CK ON HILL.
!Y SEVERE IN HIS
INCIATION.
ice Letter to Ex-Major
■cee Hill ■■ the Choeen
> of the Moat Corrupt
id Political Orpanlxntlon
Diacrsced Humanity—
Not a Candidate for
■rljr Denounced*
ct 20.—Wheeler H.
was nominated 'by
and for the supreme
land confirmation by
vritten a letter to ex
potesting against any
igo the state Demoo
Ilill. Among other
kham says:
i a state Democrat who
tultifies himself. In
[honest man can sup
ae one of the mysteries
re. My first objection
that he is the chosen
of the most corrupt
political organization
bgraced humanity. I
pan who for high char
st capacity has no su
Stato, who would have
nocrats the best pos
of success in this
by a Tammany
ppon the leaders for
and was rejected,
fht have elected him.
not have relied upon
liny purposes. In de
ty seized Hill. If then,
osed to Tammany hall,
pessity oppose Mr. Hill,
fether in this fight, and
*e in their methods as
Ivins. Mr. Hill caused
vention of 1893 to be
tie when it could not,
that it should not repre
r. I say that was a dis
|political trick, and of so
l character that the Dem
Istate rose up in indig
Vgainst it, and the na
tion nominated for pres
against whom by such
iwu state had been car
be such fools now as to
iry keystone of the arch
lity and corruption?
if you wish, Mr. Grace,
ou give up your Jest
support of men who in
ther matters are actu
rinciples, and hope to
moral results. It is
epublican machine is
the Democratic, and
>nly Hobson’s choice.
[Still, Mr. Morton is an
Ight man, and above re
s never been charged
nto any deal for vicious
■er stole an election re
t that a man who had
be put on the bench
|st court. On the other
fpresesents the very worst
'organization in our social
l life, and was himself a
in the political larceny
ear the people most em
ondemned.”
RULER VERY LOW.
•Ihiis Expect Death to Come
[at Any Moment.
tSBURG, Oct. 30.—Dispatches
ire from Livadia to;day an
(t the condition of the czar
very much for the worse
rday and is non desperate
lerial family is desbribed
irmed at the present con
sick man. The physicians
the czarina to prepare
st at any moment,
^dispatch from Livadia says
tar last evening suffered
lden spasm of the heart,
jpelled him to lie down.
>n became so critical that
>r, Father Yanischew, was
imoned.
>rted this afternoon that an
lict will ba published Mon
jsting the regency to the
General Count Vorontzoff
[ide-de-camp of the emperor
Bter of the imperial house;
iiebonostzeff, the procurator
jf the holy synod; Actual
|uncillor Witt, minister of
ictual Privy Councillor Dur
lister of the interior, and
[Vannavski, minister of war.
rincess Alix is said to have
|or Livadia at the earnest re
members of the imperial
Ind it is reported that, if the
[a 1th should permit, she would
;d to the czarowitch in pri
after her arrival.
Imous Pere Ivan of Cronstadt,
»e known as Holy John of
It, who is universally revered
' Russian people and who is
tiled to the bedside of por
Igerously ill to pray for their
f. has started for Livadia to
the recovery of the czar. In
constant prayers are being
|d the people betray every
of grief.
Sticbnej'e Dnfhtar Divorced.
ngeles, CaL, Oct 20.— Dr. A.
tman has secured a divorce
» wife, Katherine S. Shiftman,
custody of his two children,
ife is the daughter of A. B.
y of St. Paul, Dresident of the
> Great Western road and one
Wealthiest men in Minnesota.
Iffman was one of the leading
Ls of St Paul and was promt*
p an amateur oarsman.
j<ot Cured as Hu Supposed.
Lish, Ind., Oct 2 6. —George
Sn, a farmer 48 years old, while
lly deranged, killed his wife
.smoothing iron last night and
id the contents of a double
»d shotgun into his own brain.
