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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-17

A mans second love is apt to be
worth more money than his first.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-17

We have large number of heroes
IN stock just now, and all of them are
distinctly human. Pictured by mag
NATIVE writer's, some Of the earlier
masters of achievement seem more
than human. 1t is quite refreshing,
therefore, to get u very prosaic view of
Lord Nelson as he is presented in re-
cent "reminiscences. He stands on the
deck of the Victory, with pieces of
brown paper, soaked in vinegar, tied
on his silk-stockinged legs. red tape be-
Ing used to hold in place tle soothing
applications. The pain o. mosquito
bites had been too much for the hero.
The demigod is hardly apparent here.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-17

Rubber and leather prices have been
advanced by the combines. 1t seems
that we must walk trustfully.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-17

The old plan of spading under por-
ton of the old strawberry bed, SO as
to leave the plants in rows, will not
pay. Better reset clean land with Wig
orous plants, arranging to grow crop
of potatoes every third year to clean
the land and mellow it. The picking of
berries on heavy clay land causes it to
become SO packed rs to require cult
waiting mt least one season in every
three with some hoed crop.-Barnum's
Midland Farmer.
Venice has 100000 Inhabitants. OF
these no fewer than 10000 are enrolled
as recipients of relief-that is to say,
nearly one-fvarth Of the population are
paupers.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-11

as it may appear to the Northern
reader who has never grown ''pin-
dars" except on the compass of
nickel. All that is necessary is to turn
the birds into peanut field, and they
wiM harvest the nuts and feed them
selves and be grateful for the priv
lege. All the assistance they require
is the company of a drove of pigs.
These will root out the peanuts while
their genial feathered companions,
standing by in pleased expectation,
assist in enjoying the rich repast.
There is worthy farmers wife in
Putnam county, who is said to make
a thousand dollars a year from her
flock of bronze turkeys and hey Jersey
butter, and that ON the ordinary thin
sandy soils of Florida. She keeps a
beautiful flock of the metallic giister-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-11
Peanuts for Turkeys.

One Of the delights of a holiday din
ner in Florida is the turkey that was
fattened on peanuts. The flesh par
takes of the high qualities of the in
comparable nut. 1T is rich, tender,
white and of an exquisite flavor. No.
thing to be found in the Tennessee
and Georgia birds which abound in
our markets at this season of the year
is worthy to be compared with it.
Nor is this an expensive feed-stuff,
or piece of reckless extravaganza,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-11

ing beauties which cluster around her
with an unmistakable affection :or
their mistress when she gioes out to
feed them. The dryness of the soil is
favorable to- their health
and growth, as dampness is one of the
greatest enemies of the turkey. They
render the farmer much valuable ser
vice in Kidding his crops of verknln,
which they do with the quick and fur
tive grace of wild fowl, not scratch
ing and upsetting everything us is
done by the clumsy barnyard fowl.
I am quite prepared to believe the
neighborhood story as to her profits;
she is a notable housewife anG, more
than that, knows the virtue of adver-
Using. Her eggs, her turkeys and her
butter are widely known for excel
lence. She is the mother of four sons.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-11
Grapefruit Prof table.

Gen. William p. Hazen of ThOnOto-
sassa, in this county, has the cham
pion grapefruit trees in this section.
He has one tree from which he has
gathered $3.50 worth of fruit. This is
not an estimate, for he has already re-
ceived the cash and delivered the
goods. He has another tree from
which he has sold SIS worth of fruit
and there are seventyfve more boxes
on this tree, for which he will get
1921 a box These are trees worth
having, and they show the wonderful
value of this soil for treesof this kind.
-Times-U Union and Citizen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-11

blight. In this, soil and variety must
be considered together. For instance,
standard Bartlett on rich or strong
soil, if highly cultivated, is exceeding
ly liable to blight; ON poor soil, un>
cultivated, it would not have vigOr
sufficient to perfect a fulr crop of
fruit; per contra, a standard Seckel
would be benefited by generous cul-
ivation, on fair SOIL and is a compar-
ative failure ON poor soil, even with
moderate cultivation, and completely
SO if uncultivated. Right here, the
seasons, too, exert a manifest lnf1u-
ence and present sometimes nice
point to the anxious cultivatOr.-
Southern CultivatOr.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-11

great blessing to the poor, who, with
out this method of procuring money,
would many times be without the nee
essaries of life, or compelled to obtain
credit at high rates of interest,"
Southern Farm Magazine.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-11
Gathering Gray Moss.

