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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-02-09

of myself sor clinging to love for a
man who had SO discarded ME, but
I cannot help it,
ii suppose / ought not to set
strange Thoughts into your head after
all these years, but believe that
Helen met me soldier boy on her
way home from the call on your mo-
Their; / think she told him some yarn
about your absence, rode back with
him to her house, hailed her father,
who corroborated her statement that
you were absent; that she, somehow,
got old ST, twas that his name y to
destroy his letters to you; that he
wrote 70 Helen, as being your near
est neighbor, for information that
she wrote him you were false, and
believe if he lies under the sod at
Bull Run h3t he died believing you
false to him. No, no, don't protest;
| can see just how it all was from
your story, and / believe I'm right
| Janet had risen and come hastily
to my side.
| "Coold- such--a-thi ng-be--pos-
sible ?" she said, her face quivering
with emotion.
II feel certaio that it was just as ]
say
She buried her head in my lap and
sobbed violently. At last she raised
her face, brushed away her tears, and
smiling in dim, wintry way, whis-
pered:
pardon this. We will bury the
whole matter, now and forever" And
then she went swiftly down the We
randa and up to her room.
| For the next three days ! wander
ed about the house, busted, arranged
and rearranged every article of fur
nitu1e, and filed again and again ev-
cry vase in Che house with fresh flow
ers. A telegram had reached me say
ing, 81 start at $50 to night" and,
counting the distance, ] said to Janet:
Anderson viii be here on the sew
en- o'clock train of Thursday night
We must put on our gala dresses to
meet him.
| As the time for his arrival drew
near, / sent James to the station with
the carriage. leave him at the side
entrance gave directions, and tax.
ing up my post on the little side
porch, waited anxiously.
| A. rumble of wheels, the familiar
click of Goldie's feet, and my dusty
traveller was whirled up TO the door,
"And is this my own old Inkyfn-
| ger Z" he said, bounding up the step
"And this is Anderson 7"
| We clasped hands, and without a
word ] led him quickly to the guest
chamber.
II will wait here until the dust is
off," / said pausing in the hall.
In an incredible short time he re-
appeared.
81 am destroyed with conflicting
emotions" he said. II am delighted
to really meet face to face one who
has been my best friend so long, and
am wild to know what brought me
here"
| / hurried him into my den and clio
sed the door, and pointed to a big
lounging chair. He threw himself
into it with the half weary, half dir
zy air ola traveller just off the wheels
"You wrote me once that you were
| a prisoner in the Andersonville prison
during the war"
! He nodded.
| "Once you wrote that your sweet
heart Tilted you cruelty, and that you
had never since taken any interest in
women"
always Mrs. Inkyfnger except
ed"
"A truce to compliments" cried
nervously. "And you spoke Of hel
as Nettie, did you not ~
| "Nettie; yes, her name was Jan
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-02-09

IF. BOYD, SUPERINTENDENT
n. a. RIDDLE, GenI paaseao II "A gent,
WA. GARD, ~
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-02-09

Ono. Il. WiNsfLfNG,
Mch. as ~ SUPERINTENDENT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-03
,YIuoUs. RARE AND COSTLY GEN.
,,,,rpv111,E,s LAST PURCHASE FOR Hi'
COLLECTION IN THE MUSEUM OF AXE

