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BANNA IS WRONG
Declares Senator Washburn,
Speaking on Trusts.
NO MAN SHOULD BE ELECTED
Who Is In Sympathy With Such Com
binalions of CspitoL
WORKMEN'S WAGES WILL BE CUT
With an Unsparing Hand and Great
Strikes Will Follow.
EMPHATIC WAlfXIXG IS SOUNDED.
An Able Business Man and "Well
Known Republican Leader Express
es Himself as Vigorously Opposed
to Hie Attitude of the Republican
Boss of Ohio on the Gigantic Trade
Evil "Worlilngmen and Stockhold
ers," Says He, "Will Be Ingulfed
In the Same Sea of Distress."
In a recent interview at St Paul
former United States .Senator W. D.
Washburn took exception to the atti
tude of the Republican boss of Ohio,
taying "No; I most decidedly do not
agree with Senator Hanna. on his prop
osition that the formation of combines
of capital must redound to the benefit
of labor."
Senator Washburn was not as ready
to talk on the trust question as he was
at the time of his return from Europe
Elx weeks ago, and it was evident that
he had' been labored with by some of
his party associates. He said that he
felt keenly the comments of the Re
publican press on bis position, and
gave it out cold that he was being
misrepresented by many of the organs
of that party, who are laboring in the
Interests of the trusts.
While he has frequently been the
object of a good deal of newspaper
criticism hitherto he has never been
attacked quite so generally by the
press of his own party as he has been
since he announced himself as opposed
to trusts as a matter of party doctrine.
He was rather chary of opening up
the subject again when approached,
and said he -had nothing further to
say. Then he said a great deal.
"Then you believe that Senator Han
na is wrong?"
Hanna Is Wrong.
"He certainly is wrong, and I do not
believe that he speaks by the card or
for the Republican party. There is
nothing compatible in his position of
standing for protection for the Amer
ican laboring man and for the organ
ization of capital for the purpose of
controlling great industries."
"Hanna points to what he -terms the
present prosperous condition of labor
is the result of trade combinations,"
was suggested.
"THEN THAT PROSPERITY IS
FICTITIOUS. IF IT EXISTS IT CAN
NOT CONTINUE. WHY, THE PROP
OSITION IS ABSURD. TRUSTS ARE
NOT FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE
OF HELPING THE LABORER, BUT
FOR THE PURPOSE OF GETTING
LARGER PROFITS OUT OF INVEST
MENT. "Larger piofits may be had most
readily by controlling production, by
reducing the cost of products, not nec
essarily by increasing the price of the
manufactured article.
"It is the boast of the advocates of
the trusts that the price of their pro
Sucts is reduced to the consumer. That
lessening of price can only be brought
about, if the profit is at the same time
to be increased, by lowering the
charges for turning the raw material
In to the manufactured article and
putting that article into the hands of
the consumer.
Combines Kill Competition.
"When a trust gets contiol of ascer
tain line of manufactures competition
disappears, and just enough of the
manufactured article is turned out to
supply the demand. There is no ex
cess on the market. If the means of
manufacture exceed the necessary
limit, the mills are shut down and
men thrown out of employment It
may be that those who remain em
ployed may receive the old wages for
the purpose of making a good appear
ance; those still remaining employed
may even be given slightly higher
wages. But the result Is a lessening
of the amount paid In the total for
the production of the article or com
modity. Labor receives less of the to
tal for the production of the article or
commodity. Labor receives less of the
total value of the product. It is im
possible that labor should be benefited.
On the contrary, the very purpose of
the trust is to take to itself some por
tion of the amount paid for labor."
The senator stopped for a moment,
tapped his desk nervously and said
with some show of animation:
"I do not see why Senator Hanna
chould Insist on coupling the necessity
for protection and the growth of
trusts. For myself, I believe that the
law of protection, of which I always
have been and am now an ardent ad
vocate, should be used for the purpose
of curbing the trusts. Possible com
bination of capital was not contem
plated by the men who framed the pro
tection Taw. If protection has" made
trusts possible, then I believe protec
tion should be withdrawn from the in
dustries into which the trusts have
entered. But the principle of protec
tion is right It is so far right that
it may be Invoked to destroy the trusts
which it has possibly created. The
steel trust, you say? Yes, the steel
combination is a direct result of pro
tection and the industry no longer
needs protection. The protection was
extended to the industry when it was
really in the infant class. It was strug
gling in a vain effort to compete with
foreign products. In a very few years,
under protection, thejvarloua steel-in
dustries, the manufacture of steel rails,
for instance, has so developed that we
can now undersell the world, if neces
sary, in foreign markets. There has
been such an enormous enhancement
in the profits of steel manufactures
that the industry is strong enough to
stand alone, and protection should be
withdrawn at once in order that the
whole "world may enter into the mar
ket and remove the possibility of
American combinations.
"Protection is for the weak, not for
the strong. It would be fair, humane,
proper to protect the Infant in its
mother's arms, but no one wants to
go to the extent of protecting the
brawling giant who goes about prey
ing on his neighbors.
Xo Handicaps Heretofore.
"Here is the theory that should be
applied to the trusts. America is and
has been the great developer of the
individual, there have hitherto been no
handicaps placed on individual possi
bilities. Every man, according to his
capacity, has made out his own des
tiny. The great fortunes of today
started from very small beginnings in
almost every instance, but the man
who attempted to carve out a fortune
for himself today with little to begin
on would have a long, hard row to hoe.
