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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-08
Hon. Walter Evans.

1.-THE agricultural interests of the coun-
try are very comprehensive and include
subjects of vast extent and Importance
corn, wheat, sugar, rice, tobacco. cotton.
fruits, horses mules. cattle. sheep, WOOL
ETC., are probably those that first strike
you. The farmer needs that demand
should be created and sustained for all
farm products at good prices. Without an
active demand that is reasonably continu-
Gus and permanent in character agricul-
tural interests languish. If there is such
a demand they flourish, and that is pre-
cisely equivalent to prosperity for the
farmer. The tariff bill aims at two things
In this connection, namely. first. to guard
our farmers and farm labor against the
lower wage conditions of other countries,
such as Mexico, Canada and many others
more remote, and, second, to so stimulate
the general industrial energies of the
whole country as to give all the people
work at fair compensation in one form or
another, and in that way to gain them
the power to buy what the farmers have
for sale, and as a consequence to create
and sustain the demand of which / have
spoken. No class of our people are more
dependent than are the farmers upon the
buCCtbbIul OptTdtiOu VI Inc uOCtTlue VI pro-
lection to home industries, for, il those
Industries are prosperous the great labor
ing classes will have money. and will
Herewith buy freely and pay literally and
promptly for what the farmer has, but IL
the laboring classes are out Of employ
ment they cannot and do not buy what
the farmer must sell. The last four years
have demonstrated this, and 1t seems to
me that the people will not forget it..
Speaking generally, may say that no
class of our people were more thought of
by the Republican members of the Ways
and Means Committee in preparing the
bill than were the farmers, and / believe
the provisions of the bill will show this to
be fact. We tried to do what was need
full to re-create our sheep focks and the
wool clips that would follow. We espe-
cially endeavored to encourage the pro-
duction of sugar, feeling sure that our
farmers could produce all we require IL
they would 60 to work at it. So with oil
the other great agricultural products
have named. And in my judgment If the
planters of the South will only address
themselves to It there are other crops than
those now raised there which can be Gull
tivated with great proit-notably, for in
stance, jute."
WALTER EVANS,
Member Ways and Means Committee.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-08
W. " OII-NpOAN,
Member Ways and Means Committee.


Free traders are apt to sneer ut the idea
of tariff on farm animals, wheat, barley,
eggs and other products Of the farm, and
call attention to the limited amount of
such imports. II they are intelligent. such
sneerng Is insincere; IL impracticable doc
trinarians, they know no better. Without
duty on wheat, 1t can be brought from
Argentine to New York at less expense
than from Nebraska; barley Is brought
from Canada In spite Of ordinary duties.
and cattle from Canada and Texas. Wool
was brought from Australia, Cape Colony
and several South American States when
the duty was II cents per pound. and
since 1t came in free, with free shoddy in
its wake. an amount In a single year.
equal to the entire clip of the United
States, has flooded the country, sending
prices below cost of production and n
fourth Of the focks of the country to the
butchers block, to expectation and TO
death by neglect; reduced the yalue Of
those remaining and almost eliminates
value from the pasture lands of farm and
range. The manufacturers who were
promised so much benefit from free wool
greater variety, cheaper cost, larger ont,
put and foreign market, have been over.
run by enormous quantities and denra-
ciated qualities of manufactured foreign
goods, not admitted free. but at lower
duties, and the result has been the shut
ting down Of mills until at one time three
fourths of the factories were Imperative
artisans and laborers out of employ. con.
sumption Of farm products reduced, conf
dence destroyed, panic intensified and ey-
cry interest Of the country affected. The
wool growers and manufacturers alone
have lost more By this experiment Of free
woods and lowered wooden duties than the
sum represented By the Increase Of the ma
tional debt during Clevsland's adminIstra-
ton. And who has gainedf Nobody. The
quality Of clothing y rsducsd more than
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-08
Member Ways and Means Committee
Hon. Robert p. Porter.


