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The Delta independent., 1890-08-19
a FORTUNATE cHIcAGoAN.
Smiled Upon by the Louisiana STATE
Lottery to the Extent Of $751; 900.

6mtieo upon Dy tne LOUISIANA state
Lottery to the Extent Of SIS, 900.
Chicago GllJ Times. July II. tG
The good fortune today enjoyed by .
young Chicagosn, w. e. Spingenbers, .
clerk in 8. Schipps' dre insurance agency
At 2o6 La Sale Street, may have been In
tho nature Of reward for persistent cf-
forts, or It may have been simply one Of
tho smiles WHICH Dame Fortune 10 often
sheds on favored residents Of the worlds
fair city. BE 1t as 1t may. Mr.. Spingen-
berg In June invested In . ope-fortieth In
terest In ticket No. 90, s48 In the LouislsnA
State Lottery and now has II, 900 cold. hard
dollars 70 show for II. the entire ticket
represented by his number being e600, zoo.
When called upon by Times reporter he
was very reticent - to deteiis, but tacitly
pleaded guilty TO tho extent named. Mr..
Spingenberg u . sharp, shrewd youn9
business man, and slresdy has his newly
acquired fortune invested to. good advanS-
age. Riches have BY no rnesns tufnsd the
young mans bead. but the unexpectsd
possession Of oven this littls ei6O0O haa
given him an idea Of tho pleasant tseublGo
thst riches generally bsing w3th taeo
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Ths PeFiis OF Bunaio-Hnn.ins.

On the occasion in question. my
brother and cousin we're on their way
shomewnrG ; They were Just mounting
- sn gss bsoT.n a9T ssss wss. 1,e ssev Tss
lel nntt:ring, rumbling noise. liks
ARsee tbqo6se us1sN atlndily bvds,
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New Deal on the Santa Fe.

The Thunderbolt train leaving Denver
daily at 5p. M, Colorado Springs At 7: 80
p. m. and Pue bio at 9:25 p. m., carries
through vestibule and chair cars to Chica
go, arriving at Chicago the second morn.
ing ut = so, serving supper out of Denver
in Santa F'e Route famous vsstibule din
ing cars. This 10 the only line running
dining cars in and out Of Denver. For a
pleasant trip, take this train when going
East Double daily train service TO all
California points.
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There has neuer been anything discov-
cred that viii equal Do6bins' Electric
Soap for All household uses. 1t makes
paint look like new, and clothes as tDhte
az s,, otp. Our wash. woman says IT 10
pleasure to use 1t. Ask your grocer Tor IL
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ITS EXCELLENT QUALITIES

Commend to public approval the California
liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs. 1t is
pleasing to the eye, and to tho taste and by
gently acting on the kidneys, liver and
bowels, 1t cleanses the system efiectually,
thereby promoting the health and comfort
Of all who use 1t.
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19

Invalids, aged people, nursing mothers,
overwprked, wearied out fathers, will find
the happiest results from judicious use
of DR.. Sherman's Prickly Ash Bitters.
Where the liver or kidneys are affected,
tide toward health, ere the disease be-
comes chronic--possibly incurable, and
there Il nothing better % be found in the
whole range Of mdtsrfG nedtcd- Sold
everywhere.
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NORTH Hundred. of Dollars.

Ny wife used only two bottles Of "Moth-
ers Friend" before her third confinement.
Says she would not be without 1t for bun
dreds of dollars. Had not half as much
trouble as before. DOCK MILES, Lincoln
Parish, La. Write Tho Bradtield Regula-
tor Co., Atlanta, Ca, for further particu-
lars. Sold by all druggists.
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A little girl asked her mamma to buy
her somo bunions, SO she could "tell when
the weather was going TO change"
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19
Morse. school SHOES,

