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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-30
Encouraging Prison Statistics In New
York State.

The following census Of the prison popula-
ton for the past ten years shows that there
has been q very marked decrease in the num-
Der Of convictS since 1873: ......
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-30
THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE
MONEY TO LOAN.

am now lending money ~ ana per cent. Interest
n sums u from go up tp tlC,uu, on hong or Short
Inc farm lands IN Ia sale and alluin ing couu.
ICs The rate Of interest is determined by Size of loan
mount ~ security and. t!iue loan Is to run.
all On ur address LEVI ". ROOD,
sheridan. IN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-30

John Henderson abandoned his home at
Wilmington, three months ago. and fol
lowed Parkinson to Spring Valley. lie
returned last Saturday week, unannounced
and found his wife and home in possession
Of Chas. Slater. who sports a wooden leg
A pitched fight followed, In which Slater
was struck with miners iron wedge,
while Henderson came out of the scrim.
mage looking as though he had been put
through a threshing machine and separs.
tor
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-30

freight trains cara. Ds.se.gers leave U,ts~s ~
follow: For Fart. f10 Ps.: for Aurora, iOOs A. y.
ssr Streator, H A. n. $40 p ~, aud sVi A
Morning train makes close connection A'ao-JrAis
all points east and west.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars, u .. Drawl,;
Room Cars, Horizons Recllning Chair Car, and the
B. O. Palace Dining Cars by this route All !Bforrs
ton about ratss OF fare. sleeping accommodation
and time tables vii b. ckeerfuY given BY appyiRg 70
PRRCfVAL LOWELL,
Genersl Passenger AgrEt, Chicago,
THos. J. POTTER,
General Manager Chicago. GEO. T. RDF,
Agent a. f-tavs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-30
Grigrs. Glxcerinr Sal,r.

The best on earth can truly be said Of
Griggs' Glycerine Sslve, which is sure
cure for cuts, bruises. scslds, burns, wounds,
and all other sores. viii positively cure
piles, letter and oil skin eruptions. Try
this wonder healer. Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded Only % cents. For
sale by +. Y. Griggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-30
'J'AE FASHIONS
Cloth Costumes.

Cloth Costumes
i is the time now to get the liSh er c.o'hs
COR early -priug and late winter wear. We
present j"o neat original designs by Esl
feln
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
PlTH AND POINT.

Eggs are eggs now" s,..
egrocer-as if at some other tiny; n~ss ths|
had been turn!ps' squashes or sljca 'ne! J.
boiled ow1.-Chicago journal. S''ees oil
Use sorry fur de 'speptic persou
wonr rather hab er good stomach
halter 90 hungry all my life dom 't N AMI
er bad stomach wild err full smoloh w. nab
-4Arhansaw Traueler. 'ouse,
I'm these days of hydronboh:.
may be well to remark that no MIA "
who has paid for his newsnanpa ..soa|
advance was ever known to hal I MS M
by a mad dog.-Lynn Item. ''''ea|
There is Il town in Australia o.n
Random. A resident of the place '' S'
ing absent from it. and beino ,al DE-,
where he lived, said he ''lived Of p pas
DOM He was taken up as a yarras.
N. Y. Telegram. "a'
DIR. Schliemann believes fror, i,
figures of women on certain vases t .ne
corscts were in use in prehistoric Grc e"s'
This should teach our Fashionable ,ni
wasp-waisted women a lesson. An ,I9
women of prehistoric Greece who un o1
corscts are now very dead.-Norr;yoas
Herald.
-Sophronia asks: Where and WIN.
did the phrases: ''Ah there!!" and "S,,1
there!!" have their origin. At Fort NJ!
Henry, dear, during the war Of ls1s
When tbs Stars and SStr;rrsss Were run
the Americans said: 'sStay there,n and
they did. 'And thus be it ever" etc
Boston, Courier.
-"You enjoyed the opera, Mrs
Quickrich?:" ''No; I was greatly disan'
pointed. 1t was a perfect fraud. THra
newspapers all said the tout ensembls
was superb, and kwcnt specially to SEQ
it, but there wasn't a single tout ensem,
bic in the whole show. l don't. believe
they've got one in the company
Chicago Tribune.
-''Wcll, l never knew that Ncforc,'
said Mrs. Gummidgc, looking :ver thd
edge of her newspaper. "Wha:'s that.
my dcar?" asked Mr.. G. "Why, thai
Mr.. Parncll is a bachelor" "Wel, Won
might have guessed it. He's in favor 4
home rule" Mrs. Gummidge was sileul
a long, long time, wondering just what
her husband meant. Meantime Mr.
Gummidge went out and sat on the door
step like aprudent mani Chicago Neus
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
JAMES B. EADs.
h Early Experiments of the Famou
American Engineer.

