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The National tribune., 1900-05-17
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK 2
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure 70 know Of the wonderful
The National tribune., 1900-05-17

The new bill has become law, but it only
affects claims under act of June 81, 1880.
Now every soldier who draws less than $40
per month, or does not draw pension, should
write me. Every soldiers widow who does not
draw SIS. 90 per month, should write me. II
papers are not prepared right, they will be
thrown out so be careful who you employ.
Mr.. Hunter is a hustler; had III cases allowed
in one day, and now wants to beat that rec
ord. He is at the Pension Bureau each day,
looking up neglected and rejected cases. He
will look up yours. Only lawful fee charged,
and that paid after you have received your
money. Write at once.
JOSEPH II. HUNTER,
Pension and Patent Attorney,
Washington. D. c.
The National tribune., 1900-05-17
Pension Law a Specially!
Reliable Services Praffarad !!

MANUAL OF USEFUL IMPORTATION
by Edgar Il. Gaddis, l.. l.. ", containing a
Clear Exposition of the Rension Laws and
other Matters of Interest 10 the Soldier Fra.
ternify. Mailed free upon request Extra pay
and allowances of whatever kind due collected for
Spanish and Philippine w ar soldiers and sailors
keep Informed as to all new legislation and de.
cisions and rulings and am ever qualified TO take the
action that is advisable No fee until successful
Intelligent advice free. Percentage of success unex.
celIed.
EDGAR T. GADDIs Afforney-af.Law.
WashinStcn. ID. G..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

the men and women who had only little
physical energy, and yet consumed
that mercy in a conlagration OF re-
ligious enthusiasm. how will we feel
abashed. Oh, men Of the strong arm
and the stout heart, what use are you
making of your physical forces? Will
you be able to stand the test Of that
day when We must answer for the use
Of every talent, whether il were a
physical energy. or a mental acumen,
or a spiritual power?
THE APPROVAL OF CHRIST.
The day approaches, and / see one
who in this world was an invalid. and
as she stands before the throne of God
to answer she says: Il was sick all
my days / had but very little
strength, but / did as we'll as / could
in being kind to those who were more
sick n more suffering" And Christ
will say, Wei, done, tc--i servant
And then a little child will stand be-
fore h throne, and she will say; .
| earth I had a curvature Of the spine,
and / was very weak, n / was very
i'll, but 1 used to gather flowers out Of
the wildwood and bring them TO my
sick mother, n she was comforted
when she saw the sweet flowers out Of
the wildwood. 1 did not do much, but
say, as he takes her up in his arm n
kisses her, We'll done, we'll done,
faithful servant; enter h into the
joy of thy Lord" What, then, will be
said to us, we to whom the Lord gave
physical strength and continuous
health? Hark, it thunders again.
The judgment, the Judgment
/ said TO an old Scotch minister, who
was one of the best friends / ever had.
Doctor, did you ever know Robert Pol
lock, the Scotch poet, who wrote The
Course of Time?'" oh. yes" he re-
piled, Il knew him we'll, l was his
classmate." And then the doctor went
on to tell me how that the writing of
The Course of Time" exhausted the
health of Pollock, and he expored. 1t
seems as if no man could have such a
! glimpse Of the day for which all other
days were made as Robert Pollock had
n long suvive that glimpse. In the
description of that day he says. among
other things:
Begin the woe, We woods, and tell it to
the doleful winds,
And doleful winds wall to the bowling
hills,
And bowling hills mourn to the dismal
wales,
And dismal wales sigh to the Sorrowing
brooks,
And sorrowing brooks weep to the
weeping stream,
n weeping stream awake the groan-
ing deep;
Ye heavens, great archway of the uni
verse, put sackcloth on,
An ocean, robe myself in garb of
widowhood
And gather all thy waves into a groan
and utter it
Long, loud, deep, piercing, dolorous,
immense.
| The occasion asks it, Nature dies, and
angels come to lay her in her
grave.
What Robert Pollock saw in poetic
dream you and 1 will see in positive
reality-the judgment, the Judgment!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
THE CLARK INVESTIGATION.
Senator-Elect Clark Testffies Before
the Senate Committee.

