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The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08

and others all possible injury, but
with a strenuous purpose to be an in
strument in the uplifting of man
kind; to make of himself all that his
strength of mind and body would per-
nit, and McSwatt was ashamed tC
think of how little for good, how
much for evil he, with his vigorous in
tellect and his strong physique, had
accomplished. He was ashamed tc
think that he had not been satisfied
with wasting his own opportunities,
but had almost robbed fellow being
one so much weaker than himself, OF
his meager powers to do.
The Friday evenings issue of the
bulletin reported that Edwin Cassells
was very low, that he had failed rap.
idly since morning, and that his pa.
graphed.
McSwatt was playing listless game
of billiards when the news reached
him. He Immediately put his cue in
the rack, paid for the game and eX
cused himself from his companions on
the grounds of illness. What he real
" wanted was moment for refec-
ton. He walked down past the IL
brary building and the few houses.
across the bridge and far into the
open country beyond.
That night and for many nights
that followed, the sufferer had a new
watcher, one who cared for him with
a patience and tenderness that cooled
the fever, and, in time, turned the
tide of disease in the sick lads favor,
and when unmistakable convalescence
had begun. the watcher placed the
last few dollars that he possessed in
the doctors hand and went away as
he had come quietly and without ex-
planation. The watcher was McSwatt.
He was Indefinitely suspended little
later for his implication in the haz-
ing.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
TRUST PROSPERITY.
Is Painted in Vivid ColOrs, But Is n
Bubble That Is Bound
to Burst.

The workers of the country will be
Interested in the following informa-
tion recently sent out to their custom
ers by the banking firm of Gaylord,
Blessing & Co., of ST. Louis: ''The
industrials (trust stoeks) look decided
ly Heavy, and their movements suggest
an early slump of considerable proper
tions. Holdings of this class of stock
are quite large, but they are dstrib
uted among men of means. Were it not
for this fact a collapse in many of
them would have occurred weeks ago.
1t is feared that crash in the steel
securities will come before long that
will upset the whole market. Nobody
knows the real condition of the iron
industry, but, from the actions of Off
cials of big steel and iron corpora tiOns,
it is very evident that things are not
moving satisfactorily There is talk
of general reduction of wages. Such
a step would result in numerous
strikes, and many mills would have
to be shut down. If we were not en-
tering upon presidential campaign,
wages would be cut down without de
lay, and more than one-half the mills
of the country would be closed down
Indefinitely. McKinley's chance of re-
election would be imperiled by such ac-
ton. and this consideration is a bar
rier to the adoption of drastic meas
ures."
In order that this letter may be more
fully appreciated, it may be added that
the banking firm sending out this bit
of information is strongly republican.
Trust property is painted truly in vivid
colors by them. Think what they say:
But for the impending campaign,
wages would be cut down without de-
lay, and more than one-half the mills
of the country would be closed indef-
initely." The impending industrial cri-
sis will be affected by the result of
the campaign. 1t is forcibly put off,
says the Denver Post, for fear of dis
astrous effect on the campaign. But
the crash will come after the election.
1t is as certain as that the trust pros
perity is an air bubble, bound to
burst.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
LIKE MOTHER USED rO MAKE.

