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'MONDAY EVENING, MARCH SO
WHITE HOUSE INTOLERANCE
PRESIDENT WOODROW WIL
SON has developed a habit of
creating distrust of all opposition
to his policies by Insinuations of
Minister Influences exerted to thwart
Ihls plans. Every tlmq. he gets into
oloss quarters with opposition In Con
iffress the cry Is started by the admin
istration that a great lobby of some
sort Is opposing him against "the In
terests of the people."
But at last the mask is off the man
in the White House. For a year he
was permitted to develop and exploit
his theories of government without re
gard to their effect upon the indus
tries and the business of tho country.
Now manufacturers, business men and
working men who were promised a
millennium of prosperity under the
Wilson regime—the reduction of the
high cost of living and Improvement
of every sort—are demanding to know
what the administration proposes to
do to make good these promises and
pledges to the people. It will not do
to blame some alleged "lobby" for in
terference with the program of the
President. Opposition to the Presi
dent does not Involve moral turpitude
or disloyalty or lack of Interest In the
public welfare.
As the representative of a minority
of the people, he has no brief to speak
as their oracle. He deserves the de
cent consideration 'of all men and rea
sonable co-operation of Congress in
all matters affecting the welfare of
the nation, but there is no obligation
upon the part of any citizen to support
the various propositions of Woodrow
Wilson simply because he happens to
be President. Unfortunately he Is that
type of man who Insists that only those
are good men with pure motives who
give him their support. Those who
refuse to do so are past redemption.
It is the same sort fatuous self
righteousness which seems to have
permeated the whole structure of the
Wilson propaganda throughout the
country. Those In Pennsylvania who
ere upholding his "policies" also de
pounce, bulldoze and threaten and
condomn all who refuse to follow In
Ithelr footsteps.
There has not been in the history of
the government such abject sub
serviency as has been demonstrated
■by the majority of Democratic mem
bers of Congress in their surrender to
ithe President. One of these declared
!ln a speech that "he caii make no mis
take. He is our President, and what
he does is right; what he wants he
ehould have!"
Was there ever such kowtowing and
is !t any wonder that tho big men of
the party have broken with the dic
tator of the White House?
President Wilson has been directly
charged with selling out to England
In the matter of tho repeal of the pro
vision of the Panama Canal act ex
empting American coastwise vessels
from tho payment of tolls when pass
ing through the canal. Representa
tive Knowland has given in circum
stantial detail a story of various con
' Terences between the President and
j agents of the British government, fol
lowing which a statement was issued
In London that there was not the slight
est doubt the repeal of the tolls pro
vision would go through both the Sen
ate and the House.
There Is a suspicion at Washington
that the President is dickering with
England In order to save his face in
the Mexican situation. His refusal to
recognize Huerta and his subsequent
throwing down of the bars to the
bandit Villa In the matter of deliver
ing arms and ammunition across the
American border has aroused the
people everywhere and there appears
to be now nothing for him to do but
admit his mistake and prevent a war
•with Mexico by at once recognizing
the only constitutional authority In the
distracted republic. Huerta may now
be the ideal ruler, but he seems to bo
the only one who Is maintaining any
thing like a semblance of government
■outh of the Rio Grande.
No, Maude, tliat loud noise from the
i Central West was not thunder. It was
\ "Uncle .Ion" fannon having the laugh
nn President AVllson over Hiat "gag"
rule procedure In Congress.
MONDAY EVENING,
CHANGING THE FLAG
GRAND ARMY veterans Quite
properly have protested - to
Washington against any
changes in the design of the
flag of the nation. But we believe
their fears are groundless. It is
hardly to be Imagined that even such
an erratic body aa the present Demo
cratic Congress would attempt any
thing so rash as the remodeling of the
Star Spangled Banner.
A Southern member has Introduced
a bill providing that the white stripes
be changed to gray and that they run
vertically instead of horizontally
across the flag, as at present.
Ready as they have been to remove
Union veterans from the service of
the government at Washington in or
der to make places for political favor
ites having no call upon the bounty
of the nation other than the few votes
they happen to be able to influence, It
would seem to be entirely without the
bounds of possibility that Democrats
in Congress could be so foolish as to
vote to relegate the old flag to the
scrap heap in favor of a hodgepodge
of unharmonlous and meaningless
color.