Washington, February Ex-senator
Clark, OF Montana, was on the witness
stand before the senate committee on
elections for about four hours today
and when the committee adjourned
for the day only his examination in
chief had been completed, leaving his
cross examination for next Monday.
His testimony related solely to the
charges made against him in connec-
ton with his election by the legislature
of Montana to the United States senate
during it's sitting last winter He de-
MED explicitly and categorically all the
charges of the use of money by him
self or with his connivance or consent
to corrupt members of the legislature
in his behalf, contradicting many of
the statements made by witnesses for
the prosecution. He admitted having
paid an aggregate of about $115,0O dur
ing the campaign, but said this expen-
diture was for legitimate purposes only.
The large outlay was due to the fact.
he said, that he had contracted to pay
all the expenses of a campaign against
Mr.. Days rule in the state and he had
gone into the compact to that end be-
cause he considered Mr.. Days rule
tyrannical and opposed to the best in
terests of the state.
Chief Justice Brantley was also on
the stand a part of the day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
BRYAN sTUMPING FLORIDA.

Jacksonville, Fla, February 16.-
o w. J.. Bryan was met at the
Union station this morning when his
train arrived at 1880 o'clock by Hon
d. u. Fletcher, R. D. Knight. Captain
c. E. Garner and others and escorted
to the Windsor hotel for breakfast
where he was met by his cousin, Hon
w. S. Jennings, a gubernatorial candi-
date.
At 9 o'clonk he took the train fol-
Brcoksville. where he will remain fol
several days to rest, visiting Judge
Jennings. Then he will proceed tc
Tampa where he is expected to speak
twice next Tuesday.
At Ocala he was introduced to al
enthusiastic gathering by General Rob.
ert Bullock, who was a colleague in
congress. After his speech he and
Judge Jennings dined at the Ocala
house in company with two of the
leading lawyers. The Plant system
train waited half an hour for him.
He arrived in L~eesburg at ) O'Clock
p. m, and spoke fifteen minutes to
about 500 persons All the stores in
that town were closed. He and Judge
Jennings then proceeded 10 Brooks
vile.
Colonel Bryan will speak at the Win
ter Park agricultural fair next We'd
nesday afternoon and in Jacksonville
that night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
Free Transportation to Public School

The Nebraska law, patterned after
statutes in some of the eastern states,
permitting the closing of small outly-
ing schools and the transportation of
the pupils at the public expense to a
large and graded central school, is
working well, from. both an economic
and an educational standpoint. Omaha
furnishes two good illustrations of the
money saving. One school which has
been closed had been conducted at an
expense of $85 a month. Transportation
of the pupils in this school costs 1851
a month, the street railroad companies
furnishing tickets at two-thirds of the
regular rates. Another school, now
closed, had cost 500 a month for the
education of the seventeen pupils sent
there, nearly $50 a year for each pupil,
while n annual expense per child in
the large schools of the city is from
SIG to s19. In the opinion of the SUI
p~erintendent the change is not only
desirable from the standpoint of econ
but he says it is also for the good
of the pupils, as they receive more at
tention than is possible where there
is necessarily too much punching of
classes. 1t is a rather peculiar fact
that whatever remonStranceS have
been made against the closing of these
outside schools have not been based on
the good of the pupils, but on the eff
feet it might have on real estate in
localitieS.-New York Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

Catarrh.

Catarrh is one of the most obstinate
diseases, and hence the most difficult
to get rid of.
There is but one way to cure it.
The disease is in the blood, and all the
sprays. washes and inhaling mixtures
in the world a have no permanent
effect whatever upon it. Swift's Spe-
cific cures Catarrh permanently, for it is
the only remedy which can reach the
disease and force it from the blood.
MIR. B. P. McAllister, of Harrodsburg,
KY, had Catarrh for years. He writes:
II could see no Improvement whatever.
though / was co~nStan tlY trea,ed with snrar q
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

