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NoToE We will pay u cents for
country sides and shoulder meat and
ten cents for hams in exchange for
flour and other merchandise.
Respectfully yours,
James A. Hail u Co.
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B. s. Ashby g. Co., have reduced
their "a patent leather shoes to $3.50.
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NoTIcE-Will continue in business
until August 4th. All persons hav.
ing due bills against me will present
them before that time or will not
redeem them.
+. ID. Hinman.
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A CLEARING OUT SALE.

We expect to get building the first OF August and
don't want to many summer goods to move and we
have determined them at almost any price, summer
Dimtes Organizes, Piques Percals, Duck french
reduced prices to Shoes Shoeswe carry the
ladies chen shoes on the Shore tor the we
shoes and we have of vici in tan and black that
E be closed out big bargain and few straw ana crash mas
M w t cost and below We don't want to have to move them
WIN ~ @ buldng and many other things that we will give
YOU big bargains H. IVA uonhirs, hrcL buildings
49, NH St Give us a call and you will go away pleased
Respectfully,
|C. S. Socomb & Bros, Onancock, va.
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| BLACK b6hIu Wde a h"oi'S VI
mack county, and that his name was
Edward Teach. The rendezvous oil
his men were on Parramore's Beach,
Reyell's Island, Hog Island and
Rogue's Island. The latter island re-
ceiyed its name from being the hid
ing place of the band. His depreda-
tions became so frequent and his
raids go daring that finally the Vir-
ginia authoritier equipped vessels to
nut a stop to them. His Eastern
Shore Virginia haunts soon became
too hot for his safety, and he remov-
ed his headquarters to North Caro-
lima, up in Albemarle sound, where
3 he continued his excursions. and al
= North Carolina did not modest him
8 or at any rate did not break up hi
t piracy, Virginia sent her vessels int
Albemarle sound, sank his schooner
" and killed him and all his men, ex
cent a few who were sick, or were OF
n shore and escaped. This intrusion
: of the armed vessels of Virginia int
! North Cardinals waters was resente'
by that State, who said she wa
;. abundantly able to attend to her owl
r. affairs. The matter was amicaol
II settled between the States but wa
!. unpleasant for time. This item
ar concerning Black Beard, Is histor,
but it has given rise to many storie
and traditions which II true, woul
ID be worth recording-unfortunatel!
p however, traditions when pierced b
IS the ethuriel spear, become flacci'
and are usually worthless.
[Continued Next Week.
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,oox w EpMoxps. Editor and owner
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Cape Charles Ice 3 Lumber Co.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-13


Without entering into a discussion
Of the various issues involved IN the
street car strikes IN Kansas City and
st. Louis, it may be IN order to ask
n pertinent question.
Are we not IN danger OF permitting
too many governmental powers to be-
assumed and exercised by d federal
iudgesg
In Kansas City there is a purely
local business difference between the
street railway owners and their em-
ployes The latter strike. but a federal
court enjoins the union men from in
terfering with the running Of the
cars.
All that Is necessary to give the
United States courts absolute control
Is the placing OF a few mail carriers
on the street car lines. When that iN
done 1t IS a crime Of tremendous mag
nitude for anybody 10 interfere With
these common carriers.
In this particular instance the fed
eral courts may be in the right. but
glancing backward for a generation Il
Is impossible 10 resist the conclusion
that these tribunals are rapidly and
systed ideally destroying the rights
q the states. paralyzing the agencies
1f local seif-sovernment, and %encroach-
ing Ia iho r4ost deadly way upon the
liberty 5f the citizen.
The Kansas City and st. Louis cases
must stand upon their own merits, and
be judged accordingly. But what is to
be done about this new evil-goyern-
ment b. injunction? Is It subject to
no llmitations-are the judges Of each
generation to be a law unto them
selves?
Nevenmind about the labor strikes.
The question should be discussed IN q
broader way. Are we living under a
Constitution which makes presidents,
congresses. governors and state legisla-
lures mere agents, and places the fed
eral judges above all, with practically
unlimited powers?
This win soon become a burning is
sue.-AtIanta Constitution.
800 d
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NaturaI and corpora.e nlan.

