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the reaping process while the golden
harvest was so plentiful, and Mr..
Tench's little ruses were accepted and
credited by scores of people who in the
ordinary walks of life were neither
knaves nor fools.
LOT 90, Block 16'-an elderly gentle
man whose portly figure and benignant
smile were best known to frequenters
of the Chicago board of trade had just
been admitted to the presence-"Yes,
Sir; that's one of the finest locations in
the city. Sold the lot next to it yes
terday to the Morton Cold Storage COM
pany, and they've got 40 men work
ing on the foundations for their build
ing now. No matter what you pay for
it to-day, the value will double within Il
week; it's bound to. Why-the present
price. did you ask? Fifteen thousand
dollars; and if you stay here till the
day after tomorrow you'll say it's the
best bargain you ever had"
But my dear sir-$15,0 900! Why,
that is 4 Chicago price-and for dew
ilish good locality at that!"
Mr.. Fench suddenly changed his tao
ties. 81 know. Mr.. Brentwood. to a
man who hasn't had time to take in
the details of the situation it must
seem as if we'd all gone stark crazy
down here. If could afford to do it,
I'd hold that piece of property till you
could look around and see for yourself;
] know how the thing looks" there
was an impatient ring at the telephone
-"Excuse me just a minute. Hello!
we'll. hello! Who is that? What?
Stanley? All right; what is it? About
| what lot? Oh, you mean the one next
to the Morton company? Why-there's
gentleman here now figuring on that.
What's that? Stand a little closer to
the 'phone-now then. what was it you
said? The price? Fifteen thousand.
You say you will give fifteen fiveI
can't take it till the gentleman refuses.
I'll call you up little later. Good-by."
Fench rung off and resumed his seat
at the desk. you see how it goes,
Mr.. Brentwood; that fellow will be
down here inside of 20 minutes to raise
his own bid. How would you like to
look at some of this residence prop
erty on Arlington terrace?"
Mr.. Brentwood thought he should
PiCiO1 SoilctHluS III TIC OuSlucSS ulS-
trict; in fact, that Lot %, Block 16, was
precisely what he wanted. He had no
means of knowing that the telephone
was dummy, rung at the critical point
in the interview by the pressure of Mr..
Fench's foot upon a convenient button
in the floor beneath the desk. Nor did
it occur to him at the time that the one
sided conversation at the instrument
was peculiarly opportune. For the
moment the Chicago broker. like a good
~ number of those who were permitted
to breathe the speculative atmosphere
Of Mr.. Fench's private Office, took leave
of the calm good sense which made him
respected among his business associates
in Chicago. He swallowed the bait in
nocently, believed all he saw and heard.
and refused to be diverted until he had
prevailed upon the reluctant Mr.. Fench
to accept a round sum to bind the bar
gain On the coveted piece of property.
Al Brentwood left the ofica by one
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Wit and Wisdom in Short Sen

Wit and Wisdom in Short Sem
fences.
Where there's will there's usually con-
testant.
Snow comes down in the winter and ice
goes up in the summer.
Time flies. That's one advantage it has
over flying machines.
The wind has a great deal to do with
making the weather-vane.
When some men feel blue they get drunk
and paint things red.
The stronger the butter is in the tub the
weaker it is in the market.
A doctor may spend money like water, but
he doesn't get it from the well.
After a man secures a girls hand he some
times finds she has him under her thumb.
One word always leads on to another-no
matter whether you are reading the Bible
or a dime novel.
A man must have a lot of bravery in his
makeup to enable him to listen calmly to
the whistling of bullets.
One should make allowance for youthful
sollies The cat, the gravest of all animals,
9 the most frisky when young.-Chicago
News.
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800 Reward 500, =

