CHAIRMAN JONES' TRUST. DEMOCRATIC LEADER HOLDS COT TON CINNERS BY THE THROAT. What the Round Cotton Bale Tract )I and Why Mr. Bryan lloea Not Denounce It 111 Hla Speeches—l)e -/ jienda Upon Whose Ox ia Gored. Senator J. K. Jones, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is a defendant in a proceeding brought under the Anti-Trust law of Texas, lie has company in his trouble. John E. Searles, w>ll known in Wall street as one of the biggest "trust magnates," is a co-defendant. The Texans have placed these two gentlemen under fire because they are the heaviest stockholders in a concern known as the American Cotton Com pany. John E. Searles is President of the organization. The Chairman of the Democratic National Committee says his company is but a "large business concern," but the Texans—and Texas is a Democra tic State—think differently. It is charged that the Jones-Searles combi nation constitutes a conspiracy against lawful trade and free compe tition. The American Cotton Company Is a monopoly if there ever was one. Not only is it entrenched behind $7,000,000 capital stock, but it is fortified by patents which exclude the possibility of competition. Nicoll's Stock Exchange Handbook, a recognized authority, says: "The American Cotton Company is a corporation which controls the pat ents for machinery and processes in making round lap bales." "Controls"—that word itself is sug gestive of the "Octopus." It is the word over which Mr. Bryan fumed in his St. Louis denunciation of trusts. Every cotton ginning plant in the South must have one of the machines manufactured by the American Cotton dompany. They save time and money. The cotton ginner must make his ar rangements with the Jones-Searles combination. It has exclusive posses sion of the field. The ginner must come to the terms of the combination, lie can deal no place else. He cannot even bur independence from this ?t,000,000 combination. The American Cotton Company re fuses to sell its product. It leases its machines. The manufacturer attaches one to his plant and yearly pays trib ute to the American Cotton Company. So great are the profits of this combi nation that in the short time the con cern has been in existence Senator Jones is said to have risen from the estate of a comparatively poor man until he is now regarded as a million aire. And the Southern ginners con tinue to swell the bank account of the Democratic campaign manager. William Jennings Bryan in liis de nunciation of trusts at St. Louis gave a list of the great corporations of the country. But he left out the Ameri can Cotton Company and the Ameri can Ice Company. The others he de nounced. But these two great Demo cratic organizations lie ignored. He exclaimed: "Those who attempt to divide pri vate monopolies iuto good monopolies and bad monopolies will never make any progress toward the overthrow of trusts." Therefore Mr. Bryan will not suc ceed as a trust smasher. Even in making his division in mo nopolies Mr. Bryan showed strong discrimination. He specified such con cerns as the Federal Steel Company. Yet this combination is only one of several iron and steel companies in the country. No one is forced to do business with the Federal Steel. There are the American Steel and Wire Com pany. the Republic Iron and Steel Company, the National Steel Com pany, the Carnegie Steel Company, and there are others. But Mr. Bryan made his division in favor of the American Ice Company, which had absolute control over the prices in New York City, and which, last spring turned upon the poor of the tenement house districts and added to its wealth by the suffering of the poverty stricken, and Mr. Bryan also makes his division In favor of a con cern which is so strongly fortified that every cotton ginning plant in the Uni ted States is forced to pay tribute to it. it depends, when Mr. Bryan de nounces trusts, upou whose ox is being gored. Debt Decritw and Increase. The interest-bearing debt of the United States on June 30, 1803, three months after the Democratic adminis tration came in, was 1|3N5,037.1UU. On June 30, 181M1, three years later, It was 9847.3t13.800, an Increase of 31M.71K). Three years of Democratic mismanagement of finances and of distress under free trade caused this. The voters will not return the Incom petent to coutrol of the uatloual finances. Hold flat Come Meek. During the calendar years ISO-I and IKUS when the Democratic aduiluls t ration had control of our finances the ci|K>rt* of gold were |l." I.lt nearly all came back lu lsi»T ami WOK. the total nut Imports being 1H1.7U3,- 300. The years IKWO aud lIMW have far more than remedied these losses. Do the |Ntople want lo go back lo the days of tluauclal stringency ami gold exporting? ■••t*|i of Oar Feuple. The United States has thirty three per ceut. of the savings Itauk depualu of the world. The average to each de- IHisltor In UNM) was V3IKM3. That la what Republican financial aud tariff policies has brought the country. M'KINLEY'S RECORD AS A SOLDIER. There IVm No Sncli Word as ltetreat With Htm. "There is no such word ns retreat, boys; charge." These words were those of Major McKlnley nearly forty years ago. They picture the character of the President of to-day as of the soldier of 1802. Thomas O'Callaliau, with