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The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
Retired Clergyman Passes Away.

Saratoga, N. Y, Nov. 1.-Rev. DR..
John Wesley Cracraft, a retired clergy
man of the Protestant Episcopal
church, died here Tuesday of paralysis,
aged 72 years. He was born near Cleve-
land, and had built a number of
churches in Illinois and Ohio. The
largest was the Church of. the Ascen-
sion, at Chicago. He was graduate of
Boxley Theological seminary, of Gam
bier, o., and afterwards studied at Lane
Theological seminary, in Cincinnati.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09

4 New York city was full of fakirs dur
ing the Dewey celebration, and the
lands slubbers" were duped with all
sorts of tricks. The best fakir of the lot
was n.neryy fellow who picked out peo-
splefrom the interior who had never seen
q body Of water big enough to float a
canal boat and sold them "canes made
from the log of the Olvmnia. :" ab
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09

ls there " any one thing which should
be incuicated In the coming generation
~ American children II is the love of
Yistice, e,and inanifestly 1t Is not just to
;Ist1rt facts i1 literature or history,
sssen IN cause supposed TO be good.
atwill net hurt The child 10 understand
\ that great men OF history had their
gAujts, and thpt some men who had q
sd tnfAsAes wsrs honest IN their be.
80 and erred only through Ignorance
~ M truth The child win then grow
4 w dsttfmlpsd ~ understand tbs facts
Il : ~ hefofs giving judgmsnt--And
II 4 y llls AyelA w u sslIoa.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
Long Distance Line Onened.

Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 2.-The long-dis-
tance lines of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company connecting the
north and south were formally opened
Wednesday night. President Mckinley,
from his office in the white house, in
conversation with Col. RobertJ. Lowry,
president of the Lowry Banking COM
pany, congratulated the city of Atlanta
and the south upon having completed
this new commercial link which binds
the country closer together.
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II Is strange; how much a perso,

lts Is strange how much person may
go through and come out uninjured,
and how little it sometimes takes to
kill, While a train was running 40 miles
AN hour near Waseca, Mimi, deranged
woman who was being taken to an asy-
slum jumped through the car window
and was unhurt. In the same exchange
we notice q dispatch telling of the death
OF physician in a Connecticut town,
resulting from scratch by surgeons
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09

The Washington Humane society has
passed a resolution regretting that the
committees of arrangements in New
York and Washington for the reception
of Admiral Dewey ''disregarded the hu-
mane sentiment Of the people of the
country in providing docked horses for
the carriage used for the guest of honor,
\ ssfhnssgiving countenance on conspicu-
sOus occasions to senseless and barbar-
sous fashion which itshould be the duty
$of8all right-thinking people to discour-
npte q, - 4. go
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
Conventional Confu.ion.

'1t is curious" remarked the Lay Fig.
ure, "that, people think the dumdum bullet
.sNot at all" rejoined the Unconscious
1mbecile. 'sYou see, Immediately the dunn.
dunn bullet enters a. body it mushrooms.
Now, most people don't know the differ-
and toadstool is poisonous. Curious?
Why, it's the most natural thing in the
world for people to think that" tf. =
OF the, Others, not one forgot that he was
q gentleman.-Detroit Journal. i
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ocean Record Beaten.

New York, Oct. 30.-Again all ocean
records have gone to smash. The big
North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse crossed the bar at
1903 p. m. Saturday, lowering the
worlds western record II minutes. It
took. the big German but five days, II
hours and 4s minutes to steam from
Southampton. Thus it beat it's own
record made on September g.. 1899. The
average speed was 22.14.knots per hour.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09

The South African republic is not so
small as most people think. Its area is
about 1000 square miles, and it is
larger than New York state and the
whole of New England combined, and
sconsiderably more than half as large
as either France or Germany. The
Orange Free State is not so large, but.
together the two sister republics form
g territory about the size of Iowa, Wis.
cOnsin and Illinois combined.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09

Trade is usually described as follow
ing the flag, though some people aver
it goes in the opposite direction. How
ever that may be, the trade that follows
the aag is all right. 1t is only when
it wants toayet' on the flag, in the shape
of an advertisement, that the American
people object.
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he log of the OIympia. "
Thesspecial expert sent abroad by

EaS Thesspecial expert sent abroad by, the
agricultural department in search of
new seeds, grains and plants. has
brought back among other things an
eyerbearing strawberry" This won
derful strawberry, which comes from
France; is said to produce fruit for
months on the same plants, and small
patch will keep family supplied for
many, MANY weeks.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09