so>,,,rpv111,E,s LAST PURCHASE FUN mo
o,rrcr1oS IN THE MUSEUM OF ART
ons ~ the most important acccsso ., Tho
,,,,ronol,tan Museum Of Art mauo ui,0 ,,ao,,hia
aad,t,on which Maxwell sommerVlne' Vi rh,s
49,, ,ust made TO his collection OF gems ,.h,,s
q, hcauaifl antique cameo vi '"p' =, ooo,,,od
roeerved nom the first century 1t was , cor,.
yesterday afternoon. and was Drousn' =. 49,. ad
r,.rv,ue who has just returned rum ,-N To
l.o1d nv him in the case among MS o ,,,, -
considers # the GROWING piece Oh i"9 ao.,raa
cons . 30 Gems The cameo has long been desirou
nv the French Government lor liz o.uaes hut
negotiations for its purchase "oro -" 20 -. ,no..
Mr. sommervile secured 1t at COST IL - DOW" -
than 10000. 49,. =, ohrvSonrase as
'n0 ~ n,o hand The stone is of the finest
@'so - ,e NJ itself one of the rarest pieces
"a ,ba sze known IT IS Of the close OF inc cpo0"
NJ Marcus Aweus or the earlier years "a NOiN =, :"
~, IL &c C,raeco Roman. bur exceptional for ha'
ueriod. Dr. Hall. the curator OF inc -u"'0"r,
snoaknr of the gem. said it was one "h0n
no,oo,s,s and glvptologiss have cause to regard as
unattainsblo. ..o -.
ar, &c ~ be added "a cameo of chrysoprase OF
India II was first made known TO the learned worm
In 1887 through "The Gazette Archeologique,"
Though nearly a century ago 1t formed part OF a
famous English collection The subject Is Jupi@r
Aegtochus. wearing the DodOnean oaS-leaf wreath
a treatment so that only one other represolt t
ton of IL Is known In art, and only Two uoho.o
lines authen tcate the joining OF The attributes "
rether For size vigOr of treatment, rarity OF SUD
fect proof Of the identity OF the stone as 70 material
and place Of origin by It's precious macniauoiS, So
com nv savants and glyptol0g.sts and fame in the
learned Journals this gem has no peer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-03
INCOMING STEAMERS.
GOING STEAMERS.

WEDNESDAY. NOV. Q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-03
,.amsr Richmond Jenney west Point. va-oa Dominion

STEAMER Richmond Jenney. West Point va-od Dominion
Sc Co. a.,,u.o..
stssmer Lucy y Miller HOmer Banger-F h smith G. co.
S,aamer Eleanora, Bennett, POrtland-iiOAti Hall
s,ssner Herman " inter- HalletL Boston iininck
St,n.Iubu b. BrI ltouse. Calcutta Scammeu
Rary Patagonia (Br). HILBERT Hong kong-Boyd d Hinc
en- s.nTn
Steamers servlA for fverpool cirs Glasgow Erin a2d
Torer mn London; Calico nun - land. Copenhagen Ia
nreagne Hhvre: Iaa Mediterranean ports City Of Atlanta
psra1., Wnoau savannah HeDrirtte aud Paso New.
c,rieans. Old Dominion. Richmond sit. Boston.
Also saed-via Long Island SounS-steamefs Lucy NIL.
Ter for Bangor; Eieanora, Portland
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
FOREIGN PORTS.
LIVERPOOL Nov 2Arrved. steamer Mira tBr). Brenning
LospoS Nov 2-sailed. steamer Era tfrl. -. for New.
PRAwIE POINT Nov 2Passed steamer Ocean (aer). Voge.
from New York her way Ia brcnirn
CoPEsHAGEN oct 2eArriyod sieAiner IhngVala (Dan)'
BatuKs 0ot sailed steamers Daral tBr Young and
NinihteT Maybaeh (6erD Bnng-r for Newfork
GIBRALTAR. Nov 7-Passed. steamer focahontAs tBr)
James for New. York
Nov Passed, steamer Teutona tHrli 'ArutheTs fo1
Medit<rr ports ia hot way W Asw'lesA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-03
THURSDAY. nov. z.
SHIPPING NEWS.
7
| PORT OF NETWORK ........ SATURDAY. NOV. e. 1899