*n spent a few months in the
' hospital and had been pro
id cured.
live or the Ohio Hob Dear.
hngtox Coubt House, Ohio, Oct
[hendore Ammerman, wounded
|militia durlbg the riot Wednes
fht. died at 8:45 thfe morning,
ig a total up to this hour of five
v; v:-- ■■■ - > v.
PULLMAN STOCKHOLDERS.
The Regular Annual Meeting—A Twa
■ Hollar Dividend Declared. *
Chicago, Oct SO —The annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Pull
man Palace Car company was held
yesterday, over *35,000,000 of the
capital stock being represented. The
following directors were re-eleeted:
George M. Pullman, Marshal Field, J.
W. Doane, Norman Williams and O.
8. Sprague of Chicago; C. Huriburt of
New York and Henry K. Reed of Bos
ton. The usual quarterly dividend of
03 per snare was aeciarea lor tne net
earnings and will be paid November
15 to the stockholders of record at the
close of business November 1. The
directors and the officers of the
company absolutely refused to dis
cuss the meeting further than to say
that no actioh-looking to any change
in the officers or the policy of the
company was contemplated. It is
known, however, that the meeting dis
cussed earnestly the chances of leg
islation adverse to the interests of
the company, which, it is feared, that
some of the legislatures of the various
states may take in the near future.
No action was taken toward offsetting
such possible legislation, or to fight
against it when it cornea
. The annual statement of the com
pany for the fiscal year ending July
31, shows a total revenue of $0,505,007,
and expenditures of $7,274,050, leav
ing a surplus for the year of $2,320,
110. Of the disbursements $2,880,000
was paid in dividends on the capital
stock. The statement shows that no
profit was made by the operation of
the works at Pullman during the last
year, as the revenue is made up of
three items: Earnings of cars, $8,761,
034; patents, $0,380, and “rentals,
dividends, interest, etc., including
loss on the manufacturing depart
ment, $820,740,”
The total assets are set down as
$02.043,003.. The number of passen
gers carried during the year were
5,282,323, and the number of miles
run was 197,408,503. During tho pre
vious year 5,673,129 passengers were
carried and 200,473,790 miles were
run. The year just ended shows a
decrease of about 7 per cent in the
number of passengers carried and of
about 4 per cent in the number of
miles run. The value of the manu
factured product of the car works for
the year was $4,347,317, and of other
industries, including rentals, $548,014,
making a total of $4,925,331, against
$13,414,708 for the previous year. The
wages paid amounted to $4,908,548,
against $7,751,644 for the preceding
year.
The report of Mr. Pullman to the di
rectors takes up at some length
the question of the strike, but he
makes in the published statement no
comment not made at the time of his
public utterances during the strike.
The number of men now employed at
the works is 2,640, and the scale of
wages is the same as that existing at
the time of the strike. Mr. Pullman
states that “by increased atten
tion to their work the mechanics have
under the scale of piece work prices
increased their daily average earnings
from 32.03 last April to $2.16 in the
last half of September.”
JAPS DRIVEN AWAY.
Their Attempt to Surprise the Chinese
Falls.
Condon, Oot. 3 0.—A dispatch from
Shanghai says that the Japanese at
the Yalu river tried to surprise the
Chinese under cover of darkness but
failed and retired after desultory
fighting at long range. The Chinese
claim that they inflicted losses on the
Japanese advance guard.
Hiboschima, Japan, Oct 19.—Parlia
ment opened here yesterday and the
speech from the throne was delivered
by the mikado in person. He said
that he had decided to convene an ex
traordinary session and had given di
rections to his ministers to submit for
the deliberation of the diet a bill pro
viding for increased expenditures of
the army and navy. He declared that
he was greatly pained that China
should have forgotten her duties in
regard to the maintenance of peace
in the East in conjunction with Japan.
‘‘She having brought about the pres
ent state of affai-s, however,” he
proceeded, “and hostilities having
been commenced we will not stop
until we have attained our objects.
In conclusion his majesty expressed
the hope that all his subjects in the
empire would co-operate with the
government in order to promote the
restoration of peace by means of a
great triumph for the Japanese army.
