Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 21, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 January 1896 — Page 6

WHO WILL DENY IT? OUK foreign debt is currently estimated nt about .VHHMMHM!'. To meet th interest on this sum pi i per cent, mi til res tho pnymont of $-K,U00.00o annually. Simv tin- discovery of sold in California in ISIS our production of has averaged ITJÖ.OO or annum. Tor tho production of sold in the Tinted States h given ly Mr. 1'rcston. dim-tor of the iniut, at $:k..'Hmi,m, and lie estimates that the production for this year will reach sj54C.nui.OfiO. Americans traveling and living abroad have spent, for lie last few years, probably not less than $7..0u0.WK) per annum in excess of similar expenditures of Europeans traveling in America. It has been esliniatfd that American travelers in Kul i.pc spend $s f,.r every $1 spent by ICutopoaus t ravelin;; in America, eiiher on business of pleasure. Tor the live liscal yens, 1S11-1S!).". inclusive, the .merchandise trade balance in favor of the Vnited States has averaged $107 .-SÖ.-l7'.), bailiff $C"t;.-:ii,MU fr tlie live years. During the last twenty years the trade balance has been against the I'tiited States in only three years, in 1SKS. KSSJ) and ISO:: -the larjrest adverse being jC-S.tuVJ.OOT for isxs. It is impossible to pay the interest on mm- foit-ign debt, let alone the principal, in actual gold, for even if we oi;ld command the total annual production of gold the world over it would not sutibv to pay the interest on our foreign dobr. Nor would all the gold wer mined in the world still in use as money be sutlhiont to extinguish our foreign debt if iaymout were dem.Kided in gold. Tho -old of the world in use as money is estimated at about $-l,(MM).Mun.:t;". our foreign debt at Tin majr portion of tho interest, ns well as the principal, of our foreign debt as it falls due, must and will be paid in merchandise or not at all. In jiierch.indise we ran pay both interest and principal, but not if we persist in the policy of gold monometallism. The constantly increasing quantity of commodities that we are required to export to meet the charges of 'our foreign debr. as gold appreciates and prices full, is impoverishing our people and driving- us to bankruptcy. With wheat at a dollar and cotton at twelve eents we could readily pay the interest and reduce the principal of our foreign debt, but at present prices this is quite impossible. Our foreign creditors have in many rases stipulated for payment in gold, but where payment in gold is not .peeitieully called for it is our right to pay Ju full legal tender government money. To pay ill merchandise we must offer our commodities at such low prices that our creditors will prefer payment in commodities to gold. ;old is iot desired of itself. It is desired only because it commands the necessaries and luxuries of life. Therefore, if gold will buy more of such commodities as are desired fr consumption by our foreign creditors in the 1' ni ted States than elsewhere, they will take such commodities in preference to gold. Hut under gold monometallism, to make our chief articles of oxIort cheaper than those offered by silver using peoples, means the impoverishment and degradation of our producing classes. Our task then is to remove such competition-and raise the ! price of wheat and cotton and other products. This can be done by opening our mints to silver, and returning lo genuine bimetallism. The American. Greed for Gold. The greed for gold has caused the present stock panic, the war cloud, and the serious position in which all the nations of Kurope and of the two American nations nre now directly or indi- - lvctly concerned, says the Denver : Times. 1 Imgland wishes to increase her stores I of gold. and. at the risk of involving ' herself in war, she claims u part of Venezuela, where the richest gold mines of that country are located. Her nt tempted aggression in Nicaragua had the same object in view. Her attempt to stretch out. her boundaries in Alaska imply means that she wishes to absorb the gold mining sections of that coun- . try. After Pnsident Cleveland had sent ; 'the most, patriotic and statesmanlike message to Congress that has been sent to that body within the last three de- .. cades, he upsets all the good opinions I which his action had called forth by j n tdupid and indefinite message to Coni! gross, asking for more gold, and giving '"rent to a personal and insulting tirade Against the coinage of silver. There Is hot the slightest chance of n war with F.ngland, but the senseless demand for a single gold standard on Ihe part of President Cleveland may .throw this country into just as expenV ive a blunder as a war with a foreign ; owor would be. President Cleveland , lias provcl himself the speculator's fiiend again, and a true Democratic Jbltiudeier. i j Senator Morgan on Silver. ' The article from Hon. John T. Mor- , jjau In the November Arena in answer to the question, "Why does the South ..want free Kilver':" Is an able one from Vrery o!nt of view of the question. rVlie distinguished Senator from Ala1 jlama Is a man who has no superior iu statecraft iu the couutry. lie shows

