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The Forrest City times., 1899-05-26
HoME duties to many women more important than
health.
No matter how Ill they feel they drag themselves
through the daily tasks and pile up trouble.

This Is heroic but a penalty has to be
paid.
woman IN New Matamoras. Ohio,
Mrs. ISABEL BRADFrELD, tells in the
following letter how she fought with
disease of the feminine organs until
finally forced to take to her bed. She
saws.
The Forrest City times., 1899-05-26
vOMAW,$
DEVOTION
10 HOKAE

DEAR MRS PINKHAM-I feel 1t my duty to you to
tell that have taken Lydia Pinkhams Com
pound and think there is medicine the world like it.
suffered for nine and sometimes at
time could stand had female troubles
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
REPUBLICAN rlnAnclERIno.
Contrast of Treasury Conditions Undo
CIeveIs nd and Mckinley.

Contrast of Treasury Conditions Under
Cleveland and Mckinley.
Nothing marks more clearly the con-
trast between Republican prosperity
and Democratic adversity than the net
gold In the treasury OF the United
States under Cleveland and under Nc
Kinley. That accumulation is the mer-
curry In the business thermometer of
the country. II rises or falls with the
business temperature.
On Thursday. Sept. 7. there was re-
ported to be more gold in the treasury
of the United States that day than on
any previous day In the finencial his
tory OF the government. The net coin
including the s100,000.000 reserved for
the redemption OF legal tender notes.
When resumption began. in 1879, the
net gold OF the treasury was $130.249.-
457. and 1t never fell below the hun
dred million mark until 1893. Not
quite month OF Democracy was then
required to bring the net amount be-
low the minimum OF safety, where II
stayed. except as the government went
fhhp tht MAJ MT anu ootu bCh'of t'@se'
after the era OF Democratic rule was
ended by a vote OF the people. Hard
ly had Democratic president. Dem
ocratic house and a Democratic senate
come Into power before the mercury In
the treasury department fell below
the freezing point OF s100.000.000. BY
the beginning OF 1894 1t had gone to
s65. .650,17 and Jan. 1, 1895, 1t was
down to s44.705.967 1t would have
been wiped out entirely II 1t had not
been for the stocks OF gold secured by
bond sales. in 1895 the amount real
lied from this source was Sill, ,166.246.
or more than the total net gold In the
treasury either when the year began
or when II closed.
When the presidential campaign of
1896 began the amount was about $780,
100000. and when the election itself
occurred II was s1l5,000.000. The news
that Mckinley had been elected. and
with him Republican house OF rep
resentatives. then went out to the
country. and when the actual change
OF administrations came the net gold
amounted to about $780, 100000. From
that time all fear OF the endless chain
was forgotten. The increase ,has gone
on steadily until the maximum OF over
$3.50, 10000 has been reached.
with the contrast between Democrat
ic adversely and Republican prosperity
presented in this concete form. 1t is
difficult to conceive how any man oil
ordinary business sense can fail to be
impressed with the advantage OF hav.
ing the government conducted on dis
tinctively Republican lines of policy by
an administration which inspires finan'
cial confidence Inter Ocean
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
nsa, Cause. of rro.psrlty.

A former United States senator, In
a speech delivered in Omaha. at
tributed the prosperity which this
country is now enjoying solely to
natural causes. He urges that neither
fiscal policy nor faith has anything to
do with 1t. Upon his theory. this coun-
try should have been most prosperous
In 1897 than ever before or since. for
in that year nature was most prodigal
Of her gifts In this country than at
any other time. The crops were the
largest ever known. and owing to
scarcity abroad. prices were high.
However. these natural causes
large crops here and small ones abroad
did not make the prosperity that is
now with us. We had been sending
more money abroad for other articles
than we were receiving from abroad;
hundreds of thousands of men would
have been idle In spite of the pros
perity of the farmers, where now there
is a labor famine, and natures bounty
is liable to be restricted by the ina
bility to secure workmen for the harv-
vest.
Nature did Its part. to be sure. but
the Republican administration and
congress did more for the country.
when protective tariff law was passed
and honest money maintained. than
did nature.
1t would have been hard and un-
successful task for nature to compete
with free trade and dishonest forty
fye-cent dollars.--Tacoma (Wash.)
Ledger.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
An Admirable Fit

