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A WARNING AGAINST MEsMERIsM.
Disastrous Results from the Experiments
of Amatcurs-Risk Business.

Disastrous Results from the Experiments
of Amateurs-Risky Business.
1t has become a great fad in family
circles to experiment in the art of mes
merism and to try the various tricks of
test mediums, such as staring steadfastly
in the eye of a weak willed person and
thus obtain control of their minds. These
amateurs find a great deal Of fun in this
form of amusement, but sensible parents
should never countenance such proceed
ings, for the most disastrous results are
likely to ensue where the subject is of O
neurotic temperament. Nervous, hys-
terical girls and soft boned, growing lads
should be kept away from these circles,
for there is always a possibility of nd
ministering n shock that will leave last
ing effects.
i was called to attend a young lady in
North st. Louis, who had lain in q trance
state for three days and could not be re-
stored by ordinary medical treatment.
She had been playing at innocent parlor
tricks one Sunday evening until the en-
THE company declared they had enough
of it. Then a young man proposed to
mesmerize one of the young ladies', and,
without any idea of his secret power,
made the usual passes which he had seen
~practiced in the theaters. After the third
movement the girls eyes assumed n
CLASSY stare, n the operator became
alarmed. The subject was to all intents
unconscious Of her actions and would not
respond to pinching, calls, or ever n
more violent She was put to
bed by her mother, who was a witness of
the affair, and ordinary remedies usual
in cataiepsy applied. A physician was
called in. but he could not suggest any
relief except electricity. A strong shock
was given, but the patient remained in
sensible, although breathing regularly.
When other measures failed, the pa
rents sent after me. and after hearing
the facts | decided the body was sur
charged with electricity and the girl
must be demagnetized. | worked for
three hours, and was almost completely
exhausted when | began feeling the cci-
current passing from my fingers through
my system. Then l realized the girl was
saved. for science had conquered. I'M
agine what would have happened if the
result was failure. The patient was a
handsome blonde, of a negative nature,
only II years of age, and although she
had never been south In her life, she
spoke of places in Memphis, and while
under the mesmeric influence claimed
that her name was Henry Seymour. She
would answer questions promptly when
addressed by that name, and appeared to
grow quite angry when informed that
she was a nan fact that she would
not believe. Magnetic Physician in
Globe Democrat.
, 1888-05-25

In making a vessel water tight a great
deal is left to oakum, but cracks such as
would be left by using too small a piece
Of lumber, never. The oakum must be
forced in tightly to be OF service. The
old timbers replaced by new ones, the
caulking process her begins. This is
where the oakum is used. First opening
the seams between the planks and beams
with a heavy steel tool, the workman
next takes a long string of oakum, and
with a similar tool moves along, driving
in the oakum with a heavy live oak
mallet until he has reached the end.
Then he starts over again, and putting
on a little more strength drives the
oakum in until it Is completely hidden.
Where apparently there was not room
for a thread there Is a sixteenth Of an
inch Of packed oakum, q guarantee
against leaking. This Is covered with
white lead on the outside. Calking old
boats, the steel instruments drive out the
old packing In long strings, and by the
time the new oakum has been pushed III
fully the inside Of the hold resembles the
under side Of a lathed floor spread above
with hair plaster, just thin enough tc
drive through and thick enough to hang.
Globe Democrat
, 1888-05-25

ONE of the inconvenience that has
already come to light as a result of what
is ]purportcd to be a division of johnson
county. says the Buffalo Sentinel, is the
shortage OF funds with which to carry on
schools in the several districts of the
north which hitherto have been accus-
toned to holding nine months school out
of each year. The law provides a . mill
county tax for school purposes, and the
money SO derived TO be discussed pro rata
in the various districts according to the
number of children of school age. The
result has been that the schools of the
north have been supported largely by the
tax that was paid in the southern part Of
johnson county and more particularly
from those localities which contain no
school districts. The school district direct
Ors up there now find themselves with a
depleted treasury, and no way to obtain
funds to carry on their schools under the
old system, except each district voting a
heavy special tax.
, 1888-05-25

