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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-12
The Heritage of n Citizen.

nalS OF their DEEDS.
The Heritage of n Citizen.
They have perfected and applied all
sciences known to our fathers and discov-
cred new ones. They have harnessed every
known physical force except the tide and
sought new elements and combinations Of
elements to enslave. They have annexed
all contiguous territory lying between par
alles of latitude congenial to our civiliZa-
ton, and have not been slow to assume re-
sponsibility, when duty national honor
has demanded, beyond these limits. They
have made surveys preliminary to the con-
struction of a channel for the bisecting
of the continent and the nuptials of oceans,
through which in coming years shall pass
the commerce of the world, a moiety of
which, let us believe. shall be in American
bottoms. Events, unpIanned and by some
unwelcOmed. have made the United States
the mistress of the Pacific. Destiny or
mans wisdom, call it which you will, has
placed both Asia and the islands of the sea
under American tuition, and has made the
flag of freedom the harbnger of better
things to eight thousand millions people.
the natural istEibuting point for whose
more than twenty-five hundred millions
commerce isalnder the sovereignty of the
United StatsA
Surely thsxfuture is big with possibIi-
ties. To baa p2rent and responsible for
the development and education of the baby
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TO JACK UP THE MAINE.
House MOvers' Plan for Getting Tn
Our Sunken battle Ship.

our Sunken battle Sh1D.
From the New York Sun.
John T. Cavanagh, a Boston contractor
sailed for Cuba on the Ward line boat on
Saturday. to put in bid for the contract
to raise the Maine from the bottom of Ha-
vana harbor. The bids must all be in by
next Saturday and, according to reports
from Havana, there is not likely to be much
competition for the job.
Cavanaghs scheme Is a novel one in the
history of raising sunken ships. He is not
a wrecker. His business has been to move
buildings and great chimneys and monu-
ments. In doing this sort of work he has
used the jack screw as the lifting power,
and it is his intention if he gets the con-
tract to apply the jack screw to lifting the
Maine. His plan is to build two piers, about
twenty feet wide, one on each side of the
Maine.
After the piers are built the next step
would be the construction of the lifting ap-
paratus which will consist of a combina-
ton of jacks, strngers, trusses and chains.
Heavy chains will be under the wreck,
if it is possible, and if not, they will be
fastened to whatever may afford a good
hold. Then by the slow, but sure power of
the jack screws the vessel can be lifted
out of the water.
After the Maine has been pulled from her
bed nf slime the next step will he to get
in the harbor and is to remain there as
the property of Cuba.
Once in the dock it will devolYe upon the
authorities to say what will be done with
the old battle ship. Contractor Cavanagh
believe that it might be possible so to
habitate her that in some way she might
be brought back to this country. If it were
found to be impossible to get her to this
country, she might be beached on the shores
of Cuba where she would be for centuries
a reminder to the Cubans of what, more
than anything else, led to that island's
freedom III 3
If Cavanagb is permitted to try his skill
on the Mainst and is successful in his at
tempt as heHis most confident he will be
the old hull will present many interesting
features When she energies whole from
the bottom of the1 harbor, it will not be
necessary to depend upon the ineXact tes-
timony Of divers as to the condition Of her
plates Any ,pne will be able to examine
her hull. and then, see for himself Just its
condition and Their draw his own conclu-
sions as to Whether the explosion was
caused from the inside" or the outside
The advertisements calling for bids on
the work, state specifically that no explo-
sive shall be used in the removal Of the
wreck. The purpose of this was not made
clear It Is possible that the United States
want to get better chance to examine
the hull of the ship or 1t may be that there
are still some explosives left in the hull OF
again the reason might be that the use OF
explosives might be dangerous to other YES
sells in the harbor. In any event they are
not to be permitted and SO some such plan
as Cavanagh's will be necessary.
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DEVELOPMENT OF STATES
RECORD OF CENTURY RECOUNTED
BY GOV. SHAW OF IOWA.

