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SPURIOUS TARIFF REFORM 13
LAID TO RST.
Scheme Put Forward by Blaine with
the Intention of Duping the People
Is No Longer Effective Protection
Humbug Now in Line for Burial.
The exhaustive work on reciproofty,
ly ProlVsMors Lauxhlin and Willis.
i'lAt puMiaheil, reminds a forgetful
worM of the premature lath of this
"c hild .f protection." It was horn with
th McKinley bill in 18W and in it
centered, apparently, the fondest hopes
of the Itt piihlh ans at the time of the
lasnair,e of the DinIey hill In 18'.7. It
now fill.- an rally grave and is un
nioiirri' .l and forgotten, von !y the
Republicans who begot it in political
infamy and who made its life one of
shame and duplicity.
Her ipr.x-lty was a Hlal.ie sop to keep
qui-t certain people who were asking
for lower duties, and ceitain manufac
turers who wished to enlarge their
foreign markets. Senator Hale said
In lS'.ri that this Itlaine annex iioated
the Mc-Kinley bill and "kept the whole
strut-Mire from going down." Thus,
reeiprorif y. before it was a year old,
had buneoed the farmers and mcchan
len and prevented them from burying
prole. Hon too d'-ep for resurrection.
Again in 13J; anil 18117 the K;-pub-lican.s
"whoowd it up" for "protec tion
mid reciproc ity, twin sisters of Kepub
lican poliey," as their platform de
clared. Kec-iproc lty was put into the
Oingley bill in two sections and in two
forms. Creat results were promised.
I'nder Fection 3 treaties were made
with five Kuropean countries by which
we admit crude tartar, brandies, still
wines and paintings from these coun
tries at lower rates of duty. I'ndt r
section 4. treaties were negotiated and
ign"d with a dozen countries. As
these treaties would have appreciably
lowered duties c n seme imiNirtaut ar
ticles in a way to lower prices to
American consumers, and thus would
have taken Home of the protection
awag from the trusts, they were
pigeon holed in the Senate until the
time limit for ratifying them had
passed, and are now in the malodor
ous condition e.f unhatched eggs which
have been incubated for on month.
I'ffortj will be made to hatch the new
ly laid Cuban reciprocity egg. but ex
perts who have inspected it eay that
it la already rotten.
Hut we should not rashly conclude
that because reciprocity has been an
ignominious failure In its ostensible
objects that it has not well served
some of the purposes of its promoters.
As we have seen, it distracted the at
tention of the irate voters and thus
"saved the face" of protection. 15ut
this is not all. nor U it at the worst.
As was shown in the Senate debates
list winter, and was admitted in 1S0D
by Hon. John A. Kasson. who now
wears Maine's reciprocity mantle, the
rates of duty in the Dingley bill are
much higher than they would have
be:n had the reciprocity sections been
emitted.
Nearly every nation that is playing,
or pretending to play, the reciprocity
game, has "maximum" tariff rates for
countries whicn stay out of the game,
and "minimum" rates for those which
participate. This country put on the
"maximum" rates and made duties un
necessarily high, even from the stand
point of protectionists, so that there
would be ample protection left, even
after they had traded and swapped
rates with the numerous countries. As
the Republicans in the Senate never
went into the game and perhaps
never Intended to play it the trusts
have, since 1SD7, enjoyed a double por
tion of protection and are prosperous
almost beyond belief. In fact, they are
the benefic iaries of most of the pros
perity about which we hear so much.
The 8o.Ooo.ihm) consumers of this coun
try who pay. in advanced prices of
tru3t produc ts, the unnecessarily high
tariff taxes of the Dingley bill have no
reason to be thankful that Dlaine
shashed his old beaver hat and ush
ered In what has been, to them, a twin
fake to .protection.