Mr.. Jefferson Seligman, the eminent
financier, is a pronounced optimist in
respect to the future which lies be-
fore us. He says;
Il am as hopeful as ever of the fu-
ture. and can see nothing to stop the
onward march OF prosperity. Never
before in the history of the country
were business conditions on such sta
hle foundations. Good times have
come to stay. Mills and factories of
every kind are taxed to their utmost
capacity. Railroad business is limited
only by the capacity OF its rolling
stock. Each passing week shows some
new high record OF earnings.
! do not think that we shall ever fall
back to the conditions that prevailed
a few years ago. The wealth of the
country and the buying power OF the
world have become SO enormous that
II is only reasonable to say that old
forms OF business have become obso-
lete and new era has opened"
The one thing most obsolete OF all is
the theory OF free trade. which had
temporary resurrection few years
ago. and which was responsible for the
evil conditions which existed then and
to which Mr.. Seligman thinks we will
never go back. That industry destroy
ing policy has no part nor lot in pros
perity. Prosperity has come to stay,
and therefore free trade must OF me-
cessity retire Into "innocuous desue-
tude" along with Its most prominent
champion. Free trade and prosperity
cannot exist at one and the same time
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
NEVER AGAIN.

Up to two years ago, as some one has
put 1t, America was wearing her old
clothes. The American voters volun-
tarily cast work and wages away from
them by voting for Cleveland and tar
in REFORM In consequence OF that
the American people were forced to
fall back on what they had bought and
on what they had saved during the
prior days of McKinleyism and pros
perity. A very short period OF protec-
ton under the Dlngley law has. how
ever, brought the wherewithal for new
things. and during the past year and
more the American people have been
buying new clothes. new everything.
No small part of the sales OF the past
year has been sales OF things which
should have been bought years before.
and which would have been bought II
the American people had not bartered
their birthright of prosperity for the
mess OF pottage offered to them by the
free traders. We are better OF than
Esau was. though. for we have had
another chance and have got our birth
right back. We wont let 1t go again.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26

investigation II appears that, although
tho mills In question are running every
week night until 10 o'clock. they are
not violating the law which forbids
tho employment OF women and minors
more than lfty-cight hours in week.
The fact thAt the question has been
raised mt all presents a situation Gu
riousIy in contrast with that which
existed In former years. There were
no violations OF the fifty-eight-hour
restriction OF the days OF the
Wilson tariff. No complaints were
then heard OF over-working wom-
en-. minors. or any other class
OF labor. Tho trouble in that
ghastly period was to keep the mills
running on halftime. to say nothing OF
overtime.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26

Baltimore, Oct. 21.-Should q
ent rate Of increase In the net 7
of the Baltimore & Ohio railro
tinue, almost the entire
charges and the rentals for N
year ending June 30, 1900, vi
been earned by Dec. 81, lsssl
was foreshadowed today when
earnings for September werd
public. The estimated gross
were s2,804. .293, the largest
month in the history OF the d
and an increase of s216,597 o1
tember. 1898. The net earniI
September, 1899. were also d,
breaker. being $1,000, ,493, an |
Of s271.S04 over September, lsg
net earnings for the first three
OF this fiscal year-July, Augd
acknowledgements s3,O42,1
increase of s1,174.66S over ID
months in 1851. II. Maddy.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
WILL HAvE 70 GUESS AoAIN.
HAvemsysr and III. Admirsr. coafssndsd
by the Facts.

BY the Eactns
Our free-trade friends who have so
jubilantly echoed Mr.. Havemeyer's dec
laration that the tariff is the mother OF
trusts will perhaps be puzzled over the
announcement OF daring trade com
bination in London which proposes to
crush out all competition in the wall
paper business and raise prices rs per
cent. It is said that II the combina-
ton succeeds one-third OF those en-
gagged in the trade will be thrown out
OF employment.
The reason why the believers in
Havemeyers theory will be puzzled is
that England is free-trade country.
and they will wonder where this gl
gantic trust gets its mother; also
who or what is the dam OF the numer-
GUS other trusts in operation in Great
Britain-a swarm more numerous, in
fact. II the successful ones only are
counted. than the trusts OF the United
States. They certainly must have
some tariff. Perhaps. like Topsy. in
Uncle Toms Cabin" they have no
parents. but lust growed.'
This last supposition will be found to
be the actual truth. both In England
and America, and also in other coun-
tries. Trusts have no parentage OF
general or universal character. They
grow out OF varying economic condi-
tions. A combination OF capital. ham
died by shrewd men. may take hold OF
an industry and monopolize 1t for a
time. and 1t Is just as likely to take
hold of nonprotected as protected
article. II the combine is careful TO
furnish an article OF good quality at
fair price. as the Standard Oil COM
pany usually does. its monopoly may
continue for good while; but II II be-
comes too greedy. 1t will provoke COM
petition that will sooner or later break
up Its monopoly The Standard OIL
company has never had any material
aid from the tariff. and yet II is the
most successful trust that has ever
been organized and operated in this
country. Mr.. Havemeyer and his
echoes will have to guess again. II the
trusts can't establish a better claim to
parentage than he makes out. they will
have to remain orphans.-Minneapolis
Tribune.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
Major Howard Killed.

