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THE DEMOCRAT ! BCH B. AHa r.Hbarr. CAfE GIRARDEAU. - VlJSSOUUl WILD WEST IN EARNEST. A Story t a Circa, rend Between Indiana and Cowboya. tt is only a few years since the sti ecsi of the Wild Wet show of the well known llaffnln Hill, an afrp?t$rati)n whose talented acts were rurvtly m0re familiar to the di-mocmtlc populaee of America than to the totterinrr crowned heads of Europe, had raised at home a core of imitators. Every county fair which was a fair followed up its hoss racinjf ana, hj a terrific discharge of blank cartridges in which the pursuing red-devils of the untamed prairies the Decirg- emigrant outfit, and the resett ers scouts or cowIkijh infested the smoke of battle. Every circus which was a circus rounded up its entertain ment with a similar exhibition. 1'ublio fast clamored for th-e excitations. Among other who thought they knew their business as men whose trade it was to note the general pulw and prescribe accordingly were tli lirothere Sells. Three years ngti they had an Indian and cowboy outfit which professed to take water from no oppo sition. Their Indians were the genuine Indian article and their eowlioys had been s)ccially imported from lands where ocmvihivs are epidemic. Their Muck of blank cartridges was immense, and the amount of noise and smoke lhmy could create when au appreciative Undience looked on in wonder was something quite out of sight. Wherever they went they ronquereL The summer rlrifted in. and one night in midheat weather found the Sells Itros, and their circus their coivlmys and their Indians in the little city of Clinton, la. Twelve thousand people tamed ont that night to sec the circus ad witness the heroic cowboy scouts fescue the emigrant maiden from the clntches of the savage. Your Indian Is a man of serious views Your cowboy isn't. The latter lias notions which are mixed up with practical jokes and bursts of sardonic humor. Some of this sort of thing is too high for the Indian mentally. The Indian does not wholly grasp it, and wbon he does he fails to like it. . In the Sells lims.' show of three years ago the rampant cowboy spirit had risen to the fact that the Indian was fair game for its exulcrnce. When an Indian became owner of a cigar or a plug of tobacco upon the rialto of life within the ring, cowboy fingers snapped it from his possession. When an Indian presumed to take the air on horseback, cowloy lariats were apt to play iim tt irks The cowboys reviled his blanket -rostumes The cow boy made light of many of his uncivil ized peculiarities Had blood thickened apace. Some Indian ears had licen pinched and some Indian faces had Wen ostentatiously slapped by the truculent cx-berdcrs There were mntterings abrew when the show reached Clinton. One Word that rankled in the Indian bosom was "coward." The Indian 1osom deter mined to vindicate its intrepidity. Very qoirtly the Indians loaded their Win chesters with real instead of mock car tridges and at quietly sent word to their hereditary foes that the battle of the afternoon would not lie a sham one. This pleased the plainsmen. There was no soul among them with sense of irrace enongh to deny the challenge or inform the management that there awaited it the most singtilarand foolish and criminal duel ever fought at the ex pense of innocent blood. They loaded their own repeating rifles with ball as well as powder mid eooly wailed. When the liell tapped for the Wild West scene then liegan the most extra ordinary conflict witnessed since Xcro looked upon the gladiatorial steel. The cats were packed with eager specta tors All the country side had come out to see. In the usual fashion the mimic chase occurred. The capture followed. After that the rescue. When the cowliovs charged, the Indians fired. Hut real bullets Hew. Hanging upon their horses flanks with oidy one hand and thigh exposed the combatants cir cled round the chariot way, exchanging deadly volumes Suddenly a panic seized the great audience. Here a man fell dead, pierced by a ball. There an other bled, and here again another fell and yet another still; until the great tent became a mass of terrified hti inanity, struggling for escape, scarce knowing what had occurred, unthink ing, desperate for exit- The audience ponred out as it might Into the exterior darkness The Titles had been emptied, and the din of ex ploding powder no longer aided confu sion to the tumultuous cries of the hurt. Manager Barrett, alert and eager in in quiry, learned almost liefure the last echo of a Winchester found his ears of what had taken place. o parapher nalia of any show on earth ever disap peared as did that one i f Sells ISros llefore the excited citizens of Clinton really knew what had occurred the whole circus had lccn bundled upon the waiting and adjacent train, and was speeding fast for the liordcrs of the state, with orders not to stop until the frontier had been crossed. Barrett himself alone remained behind, and with him lie had 1(1,000 in cash. Four persons in that audience were killed outright by this folly. Two of them were women, and the Isxly of one of these was found lenenth the seats with a baby still clinging to a pulseless breast- 1 here were eleven wounded ones among the spectators A dozen of the combatants were shot In the thigh or arm. One Indian lost an car and one cowboy received a bullet in the jaw. llarrett's keenness and his ten thou sand dollars stood Sells Bros in great stead. He talked mysteriously, bluffed, bought, paid indemnities and finally hushed up the truth. When he was through his money was all gone, but the facts were hidden. Xo one knew that a terrible accident for which no one was morally responsible had taken place, r ew know it to-day. 1 he truth never secured publication, and tip press reports of the time dwelt only upon tho results of a mistake of the cartridge keeper. But this is the authentic account of the tacts which lie behind Sells Bros' refusal to have a Wild West adjunct to their present show. Kansas City Times A (rowing Head. Boggs I understand that Oobbins will hardly speak to his friends since he was elected alderman. He is talking already of being a candidate for the presidency. Knoggs Yes and his barber is al ready charging him double price for shampooing him. Detroit Free Press The latest adaption of Yankee genius enables a man to go into the forest at day-break, chop down a tree, and with the assistance of a wood-pulp mill and a spry tailor, he may put on a pair of new trousers as the product of his industry in the evening. Chocolate Caramels: Dissolve one pint of sugar in as little water as possi ble, half a cup of butter, one table spoonful of vinegar, one cupful of gTated chocolate, boil all together notil quite thick. Put in buttered tint and put in-aq aire whan part ooolad. POft TIME. OM Kr time, amid life's rush, To learn the bird's free note; To list toe evening's rent:, tausbi To wateb fair cloud afloat; To mark the grace of flowers and leaves, Willi a sens-; cf all their swqctl T ::en the charm that nature weave la lb creen tarf Off feet. Oh ! for time for thoughtnil heed " the tfood e'e wr mlsht d, t)f the Jot that ironies vf a loving deed. Or an ait that Is Jutt or true; r)ut of the niput so dark that speeds, Wherever may be the mora. On this dear earth, with its rharmsand needs. No other day shall .licn. Ob : rot Vim-. In the rush and the race, To tir n car fret sidc. The beauty of earth ant s';y to tr.v-e. Anil the ciiarm of pecan wide; To note in tile wlU ami wttinjr throng. Some f.