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How to Get
Honest Money,
Plan of Judge William Lawrence to Force am
International Bimetallic Agreement.
Instead of declining, as some eastern
Authorities predict, Interest in the cur
rency question Is steadily trowing and
It may be fairly said that this ques
tion will be the one supreme Issue of
the next presidential campaign. Wo
print below an Instructive speech made
by Judge William Lawrence, of Ohio,
last October, before the Farmers' Na
tional congress at Parkersburg, W. Va.
Next week we shall print a speech by
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, favora
ble to International bimetallism.
Judge Laurence's Address.
By common consent of nations gold and
sllvor has been used as coin money from
the earliest ages. When our Republic was
founded the colnnne act of Oonirress of
April 2, mailu gold ami silver money
a full legal tender in payment of debts,
with sliver as the unit and standard of
value on a ratio of fifteen of silver to one
of gold, and authorized the unrestricted
oolnnge of both metals. Subsequently the
commercial value of an ounce of gold be
came equal to that of about sixteen ounces
of silver, when tha act of Connress of
June 28, 1N34. made the ratio 1 to 10.(102,
Which was changed by the act of Jan. IK,
1W7, to 1 of guld fur i.m of silver, which
hits continued ever since to be the ratio.
Tho pure gold In a dollar Is 23.22 troy
grains: the pure silver Is 871. 20 grains.
From 1X34 to 1S78 gold was substantially our
only coin money, because, until 17 1, the
commerclnl' value of the silver in a dollar
was greater than either the commercial or
coinage, value of the gold in a dollar. Sil
ver bullion and the small umount of
coined dollars, almost as rapidly as pro
duced, were exported, because they com
manded a premium in Europe. In order
to prevent tho export of subsidiary coins
congress provided by law for a reduction
of nearly one-tenth of the amount of sil
ver thorein.
And here Is a fundamental principle to
which I call your special attention, proved
by reason and experience that wheneve.
the commercial value in tho world's mar
kets of either gold or silver Is greater than
Its coinage value In any one country It will
leave that country for the foreign market.
The silver in an American dollar during
the year 18i)3 was of the average commer
cial value of gold of only .625 cents; It Is
now of the value of 6$' cents. If a law
should now be made for the free and un
limited coinage of silver In the United
States on the ratio of 16 to 1 of gold
without any similar law in at least some
other nations the effect would be that our
silver coin would remain with us. our gold
coin would speedily leave the country and
bo exchanged either for foreign commodi
ties or silver bullion, or both, and the bul
lion would come here to be coined Into dol
lars; then Europe, Instead of sending gold
to buy our products would send her idle
bullion to depreelato our silver coin; the
result would bo that this would cease to
be a bl-metalllc nation; we would cease to
nave gold ours would be a mono-silver
country.
On Jan. 1, 1W4. the rold coin In the United
States was :iM.3W.9!S and silver H19.332,777
In dollars and J76,3il7,5t tn subsidiary coin.
Free coinage would enlarge the volume of
silver coin money by selling gold abroad
to be coined into silver here: it would not
add to the commercial or Intrinsic value of
the total amount of our money; It would
Impair our credit at home and abroad; wo
would be without the gold means to buy
commodities in foreign nations having a
gold standard, and our silver would be sold
at a discount for gold to be used In mak
ing purchases In Europe. A system which
would thus deprive us of bimetallic money
would be ruinous to our credit, our trade
and our commerce. We need both gold and
silver. A resort to free, unlimited coinage
should not be adopted at least until all Just
means to secure bimetallism In many na
tions besides our own shall bo tried and
fall. There Is a better mode of dealing with
tho subject.
Demonetizing Act of 1 873.
The act of Feb. 12, 1873, demonetized sil
ver, reijealed the law for Its coinage in
dollars, and made gold the unit nnd stand
ard of value. It was voted for by men of
all parties in congress; it was opposed by
none. It attracted no attention or com
ment, because silver, as fast as mined,
was exported and sold at a premium, and
substantially there was not and could not
be any coinage of dollars. It Is idle and
useless now to Inquire as to the responsi
bility for the law. The bullion value in
gold of a silver dollar was, In 1S93, $1,004;
In 174 it declined to .989 cents. Sliver could
be no longer exported for a premium, and
it became Important to make a market for
It here. ,
Congress passed the coinage act of Feb.
28, 1878,whlch demonetized silver, made It
a full legal tender, except where otherwise
specified In the contract, and provided for
the purchase of bullion and coinage by the
government of not less than two nor more
than four million dollars' worth of silver
per month. The maximum, If coined, would
have used about the total produce of our
sliver mines. In practice the minimum
amount was coined. The gold standard of
(he act of 1873 still remained.
