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The Cook County herald., 1904-08-20

Crawford and Clay. None of the four
secured a majority of the electoral
college, and the election thus devolv-
ed upon the House, with choice to
be made from the three candidates.
Adams, Crawford and Jackson-who
had received the most electoral votes.
This debarred Clay, who, forced, as he
expressed it, to choose between two
evils, announced that he had decided
to support Adams. But Clay's deter
mination no sooner became known
than some Of Jackson's friends at
tempted to drive him from it. The
weapon used for this purpose recalls
one Of the most discreditable Incl
dents in our political history.
A few days before the time set for
the election in the House a letter ap-
peared in Philadelphia newspaper,
port Adams upon condition that he be
made Secretary of State. The same
terms, the letter alleged, had been of
fered to Jackson's friends; but none
of them would descend to such mean
barter and sale.'' The letter was
anonymous, but purported to be writ
ten by member of the House. Clay
at once published a card, in which he
pronounced the writer "a bastard and
liar" who, if he dared avow his
name, would forthwith be called to
the field. Two days later the letter
was acknowledged by a witless mem
ber from Pennsylvania, Kremer by
name, who asserted that the state
ments he had made were true, and
that he was ready to prove them. A
duel with such character was out
of the question. Something, however,
had to be done, and Clay Immediately
demanded an investigation by a spe-
cial committee of the House. Such a
committee was duly selected. None
of it's members had supported Clay for
the presidency. Kremer promptly de-
clared his willingness to meet the in
quiry, but in the end the committee
reported that he had declined to ap-
pear before it, sending instead COM
munication in which he denied the
power of the House to compel him to
testify. No further action was taken,
and in this shape, for the time being,
the matter rested.
Soon, however, came the election of
Adams by the House, followed quickly
by his appointment of Clay as his Sec
retary of State. Though it is now
generally acknowledged that there
has been no bargain between Adams
and Clay, it was natural that, at the
moment, the rank and file of Jack
sons following should regard Clay's
appointment as conclusive proof that
such a deal had been made. BY ac-
cepting it Clay made himself the vic
tim of circumstantial evidence. AS
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cess and the victory of the democratic
party"
Il do not want any of your wine,
sir'" was the reply. II told that
damned waiter to say as much to you,
sir, moment ago." And SO saying,
Thurman turned his back abruptly on
the man from Cleveland.
Payne never forgot nor forgave this
public insult. The quarrel thus begun
ever after kept the two men apart, and
three and twenty years later thwarted
Thurman's highest ambition. In 1880
he was candidate for the presidential
nomination before the democratic ma
tlonal convention. Had he had the TN
t1lnchlng support of the Ohio delega-
ton, there is little doubt that he
would have been the nominee. The
delegation was solid for him on the
first ballot. Then it broke and the
chances of his nomination vanished
into thin air. Payne was behind the
break. The delegates from the dis
trict in which his influence was su-
PASAAAS ASo IL cI11u WS4 = III IuC
claim which stampeded the convention
to dark horse. AS Ohio was then an
October state and practically certain
to go for Garfield, the result would be
disastrous to the democratic cause.
That argument defeated Thurman and
nominated Hancock, and the revenge
OF Payne was complete.
But the most dramatic of all the
political feuds of the last forty years,
both in it's inception and it's sequel,
was that between Blaine and Roscoe
Conkling. The two men entered the
popular branch of Congress at about
the same time, and both soon became
leaders in that body. There was,
however, little in common between
them save the gift of pre-eminent abil-
ity. Conkling made Blaine the OBJ
ject of his sarcasm whenever Oppor-
tunity offered, and the member from
Maine was prompt to retort in kind.
Thus the enmity grew until, in the
course Of one of their many encoun-
ters, Blaine, stung to the quick by an
unjust and ungenerOus taunt, burst
forth in an onslaught on his torment
or which wrought the House into a
high pitch of excitement and marked
the beginning of fierce struggle in
the Republican party that ended in
the humiliation of Conkling and the
defeat of Blaine for President. Here
are Blaines words, and they are a
model of excoriation:
GAS to the gentleman's cruel sar-
casm, l hope he will not be too Sc
we're. The contempt of that large.
minded gentleman is so willing, his
naughty disdain, his grandiloquent
swell, his majestic, supereminent,
overpowering turkey-gobbler strut has
been SO crushing to myself and all
members of this House that I know it
was an act of the greatest temerity
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umph for Jackson. Even Kentucky,
Clay's own state, went against him,
and Adams retired in the shadow of
deep humiliation. Four years later,
when Clay himself was a candidate
against Jackson, he received but forty
nine out of 286 electoral votes.
In 1880 the unrelenting animosity of
Henry B. Payne alone prevented Allen
G. Thurman from being made the
nominee of the democratic national
convention. In 1857 Payne was a
candidate for the democratic nomina-
tion for governor Of Ohio. The con-
vention met in Columbus, and Thur
man, then fresh from period of bril-
liant service on the supreme bench of
his state, had friend in whose candi-
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for me to venture upon a controversy
with him.
Then, referring to a chance news
paper comparison of Conkling to
Henry Winter Davis, lately dead, he
continued:
THE gentleman took it seriously
and it has given his strut additional
pomposity. The resemblance is
great; it is striking Hyperion to a
satyr, Thersites to Hercules, mud to
marble, dunghill to diamond, a singed
cat to a Bengal tiger, whipped pup
py to roaring lion. Shade of the
mighty Davis, forgive the almost
PROCLAMATION of that jocose SATIRE
There could be no reconciliation
after such an onslaught, and the bat
tie was to the death. Defeated for
the Republican nomination by Conk-
ling and his friends in 1876 and again
in 1880, Blaine in the latter year
threw his following to his friend
Garfield, who, nominated and elected,
made Blaine his secretary of state
and official right hand. Then came the
struggle over the New York patron
age, which retired Conkling, and was
followed by the assassination of Gar
field. In 1884, when Blaine was final
ly the formal choice of his party,
Conkling was no longer in politics,
but the sequel proved that his was
still the will and power to strike a
mortal blow. A detection of a few
hundred votes in Conkling's home
county of Oneida gave that county,
normally Republican, to Cleveland,
and with it the electoral vote of New
York and the presidency. Conkling
had wiped out the score against his
ancient enemy.-Rufus Rockwell Will
son in Philadelphia Ledger.
The Cook County herald., 1904-08-20

