Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 27, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 March 1899 — Page 7

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The Monetary Problem.

A WELSHMAN'S ADVICE. MffllMM BeaB !.. Mnlea, II tlllll for Arne eleu. ii tia ia upholding ihe rupee at l. 4l. t mar)(f t vain Miliv-r i out) "... Bai latWlndolaf thlaelmnly by , into debt Kw, common ' i , .Is it- that t hi- rar in. t I : t far , ,. win ii iii monetary conference -, a M pal a'i d in In ei oilier, , . ! wrote at 0000 to UM Indian govrM;i, i i ami Miggt tt(! t hf following: ,: the mint I Inula to Ibi I : ,i ,i prohibit Iba Import ol - iiw r h r as coiai or as million Into India t anyone mmm t the Indian govern Bat I aJao etfdi d: "Let the aernmenl buy allvee, bring it lata .,. and aobi it iut rape a to I i extent as it bod beet doing for tl.r previous fix (ir hcvcn car, and PUj i i t theec raw M '(r tba ezpci i i riiinent." If tliat hail bei n done, , would have been much better tlian , tO-day. Iti the live j ears . 1--- tt the Indian mints coined 712,000,Do ol rapeea or man than 100 ooo yearh average. If alnt bad bought elli r in Australia and New York and paid for it with Indian tea t-lic would 4, ,, -rcased her exports an I the irrnmcnt would have made a great profit b) coining ioo.ooo.iui ruptca rcr Mar. Instead of that, tbc left - .j n to silver, ai ii "other ,., p!e" (nol tbe government) "importPl " silver in IB09, 184, IM:.. 1690, 165:. to lasWW.frea rapeea, and aba i "exported" silver equal 1 09,499, (70 -n s. Therefore aba abaorbdM ..; i !.. five years 4.". - ' i rupees m I ilver. The protits on that i into the pockets of rtera. But if i plan I ad ,.. , followed t he profit s WdUld I DC into the tn.isurv. The litter would have cost Md., 394., ! ind 37d or an average lees (fcj , d., while odia Would have it into rupees for SOd. perounc. . ver profit the treasury made iro ra gone to redoc tba loaa an . at remlttoncei to England, which amount to from 15.000.000 to i : ! sterling every tear, But Uli ther "leakage" would have been that it, eeerel coinage ia Ii: '.. . which there is no doubt baa been wr largely done sinee the shut t i nir of It Inte, Indian rup CI are not "Ural class," and there are lots of travlilveramltha who know how to silver am! make coins, Bat area that ia not needed, far if the people ' buy silver bullion imported into baj or Calcutta every man who I rupees hoarded there are million Upon millions of them boarded the D in who had a hoard eOUld hoard sllrer bullion Instead of hi rapeea aad j:ve the rupees in payment for it. I I i re i- not a shadow of a doubt thai ' w bole management of Indian monj alacc the c toeing of the mints has Iteea, in pTäin Eaglteh, "a botch, d job." II what I aaggeatad had beaa done I S.ubt very inueh if tfc pric- of silver would have fallen lOWef thai: 33d., its ISDI price Bat whatever ntigbl have sen the price, the 'Indian government aid have had a larL'e margin of lit. which would have Mtta a vrn long way towards paying the Indian . ; w rnment's loss jn the 13.000,000 i.ich it maal p v to the Imperial govrt meat in Loi don in gold. In view of the foregoing, which is t'niply a statement of historic facts 'bit everyone is familiar with tin v of our government ia legialAttag agadaat silver i Incomprcbenalble 'o thoughtful Bnropaaaa. Weoanview matter in only one of two lights: Your statt smeii must he wholly ijr;"r.,nt of the science of political fconv; or. 2. There was a sinister lr.oi back of your antiilver legislation Von may complain that this is itlOBg lauguage for a forcigBCT to use, bat la arc so patent that nootlur " i struction can be put uj on Ibem. 1 Mm ply state a primary trul h. as New ton v . ! i . ii he proclaimed natim'i law f gri ritatiaa. The United State produce. I pen rame, aboat thrce-fonrtbaof theworid's -ilvi r. At any rate, your production of tba! metal is . n much in ci ss of all i natioBa combined (bat. yoa eouhj control its market value on the otfity baaia abme. Why. then. euld yui not command the old gold " or pn m i n in rate that prevailed for Btany centuries, before demonetization, by adding your Mflatn to the com- : -il value'.' Certainly no one will Uite this proposition, unli ss he is i j witboat kaowledge in political OJ i rpeisonallv interested in sutainlng extatlng eoadltioaa. Borne n ago, in the elta of Brataela, I had