one eye blinded and one ear closed to sound forever, by a bullet wound received under the national colors nt Gettys burg, is now a resident of Fort Col lins. He served through the war with distinguished bravery. "I served under President McKin ley in 18llcy lu Cuba, I'orto Hico and the Philippine Islands -the Democratic party Is camping lu the graveyard of dead Issues." From a speech delivered by the lion. Webster Davis hi October, ISiW. to the Itepulilieaus of Kansas City, Mo., when the first meeting was held In the first convention hall that was ouly partly completed. We lliould Poster Our Shipping. About one thousand million gallons of oil of all kinds are annually ex ported from the L'uited States, forming one of the largest and most valuable of the products of the country sent abroad. Hut all the money received In three years for our oil exports would | lie Heeded to offM-t the aiilii foreign shipowners take otil of the l'uited States each year for doing uluety three l>er ceut. of the foreign carry lug. Peo ple readily appreciate tli<> value of our oil exportation*, but they seem to Ih* Ignorant regarding the gold or Its equivalent lu our commodities that la •cut abroad each year to pay forelgu | era fur carry lug out import a aud ex ' porta THE GREAT DESTROYER. SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. A Story With Two Bides—The Ordeal to Which a Womau Was Subjected That Was a Disgrace to a ClvllLzed Commu nity—How the Police Aid ltumsellers. A woman stood at the bar of justice, and by her side toi'o stalwart policemen. Her name was caHed and she answered. Then the judge asked the clerk bo read the charge against her. "Disorderly conduct on the street and disturbing the peace," read the clerk. "Who are the witnesses against the woman?" asked the judge, ana the twe policemen stepped forward to be sworn. "Now tell the story," said the judge, and one of them began: "I arrested the woman in front of a sa loon on Broadway on Saturday night. She had raised a great disturbance, was fight ing and brawling with the men in the sa loon, and the saloon keeper put her out. She used the foulest language, and with an awful threat struck at the keeper with all her force. I then arrested lier and took her to the detention house and locked her up." "The next witness will take the stand," said the judge, and the other policeman stepped up. "I saw the arrest, and I know it to be just as stated. X saw the woman fighting as the saloon keeper put her out on the street. I heard the vile language she used in the presence of the crowd that gathered in the street." "Call the saloon keeper. What do you know of this case?" "I know dis voinans vas makin' dis turbance by my saloon. She comes there und she makes trobles uijd she fifeht mit me, und I puts her the door oud. I know her all along. She vas pad vom ans." Turning to the trembling woman the judge said, "This is a pretty clear case, madam; have you anything to Buy in your own defense?" "Yes, judge," she answered in a strange ly calm, though trembling voice. "I am not guilty of the charge, and those men standing before you have per jured their souls to prevent aie from tell ing the truth. It was they and not I who violated the law. I was in the saloon last Saturday night, but I'll tell you how it happened. "My husband did not come home from work that evening and 1 feared he had gone to the saloon. I knew he must have drawn his week's wages, and we needed it so badly. I put the little ones to bed. and then waited all alone through the weary hours until after the city clock struck twelve. Then I though the saloons will be closed, and he will be put out on the street. Probably he will not be able to get home, and the police will arrest him and lock him up. I must go and find him and bring him home. I wrapped a shawl around me and started out, leaving the little ones in bed; and, judge, I have not seen them since." Here the tears came to the woman's eyes, and she almost broke down, but re straining herself she went on: "I went to the saloon where I thought most likely he would be. It was about twenty minutes after twelve, but the sa loon, that man's saloon"—pointing to the saloon keeper, who seemed to want to crouch out of sight—"it was still open, and my husband and these two police men," pointing to those who had so lately sworn against her, "were standing at the bar with their lips still wet with drink, and the flecks of foam not yet settled in the empty glasses before them. "I stepped up to my husband and asked liini togo home with me. but the men laughed at him, and the saloon keeper dr dered me out. I said, 'Xo, 1 want my husband togo with me.' Then 1 tried to tell them how badly we needed the money he was spending, and again the keeper cursed me and ordered me to leave. Then I confess 1 could not stand any more, and I said, 'You ought to be prosecuted for violating the midnight closing law.' "At this the saloon keeper and police man rushed upon me and put me out into the street, and one of the policemen, grasping my arm like a vice, hissed in my ear, 'l'll get you a thirty days' sentence in the workhouse, and then see what you think about suing people.' He called a patrol wagon, pushed me in.and drove to the house of detention, and, judge, you know the rest. All day yesterday 1 was locked up, my children at home alone, with no fire, no food, no mother." It was well that the story was finished, for a great sob choked her utterance, and she could say no more. "Dismissed," said the judge in a husky voice, and the guilty woman who had so disturbed the peace passed out of the court room. Hut what of the saloon keeper who had violated the law by keeping open after twelve o'clock at night? And what of the policemen who violated their obligation by drinking while on d utf, and tvlTb threatened an honest woman with a sen tence in the workhouse if she dared to tell the truth! Oh, nothing at all. Tftey were too gtiiltv to be piosecuted.