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THEODORE . . <
ROOSEVELT
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Takes the Oath of Office as Suc
cessor to McKinley,
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TERSE SKETCH OF | H!S LIFE-
Mother Was a Georgian—Youngest
Man Who Has Ever
Been President. ,
Buffalo. N. Y, Sept. 14. —Theo-
dore Roosevelt, who today was (
tragically elevated to 'the chief
magistracy of the American re
public by the death of President j
McKinley, took the oath at 3:30 ;
this afternoon in the library of the j
residence of Ansley Wilcox, a per-1
sonal friend. There were present
Secretaries Root, Hitchcock. Long,
Wilson, and Postmaster General
Smith, Senator Chauncev M. De
pew. Judge of the court of Appeals
Haight, John N. Scratcherd, Mr.
and Mrs. Ansley Wilcox, George
P. Sawyer, Doctors, Mann, Park
and Stockton, Mr. and Mrs. Carle
ton Sprague, Mr. and Mrs. Johii
G. Milburn, Secretary to the Presr
ident William Loeb, Jr., Secretary
to the deceased president, Geo. B.
Cortelyou, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Carry, R. C. Scratcherd, J. D.
Sawyer, and William Jeffers, offi
cial telegrapher, in addition to
Judge John R. Hazel, of the
United States district court, who
administered the oath. The scene
was a most affecting one. The
new president had just come from
the Milburn house, where his pre
decessor lay cold in death. Over
come by the deep personal sorrow
he felt, in his characteristically
impulsive way, he had gone first to
the house of mourning to offer
his condolence and sympathy to
the broken-hearted widow. Sec
etary Riot who, twenty years a go,
had beefi present at a similar scene
when Arthur took the oath after
the death of another president who
fell a victim to an assassin’s bullet,
almost broke down when he re
quested Mr. Roosevelt, on behalf
of the members of the cabinet of
the late president, to take the pre
scribed oath. There wasniot a dry
eye in the room. The new presi
dent was visibly shaken, but he
controlled himself and when he
lifted his hand to swear it* was as
steady as though carved in mar
ble. With the deep solemnity of
the occasion full upon him he an
nounced to those present that his
aim would be to be William Mc-
Kinley’s succcessor in deed as well
as in name. Deliberately he pro
claimed it 111 these words:
A SIGNIFICANT PLEDGE.
In this hour of deep and terri
ble national bereavement, I wish to
state that it shall be my aim to con
tinue absolutely without variance
the policy of President McKinley
for the peace and prosperity and
honor of our beloved country.”
TERSE SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Theodore Roosevelt is one of the
youngest men who ever achieved
the vice presidency and certainly
few of our vice presidents have
had so swift a rise or so romantic a
career. He was born in New York
city, October 27, 1858, and is there
fore tinder 43 years of age.
The original Roosevelts of New
York have been famous from the
time the Dutch founded their set
tlement at the mouth of the Hudson
to the present day.
Through successive generations
they have been sturdy, valiant and
forceful men, who have contribu
ted their full part to the country’s
history,
Their individuality has asserted
itself in many ways and there has
never been a time since political
parties were formed in this ccun- *
try when each cf these leading
forces did not number Roosevelts ;
among its devoted adherents and
valiant captains.
The Roosevelts have distiu
guisl.ei themselves in war as well
gown q
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bowels every day, you're ill or will be. Keep youi
bowels open, and be well. Force, in the shape of vio
lent physic or pill poison, is dangerous. The smooth
most perfect way of keeping the bowels
elear and clean is to take
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aTF.RI IY.. HKI?3T COHPtKT. CHII'iSO or KtW TORS.
KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN
as in politics. Courage is part of,
nature. To the jstotjdity
ctf the TJjitc§l patifre
has been added the enthusiasm and
fire which has ever distinguished
the mer of this republic. No fam
ily in the United States has sus
tained itself more steadily. Since
the first Roosevelt landed here
tbeje has not been a generation in
which one or more ol them was not
a.commaadjne figure *
T:fe Snestiiiu If fcutch bliod
V. lnc'a rjrtdonifn in Theodore
Roosevelt has been enriched -by a
dash of the best Scotch-Irish an
cestry to be found. The original
Roosevelt in America came in
1649. He was Kiaas Mattensen
Roosevelt, a man who had proyed
his quality before he crossed the
1 sea Slid who showed himself equal
t? duties after he was domi
ciled infNew York.
