Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1892 — Page 1

VOLUME XVI

TARIFF NOTES.

Yfee-hnnaoron* ex-Congressman Barr, who bn been hired as a protection propagandist, declares in big type in the New York Tribune that— We tariff is levied in the first place simply to enable the people of the United States to pay the high wages everywhere prevailing in this country. This is directly opposed to the declaration of Mr. McKinley at Egpvidence, during the recent campaign, that— No one ever claimed that protective tariffs were intended to increase wages. Mr. McKinley is a better authority on the subject of the tariff than the peripatetic missionary of the monopolists can claim to be. And Mr. McKinley's action is confirmed by the action of the Republican house in voting down an amendment offered by a Democrat to his bill requiring the manufacturers to increase the wages of their workmen by the full amount of the proposed increase in the duty.—Shelbyville Democrat. For some time monied men have been working to secure the formation of a trust of all the plate-glass factories qf America. In glass circles nothing else is talked of. According to a well-known glass manufacturer there is an overproduction of plate glass, and unless a trust is formed competition of a disastrous character will occur. This is one of the peculiar blessings of the provisions of the McKinley bill. So soon as manufactories are established all over the land and an over-production is threatened, the people are compelled to pay enough for the products of the establishments to keep half of them closed up with a comfortable income.—Peru Sentinel. fijhp current receipts of the government are now just about sufficient to meet its ' expenses. How, then, can the Democrats expect to reduce the tariff without causing a deficiency t— Harrison Organ.

By ejecting the people who squander the surplus and empty the treasury. And by abolishing the prohibitive duties which shut wealth out of the country and keep revenue out of the treasury— Tipton Times.

It does seem a little singular, not to say paradoxical, that poor, down-trod-den free trade England should be able to send its impecunious business men over here with money enough to buy up all the great interests, railroads, factories, etc., that they can get their hands on.— Noblesville Democrat.

It is about time for the tin plate liar to commence tailing about the tin in this country and the vast factories ready to manufacture tin plate. While’ we have a few, they will make people believe that the country is full of them. —Decatur Democrat. The McKinley bill is said to be “justifying itself to its framers.” The statement can not be contradicted. It is doubtless serving its intended purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.—Pulaski County Democrat. The business outlook of the country is far from encouraging this spring. Dull times are not by any means confined to Jeffersonville. Alas for Bill McKinley and McKinley’s hill. Jeffersonville News.

Ben Butler Supported Harrison.

The senate committee reported against the passage of the bill to prevent the use of the American flag for advertising purposes. The senate is controlled by the g. o. p., which holds the flag in such holy reverence. Yet the excuse for their action is that it would interfere with the manufacture of the flags. Ben Butler has control of this article. Yet the Republicans not only give him a protective tariff, but also permit the desecration of the flag rather than interfere with the manufacture of the article.—Lake County News.

No Government Competition.

The unjust custom of the government, through its postoffice department, in the printing of stamped envelopes is undemocratic, unrepnblican and contrary, to the spirit of the constitution and without a parallel or precedent in any other branch of the national government. That the government should spend the people’s money to compete with its own citizens is an injustice so manifest and so flagrant as to demand the vote of disapproval of every congressman.—Plymouth Democrat Nearly two months ago the Demo- , eratic house passed a bill placing landbag twine on the free list. The bill went to the senate where it was referred to the committee on finance, of which Senator Morrill, of Vermont, is chairman. It has never been acted qpon by the committee. The amount of whalebone taken annually does not now much exceed 300,000 pounds. The largest part this is taken by the whalers sailing out of ports on the Pacific coast A few years ago the amount taken reached as high as 500,000 pounds annually. There will be 900 delegates to the n*; tipnal Democratic convention, 888 from States and 13 from territories. In order to nominate, the votes of 600 delegates will be required, a clear two-thirds vote. The Women's temple in Chicago, which cost $600,000, was largely paid for cat of the contributions of penny hanks, 100,000 of which were opened, it is said far that purpose.

The Democratic Sentinel.

AN ELASTIC TARIFF.

