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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-09-20

nearly half OF the looms (sixty-seven in
ally were running on q certain class of
goods, the manager announced that he
would have to reduce thelprice of weav-
ing from 5.2 cents per yard to AZ cents
or he could not compete with another
mill making this same class of goods.
The reduction was made, ~
In the finishing room about fifteen
women and girls 'sburn and .'speck"
cloth for so cents day of ten hours. In
the weaSeroom there were five loom re-
pairers last fall /; now four do the work
and have received no advance in wages.
a boss gigger left the factory Aug. 10,
1899, when told that his wages would be
reduced from 81 80 to 81. He came from
Broadbrook . short time before, where
he had once canned s., so day,
Hunt told the employees in 1888 that
if Cleveland were elected wages would
have to come down. The men think no
Intended this for an excuse FOR d con-
templated reduction. But Harrison's
election did not interfere with Hunts
plans, for the reductions began at once
after the election. Herman Lieb, a carder,
voted for Harrison, and had his wages
cut from $l.60 to 81, 20 the next week. 1t
may be mentioned here that there are
only twenty voters in the whole factory.
This company violates the weekly pay
ment law by paying only once in two
weeks-after withholding two weeks
pay. It has company store" it owns
and rents houses to its employees; its
treatment of employees and tenants is
said to be particularly harsh, and it ex-
hibits many other symptoms of a we'll
protected industry.
These reports embrace six of the twen-
ty-seven cases of wage advances" at
tributed to McKinlcyism. 1t is now the
intention Cf the Reform club to investi-
gate and report onall. Itthere has beenn
case in a protected industry where wages
have beea advanced and tha advance
is not due to tho demands Of strong
labor union, or where the members of
the firm are not in politics and are not
writing articles for Republican, maga-
zines or papers, the club will not heai-
tate to give full ere lit to the firm that
does business upon such philanthropic
principles, and the protectionists will
then have some genuine campaign ma
terial, which apparently is very scarce
Mt present, or they would not be COM
pelled to establish the :. MCKINLEY indus.
try" of manufacturing 'twage advances
out of wage reductions" a fssT
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-09-20

When weak, weary and worn out, Hoods
Sarsaparila is juSt the medicine TO restore
yonr strength aud give you n good appetite.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-09-20
M1DDLEwAY, JEFFERSON CO, W. VA.

Our work has been sold all through Jefferson
aud adjoining counties, and has always given
satisfaction III every particular.
1t Is our constant aim to work the very best
material, and to do all work in frst-class man
ner, aud us to our prices we pledge ourselves to
do work as low or lower than frst-class work
can be done for elsewhere.
If parties wish to consult us in regard to work,
and do not find it convenient to visit our fac
tory, we will, if notified by postal card, send
representative of the firm TO visit them at their
homes, and give all necessary Information
Secondhand vehicles and good Horses taken
in exchange for work.
We keep constantly large variety of New
Vehicles in stock, and have also Second Hand
Carriages, Buggies. &c, which we sell very low.
a. l.. ANDERSON g. co.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-09-20

The st. Louis Republic very appto-
priately remarks that the Mckinley
tax on such shawl as would be worn
by Mrs. Vanderbilt is 40 cents onthe
dollar. On the everyday stawls
worn by the wives of everyday peo-
pie the Mckinley tax is ST. .55 on
the dollar. "The lowest tax on the
finest goods" is the rule of McKin-
lev taxation.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-09-20
Electric Bitters.

This remedy Is becoming so ell.known, and
so popular as To nsed no special mention. All
song Of ptaise.-.A purcr medicine does not
exIst and IT. Ia guaranteed TO do nlI that IL;
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases
of tho Liver aud Kidneys wilTremove Pinples.
'Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused
by impure blood VIII drive Aiaihfiaf from
tue system and prevent as well as cure all
MalnTial feyers. For cure of Headache. Con. ;,
stipation and Indigestion try Electric Bfttefs
Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or money
retnhdcd.-P 5octs-, and 90 per bottle
Gt any Drugstore.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-09-20

