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There & in Hanover county Va., ap Tustitut'un wh se . ect is to take he. Ir , boys convicted of crime, save them fr m the ev .. "fue ces of the state pr st. give them & g & trade in. make of them good and :refus; c !! ze s. Th.s institution was esta Ished with money furnished by Colis P Huntington.
An Ohio paper Maya "J hn Turnip- seed died sudden y on Thursday morn- i g, and on Frilay was planter ti Maple metery, there to rest until be comes up on the Resurrect n day " Through some oversight the m. keup man got the iteni in the obituary in stead of the agricultural column.
Connecticut's secretary of the state board f health reports that nearly ult the 400 infauts who died in that state in July were the victims of un- wholesome milk and other unau. table food.
A woman who died recently in Brooklyn at the age of 9. had seen bine generations of her family, ex- tending from her great.great graudfa- ther to her great-greu !- grandson.
Catarrh
Its canse exists in the blood, In what causes indammation of the macous mem- hrane
It is therefore impossible to cure it by local applications.
It is positively dangerous to neglect it, because it always affects the stomach and deranges the general health, and is likely to develop into consumption
It is radically and permanently cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla which removes the cause, cleanses the hlood of scrofulous and all other impurities and gives vigor und tone to the whole xyateni.
The voluntary testimonial of R. Lowu. Callfornia Junction. Iowa, Is one of thous- ands equally good. It reads: "I bad catarrh In the head three years, lost my appetite and could not sleep. My head pained nie and I felt bod all over, I was discouraged. I began taking Hond's Sur- saparilla and now have a gond appetite. sleep well, and have no symptoms of catarrb."
Hood's Sarsaparilla
promises to cure and keeps the promise. Accept no substitute.
A LITTLE OF ALL SORTS.
Also paces the head near the grnund when rouring
More than 15. Xuihx visits are paid annually to London pawn shops.
The 24 o'clock system is to be Intro- duced throughout Spain ou January 1 It is estimated that the population. of Europe doubles itself every Гель.
The aughter cure is the latest for indigesti ... Here is a hat for cyLic> and pessimists
There are said to be over 14,00 cats in Lo son, of which half are "un- attached."
Oats fre not raised 'n China, and not fed to Eurses except to racers it the training season
Alaska's reindeer here, considered a failure at first n w numbers "}, and is increasing rapid v.
The Abyssinian war meda. 1> the sma/ ext war cec ra ion issued duding the queen's reign
All the street ra"ways .u Minich are now electric, and the uniform price for a ride is 212 cents
When a new ambassador arrives it London he visits the queen before be
Three chiet feasts fur ng which the Chinese take legal howsays are those of the tiger. the moon and the year.
THEIR DYING WORDS.
Wir wwirth. Wi.'.am 11-7 )-1651) Engash port: "(ud bless Son." lovethe (1719-15.2) German poet : "Open the shutters and let in mere light."
Vataire ( +) French . the- "I am a *ed by brd ind mau. 1 sha g . t) he ... " Ist
Frederick it Great, of Frissa (1:12-50) "We are over the hil we shall g. twitter now." Jerr 1. Douglas (15%), Encush uther "I feel ke Que who's wa't ing . waited for
Sel. /'er (1759-1-05). Germin poet: "May thugs ure growing pan and ele rt my understanding "
PaDe Thomas (1737- 9. English athe st. "If ever 'he cevi hac .n un' on earth, I have been tha!
(r mwel, Oliver (1599-10/1. Erg- wish statesman and soldier: "My de- s're is to make what haste I may to be gone "
QUEER THINGS IN CHINA.
Wine druck hot.
Gal men fy kites. Iwits rawn by men.
Sood ers in petticoats. Family name comes first. Babies thai sel om ery. While worn as mourning Carriages moved by suils Seut f honor t the left. Visit : g cards four feet Ing \ coffin n the r-retti ar =1 Hi ts worn as a & gt f respret. Horses are me in'ed on the right si è
Fireworks are always se" T in das *ime
Sch ol ch' dreist v.ch 'heir backs to the teacher.