AAAO >AA NJ AhIVfhto VI Itc IumO01
American Engineer.
When about ten years old, his fathed
fitted for him a small workshop, and
there he constructed models of saw
mills, fire-cngines, steamboats,, steam
engines, electrical and other machines
One of the pastimes of hischildhood wad
to take in pieces and put together agatd
the family clock, and at twelve years Id
was able to do the same with a patend
lever watch, with no tools but hid
pocket-krife. When thirteen, mission
tune overlook his father, and he had ID
withdraw from school and work lid
w way. His parents went to 81
Louis in 1888, and he went with them
The steamer was burned in the night %
the way there, and he landed barcfoote}
and coatless, on the very spot now COZ
cred by the abutment of I'd
great steel bridge which he d.
signed and built. The only OPEN
ing in the way of business that Offered
was to sell apples on the street, and b
this means, for IL few months, he suE
tanned himself and assisted in support
ing his mother and sisters. In time ID
obtained a situation with a mercantil4
firm, where he remained for five years
One of the heads of the house having aI
excellent library, gave him access tot
and he used his opportunity well ID
study subjects bearing upon mechanics
machinery, civil engineering and physA
cll science. In 1889 he obtained EN-
ploymem as a clerk or purser on q Mis-
sissippi river steamer. He again made
the best use Of his opportunity to ae
quire that complete knowledge Of the
great river which he was afterward able
to turn to such good account in thu
noble enterprises he so fortunately cal.
rfed into effect. In 1912 he construed
a diving-bell boat torecover the cargoes
of sunken steamers. This was FOLLOWED
with u boat of larger tonnage, pro-
vidcd with machinery for pumping OUT
the sand and water and lifting tho
entire hull and cargo of the vessel
A company was formed to operate
this device, and it soon had a buS'
ness that covered the entire Miss's1
sippi river, from Balize to Galcna,
and even branched into some Of II
tributaries. BY his methods, a grea1
many valuable steamers were SCI
atloat and restored to usefulness whlc1
it would not previously have been posi-
bic to save. as they would have been
buried very soon beneath the river
sands. 1t was while engaged i'll 11
business that he gained a thorous7
knowledge of the laws which coniro7
the flow of silt-bearing rivers, and o
the Mississippi he was able to say .yeh1
afterward that there was not 4 strete1
in it's bed fifty miles long, between ~
Louis and New Orleans, in which ~
ha! not stood upon the bottom OF l'
stream beneath the shelter Of the M
ing bell.-Popula7 Science Monthly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
KNOWN BY HIS WALK.
One of the Finest Repartces Ever Pub
lished in This Country.

One of the Finest Repartces Ever Pub
lished in This Country.
The following storyls told Of DR.. William
S. White, formerly chaplain Of the Uni
versity OF Virginia. 1t is one OF the best
Illustrations OF q quick and apt retort:
When j. L.. Orr was Speaker OF the
House, he spent IL short time at Warm
Springs, i'll North Carolina, where DR..
White was also. Thu two had been sitting
for a tim apart, each engaged with his
own knot OF immediate friends, and by
and by the doctor arose and walked across
the room, with the old-time limp in his
gait.
Mr.. Orr Immediately recognized him, and
asked him if he were not the chaplain at
the University OF Virginia at such u time,
naming the year. The doctor replied that
he was.
II was there" said Mr.. Orr, "a student
at the time, and I knew you by the pc.
culiar limp Of your step"
SWELL said the doctor, a little severely,
though with a twinkle which told that he
spoke jokingly, sit seems that my lilnping
made q deeper impression on you than my
preaching
"Ah, doctor" quickly replied Mr.. Orr, ~
deem it the highest compliment we can pay
a clergyman to say he is known by his
walk rather than by his conversational
CharlottesvlNe (Va.) Chronicle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

stroke to this sublime picture, the climax
of the great artists highest ideal she
seemed to be drifting in Il sea OF magma
ton as she sat with her pure sweet lace
turned toward the mighty roaring deep.
Here was IL picture with IL strong CONTRAST;
the awful grandeur OF the boundiess ocean,
with its swelling tide and terrible roar OF
the endless pillows as they broke with caps
OF snow-white spray, and this fair being.
the very embodiment OF innocenc. and
shrinking timiditv, gazing with Mrge
dreamy eyes into the immensely OF nat
ure's grandest work. Withn wistful LOOK,
as though she were pecping over the bat
Elements of glory, and 81 slight shrug OF
her shoulders, which fancy might have
wrought into gilded wings, sllesaid: Gosh,
ma, the Sane leas are giving me fits here"
SIM.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
o BRooDERs.
The Next Best Thing ia u Good, Mother
Old Hen.

