Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1896 — Page 6

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TWO TARIFFSThe Men that the Wlhwn tnrlff I* free trade is agnlu started ou the rounds. The official reports say that for the first fiscal year of this tariff the average ad valorem rate of duty upon all dutiable goods lingtorttnl was 41.75 per cent The annual average for the four years of the McKinley tariff was 48.(91 per relit. The Wilson tariff collected in duties. $17,560,- <««» mot* daring its first year tiian the McKinley tariff did lu its last year. Perhaps some of the pro- I tectlonists will explain how a tariff | averaging -11.73 per cent, lacks the ele- I tuent of protection. Some things are on the free list, to be ■ sure. as wool ami lumber; but to sup- | poec that everything on the list is free ' t* to shock the intelligence of those who know what a stone wall may be Implied by the figures of a 41.73 per i cent duty. In both the Wilson and Me- i Kinley tariffs will be found many duties so high as to be prohibitory. The annual average of the value of dutiable goods imported under McKiuleyism was $3<:9.977.534, while under the Wilson tariff's first year it was $351,271,- ' MSI. Tin- flood of dutiable inijsirts is officially in McKinley's favor, though the partisans tuny strive with might and main to lay it on the W ilsou tariff. -Rome (N. Y.i Sentinel. _____ laa’t It Curious? That the party which enacted the Me- 1 Kinley tariff for the purpose of redoc-1 ing customs is now clamoring for an opportunity to restore the same law under the pretext that it will increase revenues? That the manufacturers who always pay as little as possible for lal*or, and tight tlie demands of their employes for more pay, should contribute to the campaign funds of a party which promises to increase the wages of all working- ' men? That Republican papers should loud- j ly denounce trusts and monopolies, while upholding the class legislation and sisx-ial tariff privilege* which en- , able those enemies of the public to i plunder the people? That in spite of their experience un- ' der thirty years of protection, during which they were robbed by high taxes and high prices, there are still farmers who vote for the Republican party and j higher duties? That the workingmen whose wages | wen- cut down in 1593 while the McKin-1 ley law was in operation, and advanced i in 18H5 under the Wilson tariff, should now listen to the agents of the monopolists who tell them that protection raises wages? That the high taxationists can never agree among themselves as to whether their policy makes prices higher or cuts them down? That the same men who denounce fre«> trade because it makes goods cheaper, praise protection because they claim it increases competition and lowers prices? That the freer exchange of products between two countries under the name “reciprocity" is a good thing, but under a “low tariff" policy is bad for both countries? Pin Them Down to a Plain laaue. Half of the protectionist arguments are devoted to showing that a high tariff benefits American manufacturers by shutting out the competition of cheap foreign goods, and thus raising the prices of domestic products. As the manufacturers all want to get as much as possible for their products they join the Republicans in working for higher duties. The other half of the pleas for a return of McKinleylsm are made up of assertions that protection greatly increases domestic competition, and thereby forces prices lower than they would be under free trade. As everybody who buys things wants to get them as cheaply as jiossible. the pretense that protection makes cheapness Is attractive to those who accept Republican statements without investigation. The result is tliat men who want things to be dear, and men who want them cheap, vote together for a high tariff jioliey. It should lie easy for Democrats to show that both of these claims for protection cannot la- true. Putting high taxes on imports cannot increase prices and at the same time reduce them. To expose tlie duplicity of the Republicans it is only necessary to insist that they shall give a square answer to the question: "Does protection make goods dearer or cheaper?" That Is a question that will compel the advocates of higher duties to declare for either low or high prices. It will lie no longer possible for them to straddle the issue. Our Infant Tea Industry. There was a hearing before the committee on ways and means the other day on the question of putting a duty of 10 cents a pound on tea. It <lid not come up as a question of revenue. Indeed. the advocates expressly excluded that idea. What they want is some measure which will exclude the poorest qualities of tea which reach this country—the kinds they call "trash.” These teas, they say, are sold here by the cargoat 10 cents per pound or less, and then put up In prize packages and worked off nt 50 cents per pound. This practice, they say. has nearly spoiled the regular tea trade. A duty cf 10 cents would break up the prisepackage business. It would lie a tax of 100 per cent, or more on the invoice value. The remarks made by members of the committee showed that