At the date of the event this day COM
memorated the United States of America
was composed of sixteen states, Kentucky,
Vermont and Tennessee having been admit
ted to the Union during the closing decade
OF the eighteenth century. Since then Vir-
ginia has been divided and seventeenth
state created without increasing the area
included in the sixteen, and there have also
been admitted twenty-eight other states.
To better appreciate the growth of the
nation few comparisons may not seem i'll
advised.
Had there been no change in area, and
without taking into account territories then
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Gold Mines in Spain.

From the London Globe. s.- -.s.
There was a time in the fourteenth CEN
fury when gold mines in Spain were worked
at profit 1t is now rumored that sew
eral fresh discoveries of gold have been
made Some of the sands of the River
Menyanares are said TO- contain enough
geld to repay the cost of washing, and a
well known miner has just asked for the
concession of claims close to Madrid, which,
like Pretoria, is said to be founded on
gold bed. 1t is known that long ago Philip
IFS prospectors discovered quartz contain
ing fair proportion of gold. Whether the
find will make good the deficiencies of the
Spanish treasury is another matter.
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or now owned by the nation, and supposing
the same development and increase within
the several states as has been witnessed,
the United States would then be larger
than Great Britain plus France and Den
mark, Greece, Portugal and Belgium, and
would have a population more numerous
than Italy plus Norway and Denmark; it
would outnumber Austria plus Sweden,
Switzerland and Greece The popula ton of
these seventeen states is very nearly equal
to that of Great Britain
The twenty-nine states admitted during
the century have brought an increase of
territory exceeding the German empire
plus Great Britain, France. Spain, Portu-
gal, Belgium. Hungary Italy. Greece, Den
mark and Sweden. The United States to-
day, exclusive of organized territories and
other possessions. IS larger than European
Russia and larger than all Europe except
Russia. while our population is nearly
equal to Great Britain and France COM
bined, and once and a half large as the
German empire The area of the United
States, exclusive of organized territories
and possessions, has increased skiold and
our population tifteen-fold in one hundred
years.
Not only have we increased numerically
and the states developed materially and
our people prUspered financially. but intel
lectuai. moral and religious Improvement
has been equally marked While the
population of the nited States has in
creased ffteen-fold il one hundred years
church membership has Increased four
times ffteen-fold IN the same period
Enlightenment and Education.
We have sixteen million pupils receiving
elementary instruction, six hundred and
fifty thousand receiving secondary instruc-
ton in high schools and academies, one
hundred thousand in colleges and UNIVERSE
ties, ninety thousand receiving normal school
training and fifty thousand under profess
sic nal tuition. Comparisons for the last
thirty years show an ever increasing per
cent in the enrolment of children of school
age as well DIS the number of days attend
ance of pupils enrolled and in the average
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in the cradle is great charge: to be Of
the faculty Of a university with a thou
sand students is quite enough to make one
thoughtful and serious. but to be citizen
of the United States, commissioned to in
struct strange and ancient people in
things new and In ways righteous and in
acts honorable and to be answerable to God
and the world for results should inspire
not pride, but humility. and should de-
mand of the least and Of all the exercise
of greatest wisdom.
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Marvellous Changes in Methods.
Time forbids even a hasty review OF the
more recent as we'll more marvellous i'm
provements in agricultural methods and
appliances, which. in forty five years. have
reduced the time in human labor required
to produce bushel of corn eighty-five per
cent, and the cost of this labor, notwith-
standing ever-increasing wages seventy per
cent, and which have reduced the time in
human labor required to raise a bushel of
wheat from an average of more than three
hours in 1870 to ten minutes at the present
time, and the cost in human labor from
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lars $500 900 OOO). and hold upon our farms
one hundred and seventy million 1T0,000.
0o0 farm animals. worth twenty-five hun
dred and fifty million dollars ($2.-
referred to tobacco, nor cane. beet and
other sugars. honey seeds, nuts, fruits.
cut flowers, nor many other sources of ag
ricultural and horticultural wealth, all of
which have been developed surprisingly
during the century. | shall not be sur
prised if the twelfth census shall show an
annual yield from the lands of the forty
five states worth. as it leaves the pro-
Queer, $500 000,o00
Municipal Resources.
No less remarkable has been the develop
ment in mineral products. We produce
fourteen million tons of pig iron per an
mum, forty-five per cent more than Great
Britain and nearly seventy per cent more
than Germany, and over one-third the prod
uct of the world. AT the same time we
manufacture ten million tons of steel
as much Great Britain and Germany.
and thirty per cent of the product of the
world. While the worlds production of
coal has doubled in twenty years, that of
the United States has trebled in the same
period. We produced In 1899 more coal
than Great Britain, practically twice as
much as Germany and nearly double that
of all countries except Great Britain and
Germany. In the closing wear of this CEN
tuary shall doubtless mine two hundred
and scventy-tive million (27J $50 OOO) tons of
cCal, nearly one-third of the worlds out
put, worth two hundred and fifty mill
ion $50, pOoOOO) dollars. Not only do we
produce more coal, but we also consume
more and then have more left than any
other country the map. We consume
more even that Great Britain and all her
possessions and more than twice as much
as Germany, the third great consumer
In 1915 mined one hundred tons of
copper We now produce nearly three
hundred thousand tons. worth more than
one hundred million (S1OOOOo GOW dollars.
In ten years the worlds product of copper
has Increased siXty-six per cent, while ours
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Too Much to Expect.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Poetry" said the editor, lis a drug on
the market"
"Oh. indeedr exclaimed the poet hope
fully, lam I to infer that you pay drug
store prices for itF
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seventeen cents to three and half cents.
Rates of transportation have also mate
rally decreased. The average rate per ton
per mile charged by one Of the oldest and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-12