In Gainesville, Florida more gray
moss is handled commercially than in
amy other town in that section. The
moss is pulled from the trees either
by hand or with the aid of rakes, and
is sometimes taken to the factory in
it's green state, or is buried in earth
until the outer bark or covering is rot
ted and nothing but the interior fiber
left. The rOtting process requires
from six weeks to three months time,
according to the degree Of moisture
in the moss, and according to the
grade of fiber required. Some of the
cheaper grades of prepared moss rep
resent about so per cent of the orig
inal weight, while the best grades wiz
hardly rum 20. This industry is an eN-
cellent one, for the reasons that
large number of people, principally
negroes, live upon the money they
thus obtain during the season in
which they are cultivating their reg
ular crops and before they have any
income from them.
Mr.. j. H. Avera, Jr., of this place,
has BEEN in the business of handling
the moss for seven years, and has a
factory. He pays for 10000 to 10000
pounds per month, and other dealers
also purchase largely. Prices vary
from fifteen to thirty cents per hun
dred, according to the condition OF
the moss, fifteen cents being that
paid for green, directly from the
trees. and an active worker cam make
from 81 to So per day gathering, oW-
ING to the hours of work and the To-
cality of the moss. After being prop
erly rotted, the moss is passed
through a machine called a picker,
where the fiber is pulled apart and
separated from the dust and clinging
outer covering, and is them graded
and packed in bales for shipment. The
dust and refuse are sold for fertilizer
as they contain large amount of pot
ash.
Mr.. Avera also purchases palmetto
berries and many roots and herbs,
which grow in the vicinity, and are
used in the manufacture of medicines.
The utilizing of these natural prod
ucts of the country is source of
great income to the section and a
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
RRAHMIN GALLANTRY.

Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy of
India, who was our own Mary Letter,
of Chicago, has created sensation in
India with her splendid American
beauty, which has made such an i'm
preston on the natives as to cause the
leading Brahmin daily paper of Ben
gal to break forth into praises that are
truly Oriental" as the translator puts
it. Indeed, the enthusiastic editor
even goes so far as to place the beauty
of Lady Curzon before that of Parvati
and Saraswati, goddesses of the Brah-
min Pantheon, the former the spouse
of silva and the latter the wife of
Brahma. These "and all other beau
ties of the Hindoo heaven must" de-
clares the editor, Clover their heads
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
THE STANDARD OCTOPUS.

ATTORNEY General Monnett'S exposure
of the business and methods OF the
Standard Oil Trust is an eye-opener as
to the extent of the profits OF that
concern. He quotes the official fig
ures showing that the uniform cost of
oil per barrel to the Standard Oil Com
pany is twenty cents, and that in three
years the raw material cost them 3d.
747,247. Being without competition
this oil was sold at retail for 1889, $685.
9OO-a clear profit of over $380,000,00O,
a sum greater than the value Of all the
wool, cattle, sheep, hogs, corn and oats
produced in the State of Ohio inSthe
same period!
No wonder this concern has been en-
abled to corrupt and control officials
the courts and Legislatures. No won
der it was able to offer Attorney Cen
eral Monnett a bride of 100000. 1t
would double it if it could thus buy off
this brave servant of the people, who
practically single handed has under
taken a hercuiean task which has hith-
erto proven too much for the highest
officials and court in the land. Attor-
ney General Monnett is battling against
tremendous odds, even though he has
the right and the American people on
his side.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
uANNA,s CUBAN SYNDICATE.