v' rv p i Bsaal interview vv Ith yonrdishcd Senator .lohn P, .Tonis, who - one of i he "fort v ntnera" of the old taenia period. He related to nie :"v tttdivklnal "dijrprrs" "panned out" fntll, with their in eutnulations. they re aide to to hack to the land of clvlaation, and how. in this way. tOOJOOte 'a tor's ow n craphic phrne, "this v dlffuai d goldi n showi r madche w,M,rii wilderness blossom as lhe ro. ," TTIi i . "golden how r" not only '"iiefit:.! the individual ndm is and western wilderness." but It rxtemltl over ever part of yor great coon and evea brought nea life and V,P T- aereaa the Atlantic ocean fa the r coaatrtei of Burope, to Msefc an ' ' that tin- money lenders of the ! rlanda beeama alarmed fat the ful"r' of ii,, ;r Keeiipatioii anal forced got rntnenl In flimnnilli the y Haw metal, )v". f,(! have lhe sano- opportunity to bring pr pi rltj and happiness, not r'U to your own Btaple, but to the

whole World, by OpaatOg the ClOOCd tr a are, of i,vjr western silver mine-, and m ndipg tortii ".-silver abtwraM la mal. i the earth "lilossoin as the ra . ' b it that .Mill ill. lot pill 'ie this plain, common 00110 aad humanitarian paliej ? h stiovld j en depn elate tba

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fori Ign count i i ver at one-ball Ibe profit in

to buy oui s,litn value and Baa an ui. fair compe

tition with your fanners und jroilueers? b there any othef answer but that of Ignoraaee or cupidity ? I have . howr the imiiu nse pn.iit that indivUIuala made during a period of five years in t rafitcklng with 1 adia tbroagh th medium ol jour depreciated silt( r depreciated by your own act but 1 have not taken secoonl of the t re mendona loasca that eaaaa to your farmers and producers und propi rtv owtuTsas a result of thi unfair competition. I'll, se lo.-es are so viel a- in preclude ihe idi a of anything like an scevratc eat i mate. Ifour government professes to lepislate for the protection of its citixenaby buildiny a tariff law i.lh eiaaiL'b to kei p out foreign competition, and then it proceeds to undermine that wall by running sluices of depn eiati d silver 1 -neath its fonndfriiona. These are things which Intelligent lotreigneri find themselves incapable of cmiiprchctuling.--I f 11 i'o Augustus llwi'. in Mississippi Vallev Denn . rnt.

COWARDLY TACTICS .(1,1 Vlvoeal-n Da rc Ni.l Pats Ilea ' t rue Kensnii for l.eslr1 ,i 11. e a lan) a iiooasieak

GOLD IS A FAILURE, l'apeelullt :n n jinilnrU for Ieferret) '':i 111 en I Klalna Vnlur of Mulle Ilm' Injustice.

The poid mea have levariahly fbmgbt under cover. Then la not a leading advocate d the paid standard in the United Btatei ho da n 1 to publicly give I ; true reason for demandlag that gold should, be retained as thi metallio

base of our monetary system, Tin se

n bo know anything aiiou: tbesabjeel are fully aware that goM is constantly rising in Its eacebange valna. That it all all the time buy mi re ai d more, except when none uausual thinp oc curs to temporarily raise the price of some particular comaiodity, si in the äse of w ht at at the present time. They know that as 11:01.1 v- increases in purehaalng power 1 keenly i.eliciaries are the holders of Said iacomea, and those whose interest in mi.ney exceeds their interests in all other things combined. They know that what beut fits these classes in such a way must injure sll others. Finally, they know that if they were to declare that tbey were seeking to further enrich those who are already the richest, they would be lmrii'1 out of sipht at the ery i 1 -1 1 1 ctloa. Bo ibe mill lonairea and muitimillienaires, tOfjetbf r with theirsubordinatc sbouterm, pretend that they want the gold standard (honest money, si they call it) in the interest of the widow aad the orphan, the bod carrier and the wash e 1 worn an. This is n palpable fraud. It should deoelvf nobody, and should convince every thinking man that the told standard has nc valid ili fense.

