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Fiendish Torture Inflicted Upon
an American Artist by Savage
Filipinos.
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With a score qf savages dancing
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around him, prodding him- with the
points of their spears, swinging their
machetes dangerously near his head and
their battleaxes within a foot of iiis
neck, all the while rehearsing the details
of the dcatli which they would inflict
upon him in a few short minutes, ArtUt
George W. Peters suffered indescribable
tortures in the Philippines. He was sent
there fiom this country to farni-u
sketches of the Spanish-American war
in the islands before the rebellion broke
REIIKAKSINO THE DEATH TOKTOKE.
out among the natives against the Amer
icans, and, ignorant of the character of
the Filipinos, he trusted himself within
reach of their camp.
lie was captured and thrown into an
impromptu jail, where, in addition to
suffering the physical tortures of hunger
and bodily pain, he was made to undergo
the most esquisite agony. He was only
rescued from his precarious position,
says the Philadelphia Times, by the in
tervention of a Filipino whose friendship
he had earned at Manila by some im
portant services.
The Spanish-American war had ended
and "the Americans were in possession of
the city of Manila when Peters was sent
out into the fields iu .-he vicinity of the
Cavite waterworks to sketch. The Amer
can occupation of the town without the
co-operation of the Filipino forces had
given rise to hard feelings in the rank
and file of thejnatives against our men.
butas ret there was no open suggestion
of trouble between them. Accordingly
there seemed to be no danger in the un
dertaking on which Peters had embark
ed, and he took no precautions to guard
himself. He whs idly kitting near the
waterworks tketehiug it from the north
when hcwns. approached by a party of
Filipinos.
They made no hostile demonstration,
and he thought nothing of them until
they approached directly to where he sat..
He then glanced up inquiringly to find
them evidently interested in him. Even
then no suspicion entered his mind until
he found himself seized and hurried off.
to the Filipino camp.
His vigorous protests received no other
notice than to earn him a sound cuff. He
accordingly was soon silenced and watch
ed the consultation as to what would be
done with him. After awhile the ques
tion was decided. He was ordered to
mount a horse. Guarded by a dozen na
tives, he rode off in the direction of San
Juan del Monti, where he was taKBh be
fore General Montenegro. v
He was charged with being a spy in
the interests of the American .govern
ment. A story wn trumped jup as to
how he hail been caught within the Fili
pinp lines trying to suenk away with iin
portantjiapers and documents which he
had stolen. He was ordered to be killed
and was hurried away to prison near by.
The nest day, however, he was taken
away to .Caloocan.
Here he remained" in jail for more than
fom-(. weeks; Every, day he expected .or
ders to" marK put to his "death. Almost
daily lit? w.Ts'vlsjfed .by a savage horde
and told how-Tie should aTc '.They thrust
him wilh'ttfe points of spears and struck
at him with machetes anil battlenxes.
Evidently, though at the time he did
not know, it, some suspicion of the truth'
had come to the general in command,
and'be was unwilling to kill the man
without more warrant. Day by day the
mental torture continued, each thrust of
spear or machete seeming to hring the
long expected messenger of death to himv
Matters remained thus until a Captain'
Salccda of the Filipino cavalry happened
into the ,town. He heard of the Ameri
can pri-or.er and" went to see him and
was astmKhed to lind it was the Ameri
can uitNt who had befriended him when
in trouble in Manila. He inquired as to
the charges" against, him and, learning
theiii. successfully refuted then explain
ing the true position of the man. Peters
wns then released, but was not allowed
to go back to the American lines for
some time. Eventually he was sent back
to execute a commission for the Fili
pinos. . .Describing the tortures he experienced,
Artist Peters said of Irgorrotes, info
whose hands he fell:
"A "score of these savages, fnljy arnieil
and with their linked bodies painted in
various ei.Yirs, forced their.ny into mj
cell in the'Caloocan prison and there for
several 'hours practiced on me the pit
liminary motions of their favorite meth
ods of putting their enciiiiei to death.
.This was, of courc, in the nature of a
lebearsal, but there- seemed at the time
no sufficient reason for lielieving that
the performance would bo long del.ijed.
The -0 howling .savages dancc'l about
for several hours, tombing me with the
points of their spears, thieateuing to -u t
metlown with their machete and swing
ing their battleaxea just w-as to graze
my neck. They followed tins up with
nn inimitable repiesentntion of thrusting
the long point of the ax into my neck "
and carrying off my head.
"I thought it was all up with me, but
a captain came, in and sulidued the sav
mr'ps. -Tiromising that Alcli should navr,
as many'Anierienn heads as he wanted
just art soonifs thcVar between the Fill-
ninos and-Americans wns declared.
S "ThVcontlimed every .lay or two dur-
ing the cntire'time I was in captivity. It
was not until 1 was found by Captain
Salceda that I learned that" there would
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be a chance of escape for me. Soou after
that I was released."
DAREDEVIL DIANA.
A. California Womnn Who
IIa 'o
Fear of BearM.
While hunting in California recently
Mrs. S. i Maynard had an exciting
experience.
