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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
American Women Should Buy American
Goods,


To Mrs. w. d. Owen, wife of Repre-
sentative Owen, of Indiana, are the fol-
lowing sensible and patriotic sugg estions
credited:
Il wish our women could be persuaded
to buy only American products. 1t
would be great benefit to the country
at large, and at the same time result in
the growth of true American spirit in
women. Many of the American goods
are superior to the imported ones, and
are sold to us for foreign goods. For
one, object to being fooled in that way,
and ii sensible women once appreciate
how easily this could be checked and
that the remedy is in their own hands,
while at the same time they could put
money into the pockets of their husbands
and brothers, they would at once start
crusade in favor of purchasing only
American goods, not only silks, but
ginghams, cambrics, and lawns; in fact,
everything that goes into woman's
wardrobe. To ask If an article is i'm
ported is to make an opening for some
dry goods clerk to fool one, and no
woman likes to be made ridiculous, I
know of prominent women who are Of
the same opinion, and il a movement
was projected that was made practical
and seasoned with common sense liber-
ally, there are plenty of women in the
country who would find time and inclina-
tion to give it sound support. BY all
means let us have American dry goods
for American women,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

The "pigskin" which is used in South
American countries for holding the flu
ids, is usually the skin of a living sheep
that is, it is stripped from the animal
before the animal is killed! This cruel
process is thus described. The sheep
is tied to a stake, and careful slit is
made down the middle and around the
neck, without cutting the flesh. Hooks
are then fastened to the 1oosened skin,
and it is slowly drawn off to the tail.
The poor animals cries Of agony during
this atrocious proceeding would touch
the heart of even a savage, bat the Pc
ruvians, who originated it, seem to de-
light in it. They assert that the skin
taken from a living animal is more
durable and flexible than if Che poor
beast we're first mercifully killed.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
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Hi MOR.
The Matter Of an Allowances.

"a
NJ My dear, whispered the young
man, as we arc 50 soon to be married,
we should take practical view Of life
and profit by the mistakes of others.
For instance, there is the subject OF q
regular allowance every week for
spending money, you know.
Oh, I've thought Of that, she re-
piled, sweetly.
s Have you Z.
Yes, indeed. Hundreds and hum
dreds Of times, and lately I haven't
thought Of much else. I"
aEh?'
Eyes, Your income is $4,000, isn't
it?s
Yes, and I want it to go as far as
possible toward your happiness.
"Of course. Well, We talked it
over with mamma, and she thinks an
allowance of one dollar a week will be
plenty"
"Indeed?"
ooh, yes. Youcan walk 10 the office,
you know. and carry your lunch, you
know, and SO you can use the whole
dollar for cigars, and neckties and
things. "-Nelo York Weekly.
A pasSihifify II, SfraAt Cara
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
n fha nfiaaru Of IL

Human wretchedness touches bottom I'm SEES
sickness Life is held q feathers weight by the
unfortunate afflicted with It, Why endure It's
atrocious internal commissions when Hostetter's
stomach Bitters relieves them instanter2 Not
{ My relieves but prevents Tt 10 not always on
the "briney" that travellers nausea Is expert
enced Railway journeying, riding with ones
back to the horses or the locomotive sometimes
produces it in representative stomachs. Hos.
letters Stomach Bitters 10 always the prompt
remedy. The mischievous properties of brack-
ish water, the evil influence of naiasma, un-
wholesome or unaccustomed food, excessive
fatigue whether bodily or mental, the dyspeptic
tendency bred by sedentary pursuits, the per-
perature or dampness, all these are effectually
counteracted by this genial preventative Of
health Cures also rheumatism, kidney, and
billion trouble, ST.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

BIOLOGISTS have proved that the
diamond mines of South Africa are
situated in vents or chimneys, varying
from about seventy feet to 1900 feet
in diameter, and descending vertically
through the schists which form the or
binary strata of the district. These
vents are filled up with fragments of
silicated and magnetism rocks, in
which the diamonds are scattered, and
before the diggings began each was
capped by hillock, or "kopje. !"
They are seventeen in number, and
run in straight line about 100 miles.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
No Danger of Canadian Recipr city.

