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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-09-27

driving down into the kidneys of the
animal. when, having pecked Its way
Into the spine Of the sheep. the bird Of
evil releases his hold. flies slowly away
surfeited with his fenst.
The kea does not sit around expect
lEg those who are curious concerning
bis habits to look for him. He has a
ievouring curiosity of his own that will
not allow him to walt to be studied.
He comes right up and studies the stu
dent When I lay down they would
have pecked theie -'e- into my anat-
amy and eaten rIes sOu,x,nd not at
asst sprung to my feet an6s S1yen them
IF.
began my studies. having erected
my abode, which had brought along
with me insections on the back Of a
rFr.ise .ess -ssasAa- srrsrs.ss s.lQeee ssp~.
corrugated ron. 1T Would never e1S w. y
such q region to sleep with nothing to
shie' me from the keas. The auda-
cious birds would have pecked the mule
and me to death as we slept just to see
what we were made of.
The next most interesting thing dis
covered about the kea Is that he seems
to have the power of conversing. Ii
It was not a conversation that was be-
Ing carried on between a flock of these
birds that lighted near me. and II
was not the subject of that cOnversa-
ton, then l am myself unable to speak
and hear. The keas talked together
while they gradually approached me
and crawled around. hopping on to ev-
cry part Of my outfit. prying into my
kettles. my boots. my bottles. They
would take things in their beaks and
throw them playfully over their heads,
:ry to bore their way into the interior
Of my camp tins. and. finding the metal
harder than they expected. would turn
It over and over. looking for a weaker
part.
That night I slept to the music of u
lin that threatened to distract me.
The keas were on the roof Of the CORFU
gated house. They seemed to be play
Ing tag all night. for the scratching
on the iron showed that they were con-
stantly In danger Of being crowded OF
the roof and saved themselves only by
clawing at the metal. ! had had
enough of the keas by the morning and
got ready to pack up and leave. But
they had not had enough of me. was
evidently the best show that had ever
come their way.
Peculiarities OF Colored Children
ColOred children are much more SEN
sItive to heat than white children,
which probably means that their power
,f discrimination Is much better. and
not that they suffer more from heat.
Colored girls have larger circumference
Of head at all ages than white girls.
White children not only have a greater
standing height than cOlOred children.
but their sitting height Is still greater;
vet colored children have a greater
weight than white children. that Is,
white children, relatively to their
height, are longer bodied than colored
children. The percentage of long head
edness (dollcocephaly) among colOred
bows Is more than double that Of white
boys. This may be due to racial influ-
ence.-Journal Of American Medical
Association.
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RECEIPTS.
Shell Fish SurveyAc-
1897 Oh
Oyster Patrol Service 997 90
q I OoA NJ
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H re.

