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The Brunswick times-call., 1900-09-28
Ohsmbsrlain's Cough Remedy Grest
FavOrite.

The soothing and healing qualities Of this
remedy, Is pleasant taste and promat and per-
manent cures have made it great fayorte
with people everywhere. It is especial 49,
by mothers Of small children - s7np
and whooping cough, as 1t arTS.ays'.,iiords quick
relief, and as it contains 10 opium or other
harmful drug, it may be given as confidently to
a baby as to an adult. For sale by Bishops
drug store.
The Brunswick times-call., 1900-09-28
SHIPPING REPORT.
Corrected Daily BY Capt. Otto Johannsssi

Corrected Dsily BY Capt. Otto Johannsssp
Port Of Bruins ioE, Sept. u, 1900.
ARRIVED.
Str. Seminole, Bearse, Jacksonville.
Bark B. A. BraYion, oliveIrs, New
Bedford.
Str. Colorado, Avery New York,
schr. Jennie Lockwood, CoOkson,
Boston,
schr Wesley NJ oler, Hartman,
New York.
sohr. James, Judge, mase., New
York.
sAILEp.
Bark Emil Stang, Nor, Even,ep,
Carson,
Bark Prince John, Nor, HeFmansen,
Bristol.
sohr. Harold B. Cousins, Andersen,
Boston.
The Brunswick times-call., 1900-09-28
Al. q FIELDS mINsrRELs

From indications one nights perform-
ance will not give all the people who
H TO see Al. Fields minstrola an op-
portuniiy to attend Manager Wolfe
has arranged for two performances, one
On Friday night, Oct ., the other on
Saturday night, oct. Q. Mr.. Wo ffe has
had numerous applications for tickets
from out Of town parties, and as the
railroads viii give reduced rates to par
ties, no doubt quite a number Of out Of
town folks will attend this attraction,
which is said to be the best in the min
strelsy line. Reserved seats will be
placed on sale next Tuesday morning
at9sm.
The Brunswick times-call., 1900-09-28

The emergency bags sent by church societies
to Kansas soldiers 10. the Philippines contained
among the necc asItl 81 box Of DeWitt's witch
Hazel salve, the vel Known cure for piles, in
juries and skin dise es. The ladies took care
to obtnin the origins Dewitfs Witch Hazel
salye, knowing, all ltbel counterfeits are
worthless. WI. Ytts.
The Brunswick times-call., 1900-09-28
WEDDING PRESENTS.

Big cut In all lines Of sllyerwsres fer
the next few days. To be sold at auc-
tual cash. A. Rothschild..
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23
How the Trusts Steal Savings.

Il earn the same wages / did two
years ago. l have no new expenses.
| am more careful than ever about
my expenditures. Yet l find that
where | had two or three dollars of
my wages left at the end of the week
two or three yers ago 1 have nothing
left. now"
That paragraph expresses the
thought of many a workingman. He
wonders why it is that he saves moth
ing now, even with greater economy,
when he had n little balance left in
his pocket at the end of the week
heretofore.
The explanation is that given by the
Anthracite Coal Miners Union. Liv-
ing expenses, they assert, have lin
creased fully thirty per cent. in two
years." The trusts make the differ
ence. By artificially enhancing the
cost of living they draw from the pock-
cts of the workingman the little bal
ance each week that formerly swelled
his savings. Many workingman
wonders why the wage that formerly
supported his family runs short now.
The answer is the same. A trust made
Increase of the cost of living, fully
thirty per cent" means the loss of
his savings to one workingman and
pinching and debt to another.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23
THE LITTLE LADY OF PEKIN.