ED. MARSHALL, editor of the Holyoke
Western Critic, spent a few hours in town
last evening. Holyoke is quite a phenom-
email town. Until last October when the
Burlington reached there the site was a
barren prairie. The town now has n pop
ulation OF 1000, two thirds of whom are
men. The business houses are substan.
TALLY built and sixty residences haze al
ready been completed this year or are
now in process of construction. The
Burlington is putting up a S25, 900 hotel,
and, accor ling to Mr.. Marshall, the
whole surrounding country is rapidly fill.
ing up with settlers. Rails are being laid
on the Culberson branch to :Holyoke and
the apparent intention is to push the line
up through Cheyenne county, Neb., and
probably tap the Broken Bow extension.
The feeling toward Cheyenne in that sec
ito is very friendly and there should be
no difficulty in establishing the most
friendly commercial relations.
, 1888-05-25

A distinguished clergyman once asked
n gentleman to contribute money for
foreign missions, and received the reply:
II don't believe in foreign missions. l
won't give anything except to home mis-
sions, want to benefit my neighbors. ="
We'll" responded the doctor, ''whom
do you regard rs your neighbors2"
"Why, those around me-"
do you mean those whose land joins
yours?'
Eyes"
We'll, how mucRe.1nd do you ownT'
about 500 acres"
"How far down do you own it2"
why, never thought of It before,
but | suppose | own half way through
"ExaoNE, was the reply. 'Tsuppose
You do, and ! want this money for the
Chinese, the men whose land joins yours
on the bottom. Pacific.
, 1888-05-25

The proprietors of Santa Able have
authorized w. N. Hunt to refund your
money il, after giving this California king
of cough cures a fair trial as directed, it
fails to give satisfaction for the cure OF
coughs, Group, whooping cough and lung
troubles. When the disease affects the
head, and assumes the form of catarrh,
nothing is so effective as Cat-R- Cure.
These preparations are without equals as
household remedies. Sold at $1.00 a
package. Three for 81, so.
, 1888-05-25
EUerything m season,
and SCy.Ued ira the best style
at the Bon Ton RestHNY'-
ant, $40 SeUente zenith street
N NON

NJ MO>> would enjoy your dinner
y SoN and arc prevented by Dys-
Peersia, use Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
They are n positive cure for Dyspepsia, In
digestion, Flatulency and Constipation.
We guarantee them. % and so cents.
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-05-25
The Boom For Pocket Bibles.

A man was badly bitten by a rattle
snake near New York a few days ago.
This circumstance will add a spice of dan
ger TO the pleasure Of picnikking in the
environs of the metropolis thus summer
, 1888-05-25
PITH IN
Found IL at Last.
IN,rrIytn,vn u...t1 F.,

The man who was looking about for a
paper that didn't have anything to say
aboat the tariff finally purchased a paper
of pins. That was the nearest he could
come to il.
, 1888-05-25

Mrs Victoria Guelph's title now is:
Defender Of the Faith; Queen of Eng
land, Ireland and Scotland; empress of
India, and mother in.law of Germany.
, 1888-05-25
The Reason For u.


The street car conductors in Chicago
are compelled to black their boots and
wash their faces twice a day. This is
done SO the people can tell them from the
directors OF the road.
, 1888-05-25

Boils, pimples, hives, rlngworm, tet-
ter, and all other manifestations of i'm
pure, blood are cured by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
, 1888-05-25

Cant eat a thing" Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is a wonderful medicine for Great
ing an appetite, regulating digestion, and
inving strength.
, 1888-05-25

Steamers arriving from Europe report
the Atlantic ocean as unusually full of
icebergs. The Sherman boom must have
gone TO sea.
, 1888-05-25

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums. allays
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhea. Twenty FIVE cents
bottle
, 1888-05-25
VMe voNsON

Is warranted, is because it is the best
Blood Preparation known. 1t will posi-
lively cure all Blood Diseases, purihes the
whole system, and thoroughly builds up the
constitution. Remember, we guarantee it.
DR.. w. N. Hunt
, 1888-05-25

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The Republican Leader in Indiana