It Is shown in this new book, "Reci
procity," that reciprocity is. in prac
tice, either a tariff threat or a subsidy
paid by the consumer to aid the pro
ducer. It is shown that reciprocity of
the kind that would result in lower
prices is. politically, next to impossi
ble, because of the greed and selfish
ness of the protected interests, who
refuse to let go of even a small part
of their protection. For these reasons
reciprocity has been a delusion and a
misnomer to those who expected,
through it. to secure ither tariff re
vision of enlarged markets. In their
book the professors say:
"For twenty years past the pendu
lum of public1 opinion has swung back
and forth from reciprocity t tariff
reform. IL-?nppointed in the one It
ha turned to the other. It has never
fucceedvd in getting a definite trial of
reciprocity until the passage cf the
Dingley act. Under that instrument
the futility of reciprocity efforts has
been apparently shown with great con
clusiveness. It is time for a revulsion
cf public opinion and that revulsion
sceriis row to be well under way. The
tariff reform sentiment has always
been present In the minds of certain
portions of th American people. Tno
reciprocity hope has been dangled be
fore the eyes of the pee pi? even in
those times when the protective spirit
has seemed to be most Invincible. This
Pa the case under the McKinI?y act;
It ha been the history of the Dingley
art as veil."
Let ii - hope that there will b no
resurrection for this reciprocity hum
oug and that we will soon bury by its
side its twin curse, "protection."
BYRON W. HOLT.
The President Sustained.
. There Is little doubt that the
"speeches President Roosevelt has
been making In the West have thrill
ed the youthful mind and the primary
classes are enthusiastic In approval.
The New York Evening Post makes
the case clear in these excerpts, with
others of the same tone and conclus
ion: "A vote taken In the Hennepin
kindergarten at Minneapolis showed
that only one little girl differed with
president Roosevelt on the subject of
race suicide."
"fter a careful canvass of the nur-
hcric s In St. Paul It was reported that
only three children were not satisfied
with iLc President's Venezuelan pol
icy". "At the close of President Rooso
velt'H speech on the tariff resolutions
of approval were passed by all the
infant classes. They declared that
ho held the aame view of the protec
tive tariff that they did." Pittsburg
Post.
GOOD DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.
The Optional Initiative and Referen
dum Making Rapid Progress.
The steady but rapid spread of the
referendum principle forebodes evil to
the party of protection and plunder,
and good, and nothing but good, to the
party which stands for "equal rights
to all and special privileges to none,"
ami which believes In and Is not
afraid to trust the common people.
Missouri is the fifth state to vote on
the adoption of this system. The vote
will be taken at the next general elec
tion. The other four states that have
adopted It are South Dakota, in 1898;
Utah, in IDoo; Oregon and Illinois, hi
1!M2.
Uy this system of direct legislation
the people are really getting back that
control over the legislation with
which they never should have parted
and which they never "intentionally"
gave up. Ily it they are simply reas
suring the power of the majority to
rule and the right of the people to
veto legislation which does not suit
them and to initiate, if their repre
sentatives fail to do so, measures
which they wish to become laws.
It would be absurd for the people to
give their representatives supreme
control over legislation, as It would
be for a man to give his lawyer an ir
revocable Hwer of attorney to do as
he pleased with the client's property.
Kvery representative should have, and
in theory has, a string to him which,
when he becomes a misrepresentative.
his constituents can pull. The option
al referendum is such a string.
It is the system of optional refer
endum and initiation which is now
finding favor in many cities and states.
I'nder it. if a certain per centage (5 or
10) of the voters ask that certain im
Iortant measures be voted upon, a
vote must be taken. If the chosen
representatives of the people are faith
ful no vote will be necessary and the
referendum law makes no trouble or
expense to the state. It should not,
however, be assumed that it is ever
inoperative or Ineffective. Experience
in this and other countries proves
that it is wonderfully effective, even
when it exists only potentially. Legis
lators are not likely to pass bad laws
when the people have the power to
veto them. In fact, legislators will
not be bribed to pass bad laws which
always confer especial privileges upon
somebody or some corporation when
the people hold this veto power. On
this point Gov. Charles X. Herrcid of
South Dakota sayj:
"Since this referendum law has been
a part of our c onstitution we have had
no chartermongers or railway speculat
ors, no wildcat schemes submitted to
our legislature. Formerly our time was
occupied by speculative schemes of
one kind or another, but since the ref
erendum has been a part of the con
stitution these people do not press
their schemes on the legislature, and
hence there is no necessity for having
recourse to the referendum."