In fixing the new boundary line the
Alaskan modus vivendi throws the Por-
cupine country on the American side.
There is not much demand for porcu-
pines at present, but it is an industry
that can be nourished, and hence
will do.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
LATER NEWS,

AATEN NEWS.
Beyond statement that the fight
ing at Ladysmith was in progress no
late news from the seat of war was
given out by the war Office in London.
When the last report from Ladysmith
left the battle was still on, the Beers
and British fighting an artillery duel.
Gov: Murphy, of Arizona, says the ter
ritory will ask for admission to state
hood when congress meets.
Alvin Saunders, who was territorial
governor of Nebraska during the civil
war and afterwards United States SEN
ator, died in Omaha, aged SO years.
Samuel Diclsie, chairman of the ma
tional committee, of the prohibition
party, has resigned.
The annual report of the adjutant gen
eral of the army, Brig. Gen. Corbin, sums
up the militaryfforces now in the serv-
ice of the United States as: Regular
army, 64,5s6: volunteers, 34,574; total,
99,160. .',
The annual report of the adjutant
general shows the casualties in actions
and deaths in the regular and volun-
teer armies between May 1,.1s9s, and
June 3d. 1899, numbered 1O.O76.
An explosion of mill dust in the New
England mills in Chicago wrecked half
a block of buildings and caused the loss
of five lives.
The steamer George L. Colwell, bound
from Fernandina, Fla, to New York,
was wrecked in a hurricane off the
South Carolina coast and 13 of the crew
perished.
Judge John D.. Long, of Florida, has
been appointed diplomatic agent and
consul general at Cairo, Egypt.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st shows that the debt decreased
S2,276,l9s during the month of October.
The cash balance in the treasury was
$1,o25,1 5,155,s49. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to 81, ,046, ,049. .02O.
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows that the
national bank note circulation in
the United States on the list was $242,-
9s4,694.
The Fifty-frst Iowa regiment was
mustered out in San Francisco and i'm
mediately left for home.
The rapidity of Gen. Lawton's move
ments in the march north from San
lsidro gives promise that the Philippine
insurrection may be crushed in few
weeks. Maj. Parker, of Gen. Lawton's
command, with. two troops of the
Fourth cavalry, captured Aliaga, a town
of $1,000 inhabitants 16 miles north
west of San Isidro,
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New IIi.euit COmDany.

San francisco, Nov. Alt is stated
that the organization OF the Pacific
Coast Biscuit company IL un assured
fact The syndicate is capitalized for
$5,D00,000,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09

If the mere kissing of pretty girl
is punished in Connecticut by Is days
imprisonment what would be the Con-
necticht idea Of justice in the case of 4
man Swho pleads guilty of having 40
1pivesY iSs F
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09

A promptdenia is made by the sultan
of Turkey Of the report that he has been
disciplining q squad of his wives by
drowning. He is indignant at the
charge of such a. wanton waste of wa
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
DEAN Og IIt.Aou Of Ma,nr

Portland, Meu Nov I.--Ilenry Adams
Nesly, bishop ot tbs Protestant Ispiseo.
pal diocese of Maine, died VI nine
O'clock Tuesday Night.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09

Long-Family troubles, Ell? What rock
did your domestic ship split on?
Short-It was the absence of Crooks" that
caused the split-Chicago Evening News.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09

