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Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
PENSIONS FOR NEGROES.
Senator Hanna Introduces Bill for
Benefit of Ex-SIaves.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Han
ma has introduced bill granting pen
sions and bounties to all ex-slaves who
were freed by the proclamation Of
President Lincoln during the War Of
the Rebellion. 1t provides that per-
sons over fifty years of age and less
than sixty, male or female, shall re-
ceive a cash bounty of $500 and month
ly pensions of So per month; persons
between sixty and seventy years old,
a bounty of $500 and pension of s12
per month, and persons over seventy
years old a bounty of $500 and a pen
sion of SIS per month. The bill also
provides for the payment of the bounty
and pension to relatives who may be
charged with the care of ex-slaves.
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
CHEAPER BINDING TWINE.
Prices for Prison Irvine Given Out by
Warden WoIfer.


The state board of control and
Warden Wolfer have fixed the price
at which the prison-made binding
Irvine will be sold to Minnesota
farmers, the new prices being just a
cent per pound below last years
prices. The state is now manu-
featuring five grades of Irvine at the
prison, and the prices of the several
grades are as follows: Standard, 500
feet TO the pound, 81 cents per pound; ;
sisal, same length, same price;
standard mixed, $50 feet to the
pound, 81 cents per pound; Manila,
600 feet to the pound, 10a cents per
pound; pure Manila, $50 feet to the
pound, IL cents per pound. At
these prises Warden Wolfer is con
fdent that Minnesota farmers will
take every pound that can be manu-
featured between now and the end of
the next harvest, inasmuch as prices
charged by independent Irvine con
Germs throughout the country are
greatly in advance of the prices asked
by the state for prison-made Irvine.
Warden Wolfer, in discussing the
matter, said: II have here a copy of
the last cordage trade paper, and
here are the prices quoted in that,
prices that are verified in letters re
ceiyed by me from farmers and
dealers throughout the state, to
whom twine has been offered: While
sisal, 500 feet to the pound, II and
III cents per pound; standard, 500
feet to the pound, IL ana III cents
per pound; standard Manila, $50 feet
to the pound, 124 to 12a cents per
pound; Manila, 134 to l3a cents per
pound; pure Manila, $50 feet to the
pound, Is and Isl cents per pound.
You can see by those prices that the
state is selling its Irvine at from 2 to
4 cents less per pound and this fact
alone will PROFESSIONALLY give us a
rush of orders. We will manufacture
not less than 100000 pounds. Our
factory is running ten hours day,
with full force of convicts, and the
daily output is from $4,000 to $4,000
pounds. We have been fortunate in
securing large supply of fiber, and
we expect to turn out the best Irvine
that can be produced :"
Warden Wolfer says that more pure
Manila will be manufactured this
year than usual, but the two prin pal
grades will be standard and Manila
mixed, for which there is the largest
demand. Standard mixed is new |
brand, never having been introduced |
before. Orders for Irvine have long
been coming in and many have been
booked. These are principally orders
for large car lots, representing club
bing orders from farmers. There ale
also many inquiries from dealers who
are anxious to handle prison Irvine
but farmers will be supplied first if
they send in their orders.
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
NOT A POLITICAL MOVE.
Dispatch Of Fleet to Honduras an OPP
portunity for Sea Drill.

Dispatch OF Fleet to Honduras an OPP
portunity for Sea Drill.
Washington, Feb. 6.-According to
naval officials there is no political sig
nifcance in the dispatch Of the four
vessels Of Admiral Casey's feet to
Amapala island. The state depart
ment suggested that one vessel be sent
to the island to afford protection to
American interests that might be i'm
periled as result Of the civil troubles
which are threatened In Honduras,
but the navy department thought that
it would be good plan to dispatch the
entire fleet with directions to cruise
together as far as possible, SO as to
give an opportunity for sea drilling
and the actual practice. 1t is declared
that 1t is for this reason only that Ad-
miral Caseys feet is going to Central
America.
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
COAL COMPANIES TO BLAME.
Miners Say Operators Are Restricting
the Output.

