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The sun., 1892-12-15
WAGES Low PRICES CHEAP.
How Americans q Hundred Years
Aro Lived on Fifty Cents a Dav.

How Americans q Hundred Years
Ago Lived on Fifty Cents Day.
The Department Of Agriculture Is
about to publish an interesting re-
port, comparing the cost OF living
early in this century with what it is
now. It exhibits vividly the contrast
between the poverty of primitive
agriculture and the progress in civil.
ization and wealth resulting from high
development OF all the possibilities of
land and labor In rural industrial
arts and industries. The small wages
paid in those days are as surprising
as the low prices of commodities of all
sorts.
Game was abundant early in the
century and, therefore cheap. Venison
cost only 81 cents pound. Bear
meat was very slightly higher. Pig
cons werein extraordinary abundance,
selling at a little more than cent
apiece. Elderly readers will remember
the fights of flocks of pigeons which
darkened the skies even as late as
fifty years ago. Shad was very cheap,
costing only 4 cents each. Owing to
the plentiful supply of game tanned
skins were low in price. A deerskin
fetched about $1.17, while bearskin
worth from 81 to 50. Milk sold at 2
cents a quart, and butter 13 cents O.
pound. Apples were from 12h cents
to 25 cents bushel but by 1923 they
had reached so cents.
Farm wages were only about one
third of what they are now, ranging
from 33 cents to so cents compensa-
tion of well-grown lads. One hundred
years ago tho remuneration of boy
for doing "chores," such as cutting
wood and foddering horses, for one
year, was ordinarily $5. The use of
a pair of oxen for day cost 25 cents,
while the use of COW for one year.
cost So. It cost go cents to make q
pair of shoes. The price of pair of
mocoasins was 27 cents. Board was
only 81 week.
That was the day of individual and
isolated effort, antedating the era Of
aggregation in factories, classification
and division of labor and invention Of
labor-saving processes and appliances.
Prices OF farm products fuctuated
greatly, according to local scarcity,
which could not be mitigated by dis
tribution from regions Of plenty. II
there were big crops they could not be
sold; if partial failures, there was al
most nothing to sell. Every locality,
in it's industries and products, existed
for and by itself, having no relation
with other communities; therefore,
the surplus production of each farm
was small, the inducement to produce
being wanting, and there was very
little money to purchase anything
more than the bare necessaries. The
industrious family had an abundance
of everything that it could grow, such
clothing as the loom of the household
could produce, such furniture as
could be made on the place or in the
neighborhood, and little else.-St.
Louis Glohe-DOrooorat.
The sun., 1892-12-15
seasickness Caused by High Rail-
road Speed.

TOaO 0p600.
The bodily effect Of riding in ex
tremely fast trains, says the New
York Times, must be of interest to
the people in country where trains
are running faster and faster every
year. The effect of collision, or
even an accident, that under the cir
cumstances would be trifing, perhaps
it will be better not to consider, at
any rate, this fast New York Central
train run along smoothly that it's
great speed is hardly noticed, and any
thought of danger soon dis
appears. But there is one curl
Gus effect that we may expect to
see intensified when our fast expresses
begin to average hundred miles an
hour instead of fifty-two and one
third miles. That is q touch of sea-
sickness. It is 80 slight in this case as
to be hardly worth considering, ex-
cept as q foretaste of what we may
expect in the still faster trains OF the
future. We were inclined to attribute
it to an unusually early start in the
morning to catch this fast train, but
when we were asked by a number of
persons in Richfeld whether the fast
train made US seasick, and were told
that it often had that effect, we un-
derstood the meaning of the little
dizziness that went off when we land
ed.
The sun., 1892-12-15
Johnnie Brown Knew.

A boy about ten years old occupied
one of the front seats in an oral ex-
animation in history at one OF the
grammar schools alittle over month
ago. He was rather bright looking,
and evidently had a very good opinion
of his own learning.
"Who can tell what slaves and serv-
ants of the kingwere called in England
in old tines?" asked the teacher.
The ten-year-old raised his hand
like rocket.
"Well, you Johnnie Brown"
"Serfs, vassals and vasalies," was
the reply.-New York Times.
The sun., 1892-12-15
HOW 1T FEELS TO DIE,
No Living Man Can Tell Anything
About It.

