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jfjUNDS AN INQUIRY senator Wants Light On Cuban Postal Frauds. m nUS * SCATHINfi SPEECH u lHt> Grown To Immense Propor **** * , Is Eliciting the Greatest ‘"’Concert In Official Circles. Senator Bacon, of Georgia, made a hours' speech in the senate Wed esaav iu support of his resolution to r *tieate the receipts and expendi “ of money iu Cuba. He declared the honor of the United States government was at stake, and even if \ ra „. pre no rumors or indications of franJ anti corruption, it would be wise , 0 investigate such a system of absolu (ism a , .is employed ou the island, but unfortunately the country had been shocked by an admission of frauds of the most sweeping character. He saitl it was due the people of this country to know just how affairs (he islands were being conducted, jnd since the disclosures of the past few days had been made with respect to the alleged misappropriation of fnnds in the postal service, the obli gation upon congress to make an in vestigation was doubly heavy. He urged that the honor of the country depended upon its being able to clear awav the fraud and corruption which, it was charged, had been discovered. He insisted that the government of the United States had no authority iu Cnba, and demanded to know how soon it proposed to redeem its pledge and leave the government of the is land to its inhabitants. INVESTIGATION DEMANDED. Obligation of national honor de manded that we investigate the affairs of Cnba and see that they have been rightly conducted. Perhaps at no time had any people constituted them selves the ageut for a trust such as that we had imposed upon ourselves in Cuba. In the degree of honor with which this duty was performed would the country be adjudged by the world. If there were no rumors, he said, of mabadministration on the island of Cuba, the duty to investigate the bus iness and governmental affairs of the island would be upon us. "Bat,” be declared, “we are not urged alone by the voice of duty. The facts urge the investigation to be made. There has been iu Cuba the most exhorbitaut and extravagant ex penditure of money.” Mr. B con then called attention to the statements in reports submitted by the secretary of war to the senate, which showed that during the year 1899 the receipts in Cuba were $16,- 346,015, while the expenditures were $14,085,805. "If, said the Georgia senator, “we had before us only the naked fact that the receipts on the island during a single year were more than $16,000,- 010 and the expenditures more than $14,000,000, we would be bound to in stigate the subject to see that this vast sum had been properly and pru dently handled.” Continuing, Mr. Bacon presented a statement showing the receipts and ex penditures of the various states, in ceding Georgia, Missouri and Massa chusetts. They were in every instance lees than those of Cuba. Mr. Bacon discussed at length the “ -uances made to various officers in n>a by direction of Secretary Alger, why allowances were not ■cade to General Wilson and General ~e e' He read the order of General ■ -cr making an allowance of $7,500 fer year iu addition to his salary to General Brooke. ed'f ln the office of governor general ‘ '■ a which requires him to exercise notions of greater dignity than a an army iu the |( • 'that obligation was thereon d* B° v ernment to place him in a po . v d ce regal authority? What ’ on was there on the govern ha oue w ho claimed to c an official dignity in Cuba should guest of this man?” a‘ t! further,” said he, “within c! *i * ' vee h the facts have been dis ibl? \ a that brings the blush of jj t j ue 0 the cheek of every American eu> th at trusted officials in Cuba L ]f Appropriated large amounts Mv k- lUg to of Cuba. No- how large these amounts feOonn. nrsfc it was stated they were to’ ’ next *t w as said thev would B° w t j t° 875,000, and it is intimated $400,000 the amouutß ma 7 aggregate in the rift °uly one man was involved o a ' 1 K ‘ u lty. Now there are many— n la t is intimated that it jj r j,’ nnt to a conspiracy.” dej . Jaooa then read the order nn •etincr er Major Kathbone was tu<j Sa . a f of posts in Cuba, hita b- 1 le P ower conferred upon had r e ' fi „ u e ol | (^er was so great that it 1 e ' ln a disgraceful and mor -7 8 of affairs. WALNUT WOOD IS DEAR. A Ocod Grove cf Trees Will Brin z a Snuj Fortune Any Day. Indiana timber land, which was con sidered the best in the country, is be ing so rapidly denuded of the once splendid foresfs of hardwood timber that speculators are seeing the advau tage of gobbling up everything that may be got in the way of timber tracts. The walnut and hickory of Indiana and Ohio are considered the best that can lie had, and the monster poplars which once formed the nucleus for the log-heap tire are now worth individ ually more as they stand than the acres they occupy will bring when cleared, many a poplar tree selling for SIOO before an axe touched it. The walnut that was once so plenti ful that barn timbers, house sills, fence rails, etc., were made from it, is becoming exceedingly scarce, and curled walnut stumps have brought almost fabulous prices, while hickory of the shell-bark variety can scarcely be found in some of the best sections. Bast year’s purchase by a Goshen (Ind.) firm of fifty-five standing wal nut trees near the Northern Indiana line for SIO,OOO and the handsome