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0 THE AMERICAN. THE AMERICAN. wiwl at l'oum. mm owS-cta 40 O. THO'ON. - W. C KKLI.KV. Mu v. J'CBUMIKU WKKLT Y TH ilEElCAN POELMHG COIPAJT, Hoiimi htubkt, Ns- TlpMn 911. SUBSCRIPTION $2 A YEAR. M futr h OIccninl lcpt on urtw of 8bcrtbw. TO THE PUBLIC. THE AMERICA 1 Uio ori of r.y tTl.rriT. MKirlaUoa. prl j clltjuo. .aetata or divMua ol Uio population of tbt I raad ItepuMlfl. and rrpudlaWa ad btuJ u f. Imi all flalma or that It U uib, lot u. h claim or cfcurfe bo 1 by any p ro or praum bom or. THK AMERICAN U a nipar of (onrrnl circulation. Kln U and road b people f all rellntou beliefs and polltl.-al Bhillatloaai by U whl Md I he bla. li. 11)0 nUburB and tbo lurallwd. tho Jw and tbo Gentile, tho protratanl and tho Kotuaa Oatoollo. Tnlcllm ran bo aubrtanttnUd la any court of JuU- at any Umo. AMIRICAN oULISHIN OO.. I, V0 0. TW0OMM. FmMM. DECEMBER 14. 1897. A MERRY ChrtKtniM to you. L'BEKTY IN DANGER. We do not know what particular In fluence the Bee and iu Roman Catholic attorney exert over Judge Keysor, nor do we know what particular reaaon the judge cab advance lor outraging all tho estAblUhed and hereditary prlvll ege of the prM by Attempting to en join the publication of A ourtaln reaolu tion paaaed by the board of Ore And pu HoecoramWsieners, yet tbeae are two questions which have agitated thin community for ten days. It lsour opinion, however, that, while the judge wilt have to boar the odium that attache to thU Attempt to abridge the freedom of the preas, he U not, in rt-Allty, the real offender, If we have been correctly Apprlaed of the fact id the cam. The reAl culprit, Accirding to the ot it Information we have been able toobtilo, li Slmeral. When he had finiahed hit Argument In the case out of which the Attempted injunction grew he Afeked permission to write the opln ion of the court That request wan granted and lata In the afternoon Slm eral presented hi decision for the sig nature ot the judge, and that decision at one fell swoop attempted to wipe out two of the cardinal principles of our form of government the right to a free press and of free speech. We do not known whether it Is cut tomary for the oourts to allow the at torney for a corporation thAt Is politl CAlly friendly to the oourt to write An We wAnt to bear from every one of (opinion favorable to their side of the our subscribers befoie January first, case And suoh opinion Is signed by the Ilave we heard from you? court, but If such Is the custom, juetloe la mdend blind. When we first heard READ K.telo's book. It gives the th nharira aratnat Judre Kvsor we questions aoked females lo confessional. were nock.e(1 at the oLOrmlty of what Awful depths .! ltoman tneoiogy ex- ,b any ono el(MJ e wou)d 00luilder a crime. It seemed impossible thst this judge, whom we All more or less re spected, should Abdicate in favor of one of the litigants as against the other yet it our information is correct. And it oomos from men who claim to have ard the remarks, the judge has been guilty of An Act which the publio can not too strongly condemn. We care nothing about the question that brought out this infamous attempt to Abridge the freedom of the press and the right to free speech, but we do care And the publio cares if their rights Are to be taken from them In this high- hand mannoi Wa Ihmifrht thfl miurtii DAVE you read Rev. Kostelo's great I no . . ... ..,,-.. ani, straned expire of the- Roman Oonfewlonri. ....... eB,.d (pom We sell it. Price 50 cents. Most sen- WIlUr,n(-unon th hlohwava In the coal uttnnAl book ever published. Trans- ,ul,,Bt. , lha hllt KnS(.OP can lAtlons from Den, Llgourl, KenrlckT ... m.lnt.,n tha noslllon he and St. Thoroa. On ly 60 cents . ...,. .v. a.u t HWH WVWWMOW " In this country has sounded. sw t i ! i i. ii n . ni . I i hk oook, Angois oi tne u.e ju(, Kevsor nan Afford to sav thAt m 1 t I i at t J I I eia, is a euu.gy oi toe wsri uuuo .u h8 ml8Uke, thAt he WAS im the lste.wAr by the RomAn CAthollo I Md unon wh. ha dlpooted .n ln Bisters of chsrlty. Under the Uwe Junntln ,MUfl th.t would Annul the u.t0 , ..,.u.uK ,u.. carina! gUBrftntee, of our DAtlonAl con nerea, wnicn wiu account ror tne no- .lltlll,nn hllt v. nnot affrd to let It pearacoo of thAt advertisement In our BdflPltood that h would Attemot to i columns. I j ,v.t i. .t.i. iCT .,i.