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- INCIDE •• >BER OR STARTLING, FAITH­ FULLY RECORDED. *t«ta Girts Xtr low an bhirMuM-. Double Xlfe of an Aahlejr Man--Proves an Expert Coanterfoiter--IJUf Show at ,/ *fc»«teto Fair. ^ ; - Dnda« Inilaenee Alie^di ' # The late E. G. Cbesbro. of Darien, Wi<., bequeathed $15,U00 each to three -daughters of Frank Sherwood, of Elgin, a policeman employed by the Milwaukee Road. They a*e Cheabro's grandchildren. A daughter of Ches- bro has commenced suit to break the ' will, aliening that the old man was not mentally sound and the children ex­ pert ed undue influence over him. Sher­ wood has retained Congressman Wi- nans, and other eminent counsel are ^engaged. The suit will come up in Walworth County, Wisconsin, Oct. IP. Hofley'n Fine 820 Counterfeit Note. Adam Hofley, about 30 > ears old, a hitherto respectible resident of Ash­ ley, was caught with several thousand dollars of counterfeit money and an outfit for making it in his possession. The art est is rega ded as an impor­ tant capture by Chief of the Secret Service lda?en at Washington. The plate which he counterfeited--the $:0 Manning note--was so well cilculated , to deceive that an Arkansas Sheriff " •who made the first arrest in the case . gent to the Treasury Department a - genuine note along with one of the ' certificate notes as samp es of the [•counterfeits. The counterfeit had ' Veen made less than two months, and it is be ieved that not more than $-1,000 . -were printed. The plate was made by •a photograph engnving process < n copper. Young Htfley, who did the work and who is only 20, at one time was employed in Trie Bureau of En­ graving and Printing in Washington. The Wilson bro hers, who were arrest­ ed at Jonesboro, Ark., for "shoving" the counterfeits, are weal hy stave " dealers. ' They advanced the money for the pla ̂ t, it is alleged. Young Hofley came to grief through a woman. He was traced to Buffalo through her and captured on his return to Ashley f by means of directions sent to the Buffalo postottcj for forwadiag his mail. - The State Fair. The State fair opened at Springfield Monday, with an unusually large li9t of entries, an excellent program of at- * tractions, and every prospect of suc­ cess. In the live stock classes both bree der and feeder found ample oppor­ tunity to exhibit their choicest speci- xnens in competition with well-known stock from all parts of the country, and the premiums were both large and . varied. The amount offered is Sfcati.OOO. No such classification and premiums for agricultural products have before been offered to the farmers in any sec­ tion of the Union as were offered by the Illinois Potrd of Agriculture. The show in the department devotod to live . stock was unprecedented. The horse­ men were crami edfor rootr, and two " additions to the cattle pens were ne- 1 cessitatcd. It was thought that the show of sheep w as going to b) small. " This, however, proved to be a mistake, " and it was found necessary to double 5 the pens. Hoo*tln<r Coo't County Vatur. The committee on town and city lots of the State Board of Equalization, , which rec mtly added 33 per cent, to the assessment of lots in Cook County, has reporte 1 the total assessment of f town arid city lots in Cook County 13 now te $54, «c4,y.i8 of a raise, which will make the equalizad value of that ; property $219,510,->0(\ The railroad •' committee has finished the assessments of buildings and ether property on the right of way and will soon be ready to t; hand in the full report. Tho Pullman A assessment ! is expected fttthe next meeting. K; P*? ^ , Lightning: Causes Greftt Damagp. Fairbury was visited by a storm of unusual violence. The rain, which fell in torrents, was accompanied by a regular gale and continual ̂ harp lignt- ning and thunder. The rain and wind did the most damage to the corn crop, • as it is leveled to the ground. Light­ ning struck several places, doing con- «idei able damage. Record of the WVek. Two MORE houses at the Illinois O'ass Works at Alton resumed opera- lions, employing about 400 men. JESSE ROBISON, aged 23, son of ex- Alderman Alexander Robison, of Vir­ ginia, died of concussion of the brain. CHARLES WILSON, a young Swede at Chicago, whose wife died, was so overcome by grief that he drowned himself. THE execution of Gustave Menkhau- aen for poisoning his wife Nov. t>, 1893, is et f r Oct. 1-', in the 'ail yard at Eelleville. A hane-oar on the Northwestern Road was blown up by an explosive near Elva. Seven workmen were in- " jured, three seriously. FRANK POFFENBARGER died at Jack­ sonville after a short illness. He was nearly TO years old and had been a lead­ ing merchant for many yearj. GOVERNOR ALTGELD has appointed Mrs. Emma Jameson, of Chicago, Deputy State J actory Inspector, vice Mrs. J. R. Powers, resigned. FRED KRUSE. an emp oye of the Illi­ nois Central freight o.uce at Free- port, was shot and probably fatally wounded by a tramp who l:ed. GOVERNOR ALTGELD restored the rights of citizen-hip to Charles Woods, ,of v irginia, who had served two years in the penitentiary for a felony. N. Y. CARTRIGHT, of Chillicothe, lost a $150 diamond stud while he was re­ turning from the races at Galesburg. According to the Assessor's books it : -was the only diamond in Peoria County. MRS. LYDIA REED ZEIGLER, AGED 81, died at her homo in South Mcline. She was the mother of twelve children, of whom seven sons served in the L'nion army during the rebellion INGALLS CARLETON, a Rockfcrd capitalist, who purchased $100,000 worth of property in Windsor, Canada, has also purchased 544 lots in a resi­ dence district lor $297,(L0. A