The causes of the decline In the commer
cial value of silver are well known. In
1870 Great Britain was the only gold-standard,
mono-gold money nation of the world
by law. In 1871 Germany adopted the gold
standard, and substantially demonetized
silver; Holland followed In 1873, the Latin
Union In 1876, Spain In 1878, and later Aus-trlt-Hungary.
There are now sixteen bi
metallic nations, fourteen silver nations,
six mono-gold nations, but seven more
gold-standard nations having some a
limited amount, as In the United States, of
full legal tender silver money making
thirteen gold-standard nations. Including
the United States. For twenty years past
the principal nations of Europe have been
engaged In demonetizing silver, and thus
Its commercial value has been depreciated
and the supply of silver coin reduced. The
effect of the process has been to depre
ciate silver, to appreciate the value of
gold, and as Its purchasing power was
thus Increased the price of all other prop
erty has been reduced. Under this pro
cess there has been a general decline all
over tho world in the selling value of
property. This has been one cause of the
decline In the value of farms, of form pro
ducts and other commodities In this and
other countries. This deellno practically
increased tho burden of debts. The con
spiracy against silver was put In operation
by the great creditor nations of Europe
and by creditor classes against debtors
and against the owners of land and other
property, all following the lead of Great
Britain, the great creditor nation of the
world, whose interest It is to destroy the
silver money of the world to thereby dou
ble the valueof the gold and to Increase the
value of her credits, her bonds, her stock.i,
or, more accurately speaking, those of her
people, The world's aggregate stock of
gold Is $3,582,605,000; of sllvor, $4,042,700,000,
and of uncovered paper, $2,635,873,000.
Fighting tho Gold Men.
In an effort to avert the giant conspiracy
two means of relief or remedy were tried:
Flrtt The government at Washington
united In several monetary congresses of
representatives of the principal commer
cial nations with a view to agree upon a
Just ratio between gold and silver and to
restore silver ito Its place as money
equally with gold In all nations. All these
conferences failed, the luHt, In 1892, bo
cause England and other nations persisted
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In carrying on tho conspiracy. These
conferences were at throe different places
at Paris, 18(17, 1874, 1875, 187(1, 1878, 1879,1881,
1SS5, 1889; at Cologne, 1882, and at Brussels,
ism.
Second Congress passed tho act of Feb.
28, 1SS, to which I have referred. Con
gress ulso passed the act of July 14, 1890,
known as the Sherman law, which re
quired the secretary of the treusury to
pttrt'hnse silver bullion to the amount of
4,600,1100 ounces at the market price each
month, to Issue In payment legal tender
treasury notes redeemable on demand in
coin and to coin sufficient silver dollars to
redeem tho sliver certificates. Under the
law a market was made for tho chief
product of our silver mines. In 1892 tho
silver mines of the United States produced
59,004,289 tine ounces of silver of tho com
mercial value of $50,750,000 and of the coin
age value of $74,995,442. Our gold mines
produced 1,697,098 tine ounces of gold of
the equal commercial and coinage value
of $33,014,981. The treasury notes Issued
monthly under the Sherman law added to
the volume of our currency an amount
equal to the needs of our rapidly Increas
ing population and business. Following Is
a statement showing the amounts of gold
nd silver coins and certificates. United
Slates notes and nutlonal bank notes In
circulation Aug. 1, 1894:
General Amount In
Stock, Coined Circulation
or Issued. In Treas. Aug 1, 1894
Cold coin.. $572,975,589 $73,872,012 $199,103,577
StandarJ sil
ver dollars. 419,756,208 368,796.668 50.959,540
Subs I diary
silver 76,221,063 17,970,261 68,250,802
Gold certifi
cates 66,050,099 103,470 65,947,229
Silver certifi
cates .......336.519,504 12,027,766 324,491,738
Treas. notes,
act July 14,
1890 152,447,126 22,528,599 129,918,527
United States
notes 310,681,010 82,116,791 204,564,225
Cur'y cert'f's
act June 8,
1872 61,955,000 200,000 61,695,000
Nat'n'l bank
notes 207.539,066 4,895,465 202,043,601
Totals ....2,240,145,271 582,571.032 1,657,574,239
The population of the United States,
Aug. 1, 1894, wus estimated at 68,519,000, and
the circulation per cuplta was $24.19.
The Sherman law gave employment to
more than 100,000 miners, who, In turn,
made a market for farm products. It was
well understood to be a "temporary meas
ure," awaiting an International ngreemnt
which would restore bimetallism to the
nation, and by the demand thus made for
stiver bullion increase Its commercial
value until It would be on a parity with
gold on the ratio of 16 to 1, if possible; if
not, on such Just ratio as may be agreed
on. It was a wise measure in view of con
ditions then existing.
Failuro of Conferences.
