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The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

Great Britain has been the leading
commercial nation OF the world. The
United States has become her rival in
tho matter OF accumulnting dollars and
cents. With rare good sense the Brit
ish people see the handwriting upon
tho wall and have set about the tasl;
OF becoming our mentors. Since she
cannot control or monopollzc the trade
OF the world she proposes to pull the
strings 30 as to handle the one who
does
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

TruSs will receive tho chief at
tention OF the New Jersey legIs-
laturc. The bill To prohibit and
punish monopolics Is probably the
most reasonable measure ever aimed
at trusts. which II clearly defines. The
punishments prescribed are fines OF
from $50 to 5000 and imprisonment of
from six months TO year. or both.
Each days connection, however re-
mote. with the prescribed monopolles
Is to be considered a separate ofense
and separately punished. The passage
OF reasonable anti-monopoly bill
would be more surprising in New Jcr-
scy that anywhere else. for that state
has for a number Of years been the
breeding ground OF trusts.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18
Ont Of Sight
Ont of Mind. /"

In other months ve forget
tie harsh zviads Of Spring.
Bat they haze Meir use. As
some say. to. blozv out the
bad ah accumulated after
Winter storms and Spring
thazus. There Is far more
important accumulation Of
badness IN the veins and az
teries of humanity. whieh
needs Hoods Sarsaparilla.
This great Spring Medicine clarifies
the blood as nothing else can. It cures
scrofula, kidney disease, liver troubles,
rheumatism and kindred ailments. Thus
it gives perfect health, strength and ap-
petite for months 10 come.
kie1neys MY Kidneys troubled me,
and on advice took Hoods Sarsaparilla
which gave prompt relief, better appetite.
Ny sleep is refreshing. II cured my wife
also" MICHAEL BOYLE, A73 Denny Strest,
Pittsburg, Pa.
0yspepslA =" Complicated with liver
and kidney trouble, ] suffered for years
with dyspepsia, with severe pains. Hoods
Sarsaparilla made me strong and hearty"
). Is. kAERroS, Main Street, Auburn. Ne.
Hip Disease Five running sores on
my hip caused me to use crutches. Was
confined to bed every winter. Hoods Sar-
.aparilla saved my life. as 1t cured me per-
fectiy. Am strong and we'll" ANNIE
Rosrxr. IS Fourth Sc, Fall River. Mass.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

The board OF managers of the Swr,i.
l-h stat" telegraph system hns n.kcd
FOR mn allowance OF &Isn.OoO. 10 lr OK.
pended during three years. for tho
extension OF the telephone system In
the kingdom. The government makes
about u pcr cent. net profit on the
money thus far advanced for such pur.
poses. stiil. the state telegraph and
iclcphon" lines nr" managed Just ms
much for the convenience of the people
NJ for profit. The number of intcr,ir.
hnn telephone conversations during
last year exceeded ..7OO.OOO. aud the
frequency of the telephone calls ncccs.
states the building Of new lines.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

Mr. Cleveland sees no cure for the
policy of expansion once 1t has been
adopted. He has tried all the rem
edies himself. banting Included. but
none OF EN- work.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

A mother may realize that her baby
says and does things similar to other
babies. but she also realizes that her
baby says and does them so much bet
ter.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

Frances new president has the SYM
nathy Of every ThespIan who ever as
sumed the role OF Hamlet against the
wishes OF the populace.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

Dewey may not be homes!ck for his
native land but his native land is
yearning for glimpse OF Dewey.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

There is another humane thing In
the French form OF government.
They don't incarccrate a man in the
vice presidency over there.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

According W ndvicrs from Nlu.
Chwang. NJ. I'fafiius. nm engineer at.
tHchcsi 10 the Port Arthur garrison. In
exploring the river i,ssis of Manchuria
haa discovered quantities of gold mug.
gets and e'Stf~r0us sand.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

II Whitelaw ReId's suggestion OF
making the Pacific ocean an American
lake is considered at all. 1t will have
to be taken with a good deal Of salt.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