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at :east one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation.
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials
Address f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Toe
Halls Family Pills are the best
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against war, when at the same time be
Mas actively directing operations in the
field and forcing his warriors to con-
;ict.
In the opinion of such good judges as
Gems. Crook, Gibbon and Terry, and Col.
Forsythe, it was Red Cloud himself who
planned the trap into which Gen. Gus
Ter and his command was drawn in the
battle of the Little Big Horn, June IS.
1876. Sitting Bull had never shown him
self possessed of SO high an order of
stragetic ability. He was simply
Grave, desperate fighter. During all of
paign couriers were continually carry
ing orders from HE'D Cloud to Sitting
Bull. The former had intended to be in
IL the death of Custer himself and per-
sonaily direct the slaughter. That he
lid not do SO was owing to tine prompt
action of Gen. Crook in Selling all the
Indian war ponies on the reservation.
Red Cloud had modified a force of 800
braves and was making preparations to
join Sitting Bull on the Little Big Horn
when word was brought to Crook by a
friendly Indian. Crook hesitated about
interfering with Red Clouds band as it
was still on the reservation and osten-
sibly at peace. Under the plea of mill
tary exigencies, however, he did the
next best thing and confscated all the
ponies which had been gathered for the
use of the warriors. This kept Red
Cloud and his men at home and pre-
vented them from joining Sitting Bull.
and the latter got credit for conducting
the campaign.
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CTo BE CONTINUED
A Gentle Reproof.

The infant of the household was in
its cradle. The head of the house was
at home, peevish and fault-6nding. At
length he became uncomfortable.
you've done nothing but make mis-
takes tonight" he growled.
YES" his spouse began, meekly; Il
began by putting the wrong baby to
bed."5Tit-Bita.
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Society Note.

Nellie Chaffie tried very hard to get some
conversation out of young Clamwhooper,
but he answered in monosyllables. At last,
hearing violin playing in the next room, she
asked:
"Do you play the violin?"
"No; that's fellow in the next room"
he said, with sudden outburst of loquao
ity.-N. Y World
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Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

They were happy, blessed as two people
must be who love with all their hearts and
trust each other from the Utmost depths of
their souls. That their life was all smooth
do not aver; but it was like what learned
men tell us of the great ocean. The storms
only troubled its surface, and came from ex-
traueous agencies, such as no life is free
from. In it's deepest depths was perpetual
calm-D. NJ Craik
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Alicia-Do you think it exactly prop
e- for you to have the portrait of that
young man on your dressing-table?
Dorothy-But he is looking the other
way.-Detroit Journal
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Gone surely when ST. Jacobs Oil cures
A bruise. Leaves no sign.

bah! l only married you because pitied
you when nobody else thought anything
about you" Mr.. Henry Peck (weariIy)-
"Ah. well. my dear. everybody pities me
now."-Boston Traveller.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a cough medicine.-F. NJ. Abbott, 3S3
Seneca ST., Buffalo, N. Y, May 8, 1894.
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Where? Have pains and aches everywhere
Cured by st. Jacobs Oil-they're nowhere.
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"At Newport. And you?" First Ocean
Wave--"Atlantic City. have no crest, you
see."-Detroit journal.
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A mothers praise of her children never in
terests any other woman.-Chicago News.
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A person looking out for old people al
ways makes a good Washing.
ton Democrat.
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A quickstep. Step out when st. Jacobs
Oil quickly cures your lumbago.
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the same as the rest of us. I'm glad
you're finding it out before it's too
late"
1T is too late" said Philip, quietly,
the answer slipping out before discre-
ton could shut the door.
Nonsense! Why, you've got the bet
ter part of your life before you yet
''Perhaps; but that isn't what l
meant. If one does the best he can from
the time when he begins to learn the
meaning of well-doing, he is only fill
ing the measure of his reason for be-
: ing; and, granting this, there is no
such thing as atonement for years of
idleness."
The old lawyer put down his book to
applaud the sentiment. Better yet!
at this rate you'll be an enthusiast De-
fore you're 80. I've often wondered if
the good old hard-working stock of
the Thorndykes would run to seed in
one generation"
i That's one disadvantage in having
had a brilliant father" Philip replied,
laughing. People expect the son to
keep up the family prestige, and they
lose sight of the fact that one of the
colnmonest results of the fathers abil-
ity> is the accumulation of a fund for
the propagation of idleness in his chill
dren."
Meanwhile Helen had been making
mute little tentative movements to-
ward the door Of the adjoining draw
ing-room, and, as Philip continued to
fQnorA them. Rha left thu GRIMM and
went to the piano in the other room
The new North-west., 1897-04-16
NEW TARIFF CHECKS WOOL SALES.
Contest Between Rival Concerns in
the Iron Industry