Oh, men of stout physical health,
men of great mental stature, men of
high social position. men of great pow
er of any sort, I wants you to under
stand your power. and l want o to
know that that power devoted to God
will be a crown on earth, to you typi-
cal of a crown in heaven, but misguid-
ed, bedraggled In sin, administrative
of evil. God will thunder against you
with his condemnation in the day when
millionaire and pauper master and
slave. king n subject, shall stand
side by side N the judgment and
money bags and judicial ermine and
royal robe shall be riven with the light
nings.
Behold ais how a giant may be slain
of a woman. Delilah started the train
Of circumstances hat pulled down the
temple Of Dagon about Samson's ears.
And tens of thousands Of giants have
the same destinations. 1t seems to me
that ii is high time that pulpit and
platform and printing press speak out
against the impurities of modern So
ciety. F~astidiousness and prudery
say: Better not speak. You will
rouse up adverse criticism. You will
make worse what you want to make
better. Better deal in glittering gen.
eralities- The subject Is too delicate
for polite ears" But there comes a
voice a voice from heaven overpower-
ing hi mincing sentimentalities Of the
day. saying. Cry aloud. spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet show my
people their transgressions AND the
house Of Jacob their SINS"
The trouble is that when people write
or speak upon this theme they are apt
TO cover it up with the graces OF bellies
lettres. so that the crime is made at
tractive instead Of repulsive. Lord
Byron In Don Juan" adorns this crime
until 1t smiles like a May queen.
Michelet, n great French writer, COW
ers 1t up with b%ewitching rhetoric
until ii grows like the rising sun,
when it ought to be made loathsome
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
Beware OF Ofntments for Catarrh thai
Contain Mercury,

Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense Of smell and completely der1nRe
the whole system when entering n
through the mucous surfaces Such ar
ticles should never be used except On
prescriptions from reputable physk-
clans, as the damage they will do Is
ten-fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by T. j. Cheney & Co,
Toledo. o.. contains no mercury, and h
taken internally. acting directly upsn
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is TAX
el internally and is made in Toledo. o.
by r. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free. Sold by druggists. price Use psf
bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the baA
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

IVY tCaCo VIII SpTdyS
and washes. and differ
emit iuhaling remedies-
IN fact. | could feel thai
each winter I vas worss
than the year previous
IF 1t wai
brought 70 my notice
that Catarrh was q blood
disease, and after think.
Ing over the matter.
saw IT was unreasonable
to expect 70 be cured by
remedies viii b oniy
reached the surface.
then decided IN err
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

The schooner Isaac II. Tillyer. of
Philadelphia, which sunk Wednesday
at New Point. about twenty-five miles
below Old Point Comfort, was raised
Friday morning and towed to Norfolk
for repairs.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

3. s. s., and after q few bottles were used r no
uced . p~ercepeble improvement. Continuing
the remedy, the disease was forced out of ms
system. and . complete cure was the result
advise all who have this dreadful disease &c
abandon their local treatment. which has never
done them any good. and take 6. 8. 81 rem
edy that can reach the disease and cure IT."
To continue the wrong treatment for
Catarrh is to continue to suffer. Swift's
Specific is a real blood remedy, and
cures obstinate, deep-seated diseases
which other remedies have no effect
whatever upon. 1t promptly reaches
Catarrh, and never fails to cure even the
most AGGRAVATED cssos
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
S.S.S!fTfsSs Blood

IS Purely NegetabIe, n is the only
blood remedy guaranteed { contain no
dangerous minerals.
Books mailed free by Swift Specific
Company, Atlanta. Georgia.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-29

p
The GREATEST ComPuMExT.-
One wet. feagy, mnddy day, q it,
tie girl was stsnding on enc side Of
. street m London, waiting for an
opportunity TO cross over. Those
who have seen London streets on
snch day, with their darkness,
vet and mud, and have watched
the rush of cabs. hansoms, omni-
buses and carriages. will not wou-
der that a little girl should be
afraid TO make her way through
such q babhle rs that.
Some OF Tho passers by laosesi
'szTSiess, sons asse I'D ksssc. and
she did not find the one she sought
until at length an aged man, rath-
er tall and spare, and Of grave yet
kindly aspect, came walking down
the street. Looking in his face she
seemed to see in him the one for
whom she bad been waiting. aud
she went up To bin aud whispered
timidly, please, sir, will you help
me over?
The old man saw the little gil
safely across the street. When he
afterwards told the story. he said,
That little girls trust was the
greatest compliment ever had in
my life
The man was Lord ShaftesbnIy.
lie received honors at the hands of
a mighty nation; he was compll-
mented with the freedom Of the
greatest CITY on the globe; he re
ceived the honors conferred bY roy
ality; but the greatest omplmcrt
he ever had in his life vas " hen
that little unknown girl singled hIm
out in the iostling I.oudcn cros a
and dared to trust him, u stranger
though be was. To protect and as
sist her.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-29
THE TEMPTATIONS OF
YOUNG BUSINESS MEN.