—Cin cinnati Living Issue. No Lack •( Light. If experience has ever cast the light of judgment upon any practice in the world in which men have been permitted to en gage, and shown it up in its true charac ter as a source of ruin and woe. it has cer tainly done this for the traffic in strong drink. If ever any habit of men has in fringed upon the Uod-given liberties of children and wives and mothers, it is this home-destroying drink habit. If ever any thing lias been a source and ally of cor ruption at the ballot box, it has been the drink evil. If ever any evil has worked against the peace and prosperity of churches und the progress of the gosuel •112 peace in the world, it has been this •ursc of the pit. If ever any lilierty of man has brought him to degradation, pov erty, insaigtv, crime, jail or scaffold, it has been this liberty of drink.—Baptist Courier. Gratlf jlug Decrease la Drunkenness. "Recent articles in the Liverpool press," says the Congregatioiutlist, "tell of a most marked dec hue of drunkenness in that maritime city where Iniuur has been and ■till is so freely used. The number of ar rests for drunkenness during the live years endiug 1874 were 1U.1U3 annually. They were uiilv 4*oß annually during the five years eliding ISUU This decline in arrests cannot be laid to less vigilance on the part of the police, for they never made fnore careful inspection of their districts, ami have uever t>een more vigorous in the sup pression of groggeries. The reusoiis given for the decline in drunkenness by th« Liverpool journalists are the demolition •112 rookeries, the incrca»ed interest in ph/s ical nvreatioii, anil the more stringent Attitude of the trades umous toward members whu drink." A Leng.Cherlslted Delusion. For hundreds of years the woild Ist* labored uuder the delusion that alcohol was a stimulant. There is not the slight est iota of scientific prool showing its stimulating action, and yet then lye med ical men today, apparently rational ou most subjects, who constantly speak of alcohol as a stimulant, (hi tlui contrary, it Is a deprewanl, a paialjser. an aues thelic, in its action lowering vitality, and from the verjr inception of its mrtueiice in terfering vrith every vital function. Helen tiKc eiperiiueuts have proven conclusively I hat it is a cardiac irritant, but not a stimulant. Show us a fault in our busi ness and we stop it at once, no matter how profitable. We don't believe a fault can ever be really profitable. They said our Ague Cure ' was too bitter and powerful for the weak digestion of malarial illness. We have corrected the fault. It's cost us thousands of dol lars to do it, but we have cor- 1 rected it. And there is no better medi cine under the sun for every form of malaria than this new | Malaria and Ague Cure. J. C. AVER Company, Practical Chemists, Lowell, Max. Avar's Sansaparilla Aycr's Hair Vigor Ayer't Pills Aycr's Cherry Pectoral Ayer's Ague Cure Ayer's Coma tone A Newspaper For Tramps. The Tourists' Union Journal, a news paper devoted wholly to the Interest* of tramps, was Issued for the first time recently at Sycamore, 111. Tht first issue may not be the last, but it is not probable that publication will continue very lons. Freak journalism is never very successful, and a news paper whose circulation will be among a class of gentlemen not especially given to literary pursuits does not promise success. How's Title? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F.J.Che ney for the last IB years, and bclteve him per fectly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. \\ EST & TRUAX, Wholesale Driiggists,Toledo, Ohio. WAI.DIHO, KIN VAN &■ MAnvix, Wholesale Drugifists, Toledo, Ohio. Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price. 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall's Family Pills are-the Dest. Even the deaf mute can understand when money talks. To Curs a Col.l In Oae Day. Tak* I.AXATIVS KBOSIO YRIWKS TABMTS. All drurxlsts rsfund the m iiiey If it falls lo cure. K. W. CiuovK'g slguaiuro Is on each box. 20c. Of the 3700 Chinese in New Zealand only twenty-six are women. Ido not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption lots an eoual tor coughs und colds.— JOllN F. lIOYER, Trinity Springs, lud.. Feb. 15, l'.