When a woman looks younger than she
Is she usually acts younger than she looks.
Puck.
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the pages of their history; unprecedented
and unparalleled the record of their
achievements; great and honorable the an
nails of their deeds.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-02-15
March Term, 1889.

Plaintiff,
M vs., March Term, 1890
The unknown heirs of Re-
becca Edwards and the
unknown claimants of
swhi of the swl4 of Sec. 5
and the wiz of the nwli
of Sec. s, all in Twp. 49,
Range 35, west 5th P. NJ, ORIGINAL NOTICE
Audubon County Iowa
Defendants.
To I he aforeaid defendants:
You and each of you are hereby notified that
there is now file in the office of the Clerk of
the District Court of Audubon county. Iowa a
petition of David E. johnson, plaintiff, claim
ing that he is the absolute and unqualified
owner in fee simple of the sw1. of sw14 of Sec
ton S, and the VIZ of the nwl4 of Section 8, ali
in Township IS, Range IS West, 5th P M, in
Audubon county, Iowa; that plaintiff is credib-
ly informed and believes that defendants herein
plaintiff in said property and that plaintiff be-
lleves that defendants derive their said claims
as heirs and assigns of Rebecca Edwards, and
plaintiff further prays that his title and estate
the defendants aforesaid and that they and all
persons claiming by. through or under them,
be barred and forever estopped from having or
claiming any rig ht or title adverse to that
title thereto be quieted in plaintiff, and that
unless you appear thereto and defend on or be-
fore noon of the second day of the March term
OF sald court which commences the 9th
bon, Iowa, default will be entered against you
ana decree and Judgment rendered thereon.
NASH & PHELPS, CossoN g. Ross.
m Attorneys for Plaintiff
proved at Harlan, Iowa, and it is further or
dered that said notice be published for six con
secutive weeks in the Audubon County Journal
Newspaper! ne s published at Extra, Iowa.
Dated this 2tth day of January, 1900.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-02-15