But all the international conferences
failed to agree on a ratio, or for tho uso
of both gold and silver, because England
and Borne other nations persisted In car
rying on the mono-gold conspiracy.
The act of 1S90 declared that the secre
tary of tho treasury Bhould, on demand,
"redeem the treasury notes Issued under
l't In gold or sliver coin at his discretion.
it being the established policy of the United
states to muimmn the two metals on a
parity with each other upon the present
legal ratio, or such ratio as may be pro
vided by law." By law, government bonds,
greenbacks, treasury notes and silver cer
tificates are in terms redeemable In coin
either gold or silver but If the treasury
department should In fact redeem them
with silver gold would go to a premium,
and would all speedily be exported. Thus
the $499,103,577 of gold coin now In circula
tion and $73,872,012 In the treasury would
leave the country, and our gold metal
money would disappear, or. If supplied, It
would be by sliver still further depreciated
in value. Accordingly, the treasury de
partment construed the Sherman law Dro
vlslon, as to the parity of gold and silver,
as requiring all government bonds, green
backs, treasury notes and silver certifi
cates to be redeemed In gold. In this mode
silver has been kept on a parity with gold,
both as legal tender money and as a means
of buying property. Under the law the
holder of one thousand silver dollars
could and can present them at the treas
ury, receive for them $1,000 in silver cer
tUlcates, and these, on demand, would be
redeemed in gold. Thus silver dollars,
though a legal tender, yet are not money
not money of ultimate redemption
they are only money as a greenback or
banknote Is, because redeemable In gold.
Thus we are now on the gold standard.
To maintain the parity It has been and Is
necessary that the treasury department
should keep a "gold reserve" sufficient to
redeem all paper currency and silver dol
lars. When President Cleveland was
elected on a platform requiring reduced
tariff duties, which would increase Im
ports and require an export of gold to pay
adverse balances of trade, the fear that
the gold reserve could not be maintained
caused a run for gold, and the panic of
1893 was precipitated, with all Us fearful
results. These were the conditions that
confronted us. Political parties differed
as to the mode of dealing with the condi
tions. In presenting these modes I do not
seek to arouse any political party feeling,
but only to state facts and reasons.
Cleveland's Policy.
President Cleveland's policy, and that of
the Democratic party In congress. Is that
for which he and his party aro responsible.
If a large body of those who placed him
and the congress he has had "on his
hands" In power do not concur In the pol
icy pursued If they have been betrayed,
the remedy Is In their own hands, devolv
ing on them a duty higher than all party
considerations. What has been done and
left undone is well known. President
Cleveland called congress together Aug.
7, 1893, and, with the exception of a brief
recess, It remained In session until Aug.
28, 1894, a period of nearly thirteen months.
The president recommended the repeal of
the Sherman law, and It wus repealed.
Since then there has been no law author
izing the coinage of silver dollars. The de
mandon oursilvermlnes forsllverfor their
coinage has ceased. Silver Is depreciating.
The President has made no recommenda
tion for any measure which will open our
mines or make a demand for silver, or In
crease our silver money. The congress
which he has had on his hands has made
no law on this subject, and H will not. No
effort has been made by the president or
his congress to persuade or coerce foreign
nations to unite In restoring silver to Its
place as money equally with gold. For
all practical purposes I regret to say
the Democratic par'y has Joined the con
spiracy against our silver mines, the con
spiracy which enhances the value of gold,
depreciates property, makes 46-ccnt wheat
and adds to the burden of the debtor class.
Beyond all question the gold monometal
llsts of Wall street a powerful part of It
Joint conspirators with Great Britain,
found In President Cleveland an effective
ally. His portion of congress, dumb and
silent, either at their own accord or at his
bidding, are for all practical purposes
equally allies In the conspiracy. Glitter
ing generalities, either In debate or In the
act of Nov. 1, 1893, repealing the Sherman
law, cannot deceive the public. Not
words, but action Is needed. Barren dec
lamation gives no relief to a suffering
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people. "Christ cursed the barren flg tree
and it withered." Where can wo look for
the power and tho will to bring honest bi
metallism? There are two great political parties, the
Democratic and Republican: there Is a
fractional and factional third party, tha
Populists. In our history no such third
party ever enacted a law, none evor can.
The Populists demand the free and un
limited coinage of silver and a vast gov
ernment Issue of paper money, equal to
$50 per capita. This party makes no de
mand for any measure to secure united
action with any of the other nations for
the restoration of bimetallism. It is of
mushroom growth, and, like Jonah's
gourd, It will perish before tho sunlight of
statesmanship.
What Republicans Did.
