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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
ton of the country than all other
Diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced it local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incur
able. Science has proven Cattarh to
be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is The only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. it. acts
directly Upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials. Address
F. J. CHEVY & CO., Toledo, O.
@ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25
Who gets the "Rake-oR?'

What's the matter with the Hector
wheat market? Last Thursday,
Sept. 18th. according to the "Mir-
ror," wheat sold in that town for
70 cents. Minneapolis quotations
for that day were 95X cents. Here
is a margin of liz cents per bushel
on a haul of only 80 miles. The
freight tariff on wheat is 6k
cents between Minneapolis and Hec-
tor, and allowing 4 cents bushel
for commissions and handling, which
is the usual allowance, there remains
unaccounted for a margin of X
cents bushel. Who gets the rake
off?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25
The Greenback and the Bond

For twenty-seven years the pluto
craft behind the bank counter has
been shouting "Fiat' 'sawdust' =
"ragbaby"- "worthless'' at the
greenback, declaring that the alliance
shinplasters could not be forced as
legal-tenders. They do not realize
that the National Bank note is not a
legal tender!
Well, what is a "Bond?'- these
great monsters OF debt upon which
the people pay interest? Why, they
are great big overgrown, interest
bearing greenback. The greenback
says: 1.-THE United States will pay
One Dollar" The bond says. "The
q. S. will pay Ten Thousand Dol
lars" And what is the security for
either of these instruments? Only the
"fiat" of the government. To both
is pledged the revenues OF the govern
ment-which means taxation by the
government! If any portion of the
income OF the government is diverted
to pay these bonds or greenbacks,
then more taxation, to support the
government, results. But there are
three mighty differences in favor OF
the greenback:
1.-The dollar greenback is safer
to trust than the ten tn usand dol
lar greenback.
2.-The one dollar greenback does
not tax the people for interest.
3.-The dollar greenback never has
to be 'paid'' in other property, and
the ten thousand dollar article does.
The bond was magnifed shin
plaster swindle-purchased by the
banker with real greenbacks at CSC.
on the dollar!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

Minneapolis Pirates'-Prayer Show.
The papers have raised Hail
Columbia, in Capital letters over the
Peoples Party resolution against
the Harvest Festival in Mime
apolis.
Let the pirates rare. They have
robbed the farmers of from 20 to 4Oc.
a bushel over and above the natural
profit. They have stripped the state
stolen the fesh-and blown the
marrow out of the bones.
They have frozen up Duluth
twelve months instead of five. They
have wrecked the villages and provin-
cial cities by railroad discrimination.
They have lied like dicers about the
foreign market until their cumulative
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25
The Sun and the Wind.

A Dispute once arose Betwixt the
North Wind and The Sun. or at least,
Esop says SO, as to their Respective
Superiority, and they agreed to see
which could first induces Traveller to
part with His cloak. The North
Wind began and blew through his
Whiskers, with very Cold Blast, in
deed, accompanied with Shower of
wet, Wet Rain. That's where the
Wind got Left. The Traveller Ex-
claimed: Darn this Journeving on
Foot, anyway. / shall save time, at
tain a Green old Age, and leave Re-
spected name to my children if 1
travel on that Famous Line, the
Wisconsin Central" And he "came
II out Of the wet" and bought a
Ticket, and rode in the Luxurious
Coaches, and slept at night in the
Magnificent Sleepers furnished by
that line.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

Durilg the month of December we
would like to conduct a challenge de-
bate with some astute old party poll
tician. We hereby offer such chal-
lenge for any advocate of either OF
the old parties to meet us in public
debate. Places to speak and terms
OF debate can readily be arranged for
full term Of two weeks, daily. Let
us hear from "our friends, the
enemy in good natured and instruc-
tive rivalry! The only condition we
make is that the acceptor shall be a
man OF sufficient prominence to give
his words force and character.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25
Mr.. Donnelly and the Papers.

