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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-25
No Truth in 1t.

Washington, Feb. 2i-Secretary Gaga
said to-day that there was no truth what
ev or in the published statement that an
other bond issue was in contemplation
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-25
Strike of Pusl,ers.

Vancouver B. c., Feb. 24.-The AleXan-
dria coal mine at Nanaimo has been
closed down on account of a strike of
pushers for higher wages.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-25

Salt Lake, Feb. 24-The testimony in
the legislative investigation to-day did
not develop sensational facts. r. w.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-25
HELD CAPTIVE.

such a condition she
cannot be a happy wife or
mother; she cannot be an
efficient housekeeper; she
cannot be a woman at all
in any complete or salts
factory sense.
Il was afflicted for seven
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12
THE ANNUAL BLOCKADE.
II Has a Wonderfully Far-Reaching
Eject ON Commercial M Well
RS Social Life.

The season has come again when
business ina large part of the United
States, especially in small towns where
the merchants depend largely upon the
distribution of their wares among the
agricultural population within radius
OF ten or fifteen miles, is greatly inter
fered with by bad}roads. The extent
of this drawback TO prosperity is sell
dom understood, even by those who suf-
fer most byTeason Of it..
OF course the farmers of all sections
have abundant opportunities, during
the season when the roads are fairly
comfortable and good, to get all their
crops to market and buy all the mer-
chandise which they can afford to pur-
chase. Therefore, it sometimes seems
as if the effect of bad roads were mere
ly to change the distribution of trade,
with little or no effect upon its total
volume. That is partly true, but in a
large degree it is not so.
Business put off beyond the natural
time for transacting it is often never
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12

done at all. People get along without
merchandise which they would use If
it could be obtained when it is wanted,
without excessive trouble and discom-
fort. On the other hand, farm prod
ucts which cannot be marketed for
weeks at a stretchyon account of the
bad roads, often lose much of their
value. Even when there is no such in
jury done to the producers by enforced
delays in getting to market, the waste
OF time, the extra wear and tear of farm
wagons and the strain TO which horses
are subjected by drawing heavy loads
over bad roads count so much reduction
of the natural profits of agriculture.
Thus the farmers means of buying are
doubly reduced, and the merchant suf-
fers the loss of trade which he might
otherwise have.
A similar unfortunate effect of the
bad roads which are nearly universal in
the greater part Of the country is the
constant uncertainty which is caused
in all business dealings dependent upon
the trade of farmers and rural districts.
Merchants may be too busy one week
and practically idle the next, instead of
having their work reasonably distrib-
uted. And farmers who would do their
shopping at convenient times, often re
turning home after dark and making
the best of the daylight hours of late
winter and early spring in preparing for
field work, are compelled TO put off nee
essary business as long as possible, and
then take some day for itwhich they do
not like to spare for such use. Many
country roads at this time of the year
are really dangerous to drive through in
the dark, with almost any sort of We
hicle. They are not much better by
daylight.
The effect of unfit highways upon the
distribution of wealth and the massing
of population in cities and large towns
is another important phase of the roads
question The badness of the highways
in the country tends powerfully to spoil
rural life for'social purposes and drive
young people into the cities, who might
otherwise lead happier and more whole
some lives where they were born. 1t
cuts down the value of farm property
and artificially increases the congestion
of the crowded centers of trade and in
dustry. II the roads were better there
would be far more uniform and salts
factory distribution of wealth and pop-
ulation, and more Americans would en-
Joy the restfulness and health-giving
suburban and country life which is
already fast growing in favor in spite of
bad roads,
1t seems hardly necessary to enlarge
upon the subject, because the case is so
plain, but every spring and every au-
tumn the old curse of unfit highways is
forced upon the attention of the Amer
lean people, and every year it is impos-
sible to resist the conclusion that if the
benefits of good roads were better un-
derstood they would not be so scarce
as they are in every part of the coun-
try. In the vast field. of highway i'm
provement lies the most pressing need
of local government effort.-Cleveland
| Lander
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12
KATY IN LITERATURE
A Snatch of Story Wherein the "Choo
ChOOS" Indulge in n Few Pu1Hs
of Complaint.

