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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25
For q Culinary Reason,

pa said little Willie, why is a bad
actor called a ham,
Perhaps" his father replied, because
he's so often served with eggs" -Catholic
Standard and Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

Several of the street beggars OF Sax
Francisco have joined a trust. The re-
ceipts are daily handed over TO a treas
urer, who divides them equally among
the members of the trust.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25
"Sprtng UnockS
The Flowers

To Paint the laughing SOIL"
And not even Nature Gvoufd
aAouv the fowers to grow
and blossom, 10 perfection
wihout good soil. Moev
Nature and people are much
alike; the former mast haze
sunshine, latter mast haze
pure blood in order to haze
perfect health.
Hoods S~arsaparilla cures blood trou-
bles OF all sorts. 1t is to the human
system what sunshine is to Nature
the destroyer of disease germs. 1t
nerer disappointS.
Poor Blood" The doctor said there
were not seven drops Of good blood in my
body. Hoods ~Sarsaparilla built me up and
made me strong and we'll" SUSIE +. BROWN,
l6 Astor Hill, Lynn, Mass.
Dyspepsia, ctc.-"A complication Of
troubles, dyspepsia, chronic catarrh and
Inflammation OF the stomach, rheumatism,
etc, made me miserable. Had no appetite
until | took Hoods S~ars9pGrilla, which
acted like magic. | I'M thoroughly cured"
n. B. SEELEY, 1874 W. l4th Av., Denver, Col.
Rheumatism My husband was
Obliged to give up work on account OF rheu-
matlSm. No remedy helped until he used
Hoods ~Sarsaparilla, which permanently
cured him. II cured my daughter Of ca
tarrh. | give it to the children with good
results Mrs. is. McMArH, Stamford, Ct.
NodJ S~aiJabaai2g
~EEIMED
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

Paternal Finesse.-"My son is taking an
exhaustive course in political economy"
Whats that for?' II had to do some
thing to Keep him out of my business Chi.
Cago Daily Record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25
Was n Poker Term,

Odd your rich aunt leave you anything?"
"Not a cent"
"Wcll, well. So she wasn't even a penny
auntie to you, eh!'-Philadelphia North
American.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

No man IS too worthless for seine won,
an to get stuck on him.-Washington la.)
Democrat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

This would be a quiet, peaceable world
were II not for the movements of the under
jaw.-Chioago Daily News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

"Ictterine cured nc OF a very annoying
case Of itching piles in a few days. I. J..
Bedsole, Tallahatta Springs, Ala. SOC at
druggists, or by mail for cash or stamps, j,
7, Shuptrine, manufacturer, Savannah, Ga.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

The bigot is always dead sure of some
thing he knows nothing about.-Chicago
Daily News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

"Tommy-"That church is over 200 years
Old Cissy-"My aunt says it's only 100"
,Tommy-"Oh. well, | suppose that's as far
back as she can remember. STRAY Stories.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

A rheumatic affection is never rccipro
cated.-Chrlstian Work.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25
During the Solo,

The Man--Anyway, her singing browns
conversation.
The Maid-Dear me! ! always under.
stood that drowning was an easy death
n. Y. journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

MANY a dutiful daughter pays in pain for her mothers
" ignorance or perhaps neglect.
The mother suffered and she thinks her daughter
must suffer also. This is true only to a limited extent. No
excessive pain is healthy. Every mother should inform her
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

A heightened young mantle tenor
singer.-Christian Work.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

| am entirely cured of hemorrhage of
lungs by Piso's Cure for Consumption
Louisa Lindaman, Bethany, Mo-, Jan, 8, 'O4.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

H." said the orator, "am an American of
ne good, old stock, rooted deep in the soil"
"'The only stock | ever heard Of that rooted
deep in the soil" said the farmer in the
audience, was hoss."-Indianapolis Jour.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

A Dose in Time Saves Nine Of Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar for Coughs.
Pixies TOothache Drops Cure in one minute,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

Some men think they deserve credit for
liking their W children.
(Ia.) Democrat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25
THE SCHOOLS
Our ndustries,

Cuba seems to adopt our industries quite
readily"
Yes, I'm told Cuban tobacco is already
being produced in Cuba to some extent
Detroit journal,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25
WHOLESALER.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Feb, o, 1899.

