St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 14, Number 17, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 October 1888 — Page 4

BY TELEGRAPH. BREEZY BRIEFLETS. INTELLIGENCE GATHERED BY WIRE FROM FAR AND NEAR. An Entertaining and Instructive Summary of the Doings in the Old and New World, Embracing Politics, Labor, Accidents, Crime, Industry, Etc. FIRE-PROOF WOOD. An Insurance-Revolutionizing Discovery Made by a Yankee Genius. A New England genius has recently discovered a cheap method of dissolving zinc by combining it with hydrogen and procuring a solution called zinc water. This liquid, if applied to certain woods, notably white wood, makes it absolutely fire-proof, and at a low cost. This discovery is regarded one of the most important of the age, and one that will surely revolutionize fire insurance, as well as immensely decrease the loss by fire. The invention is kept secret for the present. The inventor is a blundering chemist, but he has a faculty of blundering into the choicest secrets in Nature's laboratory. As soon as the patents are perfected and capital interested, zinc water - will become an article of commerce. A WHEAT STEAL. Full Details of the Charges Come Out in Court. The Minneapolis, Minn., wheat steal ease came up in court and the whole story came out for the first time. From 30,000 to 40,000 bushels of wheat was stolen from the elevator, and it is alleged that the firm of D. C. Moak & Co., which recently failed, were the principals. W. G. Harley, their bookkeeper, and Charles Mason, foreman of the elevator, are named as accessories. The cars were overloaded at the elevator and delivered to the firm. Harry Holcomb, the ex-foreman, was also implicated, but he escaped. More disclosures are expected. SACKING SALOONS. The Temperance Women of Thompson Held in S2OO Bonds. A Grand Forks, D. T., special says: “A number of ladies were brought here from Thompson, a neighboring village, charged with riot for having raided the saloons there a la Crusaders. Their trial occupied an entire day, and was bitterly contested, the local W. C. T. U. espousing their cause. The Justice finally ruled that an offense had been committed, and held each of them in S2OO bonds, which were readily furnished.” A PECULIAR DAMAGE SUIT. The Father of a Murdered Man Sues His Slayer for $5,000 and Gets SBOO. A peculiar law-suit has been concluded in the Superior Court before Judge Andrews, at Danbury, Conn., in which the father of a murdered man sued the murderer for $5,000 for the loss of his son’s services. The criminal case has not yet been tried, and the alleged murderer is under $3,000 bonds. The case occupied two days, and the jury, after being out seven hours, gave a verdict for the plaintiff of SBOO. Important to Shippers. Judge Thayer, of the United States Court, has rendered a decision at St. Louis that will tend to put an end to much annoyance to shippers hereafter. Plaintiffs Wyman & Holman had imported a large quantity of tin from Europe. The Chicago and Alton Railroad laid freight claim to the goods, the importers refusing to pay what they regarded, as excessive charges. They offered a bond to guarantee costs, but the Surveyor of the Port of St. Louis, JR. D. Lancaster, refused to surrender the goods, declining to recognize the sufficiency of the bond. Judge Thayer has decided in favor of the firm, Wyman & Holman, giving them their goods, one cent damages, and assessing costs against Lancaster. A Fatal Explosion. At Fort Wayne, Ind., while the procession for the Thurman parade was being formed, a rocket fell on a wagon-load of fireworks which exploded. The driver, Lorenzo Bouse, was fatally burned, dying in a short time, and Robert L. Smith, Manager of the Academy of Music, was badly burned and may lose his eyesight. While trying to force a street car through a crowd, L. D. McNutt, superintendent of the line, was attacked a^d badly beaten. Russia and the Powers. A St. Petersburg dispatch says: “The rearranging of the Russian troops in the vicinity of the Austrian frontier is proceeding actively, in response to the movements of the Austrian forces. No special change in the relations between the two countries has taken place. The movement of the Russian troops is merely a measure of precaution.” New York’s Registration. The second day’s registration in New York City was exceptionally la;ge, 90,079 names being registered, as against 77,566, 66,302, 70,475, and 63,408 for the respective years 1884, 1885, 1886, and 1887. The National Capital. In the Senate, at the beginning of the morning business, on the 17th, the Republican side of the chamber was represented by eight Senators and the Democratic side by ten On motion of Mr. Morgan, the Committee on Foreign Relations was authorized to sit during the recess in Washington or New York in the investigation of the La Abra claim against Mexico. The House bill granting to the Aberdeen and Northwestern Railroad right of way across a portion of the Sioux reservation in Dakota was passed. Consideration of the tariff bill was resumed. The House agreed to the conference report on the bill granting lands in severalty to the united Peoria and Miami bands of Indians. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. Rabbi M. Strauss, late of Cincinnati, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a pistol in a closet in Central Park, New 7 York. Letters on his person led to his identification. A letter to his twelve-year-old son Henry, No. 55 Seventh street, Cincinnati, declared that the writer was tired of his uphill struggle for life. He did not feel equal to the competition with the younger men, He was 65. He had but $5 in his pocket. ILMA De Mukska, the Hungarian Nightingale, who startled the world some years ago with the exquisite quality of her voice, is now living in a single, poorly furnished room on Washington Square in New York C.ty in an impoverished condition. Trouble has seriously affected her mind. Mme. De Murska was engaged by the management of the American Conservatory of Music to come to this country as a teacher of music at a salary of SIO,OOO, but when she arrived it was found that she was unable to fulfill her duties because of mental derangement. A compromise was made with her by which she received some $3,000. Since that time she has been living in retirement. An effort is being made by her musical friends to send her to her native country. Another frightful wreck has occurred on the Lehigh Valley Hoad in Pennsyl-

