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The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1900-08-16
BLISS CCMSUMMATED.

AlCcrnon FitzcIarcHce Gctmillions !
Married Lam cira GotrOX;
TWAS function grand II
from all over the land
The friends Of the pair came in dockA
There millions untold e.
Represented in gold
And additional millions in stocks.
Evansclna 81 INNING and brilliant,
Brilliant and wealthy and fair,
And she walked up the aisle
With an angelic smile :.
and million i'll gold for her sllarei =!
Pcarl cncirclcd her neck, -
With a certified check
For q million stuck into her hair. -.
Her dress was cream in fine laces, .%
Fiounccs and ruftCs and frillS, ~
With the n.icn of queen H.
And corsage Cf green, J!
Twas network CT ten dollar bills,
And her grand promenade,
An how graceful twas made
BY her countless rchcarsals and drillsl
Algernon was graceful and gracious,
Breathing, wcen, rather hard,
Though his pathway made smooth
by ancestors, forsooth,
Who had dealt with some foresight IN lard,
And up from the door
A cool million he bore
As testimony of regard.
Then Algcrnon's papa made entrance,
With a ba-fu of gold made in ''ile"
And cmpticd it out
Mid ccstatic shout
From the crowd the altar in style,
And ENangelines dad
Dumped the million he had
On the jingiing and glittering pile.
There were signs, tears shouts and exclama-
tions,
The great organ pcaled forth its roll,
In Gilded confusion
And golden profusion
This joining of soul unto soul,
And AlSernon peeled
Forth Lis roll and revealed
A chou as the good preachers dole.
The vows Of the two hearts were spoken,
The pledges Of true love made,
The wedding ended,
The guests were all blended
Past The altar in promenade,
Whereby each in the unbroken
Circle some token
In cash or preferred stocks was laid.
All, me, twas glorious function;
Love wasn't there, but the stocks
That the two slowed away
In the bank the next Cay
UnGcr seals, chains, bolts bars, keys anc
IGcks
Anl Evangclinc cried, eve Cotmillions!'
While Algcrnon cried, 1--WE GotroX!"
bismarck Tribune.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1900-08-16

agriculture in 1855, when it received
data from over ZOO counties from all
over the country and found that the
average cost of hauling 4 ton load one
nile was % cents, while the average
cost in six European countries that
possessed improved highways was al
most exactly one-third as much. More
than che factor enters into the cost Of
hauling. but the main reason why our
farmers pay three times as much per
mile as European farmers pay is that
they can haul, on an average, only one
ton over poor dirt roads, while the
European farmer haulS from three to
four tons at Il lead over fine highways.
No one knows the total mileage CT
our common roads, but their length in
New York state is estimated at 1913 GOO
miles, says the New York Sun. The
more important highways Of Massa-
chuScttS have q mileage of 20,J00 miles.
All students of highway improvement
agree that the condition of most of the
common roads in America is about
that of the English roads early in this
century, when they were SO bad and
VII LAWS 81 liiS,ii tAtiI LIZ iuSStlOli Va
Improvement was forced upon the
British public. England had no rail-
roads then. and if it had not been for
the wonderful development Of our rail
roads the question of highway i'm
provcment would have come to the
front long ago in this country. The
people. however, are more and more
impressed every year with the fact
that road Improvement IS necessary to
reduce tie cost Of hauling, to make
roads fit for pleasure driving and to
save the enormous waste of labor now
expended On bad roads. When we
fully understand that there is no eco
ncmica1 way to obtain good roads e2-
cept by building the best, our practical
education will have made i long step.
This lesson has not yet been learned
thoroughly. Many of our so called
good reads are not the best and there
fore are not economical. The men
who built them would have done bet
ter work and spent no more money if
they had profited by the experience of
England and France.
Maryland has gone about the work
Of road Improvement in O way that
promises excellent results. The state
has recognized the fact that geological
considerations are q most important
factor In good road making. In 1898
the general assembly passed a bill for
the annual expenditure of $4,000 by
the geological survey in the investiga-
ton of road construction in the state.
The first published result in this COM
prchcnsiyc report on the distribution
of the rock material required for good
road making, on the failure Of the
'improved' roads TO meet the needs of
modern traffic, chiefly owing to the
fact that they were built without COM
petent engineering supervision and
without care as to grades and drainage
and on many other practical matters.
The report will help to- place road i'm
provement in Maryland on an intelli-
gent basis. 1t should likewise pro-
mote the cause of good roads through
| out the country.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1900-08-16

