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Both the method and results u.
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is ple,s.
and refreshing to the taste, and =
gently yet promptly on the Kidnsc
Llver and Bowels, cleanses the Y,
tenn efertually, dispels colds, bs.s
aches and fevers and cures bab;tn.I @
constipation. Syrup of Figs 'Is i Il.
only remedy of its kind ever pra' -
duced, pleasing to the taste and % =.
cceptable to the stomach, prompt i
Its I, action and truly beneficial n 4. h
ehects, prepared only from the mo-.
healthy and agreeable substances, 4
many excellent qualities commend /
TO all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
glsts. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FiG SYRUP Co.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW Y0RK. NV
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Ben. There was nothing to do there
but slide down hill on hand-sled, and
here we have the ponies and the cattle
and"
'tBut you are boy, Ben" interposed
| Mrs. Wyman, land can do a great
| variety of things Lillian isn't strong
enough for hard riding, and, besides
she misses her friends. .
"Let her make new ones" piped up
jamie. There's lots of nice people
all over these prairies.'
''She will find them in tine," said
Mrs. Wyman. ''But you must cheer
her all you can meanwhile"
Lillian overheard herself dis cusse d
and began to sob afresh.
Jack went into the sitting-room and
playfully pulled her ears, and tried to
laugh her out of her gloom.
Come, now, Lii. What is it you
want-a gallop, sleigh ride?"
Lillian could confess anything to
Jack.
She told him all that had been in her
thoughts-how the Deerfeld girls were
getting ready for callers, what pretty
dresses they would have, and what
gay. good times.
''Do you want callers? Is that what
you want, Lilian?"
''Oh, you stupid fellow! l want any
thing except this awful experience. I
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A PUGSAcIoUs ram is fond of
Joke. be tries to make butt OF araatc
he meets.-Lowell Courier, every o.
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QUICKLY CONVINCED.
what Caused . Hotel Guest to Sudden
Ehanwm K4ia MaHnd

4 what Caused . Hotel Guest 60 Suddenly
| Change His Mind.
| ST was just thinking" he said TO the
man who sat down beside him, show
admirably this hotel is run. Those
colored boys are perfect in the per
| formance of their duties, every one.
They sit talking among themselves in
low tones, all good-natured, and the
moment the clerk touches the bell the
captain, as they call him. springs lightly
to the counter, receives his orders, raises
his finger to the boy he wants to do the
errand, and that one goes about it
swiftly, intelligently and ood-humored-
ly. And the captain is vigilant to the
last degree. Not a carriage drives to
the door but he sees it long before it
stops, and has a boy out there to receive
the guest Here is bus full of pas
sengers and out go the boys. bringing
in every bag and sachel and standing
quietly by while the newcomers rep
lister. Then he saw how quickly and
smoothly that batch is disposed of
Three clerks stand ready to assign
rooms, hand our letters and answer all
sorts of questions In ten minutes every
man has gone to his room, everv man
has the kind of room he wants, everv-
body is satisfied and there hasn't been
the least confusion or hitch of anv
kind l tell you it's positive comfort
to strike hotel like this. Whv. il
makes man feel satisfied with the
world in general just to sit here and
gaze on the benevolent faces of those
three clerks, let alone everything else. F"
"All on the surface" said the other
man. '1t looks mighty fine to sit here
and see 'em welcome guests, but when
you're once in their clutches tell Won
its quite different matter. WHY, right
this minute, while we're talking. the
guests are being tormented, fairly tor
mented. o, 1 know, because I've lust
come down. You don't believe it? Come
along with me-"
The two men got into the elevator and
went up to the third story.
"Wait for us; we're going right back"
said the despondent one to the elevator
boy, and they stepped out into the hall,
where they stood still for just one
minute. Then they descended to the
'ftice again, and the enthusiast hadn't
word to say. They had heard two drum
ners in one of the rooms singing The
I'D Oalen Bucket detroit Free Press |
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across the snow bright prairie.
mot unless You make it So, RESPOND
ed her mother, cheerilY
make it So" rejoined Lillian. 'sHo,
can make it anything else? 1t is a
ways Lonesome here, and to-day will b
The worst Of all. Only think Of the fu
the girls will be having in dear oil
iDeerheld, while / am off out here il
thiS-'
She stopped short, fearing she nigh
say too much. What she had bee,
about to say was: This horrid. desc
late Kansas ranch"
Perhaps the boys can take YOU fol
drive. dear; and you know we're in
vited to Uncle Abner's for the even
ing"
ia drivc"' replied Lillian, scornfullv
l nate driving, all alone along these
endless roads. Nothing but snow
snow. until | am nearly blind"
You have your books, Lillian; and
your father likes perfect lessons"
'Yes, can have books any day. But
think Of the girls at home-what thev
are having. They are getting their
tables ready this very minute. Thev
VIII darken the parlors and have GAS
light, and pretty dresses and lots Of
rallcrs."
Here Lillian broke down and sobbed.
Her mother came to her side and
StrOked her hair.
BE brave, daughter" she whis-
pered II know it is great change
But | have often told you we must
oear IN mind why we left the east. and
why we are here. Father would not
nave been alive bnt for this change Of
climate and open-air life. You know
ne is getting well. and is SO happy in
that We ought not to mind anything
II ne can be well again"
Lillian felt ashamed, and tried to drv
her tears. Yet she was unwilling to
quite give up her discomfort
If only something would happenv"
she said. Then. desperately: Il wish
there would be cyclone or a blizzard.
or prairie fire! / wish the Indians
would make raidr'
I'VE don't have cyclones aud prairie
nres In winter" her mother said,
calmly. -.a -
Just then Lillian heard a great
stamping Of feet and gay voices outside
the kitchen threshold
Her four brothers were coming in
from doing their morning chores. As
they entered they let in great rush of
cold air. Jack spied Lillian through the
hait-open sitting-room door.
Hello, Lilp' he called.
She did not answer
Iii in the dumps again?" he asked
his mothe<
'She is little homesick this morn
ing" HTA
why doesn't she get out as we do,
and stir up her spirits?" said Harry.
Its nothing hut moping makes her
homesick"
This is o thousand times better
than poky old Deer6eld," asserted
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August
Flower"

