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The age-herald., 1900-10-28
Steel Rails and SIush Money.

MT. Bowron persists in his effort to con vert a perverse people to what he calls Republican protection. We beg to say to him there is no other kind of a protection, for no man can support a robber tariff and be Democrat. The few odd specimens that were once cherished in Pennsylvania long ago became extinct.
 He reluctantly confesses at the outset that his beloved Dingley-McNinley tariff is no longer operative as to steel rails. He says it Is now an old crutch, once efficient but now lying on the shelf. But the crutch is not lying on the shelf. It still calls for a duty of $7.4 ton, thus forbidding, for example the building of mill at the foor of Lake Erie on the Canadian side of Mag ara river while the Buffalo people are building one on their side of the river. as they intend to do. MT. Bowron cannot sheer the advantages of Niagara river away. nor will his riotous imagination in the building of a mill to make rails for Great Britain prove misleading, England's abnormal price is disappearing. Take away the duty of $7.S4 and one of two things would occur, either a mill would be built near Buffalo, or the home price would be brought down at once to cost and a req sonable profit. MT. Bowrons metaphor should however, stand-it is the people who are on the crutch.
 MT. Bowron is very scattering in his second effort. He discusses ferro-man- ganese and other subjects when the only subject before us is the one raised by him. self, namely, does the tariff operate to make rails cheap or dear in this country? There is no other question "up," and the Age-Herald intends that MT. Bowron shall stick to text of his own choice.
 What are the cold American facts?
 The New York Journal of Commerce which is "an authority as MT Bowron considers himself, says that to make steel rails costs little if any more than s16 a ton to concerns that produce their own pig and billets, and the cost of rails is very little more than the cost of billets.' This
 
 to SIS. The Carnegie concern sold rails at one time at SIS, and today, says the Balti- more Sun, export rails are sold at $15, the home consumer contributing, as usual un- der the robber tariff.
 The difference between SIS, the true value, and S26, the pool value, is sS ton. We state this in all confidence, with no desire to shock our esteemed opponent But he Is not readily shocked. The annual consumption of rails in this country ranges from 100000 to 100000 tons. We adopt the mid-difference Eight times 1.75O,OOO is ll,O0O, 900, and this Is the number of dollars that seven corporations, namely the Car negie Steel Company, the Federal Steel Company, the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company, the Cambria Steel Company, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, the Pennsylvania Steel Company. and the Ma tional Steel Company have formed a pool
The age-herald., 1900-10-28
rRIGGs' STANDARD NOT CLEAR
From the New York Herald

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 Professor Triggs of the University of Chicago is of the opinion that such cap- tans of industry as Rockefeller, Carnegie and Pullman are "es great as Shake speare." To compare things essentially un- like is a difficult task And as between the steel works of Carnegie, the oil works of Rockefeller and the car works of Pull man, and the dramatic works of Shake speare, it would be interesting to know just what standard of comparative value Mir. Triggs uses. The University of Chi cago has not been founded and endowed by MT. Rockefeller in vain. The relegation of Shakespeare to back niche of the worlds hall of fame was worth the mercy,
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Astrologer Raphaels prophecies for this day, Sunday October 2S 1900: Ask favors, and pay visits after D. m Heavy misfortunes will befall thee in thy business, and thy health will suffer; see that thou dost not quarrel; those. in employ will be more fortunate; females should be careful"
 "A child born on this day should keep in employ and not attempt any business on its own account, or it will certainly fail" Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for Mon day, October 29, 1900:
 Very doubtful all day" Thy birthday is rather a quiet one, and thy business and domestic affairs will pro- ceed as usual"
 ''The fortune of a child born on this day will depend upon the hour of its birth; it will be thoughtful and steady" Some husband somewhere thus laments the coming of women's club days:
 My darling brow
 Is wrinkled now
 And sadness weighs her down.
 The smiles of yore
 l see no more
 She wears a constant frowni Her whist clubs in full blast again, Her head is full of rules, And, somehow, all her partners play Like silly little fools! The prizes she would like to win Her rivals take away, And 'f' and eke it might have been'' Are things hear her say.
 My darling's brow
 Is wrinkled now,
 And often she's as glum
 And cross with me
 As she can be-.
 The card club days have come! Numerous husbands, more or less young, have vainly sought to get innocent graphite pencil slaves into trouble by means of some sort of protest, not exactly clear, against women's clubs Perish the proposition lively woman shall have her clubs and go 10 then whenever she like, regardless of husban s. The rhyme hcrcinbefore sci forth Is not meant for women to re-~a and
The age-herald., 1900-10-28
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT HOME AFFAIRS
 AND THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SITUATION

ally a eold-blooded fellow, who figures on facts, and who makes his bettins odds purely upon cold and dispassionate judg- ment. This is the part of the outlook I don't like. I look upon 1t with much more apprehension than upon the surpassed ac- curate figures of the New York Herald, be- cause the Herald Is an outspoken Mckinley man. so to speak.
 The Democratic leaders in Chicago and New York continue to talk hopefully, and even enthusiastically, but, like the Repub- Hcans they are compelled to do this. Were they to express any doubts it would mean a loss of several hundred thousand votes to the Democratic candidates.
 