A married women with being is ?
Nave. when old ihr most honored Tre+ mower of the fami'v
If you ffend a (h. namnan he iray k'll h self on your doorstep to spite vu.
" Hunting and Fishing in the South," A book descriptive of the best Lock itles in the south for various kinds of game and fish The game laws of Virginia North Carolina, South Carolina, Ken tucky, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mianimalppi, the states penetrated by the Southern railway. Fn all informalun apply to firmge (' Daniels. N E P A 22 Washington street, Boston.
fures crump, sure thrust, pulmonary trombirk-monarch uver pain of every Murt. Dr. Thomas' Electric (il.
"A done lu i'm" waves I'vea " Dr Wwwod's Norway Phe Syrup-natnie's remedy for conghs, colds, pnlomuary dia-
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CANDIDATE ROOSEVELT.
An Able Statesman and Soldier and of Earnest, Aggressive Personality. "Without our wish, We found ourselves suddenly engaged In a contest with one of the oldest monarchies in the world. From the beginning to its el se, at the end of a hundred days. It was a marvel of successive victories. The thrill of conquest, the admiration for those who were privileged to be at the front, the desire to reward the men who had risked their lives for so great and good a cause. madr a demand for the people that a soldier should be rewarded with this great office of governor of the state of New York We had that soldier. Now York born and bred. New York in every drop uf his blood. He won the most brilliant laurels In the war. The party recognized his fitness for the executive of the state, It met the demand of the people that he should be placed nt the head of the ticket and the her ies of the war were complimented and the state was honored in securing for ita chief of. Acer Theodore Roosevelt." - Senator Depew of New York
"Gentlemen, the splendid record 1200 is in no small part due to the till- tant Republicanism the severe honesty and the able statesmanship of that most earnest and aggressive personality in the contemporaneaus life of the republic -the soldier the author and the states- man, Governor Theodore Roosevelt. Let the Independent voter, unblased hy par- tisan ailhation, as he surveys the po- htical situation in the state of New York this fall, contrast the government of the state, as administered by R-pub- Means with that of the city of New York. administered by the Democrats, and candidly ask himself the question which party is most entitled to his support nnd confidence then cast his hallot in con- formity with the dictates of his con- science and the result will not be un- certa n-the standard set by Governor Roosevelt and his associates will he strengthened and maintained."-Senator Stranahan at New York convention.
THE LIGHTNING HARNESSED.
The Great Western rai way of Eng- land is lighting its corridor trains by Storage electricity obtained from dynamos driven from the car axle. batteries are carried for use when the running speed Is slow and for stops. By arrangement with the two gov. ernments of France and Germany. a Telephone service has been innugurnt- ed between Paris, Frankfort and Ber- hn. The charge for the use of the wire between Frankfort and Paris is w0 cents for three minutes, and be. tween Paris and Berlin $1.43 for the same time.
In an ascension made recently by Messrs, Vallot and Jean and Louis Le- carme it was found, according to a note in Cosmos, that it is possible to communicate by wireless telegraphy between the earth und a freely rising ha own at great distances, without Hny conductor from the bar oon to the ground
A new submarine enble is about to he laid between England and Ger. miany This is the fifth enble, and a comprehensive iden of the increuse in the cable traffic betweenthe two conn- trivs may be gathered from the fact that, whereas in 1498, when the fourth cable was Inid, the annun) number of cablegrams was 1.947,868 per annum, no less than 2.463,613 eu- hlegrams are now nunnally transmit ted
Fifty years ago. on August 26.1850 the first submarine cable message wns sent from Cape Grisnez in France to Diver, A wire insninted by a gutta percha covering was run across the channel from the Admiralty pier at Dover to prove that messages could be sent, and the following year the first strongcable was laid, Mr. Charles Wol- laston, one of the party that laid the first wire, is still alive, and said that the first message under the sea was to his wife and said: "All right at Gris. nez, home about ten."
