FULL DINNER PAIL CANT COAL STRIKE PROVES "M'KINLEY PROSPERITY" A SHAMELESS LIE. The Protest of Hunger Against Greed Has Startled the llepubllcuii Lenders l.lves Passed in Pathetic Poverty, Despair and Degradation. The strike of 120,000 men in the coal fields of Pennsylvania hns put an end to the cant and mendacity of Republi can leaders about the "full dinner pail." The protest of hunger against greed has startled them. They thought they hnd reduced American labor and manhood to the condition where it might whine, but dared not strike. The people remember the ef fects of the Homestead troubles in 1892, and they cannot escape the con viction that results as distasteful may follow the present movement. Mark Hanna saw the ominous'cloud approaching, and being tlie chief rain maker for the Republican party, he thought he would hurst it with an oratorical bomb. Ho tried it at Delphi, Indiana, the other day. He was too late. Any one who says that the condi tion of the American laborer to-day is a prosperous one, is an arrant hypo crite or an ass. Hanna is in the for mer category. It was under the plea of public welfare and the rights of labor that he crushed with brutal hand and purpose the Seaman's Union along tlie Great Lakes, and reduced the In land sailor to a sullen serf. He and the rest of the trust magnates have been believing that by starving the body they could numb the brain. This Pennsylvania strike against the pol icy which would reduce the producer to practical and perpetual pauperism has shattered their belief that tlie hungry toiler can be a satisfied slave. They see, also, for they are reasoning rascals, that this revolt in Pennsyl vania is but the expression of what the people are thinking and feeling throughout all the country. It is the knell of Republicanism as interpreted by Hanna. It proves that "McKlnley prosperity" is a shameless lie. All hypocrites are irreverent and blasphemous. In a speech at Delphi, Indiana, a few days ago, Ilanna, with an unction worthy of Uriah Heep, said: "If Mr. Bryan—God forbid—should be elected—l say God forbid in the In terest of every man who works with Ills hands, hi the interests of every little child who goes to school and comes hack to meet a happy home and a happy fireside, in the Interest of the future greatness of our country, God forbid!" Could anything to a manly citizen be more nauseating? There was a time when every little child in Amer ica could go to school and return to a happy home and fireside, hut this was before tlie days of trusts and coal barons, who have already reduced millions in our industrial life to the European condition of pauperism. 11l the coal mines of Pennsylvania, chil dren of tender years, who ought to lie in school, are delving in deep, black shafts, where no ray of God's sun shine ever enters, and wearing out their hopeless young lives at a maxi mum wage of seventy-two cents a day. And blasphemous Mark Ilanna petitions that God should forbid any change in these conditions. In tlie same unhealthy shafts, 100,000 or more full grown men, their blood thinned for want of fresh air and sufficient food, are hopelessly toiling for an aver age wage of less than $1 a week. In the eahlus, which they call homes, the wives and little sisters of these under ground hungry toilers are passing their lives In pathetic poverty, despair and degradation. And it "is in the inter est of the future greatness of our country," and for fear that these con ditions might he changed, that Mark Hanna asks G.od to forbid the election of Bryan. Was ever prayer offered by any shadband of tlie centuries more heartless, impertinent and blasphe mous? Here are a few items, illustrative of Republican "dinner pail" prosperity, showing how the coal and other trusts have increased the living expenses ol' miners, taking due care, at the same time, that there should be no increase In wages: Flour, per hag, $2.1.1 to $2.71; in crease of about 27 per cent. Sugar, per pound, 1 to 7 cents; in crease of about 40 per cent. Oil, per gallon, 12 to 15 cents: in crease of about 25 per cent. Tobacco, per pound, 2S to 31 cents; increase of about 30 per cent. Soiqi meat, per pound, 9 to 14 cenls; Increase of about 50 per cent. Veal, per pound, 12 to 10 cents; in crease of about 33 per cent. Beefsteak, per pound, 32 to 15 cents; Increase of about 33 per cent. Ham, per pound, 11 to 15 cents; in crease of about 35 per cent. Crackers, per pound, 5 to 10 cents; , increase of about 100 per cent. Condensed milk, three cans for 21 cents; two cans for 25 cents; increase of about 50 per cent. Shoes advanced, increase of about 30 per cent. Rubber