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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23

rs fast approaching completion the
wonderful white city, and Sunday,
which we are told is to be the forbid
den day when the fair opens, is now
the day on which the biggest crowds
are seen traversing the unfinished and
somewhat difficult roads that cross the
great Enclosure.
Each day brings with it some new
feature of interest for the exposition.
Every time the sun goes down the
mammoth buildings, with their lofty
statues and concentrations, take on
added beauties of art and sculpture
and bear fresh evidences of the rapid
work OF the builders, who are putting
forth their best efforts to have things
ready for the opening day, which is
now so near at hand.
There has been to the people of Chi
cago during the erection of the fair
buildings world of wholesome enjoy
nent and beneficial study in contem-
plating their progress. From the
breaking of the rough ground to the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23

New. YORK. March Let is said at
Bloomingdale asylum that w. ]. Scan
an, the comedian, who has been i'll
1t the asylum for some time, is rapidly
linking
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23

courageously applies q remedy Trey
will have respect They have already
condemned the administration respon-
slble for the eyil-Albany Argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23
LIBERTY BELL.

The Great Revolutionary Relic Will Be
Brought to the Exposition.
Plans have been completed for the
transportation of the ''Old Liberty
Bell from Philadelphia to Chicago,
and that relic of the revolution will be
here in time to be exhibited within the
Pennsylvania building when that struc-
ture is dedicated April 90.
1t is safe to say that 10 exhibit at the
fair will be more jealousy guarded or
attract more visitors than the bell that
proclaimed the independence of the
American colonies. 1t will be under
the charge of four officers appointed
for the duty by the director of the Phil
adelphia police. The bell will be ex-
hibited at the principal cities along the
route in special car furnished by the
Pennsylvania railroad. The last occa-
sion on which the bell left its time
honored resting place in Independence
hall was on January %, 1885, when it
was put on the cars in Philadelphia for
exhibit at the worlds industrial and
cotton centennial exposition at New
Orleans, La The police escort at that
time was named Guard of the Bell"
The great interest in the bell comes
from the fact that it announced tine
signing of the declaration of indepen-
dence- The motto on the bell. sim
gularly enough, is proclaim liberty
throughout all the land unto all the in
habitants thereof" The fact that the
bell is now dumb is generally known,
but few know the cause. On the morn
ing of July s, 1885. the bell was tolling
the knen of John Marshall, veteran
of 1912. when at the last stroke its
great side parted, and never since has
its voice been heard.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23
AT THE WORLDS FAIR.
A Grist OF Interesting Gossip
About the Great Exposition.
New Features Being Daily Added-The
Greek Monument and the Chill
dren's Building-A Gigan-
tic Statue.
Especial chicago Correspondencel

OSI at present
there is a con-
slant flow of
the populace of
the great city
of Chicago to-
w a r d t h e
worl DIS t a i r
grounds. Day
after day the
t h r o n & S go
pouring in the
entrances of the
park wherein
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23
Great Britain's Umbrella E1hibf..

Great Britain's Umbrella Exhibf.-
The umbreu: exhibit of Great Britain
will be represented at the fair by speci-
mans from the Glasgow mandatory.
A large manufacturer has arranged to
send full set of the royal Drooko UNI
brellas to the exposition. They win
consist of duplicates, in gold. ivory and
precious stones of the Drookos pre-
scented to the queen. princess of Wales
and all the other members of the royal
family; also duplicates of those sup.
piled to the shah of Persia and other
foreign potentates.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-08
THE STATE ELEVATOR.

