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, 1899-08-17
HOW LIE.
They Have No Moral Sense Where the
Truth is Concerned.

Truth is Concerned.
II is often hard to tell whether a
Cuban lies to O from ignorance OF
malice, says Herbert Pelham Williams
in the Atlantic. On ordinary occasions
and about matters that do not promise
to affect himself, he is fairly truthful,
but he seem to know no reason Why
he shouldn't tell a lie II he wants to.
To the average Cuban who has always
lived on his own island a lie is a thing
to tell whenever 1t will serve any use
full purpose-such as getting him out
OF a scrape. or securing an advantage,
or getting money out of somebody, or
conciliating some one, or creating a
good impression. Here the absence OF
a moral sense becomes apparent. With
the Cuban lying is not a matter of
right. but of policy. his sh~ort-sighted-
ness preventing him from perceiving
that today's advantage may be to-
morrow's loss. The statement, COM
mon among Americans who have lived
in Cuba. hat the Cubans are all liars.
is much nearer the truth thai most
cancellations. Though they usually
tell the truth. nearly all of them dis
seminate or e~quivocate whenever they
see occasion. Hence It is not always
easy to tell what a Cuban thinks or
how he feels about the future of the
island. He sometimes tells o what
he thinks you want to hear. Every
man of property wants Cuba to be I'M
der American control, but he will not
admit it before a crowd, or even to an
other Cuban, unless convinced that he.
too, is heartily in favor OF it. The
trait appears. likewise. in accounts of
the Cuban army. However, 1t is only
fair to say that the glowing descrip-
lions given by the Cubans Of the per-
formances and the glorious victories
of that somewhat mythical force are
not Intentional, deliberate, cold-blood-
ed lies. Carried away by imaginations
as fertile a the soil of tlIeir island,
they actually believe their own mon
strous inventions. For, after all, the
Cuban loves better than all other
things on earth to strike an attitude.
to pose. to strut and brag and make
himself out a great man n his gen.
tie fellow-islands a great nation.
Thousands of Cubans really believe
that there was once a band of men
worthy to be called a Cuban army, and
that they fought battles. Others ad-
NIT that there were merely little COM
panies of starving stragglers. who
sometimes fired their two cartridges
apiece from ambush at Spanish scout
ing parties n then scattered. But
they all think they did great execution.
Get some American or Englishman
who was with them to tell you his view
of it. 1t will be discouragingly differ
emit. Cuba is infested with after the
war soldiers. braggadocio mock he
roes who never got within earshot of
fighting.
, 1899-08-17

Frederick Douglass told me-" says
a writer in Harper's Magazine. that.
in spite of his long experience, he
never could entirely rid himself OF
stage-frlght. During the first fifteen
minutes, when | face an audience he
said. my knees win knock together. >
When he got fairly into his subject
however. this nervousness, which ali
speakers have sometimes felt. passed
away. He put his points wen in anS
argument. ard his eloquence was OF Z
high order. Mr. Lincoln" he said
is the only white man into whoz'
presence I was ever ushered who die
not make me feel that ! was a regro."
, 1899-08-17
A SUDDEN BACkSLIDING.
How a Captain Made Use of "A
Prayer MeetIng.