The tariff bill is now before the public.
and 1t Is easy to make comparison, item
by item, of the proposed bill with the
present law aud the Mckinley law. The
opposition plan Is to attack the new bill In
detail, as they did the Mckinley law, and
make all the political capital out of these
attacks. 1t is well for Republicans to be
on guard against these misleading and in
sidious attacks. They should recall the
fact most potent at this time that the Sec
tions of the Mckinley law which were
most bitterly assailed are the very sec
tons that subsequently proved of most
benefit to the American producer and the
American wage Garner.
The agricultural interests of the conn.
try have been well cared for, directly by
the increase Of duties wherever necessary
and indirectly by the provisions for recip,
rocity, which are sure to increase our ex-
ports of agricultural products. Our free
trade friends have shown great anxiety
over this reciprocity feature of the new
bill. with sugar on the dutiable list.
what have we got to trade with p they In.
nocently exclaim. The answer IL: LOTS
of things" The new reciprocity will au-
thorize the President to reduce duties in
cases where other nations are willing TO
reduce duties on our commodities. For
instance, an eighth of a cent reduction per
pound on refined sugar will be an impor-
tant club to hold over Germany, and may
make that nation hesitate to prohibit our
grain and -four and cattle and meat. The
changes In the mineral water schedule
will have the same effect. SO in the case
of silk and wines from France. This pol
icy should be extended much further than
the committee has gone. In addition to
sugar, the President Is authorized to put
a duty on tea and coffee: but the rate Is
not high enough to have the right effect.
And in the case of the countries which
should make reciprocal arrangements for
our agricultural products the duties should
be placed high, and the right invested In
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-08
Southern Farmers Prosperous

Hon. J. Pope Brown, president Oh :.
Georgia State Agricultural Society,"
ported as saying that "the farmers OF ~
State are in better condition than tns,
have been In twenty year," Mr.. p'v.S
is a farmer, progressive, successiu. .s
prosperous. He ought to know AM ~
believe he IL very orrect.--Houston i
Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-08

The interest on our public debt increas-
ed 20 per cent during Grover Cleveland.
second term In Office, but the interest In
Grover Cleveland and his party. during
that time decreased more than 80 Der CENT.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-08
Hon. J. II. Brigha m.

81 think the farmers generally without
regard to political associations are rather
anxious to see measure like the Dingley
bill passed, in order to see what the result
will be as related to themselves. Even
those who have not heretofore believed
very much in the policy of protection to
American Industries, want to see this bill
put into operation In the hope that It will
afford them relief. and IL 1t does they will
be very thankful. IL 1t does not afford
the relief desired then they will turn
their attention to something else. So far
rs am individually concerned, have
always been an advocate of protection to
American Industries. As farmer, have
felt that the agricultural interests have
not always been fairly treated In tariff re-
visions. In the Mckinley bill, agriculture
received better treatment than In any 9TH
er measure. previous or subsequent, ex-
cept the Dingley bill. had much to do
personally with the shaping of the McKin-
ley bill rs related TO the agricultural
schedule. being called upon By Major Nc
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-08
NOTES OF STRANGE THINGS.
A Utah Mans Experience of Fifty
Years Ago in Pennsylvania,
HELPER, Utah, January

HELPER, Utah, January
7th. 1897.
To the Editor:
l commenced the Journey OF life No.
vember 9th, 1919; was bore IN Erie
county, Pennsylvania, Dosr the state
line between Pennsylvania and New
York. The county was spsrsely set
tied at that time. In that re,ion OF
country the people had to make all
their clothing and whatever they
used.
In 1925 my father moved six miles
west, through dense forest, took a
claim OF one hundred acres OF land,
and commenced to clear and cultivate
tAnd mako q home. The following
year another family moved in and
located two miles west Of us. Father
and myself went to see our neighbors,
and the meeting was pleasing to all.
When meal time arrived We were In
vited TO Join them and partake OF their
fare, which we willingly did. 1t
would be incredulOus 10 some, but
l will state the facts. Their bread
wac mixed and baked in blocks OF
leech wood set before u fire. The
chief dish used was a trough OF fallen
tree cut out and made smooth, piece
OF clean homemade linen spread over
tho top A COW was led across the log
nnd placed over the dish, the cloth
acting as slralner. The milking done
the COW was carefully moved to one
tide. Bread was cTumbed in, ana
armed with wooden spoons, we enjoyed
an excellent meal
The frst mill or grain pulverlzer l
ever saw was huge beech stump cut
Oh on top anu burnt in the center until
1t was OF sufficient depth TO form
mortar. Then 1t was smoothed out
ana u wooden pes,le was used as pull.
Vetlser. Thin done, broad hoop with
buckskin rawbido was placed on 1t,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-08