We wish to give a full and complete
account OF the acts of the Lagis
lsture and IN Cur efforts to 90 go
this week we fell to bring the proceed
ings up TO date. HsEce, this brief
summary Of acts, regarding which
more will be said next week.
Ga Wednesday the Senate passed
the Jim Crow Car bill. Tle House
passed the bill to appoint five commits
sioners for Forsyth county, the onni
bus pension bill, and abolished the Rail
road Commission. A commission to
be known So the Commission of Corpo
rations succeeds to it's powers and al
so controls in @ measure the banking
and building and loan business of the
State.
On Thursday the Senate passed the
election law. At 4 p. m. the House
and Senate in j1int session began the
consideration Of the case of the two
Wilson's, and the session continued
with but an hours intermission till
after 3 o'clock Friday morning. Else.
where more is said regarding this a
On Friday the Senate adopted the
House bill repeating the Railroad Com.
mission act TO go into effect March
2O5b) and appropriated IS 600 for a
monument t. q B Vance to be erected
in capitol square.
On Saturday the legislature reached
its go day limit and the pay Of the
members C asad. Much important
work, however, is yet to be done aud
toe fnal a6j ournmane will probably &C
cur not before Wednesday. The Sea-
ate passed q bill appropriating S. 600
t3r the Soldiers Home, enc the House
passed bills approprlat;Ug S. 600 for
improvements as the Normal and In
dIsCrIsl College and SO, 900 for the
State Gard
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was then agreed to, 116 to "a, on a
standing vote, and the yeas and nays
we're taken. The vote resulted 142 to
Sc, thus finally adopting the special
mail amendments of the Senate and
also making a complete agreement on
the postomce appropriation bill. The
amendments added by the Senate and
concurred in, provide ''tor necessary
and special facilities on the trunk lines
from New York and Washington to
Atlanta and New O leans, $171, 1885,"
at the discretion of the Postmaster
G 9neral; for similar facilities from
Kansas City, No, to Nswton, K snsae,
$25 900. We have hitherto expressed
our opinion of this measure. 1t is
greatly to the credit of the N0rth Caro-
lima delegation that only n of their
number, Linney, voted for the meas
ure. Fowler, Snutord, S5rowd, and
Skinner voted nay. The other pre-
sentatives from this State yer absent.
The bribery charges against Mark
Hanna have been Withdr "a IN.
The Naval appropriation bill has
passed both Houses of Congress. 1t
carries an appropriation Of something
over $45, 600. 900. In the Senate, the
bill was amended by reducing price of
armor plate from $445 to $500 per ton.
Tnis was Mr.. Tillman's Is o. amend.
ment. He declared that millions Of
dollars were being equandered by the
G Jvernment in feathering the nests of
the armor trust and he felt that the
Senate and country ought to know
what kind of a steal was going on"
The amendment was adopted by a
vote of "a to 26. Bltler voted aye and
then offered an amendment-Which
was adopted by a vote of 80 to 81
providing that if the companies re
fused to accept $500 a ton the S9cre,
tary Of the Navy should proceed to
erect an armor factory at q cost of
81 500. 900 and appropriating 50. 900 900
for operating the plant.
This is another victory for the Sena-
tor from North Carolina.
The Senate has passed without de-
bate the bill giving Spain $50. 600, 900
for the Philippines.
P. 8. Congress adjourned Saturday.
Senator Buffers plan for a govean-
ment plant did not meet with
aDproval in the Fl 1use and go failed.
The General Deficiency bill passed, the
members of the House sang patriotic
songs and so ended the last session of
the Fifty Fifth Congress.
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THK CHARLOTTE DIsPRksARY

The bill to establish q ~dIspereary at
Charlotte having passed the II use Of
Representatives, vas recently taken
up by the Senate.
For more than three and a half
hours" says Col DDS, "Ehe largest
crowd that ever assembled 10 the Sen
ate hall surged close to the Presidents
desk, swayed with an ever reCurrent
wave Of interest" Interest In all
other legislation was for the time gone
and one thought that agiEated the
mind OF one Of the most representa-
tive bodies that ever gathered in North
Carolina was: will the voice of
the majority Of Mecklenburg's white
voters he heard, will Charlotte get the
~dispensary; or viii the Senate sustain
the Senator from M~ecklenburg, who
during the last campaign, made
pledges to the liquor men7" In the
course of his speech one of the Senators
said the Democratic party instructed
its candidates ito promise the coun.
try people free silver, tell the negro
his name was mud, and promise every
body else everything they wanted"
Senators E sves, Jones, and Hairston
spoke against the ~dispenssry. Then
came Senator Mcintyre who said he
loved Nc. Osborne, but could not fol
low him against God and conscience
He had made no promises to the Ii
quor men during tha last campaign,
mol would he consider himself bound
by promises made by another, The
great, glorious voice of the people
must be heard. More than 8 O0O peo
pie representing SO per cent. of the
intelligence, wealth and integrity OF
Mecklenburg wanted the ~dispeDsarg.
They petitioned for it acc riding to
their constitutional right and should
have it
Senator Jerome, Of Uaiou than
spoke. He, too, nad opposed rhe dis,
pensary when IL was first talked Of.
but efter trying i st Monroe, became
convinced that it was a good thi1g.
Toe bsrkeeper, said he, tries to sell
Whiskey to boys and tries to promo7e
intempsrance, because the more he
sells, the more appetite he creates, the
more money ne makes. Not 90 with
the dispsnsary keeper. he Is paid a
regular salary, must close at sunset,
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RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS RE-
INSTATED.