Hon. WIN. l.. Wilson is giving a
small portion of his time to the SER
vice of the National Democracy, by
whom he is held in an estimation
surpassed only by Cleveland and
Carlisle. There is great demand
for his seryicesas a speaker, and the
people of his District who have been !
SO often honored by prominent Dem
ocrats of other States, viii not be-
grudge the time he spefds in helping,
nor will they permit his interests at
home TO suffer while hesis working in
behalf of the Democratic party eIse+
where. In two or three weeks he
will begin his active canvass in the
District, and everybody who does
not know already. will have ample
information upon his record in Com
gress. In every respect, We are sure
the honest minded will be satisfied.
3fartinsburg Statesman. W
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-09-20

W1<Dow SHADES, On CLoTn Mattings.
Moqnet Rugs NJ Beachley's; stpelspeyeF wils
20 large and well-assOrted and prices never as
During the performance of a Wild
West Slow at Rockford. III, Friday
Mrs. james Fisher. of DaraDd, iii!
was shot and fatally wounded. She
was looking at the cowboys firing
with supposed blank cartridges, {.
when bullet from one of their pis. 1,
tois passed through her body. The
entire company is under arrest.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-09-20
LADIES;

LADIES
Needing tonic, or children who want build.
ing up. should take
BROHN'S IRON ISIIgrETSS. < - 90
II 81 pleasant; ccrt.s SsAinTia, bit.:5 eftIorI
Biliousness Liver Complains and s.eurpisfa.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-09-20
1t Should Be in Every House.

j. b. Wilson, 81 Clay ST.. sharpsburg. Pa.
says he will not be without DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs aud
Colds. that 1t cured his wife who wns threat
ened with Pneumonia after an attack OF La
Grippe" when various other remedy and sBy-
erai physicians had done her no good Robert
Barber. OF COokEport, Pa, claims DR.. Kings
anything hc ever used for Lung Trouble.
Nothing likeit. Try it. Free Trial Bottles at
any Drug Store. Large bottles. zoe. and u 90.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
ENGLISH coLLIERY HORROR.
The Bodies of Twenty Dead Miners RecOv-
ered-HorribIe scenes in the Pit

The Bodies of Twenty Dead Miners RecOv-
ered-IIorribIe scenes in the Pit
LONDON, Dec Threat efforts were
made to rescue the eighty miners inn
prisoued by an explosion in a eolliery
at Wigan.
Despite the efforts to extinguish tbs
fire. the flames spread to the engine
house at the tunnel
This stopped the pumping Of air into
the mine and added greatly to the peril
of those who were in the pit The fire
was not subdued until o'clock in tho
afternoon.
Some little time after the bodies of
twenty Of the miners, VINO had been
suffocated by the noxiOus gases gener-
ated in the mine after the explosion,
were brought to the surface by the
rescuing party.
The rescuing parties report horrible
scenes in the mine. In the main roads
the bodies lie in twos and threes, as the
men fell, face downward and heads to-
ward the entrance of the shaft Large
sections OF roof and galleries have col
lapsed. Amid the ruins were found
mangied bodies and half burned limbs.
The ruins have blocked many parts Of
the mine and therefore the men search
ing for bodies are unable to give any
definite idea OF the number lost
Several miners who were Just alive
when found died on the way TO the sur
face or shortly after being taken from
the car
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
People Who Fan SAFELY.

A fall, as a rule, Injuries a drunken
man much less than a sober one be-
cause, the controlling power Of the
mind being rendered nil through intox-
ication, the body falls as an inert mass,
and thus the chances of injury are les
sened for, strange though it may ap-
pear, it is no less a fact that most
numerous cases of injury arising from a
fall are caused by the effort, voluntary
or otherwise. TO avert the consequent
ees, thus straining the muscles and ten
dons. Very rarely are injurious effects
from fall known in a lunatic asylum
for the same simple reasOn-the mind
has no influence over the action of the
body. And it is remarkable and we'll.
known fact to those who have TO deal
with such cases that whatever injuries
are so caused heal much more rapidly
than in the case of sane people, the
mind having more to do with retardine
or assisting natures efforts than il
generally known or realized.-Boston
Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
wIcHlTA.s SCANDAL
Al Anidavit That Created n Sensations
How n Paving Contractor Put HIS MOnsy
Where It Would Do the Most Good

