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1 s,,Dieinet, Pa.
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ATToKNEY-ATLAW.
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Vii'lixTINK HAY,
AnokSEY AT LAW.
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rv-..-r in KckI Knaw. W ill atu-nd to all
t-li,.- fi.iniM.-d to hi" cr 'tt proia.tu
nj! inl.-liiy.
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Solnerwl, Pa.
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PIIYMflAS AND Rt:EiN.
tioMKKxCT. Pa.,
7.. ,i,f hi- pnif.ioim! (vrrhw to the rltia.-n ot
S.;.,N1 t,,j vi nny. ! iu Port tr
b.. i- Mifc.-. tjo4 .rf lualuotid.
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It. II. S. KIMMKLL,
h hi .,rvi,.n.l HTviro to the rltl.'n
i.i ,u.. i:.l vi.-iu.iy. Inlew. Mui.wMialljr
i t .wi mi ! (ouuil at liu. olliif ou liaiu t-t.,
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It. H. BltrBAKLR
LmI hi. im,f.-i,uml -n i.-e to the ritt-n
of -.mrrn-i ami i. iuit. I'lt eeia rr-id. u.- on
irtt vH of lmtui.md.
DR. J M. LofTWER,
t-wmrrty uj .-yltrtim.)
PHYSICIAN AN1 Sl lK.EtlN.
m -i.-d i.cmiui.fiit!y In Soimrvt for the
ft..;.'.- ..1 til- .r.!-M.!l. tifli.-eoti lalu rtlwl.
T-nr.il I'rufc-M-.re.
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U J.S. M M1I.I.KN.
u.-n1ivitr if. Im!iliT.i
.. v.- :l Ktu-t.tl..ti tollw VMT-au "I
V- la!'..rl t.flh. Aniti.nl m'lf iliH-n.-.!. All
-T. i,.ri- rixrautrrd MtiMa-ior-. tfli.-e iu B-'
b- t iiju;r.
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l'KNTIST.
I np-TaiT it ".'k A Bwrii RlK-k.
iii Kti-iMT HI"" k upstair, when he
: .. mi. i, tulir.n. r-ti.:a;iiir. fxtnwiinir.
-;:,-;b'1 itt'tii ! 'all LiihS ami oi Ititr Ik4
B.'.tn; uiK-rtt-O. All ork jpiarauletl.
J. K. MILLER
lit- p.-r7nanmly l.M-at.l in Berlin ft the prar-
.,t t.i- j.r,tfi...,u. on,. oHjrite Charlc
meiset County Hank.
r.TAilUllt.l 1T7)
C.J. HARRISON. M.J. PRITTS,
Pm!l.rT. CAfHIEK.
tuiioia ojuit in U part, of the fnited tatea.
CHARGES MODERATE.
l-artto wt-liun to wnd mouer ti nt ran be ac-"r-nn.iaii
h- .iriifl tm York in any nim.
.. r. ;.uii- urn.!.- u .i , ,nntittn?. I'. S. iion.i
-'rflitat,.! .l,,.-v aud valuat.W eoiire4
' ",:f"f l'l-t-'i'l " n-i. hratrd aafea. with a Sar-t-
Wu tS4 Unit HH'k.
AU Ura! li..iUav Ob-erred.
CURTIS K. GROVE.
SOMERSET, PA.
Bt'WIKS. sfEIGHS. CARRIAGES,
S-l KINii WAiitiNS. Bl'CK W A)N8.
AM' LASTERS AND WKSTEKX WORK
Kurr.Mied on Mam Sotlee.
fainting Done on Short Time.
f '.-k i ma.lt ,i.,t f r.7' SWwf w.
as! It.. l-,m nmi .vr. Sillwlallllally
twirtiirini. N,ily Finished, and
arraitliy! U r ve Matlafaetlott.
r-7 Zzlj Firs: Class Warkaen.
E2"i, All Kinds Is Mr Line Tne oa
Vjii.t. .n, l:EXB( ,i knLH, and
All Work Warranted.
'imt"i Exsnii!,,- my St.rt, and Learn . Ve
' ,. . and furnish Mr for Wind
Kn,rf..u)M tte and ciJl In.
CD RTJSK. GROVE,
iKaM of Court Hooae)
inVFHVT P
('HARLEs; HOKFMAS,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
(Above. Htffley't sutore.)
tU' Sty I"". And Lowest Price.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Somerset, Pa.
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VOL. XXXY1. NO. 27.
How's
Your Liver ?
J the Oriental ralutation,
k m w i 1 1); ttiat pi.xl health
rnnnot v xist withnnt a heal
thy Livt-r. When the Liver
is Turpi.) the 15. .B els are
liinr:h sm.l r.mtitterl, the
1h1 Inn in the Ktuniajli un
ili).',!te.l i)it.tiinit the blontl ;
freijnent ln-a la. lie ensm-w ;
a f.-eliiij: of lasitu.le, ilef pon
dem y and nervonsnes in.Ii--ate
hw the whole Hystem
i ietiinjrel. Simmons Liv
er Regulator han been the
meaiiH of n-Mtoriii); more peo
ple to health and happinesti
hy giving them a healthr
Lier than any agency that
is known on earth. It arts
nith extraonlinary power
and ellii-M-ncy.
NtVI'lt BtfcN ltIAl'11ISThl.
A k'Titi.1 fHniflr rvnterty for Iir-.psiii, Tor
pi.l l.!.-r. .ia:irlluu, &e. I hartliy fver n
unytliinv lt n.-vrr tn liiMipiwtiDt-
i in tiie t-ri.-t-l ir-".l'j.-ri ; it sot-tii to t nim.M
a 1-rlf-t rur t'.r .U uimum.- of tlit Stoiuab and
ihiut-U.
W J M.'ELBor. Jlacou, Kit.
HOLIDAY
SUSPENDERS.
Put np one p.iir in n lxx. Plain .-itin
ami Moire, aino itu-hly Kiuhniid.-re.!.
Holiday Fancy Nightshirts.
The lle:4 Line of Patterns e have
ever had.
HOLIDAY NECKWEAR.
New iii:it-up fliapes, Four-in-HandTies,
liowf, vVc, for all nti-aninnx.
HOLIDAY GLOVES.
For ladies and tteiitleinen, all the latest
colon, and lenjrt hs. f. i every occasion.