When I was a young man there was
no great centralization of wealth. At
the time I came to Minneapolis there
were no great fortunes and no great
Industries here. There were a lot of
young men, most, of them coming from
the fields, as most of the energy and
individuality ,of this country has, en
gaged In business in a small way. Com
petition between them was sharp and
every man of the lot had his oppor
tunity. He had to reckon only with
men like himself. I was in the lum
ber business in a very modest way; so
and so and so and so (mentioning a
-number of men well known in the
great business Interests of the north
west) were in exactly the same boat
with me. We did not have to truckle
to trusts or combinations of capital.
Many of these men succeeded in life
beyond their most sanguine expecta
tions. But they did it In a fair, hon
orable way. Do you suppose that It
would have been possible for any of
those men to succeed, with the start
they had, in the lumber or flour busi
ness if they had to contend with the
conditions that now exist? I do not,
and to speak of myself"
The senator taped his finger tips to
gether and smiled in remembrance per
haps of the famous remark of Ignatius
Donnelly about the Washburns all
coming Into the world branded for the
United States senate.
"But I believe that the development
of the flouring business here would
not have been possible if it had not
been for the great chances that were
open to individual effort
Destruction of Workingroen.
"And that brings the matter of the
trusts home to us," he continued. "It
is ray firm belief that combinations of
capital, while they will certainly in
jure the workingmen of the country
at once, will ultimately furnish the
means of their own destruction. The
concentrated and sustained effort that
Is essential to the welfare of any large
business will be lacking in the conduct
of a great trust I believed this years
ago when I opposed the effort to com
bine the flouring interests. I knew
that nothing but the closest applica
tion, the most intelligent effort could
keep a great manufacturing enterprise
on a paying basis.
"Governor Pillsbury was as well
aware of this fact as myself, and we
opposed with might and main the at
tempt to buy up the flouring interests
here in Minneapolis. Ultimately we
were obliged to go into the British
market and take up a great deal of
our stock, but I believe that in doing
so the industry was saved. Here is
the proposition: A trust owns or con
trols mills in, let us say, St. Louis,
Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Duluth, Chi
cago and perhaps in the east. All
these mills are directed from a point
remote from any of them, the object
of the directors being to get all the
money possible out of the investment.
Labor conditions may be essentially
different in St Louis and Minneapolis.
It may cost more to make flour In St
Louis than in Minneapolis. The trust
directors, in order to equalize the cost
for their whole system, reduce wages
at St Louis. There is a strike. They
have no local interests In St Louis,
the market only requires so much
flour. Very well, they say, shut down
the St Louis mills. The mills close.
Hundreds of men are thrown out of em
ployment, but the trust has Increased
its levenaes, and what redress is there
for the St. Louis workmen who have
been thrown out? None, for it Is not
to be contemplated that a universal
strike would follow. The present so
called flour trust will wreck itself this
way, the mere readily from the fact
that it has not been able to control
all of the mills.
"SO THE TRUST IS NOT ONLY A
MENACE TO THE WORKINGMAN,
BUTTO THE SMALL CAPITALIST,
WHO, LED AWAY BY THE PROM
ISE OF LARGE RETURNS, INVESTS
IN TRUST STOCKS.
"That is where the great danger 13
to the commercial interests of the
country. The trusts have been floated
now when we are at the floodtide of a
prosperity. Their stocks have Been
enormously watered, and great for
tunes are made by the promoters.
"SOMETIME AND SOMEWHERE
THERE HAS GOT TO BE A PRO
CESS OF LIQUIDATION. WHEN
THAT TIME COMES THE WORK
MEN UNDER THE TRUSTS WILL
FIND THEIR APPARENT PROSPER
ITY DISAPPEAR. WAGES WII.1 BE
CUT WITH UNSPARING HAND IN
THE FIRST EFFORT TO MAKE A
GOOD SHOWINGON THE TRUST
BALANCE SHEET. STRIKES WILL
ENSUE, THE TRUSTS WILL BE
CRIPPLED, AND THE STOCKHOLD
ERS AND WORKINGMEN WILL BE
ENGULFED IN THE SAME SEA OF
DISTRESS."
"You take a desperato view of the
situation."
"The situation itself is desperate. It
.Is un-American. It Is impossible that
this people should allow to continue a
condition which handicaps individual
effort. I am not inclined to be a pes
simist, but I am forced to view the
situation with alarm." ,
"But the Republican press attacks
you so sharply that it would seem you
had attacked Republican doctrine in
attacking the trusts."
Don't RepreM-iit the I'arty.
"Then those papers do not represent
the Republican party any more than
do some of the leaders who are iden
tified with trust interests. They at
tack me because I said that protection
should be taken off trust-made arti
cles. I repeat it The Republican
party doet, not need the men who are
in support of the trusts. They are
serving their private Interests, neither
the interests of their party nor of
their country. The people can not be
made to believe that they need the
trusts, and the people will prevail in
the end in spite of party leaders or
party press."
"How would you remedy the evils
that have grown up with the trusts?"
"By legislation of the most drastic
character. There should be no hesi
tancy in applying the ax to the root of
the evil, and if protection of the trust
Industries is responsible for the trusts,
then protection must go. and mind you,
I am a firm believer in the theory and
practice of protection. It has bred
trusts in some degree.