Upon a man stating that he owned a mule,
a friend asserted that It was a case of self.
possession - Boston Waterman.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25
THE GENERAL

Theoretical philosophers are sometimes
practictl els.-Chicago Daily News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

Frankness may ruin a man. but duplicity
always dishonors h~im.-Chicago Daily
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25
To Cure II Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

The pen may be mightier than the sword:
but it is always ;he pen that tells YOU So.
Town Topics.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

Auctioneers are morbid men.-Christian
Work.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE.
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy,
n. Y, for Il FREE sample of Aliens Foot,
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes. 1t
cures chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen,
aching feet. 1t makes tight shoes easy.
Cures Corns, Bunions and lngrowing Nails,
Alldruggistsa aud shoe stores sell it. - cents.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25
IMDUZGENT
MOTHERS

Many young girls beautyis wasted by unnecessary pain at
time of menstruation, and many indulgent mothers with
mistaken kindness permit their daughters to grow careless
about physical health.
Miss CARRIE NJ. LAMB, Big Beaver. Mich, writes: DEAR
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25

self for her W sake and especially
for the sake of her daughter. Write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
for her advice about all matters
concerning the ills of the. feminine
aron-e
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25
Best Prescription for Malaria, Chi||s and Fever,
TaSteless Chill Tom
CONSUME Err.

WnIrrsporo, Tex, tcp' u
PARIS MEDICINE Co., st, Louis, MO
Gcntlcmcn:-I write YOU 2 lev ii ..,e,,
i'udc. think your Groves ihs' = m
Tonic Is ono Of the best m'dloiats Il
for Chills and Fever. have .niV to, y
that have been d ,wn with msiatlai I'm
months and have bought Chiil ms1, Mn
kinds and Doctors bills comlnf ~ I hSl
until I sent TO town and got three h y "
Groves Tonic. Ny children are Ten w n
and it was your T'stclcs M SSSb.ll
it,. cannot say too much IN It's U
Yours truly,
LANES D. ROBE
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-23
Our Colonial Policy.

The following dispatch from Wash
ington in Saturdays New York Sun
is worthy of worldwide currency: "As-
sistant Secretary of War Meililejohn
when asked today if it was his unalter-
able policy to appoint none but natives
Of the islands now in the possession
of the military forces of the United
States in the customs and other civil
offices of the islands, said: 81 am glad
you have raised the question. With
the exceptions to be hereafter named
it is. The government is engaged at
present in the responsible task of pre-
pairing a people just out of bondage
for self-government. In no other way
can this important object be speedily
and surely attained except by placing
in the several civil positions in the
islands such natives as by education
and character are fitted to fill positions
Of trust. In order that the lessons in
self government may be well taught
and properly learned we have selected
for the heads of bureaus, from the vast
amount of talent in the army, men
fitted to assume the responsible task
of teachers. We cannot expect to ed
ucate in the day, nor, perhaps, in a few
months, a people down trodden and
oppressed for centuries, as have been
the people of these islands, up to the
high ideals which we as a free people
have prescribed for ourselves. But
we can plant the seed, we can give it
IL ,at,, 1,l
and we can and we shall give them the
ungrudging moral support which they
| deserve at the outset of their career
This, l take it, is our mission
among the people of the islands. The
| task and responsibility are great. But
with faint hearts, but fully conscious
of our power to lead these people from
| darkness into light, and to solve, all
problems that relate to their individual
| welfare. Were we to turn over the
| several civil positions in the islands to
Americans, what a spectacle would
| this people present to modern civiliza-
| ton! What defense could we present
for our action? No, self aggrandizs-
| ment is not the policy of the admins
tration. What President Mckinley in
tends to do. and the policy the war de.
| partment intends to follow, is to treat
the people of Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines frankly fairly and honest.
ly. They shall have every chance tC
prove themselves capable of fulfilling
every high and noble aspiration of per.
sonal liberty. regulated by law"
| 1t seems to us that this brief state,
ment of intentions cuts the under,
pinning from under the whole structure
of false alarms which Andrew Carne
gle, Senators Hoar, Hale and Vest and
the remainder of the excited anti-ex
pansioniets have been rearing will
such pessimistic zeal. Ratify the peac,
treaty.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-23
The War Inquiry.