they dl<l not approve of a duty on tea unless it could be shown that It would “protect" Homebody In thia country. Thia was exactly what the petitioners were prepared to do. They hail among their number a tea-grower of South Carolina, who said that he had been making experiments in that line for half a dozen years, but that he could not possibly compete with these inferior teas. This fact gives some ground for believing that the committee may aeeisle to the petition.—New Yort Evening Poet. • Why Increase the Duty? The Philadelphia Press, a newspa-l»-r which urges that tin- pending Ding-ley-McKinley tariff bill, with its increase of existing duties by 15 per cent, should lie passed without delay, reports that this country has "won iu an Important competition for the sale of 12,000 tons of steel rails" to lie used in Chile. "The proposition was made by Chile some time ago," we are told by the Press. “both in the English markets ami those of tlie United States for prices for these rails." and the American bidders have been successful. It may fairly be inferred that their bld was lower than that of the English manufacturers. The duty on steel rails in the present tariff is $7.84 per ton. The plea of the McKinley protectionists is that this duty or a higher one Is needed to keep out the "flood" of English rails which would be imported if there were no tariff tax. How does it happen, we ask the Press, that the American manufacturer of rails can undersell the English manufacturer iu Chile, where the two compete ou even terms, if the American manufacturer cannot undersell the English manufacturer here in the home market except with the assistance of the tariff handicap of $7.84 per ton? And. if our manufacturers of rails can undersell the English In Chile, without the aid of any tariff protection whatever, why is it necessary or desirable that the present duty of $7.84 should be increased to $9.01?— New York Times. Receipts of Revenue Increasing. The government's receipts of revenues have increased so much during the past month as to suggest the possibility of the deficit for the present fiscal year being reduced to little or nothing by the end of this year. The receipts for January. 1800, were $20,237.81% of which $16,380,796 were from customs. In December last the total receipts were only $20,288,937. At the January rate the treasury's receipts for twelve months would be $350,852,040. The receipts from all sources for the seven months ending with January were $190,805,724. of which more tiian one-half ($98,722.0701 was derived from tariff duties on importa. Taking the depressing circumstances in which the import trade has recently been placed by the action of Congress, this is a very encouraging result, showing that the Wilson tariff is a much better revenue-producer than it has been generally reputed. The McKinley law from January. 1891, to August, 1894, yielded an average monthly revenue from customs nearly a million dollars less than the Wilson law yielded in customs last month. The proposed Dingley bill would lie no matt-rial Improvement on the Wilson law as a measure for raising revenue, and therefore it could not help the treasury. But its enactment would cause great disturbance of all the business and commerce of the country and would work hardship to all classes of consumers,—New York Herald. McKinley vs. Wilson. If the Republican batle-cry be McKinley and a protective tariff the Democrats could not do better than name the quiet and earnest school-teacher the splendid orator and well-grounded statesman. Postmaster General Wilson, of West Virginia. Wilson would be entirely acceptable to the East as well as the West, and his candidacy would arouse the South to a high pitch of enthusiasm and make its solidarity am assured factor in the contest. If tin Republicans should nominate McKinley the campaign would necessarily hinge on the tariff question, and will the champions of the two schools pit ted against each other the Democrat* might well exclaim, "The Lord bath delivered tlie enemy into our hands. Kansas City Times. Fnct and Theory in Collision. “Whenever there is anything to b< done for this country,” said Major Me Kinley to the Chicago Republicans, “if is to the Republican party we must look to have it done." As a theory this is altogether lovely. As a fact Speakei Reed has told the Republican Houst that it mustn't do anything this ses slon, and the free silver octopus has told the Republican Senate the sam> thing.—Philadelphia Record. Should Ik- n State ime. The Democrats of the West have beer long united on the proposition that Senators should bo elected by the peo ! pie. If they want to accomplish results they should not l>e content wlti I putting the idea Into the national pintform. but should make it an Issue in the several States. —St. I-ouis Republic. Fraudulent Pretenses. Who tilled Pennsylvania with the cheapest imported European laborers'. The highly protected coal and iron monopolists. And yet they say they want a tax on iron and coal in order tc “keep up American wages."