The president of the diet, M. Kuso
moto, replying to the speech, thanked
his majesty for advancing with the
imperial standard and for personally
taking charge, of the war, saying that
the victories were the natural results
of this action. He added: “Your
majesty might have considered that
China was the enemy of civilization,
and we obey the imperial desire to
destroy its barbarous obstinacy.”
The bills introduced include one
calling for a special accountancy of
the extraordinary war expenses, one
empowering the government to bor
row money in order to defray the ex
penses of the war, the maximum
amount to be borrowed being placed
at 100,000,000 yen, and one for an
extraordinary budget providing for
the expenditure for war of a total of
150,000,000 yen, of which sum 20.000,000
yen will be defrayed by the surplus,
the rest to be provided tor by the war
loan.
An Editor Arrested for Boodllng.
Sioux City, Iowa, Oct 19.—A war
rant for the arrest of J. C. Kelly, ed
itor of the Sioux City Tribune and
revenue collector for the Northern
district of Iowa, wan sworn out yes
terday by County Supervisor Waiter
Strange, charging him with “stuffing”
printing bills.
Believe He Is n Train Bobber.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct 2a—Charles
Morganfield was found with a broken
leg on a freight ear here yesterday
and taken to a hospital. Detectives 1
were notified, and $150 was found in '
his hat several hundred dollars in his |
vest and a large sum in a belt about:
his waist The police believe that he I
was one of the Virginia train robbers. !
He could not give any satisfactory I
explanation of his whereabouts on
the night of the robbery. j
ar* 147 Indian reservations in the
i United States.
A BOMB FOB BLAKE.
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE
IRISH NATIONALIST.
Paata Created at Hie Meeting—While
Addretelng a Large Andleaee la New
York a Dynamiter Attempt* to Explode
a Nltro Glycerine Bomb Wrapped Up
In an Old Bnrnlng Umbrella—How the
Danger Wa* Averted.
Attempt tn Vie Dynamite.
New York, OoL 10.—Duriog the re
eeptipn by the Irish National Federa
tion to Edward Blake, M. P., at the
Lenox lycenm last night while Mr.
Blake stood on the platform deliver
ing one of his most impressive speech
es, a short, stoutly built, frowsily
dressed, bent old man, with the hair,
mustache, hook nose and stooping
shoulders peculiar to the popu
lar conception of an Anarchist,
walked swiftly around the back
of the front tier of boxes until he
reached the last one nearest the plat
form and to the left of the prosce
nium arch. In his band he carried an
old, bulky, green gingham umbrella,
which he seemed to hold with pecu
liar tenderness. Outside the box he
stopped, hesitated a moment and then
entering, took a chair in a corner
nearest the stage. On the other side
of the box were a couple said to be
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Thompson. The
old man left in a minute.
A minute or two later a sharp cry
from the women in the box resound
ing through the house startled every
one from their seats and stopped the
speaker. In the same moment there
leaped out a gush of flame and smoke,
and then followod tbo cry of “fire”
and the simultaneous movement of
BOO persons to the door. Patrolman
Lillie rushed into the box and put the
tire out. Then the stentorian voice
of Mr. Blake rang through the big
building calling on his audience to
keep their seats. “The fire .is out,
come back!’’ cried ho.
As Lillie stooped to pick up the
burning framo of the umbrella, he
saw lying among the fragments of
the gingham a small, stout tube, or
bottle. He picked it up and then felt
sure that ho was handling a nicely
finished bomb. The tube was about
eight inches long and about two in
circumference. It was capped with a
covering of gelatine. The tube was
filled with a white liquid, which the
police think is nitric acid. Attached
to the gelatine had been a piece of
fuse half burned away.
The police say that tho old man
had lighted the fuse in some way
while lie was in the box or just on
entering, but the flame had caught
the gingham before it could reach the
gelatine.
Those in charge of the meeting
tried to hush up the affair, though
Joseph Harrington at first admitted
that the bomb was one of tho typical
uitro-glycerine variety.
HIS CASE HOPELESS.
No Hope That the Cnt of Russia Can
Becover.