Al Afadavit That Created n Sensations
How a Paving Contractor Put HIS MOnsy
Where It Would Do the Most Good.
WICHITA. Kan, Dec. 15.-fn the Unit
ed States district court the deposition
and politician of state repute, now
territorial agent of the Rock Island
Land Co, in the jssperite paving case
was filed and created q profound sensa-
ton.
Moffitt testi6es that Robert T. VIII
son, of Chicago, the jasperite contract
or, asked his aid to secure the con-
tract for paving Douglas avenue
He told Wilson that it would cost
him about $4,000 Wilson said he
would see those connected with him,
and while he was away in Chicago do
ing this Moffitt should see some of the
councilmen and find out the lowest
price for which the contract could be
secured. Moffitt saw Councilman
Downing and asked him how much
money a majority of the council could
be bought for and Downing told him
that seven members already had an
offer of $500 each from another paving
company, but thought that 500 each
would secure them for the jasperite
people.
When Wilson returned Motif swears
that he informed him that he thought
he could get the contract through for
an attorneys fee of $4,000 and 81, 900 for
seven councilman and Wilson author
lied him to say that he would pay that
amount Motif then told Downing
that the amount agreed on would be
paid to the different members of the
council il the Office of Wilson's attorney
on the evening of March 10, before the
council met to let the contract. and
Downing replied that that would be
satisfactory.
March MOffitt swears that he told
Downing that the money was ready,
and they went together to the attorneys
office and Downing got his money. The
money for Councilmen Fritz Schnitzler
and John Herrig was also there, the
other four having already taken
theirs About the same period MOf-
fit was in Contractor Wilson's
rooms at the Carey house when
Councilman William johnson APP
peared. and then Motif went ont for
about ten minutes When he returned
Wilson told him johnson would vote for
jasperite. that he had paid him his price
Wilson afterwards told him that the
jasperite contract had cost him $4,000
in attorney fees, beside to cOuncilmen
and drinks
On cross examination, Moffitt deposed
that he had seen Councilman Fritz
Schnitzler come out of the attorneys
Office with one of the envelopes contain
ing money left there for the council
man by L. C. jackson, who aided Will
son to secure the contract, and that
Sehnitzler had opened the package and
counted out a roll of greenbaeks in his
presence
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
A Seven Coincidence.

Mr.. Simeon Duck, of Victoria, B. c.
is seventh son of seventh son. In
1867 he left London on the seventh day
of the seventh month and arrived in
this country on the seventh day of the
following month at seven o'clock in the
morning. When he put up his name
for member of the British Column
bia parliament he was elected by a ma
jority of exactly seven votes At the
election following he was defeated by
the same mythical number.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
THE INTERSTATE LAW.
Another Effort to Make Something Out
of It.

Another Effort to Make Something Out
of 1t.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-Another turn
was taken at the interstate commerce
law in a bill introduced in the senate
by Mr.. Mcmillan, of Michigan, in which
it is sought to amend the law by maxi
ing it unlawful for any common carrier
subject 20 the provision of the
existing law TO enter into any
contract, agreement, etc, with any
other carrier for the division OK
the freight OF the different competing
roads, or to divide between them the
aggregate or net proceeds OF the earn
ings, except as provided in the bill
Each day of the continuance of such
agreement is deemed a separate Ofense.
Agreements such as are prohibited
above may. however, be made,
provided they are in writing, duly
executed and shall not conflict
with any other provision of the
law. They may become operative
only after having been filed with the
interstate commerce commission and
approved By it After such approval
each party is required to deposit suf-
feient security TO guarantee that the
terms of the agreement will be carried
out The other section of the bill deals
with the claims of the method Of con-
victiOn and punishment
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
fro BE Continued
THE Cave of Spiders"

The lice caves" the blue grottoes"
and other natural freaks of that ilk are
completely laid in the shade by the
Colorado Cave of Spiders" 1t is stu
ated near Buena Vista, in the state
named. and is said to literally swarm
with spiders of curious species and Of
immense size. The Gave Of Spiders"
was discovered in 1879. The webs
woven by the odd subterranean species
of aranea are said to be as strong as
ordinary button hole twist and of q
bright, shining yellow color.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

WASHINGTON. Dec 15.-The snti-op-
ton bill was taken up il the senate to-
day and Mr. George resumed his argu-
ment in support of his own substitute
for it. In opening he call ID at
tention to the fall OF four or five
points in the price of cotton at the
New York Cotton exchanges yester-
day, and said that that faR was in
the nature of a menace because the SEN
ate had undertaken TO perform a great
constitutional duty. He assumed that
senators would treat such threats with
that degree of contempt to which they
were entitled
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
CHAPTER xI.-CoNrINuEp.