Personal feuds have played their
part, and a fateful one, in the his
tory of the presidency. Had not Alex
ander Hamilton been the unyielding
foe Of Aaron Burr, the latter, and not
Jefferson, would have succeeded the
elder Adams; but even more moment
Gus in it's consequences was the long
battle between Andrew Jackson and
Henry Clay. When Jackson first ran
for the presidency, in 1924, the candi-
dates opposing him were Adams,
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matter Of fact, he hesitated to ac-
cept the place, and finally assumed
it's duties with reluctance. What chief
ly determined him was the belief that
if he did not accept it would be
argued that he dared not. This to
Clay was more obnoxious than the
other horn of the dilemma. He, there
fore, took the alternative of bold def
ance; but in so doing committed a
calamitous error.
A strong effort was made at the mo-
ment to reject Clay's nomination.
This failing, the cry of "bargaid and
corruption" was again raised, and
with it began another contest for the
presidency, a contest longer and more
scandalous than any other in our DO
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PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Nat Brown, Robinsdale, Minn., draft
mechanism for traction sleds; Frank
Carlson, Valley City, N. D., window
protector; Frederick Hachmann. St..
Paul, Minn., fishline float; Roy Ma
goon, Graceville, Mimi, guard for den
tai tools; Joseph Offermann, Minneap-
oils, Mimi, folding square; Gustave
.Overstrom, Anaconda, Mont, concen-
trating table; Vidocq Owen, Adrian,
Mimi, steroscopic apparatus.
Lothrop & Johnson, patent lawyers. e11
and 912 Pioneer Press Bldg, st. Paul
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Righted a Wrong.

II suppose your gas bill is simply
outrageous?" sneered the manager of
the gas company before the visitor had
a chance to speak.
you don't do justice to the bill, -
replied the visitor, smilingly. Suffice
it to say that after perusing the state
ment l Immediately fastened to the
plumber, who made the connections
and apologized. PUCK.
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Expert Testimony.

Doctor found the patient to be:
suffering from an abrasion Of the cuti.
Gle, tumefaction, ecchymosis, and ex-
travasation in the integument and CELL
ular tissue about the left orbit.
Judge-You mean he had a black
eye?
Doctor-Yes-Lond Tit-Bits.
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Method in His Madness.

