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Western appeal., 1888-02-18
KILLED BIZ A po1LEB EXPLOSION.

WABASH, Ind. Feb. IA boiler exploded
on the farm OF John Spencer near Lincoln
vile yesterday. killing two men. They
had just started up Swing machine
when the explosion took. place, in
stantly killing S. T. Smith John Hale
had the Top of his head blown off and
died an hour afterward Several others
were hurt by the flying pieces of the boiler,
but the thickness of the underground saved
their lives. Nothing was left of the saving
but wheel and few scraps Of iron
Pumping cold water into the boiler caused
the accident.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

is vast sum of money, entirely too much
for the dealers of this country to pay un-
necessarily, yet that enormous amount is
exactly what drummers cost the merchants
OF the United States EVERY YEAR. You can
consuming tax on your cigar purchases by
mailing your orders to r. W. TANs1LL &
Co., Chicago.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18
Electric Motors for St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS Feb. 13.-After many months
of experimenting the LindeIl Railroad
Company, using Washington avenue and
other streets in this city. has adopted cleo
tricity as the motive power for their road.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

night Seven thou
sand persons were
in attendance. The
winner is known as
9 Albert. : but his real
name is James Albert
Cathcart, an d he
halls from Atlantic
City N. J. MI. Bailey,
of Barnum & Bailey,
the lessees of the
building, say that the
track is short. When
Buffalo Bill had his
Wild West; Show in
Western appeal., 1888-02-18
ReSnifed.

Macon, Ga Feb IA supersedeas has
been granted in the case of Woolfock, who
was to have been hung here yesterday fo1
the murder of his father, mother and five
brothers and sisters
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

The Omaha Republican, speaking of
"trusts," says: "Ihere are altogether
too many trusts. The only trust that
ought to be encouraged is, Trust in
God and keep your powder dry"
Western appeal., 1888-02-18
SCIA TIC A.

Misery.-It is Instructive to note from the
catalogue of diseases that nine-tenths of
fatal cases reach their chronic stage through
a stupid Indifference to a correct treatment
when the system is first assailed. 1t is easily
shown that thousands of lives could be saved.
NERVOUS PAINS.
I0rture.-For instance SC1ATICA, which so
sorely atf1icts the human family, and which
is defined tv be neuralgia of the sciatic
nerve rheumatism of the hip,joint or parts
adjoining it, nip gout, pains in the loins and
hips, even i'll its mildest form never seizes
its prey without due warning.
SYMPTOMS.
scute.-Sudden and acute pains in the hin
and loins; redness, swelling, tenderness,
soreness, fever, lameness and sometimes ex-
cruciating pains. The disease rapidly deyel-
ops into chronic or intiammatory stage
TREATMENT.
;ure.-Rub the parts affected thoroughly and
vigorously with ST. JACOBS On; create a
burning sensation by thefriction of rubbing
on the Oil; apply warmth; fannels wrung
out in hot water.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

Aliens "Iron Tonic Bitters'' is the finest
blood purifier in existence, and it at the
same time invigorates the liver, aids diges-
ton, enriches the blood, and bu Ids up and
tones th1 whole system It's the hest. Tee
market is flooded with base limitations. All
genuine bear the signature ,f j. p. Allen,
It. Paul MINI.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

MRS. JOHN JACOB AsToR left her
large collection of fine laces, valued at
$50, 900, to the Metropolitan Art Muse
UNI, of New York.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

NORTH CAROLINA is State without
cities. Wilmington. its largest town,
has only $4,000 people, Raleigh 13, 900,
Charlotte 5000 and Asheville 8, OOO
Western appeal., 1888-02-18
MACKiN SEEKS MERCY.

The Strongest Plea for Clemency Ever
Presented to Governor Oglesby-A Very
Penitential Letter from the Fine Worker
Himself-A Pardon Very Probable.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb 11.-Mrs Joseph
G. Mackin yesterday had an interview with
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

OVER three hundred and fifty thou
sand headstones have been used by the
Government in marking the graves of
the Union dead.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18
END OF THE BIG TRAMP.