boots, per pair, from $2.21 to $3.25; increase of about 44 per cent. Stove eoal, per ton, $1.50 to $2.50; In crease of about 02 per cent. Chestnut coal, per ton, $1 to $1.50; Increase of about 50 per cent. Ginghams, per yard, 5 to 8 cents; In crease of about tiO per cent. Average increase of about 50 per cent on tlie sixteen articles In the above list. One of the astounding things of our social life is that in a free country conditions such as exist among miners and other toiling classes, too, for that matter, should he tolerated by the American people for a single day. Civ ilization such as this is a trampling bully, not a benign uplifter. Why talk of Asiatic degradation, when purse-proud looters boast tlint (be sub mergence and pauperization of the masses for tbe benefit of the classes is prosperity, and when the mouth piece and conscience of the Republican party lifts its brazen, brutal front to heaven and asks God to forbid any change? A million of white men died to free four million of slaves. A few hun dreds of plutocrats are holding to-day 4,000,000 of white men ill a slavery worse than that of the negro chat tel; for the latter was always sure of enough to eat, of medical attend ance when sick, of clothing enough to hide his nakedness, and of fuel enough to keep him warm. The negro had no vote; the industrial slave of trusts and commercialism has, but if he exercises it honestly, the threat of starvation accompanies his ballot. The reign of terror in France was an open and noisy one; that of our plutocratic spoilers and industrial barons is a se cret and silent one. The ballot box can always create a revolution in this land. Will the people use It to relense from their throats the slimy tentacles of the trust devil fish? It takes a shock of some kind to awake the average man to helpful ac tion. Most people, in their mental lazi ness, are disposed to think that "what ever is, is right." The pitiful condi tions of industrial slavery exposed in the mines of Pennsylvania may arouse them. "A nation cannot exist half free and half slave," said Lincoln. Nine-tenths of the American people will not always submit to be exploited by one-tenth. These barons of greed ought to realize that fact before the day of reckoning dawns. New thoughts and impulses are abroad and change will come despite of Hanna's hosannahs and prayers. There are to day fewer white men of intelligence fawning at the feet of wealth and power than there was yesterday, and there will lie still fewer to-morrow. The common people, that is, the best of American manhood, are beginning to see that the invasion of the rights of one is the Invasion and ultimate de struction of the rights of all. The fac tory hand cringed and the drummer shouted and spouted throughout the laud in 181)0; they are not doing so to-day. The prosperity they were promised has come only to magnates. The money safes of the rich are fuller than ever greedy anticipation hoped, while the poeketbooks ami cupboards of the masses are emptier than ever. The dinner pail is becoming rare, for the idle do not need one and the com paratively few at work have little to put in it. As a pertinent addition to the fore going and timely comment on the strugle now beginning in the Pennsyl vania coal regions the following, from Father Ditccy, the gentle and sympa thetic, but morally courageous, priest, of New York, may be quoted; "It is tlie greatest crime of modern society which compels children of eight years of age to work for thirty cents a day in those dark mines. All this in order that their taskmasters may live lives of luxury and refined "Any man who raises his voice against these wrongs will be pro claimed a demagogue. Jesus Christ in His day was called a demagogue and an impostor because He was the friend of sinners and consorted with tlie common people. "But the anarchists arc not tlie men who protest. The real anarchist in this case are the mine owners, who constitute the greatest danger to mod ern society." Campaign Lies. What is tlie purpose of the campaign lie? Is it to amuse the people? It certainly does not influence voters. As a general thing it is so easily detected that no one regards it seriously. Doubtless campaign committees se cure the services of those who have a talent for manufacturing lies re specting the opposing candidates or tlie opposing party, and pay tlieui in accordance witli the success witii which they discharge the duties re quired of them. Now and then a cam paign lie is set afloat that is really injurious to the opposite party, and then there is a great effort to coun teract its effect. I'sually, however, no