In a speech, on Ills whirl along the
northern tier, the chairman of the
Democratic State committee, who is
giving his entire support, notwithstand
ing the change In the primary system,
to slated candidates, made the state
ment that
the State organization perfected
by the voters, was the people's or
ganization and "entirely unbossed
and free from the dictation of any
man."
Not all the comedians and burles
quers are on the vaudeville cir
cuit. Chairman Morris is some humor
ist—lntentional or accidental.
Evidently Champ Clark would rather
be right than President-lal favorite.
THE RIFT IN THE LUTE
THAT sacred Baltimore platform
is getting Its bumps. Even the
"houn' dawg" couldn't Bwoilow
the dose of inconsistency which
the White House placed before him.
And Underwood, he, too, gags over the
unsavory performance. Hear him:
There is a more serious problem
behind this question. You are
asked to foreclose your Judgment on
one of the most important questions
that has ever confronted the Ameri
can people before you have heard
the debate and before you have
seen the proposed amendments. You
are not only asked to adopt a rule
that will pass In this House what
the President asks for, to cut away
from our coastwise ships the right
of free tolls, but you are asked to
foreclose this question as to all
shipping for all time to come.
On the free toll question, the Demo
cratic leader, who has taken his stand
against the President, further pointed
out that the repealer now being forced
through the House would close forever
the right of our government to protect
fhe shipping Interests of the United
States.
"We are told," said he, "that we
are violating a solemn treaty made
with another nation, and that in good
faith we should abandon the canal to
foreign rivals without contest or dis
pute In order that we may keep our
standing in the family of nations. Not
for one moment do I believe we have
violated a treaty right and not for one
moment do I believe that the English
government would seriously contend
that we have violated a treaty right.'.'
Mr. Underwood asserted that Eng
land had in fact acknowledged in writ
ing practically that there would be no
violation of the treaty if the tolls ex
emption applied strictly io coastwise
vessels.
The fact that Russia and Spain have
already passed laws and made appro
priations to pay their ships going
through the Panama Canal the
amount of tho tolls is urged by the op
ponents of the President as an em
phatic argument for the exemption
clause in favor of the coast
wise shipping of the United States.
Mr. Underwood says there can be no
question that Germany, England and
France will pursue tho same policy as
Russia and Spain. He argued that
Congress had declared Its purpose in
the canal act to re-establish the
American merchant marine.
Of course, the City Council will lose
no time In passing an ordinance com
pelling the Western Union Telegraph
Company to remove Its overhead wires
in the central business district, as has
been, or Is now being done, by other
corporations. Wonder is that the West
tern Union was not Included in the
original underground measure.
If President Wilson keeps it up for
four years he may qualify for elevation
to an English peerage.
THEN AND NOW
UST about two years ago the Demo-
Jcratic newspapers were emitting
loud wails over the alleged dire
distress of the country caused by
tho high cost of living, all of which
and most of the crimes of the political
calendar were attributed to the wicked
Republican party. Loud and high
sounding promises were made that all
these things would be remedied should
the Democrats be given an opportunity
to correct the awful mistakes of the
party in power. It was explained in
detail how the millennium ot good
times would appear; how the cost of
everything we eat and wear would
drop, how prosperity would sweep
over the land! We were warned not
to listen to the reasonable explana
tions of those who knew.
Now it is up to the average citizen
to ask himself whether these promises
have been kept and whether thero
has been any reduction in the cost of
living, and whether prosperity is
gripping the individual and the
country.
It is not necessary to ask the ex
perience of any other than yourself.
You know best whether the Demo
cratic freo trade experiment has im
proved your own situation and
whether it is costing you less to live
to-day than it did a year ago. *
Now we are hearing more of the
promises of the lovely things which
are going to happen next week or next
month or next year. It. is always the
■custom of tlie fake doctor who Is 30-
ing to cure the p.itient to make him
feel food with promises of prompt
recovery. Just wait, give him time,
etc. This Is the attitude of the Dem
ocratic party to-day. It Is experiment
ing with the patient and unless he
dies in the meantime he may get bet
ter In the future.
It's a question of how much longer
the people are going to permit them
selves to be deceived by the claptrap
of theoretical and experimental op
portunists who care more for politi
cal patronage and the gratification
of personal ambition than they do for
the welfare of all the people.
