Monongahela Valley Republican from Monongahela, Pennsylvania • 2

FIIOM MANILA. ATI From Tuinn S'lltion. OH A PI; Vi XT it. UP BE uuituli mi Between Two Days. You will pass the line somewhere when you can get no life insurance.

A disease may develop, or an accident may occur. Do you know when that will come to you? Then join the Royal Arcanum while you may. Ask Postmaster Nicholson for a blank and examine it. iThe Wonderful Results Obtained in the Case of Superintendent Davidson AiiiiiitT.3 IHrwoy. The bill to restore tin-rank make Dewey au Admiral, calls to mind an extract from- Harper's Jksgaidtio for March, which we pbiWU as port im-t to the passage of the bU, and the prompt commission by the I'residr-nt.

Tho rapidity, briiHmto' ur.d nmi noss tlio at. riveted tho of world. In Europe, where hosrttlrjr to the United Stares was everywhere tVlt atut expivs.d, tho I'tews was received either in the alienee which is sometimes thy nincerest flatlos? or with surprised cxi-rcssicms of wonder and grudging admiration. England, which from the beginning maiuCested genuine anil cordial friendship, praised Dewey's work generously and freely. Yet-both on tho continent and in England, after the first shock had passed, rarities appeared who sneered at- tho battle, called it a butchery, exaggerated tho American force and diminished that of One English critic r.a'led it- easy, and a we'd known English journal said Dewey had destroyed a few old wooden Tile last allegation was, of course, merely it willi'ul falsehood, for there was only one wooden ship, the Cas-tilla, in the Spanish fleet, and tho face that the others a'so burned proved nothing, for all ships, the- very latest productions of Knropeau dockyards, took lire, just- the older types at Manila.

As to 'us hehisr so easy," it certainly looked easy after it was all done, and so did scti i an egg end seem easy after Columhfis had shown how to do it. Such criticisms are really beneath contempt, teat it is important to bring tho facts clearly together and examine them, for on those facts Dewey's victory can stand without fear and take its place in history. Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge in Harper's Magazine For March. Now, what is the grip? Can it be avoided or And can it be cured.

Grip is characterized by a continued fever, by a tendency to intlammition of the membranes of the digestive and often the respiratory tracts, by pain in the muscles, and by debility. The grip in individual cases varies from a slight indisposition to severe forms with grave symptoms these variations depending wholly upon the health, age, tempeiament or nervous condition of the person. Those predisposed to rheumatism suffer great pain in the muscles; persons of nervous temperament become low spirited, often have hysteria, and, if not closely watched, have been known to commit suicide. Several cases of this sort have been reported this month in the newspapers. Headache is a constant symptom.

The bowels are generally constipated. Whatever form the disease takes their is invariably extreme prostration. The danger to persons in previous healthful condition is slight. It has been absolutely proven that there is one certain preventive of serious cases of grip; and that there is one remedy for persons suffering with it, or beginning to be convalescent from its attack. The unexampled public demand for Paine's celery compound during the last two months and the proprietors of this remedy have never known so ilONONGAHELA, PENN'A CHILL W.

HAZZARD, Eciilur. uAVXOVNCK-HENTS. The Republican is authorized to announce the caiHlidiut'S lor nomination of the following named persons subject to tlie rules of the liepublieau party of Washington count? yiUMAltlES, JUNE 3. COUNTY CONVENTION, JUStS 5. I'rotlioiuitai-y.

GEORGE K. McXEOD, East Washington. JOHN I. CARSON, of East Washington. I.

h. JONES, of East Washington. Coroner. JOHN J. FITZPATRICK, of California, Pa.

fllegister. WILLIAM C. ROBISON, of Monotijrauela. V. A.

McCALMONT, Mi. Pleasant township. Treasurer. JAMES B. WILEY, of Canton Township.

W. 8. ARMSTRONG, West Finley. J. C.

MORGAN, Canousburjj. Clerk of Courts. CHAS. B. BAKER, California, Pa.

M. PHILLIPS, of Nottingham Township. County Commissioner. W. G.

SHILL1TO, Smith-township. JOHN M. DUNN, South Washington. JOHN H. FRYE, of Fallowfield.

Brigadier General Hawkins! the tip of oar fiug-er to the vizor of our cap. The one fact tltat stands out in bold relief against the background of smoke in the l'hilippinesis that the rebels are constantly falling back. Wrat they are falling back on remains a mystery. Six more regiments of the regular army are ordered to Manila. That is going to be a mighty expensive job for Uncle Sam.

It is now about time to dig worms, and prepare for fishing and making garden, and so unless there is a very good reason, the season for temperance articles is about over, The Daily will therefore respectfully cut off the controversy, just where it is for the present, unless confined to brief items and very short stories, or news announcement. Mr. Editor Some few weeks ago a young, lady of my acquaintance borrowed a new book from my library. She returned it yesterday, and I found it marked all through by underscoring and marginal notes. As far as I am concerned this book is ruined.

It is of no more value to me than if the lady had borrowed a garment and altered it to suit her taste and shape. What do you think of the practice of marking borrowed books. A Subscriber. Answer Very estimable people sometimes mark borrowed books, but we donbt the propriety of any person altering a book to suit her own mental capacity or peculiarity. It is in a certain sense invading privacy to mark your opinion on his book.

One has no right to charge the book with the personality of the borrower, nor to emphasize by marking the very points which the owner would ignore. There is no redress for this wanton defacement, and the offender must go free even if she interlard the whole volume with exel amation points or marginal adjectives. It is in equally bad taste to eat cheese over an open book and send the fragments home with the volume. The circulation of the Monongahela branch of the Carnegie Free Library for the month of February was 1S5 books. This is very gratifying to the promoters of the library.