' vania. A construction train was unloading ties at Tamanend Siding, near Lost Creek, on the Pottsville Branch, when a ' fast Pennsylvania freight came along and dashed into the construction cars. Os the forty Hungarians who were at work un- ' i loading the cars, seven were killed out- ' right and twenty-nine injured. A brakeman ■ on the Pennsylvania train was killed out- ; right. Twenty of the freight cars were ; wrecked. It was three hours before help ’ could be procured, and during that time ! the injured lost so much blood that many ! of them will die. The killed were.horribly mangled. One man was cut into a dozen pieces. ' Charles C. Marsh & Co., the insolvent brokers of Nd. 15 Broad street, New York, have assets of $62,000, with i liabilities of $119,500. An explosion of gas caused a fire which destroyed the Cameron colliery at Shamokin, Pa. The loss is placed at $75,000, | and 1,000 men are rendered idle. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. Fire at Valentine, Neb., destroyed the ! finest block in town, ata loss of $20,000; , insurance small, The United States Sig- ! nal Office was in the burned building. Olaf A. Wig, a farmer living about i eight miles northwest of St. Hilaire, Minn., was struck on the head with a ; spade by Ludwig Ameson, a neighbor. I They were quarreling about Ameson’s cattle being in Wig’s haystack. Wig will die. George Meyer, a cigar-maker of Belleville, 111., was fatally shot by Joseph Schrandt. Sr., aged 83 years, at St. Louis. Schrandt has a half-witted daughter, 25 years old, and he found Meyer in her room. He seized a shotgun and filled the intruder with buckshot. W. C. Wheeler, a prominent business man of Minneapolis, died suddenly under I circumstances which will be investigated. AN effort is being made to organize a colony of two thousand to settle on the Oklahoma reservation and resist all efforts to oust them. Logan York was shot and killed by Oran Mason near Indianapolis. York attempted to rob the Mason homestead and fought desperately until shot. Dr. Asahel Clark, of Beloit, Wis., aged 80, died at Evanston, 111., where he was visiting a sister. L. H. Stonaker, cashier of the Sioux City (Iowa) freight-house of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, absconded lately, and his accounts are discovered to be $4,000 short. The Canada Insurance Company is on his bond. Julia Beck, a good-looking and muchadmired young lady of Kansas City, Mo., committed suicide because she thought she was not pretty. She was exceedingly bright and good-looking. For ten years she had lived in seclusion. At Waverly, lowa, Mrs. M. E. Billings j has been arrested on the charge of having ’ committed perjury in her testimony given in the trial of her husband foi the murder of County Attorney Kingsley. The property of the Chicago Lumber Company at Denver, attached recently by Howell, Jewett & Co. of Chicago for $115,000, has been sold at Sheriff’s sale for $55,000. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. The yellow fever at Jacksonville, Fla., is slowly dying out. The total number of cases is 3,554, and deaths 313. Pauline McCoy, a negro girl aged nineteen, was hanged at Union Springs, Ala., for murdering Annie Jordan, a four-teen-year-old white child, last February. I The execution was private, only the necesj sary persons being admitted. The crime for which the girl was hanged was a peculiar one. The victim, Annie Jordan, strayi ed away from her home in Montgomery, and ' nothing was heard of her until her dead body • was found in a plum thicket at Three Notch. I Circumstances pointed to Pauline and she was arrested. The dead girl s clothing was on her. She was found guilty last spring and sentenced to death. Efforts were made to get the Governor to interfere, but to no’avail. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. Nominations for Congress have been made as follows: John H. Moffitt, by the Republicans of the Twenty-first New York District; G. H. Laflenre, by the Labor party of the Fifth Michigan District. The Democrats of the Ninth Congressional District of Missouri (St. Louis) have nominated George A. Castleman. Joseph E. Haynes has been nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Sixth New Jersey District. Colonel Augustus Belknap has been nominated for Congress in the Tenth Texas District. Congressional nominations—Tammany Hall, New York Thirteenth Congressional District, Ashdel P. Fitch; Ninth New York District, Samuel S. Cox. The Republican Congressional Committee at Springfield, 111., selected. Dr. Charles E. Kerr to fill the vacancy caused by the declination of Major Connolly to run. The following Congressional nominations have been made: Michigan—First District, J. Logan Chipman (Dem.), renominated. Texas —-Seventh District, Col. C. J. Brewster (Rep.) of Laredo. New Jersey—Third District, John Kean, Jr., (Rep.), renominated. New York—Eighteenth District, Samuel B. Sandford (Dem.) of Troy. Michigan—First District, Hibbard Baker (Rep.). Pennsyl-vania—Twenty-fifth District, Samuel Griffiths (Dem.) of Mercer. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. The great street car strike of Chicago, j after a duration of nine days, terminated i on the 14th inst., favorably to the men. | Strikers and hoodlums on the North Side, Chicago,, attacked the new street-car i drivers and conductors on the Garfield avenue cars, and several of the men were ! severely injured. One striker had his | wrist broken, and another was shot in the ! foot. It is stated that Mr. Barry, late lecturer of the Knights of Labor, has sent a circular to Knights at Toronto, Ont., to the effect that he and others are about to start a new labor society. ACROSS THE OCEAN. Official announcement is made from ; ihe German Consulate of the declaration of a German protectorate over Pleasant I Island, located in the South Pacific in 0 ’ degrees 25 minutes south, and 167 degrees - 5 minutes east. It will hereafter be subjected to the same government as the Marshall, Brown, and Providence islands. ; A BLOCK of seven-story buildings was burned at Glasgow, causing a loss of SSOO,- ; 000. Lord Mount Temple is dead, at Lon- ' don, England. FRESH AND NEWSY. W. J. McGarigle, with his wife and ' family, recently visited Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is believed he went there to meet ' some Chicago friends, who are seeking to arrange an armistice and secure his return to Chicago in time to take part in the elec-

tion. He talked quite boldly and defies i any man in Chicago to prove that he has ever taken a dollar from anybody wrong - ! fully or that he has not acted on the , square. He says he is a victim of politi- ! cal intrigue and has stood quietly by and j suffered ignominy while those who ! are guilty have gone scot free. He blames certain political parties for trying to work up a conspiracy against him in the hope of having a big civic scandal equal to New York, with the object of ruining others. He was seized upon because in his position enemies believed he knew everything and would split. He admits having handled and distributed political corruption funds, but says he did it squarely and everybody knew it had to be done. He expects to return to Chicago when the excitement cools down. He says the people of Chicago have not lost confidence in him, and that he will resume his position of confidence when he returns. He was feted to some extent in Winnipeg. Judge Sawyer of the United States Circuit Court at San Francisco, has announced his decision in two cases brought to test the Chinese exclusion act. The court decides that the act is constitutional and, by its terms, became operative immediately upon its passage. The court further declares that the return certificate granted to Chinese departing from this country is not a contract, but is simply an instrument to establish the identity of a party entitled to certain privileges under a compact between the United States and China. Treaties, the decision says, confer privileges as long as they are in force, but the right of Congress to control or repeal treaty stipulations has been clearly recognized. The counsel for the Chinese gave notice that they would appeal to the Federal Supreme Conti. This decision affects about 30,000 Chinese who hold return certificates and about 3,000 who departed from this country before the passage of the restriction act. John H. Knapp, the millionaire President of the lumber firm of Knapp, Stout & Co., died of cancer of the face at Menominee, Wis. The Rev. Dr. Beale Schmucker, late pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church of the Transfiguration, expired on board a train near Phenixville, Pa. He was 63 years of age, and one of the bestknown Lutheran ministers in America. MR. THURMAN’S LETTER. His Acceptance of the Vice-Presidential Nomination. Ex-Senator Thurman's letter accepting the nomination of the St. Louis convention to the Vice-Presidency is as follows: uolumbus, onio, Oct. 12. The Hon. Patrick A. Collins and Others, Committee : Gentlemen—ln obedience to custom, I send you this formal acceptance of my nomination for the office of Vice President of the United States made by the- national convention of the Democratic party at St. Louis. When you did me the honor to call upon me at Columbus and officially notify me of my nomination I expressed to you my sense of obligation to the convention, and stated that, although I had not Bought the nomination, 1 did not feel at liberty, under the circumstances, to decline it. 1 thought then, as I still think, that whatever I could properly do to promote the re-election of President Cleveland I ought to do. His administration has been marked by such integrity, good sense, manly courage, and exalted patriotism that a just appreciation of these high qualities seems to call lor his re-election. I am also strongly impressed with the belief that his re-election would powerfully tend to strengthen that feeling of fraternity among the American people that is so essential to their welfare, peace, and happiness, and to the perpetuity of the Union and of our free institutions. I approve the platform of the St. Louis convention, and 1 cannot too strongly express my dissent from tho heretical teachings of the monopolists that the welfare of a people can be promoted by a system of exorbitant, nivation far in excess of the wants of the Government. Their idea that a people can be enriched by heavy and unnecessary taxation—that a man's condition can be improved by taxing him on all he wears, on all his wife and children wear, on all his tools and implements of industry—is an obvious absurdity. To till the vaults Os the treasury with an idle surplus for which the Government has no legitimate use, and to thereby deprive the people of currency needed for their business and daily wants, and to create a powerful and dangerous stimulus to extravagance and corruption in the expenditures of the Government, seems to me to be a policy at variance with every sound principle of government and of political economy. The necessity of reducing taxation to prevent, such an