New York. April 10.--According to r. G.
Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review Of Trade,
speculation in wool has been checked by
the possibility that duties may take eff
feet April l, and some large shipments
from abroad have been countermanded,
while traders here are less disposed to
sell. But trading between dealers makes
up more than half the sales of IL, 739, 400
pounds for the week, and since sales in
six weeks at the markets have been 16,-
464,G00 pounds, it is not improbable that
many mills have, as is claimed, full
years supply.
The iron industry is hampered by the
contest between Mesaba ore interests.
which prevents as yet any settlement of
ore prices, and leads many to expect
further decline in finished products.
Out of 40O6 failures, with liabilities of
$50, 1852, ,561, in the first quarter, IA banking
failures covered more than a fifth of the
amount, $12,744 $50, and 3345 failures, with
liabilities of $35.947,S92, or nearly three
dfths, are classified this week according
10 branches of business, leaving only 5S7
failures and less than fifth of the liabil-
tiles, $12, ,O60, 019, in branches of manufac
ture or trade not specified. Only two of
the 13 manufacturing classes, and only
four of the 13 trading classes. show LA
bilities for the quarter larger than last
year. and only two manufacturing and
five trading show a larger average of La
blities In almost every case, also, it is
shown that the increase is due to one or
two exceptionally large failures in that
class. The returns compared with those
of three previous years disclose much i'm
provement already, and a bright prospect
for more hereafter.
The new North-west., 1897-04-16
CHARGES ARE MADE AND DENIED
Investigation of Alleged Bribery III
the Kansas Legislature.

Topeka, Kan, April 10.-The testimony
of Speaker Steel of the Kansas legisla-
ture before the investigating committee
in session here, has produced a sensation.
He said:
Harry Wilson, whom I was told was
the agent for the American Book Com
dollars in cash if l would apply the two
ahead of the school book bill, and $500 if
dren dollar bill in my lap. | told him l
did not care for the money at that time,
and would take the matter under advise
ment. Later, in reply to letters from him,
| wrote on one of them, which l returned,
that I could be of no service to him.
Senator Titus SWore that Senator Lee
yelling took him to a room in the Nation
al hotel and said that there was some
thing in it for both of u.s. if they could
get a substitute adopted for the original
text book bill.
Representative Dingus swore that Rep
resentative Doyle had offered him S2aO
if he would cease his fight for the text
book bill.
RepIos ntatve Frank H. Smith denied
hat he had offered fellow member $3.50
to oppose an amendment to a railroad
bill.
Senator Jumper told of the attempt
by one Tucher to brbe him to vote
against the stock yards bill. Tucher
was arrested when the scandal first
came up Jumper later said that III. Jen-
nings of Topeka had also approached
him.
The new North-west., 1897-04-16
WESTERN SENATORS HAVE UNITED.
Tariff Changes. If Amy. Must Slightly
Benefit Their States.


Washington, April S.-A number of
western senators, more particularly those
from the Rocky mountain states have
united in a movement to make sure of
securing concessions in the tariff bill
which they consider important to that
section of country.
The articles which the senators have
especially il view are wool, hides coal
and lead ores The tendency is to ask a
change in the portion of the wool schedule
which refers to third class woods. The
probabilities are that there will be a de-
mand for specific instead of ad valorem
duties on wool of this class, and one of
the western senators said today that he
would not be satisfied with less than C
cents per pound on any wool.
There is quite a determinated movement
among the senators for a duty on hides
The finance committee did not at first
manifest a disposition to grant this con-
cession, but the western senators say
they now find reason to feel encouraged
by the outlook. They will probably ask
that the duty be fixed at cents pound
but some of them appear willing to com
promise at " cents or l cent.
There was a determined effort to in
crease the rate on lead contained in ore
from 7 cents per pound as fixed by the
Dingey bill as it passed the house, at
least half cent, and to change the lam
guage of the provisions This would mean
a return to the Mckinley rate, but the
language of the Wilson bill is considered
preferable to that of either the Mckinley
law or Dingley bill. There will be an
effort also on coal and lumber. The Wy
oming and Colorado senator's are especial
ly interested in COAL and the Oregon
and Washington senators in lumber.
There are also many smaller items to
which the senators are giving their at
tention. Most of them are inclined to fear
that the bill will discriminate against
western interests, and desire to organize
to prevent that result.
The new North-west., 1897-04-16
death in Pennsylvania for the murder of