It was the Democrats, aided by the
Populists, who inaugurated this most
excellent system in South Dakota and
Utah. It is a Democratic system and
the Democratic party everywhere
should make this plank in its last na
tional platform mean as much as pos
sible. If it stays close to the people
they will yet come close to it. They
cannot be fooled all of the time. The
referendum is the deadly enemy of
the trusts and monopolies; it is an
anti-trust weapon in the hands of the
people. It will do away with corup
tion and stop boodling and bribery. It
will greatly improve our representa
tive system of government aud, inci
dentally, will result in jutting more
honorable men in office. It will make
big campaign funds unnecessary and
all but impossible and will give a poor
man a chance to seek and obtain po
litical preferment. It will, in short,
take away the power of the monopo
lists and corruptionists and return it
to the sovereign people. Byron II.
Holt.
He "views with alarm" the flood in
the west. Philadelphia Record.
Why Latir.-American Trade Is Lost.
Just as long as a great majority of
the American people shall be willing
to pay an enormous bonus to every
industrial trust in the form of high
prices, which are possible because of
the Dirpley tariff, so long will the
Latin-American trade be absorbed by
European manufacturers. Not only
the American people, but the trusts
themselves would be benefited In the
long run by a modification of tne tariff
and by the development of a steady
foreign demand for our products.
Philadelphia Record.
Perhaps They Knew Too Much.
Postmaster-General Payne certa:r.ly ;
has a tough lot of employes aronn-l j
him. If the numerous charges made
against them are any way near true,
yet only one has so far bePn called
to account and he Gen. Tyr.er was
allowed to resign at his leisure.
Big Fish Likely to Escape.
It is hardly likely that any of the
big fisa will suffer by the stirring up
of the mud In' the postoffice depart
ment; some of the small fry will be
-..,-.. in the net nml exhibited to the
l 41 C 41 I I ... - .
public to show the skill of the admin- !
istration.
STEEL TllUST PK0F1TS
IGURES SHOW VALUL OF THE
TARIFF SHELTER.
t a Proper Capitalization the Divi
dends Paid by This Highly Favored
Corporation Would be Enormous
Good Object Lesson.
The report to the stockholders of
the big steel trust for the fiscal year
1902, is of a kind which might help
inioad a lot of common stock but for
we thing. It is a prosperity report up
o the end of last year, and we have
Lhe assurance of Mi. .Morgan that
irospeiity is still with us and to stay.
According to the report, after mak
ing all deductions from the gross in
come there was a net profit of over
590,300,000 for the year. Out af this
Dver $35,700,000 was paid in dividends
it 7 per cent on the preferred stock
and $20,333,000 In dividends of 4 per
?ent on common stock, leaving undi
vided profits or surplus of $34,254,000.
It will be noticed that if 7 per cent
instead of 4 had b'jen paid on common
(stock the same as on preferred there
would still have been over $19,000,00)
jf undivided profits or surplus.
Perhaps such liberal dividends to
the common stockholders, who prob
ably are to a Iarga extent identical
with the holders of preferred stock,
would have been more effective than
any number of prosperity bulletins in
unloading the common stock upon the
public. After that the importance of
a surplus might have been discovered
and dividends on common stock re
duced. Mr. Morgan's prosperity bulletin
may have been designed to cover the
period since the first of January and
the future, but its issuance in advance
of the report was calculated to excite
a suspicion that things might have
changed since the beginning of the
year, or at least that somebody was
pretty anxious to unload a good bunch
of Steel common.
The significance of tlie report to the
general public as distinguished from
the stock-buying public lies in the ad
mission which it makes that the great
tariff-sheltered trust is making big
profits on the cost value of the prop
erties represented.
At a very moderate estimate one
half of the stock of the great combine
is water. A fair capitalization prob
ably would be considerably under
$5oo,000,000. It would be very liberal
to call it $000,000,000. Upon that capi
talization the charges would be much
less and the net income corresponding
ly greater, or, say, $108,000,000 for
the year, or 18 per cent clear profit,
after allowing fcr depreciation of
plants and every other item.
Such is the value of the tariff shel
ter. Will Not Keep Up the Fight.
Whatever may be their resentment
at the Northern Securities decision, it
is safe to say that Messrs. Morgan
and Hill, and the financiers associated
with them are not going to adopt the
course which they are charged with
contemplating.
That is to say, thy are not going to
keep up the fight against the anti
trust laws if the Supreme Court af
firms those laws. They are not going
to devise new methods of nullifying
the law when the law itself is upheld
by the courts. They are too thrifty to
do anything of the kind,
The consideration which will influ
ence them to give up the fight is pure--ly
selfish. It is found in the fact that
so long as a corporation is under fire
in the courts nobody wants its stock.