and small holes burnt in 1t TO let the
meal through and strain the hulls.
In 1926 there were several OF us ex-
ploring our place in the dense forest.
There was big elm tree that meaeured
20 feet In circumference. That
was the largest one in the country.
1t was a wonder, tall and straight anu
its branches spread out o wonderful
extent. Close by this Tree was hollow
or depression in the ear b, probably
twelve feet deep and over twenty in
diameter. Curiosity led me to go 1own
| into II. When near the bottom l was
hanging to small bush, and as / re-
leased my hold l heard a sharp ring.
| began to tug at the bush anu again
heard the same ringing sound. l COM
menced digging away the loose leaves
and dirt, and at distance OF two feet
found bell OF q peculiar make, as II
maize by q master workman. 1t was
eight inchee long, oval in shape, no
weld or eeam visible, had bpen braZed
on the outside with metal, copper
and brass, ope.eighth OF an inch
thicb; but the lapse OF time nau vast
ed 1t IN some place.. The bell was VI
steel that was not corroded.
When l got hold OF the bell L com
meneed to ring 1t. My father and
those with him came to the |
place where found 1t. He |
to1k 1t and inspected it closely. |
1t was the best bell he had ever |
seen-superior 10 those OF the present |
time. The people that made 1t must |
have lived here long before the In
dams inhabited this country. That
bell was marvel to all who SAW 1t or
heard its tone. 1t was kept in tho
family for over thirty years, and DO
not know what became OF il. After
learning OF tho early inhabitants OF
our native America through the d.
vinely inspired record, the b OK OF
Mormon, L have often wished for an
opportunity to visit the place have
described ana thoroughly explore it.
Father sold his place and moved to
Erie in 1880. These incidents are all
flesh In my mind, anu since then
have gathered many important items
concerning the early Inhabitants of
this country, all going to prove or give
external evidence OF the correctness
and Inspiration OF that record called
the Book OF Mormon.
J. H. VAN NATTA.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-08

The direct line to Kansas City, st.
Louis and Atlantic seaboArd, Ia via
the Missouri Pacific Railway, rom
Pueblo. Through sleeping and chair
cars, and all connections made in
Union depots In the day time. II you
are going East and care for q daylight
ride through the graHdest scenery OF
The Rocky Moun,ains en- route, see
that your ticket reads via Missouri
Pacific Railway. Elegant chair cars
positively fec TO holders OF regular
train tickets.
II. Il. KoosER, c. F. & p. A.,
Il Morlsn Block, Salt Lake CITY.
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The firest on earth. at 35c pound.
The kolilz Randy Kitchen, go Main.
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Linens


Must be sold, will be sold. II
next 10 nothing prices are any in.
ducemcnt for youl
Bath Towels, size 1Sxs6, close
weave and good weight, worth I2lc,
a. c"Ch '''''''......'..,....'. &C
One case heavy blesched i9x4o
inch Narcotics Towels, worth 1sc,
SO at, each....... Observation-Disclosures.
Turkey Red Table Damask, so
inches wide, same quality is Away
2Sc yard,in this sale at,yard.....19lc
100 dozen All Linen Doylies,
irnged and b0rdered, sale price rer
dozen at'...........",......",. .....l9C
Ten bolts OF IS inch mll bleached
Table Damask, sod at 5sc yard
regular, in this sale at, yard.....20c
Sd Fringed Turkey Red and
White Table Cloths, German make.
worth 75c., in this sale at, EACH. 35c
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-08

People overlooked the Importance OF
permanently beneficial eff cts and
were satisfied with transient action;
but now that II is generally known
that Syrup OF Figs will permanently
overcome habitual constipation, we'll
Informed people will not buy other
laxatives, which act for time, but
finally iDjure the syttem.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-08

The waller rates for tho last elk
month"; OF the present fiscal year, 1. g.,
from July LIST, 1898 to July Let, 1897,
are now due anu payable. All dslin-
quents are hereby notified that their
water Ia liable TO be shut of now ut
any time without further notice.
J. l.. MAY,
CitN nrehsnreI
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-08

Dried Apples at cents per pound
EQnitaDls Cn-nm.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-08
under WEAR.