He (the switch engine) gave vigorous
push TO the west-bound car as he spoke, and
started back with snort of surprise, fol
the car was an old friend-an NJ. X. T. box
car.
Jack my drivers, but its homeless Katy!
Why, Katy, amt there no getting you
back to your friends? There's 40 chasers
out for you from your road, if there's one
Who is holding you now?"
wish l knew" whmpered homeless
Katy. Il belong in Parsons. I've only been
out ten months, but I'm just achin' home
sick; | want to be in Kansas where the sun
flowers bloom"
Yards full O. Homeless Katies an
Wanderin' Willies," the switch engine ex
planned to 0O7. Dunno quite how our mer
fix it, Swap around, / guess; anyhow I've
done my duty. She's on her way to Kan
sas via Chicago; but III lay my next boiler
ful she'll be held there to wait consignee'l
convenience, and sent back to us with wheat
in the fall."-From Rudyard Kipling'
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

PloSv shallow" in your orchard.
Plant few shrubs and fruit trees
about your house.
Wood ashes are good for lawn, es-
pecially on sandy soil.
If selecting fruit orchard spot, be
sure that it is located high.
Plan your gardens SO that you can
stir them with eultivator.
Dig up around your trees and mix
into the sol: coal or wood ashes.
Heavy land should be well drained
before an orchard is planted on it.
Scrape the bark lice from your fruit
trees and give the trunks coat Of
whitewash.
Mix brains with your soil; cultivate
with judgment; harvest with care; and
market with intelligence.
Do you grow your fruit, reader, or do
you buy it? If you buy it, we will ven.
ture to say that you don't have much.
Plant sweet corn in the garden fol
family use. We always plant Stowelli
evergreen. 1t is late but its yield ant
quality are excellent.--Wester Plow
man.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12
SPLENDID FIELDS OF GRAIN.

Following is copy of letter received
from Dennis Twohey, who went to Win
nipegosis, Manitoba, from Austin,
Mimi, March, 1898:
Winnipegosis, Man, Jan. %, 1899.
Benjamin Davies, Esq, Canadian govern
ment Agent ST. Paul. MINI.
Dear Sir; / have great pleasure in
writing you these few lines to let you
know how l like my new location, and
how l have been getting along since
/ left Southern Minnesota. like this
country well, the climate agrees with
me and my family at all seasons, and
taken all around II is away ahead of
Minnesota. l may say that we have
not had one storm yet this winter. AS
regards the productives of the soil, l
consider it beats Southern Minnesota.
am practical farmer, but have never
seen such vegetables in my life as l
have seen raised here. As regards grain
of all kinds, / have seen splendid yields,
in fact any man who cannot get along
here and make good living cannot do
it anywhere.
We have abundance of wood for fuel,
timber for building, and lots of hay.
have got good water on my place,
about "a feet. 1 have a good class Of
neighbors around me, and have been
well used by everybody. l have been
able to get lots of work for myself and
team at fair wages, whenever wanted
it, and l think any one else can do the
same. would not care to return to
Minnesota.
am, sir, yours very truly,
(Sfgned) DENNIS TWoHEY.
The Government has Agents in sew
eral of the States, any of whom will be
pleased to give information as to free
homestead lands to those desiring it.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12

Jones delights in practical JOKE, 1zt
having one played On him il Fstly d.
ferent matter.
The other day his wife rushed breath
lessly into, the room, gasping "Come,
Henry: quick! There's eatamount in the
barni"
Jones grabbed his rife and sprinted fer
the scene Of action, but bis most cautions
reconnoiters failed to discover the animal
Where is the beasts" he demanded.
why, Henry, dear" bis wife replied,
"Tabby has some kittens, and that makes
a cat amount, doesn't it?"
Close observers declare that the roof of
the Jones residence was seen to suddenly
elevate, but it slowly settled again in the
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12
A Funny Gift.

