY COP.

New York Sun:-In the West One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth street po-
lice squad there is patrolman who
reads Greek, understands the sign lam
guage, holds a degree in medicine, is
a good telegraph operator, and has
other accomplishments not usual in a
policeman. He is George H. Quacken-
hos, who was appointed to the force by
the Roosevelt board. He is the son Of
Prof. George w. Quackenbos, professor
of Greek and Latin at De La Sale in
stitute.
Patrolman Quackenbos was brought
up on a Kansas ranch, but ran away
when II years old to work as a miner.
In his wanderings he picked up a
knowledge Of biography. He returned
to his family and after a while was
graduated from Washington university
in st. Louis After taking a course in
a business college in Chicago, he trav-
eled for a time in Texas and New Mex
leo. Returning to Chicago. he learned
the sign language, and later became an
instructor in the Deaf and Dumb insti-
tute at Throgg's Neck. At the time of
the Pan-American congress he went to
Venezuela to teach the deaf and dumb.
Coming back to New York he taught
in st. Francis Xavier college in Six
teenth street and while teaching stud
led medicine at New York university.
On receiving a diploma he married and
started a practice, but soon gave up to
accept the chair Of rhetoric in Seton
Hall, near Newark. He taught in q
number of other institutions for sew
era1 years, until, seeing in the news
papers an appeal to educated men e
| become policemen, he had a talk with
| Commissioner Roosevelt and Joined
| force.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21
INTO THE TWILIGHT.

Slowly the twilight fades
Into the shades of night;
Sadly I watch it's flight
Lost is my hearts delight!
Shrilly and long upbraids
The querulous Katy-did;
The locust means, amid
The murmuring NAPLES hid.
Moving in black brigades,
Across the sky stampede
Gaunt hosts l fain would lead
To some tempestuous deed.
Fierce is my souls unrest,
Yet must l curb it's mood;
Still must my torn heart brood
Patient in solitude.
Speak to me from the blest
Bourne wherein you dwell,
o my lost Youth! and tell
Where is your citadel!
Make me your favored guest
AS in the days of yore
When Love laughed at your door
Love whom l know no more!
Again smile in my eyes
Soon, else my heart shall break;
Come and a revel make,
Just for the old joys sakei
Come, Youth, am more wise
Aye, l would crown you now
And at your portal bow
To make a Yassal's vowi
Slowly the sunset dies,
Gone is the golden day
Into the twilight gray
Claim it again! Who may?
John Pengraye
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21

Harlem Life: What are you doing,
doctor?' asked a man who entered IS
the physicion was vaccinating pa
tent
"Scraping an acquaintance, was the
reply.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-21
DOM PAUL AT HOME
STORIES OF HIS ADVENTURES ON
THE AFRICAN VELDT.
PlETY IN DAILY LIFE

He Is Now rs Years Old and Has Been
Elected to the TransvaaI Presidency
Four Times-Gets a Salary of $685.
900 a Year Yet Lives in a Most Sim
pie Manner.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-07-29

battalion of the IL Inf. and for 5
hours we fought them with only
the river between us and them but
we could not drive them out until
my company and Co. Nj swan the
river under heavy fire and
charged the niegers right in their
own trenches.
Over 100 of them laid down
their arms and surrendered while
the others fled. Thus ended the
greatest battle OF the war aud "e
won the victory, but it cost us 40
killed and 200 wounded.
After the fight was over Lawtou
came to our Major and told bin
that the l4th Infantry had done
nobly and that to them surely be-
longed the honor of the victory we
had just gained.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-07-29

"7here are really only a fen people
here Uho are interested IN this con .
stitntionol question so far as IL con-
Germs The rights Of men."--Adrer-
tiser.
Paste that in your hat, and call
to mind that it is uttered by the
official organ of the Hawaiian
Government. What commentsr
les are these that the organ is
giving on the much boosted patri-
,otism of Hawaii. Not satisfied
with basing arguments on the un-
nstitutionality of the Newlands
Resolution as a whole, the mouth
piece of the Government calmly
announces that selfish greed for
dollars and cents is the prime
mover of the majority in their
consideration of the constitution
OF the United States. The "rights
Of men"-the foundation principle
of the American institution, the
nucleus of the whole system of
American Government, the life
blood of the American nation
this question really warrants or
secures the interests of only few
people of Hawaii according to the
organ.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-07-29
ScANDALOUS MUTILATiON.