H0LIPA V H ILK HOSIERY.
Regular and Opera Lengths, Bla.-k and
Plain Colors and Kan.-y Patterns, en
tirely new K-t-irri.
HOLIDAY APRONS,
A vry haiiiioine line of Plain Tuck,
Kinhroidered and IHamond pattern.
Holiday Handkerchiefs,
Kvery kind, tia1ity and in larp? quanti
ties, and. of most importance to tiy
ers, KXTRA AND BKST VAL-
UKSeverotrered in handker
chiefs ilk and Liueu,
for Gentlemen..
Ilndken-hiefs Plain and Kmbrriidered
for La.li.5-, and Handkerchiefs for Chil
dren. Come in every day and look around.
HORNE fc AVLTtD,
41 FIFTH AVE.. PlTTSlll Kt.H. PA.
It is to Your Intrest
TO BI Y Vlll K
Drugs and Medicines
or
Biesecker k Snyder.
WJVEWmW TO C. K. BOVD.
None but the punt and hot kept in tlm k.
ami when PritjS" two me inert by stand
ing, as certain of them do, we d
stmy tht-ni. ratli.T than im
p on our customers.
YnU ean depend on having y.mr
PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS
filled with care. Our prir-e are as low as
any other tirst-i-ia-o housr and on
tunny artii-les nnuh lower.
Tiie eop!e of this county aeem to know
this, and have given us a latye share of their
patronaire. and we shall still continue tngnve
them the very hest goods for their iiioney.
j Io not (iirj. that we make a s ialty o
FITTING TRUSSES.
We guarantee salSfaetioii. ami, if you have
had troll I 'le in this dirertion.
give us a .-all.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in great variety ; A full set of Test Lenses.
O.me in and have your eyes examined. No
.liatye for examination, and we are confident
we .an suit y.ai. f orne and see me.
K-sjwtfullv.
BIESECKER & SNYDER.
LIST OF CAUSES.
The followinE i the l-Mof ranxep et fir trial
al Ihv lKrtrml-er Term of 'ouri, vuruuieucinf; oQ
J. II Friu t. J. B Criirhfield, et at
H. F. Koiit-. John hiel
John Alp' Atlmr v. .Simon Nycnm.
Sunie vn ni.
htU Mrt- vn. Frmer' Bank of Meyenwl&l.
i lmrt s-rNr vn rHrm A Weiirtle.
W. Ii. Criwnian rs. Kltxabetb Miller.
m:cund wf.kr.
Mary A Marltn's tieht vn. P. rt Hut.
John M. YitrhfifW ur vi Arrh IJvemwwl,
Julni : Kly i aJ v Itijamin Itender rt
Malthiax ilowmun r Ivut A V IS but: maker.
l4uc A Jrnkii.9 vn A W baiHimtn.
Kmaii ul Jtttntf v Jtcpli MtHrtirr.
Johu K S,.aJkT u vt Jacob C Honior.
iT.Kyvmiit-. . a cKrmiFiKLi.
iiov. 1., infST. Froilioi rotary.
Y Y f T T n 13 ve faom. and make
fill nwre motwy at work for u ttn
I till111 AnTthinjr e lo tb world.
X mJ J Capital m i.rvl-d. Ycm are
trud itrW. iuh wiw; all u-k Any tmccan
d the work. 1 Jinre rMrninte mi re fWra the tatart.
.kKtly outfit and Urnu frw, lietter not delay:
ttiw ytm nothing m m-nd n your addr-t and
tndrMit if rem ar wtr. too 1U do an at mice
1L Hau rrr ir., Pfrtlan t. Me rtor-jS lyr.
AGENTS WANTED
-T8 SEU-
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
BY PA VH K Th-pp Al.Br airiD rtthr Mo
merv BeM Aiik. Hrornde. or Ptuh, very baud
MiiiH aiHi dnruole. Ijltky Nate w made, and
vt py BJMir1 afettttx. All itn4hyd peo
pir whmi14 vnie to tfametliatvlr. A'MfVM
A MthLToS 4 iXh. Ptiiladriphta F, -ia-1C-y.
NOTICE.
THE Annual Elecioo nf the Farmers' Tnlna
A-Ki.n.Mi and Kir Insuraner Cnmrianr will
tie brUi al Keri a ua Titm1t. the T7th da uflw
nuilal ItC, at I a'rlurk r. , f. h rxinssv of
eUsninc fm4k-i. Vice hwl'tl. Srcretar
arid 1 dtreetfa to arrre the .swim Tear.
Jmm Miwaa. J AC: BWARTZmhKC BER.
THE PRESIDENTS MESS ACE
Warhim.tos, D. Decerober , 1S87.
Owing to the nntnher of repnted offi
cial projrnontications npontlie president's
meswa w, the interest in its presentation
w somew hat in excess of that nsnally
displayed under similar circumstances.
In the house the iralleries were well fill
ed, and ecry itiemlx-r was in his seat.
After the Ustial opening exercises, the
reading of the inessafre was comni"n.-e.l.
I'ontrary to some ideas the message was
not long, and, as predicted, it is a one
idea d'X-ument. The surplus takes up its
initial parnpruphs, and the taritf, which
occupies the body and closing ones, is
made incidental to the other point.
There are places in w hich the strictures
on protection may lie considered severe,
hut the message was received with re
spectful attention in every detail.
the slum s.
Referring to the threating char cter of
the surplus, the president says :
This condition of our 'treasury is not
altop'tlier new ; and it ha more than
once of lute lieeii submitted tothejH-o-ple's
representatives in congress, who
alone can apply a remedy. And yet the
situation still continues with aggravated
incidents, more than ever presaging
tinan.-ial convulsion, and widespread
disaster.
It will not do to neglect this situation
because its dangers are not now palpably
imminent and apparent. They exist
none the less certainly, and await the
unforseen and unexpected occasion w hen
suddenly they will be precipitated upon
us.
On June 30, 1K7, the excess of reve
nues over pnhlic expenditures after com
plying with the annual requirement of
the sinking fund act, was $l7,So'.),7:i5.f4 ;
during the year ended June ISO, lSSti,
such excess amounted to $4'.,4'V),."4.".20 ;
and during the year ended June :!0, 1SS7,
it reached the sum of $.V,"H7,V4!..4.