1t is unfortunate that some of the
cross-examinations Of witnesses before
the war inquiry commission represent
certain members of that commission
to- be attorneys for the defense rather
than impartial judges of evidence. I'm
less the public has been deceived, this
commission was appointed for the pur-
pose of ascertainlng the truth con-
cerning army management and organ
ization; and 1t was to be no part cf
it's purpose ere it had completed Its
hearings to incline toward either the
affirmative or the negative of the pro-
position that there had been dereliction
in management. Yet IL public reports
are accurate at least two commission
ors-Colonels Sexton and Denby-have
been at times unable to maintain ju-
dicial neutrality; and the amazing
course Of the commission in permitting
General Eagan to read before it with
out interruption or immediate rebuke
his inexcusable attack upon General
Miles has further beclouded its posi-
ton in public confidence.
lapses the commission has represented
it's own infrmities, not any instruc-
ton or desire of the administration.
In creating it the president took TIE
only course open to him. The COM
plants which moved him to order an
investigation were not specific, but gem
eral. They pointed to n state of dis
organization which could only be rem
edied by first finding the location of
the weak spots and then by strength
ening them. When he invited the geh-
tlemen now composing the commission
to take charge of their present work
he told them to hew to the line, re-
gardless of where the chips fell; and he
gave to those who should volunteer
to testify before the commission every
assurance of protection which lay IN
his power to give. If, while the COM
mission has been prosecuting it's in
vestigatlons, the president has left
military matters in statu quo it is SIM
ply because he is waiting for the YER
dict before he considers the practica
application of it.
The public, we believe, appreciates
this fact and is not carried away by
irresponsible clamor. 1t is inclined tC
be fair to the president, and the com
mission itself should be equally fail
to him. This it can be by ceasing tC
goad or bully witnesses and by ceasing
to show bias while the search for in
| formation is in progress.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-23

According to w. e. Curtis we spend
more money by Sl6,WOOO year thuh
any other nation for our postal service
the total last year being SO,O26'296 GER
nan is second, with Si,33I,l3O, ana
Great Britain third, with $40, l39,S35. we
stand second in the amount OF man mat
ter handled per capita. New South
NNnles is Just a little ahead with 929
packages a year an inhabitant while we
handle ga packages. Great Britain III
third, with 77.S German handles more
foreign letters, received and sent, than
any other nation. Austria handles the
Ian gest number of foreign postal cards
and the United States the largest num-
ber of newspapers sent and received, in
the foreign mails We are fourth in the
number of letters handled. The United
States has nearly twice as many post
Offices as any other country, the total
being 7l,4Gs, and the largest number or
employees, l9S6O5. Germany is second
with IS, 3S9 offices and 1S3,2l2 employees
and Great Britain is third, with 20, so
offices and l44,70O employees. In propor-
tion to area we are away behind on the
list, having only one postoffice to every
fifty-six square miles OF territory, but we
count all the mountains and the plains
Switzerland is FIRST having one postoftice
TO every AZ square miles, Great Britain
second, and then come Germany, Bel
gium, Portugal Holland, Luxembourg,
Italy, Roumania, Denmark, Austria,
France, Hungary and Japan, all ahsdd
of the United States. New Zealand has
postoffice for every $40 inhabitants,
Canada one for every 53l, New South
Wales for every 647 Switzerland for ev-
cry $50 and the United States for every
| S97 Inhabitants. In the length OF mail
routes we are away ahead because OF
our enormous territory. We send our
mails over 172,G96 miles of railway and
2S6,45l miles OF what we call star routes,
embracing steamship lines, stages ana
other methods of carrying mail. Ger
many comes next, with 2s,634 railway
miles and 67,066 miles of other service,
Our postal cars last year ran 264, ,654, 0OS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-23
Representatives as Agents.