Few matters that engaged the at
tention Of the present legislature at
tracted the interest which was CEN
tured upon the legislative investiga
ton of the case of the two railroad
Commissioners, Messrs. ]. W. and 5
O. Wilson. 1t seems that a majority
of the members were fer acquital all
the time, but failed to bring it to a con
cIusion for some time. The investiga
ting committee reported in favor OF the
Wilson's some time ago, but not until
last Friday morning at $50 did the
two houses finally settle the matter.
The vote stood: to reinstate Mel lr
Wilson, 80; against reinstating him,
Sc. For reinstating Mr.. 8. 0. Wilson,
"A; against reinstating him, So
The commissioners were put out Of
Office nearly eighteen months ago by
the Governor on the charge that they
were more or less, directly, or indi
rectly, interested in certain hotel prop
erty at Round Knob, N. c., which was
made an eating house, and that Col.
A. B. Andrews, Vice President OF the
Southern Railway system, was a joint
owner in the property and was favor
ing the Wilson's to influence them 70
keep passenger and freight rates
higher than they might be, and that,
under the railroad commission law
they we're Unqualified for their posi-
tions. Major Wilson did not deny
that he was jointly Interested with
Vice President Andrews In the hotel
property, but denied that his official
actions were influenced thereby. Mr..
8. o Wilson claims that he
was not interested in the pa
tronage of the hotel, nor in the re-
ceipts of same; that the hotel vas
leased and conducted by his mother,
q widow, and that the only connec
ton he had with it was that he took
his wife there to spend the summer
months in in the mountains,
upon the advice of his family
physician, his wife being in delicate
health. 1t seems that much Of the
proof that was supposed to be in exis-
tence derogatory to the Wilson's failed
to materializ3 during the investiga-
ton.
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and it is not to his interest to create an
appetite for the stuff OF to make
drunkards of boys, as he gets his sal,
airy whether he sells much OF little.
Senators Hicks, Cooke and Jackson
opposed the dispensary. They were
followed by s SENATOR Glenn, who made
one of the most eloquent speeches We
have ever heard. This bill has unan'
imously passed the House" he said
ut is an appeal from old M9cklenburg,
the home OF a free race. Her citizens
ask US to remove the Is bar rooms
pitfalls of sin that may ruin their
young manhood. The bar room men
send me word that never again shall
1 have a place of honor in North Caro-
lima. They send word to the Demo
cratic party, pass this and we will de
feat your constitutional amendment.
Let them threaten me all they will;
1 shall stand for the right of the PEG
pie to petition and l shall vote my
conscience. CID knows that ! wish
not to mount any pinnacle Of great
ness at the cost of an immortal soul.
When the vote was announced as to
the Guiltord dispensary you all
cheered, but while l now raise the
white flag of Mecklenburg, with its
enrolment Of 5000 names, you r
silent. Whyi 1t represents three
fourths of the business interests, three
fourths Of the intelligence, three
fourths Of the white people, and nine
tenths of the morality of Mecklenburg,
and I appeal to you by all that is noble
and just to vote, to vote aye. For the
sake of my boy and your boy, Sena-
tor Osborne, l must vote for the dis
pensary."
Senator Cooley commended that the
dispensary was as bad az a bar room
or worse. The difference merely meant
a distinction between straight liqusr
in quantities and mixed drinks. He
agreed with other Senators that Sena
for Osborne's position was unRssailsble
as a point or honor and should receive
the endorsement Of the Senate. Then
turning to the galleries, packed with
ladies, he said:
Talk about your broken hearts"
But just tere his voice was drowned
In an &C an of misses. The speaker
raped for order, but the kissing con
tinued. When it finally subsidized,
this Senator-who doubtless prated
much about 1.-THE fair womanhood of
North Carolina" when on the stump
last faIl-turned to the ladies and
said: "Ah, you can hiss, but you can't
voter
Senator Osborne then spoke, and by
a vote of 81 to IL the Senate killed the
d~ispensary. The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Black, Brown, Fields, Fuller,
Glenn, Goodwin, Hill, Jerome, Lind
Mcintyre, Satterf Id, Stan
back-12
Noes-Bryan, Butler, Campbell,
Cheek, Cooke, Collie, Cooley, Cowper,
Crisp, Daniels, Davis, E ives, Franks,
Hairston, Harris, HICKS, Jackson,
James, Jones of Johnston, Justice,
Lambert, Lowe, Miller, Murray, o.
borne, Skinner, Smith, Travis, Ward,
Whitaker, Williams. Wilson-31
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Fec. %. 1899, balance to
credit of the ecc1Unt to.

credit or the EcG0unG TO.
The expers? account of the Steam,
'Lillie' has been paid out Of this fund
since she was turned over to Chief In.
spec5or of Shell Fish in May, 1897, and
the amount of this expense to date il
50 883 80 This expense has formerly
been paid out of General Fund
Doubtless she has more than earned
her expenses, however, since put in
charge of Chief Inspector. Counting
this a legitimate expense of the oyster
business, the new law has cleared fo,
the State sinc9 1895, the balance in
Treasury, So. $50 81 plus amount paid
school fund S419 90 Total net gain
over all expens % 50 $50 A. while under
the operation Of former laws the STATE
is out of pocket $I8, O67 81, and yet
many claims unsatlsfied.
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THE OYSTER LAWS AND HOW
THRY HAVE WORKED.

