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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-15
The Weekly Star,

contains from 20 to rs columns OF reading
matter each issue, EN- bracing general news,
state happenings, Local events, Editorial
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a SINGULAR MAN.
How He Won the Confidence of His Eel
low-Passengers.

How He Won the Confidence of His Fell
low-Passengers.
On Baker street car the other day
man who had taken a car ticket from
his wallet dropped the Leather" on
the floor at his feet in trying to re
place it in his pocket. Three or four
passengers saw the transaction. but
no one had said a word. when the
loser discovered his loss and started
up and sat down in disgust.
Amy thing wrong?" asked pas.
senger.
Yes: wallet is gone"
Probably picked out of your
pocket"
mo. guess cot
Don't you suspect some one in this
carp"
"Oh. no. probably dropped it on
the street"
Probably contained hundred dol
lars. didn't it?'
No"
Much as fifty then?"
mo. / guess there was about a
dollar in it.
but you will stand off your gas bill
and water tax and grocer on account
OF it. of course?''
No. sir; shall pay every thing to-
day"
We'll, gosh-darn-to-gum, if you
amt a mighty queer man. and here's
your wallet, Say. folks, let's present
him a token of our utter amazement.
And they bought him six car tickets
and offered to run him for mayor
Detroit Free Press
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ago exposed in both houses OF Congress,
and the people now see that money
loaned for an indefinite per cd TO Mr. Jor.
dams bank in New York or placed in the
Covington banks to in the election CT Mr..
Carlisle ought long ago to have been used
for the purchase of United States bonds and
the reduction of the public debt tCheers
In my judgment the people of the
United States are not to be hurried into
free trade by a panickv cry from the
President or Secretary. Too many great
interests are dependent upon it; interests
OF capital and labor; interests in the
East, in the Wesf in the North, and in tn.
South-great i-yerests common to the
whole Union. shall not tonight argue
the question further than 10 arraign the
President for precipitating il in an unpreee
denied manner and for hav ng used extra
ordinary means to create prejudice against
the pr .tectIve system, and with delusiye
arguments TO commend the destructive
theories OF free trade to the people. When
understood b. the people the Presidents
method Of approaching the question viii
strengthen the cause of protect on aud not
weaken it, and viii, in my judgment in
the end prove one Of the potent causes OF
his defeat at the approaching election.
Tremendous cheers
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Bringing Up the Baby.

Every mother has her own ideas as
to how to bring up her babies Alright,
and il is a matter on which few agree.
But we otter think that some mothers
make a mistake in not treating their
little ones as il they were reasoning
creatures. Notice how pleased tiny
little tots are when given some re-
spOnsibility. As soon as they begin to
tOddle. If taught Alright. they like to
help mother by picking up or carry
ing some trifie for her or doing any
similar act. Then is the time 70 be-
gin training them to be real helpers.
OF course, il often seems a real bother.
for one may do things quicker without
this hindering assistance. But it is
part Of the child's education. Similar
~, baby hood Is none too early to be-
gin teaching politeness. and the proper
way is to be as polite to the baby as to
any one else. People sometimes think
that child does not feel discourtesy-
We hold a contrary opinion. Some
little sights that were not meant as
such. offered in our extreme child
hood. are remembered 70 this day. and
ali sensitive children suffer in the
same way. Emily Louise TapleH.
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AIMS OF PROJECTION.
The Natural Consequence of the Advance
of Civilization.

