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un stfosuss PEESONALS ^p ehaatp *»t, m* -banl oit Hue- siatirrti Mr, snet ifw. IL ,1. JAood vi^ted at ift this k ArUmr H Vwfc nVsfct\ tt^ on old friends Fosbnigh that te *i«i»upu«(t by Mi* UM* old I>oc?t 0! H: go to press we learn oi s fiu? (Ipft'Ji wf Wucm 0<iffe, sou uf H. U. ClflrJe, ot I>U**waw* ' He IiftB twrm eoi'loxisly sick with. pxieiimtmia for sovemi daj**?, lift climl Frtclay p. ta* - although ilu^ aiton3aneo at St. Umveh fajr was &oi JavgG the two nights ift was made tip the lasl nlgkb* Taken a^ a Vbola jtho fair Was a giTiiul feUoeess-bftrtj so<'Jally aiid i'rom & iimmoial fcttaut paint* P, J* Koimelutp wejftfc fekfcmgh &er< Urn first of tile week \w^ili a drove of iOOheatl of cattle. They were tile way 'to Brasher iPalls -where Mr. \rijl dispose of fclxem\ to the in $i. Lawrence Co. This is I ho third herd thai he, has driven past )u*tQ this ym>m(ff, An eLdcfly man who lives not many miles from iiore recently toot unto him m\t a wife autl as ho did not \set 'em up\ the \boys proceeded one night to tfoatihe bridal couple to sti<ih swoet toit&ic m tin. pans aud horo,s alono can jwocUie«, Tbut a shofcjfrom a gun quickly disposed the crowd. Yesterday the yacht Columbia de- *~> feated the Shamrock, making the third *\* race th& American. Sloop has won, this wives her the [scuafes aud tho cup will remain hero. The last race was won by 6 minutes. IRE FOREIGNER IN JAPA& Within ilte h**t Few- - Ope of the most interesting ques- tions in citti-sld ©ration of present Japan is the changed status of the foreigner* To be a European or an American in Japan twenty, ten, or even five, years ago was to be. a man of power and in- fluence. When foreigners were first ad- mitted , to the empire the Japanese, o,ne Qf the shrewdest, most far-stghi- ed peoples of the world, adopted their xuejhods and their religion, hired them as teitO-herSf engineers and officers. Kow, according to \Japan hi Transition,'*the - ih'&t indporttjht bdol< dealing .entirely •with the Hew Jhpani &inee they have lDa,rned nil the foreigners can teach than in science,, literature, art, wax, eominevree, manufacturing, in short, in all enterprises, ih&j are relegating their i-nslru-tstors to the background with the pry \Japan for the Japanese.\ It was tudvght at <rott time that Japan would in time become tt Christian nation. The author of Japan ta Transition shows that almost all who accepted Christian- ity did so for the sake of the instruc- tion which the missionaries a.)One could give. In the army .and naty the same state of affairs e&kts. Bngiish and German officers who fought for Japan throughput the China war were dis- charged for\ the reason tha-t the mili- tary schools which were founded through' their efforts have developed ftrst-elassr ofttoess* -TSrery where the ppji- iqy oi diachargiirg the foreigner as \SOOJI as pos.sit)ie ha& been adopted, and in a few years a foreigner in any kind oi m official capacity will be the ex- eeptiott. At present the ambassadors of Vhe powers are practically the only who comxsaand and real s-e- Mrs, C. H. Totw^n visited the W. Friday JByrt McQowaj^fi cousin has bean him thh week. Weir gpent feimday with his U&otfcor. H, \v\ Bamum ami yvHc visited at Oharlos H. Smith's last Saturday, B. F, Harris transacted business in Ogdensburg Monday and Tuesday, Di\ Austin is doing business in town this Tyeofo Ales. LaCombe's brother from Ft, Oovington is visiting Mm. Miss Winnie Jones is BO far recover- ed from the effects of her fall that she carao to the village this week. Sain Mulholland, of Pittsburgh, has been visiting friends in Brushton ax$L tJangoi* this week. Hiss Sue Totman has been at home this week she expects to return to Ma- lone Monday. Mrs. Henry Adams, of Moira, and Miss Lena Donaldson, of Bangor,were guests at A. L. Donaldson's Thursday* Miss Winnie Jackson returned Moil- day from Gouverneur where she attend- ed the Epworth League convention as a delegate. L. S, Ittce and E. H. - Potter, who took advantage of the excursion to visit the New York markets, returned yestel- day morning. Others who attended the New York excursion from thiSjplace were: TV. W% llutchins and family, Mrs. TV. E. Coll 1 ins, Mrs. S. P. Kimball and daughter Cherry, and\ Mrs. Harris. \ 7 Loyd llutchins met with a peculiar accident Tuesday, as he ran through a door way he in someway caught his ear in the door pinching out a piece from the top of his ear. Mrs. Frod Pierce and children, of Brasher Falls, are visiting her mother,* Mis. \Weir while Fred is'in New York, he went on the R. W. & O. excursion Tuesday. s Gi-eo. Drew, of New York, is visiting his cousin, John P. Hill, and other rel- atives in this vicinity. He has been on a tour of the western states and is now on his way home, he expects to leave here Monday. W. C, T. TJ. Vtfon>oo's Christian Temperance Uijloowlth Y fluxillary. Meets, every iiysl And third \Wed- nesday each month at 2 '30 p. m. * MRS. JAMES MASNUKJ, President. VINA JfA RVis, Secretary. 