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The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
stretcher Bearers Desert to Beers.

London, Jan. 22.-The Durham corre-
spondent of the Standard says: "It is
reported that ten volunteer stretcher
bearers, on their arrival at the front,
walked deliberately across into the
Boer lines. The same thing happened
at the battle of ColensO. 1t is pre-
sumed they were spies who had sue
ceeded in enrolling themselves in the
ambulance corps. 1t is asserted that
the Beers desecrated the convent
church at Newcastle in an indescrib-
able manner"
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
Hard RIow to Needy Ones

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 22.-The fall
ure Saturday of the Knights and La
dies of the Fireside with about $1,000
assets and more than $4,000 liabili-
ties, will bring disappointment and
sorrow to many a family in Kansas.
The majoity of its 1900 members
live in Kansas. Most of them
have been paying increased as
sessments for years to try and keep
up their insurance in the order.
Many of them are widows and or
phans whose death claims against the
order have been in litigation. Now
all of these, members and beneficiaries
alike, may rest assured that they will
never get a dollar because the treas
ury is practically empty.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
acts
For. Sick
Women

F7-Sf-fIpe medicine that
holds the record for the
largest number of abS0-
lutte Cures of female Ills
is Lydia E Pinkiiars,s
Vegetable Compound
Second Mrs. Pi.skkiasps
can show by hes' letter
flies in Lynn THAT a mill
Hon women have beeH
restored 20 health by HeF'
medicine and advice
Third -ANEefferS to Mrs
Pfnkhanp are s'eceiysHs
opened read and aEs~
swes-ed by women Ossfys
This fact Is certified 10 BY
the mayor and luOstsras-
ter of Lynn and Others of
Ms.s. Pisslrgsasss,S own city,
Write for free book COM
tanning these certificates
Every ailSng woman is
invited to write to Hrs
Pi1kk1as71 and get her ad-
vice free of Charge
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26

1t will be remembered that in 1890,
The first year covered by the diagram,
there was no tin plate production in
the United States. Starting at $4.75 per
box, the price of foreign plate dropped
to about $4.37H. and from that point
tie price rose rapidly, until in 1898 it
had reached $3.50. the top figure. By
this time American tin plate produc-
ton, called into active existence by the
Mckinley protective tariff of 1890, be-
gan TO be heard from. and with the re-
suit invariably attending the stable es-
tablishment of a new industry under
the stimulus Of protection-namely,
swift decline in the price of the inn
ported plate Welsh plate fell from
$3.50 a box in 1898 to 1915 box at the
close of 1895.
At this point domestic tin plate be-
came the controlling factor, and our
diagram, beginning with 1896, shows
the prices of the domestic article. Did
the price rise when the domestic pro-
dUcers. guarded by a protective tariff,
became masters of the situation? On
the contrary. prices of American tin
plate steadily declined until the latter
part Of 1898, when the low point. $2.75
per box, was reached. At this time,
mark you, American consumers, under
protection, were paying precisely one
haIf what they had paid for Welsh tin
pate IN the absence of protection.
heglnnlng with 1899, in response to
'he largely increased cost of materials
and wages, tin plate prices took an up
"ard turn, reaching $4.75 per box early
IN The fall of this year. The present
price Is S4.65. But it will be observed
'nat The rise Of the current year has not
carried prices back to the free trade
'e'el OF 1891 to 1894. The home con-
Suillef OF tin plate is to-day paying IS
NtN'S per box less than he paid in 1891
""en 'he foreign producer was master
VI 'ne situation and American compe-
e'ioh had not yet come to the front as
"leSult OF the protective tariff.
que more fact remains to be consid-
ueu' A glance at the high range of
plI'eS Tor tin plate paid by American
tU"sumers prior to the establishment of
IV industry in our own country reveals
impressive contrast with the low
Se OF prices that have prevailed
mI'e the time when American tin plate
r., sroOucers were able to control the stu
ION Taken as whole, and counting
- 'he present advanced price, result
rs' ~. as before stated. from heavy adj
l"'eS IN cost of materials and heavy
ss. s,".ceS IN the wages of tin plate work
5.n }, II Is found that many millions OF
taa!. liars have been saved through pro.
ION to the consumers of tin plate
mo~ u 1871 to date, to say nothing of the
anu S millions of dollars kept at home
sh u paid out to American labor in the
shape of wages.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
HIS MISTAKE.
An American Girl Gives an English
man a Little Light ON
Ladies'.

