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he jt1cs sender. MESSENGER PUBLISHING CO. PUBLISHERS. J. Vf. COUNT, WM. H. WIIITK, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. $1.00 Entered at the Post Office at Ma rion, N. C, for transmission through the mails, as second class matter. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1S9S. THE CIVIL SKKVICK KAl'l. The Republicans in GYmgress are making a howl for the modifi cation of the civil service law in order that they may find more places for their hungry office seeking constituents. Under the pretense that they desire to rem edy only the most objectional fea tures of the law, they intend to so modify its provisions that they will be able to get at the Democrats who are now protected and dis place them with members of their own party. Notwithstanding we make our selves liable to the charge of being spoilsmen in asserting our opinion, we believe the civil service law as administered at the present day is a humbug and a sham, and should be wiped off the statute book by repeal. The so-called merit system un der which an un-American, undem ocratic office-holding class is being built up, is a diaphanous fraud, and is not only detrimental to gov ernment service, but is also repug nant to the proper idea of perpetu ating our republican institutions. Nine-tenths of the employees of the Government did not enter the service under the merit system, and they are no more competent to fill their places than hundreds of other ambitious citizens who are prevented from doing so under this life-tenure-in-office law. Like many other obnoxious im portations from England, the sys tem is contrary to the popular American conception of govern ment. This method of civil service may be suited to the British mon archy, where it originated, but it should have no place under a republican form of government. Certain anti-civil service Repub licans are now endeavoring to make the law a still greater farce by "reforming" it so that the few Democrats still remaining in the departments may be turned out and the places filled with Repub lican appointees. The attempt is in keeping with the character of reforms usually inaugurated by that party. The attitude of the Democrats in Congress on the question is not at all uncertain. They are against " rtie--TUjre system, and when an opportunity is presented they will vote to abrogate it, 'Toot and branch." The Jacksjr.ian idea that the party m power should control the offices is incorpora'ed among the declarations of the Chi cago platform, and the Democrats of the country are willing to take their chances for being employed in the civil seivicc of the govern ment under a revival of the old system when the party in control was permitted to name its own officials in every capacity. They want no hypocritical "reforms," as proposed by the Republican reformers, but they will give loyal support to a proposition for abso lute repeal. Unless there is enough sincerity among the Republican members of Congress for genuine reform to pass a repeal over a presidential veto all agitation on the subject will be in vain. We are opposed to frauds, ergo we favor the repeal of the civil service law. Thk cotton mills of Rhode Island and Connecticut have followed the lead of that industry in Massachu setts in cutting down the wages of its employees. These blooming, busy prosperous times we are hav ing under the McKinley adminis tration seem to have a peculiar effect upon the labor of the coun try. O, yes, a high tariff is a fine thing for the millionaire manu facturer. The laboring man well, he's of 1:0 account, anyway, until another campaign rolls around, and then Mark Hanna and his cowrie ot bribers will again travel about the country and endeavor to purchase another lease of power for the plutocrats. Dat already their days are vuiibcredThe feasf has progiessed far t, show the handwriiing lhe waI1 The RepubUcjjk administration has been igh ed in the balances na lor ,.,o.,.;rr n.l likr the rous ending of U-'Ishazzar'i ovjn, so will the money power be thrown in the next contest to th' he government handed over friends of the masses instead of tht lasses. There is no mis taking k firnii of affairs as indi cated by Vje sjgns nf the times. IT SEKMs iat the Dingley tariff bill n provision for the theatrical profc,sion( and therefore joe ,'etterson 'ias reduced performances the this prices to his season to meet the exigencies of the times." This will prpbably prevent our old friend, Rip Van Winkle, from piling up a compe tence as rapidly as heretofore, but