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8 CAR STUDIES
Portrait OF n Passenger by the Conductor
Ditto by the Passenger.


He was a cheerful looking citizen
when he got on the Broadway cable Car.
He nodded pleasantly to tbs conductor,
and hen felt in his pockets for change.
He went through one after another,
found none, and looked less cheerful
Finally no took u pocketbook from his
breast pocket. and picking a s. bill
from the roll handed it to the conduct
or, ~apologizing at the same time. The
conductor snatched the bill aid looked
ugly. He counted ont the change in
chicken feed, as small coins are called
OH the railroads, and showed it into the
mans hand with Il "Tuke itI' Then he
turned to another passenger Oh the plat
form and began to talk loud enough for
the other TO hear about ''hogs" who
rode on cars.
"Did ye see that fellow that just give
mo the bill?' he said. well, he's a
skin. ye know. That's an old game.
They git Oh a car with a IS bill md
hand it to the conductor. Nine times
out Of ten the conductor don't have the
change and the mai rides free. l know
this fellow. I've had him a dozen
times"
"See here, my FRIEND" said tho man
who had had tho bill changed. his face
as red as Il beet, "yon'roa id liar"
The conductor looked startled. The
man repeated the declaration and pro.
ceeded:
II want to tell you, sir, that You
have spoiled as good a friend az the
street railroad men ever had. I've been
their friend for 20 years. When passen
gers kicked at them, l always figured
that if there was any trouble it was the
passengers own fault. When friends
told me of rows they had. I always said
We'll. it's a hard job on the back plat
form of n car. The man was only doing
his duty Now, I've been the friend Of
the railroad men through thick and
thin. When they have struck, I've been
with 'em. But you're an Internal liar,
sir, an Internal liar. The next railroad
man that sasses me will get punched in
the jaw. Do you hear, sir? Punched in
the jawl Punchedr'
The cheerful citizen was fairly dane
ing with rage.
"Well. ye needn't get hot about it"
said the conductor, and lie went in and
collected n fare. The cheerful citizen
got off the car muttering to himself
New York Sun.
, 1896-04-03
WHAT ~coNGREssMEN SAY.

.Tfue progress Is only possible when
tAs farmer finds the market for his pro.
Apse II the neaghboring towns, and the
o~n1u1Acturer . market for his goods
onpag ~ surrounding farmers; hence
- Importance Of such a policy to the
1pofherA people ~ will result in the
Nmf1g'o Of our mines, the manufactur-
~ { ear timber and the utilization of
sAz0NHpassed water power within
- eor6on-Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard.
4391, - North Carolina.
NeIIinIey bill furnished a home
& TT the raw material of the
people. at whose Invitation
D1D ~ capitalists from the north
1Nn and settled among our peo-
1fing their millions in the un-
resources Of the south, as
- The blessings which nat
- Asc0sarily follow this de-
peee4 q our section. 1t meant a
- car citizens; it was the one
Nhich was to bring about
eFseonddation between the
1rlh BY natural contact be-
tho had heretofore mis-
- ethsr: It meant the
~ th6asaads a lsboreu
8fx4fIH4L-
, 1896-04-03
CALL FOR REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION,

Headquarters Republican State Com
mittee.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 20, 1896.
To the Republican Electors of Wyo-
ming:
In accordance with established usage
and by direction Of the republican
state committee, notice is hereby given
that the republican state convention
will be held at Sheridan, Wyoming, on
Thursday, May IA, 1896, at II o'clock
a. M, for the purpose of selecting six
delegates and six alternate delegates to
the republican national convention to
be held at st. Louis, Mo-, on Tuesday,
June 16, 1896, to nominate candidates
for president and vice president of the
United States.
This state convention will be com,
posed Of 102 delegates. apportioned
among the several counties as follows:
Albany, II; Carbon, IL; Converse, s;
Crook, 5; Fremont g.; johnson, a; Lara
mic, 10; Natrona, s.; Sheridan, Z;
|Sweetwater, 9; Uinta, IL; Weston, s.
The delegates from the several coun,
ties will be chosen at county onven
tons called and conducted according
to the rules and customs followed in
such counties in selecting delegates to
state conventions.
All republican electors, and voters
without regard to past political afRli-
atoms, who believe in republican prin-
ciples and endorse the republican poll
cy, are cordially invited to unite under
this call In the selection Of delegates
to the state convention.
WILLIS VAN DEVANTER,
Chairman.
B. NJ. AMSTERDAM,
Secretary,
, 1896-04-03

