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The record-union., 1894-04-07
DE MUSIC oF DE HoUN,s.
I lis'en to de ribber


AS it hurries to the sea;
To de gentle breeze a-singin'
In de OF magnolia tree;
To de gurgle OF de trout brook
In de floods OF airy spring;
An de music of de hedges
When de birds begin to sing.
But dey's a sweeter melody,
Dat browns all other soun's,
It's dat noisy. joyous chorus
De music of de houn's.
Across de russet woodlands
De mellow chorus swells,
An fades away in distance,
Like de SCUM Of Ginning bells;
But it leaves the air a tremblin',
Like de music dat you bring
When you softly strike de banjo
Down on de little string.
You kin talk OF singin' angels,
Wild dey harps n gol'en crowns,
But fo' me de sweetest music
Is de music of de houn's.
1.-THE General" " in Forest and Stream
The record-union., 1894-04-07

COUGHS AND HoARsEN Ess.-The irri-
tation which induces coughing is imme-
diately relieved by Browns Bronchial
Troches. Sold only in boxes.
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Many ancient records have been pre-
served on bricks, tiles, tablets of various
substances and on oyster and other shells.
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Portland, Or, is said to have l20 million
aires.
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Eastern and Foreign.

NEW YORK, April 9th.
WHEAT-April 65}5c; May, 661ac; June,
G75ac; July, 661sc; august, 6954cs September,
7O54c; December, 1886.
CHICAGO, April 9th.
WHEAT-April, 639lc; May, 6454c; July,
6514c; september 66Rc
LIVERPOOL, April 9th.
WHEAT-Demand poor; holders offer spar
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western winter Is 10d@5s.
The record-union., 1894-04-07

1.-THE attempt has been renewed - says
the New York Examiner (Bapt.), ito in
duce the present Congress to take action
on the proposed amendment recognizing
the name of God in the Constitution.
We have never been much impressed by
the arguments OF those who urge this
amendment. Considering the enormous
difficulty of passing an amendment to
the Constitution, and the slight gain that
would accrue from the mere mention of
God in that document, this agitation
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
Old Age and Hard Work.

Old people make a great mistake when they give up work Many men who have made competency in business and feel entitled to retire from active work find themselves de clining in health and becoming pre- maturely old for want of occupation. In most aged persons the vital func- tions continue in active exercise under normal conditions, but if the regularity and moderation of business life are departed from trouble will surely fol- low. On the other hand, the Lancet held that eff in any direction it is all lowable for competitors in the race of life te dispense with self-eontrol it would appear that they may, to great extent, use this liberty with respect to physical and mental exertion.' In other words, we must not eat too much or drink too much, but we can study hard and take plenty of exercise not only without harm, but with the best results, and if the old people wish to live out all the days they should find plenty to do for both mind and body London Lancet.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
PLEDGES OF THE DEMOCRATS.
Promises Fulfilled and Prosperity Return
 ing 10 the People.

ing TO the People
 The democratic party always keeps It's pledges. In 1889 :. told the people vile a tariff reform law that would not only be fair but would be made for the benefit of all the people in- stead of favored few. The demo- cratic party has fulfilled this pledge.
 The democratic party promised to repeal the purchasing clause of the sherman silver law and 1t did it. It promised that the force bill would be repealed and it was repealed. The people of the country can blame the Sherman silver act and the Mckinley tariff bill for the panic of last year. The hard times were upon us some time before Harrison turned over the reins of government to President Cleveland. But this did not deter the republicans from attaching the ig- nominy to the democratic party
 The Mckinley bill has been repealed and in its place is a measure that has already shown splendid results, Fac tories are fast resuming operations and the great mass of unemployed are returning to work. The outlook Is bright and is the result of the bene- ficial legislation passed by demo cratic congress. The Wilson tariff bill is doing just what the democratic party promised it would do, and it is doing exactly what the Mckinley bill failed to do.-Albany Argus
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
--------@----- COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