-f.,i .n1 which will bo denounoed And Almost as unlversAlly condemned ai was the Dred Scott decision by TAney There must be no tampering, by the oourts or elsewhere, with the right to a free press or with the right of free speech. He who does so tamper Is the Arch-enemy of our country. This declAration is not born of malice or bAtred, of contempt or dlirepeot,but of a firm And steadfast determine tion to resist to the end Any Attempt to deprive us of those greAt boons for posed. FrloM 50 oents IT IS SAid ilmt Judge Sienberg was the only county commissioner who did not ly his bondsmen liable for 12,000 taxes which the board voted to car el on St. Joseph Hospital. The Judgv voted do. A THUO of tuo mtme of Mlobaol Hicks whs hliot to death by a policeman at Chicago on Friday night of last wet k. As Is usual in such cases, the dead thug had the nark of the Boast In Lis forehead. It must have been gall and worm- word to the pope to make an apology to tbe German government for hnvlng spoken disrespectfully of AlAHin Luther ta Oaservat re RomAno, the offloUl or gAQ of the papacy. The question now atlses was tbe pope Infallible when his paper sssailed the greAt reformer or when It printed his Apology? A letter from Rev. J. A. Lnslng sajs he has a few thousand of tho ez eel lent pamphleti Issued under the -Moh our forefathers fought, bled and dereotlon of the Prew and Literature dled( and ln tbe contention, all toe bett com id it we or tbe uommlttee of Uneparto( our citizenship will ba on the uunarea oi u sion, wuioa be win se u sde 0( right. at tne rate ot uu lor si.uo. The pam ph'ets will ba assorted numbers, and each one will contain about 32 pages. It you want something good address him at Boston. Clement Scott, the dean of the London, England, dramatis critics, has atirred up a storm by declaring that women csn hardly remain pure on the stage. Womanly purity is much more easily maintained on the stage than within the "sacred" and "consecrated" apartments of convents and nunneries. The women of the stage are free some thing that cannot t ruthfully be said if the women of the cloister. IF AMERICA WOULD BE POYV ERFUL Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes was classmate ot the Rev. Dr. Samuel F. Smith, author ot "America." In a con versation with a friend on the relattve chances of his productions and the productions ot his brother bards re maining enduring classics, Dr. Holmes generally avowed: "Now there's Smith; he has written something that will be a universal favorite when All that I have written will have been long since forgotten. Smith did not be gin his hymn, 'Our country, 'tis of thee,' but 'My country, 'tis of thee, That 'My' was a master stroke. 'Our country' would have been too Imper sonal; 'My country' appeals to each in dividual patriotic heart in the land. His song will be sung' by future gen erations of American patriots." Dr. Holmes spoke felicitously. There is no genuine patriot in this broad land who does not feel.' in each fiber ot his being, that this republic Is "my country." But there are many Ameri can citizens who seem not to realize that the land in which they live and labor is peculiarly their own, that it is a greater honor and a greater satis- Thr Botson Citi7.n nnhlih a it. faction to be a loyal citizen oi tbe ter from Rev. Joseph Slattery. the ex- United States than to be "a citizen or mrlMt. hnU now in RWUnrf .hint. "e woria." mere are too many COB- ntfttPa that be wan shut out rrf th y. I mopotites tn the miost oi us; tney M. C. A. hall in Manchester. Mrs. arft not &nd cannot be potent factors Slattery spoke to ladies only in the ,n 016 Progress of American patriot Afternoon, but before the hour for Rev. ,Bm- We should not regard, as the Slattery's lecture ln the evening, some 0,d Greeks seem to have regarded, all one had Informed the secretary of the the Inhabitants ol the outside world be a thoroughly homogeneous people; each American man and each Ameri can woman must be able to slog with the spirit and with the understanding also, "My country, 'tis ot thee, sweet land of liberty." A survey ot the his tory of the Old World will convinos us that the liberties which we enjoy were largely achieved by men In whose hearts were enshrined tbe prin ciples for which an Oliver Cromwell and a John Hampden valiantly con tended. Cromwell, leaping Into the breach that had bee created by King Charles I. and, the Parliament, un sheathed his sword, and, relying on the God of his fathers, lead his psalm- slnglng hosts to victory. O.lver Cromwell's patriotism waa no indif ferent evanescent, transient fancy, but a living, throbbing, potent principle. There are those who claim that it was religious fanaticism that fired Oliver Cromwell to Action. Be thAt as It may, when we consider the seeth ing corruption of the royal govern ment of England at that time, we are constrained to thank God that there were religious zealots of the type of Oliver Cromwell to uplift high the standard ot civil liberty and political purity. Among the striking