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BETTER TIMES,

But tho WorkinEmcn Not Likely to Have
Their Wages ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Leg.
isiation Has Settled That
Cincinnati 7inetSGr
Indications OF an improvement in tho
industrial situation and in general bus
mess are found in the latest reports
from the mercantile agencies. In No
rember OF this year there was a consid.
cradle swelling OF the pay-rolls as com.
pared with the amount paid during the
same month last year. Tho number oil
the employed was about ten per cent
greater and the aggregate wages fifteen
per cent greater. True. il comparison
is made with November, 1892, tho in.
dustrial condition is far from satifac.
tory. The number OF the employed lie
now nine per cent less than in the
closing months Of 1892, and labor is paid
eighteen per cent less.
The advance that has been made,
however, gives ground for the expec,a-
ton that the industries will in few
months, il no further unfavorable events
intervene, employ as many men as in
1892. Whether wage, will return to the
old standard aeems doubtful. There is
no present tendency in any OF the great
industries toward restoration OF the
old scale. Under the new conditions
brought on by Democratic legislation
the margin OF profit is narrow and in
many cases precariously so. Of course
unless prices advance there will be no
material increase in the earnings OF
labor. The markets now show no prom.
i.e OF material rise. In view of tho
disastrous results OF Democratic folly
labor can hardly look forward with any
confidence 10 full recovery OF the
wages OF 1892.
1t must be said that under tho cir.
cumstances labor will DO extremely for.
tunate if it finds ample employment n.
the lower wages now obtaining.
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acknowledgement
wnEELlNG, JANUARY >. 1903.



"The so-called leaders are leading ths
Democratic party to distraction and de-
s,ruction," remarks the Cincinnati En-.
quirer. The idea ia all right, but the
tense is wrong. The so.called leaders
have led the Democratic party the way
the Cincinnati critic points to.
They made opporsuni,ie, to 20 wrong
aud embraced them. taking tho party
with them as they went. It Is true tina.
they first distracted, then destroyed.
They left undone the things they prom.
ised to do, and they did some bad
things OF which they had given no no.
tice when they wers before the people.
There is no record OF any party In
this country-perhaps not anywhere
else-going in on such tidal wave aud
in so short a time being swept out with
SO mighty rush Of the waters OF indie-
nation. There may be some floating
,imbers to be saved, but hardly enough
to lay keel.
Oithe Democratic organization it may
be said that its glory has departed.
The so-called leaders cannot bring il
back. They are not miracle-workers.
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ABSOl1 JTEE r'PURE

evening by telling them that no had
Como over to sleep in Brooklyn onco.
about forty.fvo years ago. but tho
chickens mado so much noise ho
couldn't get his much covelod rost.
From returns received at tho British
war Office 1t Is estimated that tho num-
Dor OF non.commissioned officers and
mon entitled to the queens modal Tor
long and m0ritorious service, running
from twonty to thirty.lour years In
many cascb, 10 ovor 10000.
Switzerland 10 about to establish n
state bank at Berno which will havo
the exclusive right to issue bank notes.
The capital Is fixed at 100000 francs.
tho Swiss confederation making itself
responsible for all liabilities.
A Chicago detective was aleeping
peacefully at home Sunday morning
when burglar walked OF with three
suits Of his clothing. including tho one
which the officer had doiTed on retiring
to bed.
Jean and Edouard do Rezka, OF the
Metropolitan Opera company, have con.
tTibutod 500 to tho Now York Herald's
anti.toxino fund. The fund ia now
nearly $1,000.
At the dances Of ono OF the wealthie,t
hostesses in London printed cards arc
hung on tho walls with these words en-.
graved on them: mo introductiona
arc needed"
Thomas West, ninety.iour years old,
living near Coshocton, o., has been
blind for sixteen years. but his sight IL
now coming back and his general health
improving.
According to a writer Ia the Harvard
Graduates Magazine there is not in any
college or university OF this country a
chair OF Russian language and litera.
turc.
Charlcs Racoo. Of Youngstown, was
shot by three tramps and thrown from
a Lake Shore box car while the train
was running near Hubbard.
The Wisconsin state building ct tho
Worlds fair was purchased by J. q.
Rogers Of Wamego. Kan. 1t has been
moved to Kansas City.
A French critic described London on
Sunday rs 4 well.ordered cemetery,
with here aud thore M uneasy ghost
walking about.
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the wealth Of tho country wiped out.
insurance rates wero higher than in
1893, and 80 tho well managed inSur.
auce companies have done better.
Policemen aud Flromon.