Mrs. Langtry and her latest husband,
Hugo de Bathe, have separated in Lon
don. He was jealous.
In the Congo the Belgian telegraph
expedition was attacked by 1880 ma
tives. The Belgian loss was nine killed,
AZ wounded; natives, 300 killed, 600
wounded. Il.
For service in the Philippines so of
the Olympia's crew, who fought in the
battle of Manila, have reenlisted.
The Royal British fusileers, No. 10
mountain battery and the Gloucester
shire regiment were surrounded in the
hills at Ladysmith by the Beers, and,
. after losing heavily, were Obliged to
capitulate. The captured troops num-
ber 1000. The Boer losses in the battle
were placed at 900 men. Latest advices
say the Beers were preparing to attack
Ladysmith.
In Colombia seven insurgcnt ships
were sunk by government cruisers and
one of them went down with 200 men.
The main insurgent army in front of
Macarthur was retreating to the north
east and Aguinaldo has established \
new capital at Bayongong. Gen.
1oung's column was steadily contin-
uing it's advance to the north, the OBJ
jective points being San Jose and Caran-
CLAN.
Flames destroyed the Webster hotel
in Montreal and three persons lost their
lives. -
In Lake Winnipeg the steamer Lady
of the Lake went down with a big car
go. All on board were saved.
Proof that the Filipinos are receiv-
ing arms and ammunition from Japan
has been received by the state depart
ment in Washington.
Between France and China war is
likely through Peking's alleged failure
to yield territory claimed.
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good, but more Of it is bad. The latter
looks mostly to the punishment orshu-
initiation Of Gen. Miles, in some way.
because he has publicly spoken about
things which strictly speaking, should
only have been reported to the War
Department by him. The proposal to
amend the Army Bill. in the Senate,
bv reviving the grade of Lieutenant
General, is understood to have been
made to give the President an oppor-
tunity to humiliate Gen. Miles, by nom
mating another officer to be Lieutenant
General. The best advice given the
President. and that most likely to be
acted upon, is to order Military In
quiry, which will prove or disprove the
charges of Gen. Miles.
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Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub,
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The proprie,
tors of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds, have
given away over ten million trial bot
Ties of this great medicine; and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has abso-
lutely cured thousands OF hopeless cases g.
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all
diseases of the throat, chest and lungs
are surely cured by it. Call on WATERS
PHARMACY and get trial bottle free.
Regular size Soc. and 81. Every bot
tie guaranteed, or price refunded.
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At War Again.

On Sunday last the organized forces
of the Philippine insurgents attacked
Gen. Otis at Manila. A severe battle
ensued, where something less than one
hundred Americans were killed and
wounded. while it is certain that the
insurgent loss must be counted by the
thousands. The first thing that sug-
gests itself is, could this haye been avoid
ed and if SO, why was it not avoided?
That so poor return for driving out
their Spanish oppressors should come
this early and with such an apparent
lack OF cause assuredly puts St r'ous
blame upon policy. whether of overt
act, or of omission to forsee 80 serious
coming events, that, has as an outcome
of our war with Spain, logically or il
logically, war with the oppressed in
whose interest we. forced that issue.
Were it not that it is terrible, 1t would
be absurd, this being driven to shoot
down people for whom, but a few
months ago, American sympathy went
out and for whom Americans became
the target of Spanish rifles. Yes, were
not war hideous, the satire of the pres
ent situation would provoke smile.
Of two things there can now be no
doubt; first that for their ingratitude
in shifting the hand that had been
stretched forth to release and upbui'd
them as people, they should be taught
again and again the lesson that they
learned on Sunday last at the hands of
Gen. Otis:
Second, that until they have been
made to respect us,we do not want them
as citizens.
We have insisted from the beginning
that they are not fit to govern them
selves and that in displacing their Span
ish masters, we have fallen under an
obligation to provide them with gov
eminent that will better their condi-
ton and now that they have given the
most positive and direct evidence of the
narrow margin between barbarism and
their conception of the relation they
bear to their fellowmen, We are more
positive than ever that, for their event.
ual good, our authority should be ex-
tended over them and with righteous
but rigid hand. VI.
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A Clever Trick.

1t certainly looks like 1t, but there il
really no trick about it. Anybody car
try it who has Lame Back and Weak
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We mean he can cure himself right
away by taking Electric Bitters. This
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acts as stlmulant to Liver and Kid
news, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic
1t cures constipation, headache, faint
ing spells, sleeplessness and melanc holy
1t is purely vegetable, mild laxative
and restores the system to its natural
vlgor. Try Electric Bitters and be
convinced that they are a miracle work
err. Every bottle guaranteed. Only
SOC. bottle at WATERS PHARMACY.
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DEADHEAD.-The origin of this e,

DEADHEAD.-The origin Of this ex-
preston az denoting one who has free
entrance to places of amusement comes
from Pompeii, where the checks for free
ADMISSION were small ivory death'a
heads. Specimens of these are in the
museum at Naples. "Deadheadism,' y
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Public SALE