sum they make out of the handling of this rare clump of trees have proved an incentive in the search for timber in other directions. Grant County furnished a noticeable instance in the sale of the 1,020 acres of virgin forest on the Wood tract, the last large for est in Indiana, for $60,000. A New York firm bought the walnut timber where It stood for $55,000; 400 acres of land, the timber being reserved by the seller, sold for $20,000, and there remain 630 acres of the best timber in Indiana, the walnut alone being sold from it. The buyers will clear $50,000 by their deal in that timber. Where years ago the lumbermen went for only large tracts they are now content with individual trees, and wherever there is a notably fine forest monarch of the desirable vari ety its whereabouts becomes widely known and the competition to secure it is very sharp. Tetter and Eczema. “What will you oharge me for 1 dozen boxes Tetterine? I know it to be a splendid remedy for the cure of Tetter and Eczema. I would, like to keep it for sale. Mrs. Emma Plum mer, Waynesboro, Miss.” If your druggist, don’t keep it, send 50c. to J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. ,for a box. DEATH OF AN HISTORIC OAK. It Saw Many Queer Sights in the Course of Its 309 Years of Life. Another of the historic trees of Maryland has perished. Nearly three hundred years ago the oak of Lloyd’s Hill, near Hillsboro, on the Talbot side of the Tuckahoe fUrer, was described in a writing still extant. There is no known record of its di mensions, but it had a mighty trunk. Its magnificence was in its branches, whose amplitude was extraordinary. The shadow cast on the ground by the outspreading limbs under a vertical sun made a circle whose diameter was more than 100 yards. Decay fastened upon the tree; then, some years ago, an axeman made a huge wound in one side and the tree, being too old to heal itself, gradually rotted. Recently someone stuffed the hollow with dry leaves and brush and set It afire kt night. The country for miles around was illuminated. After the fire burned out the remainder of the giant oak was cut down and carted away. The oak in these olden days was sometimes called “The Quaker Tav ern,” because the Delaware I* rieinls, after having assembled at Camden, made their pilgrimage by this route to the Third Haven Meeting House— where George Fox preached and Lady Baltimore met William Penn—to at tend the yearly meeting long before there was any town of Easton to ex tend to them its hospitality. The oak on Lloyd’s Hill was their regular noonday stopping place. Here they would rest, and feed their horses and unpack and eat their lunches. Heron Island, in Miles River, is now treeless. An old and guaried cedar, for many years the only tree on this barren waste of sand, was recently cut down and burned for fuel by some oystermen who were cast away there in a storm. The cedar was a valuable landmark to the river sailors. Terri torially, Heron Island is in Queen Anno County. It belongs to the es tate of the late Col. Richard S. Dod son. The H>is io California. The spectalcle of the ibis thoroughly domesticated on a pool within the city limits of Los Angeles, Cal., is sugges tive of the mild winters of that region, ns the ibis Is a tropical bird. These birds were introduced several years ago and live there perfctly contended. Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed \ \ v Ta'S.u\,<?r hY roi\Merchnnj,soWhY WotTrVlt? Price So c ••OLD TIMBER-WOOD." Love of Satire L.ten Got Him la Trouble With the Court. In the days antedating railroads in northern lowa, the days of saloons and circuit courts, a certain ponderous judge was for many years accom panied on his rounds by District At torney Wood, popularly kuown as Old Timber-Wood. been christened Timothy, the name was curtailed to Tim, and by easy evolution developed into Timber. Old Timber-Wood was a unique and Interesting character; rough but digni fied, of sound intellect, gifted with a keen sense of humor, and far surpass ing in mental acumen his professional superior, whom, however, he usually treated before the world with an al most ostentatious deference. They were the warmest of friends, the feel ing between them was romantically tender, notwithstanding that they had frequent and violent public fallings out. The Judge, who was entirely lacking In personal dignity, really needed the support of his friend's deferential at titude to keep him 1u countenance, and when it was temporarily removed, Old Timber-Wood’s love of satire oc casionally betraying him into the sac rilege known as ‘contempt of court,” he was stung to fury, and promptly punished the offense. Many a tine had the attorney been subjected to for his incautious witticisms. Being in a con stant state of impecuniosity, he invari ably applied to the Judge himself for money to pay these assessments, a fa vor which was never refused, the fact that he must humble himself to ask it sufficiently restoring his Honor's complacency. The Judge was of a thirsty habit, and frequently left the bench, substituting Wood in his place —as an old-time schoolmaster substi tuted oue of the larger boys when he wished to absent himself from the room—and stepped out to refresh him self at a neighboring saloon. On one occasion, very shorty after a skirmish with the attorney, in which he had finally avenged his insulted dignity ln the usual way, he abruptly called Wood to the bench and started down the aisle. Wood hastily slipped into his place, and before he had reached the door rapped sharply on the desk and called out, ‘‘Gentlemen, before proceeding further with the case, the Court wishes to instruct the Clerk to remit the fine lately imposed upon Attorney Wood.” The Judge halted, wheeled about with a very red face, ana opened his lips to protest, but the bar and the Jury drowned him out with a chorus of laughter.