Whllo the Republican party was In power
constant efforts were made to defeat the
mono-gold conspiracy; International mon
etary conferences were held In which tho
representatives of the United States made
liu ffoctual efforts to secure nn ngroemcnt
of the nations to uso gold and silver equal
ly nn full legal tender money. Whllo theso
conferences were being held tho acts of
1878 and 1890 made ample provision for
tho coinage of the product of our silver
mines. They afforded an nmplo supply of
gold, sliver and paper currency, all equid
to nnd redeemable In gold with free and
unlimited confidence by tho whole world
in our monetary system and our credit.
When the ltepubllcnn pnrty went out of
power In March, 18U3, tho financial panic
soon came, and the act ot Nov. 1, 1893,
closing our mints to tho coinage of silver
dollars, with no provision or effort looking
to such coinage in the future, added our
nation as a party to the mono-gold con
spiracy by England and her allies.
But there Is a silver lining to the black
cloud of the mono-gold conspiracy the
bow of promise Is in the sky, with Its arch
of sllvor nnd of gold. On the 9th of Mny
last, when the tariff hill was pending In
tho senate, Mr. l,odge offered nn amend
ment to It, proposing that "double and
discriminating duties shall be Imposed on
all products or manufactures of Orcat
Britain or nny of her colonies, and 36 per
cent, on all articles In the free list until
Great Britain shall assent to and take part
In nn International agreement with tho
United States for the coinage and use of
silver."
It will be found In .the Congressional
Record of Mny 10. 1891, on page 5110, signifi
cant from tho fact that during the admin
istration of President Polk, In anothercon
troversy with Great Britain, the Demo
cratic party emblazoned on their banner
"Fifty-four forty or fight." True, thnt
party then Ignomlnlously surrendered, as
It did In the not of 1893. But the new ban
ner of fifty-four forty is In our hands.
proclnims to England, to her allies of Eu.
rope, to tho party of surronder In this
country, "Bimetallism shall prevail." For
tho Lodge amendment to the tariff hill the
Republicans of the senate voted, against It
the Democratic majority voted, and It was
defeated. In other words, the Republican
policy Is to Infpose such large and dis
criminating duties against mono-gold na
tions as will exclude their products, and
trade only with the nations which will
unite with our government In a plan for
the colnago and use of silver as well as
gold, both equally as money of ultimate
redemption. ,
Our government should call nn Interna
tional conference of the bimetallic and the
silver nations, leave England end the gold
nations out, adopt a double gold and silver
standard and make sliver once more money
for them all. Under such an International
agreement the gold nations would be
crushed, a demand would be made for sil
ver. It would recover Its lost value, our
mines would be opened, wheat and other
farm products would be restored to former
prices, farms would recover their former
values and prosperity would once more
bless the land.
The Indiana Republican state convention
of April 24, 1891, presided over by the soldier-statesman,
Benjamin Harrison, adopt
ed a platform declaring: "We believe In
currency composed of gold, silver nnd
paper,- readily convertible at a fixed
standard of value and entirely under na
tional control; and we favor the imposi
tion of Increased tariff duties upon the
Imports from all countries which oppose
the colnnge of silver upon a basis to be
determined by an International congress
for such purpose."
Tho Ohio Republican convention of June
6, 1894, declared In its platform: "We favor
bimetallism. We advocate such a
policy as will by discriminating legisla
tion, or otherwise, most speedily restore
silver to Its rightful place as a money
metal."
The Michigan Republican convention In
July declared in favor of a restoration of
llver"to Its historic position In theUnltcd
States ns a money metal."
This means business.
Tho polloy of prohibitory discriminating
duties will be effectual. The annual Im
ports Into the United States from the
United Kingdom and its provinces exceed
$200,000,000. A refusal on our part to take
their products would close a large share
of her factories, would turn a multitude
of her people out of employment, would
bring ruin to a large share of sheep hus
bandry In Australia. In one year it would
produce a revolution ,and England would
be compelled to accept bimetallism.
Objections Answered.
It may be said England would refuse to
buy our cotton. If so, we would manufac
ture all; her mills would nearly all close,
for she could not obtain cotton supplies
elsewhere. England only buys American
cotton, wheat, bcof and pork when her ne
cessities require. If she would refuse to
buy of us our refusal to buy her manufac
tures would build new factories here that
would make an ample home market for
all our farm products. England nnd her
colonies produce nothing with which we
cannot dispense; our Industries were never
so prosperous as when the embargo during
the war of 1812 shut out British products.
In due time we can produce all needed
wool In the meantime we can buy of
South America, allied to us by locality, In
stitutions and Interests. We buy Bugar
and tropical products, not from England,
but from other countries; our tea and
coffee do not come from British countries.
We are master of the situation.