There is not the least danger that Sec
rotary Blaine will negotiate a reciprocity
treaty with Canada which will, in any
sense, conflict with the general principle
of American protection. He is already
on record for sentiments which should
dispel the anxiety of those who fear that
he would favor the free importation OF
Canadian products to the detriment of
our own producers. In q speech at
y ,3vme UIme ago one of the eminent
men in Canada asked me to use what lit
tie influence possess to urge upon our
people the propriety of reciprocity
treaty, which it was understood, he said,
our Minister was then negotiating at the
Court of st. James. | asked how it
would do to make clean thing of it,
and let into the United States free of
duty everything they produced, and ey-
erything we produced to be let into Canada
free of duty. But no, he said, that would
interfere with England replied, IF |
understood you correctly, the idea then
is this: Canada has practically no man
utactures and plenty of raw material,
and England has no raw material but
plenty of manufactures, and the United
States is expected to be kind of obedi-
ent pack horse for the convenience of
OOGAs uuu Gldt we Will leu III Adudud
lumber, Canada coal, Canada hay, Cana
da potatoes and other products free OF
duty and / said, viii you let in our
cotton and our products of leather, iron,
steel, and the thousand and one others
of our products?
Gle answered, L don't think England
would agree to that
"In the!reciprocity with Canada in 1854
thirty-eight articles were embraced;
thirty-four or thirty-five of them were
imported into Canada, and five, or pos
sibly only four, could be exported from
Canada; and, when they came to
form their tariff, these articles were
placed on the free list. They were arti-
Giles which they could not produce, but
which they wanted imported, so that
they could manufacture from these raw
materials cotton, tobacco, ETC."
Mr. Blaine went on to show that there
was no reciprocity In that for the United
States
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
Our Standing Army.

II see you speak in this afternoons
Telegraph of the hardships our sol!
diers had to stand ON the plains" said
H., T. Darlington, of Chicago, at the
Park Avenue Hotel. sand while I adj
NIT that your informant is right in
nearly all that he says, yet service in
the army is delight to what it was
before the war. There is not post
throughout the country that / know of
that is not accessible by railroad, and
which does not have daily mail. The
quarters to which the private soldier is
now assigned are simply palatial as
compared with the old-time affairs.
Take Fort Riley, for example. The
mems barracks are splendidly arranged
ard handsomely furnished. Each COM
pany quarters is furnished with liz
brary, billiard room, gymnasium and
marble tub bathrooms, while the squad
rooms or dormitories are nicely fitted
with iron bedsteads and the walls are
hung with pictures of army life. The
mess hall at Fort Riley seats /, 200 men
OF each meal, and the chef de cuisine is q
salaried civilian OF $50 a month.
Life in post is in itself very monot-
onons, and man is apt to fall into bad
habits during his time off just from the
fact of having nothing to do. Then
again in every regiment, or in fact every
company, there is sure to be some
scoundrel who tries his best to make his
associates as vile as himself, and who
does more harm than the officers can do
good. The officers take personal inter-
est In the men, and do all they can to
raise the standard Of the private. Not
only do they try teaching. but, better
still, actual experience, which, after all,
farexcels the other. ~ Nelu York Iele-s
gram.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
An Impartial Estimate OF MIR. Mckinley

An Impartial Estimate of Mr. Mckinley.
Commenting upon Mr. Mckinley and
his Rochester speech the Post Express of
that city, an honestly independent paper,
SAID in a recent Issue:
"There is no doubt whatever that Mr..
Mckinley as the champion of the Repub-
lican doctrine of protection, satisfied his
party friends completely. Among the
many prominent Republicans who lis
tened to him, the prevailing feeling of
confidence as he began deepened into
enthusiasm as he went on; and when he
closed they were clearly proud of him.
He glided into his subject
with oratorical cunning; he kept the at
tention of his audience; he made many
telling points-and yet he seldom stepped
beyond an easy and conversational but
impressive tone into anything like pas.
sionate defamation. The audience
could hardly fail to regard him as man
of culture, ability and honest conviction,
and those who came in contact with him
afterwards more closely, found that the
charm grew on them. In word, it is
idle to regard him as anything less than
the very finest type of party leader y
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
Wages and Prices in the Flint Glass In
dustry.