Orn when we cit to dreamin' O. the happy
days O. yore
When our lifeboat was a-1oatin' out from
boyhood's golden shore.
Treasures that were half-forgotten come
a-sailin into sight,
Startin' all the soul to dancin' to the music
O delight!
An there isn't one among EN- puts yearn-
in in the breast
Fur another joyous season in the sacred
OF homo nest
Like them fragrant, smokin' jewels, diff r
cut from the modern fake,
Bltkwheat cakes an sassige gravy like
cur Vaothcr used to make.
Used to git up in the mornin' clus agin the
break o day,
When the east was full o color thatd take
the breath away,
hustle out an git TO chorin', working up a
appetite
That'd throw streak O glory into every
luscious bite!
Take a wash in that tin basin on the bench
out in the yard
Underneath the oil mulberry by the hand
of ages SCARED,
Then sit down fornenst a banket out O.
sight an no mistake
Buckwheat cakes an sassige gravy-sort
our mother used to make!
Used to OF n stand an watch her beat the
batter in the crock,
Comm, Comm, Comin'i Comm" was
the way she'd make it talk;
See her grease the smokin griddle with a
piece o. bacon skin,
Then pour on the brownish batter with a
dipper made O. tin.
There It'd lay with holes a-breakin' out
like measles from the top,
Till she'd loosen it an turn it with an OIL
case knife, "kerhopi''
o, there amt modern angel top o. all the
earth kin bake
Buckwheat cakes with sassige gravy, like
our mother used to make!
Eppycures may chin till doomsday O. the
toney styles O. food,
Modern chefs may work on dishes that a
god d think was good,
Fancy printed menu programmes in the
tavernS an cafays
May be full o kitchen triumphS that'd win
a angels praise,
But if they should spread a blanket that'd
make god rejoice
Side o that OF kitchen table an d tell US
take our choice,
You would see no hesitation in our action
as we'd take
Buckwheat cakes an sassige gravy like
our mother used to make!
denver Post
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HE BASELY DECEIVED HER.
Let Her Think She Was RefOrminw
Him, When He Had No Bad
Habits to Break.

$50 your engagement is broken?" said
the girl IN gray, according to Pearson's
Weekly.
"Yes, it is" replied the girl in brown,
froWning at the recollection.
''What was the matter?"
HE basely deceived me" answered the
girl in brown. You see, it was this way:
l asked him one day to promise me that he
never. again would smoke cigarettes, and he
promised. Then L asked him to refrain from
the use of tobacco in any form, and he prom
lsed to do that. Later | told him | had
horror of anyone who touched liquor, and he
agreed never to touch it. After that | sug-
gested that thought clubs had a bad nhu-
ence on young men and l should expect him
to give them up, and he said he would.
also took up the subject of gambling, and
made him promise that he would stop play
ing cards and betting on the races"
"Well, you didn't demand a great deal
of him, did you? said the girl in gray. Il
suppose he deceived you in the matter?
"He did,"
Broke his promise, did he?"
ooh, no! | could have forgiven that. But
just when | was congratulating myself that
I at least had reformed one young man l
found that he didn't require any reforming.
He wasn't addicted to a single one of the
habits | made him promise to break. 1t was
terrible shock, and l broke the engagement
at once. There was no longer anything in it
to make it interesting"
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
1t Might REniliate Him.

A little story comes from seaside
village in Normandy, where a we'll
known man of letters is staying in
company with a young writer of
trifies at a somewhat primitive hotel.
One fine morning the former addressed
the host as follows: You would
ob.ige ne by making your charges as
low as possible for my young col
league. He is not a rich man. The
landlord. delighted with the presence
in his house of the man of renown,
promised to have due consideration
for the purse of his younger guest
But a few days afterward the IA
nous author came to him, saying:
by the way, don't let my bill be big
ger than that of my young friend. 1t
would humiliate him; boys like that
are so extremely touchy!"-Chicago
Chronicle,
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
SHE WOULD GET THERE.
1t Was None of the Ticket Sellers
Business Where She Want
ed to Go.

He was long, lean, lank and raw-boned,
and he shambled up to the ticket window
at the Union passenger station much after
the fashion of a scared canine when he ap-
proaches his master to receive well-earned
thrashing He got as far as the outside
railing and stood there with bashful blush
gazing at the man behind the brass bars,
says the st. Joseph News.
Come in; come in; make yourself at
home, was the encouraging welcome from
within. He accepted the invitation and
brought up against the marble ticket coun-
ter with more confidence in his face.
Say, thar" he said, in half whisper,
sis this the place where you git tickets for
the kyars!"
"Yes; where do you want to go? Hurry
up; we're rushed"
"Well, SIR he replied, shifting a square
inch of plug tobacco from one cheek to the
other, ''hev you all got emmy long-distance
tickets inter kentuckys"
His case was equaled by that of the old
lady with a sunbonnet, who said:
Il want ticket to Platte county"
"What place in Platte county?" inquired
the ticket man.
''No place in Platte county; want to go
to Platte county, and it's none o your
business where I'm going to visit. You sell
me the ticket to Platte county, and I'll git
there"
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
FOR MALARIA,
CHILLS and fever.
The Best Prescription Is Groves
TasteleSS Chill Tonic.
zhe Formula Is Plainly Printed on Every Bottle,
So That the People May Know Just
What They Are Taking