An International conference of the bi
metallic nations would be crowned with
success. This would make such a demand
for silver as to Increase Its commorc'al
value and secure bimetallism on a Just
ratio. Free and unlimited colnago by the
United States alone would not make suu'l
clent demand for silver to materially Im
prove Its commercial value, but It all tho
bimetallic nations would respectively
agree to the unlimited coinage and use of
all silver mined in each, excluding that
mined In the mono-gold nations, the com
mercial and colnnge value of silver would
soon rise to the purity of gold on a Just
and normal ratio, or, rather, the value of
the two metals would meet on a Just
levol. The Increased demand for silver
would Increase Its value. With a larger
use of silver the demand for gold would be
less, and would meet silver on a common
level. They would "meet on a level and
part on the square." The United Btntes
could then set the ball In motion for dis
criminating and prohibitory duties; other
bimetallic nations would follow. The dis
criminating duties, by cutting off trade
with the mono-gold nations, would vastly
enlarge our trade; the loss of the trade of
gold nations would be more than made up
by that of the bimetallic nations.
Our Republic Is not dependent on any
foreign nation for Its existence, or for Its
ability to grow In wealth, commerce and
power. It Is dishonorablo and cowardly
for our nation to permit the mono-gold
nations to dictate our monetary system or
prescribe the terms on which our com
merce shall be carried on. We should say
to them, "We are for honornble reciproc
ity. If you will take our silver and our
gold, we will trade with you on the same
terms as the most favored nations. If you
persist In closing our silver mines, we will
close your factories." Why should we
drain our country of gold to enrich the
conspirators who are seeking our commer
cial and financial ruin?
TIRESOME PLAIN SKIRT.
Variations Aro Gladly Accepted by tho
Women of Fashion.
Plain skirts have been worn until ev
eryone Is fairly sick of them, and while
they will be the fashion for some time
yet many of the new models show de
cided change In having bands, ruffles,
folds and big bows. The plain skirt Is
a difficult one to have satisfactory. The
right length Is almost Impossible to at
tain in order to be becoming about the
feet; they have to be long enough to be
almost ungraceful (the skirts, not feet)
whereas with a little ruflle there 1b the
correct flaring easily attained and the
foot is shown to the best advantage. To
fit properly around the bottom of the
skirt a dress should be cut open three
times on the front and side breadths
for about two Inches. This will give
the proper spring, and, of course, such
silts are absolutely Impossible on a plain
skirt, whereas a ruflle hides them de
lightfully.' The Spanish flounce, but a
very narrow Spanish flounce, will be
the model for many wash goods. It wilt
be open In two or three places to show
ruffles beneath. It Is the best model
after all for any wash gown, as It gives
stability and firmness such as a mere
hem Is utterly powerless to accomplish.
HONEY IS FOOD.
Ulstory Shows Thnt It Was Always Es
teemed for Good Qualities.
A correspondent who Inquires as to
the value of honey as food will find her
answer here:
Honey has been known from the earli
est times. Tho Scriptures make men
tion of It and Pngnn writers celebrated
Its virtues. It wns called "tho milk of
the aged," and wnB thought to prolong
life. Honey was also used In ithe em
balming of the body after death.
This food, as useful as It Is delicious,
was esteemed most highly by the
Greeks, who celebrated Its virtues allko
In prose and verse, so that the fame
of Attic honey has been transmitted un
impaired to our own day. Used In all
kinds of pastry, cake and ragouts. It
was also esteemed ns a sauce. Pytha
goras, In the latter portion of his life,
was a vegetarian, and lived wholly on
bread 'and honey a diet which he
recommended to his disciples. And this
gentle philosopher renched the ripe age
of ninety years before he departed from
life.
The irue source from which honey Is
derived was only discovered In later
years. Virgil supposed that its delic
ious sweetness fell from heaven upon
flowers In the shape of gentle. Invis
ible dew, a belief which he shared with
Pliny and even Galen. It was left to
modern observers to study with en
thusiasm plant life and bee life, and
learn from them some of the most won
derful lessons of nature.
Honey was often served by the an
cients tit the beginning of a banquet
In order thnt the uncloyed palate might
enjoy to the full Its exquisite flavor. It
took the place that sugar occupied after
the dlsocverles of tho properties of the
sugar cane, so that nil conserves, cakes
and beverages were dependent on
honey for their Bweetncss. Aplcles pre
pared It for seasoning purposes In this
manner: Hoi) eight pounds of honey
with one pint of wine, skim, add pepper,
spikenard, saffron and dried dates. This
mixtures was kept in jars to use as
occasion required.
THEATRICAL CHAT.
Fanny Davenport is 45 years old.
William H. Crane Is 60 years old.
W. S. Gilbert Is writing a comedy.
It Is rumored that Nat Goodwin will es
say Hamlet.
A Trilby quadrille Is the new feature
In "Aladdin Jr."
Henry Guy Carleton has written a new
comedy for John Drew.
Ward and Vokes will bo seen in "The
Two Governors" next season.
. EUwIn Arden has been engaged by
Comedian Crane for next season.