If the Northern Securities combina
tion seeks to evade the spirit of the
law it is certain that Attorney Gen
eral Knox, flushed with his initial vic
tory, will promptly institute fresh pro
ceedings. That will mean that the stock of the
constituent railroad companies will
steadily decline in price because no
investor, speculative or otherwise, will
buy securities whose value is contin
gent upon the holding of a court.
What i3 true of the Northern Secur
ities concern is equally true of the
other railroad combines which have
been formed during the last three
years. These trusts will have to obey
the rulings of the court or else see
their stocks and bonds decline to a
point which will mean bankruptcy to
their holders. Self-preservation will
impel the railroad combinations to
obey the law. The same sentiment will
influence the industrial trusts to yield
obedience if they. too. are held to be
unlawful by the Supreme court.
Selfishness, not respect for the law.
will bring the financial kings to com
pliance with the law. They cannot af
ford to enter upon either covert or
open rebellion.
Postmaster Payne a Mystery.
Why is it that Postmaster General
Payne refuses to heed the suggestion
of Gen. Bristow to suspend certain
officials pending the investigation of
their bureaus? Kas the sensational
exploit of Mrs. Tyner taught him a
lesson? Does he reall think that
under present conditions officials un
der investigation will rc."'.:se to avail
themselves of the opporti -jity to muti
late or destroy incriminating papers,
if such exist? Does ii- wish to be
understood as throwing obstacles in
the path of Gen. Bristow. end does he
imagine, in short, that 'Vr.rk-lantcrn"
methods will deceive the people? Or
does he think that the man liv .- - v. '.ri
can "fool all the people all the tic:e?"
New Code of Army tiiics.
It is really moving to read the re
proofs and protests in regaid to Gen.
Miles' terrible indiscretion in publish
ing seme truths about outrages in the
Philippines. It is positively shocking,
we are told, that an officer snould thu3
criticise his fellows, and. besides, what
is to become of discipline? Appar
ently the true code of army morality
requires an officer to keep silent in
the face of all wrongs, lest he "foul his
own nest" and reflect upon a brother
officer. Soldiers and sailors, we learn,
mut not be criticised at any time. To
prosecute them for smuggling Is never
to prosecute, but always to petsecute.
As for discipline, it is perfectly cor
rect for any number of subordinates
to assail the commanding general
when the latter Is not in favcr with
the administration. But surely the
service is going to the dogs when the
Commanding general, acting as an in-
spector under orders of the secretary
of war, is allowed to find fault with
his subordinates. The new code of
army ethics Is thus growing rapidly.
Knox Will Not Go Too Far.
Philander Chase Knox quickly de
cided that the facts did not justify a
j criminal prosecution in the Tyner
, case. it may ue rememuereu mat
Philander quickly came to the same
conclusion in the Porto Rican smug
gling cases and that he reached the
same decision in the Manila custom
house scandal. Philander, in short, is
becoming wary. The Northern Securi
ties merger decision demonstrated
that even a federal court may unex
pectedly take a purely perfunctory
prosecution seriously, and Philander
is not going to take chances of simi
lar unfortunate results. To be on the
safe side he will not institute any
proFecution at all.
Exorbitant Freight Rates.
The coal trust succeeded in keeping
the question of freight iates out of the
strike hearing, although it wa3 the
key to the whole subject of the in
quiry, and now the power of the inter
state commerce commission and the
courts to compel disclosure of the
terms of the conspiracy to strangle
competition and plunder the public
will be resisted and defied to the very
limit. Unfortunately the case against
the coal trust is being heard by a
body lacking the power to enforce its
orders by summary commitment for
contempt.
Natural Course cf Commerce.
Talk about building up trade witli
South America or any other territory!
Trade is not built up; foreign trade is
not different from other trade. It is
a matter of bargaining by the traders,
not by the nation or warships or
treaty. It will go where it is needed
or wanted and will find or make its
own facilities when it pays unless
hindered or obstructed by fool legis
lation or force. Trade will extend as
last as it wili pay and protect itself
if the law will leave it at liberty.
The Present the Proper Time.