accumulation of surplus revenue and the consequent depletion of tho circulating medium is so apparent that no party dares to deny it; but when we come to consider the modes by which the reduction may be made we find a wide antagonism betwe> n our party and the monopolistic leaders of our political opponents. We seek to reduce taxes upon the necessaries of life; our opponents seek to increase them. We say give to the masses of the people cheap and good clothing, cheap blankets, cheap tools, and cheap lumber. The Republicans, by their platform and i heir leaders in the Senate, by their proposed bill, say increase the taxes on clothing and blankets and thereby increase their cost, maintain a high duty on the tools of the farmer and mechanic and upon the lumber which they need for the construction of their modest dwellings, shops, and barns, and thereby prevent their obtaining these necessaries at reasonable prices. Can any sensible man doubt as to where he should stand in this controversy? Can any well-informed man be deceived by the false pretense that a system so unreasonable and unjust is for the benefit of laboring mt n ? “Much is said about competition of American | lab rers with the pauper labor of Europe, but | 1 ; not every man who looks around him see . know that an immense majority of the laborers in America are not engaged in what are called the protected industries? And a; to those who are employed in such industries, is it not undeniable that the duties proposed by the Democratic measure called the Mills bill far exceed the difference between American and European wages, and that, therefore, if It were admitted that our workingman can be protected by tariffs against cheaper labor, they would be fully protected and more than protected by that bill? Does not every well-informed man know that the increase in price of home manufactures produced by a high tariff does not go into the pockets of laboring men, but only tends to swell the profits of others ? “It seems to mo that if the policy of the Democratic party is plainly presented all must understand that wo seek to make the cost of living less, and, at the same time, increase the share of the laboring man in the benefits of national prosperity and growth. “I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Allen G. Thurman. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle —Prime Steers $6.00 @ 6.50 Good 5.00 & 5.75 Common 3.00 & 4.25 Hogs—Shipping Grades 5.50 @6.25 Sheep 3.00 & 4.00 Wheat —No. 2 Red I.oßJ^@ 1.09J6 Cohn—No. 2 43)6@ .44 Oats—No. 2 24 @ .24'6 RYE—No. 2 54 @ .56 Butter—Choice Creamery 22 @ .24 Cheese—Full Cream, flat 11 @ .11% Eggs—Fresh 18 @ .19 Potatoes—Car-loads, per bu 35 @ .40 Pork—Mess 14.75 @15.25 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 1.02 @ 1.03 Corn—No. 3 44'6@ .45 Oats—No. 2 White 28'6@ .2916 Rye—No. 1 56 @ .57 Barley—No. 2 55 @ .55’6 Pork—Mess 14.75 @15.25 DETROIT. Cattle 4.00 @ 5.25 Hogs 5.50 @ 6.75 Sheep 2.50 @3.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.13 @1.14 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 45 @ .4516 Oats —No. 2 White 29’6@ .3016 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.08J6® 1.0916 Corn 46 @ .46)6 Oats—No. 2 White 28 @ .30 NEW YORK. Cattle 4.00 @ 6.00 I Hogs 6.25 @ 6.75 I Sheep 3.C0 @ 4.25 I Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.08 @ 1.09 Corn—No. 2 52 @ .53 Oats—White 35 @ .42 PoßK—New Mess 16.25 @17.00 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 4.59 @ 5.75 Hogs 5.50 -@ 6.50 Wheat—No. 2 1.06 @ 1.0616 Corn—No. 2 40 @ .41 Oats—No. 2 22%@ .23 Rye—No. 2 51 @ .53 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle 3.50 @ 5.50 Hogs 6.00 @ 6.75 Sheep 2.50 @ 4.00 Lambs 3.00 @ 5.00 CINCINNATI. Hogs 5.00 @ 6.50 Wheat —No. 2 Red 1.06 @ 1.08 Corn— No. 2 46 & .47 Oats —No. 2 Mixed 26 & .261$ Rye—No. 2 57 @ .59 Pork—Mess 15.25 @15.75 KANSAS CITY. Cattle—Choice 4.7.5 @ 5.50 Medium 3.54 & 4.75 Common 2.50 @ 3.25 Hogs 5.00 & 6.00 Sheep 3.00 @ 4.00

THE NATIONAL SOLONS. ’ WORK OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Makers anil What They Are Doing for the Good of tho Country —Various Measures Proposed, Discussed anil Acted On. Consideration of the tariff bill was resumed in the Senate on the 11th inst., the first speaker being Mr. Cullom, who denounced the Mills bill. He was followed by Mr. Platt. The Senate passed the House bill appropriating $53,000 to enforce the Chinese exclusion act. The House was not in session. The only really important development in the tariff discussion in the Senate on the 12th inst. was the statement by Senator Allison that tho Finance Committee had become convinced that It made a mistake in putting slack or culm of coal on the free list. Ho said it was difficult to distinguish between coal and coal slack, and at the proper time the committee would propose an amendment putting ail coal on the dutiable list at the present rate of 75 cents a ton. The Senate agreed to the conference reports on tho Fourth of July claims bill and the bill to retire General Pleasonton with the rank of Major. Little business was transacted by the House. Half a dozen more leaves of absence were granted. Mr. Lawler succeeded in securing the passage of a bill for the payment of back bounty to P. C. McQueeny, of Chicago. The report of the Stahlnecker investigating commit tee exonerating Mr. Stahlnecker from chargee of misconduct in connection with the new library building was adopted without discussion, as was also the report of the conference committee on the bill to retire General Alfred Pleasonton with the rank of Major. The message of the President vetoing the pension till of Mrs. Sarah Woodbridge, on the ground that her second husband is still living and that such a precedent ought not to be established, was laid before the Senate the 15th inst. The bill and message were referred to the Committee