By virtue of power Of sale contained in
q mortgage from George w. King to John
g Motter, trustee. bearing date the 9Th day
of June, 1893, assigned to Vincent Sebold,
which said mortgage and said assignment Is
recorded in Liber ). L. J No. 8, folio 100,
one of the Land Records of Frederick Coun.
ty the undersigned Assignee of Mortgage
will sell at public sale at the Court House
door in Frederick City, Frederick County.
MARYLAND, on
MONDA Y, FEBRUARY20, 1899.
AT O'CLOCK P. NJ,
the following described real estate.
All those lots or parcels of land situated
on the west side of Water ct. IN the town of
OF Mechanicstown,n now Thurmont, Frederick
County, Maryland, improved bya
LOG WEATHERBOARD
DWELLING
with brick back building and frame shop
addition, frame stable and corn crib. There
is well Of water on the premises. The said
property adjoins the lands of W. A. Valen.
tine on the north and W. g. Cover on the
south, fronts on Water street and runs back
to an alley and is designated as lot No. rs
and part of lot No. 3S on the town plot of
said town and is now occupied by Geo. W.
King and John FL. Kehn.
TERMS OF SALE as prescribed by mort.
gage, Cash
All conveyancing at the expense Of the
purchaser.
VINCENT SEBOLD,
jan 10 st. Assignee Of Mortgage.
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Rucklen,s Armies Salve.

!; The Best Salye in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum.
Fever Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands.
Ohilblaips, Corns and all Skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. It is guaranteed to give per
feet satisfaction or money refunded.
Price Is cents per box. For sale by
Waters Pharmacy.
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Dangers of The Grip.

The greatest danger from La Grippe Is OF
its resulting in pneumonia. If reasonable
care lie used, however, and Chamberlaln,s
Cough Remedy take, ali danger will be avoid
ed. Among the tens of thousands who have
used this remedy for Ia grippe we have yet
to learn of a single case having resulted IN
pneumonia which shows conclusively that
this remedy is certain preventive OF that
dangerous disease. 1t will cure Ia grippe in
less time than any other treatment. 1t is
pleasant and safe to take For sale by DR..
]. K. Waters.
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are to oe taken by Columbia students. Here
tofore Barnard's fair maids have themselves
had tolmpersonate their Romeos, but now
they Will have real live men to rehearse with
them and to talk sweet nonsense to them In
the bright springtimc. We venture to hope
that this charming theatrical combination
may have the same happy denouenient as the
following, taken from The Polytechini::
Said whiskered Med, to fair Co Ell,
I'm like ship at sea,
Exams. are near, and much l fear
l will unlucky be-"
Then said she, IA shore I'll be,
30. Come. res, thy troubles Der" r..... +.
Then darkness fell. and all was well,
For the ship that Rugged the shore.
Everything points to great racing season
the comming spring, There is talk OF a race
between Joe Patchen, OIL and John r. Cen
try, Q 0O2. and of course it would be guessing
to name the winner. And somebody else
has nnearthed a scheme to put these two
great pacing stations against each other and
against Star Pointer, whose record is 1854,
and t. add delightful bl. of uncertainty to
1t, has invented the remarkable idea of hook.
ing Star Pointer to wagon, Gentry to a
sulky, aud Patchen under the saddle. We
fancy that in such scheme it will be dollars
to dopghnuts on Gentry and that every sport
within a days journey will spend his last
dime to get here
1t was not cabled to Europe nor were the
New York papers full of it, but there was
nevertheless delightful reunion of Thur.
monters at the hospitable home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Drake, Saturday evening. Mrs. John
Landers, who has been visiting her son, Lieut..
Landers at West Point, Miss Fannie Ian.
ders who has been studying music in Boston
but will finish her studies in New York, and
the writer were the guests. 1t is more than
pleasant to meet familiar faces away from
home. even In the cold corridors Of hotel,
but 1t is delightful when kind Providence
DEGREES such a reunion in the home OF friends
whose gracious hospitality breatbes q well
come in every word and smile, and the day
lives long in Memory's halls.
CE.H.
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Why is it that the little boy who begs
a penny for bread always looks at one
with eyes so blue and so honest that
they forbid the very thought of decep-
ton even though crap game may be
waiting for him round the corner? n
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To gain flesh it is well to eat fresh
bread, potatoes, plenty of fruit and
vegetables, rice, corn starch puddings,
as many sweets as you can gest,pastry,
milk, cocoa, and plenty Of water, cool.
but not iced. The foregoing diet with
good exercise and plenty of sleep will
add flesh and fat. Don't hurry or don't
worry about anything should be added.
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A writer on the sight says that wear.
ing wells permantly weakens many nat.
urally good eyes. on account of the en-
deavors of the eye to adjust itself to the
ceaseless vibrations OF that too common
article of dress.