So, after all, Blaine is to make only two
speeches in Indiana. The hippodrome
company gets of cheap. 1t dared not
muzxle the mastif altogether so it pso-
poses to let him bark twice and then got
him out of the states internal politics -
speedily as possible. .,,..., mon,
II one will look into Blaine's political
career calmly and dispassionately he will
see magnificent probabilities wrecked upon
childish misadventures. There was one
such In Indiana. Claiming to have been
UNANIMOUSLY libeled by The Indianapolis
Sentinel, he sued 1t for exemplary dam.
ages. Issue was scarcely Joined before he
withdrew the suit, setting up the plea as
justification that twelve men honest
enough to pass in judgment on the merits
Of the controversy could not be found In all
the commonwealth OF course there were
indignant protests and denials. The
Democrats spread the poison Of this insult
wherever it could be made to do harm.
and the Republicans, too envenomed be-
cause of it to be polite, writhed up against
the blow and struck back. They said q
multitude OF harsh and bitter things
against him then, and they have not
qualified single one Of them since. They
may turn out to greet him with seeming
enthusiasm, but there Is no state in tho
Union where he would be less welcome,
and as little capable Of making an impress
sion upon the masses. The only wonder
is that Blaine himself would take so many
chances of reopening an old wound and
making it bleed afresh if not MORALLY
Kansas City Times
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Keep 1t Up.

Having charged upon the Democratic
administration the responsibility for the
yellow fever in Florida, it is quite in
order for The Tribune to seek to fix upon
the same party the odium of the advance
in the price of wheat and the closing Of
sugar refneries by the trust.
The process is very simple-for an or
gan. The administration has released. in
the only way sanctioned by law, a portion
Of the money locked up as idle surplus
The money has stimulated speculation.
Speculation advanced the price of wheat
Ergo. the administration Is to blame.
But if the money had been left locked
up there would have been . panic, pros
trating all business. And that, proba-
bly,, would have suited the organs oven
better.
Tho sugar refneries arc enabled to con.
troll their market by reason Of duty
voted and maintained by Republicans. and
by Q trust which Mr.. Blaine says Is -
private affair with which neither the
president nor any private citizen has any
particular call to interfere" The Demo
Gratis propose to reduce the duty 20 per
cent. and to forbid trusts. And yet BE-
cause some of the refners are Democrats
The Tribune holds that party responsible
for the shut down.
Keep it up. There are four weeks more
in which to disgust voters with such
partisan rot.-New York World.
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Tho Iniauitous Trusts.

Trusts are formed to control the price
Of commodities that are necessary to the
comfort Of the workingman. Farmers
laboring under broiling suns are chal-
lenged to throw up their hands from the
handle Of their plows to stand and de-.
liver at the summons Of political high
waymen who have combined" and banded
together for their spoliation-trusts in
sugar, oil. lumber. stool. iron. coal, nails.
tin, salt, chemicals. grain bags. and .
hundred other useful articles indispensa-
bio to the comfort Of workingmen.
These conspiracies against labor arc
protected by an oppressive war tariff.
A burdensome tariff, originating in .
patriotic crisis which involved the nations
fate-a tax that was wrung from work
ingmen In time Of the nations peril-is
preserved and made TO do party service In
this period Of Republican party danger.
There Ia not trust which enhances un-
necessarily the cost Of clothing, provis
ions and labor implements that IL not .
crime. Every movement and act 10 q
felony, and when James G. Blaine and his
political co.conspirators undertake. by
their alien bosses In California. to drive
old Republicans from the party ranks as
traitors because they will not aid them to
uphold and maintain high protective
tariff for the purpose of robbing laborers
and workingmen, they are engaged in a
base and cowardly conspiracy against hon.
est men.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03

The Republican managers have ct last
found real tariff scare" But 1t is they
who are frightened at the prospect Of
losing votes, and not the workingmen
who are scared at tho prospect Of having
their taxes reduced.
The growth of the tariff reform senti-
ment in the west and northwest has
alarmed the defenders of the war taxes.
They are secretly canvassing to find how
bad it is The tariff reduction senti'
ments talked far years by Senators ALI
son, Ingalls,. Van Wyck. Congressman
Nelson and other Republicans have re-
fected a deep feeling among the farmers
of that locality. The Chicago declaration
for surplus spending, higher duties and
free whisky gave shock to the enlight-
ened Republican sentiment of the west.
The senate bill is an attempt to stop
the detection that is alarming the leaders
as to Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Michigan and Iowa. There may not be
time to win any Of these states on this
issue for this election, but they are GER
tain to wheel into the Democratic column
eventually.
The war tariff is coming down. II not
reformed now 1t will be smashed here
after-for we suppose the people have 9
right In this country TO remove evils that
resist mitigation York World.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
Tho Republican Tari1 Bill.

We took occasion recently to deal with
the proposition of the authors Of tho Re-
publican tariff bill to substitute specific
FOR I'D valorem duties, and showed the
meaning of that to Be that the common
articles used by the poor should be taxed
q highly As the costly articles used by
wealthy people. By the substitution OF
specific for I'D valorem duties pair Of
wooden socks worth twenty-five cents
would be taxed as high Is an elaborate
pair worth 81. We also reminded our
readers that specific duty cannot be in
the interest of labor, since 1t makes no
distinction between articles according to
the amount Of labor in them. Except as
duties take the ad valorem form protec-
ton to labor is simply impossible, so that
while the Republicans are in one breath
,rofessing their desire to protect labor:
they are in the next urging q system OF
duties that would make an end Of every
thing deserving the name of protection
Brooklyn Citizen.
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MoRIoN.s PAUPER LABOR.


~ Be1rD WhtnoDo08 ooo rS0o NOUS AnsO
Open Revolt.
The neiQhbors of Levi p, Morton arc
not enthusiasts ideally working for his cleo
ton Is vice president Of the United States.
In fact they seem to work the other way.
for the Cleveland and Thurman clubs Of
Rhinebeck and the adjoining town. Red
Hook, have on their roll books the names
of q number of men who never before
voted any but the Republican ticket,
The people Of these towns know Mr.
Morton, and the fact that he imported
European paupers to work on his villa.
Ellerslie, is well known to them. They
know that he Is not the friend Of the
laboring man. for he has reduced wages
In their towns and he Is today paying
lower wages than any other farmer in the
neighborhood. As Levi p. Morton sells
the product OF his farm at Poughkeepsie,
he is q successful competitor OF the other
farmers. because he imports Europeans
to work at starvation wages, and he
threatens to hire Italians at IS cents .
day II they refuse to work for 81 day.
The people In Rhinebeck and Red Hook
are to great extent farmers. farm labor
ers or merchants, and they all suffer BE-
cause of the fact that Levi p Morton has
come to dwell among them. Bets offered
several weeks ago that the town Of Rhine
beck, In which Morton lives and which he's
for years been Republican, will be carried
by the Democrats this year. have not been
taken. D.f
The Rhinebeck Cleveland and Thurman
club was organized last Saturday night.
Walter Smell. nephew Of the late Au.
gustus Smell. was elected president. A
number of Republicans enrolled. Lea
Wager, the most prominent lawyer Of the
town. made an address. In which he
roundly denounced Morton for his treat
ment Of tho laborers on his farm, and
said tho people Of Rhinebeck would not
be frightened by the cry Of free trade
because they knew Mr.. Morton 50 we'll
and they knew that he was an out and
out enemy Of the laborer, and that while
he might benefit by . high protective
tariff, he took good care that the laborert
he employed did not get any benefit from
increased profit he received from the
product Of his farm. MIR. Morton has
many sheep ON his farm, but free WOO
cannot affect his shepherds, for they ar
not now earning more than bare living
The club at Red Hook was organized
last Wednesday night. The roll wa.
signed by $50 voters. many Of whom wer'
Republicans. York Star.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
The Golden Club Racket.

The Chicago Tribune is Republican and
an ardent supporter of Harrison, but the
Medill stomach is turned" by the stock
Republicans lies about tho Golden club
and the Democrats, so The Tribune is
compelled, in the interest of truth, to say
this The Cob0en club has never spent
cent outside of Great Britain. 1t never
had any surplus funds to spend. 1t is q
poor and begging institution 1t has re-
ceived money from the United States
but never sent any here. Intelligent
readers cannot be insulted BY any such
stuff and nonsense. because they do not
heed It,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03
Not at All Confident.