Irayer meeting.
Robert Smalls. the colored politician
and eX--congressman of South Carolina,
tells a good story in answer to the
Democratic politicians who want to di-
vide the negro vote.
at always reminds me-" he says, "of
n man called Captain Jack, who used
to run a fiatboat on the river down in
my country and was one of the smart
est men l ever knew.
Captain Jack was going down the
river one Sunday, n his boa got
stuck on a sandbar right opposite n
colOred Methodist church. He tried ev-
cry way he could to bulge her, but she
was fast, and there was no way to get
her off except by sinking the stern until
the bow was free and then showing her
nround into the current. The minute
Captain Jack heard the singing and
praying up at the meeting house he
saw Il way to get out of his scrape. He
sent up II colored messenger to an
nounce that he had come to Jesus and
wanted TO hold IA prayer meeting on
his boat. All the darkies from the
church came down, and Captain Jack
meantime got seats fixed for them in
the stern. They crowded back there
singing, praying and blessing the Lord
for bringing Captain Jack to the
mourner's bench. Meanwhile the hands
on the boat were working to shove her
off. 1t did not tax long. In about half
an hour she was floating in the stream.
Then, turning around to his guests,
Captain Jack shouted: Get off here
now, every one of you blank blank
niggers. This prayer meeting is over"
General Smalls argued that such was
the way in which the Democratic party
desired TO divide Ii colored vote.
, 1899-08-17
sympathetIc Burglar.

New York Press: To save a baby's
life a burglar in Brooklyn gave over
his intent to rob, summoned the child's
mother, confessed his mission, express
ed his sympathy and fed. The bur-
glar had broken into the fat of a po-
liceman, Patrolman John Farrell.
Marguerite. the blue-eyed. ha%xen-haired
baby, had been tucked away in her
crib. A little before midnight Mrs.
Farrell was awakened by a strange
voice. Get up" commanded the in
truder. Get up at once. Your child
is dying. Hurry" The mother ran
t o the child just in time to save ner
from death, and the burglar went out.
The baby's father, the policeman. was
on duty.
, 1899-08-17
CURIOUS NATIVES.
QUEER IDEAS OF EcuApoRfAN
Indians Refuse to Sell Anything In Guam
titles and stick Closely to Old Gus
toms,

to
The Indian of the interior of Ecuador
is so suspicious that he will sell moth
ing at wholesale, nor will he trade any
where but I'm the marketplace on the
spot where his fo%refathers have sold
garden truck for three centuries. AL
though travellers upon the highways
meet numerous Indians On their way to
market bearing heavy burdens of vege.
tables, forage and other supplies, and
driving a drove of dOnkeys similarly
laden, nothing can induce an Indian to
sell anything from his stock until he
a reached the place where he is &c.
customed to offer 1t for sale. He Will
carry his load ten miles and dispose
of 1t for loss than he was offered at n
point half that distance, simply be-
cause he is a slave 10 custom and is
suspicious OF ever. thing in the way of
an innovation.
A gentleman who lives In one of the
towns of the interior says hat he had
been trying for years to persuade the
Indians who passed his house every
morning with packs of alfalfa to sell
him n supply regularly at his gate. but
they refused to do so. Consequently
he was compelled to go our miles into
town to buy alfalfa that was carried
past his own door. but the seller will
lingly carried 1t back and delivered 1t,
thus packing his load eight useless
miles because 1t had been Ii habit Of
his family to do so.
The same authority states that no
woman In the market would sell more
than a dozen eggs to one customer, not
even If she were offered double the
price. She would give one dozen eggs
for 10 cents. but would not sell five
dozen for 81: she would give n gourd
full Of potatoes for n penny, but would
not give five gourdfuls for 10 cents or
20 cents or any other price. simply he
cause she was not accustomed to sell
potatoes in such quantities and any at
tempt to induce her to depart from Gus
tom excited the suspicious which are
the predominating trait of her race.
-Four centuries of Spanish tyranny, du-
plicity and deception have destroyed
the faith of the entire race in white
people, but when their confidence is
one gained nothing can shake it. The
devotion between the poems and their
masters is often similar to that which
existed between the negro slaves in
the South and the members of the
kindly families in which they had been
reared.
, 1899-08-17

