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The Somerset Herald.
I EDWARD SCULL. Editor and Proprietor.
WEDSr-SOAV Auut 36, 188
REPUBLICAN NATIONALTICKET
Preudeat.
Wii.i.iam Ml K.IM.KV, of Ohio.
Vice Fmident.
;.m:uft A. Hohart, of New Jersey.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
CcEgreimen-at- Largs.
ii Airsii A A tiaow, of Susquehanna.
tAXia A. Haves port, of Erie.
Eector-at-Large.
Jo. h Wharton, Philadelphia.
Alexander E. ration, Clearfield.
William Withemw, Allegheny.
I'vwr L. Kimberly. Mercer.
District Electort.
1 Tr J. S. Pearon I.- Henry C. Prevost.
7. William. K.fcsrtey. ,-,. A. t.. W
ii! 1 Wm". N. Kandolph.
J,hn hril7.
. H.-nrv L. Johnson.
M. J..Uo'H. I-andis.
I! Kvereit Warren,
ii H. W. Wild.-.
13. Hamia Hull.
14. 1. W. Miller.
1, K- wenneimer.
24. Jiwiah Speer.
L'.iii M n Abrams.
iSi. lsadorSoteL
27. William nnur.
ii. J ok. C Campbell.
rosuRKSs.
F. J. Koosku. of Somerset Bor.
Pu.)eel to decision of lue Iistrict Conference.
ASSKMBl.r.
Wk. II. Millkk. of wuuuiaiioning Twp.
W. II. .Sasxkr, of Somerset Bor.
AstmliTF JVPttK.
Ueo. J. Black, of Jdeyersdale Bor.
SHERIFF.
24, fi. Hartell, of Rock wood Bor.
FROTH ON OT ART.
JI. K. U arkox, of Somerset Bor.
RKUhfER BECORPER.
J. M. Cover, of Jenner Twp.
TREAaPRER.
Wjf. Winters of Somerset Twp.
rorsTT coMMissiovKR.
;eo. F. Kimel, of Milford Twp.
jiaiiRitx Goon, of Somerset Twp.
POOR DIRECTOR.
J aa-ob V. Pkck, of Summit Twp.
AUDITORS.
Jrhexiah Khoaps of Somerset Bor.
B.J. Bowxajt. of Brothersvalley Twp.
The men without a dollar in the
savings bank are the loudest sbouters
for free silver.
Mk. IJkvaxV speeches er.ntinue to
ronketlie best campaign doeniuente
M-hirh a lUpuMican newspaper can
jrint.
Is everything he does the spectacu
lar holds f.ivt jlace with V. J. Bryan .
This country ha do use for a spectacu
lar President.
Tiik Indi:uiaiolisconveuon is likely
to dillcr from all others of tlie present
year in the respect that there will U? no
.bolting on the jirt of its members.
The n'ictrt that the Democrats of
Maine have no money to carry on their
campaign indicates that Sewall is a fail
ure a a .candidate for leg-pulling pur
rposes. "ixtrikitix; Christians should
t.o lose si'ht of the fact that under
five silver their ftffu to foreign mis
sions will have only one-half the value
thev do now.
Since "the crime of '73" was con
xtibi mated the farmers of the United
tStaV have increased their grain acre
age fram (i-y,, 19 to 128,428,092. This
jneans that they have doubled their
ownership of arable land since the im
iaginary epoch M T3.
Tlie ocean steamer .St. Louis, which
ha jut cut down the record of a run
from Southampton three Lours, was
turned out at an American diipyard.
The world is compelled to admit, after
witnessing such a feat, that our ship
builders have no sujieriors, and perhaps
sno equals.
A IWto.v iaper says that Tom Reed
Is making more vigorous and striking
speeches than lie did when he was a
presidential candidate. This is a short
-viewar tle case. Mr. Kecd will be a
presidential candidate of the wt mag
nitude for some time during the best
century-
Mr. Sewai.L ipiietly advised Mr.
