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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
6 Only tie .Firsl Step
Is Difficult. =

The first step n Sprng
should be to cleanse Natune,s
house from Winters accan,r-
lafions. Hoods Sarsapa,illa
does fhis 1uork easily. Il Is
Anrerica,s Greatest Spra1q
Medicine. Hpuril1ies the blood
as Millions Of people say.
It makes the weak strong, as nervous
men and women gladly testify. Il
cures all blood diseases, as thousands
of cured voluntarily write. It is just the
medicine for you, as you will gladly say
after you have given it a fair trial,
Bad Blood" Although past 10 years of
age l am thoroughly well. It was three
bottles Of Hoods Sarsaparilla that made
me 50 after spending over $50 In medical
attendance. Ny trouble was raw sore on
my ankle" MRS. LOUISA MASON, Court
Street, Lowell, Mass. :,
Running Sores" After worrying four
months gave my children Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and it cured them Of running sores.
Hoods Pills cured me OF dyspepsia and
constipation MRS. KATE E. THonAs. 81
Governor st., Annapolis, Md.
Constructive Cough =" Five years
ago I had consumptive cough which re-
duced me to a skeleton. Was advised to
take Hoods Sarsaparilla which did and
recovered normal health. / have been well
ever since" MATILDA BRIDGEwATER, Cor,
Pearl and Chestnut Sts 1effersonviJIe Ind
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-09
AMB0Y'S QUEER LANDLORD.
md Kittens Sole Occupants of
an Illinois Hotel.

"Apropos of hotels and hotel keep
ers," said the man who has travelled,
Il have seen few in my day, but the
queerest hotel keeper I ever saw or
heard of was one I struck in a small
railroad town right here in Illinois,
Amboy, if I remember right, where T
put up one Fourth of July night Is
years ago. The hotel had a. name, I
presume, but if it had I've forgotten
it. And the hotel keeper-as far as I
ever knew-was a cat with nine kit
tens.
"You needn't look surprised, gentle
men. I'm telling the truth. AS said,
it was the night Oh the Fourth, about
II O'Clock, when: reached the place,
and found that Sn account of it's be-
ing holiday the. trains made no con-
nections, and the next day would be
Sunday. Inquired for the place, found
it and tried to rap somebody up, but
could get no response. Then 1 tried
the door, and it opened to my hand.
l went in, but found no living thing
but a family of cats, which I unearthed
in the kitchen. The mother cat well
coined me as joyfully as if she hadn't
seen a. human being for month.
"Well, found a vacant room at the
head of the first flight Of stairs, and
lay down to sleep with my clothes:
on. In the morning opened up the
hotel, let the cat and her brood out,
and went to find a livery team that
would take me to my destination. The
driver proved to be the owner of the
stable, who told me he hadn't man
sober enough to drive. I asked him if
that was the trouble at the hotel, but
he said it was a temperance. house and
they went to bed early. / went back
to pay for my Lodging, but no one was
on duty except the cat ard her nine
kittens, and pinned the amount to the
pillow of the bed occupied and trust
ed it's safe delivery to luck. thought
I saw a sleepy looking head protruding
from an upper window, but. i dare say:
it was only the cat. y Chicago Tines
Herald. AZ
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Mr.: De Hubb-Why not?
Mrs. De Hubb-You must know by
the price that they are product of
the perspiring system.-N. Y. Weekly.
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ALL COLORS ALIKE TO HIM.

Mutual Friend-Madam, allow me to
present my friend, Mr.. Green. ..
i Excuse me, my name is Brown!"
Mutual Friend-That makes no diff
ference. Madam is aware that I'm color
blind!-Der Floh. > .'.-r ii
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N 81 $40
An EnfaO6R.

" 'Twere best we walk apart she said
49,. "Adfeu."
For one umbrella would not cover two.>
Chicago Record. Es}..i..-. >. -, ss.
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The Good-Natured Bushes. Man.

The GoOd-Natured Business Man.
Blessings on the head of the good
natured business man. He does more
good than missionary. So many,
business men are cross and unreason-,
able that good-natured one has .
start that is very yalua bic. -Atchlson
Globe. IS 8 4.
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.Sa,,J.Iqb0dM
''claz21 I;lEEl21:1;lz

Hoods Pills cure liver Ills. the nonrritating and
the only cathartic to take with Hoods sarsapeIiia
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II didn't see you in church this morn.
ing"
Didn't you? Why, I was there!"
"Ah! wasn't."-Allv Sloper.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-23
Notice To WOOlgrOWers.

