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, 1900-05-09
THE COST OF THE SHOW.
Some Interesting Figures Furnished by
One of the American Showmen.

The "reminiscences of the late w. c..
Coup, manager Of the Barnum show,
are continued in the Saturday Evening
Post this week. The following is an
extract:
"One Of the largest shows ave- organ
lied in this country, and which was
reputed to be worth more than ham a
million dollars, was inventoried on the
death Of one of the proprietors, with a
view of selling the estate of the deeeas-
ed, and, to the great surprise of the ex-
ecutors, was found to reach in value
only about 5000, 900.
Twenty years ago a show with {
daily expenditure of $3.50 was thought
~extravagant, while fifty years ago a cir
Gus whose receipts averaged sixty dol
lars a day was considered to be doing
a good business. Today there is one
show the expenses of which are I'M
doubtedly more than $500 the day, al
though it is surprising what wonderful
displays are made by others at a cost
of less than $1,000 the day.
The cost of cages varies. The
ornamental cars used for advance ad-
vertising are comfortably. and even
deliberately. fitted, and are provided
with a huge paste boiler and other con-
%veniences. They cost anywhere from
SO, 900 to $1,000. The fiat and stock cars
used by circuses cost from $500 to $500
leach; passenger coaches from s1,5OC
upward.
Some circus proprietors also have
their OWE private cars, fitted with every
imaginable convenience and luxury,
and such a car costs high in the thou,
sands. The expense of the wardrobe
depends, of course, on the amount u.s.
ed, and its quality, and whether the
costumes are intended for a spectacu-
lar show or for an ordinary circus. The
wardrobe and papier-mache chariots
used in the production of our congress
of nations cost Mr.. Barnum and my
self o than $4,000.
1--WE paid $4,000 for our first hippo
drome tents alone, and this did not in
clude dressing-room tents, horse tents
and camp tents. Afterward. however
we had a larger one made for very
much less money. The small circuses
that hover around Chicago and the
larger cities Of the west in summeI
usually use a tent about eighty fee,
across, with two t~hirty-foot middle
pieces. This, equipped with poles
seats, and lights. costs about $500"
, 1900-05-09
BEWARE OF A COIIGH

A cough is not a disease but a symp-
tom. Consumption and bronchitis.
which are the most dangerous and ia
tai diseases, have for their first indica-
ton a persistent cough, and if proper
ly treated as soon as this cough appears
are easily cured. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has proven wonderfully sue
cessful, and gained its wide reputation
and extensive sale by its success in
curing the disease which cause caugh-
ing. II it is not beneficial it will not
cost you a cent. For sale by F. H. Egg
glestOn.
, 1900-05-09

We are all familiar with the fact that
a candle burns. But perhaps there are
many persons who have never realized
Just why it burns and that a certain
degree of heat is necessary in orCer to
consume the cylinder of wax or tal.ow
Of which the candle is made. In the
Arctic regions candles will not burn
satisfactorily at or below a tempera-
ture Of IS degrees c. The reason fol-
this is that the surrounding atmos
phere is so cold that the fame is in
sufficient to melt enough of the ma
terial for its own subsistence. The
feeble heat can do little more than melt
out a tubular space around the wick.
therefore the fame is small and weak,
and sometimes fails altogether. The
light, enclosed in a small glass vase,
works better, as the temperature is
somewhat raised by being so confined
and enough wax melts to supply the
fame.
, 1900-05-09

One Of those singers that are delight
ing us in grand opera at present is
less sure of his English than he is of
his voice, but he aspires to talk our
language Sc that no thought of his shall
be baked on his tongue while in Am
erica. For this purpose he carries
a little dictionary with him. and, like
a suffering man, makes long pauses
while seeking his word. And neither
place nor circumstance does he permit
to interfere with his pursuit of the
fitting word. The other day, travelling
with some friends upon one of our
rapid and jerkily moving trolley cars,
and grasping wildly for a strap, he ex-
claimed: 81 hat not-na! vie heisst
das denn?"-and he r%elinguished the
strap to seek the little word book. Il
haf lost my" and the leaves uttered;
ION your cars l hat lost my--ja! das
list es''-another wild clutch at the
strap, as the car started ahead-"my
equileebrium.'--New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
, 1900-05-09
DEMOCRATS DO LEARN AND FOR
GET SOMETIMES.