Robert G. Ogden, who, as John
Wauamaker's chief aid for many
long, successful years, is one of the
best-known, best-liked and best
equipped men in the metropolitan
business world, speaks decisively
upon most matters appertaining to
affairs commercial. Naturally,
therefore, upon the su bject of trust
ed employees and the ways and
means of helping them to continue
their positions of trust, Mr.. Ogden 8
words carry unusual weight. With
an army of employees to direct,
here is a man who should know
thoroughly that upon which he SO
earnestly descants. Judge for
yourself:
"The inclination toward dishon-
esty is like ell other human ten
denotes that make for good or evil !;
it is either bred in the blood or de-
veloped bY environment. Some
few men are bora to thievery; the
great majority who step aside from
the path of rectitude are, however,
the victims of an impulse, a sudden,
uncomfortable desire to possess
what does not, and can not, by any
legitimate achievement belong to
them. The average transgressor
of the laws of perfect integrity is
not necessarily lost to all sense of
honor, of the common decency of
conduct, of what is best in he max
ing of sterling character. Such
men, be they Young or old, are the
unconscious dupes of their own
weak wills, silly caprices or un-
healthy ambitions.
''In a large measure employers
are responsible for the culpabllity
of their employees. Ia too many
instances the opportunity to steal
is thrust under the noses of young
men (; futile system, or 40 definite
system at all, of oversight upon the
accounts of q trusted employee
gives him the suggestion that he
may hide his dishonesty under false
entries. Remove temptation and
you erase the whole black catalogue
of sin. s2Ws
"Of course in this connection
am speaking only of men who be-
come dishonest after career Of in
tegrity and right living. The har-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-29


dened criminal, the deliberate
scheming embezzler is not taken
into consideration as a part of the
present discussion. The fact is ap .
parent, to every close observer of
men in the business word, that the
supreme folly of stealing is invari-
ably committed because the oppor-
tunity for the guilty act presented
itself in form more or less entic-
ing and seemingly safe. No en-
ployee dips into the Golfers of his
employer except with the conviction
that his crime will not be detected.
Your gentlemen of thieving pro-
clivities. whether he is a common
pickpocket or an influential bank
cashier, is sure that he can outwit
the world ; he is convinced of his
own abounding cleverness. The
pilferer of every degree is a mag
nificent egotist.
"The attempt to forestall the
misappropriation of money on the
part of an employee by resorting to
an ingenious and complicated sys-
TENS of checks is like trying to
measure the pace of Niagara with
a stop-w watch. The best way 10
prevent peculation is to first find
men recommended for honesty, men
who have been weighed in the bal
ance and not found wanting /; after
that there is time to introduce your
mecbanisms for compulsory integ-
ritY. The more involved the plan
of surveillance in large business
office the greater the chance for
contemplative dishonesty. Clever
rascals are only piqued by elaborate
plans laid for their ensnarement :
the pursued thief likes nothing bet
ter than q tangling maze behind
which to hide his guilty person.
Simple methods are the best, in
business as in most other affairs of
life.
1.-THE ore effective means for
preventing fraud on any scale is to
know. day by day, just what the
man .hehind the ledger and the cash
box knows to keep in close touch
with each OF his many transactions
that the misplacement of q penny,
the entry of one false figure will be
apparen. at the end of the day. OF
course this is impossible in sn es-
tablishment where hnndreds Of
clerks are employed and ntc' ssarily
trusted. Ia such casts frequent
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-29

