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AS TO CHINESE LABOR.

1t is certainly unfortunate for the
d mocrsts, just as their organs are try
ing to discredt Gen Harrison because
Of his vote on the Chinese bill. their rep.
resentatiyes IN Congress should vote 10
cripple an important New England in
dustry and hand it over to Chinese labor.
Gen. Harrison vote was against bill
which, in the form in which it wac first
presented, proposed 10 nullify treaty
by statute; and nearly every Republi.
can vote was cast, with his, against that
bill. But the question of Chinese exclu
sion is now a dead question. IL has been
definitely and permanently settled by
treaty, which was the only honorable
way 10 settle it; and the Democrats will
find no ann unition in the fact that Gen.
Harrison voted agalls. setting it in d
u ,fferent way, The question Of cUmpe-
'ition with cheap Chinese labor is, how
ever, a vital AID pressing question. Chi
nese laLoreIs liv. der conditions
which would BE- Inlolvrable 10 Ameri-
cans, and few cents a day satisfy all
their wants. The House had before il
on Friday the question VI SURF, ndering
to Chinese labor New England indus
try in which several millions of dullors
are inves ted aud hundreds of workmen
are employed-the preparation Of cane
for manufacture, Mr., Lodge laid all the
facts before them, 50 that no plea of tx
noranpe can avail them, but with The
same stolid aud mechanical ind ference
to fact or argument with which they
have voted down every amendment OF
fered by a Republican, They voted against
Mr.. Lodges proposition. This is an act
which will attract the attention of work
ingmen every where, for il furnishes the
most striking proof that the Democrats
care nothing for American labor. They
may profess what they please. but when
it comes to practical question like this
OF the rattan industry they give their
votes for free trade, regardless Of the
fact that they thereby transfer employ
ment from American to Chinese labor.
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AN UNUSUALLY SHORT WEDDING
SERVICE.

One of the quickest marriages have
ever heard Of said a laxative man
was performed by the Rev. DR.. Aaron
Turner, now in the Minnesota Confer
ence,' Then the laxative fellow talked
on in this lively strain:
| DIR. Turner was in charge Of the Vim
cennes circuit at the time. One evening
he was burrying his toilet in preparation
for marriage that he was to perform
at 8 o'clock az the home of one of his
flock. He was late and very much
afraid that he couldn't reach the place
of appointment in time. Just as he got
his tie adjusted and was getting HIM
self into his coat a knock was heard at
the parsonage door. DIR. Turner took
up his hat, stepped to the door, and
opened it. A young man stood outside,
DR.. Turner asked his business. The
Young man was hurried but he managed
to say that he wanted to get married,
and handed the parsop a marriage
license.
We'll, said DR.. Turner, i cant do il
to. night. l am hurryiug now to per-
form another ceremony. I'm already
late
DuJi pItdOeu tuO yOupB mani ~
won't take long
4 know, but can't watt And the
preacher came out and closed the door,
walking rapidly away.
But, Mr.. Turner said the young
man desperately, and he ran after the
minister, you surely can marry US. 1t
won't take you but minute
Where's the lady
Right back here, and the young man
pointed to a figure in the shadow of a
tree,
We'll, come or DR.. Turner said, and
the two went back to where the girl
stood.
is this the woman you want to
marry !?
Yes, said the young man.
Then you are man and wife. Good
night And away he went, leaving the
pair speechless. 1t was a minute before
the newly made husband recovered
enough TO run after the preacher. who
was rapidly disappearing in the dark.
Mr.. Turner Mr.. Turner ! he cried.
well, what is it 2 said the preacher
pausing.
Why, was that all /? Will that do
Yes, yes, that will do. You are Just
as much married as if Id gone through
a yard of ceremony. Good night. And
gain he hurried away, reaching his ap-
pOintment Just in the nick of time.
The Young man went slowly back to
the bridge and spent the next hour or
two in satisfying her that she was really
married. -lChieagO Mail.
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MEnIoINE FoR GRANDMOrHER.