/ have recently brought into this state
from Washington. one Of the oldest and
best bands of thoroughbred French
Merino sheep in the west, and it is my
intention to stay here and raise the best
all-round wool and mutton sheep suit
able for the western anges. | have on
hand about 800 choice yearling bucks,
which | offer for sale at very reasonable
prices. Thest u lexis are the largest in
the west, have all been raised on the COM
mon range, are good rustlers and will
keep in good flesh where. common sheep
will. They have never been pampered
and will shear a fleece, that for length of
staple and fineness of fibre cannot be
equalled. This band has been owned by
me for years, has never had scab or other
contagious disease, and the sheep have
all been thoroughly dipped twice since
coming into Montana. Address
JOSEPH EsCALLIER,
Shelby, Teton County, Montana.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-23

The P. O. department will soon issue
a new style of money order which prom
Uses to be more accurate than the one
now in use. It will be just the thing to
use in forwarding your subscription to
the AcANTHA, meanwhile use the old
style.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-23
EFFECT OF COURTESY
How Press Lewis of Fort Benton
Persuaded His Bull Team
to Pull Out.
CUss Words and Whip Strokes
Prove Equally Intellectual but
POliteness Won at Last.

Basil @. d'Easum, in the Canadian
Magazine, published at Toronto, tells the
following story OF hat old time freighter
of Lewistown, Press Lewis:
1t was universally acknowledged that
old Press Lewis, who used to freight
from Fort Benton to Fort Mcleod, stood
a head and shoulders above his brethren
on the road when it came to the use of
winged, burning words. But this is the
true and simple little story of the time
when Press had to acknowledge that
there were limits to ever his powers.
1t had been raining just enough to
make the long hill. out of Fort Benton
q veritable slough of despond. The soil
was "gumbo," delightful stuff, which
sticketh closer than a brother. The
wagons were rather heavily loaded
would not go so far as to say hat Press
was loaded" too. but is it..probable-and
half way up the hill the oxen and creak-
ing wagons came to a stop.
Then Press opened up; at first Qike
the skirmishers' fire at the beginning of
a battle) with mere preliminary re-
marks, comparatively mild personal com
ments on the characters Of the oxen con
sidered individually and collectively.
Then, with heavier artillery he blazed
away at their ancestors to remote ages,
embracing in his volley the wagons in all
their parts and the unfortunates who
made them.
After this he ranged yet wider, and a
special corner in his anathema was re-
served for Christopher Columbus for
having "nosed around and raked out
such a locoed son Of a gun of a mud heap
About this time it is said that his re-
marks became 20 exceedingly sulphurous
that the sage bushes in the vicinity
shriveled and died.
From the beginning Press had been
literally p%unctuating his sentences with
strokes from his bull-whacker's whip,
which was no toy. But, as far as results
showed, he might as well have been
quoting hymns to the oxen or tanning
them with a feather buster; like the
everlasting hills they stood fast and
would not be moved. Then Press sat
down by the side of the road, in the mud
and wet, and with a still, small voice,
mildly remarked, to the stubborn oxen:
Gentlemen, please pull"
And now a strange thing happened,
for each and every OK did straightaway
brace himself and with one mighty pull
drag those heavy wagons out of the
sticky "gumbo' and up the steep hill as
though the oxen had been "2:4O trotters''
hitched to pneumatic tired sulkies, leav-
ing the bewildered Press Lewis to plunge
through the mud in pursuit.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-23
G. Ell. Pondera.

Fifty dollars reward will tf raid
for information leading to II con.
viction Of any person or csons
stealing or chan ing brand on any
horses branded as shown in the
above cut
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-23
Proposals for Burial Of Pannars.

Sealed proposals, to be endorsed proposals
for burial of paupers," will be received BY the
undersigned until ) p. m. Saturday. Dece mber
q, 1890, for the burial of paupers under charge
of the county. for the year 1900. Said propos-
ais should specify amount per capita. and in
clude all expenses of proper and decent bur-
ial.
TIL right is reserved to reject any or all
bids. "
BY order of the Board of County Commits
SlOnerS, A. @. WARNER
S-5t Clerk of the Board.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-23
REWARD.


any person or persons found killing
or stealing any cattle bearing the
brand as shown in the above cut.
Mrs Annie NJ. Steele.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
1T CURES BY INHALATION.