"I looked up," she relates, "and beheld
a big bear perched on the end of a fallen
log that jutted out from the side of the
high river bank on which I was standing.
He was hanging menacing above me. I
was amazed to think I had come so close
jibs, maynard bringing down a bear.
to him without -suspecting his presence
before, but he made such a pretty, shot
that I didn't hesitate loug.
"As 1 brought my riile to my shoulder
he growled a low, savage growl, and I
pulled the trigger. The next instant I
regn-tted it.
"Plunk! Down he came, as straight as
a pile driver hammer, stijkjng me with
force enough to knock me off the log.
and dropped out of sight in the swift
running stream.
"Scrambling hastily to my feet, I
watched for him to come up for what
seemed an interminable length of time.
I was mystified. 1 almost believed I
had missed him until I saw the water
dyed red "-'with 'his blood, and, looking
down stream, caught sight of him floun
dering across a ilough at a pace that
promised his speedy escape. For a mo
ment I was .surprised and nonplused.
Then I determined that I should not lose
him in that manner and started after
him.
"It was a merry chnse while it lasted.
His course led uie across the slough,
which I had to wade at times up to my
armpits, and over tfce hill, into a gully
and across another arm of the slough. i
Here I overtook him, and as he turned
sharply round a few paces from me I
took' careful aim, and Well, his hide
nade the finest cape that any woman
ever dazzled her enemies with."
Whlttler'K Woe.
The Boston Transcript prints a letter
from Robert L. Kantoul to the Whittier
club in which he said: "Mr. Whittier told
,me the story of discovering his color
blindness when Jiis mother had taken
him out to pick wild strawbenies and he
could find none. He told me of the em
barrassment this limitation had caused
him through life -lest, in describing flow
ers so freely as he had done in his po
ems, he might sometimes go" wrong as to
the.cnloiing. rt
"Hut I ventured toremind him that
throughout the beginning ofhis' career
he had been a target for the virulent at
tack because of his reformatory attitude,
and I assured him' -that no such blunders
as he-apprehended in-the nvjttex. of coloi
rnulif have escaped the rancdr.of his crit
ics. I thought he might i eflWuponhis J
reciini without, uneamess on thar.scorp.;
"lie nlso'told me of the enibarras:
ments ofhis early ye.irs growing out of
his limited vocabulary. This he attrib
uted to his scanty schooling. He said
that in the white heat of literary produc
tion woids failed him to such an extent
that he was sometimes in terror lest th
vision he saw so clearly should vanish be
fore it could be fixed on paper."
A Cruel Jeqs.
Frlend Say, I Just saw your name
in print for the first time.
Poet Truly? Oh, what joy! Where?
. Friejld I n , the directory. Heltere
Welt. . I ,"
Wlilijh One?
"Freddy," said the teacher, "yon
nnve spelled (he word 'rabbit' with two
i'k. Yon must leave one of them out"
"Yes-. ma'am." replied Freddy.
Which oneV'-Tit-Bits.
Ilred In the none.
Dolfenn Did" "you ever observe how
'"'."l'wKr fi"? n0V
- '; '" n o uoy-m ime Win?
,J"!,S!0n-M- On yesterday the
child asked mc for a penny. Ohio
State Journal.
CUBAN ISLANDS SOLI)
AN AMERICAN SYNDICATE BUYS INSU
LAR REAL ESTATE.
AVIU Develop the l'rooerlj- For Iron,
Which Ik Uelinetl to I'xlut In
Ln'rKf (tiiRiititiei Oar GroTrlne
Trade "With Calm.
Special Correspondence.
Hava.xa, Aug. 10. Though there is
still considerable political turmoil here,
one scarcely notices it outside the
newspapers, the clubs, cafes and hotel
corridors. Business goes on about as
it always does at this season of the
year, and there are comparatively few
disturbances of a political or other
character.
There if a steady improvement in
the condition of affairs here and
throughout the island generally.
SCENES IS I1AVANA.
though there is still chance for Im
provement. In the departments of
Santiago and Matanzas-Santa Clara,
however, the improvement has been
very marked, and too much cannot be
said iu praise of Generals Wood and
Wilson, who are respectively in com
mand of'thes departments.
The slow b"ut' stj.nttly; return of Cuba's
commercial and Tndustrial ' activities
under the protection o the T'nited
States and the multiplying ties of busi
ness that are being formed between
the Islanders and our peoplware hav
ing a most salutary effect
The end of Spanish rule came only
five mouths before the last of May,
180!, and the six next preceding,
months covered nearly the entire pe
riod of the Spanish war. Yet for
the 11 months ending on that date
'libit exported to the United States
?1S,'28,J.U0U wortli of sugar and tobac
co, an increase over the same period
In the year before of ?o,S00,000. The
United States has absorbed eleven
thirteenths of Cuba's exports.
The exports from the United States
to Cuba show a like encouraging in
crease. For the 11 months named
our exports of agricultural implements
were 31, IKE! against ?7,S17 for the
corresponding period of the preceding
year; of cotton cloths, $351,407 against
$12,103; of wearing apparel, $9S,204V
against $11,715; of builders' hardware,
$224,100 against $5(5,001.