But il anything happens, Lonz, 1
pledge you my word that will happenl
The king has done far more audacious
things already than marry an American
girl As FOR morganatic marriage"
Curse a morganatic marriagel'' cried
Alonzo. 'If he tried that, and she con-
scented. I'd put a bullet through his
brain. though they hung me ten minutes
afterward."
'sThey don't hang here; they guillo-
tine" said Eric, calmly. Its much
neater. in way. But you needn't covet
any such poetic fate. Clarimond lostheS
mOrganatic unions, has more than once
told me. BOnz. Lonzl you know him
too well by this time for such kind of
TALK Here you are, rich, through his
generosity, and you talk of him as if he
were some common cad
'I'1 resign my position quavered
Alonzo, with both hands clenched at his
side. III go to starvation, if you
please"
Don't Go 70 the ball first"
"rl send him my resignation this
very day"
W AIT until the Dall Is over.
Course the BALI
You're cursing everything, it strikes
me. in the most promiscuous manner
Forgive me. Eric, but can't help it. -
you can't help it, dear boy" said
Eric. because your heart is almost
breaking in your breast He got up
from his char. and went straight to his
friend. putting his arms about his neck
and kissing him on the forehead. 1t was
a very sweet and simple act. and it was
also one that brimmed with beautiful,
spontaneous fraternity.
Alonzo threw back his head. stared
forlornly at his companion. and then
flung his head on Eric's broad. virile
shoulder. A great. passionate turmoil
of tears followed-the tears that men
shed. and so tellingly seldom. and that
are wrung. when shed at all. from deep
governed wells of their spirits
Eric held him in his arms. not speak
ing a word. only throbbing with the
most humane sympathy. But mean
while his brain worked. and he thought.
with the bitterness and irony thatcer-
tain stern freaks OF life viii too often
wrench from US. whether we are op-
timists, pessimists, or only a part of
that huger throng which neither think
nor feel too, keenly. And l brought
him here for this, It's too devilishly
bad. In a way he was happy enough
till he'd seen her again, and now it's all
a tumult with him. madness. a tor
ture. But he'll stay for the ball. He'll
stay, Just to see her again. And then?
God knows with what reckless force
he'll fly straight in the face of his pres
ent prOSperitX.-'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
One Annr1nr-a-In Isl,I Pa.sed.

WASHINGTON. Dec 15.-ln the house
to-day Mr.. Cobb, OF Missouri, report
ed from the committee on war claims
for reference to the private cal
endar d bill for the relief of the
heirs of Mary Ann Randolph Curtis
Lee, of Virginia, the amount involved
being S3i7, 600 After several minor
bills had been passed in the morn
ing hour the army appropriation
bill was taken up in committee OF the
whole. when Mr. Anthony. of Texas,
offered an amend ment that no person
pensioned by the government should
be permitted TO receive any pay under
the pending act II was rejected and
the bill passed
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23

palpable and intiniteSlmal to US may be
pronounced and infinite to God A
mathematical point is defined as having
no parts, no magnitude. 1t is so small
you cannot imagine it, and yet mathe-
NAUTICAL point may be a starting point
for a great eternity. Gods surveyors
carry a very long chain 4 scale must
be very delicate that can weigh grain,
but Gods scale is so delicate
that He can weigh with it that
which is so snail that grain is 1.OOO.-
900 times heavier. When John Kitto. a
poor boy on back street of Plymouth,
cut his foot with piece of glass. God
bound 1t up so successfully that he be-
came the great Christian geographer.
and commentator known among all
nations So every wound of the soul,
however insignificant, God is willing to
bind up. As at the first cry of the child
the mother rushes to kiss the wound. so
God, our Mother, takes the smallest
wound of the heart, and presses it to
the lips of divine sympathy. ''As one
whom his mother comforteth, so will
comfort you
1 remark further that God has
mothers patience for the erring. If
one does wrong. first mis- associates in
life cast him off; if he goes on in the
wrong way, his business partner casts
him off; if he goes on, his best friends
cast him off-his father casts him of.
But after all others have cast him off,
where does he go? Who holds no
grudge, and forgives the last time as
well as the first? Who sits by the muir
derer's counsel all through the long
trial? Who tarries the longest at the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-12-23
Near 1t.