O1u 11Chs
Several correspondents want directions
for making a good, cheap broodet ~
raising a limited number of early cLleA'
The cheapest and best brooders for ~ h
purpose are good, motherly old hens. Isl
know some hens will "raise Cain S''7
their broods, but such are the eSc' III
tons; generally speaking a large lsn ID
a proper coop will care for tNi"cs
chicks in a way that ought to COM tm]
the most prejudiced incubator manu,~
turer that she knows what is req.tt
of her. But if you feel that the "p
gencies of the case" demand a pG~ n
made brooder, all you have to 40 7 fs d
get a sound box, cover it with q 'a,A ha|
holding water, and keep the wa'1l hr A
by means of a small boiler heateu !
kerosene lamp, or by drawing Oh n,tu|
cold water and filling up with nov " ts|
us often as necessary. The top nop.
tank must be covered with soile os|
conductor of heat, else it VIII eJ Iyadp,
more rapidly than is desirable; f,.|
the tank have strips Of old nan nns,ss,
tho chicks t. nestle in Prairie rum
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
lie Still Made a Profit.

A sailor, having purchased some med
icine OF IL celebrated doctor, demanded the
price.
"Why," says the doctor, II can not
think of charging you less than seven and
sixpence."
We'll, III tell YOU what replied the
sailor, take Off the odd and I'll pay you
the even."
"Well," returned the doctor, Eve won't
quarrel about t%rif1es.'
The sailor laid down sixpence. and was
walking off when the doctor reminded him
OF his mistake.
mo mistake at all, sir. Six is even and
seven i odd ~ y X&s!d over So wish
yoti 4 Very good day"
Get you gone" said the doctor. 81
have made tou,pcuce ont OF you, any
how."-English Exchange.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

back with an air that seems to say: "Well
It's zone OF my business" and move on to
another? That's the pass" and a mighty
useful thing it is where the shekels are not
redundant and the ways are long. Lectur-
ers find it so especially, and Snxe-now
old-once told me one OF his experiences
that was very amusing. He had passes on
all the railroads and steamboats, in the
West, he thought, but at one time he
found himselfon Il short road not down on
his chart upon which he had no ticket. AS
the conductor came along he took all his
passes from his hand like Il deck OF playing
cards: "Mr. Conductor" said he, 'do YOU
play euchre?!" ''Ycs, sometimes" well
what should you say to a hand like that"
# should say pass" and Sake put up his
cards as the conductor passed lnughingly
along.-Boston Cor. Hartford Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
Many People killed and Injured.

POINT PLEASANT, w. Va, Feb. 1.-THE
passenger train on the Ohio Central road
due here from Charleston at five o'clock
last evening was wrecked at Ten
Mile Trestle q few minutes before
h hour. One coach jumped the
track and ran into the Kanawha river:
the others narrowly escaped following
There is no telegraph office at the scene Of
the disaster, but word broaght from there
makes tho accident a very bad one. 1t is
reported that six passengers in the coach
which went over the bank were unahlo 70
escape and were drowned, and that nm.
other passenger named Elkins was n.
stantly killed. Eight or ten others An
wounded.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
Bread Riot in Canada.

P%AspEBIAc, Can, Feb. 16.-The stores OF
Robin e. Co. and LIE Boutilliere, here, were
raided yesterday by an excited mob OF
French Canadians, who carried off about
twenty-six barrels of -four. Every
effort was made by the agent OF
the firms, the clergy and the mayor
to bring the crowd to reason, but without
a7ail. The Government grant OF a half
barrel each OF flour and potatoes was OF.
Tered them. but was Indignantly rejected.
1t is feared that to-day the rioters will
be augmented by hundreds OF others from
other parts OF the country. Troops have
been telegraphcd far.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
JOSEPH II. REALL, President of the

JOSEPH II. REALL, President of the
National Agricultural and Dairy Assoc
citation, says that owing to the growth
of the manufacture of artificial butter
dairymen everywhere have found their
:avocation ruined. The IS 900, 600 mich
COWS in the country. he says, have de-
Trcciatcd $40 a head, and the land on
which they were kept, something over
5 1000, 900 acres, worth nominally $50
an acre. has declined twenty-five per
cent. These reductions represent q
boss OF a billion dollars.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
THE TARIFF.
Synopsis of the Bill Introduced In Con-
gress by Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois-Pro-
vision Made for q Reduction of About
1000 ,OOO-IoW 1t Ii Received.