Ilrrjiu that the proposed visit to New
Hiigtainl is inesjiedient Here is an
moecatJied field for Mr. Watson, unless
iie is diseouraged by the tall financial
ftredictioiM and pr-mise made by Bry
an in his Madison Square Garden
speech. The esulterant Georgian may
feel that he has been outpopped.
A MONti the strong Democrats of thia
State who have come out mjuarely for
MeKinley is M. II. Kramer, of Bed
ford, who recently resigned the thair
tuanship of the County Committee be
cause he could not support the free
riot and repudiation ticket nominated
at Chicago. Tlie list of Democrats of
(his kind in Pennsylvania has become
most firmidable.
the first p; ge of this paper will
liof.iund a full report of the great speeh
of Bourke Cockran, in Madison Sijuare
harden. New York, in roply to one re
cently delivered in the same place
l.y William J. Bryan, the Chicago
nio-lpu!ist candidate for President.
Mr. Cockran enjoys a national rcputa
SioH a Democratic leader, and is one
of tlie Ktost popular and able speakers
in the eon n try. The sound -money
IV'ntfxTats; of this ounty are without
a newstaper orgun, and in order that
they may 1 kept posted in regard to
the aetions of tie patriotic leaders of
their party, those who place country
ulxtve party, we commend a careful
5H'nl of Mr. Cockran' adJretat.
The Chw-aco Inter -Ocean says: If
"aididate Bryan had made just 6uch a
spectacular pilgtiiuage through the
-uittry in lsi a in 1 he would
have had to change tui one sentence
aud make tariff refrm" iuind to the
place of "free silver." It was going to
i tisher in a kind of millennium. It uas
oing to "raise revenue enough fur aU
tlte wants of the country,'' piake $1
J u lwKt, -VNxnt corn, and plat the work
5 ing millions at their ease with eight
f Siour a dsy. liut did it do it? Will
! N iiH-n b!"fc!y Ulievesuch blind leaders?
i And yet there was even more reason,
flly as it was, in the claim made four
vi-ar ago, than in the preposterous
f ones tiw made.
Bishop Newmak m$a of candidate
liryan: "It will be shov Wore the
4-ajaipn is over that he wauuef the
a nea whom the rich bullion owner h4
in their employ to help manufacture
-sentiment that should result In free
-'oinage mtvwaires that would make
hem richer."
"He is lighL He 1 a 'tonguey man.
3Ie has the aptitude of picking up fine
?utenecs, catching phrases aud storing
thein where they come handy when he
wauU to use them. That is about all
there is of him. He was not a success
a 4 a lawyer or as a newspaper man. In
his profession i I doubt if he ever earned
. 1,SJ0 a year. He did, however, draw
5,0H0 a year from the government as a
Congressman, and took nis pay iu
gold."
. a A Off
'Is he popular in .eDrasKa .
Tii. Itishon replied by saying that he
had just received a letter from Nebras
ka, from one of the most intelligent and
honored men in the State, from which
he would read an extract It was as
follows:
vti.n Itrvan was nominated, the
people in Nebraska went almost wild,
and many Republicans as weu as i-ui-ocrats
declared that he could carry Ne
braska and would 1 electcL But a
great change has taken place during
t h. last ten da vs. A wonderful reaction
has set in. McKinley will, I think,
carry Nebraska."
Thf. times are bad, you say, fellow
workingman. No doubt they are, and
have been for several years. You have
been out of work. Factories and in
dustrial establishments of all kinds
have closed, or have shut down to
half-time. Few new enterprises are
being undertaken. There is much dis
tress throughout the land. Certainly
something should be done to improve
matters. If it can be done by political
means, by legislation, by change of
Government policy, it should be done,
and every patriotic man should vote
for such a change. And so some men
are trying to persuade you to vote for
Bryan aud Free Silver, as a sure cure
for .be eviL
Well, now, before you accept their
proposition as eternal wisdom, just ask
yourself what good free coinage can do.