Ine Stronger the Lower.
".Just look at these eggs, dear," ex- claimed Mr. Newlywed at the break- fast table: "such a bargain! They were marked down from 21 cents to 14." And then she wondered why Mr. New- lywed didn't want any breakfast .- Phil. adelphia Record.
A Core. Maud-Why did you break off your engagement with poor Tom Hotch- kiss"
Edith- Hush, don't tell anyone, hut he was growing horribly fat. When grief has pulled him down a bit I shall take him on again .- N. Y. World.
Thetr Generic Game.
"\ movement is on foot to bestow names ou country roads for the benefit of travelers and to facilitate rural de- tivery of mail "
"Well, the name of nearly all the country roads I know of is mud. "-Chi- cago Daily News
OVERHEARD AT THE CLUB.
Jules-See, 'tis a good plan to bring your wife out and leave your purse at home, is it not ?
Jones-It is hetter to bring your purse out and leave your wife at home .- Ally Sloper.
Falling Off In Attention. "Harry, you must try to pay some- thing on Dr. Pitter's bill."
"Why, has he said anything about it ?"
"No; but when I go there now he doesn't sympathize with me at all."- lucianapolis Journa !.
The Gentlemanty Burglar. Judge-The evidence shows that when you entered houses you never eu tered the rooms occupied by women. Prisoner-No. yer honor; it knocks me silly to see wimmen with their hair done up in crimps,-Chicago Record.
One Gtrt'a Wisdom.
He -- Do you believe in matrimony on the bread-and-cheese-and-kisses
She -- Well. that depends. Some brands of cheese would har out the kisses .- Chicago Evening News.
Came Near Dying.
"For three days and nights 1 suffered agony untold from an attack of cholera morbus binnght ou by eating cnenm. bers," says M. E Lowther, clerk of the district cunrt, C'anti-ville, lowa. ' thought I should surely die and med H dozeu different medicines, but all to nn purpose, I sent for a bottle of Chamber Fun's Colic, Cholera and Dimtrhupa Rem eddy und three dores relieved me entirely I went to sleep and did not awake for eight Im On awakening a few lonn & ax" I felt ar gratified that the first work 1 du on going to the office is lu write in the manufacturer of the remedy and af. fer them my grateful thanks and Aav. "Giul hless vom and the splendidl medi cine vun make ' ' This remedy is for sale by Albert ( Mamim, Arnggish.
Scald head is an eczema of the scalp- very severe sometimes, but it can be cmrd Duan's Ointment, quick and per- manent in itx results
The best that money can hay should be your ann in choosing a medicine, andt this is Henn'a Saimaparilla İL CnTUN
when others fail
I Know One Sure Remedy It. nnitte la Pyny-Pectoral
for an chetinate cold.
Bears the
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FUTURE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Democrats Responsible For Delay of
Ful Peace In the Archipelago.
President Mckinley's views "Would our . ppenents surrender to the insur- gents, abandon our sovereignty, or cede It to them" If that he not their purpose. then it should be promptly disclaimed. for my evi can result from the hopes ra sed by our opponents in the minds of she F.| pinos that, with their success at the p &s In November, there will be a withdrawal of our army and of Ameri- ran si Vereignty over the archipelago, the complete Independence of the Ta- galug people rec gnized, and the powers of government over all the other peo- ples { the archipelago conferred upon the Tagalog leaders,
"The effect of a belief in the minds of the insurgents that this will be done has already prolonged the rebellion, and tn- Arn 1. Benedict (1740-1-0t). Amer. : Keveral: "Let me die in the old im in which I fought my bat. ties for freedom. May God forgive m for ever putting on any other"" Wehster Fletcher (Daniel Web. #tør's & u. mortally wounded at the -tt.p f (ainesv.l'e in 1-2, "Tell to ten Robert Toombs, by whim creases the necessity for the continu- ance .f a large army It is now delay- ing fu. peace in the archipelazu and the establishment of civil governments, and has influenced many of the insurgente against accepting the liberal terms uf amnesty ffered by General MacArthur under my direction. But for these false hopes a considerable reduction could have been ha ? in our military establish. I was when pris ner) I love him; | ment in the Philippines and the realiza- God hiess him.
tion of a stable gr vernment would be al r.aiy ut hand.