 John Burnett is making a splendid con test for Congress in the Seventh district and every indication now points to his complete success. The Seventh has al- ways been dangerous district to. the Democrats. It has several times been rep resented by a Populist, and, apparently there is an anti-Democratic majority that district. However, Burnett's splendid campaigning has won him hundreds of votes from the opposition, and all indica- sions now point to full and complete vic tory for him.
 Burnett is young man of ability and energy, and undoubtedly, he will amount to something in Congress if kept there long enough.
 Sid Bowie Is another young Alabamian who Is destined to take high rank In Congress, and who will accomplish some thing for his state and district. Indeed Alabama promises to have one of the strongest delegations from any Southern state in Congress in the near future and Oscar Underwood will some day be Speak CT of the National House of Representa- tives.
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The age-herald., 1900-10-28

there is no reason to believe they will read the lines or between the lines. Various and sundry private and perfectly quiet tips have been sent hither from feminine sources to the effect that most husbands are unmitigated nuisances-on club days, that is to say. Ordinarily ordinary hus- bands are good enough in their places, pro- Vided they keep to their places But hus- bands should in no circumstances be suf- fered to interfere with the pleasures of folk in general, especially children most especially girl children who exceed the age of - well. no matter about the exact ages of girl children.
 Some of the most beautiful women in the whole world are quite husbandless They dwell in Birmingham, and respectively they have informed various men from time to time that they have no immediate inten- ton of securing husbands. This is a fact to which every unmarried man in Birmng- ham can bear witness
 But the most interesting fact of the mo- ment is that women's club days are again come, the gladdest of the year, when lovely women give good cheer and brighten the streets with their presence 'Rah for the womens clubs!
 Speaking of women's clubs, they are go- ing to have State convention in Montgom- cry next month or the month after The dear Daughters of the Confectionery, whom some horrid Yankee person or other rude
 wretch dared to refer to as the Stepdaugh- ters of the Rebellion, are becoming again excited over the proposition to purchase the old lodging house in Montgomery once
 occupied by Jefferson Davis, and now ab- surdly desgntaed by few of the loveliest
 of all the earth's fair women as the White
 House of the Confectionery" White fiddle sticksI
 The proposition is perfectly ridiculous, p declared bright Daughter" yesterday.
 Might as sensibly call Court Square, in
 Montgomery, the Pennsylvania Avenue of the Confederacy' because MT. Davis drove across it on his way to the Capitol building l of Alabama! I hear that the owner of the
 old frame white house asks $ls,0oe for 1t
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

@ GAIN the matter of gas Is before
 IAN the Board of Aldermen It would J6A seem that the gas company's con- SS tract expires within few months and new contract must be made. The gas company has submitted a proposition. It is to furnish gas to those who pay promptly at something like $1.26 per thousand cubic feet. l don't eensure the gas company for selling it's product for all it can get for it, but can see no reason why the Board of Aldermen should tie the citizens of Bir- mingham up into any such exorbitant- priced contract. I have looked into this gas matter bit myself, and 1 can see no req son whatsoever why Birmingham eonsum- CTS should pay more than $1 per thousand feet Many other cities get gas at a less price, No other city can buy coal at the low price charged in Birmingham. Gas is made from coal Why, therefore should gas be higher in Birmingham than in cities where coal costs two or three times as much? This matter affects every citizen of Birmingham. The citizens must protect themselves through their own acts and the acts of their official representatives. l am glad to see that the citizens committee, appointed by a mass meeting several months ago, is to take up this matter and advise with the Aldermen A contract fix ing the price of gas for ten years is seri- and important matter. It binds the citizens, and there is no good reason why consumers should be required to contribute enormous profits to the operation of a quasi-public plant. The gas matter should be sifted to the bottom before any contract is made.
 I am glad to hear of the prosperity of the Birmingham Street Car Company and of the electric light plant. The two concerns
The age-herald., 1900-10-28
soLILOQUIEs OF AN OLD MAID

Adam and Eve were the first costumers. Wealth is relative term when bequeathed by a rich uncle.
 The grocer does not always get his price, but he generally has his weigh.
 The happiest moment in young girrs life is when she reads her first love-letter
 When young man blows his smoke up in rings it is a sure sign he is in love.
 Every i'll has its blessing; the man with cork legs will never be troubled with corns.
 Nobody would care to read a story if they knew the hero and the heroine did not get married in the end.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28
The Indian Trouble