It would seem that the present is
a most opportune time for "tinkering
with" the tariff. Even a casual in
vestigation of the condition of our ex
port trade, tind the reasons for its fail
ure to grow to the proportions of its
advance some years ago will convince
any fair-minded person of the wisdom
of lowering the protection wall that
interferes with the natural course of
trade and prevents our industries
from reaching that expansion that
under fairer conditions would be
theirs.
Less Talk All Around.
The president is said to have told
his admirals and generals that he
would like them to talk less about im
pending war. Now, if Mr. Roosevelt
will say less about our need of a great
navy and omit remarks about the
necessity of our carrying a big stick,
likewise a chip on our shoulders, the
dove of peace will have some chance
to brood. She is likely to f.y away if
the eagle shall scream all the time.
In the Market for Gold Bricks.
Unofficial information comes from
Copenhagen via Washington that the
Danish government still hopes to dis
pose of St. Thomas and Santa Cruz
to the United States. The distinguish
ed success cf Senor Sagasta in sawing
off a revolution and a bunch of is
lands upon this country, and actu
ally getting $20,000,000 into the bar
gain evidently has inspired our Danish
friends with a similar ambition.
An Administration Error.
It must now appear to Elihu that a
tactical error was made in allowing
Gen. Miles to snoop around the Phil
ippine Islands, even though it was ad
visable to get him out of the country
during the campaign last fall. Wis
dom would have suggested the expe
dient of putting Miles in the guard
house, bucked and gagged, for two or
three months, as Elihu now undoubt
edly realizes.
Has First Needed Qualification.
Banker Herrick cf Cleveland is tout
ed as Col. Roosevelt's running mate
in 1904, it being said in his behalf that
he has the qualification which made
Mr. Hobart desirable in 1S96. As this
is a delicate way of stating that Mr.
Herrick is willing to knock the hoops
off his bar'l, there is considerable
probability that he will land the nomi
nation. Running Down the Rascals.
A mail carrier in Jeffersonville, Ind.,
has been arrested on a charge of
stealing two cents collected over a
year ago on a postage-due stamp. An
investigation conducted by half a
dozen officials has been carried on for
months to bring the alleged culprit tc
justice. Who said that the postoffice
department scandals were not being
run down?
Mark Hanna on the Tight Rope.
It should be borne in mind that he
Mn TTolitics" as a leader of a party
is
that is dependent on " union labor lot
votes and on the employers of unioD
labor for funds. Under the circum
stances Uncle Marcus makes a bettei
tightrope dancer than could reason
ably be expected of one of his weight
and lisser.
Will Desert the Colors.
The so-called "Iowa idea" on the
tariff seems to have one adherent, Mr
Babcock of Wisconsin. But when con
gress meets and the time comes foi
Mr. Babcock to do something he wil
not have a word to say. He has beer
through that mill several times.
Impressive, but Unconvincing.
Mighty and impressive are the
preparations that are being made tc
purge the postoffice department o:
wicked and corrupt men. They woulc
be still more impressive, however, i;
we could learn that anybody had beer
put in jail or even held to bail.
Might Prevent Many Failures. .
The failure of a shipbuilding con
cern is said to be due to the neglect ol
Congress to pass Mr. Hanna's subsidj
bill. No doubt Uncle Sam could keep
a good many people from failing if he
would throw the doors of the treasurj
open to them.
TROUBLES Or TWO ARTISTS.
I
Why Both of Thrm Have; Aversion to
Badly Warmed Halls.
A concert company in which Mr.
Seeboeck was the? pianist bad been
playing in some of the smaller towns
during February and had suffered con
siderable inconvenience through In
sufficiently heated halls. One evening,
after an unusually cold experience,
Seeboeck related an incident which
had occurred on a tour some months
previous. The violinist of the com
pany had received notice of the time
of departure at such a late hour that
In the haste of packing he neglected
to Include in his wardrobe his dress
trousers. The omission was not dis
covered until an hour before the con
cert. Naturally he was greatly dis
concerted upon realizing that he
would be forced to appear in dress
coat and gray trousers. In this
dilemma he called Seeboeck into con
sultation. Both men were nearly of a
size and Seeboeck hit upon the plan
of both using the same trousers, per
forming a "lightning change" between
appearances. The plan was adopted,
Seeboeck appearing first. As quickly
as possible after reaching his dressing
room he divested himself of his trous
ers and the violinist donned them
with equal haste. The first selection
of the violinist's was long, difficult and
was so well received that an encore
was demanded. "It was then that I
fully appreciated the criminal neglect
of improperly heating halls," said See
boeck. "When the time for my next
appearance arrived and with it my
trousers i was in a half-frozen condi
tion. Some consolation, however, was
to be derived from the thought that
the violinist was shivering in the
dressing room during my number,
which also received an encore. But on
the whole it was a wretched evening.