Albert Makes Over 621 Miles in the Six
Day Pedestrian Contest at New York,
Breaking the Worlds Record-Herty
Second Best.
New YORK, Feb Is. The six-day-go-as-
contest, came To ar, o,,d Sntnrdav
Western appeal., 1888-02-18
Killed by Ayalanches.

VIENNA, Feb Is Enormous avalanches
along the line of the Arlberg railway have
resulted in serious loss of life, and traffic on
the road has been stopped.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18
A Characteristic of Girls.

"Why don't you speak to him John
ny? He wishes to make friends with
you.'
He amt a boy. He's a girl" said
Johnny, as he moved further from the
little midget who was siding up to him,
and who in dress was the very coun-
te1part of himself. Girls look Just the
same as a boy, but she amt. Boys
don't push up to a feller as girls do!
Girls amt no sense, pushing up and
talking to fellow they don't know"
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

The dead elephant lice was dissected at
Hartford and 300 nnies found in her
stomach. 1t is believed she had started
monument fund.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

WOMEN in Washington Territory can vote
Those who take advantage of the privilege
are called ballot girls-Tezas Siftings.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

LADY of high standing - Bartholdi'a
Statue of Liberty-New Age
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

II GET your views" as the constable said
when he levied on a stereoscopic show
Texas !Sztt;nas.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

THEY raise vegetable tallow in Australia!
There's the place to laugh and grow fat
Teas Siftings.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

The game of football seems to be a me-
chanical business Principally fall and
tackle.-Bostoat Commercials Bulletin
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

A PRINTER ought to do well in a
new mining region. He can set up
"claim quicker than any body, if he has
the type to do it with. Texas Siftings.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

In the matrimonial breakers the more
rocks you strike the better.-Epoch
Western appeal., 1888-02-18
Two Hundred Million Dollars

Faith is not belief that we are saved
but that we are loved DIR. Kirk
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

He said he had heard that there was an
end to all things-but there seemed to be
none to his cough. He changed his mind
two days later, after using only one bottle
of Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18
TREATMENT,
OUT of the pail of business-bucket-sho

Sold BY Druggists and Dealers EUery,chere.
The CHARLES a. VoGElER CO. R.,t;c,c-o Id
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

A scHooL-BoY remarks that when his
teacher undertakes to "show him what is
what" he only finds out which is SWITCH
EJchdIGe
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

A ROUGH estimate-guessing at the num-
ber engaged in street brawl
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

In Morocco women who talk scan
dals are punished by having cayenne
pepper rubbed into their lips.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

The fellow who invested his last dollar III
aDuluth stone quarry made money out of
his blasted hopes-Dnluth Photographer.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

The painter on his scaffold is a man of
high standing in the community. ty.-Mercha,t
IraUelcr.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

TEN-PNs is a bowled game to play
Binghamton Republican,
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

HARD times for the schooI-boy-the !nnul-
tiplication table.-Golde7s Days.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

SIGN for money lender-lucre herel-
Boston Commercial Bulsetls.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

A pretty little child smilingly asked her
mother why fish are SO full of splinters
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

A GRITTY paper-sandpaper.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18
INDIANA WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

Government Authorizes TeIesraphinp
Them Daily to One Hundred Points.
8 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 1.-THE Indiana
Farmer has obtained authority from the
Signal Service Department to send out
kilograms to 100 points in Indi-
ana daily containing the weather
predictions for tWenty-four hours
from o'clock a. m. Signal weather flags
are to be displayed from 100 elevated
po ints, fag-statfs and poles for the benefit
of agriculture, and the telephone system is
to be used to transmit the messages to
many other points throughout the Sta,
from the several telegraph stations receiy-
ing the messages This important service
goes into effect early next week
Western appeal., 1888-02-18
Epito1ne Of the Week.
EIET1ErH CONGRESS.

INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

for clemency is s,gned by prominent men
OF all parties, and the strongest feature of
the plea is that the time already served by
Mackin is fully commensurate with the
crime The petition leads off with the fol-
lowing letter from Mackin:
''ILLINoIs STATE PENITENTIARY, WARDEN's
OFFICE, JOLIET, ILL.,, Jan. 81, 1S57.-HoIo. Il.
j. O7lesby, Governor cf IWinois-Dear Sir:
address you an applicant for pardon. I
shall not presume to present any argument for
your consideration. I will plead No merit,
simply prefer the request and say this, which
seems to me to be proper: For any o1fense
which have committed against the laws of
the land express sincere regret and pledge
| myself that should you see your way clear to
grant my prayer, my future endeavor will be
to so order my ways as to win the
appreciation of all good citizens. shall
hope, should your excellency interpcse the
| power vested in you to shorten my term, that
1 may in some measure repair my shattered
fortunes, and in q legitimate business con-
tribute to the support and happiness of my
family, and to these ends I shall devote my
life Humbly beseeching your favorable con-
sideration 1 am, sir, with great respect, your
| obedient servant JOSEPH c. MACKIN.'
The petition is signed by Judge Moran,
who presided at the trial, all the members
OF the special grand jury, all but three of
the Federal petit jurors who convicted, the
Federal and State prosecutors, most
of the members of the Federal
er nd jury, several judges of Cook
County, United States Senator Far
well, the mayor Of Chicago. the custom
house and posb-ofice officials of Chicago,
the editors and proprietors of the leading
Chicago papers, a large number of Senators
and Representatives OF the General Assem-
bly, IN Chicago and throughout the State
and vast number of other prominent per-
| sonages
The Governor has not announced his de-
cision, but the fact that he has allowed the
papers to be perused by the correspondents,
contrary to all precedents in pardon cases,
is taken as an evidence that he intends par
don, and, in fact, 1t is difficult to conceive
how he can refuse in the face of the almost
unanimous plea for clemency
Western appeal., 1888-02-18

The Dupont Powder Manufactory at Wap.
waliOpen. Pa, Blown Up-Four Persons
Killed and Forty Others Badly Injured
-Eyery Building in the Village Damaged
Surrounding Towns Shaken-Several
Lives Lost by Explosions Mt Other
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GOOp-BYE.


Da=C lo--n' win sly but gaod-oye,
A-d yet some strange iorcLodlngs rise
EGcG sIl!lc IS stlied in = sigh.
A heavy burden Oh me lies. -
NOu, too, within your inmoSt heart
Divine q shadow lurking nigh;
But since we now at last must part
Say not farewell, but just gooG--Yo,
7 even thought 10 snile at this,
Thstsyou might call me bravo and
tstrong;
Bu. life will find so much to m;ss,
And ioyleSs moments wear so loSst
HAPPY an undrawn curtain wells
The fearful future from each eye;
But true faith never lags nor fails.
And so we.ll hope end say good-pysl
But now each instant only brings
My helpless feet more near the orlns;
i tremble like wretch who ciings
To straws when destined soon to sink.
oh, have you counted well the days
Which ere we meet must lag or fly
My soul with yOu-my body stays
Alone, when We have said goCd-5ye
How shall wait until you come
As weary women wait and weeps
Ears deaf and lips TO others dumb,
To send you kisses when 1 sleep,
And il, oh, If We never meet,
My love. forget me not, and L
My soul shall journey with you. sweet,
And now, indeed, indeed good-byei
Sunday Mercury,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31

n Professor of Natural History wan
iered away from the Smithsonian the
other day and got into a lawyers offce on
+ street, where there Is very pompcCs
young clerk.
The Professor asked two or three ques-
tions on the point at issue, and the clerk
finally remarked TO him very largely.
al tell you it's true, and il is Crue.
What do you know about law, anysv;,yr'
Nothing, nothing at all - replied the
Professor meekly; "hut know = great
deal about natural history, and think
you are AZ ass, ~ " sshington Critic.
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Ro,rb on the Tramp.

