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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-22
Putting food into diseased stomach

Putting food into diseased stomach
is like putting money into pocket
with holes. The money is lost. All
its value goes for nothing, When the
stomach is diseased, with the allied
organs of digestion and nutrition, the
food which is put into it is largely lost.
The nutriment is not extracted from
it. The body is weak and the blood
impoverished.
The pocket can be mended. The
stomach can be cured. That sterling
medicine for the stomach and blood,
Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical, Dis.
covery, acts with peculiar promptness
and power on the organs of digestion
and nutrition. 1t is a positive cure
for almost all disorders of these organs,
and cures also such diseases of the
heart, blood, liver and other organs,
as have their cause in a weak or dis
eased condition of the stomach.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-22
NEW YORK MERCHANTS ASSOCIA-
TON.
Opposed to the Ship Subsidy Bill.

Opposed to the Ship Subsidy Bill.
In the current number of The Review
of Reviews Mr.. William F. King, pres
ident Of the New York Merchants as
sociation, severely criticises the pend
ing ship subsidy bill, especially the
proposition to admit certain foreign
built ships to the privilege of subsidy.
He says:
Naturally enough, the amount of
tonnage to be constructed in American
yards would be curtailed to the extent
to which foreign tonnage would be-
come entitled to American registry.
This, it seems to us, will not serve to
develop the American shipbuilding in
dustry in the manner in which it ought
to be developed and will not tend to-
ward the investment of capital in the
building up Of new shipyards to take
advantage Of the impetus which ought
to be given toward that particular line
of industry. Therefore it is that we
say, as reason for opposing this par
ticular provision of the bill, that an un-
duly large proportion of the subsidy
would go to few men.
"Then, again, we feel that it is dam
gerous to place in the hands of a few,
no matter how well intentioned they
may be, the power which the concen-
tration of such large tonnage would
give them, especially when that ton
mage is subsidized. 1t might enable
them to create a combination which
would serve to drive away competi-
tion. The natural tendency of that
would be to advance rates for the tenn
porary benefit of owners Of the ton
mage, and this in turn would serve not
to expand the exporting of American
products, but rather to curtail it.
eve have tried frequently to obtain
an explanation of the reason for graft
ing this provision on the bill. 1t has
been said by it's promoters that it was
the best bill that could be prepared un-
der the circumstances and that the for
eign tonnage section was a matter of
expediency. What these circumstances
were has not been officially disclosed.
1t would seem, however, that the prin-
ciple Of admitting foreign tonnage to
American registry and half subsidy
was incorporated in the bill for the
purpose Of allowing those Americans
who owned that tonnage to reap some
benefit from the subsidy to be paid.'
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-22
The Shin SuhsidY Bill.

The exports of the United States
have been rapidly growing under the
present conditions of ocean traffic, and
they are now the wonder of the world.
exceeding our imports in the last four
years by more than $1,000 100000. The
growth Of them has been promoted by
low freight rates. So far as ocean car
riage is concerned, that growth can be
increased only by reduction Of those
provisions do not promise any. On the
other hand, it gives a very large part
Of the bounty to fast passenger steam
ships which carry very little freight
and have room for only a small guam
tity. At the same time the complaint
carriers that the bill would work to
their disadvantage and in favor of
little groEp Of men who framed the bill
and would be the chief benefciaries Of
it.
The biz does not encourage the en-
ployment Of American seamen. The
Seamen's union declares that it would
not increase the number of American
sailors. Indeed, the requirements as
to the employment Of Americans on the
steamships now receiving mail pay
would be substituted for present re-
Quirements, which are much more ex-
acting. Ships that now must have
crews one-half American would be al
lowed to reduce the American proper
tion to one-quarter, and would not be
compelled to employ any Americans
whatever, If they Cannot be reason
ably obtained" There is no evidence
that the government would be per-
ceptibly assisted in respect to auxiliary
cruisers; for the chief advocates of the
bill have testified that under the pro-
visions of it no ships having speed OF
more than II knots would be built.
But it is perfectly clear that the pro-
visions of the bill have been carefully
fitted to the requirements of small
number of men and companies whose
interests are concerned with the ex-
portation of passengers rather than the
carrying of agricultural products or
manufactured goods. 1t was the ex-
posure of this careful adaptation of it's
provisions to the needs or the. greed or
this group that excited throughout the
country the opposition with which the
Industrious friends Of the measure have
been confronted. 1t was not difficult
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-22
Mark Twain's Description of His Military
Experience.