examples of self-sacrificing, self-abnegating pa triotism may be mentioned Aeschylus, the Greek tragic poet, who fought as A private at the battle of Marathon, and General Warren, the American revolutionary hero, who fought in the ranks at the battle of Bunker Hill, -lore than seventeen centuries separat ed these two worthies, yet were they animated by the same exalted pa triotism and by the same ardent love of liberty which ever mark the lives of those who possess proper civic spirit and real force of character. The spirit that made the illustrious William of Orange the invincible foe of King Philip II. and the Duke of Alva la the Identical spirit which should animate and Inspire American patriots in the warfare which they are waging against the corrupt power and authority of the Church of Rome in this last decade of the nineteenth cen tury. What might have happened to the inhabitants of the Netherlands it the Prince of Orange, Count Egmont, Count Horn and their fellow patriots had failed to break the power and prestige of Spain? The Spanish king had sentenced to death all the men, women and children of the Nether lands, in order to utterly crush tbe rebellion ot his heretical subjects. Had the King of Spain been able, through the murderous offices of Alva, to de populate Holland, the country would have been repeopled with those who were obedient slaves of the Pope of Rome. That gallant and true-hearted knight-errant of modern militant pa triotism, General John A. Logan, re signed his seat in corfgress and vent to the front and fought for his. coun try. He was one ot the soldiers of free dom who could say from tho heart: "My country, 'tis ot thee, sweet land of liberty." He could not endure the dismemberment of the Union. Hfl fought for an enduring peace. He showed by his conduct on the field of battle that he believed, as all broad minded patriotic Americans must now believe, that the United States should be one and Indivisible; that the Stars and Stripes should float over a united country; that we should be a nation having one language, one constitution and one destiny. Of Gustavus Adolphus, of Charles XII. of Sweden, of Henry of Navarre, of Garibaldi of Italy, of our own Wash ington, Franklin, Robert Morris, Jef ferson, Adams, Jackson, Lincoln, Sumner, Greeley, Garrison and Grant, we would fain speak in detail did space permit. Suffice It to say that they were each and all representative of that great host of patriots who have felt the inspiration and the power born of personal patriotism, that thy were among those of whom it can be justly said, "They did what they could." time before the Rjmao Cathollo eor-'wlll not die out In our government, poratloo becomes eocentrlo ln this par-1 1 Am a strong believer In the prln ucular mnrner. The eocleIaitlcAl clples of thAt greAt Aspostle of free authorities of the church of Rome own ! dom. Thomas Paine, who said he be- milllnnsof dol'A-s' worth of proper'y In New Ye k. ChlcAgo, BAllim Jre, San PrAoclsco. And O'-her Urge AmerlcAn Ileved In one God And no more. And he believed thAt religious duties consisted in doing justice, loving mercy. And cities on which not one cent of Uxes endeavoring to make our fellow creat r K.n iialJ. Allen orooerlv lures haDDT. I will close with a wish hundreds scAttered All over our try Tis one thing we need to help SAve us from the encroAchments of the Roman Catholic church. Go-1 save the mark In calling that gigantic po litical machine a church. I hw worked And talked along thAt line for yeArs. Am getting now well Along In years (over 62) but mean to stay holders never do willingly pay taxes to. lor your success In the great cause , Wuh It as long as I live, and die wit any government under which they op-1 you axe engaged in. so vltAl to th erale. Ana the ldtman aioouo wr poratlon is the most alien of All the foreign property bolder represented on the American continent. It Is high lime that the teoular Authorities of All tbe state of this union compelled the Roman archbWbops and bishops of America to pay their fair share ot the taxes on the property which they con trol. You can a1ajs expect to see tbe Roman CAtbollo priests And bishop appear and effer to help in tbe cause of charity when there is any hope of be ing Able to handle Protestant money. When some one suggested that a relief fund be rAlsed for the Cubans certain Roman prelate came forward And vol unteered to see to its distribution. We would pity tbe sufferers It Roman Cath ollo priests ever got their bands on the lelleffund. That gentry has not, dur ing our seventeen years' residence ln Omaha, to our knowledge, contributed a dollar for the relief of the destitute in this or any other