Day by day Americans are becoming
more closely allied with the commer
cial interests of the island. The latest
big transaction of which I have heard
is the purchase of the islets of La
Cruza and La Itamon, off the coast of
the province of Puerto Principe by an
American syndicate. The price paid is
said to be $1,000,000.
General A. G. Greenwood, who was
on the staff of General Robert E. Lee
during the civil war, has been the
active representative of the American
capitalists. Beforo returning to New
York "tile-" other day, he said:
"We believe we have a bonanza In
La Cruza and La Tlamon. We are sat
jsfied that there are Immense quanti-
ties of iron there, but we aIsoliave
reason to jjeltevc that there, arc hidden
there the vast treasiu-es -taken from
'Panama when that city was the rich
est in the Americas. This is no Cap
tain Kidd yarn. Historical records
show that the treasures of Panama
were taken to La Cruza and La Ramon,
and with them were taken the captive
women and girls. Our titles are being
perfected, and just as soon as this is
accomplished I am of the impression
that something will be done that will
arouse worldwide interest."
Speaking of present conditions In
Cuba, Geueral Greenwood said: .
"Matters In Cuba a re .generally quiet
Just now, .something really remarkable
in tlie history of the island. Like
Mlciiwbei-.'tno people here are waiting
for something to turn up. But it
would be idle-to say that the people
are not dissatisfied, but that dissatls-
f.iclion is the result of lack of knowl
edge of what may transpire. Some
favor an independent government, "nit
many want annexation to the United
States."
General Greenwood thinks that) a
plebiscite would l(e :i good ineans of
determining what shall be done with
Cuba, Jjut expresses the opinion that
it wojild not be wise to give the
Cubans free rein just -at present. This
opinion Is" shared by all Americans
who have Investments here.
1 'HTEIt JtlCIIAKDS.
UOSTUMES ON THE COAST.
reTrtlllnir Vimlilonn at tlie Yurtiiui
Senn!ile RexnrlK.
I3p;cl.il Correspondence.
Nkw- York, Aug. 21. Of all tlie de
lightful plHces for a few days' outing
Asburk Park seems to me to be the
most pleasant In the first place everything-
thnt nature and art could
achieve, backed by a barrel o' money,
has been done to make It pleasant It
lacks nothing, frorntau opera house to
it merry go round for the children. And
then there is old ocean, always Inter
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esting and always changing. I have
satday after day resting and, watching
the white toothed, waves crawl up and
bite the patient Fhore, and never two
were alike. Nothing could be more in
teresting, nothing nearer like reading
an interesting book or emptying a
8EASH0RE COSTOME?.
Christmas stocking. Something new
and delightful was always sure to
come next, and it was always a new
and unknown thing.
The very bathing dresses are Inter
esting from theXr constant variety.
Some wear blue flannel suits '-eavy
and sodden things they are, too while
others look like lively little mermaids
in brown mohair suits, with wliito
garnishings of braid or ribbon. A few
wear black brilliantine with scarlet or
blue trimmings, and once in awhile a
very daring soul will rush Into the
water with a dress so red it makes the
ocean sizzle.
The sunbonnet fad has reached here,
too, but the most of the bonnets are
arranged to be waterproof. I was
told that" one was made of palm leaf
fans, as to the front of it, with a
crown of the new cravnnetted silkmull,
which looks brighter and better every
time it is wet aud soma other ar
rangement in lieu of a. cape. It must
have been very pretty, or worn by a
pretty person, to have made such an
Impression upon the young gentleman
who told me about it I am sorry that
he failed to tell the color of the silk
mull. Anyhow, I know It was crava
nerted. otherwise It would never hova
been worn near the water.
While dear old Asbury does not bask
In the piesom-e of the swell millionaire
coterie, who lind no happiness ontsido
of Newport Tuxedo or Naragansett,
it does enjoy tlie sight of pretty wom
en and the pretty gowns and hats
they we:m If the dresses are pretty,
who cares who wears them? I am sure
I do not. On the board walk one sees
dainty lace and organdie gowns, pique
and linen, cheviot in plaids both large
and small, silks and. iu fact, every
thing that makes a crowd of women
look like an old fashioned country
garden where color and sweetness run
riot. Every tint and color are seen
in one bright kaleidoscope, changing
every minute.
On the porches In the comfortable
easy chairs are many other lovely
r creations. One In particular was a
marvel of modest grace and taste. It
was of lavander blue printed taffeta
with white dots and hair line stripes
where there were no dots. There was
a tunic, notched at the bottom with
three very narrow ruchiugs of white
chiffon. Between the two upper ones
was a row of very handsome renais
sance lace insertion. Tlie-waist was a
plain, round Spencer with a belt. The
same idea of trimming was carried
out on the shoulders and sleeves. Two
dark blue enameled buttons were put
in front, and four rows of black velvet
ribbon were sewed around the neck to
simulate a sort of gulmpe. The fanci
ful hat was of gray straw, with a high
drapery of white silk mull and what
Is called a plume imtde-of shirred and
puffed crepe lisse set along on the un
der side of the brim on the left side.