Bet to C*teh ’Km Going or Owing. The advocate of the American Bystem of tariff spoliation has occasion to address now one class of people and now another. In doing this he is forever contradicting himself, and apparently never finding out that he is in any way inconsistent. He has occasion at one time to address the victims of the system—consumers who, in their other character of producers, are not and can not be benefited by taxes on imported article of any kind. 16 these victims the vereatile advocate says: “The tariff is not a tax. It adds nothing to the price of Anything you buy, whether it be imported or produced at home. On the contrary, it cheapens the things yon have to buy.” The organ of the American Protective Tariff league addresses the victims in substantially these words in every issue, and illustrates its assertion with singularly logical and convincing pictures of blankets, dresses, coats, kegs of nails, barrels of salt and so on without end.

But presently the versatile advocate has occasion to address the sheep farmer, and to him he says: “The tariff gives yon a higher price for your wool.” And again he has occasion to address the factory operatives, and to them he says: “The tariff raises the prices of the goods yon help produce, and so gives you higher wages than you would get without the tariff.” He gives them to understand that it is the tariff that makes wages in this country higher than in other countries. Thus the tariff advocate tells the working people in the protected industries that but for the tariff “the American manufacturer would have to furnish goods at as low a price as his foreign rival.” But he can not do that and pay present wages, because he can not manufacture as cheaply as his foreign rival, who pays lower wages. “To lower his

prices he would have to cut down wages.” That is to say, the tariff makes wages higher here by making prices higher here. By making prices higher, and in no other way, the tariff enables themafiufacturer to pay the higher cost of production due to higher wages. Addressing an audience of still another kind, our versatile advocate asserts not that the tariff reduces the prices of the tariffed articles, not that it raises wages by raising prices, but that the manufacturing capitalist Heeds protection because he must pay higher wages in this country, and if we shouldn’t protect him he would have to shut down and discharge his employes and general prostration and rain would ensue. Here the assumption is not that the tariff raises wages, but that the scale of wages in this country is high from some other cause or causes, and that the government most help him to exact high prices or calamitous consequences will ensue.

Now the versatile advocate can not be right in ail these positions. Either tariff taxes raise prices or they do not. They can not do both at the same time with respect to the same thing. Which do they do? Is it not reasonable to suppose that a tax laid on an imported article makes it come higher to the consumer? Is it not "reasonable to suppose that if the imported article is made dearer the domestic article of the same kind will be made dearer?. Is any other supposition reasonable? Is it possible to reconcile any other supposition with the fact that the home producer always welcomes a higher tax and always protests against any lower tax in the competing article when imported ? It certainly is not.

When our advocate asserts two contrary effects of the tariff we are at liberty to hold him to the most reasonable and likely. We accept his assertion that the tariff does raise rather that the contrary assertion. Having pinned him down to that, we demand to know what wisdom or what justice there is in compelling the mass of the people to pay extortionate prices in order that a few, comparatively, may carry on unprofitable works or make exorbitant profits. To this twofold question, which is the whole tariff question in a nutshell, no satisfactory answer ever has been or can be made by the opponents of commercial or industrial liberty.—Chicago Herald.

A Republican Paradox.

Republicans claim that their pet articles of faith are protection and a dollar which will pass current throughout the world, says the Kansas City Times. As gold is the chief standard among the nations their statement may be fairly interpreted to mean a gold dollar. Democrats on the other hand believe that silver can be used as a medium of exchange throughout the world without loss. Did Democrats believe that silver money would depreciate they would oppose it because their plan of commerce includes other nations. Protectionists favor in theory the home market. They approve of high tariff walls which shall shut out foreign trade. Curiously enough they would confine commerce within continental boundaries, and yet their currency views are made to depend upon the action of Europeaq powers. There is a seeming paradox in these two claims of the Republicans. They believe that a legal tender act would maintain silver coins at par in the western hemisphere, yet they fear depredation in Europe while deprecating any efforts to trade there. Speaking of monopolies it is said that a certain man has secured the bootblacking privilege at the world’s fair far $33,000.

RENSSELAER IASPEB COUNTY. INDIANA FRIDAY JULY 8 1892

HIGH PROTECTION.