and the erection OF school houses and
other institutions calculated 10 en-
hance the material welfare of our sec
ton: it was a measure brimful of pa
triotism and Americanism. l defy any
n to show me a single sentence with
in the Mckinley bill which preferred
the capitalists of foreign lands to the
American citizen. 1t contained no
principle which had for its object the
protection of the foreign citizen and
the destruction of the American citi-
zen. From the moment it became a
law the business interests of this coun-
try acquired new impetus and on every
hand could be seen evidences of re-
newed prusperity.-Hon. John NJ.
Thurston, U. S. s., of Nebraska.
Hon. John Dalzell, NJ. c., of Penn
%sylvania. recently said: What this
country wants is more
through the custom houses, more men
in the mines, more blazing furnaces,
more factories. more mills, the music
of more spindles, more and cheaper
transportation facilities, a wider field
for labor, an enlarged home market,
more consumption to stimulate pro-
duotion, to increase wages and to de-
crease the hours Of labor" These ne
cessary and much desired conditions
can only be brought about by a return
to the policy of protection to American
industries, such as we enjoyed in 1891
and 1892, when our industries were pro-
tected and our treasure receipts were
adequate to meet the requirements OF
the government.
, 1896-04-03
FAIR PAY FOR GOOD WORK.

The taxpayer convention. which
has been engineered by Prof. OFT and
the democrats, has done exactly what
had been predicted. They assume to
effect a saving by their platform Of
mor than $4,000. This is 1900 less
than OFT promised. To do this they
Will cut down a police officer from SIS
to $65 per month and make him work
IL hours a day. They propose to make
. councilman perform the duties of the
thankless office for $25 per annum and
the mayor for 500, depending upon
the honor Of the men whom they pro-
pose to elect to cover the balance back
into the treasury Of the city. They pro-
pose to have their clerk make an as
sessment OF the city and act as clerk
Of the board for $500. depending upon
their platform for an assurance that he
will pay the balance which is allowed
by law back to the city. To the treas
urer they propose to pay 5000, and it
Is ven doubtful If MI. Palmer would
receive that amount should he be
elected, II the record of the man who
is really behind the scheme to get the
ONCE is any criterion to go by. Mr..
Palmer would in all probability do the
work for nothing. just as he did before.
The whole scheme is simply one con-
cocted by the democratic ringsters of
this county to block the republican
wheel Of progress. so far as lies in their
power. By f1attering a few into work
Ing for nearly nothing they hope play
winning card with the people and
divide the republican forces in the
more important election to be held this
fall In Mr.. Arnold they have a gen.
tleman whom they believe to be an
invincible candidate by reason of the
fact that he was the attorney for those
who evaded the payment Of a portion
OF their taxes last year, thus throwing
. larger burden upon their neighbors.
But while Mr.. Arnold was the success
full attorney in that case, it must also
be borne In mind that he was unsuc-
cessful in his attempt to reduce the Ii
quor licenses to 1920. Perhaps he
would be able to do it should he be
elected this spring. and If he should
what will be the result. There are
about IL liquor licenses issued in Lara
mie. To reduce the charge to $12O
would be a net loss on each license of
$3.50. or a total of $500. This would
more than Offset the supposed saving
Of the taxpayer" platform. and 81, 900
to spare.
But the republicans are in the game
for economy and the men who have
been nominated on their ticket can be
depended upon to exert every influence
to cut down the expenses and save
money to the people. There are other
ways to economic in the running of
the city government which have been
entirely ignored by the democrats. To
make . public servant work for noting
II not the only method of ~curtailine
expenses. Every man who performs
good service for the people is entitled
70 = fair and just remuneration, and
upon this platform the republicans do
not hesitate to stand, believing that
the voters will endorse fair pay for
good work
, 1896-04-03
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1896.