Tue this bold and
resourceful Dutchman held many
places of trust and honor in their
adopted state and became connect
ed with several of the other lead
ing families of New York.
The father of Theodore Roose
velt wa| a sfropg man in ‘ every
sense; and he won for his wife a
brilliant and accomplished woman,
Martha Bulloch, daughter of James
and Martha (Oswald) Bulloch, of
Roswell, Ga.
It is said that the vice president
is as .much a Bullock as a Roose
velt. In him as in many men of
marked ability and high ambition
the traits of his mother are clearly
displayed.
The Bullocks made history in
the war of the revolution the
struggle with England in 1812-15
and on both sides of the civil war.
Admiral Bullock, of the confed
erate navy, who succeeded in send
ing out the cruiser Alabama 011 its
wonderful and historic cruise, was
a brother of our vice president’s
mother.
Theodore Roosevelt 'was born
not rich but in comfortable circum
stances, with a proud and honora
ble family name back of him.
He was largely self-educated,
but after the high school training
he received in New York he went
to Harvard, where he distinguish
ed himself aS much by his stren
uous and daring manhood as by
his excellence in studies and soci
etydebates. .
Like Macaulay, he was looked
upon as a prosperous leader in
politics long before he entered pub
lic life, and he has more than justi
fied the highest of these -expecta
tions.
He was graduated at Harvard in
1880 and after spending a year in
travel and study came to his home
to find himself in demand for act
ive party service and leadership.
From his youth he had been a
leader. Nature made him one and
he has developed and exhibited
powers of command which are
rarely equaled
He was elected to the New York
legislature in 1882 and served
there conspicuously for five years.
He theu resigned it to become
champion of many reform meas
ures, and is the real author of New
York’s present civil service law.
He was defeated for the mayor
alty of New York in ISB6 as the
candidate of the reform party.
In 1889 President Harrison ap
pointed him a member of tiie
United States civil service commis
sion, an office which he held
president of the hoard until May,
1893.
He was the author, advocate,
promoter and president of the New
York city board of police commis
sioners in 1595.
In 1898 he was elected governor
of New York.
When the war with Spain broke
out he organized his famous Rough
Riders.
Before the expiration of his term
as governor he was nominated for
vice president.
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SEVEN YEARS IN BED.
“Will wonders ever cease?” in
quire the friends of Mrs. L. Pease,
of Lawrence, Kan, They knew
she had been unable to leave her
bed in seven years on account of
kidney and liet trouble, ner\cus
prostration and general debility;
but, “Three bottles of Electric
Bitters enabled me to walk,” she
writes, “and in three months I felt
like anew person.” Women suffer
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Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Mel
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IN CASE OF NERVES
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Even When AU Else D cn t G°
to Your Friers
When in a “state of nerves” it
! is best not to seek human sym
pathy.
Likely as not our friends have
troubles of their own, and ft’s alto
gether too bad to risk breaking the
possible weak link of thelchain of
jfriendship.
! And this is just what lots of us
do. * 1
When everything isr using.Us
away we go to see Sue or Kit.
If shown the pale green silk Sue
haS just bought ior a waist we re
mind her how ghastly Louise look
ed in that Shade of pale green, and
furthermore acidly admit it’s a
color we’d never cliocse for our
selves.
On the other hand, if we favor
(!) Kit with our society we probab
ly give her to understand that we
think her children ought to be
turned out during the visit, or, if
she has no children’, we perhaps
suggest that there? ought to be a
law compelling pfeople to make
their maids wear felt-soled shoes.
Or perhaps it’s the dog, or the sun
shine.
And then no doubt we go home
and waste time wondering wlrv
friends aren’t what they used to
be.
So take that famous piece of ad
vice aud “don't,”
When the blue devils get you
just fly away to the Park, unless
you can get to the country or the
seashore.
There you may tell your trials
to the trees, with no fear of upset
ting them. Their nerves are war
ranted. They’ll murmur any
amount of consolation, and go
right a'ong with their work, caring
not one whit whether or no you
think their choice of autumn garb
is a success.
Or go to the clouds. They’ll
take on all sorts of shapes for your
diversion, and still “roil by,” none
the worse for your attention.
It even the park is out of the
question try it on the dog. He'll
listen with the most flattering at
tention, and if you lay on the
agony strong enough he may whim
per his sympathy. At any rate,
he’ll stay by you and sit close un
til you take a more roseate view of
affairs in this vale of tears. And
then he’ll show his glee most un
mistakably. How his tail will
fly!