city. We hAve known them to refuse their communi cants the absolute necessaries of life and leave them for Protestants to care for. This is true every winter, and it leads us to believe that Rome proceeds upon the theory that "it is more bless ed to receive than to give." American people. Respectfully Yours. JOHN J. RIUX my Armour on. 1 naiiea mj iu the mast head years ago and it shall . . . . stay. All honor to tnose wno a the fight to win. Keep It up and por in hot shot every chance you can gC But really I tremble for your safety sometimes, the enemy are so crafty And treacherous. Yours truly, against Romanism in all Its Hydra-headed form. IN JUNCTION CITY., Kas., Dec. ZL My father was a leader of the Knownoth ings ln 54 and I at that time learned to think of them the Romanists as enemies of all Free Masons, and as soon as I could I went In and have been president of No. 71 ln this town. KANSAS CITY Mo., Dec. 20. En- The republicans in this place are our doged p,eaBe flnd , x 50 for wWch Bend worst enemies, and are doing all they me the Amerlcan and Atlas of the can to injure us. We went ln last World t am erolne to give the book fall to defeat tbelr best man ana got tQ a mt,e Bchoo, who usuaiy gets him by ninety-five votes. They trad- h k , au 0f bis studies. ed the republican nominees on ana . . ukeg nterest look- elected Catholics. If the republicans . . D,cture. and readlng the had stuck to their party we would Xmer,can. He comes to my place of have skinned the whole gang. I am in WQrk qu,te often and askg for or hunt the fizbt till I am called oerore tne up mJ, paper Kni glu down ln a corner last Judge. I put ln the best part of tQ ,ook ftt the picture8 and read the young manhood for my country, no newg After he read tne jtem aDout more McKlnley for ub. I claim that the glrU raping from the House of Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucny, the Oood Snepnerd i South Omaha The rumor that Sir Wilfrid Laurler, the premier of Canada, had asked the Vatican to establish a nunolature in Canada Is confirmed by a dispatch from Rome which says that Lord Chief Jus tice Ruste'.l of England came to Rome about the end of last month to repeat the request. So it appears that tbere are political policies of the church of R ime agalnBt which Sir Wilfrid not only enters no protest, but which he aids and abets to the best of his ability. We did not think this of Sir Wilfrid. His bold stand on the Manitoba school question gained for him millions of Protestant admirers both In Canada and ln the United States. When Eph ralm 1b joined to his Idols it is indeed almott impossible to sunder the ties that bind the worshiper t j the object of veneration and adoration. California, and Oregon elected him and without them he could not be ln the hands of Ireland or Gibbons. The trouble with us is we took ln too many members here who never respect their promise. We have reorganized and who comes in now must run the scrutiny of every member. I believe that was our great trouble. Why can't we have an Insurance In it? I think that would stimulate. It seems he asked many questions. I explained to him, so far as I knew, the Actual facts in the case and he appeared to not be satisfied and read It over a second time. I am a poor man and get but small wages, but I believe mis is tne dcbi investment I can make with so small'' an amount of money, and as long as I live and the paper is published I hoDe to be a subscriber. I am a that we are all Joining "Insurance so- Jun,or &nd win goon be a K of P. Re. cities" for the mony that Is in them, If many had money to send out or spread our literature among the blind we would be better off. I hope the blind will soon see. Yours, F. P. P. READING, Pa., Dec. 20. Dear Friends: I wish your paper God speed through the nations and reach at once all these dough headed and saw dust brained Protestants that give our po litical offices to Romanists and sell out our declaration of independence to the bloody bands of Rome. Grover was bad; McKlnley Is worse; what will the next president of our nation do? Yours truly against Romanism. E. H spectfully yours. P. D. Certain Omaha papers have been loud in their condemnation of Tom Dennlson because he runs A policy shop but they never say a word AgAinst the policy shops run by the church of Rome in every cltv in the country. A dis patch trim Rome says that "notwith Handing the pope's sympathy for SpAln, the representations of Mgr. MArtinelll hAve left a deep impression on his mind. In a recent letter the Apostolic delegate deolAred Cuba lost to SpAln, And that great losses Are Im minent to the church in AmerlcA UN LESS the power And influence of the American