The Philadelphia Record says Justly
that whilo tho New York police depart.
mcnt may be rotten to tho coro, II would
DO difficult to improve on hor fro DO.
partmcnt, which every year makes q
now record Of horoisu,. mono but
honeat mon, and men Of heroic stuff"
saya tho Record. would yiold.up their
lives At duty'u call"
1t iua fac. that tho fro departments
OF tho country are far ahead Of tho pc.
lice department, In poin. OF efficiency.
Perhaps tho reason 10 to DO found In tho
essentially different relation Of tho 70.
spcctivo departments to tho commu.
nifty.
Tho function Of police force is to
prevent crimo and to bring ovil.doors
TO justice. This brings tho opportunity
and tho temptation 10 DO blind to wrong
that pays for police protection. A fire
department has no such opportunity
and no buch temptation.
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BREAKFAST BUDGET.


The oldest known specimen Of the
vine tree in tho world is at IIildorahoim,
Hanover. 1t was planted moro than
1000 years ago by Charlemagne in com.
momoration OF visit mado by him to
tho ambassador Of tho Csliph Haroun
nj Raschid.
A wonderful corn huskcr lives n,
Yellow Springs, O. She Is n woman
about fftv, a widow, and hcr name il
Mrs. Mary Taylor. She can husk moro
corn from tho shock in tho fold than
any Two mon in that noighborhood.
Tho house Of lords has ruled that q
man was Mt liberty to pruno trees which
overhung his ostato from neighboring
estate.
Col. Strong, mayor.olcct Of Now York,
amused tho Brooklynitos tho other
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CURRENT Jokes.

Snobley-"Aw-aw-it must DO very
unpleasant for you Americans to be
governed by people-aw-whom you
wouldn't ask to dinner" American
Belle-"Woll, not moro so perhaps than
for you in England to be governed by
people who wouldn't ask you to din.
nor!-CiriAian Register.
Domostic-"oh, please, mum, what
shall l do? Hall the soup is split, ard
the boarders is at tho table" Mrs.
Slimdie; (firmly)-"Empty the box oil
red pepper into what's left. There will
be enough then."-Ncw York Weekly.
Mamma-"What made you go late for
school, dear?' Mnudio Jagged six)-
"Why, mamma, Toysell's window,
chuck full OF Christmas things, is built
out cloar across the sidewalk. l couldn't
got past. "-Judge.
Jessie Fadloy-The latest fad is to col.
lecl haudkorchieia OF MS many different
kinds as possible. Mrs. Fadley-well,
| think that is what mus. DO tho matter
with our laundrcsa-Haricm Life.
"Bcin' funny" said Uncle Eben, IAN
sumpin' dat or man hez ter DO mlSdty
kysEful bout. Tain so much in know.
IN now 81: is in huowiE' shon.n-
Washington Star
New Boardcr (shivering)-T stovc
Is too small for this room. Landlady
(kindly)-So it Is. I'll have it moved
into n smaller room for you.-Ncw Yori
Weekly.
Little Girl-What is you studyin'
nowp LittIo Boy-General history.
whats it about?" "Gonorals, OF
course. GOOD NeCs.
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CONSISTENT DEMOCRACY.


