Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 25 February 1898 — Page 8

Another ITU! Be Drilled. The director* of the Petersburg mining m& manufacturing association are nut in, the least discouraged by their failure to ftid gas in the last two welts drilled, though they had strong hoj«es of finding gas in both wells drilled. The association had •very reason to believe that gas wouKl be found in both from the fact that they were not oat of reach of the wonderful pressure which the Jumbo well has shown. But as has been said in previous issues gas is not found eTery time a drill is put down, and in the cases of the three dry holes found in this territory it has shown conclusively that they were drilled at the outer edge, or where the gas hearing strata crops out. Tire directors will commence the drilling of another well in the next few Weeks at •ome point southwest of the Jumbo well, the exact location having not yet been determined upon. The work of pulling the casing from the }Jo. 3 well was commenced Wednesday and the rig taken dowu and will be removed to the new location as soon •s that matter is settled. If the ga^ territory leads to the southwest, asj it surely must, the next well “drilled in'* j should be a corker and fully demonstrate into a crevice. The opinion prevails to some exteut that the first gas was sttuck in | a crevice of the earth and that to find gas n well must lw drilled to a depth of from 2,300 to 3,900 feet deep. This is hardly probably*. The directors are determined, with the help of the cituens, to fully de-1 velop this gas field and to help boom Petersburg in every way possible. lire's hoping that their efforts will prove successful.

Letter Fr*jn W. J Bryau. James A. M epetd of township, received the following ieiui from Hon. Wiliiaru 4nmtof(» Bryan, who was the democratic standard bearer in 1896 for the presidency, and who no doubt will lead the stiver forces to victory in 1900. The letter .is highly prized by Mr. Shepard and will be handed down to the future generations of the Shepard family a* coming from the People's champion and friend: Liscoi-X. Xkb.. IVx\ 2. 18V?. Mr. J. A. Shefuird. Spurgeon, I ml. My Dear Sir—Your favor of Dec. 19, '96. enclosing clipping, has just come into my hands, the magnitude of my correspondence and the pressure of other duties having prevented my reaching it before this. 1 beg to thank you for the clipping and for the interest which promptest your communication. Kvents are vindicating the Chicago platform. 1 believe the cause of bimetallism i> steadily growing, and have no doubt of its ultimate triumph. The elections of 1S9? give great encouragement to those who believe that bimetallism must be restored by the independent action of the Cruled States. Congratulating you upon the got*! showing made by your county in the election last year, and especially for having a family ID your county that shows such loyalty to the cause of bimetallism as the McKinney family. 1 am, . Very Truly Yours, W. J. B*ya>\ Yldls Petersburg, Monday morning Petersburg was visited by one of the big. officials of the country, and who gave his position as that of “gvneral I superintendent of*tie inspectors” of the gold standard party. While here he made this office a call. He was well informed on the leading questions of the day and said his j department was adding more members to the staff daily. He made an assault on our pile of exchanges, souring all the latest daily papers, which he was gathering up for the information of his comrades who were camped south of town. He also dropped the remark that his “assistant tie inspectors” were looking for that promised “prosperity** which was to give them etn-j ployment in the mills that were to lie opened up wt,<n “confidence was restored” in No* ▼ember, 1896. Work a New bucket. Conductors on trams have all classes of people to contend with. One of the latest schemes hatched up by bum* to get free ride* is to gather up a smalt bunch of telegraph j wire aud jump the train, and when the train men ask “for fare** they look up surprised and reply that ”1 a line'repairer.”: One evening a *bort time ago at Hosmer this racket was tried, but did not.work and ! the would-be-free-rjder was bounced off. Conductor Frost Sayfc this new scheme first originated at Petersburg some months ago, but has not been a success on the^K. & !. road. Of course every new thing originate* in firstclass natural gas towns.