BY killing trusts you are not inter-
fering with the natural rights Of the
natural man. You are interfering with
the privileges conferred upon a icti-
tious person called a corporation.
Look at the difference between the
natural man and the corporate
When God made the natural man
He did not make the tallest man much
taller than the shortest; He did not
make the strongest man much stron-
ger than the weaker.
But when man made the corporate
man he made that man a hundred, a
thousand, a million times stronger
than the natural.
But when God made the natural man
He placed a limit to his existence, so
that If he is a bad man he cannot be
bad long. But when man made the
corporate man he raised the limit on
age and sometimes the corporation is
made perpetual.
But when God made the natural
man He breathed into him a soul, and
warned him that in the next world he
would be held accountable for deeds
done in the flesh; but when man made
the corporate man he did not give to
that corporate man a soul, so that If
tho corporation could avoid punish
mcnt here it needn't worry about the
hereafter, and then the man-made cor
poration was sent out to compete with
the God-made man. The Republican
party has taken the side Of the man
made giapt.-W 2. Ryan
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moEE PORTO RICO lNFAMv.

Another OF the hidden beauties OF
the Porto Rican bill has come TO light
whether Il vas hidden from everyone
or only the general public cannot be
said with certainty. What is certain
Is that h rebounds to the advantage
d the trusts and corporations which
seek 10 exploit the island for their
own benefit. But then this Is only
what was to be expected. Legislative
discoveries always do rebound 10 the
advantage Of the rich and strong
Perhaps this Is because they can pay
for their discovery.
This discovery is that the Porto
Rican bin. 90 far from reducing the
Dingley tarin rates. really Increases
them IN certain Instances The treas
ury department has decided that goOds
sent from Europe to Porto Rico via
an American port. where they are
trans-shipped. must pay not only the
flli Dingley rates but 10 per cent adj
dilional. Goods sent direct from Gu
rope 10 Porto Rico pay only the Ding
% rate. This decision "a given bo.diy
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NOT MUCH RELIEF.