R Baglaad • Tbmuad Tears of It Created Pauperism. Gentlemen who advocate high protection talk about England and the sufferings of English laborers. From the days of William the Conqueror until 1846, the highest kind of protection laws prevailed in that country, and the average wealth of the laboring people in 1840 was estimated at £44 per family. Under the high protection laws all the wealth of the country was concentrated in the hands of a very few, seven-eighths of the population being .laborers, most of whom were barely able to earn the most meager subsistence. Mulhall’s Dictionary of Statistics tells ns that since the passage of what are known as the free trade laws of England more than a million of English families have risen from the condition of day laborers to what he terms the middle class, meaning those comfortable, prosperous people whose incomes range above $5,000 a year. Mulhall also states that the rich families have decreased more than 60 per cent, and the wealth per family of this class more than 10 per cent.

He also shows that the average wealth of the working class has doubled during that period. In other words, under the English tariff laws the workingmen and poor classes are constantly getting richer, the middle class or people in comfortable circumstances are constantly increasing, having more than doubled in forty years, while the extremely rich have decreased both in numbers and wealth.

This proves that the principle of free trade, as it is called by the Republicans, or fair trade, or just tariff laws, as advocated by ns—that is, tariff levied for the purpose of benefiting the whole people—has had the effect in England to decentralize wealth and to build up a large class of that character of people which alone makes a country great, prosperous and happy. Nearly a thousand years of protective tariff prior to 1846 had divided the people of England—a protected nobility owning millions on the one side, a small middle class of moderate means, and 20,•00,000 people suffering abject poverty, many of them being little above pauperism.

Forty years of fair trade have decentralized wealth, reduced the number who possessed extreme wealth, almost abolished pauperism, and largely increased tiie thrifty middle elass. The very reverse has been the condition of the United States during the period of Republican control.—Speech of Representative Joseph Wheeler.

The Tax Oases.

The first of the suits which many of the railroads have initiated to have the tax law of 1891 declared unconstitutional will come up for hearing in the Marion circuit court June 14. It is the Big Four railroad case. The cases of the other roads have not yet been set for trial, but as they involve the same questions raised by the Big Four, the decision in the first case will be watched with a great deal of interest. These corporations attacked the constitutionality of the law for the reason that it does not provide for what is known as “due process of law,” in that it does not provide for notice to be issued to railroad companies, where prop, erty is to be assessed by the state hoard. Also that it does not proride for the giving of notioe to the railroad companies after the assessment is made, so that the railroads may object to such assessment. Now, the provisions of the new law relative to the manner of assessing railread corporations were copied from the eld law, under which the railroads have been assessed since 1873. For twenty years the railroads of Indiana have been paping taxes on the assessment made without the so-called “due process of taw,” without protest. If this provision of the law is unconstitutional, then the eM law was unconstitutional. Why was there no attempt to have it declared invalid? Because under the old law, the railroad paid taxes on about one-fourth of their real value.

Of course it was to their interest not to kick at the law then. But when the Democratic hoard of state tax commissioners complied with the new tax law and made the railroads pay their full share towards supporting the government, then these corporations began to kick and refused to pay the increased taxes by enjoining the county treasurers front collecting the same. Then they sent up the howl, “Unconstitutional I” “Unconstitutional!” Had the members of the state board left the railroad assessment as their Republican .predecessors had fixed, then the railroad taxes would have been paid without protest.

fteggrdlees of results these suits will ooet the railroad companies at least SIOO,OOO in attorney’s foes and other expenses. A few months ago the Republican press, inspired by the state organ, the Indianapolis Journal, reiterated changes that the new tax law was famed in the interest of corporations. The most partisan papers went so far as to state that the provisions relating to the assessment of railroads have been drafted by corporation attorneys. Of course, since the banks and railxsads have combined to break down the law we hear no mare about the “favored corporations at the hands of a Democratic legislature.”

“A FISK jADHSSBNCB TO GOSRBOT FRINGIPUBS.”

AMONG THE STATE EXCHANGES.