1t is a popular theory among repub-
licans that the democrats, like the
bourbons, never either learn or forget
anything. but recent events prove that
it is not wholly correct.
The discussion'of the Porto Rican bill
proved very clearly that the democrats
Of the present day have completely for
gotten the record made by such eminent
dead and gone members of their party
as Thomas Jefferson, James Madison,
James Monroe. and Andrew Jackson.
on the question of absorbing new terri
tory without the consent of the gov
erned."
When the Northwest Territory. the
Louisiana purchase. Florida, California
and Oregon, were added to the national
domain the government was wholly in
he hands of democrats and the claim
that 'the constitution follows the flag"
cut no ice with them.
All those new acquisitions were plac-
ed by democratic congresses under the
absolute control of the democratic
president, and the inhabitants had to
make the best of it without being per-
mitted to participate in the choice of
their rulers or the enactment of their
laws.
Oddly enough. Porto Rico and Ha-
wall are the first two territorial acqui-
sitlons to be given a voice in their own
government, and this was lone by a
republican congress and pesident.
But the democrats have learned
something to Offset their forgetfulness
in that matter. Neither in congress nor
out OF it has a single democratic orator
lifted up his voice in favor of free
trade for two years past, and there Is
no present likelihood that the subject
Will receive more than the briefest and
most ~perfunctory mention in the Kan
sas City platform or during the ensuing
campaign.
The instructive object lesson taught
, 1900-05-09
AUGUST FLOWER.

at is a surprising fact" says Prof.
Houston, that in my travels in all
parts Of the world, for the last ten
years l have met with more people
having used Green's August Flower
than any other remedy, for dyspepsia,
deranged liver and stomach, and for
constipation. find for tourists and
statesmen, or for persons filling office
positions, where headaches and general
bad feeling from irregular habits exist,
that Green's August Flower is a grand
remedy. 1t does not injure the system
by frequent use, and is excellent for
sour stomachs and indigestion" Sam
pie bottles free at Frank H. Eggles-
toms. Sold by dealers in all civilized
countries.
, 1900-05-09
OUR PREMIUMS.

The Republican is now offering a fine
Rand-McNally double map (the world
on one side and the United States on
the other) as a premium for each year
~ subscription to the Daily Repub-
lican which Is paid in advance; and a
copy Of the Standard War Atlas for six
months subscription.
These valuable works may be seen
at our office; and to those who DO not
care to pay a rear or six months In ad-
vance, we will sell the map for 81, or
the atlas for so cents.
, 1900-05-09

CATION. They exaggerated that given
by the rioters; minimized, contorted
and misrepresented that given by the
authorities. The governor pronounces
as an outrageous lie the statement of
the democratic yellows that, when he
gave Jas. r. Sovereign as his authori-
ty for certain statements to which he
testified, Sovereign arose and exclaim-
ed, That is a lie!" On the contrary,
as every one present knows, Sovereign
sat silent and abashed, and said moth
ing. There are evidently no yellow
fake sheets printed in Idaho or the gov
ernor would be used to such things.
, 1900-05-09

A Washington dispatch
that the president has determined upon
the appointment of Hon. John c. Baird
OF Cheyenne as United States attorney
for the district Of Hawaii. Mr.. Baird
Is pre-eminently qualified for the i'm
portant position. As a boy he received
training at the printers case. Later
he filled various positions as reporter.
city editor and editor. Having a taste
for the law, he studied and was ad-
mitted to the bar at Cheyenne, where
he has practiCed continuously for the
past fourteen or fifteen years. He is
careful, honest and conscientious. Ha-
wall is to be congratulated upon the Sc
lection made. and Wyoming is graft
fled at the honor bestowed.
, 1900-05-09
SAVING TEN THOUSAND MILES.
Mayor Phelan, on the Value of the Ship
Canal to the Pacific Coast.