attention is paid to campaign lies, and they are forgotten almost as soon as they appear In print. One was published the other day that attracted some attention for the reason that tlie Republican campaign managers doubtless made a special effort to have it circulated. The purport of It was that ox-Gov ernor Stone, of Missouri, had made a bargain with Mr. Crolter, in which tlie latter agreed to raise a campaign fund of $2,000,000, to lie used in car rying the State of New York for Mr. Bryan, on condition that Mr. Croker was to have absolute control of Fed eral patronage of New York and ex- Senator Edward Murphy, Jr., was to be made Secretary of the Navy in tlie event of the success of the Democrat ic ticket. It is not necessary to say that Mr. Stone and Mr. Croker made no such bargain. It is doubtful if Mr. Bryan has discussed the question of patron age, or Cabinet positions, with any body. Not long ago he said that if lie were elected President it would lie without pledges or promises of any kind other than those contained in the Democratic national platform. He is not tlie sort of man to make prom ises of plnees and patronage to get campaign funds or votes. Kither Tliey or Hniiiiu Lied. In his speech before tlie McKlnley Commercial Club, In Chicago, Mr. Ultima said there are no trusts. What will the poor fellows do who have been accusing the Democrats of being mem bers of trusts? Will they admit they lied or will they charge Hanua with having lied?—Dubuque Herald. TRUSTS AND THE LAW. HANNA HAS LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAC. Ills Ridiculous Effort to Rxplnin an Un fortunate Campaign Utterance No Trusts "in the Meaning of the Law"— Why Griggs Cannot Find Any. Mark Hanna has demonstrated an ability equal to that of Roosevelt in putting his foot further Into a mess when attempting to explain an un fortunate campaign utterance. When the rough-riding orator tried to ex plain the meaning of his declaration that "all Democrats are cowards" he made a bad matter worse, and now comes Ilanna with an amendment to ids Chicago pronunciamento that "there are no trusts in this country," which puts his party in a hole from which it will not be likely to extract itself even by the most desperate clawing. Hanna "explains" the naive declar ation that what he said was not "there are no trusts," but that "there are no trusts in the meanfhg of the law." The difference between these two as sertions is evidently very great to the astute mind of Mr. Hanna, hut to the average citizen they mean about the same thing, except that the amended statement is much stronger and more significant than the one which it seeks to excuse. The plain English of it is that Hanna has let the eat out of the bag. True is it, indeed, that there "are no trusts in the meaning of the law"—that is of the law as defined and executed liy the Republican party. If any one disputes Hanna he can call to his support as witness Attor ney-General Griggs. This function ary will swear till he is blue iu the face that there is no such thing as a trust under his Interpretation of the law. Despite the fact that his homo State of New Jersey is the wholesale incubator of trusts this man Griggs cannot see one. He knows that there is an anti-trust law ou the statute books, n law which the Su preme Court declares is fully compe tent to provide a remedy for trust evils. Griggs knows the law, but he is trust blind. "Iu the meaning of the law" to him there are no trusts. And this is Just where the trouble is. As long as Griggs is Attorney- General—and he or some man equally blind will be Attorney-General as long as MeKinleyism is maintained at Washington—there will be no trusts "in the meaning of the law." Ilanua's tongue Is befuddling his brain. He says there are no trusts, and in the next breath makes the re markable statement that "what anti trust laws have been enacted hnve been enacted by the Republicans." Why, if there are no trusts? If Han na is not choked into silence he will lie tile best Bryan orator oil the stump, for he Is so steeped in his own conceit and so porelneiy belligerent that he tells the truth without know ing It. Tlio "Full-Dinner-Fail Argument," The American workiugman who be lieves that the injunction is used to oppress labor is expected to dismiss all Ills fears in consideration or three meals a day. The man who regards the Constitution 11s a sacred instru ment, not to be tinkered with by self ish politicians, is urged to surrender all Ids convictions for the gross de lights of a full dinner-pail. The "sen timentalist" who dreams of equal rights, tlie brotherhood of man and free institutions, is to confess that he is an impostor if thereby he can be sure that his pantry will bo well stocked. Heretofore orators have ap pealed to the reason of their hear ers, to their convictions of what was right, but Senator Ilanna bases his appeal upon the lowest conceivable considerations. The American voter, from his point of view, lives only to eat, not to think.