- Spragirih* Acquitted. /The jurv in the case <f the state v*. Monroe Spraggms, charged with assault an*f batter; vtija intent to rape Came Kinser, brought in a verdict of not guilty Sat unlay noon after tiring out about an hour. The ease *« well tried on the part of the state and by the defense. The state was rcpre* tented by Prosecutor Oox and l>eputv lieBruier and the defense by Dillon Jc Greene. There were fifty or si*ty witnesses in the case which occupied the alteutiou of the court for two days and a lyilf, free—A Beautiful Picture. Free pictures l«eautifuljy colored for framing, and four copied of lTp To Date of recent issues. Kaeh issue has heantiful colored back atui front, and from forty to fifty large humorous pictures by the famous i artists of Aineriea. Will keep the whole family in good humor and good reading for : * whole month. Send ten aeots in stamps ff a»!v**-to Up To Date, Chicago, Jiitaois.

The Board «r Slate Charities. The law, giving the board of state charities authority to supervise and assist in the care of the dependent, neglected and orphan children of the state* has been in force since February 23,1897, and has been actively administered since the appointment of a state agent, April 1,1897. A short review of the results secured will not be out of place at this time. When the law was passed, there were, in rouud numbers, 1,300 children being maintained in the various county orphans' homes and poor asylums of the state. Thirty-eight counties owned and maintained orphans* homes, 19 sent their children to associations for care, while the remaining 45 were keeping their children at their poor asylums and making almost no effort to get them out into more wholesome surroundings. Except iu the ease of one county orphans* home and five associations, organised to place out children, no special effort was being made anywhere in the state to remove the children from public care. These six agencies placed 170 of the 290 children that were placed during the year ending October 31, 1897.' In that number are not included those placed bv this board. For years it has been the custom to bring children from other slates and place them in the homes of this state. They have, at times, l*een brought in carloads and it has become a custom, iu some localities, for those desiring children to look to that source of supply. There are in Indiana plenty of children to supply homes thart desire them. The children of this state are as desirable as those from other states and are often preferable to those which have come from large cities. It costs about #100 a year to care for each child as a public charge. Therefore, the family which takes into its home one of these little ones does a kind act, is supplied with a desirable child, and is aiding in relieving the public of its'expense, to which that home and every other home in the state is a contributor. ■ ■

Two features of the work as organized oy this board under the* provision* of the new law, will largely overcome the apparent hesitancy to take Indiana children, One >s that parents whose children come ou the public for support, must now execute releast's of all their rights to these children ami conse|it to their being placed in families by indenture or by adoption. A second feature is that no child is, as a rule, placed iu a family that does not reside at least 10U miles from the county in which it became dependent. Besides, parents and relatives are not allowed to know where the childreu are and can not, there fore, cause any trouble. These features aid the public, too. in that many parents lire restrained from allowing their children to become public charges. We know of several cases where this i* true, i and doubtless many others could be found. It is stopping the unwarranted shifting of parental responsibility w hich bad grown to la* a marked abuse in the state. One of the requirements of the new law is that no child between three and serehyears shall be maintained in a poor asylum burger than than ten days at a time after January 1. 1838. But few of the counties' are not now complying with the law, and j we have assurance that these few will have completed arrangements to comply with the law by March 1st. ; Since its establishment, the state agency ! of this board has succeeded m placing 75 | children in homes, who are now in them on ! indenture or by adoption. Thirteen others ; have been tried and found to be unsuitable J and have been returned to their counties, j Some of these wjll be tried again. Except a child is mentally or physically very 1 deficient or actually incorrigible, some family can usually be found in whose care the child will do well. So, transfers from one family to another ute necessary to fit the child into the right home. About twenty such transfers have been made. Three have been transferred four times each and are ndw m the proper homes aud doing well. Two of the children placed have been legally adopted and proceedings are. pending for the adoption of four more. On the ha»is of the lawful cost of 25cents a day each, fv*r maintamatice uf the children at public expense, the work of the state agency thus far has been the. means of saving to the tax-payers the sum of $7,500 anuualiy. Who can compute the saving secured by rescuing these seventy-five children to self-supporting citizenship, instead of allowing them to tiegeneraty into paupers or criminals? Borkleu'x Arnica Salve. The best salve til the world for cuts, >rtiises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever ores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, oros, and all skin eruptions, and positivey cures piles or no pay required. It is guarantees! to give fvrfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 85 tents per box. ‘ For sale by J. R. Adams & Son.