Canonsburg Notes. That is just 700 short, Mr. Notes, the circulation for February was SS5 books to as many borrowers. The success of our library movement is simply maryelous. Isn't it rather odd that the officers of the Tenth, at Manila, wrote to Congressman Robbins, asking that Col.

Hawkins be made a Brigadier-General, when four of the eight companies, and the Colonel himself are residents of Mr. Acheson's district? But Mr. Rob-bins waited on the Fresident at once, and Mr. McKinley sent in the name at once. It may be all right but isn't it odd? Business for February the greatest ever known.

Business surpassed all records, Wonderful clearing house work in Pittsburg. General advance in wages Iron and steel prices took a great stride. Pittsburg's bank clearings for this week aggregete as against 822,078,565.19, for the corresponding week of last year, an increase of nearly 100 percent. These are figures which speak for themselves. The country has been prospering to an exceptional degree during the past year.

Chaplain Hunter's letter doubtless expresses the sentiment of the most of the American forces in conveying the impression that while, at the time the letter was written, they were anxious to get home as soon as possible, they felt that a whipping was due to the Filipinos before the return to the United States. It is probable, too, that Chaplain Hunter's statement is similarly representative of the sentiments of those American soldiers now there and of others who may be sent there when he says: "We will make a better impression on them (the Filipinos) and open the way for American ideas, missionaries and commerce by giving them what they desire. If they do not know a good thing when they see it they must pay the price or what they choose, and the responsibility will not rest upon us." Those who advocate that the United States should hold the Philippines until they have been so regenerated that their people will huve no disposition to fight among themselves simply adyocate the permanent retention of the islands. The thing to do, after making a proper inventory of what the United States has had thrust upon its hands by reason of the Philli-pine question, is to give the people a generous start in such a government as they are considered most capable of maintaining, and leave them to work out their own destiny. Edward P.

Clark, of New York Evening Post in an article in the Inde-penednt on "Senatorial Elections," holds that while in some respects it would be an improvement to have the people instead of legislatures elect, the changes would not likely give us better men, as the people would be practically limited in their choice to the nominees of the two great parties, and the nominations would be dictated by the party bosses. The Albany Argus asks "What does Dewey want the Oregon for?" Maybe he wants it for an excursion steamer, to take good, little, pious Filipinos on Sunday school picnics up and down Manila bay. The usual number of Washington county farmers are taking the Rapid Transit way of dying. Why not? The dull monotony of so many farm lives, no books, few papers, no magazine, no music, no life, no visiting, no parties, little fun, much work the wonder is more of them do Dot. His life ought to be the merriest, happiest, most contented on the earth.

IT 1MTTT I A Thoogfi S-Iagor to Get Home the Boys i of the Tenth Want a JSriisii Willi 1 ol Commercial Ga-reSir. Headquarters Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer. P. Jan. 24.

While some are anxious to get away here and. grt home, all are more wiUinir i stay than ever before. In fact, some will not be satisfied to go hoeee without- haviri-r a light with the Filipinos- We, came here, delivered them from their oppressors, treated them kiiuliy and offered them the best government on earth, and they refuse it with defiance and insults. They say the Americans are afraid of them; that we have always broken faith with i them, even as we have with our own Indians. They have besieged us in Manila, threatened or killed, even in this city, those, who would not support their army with money or services.

They are now making friends with the Spaniards and priests, and we are now in the situation of the man who iuter-i feres in a family quarrel, with the re-I suit of hot sides joining in an attack on the deliverer. El Couiereio, of January says that the insurgent cabinet has voted in fa- vur of granting liberty to the civil prisoners held by the insurgents, thus commemorating the date of the found-; iiig of the new Republican government. It also voted to allow a reasonable re-j numeration to the Philippine clergy for their valuable services. I The following order has been issued: '-lie it known to all the Philippine citi-j zens that the assembly of the represen- tatives of the nation, on the eve of its sovereignty, has ordered, and I have have sanctioned, the political constitu-1 tion of the state; therefore, I order all authorities, either civil or military, of I any kind and rank, to keep and see it i 1 luiliiniiiy Kept, lumucu auu mccumm in all the parts, for the reason that it is the wish of the Filipino people. Given at Malolos this 21st day of January, "Emilio Aouixalho.

'T'-esident of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines and Captain General-in-Chief of the Army." SrAXlSII COMMENT. This Spanish paper thus comments: "The resolution adopted by the revolutionary government to release all civil prisoners is received with gratitude bv the prisoners, who will thereby be permit ted to rejoin their families, and the wlmle world will appreciate the conduct of the Malolos government, which will thereby secure general sympathy. '-This action will also serve as a good consolation to noble Spain in the days of of the reign of King Alfonso Al and will doubtless make her forget the bloodshed which has occurred between the Spaniards and Filipinos." This release of prisoners has been twice asked for by the Americans; and within two weeks it was refused the second time. It is evident that they intend to do nothing to please us. Senor I'aierno.

president of their congress, made a speech after the order for the release of the prisoners was passed, in it he said: "The Philippine army is not for conquest, but to defend the integrity of the Philippine nation: sweet and peaceful as doves in their homes in time of peace, but as terrible as eagles in war. In our struggle for liberty and independence we are prepared to destroy everything and prepare a vast grave for ourselves and for our invaders." This sounds like "heep big Injun talk." The less we have to do with these people the better for our nation. They hr.ve trained in the school of Spain too long for us to assimilate them to any advantage. We will make a better impression on them, and open the way for American ideas, missionaries and commerce by giving them what they desire. 1 they don't a good thing when t'iiey see it they must pay the price of what they choose, and the responsibility will not rest upon us.

If they want to fight us they can begin as soon as they get ready. They will find the American soldiers ready to meet them more than half way. We will not provoke or begin a quarrel, but we will be in it at the finish. This is the unanimous sentiment of the army. The insurgents are recruiting their army and purchasing arms wherever they can.

