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The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
HANNA AND THE SPEAKER.
The Republican Boss Is Rusy over Successor to Cznr
 Reed.

No one conyersant with the facts of recent political history will doubt that Hanna will be consulted concerning the speakership of the Fifty-siNth con gress. His say-so is likely to be an inn portant factor in determining who shall be chosen to fill the place made vacant by the retirement of Mir. Reed.
 The report that Hanna has deereed that the speaker of the next house shall be d man favorable to the lIannaPayne subsidy bill is not calculated to excite surprise It is entirely consistent with Hanna's record and affiliations.
 Hanna's relation to the federal gov ernment is mainly of business kind. He did not purchase seat in the sell ate for the sole purpose of being near the president so that he might counsel him how to paddle his canoe safely through the shoals and quicksands of practical politics. Marcus, the Ak grinder. is not serving as the Sejanus of the administration purely for di- version or for the purpose of presery- ing his health. He has laid his services and talents upon the altar of his coun- try, but, all the same, he intends to re- ward himself for his sacrificial offering by appropriating some of the golden candlesticks and ieweled ornaments.
 Mark is shipowner, and he has ship owning friends, the members of the Standard Oil trust among them. To re- munerate them and him he has framed d measure known as the Hanna-Payne subsidy bill, whose mission is to legis- late S400, ,00o.0 900 out of the pockets of the people of the United States when congress meets. The speaker will be an important influence in engineering this scheme of robbery through the house. Mfr. Hanna may be depended on to exert all his resources to secure for the place an individual pliant to his plans.-S Louis Republic.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The individual who snores should be trapped" in slumber.
 Little things trouble us and little things console us.
 The up-to-date optician takes in the situation at a glance.
 ParadoXical as it may seem. the close fellow seldom gets tight.
 Some men with narrow views are rather broad in their conversation.
 wise man enjoys the little he has while fool is seeking for more.
 It's so much easier to convince others than it is to convince ones self.
 Words are like sunbeams-the more they are concentrated the deeper they burn.
 The shiftless farmer will ride around for a week in search of lost hog worth two dollars.
 Learn of the busy little bee, but be very careful how you take a pointer from him.
 What a congressman learns during his first term he doesn't always tell when seeking a second.
 It doesn't profit q man much if his servant keeps the commandments in tact and breaks all his crockery.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
MAXIMS OF JoUBERT.

The true bon-mot surprises him who makes it as much as those who hearit.
 Few men are worthy of experience. The greater part allow it to corrupt them.
 Perhaps, for worldly success, we ought to have virtues that make Us be. loved, and faults that make us feared.
 Conceited people always seem to me, like dwarfs, to have the stature of child, and the countenance of man.
 A little vanity, and little gratifca, tion of the senses. These are what make up the life of the majority of women and of men.
 It is never other peoples opinions that displease us, but only the desire they sometimes show to impose them upon us, against our will.
 We may fall into inconsistency through error. Ii is fine thing to fall into it through truth, and then we must throw ourselves into it headlong.
 The man who sings when he is alone, and when, so to speak, his whole be- ing is at q standstill, shows by this alone certain balance and harmony in his condition-all his strings are in tune.
 To receive benefits from some one is a surer way of gaining his affection than to render him a service. The sight of q benefactor is often irksome, while that of man we are benefiting is al ways pleasant. In loving him we love our own handiwork.
 Contradiction only irritates us, be- cause it disturbs us in our peaceful pos sessions of some opinion, or of some preeminenee. This is why it is more irritating to the weak than to the strong, and to the infirm than to the healthy.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
RAILWAY RUMBLE.

At the railway stations in Russia books are kept in which passengers may enter any complaint they may wish to make.
 More than 2,000, ,0oo trees have been planted along the line of the Northern Pacific railroad in North Dakota to serve as protection from snowdrifts.
 Records for high speed in express train service have been made on French railroads lately, showing an average of 54.5 miles per hour, including stops. Special compound locomotives of the four-cylinder type, designed for this service, are employed exclusively on these trains.
 To cleanse the dust from railway seats and other upholstered cushions q new device is formed of a suction pipe entering casing having an open bot tom, the latter being drawn over the cushions or used to beat them to dis lodge the dust, which passes off through the pipe.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
PROTECTION AND TRUSTS.
A High Tarin Abrogntes the only Law That Can Down
 MonopoIies.

