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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26
A PROSPECTIVE HUSBAND.
Romance of Life Among the Indians of
the Far North.


From Donohoe's Magazine.
A stalwart young Frenchman was Pierre
lie Brun, not long enough away from the
bracing air of Montreal to lose all his rosy
looks. True, the Alabama sun had bronz-
ed him not little; but when he threw off
his cap, the brow, under the clustering
black locks, was white as milk. The July
sun was losing some OF its fervor, for
evening was near. Pierre was thinking,
thinking. He always thought thus, when
he sat in his little boat, and looked over
the wide waters. He always remembered
how he jOurneyed in the great ship. with
his beloved Jean Baptiste lie Moyne, Sleur
de Bienyile.
Pierre had prospered in the new land
The Sieur had given him a good grant of
property His foUr-roomed adobe house
was well built; his crops Of tobacco, rice,
and indigo were plentiiui. His corn, too,
was yielding finely. While the crops were
growing, he went out searching for furs:
and his peltries always brought a good
price. Then the fish were so plentiful and
so good. Truly. il was lucky life for
hardy young Canadian; but, in the midst
of his prosperity, Pierre thought OF his
fair, smiling, snowy native land, of his
dear Montreal. its pretty homes and or
chards. its churches and crosses and then
of the rosy, white-capped girls. Pierre
sighed Seldom a woman did he see but
the Indian squaws in the ChoctaW vii
lage. When he Travelled on his hunting
trips, the Choctaws we're very hospitable
They liked the French settlers: and were
especially friendly with lie Brun Even
old Uchee. the proud old chief OF the
Choctaws, always gave him d grave well
come. And then Chiaha. Uchee's only
child, best-lOoking and most carefully
trained of al Indian maidensi lie Brun
sighed. In this strange land, where the
women OF his own race came not. a man
might as We'll marry an Indian Chiaha
was most desirable, attractive In appear
ance, well-mannered and full Of Industry.
good Catholic too; for. charmed with
the religion taught by the priests who
came with the French, she had been
baptized. with many OF her tribe Yes.
Pierre decided, he would go out 10 the
ChoctaW Viliage-tO-moFroW perhaps-and
see Chiaha and speak 10 old Uchee.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26
Nossce... without Love of Work.

From ladies' Home Journal
To win success In any vocation, the
present day, requires hard. persistent.
conscientious work. the best equipment
that is possible, and the employment OF
every resource that can be commanded.
Even the young mans manner. his per-
sonality. is a factor that makes itself
fell in his work, while executive ability
and good hare common sense are Gle
ments OF genius thai should never be lack
ing. The young man should clearly IN
derstand in advance that II he does not
have the capacity or love for work there
T. no profession ia hich he can win sue
cess But. having this. ne will find great
opportunities to make a name for himself
and TO earn larger pecuniaTy rewards than
men have ever before been able TO coin
out OF their brains.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26

deed rather than precept and remain at
home with her young daughters. Except
for another trip to New York and Brook
Ign, Philadelphia and Boston, in October,
for the purpose of addressing meetings In
these cities, Mrs. f3irney will be at her
Chevy Chase home until May, 1860 when
the fourth annual session of the national
congress will be held at Des MOines, Iowa.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26
Care of the Eyesight.

Dr. Powell gave a timely talk 10 all
of the public school teachers Of Wash
ington just before the opening Of school
upon their responsibility in caring for the
health OF the children left for many hours
a day under their immediate observation.
He gave particular attention ana time 20
the increasing defect in the eyesight OF
the pupils, and asked that each teacher
give especial care In selecting those near
sighted scholars and placing them within
seeing distance Of the blackboard, also
that especial care be given In adjusting
the height OF the seats of these children.
For those troubled with weak or other
wise defective sight IL was urged that
they be placed In a well moduls,ed light.
He gave as a reason for the increasing
defect In the eyesight Of children the III
Judgment OF seats. The desk must be al
a suitable distance from the seat and the
seat OF certain height. preferably OF the
same height as the knee, always so sd-
justed that the pupil may sit upright He
urged that the teacher look especially 10
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26
HEALTH In THE SCHOOL
Pointers to Teachers on Care
of the Pupils.
PARENTS ALSO TAKE PRECAUTIONS

system of Inspection Calculated 10 Check
Spread of Contagious Diseases Through
the Public Observation-Disclosures of Pen
ellis aud Com mon Use of Books Condemn
ed-Care of Pupils with Poor Eyesicht
and Afflicted with DeafDess
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26
Alas AIsekt

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free
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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26
Diet of School Children.

