Pike County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 20, Petersburg, Pike County, 7 October 1892 — Page 1

I. M. STOOPS, Publisher. PETERSBURG* INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1892. YOL. XXIII*—NO. 20. —

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rKOmilOKAL CARDS. J. T. KIME, mTdT Physician and Surgeon, PETERSBURG, INIX IfOlw In Bank building, first floor. Will boKauai at ofiloe day or ulgUt. GEO. B. ASHBY, ATTORNEY AT LAW PETERSBURG, IND. Prompt Attention Qiyen to nil Bnsinorg. WOfilce over Barrett * Son’s store. Fbakcis B. IOSKT. Dewitt Q. CMrnu POSEY & CHAPPELL, Attorneys at Law* PETKItSBlIlUl, INIX Will praetlos In all the courts. Sneelal attention given to all business. A Notnrj 1‘nbllc constantly In the oilier. njrUfllce— Ou first floor Bank Building. S. A. Ext. s. G. DavKNroux ELY & DAVENPORT, LAWYERS, - Petersburg, Ind. * *3"Offieo over J. R. Adams ft Son's dm •tore. lTotupt attention given to all bus. ness. 3i. 1*. BtenARPSOtt. A. II. TAVLOIi RICHARDSON & TAYLOR, Attorneys at Law, PKTKK8UUB0, IXD. Prompt attention given to all business. Rotary Pi _ tiblic constantly In the oflloe. Ofllc >uutcr iiuilUing, Eighth ami Main. DENTISTRY. W. IT. ST0NEC1PIIER,

Surgeon Dentist PETERSBURG, IND. Office in rooms6 ami 7 In Curpenter Build ■lit!. Operations IIrat'class. All work wa rautiai. Aiuesthutles used tor painless ei Iractiou of teeth. I. H. LaMAR, 'hjfsician and Surges; Peteksbuhg, Inh. Win practice In 1‘lko anil adjoining cone lies. Office III Montgomery Building. OI1U sours day and night I S«rliio'tiM'S ot Woinen anil Children asp|luliy. Chronic and difficult casus solicited IELS0N STONE, D. V. S. PETERSBURG, IND. 1 to long practice and the possession of i library and case of Instruments, Mr. Stone is well prepared to treat all liseases of Horses and Cattle SUCCESSFUBIiY. Be also keeps on hand a stock of Condition Potv ders and Liniment, which he sells at reasonable prices. Office Over J. B. Young & Co.'s Store.

MWW. M a year U b»ln| road* by John P (londwin.Troy ,N.Y.,«t work fur ua. Head* I. J9B»uk all your timr.or t<|«rc umnu-uts only » iliv work. All Is urn . tireal ) ay M ill. t» Li ‘ ' M“ I you nmy nut make as luut lt, but wu es II sack you quickly how toenru from to i F til a day at the shirt, and luotr as you $ I on. llotli Avsaa, all ayes. In any |*rt» ■Amtrica.you can commence at bums, gh retry worker. VV> start you, fumlshi: avnytbiufr. KA8II.Y, SI*i:V:i>lKY l««n»*. 1‘A l£ l U L LAUH FliKK. Address at ooct STl.NbOX * CO., lOUTLAM), MA1M(.

THIS PAPER IS ON FILE IN CHICAGO AND NEW YON! AT THE OFFICES OF A. N. KELLOGG NEWSPAPER CO. THUS! EES' NOTICKS OK OFFICE OAT ■VTOTICE I* hereby Riven ruat I will ntten< A” tu tile duties nt the office of trustee o. Clay tcwn.hlp at home on - EVERY MONDAY. Ail person* who have busluess with tic office will take notice that I will attend t> business on no other day. M. M. GOWEN, Trustee. V OTICE Is hereby Riven to all parties In i” terested that I will attend at uiy uffle In Stemlal, EVERY STAURDAY, To transact business connected with th> office ot trustee of Lockhart township. A persons having businesi with said office wit please take notice. J. B. BARRETT. Trustee. NOTICE Is hereby (riven to all parties oou eerned that I will be at my residence. EVERY TUESDAY. To attend to business connected with th< office ot Trustee ot Monroe township. GEORGE GRIM, Trustee. NOTICE Is hereby given that I will be ut my residence EVERY THURSDAY To attend to business connected with the office nt Trustee ot Logan township. JSTPosItlvely no business transacted e_. eefrt on office days. •SILAS KIRK, Trustee. OTICE is hereby given to all parties ooneerned that I will attend at my residence EVERY MONDAY transact Unsiness pinnected with the > of Trustee of MadUon township. ’Positively no business transacted exoffice days. JAMES RUMBLE, Trusts* CK Is hereby given to all persons Interested that 1 will attend In my offloe la EVERY FRIDAY, To transact business connected with the office of Trustee of Marlon township. All persons baying business wltb said office will please take notice. W. F. BROCK. Trustee. N To S' OTICE Is hereby given to all persons concerned that I will attend at my offloe SPVRIPPi EVERY DAT To transact business connected with tin Office of Trustee of Jefferson township. R. W. HARRIS, Trustee. funs mu.foffMia.kH* tom waSael twit for af, l>r Sim. fnen, AnfUa, Emma Y«*Mk Salk* walk anSUr. JaiT’o r jrea ir*. E ESS

What is Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants and Children. It contains ncithc^ Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is nliarmlesa substitute fur Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its gtfeirantoe is thirty years' use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria provents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles, euros constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Castoria is the Children's Panacea—the Mother's Friend.