London, Oct. 19.—That the czar of
Russia is almost beyond hope, and
that liis physicians believo that his
death is a question of but a few days,
was made evident to-day, when it was
announced from St. Petersburg1 that
his majesty was in such a critical con
dition that his distinguished physi
cians in attendance upon him had
given up the idea of having him
moved to Corfu from Yalta in the
Crimea, where he now is. The czar's
condition, it was declared, had
changed in the past twenty-four hours
very perceptibly for the worse, the
symptoms of general debility and
wcaknes of the heart being more pro
nounced.
These reports caused a sensation
here, especially in vi^w of the pre
vious reports which have led the peo
ple to believe that he was in no im
mediate danger. It is now concluded
that there is little doubt that the
czar is in a more dangerous state
than the most alarming reports have
hitherto stated.
The Grand Dukes Sergius and Paul,
brothers of the czar, started trom
St. Petersburg for Lividia to day.
An official dispatch indicating the
sudden gravity of the czar’s condition
was sent to Darmstadt yesterday, and
a reply was received today saying
that the grand duke of Hesse-Darm
stadt and tie grand duchess Sergius,
his sister, had started for St Peters
burg.
The news from Lividia has caused
consternation in St Petersburg, and
there is a general feeling that the
snd may bo expected any da
MORE SOLDIERS NEEDED.
That Is the Opinion General Howard
Advances In His Annual Report.
Washington, Oct 19.—The annual
report of Major General 0. 0. How
ard, commanding the department of
the East has been made public. Gen
eral Howard,in speaking of the move
ments of his troops necessitated by
the late strike, says that, fortunately
his apprehensions of serious obstruc
ts) commerce of the East and South
were not realized. But should diffi
culties arise simultaneously the ne
cessity for regular troops, and more
of them than bis department now af
fords, be says, is apparent. General
Howard's report recommends an in
crease of the army to at least double
the size of tlio present force. In his
judgment it will be the best possible
method of preserving peace until the
many vexatious questions, which are
now troubling the country, are put at
rest by a solution satisfactory to the
people of the nation.
IfKYemajar and Saarlaa Arraigned.
Washixqtox, Oct. 10.—Henry O.
flavemeyer and John E. Searlcs,
president and secretory of the Ameri
can reflners company, were arraigned
to-day before Judge Cole of the dis
trict supreme court, on indictments
charging that they refused to answer
questions before the senate sugar in
vestigating committee. It iwas ar
ranged by District Attorney Bierney
and Nathaniel Wilson, who appears
for Messrs. Haremeyer and Searles,
that all long forms should be dis
pensed with.
NEW YORK COMPLICATIONS.
Ha Frafnai Mad* Toward Harmony oa
tho Congressional Komlnntlon*.
Nxw Yobs, Oat 10. —No progress
has yet been made toward harmonic*
lng the Democratic factions In the
congressional districts in this city,
urgently recommended by the chair*
man of the congressional campaign
oommittce, Senator Faulkner of
West Virginia. In eight of the nine
districts exclusively within tho city of
Mew York there are opposition Dem
ocratic candidates Tammany was
drat in the Held and for one reason
or another “turned down" about half
of the present delegation. In the
Thirteenth district John De Witt
Warner was elbowed out of the nom
ination by the transfer thither of
Amos J. Cummings from the Eleventh.
E. J. Dunnhy, who had contum
aciously defied Tammany was retired.
The redoubtable Timotliy J. Campbell
was deemed to have nad his full
share of honor and dignity and the
nomination in his district was given
to Henry C. Minor, the theatrical
manager. Ilourke Cockran was
shelved, as it is alleged, by the ex
press direction of Mr. Croker, to make
place for Georgo U. McClellan, the
young president of the board of aider
men and son of the general of tho
same name. Every member of the
delegation, with one exception, who
voted for the Wilson bill was passed
over by Tammany.
Ex-Mayor Grace, who represents
the state Democracy, demanded an
equitable division of tho nominations
between his organization and Tam
many and specifically the restora
tion of Cockran and Warner but
has obtained no assurance that his
claim will ba allowed. Scarcely one
of the city districts, all of which ore
now represented by Democrats, will
be safe for either Tammany or the
state Democratic candidate should
both remain in the contest.