While the much tangled and misun
derstood oyster question is before the
General Assembly and the people, per
hapg it might be wise to consider, just
about this stage of the discussion, a
few figures showing the financial out
come of the various and sundry Oy-
ster law ~tinkerings. Henco, this con
densed statement.
As Oh. 119. Laws of 1887, was de
signed to provide the means necessary
to pay the expenses of it's operation,
and so provided, the State Treasurer
opened two accounts on his ledger for
this purpose, one the Shell Fish Sur
vey" account, end the other, the
"O7ster Patrol Service" account. The
receipts, 25c. per AGRA for oyster beds
entered aud granted under the la
and the expenses properly belonging
to that account were to be kept in
'Shell Fish Survey" Account, while
the receipts and expenditures attending
the policing, proseca 5ing, and fines
and penalties, ETC., were to be kept in
the "Oyster Patrol" account.
The "Shell Fish Survey" account
opened December IL, 1888 The first
credit entry is ~. 8. Churchill, Trus
tee, Assignee, Hyde Co, No. 1, 50 So"
The number of these entries to the
close, Nov. 1889, was 261 Quite a large
majority of them, in fact, nearly all
were from Hyde county and by J. 8
Churchill, Trustee, Assignee.
The total receipts from Shell Fish
Survey" account we're:
From entries 1887 Oh
Disbursement on same acccoun5
were
1889 Jan 26 Paid News
and Observer. ...... 1874 Is
" Feb 4 Paid E City
Economist .......... SO 90
Mar. 80. Pd Newbern
} Ournal. ......... rs 90
Apr 5 Pr. Fisher
man Farmer. ....... 155 90
" May 81. Pi. Messen
ger Pub. Co ....... SO 90
Aug. IA Pd. News
and Observer ....... so 90
1890. Jan, 9. Pd. News
and observer 80 80
I" Jan. ID Pd Messen
ger Pub CO......... so 90
1892. Oct 90, Pd. News
and 0 oserver. ..... IS IS
1898, Mar. 3 Pd. ". T.
CAno, Mem Of Com, $50 90
" Mar 26. Pd w. J
Griffin. Mem. Com, $50 90
" May %. Pd. l B.
Watson, Mem Com $50 90
" Nov. 3. Pd. w. 81
Lucas, Mem. Com, II 40
Total. .,... 81 203 40
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The r & NEWS.

The Army Csnteen is not q1ite abol-
ished after all. The House of R9pre
s~entatives put it out of the army and
the navy bill, but the Senate Commit
tee has put it back, at least, or rather
has put malt liquors back, and malt
only. B 1t the soldiers will be much
better off without beer, especially in
hot countries.
Toe . lay trial has again been post
poned. 1t is now billed for April 10th.
The district attorney thought he dis
covered some crookedness in the jury
panel, and the a was postponed at
his request. The new date fixed for
trial is eleven days before the date seE
for the adj lurument of the legislature,
which is now balloting for the election
of q lays successor to the Senate.
S sturday's dailies state that three
members Of the Legislature who have
hitherto voted for Q lay now vote for
other candidates.
The people Of the State of Maryland
have presented a magnificent gold and
diamond medal to Rear Admiral W. S.
S ;hley. He is a native of that State. .
The Spanish government had a mar.
row escape from defeat in the Spanish
Senate last week on the bill auUhoriz.
ing cession of the Philippines to the
L lifted States. The measure was passed,
but the government had a maj Jrity of
oaly two, the vote being 100 to 118.
DJwey is a full admiral and hence
the highest American naval officer in
rank.
K'pling and Pope Lao XIII have
zen seriously sick but are recovering.
Meningitis is epidemic in Texas.
Many deaths.
A new national party has been or.
gained at CINCINNATI. It is to be
called the Z Non r form party, and it
will seek to amalgamRte the Silver r J.
publicans, the Populists, the Social
Labor party, and the Liberal party, IN
fact all the minor parties except che
ProhIbltiOnists.
D mt forget TO read carefully the full
proceedings of the legislature as given
Dy TIE Progressive Farmer. Learn
COW your representative stood upon
tho great Questions that c~1ntronted
t1at body. S9e, for instance, whether
lie advocated ghe cause Of the people as
strongly and unhesigaeingIy when the
question Of taxing railroads came up
aud the railroad attorneys stood IN the
lobby and took notes for their bosses,
as he did when on the stump LAST Tall.
The most important work Of every
legislative BODY Is done during the last
ten days of the session and the proceed.
ings given by The Progressive Farmer
this week and nex5 week should AVE
your undivided attention.
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THE moNRY POWER IN POLITICS

