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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-04-19
dinner and also hose for an Eu-

dinner and also those for an Eu-
ropean one.
The bed rooms, of With there
were two, " ere very quaint. One
contained a gold bedstead done
up with pink; it had pink silk cur
tains, embroidered IN silver, and
pink pillows, with transparent
muslin covers to keep them clean,
and pink mosquito curtains, tied
up with orange blossoms. There
were three steps leading up to the
bed, and at their foot were two
pair of slippers-one small pair OF
pale pink for the bride and an
other and larger pair for the
bridegroom. On table were
arranged the respective clothes
that they were to wear the next
day, and their presents to each
other. An Egyptians presents
to his bride never consist of any
thing but diamonds and Cash
mere shawls.
The second bedroom was just
like the first, except that every
thing in it was white instead of
pink, and that it also contained a
washstand, with Jug and basin
of silver embossed with gold, and
towels which looked as If they
were made of silk and spun silver.
At last we came to the room
where the bride was sitting ex-
posed to view, and we were all
invited to look and pry at her eX
actly as if she had been a wax
figure. She was seated on
throne, a raised dals, surrounded
by wax tapers, and over her was
golden canopy, ornamented
with artificial flowers. Next to
her was an empty golden chair,
destined for the bridegroom, and
on her other side was a slave,
who famed her. She was dressed
in white satin, crusted with sill
yer, with d long train, a water
fall of spangles and white veil,
thick with silver embroidery,
hanging from her head, and me-
andering oyer the floor of the
dais. Her dress was cut little
low In front, and almost the
whole of the opening was filled
with diamonds. which also COW
cred her head and arms.
When we had seen everything
thoroughly, We watched some
dancing girls. Their perform
ance to European eyes was hid
eous and disgusting, but it seem
ed to please the native ladies very
much, and we had to endure a
good deal of it. BY this time it
was nearly twelve o'clock, and
we were beginning to get a little
tired, and to feel that We should
very much like something to eat,
for all this time we had been Of
fered nothing but water, which,
being unfiltered, we could not
drink, and cigarettes, which we
did not like.
Soon, however, we were told to
say goodbye to our hostess, and
all the European ladies trooped
out of the harem into the other
part OF the house, where they
met many Of their gentlemen
friends, who meanwhile had been
spending very dull evening, lis
! tening to Arab music and endless
speeches, of which the ma jDrity
of them did not understand any
thing. The ladies also came iu
for a few speeches, but soon the
bridegroom was led away to see
his bride for the first time (hlth-
erto she had always been yelled
when in his presence), and we all
set to work at an enormous Eu-
ropean supper which our host
had provided for US. Then. after
! a few moments spent In watch.
ing some fireworks, we succeeded
with some difficulty in getting a
carriage and started for home.
..o 4 .,e.,n thnnunh M.,hnn
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-04-19

We have a big line of collars
and neckwear, the latest styles
at pig bargains. A standard
collar for only 10 cents. j. w.
Hodges, at Fuller's old stand.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-04-19
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FOR INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA
| have taken Tizakure for Indiges-
ton, Sour Stomach and Gases, and have
found immediate relief in every instance.
z. B. LoNDEN. Philadelphia.
A Cure for a Try. Tablets,
CSC. box. Ask your druggist,
or write for free sample to TIA
kure Co., Tarpon Springs, Fla.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-18

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PHYSICIANS.

Practice limited to diseases OF the Eye.
Ear, Nose and Throat
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HELP WANTED-MALE

WANTED-Coat and pants makers. boet
prices paid in the state Apply at once
Z. ;. Christianson, Wellington, Kan.
191-9fv
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
CONDEMNS BOND OFFER.