Frederick Paulding next season will
play with Gladys Willis In "Fanchon."
Altogether the Kendalls have cleared
something over $500,000 from their Ameri
can tours.
"Tho Importance of Being Earnest"
failed In New York because It was writ
ten by Oscar Wilde.
Actresses who are bicyclists Include
Pauline Hall, Dorothy Morton, Louise
Moore and May Irwin.
Albert Chevalier, the well-known Eng
lish Impersonator of costermonger char
acter, will probably visit this country next
season,
"Kismet, or Two Tangled Turks," Is
tho title of a new comic opera, words by
Richard F. Carroll, music by Gustave A.
Kerker.
"Tho Indiscreet Mrs. Brown" Is the
title of a new comedy by Mrs. Pacheco,
which Charles DIcklncon has accepted for
production.
William Gill and Robert Fraser's new
melodrama, "Human Nature," will be pro
duced In New York city during the com
ing summer.
Otis Skinner says that henceforth he
will not devote much attention to Shakes
peare. Ho has a new romantic drama for
next season.
Robert Downing next season will add
to his repertoire a tragedy by Sardou and
a play called "The Narragansett," deal
ing with the Puritans and Indians.
Courtney Thorpe Is to star next season
In "Ghosts," "Tho Story of a Sin" and
"The Light That Failed." Ida Jeffrles
Goodfrlend will be the leading woman.
Alexandre Dumas' latest play, "La
Route do Thebes," Is finished, and has
been accepted by the Theatro Francals.
It is believed to be an attack upon Jour
nalists. A dispatch from Munich reports that
Herr Panlzza haB been sentenced to one
year's Imprisonment on the ground of
the profanity of his drama, "The Coun
cil of Love."
The management of the Castle Square
theatre,. In Boston, has formed a combine
with the street railway company In that
city, whereby the patrons of that theater
can ride more cheaply than all the rest of
Boston,
A feature of the Cotton States' Expo
sition In Atlanta, Ga., will be the produc
tion of a spoctocular ploy based on the
career of Hernando De Soto and his band
of Spanish cavaliers In the early history
of America.
Tho Paris Charivari makes a novel sug
gestion for doing away with tho theatre
hat nuisance. It asks: "Why not sepa
rate the audience as In a church, placing
tho women on one side and tho men on the
other side of the house?"
The Infest feat of the strong mnn of a
vaudeville company In Vienna Is the car
rying around the stage of a platform upon
which aro a full-sized upright piano and a
performer, playing upon the same, while
the Samson raises his feet in exact time.
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau pay $1,600 a
woek to Sarah Bernhardt and an equal
amount to Lillian Russell. Ada Rehun
rocelves $900 a week, and on Monday after
noon John Drow put $600 In his Inside
pocket. Fanny Davenport's Income from
"Grlsmonda" la nearly $3,000 a week.
"The Queen's Necklace," a spectacular
drama In five acts, has been played to
crowded houses In Paris for several
months. Mrs. Potter and Kyrle Bellew
have secured the American lights and will
mount the play In even more elaborate
fashion than the original production. The
play deals with a court Intrigue, In which
Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI and Car
dinal do Rohan figure prominently. Mrs.
Potter will play Marie Antoinette and
Mr. Bellew will Impersonate Cardinal de
Rohan. The play will be produced here
next season.
Where Monoy Talks.
From the New York Weekly.
Blinkers Look at that shabby million
aire. You can't Judge a mnn by his dress.
Winkers No, but you can Judge him by
his wife's.
LYNCHED.
The tramp of horse a-down a sullen glen;
Dark forms of stern, unmerciful masked
men;
A clash of arms, a cloven prison door, -And
a man's cry for mercy 1 Then high
o'er
The barren fields, dim outlined In 1 the
' . storm.
The swaying of a lifeless human form.
And close beside. In horror and af right,
A widowed woman walling to the night.
F. L. Btanton.
That Tired
Is a dangeroufl symptom. It means
a lack of vitality in tho blood do
orcase, of the red corpuscles upon which
the strength and richness of tho blood
depends. It comes especially in the
Spring because thn system has been
subject to unusual demands during the
cold wcuthcr. Tho wasted rigor must
bo re-supplied. That tired feeling
must bo overcome, or else tho ap
proaching hot weather will havo moist
serious effects. The best
Spring Medicine
Is Hood's Sarsopurilla, becauso it cures
That Tired Feeling by purifying, en
riching and vitalizing tho blood, giv
ing it power to carry health to every
organ of tho body. It " makes the
weak strong," not by stimulating, but
by actually giving strength, by build
ing up the wasted energies, restoring
the appetite and assisting tho stomach
and digestive organs in their impor
tant functions. Tho importance of at
tending to this matter of health now
cannot bo overestimated. Hood's Sar
saparilla will make a vast improve
ment in your feelings. It will thor
oughly renovate your system and fit
yon for tho duties and pleasures of
tho spring and summer.