Imitatofs do not advertise their formula
knowing that you would not buy their medi-
cine if you knew what it contained. Groves
contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct
proportions and is in Tasteless form. The
Iron acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives
the malaria out of the system. Any reliable
druggist will tell you that Groves is the
Original and that all other so-called "Taste-
less chill tonics are limitations. An analysis
of other chill tonics shows that Groves is
superior to all others in every respect. You are
not experimenting when you take Grove's-lts
superiority and excellence having long been
established. Groves is the only Chill Cure sold
throughout the entire maarial sections of the
United States. No Cure, No Pay. Price, SOC
NOTE:-7e records of the Paris Medicine Co., sf Louis
show fsaf and one-haH million bottles Os
Groves Chill Tonic sold EasE year ana
te sales continually Increasing The conclusion rs
inevitable Groves TasfeEess Chill Tonic is pre-
scripon malaria having genuine merit, and any
druggist chemist will fell you
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
IN REAL LIFE.
1t Sounded Almost Like a Fairy Tale,
ut the Conclusion Was
Commonplace.

''By the way" said the man who had
stopped at farmhouse to water his horse,
"l5 years ago poor boy came this way and
you took him in
"Yes?" quered the farmer, somewhat sur
prised, relates London Answers.
"You were kind to him." went on the
stranger "You fed him, gave him words of
encouragement and an old suit of clothes,
but five shillings in his pocket and sent him
on his way rejoicing. He told you at the
time that he never would forget your kind
ness. Am l right?"
81 believe you are" replied the farmer.
''He said that if he prospered he would see
that you never had occasion to regret yeur
kindness. to poor, struggling lad.
LANDS sakes!' exclaimed the farmers
wife, excitedly, "it sounds almost like
fairy tale, don't it?
"Well,'' continued the stranger, che told
me to tell you that he is still poor"
And as he drove away the farmer went out
and kicked the pump viciously, while his
wife threw rolling pin at the chickens.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
PENSIONERS TO PAY.
Expenses of Philippine War to IL"
Imposed Upon Them by the
Republicans.

The republican platform of 1900 is
absolutely silent concerning the old
soldiers. There is not one solitary
word in their behalf; and it is sus-
pected that, in the costly pursuit of
foreign wars of conquest, the repub-
lican party foresees the necessity of
economy in the direction of pension ex-
penditures.
There is ground for believing that
the party of imperialism is preparing
to make the old soldiers pay for the
war of subjugation in the Philippines.
Yet the republican party has as
serted rigorous claim upon the votes
of the old soldiers. 1t has sought to
exploit them and has exploited them
for the benefit of monopolies and
trusts, and it has lost no opportunity
to brand the democrats as enemies of
the men who fought to preserve the
union and to wipe out the unutterable
curse of slavery.
However, the republican platform is
now silent; and William Mckinley
writes columns in a letter of accept
ance without single line or even a
single word referring to the soldiers
Of the union. He was too busy defend
ing his war Of conquest to offer a
word of assurance to them that they
are still to be dealt with Justly and lib
orally by grateful government.
The democratic pla tform is in happy
contrast with that of the republicans
''We are proud of the courage and fidel-
ity of the American soldiers and sail
ors in all our wars" it says; 1--WE favor
liberal pensions to them and their de-
pendents, and we reiterate the position
taken in the Chicago platform in 1896
that the fact of enlistment and service
shall be deemed conclusive evidence
against disease and disa bility before
enlistment"
And Mr.. Bryan in his letter of ac
ceptance declares that "a liberal policy
is natural and necessary in govern
ment which depends upon citizen
soldiery instead of large standing
army. Self-interest as well as graft
tude, compels the government to make
bountiful provision for those who in
the hour of danger and at great sacri-
fee of business, health and life ten
der their services to their country"
He therefore demands that the pen
sion laws shall be generously con-
strued in the spirit which prompted
their passage; and he makes it plain
that in the event of his election he will
not search out another Henry Clay
Evans to be his pension commissioner
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08