Among the presents lately showered upon
a rural bride was one that was the gift Of
an old lady in the neighborhood, with
whom both bride and groom were prime
favorites.
Some years ago the old lady accumulated
supply of cardboard notices, which she
worked and had framed as occasion arose
In cheerful reds and blues, suspended by
cord Of the came colors, over the table on
which the other presents were grouped
hung the motto flight on, Fight ever
Detroit Free Press.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12
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 inhamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
tais tube gets inAamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con.
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of % Deafness es eaqMiaf M by sataTrh r1 snat
Send for circulars, free.
F. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12
what "AIabastiner Ii.

Alabastine is durable and natural coat.
ing for walls and ceilings. 1t is entirely diff
ferent from all "kalsomine" preparations.
Alabastne comes in white or twelve beau
tifnl tnts, and is ready for use by adding
cold water. 1t is put up in dry powder form
in fve-pound packages, with full directions
on every package. Alabastine is handsome,
.cleanly and permanent 1t can be re-coated
and retnted at slight expense Paint deal
ers and druggists sell Alabastine and fur
nish card of tints,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12

coffee at night. II spoils their sleep. You
can driDk Grnin-0 when you please and tleep
like top. For Grain-O does not stimulate;
1t nouKishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
Is the perfect drink. Made from pure grains.
Get package from your grocer to-day. Try
It in place OF coffee. Is and 25c.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12

The Bishop-I hope, my dear madam, that
the season Of Lent just past has been one
Of profit to you.
Mrs Inchly-It has, indeed, bishop.
am almost entirely cured of dyspepsia
BROOKLYN Life.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12

Superintendent-The necktie department
will have to be moved further away from the
counting-room.
Manager-Why?
"The spring styles make so much noise
that the clerks can't work. Boston Post
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12

Caller-Excuse me, can l speak to your
typewriter a moment?
City Man-You can't; she's engaged.
That's all right-l'm tive fellow!"-nlus.
trated Bits,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12

eproeket-Do you have to be examined by
4, physician before you join the Wheelmen's
clubs
Wheeler : No; afterward. = Yonkers
Statesman.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12

Hicks-"Isn't that your wife's pocket
bookT Wicks-"She has gone of and fDr--
gotten it. It is mighty lucky, however, that
she has only gone on a shopping trip.
Boston Transcript.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12

Instead Of cultivating more definite aim
in life, the average man wastes his time in
searching for larger and easier target
L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12

To Cure . Cold in One Day
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
druggists refund money II it fails to cure. 25e
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19

ceremonies of the Niohae
I'll
Wenock please said Kettle, las
than Arabia
look Kettle IN herean y
Wenock sulen handed outa
"Thank you [ you injured what's
Agreeable going Goodby,
shoulders name
he
of this Well, good afternoon"
of
living get ladyship,
cargo? ~ ~ $500 - W p - ~
haveto
deal and you'll have accommodation
But line to the
the saying that you'd like to have few
m will
is banquet"
relieved Murray naturally
to
III tell said he did with detail
with sigh
the tale over well get under nov"
jubiant squeezed
to any
that En has wonderful them open market
should the freight And
you said Kettle hitting the THAT be here waiting for me
sid the thoughtful but will Wenock be as civil and
ck-M
lad: Of Master Wenlocb If yoT
hunting Murray
errors
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Culine
lighters
off from the ooring buoys and was saInns
s Sf 5h h eatof the fs@1 Red ss begon
n s9na he awning
h the fsS te a los 9 faced
deS e something s thst cs %as in k Ris thoughts
wish wouldn't We've started now and may as
lnnakeu up through it comfortably 49,. 49,,
Kettle ! thinking out how we are to 90 this bust
The man him black workers
H s G ao sas and Kettle
noc Solicitor had laid his
Through Cap
tain Owen Kettle in OF the payment Certificate
araeet was cargo Tramp I a direct order
5 Kettle s9nd Mn on to his crew list doctor
qualid sink into the sea be-
hind. and then he spoke again , 60, .,, . how, o+
The people down there
os the fear the
S Sushe5s o Exploded gG noT and Tag
gers Snow AID fS9t e ' sa nd
@ a h n e he RnoWedge leaves me pretty
choose to h me S sby b 4rs moment You mentioned
why, it's no here, anyway
south aren't worth the
woudnt like wreck the steamer down there It might be
quite Kettle. yourself,
gTeat deal
and
cause OF that luck am not anxious to pile up TINS on some
as Keen you
and to
But the time skipper you don't mind doing swap you
7 haven't heard your business yet sir All you've told he is that you
% tn Gdt q a sm ed over beforehand If the news
papers of yarn
upset eaps t ofed p pn Go seem Quite follow You
shall hear the tale from the beginning We have plenty " time
ahead OF US now You ee6 the wreck OF e ] she and o+ On
Guardau? Only about ten of her people saved
That's about right wenloc years ago
Colonel Anderson his wife their child.
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OF conf
solicitor and
didn't When the OF
chance don't want
to
difficulty just swallowed
soue arnshness forg good anda See?'
Anderson plying said Kettle potntedy
thing In the world
land home find
husband
Wenok let the young
while and make her
choice"
to Wenlock I've mere
business Besides
think OF what
looked himself up ard a half humorous smile
said Kettle,
nducement said not down mere on
either III you
rtageo IN the L I'll give you ESQ"
usefuly with Io0
If could honoraby
I'll and you
answ
CAPTAIN Kettle Mr. Wen
h, of
who at present memory mao
before somewhat
had
tirneor regarded II
beginning
the telling
he him commences
as Pe CHANGED
business ashore before we go on " our
Persian Gulf ports
oeast
to the
she calls herself oo
thought only
according
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
OriwILLEr1G MARRY
NE ?''