One of the best informed Republicans
here is Robert P. Porter. who aims to
make his new paper, The Press, the &C.
knowledged organ of his party in New
York. was surprised to find him not
oversanguine of Republican victory in
this state 1t is his opinion that II tho
Democratic majority in the city can b
kept dawn to the figures Of four years
ago, $4,000, Harrison will win. Almost
any one will agree with him in that. But
the indications are that New York county
will give a largely increased majority.
and II the Republicans In the state can
do no better than overcome the majority
Of 1884 in the city, their chances OF sue
cess would not seem TO be of the bright
est. At least this is the way it LOOKS at
this stage of the campaign.-New York
Letter to Philadelphia Times.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03

Hero are the plain facts in the record Of
Rem Harrison on the question OF imported
Chinese labor. aud the place In the ofhcial
record where any one can verify them who
chooses to do 80. The Congressional
Record Is on file In the State library. and
any one Is admitted between q. m and I
p. m. The record does not show that IN
even one instance. during his six years
service in the United States senate, harri'
son voted to prohibit Chinese immigration:
l. Harrison voted in favor Of the HOar
amendment to admit skilled Chinese labor
to this country. See Congressional
Record. March s, 1882, Vol. IL, part 2,
page 1716.
2. Harrison voted In favor Of the Hoar
amendment to admit Chinese artisans to
this country. See Record. same as above.
8. Harrison lodged" the vote on the
final passage Of the bill. See page 1903,
"a above.
4. Harrison voted for John Shermans
motion to commit the bill prohibiting
Chinese immigration and the veto to the
committee on foreign affairs. to smother
1t. See Congressional Record, Vol. Is,
part 8, page 28l8.
5. Harrison voted against the motion
to pass the bill over the veto. See page
2817. as above
0. Harrison voted to strike out tho sec.
ton In the ten year bill, which prohibited
the admission Of Chinese to full citizen.
ship. See Congressional Record. Vol. IL,
part 8. pages 8262-8.
Z. Harrison voted to strike out tho SEC.
ton which prohibited the admission Of
Chinese skilled laborers. and his vote car
ried that amendment. See page 1894. -
above. - -+
8. Harrison voted against restoring the
section which had BEEN stricken out. See
pages 84l0-11, Is above.
9. Harrison voted for the Edmunds
amendment to exclude only Chinese on
gagged In manual labor, and admit skilled
Chinese artisans. See pages 8411-1a. q
above.
10. Harrison voted against the bill to
prohibit Chinese immigration for ten
years, which President Arthur signed.
See page 34l2. as above.
II. Harrison lodged" the vote on the
bill to enforce more strictly the law OF
1882 against Chinese immigration. See
Congressional Record, Vol. Is, part 8,
page 593s, July 8. 1884.
H. The Congressional Record, June l,
1885, does not give the vote by which the
last bill on the subject was passed. Thus
those who opposed the legislation escaped
going on record.
This, we believe. is the complete record
Of Mr.. Harrison's action on the subject OF
Chinese labor during his six years term
In the senate. We find no record of any
vote of his against Chinese immigration.
We find two votes he lodged. one vote
he cast for admitting Chinese to citizen.
ship, and eight votes against different
propositions to exclude Chinese lsbos
from this country. II there were any
other recorded facts Republican papers
would have presented them. citing the
page of The Record. Ben Harrison is Q
great protector Of American labor" OF
course. all Republican candidates always
are about election time.--Albany On. T.,
Argus.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-03

1--WE do not offer fixed schedule but q
principle" says Mr.. Harrison of the Re.
publican position on the tariff The
schedule is already fixed" at the war
average of AZ per cent, and the Republi-
cans in congress resist every effort to
lower it. The principle" they offer Is
that the politicians can spend all that the
people will pay.-New York World.
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Probably What He Meant.

When the president, referring to the
high protection, free whisky plank Of the
Republican party, remarks They ask for
bread and they are given stone" he
evidently means stone jug.-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
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B,ain. Not tn. Magnetic Speaker He Wa.

Blaine Not the Magnetic Speaker He Was.
Mr.. Blaine attracted q crowd to the
Polo grounds in New York on Saturday
night and was received with enthusiasm,
but his speech was not magnetic. He said
nothing about trusts. retaliation or free
whisky, and the carefully prepared essay
on the tariff that he delivered was cold
and dull 1t bristled, Of course, with
audacious Misrepresentation Of history.
bu4 few of his auditors knew or cared
anything about that. They went to hear
Q fiery onslaught on the Democratic party
and were disappointed. Whether he has
been muzzled by the Republican national
committee or his intellectual powers are
failing. it is plain that the Blaine Of this
campaign is not the political force he has
been in past years, and that those who
have expected him to snatch victory from
tho jaws of defeat will be disappointed
Peterson IN. J.l Guardian.