Putting aside the topic of contagious
diseases for a moment, DR.. Powell lays
much stress upon the diet given young
school children. little or no attention be-
ing paid to furnishing them with nour-
ishing food. Or, If attention is given to
the matter at home, the child is allowed
one or two pennies, or more, according
to the worldly wealth of the parents, to
spend at the noon hour. when, instead of
returning home TO M ~, but whole
some lunch, or, when this is impractical
bic, having it appetizingly put into a
neat package and carried to school, whole
penny brigades may be seen lining I'D the
school building, armed with huge pickles
just out Of the brine, accompanied by
gaudily colored candies CT stale uncIean
pies and cakes. This occurs just at the
hour when the children's stomachs. after
rest OF four or five hours, crave and
could digest a portion of substantial
brain, bone, ard fat-making food In
stead of providing it, the parent inocu-
lates the little body with poisonous stuff.
II a penny Is the limit, and no other
1000 can be provided-as may often he
the case with the children of a working
mother-urge that this mite be spent IN
the purchase of wholesome piece of
bread. DR.. Powell insists that parents
should do their whole duty toward their
children in this way, selecting their food
themselves, in a sensible manner and
especially protests against the pickle
luncheon.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26
Public School Sanitation,

IuDiic school Sanitation.
DR.. woodward spoke of the generous
appropriation of $4,000 last year. and the
same amount this year, to be used for
Plumbing in public schools, and smoke
Iurther or the great need of a daily medi-
cal inspection of public schools. When
case OF diphtheria or scarlet fever is
Known TO have been in a school room long
enough to endanger other pupils, a yaca-
tlon Is taken, or other arrangements are
made for the thorough fumigation of the
room with fOrmaldehyde gas This pre-
caution comes too late. Contact with the
person affected has already been had.
and the disease transmitted TO many 9th
ers.
The only remedy" urges DIR. Wood
ward, lies IN daily Inspection of the
pupils OF every school in the city, by a
regularly appointed corps of physicians.
There should be an addition made to the
public school appropriation for this pur-
pose. AT first glance, this seems to be
a stupendouS task, but when one consid-
ers how the great city of New York. and
also Boston, cOpes with the matter, one
need not doubt the feasibility OF the work
IN Washington. As an examination was
made every morning, the diseases were
in embryo. The inspection should be made
at the opening OF a morning session, for
IL allowed to remain, a sick scholar would
come in contract with the other children
in the room, and might start an epidemic
of disease.
The matter is reduced to a very simple
one, when IL Is explained. An intelli-
gent teacher looks carefully over the
little people Entrusted to her, and, maybe
asks, Has any one q sore throat p" or
Does any one feel bad IN any way?"
There are likely 10 be raised many little
hands whose owners misunderstood the
situation. and wanting everything that
may be casually mentioned con-
ceive the dc sirahility Of sore
throat or other ailment. The teach
er's sharp eyes soon detect this
Sometimes a cloth about the throat, a
| constant clearing, or little cough tells
the story. Often a flushed face, or list
| less air prOciaims the truth. Naturally
| Intelligent, kind and Watclful, she soon
learns the symptoms. and has ready,
maybe no children, maybe a half dozen,
| or more. The doctor takes them IN rOu-
tine and quietly determines If the case is
one that should be sent home where the
| family physician. or one paid by the city.
attends the case. An hour. sometimes a
! half hour. Is sufficient time for the in
| speetion Of a large school.
In case diphtheria occurs in a single
school room. frequent examinations OF ali
/ the throats in the room should be made.
| TO discover at the earliest possible mo-
ment the presence OF any membraneoUs
| deposit. or even condition which would
| serve as a lurking place for the lodg-
ment and growth of any contagious dis.
| ease organism.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26