Referring to the measures taken by
tiie redemption of bonds, to decrease the
surplus, the message continues : " While
the expedient thus employed to release
to the eple the money lying jdle in the
treasury, served to avert immediate da ti
ger, our surplus revenues have continued
to accumulate, the excess for the present
year amounting on December 1st to ",
'VS,701.1!t, and estimated to reach the
sum of $113,0t XV W0 on June 30th next.
at which dale it is expected that this
sum, added to prior accumulations, will
swell the surplus in the treasury to
1 140,000,000.
There seems to be no assurance that,
with Huch a w ithdrawal from use of the
people's circulating medium, our business
community may not in the near future
besuojected to the same- distress- which
was quite latelv produced from the same
cause. And while the functions of our
national treasury should be few and sim
ple, and while its best condition would
be reached, 1 believe, by its entire dis
connection with private business inter
ests, yet when, by a perversion of its pur-
jsjrtes, it idly holds money uselcsslessly
subtracted from the channels of trade
there seems to Is? reason for the claim
that some legitimate means should be
devised by the government to restore, in
an emergency, w ithout waste or extrava
gance, such money to its place among
the people.
In the present state of legislation the
only pretense of any existing executive
jwer to restore, at this time, any part of
our surplus reveuum to the jieople by its
expenditure, consists in the supKjt-ition
that the secretary of the treasury may
enter the uuirket anil purchase the bonds
of the government not yet due, at a rate
of premium to lie agreed upon.
In considering the question of purchas
ing bonds as a means of restoring to cir
culation the surplus money accumulating
in the treasury, it should be borne in
mind that premiums must of course be
paid ujon such purchase, that there may
be a large part of these bonds held as
investments whi h cannot be purchased
at any period and that combinations
among holders who ire willing to sell
may unreasonably enhance the cost of
such bonds to the government.
It has been suggested that tiie present
.loll. led debt might be refunded at a less
rate of interest, and the ditlVxeuce be
tween the old and new security paid in
cash, thus finding use for the surplus ir
the treasury. The successof this plan, it
is apparent, must depend nioii the voli
tion of the holders of the present tsmds;
and it is not entirely certain that the in
ducement which must be offered them
would r-sult iu more financial bem-fit to
the government than the purchase of
londs, w hile the latter proposition would
reduce the priucipnl of the deb by
actual payment, instead of extending
it.
The proposition to deKsit the money
held by the government in banks throug
out the country for use by the people is,
it seems to me.ex.vedingly objectionable
in principle, as establishing to.) close a
relationship between the operations of
the government treasury anil the busi
ness of the country, and too extensive a
commingling of their money, thus foster
ing an unnatural reliance iu private busi
ness upon public funds. If this scheme
should lie adopted, it should only lie
done as a temjairary ex)edient to meet
urgent necessity. Legislative and exec
utive effort should generally be in the
ops.site direction, and should have a
tendency to divorce, as much and as Cist
is cm safely be done, the treasury ile
partiiii nt from private enterprise.
Tff K TAIlliF.
This brin! the president to consider
the cause of the surplus, on which he
says ;
Our scheme of taxation, by mean of
which this needless surplus is taken from
the people and pnt into the public treas
ury, consists of a tariff or duty levied
upon importations from abroad, and in
ternal revei ue taxes lc led upon the
consumption of totnicco and spirituous
and malt liquors. It must be conceded
that none of the things subjected to in
ternal revenue taxation are, strictly
speaking, neceasarieji ; there appears to'
be no just complaint of this taxation by
the consumers of these articles, and
there seems to he nothing so well able to
bear the barnen without hardship to any
portion oft people. -
But our present UriiTlaws, the vicious,
inequitable and illogical aottree of un
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA.,
necessary taxation, ought to be at once
revised and amended. These laws, as
their primary and plain effect, raii the
prit-e to consumers of all articles import
ed and subject to duty by precisely the
sum paid for such duties.
It is not projiosed to entirely relieve
the country of this taxation. It must be
extensively continued aa the source of
the government's income, and in a read
justment of our tariff the interests of
American labor engaged in manufacture
; should lie can-fully considered, as well as
: the preservation of our manufacturers,
j It may lie called protection, or by any
j other name, but relief from the hardship
and dangers of our present tariff laws,
should lie devised with especial precau
tion against imperiling the existence of
our manufacturing interests.
'
It is also said that the increase in the
price of domestic manufactures, resulting
from the present tariff, is necessary in
order that higher wages may be paid to
our workingmen employed in manufac
tories than are paid for what is called the
pauper labor of Europe. All will ac
knowledge the force of an argument
which involves the welfare and liberal
compensation of our tailoring people.
1 Our labor is honorable in the eves of
every American citizen, and as it lies at
the foundation of our development and
progress, it is entitled, without fiction or
hypocricy, to the highest regard. The
standard of our laborers' life should not
lie measured by that of any other coun
try less lavored, and they are entitled to
their full Bhare of all our advantages.
Hy the last census it was made to ap
pear that of the 17;!C,0!r!( of our popula
tion engaged in all kinds of industries,
7,i70,403 are employed in agriculture, 4 -074,2tS
in professions and personal ser
vice, 12,0:)4,87r( of w horn are dometic ser
vants and 'alairers, w hile 1,810,2.) are
employed in trade and transportation,
and 3,KiM12 are classed as empl ijed in
manufacturing and mining.
For present pitriosefl, however, the last
number given should be considerably re
duced. Without attempting to enumer
ate all, it will be conceded that there
should be deducted from those which it
includes, 37",1 4.1 carpenter? and joiners,
:?S.").401 milliners, dressmakers and seam
stresses, lS-,frJti blacksmiths, 133,7.V tai
lors and tailoresses, 102,473 masons, 76,
L'41 butchers, 41,30!) bakers, ?,083 plaster
ers, and 4,801 engaged in manufactur
ing agricultural implements, amounting
in the aggregate to 1,234,0'J3, leaving 2,
tii!,0.H!) persons employed in such manu
facturing industries as are claimed to be
benefitted by a high tariff.
But the reduction of taxation demand
ed should be so measured as not to ne
.essitate or justify either the loss of em
ployment by the workingman or the
lessening of his wages; and the profits
still remaining to the manufacturer, after
a necessary readjustment, should furnish
no excuse for the sacrifice of the interests
of his employes either in their opportu
nity to work or in the diminution of their
compensation.