knight* Olebrnte. Saturday tight, Spartan lodge, Knights >f Pythias, of this city, celebrated the ihirty-fdurrh anniversary of that organization at their hall. While the weather was , very bad the attendance of members and , iheir families was very large. The program was as follows: Orchestra. ipenins Prayer. Kcv. \V. A. Richardson I > \» o ,>ri K*-v. W S Rauer ,)ur AunivvrsaW^ Sy l vThompaon Orchestra. IngOn . Mlsi Lou Harris >ur ladies —.. ...... . Prof. J. H. ROte.v Suugarian ssoug Mrs. £. M. Walker ( Orchestra. Refreshments . .... Senedtethm Rev. W. g. Rader , Glad Tidings to Asthma Saflcrm. | Foley’s Honey and Tar gives quick and I aosittve yalief to all cases. Bergen and diphaitt. ( 1

■B.4L ESTATE TKiXSFBB^ *M«N •( the CbiafM thbt hare Been KeceNB. George B. Ashby, commissioner, to Charles Minehart, pt lot 33, Caualport add, Petersburg. F. M, Nelson to J. 6. Appleg&th, pt n« qr se qr, and s hf ne qr ne, and pt ue qr se qr, and se qr ne qr sec 33, town 1 south, range 6 west, 140 acres. Rachael Disney, by auditor, to Permelia A. Willis, sw cor sw qr se qr, and pt ne qr se qr sec 18, town 2 south, range 8 west. George B. Taylor to John Taylor, ne cor j sw qr nw qr sec 31, town 2 south, range 6 west, 3 acres. William J. Bothell et al to H. A. Katterjohn, lot 103, Oak Hill cemetery. Edward P. Richardson to James W. Hillman, se qr se qr, and s hf ne qr se qr, and uw qr ne qrse qr sec 14,town 1 south,range 0 west, TO acres. L. E. D. Young to Lewis Beck, pt necor ne qr sw qr sec 13, town 1 south, range 8 west, 1 acre. James M: Bell to Lewis Beck, pt ne qr se qr sec 21, town 1 south, range 8 west, 1 acre. William Howard to Wesley R. Williams, sw cor sw qr se qr sec 15, town 1 south, rang? 8 west, 2i acres. Alzada Thomas to W. D. Thomas, n hf w side lot 1, Winslow. John Traylor to Annie DeMott. e hf lot IT, Ot well. John M. Whitehead to Noah Young, pt se qr sw qr sec 29, town 1 south, range 8 west, 10 acres. Green W. Reed to Ella Richardson, pt e hf ne qr sec 18, town 1 south, range 8 west, 32 acres. Francis Matthias to Christena Hisgen, pt outlet 160, Petersburg. Z. T. Hurt to George W. Wiggs, pt sw qr sw qr, and by metes and bounds, sec 35, tbwn 1 south, range 8 west. John A. Klotz to Jennie Mount, pt se qr sw qr sec 24, town 1 north, range 8 west. James Arnold et al to B. F. Lance et al, pt lot 1. Pleasantvdie. Charles F. Ross to Whitman F. Dyson, s hf ne qr se qr sec 18, town 3 south, rarfge T west, 20 acres. . Peter Drof to Sanford A. Goss, pt lot 2, Proflu's add to Petersburg. John J. Fieener to Harriett Arnold, lot 7; Pleasant ville. Josiah Morton et al to Thresa Boswell, pt se qr nw qr sec 28, town 1 south, range 7 west, 2 acres. Laura Hoskins to Harley E. Craig, lot 1, Cassiday's add, Otwell.