Senator Chandler, (Rep.), of New
Hampshire, having been attacked By
the Chairman of the Republican Exc
cUtive Committee, recently published
two sensational letters in The Man.
chester, N II Union. The general
subject was n power Of money in
politics. Ultil 1882, it was the custom,
he says, for each candidate to pay his
own expenses. S.nce that time, how.
eyer, railroads have contributed
heavily to the campaign fund, and last
year a fund was raised amounting to
more than one dollar for every voter
in the State, though there was no
danger whatever of Democratic vic.
tory. Nearly all this money, he says,
was collected from the B )ston and
Maine R Gildroad and from a few rich
men, who thereby held a mortgags
upon every Candidate they helped to
elect. The raising Of this fund, be
says, did not have for it's object the
preservation OF Republican ascendency
since that was not in danger; its only
Object, he alleges, was to secur the
ascendency in che Republican party Of
the men and the corporations who con.
tributed and handled the funds. Re-
garding the outcome he speaks as
folio VS.:
In the c ming Legislature the Man.
chester and Milford R abroad Bill B to
be defeated; 60 r ali bills for electric
railroads; 80 is The bill to dis9ntangle
the Supreme Court from railroad CON.
tests; any bill ef3ctually prohibiting
free passes the bll! for electing R il
road Commissioners by the people and
making them the peoples agents il
stead of the agents Of the great rail.
road and, moreover, the bill prevent
ing fraud and bribery in party eau
cUses. To accomplish these objects,
the great railroad has already fur
nished it's money and the Chairman
has distributed the funds in order to
control the Representatives and S3na
New Hampshire is not the only State
where this condition of affairs exists.
That it is an evil and a rapidly grow
ing evil no one denies. BIT WHAT
the remedy9 The money contributed
by those who expect favors from the
cannot be considered 8
bride, though it is often as eff ctuaL
As we see it there is but one way to
counterfeit the evil influences of the
and that is to select as candi.
dates men of urquestioned moral
standing and men who never hesitate
state just where they stand on any
political question. Another political
evil for which this seems to be the only
remedy has been unearthed at Albany,
New Y ,rk. Governor r )osevel5 re
started an inves sigeti9n of the
various State off GERS, in the curse Of
which some startling disc overies were
made. FJr instance, take Frederick
E .sTon, 4 late State Superintendent
u Public IIldings under Governor
B 2ck, in whose department. q def.
cheney o. 5000 900 has been discovered,
II says:
the way l was bothered by State
and organization off sers kept my de-
oartment always handicapped and
over expensive. There was nothing ID
nv department that could be done
with anything except a mop, a pail,
and a broom. Yet often there would
come to my Office a nice young man 10
3 lofty white collar and shining booD
bear ing a request from some hlgO
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-07

Capt. Il s. Gn=s 7Icz, q popular and
wealthy sOunE basIue7s m10 OF Cnar
loste, committed suicide at B Jston laet
week.
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Judge Shepherd has been elected
Professor OF Law at the L diversity.
} 8 Carr has given the University
IS 900 more.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-07
AMOUNT RECEIVED EACH FISCAL w,
(sINCE MAY y.
Total receipts to date 800 6801 :,

EXPENDITURES.
'96 Nov. 80 Paid
salaries and ex-
Oenses tn date. S., O6O 81
90 Nov. 80 Paid
State Board of
Education ...-.. 419 %
81, Nov. 3O.-Ex
penses, salaries,
etc this wear. 2. 679 %
SO. Nov. Box
penses, salaries,
etc this year.. $3.50 80
80, Feb. IS Elk
pens8s. salaries,
ere, since Nov.
80, 1898. 1890. 2 421 81 $17 al i