illustrations plainly
all
sand un
fac ,durina
terrible
rat of a.
o the sand
nd
bronchial tubes
THE NEW DRY AIR GERMCIDE
madt
reaching
OTHER FOUND
to iliof
breathe without
% sentby mail.
CAUTIONBeware Of limitations of conanuq P1sonon,
ingredients.
o Soap scents.
THE R. T. BOOTH COMPANY, Ithaca. NV.
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THE R. T. BOOTH COMPANY, Ithaca. nv.

that the group Of other counties Of which Schohans
~ INC centre Instead of being either Democratic
niinci!hcd to emocracy, a c now overwhelmingly
krruh'can OtScgo county for instance, which
went Democratic by iuO votes In 1884, was carried
by MT Roosevelt by loo. OtSc;o Is 10 the east
oi Schohanc. Greene county, 10 the south OF Soho
name was formerly DCmoC'Htc, bUt IL is nov in
the hcluh|ican column and 4 nntgomcry, to 'hc
north Il S.hohnnc which long enjoyed tho dl'-
JUNCTION 81 hong TIC closest IN the State was car-
rcd by, the Republicans by S0p last year and Is
now n RcuuhliCHn county
:, Thorgh ''iical changes ore made slowly in
Schoha ic, they a made and IL need Therefore,
bc no sun, sc for any one to hear that there IL
some tall; Of n Republican Asscmbyman from
SchohAre this year, n result thought more Prob
ellr from the fact lint there is nov some factional
difference among the Democrats Of the county in
curscqucn,cut the turning down IT Gco-ge NJ.
Palmer Of "Glcsk n for denomination ON the Dem.
OcFhtIc ticket SchOhHrir county electors are noe
ally moved e. political anrrr but when onco
aroused, III said igAi Wise men stand from under
RTcah dhc"r Geek. Pun, hhill. Lawvcrsyille, Gall
lol willie, Giihoa, ItlcuhcT and Mineral Hill ara
not SrsccI lbic Ia Crdi"aTy political assaults upon
The indcE,rdcrcr If their hu'Fhcrs but as Senator
Nfum had boon heard Ia declare, when
Schoharc couuV docs change from the Demo-
cratic 10 trr Republican column 1t will stay
Ilau,HCl
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NELLIE IN HER WINTKR JACKET.
One OF the Aqunrium's iIarbor Seals Puts
on Her Protective Cont of Fat.

One OF the Aqunriun's IIarbor Seals Puts
on Her Protective Cont of Fat.
Nellie, the larger Of the two harbor seals At the
Aquarium, and tho handsomcst creature there,
has already put on her winter jacket this being a
thick coat Of fat, which she wears under her outer
coating OF fur The salt water In the bay here gets
To bc very cold IN winter, running down 10 tenn
rcraturc Of ~ or IS as II Is taken into the Nqua-
RUINS supply tanks In the pools II rises a little
above that owing 10 the warmth In the building.
Tho seals like this cold water; 1t Is colder sui
where they come from where, as likely as not in
winter. they would sleep on cake OF ice but they
need at this season 10 be sui ably protected never
thclcss and they get this protection from the coat
OF fat tina, they take on At the approach Of winter
Nellie Is now quite as graceful ever She is
by no means ponderous, nor does she lack swift
ness or agility, hut wearing this thicker coat
she is little less active in her movements and
not quite so lils ly to rush and tear about Just
for the fun Of the thing. But she comes up on
the stone platform at the end of the pool 10 feed.
Just the same as ever and she will, II permitted
thrust her shapely head into the bucket contain.
ing the food, and help herself lust the same;
though this requires little more effort. when
she dips her head down, inside. on account Of
the greater thickness Of fat around her neck
where II rests on the edge Of the bucket
The seals are fed on cut-up herring aud cod.
fish; just now there IL given 10 them moro " her.
ing than Of Goldfish, and they like the herring
better. Ns long rs herring IL fed 10 them th,,
seals viii eat nothing else hut vixen the man
who feeds them has gone, they will go about
aud url; up and eat every scrap uf the Goldfish
which they had before ncglcctedi being in this
like many other creatures that will get what they
lik" II they can but that Otherwise will eat what
they can go@
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
UNCLE JOSH, HOTEL KEEPER
REVEALS TRADE TRICKS or SUCCESS
IN TINE hDfROND<CEs.

