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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23, 1898. -- J, VAN SLYKE, Kditor. full account of the destruction of the United States Cruiser Maine and the killing of 258 American sail­ ors can be found in the inside page of this paper. We refrain from further edi­ torial comment on this matter until after a full investigation has been made. W^ On the E!cin Board ot Trade Mon­ day Butter was active and firm. Offering 153 tubf, all quickly pold, at 20c. The cnotation committee deemed the market did not warrant that, much, and fixed the price at 19%c. Sales of the week, 7,310 tubs of Butterine, and 55,200 lbs. of cheese, Butter last week, 19c; one year ago, 18c. • • tfe^The primary election Bill has pass- ,ed both branches of the Legislature and been signed by the Goyenor. Its-.provi­ sions-are not generally known, but they are reported to be such as will give every voter a chance to express his choice in the selection of delegates and candidat es. A reform of this respect is surely needed, and if this law meets the need it will be a grand step forward in Illinois politics. t6t?*The Janesville Gazette says that the C. & N. W. railroad company is going to enter suit against W. H. Macloon, of that city, for the sum of ten cents. It seems that an oil tank broke, and Mac­ loon, who had an office near by, scooped up a gallon of oil fron the ground and, filling a can, carried it away for his own private use. Superintendent F. R. Moul- ton served notice on him that he must pay for the oil or stand suit and Macloon said that he would stand suit. 16^* Great excitement prevails over the discovery of gold on the Daly farm near Chana, Ogle county, this state. The discovery was made in a most singular manner A farmer named Wilson found a large rat hole in the cellar of his house While clearing away the loose dirt, he thought he discerned particles of gold He took a sample of his find to a jeweler who pronounced it pure flake of gold, sample was sent to Chicago for analysis the community anxiously0 awaiting the result ot the investigation. The value of property has risen greatly in that vicini ty since the discovery. WHO IS TO BLAME FOB ITP So asks young Joseph Leiter, as will ,be seen further along, in regard to the op­ pressive effects of the extortionate price oMlour. He is himself to blame. Chicago people are complaiaing that their wheat bread is of darker color than form^rlv, and that the change is because Joseph Leiter has control of the contract wheat in sight, and so has shut off from the millers their supply of No. 1 hard spring wheat, from which the best flour is made. In New York the same complaint is made. "Leiter's big wheat deal" says the Journal of that city, "will soon have the effect of causing the sale of poor bread here, as it has already done in many parts of the country. In the south it has forced a deterioration of fully 25 per cent, in the quality of the flour that the bakers are using. In many places the flour is 30 per cent lower in grade, than that on the market before the advance in the price of wheat." Complaints similar to those made in Chicago come from other cities... "The bakers doubtless get the best flour available, but, with all the high grade wheat tied up, it is impossible for millers to supply them with as good an article as they have been in the habit Of using." From Chicago it is reported that cooks and housewives are sending back to deal­ ers flour that has proved inferior,' al­ though the sacks and barrels containing it were marked with the fanciest brands, and were bought at the; highest price Only the most* solid and brazen re sponse comes from Joseph Leiter, in re gard to these evil effects of his gambling in "the staff of life" and holding God's supply of it from the people, until they h ive paid into his bank account two or three millions of dollars, a crime for which a preventive and a heavy punish ment should be provided by law. Mr. Leiter cooly says to a Chicago reporter If the millers want good wheat they can come here and get the best there at market prices, and if they are grind ing poorer stuff why don't they reduce their prices accordingly? I haven't heard of any reduction in the price of wheat flour--not a penny, Who is to blame for the inferior grade of flour?" Low Prices, Desirable Goods, Large Stock, Is what brings the crowds scon every day at our ,*tore. Onr unusual efforts are bringing great results,. Never in our history has our store been so popular. Our policy is, "Sell Cheap and Sell More," and we are winning hundreds of new customers. People recognize the values we are giving and the results are surprising. Last week's business was almost phenominal as compared with former seasons. All seem anxious to catch the Bargains we are offering every day, When people can buy Carpets and save from 1 cent to 10 cents per yard, and can choose from a big stock oi Ingrains, Velvets Axminsters, Brussels, etc., they will stay at home and save money, time and the risks of travel. And when they can buy a good Window Shade, mounted on a spring roller, complete, ready to hang, they are not going away from home and pay big prices. Butterick Patterns at reduced prices. Send for the fashion sheet. FEBRUARY Call and see the beautirul new (xinghams and the new novel$es. Our price for Ginghrms 3£c per yard and up. Dress (joods, adapted to the seiason, worth 15c, our price ...... ..... ...... 