Eight times we alternately wore and
went without those trousers. If the
audience had known the cost of that
performance in physical discomfort to
at least two of the performers I be
lieve it would have been even more
appreciative than it was, though I
could have well dispensed with sev
eral of the encores accorded the vio
linist." TIRED OF THE MONOTONY.
Why George Grossmith's Butler Was
Leaving His Service.
Many and various and weird are the
reasons given by servants for wanting
a change of place. Here is a tale told
by George Grossmith, which adds a
rare and wondrous instance to the
long and eccentric list:
His butler, who had been with him
for nearly twenty years, went to him
one day and said:
"If you please, sir, I want tu leave."
Mr. Grossmith was sorry, and asked
the man his reason.
"I would rather not say, sii," was
the mysterious reply.
This was uncomfortable, and Mr.
Grossmith pressed the question again.
"Come," he said, "you have been
with me for so long and have never
complained before. Surely I have al
most a right to know why you wish
to leave. Your secrecy is unpleasant,
and I must really beg of you to tell
me your reason for leaving my ser
vice." The butler tnought a moment and
then said:
"Well, sir, as you insist, I must tell'
you. But I don't want to. (A pause.)
The fact is, sir, I've been with you
for close upon twenty years, and I'm
tired of the sight of you and all your
family!"
Success of the Solemn Ass.
Look about you, gentle reader, and
consider the solemn ass in every walk
of life. Who so respected, so admired,
so influential? He never takes sides.
He never is partisan. He goes along
with knitted brows, his thoughts too
deep for utterance. Smaller men may
abandon themselves to hasty inclina
tions, to rash preferences, to robust
views. He never does. If he speaks
at all it is with such profundity and
circumlocution and complexity that
the most recondite cryptogram ever
rescued from a pyramid "would seem
to burst of innocent and childish can
dor in comparison. Yet he wears fine
raiment every day. He enjoys the re
spect and confidence of the communi
ty. He prospers. The oil of opulence
anoints him. He is the incarnation
of success! Washington Post.
The Little Weak Child.
My little son, my little son.
In heaven canst thou rest?
And which of all his children does
The High God love the best?
Thou art too weak to stand all day
And glorify his name;
Ah. pray him let thee stray awhll
And play some foolish game.
Thou are too young to know him great.
So whisper to him this:
Thou art just big enough, sometimes.
To hold and fold and kiss.
Anita Fitch in Century.
Retort Courteous.
Mrs. Naggs "I found a woman's
pocketbook on the street to-day."
Naggs "I'll bet there wasn't any
thing in it but a lot of samples."
Mrs. Naggs "Well, I guess the own
er didn't get them at a sample room,
anyway."
Correction.
"But you must admit," said the
masculine end of the controversy,
"that woman is the weaker vessel."
"I'll admit nothing of the sort,," re
joined the contrary female. "The
mere fact that she seldom has to be
bailed out is proof to the contrary."
In the Gocd Old Times.
Caller Your grandpa must be a
very old man, isn't he. Rudolph?
Little Rudolph I should say so.
Why, he remembers when parents
used to take their little boys out in
the woodshed to lick them.
Cutting It Short.
"How would you like your hair cut, J
sir?" asked the barber, "with the scis- J
Ears or clippers?"
"Eorh," replied the victim. "Use
the scissors on my hair and the clip
pers on your conversation."
Yields All to Preach the Word.
F. M. Messenger, a mill agent in
Grosvencrdale. Conn., at $15,000 per
year, has given up his work to preach
the "holiness" doctrine.
What Everybody Says.
Every one who uses Doan' Kidney
fills free trial has a good word
to say' for them that'
why they are most
prominent In the
public eye.
Aching backs arc cased. Hip, buck, nnl
loin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs und dropsy signs vnnUli.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi
ment, high colored, excessive, pftiti in pas
ing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetting.