How to Kind Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with inline aid let it stand twenty-four hours: a stjdimefft or settling indicates an unhealthy condition of the kidneys. When urine stains linen it is evidence of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain iu the kidneys and bladder are out of order. WHAT TO DO. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed that Dr. Kilmer's Swarnplioot. the great kidney remedy fulfills evtjny wish in relieving pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urhujiry passages. It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in pacing it, or bad e {frets following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcome* that unpleasant necessity of being coruf*elle«l to get up many times during the night to urinate. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing; cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold bv druggists, price fifty cents and one dollar. You may have a sample bottle and pamphlet both sent free by mail, upon receipt of three two-cent postage stamps to cover cost of postage on the bottle. Mention the Democrat and send your address : to Dr. Kilmer aud Co., Bmghampton, X. Y. The proprietor of this paper guarantees the ' genuineness of this offer. f Resolutions. We. the teachers of Washington towu?hip Pike county. Indiana, iu institute issembled. beg leave to submit the following j ■esolu lions: Be it resolved. That we indorse the novements of township commencement! recommended by our county superintendent j lud that we, as progressive teachers, do all we can to advance the movement. Resolved, That we are in favor of the next county institute being held at Petersburg on account of better accommodations. Resolved, That we work harder than fver to follow the course of study as we ■eally believe it would raise the. school ■ystern to a higher standard. Resolved. That we heartily indorse the vmpulsory educational effort of our last jeueral assembly and we pledge our support. o its enforcement. ^ Resolved, That we favor the holding of j he county teacher's association in October ; nstead of November and that the teachers j * allowed pay for one day's at ted an nee j ipon the same. Resolved, That we indorse the action of! >ur most worth trustee in his efforts to idvance the schools of this township. - . E. K. McAtkk, t Melissa Chappell, 'Com. Maouie Hiuoi.ns, )

Hello! Did you say that you were not .feeling tell and that your stomach was out of mler? Well then, try a bottle of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and you are sure. >f relief. Constipation and indigestion :ured. Sick headache cured. Greatest won to mankind, and is being appreciated >y thousands. 10c will get you a trial rise ’ x>ttle. Larger size* 50e and #1.00. Of Bergen aud Oliphant. f

Prom Stead*!. Ext. Democrat—I thought i line from our town would not be out of p lace. Our school closes Thursday and the spring term commences Monday week. The M. E. quarterly meeting commences next Friday at this place. There is considerable sickness in this vicinity. There are a number of cases of typhoid fever and several eases of lagrippe. Mrs, J. W. Stilwell, ex-sheriff's wife, is very low at this writing. Polities is on a boom here. The boys met last Saturday and reorganized by electing W. S. Corn a" chairman for the ensuing two years. A good selection. Mr. Green, a timber dealer, has purchased a big lot of timber in this vicinity and has placed a sawmill here that will probably give employment to several men during the entire summer.. We are having plenty of candidates, there beiug three for trustee and three for assessor. All good men. Our folks are ail in high spirits, fully expecting free silver to sweep everything this fall. Prosperity has failed to reach us yet, although we have waited patiently almost a year and our great leaders are promising everything—1 mean our gold bug leaders. It seems like our gold bug money lords or kings are trying to gobble and fix things so they may gobble everything in sight aud out of sight. Now. I don't know as they are to blauie if they'texpect to take it with them, they had better convert all their , greenbacks into gold before they launch | out. because I don’t think greenbacks would last a minute where some of them will land. ■ If Pike has no candidate for Congress | Hon. Thomas Duncan of Princeton, will do me. Home uieu first. Yours, A Voter.