VI U
vision Made for a Reduction of About
100000 ,O0O-How 1t Is Received.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l6.-In the House yester.
day Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois. introduced a bill
to reduce tariff taxes. The hill will, it is esti-
@@6m make n% ,b an h bgg;s af REDUCTION s,q Of so,
g the free list IS Hsst aboaf t ss,5SS,o 49, =
$500 per- t R,1 't There re IS a sight ' rednc sp On o 10
bar and rolled iron. Heavy steel and
iron rails are reduced from SIT to sl2.5 so per
ton; small rails, weighing less than twenty
fVe pounds per yard, are reduced from $50. so
PEI, ton to sl5. There is also some reduction
in lead and copper; The only alteration on
w woo5s IS for or 'h Which saird there elass' are Ds at fod presr
ent two rates-2M cents per pound on those
which cost l: cents or under and 5 cents per
amalgamated at a common dirty of
d linen goo %sa there here s : s ] i 8 general re re.
cent: are placed generally five points lower,
making an average reduction of ABOUT Is per
cent. Sugar is reduced 20 per cent. which will
valorem. This reduction is not to apply to
sugar from Cuba or other countries where
a Because esp0rs re dn1s is in put these on cases. +
it is thought, might be met by increases Of ex.
port duty. There is a similar provision as to
the lumber which is put on the free list. Cam
be allowed to pocket the duty. The duties on
rice, starch and marble are reduced.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1G.-In speaking of
the tariff bill introduced by Mr.. Morrison,
OF Illinois, yesterday, Mr.. Hewitt, OF New
York, said last night that the free list pro-
yided i'll the bill was not large enough to
suit him, and that he would move to add
plate tin to the list. Mr.. Springer, of Hi
nois, thinks that it is wisely framed, and
the best bill that could be introduced with
any prospect OF success. Mr.. Dngley, of
Maine, objects to the reduction on woolens
made by the bill, and thinks it will be
greatly changed by amendments. Ifo
thinks it will be opposed by nearly all tho
Republicans.
Opposition to the bill will come from the
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Louisiana,
South Carolina, Ohio and Georgia delega-
tions, as the interests OF their States are af-
fected. The opposition is not, however, SO
general nor SO well organized as the oppo
sition to the last tariff bill.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
II WAY OF IT.
Minutes in the Editorial Rooms OF n

Ten Minutes in the Editorial Rooms OF n
Newspaper.
Proof-rcadcr (reading)-Hon. William
Smith arose
(Copy-holder-With a "y".
Proof-reader-Smithy arose
Copy-holder-With IL "y' and "e".
Proof-rcadcr-Then why didn't you say
80? Smythc arose and saw
Copy-holder-lfan.
Proof-reader-Ran his fingers through
his hair
Police reporter-smythc hasn't any hair;
he's as bald as a watermelon.
City editor-to reporter who wrote the
article-What do you want to work in
Smythe's hair for if he hasn't any? Don't
you know any better than that?
Reporter (chop fallen)-I didn't notice
Ii a he didn't have any hair. ! couldn't
notice that and take notes at the same
time.
c. E.-Then how could you tell what he
was doing with his fingers? You had bet
ter try our wan column and see if you
can get a situation in a livery stable.
Proof-reader Well, what shall I do
with it?
c. E.-Cut it all out. It is ridiculous to
give a half-column report OF a speech by a
man who hasn't any. hair. Kill the whole
article.-Rochestcr Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
Crude, But Apprcciative.

A c%ountryman who had been to sec
"Hamlet" went into a bookstore the fol.
lowing day and bought a copy OF the play,
"By the way" he saic, who writ Ham.
let?"
"That is a disputed question:" replied
the bookseller. Some people think
Shakespeare wrote it. while others believe
that Bacon was the responsible one. You
pay your money and you take your
CHOICE
"Well," said the countryman, as he
turned to go, "whoever he was, he was a
burned smart Teller IN. Y. Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

A Revival of Venerable Samples of Strict
Iy Anticipated Humor.