1t almost seems as If i: must be an
American iny~ention-the automatic
letter box which is being placed in new
apartment houses in Paris, although
the French are pluming themselves
upon it as a native novelty. In the YES
tibule of the house are placed as many
of these letter boxes as there are ten
ants in the building. In general appear
ance there is little difference between
the group of boxes and those to be
seen in the vestibule of any fiat house
in this country. Instead, however, of
retaining the letters, cards and SO forth
until some one descends to get them,
the Paris invention promptly delivers
its contents to the person for whom
they are intended. Thus, when the
postman has a letter for Mr.. So-and-So
he deposits it in the box bearing that
gentleman's name. The missive opens
a lever at the bottom of the box, which
thereupon moves upward until it comes
to Mr.. So-and-So's apartment. There,
by an ingenious mechanism. the con-
tents of the box are emptied into 4 re-
ceptacle in the hall of the apartment,
and a bell is rung automatically to no.
tify the servants that a letter has ar
rived. Its duty done the box descends
again to take its place with those of
the other tenants in the vestibule. And
not a letter alone. but ever a visiting
card dropped into the box will speed it
on it's upward errand, SO light is the
weight required to operate the mech
auism-
, 1899-08-17

British and French In Santo Domingo.
In 1898 the British invaded the island
OF Santo Domingo. They abandoned it
in 1898, after spending in the invasion
500, 900, 900 and $4,000 lives. In Feb
ruary, 1902, q 1000 French veteran
troops. sent by Napoleon. landed there.
They met with feeble resistance. and
we're soon in control of nearly the
whole island. In the autumn of 1902
Napoleon sent 10000 more troops, max
ing 81. 900 in all. Three-quarters of the
French army persisted, and the rem
nant abandoned the island in 1903.
, 1899-08-17
Exercise,

Washington Star: I'VE have walked
eleven miles this morning without
stopping" said one Filipino soldier.
discontentedly.
That's so." answered the other. We
might as we'll join a golf club and be
done with it."
, 1899-08-17
PLUCKY MAIL CARRIER.

There are several interesting Illus
trations OF the advanced new woman
in Arizona. including ranch
ers, vaqueros. bank cashiers, stable
keepers and butchers, but the one
whose occupation most thoroughly in
terests newcomers to the territory is
Miss Sarah II. Burks. a jolly. sturdy,
brave little woman about % years old.
, 1899-08-17

The North German Lloyd Steamship
Company has just ordered from the
vulcan yards at Stettln a new twin
screw express steamship. to be the ex-
act duplicate of the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse. The new vessel will have
a speed of twenty-three knots. and ia
ordered for delivery In 1901.
, 1899-08-17
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO. L..
LUCAS COUNTY,

LUCAS COUNTY,
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F.. J. Cheney Co.
doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum OF ONE DOLLARS Tor
each and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK J.
Sworn 70 before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day OF December. A. p. 1880
fSEAL.1 A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials, free-
+. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, y
Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Halls Family pills are the best
, 1899-08-17
In His Line.

The CONDUCTOR don't believe I got
your fare, sir. The Missioner-Ah.
brother. will you not allow me to lead
you from the walks Of the unbeliev-
ers?
, 1899-08-17

we want an agent in every town 10 take
subscriptions for Georges Weekly for-
merry The Road. Liberal terms. Write
Tor particulars. Inclose &c stamp for
ample copies. Herbert George, Editor.
T. y. Drawer 1924, Denver, Colo.
, 1899-08-17

what IL this lovely album for. Fla
villa?" I'm going to have the men In
praphs in it, so l can remember thei
names
, 1899-08-17

Velvet that has become crushed may
be restored by placing the linen side
of the dress over q basin of hot water.
, 1899-08-17

81 rather like this house-cleaning tim,
o year" You don't mean it, yes
when | get home at night my wife Is =,
tired that she lets me have my own wa!
about everything"
, 1899-08-17
CENTRAL BUSINESS COLLEGE.
n TT

AND
S0s 18TH street, corner OF stout Street. Trial in
tructiOn and uuint FREE. We have more stu
dents in positions than all other Denver Colleges
combined. Write for illustrated catalogue.
, 1899-08-17