CONFIDENCE man, calling himself J. E. Smith, yet registering at a hotel ,a* W. H, Snyder, of Allentown, Pa., " got money of various merchants at £llgin, ana passed a bogus check on the bank. He was arrested. JOHN OTTO, of Dakota, near Free- port, fell from the top of a moving * freight train Although his neck was | broken he survived several days. ALFRED BVNXJM, a colored farmer, was assassinated near Chester by Jo­ seph Yankey, who approached unseen and shot at his vict.m through the 'loor of a hou-e4 killing him instantly. The murderer escaped. CHIEF OF POLICE MITCHELL, of Lin­ coln. and Sheriff H. E. Hayes, of Logan Ooynty, took the following prisoners to Joiiet: I'd Roberts, bigamy and burglary, throe years; Frank Merrill, forgery, eighteen months; JohnSwein- ford, forge y, eighteen months. jand Miss Adna Hayes in Bloomington, JOHN W. BARBEE, a coal oil and gas* oline merchant of Marshall, is missing. THE contract for State binding was awarded to H. W. Rokker, of Spring, field, for 810,000. V RICHARD YATES, only grandson of Illinois' noted war Governor, died at his home in Jacksonville, a^red lt». THE Sheriff has closed the genera) •tore of John Erickson, of tockford, On judgments aggregating $1,100. GEORGE NEVILLE, cf Wavneville, was killed near Bloomington by being thrown from a wa;on swd run over. EDWARD R. HUMPHREY, son of J. F. Humphrey, whole-ale grocer of Bloom­ ington, died suddenly at Li. erside, Cal. i JUDGE C. C. STALEY and Miss Emma C nn, and Prof. C. W. Foster and M as A. M. Burnap were married in Cham­ paign. MRS. MARY SNYDEF, of Rockford, was terribly burned She was cli an­ te,' a garment with gasoline and it ex­ ploded. THAT portion of the Chicago, Padu- cah and Memphis Railroad connecting Mar.on with Mount VernOn Is com­ pleted. GOVERNOR ALTGELD pardoned Chap. Venters from Chester penitentiary and restored to citizenship Charles Gibson of Cairo. GEORGE BRAYTON. who lives in Manchester Township, northeast of Rock ford, has struck a rich zinc mine on his farm. J AMES T. KING, a Jacksonville capi­ talist, seared off two murderous ruf­ fians who entered his oflice and de­ manded money. AT C lay ton R W. Tansill aril wife, of Chicago, were seriously injured by being thrown from a carriage by a runaway team. VETERANS of the Ninth Illinois Cav­ alry held their reunion at McCoy's Hotel, Chicago. One hundred and fifty were present. | ERNEST SCRANTON, whose father is saia to keep a boarding-house on Thirty-ninth • street, Chicago, was killed by tlS cars at Plato Center. NEARLY all the business houses in Joiiet closed during Thursday after­ noon, it being a day for general prayer at the Chapman revival meetings. HARRY HERRIN, of Springfield, jumped on the front steps of a street car. lost his hold, and was run over. He died before reaching the hospital. EDNA BROWN and Mary Smith, of Chicago, were sentenced to but eight and six years' imprisonment, re­ spectively, for the murder of S. L. Grimes. ISAAC C. MARCH, of Chicago, le!t his estate, estimated at $1l.0,0 ai, to tho Episcopal Church of the Ascension, to be used in the propagation of high church doctrines. MRS. WISER, of Marshall, who scalded her husband to death during a fit of insanity, a few days ago made an attempt to burn a neighbor's house. She has been taken to an a-ylunr. MRS. LIBBIE WEISER was taken from her home at Mar hall to the Anna As.lum, having t esn adjudged insane. She was brought home from the asylum cured a few months ago. ALBERT STETSON was arrested at Dixon for stealing money from a man on Wallace Glessner's farm. Stetson was visiting at Glessner's and, it is al­ leged, went through the clothing of the men. JUDGE ALLEN at Springfield gave judgments aggregating $-0,000 against the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad und in favor of several New England manufacturers for the burn­ ing of a barge loaded with cotton at Carlo, in 188U. A TERRIBLE accident occurred in the last rac;> at tho Bu£hn;ll fair Wedneuuay that cost a rider hi* li'e. There w ire twelve horses in the race. McUin'y, ridden by Lew Silberer, be- «aniu pioknte.l anu fell. Two horses behind him al o ell. Frank Ryan was riding Bell l'roctor and William Hourno Albert Fulloi ton. As cne of tho horses went over young Bourne was stru k in tho head and i illed in­ stantly. His homj is at Kahoku, Mo. Silborer bad an arm and several ribs broken, and Ryan has a shoulder dis­ located. McGinty will die. RECENTLY the bams of several farm­ ers in the neighborhood of Bloomiog- ton were e : ptied of their harness, saddles, blankets, and other articles, and it was lound that the next day some strangers hid shipped, b .• freight and express, a number of packages to Chicago. Sheriff William Bishop, oi Bloomington, suspected it was the Btolen property, and he and Officer J. P. But er started to catch the thieves. They succeeded, after an exciting chase among freight cars at the Illi­ nois Central stat.on, foot of Lake street, in capturing J. W. Brown and W. G. Arlington, who had been around there to get the packages. The prop­ erty, and also that shipped by express, the Sheriff recovered and had it iden­ tified. and he returned to Blooming­ ton with the prisoners. THE annual reunion of the Illinois ex-Prisoners of War Association was held at Springfield Wednesday. Presi­ dent C. W. Pavey presided, and there were perhaps 10J members in attend­ ance. A committee on resolutions and memorial was appointed, of which ex- Senator M. M. Ba«ett, of Pe ria, was chairman. Prison experiences were related by several veterans that seemed to be ii re'atly enjoyed by those present. The foil wing officers were elected for