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The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08
N otice

Notice is hereby given that we will receive plans, specifications and bids for the erection of a pub lie wooden bridge, across Bayou Bartholomew, on Monticello and TiIlar road until the 18th day of September, 1899. At said time the contract will be let to the low est and best bidder.
 The party receiving the contract to build said bridge will be requir- ed to give a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the com mlssioners in sum equal to 5 per cent of his bid, for the faith full performance of his contract.
 This August 18th 1899.
 k. w. FARRELL
 K. II. WOLFE Com.
 l.. A. BIRD
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graduating essay. The people will not accept sentiment and doctrine when the opportunity to perform has been neglected. There will, though, be no action by congress on anything important except the appropriation bills. The public money will be spent lavishly. As to legislation on trusts, tariff, reve- nue and finance, the administration is afraid to open up the questions. Things are scandalous enough now. There will be a car nival of scandal if these subjects are raked over.-Arkansas Demo- crat.
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A Word to Mothers.

Mothers of children affected with croup or severe cold need not hesitate to administer Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. It con tains no opiate nor narcotic in any form and may be given as conh- dently to the babe as to an adult. The great success that has attend. ed its use in the treatment of colds and croup has won for it the ap- proval and praise it has received throughout the United States and in many foreign lands.
 For sale by Brown, McQuiston < Go
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READ HIS EDITORIAL.

From the Times, Hilstill, Va.
 suffered with diarrhea for long time and thought 1 was past being cured. 1 had spent much time and money and suffered so much misery that 1 had almost de- eided to give up all hopes Of recov- cry and await the result, but no. ticing the advertisement of Cham berlain's Cohc, Cholera and Diar- rhea Remedy and also some testi- monials stating how some wonder. ful cures had been wrought by this remedy l decided to try it. Alter taking few doses l was en- tirely well of that trouble. and l wish to say further to my readers and fellow sufferers that 1 am a hale and hearty man to-day and feel as well as l ever did in my life.-O. R. MOORE
 For sale by Brown, MeQuiston X Go.
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THE F ATAL KISS.

The old maid stood on the steamboat deck.
 Whence all but her had fled l: And camly faced d kissing bug That circled overhead. The maidcns shrieked and the matrons swooned, And the men all swore amain. But the game old maid, like hero
 stayed
 And whispered; 'come again. There was buzz-a thunder sound
 The old maid-was she dead? Nay, still she stood and cried for more,
 But the kissing bug had fled. -CLYDE C. BUCKINHAM.
The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08
THE MAN WITH THE HOE.