The fail Offe of lhe supply of money to keep pace with the demand causes lhe dollar to Incn asc In value. Thin, obviously, la to tl.t advantage of the idle holders of idh dollars, aad to the dl tri uunt nf everyone who has the sale either t f kla labor er the product of hi.- labs P. If there were no deferred pa v tin 1: is or debt, this would not Cause such Injustice, but wherever there anliefern! psysnu .'s, theu an apprcabating i.i.n.ir vrorka great la justice to ail debtors and to all who labor or who have made investments in productive enterprises. To illustrate: t'e farmer who borrow; Biooey calculate that it will faha certain atnounl of his product, when the debt il due to bUJ the dollars in Bvbleh the payment is to be n.ace. Tin- laborer figures la the same w:iv. II has contracted to pay his debts in dollars, but he mi st par chase the dolhnn with so many daya labor, and if the dollar appreclatea tba laborer 1 rows that it will take more days' labor (O r t the dollars than St would l av, taku W In B the it bt w i nir.de. In other word . when the value of money pui s bp the price of products rocs dow r. Through the .'ipjilication of this principle by meanr of the tingle Matiil.'.rd of gold the profits of the farm, the shop and the Factory have been shifttil into the coffers of the few, who control the nation's circulating medium.

aatlialtwe TtHserf of vine. The Rllrt wealth of the world may berouchlv 1 iiuatetl nt $.;uu. . .. und the totai luoiiey. including paju r. atf 10,00 1,01 9,000. In other words. 1 bei is ahout one dollar in money for each $.10 in property. New. suppose that everyone having property ahoald suddcnly conceive the desire to cm hang" it for money, and it should all b. changed at once. How much would 11 bring .' Ii n mneh eould 11 bring? N more than $l(i,(XM.0fO.l)00. forthat isall there la. ii woald not, la fact, bring s' mach, because some men would not pnrt nriln all of their money. It it l ot pi : fectly lnr that M smh a ca.e 1 1 ... 1 values, tliat is prices, would at otic fall to about one-thirtietliof what tiny are row? It COUld not be differ rnt. and the weih ""'t world eaarencd In terms al money. Instead ol b. ' M v would onlv be about bt0.0OO.OO0.Q0O.

THE MONEY TRADE, fiimiii 1 ..fr. ra f oaysaalaaaa Ho N..i Indleat- (irarral lr,Me rl t . WTi.it pauaslea the so-calleil cxpertsof Inaaae st hce k unt far the pla. thejr.i" of Qseuey Mi.ii, y i o abundant ii aha gn .a met iupoii;..n eoaters, Sew York, and ia other large cities also, that thi beaks aaaaoi get rid af It. A3 though their loans never avere greater if 0 l.irge. still the rates of interest are low 1 r than 1 ver known, low en v 11 than in London, and London has borrowed several milUons in N. vv loth end Chicago to prevent their Ii the r dear and moat beloved gold. Ami riean capitalists an- , w n eonsider Il 1 the policy of imitating tlie Knplish m eeking investments abroad. These "Iii andere" are predicting that "wc" will toon be a "creditor nation." like England, Tluir ncpir.itions and ambilion. it is noticeable always eLd in the hope that "c" may be enabled to imitate Kngland, to do as England dOf to be like England. If these New York "financiers" were financier in fa:t. and understood the true pctr-nee of money, tbey would get their eyes off cf Wall street, and Lot don, and their chambers of commerce, boards of trade, bourses, etc.. where gambling is termed "businefs." look

abroad over the land, consider the condition of the laboring, producing class, ind then they would comprehend, that although an inr.emn-e volume of business appears to be transacted, there Is little cr no profit. They would comprehend the reason productive enterpriseare not being extended, new railroad, b' ii.g built and the kind of busine ss that ca!U for the Investment of money which looks for it n turn in tncrcaocd wealth and profitable prices. The bttsin.ss that is moving at present in the great center is, Outside the movement of wheat, apeculative, a aweeh sof gambling which adda nothing to the wealth of the country. All wealthcreating enterprises are gtagl :::it. Trlei - remain bf low the cost of production, hence the "phthora" of money which ia appare nt to the eyes of the dais of financiers and business nien of the Wall sir- . t brand. Tins c'..-s i, 1 r. gaged entirely in the money tfade. Tiny addao wealth to the country, ar.d have made mom y so nbundant in tbd "center, (,f business" that they do not know how to dispOM of it in order to add to their pli thorie stores, by making it scarce to everybody engaged in industrial pursuits. Tlu ir harvest- have all been money har-vev-s and their graneries are bursting with the iirotlucts of their -kill. During the civil war the government Issued money sufficient to BCt a'l the

Idh- hands to work. Hal '.road-- aid cities

were built, farms opened in the Blighty wet, factories were estab'.i-hed on every band, mines opemd. and .1 volume of industry created, which employed all th" money issued by the gov

ernment to conduct it. and echar.ge

the steadilv swelling volume e.f wealth.