"It must be so far repealed. And I
insist that I am a Republican and a
good one. State legislatures should
take the matter up earnestly and in
conjunction with the national govern
ment should enact laws making com
binations of capital impossible. How
Is that to be done? I don't know. I
am simply pointing out the evil. The
lawmakers must find the remedy. And
they will find it.
"INDIVIDUALISM, AS AGAINST
COMBINATIONS, MUST SURVIVE
OR THE REPUBLIC WILL HAVE
LOST ITS MEANING AND ITS MIS
SION. NO MEN SHOULD BE PUT
IN OFFICE WHO ARE IN SYMPA
THY WITH TRUSTS OR TRUST
MAKERS. THE PEOPLE CAN EAS
ILY IDENTIFY THESE MEN, AND
IF THE VOTERS ARE PROPERLY
AROUSED THERE WILL BE NO
DOUBT OF WHAT THEY WILL DO."
"Do you believe that the question
of the trusts will be the foremost In
the next national campaign?"
Trust Isue to Be Obscured.
"I don't know," and he hesitated.
"I believe that the Democrats could
have made It the Issue and the Repub
licans would have had to meet It Now
the trust press and the trust mission
aries have so far done their work thai
the question of trusts may be made
secondary to that other far less im
portant matter of expansion.
"It looks to me," he continued, "as
though the Republican party man
agers, having good political sense, will
push the expansion question to the
front and let the trusts take second
place. That is good politics, if the
party is dominated by men who are in
sympathy with the trusts. I believe
that the national temper is such that
the administration will be indorsed on
its foreign policy, whether you call it
Imperialism or expansion, if that pol
icy is made the Issue. And it looks as
though it were to be made the issue.
The Democrats will have to meet the
issue If it is made that way, and the
whole country will be with the admin
istration on broad and not very care
fully investigated lines. It will sim
ply be a matter of stirring up patriotic
feeling, and if they can keeo the eyes
of the people on the Philippines and
off the trusts, so much the better for
a party that is led, or dominated in any
measure, by trust advocates. But those
Republicans who have the real wel
fare of the country at heart will not
suffer the cdlum of trusts and trust
building to be thrust upon their party.
The need of an indorsement for the
foreign policy is in my estimation un
fortunate, if it is to have the effect
of delaying a fight to a finish on trusts.
The Republican national convention of
next year should deal with that ques
tion and deal with it conclusively.
"I do not believe that a party pro
fessing to represent the people could
do anything but protest against the
domination of trusts and the sooner
the question is settled in convention
the better."
"But suppose the Democrats take the
Initiative In convention. Will not the
Republican party then be forced to
take a position on the trust question?"
"Yfs, if the Democrats should do
that, but they won't. They will pro
test against imperialism. They may
have something to Eay about trusts,
but they will not put the question bo
far forward as to make it the real
Issue."
"But will not the people see that the
question is being dodged?"
Jlissionary Work For Trusts.
"I don't know. You see these trust
conventions are doing a good deal ot
Missionary work for the trusts In the
w av of putting them before the public
in the best possible light.
"IT MAY BE THAT THE FALLA
CIES THAT ARE BEING PREACHED
BY SOME OF THE PARTY LEAD
ERS TO THE EFFECT THAT LABOR
WTLL PROSPER BY REASON OF
THE FORMATION OF TRUSTS WILL
HAVE THE EFFECT OF BLINDING
THE PUBLIC TO THE DANGRR
THAT MENACES THE UNITED
STATES THROUGH THESE VAST
ACCUMULATIONS OF ACTUAL AND
FICTITIOUS CAPITAL.
"The men who are engineering the
trusts are sharp beyond the average.
They are generally men who rose from
small beginnings, and who know what
competition meant to them. They do
not propose that the fortunes they
have accumulated shall be jeopardized
by further competition, and they are
not going to give others the chance
they had themselves. They are ready
and willing to spend plenty of money
to protect the Interests they have built
up, and it may be that the question
of the menace of the trust will be beg
ged by party leaders. But it will not
be with my consent, and I shall en-
Graln-0 Brings Relief
To the coffee drinker. Coffee drinking la a
habit that is universally Indulged In and
flmost universally Injurious. Have you
tried Graln-O? It 1 almost Ilk coffee but
tho effects are Just the opposite. Coffee up
.'',? the sumach, ruins the digestion, effects
iJ?tjart,aD?d!?turb3 the wno'e nervous
SSE,m' Grnln-, tones up the stomach.
Th-1!'"011.?.1"1 "lengthens the nerves.
A2SI2 A" "othlnS but nourishment "Jr.
lerpic otherwise; 15c nd jMe
deavor to have congress pass anti-trust
laws and repeal such portions of the
tariff as give protection to trusts. But
the fight should be taken up now in
every state, and all other state issues
should be made subservient to this one
of the trusts and how they shall he
disposed of."
HANNA'S CALL,
He Defends the Piratical Trusts In a
Cleveland Speech.
Senator Hanna made a speech in
Cleveland on the night of the 18th
inst H devoted a small portion of
his remarko to "trusts." It Is a sub
ject on which be does not delight to
dwell.- He asserted, however, that the
"trust" is a beneficent organization,
and said: ."The 'trust' is au evolution
in business. They have been found to
be necessary. The 'trusts have the
best men In the country at their head.