The Spanish war, which at the start
alarmed Wall street so that II the ad-
ministration could have resisted popu-
lar pressure there would have been no
war, has turned out to be the greatest
kind of graft" for 'the street. and
now none so valorous and determined
to conquer the world as the silk-hatted
Doodle brigade of that speculative
thoroughfare For, 10, there are mil
lions in it!
The latest scheme to add to the
wealth of certain gentlemen ION the
ground floor,'' is being engineered by
no less a person than Senator Mark
Hanna, boss of the administration. The
Hanna scheme is to lend the Cuban
government $12,OOO,0O0 or $20,00O,0OO.
This benevolent syndicate is anxious
to do this, not because it has supreme
faith in the future of the Cuban gov
ernment-oh, dear, no!-these finan-
ciers would not lend Cuba nickle on
her own guarantee; but they will back
her and float her bonds to any amount,
because there is an understanding that
Administration Boss Hanna will see to
it that the United States government
will guarantee the Cuban bonds. Which
makes it just the same as lending the
money to Uncle Sam, himself.
The Hanna syndicate is essentially a
"ground floor" syndicate. 1t proposes
to take no risk, but to combine politics
with finance in such way as to make
a mighty nice thing out of it. After
the new Cuban bonds are stamped by
the United States the Cuban govern
ment may go to'the eternal bow-wows,
if it wants to. The Hanna syndicate
will be safe. The only fellow who
takes any risk in this matter is the
great American taxpayer and he doesn't
figure in the Hanna calculation.
1t is, also the ultimate object of the
syndicate to annex Cuba. Once in con-
troll of the finances of that island the
rest will be easy sailing and Mr.
Hanna will soon be as powerful in
Cuban politics as in American. In
short, it will be the greatest specula-
tive "snap" ON record, and the Hanna
syndicate will control and practically
own one of the richest spots of the
earth, destined soon to become State
of the American union.
Great is Hanna!
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
Great is Hanna!

The government at Washington will
pay no heed to the request that the
United States step in and save China
from the professional grabbers of Eu-
rope. Certainly not; the administra-
ton has its hands full with its own lit
tie game Of grab in that quarter of the
world in the Philippines. Besides, the
Cuban army declines to disband ard is
ready for trouble, the Porto Ricans are
on the verge of general uprising
against American authority, which they
declare is more unbearable than Spain S
yoke, while there is a peck of trouble
in Samoa and an unsettled state of af.
fairs in Guam. No, Uncle Sam isn't
bothering China; he has troubles of his
own.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Washington, March ia belated
issue of the Congressional Record, just
out, contains the full statement OF
Messrs. Cannon and Dockery, of the
House appropriations committee, on
the appropriations made by the last
Congress. These statements bear out
the assertion in the Registers Wash
ington correspondence of month ago
that the regular annual expenditures of
the federal government will not here
after fall below 100000, 900, and may
in fact largely exceed that sum. 1t
also appears plainly enough that the
federal government is facing an annual
deficit that will in year or two bank
rupt the treasury, start the endless
chain in motion again and bring on an
other financial crisis like the one with
which Cleveland had to deal in his Sec
ond administration. This means a
fresh series of bond issues to recoup
the gold in the treasury.
The appropriations for the fiscal
year 1S99-190O, which do not include
any of the expenditures on account of
the war with Spain, but do include the
cost of the beginning of the imperial
istic policy, and may fairly be taken as
an indication of the average future
cost of the federal government, are in
full as follows:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16

Rear Admiral SIMPSONS letter to the
President suggesting the reappointment
of those officers who failed of confir-
nation by the Senate, leaving him out,
comes rather late and bears all the ear
marks of what is termed in sporting
parlance "a grand stand play" The
time for Sampson to have exhibited
generosity was when he had the oppor-
tunity to deal fairly by Admiral Schley
in his report of the destruction OF Ger
vera's fleet. Had he acted the manly
part then he would have escaped MS
present humiliation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16

con ~ ~ ~
The latter b ellstsnlng diamond
mounted ii virgin gold. o. = Sill fsall
moon shining alone ii little star gem
med heaven. Her complexion Is like unto
molten gold. for It's lily Wilderness has al
ready caught tint OF red from the sun
of this warm land.
Her teeth CLEAN forth like pearls from
a casket of ruby. Her figure is divinely
tall. Her raven hair, a contrast with her
skin, makes her shine like a picture OF
Saraswati.
Her perfectly shaped head, with its
crown of black locks, is poised upon
swanlike neck. Her eyes are not dark, but
they have a CLINT of red in their rises.
Purple most nearly describes their color.
In repose they blaze with intelligence.
Lady Curzon unites in her person all
good things. Her brow is low and broad
her neck is like swans and her voice Is
soft as that of a cuckoo"
All of which shows that the Indian
scribe knows how to appreciate Amer
lean beauty.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16