She killed herself to escape a worse
thing What shall we do with her?
We mustn't forget that she died for us
for two strangers who We're no more
to her than voices speaking her ia
theirs tongue"
He put his arm over my shoulders
and drew me- away.
Let's get out of here, in Gods namen'
he said broEenly. Pm sick with hor-
rors She is safe here-from them and
from all Others
For weary hours after the tuft of
hber burned out we stumbled on in the
pitchy darkness. was choking with
thirst, and when we came upon CUR
Cling stream went down on my face
and drank deeply. When l rose Har-
greaves' voice sounded afar off.
Follow the stream" he said, and a
moment later saw the flare of match
in thin crevice at the end of the gal
lery. Hargreaves was beyond the bar
rier, and he held the burning splnt at
arms length in the crevice.
Lie fiat on your face in the water
and crawl under" he directed. and
when ! Joined him: Its the place
where we found the first arrow. Are
you good for the rest of it, or shall we
lie down and try TO get little restY'
would not have stopped for kings
ransom, and together we toled on
down the great entrance gallery,
splashing through the pools and push
ing on doggedly until we stood once
more in the dragons mouth, with the
cold blast chilling us and the blessed
dawn redding the thrice welcome sky.
| looked AT my watch which had mi
raculously escaped wetting.
-Four o'clock" said Was it only
II hours ago that we dropped out of
the world to live a hundred years in a
single night? 1t can't be. It's all a
frightful dream. Hargreaves."
He smiled, with a touch of his old
light heartedness, and we set out to
trudge across the plowed fields to
Shellmound station
This isn't a dream" he replied,
touching the blood stained saber.
Neither is that thing you've got under
your arm
looked down and saw that through
all the vicissitudes of the furious bat
tie and mad flight l had clung to my
hideous trophy-the bronze idol snatch
ed from it's niche in the old soldiers
grotto.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-02-15

Then heavcd the stone qDit1, qohat might
there aDdS in me.
glimpse of Hargreaves, with the limp
figure of the girl on one arm, standing
like hero god Of old. with his weapon
flashing in and out among the yellow
bodies Of his assailants. Then heaved
the stone with what might there was
in me.
There was a rumbling crash, and
fireplace and hearth and roaring fire
crumbled and sank into q yawniug
chasm. Hargreaves gave back pace,
and heard the shear of his saber as it
cleared wide circle before him.
"Down with your he shouted, and
leaped blindly.
He was beside me in an instant, still
carrying the girl and swinging his
bloody weapon. caught up twist of
the blazing fiber. and we dashed down
the arched passageway as those who
fly for their lives.
We were none too prompt. At
turn in the corridor we'll hole gaped
black above us as we darted beneath it.
A throbbing heart beat later a thunder
ing avalanche of debris poured down
from above and blocked the passage.
Hargreaves sank to his knees with
his burden. ''That's what the old man
meant" he gasped. ITS trap,
sprung from above to cut us off.
Thank God. we're on the right side of
1t and they're on the other. Lend a
hand here. will you:"
l thought he wanted help to carry the
girl, but he was trying to lift her to a
shelfike niche in the wall At the
touch of her rounded arm I started
back.
Good heavens. She's deadw l ex.
claimed
He nodded. 81 knew it when l cut
her down, but l wouldn't give those
tlends the satisfaction Of burning her."
folded the shapely hands across her
breast and looked long and earnestly at
the beautiful face. 1t was more white
than Indian, and l have seen it's pro-
totype now and then among the daugh-
tiers of our mountaineers.
she was dead when they brought
her in | said in hushed whisper.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-02-15