Mr.. James Gillinder, of the firm of
James Gillinder &c Sons, flint glass man
ufacturers of Philadelphia, gave to the
Manufacturer some interesting facts
about the flint glass industry in the
United States, and the effect of the tariff
upon its development. He said:
"From 1860 the flint glass business in
this country was in a fairly prosperous
condition and the manufacturer der I'D
3eSted III the business. At that time the
relative difference in wages as between
the United States and European coun-
tries was comparatively trifling. AS be-
tween England and the United States
the difference was not more than % per
cent, and as between Germany and the
cheaper labor centers of Europe, wages
in the United States were about double
what they were in that country"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

A BooKKEEPER in a Wall street
banking house has made the discovery
that ink stains can readily be removed
from the fingers with the head of q
parlor match Moisten the ink-stain-
ed spot and rub it gently with the
head of the match, keeping the skin
wet SO that it will not be burned.
The stain rapidly disappears. The
match should not be used where there
is a cut. Violet ink stains can often
be removed by rubbing them with a
rough wooden cloth. A coat sleeve
answers very we'll.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
Inconsistent Protectionists.

All friends of protection pray for the
conversion" of some of the good New
Englanders and others who want pro-
lection for their goods, but not those
who want protection for their manufac-
tured goods, but secretly pray for free
pauper labor to make them. There is O
good field over there for missionary
work" The men over there who want
protection for goods and free trade in
slave and pauper labor are "pious frauds"
and the people won't vote their fraud for
them.-Pdcittc Economist.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
Gloom.

First Grumbler-It do be a shame
tn way wealth is distributed. LUX at
ole kichmann-rides in his kerraee
livery day, phwile we do be walkin'.
Second mbler-True fer vol
Moike, but ole Richmann was thrown
from his kerrage tn day an kilt in
toirly.
First Grumbler (sadly)-It wull be
a long while befar such an accident cud
happen to you or me.-Street Dc
Smiths Good NeaOs.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

Dudely Canesucker. a New York so.
ciety man, met with seriioy,,, 90
and was taken to hospital. One Of
Of his friends called and asked if Dnde-
ly was delicious.
Well, yes" replied the doctor, ct
think he is little out of his head. He
talked very sensibly while ago.
Texas Sitti11qs.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
Is This the Party Of. j etferson and .Iackson2

Writing of the tin-plate trade in Eng
land, the London Iron end. Steel Trades
Journal says: "There is still much un-
certainty with regard to the effect of the
Mckinley tariff, and in some directions
hopes are held out that when the new
American Congress meets the Democrats
may possibly be able to pass bills which
will upset the whole act.o
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

The county of Galway, Ireland, con-
tains very large number of small
holdings on farms-no fewer than
18, 500-whose extent does not exceed
fifteen acres each. Of these 1,7O0 are
of one acre or less, and about 4,30O of
over one acre and not exceeding five
acres in extent.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
would be no call to publish oftener
than once d month

ANOTHER conspiracy against the life
of the Gear making the sixteenth in
three years has just been discovered,
and the usual arrests will follow.
When the Gear envies any nobleman's.
wealth, and wants to confiscate it, or
when he finds any one talking too
much, Conspiracy" helps him to
carry out his plans.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
Perfectly Satisfactory.