-!!ox cru-Onvl or nriven. An-1 rive our burA Ms we eo al'tnil: J:: trrre to aril hav wtKt.. A. I'onnedy. la Lclle s Weekly. CAITTRED AX OUTLAW. V-Thilo Carrying Glad News to a Tick 3 t-of-Leave Mas- it, WILL, the bluccoats have pot Itob Fletch er, the bush ranger, this time, unless you can Ktor me away in your hut until they pass." IImv can t ffive J'ou bhel ler in the cab in. J Sob? You know if the po lice come they will not even leave the hearthstone nut it mod in Iheir search.' "Then 111 sit here tn vortr doorway ami prepare to" give the officers a warm r.ccpt!n replied the Outlaw as he threw himself from the back of his jaded steed, aud drawing his revolvers seated himself near the entrance to the rude alrode which sheltered the ticket-of-lare man, William Stewart. No, no," exclaimed the latter; you shall commit no murder on these prem ises. Look, you are armed, and may take by force what I rather would keep from you." "What do yon menu, Will?' asked the robber unfitly. '! mean, replied the other, thought fully, "that ISlack Duke, the fleetest horse letween the sea coast and Hal la rat, is feeding in the shed baek if Ihe hut- Your weapon are loaded yori lire a desperate mart. How, then, can I prevent yon if you see tit to take the animal?" l.y heavens. AVill. I understand you. e.velaimod the bushranger, a he grasped the hand of the tieket-of-kavs man; "and believe me, the time will come v. hen you will have wcasion to thank ;d that you extended me this help; and tile outlaw dashed the row els of his spars into the hor.te's side and ih1c rapidly it way. Sear-cely h:id the hoof-1eats of lltack I hike died away than a cloud of dust arose from the direction of the metrop olis, out of whirl, soon appeared a com pany of mounted police. Dashing up to the hut the leader called: "Ah, Stewart, where is that rascal, rieteher? Herealimit. I dare sav, for there is his horse that we have chased these ten miles." Yes, lieutenant, that is the bush' ranger's horse, but the man has gone.' Vhieh wav? Where? How?" 'He forced the Puke into his se rvice nd lode a way on his tack, sir "What? exclaimed the officer: "did the villain steal your horse? Why did yon not sh'tot him dea 1? I5eca;w I was unarmed. "A likelr storr," returne I the lieu tenant, angrily. "lint we must go after him. Two of vou remain here, and mind that you do not let the ticket-of- leave man out of your sight. And yon. continued the olliecr to Stewart, "may think yourself lucky if you do not see the inside of the hulks again for this piece of work. The lieutenant was destined, how ever, to be unsuccessful, and returned to the sheep-herder's hut empty nanded. "If I did not think that you were a squaw man, Stewart," he remarked, as he threw mm self from his horse, "I should consider it my duty to take yod back to Melbourne. "Lieutenant, answered Stewart. "I can readily see why it is my conduct hvks strange to you; but if you your self were forced to live here alone in these wild-s you would think twice Ire fore you made a mortal enemy of a bushranger. We!I, well, perhaps I should, re plied the officer, "but get us something to eat and we'll say no more about it.'1 Some six months after the escape of Itob rieteher we meet him again, but this time he is surrounded by a dozen or more memlers of his fierce band. Yet all the faces which are lighted by the camp-fire do not Itelong to robbers; two, at least, are feminine, and one is exceedingly lovely. The ladies arc seat ed side by side on a trunk, while alxmt ILL GIVE THE OFFICERS A WABM RK- CEITIOX. ahem are scattered chests and boxes. with their contents of wearing apparel and toilet articles. Near them, lying on the ground, are three men, their arms pinioned. 'Ladies. tagan Fletcher, as he ap pnmched the two women, "I am sorry to trouble you. but 1 must take a look into the trunk. Oh. sir." answered the younger of tne two, it does contain a treasure; tr.aure of countless value, not onlv to your p or captives, but to another, whose life has. alas, been all too sad. The maiden took from her neck a golden chain, from which was sus pended a key, and handed both to the bandit. On the top were a few articles of feminine . clothing, which the bush ranger removed with somewhat more delicacy than might have been expect ed in one of his stamp. Suddenly he started, rose almost to his feet, then se ized the burning knot from his attendant's grasp, while he exclaimed in a hoarge voice: Hio join your comrades and tell them to stop nil further search for our pris oner-, effects. He who disolevsdies br mr hand, (.of Then turning to his two frightened captives who Stood near, the outlaw euntinceii a. k "Women, come hither and tell me whose likeness is that," and tti3 rob ber chief pointed to a large photograph of a ffne-lerkin? yourpmah. "It 1 the picture of hint Whom you are this night to despoil Of his dearest treasnre, proof of the innocence of i crime nndcf thestigmit bf which he has labored these trianv .Tears" 'His name, i say; his name!" ex claimed the bushranger. "It is written in his own hand on the back of the picture. As the robber turned the cnlinct ho read: "Yours with unchanging love, William Stewart." For a moment the outlaw remained silent, gazing at the signature, then ho returned the likeness to its place in the trunk, and to his captives he said in i Voice husky with emotion: "Ladies, I beg you will forgive mo for the treatment you have received from mc and my band. To the original of that picture I owe my life. A friend of his, or one who could but speak his name, shall ever find safety and kimlljr treatment at the hands bf lioli rieteher; the