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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-30

For strengthening and clearing the voice. u,e
Browns Bronchial Troehes" ~ have corr.
mended them 10 friends who were public
speakers aud they have proved extremsiy ssr.
yieeAble'''-Rey. Henry Ward Beecher.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-30
Zen Franklin's Error

The Dayton Chronicle completely explodes the
proverb of Poor Richard which says "the water
that turns the mill viii never grind again.
The water which turns the mill at DAYTON
grinds again at Waitsburg
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-30

II there ever was a specific for any one com.
plant then Carriers Little Liver Pills are a sne
cine for sick headache, and every woman shoaId
Know this. Only one pin dose Try them.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-30

Fine ONYX and bronze clocks seth Thomas
nali, gallery and mantel clocks AZ q discount az
Hansen's, go trout street
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-30

No visitor 10 Seattle should fail to take a trip
on i%ke Arlington Take the Yesler avenue
cable cars and the steamer Kirkland
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-30

Deserves attention By careful selection and intelligent buying
have what believe the assortment Outing Fanne French
Scotch and Domestic Gngham Cambay Sanong
in the Northwest all Indeed prices
that it is worth your while trading with
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01

1t has been pointed out by David A
Wells in his Recent Economic Changes"
that owing to the great prosperity of the
nail business from 1881 to 1854. MANY
establishments increased their capacity,
and some more than doubled it Many
new mills were built East and West and
the producing power of the country was
nearly doubled: but consumption in
creased by only one-fifth- In this way
the market was overstocked and prices
were forced down In some cases below
the cost of production The result was
that q combination or agreement was
entered into by the manufacturers for
the purpose of restricting productions;
in this way prices were again in meas
ure restored.
This is but another instance showing
the tendency of tariff industries 10 get
rid Of competition by forming a trust
Protection is begged for on the plea
that competition in the home market
viii force prices down: but when COM
petition has forced prices down. the
protected manufacturers discover that
competition is bad thing and they
combine to put it down and keep prices
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01

very pleasant state Of mind, and Delaro
was in an equally bad mood. owing to
the fact that quantity Of wine had
been spoiled at the cellars that day. the
result of neglect on the part of one Of
the workmen.
The conversation was quiet enough
at first and Delaro calmly signed the
transfer OF the mining stock SO that
Velasquez might complete the negotia-
lions on his return to San Francisco.
After this Velasquez told Delaro that
he had been speculating further and
had lost considerable money; and that
in order to square himself, he must
borrow at least twenty thousand dol
lars.
Delaro refused to lend the amount,
and angrily proposed that they should
at once dissolve partnership, offering to
pay Velasquez fifty thousand dollars for
his share in the business.
After long discussion Velasquez
consented on condition that Delaro
would give him note for the amount
then and there, for which he would
make over a receipt The papers OF
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
DoCTORING THE LOCAL VOTE.

The System OF Local Self-Government as
Viewed by Mr.. Harrison.
The people of State elect their Gov
ernor and Secretary of State by major
ity vote, and the officials thus chosen
act as their representatives in certifying
their choice Of representatives in Con-
gress. If this is wrong the entire sys-
tenn of local self-government is wrong
and the ballot is blunder; for, GER
tainly if the people of State or ''local-
ity'' can not be trusted to manage their
own elections and certify their will, as
declared by their votes, they are unfit
to cast the votes in the first place. In
his message Mr.. Harrison openly takes
the ground that ''the local authorities
must not be trusted with ''certifcation.' -
He is willing to let the local voters vote,
but on condition that the ''certification''
should be done by the agents of the
District of Columbia office-holders,
whom the people are likely to wish to
vote against Mr.. Harrison argues that
if these local voters certify their local
vote through their sslocal authorities
it gives the person whom they have
locally chosen their representative in
Congress "a prima facie right to take
his seat.
This, in Mr.. Harrison's view, is the
flaw in the American system, and he
insists that it must be mended by the
force bill at once. His way of mend
ing it is to take from the local voters
the power to certify their vote through
their local authorities so that it may
be vested in District of Columbia re-
turning boards, whose 'scertifcation"
woulh give this prima facie right to
their choice to take his seat as repre-
sentative of the local voters.
In stating his case Mr.. Harrison avoids
. a direct issue against local voting by
making the issue on local certifcation.
It is the ''local authorities" he processes
70 distrust most. It Is these he con-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01