death in Pennsylvania for the murder of
Madge York.
The Honduras congress has decided to
grant a concession to a Honduras syn
dicate acting in conjunction with party
of New York capitalists for an inter-
oceanic railroad from Puerto Costes on
the Atlantic to Amalapa on the Pacific.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has taken out
81 100000 insurance for the benefit of
Stanford university. Should she live 10
years and continue her annual payment
of $4,000, the university will receive at
her death $2,O0o,0OO instead of S1,OO0,0Go
Advices from Tahiti state that Queen
Mamae, who for seven years. as ruler of
the island of Raiatea, has dcfed the
French, has surrendered, and that the
long standing rebellion on the islands of
Raiatea and Hauheine has been put
down.
Representative Simpson of Kansas has
declared that he will carry into effect his
threat to block any business which the
national house of representatives may at
tempt to do by unanimous consent be-
fore the speaker has appointed commit
tees.
Information has been received from
Pretoria, South Africa, that the British
have secured 1nyack island at the en-
trance to Delagoa bay and a squadron of
warships will proceed there to take pos
session and proclaim British territory.
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees,, ex-United
States senator from Indiana, Is dead. He
was born in Butler county. Ohio, in 1877,
and while an infant was carried by his
parents to their pioneer home in the Wa
bash valley of Indiana. He was gradual
ed from the Indiana Asbury noW DE
Pauw university in 1919; studied law and
commenced the practice of his profession
n 1851. He served several terms in the
rational house of representatives before
entering the senate.
Rev. DR.. Henry Stauffer has resigned
is pastor of the First Methodist Epsco-
val church of Spokane, and will take
,harge of the First Methodist church of
5edaia, Mo. Rev. p. A. Cool, eX-president
# the University of Sedalla, succeeds DR..
stauffer at Spokane.
The new North-west., 1897-04-16
Work of Women.

Detroit, Mich, April 9.-At the sixth
biennial congress of the Young Women $
Christian Association in session here
the president Mrs. ID. l.. Wishard of New
York, took the chair and read the report
of the international committee, submitted
by the chairman. 1t called attention 10
the separate specializing of the city and
college the past two years, and the re-
port enlarged on the field of usefulness
for the secretaries of the departments.
The committee asked for S15,Wt0 for
work among the colleges and schools 1t
reported 3i4 associations during two
years. % associations having gone out OF
the international association, four joined
and 20 new associations were formed, 2ea
of the associations being college ana os
city organizations.
The new North-west., 1897-04-16
VAST AREAS ARE AFFECTED.
The Waters of the Mississippi Cover
10000 Farms.

Washington, April ia statement re-
garding the agricultural interests of the
submerged districts OF the Mississippi
valley south of Cairo ILL.,. has been is
sued by the department of agriculture.
The flooded districts contain it is esti-
mated, about o5auv rarms, of which
about 1880 are in Mississippi nearly
10000 in Arkansas and a like number
about equally divided between Missouri
and Tennessee. These farms contain a
total area of about 3,S00G COO acres. half of
which is in Mississippi and rather over
onefourth in Arkansas, the proportions
in Missouri and Tennessee being about
the same as in the case of number of
farms.
About million and a half acres of the
area under water were last year
devoted to cotton and corn in
which crops nearly 95 per cent of the en-
tire acreage cultivated is submerged.
IT is estimated that of the crops of
last year over $3750,O00 worth remained
on hand in the submerged region on the
last of the month, cotton representing
about two-thrds of this amount, and
corn the balance.
The new North-west., 1897-04-16
Sloc:ln Cauntry.