It is said .that the 'trusts' are against
your interests. That may be, but if
they are you may depend on the Re
publican party to look after that"
Mr. Hanna has on tap the largest
reservoir of gall of any man In Ohio,
or elsewhere. The "trust" is an or
ganization in which Mr. Hanna takes
the largest pleasure. He is a ground
floor man, and takes his nibble at
every one of them that comes within
his reach. No man knows better- than
he that a "trust" is a good thing to
those who share in the profits which
arise from its operation. He also knows
that It is injurious to every man who
is a user or a consumer of the product
of a "trust" He further knows that
the aim of a "trust" is to manufacture
an article at tha lowest possible cost
to tbe "trust" He further knows that
a low cost price is secured by econo
mies in labor and material used in the
manufacture of the product He also
knows that there is but one way In
which this economy can be made, and
that Is using less labor, and by getting
cheaper raw material. He has the ut
most faith in the "trust" being able
to practice that kind of economy. By
concentration the "trust" alms to save
the cost attending the conducting of
the business. It centralizes business.
It does not need, proportionally, more
than CO per cent of the skilled labor
formerly employed in the respective
plants. The small plants are shut
down. The capacity of the central
plant Is enlarged. In secretaries, cash
iers, bookkeepers and traveling sales
men it Is dibcovered that 45 to 50 per
cent can be dispensed with. It is also
discovered that the "trust" can, to a
large degree, fix the price on labor and
raw material. Being conscienceless, it
is not capable of pity. It discharges
employes without a thought of their
necessities. It closes down a plant
without giving the least consideration
to those who, for a generation, have
helped to build it up. Ana, further, it
destroys competition it takes the
market to itself, and not only controls
the cost of production, but the "price
of selling. Thus It has gained a power
the exercise of which beggars a small
community of the means of a liveli
hood. It does not lower the cost ot
the product to the public. It is strin
gent on that phase. It has the mar
ket Purchasing from it is a neces
sity. The pi ice is raised until the last
penny is strained from the consumers.
Mr. Hanna thoroughly understands
what a "trust" is. They have grown
into power under Republican auspices
they are greedy to the last degree.
Their appetite is never satiated. Not
withstanding the highest wisdom dis
cussed, and the best patriotism enact
ed, the Sherman anti-trust bill, is it
not notorious that the attorney general
of the United States, "member of the
cabinet of William McKinley, has
openly declared that there is no power
under existing law to regulate or mulct
the "trust" organization? In view of
that fact does it not appear ridiculous
for Mr. Hanna to say: "It Is said that
'trusts' are against our interests? That
may be. But if they are, you may de
pend upon the Republican parts' to
look after that." Oh! the almost in
finite gall of the Ohio junior senator!
GARB FOR GIRLS.
Style For the First Fifteen Year f
Feminine Life.
(Special Correspondence.
New York, Oct. 23. Today I was
"away up town." at One Hundred and
Fifty-fourth street, and there I met
dozens of bright faced girls trudging to
school, and tbey were wearing their
new autumn clothes. It occurred to me
then that I had neglected the pretty
schoolgirls a little, and now I will try
to make up for it by telling what they
are showing for the little women in the
big stores.
Beginning with the wee babies, there
are more fine hand run tucks and deli
cate lace like chantilly and lierre. The
dear little tots have white eider down or
cashmere cloaks in Mother Hubbard
shapes. Some cloaks for even babes in
arms are pink, blue or gray, and all are
daintily lined with fleeced cotton or
quilted china silk and, trimmed with
ribbon bows on wrists and at the neck.
Quite a number have capuchin hoods
with drawing strings. When the weath
er is very cold or stormy, the hood can
be drawn up over the thinner cap. One
coat of this kind for a 2-year-old was
of gray cashmere lined with pink silk.
It was laid in deep plaits in the back
from the neck, and in front it is cut
sack fashion, closing invisibly to the
waist, where there is a pink silk cord
and tatsels. The hood is lined with
pink silk, and all edges are feather
stitched in pink twist. It is lovely.
' Many persons with more vain idol
atry than common sense and fear of
cronp dre.HS their little ones in low
necked frocks and short socks which
leave the legs bare. True, tho babies
have round, dimpled arms and pretty,
plump legs, but that is no reason why
they should be exposed to danger. One
dainty frock has five rows of narrow
tucks above a ruffle of fine Valenciennes.
Around tho low neck wbh a band of in
sertion edged all around by a frill of
lace. I noticed that wide sash ribbons
were provided to wear with Boma
frocks.
For a "nice" dress for a girl of 10
there was a little gray and pink striped
taffeta silk. At the very bottom was a
bias ruffle edged with inch wide real
torchon lace. The ruffle was touched
three times. Above the ruffle were six
tucks with a row of very narrow black
velvet ribbon between them. The
sleeves were almost bishop shape, end
ing with the rnffie and laoe. Across the
whole waist, surplice fashion, there
was a fichn alo of silk and lace, which
was tied behind like a sash.
A very bright little dress for school
or play was of dark bine serge as to the
waist and skirt Around the bottom of
tbe skirt was a band of dark red polka
dotted surab. and the sleeves and yoke
were of the tame. The idea of a flat
band or ruffle around the bottom of
skirts for rapidly growing children is
cne -that every mother will approve.
COSTUMES FOR YOC2.G UIItLS.
Every woman living must remember
her mental agony over the necessity of
wearing a dress wbre the tucks had
been "let down." The telltale streaks
of faded and unfaded material were
harder to bear than prison stripes.