Two years ago, The Enterprise, the organ of the Republican party in Clay county, in denouncing the school book law, said that it would be repealed just as soon as that party would again get control of the general assembly. Our contemporary should see to it, then, that the man nominated for representative in this county on July 80 is openly committed for the repeal of this law and that he goes before the people on this issue. We shall see.—Brazil Democrat. Republican organs are singularly silent regarding the incident of the southern Grand Army posts refusing to affiliate with ex-soldiers of the colored persuasion, There has not been even a protest from any important northern organ of the party, and the colored voters of the south are asking for the reason. They may learn that their votes are needed by the Republicans rather than their company.—Benton Review.

Let the opponents of an income tax please answer what hardship there would be iu taxing those whose income is greater than their need? Take the entail principle adopted by the Astor family of devising only in trust from son to son the vast fortune accummulating larger for the protection they receive.—Noblesville Democrat.

Congressman Johnson, the fire-eating statesman from Richmond, Ind., made a speech in the house Tuesday. He said that “President Harrison was In favor of the Lodge force election bill, and no man but a coward or despot would oppose it.” The Republican party needs a force bill to keep it in power.—Tipton Times.

It is a curious fact that the Republican party holds itself as being the special champion of temperance, and yet if you merely mention the subject of prohibition, it indulges in the vilest abuse of the measure, and everlastingly damns every Republican who favors it.—Covington Friend.

Wool Prices Under Various TariffS.

The following table will show how the tariff has benefitted the American wool growers. It will be seen that the price was highest under “free wool” and lowest when the tariff was highest. The prices are compiled from the market quotations and are authentic: WOOL. Year. Tariff. Price. 1848 30 percent 40c 1849 “ 88c 1850 “ 45c 185 T “ 47c 1852 “ 45c 1853 “ 50c 1854 “ 49c 1855 “ 44c 1856 “ 55c 1857 Free 53c 1858 “ 45c 1859 “ 59c 1860 “ 54c 1861 “ 44c 1863. “ 41c 1863 “ sac 1864 .’...25 to 30 per cent 45c 1865 “ •• 46c 1866 “ « tfo 1867 50 to 60 per cent 48c 1868 “ "... 42c 1869.. “ “ 48c 1870 “ « 61c 1871 “ « 68c 1872 45 to 55 per cent 60c 1873 “ “ 60c 1874 “ “ ::::noc 1875 “ “ 52c 1876.. . 45 to 50 per cent 44c 1877.. “ “ 47c 1878 “ “ 80c 1879 “ “ ;37c 1880 “ “ 40c 1881 “ « .... 48c 1882 “ “ 48c 1883 40to60per cent...., 48c 1884-90 “ “ 30c 1891-2 45 to 50 per cent 28c

The only Increase of state taxes made by the last legislature, beside the monument tax, is the six cents levy for what is known as the “benevolent institution fund.” This increase was not included in the general tax law, which does nos provide for the levying of a dollar. The general tax law simply provides how property shall be assessed. The act of March 7, 1891, creating the “benevolent institution fund,” contains but one section, as follows: Thvt there shall be assessed in the year 1891, and in the year of 1892, the sum of six cents upon each SIOO wdrth of taxable property in the state, to be collected as other state taxes assessed at the time are collected, which money, when collected and paid in the state treasury, shall be kept and known as the “benevolent institution fund,” and the proceeds of the tax herein levied is hereby appropriated to the use of' the benevolent and reformatory institutions of the state. It will be noticed that this act is only a temporary measure to relieve the state from debt. After this year no more benevolent institution tax will be levied. The tax of three mills to complete the soldiers’ monument will expire in 1893. The state tax levy will then remain at twelve cehts for the general fund and one-half cent for university endowment fund, just as it was before the legislature of 1891.

The harvest will be on in three weeks, and thousands of tons of binding twine will be used on which the McKinley tariff imposes a tariff of sl4. The bill removing this tax, which a Democratic house passed two months ago, still remains pigeonholed in the finance committee of the Republican senate. The cordage trust wiU never allow the bill to leave the committee room, at least so long as the farmers of the northwest continue to keep men in the United States senate who vote the sentiment ft the New England farmers.