Tho appearance of Senator Hill's
name at the head of both the Tam
many and State Democratic tickets
may also complicate matters. Nathan
Strauss, Tammany nominee for
mayor, claims that he should have the
exclusive benefit of whatever pres
tige there may be upon the regular
state ticket. Senator Hill has de
clined to refuse the use of his name
to the state Democracy, which is sup
porting Strong, a Republican, for
mayor, and Strauss and his friends
are in consequence much disaffected
toward the senator.
COLORADO WOMEN ACTIVE.
Tbo Feminine Vote Nest Month Certain
to Be l arge.
Washington, Oct 10.—Letters re
ceived from Colorado indicate that
the women who will have their first
vote on a general state election No
vember 6 are evincing an interest in
politics which had not been supposed
probable when the right of suffrage
was conferred.
All accounts represent that the
women are taking quite as much in
terest in the campaign as the men,
and the indications are believed to be
that the total vote of the state will
almost equal the state adult popula
tion. All these features are due
largely to the bitter feeling which
exists between the Republican and
Populist parties. The Republicans
predominate in the cities, while the
Populists have their greatest strength
in the mining districts. As there are
proportionately more women in the
cities than in the mining camps, the
Republicans expect to gain the most
from the female votei
KANSAS CATTLE.
The State Live Stock Sanitary Board
Acts on Various Matters.
Topeka, Kan., Oct. 19.—The state
live stock sanitary commission lias di
rected the county attorney of Coffey
couny to prosecuto O'Donnell & Son
of Gridley for selling diseased cattle.
This firm shipped to Kansas City a
car load oft cattle which were bought
by J. A. Gillispie & Co., and sent to a
ranch in Russell county. Eight head
died in transit and the remainder
were quarantined.
The commission reteased from
quarantine forty head of cattle be
longing to William Sunter of Chase
county, and ordered thirty head of
calves brought from the Indian terri
tory by George C. Mosier of Arkansas
City to be quarantined.
The commission left fo* Strong
City, in Chase county, to-day, where
it will consider petitions' praying for
the release of 90,000 head of cattle
now in quarantine.
PULLMAN NOT TO BB OUSTED.
The Opposition to the Mtcntt'i Con
trol Falls to Materialise
CniCAOO, Oct 19.—The stockholders
of the Pullman palace car company
met in annual session here late this
afternoon. It was apparent from the
interviews with those present that
George M. Pullman and his friends
would remain in control for another
year, as it was generally believed
that there would be no show for the
opposition to the present manage
ment which is said to exist among
some of the stockholders.
The annual report of the company
was said to be vague as to the effect,
of the great strike, but the report
was not made public until after the
adjournment of the meeting.
Handled 880,000,000 In One Day.
Washington, OcL 19. — William
Barnes, a clerk in the treasurer's of*
flee for thirty-five years, died yester
day.Mr. Barnes has handled in his life
time probably more money than any
other man in the world. The great
est amount handled by him in any
one day is stated at 860.000.00a
Survivors of Indian Wars.
Washington, Oct 19—Assistant
Secretary Reynolds of the interior de
partment has decided that section
4718 of the revised statutes relative
to the payment of accrued pensions,
is applicable to pensioners under the
act of July 37, 1893, granting pensions
to the survivors of certain Indian
wara It is also held that the section
authorizes the widow of the deceased
soldier to prosecute his pending elaim
under that act and receive the ac
crued pension to the date of the sol
dier’s death. This action reverses the
decision of the commissioner of pen
sion*, made la May, 1893.
DEMOCRACY AT BAY.
PILCHINQ THE PEOPLE FOB THE
SUGAR TRUST.
The Molt Scandalous Flee* of Legisla
tion that Bm K«er Dlifmcd the
Holla of Onr National Legislator®—
*- Soma Tariff Talk.