Ed. GREAT WEST:
I find in the inside, or gifted mat
ter" Of some of our county papers,
the following:
DENIED BY DONNELLY.'
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 15.-"The
Farmers Alliance OF Minnesota has
had nothing whatever to do with the
various circulars that have been is
sued from St. Paul advising farmers
to hold their wheat for higher
prices,'' said Ignatius Donnelly,
president of the Minnesota State
Farmers Alliance, Monday evening.
"These circulars, I understand have
the approval OF what is known as
the Reform Press association at
Washington, although that associa-
ton is not paying the bills. The Min
nesota alliance has taken no action
in the matter and will take none, as
the members of the executive COM
mittee of the alliance of this state
agree with me in believing that such
advice cannot safely be given"
I desire to say that the foregoing
is a cunningly devised trick. The last
words of the last sentence,-that the
farmers cannot be safely advised to
hold their wheat,-is utterly false. l
think every member OF the executive
committee of the State Alliance of
Minnesota believes, as l do, that the
farmers, at present prices, are being
cheated out of about 25cts. on every
bushel OF wheat they sell; and that
it is their interest to hold back their
wheat until they break up this game.
The very existence OF the foregoing
alleged interview, (Which never took
place, shows the desperate rascality
OF the men who are trying to break
down the market price Of wheat, by
such bold tricks.
AS the statement is being inserted
in the county papers, by the parties
who furnish them with their patent
inside-matter, I ask the editor OF
every country paper in Minnesota,
who abhors iniquity, and desires
that the farmers, lin the interest OF
all the people of all the state, should
obtain the full price for their produc-
tons to give this card place in their
columns.
And hope the GREAT WEST will
investigate and find out just how
that alleged interview got into the
patent insides OF our country papers,
and who the knave was who got it
up.
I think every intelligent man in
Minnesota knows that wheat is now
selling at far below it's actual value;
but the Alliance, as an organization,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25
Sr. PAUL, MIMI, SEPT. 25, 1891

To G.. w. READERS: There may be
lack OF fire in the 6. W. during our
campaigning, but Mr.. A. L. Slough
ton, our assistant, is equal to the oc-
casion. There is a pressing call for
instant work out in the field, and we
have offered our poor services in an
swer to the call. 1t is astonishing
how the great cause is growing. And
what makes us more rejoiced is that
every active alliance man stands
firmly on the Land Loan principle
and few indeed are they who do not
support the principle Of the sub
treasury. E, W. FISH.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

The P. P's are not old enough, and
sufficiently organized to win in Ohio
this season, but the party sprung in
to the canvas like a young giantl At
the State Fair, which was held last
week, all four of the candidates for
governor had their "days''- Sietz, for
the Peoples candidate, Ashenhurst
for the Prohibs., Mckinley for the
republicans and Campbell for the
democrats.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

HAGER CITY, Wis. Sept. IL, 81.
EDITOR GREAT VEST:
Our State Lecturer, Col. May,
addressed a fair sized audience at
Forest Home school house Sept. Z.
He made the alliance demands so
plain that all could understand
them. A strong alliance was organ
Used, composed of a dozen members
who are among the leading citizens
OF Hartland and Isabelle townships.
We believe that each member will
do missionary work. The Col. goes
to other appointments in Piece Co..
where we trust he will be equally
successful. C. w. PORTER,
Sec. Sub Alliance 40.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