The farmer and the agriculturist, who
manufacture nothing, but w io pays the
increased orice which the tariff impises
upon every agricultural implement, upon
all he wears and upon all he uses and
ow ns, except the increase of his flocks
and herds and such things as his hus
bandry pnaluces from the soil, is invited
to aid in maintaing the present situation,
and he is told that a high duty on import
wool is necessary for the benefit of those
who have sheep to shear, in order that
the price of their wool may be increased.
They, of course, are not reminded that
the fanner w ho has no sheep is by this
scheme obliged, in h is purchases of cloth
ing and woolen g'xsls, to pay a tribute to
his fellow farmer, as well as to the manu
facturer and merchant; nor is any men
tion made of the fact that the sheep ow n
ers themselves and their households
must wear clothing and use other arti
cles manufactured from the wool they
sell at tariff prices, and thus, as consum
ers, must return their share of this in
creased price to the tradesman.
I think it may lie fairly assumed that
a large proportion of the sheep owned by
the farmers throughout the country are
found in small flocks nnmlicring from 25
to 50. The duty on the grade of import
ed wool which the sheep yield is 10 cents
for each pound if of the value of 30 cents
or less, and 12 cents if of the value' of
more than 30 cents. If the liberal esti
mate of six pounds be allowed for each
fleece, the duty thereon would be 00 or
72 cents, and this may be taken as the
utmost enhancement of it price to the
farmer by reason of this duty. Eighteen
dollars would thus represent the increas
ed price of the wool from 25 sheep, and
Wi that from the wool of 50 sheep; and
at present values this addition would
amount to about one third of its price.
If tisn its sale the farmer receives this
or a les- tariff profit, the wool leaves his
hands charg-d with precisely that sum,
w hich in all its changes will adhere to it,
until it reaches the consumer.
When man ifactured into cloth and
other gessb- and material for use, its cost
is not only increased to the extent of the
farmer's tariff profit, but a further sum
has lieen added for the benefit of the
manufacturer under the operation of oth
er hiiff laws; in the meantime the day
arrives when the farmer finds it neces
sary to purchase woolen goods anil ma
terial to clothe himself and family for the
winter. When he faces the tradesmen
for that purpose he discovers that he is
obliged not only to return in the way
of increased prices his tariff profit on the
wool he sold, and which then perhaps
lies before him in manufactured form,
but that he must add a considerable sum
thereto to meet a further increase in cost
cause.! by a tariff duty on the manufac
ture. Thus, in the end he is aroused to
t ie fact that he has paid upon m sler
ate purchase, as a result of the tariff
achemc, which, when he aold his wool,
seemed ao profitable, an increase in price
more than sufficient to aweep away all
the tariff profit he received opon the
wool he produced and aold.
'
The considerations which hare been
presented touching our tariff la vs are in
tended only to enforce an earnest recom
mendation that the surplus revenues of
the government be prevented by the re
duction of our customs duties and at the
same time, to emphasise s suggestion
that in accomplishing this purpose we
may discharge a double doty to our peo
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1887.
ple, by granting to them a m -asure of
relief from tariff taxation in quarters
where it is most needed and from sources
where it can be most fairly and justly ac
corded. ' .'-.
The difficulty attendinga wise and fair
revision of our tariff laws is not tinder
estimated. It w ill require on the part of
the congress great labor and care, and
especially a broad and a national contem
plation of the subject, and a patriotic dis
regard of such local and selfish claims as
are unreasonable and reckless of the wel
fare of the entire country.
The radical reduction of the duties im
posed upon raw material used in manu
factures, or its free importation, ' of
course an important factor in any effort
to reduce the price of these necessaries.
It would not only relieve thm from the
increased cost caused by the tariff on
such material, but, manufacture.) product
being thus cheapened, that part of the
tariff now laid upon such product as a
compensation to our manufacturers for
the present price of raw material could
beaccordingly modified. Such reduction
or free importation, would serve beside
to largely reduce the revenue. It is not
apparent how such a change can have
any injurious effect upon our manufac
turers. On the contrary. It w uld appear
to give them a better chance in foreign
markets with the manufacturers of other
countries, who cheajien their wares by
free material. Thus our people might
have the opportunity of extending their
sales beyond the limits of home consump
tion saving them from the depression,
interruption in business, and lorn caused
by a glutted domestic market, and afford
ing their employes more certain and
steady labor, with its resulting quiet and
contentment.
Z The question thus imperatively pre
sented fiir solution should be approached
in s si.irit hiirher than t)artinanhin. and
- I ri s i
considered in the light of that regard for
patriotic duty which should characterize
the action of those intrusted with the
weal of a confiding people.
Our progress toward a w ie conclusion
will not lie improved by dwelling upon
the theories of protection anil free trade.
This savors too much of bandying epi
thets. It is a condition that confronts ns
not a theory. Relief from this condi
tion may involve a slight reduction of
the advantages w hich reward our home
productions, but the entire withdrawal
of such advantages should not lie contem
plated.
The simple and plain duty which we
owe the people is to reduce taxation to
the neccessary expenses of an economical
operation of the government, and to re
store to the business of the country the
money which we hold fit- the- treasnrv
through the perversion of governmental
powers. These things can and should
be done with safety to all our in lustries,
without danger to the opmrtunity for
remunerative lalair which our working
men nee. I, and wilh benefit to them and
all our people, by cheapeningthcir means
of subsistence and increasing the meas
ure of their comforts.
The constitution provides that the
president " shall, from time to time, frive
to the congress information of the state
of the union." It has been the custom of
the executive, in compliam-e with this
provision, to annually exhibit to -ongress
at the opening of the session, the pneral
condition of the country, and in detail.
with some particularity, the operations
of the different executive departments.
It would be especially agreeable to fol
low this coure at the present time, and
to call attention to the valuable a -com-
plishments of these departments during
the last fiscal year. But I am so much
impressed with the paramount import
ance of the subject to w hich this com
munication has thus far been devoted.
that I thall forego the addition of any
other topic, and only urge ujam your im
mediate consideration the "state of the
union," as shown in the present condi
tion of our treasury aud our general fiscal
situation, ujHin which every element of
our safety and prosperity depends.
The reports of the heads of depart
ments, which will lie submitted, coutain
full and explicit information touching
the transactions of the business intrusted
to them, and such recommendations re
lating to legislation in the public interest
as they deem advisable. I ask for these
reports and recoimnendations, the delib
erate examination and action of the leg
islative branch of he government.
