H HBf ] Clinoso the ncntXandc
H Hj Southwestern Missouri lands arc the
K fnost fertile in the country. The soil
J Hfex is productive and a good crop always
HKj | assured. An abundance of the best of
KrMBtffood , pure water. Special inducements
Vmr are l > eing- offered just now for those
| l HF ' desiring to secure lands in this part of
MfJEv the west For particulars , regarding
MB/pHp tne rich mineral , fi uit and agricultural
| | F ; & lands of southwest Missouri write to J.
Bgy - 4f * i'urdy , manager of Missouri Land
WfmK&L an ( * ve Stock Co. , Neosho , Missouri
' Hk ee advertisement in another column
, * 9 E * ° * nis paper.
rfjflnfi An ingenious woman says a good
Hg V' i strainer for jelly may be made by usEr -
Er 1 ittfT a wooden chair without rails on
B B the inside. Turn it upside down on
E Hk "th © table , take a perfectly clean cloth ,
Hp Ka' tie the four corners on the legs of the
KI' chair , setting a crock or pan under-
Bf * a & neath to receive the jelly. The cloth
BIflkf should bo dipped in boiling water be-
Hkj Bv ! fore using. Jellies may be strained a
BEi'hH $ th . ird time if necessary. Pittsburg
P Htt Hull's Catarrh Cure
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K H Is a constitutional cure. Price , 75c.
EpV sp * * "No , " she warmly rejoined , "I will
PC mT ' aot admit that the spheres of man and
V B f - woman are essentially distinct. Cer-
k Bj tainly not. It is true that woman can-
HflHgv not at Present nail down a carpet , but
VQHpJL you don't imagine , therefore , that she
k JEM' could not , were she property educated ,
# oiattain to a sufficient command of Ian-
B R | guage. " Detroit Tribune.
T Ml "Wo will forfeit $1,000 if any of our pub-
vJlisbed testimonials are proven to be not
Bplr | genuine. Tiie Piso Co. , "Warren , Pa.
FJj j When E. J. Glave died on the Congo
HkJ Bv last year , after having crossed Africa
HdnflKl in the interest of The Century , it was
'
HflKl' announced that hir notes , journals
M Kfr and photographs h 1 been saved.
KeJ Jffe * " Prom these a group of separate papers
K js& has been made up , and the first one
H * Eft " 'iU aPF * n tn0 August Century ,
B.jB v This tells of the adventures of Mr.
BJ BRj-Jj Glave for nearly a year while he was
B " Hs "with the British troops , who were
H - P chasing the Arab slave traders.
Hjrju/ How to Grow 40c Wfieat.
F * Salzer's Fall Seed Catalogue tells
J W
y&T I jEr you. It's worth thousandb to the
B' fnK wideawake farmer. Send 4-cent stamp
B vi3 * or catalogue and free samples of
Ef HfF grains and grasses for fall sowing.
Ha H John A. Salzer Seed Co. , LaCrosse ,
iB m"let ! McClure's Magazine for August is to
Hy jg/ he a mid-summer fiction number , with
HEBfi stories by Octave Thanct , Stephen
BKisK Crane , Clinton Ross , E. W. Thomson
BSfeyBfcana Annie Eliot. Stephen Crane's
B fflFh story will exhibit the hero of his sue-
MJ ff * * cessful novel , "The Ped Padge of
"
jj B" ' Courage , " grown and old man , but
K > still capable of a fine act of bravery ;
vJjBff Clinton Ross' will deal with Perry ' s
NpfKf historical fight and victory on Lake
H & ! Erie ; and Annie Eliot's will depict a
WSflWrK sprightly love episode in a Tale and
Kftl \ Harvard boat race.
fMME I JL GKKATIJCOUVTKY The Stark Bro's
S jj0HJr if Nurseries , this city and Kockport , 111. . Is a
tWr&3k4r veritable beehive. The propagating plants.
Vit&lS * ot tue " 'wo i'ikes , " cnlaed. . "Old I'ike s"
1 KlT 7 salesmen work from New 1'ork Westward.
_ 3Mf , ihc ottice force is hurrying out . " > o0 new
WSSWfoi style canvassing outlits , pliotos of fruits ,
KMHlKlt trees , orchards , packing , fruit painted from
itlKV nature , etc. b'e\eral departments give ail
HEsJrlRr their time to securing salesmen , btark
ucjA lsro's have room for energetic solicitors.