From the Chinamnn's Point of Wow His
Empress Is Perfection.
'The Chinese Empress does not meet
completely the Anglo-SaXon demand
for female beauty" writes Poultney
Bigelow in the Woman's Home Com
panion "but then the Chinaman Is not
wholly satisfied with our type, and on
sound democratic principles the Celes-
tial has some color for his opinion,
seeing that he is one of 400,000000,
while our ideal represents but 75,000,-
900. Personally, it is hard for me to
appreciate the beauty in one who is
short and fat; whose feet are the size
of salt-cellars; whose flesh has the
modelling of bolster; whose eyes are
oblique, and whose natural skin is
overlaid with white and red paste.
Yet what am pleased to consider my
taste is, from the Chinaman's point
of view, merely outlandish prejudice;
and on the standards prevailing in
Pekin the Dowager Empress is easily
one of the handsomest women, eXer-
cising personal fascination which en-
titles her to rank with such heroines
as Catherine of Russia or Queen
Louise of Germany. And as to an
tiquity of pedigree the Romanoffs and
Hohenzoilerns are mere upstarts in
dynastic enterprise compared with the
power in Pekin, which draws its au-
thority directly from Celestial sources
in prehistoric eras.
"Let us then admit at the outset
that in the matter of birth, beauty and
political power the Dowager Empress
of China eclipses not merely anything
of its kind in Europe, but throws into
the shade anything dreamed of in this
fair country of ours, whose boast 1t is
that we have set the standard for
sovereign woman The Chinaman in
general is completely convinced that in
all that constitutes higher civilization
he is the superior of the white man.
He has invented more different kinds
of mechanical improvements than all
the rest of the world put together; his
wise men were masters of science
when Europe was Il bowling wilder
ness; no other country has held togeth-
er so long as this huge empire, and its
subjects not unnaturally conclude that
such grand results must have sprung
from institutions whose excellence is
unrivaled elsewhere. OF these insti-
tutions the highest exponent Is the
Dowager Empress and her party"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23
HUMOROUS.

HoaX-There's a proof that our days
are numbered. Joax-What? Hoax
The calender.
Nell-7Sbe doesn't show her age.
Belle-Show it? l should say not. She
won't even tell 1t.
He-Would you be mad If kissed
you just once? She-Yes; I would.
The ldea-only once!
misfortune always travels fast"
"That's right; the more rapid the pace
a fellow goes the quicker it overtakes
him"
Aha" exclaimed the heavy TRACE
dian. "The plot thickens." Its
about time" cried one in the audience.
''It's been pretty thin SO far"
Nellie looks like a man who has
been disappointed in love. Belle-He
Is, He advertised for a girl with So
100000 and didn't get a single reply.
She-I didn't know you had sister,
Mr.. Smart. He-Oh, yes; I've got
nine of them. "You haven't really
SAL"
Tramp-Can you oblige me with q
little help, lady? Lady-Im afraid
not. My help all left this morning.
It's very hard to keep servants in the
suburbs.
what are you up so early for?"
asked the old hawk. 80, just for a
lark" replied the young bird, using
one claw for toothplck; land got
him, too"
"Ah" cried Mr.. Algo when she re,
fused him; Il can never love another"
NO" she said; II realized there was
no room in your heart for any one
but yourself"
Il saw Miss Gabbie talking to you
this morning. l don't suppose she
gave you so much as chance to open
your mouth" 20, yes. | yawned
quite frequently; she couldn't prevent
that"
| Her FatheP-So you want to marry
my daughter, eh? The youth-Yes,
sir. "Well, young man, do you think
you could support a famlly" era
ciousl You're not all going to come to
live with us, are your
mo, SIR" said the man who had
been asked for aims; 81 can give you
nothing. You are professional beg
| gar aren't you?' Il used to think so, VI
replied the other as he sadly pulled
two copper cents and a collar button
from his pocket; but I've come to the
conclusion that l am only an anna
| teur."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23
Freedom of Discussion.

The suspension of freedom Of dis
cusson is one of the strongest signs
of the Imperialism which seeks to
make itself permanent.
Republicans make objections to a
discussion of the Philippine question
pending the suppression of an alleged
rebellion.
They object to Mr.. Bryan's criticism
Of the Philippine policy because he
supported the ratification of the treaty
which removed Spanish sovereignty.
If the treaty had not been ratified,
then state of war would have ex-
listed, pending which criticism would
still have been denounced as "stab-
bing the army in the back"
Take it what way we may, discus
sion seems to be out of order. Will
the organs kindly inform us when lib.
erty of speech will be in order again
Atlanta Constitution.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