Ill®’ »• - ■ Wlr Menelik 11.. Enqs ror of Shoa and Abyssinia. King of Kings in al! Africa and monarch of Ethiopia, is the man who la causing all the trouble to Italy by not showing that country to ".protect" him. Menriik has an idea that he is thoroughly capable of protecting himself and proposes to do it on his own ground rather than trade off oil his real estate for “protection" of the European kind. This great ruler is, perhaps, the most interesting monarch in all the world. He claims to be a line descendant of the famous Queen of Sheba, and that his realms are the famous Ophir of the Scriptures. Whatever value may be in that claim, it is true that Menelik has the old-time idea of how to be a king. He has been able to teach a great European power a lesson which it will never forget. He has caused all the b.g ministers of state ami potentates in Euroj»e to open their eyes very wide and to realize that in him they have a real king to play with. Menelik is certainly a surprise to the King of Italy, and it is said that he will be the most Important man in the game of chess winch the European powers nre ever playing. He was born in 1848 in his father's kingdom of Shoa. His norther was a beggar wh--m the king took a fancy to and married. He ruled in Shoa after having spent his youth in all sorts of wild adventures, and wtien King John of Abyssinia died in 1880 Menelik march ed to Abyssinia, had himself crowned Em perorof Abyssinia and Shoa ami proclaimed himself King of Kings. He was enabled to do this with Italian interference, but he later flung aside this alliance because, as he said. Italy desired to absorb his king-lom. The country he rales is very rieh in gold, luxuriant in vegetation and in every way a desirable placo Its population is 3,000,000. MRS. LELAND STANFORD. Woman Who Won a Great Case After Years of Litigation. The Supreme Court decision in the Stan ford University case was a splendid victory for education. and the noble lady, who has practically sacrificed her life ami given away a queenly fortune for the Irgher good of humanity, is well worthy of the congratulations which, no doubt, will be showered upon her from all parts of the country. The case was a singular one. Had it been decided against her she would have lost more than $15,000,000. and the very life props of the splendid Z; - MRS. I.KLAND STANDFORDuniversity at I’alo Alto would have beer, swept away and the money turned over to the United States Government. The case was started in California to force the Stanford estate, represented by Stanford's widow, to pay to the United States some $15,000,000 as the share of Stanford of the debt due the United States by the Central Pacific Railway, on the principle of stockholders' liability. Mrs Stanford won in the lower courts and now the Supreme Const has affirmed their decisions. which are briefly that the stockholders of the Central Pacific are not individually liable for their shares of ths debt. ni 12 Hung Chang haa left Pekin t» attend the coronation of the czar at Moscow. Dr. Buhl, who was vice-president of the reklnrtag in 1889, is dead at Deides-J tieim. Several churches, the postoffice and fifty builifings were left in ashes by a fire as Asperen, South Holland. There was no truth in the report tteh Prince von Hohcnlohe. the German chanerftor, had arrived in London. Disses aggregating $1,500,000, insund for only $190,000. were caused by the fire in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Great distress exists am-the poor in consequence. Seventy-one l»>d!e« of victims of the Ob-ophns coal mine disaster in Prussian Silesia have been found, and it is brtieved fifty persons are still unaccounted fox. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, stated in the House of Commons that ho did not believe anything would be gained by Great Britain taking the initiative iu promising a monetary conference. It is reported in Pskin tliat the Prencdi Government is supporting the offer of a syndicate of French financiers to loan Chinn 100,000,000 taels, France to guarantee -tflie interest on the security of customs and other concessions.

J. H. M’VICKER DEAD. Veteran Theater Manager “nccunibs tea Recent Apoplectic htroke. J. H. McVicker, the nestor of American theater ms ns gers. <Ued nt bls hunm iu t'hicttgv Saturday afteruwm from the