on Pensions. The Senate set down the first Tuesday in December for a discussion of the Pacific Railroad funding bill, subject to the tariff bill. The dis-cus-ion of the tariff bill was continued. In the House Mr. Wheeler of Alabama offered a series of resolutions denouncing the Senate tariff bill, and after some discussion as to the propriety of the resolution it was referred to the' Committee on Rules. The debate on the tariff bill was continued in the Senate on the Toth. The Senate confirmed J. A. Moore as United States Marshal for Nevada. The House agreed to the Senate amendment to the La Crosse (Wis.) bridge bill. Mr. Oates (Ala.) called up his adjournment resolution in the House and made a vigorous effort to secure its passage. After a long discussion, consideration of the resolution was postponed. How to Make Yourself Agreeable. Very rarely, if ever, young persons acquire the ability to converse with ease anil fluency. This implies, first of all, good ; ideas, clearly and sensibly expressed. An ; empty mind never made a good talker; remember, “you can not draw water out of an empty well.” Next in importance is selfpossession. “Self-possession is nine points I of the law”—of good breeding. A good ; voice is as essential to self-possession ns I good ideas are essential to fluent language. ■ The voice, from infancy, should be care- j fully trained and developed; a full, clear. I flexible voice is one of the surest indica- j tions of good breeding; it falls like music i on the ear, and while it pleases the lis- = tener. it adds to the cons lence of its possessor, be he never so timid. Oue may be witty without being popular; voluble, without being agreeable; a great talker, and i yet a great bore. It is wise, then to note ! carefully the following suggestions: Be sincere; he who habitually sneers nt everything will not only render himself disagreeable to others, but will soon cease ; to find pleasure in life. Be frank; a frank, open countenance : and a dear, cheery laugh are worth far more, even socially, than “pedantry in a I stiff cravat.” Be amiable; you may hide a vindictive j nature under a polite exterior for a time, j as a cat masks its sharp daws in velvet 1 fur, but the least piovoention brings out ! one as quickly as the other; ill-natured persons are always disliked. Be sensible; society never lacks for ■ fools. If you want elbow room, “go up higher.” Be cheerful; if you have no great trouble on your mind, you have no right to > render other people miserable by your i long face and dolorous tones. If you do, you will be generally avoided. But, above all. be cordial; true cordiality unites all the qualities we have ; enumerated. Transporation of Poultry. The farmers throughout the country and, speaking locally, the commission men of Chicago, are jubilant over tho introduction on the Lackawanna Railroad ! of a patent car for the transportation of live poultry. Heretofore great losses have j been sustained by shippers, especially in ; warm weather, and much dissatisfaction has , been visited on the consignees. It is to hoped that all this trouble has now been j entirely obviated; that is, where the new , conveyance is in use, and if it answers its | purpose as well as it is anticipated, there I is no doubt it will become general. The car is ten feet higher than the ordinary freight car, and contains 116 compart- | ments,. each one four feet square, in a I series of eight decks, with an aisle running tlnough it crosswise, and another one lengthwise. Its capacity is from 3,500 to 1 4,500 fowls, according to the season of the year. By a system of drop decks the j freight is loaded and unloaded at the hot- ■ tom of the car, the sides of which are of । strong wire netting, in which are the doors | to the several compartments. On the top ; of the car, in th • center, is a water tank ! large enough to supply a full load on a ! journey of 3,000 miles. Each compartment I is supplied on three sides with abundant foo* and water by a system of troughs and hos? that is easily worked on the inside, no matter how great the speed of the train. The food is stored in a box or tank beneath the car She Was Well Prepared. The minister always felt it to be his duty to give each young couple a little serious advice before he performed the marriage ceremony, and for this purpose he usually took them aside, one at a time, and talked very soberly to each of them regarding the great importance of the step they were to take and the new responsibilities they were to assume. One day he talked in his most earnest manner for several minutes to a young w oman who had come to be married to a bright-looking young man. “And now,” he added, in closing, “Ihope you fully realize the extreme importance of the step you are taking, and that you are prepared for it. ” “Prepared?” she said, innocently. “Well, if I ain't prepared I don’t know' who is. I’ve got four common quilts and two nice ones, and four brand-new feather beds, ten sheets and twelve pairs of pillow-slips, four all-linen table-cloths, a dozen spoons, and a good six-quart brass kettle. If I ain't prepared no girl in this country ever was. Voutk’s Companion. Conundrums. Why is a door in the potential mood? It’s would, or should be. What is the board of education? The schoolmaster’s shingle. ■\\hat sticketh closer than a brother? A postage stamp, by gum. Why is a tin can tied to a dog’s tail like death ? It’s bound to occur. Why does a sailor know there’s a man in the moon? He has been to sea. What is it that will give a cold, cure a cold, and pay the doctor's bill? A draught. What does a man take when he has a mean wife ? He takes an elixir (he licks her). Why is it easy to get into an old man’s house? Because his gait is broken and his locks are few. Why is a man who makes pens very wicked? He makes people steel pens and then says they do write.