Should none of these be within
your reach, there’s still one solace
left. You can sir fly recall some
person much worse off than your
self. In conning over his or her
woes you will at least find com
parative comfort.
At any rate, save your friends
You may need them some day.
Geo. W. Lane, Pewamo, Mich.,
writes: “Your Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure is the'best remedy for indi
gestion and stomach trouble that
I ever used. For years 1 suffered
from dyspepsia, at times compell
ing me to stay in bed and Causing
me untold agony. lam complete
ly cured by Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
In recommending it to friends
who suffer from indigestion I al
ways offer no pay for it if it fails.
Thus far I have never paid.”
A POOR MILLIONAIRE.
Lately starved in London be
cause he could not digest his food.
Early use of Dr. King’s New Life
Pill would have saved him. They
strengthen the stomach, aid diges
tion, promote assimilation, im
prove appetite. Price 25c. Money
back if not satisfied. Sold by
Yeung Bros, diuggists.
Only a Mask.
Many are not being benefitted by the
summer vacation as they should be
Mow. notwithstanding much outdoor
life, they are little if any stronger than
they were. The tan on their faces is
darkrr and makes them look healthier,
but it is only a masit. They are still
nervous, easily tire 1. upset by trifies,
and they do not eit nor sleep well.
What they need is what tone s the nerves
perfects digestion, creates appetite, a.ni
makes sleep refreshing, and that is
flood’s Sarsaparilla, Pupils and teaeh-
I era generally will find the chief pur
j pose of the vacation best subserved by
i this great medicine which, as we know
■ “builds up the whole system.”
HEALTH
INSURANCE
The man who insures his life is
wise for his family.
The man who insures his health
is wise both for his family and
himself.
You may insure health by guard-*
Ing it. it is worth guarding.
At the first attack of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and mani
fests itself in innumerable ways
I TAKE —i
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And save your health.
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Rheumatic paius are the cries of protest
and distress from tortured muscles, aching
i joints and excited nerves. The blood has
been poisoned by the accumulation q 1
waste matter in the system, and Jfcan no
longM- supply the pure and health sustain
ing |6od they requite. TheJwhine system
feels the effect of this acid poison ; and
not until the blood has been purified and
brought back to a healthy condition will
the aches and pains cease.
Mrs. James Ke’.l, of 707 Ninth street, N. E.
VVasuinßtcm, D. C., writes as follows: “A fe\l
months ago I hail an attack of Sciatic Rheums
tism in its worst form. The
pain was so intense that I
became completely pros-
trated. The attack was an
unusually severe one, and ’^£34
condition was regard- ytTf
ed as lieing very danger-’ mfi
ous. I was attended by V JgoA
one of the most able doc- V&ff aSAr
tors in Washington, who is .
also a member if the fac-
tilty of a leading medical t
college here. He told me
to continue his prescrip
tions and I would get well. After having L filled
twelve times without receiving the slightest
benefit, I declined to continue his treatment ant
longer. Having heard of S. S. S. (Swift’s Specific*
recommended for Rheumatism, I decided, almost
In despair however, to give the medicine a trial,
aud alter I had taken a few bottles I was able to
hobble around on crutches, and very soon there
after had no use for them at all, S. S. 5 having
cured me sound aud well. All the distressing
pains have left me, my appetite has returned
and I am happy to be again restored to perfed
health.
the great vegetable
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the ideal remedy in all
fchjjs rheumatic troubles.
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make no charge for medical advice. *
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Only One Hope and That Hope is Love
Loye is like a flower of the des
sert.
It is like the olive of Arabia that
blooms but once and dies; it blooms
iu the salt emptiness of life, and
the brightness of its beauty is set
upon the waste as a star upon a
storm:
It hath the sun above that is the
spirit, and about it blows the air
of its own divinity. •
At the echoing of a step love
blossoms, I say; I say love blooms
and bends her beauty down to him
who passeth by.
He plucketh it, vea, he plucketh
it, yea he plucketh the cup that is
full of honey and beareth it away—
away across the desert—away till
the desert be done.
There is only one perfect flower
in the wilderness of life. That
flower is love.
There is only one fixed star in
the midst of bur wandering. That
star is love.
There is only one hope in our
despairing night. That hope is
love.
All else is false. All else is
shadow moving upon water. All
else is wind and vanity.
Who shall say what is,the weight
of the measure of love? It is born
of the flesh. It dwelleth in the
spirit. From each does it draw its
comfort,
For beauty is as a star.