,1 EVENING CHAT I
People here are so accustomed to
think of Dauphin county as a county
noted for its railroad, iron and steel,
coal mining, quarrying and general
manufacturing interests that the aver
ago person does not consider its agri
cultural importance. Yet, it is a mat
ter of record that its agricultural pro
duction ranks away up and that when
movements now under way to adapt
some farms to more scientific methods
and to extend intensive work as well as
to enlarge the orchard enterprises this
county will take a still higher place.
Figures compiled by the new bureau
of statistics of tha State Department
of Agriculture show that there are not
a dozen counties in tho State where
the value of improved farm land per
acre is greater than it is in Dauphin
and two of them, Philadelphia and
Allegheny counties, can be crossed off,
as the values there aro more or less
governed by population, natural re
sources or other causes. The counties
which exceed Dauphin and Cumber
land, because our sister county over
the river has tho same rating that we
have, are Lancaster, Franklin, Ijeb
anon, Lehigh, Delaware, Northampton,
Westmoreland and Snyder. The value
of the improved farm land in Dau
phin, Cumberland and Mifflin counties
is SBO per acre and the "average" of
farm land S6O per acre. Lancaster
county's Improved farm land is rated
at $l5O and Franklin's at sllO. Dela
ware is rated at SIOO. The others run
from SBS to S9O. The "average" land
runs from S2O to S4O less per acre.
Lancaster is shown to have the best ot
all. Philadelphia farm land is rated
far above Lancaster, but that is easily
acounted for. The fact remains that
Dauphin and Cumberland county
farms are equal to York and Chester
and but little behind closely cultivated
Lebanon. Perry's improved farm land
is worth $75 per acre, the "average"
being SSO, which is pretty good for a
county noted in the past for blast fur
naces, hooppoles and railroad men.
Our improved land is worth more than
that of Berks and Montgomery and
perhaps some of the recent transfers
of farms wi'.l show a gain for 1914.
J. Heron Crosman, Jr., general com
mercial superintendent of the Bell
Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
and the associated lines, recently read
an Interesting paper on the proposed
government ownership and operation
of the telegraph and telephone sys
tems In the United States beforo the
telephone societies of Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia. This address has at
tracted so much attention that It has
been issued in pamphlet form. Mr.
Crosman, who is well known in Har
risburg and Central Pennsylvania
through his former service with the
local headquarters of the Bell system,
doubts if "the American public will
ever consider seriously* the irrespon
sible figures and illogical arguments of
iconoclasts like those who are agi
tating the operation of this great com
mercial and social adjunct by a po
litically administered department of
the government."
State B'ire Marshal Joseph L. Bald
win has turned to the farmer with
some suggestions as to how he can
prevent fires on the farm and in a
circular Just prepared for Issuance to
the dwellers in the country he gives
some hints about Spring cleaning up.
This is the time of the year when thb
winter accumulations either get
cleaned up or are allowed to lie
around because of the pressure of
Spring ploughing. "Don't allow rub
bish about. Many fires in the country
are caused by Incendiaries, but there
are some which are due to careless
ness," says he. "Buildings allowed to
become dilapidated, accumulated trash,
papers and the like are often the
cause of more fires than the firebug.
Farmers can reduce fire dangers by
cleaning up around buildings now, be
fore the heavy work of Spring begins.
Don't let anyone smoke around barns
or haymows and have your wires fre
quently inspected if you have elec
trlcitq. Form Are-fighting associations
among your neighbors and arrange
among yourselves to report anyone
who is careless in allowing rubbish to
accumulate, who does not take pre
cautions about gasoline or inflammable
material. If one-half the money spent
for fire losses in a year was spent for
better buildings, everyone would be
better off."
Officials of the State Bureau of
Medical Education and Licensure are
petting ready to make the last cal for
chiropodists and dr/igless healers, who
must have State licenses to practice
their professions under the act of 1913,
enlarging the supervision of the State
over various branches. The bureau
has had the assistance of committees
of men active in those lines and they
have framed papers for examinations
to bo taken by those who have not
been in practice more than a few
years. The time for filing such papers
expires on May 1 and after that per
sons practicing without State papers
will be liable to arrest.
E. A. Hefflellnger, president of the
East End Bank and one of the most
prominent of the business men of the
city was the first carrier of the Tele
graph in that section of the city east
of Paxton creek. He was employed
by the late George Bergner in 1858
and has many Interesting reminis
cences of the development of the east
ern section of Harrisburg. He tells a
good story on himself regarding his
business as a grocer some years ago.