He-I am going away of 1 know
you will soon forget me.
She-Then you will not be far OIL
Truth
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-31

If it were not for this wise provision of
the government many a grave would remain
unmarked, and many a veteran would lie
uuhonored for in many instances cruel pow
erty has laid hands on those who remained
and they are unable to give to him who gave
up his life that theirs might be spared. the
recognition which he SO Iobly earned, and
which he SO well deserves.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-31
THE DAKOTA FARMER.

1t is noticeable that the person who
took the premium the other day in
North Dakota, offered by the Republi-
can COMMITTEES for the most plausible
reason why farmer in that state should
vote the Republican ticket. was an
editor and not a farmer. There are
bright and ingenious, if not always
quite ScrupuiouS. gentlemen Oh the
North Dakota press. 1t has not come
to light yet what the reason is. 1t
could hardly be the duty on Canadian
potatoes of p cents a bushel, or five
cents per dozen eggs. Soma of the
members of the legislative body from
that state had something to do
with imposing these duties, and
insisted that they would bane-
fit the farmers of the state.
Ii the fortunate prize-winner has been
able to show the farmer of his state how
he is benefited by the duty OH potatoes,
or anything else, he should have the
credit of remarkable discovery. Pota-
toes are usually worth good deal less
than the duty in that state. 1t would
not pay to import them. The only time
that the tariff on potatoes affects the
farmer there is when his crop failS-aS
it does sometimeS-and he has to buy
potatoes for food and seed. He then
pays the % cents bushel duty. He is
protected also on apples p cents a
buSnel. which he does not raise. He
does grow some wheat, and the Gala
dian who wants to compete meets
duty of % cents buShel also.
The prices of wheat are determined in
Liverpool, and the Canadian producer
completes there. Hay also has duty of
81 per ton. Does that protect the Da-
kota haymaker? 1t is not on what he
raises and has to sell that the tariff af-
fects the farmer, but on what he uys.
Then he has the duty to pay to help out
the other fellows who supply him with
clothing, tools, salt. lumber, medicines
and pretty much everything he has to
buy. If they are not getting desired
profits, the consumers must be taxed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-31
CROMWELL REDIyIvUs.

With more than his customary artleSs-
ness and naivete, the Hon. CHAUNCEY
DEPEw AYERS that BLAINE'S letter of
withdrawal Withdrew him. Moreover.
having delivered himself of this oracular
utterance and given it time to sink in,
the IOquaciOus New Yorker considers
that he has earned the right to throw
out a glitteriny generality, and he
throws it as follows: "A Bible reader
sticks close to the text, no matter what
the commentator may say"
Just so; and what then? Will the
Hon. CHAUNCEY please rise and ex-
plain, or will he leave us under the
painful and somewhat inelegant i'm
preston that he is talking through his
hat? Does he mean to intimate that
BLAINE's epistles 90 for gospel? Does
he design to incorporate the Null
LIGAN letters with the sacred Scrip
lures? That is carrying hero worship
to the verge of blasphemy; and
such a very peccable hero it is. tool
But perhaps Mr.. DEPEw only wishes
to convey the gentle inSinuatiOn that
BLAINE's letter will be construed as the
other literature of the Republican par
ty is construed-aS the Bible is con-
strued. Perhaps he merely desires to
invite attention to the great and glorious
proposition that the Republican party
Is an association of Bible readers. 1t is
an inspiring pictGre-that of CHAUNCEY
and his cohorts marching proudly up to
the breastworks of the enemy with the
Testament in one hand and BLAINE's
unburnt letters In the other. CHAUN-
CEY is an "amoos:n' cuSs"-very
''amOOsin'." indeed. When does he de-
sign actively taking the field as OLIVER
CROMWELL redivlYuS?