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Mr. McVicker had been a prominent theater manager fur nearly half a century. He was born lu New York iu 1822 of S<->>tch-lrish par< iitngv. Ilia father died whe n he was a child. As a young man he Is-eame a printer. In 1840. whil< in New Orleans, be decided to take to the stage. He went to Chicago in 1848 ami since hue made that city his home. In 1851 he purchased the right to Dan Mat Ide's plays nnd became a star. He went to England and was well received there. But Mr. McVicker was determined to liecoine u manager, ami iu 185" he built whnt was christened "The New Chicago Theater." It was opened Nov. sos that year. The enterprise lietwme so thoroughly identified with the young proprietor that McVicker's Theater lieeame its name and McVicker’s Theater it remains. Mr. McVicker himself appeared as Cousin Joe in "The Rough Diamond" on the opening night, and was greeted by an enthusiastic audience. During the war the theater continmsl to diver; '.he public mind with the best talent the dramatic field afforded. In 1871 Mr. McVicker rebuilt his theater. He opened in August of that year and assumed the leading role in the comedy "Extremes." The Chicago tire destroyed the playhouse, but iu 1872 it was rebuilt for the second time. In 1885 the theater was remodeled and was again burned to the ground Aug. 26. 1890. Mr. McVicker was visiting in the East. l*i»>n the receipt of the dispatch announcing his loss he determined upon the immediate restoration of his buiidiug for the fifth time. SPAIN AND UNCLE SAM. Wc Have a Material Interest in the Prosperity of Cuba. Alphonso XIII.. King of Spain, is in the tenth year of his age. The country is governed by his mother, the queen regent, Maria Christina. The legislative power is in a Senate nnd the cottes. About onehaif the Senate is elected. The cortes consists of 431 deputies, chosen by citizens of 25 years of age who pay taxes. The population of the country is about IS,QUO.tMIO. Ministers have been defeated and censured several times during the past year, but have not resigned. Cuba has been the chief cause of j. -lilft-al aud financial excitement during the year. Although represented in the national Legislature by ten Senators and thirty deputies, it is practically without voice at Madrid. The present insurrection, now more thau a year in progress, is supported by two classes of the people—radicals who want separation and independence, nnd autonomists. or home rulers, who would satisfied with the same relation to th« crown that Canada has to that of Groat Britain. Four years ago, on ministerial assurance of a home rule measure, the radical Cuban party became quiescent. Broken faith at Madrid revived iL and the ranks of the radicals were largely recruited from those of the home rulers made desperate by disappointment and deception. After sturdy fighting, in which the insurgents proved themselves fully a match for the ablest generals and the flower of the army of Spain, they proclaimed the Cuban Republic in August last, to be composed of five States. Li September the home nth-rs sent a petition to Madrid through Marshal Campos, begging selfgovernment on conservative lines, and assuring the queen that this concession would dissolve the rebellion. The only answer was the recall of Campos and substitution of him with Weyler. whose policy is understood to be thoroughly Cromwellian. If he cannot subdue he will extirpate. If Cuba will not submit; to be ruled by Spain, it will be destroyed. Weyler, if necessary, will make a desert of the island and call it Peace. The position of the Government of thq United States is one of extreme delicacy. The money loss to American trade alonq in consequence of the rebellion is a grave injury. In 1894 exports of merchandise from the Unite-! States to Cuba reached a value of $17.1.8t;.833. Last year the value fell to $9.498.<i54. American imports from Cuba in 181 G reached the value of $76,413,131; last year the total fell to $51.<152.125. The United States, therefore, have a direct and materia] interest in the destiny and prosperity of this island. Far above this interest is the interest of humanity. It is intolerable to the public sentiment of the Unite! States that slaughter and pillage, due to political oppression, shall go on indefinitely at our very doors. The struggle Cuba is making for civil and political liberty is identical with the straggle I the founders of the republie of the United [ States made against the selfishness and oppression <>f tm- crown of Great Britain. I Thanks to the friendly aid of France, that I struggle was brought the more apeedily to au end. The struggle in Cuba ought to be brought to nn imd by the friendly aid of the United States.—Chicago TirneaHerald. Sparks from the Wires. Three hundrwl tons of armor plate has lieen shipiMsi by the Bethlehem Steel Company to Rmwia. A! Spink's play. “The Derby Winner,” bus been sold to George Munson, a baseball writer, who lias been ita advance agent. The Brazil Government haa de<-lines! an offer from Rio Janeiro bankers of a loan of £l.'ss>.<mg ($5.(100,060) to counteract the fall of exchange. IL-alth Officer Routh's ultimatum to the ice cotapanies at Duluth. Minn., has had j the desired effect. All of the companies have gone out aver a mile from shore to secure ice. Oliver Knrx' hlsinm, the 16-year-old son of a farmer near Osgood. Ind., while quitting trees, was struek on the head by a falling limb, crashing his skull and killing his instantly. A futile attempt was made to rob ths safe of the county treasurer at Creedc, I Col. R- bU-rs w rke<l V“' combination’ , but aerated nothing. SG,UUO having been 1 removed to the bank.