Miss Askitt-I didn't know you had
an automobile.
Mr.. Wise-I haven't.
Miss Askitt- Then why do you wear
that auto cap and goggles?
Mr.. Wise-To keep the chauffeurs
from running over me. They think
I none of them in this rig.-Milwau-
kee Wisconsin.
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This Will interest Mofhars.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill.
dren, used by Mother Gray, nurse in
Children's Home, New York, Cure Fever
ishness. Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, Csc. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted. LEROY. NY.
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message that Mr.. Thurman did not
care for any of Mr.. Payne's wine. - In
evident surprise at this refusal, Payne
rose from his seat and crossed to the
group of which Thurman was the cen,
trail figure. .as.r...E + II.
II trust you and your friends will.
drink bottle Of wine with me, judge.
he said, urbanely. Drink to NV suc-.
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Lions Fond of Lavender,

Lion 1amers frequently perfume
themselves with lavender There is,
it is said, no record Of lion ever
having attacked trainer who had
taken the precaution OF using this
narf,1 ms Sd - & s#5i. y. 2@E5 n '5l
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'TATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO
IA.

STATE OF 19eHs 9a,s' So1s1q' S51s .! roh'Do'{...
FRANK }. CHENEY makes oath that he 10 senior
partner OF the firm of F. J. CHENEY e. Co., doing
business In the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said frm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and everv
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
encc, this 9Th day Of December, A. n. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
l--\ NOTARY PUBLIC.
Il alls Catarrh Cure IL taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation,
The Cook County herald., 1904-08-20
Celestial Troubles,

Mrs. Smith Angel do wish the
landlord would put those Brown An
gels out Of the fiat next door.
Mrs. Jones Angel-Why?
Mrs. Smith Angel-They haven't
had their harps tuned since year ago
last tAugust.--Newark IN. j. News.
The Cook County herald., 1904-08-20
To Chance Comnlexion-

She-That new boarder who came
to-day has beautiful olive complex
ion.
He-Well, after she's been here a
few weeks guess she'll have a prune
complexion.-Yonker Statesman.
The Cook County herald., 1904-08-20
Do Your Feet Ache and BuYn7

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and
Bunions. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Cook County herald., 1904-08-20
When He Saw Thinos

Bellboy-Gent in 6S wants another
hlghball.
Clerk--Gee, he's had twenty.
Bellboy-He says this ones for the
snake-Cornell Widow.
The Cook County herald., 1904-08-20
His Interest.

"You may not believe it," said the
Standard Oil magnate, "but really do
love the poor. I'm always glad to see
them and do what can to add"
ITO their numbers" interrupted the
man with the cold gray eye. Eyes, we
all give you credit for that,"-Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Cook County herald., 1904-08-20

When woman doesn't nag her hus-
band it's a sign she hasn't married
him yet.
The Cook County herald., 1904-08-20

No man can break girls heart as
easily as some other man can repair
it ~. ~ .Ia '"..I ~. =
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Unmentionable.

Teacher-What does bully spell7
Johnny-Why-er-
Teacher-Come, come! Suppose q
great, big boy were to strike little
fellow, what would you call him."
JOHNNY don't dast tell yer, ma am.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Cook County herald., 1904-08-20

I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN p.
BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb Is, 1900
The Cook County herald., 1904-08-20

Generally mans savings bank ao-
count stands in the name of his wife's
dressmaker.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-03-11
Public School Text Books

In the selection of text books TOT
the public schools of Virginia VT
hone to see merit win and at th'
same time we hope to see state pun
LEGATIONS selected. These two de-
sires can be easily retonclled, Tor
within our state, by home people,
are produced school books that
easily rank with the best OF the
land and are in everyway suited to
our schools. The question of merit
being settled, should we make
choice of state publications. then
we can have the assurance that @e
have extended a helping hand to a
worthy, home enterprise, and given
it the patronage it rightfully and
Justly deserves. "Charity Glove
begins at home" is a good text to
preach from. and notwithstanding
the fact business of our day Is
spoken of as being cold bIooded. a
greater amount Of charity enters
into it than appears from a first
glance at the surface.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-03-11
Nerve Fag.
If You Waste Your
Nerve Energy, After
Awhile You Will
Suffer For 1t.