."The whole country breathes with a
sense Of relief and Of content" ex-
claimed Secretary Long at Boston,
proudly swelling his official bosom.
But the Omaha Nonconformist doesn't
breathe that way. 1t says:
1.-THE whole country breathes with a
sense Of relief and Of content" o,
Lord! what a lie. There was never so
muck discomfort. Is the American
mother content whose son was driven
to insanity or suicide by the awful
horrors Of Asiatic war? Are the
old abolitionists content when they
see slavery again recognized In Ameri-
can territory? Are the people content
when they see the Declaration of In
dependence denied Inc the constitution
OF the United States trodden under
foot? Was the legislature Of Iowa
content when it voted unanimously to
censure the president and the con-
gress? Are the great Republican
newspapers content when they de-
nounce the ~vacilation, cowardice and
trimming Of their own president and
their own congress? II the father OF
lies could have heard that speech he
would have retired from business and
hid his head In shame forever.
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ring Family.
General de Vmebois-Mareuil, who
died lighting for the Beers the other
day, came Of a family which has.
since the days Of the crusades, gone
about the world looking for trouble
and finding Il. One OF them came over
here and fought In the Revolutionary
war. Villebois-Mareui belonged TO the
class of nobility that was specialized
to fight. When peace reigned at home
this class went abroad. II %crusaded.
It fought the Turks under the omper-
or, and in the service Of the republic
Of Venice, and II sent under Lafayette
a contingent to fight under Washing
ton. This ~crusading spirit is now al
most extinct in France. Comte de vii
lebois-Mareui was a case of atavism
overcoming environment. He was lit
tie in harmony with modern ccndi-
tions. He obeyed a sudden impulse in
going to the Transvaal, and thought
he went for the good and glory Of
France. The impulse took hold OF him
at Biarritz, where ne was staying with
his only daughter. Should / come to
grief" he wrote to his brother, II be-
queath her to you" He then came to
Paris, made his will, and relieved in
it his family, in case he died a soldier
death, from the painful duty of fetch
ing back his corpse to France. If I
am killed fighting my wish is to be
buried with my comrades where I
fell" The comte traced his nobiliary
standing to the battle of Bovines under
Philippe Auguste From that reign to
the revolution all his ancestors were
soldiers. The general was SO years old
when he was killed. His first commits
sion was as an officer of marines. He
served in Cochin-China and in the
Franco-Prussian war. Like the ma
iority of Frenchmen he was a born
cook and prided himself highly upon
his culinary art. In one of the last
letters he wrote he asked that a pc
troleum stove be sent out to him-one
upon which he could grill a steak or
make a stew The Beers have no
more palate than a fowl and were at
first inclined to laugh at the French
warrior fussing over his cookery. But
when they saw how active the cook
could be in the field they learned to
respect him. When they tried to break
the news of her fathers death to the
generals daughter they began by say
ing that he had been taken prisoner.
Then he must be dead" she replied.
my father would never suffer the
English to capture him."-New York
Press.
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The King OF Ashantee, Great Brit
aims implaeable foe, Is the most extra
ordinary monarch IN the world. He Is
picturesque, powerful and a merciless
despot. Twenty-six years ago England
sent out an expedition at a cost OF
3 1900, 900 to bring the King Of Asian
tee to terms, and before the expedition
returned il had cost $4,000 900 more.
This king lives in the interior OF
Africa, several hundred miles from the
gold coast. on the western shore. He
wears a girdle Of dried grass around
his loins, and a plug" hat. Where he
got this hat nobody knows, but It Is
his only crown. He has no throne, but
instead he has a stool Of solid gold
which four slaves carry around for
him wherever he goes. Upon this he
sits and gives his orders. They are all
verbal, but often they mean either life
or death. The kings name is Prem
peh. and he is the absolute monarch
Of more than 5000, 900 savages. His
emblem of authority is a giant UNI
brella. The spokes are OF embossed
gold, and on the end Of each spoke is
a human skull. This emblem has des-
cended TO him through a long line of
ancestry.
King Prempeh has exactly 1888
wives. Why this number should have
been decided upon he does not know.
Like several other things. they came to
him by inheritance. He takes them
for granted. The kingdom Of Asian
tee is rich in gold and Prempeh is
many times a millionaire. He wears
earrings Of solid gold. All Of his per-
sonal adornments are Of gold He owns
the only house in his kingdom. 1t is
a rude structure Of stone. His royal
highness sleeps on the floor. King
Prempeh is a bloodthirsty ruler and
is in the habit of making human sac
rihces. This is one Of the practices
which England desires him to stop,
for whenever his gods are d%ispleased
he seeks to propitiate them by having
a few hundred of his subjects behead-
ed. 1t was to put a stop to this that
England made war on the King of
Ashantee In the 70's. There was fight
Ing again in 1895 and again in 1896.
Now there are indications of more
trouble. stin the King Of Ashantee
goes on with his ~barbarous practices.
killing whenever he pleases, and ruiz
ing with absolute power. His subjects
love him because he is Of their royal
blood. and fear him because of his cru
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ABOLISH THE TARIFF ron
TRUSTS.