Log Cabin Logic. Brawn and Brain! The powerful engine, with its wonderful propelling power, coupled to the long train full freighted with the richest fabrics of the intelluctual looms of the centuries—what obstacles can stay the progress of this mighty force, when once under full steam along life’s highway? Tho American with brawn and brain does not see the necessity for titles of nobility, floes not care for elevation by descent, he ?an reach out and pluck the stars. But with brawn or brain impaired, a man is badly handicapped in the mad race for success, which is the marked characteristic of the present age. The physical system is a most intricate piece of machinery. It ought to be kept well regulated, so' that it will work harmoniously in all its parts, then it is capable of an immense amount of work. It is said that a watch, if expected to keep perfect time, must be wound daily. It will not. keep good time unless it “runs regular.” More men break down because they don’t ‘run regular" than for any other reason. It is claimed by physicians that few men are killed by hard work. It is to the irregularities of modern social life that the high deat h rate is due. Men burn their candle at both ends, then wonder why it burns out so quickly. The main thing in keeping the human machine in good working order is to keep the regulator all right. "The blood is the life,” and sound health is assured so long as the blood flows through the veins a limpid stream of purity. Regulate tho regulator with Warner’s Log Cabin sarsaparilla, the old-fashioned blood purifier, prepared after the best formula in use by our ancestors in good old Log Cabin flays, and with the vigor of brawn and brain which must ensue, in your life’s lexicon you will find no such word as fail. Bleeding at the Nose. Spirits of turpentine in a hot saucer will give off' fumes which, snuffed up the nose, often have a good effect in this bleeding. Tying a string or bandage around the thigh, or the arm close to the shoulder, is of service. An excellent remedy is to have the patient take a hot foot bath. This one of the best possible measures from its simplicity, and it rarely fails in all ordinary cases to stop the bleeding; another method is to apply a large mustard leaf :>r mustard plaster to the skin over the right side of the body in the situation of the liver. — Babyhood. A Double Help tor the Bilious. In additicn to that chief remedial measurelie use of Hostetter's f tomach Bitters—persons suffering from an acute bilious attack, will i facilitate recovery by the use at first of milk ; and lime water and thin gruels, and by a very giadual return to the use of solid foods. Fatty ! substances should be excluded from the diet. Blue pill is a remedy of doubtful tafety, particularly if there be nausea and vomiting, frei quent concc mitants of liver trouble. The Bitters, provided its reformatory action be not re- ! ardod and marred by gross indiscretions in diet, J will soon r.store t o equilibrium and action । of tire liver, stomach, and bowels, all three disI offered bv biliousness. In all forms of malarial ! istaso. which in every one of its phases prei ent: irdhations of liver trouble. Hostetter's I Stomach l.iite s is the foremost of specifics. The i light of over thir y years' experience n'so shows ■it to lea file remedy for ihe .mutism, kidney ; troubles, dv»i epsia, nervousness and debili y. One of the English regiments is experimenting with a machine called a •entereyele, which has four small wheels a fool in diameter, and one large one in the center. It is said the i invention makes climbing a hill as easy for a 'cycler as rolling off a log. I nique Advertisiug. A checker board with checkers, complete, | or a lamp shade, can be had by sending I seven two-cent postage stamps to James Barker, General Passenger tuid Ticket Agent Wisconsin ( entral. Milwaukee. Wis. Each outfit is accompanied by a copy of an interesting card entitled "The Great Political Sitnation." _ Cancer Cared. Dr. F. L. Pond is. having wonderful suc- | >ess in the treatment and cure of cancer at ; the eaneer hospital at Aurora. 111. There ire numtfers of cures recently made by him which are truly wonderful. Those afflicted should not hesitate, but should go there for i treatment at once. For information, address Dr. F. L. Pond. Aurora. 111. Five dollars can be saved every year in boots and shoes by using Lyon's Heel Stiffeners; cost i only 25c. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is carefully prepared from Sarsaparilla, Dandelion, : Mandrake. Dock, Pipsissewa, Juniper Berries, and j other well-known and valuable vegetable remedies, by a peculiar combination, proportion and process, : giving to Hood’s Sarsaparilla curative power not | possessed by other medicines. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the best blood purifier. It cures Scrofula,Salt i Rheum. Boils, Pimples, all Humors, Dyspepsia, Bil- . iousness. Sick Headaches, Indigestion, General Dei bility. Catarrh, Rheumatism, Kidney and Liver j Complaints, overcomes that tired feeling, creates an appetite, strengthens the nerves, and builds up the ■ whole system. Hood’s Sarsaparilla : Has met peculiar and unparalleled, success at home, i Such is its popularity in Lowell, Mass., where it is made, that whole neighborhoods are taking it at the i same time, and Lowell druggists sell more of Hood’s Sarsaparilla than of all other sarsaparillas or blood । purifiers. It is sold by all druggists, st; six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. 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Log Cabins, lacking elegance, were yet comfortable homes. Health and happiness were found in them. The best of the I simple remedies used are given to the world in Warner's Log Cabin Remedies

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! made by Warner of Safe Cure fame. ; Regulate the regulator with Warner’s I Log Cabin Sarsaparilla. NOrMH PACIFIC LOW PRICE RAILROAD URDSS | FREE Government LANDS. I r?rjllLUo!i3 OF ACRES of each in Minnesota. North Dakota, Montana, Idaho. Washington and Oregon. CEUn P-fin Publications with Maps describinsTba dCnU « Utl REST Agricultural,Grazing and TimI her Lands now onen to Settlers Sent_Free. Address CHAS. B. MMBORV^ BRONCHITIS CURED. After spending Ten Winters South, was Cured by Scott’s Emulsion. 116 Centre St., New York, I June 25th, 1888. J The Winter after the great fire in Chicago I contracted Bronchial i affections, and since then have j been obliged to spend nearlyevery WinterSouth. Last November was advised to try Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oilwith Hypophosphites ! and to my surprise was relieved at once, and by continuing its use three months was entirely cured, ' gained flesh and strength and s was able to stand even the Blizzard and attend to business every day. C. T. CHURCHILL. j Sold by all Druggists.

Letter from the Ex-Sheriff of Cha qua County, New York. Mayville, N. Y., Dec. 2, • I am glad to say, from a long pei experience with Allcock s Po Plasters, that I am able to indoi the good things that have ever been about them, and supplement the saying that I frankly believe their’ cannot be estimated. Their breac usefulness is unlimited, and for pi and sure relief to almost every ach pain that flesh is heir to, no other reF in my opinion, either external or int ’ equals them in certainty and rapidi have used them at one time for rh< tism, another for backache, agai bronchitis, always with the same rei a speedy cure. L. T. Harringt The battle of Talavera de la 1 took place between the Englisl Spanish armies on one side and French on the other, July 27 at* 1809, when Wellington repeller French attack, but was obliged treat, leaving his wounded behind in consequence of the want of ade support from the Spaniards.