The wealth creators, estimating their

ability to make a profit baaed Ml the pric. received for tho producta of their industry, ri-kci borrowing money ami placing obligations on the property t' ey had acquired, never dreaming of the conspiracy which had been imported from Europe to plunder Industry of all the accumulated wealth of ihe years when government had furnished a supply of money to reward their energies by liberal prices for Uhc products of their toil. The war was hardly ended when the conspirators eejinnieiiced preparations to df -troy the money and reduce the quantity in cinulation. when more money wis demanded to svpply the real volume of m w baataCM that bad grown under the era of a v,tf ficient. volume of money, and also to supply the needs of 12.oun.o o f people in the southern states who came out of the v;;r penniless. As the circulating medium commenced to contract, w bile a demand for mora money commenced to rapidly lacrease, prici s began to fall. The honest tollere, not aware of the eon plrocj earefuily planned tr rob them, looked amOU the drop In prioeama temporary eccurreaaC incident to tl natural fluctuations e.f busine s, that would stoon pass., and prices again assume tin ir normal condition, ami dMalhf sitata to add more debt to that which already rested on their property, knowing that if business continued a in the peat, they could pay out. Bat prices aaatlnucd to fall, Interval repaired much larger amounts of produce to pay than formerly, when ehe debt waaoreat.il. Btlag thus caught in the toilaof debte, the temptation horn of aaeeasitv. lured thousandion to go st ML deeper in. till finally a crushing load r.i-.t. d on their homes and property. This was the condition of the entire we t. ru country, and as prices leaded steadily to a lower k vel. the eastern portion of the country was soon as hopelessly involved as the West The millions of industrial people, however still continued their efforts.

redoubling their energies to escape from the taskmaster of debt, if jossible. but in vain! The great volume s of wraith they produced were draw ti as Funly and steadily into the hands of the usurers as dew. And this pT ss has continued to the present .lav.. -ind is Btetdlly going on. Th capitalists, as they .MiL'ht to call themselves, have gathered all of thi vast wealth into tluir possession through the alchemy of debt. The money of the country is in their possession, and is piling up in the banks. Whi re it lies waltll g for borrower who do not eamt. Tin owners gre afraid to r;sk it in business, well knowing that the steady fall in pric. which is still going on. would SpCOdllj transfer it to the possession of the en Alter, The value of property has fnllcn so far and fnt th.it the owners of the mom Will not rlV it out of 'heir reach unh I tl ,-sreur it) 1 f.rlvyond the power of I be most p raOtta 10 fUTnish. even If Ibej dared 10 tempt for-

tUm b ' Iking thi pi.Jpertj ruey are still am to Call theii owo I In s.. are the inn- aaatas of tu, "pb thora" of money ucei,mulaied at th. i i nfers of neoulatioa. wlmh u o-

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peui t. s0 pn!,. Ihe "linane-iers

know how to invest it n ord.

moil without earning it. Tl

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A RECORD BREAKER. nSe Pvawaat CUea'aa ' siirmitag liauslrssla ' Million t.r impm riu 1 1 in. It la said that !.. If' v fifth OOBgrt S wi II -11 a Ii all expemlit ure ri cord a nd ge into history a- the firs billion-and a-balf-dollarcangress. The rittsburgh Diapstcb aaaounoeaoa what it baUevea

REMODELED STABLE.