There are other subject not einbra.-ed
in the departmental reports demanding
legislative consideration, and which I
should be glad to submit. Some of
them, however, have been earnestly pre
sented in previous messages, and as to
them, I beg leave to repeat prior recom
mendations. As the law makes no pro
vision for any report from the depart
ment of state, a brief history of the
transition of that important department
together with other matters which it
may hereafter be deemed essential to
commend the attention of congress, may
fund h the occasion for a future commu
nication. (Signed) Guovf.k Clevelami.
Washisutos, Dec. 6, 1SX7.
Don't
Let that cold of yours run on. You think
it is a light thing. But it may run into
catarrh. Or into pneumonia. Or wi
gumption. Catarrh is disgusting. Pneumonia is
dangerous. Consumption is death itself.
The breathing apjiaratus must be kept
healthy and clear of all obstructions and
offensive matter. Otherwise there is
trouble ahead.
All the diseases of these parts, head,
nose, throat, bronchial tidies and lungs,
can be delightfully and entirely cured by
the use of Boschee'a ttermati Syrup. If
you don't know this already, thousands
and thousands of people can tell you.
They have been cured by it, and "know
how it is, themselves." Bottle only 75
cents. Ask any druggist.
A process for making a sulsditute for
leather from gutta percha and sulphur has
been brought out in France. Raw cot
ton and oxide of autiinony are well mix
ed with these ingredients, and the whole
vulcanised steam. The artificial leather
is sa d to be useful for making the soles
and heels of shoes.
Edison says the new phonographs are
to be ran at a cost of about 50 cents
month.
GIRLS AMONG BONDS.
An Industry in which Women
are Superior to Men.
" Those are the girls who make mon
ey," remarked a gentleman as a long line
of girls came laughing and chatting out
of a big building. They were happy and
cheerful and as handsomely dressed anil
jauntily arrayed as if they were jnst ma-
king their exit trm a mitince. A re-
porter ventured np to the eighth flir of
the big building to see the money mak-
ing process.
Seated at their desks in the company's
office are the young ladies who act as ao
counUnt and timekeepers. They are the softer character of the tissues of chil
experts at figures and the whole business dren renders them more susceptible to
of the department has been reduced to j infec:ion, and tire activity of their lym
sneh a system that almost ata glance the i phatic system more liable to severe forms
cost of everything that enters into the
work, even to the gum on the back of a
stamp, can lie ascertained.
A door to the left was opened, and
disclosed to s iew ten or a dozen girls en
giged in ver ying numbersand counting
(lerfected .M-k. Here great skill 'and
quick jieneption are reqnired. Sharp
eyes run with the speed of lightning
down the long rows of coupons and veri
fy the numliers, while other eyes, equal
ly as quick, examine each sheet and it is
isse.l along or tissed out as imcrfcct,
until the finished work reaches the
" counter," by whom it is bundled, mark
ed and certified with her signature. It
then goes to the great safe, where it is
receipted for, and the work is finished.
MILLIONS OF SEITKITIES.
Standing in this safe, surrounded by
millions of securities, including many of
the South and Central American repub
lics, as well as those of innumerable cor
porations in the Cnited States and Eu
rope ; the process of engraving and print
ing was explained from the time the
blank paer left the stock room until it
roach ed this safe in its finished condi
tion. The whole business is conducted
on a series of orders and receipts, and
not a sheet or scrap of paper can go
astray from the time it enters the estab
lishment until it in ready for delivery.
Indeed, when the safes and tirepr.sif
vaults are locked at night there isn't pa
per enough alsitit the establishment for a
mouse to make a lied.
Although European competition is large
this country secures the better class of
Is-ind and banknote work, for in no other
land, has engraving in this special line
reached such perfection. To-day the
money makers of the United Stats stand
at the head of the list, its inventive geni
us having solved many of the problems
of defeating the imitator ami the coun
terfeiter. Here, for instance, is a bond
of Cuba. On the back is a map of the
island, and in the net of scrool work the
word " Culia " is wo-en S,000 times. It
is, however, but a sample of many oth
ers, the counterfeiting of which is abso
lutely impossible. In the passage of each
one of these sheets of paier through the
house it has been subjected to fifty-two
countings from as many different per
sons. Every sjKiileil and defective sheet
has also been accounted for.
The engraving rooms, where skillful
artists were at their work ; the process
by which the engraved plates were trans
ferred to the steel press plates and har
dened ; the geometrical lathe for en
graving scroll work, which cannot be du
plicated by hand ; the printing and the
ink rijoms all were visited, as were also
the great iron vaults, containing hun
dreds of perfect plates, from which an
average of 10,000,000 each of securities
have been printed.
IN TIIK EXORAVINO ROOMS.
And except in the heavier parts of the
business and in the engraving rooms the
girls who make money were everywhere.
They were met in the halls and rooms
ot the building, their arms burdened
w ith bundles of securities, which they
were transporting .on their way. to af
fection, the amount in hand being great
enough to make them millionaires ; in
the rooms running nnmliering machines,
as counters, pinners, flyero : and in the
press hum, w here each girl was assisting
" her man " in running the press, by
damping, laying and flying the sheet,
while "her man" applied the ink, pre
pared the plate and did the presswork.
In this department each girl speaks of
the pressman as " her man," tiie two
working together, and when one is ab
sent the other, perforce, is idle also. In
fact, whenever girls are employed in the
mechanical departm -tit of making money
they appear as man's assistant and help
mate. In the tower of the building there
was a jierfect beehive of girls hard at
wark examining and preparing the mon
ey on the tables before them, and happy
and chcerlnl looking ladies they were,
too, as were about all employed in the
establishment.
There, too, you find pure, unadultera
ted democracy. The girl who is engaged
in counting $10,000 liandsand examining
their coumns, does not think herself a
bit more elevated than one who is as
sorting ten-cent notes, nor does she feel
herself justified in drawing invidious
distinctions. She knows in this mimic
ry, as in real life, the whirligig of time
may throw the bonds into the lap of her
companion, and give her the. small
change as her portion.
The very character of the work pre
cludes the possibility of much talking.
The eye, the touch, and the mind must
lie intent on the work in hand, for negli
gence or inattention is certain to be de
tected at the next stage the money takes
in transit.