her off omhe husban o
his woman f she
col
thorough over
WELL Kettle Now let sir for the last hme
marry
AREN'T
I'm chance
on and
started hesaed seemed detect
himself beside
followed the
off tn ope
in
in
dressing of heads
nd
himself will be it.
ofa
in
cooly the grim buildings
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all sad tne
before and he wouio
and large estate waiting of
feel for that said Kettle
the daughter, said Wenock
sr?'
wifes dead but the daughter
that
into of the fangoons
frzzng about TILL they were nea
rocky ana
gerous that She was pulled
local brought up Dy
she was hVlns
Dunkho a her way -
md she only knew?
The the female line But
after she born and the
would have to shell out II she turned
again" -. - ,,o, ,,
employ lordship, sir?'
Mr. No I'm hook
of his free
niece just 10
hmsfi a beggar'
why alive Some men
have conscences. M even a Lord, a man."
of 1t about
ming thief the plumber how
possession
of he'll
courts shall compromise I'd
Cashdo
a will the other
that employing you mean agree
to that?' -,
would hapoh of interest
what make out OF It, ana tha please the oo VIII De the "hoe
but young gratitude
of blu
I'm get It, shall
al Teresa tumbing off house,
Kettle
with professional
vessel
Of marriages said the little
So, -. ,s, .,,.., :,
about the thing But then
about romance ana anyway oeas
live with
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me- back to my steamboat as ' as you
can En- going ond With doggd land ask you to
Il g aa % To 81 hs og on or a "s ike h''
a9 ss wa Ss ao4 l the thsg
a At SeyR the hss o 5 s5s 9bs rs MIND
put 5 e Ss S SS 5
which they By a ss sss r ss the the Large @
further a p q H Ss s sa Ss
% but n hs ee uas h fs n
ss s as hs T oR M9as tseef
s Pso ana fEfat
NJ sd CUTE i 4 S fnahsp in EnE
5 sn9ss wm Tanss W
ne SSs s ss Almost s B drawn by the strong
s @ OF Ss s @ % b fSq sf
eytss ks 1ssh b aid y @ 5 ~
liz 81 $eSs Bs 81 I was
the a f the NAMES take you
W$@ as sss @ s E Ys s ysS
oa I t, E pgland "h0 by ~
way e aaey spoken your Ian
he's III ss mostly yg n 6d
st s a the as s OF OF ag Eus s ts
XII ss miss ss5sE his
dT 9sf iEs @ hs
es As 5sss ESQ., #;
ir IA I'd s al
@ o 5S bfsTs EEL a s9 OF her
Il sssSs hs5
Devei occnr again to make decision
unhady put
made proclamation that the
Ss % to ns% ssfols 9 the Rf5
ia Will sR Rs
forthw :, .,+ -, +ho d,v.n far mora
bridegroom The
smoke and
out 81 % nsHS Wildly 5ePs sS %
ind ns m and S sn ashf s u hsg h
1s
listening all this TRADE BY means
threw the snaky
DO she demand rne?"
Wenlock with sulen emphasis,
Arabic With
block middle
thrust
Wenlock shouted i've foreign office
pocket I'll appeal to my Government over this 80
it'll be cheopp and what happens
Water
dried" 49, -
nmarrvh
With this WPfk P5se oH M the hS h had IN
he did taking his
England.
mEnrh
England without fights here
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Dunko told about her only last She makes leads her
English didn't believe that
with Wenlocks
loren
she he head favor rite wife.
they didn't said shed certainly
e
confidently thought
a a "but
which seemed call itself palace The Parakee rolling
fine
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dare
Then he turned Murray
If
Below the pilot aored ladder might be that
to
which
with
Just the
present."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-15