This is the query per-
what Is petually OH your little
boys lips. And he's
IL roFT no worse than the big.
ger, older, balder-head-
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How Captain Wasted Ninety Cent
Calling Up Breeze,

How Captain Wasted Ninety Cent
Calling Up Breeze.
Stranger-I presume a man who ha
followed the sea SO many years mus
have been in some wrecks.
Old Sea Captain-Wrecks? Well, {
few. The wust wreck ever had wa.
on the Jersey coast
Long ago?"
'Some'at You see I got becalmed
off the cost of Ireland"
| "Becalmed?"
Yes Well, / tried every which way
to start wind, but it was no go. Not
breath stirrin'. AT last / got desper-
ate"
II presume So"
Yes, l got SO desperate made up
my mind I'd try plan I'd often heard
of if it took the last dollar had. Can't
raise the wind without money"
Its a good deal the same way on
shore"
"Jesso. Well, then / took big silver
dollar, kissed it three times, swung il
nine times around my head, and then
flung it as far as could into the sea in
the direction l wanted the wind to
come, you know"
Il see."
"Well, it came"
''It did?"
did it? Well, you Just ought to see
it. The fust blast took every stitch o.
sail clean off the yards, an in three
minutes more we was scuddin' under
bare poles 1000 miles an hour"
''Cracky."
Il shd say so. Well, the mex think /
knew, bump went 'er bow, an there we
was bein' dashed all to- bits square up
agin' Long Branch. Why. sir, we
struck with such force we bounded way
lp the beach, on walked dry-shod right
nto hotel
II never heard of that"
'N-o, the season was over an the
hotels was closed. Well, sir, after that
never tried no more silver dollars
when wanted wind"
81 suppose not"
NO sir. After that I never flunp
bigger'n ten cent piece
\. Y. Weekly.
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ed boys. Life is an interrogation
point What is it for?' we con-
tinually cry from the cradle to the
grave. So with this little introduc-
tory sermon we turn and ask: What
is AUGUST FLOWER FOR ?" As easily
answered as asked 1t is for Dys-
pepsia. 1t is a special remedy for
the Stomach and Liver. Nothing
more than this; but this brimfui.
We believe August Flower cures
Dyspepsia. We know it will. We
have reasons for knowing it. Twenty
years ago it started ina small country
town. To-day it has an honored
place in every city and country store.
possesses one of the largest manu-
featuring plants in the country and
sells everywhere. Why is this ! The
reason is as simple as a child's
thought. 1t is honest, does one
thing, and does it right along-it
cures Dyspepsia. =
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man IF, ,Woodbuy,NL
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-Snooper-"Lets 60 and see Sojay.'
Simeral-"Not much. / don't 60 there
for month yet" "Why?H Because
his wife gave him box Of cigars for a
Christmas present and he's very gen.
ero usly giving them 70 hia friendA ~
Was hingtou Star
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constitutional treatment. HaI,,s q1ifes !
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OLD YEAR AND YOUNG YEAR,