Omaha, Oct. GA special cable wal
received here to-day announcing the
death In the Philippines, Saturday. of
Major Guy Howard. son OF General o.
q. Howard. The cablegram. dated
Saturday. was received by Judge j. NJ.
Woodwork, fnther-in-lnw of Major
Howard. and read as follows.
Guy Howard killed in action to-
day"
Major Howard was well known in
Omaha. being on his fathers staff
when the latter was stationed here.
He was married in this city fifteen
years ago to Miss Woodwork and the
nuptinls were n notnblc society func-
ton. Mrs. Howard resides here with
her three children.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
proauct Of nepubllc,n po,,c,,..

The Lehi sugar factory started its
seasons run yesterday. with unusually
rich promise. The seasons product Of
sugar there will be greater than ever,
because of the better quality of the
beets and the satisfactory yield. and
already the plans for next season con-
template operations good deal more
than double those OF this season In
magnitude and product. The pioneer
sugar factory is great Institution.
sure enough. and an especially gratify-
ing feature of 1t is that 1t Is direct
product of Republican policies.-Salt
Lake City Tribune.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26

Presenting Admiral Dewey with
loving cup. In the name OF the city OF
New York. Mayor Van Wyck called
him "a man of destiny" He is. What
ever honor the nation can bestow has
been paid him and he deserves It all
But his unparalleled success and the
peoples united praise have only awak-
ened In the heart of the honest sailor
sense OF deep humility. His ''des-
tiny" is to demonstrate the essential
modesty Of true greatness. Admiral
Dewey's most abiding victory has been
over himself.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
Holiday Gin.

Why do you look so davn..
What do | hear you sa~,st
Nothing to give to peonia
On Christmas or
You want TO be making rrf
Well. now. Just think rssert1
Suppose you look in The snns
And present yourself VIZ
Then make up a bundle n,
And give them away Ia IN t,lz
He owns such a croony xe,sr. G Z.
where worn-out worries anq -anq
Just bundle them onto ths ,s
And let him lug them svo 10
And next give a heart N bss
To the New Year blithe " y
And then give praise to IN.
In the people you meet Nj.
You may be surprised al ~
You'll find II you look nv nv ~
And when you are hurt ~ ,v1l
Or faults Of the folks va, n
Just toss them a bit Of yo,ir ,s.,' ra9'
And a word Of pity or "a P@'i'
Ella Wheeler Wilcox In n '
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26

whoopIng-cough. when once the
acute stage has passed. can often be re-
lieved by very simple means. me
paroxysms OF coughing are then chief
iy nervous in character. and can often,
like other nervous spasms. be reviewed
by anything which distracts the child 3
attention. One Of the best ways ot
accomplishing this is to hold bottle
Of ordinary smeliing-salts under the
child's nose. not suddenly, so as 10
cause fright. but quietly. with the as
surance that It will help the cough.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
uunar,a, Aar,f, snor, Of rooa.

Port Townsend, Wash, Oct 22.-The
schooner Hern with 200 passengers
from Cape Nome and st. Michaels, is
reported as being In distress In lati-
tude 40 degrees and minutes north
and 126 degrees and 40 minutes west.
or about six miles of Cape Flattery,
for want of water and provisions.
How long the Hera's passengers and
crew have been without food or water
is not known. A strong off-shore wind
now blowing viii prevent the Hers
entering the straits and II is feared
that much suffering will result before
relief reacher her. A tugboat WITH
supplies will leave here tonight.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26