He was inclined to argue with fate
Il am virtually great novelist" he
insisted. Have not already produc-
ed powerful romance? Yes. And
IhaS not t1lS fallen stiIIborn from TN.
press? Very We'll, then All that re-
mains for me to do is to write some
thing rotten enough to make me IA
nous and lead to the revival of my
chef d'nuvre."
But fate only smiled that maddening,
family ihocking smile of hers.-Detroit
Journal
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1900-08-16
Ono Of the Evils OF Drink,

"Intemperance is dreadful thing"
said the earnest citizen.
Indeed it is" answered Mr.. Van
Diggie, who is an enthusiastic wheel
man. why, sir, it is intempGrance
that causes people to strew the street
with all these broken bottles. Wash
ingtOn Star.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1900-08-16
a Modest Request.

Warden-Is there anything 1 can do
for you before you leave?
Convict (Wh0se term has eXpired)-
Yer might glib NE or lock CT yer hair
ter remember yer by.-New York Jour
nal.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1900-08-16
a Harmless Illusion,

"Your typewriter girl is very gay
and picturesque DRESSER
"Well, that's all right. If she can
make it appear that ouc- wholesale
leather business is a garden party, l
have no obiection."-Ch Record.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1900-08-16

Corn cob meal in most feeding trials
has given as good results as pure corn
meal. The explanation is that this
food is not so concentrated as the
corn meal and is more completely di-
gcStcd
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1900-08-16

Pumpkins make a desirable pig feed.
fed III connection with grain satisfac-
tory gains are made. The meat pro-
duced is Of very good quality.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1900-08-16

Skim milk in moderate quantities
has often been fed to young colts after
weaving. with good results. If the
colt has been well cared for up to
weaving time, feeding milk is hardly
ever necessary.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1900-08-16

That q part of the burden Of road
taxes should be borne by the cities and
towns there can be no question. And
why should they not? They are un-
questionably as greatly interested in
the improvement of the roads as are
the people of the country districts.
Their interests are to a great extent
mutual and inseparable, the one de-
pendent upon the other, fact that is
patent to all thinking men and needs
no argument at this juncture to prove.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1900-08-16

clarence, how can you stand it to be
so idle?"
"Idle! Don't you see me tanning my
selfT"-Chicago Record.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24
st. Paul Pionees PreBs

functions as fast as they are prepared
for it and as readily and naturally
as gowing child learns to walk and
talk, just as the people Of the United
States are taking to themselves, year by
year, more and more Of the power Of
government and requiring less and less
or Lnelr leaders.
Thus it is seen that another one of Mr..
Bryan's auriollar declarations does not
stand the test Of impartial inquiry.
Among men there is conceivable no
higher attainment than the establish
ment and maintenance in perpetuity of
q government, by, Of and for the peo-
pie, and few among all the peoples of
the earth have yet Appropriated that
goal and none has entirely reached it.
How incontestably absurd, then. is the
contention Of Mr.. Bryan, that all peo-
pies, and particularly the peoples who
inhabit our insular possessions, who
have lived for centuries under a relent-
less system of Spanish oppression and
disorder, are readily equipped to take
upon themselves the highest function of
human endeavor?
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24
The Poodle and the Lions.

"T notice that Automobile Mont
gomery says that horses often make a
dive for the corn he paints" remarked
one art league student to another.
"Well, there might be some truth in
it," said the second. II saw little In
cident at the art institute the other day
that made me think Of Mr.. Montgom-
ery's proud boast. You know those big
lions on the sides Of the steps, the
work Of Kemeys, are pretty lifelike.
l was standing looking at them when a
little white poodle came down the steps
in the wake of woman with stylish
clothes on. The poodle had a gold col
lar around his neck and was alto
gether .one of the tiniest, dandified
specimens Of dog that you could find.
He walked up to one Of the lions, set
tied back on his hind legs, and looked
at the big stone beast. Then he shifted
and glanced around inquiringly. All
at once he made up his mind. He
made a fierce rush for the lion, barking
as viciously and as loud as a dog six
inches long could bark. He positively
swelled up and appeared about to ex-
plode with wrath.
There you are. If Kenneys' lions SO
excited poodle dog, it may be that
horses will eat Montgomery's corn pic
tures."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24
p1aunihIe. hut Failed.