Doan's Kidney Tills dissolve and remove
calculi and gravel. Kelicvo heart palpita
tion, hleeplcssness, hciidiwhe, nervousness.
LorisviM.K, Kt.
For a year or more
1 have been sunYrinir
with seven) pain in
the small of my bai-lc
and kidneys; had
tried a number of
remedies but without
relief. I decided to
try Doati'g Kidney
Villi, and pun-hatted
two boxed, and ant
glad to state that
after taking tlio two
boxes of fills I was
relieved of all pains,
and liuvo not been
troubled since. Trior
to taking these pllld
it was impossible for
me to get a full
niirht's sleep, but I am
not experiencing any
difficulty in this re
spect now. Yours
truly, Johm E. Kua
MEii, 243 W. Main
Street. ( Foreman
Amerlcuu Tobacco
Co.)
AnEnDEEM.Vt'ASIT.
I had a hud pain in
my back ; I could
hardly walk or sit
dowu. I could not
write for sample, but
got a fifty-cent box
of druggist, and tliey
have made me all
right. No other med
icine did me any
pood. Aco. Caul
35 lt St., East.
FREE HOPE FOR
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KixTHt-Mtl.nr km Co.. tluffaln. N Y.
Heart. wml m ty mail, without charn,
trial box i-imii KiJuc-y Till.
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I'Bt-ofil-e.
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(Cut ut rrmtHin m
Kuatrr-Nillmro
Madlcal Advice Free
Morgan's Gold Dinner Service.
Pierpont Morgan has a gold dinner
service, said to be? worth $SU,iil), which
was presented to him by William II.
Vanderbilt when he (Morgan) made an
extensive sale of New York Central
stock in Europe. It is a reproduction
of a service in the Uritish royal fam
ily, but the Morgans are not fond of
display and seldom use it.
Do Your Feet Ache and Durn?
Shake into your shoes. Allen's Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet. Corns
and Bunions. At all Iiruggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
j Address Allen S. Olmsted, I.eltoy, N. Y.
Where Mank nd's Shoes Are Made.
In Lynn, Mass., 24,000,000 pairs of
shoes were made last year; in Brock
ton, 17.000,000 pairs, and in Haverhill,
12.000.000 pairs. These three cities,
therefore turned out enough shoes to
supply one pair for two-thirds of the
population of the country.
Hundreds of dealers say tho extra
ouantlty and superior quality of De
fiance Starch is fast taking place of
all other brands. Others say they
cannot sell any other starch.
A thing of beauty may remain a joy
forever if you let the other fellow
marry her.
Just what it was 25 years ago,
St. Jacobs Oil
is now.
The prompt, sure cure for
SORENESS AND STIFFNESS
Price, 25c. and 50c.
Sea Gulls as Fog Signalers.
The cries of sea birds, especially
sea gulls, are very valuable as fog sig
nals. The birds cluster together on
the cliffs and coast, and their cries
warn boatmen that they are near land.
Bome years ago on the Isle of Man
there was a fine for shooting such
birds.
The Bust to Senator Davis.
Sculptor Trentanove's bronze bust of
the late Senator Cushman K. Davis
has arrived in Washington from Italy.
Signor Trentanove is now on his way
to this country and will present at the
unveiling of the work, which will be
placed over the grave of Senator Davis
at Arlington. The bust will rest on a
base of bronze Italian marble. In the
pedestal are chiseled in relief on the
four sides the words "Soldier," "Schol
ar," Statesman" and "Friend." On one
side half way down is the inscription:
"Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis,
June 16, 1838 Nov. 27, 1900."
Girls talk of what they will do after
they are married and married women
cf what they did when single.
A few opaque jokes will reduce the
most hilarious crowd to funeral pro
priety. A girl's smile often tows a young
man in and her father's boot toes him
out.
No, Cordelia, we can't conscientious
ly recommend the footpad for cold
feet.
It is easier to judge some men by
their coats than by their promissory
notes.
FREE TO WOMEN !
1o jrove the haiintf and
Cleansing power of I'aitlup
Toilet Antiseptic we -will
Tnil n lfliv.il 1
rf ."N tfif with boolc of instructions
ui(iiuieiy iree. i uis is not
a tiny sampie. but a lar-e
package. -nou?h to con
vince ar.von of its va!u
i fa are prairie? Paxtine for what
J- ZMtMXUfl It it has done in local treat-
1 I IU 1 1 T nt r.inulA III., i r.m
All inflammation anl Uischartres. ronurf ui ex a
cleansing vaginal douche, for sore throat, nasal
catarrh, as a mouth wash and to rfmov tartar
and whiten the teeth. Send today; a postal card
will do.