Many customs are still practiced at
less and less frequent intervals in the
remote parts of Great Britain of which
we have little ken. A good example Of
this is the sin-eater, who plays such an
important part in the Gaelic funeral
of the old sort.
His task is to consume all the sins
resting on the soul of the dead, there
by enabling the corpse to rest peace
fully in its grave.
In view of the responsible and not
altogether enviable nature of his Of
fee, it is not surprising that the sin
eater is invariably some poor and un-
fortunate person; for happier circum-
stances would naturally incline him
to avoid such profession, which is
taken by himself and everybody else
with the utmost seriousness. As a
symbol of the sins committed during
the lifetime OF the deceased, a loaf of
bread and a jug of beer are laid upon
the corpse The sin-eater is then in
troduced and proceeds with much cere-
mony to eat the bread and drink the
beer. Naturally enough he goes
through the ordeal with certain
amount of zest. for he is not infre-
quently hungry, though the possessor
of a well-developed taste for malt
liquors.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23
THE "FuLL DINNER PAIL" FAKE.
An Insult to the Intelligence of the
American Workman.


The Republican campaign argument
entitled "The full dinner paI' is at
once a fraud and an insult to the in
telligence and the morality Of the
American workingman.
A fraud, because in spite Of all that
subsidized press and personally
conducted" corps of campaign speak
ers can say, the administration Of Will
lam Mckinley has not meant unlimit-
ed prosperity for the American work
| ingmen.
The thousands of unfortunates who
have walked the streets of all our
great cities through the long cold
months Of every winter, willing to
work, but with no work to do, and
therefore no food, save the dole of
charity, and no shelter, save the po-
| lice station, are terrible flaw in the
picture Of general prosperity.
| The thousands of farmers of the
Eastern States who sell the products
of their hard toll to-day for the same
price that they commanded four years
ago and pay for the necessities Of life
an increased price, are not sharers
in prosperity.
The hundreds of thousands Of men
in our great cities whom intolerable
wage conditions have forced to try
the terrible remedy of strikes and
who have found themselves beaten
and batfled by the combinations of
capital against which they fought, and
who face the coming winter impov-
erished by summer of enforced idle
ness, know that the story of prosper
ity is a deceit and a snare.
The great armies of miners who
are even now in revolt against con-
ditions that made their lives only pro-
longed starvation, while the corpor-
ations they served fattened on the
product of their toll, know that the
full dinner pail' is a fraud.
But we said that the full dinner
pair' argument is an insult to Ameri-
can workingmen, and it is. A brute,
beast, can be tolled with dish of
fodder to any slavery, but a man, an
American freeman, whether he wears
broadcloth or jeans, knows that there
are higher interests than those that
are represented by so much bread and
meat. A Government has not done all
that 1t ought to for the people whose
interests it is supposed to serve when
it has given them food, even in plen-
ty; and the Republican party when it
seeks to cover the gross immoralities
of its four years of power with din
ner pail when it says to the working
men of America, Fill your bellies with
fodder and, like beasts, forget that
there are weightier considerations
than something to eat" insults every
honest man.-New Voice.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

came to place where q whole lot of
men and women were sitting in a cir
Gle while the mosquitoes ate them. The
men and women were eating pickles
and dry sandwiches and trying to look
happy. Uncle Benjamin hurried down
the middle Of the tablecloth and call
Ing, Children, children" at the top of
his voice. Everywhere he went he
met some of those miserable little chill
dren who had run away from their
own picnic. He found them sitting on
the edge Of a sponge cake dangling
their feet and kicking holes in the
icing. They were perched on loaves
of bread and up on top of plate of
sliced ham, they were playing hide and
seek. Some Of them had climbed up
into I great big tin reservoir. There
were all their clothes on the edge and
they were having swim.
Didn't tell you not to go near the
water?" asked Uncle Benjamin, shak-
ing his cane. Now. where do find
you?"
1T isn't water" said all the chill
dren ants: cts lemonade"
1t took the ants uncle more than an
hour to get all the children together.
why don't you come away from
here?" he said Don't you hear all
the men and women talking and say
ing that it would be such a delightful
place here If it were not for those mis-
cradle ants?"
"They didn't say word" replied
the children, until you came"
This made Uncle Benjamin so angry
that he swung his cane and chased all
the children before him back to the
place where the table of the ants pic
mic had been spread. Way over to one
side was the ants aunt all alone. She
had her handkerchief to her eyes, and
was crying as though her heart would
break.
why, what's the matter?" asked
Uncle Benjamin. What in the world
has happened?"
why. can't you see?" replied ths
ants aunt. "a miserable man came
this way and stepped right on the ta-
Bile and when he lifted up his foot
everything was ruined"
Come on, children" said UnclU
Benjamin. Let us all go back to the
mems picnic. After he has treated us
this way, he deserves that we should
tease him and all his family"
That is the reason that, when men
and women give picnics, all the ants
in the neighborhood go and plague
them,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23
A Puzzle,

