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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-03-11

Genuine BARGAINS in every
thing in the line / keep. When Isay
bargains / mean it. Come and see.
w. i. JONES, Jeweler.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1899-03-11

The mad March wind clasps dainty Prue,
1t whirls her in its clutch;
But as her boots and skirts are new
She does not mind it much.
Ali through life's maze we boldly shirk
Our ifksome way;
We dream tomorrow we shall work
Ana loaf today.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04
HE SHOULD HI re 4CIED
THE MAN.

ad General Egan acted like a
man he would have been dismissed
from the army, but there are thous-
ands of people everywhere through
out the Union who would not only
sympathize with him, but who Womb
admire ano honor him.
But General Egan has played the
s.baby act" He ecalled General
Miles all kinds of liar and then
wept as a child who was striving to
escape a merited custigation for
having exploited his neighbours
watermelon patch.
When General Egan appeared
before the military court had he
fearlessly announced that he had no
retraction to make and that he still
believed General Miles to be
variegated old liar, we dare say that
he would have gained the sympathy,
if not the admiration, of every hon
es: man in the United States, but 1T
i'll becomes general in the army to
call his alleged slanderer liar AND
then plead insanity. Dismissal from
the service seemed inevitable. BY
using the epithets he applied to
General Miles he violated the hrst
law of discipline SO necessary TO
the welfare of the army and he
should have known that no self
respecting court-martial could have
done aught but dismiss him, but
! |. at1 he acted the man he would
have been dismissed as man who
had resented an insult and not ex
peeled as refractory school-boy.
General Egan undoubtedly felt
that he had been lied about. HIS
language as originally used con-
WINGED many people that he had
been very unjustly attacked by
General Miles Thee are many
people, particularly in the South,
who believe, as did the lamented
Davis, that the general Of the
American army is a "heartiess par
| barian" and certainly as capable OF
sfande ring a man under him as he
was of brutalizing d helpless Ole
victim who, through the misfor'
tunes of war, CHANGED to fall into
his hands.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04
STATE UNION or CON-
FEDERA TES.

The year 1890 VIII be marked by
one notable event in the State OF
Louisiana. The citizens Of Baton
Rouge are making extensive Prepa-
rations to receive ans entertaln all
Confederate veterans who will visit
th~t city on the sd and 4th Of next
July. On those days a State reu-
MON will take place. The follow
ing circular received by us will give
our readers an idea of what Will De
done to- make the affair the success
that it ought to be:
Baton Rouge, La. January 2S, 1899.
To the Editor of The Gazette:-CamP NO.
~, Z. G. ". at meeting some time since
adopted a resolution Inviting all Confederate
Veterans and Confederate Camps to general
State reunion to take place in the City of
Baton Rouge July sd and 4th, 1899
Elaborate preparations now in progress
for the accommodation and entertainment OF
the veterans and their families and the affair
promises to be red letter event in the
| b;story,of the Confederate Veterans of Louis
| lana President Boyd has rendered the use
| of the spacious University grounds and dor
\
| veterans eminent leaders of the late civil
war from many States will be on hand 10
| minele with their comrades of LOUISIANA,
| fetes and entertainments will take place at
| the Fair grounds, to which the veterans viii
| be admitted free of charge. and altogether
the reunion will be one worthy OF the occa-
sion and of the distinguished guests VINO VIII
be present from every parish In LOUISIANA
and from every Southern State special
excursion rates will be granted by all rali-
road and steamboat lines leading into the
civ. the hotels will furnish accommodations
to those desiring it at greatly reduced rates.
the ladies will furnish lunch and refresh
nepts at the mess hall of the University free,
hence the cost of attending will be but
trifle Will you not keep this matter before
your readers and join in pressing upon
Confederate Veterans in your locality cor
dial invitation to he present and to assist In
making this the most notable event OF the
year?
Fraternally yours,
w G. CHEvIs, Chairman.
w. c. ANNIs,
CHAS. 4. BAUER,
L. b. DUNCAN,
ST. CLAIR FAvRoT,
Miss MATTE MCGRATH.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