Speaking Of the public school as a een-
ter for the spread of contagious Diseases
DR.. Woodward, Dr. Powell. and number
of prominent physicians attributed much
of it to some very simple reasons one
OF the first and most important is the
habit OF distributing lead pencils among
the school children. Most OF Jhe exercises
are written, and the habit is 10 distribute
the pencils among the children each
morning. After several hours of writing
and chewing the pencil alternately, or sit
ting with it between their lips, the PEN
ellis are again collected and returned to
the box until next day, when they are
redistribUted, chewed, and handled anew
by other than yesterdays owners.
In this way a child with sore mouth.
or throat affected, can, before the disease
is determined fully in its own case. dis
tribute it to great number of children
Another unclean habit imposed upon
the children is that OF all drinking from
the one cup. that is handled and sIoobered
upon by dozens OF children, many or
whom are dirty. if not infected with dis
ease. This matter. DR.. Powell. supsrIn-
tendent of public schools, said, should be
remedied by parents furnishing their
children with each a drinking cup, that
can De kept IN the cnlId desk.
Another source for spreading conta-
gious diseases is the promiscuous eX-
change of school books, especially in the
lower grades. These books are handled,
used, and chewed by children of all pos
sible classes and conditions. Many cases
of measles and scarlet fever are spread
in this way. This would naturally be the
result, as dozens of children return to
school during the stage of deSQuama ton.
There are many cases in whicn the con-
stitution of the patient is such that the
fever is unappr. cable and the child hav-
ing a slight rash only, little notice IS
given to the case by parents, and the
child continues al school until desquama-
ticn occurs, when, through the prOmiscu-
Gus handling of books pencils, and close
proximity, a new crop Of disease is pro-
dnnpd
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26
BOLERO WITH US AGAIN
Popularity of Spanish Jacket
Revived Since War.
GOWNS MADE on THE FIGURE NOW

Eton and Bolero Jackets No Longer Con-
as Accessories to All Sorts of Costume
Forecast ia FuTs for the W.nter-Giov.-
Hitting skirs to the Rnees-Shepherd
Piaids Are Very Popular This Season.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
A High Tariff Fallacy

Attention is called to the fact
by the Philadelphia Record that
a wool firm in that city has dur
ing the past week sod about
100000 pounds of territory wool
for export purposes. Despite the
Dingley tariff the price of Amer
lean fine wool is SO low that it
can be transported abroad into
free trade markets and probably
manufactured. This. as is point
ed out by the ST. Louis Republic
presents tue anomaly existing in
the United States Of protected
wool which has to be sold into
free trade markets for profitable
sale.
Should the surplus of uncons
sumed wool continue to be sent
out of the country the American
consumer will in the long run be
compelled to buy back at higher
prices its, equivalent in the shape
of raw material. The wool tariff
has not promoted the sheeprais.
:ng business and the wooden tar
if has not extended the manufacs
turing business. And the consum-
er has paid big taxes on both i'm
ported and homemade goods, The
wool and wooden duties are mar4
wells of statemanship.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
COTTON AND WOOL In


Wool manufacturers are still
depressed, as they long have
been, and the more the situation
is studied, the more plainly it APP
pears that wool must be sold at
lower prices if it is to regain its
old position in the clothing
market. It seems that people
haYe come to expect low prices
of clothing; they prefer lower
prices each year; and they will
not pay higher prices. They will
under compulsion pay higher
prices for articles of food, but
they will take an inferior article
Of clothing before they will pay
a higher price.
The only manufacturers who
have plenty of orders r the
men who put more and more cot
ton in their products. Cotton is,
in other words, supplanting wool.
In cold weather it is not so good
as wool, but consumers accept it
rather than pay higher prices.
The wool manufacturers begin
to see what the situation really is,
Wool and wooden mills are in the
dumps. If wool goes back to old
prices wool goods can be sold at
old prices, but until it does sub
stitutes for wool will be largely
used. The tariff upon wool Is
valueless, and if it were taken off
wool producers would not suffer
much harm, while some forms of
wool manufacturers would become
prosperous. AS things now stand,
the entire industry is depressed,
and no one can see much prospect
Of better prices or a better de-
mand. King Cotton is nonopos
lizing the best branches of the
trade, and the people go without
warm clothing in the colder por-
tions of the year. The tariff is a
deluslon. The people have met it
face to face, and they refuse to ac-
cept the prices it dictates in cloth
ing. No one buys, and the mills
r not prosperous. They cannot
sell their goods at remHnerative
prices. They are in fact very
much %chagrined because they have
not been able to reap a share Of
the tariff plumber.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
Storm Raging in the Phi 1ppines.