Mir. Markham who wrote this now famous poem, inspired by the painting on the same subject, describes the Man With the Hoe" as a man bound down by ages of injustice and years of serfdom. He probably had in mind some other man than the American farmer, for there is not under the canopy of heaven a man more to be envied than the progressive farmer For while all the balance of mankind is de pendent on him for his daily bread, he is dependent alone up on his God.
 The farmer-what does he not do for the world? He gathers thecotton from the field, he scat ters the seed and reapsl the har- vest and gathers the corn and converts 1t into bread. the staff of life. He gathers the gossa- mer web and the fleece from the sheep and weaves 1t into raj ment soft and warm, that is used alike for the purple robe of the prince and the gray gown of the peasant, The picture by Millett, interpreted by Markham IS as suredly a picture of an imag- mary being, for surely no such exists in this country. The til Ter of the soil in the United States is the very backbone of the country and as a writer has said:
 The farmer walks forth into a region uninhabited and waste, he looks earnestly at the scene, so quiet in it's desolation, then waving his wonder-working wand, those dreary valleys smile with golden harvest those bar ren mountain-slopes are clothed with foliage; the furnace blazes i; the anvil rings; the busy wheel whirls round the town appears; the temple of religion rears it's lofty front; forest of masts rises from the harbor. On every side are heard the sounds of in dustry and gladness.
 The farmer achieves grandeur victories, he weaves more dura- ble trophies. he holds wider sway than the conqueror. His name becomes tainted and his monuments crumble; but the farmer converts his red battle fields into gardens, aud erects monuments significant of better things. "
 Assuredly the farmers of this country are bound under no such weighty burdens as Markham describes, but on the contrary "he who makes two blades of grass to grow where one had grown before is greater than he who taketh a city" The farmer is the ruler of this land and he always will be. and we are glad that 1t is so.-Jonesboro Enter prise.
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THE Jeff. Davis heelers are try ing to get people believe that l. E. Wood is in favor of trusts be cause he is opposed to Davis. Ii yon take the opposition to Da- wis as the standard of measure ment nineteen twenticths of the people will be classed as trust advocates before the Guberna- torial election IS over. Davis may be all right as regards trusts, but something more Is wanted.
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The highly esteemed Conner cial-Appeal gets at the very root of the question in this wise
 Having settled the question of the long and short terms in the United States senate. and the matter of the nominees for state offices, one might think the people of Mississippi would throw politics to the wind for brief season, but not so. There IS fight on for a position on the supreme bench, and half a dozen contests for district judge ships. What Mississippi needs is few farmers conventions, cattle growers conventions and manufacturers associations. These will do more to bring about better conditions of life than could a field full of politi- clans and place-hunters. These remarks might also apply to Tennessee.
 The bane of the south is too much politics and too many pol ttic1ans. What most of the states need Is more farmers conven- tlons, more industrial meetings. mSore- educational gatherings, n0oYe business mems associa- tlons and fewer political conven- s'ons. Our young men go to politics and oratory instead of business and the professions. ii they start out in law, medi- cine or any other profession, they soon abandon It for the a. luretnents of politics. \ few sue eeed while the many are strand ed. Again: The large amount of time we devote to active poli- tics denloralizes the people keeps them stirred up over the contests of rival politicians and abstracts their attention from the ordinary lines of business. It has come to such a pass in this that man scarcely warns the seat to which he has been chosen until he must begin fight for reelection. An officer Tn the first few months of his term announces that he will not be candidate for reelection but will stand for a higher office. We are breeding a race of pro fessional place hunters and they swarm over the land like the the locust of Egypt. It ought to be in the power of the people. 1t is in their power, to bring about a better condition.-Ark. Democrat.
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ACTION REQUIRED.

There has been good deal of talk about the Republican manag- CTS holding their national conven- tion early next year and getting in their denunciation of trusts before the Democrats do. It is the judg- ment of the Cincinatti Enquirer that the Democrats should not be in the least annoyed by the date of
 the Republican convention.
 Whether the Hanna resolution be for or against trusts it will not be looked on with favor by the peo- pie. The Chicago Tribune warns the Republican politicians that the trust question is q dangerous one for them to play with, "for it Is going to be the question out of winch the Democrats will try to make the most capital" " The edi- tor adds that the Illinois Republi- can wants his party to do some thing against trusts before the election is held, to show the people that 1t Is in earnest" That's the talk. There will be q session of congress before the presidential election-even before the nomina- tions are made. Unless something is done by the congress and presl- dent before the election resolutions on trusts will be as empty as d
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IT is pretty generally conceded by all that the present cotton crop will fall far short of last years crop, hence, the necessity for better prices. If the cotton growers will only hold their cot ton, buyers will have to pay what 1t IS reasonably worth.
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IT IS just one year from now until the next general state cleo ton, and with eight avowed candidates already out for gov ernor and more than seventy counties to hear from, we sin cerelv trust there will be nc lack of material for that office.
The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08
PENSION FIGURES.