d III q MI H. s2tsai II lsssa - 8 az
annual aysrsse of penditurea i'as
THIS ENORMOUS INCREASE
of national expenditures would have
been much larger but for Democratic
ascendancy in the House OF Represen-
tatives during part of the decade
from 1889 to 1898.
1T is claimed by some that the ex-
penditures have properly increased and
have only kept pace with the develop
ment of the country and the, conse-
quent enlargement of the scope of gov
ernmental functions. That this is a
fallacious view is concIusively shown
by the statement of per capita expen-
ditures. The total cost of the govern
ment for each one of our population
during the fiscal year ended June 80,
1888, was only S516, while the cost
per capita for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1898, amounted to $3.50.
This per capita increase of $1-23 is as
certa.ned after deducting all the expendi-
lures incident to the conduct of the war
with Spain 1t appears, therefore, that
the ordinary expenditures of the govern
ment have not only been increased by the
vast amount which have mentioned, but
that the increase per capita has been all
together out of proportion to any increase
made necessary by reason of the expan-
sion and growth of our country.
1.-The time has come to reform the scale
of national expenditures. The reckless i'm
providence of the outgoing Congress viii
at least serve the good purpose of arous-
ing the people, and of causing them to
send Representatives to the national cap
tai who will reduce the burdens imposed
by the riotous appropriations. The Demo-
cratic party in 1900 will not only demand
the free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to l and the abolition of
trusts, but it will also insist upon a re-
duction of taxation and expenditures and
the abandonment of all efforts to establish
a colonial empire
And yet in the face of these facts we
hear that the President, instead of favor
ing economy in public expenditure, is ac-
tually disappointed that Congress did not
appropriate more!
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16

Attorney General Monnett's brave
fight against the Standard Oil monop-
oily would make him a most formid-
able antitrust candidate for the pres
idency were it not that his political
affiliations are with the party of trusts
and monopolies, which owes everything
to trust and monopoly influence. Mr..
Monnett will never be the candidate
of that party while it is controlled as
it is at present. 1t is a pity that he is
not technically, as he is in principle and
at heart, a Democrat.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
|JD||| I|6DRl3!
The Federal Government Facing an
Annual Deficit.

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS NOT
LIKELY TO FALL BELOW SIX
HUNDRED MILLIONS - GOOD
REASONS TO FEAR ANOTHER
ENDLESS CHAIN OF BOND IS
SUES - EXPENDITURES GROW
MORE RAPIDLY THAN DO THE
NORMAL SOURCES OF REVE-
NUE-COST OF THE GOVERN
MENT PER CAPITA GROWING
STEADILY-A SERIES OF AMAZ-
ING AMOUNTS THAT HAVE NO
REFERENCE TO THE WAR Elk
PENDITURES.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
IN A PICKWICKIAN SENSE.

Our neighbor, the Fourteenth street
organ, is highly indignant at the Regis
ter's statement that it (the Intelligent
cer), favored the bill to remove the
100000 restriction on corporations
chartered in this State, which would
admit trusts. 1t declares it never,
never, never said anything that could
be construed as favorable to that meas
ure.
, Verify, our neighbor doth protest too
much. 1t certainly commended Treas
urer Kendall for his attitude on this
subject in a recent interview published
by our neighbor, in which that official
boldly stated in so many words that
he saw nothing wrong with this in
iQuitous measure and only regretted
it did not pass, since it would have
brought more revenue to the State.
Our neighbours organic proclivities-
that is, its natural tendency to endorse
anything and everything that comes
from Charleston headquarters-is cal
culated to get it into deep water.
We accept our neighbours denial
Probably it's endorsement of Treasurer
Kendall's endorsement of this bill was
intended only in Pickwickian sense.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
EXPENSES EXCEED EvENUEs.