II,,, im Kantern Dslfiaaa Hearroniti'il hu Orltl nll Im imirS lent l'Mi-a -Irui lui The drmdnis hi n with will explain the way in mnieh I remodeled BVJ ow I stalile a year ago My barn was,,f the I prevailing phm in this part of tbeatate, u bank liarti of two Ste.ries, with feed J tanr-raom next baak. borse atable aext 1

to be g'.od authority "tLat this eon- i tfciK antj ,.,(NV talde al lower side, witli greet fuel ' raw ing to a aloaa a ill knock manger against weatherboarettag, the four preceding ?1.00C,000,000 con-j feedroom for feeding hay. etc.. e-ribb. d j gressea into a condition cf r.peeehleaa i off from the mows on second story, la i üeicv by makirg its record as a $1,- geedtag grain the feeder had to pass in 100,000,000 congress. The total of ap- between the cows and place feed in propriutions is stated at $1.5ö7.(,OuO. ! troughs, carrying feed from feedingThe ire-ent rateof expenditure is clo3S j room '1. rough horse stable to cow tu-

upon $10 per capita. For the average breadwinner of a family of five fioof

his earnings must nay the rational bill. I II il M

But what is 150 from a worklagmana wages in comparison with the glories of spending hundreds of millions for

imperialism ?" 'I I is the state erf things that ex

torted a peremptory "Halt!" from the

republican chairman of the bouse appropriations Committee the other day,

and it hi ene that is not calculated to

give pleasure or afford encouratri nieni

to the American taxpayer. It is a fine tl lag to be a great nation, but it would seen that greatneaa could be achieved in way a the following of which would not entail intolerable burdens upon f"he people, millions of whom have they can do to support themselves in anything likeeomfort. without being taxed heavily for national grea't e - tiovt rnm"tit is bee mine altogether too expensive. Men in pul Ufa have

teO u;..c reran: ior iae j.ine ie 01 one snouui nave a Miiuie s.u luven-

economy, and if the present rata of increase in expenditure is maintained we will eventually cease to be a hapny and contented people, fortunate if the da mar.ds of gove rnment leave nsenongh fi r the bare necessaries of life. The few can stand the pressure; the many can't. Within the next few yeara are

will be called to trreet the

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"Durability is Better Than Show." Vie wealth of the multimillionaires is not equal to good health. Riches without health are a curse, and yet the rich, the middle classes and the poor alike have, iti Hood's Sarsaparilta, a valuable assistant in getting and maintaining perfect health, It never disappoints. Scrofula " Three yean ago ortr son, now eleven. Imd a serious ease of scrofula anilerysifelas with dre'adful lores, elis. harg. ing snd iientng rmtrtantty awaaaM aat walk. Several pbysiciana di I not help for Sixteen months. TUre niontas' trestn. nt with IIooJ's Sarsaparllla niie bitn ierfectly well. We are glad to tell o-hers of O.Man, David I. mho, Ottawa, Kuasas. Nauaoa - " Voraitlng speiii. dl2lnesa and prostration trout.le.! nie for yeara. Had neural pis, grew weak ana CouM nni sleep. My ape was apainst in, tw Usui's Karsspsrilla cured me tliorouRlily. .XJy weijht mcraaaasl from rir. to im potitid. 1 am UM mother of nine Children. Never felt so well and strong; since I was married as I do now." Mrs. M. A. Wxrsas, laii 33d St., Waihiiiß-ton, D, C. Eczema " W had to tie the hands of our tea year old son on OCOBBt of ei tenia 'B faie and limbs. No mc.be iae rveri helped until we use.t Hood's Sarsnparilla, which soon 0Bre4." Mi.s. A. Van WVOB, 1 atontp nnery street. 1'atcrson, N. J.

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Hv,iC Vt rr.r llir II! ; n..n Irr'tKllnr a-id tli 0111 t . 1. a ' U) ink fi 1 tl, i! .od Jr lpi.lla

the two-billion congress, and there Is. no telling where it will et.l. And yet if a public 1. an makes a reputation nsl stickier for eeoeoaay he is called a crank by those who ought to applaud him. Binghamlon N. Y I Ia ad- r.

A MOl'KI, I'AIItV STALL, ble. Perhaps it sei ins foolish that anyone should have a Stahle so incemVenientlj .arranged, but it is a fact that nine-tenths of the cow stable s in this part of the state are constructed in t Ins Way. 1 divided the entire space into sections of three feet four inches each and maile partitions between the stalls, lettang the part it ion extend back fro 111 the

arrival of manner two feet six inches, and making

CU!fPD WITHOUT MEDICINE. Tbe .Vinn with Ii ! ru mal in iu luairt iu Contact Willi the Ilold-