BjV I \ "W ith such progress , and millions of fruit
H ri' " L trees , dull times unkuown. LLouisiana ,
HHr ' Missouri , l'ress.
rafKil Fifteen years ago the AtlanticMonth-
[ flHi lj" gave Mrs. Stowe a breakfast on her
BSk . seventieth birthday at which a nota-
Hf T - ble compauy was gathered. At her
EK ? death it pays a tribute to her in some
S K ways quite as significant. The leading
SmBI * article in the number for August is
JpiS ? ' Reminiscences of Mrs. Stowe by Mrs.
fc\rf James T. Fields , who was her intimate
gnjp , friend during the whole period of her
tE < w Personal.
R ANY ONE who has been benefited
SI * by the use of Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills ,
I B'jtt will receive information of much value
Hw . , - d interest bv writing to "Pink
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mm & /i"s/ ' P. 0. Pox 1592 , Philadelphia , Pa.
BjMJj. HIm I neat ion.
BKtf ; "I live in a town , " said the bewhisk-
'Bjv ered man , who was tilted back in the
HjJBk hotel cnair smoking a rank cigar ,
Kflfs. * * u ncre a father , two sens and an
BwlA uncle , all members of the same family ,
Hfr f ran for othee at tne last election. "
Hg " - "I'ardon me. " ventuied a bvstander.
B ; "but wnat part of Oho are you from. "
K&tf ) New York bunday \ \ orid.
fi\ \ Gladness Comes
Bk AA1 a , etter understanding of the
k4 V V transient nature of the many ph3's-
R " V ical ills , which vanish "before proper ef-
n " forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
Mpf rightlv directed. There is comfort in
P | the "knowledge , that so many forms of
HjBfl sickness are not ilue to any actual dis-
y ease , "but simply to a constipated condi-
| H | & tion of the system , which the pleasant
Ki& family laxative , Syrup of Figs , prompts
B | ly reiiioves. That is why it is the only
KlL remedy with millions of families , and is
Hb. everywhere esteemed so liighly by all
V' ' Tvho value good health. Its beneficial
Bc effects are dne to the fact , that itis the
HET one remedy wliich promotes internal
B cleanliness without debilitating the
H Hc organs on "which it acts. It is therefore
HHET all important , in order to get its bene-
BBt ficial effects , to note when yon pnr-
HH tf chase , that yon have the genuine arti-
BH ii clen'hich is manufactured by the Cali-
HlliV fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
BS&r all reputable druggists.
H If i ° the enjovment of good Iiealtn ,
B Kw and the system is regular , laxatives or
T 5pP other remedies are then not needed. If
mf afflicted witb any actual disease , one
S Jnoy be commended to the most skiilf ul
B' , : a > physicians , "but if in need of alasative ,
| % r one should have the best , and -with the
rMrflwellinformed everywhere , Syrup of
jg ( | Figs stands liighest and is most largely
Hu B leed and gives most general satisfaction.
{ BEITISH BUSINESS.
DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF FREE
TRADE EXPOSED.
Cnliden Club Tlieorle * Cpuct by Ilnstnong
Kxporlcnco Arcnmcntg of Dciuocratlc
l'upors Ilcndered Cielcss "Sot a Leg
LcXt to Stand on.
A conference of the British Iron
Trade association was held , on May 6 ,
at the Westminster Palace hotel , in
London , under the presidency of Sir
Alfred Hickman , M. P. Upon opening
the conference , the president remark
ed "that the question which seemed to
he the most pressing at the present
moment for the British manufacturer ,
and especially the British iron manu
facturer , was the success of foreign
competition. " Sir Alfred Hickman can
not have been reading the New York
Herald , or , if he has , its childish
economics must have failed to impress
his business experience , for he stated
that :
The suggestion that the progress of
& nation was measured by its imports
was a heresy which did not require
confuting. It was certain that we
could never become rich by what we
bought unless we sold again at a profit.