dennis as unfit to be trusted by the poo
pie who select them. If the authorities
are ''local, " unless they are located in
the District of Columbia; unless the
ofhce-holder is in some way dependent
on the District Of Columbia and in SO
much independent of the locality and
the local voters, Mr.. Harrison takes it
for granted that their intentions are
criminal and their acts far more liable
to be fraudulent than the acts of Dis
trict of Columbia politicians
If this is true, we might as well stop
pretending that we are fit to be free,
and, in order that virtue may be forced
on us from superior natures, make the
Presidency and all other offices heredi-
tary. That and that alone will eradi-
cate the local habit of acting through
local authority without the consent of
the District of Columbia politicians
Mr.. Harrison's plan of returning
boards ''stops just short of effective
ness" No doubt one election might be
stolen with it as was done in 1876, but
when the attempt was made the second
time the local voters might emphasize
their local authority by a convincing
protest against the District of Columbia
returning boards.
In theory the returning board system
makes an easy way for the District OF
Columbia tax-consumers to perpetnate
themselves in Office, regardless Of the
local voters, but these same local voters
have will of their own, and a way of
showing it, regardless of what return
ing board certifes- So the only logical
method through which Mr.. Harrison
can enforce his views is through a sys-
tenn under which when a man once gets
Office in the District of Columbia he can
hold il during his lifetime and leave-it
to his son and his grandson after him.
ST. Louis Republic
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01

magnlfed, however. and the conse-
quence was that almost before the full
tenor OF the situation had made itself
felt in Antons mind he stood charged
with the murder OF Mario Delaro.
The accused mans distracted wife
had arrived on the scene by this time.
and as soon as it was told to her that
her husband would be tried for wi1lful
murder she swooned away.
But before the order for Anton's COM
mitment to prison could be made out a
man arrived on the scene for whom
every body made way as If by instincA
This was none other than Mr.. Joel Will
cox, the richest man in Sonoma County,
an uncultured, good-natured. large
hearted. ''sraspmy-hand-tight" down.
Easter. Wilcox had made an immense
fortune in California and spent his days
in the valley at a large and luxuriously
appointed house which he had built in
the midst Of a beautiful estate.
ITO BE coNraUED.i
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
CURRENT OPINION.

The New York Tribune in emu
merating the saints" of to-day thsi
are known to students of sacred itera-
ture forgot to mention ST. Mckinley OF
the Republican party who is now dead
Chicago Globe
The alarm of the Republican
press of the country over the pension
situation is manifest That is some
the Republicans as the tariff when the
country wakes up to the facts--N. Y.
Post.
The Republican party is now in
the condition of the man who was COM
PEELED to make a choice between his
Satanic Majesty and salt water. 1t has
run upon the force bill snag- Its fnan-
cial ballast is out Of order. Its crew OF
pensioners is clamoring for more pay,
and the waves from the tariff ocean are
beating its sides to pieces 1t is time to
lower the boats and leave the worm
eaten old craft to its fate--Louisville
Courier-J ournal.
There is one thing Car Reed
ought to do before his cza-ship ruls
out. He should discipline the Portland
Press, the leading Republican paper in
his district, for advertising that ION &C
count of the Mckinley bill the leading
cigar manufacturers advance their
prices from five dollars to ten dollars
per thousand" And just when the
organs are crying out that the Demo
cratic lies about increased prices have
been thoroughly exposed The friends
of the new tariff are praying earnestly
for cold weather in the belief that 1t
will reduce the price Of ice They want
something to come down--Detroit Ere
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
OPTIMISTIC PRETENSIONS.
Points On Which the Chief Executive L
Badly OFF.