Free Bills. Send vour address to II. E. Bucklen & Co.. Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. Kings New Life Pills. A1 trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are' easy in action ami are particularly effective in the cure of. constipation and sick headache. For malaria and liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly foe from every deleterious substatue aiul to be purely vegetable. They uo not weaken by their action, but by g. ;ng tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size 25c. per box.' Sold by J. K Adams & Son, druggists. J Otuell Doings. B. F.Thackcr^will soon have his residence ready for occupancy. J. \V. Vincent has returned from an extended ttip through the South. James Arnold went to Jasper last Thursday on business. Revs. Moore and Keeling began a protracted meeting in Otwell last Saturday night. They have rented Clark’> hall. Mrs. George Carpenter is convalescing. Quite a stir aluong the voters over the probability that an election of township officials this fall. There are several candidates for trustee already. John M. Brock of Oakland City, was doing business in our town last week. .Miss Nan nib Broad well of Velpeft. will teach a subscription school at Otwell this spring. "i.\ George Stelling of Petersburg, was in our burg last Saturday. Prof. George Schell held an examination last Saturday at Otwell for graduates in the common school. Fatality «»f Croup. Statistics show that thousands of infants and children yearly die of membraneous croup. We do not exaggerate when we state that every one of the>e innocents could have been saved had Foley's Honey and Tar been given them in time. Can you afford to be without it in your .household? Bergen and Oiiphant. f The City Markelsy Eggs—10 cent-. Butter—124 cents. Onions—$1.00 jier bu. Potatoes— 75c per bu. Lemons—2o cents per doa. Oranges—40 cents per dost. Banannas—15 cents per doz. Chickens—Chicks 5c. hens 5c. Turkeys—Hen turks Sc, young 7. Cider—15 cent- per gallon. Navy Beans—$1.50 per bu: Prunes—9 cents. Shoulders—6 cents. Sides—7c. Lard—7 cents per lb. Pork—Hams, smoked, 10 cents. Wheat—85 cents per bushel. Corh—25 cents per bushel. Oats—20 cents j>e» bushel. Rye—40 cents per bushel. Clover Seed—$2—5 per bushel,. Salt—$1.00 per bbl. * Flaxseed—90 cents. Hogs—$3.50 per 100. Cattle—$3.50 to $4.00 per 100. Sheep— $3.00 to $3.50 per 100.

Cincinnati Markets. Wednesday. Feb. 23,1893. Wheat, 93 to 954c; corn, 23 to 30c; oat.*, 25 to 28ic; rye, 48 to 484c; bay, $8.50 to ! $9.50; cattle, heavy, $4 65 to $4.95; hops, good shippers, $4.00 to $4.10; sheep. $4.50 u. $4.65._ A Short Sad Story. A Cold. Neglect. Pneumonia. Grief. Had Foley's Honey and Tar been used. { this story would'have had a happier ending.; Bergen aud Oliphant. f ,

The Maine Explosten. The daily papers for the past week hare contained nothing but war news and the bloving up of the warship Maine in Havana harbor, One day the report goes that the Maine was blown up by the Spaniards and the next that it was an accident. Be that as it may things look mighty warlike at the present time. A secret investigation is now going on and divers are at work looking after the causes of the wreck. Uporf*this investigation will depend whether the ship was blown up by a torpedo or was the result of an accidental explosion in the magazines. Up to this time 25? of those on board have perished. A large number of (lie bodies have been recovered, but there are still over 14)0 of the uien in the various compartments of the boat. The next few days will be very eventful ones in the history of the country and will determine whether or not the insults heaped upon the United States by the Spanish will be resented or not. The United States is gathering a number of its warships m close proximity to Uavaua. and from this it would lead one to believe that the war department has sufficient knowledge tiut the Maine was blown up and was not an accident. Congress is awaiting the actioij^of the investigation. “A Howling Sweet***.** Wherever property introduced Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, as a cure for constipation, has met with a phenomenal sale. Many druggists cannot say enough in praise of its merits, as well'as its great popularity with live people. Iu 10c trial size amt also in 50c and $1.00 siy**e, of Bergen and Oliphant. 1 f