Jt was his custom to open the store
early in the morning und he depend
ed upon the first street car passing his
door to awake him. One morning he
got up as usual after hearing the car
pass and opened his store, placing the
brooms and other display stock out
side. He then noticed for the first
time that the streets were very quiet
and looking at his watch discovered
that it was a few minutes after 1
o'clock. Ho had heard a snow sweep
er pass instead of tho regular morn
ing car and laughing at the Joke on
himself closed up his place and wont
back to bed.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—Pope Yeatman, the noted Phila
delphia engineer, has returned from
an extended trip to South America.
—Dr. »E. M. Haley, of Blossburg,
has been elected president of the
Tioga county pension board.
—ExMayor William A. Magee, of
Pittsburgh, made a speech In which he
said that cities should have more
homo government.
—Judge A. W. Johnson, of Union
county, has written letters to license
holders asking that they close at 10.30
p. m.
—J. W. Thropp, the Bedford county
ironmaster, has bought a foundry at
York and will engage in business
there.
—William Dission, tho. Philadelphia
manufacturer, will build a villa at
Palm Beach-
maimßuiioWi'w TEUSHOBB
ENROLLMENT IS
SHOWING GAINS
Republicans Forging to the Front
in Almost Every County Thus
Far Heard From
JEFFERSON SWINGS BACK
Central Club Members Arranging
For a Notable Dinner Without
Any Factions
Further reports of the enrollment
of voters In boroughs and townships
in counties which got away from the
Republican column In 1912 indicate a
big return to the ranks of the party
of those who had been active among
the Bull Moosers, and that the en
rollment among the Democrats is due
solely to the fight within the party
ever control of the machine. The
Democrats are not getting any of th»
Bull Moosers. They are going back
to Republican allegiance.
Franklin county shows the trend in
the Cumberland valley. Last year the
Republican enrollment was 8,945, and
this year it is 4,809. Up in Jefferson
county the Republicans enrolled 5,729,
a gain of 1,000. The Democratic en
rollment is but 2.8G0, while the Bull
Moose is below 1,000. This county
went heavily for Roosevelt. In Ches
ter county tho Republican enrollment
is estimated to have gained 4,000.
According to Sunday's Philadelphia
papers Congressman Diffenderfer, one
of tho conspicuous among the re
organizes, Is going
to be too busy at
home to give any Diftenderfer
help to the Jersey Having His
candidate for the Own Troubles
Democratic nomi
nation for Gover
nor. "Diffy" is being hard pressed
for the nomination and his course in
making appointments is anything
but pleasing to the rank and file of
his party. Tho Republicans have
started in for Henry W. Watson for
Congress and It is Improbable that
the Bull Moosers will make much of a
tight. Harry Grim, brother of Web
ster Grim, will be one of the candi
dates against "DifTy" for the Demo
cratic nomination. The Philadelphia
Ledger of yesterday said that Ryan
would carry both counties of the dis
trict, which Includes Bucks and Mont
gomery.
Folks in the upper end of Dauphin
county are having a lot of fun watch
ing the gyrations of Pat Meehan and
Dick Hancock to furnish
the best evidence as to
Moehan who is the real thing
versus among Democratic lead-
Hancock ers in tho Dykens valley.
According to rumor the
AVilllamstown post office
is the prize and the manner in which
these redoubtable Democrats are giv
ing proof of alleglence to the Jersey
candidates for the Democratic nomi
nation is worth watching. First Dick
is on top and then Pat gets it away.
If there is any Democrat in that sec
tion whom they have not enrolled, a
prize will doubtless be offered for him.
Both are determined to land the plum
and if the appointment happens to be
made before the primaries there will
be merry days in tho Lykens valley.
A Carbon county Democratic re
view printed in one of the Philadel
phia papers yesterday says: "The
great fight between ,
McCormick and Mich-
ael J. Ryan for the Carbon Is
De m ocratic nomina- Claimed by
tlon for governor Is Hyan Men
being taken up eager
ly by the friends of
both candidates In this town and
county, and tnere is no question but
that Mr. Ryan's chances are getting
better and stronger every day. Lead
ing Democrats disagree with the
friends of the reorganization Demo
crats here, and think that in order
to strengthen the party and make
sure of success it would be no more
than right for McCormick to withdraw
his candidacy and support the candi
dacy of Mr. Byan. The Ryan Demo
crats here would bo willing to support
A. Mitchell Palmer for United States
Senator provided he would use his
influence to get McCormick out of the
way and then turn in for the City So
licitor of Philadelphia. Unless this is
done, and unless the reorganization
Democrats make concessions to the
Ryanltes, the fight will bo fought to
the finish here, and according to pres
ent indications, Mr. Ryan is In the
lead, especially throughout the Mauch
Chunks."