tho ensuing year: President C. W. Pavey, Mount v erncn: Vice President, George R. Pinckhard, Monticello; Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. J. Little, Bioo r ington; Chap ain, Thomas M. Griffiths. Windsor. Executive Commit­ tee. J. Hitchceck. James Bottom, S. G. Burdick, Philip Eelle; and Don R. Fraser. Mount Vernon was selected as the next meeting place. A camp- fire was held atnigut at which several addresses were delivered by ex-sol­ diers. RALEIGH CONKLIN. the Mount Ster­ ling boy who atterapte i to rob Bloom- field. Skiles & Co.'s bank, was given a preliminary hearing and bound over •to the Circuit Court under a bocd of $4,000. Not being able to furnish bail, he w as tent to jail in Quincy to await trial. JOHN BRADLEY committed suicide at Bel eville under peculiar circum­ stances. He was to have been married Tuesday to -! ulia Ackorman. Bradley shot himself just before noon, leaving no note or word of any kind taat might throw light upoa the mystery or giv­ ing his motive for destroying himself. HERMAN SCHUETTE, 15 years of age. was fatally injured by being run over by an electric car at Springfield. IN the Champaign County Circuit Court, the jury awarded $3,9j0 for the killing of Patrick H. Quirk by the Illinois Central Railroad. Quirk was a passenger engineer, and <m May 28, i8*l, was bringing a train from Cen- tralia to Champaign. North of C'en- j tralia the track w<r s being ballasted, ' and on a section of the track in the hands of the workmen the train was wrecked and the engineer killed. Two tramps were arrested. They were hastily tried and convicted, and are aow serving # lpate ters» in fchepeni> tentiary. ' .. . i INDUSTRY'S REVIVAL. IT'S BUT THE SHUDDER 0F A HALF-STRANGLED BODY* Demoeracy Aadadonslr PromiM* • Sto­ ne wed Attack ou lt« Victim--The Polit­ ical Revulsion In State* that HATS H«ld SlMttoni-Wbat Coofnn Has D4C||> "Turn tho Bascals Oat." Democratic ' organs are busily at work, prophesying a "revival ol indus- ,4 try" under this new tariff law of tho • sugar trust and the Democratic Con- | gress. Itwouli b> strange if there! were not some movement. The Eemo- j cratic party has been throttling the country for these many months, and now that it ha; temporarily taken its ' hands from the victim's throat, it is only natural that the half sti angled body should shudder^nd try to fill its lungs. But the Dencjocrats promise only a brief breathing spaoe. Presi­ dent Cleveland, Chairman Wilson, and all of the free-trade fanatics tay that "the citadel of protection is not yet stormed," and promise a renewed at­ tack. Let us hope that by the time another Congress meet* the country will have recovered from its transitory mania, and relegated )hese industrial lunatic j t3 the political limbo where they belong. We may hope this with confidence as fa" as concerns the Re- presantatives, for the people elect them. As to th$? Senator;, we shall have them, by the gra e of the sugar tru t, for varying period <, and Presi­ dent Cleveland we must endure for over two years more. But how about the "revival of in­ dustry" of which the Democratic or­ gans talk? We fear that it will be only a temporary movement. Stocks have been allowed to run down by merchants all over the country, while they Vvaited for a tardy Democratic Congress to tike action on the tariff. Now that the sugar trust tariff has b3- coraa a-law. the merchants will replen­ ish their depleted stocks, and there will be a temporary movement of mon­ ey. So, too, with the whisky-dealers -- all over the United States during the ten days when trover Cleveland fretted over the swindling bill which he at last WJS ashamed to sign, the whisky trust was taking whisky out of bond. In front of every gin-mill throughout the land were row? on rows of whisky-barrels, taken out of bond by the trust to avoid the in­ creased duty, sold to the wholesalers on lenjj c eiit, and (-old by them to the" gi .-mill keepers. This also will caiue a marked movement of money; in fact, the amount paid in for customs and internal revenue durieg the two weeks lollowi' g the passage of tho bill was more than in many preceding months. But this as we said, is trans­ itory, and as soon as tae merchants' stocks are replenished and the rum- sellers' cellars full, this factitious monetary movement will cease. What then.-' Does any honest Dom- crat believe that tho millions of idle workingmen throughout tho land are going to obtain work under this benefi- cient law.J Does any honest Demo­ crat b 1 eve that all the idle looms, the shut-down mines, the closed factories, whose ru n was caused by th j Demo­ cratic free-trade panic of l8iM, are go­ ing to be set going again by the Dem­ ocratic Sugar Trust Tariff of 18D4V A part of the workingmen will get employment and some of the mi.Is and factories wi.l be set going again. But it will be under changed conditions. The country is already being deluged with impm ts. The bonded warehouses are bursting with good . Already the balance of trade has turned against us, and our gold reserve, which has dwindle 1 so rapidly under Democratic maladministration, will disappear as American gold gees out of the country to pay for foreign goods. Every manufacturer will be subject to sharp foreign competition from Eu­ rope. He will be forced to reduce wages to continue business. The re­ duction of the duty will represent the reduction to be made in wages. A manufacturer cannot run nis business at a loss; he is competing with the cheap labor of Europe; his prices are fixed by European prices: his work­ men s wages must be fixed by Euro­ pean workmen's wages. The remain­ ing two years of