It will, they say, increase the amount
of money in existence. Jh&t is im
possible. Money is wealth, or the rep
resentative of wealth, and you caa not
create wealth by act of Congress, any
more than you can create by tue same
means a harvest of wheat or an eclipse
of the sun. Wealth can be created, or,
as men say, "niouey; can he made,"
only by productive industry. Free
coinage of silver could have nx more
effect in that respect than the f'ofi$
bull against the comet
But at least, says your silver advo
cate, the volume of money in circula
tion as jxdium of exchange would
be increased, n4 that would stimulate
business and make Jtimes good. To
both of the propositiwa the answer
is an emphatic negative. The yolume
of money in 'irctilatwn would not
increased, or not for a ronsiderabUi
time. The immediate result would he,
on the contrary, a great contraction t(
currency, a great reduction of the
amouut of money in circulation. For
the hundreds of millions of gold now
in circulation would be withdrawn far
more rapidly than silver could be coin
ed to take its place. But even after the
volume of currency was increased, after
all the old spoons and silver buckles
and candlesticks and all the silver of
other countries had been poured into
our mints and had flowed out again in
the form of fifty-three-cent dollars,
what good y.ouhj be done? Do you
suppose the Government, would distrib
ute tliat money, free gratis J ot much.
You would have to work to earn it, Just
as you do ui. The only difference
would he that you wold get your pay
in fifty-thresent dollars of one-
huudred-cent i41ar.
If prosperity depended upon the vol
ume of money in circulation we ought
to be contented now, for this rouutr
already has more money In circulatkiO.
in proportion to the population, than
almost any ather country in the world;
more than It ued to have, years ago,
before the so-called "tfriwe of 1S73."
But mere volume of curremy can not
create prosperity. In the laat year of
the War there was enougn money in
circulation In the South. Men handled
it by the bale. Tliey paid three or four
hundred dollars for a barrel of flour.
But the land was not prosperoits. Other
countries have been flooded with depre
ciated furrency, and yet have suffered
from the hardest of hard times. It is
necessary, of course, to have enough
money for the UtutMS-Uoff of business.
We have that now. Bil pfteftkaX t is
the quality, not ike tjUftily that
counts.
Major McKinley put the wbote mat
ter into a nutshell the other day w hen
he said, with the lucidity aud force
that are characteristic of his utterances:
"It in a good deal better to open up the
"niilLs of jtUe J'nilfd States to the labor
"of America than O open VP the mints
"of the I'nited Statos to the sihe? of
"the world." What the workinguien
of America, and the business men of
America, aud ail ho neat Americans,
need is a chance to earn muiU'V" hon
estly and payment in houeai niouejr
when they have earned It ew ork
Tribune.
The Bolt from Sryaa ia Virginia.
Richmond liispateh (Dem.)
Of the 700 rtiebmond and Henrico men
wbo have signed the auti-Bryan pledge
there are some, we believe, who never
otod the Democratic ticket in Presiden
tial ettMts but the great majority are
Democrata.
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McKinley at Aatietam.
Itovton Herald (Ind. lVin.l
Young as be was a mer ripZiu of
J7 William McKinley won the reject
of Lis regiment by bis courage and kind
ness of heart. His old comrades have
never forgottea bow on the bloody field
of A n tie Jim he bj-Maht hot coffee and
meat to the famished aldUm who bad
goa Sato battle without Ureafat.
Wheri Xadiana Fanner Btaai.
Ht. I x hik CJlob iH-iiux-rat (Hep.)
The Indiana Farmers' Association baa
Yl.OJO mem tiers, eoinpriaiog 27,300 Repub
licans 20,o00 Democrats. 1.0UG Populists
and l.UXl Prohibitionists, aud 42.250 of
them are going to vote for McKinley and
sound money. This indicates a Republi
can gain of 15,000 over the Presidential
vote of lSti Tbe ailver sentiment Is
swiftly disappearing," says the president
of the association, "and the Indiana farm
Ma don't want auy of youcqheap money."
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Wfcy B-raa Failed.
Bton Herald (Jij4. Jm.)