Points On Which the Chief Executive ID
Badly Off.
The President asserts in his message
that the general trade and industrial
conditions throughout the country dur.
ing the year have improved"
The President is either unfamiliar
with the condition of the country Or he
has injected bit of stump-speech bun
combe into his message The message
was prepared when the outlook in the
money market was of the gloomiest
description; when the merchants and
manufacturers were anticipating that
worse was to follow; when thousands
of men who work for stated wages were
compelled to face the possibility of los
ing their place through the failure OF
their employers.
It is not true, as Mr.. Harrison says,
that the legislation of the last session
of Congress promises '1arger and bet
ter markets for our breadstuffs and pro-
constant employment and better wages
for our working people" The farmers
and the working people gave their opin.
ion on that point at the recent election
and that opinion was not in agreement
with Mr.. Harrison's optimistic preten,
sions. There is no record of the ad
vancement of wages in consequence o.
that legislation, nor any thing in the
law to constrain the payment of higher
wages. On the contrary, there are
abundant instances of the reduction OF
wages and of the closing up of factories
When the trainers of the constitution
provided that the President should give
''to the Congress information of the state
of the Union" they intended that the in
formation should be truthful. Mr.. Har
rison's message, therefore, violates thu
spirit of the constitution.-N. Y. World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
AVENGED AT LAST:
Or, a World Wide Chase.
A STORY OF RETRIBUTION.
by ~"ABASH."
fcoPYRIGHr, 1901

CHAPTER u.-CONTINCED.
Mario De1arc bad built himself
pleasant home on che hillside little
below San Paola. TO this home he took
a lovely wife, by whom he had one child,
a daughter, who was at the time Of her
fathers death about eight years cid.
The child, Armida, was bright little
brunette, combining in herself the
beauty of her handsome father and the
sweetness of her lovely mother-the
latter daughter Of a wealthy Spanish
merchant in Santa Rosa.
Mario had been very proud OF his
lovely wife and child and was the ten
derest of husbands.
Letn Velasquez, on che other hand,
possessed history which was quite OBJ
scure up to the time when he made HE
first bow in San Paols with a profusion
Of money and the appearance of one
whose path in life was particularly
smooth and easy.
AS related. he soon became the paree
ner Of Delaro, and at the time when the
partnership was formed he appeared to
be man of about thirty-fve years.
though none ever knew his exact age.
If any one had followed him on his
frequent trips to San Francisco they
would have discovered that he went
there to participate in all kinds of
vices, and, as men whose deeds are evil
love darkness rather than light, they
would have found chat he did not ex-
pose himself much during che day.
He acted like man who was afraid Of
being seen, and his haunts at night
were places where it required peculias
knock on the door as we'll as D glance
through a peep-hole before the applis
can't was admitted
It looked as though his seclusion In
the quiet Posada vineyard was forced
one, though he had not apparently
enough discretion or force Of will ca
keep entirely from the outside world.
He was, in short an inveterate gam
bier, and would resort &c an: means IN
order to gain the material with which
to tempt fortunee cards. He bad
logged elbows uiSa the worst classes Of
thieves and villains in San Francisco
and any one aware of his history would
have known thst it yas not che first
time he had associated With question:
able characters.
The fact of the matter was that Vel.
asquez had walked in crime from an
early age. His parents had afforded
him good educa ton, and at the age OF
sixteen he had entered large mercan.
tile house in Lisbon.
He took advantage OF the first oppor
tunity which presented itself TO steal
quite large sum of money, and, failing
in his efforts to fasten the crime upon q
Fellow clerk, he eluded che vigilance Of
the Lisbon police and secreted himself
on a sailing vessel bound for America
The captain being susceptible to a bride
he managed to land safely in New York
Velasquez lost no time in improving
his knowledge of the English language
and after perfecting himself as far a.
possible he started across the conti
nent.
At Chicago he found his way into g
ring Of gamblers who soon fleeced him.
and he then sank, into every kind OF
vice mag inabl@ From Chicago he
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01