No Living Man Can Tell Anything
About 1t.
~ was reading an article on how it
feels to die," said DR.. W. II. Epworth
now at the Southern. mo livingman
can tell how death feels, or whether
the actual act of dissolution is ac-
complished by emotion or not. A
man who, through disease or casual
ty, has lost consciousness-has be-
come, to all appearances dead-and
is then resuscitated, can really tell us
nothing about it, for he did not die.
The machinery did not come to a
complete standstill-the life force did
not leave the body. 1t may be that
the poet has dipped deeper than the
physician into the awful mystery oil
death. 1t may be that he has describ.
ed terrors not visible to the eyes oi
the medical man, who interests him
self only in the animal mechanism.
have stood by the deathbed of men
who told me they were going to hell,
and saw them pass peacefully to their
long sleep. have looked at theiH
dead faces few minutes later, and
saw thersona a look OF fear, of horror,
that was not visible when the heart
gave it's last faint throb and then
stood still.
II have had others tell me almost
with their last breath that they were
going to heaven. They passed away
with wan, weary faces that were pitt
Ful to contemplate, but before they
became rigid a smile sweet as an an
gels dream oyerspread the pallid
features. The deep lines of suffering
faded out, and the aged looked almost
youthful, the weary and worn became
radiant. What causes this change,
which every physician has noticed?
When does death occur2 We say
when the animal machinery stops,
when the breath and pulse cease. That
is what the doctor calls death, but it
may not really be death after all.
The spirit may not leave the body,
may not take it's departure from
earth with the last breath, the last
faint heartbeat. 1t may cling for
some moments to it's shattered tene.
ment before it takes flight, before it
faces those terrors or enters into
those transcendent glories which the
poet has painted. The death of the
body, with which doctors only deal,
may be but the prelude to more iEn.
portant act, the departure Of the
spirit. Science has gone far, but it
has not yet lifted the veil of mystery
which the Almighty has hung over the
couch Of death. st. Louis Globe,
Democrat.
The sun., 1892-12-15
THE BABY.

The little tottering baby feet,
With faltering steps and slow,
With pattering echoes soft and sweet,
Into my heart they go;
They also go in griIny plays,
In muddy pools and dusty ways,
Then through the house In trackful maze
They wander to and fro.
The baby hands that clasp my neck
With touches dear to me,
Are the same hands that smash and wreck
The fnkstand foul to see;
They pound the mirror with q cane,
They fend the manuscript in twain,
Widespread destruction they ordain
In wasteful jubilee.
The dreamy, murmuring voice
That COOS its little tune
That makes that listening heart rejoice,
Like birds in leAfy June.
Can wake in midnight dark and still,
And all the air with bowling fill,
That splits the air with echoes shrill,
Like hornets out of tune.
r. J. Burdette.
The sun., 1892-12-15

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only
one way to cure Deafness and that is by con-
Stitutional remedies, Deafness Is caused by an in
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF the Eus-
tachian Tube When this tube is inhamed you
and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the re-
suit, and unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to it's normal condi-
ton. hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases
out Of ten are caused by catarrh. which is moth
ing but an tnhamsd condition OF the mucous
surfaces.
We will give One H undred Dollars for any case
OF Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars;
free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
RBSold By Druggists 75c
The sun., 1892-12-15
august
Flower

I II am happy to state to you and
TO suffering humanity, that my wife
has used your wonderful remedy,
August Flower, for sick headache
and pa1pitatioa of the heart, with
satisfactory results. For several years
she has been a great sufferer, has
been under the treatment of eminent
physicians in this city and Boston,
and found little relief. She was in
duced to try August Flower, which
gave immediate relief. We cannot
say to much for it." L. c. Frost,
Springfield, Mass. o
The sun., 1892-12-15
A Prudent Mother,

Clara-Mother, just think of it."
Mother-What is it, my daughter?
Uara-Charles has insured his life
for my benefit for $4,000.
! Mother-He has? Well, now, my
daughter, there is no longer any OBJ
lection to your making him that an
gel cake you have been talking about.
Texas Siftings.
The sun., 1892-12-15
MRS, GLADSTONE,

Mrs. Gladstone is as remarkable q
woman as her husband is a man, al.
~
though she is now eighty years of age,
she has never worn spectacles and has
always enjoyed vigorous health. The
secret is, that she has taken care OF
herself. II you are afflicted with in
digestion or constipation you may be
certain that you are shortening your
days. Get box ofthe Laxative Gum
Drops and take them freely. They
contain nothing in the shape OF poison,
no powerful drugs, but they are mild
and gentle laxative. Get them of any
dealer. Small boxes are ten cents,
large ones are twenty-five cents.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, III.
The sun., 1892-12-15

First friend: Heard Old Smith.
sons going to be married for the
fourth time. Must cost him some
thing for icenses"
Second ditto: Think he ought to
apply for a season ticket"
The sun., 1892-12-15