" Why do you employ girls in the pro
cess of money making instead of men
and boys " asked the reporter of his
guide.
" Because they are quicker of percep
tion, have a more delicate sense of touch,
and are more tractable than boys. In
fact, a girl of 17, if suited to our employ,
has the fixed habits of a man ol 25, com
bined with greater expertness. Then
they have a deeper sense of duty, do ex
actly as they are instructed, and are in
every way more reliable than boys, or
even very young men." .V. 1". )ar.
A (ierman authority recommends the
following simple method of protecting
iron from rust: The article is immersed
in a nearly saturated solution of chloride
of tin, then washed in water, and after
ward with weak ammonia. The tin so
lution mnst not be too strong or it will
attack the iron. The treated metal ap
pears like frosted silver. 1
eraic
Some Facts About Diphtheria.
Dr. Pepnr arw in his late " System of
Medicine" that diphtheria is a spc itic
infectious and contagions disease. Of its
contagion there may lie no doubt, and
the contagion element is liable to lie di
rectly communicated by the rwtient. It
i ",-Iings to solid clothing and in this
; wav ; communicated altera long time.
' There is hardly any disease which clings
j go tenaciously to dwellings and furniture,
j it nuty ije transKirtetl by air a great
j distance. I ran give personally no ex-
t ample of its being carried by visitors or
j by the attending physician, but it is said
j to have ocecured however. Naturally
of the disease."
Many tragic cases are recorded of in
fection by direct contact from the throat,
or from the opening in she wind piie
i tracheotomy) by the surgeon, and one
of the saddest cases is that of the much
lamented Dr. Carl Otto Weber, of New
York, vho recently died from diphtheria
contracted from sucking a wound to save
a child. A case is related of a surgeon
w)k while attending a diphtheritic child
had some secretion thrown in his face.
Twelve hours after his right eye was in
flamed and painful ; the affection proved
diphtheritic and the recovery was com
pleted after weeks of suffering. The
period of incuinbation is from 2 to 15
days.
Dr. Flint, of New York, says the dis
ease lie communicated, and many exam
ples are recorded where persons become
affected after having ln exposed to the
disease. Prof. Bartholoiu, of Jefferson
college, ' says diphtheria is an acute,
specific, contagious disease. Diphtheria
there can he communicated by contagion,
infection and by inoculation thruugh an
organism. Dr. Richard Quoin, of Lon
don, savs it is a specific, contagious dis
ease. Dr. Lewis Smith, of New York,
says it is always a constitutional disease
frmn the start, and he believes it to be
contagious. Dr. Jacobi, who perhaps
has given the disease more thought than
any other person in this country, claims
that it can lie communicated, and advises
the removal of the patient to the upjaT
story to prevent the others from tak
ing it. He says one important axiom
most be borne in mind namely, that
prevention is easier than a cure. Moving
the healthy memliers of the family lie
yond the danger of infection is not
enough. There are in addition certain
very important prophylactic measures to
lie observed. The mouth and throat
should lie frequently examined by an in
telligent physician and kept in a heal
thy condition; nasal and pharyngeal ca
tarrhs cured np ; enlarged tonsils remov
ed. Prevention is not only the business of
the physician, but just as much that of
the individual and the community the
town, the county and the state. Bed
clotliing and linen, should be change.)
often, rooms aired, kissing forbidden.
The well, or apparently well, children of
a family that has diphtheria at home
must not go to school or church. In times
of an epidemic every public place, thea
ter, ball-room, church and school should
lie disinfected, as much so as if small pox
existed.
rsE OF DISINFECTANTS.
In the sick room. The clothing, towels,
ben linen, Ac, should, on removal from
the patient and before they are taken
from the room, be placed in a pail of
(oiling hot zinc solution, made of sul
phate of zinc and common salt, disolved
together in water in the proportion of four
ounces sulphate and two ounces salt to
the gallon. All discharges should be re
ceived in vessels containing copperas so
lution copK-ras disolved in water in the
jsirlion of fme and a half pounds to the
gallon. Fumigation w ith sulphur brim
stone Is the only practical method for
disinfecting the house. Close the room
as tightly as possible ; place the sulphur
iron ns supported upon bricks placed
in wash-tul. containing a little water ;
set it on fire by hot coals or with the aid
of a sptnf 1 of alcohol, and allow the
room to remain closed for twenty-four
hours. At least two pounds of sulphur
should be used for a room ten feet Square.
It is best to burn all articles which
have been in contact with the patient.
Articles too valuable to be destroyed
should be treited as follows: cotton, lin
en, flannel, blankets, Ac, should lie ls.il
forat least half an hour, piece by piece,
in the zinc solution. Heavy woolen
clothing, silk, furs, xc, should be hung
in the room during fumigation, then
hung in the ojien air, beaten and shaken.
Pillows, mattresses, upholstered furniture,
vc, should lie cut open and the contents
spread out and fumigated. Carpets are
best fumigated on the floor, but they
should after yard lie removed to the open
air and beaten.
The dead body should he thoroughly
washed with a zinc solution of double
strength and should then lie wrapped in
a sheet wet with the zinc solution ami
buried at once in a metallic, metal-lined
or air tight coffin.
The Minister's Old Thorough
bred.. Something over a half a century ago,
an intent rivalry existed between the
inhabitants of Litchfield and of New
Milfttrd, in Connecticut, as to which of
those villages had, the moe.t speedy horse.
It happened that the Rev. Dr. Taylor, a
famous preacher of that day, ami a w arm
personal friend of the Rev. Lyman
Bcecher's had a horse that could outrun
everything in that part of Connecticut.
Theyongmen of New Milford being great
ly worked up by the boasts of their Litch
field ueigebors, called on Dr. Taylor and
asked bin) to let them have his horse for
a trial of speed. The doctor shook his
head, and said :
" My dear young friends, that would
never do. It would not answer for a man
in my position to be mixed up in any
such an affair. You can see for your
selves that it would never do."
The young men, however, would not
lie put off. They argued the case with
tne doctor at great legth, but he was in
exorable. He " would not be mixed up
in such an affair." Supposing that the
case was hopeless, they at last turned to
go w hen the good doctor called out to one
of them. "JJm rfl find the bhdi'e
behind the hurn iw"
The young uuti took .'.be hint, and also
the horse; and thed.arV r'suld thorough
bred beat bis Litchfield competitor out of
sight
U- o
WHOLE NO. 1000.