it was "a condition, not a theory," that confronted the venerable actor, and he adopted the part of wisdom in reducing the admission ra:es. This is only another one of those litlle evidences that are continually reminding us of the tardiness of the arrival of that show billed by an "advaoce agent" i' the campaign of '96. The last we heard of it it was d jir.g a little barn-storming out in the " wild and woolly west" and the belief is growing that the aggregation has been stranded and will have to reorganize before appearing ii this section. Mi-iaki- are easily mace, and 11., one probably realizes this more than the patriotic Populists of the State. N doubt the rank and file of that party endorsed its princi ple from sincere and honest motives. That they have been betrayed by unscrupulous leaders is no fault of theirs, and the grow ing sentiment among them that after all the best government can be obtained through the Demo cratic party is no surprise to peo ple of reasonable intelligence. They are now thoroughly awake to the importance of restoring good government to the State, as are the majority of good citizens who are not affiliated with parties solely for crfice. That rt.bust American czar, Thomas Bracken Reed, having completed his holiday vacation, assembled at the Capitol in Wash ington Wednesday, to allow such action to be taken by Congress on public matters as met his approval. At the coming session of Speaker Keed that great vital national question relating to the distribu tion of offices in the civil service will take precedence over such minor matters as currency reform and relief for Cuba. In this Fifty fifth Congress "government by the people" has degenerated into the dictatorship of the individual Representative from a district in the State of Maine. John R. Smith, who made such an unsavory record as superin tendent of the penitentiary, has, through the action of Governor Russell, swapped his position with J. M. Mewborne, commissioner of agriculture. The hard working farmers of the State will not soon forget the insult thrown at them by the. Governor in his remark to the effect that "any old thing" would do to look after the agri cultural interests of the State. Governor Culberson of Texas has announced himself acandidate for the United States Senate to succeed the old war horse for tariff reform, Roger O. Mills, whose term will expire in 1899. Culberson is a popular Governor, but it is doubt ful if he can supplant Senator Mills in the kindly regard of the people of the Lone Star State. Ci r.KKNT COMMENT. We sometimes hear of statesmen who are self-made, but nowadays it is evident that most of the poli ticians are machine-made. If that "wave of prosperity" does not come ashore pretty soon, it will be necessary for every man to have a mint if he intends to make money. You grumble now, but if you don't vote right next year and in the next national election, the monopolists will haye you so nearly starved to death that you can't grumble the least little bit. Secretary Sherman has issued an appeal for aid for the destitute of Cuba. If the people had their own way they would send the United States Navy and Army and make the island inhabitable and so relieve destitution. If it w asn't such a serious matter one would smile every time he reads of wages being reduced and thinks of the "wave of prosperity." Another billow sighted is the reduction of the wages of 15,000 cotton operatives in Lowell, Mass. Mr. Henry E. King, a prominent Populist in the eastern part of the State has come out in a letter say ing that he is disgusted with the action of the Fsisionis:s, and will hereafter be found-toting for and working withfje Democratic party. It is saic that government secret agents hav e been shadowing For neli anil Kurtz for Sen- aker. Bush ator Hann. 1 in his Ohio campaign. This is not surprising. If Senator ages the President, why Hanna mar shouldn't h servants of e manage all and lesser the people ? The Sfiii ui field IleiaL: says that the year of 1S97 has b.en of a red- letter natu Early in jf ,e to Njrtli Carolina. pnuarv a Republican Governor a id a Rad-Pop Legisla ture were in that date iu what some called in power. Since t a day has passed but iniscarriage ot justice or abuse off power has occurred that has shocked the intelligent and patriotic people of the State. God help the people of our politician-infested Commonwealth ! If there is one man yet left any where beneath the leafless trees who claims that the Dingley bill was responsible for the rise in the price of wheat, will he please step forth