A Louisville girl, who was recently in
Germany, met young English officer who
was in the same city, and, in fact, IN the
same house with her for two months, study
ing German for his promotion. Like most
Europeans he had the usual absurd ideas
about the girls of this country, who, in the
minds of the untrateled foreigner, are rather
hoyden creatures who smoke and have other
masculine traits.
After dinner one day, in the early ac-
quaintance of the couple, the officer offered
the Louisville girl cigarette, and, upon her
refusing it, he said:
"Why, | thought all the girls in the
United States smoked"
so we do" replied the girl, "but never
cigarettes; only pipes. If you will get that
pipe off the mantelpiece in the next room L
shall be charmed to smoke with you"
Not suspecting the joke she was playing
on him, the officer brought the pipe and
filled it, and it was not until he saw the wry
faces his friend made in attempting to carry
out the joke that he appreciated the situa
ton. He was continually telling the Amer.
ran in tone of surprise that she was jus,
like the girls at home in England, and her
rejoinder was:
Lieutenant, don't you think lady is a
lady the world over?'-Louisville Courier
journal.
The man who has nothing to do but clip
coupons cuts quite figure.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26

The Nebraska business man, farmer
or professional man who could look up
on such a record and then vote for Bry-
an is indeed blind. The figures speak
for themselves, and it is very plain that
the return of prosperity has struck the
people of Nebraska. 1t has enabled
them to materially reduce their indebt-
edness during the past few years. and it
is putting them on their feet again for
a fresh start. Before 1896 the record
shows that the aggregate amount of the
mortgages filed each year was much
greater than the aggregate of releases,
clearly demonstrating that in those
days of hard times the people OF Ne
braska were slipping deeper and deep
er into the swamp of debt, while begin
ming with MeKinley's election the tide
turned. With the coming of Mckinley
the people of Nebraska began to not
only make a good livinSfor themselves
but they commenced to lay something
by and soon they began paying on thelr
debts. The people of Nebraska have IN
deed. had their eyes closed by Bryan
when they will permit I'm 10 make
them believe that the paying on OF thelr
debts and the burning up pot their mort
cages has been an injury 70 them!-Des
Moines Ua.) State Register'
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
THE "CROwN OF THORNS. +"
Mr.. Bryan's Famous Figure of Speech
Rendered Ridiculous by the
Facts of Prosperity.

The army of the unemployed is at
work. The soldier who marched under
the command of Gen. CoXey or Carl
Brown has Il job if he wants it.
Evidences of the fact that these are
laboring mems times loom up before
one by the time he can get block from
the depot. There is more work than
workers. The toiler is in demand; he
has it his way; there is competition for
his services; wages are advancing.
That is what makes times good. The
country cannot have hard times when
the wage-earnerhas steady employment
at good pay, and when the farmer has
a good price for his produce.
1t seems that all these good times had
been brought about as though by magic.
1t was not magic. Before he was
elected president Mr.. Mckinley told us
what was needed. When he said it
seemed TO him that it would be better
to open our mills to the labor of Amer
ica than our mints 10 the silver of the
world, his words were good, hard head
ed protective sense.
But Bryan in smooth metaphor told
the republicans that they must not
press the crown of thorns on the brow
of labor; that they must not cruelty
mankind on cross of gold.
Mckinley opened the mills by putting
protective tariff duty on foreign
goods. These times of steady work and
advancing wages are what Mr.. McKin-
ley said would come. are what Mr..
Bryan said would not come.
The states of the west are beginning
to call on each other for help in these
times of long demand and short supply
of labor.
Here are few sample thorns that are
being pressed down on the brow of la
Dor right here in Kansas City. | plucked
them off an advertising board on Union
avenue:
Laborers wanted daily for Memphis;
transportation free.
We want coal miners for Colorado and
New Mexico. The Colorado Fuel & Iron
Co.
One hundred Rock men wanted; fare free.
We want carpenters al 2713 cents an hour.
Wanted, men for fence gang at $1.75 d
day.
Laborers wanted daily for Wyoming: no
office fee charged, and railroad fare fur
nished free.
These few little piercing "thorns"
tell of Il wreath of prosperity that
reaches from Tennessee to the Pacific
coast.
The 1899 army of the unemployed that
was to march across the continent UNI
der the leadership of Carl Brown start
ed at Wichita and ended at Wichita.
Signs like these in Kansas City stand
out like picket posts of prosperity to
intercept him. 1t is impossible to march
through the lines of jobs awaiting work
ers; impossible to dodge employment.
| These are protection times again. The
free silver cry proved false alarm, and
| the laborers will not be fooled by the
same man flying antitrust. anti-expar-
sion colors.-E. G. Pipp, Kansas City,
| Mo.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
Booker t. washington Makes an Addres.