When Attorney General Griggs de- fends his inaction with regard to trusts on the ground that there is no law that is strong enough to curb them, it is evident that nothing will be done by the attorney general to relieve the peo- pie of trust oppression.
 But there is another law besides that written in the statutes that can reach the trusts, and that is the law O. sup ply and demand.
 Protection abrogates this law be- catse it shuts of the supply of com modisies from abroad and leaves the demand without competitive supply.
 By removing this protection, as the New York Journal points out, competi tion could revived and the rule of the trusts be broken.
 Concerning this matter, the Journal pertinentlY asks:
 "Why should we give the S7.00O,000 boraX trust the power to tax American consumers five cents pound on b0raX?
 Gould not the S30.00O, 900 Knit Goods company and the S5O.OO0.O00 print cloth pool get along without duties of 50 per cent. and upward on the things that people must wear?
 Would if not be possible for the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company, capital S30,000,Q00, to make a living without nine dollars ton protection?
 ''Is the S30.000,000 National Lead company in dire need of the proceeds of tax of I l. cents T pound on lead?
 Gould not the $45.0G0,0o0 western lumber pool destroy our forests fast enough without the stimulus of duty of two dollars per 1000 feet on pine boards?
 Do the consumers of sugar feel nor ally bound to pay tariff taxes of S20, 000,000 year to the sugar trust and it's allies, with their capital of SIPS, ,000, coo?
 Are the various steel trusts, total capitalization $367, ,G5o,G0o. so poor that they must have outdoor relief m the form of duties of from S6.72 per ton upward on steel and it's produets2
 "Ts not the $50.00o.0o0 American Tin Plate company a sufficiently robust in- fant by this time to be able to dis pense with its pap of 11& cents=a q pound on tin plates?"
 These are significant questions. and if the administration wants to help the people it can do so by putting all arti cles controlled by trusts on the free list.
 This would not require a long series of suits at law; by one simple amend ment to the Dingley bill the good work would be accomplished. If those re- publicans are sincere who are arguing ministration to make move in the di- rection Chicago Democrat.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
Holds On.

ke NeF York Tribune is not only the
 5femost republican paper in the United Stptes, but it is moreover a particularly jealous champion of the Mckinley administration. IL was an original Mckinlcyite in the ante-con- yenton days when Thomas (. Platt and the machine in this state were assailiHg Mckinley with every form of vituperation. The editorof the Tribune, Mr. Whitelaw Reid has been twice designated by tie president 10 con tidential and important duties. showing the relations of mutual confidence which exist. Nevertheless, the Tribune has editorially done some plain talk ing about the beef scandal ana the Tribune's Washington correspondent says:
 T: Is bad business. although repub- licans are perfectly confident of the pr si- dents recttIde of purpose But, whether justly or unjustly, 1t is undeniable that many of the most clear-headed republicans of the capital feel that Secretary Algcr is largely responsible for the situation created by this beef investigation. It is felt by these party men that through Gen. Afgef's influence impelled by those in the depart Iil-sit WHO tDHtIOlttu Hliil, tilt pttSluttl- III some sort has made himself the champion of Eagan by the ill-considered mitigation of is righteous a sentence as ever was de livered by a court, rendering the whole pro- ceedine little better than farce
 Many practical politicians felt and of late have often expressed the conviction that the president should let go of See retary Alger. Some republicans no doubt admire the president for so doggedly uD- holding his secretary under fire, but they are not numerous. Few prominent repub- licans are found new who think he is acting wisely in doing so. A mere individual is nothing. the party is everything, in the es- timation of these men. Gen. Alger's pre- tracted retention in office, now of ques- tionable policy in any event. and so ob- viously detrimental to the presidents per sonai interests Is becoming d subject ot deep peculatiVe wonder everywhere and to everybody"
 As the Tribune correspondent very justly says, the beef inquisiti0n has become q most extraordinary affair, and the light thrown on the methods of the war department bureaucracy by re cent unexpected developments is mat ter of grave concern to the country. But the question arises. is il not al- ready too late for the president to un- load2 He has sentenced Eagan to q vacation on full pay; he has appointed a court of inquiry, composed of Gen. Miles enemies, to investigate Niles grave charges; he has rewarded the friends of Alger and Algerism. and, so far as he dares, will undoubtedly pun ish Gen. Miles, the common soldiers friend.
 Alger has openly announced that he will not go unless lie is kicked out. To kick him out would involve the great est publicity to all these various sean dals. The administration seems 10 be between Scylla and Charybdis IL might get rid of Alger; but of its own complicity with and support for Ager- ism, il cannot get rid.-Albany Argus.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
HOW HE LOST HER.
He Struck out and She Gave Her. self to the Young Man Who
 Didn't Play Ball.