and tell his unsophisticated brethren what bill is responsible for the drop in cotton which lower in price than it has been at any time in fifty years. Since the Old North State was turned over to the Fusionists, its climate as well as government has gotten out of gear, ripe pears being picked last week from a tree near Salisbury and the peach trees bios soming in Shelby. If by any chance the Fusionists should control the State government after the next election, one may count on hearing a tree bark, the wind howl, the snow squall and seeing the ice floe in summer time in North Carolina Should Senator Piatt's bill intro duced in the Senate and providing for a national supervision of all insurance companies become a law, it would cause a loss of $90,000 to North Carolina, this being the rev enue received for insurance busi ness done in this State. Senator Piatt is a Wall Street protege, whose patrons- are financial men whom the present administration is bending every energy to make wealthier, and it causes them to be mighty sick to stoop to pay taxes on insurance business in States when their hoards of wealth pay nothing to the national treasury. Ketorm ha-- been the most expensive innovation that North Carolina has monkeyed with for many years. "Reform" increased the cost of the Legislature of 18 over $15,000, and of 1897 about $1 2,000 above that of any legisla ture tor twenty years, out it is not so much the loss of dollars as the State's good name, which has been debauched. Not long since a gentleman of Burke county endeavored to raise money in New- York on gilt-edge securities, and was refused the loan only on the ground that "the politics of North Carolina are too rotten to lend money on gold dollars." Some of the foam of the McKin ley "wave of prosperity" could be found last week in the inundation of the Overman Wheel Company at Chicopee Falls, Mass., where there are said to be assets of $530,- 000 to pay liabilities of $1,318,000 Also upon this wave may be seen the wreckage of the Philadelphia banks in which assets are swal lowed in a maelstrom of liabilities amounting to millions. Then, too, there is a $300,000 business firm ripple at Indianapolis, Ind. Now, if the present administration would get up a cyclone, a hurricane and an earthquake ot prosperity, it might eventually be able to sell out this "prosperityized" country to the bankrupt nation of Spain. Civil Service Examination. The Civil Service Commission has ordered that the usual dates for the regular senn-aunual Post office, Custom House and Internal Revenue examinations for 18DS be so changed as to allow the widest possible use of the first, second and third grade basis of examination questions. This means that all sining examinations for the serv ices named will lie held during the time the departmental examina tions are being conducted, and while the exact d ites of each serv ice cannot be fixed at this time, it is safe to say that all Internal Ueveuue examinations for the spring will be held between March 15th and April 25th. Blanks can be obtained and applications filed at any time between this and March 1st, but no application will be accepted for the spring examina tion unless filed in complete form before the closing of business on March 1st. Internal Revenue examinations for the 5th District of ifortli Car olina will be held at Asheville and Statesville as heretofore, but all requests for blanks, etc., should be made, and all applications for warded to P. M. IlUDGiiNS. Acting Sec. Int. Rev. Board, Asheville, X. C. Persons who are troubled with indigestion will be interested m the experience of Win. II. Penn, chief clerk 111 the railway mail ser vice at DfS Moines, Iowa, who writes: 'It give me pleasure to testify to the merits of Chamber Iain's Colir,Cho!era and Diarrhoea Remedy... For two years I have suf- feietl f nun indigestion, and aui subject to frequent severe attacks f pain in the stomach and lnwe!s. One or two doses of this remedy iKMer fails to give perfect rebel. Price Id and 50 cents; sold by M. F. Morphew, Druggist. In the coure of the removal of the books and papers of the Con Ktessipnal Library in Washington to the new building, an unexpected find has been made iu the shape of a large box of papers written by Thomas Jefferson. They are en tirely public and of considerable value. llucklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts. Bruises, Sores Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap ped Hands, Chilblaius, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give peifect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by