PORT OF NEWBORN. SATURDAY. NOV. =. 1889
ARRIVED.
City Chicago OBJ. Redford. Liverpool Oct 73
QueenstOwn "a with mdse and passengers 10 Peter Wright
Sons Arrived at the Bar at & am.
steamer htrurn (Br) Hams Liverpool Oct 26 Queenstown
a.. with ndse and Vernon Brown Co. Ar
ed ut the Bar at LOB
steamer Otrano (Br) Rppeth Newcastle Is Dundee
H. sanderson Son. ARM NJ the Bar
Polynesia Ger Eanck. Stettn oct lS with mdso
passengers Corus Arrived Tho Bar 40
Havre 40 with mdse and passengers 10 r. Corts Arrived
Steamer Muoi Br). Locke. Trinidad Oct TO- Grenada l.
IA 81 Lucia Martinique TO- Antigua 10. Mont
srrat 20 ~ Kts "a 81 Crox 20 with and
10 A Outerbrldge d Co Arrived at the bar at 8 I'm
Steamer Edith Golden BT) egoe st Bay Port
Maria days with fruit TO Kerr Co. Arrived the
steamer SIT No BenseD Gonaiyes H. Por, au Prince
foii r0 Arrived ri at the Bar 'e'''i III
Ship Albania BID Yates RIO JAneiro 80 dayA in ballast to
BAN Julie Sor Jorgenssn MOntsvdeo 81 day.. in baI..,
BINS starlight sears Martinique Oct TO- with sugar to w
Armstrong
sUNsET-At sandy Hook. Wind fresh. 8; CLOUDY Atcuv
Island. strong ssE; cloudy.
CLEARED.
Steamer elsnavon OBJ. Jacobs London-Esndsrson Bro.
Steamer Hermann (BelEl Meyer. Antwerp-Yulch Eav.
steamer Italia tBri Craig Mediterranean por,.Hspd.r,on
steamer ssienors tsL; spesrng Rio JansrO. Santos.
steamer Geo W Clyde. Holmes Gan Domingo Cana H
ten &o-Wm Clyde& Co.
steamer city Atlanta Leighton Havana sagua-Jas
steamer Ieona Boger Galveston via Key wsst-c II Nal.
steamer III Paso Quck. New Orleans-John Sickle
! steamer Hudson Freeman. New Orleans-S ii Seaman.
Steamer cry Of Savannah Googns. savannah Walker
seamer Gull stream TnDon Wilmington. NC-Wm Clyde
steamer ola Dominion Couch. Newport News and Richmond
sss%sr anysndotts. Kelly. Norfolk and Newport News
Old Dominion be Cvs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-03
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

TO-DAY
nun rs.. GO Sets %5l Moon SETS 2o2 Moons 10
HIGH WATER
- s.xuooS 1855 GOV. Island. 4.2i Hell Cato 6i3
lM-Ssnddyy Hoox xI6 Gov. Island 44o Hell 1ste 6:29
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-03

E. ]. DENIM & CO.,
T. STEWART & co.
LARGE i REDUCTIONS
IN PRICES OF
ELEGANT FRENCH ROBE
DRESS PATTERNS.
SILK AND CHENILLE EMBROIDERED,
SILK AND WOOL BROCAOE PANELS,
SHAWL BORDERS AND
CHEVI0T EFFECTS.
&c., So, AND $3.50 EACH.
Reduced from $3.50, s1S and $40.
Superior eros Grain
BLACK SILKS,
Csc, 75c., 9Oc., and ST.
PER YARD;
rs PER CENT BELOW
REGULAR PRICES.
Imported JACKETS
ASSOC g. $500 each;
Reduced from S6.75 and $3.50.
CLOTH NEWMARKETS,
$500 and $3.50 each;
Reduced from $3.50 and SIG.
HANDSOMELY TRIMMED
LAUIES ILU II
MORNING WRAPPERS
AT $3.50 EACH.
IMPORTED and DOMESTIC
TRIMMED B0NhETS,
HATS,
T0QUES And TuRBANS
$500, $3.50 and SIS. each;
Reduced from $3.50, S12. and S35.
ALL DRY GOODS (ONLY DELIVERED FREE OF
CHARGE TO ALL PARTS OF THB COUNTRY
Broadway, 4th Ave., 9Th & 10Th SIS.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
Indians Gathering Rice.