extra inducements to the export trade
may be seen from the export dis
counts" which they make to foreigners.
The recent discussion of this whole sub
ject OF export discounts" was called
forth by the exhaustive study of the
subject by Mr.. j. A Lindquist, the tar
iff expert of the New York Reform
Club. His investigation of the subject
of nails had special. reference to horse
shoe nails and tacks-
Here IS the result of his inquiries;
In the case of tacks, the schedules
are so extensive and cover such varied
assortment that it is not practicable to
give them in detail The prices charged
to American consumers and those at
which the same goods are sold to for
eigners may, however, be thus COM
pared. The same 'slist prices" are is
sued as the basis in each case. To
American consumers the discounts on
carpet tacks of Swedes iron or steel or
American iron, blued, timed or cop
pered, are 90, 10 and per cent To
foreign consumers the discount is 30, 10,
10 and per cent, and one-half per cent.
per pound allowance for freight or. as
given by some firms 90, % and 2, which
Is an equivalent, delivered free on board
ship.
On other varieties the basis of dis
count, both for home and export trade,
varies from 40 to IS per cent, but ON al,
the extra discounts quoted above are
given to the foreign trade-that is, for
tacks listed at SO 1.-TWO dozen papers of
timed iron tacks, weighing "a ounces
per paper, the American consumer Is
charged 81 ,65 and the FOREIGNER ONLY
$500 Similar favorable prices to the
export trade are given on cut nails,
finishing nails and other varieties.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
REPUBLICAN, LOSSES.
The Democratic Gains In the Northel
States in the Late Election.

The Democratic Gains In the Northern
States in the Late Election.
The most impressive aspect Of tho
Democratic victory in the next House
of Representatives is the fact that the
party has a clear majority of members
elected in the Northern States, and does
not need single seat from the South
in order to outvote the Republicans.
Moreover, the Democrats have ma
jority of the members elect in each sec
ton Of the North. In New England
the Democrats have elected thirteen
Representatives, against only twelve
Republicans, and their total would al
ready be fourteen, except that one can
didate in Rhode Island, who had a good
plurality, lacked clean majority at the
last election. and must run a second
time, when plurality will suffice. In
the old Middle States" of New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the
Democrats have elected thirty-ni
against only thirty for the Republicans
In the West, taking in the whole region
from the Alleghanies to the Pacific, the
Democrats and their allies among the
farmers have seventy-fve, against only
forty-two for Republicans If we consid-
er what is commonly called the Vest
including only the older States from
Pennsylvania to Colorado the opposi-
ton have seventy-four members against
only twenty-seven Republicans. In
other words, alike in New England, in
the old Middle States, and in the great
States of the West, the Republican par
ty has become the minority party on
the Congressional issue. Its losses have
been heaviest in the States, like Massa-
chusetts in the East and Iowa, Mime
sofa and Kansas at the West, which
have been its strongholds.-N.Y Y. Even
inp Post
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01