tenth to three iourths u the ieaves
used, we strike these out also. MAX
ing in all a deduction from the above
OF % books, and reduction in the
total estimate of 500, S4S, 10000
and leaving
$178,2 13, 58O.4O-
as the reasonably fair and conserva-
tive estimate of the mortgage in
debtedness of Ramsey county, ex-
elusive OF city, county, and railroad
debts. Assuming. then, that the
mortgage Indebtedness of Ramsey is
as above, and that as prudent bust
ness men. the agents loaning the
money have not advanced to exceed
forty per cent OF the actual value of
Improperly and you have $40, $685.
951-as the actual and assessable
value of lands and improvements in
Ramsey County.
Now, if you will turn to the re-
port OF the State Auditor, you will
find that in 1889 the assessed value
Of lands in Ramsey County was $4,-
49, 51 land in acres, and $1O3,-
465,S17-city and townlots; or a to-
tai Of $1O7, 641 ,46S-includlng struc-
lures, and no more.
Hence it follows that while under
the present system Ramsey County
contributes a real estate tax on only
$107, 641, 46S,-and the country
counties are required to make up the
deficiency, under the system provided
by the bills of last winter and asked
for by the alliance, Ramsey would be
required to pay real estate tax on
2h times that sum or $445, 533 $40,
and as consequence the taxes OF the
country counties will be reduced
proportionate amount, while there
could be a like or greater increase in
the roll of Hennepin County, and q
consequent further reduction in the
rate of taxes.
Indeed, we can safely say if you
enforce the 9Th plank in the Alliance
platform in a fair and intelligent
manner the taxes of the farmers will
be not to exceed one half the present
amount, and presumably not over
one-fourth. JOHN II. BURKE.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25
That Auti.Forfeitur Matter.

As to whether the bankers inter-
fered with legislation last winter, in
Minnesota, let us present the follow
ing correspondence which we have
gotten hold OF and publish without
asking permission.
A banker in Window was a thor
ough friend of forfeiture, an anti
usury man, through and through, in
the last Legislature. He found bust
ness men were prosecuting him for
his position. This was denied. We
have been tracing the matter up,
and have secured the following let
tiers.
(Letterhead manufacturing firm.)
MANKATo, Mimi, May Goth, 81.
Mr.. j. n.
DEAR SIR:-Replying to yours OF
the 26th instant which l found here
just now upon my return will say:
We have sent the note you name to
the other Bank having arranged
with that bank to do our collecting
in future. Our business with you has
been entirely satisfactory and you
know the reason l concluded to re.
commend the change,-Mr. Sevat.
sons position in the legislature
Yours, ED. WEAVER.
We have another letter explaining
the matter still more thoroughly
The Bank of Window as collecting
the notes for the J. l. Case Threshel
Company-and when the manager
found he could not compel, or induce
the banker to vote against forfeiture
he withdrew the business-the above
letter to the cashier of the bank ex
plains it from the tountainhead.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25
Hawkeyes Dig up the Hatchet.

Iowa is awake. Picnics and mass
meeting are everywhere the order OF
the day. Six grand mass meetings
OF two days each have been arranged
for, to occur at different parts OF the
state between Sept. 25th and Oct. 8.
President Polk, President Powers,
Hon. Jerry Simpson, Col. Terrell and
other prominent speakers are among
the people. The Hawkeyes are hum
mers.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25
The County Fair.

Who is there that does not remem-
Der the " county fair" No one, unless
some unfortunate who was born
"grown up" or whose childhood
was unhappily cribbed and confined
within city walls. What a gala day
it was when the farmers took a
holiday, the big wagons were loaded
with the child1en the "women folks"
and big baskets OF lunch, the stores
in the county town were closed for
the afternoon, and the town folks
turned out, too. The fashion of
much that was simple, genuine and
harmless holiday in our American
life has changed, but the county fair
remains almost the same. The fat
oxen, the enormous perks, the big
pumpkins, the be-ribboned horses,
the sloppy dining halls. the vocifer-
GUS vendors of pop corn and lemon
ade, the blowing match, the man
with toy balloons, the races in. which
3:O8 was great time for q mill-all
these are unchanged. The only diff
terence is that we now get there
largely by rail, and if it is the big
State Fairs we visit, we go by "The
Burlington" The best equipped
railroad, getting tickets OF the local
agent or writing to W. J. c. Kenyon,
Gen. Pass. Agent, st. Paul, Mimi.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

The political sky never looked so
war-like in Europe as it does now
And bread was never so scarce there
nor labor so excitable. Surely the
picture looks gloomy across the wa
tiers. We give the world five years
more in which to prepare-and then
look to see the oceans dyed with red
blood-and the nations overwhelmed
in ruin.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