What the po,L9 aeam to Qod most dis
appointing in the Bojr Orator not so
uiucu bis lack of com man d over fauta. as
'je alenderness of his stock of mstapbora,
A man with such a reputation to sustain
can not go on ringing the changes on ref
erences to a cross of gold. When that
Las become generally familiar it is no
longer adequate for rhetorical service.
Can it be that the Boy Orator has failed
like many that have gone before him, not
so much from poverty of the raw material
of eloquence as from want of the spirit of
all true eloquence sincerity.
Sibley Ee fated by Fact.
Mkaoville, Pa., August 22. The non
partisan Sound Money League, compos
ed of solid men of both old parties, open
ed headquarters here 1o-day. Ex-Judge
Pierson Church, a life-long Democrat, is
a member. Joseph C. Sibley delivered a
iitrd dress before the Farmers' Alli
ance pioute o Jhe Rutherford larm near
here to-day. Hi, preac hed calamity to
the farming interests unair jKfind mon
ey, saying the fanners srs lu
down-trodden and poverty-stricken due
on earth. The farm where be spoke,
however, was an object lesson against
kitu. It is free of debt, has five ba'.ns,
overflowing with thia year's crops. The
family is well-fed and clothed aud is
happy. Thia farm is ouly one of
niauy In this county. Crawford is safe
for sound money.
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Senator Sneraaa on Democratic Money.
From the New York World, August 17.
The statesmanlike speech of Senator
Sherman is of especial interest to Demo
crats from the fact that it recalls three
historic incident showing what the Dem
ocratic policy in regard to silver and gold
was under tho founders and early leaders
of the party.
The first coinage ratio was atloplea in
17S2. It was 15 to 1, "because," says Sen
ator Sherman, "the actual market value
of 15 ounces of silver was then equal to
the actual market value of one ounce of
gold" in the exchange of the world. The
ratio was fixed by Thomas Jefferson and
Alexander Hamilton. "These two dis
tinguished statesman," says Mr. Sher
man, "who disagreed upon nearly all
other questions, did agree upon the then
relative value of the two metals, and that
both should be coined into money at that
ratio."
But when the new American coins were
issued it was found that the abraded and
worn coins of other countries filled the
channels of circulation and the new, and
bright dollars of the United States were
exported. This led to the discontinuance,
in 1SU6, by President Jefferson, of tbeooin
ageof the silver dollar, and after that
date none were coined for more than thir
ty years. "This order of Jefferson, I sup
pose, would be called by our Populistio
friends "the crime of lMOfj," says Senator
Sherman, with fine Irony.
The next Democratic precedent was in
1834, during the administration of Andrew
Jackson. Under the lead of Thomas U.
Benton, the Democratic. "Old Bullion,"
Congress adopted the ratio of 16 to 1, by
reducing the number of grains in the gold
coin the object being again to secure
equal coinage and concurrent circulation
by hitting upon the honest or commercial
ratio. But as the shifting market soon
showed silver to be slightly undervalued,
no silver dollars were coined in 1S34 or
l35,only 1000 in 18, and none for two
years thereafter. In the twelve years
after the &ioption of the ratio of 10 to 1
less than "VPJXp silver dollars were coin
ednot one-tenth as mapy at are pojn
ed from January 1 to Juue 3u this year I
"(Jold became the only poin in circula
tion," says Mr.Shernian, and be adds and
proves from the record that 'the ay owed
purpose of the passage of the law of 1S34,
whb4l presidcfif Jackson approved, was
ta make gold the standard.' And this,
he says, "would Raw I'g palled jhe crimp
of In
coming down to 1S53, when Franklin
Pierce was President, and all branches of
the Government were of the same faith.
Senator Sherman shows how "Congress
reduced the quantity of silver in the frac
lioia oins ( half-dimes, dimes, quarters
aad half-.doljars) more than 6 per cent,
dirated the purchase of the silver for their
coinage on Government account, abolish
ed the law tbr their free coinage and made
them a legal tender fbrfVoiiy, leaving
gold still practically the only rull legal
tender United States coin. At this time
the silver dollar had disappeared from
tlip current coins of the United States
and tt jU practically and purposely de
moiustiied." The purpose of this aot, as declared by
the committee of the House, was to "make
gold the standard coin." And this, of
course, was "the crime of l.sjl."