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OPINIONS AND POINTERS. President McKinley has duly investigated himself. Now who shall inveatigate 'he investigators? Albany Argus. The crh-s of "Yah. yah. yah! P.eefl" which greeted Alger in BoetOfl punctured the coat of whitewash Utica pbservea. Kvery now and then some matter pertaining to the Unltedl States proi cts itself inUi conpresa and Interrupt the w. rk of governing our island po.seesious. Detroit Free I're-s. Secretary Wilson says 1 he Ameri

can is I. artiit to eat mutton under the

scientilii- guidance of the agricultural bur. an. It is gratify ing to be informed that one department of the administration has a d. tinite purpose !.icago Democrat. Whitelaw Reid. one of thi peace comtnis.sioners. in his speech at the pluloi ro'ie banepiet at the ( hieago Auditorium on Lincoln's birthday poke af our "Option in the Philippines" So WC are to pay t?-'". .00 .000 feir an "option" on an insurrection! Aadthis isculled agreat bargain! T.H- , nolsState Begiater. Admitting the truth of all that is said aboat AlgCT, the fact must bt 1orne in mind that the preahfenl put 'him in office, the president is keeping him there, ami the president is responsible for bim. if Atger is tneompeti at and thai be Ml m la apparent to nil -l'resi-, dent McKinley, and not his inefficient! St rvant. i- pri in-ipat !y to blame for the mistaken that have brought disgrace

upon the republic Manchester (N.H.) Union,

l'he American people, regardleaa

that portion of it two feet six inches

high. I let the partition extend through the manger, making it so high that one cow cannot reach over and rob the other of grain or hay. I made a drop by setting a rew of locust posts live teat back from the manger and spiking a plank to them and filling the space between them and the manger with clay and spiking a plank ontopuf this for the bind feet of the cows to rest upon. The manger is my own device. 1 took oak boards to the planing; mill and

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ikw on rSBDtXO n." "Hi hnd thetn anwed la four-inch and eightinch pieces and surfaced on one side Of these I made spouts of the proper length to reach from the feed trough a sufficient listatice above the floor ot the aeeond story for convenience in feeding. These are cemstruct.-d witft a lip to prevt nt wasting feeel in pouring in. The spouts and troughs w re ai tanged in pairs and a hooel was BUldt to extend out beyond the line of the trough and down from the upper floor to the line of the lower edge of the boards of the upper portion of the lie infer, which should extent! down aa ne ar to the height of the cow as pi ssible. This hood prevent! the e-i.arse feed from getting into the trough. I keep the feed aa the leemad tioe.i of the bam, and I can feed the grain nt the time that I give the coarse fe ed 1 save a great deal of time iu this way 1 am not annoyed with the cows eating out of my bucket or .-pilling; the feed

"Yes," sait! the man in the macintosh lighting another cigar, "it w:ta one of ths Boat leniitrkuble aesoa I ever knew. Kheumalum 'ü eai both khouaier - had to be ted like a little child. Arm had hung help1. -s c .r since- I knew htm nu use ut the-m whatever." "And he wai cured without medicine?" naked the mau whu had hu foot on the U "Yes." "Of i.nlment?" inquired tbe man with the sluueh hat. "(Jr hnime-nti." "And recovered the use of ms arm in on moment?" observed the mau with the goggles on. "Yes." "I've heard of such things." remarked the imrn in the Inverness. "It was under ciraemstancea of strong mental excitement, waaa't it!"' "Ve." "1 tltousht so. Hews induced tobebeva he . ould be cured if only he made the effort, waisn't he?" ' J lappoaaaa Pomethiug or other of that nature "Thea there'a nothing strange about it. Thr history of medical practice la full of au h easea. It was only an listanca of what tlx r call faith eure." "S'o," aaid the man in the macintosh, reflectively, "you could hardly call it that. The cure was Abated! by a man w th a revolver, w hs met him on a lune-Jy r .ad and , said : " Hold up rear hands!' And he held them up."-Chicago Journal. Ilia Peculiar View. I "Doesn't it sometimes make you gloomy , to hear the wand howling about od a wild night?" "No." answered the man with a care worn look. "1 rather like to hear it. The Wind doesn't MM up and ring your doorbell and ask how about tliat hill, or tell yoa jr. u'll get arrested if u doe't tag your dog. It doefn't sing T won't go heime till Warning' away off '.tie key ind disgrace the neigliixvrhood. It howls lie.aiise it enjoye It, but it never says anything to hurt anybody's feelings. I sometimes honestly wish that there was more wind in this lata and U people." Washington Star.

