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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-18
SCHEME TO LOWER WAGES.

The following is the suggestive head
ing Of an article in The Sun Of Lexing-
ton, KY:
TO LOWER WAGES.
scheme TO Reduce the Pay of Laborcrs
Without Strikes and Lockouts.
Dcpreeidts the Money With Which They Are
Paid, and the Result Is Obtained.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-18

Chamberiain's Eye and Skin Ointment
Is u~nequalled for Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheun, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
Chronic Sore Eyes and GRADUATED Eye Lids.
For sale by druggists at 25 cents per box.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-18
WHAT THE WAR HAS COST
Cuba Has Lost sI~3s.ooo,ooo In One Year
of War.

The autonomist newspaper La Union,
published at Guines, in the province OF
Havana. prints the following estimate of
what the war in Cuba has cost in a sin
gle year:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-18


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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-18

MOCKING BIRD.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25

A good deal of what Is called Stevensonia,
or literary remains of Robert Louis Ste
venson, has already been given to the public,
but more Is coming in the shape of a vol
ume Of "Vailima Table Talk" This is made
vi of Stevenson's conversations in his own
home, taken dowr by mis- daughter-in-iaw
with his consent. though it is said he re-
garded the matter as a joke. Admirers of his
writings need not be accused of admiring
them less if they confess to a distaste for
this sort of thing. The public is accustomed
20 having the private correspondence Of a
literary celebrity published for its benefit
as soon as ne mas left the world, but 1t is
willing that his conversation with his family
and friends should remain unknown. No
doubt much that Is brilliant is lost to the
world in this way, but some freedom of
thought and speech should be allowed a
man, and IL, at his own hearthstone, he
cannot be free from c%olstraint and the
thought that he is talking for publication,
what liberty has he in life? When ne knows
that a member Of his household is taking
notes he can hardly fail to lose something
of spontaneity. even though be be a Ste
venson. There is a mercenary suggestion
about the matter, too. which is rot pleasant.
1t may be hoped. at least. that this stem
ographic example Will not be followed by the
relatives Of other popular writers. Ideals
are easily destroyed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25

A thoughtful, kindly, bearded face. a figure
bent with the literary stoop." thin. nervous
hand. and a courtesy such as belongs 10 the
best classes Of Russian society only, that Is
Prince krapotkin, the revolutionary, the ex-
lie. the Nihilist. sssf S
King George OF Greece recently unveiled
the statue of Lord Byron at Athens. 1t was
made by Chapu and Falguieres, the French
sculptors. Byron is represented as advanc-
ing toward Greece, a female figure, who
holds out to him a laurel crown.
Senator Sherman's wealth serves as the
subject Of bitter attacks on the part of West
ern and Southern Populists. who. In order to
give point to their remarks, declare him
worth 1900. 600. As a matter OF fact the
Senator is worth about $780, 0c, which he has
accumulated by economy and prudent invest
mentS In real estate.
1t is generally supposed that an educational
test for immigrants would make most against
Immigrants from southern Europe. But If
the returns of iliteracy from the last general
elections in Great Britain are correct. the test
would bear heavily against the Irish. The
number of illiterateS among the voters in the
various constituencies was given as follows:
English counties, 1 in 80; English boroughs.
1 In l50; Welsh counties. l in 80; Welsh bor-
oughs. 1 in 20; Scotch counties, / IN 80; Scotch
boroughs. / in 160; Ireland. l in 5.
Apropos of the new woman" somebody
resurrected an old story the other day about
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe that may or may not
be true. A t all events, it was worth resur-
recting. The story goes that Mrs. Howe
was, one fine morning, walking down Beacon
street, Boston, when she met a friend. who
asked her how DR.. Howe was. DIR. Hover
repeated Mrs. Howe, vaguely. Then, as II
suddenly recollecting herself: "Oh, he's quite
well, I'm sure. l remember seeing in the
morning paper that ne presided at some
meeting or other last evening"
Some time ago the Catholics Of Cincinnati
decided to present to Archbishop Elder a
testimonial gift on the approaching fftieth
anniversary Of his ordination to the priest
hood. Hearing Of this. Mrs. Bellamy Storer.
the wife of ex-Congressman Storer. offered
to give her handsome house and grounds
in Cincinnati for the pupose. The commit
tee In charge of the matter, however, has
just received a letter from the Archbishop
declining the proposed gift, on the ground
that it would not be seemly for him TO .ac-
cept a gift when the diocese is struggling
under a debt.
Are there violets in the sod,
Crocuses beneath the cl0d?
When win Boreas give US peace?
Or has Winter signed a lease
For another month of frost,
Leaving Spring to pay the cost?
For it seems ne still is king,
Though it's Spring.
christopher Pearse Cranch.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25