HUSTLING HOOSIERS. TTEMS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATEAn tntsresttng Hnmmary ot the Mors Im. porinut lßMugs of Oar Sslghbors Weddings and lleslhs t rlmes. <a.u.illirs, and Ueneml Indians Bews Notes, Minor Htute Items. Milton gels • harrow factory. Brazil Is organizing a new gun club. No sign* overhang the streets of Bouth Bend. Tlie bottom has fallen out of country rends* Logansport proposoto accure an ofßcisl Rato band The late cold snap injured U>o wheat iu Delawara v ounty. Michigan City hopes to have a zhtp yard next summer. A woman is passing counterfeit 12. W pieces in l.<>gans)>ort. Grasshoppers arc hopping around Kirk--I>. as if it were hay weatlier. Greene County is on tlie "boom'* on account of the good gravel road prospects. The Nicholson law reduced the number of saloons in Franklin Irani nine to three. Northern Indiana farmers will rais |>eppertninl. next summer. It's claimed there's money in IL Delaware County folk declare that but one saloon shall exit in tlie county, outside of .Muncie. .Mn. F.lla Ford, ot Shelby County, wants Bachelor William C. Dailey to pay her $3,000 for breaking his promise to marry. Frank Sargent of Tipton, has l«een fined $25 and di-franchisi-d for ten years 'oecause he ran voters out of the county on election day, in 1994. A “Fortv-cight Club" st Logansport, has forty-eight members, all born in IMS and hence 48 years old. When one dies the rest must attend the funeral. Otto Lever, an Anderson boy with a bullet through bis brain, is still alive, in lull possession of his mind. His limbs are no longer paralysed. Physicians are puzlied. Fifteen years »go. February 15. ttie Logansport Journal published Judge Biddle’s obituary. He is 85 years old. and is not dead and devotes his time to literary pursuits. Dan Furguson. an aged colored barber of Wabash, is meeting with success in his lecture an Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Furguson is of unusual intelligence and an ex-slav". Miss Mayrne Pense of Anderson, who lost her golden locks while sleeping, last fall, has just been married to Frank Stanley. supposed to have been a party to the clipping thereof. Anderson preachers are on a crusade against cigarettes. Petition will be presented to the City Council, asking that an ordinance be passed preventing any verson under 18 Irom using the "coffin-nails.” W. E. Hand, of Argus, has been experimenting in the progagation of a new fruit called crannels. The plant grows upright and has a rich foliage. Other points in Northern Indiana w ill grow it, next year. Av electric railway will be built either from Logansport to Fraikfort or from Logansport to Noblesville, and one from Rochester east through Fort Wayne to Celina, Ohio, both by a syndicate of Eastern capitalists. Samuel Rigney a poinecr and the of wealthy farmers of Vigo County, died recently from hiccoughing. He has been suffering with hiccoughs for several months, and they caused paralysis, which resulted in his death. A tramp in Wabash County works the ’farmers by representing himself as a pole climer for the Western Union Telegraph Company. He carries a pair of pole climbers and gives orders on the company in lieu of paying for meals. The Christian, Presbyterian. Methodist, and United Presbyterian Churches of Rushville have united to hold a big revival to begin March 22 and continue two weeks. The noted evangelist. Rev. Edgar L. Williams of Peoria, 111., will conduct the meeting. John L. (»rr. of North Webster, is lying at the point of death, the result of drinking by mistake a cup full of lye. The old gentleman thought the lye was cider and did not discover his error until heliad drank aconsulerable quantity of the liquid. Hope of his recovery has been abandoned. Gas wells about Farmland drilled eight years ago were considered worthless and capped. Farmland’s gas came from Delaware County, five miles away. Recently a cap removed from one of the old wells developed a powerful flow of gas and now the town is supplied from tlie abandoned well. The supposition is that a gas field changes from place to place as time passes. Henry Becker, a glass worker of Elwood, who would not trust basks, but kept his money hidden under a carpet in an urp--r room of his house, was so unfortunate as to lose the sum ot SSJO by its being under the carpet when his house caught fire aud burned. The roof of the house was ready to fall in when the fire was discovered and he was uuabie tosavo the money. A smooth young fellow swindled (he farmers almut Franklin, recently. He went about representing himselt to be a collector of statistics for the government, and asked many questions about deceased relatives and friends. Later another "chap" appeared and presested them memorial cards giving a short account of the dead person, with a verse or two ol a hymn, for which $2.50 was collected. William Cluster, a highly respected citizen of Jackson Tow nship , Hownrd County, was killed in Bagwell A Golding’s saw-mill. He owed the mill owners a sm ill um of money and asked to be allowed to work it out, commencing only this week. A flying slab struck him on th# head while he was watching the saw, killing him instantly. A widow and two •liildren are left in destitute circum•t nee-. Judge Ellison fined James Kirkham, $25 for contempt of court at Anderson. Kirkhan refused to tell tlie Judge about his property when interrogated by the latter during a trial in which alimony was demanded. The Judge became indignant and warned Kirkham but the letter answered insultingly, when he was fined and then created a sensation by saying, “Well, good-bye, Judge,” and grabbing his hat, ran out of the room, down stairs and headed for home. A bailiff and vwo constables took after him and a crowd of citizens helped capture him and bring him back. The Judge then added sixty days tn jail to the tiqe.