Many are its shapes, hut all are
beautiful; and none know where
the star arose,or the horizon where
it shall set. —Rider Haggard.
A RAGING, ROARING FI.OOD
Washed down a telegraph line
which Chas.C. Ellis, of Lisbon,la.
,had to repair. “Standing waist
deep in icy water,” he writes,
“gave me a terrible cold and
cough. It grew worse daily.
Finally the best doctors in Oak
land, Neb., Sioux City and Omaha
said I had Consumption and could
not live. Then I began using Dr.
King’s New Discovery and was
wholly cured by six bottles.” Pos
itively guaranteed for Coughs,
Colds and all Throat and Lung
troubles by Young Bros. Price
50c and SI.OO.
The laws of health require that
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and one of the penalties of this
law is piles. Keep your bowels
regular by taking a dose of Cham
berlain’s Stomach and Liver Tab
lets when necessary and you will
never have that severe punishment
inflicted upon you. Price. 25 cts.
For sale by Hall and Greene.
Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold In bulk.
Beware of the dealer who tries to sell
“something just as Good."
Norris Silver. Norih Stratford,
N. H.: “I purchased a bottle of
One Minute Cough Cure when suf
fering with a cough doctors told
me it was incurable. One bottle
relieved me, the second and third
almost cured. Today lam a well
man.”
S ops tlie Cough ami Works of!
the Coid.
Laxative Brr.mo-Quinine Tablets
cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No
pay. Price 25 cents.
The Rights of Others
'Pittsburg Dispatch,
Let no one be .so intent upon the
mote in the eye of his neighbor
that he Will forget the beam in his
own.
Too commonly the fact is ignor
ed that a man’s opinions and con
victions are his private personal
blatter, with which no one else* has
a right to meddle.
In politics, the spending *of
money, in social life, in dress, aud
education, each cne should scrup
ulously avoid acting as censor of
others who may differ with him
self.
A man may believe in homeopa
thy to the highest dilution, but
that belief does not entitle him to
the privilege of calling his neigh
bor to account because he chooses
to seek relief by means of mercury
and quinine in as heroic doses as
he may fancy.
No one is privileged while a
guest to attack the opinions of the
family whose hospitality he enjoys.
When, for any reason, he can not
acquiesce in the family regulations,
let him depart and not try to re
form the family to his standard of
propriety.
By calm, personal argument, or
by ihe force of example, one may
try to convince another that his
way is the better, but a true cour
tesy requires that he shall not un
asked present his opinions where
to do so will wound and not altar
in the slightest degree the course
of his opponent.
Let no person flatter himself
that because a man is loud of voice
and blunt in speech, ever ready
with cruel judgment of others and
free with advice on all matters thgt
he will pleasantly accept such treat
ment from othe'rs, for he is quite
as likely to resent interference with
his affairs as the man of gentler
speech and greater charity.
It is so easy to form the habit of
meddlesomeness, to persuade one’s
self into the belief that one’s mis
sion is to be a “private investiga.-
tor and public advisor,” that one
is apt to forget that in the regula
tion of one’s o,vn conduct life pre
sents enough perplexing problems
without trespassing upon the rights
of others in a mistaken zeal to con
vert them to a better way.
A VICTORY FOR BOERS-
They Kill Sixteen British Soldiers
and Capture Many
London, Sept. 19.—A dispatch
from Lord Kitchener, from Pre
toria, dated Sept. 18, announces
that the Boers, Sept. 17, ambushed
three companies of mounted infan
try, with three guns, commanded
by Maj. Gough, in the vicinity of
Scheopers Nek. After severe
fighting the British weie overpow
ered and lost three guns, the sights
and breech blocks of which were
first destioyed. Two officers and
fourteen men were killed and five
officers and twenty-five men were
wounded. Five officers and 150
men were made prisoners. Maj.
Gough, who escaped during the
night, reports that the Boers num
bered i,oco men and that they were
commanded by Gen, Botha.
Gen. French reports that Com
mandant Smuts, in order to break
through a cordon, rushed on a
squadron of the 17th Lancers at
Elands Riverport, killing three offi
cers and twenty men and wound
ing one officer and thirty men.
The Boers, who were dressed in
khaki and who were mistaken for
British troops, lost heavily.
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STEPPED INTO LIVE COALS.
“When a child I burned my foot
frightfully,” writes W. H. Ends,
of Jonesville, Va.,“which caused
horrible leg sores for 30 years,
but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve who’ly
cured me after everything else
failed.” Infallible for Burns.