Said the year that was old:
II am cold. 1 am cold.
And my breath hurries fast
On the wild winter blast
OF this thankless December:
Ah, who will remember
AS /. shivering. go.
The warmth and the glow
That arose like a fame
When / came, when / came!
For brought in my hands,
From Utopian lands,
Golden gifts. and the schemes
That were fairer than dreams.
All, never king
OF q twelvemonth, will bring
Such spiendor Of treasure
Without stint or measure,
AS brought on that day,
Triumphant and gay.
But, alas, and alas,
Who will think as pass,
was once gay and boldr'
Said the year that was old.
IL
said the year that was young
And his light laughter rung-
Come, bid me good cheer,
For bring with ne here
Such gifts as the earth
Never saw till my birth;
All the largess OF life,
Right royalty rife
With the plans and the schemes
OF the worlds highest dreams.
Then-hope's chalice filed up
To the brim OF the cup,
Let Us drink TO the past,
The poor pitiful past"
Sang the year tha; vas young.
While his light laughter runz.
-Nora PerrY. In Ynnth'a rornnaninn
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The New Leaf.

Half in ioy and half In grief
Time turns over = new leaf;
Every leaf Is q new year
Pray that il be filed with ehser,
On the new page Just in view
Shines out is8s.
Let Is giTe time reverence due,
Turn over . new leaf too.
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1ae ll!55F5ll1a
"a t2|1'Pf4a
I|k.iii|||;||E|||ll!e .i|I||le
!. !" j: ! !" !. !; !: !: !: !:
W II III % wonder II
All Fl truly kept
ia A list of days when
life burnt low,
or days smiled, and days wept-
If good or bad would highest mount.
When / made up the years account.
took a ledger, fair and fine
And now, said, when days are glad,
I'll write with bright red ink the line,
And write with black when they are bad,
So that they'll stand before my sight
As clear apart as day and night
/ will not heed the changing Skies
Nor il it shine nor ii it rain;
But if there comes some sweet surprise
OF friendship, love or honest gain,
Why, then, ii shall be understood
That day Is written down as good.
And if to anyone love
A fhaVra fhn
That will double pleasure prove,
So it shall be happy day;
And if some day I've cause to dread
Pass harmless by, I'll write it red
When hands and brain stand labor's test,
And I can do the thing I would,
Those days when am at my best,
Shall all be traced as very good;
And in red letter." too, I'll write,
Those rare, strong hours, when right is might
When first meet in some grand book
"A noble soul that touches mine;
And with his vision can look
Through some Gate Beautiful" Of time
That day such happiness will shed
That golden-lined will seem the red.
And when pure, holy thoughts have power
To touch my heart and dim my eyes,
And |, in some diviner hour,
Can hold sweet converse with the skies,
Ah then my soul may safely write
This day hath been most good an d bright" /
What do see on looking back?
red-lined book before me lies,
With here and there thread Of black
That like passing shadow flies
"A shadow, it must be confessed,
That often rose in my own breast.
And have found tits good to note
The blessing that is mine each day;
For happiness is vainly sought
In some dim future far away
Just try my ledger for year.
Then look with grateful wonder back
And you will find-there is no fear
The red days far exceed the black.
Amelia Z. Barr, in Treasure -Trove
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-13
woRKINGMEN GETTING WISDOM.