OF CIVILIZATION.
Protection in every form. in its full
est meaning, applied to every sphere
of life. is the distinguishing feature
of civilization. Without protection
society and civilization can not exist;
barbarism, savage life, the life of
brute, alone prevails. Protection is
the slow-working agency which gradu-
ally lifts man to higher planes OF civil
ization. 1t reduces the dangers and
chances in the struggle for lite. Soci-
ETY. charges itself with guarding the
individual against dangers and diff
culties by which he may be beset In
the natural state each individual has
to fight hunger and thirst, the inclem-
encies of climate and weather, and
his mortal enemies besides, who are
ever plotting his destruction. 1t is by
means of protection that the life of
man differs from that of the animal;
for protection is the result of mans
highest intellect, of his faculties of re-
fiection and forethought. We build
houses to protect ourselves by day and
night from the inclemencies of the
weather. We make clothes to suit the
season, now to shield us from the
scorching rays of the sun, and then to
protect US against the freezing winds
of the north. We cultivate fields and
erect storshouses; we raise cattle and
collect provisions to ward OF starva-
ton; We create insurance companies
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York that they have at the head Of
face every issue. Loud applause
God hates a coward and so do the peo-
pie of New York and the people of the
country lCheers. | stand here the
son of an Irish immigrant to advocate
the cause of the Republican party-tho
from the oppression of England. He
taught me that the country which gave
him the privilege of earning a homo
and living for his wife and children
had a right to my allegiance. /
don't know what in the name
of God makes any Irishman a
Democrat. The London Times has
said that the Irish people were OF
no use at home to England, and that
the only use they could be put to was
to send them to America to vote the
Democratic ticket. Cheers and
laughter I'd have Irishmen look
back upon their own country's history
before the union of England and Ire
land. Free trade drove every manu-
factory from ireland and has made it
the pauper nation of the earth. Where
does she get her help from in distress?
From free-trade England? No. She
knocks at the door of protection Amer
lea. Applause, eliminating in three
cheers for the man from Michigan.
The American market is the best in
the world England and the South
have gone into partnership to destroy
it. England and the South united in
1861 and the South put free trade into
its constitution. They tried to drive
free trade down our Threats with the
bayonet. Great cheering. The al
lance of 1861 met its defeat at the
hands of the Union army Ccheers] and
the same alliance of 1888 will meet a
similar fate at the hands of free, I'M
purchased voters of America. Loud
cheering.l We whipped the com
bination in 1865 and we will whip it
again in 1888. Three more cheers
for the Michigan man.
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ATTENTION. TOILERSl
The Ultimate Aim and Purpose of tn
Free-Trade Crusade.

The Ultimate Aim and Purpose of the
Free-Trade Crusade.
The father of the Mills free-trade bill,
r. @. Mills. of Texas, in speech at East
St. Louis. H.. September %, said
Then we will put our own intelligent and
skillful and protective labor in this country
urOn plane OF equality with the laborers OF
all other countries"
This is the ultimate aim and purpose
of the present free-trade crusade.
1t means putting our steel-workers
on an equality with the 6O-cent a day
steel-wOrkers of Belgium.
II means putting our millers on an
equality with the Accent a day millers
of the great hour-prOducing center of
Europe, Buda-Pesth.
1t means putting our paper-makers
on an equality with the 80 to 55-cent a
day paper-makers OF Belgium. Norway
and Sweden, who now send large guam
titles of paper to this count y annually,
notwithstanding the protective tariff.
II means placing the weavers in our
cotton mills upon an equality with
those of Alsace-Lorraine. who work
for 81 cents on the average; with those
of England who receive II cents a day,
and of Italy who receive % cents a
day.
1t means putting our wooden mill
operatives on a level with the 81 cent
wooden workers of England
1t means putting our fax. linen and
hemp workers on an equality with the
5O-cent day operatives in these in
dustries in England.
Il means putting our boot and shoe
makers on an equality with those of
England. who earn 81 cents day. and
of continental Europe. who earn from
50 20 50 cents a day.
Il means putting our masons and
carpenters on a level with the 81
labor of these trades in England. and
so to 70-cent a day wages OF Europe.
IL means placing our machine black
smiths on level with those Of Scot
land. who earn $l.0S day.
1t means placing our first-class ma
chinists on a level with those of Scot
land, who earn 81. 20 day. and of con-
tinental Europe. who earn 81 cents a
day.
It means that our printers shall work
for 90 cents a day as ia England.
II means that labOrsrs about our fac
tories. shops and public works shall
toll day in and day out as they do in
England for y cents day. and on the
continent for % to so cents a day.
1t means that our rolling-mil men
shall work for 81 cents DAY and our
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iron mou,ders for so cents, as they do
In Europe
1t means that our wives and children
shall go into the shop. the factory and
the field and work with the men from
early morn till late at night, as they do
in every country of Europe.
IL means that our wage-earners shall
dwell in novels and crowded tenements.
and live on soup and black bread ane
scarcely ever taste meat. as they do liz
Europe.
Working-men. this is what r. q.
Mills, the author of the Cleveland.
Mills bill. says the Democratic free
traders will do for you if they can car
ry the next election and inaugurate
Cleveland's tariff policy. How do you
like the prospect?-Bugalo CONNER
ctdt Advertiser.
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REFORM
Public ONCE 4. n Public Tru.