Are tights doomed7" asked a theat-
real journal. Sometimes they are: It
depends on the humor OF the Judge
the next morning.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

A peculIarity OF the Spanish people
is that none OF the boy babies born
This year are being named Dewey.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

1t would have pleased Thomas JET
ferson nightly to know that Mr..
Croker would approve OF him.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

BY the way he starts out We infer
that President Loubet intends to cure
France OF Its crisis habit.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

not desert you when your money Is
gone.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

Speaker Reed was once in the navy.
That was one time when he didn't OBJ
s;ruct anything more serious than a
gangway.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

Mckinley says our relations to the
Philippines is trust. That Is bad for
our relations.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

The suspicion is rapidly gaining
ground that the Hon. Mr. Aguinaldo is
carrying the joke a little too far.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

fAsfs 10 . Osorss wsshington mon.
uoeat associattoa 10 Chicago and .
~ eeusstrtas statss of The great man
~ - erected - sooa - esS.eee caa
y salee1 tee that Dsepess. The -.
aDo1nGtoo ~ airsaly 1sei1sl upoa
o1nao-oo1 II isa't - WI eiA slahss.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

4 Chicago burglar who had robbed
tArss houses Ia one night. securins
es3s worth Of jswelry. attempted 10
break into . fourth. and was then
Sua down and captured BY the police.
This teaches that greed IL . lad thing
ovsa II the bursilng buainsss.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

Why is the conflict through which
We have Just passed known as the
Spanish-Amorican war instead o, the
Amerlcan-Spanish' Is there anything
more than euphony In the order OF
thcs. names7 a current writer as
ssrts that there Is meaning. and that
In the names OF nearly all wars the dc.
fcated nation comes iirst. as the Fran
co-Prusslan. tho Austro-itallan. and
more recently the china-Japancsc and
the Gracco-Turkish wars, Orcntimos
wars are named from the point OF view
OF the people who do the writing OF
their history. as III. Trojan war. the
Punic war. the Indian war CBrltishl
and our own Mexican war. Fortunate
will be the man who writes the name
OF the worlds last war.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

The man who fights and runs away
may live to run another day.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

A force OF nf,ecn hundred men
marching In war array represents pow
~r. discipline. stirs the Imagination
and gra,incs the taste for display.
Music and banners add their magic to
rouse tho emotions, Bg, was no, tina,
. more striking exhibition OF discip-
line. when fftccn hundred school chill
dren marched out OF a burning build.
Ing In New York when the rapid dis
missai" signal rsng7 In silent obe-
diencs, smoke showing that . deadly
enemy was upon them. tho miniature
army moved on i,s appoin,ed way. A
victory Of peace won by childhood.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-03-18