While the GLOBE opposed the scheme
to commit the state TO the grain-hand-
ling business as proposed in the bill TO
construct an elevator at Duluth, it can
find some justification for the Demo
Gratis who voted Tor it.
They merely compelled the other fel-
lows to stay III the game they had put
up until it was played out, and take the
consequences.
The governors bill applied only to
the country elevators. 1t expressly eX-
crpted from its operation the terminals.
When the point was made that these
were to be left free to come under or
stay out OF the present law, as they
choose, and that il one were to be regu-
lated the other should be also. it was
replied by the governors representa-
tiYes on the floor that another bill was
to follow which would regulate the
terminal elevators.
On this promise enough votes were
cOrralled with the addition of some
Democrats scared out of their wits
by the threat Of a veto of the capitol
bill, to pass the governors country ele-
VatOr bill. When the JACOBSON bill
regulating the terminals came UP it was
slaughtered, just as was expected, pos
Sibly as was intended. This left the
terminal markets in the control of the
elevators which monopolize them. No
relief was to be had save through the
state elevator bill. BARRETT's bill was
known to be smothered in Senator
HoMPE's pockets in the senate. 1t was
the state bill or nothing. Tricked and
beaten by the combine, angered at the
duplicity shown, and willing to strain
party principles to meet the emergency,
men voted for the state elevator bill to
whom its principle was repugnant and
who feared the precedent it established.
1t was the activity of the combine in
| defeating the terminal bill that pro-
cured the passage of this bill.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-08
4 WRINKLE IN WHISKY,

The manipulatiOnS of the whisky
trust and the recent exposure Of the
methods of SUTTON, the Louisville deal
er and distiller. have familiarized the
country with the extent to which the
speculative craze for coming wind into
money has gone. The study seems to
be how far dollar of actual capital can
be made to stand for dollars of seeming
capital; how the maximum of business
can be done on the minimum Of capital.
In the case of the trust absolute control
arbitrarily used furnished the base of
operation; in the SUTTON case a good
credit was supplemented by actual
fraud finding its opportunity in busl
ness practice.
An investigation prompted by the de-
veIopments in these cases reveals an
other and new wrinkle in the specula-
tive features of the whisky trade in which
the cupidity of the retailer is made use
of by the Spectator to float his venture
and share his risks. In the ordinary
course Of the legitimate business of dis
tilling the distiller makes sales of his
product by Issuing warehouse receipts,
stating that the holder is entitled to the
specified number of Enthusiastically not
less than five-of whisky of the brand
named, stored in his bonded warehouse,
on payment of the government taxes
and storage. He also uses these receipts
to hypothecate the whisky at the banks
as collateral forloans. The purchaser
can also make the same use of them. 1t
is also permissible under the revenue
laws for distiller to make WHISTLES III
the name Of his customers as diStillers,
branded as they desire, which he does,
provided that they take at least days
run of the distillery.
Here is where the Spectator finds his
opportunity and comes into the trade.
He engages one or more days product
of some dstillery, and has the whisky
made in his name as distller, giving it
the name of some fictitious dIStillery, To-
Gated only in his Imagination. The
whisky is put in bond, and the real dis
tiller issues his receipts to the mag
mary distilIer, usually stating that the
latter is entitled to the liquor on pay
ment of taxes and storage. These re-
ceipts the proprietor of tie distillery
in the clouds generally hypothecates at
the bank to raise the money to start his
venture. and then takes to the road TO
sell his stock to the retailers. He, too,
sells by issuing the receipts of his dis
tillery,aa Autograph of which usually
adorns the receipt, taking as mech cash
as his customer can or will pay down.,
and his notes for the balance. His re-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-08

ceipts. however, have this very material
difference-that they entitle the purcha-
ser to the whisky on payment, not only
of the taxes and storage, but of the pur-
chase price.
If the speculative distiller without a
lstillery below the clouds succeeds in
disposing of all of his brand in this
way, and realizes enough to get his
original distiller's receipt out of hoc at
the bank, the purchasers will get their
whisky on complying with the terms OF
the receipts. If, however, the specula-
ton snags anywhere-if the product is
not realized on snfficiently-the retailer
finds that the whisky he has bought at
a bargain belongs either to the real dis
tiller, who holds it for the purchase
price, or to the bank which holds it in
pledge; that the diStillerY whose picture
adorns his receipts has no existence on
earth, and that the distiller Of whom he
bought is only an irresponsible specu-
Iator, from whom nothing can be re-
covered. The retailer charges the
transaction up to profit and loss, makes
one more entry in the expense account
of the school of experience, and there
after steers clear of purchase price"
receipts, or assures himself of the re-
spOnsibillty of the seller.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-08
SILAS WRIGHT NOT A PRO.
TECTTONfST.