The Wonderful Cures
of scrofula, salt rheum, eczema and
other diseases which havo been accom
plished by Hood's Sarsaparilla have
given it tho leading placo in the field
af medicine. When you take Hood's
Sarsaparilla to purify your blood you
ire not experimenting. The facts all
prove absolutely that in Hood's Sar
laparilla you have a medicine tried
ind true. It has cured thousands of
others and it will do you good. Do
not bo induced to buy any other.
Insist upon Hood's and only
The
DR. E. GREWER,
The Philadelphia Specialist, and his asso
ciated staff of Kngllsh and German
physicians, are now permanently,
located at
Old Postofflco Building, Corner Penn
Avenus and Spruce Street.
The doctor Is a graduae of tha Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, formerly demon
strator of physiology and surgery at the
Medlco-Chtrtirgtcal college of Philadel
phia. Ills specialties are Chronic, Ner
vous, Skin, Heart, Womb and Blood dis
eases. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
The symptoms of which are dizzlness.lack
of confldenco, sexual weakness in men
and women, ball rising in throat, spots
floating before the eyes, loss of memory,
unable to concentrate the mind on ono
subject, easily Btartled when suddenly
spoken to, and dull dlMtrcssod mind, which
unlits them for performing tho actunl du
ties of life, making happiness Impossible,
distressing the action of the heart, caus
ing flush of heat, depression of splrlts.evll
forebodings, cowardlco, fear, dreams.mol
ancholy, tire easy of company, feeling as
tired In the morning as when retiring,
lack of energy, nervousness, trembling,
confusion of thotight,depresslon, constipa
tion, weakness of the limbs, etc. Those so
affected should consult us Immediately
ard be restored to perfect health.
Lost Manhood Restored.
Weakness of Young Men Cured.
If you have been given up by your phy
sician call upon the doctor and bo exam
od. He cures the worst cases of Nor
votis Debility, Scrofula, Old Sores, Ca
tarrh, Piles, Female Weakness, Affec
tions of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Asthma, DeafnesB, Tumors, Cancers and
Cripples of every description.
Consultations freo and strictly sacred
and connclenlr... Office hours dally from
S a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, 9 to 2.
Enclose five 2-cent stamps for symtpom
blanks and my book called "Now Life."
I will pay one thousand dollars In cold
to anyone whom I cannot cure of EPI
LEPTIC CONVULSIONS or PITS.
DM. E. GREWER,
Old Post Office Building, corner Penn
avenue and Spruce street.
SCRANTON. pa.
Moosic Powder Co
Rooms 1 and 2 Coraraowealtti Bld'g,
SCRANTON, PA.
MINING and BLASTING
POWDER
MADE AT MOOSIC AND RUSH
DALE WORKS.
Lafflln & Rand Powder Co."
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Electrlo Batteries, Fuse for explod
ing blasts, Safety Fuse and
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T
Bar yon Sort Throat, Pimples, Copper-Colored
Spots, Aches, Old Sores, doers tn Mouth, II sir
Alllm? Wnte fook Brntdr Co., OOI Mr
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Purify
Hood's Has Merit
One Bottle. Convinced Farther
Use Cured
Hip Disease, Sclatlo Rheumatism,
That Tired Feeling.
" I read that uo bottle of Hood's
Sarnaptirilla would convince mo of its
merits, and I have found this true.
"Somo two years ago two ulcers
appeared on my hip, which, niter being
sore a long time, broke and discharged.
I also was attacked with sciatio rheu
matism, my log being drawn so that I
could hardly get around the house. I
hardly knew what a good night's rest
was. The hip trouble caused me great
trouble and annoyance, and eczema
low
appeared on my hands. Naturally I
began to run down, was weak and low
spirited. Tho physician told mo my
hip would have to bo operated upon
beforo I would get any better. At
last I decided to tako one bottlo of
Hood's Sarsnparilla. In three weeks
my rheumatism entirely disappeared
aud I found that
I Was on the Gain.
This was very encouraging, and I found
that I could sleep well at night. ' My
health steadily improved, and, of course
I continued taking Hood's Sarsaparilla.
My hip has been restored to good con
dition, the sores have stopped discharg
ing nnd healed up. I am able for the
first tiino in three years to do my own
housework, and can walk two miles
without trouble. I havo no symptoms
of rheumatism ; that tired feeling has
entirely left me. My neighbors say I
look better than for many years. I
do earnestly recommend Hood's Sar
saparilla to all sufferers, especially
those afflicted with impure blood."