A Sensible Man Would use Kemp’s Balsam for the T ai-d Lungs. It is curing more cas* Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis. Cl ami nil Throat and Lung Troubles, tha** w other medicine. The proprietor has an ized any -druggist to give you a Bottle Free to convince you of the mi*’ s/ this great remedy, Large Bottles 50 and sl. Ilia The upper crust of English society, like that of a restaurant pie. is pretty tough.— Binghamton Republican. Moxie has created tho greatest excitement as a beverage, in two years, ever witnessed. from the faet that it brings nervous, exhausted, overworked women to good powers of endurance in a few days; cures the appetite for liquors and tobacco at once, and has recovered a large number of cases of old, helpless paralysis as a food only. It is the hoarding-house keeper who is always grumbling for a living. SUACOBS OH For Strains, Injuries. RECENT, PERFECTCURES. Crippled. Streator, 111.. May 10, ISS3. Mr M SACX, profaisional .tilt .katar, In January. ISIT, wr.nchad kit ankl. and wa. crippled *r two wenthe on crutch.i; he need two bottl.t oi St. Jacob. Oil and wa« permanently cured. C. E. CROSWELL, DruggUt. Crushed. Chandlerville, 111 , May 23, 1888. About six month, ago I wa» Jammed between cars; in bed 23 days; suffered four months; used three bottles Bt. Jacobs OU; was able to be about in one week. J. ASHURST, strained. Mt. Carmel, 111., May 26, 1888. Strained my back in February last; c;uld not got round for two wesks without a cane; was cured tn three days by St. Jacobs OU. J. T. WARNER. AT DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. Md. Diamond Vera-Cura FOR DYSPEPSIA. A POSITIVE CURE FOR INDIGESTION AND ALL Stomach Troubles Arising Therefrom. lb«r Drnagist or General Dealer will gd VeraOura for you if not already in stoek, or it wi t be rent by mail on receipt of 2b cte. (5 boxet SI .IR1) in I stamps. Sample sen' on receipt of 2-cent stamp. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO . Baltimore. Md. Sole Fropriotors and Manufacturers. UUAMTrn to BUY A FARM in this locality. ; HmIiILU Curtis & Wright. 233 Broadway. N.Y. Clitic Revolvers, etc. Send stam» for price list uUnd, to J. H. Johnston Gun Co., Pittsburg, Pa. MENTION THIS PAPER whom waniso to wtumuiu. rflT B Liveat h o Mle • n ’ , niake more money working for us than WUsVI at anything elae in the world Either sex Costly outfit kKir. Terms FKKK. Address, Truk 3c Uo., Augusta, Maine. KIDDER’B MBTILLEB.KSi"sS!J: xlestowu. Mass. AAI AimO « et Fentdons, If M dlsa- ; Will 1111 KS ble<l • Officers’ travel pay, nJ vw le. M I IIV bounty collected; Deserters | ww relieved ; success or no fee. Laws sent free. ; A. W. McCormick & Son. ” aehiogtou, I>. C. a Cinelnnall, 0. I Clipprec universally attends our graduates. SneuUUULdO cialties: Book-keeping, Buisness Matheluuties. Business Forms, Business Law, Business Correspondence Business Transactions, Penmanship, and Phonography and Type-Writing. Both sexes attend. Shorthand taught by mail. Address Business and Phonographic College, Sterling, 111. LADIES LOOK! iCTfis. A No .elty Rug Machine sent by mail tor Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Wholesale price reduced to Agents. New Pricelist of machines, yarn, patterns, etc., and a , | book of beautiful colored pattern designs sent free, W Agents wanted. F. KOSS & CO., Toledo, <). “OSGOOD” t U. 8. SUndtrd Scales. ' Sent on trial. Freight paid. Fully War ran ted. 3 TON $35. t Other sizes proportion. ately low. Agents well paid. Illustrated Catalogu* free. Mention this Paper. - OSGOOD it THOMPSON, Binghxmton, N. T. I ■ — > THE FUEL SAVED FUEL SAVERV J i TO ALL STOVES^ sh ’ ^ISATSIGMS local agents wanted < ) MOKU HF6.CO.WAUKESHA WIS>] ’ / : liLJ SEND FOR CIRCULARS.! 11

BRIGHTINE^h” BRIGHT’S DISEASE AND KINDRED AIIMrvN i- ■"" " "" “ Brightiiie, mid jobbers In general carry it Vnlualiir^nrnrL!' O ^" ~ne,l, .Physicians recommend ““ A POSITIVE CURE , FOR SKIN DISEASES ‘ U M ^hareveTe^e^S m each class from two to se Disease, with intense itching four varieties. These are mod- and burning, which constantly grew ified according to the narficH- sfflgf worse until his face was covered with -hr condition Os the blood, for '-W. a ^ruo adve”!