Philadelphia, Feb. 6-The mine
workers continued to present evidence
in rebuttal before the coal strike COM
mission. The first three witnesses
were Philip Laford of the Law colliery,
John Sheridan, Avoca, and William
Atwell, Forest City, all of whom tes-
tilted that it was the coal companies
ard not the miners who were re-
stricting the output of coal. All tes-
titled that they did not get enough
cars for days work.
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
Fell From Sixth Story.

St. Louis, Feb. civilian Paul Of
London, England, leading baritone of
the Castle Square Opera company, now
here, is dead as the result Of a fall
from a sixth story window of the
Southern hotel. His skull was frac-
tured and his left arm was broken.
He was unconscious when picked up
and soon died. 1t is not known wheth-
er the fall was accidental or not.
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
Standing Timber For Sale.

The stumpage on $50 acres for
sale, one half mile south of Spauld-
ing sidetrack. Wood is mixed, hard
and soft. Desire to contract with
some one who will cut it clean for
cordwood. Address, A. VEssEY, Sauk
Centre, MINI.
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
Ten Per Cent increase Of WAGES.

San Francisco, Feb. 6.-The Califor-
mia Northwestern Railroad company,
at a conference with a committee from
it's employees held in this city, granted
an increase Of 10 per cent to all OF it's
engineers, conductors, firemen and
brakemen, effective at once.
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
Cancers, TumOrS, Golfer, FlStuIa, Piles

Varicoce1e and ENLARGED glands with the
simultaneous injection method, absolute
1y without pain and without the loss of a
drop of blood, is one of his own dis
coveries, and is the most really scientific
and certainly sure cure of the nineteenth
century. No incurable case taken. Con-
uultation to those interested, $l.00.
DR. LANDRY & Co,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
DUE TO STARVATION.

Alarming Mortality Among Residents
of Caracas.
New York, Feb. 6.-Caracas is in
great distress as result of the exist
ing conditions, says the correspond dent
there of the Herald. While yellow
fever and typhoid prevail they are not
in epidemic form and the alarming
mortality, which in January was forty
five per thousand, is due to starvation
No city in the world, adds the CORE
spondent, shows an approximation to
such conditions except when ravaged
by the plague.
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
CONGRESSMAN MOODY DEAD.
Representative From AsheviIIe IN. CO.
District Passes Away.

Asheville, N. c., Feb. 6.-Congress-
man J. M. Moody of the Asheville dis
trict died at his home in Waynesvihe
during the morning. He only reached
home from Washington few days
q 90
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
ENTIRE CREW MISSING.

thirty sailors SuppOSeu 10 7aNe NVHS
Down With Their Ship.
London, Feb. 6.-Dispatches from
Dunkirk report that the sailing ship
Van Stabel, Captain Quimper, from
Glasgow for San Francisco, has been
wrecked off Stornoway, Scotland. 1t
is believed the entire crew of thirty
persisted.
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
CHECKED BY COLD WEATHER.
Flood in the Allegheny Two Feet
Above Danger Line.

Pittsburg, Feb. 6.-The food in the
Allegheny river was two feet above the
danger line at II a. N. but the rising
waters at the upriver points have been
checked by cold weather. Railways
and factories will not be interrupted
long
Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
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Morris tribune., 1903-02-07
NO MORE CHOLERA.
Philippine Capital Is Free F rom the
Epidemic.

Manila, Feb. 6.-The United States
quarantine officials have declared Ma
Mia to be free from cholera, thus
ending the quarantine which has last
ed nearly year. Though cholera has
disappeared from Manila, it is still
epidemic in parts Of the islands.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
The secret Service.