THE APPLE AS A MEDICINE
The apple is such a common fruit
that few persons are familiar with
its remarkable medicinal properties.
Everybody ought to know that the
very best thing he can do is eat ap-
Piles just before going to bed. The
apple is excellent brain food, be.
cause it has more phosphoric acid,
in easily digestible shape, than any
other fruit known. IL excites the
action of the liver, promotes sound
and healthy sleep and thoroughly
disinfects the mouth. IL also ag-
glutinates the surplus acids OF the
stomach, helps the kidney secretion
and prevents calculus growth, while
il obyistes indigestion and is one
of the best preventives of diseases
of the throat. Next to lemonade
and orange, il lie also the best anti
dote for the thirst and craving of
persons addicted to the alcohol and
opium habit.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-29
A SIMPLE REMEDY.

'i'urpentine, either IN resino Gus
form or in spirits of turpentine,
says the New York Herald, has a
lot of household virtues well known
to women on the frontier or in iso-
lated farm houses, but not so ia.
miliar to city housewives. Few
barefooted boys are ignorant of the
fact that cut toe heals quickly If
some resinous turpentine is used as
q salve. But in cities spirits of tur-
pentine can be more easily secured
and 10 more convenient for applica-
ton. In most cases it will pro-
duce the same effect.
Let child suffering from Group
or from any lung trouble inhale the
vspor, and rub the little sufferers
chest till the skin is red, ending by
wrapping about it flannel moist
ened with the fiery spirits Relief
will be almost instantaneous. At
terward sweet oil will save the skin.
Use spirits Of turpentine for
burns, the pain will disappear and
healthy granulation set in. 1t can
be applied effectively on a linen
rag.
Spirits of turpentine will take
away the soreness Of q blister very
quickly. The skin will 90 down,
and healing will begin as soon as
the remedy is applied.
But outside of the family medi.
cine chest spirits of turpentine is a
good thing to have at hand. 1t is
the best dressing for patent leather;
it will clean artists clothes and
workmen's garments from paint ;
it will drive away moths if q few
drops are put into closets and
chests /; it will persuade mice to
find other quarters far away, if a
little is poured into the mouseholes; ;
tablespoonful added to the water
in which linens are boiled will make
the goods wonderfully white; q few
drops will prevent starch from stick
ing; mixed with beeswax it makes
the best floor polish, and mixed
with sweet oil it is uurivaled for
fine furniture. The latter mixture
should be two parts Of sweet oil to
one of turpentine.
Some physicians recommend spir-
its Of turpentine in external appli-
cations for lumbago and rheuma-
tism. It is also prescribed for neu-
ralgia of the face. 1t an article
that should always be kept about
the house.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-29

SCRUBS THE Cow 5 TEETH -Ac.
cording TO tradition, there was once
an old woman who kissed her COW
and said Everyone to his own
taste, Ont at Bustleton there is
a gentleman farmer" who can
give the aforesaid old woman cards
and spades ard beat ber at her own
game. He doesn't kiss his cows,
but he does something more re-
markable. lie actually scrubs their
teeth with tooth brush J This
man has many peculiar ideas about
his live stock, and particularly his
cows, which are of the very finest
breeds. So cautious is he about
their eating and drinking that all
the water the cows use ia distilled.
Ii is said that he has a separate
tooth brush for each COW, and, as
ne cannot depend upon his men to
do the brushing, he does it himself,
using the very best CASTLE soap.
He feels that in adopting this
course he is assured Of pure milk,
free from the possibility of mi
robes.-PhiIadelDhia Record.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-29
A Village Blacksmith Saved His Little
Sons Lifa.

Mr.. Fl. III. Black, the well-known VIII
lage blacksmith at Grahamsville, Sulli-
van Co, n. Y. says. ''Our little SON
years old. has always been subject to
Group, and so bad have the attacks been
that we have feared many times that he
would die. We have had the doctor and
used many medicines, but Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is now our sole reliance.
Ii seems to dissolve the tough mucus and
by giving frequent doses when the
croupy symptoms appear we have found
that the dreaded Group is cured before it
gets settled" There is no danger in
giving this remedy for it contains no
opium or other injurious drug and may
be given as confidently to babe as to
an adult. For sale by VIM. r. Green
well & Son, Leonardtown.