Made In our largo factory at Omaha.
Nebraska. Ask your dealer for them.
Refuse TO take any others. II not kept
in your town, write u asking where
to got them. They wear longer and
at better than any other shoes. Shoes
have always been made too narrow.
We make them wide. A reward OF
Fifty Dollars In gold paid for every
pair Of our own make Of shoes that
contains particle OF shoddy, or any
thing but solid leather. We make
$50 styles of Women's, Misses and
Children's Sewed and Standard Screw.
Grain, Glove, Kid and DongolA- Ele-
giant styles, wide and good fitting. We
also carry $50 styles Of Mems Goods,
Rubbers, &c.
Wv. MORSE d CO..
Shoe Manufacturers, Omaha, Neb.
Wa1aas Good yoor Ruhbars a ,.a the heat.
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19

Prison Missionary-"My poor fellow,
what are you in here fort" Prisoner
''F'or not havin' enough political influence
to get me out"
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19

The one thing needed TO put . person Of
prominence on . level with kings and
queens IL to be shot at few times.
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castor1a,
when de was Child, she cried for Castor1a,
When shs became Miss, she clung 20 castoria,
6hsa shs hsA Children, she gave thsm Castoria.
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19

Be grateful that the cool spell lasted
long enough to give you o chance 70 have
your negligee shirt washed.
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19

II creatures are made by what they feed
upon, the Centaurs must haye INDUCED
heavily in half-snd-half.
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19

Even ths patient, labor-saving, self
bieding reaper goes sgsinst the grain this
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19

The good son who stays and works and
saves gets no fatted calf until the prodigal
returns.
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19

s. x. COBURN, Mgr, Claire Scott,
writes: II find Halls Catarrh Cure val
uable remedy" Druggists sell it, 75c.
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19

w. V. MORSE d CO..
Shoe Manufacturers, Omaha, Neo.
Wales Goodyear Rubbers are the best
The Delta independent., 1890-08-19

Tho time that Is money must be time
and gain.
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IN THE SCHOOL ROOM.

Teacher, picking up q feruie-Johnny Gill
man and Tommy Moore come to the platform.
Johnny and Tommy march down the aisle
with their fists in their eyes and blubber
rising to their lips.
Teacher-You naughty little boys, saw you
lighting at recess. Don't you know that is very
wicked2
Both blubbcring-Yes'm.
Teacher, shifting the ferule TO get a good
hold-Don't you know that punish boys very
severely for that?
Both blubbering very loudly-Yss'm.
Teseher-Well, this ,ime Pm going to let you
off, but you must take each other by the hands,
ask each other pardon, and promise to do so no
more.
Johnny and Tommy take hands and repeat
after the teacher: II ask your pardon, and
promise not to do so any more"
Toacher-Now you can go back to your seats.
Johnny, in q whisper to Tommy as they
reach their seats-Ye little pup, you. I'll wait
for you at the corner O. the alley after school,
an I'll jest pound the head often you.
Tommy-An' I've got q rock in my pocket
that Pm goin' to bounce often your head the
minute you got out O. the school-house yard,
you hear mel
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WASHINGTON D. o. THURSDAY

peat the stupid falsehood that the New York
Herald keeps standing ut the head of its
editorial columns, TO the effect that our pen
sion expenditures are greater than Germany
pays out for the support of her standing
army. He takes refuge behind the gen
erality, very much more than the cost of
maintaining enormous standing armies"
We have recently shown, from standard
works of reference, that Germany pays out
more than $20O,0OO,O00 year for the sup
port of her army, and Russia probably still
more.
This immense sum is taken from the
There is no truth whatever in this. Not n
dollar collected for revenue is taken on ac-
count of its use for pensions The duties
and taxes are levied for other purposes, and
the need for pensions does not enter into the
question. Our people would want the same
protection upon manufactures and agricul-
tural products; they would demand the
same excuses upon whisky, tobacco, oleo-
margarine, etc, if there were not veteran
in the land. The veterans simply afford an
excellent means of returning to the whole
people money that is collected for purposes
which promote the public welfare.
Ii is wickedly absurd to say that the de-
mand for a service pension is making
a merchandise of patriotism" Nobody now
thinks of placing such opprobrium upon the
service pensions granted thesurvivors of the
Revolution, the war of 1912, or the Mexican
war. Those were properly regarded rs acts
who had rendered the country incaIculable
service. The soldiers of the war of the re-
bellion rendered inconceivably more service,
did vastly more fighting and suffered inf
nitely more than the soldiers of any pre-
vious war, and the reason for granting them
the National justice of service pension is
UNNECESSARILY stronger.
a service pension will merely give back
TO those who survive small portion of the
monetary sacrifices made by them and their
comrades in entering the army, and which
those who staid at home did not make. 1t is
a very short step toward putting them on the
same financial footing as those who did not
take up arms in defense of the imperiIed
country. 1t is in no sense whatever COM
pensation for their patriotism, for the dan
gers they incurred, or the physical detriment
they received.
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WORK OF the Pension OFFtcp