The land Office M Glcnwood announ.
c.. that the states selection of sO.taO
ncrcs OF land lying In Routt and Rio
Blanca counties. selected by the ON.
GERS of the State Land Isonr,i, Inns been
rejected by the Washington officials
md the land II now subject to entry
under the existing United States laws
The lnnd- now In question wcrr select.
ed mostly In isali. They ARE widely
scattered over lt0utt and Rio Hlnnco
counties. mostly In the former county.
Some of the lands nrc capable of irrI.
cation. hut most of them nrc upinnd
and only Of value for gtnxlng. The SET.
tiers In the valleys fcnrcd TINT tho
large cattle companies would icnsc or
buy the state lands. and thus control
the range. They claimed that the
lands had l,ern ~ selected with rcgnrd
to the rivers nnd wntcr holes that the
people owning them would br In con.
troll Of practically III. entire range IN
that part of the state. Protests were
made In Washington aud the denial Os
the land boards request is protnbly
the result of this action. The commits.
uIoncr of the general land ONCE Inns
absolute discretion NJ 10 the approving
or disappr0vins the states selection.
Dr. I. A. wintrfnitx. city physician
of Colorado city. WAS shot aud pcr.
hsps fatally wounded about . o'cjock
Saturday nixh,. Mike Mcclure. pro.
prirtor ~ the Nickel Plate saloon In
Colorado city. freti the shot. Hut one
shot was firssi and thnt pnss..,i through
the neshy j,art II the doctors left forr
arm and ioisri In Ills left altir. The
only cause assigned for the decd Ia Nc.
uuirw'a grief over the death 0f his little
rtri. two yrnrr old. llr seemed pot 10
rsatixr what hs hnd dous.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The State Pawners' society in Chi
cago loans money on city employees
vouchers in case of stress caused by
sickness or death.
Four divisions OF a court in st.
Louis we're occupied on q recent day
with divorce cases, and fifty-four
DEGREES were granted.
Prof. Ripley finds that the average
Jew in Northern Europe is from 5
feet 6 Inches to feet 10 inches in
height. In Italy the average is much
lower-5 feet inch.
During the ten years in which the
muzzling order was in force In En-
gland no less than "a, 600 dogs were
seized. OF these "a, 500 were killed.
J. P. Mather, IS years old, and the
Oldest man in Emporia, Mo-, exer-
cises in the town gymnasium every
day. He is direct descendent OF
Cotton Mather.
Boston's Cobb twins, Cyrus and
Darius, recently sat for a photograph,
and when it came home they We're
obliged to ask the photographer
which was which.
Paul Bourget has announced his
Intention of paying a second visit to
this country. He will come next
spring and gather material for o
novel dealing with American social
life.
The French statistician, DIR. Lvrier
says that half of all human beings
die before II; that only l person in
10000 lives to be 100 years old, and
that only one person out OF every L.
900 lives to be 60.
Our national house Of representa-
tives latter December A will have had
two speakers of foreign EARTHQUAKES
Frederick Crisp, born in Sheffield,
England, and David Brenner Hender-
son, of Old Deer, Scotland.
Several soda lakes have been found
in the foothills near Ashcraft, B. c..
Their bottoms are incrusted with a
natural washing compound contain
ing borax and soda quite equal to the
washing powders IN common use.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28
THE RISE or THE AWKWARD BOY.


He longed to be great and he longed to
rise,
And they laughed at him;
He studied books till he strained his
eyes,
And they laughed at himl
His tongue was thick, but his will was
strong;
His ears We're big and his legs We're
long,
In hundred ways his plans went
wrong,
And they laughed at him.
He held his course day after day,
And they laughed at him;
He packed his satchel and went away,
And they laughed Mt him.
They heard of the blunders he made
in town,
In his awkward efforts to win re-
To them he was merely foolish
clown,
And they laughed at him.
The papers began to mention ms name,
They We're proud of him;
He was getting up, he was winning
fame,
They We're proud of him!
Go down among them there to-day,
And you'll hear his wise old neigAbofs
say
They always knowed he'd make his
way
And they're proud of him!
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Her-
AID
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot DO cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned, have known F.. y.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business TRANSACT
lions and financially able to carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toie-
wALnINo. KiSNxN a. MARvfN. wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken INFORMALLY,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. TESTIMONIALS sont
free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold py All
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28
Next Eclipse 81 the san.

The next total solar eclipse will be
May IS, 1900. The duration Of total-
ity ranges from one minute and thif-
ty-six seconds, in Portugal, to one
minute and six seconds, in northern
Africa. General scientific expedi-
tions will proceed to Algiers, on ac-
count of its low cloud ratio and ease
Of access. An eclipse COMMITTEES in
London is getting up . grand excur-
ion party.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28
How News VIII Travel.

"While on visit to the south re-
Gently obtained box of your Tet-
terine, recommended for all skin dis
eases. I find it to be marvelously
good thing. I wish to get some more,
and would like to establish an agency
here for it's sale. Please let me know
the price of one dozen boxes. W. G.
Mccall, Granville, Ohio" At drug
gists or by mail for SOC. from j. T.
Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28
Massachusetts Municipal Ownership.