The Walled-ln Room.
, , , , , , ,"
I opened rnv eves and IookeJ aromvl
1 , .
me. A man -vas I. nr.. tig over my tel ;
" .li
near the man st.ml a woman w ith a u.n-
net with great white wings on the sides,
holding in her hand a moist compress.
i The r .nu plain and neat, with clean
! whire wall. On a table covered with a j
J great napkin of yeilow linen, I noted a I
numlier of strange objects rows of little ;
vials, and a Iniwn earthen jar with bits
j of ice. Through the muslin curtains;
i which Mlicd nut from tiie window in i
! the balmy air. I could see a patch of blue i
sky and tops f trees bending lightly in ;
the breeze. Where was 1 ? It s -emed
like a long .In am that I had had ; my
head felt empty, my limbs ached, and I
could not thii.
the man g-ntly litte.l my head am
gave me a few drops of some liquid,
which I swallowed with avidity.
" Well, Mr. Furniss," he saidj " how do
you feel T
u Eh, what'" 1 cried. " Where am IT
" You are in your house, my dear sir,
and we shall takego-sl rare of yon. Now"
he ad.le.l, rep'actng my hand on the pil
low, " be quiet and go to sleep."
I gazed at him a long time, and al! at
once I recogniied L'r. Bertram, the cele
brated s.eciali.-t in insanity. Why was
I in Dr. Bertram's hospital instead of in
my home, near Ph.enix park, with my
Issiks. my mi.-riiscoie around me.? His 1
hospital was fir mad penile I and that j
sister of charity, those vials, that howl of
ice my God, 1 must be mad ! But whv?
How?"
" How long have I been here?" I ask
ed, after a time.
" Four weeks, Mr. Furniss. Rut you
m 1st be quiet, and sleep. Now, do not
try tot ilk."
The next morning I was better, and
day by day I improved.
One evening the doctor, w hom I had
not seen during the day, seated himself
near my bed.
" Well," sai.l he, feeling my pulse, "you
are doing famously. IU have you out as
gKMl as new in a few days. But you've
had a close shave. It has been one of the
prettiest cases of cerebal congestion I
have ever handled beautiful case. Why
its a w.m ler you are alive now. Tell nie
how is your in-uu-ry ; can you remciulier
what hapieneI before you were brought
here ?"
Here is an exact transcript of my reci
tal as 1 told it to Dr. Bertram, and later
to the magistrate :
You know my passion for natural his
tory ? Well scarcely a week passes that
I do not go out into the country botaniz
ing. That day 1 went t ijlavnevin.
whereas you know, the marshy mead
ows are rich in curious plants, infusoria
and diatoms. I was returning, and was
ahu.ist in Dublin with my box full of
rare specimens, when I saw a little girl,
certainly no more than five or six years
old. who was also alone crying as if her
little heart w ould break. I could see that
the little one was lost. I spoke to her
kindly, and by dint of promising her un
limited bonlsins. got her to tell me that
her name was Lizzie, and that she lived
near Befesford plac?, in Lower Abbey
street. I took her by the han. f and we
soon started off talking together like old
friends.
I was received with transports by her
mother. Never was gratitude expressed
so heartily and pleasantly.
"Oh, Mr. Furniss," said the mother,
"you are the savior of my child. How
nappy my husl.and will be to repeat my
thanks to yon. Will you do us a great
kindnes; w!l you honor our humble
biard bMiinrrpw?"
I thanked her for the invitation and
promised to be on hand.
At the appointed hour I was shown in
to their modest parlor, and you may be
sure the husband's gratitude was no less
warmly expres--.! than the wife's.
The dinner was a merry one. In brief
I passed an excellent evening.
The air had lieen heavy the w hole day
and in the evening a storm come on. I
was about to start for home, however, for i
it was late and my house was at some
distam-e, but they insisted that I should
9 ay. It would be foolish to expose my
self to such a tempest when I was not
feeling well ; the mother begged me with
such a good grace that I felt forced to re-
mam and pass the night in that hospita
ble house. They ceremoniously conduc
ted me to my room and there w ished me
giMMt-night.
I felt as if I siiould smother in the close
atmosphere of the room. I wanted to
inhale a little of the outside air, and in
spite of the roaring storm I tried hard to
open the window. It was a false win
dow !
I thought I would remove the chimney
screen ; it was a false chimney ! I rushed
to th" door; it was locked ! Fear seized
me, and holding my breath. I li.-tened.
The house was quiet ; all seemed to lie
asleep. Then I inspected the room can-- !
fully, straining my ears for the least
sound. On the floor, near the bed, I
. . i.i i ,i.i .. i '
lM..,r-i . , , a,,.- , "...c. all.
blackened hl.vxl ; I shuddered, and a
mid sweat t.l on my forehead. Blond!
whv should there be blood there? And
I saw that a whole sea of blood must have
la-en spilt there, for a large space around
the the hard wooden floor had been
freshly at-mlitied and scrared. All at
once I .ried out. Under the bed I had
seen a man, streetched out, motionless
as an overturned statute. With trem
bling hands I touched the man. He did
not move. With trembl ng hands I seiz
ed the man by the feet and drew him
forth ; he was dead ! His neck had been
cleanly cut, as with one mt of a razor,
and the head held to the tmnk by a slen
der ligament.
I thought I should go mad. But some
thing must ! .1 me the assassin might
corneal any moment, x raise., tne rxs.y
to place it on the bed. I made a false
step and the livid head turned, swung to I
and fro for a moment like a hideous pen
dulum, and tlien detached from the
trunk, fell on the Honrwith a dull sound.
With gnt dirti. ulty I introduced the de
capitated trunk U'tween the sheets. I
picked up th.! head and placed it on a
pillow, like that of a sleeping man, and
having blow n out the candle, I slipped
under the b s.
. I remained there in that awful tear
minutes, hours, months, years, centuries
I do not know how long.
The door opened a man stepped in j
with gliding trend, with infinite precau
tions to avoid tr aching any of the fnrni
tun:. It seemed to me as if I could see
the cruel, clutching fingers gliding over
' my clothes, searching my pocket. Then
the steps came nearer, "veraed to graze
' me. I felt that the man wa bending
! over the bed. Thn he struck on fien-e
; blow. Then I knew r.othing mere.