bushranger." llefore the two women could recover from their surprise their captor had drawn the keen blade of his knifo across the bonds which had secured their fellow-prisoners and in a voice that rang from tree to tree he ordered his band to replace every article as thry had found it, and load all again into the wagon from which they had been taken. Though limcll surprised the roi liers ilid not dare to question tlie orders f their Chief but obeyed in sullen silence. As the sun began to gild the tree tops a heavy covered wagon, drawn by twd yoke of oxen, halted before the cabin bf William Stewart the tickct-of-Ieave man. Tlib sturdy driver was just coiling up' the long lash of his whip when he was joined by those who were traveling in his company, two ladies and three men. One of the latter was mounted on a horse whose glossy hair was black as "iVltosE i.IKKXKSS IS THAT? midnight As the rider drew tvin he tailed in a cheery voice: Oh. Will Stewart! Come, I'vo brought you back the I hike that you so kindly loaned me some mouths since. While the outlaw was speaking he had ilismounted and assisted one of the lad ies to do 1 i ke wise. 1 1 was the younger aud handsomer of the two, and as her delicate foot touched the ground she raised her veil, and turn ing said in a low voice: 'William! have you forgotten me?' ror a moment the ex-convict and the brave girl stood, lost to all the world, when their bliss was broken in up m by heavy hoof-lcats hurrying toward them. Looking up the party descried a body of police. "Ah. Will, you see, coolly remarked I'leteht'r. "you see they are after me. 'ltut there is the ltuke, man! Mount him and escape, said Stewart "Xo, no. my friend.'" exclaimed tho bushranger. "It must come sooner or later. I will meet my fate like a man. And drawing his weapons from hislndt he dropped them to the grouniL Then folding his arms across lit chest lut walked forward to meet the ofiieers. It was a singular group that break fasted that morning at the hut of th ticke t-of leave man. Leaving his men to secure their prisoner, the lieutenant hurried toward the sheepherdcf, ex claiming joyfully: "(rood news, friend Stewart, good news! e have just received word from England that you were innocent of the crime for which von were trans ported." "Ah, lieutenant, yon arc a tardy bearer of such news. This lady has outstripped you. and captured a bush ranger into the bargain Dost on (.lobe. Mr 1 line Crowd. At 5:30 o'clock in the afternoon. when hundreds of people were rushing into the New i ork end of the bridge, man who stood on the steps of the "I station, about half way up, suddenly called out: "Jim oh! Jim!" At least one hundred people stopped and turned their faces in his direction. I say, Jim wait a minute,' contin ued the man. The crowd now numlered two hun dred and threatened a jam, when the man shouted: "Here's a poor woman whom I want to raise a purse for. All yon who are willing to Hut the two hundred had melted away like a summer mist M. Quad, in IS. i. World. Remember Your Own Fault. In our criticism of others let us re member that we have faults which our friends have to excuse. How much would Ik left of us if all those who see inconsistencies in us should clip away from our character and reputation? It is an invariable rule that those who make the roughest work with the faults of others are those who have them I selves the most imperfections. When you hear evil of anyone suspend judg ment Do not decile till you have heard the man defense. Do not rnu out to meet every heated whelp of malice that runs with its head down and its tongue out The probability is that it is mad, and will only bite those who attempt to entertain it Talmage. Where Freedom Shine. Foreigner This may be a free coun try, but I don't see that the freedom has any effect on the people. Such a patient meek, subdncd lot of humanity I never saw in my life. I should think a free-bom American would act as if he wert? monarch of all he surveyed. Native Wait until you see a passen ger car brakeman who expects soon to be a conductor. Good News. A Narrow. Eaettpe. CoL Gore Well Tncle Rastus, I heat you have been sick. My brother, the doctor, treated you, didn't he? Lncle Hast us Yes, sah, he did, sah. Hut thank de good Lawd I done pull through and recover. I'se mighty hard ter kill. sah. for a fact Munsey'f Weekly. -A Man of Deeds. Hyde Corner- lotte, the real-estate dealer, is a very silent man." Parker Quite natural, considering his business. A man of deeds, yon know, is seldom a man of words. Saturday Evening Herein, OPPOSING OPINIONS In Relation td tftttiorial fiatiknlplc Iiegleiatiori; Inlet-eating fcorreaponilenee Between ii Banker sbd the Ant nor or the Torrey Bankrupt Bill m to the Merits of the Meaanre. St. Loria, Aug. 10. The following correspondence is given out as embody ing information of interest to those who are following the course of bank ruptcy legislation by the. congress of the l-nited Mate! ALT LaKE t'lTT, t'TAH; June 23, lKi jftm. Jag L. Torrri, Prrtidmt of tkt Saturn' I'tmrrntiott of the prfentatirr$ of Commercial itatltrg, St. LomiM, Mo. Pr.Ait siK -Yonr- of the lOtli lnt. Is re cnived. A copy of yonr bill anil documents you mcittJuned have not yet reached mo, hut Umakcitio difference,!! I have Immmi del iiKfd of late with the name kind of litera ture, which appears to be as plentiful as campaign documents during a presidential 1 baveearerully perucd tlie"Torrey Bank ruptcy Hill." and llnd it no better or oc than the old our which was repealed after it was found to be utterly useless. The bill has e vidence of a well-paid attorney's plea for a client with a doubtful case. I have neitlM-rtinip, disposition nor ability to an- wer in detail, and will simply nay that tlx measure i in line with trusts, which have in view centralization ami the ruin cf mcr pliant with small capital bv raking from them the power to make preferenct. which is the only way they, have td obtain credit from a banker or money loaner, a most of Small dealers have no security to offer other than their ft ork bf goods, which, bf course; is not available ns collHtchil. Hence, all they have to off el" is their wbrd that In case bf trouble they will prefer brrowe'i uloney. which no sane, honest person can ?av is net more just than claims made from any other oure. For instance, a ut.'reh int commences bri hess. he purchase i;oods froui a wholesale House, day, three tones a year. The profits on each bill would be from to to 20 percent. average 10 per cent. ; at the end of the year would amount to 45 per cent. Now, suppose be borrows from a bank when hecotiimence business. A the end of the year the banker wold have made 10 per cent., which is the highest rate. It is plain to be, seen that the wholesale man Is & per cent, ahead of the banker, should the dealer fail at the end of the year. Now, then, suppose that the man should last three year, not a very lonjr time, and should fail; how would matters stun I with the wholesale mert'haitts and bankers? Th former would hav made per went., and the taller su net-cent - if tnr aUiti l rr rect, and It can not be controverte 1. 