The work Of gathering wild rice at
Rice Lake, Ont, is q picturesque bust
ness. as it is performed only by q tribe
of Indians who have o reservation run
ming down to the north shore of the
lake. They are a pretty we'll civilized
lot and make . good living by selling
baskets. fish, etc., to the thrifty farmers
round about, and derive no little reve-
nue. from the wild rice. which belongs
to the government. They alone are al
lowed to gather and sell it, and it is
used by them and by others as food.
OF late years, however, the demand for
1t as seed for stocking lakes for wild
fowl has grown rapidly. Its dark-green
spikes rise In dense masses out of the
water to q height of four or five feet.
A buck and 9 squaw generally work to-
gether at the harvest. The buck, seated
in the stern of his canoe, decked out in
his grandest fnery, for the annual lar-
vest is made the occasion Of muchpomp,
paddles his boat among the rice. The
squaw, Of course, does the hard work.
She pulls down the heads Of rice over
the canoe, and with Q stick beats outthe
grain into the bottom of the boat.
When sload is secured it is landed,
scooped ont Of the canoe aud dried for
sale TO the merchants without shellinQ
or other preparation. The best way to
plant II q tosow IL broadcast late Ia the
fall Just before the water freezes '
-NeU Fork IftOuhs.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
M%1cHELET's TOMB.

and wires. then the outlines oil the erect
bourgeois King. and the kneeling figure of
his devoted spouse. behind the two sat an
angel OF indeed most angelic mien. even inI
the tndistinct cbauche. Tho change ftom'
week to week was astonishing. and though
tho masters hands could not possibly do SO
much alone. his mind was guiding everN
stroke. Sometimes he would descend. md
with an almost imperccptiblc gesture guide
the efforts OF an assistant upon the high,
scaGold: q nod or u move Of the finger
would indicate whore the clay was TO be
lowered. or an ear to be moved forward.
~ot,len-monthcd admiration. and wondered
= they would ever havea chance to do such
big work. They are still wondering.
In the salon of IS. NJ. Mercie exhibited
what seems to me his most beautiful work,
tnis sleeping fcmale figure which he calls
10 Souvenir" chiseled from nm immense
block of blush marble.
Upon u recent visit to Paris i found my
Old friend fairly overwhelmed with Import
tint orders. Among other things under
way, nearly filling the two large studies
which ne now requires. there was the be-
ginning in clay of u monument to Baudry,
tho painter: colorcd models for the dccora-
ton OF the new Sarbonne: u tomb for Con:
stanttnople. etc. 1t was with a feeling of
real pleasure that l congratulated him on
the award of two important works by our
nation-the Robert Lee monument, of Rich.
mond. and tho Lafayette Tor the city of
Washington. l was glad for him; was par
tlcularly glad for Americas sake.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
In a town in Frauce an odd fact can,

In q town in France an odd fact came
to light at the registration of the birth
of a child. The happy father was
asked the maiden name of his wife, to
which he answered: "Rose b." "Well,
how do you spell it? Bee. BY, Bey, or
how?" "Just simply b." "That can
not be, B is only an initial, not q name. >
at is the only name my wife ever had
until she married me. Neither she nor
any of her family have ever had any
other name than just B, neither more
nor less. They could hardly have had
less, and an examination of the record
showed that they had really never had
more. Beyond doubt the B family
bears the shortest name in France, per-
haps in the world. Only one other
name of equal brevity is known, and
that is the name of u place. About
fifteen miles from Peronne, on the Ham
line, there is q commune known as Y.
1t has some two Au,slred inhabitants.
The origin of the name Y is unknown,
and it would be curious to investigate
the origin of the patronymic of the b
family,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
How Bridal Coun!es Act.