party is successful our standing army
will at once be increased to 100000,
If necessary, and the country may ex-
pect to be plunged into an expensive
and probably disastrous war in the
orient
Filipino War SIN On.
The Filipinos seem determined to
give the lie to the roseate prediction
OF Philippine commission No. 2, which
reported last week that the insur-
rection was practically over and that
the time was now ripe for the giving
out of railroad franchises.
The Filipinos have definitely and de-
llberately refused the proffered am
nesty. They were never in better
condition to carry on war. The trouble
has broken out afresh in al of the is
lands where our troops are stationed.
Manila itself is threatened. Aguinaldo
has gone Mckinley one better by his
humane treatment of American pris-
oners and the offer of a reward for
every American who surrenders.
Hanna's Man Dick.
wi. DICK. VINO Is IldIIHol LIZ
hand man in the campaign, is too
foxy to take the stump but he has
made spectacle of himself by rush
ing into print to defend bad cause.
Congressman Lentz challenged him
to defend the course of the republic
an majority of the military commit
tee in the Coeur D'Alenc investiga-
ton, and to explain why the republic
ans refused to print the testimony
and let the country know what it
was.
Dick has no defense of the refusal
to print, and spends five columns
about the democratic minority of the
committee and quoting testimony
from witnesses whom he coached on
the investigation, and who were there
to defend their own acts as agents of
the United States government after
martial law had been proclaimed.
ADOLPH PATTERSON.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
0Them,S the RuIes.v

A visitor in Paris was seated at table in
one of the high-priced restaurants in the
exhibition grounds thinking of various
things as he read over the bill of fare and
observed the prices.
by thunder!" he exclaimed to the wait
er, haven't you any conscience at all in
this place"
BEG pardon" replied the naughty seryi-
tor.
Haven't you any conscience-conscienc
conscience? Don't you understand?"
The waiter picked up the bill Of fare and
began looking it over
Il don't know if we have or not. If we
have, it's on the bill; if we amt, you've
got to pay extra for it. Them's the rules,
lr."-London Spare Moments.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
RoOSEVELT'S HYPOCRISY.
His Characteristic Submission to tn c
Worst Kind of Partisan
ship.

The jargon CT insincerity which OBJ
scures all Mr.. Roosevelt's political
speeches is matched by the more
transparent hypocrisy of its official
conduct.
Thousands of democrats voted for
him for governor because he reproved
Tammany for not renominating JUS
tice Daily of the state bench, whom
Tammany failed to renominate for
party reasons. Justice DAILY was de-
feated at the polls, the regular party
nominee being elected.
a vacancy having been caused by
death, appeal was made to Mr.. Roose-
welt to prove the sincerity of his ut
terances about nonpartisanship in the
judiciary. He was reminded of what
he said about Tammany and Judge
DAILY. whose eminent fitness and long
experience pointed him out as the prop
er person to be appointed to the va
cancy.
With characteristic submission to the
worst kind of partisanship. Mr.. Roose-
welt filled the vacancy with a strictly
machine-made republican partisan
without apparent qualifca tiors.-Chi-
cagO Chronicle
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
How NicefelIo Got Even.

Irate Father fopnd my bsst coat
hanging on the fence, with the tail torn
all TO pieces.
Daughter (quiet!y)-You shouldn't
have left it in the hall.
why shouldn't -"
Most likely Mr.. Nicefello put it on
over his other last night. 1t was lit.
tie cool, and-er-I presume you for
got to tie up the dog.-N, Y. Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
His SpeciaIity,

A British officer collecting cavalry mounts
in Australia recently received the follow
ing note from a horse breeder: Il can
supply you with horses for cavalry, artillery
and infantry. But l think my speciality is
in the hors du combat, as the French SOL
diers call him, which means officers war
horse or charger."-N. Y. Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
The Only Complaint. t.