Wheat continues to pour into
Duluth and Minneapolis at the rate
of 1000 cars a day. The farmers
are getting from Is to 80 cents ior
it. This wheat will be worth $3.50
per bushel by-and-by.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

At Woodsdale, Ohio, the Peoples
Party had campaign meeting. One
banner was so feet long and 20 wide.
An axe was seven feet wide. They
keep the platform solid in Ohio.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

The Georgia campaign never was
SO exciting as this fall. The line
between the P. P's and the demo
crazy has become tightly drawn, and
the fight is hot and bitter. The
alliance party there is a reality and
no dream. 1t has enlisted for the
WarI
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

The P. P. candidate for governor
of Ohio, Seitz, fattened out Mckinley
at the Labor Day celebration at
Woodside, Ohio. Thirty thousand
present.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

The anti-third party and anti-land
loan, and anti-subtraasury conven-
ton OF Hall and his half-baked
friends over the west, was fizzle and
a fight. 1t is not finished yet, but
promises i'll for the wea k-kneed gang.
1t was run by democra tic politicians.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

The Ohio people declare that "The
currency, LAND and transportation
questions are the foundation stones
of the new party"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25
Who are They.

SPECIAL Agents of the Land Office
are busy in Northern Minnesota
rounding up the thieves who have
been stealing timber from the Indi-
ans on the Fond du Lac reservation
and Dist Attorney Hay has been
instructed to prepare warrants for
the arrest of the chief offenders.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

The State Fair association raked
off $4,000 as the profits of the show.
The receipts we're $4,000; expenses,
$4,000. The numerous gambling
fakes which we're permitted on the
grounds have justly subjected the
management to much severe criticism
from the state press.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

Massachusetts has started the
band wagon, and the boys are climb
ing into it. Maine is already float
ing her "prarie schooner" % over
hills and valleys.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

The National Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union meets at In
dianapolis, Ind, on Tuesday the
18th day of November, 1891.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

Over 1000 farmers gathered at
Mt. Moriah, ILL.,, last week, to hear
the Peoples Party doctrine. Sulli-
van and Metropolis had mighty
mass meetings..
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

The F. M. B. A. OF Clark Co., ILL.,,
defeated the plan to sell out the
100000 of Vandalia R. r. stock
owned by the county-and broke up
q ring thereby.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

Bradstreet's Journal intimates
that the farmers are too prosperous.
Not in this section, with prices 10 to
Ia cents lower than last year.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

A letter is addressed us by E. Per-
rim, from Forney! No such post
office in the state. Who can tell us
where to address an answer?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

Sylvester Pennoyer, Governor OF
Oregon, has come out squarely for
the Peoples Party.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

The annual convention of the
South Dakota Farmers Alliance will
DE held at Huron Nov. 10th.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25

The average receipts OF wheat in
Chicago for week averaged $780,
900 bushels day.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-20
A PERENNIAL APPETITE.

One Hundred Oysters and Fifty ClamA
Only . Lunch for Him.
There is a man born and bred in Ken
stngton whose appetite has not yet been
satisfied 1t were folly to say that he
has never yet refused second helping
of the viands set before him morning,
noon and night, for the cravings of his
inner self have not once really been sat
isfied, says the Philadelphia Record.
For fifteen years or more he has resided
in the northeast section of the city. He
was at one time sergeant of police in
the Eighteenth district, but he has now
sought other fields of usefulness.
There are stomachs and stomachs, of
course, but the capacious nav of this
denizen of a corner of the city has yet
to be equaled. His astounding feats at
the dinner table put to blush all other
performances Of a similar character.
He is prey to an appetite whose alb
normality is phenomenal and which
would cause him mournful dreams at
night but for the acknowledged fact
that sit isn't his fault
1t is asserted on good authority that
this ex-sergeant went into Meyers sa-
loon on Girard avenue, below Vienna
street, one day, and, sitting down to a
dinner that had been prepared for seven
people, ate every part of 1t. There
were six pounds of roast mutton, be-
sides large vegetable dishes full of
white and sweet potatoes, beans, half
pound of butter, and a large loaf of
bread. Before sitting down to the table
he of the hearty appetite had asked
Mrs. Meyers to board him, but after
witnessing the alarming disappearance
of the food she concluded that she had
better not.
One election night when the sergeant
was very busy and it was impossible
for him to go home to supper he sent
the turnkey to a neighboring restaurant
and had supper sent In for two persons.
He ate both of the meals ana then sent
out for one hundred prime oysters and
fifty bull-neck CLAIMS. The turnkey
thought that he would get few of the
oysters, but was disappointed, as tn e
sergeant devoured the whole lot and
then declared that he was hungry.
On another occasion this prodigy pur-
chased half bushel of CLAIMS and, sit
ting on a brick, opened and ate all of
them There were just fifty CLANS in
the basket. He drank twenty-four bot
ties of beer without turning a hair and
ate eleven soused pigs feet one evening.
Seventeen boiled crabs are only a
luncheon for him, and he can eat as
much as any five men in the Quaker
City to-day. There is no doubt about
his prodigious epicurean capacity. He
has record which he proudly talks
about, as well as many of his friends.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-20
SEDGWICK,
lis Bank st, end lo4 So. Main st