Skirts and dresses should always be
starched in hot starch. Faultless Starch
gives the best results as it does not injure
the fabrics. All grocers sell it, loo a package.
, 1899-08-17

Look how the bookkeeper is smiling,
Has his salary been raised2'' mo; tn
s-tenographer is letting him brag on his
homegrown tomatoes"
, 1899-08-17

You seem partial to your second
daughter. Mrs. Glumm.' Yes: she's the
only child l have who likes to help me
worry"
, 1899-08-17

FITS rermHnentlyCurcd Nohts or nervousnessa ftc
hrst day : use OF DR.. Kline : Great Nerve Restorer
nond for FREE 5000 trial bottle and TREATISE
, 1899-08-17

Jack. my health is wretched. ] ought
to go away Isabel. II you quit reading
those seashore advertisements you
health will be all right
, 1899-08-17

WA seems to be very much like those
old genii who got out of the bottles in tn,
Arabian Nights. 'How's that
why, II Is easier to let il loose han II
is to cork Ia up again"
, 1899-08-17

That's a queer family next door"
"Why do you say soy
"They own n $50 dog and have to
borrow our fiatirOnS.r
, 1899-08-17

A t~ime-honored paper is a promis-
sexy note that is not duly protested.
, 1899-08-17

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softcns the gums, reduces I'm
allays PAIN cures wind collie. 2c q bottle
, 1899-08-17

MOTHERS nSS sad 81. bsnss HONE SaIo:
Frst-class care given maternity eases. Wards In
charge OF Members Of Faculty OF Denver University
and Homeopathic College. Also private rooms.
Mr te for terms.
, 1899-08-17

SAN FRANCISCO. AL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. V REV YoRK. N. Y.
For sale by all Druggists.-Prie SOC. Der bottle
, 1899-08-17
Denver Directory.

BROWN PALACE HOTEL t tfaG FR95y
, 1899-08-17
DENVER NORMAL and s &c. $::s''-

Denver Colo Eight Departments. Oper
September 18th. Send for catalogue to
FRED DICK. Principal.
, 1899-08-17

Sold by Druggists. &c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The broad ax., 1899-05-09
she ruled the Bill

The theatrical manager looked up
trom the bill file on his desk and scru-
tinted the young woman carefully.
$50 you want to be featured, do your"
he asked "Yes, sir" was the reply,
as the woman tossed her head and
filed the air with the soft. soothing
odor Of peroxide. Have you a past?"
inquired the manager anxiously.
1.-TWO of them" was the quick retort-
Two Of them; how's that?" "Ons
died, and I've been divorced from the
other."-Detroit Free Press.
The broad ax., 1899-05-09
-. uor. Unsortunas@

Chicago News: Mr.. Bimsteao-FoI
ny part, can't understand why yoc
permit that young Lempley to pay
inch marked attentions to YOU Wny'
nat fellow couldn't write a grammar
teal sentence to save his life. /,
MS Wellwood-Indeedl / received
NV FIRST letter from him yesterday ana
n contained q proposition which had q
tendency to make me forget any gram
m,tIeaI plumbers there may have been
N n Oh. must you be going7 Well,
Ave NV love to your sister, won't your
The broad ax., 1899-05-09
Peanuts as soberers.

A well-known prowler, who thinks
he can stand as many drinks as most
other men in the course Of an even
ing, invariably patronizes a peanut
stand before he jumps on a car for
home. rides on the back platform IN
til he has finished eating. II have
found from long experience" he said.
that peanuts, the hotter the better,
have q strong faculty for absorbing al
cohol and preventing 1t from destroy
ing the nerves. II man takes six or
seven drinks Of whisky and then eats
Q pint or so Of peanuts, he will find the
celebrating effects Of the liquor al
most entirely gone. 1t is a better
remedy than raw onions, and not near
" so obnoxious to people you may
have to talk to on the way home"
The broad ax., 1899-05-09