When Benjamin Harrison advised the voters to think, he had no idea they would go to thinking of the hole his administration left in the treas ury.-N. '. World.
 -Gov. Mckinley had to speak a new piece down in Louisiana. His regular allusion to the pestiferous dom inance of the south in democratic councils was left out.-BJston Herald
 -Whcn Gen. Grant told the Eng liohmen that he believed the United States would become one of the greates- free trade nations on earth he had no idea of McKinley's ora tori cal tour of the present fall.-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
 -Mr Mckinley may have been valorous enough in going to Louisiana to make stump speeches for the repub- licans of the sugar type, but if his party should come into power again he would find that he had not been very discreet.-Providenc Journal.
 In 1888 Mir. Harrison piously at- tributed his election to the inter ference of the Almighty. In 1892 he attributed his defeat to the hard times. But Mir. Mckinley and the rest of them insist that the times in 1899 were never more prosperous - St. Paul Globe.
 -Ex- Speaker Reed, it seems, did not mean to be understood at Ann Arbor as criticising Mckinleyisrn. In point of fact it is not quite clear what he did mean to be understood. But he is out for the presidential nomina- tion all the same and does not want 1t forgotten Detroit Free Press.
 We remember that certain re- publican journals professed to believe, in August last, that the reduction of the duty on tin plate would not be followed by reduction of price. We shall sec" remarked one of them de. risively, whether tin plate will be cheaper" We are not aware that these followers of Mckinley are say. ing anything now about the price oi tin plate. The reports of the Iron Age show that while the price of the standard grade in this city was s5 2]s per box on August 16, it was s4 121s on October II. Perhaps our republican friends re unable to see this declin of sl per box, or nearly s9 per cent \. |. Times
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
STRUCK OIL ONCE.
That Is Why He Now Has Fortune
 Nearly Uncountable.

''I see petroleum has been discov. cred up in Martin county and com pany is buying up all the land in the neighborhood," remarked rancher at downtown hotel the other evening, and it was noticed that there was a tinge of incredulity in his tone.
 "Yes; believe they have struck oil up that way" was the corroborative evidence of one of his hearers.
 "Weil, believe it when they com menee piping it into tanks, and not a minute before. struck oil once"
 "Is that the way you made your for tune?"
 Yes, that's the way made my for. tune, which at the present time just lacks two thousand dollars of being a blamed cent. Those are my liabilities; assets nominal, as the papers say"
 How did it happen?"
 Well, 1t was this way: | had a mineral spring on my ranch in Lake county, and the gas that came out of it used to kill little birds that came to drink. Natural gas, says I, and com menced polSing around little with spade. Then yellow, greasy scum formed on top of the water. Coal oil, says l, and l commenced dreaming of tanks of petroleum and barrels of money l got a cheap drilling outfit and bored hole down about eighty feet, and all the heghbors sat around laughing at me, but reclxoned on hay ing the last laugh.
 "0ne morning when I went to work the hole smelt awful strong of coal oil, and the first lift brought up lot of oil that burned for half an hour. I've struck oil, says I to my self, but kept it quiet. I let a few of my friends In, we organized bought up all the lan6 around there, got an expensive outf, and commenced drilling. We punched the ground full of holes for about SIX months, and couldn't find oil enough toa}nake grease spot on a silk dress ita tolxe the whole crowd of us"
 T ,w did you chance to strike that little S,ocllet of oil in the first placer
 "1 Just found out that one Of the neighb IS boys poured fve-gallon can of on in the hole one night to make mA Heel good, and, if anybody should as you, you can tell them that am feeliN9a blamed sight better than he is righS sAnow, for his dad went broke on .9stoo, and we took turn about wallolNing him. - San Francisco Post R
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
CRUELTY IN THE KITCHEN.
Ignorance and CareIessness in the Hand
 ling of Fish.


 I ling of Fish.
 Ignorance is very busy among those who handle fish; and though everyone knows how to destroy fish at once by blow at the back of the head, care | lessness often forgets to see 1t done. | Fish suffer in the air after they are | landed as we should suffer if our heads were under water, because their gills through which they breathe can not act without the pressure of the water going through them. We, under water, can not breathe in the same fashion as they do, and thus we strug- gle till death releases us; so do the fish on land.
 We are often willfully and ignorantly cruel in our way of killing Holsters and crabs. To kill crabs properly, they should, before boiling, be thrust through with a sharp steel right thrcNqh the mouth and body at one blow. 1rion they are dead directly.
 The eel tribe suffers t-fii~ihly, So difficult is it, apparently, to kill eels that people have ceased to kill them at all. If their heads were cut off before they were otherwise han dled they would lot suffer pam, Ter rapins also should be mereifully killed before being cooked.
 When lobster is required for boil Ing or trolling, insert narrow bladed knife into the third joint of the tail, severug the spinal cord, which will cause instant death. It is certain y cruel to put them into the water alive, especially fl it is not boiling, as they then suifer slow, lingering death
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
EAISE AND IMPUpENT.
Ex-spenker Reeds Insult to the Intcili-
 cenee of the American People.