The Republican is in receipt Of a
neat pamphlet Of so pages issued by the
Laramie Mining and Stock exchange.
1t contains much matter of interest
concerning the resources of Albany
county and southern Wyoming. The
cuts in the work are excellent and the
material concise and well edited. The
Republican proposes to make copious
extracts from this pamphlet as occa-
sion win permit.
, 1896-04-03

Take a dose of DeWitt's Little Early
Risers just for the good they will do
you. These little pills are good for in
digestion, good for headache, good for
complaint, good for constipation.
They are good. Chas. N. Settele,
, 1896-04-03

B. NJ. AMSTERDAM,
Secretary.
, 1896-04-03
LEGAL
/ BLANKS!

Warranty Deed,
Trust Deed,
Quit. Claim Deed
Mortgage Deed
ChatteI Nor gage,
Assignment
Release Of Trust Deed,
Roloaoo Of Mortgage,
Power 81 Attorney
Bill Of Sale,
acknowledgment.
MlnIng claim Location,
peoo0s oialm location,
pro0f Of Labor
, 1896-04-03

THESE BLANKS arc all printed on Ane
= linen. paper with An attractive border,
and are duplicates Of the most approved
forms now In use in this State. The Price q
these blanks u worry low, quality con11deTed.
and anyone In need Of anything II The abose
writing for samples.
, 1896-04-03

Representative Grosvenor said. in
speaking of the present condition of
national political affairs, that there
never was a time in the history of the
United States when there was greater
demand for republican craftsmanship
than there is now. Whether this con
gress will be able to achieve anything
l do not know, but | do know that the
house of representatives, with it's great
republican majority, has already made
an impression upon the business of the
country This is true. Whatever the
present congress shall be able to do,
the people are confident that the free
trade party in this country has reached
the end of it's power to work destruc-
ton to American industries. The Cor
ma tariff act may remain for the pres
ent inviting ruinous competition to
American industries, but its doom is
sealed: the hours of its life of destruc-
tive work are becoming less and less.
, 1896-05-20

Il Is doubtful whether Germany, which is
naturally a far poorer country tlan France,
can long sustain it's population. which must,
therefor, either emigrate IL Increasing num-
bers or burst out in some direction into lands
less o~verfull. 1t is be ieved to b. a clear
perception Of these facts which makes some
ruling men in Germany 50 eager for a depen-
dency Into which Germans might swami.
They would MOI swarm even il hey got one.
The idea of the German e|mi4rant is 10 escape
oticjl! lonl, not to replace himself aaIe, il II,
y country beyond seas.
, 1896-05-20
Spectator, 11h April. J

The rapid increase OF population in Ger
many, due, it is believed. to the increase of
manufactures, is becoming of political import
ance. According to the corrected return of
the Census taken on December End, 1895.
the Empire now contains 50, 244, SOB iphabi-
tants, while France only contains SO, OOO, 900.
The Germans, moreover, add at least {, 0O0,oO0
to their nupber every ten years, while the
French may be said not TO increase at all.
AS both countries train every available man,
the German Army must always be greater
han the French, and in another generation
will be greater by more than a third. Again
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Topic APRuI 10

What we should be doing to save
the lost. Luke Is: lilo. a temper.
ance tOpic.)
This is the all important and funda-
mental question Of the age, yea OF al
ages. IL is one Of the duties CT a
sincere christian to be constantly on
the lookout for the salvation of those
who have not yet seen the Light.
Indeed no true Christian will pur-
pOSely neglect to improve every
favorable opportunity. 1t is ques-
ton of life and death-nOt ten porary
but eternal. Let this matter BE
brought forcibly to each one next
Sunday night and our lives will be-
come much brighter and more fruit
full. and our society more spiritual.
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SPRING LAKE.

Harry Martin spent vacat ton week
of the Ellsworth school with his par
ents in this town. Harry is rapidly
climb bling the hill of science and ex-
poets to graduate at the close Of the
present term.
Miss Grace Brown returned To her
home from the River Falls Normal
School one week ago.
At the recent town meeting in
Spring Lake, $3.50 was voted for Incl
dental expenses, 800 for bridges, : $50
for support of poor and Sl35 TO settle
claims for damrges on the highways.
A Matteson was the owner of two
highgrade Poland China bears, aged
respectively. one and six years. The
Younger one by some means got into
the pen of the older one few days
ago and was killed in a few moments.
Peter Loohn and Ben BlomqrIst, a
swede who MADE his home With Mr..
LOohn one and half miles north OF
Spring Valley, went TO election in the
town Of Cady on the eth. The two in
company with a German went 70
Wilson in a two-seated buggy and be-
came very drunk. Mr.. L0ohn tied
the German in the seat with him and
put the Swede alone in the back seat.
He was too drunk TO sit up and slid
down in the bottom of the buggy, and
when the trio reached Spring Valley
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Temperance dolnnln.
CONDUCTED BY THE w. c. T. U.
1t Does Not Pay.