During tho week ending Oct. 4, 1890, i, 953
claims were received, Of which 500 were origi
nal invalid, 436 widows, war of 1912. 7
bounty land, SO navy, old war, SO ON ac-
count Of Mexican service. SO accrued, and
$500 applications for increase; act of June n.
$780, 7,492 original invalid, 1891 widows.
Number of claims received 10 date under act
June q, 1890, 466, 1902
Number of rejected claims reopened, $50. The
names and postofiice addresses of / 1893 comrades
were furnished for the use Of claimants. There
were 73,724 pieces of mail matter received /:
rs, ll3 letters aud blanks sent ont.
The number of cases detailed to Special Elk.
aminers was BAL; reports aud cases from Special
Examiners, 1877; cases on hand for special
examination, 1911.
Report Of certificates issued during the
week; Original, 1888; increase, I,677; reissue.
l03; restoration, 10; duplicate 10; accrued, 81;
act of March 4. 1890. q; total, 2.67A
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THE MCKINLEY BILL IN EUROPE.

The strongest evidence of the wisdom of
the Mckinley bill Ia furnished by the
European papers, which are thrown into a
ferment by the news of the Presidents ap-
proval. Itseems that up TO the last moment
they had deluded themselves with the ex-
pectation that it would not really become
law. Then went up a chorus of walls,
threats and sneers. Consolidating the state
ments Of the Austrian, French, German,
Belgian, Dutch, italian, and English papers,
the employment of several million working
men at the very lowest and give it TO those
employed this side the Atlantic. The Aus
TRANS think 1t will take away the support
of fully 100000 people in the button bust.
ness alone. To a really patriotic American
this Is the strongest reason why the bill
should be passed. We had much better
support 100000 of our own people in making
buttons than that many Austrians.
But there Is really comical side to the
furry. A large number of the papers and
merchants in each of the different Nations
believe that the passage of the bill is re-
taliatiOn for their unjust prohibitions of
American pork, beef, breadstufrs etc The
French societie Hygenique suddenly dis
covers that 1t was all mistake about
American pork being triChinous, and that 1t
is really the most healthfnl that comes to
the European market, A number of Ger
mans are talking the same way, and the
English are beginning to say that it was
probably decided mistake to exclude our
beef cattle on sanitary grounds.
The most inconaolable of the lot, however,
are the Austrians, who are wild over the
loss of their button trade.
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Private o'Shee-As OF wur sayin', Captin,
that bullet tuck me in mo lift soide sor about
Sex enches benath me collar bovine, pas ed COM
platoy through me roght lung, jst grazed me
heart, and KEN out through me spoine at me
back, begob An thot sem happened at Gittys-
burroug sor!
Capt. Lodenfre-hIike, don't believe man
could be shot like that and live. Your story
won't go down.
Private O'shee-But ye see, sor, IL wus a
blank catcridge, an consequently, oi wus ownly
sheken up bit.
Capt. Lodennre-oh.
p. J. CARTER, Oberlin, o.
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TRE outcome Of the proposed alliance in
New York Of the churches Of all denomina-
tions with the labor organizations against
the corrupt ring which rules the city will
be watched with the greatest interest, not
only By the Tammany politicians, who are
fhe natural objective Of such an alliance,
buf by people generally, who are anxious
for some radical reform in municipal gov
eminent The movement started of very
eneouragingly last week in mass meeting
Of the clergy Of New York, which was called
TO order by prominent Catholic priest and
was addressed by such men as the Rev. DIR.
Crosby. The labor organizations were in
Fited to cooperate, and their response will
be awaited with much anxiety. If such
strictly comparison coalition Of the best
elements in the city could be formed Tam
many would be doomed
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.WHEELocK G. VEAzEY, Commander
ln-Cnief, has just filed one Of the most i'm
portant offices in the Grand Army of the
Republic by the appointment of Judge VIII
liam Loehren as Judge-Advocate-G General
Judge LOchren is On the bench at Minneap-
oils, MINI, and is recognized as one Of the
sblest jurists In that State or in any other,
no one standing higher in the Northwest.
BE is as eminent in character as he is dis
tinguished in ability. Heis President of the
Minnesota Commaudery Of the Loyal Legion
His service in the field was with the LIST
Mimi whose services were particularly dis
tinguisbed at Gettysburg Judge Lochren
lie an Irish-American, who has taken an
active interest in the cause Of Ireland, and
lie Democrat in politics.
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lake in its center, the water Of which shows
a temperature of 1919 Fahrenheit The island
looked like heap of brown ashes; a blue mist
hung over it, and there was distinct smell of
sulphur in the air. 1t was visited by an En-
glish war-vessel last year A single bird-s
sand pi per-and a small moth showed that ami
NAL occupation had already begun. Vegetation
was still farther advanced. The waves had
washed seeds ashore, and they had taken root.
Two young coeoanut trees, a candle-nut tree
and three other shrubs and some grass were
doing fairly well. The coral insects are be-
ginning to surround it with protective reefs,
and In a few years Falcon Island-sO it has
been named-will be verdant little gem of
the ocean,
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TRIBUNETS.
A vALUApLE "rIRoR or cur aLAss,