South which produces gold diver wants free silver be cause that is the only way of treating the two metals equally and restoring us the double standard. The South needs all this standard money of silver and gold for use in her industries. Silver is the active money of the common people, gold the money of the non-pro-ducer. The South will come up all right on this question. So will the West. It is In the Central States that organization is most needed. Uimetallist. The Shorter Cutccliim.Wo present the following questions and answers to our thoughtful readers, In the hope that they will make plain the position ocupied by Wall street in regard to this nation. Those individuals who believe that all financial acumen is limited to that very short'street should read, learn and inwardly digest the following facts: O. Financially speaking, what Is the first duty of every true citizen of this republic in this and every other crisis? A. To do all that he can to maintain the credit of the government. Q Would it be unfortunate should the treasury be depleted at this time? A. It would. o.-Is it likely that a raid will be made on the gold reserve"; A. It is feared. t J. From what quarter? A. From Wall street. Q. Where does a panic strike first, as a rule? A. Where confidence in the government is least. ij. Has there been any general panic, any slump in stocks in the West, Northwest or South? A. Xo. .- II.-is Cleveland favored these sections of the country in the past in such a way as to make them feel a greater loyalty to him than is to be found in the Hast? A. lie has not; rather the reverse. i. What is the 'sound money" financial center of this country? A. Wall street. J. What is it doing to uphold the treasury? A. Nothing. It will take every dollar of gold in the country if it can. . What, is the center of the silver movement in the United States? A. Colorado. Ci- What are tin; people of Colorado doing to show their loyalty to the government ? A. Digging up millions of gold and silver. Q. What is the general attitude of the West on the war question? A. Millions for defense, but not one cent for bonds. I. Are the people of the West selling their stocks and property at a loss and preparing to move out in case of war? A. -No, we leave that kind of thing to the traitors who only live on our soil while thev can live off our count rv, like the parasites they are. Denver News." Tay Them in Silver. Th best answer Congress can make to the President's special financial message is the adoption of a resolution instructing the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments in silver if silver is more convenient. The President's complaint Is that gold Is being withdrawn and that there must be a change in our entire financial system. The change that should be made is in the President's policy of permitting th,s, English financiers to designate the kind of money which they shall re eeivo in payment of obligations that call for "coin." The United States has two kinds of "coin." gold and silver. I'.ach Is unlimited legal tender either Is good enough for the American citizen and either should be good enough for the English money lords. If the President would announce a change in his policy in this matter he would win new expressions of good will. If Congress will pass a resolution Instructing that this change shall be made the administration would at least be relieved of embarrassment and tho people would be duly thankful. Perhaps it would be business like for the United States to permit England ro drain it of Its gold In order to place this country in a position when it could not well afford to maintain its national honor, but we do not believe it. Pay our English friends off in silver if it is not convenient to pay them gold. Tho people of the United States would tolerate another issue of bonds for the purpose of raising money by iopular loan to defray the expenses necessary in demonstrating that the United States must be free from Itritish domination, but the people of the United States will not cheerfully submit to another bond issue made for the purpose of supplying the English money lenders with gold to the detriment of our own people and the distress of our own country. Chicago Dispatch. Correct. According to a Herman authority a new and excellent glue is made hy dissolving gelatine In a solution of chloral hydrate iu water. For general purpos ordinary glue may be used instead of the more expensive gelatine. This cement is said to dry quickly, to have great adhesiveness and to remain unchanged indefinitely. The new alliaute of Central American republics is to be called the Major Republic of Central America. The alliance is tho direct result vf the recent forced assessrueut of Nicaragua by England.