9c 12£c Flannelettes '> ...i.. .... ...;: .... .... .. 7£c 12£c Percailes, ...... y-' ' ... - ' ...... ; • .. „• 7£ Good heavy unbleached. Sheeting .... .... Ml.. .... ... 4c Kid Gloves, colored or black ...... .... .. ... .. ; ... ..: JrV.. .... 69c per pair The Best Annual." The Inter Ocean Encyclopedia Almanac for 1898 is one of the best annuals pub i, _ J 't jl i_ c 11 llBlieu. 1U ID IUII UI MV/IO CUUU W wants. It is a real encyclopedia of the events of 1897, political, scientific, or otherwise. It contains full elf ction re­ turns, the roster of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, and in addition the Cabinet and all im­ portant officials. It is a valuable vol­ ume for the business man, the farmer, • the politician, or any one in pursuit of information. Among other things it has the new tariff law with its duties compar­ ed with.those of the Wilson law. tfiT"Bishop Vincent of the Methodist chuch has started a war on chewing gum, and that bright exchange, the Peoria Journal, comments: "The first thing the Bishop knows he will have the Standard Oil Company in his wool The bp is of all chewing gum is one of the by-products of kerosene. It used to be made out of dog-greaBe, so it is said until the Rockefellers took hold of it It is to be presumed they fry the fat and wax out of the crude petroleum and work it into shape for the rising genera, tion.to "chaw."' That discounts nigger head tobacco. J. C. CHOATE. Woodstock* Illinois. O W E N (SUCCESSORS TO PERRY & OWEN.) fish A large line of fine new Fish The Northwestern Flyer Pulls Into Denver 200 Feet Ahead of the Burlington. A dispatch from Denver, Colorado, under date of February 7th. says: The race of the Union Pacific and. Burlington passenger trains from Chica­ go to Denver ended in a neck-and-neck finish to-day. Both roads yesterday put on a fast train on a schedule of thirty- eight miles per hour, leaving Chicago at 10 A m., and due to arrive here at 1:30 tfiiB afternoon. The trains came within sight of Denver about ten miles from the Union depot. When the limits of the city were reach­ ed slowing down regulations required by the speed ordinance were totally disre­ garded. The tracks cross each other be­ fore reaching the depot. The trains were exactly abreast of each other when first sighted. Hockenberger the engi­ neer of the Union Pacific train, in telling of the struggle to reach the depot first, said: "We began racing as soon as we got sight of them. The first objective point was Sand creek crossing- We were a train length ahead when the creek was reached, and we got ovpr in a hurr\. Both locomotives were driving as hard as they could. The heat was intense, but I pulled the thro'tle wide open, and the click of the wheels became one dull roar. We went for a stretch at a speed of almost seventy miles an hour, beyond doubt. It was close again at Twentieth street, but the signal man measured us correctly, and we were - there first by about 200 feet, and secured the right of way." just received. All strictly new and first-class stock. Genuine Georges whole Codfish, large Selected new, 8 to 10 pounds each, the best there is. Hamburg spiced Her­ ring, 12 pound pails. W, H. Holland Herring, cheap. Large White Fish in 10 pound pails. Smoked White Fish. Smoked Hal­ ibut in chunks, very fancy. Smoked Herring, medium, scaled, new. Salt Mackerel and salt Salmon, fancy, blood red. Persistent KajfEere is a table which every farmer will want to paste in his hat for reference. It shows the sales of products of agricul­ ture by the farmers of the United States during the last year of President Harri­ son's administration, the four years of Cleveland's and the first year of Mc- Kinley's. It will be observed that the years 1892 and 1897 far exceed any year during Cleveland's term, despite the insistance of Democrats that low tariff cultivates foreign trade. During the last year of of President Harrison's term the exportation of products of agriculture were larger than in any preceeding year in the history of the country, while dur­ ing the four years of Cleveland they fell off 100 to 15o million per annum, in­ creasing again in the first year of Mc- Kinley protection to a larger sum than ever before in the history of the country. The figures are from official statements of the Bureau of Statistics of the Treas­ ury Department, and are worth re­ membering and keeping for reference. They are as Follows: 189 2 §712,539,832 189 3 619,135,633 189 4 573,087,474 189 5 545,715,881 189 6 664.962,505 1897.... 