upon a farm at stradbroke In
Suffolk, for over twenty-one years,
and is probably the Oldest In
England. 1t is the produce of a field
OF wheat grown in 1877, when prices
ruled somewhat high, and the owner
declared that he would not sell It for
less that 30s per coomb. AS the mar
ket value has never risen to this figure
he has vigorously kept to his word,
and the stack remains unthrashed to
this day. Externally, it presents quite
an antique appearance. and a glance
at the illustration will show what hav-
oc the rats have made: and every few
years, when the stack is re-thatched,
the blackened straw contrasts strange
ly with its new roof.
The broad ax., 1899-05-09
had maItreated his children.

had maltreated his children. Helen
Wilder boarded the steamship and In
vestigated the charges. She found that
the captain for some slight offense had
locked the children In q state room for
several days, keeping them on brea1
and water. To the surprise and In
dignatios Of the protesting captain this
young woman promptly marched him
down the gangplank and straight to
jail.
But arrived there, she was told that
the captain, not being a resident, must
be released. So the steamship put on
for Victoria, the captain vowing ven
geance. When he landed there he
found that q local society for the
prevention Of cruelty had been request
ed from Honolulu to take him in
charge, and was met with formal re-
quest to explain things. In this way
Helen Wilder followed him up and en-
deavored to have him punished for
breaking the law. as she claimed
Other women in other cities have been
made special officers. But Honolulu
claims that there never was a special
officer like Helen Wilder. She wears
her star constantly and she uses the
power which 1t gives her constantly.
Helen Wilder is as much a part OF
Hawaii as Is Mauna Loa- Visitors
never fail to ask who she is. For with
close-cropped hair and confident stride,
her soft hat and shining star, she new
er fails to attract attention. Hawaiian
society, which is itself complex and
odd, does not often frown upon her
eccentricities.
They like her because she Is bright
and original, because her personality
is as refreshing as It is peculiar. They
recognize her clear-grained human
worth. Men who are tired Of the inane
or the clinging vine act find In Helen
Wilder a comrade who Is interesting.
amusing and altogether charming.
The broad ax., 1899-05-09

Ste Aunt Lizzie's goodies and listened
to her stories, for which she is noted.
Then q youth asked, who Is the fun
ny looking girl who wears stars? She's
) freakr The question made those
who knew the truth see stars. Helen
wilder goes wherever her duty calls
Z the checkrein Of the SWEETEST turn
ut In Honolulu is drawn too tight she
commands the driver to stop and un-
fasten It Fear she has never felt.
Coolie, Jap, Kanaka or white man. she
arrests them al, in spite Of threats.
Let the drivers overload the buses. or
the waikiki tram cars pull out over
loaded. and out win come her hand
cuffs- She win brook cruelty toward
neither children nor animals It was
reported fhst the captain Of steam
ship that put into port ut Honolulu
The broad ax., 1899-05-09
Abolish the Death Penalty.

At Albany the lawmakers are wranv.
ling over the abolition Of the death pen.
atty. The man who succeeds will provo
as great q benefactor to the breaker o,
mans laws as Hostetter's Stomach Bit.
tiers has to the breaker Of natures laws
II you've neglected your stomach until indi
gestion and constipation are upon you, try
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
The broad ax., 1899-05-09
The Frances willard Hospital. Chicago. III.

Miss Georgiana Dean was for three
years missionary in Liberia under the
n. z. Church from the training school
IN Chicago. After her return she stud
led nursing, graduating from the pres
ent Frances E. Willard National Tenn
peranee Hospital Of Chicago. She is an
enthusiastic friend Of Pe-ru-na, as is
evident from the following letter.
Chicago, Ill, Jan. 20, 1899.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co., Columbus, o.:
Gentlemen-You viii be glad to
know Of the happy results obtained
nom the use OF Pe-ru-na among the
patients under my care whenever pre-
scribef BY the physician. / have seen
The broad ax., 1899-05-09
nssh.r ga Bahs Aarit,.