Expanding trade must find an outlet.
Barriers must he broken down. The
Pacific coast is cut off from the great
centcrs of civilization by a continent
and a sea. Railroad transportation is
expensive and our merchants and pro-
.duCcrs anguish under its exactions.
Artificial conditions are created In the
interest of the transcontinental rail
roads. which are today the principal
opponents of the construction of the
canal writes Mayor James d. Phelan.
of San Francisco, in The Saturday Ev-
ening Post.
In 1878, the Union and Central Pa
Citic railroads forced San Francisco
merchants to enter into special con
tracts. Those refusing could not get
the railway service at all and the con-
ditiOn was that the merchants contrac-
the railroad exclusively. Until 1898,
the date of its dissolution, the Trans
continental association subsidized the
PanamaSteamship company and the Pa
citic mail in order to bottle up" San
Francisco and exclude its merchants
from the advantages of the sea and its
competitive rates. The merchants or
ganized and fought back with some sue
cess, but the fact remains that the long
route by the Horn has embarrassed the
Pacific coast and retarded its CONNER
cial development. How has it been en-
barrassed? Three thousand miles of
continent and fifteen thousand miles
of ocean stretch between us and the At
lantic seaboard. By means of the can
al the sea distance can be cut down to
about five thousand miles. That is the
main consideration.
Now the Pacific coast of the United
states consists Of producers. rather than
manufacturers. and as ocean freights
ar" so very much lower than those by
rail, the saving of distance, with a con-
S'Quent diminution of time, means
prosperity for the producer: whereas
our lumber, wheat and fruit industries
have so far yielded their deserved pro-
fits to the railroads. New York in eigh-
teen days and Europe in twenty-five
twill give our merchants some control
If the market. Now, most shipments
are speculative and go forward to an
uncertain goal"
, 1900-05-09

J. @. Hood, Justice OF the peace,
Crosby, Miss, makes the following
statement: 81 can certify that One
Minute Cough Cure will do all that is
claimed for it. My wife could not get
her breath and the first dose of it re-
lieved her. 1t has also benefited my
whole family" 1t acts Immediately
and cures coughs, colds, Group, grippe.
bronchitis, asthma and all throat and
lung troubles.-A. H. Cordiner, Drug
gist.
, 1900-05-09

During the past several years many
inquiries have been made of the gen
eral land office and the local offices
throughout the country as to whether
parties who made the first payment of
% cents per acre upon desert land en-
tries and for any reason other than
fraud upon their part. failed to make
final proof were entitled to repayment.
Numerous applications for repayment
upon grounds not in accord with the
present law have been denied. Attor-
neys have been actively canyassing the
country for these cases, agreeing 10
give parties so per cent of the repay
ment if secured, and a large number of
claimants have been induced to place
their claims in their hands. Several
bills have been introduced in congress,
but up to the present time all have fail
ed of passage. Now there is hope of
relief. Senator Warren's bill for the
relief Of this class of claimants has been
reported favorably. Should it h.r1mc
a law thousands of citizens Of Wyo-
ming will receive repayment Of the pu--
chase money paid by them many We r.
ago.
, 1900-05-09

w. S. Musser, Millheim, Pa, saved
the life Of his little girl by giving hel
One Minute Cough Cure when she wa:
dying from Group. 1t is the only harm
remedy that gives immediate re,
It quickly cures coughs, colds
bronchitis, grippe, asthma and al
throat and lung troubles.-A. H. Cor.
diner, Druggist.
, 1900-05-09
VOTING MOTHERS.

Group is the terror of thousands OF
young mothers because its outbreak Is
so agonizing and frequently fatal.
Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure
acts like magic in cases of Group. 1t
has never been known to fall. The
worst cases relieved Immediately. Price
25 cents, oO cents and 81. Frank H.
Eggleston, druggist
, 1900-05-09

Mr.. Bryan said in an interview the
other day: IF We can hold what we
a in 1896, and If we bring back the
gold democrats. and if we gain large
accessions from the republicans. the
chances of victory for the democratic
party ought to be good How many
rats have you caught" said the father
to the boy in the granary. IF | had
got that n and twelve more, | would
nave had thirteen said the boy.-Salt
Lake Tribune.
, 1900-05-09

81 had stomach trouble twenty years
and gave up hope of being cured till I
began to use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t
has done me SO much good I call 1t
the savior Of my life" writes W. R.
Wilkinson, Albany, Tenn. 1t digests
what you eat.-A. H. Cordiner. Drug
eiR.
, 1900-05-09
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1900.