Savoyard writing from Washing
,on TO the Courier Journal has this
70 saw of the late Republicsn leader
IN The House. .sMr. Dingley was a
very superior man. II. the hrst
place, he was pure man. he ma"
many virtues, and he had no vices.
ri, labor was his religion. He was
- Y,loider. Every day he learned
something, and what he learned he
never forgot. Gen. Simon bolivar
nRuckner relates that 1t is belief at
xut.ss Point that if it had been SIX
YEARS. course at the Military Acad-
INV Stonewall Jackson would have
cra,fnated at the head of his class
40, Il was only question of time
p1,en his examinations would nave
become perfect, SO diiigent SO inde-
s.,;uat,le was he. That is the sort
of man Dingley was. he was
endowed with the capacity to THINK;
sr,<,f many of our statesmen are SO
>,.<3oued. He had not only the
canaeitv 10 think; hut he had the
icx.ustry to- think. In his eyes, the
life az 4 statesman was no junket; II
was serious matter Ana tnat -
:6<,w ii was thai Nelson Dingiey.
if,s,n, small beginnings ia 1851 ieis
~ : stage ssf action in 500 one o'
she ffsremost men IN the nation
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04
HERE AND THERE.

Everyone should be interested in
good roads, and it is to be hoped
that the departure to be made by
the Lafayette Police Jury from the
old system which has proven SO I'M
sa tisfactory, will result in the build
ing up of good substantial highways
all over the parish. The greatest
care should always be used in the
levving of taxes, for at best they are
a burden to many. But If from
small per capita and venice tax
enough money can be raised to put
the public roads in good condition
there will not be a taxpayer who Will
consent to go back to the old system
that has been giving us bad roads
twelve months in the year
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts
is nothing if he is not hrst class
demagogue. His recent speech IN
the Senate against expansion con-
victs him of this charge. we are
opposed to the imperial pohcy OF
expansion, but we can not '"ie' a'e
such men as Hoar. thirty seven
wears ago he would force the whole
South into subsection to the North
and to. day he does not want the
Filipino because he does not think
it right for the United States t"
govern a people without their con
sent The anti expansion theory
we believe to be the proper one, but
deliver MS from such OF IT'S advocates
as Hoar
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

the late war. He is the popular
idol of all The quickness with
which he despatched the Spanish
fleet in Manila bay made for htm 4
reputation that the subsequent acts
of Sampson and Schiey, did in no
WAYS diminish. In years TO come
the mention Of the war with Spain
will bring Dewey's name along with
it, so inseparably have the two been
linked together in the minds of the
people
With free silver and sound money,
expansion and anti expansion, we
w, nder VIII IN he two great parties
will get ba k o the real great issue
that divides them, that of an honest
tariff for revenue and a robber
tariff for protection.
A writer in the New Orleans
PIcayune tells us that the recent
trip of Gov. Foster and other
prominent Louisiana politicians was
for the purpose of aklng certain
! combination which will land the
governor in the United S ates
Senate, McEnery in the CUB m a
torial chair, Blanchard in the Senate
and Caffery on the State Supreme
bench. This, to say the teast a. 1t,
is refreshing We can not believe,
however, that So able politician as
Gov. Foster will G" into any such
! combination 1t can not succeed.
Such an incongruous outfit might
! furnish material for a political
museum. out ii will never prove
acceptable to the Democracy OF
Louisiana. We repeat that we do
not believe the governor will attempt
to force down the threats OF the
Democrats of this State sucn an
unpalatable dish of political hash.
Such a scheme to swap the Demo
Gratis of this State for the benefit OF
| a coterie, some of whom nave been
feeding at the public grip for nearly
a quarter of a century, will meet
with such a storm Of opposition that
when the convention will assemble
the com Animation will not have a peg
to stand upon.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

The eccentric Governor PIngree
of Michigan has struck upon
rather novel plan. He suggests that
the Supreme Court pass upon the
constitutionaIity of all measures
before their final passage by the
LEGISLATURE Su III a practice Is
undoubtedly wise one, preventing
unne essary litigation to test MANY
newly enacted laws.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

