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cipal taxation. So that the question is pressing upon that great legislative body, parliament, both as national and as a municipal matter.
 "Of course when such a momentous change shall occur in England as the in- troduction of any appreciable measure of the single tax in the imperial budget or in any other way-even though the amount be small-the consequences are bound to be felt not merely in the British Islends, but in this country. Discussion Is rife here, and the idea of home rule in taxation is strong in many states, such a measure hav- ing actually passed in the Michigan senate, and was beaten in the house by the revers- ing of a single vote. Governor Pingree had openly promised to sign the bill if 1t pass ed.
 Similarly, In one form or another, some degree of the principle has been up before the legisla lures of California, Colorado, New York, Ohio, Washington, Minnesota, Illinois, Massa chusetts, New Mexico and Rhode Island. It goes for nothing that such measures have been defeated. New principles must at first meet with many defeats. The single tax question Is no longer in the domain of mere theory It is a practical question In politics, and be- fore a great while it is certain to take a leading part in American elections. just as it is actually doing now in British elections. The growth of trusts and the increase of strikes indicate hardening conditions on the masses and make way for radical changes"
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One day Yankee genius came along and after looking at the wooden shell for some minutes conceived the brilliant idea of haul ing her ashore. It took time, but he &C., complished the task, and, in a month or so, had her far inland. He worked days and rested nights and Sundays. A stout team of oxen did the hauling and, little by lit- tie, the big empty hull was drawn further and further inland. It attracted considera- ble attention but, as the boat was not very large and as New Englanders are accus- toned to seeing wrecks converted into houses and put to other uses nobody paid much attention to the Yankee, whose name was Sylvester and his queer load.
 One day he halted, lighted the boat and began rigging her He painted herwhite and he planted smoke stacks in her. He rigged her up to look like cruiser and, when she was complete, he painted the word "Olympia" upon her side. Before that she was the White Swan.
 The mission of the craft is to save souls. The owner proposes to drive her across country stopping at every Four Corners, and going steadily on again until he has reached California Then he will turn and go south, then east to the Atlantic coast then north again, arriving home some time near the end of the century.
 At every stop the owner. who is an evan gelist, will hold meetings. His texts will be
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was born, nor which political party he acts with.
 Blood is thicker than water, and when the test comes Roosevelt will not forget his Georgia ancestry.
 General Joe Wheeler, who is a Georgian by birth, took a great fancy to the colo mel of the Rough Riders. and said after his return from Cuba that he hoped some day to see him president.
 Roosevelt's whole conduct during the Spanish-American war stamped him as Southerner of fighting blood. He did not seek a staff postion a safe easy place. To the astonishment of his eastern friends he went to Texas, raised a regiment Of regular dare-devs, and plunged into the thick of the fight
 Right there the mans Georgia blood showed itself. He was not made for any tin soldier business
 I never saw Roosevelt and never heard him speak, but all of his speeches read well. They are bold, strong, clear and straight to the point.
 The man who fights, writes and talks as he does is bound to have some great qualities.
 It may be that he parts his hair In the middle, has the eastern twang and follows some of the fashions of the people around him. These outward frills and t1ourishes amount to nothing Some of the greatest men in history had very absurd habits and weaknesses, but they were great in spite of them.