"What kind of climate have you here"
cts fne," answered the resident. "The
only trouble is that the weather gets dis
eouraged and quits too soon. The summers
are too short to produce bananas and pine
apples, and the winters aren't long enough
to raise polar bears."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08

Goodness gracious" exclaimed the old
gentleman, 'this disturbance in China is
just awful"
''It is So" agreed the old lady ''What
with all the natives fighting we're just
as likely as not to have most distressing
tea famine this year" Philadelphia Press.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
The LATEST in the class

Father (meaninglD-Who is the
LATEST boy in your class. Tommy?
Tommy don't know, pa
Il should think YOU should know
When all the Others are industrously
studying or writing their lessons. who
is it sits idly in his seat and watches
the rest, instead of working him
self?''
THE teacher"-Glasgow Times.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
Beg pardon" replied the naughty servi-
HOrrid Fear,

The timid suitor had finally stated his
case.
"H-m-ml" began the girls father, looking
at him sternly: young man, can you sup
port family?"
Great heavens" cried the young man,
"have you lost your job?"-Standard and
Times.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
We are D'eased to learn that

We are Pleased to learn that
large quantity of loot from Tientsin
has arrived at San Francisco, adj
dressed to the families or friends of
the looters. If Mr.. Mckinley has a
proper conception Of his plain duty
he will order it passed without custom
house inspection and forwarded to its
various destinations at government
expense. 1t would be entirely incon-
sistent for the administration to en-
courage looting in Cuba. Porto Rico
and the Philippines and to frown upon
it in China Washington Times.
1t is useless for Ii Hung Chang
to beg for the good Offices of this
country. They are all in the hands Of
republicans, who were never known to
give up anything but campaign cash.
Denver Post.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08

I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds
John f. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb.
l5, 1900.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08

1t very often happens that mans COM
manding presence gets him no greater hon--,
ors through life than to be marshal of theg
day at a county fair.-Atchison Globe. ~
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08

If you want to keep your teeth clean,
"Yucatan" Gum. Every confectioner sells it.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08

A great, big, overgrown book agent al
ways looks as if he ought to be at some
thing else.-Washington Democrat.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES do not stain tho
hands or spot the kettle Sold by all drug
gists.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-08
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Her Chief Alarm.

best ink that can be made. It costs you no
more than poor stuff not fit to write with.
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To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund money ifitfails to cure 25c.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-29
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS.
HILLS FOLLOWERS BEATEN IN MONT
GOMERY COUNTY

Fonda. n. Y, Aug % tspeciaD.-Senator David
b. Hills followers were annihilated at the con
vention held to-day by the Democrats OF Montgom-
cry County 20 elect State. Senate and Congress
delegates. B. F. Spriler. Of Palatine, was chair
man. and the followers OF Boss Croker. who had
everything prepared In advance had no trouble in
rushing matters through the convention at lively
rate. Some OF the delegates from the rural dis
trfcts. who were not the inside remarked In
all seriousness that Il the most harmonious
convention held in many years. The delegates to
the State Convention Clinton P. Lampman. Of
St townsville; Henry Breck, Of Amsterdam. and
Joseph c. Melick of Canajoharie. The only reso-
luton passed was one in favor of the Endorsement
Of =. Watson Gardiner Of Amsterdam the
independent Republican nominee for State Senator
in the XXVIIth District. Mr.. Gardiner is anti
Platt Republican, and has strong following in
Montgomery County.
The Democrats have yet called their Senate
convention, but IL Is conceded that Mr. Gardiner
will be tndorsed by the convention. The fact that
no reference was made at to-day's convention TO
Bryan and Stevenson causes considerable comment.
The leading Democrats Of the county opposed
TO Bryan in 1886 on the money question and their
sighting him to-day indicates that they have not
changed their minds in the last four years regard
ing ideas OF 16 to !. 1t Is not expected that the
Democrats of the XXIst Congress District will
make any nomination for Congress in opposition to
lican nominees for Supreme Court Judge will in all
proba blHty be indorsed by the Democrats. Judge
II. Y. Borst. of Amsterdam, elected delegate
to the judicial Convention.