—Harper’s Magazine. A Nicer Way. Grace (to little brother)—“Come, Freddie; it is your bedtime, it is nice for little boys to go to bed early, you know.” Freddie (pouting)—” ’Tain't so nice as to sit up early, as you and Mr. Wig gins do!” • Alas and Alack I Wife—How long must we wait with our Mary? She is already eighteen years old. Husband —Till the right person comes. Wife—l didn't wait so long.—Flie gende Blaetter. Proposwl Alll.ince with Kurland. If the United State* and England sr.ould form au alliance, the combined strength would bo so great that there would be little elianc < for enemies to overcome us. In a Uko manner, when men and women keep up their bodily s rength with llostetter’s Stomach Bitters, there Is little chance of attacks from diseaso. The old time remedy enriches the Kood, builds up ihe muscles, steadies the nerves and Increases the appetite. Try It. Would Not Sugarcoat the Pill. Mrs. Young—Don’t you believe in managing one’s husband by letting him think he Is having his own way? Mrs Strong- Decidedly not. Man should he made to feel his Inferiority.”— Puck. Each package of I utnam Fadeless Die colors cither Bilk. Wool or Cotton perfectly at one boifipg. Sold by all druggists. A lloydl Joke. “The king Is hard up for want of funds.” “Yes; he says the money doesn’t know enough to come iu during the reign.”—Philadelphia Bulletin. The Best Prescription for Clillls and Fever is a bottle of CIiIOVK S I ASTKI.ESS CHILL TONIC. It la Simply iron and quinine In a tameless form. Xo cure—no pay. Price 50c. Explanation of Her Penchant. “1 notice that she has her portrait painted, but never has her photograph taken.” •‘Yes. You see, the camera Is so exact.” Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, !isc. a bottle. I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consumption his an equal for coughs and colds. —John I'. Bovkk, 1 rinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900. J, C. Simpson. Marquess. W. Vs., says: "Rail’s Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bad case of catarrh.” Druggists sell it, 75c. Cock of the Walk. Mamma— l’m glal to see you playing with good little t*>y* now. Tommy Yes’m. They ain’t like the other kind. 1 kin lick any one of these kids If 1 want ter.—Philadelphia Press. LANGUID r How are the children this spring ? a/ J /t b ' Complaining a good deal of hcad- ache, can't study as well as usual, easily fall asleep, and are tired •n 1 1 1 Ln \V7 Mr all the time? And how is it %mmk\W with yourself? Is your it i|| / Strength slipping away? Do you g| jI 1 l*F \h / tremble easily, are your nerves all wr unstrung, do you feel dull and sleepy, yr and have you lost all ambition ? That’s I W ;Spring Poisoning I Nearly every one needs a good spring medicine: a medicine fia H that will remove impurities from the system, strengthen the digestion, and bring back the old force and vigor to the gj&|| j||l nerves. A perfect Sarsaparilla is just such a medicine; a ||| jjjS Sarsaparilla that contains the choicest and most valuable in gredients; a Sarsaparilla accurately and carefully made, and 111 one that experience has shown is perfect in every way. ■That’sAYEß’Sl "The only Sarsaparilla made under the personal supervision o! §yj| three graduates: a graduate in pharmacy, a graduate in chemistry, and a graduate in medicine.” $l.OO a bottle. All Druggists. is|S “I am perfectly confident that Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and Pills have saved my life jjTO® tfSpap by talcing them every fail and spring. I have kept them in the house for the |w| 'll past twenty years.”—Eva N. Ha nr, Buffalo, N. Y., March 29, 1900. ’• r ' W WISH! WISH!! PUSH!!! | I ) That’s the way some dealers do ! Push cheap goods 1 I because the profits are larpe. Why let a man push a I | cheap Buggv ofl on you when you cun get th best I I at only a dollar or so more? Do you ever think about ( ( / itGvatway? ! See Our Agent or write direct ROCK HILL ROCK TfILL3C: ! There are 12,000 barmaids in Lon don. They work from 7 in the morn ing to 12.30 at night, with five hours’ liberty on Sunday afternoon. For fheir services they are paid $2.50 per week, wil'li nteals. Carter’s Ink Is the Best Ink made, but uo dearer than the poorest. lias the largest sale of any ink in the world. Girlish Playfulness. “I wrote that girl three letters asking her to return my diamond ring.” • Did you get It?” “Finally she tent me a ‘don’t-worry bution. —Chicago Record. To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Baxativb Bromo Quinine Tablbts. All druggists refund the money If It fails to cure. E. W. Ukovk s signature is on each box. 25c. All That Was Necessary. “Were your amateur theatricals a success?” “Oh, yes; every one in them had friends enough to convince him that he was the best one of the lot." ‘ Good Luck ' 1 Eskinf Powder n ouly brand told in lolvd c*r load lot*. 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