 Georgia horse sense crops out in the ptterances and actions of the New York aovernor Occasionally he surprises and disappoints people, but man of individ- uality cannot please everybody He can not follow red tape methods, nor keep the beaten track of his predecessors, and his originality naturally proyokes criticism.
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and pen, and whether leading his Rough Riders in front of Santiago or conducting a political campaign in the greatest state in the Union he is an ideal leader-a man who is destined to be a power in the land for long time to come.
 Never mind about his politics, when we are measuring him as a man. Some of the brightest and bravest men have been on the wrong side of politics, but when the test came they proved themselves patn- otic Americans, regardless of party lines.
 Theodore Roosevelt. the daring the dra- matic, spectacular governor of New York, a war hero and a presidential possibility, is a Georgian to the core.
 Make note of this and don't forget 1t. It throws light upon the man and his ways.
 The old Midway church settlement In Liberty county, Georgia, produced many famous men and women, and some or thelr descendants are among the prominent cit- zens of nearly every state in the Union.
 In the early days of that colony General Daniel Stewart was one of its leaders He was a native of Liberty county, and en- tered the revolutionary army when boy of 15, fighting under Sumter and Marion. He was taken prisoner by the British but with eight others escaped from prison ship at Charleston one stormy night
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on land values for colonial purposes of a penny in the pound, or, say, s4 in the thousand as minimum; and at the same time abolished the colonial taxes on per- sona1 property and Improvements. For Years preceding this the country had been most unprosperous and was losing popula- tion. But as a consequence of imposing this tax upon land values-sman though it was-New Zealand avoided the industrial depression that soon overspread the rest of the world, and it's population increased and is steadily increasing. United States Con sul Connolly has recently reported to the state department at Washington that New Zealand is the most prosperous community on earth.
 'tHas the single tax passed parliament? No 1t has not, but the principle has enter ed politics and Is of all domestic questions the first and foremost today. It comes up as an imperial question-as a means to raise imperial revenue-and as a local ques- tion-how to raise the municipal revenue
 "Yes, the mother country Is terribly agi- tated, and what adds to the agitation of the single tax question dn Great Britain Is that the municipalities are pressing parlia- ment to grant them home rule In taxation. Local government powers have been con ferring within the past few years, but tax ation privileges have been restricted. More than two hundred and forty local govern ing bodies, headed by the London county council and the Glasgow council have held a conference and have petitioned parlia- ment for the right of local option in muni-
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the side of the river of life," and others that suggest the sea- with which the man is battling towards his haven on the other shore.
 Although the Olympia bears strong re- semblance to the ship after which she is named, many of her parts are sham, being of wood and timber instead of iron and steel They are to heighten the semblance to a ship.
 MT Slyvester's garb is that of a sailor. He says of himself: q was born in New England and spent my boyhood on the sea where, later, I saved enough money in mer chant traffic to retire. I settled along the rocky shore of Massachusetts and deter mined to lead life of ease.
 '"rhe misery of my fellow men moved me to take up the work of saving them. The world was never so wicked as now and never was there such a chance for an evan- gelist. One morning I chaaced to see this stranded hull and a voice said to me- Tt is your church. Save souls in it. So l res cued 1t.
 'I know the Baroness Schlessinger, who sails along the coast of Germany holding meetings for poor sailors but to the best of my knowledge there is no gospel craft afioat along our shores. I preferred to go inland, because the further you get from the sea, the more the people need salvation
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Mountain and seashore