Taking the comparative rate* of
duty on auger aa aupplied by the
treasury department, we find that
they compare aa followa under the
McKinley and Gorman tariff bllla:
Qaulity. McKinley. Gorman.
Raw. Free. 40 per cent.
Refined, with
export b'ty. 8-fic per lb. 40 p. o. plua l£o.
Before going further we will re
duce theao apeclfic ratea to a uniform
ad valorem baste, aa aupplied by the
treasury department, for a more
ready understanding of the faets.
Thus:
Quality. McKinley. Gorman.
Refined.
Kc per lb. 40 per cent.
andltcporlb.
plual-lOoperlb.
Raw.
Refined.
Free. 40 per cent.
18.86 p.c.ad.val. 48.81 p. c.
ad. val.
Kenned, with
export b’ty. 18.12 p.o.ad.val. 48.0T p. o.
ad. val.
The MeKlnley tariff gave free raw
Huger, a protection of % cent per
pound or 12. 96 per cent ad valorem
upon refined augar, and a protection
of 3-5 cent per pound or iO. 13 per cent
ad valorem upon refined augar that
came from countries which paid an
export bounty in excess of that paid
on augar of a lower grade
The Gorman tariff places a tax of 40
per cent ad valorem upon all raw
sugar. It taxes refined. sugar to the
extent of 40 per cent and cent, or a
total of 43.31 per cent as compared
with 13.8(1 per cent under the McKinley
tariff. It taxes refined sugar, upon
which an export bounty is paid, to
the extent of 46.07 per cent ad valorem
as compared with 1(1.13 per cent under
the McKinley tariff.
Thus the Gorman tariff is 80.3S per
cent sd valorem more than tiio Mc
Kinley tariff upon refined sugar com
ing from countries that pay an export
bounty.
Let us see what this increased demo
cratic taxation, upon the breakfast
table means.
The treasury department estimate
of the consumption of sugar in the
United States, for the year ending
June 30, 1804, is 4,343,300,500 pounds
among a population of 68,750,000, ora
total consumption of 03 pounds for
every man, woman and child in the
country.
The average price of all grades of
raw sugar is 2% cents per pound,
making a total oost of 9110,438,361 for
Trust! “Here's to Democracy.'
all the raw sugar we consume. For
more easy computation we will call it
$120,000,000.
Under the McKinley tariff there was
no duty upon, this raw sugar, which
passed into the refiners' hands at its
cost of production plus freight and in
surance. Under the Gorman tariff all
of this raw sugar is taxed 40 per cent
making an additional cost of $48,000,
000 to the people of the United States,
or-7-16 cents per pound per person, or
44 cents a year more for the 53 pounds
that each person consumes This
would be the situation if the raw
sugar passed into direct consumption
without being handled by the re
finers.
But the refiners do handle it, so we
must ascertain what that means
Taking all markets in the country
into consideration, the average price
of all grades of sugar sold has been
five cents per pound to the consumer.
This was with a protection of \4 cent
per pound, or 12.86 per cent ad valo
rem to the refiner under the McKin
ley tariff, there being no duty on raw
sugar.
The German tariff puts the duty on
refined sugar at 43.21 pe>' cent ad
valorem, or 30.35 per cent more than
the McKinley tariff. This additional
i,v per cent upon the McKinley price
of five, cents per pound for refined
sugar to the consumers is an addi
tional tax of IK cents per pound of
refined sugar to each person,or a total
increased cost of 95 cents a year for
every man, woman and child in the
country.
Instead of paying 5 cents per pound
for refined sugar the price will here
after average 0M cents for the whole
country.
Instead of each person paying $3.15.
each year for the 63 pounds of sugar
that he consumes, he will pay 84.10
per annum. Instead of a family of
fire persons spending $15.75 a year for
their sugar, the same quantity of the
same grade will cost them $30.50, a
direct increased tax of $4.75 per fam
ily.
| iThe total cost of all the l.343,200, OOO
pounds of sugar consumed in the
country every year, at the McKinley
price of 5 cents per pound for refined
auger, was $217,160,450 Under the
Gorman tariff at 6% eenta per pound
It will cost the American people $382,
>$$,583, an increaae of $65. .83,135 os
'.m
■
thi dlreot result of Democratic tin.
tlon upon t be
table.