bishops shall be thrown upon the popular 81DK " If that don't show RomAnlsm Is a nuge policy shop what does It show? The alleged discipline In the fire de partment Is on A par with the treat ment accorded a private in the Army At Fort SheridAn by CApt. Loverlng. The County Commissioners of Doug Us county have remitted all the taxes Assessed against St. Josephs hospital, a Roman Cathollo Institution, from 1889 to 1897, because of its religious charac ter. That adds something to the bur den of each tax-payer In the county ' How do Protestants like to be forced to contribute lo the support of Romanism. The board of commissioners that made this order is composed of E. M. Sten berg, chairman; H. E. Ostrom, W. I Ktersted, Thomas Hoctor and Peter Hofeldt. Y. M. C. A. that if the lecture was de livered there would be a riot And thAt worthy locked the hall door and posted a notice to the effect that there would be no lecture. The Y. M. C. A. Is rap idly getting over on the side of Rom' nism. ' - as unworthy of being called civilized beings. We are not the only people who have attained unto an advanced slate ot civilization. But the Inhab itants ot the United States, if they would constitute a permanently powerful and formidable nation, must 'There Is a good deal of common sense in the recommendation of the con vention of penitentiary superintendents that in the public schools greater stre-s should be placed on moral lessons," says the Galesburg, 111., Republican Register. Such a recommendation could not emanate from a convention of the superintendents of the papal penitentiaries which are located in the midst of us; for neither the officers nor the advocates of those penitentiaries concede that the state has the right to teach morals, but claim that that for eign political organization which they call "the church" has alone the divine and the legitimate right to engage In such teaching. But there is no sound or constitutional reason why morals should not be taught in the public schools of the Republic, providing of course that the teachers themselves have not gained their ideas of moral obligation and ethical principles from those who inculcate the doctrines of Dens. Llirouri. and others of their school. AN exchange characterizes the re ported anxiety of the farmers of Kan sas to pay their taxes this year as Kanssn eccentricity." It will be a long what our friends say. CENTERVILLE, Alameda County, Cal., Dec. 10, 1897., American Publish ing Company: Gentlemen Have re celved your circular In regard to re newing my subscription to the Ameri' can. This I will do and send you one more subscription for the American from one of my friends living here. have tried hard to get subscribers to your paper here. There appear-1 to be many patriots here, but when It comes to drawing on their purse, they do not appear to be ln It As long as it costs nothing, it's a good thing. But Cath olics predominate here three to one, and people are afraid to take your pa per for fear it will be found out that are anti-Catholic; but as long as you send the paper in a wrapper there need be little fear of prying eyes If one feels disposed to have It secret. But I loan my paper to anyone that cares to read It You must excuse me If I send you $1 for each of us. My means are llm-1 ited, for. even at the lowest rate, It i costs me Quite a considerable sum I supplying me with papers and books' for the year. I take one San Fran cisco daily, two weeklies, one Free Thought magazine, the Boston Inves tigator, and also a number of Free Thought works each year, to keep me ln reading matter. Besides, my wife takes Borne magazines. AU this piles up to a considerable sum. To all the questions you put forth ln your circular asking If I wish to up hold them. I answer that I most as suredly da I want bo Romanism in mine, nor much orthodoxy either. All these different creeds want is power to bend people's minds to their will. But, so long as they keep split and wrangling among themselves, freedom HANNIBAL, Mo.. Dec. 20. Enclos ed please flnd money order for $4, two renewals and two new subscribers name and address sent vou. I was trying to get some subscribers, but it Is up-hill business. One is afrald'it will hurt his business if It Is known that he s taking such a paper; others want to know whether clubs would not be reduced, so I will send you these as my part of support 1 You ask If my flag Is stll nailed to the mast of anti-Romanism. Yes, my flag is nailed to the mast ot Ameri canism, to antl-Romanlsm, and shall remain there till justice is meeted out to all and special privileges to none, and those young girls liberated from imprisonment, body and soul, and all that owe