Emaciated tramp Ito business mann
"I'm survivor of the Mexican war, an
want you to help me little, Cap'n."
Get out o. this!'
"I,ook here, Cap'ni what have you got
against a survivor of the Mexican war;!
IAN I've got against you is that you
survived. ."-Harper's Weekly.
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81 think" said the minister, who was
visiting parishioner, THAT it is easier to
coax children than to drive them. Gentle
words sre more effective than harsh ones''
81 thiazlo, toO," said the Lady tenderly-
Then she raised her window and sud
denly shouted TO her boy;
Johnnie, il you don't come In out of
that mud puddle, I'll break your back. -
Columbus Dispatch
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Short Stories.

'Say, ma, Mrs Brown has n cake on
her supper table three stories high" ex-
claimed little Johnnie as he rushed into
the family sitting-room-
Johnnie's mother was inclined % be-
lieve that her little boys story was taller
than the cake until she made an investi-
CATION and found the marvel to be a layer
Jelly cake.-BufTalo Express.
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Two of Kind

Wife Gin soiled wrapper, soiled collar
and slippers down at heel, 20 husband
who cutters late)-'Ahl John, your not
q bit ike what you used To be -
Husoald (glsncing at her dressl-.
Neither are you, my dear, neither are
you. 0.h-Boston Courier.
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It was in Boston private school OF
fashionable repute, and the class OF young
ladies who had been studying the history
and the Constitution of the United States
were under examination.
Glow is law made," said the instruc-
tor.
.sOb. said a tailor-made damsel cheer
fully. 1.-The Senate has to ratify it, and
then the President has to veto it!-Bos-
ton Beacon
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Business items. nrst Insertion loo. pr ;i7.:es
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EE- Resolutions pTooeeffHo Of nnY CogporGtiSH
society, md communications designed cdL after
tion te any matter Of fed f7ldivfdlLG Interest
2Gfa T01 GdpeTtfsements.
J0- LIMITING OF all kinds neatly and expedIs-
ous-- - scuted at lowest prices. Don'tyou forgst
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"To-da7 The Er1F-css Elizabeth visited
the school. A gentleman who was in her
suite OF attendants was SO grand ana
handsome that thought he must be one
Of tho royal family also. II not royal,
tho count was royalty handsome, and he
belongs TO ono Of the noblsst families in
the empire.
Il san't keep his bright dark eyes out
OF my thoughts; but I must not suffer
myself to DO SO foolish, or my studies
will suffer -
"I have been here now over three
years, and my improvement has been
steady. / have been instructed in dane
ing, as well as In music, and the master
saws he would not be ashamed OF his
pupiBe AmeI-icaine in one of the salons OF
the empress herself. / love TO dance it
is as though l were on wings, and had
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31

cast OF the cumbering mantle OF flesh!
q The beautiful empress has continued
to make her stated visits, and never for
gets TO say an approving word to me.
" The count always forms one of her
suite. and whenever / see him it makes
me forgetful of everyone else. But my
most intimate friend Etelka does not
guess my feelings; SO must have been
successful in hiding all outward signs OF
them"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31

7 even thought 10 shile at th.a,
Thstsyou might call me bravo anC
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-03-16

committee; and Col Bliss, attorney for the
committee. Other attorneys who appeared
in the case were Messrs Choate, Dodd and
Camp for the Standard Oil company. The
central figures among the trustees were John
D. Rockefeller, of the Standard Oil, and his
associates, I. Havemeyer, Of New York, and
W. S. Warner, of Philadelphia.
The committee threw light on some toler-
ably extensive combinations: The sugar
trust, the cotton oil trust, the oilcloth trust,
the envelope trust, and many minor combi-
nations in window glass; beef and other nee
essaries But at the head of all, and the
''daddy Of all the trusts, is the great Stand
ard oil combine, with capital las trust)
of $50, ,0OO, 600. In it are no less than forty
one companies, in twelve states, New York
and New jersey of course having more than
all the rest; and very curious fact brought
out was that, while the trust controls all the
product of nearly oil these, few thought it
prudent to go into the combination for only
part of their product. And the small reser-
walton made in some instances raises a Curl
osity which Col. Bliss cross question
ing did not force the combiners to explain.
Thus the National Transit company, trans
porters of crude oil, with q capital Of $685.
455 200, full half the total capital of the trust,
Only reserved per cent, putting in 81 per
cent. of its product. This is only one of many
points on which the public curiosity is
whetted rather than gratified.
The Standard Oil men appeared to base
their case chiefly on the fact that their COM
bination had not raised the price of oil to
the consumer; but several other trustees had
to admit marked advance in prices after
the combine, though, as they claimed, not
in consequence of it. The fact was
also made prominent that the Stand
ard Oil trust had, by judicions
division of its patronage, secured enormous
reductions on freight; and one witness Twas
of opinion" that in eighteen months the COM
pany had received $4,000, 600 in rebates
but, he added, with an air very like sadness,
1.-THE interstate commerce law has put an
end to that" We have only presented facts
enough to illustrate our main statement, that
Mr.. Bliss and his colleagues only did enough
to convince the people that much more ought
to be done; and the committee stopped just
as it was in danger of becoming mighty in
koroSfinO
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THE BIG TRUSTS.