Chicago, Jan. 22.-Booker T. Wash
ington addressed the Young Mems
Sunday club yesterday at Quinn
chapel, his subject being: "The In
dustrial Development of the Colored
Race in the United States.' The
speaker predicted a bright future for
the colored people in this country. He
appealed to his hearers to cultivate a
high moral character and try and ele-
vate men and women of the race who
are less fortunate. At the close of the
address large sum was collected
for the benefit of the Tuskogee school
in Alabama.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
Grant to Land In Kansas.

Columbus, o., Jan. 22.-Mrs. Edgar
A Storer, wife of Columbus broker,
recently discovered among some old
papers that had belonged to her
mother, a grant of $4,000 acres of
land in the west to her grandfather
for distinguished services in the rev.
olution. The grant is signed by one
of Washington's generals. The matter
has been investigated and it is said the
family has a valid title to the land,
which is located in Kansas.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
AshIand Wooden Mills Burned.

Ashland, Ore, Jan. 22.-The Ashland
wooden mills, one of the Oldest in
dustrial establishments in the state,
owned and operated by E. K. and G.
Anderson, were yesterday morning
morning destroyed by fire, which is
supposed to have originated in the
weaving room. About $4,000 worth
of blankets and blanketing in pro-
cess of manufacture were also burned.
The total loss is $65,0OO. The insur-
ance on the building and its contents
amounts to $4,000.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
Dowayer Empress Alarmed.

Yokohama, Jan. 3, via San Francis
co, Jan. 21.-I4ively interest has
been aroused by the publication of
the secret decree of the, empress
dowager of China, in which she shows
a sense of the danger which threatens
the empire from foreign aggression.
"The various powers" she says, "are
casting upon us looks of tiger-like
voracity, hustling each other in their
endeavors to be the first to seize on
our innermost territory"
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
OVER FIFTEEN MILLIONS.
War Department Gives Out Statement
OF the Entire Receipts for tho
Year from Cuba.

Washington, Jan. 21.-The war de-
partment gave out the statement that
the total receipts for the entire island
of Cuba for the month of December
were $1,733,221. The total receipts
for the entire island for the calendar
year ended December 81, 1899, by
items were Customs, S14,072, ia; in
ternal revenue, $757,283; postal re-
ceipts from July 1, 1899, to December
81, 1899, $94,514: miscellaneous re-
ceipts from July /, 1899, to December
81, 1899, $293,5S4; total receipts, $751;
217.497.42.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
Dentists Wanted for Philippine Troops.

Washington, Jan. 22.-Gen. Otis, in
"a report to the war department, says
that year in the tropics with army
rations has practically ruined the
teeth of so per cent. of the men in the
army, and that the teeth of the rest
show evidences of decay. He wants
dentists sent at once, and the war de-
partment will ask congress to make
provision for the addition of dentists
to the army. The surgeon general is
heartily in favor of the plan.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
Commissioner vauIandlngham Dead.

ST. Louis, Jan. ga. J. Vanlanding-
ham, commissioner of the ST. Louis
Traffic bureau, died at his residence
on Washington boulevard at $3.50
o'clock last night of pneumonia. He
has been in bad health for several
weeks, ever since his return from a
trip to Washington. where he caught
a severe cold. Mr.. Vanlandingham has
been commissioner of the ST. Louis
Traffic bureau for several years, COM
irg here from Kansas City, where he
held similar position. He was we'll
known to railroad men all over the
the country.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
The Canal a. a Waterway.

.1 Summit, H., Jan. 21.-To demon
strate the practicability of the drain
age canal as a link in the deep water
way between the lakes and the gulf,
the sanitary trustees Saturday aboard
of their private yacht, the Juliet, made
the first trip between Chicago and
Lockport over the new water course.
The 25-foot depth of the canal afforded
ample room for the trim yacht and
the voyage was ZGafle in quick time.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
D,.a.trous EarthouaAe in Mexico.