A Temporary Fox.

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET

For President, GROVER CLEVELAND, of New York. For Vioe -President, ADLAI STEVENSON, of Illiuois. _ DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. Govornor, CLAUDE MATTHEWS. Veratllion. Lieutenant Governor, MORTIMER NYE, LaTerto. Secretary of State, WILLIAM R. MYERS, Madison. Auditor of Statu, JOHN O. HENDKRONM Howard. Treanurerlof State, ALBERT GALL, Muriou. Attorney General, ALONZA G. SMITH, Jennings Reporter of Supreme Court, SIDNEY R MOON, Fulton. Superintendent of Public Instruction, ’ HERVKY D. VOHIEB, Johnson. State Statistician, WILLIAM A. PKKLK, Ju., Marion. Supremo Judge, Second District, JEFTHA.D. NEW, Jenutnrs. Supreme Judge, Third District, JAM 48 MoDaBK, Warren. Supreme Judge, Fi th District, TIMOTHY E. HOW# ItD, St. Joseph. tAppollate Judge, First District, GEORGE L. REINHARDT, Spencer. Appellate Judge, Second Dis'Jtot, FRANK E. GAVEN, Decatur. AppellateJndge, Third District, THEODORE P. DAVIS, Hamilton. Appellate Judge, Fourth Dlstrlot, ORDANDO J. LOTZ, Delawaro. Appellate Judge, Fifth District, GEORGE B. ROSS. Cas« For Next United States Senator, DAVID TURPIE.

COL. PATTON DECLINES A RENOMINATION.

Rochester Sentinel: The following letter from Congressman Patton, in whioh he declines the re-nomi-nation which was universally oonoeded to him, by democrats of the lOthdistriot will be a surprise to the gallant Colonel's host of friends in every county in the district: RnunmTON. Ind., June 29, '92, H. A. Barnhart, Chm’n 10th Congressional District, . Roehester, Ind. My Dias Sib: On my visit home 1 And I nave either to make an entire change in my business affairs, which would disarrange all of my f lans for the future, or surrender any poitical ambitions that I may have entertained. I have,* therefore, decided upon the latter oourse. In doing this, I am not unmindful of the kind consideration and ihe honor oon» ferred upon me by the unanimoua support of eur party and the generous assist, anoe of many friends not of ourpolitioal faith; and the further faot that I hove every assurance of a continuance of their support, for all of vhich I wish to thank you and them in terms which I have not anguage to express. I am well satisfied that there are others in this Congressional District who Are much better qualified to represent our deserving peorle in Congress than I and I trust and believe that such a man will be selected as the candidate, whem I fully believe enn and will be elected, and to that end I shall labor with earnest zeal. I therefore withdraw my name from further confideratlon with relation to the nomination at youroom ng Congressional convention. Very Respectfully, D. H. Patton. The withdrawal of Dr. Patton from the raoe will open the field to Congressional aspirants and the Fulton county delegation will present the name of Hod. Valentine Zimmerman, of this city, who will make an active canvass for the nomination. Mr. Zimmerman has hosts of frien s throughont the district who believe that the nomination whioh went to Dr. Patton two years ago justly belonged to him because of bis thorough oanvass of the district two years before and rednotlonof the republican majority nearly twelve hundred votes.! (However, Mr. Zimmerman will ask the nomination on the grounds of what be OAN no for the party as well as what he has bone". No man in the district is in closer touch with the masses of the people ~f his county than is Ur. Zimmerman with those of Pulton where he has livod for a quarter of a century. His record as a legislator while a member of the State Senate Is conclusive evidence of hit ability to secure favorable legist tionfor his constituency and if sent to congress the 10th district will have a tireless worker as their Representative, and one who is always found upon the right side of all publieq nestions, Doth local and general. In addition to Mr. Zimmerman’s candidacythe names of Jndge Bnrson, of Winamao, and C. J. Kern, of Valparaiso, are mentioned, although neither have signified any formal intentions of entering the race. The date of the convention hag net yet been definitely fixed although Thnrsdey. July 28th, will likely be agreed upon and the place of meeting either Crown Point, Delphi oi Lpgansport. [We would note here in oonneotion with the above that the name of Senator Ko. polka, of Lake oonnty, is reoeiving favorable consideration for the congressional nomination. It Is not known whether he he has been consulted in reference to the matter, 1 ut oertain it is that bis trumphaat eieetien in Lake and Porter, and his prominenoe in the Senate, an being urgently pressed in his favor.