Democratic misrule -- the last,* let us hope, for many years-- will see lower wages pai l to worstmen than have been known in the United States for a generation, while the last two years of Republican government, under the system of protection, taw the highest wages overpaid in the his­ tory of the world. Yet the workingmen, despite this fact, voted in 180^ against Republican protection to American labor. Fools and blind! They have s wed tne wind--now they must reap the whirl­ wind. more, the Republican plurality in the forgoing States was 123,106 In Novem­ ber, 1892; this year it was 30:', 228 showing o e of the most remarkable political revolutions ia the history of American politics. There were Democrats who flattered themselves that the hostility to Cleve­ land ism and revenue tariffs had been dying out since tho voting in Pennsyl­ vania and Rhoae Island early in tho vear, but the returns from Maine and Vermont plainly indicate that it has broadened, deepened and intensified during the intervening months, since the Republican gains in these two State* are proportionately greater than in Penrsylvaniaan i Rhode Island. Like revolutions will appear in the votes of Indiana and Illinois if the Re­ publicans do their duty as they did in the Sta es above named. To that end bury past issues and mike the tight on the issues which the general moompe- tencv of Clevelandism and Dem^rfjtiQ legislation has developed What Congress Has Doiil|> We learn from the Democratic "Cam­ paign handbook' that the defunct Lemoci atic Congress has: Repealed the Sherman act--at the request of the Republicans, who them­ selves would have repealed it if they had been in rower. Repealed the Federal election law-- which was the Country's sole protec­ tion against fraud and bulldozing at elections in the South and in the large cities, and thus made Mich elections dishonest ana subversive of tho will of the people. Beduced expenses $28,000,000--and increased the bonded debt twioe as much. Reduced salaries 81,000,000 -- and caused a loss by panic of $1,000,000,0.0 or more. Repealed the McKin'ey law--and ruined business for eighteen months. Destroyed protection--and thrown millions of men out of employment to starve in the streets. Provided for $300,000,000 additional taxation. Made an anti-trust law--and sold out to the sugar trust. Imposed an income tax--against the wishes of tho country--and so put a Srem um on perjury, while it fined ln-usiry and thrift for the beneHt of la­ ziness and extravagance. Made a national holiday in the Dl»* trlct of Columbia--or' which, alas! it neglected to take advantage. Passed more than IOO miscellaneous bills--in which its meml era had a per- s&nal and private interost. The Democrats are welcome to all the comfort they can get out of that record! _____ The Returns from Maine. Come ttaoy now from far Aroostook, Where the river Wool-as-took rolls, Wool as took no duty on it. Northward to the lake Cheaplawgan; Southward come they to Penobscoty To Mattawamkeag, and to Sabec, East from Nova Scotia's bordor. Westward through by Androscoggin; All along tho shore indented By a thousand bays and inlets, Come they; come the G. Q Ptera, With returns that make our party Sick In myriads of places. Not a spruce gum chew of comfort Comes to Cleveland or to Wilson; Not a saw log rolls In glory #Of the tariff thoy have furnished Us to scoop tho voters In with. Gods and little fishes help us, If this Maine boom once gets started. If the people get the notion That our doing is dishonor. And perfidious is our action. By the spruce gum oozing slowly, By the saw logs in the river. By the grim and gray Katuhdln, Will the leaders of our party Tell us what the signs are? If the G. O. Pters treble Their undoing of us last time. And the thing should prove contagious, Where will be our final atness? --New York San (Dem.). Foreign Goo Is Are Coating, TWO BIG •EAK. BurQpe's Dance of Joy. The Political Revulsion. The result of the Maine election would be significant by itself, but in ' connection with others it is doubly so. j If it wero the only election that had I occurred since the Demi cratic p dicy \ of war on American industries began j it would be a clear indication of public sentiment, but, construed in the light \ ot other elections, it has extraordinary i significance. As an index of the po­ litical drift of the times it is impor­ tant to keep this in mind. > ive States have held elections since the Demo­ cratic tariff policy was made public -- Pennsylvania in February, Rhode j Island in April, Qregcn in June, Ver- j mont and Maine in September. The j votes of a'l these States are signifi­ cant as showing the drift of popular senlimenti as the following returns show: Get Somn Good Reading. If you will send to your United States Senator and ask him for Miscellaneous Senate document No 77, 5^'d Congress, sec< nd session, you will find sound evi­ dence on the wool question. If you will get Senator Qnay's speech rn the "Wool Tariff," published in the Con­ gressional Record of Wednesday, June 27, 1S:!4, you wi 1 find some very inter­ esting information in confirmation of the foregoing. In tho Congressional Record, No. 211, Vol. ^6, Tuesday, Au­ gust 21, you will find the speech of the Hon. S. Groivenor, of Ohio, and on page 10166 of this is information on this same subject all of which we commend to your carefu1 consideration. Help Paper* That. Help You. We urge upon the friends of proteo* tion throughout the country that they will do everything possible in extend­ ing the circulation and influence of the newspapers that teach protaction. It is quite often the case that when a campaign is in progrosj the local pa­ pers, the State papers, or the metro­ politan capers are forgotten and new plans introduced. The protection newspapers m st be strengthened th> ougho: t the country b/increasing their circulation.