1 wou'ti like to awk how vbu harmonize this wii Ii common honesty and justieef one tors in with 35 per cent, profit over and above the cost of the good, and the other , per cent. Iehiud. It does appear that comimwit is tin- uecs-4ary, and ye: wu ar j to!d that the measure tin gotl-n up with"an honest pur poe. The "bill" is in the interest of eastern wholesale dealer .4 entirely ; they arc desirous of Mending their drummers into every nook ami hamlet to compete with the local whole al merchant, which, of course, can be done, having no taxes or license to pay. and niimiH the expense of carrying tock of goofN, a the loLal w holesale deab'rs h:ivn to do, If the? can only force the passage of the bankruptcy bill, co that they will come in equally in case of failure Willi the banker and :ocl ciedit-irs. The above points arc alKiut all I can give to you at the present writing, owing to lack or tone, but think they amply HUtliee U deut'tiiHtrate the weakness and ineonl-ten ey of the 'bii!," so far a the Interest ( the dealers and bankers of the west are con cerned. Vt ry respectfully your. tt'. s. Mc'oi:m k. sr. Uiris, An-. I. w.d. .Wr ir Mrfcrmirk. Salt I.tilv Vitft. t'tah: I'l-.AKMK I have oiir favor of the Kith nllitii'i. aid thank vou very much for w rit ing :tt length, and earnest Iv hope that vim will h art ah me while I controvert vour I p " I ion. and in r-ply hereto give) me the (ill benef t of yotlr I tirt her i;-s tip":, the Mil.j' et. and ;ils: more fully illustrate your posit ion bv k n'ily submit I in; for cousid it ion amendment to the measure which would tua'ic it c-itifortn to your views of wh;it a bankrupt law should be, as contem plated by the feder.il ciustituti'iii. our lull is so euiirely different from the td baiikruptey law that yoiirst:it'meut that yon "have carefully perused the Torrey bankruptcy lull and tinu it no better or worse than the old one, can only b credit ed on the groun 1 t'lat you an? unfamiliar with or forgetful of the. prov.snms of thy old law. If yon wdl considerately examine the two measures together, yon w ill find that their fraiiiew.iik, the details of their provis:ous, and the methods Iy which the desired re sult are attained, are quite different, and that tne defects of the old law have been remedied. The greatest objections to till old law. as I Understand, and the ones which are para mount in securing its repeal artcrtrciug in force eleven years, were the delays encoun ter' d in Its administration, and the large amount of fees which were received by the bankruptcy o nicer. Our first task in the drafting of thi meas tire was to make provisions for overcoming delays and reducing expenses of adminis tration. Two hundred and sixty-five com mercial, industrial and professional bodies in different parts of the conntry have en dorsed the bill, several hundred leading business men, bankers and lawyers. In all of the states, have become officers and com mitteemen id our national organization, tt'e think that both of these facts bear testi mony to our success. In order to expedite the administration of the law, we arranged to so pay the oflkcrs as to interest them in hurrying, and very carefully limited the amounts tn.be paid, the details of which arc as follows: The clerk of the court will receive a filing fee of ill hi advance, and will not receive any additional sums. will, therefore, be Interested in expediting the proceedings in each case. The referee, i. e. the assistant Jude, who approximately corresponds to the register under tiie old law. will be paid by the gov ernuien: as other judicial officers are paid; the amount will b $1.M per annum and J10 per case, payable after lb'? cae has been Concluded and the records have been re turned to the court, lie will, therefore, be Interested in ending each case as soon as possible. The trustee, who is to represent the cred itors, will receive a commission, not upon the income of the estate nor simply the out go, but only upon the dividends actually paid to creditors. He, therefore, will be in terested in having the dividends paid ipiiek ly, and as large as possible. Tlie amount is 1 per centum on the first $5,i0j or part there of, paid in dividends, 2 per centum on the second sum of like amount, and 1 per centum on additional sums. Tlie above provisions will, we are confi dent, result in the quick and incspensive administration of bankmntcv estates. What yon mean by your statement that "the bill has evidence of a well-paid attor ney's plea for a client with a doubtful case. I do not know. If you wis!i to compliment the bill as a very carefully-prepared piece of legislation, I Iteg t-i thank you, and to say that your views are in accord with the lead ing business men and bankers of tlie coun try, and a large majority of the mem Iters of the house of representatives of the last con gress. Concerning the "well-paid' part of your sentence I beg to assure yon that the Indorsement of the bill by the leading com mercial, iudusir.al and professional bodies and the approval of it by the honest in solvents of tlie country, hundred of thou sands of whom will be relieved from their burdens of debt pursuant to its provisions, will constitute me a "well-paid attorney. As to tlie "plea for a client with a doubtful case," I will call your attention to the fat that this legislation was provided for In the federal constitution at the time of Its adop tion, and is In line with legislation on tlie subject in all civilized countries. Our gov ernment presents the solitary spectacle of a nation with a national commerce, but with out a national hankruptcy law. The passage of this measure will promote honesty, pre vent dishonesty, diminish the number of failure, increase the amount paid by In solvent estates, reduce the liazzards of business, enable honest poor men who can not pay their debts to set a new start In life, and cheapen the price of commodities. It does not, therefore, seem to as to be a "doubtful case " The bill is not in line, as ym suggest, wita trusts, which have In view centralization, nor