Work Of the New York Legislature in
Investigating Them.
The New York legislature has been doing,
in feeble way, what the congress of the
United States is soon to do-namely, investi-
eating the trusts A committee of seven.
appointed by the state senate, has overhauled
such corporations as had Offices in New York.
and while they have had good deal of fun
and worried some big enterprisers consider
ably, they have only discovered enough to
Whet the public curiosity about trusts.
And what is trust?
Well, it may be briefly defined as COM
prehensive incorporation of big corporations
"a sort OF ''E Pluribus Unum' incorpora-
tion, one made by combining many. Thus.
when experience shows that unrestricted
competition has reduced the price of the
product to point too low to meet the be-
nevolent views of the producers the big firms
combine and appoint trustees who manage
the general business of the entire trust,
decide how much shall be produced
and what it shall sell at, and eener-
ally prevent that condition so alarming
to certain school of economists, and known
popularity as ''over production" If, as some
times happens, certain firms refuse to "go
into the trust, " the big corporation proceeds
to crush them by various processes, such as
controlling the lines of distribution, COM
pelling small dealers to refuse to trade with
the rebels, etc. It is no SANDER to say that
these things are not done in the general in
terest Of consumers; and it is certainly very
natural that the people, through their rep
resentatives, should order an investigation.
Hence the late New York proceedings.
Hence, also, certain very worthy gentlemen
find themselves objects Of great public in
terest
At the head of these we may safely place
Col. John E. Parsons, the able lawyer, at
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FAvoR1rE OVERLAND ROUTES.

FAvORTTE OVERLAND ROUTES.
with a few settlers, poured eastward and
over the mountains into Nevada, Idaho and
Arizona. Crossing the plains" was then
an event to be talked of for the rest of ones
life. Reaching the border in the early spring,
the travellers outftted at border town; the
covered wagons contained only what was
necessary, tho animals We're expected to feed
upon the dried grasses of the plains and
mountains the bunch grass is more nu-
tritious dry than green) and the people, men,
women and children, walked most of the way.
In big companies for security through the
Indian country, but often in little groups of
half a dozen wagons each, they made this long
and wearing journey of 1000 or l 200 miles
from the very last settlement on the east to
the very first on the west, leaving the
Missouri as soon as grass was green and
reaching the Sacramento any time between
August and November. This outfitting
trade successively built up Independence,
Far West and s.St. 10" in Missouri, then
Atchison, Wyandotte and Leavenwortl, in
Kansas and finally centered at Omaha, and
so remained till the railroad banished the
prairie schooner forever.
There were sad tragedies in those days. In
1916 the il-fated Donner party was over
taken by early snow in the Sierra Nevada
and remained till two-thirds of their num-
ber had perished, the survivors living upon
the corpses of the dead In 1S49 the cholera
went with the California gold seekers; over
l 1000 died in few weeks, and the disease
was communicated to the Indians, killing
thousands of them. In 1852, the year of
heaviest family emigration. the grass was
eaten out, the stock died and hundreds of
people suffered the horrors of thirst and
hunger But the strangest tragedy resulted
from the mad fa1aticism Of the Mormons in
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