We are told that the total value of our
exports was increasing , hut our popu
lation was increasing also and per head
of the population our exports are de
creasing. Our exports per head of
population were , in 1SS0 , 7 Os. 7d. , and
in 1894 , 5 lis. 2d. Our imports into
India had decreased no less than 34
per cent , while the imports from Ger
many and Belgium had increased no
less than 700 per cent.
Now the Herald has been trying to
make its readers believe that Eng
land's prosperity "was measured by
its imports. " But a hard-headed busi
ness man , like Sir Alfred Hickman ,
says this is "a heresy which did not
require confuting. " He further over
throws the Herald's efforts at "a cam
paign of education" by saying that the
English "could never become rich -by
what we ( they ) bought unless we
( they ) sold again at a profit. " If Brit-
ish business , on its Free-Trade basis ,
be such a money making game , what
necessity was there for Sir Alfred to
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deplore the fact that "our ( British ) exports -
ports are decreasing , " and still further
to deplore that "the imports ( British )
from Germany and Belgium had in
creased no less than 700 per cent ? " >
According to the Herald's argument
these larger British imports from Germany - |
many and Belgium should have added j
700 per cent to the wealth of the Brit
ish iron trade. But Sir Alfred Hick
man says this is "heresy. "
One of those keen long-headed bus- j
Iness men of Scotland , Mr. W. L. Jacks '
of Glasgow , added his testimony to re
fute the heresy of the Herald. He
"pointed out that whilst in 1871 Great
Britain supplied over half the pig iron
of the world , and in 1882 about 40 per
cent. , it only supplied about a quarter
in 1893 , and the tide flowed in the
same direction. The figures and facts ,
taken together with the steadily de
creasing use of British coal in Ger
many , and especially with the start
ling announcement that Westphaliau
coal was being sold in London , and
with the equally serious fact that ordi-
narj' American pig iron was being
pretty regularly sold in some parts of
England , indicated an amazing and
uncomfortable change in our commer
cial and industrial conditions. It was
not in the raw material alone that
these conditions prevailed , but in the
X.ct the Trumpet Sonnd.
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form of the completed manufacture
the same result was observed. " i ,
Here the Free Traders tell us that
"free raw material" will enable us to j i
"capture the markets of the world. "
England las the "free raw material , " ! I
yet she is not only losing her grip on | |
"the markets of the world , ' " but the ' 1
markets of the world have the audac
ity to capture the British market both ,
in coal and manufactured iron goods.
The Scotch manufacturer was con
fronted by this condition , for he
said :
Of one thing we might be assured.
No foreign country had cheaper raw
rfffftipin firiiiTirfriir Mw gy ii tt MiMMydtf mWfrfc giStfiriiiifiBittjMM
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material than our own ( United' "King
dom ) .
Won't the New York Evening Post
explain to Mr. W. L. Jacks of Glas
gow that he is mistaken ? Either the
English manufacturers have no "free
raw material , " and Mr. Jacks says that
"no foreign country had cheaper raw
material" or else the Westphalian
coal and American pig iron are not
being sold in England , and Mr. Jacks
says they are or else the imports
from Germany and Belgium have not
increased 700 per cent , and Sir Alfred
Hickman says they have or else the
British business man's idea of a "here
sy" is all wrong , and only the Herald
and the Evening Post of New York are
all right.
Perhaps , though , an effort will he
made by- our Free-Trade friends to ex
tricate themselves from their dilemma
by attributing these English Protection
arguments to the existence of "enor
mous strikes and lock-outs which
from time to time arose" in the United
Kingdom. But to acknowledge this
as the cause of British inability to cap
ture other markets or to hold their
own , would he a confession that
"strikes and lock-outs" do exist in a
Free-Trade country , whereas every
Free-Trade paper in this country de
clares , especially during a political
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campaign , that "strikes and lock-outs"
are the outgrowth of a Protective Tar
iff and are unknown in Free-Trade
countries. Charles R. Buckland , edi
tor , American Economist.
What the People Want.
The people want a good Republican.