will it be the ruin of merchants with small capital, but, on tho contrary, it will prevent centralization and the ruin of such merchants. I'nder the laws now in force in most of the states and territories, merchants with small capital are absolutely and uncon ditionally at the mercy ot the wholesale dealers and bankers; that Is, as soon as one of thetn Is even suspected of Insolvency, or as soon as a single creditor conceives the suspicion that he Is about to prefer his : banker or another creditor, such creditor ! levies an attachment, and the result Is a straggle between the creditors and against I the debtor, which, irrespective of his actual financial condition, necessarily results In a ; acrill ce sale of bio property, the dissipation (ef bit good will, and of bil being left wtl a hopeless burden of debt. Under the pro posed law a conservative ton will be en feidefed between the debtor and creditor classes; and as it will be absolutely Itnpossis ble for the creditors tti iake advantage of the. debtor tir of each ot tier, the breaking up) hi business of merchants with sufall capital will be the exception; and not the rule; as at present: ... . The merchants with small capital in yonr territory will favor the passage of this bill,' because nnder it, in the event ot misfortune, their rights will be protected according tq the rules or equity, and If they can not se cure a compromise, they will, if honest men, bedischarged and given an opportunity to start a financial career anew. Equity has from time immemorial pro vided that claimants to trust funds, in the event the amount was not sufficient to liqui date the entire amonnt.be distributed pro fata dmotlr the rredftor Woul-1 nt this same rule redo tin d io the hesi interests of the honest business tit id and the lionest banker? tt'e think so, and so do the great bulk of the bom-st poor and rich men of this country. Kvery man mut die. As a result there aro probate laws for the distribution of estates of deceased persons in every civilized com munity on earth. Kvery one of those laws provide for a pro rata payment of claims of the same class, statistics show that over Super centum of business men fa'b Ought we not, there f.ire. to have an equitable com mercial probate law, such as we propose? I thank you very much for vour statement and Illustration of the comparat.ve per centages received bv uankers and Jobbers ou money loaned and merchandise sold to retail merchants. It seems from your stand point that because the wholesale house makes a larger percentage on its risks than you do, that It Is right and proper in the eVent of the failure of the mutual debtor, he Should pay the principal of your claim in full before he pays any part of the principal of the claim of the wholesale merchant; Suppose we concede ynur proposition for a moment, which we dtinot.atid' proceed upoif that theory: Home articles of merchindise are sold on a very close margin; some with out any margin at all, and some at a very large profit. home merchants borrow money from their relatives w itliout the pay ment of interest. tf course, you would have this rule Which you invoke applied to all of the creditors of the retail merchant. There fore, you would consent that the jobbers who sell goods at a profit of a less percent um than you receive as interest, and the rela lives siiouiu be paid in (nil before you r. ceivc a:.y sum. This result would nut be just to you nor to the seller ot articles which realize a large profit. If your views meet with the approval of the b inkers of rvilt l-i ke City, 1 apprehend that this law of equity and equality will be enthusiastically supported by the wholesale dealers in your territory. There is no objection under our proposed law to your ma king a loan aud taking col lateral at the time in good faith; but you w.ll not be permitted to take all of tho property- rtf an insolvent debtor to pay your claim after having made A loan without security: and after ot iers have expend credit upon the faith of the debtor having such property unincumbered. If you, in common with others, extern! credit without security, you and they will be paid pro rata in the event of the failure of the debtor. I respectfully submit that it is not just that debts should be paid in the order deter mined by the percentage of pndifs rtalizi. bv the various classes of credl.ors. Tlie priority of p.iyments uevcr has been pro vided for on that basis in any law, s far as I know, and I do not lH-lieve ttte bankers and business men of this country would favor any such law. A bank Is n trustee for the depositors. Ite- cause of the loW rate oi interest received oil loans. It is in duty bound to take ample sc curity. If it docs not do so, or if securities' taken Itecom worthb-s-. It does not H-md on any better footing than other persons: who have loaned money w ithout security or sold goods, which are money's worth, on the same term. The bill provides for the enforcement of valid liens, and for the setting aside of fraudulent one. If it shall become a law every man who h is given you a piece of comni'-rcsl paper will be financially strengtbeii.-d. Kvery man who has indorsed a piece of commercial p:iper held by you will be ftrciigtheiied. aud as a result your iltiaurtal standing will Ik- tdrpugthcue'l. Suppose for a moment that we ad:nit th truth of your :ate nenf. which w;- do not, that tl;t' i- islera and o the west :i jobbers will be benefited by the passage of thi.s bill, which originate 1 in the west. Tho effect will necessarily beth it if the eastern whole sale dca'ers outsell t.ie lo:-al wholes :l'e deal ers, there will he a diminution of the price of the necessities of life to the people, and while the lor-al whole-talc dealers will le de prived of a part of their trade, the great body of the pet ile will le financially benefited in large ainou'its. lour statement, however, is not true, but the prices of commodities consumed hy the people will lc reduced, be cause the passage of tho bill will re luce the haz ird of business. The question of the extent of the terriforv in whit h the local w holeale dealers cm operate, is simply and purely a question of the cost of transportation ; if lh whoieiil dealers in your city could control the cost of nsportatioM, they could sell in til" suburbs of the competing joi;biii:; centers, with whom they now vie, for the trade of common terri tory. e antic pate, as one of the most benefi cial results of the passage of the proposed bill, tint it will extend aud strengthen credit; but since it is a uniform measure, the benefits will be