Senator Sherman declares the historic
fact heretofore established by The World,
that "from 1S01, when Mr. Jefferson be
came President to the close of Buchan
an's administraiion in IStil, the Demo
cratic party was a gold party, opposed to
$u,vcr tjij gJl forms of paper money." It
was likewise a sound money party under
Tilden, in 1S7( and for honest and actual
tiinietaUism to and including Uifi. 1'ever
until tijia year has it been committed lq
a fictitious ratQ certain to produce, if
adopted, si J vex oiponipljjiisui.
f -r- t
Bemocratic Soctri&e.
Se YVfrk Fiiw.
"The comiuiUoe think that the desider
atum in the monetary system is a stand
ard of uniform value. They can not as
certain that both metats have ever circu
lated simultaneously, concurrently and
jnJiiwinijqately in any country wheie
there are Uuk or mpnpy dealers, and
they entertaiu the poo vision that the
nearest approach to an invariable stand
ard is its establishment in one metal,
which metal shall compose exclusively
the currency for large pay menu." These
are not the words of Republican "gold
bugs" of to-day, or even of "Cleveland
Democrats." Tbey are the words of
Democratic committee of the House of
Representatives in ISM. They were writ
ten in support of the act of 1S34, which
avowedly established the gold standard
for the United States. The law was sign-
4 Vy Andrew Jackson.
tyLsi as good Democratic doctrine
sixty yas if just as good now. Mr.
Bryan has no auiLoffcy Jo overthrow
what Jackson set up.
That 47 Cents Bounty.
Brooklyn Eale (Dem.)
The silver now in a dollar is worth on a
)ewc ,g"-ale 33 cents. When stamped
as a dollar at ttt u;i;i it passes for a dol
iar 14 this country uy to a .i.-; amount
Qf such dollars. W ben it is ouered in
payment outside of this country it is val
ed at ita actual worth in silver 63 cent.
The nation has been aMe to carry a cer
tain amount of these undervalue. dollars
among its own people fir purposes of
"change," and lor small purchases. The
silver men insist on the free and unliiu
I ted coinage into such dollars of ali silver
offered at the mints, on the present coin'
age rates of 16 grains of silver to 1 grain
of gold. That would make them a pres
ent of 47 cents in overvalue on every dol
lar, and it would inflict on the holders of
those dollars 47 cents of undervalue.
"Free silver" is thus seen to involve a
bounty of 47 per cent to the holders of
silver bullion and a duty of 47 per cent.
agaihAt (he users of undervalue silver
dollars.
Should Xot Vote for free Silver.
Iowa State Ifc-gtMer.
These should not vote for free silver
coinage, J6 to 1 :
1. 'ebobewo work for wages or salaries.
2. Those who iiye on invested funds.
3. Those who carry life insurant.
4. Those wbo carry tire of other insur
ance. ft. Those who bold loan aud building
stock.
d. T'.:me who are insured in fraternal
societies.
7. Those who are paid pensions.
K. Those wbo have saved up for a rainy
day.
9. Those wbo desire to labor and save.
10. Those who want a 100-cent dollar for
their labor or for the products of labor.
11. Those who want to do to others as
they would that others should do to them.
J2. Those who believe in maintaining
the money aud credit of this nation.
13. Those ho believe that the United
States should remain one of the great
commercial natiuns of the world-
Bake Imita f yi Farewell.
Washixutox, Aug. 23. It is definitely
knoa n that President Clevelaud baa ac
cepted Hoke Smith's resignation as Sec
retary of the Iuterior. Mr. Smith present
ed his resignation as soon as be, through
bis paper, the Atlanta Journal, announc
ed his purpose to support Bryan and
Sewall, bnt Mr. Cleveland has delayed
action upon it Mr. Smith is said to still
adhere to the gold standard, but he con
siders that it is bis duty as a Democrat
to obey the commands of the party. The
acceptauoeof his resignation is regarded
as proof ihat President Cleveland
poaes to stpport the honest money Dem-
cratic ticset to. named bv the Indi.
anapoIisconventioE, on September 2.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior John
M. Reynolds, of Beford, Pennsylvania,
is slated as Smith's successor.