730.323,514 Heie is Success for You "iLside figures" are alwaysinteresting, and the following are certainly some striking ones about The Ladies' Home Journal. During 1897, 8,183,113 copies of this magazine were printed and so thoroughly sold that the la*ter-year issues are entirely out of print. It con­ sumes 3,434;362 pounds of paper in a year, and absorbs 30,902 pounds of ink. It runs 28 presses. The advertising col- ums contained $408,325 worth of adver­ tising during the last year. The editors received 9290 manuscripts and less than one per cent were accepted. The maga­ zine employes 22 staff editors. 24,648 letters have been received and answered in the year by the editors of the corres­ pondence columns. The Journal has over 15,000 active, working agents on the road getting subscriptions. It has educated 445 girls free of charge under its free educational plan. In a single day it has received as high as 18,060 subscriptions. 300,000 copies of the Journal are sold each month on the news stands alone--425,000 people subscribe for it by the year. 1®* It is difficult to realize that the awful story of the blowing up and sink­ ing, in Havana harbor, of the U. S. battleship Maine, and drowning like rats in a sewer of two hundrdred and tiity-odd of her brave crew, which has cast a pall of gloom over Washington and the country, is not a horrible night­ mare. But, alas it is true, too true. There is but one determination On the part of the President and the other mem­ bers of the administration, and that is, to arrive at the truth as to the cause of the catastrophe. Congress is going ah^d with its routine business, the Sen­ ate is discussing the annexation treaty appropriation bills and the House the Bankruptcy bill, but there is but one ob­ ject uppermost in the minds of Senators andRepresenativee-the Maine. Public in­ terest has passed from the apology of Spain for de Lome letter to the Maine. Perhaps if the treachery of the late Spanish minister, now on his way home in disgrace, had not been so fresh in the minds of the public, there would be less suspicion that, there was Spanish treach­ ery connected with the IOBB of the Maine and so many oi her crew. The President aud members of his cabinet are loth to entertain ^uch a suspicion in the ab­ sence of direct proof, and are doing every­ thing possible to cause the public to sus­ pend its judgment pending the investi­ gation now being made for the purpose . of showing whether the explosion which wrecked the Maine was on the outside or inside of the vessel, and consequently whether it was caused by accident cr design. . . . 300 bushels of the best Seed Potatoes in the state for sale at Owen & Chapell'e The Mixing of Flour. The Chicago board of health has found no substance deleterious to health mixed with flour in that city, owing to the high price of the best wheat. But the health board makes o concealment of the fact that inferior flour is mixed with the pro duct of No, 2 hard wheat. As Leiter holds practically all the high grade millirg wheat, the price of which is steadily rising, owing ""to his determi nation to hold his own lines until $1.20 and $1:25 a bushel is reached, deterior ation in the quality of flour is likely to become general. That Leiter will realizp his expectation of $1.25 before the first of June is generally believed, since he controls about half the visible supply east of the Rockies, and^he shows no signs of weakening. The price of wheat will, therefore, keep mounting up all through the next few months. GREAT DEPARTMENT STORE,* ELGI^ UNIVERSAL PROVIDER,' ' ORIGINATOR OF LOWEST PRICES A cough which seems to hang on in spite of all the remedies which you have applied certainly needs energetic and sensible treatment. 7or twenty-five years that stand­ ard preparation of cod-liver oil? SCOTT'S EMULSION las proved its effectiveness in cur­ ing the trying affections of the throat and lungs, and this is the reason why: the cod-liver oil, par­ tially digested, strengthens and vitalizes the whole sys­ tem; the hypophosphites act as a tonic to the mind and nerves, and the glycerine soothes and heals the irritation. Can you think of any combi­ nation so effective as this? Be sure you get SCOTT'S Emulsion. See that th« man and fish are on the wrapper. . ~ 50c. and $1.00, all druggists. 