—Baltimore Sun. One Point of Difference. One point of difference between the letters of acceptance of President Mc- Kinley and Mr. Bryan is worthy of notice. Mi*. Bryan says: "If elected I shall appoint an At torney-General who will, without fear or favor, enforce existing laws." He Is discussing the trust question. Mr. McKinley very wisely says noth ing about his Attorney-General—the very clever gentleman who comes from the trust-breeding State of New Jersey, and who is eminent princi pally for his friendliness toward the great corporations and trusts. It is a point of difference which it will be worth while for the people to remember. Bryan Counter* on Ilanna. I lie Charleston Post (Dem.) says; Colonel Bryan made a good point in answering Senator Manila's diatribe against him. He declared that lie would very gladly meet the Republi can candidate for President, and if the National Committee would certify that Hanna was to be President in event of Republican success at the election, Bryan would be happy to debate with the Ohio Senator. Now it is up to McKinley to take up the cud gels in debate or for Hanna to declare that lie keeps the conscience of the administration and so is qualified to meet Bryan." ltoosevelt Should lt Muzzled. What do our colored friends think of Governor Roosevelt's latest charge of cowardice against the colored troops that fought at San Juan Hill? Colo nel Roosevelt will not bring many col ored votes to the Republican ticket by such speeches as that, the more espe cially when ho has no foundation whatever for his assertion of coward ice. Before he gets through with his campaign ho will have lots of explain ing to do. No wonder Mark Ilanna wants the rough rider muzzled. THE Fv.LvI.SG CF THE BOERS. Mournful Ending of a Brave People That Strugglo Hard for Existence. For more than 60 years the existence of the Boers has been the epic of con tinuous and immense adventure, in which nothing has been so amazing as the last struggle and the final defeat. There is no such example of a hard and stubborn people, dimly led by des tiny, in their flight from civilization, to revolve in a circle which brought them back at last face to face with the most overwhelming environment of all the ideas and forces of civilization, in the shape of the British empire. When the Dutch farmers resolved up on their exodus from Cape Colony and plunged with their long teams of lum bering oxen and creaking wagons into the wilderness of the north, wandering over veldt and mountain, through bush and river, seeking from decade to decade for some further home and abiding rest from their pilgrimage, and fighting their steady path as a handful against hordes through a thousand miles of savage con tinent, the Boers commenced a story of heroism not to be equaled out of Exo dus. It will never be adequately de scribed, if not by the pen of some sec ond De Quincey in pages of such su preme eloquence and power as those which immortalized the flight of the Tartars. The very names of the Trans vaal towns record the travail of sorrow and death in which they were founded —"Weenen," the place of weeping; "Rustenburg," the place of rest; "Ly denburg," the place of suffering.—Lon don Telegraph. OPPORTUNITIES IN SAMOA. Uncle Sam's Possession in the Group Par ticularly Rich in Resources. Somewhere in that mysterious part of the South Pacific ocean, where one day merges into another to keep chronomet ers straight and to keep mankind from trouble in marking the flight o.f years, lie the Samoan islands, three in num ber, of,which the smallest, Tutuilla, is the property of the United States. The recent division of the islands, which are connected with the United States and with Australia and New Zealand by reg ular mail steamers, has assured their future. Tutuilla, which is as large as the State of Rhode Island, contains many acres of the richest soil, and would make a fruitful dwelling place for 100,- 000 ambitious men. It could be con verted into vast plantations of coffee, vanilla, tobacco, cocoanuts and dozens of other native products, while a thriv ing town could be made to flourish be neath the flower-clad trees on the beach. Apia, in Samoa, is one of the most prosperous towns in the south seas, and its future