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tirely due to bad if not questionable
financiering. The receivers appointed
Thomas f. Cakes, president of the COM
pany; Henry c. Paine of Milwaukee, q
prominent corporation attorney. and
Henry c. Rouse, president of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas-are all accept
able to the board of directors, though
they are supposed to represent the
STANDARD Oil interests" rather than
those of Henry Willard, who was chair
man of the board up to June last.
The company has paid no dividends on
its preferred stock since May, 1892. but
has been engaged in a scheme for fund
ing its floating debt by the issue of col
lateral trust notes. Since it was char
tered by congress in 1854 it has frequent
ly defaulted in its payments, the first
time az far back as 1874, after the fail
ure of Jay Cooke 81 Co, it's fiscal agents,
and in 1875 it was placed in the hands OF
of a receiver-George W Cass. Then
came the first Willard regime, which
promised so much and did so little, and
finally went up in smoke because the
floating debt had become unwieldy.
Willard retired then, as he has this
time, amid considerable clashing of ad-
verse interests, but before long was again
practically at the helm and directing the
financial policy Of the road along lines
alleged by interested people to be the
reverse of conservative and safe. Asuit
to recover $40, O00, 900. said to have been
lost to the road through his m~ismanage-
ment, has been begun in Philadelphia.
John d. Rockefeller, who was elected to
Wizards position in the directorate, re-
fused to serve, but his refusal was not
made public until after the receivers
were appointed.
There are now about 10000 miles of
railroad in the Uuited States in the
hands of receivers out of q total at the
end of 1899 of 175, 1928 miles. This esti-
mate includes the Northern Pacific, 5,262
miles; the Erie, / ,96S miles; Richmond
and Danville, 3,25s miles; East Tennes-
see. Virginia and Georgia, 2,613 miles:
Georgia Central. 1851 miles; Reading,
1,1S5 miles; Union Pacific, Denver and
Gulf, 1853. and a number of smaller
companies.
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LIBERTY AND PEACE.
The New Columbian Bell starts for
Chicago.

SAshSSBc@
NEWARK. N. j., Aug. 28.-The Col
umbian Libert y bell committee an
nounced that the Columbian Liberty
and Peace bell will be taken to Chicago
by way of New York, Newark, Trenton,
Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore,
Washington, Harrisburg. Columbus
and Indianapolis. The Pennsylvania
Railroad company have placed their
service at the disposal of the commit
tee. The bell will be attached in most
cases to local trains stopping at local
stations in order that people along the
line may be abb g by being at the station
to see the bell. The committee will
welcome contributions of flowers
from patriotic societies and in
dividuals all along the line and
these flowers viii be carefully saved
and pressed and sent to liberty lovers
throughout the world as mementos of
the trip. The committee requests
that members of the G. A. R., Sons of
Veterans and other uniformed patriotic
organizations without further notice
will arrange to act as guards of honor
at the railroad stations, arranging the
children and other contributors at each
station. The train will leave Jersey
City at l:l5 p. m. Aug. 28. 1t will reaah
Harrisburg on Wednesday. the 30th. at
S:is a. m, reaching Altoona at l:45 p.
m., and leaving that point at 1:55 ?. m.
for Pittsburg, arriving at that point at
Up. LII. The Car will leave Pittsburg
at $40 a. m Thursday, reaching CO.
lumbus at 2:25 p. M, and reaching In
dianapolis at 1915 p. m, remaining at
that point over night and leaving at
i0:15 a. m. Friday, Sept. /, reaching
Chicago at 5:45 p. m. The car will be
shifted to the Illinois Central railroad
for delivery to the exposition grounds
Friday night.
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where Pasnos Are raxed.