II Never Sends NIiiiionairss to tho Senate.
80. Oh, Not
To he Editor Of ne in,,lliGenter.
SIR:-I find tho following editorial
paragraph In this nj orninG's Register:
The statement that Mr. Elkins Is looking
around Washington for a town residence and
his apparent confidence and expectation that he
Will SIT aS senator from West Virginia, leads tho
Philadelphia Record to rcmarki "The cOckSurc.
meas Of the milliOnnircs, after the Republican,
something wonderful to behold" There's hot
shot for our friends. the oncniy.
Whom wo consider somo things tho
above Is rcally funny. One would think
that so.callod miilionaires are nover
honored by tho Democratic party, and
that tho party neyor sends to tho
United States SENATE or places In other
high positions men who arc possessed
OF no other recommendation than
their wealth. Ono would naturally
suppose from tho paragraph quoted
that tho Democratic party isn't respon.
siblo for tho fact that the senate con i.
tains Millionaires Brice, German, Villas
Palmer and Camden; or for tho fact tina.
Grover Cleveland, who has accumulated
ton million dollars IN tho past ten ycars,
sits in tho white house; or that Nil.
lionairc Whitney Is talked of rs an
available candidate for '06. Tho Regls.
ter, it will DO remembered, supported
Mr.. Camden for the senate, and poured
tally all over him during tho campaign.
Tint Mr.. Elkins has accumulated
wealth Is true. It is also true that he
has invested every dollar Of it in the
industrial development OF West Vir.
Cinia, as have Mr.. Camden, Mr.. Davis
aud other mon, without whom West
Virginia would still be haci.woods
state. II is also true that Mr.. Elkins Is
nun OF great ability, and is splendid
ly equipped, not only to ill tho posi-.
ton OF senator with credit to the state,
but to DO commanding figure in the
senate when he gets there-a man who
will take mis- place at once as leader,
and be in position to do great service
for his state.
As an humble citizen who will take
pride in seeing the state thus repre-
sented, hope that Mr.. Elkins will find
the house he is looking for in Washing.
ton, and that no will be able to occupy
it for six years and as many additional
terms as he desires. His wealth does
not detract from his merits as a man to
be honored for his personal worth.
REPUBLICAN.
| IpL,,I;u, Hn,,1r1tI
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4. .. U. w.

Wheeling is glad to welcome the rep
resentatives Of SO strong and SO useful
an order as the Ancient Order Of United
NVorkmen, aud hopes that their stay
may be pleasant and profitable.
This organization had phenomenal
growth in West Virginia in the pa,t
year because it deserves to grow and
because it has at its head pushing men.
The creation Of ueparate Jurisdiction
for West Virginia is an acknowledge
ment OF the good work done and the
promise OF further growth.
The foundation had been laid we'll.
and if the effort be continued many
moro Yves. Virginia families will have
cause to bless the Ancient Order OF
United Workmen.
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live had the Mckinley tariff instead
Of the Wilson German tariff every body
would take hold OF the Now Years bus.
mess with different feeling. The next
best thing is the coodly promise that
the country will again DO under pro.
tective tariff policy.
This confidence is we'll placed. Tho
Republican party will have ful! control
once more as soon as the country can
put it in that position, and whom the
Republican party coca in it will give
the country Republican tariff. Moth
ing is safer to rely on than this.
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The reader OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure ia
tho only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease. requires con-
stitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The p.oprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it tails to cure. Send for list OF
testimonials.
Address. F. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, O.
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SEVERAL cities want to DO Greater.
Why not Betler2


A majority Of oleht in tho house |,
claimed for the currency bill by its
friends. That is a very slim margin Of
claim in so large and so uncertain a
body. Larger claims than this have
melted under the voting.
But II the bill pass tho house II will
strike au insurmountable obstacle in
tho senate. which will not consent to a
measure Of this character. The proba.
bility is that good bill could pass the
senate, but 1t Is almost to much to OK.
pect that this house eau ra,a good
bill.
The house is so tinctured with false
ideas on the money question that II it
were to produce q good bill it would
seem that tho day Of miracles had como
back.
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Slow.Going China.