1t is a fairly debatable question to
what extent a representative in either
branch of congress is bound in honor
TO subordinate his personal convictions
on matters of public policy to the un-
mistakable will of his constituents.
Take the case of the two senators from
California, for example. Both are op
posed to expansion" but the legisla-
ture of their state, with scarcely q dis
senting voice, has requested them Of
ficially to support it by their votes.
senator White, a Democrat, says he
was not elected by this legislature
which is Republican, and will, there
fore, pay no attention to it's request
Senator Perkins. a Republican, says he
believes as firmly as does his colleague
that the territorial expansion now con-
templated is unwise and dangerous
but while holding to this belief as a
man and citizen he WILL as a senator
vote as instructed by those whom he
represents.
The dilemma in which Senator Hale
Of Maine finds himself involves the same
point. Mr.. Hale Is a man personally
respected by the people of his state and
recognized by them as a very useful
representative in the senate. Ordinarily
the Republicans Of Maine would moi
hesitate for a moment in re-electinG
him, but this year, owing to his un,
popular attitude preceding and since tht
war with Spain, he was reelected re-
'uctantly, forty members of his owr
party refusing at first to vote for him
md soon after he was reelected the
legislature by a unanimous vote II
both houses passed a resolution indors
mg the expansion policy of the McKin
ley administration, Democrats uniting
with Republicans in this noteworthy
expression Of public opinion.
That legally a senator of the United
States is exempt from instructions is
of course, unquestioned; but how
stands the case of Senators White anC
Hale from the standpoint of ethics
So long as they hold credentials from
he people OF their respective states ar
hey not morally bound to act officiall!
In conformity with the plain and un
doubted wish and desire Of the larg,
majority Of their constituents? To Vi
It seems so: otherwise violence would
be done to the spirit of representativ,
government. If the will of the peopl,
we're involved in doubt the case woulC
DC different but where no doubt exists
whereby no possibility can 1t be con
ured up, then the agent in office who's
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-23
miles, those OF Germany 12455O,525 miles
and those Of France 75,212,165.


miles, those Of Germany 124,55O,52S miles
and those Of France 75,212,l65.
The late Representative Dingleys con-
gressional district, the Second Maine
has, says the Washington Post, been
remarkable one for its production OF re-
markable men, and, for that matter, OF
remarkable women. II should De sald
that MIR. Dingley himself was a native
of that district. Three other representa-
tives, who after ded his funeral at the
capitol, were likewise originally from the
same locality. Representative Alexander
Of Buffalo. was born at Richmond, In
Sagadahoc county. and Representative
Stevens, of St Paul, came from ROCK
land, in Knox county, named from WASH
lngtons first secretary OF war. Repre-
sentative Boutelc, although hailing nov
from the Fourth Maine district, was born
In Damariscotta a historic municipality
In the Dingley district. Franklin Sim
mons, the sculptor; Alden ]. Blethen,
"the little Napoleon of Journalism;
General Horatio King, once postmaster
general, and long a resident of Washing
ton; Ex-Governor Perham, once member
of congress and now residing in Washing
ton; Rev. Lyman Abbott, pastor until re-
Gently Of Plymouth church, in Brooklyn;
John s. c. Abbott, his hnsman, who
wrote a life of Napoleon; all the Famous
family of Washburns who included sew
eral governors, members of congress-
and a minister to France; the Pillsbury
family, famous both in Maine and Min
nesota to this day, and Secretary John
d. Long were born and reared in the
same Second Congressional district
Emma Eames was born in Bath, as was
Georgia Cayvan, the actress recently
brought into publicity through an un-
warranted statement in divorce suit in
New York: Nordica was born in Farm
| ington; Maxine Elliott was born In Rock
| land, and Annie Louise Carey was from
| Androscoggin county, quite an array ot
| talented women to come from six coun-
| ties of a rural section of New England.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-23
Look Out for q Re- Action.