Xow, a facing can be set at the bottom
and the flat band or ruffle put over it.
In fact, the rnffie need have no lining
at all.
A very dainty little frock for a girl
up to 6 is of white dotted swiss, with
ruffle, tucks and insertion around tho
bottom. There is a yoke of lace to
match the rest and short sleeves with
full lace caps, and ribbon over the
shoulders forming into bows wherever
one likes to see them best. Those on
this dress were in front at the yoke, on
top of the ehonlders and in the oack.
Some of the small dreses have long
floating ends to the bows in the back.
Ribbon and lace belong to children by
right
One good move is that the smallest
children even are now dressed in rain
proof garments and let out of doors to
defy the weather and grow ptrong.
These cravanettea are produced in such
a variety of colors and weaves that ev
ery one can find something. Cheviot,
covert and a dozen other standard
weaves are used for these garments.
There is no difference in the appearance
of the goods rendered rain repellent in
this way with other stuffs not so treat
ed, so mothers should insist on these
when purchasing their daughter's
clothes. They cost no more than the
others, and they have a very pleasing
feel and finish.
For schoolgirls require dark dresses
which will not soil too soon, and yet
the color should be becoming aud the
make faultless Suits are sold ready
made quit chr-aply. and they always
have a finish almost impossible to the
amateur, mostly from the pressing.
Tailors have heavy irons that press
them heavily. Still n careful littlf
mother will always do better tor her
family by making their frocks if f-cou-omy
is necessary.
I will describe three reprentatiVis
suits for girla just in their teeiw One
has a ledingote of dark gray 1 overt
cravanette, double breasted with fetuoku
peail buttons. It is lined to the waist
witli a good quality of farmer satin
This is very durable. Tlit-re is a sepa
rate cape of bemimilitary style with lint
tons down the front and a capuchin
hood lined with cUii plaid.
Olive Harper.
THE GREEDY CATFISH.
His Eating Cnpncltr an Wonderful
His Hold on Lite.
The catfish belongs to au ancient
type not yet fully made into a fish, and
hence those whose paired tins are all
properly fastened to the bead, as his
are not, lirLd him in well mntil
scorn. He has'no scale:) and no biislit
colors. His fins are small and bis head
and mouth are large. Around lus
mouth are eight lonj: "suit'lluro,"
fleshy feelers, that he pushes out as
he crawls along the bottom iu renrch
of anything that he may eat. As he
may eat auything. he always finds It.
His appetite is as Impartial as that of
a goat. Anything, from a dead lam
prey or a bunch of sunfisb egps to a
piece of tomato can. is grateful to
him.
In each of tWje tius, which represent
his arms, is a long, sharp bone, with
a slimy surface and a serrated edge.
These are fastened by a ball and sock
et joint, and whenever the fish is
alarmed the bone Is whirled over and
set In place; then It sticks out stiffly
on each side. There is another such
bone in the fin ou the back, and when
all of these are set there Is no nsu
that can swallow him.
When ho takes the hook, which he
6urely will do if there is any hook to
be taken, he will swallow it greedily.
As he is drawn out of the water he
sets his three spines and laughs to
himself as the boy pricks his lingers
trying to get the hook from his stom
ach. This the boy is sure to do, and
because the boy of tbe Mississippi
valley Is always fishing for catfish is
the reason why Ids fingers are always
sore. The catfish is careless" of tbe
present and sure of the future. After
he is strung on a birch branch and
dried In the sun and sprinkled with
dust and has had bis stomach dug out
to recover the hook, if he falls Into the
brook lie will swim away. He holds
no malice and is ready to bito again
at the first thing in sight Popular
Science Monthly.
CHINESE COURT HISTORIANS
TIiot May Write tlie Trntlt.For Their
Work U Secret.
Tbeie ure court historians in China,
as there are Iu other countries, but
there is oue strlklug difference, and It
n. DR. 1UATELFB BOOK.
Kelief for Women"
EMuiEr0o,iapivn,fieajeaenTeiope. nra
to-dmjfor this Book.contninlDff Parti ca
tars mad TestlmonUlB of nil. MARTEIS
French Female PHIs.
Praised by thounnds or BAtlened ladles as
uf e. alwATm rellahl m and with ont an canal.
- L Boldbr-udraraiitiln metal box. French
Bag imtopiD Bine, white and Red. Take no other,
Truw Pni 00131 wj Pcariec., FcTYorkCltf.
i you don't believe that
grocers sell Fels-Naptha soap
at 5c a bar. and return the 5c
to those who ask for it try
one.
It washes with half the
usual labor.
1' s fc- . c, n'o-ir I 'iJailUpbi.1.
lies in Uie fact that the work of the
Chinese court historians does not see
the light until the reigning dynasty
comes to an end.
In this way these Celestial historians
have an opportunity to describe most
truthfully the virtues and vices of the
valorous rulers and the real signifi
cance of the events which take place
during their regime. They can write
what Uiey please without fear of cen
sure, for they know that their work
will not be published as long as the
reigning dynasty lasts.
This-has been the rule for more than
2.000 years, tbe first court historian
having been appointed by tbe Impe
rial house of Han, which reigned from
206 B. C. until 2T A. D.
Tbe duty of these historians is to
write plain accounts of all the events
that occur during their tenure of of
fice. At tegular Intervals their com
pleted work is taken from them and is
locked up in an Iron safe or vault
There it remains until the first member
of a new dynasty ascends the throne.