extended aMke to whole- lalcrs in all parts of the country. TnTe are certain articles upon which the cost of transportation is very slight, and, as result, the whole country is a common territory to them. As matters now stand the sellers of these articles who live at a dis tance enforce innumerable hardships upon local wholesale dealers. For example, an article in question is s ::d by a New York, St. f .on is or Chicago man to the customers of one of the wholes tie dealers of Salt L ike Ijike City. When pay day conies the debtor asks for lime; he is told that time will not be given, and that he must pav or compul sory prtK-csses will be reported to, or that h must give a preference; the former would ruin him and the latter would le against the lest interests of the bcal whole sale dealer and the banker, if he has one; the result will be that if he gives t he preference he will be financially mined, and if be docs not the same rvsult will fid- ow. What be ought to do would be tho square thing" by nil his creditors; now it Is practically impossible for him to do it: under the proposed law he will not be ab!e to help doing it. Or, as is frequently the c, the man in tiouble confides in his friend, the wholesaler, and borrows from him the money to pay the debt, in order to prevent his being ruine l. On other occa sions the man in trouble appeals to tho local banker, promises, if a loan is grr.nted to him, that he will repay it with the goods purchased of your local wholesaler, but not paid for, in the ev -nt of trouble, and wh-n the calamity comes the New York. St. l,ouis or Chicago merchant has not been directly. nnt indirectly, paid, through the instrumen tality of the banker, and as a result tho local wholesaler has iM-en made to pay the penalties of the present imperfect laws. Tue men whotakc the most preferences. and work the greatest hardships by so doinn.are big eastern J bbcr, ami not tlie western jobbers In whose behalf you speak. The conditions would be e:it're!y different from the above if our bankruptcy law were In force; under it the unsecured creditors would tund on Die same footing, and could not take advantage of the debtor or each other, ant the debtor could not take ad van -take of them, and the result would be a bet terment of their condition all around. Even if the home creditors always received , preference from a failing debtor, which they do not, and if they did not frequently have to spend more than the preference amounts to defending it, the practice of giving and receiving preference, on the hole, would be a bad one, but when you take into account the fraudulent prefer ences, the ones to relatives, and those which are given to the great concerns who could best share a loss, and the fact that a large percentage of all the failures are due to a fight for preferences, the conclusion is irre sistible tlirt the giving and receiving of them should be prevented by law. The proposed law. instead of being as you erroneously suppose, a sectional class meas ure, is non-sectional, non-political, non-sel fish, and designed to extend and strengthen credit, diminish fraud, bring about the quick and inexpensive administration of bankrupt estates, and emancipate honest insolvents. This measure was passed by the last bouse of representatives by a large majority; it was not considered in the senate for want of time. It will be introduced in the next con gress and vd confidently believe It will be passed. The State Rankers association of Iowa during last year indorsed the bill. The Bankers association of the state of Washington during last month unaniinonsly indorsed the bill. I regret exceedingly that yon should not have been present to have heard the discussion and learned the views of a progressive lot of gentlemen engaged in your business. Leading bankers In all of the large aud small commercial centers of the country stand abreast of the times upon this subject they are certainly gentlemen with whom you are In sympathy upon other leading topics of the day; I earnestly hope that upon a further consideration of the subject you will conclude that the bill is a meritori ous measure and its passage will redound to the best interests of the whole people, Very truly toots, at 1 Tokur. LITERARY AND ART NOTES. J. J. Wallace, the actor, says he tteVeT laid claim to the authorship of the play "Alabama." The receipts of the Paris salon for 89i were 315,000 ftutics; against 938,000 id 1890 and 189,000 m 1889. lx proportion to population, fafenYtt Ayreshasthe largest number of daily papers of any city in the wn-lX viz-t twenty-three. The Chicago public library is open ing free reading rooms in the different parts of the city, hoping that they may be an antidote to the saloons. The highest price for a modern print, 8125, was paid for the first state of Mcryort's etching. IAbside de Notre bamc;V a the" recent attctkm of hi works in Paris. Referring to the unpublished air dress of Horace Greeley in the last Cen tury Magazine, Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper says: "The Arctic explor er's portrait figures as frontispiece." Fact! IfAfrffT Fr3fM, the gifted London artist, has a fpievaricc"; Another artist, whose name is Harold Farniss, has beet! signing Fnrniss to some inferior drawings. This is Harry Furniss sig nature. Literary society in London has been show in rr marked attention to Mrs. Gen. Custer during her visit there. She has made a favorable impression on every tthe, which Is not singular, considering be? popularity in America. QUEENLY WOMEN. TnE late Duchess de Croy-Dulmen was one of the last of the grandes dames of the second empire. She was 8 beautiful Woman, and in the forest bf Ardennes she was famous as a huntress. Mme. Alios Le Ploxgeos, the Yuca tan explorer, goes about small, dark, bright eyed, piquant, with a large pale green brooch at her throat, an arrow head chipped by dead and forgotten In dians. Mrs. TIarrisox don't take many sea baths down at Cape May. She likes to look at the salt water and is passionate ly fond of sketching sea and shore, but she docs not enjoy actual contact with the billows. 