The Paris treaty will be voted
on IN the Senate on The sixth OF this
noush. Thus far but few Repnbli-
cans have expressed themselves as
opposed 10 its ratification by
addresses on the floor, and the ont
come of the final vote is only to be
guessed at.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

A two or three weeks course OF
nr. M. A, Simmons Liver Medicine
will so Regulate the Excretory
Functions that they will operate
without any aid whatever.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

A Sluggish Liver causes Drowsl.
ness, Lethargy and feeling OF
Apathy. Dr.. NJ. 4. Simmons Liver
Medicine arouses the Liver, and
cheerful energy succeeds sluggish
ness.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

Gen. Shafter says he could not
inspect beef he never saw. Per
baps. But he is claiming 10 have
won battle he never saw.
Journal.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

For ways that are peculiar give
US the Louisiana sugar teats, lhey
are indeed a wonderful set. lheV
Joined the Republican party for the
purpose of getting protection on
their sugar. Now that the Repnb-
licaus have practically endorsed
McKinley's emperialistic policy
which means free sugar, these same
sugar teats are asking the Democrat
tic press Of New Orleans to help
them in their opposition to the
annextion of the islands conquered
from SPAN during the late war.
Judging from the past it is impossl-
BILE to say where the sugar planters
will land. They are unaiterabiy
oDposed to the Democracy on
account of it's free trade tendencies
and they must part company with
Renublicanism because the leaders
of that party are bent on adopting
q policy that will result in the
repeal of the act imposing duty
on foreign sugar. AS the Pops are
free traders the sugar teats Will have
TO ioin the Woman Sufragists or
the Prohibitionists.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

SURPRISES from the untamable
state of Texas seem to bob up every
once in a while. The reading Of
following special from Dallas to
Northern paper will probably cause
some of our old Confederate friends
~ smile. can Internal Revenue
commissioner in that State claimed
that the official bonds Of country
and municipal officers required
war stamp attached The Attorney
General protested that this was an
.ncroachment on the rights of that
State" In the lower house of the
LEGISLATURE number of members
denounced the Federal Government
md as explained in the following
excerpt a resolution to secede from
the Union vas introduced by the
house leader: SIN the lower house
of the Texas Legislature, at Austin
to-dav. sensation was created by
Dudley G.. Wootep, of Dallas VINO
;s regarded as the house leader,
;ntroducing a resolution favoring
Texas withdrawing from the Federai
IJnion because of alleged injustice
and violation of the States rights
through the policy adopted In error
cling the war revenue law
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

The example of Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi and South Carolina in res
tricting the suffrage SO as to elinin-
ate the large negro vote is oe'ng
followed IN those States in which
there is a great number of negroes
North Carolina, which has witnessed
race conflicts quite recently, has
submitted to its people constitu-
tional amendment; based On the
Constitution recently adopted in
this State
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

Wanted-Agents and depositarles
for Polynice Oil (see the aa ease
where) Write TO lug, Dessens' go
ST Joseph Street, New 'rieahs'
general agent for louisiana
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04
rs HSHAL.

We note that the New Orleans
Press Club has sent out invitations
TO members of the press in this and
foreign countries 10 visit the
Crescent City during the Mardi Gras
festivities. The fact that the coun-
try press of Louisiana has been
ignored in this recent bestowai OF
journalistic courtesies will cause no
surprise among the rural pencil
pusbers, for the, have long ago been
mad e to understand that they are
looked upon by the newspapermen
of New Orleans as a sort or useless
append age to the journalism or the
State Strange to say that the two
large morning dailies OF New
Orleans give but little attention 70
what the country journalists OF their
own State may do or say. Were 1t
not for Mr.. H. H. Hargrove or
Shreveport it is very doubtful if re-
ports of the annual meetings OF the
Louisiana Press Association would
find their way into the columns or
the New Orleans papers. If halt
dozen planters meet to protest
against some imaginary blow dealt to
the sugar industry the New Orleans
papers prin: pages about IT. "hen
the Louisiana Press Association
holds one of its regular meetings
these same papers find it necessary
70 crowd into some obscure corner
what is supposed to be an account
of the meeting. 1t is safe to say
tina: if an organization OF boot
blacks held meeting tie New Or
leans papers would give more space
to it than they have given to the
annual conventions of the press as
ISOLATION. Not that the country
editors care for the cooperation OF
their ssbig- brothers,, but just as
| matter of fact it will do no harm to
| note it.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