^ disease of the skin means dis- a ood dls s ases > we tried it, and toease of the blood. These S, r child ’ s skin is as clear and are either the result of tZ ach, liver or kidney difficul- tlve eure for Skin and Blood Dis- ; '''WSWf- SALT RHEUM Erjslpelas, or Sf. Aathmy’s Fire^s^,; “ *2S ' Is the „„ Itri an Impure condition o( the - blood, and lor a cure depends, primarily, Xta ,„* -upon the condition of the .tomach, HvS ^wwxwdlmxl and kidneys, and, secondarily upon the ' Nklson Moors; condition of the blood as manufactured by Wolcott, f. y. HIBBARD'S rheumatic ^vsnn AWhole Family Cured HidoAKU e RHEUMATIC SYRUP, M , wlfc .. a™*. im, M „ ch ,, ~ Containing POKE, BURDOCK. MANDRAKE dve yearscid, have suffered'with “??• b<! Z ^ 0T ’ and Others of the best break out^ores"' Ihwe times. Blood Remedies, very carefully and scien- withSu^ie^b en ^ tifically compounded, strikes at the root of ™ n a b t ottl 't of Hibbard ’s Rheumatic Sym"pan^ the evil and eradicates the disease, whether des<X a t “ wclh of a Scrofulous, Rheumatic or Suphiletic g y your medicine - Taint. It is a never tailing remed^”"'"' Six weeks since 1 wes etUckeo with Erysipelas • if'SSM y by b ° m ’ my eyes were nearly closed, mv head and face t ri- Klood Diseases. o”r MedLf 1 and all ISSSS-J” ? *“ Hibbard s Rheumatic Svruo LNRIVALED in merit. It is a Safa Family Martian >, J F* Children, invalids and delicate persons will find itTh^ h?T beca . u ? e ‘t contains no pollua or nnl»L. should be without it. Always & se^n Sum„^ Au^ e ^- to ^ they can"^ If you cannot procure itof your drugU seYd dTr^. ° ' _ — —F__Z lCe »‘-°°> 6 bottles $5.00. Plasters ate. A SUREjCUREFOR RHEUMATISM. Ii Pl/ P •'^qUurEK*?H w ' UraP T'RA’™V bOV • i 9 *b’okely te J.?, U ^^ The FISH brand SLICKER Ex ~ Ask ,or the “FISH BRAND’^ueainl^ 1 y ? n dr J >'» the hardest storm sothavethel-ns, »a WO “, .end for descriptive “ J towfr‘^%- V ' our ’‘o^keeper doe.

EXCURSION TO KANSAS. i A CHEAP, EXCURSION j to Kansas, designed for the benefit, o f 1 farmers who wish to visit the state dnr- 8 ing or immediately after the harvest, 1 will start on Tuesday, Sept. 21st. The 1 Santa Fe Route, which reaches till H ec- H tions of the state of Kansas, will sell S excursion tickets on the above date and 1 on other later dates to be ’announced g write to Emmons Blaine. General Pas- 1 senger Agent Santa Fe Route, at China- I go, for an accurate map of the state of 1 Kansas and for any information that you 1 can not obtain from the agent in your town. Wolfe

CLOTHIER, Block’, immoth stock of for Illustrated 100-page CaUtlague of Guns, KHate Kifles, Revolvers, Police: Goods, &e. JOUN P. LOVKLL lll»S CO.. M.v.uCn, Boston, Mass. ar. W. DUNHAM’S OAKLAWN FARM. KO PERCKERON^. inch Coach horsel IMPUKTEP. ’ STOCKONHAND300 STA LLIONS of seryl-, able age; 150 COLTS with choice pedigrees, superior Indi, vlduals; 200 IMPORTED BROOD MARES (80 In foal most famous living sire). Uy. Prices Reasonable, Don’t Buy without inspect test and. Most Successful tablishnient of America, Intending purebnsers, address, for 250-page nuhn. , W. DUNHAM, WAYNE, ILLINOIS^ 85 miles west fhlenvo on C. & NW K’r bet Turner June A Kl^ m THE WOLCOTT - H HEAT TRAP AHO RADIATOH sig By using my Hci»t Trap and RadiGot- you can utilize all the heat to, heai mg pu poses w hi<-h now passes up the chimney. 50 i e.- ce it. more boat obtained with lesa fuel by the use of this Heat Trap. No trouble to keep your house warm in the coldest weather. Full inform at ion. catalogue, etc., mailed free. Address A. WOLCOTT, IOS Lake Street, Chicago, Hl. HELP ™ 22 YEARS EILERT’S Oini/ EXTRACT OF ^TAR^WILD CHERRY Has cured all coughs, colds, bronchitis, and relieved asthma and consumption for all who have used it. Is not this an evidence of its merits and reliability? It is a sure and safe medicine for all bronchial troubles, and never fails to give satisfaction. Try it under a full warrantee. Price, 50 cents and SI.OO per bottle. Prepared by Emmebt Pbopbietaby Co.. Chicago, 111. ELECTION^ - ^STICKERS. Lodi Primer, Pica, and Great Primer. 013) ST YLE— Pica and Great Primer, 75c per box Os 5.000 slips. NEW STYLE— Patented—Long Primer and Great Primer, $2.50 per box of 10,000 slips. flor SOLD ONLY IN FULL £bXE3.-®a FOR SALE BY CHICAGO NEWSPAPER UNION, 273 Franklin St., Chicago, HI. 1 prescribe and fully endorse Big G as the only specific for the certain cure 1 TO . & of this disease. IS® 1 U- 11 ■ KA HAM, M. D.» Amsterdam, N. Y. Mrd only by tb« We have sold Big G for KSUvusChialoalOs. ma . n y yya™; and It h*» WSk, Ohio. D. K. DYCHE & CO., _ w Chicago, 111. Sold by Druggists. No. 43 -88 AAMILN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, in this paper.* y y °“ “ aW lhe RdvtlU »ement