As the heated term approaches one be- gins to look over The advantages of the various resorts and make arrangements for the summer outing. In this connection the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, which connects with the Louisville and Nash vile and Queen and Crescent railways, off, fers to those contemplating summer vacation a greater variety of resorts than any other line. Both the mountain and sea shore resorts of the Virginlas and the New England coast are reached by the famous F. F. V. limited of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway. The trains of this com pany, vestibuled throughout, lighted by electricity with observation and dining cars. are unsurpassed in modern equip- ment. For full information of resorts. rates. etc., apply Louisville and Nashville office, Morris avenue, or Queen and Cres- cent ticket office or address c. B. Ryan. A. c. P. A., Cincinnati. O.
 6-7-sun-w -wed-tf.
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Geiing Even

From the Detroit Free Press.
 "It is my private opinion," said Smith, as he chanced to meet Jones on the street, "that that man Brown is crazy
 Be charitable" laughed Jones, che has just been married"
 "I don't care if he has," stormed Smith. "That is excuse for him to abuse a man"
 "What has he been doing?" asked Jones.
 "Dong? 1 happened to leave my watch at home this morning, and chancing to meet Brown on the streets few minutes ago I stopped him and asked him what time it was, and the only answer that received was a string of abuse that would have shocked a mule driver"
 q think I can explain it" gasped Jones after he had laughed to his hearts con tent You see Brown was married the other day He was the last one of his set to get married, and his friends desired to have little fun with him. When Brown had received an invitation to a wedding he had invariably sent a mantel clock as a wedding present. Brown and his mantel clock got to be a standing joke among his friends, and it was always looked forward to, and he never disappointed them They were all alike, and the idea got about that he bought them by the gross and kept them on hand for an emergency.
 .Well, when Browns cards were sent out we got together and decided to get even with htn by each one of us sending him mantle clock of the same pattern. I don't know how many he received, as the re- turns are not all in yet but as near as I can gather he has about four to each room. That is why it isn't safe to say anything about time to Brown.
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&1OO Reward, &1OO

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrn being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO,
 Toledo, O.
 Sold by druggists, 75c. Halls Family Pills are the best.
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COMING ACROSS COUNTRY TO SAVE THIS CITY.

' such as aLauncir out into the deep,' "Fol- low me and will make you fishers of men, ''The Lord on high Is mightier than the voice of many waters" "The floods have lifted up, O Lord, thefoodsfave lift ed up their voices.' And He said peace be still, and immediately there was great calm, ,"'And he showed me pure river of the water of life,' "When thou passest through the waters will be with thee and through the floods, they shall not overflow thee," and "What manner of man is this that even the winds and sea obey him?" These and other nautical texts will sup nly the theme for the discourses.
 When 1t Is pleasant services will be held on deck, but when the winds do blow and the storms dash against the boat the ser vices will be held below
 The hymns will be such as, "Fierce and wild the storm is raging" Pull for the shore" ''Oh, think of a home over there, by
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He distinguished himself in the Indian war after the revolution, and was made brigadier general. Later he served in the legislature. Stewart county was named after him.
 This grand old Georgian was the great grandfather of Governor Roosevelt.
 Rev. James Stacy brings out this fact in his Midway church history
 General Stewart married Susannah os- wald of Midway church. Their daughter, Martha, married United States Senator John Elliott of Georgia, and after ms death married James 6. Bullock, son or Archibald Bullock, president and governor of Georgia. Their daughter, Martha, mar ried Theodore Roosevelt, and their son IS New Yorlts present governor.
 With so much of the best colonial ana revolutionary blood of Georgia in his veins, it matters not where Governor Roosevelt
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New Bedford, Mass, October 2o.-I have just returned from a visit to the warship Olympia, which lies anchored twenty-five miles west of here and which, tomorrow, weather permitting, will start upon her trip across the country.
 The Olympia was once sea-going vessel, but was wrecked off the coast of Massachu- setts ten years ago. In those days she was the White Swan.
 For ten summers and winters she lay stranded with the waves washing over her and gradually, ali her valuable parts were removed, until she resembled nothing as much as an old wreck, deserted and useless, not good even for the wood which the fisher wives gather along the timber strewn beach.
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"Yes. the boat was an odd idea but nowadays you need to arouse the peoples curiosity before they will consent to let you save them.
 'I shall not go alone in my boat. Any poor fellow who wants lift across country can get in and take his turn at driving"
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TEDDY A GEORGIAN
Cooler Grabbers Think That Makes
 Him Fight-Southern Ancestry

It is to be regretted that some of our newspapers go out of their way to dis parage Governor Roosevelt, writes Wallace Putnam Reed in the Atlanta Constitution.
 The truth is, he Is a man of brains and courage. He is master of both sword
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MAN TELS!
..50 esigms. .