effects of a stroke of apoplexy about a m<i lit h ago. During the two weeks fidlowing the shock Mr. M c V i c ker Im proved and it was Is-lleu-d that his tine constitution would eiial'le him to resume hie usual activity, but. advanced years were against him.

’'••reign ■ Os the 2SWI alien fl gers who nrriv. d n: it., fl York lust vonr. 4.’, 'l.‘ ni,„„ t ,‘ ’• of ago < mild i.ot ~, H 149,'MW of tho st. erug,. 11(| . v : h *'» H over 14 ye ars of ng. . Vll | fl those brought with 11„ , n " S No leva than i'.',i»«> ti .„ w) ,fl bor of steerage immigrant, had ' ll " fl point In the north .\t ;t . •... H domination, while on |y 2,451 "’ I Imund for the South < 1 ■ trill I Htop. Thi, r: ■ stop a small mal«.l y . * h |,. h u H your strength, before u Isj H to «rre«i it. ni.'l « H y.m. The Mfest i.n.l pr..n,|...."' k g •>f wanli.it eltallly I- II ...... ■ Rlttars. which r. «.•»., 1, ■ nulMWie localise If r. k"", 1 g fui>rtl..ti« wh..«. Int,.rrn|.i|. 'J* H general health. I th.- It t , r ;,*•«s ■ •U, malarial, rheumatic ai,.i tI H plalula and bllt<>u»u.'» ■ He Ua« Carafai, I "I hone. Mr. ( lover, that you hava I Men to It that yout cows haven't t». I berculosb,” said u lady to her milk. I man. I "And what may that be, ma'am?'' I “Why. it is a discus... and the g enw I ot it get into tho piilk." I "Lor, ma'am. I hope yoi don't ■ as I'd be guilty o' fetchin' you mil* I without first strainir. of ,t, ma'am? I Why Nut I patronize tlie Nickel Plate Road on-rm I next tri;, to New York City or Itu-t.ur’ I They operate solid through tram, I gnntly equipped with palace sleep-n iu I day ooachea attended by uniformed top I ored jsiriers w hose duties require then to I look out for tin- comfort ot pa....u Magnificent Dining Cars. Tlie I’opuUr Low Rate .Short Line. Everybody knows that a great msay people consider it great fun to collect coins, postage stamps, etc. The latest in this line is the formation of a cicty at Munich, which has set toitself the soul-elevating task of collect, ing the greatest possib.e variety of street car tickets. Beautiful birds and fragrant fl .wars art nature's charm, but a divinely lovely ri» plexion comes from the use of Gleaa's Sulphur Soap. Os druggists. He that would pass the latter part ol his life with honor and decency must, w hen he is young, consider that ha shall one day be old, and remember when he is old that be has onto beet young. Cheap Excnroion; to the West and Northwest, On March lOand April", i 'A tho North Line (Chicago A North-Western R’y) will sell Home Seekers’ excursion tickets at very low rates to a large number of points in Nortliern Wisconsin. Miehigui, Northwestern lowa. Western Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South l»s---kota. including the famous Black Hills district. For full informal ion apply to ticket agents ot conneenmt lines or address W. A. Kniskern, G. I’. A T. A., Chicago, 111. The latest watch is a marvel of ingenuity. It is the size of a small solitaire. and is intended to be worn as the button of a shirt or siceve. Pisn's Cure for Consumption has save! me large doctor bills. —C. L. Baker. 4228 Regent Sq., Philadelphia. Pa.. Dee. 8, '95. A good man is kinder to his enemy than ba<l men are to their friends.— Bishop Hall. "Brown's Bronchial Troches" are unriwiiefl for relieving coughs, hoarseness and all throat troubles. So d only in boxes. Diversity of opinion proves that things are only what we think ol them. ___ Numerous favorable comments on the Passenger Service of the Nickel I'laie Read have come to our notice. Their r ast Western Express leaving New lorktity nt 6:00 ». m.. Boston 8:00 p. m.. buffalo 5:85 a. m.. Erie 8:07 a. m.. Cleveland 10:53 a. m.. Fort Wavne 4:10 p. m., arrives at Chicago at 9:00 p. m., affording fasttitae and splendid connections for all lointl west. Rates always the lowest. It is impose ible to be a hero in anything unless one is iir.-t a heroin faith. —Jacobi.

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