She not only wants the kind word
aud attention which is due, but often
times she needs medicine TO tone up
her debilitsted and aged system. Pdine's
Celery Compound will stimulate her
vital powers. promote her digestion, and
regulate her kidneys and bowels.
James, said the father Of the family,
sternly. your school reports have been
anything but favorable this term.
suppose you failed in your examination,
as usual.
No, sir, protested the boy. Ipassed,
but it was tight squeeze.
Laura, continued the father. turning
to his oldest daughter. think heard
voices in the hall late last evening. |
have told you repeatedly not to let that
young man stay later than IL clock.
1t was jus II when he left, father.
That's so, testified James, coming TO
the relief of his sister. was at the top
of the stairway and see him go. He g.
away at II but it was a tight SOU.
James shrieked LAURA -IChicago
Tribune.
/ suffered for long time from a se
we're. hacking cough. which WAS pro
nounced by a skillful physician to be
dangerous and liable " terminate in
consumption. WAS completely cured
by using Wistar's Balsam If Wild
Cherry.-[Henry A. Bean, Lawrence,
Mass.
A Seventh street widower, whose wife
had been the head of the family, ordered
| q tombstone for her and left II to the
good taste Of the cutter to put some com
for ing inscription on the marble beside
the name and date. When the ston,
was put up he went ont with the builder
to see il. It looked very handsome. anC
across the base were the consOling
words: Thy will be done,
Well, asked the builder, what do yol
think of it?
First rate in every way, was tn,
pleased reply.
And the in cription, is that all right
The widower gazed at it tenderly fo
a moment.
Well, should smile, he said; that
just the kind OF a woman she was to
dot IL Washington Critic.
BRIGHT, HEALTHY BABIES.
They live on Lactatcd Food. 1t is tn
most perfect substiu,e for mother
mi k, always agreeing with the it'll
s,omachs, 1t keeps the babies healthy
preventing in!antile diseases.
Benjamin Harrison of Indiana com
mamded brigade before he was thirl
and made military record which iii
honor TO the name which he Inherits.-
From Mr.. B aine's Twenty Years i
Congress.
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CEKE-ALL NENDERS,


Rancid Axle Grease for Corn salve-Com
position of TOothache Drops.
want box of the cheapest axle
grease in stock. one-half pint of alcohol
one ounce of oil of mustard, three dcz4r
small TIN salve boxes and the same mum
Der of one half ounce walls.
Now that was certainly queer look
ing purchase fer such an 'ornery' look
fellow to be making. So the druggist
asked him kindly TO come in and look
at the samples when the wine in them
was red, and he soon had the fakir, for
such he was, making a confession tc
him. And this was the drift of 1t:
These things cost me less than n
cents. / shall sell the boxes and alt
when they are filed at % cents each
six dozen in all, equal to SIS. But
have material sufficient for twice that
number of boxes and walls, so that for
about 80 cents more. or about in all:
shall realize $36, Any trouble to sell
Not bit. rarely stop ut farm house
that fail to sell one of each-somctimes
two, three, or half a dozen; while al
every village / enter. dozen or 80 go
off like hot cakes. What is IL, you say,
and how do work it? Nothing sim
pier. The axle grease goes into the tin
boxes. | do not ask for the cheapest
to save money, but for the emell. I've
done considerable patent medicine vend
ing, and have found that the viler the
smell the reader it sells. This axle
grease, once it is in the tiny tin box, |
call it corn salve-recipe obtained from
a Sioux medicine man. Nine people in
ten IN the country have corns on their
feet. and a single smell OF the stuff is
enough to effect sale. In the walls
pour two tablespoonfulls Of alcohol, five
or six drops of the oil Of mustard and
fill it up with water. The vial then be.
comes toothache drops which learned
how to make | mean | tell the people
this) from Turk whose life | saved in
the Sea of Marmora. and he gave me
the recipe on OF gratitude. There's lots
OF toothache among farmers, their wives
and daughters. As to their virtues what
Of that? Farmers are the most credu-
lous people under the sun, and their
self esteem, the bump OF which is aw-
fully big, but makes imposition upon
more EASY. There are probably hun
dreds OF men in the United States en-
gagged, like me, in selling nostrums to
village and country people, but not one
knows or cares whether there be virtue
in them. Do | ever hear from those !
have victimized? Bless you, this coun-
try ia big and wide, and | never return
the way | go, and 0m disinclined to sell
at the h fuses at which | put up Tor the
night until the following morning.
give IL TO you straight, young man, l do
not miss sale one time in ten and were
| not 80 averse togadding about should
follow this business as livelihood
There's ten times as much in it as In
farming. herald.
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A M1LLIoNAIRE's WAY OF DOING IT,
How Senator Stamford Would go About
| 1t to Abolish Poverty.