The cut below represents only one of a half hundred different designs and the largest and handsomest line of Cabinet Mantels ever shown by a Southern firm.
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Our Stock of
 HARDWARE

Is being kept up its well known high standard and has been largely increased in size. Our Builders and Supply department has been considerably enlarged and
 in this others fortunate in buying before the rise prces and giving customers the benefit of the same Estimates furnished on Sash and Doors. :
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-02
WAS A STORM CENTER
HEAVY DAMAGE DONE BY
WIND AND HAIL.
Twister In the Northern Part,
Demolishing Houses and Tearing Up
Orchards-No Known Fatalties-Bam.
ilton County Hit Hard.

Reports continue to come Id OF a
devastating wind storm, amounting to
a tornado, in the northern part of
Hamilton county Saturday night.
| About s o'clock n funnel-shaped cloud
struck the farm Of Peter Jacoby, about
four miles north of Aurora, demolish-
ing his barn and unroofing the house.
The storm took n northeasterly dircc-
ton, destroying in it's course the
houses and barns Of the Messrs. Liant
ger, Noble, Eastman, Clothier, Shen-
berger, NJ. Liebhart, Peter Herdmen,
Peter Louis, Mr.. Buck, the Danish
Lutheran church and parsonage and
Peter Hansen. The storm then lifted
and did no damage for about five miles,
when it again struck the ground, max
ing n path through the county. Trees,
fences and everything in its path was
RACED to the ground. At Mobiles the
family took refuge in in the cellar and
after the house had been blown away
a dead horse was dropped into the eel
lar, but none of the family vas hurt.
No lives were lost, but at Mr.. Liant
zer's a young girl had two ribs broken
and at Peter Hansen's the hired man
had his leg broken. At the Danish
church nineteen persons were in the
cellar of the parsonage, and while
several were bruised and scratcged
none sustained serious injury. In the
cemetery adjoining, tombstones and
monuments were broken off or pulled
up ond scattered far and wide. NJ.
Liebhart's fine orchard is totally de-
stroyed, trees that have been growing
for twenty-five years being pulled up
by the roots or twisted into withs. No
more destructive storm has ever visited
Nebraska.
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DR.. CORN WALL ENDS HIS LIFE.
The Suspected Slayer of Maude Belio
Bonesteei n Suicide.

Eonesteot " buiCiuo.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 3o.-Dr.
Richmond Cornwall, slayer of his
brother. once suspected of wife MUIR
der and twice Of the murder Of young
women, one Of them Maud Belle Bone
steel, the mystery about whose disap.
pearance has never been cleared, killed
himself early yesterday morning.
1t was a bloody ending OF II bloody
life. Financial difficulties may have
been the immediate cause of tn, sui.
eide. but back Of this, in the life Of
this man, were four tragedies, each a
mystery. And the secret OF each he
took with him TO his ~grave-the secret
OF tho death Of his sweetheart, the
death Of his wife, the death OF his
brother and the disappearance of the
girl, Maud Belle Homestead.
After an evening spent ut the thea
ter and a careful preparation of the
details for his self-destruction, such
as writing notes and u last goodby to
his wife and baby, DR.. Cornwall put a
bullet into his brain in the yard sur
rounding tho residence OF his brother.
in -law, DR.. j. e. Whittier. 1888 War
wick boule ward.
he used the same revolver with
which he shot his brother Herbert TO
death in st. Louis on the morning OF
July z. 1897.
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Correct Account

1t was enormously announced last
week that A. Il. Sheldon had made an
investigation at the request of the at
torney general and had given it as his
opinion that house roll No. 80 was
passed before senate file l31. Mr..
Sheldon found that house roll so vas
passed last and for that reason it may
be the better law. Both acts relate to
the time of organization of boards of
education, fixing the first Monday in
May as the time. House roll 80 has
an emergency clause. and the other
act does not go into effect until July /.
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Much Damage Dome.