G. I. White, Mai ion, and W. II. jjjsosway, Old Tort. WASHINGTON LKTTER. Comment on Matter ami Tilings at the Congressional City. Correspondence of The Herald. Washington, Jau. 4 Senator Teller has a little surprise that he intends to spring on those Repub licans who, although pretending to be bimetallists, are doing nothiug to counteract the effect of Secretary Gage's efforts to have the entile world believe hat Mr. MeKmlt'y and tlit Republican pury stand for gold monometal lism. Senator Teller believes theie should be no masquerading on the financial question; that the constituents or every Seuator have a light to know to a certainty whether he favors bimetallism or gold monometallism, and that his litlle surprise, in the shape of a resolution he intends offering and pressing until a record vote is taken on it, w ill do the ti ick. This resolution did not origiuate with Senator Teller, but was written by the late Stanley Matthews, a Republican senator from Ohio, and was adopted by Republican votes in the Senate in 1S78. It declares that -'all the bonds of the United States, issued or authorized to be issued (uuder the relu tiding act of 1S70, the act to provide for the resumption ol specie payment, etc ), aie payable, principal and interest, at the option of the Government of the United States, in silver dollars of the coinage of the United States, containing 412J grains each oi standard silvei; and that to restore to its coinage such silver coins as a legal tender in payment of said bunds, principal and interest, is not a violation of the public faith, nor in derogation of the rights of the public creditor. Reckless assertions hive been made concerning alleged changes among Senators on the silver question. For that reason, if for uo other, Senator Teller's idea is a good ore. In addition to smok ing out the would be straddlers, a vote on this resolution will doubt less convince Secretary Gage and his goldbug assistants iu and out of Congress, of the hopelessness of their efforts to secure from this Congress legislation authorizing the issue of gold bonds for the funding of our public debt, or for any other purpose. In 1883 the pension list was pub lished, and as a result, a great many frauds weie discovered. There is a popular demand for another pub lication of the list, iu view of a widespread suspicion that it is full of rottenness. Secretary Rliss is opposed to a publication. Vh! The Republicans are doing more craviug over the small surplus shown by the Government receipts and expenditures for the month of December, than they will over the big deficit that January w ill cer tain ly show. Mr. Dingley has taken advantage of the situation to issue a rosy statement in which he easily makes it appear on paper that the deficiency of 4 I, U(H),000, for the fit st haif of the current fiscal year will not be increased dining the last half, upon which the country has just entered, as though that was some thing of which he and his party had a right to ba justly proud. What would the stockholders of a big business corporation thiuk of a management that reported a loss of s44,OOO,O0O in six months and only promised that Ihe next six months should not increase the loss! They would probably change the management as quick as they could, just as the people intend to do as soon as they get an oppor tunity to cast their ballots against the present mismanagers of our affairs. The Democrat who isn't pleased with the political outlook, must be hard to please. The issue of this year's Congressional campaign and of the campaign of 1000 has been made and the argument fur nished upon which it will be won by the Democrats by this adminis tration, which after going through the faice of seiidwig three eminent bimetallists to Europe as a Com mission for the alleged purpose of securing the consent of Furopeau governments to international bi metallism, does not even wait until the members of that coinnnssion have officially reported, belt re it announces to all the woiltl, through its financial spokesman. Secretary Gage, that it doesu't want bimetal lism at all, either national or inter national, only monometallism. The progressive la lies of West- field, Ind., issued a "Womeu's Edition" of the West field Xeicx, hearing date of A-inl A 1S.H. The paper is filled with matter of interest to women, and we notice the following from a correspondent, which the editors priuted, realizing that it treats upon a matter of vital importance to their sex: The best reined v fur cronn. iiml bronchitis that I have been able to find is Chamberlain's Couyh Rem edy. For family use it has no equal. I gladly recommend it." 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale bv M. F. Morphew, Druggist. A Sure Thing for Toil. A transaction in which vou cannot lc.scisa sure tiling. Biliousness, sick headache, fur red tor.Rue, lever, piles and a thousand other ills are etiuseii by constipation and sluyish liver. Cascarets candy cathartic, the won dctlul new liver stimulant anil intestinal tonic arc bv all uruirirists Guaranteed to cure or moiiev refunded, c. c. c. are a sure thintr. Try a box to-day; KX-. iJc, SOc. Samole and booklet tree at all ilrtijists. It is leported that ex-Governor Ilogtr, of Texas, is going to move to New York, at the invitation of Richard f'roker, to get ready to accept secoud place 011 the Demo crat wr ticket with illiam J. ISrvai. in 1900 Free rill. Send otir address to II. E. Ruck le n & Co., Chicago, and yet a free sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trul will convince you of their merits. These pills aie easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of Constipa tion -wid Si k Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been pioved invaluable. They aie guaranteed to be perfectly tree tioiu every deleterious substance and to be puiely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giviug tone to the stomach and bowels greatly invigorate thesys tern. Regular size l'5c per box. Sold by G. I. White. A OK EAT CITT. New York Is Nowr the Second Metropolis of the World. Sy uchronously with the ending of the year 1807, the old govern ment of New York city expired, and the new charter of Greater New Yoik went into effect. The event was fittingly cele brated by a monster parade, accom panied by fiieworks, electrical dis play, and the boomiug ol cannon, beginning a the last stroke of the cha-k at midnight announced the birth of a new older of affairs. The new system involves what is believed to be the gre itet problem of municipal government ever pie sented, the powers and lesponsi bilitie.s nftbe Matorexeeeding that of the emperors ami kings of history. For six months, until the machin eryofthe new municipality gets into motion, the Mayor of New York has the power of an autocrat. He may appoint officials with s il aries running into the thousands with as lavish a hind as ever emperor treated his favorites. The Mayor will appoint t-very department head iu the city except the controller, who is elected for tour j ears. He will appoint all commissioners, all justice;? of infe 1 ior criminal courts,all the members of the school boards, with the exception of the commissioner ol education; the justices of ihe spe cial session and the police magis trates, and is given the power to remove any official in New York and appoint his successor. Theie are five boroughs iu Greater New York, namely, Man hattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, (jucens, and Richmond. The municipal legislature consists ol' the couucil, with twenty-eight membeis, and a board of aldermen oi sixty mem bers. The president of the council was elected by the people. The president ot the hosrd ofaldeimeu will be chosen by the members of that body. Mayor Van Wyck is given power to veto any ordinance or resolution of either body ol the municipal assembly unless five sixths of both houses declaie otherwise. Each of the live boroughs has a borough president, but his princi pal duty is to preside over Ihe vari ous local boards of his borough The city was first chartered by the Dutch iu l(5.'i, and has grown in U44 years from a town of 1,000 inhabitants to more than three million people, and now ranks as the second city 111 the world in population, being exceeded only by London. In financial and coinmeieial im portance it rivals that ot Loudon, and possesses the finest harbor on the lace of the globe. The old city had an eventful history. Capt. Kidd sailed out of the har hor, commissioned to destroy pira cy, and iiirnsew became the most noted of pn ates. The first steamboat in the world built there and made the first voyage hence to Albany. The first steamship that ever crossed the ocean the S ivunnah sailed from New York in 1819. The first Congress of the Repub lic was held there, audit was there that the first President, Washing ton, was inaugurated. Here also the Declaration of Independence was first road to the army that made it good. These are but illustrative inci dents. From the beginning New- York has made it her prac tice to be hist in every achieve ment. Now that it takes to itself the great city across the bridge and other communities round about whose existence has been merely an outgrowth of its own greatness, its future will be in its own hands. With tiadition and habit in its favor, with superb eu ergy animating its people, with au aggregation of wealth and work ing capital in excess of its needs, aim with the best brains of Ihe country in every department of hu man endeavor concentrated theie, it will be the fault of this and com mg generations if New Yoik shall not continue its growth, its glory and its pre eminence among Amer ican cities. The SurriA of All. Mr. James Jones, of the ilmo- fiim of Jones & Son, Cowden, III., hi speaking ol Dr. King's New Discovery, says that last winter his wife was attacked with La Grippe, and her case grew so seri ous that phy sicians at Cow den and Pana could do nothing for her. It seemed to develop into Hasty Con sumption. Having Dr. King's New Discovery in store, and sell ing lots of it, he took a bottle home, and to the surprise of all she begau to get better from first dose, and half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound and well. Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Colds and Coughs is guaranteed to do this good work. Tr if. Free trial bottle at G. I. White's Drug Stoie. Kd urate Your ltoueU Willi CasraretA. Cand v cathartic cure constipation forever 10c. If c. c. c. fail, drut'jjists refund money. ONEllFWfTWAYS. The bladder was created for one pur pose, namely, a receptacle for the urine, and as such it is not liable to any form of disease except by one of two ways. The first way is from imperfect action of the kidnes. The second way is from careless local treatment of other dis eases. CII1KF CAI SK. Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kid neys is the chief cause of bladder trou bles. So the womb, like the bladder, was created for one purpose, and if not doctored too much is nut liable to weak ness or disease, except iu rare cases. It is Hituated back of ami very close to the bladder, therefore any pain, disease or inconvenience manifested in the kid neys, back, bladder or urinary passage is often, by mistake, attributed to fe male weakness or womb trouble of fcotne sort. The error is easily made and may be as easily avoided. To find out correctly, set your urine aside for twenty four hours: a sediment or Fet tling indicates kidney or bladder trou ble. The mild ami extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great kidney and bladder remedv. is Boon realized. If you need a medicine, you should have the bet. At druggists fifty cents and one dollar. You may have a sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent free by mail. Mention The Mcrgantox IlERALDand send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Bingham ton. N. Y. The proprietor of this paper guarantees the genuineness of this offer. Cherok-n Want Informal ion. The eastern band of Cherokee Indians who live iu North Carolina has filed a memorial to the United States Supreme Court, their status, or rather lack of one, being given as the cause. The federal couit ten vears ago held that they were citizens of North Carolina, and the following year they i:jc rporafcd the eastern band. Now the United States Cir cuit Court of Appeals savs they are a tribe of Indians, and not citizens either of the United States or North Carolina. The Indians have voted in all t lections since the treaty of Echota, in lSo.". Iu their memorial, 01 petition, to the United States Supreme Court they sa : In name of high heaven, what are we and where do we stand!' 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It sets aside 10 per cent of the subscrip tion fund received from subscribers puessing at the missing word, and this fund Is piven to the successful (ruesser or guessers in the contest. The fund is distributed with absolute fairness, and the fact that The Weekly Constitution has MORK THAN 15O.0WI subscriber nnd that It puts aside 10 per cent from all Kuessers' subscriptions for this distribu tion fund shows that the amount to be divided at each interval Is lare enough to be worth striving for. It Is not a catch-pennv or a deceit ful proposition, but the plan Is open and simple and IS A lM ITTRI) to the mails bj the Post Office Department as a meritorious contest. MT The book from which the sentence h taken h drpmlted In m mfetv vault, nti.ler wh!. txl will r pened at the ol.twol the ountwt before a couii'Unt ouiurulUee, which mujera tlie attanl alter an riuik aatiuo of the BulM-iiption books. In one of these contests there was only one successful guesser who received more than Jl.OOo; and In addition to this in one year $I-.00 has luen distributed among successful guessers. Remember that, wheUier the missing word Is supplied or not. tt costs nothing to guess, and even though not successful, the guesser fret THE GREATEST OF ALL WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS FOR OWEJfEAB Keep that tn view and send your guess with your clubbing subscription for your home paper and The Weekly Constitution. Should you already be a Subscriber to your home paper, remit $ l to ihis paper for The Weekly Constitution for one year, and it will be forwarded to The Constitution with your guess. The Constitution guarantees that the amount of the award will not be less than $5UO in cash, and it may he as much as $2,000. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION IS THE GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE W'ORI.I. It is a TWELVE-PAGE, SEVEN-COLUMNS TO 1 II E VM.K NEWSPAPER, containing EIGHTY-FOUR COLUMNS every week. It ha, no equal as a Weekly Newspaper in America; its news reports cover the world, and its correspondents and agents are to be found in almost every bailiwick of the South ern and Western States. AS A MAflAZIS Bit prints more matter than Is ordinarily found In any maicarlne In the roimtrj. AN AN KIH'C'ATO K It la aschoolhouseln itself; ayear's reading of The Constitution Is a liberal wluiiitlon. ITS SPECIAL FKATTItKS commend it especially to (very farm home in America. ITS FARM AND FARMERS' ItEPAKTM KHT, Ita Wiman't Itrfarimrnl and Its hli. drra'N Itrpirlmenl are all under el 'I direction, and are specially Btlru.tive Ui tlxw luwhum these depurtmeiita are addressed. The oiiHtitnUon In Democratic In I'olhlrn, Mm It U beartr advocate f the priorities enunciated la the Kalioaal Platform l ibr I'artr. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST Ten Per Cent of the Guessers' Subscrip tions goes to the Fund to be divided. In other words if this Subscription Fund amounts to $20,000 for this period then the fund to go to the successful guesser would be $2,000. IX MAKIX4J YOI'K ANSWKR yon ned tn d AUDKISS ALL Cl.l'lllilXj OICJKK TO ... The Iu a r i o n Messenger, AIATUON, 3ST. c -INSURANCE - AGENCIES. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, OK MII VVAl KKK, WISCONSIN. Having all the business characteristics of perfect reliability- I.oyal to the interest "f ui!. apeci.-il privik-KCH to none: Must popular with its 1'olic v-hol'Krs who know " I in. I' i i f BE the Chbai-kst." Write us tor information. Af' I DENT INSlltANCK. United States The Rich Man's Privilege; the Workinnman's Necessity. In this country, utcs sonic one is killed by accident. DON'T TKI ST Til l.l'CK!!! KIRK 1XSIKANCK. Southern Stock Has uniformly tiaiil to its tioltcv-hoMrrs a urns paid in. 1'OL.IC Y-IIOI.IliKS NOX-ASSKSSA HI.K. f.ood tniiniiKenieiit is the strength of any institution. STKOM1, STRIC, ANIi SI'CCIvSSFI'L. 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Ends March 1, 98 MESSENGER, $1.75 THK COSTITrTIO PI TS lO PKK -KT "t tlie mi, rwelvm for atilittcriptiorin from partleaenterini; the Mimim- Wi .Mlllt It b-Hi iuua iuiiu tor uisiniiuiioii anionic Uiw lm iinior inrre. iv Uir nttmliiK word. If only one ctniteitlant iretM tlie rictil w.ir.l. ! .r ntut will he Riven the entire fund. If more than one tHiiht ti, min word, the aurue will be proportionately divided anion; tin- hu, Kueanem. Tim roniTin PRKCKii::vr for xkmuv; i ii at tlie MltainK Word. In that eiw-ti anil every ski-nh muM i i.. ,-.. m panled by a year' suliw-ription to The Weekly I i.hm ini it -ut throiiKh the .ar puhllRhliiK thin advertlra-UH'tit in it, . . ,,.-. . cltitihliiK offer, the iruetw at the miHMltiK word will u- hrnrM .1 'ii Ituem in nut lie aent with the HiihHcripllon. Shmil,! ..(, ( . i) more than one answer, he or he will lie entitlnl t, n ii:ir ,.l 1 1 . - nm.i for each rorrect answer. There will lie no i-aiiul prize n r..ne will tret a lint prize, i'eraona may Kiiem an maiiv linn th', wiul BuliarriptlonH. write the Hen tence out In f 'ill -Just any the MuiI;.k Casualty Co., NEW HHtK. Mutual Insurance Co., OK-. ';!'' NMSOKO dividend of 'in ner cent f one-fifth I .11 pi J. G. HALL Sc SON, HOMi: OFFICKS: I,fiioiror Hirkor.v, N. " he World mu Answer Any Question You may Ask It. Standard American Annual. Ready Jan. 1, 1898, On All News Stands. Larger, Better, More Complete Than Ever. mojt viJely sold Annual Rtftr. VKtBortnJ P0uUcal Manual Mua THE WORLD, Pulitzer Building, New York. r Now is the time to subscribe for The Messenger-$i a year. A