Castoria. “ Castoria is aa excellent medicine for children. Mothcrahare repeatedly told mo of ita good effect upon their children.” Da. O. C. Osooon, Lowell, Mast*. « castoria Is the host remedy for children of which I am acquainted.' I hope the day Is net far distant when mothers will consider the real interest of their children, and use Csstoria in* stead of the variousquack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forelng opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves." Dr. J. F. Kinchrpoe, Conway, Ark.

Castoria. “ Castoria fa so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." IT. A. Archer, M. D., lit So. Oxford Sh. Brooklyn, N. T. *• Our physicians in the children's department hare spoken highly of their experience In their outside practice with Castoria, and although we only hare among cur medical supplies what is known as regular products, yet we aro free to confess that the merits of Castoria has won us to look wit) favor upon it." United HosrrrAt, and Disfshsaby, Boston, Hast Aujcn C. Smith, Pm.,

Th* Centaur Company, *4 4 jnxuToy srcreex, «ow * ^icy# JOHN" HAMMOND, ITEW G-OOIDS or E3T7"Ei^”sr o which he directs Attention. Ills DRY GOODS are Ural-class, and the stock is yery l«n lats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Notions. Ive him acall, nnd you will be convinced ti.nt ho Is giving ISA It G A INS on his entire «toct SOLID GOODS AT LOW PRICES. C. A.. BURGER & BEO., :he fashionable merchant tailors Petersburg, Indiana, lave a Large Stock of Late Styles of Piece Goods Consisting of the very best Suiting and Piece Good* Perfect Fits, Styles Guaranteed.

O. Sz IMI. JHIO&MISSISSIPPI RAILWAY. THS PAST XjXiTE 3AST & WEST. 4 Solid, Dolly Trains to Ctnrlnnsttt, 4 Solid Djillgi Trolns to SI, Louis, 8 Solid Dolly Trolns to Iioutsrllle. ,‘or.uootlnK In Union Depots, with traf.is. of nil llnosl'or the East, West, North and South. 'hrough Vcsttbule'nny Coaches, Cullman 1‘arlor Cars and S! lepers on all Trains. DOUBLE DAILY LINE. Pullman Vestibule Buffet Sfepers fro* St. Laals and Stations on Main Line ffasliington,Baltimore,Pliiladelpha and New Tort, without change, Kasivaro From Washington <10.8 Accommodation 12.S7P,M. in. 2. Day Express 4 18 P. M. .'o. 4, Nigh* Express 1257A.M. ■io. 8 Fast Express ' 2. U5. A. M. WKsmvAKnFoBM Washington Vo. 7 Accommodation 12 42 P. M. Vo. 1 Day Express 12 57 P. M Vo. 8 Night Express 12 88 A M. So. 5 Fast Express 206 A in. Home Seekers MovinG Wi \T Should take this line as tt has less changes r cares ami better accommodations than ther routes. Our Vestibule cars are aluxury, which may e enjoyed by all. without extra chargee, and eery attention Is given our passengers to inke their Journey pleasant and eomfortaOur agents will take pleasure In answering inulrles'ln regard to rates for both pnssen•rs mi l freight, time, routes and eonnecons; call alt your home If desired ami stud to shipping freight by the most fNreet Hites and checck Ing baggage,without clinrge >r any assistance they may be able to renN. 11.—Passengers should purchase tickets irore entering the cars, as the ticket rate I n cents le»» than the train rate, Communications addressed to the under gued will reeeve prompt attention, THOMAS DONAHUE, eket Agent O. AM. R’y Washington Ind C. a. Jones. District Passenger Agt. Vincennes Ind. F. BARNARD, W B. SHATTUG res. and M’gr. Ge’n. Pa*» Agi CINCINNATI'! OHIO. Ashby & Chappell, leal Estate Agents. Fire, Life, and Live Stock Insurance Agents. IIInUhi And Abstracts of Tiller a Specialty. Nib G r ■ and U. S. Cl

F. A. SHANDY. PH 10 MEL FAMILY GROUP AND RESIDENCES A SPECIALTY. All kinds of ont-door work, por* traits, copying and enlargingf rom oldj pictures &c. Birthday and surprise party groups a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. Give mo a call, or address F. A. SHANDY, Petersburg Indiana. M. J. BEADY, Petersburg, Indiana, Will make yon Photos In any nnmber at most reasonable rates. a^-Remem'e.- that ray work Is war. ranted. If ec u want PORTRAITS enlarged call and :.ave the work done right. All work guaranteed to stand the teat o( ages and still be as bright as when taken from the gallery. Studio equipments of standard modern makes. Our motto—'“The Best Is As flood Ai Any,and Always the Cheapest.” M. J. BRADY. Gallery la Kisert’s Building, upstairs, on Main, between Sixth and Seventh Monuments Best material, most reasonable prices, sat* Isfaction guaranteed at Petersburg Mar ble Vt'arks 3. A B. YOUNG, Proprietors, inVCBTICEIK Of other,,who with tooumll* HUTCn I Idbud this paper,cr obtain wtimata on odvertWng apace when In Chicago, will find itenfloM 45 to 49 Randolph St., | dhQ|| A ¥ II All 1C WfeAdvartiaJng Agency of LUlill V I HwUUkg Machinist AND Blacksmith. I am prepared to do the best of work, with satisfaction guaranteed In all kinds of lllack. smithing. Alto Moving and Reaping Machines