Members of the Central Democratic
Club are highly pleased at the man
ner in which the acceptances to the
big Jefferson day din
ner are appearing and
Democrats as the State commit-
Down on. Any tee will meet here the
Factionalism following day there
will be no lack of
prominent State Dem
ocrats. The men here are declaring
that there is to be no factionalism at
the dinner, but that it la to be a
Democratic feast. Secretary Daniels
Is to make a Democratic speech and
the whole idea is to make it a big
event for the Democrats of Harris
burg and any attempt to turn It to
personal advantage will be frowned
upon.
1 POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS '
—Representative John Rex will be
Washington candidate for Senator In
Montgomery, and Frank P. Croft, the
manufacturer, will oppose him on the
Republican ticket. The Democrat is
still hidden.
—Penrose and DimniiCk are run
ning neck and neck with endorse
ments the last few days.
—Philadelphia votes on the big loan
to-morrow.
—Representative Daniel J. Shern Is
said to have decided not to run for
the House again.
—William McDonald is a candidate
for Senator In Philadelphia's Eighth
district.
—Senator Buckm&n will run again
, In Bucks and George Ross will run
i against him on the Democratic ticket.
•—Paul O. Brosius, who Is being
' boosted for postmaster of Lock Haven,
i is said to have Palmer and McCormick
behind him.
—Congressman Brodbeck seems to
i havo troubles these days,
i —Representative H. W. Bass Is not
to be a candidate again for the House
in Philadelphia.
—C. F. Specht is a candidate for
; Senator on the Republican ticket In
i Cambria. .T. A. Waters may be run
by the Democrats.
—Republicans in McKean and Erie
counties ar": reported. very much
, pleased at the fine prospects Tor Brum-
The newspaper that you are
going to take into your home every
morning must be one that you can
lay before your own boys and girls
without misgiving. Every line
printed in the Public Ledger,
whether news or advertising, is>
"pure" reading matter. Unless a
story can be told without suggest
iveness, it is not told. Unless an
advertisement can be printed with
out offense, it cannot be printed
in the Public Ledger.
baugh carrying both counties In a
walk.
—Judge Brumm is said to be con
templating a visit here to line up Bull
Moosera.
A-UTTLe-nonsenjSe i
She overheard her brother say that
he couldn't, for the life of him, hold a
hand to open last night at all, but flie
didn't hear whether it was the door or
window that stuck so.
BE A CONGRESSMAN
By Wing Dinger
Champ Clark got busy yesterday,
And gave a fine address
To Brooklyn T. M. C. A. folks
About °' d U. 8.
He said it takes a heap more sense
A Congressman to be
Than to be President, to which
Woodrow would scarce ugree.
He told how Presidents could have
A Cabinet quite wise
To steer them right, but a Congressman
His own course must devise.
And then he said ten thousand men
There are, and you can bet
That they w aid make good Presidents,
If votes enough they'd get.
But gee, that's Just the same old song
That every loser quotes,
"I'd be a good man on the Job,
If I'd have got the votes."
Without regard to right or wrong
Hereafter one should say,
'Td rather be a Congressman
Than President to-day."
BEDEVILED BUSINESS
Without comprehending what they
did, the people, through tholr legis
lators, have so shackled and bedeviled
business that it is to-day in a position
which must grlve every patriotic
American. We are now having a silent
but powerful protest against all this.
It comes In the form of tens of thou
sands of workmen dismissed by the
i railroads. Thore is no escape from
this protest, which, although Bllent, is
a most solemn warning that the time
; is long overdue for returning to a
f reign of reason.—Philadelphia Ledger.
WILSON NOT INSPIRED
[Philadelphia Press]
It is always the same, criticism of
Mr. Wilson's plan brings from him the
i sinistor suggestion and the mysterious
whisper. To oppose him in any of his
, legislation ideas is >to be a lobbyist,
that Is his theory. To seek to prevent
the carrying out of a Wilson policy Is
to be mfxecl up in something dark and
> evil. Only those who follow blindly
[ his dictates are good men with pure
motives. All others are wicked and
bad.