When sound can go but in only one di-
rection 1t travels far. An old well at Ceris-
brook Castle, Isle Of Wight. is 162 feet deep.
On a still day a pin can be heard TO strike
the water.
Cut flowers will keep very fresh II a small
pinch of common s~altpeter Is put in the water
in which they stand. The ends OF the stems
should be cut eff a little every day to keep
open the absorbing pores.
Canon Gore, in a sermon at Westminster
Abbey recently. informed his congregation
that much OF the Bible must have been taken
down in shorthand. He said that the speech
of st. Stephen Acts viD could only have been
recorded in that way
Among the latest inventions which Yankee
genius has given the world is a doorknob
which renders a latchkey superfiuous. BY
rotating the knob in the same manner as a
safe lock until the proper combination Is Sc
cured the door can be opened.
In private life Prince Krapotkin is the
most mild and amlable Of men. To see him
at his home In Kent. sin the humblest of
laborer's cottages, Is to see the IDEAL man
of learning as ne often appears In Action.
but = said to have no existence In real life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25

Boston transcript
In Mr.. Howells's wedding Journey" the
passengers on board a ST. Lawrence steam
boat are moved 10 great wrath when they
see the vessel slowing 10 In order 10 stop
at a small pier where only one man awaits
Ii. AS they approach, however, the rumor
goes round that he is an Englishman. upon
which there is Immediate acquiescence et
round. as IL an Englishman had n right, Ok
course. 10 stop all conveyances and inter-
fere with the convenience or everybody lt
Is impossible not 10 be reminded OF this Incl
dent by the absolute difference with which
the whole anti-jingo press In this country
receives such extraordinary outbreaks as
the English expedition into Egypt. Let Ven
n1uefa as or a I question De i be s ssSed IN IN, an' senate .ss
We know just what newspapers will bewall.
jast what learned professors denounce. The
quoted. Let England. without asking any
questions, send ten thousand troops 10 make
a conquest of Dongoia. and every professor
Is speeches.. every newspaper dumb. The
golden rule laid on the table, in presence OK
an Englishman. IL Is impossible 70 deny thai
there is something formidable in the brute
energy that can thus impress itself across
three thousand miles of ocean, upon so many
cultivated minds. Surely IL Is not strange IL
Senator Lodge and Senator Chandler are
sometimes beset by a domineering spirit In
presence Of an example so imposing.
Consider the spectacle just now afforded.
Office there. the dispatches say, a thousand
or two Egyptian recruits are collected. 10 he
equipped and sent to fight the English bat
ties. Companies Of weeping women parade
the streets, dressed in black. with ashes
covering their faces, their lamentations fil-
ing the air. While the natives are discon-
solate al the prospect of war. the English
are highly elated. ."Th prospect OF fightIng
creates much enthusiasm among the Eng
lish-" A fund is being raised for prospective
widows and orphans-presumably Egyptian
not English. There Is not an English off,
Ger who does not heartily approve the conn
ing conflict" To all appearance, every
thought of peace. of humanity. vanishes into
air. Surely, one thinks. the anti-jingo papers
and preachers will rejoice that they can at
least make their protes, against this vast
tumult of aggressive war. Not a bit Of it,
they are as mute as the crowd on Howelis's
Canadian steamboat when a solitary Eng
lishman halted II. We hare 10 go as far al
desDotic Russia to find an editor who can
venture TO charge Engiishmen with being
''blcodthirsty ciyiiizers."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25
TAKERS OF THE HOUSE.
Representative johnson Has the Moss
Nimble Tongue.
Washington 20.