For Ladies', Misses aud Child.
rem at Clearing Sale Prices
Ladies' ex heavy Merino ileeced
Underwear, sizes rs to A., good
value at+sc, clearing sale price 25c
Ladies' brown mixed, heavy
ileeced imitation Came's Hair uu-
derwear, sizes rs 10 "a, good soc
quality, for this sale, each....32 &c
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-08

For sale by 2. c. NJ. l., Clar, Fl.
dIedgc s. Co., Western Hardware Co.,
Salt Lake Hardware Co., and Geo. A
Lowe, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Dried Peaches only cents per
pOu id at Equitable Cn.np,
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TIT Is'Ht WY 10 ture
Disease ls 10 establish health, Pure,
rich blood means good health. Hnod's
sarsaparills lie the One True Blood
Purifier. 1t tones up the whole sya-
tenn, gives appetite and strength and
causes weakness, nervousness and
pain to disappear. No other medicine
has such record OF wonderfal cures
as HOODS Sarsapsrilla.
The herald., 1897-09-12

woman who answered his knock upon
the door. II guess you've got the laugh
on us this time" 1t was this tale which
an American once ventured to repeat to
a serious English friend, who waited,
after the story was told, with that look,
crushing to story teller, which plainly
says, 'Tt's not possible that the point
has comet" "Yee, that's ALL" said the
American meekly. Don't you see the
joker" "Joke" repeated the listener in
dignantly. do you call that mans re-
mark funny? I think it was the height
Of impertinence!" Yet the American
kept a good temper.
Such humor as this the English call
American" a. term of contempt, just
as we on our side, watching an English
farce where the hero Is knocked down
with rope Of saueages or upset from a
table, say, with a sniff, English horse
play" Let US live and let live, my
brothers. After ALL climate has much to
do with such serious differences Of opin-
ION. The drier the atmosphere, the more
DRY and cracking the wit. A moist cN-
mate calls for stouter food. stouter raj
ment, stouter witticisms-Harper's Ba-
zar.
The herald., 1897-09-12
Climate and Humor

We hear children say that eo-and-so
is "ticklish," because that particular
child's body is sensitive to a certain
kind of teasing touch. In just the same
irresponsible way the mind may be SEN
sitive or impervious to particular touch
OF humor. In either case the condition
seems to be born with those who pos
sese it.
While not meaning to make this plea
for the extreme of American humor, it
seems only fair to us that those who
have not that quality will have some
charity for those who happily or unhap-
PLY possess it. Americans inheriting
this birthright are often called upon to
have patience with those to whom it is
denied. AS an instance of this l must
with an apology, briefly repeat an old
but characteristic American tale. The
story is of the vigilance committee which
hanged the wrong man for horse steal
ing, and then discovering too late their
mistake, deputized one member to apol-
ogize to the widow. "Well, missus,"
said thu ahAanish danutH to the weeninR
The herald., 1897-09-12
Negro Mortality at the South

The publication of the mortuary sta
tistics for the past month OF a number
of the leading towns Of North Carolina
reveals a remarka BILE death rate among
negroes as compared with the whites.
In Raleigh, for instance, where there
are 1000 more whites than blacks, during
July there were two and one-half times
as many deaths of neg groes as of whites.
In Wilmington, N. c., where there is
only a small excess of black popula-
iion, there were fourteen deaths of
whites, and of negroes thirty-eigllt, or
nearly three to one. In Winston, where
there are considerably more whites than
negroes. the negroes dying numbered
more than two to one, the ratio accord
ing to race population being much
greater. The unusual mortality among
negroes Is not due to any epidemic dis
ease, and certainly nourishment as has
in some few isolated instances been the
case in inter.-Springf1eld, Mass, Re-
publican.
The herald., 1897-09-12