NEWS AND NOTES. A Summary of Important Events. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The grand juiy of Anderson county, Tenn., fottnd two indictments, on the 87th, against t>. 1). Monroe, the alleged leader of the miners in the Coal Creek insurrection. One indictment charges him with murder in the first degree. Joseph Field, of Middletown, one erf the wealthiest farmers in New Jersey, celebrated his one hundredth anniversary on the 27th. The old gentleman is remarkably bright and vigorous, and although having just passed through several days’ sickness, he is now healthy, and bids fair to live several more years. V* Ophik Farm mansion, the country residence of Whitelaw Reid, was the scene, on the 27th, of an interesting wedding, the contracting parties being Miss Ella Spencer Reid, niece of Whitelaw Reid, and Judge Ralph Chandler Harrison, of California. The bride is 24 years of age, while the groom is 06. Lotta, the actress, is being treated at a private hospital in New York city for her old spinal trouble and will probably be unable to fulfill her engagements for several weeks. The captain of one of the British sealing vessels seized by Russian cruisers, says the scheme is to make only a pretense to seize American vessels, so ns to help the United States cause in the coming Behring sea arbitration. Maud Hillman, while playing the leading part in “Lady Audley’s Secret” at the Breed opera house, Norwich, Conn,, on the night of the 27th, accidentally stabbed herself near the heart, inflicting a severe flesh wound. The doctor says the accident will not interfere with her engagements. The Lima (O.) ear works were entirely destroyed by fire on the 28th. Two hundred cars in course of construction were also destroyed. The fire spread to two large oil tanks which were exploded. Total loss, estimated at 4100,000; insurance about half. On the 27th a gang of robbers captured the railway station at Konokovo, on the Vladikavkas railway in Russia, attacked a train going to Rostiff and, having overpowered tho officials after a great struggle, robbed the railway cashier of 5,000 roubles. Lena Brown, the Bordentown (N. J.) murderess, who choked her own and two other little children to death, was, on the 28th, indicted for willful murder. The mine owners Of south Scotland have decided to reduce tho wages of miners six-pence a day, beginning on the 6th. George Bruce Mitchell, a hardware merchant of St. Louis; was murdered, on the night of the 26th, in Perth, Ont., where he had gone to visit his parents. One. of the five highwaymen who entered and robbed the Snipes & Co. hank at Roslyn, Wash., on the 24tb, in broad daylight, was captured at tho village of Kent, near Tacoma, on tho 2Sth. When arrested ho did not resist, hut refused to talk or give his name. An expert investigation of tho affairs of J. M. Baeheldor, who was town treasurer of Holliston, Mass., from 1879 to 1889, reveals a shortage of about 47,500. Mr. Baeheldor has made restitution in a large amount. The shortage was due to errors of method and not to criminal intentions. Wm. M.'Richards, president of the Fidelity and Casuality Insurance Co., and a director of the Continental Insurance Co. of New York,-died of heart failure on a ferryboat at New York on the night of the 27th. He was 74 years of

A portion of the immense works of the Singer Manufacturing Co. atrElizabethport, N. J., were destroyed by Are on the 28th. Total loss, over *150,000, with no insurance. Several hundred employes were thrown out of work. Mrs. Annik Murphy, 80 years old, was shot and fatally wounded by her husband, Thomas, at their home in New York, on the 28th, for asking him for money to buy provisions for breakfast. Gabrieixk de Rosa, of Portland, Me., who stabbed and killed his brother, was, on the 29th, found guilty of murder in the first degree. The prisoner was not affected in the least, havingevidently expected the verdict. A sentence of imprisonment for life will be imposed. Two more bodies from the Western Reserve, which went down recently in Lake Superior, were found on the 38th, one an unknown seaman and the other supposed to be the engineer. Mike Rrennan and Joseph Strokol were fatally burned, on the 29th, by being precipitated into a pot of molten metal at the Edgar Thomson Steel works at Braddock, Pa. A fire in the Winslow block at liarriman, Tenn., on the 29th, -caused a loss of *90,000. The United States Express Co. and Western Union Telegraph Co. were burned out. Ten men were entombed by a cavein at the East Norris mine at Ironwood, Mich., on the 29th. It is feared that they have all been killed. The condition of Senator Mills, of Texas, was reported worse on the 29th, and he may be unable to take further active part in the campaign. The official figures of the gubernatorial vote of Maine at the last election, every city, town and plantation included, gives Cleaves (rep.), 07,585; Johnson (dem.), 55,078; Massey (pro.), 8,781; Know lton (labor), 1,080; Beteman (people’s), 8,005; scattering, 17. Total, 129,029; Cleaves’ plurality, 13,512. The 8 and 10-year-old daughters of Charles Billups, of Huntington, W. Va., were shot while sitting in the doorway of their home, on the 29th, and the elder one is not expected to live. The shooting was done by Mrs. James Pike, ah' aunt of the children. She was incited to commit the deed by an attack made on her husband by Billups. The steamer Massilia, which arrived at New York on the 80th, reported that on September 35, in latitude 46:55 and longitude 45:15, she ran into the wreck of a large vessel which was floating level with the water, and stove in one of her bow plates, causing the steamer to leak slightly. No other damage. The wreck is dangerous to navigation. Two neoro women—Martha Halley and Leach Nixon—were, on the 30th, convicted at Hertford, N.C., of poisoning Mdlie Nixon by placing arsenic in her food. Leach Nixon is sentenced to he hanged December 5, and Martha Halley to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. , IN Bayreuth typhu epidemic The daUy numlmrof deaths ther I at: ofdiph