The following are few extracts from a
poem butchered by near-sighted COM
positor:
Manuscript: "Sureease of Sorrows"
In print: "Smearcase Tomorrow"
Manuscript: Lying by a weeping will
low, underneath gentle slope"
In print: Lying to a weeping widow
TO induce her to elope."
The P. G. & M. Co, on Fort street, has
just received large shipment Of Crescent
bicycles. They will be sold considerably
cheaper than the Sterling.
Manuscript: Cast thy pearls before
the swine, and lose them in the dirt"
In print: "Cart thy pills before the
sunrise, and love them If they hurt"
The P. c. & N. Co. will sell you high.
grade Sterling bicycle for $1,000 on small
weekly or monthly instalments.
Manuscript: Take away the jingling
money; it is only glittering dross."
In print: Take away the tingling
honey; put some flies in for the boss"
The p. G. & M. Co. has lust received a
select variety of Winchester rifles and a
fresh stock of ammunition.
Manuscript: 81 am weary Of the tossing
Of the ocean as II heaves !"
In print: 81 am wearing out my trous-
ers till they're open at the knees I"
The P. G. & N. Co. has a new lot of
bicycles to rent by the day week or month,
at very reasonable rates.
Manuscript: 81 swell the flying echoes
as they roam among the hills,
And ] feel my soul awakening to
the ecstacy that thrills"
In print: 81 smell the frying shoes as
they coast along the bulls,
And peel my soul mistaken in the
erotary that whirls."
Save 50 per cent by having your nickel
plating done at the P. G. * N. Co. S, on
Fort street.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-07-29

Good temperance people in their
srdor 10 restrict the -ale of liquor
often accomplish more to assist
the liquor dealers than the tenn
persnce cause. A delegation from
the cold water army has called en-
President Mckinley to impress
upon him the injury done the ma
ton by the army cauteen; they
consider it a sin of the deepest
dye that liquor should be sold to
soldiers at the barracks. Expert
ence Of army officers goes to show
that the army canteen is praciic.
siIg 4. temperance institution.
The average soldier will have
liquor; if not one way he'll get it
another. When he buys it in the
open market the chances of drink
ing 70 excess are far better than
when he gets his potations from
the army canteen where the In
temperance of excess can be con-
trollad. Temperance advocates
are prone to start iu their work al
the wrong end OF the line.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-07-29

1t is the expected that happens
when the new favored nation
treaty with the United States goes
into effect 10 japan with manifes-
tations of lts kindly acceptance
by the people. Whatever trouble,
it any, grows out of that treaty
will probably emsuate from the
United States, sine Japan secures
the long end Of the benefits,
Americans derive tbeir principal
advantages in the greater freedom
now allowed to exploit the Japsne,e
market; the japanese people gain
directly through the higher plane
on which they are placed in the
United States. 1t is to be hope d
that the new treaty will be pro,
ductjv" OF raw peace, good will
and prosperity to both nations; il
1t fleet, im'ulIrati however
tl4 iuc' 40 viii he from Japar
TO An r!can Territory rather thar
lr,m tie United States to Japar.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-07-29

The secret of Japan's readiness
to hand back to China, territory
gained in the late war seems to
b. found in the big bill against
this territory that China has made
for civil and military expenditures.
japan very wisely gives China
the option of paying it's own bill
and taking back the territory.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-07-29

More hotels mr ans more money
20 the local business men. With
the amount of advertising of Ha
wall that is being done by the
transportation companies, the
amount of tourist trade obtained
by Hawaii will be limited only to
the NUM- Der Of tourists the,city can
accommodate.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-07-29

If, as has often been confidently
asserted, the auti.Dreyfus agita-
ton wac part of the scheme of
French royalists to upset the Re
public, the final outcome of the
affair carries little satisfaction to
the European enemies of repub-
lie