Tells How to Make Money Out OF an
"Inconvsnient Hotel"-Clever Work In
n Tisht Pinch by Following the Methods
of Mr.. Barnum - Josh's Deceptions.
Every trade has It's tricks and II gives me pleas
ure tonight 70 introduce 70 you Mr. Josh wilkins
the gentlemanly proprietor Of Deer Slayers Lodge
on Little Mud Lake In the Adlrondacks" said
the president OF the Hotel Mems Social Bcnev0-
lent and Life Saving Association at the last regu-
lar meeting on Friday night Some oil you
remember Josh way back in the days Of French s
Hotel when he answered 70 tho call Front Ho
come Of good old Third word stock but he has
done more 10 uplln the hotel business than any
man in this association. ! can say uu'hiully
that he gets bigger prices for poorer aocommoda-
tons than any man Of my acquaintance and I'm
proud " call him my friend Mt Josh wilkins
will now oblige tho company with tho story oil
his success and how he achieved IT,"
As Mr. wilkins stepped 10 the front II was DIM
cult 70 associate him With youth passed In tho
Third ward His face was large and ted and his
clothes were enough 10 mark him as possible
purchaser Of green goods or q subscriber to an
art work issued on the lnstallment plan. Grand
Central Pete. in his prosperous days, would have
hailed him on sigh, as good thing"
I'm no specch-maker," said Mr.. wilkins -bu,
some Of the members Of this association may want
to branch out and open Adirondack hotels for
themselves. and an willing TO give you few
s,raigh, tips from my own experience. Ill try
not to say 'b'gosh and dang II all. though those
expressions have long been part OF my local
color. l took my cue from old p. T. Bnrnum.
lie said that the people liked 10 be fooled and they
were willing to pay well for H. lie was dead right
That Is the secret Of my success. Ten years ago
had saved SO. 900. and was keeping both eyes
open for q hotel bargain. | wanted some place
where little money was required and as had lived
in the Third ward all my life hit upon the Adron-
dacks as a good field This advertisement caught
my ego one day:
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THE NEW METHOD
Con sumption.

Reduced the Death Rate Alone Thour
During
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Republicans May Garry the Great Demo
cratic County of the State.

cratic County of the State.
II is a popular tradition in the central counties
Of New York that most of the old fashioned Demo
Gratis who still persist in voting for Andrew Jack
for President Of the United States are resi-
dents Of Schohane county. Schoharic county
was the only one in the State which William
Mckinley did not carry in 1896 and his total ma
iorty was nearly 10000 Bryan carried Scho-
harie by $50 votes about the same majory
old residents point out that James Buchanan
had in the same county in 1850 when he defeated
Fremont for the Presidency, II is further puinl ed
out, though by some younger residents, that
Schoharc has been Democratic ever since, and
that all Republican efforts 10 shake Democratic
control OF II have failed monotonouSly. Even
when Horace Greeley ran for President on the
Democratic ticket and all the old line Democrats
oI Schohario were up in arms against the nomi.
nation the county went Democratic Last year
however. there began 10 be found sanguine pcr
sons who declared that tho Democracy Of Scho-
harie was watering Theodore Roosevelt car
ricd five Of its townships for Governor. and one
Of these was the town Of Espcrancc. the town
Of hope, and by some local Republicans this was
regarded MS n pr0pitoIS circumstance
II has been observed, mere liblc MS such a sioir.
ment may bc Ia some persons that changes are
going on in SChohanc material changes in A
region which bears some Joints OF rcsemblnnc" n
descent; that they have preserved for crui,,
mes almost some Of the old Dutch customs and
have kept securely separated from the rest Of The
State IN all matters oi progress and DEVELOPMENT
The railroad service through the county has been
improved Now York city capital has been invested
In developing the sand business Of the county
now considerable item Of trade and also in brck,
making; the hopgromers Of Srhoharc are no
longer so important factor in its affairs ~ they
once were end the movement Of population INTO
SChohhrle IS distinctly unfavurablc Ia the me-,
dominance Of the old line residents Tie "nuntx
constitutes the whole western border Of Albauy
county. and from and through Albany There has
hren a considerable recent immigration of Ne,
EnGlandcrs and their descendants, with The result
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Attacked In Her Rcd by nm Owl.

ir.u he Il, '1d iphid R,e,yi.
NN?rI1pN. "a Sos Soon after mid
night Mis- \. rglc Mexican Iclrrd 10 her bed
room AM hal scarcely pulled the covers over
herself Nhrr IN enormous uHl Jumped from Tho
i,nthoard u' y bed aHd mado savage attack
upop hor She screamed r,in pain and terror,
hut NH- severely injured before the members OF
her family could beat the bird oil.
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4 Bachelors Romance.