"HoW I Wrote Ben Hur'"
told by General Lew Wallace, is one scrap
from the Voluminous and superb program
which The Youths Companion announces
1t retains its place in $4,000 families by the
versatility and the instructivness ofits gem
eral articles, the shigh character of all
its stories, the brightness ofits illustrations.
Then it comes every week and one gets a
great deal for $1.75 year. The price sent
ct once will entitle you to the paper to
Jan. 1894 Address The YoUrH's CoMPAN-
ION, Boston, Mass.
The sun., 1892-12-15
PugilistIO Item,

II should think the police would
not have any trouble in arresting the
puRilists at prize fight"
why, what makes you think so2"
Because, you see, they are already
roped in"
The sun., 1892-12-15
No Use for Him.

He-Can I hope for another waltz
this evening?
she-Won't it make your wife ieal-
Gus?
He-Not at all.
She-Pm afraid my card is fall to-
night.
The sun., 1892-12-15

Who or what? Why the good ship, and
II there is a passenger on board of her unpro-
vided with that grand preventive Of sea sickness
and all disorders of the stomach, liver and
bowels. HoEtetter's Stomach Bitters, all we have
10 say is. he or she is very unthoughttul There
is nothing comparable to this medicine in cases
OF maiarial fever, rheumatism, nervousness and
loss OF strength.
The sun., 1892-12-15

He finds 1t "a wonderful cure for bad
cough" Mr.. VIM. F. Anderson, S41 Wat
ter st., New York City, N, Y, gives this
Endorsement: II have found DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup the wonderful cure it Is repre-;
cough"
The sun., 1892-12-15
Her Criticisms,

He-I don't like the man. He called
me an ass once! What do you think
Of that?
she-I think his politeuess does not
compare with his knowledge OF natur.
al history.
The sun., 1892-12-15

Mrs, Fannie Dignam, 141 Mott st., New
York City, makes a miraculous cure Of her
rheumatism. She writes: ~ owe un-
speakabls and never to be forgotten graft
tuds to Salvation Oil. 1t made miracu-
lous cure of my rheumatism"
The sun., 1892-12-15

Throat diseases commence with a Cough,
Cold. or Sore Throat. Browns Bronchial
Troches" give immediate relief Sold only
in boxes. Price 25cts.
The sun., 1892-12-15

Give the fowls somegreen-oabbage,
chopped clover; raw potatoes are
better than nothing in the vegetable
line.
The sun., 1892-12-15
Perhaps,

."Love indeed is blind" said the
moralizer.
perhaps that is why love does
not mind turning out the gas" sug-
gested the demoralizer.
The sun., 1892-12-15
"How | Wrote Ben Hur,"

Do not ship poor, thin turkeys.
They sell slow, and at poor prices.
The sun., 1892-12-15

O%N N4&IO \ ~
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and act
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of it's kind ever pro.
ducsd, pleasing to the taste and &C.
Ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
affects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, ita
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the Sa6a
popular remedy known:
Syrup of Figs Ii for sale in 900
and 81 bottleA by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro,
cure it promptly for any one wha
wishes to try 1t. Do not accept any
Substitute.
CALLF0RKkA 70 syrup co.
8AE ERAE0is00. 0AL.
g8KSWkkEa ~ REw kdRR m y
The sun., 1892-12-15
TO CAST A FREE BALLOT

and give to every such ballot an equal value
in choosing our public officers and In direct
ing the policy of the government? LawleSs'
ness is not less such put more dSr where
of the courts. The frequent lyDChings OF
colored people accused Of crime is without
the excuse which has sometimes been urged
by mohs for a failure to pursue the ap:
crime that the accused has had an undue
influence over courts and juries. Such acts
are reproach to the community where they
occur, and so far as they can be made sub
pressive legislation is demanded. A public
sentiment that will sustain the officers of
the law in resisting mobs and protecting ac
eused persons in their custody should BE-
ttcer who. GtTSSS his life In the brave dis
charSSe of this duty is worthy of special
honor. No lesson needs to be so urgently I'M
pressed upon our people as this, that no
worthy end or cause can DO promoted by
This exhibit of the work of the executive
department is submitted to congress and ia
the public in the hope that there win be
an earnest purpose to maintain the national
honor and to promote the happiness and
prosperity of all our people. And this brief
exhibit of the growth and prosperity OF the
country will give US q level from which to
note the increase on decadence that new leg
islative policies may bring to us. There Is
and prosperity should not observe the SANG
rates of increase that have characterized
the past thirty years. We carry the great
impulse and increase of these years into the
future There Is no reason why IN many
lines of the production we should not sur.
pass all other nations, aa we have Rlready
done In some. There are no near frontiers
to our possible development, RetrogressloH
"HuiU ~ = m BENJAMIN HARRISON,
Executive Mansion, Dec. 9, 1892.
The sun., 1892-12-15
She's Off!