American breakfast / '
Except for That I
(Although not altogether what we could
wieb, it is, la the main, a very good bill.—
Democratic Paper).
-M
■ K?
tt baa tome faults, we must confess,
It will All the country with distress;
It will close the shop and stop the mill,
But, excepting that. It’s a very good bill.
* .
;yi|!
■ i i*
It will give our rlobest 'markets o’er
To goods that come from a foreign shore'
It will kill our trade with Cuba; still,
Excepting that, It’s a very good bill.
It will slaughter all the farmer’s sheep;
It will make his wheat and barley cheap;
It will work the cattle business 111;
But, excepting that, It's a very good bUL
It will,lead the Import trade new asst
While It bids home factories take a rest;
In short, It Is all that's bad; but still.
Excepting that, It's a very good bill.
—Nemo, In Indianapolis Journal,
Miss Democrat Feeds Her Hogs,
SOUP HOUSE RATION8.
They Agree with Dyspeptic* Whit I'rom
lee to Bllclt to Democracy.
A few days ago I met one of my old
democratla acquaintances, and, after
passing the time of day, I said, •‘Well,
Brother Howard, are you still as good
a democrat as ever?"
"Ob, yes," said Mr. Howard, “I am
stronger In the faith than ever I
was."
"What’s the party done recently,"
I asked, "to strengthen this faith of
yours that was always so strong?" •
"Well," said Brother Howard, "you
know that 1 used to be dyspeptic. I
suffered from dyspepsia for a long
time, and this soup house administra
tion has been the making of me. It
has cured me completely. I had to
go on short rations, because I had not
money enough to buy as good meals
as I used to have, and it was short ra
tions that I have been needing all tho
time, and I did not know It"
"Ha, ha. ha," laughed L
“Yes. sir, you may laugh," said
Howard, "but I am thoroughly con
vinced that this term of democratla
administration will cure me and root
every symptom of dyspepsia out of my
system. That’s the only reason that
I now have foe being a democrat”
B. Tbimkbx.
Browning, ,Ky._'
Lott.
A healthy boy, blooming and fair,
Stolen by demagogues, they claim.
Was nursed and fed with special cars;
Protection was his Christian name.
His friends are sad—his cheerful smiles
Mode all his neighbors happy;
Some think he's gone to British Isles,
Allured by Oobdeu taffy.
The mlsslog lad—Prosperity—
His friends and parents mourn;
We tear lest our posterity
May ne'er.see him return.
Poor Grover—don’t disturb him—
Burdened with a nation's shame;
Sense and reason would .not ourb him,
He has earn’d a wrecker’s fame.
. -J. B.
editor American Economist: Now
that the- “tariff reform bill'’ haa passed!
we are told that the bonded ware
houses hare been filled by foreign-,
manufacturers and alien merchants,.. ,1
with a sprinkling of American import*
era. These poods, now to be thrust. *
upon the- markets of the country,
must be sold before our own people
can hare a chance to make and sell
any to proride a means of support;. ;£|
Why did congress perpetuate the free*
trade-Walker-bonded warehouse sys
tem of 1840? Republican congresses,
should long ago hare abolished this
system, or confined its operation to- ;
citizens of the United States Bow
can we denounce free trade for de*
stroying our manufactures while we
permit bonded warehouses to do it?
The next time American sentiment -
prerails in the admlnistratlpn of our
Gorman Enjoys HIs.VeaL.
government let an nd be made to
bonded warehousing for a greater
time than thirty days for American,
merchants Mil W. Bates,
326 Center street, Chicago, I1L
Sept. 24. m
Tire Views.
[ Western Farmer—The corn crop is
ruined. Why, sir, the hot winds josh
burnt it right up
Western Real Estate Man—The
great and glorious west is the plaoe
to lire. Why, sir. this summer we
just feasted on hot roast wo out to
the fields
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