They will continue to treat all our offers with suspicion as long as they are under the control of their priests. WAST XO KMJOIOrS LIBERTY. They do not want American institutions if they are not to be accompanied with religious lioerty. This has been the real cause of all our troubles here. We have many good Catholics in our army, who have always proven themselves brave soldiers and true Americans.

They want the Catholic church here to be protected in all its rights and privileges, but they are not pleased to see the priests here fomenting trouble. That they have done so is known to the authorities, but the policy of conciliation ordered from Washington makes it necessary to let things take their course. We are simply waiting and determined to force the Filipinos to make the first move. The health of our regiment continues to improve. Jesse Murphy is well now and will soon be discharged from the small-pox hospital.

Harry Duffy is at the Red Cross hospital and is improving fast, and will soon be his old self again. The rest of our sick are convalescent. January la, at 1:30 p. Frank Brain, of Compan' died of black smallpox. He was taken very ill at the start; made a brave struggle for life, but could not conquer.

He was b.tried at 4:30 p. at Paco cemetery, in graye 132. Frank was one of our very best soldiers; never afraid of work, and one of the most faithful men in the regiment. His death was not unexpected, but it has cast a dark shadow over his many friends. The good ship Zealandia is to sail today for the United States with sick and discharged soldiers.

George Conn, of oi Company goes home on a 00 days' sick furlough. Ned McDonald, of Company goes as a discharged soldier. The rest of us hope to follow soon, via the Suez Canal. Joseph L. Hunter, Chaplain Tenth.

Saloons at Manila. Those who favor saloons will notice what Mr. Wherry, of Washington, writes from Co. II at Manila. It shows the evil eiforts of a saloon everywhere in the I'hillippines or in Finleyville.

The soldiers greatest enemy here is strong drink. When we took possession of the city there was scarcely an open saloon to be seen, but in a few days they marred every prominent place in the city. Beer by shipload began to arrive, When the first pay was given the soldiers the town almost wen wild. The saloon keepers, human vultures, who had followed the army in most cases, began to rake in the soldier's money and have kept it up ever since. When the army entered the city there was hardly a case of sickness.

In a shorttime the sick began to and the cause in fully half he cases was drink. At the present time the saloons are doing a rushing business and will probably continue to do so. A full page of the newspapers is taken up each, day by an advertisement for a certain brand of American beer. It is no uncommon sight to see buffalo carts passing, along the streets loaded with empty beer bottles, the contents of with have been drained by the soldiers. Almost every case of disturbance is the direct result of drinking.

The inmates of the guard house in nearly every case, found their way there, through the neck of thenbottle. A few months spent here should make an uncomprising- temperance advocate of any American who desires to see his country's greatness advanced and her moral and religious standard upheld. We boast of our civilization, but it is a poor example that the American has set to the new ward of the United States, the Phillippino. There is something radically wrong somewhere. Wherry.

Episcopal. On Mid-Lent, or Refreshment Sunday, March 12th, Roy. J. P. Norman, rector of the Monongahela church, and the Rev.

Henry Blacklock will exchange pulpits. Dr. Norman will preach in St. Mary's Episcopal church of Charleroi, at the morning service at 10:30. Mirror.

An T.terestiiis ticttcr From too. y. of the Tenth Ket-iment. Ci rigedor, Jan. 22nd, Friend Will 1 We re still at the same station on this islam', with plenty to do for the men able for duty.

We. that is A and IS have twenty-four men for guard mount every morning. We have a camp and hospital guard an out post, and at night a concealed post. Climatic condition is very depressing, both mentally and physically, as is evidenced by asking'anotlier how to spell a very simple word. Atone time Co.

A had eighteen men in the hospital, yet none considered dangerously ill. I have seen strong- men shake like an aspen leaf with malaria, men who have never known sickness, aud do we want to keep this plague and pest ridden country? The general impression is that the' army is opposed and the navy is in favor of holding the islands. These islands have been the scene of bloodshed and strife ever since the days Dr. Hernando da Magellanes discovered tliem in 1.V21. Haying arrived at Cebu.

iu April of that year, he found the Abuauos lighting their neighbors, and has been nothing but turmoil ever since and will be for the next hundred years. The natives don't know what they really do want or what is best for them. If they are left to themselves they will divide up in factions, set up different capitols, and war among themselves. The ttneasiness which was felt a few days ago in Manila has abated. The merchants are doing a better business.

During the few days of que vive of the troops their receipts fell off 60 per cent-t The Phillipinos have returned to the city and asked for their jobs, and are very "mucho omigo" again. No one has been able to understand the l'hillipino, they are a complex character. The day I was oyer in Manila a bugler sounded a general call to arms. The inhabitants and natives were completely demoralized. The quickest way to get to your quarters was to knock the driver off his carri-meto and take full charge, as was done in a number of instances by the soldiers.

The excursion boat, which plies between here and Manila every day has just arrived. 1 1 lias the Nebraska brass band aboard and a vast number of pleasure seekers and sightseers who will spend a couple of hours visiting our camp and other grounds, Sunday is the big day for the excursion boat. We do not know when we will leave for home. Yon will know more about that than us. Next month is the stormy month on the China sea that will likely be our luck.

I am well and have not lost as much in proportion to weig-ht as some others. The Zealandia sails for Frisco to-morrow and the mail will be gathered in in a few minutes therefore I will not have time to write more. I am yours respectfully, W. M. Ray, W.

C. McCallister, Esq. From Frank Yohe. Corregidor Island, Manila Bay, Jan. 23.

Dear Friends A steamer is about to leaye for America, land of the free, and I hasten to write a brief note. Charles Woodward is to return on the same boat which takes this letter. He was out to see us yesterday and to bid us good bye. I am glad to see him go, for he has been very sick. Everything is now quiet and no trouble is expected.