against accident and fire; we create
life insurance to protect the brood
should the wage-earner die; we create
savings banks to prevent want in our
Did age. and thus through every phase
of civilized life protection may be
traced, like the red threads in the
ropes of the English navy.
Governments, laws, institutions, are
but so many arrangements for the pro-
lection of the individual in his life,
limbs, possessions, and in his right to
enjoy happiness. Civil laws define his
rights, and courts protect him in them.
Criminal laws are enacted to shield
society from the efforts of the wicked;
police and courts are there to enforce
the protection. Armies and navies
serve no other purpose than to protect
nations against other nations. But
the protection which civilization to-
day accords the individual goes far
beyond that of life and limb and ma
terial possessions. Names, honor,
thoughts, writings, inventions, bust
ness, even the name a man may choose
TO give his goods or merchandise. are
protected. And among civilized ma
tons some go still further and accord
to individuals protection in their oc-
equations, their means of earning n
living, against the inroads made by in
dividuals of other nations. These
countries take to heart Shylock's
words:
you take my house when you do take the
prop
That doth sustain my house; you IA Ike my
life
When you do take the means whereby l live"
And just as this protection in the
means Of earning a living is but nat
ural and logical consequence in the
advance of civilization, another link
in the chain of protection which makes
up civilized life, so is free trade the
very reverse of protection and civili-
cation. 1t is a return to the methods
of barbaric life. 1t is the fight of each
against all; of individuals against the
species, and OF entire organized species
against the individual. 1t means want
of foresight and reflection in the indi-
vidual, and in society as a whole. -
Emil lSchalk. IN ~ Y. Tribune.
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General Grants Republieanism.

A gentleman of Boston furnishes the
following lines in the autograph Of
General L. 5. Grant. written and signed
by him in 1880. and the reason therein
cited for being Republican is as peril
nent to-day as it was eight years ago:
There is not q precinct IN this vast Natior
where a Democrat can not cast his ballot and
have il counted as cast, no matter what IN,
predomiuanee Of the opposite party He car
proclaim his political opinic-s, even II he IS one
among thousands, thout fear and without
prescription on account Of his opinions Tiers
are fourteen states and localities If soms
others. where Republicans have nos 'slif priv
lege- This IS one reason Why an Repuo
ilcsu. L. S. GRANT"
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
WISCONSIN PRgssYrERlANs.
First Session of the synod In the Upper
Michigan Peninsula.

First Session of the synod In the Upper
Michigan Peninsula.
For the first time the Synod of Wiscon-
sin, consisting of the ministers and repre-
sentatives of the Presbyterian churches
IN Wisconsin and the Northern Peninsula
Of Mic igan, met in Michigan recently at
Menominee. The work of the church, as
-sported. has been rogressive during the
year. The following are the statistics Of
the year: There are in the Synod Of Wis
sonsin ll9 ministers, l54 churches, 106S7
commandments and Is 49j members of the
sabbath schools. During the year there
were 24S adult baptisms, COS infant bap-
tisms; aud l,SO4 persons were received into
mem bership. The synod has made the
following contributions; For congrega
tional expenses, Sl7S 40; for mlscel-
ianeous charities, Sl6.O3.; for home mis-
sions, S. for foreign missions, &c, BIZ,
for education, S9,2l9; for Sabbath school
work, 1000; for church erection. S596; for
relief fund 5000; for Freedmen Board,
S692; for sustentation fund. sl26; for aid
to colleges, 81 070, Synod Presbytery and
General Assembly, 1907.
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LITERARY LITTER.