Representative Johnson, OF Indiana, stii1
wears the laurels as the fastest talker in
the House, but the ohicia. reporters say
he is not on hat account the most diff
tive Lacey. of Iowa, Is a close second. but
his speaking does not possess any terrors
for them. TIL most difficult speakers 10
report are not those who wag a ready
tongue, but some OF the slow ones VINO
swallow nalf their words and are mushy
i'm their syllabication. Apparently a speak
er'S enunciation has a great deal 10 do
with the problem The New England ora
tors and the Western ones are usually dis
tinct in their utterances, and FOR that rea-
son are easily reported. Many of the SOUTH
ern speakers, whose enunciation Is less dis
rinct. are those most difficult TO reproduce
s-tenographically. While the South has al
ways been the seat Of oratory and tho
locality where the greatest stress is laid
on the art, the proper enunciation OF words
appears to have been most overlooked. In
other sections of the United States not 50
much Importance seems 10 be attached to
oratory for the sake Of ~cratory, but pro-
portionately more TO distinct syllabication;
and some parts OF New England are noted
for the excessive care win which an un-
important syllable at the end OF a word -
pronounced. Among the speakers in the
House who are the delight OF the official
The former Is a Maine man and the latter
a Southerner, but of English parenfage. a.
vel. as birth, who. In addition. enjoyed the
advantage OF being the scion OF a family OF
actors. Among the later accessions 10 the
list of the better class OF orators In the
popular branch OF Congress Mr.. Cousins. OF
Iowa. must be included. He Is doubtless to-
day the best speaker there. and the main
charm of his speaking Is his deliberato
manner, his pure enunciation and his dra-
matte way OF scoring a point by a slow de-
livery OF the important words OF his dis-
course and careful infection Of voice
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25

The title Governor Morton was a
household term in Indiana for SO many
years that thousands of Hoosiers have
not yet accustomed themselves to hear
ing Of the New York Governor of the
same name without having the picture
Of their own honored but departed lead
er presented first to their minds. Long
after he was made a Senator Of the
United States he continued to be spoken
Of as Governor" by those who knew
him in the stress and strain of war time.
That his strong personality impressed
itself wildly on the country at large is
shown by the frequent illusions to him
by political writers of to-day, and,
though he has been dead nearly twenty
years., h Philadelphia Record, in speak
ing Of the Governor Of New York, makes
the curious blunder of calling him "pres-
idential-possibility Oliver p. Norton"
There was but one Oliver p. Morton.
He was a presidential possibility, too,
in his day; on the list of candidates in
this rear of our Lord there is no one,
whatever his special merits, of so great
force of character as he.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25
A ~DEBT-MAKING PARTY.