One plank Of the Sioux Falls plat
form ought to be in all platforms, and
a part Of the peoples creed. until It Is
a part Of an act OF Congress designed
10 destroy the trusts. This is Il: eve
further demand that all tariffs. on
goods controlled by a trust, shall be
abolished" That the tarin. in many
Instances, is a breeder Of trusts and
the destroyer Of competition is SO
obvious as to make argument OF Illus
tration unnecessary. To-day, in Eng-
land, American steel is being sold az
a cheaper rate per ton than in the
home market. Foreign competition Is
barred. The trust fixes the price.
Every farmer who builds a fence and
every laborer who buys an implement,
pays tribute to the steel Tor steal)
combine. solely because the Repub-
lican party has fostered and promoted
the combination on the pretext Of pro-
tecting the w~age-earner.
How much longer will the farmers
and laborers tolerate these policies Of
~plunder7
Do they not want all customs tariffs,
on goods controlled by a trust, abol-
ished?
II they do. is It not plain that the
Democratic party should receive their
support VIII they remember this on
election day?-Buifalo Times.
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you see" said the Arizona man
who had been asked why he didn't
come east to live. it's an In being
acquainted with the people around
you. / was hauled up before a justice
of the peace the other week for cufnng
a Mexican, and. knowing me, he let
me off with a So fine. Then / went at
it and called him hfty-two Of the hard
est names / could think Of and ended
up by throwing him through a win
dow. How much dye think he fined
me for all that9" "He probably sent
you to Jail. vas the reply. mot
much. AS he knew my ways and had a
lot Of fun out Of it. he only tucked on
IS more. / admit that you can get
a better drink in the east and that It's
nice to ride on street ars and eat OFF
of tableclbths, but how would I come
out cunning Mexieans and toying with
the law and having Saturday holt
days?"-Washington Post.
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city. But they will allow no other
country to interfere with their affairs
If they can help it. The fact that the
country Of Ashantee is exceedingly
rich in gold and that France controls
the neighboring country Of Dahomey,
may have something to do with Eng
lands solicitnde for the people CT
Ashantee and their comic opera king.
There is probably no other savage
race who are capable Of putting up
such a stin fight as the people of Ash
antee, for they are born warriors and
love their country with a savage kind
Of patriotism. Besides, they would not
dare refuse to fight. Refusal would
mean not only disgrace, but instant
death. The power Of this picturesque
monarch is unquestioned.
Whenever a king of Ashantee dies
A guard Of 1000 of his subjects are
slaughtered to conduct him to the
other world. It Is said that as many
as 10000 people have been slain on
such occasions. Every time there is a
national festival there are human sac
rihces. In fact, blood-letting seems to
be n Of the principal occupations Of
royalty In Ashantee. Back Of the town
Of Comasie there is a place called by
travellers the Grove Of Skulls. where
the bones Of victims are thrown. Here
Is what Henry Stanley said Of 1t when.
IN 1874, as a war correspondent, he
accompanied the expedition of Sir Gar
act Wolseley: CAS- we drew near the
ioul smells became s~uhocatlng. 1t was
almost impossible TO stop longer than
70 take a general view Of this great
aolgotha. We saw thirty or forty de-
capitated bodies and countless skulls,
which lay piled In heaps and scattered.
over a wide extent. The stoutest heart
and most stoical mind might have
been appalled," Several officers of the.
expedition, although II remained In.
Coomasle only two days, visited this
Grove Of Skulls, and subsequently des-
cribed 1t as surprising In horror any
thing 10 be seen In the world. There
are two periods. called 'The Great
Adai" and THE Little Adai, succeed
Ing each other at intervals Of eighteen
and t~Wenty-four days after the death
OF some member OF the royal house. at
which human victims are Inundated
to q monstrous extent. On the Great
Adai the king visits the graves Of the
royal dead at Bantama, where their
skeletons. held together by links OF
gold. sit IN grim mOckery Of state.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-13

Automatic foghorns operated by the
motion Of the sea have recently been
installed off the coast Of Spain. The
rise and fall OF the buoy sets a pump
at work which at every stroke forces
a supply Of air into an air chamber. A
small engine liberates the air In reg
ular quantities and allows it to pass
upward to the fOghOrn which produces
the blast. The number and length Of
the blasts may be regulated as desired.
Each blast contains n N more notes,
a long and a short n or any other
combination to make It distinctive and
easily recognizable. Surprising a storm
rage, the foghorn viii still sound the
same steady blast that 1t produces in
a calm sea, for the extra power OBJ
tained from the waves is allowed to
run to waste by means Of an escape
valve.-Pearson's Magazine.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-13

osa erect Of war Tax on ths n%anhine
business.