Manila, May % "A terrific ty.
phoon is raging. Ships are un-
able to put to sea from this port.
The departure Of the First Cali
fornia for Visayo has been pre-
vented by the storm.
The railway tracks have been
repaired. The first train reached
San Fernando this morning.
The Spanish newspaper"Ocean
ica' has been suppressed by the
military authorities aud the ed
itor arrested fer publishing OBJ
jectionable articles.
Two battalions Of the Sixth
Artillery and 26o marines arriv-
edfrom San Francisco this morn.
ing.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
Southern Timber Lands,

"Every year." says the Pine
Belt News. timber becomes
more valuable and large tracts of
it are being gobbled up by syndi-
Gates and railway companies.
Southern yellow pine and hard.
wood lands are quietly being
gathered in at a rate that would
astonish the country if the figures
could be gathered and published.
Good timber lands all over the
south are on the verge of a boom
in prices. A great deal of idle
money is seeking this kind of in-
vestment."
There is q deal of truth in this
statement Of toe timber situation.
Holders of timber lands in the
south should remember that the
timber OF the country is practic
ally exhausted except in the
south, and that the demands upon
the southern supply will become
greater every additional year.
Every tree in the south has value
in it. Every tree can be turned
to some Sc. Even sweet gum is
coming into use and value; and
all know that the yellow pine and
the oaks are wanted, and all
should know that they are worth
good money. The timber of the
south should not be parted with
for a song. 1t is worth a good
deal of money, and, if held, it will
be worth much more in the course
of a single decade,
If the woods of the south could
be turned into manufactured
goods, they would make this sec
ton very prosperous and very
rich; but if this be largely out of
question, then let the standing
timber be held until it brings a
satisfactory price. Lumber of all
kinds has been advanced in price,
but every gain in that direction
will be maintained, simply be-
case the supply is becoming
shorter every day, aud it's ex-
haustion can be foreseen. The
valuable forests of the north
have been swept away, and within
twenty. five years the forests of
the south will 20 also.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
Members ct our e. mmissiOn
Disagree.

Manila, May 23-The confers
e1ce of the civilian members of
the United States Philippine
Commission with the represent
atives of the Filipinos continues.
The military and civil elements
OF the American commission difs
fer regarding the wisdom of q
continuation of the conference,
the former adhering to. their ORR
ginal demand OF unconditional
surrender Of the insurgents.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
Sharp Fights To day.

Manila, May 23.-Major Bell.
Of the Fourth Cavalry, made a
reconnaissance at Santa Rita.
West Bacolar. to-day, and ems
couutered considerable resist
ance. Several of our men were
wounded.
There was also a brush at
Marquina and later at Pasay by
the First Idaho and Twelfth In~
fantry.
The Americans lost two killed
and two wounded.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
WITH THE INSECTS.

Mrs Rumble discovered q giant roach
Which shook like a leaf ather approach
He thought of his little brothers and
cousins
Whom Mrs. Bundle had killed by
dozens.
Up on his launches the great bug
stood,
The type of noble insecthood.
MRS. Bundle, - said he, Il don't think
you oughter
Continue this massacre and slaughter;
Ali my relations have ceased to wag
By that fearful destroyer Black Flag.
I'm the last bug of the cockroach race
Which gambols DER your lovely place;
Likewise have my kinsmen the flies
and ants
Died in great numbers from this ter
rible lance"
Mrs. Bundle smiled at his fearful
speech;
But the Black Flag was in reach,
She took good aim, gave a gladstone
shout
And the lamp of life in the roach went
out.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the
feet. It cures painful, smarting, nerv-
Gus feet, and instantly takes the sting
out of corns and bunions. It's the great
est comfort discovery OF the age. Aliens
Foot-Ease makes tight or shoes
f Ell easy. Try it to-day. Sold by all
druggists, grocers and shoe stores and
general st0rekeepers every where. BY
mail for 25cts. in stamps. Trial pack
age FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted,
LEROY, N Y.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
BROOKE AND GOMEZ.
Made for Surren-
der of Insurgents Arms.