The Louisville Commercial says that
never before in the history Of the Ma
ton was the public debt increased in
times Of peace for the purpose of paying
current expenses" This is a mistake.
The present condition Of the national
finances. especially the feature of bor-
rowing money and increasing the bond
ed debt to pay current expenses. is suffi-
GENTLY disgraceful, but it is not without
precedent. 1t has happened before un-
der Democratic administrations. 1t hap
tration of James Monroe. and then. as
now, it was mainly due to Democratic
mismanagement. From the beginning
of the century to that time the govern
ment had been under Democratic con-
troll, and its general policy had been a
tariff for revenue only. The idea of
protection. in it's modern sense, had not
to this and other causes the balance of
trade ran against the United States very
strongly for several years, the public
debt had increased to sos. 900. 600, and in
1918 there was a panic which forced all
the local banks in the country, except
those Of New England, to suspend, and
caused widespread disaster. The rev.
it's expenditures, and bonds were issued
at 5 and 6 and Z per cent. interest to
raise money for that purpose. In 1921
the Secretary of the Treasury reported
an expected deficit Of $500, 900. This is
, considerably less than the monthly def
cts OF the present administration, but
it was large for that period. and. be-
sides. the very word deficit" had an
alarming sound for the American people.
A committee of the House Of Represent
atives. in a report on the condition Of
the country, said:
1t Is not a matter of very great conso.a-
ton to know that. at the end OF thirty
years of it's operation. this government
finds its debt increased $20.0 O0, 900 and its
revenue inadequate to its expenditures, the
national domain impaired, and 10000, 900 OF
its proceeds expended: So. 00,0 600 drawn
from the people by internal taxation and
sSfl. 600. 900 by customs. yet the public treas
and without national calamity. the coun-
try embarrassed with debts and rea, estate
under rapid depreciationi the markets OF
diminished and declining; commerce strug-
Cling not to retain the carrying OF the
produce OF other nations. but our own.
There Is no national interest which Is in a
healthful, thriving condition.; the Nation
at large Is not 50; the operations OF the
government and individuals alike labor
under difficulties which are felt by all.
The sea-. the forest, the earth yie-d
their abundance: the labor OF man is re.
warded: pestilence. famine or war commit
no ravages; no calamity has visited the
people; peace smiles on as plenty blesses
the land. Whence. then. this burst OF uni
versal distress?
This describes the main features of the
present situation with singular exact
ness. and h question Whence this
burst Of universal distress?" might be
] answered now. as then. from Democratic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25
CRUELTY TO spANIARDs.
SPANS Barbarous Treatment OF Hes
Own S~oIdfers:s


Own soIdfers:>
Havana Special in New York Mail and Ex-
press
The utter barbarity of the Spanlards to-
ward their own soldiers. as wei as toward
exhausted men by the roadside.
A doctor here in Havana. who has been
out within the past two weeks. told me on
his return that he had many cases OF sol-
diers who had been wounded by artillery
fire or splinters, and that shells had been ex-
ploded with such accuracy that they wrought
sad havoc among the Span.sh troops. He
went TO the field Independent of the columns.
but had TO give up his missicn. which re-
sembled the work Of the Red cross. because
II stated" he added. that |, would make
no discrimination i'm their favor: that :
that my object was to aid the injured. Their
reply was: If you want to go out and treat
Spanish soldiers. we will be glad to have
you, but you must let the Cubans alone.
The more of them that die the better I
went out just TO see how the land lay. ana
was riding along near Catalina the next
day when I found six soldiers lying scattered
on the roadside for a mile. exhausted. fam
ishing for food and water. their feet swollen
and bleeding, and when I came TO talk with
wounded. but had been left TO die because
they were. so worn out they. could not keep
up with the column. And they were SPAN
ish soldiers.
There are many of these fellows who had
been stripped OF their arms and lett thae
way who had died before help came 70
them. ] got a wagon and took them all
into Catalina. and three died that day. When
/ got TO Catalina / found a lot OF spanish
wounded who had not been attended. but
had been left in the forts with no one but
their companions to dress their cuts and shot
wounds.
lit is not brutality so much as IL IS the
lack of proper facilities. The men are COM
PEELED to exist on what they can carry in
their pockets for days. possibly a couple OK
weeks. There is no commissary department..
They get weak and exhausted. so that X
wounded they usually die, OF IL not. they
are ripe for the fever. After the battles,
into which they enter only half-heartecly
there is no medical or surgical attendance
worth sneaking Of"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25