The trades union congress now being
held in England is alarming the classes
that have hitherto dominated in politics,
and is giving corresponding encourage
ment to the labor element AS rule, these
congresses are not looked upon as signif-
can't in a political sense. The addresses are
usually Incorporate and unreasonable; the
Socialistic sentiment dominates, and the
masses are so conservative and cool headed
that they will not take kindly to the views
of the radicals. But this Newcastle con-
gress seems to be an exception. While
some of the Socialistic element is present
and makes itself felt, conservatism is in
control, and what is done appears to be
proper and commendable. So far,
nothing of radical nature has been
proposed. and the delegates who
are given to advancing extravaganza
propositions are kept in the background.
The result is what might have been ex-
neutrality-suspicious. on the part of the
ruling classes that the working people may
bring reason and common sense to their
aid in their contest for power. If the
working people of Great Britain would but
permit ordinary Judgment to guide them in
their political action. in a little while they
would be in control of the kingdom and be
making laws for their protection against
the oppression of those who have regarded
people who are compelled to labor for a
living as not much better than cattle. A
cablegram breathes the apprehension that
in the near future labor will dominate
parliament. 1t will certainly do this pro
vided the working people will drop their
radicalism, will discountenance the social
lists and blatherskites in whom TOO much
trust has been placed and will be reason
able beings, insisting upon their own
rights, yet recognizing the fact that other
people also have rights which must be
respected.
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OUR CARRYING TRADE.

We have come to a time in our development
as a nation when 1 believe that interest on
money is low enough for US to turn some of our
accumulated capital from the railways into
steam transportation on the sea; that the time
has come when we shall recover full particpa-
ton in the carrying trade of the world when I'M
der the American flag ships shall carry our pro-
ducts to neighboring markets and bring back
their exchange to our harbors. Hdrri-
son.
One would think that the question here
touched upon by the President would be
the last that reference would be made to
by man elected to his present Office on a
protective tariff platform, and who seeks re-
nomination on the same issue-unless per-
haps, be shall be pushed from the pro-
lection rocks into the sands of reciprocity
by his more astute secretary of state. 1t
will doubtless be remembered that from
some of his remarks at Galveston, Texas.
last summer while on his ''swlng round
the circle" President HARRISON favored
the idea Of re-establishing our commercial,
feet by government aid, through schemes
of subsidy, bounty, etc. That means, that
after protection has driven our CONNER
cial fleet from the seas, it is now proposed
through further class legislation, by which
capitalists forming steamship companies
may be benefited, build a feet Of ships
that shall contend for participation in the
carrying trade of the world.
1t is sad comment on the protective
tariff when a president of the United
States, elected on a protective tariff plat
form, has to talk of recovering full partici-
patton in the carrying trade of the world.
Thirty-fve years ago, under the policy OF
practical free trade that full participation
in the carrying trade Of the world was
ours. In 1855 of the tonnage of our foreign
trade, 7l.95 per cent was American; in
1887, IA. so per cent. was American-an ag-
gregate decrease OF 81. 10 per cent. The an
nual freight paid on our foreign
trade to foreigners has been vari-
ously estimated from $40, coo, coo
to $500, 100000. This enormous annual tax
now paid to foreigners, ought to have been
retained by US. 1.-THE aggregate sum which
we have thrown away in our selfish folly
since 1885," says one competent to speak on
the subject, sis much larger than our pub
lie debit
In the commencement of this writing we
express surprise that President HARRISON
should allude to this subject; but come TO
think of it, it is only natural that an aspir-
ant for the nomination Of his party for
President, scenting the coming battle from
afar, and knowing that the protective
policy in trade is largely responsible for
our commercial fleet being swept from the
high seas-it is but natural, we say, that he
should seek to avert the blow which this
fact in the hands of his opponents will most
assuredly deal himself and party. How
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-13
THE OLD BARLOW.