Another very fetching costume for
public admiration was made of two
materials. Tlie skirt was of the new
style plaid viz. small lines laid in
rather large crosses. "'"The color was
fawn over very faint green, a very ef
fective combination, quite as pleasing
as reseda and drab or pearl gray.
That is saying much. The skirt was
entirely plain and lined "with oriental
silk. The bodice was in the form of a
scalloped basque of fawn, whipcord,
with white satin revers and white vest,
bordered with narrow ecru Limer
ick Face. The higif -satin stock hud
a crepe lisse cravat bowln front, edged
witli shirring of chiffon.
One might imagine that lisse, mull,
tulle and chiffon were too near alike
In their delicate texture, all made of
silk as they are, to afford any kind of
a contrast to each other, but they do.
as the weave is always so different.
Chiffon is the most durable, while it
looks frailei than anything but tulle.
This last evaporates completely when
wet. and I have never yet been able
to discover a trace of it ufler. hi the
picture the lady is represented as
wearing a coral chain to her watch.
This fad has taken the place of the
pretty ,b'ut fragile Cyrano chains of this
eeasou'ln Jts. earliest days.
V' " -.-? Oltve Harpek.
Tale til Ilnril I.uck.
"Yes, he said. "I'm back from
South America. Couldn't stand It. Too
much hard luck. You see I had about
$5,000 in the currency., of one of tiie
Sotith American republics, and was
doing pretty well when there was a
revolution. Govostimeiit overturned
and new government installed. Re
sult: Value of the- paper currency
shrunk in one night about 90 per cent
aud.ihe next morning my .$5,000 wasn't
..worth quite $500. Chicago Post.
f.
Disposed to Apologize.
"Yon say tlie people at that duel real
ly lost their tempers'"' asked one
Parisian.
"That is what happened." snid the
other..
'Vou figured as second, did you not?"
"-WeIl, I'm not as athletic as I used,
to 'be. I didn't liulsh better than fourth
or fifth in the break for the railway
station. But 1 really got a very bad
start," Washington Star.-
IHrrthnnln Tpetl.
Elrpliants have only eiglit- totlr-twn
above and two below on each-cidc. All L
elephants' "baby teoMi" fall out when
the animal is about 14 years old, and a
new set grows. -"
UM0NE0EC0MMERCE
SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS GET
TING CLOSER TOGETHER.
Their Talk of Combine, However,
Not One of Hostility- to the United
Stnte, lint For Commercial Ad
Tnticement AjfKrecnte Strensth.
Special Correspondence.
WAsmxGTo.f, Aug. 21. Tlie state
department is not lyiug awake nights
worrying over the rumored alliance of
the South American republics, which
are reported to be combining with
hostile intent against the United
States. The department has positive.
assurances from diplomatic represent
atives of nearly all of the South and
Central American states of their most
friendly and cordial feeling toward
this country, and there is no ground
for supposition that there will be any
break in these relations. There is no
doubt, however, that the South Amer
ican republics are gradually working
toward a closer commercial union
among themselves, which may or may
not be of advantage to us. That de
pends upon how promptly and effi
ciently we are able to meet the com
mercial conditions of those countries.
Witli no hostility toward the United
States the presidents of several of the
South American republics have been
meeting In conference sort of mutual
admiration societies and love feasts,
the purpose of which has been to ad
vance their respective commercial In
terests. President Campos Salles of
Brazil and President Julio Roca of the
ArgentineRepiiblic have been tbe chief
movers in this commercial union, the
principal meeting having been recently
held in Buenos Ayres.
While there is no probability of this
country ever coming into conflict with
the South American states, it Is In
teresting to note what sort of a. front
the united republics would be able to
put up against a common enemy.
Chile, Argentina and Brazil have
quite respectable navies, the strength
of which may be summarized as fol
lows: Armored Cniisrs Argentina, 9; Brazil, 7;
Chile, 5; total, 21.
Protected Cruisers Argentina, 4; Brazil, 4;
Chile, 4; total. 12.
Gunboat9 Argentina, 7; Brazil, 6; total, 13.
Torpedo Gunboata Argentina, 3; Brazil, 1;
Chile, 7; total, It
Torpedo Destroyers Argentina, 13; Brazil, 9;
Chile, 21; total, 43.
Total lighting craft of all kind. 100.
Outside of Argentina, Brazil and
Chile the navies of the coast republics
of South America need hardly be
taken into consideration. Peru has a
cruiser of 1,700 tons, a screw steamer
and ten various small vessels of no
real value. Paraguay has a screw
btenmer of -140 tons, carrying four
guns, and two small river steamers.
Uruguay has three gunboats and one
small river steamer. Venezuela has
three r-teamers, with a few small gun
boats for river service.
Tlie united republics would be very
much stronger on land than at sea.
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PRESIDENT CAMPOS SALLES OF BRAZIL.
The Argentine Republic has a stand
ing army of 29,513 officers and men.