The other day asked the millionaire
Senator from California, How would
you abolish beggary?
There is one way he said, Dry up
the source-abolish the conditions that
make beggars. To try to cure poverty
by street charity is like to stop hole in
your roof by hopping up the puddles
that gather on your floor,
l asked him # he would specify con-
ditions.
Yes he said, 4 can vaguely indicate
them. Let me say, in the first place,
that it ID not mllliODaires that cause
poverty. Nobody is worse off because
the Vanderbllts are worth 5000, 900, 900,
II they had not the wealth it would not
exist at all. 1t is only in those com
munities where milliouaires are possible
that the average citizen has enough to
eat. Now what causes poverty?
'Flrst-Ignorance of how TO save
money. l found beggars IN California
in 1850, when any man could go out with
tin pan and earn 50 before breakfast.
When by working three hours day a
man could make his board and clothes,
there were always shiftless creatures
around whom the rest had to support,
1t is the same way now. The soil is
wonderfully fruitful there, Nearly 90
600 men produce all the wheat Of the
State, and export 1000, 900 tons OF it
every year, and yet there are beggars.
We can cut, thrash and sack wheat at
an expense OF one and half cents per
hundred pounds, potatoes cost only half
cent a pound, and -four is only 81 a
barrel, and yet there is want. An i'm
portant cause is unthrift. People do not
understand economy or practice ii, as
almost every rich man has had to at
some time in his life. really believe
that there would beggars in the world
before night if $50 gold pieces were tc
so distributed that every man, woman
and child were certain to get some.
'Second-The sale and use of liquor
As long as there are ten times as many
saloons in this country as there are OF
both churches and schools, and they art
mainly supported by the very poor, the
sources of misery are pretty obvious
'Third-A lack of manual training
This last need is most serious. II 81
many people could be taught trades tina
the entire product of this country were
doubled next year the wages would bt
doubled, either in increase of money re-
ceived, or in the smaller cost of thu
necessities of life to be bought Mor'
capable skilled hands-that is one OF GU
greatest needs. My great hope is in my
university, which wish to build so tai
and deep and broad that the rudiment
of every useful trade and occupation
may be taught. When everybody know
how to do some difficult and usefu
thing poverty will rapidly diminish
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-07-19
ETING IN CHINA.

A Chinese market is noisy and animal.
ed. Yuu ask the price OF shad, for in
stance, or Of crabs, and the dealer raises
the price OF an ounce by 20 many cash
which you have to beat down. What
Adam Smith called the "higgling Of the
market" exists here in it's perfection.
After wasting considerable time talking
aud splitting differences, you at last de-
eide 10 buy or the trader concludes to
sell. But however much you may con-
graduate yourself on having made a
gOud bargain, you can not be certain
that others may not make much better
bargains with the same man. Vegeta-
Oles are sold by other dealers, and the
same process must be gone through be-
fore you can make fair purchase.
Grocery stores are plenty, and there you
will find ON sale all sorts of sauces, pre-
serves, sugars, etc.. in fact whatever Is
dealt in by grOceTs in America. Beet is
not often eaten by the Chinese on &C
count OF their religious scruples, most
of them being tiDged more or less with
Buddhism, but especially because the
OK is used in blowing. Occasionally you
will find stall for the le OF beef.
Through the same prejudice little COW =
milk is used by the people, and that lit
tie is made into cakes, we'll sailed, TO be
taken as a relish. But kind OF cheese
is made from bean curd. The beans are
ground 10 hand.mills and dissolved in
water, then strained and steamed. The
result is a perfectly white cake, some
thing like blanc mango. 1t is eaten with
shrimp sauce. This cake is also dried
There is also a sauce made from beans
You may perhaps wonder why | havt
not described the cats, kittens and dog
which are said to be the common fooC
Of the Chinese people. The reason i
bccau-e no such things are to be founC
in the market. In fact l know OF N,
such place where such articles OF foo,
can be had except in the lower part o
Canton, where PEOPLE who are almos
? starved will buy almost any thing to sus
tain life. Tie Chinese people live o.
wholesome food, as you will learn iron
good authorities. They eat rice as yo
eat bread. They make cakes OF whea
toO.-[St. Nicholas for May.
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THE STARS AND STRIPES VS.. THE
RED FLAG,