Ex-Speaker Reeds Insult to the Intcili-
 gcnce of the American People.
 In hls speech in this city ex-Spcakcr Reed said;
 "AhotAcr thing which led this whole coun- tfY into the error ot isa2 was the history Of the lart thirty years During all that time we had been prosperous"
 This cold, colossal and impudent falsiflcation of history must have as- tonished business men among his hearers whose memories are more than one year long.
 The panic of 1873, under republican n rule and after twelve years of high tariff taxation, was the most disastrous and the period of business depression for five years thereafter was the most severe of any in our history It was officially estimated that three million workingmen were ont of employment Bankruptcy was widespread. A tidal wave of ruin and distress swept over the country.
 From 1881 to 1888, under two ropub- lican tariffs, there were labor strikes involving 29,3o4 establishments and 1928, 203 workmcn Of these strikes e,489 were fer increase of wages and 4,944 against reductions of wages.
 Mir. Reeds party tinkered the tariff in 1883. In that year there were 9,1S4 business failures, involving STA, ,874, 000. In 1884 there were 10, ,96s failures, involving 226, ,343, 900 In the next year, still under the republican tariff and currency laws, there was general business depression. More than 1,000,- 900 men were out of employment
 in 1890 the Mckinley bill was passed, and there were 10,678 failures in that year and 12,804 the next, with liabil- ities Tn each year amounting to nearly e200 000, ,000. The tariff was raised to nearly 50 per cent but wages either stood still or declined, while prices of necessaries advanced. The protected manufacturers kept all their bonus, " as usual.
 Tramps and trusts, the twin prod ucts of a monopolists' tariff, were prac- tieally unknown to this country until We had endured uninterrupt pted repub- lican rule for dozen years
 The worst labor troubles, the blood lest riots, the most destructive strikes, the most brutal lockouts ever known ir any country have occurred here un- der the high tariffs bought, made and paid for by the contributors of the re- publican campaign funds.
 The panic of last year started under the Mckinley tariff and when 1t was known that no change could take place for year to come It was due ..iefly to the unse ettlement of our currency by the republican silver andinflation law. But the old trouble 6f market glut- ted with goods under the entieement of tariff hounties contributed to the trouble.
 The financial and industrial history of the past thirty years is simply sue cession of short spurts of stimulated activity, interrupted by collapses, pam ics and long periods of depression and distress. For Mir. Reed to speak of It as period of uninterrupted prosper lty Is to insult the intelligence of his hearers N. '. World.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
KNOWLEDGE

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 Its excellence is due tc is presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of perfect lax. ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and levers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free frorn every objectionable substance.
 Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c and sl bottles, but it is man. ufaclured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
STEALING A DINNER.
How Millionafr Enjoyed Doughnuts and
 Cheese al Apple Pie.

How Millionafr Enjoyed Doughnuts and
 Cheese al Apple Pie.
 If boys knew hS.w much the circum- stances and almeA st the privations of their lot are envi' d by prosperous el- derly men, they wo Id perhaps be more easily reconciled to tome of the hard ships that they me & An exchange relates curious stNsfy which illus. trates- the envy whicl even rich men may have for some siml '6things which poor boys enjoy A
 The wealthy head of Agreat corpo. ration, which employs lS,any people, was one day wandering pbGut the premises of the concern. lNMas neal midday. He happened to ct ne upon a |dinner-pail, standing in ct\5l corner. He surmised that it might A,elong te ihe ofiice-hJyi and 90 it did. IVIhe dinner-pail somehow exc {.cised a fEeination over the man. H,S could lldS resist the temptation to hftz the lidI Within he saw slice of tome. maSs bread, well buttered; two dc ugh. nutshbrown and fresh; slice of ev cheeAand piece of apple pie.
 Themillionaire at once felt ve V hungrAr huugrier than he had beenf ' many akday. The dinner-pail carrie, him baeA to a time, sixty years ago, when heNSad carried just such a pail, when he Nd had in it bread and but. CT and doSghnuts and apple pie, and when theseNhings had tasted very good to him. NJ
 He becamet boy again, and he could not resist thetemptation ato eat out of this pail. SqNetting oh the floor, he fell on to the bread and butter and then on the doulhnuts and cheese, ana was just eating te apple pie when the otfice-boy came r3nning up.
 Look here!" tie boy cried out. That's my dinner lou re eating therer'
 ''Yes, I suppose is," said the mil lionaire. "But it's !Nfrst-rate dinner for all that l havent eaten so good a one for fifty years"
 He finished the pie asd then, risinp took out his pocketbodx and rom it handed the of1ice-boy a dollar bill.
 There said he, Ego out and bury your dinner. l couldn't have got for five dollars dinner that l should have enjoyed so much. What I've eaten is well worth il.
 Then he bade the wondering boy good-by and went to his office.-Chiea. go News.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

An Englishman, at present at a continental watering place, finds that at the termination of his sojourn there he is expectdd to tip first, the cham bermaid female); second the assistant chambermaid (male) third, the head waiter; fourth, the waiter who brings coffee to the bedroom in the morning; fiftil, the waiter on duty at dejeuner and dinner; sixth, the head porter. aid, seventh, the page who goes on err rands.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
The Heather Chinee

Is not beauty. No more are you when your complexion has an orange tint That means that you are bilious, a fact further evinced by discomfort on the right side, sick headache, vertigo, nauseaand furred tongue. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will take the bile out of your blood, regulate your bowels, set your stomach in good working order-in two words, cure you. Use it and cease to be yellow. It cures malarial, rheumatic and kidney trouble.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
HypoclIondrical

eases, or drains upon the system, excesses, or abuses, bad habits, or early vices, are treated through cor respondence at their homes, with uniform success, by the Specialists of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y. A book of I36 large pages, devoted to the consideration of the naladies above hinted at, may be had, MaiZcd Sc fi0ely sealed f1om 06se,gufou, m q blam enaelobe, by sending 10 cents ill one-cent stamps (for postage OH Book to the Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, at the above mentioned Hotel For more than a quarter of a century, physicians connected with this widely cele- brated Institution, have made the treatment of the delicate diseases above referred to, their sole study and practice. Thousands, have coll suited them. This vast experience has naturally resulted ill improved methods and means of cure.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

LET me tell you, Mrs Thomas" said a happy parent to q neighbor, "my son Ernest has got first prize y 70, quite under stand your feelings, marm,a said Mrs. Thomas. "I felt just the same when our young pig carried off a medal at the agri- cultural show.n
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

PHEASANT, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Pricad6c.

T WOMEN would be of little use on board a
 leaking ship they couldn't man the pumps. Lowell Courier.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

Yorxa Man-s'Look outi There's a mouse.o The Advanced Young Woman (calmly)-"Oh, how cunning. Can't you coax the little dear out this WayW-Chieago Record.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

WHEN Johnny was aroused from his morning nap by his papa's heavy hand, he understood what was meant by being rapped in slumber. Boston Transcript.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

SAILOR (defantly) will take more than you to hold me, I'll tell you" Canni bal significantly -"Oh shall invite a few friends Detroit Tribune.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

Duty by habit is to pleasure turned -Brydges.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
Mir. Wilson's speech in England.

There is no one in this country who has oftener described, more clearly and with more virility than Mir. Will son the evils that have resulted from the foolish effort to grow rich by self taxation. What he said to the English merchants was a repetition of what he has often said in congress and on the platform The infant industries, in tha decrepitude of aged pauperism; the wage-earner deceived by fair pro m- ises, but exposed to competition in the unprotected labor market of the world; the farmer selling in the cheapest and buying in the dearest market; the ab- normal profits gained by legislation employed in political corruption and in the purchase of further legislation; the building up of trusts at the ex- pense of the people whom they op- press; the subversion of the fnnda- mental principles of personal liberty, and of the rights that are supposed to be the incidents of self-govcrnment- all these evil consequences of the pro tective system have been described again and again by taritf-reform speakers, and by no one more ire quently than by Mir. Wilson himself. What he said to his English auditors he has often said to his fellow-coun- trymen.- Harper's Weekly.
 When Gov. Mckinley told the people in New Orleans that the Ire publican party has sacrcdly guarded the smallest as well as the greatest in- terests of the south" their forbcarauce must have been great. Had they been the incorporate, untamed, rebeilious, unreconstructed and devilish set of people the Mckinleys, Forakers, Bou- telles, Reeds and Shermans have so frequently represented them to be, Gov. Mckinley would have been "egged' in the hall in which he pat ronized and inaulted them, and chased out of town before the break of day Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
Special Sale of Pianos and Organs.

We are now located in our new buildin and organs personally selected from fact BRING, ." IL BRiG1;S," "yOSE X tikNiLIN," PACK ARD", Etc,
 to all buyers during November and Dec' Walnut or Oak Cases S5E and upwards rments. All sheet music and small instru catalogue desired: CD Pianos; t2l ParIo music and books; @ Small musical in Post Office sOx 5e4,
The record-union., 1894-12-14

GLEEMAN HOUSE, CORNER OF THIRD
" and }; fine furnished rooms by the day
week or month.