Mr.. Bryan talked freely at Spring.
field, Missouri, of Secretary Cages offer
to purchase $25, 600 900 bonds. "The
republicans" he declared, "have been
saying all the time that there was plenty
of money in the country. When the
free silver people advocated the en-
largement of the money supply they
we're told that the circulation fully met
all the demands of trade.
Now, when Wall street becomes
short Of money thegovernme nj is prompt
to 60 to the relief Of the Spectators.
All we free silver people ask is that
Uncle Sam shall treat the farmer and
the laborer with as much consideration.
"The gold men, claiming that there is
plenty of money in the country, never
make the proper distinction between q
standard dollar and a credit dollar.
They assume that for all purposes an
actual dollar and promise to pay a
dollar are the same,'
.'This failure to make the distinction
between the money of final account and
the various forms of credit employed in
the transactions of the country ha.
greatly confused the minds Of those
controlled by the gold standard idea.'
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
BRYAN sunE,N 1900.

New York is on the threshold of q
Democratic redemption. The returns
have all been gathered, and the addi.
tions and subtractions made. Now that
the edust ofcombat has SO far settled that
one may gain some glimpse of results,
what, think you, is the Republican
majority in the State of New York, as
shown two weeks ago? 1t comes out
as shadow over 1900. No mammoth
plurality, truly! In 1896 the black
majority was 246,0O0. It's Clevelandlsm
that did that. In 1897 it bleached to
$4,000. One year ago (s9s) it whitened
out still further. and stood as is, 500.
This autumn Qs9N the Republicans in
their superiority. as stated, fade and
pale to a trifie above 1900. In 1900
mark The Verdict's word-that su.
periority will have died and disappeared
buried beneath Bryan plurality Of
SO, 900. And all this makes the morose
and sulky reason of present Republican
gloom. The further they travel, the
darker it gets.-New York Yerdic,.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
DIED IN OFFICE.
SIX vice presidents Cut Down by the
Grim Reaper while on Duty.

Out of list Of twenty-four vice -presi-
dents, six have expired while wearing
the robes of office. They are as follows:
George Clinton, vice president during
the administration of James Madison,
died at Washington, April 20. 1872, aged
70 years.
Elbridge Gerry, also vice.president to
President Madison, died in his carriage
in Washington, November %, 1914.
William r. King. the third vice.presi-
dent to die in Office was elected on the
ticket with Franklin Pierce in 1852, but
died shortly after being elected.
I Henry Wilson, vice.president to Gen.
eral Grant died November %, 1875, in
his Gath year.
Thomas A. Hendricks was elected
vice. president on the ticket with Grover
Cleveland in 1884, and died November
1885.
Garret A. Hobart, was the sixth vice.
president to die in Office, having been
elected on the ticket with Mckinley in
1896; died on November 2lst, 1899.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
Public Sale of Short Horn Cattle at NIcCoys Bar
Through puIlman Tourist sleeping rLa
Servlce to Texas. Old Mexico
and California;.

Via the Chicago Great Western Ry. to
Kansas City and the Missouri, Kansas
4 Texas, the San Antonio & Arkansas
Pass and Southern Pacific Railways
through Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso
and Los Angeles to San Francisco. The
only through Car line from the North.
west to Texas points and connecting at
Spotford Junction for all points in Old
Mexico. A new weekly service estab-
lished on November 3rtl and continuing
weekly thereafter They will be in
charge Of an experienced official and
will leave Minneapolis at lO:45 p. IN.
and St. Paul at Il:2O D. m. every Friday
and reach Dallas the following Sunday,
San Antonio on ondav, El Paso on
Tuesday, Los Angeles at noon Wednes-
day and San Francisco early Thursday
morning. These cars are the Standard
Pullman Sleeping Cars, similar to those
run on all trans continental lines and
the charges for berths are about half
those charged in regular Standard Pull
man Sleepers. To persons who have
made the trip to California via other
routes, this Southern route will prove a
most delightful change, and to persons
contemplating a trip to Texas or Mex.
lean points it furnishes facilities hereto.
fore unofiered. This car may be taken
at any point along the line of the Chi
cago Great Western Railway between
nneapolis and Kansas City. For full
infofmationtand assistance. call on or
address any Chicago Great Western
agent, or f. III. Lord, General Pass &
Ticket Agent, ll3 Adams St., Chicago.
loft
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
kTUESDAY,
~ DEC. II, 90
FARMERs' WAGES.