At the Lincoln celebration last week
in New York, at Carnegie Hall, Mark
Twain who acted as chairman, in in
reducing Col. Henry Watterson as
the orator of the evening referred
humorOusly to his own military career.
as follows:
II was born in slave States My
father was slave owner before the
Civil War and was a second lieuten-
ant in the Confederate serv ice-for
awhile. Laughter
'Oh, l could have stayed longer.
There was plenty of time. The trouble
was with the weather. / never saw
such weather l was there, and l
have no apologies to offer. But l will
say that if this second cousin of mine.
Henry Watterson. the orator of the
evening, who was born and reared in
slave State and was colonel in the
Confederate service, had rendered me
such assistance as he could and had
taken my. advice the Union armies
would never have been victorious. 1
laid out the whole plan with remark
able foresight, and if Colonel Waiter
son had carried out my orders should
have succeeded in my vast enterprise.
Laughter.
"It was my intention to drive Gen
eral Grant into the Pacific Ocean. If
l could have had the proper assistance
from Col. Watterson it would have
been accomplished. told Watterson
to surround the Eastern armies and
wait until l came up. Laughter.
But he stood upon the punctilio of
military etiquette and refused to take
orders from a second lieutenant
of the Confederate Army, and so the
Union was saved. He was insubordi- |
nate. Now, this is the first time that
this secret has ever been revealed. Mo-
one outside of the family has known |
these facts, but they're the truth of
how Watterson saved the Union, and |
to think that up to this very hour that |
man gets no pensionl That's the way
we treat people who save UDions for
us. There ought to be some blush on
the check of those present this even
ing. but, to tell the truth, we are out
of practice. Laughter.
Mark Twain then began to talk in a
serious vein. His tone and manner
changed. The audience soon stopped
laughing and took the speaker serious !,
ly. He said:
"The hearts of this whole nation,
North and South, were in the war
We of the South were not ashamed of |
the part We took. We believed in
those days in what we were fighting
fOr--the right-and it was a noble
fight, for we were fighting for our
sweethearts. our homes and our lives.
Today we no longer regret the result,
but we of the South are not ashamed |
that we made an endeavor. And you.
too, are proud of the record we made"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-22
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Powerful Yeast.

The veteran editor editor of the
Golden Colo Transcript, who hates
liar as be hates a delinq uent sub
scriber, and who uses only the reliable
George Washington brand of truth in
his business, fathers this strange
story:
"a Larimer county farmer lost a
COW in q very queer manner last week
The animal In rummaging through a
summer kitchen found and swallowed
an old umbrella and a cake of yeast.
The yeast, fermentipg in the poor
beasts stomach, raised the umbrella.
and she died in great agony,''-Denver
Post.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-22

matter to obtain popular approval in a
party for the revival of the American
merchant marine, but we are confident
that it could not have been procured
for this bill if the provisions and effect
of it had been explained. Some oppo-
nents of it have called it class legisla-
ton. 1t is something much worse than
that: it is legislation for a group, for
the pockets of a few, and it involves
the appropriation of $1S0000.0OO Of tax
revenue for the benefit of this group
Independent, New York.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-22
Resolutions of Sympathy and Respect.

The following resolutions were in
troduced by Miss Blanche Shanholtzer,
and adopted by the Teachers League,
concerning the deaths of Miss Nellie
Robinson and Miss Pearl Pearson:
Whereas. We, the Augusta Teachers
League, have heard with profound sor
row of the deaths Of co-workers, Miss
Nellie Robinson. of Mint Spring, Va,
and Miss Pearl Pearson, of Staunton,
Va, and desire to express our sym
pathy. In SO doing we know how
vainit is to gid a grief with words,
and yet we wish to take from every
grave its fear Here in this world
where life and death are equal kings all
shodld be brave enough to meet what
others have met. From the wondrOus
tree of life the buds and blossoms fall
with ripened fruit, and in the COM
mon bed of earth patriarch and babes
sleep side by side" Thus passed our
co workers to their eternal home,
Resolved. 1st. That. whilst we, the
Teachers of Augusta county, acknowl-
edge the hand of God in these affiic
tions, we deeply regret the loss of our
co workers and extend to their fami
lies and friends our sincere sympathy
Resolved, End. That we. their co
workers, feel our loss of them who had
won our respect and though we notice
the vacant places, we are resigned to
Him who dOeth all things we'll.
Resolved, 3rd. That these resolutions
be placed upon the minutes of the
League, that copies of the same be sent
to the grief stricken parents of those
deceased, and that others be sent to
,he papers of Staunton for publication.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-22
The Hanna Brand of Logic.