nv 3h4O - M&8 No.
Pianos are taxed i'm Elizabeth ana some
folk / know are very wrathy thereat I
think that by taxing pianos Elizabeth
has placed itself in the very van Or En-
lightment with the big e, for mark, aft
or all, it is not the instrument but the
player thereof that must pay the tax. III
the principle that warrants the tax is
faulty in any particular, it Is In the fact
that the tax is not graded according to
the skill or want Of skill of the player.
Had / my way / would tax certain pianos
in this city 800 a year. and there are
others that / would report to the board
of health as nuisances that cried TO
heaven for abatement. IL Paderewski
would come to town with o piano or to
play on an instrument already here, ]
would exempt it from taxation.
! bless without mental reservation
that law giver whose wisdom devised
the tax upon pianos. He should have a
monument beside which the figure of
Liberty in the bay would be but q
pygmy. He has perhaps the maledic-
tions of half tho piano torturers in
town, but Il honor him for the e
mics he has made" for the pianists he
has suppressed. ! contend, however,
that the tar should be assessed not ac-
cording to the value Of the instrument,
but according to the skill Of the player.
The method I suggest would be most
equitable, it seems to me, and would go
far toward meeting all the expenses Of
the city Observation-Disclosures a. J.)
Herald.
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HAVE HIS PLEDGE
Some Legislation Which Silver Men
Claim President Cleveland Will
Approve.
said They Have His Pledge to Allow
the Coinage of Silver Now In
the Treasury.
Also That a Commission BE Appointed
to Devise a Currency That viii
Meet All Demands.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2S.-Silver men
are now claiming a victory beforehand.
although they admit that the Wilson
repeal bill will pass both houses. But
they claim to have the word of Presi-
lent Cleveland that he will sign q bill
10 maintain coinage of silver on the
following conditions:
Frst-That all silver bullion now in
the treasury, amounting to $l33. l61, 375,
fine ounces. shall be coined.
Second-That silver bullion .c~ertifi-
Gates, as soon as presented to the treas
urer. be withdrawn from circulation
and silver dollar certificates issued in
stead.
Third-That a currency commission
be appointed to devise such a currency
ms viii be sufficient in volume and eff
feet to carry On the business of the
country.
BY the first proposition the seignor-
age on the silver bullion will amount
when coined to $50. 600. 600, against
which silver certificates will be
issued. There are now outstand-
ing $l4s. eoO, 900 in treasury notes.
By withdrawing them and is
suing silver certificates the gold
reserve which is being drawn on to re-
deem the notes will be protected. This
plan, they say. was agreed on before
President Cleveland left Washington,
Aug. 0, and the administration men
have been quietly working among the
free silver men with good results. 1t
10 really a compromise that the silver
ties think will prove satisfactory to
both sides.
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III
State OF Sonth Dakota, Second judicial circuit.
In the circnit court within and for Lake county.
y. u. Williamson, plaintiff, We. Frederick L.
Day, defendant. The state OF south Dakota
sends greeting: To the above named defend.
ant: You are hereby summoned and required to
Answer the complaint of !. HI. Williamson, plain
tn which will be fled In the office or the clerk
"a the circuit court, within and for said
Lake county, at Madison, soush Dakota, aud
serve q copy OF your answer on the sub
scriber at his ONCE In Madison. state OF
south Dakota, within thirty days after the
service OF this exclusive Of the
day Of service. or the plaintiff will take judgment
against you for one hundred and ffteen dol AIRS
with interest ut z per cent. per annum from July
ID, 1882, besides costs.
Dated at Madison, =. D., this 9th day OF June,
1873. j.. Ia. WILLIAMSON.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
To Frederick T. Day, the above named de-
fendant: Take notice that the complaint In the
above entitled action aud referred TO In the
above summons, was filed in the ONCE OF the
clerk Of the circn!t court Of Lake county, state Of
South Dakota. in the second judicial circuit
thereof, In the city OF Madison. eaid coun.
ty and etate, ON the 9Th day OF June, 1899.
J. II. WILLIAMSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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achievements of the century. The en-
gineering problems encountered were
novel and difficult. but the greatest of
them was involved In the short time In
which the wheel must be completed If 1t
were to prove remunerative. II was
the middle OF last December before the
preliminaries were settled, and the foun-
dations, which are 40 feet under ground,
had to be laid during the coolest weather
Of the winter. Live steam was freely
used in mixing the concrete to keep ii
from freezing. The work of erecting the
ironwork began about Feb. 90, and on
June21 the Inauguration ceremonies took
place.
The highest point of the wheel is 265
feet above the ground. The axle turns
on the tops of two pyramidal towers 40
feet high. There are 36 passenger cars
on the wheel, each seating 40 people.
The view from the top Is superb, and
the sensation of making the trip, which
takes 20 minutes. is both novel and en-
h~ilarating.
Mr.. Ferris is not less interesting than
his great wheel. He Is a pale, quiet.
thoughtful looking man of 80 and is at
the head Of one of the greatest civil
engineering firms In the country. He
was born in Illinois, but went to Ne
vada with his parents in q prairie
schooner when only 4 years Of age, lo-
eating FIRST at Carson and then " Viz
ginia City. He took his engineering
course ut the Rensselaer, Polytechnic
school In Troy, N. II, and for some
time afterward engaged in railroad md
bridge work, which gave him consider
able reputation II the engineering
world. Physically he u tan ma well
built, and his bearing i kindly and nm
assuming.
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Women and Comic Papers.