Hardly q week goes by," said a rail
way porter, "that 1 don't e a bridal
couple just starting on their honey
moon. 1 don't know how 1 can tell
them, but they u as plainly marked
to my eyes as if they lad the words
bride and bridegroom stamped in
big letters ON their foreheads. There
is a something about them that gives
the whole situation away-a kind of
cling-neNt-to-me-darling air. Ofcourse
l have made a mistake nov and then,
but it is very seldom 1 do, and 1 have
often found out, after changing my
mind two OF three times, that 1 was
right after all, though certain ppe
ances We're against it. We have N
test which never fails, and when a
doubtful party comes we try it ON them
just to be sure, you know"
Whats the test?"
SWELL, I'LL tell you. Not many weeks
ago a couple got into a carriage and
sat down quietly, as if they had been
used to it all their lives. They didn't
seem to have the bride and bridegroom
air about them at all, and from exter-
nal appearances they might have been
brother and sister, or married for years:
but still there was something there
That made me suspicious, so when i
saw them together 1 went to the news
boy, and I says:
"'Bill, here's a double party; get
out the sample copies
$50 Bill got his tests and walked up
to the door of the carriage. He offered
books or newspapers to everybody, and
when he came to the suspected party
he took out of his pile two little books
and said, so that nearly everybody
could hear him:
Very useful books, sir; hints on
housekeeping and hints to newly mar
ried people,
"That did it. The girl got as red as
a rose, and the man blushed, and said
a weak sort of 'N-n-no.' Then thew
looked at each other, and sort of snig-
gered, and / caught him full in the '
and smiled q sweet smile, giving him a
respectful wink at the same time. III
was all settled in a minute; there was
no doubt about it. There are many
other ways by which I can spot a bride
and bridegroom. and they are gener
ally as safe as the test. The custom
of throwing rice after a bridal couple
makes it unpleasant for the party, as
a lot of rice is almost sure to stick to
their clothes, hats, or in their hair.
why do you take such pains to find
out whether they are newly married or
not?"
ooh, whey they see we tumble to it
We generally get a good tip, just for
luck, you know"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
Mn. GLADSTONE says he we'll remem.

Mn. GLADSTONE says he we'll remem-
bers the old Duke of Cumberland, who
was famous for his habit of garnishing
other peoples remarks with his W
oaths. When the first bill for the abo-
lition Of church rates came before the
House Of Lords the Duke was asked to
express to the Archbishop of Canter-
bury the wish of the majority that he
should move its rejection. OF went
the Duke with this commission. Pres
emily he returned, and in a loud voice,
for he was rather deaf, exclaimed: "The
Archbishop says he will he devoted to
everlasting fire if he does not work the
rejection of the bill" 1t need scarcely
to be said that the language which his
Grace of Cumberland professed to
quote from his Grace of Canterbury has
been somewhat softened.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
Flapping Of Insect. Wings.

The slow Tapping of the butterfiy's
wings is perfectly noiseless, but more
rapid movements of insect-wings pro-
dnce sounds increasing in shrillness
with the number of vibrations. Sir
John Lubbock has shown by some of
his later observations that the wings
Of the housetiy give the sound F, and
Sibrate 2O,10O times a minute, or 335
times a second; and those of the bee
yield the sound A, vibrating as many
as 26,40O times a minute, or 44O times
2 second, though q tired bee may hum
on E, making only $50 vibrations q
second. Marcy has confirmed these
theoretical numbers by placing a fly so
that at each vibration the tin of his
wing made q mark on q moving cylin.
der, the actual record being $50 strokes
n SECOND
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
Stockmen will readily nndarston

Stockmen will readily understand.
that hides that r imported free come
into direct competition with them, and
that they have to meet lower prices
by reason of this fact. Since hides
We're put upon the free list, their value
has steadily declined from l2a cents a
pound to about one-half that amount.
Every man who deals in hides is inter-
ested in getting better prices for his
product. But with hides upon the
free list, he is virtually at the mercy
of a foreign market, and obliged to cut
his figures to meet the competition
from abroad.
An effort will undoubtedly I've made
to have the ranchmen and the stock
mel given the same protection that is
given to the wool growers. Wool is
protected for the benefit of the wool
growers. Why should not hides be
protected for the benefit of stock
raisers?. When legislation for this
purpose is proposed, the Democratic
party will oppose it with all it's power.
Every stocknan should hear this fact
i'll mind, and cast his vote with the
party of protection to American indus
tries.-IOWa State Register,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11