The number of men enrolled In the na
tional guard is 480,000.
Brazil has an effective army of 28,
100 men, of whom 4,000 are officers.
In addition there are 20,000 gen
darmes. The total military strength of
Brazil in times of war is placed at
5(30,000. But the military spirit is not
pronounced in Brazil, and little atten
tion has been paid to military Instruc
tion. Under existing laws, the Chilean
standing army is limited in times of
peace to 0.000 officers and 'men. Be
sides the fegular army there Is a na
tional guard, service in which is com
pulsory for every man between the
ages of 20 and 40. The enrolled
strength of the national guard Is 512,
709. The military strength of the other
South American republics is substan
tially as follows: Bolivia, regulars,
2.000; reserves, S0.000; Colombia, regu
lars, 1,000; reserves. 100,000; Ecuador,
regulars, 3,P,00; reserves, 30,000; Para
guay, regulars, 1,500; reserves, 50,000;
Peru, regulars. 3,000; reserves, 40,000;
Uruguay, regulars, 3,200; reserves, 20,
000; Venezuela, regulars, 3,500; re
serves, 00,000. v
T4ie combined republics would, ac
cording lo these ligures, have a regu
lar? army of 84.420 and reserved force
of 2,000.000. But any discussion of an
army or 2,000.000 men raised by tho
South American republics is puerile.
Such an arniVj. even jf it could be en
listed, could not lie effectively organ
izd. The Jealoi&y of rival command
ers would result In civil war in 48
hours.
But any talk of actual hostilities
between this country .and the South
American states is simply o.ne ot those
"Midsummer Night's Dreams" with
wldch the space writers are wont to
tide over the dull season.
Samuel FIubhahd.
Popnlnrlty of Xnveln.
It is a ciirioiix fact that the books
which have had the most influence in
Kngland have nearly nlwnys bcen'works
of fiction, and it seems probable that thlf
will always continue to be so. Tlie only
way in which the public pulse can be
efficiently felt is by means of nn exam
ination of the free library returns from
the various mot Important centers in
the country. Krom nn inquiry of this
sort o learn that fiction atill holds th
first place in the nffccthjns of readers.
The novel i still a most powerful Infill-
ence for evil or for good.
At least G2
per cent of the books which are taken
from libraries in the ordinary .cours oi
events are novels. Ladon Mail.
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There is Not' the Slightest
Necessity for Leaving
Akron to Look
for Proof.
The experience given below by this
well known citizen of Akron is easily
proven. The proof lie offsrs for his
convictions can safely be left with
the reader. It is a dillicult matter to
describe an acliinjr back or any of the
ills caused by disordered kidneys.
How to cure the trouble is ot much
more importance and the most exact
ing1 resident of Akron cannot ask for
any better authority on this point
than that given by
Mrs. iT. E. Berry, of 210 Coburnst.,
who says : "I suffered from my head
and from my back and it occurred to
me that the trouble was caused by in
activity of the kidneys. There was
pain in my neck and in the back and
top of my head, a dull,grinding ach
ing across the loins and sharp twinges
when rising from a chair. My hus
band suggested trying Doan's Kidney
Pills and I procured them from lam-
parter & Co.'s drug store. On taking
tnem they gave immediate reliei.
The pains and lameness in my back
were banished, my head felt much
better and I was freed from languor
and depression. Doan's Kidney Pills
proved so well adapted to my case
that I recommend them without hes
itation to others."
Doan's Kidney Pills 50 cents a box.
For sale by all dealers;, sent by
mail on receipt of price. Foster-Mil-
bnrn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name
Doan's and take no substitute.
OBSERVATIONS.
lomt of Which Are More Obnervlnar
Than Others.
However slowly you climb the ladder
of fame, you usually arrivc."at the top
about the time your breath gives out,
and Charou of tlie Styx awaits you
for .your last fateful voyage.
Necessity knows no law, but there
are many youn; lawyers aye, and
some old ones, too who know neces
sity. One man Is probably as good as
another, according to Democratic and
ltepublicau principles, but he gets into
trouble by claiming to be considerably
better.
Half a "loaf" (in its lounging sense)
Is better than no vacation at all.
When a man makes a confidant of a
woman, he is doleful; when woman
confides m a man, she is desperate.
If women would only talk to their
husbauds as they talk about them
Iieliiud their backs to other women,
the quantity of self complacency in tlie
world would be vastly increased.
The heartless woman who is foiled in
her .attempt to fool a man is apt for
the rest 'of her life to call the sterner
sex "hypocrites and shams."
Many old looking young women get
that way worrying because they were
no longer young.
The wise man studies womankind as
he does weather predictions, and
should not prophesy until the day
after.
The average man's idea of a "jolly
time" is a little too much of every
thing; a woman's idea is something
left over for the next day.
That charity which invariably be
gins at home very frequently finds so
much to do that It never gets any
further. Ally Sloper.
Childish Innocence.
"Nellie." said a mother to her little
daughter, "I wish you would run over
and see how old Sirs. Smith is; she has
been quite ill."
In a few minutes Nellie came run
ning back and reported, "She said I
was to tell you that It was none of
your business."
"Why. Nellie," said the astonished
mother, "what did you ask her?"
"Just what you told me to," replied
the little innocent "I told her you
wanted to know how old she was."-
Briefs From Blllvillc.
Major Jones of the Blllville guards
has just returned irom the Philippines
with one leg and two pensions.
The Weekly Editorial excursion was
a great success. We missed seven bill
collectors and one sheriff during our
absence.
Our. family is spending the summer
at the seashore, and we are enjoying
'ourselves in the local millponu.
The wars should come to a close.
What this country needs most is peace,
plenty and perquisites. Atlanta Con
stitution. Excellent Results
They Have Resulted In
Steady Gain of Popu
larity. People Who Are Ever Ready
to Recommend What
Has Done Them
Much Good.
Tho people of Akron feel very
grateful for 'the great benefit, they
have received from tho use of Mor
row's Kid-ne-oids, tho great remedy
for backache, dizziness, sleepless
ness, nervousness and all diseases
arising from the kidneys. Morrow's
Kid-no-oids cure where other retu-
edys havo failed and the people of
this'olty have not been slow to linu
this out, nntl thpy add their testi
mony that their friends jnay know
what to use aud cet cured".
Mrs. M. J. Veilo, 121 iinst .North
St., Akron, Ohio, says: "I suffered
witli disordered kidneys which de
veloped into dropsy, also with swell
ing of tile feot aud ankles, which
would be very painful, mul severo
backache. "When 1 read about Mor
row's Kid-ne-oids I decided to give
them a trial, and after I had fakeu
them for'a short timo 1 was relieved
of my troubles."
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills,
but yellow tablots and ate put up in
woodon boxes which contain enough
for about two weeks treatment aud
sell at 50 cts. a box at John Lampnr
ter & Co's drug store.
Mailed on recoipt of price. Manu
factured by John Morrow & Co.,
chemists, Springfield, O.
.-.A. .A.--.A.--.A. .X.-.A.- :
( Remembered Love
V-'T'-
.T'--"7-
I'm an old woman now leastways so
they sez, although I don't feel a hit like
one but I guess it must he more'n 50
year sencc me an Jeriy was cliillen tcr
pcther. Ah. how th' tiiltfalew ily, ter be
fhurcl It don't seem more'n las neck
sence ine'n Jerry went 'and 'u 'and
through th pine grove every mornin reg
lar ter th' little yaller schoolhonse at th'
rnd o' th' lane, he a-carryin my bucket.
Many's th' time when I'd open o' itr
p'raps an hour 'foie eatin time, an see,
right on top, th' two pieces o' corn bread
an meat, as wuz all Aunt jlaria 'lowed
me fer dinner.
Well, iu course, arter auhile we grow'd
up. me an Jerry. We got ter 1 too big
ter be Initerin along th' road 'and 'n
'and mi uur ways ter school. I wuz
thought ter be a mighty fine gal iu them
days leastways all th' chaps around
about seemed ter' look upon me as sech.
I wuz, I know, two inches or more taller
nor Jerry, although ho sed as he know'd
I wasn't.
One evenin, I remember well, me an
Jerry had had quite a rucuss, he a-sayin
I wuzn't no taller than he, an I a-sayin
different. While we wuz a-fussin Joe
Pilmore comes along, an he scz I war
right nn Jerry war wrong. I felt I
could 'a' knocked his head off fer sayin
so. Joe Pilmore was a redheaded boy,
one o' th' greatest bullies in out parts.
How I did despise his freckled face an
great, goggle eyes, ter be shure! But I
made out as how I wuz mighty fond o'
him that evenin till I managed ter let im
know as W it war only put on, jest ter
rile Jerry.
Jest as I'd a-been a-tellin o Joe what a
sneak I thought 'im an 'off I didn't care
a straw fer 'im, an he'd gone off sort a
sulky, an I was a-leanin on the gate sor
rowful, I ' see Jerry a-comin along. I
straightened myself up to my full inches,
but makes believe I didn't see 'im, but
jest as I wuz a-turnin ter go inter th
house Jerry stops at the gate nn begins
ter lift the latch sort o' restless an se.
"Miss Marg'ret." (I was jest turned 17
an 'ad given 'em all aronnd ter under
stand as I was gro'n up an wished ter
be treated as such.) Of course I turns as
Jerry sez ter me. "Miss Marg'ret." (AI
tho' I thought it did sound kind o curi's
n-comln from Jerry. But I turns an sez,
"Did you speak. Mr. Jeremiah Thomp
son?" Then he stands an looks quite se
rl'us, me a-callin of 'im by his full profes
sional name, a circumstance which never
happened befor'. Then he sez. "Yes, Mar
g'ret." an his voice sort o' shook. I felt
real sorry fer 'im. So 1 goes close up ter
th' gate. He sez again quite low an sol
em', but soft an fond like:
"Maggie." lie sez again. "Forgive me.