1t is TO be hoped that the second
week of the senatorial deadlock at Har-
risburg will b. the last. 1t is an expen-
sive luxury to everybody concerned; to
the state. because it ties up legislation
and prevents due dispatch of public
business; to the candidates and MEM
pers themselves, upon whom II imposes
n frightful strain; to the executive
departments of the state government,
which share in the general interruption,
and most of all to the people at large,
who are beginning to look upon this
thing as public scandal
The responsibility for ibis obnoxious
condition is easily fixed. 1t is upon the
men claiming to be Republicans who
have bolted the majority choice of
their party and entered into a series
of shameless tlirtations with the DEM
ucrats. We doubt if there is a man of
these who really rests his opposition
to Senator Quay upon the ostensihle OBJ
lection that he is under Indictment for
alleged crime. The recent argument
before the Supreme court, in the judg-
ment of the great majority Of those
who heard or read it, disposed of that
objection by establishing plainly that
no crime had been committed by Quay
and that the claim of one was nothing
more nor less than a cunning move in
an elaborate and desperate conspiracy
for his political determination. Having
failed in it's purpose, the indictment is
now practically thrust to one side;
predictions are made that it will never
be resurrected.
AS the matter stands, a majority of
80 Republicans, not one-third the Re-
publican strength Of the general as
sembly, by defying the majority caucus
of their party, are holding up the pub.
lie business of commonwealth without
even the decent excuse that they are
united on one senatorial candidate in
opposition to Quay. They vote at ran
dom for ten or a dozen dummy candi-
dates and openly boast that they will
prOlong this situation until the S5 Dem
ocrats in the legislature are forced tC
come over to them in q fusion. In other
words, the two or three disgruntled
politicians who are the responsible au'
thors of this ENHANCEMENT purpose by
their revolutionary tactics to coerct
an entire state into doing their politica
WILL regardless of the clearly expressed
will of the majority. They are so mad
at Quay; so jealous, so vindictive, Sc
covetous of his place and power thai
they will throw party principle. custom
and everything else to the winds in tht
effort to obstruct his reelection.
Governor Stone is right; there will bc
q re-aCtion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-23
THE GENTEEL WAY.

Some words there be which sore confuse
The modern ear refined;
And these a man too oft Will choose
In speaking of his mind
Why not effect a compromise
When fierce emotions brew
And use with self-denial wiso
ditto mark or two?
ITS a lie!
What is the use of wasting time
To say II DER and DER
When bells once sweet are out of chime
And angry passions roar?
When you would say a man is wrong,
When foemen jar your bliss,
Why not content your thrilling song
With a refrain like this:
ITS a lie"
Oh, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay
And other men intense,
Your speeches we must put away
AS wasted eloquence.
When 1t is demonstrated thus
To a great land which harks,
That one may save much time and fuss
By using ditto marks,
ITS lie."
Washington Star
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-23
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.

Astrolabe Cast: 4.35 "A. m, for Monday
JaLCary %, 1929.
A child born on this day will notice
that a government of the people is Etn-
orally by the people who hang together.
Many persons who claim that life is not
worth living spend a lot of money living
ii.
A brain of the consistency of boiled
dough never ihterferes with mans polit-
ical ambition, but it often clogs his eXecu-
tive ability.
About the only thing lacking to make
Scranton pedestrian miserable these days
is the presence of the street department
clipped wings" to stir up the dust that
has accumulated on our thoroughfares.
1t is now q matter of doubt whether the
Democratic megaphone will be pointed
in the direction of Mr. Roche or Mr.. Jen-
nings when the mayoralty invitation is
extended,
Mr.. Sando is in danger of becoming
the sable equine in the mayoralty race,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-23

Complaints abound that the railroads
cannot furnish cars enough; most or
the railroads have placed large orders
for new ones. with the American bus
mess men expansion already is set
llnd fAni
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-23

North Dakotas new representative
in the United States senate, Hon. Por-
ter J. McCumber. of wahpeton, says
he is in favor of the broadest policy of
expansion, which ought to reconcile
the public to his name.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-23
Another Hero,

Office Boy--War is HI.
Bookkeeper-What difference did it
make to you? Why, you didn't go to
Cuba and lick the Spaniards.
Office Boy-No; but I've had to stay
here and lick about 800 revenue stamps
every day.-St. Louis Star