It is then given with all the other
histories in tbe vault to the court
historiau, who is then living, and from
the mass of documents he is expected
to prepare a truthful history of tbe
dynasty which has just expired. The
present dynasty has been reigning
siuce 1G40 and consequently no court
history has been published since that
date. St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Route an Pronounced.
There are numerous excuses for the
pronunciation of the word route, and
a man may hardly go amiss to choose
his own style. Down south they say
always rowt In the north, among the
educated classes, we hear root Here
also we hear, lower down, especially
among the hyphenated Americans, rut.
The Irish, even big folk, say rut The
original Webster gives the pronuncia
tion as rowt, with an admission of
root. We have adopted root because
of a French leaning. The -word rut,
meaning a deep track in a roadway,
cut by the rim of a wheel, is simply a
contraction of route and rout. The
Century dictionary says root or rowt,
preference for root We also say
rootiue for routine; why not, therefore,
root for route? Rowtine would sound
funny. New York Press.
THE BORE.
He talks and talks, then talks some more
The bore.
He drae around six tunes a day
And slua3S eajb the same eld say.
He comes wound up. prepared to stay.
He talks jon blind and dei ar.u gray
Until within jour heart jou pray
That he r:ay die or go avtay.
He tells the sxinie lunj o'er and o'er.
Into jour ears his grief he'll pour.
He talks about the weather, or
lie tells how he would run the ar.
Against the world he makes a roar.
He airs his lillinutian store
Of mildewed, mediocre lore.
He talks until j uur he id U sore.
ou want to sink down through the floor,
ou long to rwand thed his gore.
You yearn to kick him through the door.
And then, as was remarked before.
He talks ami t-dks and talks snine more
The bore.
Of nuisances he rank3 the first
The iiore
Tha smallest calihered, the worst.
The longest winded, most accurst.
At heart a loafer and a shirk,
Ihe bane of all who want to work.
He is a fount of weariness,
htalc, tiresome, flat and profitless.
He is a leftoier, misplaced.
Who makes"bi life a barren wast.
Within, God's grand economy
He senes no use unless it be,
Like the mosquito or the fly,
To buzz, to torture and annoy.
Of all the creatures in his plan
!od made to bear tuc form of man
He is the worst that's dressed in pants.
The kicker's not a circumstance.
He talks and talks for such a spell
He has no time to think. So well
He likes to hear his wind works go
He neter jrhes his brain a show.
He talk a, fconn as it i light,
lie talk until it's late at njght.
He talks at heme and when he eat?.
And then he talk" upon the Etreets
A drearj, everlasting song
Goes through his hat the whole dsy long.
In fact, po hard at it he keeps
He even grumbles when he sleeps
If he should reach the heavenly shore.
He'd talk so much they'd bar the door
And dme him out forevermore
The bore.
Denver News.
A Genlns.
The proprietor of the store told the
new window trimmer that his salary
would depend on his success in making
women look In at the show window.
In an hour the sidewalk was so
crowded that the proprietor could uot
get out.
"What in the world have you doue?"
he asked.
"Hung a piece of black velvet just
back of the window glass," said the
trimmer.
"Why should all those women crowd
up to look at a piece of black velvet?"
"It makes a mirror."
The proprietor admitted that he could
not pay such a man a suitable salary,
so he took him into the firm. New
York World.
The Easy Foofi
Easy to Buy,
Easy to Cook,
Easy to Eat,
Easy to Digest.
Quaker Oats
& At all grocers
in a-t! p!itfs
MAltaSOLD
LOOK NEW I
salebr
De&iei
Cleveland, o.
$1 Columbus ant! lid urn
Via C. A. A C. U'., Sunday, Oct.
29tli. Train leaves 8:H0 a.m. Re
turning leaves Columbus 1 p.m. and
12:35 midnight. This, is positively
tbe last p,pnrsiou of the season.
SvW
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m MBBCTOSBACK Hfe
H t tub iitrsmm B
Monarch Polish
H V H For Furniture, PUnos.
Tillnf . Hardwood Finish M
IS BAIRO BROS. 4 CO.
UNIQUE KDUSTEHS.
MINNESOTA PRODUCES SIX MILLION
FROGS A YEAR.
r.nfalnff Fnr Producing- Anlmnla to
Take the PInpe of HnfTnloo and
Srala Cntelilnn Lcechek to Supply
the Demands of Enctors.
(Special Correspondence.
St. Paul, Oct. 24. Minnesota raises
und sells G, 000, 0(10 frogs a year. The
clear waters of onr northern lakes give
rare delicacy to the meat, and tbe in
dustry has reached large proj urtiona
without special advertising or the sys
tematic pu&li of combined cipital. The
frog catchers live near the small lakes
and ponds throughout the state, and it
is estimated that there are over a hun
dred thonsand natnral breeding places.
No attempt ha-i yet been made at estab
lishing hatcheries or increasing the sup
ply by any sort of cultivation.
The heaviest catches are in the fall
and spring, when the creatures go into
the water for the winter or come from
their nests for the bummer concert soa
ron. Frogs breed very fast, and it re
quires only a couple of months for them
to attain fnll size. The demand keeps
up throughout the year, and hunters
find it profitable to catch them during
the winter, difficult as the taik may be.