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IT GOES TO CHICAGO.

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION MEET JULY 7. TO World' Fair City Wins on the Twenty-ninth I5allot-St. J,ouls Defeated by Two Votca Gotham Given the Lake City Her Strength. Location It Namo I. The Democratic national convention fill he held in Chicago July 7. This conclusion was reached by the committee in session at Washington after twenty-nine ballots had been taken and the struggle had gone on until well toward midnight. Starting in with but six votes, Chicago steadily gained iu favor until the wen the prize. At one time the number of votes east for her was leit four. Nev rtheles.H hr fitness in location won the tight for her. "It was n pun question of geographj-," said one of the most prominent Eastern Democrats and a member CllAtUMAX HAnUITV. of the ctnmnittee. There was no Muster, no buncombe speech-making, no noise of any sort in favor of Chicago, ays a Washington correspondent. She won the tight purely upon her merits, and after the individual prejudiecs of tho members in favor of other cities had given way. Th. detailed vote on the final ha Hot by States was: CU ago Connecticut. Florida, Idaho. Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Mary fand, Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota. Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oregon. Pennsylvania, Khode Island, South Dakota. Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia. Wisconsin, District of Columbia. Alaska. THE CHICAGO Where national democratic St. Louis Alabama, Arkansas, vlalifornia, Colorado, Delaware, Ceorgia, Kaunas, Ivouisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas, Utah. Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Indian territory. Cincinnati Ohio. Chicago was voted for on the final round by all the distinguished Democrats upon the committee. Clark Howell, Senator (Jornian, Josia'h Cuiuey of Massachusetts, William F. Sheehan of New York, William F. Harrity of Pennsylvania, Bradley B. Smalley of Vermont, C C. Wall of Wisconsin and others prominent in national or State afTairs, all voted for Chicago. The. understanding i.s that the Chicago delegation will be expcted to have a certified cheek for $10,000 ready for the executive committee when i. arrives iu Chicago three weeks hence. This will be turned over to the committee, with the keys to the convention hall, and then ihc Chicago delegation will step down and out and leave the entire management of the convention in the hands of the national committee. There is to be no appointing of pr-geant-at-nrins or other otlicers by the Chicago people, and no claim for large nnmbtrs of tickets with which the convention hall can be packed. Everything is to be left absolutely to the national committee. It is expected that that committee will allot a certain number of tickets to the Chicago people, but how many or upon what terms has not been decided. The Chicago delegation wa.s quite willing to leave that matter in the hands of the national committee, content with getting the national convention and preferring to place the responsibility for its management in the hands of that organization, and thus avoid any criticism as to mismanagement, such as has been made with reference to a. former Democratic convention held in that city. After the location hail been decided uiou the committee promptly took up the question of the date for holding the convention, and the issue was soon sharply defined by two motions, one to hold it June 2 and another that it be held July 7. Th9 vote resulted V.'Z to IS in favor of July 7. Can Handle the Crowd. Chieagoans claim that no other city in the country can furnish anything like the facilities for handling the crowds that neompany n national convention as well ns can Chicago. To oLcJain hotel accommodations it will not be necessary for .'i.sitors to sleep on cols in hallways nor in chairs in reading and smoking rcMJtus, and the transportation facilities from the center of the city to the likely convention hall are ample. According to the following table forty-three hotcU are ready to accommodate ovpt 10,000 guests, besides taking care of their regular pal runs: Alnbamn Hotel. l.V) Atlantic 500 Ashland loo Auditorium 1,000 Urcvoort üoo