'Sarah .Bernhardt was named Rnsine try her parents who were French and Dutch respectively. Her first appearance on tho stagn was at the Theater Franca isc in "lphegene.M She is forty-seven in years but dates back, spiritually at least as far as Cleo patra. Sixce Cabaxel, the French portrait painter, has pronounced Miss Mattic Mitchell, the Oregon senator's daugh ter, the most beautiful woman ever seen in Paris, the claim of her ad mirers that she is the prettiest girl in Washington will probably be no longer disputed. SCHOOL ANQT CHURCH ITEMS. Vassar's most popular instructor is Miss Mary W. Whitney, the professor of astronomy. Dcmxo last year Cambridge univer sity matriculated nine hundred and fifty-two students. Tin; Scottish mission, which has its headquarters at Jerusalem, reports the conversion of six Jews to Frcsbytenan Lsm. At the university of Pennsylvania, where women arc striving to gain full admission certificates were granted this year to fire women students in biol ogy and to fire in music. Exglani is to hare free education after September 1. It has taken out l;riti:ih cousins some time to set their feet in our steps, but they are coming along quite handsomely. A Yorxo Women's Christian associa tion, similar in all its workings to the Young Men's Christian association, has leen organized at Davton, O., with ono hundred and three members. The Irish Presbyterian Zenana mis sion has now seven missionaries in India and Virec in China, all of whom are doing good work, and its income last year was about three thousand thret hundred pounds sterling. The St. Loots exposition. The Eighth Annual St. Louis Exposition will open Wednesday, September 2, and close October 17. The past history of this great industrial Exposition is one of Inter-State pride, and its marked sdroess for the pat seven years is the guarantee that this year will equal in every respeetand exceed in nianv ways the varied exhibits of the Arts, Mechanics and Sciences. The departments mill have dis plays from everv line of industry and busi ness. Hie Art bepartnient will have the best examples, to which will be added a fine collection of oriental musical instru ments, lacquers, ivories, and other works of merit from China aud Japan. Gilmore's celebrated band will be in at tendance each dav, and furnish music in the afternoons and evenings. America's general progress will be faith fully portraved, and the revelations in all brant-heft of Industrial achievements will he nnustially complete and instructive. All the railroads will give reduced rates. "I crEst," said the street-car driver, who reads the market reports, as he readied for his whip, bthat I will have to do something to overcome this stagnation in atoelc." Washington Star. Tn complexion becomes clear, the skin free from eruptive tendencies, tho appetite nun ait-sLinu impruvro, wnes ana pains cease, the body grows stronger, sound sleep at nlyht a habit, and the general health every way better when Dr. John Bull's barsaparula is made use of. Thb minister who prepares tne poorest sermon ts generally the best composer. Biughamion Leader. Mt friend, look here ! vou know bow weak and nervous ynur wife is, and you know that Carter's Iron Pills will relieve her. Now why not be fair about it and buy her a box! Tnoron not catchy, the son p of the back fence warbler is undoubtedly cat-chin. lu diauapoiis Journal. THE MARKETS. New York, Angnst ll, . I8J1. B tt CATT1JC Native Meers ... S 23 I T1 OX m iuil liny ... H.ol'R Winter Wheat - l5 U lit AT No. 2 Ited Sh ((OliN No. ? 7 m OATS-Westrrn Mixed 42 0 lOHK-Ncw Uess 13 W 7Hl 44 13 SO 7 8 M S 75 ft 171 4 75 4 25 ft 95 6M4 2.' 1 7l ft 10 1 01 1 ! 111 10 7fr 7t Mi. 21 r. 2 '. ft a 2 4 so ft in 72 2W 10 5& ft ft : 7! 2 W 4 ) 68 41 IS 00 11 90 7 7 S3 OI 42 j? 7ft 7 6T. LOUIS. COTTOX Middling- 7tj ItfcKVKH Funey Meers B ft Mopping; Pi SO 0 HfM; SCo mmon to Select 3 HHKKP KHir to Choice I'l rUl hV-Patents 4 11 Kitnrv to Kxtra Do. 3 W WIIKAT-So. 2 Bed Winter.. 6'i CORN No. 2 Mixed iAiS-No. 2 27 W KVK-No.2 7.4 lOHAClO-I.iteS 1 V L af Kurlev 4 so m HAT Clear Timothy 10 0 Ul TTKIt Choice Dairr .... 12 w Et.l.tt ri-fsh I ORK- Standard II ess , .... io 6:4 6 .... a S9A , IM I . a 7i w 4 J0 BAI ON Clear Sib AKI Prime Btram WOOL Choice Tub CHICAGO. CATTLE Mi ipplna: rlO 4iood to Choice-. MI r.KP Fair to Choice, FLOCK Winter Patent. Sorina Patents...... 7i WHEAT No. 2 bpnug COUX-No. 3 OATS-No. 3 POlUk Standard Jfesa KANSAS CITY, CATTLE Shipping Steers... 3 no 3 75 79 hwj aii uraues. WHEAT Xo. 2 Bed. OATS-Xo. 2 CORN-So. 2. NEW ORLEANS. FLOCK High tirade IS COttS-No. 3 OATS-Westrrn HAY Choice ..170 m 11Ht K New Mes....M BACON' Clear Kib ) CXITTOX Middling LOUISVILLE. . WHEAT No. 2 Red CORN Xo. 3 White OAT-Xo. 2 Mixed rOUK-MeM BACOX-Ciear Kib amOX-M.odiluf v .... Tb Only One Kvwr FMnted. Caa Tow Ttm& the Wocdf Each week, a different 9 Inch display is published in this paper. There are no two woros an re in eitner ao.. except uw worn. This word will be found in the ad. for Dr. j Barter's Iron Tonic, Little Liver Pills and Wild Cherry Bitters. Look for Crescent" trade mark. Head the ad, carefully and When you find the word, send It to them and they will return you a book, beautlXui iltho- grapns sua asm pie iree. "How rata the creaffl Books, said the housekeeper. Yes'm," repuen tue cook "It's seen whipped, mum." pocn. Dow't be BuUdosed By a febelijons liver. Though It may re ft. ti-i tw hranirhft inrn Hubiection bv ordi nary cathartics and cholagnraea. though it may continue to Destroy your poac wim its manifold unpleasant symptoms, be assured that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will ef fectually discipline it, promptly rectify it irrOHUiariiies. maiaria, cuusuiwuvu, v r pepsin, rheumatism and kidney complaints are also remedied by the Bitters. 6ub parrot 1 dead wroto a little jrlrl, and a poll seems to have settled over the family." Texas Sif lings. How cnrxi. to force children to take nswty worm medicines. Dr. Bull s Worm I)e stroyers are always sure and taste like dainty little candies. T)KfiR'i millions In It," said the old darky, he gazed over the fence at the water melon patch Bingham ton Republican. Si sir roughens the thin. Use Glenn's Sulnhur Soap. Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, CO ecu ts. I.f casting about for a national Sower, the wall-flower, as usual, is quite forgotten. Boston Transcript BiLiorsNXss, dizziness, nausea, headache, are relieved by small doses of Carter's Lit tle Liver Pills. Thb scholar who takes the first prize in arithmetic is only a figure-head. Boston Courier. Thb best cough medicine Is Pise's Cure for Consumption. Sold everywhere. tflfEftE the Iron enters into tho sole-at the shoemaker'?. Mail and Kip res. COPYRIGHT ISM The end of woman' peculiar troubles and ailmetit comes with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It cures them. For all tho functional de rangements, painful disorders, and chronic weaknesses that afflict wo mankind, it's a certain remedy. It's an invigorating, restorative tonic, soothing cordial and bracing nerv ine purely vegetable, non-alcobolio, Slid perfectly harmless. In the cure of periodical pains, prolapsus and other displacements, bearing -down sensations, and all "female complaints" and irregu larities, " Favorite Prescription " is the only medicine that's guaranteed. If it doesn't give satisfaction in ev ery case, you have your money back. You pay only for the good yon get. Can you ask more ? The easiest way is the best. Reg ulate the liver, stomach, and bowels with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They cleanse and renovate the system thoroughly and naturally. Sick Headache, Constipation, Indi gestion, and Bilious Attacks, are prevented, relieved, and cured. "German Syrup 99 For Coughs & Colds. John F.Jones, Edom,Tex.,Tvrites I have used German Syrup for the past six years, for Sore Throat, Cough, Colds, Pains in the Chest and Lungs, and let me say to any one wanting such a medicine German Syrup is the best. B. W. Baldwin, Carnesville.Tenn., writes : I have used your German Syrup in my family, and find it the best medicine I ever tried for coughs and colds. I recommend it to every one for these troubles. R. Schmalhausen, Druggist, of Charleston, 111. .writes: After trying scores of prescriptions and prepara tions I had on my files and shelves, without relief for a very severe cold, which had settled on my lungs, I tried your German Syrup. It gave me immediate relief and a perma nent cure. . S) C G. f.REES, Sole Manufacturer, Woodbury, New Jersey, U. S. A. XO CHA1TOS OT CLIXATI SEEDED!. ) ASTHMA WK WILL SENS TOD TESTIKONT j FBOK PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAX TOTJ. CURED sm CURED. P.JMR0LD HAYES, M. D., j BTT1T1XO. M. T. i MAY-FEVER tr warn to oa job raoore. j I 'VgTniuiAinMvij.M EDM CDTinMWEOT. Fnrlnlbw -llMna tnLLrllllJoaM.ScHim. Bocar-ritr. TDIJWS REMEHT FOR C A Cold Ida1 Head it ha. notiial. It ,3 81 ('ifUmenL of Which aawuiM awtrnanvi . -'iA nfji Ul dlddrcaa. The Soap that Cleans Most is Lenox, n L IS i InJ Ttntli ttua mrtVtnA snd remilt ail Syrup of Figs ia taken; it u pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and act Eintly yet promptly on ine xjuueja, iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tom afTiw.tn.11v tistwTll fM. beftd aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs u the only remedy of its kind ever pro- AnivA ntcasimr tn tlia taste and ac ceptable to th stomach, prompt la its anion ana truiy cenencuu in na effects, prepared nlr from the most hoaUhv and nirrponhln unbalances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all ana nave maao u ine wusb popular remedy known. and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable aruggisi wno may not have it on hand will pro cure it nroniDtlr for anv one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAD fUHClSCO. CL tmsrnu. tr. t ton. r. Aak mr 5ra far W. I- I)hiIii Mmi ralr l. arm far lnl.aac, utiM Ik TOR wr M T IN I ME. W. L. DOUGLAS fiS SHOP -cCPiWM THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOfl TW MONET It U a Bpamlew moe, with bo lacks or to hurt the feet; made of the bert fine eaJA "I'"" and easy, and reauM m make mart aaor V J gradr than anff other manuuctvrer. n cqua av- aewed atme costing from 4. to gfUJO. - ffiCS. 00 (.raaliie llanil-aewrd, the flnert calf 90i KtMje crer offered for $S-'; equal French Imported hne which cost from S.rtito $l2.m. &U 00 llnod-Sewed Well Man line eaMV stylish, comfortable and durable. The beat shoe -r offered at this price ; samejerada aa cua-tom-mart fxei coattnv from ae.f' to CO SO t'oilre Hbori Farmers. Railroad Hap 30i and Let Irf Carrier all wear them. One calf, eeamleaa,amooth inride. heavy three aolea. axteifc- elon edge, one pair will wear a year. aaSO floe calf i no better aboe erer offered at $Z. thU price; one trial will convince tnoan who want a aboe for comfort and aervtee. ttO 3 and J.0O WarkincmaiTe ihoee 9fis are very strong and durable. Those who hae frtven them a trial will wear no other make. DAVe) 9Z.OO and 81.93 school aboee are DOTS worn by the boys everywhere; they sell on their nwrlta, as the tacreaslna; sales show. I M't4A fcl-OO Hnad-aewed boe. beat U3GI69 iH.riKola. vrrT stylus equeia French lmportr.! alioes mUr frm U0 to l.adtrV f I?"0 M!vs are the be' fine Doi.-Oi. Htyltsh and durable. Caatlan.-See that W. L. DopKlas' name and plica are stamped on tne bottom of hoewM. RELIEVES an Stomach Diatiaa. REMOVES Kamra. SroM of Vullima, COXGESTJO. PAIJf. REVIVES Faiuso ENERGY. RESTORES Normal ClimlaUon. mat Wun to Tos Tips. SR. HASTES MEDICINE CO.. It Tower's Irrjproved lSJ FLICKER . i Guaranteed Mviui, Water. AT Slcttnline bended. Fan artna TbouuaianectyCcMa SoftWooIer? "ty WatCh Pull Collar. . Mb a i TOWER. Mf D. BOS UXI. MASS LIFE'S HISTORY? It. Smll. and Tm. Bach fl. the cofOM Y )lfS nifid. up of MJU.hllMV iukI gloom. gm6 ea and aorrenr, rlchM aad penrerty, hcaltte andriUntw. W. may dJapaltli. (loom, bt Ish th. sorrow and raln rtehc: but aiektMta arllloTrrtalt.aa,ao.ororlator. V.t.kap. ptly. that ewmr can ranqalahedi paiaa and ache, can br.ltoFd;tJir. la m mmlm tow c-rrTj wound, and aclrac haa plaMd It within the Rack of all. Tlwrslanodlfaiev mrj t bat haa proven ao gnmt btaaunr a. IfW Yatt'a JUrar rilla. In malarial 1 1 alalia. Where Fern-rand Arsr, BlUonaPknainaael ilmraU Incident loaderanceal Hr.rpr.mU. tbey har. proven an tnentimablo boom, an hapdredllMWi.iilUTla-wilaiaieatiiliry. Tutt's Liver Pillst SURE ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. Price, 25& 0!fic,3941PirliPlae,Ht; Constipation Cured WITHOUT MEDICIXE. J'HAJIOB 0 DIET OB EM EM A. Aprimved hr rjralar .hyilrlsnr Clreolara. tettlmw Dial uid rrrerracra tnt FKRR. or full dlrecUoaa for telf tretinfal r.r.ipt f O.. AMilaJ. . . MIBaTM. IUuuUlf.lIa AID WHI1KET HAIITI crago at ion wits nrrr .nv Rnok nf MF. lilurailat. MUT fall. IIS ft n. wnol.T.KT. u. n ATl.A.tTA. SA. tttt WaiUbaUM. VAirriH. Best Easlr?st to tns. O BISMBJ A euro is certain. nmll wMtrfleU i . X. Hkzxvnyi, Warren, Fn. T Will MJ U"IU BORE "OHIO" WELL DRILL WELLS artta aut fasw Well JH arh lite tt. Tos onh yarfeet satf-elaanina' ana iiil tr rrtntT t-J r LOOMS 4 rAM, EDUCATIONAL. UniYersityTf Illinois. rvta is afrlealtiire: Kaaiaegrlnsr Meeh-.fi feL OtU talnrandJEjaetrteal; ArrstT-tura;CTiiilstryj Katarftt iliAory; CsnflUh and S-lctice. Latia and 4ee; Aneient Xtrares; rbllcw.pbT aiid Ma foar; atlUtary aetmc; Art aad IWrTO- fthtorte aad Oratorr. Prvfpnvrmlorr rrmrs of one rear. Womefi vmiMfi II CM Learn Tierepfcr and Rsllroad lUWHIt Blfcal Agent s Bustiie-fi h; rood .tnatlons. A. H. k, a 1SS& to flDinri III IU fin th i