oao .rsv,ct Of war Tax on the Banking
business.
arhe war tax has is drawbacks" re-
marked the cashier I'M a large Broad
wav house to q Mail and Express rel
norter. "but Il Is a blessing 10 q man
in my position. ] never knew 70 Wnat
extent the habit OF making small bank
checks had spread until saw a con-
tractor pay on his laborers one natur-
dav night I'M checks. / made Inquiry
and found that Il was a common pfac-
tice moi only with him but many 9TH
erq who hired great bodies OF men. a
contractor who made a practice OF IS
sning small checks told me frankly
thnt In the old days. when Il was nee
eeearv to face each check with & 2-cent
Internal revenue stamp, he made as
few checks as possible. The war tax
having included bank checks, the habit
OF Issuing small checks has practically
heen discontinued. That's why ! say
the tax Is a blessing In disguise. IL IS
not profitable to issue checks for small
sums.
.sThere is still another reason why
we now see fewer checks for small
amounts. Expert bank men declare
that the simplest check to raise is the
n calling for an amount below $40.
The percentage Of raised checks is six
ty-hve on sums below $40. Another
reason for the opposition to small
checks is that they bother the bank au-
thorities. Some banking institutions
will cast out a patrons account should
he persist in making small checks. The
cheapening Of the registry Of letters IS
another reason for the suppression Of
small checks"
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We are killing more Filipinos than
the spaniards killed of Cubans and
Filiplnos combined. We are killing
them more wantonIy and wlckedly
than the Spaniards killed them. We
have less color Of right than the Span
lard had. We are violating the fund
amental principles Of our national
faith in doing what we are doing
Spain was consistent and, monstrous
as her claim was, was true to her ira
ditions. For less than we are doing in
the Philippines we declared war on
Spain and drove her out Of Cuba. The
war begun for humanity and freedom
in Cuba, has degenerated into a wan
ton and wicked war of conquest Of an
alien and stranger a. IN the Philip
pines whose only desire Is to be free
gerre Haute Qnd.) Gazette.
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The Cuban scandals.

In its v~ariegated history the present
administration has been called upon
to face scandals, the o%utgrowth Of it's
political corruption. more than once,
but never before has It encountered a
situation Of the kind to u II as
much direct concern and alarm as that
created by the carpet-baggers' loot Of
the Cuban treasury. The panic is so
acute In the white house that word
has been passed all along the machine
newspaper line, asking friendly edit
ors 10 suppress the scandal as much as
possible. not to feature 1t. and to min
imize It ed|itorially. The effects Of the
disclosures on the fortunes OF the
party in power and on the candidacy
of Mr.. Mckinley are keenly feared
Washington Times.
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Pure nunoombo.

What a paradoxical attitude the Re
publican party via be placed in If the
platform makers manage to get IN a
plank Of sympathy for the Boersi The
Republican officials at Washington, all
leging e~xpediency and policy. have
been as silent as CLAIMS about the
rights and wrongs OF the contest being
waged over the little republic in South
Africa. The proposition to insert a
sympathy plank in the platform Of
their national convention is the purest
bunoombe. The country knows that
Mckinley and his diplomats have
been coyly flirting With the i~nconstant
Great Britain, and that whatever may
now be said to the contrary, their
sympathies and interests are British.
New York News.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-13

Senator Teller Of Colorado declares
the Republican party degenerate. In
an open letter he thus expresses him
self:
THE Republican party Is no longer
controlled by its best thought. Men
who have determined ITS policies ia It's
best days are no longer heard 10 It's
councils, Its policy Is determined and
rs course dominated By those Ia con-
troll Of great trusts. syndicatea and
combines. whose only thought Is the
acquisition and protection OF wealth.
The Interest Of the few Is kept in view.
and while the great principles Of the
party are stll professed. ia legislation
and Administration they are ighocld
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-13

In the very rarefied atmosphere OF
Brook Farm doubtless no one could
have been more welcome than a frollc-
some girl Of sixteen. Such was Ora
Gannett Sedgwick, who gives, in the
Atlantic. her "reminiscences of some
happy days spent there In memorable
company. Shy and serious men are
not usually so by preference. and n
can imagine how a girls witchery
would have been appreciated by the
recluse whom it was intended to tease.
She says: Il do not ~reeollect Haw-
thorne's talking much at the table.
One day, tired OF seeing him sit i'm
movable on the sofa in the hall, as /
was learning some verses to reeite, |
daringly took my book, pushed it into
his hands and said; VIII you hear
my poetry, Mr.. Hawthorne?' He gave
me a sidelong glance from his very
shy eyes, took the book, and most
kindly heard me One evening he was
alone in the hall, sitting on a chair
at the farthest end. when my room
mate. Ellen slade, and myself were
going upstairs. She whispered to me:
Let's throw the sofa pillows at Mr..
HAWTHORNE Reaching yer the ban
listers, we each took a cushion, and
threw It. Quick as a fash, he plS out
his hand, seized a broom that was
hanging near him. warded oS our
cushions, and threw them bach With
sure aim AS fast as we could throw
them at him. he returned them with
effect, hitting us every time, while we
could only hit the broom. Through it
all not a word was spoken. We
laughed and laughed. and his eyes
shone and twinkled like stars