A warrant was Issued in New York, on the 80th, for the arrest of Count Mitkiewicz, who is said to have defrauded several business men of that city and Brooklyn by means of hia schemes for the promotion of enterprises in the Chinese empire. There was no perceptible change In Mrs. Harrison's condition on the soth, Sho had passed a fairly good day and was resting comfortably; John Coxnei.lv, a well-known man of Newark, N. J., and one of the founders of the baseball club, there, dropped dead on the 80th. Paul T. Butler, of Alamo, Mich., was nominated for congress, on the 80th, by the Third district prohibitionists. The gale which swept over southern and central Japan last month devastated the Rinkin islands and indicted terrible damage.' Over 2,000 dwellings were destroyed or greatly damaged, and about 600 persons were killed, Rubsian immigrants who have been refused entrance into America are not allowed tore-enter Prussia. Some who have returned are reported to be in a miserable Condition. The well-known jockey, Holloway, has been expeled from all German tracks, on the ground of disgraceful conduct at the Hoppgarten in Berlin. The Minneapolis woman’s auxiliary to the World’s fair have voted that tha fair be kept open on Sulfday. This action elicited a storm of criticism. A Eire occurred at Taner, near Steineau, Germany, on the 2d, which destroyed eighteen dwellings. Three persons perished in the flames. The Emmet hotel, at Estherville, la., was destroyed hy fire on the night of the 1st J. M. Brennan, one ot the guests, was burned to death. Foub miners were killed in the Ernst pit, near Eialeben, Prussia, on the 2d, by a fall of rock. Twenty-four new cases of cholera were reported In Berlin on the 2d, Five persons died in Buda-Pesth, on the 2d, of cholera. What is known ns the “Fairbanlt plan” in school matters at Northfield, Minn., has failed, and in all probability will be a thing of the past in so far as the present scheme of the public school system and the parochial schools there being made into one. A monster meeting was held at which 1,800 men and women voted the board out favoring the scheme, and electing a new hoard opposing it. Klauses Bros., of Boise City, Idaho, have received word from the superintendent of their stock range in the Bear River valley "that more than 1,000 head of fat cattle have been destroyed by the great forest fires that have been sweeping over that region. Nine houses and four cabins were also destroyed and three herdsmen fatally burned. A fire, believed to be of incendiary origin, started in the basement of the Baptist church at Dead wood, S. D., on the 3d, damaging the edifice to the extent of (8,000. While the department was at work on the flames a quarrel arose between Dr. Edward Alfred F. Nanltens and Clem Spurling, a fireman, and Mr. Nanltens was killed. The acid chamber and office of the Goulding fertilizer works, four miles north of Pensacola, Fla., together with the valuable plant, several hundred tons of lead and a large quantity of expensive chemicals, was destroyed hy fire on the 2d. The loss is estimated at (100,000, partly covered by insurance. The startling discovery was made, on the 2d. that a box of valuables placed in the care of the National savings bank of Buffalo, N. Y., which Treasurer Dann wrecked by stealing nearly half a trillion dollars, lias mysteriously disappeared. Council Bluffs, la., had two suicides on the 2d. Matt Lyon, a boarder at the Western hotel, became despondent over a love affair and took morphine to end his troubles. Lucy Benner's lover, a member of the fire department, had tired of her. Her parents live in Shenandoah, la. Bertha Scn.nii>T,nged 2 ycars,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August M. Schmidt, of Fort Wayne, lnd., fell into a basin of boiling water on the kitchen floor, on the 2d, and was so badly scalded that the flesh dropped off the bones of her feet. She died.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. In replying to the address of the delegations at Buda-Pesth, on the Sd, Emperor Francis Joseph dwelt upon 'the necessity of maintaining harmonious and friendly relations both within and without the empire. The need of tranquillity, he said, was felt by the people, and solicitude for their material welfare should exercise a moderating influence upon national affairs. The annual meeting of the New York Presbytery was began at the Scotch Presbyterian church in New Y ork city, on the 8d. There was a full attendance in view of the fact that at some time during the session the famous Dr. Briggs’ case will be reopened. In recognition of his denunciation of any move looking toward the abandonment of Uganda, East Africa, “where twelve millions of natives are ready to receive English goods,” the freedom of Swansea has been conferred upon Henry M. Stanley. A terrific storm swept Matagorda bay, on the night of the 1st, the waves breaking over the land at a height of fifteen feet. Several buildings at Port Lavacca were destroyed and a number of vessels were badly damaged by the waves. The motion to quash the indictment against Charles F. Peck, state labor commissioner of New York, was denied, on the 8d, and he will have to answer the criminal charge of having burned the records of his office. John F. Newman, a Buffalo (N. Y.) switchman who had been out of work since the recent strike, became insane, on the 2d, as a result of brooding over his trouble, and attempted to kill his wife and himself. Robert T. Lincoln, United States minister to Great Britain, will soon visit the United States on a short leave of absence. He wiU return to London with Mrs. Lincoln in November. In the budget fcaf 1893, presented to the Bohemian diet,'is the item of 377,370 florins to be devoted to the support and advancement of art, and one of 0,867,033 for the school board. Ex-Chancr^or Benjamin WiiaiamSON, long recognised as the leading constitutional lawyer of New Jersey, was stricken with paralysis on the ad. Privy Councillor Dr. Stunt hal Bo yin, one of the most noted physicians in Berlin, died on the ad, at the age of 04. The engineers of west Scotland have been advised that their wages will be reduced 10 per cent. The real estate congress opened in ffeq#*lp,N. Y.. on the 3d. ' \