LIBRARr.
drifted West, but he always, however,
managed to keep his photograph out Of
othe various rogues' galleries.
short time before he fell in With
DelarO. he had been implicated In .
stage-coach robbery in Nevada, but be-
ing new in that business the authorities
did not suspect or even know him and
he thus got clear with his share OF che
booty.
Becoming somewhat scarede and fear
ing lest his phenomenal luck should de-
sert him and leave him at last in che
hands of Justice he concluded to try a
few years seclusion in the valley Of the
Sonoma- With the exception Of his too
frequent absence and calls for money,
all went we'll with him after he entered
into partnership with Mario Delaro.
Indeed it seemed as Enough Velas-
quez had at last settled down to a civil,
reasonable kind of life, and towards the
beginning of 1875 Mario had so restored
his confidence in his Portuguese partner
that he sometimes listened to his prop
ositions of joint investment in mining
stocks, at which for a time they both
made money, so much so that the deals
continued to increase in amount until
OhO ody NcltiSquSL ihouSco bcldTO W Az
vest twenty thousand dollars with him
in mine which he had privately heard
was going to be doomed for all it was
worth.
The speculation turned out to be
success, and, elated at his lucky hit,
Velasquez became greedy for more.
He invested in other mines and lost
heavily; then he gave his notes for
large sums, and a day or two before set
Ting time with Delaro for the success
full deal he found himself nearly fifty
Thousand dollars in debt, with no i'm
mediate prospect Of being able to meet
his obligations.
He had realized on his own share of
the deal in which Delaro was interested,
but Delaro had not yet cashed his GER
tifcates
Velasquez was in bad mood, and
ready to meet any emergency with
fraud or violence when he started back
TO San Paola to meet Delaro. He reached
Delaros house, where he had always
been guest about seven o'clock on the
evening Immediately preceding the
morning on which Delaro had been
found dead.
After dinner he and Delaro repaired
to the library, and commenced to dis
cuss matters of business
velasanez. as we know. was in no
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01


A case of tariff injustice recently took
place in New York which has never
been made public, but which deserves
90 be recorded as an evidence of the
barbarous tariff laws under which we
are living in this enlightened nineteenth
century
An intelligent, educated German, a
graduate of one of the leading univer-
sites of Germany, came to America
nearly two years ago to seek a position
as a teacher. After teaching year in
an academy on very modest salary he
secured a position as an instructor in
one of the foremost institutions of learn
ing In America, though still On a very
modest salary.
Meanwhile he had been longing for
the girl he left behind him, and accord
ingly he thought that now was the time
in his affairs to enter into matrimonial
JOYS. He wrote to the old home for her,
andin due time he met her at the pier In
New York The two families in Ger
many had sent a goodly number of pres
ents for the couple, most of these being
silverware for household use Now
what did Uncle Sans custom house
officers do 20 show this educated German
gentleman that he and his bride We're
welcome to this sTland Of the free, and
that we were glad to see him setting UP
his household In our country?
They took S11p out of his pockets as a
tariff tax on his wife's wedding PRES
emil
And such outrages are perpetratea
under the humbug pretense of patriot
iSm-of protection to American
homes,'' They say, too. protection TO
American labor" but 1t Is libel ON
American laborers to say that they
want such things done in their hehslf-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01

These are the prices charged the whole
sale merchants In this country who
takes large lots, but TO the foreign trade.
the prices are given whether the guam
tty taken be small or large. Abroad
our tack manufacturers must meetcom-
petition from those of England and the
Continent. at home, protected from for
eign competition by tariff duties, they
have entered into agreements 10 fix the
prices at which their goods are to be
sold, which prices are adhered to.
Horse Nails II honS 10 FOR
Market" eigners-
Essex Horse Nails No
6, per b----. OI7 sOi4
No. :, per b.------ Is Isn
No 10. a. ..--..--- II Iy,S
Lyra Horse Nails, No. 6 12is l0l.
No IL <
Arizona republican., 1891-09-20
WHERE THE MASS MEETING WAS HELD

WHERE THE MASS MEETING WAS HELD. popular frenzy and regular, respectable organization. The net results are: Eleven Italians attacked in the parish prison and hanged or shot to death, Q storm of indignation from Italians all over the country, rain of telegrams upon the president and Secretary Blaine, and a complication with Italy which may lead to serious results.
 The facts are as romantic as they are horrible. No other country in modern times, if ever, has been so honeycombed with secret societies as Italy-the result of oppression and foreign rule. Plotting was brought to an exact science. One formidable conspiracy in Naples was or ganized without word being spoken or written-it was done entirely by gesture. Italy became free, but the habit re- mained; some of the patriots" degen- erated into criminals, and few of the organizations were transplanted to the United States, chief among them the "Mafia."
 In the last twenty-five years it has done much deadly work in New Orleans, but at last Chief of Police David c. Hen messy got at the secrets of the organiza- tion, and went to work to break it up. Many warnings came, and he took unusu-