1t Does Not Pay.
1t does not pay to hang one citi
zen because another citizen sells
him liquor.
1t does not pay to have one citizen
confined in the county Jail because
another citizen sold him liquor.
1t does not pay to have one citizen
placed in the lunatic asylum because
another citizen sold him liquor.
1t does not pay to have fifty
workingmen ragged in order to have
one saloonkeeper dressed in broad
cloth and flush with money.
It does not pay to have ten, smart,
active. intelligent boys transformed
into thieves in order to enable one
man to lead an easy life by selling
! liquor to them.
1t does not pay to have fifty
workingmen and their families live
on bone soup and half-rations in
order that one saloonkeeper may
flourish on roast turkey and cham
payne.
Liquor Acknowledged Lesson.
"Boy at the head of the class,
what are we paving for liquor as a
nation?"
"Nine hundred million dollars
annually"
"Stept to the blackboard, my boy,
First take rule and measure this
silver dollar. How thick is it?"
NEARLY an eighth of an inch"
"Well, sir, how many of them car
you put in an inch?"
Between eight and nine"
"Give me the benefit ofthe doubt
call it nine. How many inches
would it require to pile these 5000,
100000 imp"
zone hundred million inches"
"How many feet would that be?'
"Eight million three hundred and
thirty three thousand three hundred
and thirty-three."
"How many rods is that?"
Five hundred and five thousand
and fifty rods"
"How many miles is that?"
"One thousand five hundred anc
seventy-eight miles
"Miles of WHAT"
Gone thousand five hundred ano
seventy-eight miles of silver dollars
laid down, packed closely together
our national liquor bill would make
This is only one years grog bill.
Reader, suggests the National Ad
vocate, if you need facts about this
Temperance question, nail that to {
post and read it occasionally. /
would take ten men with SCOOP
shovels to throw away money as fas
J as we are wasting it for grog.
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MARTELL.

The following town officers were
elected: Supervisors, 5. Thorson,
(chairman), William III. Guiser, L. p.
Bjerkeng; Clerk, o. j. Hohle;
Treasurer, III. l.. Hagestad; Assessor,
William A. Kay.
The town voted to buy four wheel
scrapers to be used for grading down
hills in the different road districts.
Rod s. and George Williams spent
a couple days in Kinnickinnic this
weeking fishing.
DR.. III. O. Fjelde is in Minneapolis
this week attending his brother
Jacob Fjelde the sculptor, who is very
sick.
[. Klivansky is in town with a full
line of jewelry.
Ronsness Bros. have shut down their
saw mill near Beldenyille.
Nels p. Houston and Theodore
Anderson went to Lakeland, Mimi,
this week to work in the saw mill.
Johnson & Clemetson have opened
a grocery store in the Clemetson
building on the Brooklyn side.
Born, April s, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin z. johnson, son.
Casper Winger was down from
Little Falls over Sunday.
Theodore Haugen of Washburn is
visiting friends and relatives in town.
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PRESCOTT.