FOE PARTY SUCCESa Senator Hill Urges Democrats to Work for the Ticket fk« Loldlaf Issues of the Presidential Csm|nl(a Ably Discussed by the . Noted New York States. Man. At Bultalo, S. t.. oil the flight of September 34, Senator David B. Hill de* livered his second speech of the present campaign to a great audience composed of leading democrats of the city and state. His reception at the hands of the vast assemblage was warm and demonstrative, and there was complete unanimity between the Ilill and Cleve* land followers. In his speech on campaign Issues Mr. Hill spoke In part as follows: “I am here to-night to aid ih the promotion of the democratic principles and to advocate the eleetion of Grover Cleveland ano Adlai E. Stevenson. No apology or explanation is heeded for my Course. For oVcr ten years it has been my custom at each annual election to ap pear before niydellow citizens and contribute my share toward the discussion of the political questions of the hour. You did not believe that this campaign would prove an exception to the usual rule, and you are not disappointed. Among honorable men the loyal discharge of political duty outweighs all minor considerations, and in this crisis of our country’s history and in this great emergency in our party affairs Individual disappointments or even alleged personal injustice should be Subordinated tn the faithful performance Of* political obligations, not as a Here matte tef expediency) but from a high ahd stern setts/ 1 duty. “Permit me to suggest t* *S hhire all of us now a mission to fulfill, j v jealousies must he dismissed, regular org. ons must be respected, party discipline Ik enforced, dissensions must be bealed untv !hy must give way to enthusiasm in crier that the grand old party to which we are proud to belong may secure the trinmph of right principles and work out the nobie destiny which ought surely to await it. The control of this government tor many years to come by one of the other of the two great political parties is the prise at hagard In the pending contest, ih which all other considerations should Sink into insignificance These are not merely formal words, iatended tp arouse the lethargy or to soothe the wounded feelings of earnest friends, but are a fit supplement to the sentiments which I had the honor of expressing before the democratic state convention at Albany, in February last, immediately after its action unanimously instructing the delegates from my native state to present my name sc *te first choice to the approaching national convention. . “1 then satd: ‘And ». you must pardon me While 1 run couhtcr to yo, ‘feelings to say that Jhc ehoiec of your next, tandttrd-bearer is a matter of tho Very leapt importance, being striotly subordinate to that supreme object—a democratic national victory next November,’ “1 meant what I said on that occasion, and I reiterate It now. The test of true democracy is the support of regular party nominations, irrespective of questions of personal pride, one's own ambition or individual preferences. “The discussion of political topics ‘upon the stump,’ as it is put • erined. is a question not confined to this try, hut largely prevails in Great Britain, >«) even the virtual head of the government, tne premier himself —the venerable Gladstone—over 80 years of age. regards it as a duty, not in conflict with the dignity ol his position, to appear before the people, face to face, and advocate the principles of the liberal party, which he always so warmly espouses when its interests are behoved to be in peril. The recent important victory of that party ih the parliamentary elections was due not only to his magnificent leadership everywhere, but particularly to his able and powerful exposition of liberal prinoiples upon the hustings. “The necessity of this method of campaigning, however, is not so apparent in these enterprising days of printing presses, telegraphs and stenographers, when the address of a public man delivered yesterday at a particular city in a far-distant community is spread broadcast before the people tn almost every hamlet in the land on the following day. In this reading and thinking age and with these wonderful facilities for disseminating information, the utterances of public men on occasions of this character may well become more infrequent. “The two great political parties are divided upon the subject of federal taxation. Unjust taxation is the essence of tyranny. It annoys tho rich, it robs the poor, it interrupts business activity and fosters public discontent. The American revolution was largely produoed by a little tax upon tea which our forefathers refused to pay. They incurred the perils of rebellion and the pains of outlawry rather than submit to unreasonable taxation. The best thought of tho American people may well be engaged In devising the most equitable and comprehensive scheme tor the proper distribution of the burrl«nt rtf tmvf>rnnip»it