All cities in Massachusetts, of 3d.
900 or more own and operate their
water systems, with the single excep-
tion of Somerville, which owns the
distributing system only. Most of
the smaller cities and larger villages
have also done away with private en-
terprises in this direction. Municipal
ownership in this particular has made
a greater advance in Massachusetts
than in any other state.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28
SEEKING MISSING SOLDIERS
The iiandbiIIs That Are Distributed Among
British Regiments,

| In the whole coplous realm or liter
allure dealing with our wars, big and
little, II Is rather surprising that there
should De only one passing mention
made OF the fact that periodically tens
OF thousands of circulars and handbiils
are issued by the relatives Of Supposed
ly dead young soldiers In the ranks
asking for detailed account Of the
last moinents Of the slain:
The writer has seen many Of These
circulars that have not only been cir
culated lii the regiment to which the
dead or missing main belonged, but
have, In certain cases, been given to
every surviving soldies df the particti;
lar campaign in which he was en-
gagged. One Of these latter handbllls
was periodically issued literally by the
hundred thousand, over period COW
ering ten years. 1t related to a young
private of high connections, whose real
maine was Gordon; but who had en-
listed in the name Of BRASIL. He was
reported as missing" and 1t IS an
army tradition that something like
$150,0OO was spent by his mother on
advertisements and inquiries I'D all
parts OF the world, a regular army OF
non-commissioned officers of certain
regiments never asked for and
sometimes declined taking penny
receiving tips for making strenuous
inquiries among Sepoys.
Some of these circulars that have re-
lated to men killed In d very early en-
gagement of ong-continued campaign
have followed the dead mans COM
rades who participated In and survived
the same action to the most outlandish
places, where our troops seemed cut
off from the whole world; and, in one
case a slender and delicate looking
middle-aged woman herself bore her
circular Of inquiry into the very heart
Of Burmah.
AS to the handbills that 60 with the
tardy and scanty mail to isolated bod
les of troops, here is an actual one
which in 1879, just previous to the
battle Of Ulundi. arrived 6 the camp
of conference HILL" aN Zululand,
where our troops were sssitlng to adj
vance on the savage King cetewayo.
In texture and printing the bill Is only
Of the sort that is given away by thou
sands in our streets; In its text 1t af-
fords tragicaIly clear view of what
many OF tnese iiioi1 ,,, my $50
VIVID circulars are ,iAe, ,.u
IT Is notaple tna. Y ms nan "a".. ~ ~
particular reglmene-.ne nian lesny -
longed TO tne z4ln-or res,ilen.ai LII.
Der Is specined, nor does tne aussr.is -
Insult tne deau man eoniia0s ~ t'..t..
1erlng any seinoian.e ~ = = Iss.,s,
But now terribly tne 'iaseus :. .-s.saai
wanna, where our piase s'' ~ 4aass,,,e
culated the strehstn u .e 4ta..s
thousands OF Auius' wno en 1a,s ,.s.,,,,a
Tor miles, Is lnoica'eu ~ SUI s .slsa,.o
clauses as the seconu. ~ .,ro ~ ,vha,e
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28

So, you see, there is little romance
left in real life still.
But we keep the little tin sign,
Boarding" up somewhere III the STORE
room. NIFTY says it win do us good
to look at II, II ever we get proud or
puffed up.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28

France in war has 1000 soldiers to
Is, 4O7 inhabitants; Germany in war
has 1000 soldiers to II, APT inhabi-
tants; Great Britain In war has ], 900
soldiers to 72,418 inhabitants, while
under the house bill enacted during
the late war the United States provid-
ed only 1000 soldiers to 79l, 900 in
habitants.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28
A BOARDING.
HOUSE ROMANCE.