Circuit Court. The following proceedings were had in the circuit court since our last issue: STATK CASKS. State vs. Jacob l.uttrell et ul. assault ami lottery; trial by jury ami defendants discharged. State vs. Monroe Spraggtne. assault and battery with intent to ra{>o; trial by jury and acquitted. , CIVIL CASKS. Patrick McCarty vs. Tin* Western Assurance Company, suit on policy;, verdict by agreement for $300 and costs. State ex-re! K izabeth Dillon vs. George Kaab et al, damages: dismissed. State ex-rel Fannie Dillon vs. George Kuab et al, damages; dismissed. Mary K. Keituei vs. Henry Kennel, divorce; grauted. James Dorset vs. Annie Dorset,divorcee; granted. Mary Jane Brewster vs. Louisa Barrett et a!, petition for partition: report of com missioners approved. Stephen T. Clements vs. Wiliiaui Jackson. damages: dismissed. Alvin L. Powers, ad tin,. JJmnpl rev, vs. Polly Ann Humphrey et si, petition to sell j real estate ;re{«ort approved and sale ordered, j Joseph L. MvBay vs. P. W. Chappell jet al; judgment fot #1 261.77. State on relation of Martha E. I.oveless vs. Everett Loveless, basfarily; dismissed. Joseph L- MeBay vs. Grace .Mtiler et al, note and foreclosure; judgment f»>r$472.89. The Surprise «f All. Mr. James Jones, of the firm of Jones & Son, Cowden. Illinois, in speaking of Dr. King’s New Discovery. say> that bust winter his w.fe was attacked with la grippe, and her ea-e grew,so -ertous that physicians at 5 Cowden and Puna could do nothing for her. It seemed to develop into hasty eonsutnpj Hon. Having Dr. King's Ke'lr Discovery in store, and selling lots of it, lie took a bottle home, and to the surprise af all .-he began to get better from first dose, and half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound and well. Dr. Kiug’s Xew Discovery for consumption. coughs and colds i- guaranteed to do this good work. Try it. Free trial bottles at J. R. Adams & Sou's drug store. Mrs. Richard Arnold, living mar Dutclw town, die*! last Friday of heart failure. Mrs. Aouold the week previous had given birth to twin children, one of which has since diet!. The funeral took place Sunday and burial at the Arnold cemetery. Mrs. Arnold was a kind and affectionate vroinan and loved by all who knew her. She was born and raised in Illinois and was married to Mr. Arnold -ume three years ago. Mr. Arnold has the sympathy, of his many friends m his sad bererveraent. Michael H. Robiiison and Mrs. Samh Dawson of Cato, were married last Thursday at Otwell. *Thev are both we31 known in the county and their many friend extend to them hearty congratulations. Last Fridav a bjg dinner was given by J. L. Robinson in honor of the newly wedded couple to which a large number of friends had k*en united. Thomas R. Smith, living near Oakland City, was here Wednesday, visiting his brothers, Harrison and Oweu. He returned home today. He was the democratic uotninee for sheriff in 1894. The trial of Alex Quackenbush for the killing of James Smith comes op in the circuit court today. The defendant will be defended by Holcomb & Holcomb and Posey 6 Chappell.

George W. Coleman of Winslow; was arrested last Monday, charged with adultery. Not being able to gire bail he went to jail to await trial at this terra of court. Prof. C. P. Barrett of Augusta, has resumed his studies in the Kentucky school of medicine at Louisville. He will finish his studies this year and receive his diploma. Memorial services were held at the C. P. church Thursday afternoon in memory of Miss Frances £. Willard. J. C. Miller of Worthington, wa$. here Wednesday and Thursday on business.