•The subject becomes yearly more Important as the expenses or administration annually increase. How shall the enormous expenditures of the government be provided for? How shall Its necessary revenue be raised? It is conceded by both parties that the best and easiest method of realising the needed revenue is by taxation upon foreign imports. It is also admitted that a few internal taxes should be permitted to exist, but that the main and principal revenues should be derived from the imposition of tariff duties Upon this point there is no substantial division of sentiment. “It is true that there are some extreme men, now ostensibly acting temporarily with the democratic party, but who do not control its polioy or counoils, who are opposed to all tariff taxation and favor dtrect taxation as the best means of meeting our national expenses in substantially the same manner that our state taxes are raised. There can be no reasonable doubt that tariff taxation will continue to be the permanent policy of the government, notwithstanding the opinions of those sincere but impracticable theorists who advise its abandonment. “The dispute between the two parties arises over the extent, effect and objeots of our taxation. Shall tariff taxation be imposed for revenue only, or shall it be used for the purpose of fostering private industries? This is stating the question as fairly as I am capable of doing it The proposition involves the power of the government, the true purposes of taxation, the propriety of the exercise of the two methods proposed, and the results produced bearing upon the taxpayer and the country. “The power of the government to raise revenue by tariff upon imports is undisputed, but its constitutional power to impose a tariff tor any other ostensible purpose is questioned. In my address in Brooklyn the other evening I presented the arguments upon which the democratic party insists in its platform that a tariff imposed for any other than, a public purpose is in violation of he constitution and I do not care to repeat them here. “Idonot regard the question as a practical one, by reason of the difficulty of having it properly raised. The conclusive and sufficient objection to a ptotective tariff is that it is an abuse of the taxing power of the government; it compels the whole people to pay tribute to a few: it is a system based upon injustice and unfair discriminations and tends to build up monopolies. “The democratic position is so plain and reasonable that he who reads may understand It. It believes that the true and constitutional purpose of a tariff is the raising, of necessary .«"ruue for the support of the government— and that is all. Let the tariff be high or low as the needs of the government may require. Let it not be so high or low as to create a surplus in the treasury. The place tor surplus taxes is in the pockets of the people and not in the federal treasury. * •The republican position is that the government should use its power of taxation to build up private industries by placing tariff rates so high that they will absolutely prohibit foreign importation or prevent any serious competition with such industries. The republicans believe that the question of revenue should be a minor consideration lathe formation of a tariff bill, and that the fostering of somo industries should he the primary one. They shut their eyes to the fact that they are unnecessarily interfering with the natural laws of trade. “They ignore the value of foreign trade or assume to believe that foreign countries will trade with us although we purchase nothing from them. They forget that reciprocity cannot be onesided. They appeal to the selfishness of the people and to their natural jealousies of and animosities against foreign countries. The arguments of the republicans in support of this system are inconsistent with each other, they in one breath alleging that a high protective tariff keeps up prices and in another breath that it reduces them. ‘You pay your money and take your choice.’ Our opponents are as versatile and accommodating ip their arguments in this respect as was the ignorant village schoolmaster who had m#d*s application to teach a country school and when examined ter the local committee «s to Die

qualifications was asked tM question. ‘Whether the wor'tt was found «r fl»tr replied that it made no difference to hiss- that he would te»*h ■that the world was round of flat just ac the eommittee preferved.’ “I am willing to conaed* that the Ural of immediate effeet o( a hi<gh tariff upon a new industry is usually to increase prices and stimulate business, but this effect is generally fallowed by undue competition occasioned by the very success incident to the favoritism shown; then overproduction results, then a stagnation of business enattsa, and In the end there comes a reduction of wages, a fall in prices and bank ruptcy to many industries. "This is a faithful picture of the evils of protection drawn i rom the business history of this country lor cVer Severity fern's. It is the natural result of governmental interference in private affairs, of the blunders incident to n paternal government and of the folly of attempting to control the nr.tvrai laws of supply and demand. Stimulants to business through tariff favoritism are as unsatisfactory as the continued and inordinate indulgence of intoxicating liquors by man. The first effects are pleasant •nough, but ttao inevitable general result la disastrous failure and utter ruin. “A gentleman ogee said that he liked to get drunk well enough hut the trouble arose in getting sober. Usually the more stimulants n man is accustomed to use the more he needs, and so In business, an industry which has grown up under the fostering cafe of a paternal government never seems to be strong enough to permit its withdrawal without a disastrous and humiliating' SdUapso. Why should the government by the use of abuse of the taxing power of the government attempt to build Op industries where the private enterurise and private capital are dot willing to accept the risk? Why should the whole people be unnecessarily taxed for half their lives and compelled to pay extravagant prices for certain manufactured articles, in order to get them, somewhat cheaper during the other half of their lives? "Why should the government, at the expense •f all the people, offer special inducements to a few to einbortt upea a particular business in a field where Uieu of genius and enterprise have of their own accord refused to enter? I do two believe that our American manufactured quire the protection which the repubf_ party seems td he so anxious to foist upon them, especially it they were provided with free raw materials, as the democratic party proposes to do. We are already underselling foreign manufacturers in most or many of the markets of the world, and if we can compete with them abroad, especially in their own markets, there would seem to be no real necessity of taxing our people longer in order to enable our manufacturers to compete with foreign ones at our very doors. “Neither is the pretense any longer available that protection is absolutely necessary because Of the difference in wages paid in this and foreign countries, it is true that wages are higher here than abroad, and the democratic party, which has always upheld the dignity of labor and which is largely composed of workingmen, rejoices iu the fact, and tolerates no policy which would tend to reduce them. But if American workingmen receive higher wages it is also trus that they perform better work than those abroad; they are better educated; they take a deeper and more intelligent interest in their labor; they own their own homes; they are entitled to tbe elective franchise and are in every way better qualified to produce manufactures which con bring better prices and which are so excellent that they can at the same time successfully compete With the rest of the world. “All that America needs is a free field and a fair fight in the »ee of life and she will prove invincible in nearly every department of human activity. It is a narrow and contracted view, however, that seeks to keep our .country from contaot with the commerce of the world. The republican erator who boastingly asserts that the United States coo raise and manufacture everything we need, that foreign commerce should not be sought after or foreign markets considered, and that our American farmers should be content witfe home markets and home prices, and that we can and should be indepen dent of all tbe rest of tbe world may gratify the selfish and false pride of his bearers, but he only exhibits his ignorance of bistory and bis lack of comprehension of the true sources of genuine prosperity. ••We should not adopt any policy of administration which excludes the idea that there is more of this world than the United States, and we should understand that we do not monopolize all the wealth, the Industries or the products of the world.