What has become of the old Barlow jack
knife that used to flourish so extensively
Most of our masculine readers who wear
spectacles now, whose teeth are not all
their own, whose hair is lighter both in
weight and color, and who cannot run so
fast nor jump so far as in those halcyon
days of yore, can readily recall the old
Barlow. 1t was ngle-bladed, horn
handled implement, and an article that no
well regulated boy or man could be with
out. With it you could make a kite,
sharpen a slate pencil, white your initials
in dry goods box, dig fishing worms, eX
cavate splinter out of your foot, cut a
switch, construct cornstalk fiddle, manu-
facture pawpaw whistle, play humble
peg, bore new hole in your skate strap,
snuff candle and do ever so many things
too numerous to particuarize
The old Barlow may be said to have been
almost the pioneer of clasp knives. 1t was
the forerunner of great variety of pocket
cutlery, and really survived all innovations
and improvements up to quarter of CEN
fury ago, or less time. Famous knives
were the original make of RODGERS and of
WosTENHoLNr, whose establishments at
Sheffield, England, have a reputation the
world over, as has that of WADE & BUTCHER
in the line of razors. The two bladed, the
three hladed and then the congress"
pocket knife, with the file blade, and after
wards the knife with the corkscreW on its
back, and the knife with scissors, and then
the poly bladed, which is miniature tool
chest family tell the story of evolution in
this interesting line. With their glitter
ing metal and bristling points, with hand
les of ivory, shell and pearl, they deco
rate show windows of the hard
ware stores or adorn the cases of the
ieweler. But where is the old Barlow?
Let US answer the question. This pocket
knife Of our fathers has been banishei by
the nefarious and ruthless hand of our pro-
1ective tariff. 1t even withstood the first
levies, and iackknives were sold at two bits
piece. But the American cutler was not
satisfied. The former duty was so per
cent ad valorem, but the Mckinley act
put on, as specific, al Traditional 80 per
cent. per dozen, and this drove the 25-cent.
jackknife out Of the market, as it was in
tended to do, ard in its place we have the
50-cent brass-lined domestic substitute.
And SO the question with which this article
was begun is answered.
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people took it Into their heads last year
that solemn protest on their part was de-
manded. The local columns of the news
papers supply evidence almost daily of the
fact that the city is overrun with 'toughs''
Of the class who burglarize peoples houses
and hold up belated pedestrians for their
valuables, but these papers fail to tell
of the capture and punishment of
any OF these desperate characters.
The policemen themselves are the
authority for the statement that
more than two hundred fallen women are
plying their awful trade in the city, and it
is a notorious fact that certain streets are
largely given up to these brazen creatures.
1t is conceded that gambling has come to be
quite prominent industry. Hundreds of
old men and young nightly engage in the
the business, little or no effort being put
forth by thespolice to check, much less sup
press the evil. As for the Sunday saloon,
if there be the proprietor of a drinking
establishment who closes his doors on the
Sabbath he is one who respects the first
day of the week and his own health more
than he does the law, for he does not shut
up shop through fear of arrest and prose
cution.
THE HERALD does net mention these
things for the purpose of attracting atten-
ton to the demoralized state of affairs
around the city hall, but merely as an
opening through which to ask the pious
folk who thought they were indignant a
few months ago when matters W. not
half so bad as they are to-day, if they do
not think it is time TO enter another pro-
test. The election mas just been held, hence
anything the good people might say would
have no effect on the voters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-13

II THINK it was one element of discord
and unhappiness in some of our sister re-
publics,' said President HARRISON the
other day at Windsor, VT, ''that the minds
of their patriotic and generous people are
too much swayed by their admiration for
men, that they are often swept away from
the moorings of principle by the love of a
leader" We wonder if the President was
not thinking of jim BLAINE and the mad
love of the Republican party for that more
or less astute politician, when his mind
conceived and his lips uttered that sen
tencel All, thou green-eyed monster, to
whom trif1es light as air are as strong as
proofs of holy writ! No station in life
seems free from tiny iaundice touch Kings
and presidents, senators and even judges
on the bench ars as susceptible to thy
subtle influence as fair and frail women