Fort Worth Texas, October 27.--The con- tentious Creek full-booded Indians are 10 be forced into submission. A posse of In- dian police have been sent into the west ern part of the Creek nation to dsperse them. They oppose allotment and trouble may result. They have agreed to disperse, but continue to hold councils. ]
The age-herald., 1900-10-28
WILL BE THE WORLDS BANKERs

From the Kansas City Star.
 America is already the worlds greatest source of supplies of food and fabrics. The Americans are rapidly becoming the worlds bankers and the great stores of coal and iron in this country will be drawn on for increasing supplies of power for European manufacturers as the years go on.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28
WASTED HIS BREATH

From the Minneapolis Journel
 MT. Woolley was respectfully greeted in Kentucky, but the attempt to persuade the real colonel that whisky is not a good thing is a good deal like trying to argue the colt out of his oats.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

The Boxers keep on boxing, the Boers continue to root up lines of communea- tion, and the Filipinos are as hippant as ever. And yet these three wars have long been considered over.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

"You may hold your breath as long as you like, eschew animal food for years together, practice to the very letter the rigid rules laid down in the Avestas and Sastras of the world, dip yourselves in the holy waters of the Ganges half a dozen times day, gaze steadfastly at the sun till you are half blind, do all these things and do a thousand things more, but you are not whit nearer to your God But do a single good act without desire for reward, do a kind turn in the place of a wrong received, relieve the sufferings of an arphan, com fort a solitary widow in her mental tribulation pour cold water into a parched throat, try to grow two blades of grass where there grew formerly one, help single son of woman born, allevi- ate the woes of but one individual in
 whom burns the same fire of spirit which burns within you, and know for certain that the empyrean rings more
 with joy for your real advance than for all your lasts and asceticism combined.
 A Chela once pressed his Gurn to show
 him God, and was told that the joy Of
 Amanda, which beams in the counte-
 nance of a man when he receives an act
 of kindness at the hand of his benefac-
 tor, is God"
 This whole teaching of truth is worthy o Christian. and Jew alike. It is as true as that which most of us hold to be Holy Writ the recorded law of the God whom W, seek to adore; the God whom we know tt be the Father, who rewards good and pun ishes evil even in this life Saint Paul ever knew that it was not for the children O earth to do their full duty; but it is com manded of all men and women to deal witt one another as best they may. Angels could do no more
 If you do good deeds and love with pur pose of extraneous reward, it were better you cease doing and cease loving, my be loved.
 It is writ deep across all the space of hu man experience that you shall do good fol the love of good and love for the love oi love. In any other wise soever, all you, deeds and all your loves shall be bitter as the scarlet fruit of sin.
 Self is the negation of all the virtues Ii it be not put behind you it shall destroy every just and generous and worthy i'm pulse.
 That broad and all-embracing spirit oi charity which makes you strong to love humanity ani labor to increase the general sum of human happiness wins for you the sympathy and respect, good will and conf dence of society al large; but beyond tha
The age-herald., 1900-10-28
CONFLICTING

From the Boston Transcript.
 With every mothers son in China issu- ing edicts, it must be difficult to detect the forgeries
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Wharton Barker is inclined to think that he will not be voted into the White House next month. He says the people need edu- cation.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28
CHINESE DIPLOMACY

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Ii Hung Chang and the allies will try to talk the Chinese situation to a finish.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Dom Paul can write magazine articles and Mrs Paul can get out cook book, and affairs will be once more adjusted on a happy and satisfactory basis.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

If Alvord is in New York, as report has it, he may intend to carry off the bank building in the dark of the moon.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

President Eliot of Harvard University has quit Hopping, and will vote for Me Kinley on the Pingree basis
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

The medical students of London are mob ping Faith Healer Dowie because he pro- poses to abolish the profession.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Reclaimed States slip back as easily as any old backslider.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Grover Cleveland has unballotted himself for the time being.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Another University of Chicago professor is trying to win fame-this one by abusing our revolutionary heroes.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Vanderbilt University and Booker Wash ington's institute are two southern institu- tions that promise to secure ample endow- ments
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

The Republican party is suffering from a scarcity of foppers. The supply Is below the demand.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

These October hot spells are not war ranted to last.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Weyler is in position to bombard Mad rid instead of New York.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

The autumnal tints of the woods. dear friends, are worth looking at, even on a Sunday
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Only trusted clerks can rob bank and keep it up year after year.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Ex-Speaker Reed and Grover Cleveland are now in position to pair on the elec- ton.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

In the quletude of Canton Mir. Mckinley will doubtless be able to make up his vote
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Grover Cleveland is securely seated on the top rail, wholly content.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

The cartoonists are running out of ideas, and the campaign must be wound up
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