If the people of the Philippine Isl
ands are incapable of managing their
own affairs and must be shot into sub
mission
Why does Mr.. Mckinley apply this
principal to the Christian population
which wishes to set up republic un-
der American protection;
And refuse to apply it to Sulu, where
he has granted autonomy under Amer
lean protection to a Mahometan des-
pot has guaranteed polygamy and
slavery and has granted subsidies to
the royal harems?
Why treaties and subsidies for Ma
hometan polygamists and hold
ers? Why fire and sword for enlight-
ened Christians?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

Are there no trusts? Ask the men
who used to work in the rolling mills.
Are there no trusts? Ask the men who
used to work in the bicycle factories.
Are there no trusts? Ask the inde-
pendent manufacturers or the small
merchants, or anybody, in fact, except
M. A. Hanna.
No trusts, indeed The woods are
full of trusts and every one is a men.
ace to labor. But, there's way to
get rid of 'em and that way isn't by
voting the Republican ticket, either.-
Toledo Bee.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23
INSTINCT.

When you were but an infant,
Whatever you might find,
You tried to put into your mouth;
Such is the childish mind.
A lump Of coal. a rattle,
Your fists and cen your feet
Would move you to inquiry:
'Now, is that good to eatT'
And later, when ambitions,
With years, began to grow,
You dreamed sweet dreams OF glory,
But had to work, you know.
You labored at your duty,
And asked, when twas complete,
Not: rs the thing ideal?"
But: "Will it help me eat?"
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

The effort to hide imperialism in this
campaign has failed at every point.
Imperialism taxes Porto Rico without
her consent; it imposes military rule
ON Cuba long after Cuba should have
had her own chance; it loots Cuban
revenues; 1t carries on a war of sub
Jugation and determination in the Phil
ippines. The mask is pulled off, and
President Mckinley could not say to-
day, imperialism is impossible"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23
A Farewell.

Farewell
My irest child, have no song to give
you;
No lark could pipe to skies so dull
and gray;
Yet, ere we part, one lesson can leave
you,
For every day.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will
be clever;
Do noble things, not dream them,
all day long;
And so make life, death and that vast
forever
One grand, sweet song.
Charles Kingsley.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

In this country the fisherman is
man who uses hook and line or the net
in following his profession, and folks
would stare with wonder to see him
start off with flock of birds to help
in catching fish Yet this is done in
China. There the Chinaman may be
seen in his sampan surrounded by
cormorants, which have been trained
to dash into the water at his order,
seize the fish and bring them to the
boat Should a cormorant capture a
fish too large for it to carry alone,
one of its companions will go to its as
sistance and together they will bring
it in.
If the Chinaman wishes to catch tur-
ties he will do so with the aid of a
sticking fish or remora. The fish has
on top of its head long disc Or sucker
by which it attaches itself beneath
moving objects such as shar'1s, whales,
and the bottoms of ships rather than
make the effort necessary to indepen-
dent movement.
The fisherman fastens the remora
to long cord tied to brass ring
about its tail and when he reaches the
turtle ground puts it overheard, TAX
ing care to keep it from the bottom Of
the boat. When a turtle passes near,
the remora darts beneath him and fas-
tens to his shell. Struggle as he will
the turtle cannot loosen the grip of
the sucker and the Chinaman has on
ly to haul in on the line, bring the tur-
tie up to the boat and take him aboard.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

Talking about trusts, there are fifty
or sixty very obnoxious ones that
would have to go out of business If
the tariff shelter under which they rob
should be taken away. There is no
honest opposition to trusts that does
not go to the root of the evil by in
sisting upon the repeal of all legisla-
tion which encourages their formation
and fosters their growth
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

Some months ago the Republicans
were boasting of the thoroughness with
which they had established the gold
standard. Now even Secretary Gage
is ambitious to prove that the Repub-
lican enactment is so flimsy that it
could be easily destroyed by Demo-
cratic Secretary of the Treasury.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23
A Be1ated Discovery.