Havana, May 23.-Final revis>
ion of the agreement between
Generals Brooke and Gomez as
to the manner and terms of the
disbandment of the Cuban army
took place late this afternoon.
The conference of the two gems
erals was held at the Vedado
headquarters. Word by word the
decree which the Governor Gem
eral will publish, was gone over
until the language used Expressed
exactly the ideas of the two men.
The proclamation will go to
the printers tomorrow and its
publication will follow in the
Official Gazette on Wednesday
morning. So far as Generals
Brooke and Gomez are concerned,
the matter Of the payment OF the
troops has been definitely settled.
The new decree differs from
that drafted last Tuesday, and
the provisions which I named in
my dispatches the same day, in
that it defines the form Of the
surrender by the insurgents Of
their arms. They are to be de-
liyered to the civil governors and
alcaldes of each province, who
will retain custody of them until
some date yet to be designated.
when they will be gathered into
two central armories, one at Ha-
vana and one at Santiago.
The custodians Of these armor-
les will be mustered out of Cuban
soldiers, and, though the author
ity over the armories is still uns
defined, it is understood that 1t
will rest IN some permanent
Cuban, probably General Gomez
himself. The concentration of
the arms and equipments in these
two cities will meet the intention
of the administration in removing
them in the event of future, dise
satisfaction from the power of
mobs, as it is felt that if stored
IN the lesser towns they would
become dangerous.
The other provisions of the
week-old decree remain un-
touched. Colonies Randall. Raj
ferty and Bisbee are already at
the stations under instructions to
await the immediate publication
of the order, when they will be-
gin negotiations with the civil
Governors of the three western
provinces and arrange the times
and places of payment with the
utmost speed.
The copying of the muster rolls
continues and will be finished on
Thursday. This work has been
greatly retarded by the futile en-
dervor to identify the fifteen
hundred soldiers holding govern
ment positions. It was decided to
eliminate these names from the
lists as a last resort. Each SOL
der who presents himself to the
pay tables will be required to
prove that he is not a govern
ment employe. AS the lists go to
the paymasters they will contain
nearly forty>two Thousand names
of insurgents.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
A Consul Dead.

New York, May 23.-The
steamship Helvetia arrived this
morning. She brings The body of
United States Consul Clark, of
Pernambuco. He was returning
to his native shores when he
died at sea.
He was a native of New Hamp-
shire to which State his body
will probably be sent for inter-
ment.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder
Disease relieved in six hours by New
Great South American kinney Cure"
tits a great surprise on account of its
exceeding promptness in relieving pain
in bladder, kidneys and back. in male
or female. Relieves retention of water
almost Immediately. Ii you want quick
relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold
by NJ. E. Robinson & Bro. Druggists,
GOidshoro N O.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
MOZLEY'S Lemon ELIXIR.
Regulates the Liver. Stomach, Bowels al
x i'll

Regulates the Liver. Stomach, Bowels and
Kidneys.
For biliousness, constipation, and
malaria.
For indigestion, sick and nervous
headaches.
For s~leeplessness, nervousness, heart
failure, and nervous ~prostration.
For f~evers, chills, debility and kid
ney diseases, take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies, for natural and thorough
organic regulation, take Lemon Ell
ixir.
80 C and 81 bottle at druggists.
Prepared only by DR.. a. Mozely, At
lanta, Ga.
Gratitude.
DR.. II. Mozles-Dear Sir: Since using
your Lemon Elixir. l have never had
another attack of those fearful sick
headaches, and thank God that I have
at last found a medicine that will cure
those awful sCeIls.
Mrs. ETA W. JONES,
Petersburg. West Virginia.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-25
NO CURE-No PAY.

That is the way all druggists sell
GROVES TASTELESS CHILL
TONIC for Chills and Malaria. 1t is
simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteles
orm. Children love it. Adults pre-
fer it to bitter, n~auseating Tonics
Price. Soc.