--American Econo­ mist The Sonth tor Protection. The policy of protection is growing throughout the sugar parishes of Louisiana. Many life-long Democrats, who have heretofore never scratched a ticket or questioned a candidate, are now publicly' anno ncing themselves as converts to protection. Men like McKinloy, Peed. Burrows, Lodge and others would now find a fertile field in Louisiana for the doctrines of protec­ tion. Pine 'Ires Tonic. THE cuckoo is not a Maine bird.-- --Milwaukee SentineL THE Pine Tree State ~ebukes the fathers of the mongrel tariff.--Evening Wisconsin. American Money Pay* English Wages. HARRISON AND M'K^NUiV ON :^^S;.sfNE PLATFOI Reprtrttttain Campaign In with 'Oreat Eathaslasm--Kx-Presldent Telia How to Bring Back Good Times -- Tariff Leader Talk* of Sugar. " State. Rep. Pennsylvania 48fl,2«o Rhode Island. 29,17a Oreaon 41,039 Vermont *2,908 Maine 67,41) Dem. Pop. Pro. 279.9C6 6,aa7 11.180 22,924 9,217 17,498 26,033 2,70S 14,660 613 4< 0 29,N28 4,748 2".7< 0 Totals CC6.804 364,15'C 34.771 19,206 In the foregoing five States the Re­ publican vote is only 6,522 smaller than it was for President in 1892, v.hilj the I emocratic vote' is 185,154 smaller than that of C eveland. The Republi­ can falling off is inconsiderable, while the Democratic is 38 per cent. Hither­ to the falling off of the Republican vote ia "off" years, compared with that of Pt esidental years, has been over 10 per cent., but in the States above give „ ft is wholly inconsequential, guj'tker* VlHV'5 lUlly at IndUovpntla. 'VX One of the largest^ Republican dem- onstrations in tue history of Ma.-ion County signalize l the inauguration of the indianu State campaiga at In­ dianapolis. Tom insou s hah, the larg­ est audito.ium in the city, wai not a quarter large enough tj accommodate the crowd that clamorei for ad mist ion an hour before the doors wero openea and several overflow meotingi were or­ ganized. Admission was without ticket, on the principle of the "first come, first terved," and it to^k less than fifteen minutes to pacic the in­ terior and compel tlie closing of tae doors. Elaborate decorations of flags, streamers, and tri-colored shields re­ lieved the barj walls and roof, while to a largo flag suspended ove.- the stage was attached a picture of the orator of the day, with one of Lincoln above, one of Gen. inarrisen on the rignt, ana one of (Jen. Grant on the left. Gov. Mckinley, arm in arm with Gen. Harrison, made his appearance on the stage shortly alter 1 o clock, having been escorted from the hotel by a number of marchingclu s of Mar­ ion and other counties. 1 ney received a boisterous reception which lasted sev­ eral minutes. Gen. HarrLon presided. His opening remarks were not long, and were highly satisfactory to tne crowd. They were humorous and seri­ ous in turn, and were frequently inter­ rupted with applause and a waving of hats. 1 notice in the audionce here to-day with great satisfaction the presence of in any of our older feilo»-citizens. The old. men are fond of talking uf the "good old times," but the good times which I have in mind were not good old times, but very young good times, to youu^ that only the un- weaued babes have no memory of iHem. Only two years ago this country itai not only the most prosperous country in the world--for that it hud b'aen fioforo--but 1(1 stood upon the highest pinnacle of pros­ perity that it had ever before ' attained. This is not the verdict of politicians; it Is the verdict of the commercial reporter; it is the expressed opinion ot tho*e men who make a profession of study of the question. The last two yours have been years ot distress und disaster. The losses ot them defy skill of tho cal­ culator. It has bson sali, und 1 think not without reason, thut ihoy exceed the cost of the great civil war. Theij looses have not been class losses They have been dis­ tributed. There has bee:i a general par­ ticipation In the calamities of the lust two years, as there was a general participa­ tion in the prosperity of the preceding years. We aro told that the rich were get­ ting richer and the ptor poorer, and so to cure that imaginnry 111 our political op­ ponents have brought on a tirno when everybody Is getting poorer. Our Democratic friends have passed a tariff bill that Is approved--so tar as 1 can learn--by six Democratic Senators and by nobody clso. AVo hear of a little cotorle of h'caators whoso names I could not men­ tion, perhaps--for thoy have not been uell ideutilied--but their number has generally been fixed at a round half-dozen--who de­ cided what the tariff bill should bo, and they ure pleased with It and nobody elsfc Mr. Cleveland has repudiated it, and has declared that it Involves "perfidy and dis­ honor," that it was so shameful in its char-_ actor and In the influence* that produced' It that he would not even put his name to It. The Temocratlc Chairman ot the Ways and Means Cjmmlttej has condemned It and the entire Democratic majority In the (louse ot Raprcscntatives. Now, thut is a great misfortune It is a misfortune that the Democratic party was not able to evolve a tariff bill that that party would accept as a aettlemeut of the tariff ques­ tion. But it is not accepted as a settle­ ment, In the very nature of things, a bill thus passed and thus characterized cannot be a settlements and already we have the proclamation from Mr. Cleveland and from Mr. Wilson that this Is