tar A. McCoy A Co. are prepared to famish loans on farms at as low rates and on as favorable termß as can be obtained. Call and see ub before making your arrangements. 3 “Ike" Glazebrook carries a full line of MoCormick binders and mowers, also repairs . Give him a call. J. P. Blake, Mr. H. Webb. Many of out people joined in Fourth of July festivities at other points. "A Dream of Fairyland’’—Cantata- at the Christian ohuroh next ,Wednesday evening. Admisaion only five cents.

The Kentland authorities have jailed a negro at this plaoe. —Charge—stealing. Frank CVMeara won two foot raoee on the Fourth, at the Catholic celebration. No matter what may be the Ills yon bear from indigestion; a do«e of Ayers Cathartio Pilla will eaae yon without queation. Juat try them onoe and be assured; they have muoh worse dyspeptics oured. You’ll find them nit e and amply worth the price. The Monon has contracted for 300 box and 250 flat cars with the Bristol (Eng.) Wagon Oar Co. The oontraot has juet been received for record. Rev. I. I. Gorby, J. T. Randle and wife, F. J. Seura and wife, B. P. Thompson and daughter. Beit Hopkins and Ray Thompson are exouraionatiugeast. Misses Nellie Kelley, Graoe Vanatta, Blanoho Loughtidge and Frano MoEwen took iu Fourth of July festivities with the Rose Lawpera.

Miss Zula Hopkins is visiting relatives and friends in Hammond. “Excuse me, George, but when I saw you a year ago, you* faoe was 00 vered with pimples; it seems to be all right now.”— “Yes, sir; that’s because I stuok to Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, the greatest blood roedioino in the world, I was never so well in my life as I am ajf*.“ The FrohiUManlsts of Jaspei will hold their oounty convention Baturdhy, July 16, 1892, at thp eourt house, in Rensselaer. At Morocco, on the Fourth, Belle Medium took first money in the free for all trot against Energy, of Remington. Tod Mohawk took second in the 8:45 olass.— belle Medium and Tod Mohawk belong to the Stook Farm at thia place. Ike Wiltshire expeots to leave here next week on a trip to his native heath—England—to visit his parents. He will go in charge of cattle on one of Nelson Morris’ cattle ships. W. A. Huff has moved into the new tenement house just ereoted by HI. Day, on Weeton etreet.

Miss Green, of Attica,Jlb visiting Miss Sarah Ohiloote. Work will soon oommenoe on Wm. B. Austin’s new cottage. Estimated cost about $2,200. George Imes, of Detroit, Miohigan, and "Newt.," of Monon, visited their brother Willis J., at this plase, Wednesday. We exceedingly regret the dermlnation of Dr. ,D. H. Patton not to be a candidate for re-election to Gongiess; He has proved faithful to the trnst reposed in him, and his ra-nomination would have been followed by his re-eleotion with an increased majority. Referring to “the decision of Congressman Patton not to be a candidate for re-1 election. ” ourneighbor;drawa|oonolusions from experiences in the methods of his own party when be says: "From every part of thi district would have oome demands for money, and before the campaign was over, all of the Colonel’s savings from this first session’s salary would have gone into the unappeasable hopper,” eto. Our neighbor, we say, when he spe ks thus gives away experiences lu his own party. The “blooks of five" oont|bis party a heavy amount, and our neigut,or explains *ow part of it was raised. A republican U. S. senator a few years ago explained! the furthe mode of “frying the fat" out of the manufacturers, eto , eto., Blattants like the senator referred to anu our neighbor mav be depended upon to give away their p>rty’s plans.