A bright flush ovorspread the face of the young 6Iri ln the pink shirt waist, who sat in the grand stand. as the stalWart young man who had played in the fed Ill the first half of the inning stepped to the pate, bat iH hand
 hit" Good boyl' Home run! Hit it in de nose!' swat 1t good an hard. sung olit the cranks.
 The stalwart young man eareiessly lifted his cap, replaced 1t. srasHed his bat with firmet hold, moved 1t in graceful circles over his shoulder. while the pitcher Was doing tie preliminary mysterious juggling with tine ball that marks the hlgh-prced player, and as the leather spbere-It Is the correct form to call i q leather sphere-came toward him like d rifle shot he swung his bat.
 An gr0dued the crowd.
 He had famed the ar.
 This phrase is also the correct form.
 Again the high-prced pitcher juggled the ball mysteuous.y, agmn II came like rifle shot, again the young man at the plate swung his bat
 And again the crowd oro' ed:
 All
 The high.prieed catcher rolled the ball careessly down to third. put on his mask, came close behind the bat, spread his high. priced legs apart, placed his hands on his knees, leaned forward. and made an inn perceptible signal to the high-prieed pitcher
 The vast crowd held its breath.
 Which is also the correct thing to do at a critical moment like this.
 Like d shot the ball sped toward the plate
 With a mighty lunge the young athlete swung his bat third tune.
 IL smote only the air
 Another groan burst from the crowd.
 He had hot only struck out, but put the side out
 MT Spoonamore, said the young wom. an III the pink shirt waist, turning with pale cheeks and flashing eyes te the pimnly-faced young man who sat by her side. "I said no to you the other day. l say ye> now. 1 will marry you whenever you hke9'-Ghieago Tribune
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear There is only one way to cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies Deafness IS caused by an lnfiamed condition of the mu, eous lining of the Eustachias Tube. When this tube gets intiamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed deafness Is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal con. ditien, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an infamed condition of the mucous surfaces
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that cannot be cured bY Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free
 F. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, c.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
China's Powerful sword.

There is an aneien. and dreadful sword in China It gives to the man who happens to hold t the power to cut of the head oi any ment All people ice from this sword as fearfuIly as stomach ills flee before the ap= proach ot Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. This famous remedy cures all forms ot stem- ach troubles, beginning with constipation and ending with liver or kidney disease. It will be found in all drug stores and it sl- WHY'S cures.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

The modest man who takes back seat these days is not called up higher, but is pushed out the back door to make room for the eadheads.-Galveston News.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known remedy, SYRUP OF FIGs, manufactured by the CALIFORNIA Flo SYRUP Co.,, illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa- tive principles of plants known to be incidentally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system. It is the one perfect strengthening laxa- tive, cleansing the system effeetually, dispelling colds. headaches and levers gently yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation per manently. It's perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and sub- stance, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating them, make it the ideal laxative.
 In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by method known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid limitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
 SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
 LOUISVILLE KY NEW YORK NY For sale by all Druggists. soc. per bottle
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
ENinenCe.

Mrs Witherby-They say that a husband and wife grow to look like each other more and more all the time
 Witherby-I have noticed how handsome you were getting to be.-Detroit Free Press.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
X Misnt.

The young man who prefers to owe tailor rather than to wear suit which has been taken from the counters of a clothing store, says that he never cared for counter it anyway-Boston Advertiser.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
BIiInlnric-

First Student-Can you tell me the origin of the expression giyiug man the mtteH.
 Second Student-It was the ancient equiv alent ot kJnit.=Crypt.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

~ LABAsTINE is the original ~ and only durable wall coating. AA entirely different from all kal- somnes. Ready for use in white or twelve beautiful tints v - by adding cold water.
 n ADIES naturally prefer ALA. BASTINE for walls and cell. ings because 1t Is pure, clean, durable. Put up in dry pow dered form. In fve-pound pack ages. with full directions.
 A IL kalsomines are cheap, tenn porary preparations made from ]" whiting, chalks. clays. etc. and stuck on walls with de- cayine animal glSe. ALABAS- - VI TINE Is not kalsomine.
 EwARE of the dealer who says he can sell you the same thing" as ALABASTINE or something just good" He Is either not posted or Is try ing to deceive you.
 ~ ND IN OFFERING something he has bought cheap and tries ~ to sell on ALABASTINE'S de- mands he may not realize the damage you will suffer by - - kalsomtne on your walls. = ENSIBLE dealers will not buy lawsuit. Dealers risk one by selling and consumers by using infringement. Alabastine Co. own right to make wall coat ing to mix with cold water. HE INTERIOR WALLS of every schoolhouse should be coated cnly with pure, durable ALARAST1NE. It safeguards health. Hundreds of tons are used annually for this work. - x BUYING ALABASTINE, see that packages are properly la beled. Beware of large four pound package light kalso- mine offered to customers as hvc-pound rackage.
 A - CISANCE of wall paper is ob- A R viated by ALABASTINE. II can be used on plastered walls. wood ceilings. brick or ean- vas. A csild can brush 1t on. It does not rub or scale off. ESTABLISHED Tn favor. Shun all limitations. Ask paint dealer or druggist for tint card. Write for "Alabastine Era" free, to ALABASTINE CO.,, Grand Rapids. Michigan.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
The serriee of the Nickel plnte Road |.
Chance for Her.