“Our policy should be dictated by an enlightened self-interest, which comprehends the wants, needs and capacities not only of ourselves, but of the people everywhere. It is the favorite claim of our extreme protection friends that a majority of the people are more or less, directly or indirectly, interested in the alleged benefits claimed to be derived from a high protective tariff, and that only a comparatively small portion of the community really object to a continuance of the system “They are pleased to assert that if the government generously sees fit to increase the wealth of a single manufacturer in a city tha other oitixens of that city are likely to receive some sort of a benefit from the prosperity of their more favored neighbor, and" that they ought not to complain of the discrimination. The advantage which the other cits sens secure Is so very remote, however, that they* can hardly be expected, to appreciate it, especially in view of the fact that the government has collected from them a portion of the bounty which it has besiowed upon their more fortunate neighbor. It may he that a comparison of the amounts collected from them with the alleged benefits received will show a balance upon the wrong side of the accounvand prove the system in the end to be a very expensive luxury. “It is probably true that if every business man in a city is required to pay a tax of ono dollar annually to be put in the pockets of some large manufacturer employing a considerable number of men, it might add something to the general prosperity of the city, provided the subsidised manufacturer should expend the contribution In advancing the wages of his workmen or in expanding his business, hut the benefits realised would he so slight, as well as precarious, and the scheme Is so inherently improper that the experiment would be unsatisfactory. “Robbery is none the lees objectionable, even though the whole people receive an equal share of the booty. Every honest community should protest against such an iniquitous system, and the policy of ‘addition, division and silence,’ while It may be acceptable to republicans in Pennsylvania, will not be adopted by honest men elsewhere. The oft-repeated statement that in every protected country the whole people receive some share of the benefits whioh are ostensibly received by a few Das never been satisfactorily established sad is impossible from the nature of things- W “Public taxation cannot make a whole community rich. There must inevitably be inequalities. The game of poker was o&e recommended to a gentleman as a game in which everybody won something. He tried it—and he knows more than be did Be found that it anybody won anything some one else had to lose. So in governmental affairs. If a few men acquire wealth without earning it, but through the favor of paternal government. It must be at the expense of the great body of the taxpayers. If it is a salutary principle that legislation should be so framed as to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number the protective system cannot have legislative sanction, hut the claim that the masses are especially Interested in Its preservation is not supported by facts. “As we glance over our great country how few do we find of the protected Industries and occupations as compared with the unprotected ones. Bow few people there are compared wit) the great mass who can say that they are con soious that they receive the least particle ol benefit, directly or indirectly, in their varioui occupations from the system which the repub Mean party for so many years has forced upot the count ry against its will I say ‘for* fl’ upot the co untry, because you will recoil' that h 1888 the majority of the popular vote. idiatei this doctrine and emphasised their dtfc-.Jprova in thunder tones in 189a “How vast are the number o people engage* in various occupations who, if their own seiflsi interests were alone to be consulted, would b desirous of being relieved from all tariffs, b* cause they have nothing to be protected an* prefer to purchase everything as cheaply a possible. Every sort of a tariff is a burden * them, and, while they now cheerfully oontribut their share toward the support 01 the rovers ment, their selfish interests would be promote* by free trade, or at least by some other metho* of taxation, “The great masses of the laboring people o the country have nothing but their labor to sell and labor is upon the free list. Their real inter put buy at to* umi|mh rraw 1—- •>„„ „v . «,j kind O a tariff is a burden and not a benefit to them The farmer receives no benefit from this pro motive system, because from the natural Condi tion of things he must sell his principal prodne " when while he mus where every I