—.' M’KINLEY’S DUPLI^ifY.'^ The pretense and sham of McKinley’* official attitude toward bimetallism were uncovered in the senate when Senator Allen’s resolution for a report from the Wolcott oommisdon was called up ? and consideration was postponed until ! Jan. 15. Mr. Wolcott stated that no report had been prepared and added that he “was not aware that a report would be made. ” Senator Allen’s resolution is perfectly proper and in entire accord with the senate’s prerogatives. Mr. McKinley’s roving commission to Europe has already | cost the people of the United States $100,000. The cost, of course, is of no importance compared with thereat and I vital interest involved. The people care i nothing for expenditures so long as they are made for the promotion of the nai tional welfare. The Wolcott commisi sion was appointed by the president and | sent to Europe at public expense for the? i ostensible purpose of advancing the cause of bimetallism.* The issue is one in which every intelligent citizen of the country is directly and intensely concerned. In asking furore port of its la- | bors and observations Senator Allen’s I resolution voices an eager and urgent | public demand. Senator Wolcott’s obvi- [ ous desire to keep from the senate a full 1 and complete report evidences an uni willingness to acquaint the country with i the observations and results of the commission’s tour of Europe. Senator Stewart gave terse and forcible expression to the popular suspicion in which is held McKinley’s whole j course in dealing with the Wolcott comj mission. Replying to Senator Chandler’s plea for the president, Mr. Stewart said: | “This only shows the duplicity of the j administration. What does it matter that McKinley expressed pleasure at the silver tendency of France when he and his secretary of the treasury and his comptroller of the currency were doing^ then and are doing now their utmost to drive silver and all issues but gold coin out of circulation iu the United States? His official conduct has been an open repudiation of tbe Wolcott commission from the day it left the United States.’’ The Nevadan could have gone further along this line aud still remained within the bounds of truth. He could have stated with perfect consistency with the facts iu the case that the president actually nullified by secret methods the advance made by the commission in England.—St. Louis Republic.

TARIFF AND WAGES. Bad Effect* of High Protection on Ut« Cot* ton Mill Operative*. The Now York Evening Post, in discussing the cotton mill crisis in New England, explains it on the usual narrow grounds of cheap labor and longer hoprs in the south. This is the theory of the Cotton spinners themselves, and we will not disturb its shallowness. But The Post calls attention to a fact worth mentioning in connection with Manager Mark Hanna's great circus parade of piosperity—namely, that the Republican newspapers, when discussing the mill crisis, make no reference to the tariff and *rcat the whole matter as if the wage reduction is to be a permanent feature. There is small consolation in this attitude for those workingmen who rushed to the support of MoKiuley^impelled by the glowing pictures of prosperity and higher wages which were struugout on the oratorical clothesline at Canton. We are not at this time disposed to weep over the woes they have brought on themselves and shall wait until we see how the failure of the whole Republican programme will affect their political actiou before wasting any large ! amount of sympathy. In this country the condition of the workingmen is pretty much what they choose to make it, j and when they deliberately select a hard bed to lie on we are disposed to permit them to sleep as peacefully as they mdy. There is small cause for wonder in the silence of the Republican organs in regard to the tariff, for the people are ! now witnessing the ruthless exposure of 1 one of the most tremendous humbugs of the age. Matters hard turned out pre- | cisely as The Constitution predicted wheu it advised the Democrats in conI gress to offer no obstructions to tho tariff bill, to the end that the people might have an opportunity to see for themselves what a fiat and naked failure protection is. - Snch another opportunity was never before offered. The tariff has always been mixed with other movements and issues, but now the whole public may see the unwholesome effects of high protection. Those who thought it would help the people are undeceived, and even the protected interests are disgusted. Mr. McKinley said that a high tariff law would be a mill opener. Asa mattear of fact, it is an eye opener.—Atlanta Constitution. . _£_ s: ■

Cart Before the Hone. When Postprandial Orator Deposesaerts that the people cannot be prosperous unless the railroads are prosperous, he is putting the cart before the horses Besides; the insinuation that the railroads are not having to run snowplows to dear their tracks of the avalanche of prosperity does not harmonize with the bulletins of the Mcflanna, good tunes makers. • _ Csd«r Dingley’i 3Com. n. Rhode Island cotton mills are also reducing wages. Is New England ootton manufacture to perish right under Mr. Dingley ’a dutiful nose? Am Uapopatw Brand. Mr. McKinley’s brand at prosperity seems to he giving satisfaction to nobody but those who worship the gold god. _- i No wonder Hanna ia threatened with heart failure. Who; with his obligations to the country, would not palpitate every time he thought at the Dingley deficit?