You can waste nerve force by excess,
over-work, worry, anxiety, etc.
You can weaken yourself by not eating
proper food or securing sufficient rest to
renew the nerve energy you use up.
The proper treatment, in addition to
good phosphate food, such as whole
meal bread, prepared cereals, etc., Is
Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine.
This is as truly brain and nerve
food as any food you could eat, and be-
sides, furnishes strength and tone OF its
own, which goes to the weakened nerve
system, and sets it to rights.
DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine Is re-
freshing, revitalizing tonic food-medicine
for the brain and nerves. 1t reconstructs
worn out nerve tissue, and fills your
languid brain with new life and vigor.
DR.. Miles Nervine has made so many
marvellous cures, Of people SO sick the
doctors thought they were incurable,
that it is today the standard medicine
In many thousands Of American homes.
: The first bottle Is guaranteed to help
you, or druggist returns your money.
'"The extreme heat, close confinement
and intense mental strain incident to
the banking business, has caused me
to suffer with nervousness and insom-
MIA. 1t gives me pleasure TO say that
/ have used DR.. Miles Neryine with
very satisfactory. results in the treat
my fifth bottle, and eat and sleep, well;
in fact have almost forgotten that l
possess nerves.''-R. L. DALEY, Asst.
Cashier, State Bank, Texarcana, Ark.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-03-11
Hon. Geo. A. Reverc0mb.

Last week the republican con-
vention at Bnena Vista, by accla-
nation, made choice Of Hon. Geo.
A. Revercomb us their candidate
for congress from this district.
The convention. we think, acted
wisely in the nomination of Mr..
Revercomb. He has made d sue
cpssfu! run or two in IL smaller
field, and having this before him as
n criterion. when he does get VOL
loped this time, he naturally should
not get as badly discouraged as one
losing out on his FIST run. and
could conveniently attribute 1t not
to his unpopularty as man, but
to the pure and simple reason of a
scarcity of the right kind OF votes.
Mr. Revercomb stands well IN
Highland and we should like to
see him get quite nice vote by
way of compliment.
The state, republican convention
at Norfolk last week, was not so
harmonious. The "in office" ele-
ment predominated. but when 1t
came to Roosevelt they fell in line
to nan and passed lust right
resolution.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-03-11
Lower BullpaSture

New Salem. March 1--WE are
having some very pleasant weather
and the farmers are fixing for
spring work.
Mr. Jesse Hicklin has humps.
Mr. w H Helms is very sick
with mumps and grip.
Messrs G e jenkins and } l.
Shumate, Jr. expect to move their
sawmill on Crab run this week.
Messrs |. H. and Cliff Samples
were visiting their aunt Mrs II M.
Pullin, Saturday and Sunday.
Messrs Clarence ard jessie Hick.
lin returned home Saturday from
visiting relations on Strait Creek
and Monterey.
Mr. and Mrs Ed M Caldwell re-
turned home Thursday from visit
ing brothers and sister in Augusta
county.
Mr. F P Hicklin who has been
on the sick list is improving slowly
The finch party was much en-
ioyed Friday night at Mr. } l. ohu-
mafe'S.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-03-11
Relief in One rlinute

One Minute Cough Cure gives
relief in one minute, because 1t
kills the microbe which tickles the
mucous membrane, causing the
cough. and at the same time clears
the phlegm. draws out the int1am-
nation and heals and soothes tie
affected parts. One Minute Cough
Cure Strengthens the lungs, wards
off pneumonia and is ii harmless
and never failing cure in all cura.
BILE cases of Coughs, Colds and
Group. Ore Minute Cough Cure
is pleasant to take, harmless and
good alike for young and old. Sold
by X H Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-03-11
From Back Creek Valley