age hitherto strange to me- was lifting
IN my veins. and heard Hargreayes
as one afar off. had never swung
sword in my life. but at that moment
l felt invincible. It's curious mad.
ness.
Two seconds later we were in the
thick of it, hewing our way like de-
mons through the yelling multitude.
that parted to right and left before the
kissing swing of the sabers. Almost
before knew it we had fought our,
way across the amphitheater to the ped;
estal Of the great idol, and l could
hear the roar of the flames in it's hol-'
low interior
What followed wrought itself out so
quickly that j: defes any description of.
mine. l felt rather than saw that Har-
greaves was climbing to release the in
ert figure above, and put my back to
the hot pedestal and swept the circle
before me. A hideous savage rushed
in, and l spitted him on the sword
point Another hewed at me with a
thing like butchers cleaver and
thrust the bronze effigy into his face
while l could free the saber and smite
him in the loin. Then the mob surged
backward, and Hargreaves dropped be-
side me with the girl in his arms.
Come on!' he yelled, and we darted
around the base of the statue to the fire
hole in the rear. The furnace was full
of blazing fiber, with pitchy flames
roaring upward. Dropping the saber, 1
caught up stone. l had a fleeing
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-02-15
THE BITTER BITTEN.
Trick That Didn't Work Out Just
as WINS Exnected

There We're three of them, and as
they entered the German saloon on the
corEer the tall young man, who wore
razzle dazzle clothes and posed as
fast, remarked in an undertone to
his companions that he would show
them something good"
They lined up at the bar, and the
tall young man ordered three cent
drinks. When these were disposed of,
he laid down 10 cents on the bar, at
which the German proprietor remark
ed, "Nein: fifdeen." The tall young
man repocketed the coin and thus ad-
dressed the German:
II just gave you 10 cents, didn't n"
yah" responded the German.
well. here's 10 cents. That makes
20, SO you owe me s." added the
young man. again depositing the dime
on the bar.
The German looked bewildered, but
placed the dime in the money drawer
and handed the tall young man a half
dollar, with the request that lie deduct
therefrom the 5 cents due him. The
tall young man had just the correct
change. 10 cents. left In his pocket.
This he promptly handed to the Ger
man and received the half dollar. Then
the three companions repaired to the
street and INDUCED in a mighty laugh,
while the tall young man swelled up
like a prize turkey on parade. Every
thing went lovely until they parted
company and the tall young man
boarded a car for his home in the
suburbs. Imagine his feelings when
the conductor handed him back the
so cents which he rendered in re-
spouse to the request for fares with
the information that the piece was
bad" 1t was all the money he had,
and he could not persuade the con-
ductor to trust him, so he was eject
ed at the next corner and had to walk
the remaining five miles to his home
Chicago Journal
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-02-15

Il was troubled with severe nervousness
and after retiring at night would be very
restless and unable TO sleep. l would have
nervous twitchings all over my body which
were very distressing and 1 becam. weak
and run down from lack of sleep and rest. I
commenced using DR.. Miles Nervine and ii
gave me immediate relief. After using ie a
few days could 60 to bed and sleep sound.
ly all night and awake in the morning feed
ing refreshed and rested. After taking Sc ),
eral bottles my health was entirely restore.
but always keep bottle in the house aal
take dose when am very tired. always
recommend DR.. Miles Nervine to anyone
complaining of loss o; sleep or restlessnes,.
and have heard many praise the remedy for
the good it does"
c. B. NEVILLE, Jacksonville, Mo.
DR.. Miles Nervine j. sold (, all druggists
on positive guarantee. Write for free
advice and booklesto
| DR.. MILES MEDICAL Co. Elkha1t. Ind
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-02-15

Nerves that jump at every sudden
noise; nerves that keep you awake at
night; nerves that make your back
ache, your leart palpitate and your
temples throb; nerves that are tired,
weak, irritable, and restless; these
are the povsrty-stricken, exhausted,
starving sort of nerves that make all
the trouble.
Poverty # nerves destroys your ap-
petite, deranges your digestion, dis
turbs your heart and weakens your
body. Poverty Of nerves depresses
your spirits, makes you fretful, care
worn, worried, melancholy and des-
ponoent. To brighten your spirits,
rest your mind and revive your flag
ging energies, the hungry nerves
must be fed, built up and strength
ened: and there is nothing in the