From ne hi"dDo Record.
Icanle pretty near getting engaged once y
why didn't you?"
The day made up my mind TO propose 10
the girl : man came along and asked me to 60
nshing.~
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THIS NEW TREATMENT

Has Eighty Thousand Persons
September st 1898
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-26

]. p. Bryant, the Bardwell (Ky.) mill
lionaire, owns the largest strawberry
patch in the world. 1t covers 1,7o0 acres
and has made his fortune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-26

work of the morning and in two cases
entire shells, both lying near the trail.
which ran zigzag up the hill. At the
top we found the well-made wooden
blockhouse in the center OF a quad
ranglc made by stone breastworks.
Preparations had been begun to lay
out rather extensive defensive works
here; but the Spaniards had evidently
abandoned their project with great
suddenness, for tools of all descriptions
were scattered about. Little pegs with
tape stretched between them, pieces of
paper with rough drawings, pencils,
drinking cups, cans and tin plates
showed that something had caused
these workmen to quit very soon after
breakfast; and the nice little round
holes in the sides of the fortin sug-
gestcd the reason.
There was huge Flagstaff ut one
corner of the quadrangle, and at once
thought of hosting our flag on that;
but there were no hnlyards rove to hoist
the flag by, though there was plenty of
line lying about.
. As neither Platt nor Wright could
climb, | took off my shoes and CATERS,
and swarmed up the pole, carrying the
line with me. Great was my disap-
pointment, on getting near the top, to
see that there was no block or pulley
through which / could reeve the line.
A Spanish flag had been flown, but it
had been nailed to the pole, and they
had left it flying night and day until
it whipped to pieces.
AS started down the pole, Platt I'M
wound the flag. and, standing up on
one corner of the breastworks, waved
it violently in the air. It's appearance
was the signal for a great demonstra-
ton on the part of the fleet. Nearly
every ship blew her whistle, and the
cheers of the men were heard even
above this vast footing.
Ordering Platt-who had stolen my
thunder by first showing the tlag-to
come help me, by means of pole
placed against the building now
climbed up to the roof of the fortin.
rlatt, from the inside, with n crow
bar broke hole through the very apex
of the roof and Sergt. Wright passing
me the ensign, | hosted the United
States flag over the first Spanish forth
| fcation we had captured.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-26
MEMENTO OF MACEO.
Hoof of the Heroic Cuban Leaders,
Horse, which Pcrisbed
with Him.

Down on Front street there Is an old
curiosity shop in which is unique me-
mento of the Cuban hero, Antonio Ma
Geo. II is the right front hoof of the
horse that carried him when he was
killed in Pinar del Rio. The horse re-
ceived several of the bullets intended
for its master, and died at the same.
time.
The owner of the relic, Westminster
Abbey, the proprietor of the shop, Sc
cured the hoof last October from John
+. Smith, of Kankakee, Ill. Smith was
a rough rider, and when he returned
from Cuba brought with him all the
bones of Maceo's last horse. This hoof
was the only portion of the skeleton
he would part with, and lest any doubt
of its genuineness would ever exist, he
had an affidavit drawn up before no.
tary declaring the facts in the case.
The story runs that Maceo's horse
was small but 1.-THE and intelligent
bay, which on many an occasion had
saved the great leaders life. Jose, An
tonio's brother, had often expressed his
desire to own the horse, but Antonio
stcadfastly refused to part with him.
In all of the stirring raids up and
down the island the animal carried the
patriot. Many months before its I'M
timely end it was famous.
Both the horse and the master re-
ceived many II severe scratch in the last
campaign, but their lives seemed
charmed. At last, along in the mcmora-
BILE fail of 1897, Antonio Maceo, who
was then ravaging the province of
Pinar del Rio, met his fate, mounted on
the faithful animal in battle near IIa-
yana.
The full details of what followed will
probably never be known. At any rate,
few hours after Maceo had left his
command and ridden out TO the battle
field on his faithful stecd, he and his
horse were dead.
The horses body was found by in
surgents the night after the battle,
and over it was built n rough log
cache. A former American resident Of
Havana, shortly after the conclusion
OF peace, secured the bones Of the horse,
intending to have them articulated for
the Smithsonian institution. 1t was
from him that Smith, who was an old
friend, secured the strange mcmento.
After Smith came to New York he was
exploring the town one day, when he
stumbled upon Westminster Abbey's
establishment, and became so interest
ed in Mr.. Abbey's bizarre collection
that he presented TO the latter the hoof.
Mr.. Abbey made all kinds of tempting
offers for the remainder of the skcle-
ton, but Smith wouldn't part with it,
y. Y. Mail and Express.