*U. High-angle eis that from guns ut all elevations beyond fifteen degrees. Mrs. Wluslow'sSooibiui: >yrup forclilldrsn teething, softens t he guins, reduces inManiins llon. allays pain, cures wind colic.Mc.a bottle. The Labrador cod fishery is reported i virtual failure. How Are Your Bowels? §1 About the first thing the * Then, "Let's see your tongue." Because bad tongue and bad bowels go together. Regulate the bowels, clean up the tongue. We all know that this is the way to keep and look well. You can't keep the bowels healthy and regular with purges or bird-shot pills. They move you with awful gripes, then you're worse than ever Now what you want is Cascarets. Go and get them today-Cascarets-in metal box with the long-tailed "C" on the lid—cost 10c. Be sure you let the genuine! Cascarets are never sold in bulk. Take one 1 Eat it like candy, and it will work gently--while you sleep. It cures, that means it strengthens the muscular walls of the bowels, gives them new life. Then they act regularly and naturally. That's what you want. It's guaranteed to be found in G.I lh. (MWln* II rcu want >.auHti TMliwiM CCC" C— nlilt fctllfc. tut Mtiy ftM *J»a*i in th« U«ht biM m«t*» kM with th# C. >cr **• irWi BirMlM C irWli t Uil~— 10e '^^*^^^^3^EI3nS^^^^^^^DRUGGISTi rFFFI I*lim M t# *** MMftal, mM| Iran toml Hitlw mi (m fm to toy CASCAMTS. wt wM m«4 «Im kM. L Jijf'.un M*m Um*H IMf C». €M»it» »Nw imk. «»itiwiil tmi pip» «M LABOURCHE ON COCKFIGHTS. Why Be Despises It Is Very Plain to be Seen. There Is no word so often misapplied as "sportsman," says London Truth. A man who owns a racehorse is called one, although he may never have rid den a horse in his life. A man who backs one man to pummel another, who knows the rules of the prize ring, iB called one. And now Mr. Herbert Vivian aspires to become one of the fraternity by reviving the noble sport of cock-fighting. It is evident, how ever, that he is not aware of the law. A cook is held to be a domestic animal, and he would bring himself under the cruelty to animals act of 1849. But he would also come under the clause In that act that impoees a penalty of £6 on any one who keeps, uses, or acts in the management of any plaoe for the purpose ot baiting any bull, bear, badger, dog, cock, or any other kind of animal, whether of domestic or wild nature, or shall permit any such place to be used as aforesaid. Under this clause there have been a good many oonvictions, and it has, moreover, been held that any one who encourages or aeeieU at a cock-fight is liable to Im prisonment for cruelty to animals. I saw a cockfight nearly fifty years ago in Mexico, and it seemed a very brutal i performance. The then president was an ardent supporter of cock-fighting, and he waa by way of owning the best oocks in the country. He Invited me to go with him to see a fight. Every man was betting, and his excellency covered all stakes set a®ainst his cocks. 1 lost, above £IOO to him myself. miteraoy la Roanaanla. Reumania would appear to be the most illiterate country In Europe. The last eensus ■hows that, In a population of Marly 6,000,000, nearly 4,000,000 can neither read nor write, and that only a little over 1,000,000 have any educa tion at all. The Hog. Geo. Starr Writes No. 8 VAN NBS# PLACB, NBW YOBK. DB. RADWAT— WiIIi me you* Relief has worked wonders. For the last three years I here had frequent And severe attacks of sciatica, sometimes extending from the lumbar regions to my ankle, and at times to both lower limbs. Dunnu the time I have beeu afflicted I have tried almoet all the remedies recommended by wise men and fools, hoping I? find relief, bnt all proved to be failures. I have tried various kinds of bath*, manipula tions, outward application of liniments too numer* cue to mention, and prescriptions of the most eminent physicians, all of which failed to give me relief. Laat September, at the urgent request of a friend fwho hsd been afflicted as myself) 1 was lndnced to try vour remedy. 1 was then Buffering fearfnlly with oh® of my old turns. To my surprise and de light the first application gave me eab9 in a warm glow, crrated by the Relief. In a short time the pain passed entirely away. Al though I have sllKht periodical attacks approach ing a change of weather, I know now how to cur - myself, and feel quite master of the situation. iUDTTAY'g READY lIKLIEF is my friend. I nerer travel without a bottle In my valise. Yours truly. GEO. BTARR. Emigrant Commissioner* BW Sold by ail Druggists. 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We make and T eell more 93.00 and *J.SO L ahoea than any other Ivo VK manufacturers ia the U. 8. ■ ,/jflMCv •F* £>UbUab«d In lIYC. -Mm do yon pay $4 to e» - A •VA |5 for shoes when yon ff T?,!w L \S\can buy W.l.Douglas ff % VVhoei for $3 and j|q3NVINCE:v THE BEAKOIV more W. L. Douglas $8 and fs.fio shoes are sold than any other make Is because THE* ASC THE REST FOB MEN. THE Mad* of the beat imported and THE American leathers. The work- alls. ____ manahip la unexcelled. The style RKT >a equal to $4 and 95 shoes of DCCT ULOI other makes. They flt like cua- DCOI torn made ahoea. They will out -00 en we * r •*» of other makea at A) nn the ami prices, that hare no rep- u>OaUU utation. Tou can aafely reconi- Ctinr mend them to your frlenda : thej n . l( | r oflllC. pleaae everybody that weara them. Tour dealer ahould keep them j wa give ouo dealer exclusive sale in each town. Take no aubatltute! Insist on having W. L. Douglas shoea with name and price stamped on bottom. 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