Mus. A. S. Bowek, Clinc, Arkansas. ,
Blood Purifier and True Nerve
Sareapaoilla
. EXHIBITING AT SCRANTON
SATURDAY, MAY I i
"Envy will merit, as Its shade pursue;
But, like a shadow, proves the substance trus "
ITS ADHERENCE TO ACTUALITY, THE GENUINENESS OF ITS CHARACTER
Tho Faithfulness of Its Bonnes and Its TJnnqnalled Colli w 1 Grandnnr. E nnhmizoj tao Educa
catire Mission of the N E W. ENLARGED, GREATER
UFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST
AND CONGRESS OF KOI till RIDEKS OF THE WOULD.
THE CENTURY'S SENSATION IN EVERY
'Whose success at tho
Exposition Universello
PARIS, 1889,
Columbian World's Fair
cmuAoo. 18U3,
Indelibly Stumped For
ever Its
PREMIER POSITION
AS AN
ENTERTAINMENT
Returning now with the
Addition of nn Immonso
1
VnOM A I.I,
PRIMITIVE RACES
And Urund Military Alli
ance of All Nutions. Nev
er Been Bof jra, and May
Nut lie Again.
ill
IN A PROGRAMME TOO PRODIGIOUS FOR RELATION
100 Scenes I (KM Animator Tableaux I 1,0)0 Llvtnj Klnotoscopio Pictures.
The Last of the Buffalo!
COVERED OltAND STAND
Assuring Perfect Protection from SUM or
will bo
FREE STREET CAVALCADE
At Da. tn. bv Detailed Attachments from Each Division. The March Will Be Enlivened by
THBKE MAGNIFICENT BANDS OP MUSIC, Led by the Pained, World Traveled,
BUFFALO BILL'S COWBOY BAND
At Night, a Brilliant Electrlo Display, Making NIGHT AS LIGHT AS DAY.
TWO EXHIBITIONS DAILY, RAIN OR SHI
Every Afternoon at 2 o'clock, Every Night at 8 o'clock. Doors Open an Hour Ea rller.
General Admission, 50 Cents. Children Under 9 Years, 25 Cents.
Reserved Numbered Scats on day of exhibition on sale at C. B. Pratt's
Book and Wall Paper Store, 312 Lackawanna Avcbue.
EVERY WOMAN
BmmMcMs needs rallible, monthly, mroUUnc medicine. Only fcsmlasj C&?
the purest drugs shwld b nssd. II yon want tin best, get
Dr. Peal's Pennyroyal Pills
For Saloby JOHN H. PHELPS,
Sprue Street, Scranton, Pa.
Feelmmg
" I have been taking Hood's Sarsa
parilla for six months. Before I began
taking it I had that tired feeling when
I got up in the morning, also a terrible
headache and my blood was very im
pure. Since I have been taking Hood's
Sarsnparilla all that tired feeling is
gone, also the headache, and my blood
is pure again." William Gabdk&h,
10 Tower St., Fall River, Mass.
Makes the Weak Strong.
I had a tired and drowsy feeling
and my nerves were In a bad condi
tion and appetite was poor, so I con
cluded I would take Hood's Sarsapa
rillu. After I had taken the second
bottle I began to feel much better and
I recommend Hood's to all." Elves
J. Woollet, Jamesburg, New Jersey.
"My brother and myself havo hod
scrofula or salt rheum ever since we
were born. We took Hood's Sarsapa
rilla and commenced to get better.
When we had taken one bottlo and a
half each, we were cured. My mother
used to bo troubled with hcadacho and
pains, but took Hood's Pills and was
cured." James Scanlon, 64 Roxford
St., Norwich, New York.
Hood's and Only Hood's.
"I took Hood's Sarsaparilla for a
tired, worn out feeling, and it has
proved the best medicine that I have
ever taken. I had a breaking out on
my face which I thought was erysip
elas. I commenced using Hood's Sar
saparilla and have not had any of that
trouble since." Mrs. H. B. Kkadle,
Pickaway, West Virginia.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is sold by all
druggist. $1 ; six for $5. Prepared
by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Tonic.
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HEAD THE R0STE3
-,oo
INDIAN WARRIORS
50 American Cowboys
30 Mexican Vuqucros
nnd Km nllcs
30 S. American Gnnchos
50 Western Frontiers
men, Mnrksmcn, Etc.
25 llodouin Arabs.
'JO kussiun (.ossucks of
the Caucasus.
DETACHMENTS OF
U. S. Cavalry
Koynl Irish-English
Lancers
French l.linsscurs
German Cuirassiers
Petit Corps n'Ariucs
AU under the command of
COL W. F. CODY
BUFFALO BILL
Only Herd on Exhibition!
SEATING 20,000 PERSONS
RAIN. On tho F.rst Day of Arrival there
given a
Pharmacist, Con Wyoming Avanua and
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