A man said the other day that in rid.
ing out and in daily ON . suburban train
for years he had never yet seen q woman
buy n Of the cemic weeklies, though
they sold by dozens to the men travellers.
1t would be interesting to know what
kink is missing from the female mental.
ity which deprives her Of this boon, fol
it is nothing short Of a boon to be able
to see the funny side of life. II helps
over many hard places and lubricatee
many creaking joints in domestic ma.
cLinery.-New York Times.
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State OF SouthEDAkota, county OF Ii Ike, es. In
circuit court, second judicial circuit. Charles b.
Maynard, plaintiff, vs.. Maud s. Maynard, defend.
ant. Notice 20 take dispositions. To Maud 8.
Maynard. the above named defendant. You will
take notice that Charles b. Maynard, the plain
TIN In the above entitled action, will take the de-
positions Of Geo. Vose and Ellen Seger, ut the
ONCE OF Albert Vose. in the town OF Pittsfeld In
Rutland county and state OF Vermont, by and be
fore Albert voee, y notary public in and for said
act, then before some other ouaIided notarv
pnbiic) on Friday the 18th day OF August, 1888,
commencing at the hour OF 10 O'Clock In the fore
noon OF that day that the taking Of said deposi.
tons will be continued and AZ onrned from day
70 day until fully taken and completed, and that
the deposition 80 taken will be read In evidence,
upon the trial OF the above entitled action on the
part Of the plaintiff.
j. Fl. WILLIAMSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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Leaves for Washington Tuesday.

BUZzARDs BAY, Aug. 28.-The presi-
dents catboat carried a precious and at
the same time a jolly party down Buzz
yards bay during the afternoon. Be-
sides the president there were Governor
Russell. Joe jefferson, Secretary La
mont, Or. Bryant and A. Fl. Wood.
President Cleveland. it is understood,
viii leave Gray Gables on Tuesday,
Aug. 20. Mrs. Cleveland and the serv-
ants will remain until the latter part
OF the week.
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Big Row Exnected.

PrTTsRURG, Aug. 28.-The expected
trouble resulting from the shooting Of
y white by a negro miner at Litchfield
has been avoided SO far, but all sorts OF
rumors are afioat as to attacks to be
made or the stockaded miners and q
big row is looked for at any time.
Whatever plans the miners have on
foot, If any, are being kept well under
cover.
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Notice 10 Ureditors.

In the county court Of the county of Lake.
State Of South Dakota In the matter Of the co.
tate OF Abner ID. Hadield. deceased. Notice ID
hereby given by the UNDERSIGNED, C. j, Button,
administrator OF the estate OF Ahner ID. HaddeId,
deceased, TO the creditors al, and all persons
having claims against the said deceased, to ex.
hibit them with the necessary vouchers, within
four months after TIE first publication OF thie
notice, TO the said G.. j.. Button. administrator
ut his place OF business, In the city OF Madison.
In the county OF Lake, South Dakota.
Dated at Madison, 8. D., Augusl IL. 1896.
c. j. BUTTON,
administrator Of the estate Of AbEer d. Had
aeld, deceased.
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Notice.

NOTICE.
State or Sonth Dakota, county OF Lake, In
county CONT. In the matter OF the estate OF
John Il. Jonee, deceased. The state Of South
Dakota sends greeting TO q. II. joiner, William
+. Jonee, Lulu n. Laughlin, Dora A, Pitts, Julia
J.. LauHhlin and Lester Jones, heirs at law and
next OF kin Of ohn Il, Jones, deceased, and to
oil 70 whom these presents may come. Notice lie
hereby given. that Margaret J.. Jones has died
for letters Of administration 81 the estate OF
JOhnsE, Jones, deceased, and that Wednesday
the 2Sfd day OF August 1888, at 8 o'clock O.. M,
81 . special term OF said court then and there TO
be hJlden 81 the court honse Ia the city Of Madi.
son, county OF Lake which has been set for hear
tng sald petiti0n. when and where any person
inferrsted may . ppear and chow canee why the
said petition shonld not he granted.
Dated at Madison this nth day OF August, A.
d. 1883. j.. H. WILLIAMSON,
judge OF the County Court.
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Notice..