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Briggs 400 Chicago Peach 400 Chicago View 1!0 City Hotel ÜOO Clifton 8) Columbia 0() Congress 1,(MN (Jault fO0 J race Um (ran a da (Ireat Northern 1,000 Bismarck ".n Del Pra.lo 1Ö0 Imperial r0 Le Ctrand r Luzerne 10 Metropole 1LT Norma udie 1 Worth loo Hyde Park lm Kimball's lot) Kuhns 40 Lakota JO0 Leland T.'o Mitchell loo Oakland K Ontario Ko Palmer iI,(MH) l'ainier 75 Uevere 500 Ilichelieu 20O 11 tf (rO Sherman .M St. Charles T.O0 Treniont 400 Victoria .'00 Wellington 4N) Windermere " l.V) Total 13.1U0

ENGLAND WILL YIEl D. Graceful IJackdown Projected in the Venezuelan Matter. Aside from the leisurely manner in which the Venezuelan cointnis,ion is arranging to prosecute its work, there are other indications, says a Washington correspondent, that tiie administration has bee. me convinced that this august body will not have the honor of set Sling; tho great boundary dispute. While it cannot be staled positively that this belief is based entirely upon any sspecilie reports from Ambassador Bayard upon the subject, yet there is reason to believe sonic assurances of a satisfactory nature have come to the State Department that the matter will be terminated shortly, probably within two months or before a report can reasonably be expected from the Venezuelan commission, and upon liars that will lie unobjectionable to our government. While d"tails of the arrangement are not obtainable, and perhaps have not yet been fixed, it is believed tiie basis of it will he arbitration as proposed originally by the Fnited States, hut with a llmilation that will siitiire at least to save British pride and appear to maintain British COLISEUM. convention will be held jflyl consistency. This is likely to be found in an agreement letween (Jreat Britain and Venezuela directly, brought about through the good olliees of a third party, not nesessarily or probably the United States, to fO.bmit to a joint commission the question of the title to nil territory west of the Srhomburgk line, with a provis that if in the et.yrse of the inquiry of the commission evidence appears to touch the British title to he lands lying to tlie eastward of that line tlie body may extend its functions to adjudicate such title. This arrangement. will meet the British contention that the original arbitration shall be limited to lands to the westward of the line, while, stiil conceding Ihe justice of the -ontcntioii of President Cleveland that the lands on the other side m.xy properly be taken into eonsider-ition in fixing the lMv.indary. Possibly a supplementary arbitration will 1' left to deal with tlie question as to the title of the eastward lands, if tlie original commission dealing with the matter shall find that the title to the lands is a lit subject for arbitration as shown by the evidence produced before it. At the Budapest millennial exhibition next year there will be another steel tower like the Eiffel tower, but 1,0-5 feet high, instead of 1)75. English tradesi.ien are iudigmnt because the dried potatoes, carrots and turnips provided fur the Ashantee expedition were ordered by the (lovernment in (!ermany. Count Thun, governor of Bohemia, has resigned and his resignation is expected to lead ) a healing of the breach between the Voting Czechs und the derma us. Bicycles have been admitted into the grounds of the exclusive botanical garden in Begenc'a park. They must not, however, be brought near the museums and conservatories. A new knapsack attachment without straps is being tried on the Cordon Highlanders. The pack is fastened to the shoulders by metal hooka, and is prevented from wabbling by n back plate. Foreigners who nre not bachelors of arts or teienee are to be excluded from the Paris medical school, ns tho laboratories are overcrowded, and even enough subjects for? dissection cannot be obtained. In lidding for the new first-class cniiser.s for the BKliäh navy there was but 1 per cent difference between the bids, of the three competing firms. About 15o,(Mto will be paid for euch 11,000-ton vessel.

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Ftbastopol Was Not Imprecnable, For It was taken by asiu!t. but a physique built up, a constitution fertitied by Ilostotter's Stomach Hitters, may bil lelianc l the assaults of inalarl nis li.;ise even In 1 utilities where it is most prevalent and malignant. Immigrants to the :igue-breedl:ig soi-Hoiis .f t!i st s!ui;lil bear this in mind. nl start with a stqq.ly. The Hitters prompt'j- Milincs dyspepsia, rheumatic and kiliifr r.niipiaints, llcrvni'sncss, coustlpatloa and biliouMiess.