The Little Daisy and Golden have been
bonded for s35, GOO.
Get There Eli and Bachelor claims on
Ten Mile creek have been bonded and 16
men will be put to work in the course of
a few days opening them up.
The Two Friends mine has shipped over
III corloads of ore this winter. Twenty
three men are a present engaged on this
property, but it is intended to close down
soon only retaining enough men to car
ry on development work during the sum-
mer.
Five men are employed on the Regina
a claim situated in the Arlington BASIN
This property is improving under devel-
opement work.
The Alma group, recently bonded for
$4,000, is employing five men, who are
busily engaged developing the property.
AT the bottom of the tunnel in the Lily
B., and at depth of SO feet, an ore chute
10 feet long has been struck. 1t averages
six inches in width and assays from
4O-pound sample are said to have
given 1870 ounces in silver and
81 in gold. The tunnel is still being driven
east, and is now 70 feet from the big ore
chute. A crosscut tunnel to tar the lead
100 feet further down will be commenced
next week.
four-drill compressor is to be put in
the Currie Immediately.
The new North-west., 1897-04-16
BRIBERY CHARGES IN KANSAS.
Legislative Committee Has UncOrl<ed


Topeka, April 9.-The special committee
appointed by the populst majority of the
state legislature to investigate charges of
bribery and corruption noised about dur
ing the recent session of the law makers,
is in session. Henry Landis warden of the
state penitentlary at Lansing unbottled
the first sensation when he stated that he
had been urged by member of the legis-
lature to recommend the purchase Of ad-
ditional coal lands adjacent to the peni-
tentiary property, though he was convinc-
ed that the state had no use for such
lands. Warden Lands had been told that
there would be $4,000 in it,.
When pressed for further particulars,
Warden Lands stated that he had his
conversation with Ex-Governor l.. d.
Llewellen. He said, however, that the
latter had not stated who was to be bene-
fitted by the $4,000. whether the state or
others, and he also reminded the COM
mittee that no bill for the purchase of
such lands had been introduced. But this
was only a circumstance to the sensation
that followed, when representative Metz
Ter of Sheridan county testified that he
had been offered $3.50 to vote against the
Hackney amendment to the railroad bill.
The new North-west., 1897-04-16
THE SITUATION IN THE SENATE
Silver Republicans, Democrats and
pnnuliSfs VTuife

Washington, April 1.-THE final agree
ment among democrats, silver republic
cans and populists in the senate, look
ing to a perfect coalition has been reach
ed at a meeting of representatives Of
those parties.
The agreement had its origin in an ef-
fort to reorganize the senate committees
but it is destined apparently to reach
far beyond this situation, and in fact to
affect the future proceedings of the SEN
ate in all matters, if not to the extent
of shaping party policies throughout the
country. There were present Senators
German, Cockrell, Walthall, Jones of
Arkansas and Murphy, democrats; Sena
tors Cannon and Mantle, silver republic
cans; Senators Allen and Pettigrew, pop
ulists.
With reference to the matter of the
senate organization it was decided that
the combination should hold out for the
management of committees. and to all
places on committees heretofore held by
democrats, while it was agreed that the
republicans should have the places here
tofore filled by republicans. This would
give the republicans all the chairman
ships vacated by the retirement of Sem
ators Cameron, Sherman, Dubois, Nit
chell of Oregon and Brown, but it will
give the combination about eight vacan-
cies, while it allows the republicans only
about three. The committee decided
though they have been allowing the re-
publicans to fill three vacancies in the
committee on appropriations.
The silver republicans say that their
principal incentive in entering the coali-
ton is to protect the finance committee,
which they feared might become an anti
silver organiza ton in case the republi-
cans We're allowed to have their own
way in committee organization.
All intention to interfere with the pass
age of the tariff bill through the senate
through the coalition of democrats, sill
yer republicans and populists is denied
by the parties to the agreement.
The pAnublican senators are not IN
clined to credit the reports of coalition
against them in the senate, and say fur
thermore that the committees have no
authority to represent their parties, and
that the agreement can not be binding.