Many reports are Hying about regarding our leaving for home. A large vessel has just passed into the bay which we think carries mail for us. Ohl the joy of getting letters and papers from home. The camp will be very happy to-morrow over news from home. Last night a tug brought into the little bay two caskoes, which some mistook to be full of natives, and there was plenty of excitement for a while.

They were found to be empty, and were being taken across to the other island to land natives from a large vessel which was out in the big bay. These natives had to be moved from where they were because they formerly belonged to the Spanish army. Thus you see a very little incident attracts attention, and if of an unusual character raises more or less excitement. Mess call has sounded and I must close, give my loye to all. Loyingly your son Fbask.

AVillof Thomas Lilley. The will of Thomas Lilley, late of East Pike Run township, was probated Thgrsday. The document disposes of an estate valued at $200,000. The home farm of 230 acres he bequeathes to his son, Thomas E. To his son, Jacob he wills the Alley farm of 100 acres and the Dr.

R. Play-ford farm of 112 acres. To his son Simon he gives the VanVoorhis farm of 1(50 acres and 1,000 in money, and to his daughter, Ruth J. Elliott, his undivided one-half interest in the Gibbons farm of 00 acres, the Brinton. farm of 100 acres and $350 in money.

To his wife Susan J. Lilley, he gives his household goods, his stock in the Bank of Biownsyille and 5,000 in money and directs further that each of his three sons, Thomas, Jacob and Simon shall pay their mother $1,000 yearly during the period of her widowhood, and during said period she is to have the use of the house in which he lived, together with the surroundings, The personal property equally between Thomas and Jacob Lilley. Observer. Benjamin F. Greenlee.

Benjamin F. Greenlee, who was born near Zollarsviile, Washington county, July 12, IS25, died February 25, 1809. Mr. Greenlee was one os a family of 13 children of whom two brothers and one sister survive. Besides he leaves a family of four children to mourn his B.

Greenlee, of Zollarsville; H. M. Greenlee, of McKeesport; Mrs. J. A.

Gass, of Clarksville, and Mrs. G. W. Woods, of Homestead. His wife died eight years ago.

Deceased was born, lived and died on the same farm. A Fine Horse. The Fniontown Democrat says, It has been given out that the pair of horses purchased by Nort VanVoorhis at the auction in Chicago last week for the snug sum of was intended for Andrew Carnegie. They were bid in for attorney P. C.

Knox of the firm of Knox Reed, Pittsburg. Mr. Knox was raised in Brownsville, is now one of the leading lawyers at the Allegheny county bar, and is a lover of good horseflesh. The animals each have a track record of 2.15'.,'. Bad-beef testimony poured in upon the Court of Inquiry Friday in such overwhelming and stifling mass that must have been made necessary a fumigation of the room at the close of the session.

Nine witnesses testified that the canned beef was not only bad, but putrid, and only one witness gave even negative testimony in its favor. Captain Hicks of the Second Massachusetts Regiment said the beef was "slimy, stringy mass, nauseating to the taste, without nutriment," which made men sick. Private O'Dwyer of the Ninth Massachusetts said that in the renowned battle of San Jaun Hill he found a can of roast beef in one of the abandoned camps of the Sixth Cavalry. "I thought it was going to be a godsend to the mess" he said, "and I put in my shirt. I was smoking a cigar at the time, but when the cigar went out I smelled something awful, and when I found out what was the matter it was the can beef in my shirt.

1 found the can was cracked in one corner, and, oh! sir, it was awful!" He concluded his narrative by saying that "we started home sick, and when we got to Montauk Point the Massachusetts Aid Society rescued us from the Commissary Department," The number of witnesses thus far who have sustained Gen. Miles is thirty-five, while the number testifying that they saw no bad beef has reached only twelve. University liuilding Uurned. Mechanical hall of the West Virginia university was burned to the ground yesterday morning together with all the valuable machinery contained in it. The loss will be at least $50,000.

Capt. S. S. Brown, it is said, will retire from the breeding- and raising of of fast horses and devote all his time to hi' extensive coal interests. He has disposed of his horses at the farm near Brownsville to Col.

Milton Young, the well known breeder of Lexington, Kentucky. llfennsylvaniaLifisgJ Trains Han by (Vmr.ii Tune FHOM riTTSiUBGM TO Cclumbus and Chicago live 1 10 an no tram 1 a- 1 pa Cation and tincmnau- lnn.iw,:ic ar.G SI. LOUIS-. and r.rd!ine --1 5 jQ 2.H auA 5 4S tn I' C.cvf and Bciliite 5 15 1 fcellsotirg and Wheeling i Oi am 5 SieubeniHIe and Utnniion 6 ffi) am fccUonald and Steatienuile Ulan 4 L-a Ki asliKiaon. Pcnn'a 1 6 am Mansfield and Tciedo I am 5 an 'I.

S' on Fort Waine and Chicago hem Castle and trie i YouniStoa and Ashtabula xi a hues I 5,1 am Wellsberg and Wheeling ata 4-to om Alliance ana iieteunu a l-j Colunbus and Chcmnall 810am Wellstwrq and Wneeiing luam 5ijw Inrlianinil'S and St Louis 8 1C am 5 pm India- ajolii and St. touii 813 am 5 5j Mcl'wiaiC ana aieuutnmic 1 a ju Ptnna am 1-52 Fenna W10am i am We'Wrg and Wheeling 5 Mcuonaioana situneniire ai Km Castle and Jamestomn iC am YoungsiOM and Aslitalmla -12 pm 7 pm and Chicago 1215 pm 2 to pm Alliance and leve'ana raj pm j-a pm and BeMwe 1 1 53 pm 12 i5 pm Alliance and rcstune pm 6 pm Washir.oton. Pervfl'a r53 pm '1, a am and Oennison 2 a pm -i os am Wellsuura and Wheeling pm a a Washington. Penn'a -Salem and Alliance -t 3 10 pm 3-ju pm i it ju am Washington. Penn 1 is pm i2 3S? 1 SEam 1 S-5C'am ii Dam McDonald and Sieubeniiile- 4 "'5 pm 4:25 pm Castle and trie Younqstown and Kiles Weilsville and Sellai-e- 4 25 pm 4 pm 5 pm The Cleveland Special Washington.