"The American people are asked by our opp nents ti yield the sovereignty of the I'nitad States in the Philippines | to a small frai tion of the population, a sing'e tribe out of 5 or more in habiting th archipelag . a fraction which wan- toniy attacked the American troops in Man.la whil- In rightful possession un- der the protocol with Spain awa ting the ratification of the treaty of peace by the senate and which has since heen in Active, pon rel acion against the United States. We are askel to transfer vur sov. re gnty to d sitta min rity in the i. lares without insulting the majority and : ahandon the largest [ +tien of the pupu'ation, which has been h yal to us, t the cruelties of the gue flia in.sur- gent I nds. More than the, we are skidt pr tect this minority in estab 1'>ning a g. vernment and to this erd To ress all opposition of the majority We are required to 8-1 up a state gov- prom et In the interest of those who have 'ssay ed our sover ignty and frei upin our 5 ":s and then maintain t at any cu-t rsaind + against lis en-ml s n 'hin und against those having am- bit ous desteps from with .ut "
"In the agricultural district around us the change has been very
marked A great miny delty have been
pa ! M. and the bank dup sts hav -
IK Ut ubed. I was talking today with a 1-all < Popu ist of this bca ly who Us dtat» . Republican. He's going to vote for Mckinley this time, and there art lits more like him He says Me- Kinley could not have Jone anything
rise than what he has din- in ur forelen reja', ns. and that he has managed th res as well as anyone could have d ne Some mistakes have been made but »veryi ne makes some. He says the silver questi n is dead as long as the balance of trade Is coming our way, H s quite a reprezentat ve man an spraks for a large pr portion of Bryan Fuj perters of 1896 In this commun ty "- Wircam Selbie, American National bark. Deadwood, S. D.
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THE SENTINEL, TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. 9, 1900,
CASTORIA
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per-
har At Fletcher. sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex- periments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experimeut.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant, It contains nelther Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishiness. It enres Diarrhea and Wind Colie. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and untural sleep. The Children's Panacca-The Mother's Friend.
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EXPERIMENTIN WORK
A NEW YORK youth came home from college at the beginning of the vaca- tion season with his allowance so far over- drawn that he had forgotten when the next payment was due. His father, who was a self-mule man, and entirely out of sym- matby with the obligations of his son's so- cial position, sternly refused further ad- vances. The paternel brand of cigars made the youth Ill, and worse still, the side board was under strict surveillance. Un
der these compelling circumstances the
youth retired within himself to consider ways and means. Later he emerged from his france with a smile on his face. The
difficulties of the situation had faded like the morning's mist before his brilliant in tellect. He would go to work.
In pursuance of this highly original ides, he went to an uncle who was engaged in the profitable if somewhat plebeian p.umb- ing business, and asked for a job. Secretly he hoped for a nice, clean corner in the office, where he might spend a few pleasant hours during the heat of the summer days, perfecting himself in higher mathematics by making out plumber's bills, without danger of soiling his cuffs or endangering his' social standing; but in the heroism of his new resolve to labor for his living, he holdly asked for any old job.
"Sorry," said the uncle, "but I haven't anything for you" ~- then, dubiously, "un- less you care to go out on odd jobs as helper. You don't mind a little work, I suppose." "N-n-no," answered the youth, doubtful- ly, being rather uncertain about the duties and social rank of a plumber's helper. Still he decided to chance it.