Land Office at Mitchell, y, D.. August2 2, 1885,
Notice is hereby gwen that the foll6xing-named
final proof In support OF her claim. and that said
proof will be made before the clerk OF the circuit
court in and for Lake connty, at Madison
South Dakota, on September 10, 1883,
EhrietIe A. McGilivray, Tor the
quarter section 81. township 1O6
north, range 81 west, IT. G. e. l453ol. She names
the following witnesses to prove her continuous
residence upon and cultivation OF, said land, viz
W.. II. Williams, J. M. Johnston, j. d. McLoud
and Dean MeHae, all OF Winfred r. o., y. D..
X. N. KRAFT, ~Isegistey.
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Mitchell II CONFIDENT.

CHICAGO, Aue a6eIn q private let.
tsr TO this city CHARLEY Mitchell writes
that be Y Was III batter health and
tsltfsure 81 winning against Corbett.
H viii sail from England Sept q, and
expects 70 land inN Chicago two weeks
lster. He says distinctly that he win
6kktSin tie arena OF the Columbia Ath-
Astic cIub and no where else.
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getting all the
credit for the ex-
position, and de-
termined that the
engineering pro-
fession should be
represented by
something that
would stand as a
monument"
His determine
ton was carried
out, and the Fer
ris wheel stands
among the fore
mnsf mechanical
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Two Burned.

KAuKANNA, Wis.,, Aug. 2s.-Word
has been received from Freedom of the
burning OF Theodore Boomers house
and contents. Two children were badly
burned and lived but a short time. The
rest of the family barely escaped with
their lives.
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Nj NORTHERN PACIFIC.

The Financial vicissitudes Of . Gigantic
Enterprise.
The financial vicissitudes which CON-
PEELED the Northern Pacific railroad to
admit its insolvency and consent TO the
appointment Of receivers are officially at
tributed to the great falling Off in its
earnings consequent upon the extraordi-
nary business depression, bat there are
men bold enough to assert that it is en-
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HE BUILT THE GREAT WHEEL.

Engineer Ferris Tells why and How He
Did It.
ut was largely a matter of pique.r
said George Washington Gale Ferris,
the inventor of the great wheel. talking
about the origin of his big idea. II saw
that the architects of the country were
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Appointed q Minnesotan.

WAsHIEGTos. Aug. 28.-N. j. T.
Dana Of Minnesota has been appointed
captain OF Police at the capitol in place
OF Captain Street. Mr.. Dana Is a grad
nate Of West Point and served through
the war. Before the war he was q
banker in st. Paul.
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AT HAND.

III q dangerous emergency, AAEis i CHERRY
PICTORIAL il prompt to act and sure TO
cure. A dose taken IN the FIRST symptoms
OF Group or Bronchitis, checks further prog
ress OF these complaints. lii softens tile
palegin, sootiies the infained membrane,
and induces steep. AS q remedy for colds,
coughs. loss Of voice. Ia grippe, pneumonia,
and even consumption, In its early stages,
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Tho Census Bulletins.

If list could be made out Of the famous
people who have contributed to the liter
ature which the government sends out in
the form Of census bulletins, IL would pre-
sent such n collection of men Of distinction
nnd prominence as hardly any publication
or magazine could show among It's con
tributors. Great specialists have written
up various subjects with which they were
familiar. Men OF great wealth and inn
portant business connections have fur
nished copy, and many chapters that go
out without any signature at all had a
millionaire for their author. AS for illus
traitors, famous artists have been sent out
by the government, and such men as tho
Morans have welded their brushes in tho
government service on the colored illus
trations OF the bulletins. One Of the chap
ters on qiiicksilver had for it's author
western man worth at least $40. 900 ,000.-
Mrs. McGuirk in Kate Fields Washing.
ton.
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Cooked Fist, Food.