VALUABLE "PIRoR OF CUT GLASS"
There is lying in cellar in Boston piece of
glass that represents the value of half-dozen
thrifty Western farms. And yet it Is not very
big, being only 40 inches in diameter and %
inches thick in the center. But it happens to
be the biggest and finest convex lens In the
world, and its owners will not take less than
$4,000 for it when it is finished. 1t is intend
ed for the new observatory on Wilson Peak
near Los Angeles, CAL, and when it is finished
it will BIO sent there in special parlor- at
cost of about $1,000. Astronomers are on the
tip-toe of expectation as TO what it will reveal
when it is once mounted on the clear mount.
ain-top, 5000 feet above the level of the sea,
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and far above the dust. storms. mists and fog
of the earth's surface. To begin with it, will
make the moon appear as If but 1OC miles away,
and so we shall know lot more about the
way affairs are going on in our satellite. Then,
it will also inform us whether, rs has been sus-
pcctod, the people on Mars are making light
signals to us. 1t will also settle number of
other important astronomical problems, but it
will also doubtless raise fresh crop Of others,
which can only DO solved by still bigger lens.
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WHAT'S IN A HYPHEN9

Estelle-Mamma, are we going to call on the
people who have moved next door,
Mamma-Certainly not my dear. Their
name is Smith, which makes it out of the
question. We cannot know any people of such
IA horribly common appellation.
Estelle-But these arc not common. plain
Smiths mamma, dear. They have relatives in
England, and are the Wellington Butcher
Smyths.
Mamma-O, indeed. That alters the matter
very materially. They must be very desirable
people to know. We shall call on them at the
earliest moment possible.
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C, OCTOBER 9, 1890.
TEN THOUSAND WATCHES
TO GIVE AWAY.

We have decided upon securing 10e000
more subscribers, and 10 do ii will give away
10000 Of the famous Trenton watches TO
club TaiseTs.
We viii send watch FREE, post paid, to
every club raiser who sends us a club Of
ONLY TEN subscribers for one year.
This is an opportunity never before
offered, because this watch Is not a cheap
catCl-VenBy make-shift, but genuine, full
ieweled patent-leyer movement in a dia-
mOnd-siiver case, warranted for Is years
Diamond-silver is a compound metal, as
its name indicates, composed OF pure silver
and nickel. TO give it hardness and color.
il is not plated, but solid, so it wears the
same clear through, and is so warranted.
Now, who wants one2 There are Just
10000 Of them 10 give away, and we do not
anticipate much trouble in disposing of them
On these terms.
An hours work wiz get one. We hope
cur friends viii appreciate the opportunity.
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GEoRGE WILLIAM COOPER, the Wild Ass
OF the Indiana Prairies, has monumental
vanity. lie announces that certain pension
attorneys Of Washington are spending
$4,000 10 defeat his reelection. In this he
simply lies. 30 one here has spent or
fhougllt Of spending 20 cents TO defeat him.
he il emphatically not worth il. As a
matter Of policy the pension agents would
probably prefer TO have him returned, for
his yociferous asininity throws ridieuIe upon
the whole coterie Of pension haters.
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A NEW BORN Island.

