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Show If Guilty, ForglTeneM Is Aimmd. The mortality among newspapers in fiie United States during the past 18 months has been something almost unprecedented. un-precedented. In New York state alona 878 newspapers suspended between June, 1893, and June, 1894. For the fir time since 1869 the total number oata logued by the newspaper directory U leas than for the preceding year. Thk is said to be due to hard times caused by the Democratic free trade panic, but this is one of the things for which that party will most assuredly be forgiven. If he who makes two blades of grass to grow where but - one grew before is benefactor of his kind, what ehall be aid of him who makes but one new paper to desolate the community whew there were three before? San Francii-eo Francii-eo Argonaut. ' |