the midst Of lot of birds, when it comes
open and the two men inside blaze away.
The specifications state that the in.
vention consists of hollow decoy ami
NAL adapted to be supported and held
in an upright position by an inclosed
hunter, for whom the decoy forms con-
cealing shell or blind.
The device in its makeup comprises
as essential elements flexible outer
shell Of canvas or other suitable material
decorated exteriorly to represent the
animal in imitation Of which the decoy
Is constructed, and said shell Is adapted
to be supported or held in it's distended
position through the medium Of COL
,lapsible metal framework, which allows
the covering and framework of the decoy
to be folded into small space for trans
portation.
Depending from the framework are
hollow portions representing legs, into
The herald., 1897-09-12

est assistance to her counsel, and all the
details were attended to by her father
who had come out from Illinois to be
with his daughters, and her sister Min
ME. The arguments were tinged with
bitterness that savored Of persecution
rather than prosecution on the one side,
and lachrymose appeals to sentiment on
the other, while stinging invective was
common to both.
1t was just before o'clock that the
jury returned into court. The room,
packed to euffocation, was enveloped in
gloom, the few lights that glimmered
casting weird shadows. Minnie Wool
steen and her father had repeatedly been.
much moved during the delivery Of the
arguments, but Hattie had remained
dry-eyed through 1t all. But as the door
Of the jury room opened and the heavy
tramp Of the jurors broke the death-like
stiffness she laid her head on the table,
while convulsive sobs shook her frame.
The sister looked as II she was on the
verge of fainting fit, while the agony
Of the father was betrayed by the nerv-
Gus movement Of his hands as he gripped
the arms of his chair and riveted his
eyes upon the foreman of the jury.
The verdict was never read, or II It
was no one in court ever heard 1t. A ST.
lence as Of the grave was maintained
until the words, mot guilty." were de-
clared, and then the remainder fell upon
dull ears. With mighty sob the father
gathered Hattie up in his arms, and she
lay there for some moments, crying soft
ly, like tired baby. The spectators SIM
ultaneously broke into cheer that the
sheriff and his deputies could not still,
and many an eye was wet when silence
was restored. AS the Jury passed out
each one shook hands with Hattie, and
after calm had been restored Mr.. Wool
stein and his two girls left the court and
were driven home in hack But it was
with difficulty they ever reached the
hack at all. AS they emerged from the
building in which the court room was
situated the multitude of people that
had gathered surged forward, and cheer
after cheer rent the air. The last sound
as Hattie Woolstein drove away was the
sympathetic sanction given by the peo-
pie to the verdict just rendered in the
case in which the people had been her
prosecutors.
The herald., 1897-09-12
Pensions

The pension payments since the be-
ginning Of the fiscal year have amounted
to more than $25,000,000 Inquiry at the
treasury department elicits the fact that
this output Of money on behalf OF pen
sioners is likely to be continued during
the rest of the year, and 1t Is estimated
that the appropriation Of about $141 ,000,-
900 on this account will be greatly sur
passed, and that deficiency appropria-
ton Of not less than $4,000, 900 for pen
sions will be asked before the close of
the next session Of congress.
The president exhorted his party, in his
inaugural address, to be economical, and
the secretary Of the treasury is now
studying ways to save money by dis
pensing with employees found to be do
ing little but drawing salaries. While
he Is saving hundreds of dollars In this
way. the commissioner Of pensions is re-
cruiting the pension roll with great rapid
ity. This course is being pursued in
face of the fact that the revenue is in
adequate to meet the expenses of the
government and that there is no assur-
ance that the new tariff law will produce
sufficient income for some time to come.
The pension drafts for the month Of
August to the 2t0h amounted to $11, ,005,-
000 Since July 1st, the beginning of the
fiscal year, the expenditures for PEN
sions have been nearly 100000 more
than for the same period in 1896. It
would thus seem that the increase for the
whole year would be about $24, 900 900,
bringing the pension expense Of the
year up to $165.000000. or $1,000, 600 more
than the highest year on record Com
missioner Evans suggests that action be
taken by congress to prevent the multi
plication Of pensions through marriages
Of OLD soldiers to young girls, and also
to prevent the common practice Of PEN
sioners who file claim for increase of
pension as soon as the original pension
has been granted.-New York Financier.
Aug. 80.