The thing that pleases you shows
your character.
The sun., 1892-12-15

1t is time things were tucked in for
winter.
The sun., 1892-12-15
Deafness Cannor be Cured

Improved farming improves the
farm.
The sun., 1892-12-15
Grief,

Grief.
Penelope-What are you crying
about, Nellie?
EeIlie-Jack.
Penelope-What has he done?
NellIe-He has been playing foot
ball and has spoiled his aristocratic
face.
The sun., 1892-12-15
NICARAGUA CANAL.

1 repeat with great earnestness thu
recommendation which l have made il
several previous messages that prompt and
adequate support he given the American
company engaged in the construction of the
Nicaragua ship canal. 1t is impossible to
Ove1state the value from every stand
point of this great enterprise, and I hope
that there may be time, even in this con-
gresS, to give to it an impetus that will
insure the early completion of the canal
and secure to the United States its proper
relations to it when completed
Congress has been already advised that
the invitations of this government for the
assembling Of an international monetary
conference to consider the question of an
enlarged issue Of silver was accepted by
the nations to " hich they were issued
The conference assembled at Brussels on
the 22d of November, and has entered
upon the consideration of this great Ques-
ton. l have not doubted, and have taken
occasion to express that belief, as we'll in
the invitations issued for this conference
as in my. public messages, that the free
tional ratio would greatly promote the in
tel ests of our people and equally those of
other nations. 1t is too early to predict
conference. If any temporary check or de-
lay itervenes I believe that very soon
con merciaf conditions will compel the now
reluctant governments to unite with us in
this movement to secure the enlargement Of
the volume of money needed for the trans.
action Of the business Of the world.
The sun., 1892-12-15
PURITY OF THE BALLOT.

I have, in each three annual messages
which it has been my duty to submit to con
greSS, called attention to the evils and dan
gers connected with our election methods
and practices as they are related to the
choice of officers of the national government
In my last annual message, endeavored to
invoke serious attention to the evils of un
fair apportonments for congress. l cannot
close this message without again calling at
tention to these grave and threatening evils
1 had hoped that it was possible to secure
mission, into evils the existence Of which is
known to all, and that out of this might
grow legislation from which all thought OF
partisan advantages should be eliminated
and only the higher thought appear OF
maintaining the freedom and purity Of the
ballot and the equality of the elector with
out the guaranty of which the government
could never have been formed and without
the continuance Of which it cannot continue
to exist in peace and prosperity. 1t is time
that mutual charges of unfairness and fraud
between the great parties should cease and
that the sincerity of those who profess de
sire for pure and honest elections should bS
brought to the test Of their willingness tc
free our legislation and our election methods
from everything that tends to impair the
public confidence in their announced resQlS
The necessity for an inquiry apd for legis
lation by congress upon this subject is EN-
phasized by the fact that the tendency OF
legislation In some states in recent years has
from and not toward free and fair elections
and equal apportionments. Is it not time
that we should come together upon the high
plane of patriotism while we devise methodi
that shall secure the right Of any man quak
ifed by law,
The sun., 1892-12-15
At the TeIephona,

At the Telephone.
"Hello, central. I've asked for num-
Der eleven four times. Why the devil
don't you give it to me2"
II will. Here it is."
And the girl gave him 44-Truth.
The sun., 1892-12-15

OF Edmeston. n. Y.
Fourteen years ago had an attack of tina
gravel. and have since been seriously troubled
with my liver and Kidneys Three years ago
got down 70 low that could scarcely walk
looked more like a corpse than a living being.
! had no appetite and for hve weeks ate
nothing but Cruel, Had no more color than
a marble statue After had taken bottisS
Of HOODS SARSAPARILLA / could eat
anything without distress. Why. l got 80 hungry
that had to eat times day. have now
fully recovered. feel we'll aud am well. All
who know me marvel" D. VI. JORDAN, retired
farmer, Edmestc n, N Y.
The sun., 1892-12-15

The report of the secretary of the navy
exhibits great progress in the construction
of our new navy. When the present secJ e.
tary entered upon his duties only three mod
ern steel vessels were in commission. The
vessels since put In commission and to be
put In commission during the winter viii
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-08