"Well, come around to-morrow and we'll see about it," said the uncle, with a smile that curried a sinister suggestion.
The next morning the youth shipped quiet- ly into the shop and hovered timidly about in the background, wondering what he might be called upon to do, yet dreading to hear his doom. Presentiy a large, un- shaven man, with nothing between his un dershirt and jumper but a pair of suspend ers, started out, telling the youth to come along. The man had a fire pot in one hand. and a whole kit of tools variously disposed about his person. While doubtless very worthy, he was not the sort of person the youth would have chosen for his companion on a stroll through the business part of the city. So the youth craftily waited and gave the man time to go half-way down the block, intending to follow at a distance. But the man was in no hurry' und was found lighting his pipe just outside. The youth wanted to walk ahead, or on the opposite side of the street; he even thought of send- ing the man on ahead in a cab, but not see- ing his way clearly. he continued the prom. enade with his persistent companion, mean while keeping an eye on each side of the street, ready to boit at the first sign of a request to carry the fire pot or the sight of a familiar face.
A few blocks further on the man hailed a car and climbed into the rear seat with all his accouterments. The youth hastened | to get as far forward as possible. The man WAR disposed to be sociable, and immedi nto'y took exception to this arrangement. Su he hissed perseusively at the back of the youth's neck across a bed of flowered hats. Arrived at the house where a clogged kitchen sink had summoned them, the man sikldieniy discovered that he needed a paper of chewing tobacco and departed, leaving the youth to light the fire pot and clean out the trap. The youth took off his cuffs daintily and considered the problem. know ing nothing of the nature of a trap. In vestigation disclosed a smal cap at the head of a pipe that looked feasible, and he proceeded to work. '
Notwithstanding its size, the cap proved wonderfully tenacious against all attempt: to remove it, and the youth battered it with a monkey wrench until the adjoining two feet of lead pipe looked like a souvenir from the wrecked battleship Maine. More- over, the racket he made brought all the feminine members of the family, including two very pretty girls, down to the kitchen to see what the trouble was. In his right mind and attired in proper raiment the youth would have been very happy to make their acquaintance, but by this time he was grimy up to the eyebrows, and their re- mark: "Oh, it's only the plumber," did not contribute to his peace of mind.
At this point the man reappeared and ex- plaincd, from across the kitchen, that it was only necessary to twist the cap with the fingers in order to remove it, whereat the youth eyed bia battered knuckles and
mini "Oh." Tàis gentier treatment proveo much more efficacious. The cap dropped off. immediately followed by a most appalling of hiss, and a disagreeahle compound kitchen refuse in solution spilled down the youth's sleeve, but did not cool him off. About this time the man discovered that he had not purchased the right brand of tobacco and went out again to repair his mistake, leaving the youth to clean th trap. The youth didn't chew, but he knew that tobacco didn't leave white froth on a man's mustache. The man, however, was In no hurry, and while his soldering iron was heating he made a third trip for to- bacco. Whereupon the youth asked hun if he imbibed tobacco from a mug, but the sarcasm didn't seem to reach him. Plainly the fellow had no sense of humor, unless it was a very subtle one, which enabled him to charge three hours' time for a 15-minute job, with a helper,
When they returned to the shop_late in the afternoon, after having sparingly par- taken of a free lunch to which the man in- sisted upon inviting him, the youth's uncle gave him a heavy sledge and set him to breaking up some old castings on the side- walk, The sun was blazing hot and the position very much exposed to public gaze, but the youth was too far gone to protest. He toiled away fiercely, hoping to finish the job before the noise attracted a crowd, but his uncle stood in the shade of an awning General Woodford: "Every prophecy of the Democrats made In 1896 has been proved false. Prices have not gone down. Labor has not been idle. Itisa and offered suggestions. In two minutes the youth's high collar had melted and slipped down the back of his neck. The remarkable fact in the history of this country that whenever the Democratic party has been In power times have been had."
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