The Beers are slowly retiring toward
their capital, but it is with that stoIid
stu~bbornness which is their leading
characteristic. Lord Roberts will still
inc the way to Pretoria a devious one.
beset by many pitfalls and traps.
, 1900-05-09
MANY LOVER

las turned with disgust from an 9th
erwise lovable girl with an offensive
breath. Karl's Glover Root Tea puri-
fes the breath by it, action on the bow
els. ETC.. as nothing else will. Sold for
years on absolute guarantee. Price Is
cts. and SO cts. Frank H. Eggleston.
, 1900-05-09

a bugaboo. Such a policy could neve
exist il the United States. and the at
tempt to attribute it to President Nc
Kinley is only one of that party's cam
paign roorbacks.
Brazil intends hereafter to purchase
in the United States all the coal need
ed for her warships and railroads. This
will be some return for the concession
we have so long granted Brazil of levy
ing no duty on the coffee that we i'm
port from that country.
Europe affords the best market for
American farm products and manuiac-
lures. buying from is almost to the ex-
tent of a billion dollars a year. Why
not keep on terms of friendship with
our best customers?
In the last thirty years the number
of American vessels engaged in foreign
trade has decreased by A per cent.
During the same period the number Of
American vessels engaged in domestic
and coast trade has increased by Al per
cent. The latter are protected from
competition of foreign vessels, while
the former are not.
Imports of manufactures of iron and
steel have decreased by 63 per cent dur
ing the last thirty years, while our ex-
ports Of American manufactures Of
iron and steel have increased by 1852
per cent. Doesn't look as though pro-
lection injured the export trade!
With 100 per cent Of increase in the
population Of the United States during
the last thirty years. there has been
an increase of only 60 per cent in Il
total imports of foreign goods. This
shows how the American workman un-
der protection is acquiring the Ameri-
can market.
Don't swap horses while crossing a
stream" is the good advice that James
<om vi. uou.a :, 49,, o,. a.,
President McKinley's reelection.
-.
1t was in 1895 that Senator Hoar de-
livered a speech at Plymouth, Mass,
in which he said, speaking of the tree
nIontod nv Tho srst Amerio,r sott,ar.,
..r,, bourh, 49, poo;so. ,,a
roots hsrooth tho uov.s and rooo,ro
rrdor II, vast oaronv ,ho is,,nds 80 49,,
soo" WIN ;sr,, nit tho GOOD tino
,o,,oro
-.
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,,o, h,,,,na uo,vb,iao. ..,uo.,.a..
az, an, ..ne,a g. om..,a. Tt.m
oon form and saoorr nroduo.,
Evrorts % ,uorioo, u,n,,
will n,ss tho saoo ooo ooo u.rl for ~.
fsool voor ona,,a u;,h NV, wo..h "a
,ooE .h,u - 100 a
749 And vot thor. ,ro a fsu n.on,,
uh ..,u
comueroio, ovrons;on
While wo arc ox,ort;na bo,, ut,
lion dollars, worth % rrov,s,ons or.r,,
, 1900-05-09

Word m from Mafeking that a
case of whisky sold at a rattle for $5lO
n that a pound of flour was sold at
auction for two guineas. The strange
thing is that the flour brought so much
money. The whisky could Of course be
used by the man for the purpose Of get
ting fish to support his starving family
, 1900-05-09

Three Wyoming postoficese have
been raised in class-Douglas. Saratoga
and Green River. Whisper his to
Grove and his party. 1t was during
the time of Grover that an effort was
made to cut off Laramic's free doliy-
cry
, 1900-05-09

Nasal Catarrn q ..-.y Yields TO treat
ment by Ely's Cream A@l.n, which is agree
ably aromatic. 1t Is received through the
~nostrils, cleanscs and heals the whole sur
face over which it diffuses itself. Druggists
sell the SOC. size; Trial size by mail, 10
cents. Test it and You are sure TO continue
the treatment.
Announcement.
To accommodate those who arc partial
to the use of atomizors in applying liquids
into the nasal assages for catarrhal trou-
6Les, the rropriotors prepare Cream Balm in
liquid form, which will be known as Ely's
Liquid Cream Balm. Tr:cc including the
spraying tube is T5ceats. Druggists or by
mail. The liquid form ombodies the med.
icinal properties of The solid preparation.
, 1900-05-09
YOU TRY TT.

II Shlloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure, which ID sold for the small price
Of Is cts. 30 cts, and 800, does not
cure take the bottle back and We will
refund your money. Sold for over nI-
" years on this guarantee. Price q
cts. Frank H. Eggleston.
, 1900-05-09
SICK hEADACHne

The curse of overworked womankind,
are quickly and surely cured BY Karfl
Glover Root Tea, the great blood puri-
der and tissue builder. Money refund
ed II not satisfactory. Price Is eta.
and 30 cents Frnk H.Eexleston.
, 1900-05-09

Delight your friends and relatives In
the east BY sending them copies - the'
'Aspakliean's illustrated editioa.s aeeth-
'ins could please them more ana Nsy
only cost you Is cent?. A ~ more
nay b I'D Ct this o@eA
, 1900-05-09

AFTER suffering from piles for If
teen years I was cured by using two
boxes of DeWftt's Witch Hazel Salve,"
writes W. ]. Baxter, North Brook. N.
c. It heals everything. Beware Of
counterfeitk A. II. Cordiner, Drug
gist.
, 1900-05-09
MARK HANNA.

MARK HANNA.
THE Great Ohio Suspect, Mark Han
na."-General Lew Wallace.
He is the presidents friend you know;
You'll hear of him where'er you go,
That famous man from Ohio,
Mark Hanna.
And he's the man that gets the blame
Guilty or motifs all the same;
When things go wrong. they all ex-
claim:
Mark Hanna!"
They say he wants the ocean wide;
That he never will be satisfied
Till he opens the earth and writes in
side
Mark Hanna!"
Who makes times bad. but never good?
While others talk, who saws the wood?
Who'd be our emperor if he could?
Mark Hanna.
Who puts the Xxx on beer and rum?
Who put John Sullivan in the scum?
who opened the letters sent Ma
crum?
Mark Hanna.
Who m%ortgaged every house and home?
Who makes the friendless hobo roam,
Who fills the s]chooners full of foam?
Mark Hanna.
Who owns ten thousand trusts or
more?
Who rules things on the senate floor?
Who makes Bill" Mason rant and
Mark Hanna.
When debts affict the ill-paid clerk,
Or -four goes upward with a jerk,
You know who did the dirty work
Mark Hanna.
Who rakes in all the cash in view?
Who told George Dewey what to do?
Who sank the ship for Hobson's crew?
Mark Hanna.
Who goes to church and seems to pray?
But curses almost every day?
Why, listen and you will hear them
mark Hanna"
Who sank the Maine in Havana bay?
Who tells young Beverage what to
say?
Who makes the price of wheat and hay?
Mark Hanna.
For many's the evil thing he's done;
Who gave the Beers their Long Tom
gun?
OF course we know the guilty one
Mark Hanna.
Who causes trouble near and far?
Who caused the Filipino war,
And spoiled the peace plans of the
car?
Mark Hanna.
Who caused the grip that brought such
Last summers heat-this winters
snow?
The same vile schemer, we all know
Mark Hanna.
Who takes the cake, also the pie?
Who makes Bill" Bryan weep and
cry,
And puts the hooks in Winfield
Schley?
Mark Hanna.
In all bad works you'll see his hand;
Who caused the fight at Koodo's rand,
And fills our sugar full Of sand?
Mark Hanna.
Who puts a tax on everything?
Who's always mixed up in a ring?
Good democrats get up and sing
Mark Hanna"
He's got a cinch on earch and sky;
And If, from all our ills we'd fly,
What villain must we all defy?
Mark Hanna.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
, 1900-05-09
Books Cheap
5 for 10 cents.