Mugwumpery and the teachings OF the
Golden Club have 80 far emasculated
the Americanism Of the Democracy tn I
they spurn the fhg of their country to
raise alOft red bandanna.a counterpart
OF the red flig OF the anarchists, anu
which with slight change may be trans
formed into the British ensign. For ex
ample. the Washington correspondent
of the Boston Herald says OF the exhibit
ton by Republican Congressman OF sllk
handkerchief in the oolors Of the Amer
lean flag THE thing did not work
well. The demonstration In opposition
to the glorious handanna fell fat
Probably 1t did, with the free traders
and upholders OF Secretary Bayard's
fishery policy, but the veterans who
fought under the starry flag of the Union
are not all dead, and the Democrat,
contingent in Congress does not repre-
sent the country. Let them train under
their snuff staiued emblem Of socialism
and Anglophobia, while the r publican
hosts march on to victory under the
colors of their country, not 10 be lower
ed to enemies abroad or at home. As a
correspondent Of The Press. Of New
York. well says The American flag
has history. meaning, and IL any
class of Americans are thoroughly iden
titled with that a x and its meaning, il
is the Republican party. The Repuoli
can party never hOisted any fl ~ but The
Stars and Stripes; it wasDeve false l.
the fl 6 Of our country; and now whcI
foreign foes and political party have
combined to reduce our country TO the
level Of British dependency and TO DIM
the glory Of our beautiful banner, the
Republican party is determined that net
one star IN its fl manent shall be dim
med nor the lusler Of single stripe b.
ruffcrtd 10 fade.
Forever float that standard sheet
Where breathes the foe, but falls before us;
With Freedoms soil beneath cur feet,
And Freedoms banner streaming DER us!'
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The New York Tribune pays high
tribute to Chauncey NJ. Depew. II says:
"Mr. Depew himself, by singular success
IN administration. has powerfully inhu-
enced the development of the railroad
system, has che apened transpor alton
for every farmer and every consumer
west of Buffalo, and thus has conferred
upon Western States benefits which
many millions yearly would not meas
ure. He has set an example OF fair and
considerable dealings with employees 80
successful that on one great system OF
railroads strifes and strikes are I'm
known. "Honored by labor, honored
by capital, honored by rational citizens
everywhere as a public servant Of great
merit he Is held public enemy,it would
seem, in some Western States. because
his life is usefully spent IN serving the
public interest, and not in fighting out
private quarrels for pay on whichever
side comes first and pays most. II o
prejudice 80 unreasonable does indeed
prevail 10 any Western States il is high
time that these States should get rid oil
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PERHAPS 1T WAS yoLApuK

Why wancher terschoOl terday
Didn'tthaftergo. Toofinerday terfool
erway 'nschOol. Benerfishin'.
Thasso? Warjergo ? Overter Pick
rillake?
Nav. OleBrown'smilpon'.
Ketchany
I'd smoker 'ndldn't. Ihauled'emout's
fast'syercound countem. Gotallercud
lug.
Jertake'em 'ome
Yougitout. Watc er givin'us Bet
cherboots tooknothin' 'butmyself wi
therest o'theschoolkids. Buttersoldmer
fish fra dime 'foreerwent.'
Lemmegowithyer sunday2
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Allrite. Observation-Disclosures clock
They part.-ITid Bits,
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TIE FOUNDER OF THE WEsTERe
UNION TELEGRAPH co.