Hanna says the lake shipyards can
build ships cheaper than the Atlantic
yards: J. J. Hill says the Atlantic yards
can build ships cheaper than the Brit
ish yards; therefore, says Hanna. we
must have subsidy to encourage ship
building. Hanna is always logical in
his demands en- the public purse.-Hel-
ena (AIon.) Independent.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-22
Hotel Life.

Jackson-What time do you wake
up in the morning usually?
Jimson-FOur O'Clock.
"Great snakes! Why SO early?"
81 board at hotel, and that's the
hour the man in the next room goes
to bed. New York Weekly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-22
PreOf Positive.

Mrs. Bontong-Have you heard that
Mr.. Villiers has run away with Mrs.
Smith? And we always thought that
he was Smiths best friend.
Mr.. Bontong-He must have been!
Pick Up.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-22
A Champion.

Higgins-So you think that fellow
Is prize fighter? He doesn't look
like one to me. He has no muscular
development, and he is undersized and
under weight.
Wiggins-I know; but you just
ought TO hear him talkl-Boston Tran
script.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-08

You know we've slept On feather bed
ever since we wa married, and I've.
'allun bin particular to smooth It down
from head to foot. I've got used to
feathers, and If 4 changed off I'd Jest
lay there and kick around all night
long. Do they hev beds, Samuel, or do
they keeper fyin around all nightlong
and singin$"I'ye Reached My Home at
Last?" Seems to me that fyin and
singin all day would be enough unless
l feel stronger than I do now. You
orter know these things, Samuel, and
you orter tell me so I'll know what to
depend in. / might stand sass from a
thousand angels, but l do want my
own bed when night comes, and if n
Of my headaches comes on unexpected
ly l want to know that I kin hev a cup
Of tea. Mrs. Watkins says they don't
drink tea in heaven, but 1 don't see
how she kin know"
Mr.. Gallup was not directly appealed
to, and as he was reading that a crow
had been known to feign death to avoid
having a crowbar thrown at him he
made no sign. +
"Waal, I've made up my mind to a
few things" said Mrs. Gallup as the ST.
fence grew painful. sI'm goin up to
heaven to do the! best / kin. I'll be
nayburly with all the angels I meet
and let 'em understand that I don't
want no more'n my share of harps and
wings and things. If l don't find any
thin to eat or any beds to sleep on, l
shan't raise no fuss nor go into hyster-
les, the way Mrs. Taylor did at camp
meetin last year. Yes; I'll put up with
things as l find 'em and make the best
Of it, and I won't be jealous if a few of
'em hey better clothes on or kin sing
better'n me. That's how I'll act, Sam
uel, and then if they pick on me they'll
git as good as they give. I kin be
sassed and picked on jest 81 fur, but
arter that they want to look out.
Would it put you out any, Samuel, i'll
died at night instead Of in the daytime?
AS I said, if I died at night I could slip
into heaven without any fuss, but, if
it's goin to make. you any extra trouble
I'll perish by daylight. What will be
the most convenient hour fur you?"
There was deep silence Mrs. Gal
lup's tears made no thud as they fell
upon the carpet, and Mr.. Gallup was
reading with bated breath that an os-
trich covers 10 feet of ground at every
stride when in full fight. The clock
licked, the. silence grew deeper, and
the cricket on the hearth fell into a
doze. Then Mr., Gallup suddenly laid
aside his paper, stretched his arms and
legs, with a "Ho-hum!'' and looked
around to find Mrs. Gallup asleep in
her chair. She hadn't gone to join the
angels-not yet. M. QUAD.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-08
READ !: ll.[,l ALL OF THIS.
You Never Know the Moment When
this Information May Prove of
Infinite Value.