Chairman Hanna should have made
his discovery that there are no trusts
in the United States before the Re-
publican platform was constructed and
before President Mckinley had writ
ten his letter of acceptance. 1t would
have saved the platform makers and
the President much anxious thought.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

The Republican papers which are in
sisting in one breath that Mr.. Bryan
stands no chance whatever of being
elected President are discussing in
their next breath Mr.. Bryan's proba-
BILE cabinet appointments after he is
inaugurated.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

President Mckinley entered into a
government by the people, of the peo-
pie, for the people. He closes his first
term as the chief operator of Gov
ernment of the people, by the trusts,
for the trusts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

Helm going to shave myself here
after
She-Won't you cut yourself?
mo; won't h2ve any razor sharI
enough for that"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

What proves that led horse has
spirit? A le(a)d horse must be horse
of metal (mettle).
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-23

What part of a boat is the product
of a mine? The oars (ores).
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-18

tained fourteen little cells arranged In q
circle, all opening into circular court
with the exception OF one, which was
bricked up The cells were all the sans
size. about eight feet in depth. and were
connected by a mysterious subterranean
passage only large enough to admit the
passage OF good-sized boy.
Connecting this strange place with the
wing occupied as a stable was a long
passage. mostly ruin. At the end of this
was a hole In the wall. through which.
thrusting my head. looked down upon
the horses In the stable. There was a
youth there. bright-eyed and alert. who
readily consented TO show me some OF
the ruins. which, he said. was the former
monastery of the Capuchin monks. ask
ed him what the tower-like structure Was
for, and, shaking his head obviously, he
answered:
"Quien sabe. senior. what the friars used
those cells for. Something not good 10
speak Of" and leading me TO a gloomy
passage between great walls. he pointed
TO two cavities facing each other, from
each OF which. he said. had been removed
a skeleton OF some unfortunate who had
been walled In alive. He then led the
way to what he said was the torture
chamber. II was down an incline be-
meath the round structure which had first
attracted my attention. There was an
entrance which had been sealed UP with
cobblestones, and in turn It had been
opened by pulling the stones out SUM-
ciently TO leave a hole admitting human
body. I scrambled in the dim light over
loose stones. bricks and debris. and Mt
the end 81 the passage landed upon a hard
pavement. As my eyes became accus-
toned to the gloom. found that We were
In a subterranean chamber corresponding
in shape TO the round structure above.
A massive central pillar Of stone sup
ported the roof OF the vaulted chamber
and three or four oval. 1hute-iike aper-
lures checked with weeds admitted q most
unhaliowed light
This was what my guide called the tor
fure chamber. and "a more dismal hole FOR
the devil himself 20 carry on his diaboli-
cal plottinas could scarcely be imagined.
The youth pointed TO an iron ring In the
central pillar. 70 which be said the VIC
Tins OF the ineuisition were hound, and
he pointed out great. dark bi0tclaes upon
the pavement which be declared were the
stains Of human blood.
Perhaps some grissy scene Of torture
was being enacted on this very spot when
God Ia his wrath shook the earth. rent
the volcano asun8eF and brought down
the final destruction upon the wicked city.
farbsdding II ever 70 rise again as the
metropolis Of that rich kingdom OF Gost-
efnala.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-18

Of this splendid edffice consists OF two
storied row of arches supported upon solid
stone columns Of great thickness. and
still in the center above are the armorial
bearings granted by the Emperor Charles
V. to the loyal and noble city. The plaza
which 1t fronts is large enough for the
review of great army. There is a great
fountain in the center. and in corner
beyond 1t Is a thriving little spot fire.
quented by Indians. merchants and mar
ket women. who come from the coast be-
low and from the cold heights above TO,
barter and sell their wares. fruits and
vegetables.
on the occasion OF a recent visit the
writer's attention was attracted TO a
walled Enclosure. covering space equal
about to one of our city squares. Climb
ing over broken part of the wall into
the inclosure / found the place covered
with ruins. towers. wild vines and debris.
In the far corner stood the walls OF an
old church, the doors and windows
blocked up with stones, and 10 the right
was a rambling wing-like structure with
an entrance from the street occupied as
n stable. Near the center of the Enclosure
was a round, tower-like structure, re-
sembling somewhat an old-fashioned fort
without the emorasures. BY placing
stones and timber against the outside of
this curious old structure, and with the
aid OF the trees and vines growing out of
the crevices, I pulled myself TO the top
and was surprised TO find the tower con-