The Democrat has heretofore mo- ticed the unjust attack made upon Pension Commissioner Evans by branch of the G. A. R. because of his alleged. ..unfairness to pensioners. In this connection the New York Mail and Express calls attention to the fact that figures don't lie, and because they don't those who are engaged in the indefensible move ment looking to the removal of Pension Commissioner Evans are destined to have their labor for their pains. The figures of Mr.
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spread rapidly, and it was soon demonstrated beyond doubt that cure had at last been found for deadly Cancer Evidence has accu- mulated which is incontrovertible, of which the following is specimen:
 "Cancer is hereditary in our family my father sister and aunt having died from this dreadful disease My feelings may be imagined when the hor- rible disease made it's appearance my side It a malignant Cancer. eating inwardly in such way to great alarm. The disease seemed beyond the skill of the doctors. for their treatment did good whatever. the Cancer growing all the while Numerous remedies used for it but the Cancer steadily until 1t seemed that doomed to
The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08

GEN. Otis does not seem dis posed to give Gen. Joe Wheeler a fighting chance. Gen. Wheeler went to the Philippine country to fight and Gen. Otis ought to have known 1t.
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  first had bottles dreadful fcton though & for Cincer.Mks NJ IDoID Winston N Our book Cancer containing other testimonials and valuable information will Do sent free any address 5 the Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08
Results Fatally in Nine Gases Gut of Ten-A Cure Found al Last.

operation because the disease is virulen the blood circulating throughout the and although the ulcernown the Cancermay be cut the remains the bood and promptly breaks afresh with renewed violence
 The wonderful of S. curing obstinate deepeated blood diseases which considered ncurabe, induced pin sufferers for Cancer after exhalstng the skill of the without d Much delight proved equal to the disease and promptly effected The glad
The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08

THE pearl-hunting has started up in North-Eastern Arkansas once more.
The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08

IF Wood and Davis have had fun enough let them subside un- til the winter winds have pass ed
The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08

THE world will breathe easier when France ends the farce of the Dreyfus trial.
The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08
E57toria1-

YELLOW FEVER has broken out in New Orleans.
The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08
CANCER IS DEADLY!

This fearful disease often first appears as a mere scratch, a ,pimple, or lump in the breast. too small to attract any notice, until, in many cases, the deadly disease is fully developed.
 Gar1.l,1. ca1n rant Aa nllrnl E1- a sIlrccical
The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08
NOTICE.
Sale of 16th Section Land.

Sale of 16th Section Land. By virtue of authority vested in me by law, I will offer for safe, at the Court House door in Drew county, Arkansas, on the first day of the October term 1899 of the Drew County Court, upon the terms prescribed by law, the follow Ing described land to-wit:
 NV qr. of NE ar, Sec lG. Tp. l2. s, RI. E qr of NV or. NV or of NV or, :" -. NV ar ofS.w or. s-W qr. of s W qr., '' i" !" 4 ''
 J. II. HAMMOCK, Sept lst 1899 Collector.
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 oung ladies home unsurpassed The best IS the cheapest. For fur ther information, address
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 Arkadelphia, Ark.
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THE SEMI I-WEEKIY REPUBLIC

The Semi-Weekly Republic has so many advantages as news gatherer that no other paper can claim to be it's equal. The whole news is covered thoroughly. The special features and illustrations are always the best. More noted writers contribute to it's columns than to any other paper of its class. It is published especially to meet the wants of that large class of readers who have not the opportunity or cannot afford to read a daily paper.
 The teleSraphic and cable service of The Republic has never been equsled in the his tory of Journalism in this or any other country.
 The Semi-Weekly Republic has larger circulation now than any other news week ly or scmi-weekly.
The Monticellonian., 1899-09-08
A WONDERFUL CURE OF
 DIARRHOEA.

A Prominent Virginia Editor Had Almost Given Up, but Was Brought Back to Perfect Health by Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
 Diarrhoea
 Remedy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-09
LlNCOLN'S KINDNESS.
Letter Turns Up in War Department
Recalling a Romano of the
Civil War.