is assured. It was in the hills north of this place that Rubcrt Louis Stevenson, after roaming the earth for a paradise, found one. It was there he died. —Success. Great Britain Taxes Brains. Few people have any idea what a flourishing institution is that miracle of dingincss—the British patent office — and what a valuable source of revenue it constitutes to the government. Con ducted with the strictest regard to econ omy, with almost a total neglect of ev ery consideration other than that asso ciated with the collection of fees, it fur nishes a royal profit of £IOO,OOO yearly, extracted from its mostly impecunious clientele (the natural element of the in ventor is adversity), or at the rate as nearly as possible of 100 per cent, on its turnover. —London Express. The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever la a bottle of GROVE'S TASTBI.FB9 CHII.L TONIC. It la simply iron and quinine in a taateloaa form. No cure—no pay. Fries 50c. The first member of the royal family to ride a cycle was the Duchess of Al bany. How Are Y our Bowels? About the first thing the 1 . doctor says cn ' "Let's sec y° ur tongue." Because bad tongue and bad f„ bowels 5° together. Regulate || W MP the bowels, clean up the tongue. J |f We a " know that this is the way W *° ee P anc ' ' we "' 7 ou can * keep the bowels V. _ healthy and regular with purges /" X \7NV or bird-shot pills. They move NlMllW y° u w 'th awful gripes, then v you're worse than ever. Now what you want is Cascarcts. Go and get them today-Cascarets-in metal box with the long-tailed "C" on the lid-cost 10c. Be sure you get the genuine! Cascarcts arc never sold in bulk. Take one I 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. Unguaranteed to be found in £4s TIIE IDEAL LAXATI\^ Get the genuine If you want results! Tablet Is marked "CCC " Cascarcts rtv never I old to bulk, but only and always In the light blue metal box with the long-tailed " C." Look f _ r -^rT^ T 1 /■ ■ s. -* I(P(? (P 1 genuine* 1 * To *"V morta, 'offering from bowel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARCTS, we will send a box free. ' L r xi Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. no V 3 " (s In bulk. | Cinders from the forest fires on Cape Cod were carried by the wind as far as Boston, a distance of almost 50 miles, falling in the streets and the waters of I the harbor in considerable showers. | PUTNAM FADELESS DYUS do not spot,streak Or give your goods an unevenly dyed ap pearance. Gold by all druggists. Only one pensioner who served in the war of 1812 is left. His name is Hiram Cronk. He is 100 vears old, and lives in Oneida county, New York. About 2,000 widows of 1812 are left in the rolls. To Care A Cold In One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLITS. All druggists refund the money If it fails to cure. K. W. Gaovu's signature Is on eauh box. 26c. Meat has been preserved in a frozen state for 30 years, and found perfectly eatable at the end of that time. The stomnch has to work hard, grinding the food we crowd into it Make its Work easy by chewing Beeman's Pepsin Gum. I Professional matchmakers arc invari ably employed to arrange marriages in China. I do not believe Piso'a Curo for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—JOHN F. Boy Eii, Trinity Springs, IncL, Feb. 15, 1900. It is a noteworthy fact that in the State of Utah there is not one Irish Mormon. Carter's Ink Is the bent Ink that can bo made. It costs you no more than poor stuff not lit to write with. Dublin tramways are £17,000 better in six months with electricity in place of horses. Mra.Wlnslow'sPoothlngFyrnp for children teething, softens the BUIIIS, reduces lnflamuuv j tion. allays pain, cures wind colic. 26c u bottle. j Seven out of eight loaves of bread eaten in London arc made of foreign wheat flow'i Tit is ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Curo. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che ney for the last 15 years, and believe him ner footly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. WEST & TKUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. WALDINO, RINNAN & MAIIVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Curo I* taJren 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. Ilall's Family Pills are the best. The place of honor at a Chinese ban quet is at the host's left hand. A Very Bad Combine JB that of A Very Bad Sprain A Vify Black Bruise It often happens, but Just us otteu St. Jacobs Oil makes a clean, sure, prompt cure of both. 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. 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