The produce market continues weak and
quiet and the depressing influence OF the
weather Is kesnly felt In the narts OF trade
Butter and eggs are quite plentiful ~ low
me ris., In potatoes started them on the mar
ket In Increased quantities. and the price IS
weakening. The limit 10 quotations yesterday
WAS sc.
Meats continue with little variation Pork
has a-etiasd slightly. but spring cnickens are
much sought and a fe contracts were made
#. ye terdsy AZ nc pound
Corn wheat aud oats have taken sudden
rise aud are IN demand at heincreased quota
. tlons
Fred - quoted higher.
e Wool begins 10 move and inquiries for quo
tatlous wers quite frequent yesterday. Last
year quotations viii prevail Tor tue next lew
Hides continue weak with . filling ten
Gency.
Quotations for the vsrioas products are as
Exss NE; butter. l3c; APPLES. occasion
bu. potatoes. d5c beans. hand picked. 81 %
ole. honey. l5c lettuce. lie spinach. s0c bn
dAndeilOns. &c; asosrt1us. per buacn. setoc I,
pieplan.. &c; new onions. Ia dok; parsley.
sc doz buncses; water crcss &c doz lunches.
Meat--Beef. tssSe; PORK. $500; mutton. 20
g. spring lamb.lL,se fowls, &c spring chicken.
sc veal 66s5'sc; turkeys. ltc. ducks lte.
GTsin-N eat Sc. corn. Ole; oats. &c; rye.
65e bsr.ey. fl.i0.
$40 per cwt buck " eat -four, st.s9 per cwt
corn meal. So per ION, feed. s2fa-S per ton
rsatafliDgs SIS per ton. bran sE per ton
shipS 81 per ton. screenings. 81 per ton
wOoi-washed. as25e; unwashef. Halsc
Hsy-Ciover. 81 tons timothy sls ton
Hides and tailow-teeeu. -sasS SCI steers
EVER - BIS Sc. cured .,eDiiSc eat SKINS. green
~. eaif skins. cured. &c; tailow. rough
I4c. renfered. tc. pelts. lecsSSe-
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-08
FIGURES OF TRADE

Nav Yokx. 8ay T.-MaDss ciosea A ~ Per
eoaf ths hlzhssf rate 81 the e25- iHs -
eat rate szs : per seat -
- 4ffft4al Fates. = So. Tor BAL -
IL - xnd fset14e1t. Ter drm&nd =
tsoseFuIeat nsf1ts.elosr3 aairt e.tt . -,
ffsr btl - ceuB1a IL Gtd estcndea - -
bia h4llFs.si hoads ciased. nioa afsls' - -
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h.d- -, - =.
shes chanzink hands frsdtaz wts Ss Goa
nnsa manly % tbs eoat sAAfrs- lac
ssFaBzess. A.aAaftsg. Western sisa snt : !.
ha.f II tAe dsy shiie prices were ~cskef asa
most u ths stoex Sold on. The etosin< prssvs
issF~ .rrezsi4r. sfth mash OF nc hst as~A =
as D~r erut. the at eF ia tennessee sosi
an. iFaa prsiefrel- The eSal saArss were
norsBte GA options and after the eloslns. 4
Irargiss higher. The SAFES foE the a4S we're
ia
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-08

DRoBATE oRDER-siate Of Miehfgaa. coun
4 ~ OF k~at. sat- . session OF the Probate
court tor the said county 81 Kent. held 81 the
Probate once. ia the city OF 6rand Rapids. on
I'd day sof May. ia the year one thousand
eight hundred aud pinetytwo.
Psrsent-cyrus Il. Perkins. Judge OF Probate.
In fh- matter OF the estate OF
tHAt>CEl l.. goSELL. deceased.
A duiy authenticated copy OF the lAst VIII
aud Testament OF said deceased. aud OF the
probate thereof In the Probate Court Tor the
county OF Hampden. In the state Of Massa-
chusetta having been presented 10 this court.
together with a petition for the allowance OF
same a foreign will In the state OF Mtehi-
gan
lis ordered. That Saturday the 18th day OF
June. lss2. nj ten o'clock In the forenoon.
al said Probate once. be appointed Tor prov
ing said instrument.
And IL is further ordered. That copy Of this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vious 10 said day OF hearing. In the urnnd
Rapids Herald. a daily newspaper printed and
circulating In said county OF Kent.
CYRUS T.. PERKINS.
"a true copy). Judge OF Probate.
ADoLrH Is. Mason. Register. wed junes