The pardon OF Capt. Dreyfus ny the
French government undoubtedly brings
to . definite close. so far as Judicial
proceedings are concerned. all action
ON the part Of the unfortunate Jew, OF
on the part Of his friends. Neither Is
any case pending. and probably no case
can be made up. which will permit the
taking OF further sworn evidence touch
ing the guilt or innocence of the ac-
cused man. He has legally been pro
nounced guilty. but by the pardon he
Is morally pronounced not guilty. The
"extenuating circumstances" found by
the court-martial contradicted the
formal verdict OF the court. for there
can be no circumstances that extenu-
ate treason. The government com
pletes the contradiction by pardonins
the man. II he were guilty. his Of
fense was 80 great that n pardon could
not be merited. With moral vindi-
cation Dreyfus must be content The
civilized world believes him Innocent
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
mckinley La to pIame.

number of construction concerns
have had to close their works Temporal
rily because the iron and steel mills OF
the country are unable to keep up with
their orders. If 1t wasn't for the pres
ent administration. the Chicago Post
says. this never would have happened.
The iron and steel mills would have
more material on hand than they
could conveniently dispose of. and, in
cidentally. most OF them would be
shut down. Thus 1t is plain that this
man Mckinley must be defeated at the
next electlon.-Newaygo (Mich.) Re-
publican.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
lawa Rnxs I'm Port.

San Francisco. Oct. 22.-The Fifty
first regiment Of Iowa volunteers,
7,i4 men and 40 officers. un-
der the command of Colonel J. @. Lop-
er, arrived here to-day from Manila,
on board the transport Senator. There
was no sickness aboard. The only
death reported Is that OF Edward Kiss
lock, Company +. of Oskaloosa. Iowa.
who died at Nagasakl. OF dysentery.
Fears had been expressed that the SEN
ator had foundered in typhoon.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
uolaups KIN Two Men

Atchison. Kan, Oct. 23.-Two rob-
bers last night shot and killed one
man and wounded another in store a,
Doniphan. which they later robbed.
and today nmbushed and shot and
killed policeman and shot another
man. both members of n posse pursu-
ing them. Tonight the robbers are
surrounded six miles north of Atchison
and an attempt TO arrest them viii be
made ut daylight.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26

w. X. Anderson. United States Con-
sui at Hanover. says: that 1t seems
70 be generally admitted that Ger
man beet sugar. when once 1t
comes into competition with the Gu
ban product. must go to the wall In
casting about for some way OF saving
the industry from utter destruction
many plans have been proposed out
the most available seems to be to
increase home consumption To this
end, II is proposed to issue sugar as
a ration to the soldiers and to en-
courage farmers to feed 1t to stock
especially to hogs. OF course. this
viii nccessitate the cheapening OF the
article. and the only way this can be
effectualiy accomplished is to abolish
the taxes now paid on sugar consumed
in Germany. and reduce or entirely
discontinue sugar bounties.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
The e'P,o,,e Know.

The disasters in which the Wilson
law involved the country seem to have
been forgotten by Democratic manag-
ers. but the people know the difference
between the present era and that Of
Democratic depression and panic few
years ago.-st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
Passing of Tho L..

So soon as nature sees an J..
ment there is n change. M
gave way TO electricity and n.
to the automobile. The fart ~
letters Stomach Bitters has h.
for over half a century
its value. There is nothing h Ia
for stomach or liver trouble. !
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26

Columbus, Ohio. dispatches state
that accompany il being organised In
that city to build an electric railroad
according to plans made by citizen
Of Middletown. The road is to rest
upon a limo Of single iron pillars,
which are to be anchored in massive
stone foundations. The cars will run
upon . single traction rail upon a
heavy iron beam extending between
the pillars and will retain equilibrium
through the agency OF single guard
rail above. The complete structure
viii extsnd twenty-three feet above
the ground. Experts pronounce ths
road perfect from an economical stand
point. A locomotive requires fouI
pounds of coal per horse power per
hour. out Of which Is obtained a speed
Of sixty miles. while these cars VIII
run with a consumption of one and
onc-half pounds Of coal per horse pow
or per hour. with an average speed ol
200 miles per hour.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
THE FARMER THINKS.