I didn't go ter hurt yer feelin's. not fer
all th' world I. wouldn't. But ef ynu'H on
ly stop n-goin with that Joe Pilmore I'll
let yer be th' tallest an biggest an pret
tiest an dearest an evertliink else, as you
know you are an alius was an alius will
be ter nie."
On that he opens th' gate an takes my
hand. (I felt relieved that it was evenin,
an he couldn't well see my face, fer I
know it was as red as th' cannshiins in
our garden.) Then well, we walked up
an down outside th' gafp until th' moon
com up as bright as day. au aunt she
cniled ont snpril times fer me ter cum in
like a decent gal. but Lor, we didn't hear
nothin but ourselves an each other that
evenin mc and Jerry.
When I did feel that perhaps it was
nearly mornin and begun ter say good
night, Jerry holds my hand tight, so as )
jest couldn't git it away, an sez:
"Maggie, couldn't yer give me jest one,
jest one?"
I stoops down liny heart a-thurapin all
th' world like th' old engine ter th' mill)
an I plucks th' prittiest rose in my gar
den. "There's jest one, Jerry," I sez. an
'ands it to 'im. "It's sweet, Maggie, I
know," he sez, au of course I looks up
inter his face, but lik a flash o lightnin
he gave a kiss, right on my lips, which
nearly tuk mr breath awav.
After that uicht we wuz trnnrl rrion.la
right along fer years, until that dreadful
time when all us wimmin folks was worn
out with anxiety an wonderin, a-Iookin
rer onr husbands an lovers, who'd gone
ter th' war. When we parted! Ah, that
night we parted! Me an Jerry, we never
thought but th' promises we made ter
each other we'd live ter keep.
Fer months I waited. Sometimes I
heard where his regiment wuz stationed.
Once I heard that fer something wonder
ful he'd done Jerry had been promoted.
Ah, how proud I felt my true, brave
Jerry! Then bad news came that he
wuz wounded. Then, again, that he wuz
shot au killed. Fer ten weary months I
mourned fer 'im, my heart a-bleedln day
by day, until I felt no life left in my
body, with no more, tears ter shed fer
'im. Then th' news came that he wuz
livin, but a prisoner, an a few lines I had
from bis own dear hand. I have the lit
tle slip o' paper yet. although th' lines he
writ'have faded years ago. But, no mat
ter, th' words are writ deep on my heart
that he wuz a-comin home, but that he
only ad one 'and ter offer me, as t'other
wnz shot away with his nrm. I writ au
told 'im how I didn't keer cf he didn't
have none at all, so long as his. heart wuz;
safe. I'd have 'im jest th" same! .'After
that months au years went by, but I
heerd nothin more o' Jerry. They telled
me he wuz dead. Tears after th' war
wuz over I looked fer him ter cum in any
niinit an say: "I've cum back ter ye,
Maggie! I've enni back!" I've fancied
it time 'nn again, as I've set with my
knittin alone, what it would be fer me
ter look up an see him a-comin up th'
little strip o' garden, with his one hand
stretched ont ter me. I go over in my
mind what that day'd be ter we, all alone
by ourselves me an Jerry. I've lived
over an over th' happiness, till at times I
feel happy in th' thinkin.
I keeps myself as bright an young as I
ken in case he should cum home an find
me a-lookin not so young nor so tall as I
wuz when he left me. Exchange.
Dcupernte "Whcellnu.
It was Iii, the north end of Benton
county. A s-olltary wheelman pedaled
In. the direction-,oC .Corvallis. The
wheel "was a sorry looking machine as
It trundled slowly along. Hags, buck
skin strings aud wire clothesline had
been applied to the various parts. A
man after four nights of toothache
never looked more dilapidated than
did this wheel. Around the rim and
tire of the hind wheel was wrapped
about four miles of binding twine.
"The tire came off and I fastened !t
back witli twine," explained the rider
to a passerby. "Then the darned tbiag
lost its wind with a puncture, and I
filled It up with oats, and now I'm go
ing to ride to Corvallis or bust." Cor
vallis Times.
Knew "What Had Happened.
"The man who goes around taking
snapshots of everybody ought to be
lynched!" ho exclaimed with some feel
ing. "Ho is beyond fee pale of clvlli
satlonL Ho Is an enemy to mankind!"
"I suppose," replied the cynic pleas
antly, "that you had to pay one of
them to have a plate"destroyed." Chlr
cago Post.
ii-BCty
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rtprfptnTiifnnriMnnriTw.i'.. I A "AM11IK.
wai-uvu is uit: uitruicit kiiuwn i v
creates solid flesh, muscle aul STRENGTH
clears the brain, makes the blood pure and rlcbl
and causes a central feeling of health, power
and renewed vitality, while the generative organs
are helped to refrain their normal powers, and
the sufferer is-quickly made conscious or liirect
benefit. One bor will work wonders, six should
perfectacure. 50cts.A BOX; 6 boxes. Sua For
sale by drassisti everywhere, or mailed, sealed
on receipt of price. Address DRS. BARTON
AXD HEIsSON.jji Bar-Ben Bloct. Cleveland. O
"ALL BAR-BEN SOLD XAT LESS
THAN 50 CENTS A BOX IS NOT
GUARANTEED BY US."