A contemporary says that SILAS
WRIGHT framed the tariff of abomina'
tons" of 1928, (which wrecked the Re-
publican party OF that day and brought
the Democrats into power under the
leadership Of ANDREW JACKSON" So
far as this carries the impression that
SILAS WRIGHT was prote1tionist it is
erroneous, and is based on a super
fetal view of his connection with that
Infamous act. 1t is true that WRIGHT
was active in the framing of the bill,
and that he led the supporters of it IN
the debates in the house and voted for it;
but it is also true that he was Demo-
crat, and opposed to the bill and desired
its defeat.
The inside history Of that measure is
interestingraS showing how men use
measures as pawns in the game of po-
litical chess; how little regard they may
have to the welfare of the country, to
political principles, and how, setting cum
ningly trap for others, they fall into it
themselves. The strife was less one of
distinct policies between parties than of
struggle between the. Adams ms and
the Jacksonian outs. The play was for
the presidency and the spoilS. New
York and Pennsylvania, with their
manufacturers eager for more protec-
ton, with appetites Whetted by recollec-
tons of the practical protection of the
war of '12-'15 and the acts Of Is and '24,
were thought to be necessary to the
success of the Jacksonlau outs. The
South wanted free trade; New England,
the backbone of the ADAMS side,
wanted free raw materials, while the
West wanted a tax on wool. The COM
mittee on manufactures was i'll the
hands Of the JacksOnianS. They aimed
to draft bill which would deprive it of
New England support by heavily tax
ing raw materials, win the two material
states with concessions to their indus
tries, and tickle the West with big
tax or wool. The New England men
would, it was expected, vote against
the bill, and, with the aid of the South,
defeat it and incur the resulting odium
in New York and Pennsylvania, thus
insuring those states to JACKSON.
WRIGHT went into this contemplate
playing of politics against principle,
although doubtfully. because. as he
warned the Southern members, the
New England members might, at the
last, accept the measure. They did this,
and the bill passed, and the Democrats
were caught in their own trap. They
were participants in foisting on the
country tariff for which history has
accepted as accurate the title Of "the
tariff of denominations"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-08
AT LOUISVILLE.

RET GARRISON says that the purpose
of the meeting of the national Repub
Iican committee at Louisville is to unity
the party. He wants to meet eX-Presi-
dent HARRISON there, so as to forgive
and be forgiven. This is pretty talk, but
it is already apparent that the meeting
will be far from a happy one. There is
q pretty war on between the chairman
and vice chairman OF the committee, and
each has his following. HARRISON and
GARRISON are as wide apart as though
they belonged to different political
parties. The only way in which unity
can be accomplished between the many
discordant elements is for each faction
to give up its principles with the hope
that victory for the party may be ac-
complshed in 1896.
The peOpleof the nation are keenly
alive TO the situation. and will look
with suspicion upon the accomplish
ment OF a unity. The time has arrived
when the PEOPLE care vastly less for the
name of narty than they do for the
principles. The factions of the Repub-
lican party may become harmonized,
but unless the party presents to the
people such principles as they approve,
nothing will have been accomplished.
The party Isl forced to stand upon the
disastrous principles of the MCKINLEY
bill; and thiE means defeat Tor it at all
future elections. There is no issue to
which it CAP switch and make amends
for the high tariff principles. The party
has stood sd long as the ally of the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-08
Do you really mean that 1 shall On