The cunning Of children is well rec
egnized TO be Of q very superior kind,
and 1t is seldom If given chance that
they cannot inveigle their elders into
seeing things their way. The follow
ing is an instance Of where little girl
slipped up on this by not taking into
consideration that her mother had had
enough experience with children to
have an insight into their nature.
The girls birthday was a couple Of
weeks off, and her parents had told her
that they were going to give her a
handsome present upon that occasion.
She had been counting "the minutes"
for several days, but thinking she
could not possibly await her birthday
without knowing what her present
would be she stole softly up to her
mother and begged her to show her the
present.
'Why, it wouldn't be right to show it
TO you now" her mother answered,
because we want to surprise you on
your birthday"
"Oh, that's all right" exclaimed the
little one. "I'll forget what It is before
then."-Memphis seinitan
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24
cattIeman or Gambler.

zone day last fall" said a well
known Montana capitalist, 81 was rid
ing on a train in ny state and got to be
on pretty fair terms with the train boy
by buying few Of the things he had
to sell. 1t was not very formal kind
of a train, and when the boy had fn-
ished his rounds he came over to sit
with me and chin Bit as he said. l
was willing enough, as he was sharp
lad and there was nobody else to talk
to, and he went right at things.
"'Do you know he said, that | can
tell by looking at man mighty near
what he is. Now, there's that fellow
over there in the corner; he's Chicago
drummer. I can tell him by re way
he let's his money go and the flip style
he has when he talks to people. And
that chap over there with the silk hat
on; he's a preacher from a country
town, I'm dead sure, and I'll go ask
him if you say So
81 didn't say so becau use | didn't care
a continental. and the boy went on
with his descriptions of the people on
the train. At last l asked him what
he thought l was. l had on pretty
fiashy suit of light stuff and was think
ing was looking pretty well, so was
willing to risk the boys venture. He
looked me over for full minute very
carefully.
"'Well,' he said at last, you've got a
sloo of money, but 1 amt dead sure
whether you are cattleman or a gam
bier WASHINGTON Star.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24
A Fisherman,s trick.

One day l was talking fish with a
number of friends" said an old fisher
man, "and | made a bet that l could
catch more perch than any other man
in the party in given time. The
crowd picked out the most experienced
fisherman in the lot, and we set day
to try our luck. The day before the
match I got a large glass Jar, filed it
with water and put some minnows in
1t. Over the mouth of the jar I put a
piece of parchment in which l had
made some small holes. Then l went
TO point just east of the waterworks,
picked out likely spot and sank the
jar In the river, first attaching a cork
float to 1t by which / could locate 1t
next day.
I'VE went out for the fishing match
the following afternoon, and soon
found my float and anchored there.
The other man located short distance
away, and we began. The perch were
just beginning to run, and In little
while had pulled in 1s0 perch, while
my opponent got only "a. Then he
gave up, and won my bet.
81 showed the boys the trick before
we left the fishing ground. You can
always in that way make q good catch
of fish that will swallow minnows. Tie
sight of the bait in the jar always at
tracts crowd of fish and seems to put
them in good biting humor,"-Detroit
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24
Home Life In Porto Rico.

To one unaccustomed to tropical con-
ditions the furnishing of the Porto
Rican home would at firsteight seem
meager, but it is quite ample. A short
residence will demonstrate that nearly
500 years of experience with the un-
pleasant features of life in the West
Indies have been crowned by a sur
vival Of the flttest in house furnishing
as in other matters.
Austrian bent wood furniture and also
wickerwork and willow ware consti-
tute the main equipment Of the par
lors and living rooms. Upholstered fur
niture Is unknown and undesired, little
or no attempt being made at decoration
except in the matter of embroidery and
fine handmade lace work. Hundreds
of yards of crochet work are used in
the establishment of single canopied
bed. This work IS the chief delight of
the Porto Rican housewife.
The walls are for the most part bare,
but here and there painting of merit
may be seen. The sofa pillow is the
one great feature of the home. 1t Is ev-
erywhere, in every conceivable size,
shape and material Ferns Of gigantic
size and exquisite formation, as well
as broad spreading palm leaves, are
used to festoon the walls and arched
doorways. Cut fresh from day to day,
they render the dark, cool rooms invit-
ing and attractive. Potted tropical
plants in great variety abound within
and without the house.-Harper's Ba-
2ar
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24
TO make their opponents victorious and