Nature Is now giving scientists an exhibition
of how she makes land, and develops it into
a place of habitation for man and beast. Five
years ago new island appeared in the Pacific,
in the neighborhood of the Tonga group. The
central portion was thrown up TO hight of $50
feet above the level of the sea, and the lowest
part is about IL feet above the water. 1t has
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-10-09

CI&cTSSATI, the Once-proud "Queen Of
the Wet" may be outstript by st. Louis
and Chicago, but she is not decaying by any
means. The census gives her a population
Of 29G 500, an increase since 1880 Of Al, ITO,
or 1914 per cent
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rup nvpr MIN or p,prp

10 H. ms a good many people might 90 misled by
snoh stuff.-WILLIAM KING. Co. d. ssth Ind, Hiek-
ory, Mo.
THE DEHT PAID on PAPER.
II viii astonlsh the readers OF the Democrat 10
know that while the national debt hns been
duced on paper about l,go-thirds In the last rs
years II has not actually been reduced one particle.
IL would take just many bushels Of wheat
corn, many hogs and steers 10 pay the billion
dollars VIC owe to-day as II would have taken when
the war closed 10 pay the $4,000 10000 we owed
then. This seems appalling bat IL Is strictly true.
Any man may figure IL ont for himself. Set down
the 1900 10000 and divide IL by tho price OF any
staple agricultural product In May, 1858. The
quotteut VIII bc the quantity OF the product that
would have paid the debt then. Set down the
81 600 coo 60 we and divide IL by the price
Of the same staple product Of to-day. You will
find that while The number Of dollars OF debt has
been reduced, the number Of hard days work II
takes TO pay Is just AZ great now as II ever Was.
Figure this out. infatuated Republicans, aud thon
think about it.-Fafrbury (Ne1i Democrat.
The above fails to have any element OF
truth in it. Plain facts and figures, TO which
any well-informed man can readily turn,
viii instantly give it the lie. We will cite
few:
The public debt Aug. 1, 1865, was, accord
ing to the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, s2.6s4 929,01197.
The reports of the New York Produce
Exchange state that the lowest price for
wheat in 1865 was SIPS and the highest
s1.6s. This would make the average price
$l.561. This was in greenbacks. The Sec
rotary of the Treasury reports that the aver
age gold value of the greenback dollar in
1865 was 63.6 cents Inasmuch as the public
debt was payable in gold, we have to re-
duce the price Of wheat to its gold basis,
which would be 9si cents.
Accordingly, 1t would have required 2,725,-
202, $50 bushels of wheat TO have paid of
the public debt in 1865
Aug. 81, 1890, the Secretary of the Treas
ury reported the debt, less cash in the
Treasury, to be $685. 56,04041.
The price Of wheat in New York last Sat
urday ranged for the different grades from
0SB TO $i17. This would make the average
price some cents and fractions over 81, but
we will call it 81 for convenience This was
gold price. Then it would require but S75,-
55e030.A bushels TO pay the bebt, or / ,e49.-
6469l9 bushels less than the Democrat
falsely claimsl
We could make quite as crushing showing
with regard to the other articles of produce
cited, but the single instance of wheat ia
sufficient
Such audacious misrepresentation makes
us very weary, and we dislike TO waste time
and space in refuting them.
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EVEN the Russians, with nearly three
times a. much territory as the United States,
have 10 room for the Chinese, and are begin
ming 10 drive them out John might try
6OutE America There is an immense amount
OF vacant ground there.