MARY J. BooTH, Of Harper's Bazar. is
known round Franklin Square as the
Duchess.
CHRISTIAN REID. the author Of many
pretty stories, is Frances G. Fisher in home
life
Mrs JOHN V. L. PRUTN, Of Albany, owns
the original draft Of Burns Aud Lang
Syne."
Mn CLINTON scotland, the writer Of
pleasant verses, has been appointed assist
ant professor Of rhetoric at Hamilton Col
lege.
MRS. AMELIA E. BARE, the novelist, is de-
scriGed 81 an exceedingly rapid writer.
Within period Of six weeks she viii be
gin, finish and send % her publishers q
novel Of three hundred pages.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX does her OWL
marketing. and is not so much Of poet
but that she can drive sharp bargain.
She IS often to be seen ct the Washington
Market, New York, with big basket on
her arm
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An oid ThrsshIng Crew.

A reunion Of an old threshing crew, who
had done threshing together from an
early day, was held recently at b. ID.
Smiths, in the town OF Berlin, 20 do one
more job 10 comprised Amasa May, aged
seventy-three years; A ID. Payn, seventy
five; Gilbert Allard, seventy one; Mich
olas Brush, seventy; Henry Thomas,
sixty-nine; Z. H. Payn, sixty-ninc; b. 5.
Gardner. S .xty-five; Jacob Stickles, sixty
five; f. l.. Smith, sixty-five; Fl. D. Smith,
sixty. All took possession of the machine
and threshed, as in old times.
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The people Of church in Belfast, Ne,
report a singular coincidence which &C.
CURED o. recent Sunday. just as the
pastor was reading the words, Il beheld the
Spirit descending as dove out Of Heaven,
and it abode upon him." a beautiful
dove fluttered in at the open door and
alighted upon the railing of the back gal
lery. 1t next fiew TO the pulpit. and, after
resting a minute, perched upon the speak
er's head Being brushed away, the dove
dew down beside the Bible, and finally,
near the close of the services, few out
through the open door at which Il had en-
LnraH
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Living on the Reputation of others.

"Take everything that / have but my
good name; leave me that and / am con
tent" So said the philosopher. So say all
manufacturers of genuine articles to that
horde of imitators which thrives upon the
reputation of others. The good name of
ALLCoCK's PoRoUs PLAsTERs has induced
many adventures TO put in the market i'm
itations that are not only lacking in the
best elements of the genuine article, but
are often harmful in their effects.
The public should be on their guard
against these frauds, and, when an eXter-
nal remedy is needed, be sure tOinsist upon
having ALLCoCK's PoRoUs PLASTER.
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OPPOSED TO FREE Trade.
An Eloquent freshman Tells Why lie IL a
Republican.

An Eloquent Irishman Tells why lie IL a
Republican.
At big Republican meeting in New
York recently Robert E. Frazer. of
Michigan. said:
Il am a Republican because | am for
a protective tariff. Applause. am
for protective tariff, because | am
an American citizen. lCheers.l l am
for protective tariff, because l be-
lieve that it benefits the American
working-man and all connected with
him. CHEERS ] stand by the next
Governor of New York tonight, and l
congratulate the Republicans OF New
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1t was announced the other night that
Peter McGeoch had sold his street-car
lines in Milwaukee to an Eastern syndicate.
He refused to give figures, but it was
known that the price was at least $3.50 600,
the amount for which the lines were
stocked. II was believed that the sale
was caused by embarrassment growing
out of a verdict for over $500, 900, in favor
of Daniel Wells, as a sequel TO the big lard
deal some years ago.
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SCIENTIFIC INTEREST.