Mrs. w. III. Glendenning and
daughter Alice spent Saturday in
Hastings.
DIR. Chas. f. Cotton of Minneapolis
spent Sunday with his father.
III. b. McCray returned from Chicago
last week.
Carson Griffin the assistant post
master, who has been very sick with
pneumonia, is much better.
There has been considerable sick
ness in town this spring.
Ticketsare being sold for the course
of lectures to be delivered by Rev.
Mcintosh at the NJ E. church.
Fletcher Miller was up to st. Paul
last week.
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The house on the old Chidister
place, occupied by Lester Smith,
burned last week. The furniture was
all saved.
Mrs. Chas. Butler and Mrs. Vent
are i'll. Willie Wild has the measles.
and Willie Belfoutz is just recovering
from the same disease. Birdie Potter
has been very i'll but is now better.
Spencer Kendall will give a dance in
Hawn's hall April II.
Arthur Betterly will move into
John Gates old house this week.
August Falk, the new cheese-maker
will occupy the Crandall house.
Miss Vina Lowater was at home for
the Normal vacation.
DR.. Clough has returned from
Chicago.
Chas. Pomeroy is building new
granary.
III. Lowater went to Spring Valley
on business Monday.
Sugar making is progressing finely.
The village school is in session
again.
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then Oh! the noise of the rushin'
steam nearly deafens me.
In the lower Geyser Basin on the
Fire Hole River the finest sight was
the Architectural Geyser. The form
and color of its siliceous deposits are
infinite in lumber. There are basins
and pockets with ornamented rims
and filled with transparent water.
Caleb and Joe went up to the very
mouth and looked in. | could not
DO it. They said that there seemed
to be bilin' mass of green water
down there that looked mad enough
to come up any minnit, and it did
soon, too. 7 can't tell you nothin'
about it. feel helpless before such
things-only that was more grand
than any fountain ever made by man.
There was a Scotch minister in
our party, ruddy and fair to look
upon. He preached each Sabbath
that we were there. We seemed to
take to each other. The first mornin'
after our arrival | asked him how
he had rested, and he answered,
"Brawly, thakee fer sperm" He
does not use the Scotch much in
preachin'. Then we visited one of
the hot springs where the water
in overflowin' runs into large shall
low pools, painting whatever it
touches with all of the colors of the
rainbow. Where the water is hottest
the colors are brightest, and as the
water cools the colors change into
soft creamy white and delicate
browns and grays, while still farther
down they grow into darker and
still richer shades. He stood SPELL
bound, when we were ready to go.
His face was TRANSPORTED, it seemed,
and | heard him say as though talk
ing to some one just out of sight:
$50 the sperit ten me up an
brought me into the inner court an
behold the glory of the Lord filled
the house" laid my hand upon
his arm and turning he said: give
far ben Mrs. Strong" That face l
shall never forgit.
One day as we stood watching
Old Faithful throwing its column of
water 1870 feet high, Joe said:
"Mother, that reminds me of the
time that we had the new teakettle.
You remember that the old one
hadn't any nose to Drag on in the
beginning, and that was filled nearly
full of lime. The new one had
very large spout, and as Mary Jane
went to pour water for the first time
she exclaimed: 'What foine utter
ance.'"
Grander and still more grand to
me than all w; the Yellow Stone
River, its banks and tributaries
with their falls. Then, more than
all, the great falls. How it rushes,
hurries and roars. A huge mass of
green and white, boiling, bubbling,
steaming. tits SO awe-inspirin' that
| have no words to express my feel
ms. | never could feel the small
ness of myself so painfully before.
As we turned away-guides do hur-
ry so-Caleb said: Scan it be that
one can turn from all this and still
say There is no God?'" eyes,
father" said Joe, 'sthere is one who
can do it and that is the same one
who ages ago said: There is no
Cod"
April 9th. 1906.
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TRIAIBELLE.

There were POS votes polled at the
late town meeting. Bundy received
lib votes, Helms received Isl, and 2s
judicial ballots were cast without any
marks on at all, or so marked that
the intention of the voter could not
be determined.
Every man on the non-partisan
town ticket was elected with a good
majority. Two of the republican
nominees, viz: NJ. Nugent and Ed
Halliday, were Endorsed by the non
partisans. The following Is the
ticket elected: Supervisors, NJ. Nj
gent, Chm, Peter Huppert, NJ. f.
Harris; Clerk, ]. Il. Beddall: Treasurer,
Ed. Halliday; Assessor, j. n. Whipple;
Justices, John Dean full term, S. w.
Weeks full term; Constables, John
Clonts, +. Thurber, A. w. Poston.
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PIrN City.

George Moser has returned home
from Minneapolis where he has been
visiting a friend.
George Churchill is building an
addition to his house.
Jack Fox and John Plath are max
ing arrangements for the building VI
their new residences.
Miss Tracy Obitz has gone 10 Mil.
waukee.
w. A. Curtis has purchased a new
piano.
Mrs Jack Fox has gone to Winona
and Wabasha on visit to relatives
and friends.
Miss Addie Wheeler has gone to
Lake City to learn the dressmaker's
trade.