In stream where trout have been nc
customed To be fed with bread it might
at first sight appear that they could easi-
ly be taken 10y means of the staff OF life as
lure. Yet. though trout may be taken
for time by means Of such bait, they
eventually learn TO discriminate between
the dangerous and an innocuous crust or
crumb. There are many pools In which
the fish at no period can be persuaded to
take it rs e lure, however readily they
may rush toward it in its innocent state.
Once they have tasted bread, however,
trout develop great partiality for it.
Why salmon should take boiled and pre-
pared prawns must ever remain more or
less of mystery. These assuredly are the
most unnatural of foods for them, yet in
certain states Of the water salmon, though
rarely il ever sea trout, succrmb 10 it
when they refuse every other kind OF bait,
and that. too, in no half hearted fashion,
but with an avidity that is often marvel
Gus. IL is the same with salmon roe, so
far as trout, sea trout and bull trout arc
concerned. The smell probably has some
thing 20 do with this forbidden fruit. and
in some such way the oil of heron's
breast, If sprinkled over worms, is said to
make them specially attractive. "What-
ever is il good" seems to he the motto of
the feeding Esh.-London Field.
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Some years ago company OF geologists
were examining some rocks between Abe
rystwith aud Llanrhystyd In Wales and
were making their way along . narrow
ledge of projecting rock on the face OF a
cliff about 100 feet above the level Of the sea.
AS they rounded projecting angle the
rock on which the last man stood gave way.
He was whirled round. with his face to the
sea, but with instant presence ef mind
graspcd the ledge at his side with one hand
and extended the other to the nan in ad-
vance, who happened TO be his Uncle.
The latter grssped Ii, and thus held him
suspended for fully five minutes, having
only six inches of standing ground. This
was a breathless pause, during which the
uncle gazed upon rock, some 90 feet be-
low, on which the young man was doomed
to be dashed.
"Tom," he said at length, with perfect
calmness, 'therc is but one way for IT, I'll
save you, or we will die together. Loose
your hold Of the rock"
"Yes. uncle" said the young man family
as he obeyed.
Then the uncle sprang into the air, and
with such force that the two turned several
somersaults, still linked together. They
struck the water st some distance from the
rock and slowly and painfully regained
the shore. YOUTHS Companion.
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A good, practical meaning of sacrifice
is given by B. Fay Mills in the story of n
little girl, who, while away from home on
visit, declined to take the dessert one
day ut dinner.
"Well, Dolly, you'll take piece OF pie'"
"No, ma a'am," said Dolly, my mamma
doesn't want me 10 eat pie. I"
Well, how grnnd we thought 10 was
that little 6-year-old girl away from
home should do just as her mamma want
cd her to dol
But tho next day we had different
kind OF pic. The hostess said
81 believe you don't take pie, Dolly"
"Why, s'cs, mn'am, I'll take piece Of
pie, )" said the girl hesitatingly.
"Why, Dolly" said her aunt, II thought
your mamma didn't want you TO cat pie. {"
"Well, didn't like that kind os pie"
tho girl said.
And so it is with our sins. We can give
up those we don't like Rams Horn.
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Earth VIII ouenci, Fire.

1t appears to me great misfortune that
tho community are not or do not seem
to be apprised of the good that would re-
suit By the application Of earth Of any de-
scription in case of fire at disasters similar
to that which occurred al Battle Greek.
have found the application Of earth to
fire an immediate cause of quenching il.
As an instance: A son OF mine and his man
were clearing of some land, portion be
ing cleared, on which was placed pile Of
rails. Tbs rails accidentally caught Gre
and were soon In blaze. On seeing it, the
men ran and separated the rails to some ex-
tent, but they still continued to burn. Be
ing present, followed, and the nrst thing
/ did was to pick mp earth with my hands
and scatter il upon the fire, which had the
immediate effect Of quenching it. have
observed that railway cars are provided
with two or three implements for use in
case OF accident. / do not remember hav-
ing ever seen shovel, which, in my opin-
ion, would be most important and valu-
able assistant in case OF fire. STs@ %
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THE MORNING BELLS.

Once more. once more he bells ring out.
The matin call hear.
The call TO duty. toll AID strife
And cares that compass round about
The life we holl 50 dear:
And In each tone there seems 10 lurk
A blessing Oh our daily work.
They ring rs when, long years ago,
Years wouli fain flrget,
They rang the closing OF life
In mournful dirve and slow
Those tones are with me yet.
God help the soul Tor whom the bells
are tuned to chime in funeral knclls.
J.J. Ia.