Prosecuting Attorney-Do I under
stand, sir, that you are opposed to
hanging murderer after he has been
proved guilty?
Juryman-Yes, sir; / believe in prov
ing him guilty after he is hanged.
Prosecuting Attorney-We accept
this man, your honor.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

The brightness of the moon is not SO
very much greater than the brightness
of the same area of sky. The total
light of the full moon can be compared
with the total light of the sun, though
it is very difficult problem, and the
result will be that the sun is as bright
rs $50, 600 full moons.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

imported and manufactured products an
less advance above their cost at the sea-
board. But If such has been the general
result of a protective policy, extended
over a period Of thirty years, have not,
the Protectionists some right to grati-
tude Ii sthe farmer is on top?" For IT.
is their policy which has opened mills
and mines, factories and shops, employ
ing millions OF workers, and thus has
enormously increased the home demand
for farm products Nea0 York Tribune.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
DIGGING Fame,s Footsteps,

GaskinsWho'd ever expected Flab-
berly to become famous? His name is
on eyeryone's lips! He is the most
conspicuous figure of the generation!
Haskins-I heard a rumor yesterday
of his sudden eminence. What, in the
name of King Kelly, has he ever done
to acquire it?
Gaskins- Haven't you heard? Why,
he paid eight thousand dollars last
week for ST. Bernard pup.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

A KANSAS special to the New York
Times says that Alliance leaders in that
State have intimated to Republicans that
they will be in favor of a separate NOM
ination at Cincinnati in May If the Alli-
ance In the South will join, but if it does
not they will try to prevent nomina-
tion. The dispatch says these men are
laboring to break down the Democracy
In the interest of the Republicans.
Good scheme.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

w. K. VANDERBILT experienced the
unusual in having a seventy pound
turtle deposited on the deck OF his
yacht by an enormous wave while on
the journey to Villefranche. The tur-
lie was served in the cabin later on.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

THEY are trying to make out that it
is very strange thing that Camden
girl of IA never saw Bible in her
life. There are figures to prove that
100, 600 families in this country never
had such book in the house.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

AN English sailor named John Will
liams, who was cast away In the South
Seas, would have been killed and
eaten but for his double chin-the first
Of the kind the natives had ever seen.
instead of frying and eating him they
canned him Two Chins and made him
chief,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

The miles of various nations, ex-
pressed in yards, are as follows: The
Irish mile. 2240 yards; Swiss, 9153;
italian, 1866; Scotch, 1884; Tuscan,
1903; German, 8106: Arabian, 2l43;
Turkish, 1926; Flemish, 1896; Vienna,
1896; Roman 1923 or 2O25; Werst,
1857 or 1887; Dutch aud Prussian,
$3.50; Swedish AMI Danish, 7351.5; Eng
lish and American, 1850.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
Rest for the Mind.

Miss Borax-Oh, Mr.. Scribbler, /
like .NSur books SO much.
Mr. Scribbler-Very glad, I am sure
but, pray tell me, what do you like
best about them?
Miss Borax-Oh, one can read them
without thinking, you know.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

They had just completed a new
single-span bridge over river in Iowa
when tramp came along and offered
to break it down for dollar. He was
laughed at for his words, but he stood
in the center and began to jump up
and down, and pretty soon the bridge
yibrated SO they gave him S. to quit.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

ONE of the two chimpanzees at the
Paris Jardin d'Acclimation, inoculated
with Koch's lymph, died forty eight
hours after the operation. The lungs
If the creature were sent to the Abort
School of Medicine to be carefully ex-
aminad
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
Musical Nota

German Professor of Music-You
must not reach over dot on de treble.
Dat vas not right.
Independent American Boy-I guess
III reach where please on this piano.
It's not your piano; it's our piano.
I'll put my feet on it If I see fit.-Sift-
i11gs.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

SNOWMAN J. M. BAILEY, of Barnum q
Bailey, the Detroit Tribune says, started
in life as McGinnis, but ran away from
home at an early age and changed his
name. This fact was developed in q
suit against his brother, Edward Nc
Ginnis, now living in Detroit.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