The coal strike is off until April. It will be warm enough then to do without coal.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Cincinnati is short of water. It wants the weather for coal floating purposes only
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Hot as the weather is a cold day is com- ing for somebody next week.
The age-herald., 1900-10-28

Dom Paul can write magazine articles and Mrs. Paul can get out a cook book, and affairs will be once more adjusted on a happy and satisfactory basis.
  Wharton Barker is inclined to think that he will not be voted into the White House next month He says the people need edu- cation.
 --
 Vanderbilt University and Booker Wash ington's institute are two southern institu- tions that promise to secure ample endow- ments
 If Alvord is in New York, as report has it, he may intend to carry off the bank building in the dark of the moon. The medical students of London are mob ping Faith Healer Dowie because he pro- poses to abolish the profession.  President Eliot of Harvard University has quit Hopping, and will vote for Me Kinley on the Pingree basis.  Another University of Chicago professor is trying to win fame-this one by abusing our revolutionary heroes.
 The Republican party is suffering from scarcity of foppers The supply is below the demand.
 The autumnal tints of the woods, dear friends, are worth looking at, even on a Sunday.
 Ex-Speaker Reed and Grover Cleveland are now in position to pair on the elec- ton.
 In the quletude of Canton MT. Mckinley will doubtless be able to make up his vote.
 The coal strike is off until April. It will be warm enough then to do without coal. Cincinnati is short of water. It wants the weather for coal floating purposes only The cartoonists are running out of ideas, and the campaign must be wound up. Hot as the weather is cold day is con- ing for somebody next week Grover Cleveland is securely seated on the top rail, wholly content.
 
 Only trusted clerks can rob bank and keep it up year after year. Weyler is in a position to bombard Mad rid instead of New York.
  Grover Cleveland has unballotted himself for the time being.
 Reclaimed States slip back as easily as
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-26
Glorious News

Comes from Dr.. ID. b. Cargile, of
Washita | Il. He writes: -Four
bottles of Electric Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brewer of scrofula. which had
caused her head and face and Til. best
doctors could give no help; but her
cure is complete and her health is ex
cellent" This shows what thousands
have proved, It hat iectric Bitters Is
the best blood purifier known It's
the supreme remedy for eczema. letter
salt rheum, ulcers. bolts and running
sores. 1t stimulates liver, kidney and
bowels. eXpels poisons, digestion
builds up the strength. Only 80 censt.
Sold by Bateman & Co.'S druggists.
Guaran.eed
For sale by H. Fl Bateman & Co
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-26
LOCAL

Minnie Guest is paying her father a
visit.
Ben Howden and wife were visiting
here Sunday.
w. c. Langdon has ordered a disc
pillow for experimental and blowing
purposes.
Mr. Jones. ST.. returned to Wiscon-
sin Wednesday last. He unavoidably
carries with him a DOOR opinion of
No. tn Dakota.
The Misses Williams. Haskell and
Tollefson and Mrs Coapman took the
train from here Monday to attend
summer school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fehring visited Mr..
and Mrs. Jackson last week. They
retured home Saturday. accompanied
by Miss Clara Jackson.
Mr.. Olson who is to open the Hanna
ford House passed through with his
family Saturday to Cooperstown.
The work of renoy ating the house be-
gan the first of the week
Mr.. and Mrs. forgot from Wiscon-
sin are taking wedding trip through
this part of Dakota. Mrs. Torgotf is
sister of Mrs. knut Furaas
Furaas drove them to Aneta Thlrs
day.
Talk about the fight at FL Caney
and San Juan. Twasn't in it com
pared to the one we had on our street;
last week. Fresh eggs We're the mis-
sizes and the advances. retreats an6
flank movements were executed in
double quick time.
Darcy and Leal crossed bats a
Dazev last Saturday. Darcy winning
by a score Of 10 to :. 1t was expected
that Darcy would PLAY here Friday
but. doubtless owing to the fact tina
Hannaford has not lost a game thi
year, they concluded not to come.
The lightning which accompanied tn
storm OF week ago Tuesday night wa
decidedly freakish. 1t struck the pea
of Soren Berg's building. split an
run down the rafters on both sides
went down in each corner. splittin
and charring tn, corner posts.
went down p. Mossing's chimney. spl
it in two. raising the stove from tn
floor dropping it hard, then scatterin
along the floor. burning small place
around each nail. Isaac Mossin
was coming down stairs and VIZ
stretched flat on opening the door
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-26

When China and Japan locked
horns. all the world laughed at the
spectacle China made. She has al-
ways had Il low rating and been hello
cheaply. Recent events have proven
that even the heather Chinee can
live and lear. With modern
gums. utter Indifference to death and
almost inuunerable men. she may
give even the allied powers all the
trouble they are looking for. and
prove as hard to dismember as a 20.
year old turkey.