A lioiirmaml. Miss Citshah -My lord, during all your Ameri.-an tour which of the belles has proven the mo-1 irresistibly alluring? . His Lordship -Tlie-aw- dinner-bells, I assure you. Now York 'World. Hi jli, Low, .lack. Pine i-e in. ins very cold weather, then conies a high time in skating rinks, and skating pond, on slides and rides, and we go home tiivd and overheated. It's the same eh! .-;nry of -ouüng otT; oft with wraps an.l en with all norts of aches ami pains, rhcumatie. neuralgic, s'-iatic. luinoagic. in, -hiding frost-bites, backache, even toothache. They who dance must pay the piper. We cut -,:p .lack and nre brought low by oi:r own lolly. What of if, the dance will go en. all the same. It is generally known that St. Jacobs Oil will eure all SUch aclu-s rviWi s.u v-i lelv or collectively, and the cry is on with the! dance. Not Much. lie - 1 am so afraid y uv father will object. She-Don't worry. Papa hasn't much lntiuer.ee in this family.- New York Week J v. GOLD AT CRIPPLE CREEK, And the Best Way to Cet There. Is Over the Santa I'c Knute. The fabulously ri.-h gold mining Iis: riet of Cripple Creek. Col-)., is attracting hundreds of people. By spring the rush bids fair to be enormous. That there is an abundance of gold there is demonstrated beyond doubt. To reach Cripple Creek take the Santa Fe Botite from Chicago or Kansas City. The only standard gauge line direct to the camp. Through Pt-liman sleepers and free chair cars. The Santa Fo lands you right in the heart of Cripple Creek. Inquire of nearest ticket agent, or address C. T. Nicholson. '. P. A.. A.. T. V: S. F. K. II.. Monadnock Bio. k. Chicago. They Were Too I,ate. The belated wayfarer was standing in the shadow of a building, with both bands pointing heavenward.' while he gazed into the muzzle of a revolver. One footpad was holding the revolver where if would do the most good in case of an emergency, and the other was going through tin victim's pockets. The silence was so oppressive that the belated wayfarer finally felt obliged to speak. 'Think you're smart, d.:ft you?" be said. '"Wo know our business," rturned one of the footpads, grutlly. "Of course, you do." said the belated way fare with something like a sneer. 'You know that this is my pay day, I suppose."' "Sure," replied the footpad. "That's why we laid for you." "He ain't got but r cents, Bill." interrupted the one who bad been searching the victim's pockets. "Wot!" cried the other. Th:il"s right." said the belated wayfarer, chf.wfuily. "But yofi was paid to day," insisted the man with the revolver. "Bight again." admitted the belated wayfarer in the same cheerful touc. "But somebody got in abend of you, and you thought you were so a 11-tired smart thai I'll be hanged if l"m not glad of it." "Somebody got your roll?"' . , "Yep." ' ; "Who?" 4,My wife cani" to the office after it this afternoon. Oh. you've got to get up mighly early to beat her." Chicago Post. Wierthnn Solomon. A man was recently tried for stealing a watch from a lady in an omnibus. The man declared that the watch was his and tiie woman was mistaken in Identifying it as hers. Suddenly the niagittrate asked.: "Where's the key V The prisoner fumbled iu bis pockets nnd said ho must have left It at home. TL magistrate asked him If be woiib 1 the walch frequently with the key. and be said: "Yes.M Then a key wa procured, watch and key were handed the prisoner, and he Avas fohl to w ind tho watch. He opened the case, but could not lind any place to use the key. It was a keyless watch. Ho was commit led for trial. London Amusing Journal. Very Circumspect. Miss Pert - Is Miss Strait Lace cirvu inspect V Miss Caustic -Circumspect! Why. he won't accompany a young man on tho piano without a chaperon. Salem t.'a.ette. Drs. Maybe