= It is worth considerable to any
reader Of this paper to know the value
and use Of a medicine, for if there is
no occasion to employ it in the mean
time, frail humanity is subjected to SO
many influences and unforeseen con-
~tingencies that the wisest are totally
unable to gauge the future. Know
then, that Doan's Ointment will cure
any case of hemorrhoids. commonly
known as piles, or any disease, of the
cuticle or skin, generally termed &C.
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Mrs. TIP. Ross, guest Of the Fargo
House on North Front street, Fargo,
N. D., says: MY husband suffered
intensely from itching hemorrhoids.
He tried physicians treatment, ONT
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could think about and everything adj
vised by friends and acquaintance to
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ance,, but until. he tried Doan's. Oint-
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For sale by all dealers. Price so
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-08

commonwealth. Such a survey is
provided for in most Of the states and
has proved itself of great value. 1t
will be especially important to a new
state like North Dakota, for it will
show the existence and. value of re-
sources which would otherwise remain
unknown. Those who think North
Dakota devoid of all mineral resources
have a mistaken notion. The idea
time there has been made almost no,
thorough scientific research to reveal
these While u state may
never appear as a great mining state,
yet is possesses some mineral deposits
which are almose certain to become
extensively used.
The ultimate value of the mineral
resources of this state is made evil
dent when we consider the growth
which has taken place during the last
ten years in the industries covered
by this report. AS nearly as car be
estimated the capital invested ten
years ago, principally in coal and clay
industries, amounted to about $751;
000; today it probably amounts to
from $275,OOO to 1925 900. Ten years
ago the total annual value of the pro-
ducts of this character was about $40,-
900; now it will probably reach from
$685., 900 to s$345, 900. AS most of this
growth has taken place in the last
five years it does not seem %unreason-
able to expect a corresponding growth
during the next decade, at the end
of which time our mineral industries
will represent an invested capital and
productive power Of no mean proper
tons. 1t will thus be seen that it is
now we'll worth expanding our efforts
in encouraging the development Of our
mineral O.
The building up of a geological and
Typographical map of the state has
already been begun. This report OF
the geological survey of the state en-
braces the topography and general
geology of North Dakota, studies on
the water supply, clays and Goals. 1t
is hoped that the result of the inves-
LEGATIONS which have been carried on
during the past two years as embodied
in this report of the survey, will many
times repay the trifing expense it has
caused the state. Every dollar x
pended on a geological survey will
doubtless bring back to the state sew
eral hundred fold. The enormous pro-
fit derived by the older states from ex-
p%enditures on such a geological survey
is unquestionable. North Dakota
should in time secure equal benefits
from the prosecution Of the survey now
begun.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-08
A LIGHT in Il THE YARD
= |"t|TFH ""F9H , -tt-F-NE-4E1I T7NTN- - ".--TtI.VeHfHSgT
MRS. GALLUP RECOGNIZES IN ~ HER
SUMMONS 70 HEAVEN.

But She Fails to Get Any Informa-.
ton From Her Husband as to the
Manner In Which She Should Act
When She Enters Her Home Among
the Angels. :.
copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis.1 vs.
When Mr.. Gallup sat down for the
evening, he had his newspaper on his
knee and Mrs. Gallup was singing
Rock of Ages and clearing away the
supper table. He had been reading for
a quarter of an hour when she quietly
entered and sat down and said:
Samuel, 1 don't want to disturb you
nor make you feel bad, but I feel oblig-
ed to ask you a few questions. Last
night at midnight Mrs. Watkins saw q
light moving around in our back yard.
1t was a light which bobbed up and
bobbed down and lodged this way and
that, and when it finally went out it
gave a great wink and a splutter. 1t
was what they call a ghost lantern,
Samuel, and it meant that there would
be death in this house within a week.
It'll be my death, Of course. I've got
~ different ailments, with heart dis
ease throwed in, while you are as
healthy as a cornfield. Yes; it'll be me.
but I'm not weepin W it. I'm sittin
right here al calm as catnip, but l
want to know some few things"
Mr.. Gallup must have known Of her
presence, but he was too deeply inter-
ested in his paper to recognize it. He
had found an article which said that a
bedbug could be boiled in water for
four hours and then come out with his
ambition undaunted. :.
II shall go to heaven when l die, of
course" continued Mrs. Gallup as her
voice broke a little. IT orter go there.
Any woman who has whitewashed the
cellar every spring for p years, be-
sides maxim soft soap, cuttin carpet
rags, dyein over old clothes and maxim
one corset last her for Is years, will go
to heaven on the jump. What bothers
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-08
Merchants ) Hotel.