Gen. Egan's court martial has
been terminated, and although not
officially announced, it is commonly
reported that he has been found
guilty No one has ever maintained
shat Gen. Eagan's conduct was be
fifting that of a soldier, yet some
were inclined to excuse the anger or
an insulted man, but his testimony
when on trial has lost to him all the
sympathy heretofore accorded him
A man who makes such assertions
as he made, should at least stand to
and prove them, but instead he
Da.yed the baby act. It is interest
ing to note in this connection that
neither Eagan, Sbafter, Miles nor
any other of those who have IN
some way brought disgrace or have
Deen charged to have done so, on
the army, are West Pointers.
seems that the careful training re-
ceived at the Point by our young
men teaches them to respect their
snperiors and interiors too.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

The anomaly is presented TO the
people of this country, of the
change of policy in New England
from the qnintessence of high pro-
lection to free trade. The DAILY
States points to the fact that three
leading newspapers lin protected
New England have been steadily
preaching free trade for quite time
with increasing supper: and vlgor.
Verify the millennium is approach
ing.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

Dewey is without question the
most popular of all the heroes or
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

DIR. M. A. Simmons Liver Medl=
cine by expelling from the body the
excess of Bile and Acids, improves
the Assimilative Processes, Purlf1es
the Blood, Tones up and Strength
ems
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-02-04

Fraternally yours,
w. G. CHEvIS, Chairman.
w. c. ANNIS,
CHAS. L. BAUER,
l.. b. DUNCAN,
ST. CLAIR FAvRoT,
Miss MATTE MCGRATH.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-25
HAD JONES' RESTORATION.
A Chicago Story About Ex-Governor
Stone

Chicago, July 25.-William J. Stone
of Missouri could have become chair
man of the Democratic national COM
mittee in name, as we'll as in fact, at
the Chicago meeting had he been so
minded, and with the full consent Of
Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas,
the nominal chairman. Stone had in
his pocket a letter from Jones, conferr-
ing upon the MissOurian unrestricted
power Of attOrney,''in a political sense.
Stone was given explicit authority to
name all committees or subcommittee
which might be necessary or might be
created under new rules; to do any
thing he thought best for the party in
the name of Chairman Jones, and, most
important of all, to offer Chairman
Jones' resignation to the committee, IF
the conditions should demand it."
Stones saturine sense of humor pre-
vented his showing this letter to the
few set-apart guardians. as they
thought, of the Jones interest, who
were there to fight the battle of Alt
geld, and who cOnsOled themselves an
defeat by saying:
Chairman Jones will undo this Whan
he comes hOme''
He put by the opportunity to become
chairman in name. Instead, he is chair
man in fact with authority dOuDly
conferred by virtue of Jones' power Of
attorney and by the committees action
in making him vice chairman, with
power to act in Jones' absence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-25
STORY ABOUT CLEMENS.
New York Paper Tells How He Was
Mistaken For Mark Twain.