Wold by draK(its or ent postpaid by an. BO
ent. larce box. Nitt iHfuctlou (runrant'C.
THE 11. HAXTON CO.. I (on to a, Mass.
314 Colurobas A"
RANTED TPVELinQ SALESMAN
la thli county. Oar men re making from $75 to (150
month e'.llns oar lioasenold and Stork Kemedle
and Flavoring Extract direct to conaumcri. Ex
cluftve territory. Good are furnlibrd on credit. WO
CASH OUTLAY, l'lcuant. profitable, llfelonir
positions. Ko experience neceaary; we teach you.
Write for Information. Don't delay. Incorporated.
THE S. Dm CONFER MEDICAL COMPANY,
ORANGE VI LLE ILL.
iti i -ij. I
Chicaoo, Ir.L.
When I received th
sample of Iloan'a
Kl'tney I'llU I waa
6uir rln(r terribly with
mv burk.wua sick ami
mint to di anything.
The several reinedica
I hud used, though
highly recommended,
d id no Kood, but
rather Irritated the
trouble and mude me
worse. before I had
used up the sample I
waa fi-Hlnr an much
better that I got more
from the tltug store.
I could not sleep at
nllit. Had to get up
Ix orelulit timed, and
the urine was n. red,
would almost think
It waa part blood
there mtum a t hick sand,
like brick-dust sedi
ment.. I cannot tell
.n -half that I auf-fi-re.l,
nor how good
I fed now that I am
cured by Iloan'a Kid
ney rills ; but here I
u:n. sHty-six yeura
old, al.le to do my
own work, ferliii(
well nt I lld twenty
years ho, for which I
ttiatik 1 loan's Kidney
1'llls ten thousand
times. U K. T.
(ioi i.i., 114 W. Lake
Mrcct. Iloan's 1'llla
cure when other
fall.
THt HOPELESS.
Doan's
Kidnejr
-rills,
-Taa
littel llni-n n1 mall to
Cn., HuiraJo, N. Y
Strictly Confidential.
The Sultan's Shooting.
"Artistic workmanship" with the
revolver, by the way, is one of the Sul
tan or Turkey's accomplishments; ho
is reputed to be cme of the linest shots
iu the world, and practices daily. Tho
reason of this Is hi constant dread
of assassination, and he has always bin
weapon ready. It is stated that ho
once killed a gardener who stepped
suddenly from behind a tree In the
garden of the Yildiz ji;ilae, before tho
man bad time move a hand. He
is. iu fact, as the ranchmen of tins wild
West used to say, ' Koine sudden with
his artillery."
Dealers Bay that as soon as a cus
tomer tries Defiance Starch it is Im
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. It can bo used cold
or boiled.
Ignorance and conceit are twln.l.
An Old California Tree.
The age of a tree Is determined by
the number of rings of wood its trunk
contains. The woody fiber Is slower
in growing in winter than in summer,
and consequently distinct rings are
formed, each representing a year. By
means of these rings the gigantic cross
section of a California tree, 1,3 1 1 years
old, is used at the New York Musuem
of Natural History us a history chart,
and us such it shows in a novel way
the? sequence of events in the last
thousand years.
Be sure of your facts before attempt
ing to pose a sa liar.
PIo' Cure for Conurnption 1 an Infallible
medicine for rough and coldn. N. W. bimw,
Ocean Grove, N. J.. Feb. 17. lJutt
Respect is the featherweight cham
pion of love.
There are two varieties of the smart
woman. One has a high forehead and
the other hasn't.
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Stands fcr Union Metallic
Cartridges. It also stands
fcr uniform shooting and satis
factory results.
Ask your dealer for U.XI.C.
ARROW and NITRO CLUB
Smokeless Shot She'ls.
The Union Metallic
Cartridge
Co.,
BRIDGEPORT.
CONN.
WESTERN CANADA
mas FREE HOMES FOR
MILLIONS.
tpward. of 100.000 Atnorlrana
hve aettd In Weatern anala
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