A man standing on a steamship pier
N New York found himself being
';atched closely by three ordinary look
ing individuals who stood together.
The atmosphere was chilly. aud the
man took several turns up ana down
the pier noticing at the same time that
the eyes of the strangers followed all
his movements. His conscience being
clear he did not feel embarrassed when
he realized that the watchers were de-
tectivcs. Obviously the men were not
from the central Office because of their
small stature and lack of flesh. and it
became question in TIE mans mind
whether he was dealing u detectives
from private agency or with secret
service men. He resolved to tiud out.
His first move was to halt near the
group and appear unconcened. 1t was
not long before he was joined by one
Of the watchers who said:.
Are You from Mr.. So-andso's Of
ticeT' naming Il deputy chief Of the Sc
cret service
NO" replied the subject of scrutiny,
but ! believe you are"
The detective smiled family and
changed the conversation. All of which
goes to prove that the secret service is
secret in more ways than one. else
why did the detectives think that an
utter stranger had been placed on the
same ''plantT-New York Post.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
A Diplomatic OmciaI.

During the reign of Emperor Napo-
leon Ill. he and the empress visited
Normandy and had arranged to spend
Il couple of days at EvreuX. NJ. Jan
vier de In Monte. who was the project.
learned that the revolutionaries intend
ed to hiss the soverelgns as they passed,
and so he summoned the leaders of the
movement and told them that he knew
of their r'ct. IF you carry out your
plan" said he to them. you will get
six months i'm prison. II you do not
your friends will accuse you Of cow
ardice and treason. As way out OF
the difficulty | propose to lock you up
at once until the emperor has gone"
The conspirators accepted the terms Of
fered them, and so the emperor was
greeted only by cheers, as the revolu-
tionaries. frightened at the arrest OF
their chiefs. had not dared to utter n
sound. After the emperor and empress
had gone the project went i'm person TO
release his prisoners. who had had such
a pleasant time that they greeted him
with cries of Long live the prefectw
to which NJ. Janvier de Ia Monte. who
was man Of wit, replied, MY friends,
do not overdo it,"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
Fight Will Be Bitter.

Those who viii persist in closing
their ears against the continual re-
commentator of DIR. Kings new
Discovery for Consumption will have
a long and bitter fight with their
troubles, if not ended earlier by fatal
termination. Read what T. r. Beall,
of Beall, Miss, has to say: 81 asst fall
my wife had every symptom of con-
sumption. She took DR.. Kings NewDis
covery after everything else had faild
Improvement came at once and four
bottles entirely cured her. Guaranteed
by-Short. g. Haynes Druggist. Price
80, and 81. Trial bottle free.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
Genius In the Bud.

A lady who was Aunt Kate" to
James MacNeill Whistler all his life. al
though not a relative. gives in Lon
don journal a glimpse of Whistler the
boy. She had known him ever since he
was a child of two years. She was a
neighbor of the Whlstlers. and after e
long absence from home she called up
on them and asked at once:
"Where is Jemmief'
HE was i'm the room few minutes
, ago." was the answer. Il think he
must be here STILL
Presently Jemmie's tiny form was
discovered stretched on the undershelf
of table. The visitor went to secure
the prize and asked:
"What are you doing there. Jem-
mieT
Use dworin'."
In one small hand was a pencil. per-
haps two inches long, and in the other
a morsel of paper about three inches
square. Yet in these tiny proportions
the little artist was even then doing
work that showed an exquisite prom
Use
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
WnIpoIe ON Balloons.

Some of Horace Walpole's ironic
speculations on the future of the bal
loon have been recently reprinted. Said
the satirist:
II supposed our seaports to become
deserted villages and Salisbury plain.
Newmarket heath and all downs (but
The Downs arising into dockyards for
aerial vessels. The ship news then
would run thus: The good balloon Dae-
dalus, Captain Wingate. will fly in a
few days for China. He will stop at the
Monument TO take in passengers.
Foundered in a hurricane. the Bird of
Paradise, from Mount Ararat. The
Bubble, Sheldon. took fire and was
burned to her gallery. and the Phenix
is to be cut down to a second rate.
There will be fights in the air with
wind guns and bows and arrows"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
Red Hair.