pressed a willingness 10 make reasonable
concessions, agreeing, as they said. fully
with the Senators that IL would place both
houses in a ridiculous attitude to have the
matter fail In conference after both houses.
by such large majorities had agreed. each
IN It's own way, on an expression friendly 10
Cuba. Two alternative were presented.
which were those OF the House accepting the
Senate resolutions without change or the
modifying OF the House resolutions by leav-
ing out the third of the series providing for
Intervention. When the conference adjourned
no decision had been reached as TO which
course should be pursued or whether some
other course might be taken. IL the Sen<,e
resolutions are accepted by the HouHe 20
viii not be necessary TO bring the question
into the Senate again, and some OF the SEN
ators think the conference will finally re-
suit in their ACCEPTANCE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25

In the hearing which the ways and
means committee gave to the president
Of the Baltimore Board of Trade con-
corning the effect on the foreign trade
of that city of the repeal Of the reciproc-
ity treaty with Brazil he said it had
caused a marked decrease in the ship
ments of flour. During the year ended
June 80, 1894. just prior to the passage
Of the present tariff law. the shipments
from Baltimore to Brazil amounted to
$40, 600 barrels of flour. This was an in
crease Of 25s. 900 barrels over the ship
ments of 1890, before the reciprocity
agreement was made. The first year
after the abrogation of the reciprocity
treaty by the law of 1894, the shipments
decreased to S42, 900 barrels, and were still
decreasing. AS a large proportion Of
this flour came from the West, it is easy
to see how Western farmers and millers
were affected by the repeal of reci-
prOcity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25

washington special.


The committee report f~avoring the admis-
sion Of New Mexicon into the sisterhood of
States contains some very interesting facts
about this section of the country that are
not generally known. Something Is said, too,
as to the prospective development of the pro-
posed new State worth consideration and at
tention. For instancey the real valuation OF
property in New Mexico is estimated at 49,
100000, or three times its assessed value. The
population has increased since 1890 from
i54, 600 to 100, 900. About one-half of the popu-
lauion of the territory is Of Mexican birth or
derivation, though the voters Of American
birth are largely in the majority on account
OF emigration of unmarried men from the
States, that element being in control. The
territory contains 5000, 900 square miles. an
area one and a half times as large as that
OF Illinois. and two and a half times as large
as that OF Indiana. IT might surprise Presi-
dent Cleveland to know that the census. OF
1890 puts the church membership Of New
Mexico at 5000 out Of a Chem population
of $4,000. What New England State can
make a better showing? There are 5S2
schools in the Territory and 1900 children
of school age. There are LAS miles Of rail
roads to it's credit, worth about 45.oO0,OC0
cattle valued at SIS, 900, 900, and the output OF
precious metals Is about S. 5000 0 a year and
growing. New Mexico is destined TO be the
greatest fruit-producing region In America,
good Judges think.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-25
Behind the CnrHsle Boom.

Washington Special in Chicago Post
The oficeholders are only just beginning
to understand what is really behind the Car
Isle candidacy. and. like veterans. accus-
toned to moving under orders, they are
shaping their course accordingly. Free-silver
Democrats, quick to take alarm. and quick
er still to make an cutlery, are charging
that back of the administration purpose to
make Mr.. Carlisle the candidate and sound
money the Issue this year there has been
formed a sinister Wall-street conspiracy to
control the Chicago convention, IL money
can do it. 1t looks almost as though they
are getting ready to go on the confessional
after the Chicago convention much as Col.
Ike Hill did on his return from his CO.
lumbus, O., convention. last summer. Col.
Ike is a rabid free silverite and for weeks
before the convention he Dragged Justify
about what the free-silver men Of Ohio were
going to do with the hated. gold bugs"
When he got back to Washington his ex-
PLANTATION Of the free-silver fall-down was
couched in this candid language: 1--WE had
'em two to one" he said.s but. d. 'em,
they bought us up" They seem to be getting
ready to be bought up again. judging by
the kind of uproar they are making.