LCTHruN is the Ightest N etal known and
Is worth $50 per ounce. 6allium is the
rostliest met-l known and is worth $3.50
per ounce
IT is asserted that, under certain con-
5itions, the bark of the euilla tree of Chill
possesses cleansing properties superior to
those Of the best soap.
PROF. ELISHA GRAY has procured q
patent for a new long-distance Geographic
uausmitter, giving the message IN tbs
handwriting Of the sender
THE danger Of infection from the use Of
books from circulating libraries has re
ceived intelligent attention Ia England,
and means have been devised Tor their dis
infection.
IRoN, while heating, if exposed TO the air,
viii oxidize; while IT white heat. il in con-
tact with coal, viii carbonize. G besome
steely. Iron should be heated az rapidly as
possible.
VIENNA scientific societies hava been in
vestigating the wonderful weather plant'i
discovered some months ago. and it is SAID
that its we, .er-foretelling properties lave
been thoroughly verified. The marine de-
partment of the Austrian War Department
is 70 give the plant trial on shipboard
4 CONVENTION Of scientists, which re-
Gently made an investigation in Paris under
the auspices Of several commercial bodies,
decided that no chemical substitute for
sugar has yet been discovered, the claims
Of 'saccharine'' to that honor being de
stroyed by the fact that it is seriously detri-
mental 10 health.
ANlEsTHETIC REVELATION IS the name
which has been applied 10 the sensa ion Of
recovery from the auesthetic effects Of sui
phuric ether. For one briGf instant, just
before the complete return Of conscious,
ness, the subject invariably has an intense
perception of what seems 10 him at the time
the true explanation VI the universe.
THE Smithsonian Institution at Washing.
ton has sent an expedition TO Nova Ssotis
and secured fac SMILES of the Nfairy rocks, g
on which are curious hieroglyphic charac-
ters, evidently very old, which may throw
some light on the history Of the early dis
coveries Of America The marls ngs are cut
in upon a rock OF highly-polished slate.
and the intaghO Is about a sixteenth Of an
inch deep.
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TWO ChIldren Burned to Death.

The residence of c. NJ. Smith, at Fifield,
was destroyed by fire the other morning
at about S 30 O'Clock. Two children aged
three years and eighteen months, respect
lively, were burned TO death. The cniliren
were alone in the house when the fire oc-
Cured and were unable TO escape.
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WIEN contemplating a journey eastward,
consider the unexcelled service and peer
less accommodations of the Chicago q At
lantic and Erie Railways. Fast, solid trains
depart from Dearborn Station, Chicago,
daily, with through LIST and 2nd Pullman
built coaches, and Pullman Buffet Sleeping
Cars, TO New York, Albany and Boston.
You may travel by this popular line and
save $l50 TO New York, Niagara Falls.
Rochester and Buffalo; So to Albany and
Troy, and SO 90 TO Boston and New England
cities Apply TO your nearest Railway
Ticket Agent for full information. or adj
dress for prompt reply, F. c. DONALD, Gen.
Pass Agt., Chicago 4 Atlantic Rv., Chicago
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SMITH with smiling facel-What have
you got the blues abouts
JoNEs-Noihmg TO do. Times are duh
SMITH-Wel. now. c.1 fellow, am glad
l struck up with you. You right down
and write 10 i. F. johnson 4 Co, of Rich
mond, Va, and they will put sou in a way
to make money faster than you ever did be-
fore. / was out Of work, too. but began a
little correspondence with them and now
am growing fat and rich Too busy to talk
longer now.
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brewers Consolidated,

The Franz Falk and Jung and Borchert
Brewing Companies in Milwaukee were
consolidated the other day under the new
firm name of ''The Falk, Jung a Borchert
Brewing Company" The incorporators
are Frank r. lalk, Philip Jung, Ernst
Borchert and Louis W. Falk. The capital
stock is one million dollars
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II we could only persuade that unwelcOme
visitant, cuills and fever, to do this, we
would be fortunate. But while we can't ex-
actlv make il ''cut and run, we can uproOt
ITS hold upon the system in time with Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. This IS known
wherever malaria is a periodical caller. Ii
Is. also. matter of wide information that
the Bitters cures biliousness, dyspepsia,
debility and rheumatism.
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The thirty fifth annual convention Of the
State Musical Society was held recently at
GAINESVILLE. Fond du Lac was fixed upon
as the place of meeting for next year, and
the following officers were elected: Pres
ident, F. n. Owens; Vice President, Mrs.
l.. A. Bishop; Treasurer, w. b. Simmons;
Secretary, Mr. Cook, all of Fond du Lac.
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noble men and women. The simple
but effective remedies which carried
them 70 green old age are now repro
duced In Warmers TipPecanoe. " and
Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparills and
other Log Cabin Remedies.
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A SORE Throat or Cough. if suffered TO
progress, often results IN an incurabie
throat or lung trouble. ''BrOWHs Bronchial
TrOcfcs give instant relief
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MANY fellow who is whole souled has
to go to a shoemaker and get half soled.-
DGHspills Breeze