Allnys His suspicion. Tf there is one time in a man's life whei he i tlevoutlv thankful it is when he feel the old oarding banse cat rub up against his trousers on the day when rabbit steW is announced. Yonkers Statesman.

aa I nour it into the tromrha. A'.to-

of party, will continue t.. SO port the ; gather I have found it satisfactory, and administration of William McKinley in 1 j pjV(. jt jn the hope that it may be ns.

al 1ne.1-.11r. s to attain the net r. suns

of the war upon which we ei t. red a year ago. They will forgive much, and allow a gaOd mal by gones to be by - goiaa. hail they vviii not be wheedled Into the belief that everybody has Wen wise, straightforward and just "too iMrfid for anything at every siage of the aroeecdiaga.- Cincinnati Kn.piirer. it now remains for all who deemed it anwise toantngonlne the ratiflcatiou of the treaty to g. t to wark and contest the progreaa off oaramelae taa peris Hani, lt.- opponents of all 1 arties, and particularly tf the reiub!ican party, Whoae glory it ha" been te 1e ! . n as "the party of freed. mi," should now be true to the principles Which have been the glory of the repi ibiic by making It gov era aaaa! w blah rc-t, d its ritrht to rule upon the consent of the governed. Spring il id Re pen lican. The president is clamoring for a 1 per at at. increase in the army. The inipcr'n'i-;s waat mi ii ions for the nuvv and for coast defense. The pension roll is becoming more bwidcaaomi. Theratlflcatioa af the peace treat) calls for an appropriation of fSO,(!00,000, Every braacb af the public service is callinrr for more money, and in the midst of this wc arc told the war tax ia to be maintained for two or more years, and even then a bond issue may be necessary. Ttut this doen not detef ITatina la his 1 (Torts to push throuph the hip sal sidy steal, and th" presldeatdoi k not hesitate to sugfreet another big anbaWj for a PaalfM cable. Tulsvülc DUptstaiV.

ful to others. One of my neig h burs w ho remodeled his barn this summer has fitted up his stable in the same manner. .National Stockman.

FIRST-CLASS COWS. B.ime f.noil ltra.iiia H Ii) lir.lrj furnier Sh.iul.l krrp Otlirra In Any t I re. mis Oi 11 -,-. The chief difliculty in making dairy farming aaecessf ul is t he great 11 inn In i f cuvvs that do not pay t ht ir keep and whose products arc always sold at a 'loss. If one-tenth of all the cows

owned wi re fatted at once nnel sohl for beef it would remove fraaa the market the surplus batter and cheese which are now keeping prices t o low for profit, l'rices might be temporarily a little higher until the stink of the best cows can be made large enough to supply the demand, Thi 1 , with prtcceae higher than tiny have- been, and perhaps not so high, all dairymen would make BkOacy, (ictting rid tf the po, liest cows will aiso ,1,, away with most of the inferior butt. r. When a farmer knows that his cows 11 re not pay ing he grows careless mid often uncleanly in the dairy, W hen his butter is found to bi inferior he is apt to blame it all to his luck, and thus, instead o" trying to Improve, making matters worse. h b. st way to arouse such faruicrsto b. tter methods is to Increase the mi.' and butter capacity of 1 heir 00 vv s. When tin y secure cow - tl...t lin y can ft el some pride in they will lie likely t take pride In everj pari ! their bust nek. American Cultivator.

THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIfiS is due not only to the originality and aimplicity of the combination, hut abvo O the care and skill with which it ia manufactured by scientific processca known to the OaXMtoBVU Fio IfMlf Co. only, and we wish to impress upon ell the importance of purchasing the true and origiual remedy. As tbe genuine Syrup of Figs ia manufactured by the California. Fie Strut Co. only, a knowledge of hat fact will assist 0110 ia avoiding th worthless iuiitatitms manufactured by other parties. The high standing of the CamriiRffiA Fia SvRrr Go. with the medlcl profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has g'roa to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of tbe excellence, of its remedy. It is f ar is stvaaca of all other la.-nitires, as it acta uo tbe kielneys. liver and b..wela without Irritating or weakening thera, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In ordert, get its beneficial effects, pleaso remember the name of the Compsny CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. si rRa.Nt ist . aea, t.arisvii.t.r, nr. mw vork. H.T. Maine Steel Souvenirs.

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