After ten years Of absence, I
have again taken charge of the.
old reliable Merchants, and have
Teftted and fully equipped the
sameWithabaths steam heat and
Esalllmoddern improvements 1 so.
continuance :ofthe pat.
ETonage Of the public, and espe-s
Ftcia1ly ny friends i'll the Dakotas.
and tMinneso ta,,sswhos5 hhaavesyn
lpngfEEmadeSsthe Merchants their
Latest Dakota and Minnesota
papers onS6le. %a @5 SEi
Rat 5000 and $3.50; with
bath, So. 100 .4I4have added the.
European plan for those who.
desire it, At from $1.O0fto$1.50;
with bath, $500. ~: III.
Electric cars now pass In front Of the Ho.
tel for all points in the City. .sr& ~ u
a: ALLIE IN, Proprietor
This paper WILL always be founa -
aa lin ths Merchants reading rooms
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-08

me, however, is how I'm goin to act
arter l git there. You know how COM
pany allus illustrates me. If three or
four Of the neighbors come in, I'm al
most sure to fall off my cheer or knock
over sunthin. How's it goin to be when
l git up there and meet a hull pasture
full of angels? ThereIl be millions of
'em, Samuel, and they'll all be lookin at
me and Wonderin who I am, and I'll be
so upset that I'll fall over my own
feet" e.
She paused to wipe the tears from
her eyes with the palm Of her, hand,
but as she had asked no direct ques-
tions Ma Gallup finished the bug arti-
Gle and turned to sone on the care of
clotheslines. - = ~. -. g. .
81 don't want to Be looked at and
p'inted out and made fun Of up there"
said Mrs. Gallup as she sat with her
eyes on the carpet. "AIl night long last
night I couldn't sleep for thinkin that
some Of the angels would turn up their
noses at me and want to know what Oh
airth ] was doin there. You remember
Sarah Jane Bixby, who died two years
ago? Sarah was snippy and sassy. II
she went to heaven, it would be jest
her way to want to know why I'd com.
fyin up there, with my rheumatic and
back aches. I'd have to sass her back
and then what would happen? Angels
do sass each other sometimes, don't
they, SamuelY S3& ~ -. - - %SSft
If Mr. Gallup had ever given the mat
ter q thought, he was too busy to dis
cuss it. The statement was right be-
fore his eyes. that 100000 miles of
clothesline went to destruction. every
year for want Of being hung up in the
wood shed when not in use, and he was
r~efiecting on the carelessness Of hui
manity in general.
II may git up to heaven in the night,
when all the angels are asleep, and so
TIL sslip in all right. hope thatH be
the way, because it'll give me a chance:
to kind O. git used to the place before
daylight. Do you think they have any
breakfast up there! Mrs. Watkins says
they don't, but ! don't really see how
they git along without 1t ! know 4
should feel q goneness all day without.
breakfast. And I want you to look at
me. Samuel, and see lie I'm the hum,
biyest woman ever born. have read
that when we die we are changed as In
the tWinklin OF an eye. 1 hope it's 80.
II 1t amt, then / can't expect no good
times up there. Them angels viii be
pFintin out my Iop shoulder, my big
feet and my Wabbly knees and whis-:
perrin to each other that I'd better staid
down on airth among the eabbages.
Nobody as knows me can call me obsti-
nate Of sot, but III be summed Ii /
propose tosdie and become an angel to
be madefun OF. You'll be on my side
about that, won't you '
Mr.. Gallup heayed a long sigh and
seemed about toSspeak. but no word
came. He had finished with the clothes
line and struck an article about the
reasoning powers OF the crow, and the
most direct question from Mrs. GALLUP
would have passed unheaded. Her
tears fell for two on three minutes, and
then she asked:
Ani how about the beds up there7