We kept a boarding house NIFTY
and 1.
To be sure, people said it was
shame that Mr.. Fontaine's daughters
should stoop so low in life as to deal
out their hospitality for money. But
Nifty said-and NIFTY has great deal
OF common sense-that we must live
and all the genteel company that came
to visit us wouldn't put so much as a
copper in our pockets toward coal and
taxes, Mrs. Hall, who lived next door
to US, said she knew we wouldn't
make 1t pay. No one but an expert
enced housekeeper could make 1t pay.
Mrs. Hall kept a colored man to open
the door and wait on the table. and
called her fourteen boarders "a few Sc
lect friends" And when NIFTY put up
the little tin sign, Boarding." at the
right of the door, as you came up the
steps, Mrs, Hall elevated her patrician
nose and muttered something about
low and common" But, as NIFTY said,
what was the use of being above your
businessI 1t was O boarding house,
and all the big words in the dictionary
wouldn't make anything else of it.
Mrs. Hall said that 1.-THE Fontaine
girls were very queer" Miss Cynthia
Caldwell thought that it would have
been much nicer and more select to do
fine sewing, or get place as gov
erness or something of that sort, which
wouldn't have been quite SO public.
Old Squire Fernleaf said his daughters
shouldn't visit a boarding house keep
er, and DR.. Millett looked the other
way, when he brought his fashionable
new bride to town and met NIFTY face
to face in the street.
Dear metz said NIFTY, laughing.
What queer world this is?'
But was angry enough to cry.
NO matter, Nifty" said i, well
teach them that we can be quite indie
pendent without them!'
Well, as time went on we had sew
eral boarders. Old Mr. Pettigrew and
his niece Clarissa-the two Mr.. Hen
leys and the minister's niece. who gave
lessons in wax flowers and water-color
paintings. Our rooms were full. all
except the little one over the wing.
KATE said NIFTY triumphantly,
"we are making money! l put eleven
dollars in the savings bank, to-day.
over and above all expenses for the
past month";
Il dare say Mrs. Hall saves. more
than that said l.
II think yp-y liJraIu coil 1r;44
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28

Attention is called to the very useful arti'
Giles contained in the premium list Of the
Continental Tobacco Co.'s advertisements Of
their Star Plug Tobacco IN another co asl y
of this paper 1t will pay to save the Star"
tin tags and so take advantage OF the best
list ever sued by the Star Tobacco.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28

4 marble bust of Prof. Emil du Bots Rey-
ifiond has been presented to the Physiologi-
cal institute Of the University OF Berlin BY
the professors widow.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28

Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves the
IhR, Lexington. Nd, February 2. 1924.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28

All goods are alike to PUTNAM F4DELEss
DYES ,ds they color AL hbers at ono boxing.
Sold BY all druggists.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28

Among the lawyers In Oklahoma city Is .
half-blood Shawnee Indian woman, Laura
Lykins. She is a graduate of the law depart
ment OF the Carlisle Indian school, class OF
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-12-28

Within year eight beet-sugar fac
tories have been built in Michigan.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-12-28
Important Desision.

An important decision has just
been handed down by the supreme
court Of Idaho. The decision is in
relation to the liability Of tax collect
ors for failure to add the SO cents
penalty to poll taxes not paid before
tue second Monday in December.
The case involved came up from
Oneida county where tax collector
Sponberg had collected $50 poll tax
Us after tue second Monday in Dec
ember without collecting the penalty
The board then charged the differ
ence, $3.50, to him, hence the suit,
and the supreme court affirmed the
action Of tue commissioners. Hit
defense was based on misconstruc
ton of the law.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-12-28
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank


Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Townly, last Saturday, = con. E
j. E. Hague OF Middle Valley,
had business here to-day.
Hans Madison OF Ruthburg, is in
Weiser. He looks hale aud hearty
and is enthusiastic over the mining
prospects in the district. He made
US call. #
F. M. Potter was caller at the
SIGNAL Office during the week, and he
is very enthusiastic over the pros
poets of the upper country, with the
building OF the P. & l. N. He states
that the price obtained for produce
this year demonstrates its commercial
ADVANCE to the farmer beyond ques-
ton, although it WAS unfortunate
that crops OF all kinds should have
been light this year when prices were
SO high. Mr. Potter harvested but
500 bushels OF grain, and from a piect
OF ground from which be usually gets
1000, all owing to late frosts Of las
spring.