"The farmer has no wages except as
wages are measured by the price Of his
product, and when you place it in the
power Of the trust to fix the price Of
what the farmer sells,you place 1t in
the power of the trust to lower the
wages that the farmer receives for his
work; and when you place it in the
power of the trust to raise the price
of what he buys, you do the farmer a
double i,jlry, because he burns the
candles ut both ends and suffers when
he sells to the trust and again when
he buys of the trust. Nv. j. Bryan.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
THE PROPOSED GOLD BILL.

The bill is drawn in ten sections. By
the frs land second sections it is sought
to leg me the gold standard bya plain
and definite statute. Section three pro-
vides for the creation of division Of
issue and redemption, providing re.
serve fund to meet the demand for the
redemption of greenbacks and treasury
notes when presented.
Section four enables the secretary Of
{ the treasury to maintain the gold stan.
sdard by selling bonds whenever neces'
sary.
Sections five and six provide for the
coinage Of subsidiary silver out of bull
iion purchased under act Of July IA,
1880.
Section seven authorizes the secre'
I taYy Of the treasury to issue or re-
I issue United States notes in denomina'
tions of one dollar, two dollars and five
! dollars.
Section eight prenits the banks to
I Issue notes up to the par value Of their
bonds deposited with the treasurer,
Section nine repeals a l per cent.
tax or bank circulation and substitutes 9
tax on one-tenth Of / per cent. each hall
year on capital, surblus and undivided
profits.
Section ten authorizes the organiza
\ tion Of banks Of $685. 600 capital in com
munities Of 600 inhabitants.
The effect Of the bill if passed, woule
|be simply this: It would give US thu
hgle gold standard, retire greenbackl
nd all lllreasury notes, giving in plac'
bank notes; would drive all silver from
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07

81 Lils', Hieh Rllnl III
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07

We are not alarmists, but We are i'm.
pressed with the belief that the people
ofthe United States are facing to-day
menance to the peace Of the country as
great and powerful as slavery was in
1861. In 1900 it will be national issue.
In that contest we believe that the
republican party will be on the side of
the people against the criminal trusts.
The political party that stands as the
protector and promoter of the allied
money interests ought to and will 60
down in ignominous defeat.-Topeka
Capital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07

Coal is up, clothing is up, food is up
everything the trusts have any con.
troll Of is up. And the fellows not in
trusts are taking advantage of the gen
raj upward trend Of prices to raise the
price of what they nave to sell. Now
slet's have boost in the wages of men
who work for the trusts. Give them a
chance to break even this winter any
how.-Toledo Bee.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
UNITE TO CONQUER.

There ls every evidence that in the
campaign of 1900 all the elements op..
posed to the administration of public
affairs by Mckinley will unite and form
one solid democratic column to oppo.
sition.
Leaving the money question entirely
out of the account, the two great issues
Of antitrust and anti.imperialism will
serve as common ground on which the
anti.McKinley hosts can rally.
But the money question is not dead
by any means. Former Congressman
Towne, the able leader of the silver re.
publican party, in speaking Of this mat.
ter, says:
eff congress this winter in response
to the demand Of the president destroys
the bond paying value of silver, calls in
silver certificates, the silver question
will be leading issue in the next pres.
ilential campaign.
"Such action Oh the part Of congress
would furnish an entirely different prop
osition from that which confronted the
people in the last campaign. The le'
publican party won because of the feal
of the ratio Of l6 to l. The adoption oI
the Gage and Mckinley financial plan
by congress would mean the contraction
of the currency Of the country and tht
people would be confronted with 4 fact,
not theory, in the battle of standards
The silver question is not dead in Amer
ican political affairs.
Without united action on the part o.
all th ose who desire the overthrow o.
the republican party nothing can bt
accomplished.
This fact had ample illustration in th,
recent election in Ohio. With popu
lar majority Of SO, 600 against him, Nash
the republican candidate for governor
was elected.
This story will be repeated in 1900 i
the same policy Of personal selfishnes'
| is followed by those who ought to sini
/ personal ambition for the common
| good.
There is but one motto TOR those whit
Wish to rescue the republic from thl
VI % nken II. and That il
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07