Do you really mean that L shall en-
this?'
Eyes; l would like to have your sig
nature he replied. The man says that
you remember the case and probably re-
member him, and that you could help
him to get a pension
"'Oh, yes, remember the ease, and
remember the man very well, indeed,
l said to the agent.
THE man was assigned to duty as
color bearer with me. AS soon as the
engagement began he behaved in such
a coWardly way that, as he says, he was
struck, but by the toe of my boot and
hot by shell. He was shaking as
violently as if ne had an ague. Every
time a she'll came our way ne ducked
or fell to the ground, and went through
the performances of a man in most alb
Ject terror.
"'Stand up and attend to your bust
ness. you coward, | said to him.
81 wish | could,' he said, but l
really can't help it,
meanwhile the men standing near
by were laughing at him and asking me
how liked my protege, now that was
under fire. That made me madden than
ever, and when 4 she'll came along and
he tumbled to the ground to dodge 1t, l
gave him lift with my boot, took the
colorS away from him, and ordered him
to the rear.
For some time after that he hung
around the wagon train so as to keep
out of danger, and made so much of a
nuisance of himself there that one day
the WagOnmaster came to me and asked
if something could not be done to get
rid of him.
"'Whatr exclaimed, is the miser-
able coward still here? Send him to his
regiment
Now, would you believe that that
man." asked Gen. McMahOn, in a tone
of disgust" has the audacity now to APP
ply for pensOn. and to ASK me to GER
tify that he was disabled in the battle
by shell that struck him? If he has
to depend upon my help to get pen
sion he will never get one. Yet, dare
to say that he is no worse than the aver
age of men who have been unable to get
their names on the pension list under
the new law"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-08
CARLISLE IS FIRM.
But the New York Bankers
Are No Longer His
Friends.
Royal MeMurran, Of st. Paul,
Tells Of the Feeling in
Gotham.
Spell-Bindeps at Louisville
Will Not Dwell on Finan-
cial Topics.
How the Cleveland Surplus
Was Squandered in Four
Short Years.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May THE whole is
greater than any of its parts. This is
proposition that requires no argument
or proof, and yet there is very large
body of men who at the present time
are seriously endeavoring to prove that
when financial matters are TO be con-
sidered this great nation of 65,0QO,OOO
people must bow to the bankers of the
city of New York. AS predicted by the
GLOBE when Secretary Carlisle decided
that he would manage the treasury de
partment Independently of Wall street,
he has become the most unpopular
member of the new administration III
that quarter. From ob5equious flatter-
erS the bankers of New York have be
come open enemies, who will hesitate
at nothing to make the great Ken
tuckian and his policy unpopular. To-
day ]. Royal McMurrain, the we'll
known real estate man of st. Paul,
came over from New York and was
asked regarding the feeling in that city
among the bankers.
Roasting the Secretary.
Secretary Carlisle is very unpopu-
lar" he said in reply. "He is being
blamed for the fail in stocks and every
thing else under the sun. 1t is claimed
that an issue of bonds would relieve
things, but | cannot see how any per-
manent relief is to be secured i'll that
way"
New York city bankers are provin-
cal. The best of them do no appreciate
the boundless resources and wonderful
development of the West. The publ
cation Of the fact that Chicago national
banks held more gold than those of
New York few days ago gave them a
rude shock, but they at once blamed
the treasury for it, instead of c00lly sit
ting down and considering the real
facts of the case. New York bankers
have furnished no gold to the treasury,
while the banks of Chicago have and yet
the great money center seems to be
rather ''shy' on the yellow metal. The
course of the New Workers during the
past few weeks has greatly disgusted
the people of all sections, and if they
persist they will be the greatest suffer
ers. They want bonds; the country
wants more money in circulation; and
he latter will WIN in this contest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-08
4 DEMON TIGEIt.

He Is CHASTITY White and Stone
BLIND, but Tor All That lie is
Terrible.
Sheffield Telegraph
The great Jhoot Demon. described bv
Col. bowling i'll his narrative of adj
ventures in India, was tiger whose
ways were as mysterious rs his rayages
were terrible. lie could never be basged.
lie killed every shikari, native or Eu-
ropean, who tried it, This traculent
beast had never even been seen, and as
he never mdng!ed a body, but only
sucked the blood through an Orihce
made over the jugular vein, the terror
the great JhOOt Demon Inspired is not
surprising. lie never forced q door. yet
he got into house after house. Two
Su0aIterns Went out for him, and the
next day We're found dead like all the
rest.
One with his last strength had man
aged 10 scratch the words. eff OOk out
for L." But no amount of con-
lecture could solve the riddle of these
words. a famous shot, who once for q
wager shot 100 tigers i'm twelve months,
met the same fate. He, too, LETT
creepy ana mysterious message-thc
goes. lie built himself an ambush and
watched
Just as the tull liehtof the moon fell
upon the stream and Illuminated the
surroundings there was an almost IN
audible rustic of leaves close behind
me, and turning on the instant, saw a
little gray-br0Wu paw very cautiously
putting aside the tWigs OF my shelter,
ana behind the paw | could discern two
small green eyes attpntiYely regarding
me.
"A lungoor,' SAID to myself. as it
vanished from yieW-a monkey. That's
what the laGs and Dick Culvertou
meant to tell uS,and by George! there's
mischief here. Moved by a sudden in
SplratiOn, fUl which 1 cannot to this day
account, fastened from the shelter
and assembled the adjoining tree. had
scarcely time to seat myself com
fOrtably upon one of the lower branches
when l saw the lungOOr returning,
followed by the NEST repusiye-IOOkiuE
monster my eyes have ever bcheld.
~ GU talk, snapper of your tiger
being NANCY; this one was absolutely
naked, nude as nut, bald as q bottle,
not hair aHyWherG-a huge, CHASTITY,
glaOrOuS mOustrO5jty-a ycrv Caiiban OF
tigers, as big Is bison and as long as o
crocodile.
LAS the CHASTITY creature crept after
the monkey, he followed the slightest
cure and deviation of his guide with the
delicate alacrity Of a needle under the
Influence of magnet. The adrOit-
ness displayed by the tiger was
suddenly converted into subject OF
Mortified wonder, for as the brute APP
preached the ambush he turned his
lIlpOuS face mn tO tine tuUnu and /
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-08
CLEVER CONJuRING.