Ho Is Well Satisfied with tho Hired
Man" Now In the white House.
Under the appropriate heading of
Horse Sense In Iowa." the New York
Sun prints the following:
Upon the occasion OF n recent visit
to Iowa asked farmer In an interior
county what the people of Iowa in
tended TO do at the next presidential
election, and his answer was as fol-
lows:
wall. never argue politics and
never did. but II give a man n job
and hc does his work well, what's the
use OF turning him OF and Citing a
new man? Now. Mr.. Mckinley does
his work right up to the handle. and
no man could done It better. though
didn't have no part In putting him
there. SO what's the sense in turning
him out and putting a new man in his
place?
He made lot of promises about
good times. and can't see as he over
stated the facts either. for certainly
the times have been laundering good.
there's no denying that.
Now. Bill Bryan comes around
here telling the boys II they didn't
elect him the country would go to hell; (;
ard be quick about It. Pears like Bill
didn't know what he was talking
sbout. or was lying. likely the latter.
Guess we can spare Bill spell yet. so
he can get his picture took. Maybe
he'll learn something II he hangs
ground the house and keeps his head
hos Ia Nnb u1-. a.
again you can easy git the fool census
by counting his vote. He reminds me
OF mule owned once-the only time
he used his head was at dinner time
rest OF the time he was hunting
around to find something to kick at.
Mckinley will go back for another
term. leastwise. that's what the neigh
bors say. and I'm likewise
w. C. II.
New York. Sept, H.
The farmers OF the United States are
not saying much about politics just
now. They are engaged in harvesting
and marketing at good prices one of
the heaviest crops they have ever had.
and their cattle. hogs and sheep are
bringing them more money than for
good many years past. They have
mostly finished paying OF the mort
ga ages which were n part of the bless
inrs OF free-trade tariff tinkering. 1898
1897. and are now taking the benefit of
the good times which were promised
by the advance agent OF prosperity"
They have stopped thinking about 16
to l or fiat money. and are not worry
Ing much about the trusts. This Iowa
farmer is. a representative type. He
Knows what he lost by the triumph OF
tariff reform in 1882. and he knows
how vastly he is the gamer by the tri-
umph Of "McKinleylsm' in 1896. Next
year he will know how to vote.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
As Summer Advances

The poet sings of Junetime and
SONS and the bees
And butterflies and hammocks
and breeze and trees
But In July and August, ah. we
phrases nice.
He has Joined the mighty choril
hollering for ice.
WashIngtc
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26

1so9 1890. inc.
ed ed half year -. e57.so7 4.4ss.sa 4s
Cotton. years TAX.
ings. spinners'
WOOL. % pounds. esti. ' '''''' =
mates OF trade 800 100000 4oo.ooo.ooo rs
pounds -. ....... s.sci.Ii5 5.s5.sso es
raw ....... -. si.o79.25s ss.sis,sn 81
cases shipped 2.7oo.s7 2.1io109 Is
BY consulting the Ger sus returns OF
1890 1t is found that the iron Industry
then employed some 100000 men; that
the cotton mills furnished work for
some 10000. and the boot and shoe
factories employed $4,000. while &C, 900
were given work by the silk and rub
ber trade. II the table given above is
correct, and 1t is certainly as near cor
rect as such statistics can be, the in
dustries named are now employing
100000 more people than In 1890, and
instead OF furnishing work for S92 900
people. they are employing 1,342, ,OO0
The United States Is certainly expand
ing in a commercial way as well as in
the matter OF territory. and we believe
that the start has Just been made.
There are those, however, who oppose
this commercial expansion and adyo-
cate a policy of free trade which would
make It necessary to add column
showing the percentage of decrease In
the table given above. Nine years OF
free trade woulds tell an entirely DIFF
fferent story.-Des Moines (Iowa)
State Register.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26

Oysters Of fine flavor. and sometimes
growing to the length OF one foot. are
found at Yezo. one OF the northern
islands Of japan. Looking to the fu-
turs food supply. fifty barrels of these
bivalves will be planted In the tide
waters Of Oregon and Washington. by
. private company. acting on hint
from the national fish commission.
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26
A Remarkable Career.

Jno. NJ. Smyth, head Of d
house of Jno. NJ. Smyth Co.,
cago, commenced life in a very
way, but by dint of hard wo
great business ability has bull
largest concern of its kind
world. His name is a synol
honesty and fair dealing. n
guitar bargain shown in anot
umn of this paper should be Of
to those who are musically
and their mammoth catalt
everything to eat, wear or us'
be in the hands of everyone
The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26

To make a fortune is not an un-
worthy ambition. provided an employ
or declines to make 1t by failing TO pay
wages that enable employees to live as
honest men and women. But heap
Of dollars. built up Of pennies ayaricI-
ousiy withheld from persons who live
starved and wretched-possibly vicious
lives for the want of them-such a
fortune is monument to Its possess
or's shame.