In this climate the ice ij often frozen
to a depth of three feet, but the skillful
hunter avoids the necessity of prospect
ing by watching the frogs when they
go into winter quarters. Thus knowing
exactly where they are. ho cuts the ice
directly over their nests and takes them
out in great quantities. As many as
500 or 1,000 are often seenrod from a
single colony. With the natural devel
opment of the national tate for frogs'
legs the indnstry is a promising one.
With the annihilation of the buffalo
and tho ruthless slaughter of seals
comes a demand for tho cnltnreof other
fur producing animals. Galloway cattle
supply a vpry good substitute for buf
falo robes and are being introdnced ex
tensively on farms and ranches through
out the northwest With the passing of
tbe seal comes an increased demand for
the fnr of the mink, skunk and fox,
and many ffforts are nuide to cnltivute
these animals, hut po far with very in
different success Skunks and minks
are among the most prolific of animals,
and in theory it is easy to fignre- out
dazzling profits. In practice, however,
the business has not thus far panned
out. The animals refuse to multiply,
and when huddled together are subject
to contagions diseases. Many of the re
corded failures have been too far south
FKOG CATCHING AT NIGHT.
for the production of good fur, and a
number ofi enterprising northern farm
ers propose to keep on experimenting
until they win out. Skunk farming ia
referred to in the northwestas a "scent
imental" business.
Several companies have been formed
in various parts of the west for the cul
tivation of various kinds of rabbits and
hares. Some of the enterprising pro
jectors have overlooked the fact that it
requires a northern climate to produce
superior fur, but rabbit meat makes
good food, and the experiments will be
watched with interest Rabbits are the
most prolific of animals. It has been
estimated that a single pair would in
four years, if unmolested, become the
progenitorsof more than 1,250,000. The
culture of these valuable little animals
presents fascinating possibilities, and
even moderate snecess would supply the
demand fcr inexpensive furs.
While medical science has to a great
extent outgrown bloodletting by means
of the leech, there is still a consider
able demand for these crawling crea
tures. They come in handy in the treat
ment of bad bruises where blood has
collected beneath the skin. Many a
black eye has been made less picturesque
by this prosaic method. There are a
few leech, farms in marshy districts,
but the chief supply comes from ponds
where there ip little effort at systematic
cultivation. The method of harvest is
for men to walk bare legged into in
fested waters The exposed limbs are
socn covered with the bloodthirsty
things, but before they can much more
than pierce the skin they are brushed
off into pouches, from jrhich they are
packed in wet moss and carefully
sealed. They may thus be shipped any
where. Raising silver foxes is another fas
cinating indnstry The best of these
animals are worth over $100 each. It
is said that many more are born than
reared, their mothers having a strong
antipathy for them and killing them in
infancy. Several anibitionB fanciers are
studying foxology with the view of in
creasing the number of silver beauties,
but as yet little progress is reported.
Georgb Waures
Two of n Kind.
'.'See that follow on tho corner?"
"That pale, lean looking man?"
"Yes, the one who looks as if he
hadn't enjoyed :i suoal for at least niue
years."
"1 see him. Friend of yours?"'
"No, but he reminds me very strongly
of Empeior William."
"Doet-u't resemble any of tho em
peror's pictures that I've ever looked
at."
"I know it, but It's easy cuough to see
that his diet doesn't agree with him."
Chicago Times-Herald.
Est upvMft
Rwf
For more than four
years Mrs. Bender
has been using Dr.
Pierce's Golden Med-
ical Discovery as a family medicine.
Mrs. E. A. Bender lives in Kecne,
Coshocton Co., Ohio, and from there
she writes :
"As 3 cough
remedy and
blood purifier
there is nothing
better, and after
havine; the trrip
is just the right
medicine for a
complete bracing
up. Our boy has
taken thiee bot
tles for St. Vitus'
dance He was
very nervous and
constantly jerk
ins; and twitch-
lag, but now is as steady as any one; in fact
seems entirely cured."
The " Golden Medical Discovery " is a
medicine that will help you no matter
what ails you. This is true because it
works directly at the roots of all disease
the digestive system, the blood, the
nerves. Keep these in healthy condi
tion and you cannot be sick.
Many of the cures of the "Golden
Medical Discovery " seem almost mirac
ulous. Its effect is almost immediate.
It takes hold at once. It tones up the
stomach, invigorates the liver, regulates
the bowels.
It gets right into the blood and carries
strength and comfort to every fiber of
the body. It nourishes and invigorates
the weakened, irritated nerves, and puts
the entire system in perfect tune.
It is a safe medicine. Safe for adults
safe fqr children. It contains no sugar,
syrup, whisky, alcohol or dangerous opi
ates. Therefore, it does not create a
craving for stimulants. It is distinctly
a temperance medicine.
If a medicine dealer tries to substitute
some other preparation when you ask for
"Golden Medical Discovery" lookout
for him. He is either ignorant or dis
honest and you can't trust him."
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
Dally ; all others dally except Sunday.
Central Standard Time.
CLEVELAND, AKKOX & COLUMBUS.
Union Depot. Jtorkc St.
Going North.
No. 27 Columbus express rt:03 am
No.Sa From Jllllprsburg only 10:3Tam
No. Si Columbus fast mall 1:15 pm
Going South.
No. 2t Gol.-Cln. fast mall 0:5Sam
N0.8S ToAIillersuurgonly 4:45pm
No.2Sr Col.-Cln. express () 0:07 pm
ERIE RAILROAD CO.