their first allegiance to some foreigner are placed in the scale and weighed according to the const! tution. I am in favor of stopping lm migration for ten years and if neces sary longer. I believe the farmer and laborer and mechanic, shall be pro tected, as well as the manufacturer and merchant and Importer. I am opposed to all trusts and combines, and I believe that true Americans should have preference of employment to those that owe their allegiance to some foreign pope or potentate, and that our officials should be true Americans. I hope we may be able to find a Lincoln or a Grant to lead the hosts to victory. Yours sincerely against Romans. J. M. R. TIOGA, Pa., Dec. 20. Please find en- colsed $2 on W. F. & Co Express Co. for continuance of subscription to the American for 1898, one for a friend and one for myself. We are sorry we cannot send you some new sub scribers from here. If we could In duce them to take It for one year they would never be without it, as long as It is published, if they were true Americans and stood up for the Amer ican principles. The A. P. A. Is the best movement that has been organized in the United States. We wish it much success and that It may go on to victory and elect Hon. W. S. Linton for president in 1900. Yours ln the fight Against Rome. M. E. D. PRESHO, N. Y., Dec. 18, , 1897. Please flnd enclosed money for renew ing my subscription for another year. I could not get along without It I wish I were able to send you mora subscribers, but my time is occupied so I don't have any chance. I feel that I am helping the cause in sending my papers around after reading them. We have a nice little lodge at Corn ing, where I belong, and another near by, In Painted Post. And God knows there is need of them as there are lots of the hated Roman Catholics in this place. Yes, sir; my flag is still nailed to the mast head, and will always be. Hoping the good cause will prevail, I am your friend, C. B. L. CHICAGO, 111.. Dec. 20. Enclosed please find money order for $1.50, for which please continue American for another 'year and send a copy for six months to a friend in Bradford, Pa. Keep up those cartoons they enable one to read with a glance what it would take columns to describe. His ton and The American are to the Romish corporation what Nast and Harper's Weekly were to Tammany hall in the days of Tweed. Yours ln the cause. G. W. GRAND ISLAND, Dec. 18, 1897. In closed you will flnd money order for my subscription, and I am sorry it is not more. I have been sick for over two years not able to do any work, and I thought I would have to quit taking the paper, but I hated to. I quit taking every other paper over two years ago. I have tried to get sub' scribers for your paper, but have not been able to get any. Those who would like to read it are afraid to for fear it would Injure their business. I want to see the convents open to the public and every other Roman insti tution. I am not a good writer, but if I could have a talk with you I could tell you some good stories about how the Romans treated my fore fathers; how they shut them up in a house and set fire to the house, think ing they were going to burn up the heretics. My grandfather was born in Ireland, from Scotch parents. I know how the Romans treated heretics. If you need a dollar let me know and I will scratch one up for you. Yours for America. R. M. M. WAUKEGAN, III., Dec. 22. En closed flnd $2 to renew my subscrip tion to The American tdf another year. There have been a number of changes since you left Chicago, but the A. P. A. is not dead, for our mem bers, and there are 365 of us, have all got the true spirit in them. We made a mlstakle when we took politicians into the order, but we are on the boom again. I am as ever, a friend to the cause and to you. J. S. K. SAN PEDRO. Cal. Dec. 13, 1897. Yours of the 1st came to hand on time. Thanks for notifying me in that way. Would hate to miss a single copy of your valuable paper. Wish wa had OSAGE CITY, Mo., Dec. 20. Gentle men. Enclosed please flnd express or der for $2.00. Please renew my sub scription to you valuable paper for the coming year and send the paper to my friend, whose address Is enclosed. ' Wishing you all the compliments of the year, I remain, Fraternally yours, F. L. PEORIA, 111., Dec, 16, Gentlemen: Enclosed you will flnd express order for $4.00 Please renew my subscription and add to your list the three new names enclosed. I hope your other subscribers will do as well. W. H. H. POCATELLO, Idaho, Dec. 9. En closed please flnd express order for $3. I desire to take advantage of yonr combination offer, and want 60 cent! worth of sample copies of your paper. MRS. W. J. B. -V "J