The Smart Trick b. Which a
Prisoner Secured his liberty.
Yankee Blake.
A corporal and two priyates, having
in their custody a deserJer, were resting
themselves at a country tavern not long
ago. The deserter amused his guardians
with several entertaining sleightof-
hand tricks, but, being eucumbered
with handouts. complained that Le
could not display his skill to advantage,
and requested to have his hands at lib
erty while he exhibited trick which DE
described.
This being agreed to, he proceeded To-
tie the hands of tine three soldiers and
his own with with a handkerchief, aud
he was to loose the four with one mo-
ton simultaneously. The magic knots
were tied, but they all remained firm
except the one which held the deserter.
This came asunder with touch, when
he lifted I'D the sash and darteI through
the window, leaving his keepers raging
at each other like ill-cOUpicd hounds.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-08
PERIODICALS RECEIVED.

Scribner's Magazine, Exhibition Num-
Der, Charles Scribner'S Sons, New
York; 50 per year.
st. Nicholas; So per year.
The Century Illustrated Monthly
Magazine. Century Publishing company,
New York; 81 per year.
The Cosmopolitan, An Illustrated
Magazine. New York; 50 per year.
The Review OF Reviews, Monthly. IL
Illustrated, An International Magazine,
New York; $3.50 per year.
The Chicago Dramatic Journal, Pub
Ilshed in the Interests of the Stage and
Its People, Eugene Hunt, Chicago, ILL.,;
81 per year.
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology,
Annual Catalogue. 1928.
The School Review. A Journal of Sec
ondary Education. published Cornell
university, Ithaca, n. Y; S1.50 per
year.
Our Little Ones and the Nursery, The
Russell Publishing company, Boston;
$3.50 per year.
The Pail Mall Magazine, published at
Charing Cross Road, London; The In
ternational News company, New York;
IS per year.
Harper's Weekly. Harper Bros, New
York.
Harper's Bazaar, Harper Bros. New
York.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-08
AS TO PENSIONS.
How They Are Usually Obtained,
and How One Wasn't.

How They Are Usually Obtained,
and How One Wasn't.
Gen. Martin T. Mcmahon, of New
York city. who went into the service in
1861 private, and came out in 1865 a
major general by brevet, told reporter
of the New York Times his experience
with pension agents and applicants. II
undertake to say" said the general,
that at least one-third of the present
pension list is fraudulent. That is a
moderate estimate.
81 can give you an instance that came
recently within my notice of the
methods that are permissible under the
present system. Not long ago claim
agent came to me with an affidavit
which he wished ME to sign on behalf
of client of his.
tine client had sworn in his affidavit
that he was struck by shell on the
field and knocked down, with his head
cut open. In spite of this wound he re-
fused to leave the field, but as soon as it
could be bound he took up his colors
again and remained through the en-
gagement. He said he was my color
bearer, and called me to witness the
truth of this statement.
when had read through the affida-
viz l turned to the agent and asked /;