Valley Center, March s. 1864
Rev r i Eutsler preached All inter
esting and helpful sermon at he
hoboth, Sunday morning.
Rev Frank Richardson preached
at the home Of Mr. j B LlghtneF,
Sunday night.
DIR @ ) Campbell was il orr
neighborhood several days iist
week doing work for the people,
filing and extracting teeth.
Dir D V Ruckman was with his
daughters. Mrs " p Campbell and
Mrs Il A Wade Saturday J. Il t and
Sunday.
Mrs Della Wade is visiting her
SON. i A Wade.
Miss RubIe Gum who is teaching
in Mr. Adam McLaughlin's family
spent Saturday night with her
cousin, Mrs G Arson Bird.
Mr. Hampden Clcek Of jack ons
river. spent Saturday night with
his aunt Mrs J 5 Wallace.
Mrs Elsie Williams who has
been complaining right much l.
better.
Mrs Sarah Matthew's health is bet
ter than it was during the viItef.
Mr + l. Matthew, wife and son
Wallace spent Sunday night with
Mr. Jacob Lightner, Jr.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-03-11
Dee Hill DOingS

March 7.---W lille the wild geese
are hying aud robin red breast SIM =
ing signs of SPRING
We suppose Occasional" will be
on hand MS usual with goodly
supply IF roand-town-notes but
If we are granted space will note a
few too.
Mr Dan Hiner sold fine horse
in Staunton last week
Mr. Frank Crummett wears Il
broad grin-its girl.
Mr. John Knott of Augusta is
visiting his sister Mrs + G Crum-
NETT.
Miss Vista Bodkin has gone to
Churchville to stay with Mrs Geo.
Hanger.
Mr. Arthur Whitmore of Parnas-
sus is visiting friends in town-he
says Honey-tu-Lou is an excellent
remedy for heart trouble as well as
cold.
Mr. Ashby Hammer and company
have moved their saw-mill from
uncle Geo. liners to MIR VIM Hi
ner's where they are now operat-
ing.
Mr. Hammer has quite a number
of cattle sheds and barns to build
in the near future.
1t is due to this energetic man s
reasonably priced work that large
percent Of the cattle in this vicinity
have sheltered from the cutting
winds of winter.
The Mutual Telephone Company
expect to run a line from this point
to Stokesville in the near future.
We hope "Wise" will enjoy his
'lasses and buckwheat cakes as
much as we enjoy his letters.
We heartily endorse all the Edi-
tor said in regard to robin red
breast in the issue Of few weeks
past. School Boy.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-03-11
Do You Want Strength?

If you want to increase your
strength YOU must add to and not
take from the physical. In other
words, the food that you eat must
be digested, assimilated and appro,
priated by the nerves, blood and
tissues before being expelled from
the intestines. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure adds to the physical. 1t gives
strength in the human system; 1t
is pleasant to the taste and palata-
bic. and the only combination OF
digestants that will digest the food
and enable the system to approprl-
ate all Of its health and strength
giving qualities. Sold by K ID
Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-03-11
Gone To Rest

1t is with great sadness we try to
chronicle the death of Oliver r..
1lrGn who passed quietly away at
his home one mile west of Siron's
mill. Wednesday morning, March
I'd, 1904. He was so years, 8 mo.
md 6 days old, and had been a
great sufferer for more than three
years. from ii complication of dis
'aseS. which at times was almost
nnbearable. yet he bore it. all pa
gently and without murmer
tnd-when the summons came, he
said, "All is we'll"
As IA husband and father he was
kindness itself, ever thoughtful for
the comfort Of his family. As a
'riend, and neighbor there was
none better, always obliging, kind
md helpful.
And to those who were most in
limately associated with him there
ras been left an aching void that
time only can heal.
He was q member Of the NJ K
Church. South, having protested
saving belief in Christ, quite a
number of years ago, at one OF old
Bro. FIaherty's series of meetings
ut Old Bethlehem.
lie leaves to mourn their loss a
wife and six children, five sons
Jesse NJ. George g., J. Floyd.
Orion O., }. Lester, and one daug h.
ter, Mary Louplla; also three sis
ters Mrs Elizabeth Kiser Of Mar
bic Valley Augusta county; Mrs
Lavinia Simmons of Jacksons
River, and Mrs Susan & Chew of
Sinks Grove, Monroe county, W Va
To the boys we would say, you
have lost one of the very best faith
ers. Oh while living did you
prize him to lis worth? And to
all we would say, put your trust
in God as did the one who has gone
on before you.
There is a hour of haliowed peace,
For those with care oppressed
When signs and sorrowing tears
shall cease,
And all be hushed to rest.
There is a home OF sweet rnpose,
Where storms aSsail no more,
The stream Of endless pleasure
flows,
On that celestial Shore.
One who loved him
Doe Hill, Va.