10 make tnelf opponents victorious and
prosperous.
But sensible people know better.
They know that the tree must be Judged
by its fruits, the workman by his work,
and the political party by the condition
Of the country under its administra-
ton.
The reader knows, of his own knowl-
edge, that when the election was held
four years ago business was dead, in.
dustry paralyzed, and the national credit
disastrously impaired; that the coun-
try's capital was hidden away and its
labor distressed and unemployed.
Of his own knowledge the reader
knows that William Mckinley had
scarcely taken his seat when a wave
of prosperity began to form in the
manufacturing and financial centers of
the stand to sweep it's way across the
continent, that It did sweep from shore
to shore and that the whole country be.
came prosperous.
The business interests Of the country
had confidence in the policies and prom
ises Of the party in power and no other
explanation is admissible or requisite.
On this unquestioned statement of
facts the Republican party Graves judg-
ment. Nothing extenuating, it asks to
be judged by its deeds, and where il the
honorable elector who will deny that
demand:
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24
A DEAL IN WHISKY.
she Profits Were Not So Large as
the Buyers Expected.

she Profits Were Not So Large as
the Buyers Expected.
There are tricks in the whisky busi-
hess as well as in Others said the
drummer for a large compounding
house, "and I remember once how the
arm was with got stuck One day
man drove up In one horse wagon
carrying one barrel of whisky, which
be warrSi to sell. He told us some
kind of story about an old uncle dy-
Ing and leaving it to him; but, as he
couldn't afford to use as good liquor as
It was, he had concluded to sell it.
1--WE took the barrel into the house,
and, prying out the bung, we slipped in
the siphon and drew of glass of 1t to
sample. And 1t was fine. The barrel
showed age, and the liquor tasted it.
1t was worth $40 gallon IL it was
worth a cent, but we didn't give the
man any such pointers. We knew by
the weight that there were at least 20
gallons Of 1t, and we made him an of
fer Of $3.50 for the barrel. He higgled
awhile, but took the money at last and
urOVe away.
'In the course Of couple of weeks
we concluded to put that whisky in
bottles and sell it as case goods, so we
set the siphon to work at the bung aud
began to draw 1t of. After the foH'th
bottle had been drawn the siphon re-
fused to work, and we examined 1t to
find what was wrong. We could not
get at it that way, and, as the contents
seemed to be all right, we set the bar
rel on end and bored another hole in it.
Then the siphon worked, but the liquor
was much paler, and one Of the men
tasted 1t. By George, 1t wasn't whisky
at all! 1t was only water, colored
somewhat from the charred inside of
the barrel.
THAT scared us, and we smashed the
head In to see what was inside, and we
saw in minute. The willy cuss had
filed can with fine old whisky to the
bung where we made the examination
before purchasing, and when that had
been emptied the whole story had been
told. He had probably paid S8 for the
gallon to fill the can, and we sold 1t for
$3.50 a bottle, but we didn't get n
blamed cent for the 80 gallons, more or
less, Of water that filled the rest of the
barrel el.'-Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24
The Center of the Earth.

OF late years the general view has
been that the interior of the globe,
though partly liquid, is for the NEST
part solid Some have considered that
a section through the earth would
show the following:
~ An outer solid envelope, ~ n
semihuid envelope, (9) a fluid envel-
ope, "a smeifluid envelope, (5l a solid
nucleus. No. results from a reduced
temperature only, No. 2 from a pres
sure and temperature not quite suff1-
cient for liquidation. No. from tenn
perature sufficiently high to produce
complete liquidation. No. 4 from a
pressure so great as to prevent even
the terrific heat which most certainly
completely liquefying the material on
which it works. and No. from a pres
sure which overcomes completely the
liQuefying power even Of the maxi.
mum heat Of the interior.
This pressure is estimated to be at
the center Of the earth 7,1s0,5e3, ,750
pounds to the square foot, a pressure
so enormous that no known substance
could fuse beneath it. Even hydrogen
at the highest possible temperature
would under such conditions become
as hard as diamond. Hence 1t seems
probable that. far from there being a
vacuum at the center of the earth,
there is basis of intensely solid mat
ter there.-Pearson's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24
THE STEWARDSHIP.