The following from the New York
Press, is to say the least, entertain
ing:
For a man to have a double is often
confusing, but when the aforesaid dOu-
bic is famous complications of a stu
pendous character are apt to result A
man out in Topeka, Kan, by the name
of Clemens-G. G. CIemens-is con-
stantly being taken for the humorist of
the same name, and the more vehe-
mently he denies any relation to Mark
Twain the more the people laugh and
declare it's the best joke yet. He
found people taking his most serious
remarks overwhelmingly humorous.
He went to Europe years ago, and peO-
pie there dined and Wined him, belev-
ing that they had the real old stuff with
them. The more he tried to explain
that it was all a mistake on their part,
and the madden he got, the more tick
led they were. "Oh, Mr.. Twain, they
said, you are so funny! Now we see
through it ALL and you can't conceal
your identity from US on another Oc-
casiOn in crossing the brine he was ask
ed to make a speech on shipbOard on
the Fourth Of July. On reaching Glas-
gov his speech was printed in one of
the newspapers, and of course was
credited to Mark Clemens tried all
sorts Of arguments to prove that he
wasn't Mark Twain, but all the editor
said was, If you want to travel incOg..
its all very well, but I cannot and will
not tell my readers that the speech that
/ have published as yours is not your
own" That night Clemens went to the
theater with some steamer friends, and
greatly to their amusement Mark
Twain gags were thrown at him from
the stage. The next day crowds of
people came TO his hotel for his sigma
ture. He wrote his own honest name
in their albums. and they departed hap
py- He skipped the country and fed to
Paris, but here he was sought out. The
Glasgow editor sent for him. Thinking
that the truth at last was about to
come out, he returned and found that
the editor wanted to submit to him
business proposition. The editor was
to print anything that Clemens might
choose to write denying that he was
Mark Twain, and then pay Clemens
we'll for travelling over Scotland and
write it up 'On the American plan."
Clemens was to be himself and no one
else, and he was to get big pay for be
ing honest. This looked like a prOfita-
Bile and reputable scheme, and Clemens
write the letter denying his identity
on his tour But when he got to the
next town he found that his letter as
published had preceded him. Worse
than that, it was accepted as only one
more of Mark Twain's things" De
spairing of his attempt to be honest he
returned to America; but on ShipbOard
he became Iionized. Kind ladies got
down Marks books from the ships Ii
brary, and Clemens had to give read
dngs from THE Jumping Frog" and
other of his own works" He lost his
suspender buttons and collar buttons,
which were taken from him as SOuVen-
irs, and as soon as he reached New
York he rushed off to the land where
he was known for what he was.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-25
BUFFALO" JONES
His " Forty Years of AdYen-
ture" a Success.
A Romance of Real Life on
Frontiers.
A THRILLING STORY
Of an Exciting and EVentful
Career
Compiled and Edited by Colonel
Inman.
THRILLING STORY

The Kansas book, written and print
ed by Kansans, about a unique Kan
san, Hon. c. J., or Buffalo Jones is at
tracing attention in the east and Wher-
ever it has been placed.
The volume is profusely illustrated
and covers a career of wonderful ex-
ploits on the plains, in the Klondike,
in the arctic regions and other portions
of North America.
The following review of the book ap-
peared in the Chicago Herald:
No romance of adventure exceeds in
interest the realistic story of western
frontier days and hunting for bufaloes
expanded from the journal of c. ].
Jones, better known throughout the
west as Buffalo Jones'" The volume
which contains the thrilling incidents
of a life spent on the prairies and in
the far away regions of the north, has
been edited by Colonel Henry Inman,
who has shown judiciOus care in the Sc
IectiOns. From cover to cover the chap
ters read like stories drawn from vivid
imagination, and all are replete with
telling happenings, presented with
graphic touch.
AS the introduction says, Buffalo
Jones' has devoted the best years of his
life to saving from absolute extinction
one of the once most conspicuous in
point of mum bers of all the large NAM
mails on the North American continent
the bison or buffalo as commonly desig-
mated. He has also eXerted his energies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-25
M'KINLEY DESIRES REST.
Wishes to Avoid Newspaper GORE
apondents During His Vacation.

Plattsburg. N. Y, July 25.-Prepara-
tons are being made at Hotel Cham
plain in anticipation of the arrival of
President and Mrs. Mckinley, who are
expected Wednesday or Thursday of
this week. In view of Mrs. McKinley's
health, the president hopes to be able
to spend his time while here in absolute
rest and quiet. He has asked that no
newspaper correspondents be allowed on
the special train which will convey him
self and party to the shores of Lake
Champlain.
The suite of rooms facing the lake on
the main floor of the hotel annex which
the president occupied during his stay
at the hotel in the summer of 1897, is
being especially furnished and made
read for his occupancy.
Many prominent people are expected
at the hotel during the presidents visit.
among them being Secretary of the
Treasury Gage. Attorney General
Griggs, Vice President Hobart and fam
lily and Elihu Root, recently appointed
secretary of war