Pent a Wellsburg and Wheeling Washington, Penn'a the Chicago Special Columbus and Cincinnati Indianspohs and St. Lonis-Indianapolis and Louisville 5:15 pm t6 lpi 6 15 pm pm i 8 25 pa 6 a pm 5 53 am t-JJam JOpm fGuam 6Mam 8 3Dpm niSnprn loleco and Ch.cano The Chicaco Liir.Med 8:53 6 tfc am Beaver Falls and Ken CasthI W) 5 5i pm McDonald and Steubemille pm pm Alliance and Clecland pm 543 am Daily. Sunday. Pulimi Sitepiwo Cii ano Primsivn Dihihs Cn run through. East and West, em principal trains.

tocat Sittmnc, Cam running to Ctrumius. Cincinnati. Cleveland and Toledo are ream lor occupancy al Pittsburgh Union Station, at o'clock, p. m. city time.

Time Tabus of Accommodation Trams not mentioned above can be obtained al 360 Fifth Avenue. Comer Smithfield Street and Union Station. Pittsburgh, and at principal ticket olfices of the Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh. F. LOREE.

E. A. FORD. IJlTT.iBl'KRS LAKE EK1K KAILHOAE Pittburtr Mion riesTaiid Shortest Link britreen Fimbure and Clem-laud. Buifalo.

Roche-sler Albany. Biniou. Portland. Toronto. Montreal, Vuebce.

Halifax and ali Central aud Ner.h-ern New York, New and Canadian point. TOURISTS' FAVORITE LliE to points en the (ireat Lake, to toe summer and Chliig resorts of Michiean, Nortoeni wisckesiu. Maskoka Lake Rtcion, Adirondack and lite Mountain. Thousand llands. and to the wi- resort of tte Sunny South in Florida.

Mexico. and California. Persons desiring to no wert.eithrTin the Capacity of tourilor homewrlier their interests a to speed, comfort and safety bv goins over Ifco Lake Erie- Road. Turouch tickets issued, and agf cbeckm toail points in theest, tiortai-st andSoutt-west, California. Wai-bineton.

Orecf North and South Dakota. New Mexico, etc. No extra cbaieefnr riding on our as: exprcs trains. Fast timet Union Depot ccumeet'eris Nodelays! eraaps yon ne'er have trive'ed et. know not bet what thines to se it then to me your frit-ud vli 'er now vou start.

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ADVERTISE 11. AdvertUiog is not exjwntiY Call un (til nftlct. (WW IP a Af Complimentary. We notice that our Democratic friend, John A. Gault, down in Union township, is again on top, having once more been elected a member of the school board, although the township has a nominal Republican majority of 100.

He is an honest, faithful official and his services have been appreciated by the voters of the Union school district. Washington Democrat. Died in the Hospital. Wilbert Hurst, a native of Canada, born in 1S70, died of typhoid fever, at Mercy Hospital Feb. 28; he lived is Brad-dock, was brought to Monongahela, March 1st, aud the funeral proceeded to the eemetery ehapel, from the station, where Rev.

Stewart of the First Baptist church, of Monongahela, held the mortuary service. He was son-in-law of Samuel Manning. Beiitleysyille Coal Field. J. W.

Emery, of Centerville, and County Surveyor Geo. D. Jenkins have transferred their option on four blocks of coal land to John Simpson, of Monongahela. Two of the tracts are owned by A. Hetherington, of Somerset township, and contain 190 and 14G acres respectively; one of 11 acres is owned by Wm.

H. Moser, in Bentleys-ville, and the other of 189 acresi by Henry Frye, of Somerset. The price at which Messrs. Emery and Jenkins optioned the coal was $30, but the price at which they sold is not mentioned. Reporter.

Farm Sold. Abraham Eiggle, West Bethlehem township, has sold his farm of 133 acres to Henry Bristor, of East Bethlehem township for $8,000. Mr. Bristor will remove to his new. purchase April 1.

The sale was made through real estate agent, W. H. Dague. This farm cost Mr. Riggle $80 per acre about 20 years ago.

Waynesburn Don't Want It. We do not want to alarm the people unueeessarily, but unless they make a determined effort Waynesburg will have the open saloon. The open saloon is a curse to any community, and for the sake of our college every person should oppose license. But there are higher reasons which should actuate all love for our fellowmen and their best interest. Waynesburg Independent.

President McKinley has signed the bill which creates Dewey an admiral by special enactment. The promotion of Dewey to the position of admiral revives a grade in our navy which lias not existed for many years. He will be not only senior, by two grades, to the rear admirals, but he will be correspondingly senior to the highest ranking1 officers of the army. This gives him a military prestige which is important. Representative E.

E. Robbins on Thursday, in congress introduced a bill to appropriate $25,000 to erect a monument at Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland county, to the memory of the members of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment who fell at Malate. Mt. Pleasant is selected as the location of the monument because the company recruited there lost more men than any other in the regiment during the fighting at Malate, its loss being nine killed and six wounded.

The Elizabeth Herald says, the ordinance passed by councils this week, taxing poles of the various concerns which maintain lines of wire on its street, will bring considerable extra revenue into the borough treasury, it can be successfully enforced. The element of doubt in this is in the report that like legislation in some other towns has been declared unconstitutional. The Pennsylvania Bolt and Nut works announces a 10 percent increase in wages. The Lebanon Rolling mills also gives notice of a similar increase in wage of its employes. The employes of Swede's furnace at Nor-ristown, have received a 10 per cent, adyance.