Everything the printer buys in the
way Of material has advanced from %
to SO per cent during the past six
months. Another cut of & per cent. was
taken from type discounts to-day max
ing display type cost double what it did
two years ago. Verify, prosperity
catches the wicked as we'll as the just.
Waterloo Courier.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07

Ex President Harrison is one Of the
b lsiest men in the United States to day
and he probably has the largest income
of any lawyer in the west, if not in the
United States. According to reports he
received $3.50, 600 from the Venezuelan
government for arguing the boundary
case, which was one of the largest fees
ever paid.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
TARIFF AND THE TRUSTS.

Trusts do not fear statute laws, for
they can be fought indefinitely from
court to court and their operation rem.
dered Intellectual.
But the trusts do fear the withdrawal
of special privileges granted by the fed
eral tariff.
The way to prevent the trusts from
advancing prices Of products and tax.
ing the consumer to the last extreme is
to take away from these combines the
protection of the tariff and put them in
competition with foreign enterprise.
Discussing this matter, Lawson Purdy |
who has made the subject careful
study, says:
81 do not contend that the only
cause for combinations which restrain
trade is the tariff, but the tariff does
foster and assist in maintaining such
combinations. The tariff is under the
control of the federal government; the
abolition of duties upon articles pro.
duced by trusts is easy, immediate and
effective. When this special privilege
is withdrawn we will then be in better
position to do what further may be
necessary.
s'Law has made trusts by comforting
special privileges, and those privileges
can be abolished. The chief privilege
and the one most easily reached is the
tariff.
Trusts have little dread Of statute
law which the courts win take years to
interpret. They fear the repeal Of priv.
ilcge, and repeal ehould be the battle
cry Of those who believe in equal rights
before the law"
While the republican party under the
control Of Hanna, Mckinley & CO., fos-
ters and protects trusts, many men in
/ the ranks are beginning to feel the OPP
i preston Of high prices produced by the
action Of the trusts.
Loyalty to party is one thing and
paying tax for the privilege Of being
loyal is another thing. Republican
voters are growing restless and before
long there will be protest which will
II make itself heard in Washington.
| Doubtless the question Of the protect.
.Iiye tariff will be discussed this swinter
in congress and many republicans will
be found opposed to taxing the people
to enrich the trusts.
It is not likely, however, that any re-
lief will be given the people, 70 long as
il Hanna and Mckinley remain in power,
j and, therefore, the democrats must work
! unitedly to secure the downfall Of the
| great trust. protecting combine headed
10y william Mckinley. Chicago Dis
J patch.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07

Speaker Henderson will be presented
with gayel by the governor Of Iowa at
the opening session of the house of rep.
resentatives. 1t has always been the
custom to give gavel made Of some
historic material to newly elected
speaker. MIR. Henderson's gavel will
be made from rosewood taken from the
Spanish cruiser Reina Christina, Ad
miral Montijo's flagship.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07
s i Inscription Rates:

Hon. p. l.. Prentiss, of Ringgold
county, member elect of the coming
Legislature, and who has been counted as
strong Gear ma n has sannounced thathe
has pledged himself to support Cummins.
If a stampede to Cummins is once started
there will be a grand rush to get into
the band wagon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-07

Money to Loan on improved farms a,
6. and per cent. interest for S, + to II
yearstime. F. VARaA & Son.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30
DEWEY'S MISSING DISH.

When warship goes out for target
practice it is the custom to place all
glass, chinaware and other fragile
articles in the hold of the ship-as
close down to the keel as possible
order to prevent breakage by the con-
cussion that follows the firing of the
guns. This led to an amusing incident
at Manila after the destruction of the
Spanish fleet. Life on board the Olym-
pia was gradually settling down to it's
accustomed routine and dullness, when
one day at luncheon Commodore
Dewey asked his colored boy, Jim,
where some dish that he missed from
the table had gone. 81 amt had no
chance to git it yit," was Jim's answer,
''since I put in de hoI just befo' dat
target practice you had de udder day,
commodore"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30