Colima, Mex, Jan. 22.-An earth
quake shock began here at Has FRI
day night and assumed serious propor-
tions at Tenimata, many houses being
badly injured and some of light con-
struction were wrecked. There was
great CONSERVATION and people rushed
into the streets, some barely escaping
with their lives. Seven people were
killed outright and 60 were wounded
and are being cared for by local sur
o,annz
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
No Actual Consolidation o, Railroads.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator De-
pew, in speaking of the reported con-
solidation of railroad interests east of
Chicago, said it's extent and scope had
been entirely misrepresented. There
was, in fact, to be no consolidation or
actual merging of the roads. 1t was
in the line of the different roads, and
also with a view of carrying out the
interstate commerce commission's
idea of maintaining established rates
by the abolition of rate cutting.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
onsratovs REFUSED TO Confer.

indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 21.-John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers. speaking on the question OF
the $4,000 or 100000 anthracite coal
miners who are threatening general
strike in Pennsylvania, said that
trouble among the men dates back
several months, but the grievances OF
the dissatisfied men are sharpened by
the refusal of the operators to join the
men in a wage conference.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
Troy Street Car Men strike.

Albany, n. Y, Jan. 22.-All the
street cars in Troy were tied up yes
terday as a result of the strike of BOO
motormen and conductors of the
United Traction company. The men
demand 20 cents an hour and ten
hour work day. The company oper-
ate lines in five cities, including AL
bany, but the other men refused to
touch a car.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
.rmx Cbaplnim. wifr Arre.ted.

San Francisco, Jan. 21.-Mrs. NJ. A.
Swift, wife of an army chaplain now
in the Philippines, is under arrest
here. charged with embezzlement and
forgery. 1t is stated that the accused
obtained goods to the extent of several
thousand dollars from merchants here
by forging her husbands name to a
number of checks. She denies her
guilt, and has appealed to Gen. Shaf-
ter for aid.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
A Mirl.ading Apology.

"When you eat, be careful to leave
off hungry" is advice often give1 at
the dinner table, but seldom received
in an obedient spirit.
The caution was repeated not long
since to a young man of vigorous ap-
petite.
"Pshaw,'' said he, ''you nigh MS
we'll tell me to wash my face and be
careful to leave off dirty. youths
COMPANION.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
THEY TELL THE STORY.
Record of Mortgages Filed and Re-
leased for the Past Six Years
in Nebraska.

\ great truth was spoken when the
Kansas City Journal exclaimed: Ne
braska is as prosperous as Iowa. but her
people are too much blinded by Bryan
ism to admit the fact at the polls"
The records of mortgages filed and re-
leased each year in Nebraska during the
past seven years ought 10 be sufficient
in itself to demonstrate to the people of
that state that it is under republican
ism that they prosper. The record is as
follows:
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26

Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 22--Bishop War
rem A. Gambler, of the Methodist
church south, will leave Atlanta
Tuesday next for Havana to establish
a church in that city. He takes with
him $1,000 raised by ms personal eff
forts in Georgia. This will be the
hrst church and school of the Meth
odist denomination to be established
in Cuba.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
At Both Ends

catah. nt American farmer appears TO be
traa 1N,hS prosperity at both ends of the
NJ 'N,S year, The war in the Philip
hem " cutting off the supply of
NJ A., q mas greatly enhanced the value
lo,a ,"N II is estimated that North Da
SIo9,otaas alers alone will get more than
ensl, ''-'o Tor their fax crop, which will
for sa. mem 10 hold their wheat crop
pen, ,'er prlces.-Seattle Post-Intelli-
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
Very Moist.
ist.
IS Suburbs dc

Jaggles.-What does Suburbs dc
with that cellar OF his?
WoggIes.-Keeps ducks in summer
and uses it for skating rink in win
tern. Y. World.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
TIN PLATE PRICES.
r,.,s Which DisprOve Assertions Of
Free Traders
IN American Consumers Cut
One-HaIf ns the Result of
uome Development Under
Protection.

The following diagram, reproduced
,,n, recent issue of the Iron Age, a
,onIard American authority on metals,
IN -n be found useful in tracing tin plate
zoos from 1890 to the present time:
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
Business First.