Saloons help business, do tbey? Then we will look to see rolling mills, glass works and factories go up at Courtney. Business will boom at Courtney. It will not be three months before some drunkard will lie down on the railroad and be run over, and that will boom the coffin business. Not three months before some one will be drowned in the river, and that will give the coroner something to do. Yes, saloons help business.

Applicants for retail liquor license in Forward township are Henry Hous-holder, on the West Newton road, just outside of the Elizabeth borough limits, and Jacob L. Snyder, on Main street, Carlton, over at the east end of the Monongahela bridge. Representative Acheson, who is on the Riyer and Harbor committee, is making a strong fight for the retention of the clause appropriating $110,000 for the improvement of the Pittsburg harbor. Mrs. Henry Catlin, wife of a nephew of Capt.

Catlin, died suddenly at her home in West Newton, Friday morning at 11:45 of heart disease. Mrs. Catlin was engaged in preparing the noonday meal when she fell from a chair and expired. She was a member of the A. M.

E. church and was one of the leading lady members of the congregation. George Paxton, of North Charleroi, while carrying two pails of water from the yard to his house, on Monday last, made a misstep and fell from a flight of four steps, injuring his right shoulder severely. The accident laid him off duty at Lock No. 4 for several days.

Mr. Paxton is erecting a new house on the hill above the lock and expects to move into it in about a month. Mir- Got His Photograph. Amzi Eccles received yesterday from the family of Fred W. Layman, a picture of his old friend and comrade.

And as Amzi recalled the warmth of their friendship, in peace and in war, in hospital and on battle field, the days when they marched together and drummed together, feasted together and starved together, separated now, Fred gone before into the eternal camping grounds, a tear trembled on the eye-lid of the yeteran who remains behind and growing older day by day. A Surprise. Thursday evening Miss Carrie Dun-levy was greatly surprised by the appearance and merry laughter of a crowd of her girl friend surprisers, who walked in upon her. After a social time of girlish fun and music, some of the young ladies retired to the dining room, and prepared another surprise. Shortly all were requested to visit the dining room, and there so tastefully arranged was a table groaning with luxuries awaiting its guests.

After partaking heartily all expressed an enjoyable evening and bid adieu. The family of Charles Woodward, is expecting his return soon. The letter from Frank Yohe, published this evening, confirms the expectation. A letter was received yesterday from him to his wife, but as slie is in Butler, at present, the letter was forwarded to her, and the family has no further advices from Manila. Hon.

J. K. Ewing and his son, Hon. v.i i I iiauiamei ijwiug, leiton jiuesuay, ior iNew xork, where they will take passage for the Holy Land. They will go by boat via the Mediterranean Sea, touching at Gibralter, Naples, Athens and other points.

Their itinerary includes a GOO mile jaunt up the Nile. They will be absent tour months or more. R. G. Dun Co's "Weekly Review of Trade," says "The business for the past month, was far the greatest eyer known in February.

Mrs. Ball, mother of Mrs. Cyrus Mar- The Royal Arcanum Messenger -kle, of West Newton, died at the home hshed at Philadelphia, iu tho mr of her daughter of la grippe on last February, contains a line portrait of Tuesday and was buried at Monnt i Postmaster Nicholson, and adds: Hro. Vernon cemetery. i Nicholson is a self-made man.

and the honors that his city have bestowed Mr. Aaron Weddell, of Reynoldton, upon him is positive evidence of the died on Thursday of last week of drop-; great respect and conlidenee placed in sy, aged TO years. He was widely him by the citizens of that growing known in Rostraver township. His re-j city. By his honesty and uprightness mains were brought to Webster on B-o.

Nicholson has rapidly walked up Saturday and laid to rest in the Salem 1 the ladder of fame and, no doubt, cemetery, I greater honors are awaiting hiin. Creoles. During a recent visit to 2Cew Orleans the writer had an opportunity at the Grand French Mar.H Oras bail to catch a glimpse of the Creole girls, a beautiful ereation of the south. The fol low-article from the Ladies Uome Joarnal for March speaks of the Creole bell-'s debut into society, and the observance of Saturday night as the crowning night for French opera. "Society goes to the French opera on Saturday night because its great-grandfathers handed the custom down to it," writes Ilnrrydele Hallmark in the March Ladies' Journal, established is this custom that no social function, is ever prepared for Saturday evening during tho season.

The family that gives out an invitation for th.it night is immediately classed ns not versed iu the usages of society and not worthy to bo known. This is so deep rooted in creels life that sueh an invitation would be jeered at as if coming from a barbarian. "The best singers save their voices for this crowning night, and tho house is like a private ballroom, where the guests visit and laugh and chat from the balconies of the boxes as they do from tho littleJron balconies that-connect their houses. If ono does not go to tho opera Saturday night through lack of invitation or money one is very careful not to bo seen elsewhere, giving out tho suggestion that sickness or trouble impelled one's absence. The proud Creoles of tho French set, somo of them in grinding poverty, ignore all tho llardi Gras festivities, ignore all that costs a picayune, in order to save tho amount to appear at the opera- on Saturday night.

"No debutante of Xew Orleans enters society in tho correct and approved manner unless she make her debut in a box on this particular evening. If tho social aspi-lint has suflicient money and tact to so-gure the good will of a leading family to invite her debutante daughter into its box, this daughter has received the most precious hallmark of society. If a man who owes a social call pays tho call to his friends in their box at tho opera it is just the same as if ho called at their house. The center boxes aro reserved for the de butantes. There they receive the homage due them, there they are wooed and sometimes won, but certainly there they mako or mar their chances for bellehood.

Some of the debutantes may wear the simplest of muslin gowns, but the simplicity of their costumes never counts against tho fact that they are there. The Philippines. Manila is always interesting-, the Manila of the old days especially so. one of the most romantic, richest and fairest cities of the sleepy east. "Warmed by the tropical sun, cooled by the breezes of the Pacific, it was blessed with features of climate and commerce which permitted men to grow rich while at the same time they lived lazy and contented.