' TVpen I recovered Cincimn. -w th
! mont h.id become sUe-it ng-.in i S-s-M-'
ed to c-K-ai On l:i foe t grin li e
j dmr, which bad --t kin ! '. ei
j ing my way, I pulsed into t!i h.ill. I
I descended the stairs drew the boitof ihe
door, ami, haf kinting. with th biood
frozen in my veins. I fell Into the gutter
of the deserted street.
Dr. Bertram had listened to my recital
with the deepest interest.
"And there I found you, Mr. Furniss,
and in what state ! Couid yo-l recouixe
the house ? "
" Yes," I replied.
Eight days later the doctor and I stood
' in Lower Abbey street. I reevn;ied the
terrible house. All the blinds were
, , . .
i drawn; in front of the d.mr . placard
j . . . ',
! placed, Hearing tue h-gja..;: " To
j t.j -
: , j,,,,,,:! of ,tie fnr..T resident from
a, ni-'blsr.
They have been gone a month and
more." she replied. " it's a great pity, foi
th' y were very nice people."
Ciearly Identifying Himself.
They were talking about the cheek of
tramps the other. lay, w hen a Woodward
avenue merchant said :
" Two or three weeks ago a tramp came
in and struck me for a quarter. Two
(h.ys later be camw in airtin. In two
weeks he called on me five times, g. t-
I J ting something each time. I tiuailv turn
, ! ed to and gae him an awful blssting.
' He li-tened to me quirt !v and respect
fully, and finally said :
" My excuse is that I served my coun
try. You a soldier bah!"
"But I was, sir. They have got me
in the painting of the Battle of At
lanta." i don't believe it."
"ii you'll take me in there I'll point
myself out to you. If you don't see
me represented there yoij may kick
me."
" Well," said the merchant. "I took
him at his word and went over to the
panorama with hi:n. He didn't hesi
tate at all, but walking to the front
and (minting to the railroad gap, he
said :
"There I am, sir."
"Where?"
"Just lo the right of that old dead
horse."
" But that man is dead."
"Yes, sir. That is the battle I was
killed in."
Burdette on Trunk-Smashing.
The life of a joke is long, and the art of
getting to Canada safely is fli- ting, hut
all the days of the trunk are numbered.
The fragile pitcher that goeth often to
the fountain is broken at last, but the
iron-liound trunk, w ith sole-leather sides
and rilisofoak, get Isith ends raved in
on the first trip. The art of trunk mak
ing and trunk smashing is coeval. When
the first trunk was made, the same rec
ords tell us tliat the first trunk was
smashed. And since that far-away day,
ages back in the mist v past, the history
! ..rin.L it i. i . . i
un.niiiKiiii.1 niiiur.il. iijc lllut
gone hand in hand ; it has lieen written
in inter-leaved volumes. ."Children of
men," exclaimed Ben Solent her Chilled
Steel, "I have made a trunk that will
laugh to scorn the gnawing tooth of
time." "Oh, race of mortals." cried Siva
the Destroyer, "I have perfected a maul
with a four-foot handle that will break
hrongh the rock-ribbed -..rth !" From
the mntil, assisted by Mr. Darwin and
other eminent evolution fakirs, the De
stroyer evolved the Baggage-sm isher, a
tosh between a Steam-hammer and a
Stnmp Extractor. From that time two
great problems have engaged the brain
and muscles of mankind. The one, to
produce an indestructible trunk ; the
other to evolve a force that will make
Kindling wood of the indestructible ; to
construct that which shall be all-resistant,
and to evolve that which shall lie ir
resistible. No Living by Crops Alone.
He is n it the best farmer who re-alines
tiie most money from a given numlier of
acres, but he who, while pnslucing the
largest cp.ps possible with facilities at
hand' does not fail to keep everything
trim and attractive, the house and
ground in order, fences in good condition
'those around the house painted or
whitewashed,) the yard covered vith turf,
dotted with tree, and shrnibery; the
buck yar-1 as neat as front, not a single
corner for rubbish ; the kitchen garden
free from weeds and full of every vegeta
ble in its season. In the household
everything ran be in place; no loose
Imard and litter a I in t the yard, no holes
of dirty water no implements wasting in
the weather. A g-a-l farmer will b
ambitious to have a gissl rul hy his
premises ; even gratis lalsir will h given
to this end. In many places trees will
lie planted along the way. and neatly
trimmed hedges take place of unsightly
zigzag fences. The roadside wilt Is?
mowed in proier season, thus destroying
wee.U and keeping along the- Is.rler a
plot of nice green gr.i.. Thus in every
thing pert lining to the farm the
farmer will not only k"ep Ufor his
mind the profit to be derived, but will
often he content with less money in
order that the love for the bntifi! may
lie cultivate.! and the highest type of
manhood developed by the i.le of great
crops of grain and herds of fine sf.sk.
The Funniest Kiss.
The kiss that iswitnrssed byan unseen
olwrver thruigh an uncurtained win
dow Is Ihe funniest kiss in the business.
It is a kiss w hich sticks iu the memory
oftlieman who witness.-, the pcrform
aiwe above all other kisses except th..'
rare ard racy osculnti. ns in nl.ih
he himself figured as the party of the
first part. Of course, th.-e m re different,
and he would naturally be expected to
remember them. The r. rity of the kiss
es caught on the fly through uncurtained
windows renders th em excee.'in.ly valu
able. The average young man w ho set
out to kiss his way into the bosom of
someriody else's family pulls down the
rurtains and turns down the gas, bnt
there are occasional exceptions in which
the young people seem to lose their pres
ence of mind and forget everything ex
cept the unfinished business which was
laid over from the last meeting. In such
cases evervls.lv in town is certain to
bT p;,.,.,,,, w-x1tA, just .
th (.ri niofm,nt anmnM.uim
f,lTUW nA l.,ng on the topmost
wave of popularity without lieing aware
of the fact. And everybody who passes
that window stops as suddenly aud nn
mistakably as though petrified. Yoe
couldn't get a man away from in front of
that window where there was any kiss
ing going on if you were to explode a
dynamite boom under his feet.
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Sold by Geo. W. Benford 4 Son.
What is the difference between a Jew
and a lawyer? The one gets his law
from the prophets and the other gets his
profits from the law.