Rev. Yung KING Yen. Of Shanghai,
senior priest Of the Protestant Episco.
pal church in China, is now in this
country. In n sermon dillverod in
Philadelphia last Sunday he spoke OF
the Chinese as people living in the
nineteenth century, but whose minds
arc in the twentieth century before
Christ"
This striking way OF putting i. shows
how far behind the progress OF tho age
the people Of China are. 1t is sufIl.
Gent explanation OF the ease with
which the Japanese, with their modern
ideas, have had their own way against
a neighboring country OF ten times
their own population.
Rev. Ynn- Kiung Yen, by the way,
was graduated from Grmbicr College,
Ohio. in 1861. Ho is rcyLted to be a
NY able man.
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Irthe ruins OF the old Delavan House,
in Albany, could talk. what tale OF pc.
litical wire-pulins they could unfold.
That hosiery has been the acene OF
enough politics to make library OF
history, and mighty entertaining his
tory it would be.
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Patience, DR.. Parkhurst.

Rev. Dr.. Parkhurdt has done SO much
And done it all so vol that it seems I'M
gracious - criliciss him, but it is true
thai he forgcts that tho raw materials
OF government arc mon. Those ma.
terials have TO be managed, aud thoy
cannot be l,audleL rs bricks and atone.
Nor can all tho good things DO nc.
complishel in day. I. took longer to
build Rome. 1t may tako longer to ro-
generate Now York. 1t would be we'll
iftho good aud earnest DR.. Parkhurss
had a little more patience aud little
better appreciation OF tho kind OF hu.
man nature that must 90 dealt with to
bring about tho reforms he desires.
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IL 1894 there were more arrests for
drunkenness in Maine than in any
previous year in the history of tho state.
It seems to be true Of that state, at least,
that the longer it lives undor prohibit
ton the less it prohibits.
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The proposition that tho Brooklyn
Tabernacle congregation disband. leav.
ing an indebtedness OF $4,000 unpro.
vided for. does not look well. A re-
lieioua society should set a bettor OK.
ample.
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The sultan OF Turkey enters uneasily
on the New Year. The powers are
about to investigate him, and this may
lead to the partition OF his back.number
empire. This is enough to make q
crowned head sad in an age which offers
no new opportunities to great heads of
that kind.
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The new yea- opens. as the old closed.
with the war going on between China
and Japan and all the world, except the
men who are making money BY the war,
hoping that peace negotiations may 20
on and lead to good result. China
has been we'll whipped and Japan has
glory enough to satisfy bigger country.
It is a good time to stop.
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The Legislature meets January 0.
The election OF United States Senator
will begin January 90, when each house
will ballot separately. The next day
both houses will meet together.
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THE verb ITO GofI" has jumped into
thu ycrnpcular. 1t may DO defined as
meaning to rip things wido open and
make scurvy politicians sick.
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Col. STRONG has taken his scat as
mayor Of New York. TammAny knows
now that decent man representing dc.
cent ideas can BIO elected mayor OF New
York.
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THE Ohio judge who refuses 10 send n
prisoner south to DO lynched is on tho
right track. lie is acting in tho light
OF some experience.
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TIE old year brought into notice a
new power among the nations OF tho
earth, and the little Japs arc s,rutting
like victorious bautams because OF it.
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IT is all very well to wish tho Demo.
cratic party a happy Now Yenr. but
whore is TINT party to find happiness?
Its lights arc ilod.
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IT would be great gain to clear away
the snow before i. turns to slush; and
there are men who would be glad to
make the clearing.
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Is tho matter OF los, by fro tho past
year makes better showing than 1893,
the figures being Sl27,OOO.00O against
sl5G,00o,oOO. Even tho smaller amount
shows an immonRo waste. 90 much OF
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lIooD's Pills euro nil livcr ills, bilious.
ness, jaundicc. indigestion, sick head.
achc. 2jc.
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tyou made good resolutions top
oil with another. Resolve to keep
b.. 1t may make man Of you-or
Woman, rs the case NAV DO.
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SMITH Brewing Co. makes tho beat
ale, porter and brown stout.
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YET little while and President Cleve-
land will not have Democratic Con.
sress on his hands. What relief that
will be to this sorely tried man.
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Now, then. down to solid work and
get out OF the New Year the best there
is in 1t.
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When my little girl was one month old, sho
had Scab form on her face. 1t kept spreading
until she was completely covered from head to
head at one tnc. and moro on her body. When
six months old sho did not wcigh seven pounds,
n pound and half lcsS than atbrth. Then her
skin started to dry up and got so Ind shc could
not shut her eyes 10 sleep, but lay with them
half open. About this time, started using tho
CuTIcUHA REMEDIES, and In one month she ,ras
oc-.pitteir cured. Tho doctor md drug bills
wcrp over ono hundrtd doiiars. tho CuTicrIA
bill wns not moro than IRE dollars. My child
Ia now strong. healthy, and largo ns any child
Of hcr aGe SEQ phOto.). and II Ia nil owing
to CUrlcUHA. Yours with Mothers Ilcssing,
MRs. GEO. II. TUCKER, .JR., -
GU Walker ST., Milwaukee, Wis
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r A NORA-TFIE RENOWNED GYP.
IL si lhlmiIt will mako special rates 10 all
wanting readings for th0 next Is days. Satisiac-
tion guaranteed. 1915 Main street. lal
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Until March 20. you get ono chance In
tho Plano with each dollar you spend.
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NEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS

WANTED-NURsE. A GIRL 10 TO
w IS years old. that has had experience
WIN children. Call Rt 2l9 Ghnpline street iA2
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MADE HIS OWN MONEY.

Joseph Shoemaker Wanted More vsIu-
able Dollars Than Uncle Sam Issued
Ashland. KY. Special to Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
joseph Shoemaker of Grayson, Car
ter county. received the other day In
payment for a horse sold to an old
farmer. living near the Lewis county
line. SAG. among which were three OF
the famous Sprinkle dollars of the
earlv '30s IL has been more than 90
years since any of these peculiar coins
have been found in this section, and
the production of these will recall a
queer character who f1ourished In the
earlier part of the century, and went
down to his grave with a secret that
has never been unearthed.
Josiah Sprinkle. the party in ques-
ton. lived in one of the toughest Sec
lions of Lewis county, and on q line
probably 80 miles from Grayson. In
his day Washington. the county seat Of
Mason. and one Of the oldest towns In
this end OF the state. was thriving.
One day Sprinkle, then well along in
years. appeared at Washington with a
buckskin pouch full of silver dollars
of his own make. In every respect
they appeared the equal OF the nation
al coin. The weight was more than
present. and the quality and ring of
v
He spent them freely, and they were
taken upon the assurance of Sprinkle
that there was nothing wrong with
them beyond the fact that he and not
the United States mint had coined
them. Asked where he got the silver
he laughed, and shook his head know
ingly. 1T doesn't matter so / got 1t,
and there's plenty of 1t left" was as
much as he would ever offer in explain
alton. The inscription on the coins
was rudely outlined, and in no wise
was any attempt made at imitation of
the legal coin. Rudely outlined on
one side was an owl, while a six-cor-
nered star showed with more accuracy
upon the other. The edges were
smooth, no attempt having been made
at milling. The coins were considera-
bly, larger than the regulation article.
and thicker as well. Upon various oc-
casions Sprinkle afterward visited the
town, and in every instance he spent
them more and more freely. tt
At one time he volunteered the fact
that he had a silver mine in the hills,
but no one ever succeeded in inducing
the old man to allow a sharing of his
secret. Finally the government agents
learned of the matter and came on to
investigate. Sprinkle was arrested
and brought into court, but the dollars
were proved to be pure silver without
ALLOW. worth in fact a trifie more than
81 each. and after an exciting trial he
was acquitted. Upon the verdict being
announced. Sprinkle reached down in a
cavernous pocket and drew out a bag
of 90 of the coins, and promptly paid
his attorney in the presence OF the as
tonished officials. Sprinkle was never
afterward bothered, and continued un-
til his death to make the dollars. how
and where no one ever knew. He lived
practically alone. having his hut away
from his relatives. who lived close at
hand. and died suddenly, carrying the
him.