One of the many examples of Abra-
ham Lincoln's kind-hearted nature re-
Gently came to light among the papers
on file in the war department. 1t was
II letter from a young woman in a west
crn state asking for the return Of her
sweetheart. who was at the time SOL
der in the union army. In pathetic
manner she told how ut the beginning
of the war she became engaged, and
how her lover had gone to the front
promising to return at the close of the
war and make her his bride. Over
year had passed, the war continued, and
her lover was lying wounded in hos
pital. The young woman said if the
soldier in question did not return at
once she would die of a broken heart.
Whether or not the two lovers were
ever reunited the department records
do not show, but the papers bear EVIL
dcnce that the appeal touched the heart
of the war president, for across the
back is written In his own handwriting:
LET him go to her.-A. Lincoln"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-09
Rat ProEnOsticators.


The old superstition, which has grown
into an adage, that rats desert ship
which is no longer seaworthy, is still
an article of faith with the fresh water
sailors of the great lakes. Sundry well
authenticated instances seem to Justify
this belief Here is one. The Vernon
was three master which did tramp
business. Built in Buffalo in 1850, she
was for many years regarded as one Of
the best craft on the lakes.
Late in the fall, about Is years ago.
she unloaded cargo of grain in Buf-
falo, and reloaded with package freight
for Chicago. She was about to sail one
rough November night. Just before the
lines were let off one of the seamen saw
a rat run over the hawsers to the wharf.
In moment another was seen. The
seamen called others of the crew to geo
the unusual sight. Between so and rs
rats poured out Of the ship and took
refuge along the wharf. The crew re-
fused to sail, but the captain was OBJ
stipate, shipped fresh crew and sailed
Forthwith. The ship was lost with all
hands. Household Words.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-09
LAURIER IS ANGRY.
The Canadian Premier Declares the
Recently Printed Interview
Was Not Accurate.

Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 7.-Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, when interviewed Saturday,
was not in the best of humor. He said:
1T is simply scandalous how we are mis-
represented by interviewers who publish
in the United States press their so-called
conversations with myself and other Cana
dlan public men. have not so far received
a formal invitation to visit Chicago. Only
an informal one was offered me, and how
could I refuse to accept or reject that
winch l was not 'authoritatively asked to
accept? When the time arrives for me to
SEND my reply to a formal invitation to
WISH Chicago I will not hesitate to an
swer either in the aff1rma tive or negative.
10 say that 1 would refuse to accept the
invitation to Chicago were it formally Of
1ered to me because feared insults by any
OF the people in Chicago or anywhere else
IN the United States is to say that which
can only say is a preposterous invention.
think better of our American friends
and am satisfied that if were to visit the
great city of Chicago would receive as
corolal treatment as will be extended to
any of the other invited guests whose
pleasure and privilege it may be to accept
the invitation. The United States and Can
aua can nave their disputes and can carry
tnem on without it being necessary for
the press or people of either country to so
lar forget themselves as to insult or black
guard the representatives on the one side
or the other of the border line. will not
however at the present be interviewed as
TO whether will or will not go to Chicago,
out when I am called upon to formally re-
ply to an invitation to go there and should
l refuse to accept the invitation my re-
lusal Will not be the result of any fear of
insult by the American people,"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-09
WOMAN CAPTURES EAGLE.
Bird MeasurinE Seven Feet Across
the Wings Vainly Fights
for Liberty.

Mrs. Louis Brisbin, Of Elkins, N. H.,
captured alive after a battle an eagle
that measured seven feet across it's
wings. She heard an outcry like u
child's near her home and, going to-
ward a clump of bushes, she discovered
the eagle tioundering about. Gathering
up her skirts she bounced upon the bird,
threw her dress skirt over it and then
seized him firmly with her hands.
The bird fought ferociously, tearing
Mrs. Brisbin's clothing with his talons,
but by squeezing him hard and thereby
giving him no opportunity to strike she
carried the bird to the house and de-
posted him in shed. She summoned
her neighbors to see if they knew what
sort of bird it was and was more than
astonished to learn that she had cap
tured an eagle.
The law stipulates inc of $40 if any
person shall kill an American or bald
headed eagle, but as the bird was not
killed Mrs. Brisbin has secured the con-
sent of the governor to keep him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-09
CHURCH FOR BICYCLISTS,
Brooklyn Pastor Who Intends tr
Make 1t Easy for the Cyclist
to BE Religious.