SAM MAJOR, of Kansas City, says he
will lick Sam Jones on sight, and Sam
Jones says that if Sam Major ever
knocks chip off his shoulder he will
lamb him until he can't whisper "cats ]"
The two Sans are old enough and big
enough to behave themselves.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

world, says b Western exchange, bat
they do not know what tremendous
lead we have In that line TT is simply.
incomprehensfbie to the uninitiated how
a very presentable suit Of clothes can be
sold at retail for $40 bill, and q suit fit
to wear on any occasion furnished at a
cost of from $25 to S35. The reason ID
that American clothing manufacturers
have not only kept up with the process
sion In the wonderful advancement in
America, but have led it.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
ONE ENJOYS

- ~ - 49,
Both the method and results when.
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant;
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the kidneys.
Liver and Bowels, cieanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habituale
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the.
only remedy of its kind ever bro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac..
ceptable to the stomach, prompt I'M
Its action and truly beneficial In it's
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances. ita
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known. Il
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist Who,
may not have it ON hand win pro-,
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA RE syrup 70
SAN FRANCISCO, CAl.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW y0Px NV
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

In all the above list there are just two
articles which have been affected by. the
tariff, and those are Swiss cheese and
macaroni and vermicelli Swiss cheese
has advanced two cents, and macaroni
the same. Domestic cheese was not adj
yanced ON account of the increase Of
duty. The retail grocer from whom we
obtain the prices advanced domestic
rffeoe5s% to Pf4n IS efue 'ssst;tme as six months
ago He took advantage of the rise in
the foreign made article to give the do
nestle little BOOM
A study of the list shows that prices.
as a rule, are independent of the duties
laid. Beans, with largely increased
duty, are sold cheaper than six months
ago. The duty on hops was nearly
doubled, yet the retail price is UNI
changed. RaiSins are cheaper under an
increased duty. Prunes show an ad-
vance of two cents per pound, but the
increase in duty was only one cent In
most OF the articles the prices are I'M
changed.
Sugar alone shows reduction in price
that would cOunterbalance a rise in
twenty other articles, if such there were,
but, alas for the theorists, there are not.
Last October the consumer got fourteen
pounds OF graduated sugar Tor $l, now
he gets twenty pounds-a gain of six
pounds.
When Congress reduced the tax On to-
bacco cents per pound the Grocer said
the consumer would get no benefit, but
the 2 cents would go to the manufacturer
and dealer. Look at the price of plug in
the above lfst-the same now as it was
before the tax was reduced.
There are enough facts in the above
table to knock out hatful of theories,
and show conclusively that taxes or
duties, when of small amount on each
unit of commerce, cut no figure in retail
prices Louis Grocer.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
Emphasizing an Oniu nm.

Zelda-Papa, do you know I can't
understand that Mr.. Lingerlong who
spent last evening with us. He is YER
itably conundrum.
Papa-I should say he was, and a
regular "sticker," at that.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

THE theory of detectives that
crook never reforms has had lots of
proof in Detroit this winter. At least
ten ex-convicts, most of whom came out
Of prison declaring that they would
hereafter lead honest lives, have been
eearrested for the commission of serious
erimas
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

A MAN in Newark, n. j., bought a
clock. The family upstairs refused
TO buy one, as they could hear his
strike. He set his clock half an hour
ahead of time, and they now sue him
Tor SO doing, and causing them to
arise too early.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

GERMANS merchant marine COM
prehends 1854 vessels, with regis
tered tonnage of 1,32O,371. Six years
ago the figures were respectively 4,257
and / ,294, 288. The number of sailing
ships has fallen during this time from
1907 to 2,779, and the number of
steamships has increased from $50 to
Rfh
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28

A SAVANNAH undertaken, not to be
behind everybody else in business in
that city, adyertises "a grand spring
and summer opening of things in my
line." That's right. There are styles
in coffins as we'll as in hats, and all OF
us want the latest thing out.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-28
FROM Bergen, Norway comes /

FROM Bergen, Norway, comes the
news OF practical charity contemplate
ing relief to a deserving class, which,
however, in our changing domestic
conditions does not make so ready
call upon our sympathies as in older
lands. Mrs. g. Soudt has given two
houses and $4,000 kr. to establish q
home for aged women servants no long
er able to work for their own support.