The expectation in which the Ameri-
can people, turning from the Demo
cratic party, entrusted power four years
ago to a Republican chief magistrate
and Republican congress, has been
met and satisfied. When the people
then assembled at the polls, after term
of Democratic legislation and admins
tration, business was dead, industry
paralyzed and the national credit dis
astrously impaired. The country S
capital was hidden away and its labor
distressed and unemployed. - Extract
from Republican National platform.
Political parties are gigantic organic
ations of men formed for the purpose of
administering the affairs of government
on certain, definite lines which the
effective majority Of the people lay
down as just and salutary.
These parties are beholden to the peo.
pie for their stewardship and deserve to
be continued in power just in the pro.
portion that their promises and policies
have borne the test Of time and trial.
They deserve to be judged by what they
have done, by the measure in which
they have performed their promises and
by the proved utility Of their policies
when applied
BY these tests should the Republican
party stand or fall in the coming cleo
ton.
It is in vain that attempts are made
to explain away the bad times that at
tended the late Democratic administra-
ton, and that Bryanites would explain
into nothingness the improved condi-
tions which have followed the restoration
of the Republican party and policies to
power and action. for there is no fact in
existence that can not be obsoured by
weaving in front Of it intricate and sub
tile webs Of sophistry.
In the eyes of the incapable all the
elements and all the gods contribute to
their undoing, and all the elements and
all the gods of human destiny oonspire
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24
GROWTH OF CARlcATURE.
John Laws Wild Schemes Gave 1t
Tremendous Impetus.

Tremendous Impetus.
Caricature is nowadays one of the
principal methods of criticism. No
movement can overreach the mark
without eIiciting dozens of works Of
art from caricaturists all over this and
all other countries.
This branch of criticism and attack
dates far back, but the greatest i'm
pulse 1t ever felt came from the age
of tremendous speculation, when, in
1719 and 1880, John Law was manipu-
lating things financial in France. New
er before had the financial world been
SO carried off its feet as it was at that
time. Members of the nobility were
waiting for @ chance to purchase
shares in Laws schemes. Duchesses
and ladies of high renown tried their
most persuasive charms on Law IN the
attempt to get hold of shares. Men
hired out their backs for writing desks,
so great was the press of business in
making contracts, and one hunchback
is reputed to have made 100000 francs
in this way In q few weeks. The
French went veritably mad over the
schemes to become wealthy. Natural
ly the papers of the time. especially
those of Holland, caricatured the state
Of affairs. There were pictures of all
sorts. caricaturing Law, the nobility,
the schemes and everything connected
with them.
It was this tremendous amount Of
pictorial work that first directed the
energies Of William Hogarth, In Lon
don, in this direction. Caricaturing
began to be used more and more in the
political field, and soon afterward it
caused the shelving of Robert Walpole
from the English ministry. Ever since
then has caricaturing been one Of the
bitterest and most effectual methods Of
checking public men and their
eahnvaaS
Amador ledger., 1900-08-24

Every day adds to the list of deaths
attributed to heart failure. If the
truth were told the bulk of these
deaths might be written down as due
to stomach failure. For it is in the
failure of the stomach and other organs
of digestion and nutrition, that vweak" "
heart, cweak lungs, uweak nerves and
other forms of physical deterioration
having their beginning. The man whose
stomach is sound, who can digest and
assinilate the food he eats, and so keep
each organ of the body well nourished,
is the man who is least liable to collapse
under the sudden weakness of some
vital organ.
The preservation of health which fol-
lows the use of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, is chiefly due to the
fact that it perfectly and permanently
cures diseases of the stomach and organs
of digestion and nutrition, purifes the
blood and increases the blood supply of
the body. Weak people will find in this
medicine sure means of strength.
uI was under doctors care for quite ti1ne,n
writes Mr. J. F. Kidd, of Parmleysville, Wayne
Co., KY: tThey had almost given me up and
my suffering was very great. My pulse was
weak, breath short and had severe pains in
back. head and legs. Had pa1pitation Of heart
and for eleven months was not able to do
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and by the
time the fifth bottle was gone was well man"
DR.. Pierce's Pellets regulate the liver.