Hiram Sibley, one of the best known
citizens of Rochester, N. Y, and whose
fame in connection with the founding
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany extends throughout the country
died July 18th.
Hiram Sibley was born in North
Adams, Mass, early in the century and
moved to New York when young. His
connection with the electric telegraph
began when, upon the suggestion oil
Judge Henry r. Selden, he bought the
interests of the owners of the House
patent and organized the New York and
Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph
Co., April !, 1851. In 1854 the company
leased the lines of the Lake Erie Tele-
graph Co. Ezra Cornell had control OF
the Erie and Michigan Telegraph Co.
After much negotiation the two com
panies controlled by Mr.. Sibley and Mr.
Cornell were united by an act OF the
Wisconsin Legislature dated March 4,
1856, and of the New York Legislature a
month latter, under the name OF the
Western Union Telegraph Co. Mr.:
Slbley conceived the idea of line of
telegraph to the Pacfice, but not being
able to induce the western union 10 u
undertake the project he personally
undertook the venture and finally Sc
cured from Congress an annual subsidy
of SAC, 200 for 10 years. and Nov. !. 1851
MIR. Sibley took upon himself The re
sponsibility of the construction OF the
line. In the meantime, the Overland
Telegraph Co. had been organized in San
Francisco, and the two parties finally
united in the Pacific Telegraph Co.
Nov. Is, 1861, the line was opeaed from
ocean to ocean, and on March II. 1854,
it was merged INTO the Western Union.
In 1866 Mr., Sibley sold out his telegraph
interests and went into the seed business
in Rochester and Chicago. The city OF
Rochester has benefited greatly by his
generosity, Sibley Hall having been
built by him at cost of 100000. To
the Rochester University he was also a
generous donor, aud the Sibley College
of Mechanical Arts of Cornell University
marks his esteem for his friend, Ezra
Cornell. He had been IN feeble health
for some time.
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Is it not worth the small price Of IS
cents to FREQ yourself of every symptom
Of these distressing complaints, if you
think so call at our store and get bot
tie of Shiloh's Vitalizer. Every bottle
has printed guarantee on it, use &C
cordingly, and if it does you no good Il
will cost you nothing. Sold by john 7,
lShurtlen, druggist,
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F I z N D
Are You Sick A.?

Do you have pains about the sides, chest and
backi Does your mouth have bad taste, cspe
cially In the morning! DO you feel dull and
sleepy Is there sort of sticky slime collects
about the teeth' Is your appetite poor! Is there
feeling like a heavy load on the stomach some
times faint, all gone sensation ut the pit Of the
stomach. which food does not satisfy! Do your
hands and feet become cold and clammy! Have
you dry coughy Are your eyes sunken! Do
you expectorate grcenish colored matter' Are
you hawking and splitting all or part of the timer
DO you feel tired all the while? Are you nervous
irritable and gloomy? Do you have evil forbOd-
iHgsi Is there a giddness-a sort of whirling
sensation in the head when rising up suddenly :
DO your bowels become cOstive' Is your skin
hot and dry at timest Is your blood thick and
stagnant! Are the whites Of your eyes Hinged
with Yellow Does it deposit sediment after
standing? Do you frequently spit up your food,
sometimes with a sour taste and sometimes with q
SWEET Is this frequently attended with palpits.
ton OF the heart: Has your vision become i'm
pairedy Arc there spots before the cyesi Is
there feeling of great prOstration and weak
ncssi Ifyou suffer from any Of these symptoms
call at your drug store and get bottle OF
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LADIES WHO BLOAP,

What great number there are; how
uncomfortable it makes them; it is
almost impossible for those afflicted to
enjoy life. In my private practice
have always found Sulphur Bitters to be
the best remedy. All who are thus
troubled should use it. Mrs. DR.. Childs,
RoStOn
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