Middle age painters represented Ju-
das as red haired though Jews with
sunny locks are not common. Lord
Macaulay argued that the anti-red hair
feeling was an illogical survival Of
anti-Semitism.
In Ireland red hair is common, and
I'm the speech of the country person
so distinguished is called Dane" In
allusion to the incursions made cen
turtles ago upon Irish soil by the light
haired Danish sea rovers.
Aristotle of old Greece declared that
'he that has red hair is proud. envious
and deceitful." Aristotle was undoubt-
edly dark Completed"
On the other hand. the Italian paint
ers represent the Madonna with light
hair, Titan gave his name to a famous
shade of red in women's hair and red
hair in Spain is an aristocratic tinge
as seemingly derived from the Goth
conquerors of Iberia. The Spanish roy
al house has furnished several mem
bers with red or reddish hair.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
soldiers and weight.

These facts are given by two officers
who conducted experiments to deter
mine the effect of weight on soldiers In
full marching order. The five men who
volunteered as subjects marched dis
lance of fifteen miles and eighty-two
yards. The different weights carried
were forty eight, fifty-nlne and sixty
five pounds. With the first weight ii
was found that man Mt a moderate
temperature could cover the distance
with ease; in hot or close weather slight
inconvenience was experienced, which
disappeared when the march was over.
SO that the men could begin the next
day as well as ever.
The weight Of fifty-nine pounds did
no harm in moderate weather, but
proved fatigulng when 1t was hot, and
effects were felt the next day. When
the men carried the third weight the Ill
effects We're very marked.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
The Breckenridge News.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 80. 1908
Why m AIiasf

One afternoon. when the Duke OF
Edinburgh and Sir Arthur sullivan.
having finished Il duet. were citing
down to homely dish of tea" pro.
vided by Mrs. sullivan. the composers
mother. it suddenly occurred to Ter to
start the subject of family names and
titles. which puzzled the good lady con
siderably
''sir," she said. your family name is
Guelph"
MY dear mother" began Arthur.
But IL is. isn't itr' she persisted.
Certainly" replied the duke. much
amused. Whats the matter With it.
Mrs. SULLIVAN
"Oh. nothing" returned the excellent
old lady musingly. only can't I'M
derstand why you don't call yourself
by your proper name"
Arthur wanted TO explain TO her. but
the duke would not allow him to.
"There's nothing TO be ashamed of In
the name of Guelph. Mrs. Sullivan" he
said gravely.
That's exactly what say" persist
ed Arthur's mother: nothing what
ever as far as know. and that being
so. why you should not call yourself by
1t can't understanding. G. Bur
hands Records and "reminiscences"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
An Ambitions woman.

"My grandmother was an awful am
bilious woman" said a native of a well
known island Off the coast of Maine.
land when she was dying and the doc
tor had told her she had only about an
hour to live she asked her daughter to
bring her some green apples. She sat
up in bed and pared two panfuls NJ
them and then lay back with a salts
fed sigh. Well said she. I'm deter
mined that the folks that come to my
funeral shall have enough apple sass
for once in their lives "-Lippincotts
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
New and Old wonders.

The seven world wonders of antiquity
were:
The pyramids. Babylon's gardens,
Mausolus' tomb, the temple OF Diana.
the colossus of Rhodes. Jupiter's statue
by Phidias and the Pharos of Egypt,
or. as some substitute. the palace of
Cyrus.
The seven wonders OF the middle
3 ages were:
The coliseum of Rome, the catacombs
Of Alexandria. the great wall of China.
Stonehenge. the leaning tower of Pisa,
the porcelain tower of Nankin and the
mosque of st. Sophia at Constantinople.
The seven wonders of the new world
are:
Niagara falls, the Mammoth cave.
Old Faithful. the tireless geyser in
Yellowstone park; the big trees (se-
quoial of California. the Grand canyon
If the Colorado. the great fresh water
lakes and the Great S, I lake.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
Damp Weather and Health.