Notice of Sale of Real
Estate by Assignee.
Pursuant to an order of the Probate court
or Summit county. Ohio. Issued to me. I will
offer fur public sale on the premises nt two
(2) o'clock run., on
Saturday, the 16th day of Septem
ber, 1899,
the following described real estate, situate
and being in the city of Akron, conntv of
Summit and state ot Ohio, and deserllml as
follows, to-wit:
Being city lot number two hundred and
thirty-one (211) located in said city, as re
corded In the orlgnal town plat ot Akron, ns
surveyed and numbered by Joshua llen
shaw, surveyor, and recorded in the record
ot Portage county, Ohio, In volume H, on
pages 19 and 29.
Said real estate Is appraised at $2,730.00.
Terms of sale gald property can be sold
for not less than two-thirds of Its appraised
value, and not leas than one-third cash in
hand,balaucolnnot more than two equal
payments, due in not more than one and
two years from date of sale; deferred pay
ments to bear interest from the day of safe,
and bo secured by mortgage on said prem
ises. F. M. ATTERHOLT.
Assignee of Bachtel A Pontius.
Atterholt S Marvin, attorneys for plain
tiff. Aug KM Sept 2 9
Sewer Notice,
Notice is hereby given that plans and
specifications have been prepared and are
now on file In the office of the City Civil En
gineer for the construction of a main trunk
srtwer in sewer districts No. 1.0.8 and 9, of
the city of Akron. Ohio, as heretofore de
scribed by ordinance dulv passed by the
City Council of said city.
The work to be done is the construction of
a main trunk sewer as follows, to-wlt:
Begin nine at Locks, of the Ohio canal in
the city of Akron. Ohio; thence southerly in
'ind along the Ohio canal to lot 19. Hleber
ling allotment; thence across Sleberllng
lots to Center street; thence In and along
jarden street to the south line of Exchange
treet; thence In and alone private property
othe towing path of the Ohio canal along
ipper basin; tncnee along the towing path
if tho Ohio canal to Thornton street.
Said plans and specifications are now
earty for Inspection and examination of
mrties interested therein, and the council
vlli hear such parties with reference there
o on the 23th day of August. 1S99, nt the
oun cil chamber at 7:3) o'clock. 73. m.
CHARLES H. 1SBELL, City Clerk.
Aug. 12,10,25
$31.50 Colorado and Return.
Chicago & North-Western Bail
vay, Sept. 5, 6 and 7; 131.50 from
"hicago to Denver, Pueblo and Colo
ado Springs and returnrpood to re
urn until Sept. 30, 1899. The 'Colo
ido Special" leaves Chicago 10:00 a.
i. daily, arrives- Denver 2:55 next
'ay and Colorado Springs same
vening, only one night en route. All
neals in dining cars. Pacific Ex
press leaves Chicago 10:30p.m. daily,
irrives Denver and Colorado Springs
cho second morning, no change of
jars either train. For particulars
tpply to agents of connecting lines
ir D. W. Aldridge, 127 the Arcade,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Two Services a Tear.
A church in "which only two services
are held during the course of any one
year is a curiosity, yet such a one can
be found In the middle of a large field
near the village of Towton, England.
It was originally erected as a memorial
to Lord de Clifford, who fell in the
battle of Towton in 146L Services
were Instituted for the purpose of
praying for the repose of his soul and
those of his followers who fell in that
historic battle. They might have been
discontinued long ago did not the vicar
-" Kyther, in whose parish the church
Is situated, receive the tithes from no
less than 1,000 acres of land that are
dedicated to the little sanctuary.
A llemlndcr or Golllaraith.
Perhaps nothing in the career of Oli
ver Goldsmith Is so well known as his
affection, .for Mary- Korneck. the "Jes
samy Bride." Once he tried to thrash
a publisher for printing a libel about
her and was severely thrashed himself
for his pains. The other day in Lon
don some of her bijouterie was sold at
public auction, among which was a
locket containing a lock of Goldsmith's
hair. Mrs. (Jwyn. as she af.terwan.1
became, died In 1S40 In her eighty
eighth year.
The Intrrestlne Point.
"Did yon hear that Rudyanl Kipling
had been bitten on the thumb by a
dog?"
"Yes; I hope it won't prove to be
serious."
"Oh. I'm not worrying about that'
What interests mo is which yellow
journal will have tho first picture of
the dog." Chicago Times-Herald.
CALIFORNIA
is reached quickly and com
fortably by
The Overland Limited
Of tho Chicago, Union Paci
fic & North-Western lino,
leaving Chicago every day
at 6:80 p.m., reaching Cali
fornia in three days.
Tlie Pacific Express leaves
Chicago every night at 10:.'?0.
No change of cars, choice
of routo going and returning
ntm long " lime muis on
tickets."
For - particulars' apply to
yotrr nearest ticket agent or
"-"""address " ' -
Chicago & North-Western Ry.
--- "'Principal agencies:
Chicago; 193 Clark st.
-" Cleveland, 127 The Arcade
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