Professor Edward P. Thompson has
published a remarkable work on the x
rays, which is the most comprehensive
digest of all the experiments made
since Roentgen's discovery. Exhaus-
tive study has been made of what are
known more recently to scientists as
dust photographs, and yet while this
is perhaps the first publication of the
strange phenomena, the publications
given are asserted by Professor Thomp-
son to be simply based on hypothesis
and are subject to very decided
change when the scientists begin furth-
er experiments. 1t is to William j.
Hammer, a member of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers, that
images detailed by Professor Thomp-
son.
Mr. Hammer in his workshop has a
portrait formed Of fine dust upon a
pane of glass. The circumstances under
which it was obtained are peculiarly
interesting. Mr.. Hammer happened
to be in some place where an artisan
was removing a photograph from an
old frame. The glass which protected
the portrait exhibited fac-simile in
dust on the inner surface. The glass
had not been in contact with the photo
graph because of thick passed. artout
surrounding the picture. Neither was
the glass an old negative Photographic
plate.
Further test and inspection tended to
prove that the dust picture was execut-
ed by some action of the heat or light
of the sun. Professor Benjamin F.
Thomas of the University of Ohio
scarcely thinks that the result was due
to convection, because the dust print
was so sharply defined. He thinks the
principle of the discharge of bodies by
light may be applicable perhaps, but
further experiment would be necessary
as a more secure foundation.
cit is common" Professor Thompson
says, ''to find the print of a picture in
book upon the opposite page, being due
merely to the pressure Of the linked
surface, as in the art Of printing. This
explanation cannot be applied to the
dust portrait, because there was no
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30
NEGRO DECKHAND.
The Jolly Roustabout Extinct From
the Mississippi.

One who makes a trip up the river
and watches the antics of the negroes
and listens to their weird songs and
tales will not agree with the 1conoclast
who says that all the beauties and the
picturesque features have faded out OF
the steamboatman's life. AS a line of
negroes goes up the hill under the glare
Of the searchlight with their peculiar
swinging tread and sing the music,
which seems somehow to be an essen
tiaI part of the action, the sight is one
which has a strange Wildness about 1t
and a fascination too. The negro is
not the same as he was before the war.
Conditions have changed too much for
that. But he has retained his love for
the fantastic and most Of those barbar-
ic customs which civilization seems I'M
able to eradicate from the African
mind.
The first mate has undergone a
marked metamorph0sis and to his
change is due some portion of the new
features in the deckhand'S character.
Time was when the first mate had a
vocabulary which would make an ordi-
nary sailors parrot die for shame. He
had this vocabulary and the negroes
held the same opinion as the one who
answered when asked if he did not OBJ
iect to the mates abuse "No, boss
dat's whut he's paid for. He's got ter
make out he's dom somethin' an it
don't do us no harm" Now the deck
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30

hands actually object to being sworn at
when the oaths become too vigorous.
The pay of the deckhand is usually $50
a month, even when the business is
only moderately heavy, and last winter
during the big rush a crew Of negroes
refused to ship because the wages did
not suit them. They were offered $50
per month, but wanted 500 for the
trip.
The first peculiarly which strikes
the observer about the deckhand is his
walk. He has climbed up the steep
river embankment when there was mud
all over it and he has come down that
same side with heavy weight upon his
back. He has adopted a step which
prevents him from slipping and this
gives him a peculiar shutting step I'M
like any movement seen elsewhere. He
combines with this hosting of the
shoulders and a peculiar turn of the
head acquired from turning his face to
let a sack hest upon his shoulder. These
three traits are distinctive and give the
deckhand a strange appearance upon
| the 1evee or anywhere off a boat away
from the river.
| AS he works going up the inclines
or along the gang plank, precariously
resting upon a 1evee's crest, he has
rvthmic sort of chant which fits in with
his music. Always the same class of
SONGS are sung. Usually there are no
words, but some leader chants and the
others voice the chorus as they bend to
their tasks. There are sack songs and
barrel songs and music for the cotton
bale and the ordinary package. The
music varies with the task, as the