No need to scratch your life away.
Doan's Ointment brings instant relief iu
all cases of Itching Piles, Pin Worms,
Ecaema, Ringworms, Hives or other
itchiness of the skin. Get it from your
dealer.
Farmers Are Sot Fools.
From the New York Wail and Express.
The American farmer is a sagacious and
conservative citizen. He takes time to
think, and consequently speaks to the
point and acta with a purpose. The Free
Silver-Popocratlc conspirators are confi
dent of the support of the farmers of the
country, and it is on the basis of the far
iner vote that they make their ralcula
tions and predictions.
This shows the extent of their delusion.
Tbey are chasing shadows reflected by
their own groundless hopes. In count
ingthe farmer as a fool they are fooling
themselves. It is probable that the aver
ago fanner has aa accurate a conception
of the essential weakness of the Free
Silver proposition as has the average
merchant and manufacturer. He may
not voice his sentiment on this subject in
public, bnt he can be depended upon to
vote it at the polls. He is not seeking
for a temporary advantage at the expense
of those to whom he has to look for an
available and remunerative home mar
ket He knows that the people who work
for their daily bread are the largest con
sumers of farm products, and that there
fore, his thrift depends upon their pros
perity.
The argument against Free Silver at
this point or from the farmer's stand'
point is unanswerable. Under Free
Coinage the wage-earner would lose
about 47 cents on each dollar that he
received. Moreover, the prices of all ar
liclos of necessity would immediately
double. The workingman would lose at
both ends. He would receive less and
have to pay more. In order to pay at all
he would have to buy less. The farmer
would thus lose at least one-half of the
home market which represents about
ninety-four per cent of the total con'
sumption of American agricultural pro-
ducts,only six per cent being disposed of
in foreign countries. This shows th e ad
vantage of the domestic market nnder
the diveisified occupations of our people,
over an unfriendly, uncertain and often
disappointing foreign market The
American farmer is too sensible a pitmen
to deJibernUsly kil the gqojiq that Jay tor
hiin the nolden eug of prosperity. This
he would do most pfloctually by destroy
ing the borne market which is practical
ly the only market for the fruits of his
industry.
Jt must now be clear to the farmer that
the opportunity fo p8? ff 1 debt, qr,hcw
and Miera, a mbrtoaga, in half-value sil
ver dollai-a, Von if that could be done
with a temporary gain, would not begin
to compensate him for the loss of the nat
oral market for bis products through the
inability of the great body of American
wage-earners to pay for what they need.
Credit ceases when cash fails. The farmer
wants cash for what he sells, and this he
would not be able to get
The farmer has carefully considered
this matter in all its bearings, relations.
and probable results, and has conpluded.
to cast hi' vo(e on tlie safe sido of this
burning question, fhis is creditable to
his intelligence, ne fully realises that to
vote for Bryan would be the abandon
ment and repudiation of those principles
and conditions essential jo bis well-being.
Ho knows that to vote for McKinley will
bring success to that party and poliny
which have in the past brought th great
est measure of thrill and happiness ever
possessed by the American people. None
but crass minds can resist the logic of re
cent events. Swagger, bluster, and ju
venile elocution cannot deceive cr mis-
lead the average farmer on the Issues of
this campaign.
An argument that reaches the head
through an empty bucket is not soon for
gotten. Bnt this is not a campaign of
dep:ur and desperation on the Republi
can side. Patriotism, reason and interest
unite in demanding the election of
McKinley and Hobart.
The light ia Which the eaatpaiga Ap
peala to SeUgisai People.