'V SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. Are gaining friends and patrons, each succeeding sale being more and more successful, and there a good solid reason for it. Every item offered is of money saving importance. We owe it to you that your dol'ars should have their best purchasing power here. Its our argument in soliciting your patronage. We quote one item (there are dozens of others) from each department for next Monday's bale. DRESS GOODS--A line of all wool Serges, 38 inches wide, all the new spring colors per yard NOTIONS.--Ladies, Misses ancf Childrens Side Hose Supporters, black or white, nickle plated, button clasp, good elastic and webbing Monday per pair CHILDREN'S FURNISHINGS,--Children's Nazareth Ribbed Waists, sizes 2 to 8 years, advertised in all the magazines and home papers at 25 cents each, our Monday price LADIES' UNDERWEAR.--Ladies' Muslin Night Gowns, with cambric ruffles on sleeves, all sizes, good length and width, JE^ ELRY.--Choice assortment Stick Pins, engraved enameled and embossed, values up to 25 cents in the lot, Monday DOMESTICS.-- W hite Bed Spreads, Marseilles pattern a good heavy grade, often sold at $1, Monday FANCY GOODS.--Saxony Yarn, all colo.s large skein MEN'S FURNISHINGS.--Men's Neck Bow and string Ties, an assortment of patterns and colorings that you see in clothing stores at 40c and 50c, never less, our Monday price LADIES SKIRTS.--Plaid Skirts, exact representation of the fancy imported materials, Monday TOILET ARTICLES.--Kuhs Juvenile Toilet Soap, HARDWARE.--Wire Nails, per pound BOOKS.--2500 paper covered Books, hundreds of titles by prominent aulhors, per copy PAINTS.--St. Louis White Lead, per 100 pounds ANY intelligent, industrious person looking for employment would do well to' correspond with the Parliament Publishing Company, about the Per spectoscope, a description of which will be found in this ir^sue of the paper; The instrument was invented by a member of the company and they have under­ taken to put it on the market. The well known good reputation of the firm is sufficient guar ran tee that there is no humbug about it. At any rate, it would cost only a postage stamp to find out all about it. HUMPHREYS' No. 1 Cures Fever. No. 2 " Worms. No. 3 " Infants' Diseases. No. 4 " Diarrhea. » No. 7 " Coughs. No. 8 Cures Neuralgia. No. 9 " Headache. No. IO " Dyspepsia. No. 11 " Delayed Periods, No. 12 " Leuchorrea. No. 13 Cures Croup. No. 14 " Skin Diseases. No. IB " Rheumatism. No. 16 " Malaria. No. 19 " Catarrh. No. 20 Cures Whooping Cough No. 21 " Asthma. No. 2 4 " General Debility, No. 20 " Sea-Sickness. No. 27 " Kidney Diseases, No. 28 Cures Nervous Debility. Noj 30 " Urinary Diseases No. 32 " Heart Disease. No. 34 " Sore Throat. No. ,77 " Colds and Grip. DE. HUMPHREYS' HOMEOPATHIC MANUAL or DISEASES MAILEI> FEEE. Small bottles of pleasant pellets, fit the vest pocket. Sold by druggists, or sent prepaid upon recoipt of price, 25 cents, except Nos. 28, and 82 are made §1.00 size only. Humphreys' Medi­ cine Company, 111 William St., New York. We can Save You Money on these Goods. Call and see the many Bargains we are offering in our Grocery Department. Here are a few : 4 gallon keg Fine Syrup, Arbuckle's and McLaughlin's Coffee, Gold Dust, 4 lb package, 8 'mrs Leuox Soap, Caraher Sardines, in oil, Good Sweet Corn, Pure Food Baking Powder, Good Broken Rice, Argo Gloss Starch, in pound packages, Gilt Edge Flour. 20 pounds N. O. Granulated Sugar, Fine Uncolored J«pan Tea. Canned Pumpkin, 3 lb ran 10c, 3 cans for 95c. 10c per pound. 18c per package. 25c. 5c per can. 5c per can. 25c per pound. 5c per pound. 5c per package. $1 25 per ssck . 1.00. 25c per pound, 25.-.. Best cleaned Currants, in 1 pound packages, And dozens ot other snaps not mentioned. )0c 21 cents 8 ccnts 15 cents 43 cents 5 cents 59 cents 5 ccnts 15 cents $1.29 9 cents 2 cents LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE STATION. 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We possess this combination. Watch our advertisement, for your own interest. Respectfully Yours, F. L. McOMBER. West S ide Hardware Store •'m/js. See What We Give For Only 10 Cents. TAKE NOTICE--You are given a choice of the following articles and The Home 3 months for only 10 cents: Lord Lisle'* Daughter, by Charlotte M. Brame; book of 60 pages on Crocheting and Knitting; or a Stamping outfit of 66 patterns, many new designs,, including centerpieces, doilies, etc The excellent stories, for which The Home is noted, will be continued; the Fashion and Panc.v Work department will be kept up to a high standard. Late Sanborn will con­ tinue her bright "Off Hand Talks," and every one of tbe numerous departments will be increased and made brighter Illustrated Premium List, or outfit for canvassing sent free. THE HOME BUB. Co., 141 Milk St., Boston, Maes XX XX,Coffee 10 cents Owen & Chapell's. per pound at H U M P H R E Y S ' WITCH HAZEL OIL "THE PILE OINTMENT." 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