There are the best of reasons for be-
lieving also that the annual expendi-
lures of the federal government will
hereafter exceed the annual revenues by
at least S1OO 900, 900. The tremendous
total of $673, 65S, 400.73 cannot be re-
duced materially during the present Re-
publican regime. 1t will be increased
if anything, for the costly projects, such
as the Nicaragua canal and the Hanna
PAYNE subsidy bill, which failed at the
last session of Congress, will come up
in the next with much better prospect
of getting through. The Fifty-fifth Con-
gress authorized contracts to the
amount of $70,000,000 which must be
provided for by the succeeding Con-
crosses. And we are only at the be-
ginning of army and naval expenditure.
Naval officers are clamoring for more
ships. higher prices for armor plate,
money to equip coaling stations and to
build dry docks; while army men want
20 900 artillerymen to man our coast
defenses, which of themselves will cost
millions more to complete.
Mr.. Dockery completes his statement
with these observations, which are
worthy the thoughtful consideration
of every patriotic citizen:
1.-THE total ordinary expenditures of
the government, including the postal
service, for the fiscal years 1879 to
1888, inclusive, a period of ten years,
were s3,OO7 ,047,01S.11.
1.-THE total ordinary expenditures, in
Guiding the postal service, for the ifs
cal years 1889 to 1898, inclusive, also a
period of ten years, aggregated s4,22S,-
All, 5000. That is to say, the expen-
ditures of the last ten fiscal years ex-
ceeded the expenditures of the preced-
ing ten fiscal years by the momentous
aggregate of S1,221 1854, 672.09.
1.-The constantly augmenting and
startling increase of Federal expendi-
lures is further shown in the state
ment that the average expenditure for
each year from 1879 to 1888, inclusive,
was only S300,704, 701.S1, while the
average expenditure for each of the
last ten fiscal years amounted to s422,-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16

Col. Bryans refusal to kiss pretty
girl in Texas, remarking that he was
not Hobson, is still the subject of COM
ment. There is nothing strange in Mr..
Bryan's action, however. He is a man
of wisdom. He foresaw a frightful
avalanche of kisses if he once allowed
it to get a start on him. Moreover,
Mr.. Bryan is married.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16

The finding of commission Of
alienists that Mrs. Martha Place is
sane, and Gov. Roosevelts refusal to
interfere to commute the death SEN
tence, settle the fate of this most fiend-
ish murderess of modern times.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
PROPOSALS FOR HAULING

Il BHIDh AND SEW Ek PIPE.
Sealed proposals win be received by the
Board of Public Works of the City OF
Wheeling until u O'Clock non Saturday,
March Is, 1899. for hauling brick and sewer
pipe during the year 1899 Specifications
can be obtained at the office of the Clerk
of the Board. 7
The successful bidder, or bidders will bel
required to furnish bond IN the sum Of five
hundred 800 dollars for the faithful per-
Torrance of the contract. The names OF
the Sureties must accompany each bid.
The Board reserves the right TO reject
any or all bids. WM. II. HORNISH
mites Clerk
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
BRICK.

u SEWER PIPE AND CURLING.
Sealed proposals will be received by tho
Board Of Public Works of the City OF
Wheeling until Y o'clock noon Saturday.
March =, 1893. for furnishing paving brick.
sewer pipe and curDing during the year
1899; also for dressing and resetting old
curbng. Specifications can be obtained at
the office Of the Clerk of the Board Bids
must be separate on brick, sewer pipe and
curbing, and shall be made on printed
forms which will be furnished by the
Clerk.
The successful bidders will be required
to furnish bonds In the following amounts
as a guarantee of the faithful performance
of their contracts:
For furnishing brick, three thousand
($3 GOG) dollars.
For furnishing sewer pipe, one thousand
(s1 COO dollars
For furnishing curbing and dressing and
resett.ng old curbing. one thousand tsl ,000)
The names of the sureties must accom-
pany each hid.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
@beehn9 &e9ister
CHARLES II. TANEy, GENERAL MANAGER

The REGISTER. embracing it's several
editions, is entered at the .PostoHlce AT
Wheeling. W. Va. as second-class matter