A Revival of Venerable Samples of Strict
~ A~ntiquated Humor.
When is a troublesome corn like Herr,
VIII? When it is aching "a king).
Why is a doctor never scasick? He is
used to see sickness.
Why is Westminster Abbey like a fender:
Because it contains the ashes OF the great
(grate.)
What relation to the door is the door
mat? Step farther.
Why is a door like a colored woman? Be
cause it is an egress.
Why is a dogs tail a novelty? Because
no n ever saw it before.
What is the difference between an astron.
omer and the planet Mars? One is a star.
gazer, and the other is Il gay star, sir.
How did Adam and Eve get out of the
Garden OF Eden? They were sn;hSed out.
Why Go white sheep eat more than black
sheep. Because there are more of them.
Why was Cowper the poet in debt? BE.
cause he Oh'd for a lodge in some vast
wilderness.
What is the difference between the North
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

IHE'Ways and Means Committee of
the House has adopted a joint resolu-
non directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to apply all the surplus money
in the United States Treasury above
%S1oo,ooo,G GOO to the liquidation of the
ontcrcst bearing public debt. This
seems to be a wise measure, as it is
utter folly to pay three per cent inter-
est on the millions of idle money lying
lin the vaults. "
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

THE eminent scientist and surgeon,
Sir Henry Thompson, says that men
oycr fifty years old should materially
reduce their daily diet. Mankind in
general would be better off if the quanti-
ty OF food consumed we're reduced long
before the age of fifty. There can be
no doubt that a very large per cent. of
sickness is the almost direct result of
oycreating, overwhelming and abuse of
the stomach.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

So MANY persons in England and
Scotland have the Florida fever that
u%nscrupulous land agents in London are
reported to be reaping a rich harvest.
Ten-acrc farms at $40 an acre and town
lots from $40 to $500 are being bought
up like hot waf1les. and scarcely any
questions asked. The soil is repre-
scnted as the best in the world, the
woods to:bc full of deer, bear, panthers,
wild turkeys by the million, and the
rivers and lakes full of the finest fish.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

BoYcoT1ING, as decreed by the head
center of the. Knights of Labor, seems
to have great power and works like q
charm. 1t is more effective than dyna-
mite. and is without any of its danger
TO those who execute it, or upon whom
executed. The central power DEGREES a
boycott on an establishment and on all
who sell its goods. forbidding workmcn
to buy, touch, taste or handle. and for
bidding them to trade with any store
which keeps the forbidden wares on
sale.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

WASHINGTON Territory, which has
applied for admission as a State, is $50
miles east and west, 200 north and
south, is larger than the six New Eng
land States, is about nine-tenths the
size of New York and Pennsylvania
combined; has coal and iron in abund-
ancc, and a larger and finer timber
supply. than any other State or Territory
in the Union.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

| "A NEW York insurance company's
circular says that about ~two-sevenths
of the fires in the United States are
caused by inccndiarism. Defective
hueS, indifference to the caro- of matches.
using low grades of oil, and many other
seemingly trivial matters are pointed
out as adding largely to making up the
balance. By close attention to these
suggestions, the number of fires could
be largely reduced.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
Congratulated.

Charles, hear You are going to mary
Miss Softly. Charming woman! Let IN.
congratulate you on your good TASTE"
AL yes, but-the fact is, I have broken
any one" "'"fry
Then let me congratulate you or your
good cnse."-PAiadcphia CIR.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

Of a wedding'up in Manchester, md
among the wedding presents wal a bull.
tefrer given to the bride by her father.n
H~uSband-'I don't see II thing 4
about that. She was the old mans Younp.
est daughter, wasn't she??" Wife-"Yes.
put what's that got to DO with it?n Hus,
Dand-"Why, OF course, if she and all the
rest were married, he had no further nsn
iof the dog."-SomerviM Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

T In England 500 persons own $780,
100000 of the national debt; 1000 per-
sons own $50, 600, 600; 1000 persons
own 50, 100000. 600, and 237, 900 out of
a population of $4,000, 600 own the en-
tire debt. In the United States banks,
trust and insurance companies hold
$500, 600, 900 of the national debt; 10, 900
persons hold $500, 600, 600 more, and
less than 100000 out of a population of
$1,000. 600 own the entire debt.