You choose the old doctor before the young" on?. Why? Because you don't vant to entrust jour life la lnexp:rlcnccd hands. True, the young: doctor may fcc experienced. But the oM doctor must te. You take no caanccs villi Dr. Maybe, when Br. Mustbe is la rcacn. Same with medicines as with medicine makers the lonff-trled remedy has your confidence. You prefer experience to experiment when you are concerned. The new remedy way be good but let somebody else prove It. The old remedy must be good Judged on Its record of cures. Just one mere reason for choosing: AVER'S Sarsararilla In preference to any other. It has been the standard household sarsaparilla for half a century. Its record inspires confidence 50 years of cures. If others may be good, Ayer's Sarsaparilla must be. You take no chances vrhen you take AVER'S Sarsaparilla.

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Sarsapar ilia The On? True l'.loo I 1 urhicr. All dr.Jgi4; $1. HrrH r Dille eure habitual coiMipap noou 5 inis ti ,.riiv r m,ts 1 w ms u am rurelv vegetable, mild an I reliable. Cause porfett digetion, complete absorption and healthful regularity. Tor the euro of all disorders if tho Stomach, Kowel, Kidneys. Dladder, Nervous Diseasos, Piles, SICK HEADACHE, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS. CONSTIPATION, DYSPEPSIA, AND All Disorders of the Liver. 15?" Full printed directions in each box; S3 cents a box. Sold by all drnbts. i;.!)WAY & CO.. Ni:Y YORK. "Maid of Athens" was written by P.yron during a visit t the irec'an capital. I:s heroine was Theresa Maori, a youivr woman of jrront p.ers n.d beauty. Over thirty years a:o Chambers Journal" contained an account of a visit to the Maid of Athens by an Ihilisli traveler, who found her an old woman, utterly destitute of any attraction, and at the time of his visit encased in washing clothin? for some of her numerous jrrandehihlren. Ml ONCE ASKED rOH AN OPIXIGS, GItcs a Graphic Description cf Ilia Ideal TFcir.aa. 'Tethers Please A'otc. srr.ciAL to ot r i.Air BrAirr.s 3 In response to a question asked by a lady, the great Napoh cn replied, "My lceai woman n not the beautiful-featured fociety belle, whose phyy fcici-a tries in vain to keep her in repair, nor .the fragile butterliy or fashion, who gib'J the tortures of disease with a forced gmile. No! my ideal 13 a Ionian who has accepted her being as a feacred trust, and who obeys tho laws of nature for the preservation of he r body and soul. "Do vou know. my knee involuntarily bends in hcniasQ :eet tha is matron ttlio rrachfi middle age in cent2 rj'ete preservation. 4i That oirjtn is rrnfl rpd beautiful bv rerfect i.Aoitii an.-1 ib stalwart rbiliTren Dv her side are. her reward. That's my ideal woman. To grow to ideal womanhood the girlhood should be carefully guarded. Mothers owe a duty to their daughters thafln too many cases is neglected. Nature has provided a time for purification ; and if tho channels ar obstructed the entire system is poisoned, and miserv come ?. At a mothers' meeting tlie w ife of a noted 'ew York divine said to her listeners: "Watch carefully your daughters' phvsieal deeiopment. "Mothcfs should see that Nature is assisted, if necessary, to perform its ofiiee, and keep their daughters well informed as to matters concerning themselves." Irregularities, from whatever cause, ars sure indications of cyanic trouble. With irregularities come disturbance of tha stomach and kidneys. Violent headaches often attack th victim; pains shoot everywhere. Kxtr'ino irrita bility follows quickly, and then utter despondency overwhelms the already over- burj 1 iir uencu 11 v. obstruction is removed at once, your daughter's whole future will be darkened. V7a E. Pinkhoms Vegetable Compound will accomplish the wcvk speedily. It is the n-ost f iTective remedy for irregular or suspended action know n. and Mustbe.

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