The store No 93 Bank street (now 115)
which have occupied for the past six
years being too limited to accommodate
the steady increase of trade, e essitatei
more commodious quarter, consequently
have leased for term of years the store
directly in the rear (Meigs' new block) and
running to South Main street, and have
Just completed an addition connecting the
two stores, making it one continuous room
extending from Bank to South Main
street. with an entrance on both streets.
The new store in Meigs' block has been
nicely fitted and furnished, making it the
most elegant Fine Tailoring parlors in
New England, and will be used exclusive
~ as u Custom Department.
The front store has been extensively i'm
proved and will be occupied as a Mems
Furnishing Department, making two dis
tinet depGr, ments and making each de-
partment attractive and roomy.
The Mems Furnishing department is now
overlooking with all the novelties of the
season. The goods are Fresh, New, De-
sirable and Cheap, and as an especial in
ducement for those who desire a Fancy
Shirt for spring l am offering Cluett &
Coons Crown Monarch Shirts which have
always been sold for 81 so at 50 cents.
The Custom Department as usual ID
stocked with more extensive aud elaborate
line than any tailoring establishment in
Conn, consisting of all the latest and most
desirable Suitings, ONercoatiugs and
Trouserings the market affords, (My trous.
erings are unusually fine) and no effort
will be spared to please The garments
will be turned out in the most approved
style, and made by the most skilled work
men.
The public are invited to call and look
at my mammoth stock and beautiful store
1t will be a pleasure to show you.
Entrance 115 Bank St, formerly 93) and
104 South Main St. Respectfully,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-20
volapuk Threatened.

The language called volapuk, which
has been SO carefully cultivated by
many students in various countries, is
threatened with extinction. The
trouble has arisen from the action of
its originators in altering its forms so
that it may be used as the universal
literary, as well as the universal COM
mercial tongue of the world. These
changes the Volapuk academy refused
to accept and the alterations are thus
causing a serious split in Vofapuk
circles, each side ignoring the writings
and proceedings of the other.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-20
RAMPANT SOCIALISTS.
They Indulge In Cory Talk While Ce1e-
bratinH the Commune.

They Indulge In Cory Talk While Cele-
brating the Commune.
LONDON, March 20.-The Social Demo
cratic Federation, comprising the allied
Socialistic groups of London, celebrated
the Goth anniversary of the Commune in
st. Andrews's Hall last night. The at
tendance was very large.
The speeches were delivered by the
perennial Louise Michel, Henry Hynd-
man, the poet Morris and other well
known social revolutionists. Herbert
Burrows, the present friend-in-chief of
Annie Besant, presided over the meeting
The utterances of the speakers were of
a CORY character, and the applause which
they ELECTED was chiefly provoked by the
threats of the orators to overthrow the
social system by force Of arms, and at
the cost of the lives of capitalists, monop-
olists, aristocrats and others who bar the
progress of Socialism to its goal.