only the beginning of the crusade against American Industries; that tho war is to goon. Now that is a great misfortune^ If we could have been told by our Democratic friends that we were at the bottom of the well, dark, damp, and dismal as It is. we would have begun to look up to see whether we could not find some star of hope; we would have begun to anoint our brulsos and try to build some scaffold by which we might climb out. But we are told that there are lower depths yet In store for us. And so this country is to be held in a state of suspense upon this question. It can be ended lui just one way, and that is by oyor.whelmlng Republican victories in November Gov. McKlnley's Address. Gov. McKinley arose on the instant that Gen. Harrison turned to introduce him, and the tumu t of applause was a repetition of the first < utburst. Mr. McKinley began slowly, b .t eoon warmed to his audience, and for over an hojr poaied hot shct into the Lem- tC-'ttic party. He said: Under iho admin.stratlon of President Harrison the country prospered as It never prosj ereJ before or slnca More manu­ factures mado by American workingmen, more of the products of American farms wero sent out to the markets of the world during President Harrison's administra­ tion thaa wort; ever bofora sent away iu exchange for foreign gold or have slnc^ been exported. Men found employment with' ut difficulty and wages were good. . Pcaco and j rosi erity were in the land. Since that day in November, 1892, when President Harrison and the Republican party were voted out of the administra­ tive and executive offices of the National Government a change has occurred. Everyone of the condition*wWcn then existed has been altered and the nation has learned by bit tor experience a lesson ir! ibe practical application of politics which the people have ha l an abundance of time to ponder, for they h.ave not bad much el*e lo do. - • >: As an evidence that the people are not satisfied a comparison was made between the election returns of 1>9J and those of most iccent date, instances being given of Republican gain*, which Gov. McKinley regarded as indisputa­ ble proof that thei« was not only a general regret that a change of ad­ ministration had been made, but also a di-satisfaction with the course of Democracy in its disposal of the great public questions virtually a'" ejting the workshops, the farms, and the fire- S'des of America. The address was demoted almost wholly to a discussion of the tariff and especially of the e .ect of the Democratic tari f law. A decided sensation was sprung by the Governor. He presented a phase of the law recently passed which wa J a startling surprise to the audience. iDu su,ur siueaule o( taw ibciiedule E) in etlect provides for a continuation of the treaty of 1675. made with the King of the Hawaiian Islands, under which all sugar fioni those islands was und is. under the law of 1SJ4, admitted tree Ihe lan­ guage of tUe schedule quoted is: "Provided further, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to ab­ rogate or in any manner impair or affect tbt. provlsjoas of the treaty of commercial reciprocity concluded between the United States and tho king of tho said islauds the 33th day of January, 1873, or the pro­ visions of any act of Congress heretofore passed for tho execution of tbo same " This provision was inserted in the law by the Senate It gives to the great sugar trust an advantage which has not here­ tofore been suspected. The sugar produc­ tion of tho Hawaiian Islands is under the control af tho sugar trust; thit country Is the field of its primary operations. The Democratic party took away from the sug­ ar raisers of the Unit« d fjiaiea thesbounty of $10,000,000 * year and Bestowed a fcoun- W if of $0,030,000 a year on the producers of the Hawaiian Islands, giving them an ad* vantage over not only the sugar producers of the United States but of the whole world outside of those Islands. The sugar producer ot the Sandwich Isl­ ands profits by the tariff of 4'J per cent., White upon all other sugars that 40 per 1 Cent, goes into the J reasury of the United .States. I do not question, my fellow-eitl- zen#,. nor dlscoss, the propriety of ma.'n- talnlng that treaty inviolate. But there were other treaties made by the Govern­ ment of the Uuitod States twice as good. .,When wo made the tariff law of 1890 and took away all the tariff from sugar we Qgavo to the cane prolucers and the beet producers and tho maple sugar producers a bounty equivalent to the tariff, andwesaid In that law that that bounty should stand for lifteen years, 'lhat la all wiped out by tne law of 1801. Not even the bounty pt this year is given to the crop that has al­ ready been supervised by tho Government of the United States. By this law this is taken from the sugar producers of the i country. What Is there more sacred in a i reciprocity treaty with a foreign country than a solemn contract made with our own citizens? Democracy was criticised for increas­ ing tne salaries of certain officials at a time when tho revenues of the country. ! fell below the expenditures and the j money question was touched cn. Gov. I McKinley saying: I our money is ait good, whether it be gold | or silver, whether it be national banknotes I or gtoonbacks or Treasury notes, or gold | or silver certificates--every dollar Is good. ] To get the money out among the people is the serious problem to-day. To do this we must not only have something to sell but be able to find somebody to buy. No mat­ ter what we have to sell, if there is nobody able to buy, who wants it? We must keep It If we are compelled to keep it we