hour. and not few are open from am.
until II pm.
And are there many young men who want
such positions at Sc per month?
Yes. any amount of them. They are glad
to get them and anxious to hold them
They work a year or so before they are adj
vanced and when they rise to 500 or $50 a
month they begin to put on airs. About
this time they take lodgings outside the
stores and aspire to a partnership in the
business. Good clerks are often taken into
partnership by their employers, but it is
only after years of service.
These low wages prevail in all branches
of trade. One of the best cutters in the
most fashionable tailor shop here receives
less than 81 day. He has to work every
day and Sunday, from I am. until 10 p. m
and his master is always telling him he is
paying him too much wages.
The Peddlers of San Juan.
Quite a lot of business is done in the
Porto Rican cities by peddlers. The streets
are full of hucksters. candy sellers and ice
cream vendors. Each has his own cry and
the walls ring with them from daylight
until dark and after dark. Here comes a
man peddling chickens. He is yelling a cry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-15

price than fresh meats. The most of it is
saltier than the brine of the Caribbean sea,
but the Porto Ricans like it. They cook
it up in steWs and eat it with rice and in
other ways. Another favorite article is cod
fish, which is largely consumed and which
is sold in every city and village and all
over the country.
Life Saved by Goldfish.
1t is a curious thing that these people do
not like our way of cooking. The poems
will not eat our soup and meats. They pre-
fer Goldfish and dried beef. Among the
native soldiers who enlisted near Ponce was
a man who became very sick. He was Of
fered the best of American soups, but re-
fused them. He was tempted with all sorts
of dainties from commissary depart
ment in vain. AT last when he was thought
to be dying his wife, who lived five miles
away, was sent for. She came and cooked
him a stew of stale Goldfish and rice, which
he greedily swallowed, and on this diet re-
covered.
In this same connection it is hard to get
the Porto Rican horses to eat American
oats or corn. They prefer the rough hard
grass of the fields and turn up their noses
at bran and baled hay.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-15

light and crisp, with crust as delicious as
that which you get in Paris or Vienna.
The bread is peddled about from house to
house and you find bread peddlers far off in
the country districts selling the loaves 1
nave gone into some of the bake Shops
Bare-armed men knead the bread Just as We
do and lay it away in old-fashioned bake
ovens which look more like furnaces than
anything else. This is done at night and in
the morning it is ready for sale.
The Markets of San Juan,
But let US go to the markets and see what
the Porto Ricans eat. We cross the wide
Plaza, walk up the hill between the post
office and city hall, and come at last to a
long, low building surrounding a court. We
near the din of buying and selling as we
approach 1t. We enter and find ourselves
in the midst of about an acre of Porto
Ricans, negroes, mulattoes and whites.
There are men, women. children and ba-
bies buying and selling chatting and
squawling. There are black-faced women
in white or gay calicoes with bandana
handkerchiefs about their heads There are
market men wearing nothing but shirts
and pants. the former cut very low at the
neck.
Women squat on the floor with yeaeta-
bles and fruits piled around them. Here is
one selling egg plants. some of which are
as big as pumpkins. She offers me one the
size of foot ball for cents, and. seeing