It was the ideal home for the Spanish official or adventurer who wished to seek his fortune in distant colonies, and yet enjoy a life which forever reminded him of sunny Spain. The Spaniards did indeed become rich, but only through their cruel oppression of the natives, and during their rule, lasting almost four-hundred years, the islands remained practically undeveloped. Apart from beautiful Manila, with its Spanish buildings, its delicate Spanish architecture, a bit of which is shown in our illustration, taken from Harper's Weekly, the towns are and have been mere collection of straw huts, and the natives of the archipelago for the most part are as barbarous as when Magellan met his fate on the island of Cebu. -if A Bit of old Manila After a in Burner's Weekly. Copyright, 1S9S, by Harper i Brothers.

A rieher land or group of islands, as regards area and population, variety of agricultural, mineral, and forest- resources undeveloped cannot be pointed out on the map of the world. Every authority on the far east affirms tills opinion. There are not only gold and silver, but iron and coal; not only vast forests of ship and house-building woods, but rarest qualities for furnishing, finishing and ornamenting; not only great areas given up to the cultivation of sugar, hemp, tobacco and coffee, but wider reaches of virgin soil untouched and waiting the pioneer, who is supported by an honest government. There are one or two railways; there should be a score. There are a few steamer lines, but there should be a system of launches and steamers by which every one of these garden spots could be reached and developed.

The, natives will make no trouble, provided they once know that they are not to be oppressed and tax-ridden. For the the year 18'J4 the combined value of imports and exports was If the United States eventually governs the Philippines that amount will go up until it passes the mark. Aged Parmer Hangs Hiittsr-ir, Abraham Riggle, one of Washington county's most prominent and prosperous citizen, committed suicide at his home in West llethlehem township, about 9 o'clock Sunday morning. Higgle left the house and told his wife he was going to the stable. He did not-return within an hour, and his wife went to the stable.

There she saw her husband hanging to a beam by a rope halter. Higgle was oyer 70 year of age. lie was married three times and leaves a family of 10 children. He was one of the wealthiest farmers in that section of the country, and has a large circle of relatives. A correspondent of the Independent asks, what translation of the bible shall we send to the I'hillippines? A careful seclection of texts' might be thrown into the.

native churches' along with shells from our batteries such a-s those about not resisting evil, and turning the other cheek. Apparently there will be needed a new Bible Revision for use in the I'hillippines, Where, the old rendering was Heal the sick and say unto them, the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you," we shall have to read, "Mow down the natives like grass and say unto them, the Syndicate has arrived." is, fc-'i great a call for it has been due to its use by thousands of people for whom it has been prescribed by intelligent physicians, to restore the patient's vitality, to purify the blood uf the enervating poison, to restore the nervous system to healthy motion and to strengthen the vital organs. A person will continue to suiter from the evil effects of grip for many months unless he attacks the disease by getting rid of the unnatural, unhealthy poisons in the system, supplying the body with new blood, arousing the healthful action of the kidneys, iiver aud digestive organs, and nourishing and upbuilding the over-exerted and debilitated and nervous system. All this and just this Paine's celery compound will do. In the multitude of cases where it has oeen used, it has never failed.

A case well kno.vn. in Chicago, is cited. Mr. Frank K. Davidson, who is one of the most brilliant and best known engineers in Hie world, iiad just finished the plans for the great in-terceptiug sewer system of Chicago, which is to divert the entire sewerage of the city from Lake Michigan, through the tamous ihieago drainage eanal and down the Mississippi.

Superintendent Davidson had wonted for months on this scheme, lie was well nigh exhausted and took his bed with an attack of the grip. After a while the disease not having left him, he The strike at the works of S. S. Crump at Dravosburg lias been settled and work resinned Tuesday. The settlement was effected on a compromise basis.

The miners will meet to-night to organize a local union. Protection is the primary object of life insurance a means by winch the widows and orphans of those call- i ed to pass over to the silent majority! may not he ielt Homeless, t-e Ask John uoyai iircanuin tins ween. Sutman for a folder. QThe saloon is one of the thinrs that is wholly It give at anil e-miMnhmsMp to those who un, but Hls an? lo tiu? trap. The saloon is bad without a sin- Dr.

Is the saloon a poor man's chib. Where or what is the runi: woman's. Surely am- liiini.ni bein needs a place for ici.i! ciu-or t. br-iiii the monotonous humdrum and brudiT-ery of life, it is the poor ii.iii'j. wife wiio is penned up in li-r humble and unattractive home from m.ii-n I cv.

Mr. McLuni of W.islr lied a toll at Ilarri.sbuiv any owner or teiiaot linv enclosed land, to i ii i rod lie- violation without o-arraut. rs who shall be found upon Mich Ian 1 vi latin the tili or game lau. Who wants to this Don't all Mr. Acheson will bact T.

II. Baird, I--. and is gradually growing we.u.or. family is very solicitous, and his dit.on more critical tliun it lias 1 heretofore. A car on the 1 tercd at llraddoi of merchandise ta Capt.

J. F. Ivieiil is pay Iy a visit, ills boat, the i is laid up at Moiioiicaln of high water. Tue auditor for Carr will meet on the seenn in this town to an, ship's accounts for the past year, The March Mct'lure's is an iiiiu.s.-t!,y I good uuinOer of a uiaa.iue taai oevvr fails to snppty soiueuiing oat of the ordinary. Marriage license have been Harry Iveihl, Fayette City, 1 1 i nger, 1 1 1 1 tui g.

uea to loa L. 'ev. Samuel Jones in a recent lecture said he would rather kiss a pittty widow than wear an earthly crown, oh, Sam, Irtviu Standard, Miss Ha.zard is visiting frieii' Allegheny, and at the Fast End, burg. W. L.