suf­ fer the loss in vthoie or in part of what It costs us to produce It. The banks are filled with money; money was never more plentiful or less employed than It is now. It Is because it is not em­ ployed that we have the stagnation In business which distressed the country, and the reason it is not employed is because the invitation to safe and profitable in­ vestment la not presented. It Is not the lack of money nor the kind of money that 1s our trouble; It is the lack ot prosperous manufacturing and the abseute of confi­ dence In the party managirg the Govern­ ment, and a .vantof faith in the future. When confidence and hope are every where manifested manufacturers are busy and labor is employed, and when both are en- gagod, one with fair profit and the other with fair wages, then agriculture Is pros­ perous and money has tre.e and healthy circulation DEATH. LEONARD'# PIG AND THE BtAf Who Knows What Becomes »f Ol De­ parted Spirit? The average duration of human life is placed at 33 years; while in civil­ ized countries the average is some­ what higher, In tropical lands, and in Asia and Africa, which contain much more than naif the human race, the average term of life is less than 33 years. Taking the earth's population as (1,500,000,000) fifteen hundred millions, the deaths of human beings number close to 125,000 every twenty-four hours, or 5,180 an hour, or 8ti a minute. What death is no mortal knows. \ To term it a sleep or a Cessation of life does not define it The human body is a highly organized mass of matter, whicb, so long as the soul or spirit holds connection with it, is said to be endowed with life. No one yet un­ derstands the nature of the mysteri­ ous connection of mind with the body. Wo only know the fast of such a connection, and that when this relation is severed we have the phe­ nomenon known as death. The mortal or material part of man, when life departs, quickly resolves itself into the elements of matter, becomes almost literally "ashes to ashes and dust to dust," and science tells us that much of it is, no doubt, incorporated into other growing or­ ganisms. Of the departed man the preacher says that "the places which knew him shall know him no mor$ forever," and the joet observes:- A few brief years shd who oan sliow Which dust was BUI and which was Joe. What becomes of the departed spirit is not given us to know. All love to think and try to believe that the soul lives on after death, possibly in an "astral body," that it preserves its identity in a better slate of exist­ ence, and many religions teach that this is so, that uthe ransomed spirit disappearing in the purple distance is lifted high into the land of the hereafter." Yet such pleasant words are not wholly satisfactory to logical minds, for such minds find difficulty in "believing where we cannot prove," as Tennyson expresses it. One thing we do know, and that is the certainty of death, to which every set of sun brings us one day nearer. Mortals make up an endless pro­ cession, the front ranks of which are steadily passing .across the dark valley into the Unknown Land. We go to the oblivion which all sooner or later achieve, a decade, perhaps, sufficing for a few near and dear ones to strew our graves with flowers while eyes grow dim with sorrowing. Then the long dreamless and for­ gotten rest where the blades of the grave grass quiver, where summer shadows play and autumn leaves and winter snows fall, While earth's brown clinging Hps impress The long cold kiss that welts us all. It matters little whether it be where "A Csesar dead and turned to clay" rests under mossy marbles or where Each In his narrow cell forever laid, The tude forefathers of the hamlet sleep , the thought of death is a solemn one, especially to him Who hath bent him o'er the dead. Ere the first day of death is lied. Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers. Would that we all might believe with Longfellow: There is no death! What seems so Is transi­ tion: This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elyslan. Whose portal we call Death. AN AFTERTHOUGHT.--"it do be a great thing," said Mrs. Dolan, as she was preparing the evening meal, "this making Labor Day a holiday." "It do be, indade," replied her hus­ band, as he stretched himself wearily, "but O'im thinkin' thot if the boss towld a mon to do all thot marchln' in wan day, there'd be over-time paid or a shtroike declared, sure. *-- Washington Star. tflt 'ft?* TOURIST--"Can you tell me if there is any danger and difficulty in cross­ ing that peak?" Shepherd--"Oh, no! Just follow those piles of stones you see up there; they mark the place* where tourists have fallen'dowiL"-- Fliegende Blaetter. Ihe Latter Was Head Met on SftTfiif'flp"' Former, Either Dead or Allvet' - , The most persistent and in>pndeeS bear on record is now being "nirltfl for by nearly every able-bodied in that part of the hemlock belt ch&i lies in lower McKeau County, Pmu*> sylvania, along jndian Bon. bear tlrst made known that i% wa» hanging out in that neighborhood bf y boldly coming out of the wooda^ marching straight to Cyras Leonard'* pigpen, and attempting to steaL . . ,f Leonard's fat pig. Leonard and an-> ' &V other man were on the premises, and 1 \ their interference saved the pig ami; • ^ forced the bear to beat a retxeaU *• Knowing the nature of bears prefetr."' ' Jf well Leonard had an idea that this .