Brooklyn has church for bicyclists.
Not only does it fail to bar wheelmen
and wheelwomen in road attire of what
ever brevity, but it provides racks for
their metal steeds, and, in the utmost
sense of the word, extends the right
hand of fellowship. The Church of the
Presentation is ideally placed to be-
guile sinners awheel from an early spin
to an hours devotion. 1t stands at the
junction of Rockaway and St. Marks
avenues, just where the beautiful High
land boulevard, intersecting, rolls away
to the northwest. Here any fine day
clouds of bicyclists may be seen pass
ing and repassing.
Probably this view from the windows
of the parsonage had its effect upon
Father Hand. The good priest is emil
nently human in his tendencies. In any
event, three weeks ago bicycle racks
were placed suggcstively TO the left Of
the church door and at the side of the
building. To his parishioners Father
Hand made it clear that he discri mi
mated neither against the use of the
wheel on Sunday nor its adoption for
church-going purposes.
His decision has had it's effect. At
early mass and even at the later Sunday
morning service the racks have an &C.
tive patronage.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-09
Brutalifiea Mt Sea.

In The Pail Mall Magazine W. Clark
Russell quotes the instructions given by
the Earl of Lindsay in 1885 to his cap
tains:
1.-The keynote is struck with the de-
votional spirit of the age The chief in
command is to take care that all the
officers and companies Of the ships
worship God twice day. Swearing,
drunkenness, robbery, sleeping on watch
and the like were to be punished &C.
cording to the order and custom of the
sea. Punishments were brutally severe
in those times. They maropned-that is,
they set man ashore alone on a DESC
late coast or island and left him to
starve, to be destroyed by savages OF
wild beasts.
''They keel hauled-that is, they
dragged man naked by yard arm
whips under the bottom of ship, and
drew him up raw and bloody with the
harsh wounding of barnacles and spike
like adherences, only to be submerged
afresh ere the unhappy miscreant could
fetch full breath. They nailed man
to the mainmast by driving a knife
through his hand For murder (that
was often manslaughter) they tied the
living to the dead, back to back, and
threw them overheard.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-09
- The Tas3nS1aa1ioo1aI1

The MISUNDERSTANDING
The animal known IN Australia %
the Tasmanian devil is one Of the only
two survivors of what must at one time
have been widely distributed class OF
animals, to judge from the fossil re.
mains already found in many parts OF
Australia. Like nearly every mamma
liam quadruped Of the continent, the
devil is marsupial, but with the SOIL
tary exception of the so called Tasma-
MAN wolf he is the only surviving mar
supial animal that is carnivorous and
may be regarded as beast OF prey.
The devil is now very scarce and Will
soon be extinct, but in the early con-
vict days Of the island-when Tasma-
MIA, then called Van Dieman's Land,
was the penal settlement for the worst
class Of British convicts-they were
plentiful, and many CHASTITY stories
were afoat of their attacks upon escaped
convicts who had taken to the bush.
It is believed that the name of devil
was bestowed on the animals by the
convicts, who had learned to look upon
them with almost superstitious fear.
partly in consequence 81 their appear.
ance but still more owing to their un-
firing perseverance in following up an
enemy to the last with what looked like
undying hatred. No specimen has ever
been found on the continent Of Austria.
lia.-Lippincott' Magazine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-09
TO OUTRIvAL JEKYL ISLAND.
New Resort for the Wealthy to BE
Established Near Port
Royal, 8. G.

Jeykl island, which is probably the
most fashionable resort in the south, If
not in America, is TO have rival. New
York men have banded together to pur-
chase another island, enlist the support
Of prominent men and establish q rec
reation ground that will make Jeykl
island look like Kansas town after a
cyclone. The new resort is Spring
island. situated at the head of Port
Royal harbor, South Carolina, and
formed by the junction of Broad and
Colleton rivers with the bay. It is six
miles long by from one to two miles
wide and contains 6,036 acres.