Any five of the following paper-cov-
cred books may be had for 10 sents ut
The Republican office. Be careful to
make your selections from the last is
sue Of the paper as the list is becoming
rapidly depelted:
IA. King solomon's Mines" by
Rider Haggard.
AT. Lady Grace" by Mrs. Henry
Wood.
AS. "Averil," by Rosa Nouchette
Carey.
A12. 1.-THE Black Tulip" by Ale1an-
der Dumas.
A13. The Duchess" by The Ouch
ess.
A16. "A Study in Scarlet" by A. Co.
nan Doyle.
A1s. "The Armorer Of Tyre" by
sylvanus Cobb, Jr.
A24. "Mr. Nelson's WILL" by H. RI
der Haggard.
AIS. Jennie Harlowe," by W.
Clark Russell.
A26. "Beaton's Bargain" by Mrs.
Alexander.
A3O. Flower and Weed" by Miss M.
E. Braddon.
ABB. mo Thoroughfare," by Charles
Dickens and Wilkie Collins.
ABB. "The Great Haggarty Diamond"
by w. M. Thackeray.
ABS. "a Little Rebel" by The Ouch
ess.
ABS. Master Rockefeller's Voyage"
by w. Clark Russell.
A45. "Dansbury House." by Mrs.
Henry Wood.
A5s. Grace Darnell," by Miss M.
e. Braddon.
ASS. King Arthur" by Miss Mu-
lock.
Ass. "The Sign Of the Four" by A.
Conan Doyle.
ASS. Pretty Miss Smith," by Flor
ence Warden.
AGO. Christie Johnstone," Charles
Reade.
AGA. "The Risen Dead" by Florence
Marryatt.
A70. Crawford" Mrs. Gaskil,
A72. 'The Gold Bug and Other
Tales" by Edgar Allen Poe.
BIG. Hoyle on Games.
BIT. Mrs. Partington's Grab Bag.
BS. The Ladies' Model Fancy Work
Manual.
B9. The Family Doctor Book.
B14. The Reliable Book of Outdoor
Games.
Bic. How to Secure a Business Ddu-
cation at Home.
BIG. The Practical Horse and Cat
tie Doctor.
B23. The Wilder Doodle's Love Al
fair.
1926. Popular Plays and Farces.
B29. Guide to Horticulture.
B30. Modern Etiquette.
B34. The Art Of ventriloquism.
BS5. The Ladies' Guide to Beauty.
B37. Phrenology Made Easy.
B3s. Sea Yarns.
B42. Snap Shots.
B43. Lessons in Short Hand.
, 1900-05-09
is CENTS EACH; 2FoR Is CENTS.

In addition to the foregoing list We
have a few volumes Of larger books.
each book containing II or o COM
plete novels. BY popular authors, neatly
bound In paper cover, which We will
close out At Is cents each or two for Is
cents: BY mail s cents per book extra
for postage:
Nc. 3. Mary Cecil Hays Work..
No. 4. Thirty Complete Novels BY
Esmous Authors.
No. z. The Giant Mannal-Twslvs
Books in One.
No 10. The Ladies' Nanual-TwSavs
Books N On.
, 1900-05-09

Governor ~Steunenberg, of Idaho, has
been calling down some Of the yellow
Examiner and the New York Journal,
Of w. R. Hearst. Both these democrat
ic papers misrepresented the governors
testimony in the Idaho mining i~nvesti-
, 1900-05-09
1851, 451.17O s235, 400, 1874

Total ......$161, 451. 40 $235, 400, 1874
An increase of $74,OO 900 in the
amount of the Pacific state deposits,
within five years, is a remarkable show
ing. The figures from reports of the
comptroller of the currency and include
Washington, Oregon California, Idaho,
Utah and Nevada, with their population
of 2,S30,000 people. The deposits last
year averaged nearly 500 per capia.
, 1900-05-09

weekly Republican only 81 a ysar.
, 1900-05-09
POLITICAL NOTES.

The democratic cry of Imperialism is
a bugaboo. Such a policy could never
exist in the United States. and the at
tempt to attribute it to President Nc
Kinley is only one of that party's cam
paign ]roorbacks.