% It one would return some time dailan^? -Jst? the niarht and make another attempts \ ^ on the pig, so he and a friend stoo&,'> guard over the pen. It was well did, lor the bear not only came onctt * /•$ \ , to try his luck again with the pig, ' , but he came almost every hour dar- " ing the night, keeping Leonard an<£ ,7^ his fellow guard busy shooting att " him. If any of tbeir sbots took ef- feet on the bear there was no evi-' dence of the fact. Day broke on twar' "" .. v weary and sleepy men, but Leonard 5 ^ had made up fiis mind that the only- \ way he could save his pig was butcher it forthwith and pot it i« the cellar. The pig was killed and tbe carcass hung up before Leonard ^ J would consent to go to bed add bis \ ^ friend went home. JT Leonard had not been asleep mora -| than half an hoar when he was await* . J ened by his wife |f "(Jet up. Cyrus! Get up!" »he -{4 screamed. "The bear's come back: - and is carrying off the dead pig!" . s Leonard jumped out of bed and into his clothes, grabbed his gun. and 4 rushed out of the bouse. Sure enough. if; the bear had coma back, and It had ~ pulled the carcass of tbe pig dowa from the pole where it had been pended by its hind legs, and waa* ^ doing his best to take it along witik •>' * • him to the woods. Leonard blazed v' . 1 away with both barrels of his gun ^ fc' and yelled at the top of bis voice. 4 The noise was the only thing that s ^ disturbed the bear, and he dropped , !'i » ^ the p.g, stood a moment <*uu gii»wid« rl ;1 and showed his teeth, and then shuffled away and disappeared in tbo . 3 . ^ woods. /"f "Blamed if I believe there's anj* - way to save that pig but to kill thafc I T bear," said Leonard. / . -I,/ He hung the pig up by tbe heels , again and sent word to half a dozen neighbors along the creek, explain* • j- ing the precarious situation ot affairs at his place and requesting them ta come at once with their guns and ; their ( ogs and rescue his pig from \- f danger by running down the irnpu- ; ^ ^ dent and pershteut bear. Four men- ' * % with four guns and three dogs re» sponded. The bear's trail was taken* J at once. Sometimes it was cold and J sometimes it was hot, but the hunt* r ^ ers followed it, determined not ta ' $ give it up until they had lain bruin- ^ ? low. They followed it a good manj> miles. « \ l "If we don't have the luck to plu£ ./4 the old cuss full of lead," said Leon-. . it,- 1 ard, "1 guess we're driving hiui pretty , T ^ well out of the neighborhood anyhow* /| and that's some consolation." % ' "1 don't know about that," said Farmer Hopkins. "It looks to Bte pretty strong that he's a circling us around right back to your place again, Cyrus." Farmer Hopkins had scarcely fin­ ished speaking when they catnt SQuare out on one of Leonard's back fields. And the dogs followed tbe bear's trail, and it was hot. right *; > ftcioss that field directly toward Leonard's house. , -<, "Can't be that the pesky old tbiet' has sneaked back again to try an- | other nip at the pig, can it?" said * " ^ Leonard. "Not with us a-chasing * ;H right at his heels he wouldn't would ' c * i her" , - ^ "Looks a blame sight like it to j me," said Farmer Hopkins. Th€ : party quickened their steps and be* ,;^j fore they got in sight of the hous« f they heaid a woman screaming and, \e$ yelling at the top of her lungs. "That's 'Mandy!" exclaimed Lcou. .ard. "That bear's back again, sure „ ^ as powder!" " • • ,"-M Then they came out of tbe woods i* back of Leonard's house. Mrs. Leon. ard stood in the yard, lumping up M J and down and giving utterance ta , jf, - the shrieks that Leonard had recog- nized as hers, and half way across the lot, between the bouse and the woods 1 *& on the opposite side was the near r ^ dragging the carcass of the pig. dogs were soon upon him, with the ^ hunters running after them. The v bear dropped the pig and stopped * long enough to whip all three of the , dogs and send them back howling ; and bleeding and tben made off to;-> the woods followed ly a volley of , bullets and buckshot, some of which; ; must have taken effect somewhere "it upon him, Leonard said, from that way the bear humped himself and in- ' creased his speed. But be got away. . The pig was carried back, cut up, and locked in tbe cellar. Then the hunt for the bear was resumed, and at last reports was still on, with the bear stiL at large. -~ A Fish with a Torch* Scientists have recently introduced - a novelty in ihe animal world in the shape of the linophryne lu- cifer, but it is a deal easier to call it by its everyday name--ihst torch tlsh. vHe is a deep sea tlsfak., carrying on his nose an organ whlcl^ifi; he can illuminate with phospbores^ cent light or extinguish at pleasure,: , He does not usj h.s lantern to guides!^ him on his pathless course iu>th^, dark depths of ocean or enable hini ^ to look around him, but when mea| ^ time comes he lights up to attract smaller fishes, which, mistaking the» „ lantern for a phospho escent inse tj ; dart straight for it. only to And their $ way into tbe capacious jaws of liMr- phryne lucifer. The 4 Pauperism In England. Pauperism has greatly declined la England since 1671. The proportion, of child paupers has changed from 5'; to 2.3 per cent, that of the able- bo lied from 1.4 to 5 per cent, and that of the old paupers <above from 7 per cent of the , population of the several ages. Since Was lie in his normal condj-^ rgos 'the paupers who are not able- COUNSEL--"You say you met the defendant on the afternoon of the ! 26uh. - -- I 1 . vuw •• "V -- - -- tioii?" Witness--"Certainly;bor- \ bodied have decreased not ooJy reJa- rowed half a crown."--MakT-Holiduy. | tively, but absolutely* hr d0t0m.-- New York Sua. . PJBOPLE are usually willing to do, „ ^ , • "itHW* tbeir duty, hot .they do not like to do * ?VKR,L m*° too much of it.--Atchison Globe. i ®9i8e W°®D 110 * * * * • / » I * / * ^ f v -$L ^ ^ r \ ,