Erie Depot, Mill it.
Time Card: Deo. 11, 1S8S.
Going "West.
No If ExprnM
No 5 Limited vestibule
No 15f To Akron only
No 18 Huntington special (-ft-)
No 3-r Pacific express ,..
No S7 ATOnmmndRlinn , ,,
Going East.
No 8 Limited vestibule
. 8:S5 pm
, 7:06 nm
. 9:35 am
J2:22 pm
. 6:52 pm
. 6:40 nm
1:29 an-
. 8:54 am
12:50 pm
jso I2t Kxpresi.
No 4 New York special
No 164- Chautauqua express.
4: pm
No 38 Accommodation .. 4:00 pm
OH- Except Monday and days after boll
days. WHEELING 4 LAKE ERIE RT.
Myron T. Herrlck, Robert Bllckensderfer,
receivers. Time card: Nov. 17, 1S98.
Nol Nor NoS
pm
Toledo (Union depot)Lv 7:15
Spencer iO:is
1:20
4:25
4:40
4:54
6:19
6:43
pm
Jjoai .. iosi
Creston.....
OrrvUle. .
Masslllon ,
Valley Junction.
Wheeling .,
10:49
11:18
11:50
12:45
ArS:25
am
5:50
6:40
S
No4f
No 6
100 am
12:55 pm
1:50
Wheellne
Lv5:30am
8:00
8:50 .
Valley Junctlo
Massuion
Orrvllle.
Creaton.
. 8:45
2:49
S:03
3:18
6:9
Lioai
10:00
Spencer 10:15
Toledo (Union depot)Ar 1:20 pm
a. u. uooia.
General Traffic Manager.
J. F. Townsend,
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
C T. & V. R. R.
Going North.
How. St. Union
Ea
Akron.
6:03 am
9:10 am
12:11 pm
4:58 pm
8:17 pm
9:19 am
12:27 pm
5:07 nm
Depot.
Depot.
No 4f ...
No 4f ...
No 6 .
,.6:45 am
.9:20am
6:25 am
9:05 am
1:00 pm
4:55 nm
1:10 pm
...o:13 pm
8:25 pra
No 10f
No 8
8:12 pm
Going South.
No
No
T .
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12:01 pm 12:18 pm
4:20 pm -1:55 pm
1n.t nm lltlmn
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No 9
No 5
Vn 174-
,.-lir.VI jJU 11.1U J11L
11:26 pm
7:35 pm 7:50 pm S:00pm
, Sunday from Union Depot
KDaily'eicept
PITTSBURG & WESTERN R. R.
Union Depot, Market street.
Leave for the East.
No. 6-r Vestibule limited . . 1:55 am
No. if Pittsburg expres3..... 4:40am
No. 4 Pittsburg mull , . 1 :10 pm
No. 10 Washington Express from C.
T.&V. R.R.Howard St. station 4:20pm
Arrive from the East.
No. 3 AVestPrn mall 11:53 am
No. 47t Chicago expresss 7:25 pm
No. 5 Vestibule llmlted ll:o9 pm
"o.0CIeve. Express, ar. C. T.& V.
R. Hon ard st. station.. ... 9:30 am
BALTIMORE A OHIO.
Union Depot.
Depart West.
No. 6f Vestibule limited
No. 7 Akron-Chicago fast mall
..11:15 am
10:10am
, 7:50 pm
1:50 am
6:0roni
.. 8:10 pm
no. 474 unicato express.
A W fmm t.hn xraflfc-
No. 6 Vestibule limited
No. 46 Pittsburg express
No. -8 Chicago-Akron fast mall
THE, NORTHERN OHIO RAILROAD.
Time Card. Dec. 19,1893.
Depot North Main Street.
Depart No. 1 7:50 am
" No. 11 6:00 pm
Arrive No. 2 4:20 pm
No.l2
12:15 am
THE NORTHERN OHIO TRACTION CO.
The A B. & C.Uoute.
Waiting Room. North Howard St.
Time Card. May27,lS99.
Cars leave Akron 5 a.m., every half
hour; 6:3) a.m. until 7 p.m. and at S, 9 and
10:30 pm.
Leave Cleveland 5 a.m.. every half Hour;
6 a.m. until 8 p.m and at 9. 10 and 11:10 pjn.
$1 Columbus and Return
Via C. A. & C. R'y, Sunday, Oct.
29th. Train leaves S:30 a.m. Up
turning leaves Columbus 7 p.m. and
12:33 midnight. This is positively
the last excursion of the season.
A Handsome Publication, "The Empire of tho
South," Issued by the Southern Railway.
"The Empire of the South," a SCO
page book, handsomely illustrated,
with most complete information ever
compiled regarding the South and
its industries is a valuable addition
to any library-
This book is issued by the South
ern Bailway, having been compiled
at a largo expense, and it is thf
handsomest publication of the kind
ever gotten out.
Copy will bo forwarded promptly
to any address upon application to
AV. A. Turk, general passenger agent,
Washington, 1). C with 15 cents to
cover postage.
Hunting and fishing books, "I.aud
of the Sky" pamphlets, maps and
Other illustrated literature mailed
free to any addiess by,
T. '. Beam. Jr., N. P. A.. SO
Adams St., Chicago, 111.
C. A. Baird, 216 Fourth ave., Louis
ville, Ky.
Wra. H. Tayloe, Asst. Goneral
Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky.
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