"She says her face is her fortune"
 Well, she certainly ought to take ad vantage of the new bankruptcy law'-Chi eago Post.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

The man who tells you a secret, and asks you not to tell doesn't treat you right; he enjoys telling it, and forbids you having a good time-Atehison Globe.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

NIINo - UT . I01 IIee-~' T IIO IIIuSL keep going or lose their place.
 To these Mrs. Pinkham help is offered. A letter to her at Lynn, Mass, will bring her advice free of all charge.
 Miss NANcIE SHOBE, Florence, Col, writes a letter to Mrs. Pink ham from which we quote;
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No l Asthma medicine ". k. Williams, An tioch, H., April II, 1894.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

Adam was not born Probably that's why he never wrote poetry.-ChIcago Daily News.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

At some points in Colorado 5e4 inches of snow fell during the winter which has just ended
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

People would undoubtedly be more law. less if there were less law.-Ghicago Daily News.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn.

Shake into your shoes, Aliens F'oot-Ease, q powder fer the feet. It makes tight or \ ew Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Sore, and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. |.
 We cling to our faults with frmer grasp than we do to cur V.ftues.-L. A. ". Bal. letin.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

CALESWOMEN understand what torture is Constantly on their feet whether or i'll Compeled
 to smile and be agreeable to while dragged down with feminine weakness. Backacbes and baad aches for little. They must
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

To Cure n Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quiniue Tablets. All druggists refund money fit fails to cure. 25c.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
WDMEN NkEgO EARM TMEHR ZkVzMG

Il had been in poor health for time my t oes hav- ing been brought by standing my physician xid
 ing serious womb trouble had give up my work was just bundle of and would falnting spells at monthly periods doeored and medicines
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
He Is Learning Now.

Agent-The Barlows haven't asked for [ cents worth of repairs this spring. What dt you think Of that?
 Landlord-Im not surprised. Barlow go a house through a trade few weeks ago anc Is so busy filling the wants of tenant of hi own that he has forgotten about botherint us.-Chicago Evening News.
 The service of the Nickel Plate Road tt New York City and Boston is a demonstrat ed success. The demands of the travehnt public are met by providing three peerless fast express trains in each direction daily These trains are composed of modern, first class day coaches, elegant vestibuled sleep ing cars between Chicago, New York ane Boston, and uneXceled dining cars. Soie through trains between Chicago and Nep York have uniformed eolored porters 1T charge of day coaches. whose services ar, placed at the disposal of passengers. If yot want to travel comfortably, economically and safely see that your ticket Is routed vis the Nickel Plate Road
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

got no relief, and when wrote to you 1 could not walk more than four blocks
 at time. followed your advice. talk
 ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier in connection with the Vegetable Com- pound and began to gain in strength from the first I am getting to be stranger to pain and owe it all to your
 medicine. There ic none equal to it,
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

left ovary being swollen and that Now thanks wonderful medicine tired feeling $ gone, and am healthy and strong"
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

mn for l have tried many others be- M fore using yours. Words cannot |H be said too strong in praise of it."
 Miss POLLY FRAME, Meade, U Kan, writes:
 H "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-I feel it 9xs my duty to write you in regard to sLta what your medicine has done for w. me. l cannot praise 1t X enough. Since my girlhood @S. l had been troubled with ir-
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
Modesty Is UnfashionabI

.-J ' TIVIIt-N N NU., IUItUU, ' Sold by Druggists, 75c. Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12

regular and painful
 periods and for nearly
 five years had suffered with falling of the
 womb, and whites. Also had ovarian trouble, the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-12-06
Mistaken Identity.

The little daughter of distinguished
French scientist had never seen mon
key; SO when an organ grinder, accom-
panied by Jocko in cap and jacket, ap-
peared before the house her father took
her out to view the creatures antics,
expecting that she would be much
amused; but after a single glance the
little maid hid her eyes against her
fathers coat skirts and refused to look
again, seeming much frightened and
distressed.
He soothed and coaxed her, wishing
to overcome her fears, but for some
time In vain. She would not for a mo-
ment think of feeding the monkey with
a biscuit, as she was urged to do; In
deed, she would not even lift her face.
But you are really very silly" the
father said at last, turning to take her
indoors. HE is such harmless little
animal"
"Animalr' cried the little girl, stop
ping short. "Oh, let me feed 1t, papa,
that will be fun! don't mind animals,
but l thought it was such a dreadful
little boy. Magazine.