They want something more than a
wise , patriotic statesman ; they want a
man who embodies in himself not only
all of those essential qualifications , but
who , in addition , in the highest possi
ble degiee typifies in elementary char
acter , in regard , in ambition and in
purpose the exact opposite of all that
is signified and represented by the free-
trade , deficit-making bond-issuing ,
labor-saving , Democratic administra
tion. ( Cheers. ) I stand here to present
to this convention such a man. His
name is William McKinley. Senator
Foraker.
How Britishers Telt.
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The news of McKinley's nomination
was publicly telephoned througnout the
United Kingdom.
Makinc British "Meltons. "
Brandford , June 22 , 1S96.
"Well , Ben , and how is trade ? " This
I said by way of introduction to a man
ager in one of our shoddy factories just
outside town , and I got the confes
sional answer : "We're very busy , in
deed. In fact , we are thinking soberly
of enlarging our place , not being able
to get goods out fast enough. I want to
tell you something how we make our
Meltons. Here is a blend of materials
typical of all the lot ; it's just come off
he machines :
1,750 pounds of mungo costing l4d
ler pound.
S4 pounds white Texas cotton at 7d
_ jer pound.
This yarn , when mixed together , is
scribbled and spun to nine skeins weft
yarn. We find that scribbling , spinning
and weaving cost us one shilling (25
cents ) per yard per whartron ( six
pounds is a whartron ) , so then one pound
of yarn , when made of this shoddy ,
costs at the rate of 6d , or 13 cents
per pound in the cloth , which is in
deed a marvel of cheapness. For making - ' |
ing these Unions a Lancashire cotton 1
yarn is used for the warp , which costs I
about Gs. 6d. , and this nine skeins •
shoddy weft is used for filling. For
weaving these pieces we .pay the
veaver Ss. ( or § 1.92) ) . Our weavers
arn from 10s. to 12s. per week on an
verage. We find that when all other :
harges are added , such as mill ex- ;
> enses , dyeing and finishing ( which I ;
.vill give later ) , we are able to produce
i Melton cloth weighing 11 to 12
-unces to the yard , 50 inches wide , at
.he nominal figure of 9d. (19 ( cents )
per yard. "
"Why , that is very .cheap , " I said ,
"and how much profit do you reckon
you have when you have sold a whole
piece ? "
"We generally find that we get Is.
9d. clear for every piece turned out ,
and that we consider a fair , respectable
profit. "
This is just one sample of how this
shoddy is done and made up , and your
buyers , I have good grounds for knowing -
ing , are paying lid. (22 cents ) ) per yard
for this class of goods in Bradford. Of
course , there are better qualities , but
when you get up to a 24-cent dress Mel
ton , 50 inches wide , it is considered
here that you are buying a good article ,
while Charles Scrath of Merely & Leeds
is mailing such stuff at Ud. (11 ( cents ) ,
42 and 50 inches wide. Is this the stuff
to keep out your blizzards and cy
clones ?
YANKEE.
Commerce and liantnen.
It has become the fashion of late to
decry business as unpatriotic. We
hear much of the "sordid considerations
of capital , " "employment , " "industrial
energies" and "prosperous labor. " The
United States , differing from the me
diaeval conditions which govern older
countries , differing from the militarism
which is the curse of European nations ,
differing from thrones which rest upon
the sword , is pre-eminently and pat
riotically a commercial and a business
nation. Thus commerce and business
are synonymous with patriotism. When
the farmer is afield sowing and reaping
the crops which find a market that re
munerates him for his toil , when the
laborer and the artisan find work seek
ing them and not themselves despair
ing of work , when the wage of the
toiler promises comfort for his family
and hope for his children , when the
rail is burdened with the product of
the soil and of the factory , when the
spindles are humming and the fur
naces are in blast , when the mine is
putting out its largest product and the
national and individual wealth are con
stantly increasing , when the homes
owned unmortgaged by the people are
more numerous day by day and month
by month , when the schools are most
crowdpd , the fairs most frequent and
happy conditions most universal in the
nation , then are the promises fulfilled
which make these United States of
America the home of the oppressed and
the land of the free. Hon Chauncey
M. Depew.
ISoth Tariff I.eacue Men.