Beatrice and vicinity vas recently
visited by one of the severest hail
storms ever witnessed there. The
storm came from the northwest and was
preceded by a heavy rumbling sound
not unlike n railroad train. 1t came
up suddenly and hundreds of people in
carriages were caught, many minor
accidents occurred and several runa-
ways causing more serious damage.
Hundreds of window lights were
broken out including the stained glass
memorial windows in the Episcopal
and Methodist church buildings, tho
court house and school buildings.
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THE REVISION TRIAL BEGINS.
A Hearing hat I, Expected to Result
In Dreyfuy Acquittal.

In Dreyfuy Acqu,ttal.
PARIS, May 30.-The court Of casa
ton met to-day to hear the debates in
the application for a revision Of the
Dreyfus case. II the court decides for
revision Dreyfus will be brought home
for a new trial, which is held gener-
ally to mean acquittal.
Spectators about the palace were
selling seats at points Of vantage for
from 81. 50 to IS each, but the sale was
not so good as during tho lola trial,
when si0 was paid for a seat.
The court was filed with Partisan
celebrities, the greater part OF the hall
having been reserved for ticket hold
crs. Many judges belonging to other
courts were among those present, and
Absolute tranquility prevailed. There
were about twenty women among the
audience filling the galleries.
The proceedings began ut moo
Amid profound silence, NJ. Ballot de
Beaupre, the president OF the civil
section Of the court, read his report
upon the case. 1t was u strong plea
in favor of Dreyfus.
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BIG ODDS AGAINST OTIS.
Captain Clay Talks About the
Army's Situation at Manila.
JUST RETUR NED FROM MANILA
General Lawton Was Right IN Advocst-
Ing That 100000 Troops Bs Used
In tho I,isnd,-Otb win right, Rain
or No Rain.

CHICAGO, May 80. Captain Charles
,. Clay of the Seventeenth infantry, n
grandson OF Henry Clay and a fighter
at Santiago. has returned from Manila
on sick leave. lie was wounded near
Malolos March %, fifteen days after
landing from the transport Grant.
The bullet entered his neck and has not
been extracted. lie went to his homo
la Lexington, Ky, last night, but ex-
poets TO go ON to New York Immediate
iy for treatment. Concerning the war
in the Philippines he said; "Volun-
tecrs vic with regulars In ~gallantry.
The heroism Of both Is superb. The
first Nebraska and Twentieth Kansas
regiments are equal 10 any on earth.
And the war now going on Is rs diff
cult and magnificent n passage of
arms as any in our annals. a hand
full OF men arc waging n wal there
against incompatible odds. With
$4,000 or 100, 600 men we could sweep
the island in thirty days and avert
the tremendous mortality that Is now
~ certain rs fate.
General Lawton had the eye OF the
soldier when he said 100, 900 men were
needed. We have not troops enough
to occupy what we conquer. The
place at which l was wounded had
been taken three times before and as
many times abandoned because we had
not force enough to hold 1t. That is
h case everywhere. Manila is n
great city, full OF thousands Of men
ready to rise at moments notice. IL
requires 10000 men to hold down
Manila. Some 1000 are In hospitals
or useless, and that leaves barely
i5,oo0 men to beat the Filipinos in the
field and hold what is gained"
MANILA, May 30. General Otis says
that the campaign against the Fill
pino insurgents will be prosecuted by
the American forces with the utmost
aggressiveness possible during tho
rainy season.
General Lawton Is Of the opinion
that an early settlement of the present
troubles and the close OF hostilities
depend largely upon the Americans
giving rigid protection to the working
classes Ia their peaceful occupations,
whiie waRing incessant war against
the armed forces OF the enemy from
this time forth by means of guerilla
warfare. lie will show tho insurgents
by vigorous action on the rivers, lakes
md mountains Tint their belief that
u troops cannot campaign In the
rainy seasons or In the mountains is
untrue.
Later 1t Is possible that the chang.
Ing conditions may demand garrison
ing by districts, SO that the valuable
part OF the island will be safe for the
investment OF capital and the prosccu-
tion Of industries until Americans are
completely dominant.
Quick transportation OF the cavalry
and the pack mules is desirable az a
means of rounding up the insurgents