1 In one of &nt eastern papers & -writer telling of the many advantages that woufd accrtie to the Philippines when tinder ,tHe U. S. Government, says: \ We are goiqg to do our best for fche Mlipino. We are going to wash him and clothe Mm* artd train hiicMffifii love and flrihness. We aye goitig to give hM all tlie ptivaeges of oor beantiftil cottntry.\' How tliat is very true for one of the \privileges** Was tak- en there immediately. The first vessel m the new luie of steamers Cram this pp<rt took 500 tons of £abst beer. [ A new Im of ftppjirjilus lifts just for the Jahatory. How a&krt fciit 1 candy jroH? eaw<lv (Jou't seew to agree. A Muiaber oi Jutig^lnes Iiavo beea <Jca to the school Mbm^. We are glad to ivelcome Homer among as agaiit, ho began Hobday, having returned from the Saturday night prcTiotis, Khetoriqals ne*.t Friday, Wo ahvays glad to have oar tbetorSeals well attended, people interested in the sahopl are always welcome* . The Training Glass inspector niade us a visit Thursday, he spoke very highlj of the work being done by the class* The Academic room has been much, im- proved by a number of pictures, one a charcoal portrait of Oicero by Miss Prew, our intermediate~teacher» is-ttsry nicely done. Attention of students is called 4o the note on the first page in regard to the November meteors. Miss Taylor, of Brasher Falls, \visited our school-this week. She will teach in the school next week, filing the position t# Miss I*euney, who will be absent next week on accotcnt of the marriage of licr sister, Miss Lottie, to School Commission- er John 8. BiM of Malone. which occurs at Potsdam next Wednesday. Miss Len- ney departed for Potsdam lftst night, The schools about us have all been or- ganizing foot ball teams., what is *-the matter with onr school that nothing has been done here? , Miss Frew has presented each room a picture drawn by herself. Tf iday night brought around the usual number of parties. Jfext Total Eclipse. The next solar eolipse -yyilljtakgjglace on May 28, 1900. In order that the ob- servations may be made in as useful and systematic^ a manner as possible, as- tronomers ate already considering tor observing the phenomenon. l tfe n^s« a! JnMes og tP mk JKPW York / with regrpi, fyf I s$\tb$* lo0jk »» Ufa arhwxtttllpf Um time X ««i en- to smoke eheafior ley my TxAn&* But efetPigMl,. nmUt &$$*r &w£*II« i fou*Mt -X wottia have to give tjxqm np for n, time, •--•-• t ••- fhoR{fh i, fiBvTr SQiSfeTcdtInft t g get baolt tqt fhera agaitt* fc>o, just povarily X 4vox?pe<J do vra %0 i<m<!m py^ «]ttdl they wore apt so **J fount) I could ft*t « pretty good « oJgar for im <smt% Tlw fime wh«a the tfexi-qeiiter was in fat beyond me as ilie go-center luwi for instead oi mending: roy cotttiMtied to fail, Thextl toolctoflve- qcuters axwl discovered it t%a& possible to %fuy n very good etga* for that price* $0 X bought my good fivo-c^ntersj fpr- got the taste of the teu-epnters and 20- ccnt&rs, and was satis§<*<3» It eurret? to roe that I conk] get that, but I did. X dropped to g, three JQX iivfe, and a good make, too* X likecl the stogies. I sxnuked them for 0 tirne. and th<?»—it secmod as though ways of adapting myself to the ^tua* tioa opened to tfaa &s my iorttm^ de- clined. I found a place where they sold four good-sissed cigars for iiye cejitg, and that's what X am smoking now f four\ for five. u Xf I were to compare these with the 20-cettters, it would be to the disadvan- tage of these, no doubt, but I have come down, to the fcqir-for-five gradually, and so I don't note the difference* I could, of course, be more economical still by smoking a pipe? but X prefer a cigar, and J smoke the fourfers cheer- fully, never doubting that X shall in clue time climb back again to the errant H Cnmton Halls Made oi Gold. It was before the days of the rtxtm- duxn bullet that golt] and silver bullets and carmen balls were fired at an en- emy. When the^Xjadiar/city of ^fiaftna- ^ gar was besieged byJEffiperor Akbar.' Princess Can^e^ who rfefended it, \be- fore her capitulation caused alHhe-gOld and silver to be molded '•into bullets- on which were engraved maledictions against the oppressor. These were -JLvecL-py caimoji inta the Jungle, where many of them haye since been found. An old peasant, who died not long ago, in his early days picked up one of -these valuable cannon balls, which \vafe pure gold and weighed eight pounds. TWENTY-FIVE years haye passed v since the oldest business firm in town was established; who are dealers in GENERAL with prices that speak for Ready Made Clothing, Hats and Gaps a Specialty. Cash Buyers and Shippers of Country 'rodnee, F. A. CLARK & CO Brushton, N. Y. t ~v~ r 1 ' '•' >>•' •'\ -\V i > A - -1 ;• -' ,'.'&''•', ' 1 -'' r \ ; 'C-V/'