Kichie. of taken a clerkship ia drug store. ell's Ralston Williams r.o urned yesterday from Canonsburg where he has beeu visiting his sister, Mrs. Craighead. limit of si nn .11 i bo ci Hsu- taker for si.eal; at nn.v.

toe s-ivs so. i I is very ii! X- L. K. U. it.

was en- n. an i anon; orui ken. i 1 con-; ceil on acc'iint is advised to try Paine's eelery compound. He was soon back at his office in the department of public works. well ni3n.

and forthwith wrote a letter to the proprietors of the remedy, which lie savs: "I had been told bv friends of the wonderful results obtained bv them from the use of Paine's eelery coin pound. After my severe attack of the grip 1 determined to try it. I have already found that my friends' reports were most cheerfully with them in re commending' the remedy to others Hundreds of grateful letters have been written to the proprietors of Paine's celery compound since the appearance of grip this vear. telling of it lie perfect recoveries it has effected The letters come from men and women of nuinv conditions. Few persons are so poor they eannot afford to have this great remedy constantly in the house.

and none are so prosperous that for their health sake they eannot afford to be without it. When so many men and woiiii whose words carry the nt- most weignt in the communities in which they live testify as they do to the great benefit they have received from Paine's eelery compound, there can be no hesitancy in tryinir it. A simrle trla! is the test which is confi dently invited. SCRIBNER'S 11 MAGAZINE i FOR 1899. OVl WISKVEI.T' I 1 I II 1.

Ill 4: If I llfc.K histi-ateti serial,) and all hisoiher war rulUS in i -i si :ir.s ivs i 1 I. I TKIIS never before puohsh-R a fti I Itv Si.inev C.tlrin. UK IIVKII IIVKDIMl DAMS; fciuries ant special articles. Ill 1V Kiri.INd IIKMCY WIIITK uud many other. thurt stories.

I.KOIU.K VV. MW l.i;i Al. slorT of New Orl-atiS, "lite linUiinnioisl" Illustrated V-y llener. MAATIIK IKIAU'S ReminUeeo-ees IIKKW Sliijje es liustrate.1. E.

IOT.I. II IMI r.X HAKKIS- uew ul Monet "ine Aunt i-e Ann -no ii -a tojip of 11 i ll Li' ie -( o.muou s-eli- si MIA' ANiF.lt Usii-al llll- i-re sio. I Ii. II -s The sveu Wmiieil anil olli ln.i;i:.le Art Features ttj olhtr an. sis.

iiliislrateil prospectus, ini-tiiiio: descriptions of tile above sent free to any address. The Magazine is fltHI a year; a numb r. CHAKLKS MRIHXKUS SONS. 153 1ST fr illli Avenue, Xew York. jWIiat is Nicer Than an Iron Fencel Tt Ttntces Tiotii the hnis and yard attractive.

"n-i a. ids lo the value of the property. For iron I. of i-vcrv varit-tv ami wire for ia.l-mir.s and threshing machines, see TAYLOR DEAN, ros ani Wire Wort. 201-209 tarkitSt, Htltbarp imaieor feniaao, selliue souvenir trlasswsre, villi troi.l ii I and ensraved with photo-prai hs of Maine, Admiral Dewey.

pie nun let- hr mail. -JOc. One 'a tumblers, assorted. P. 00.

Waler Sets, si ri for part Pittsbnrp Staio-e -I as. Work. Kstablisiied lo.i Market Sire. t. Piitsi.urir, Pa.

You See This? it your advertisement was i spot, would'nt the road it, same as you read tins? An advertisement this size would cost you five cents a dry 1 Sfiiillll li.lJ. lllliilililll Hill! i i i i i i i i i i i i i I 5 i Old man Pitcher is dead. He died in good spirits. He was drunk. Register Hartley goes to East Pike Run township to-day to qualify a witness to the will of the late Thomas Lil-1 ley.

The witness is ill and unable to come to Washington Reporter. The charter for the Charleroi and i West Side street railway was left for I record at Recorder Penn omce, ed nesday morning. The present Charle m3 enueu uV uie inn to Allenport under the new charter. JftVs th? Py. 1,000 new houses will be built in the up-river town of Monessen this year.

-Elizabeth Herald. The groyernment dredge boat which has been recovering the sunken coal boat, below the bridge, in some way disturbed the gas pipe which crosses the river there, and disconnected it to that repairs weresneeded, which were done yesterday. At Wightman's glass factory the water tank fell yesterday and injured Mr. Bullock the pumper, so that he had to be taken home and placed in charge of a surgeon. Miss Maude Mitchell, of Emlenton, has returned to her Allegheny home, after a much enjoyed visit to Monongahela.

The Florence Belle will resume her trade on the Monongahela with the opening of spring. The Nellie Hudson will run on the Allegheny. Mrs. Mary Patterson, wife of Robert Patterson, of Coal Bluff, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, aged 48.

The interment was on Wednesday, near Alosville, in Westmoreland county. The recent break-up of the ice in the river was notable as being one of the ones most free from loss on record, when the thickness of the ice is taken into the account. Mr. Acheson has been advised that the president has signed the bill giving Taylor McFarland, of Monongahela. a pension of S-4 per month.

Strawberries All A well-known Warren, Ohio horticulturist made an examination of his strawberry patch Friday, and states that he finds the heavy frosts did no special damage to the vines. Forty-one thousand officers and men of the combined army and navy forces comprise the approximate total American strength now at, enroute and un der orders for service at the Philippine islands. Rev. Dr. Maxwell writes that lie is improving slowly and expects to reach home about the Kith, inst.

The packets, owing to fog and high water, have all been more or less delayed within the past day or two, but the line has again fully resumed business. The suicide of Abraham Riggle makes the tenth person who has taken his life within the past 25 years within the lines of West Bethlehem township. i i.