Scalds, Cuts, Sores, Bruises and
p iles. Sold by Young Bros at 25c
Sid Darling, 1012 Howard St.
Port Huron, Mich., writes: “1
have tried many pills and laxatives
but DeWitt’s Little Early Risers
are far the best pills I have evei
used.” They never gripe.
Wo Id’s Great Fever Medicine
Johnson’s Tonic dm s in a day what
slow Quinine cannot do in ten days.
Its splendid cures are in striking con
trast with the feeble cures made bv qui
nine.
Ifyou are nt'erlv wretched, take a
thorough dose of Johnson's Tonic and
drive out every trace e: malarial poi
soning The wise insure their lives and
the wiser insure their health by using
Johnsmn’s Chill aim F- \er Tonic. 1;
cos’s oO cents if it cures: not one cent i'
it ilt.es uo:
B. W. Pursell, Kintersville.Pa.,
says he suffered 25 years with piles
and could obtain no relief until
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve effec
ted a permanent care. Counter
feits are worthless.
Girls and Sofa
At a recent social gathering in
Forsyth some one sprung the ques
tiou, “How does a sofa pillow differ
| from a girl?” There were as many
different answers as persons pres
ent.
A bright brunette said that the
girl is living while the pillow is
dyed.
One young man said that the
i pillow was a soft thing while the
girl was not.
Another young man’s experience
said that the pillow could be stuffed
while the girl could not.
Another sa ; d that a girl looked
pretty in a shirt waist, but a sofa
pillow did not.
The idea of one young man was
that you could sit down on a sofa
pillow while a girl could sit down
dn you. He did not explain his
remark.
A blonde beauty said that she
could see no difference, both the
girl and pillow were pretty and
useful and looked best in the par
lor.
A cynical old batchelor said that
one was stuffed while the other
was padded.
But the young man who sprung
the question on the crowd declared
that all these answers were wrong,
the real difference being that you
could hold a sofa pillow on your
lap but not a girl.
Here and There.
What joy to find that the sum
mer gas bill not only looks like 30
cents, but is for exactly that
amount.
A good letter is a joy to receive,
but a responsibility in the way of
answering.
It would economy if more
of us had rather play cards than
eat.
Postage stamps are as tiresome
as some gallants —always getting
stuck on everything.
A mere man, and a laundryman,
dared discriminate against the sex;
his card announces a charge of
three cents for the feminine collar,
as against two for those of his own
persuasion.
Now it is that the seeker after a
hat listeneth to the cajolery of the
saleswoman.
A rainy day makes it a case of
rubbers in more senses than one.
Deliver us from our contempor
aries is evidently the motto of
those who desire everything sup
pressed until their death.
Fresh emblems of mourning are
still going up.
The draped portrait and the flag
at half-mast are by far the most
dignified of these emblems.
Were Treated as Insane Men-
Baltimore Sun.
On seven occasions Queen Vic
toria was attacked by persons evi
dently bent upon killing her. Al
though the law of Great Britain
makes such attempts treason, pun
ishable with death. Queen Victoria’s
assailants, at her request, were de
clared crazy and sent to asylums
for life. Some of them are still
alive in madhouses. The British
are very particular about keeping
the criminal insane where they can*
do no mischief. - Their theory is
that a man who is afflicted with
homicidal mania ought not to be
allowed to go at large free to take
life when the impulse seizes him.
The consequence is that an accus
ed person who pleads insanity iu
exteuuation of crime in Great Bri
tain is liable to get a severe sen
tence if he is adjudged insane. He
may escape the gallows, but he is
almost sure to spend his life in an
asylum for the criminal insane.
Hows This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any ease of catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J CHEN’KV &CO., Props.,
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J, Chem-y for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out unv obligation made
by their firm.
West & Trxtax
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.-
Waloing, Kinsaji cV Mar Vin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure us taken internal
ly, acting directly upon tlie blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Price,
75c. per Dot! le. .Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free.
Hall’s Family Pills are the l>st.
Esdo! Oysptfsia Oure
digests what you eat.
Money to Loan.
A limited sum of money
can be borrowed on farm
ing - lands. Apply to
Jno. H. Wikle, Att’y.
"I* C3 IET X
Bears the jQ Tte Kind Vcu Have AhibS BcagH
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
Diqßsts what you est.
Educate Tour Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cattiartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, sc. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.