THE French Minister Of Ports and
Telegraphs has notified every telephone
company in France that Is soon, as the
time for which they we're given q
monopoly expires. the Government will.
take possession Of their lines. mas
much IS this time expires within q year,
it will not be very long till France will
have control of its own telephone lines
and may conduct the business for the
benefit Of the people. The United
States, the country which produced the
telephone, is still groaning under the
extortions of this gigantic monopoly,
while France is not only free from the
onerous burden but is actually making
the invention the source of public con-
~venience and governmental profit.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
One of the Tricks Of Slrewd Berrors

Ii some of the people who make q
living by begging would turn their wits
in other channels they would, perhaps,
soon become prosperous. The skilful
and successful beggar seems to be o
man of not o few ideas, for the warm
competition in his business compels
him to keep up with the times. He is
constantly casting about for some new
scheme which he may put in operation
IN order to work upon the generosity of
men. There are something peculiarly
~insolent and reckless about most prp-
fessional beggars. They seem to think
that q man will respond to q call for aid.
if they show ingenuity in the manner of
approaching him. Many of them after
taking q mans money do not hesitate to
show q certain mir of contempt for him,
while not infrequently they pour forth
a torrent of abuse if they are repulsed.
II you stop one of these wretches, after
giving him ten cents. and ask him if his
story is true, it is likely that he will
tell you he lied to you. He seems to
take pleasure in letting you know that
he is shrewd enough to deceive people.
One of the most recent schemes no.
ticed by the writer is hat of rather a
decent looking fellow who goes up to q
man and tells him with apparent frank
ness that he has just been released from
prison. after having served a sentence
for forgery. If he can hold his victims
attention long enough he explains the
circumstances Of his crime, conviction
and punishment. These stories vary
greatly. No doubt the fellow fashions
them to fit the case in hand. There is,
he will say, such a prejudice against a
forger that he finds it impossible to get
anything to do, although he is an ex-
perienced accountant or q good book
keeper. While the man thus approached
may be unwilling himself to trust q
convicted forger, he feels some respon-
sibility in fatty refusing to assist q man
who declares that he is struggling to
keep from drifting back into his old
habits in spite of the strong current of.
d~istrustful public opinion. Although
by no means convinced of the truth Of
the mans story, he feels inclined to run
the risk of being imposed upon, and
often ends by giving him o quarter.
The men who play such games as this
realize fully the position they hold, and
this, perhaps, is why they are SO per-
sistent in their efforts to make o nan
hear their story. That done, nor
than half the battle is over.--New
York Tribune.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
An extinct volcano has been discov

An extinct volcano has been discoy-
cred In Connecticut, near Meriden.
The ash bed is an overhsnging cliff
about twenty-five feet high and fifty
feet long and of greenish tinge. On
the face Of the cliff are occasional pock-
ets Of quartz crystals, some Of which
shade to amethyst and some to rose.
Another feature Of the cliff is the prev
silence Of roundish stones, varying from
one to four feet in diameter. There
were the bombs, in geological parlance,
and were portions Of the trap rock
which were 'sjected from the active vol
'saao. a smslliportion Of ths sandssone
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-11
The Tariff and Stock Growers.

Every man who raises cattle wants
to get as much money as possible for
them. The value Of the hide is no
small part of the value of the animal.
A moderate estimate would place its
value at one-fourth the total value of
the animal. But for several years the
value of hides has been steadily de-
Ginning, and by a coincidence that is
easily explainable. that decline has
gone right along ever since they were
put upon the free list. Few people
not interested in the business realize
how extensively hides are imported
into this country. The following table
prepared by Mr.. w. +. Wakeman, of
Kansas City, u gentleman who has
made special Investigations of the sub.
ject, shows the enormous volume of
this importation since 1850: