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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-08
In Operation Fourteen Months.

October was the fourteenth month since
the new tariff went into operation, the law
having gone into effect Aug rs, 1894. In
that entire period there have been only two
months when there was not deficit. Yet
there have been many months when the
treasury has refused to pay overdue obliga-
lions In order that, for temporary political
effect, there might be an apparent surplus.
Ihls was the case In the months of June
ana september last. June was the closing
month OF the fiscal year. 1t was deemed
desirable, in order that administration Of
hcers and democratic orators might not be
80 much embarrassed by the failure of their
predictions, and that the democratic party
might as they thought, receive less injury.
Expenses were withheld and fictitious sur
plus made to appear for effect upon the
campaign. The records of the treasury
themselves convict the authorities of this
Juggling with the figures. In the month
succeeding the June 'surplus" the deficit
was $9, ATS, 1866, and in the month succeed
ing the September surplus" the deficit was
SO, 1917 During the fourteen months in
which the Wilson law has been in opera
ton the deficit has been $40, 236, S91, or a
monthly average of 5,016, 1856.
COMPARED WITH MCKINLEY LAW.
A comparison 'Of the operations of the
first fourteen months of the new tariff with
the first fourteen months of the Mckinley
law results greatly to the advantage of the
Mckinley act. The Mckinley law took
effect Oct. 1, 1890. The receipts from it
for the first fourteen months were 1923, 952.-
$50, while in the first fourteen months OF
the Wilson law the receipts were only
$347, 100,247. The receipts under the Will
son la" were $40, $50, 439 less than those
under the Mckinley law for the same
period. During the first fourteen months
of the Mckinley law the expenditures were
1895, S63,717, leaving surplus of $2S, OSS,-
500, while during the first fourteen months
of the Wilson law the expenditures were
S417, 1886, 1888, causing deficit of $40, 1885,
391. The average monthly surplus under
the Mckinley law in its first fourteen
months was 2,O06, 1882 per month, while the
average monthly deficit in the first fourteen
months of the Wilson law was SIS, DIG, 1856.
A tabular comparison yields this result.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-08

Special lot of up-to-date Trimmed Hats
for $l.OO and $1.50, at Mrs. Geo. Sprinkle's,
Wesener block.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-08

Whenever you want a firstclass job of
commercial printing Of any kind, patronize
THE TIMES job department.
Don't miss seeing those S1.O0 and Sl.50
Trimmed Hats at Mrs Geo. Sprinkle's.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-08

Lenawee, Ingham and loDia counties are
moving for loc,l option.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-08

Kalamazoo, Mich. Oct. 80.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
VARIOUS NOTES.

THERE are 4,594 liquor saloons in
Brooklyn to January /, 1888.
THE devil may feeS proud of his work
when he looks at a drunkards home
RAMS Horn.
THE Wesleyans of Colone, England.
have placed their premises at the dis.
posal of the coroner, to obviate the
necessity of holding inquests in sa-
looms.
CANON WUBERFoRCE, the eloquent
canon of Westminster, wears a piece
of blue ribbon in his buttonhole-he is
a staunch and enthusiastic temperance
advocate.
A GIRL, five years old was arraigned
in the Toombs police court last month
ar common drunkard. She was found
stupidity drunk in Chambers street. and
the justice committed her to the Gerry
society
The vital statistics of Germany show
that wine merchants, inn-keepers and
retail vendors of spirits have a high
death rate, espec Ally after thirty years
of age, when disease of the Kidneys are
very common.
STATISTICS have been compiled at
Vienna of the quantity of beer drank
in 1898, in the entire world. The total
for the world, not including Asia and
Africa, is 4,50 900, 900 gallons, requiring
1870, 900 tons Of malt aad 81 900 tons oi
hops.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
THE PRESS IN TURKEY.
1t Is a Mere Name without Soul or Sub
stance.

III Is a mere Name without soul Sub
stance.
In the Ottoman empire the press is
not only controlled, but, it would be
no eXaggeration to say, edited, by the
censor. 1t is only short time ago
that the idea of newspapers was intro
duced into Turkey. At the present
time, however, there are large num-
Der published both in Turkish and
Arabic, the most important of which
are published in Constantinople and
Beyrout. In the latter place there are
about fifteen journals, all in Arabic:
bat they contain little more than
eulogistic articles on his imperial
majesty, the sultan, and the high
officials of the government No free
expression of opinion is allowed. The
main reason of this is that the Turkish
government is more afraid of the voice of
the paopie-more especially the Arabic
speaking population-than she is of
the reproaches, complaints and pro-
tests of the nations of the west Owing
to this, the sultau's advisers endeavor,
by fair means or otherwise, to stifie the
cries of his subjects against oppression
and wrong.
The press in Turkey is mere name
without 4 substance There is no lack
of able writer's; but moral courage and
self-sacritice are entirely wanting, and
this fact always destroys any chance of
progress and success. One or two dar-
ing spirits among the editors of the
local papers strove to be patriotic at
any risk, regardless of possible evil
consequences but alas. the autocratic
power which has for the last six hun
dred years crushed the soul of enter
prise, of ambition. of honor and of
glory, crushed them likewise. Nine
teenth Century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
Looking for a Medium job.

An elderly, lank negro, with small
tuft whisller on his chin entered the
mayors office recently with petition
bearing several hundred names, in
which the mayor was asked to give the
person mentioned a suitable job in the
department of public works. Danl,
the mayors messenger, presented the
man to the mayor, and the petition
was unrolled on the mayors desk.
well, said the mayor, what kind OF
a job do you want?' well, sab, I'll
jess leave dat to you" said the negro,
cheerfully. Il amt materially namin
it, sab; but any kim er nejum job II
do, sab; jess mejum, amt fon' er
liftin, sab, cause my back amt no
good, SO jess mejum job, sab; jess
mejun." The mayor said he thought
Mr.. Brookheld might have some
medium places, and told the man to
go see him. The petition was then
borne proudly out and across Chambers
street-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
ENGLISH IRREGULARITIES.


Nothing impresses an American in
London more oddly than the number
of mementos of past ages, picturesque
and grotesque, which meet him at every
turn, and which have been preserved
not for any great or noble association,
but simply because they recall odd
times"
In narrow passageway in the most
busy part of the old city. where at
noon solid masses of human beings
struggle to pass each other the
stranger, glancing down to the level of
his knees, sees the grotesque figure of
a boy, erected after the Gordon riots,
to show how far the great fire extended
In an obscure little lane near Smith
field, another figure points out Cock
Lane, famous only for supposed ghost
which scared all London a hundred
years ago.
In the foundation Of church is the
ancient stone, which in the days of the
Romans stood in the exact center OF
London, and from which all measure
ments throughout the kingdom were
made. 1t was to the Romans, the
Saxons and the Normans the sacred
vital point of the island, cor cordium,
and is still regarded by many modern
Londoners with mysterious awe.
A ludicrous illustration of the respect
paid by the English to the past is
venerable he-goat that still yyanders
uncontrolled up and down Piccadilly,
even penetrating, it is said the sacred
precincts of st. James palace when
her majesty is in residence.
1t belonged to a certain eccentric
nobleman, whose vices and good humor
made him an object of popular interest.
He has been dead many years. but his
protege, the goat, is still public pet,
luxuriously fed and quartered and
given the right of way everywhere
Between the palaces of the Duke of
Devonshire and the Earl of Lonsdale.
runs a narrow walled passage used as
a thoroughfare from one street to an
other.
Half way down this walk the pedes-
TRAN runs against a stake driven firmly
into the ground which he passes with
difficulty: He is told that two CEN
turtles ago a highwayman. on a feet
horse, infested this passage. robbing
foot passengers. He was caught and
hanged, and the stake was driven into
the ground to prevent the horse of any
other gentleman of the road" from
escaping that way. 1t never seems to
have occurred to any Londoner APP
parently that it is no longer needed
The Englishman in his regard for
precedent seems ridiculous in our eyes,
and we in our contempt for old usages
appear irreverent in his.
Both are right-and both wrong
Youths Companion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

If ever the North Pole shall be
reached, the adventurous spirits who
get there will find that they have
actually outstripped Father Time; in
fact, he will have given up the race en-
tirely, for at the northern and south
ern extremities of the earth's axis
there is no fixed time of day at all.
The only point of the compass is north
or south. The sun rises and sets only
once year. At any moment it can be
noon or midnight, breakfast time or
supper time, work time or play time,
whatever one likes Clocks will be a
fraud and a deiusion, for at the pole all
degrees of longitude converge into one,
and therefore all times. The posi-.
bilities of such position are endless.
Not only the clocks, but the calendars
as well, will be out of gear. 1t can be,
at will, yesterday or to-day There, at
any rate instead OF being like the
poor inhabitants of lower ATTITUDES, the
slaves of time, the tables will be
turned. and we shall be its masters
Youths Communion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
FORTUNES OF LIQUOR DEALERS
Rum Traffic Highly Profitable to All But
the Consumer and Those Dependent
Upon Him.

Rum Traffic Highly Profitable to All But
the Consumer and Those Dependent
Upon Him.
There is world of suggestion in the
fact, recently published, that five out
for probate in England last year were
left by brewers, and one by wine
merchant. The total sworn value of
the seventeen was over siXtv-siX mil
lion dollars. We presume that the
proportion of those who have made
their wealth out of liquor and beer
would be nearly as great in this coun-
try as in England. The brewers of this
city and its vicinity are notorious. both
for the size of their fortunes and for
the display which they make of their
riches. The profits on beer are enor-
nous The retailer has large magin
of profit on every glass he sells,
and the profits of the brewer or
wholesaler are even greater. 1t is
said that a glass of beer which sells
for five cents costs the retailer only
a bout one cent. Authorizations and
fraudulent measurement adds much to
the profits. The only party who is not
a gamer in any way by the beer bust
ness is the consumer. 1t is gold in the
pocket of the beer maker and poison in
the stomach of the beer drinlier. 1t is
riches and luxury for the few, and pow
erty, rags and disease for the many.
There is a wide and unfathomable So
cial gulf between the palatial home of
the brewery owner up on Fifth avenue
and the stale beer dive down in Null
berry street, but in the me asure of
their moral responsibility the brewer
and the dive keeper stand together
Christian at Work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

Three broken plates of different kinds,
Some mackerel tails and bacon riuds;
A table without leaves or legs
One chair and half dozen pegs:
One Oaken keg with hoops of brass,
One lumber of dark green glass.
A fiddle without any strings
A gunstOck and two turkey wings.
o readers of this inventory,
Take warning by its graphic story;
For little any man expects.
Who wears good shirts with buttons on EN-,
Ever to put on cotton checks.
And only have brass pins to pin EN-
tbs, remember, little stitches
Keep the rent from growing great.
When YOU cant tell beds from bitches,
Warning words will be too late
Alice Cary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

lighted candle, took FIRE and burned
with a lambert blue flame. Do you
think this is fact to be pooh-poohed?
The organ of the mind saturated in
alcohol and extending it. The temple
OF the spirit running rivers of vitiating
and ill-Smelling liquor! Is there moth
ing horrible in that? And to think
that the watery substance in your
brain would ignite and burn if brought
too, that enables a man to think
Deteriorate the brain and yOu deteri-
crate the thought and you deteriorate
the man. DeteriOrate the man and
you deteriorate society.
From the brain the transition is
easy and natural to the nervous Sys-
tenn of which it is the upper extremi-
ty. The latter part of this century has
witnessed an alarming increase in the
number of the insane. From 1870 to
1885 the population increased 33 per
cent. During the same period the in
sane increased "a per cent, or almost
three times as much. | am not intending
to hold alcoholism alone responsible for
this state of affairs. Far from it; but
some of the most noted physicians in
the world do not hesitate to say that
intemperance is one of the principal
causes of insanity.
The tippler's habits, however, do
not stop with himself The laws of
heredity transmit the tendency and
the consequences of his offspring. Sta
tistics tell fearful tale. Following
DR.. Spitzka, we learn that of seventeen
children of drunken fathers observed
by Noisen, three were idiots, two
confirmed epileptics, one suffered from
congenital spinal disease and the re-
mainder died in early life with convul-
sions. A few years ago an infant was
born in Westfeld, n. j., that. when
old enough to talk and walk, appeared
and acted like an intoxicated person.
1t could not walk without staggering.
or lisp without a strange hiccough.
The physicians could do nothing for it.
1t had been born drunk. And drunk
it is to this day, as far as the action of
of its nerves and muscles is concerned.
of the phenomena of exhilaration and
excitement Characteristic of the early
stages of intoxication. 1t is a hopeless
case, impossible to cure. lie is drunk,
naturally drunk, and though he may
become great scholar he will never
Outgrow this malady.
The only good thing one can say of
alcohol is, that there are times when
small quantity of it will revive the
nerves and aid in the process of diges-
ton. Taken habitually, it is the
foundation of insanity, dera ngement
of the nervous system and death.
These are the products of alcohol, and
he who refuses to give it up plays the
suicide and murderer. He kills him
self, and meanwhile scars with the
mark of death the offspring of his
loins,-Rev. j. Sanders Reed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Amusements we have outgrOyn are
called follies. -Fliegende Batter.
The more you puff a cigar the
smaller it becomes; and that is the case
with some men.-Household Words.
The Rabbi Libettus Comminetus
was the master of twelve languages,
all of which he spoke with the utmost
fluency.
"Higbee is drinking as
much as ever. [ thought he turned
over new leaf?" Kellogg did;
but guess he lost his place. Life.
-Judge-"Whatm made you turn bur
glare Tramp am so fat that people
refused to give me food. "-F'liegende
Batter
More or Less. -Cardley-"Young
Flushkins is chip off the old block. "
Pokerton-''Yes. A red or blue one?"
Detroit Free Press
"A Chilly Subject. -Reporter-'T
have got poem about The Beautiful
Snow" Editor-''Well, put it on the
steam radiator to thaw out. Texas
Siftings
Used to Worse. -Strauger-''This
smell, l suppose, comes from your
stock yards?" Postoffice Employee tout
for oliday)-"Smell? What smell?"
Chicago Tribune.
-Helen--'Didn't you have picture
at the exhibition last weel1?'' Brushes
-"Yes; how did you know it?" Helen
Il saw there was one that every per-
son passed without noticing. Inter
Ocean.
Mr. Fuller Maitland, in his book on
German composers, tells of Lady who,
on hearing from Goldmarll that he was
the composer of THE Queen of Sheba,"
remarked, Dear me-that must be
most lucrative post"
But you love me, persisted the
India Rubber Man. Eyes, - faltered the
Circassian Girl ''Then let US proclaim
ourselves one" $40 Horatio: it is bet
ter thus. There is no money in the
Siamese any more Puck.
AT the Breakfast Table -Landlady
We'll, must do something to keep
the wolf from the door" Boarder-'T
don't know that it is altogether neces-
sary. Let him come in and tackle one
of your breakfasts and 7 don't think
he'll ever trouble you again. Detroit
Free Press.
Doctor ''What! drinking beer
again, contrary to my strict orders?
Didn't | tell you that every glass was
nail in your coffin" 81 can't give it
up, doctor; that's fact, and so | have
been saying to myself What does it
matter when you are dead and gone
if your coffin looks like hedgehog?'
Household Words
In the Operating Room. Great
guns, how that razor hurts cried the
patient. The barber paused and ran a
thumb nail critically along the instru-
ment's edge. Jaw, no." he cheerfully
answered, lit is not re razzer Eat hurts,
it is re face" And he passed on to the
next operating table, leaving the head
nurse to complete the dressings Rock
land Tribune.
Strained and Unnatural. The wife
of New York bank cashier remarked
at the supper table: Have you read
the late novel by wilkins Jones?"
Haven't read it" We'll. there is a
cashier of a bank in it just like you.
He is honest and faithful and does not
run off with his employers money"
That's the way it is with those novel
lists. They are so unnatural and inn
proba BILE in their descriptions of men"
n. B.-Since the above was written the
cashier has disappeared and an exami-
nation of his books shows a large short
aUe -TexaS SirtinUS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

Belle-And 50 you have accepted
Harry, And you always laughed at
the idea of marrying him.
Nellie-I know it. But when he pro-
posed was all taken aback and ex-
claimed: do you take me for fool?'
And he said: NO | want you for my
self" 1t so astonished me that he
should say anything SO bright that l
said Yes" before | knew what I was
doing. = Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

ONIf there's anything dislike, said
one citizen, Its to see man effemi-
nate in his attire.
1T is unpleasant" was the reply;
"and yet about the only way for him
to keep from being 50 these days is to
put on petticoasS Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
BONAPARTE'S POVERTY.
The Noble Bankrupt's Sad Experience i
Paris.

Paris.
When BOnaparte reached Paris on
May ii, 1892, there was poor outlook
for suppliant bankrupt in funds and
nearly so in reputation; but he was
undaunted, and his application was
made without the loss of moment.
A new minister of war had been ap-
pointed but a few days before-there
were six changes in that office during
as many months, and the assistant now
in charge of the artillery seemed favor
able to the request. For moment he
thought of restoring the suppliant to
his position, but events were marching
too swiftly. and demands more urgent
jostled asi de the claims of an obscure
lieutenant with a shady character.
Bonaparte at once grasped the fact
that he could win his cause only by pa
thence or by importantly, and began to
consider how he could arrange for a
prolonged stay in the capital. His
scanty resources We're already exhaust
ed, but he found Bourrienne, a former
hool-fellow at Brienne, in equal
straits, waiting like himself for some
thing to turn up. Over their meals in
cheap restaurant on the Rue st. Ho-
more they discussed various means of
gaining livelihood and seriously con-
templated a partnership in subletting
apartments. But Bourrienne very
quickly obtained the post of secretary
in the embassy Of Stuttgart, so that
his comrade was left to make his strug-
gle alone by pawning what few articles
of value he possessed. Prof. Sloane, in
GnntinfN-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

OF the 1000 criminals who have
passed through the reformatory, 3s.7
per cent. were the children of drunken
parents, with the probability of Ill
per cent. to be added, making 40 s per
cent. of the criminals who had been
prisoners there the victims Of heredi-
tarv alcoholism
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
So Good of Him.

There, my love" said the young
husband, as he placed large bundle
on the table, I've bought you a pair of
sleeves"
'Oh, you darling" exclaimed the de-
lighted wife. I'm 50 happy! Any
thing will 40 TO. a dress. N. y.
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
A DRUNKARO'S INVENTORY.

A hut or logs without a dOoy.
Minus a roof and ditto floor:
a clapboard cupboard without crooks.
Nine children without shoes or frocSs,
A wife that has not any bonnet
With ribbon bows and strings upon it,
Scolding and wishing to be dead
Because she has not any bread.
A tea-kettle without a spout,
meat-casl with the bottom ont,
A comfort with the cotton gone,
And not bed to put it on,
A handle without any AK,
hackle without wool or fax;
A pOt-lid and wagon hub.
And two ears OF washing tub
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-12-30
Ratb ti5r WHITES.

Wor hber so Sabren f1on nurbe
Wfr8. WihSlotp'S Soothing Syrup
bon Miaionen pon Mnttern beim Sab,
tsen ber @inber angemenbet. WirR 6u
i'm 96lafe bur@ bas 5mreien eines
ainbes geif6rt, baS i'm 3obnen iff unb
Dor S1mer5en treints Wenn 10, laKe
fcfort eine 5lafGe BON vWirs. Minse
lotus Sootbing Sprup4 boleu. Seiii
Wertb III unbe3ablbar. gs :pirb benz
fleinen 2eihenben iofort 2inberung Der.
idaffen. UerIaBt ett@ barauf, MAtter,
es lit fein 3meifel bariiber. gs beiIt
Opienterp unb Diarrboe, regnIirt ben
Magen unb bic Nieren, beieitigt Ginbs
8olif, ermeiht ben @aumen, nerbins
bert gnt5inbung uib itdrtt ba8 gail3e
Spftem. sMrs. MinsIotps Soothing
@prup" fit sabnenbe ainber if onges
nebm in @efdmad unb bas Recept
itamntt BON einem ber belfen meibIi9em
Ier3te In ben Der. Gtaaten. gs III bel
allen Oruggiiien In Der aan3en Welt 3u
baben. preiS Is Gents Der GIaf9e.
Rauft ni1ts anberes, OILS Wrs. Winss
loms GootbingsSp
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1895-12-30
Grlangu,
Ser neue gMnellterfebr al Der
sGnuiet=Babu.

Die 6iibli6e paeifie oter Suniets
Babn bat smii6en Rem Orleans unb
Son 6ranciseo 54neG3hoe einseridtet.
ole an rleganter ginrihtung Der gara
aidt iibertroifen tperben unb Bic ;sabrs
,eit jmiideu ben beiben Gtdbten bebeu.
'tnb obgetiirst baben. Die 3iiae, ipeIds
bisber einmol bic Mo1e = Donneras
ags-New GrleanS berIieBen. fanben
linen fol9en Nntlang, ba6 nunmebr
.ir 5tpeimaliger Ierfebr berfeIben per
Dcde- -Montdss une Donnerfags =
d5Deiehen bon benz iibrigen regeIm6bi,
gen YniiGgieypertehr, einseriHtet ner
ben lou. Dieie 3age befeben aus
9an3 neuen Cats, ton uelhen ,iament.
lid bic parlor unb Draining 9oom fG
sur4 gomfsrt unbg bgfegan3 aus3ei9nen
9ier aiebt eS cine Nibliotbet, G@reib
pulte &c. DieIe Gar eatbdlt aud iepa.
rate nit allen 8eauemliHfeiten ailsges
riiltete Abtbeilungen. Hiir 6erreu
aiebts es cine Gar nit Norbierfiubv
0abs. Nuttet. unD Nautbs iomie 2eIe
simmer. Sas gnbe bieies 2urus
saees bilbeu bic fsin au8eeftatteten
5dlafwaeen. NIT Ourmgdngen an bea
Seiten. Die 0ol3. uub poIferarbeit
in ben Cars II: elm Meiaerwert.
Die Suniet Balm bat eiu Bud fiir
3ouriiien berau89egeben, bas $50 Sci.
ten nit 200 feinen Slluiirationen ents
b6It. Diefe8 Bud fann gegen Gin
ienbung bon 20 Gents snr9 6. &.
garts. u. v. g. 6 3. Ngt. GhbIi6e
paeific gabu, 0outou, 9eyas, bejoseu
merben.
Die 3iige biefer Babn MAIDEN Ia Nem
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li6ern bic birefteiie unb idnellhe Der.
binbnng nit Rem Oort. philadelphia,
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sdgo &C.