Mrs. Margaret Bootman died rsoen,
" at Hoosick Falls, N. Y, at tn. a..
Of 103. The ship on which she cam.
from Germany sixty years ago VA.
wrecked. She was dashed, with her 10
months-old babe. to a mast, and drit,
ed for three days without food =.
drink. But both were finally rescusd
BY an American vessel. When a,EsS
for the secret Of her longevity she s,,s
she had but one rule. Early TO haS
and early to rise"
The broad ax., 1899-05-09

Golfers Weekly for April % IL full Of
interesting material The front page has
. picture Of the military burials at Ar
rngton, showing the troops lined up along
side the long trench-Hke graves and the
caskets draped with American flags. The
leading article is entitled 1.-THE Bivouac Of
the Dead" 1t is from the pen Of we'll
known war correspondent. The article is
illustrated from photographs taken by
Golfers Weekly stan photographer. The
Quay investigation at Harrisburg is writ
ten up by q wen-known newspaper man,
and illustrated from photographs OF ex-
Senator Quay and the members Of the
committee.
The broad ax., 1899-05-09
TROPICAL LANoUoR IN HAVANA
How Workmen Take Their Own Good
TIme-Haste . Stranger.

TIme-Haste . Stranger.
Just at present the building occu-
pied by the Times of Cuba has been
undergoing a series Of repairs. These
repairs have been going on for a week
and at the present rate they are apt
to go on for some months to come.
The repairs are much needed, but they
are entirely under control Of Spanish
landlord who has been in the islands
so long he doesn't know how old he is.
The workmen are Cubans and there
are two gangs Of them, one directed
by a master mason and the other by
a master carpenter. Their methods
form an interesting and unique study
to one who has no interest In the
welfare Of the Times Of Cuba. For
example, the master mason, who Is
black, comes strolling into the build
ing about o'clock In the morning,
followed by three or four little blacks.
They stir up mortar and the black
master lays three bricks and then
goes on to breakfast, which lasts
about two hours. He then returns,
smoking a cigarette, and lays two
more bricks, when he Is called away to
see a sick cousin. He may return
again, or he may not, but his total
days work, with the assistance Of his
little negroes, averages the laying Of
i've bricks. The carpenter. who Is a
white man, keeps apace with the ma
son In the amount OF work he does.
He drives a nail, then rolls g cigarette
and then he strolls on to q neighbor-
ing cafe, leaving his two helpers roost-
ing on q plank. II is no wonder that
rents are high In Havana. The won
der is that any such houses as are seen
here today were ever built at all
Times Of Cuba
The broad ax., 1899-05-09

some very remarkable cures Of cases
OF very obstinate catarrh OF the stom-
aeh, where Pe-ru-na was the only med
icine used. / consider 1t a reliable
medicine. GEORGIANA DEAN.
The symptoms OF catarrhal dyspepsia
are: Coated tongue, pain or heay
feeling In the stomach, belching OF gsS'
dizzy head, sometimes headache, az
spondent feelings, loss Of appetite, par
pitation OF the heart and irregulariV
Of the bowels.
Send for a free book written BY VI;
Hartman, entitled Health anu
Beauty" Address DR.. Hartman, Co
lumbus, o.
The broad ax., 1899-05-09

Wood crackles when It is ignited be-
cause the air expanded by heat forces
its way through the pores Of the wood
with q cracking noise. Green wood
makes less swapping than dry. because
the pores contain less air, being filed
with sap and moisture, which extin-
guish the fame. whereas the pores Of
dry wood are filed with air, which
supports combustion
The broad ax., 1899-05-09
London.s Lad.

The largest city in the world Is Lon
don, which has a population equaling
the combined population Of Paris, Ber-
lin, st. Petersburg and Rome. Its
streets. placed In q row. would reach
around the world. leaving a bit over
long enough to reach from London to
San Francisco.