Oca Neiohuob Becomes RambucTious! Hear Hum: “They (republicans) are ready to listen to, ny honest argument or suggestion in regard to this matter, but it may as well be understood at onoe that they will yield uothing to the bullying ■pirlt * * * of the Democratic plat form in its denunciations of the “Force bill.*" Bah! The Democratic party don’t astt “by your leave." It is sufficiently powerful to speak infHing, bone tand tr tbful terms of a mgr-sure designed to dominate the. black over the white race and perpetuate the republican party in power, have done so- and what are you going to do about it?

o »»i Those figures represent the number of bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which were sold in the United States from March ’9l to March, 92. Two Million, Two Hundred and Twenty-Eight Tho sand, Bix Hundred and Seventy-Two bottlessoldin one year, and eaoh and every bottle was sold on a positive guarantee that money wonld be refunded if satisfactory results did not follow its use. The secret of its sucoess is plain- It never disappoints and can always be depended on as the very best remedy for Coughs, Colds, eto. Price SOe. and SI.OO. At F. B. Meyers’ Drugstore. ADVERTISED LETTERS — Persons calling for letters in the above list will please say they are advertised. Ed. Rhoades. Baldness is catching says a scientist.— It’- catofiiug flies m summer time. Use Hall's Hair Renewer and oover the bald place with healthy hair and fiiea won't trouble.

NUMBER 25

Brother Marshall has no love for ConI gressman Patton, Tell your readers why, George. What a pity Carnegie and Friok wero not in oharge of the Pinkertons the other day! In the judgment of many they de> served the fate.that befel some of theif hired Hessians. Carnegie, from his castle iu Scotland, wired congratulations to Harrison on hie renomiation. But Harrison oan't return the compliment—the Pinkertons met [ with defeat at Homestead the other day. If no attempt had been made to garrison Fort Frick with Pinkertons no blood would have been shed at Homestead.Thaiefore, any damages Carnegie A Co, may sustain sh mid be plaoedto their loss aooount.

TARIFF PICTURE.

The Amerioan steel and iron trust whiob is protected by a prohibitory tariff, hag decided to out the wages of its men abont SO per cent, making a reduction of, for example, from $3 00 per day to * $1 60 per day. and to produce this result ha 9 inaugurated a lockout whioh reduces Wallas from $1 SO I per day to 00000 I per day.

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE. I Notjoo is hsroby given that I will be at [ my oflloo ut John A. Knowlton’s, In Jordan township, oi the Fourth Saturday o each month for the transaction of bum. ness connected with tba duties of Trustee. JAMES H. CARR, Trustee Jordan Township ’T SHO’D BE IN EVERY HO USE J. B. Wilson, 371, Olay st„ Sharpsburg, Pa., seys ho will not be wlthou Dr. King’s New Dlscovory for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, that it cured Ids wife who was threatened | with Pneumonia after an attack of “La Gripne,” when various other remdicß and several physicians had don* her no good. Robert Barber, of Cooksport, Pa,, claims Dr. King’s New Diaoovery bas done him more good than anything he ever used lor Lunar Trouble. Nothing like It. Try it Free Trial Butties at Meyer’s Drugstore: large bottles. 600. and sl. 5

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NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT. The State of Indiana, 1 Jasper Cwunty, j ss: In Circuit Coutt.y. To Owerber Term, a. d. 1892 a |Boba Thomas 1 }■ Nov 4396. Howard Thomas. ) Be 19 Remembered, That on this id day of July, a. d. 1892, the above named plaintiff, by Jamee W, Douthit, her At- * torney, filed in the Office of the Clerk of said Couit her eomplaint against said defendant for divorce, and also the affidavit of a competent and disinterested person, that said defendant is a nonresident of the State of Indiana. Said non-resident defendant is therefore hereby notified of the pendenoy of said sui , and that said cause will stand for trial at the October term of said Court, 1892, towft: on the 17th day of October, 1891. Witness, My hand and the , —*— , seal of said Court, affixed \ S*al. r at office in Rensselaer, on this 2d day of July, a. ». 1892. WILLIAM H. OOOVER, Clerk. James W. Douthit, Att’yfor Pl’ff, July 8, 1892—56.