The American Protective Tariff
League has good cause to be satisfied
with the work of the Republican Na
tion Convention at St. Louis. Both the
nominees for President and Vice Presi
dent Hon. William McKinley of Ohio
and Hon. Garret A. Hobart of New
Jersey have been members of the
League almost from its inception. Both
are advocates of the policy of protec
tion , as against free trade , and the
American people can rest assured that
the advocacy of this policy , which the
League represents , will be maintained
with our usual vigor during the cam
paign. While we regard the result of
the election as a sure victory for pro
tection , all friends of the cause must
give active co-operation to insure over
whelming success in order that protec
tion may become the permanent policy
of the United States. American Econ
omist.
A Question for Labor.
Whenever the workingmen of the
United States I-mean skilled and un
skilled laboring men whenever they
are ready to work for the same wages ,
the same low wages that are paid their
rivals on the other side , their rivals in
England , in Germany , in Belgium , and
in France engaged in the same occu
pations whenever they are ready for
that , which , I hope , will never be ,
then we are ready for the free-trade
doctrines of the Democratic party. It
is a question that addresses itself to
the bone and sinew of the United
States ; it is a question for the work
ingmen to determine. William Mc
Kinley.
Germanv's Protection Policy.
As late as 1893 , the value of British
imports into Russia exceeded that of
German imports by eleven million of
roubles ; yet , in 1894 , only one year
later , Germany exported to Russia
goods worth fourteen and one-half mil
lion roubles more than England ; in
fact , Germany has now displaced Eng
land from its old position at the head
of the list of countries exporting com
modities to Russia. This is largely
due to a wise policy of reciprocity
shaped by the different economic ne
cessities of the two countries.
How Farmers Feel.
lira
rM'ls. 'P e
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lie Stood Like a Knck.
There , representing imperial Penn
sylvania and her interests , he ( Senator
Quay ) stood like a rock , resisting tbo
combined power of a free trade Presi
dent and party , until the deformity
known as the Wilson bill was altered
and amended so as to save at least some
of the business , interests of his state
and country from entire and utter
ruin. Governor Hastings.
What Potatoes Koujrht.
One Barrel. Pounds of Sugar.
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January 1 , 1892 28
January 1 , 1896 14
Democratic d' ease 14
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Her SInjrstjr Approves.
Queen Victoria has bestowed her
gracious countenance on women's
clubs , and they are increasing in num
bers. The Green Parle Club is one of
the best of these organizations in Lon
don , and is at the same time one of the
most aristocratic To this club the
queen has sent her portrait , with her
autograph. The Ladies' International
Club is one of the newest clubs in the
English metropolis. Its home is in
Bond street Its avowed desire is to
entertain friends from all parts of
England and from foreign countries as
well , particularly the United States.
New York club women have , therefore ,
a warm personal interest in the new
London International.
A Veil of Mist
Kislnc at mornlns or cvonln ? from Home
lowlands , often curries In its folds the seeds
of malaria. Where malarial fever prevail
no one Is safe , unless protected by some
elllcient medicinal safeguard , llostetter's
Momai-h Hitters is both a protection ana a
remedy. No person who inhabits , or so
journs in a miasmatic region or country ,
should omit to procure this fortifying ajent ,
which is also the linest known remedy for
dyspepsiaconstipation , kidney trouble and
rheumatism.
If the hens are well cared for while molt
ing they will lay before winter.
The dust bath is absolutely necessary for
fowls.
11 the Baby is Cutting Tcotn.
Besuro and use that old and well-tried remedy , Mcs.
tVn.iLow's Eooiauia Stbcp for Children Tecthlng-
A diet of fruit and milk , it is said , will
reduce flesh at the rate of five pounds a
week.
In ruture Warfare. H
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The general was experienced in warfare - M
fare , and his troops trusted him. |
"It will bo hard , "
a fight but wo will
win if you do as I say. Fire low and M
puncture their tires. " New York Sunday - M
day World. M
Ilrgpjniiti'rt t'umplior Icrlllt Glyrt-rlnn. H
Curt * * CmimMtl UniiUftand Fuc * .7 > mlrr or Sere Kt , M
Cbllbta.Uik.nk- C.G. Clark Co. . Now IlavctiCU H
Wo all have our understudies , and we M
all hate them. H
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there is no need for you ! • > ; ! M
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$ when 3'ou can enjoy the ' M
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