1 This Is not fair fighting, nor fair
1 play. It Is possible to disagree with
. Woodrow Wilson and still be a good
■ citizen. His policies and plans are not
such inspired things that resistance to
! them is the badge of the moral outlaw.
' A man Is not a lobbyist bdcause he
goes to Washington and tells what he
• really thinks about a meausure that Is
before Congress. That Is not only his
privilege but hts duty. Good cltizen
; ship does not consist solely In taking
opinions ready-made from the White
House. There Is still In this country
' such things as freedom of thought and
i of speech.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
i Time conquers all and we must,
limp obey.—Pope.
MARCH 30,19X4.
IN HARRIS BURG FIFTY I j
YEARS AGO TO-DAY I
[From the Telegraph, Mar. 30, 1864]
lUver Rising
The river has been "on tho rise"
during: the past day or two, caused by
the snow and rain which fell upon
the face of poor old Mother Earth
last week.
Snow Falls
Enow commenced falling last night,
and continued up to noon to-day. The
streets and pavements are covered
with slush to the depth of several
inches. Capital weather for moving.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC SCANDAL!
[Philadelphia Ledger]
Tho New Freedom post office scan
dal is the natural product of the as
sault of the Democratic spoilsmen
upon the public offices. They attacked
the merit system a.t first, and through
their machinations the bars of tho
classified service have been let down
so that the political workers may be
assured of their reward. It is but a
short step from paying men for politi
cal work by appointment to clerkships,
to selling postmasterships to men will
ing to pay the price. If postmaster
ships are sold there is strong sus
picion that other offices have been put
on the bargain table, or hawked about
from man *o man until the one willing
to pay has been found.
The right of a man to make a con
tribution to the funds of his party is
not involved here. The question In
volves the right of a party committee
to sell appointments. The sale of
judicial nominations by Tammany
Hall has been a scandal for years. To
stop it the people have made laws
against it, and one of the New York
city leaders has lately been convicted
of soiling a judicial nomination; more
over, the men who bought tt has also
been found guilty. There should be
some law, State or national, by which
the York county auctioneers of office
can be reached. It is not enough for
the postmaster to be removed; the
man who held him up, or blackmailed
him, is guilty of a crime against pub
lic policy If not against the statute
law.
If the Democratic Administration is
wihe it will not seek to cover up this
Sixty Day Iron Sale
Electric Irons guaranteed for five years, will
be sold at our salesroom for sixty days only, be
ginning April Ist, for $1.87 cash. At the ex
piration of that time the price will be advanced
to a standard that will be maintained during
the balance of the year. Irons to be sold at this
price only to consumers connected to our lines.
Take advantage at once of this opportunity to
purchase one of the best makes of Electric Irons
manufactured.
Harrisburg Light and
Power Company
scandal, but will make a most thor
ough Investigation to discover whether
tho old-blpartlsan machine, which en-
Joyed a monopoly of the distribution
of offices and held up the applicants
for such payments as were thought
suitable, has been succeeded by tho
reorganized Democrat*) machine, so
far as the dlstrlbutUn of national
offices Is concerned. If Congress la
reluctant to make tho investigation,
tho President owes It to his professed
adherence to honest clxll service to
require the Postmaster G»neral to sift
the whole subject to the bottom and
let no one tainted with the scandal
escape.
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[From the Telegraph, Mar. 10, 1864]
Rebels Desert
From Chattanoogo.—A larn» T-atch
of Union deserters were broight In
this morning from the North. Rebel
I deserters continued to come In at the
rate of twenty to thirty daily. All la
quiet at tho front. The weatier is
fine.
Copperheads in Court
St. Louis, March 29. —A specia. dis
patch to the Democrat, from ChtHes*
ton, Coles county, says that the Cop
perheads came Into that town toat
tend court yesterday with guns con
cealed In their wagons, and arned
with pistols.
MORE THAN 500,000
PIANOS AND ORGAN;
Of the Kimball make are now in ua
and many of these Instruments are ii
the best homes in America. The Kim
ball Instruments are popular because
they are high class, and the very best
piano value in their class and grade
In America. It will pay you to see tho
Kimball piano before you buy.—Ad
vertlsement.
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