"Our opponents wit as that UM tarUtquiMtiea WK settled by the enactment ot the MclOaley bill and they deprecate any agitation ot the »abject ot Its repeal. Our answer la that no pubHs question can be deemed settled In this country until it has been rightly settled. It is true that a republican senate at present blocks the door to all tariff legislation. '■Tine will change the senate It it refuses to respect the popular will Our opponents ha-rtT'-alwajs deprecated a discussion of the tariff subject When the people ten years ago were demanding relief from war taxes In time of pence, the republicans urged that any change would disturb the business Interests of the country and should be preraittd. When, later, there was a surplus of dejiundred millions in the treasury which was still rapidly accumulating; there was the same refusal to alter the situation. They wanted the tariff taxes let alone for the benefit of those beneficiaries wl.o were accumulating enormous fortunes at the expense of the people. ‘ The agitation cannot be stopped until tariff reform shall be triumphant. Mr. Blaine’s reciprocity scheme is inadequate to furnish the relief the people seek. Free trade with a few insignificant South Amerioan states, while the barriers to commerce with all the great ffttrope&n countries are allowed to continue, will not he accepted as a solution of the qnaation. It is merely > tub thrown to the whalein the Tain-attempt to atop the progress of tariff reduction. * “The last step which the republican party took in the direction ot centralized government was in the attempted enactment of the offensive and iniquitous measure now known as the Davenport force hill “We must diligently exert ourselves to oppose this great issue of centralization which certainly confronts us. It presents a more serious problem' than any commercial, industrial or financial question, more, vital to our country’s future welfare, more essential to the preservation of our Institutions. “There should be no laggards in this campaign. Democratic tradition and democratic manhood alike demand prompt and hearty noquiesce- »in the judgment of the demoemtto ,n. Your duty is plain and so la mine, diligently, work unselfishly, work am ..^.singly for the election of Grover Cleveland and Adlal Stevenson, that our loyalty may he rewarded by a triumphant democratic victory." THE YELLOWSTONE SPRINGS. Chnuges in the Appearance of the Colored Terrace# at the National Park, Visitors to the Yellowstone national park who return after an absence of m year or more are generally surprised by finding that many changes have occurred in the appearance of the colored terraces at the Mammoth hoi springs. Indeed, snch alterations occur sometimes in a period of a few weeks. The terraces consist of a series of basins, each set being a few feet lower than its predecessor, and the hot water from the springs at the top of the terraces flows from basin to basin, „ depositing its chalky sediment at the rims, where evaporation^ most rapid, and thus slowly building'them up. Whenever the flow of water continues constant for a considerable time, the fluted edges and sides of the basins become beautifully colored. The variegated hues are mainly dne to vegetable matter, and so if, the flow of water ceases these bright colors j rapidly fade, leaving the terraces milk white. In a little while the edges and walls of T > dry basins begin to crumble, atur most beautiful forma disappear white dust aiul^qhalklike frugmet.w„. One of the favorite terraces at' the ‘a. hot springs, called the Minerva terrace, exhibits these changes in a marked degree, because of its conspicuous position. Sometimes, owing to failure of the flow of water, the Minerva terrace parts with its splendid colors, and resembles a set of fluted basins carved out of snow-white marble. But when the water begins to run freely again the colors return with all their former vividness and beautyThe changes in the flow of the water seem to depend, in part at least, upon conditions prevailing in the heated rocks underlying the wonderful ten. races.—Youth’s Companion. ,/

Tkc Remarkable Feat of the Hero . French Novel. In more than one old rom hero is represented as disinterring great fortune in wold coin or nuggets, and carrying off the same in his pock* ets or on his hack. A French novel, published in 1889, tells us that the young lover, an athletic youth of some twenty-two years, not only pockets a half million Hd gold, but bears away the lady of his affection at the same time from thosetvho are animated with the triple desire of taking his life, detaining the lady and obtaining the store of precious metal. Romance has its privileges, as poetry has; but it is a wholly intolerable stretch of probability to conceive of a young gentleman— even were he a graduate of one ©f our most advanced gymnasiums—bearing away with him, at a rapid run. both half a million of gold and the substantial person of his lady love. Recently a treasure-train started from San Francisco to New York, loaded with twenty millions in gold coin to be deposited fat the vaults of the sub-treasury building of the latter city. The gold, weighing some forty tons, was distributed up>n four cars, the whole guarded by thirtyfive or forty armed • constables. The train reached New York safely, and the vast load of wealth was carted in express wagons, each bearing two guards, to the treasury vaults Romance aside, we can easily calculate what pace the ardent lover of the novel would have made, bearing his lady in his arms sad a ton of metal in his pockets—Demorest. A CHOCTAW TRADITION. the Immortality of >o Soul. is aur- A ,t moun- M t a “lonif^ earliest traditions the __nave been taught to believe in a life after they leave this world. They believe that the spirit, the moment that it leaves the body, is compelled to travel a long distance to the west, until it arrives at an immense chasm, at the bottom of which flows a very rapid, rocky, and dangerous stream. This terrible gorge, which rounded on every side by great tains the soul has to cross on a and slippery pine log, with the bark peeled off,” the only passage to the “happy hunting grounds,” which jlie beyond the dangerous bridge. On the bank of the stream, just on the other end of the log, there always stand six persons, who have reached the “happy hunting grounds,” and who throw sharp rocks at whoever attempts to cross the treacherous log the moment the middle of it is reached. Those who have lived properly, sosording to the Indian idea of morals, iave no trouble in crossing the log; the stones fall harmlessly from them, and snd they reach the ‘‘happy hunting grounds, ” where there is perpetual lay, without difficulty. There the trees sre ever green, the sky cloudless and the breese always gently Wo " there, too, a continuous feast and < are going on; people >ut live forever. petual Touth,