The influence of damp weather upon
sensitive people is remarkable. II there
lis sore spot anywhere it hurts more.
Latent weakness of any OF the organs
is brought out by congestion and lrreg-
|ularity of function. Suppressed coughs
start into activity and neuralgia nerves
speak out Old chronic rheumatism re-
news Its life, while corns are aggra-
waited. The pulse is slow. the heart
weak. the blood vessels lack tone. the
muscles are fabby. the venous and
emphatic systems become engorged.
The mind is languid and clouded.
There is a general depression Of vital
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
GAS II O h Z a.
poa,,.bs 1Ihs Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature OF &/HAzzzx
New York's "Dianend Rooms"

Only men and women who want to
purchase an expensive set of jewels.
say $4,000 worth or upward. get a
glimpse of the diamond rooms" as
they are called. in the big New York
jewelers. shops. Gems worth less than
that usually are kept in show cases and
examined in trays ut the counters. But
IL customer wants to make Il larger
purchased diamond necklace with
pearl pendant worth from $4,000 to
$4,000. for instance-he is shown into
parlor where he can examine the
jewels more at his leisure and see the
salesman weigh them on the most care
fully balanced scales. These parlors as
rule are luxuriously but simply fur
nished and are convenient TO the safes.
II is not an unusual thing during the
holiday season for Il salesman I'm Il well
established store to make three or four
sales a dav ranging from $l2C00 to
$30,000-New York Press.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
A Donkey Decoy.

A. traveller in central Africa tells of
a native hunter of the Wanderobo
tribe who was the possessor of most
accomplished donkey. which. with an
antelope's horns strapped to its head,
its body covered with skin or painted
to resemble the animal its master in
tended to stalk that day. was the
means of deluding many an unwary
creature into falling victim to the
poisoned arrows of the hunter crouch
ing behind lis four footed assistant.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30

1t will probably be matter Of sur
prise to the general reader to learn
that the petticoat was first worn ex-
cluslvely b. men. In the reign of King
Henry VII. the dress of the English
was so fantastic and absurd that it was
difficult to distinguish one sex from the
other. In the inventory of Henry V.
appears ''petticoat of red damask.
with open sleeves" There is no men
ton of n womans petticoat before the
Tudor period
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30

The coolest place on earth inhabited
by man is Nerkhoyansk. above the arc
tic circle. in northeastern Siberia. The
thermometer there drops to 80 degrees
below zero in January, but sometimes
rises TO SO degrees above zero in the
shade In July, dropping. however. to
the freezing point on the warmest sum-
mer nights. The hottest place in the
world is the interior of the great Sa-
hara desert, in Africa. where the Their
mometer rises to I'D degrees. The wet
test place is Greytown. Nicaragua.
where the mean annual rainfall is 2GO
inches. The place OF least rain is Port
Nolloth, in South Africa. where less
than an inch sometimes falls in year.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30
nr.tory OF the Three Balls.

Lombard street. noted in history as
the great London street for bankers. de-
rived its name from the Longobards. a
race of rick bankers who settled there
in the reign of Edward III. and whose
badge. the three golden balls. taken
from the lower part of the arms of the
dukes of Medici. continues to this day
to be the sign of pawnbrokers-money
lenders. The balls on the rich crest OF
the Medici were blue. and only since
the middle OF the nineteenth century
have they. in the pawnbrokers' signs.
been gilded. The position of the balls
is popularity believed to indicate that
there are two chances to one that what
is brought there will not be redeemed.
st. Nicholas.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-12-30

To Improve the appetite an
strengthen the digestion, {. try few
doses of Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets Mr.. J. H. .Seitz, of
Detroit, Mich, says, They restored
my appetite when impaired, relieved
me ut a bloated feeling and caused a
pleasant and satisfactory movement of
the bowels. There are,,sspeople in
this community who need just such
medicine. For sale by Short g.
Haynes. Every box warranted.