Fussy Man (hurrying into news
paper ofhce)-I've lost my spectacles
somewhere, and L want to advertise
for them, but 1 can't see to write
without them, you know.
Advertising Clerk Qikely to be gen
eral manager some day)-I will write
that ad. for you, sir. Any marks on
them?
''Yes, yes. Gold-rimmed, lenses diff
ferent focus, and letters L. o. c. on
inside. Insert it three times"
"Yes, sir. Eighteen shillings, Il
you please.
Here it is"
Thanks, 1t gives me, sir great
pleasure to inform you, sir, that your
spectacles are on the top of your
head"
"My stars! So they are. Why didn't
you say so before?"
Business before pleasure, yor
know" ."-Tit-Bits
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
Leare suhstitutesE Behind.

Dead men tell no tales.
"They don't have toa they leave Wild
ows who can Go the talking. Town
Topics.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26

The man who has nothing to do but clip
coupons cuts quite fgure.-Chieago Daily
News.
The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26

Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co, Lynn, Mass.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-03-01

1901. The new building will be To- cated west of the library building and opposite the old store building. Exca- vatiOns are now being made for the basement, while a force of men are down the Morenci canyon quarrying out the red sandstone which will be used in the construction. The build- ing will be four stories, including the basement An elevator will carry the goods to the different stories, which will be divided into departments. The building will be lighted by cleo tricity and will measure 75X150 feet on the ground floor. MT. Van Gorder has given much study and time in planning the new store building, and it will be a model of neatnesS and con yenience.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-03-01
Indians in White Families.

From Washington it is announced that the Indian department will try to establish permanent outing" system throughout the entire Indian service. This is the placing of Indian students in the best white families during vacations, Major Pratt, of the Carlisle Indian institute, inaugurated this movement some three or four years ago, and it has proved So sue ceSSful that in his last report he says the outing enabled him to carry 2j0 more pupils than the number for which he had received an appropria- tion. An average of 25O pupils re- mained out during the winter, attend. ing the public schools. Six hundred pupils were out during vacation.
 The department officials argue that while the boarding schools are excel lent training schools for the Indian,
 he needs at times to be cut of from
 the sweep of school life and put upon his own solitary resources They say
 he will not ind in life community of possessions aud must learn to think and work for himself. He should do this during the period of education, and be made 10 trust solely in indi-
 vidual effort.
 The outing system tends to develop the Indian in what is akin to the best in family life. In the well-Ordered American home he sees wise adjust
 ment of the personal life to the needs of the family and of the family life to the needs of the community; that a weakness in one place is felt in all places. and so 'individual reSpOnsibil- ity' grows to have large meaning to him. He learns to distinguish be- tween the glitter of life which so readily takes his eye and the sub Stantial things which give strength to the home life. He perceiveS that the order which his teachers inculcate
 makes the home incomparably better, and systematic doing is what gives permanent results.
 He sees also how all things are done
 with exactnesS, or some degree of it.,
 and the higher the degree the greater
 the success, and that this must be con tinuouS. He sees that order, system. exactneSs and persistence are the things that make family q power.- New York Journal.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-03-01

Here is Squire Thomas B. Reed $ very latest joke: He was called upon for some postprandial remarks at the banquet of the paper trade in New York the other night, and he ob- served that to refuse to make a speech at New York banquet was like re- fusing to take a drink in a mining camp.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-11-05
victim OF an AyyfuI CoinmIty.

NheNhm m Awful
ut came out, as journeyed on horse
back through Dakota, that almost ev-
cry settlers lnnd was under mortgage"
said a westerner, land one day, when
| came upon pioneer seated on the
grass by the roadside, with a troubled
look on his face, asked him II II was
the mortgage he was worrying about.
"'Wuss than that. stranger he re-
piled as he looked up wearlly,
sickness or death In the famllyT
"'Wuss than that
"Then 1t must be a calamity indeed.
You didn't lose family and home by a
prairie fireT
"'Nope, but you are right about Its
bein calamity. I've been tryin TO
think OF that word for two hours past.
Yes, sir, you can put It down as an aw.
ful calamity
"'But won't you explalnr ! persist
I'd.
"I will. sir. Thar was mortgage
on the claim, and l was feelIn as big
as any of my ueIghbors and takin
things easy when my wife was left
5000. Stranger, dare l tell you what
she did with that money!
"'She didn't lose itT
"'No, sir She Jest paid that mort
gage, bought two horses and a plow,
and this mornin | was bounced out Of
my own cabin bekase l wouldn't peel
of my coat and 20 TO work. Yes, sir,
you are right. It's a calamity-a ca.
lamity that's landed me OH the outside
and between my burned pride and
her blamed spunk somebody'll be eatin
grass afore Saturday nlghtg Wash
lngton Post