From the New York "Independent,"
One of our Catholic exchanges of this
pity it is not necessary to say which one
gives the following reason for counsel?
ing the clprgy fo keep silence as to the
issues of the nauipaign:
"Religion baa r more to do directly
with the issues of the coming Presiden
tial campaign than it has to do with any
other or our numerous political eani'
miens, whether local. State or national,
There is no demand for the intervention
of the clergy. Catholic or Protestant as
clergy."
Whether that be true depends upon
whether religion and morals have any
thing to do with each other. If religion
means going to church and kneeling
down before Ood and saying "Our Fath
er," and nothing more, then religion may
have nothing to do with the Issues of the
coming Presidential campaign. But if
wbaievsvitwns are honest pure and of
good report are a part of reunion, then
this campaign is not without Its religious
side.
Three years ago the "Independent
signed a lease promising to pay f 10,000
year, more or less, for the rent of the
0ei;4ps if. occupies. That gave the
qwner of the buifJiijC a fair income from
the amount of money which had beep
invested in it Tbat S1Q.OO0 which p
promised to pay was the money of the
pwnfrr, which has been kept equal with
gold evar since the resumpfioii of specie
payments. It waa perfectly understood
tbat those dollars would be dollars equal
to gold, as the Government had kept
them equal to gold. The SlO.OuO more or
less, we paid last year and the year be
fore, was of the value of ten thousand
gold dollars in London or Berlin or Par
is, as well as in New York. The proprie
tor of the building could take the money
to Kurope and exchange it for two thou
sand English pounds, or forty thousand
German marks, or fifty thousand French
francs.
Now the Democrat and Populist plat
forms profiose that we fchall pay that rent
next year not in flO.000 dollars in New
York, such as are worth two thousand
pounds in London, forty thousand marks
in Benin and fifty thousand francs a
Paris, but in sijver dollars, which shall
not be kept up fa the vajue of gold, and
wbcb (be owner of this building can ex
change for but a little more than ope
tliousand pounds in Jindou, tven(y
thousand marks in Berlin, and twenty
five thousand frauos in Paris. Wbat they
propose that we shall pay is about 95,300
value In gold, but celling It ten thousand
dollars In silver. Tbey aak us to vote
that we may be allowed to rob the owner
of our premises to the extent of, say, ft.
W a year.
.ow, as we understand it, tbey are
asking us to steal; and stealing we con
elder irreligious, and we do not propose to
doit We shall doourbesttohaveourrent
continue payable in gold dollars, worth
ten thousand dollars anywhere in the
world, worth the same in Iondon, Berlin
and Paris, as it was when we made our
pofitract fbree years ago; and we decline
the feniptatjon to pay a sum of money
wtiii u would ne worth in the markets of
of the world only 3,3uu,
We are told tbat there is no religion in
this, it Is a part of our religion.
Hanna Heart From Quay.
New york, Aug. 22. A telegram was
received at Republican national bead-
quarters which brought satisfaction to all
of the campaigners. It was from Senator
U.uay, and it said that his vacation would
soon be ended and tbat be would be at
the command of the committee by the
beginning of September. Under the stir
ring influence of Mark Henna's tireless
energy everything has progressed satis
factorily, but nevertheless, old hands at
the business of President making ex
pressed the wholesome gratification in
$fv't tJ-af Senator Quay is shortly to be
iu J.ew Yor Mjr. Hobart and Mr. Quay
will put their beads together and push
along the machinery, which, without the
slightest doubt will result in victory for
Mi Kin ley and Hobart on election day.
The Yeaetaelaa Qoeition.
A Washington dispatch says it is re
ported from Londou that Lord Salisbury
has yielded to Secretary Olney on the
Venezuelan question, to the extent of in
cluding the settled portions of the ti's
puted tract in the proposed arbitration.
This is regarded as an important devel
opment by those interested in the sub
ject
The inclusion of "the settled district"
has been the chief obstacle tn the way of
arbitration, so that the two governments
are nearer to an amicable agreement than
at any time since the trouble began.
Lord Salisbury from the first has In
sisted that this settled district was sover
eign British soil, which could not be sub
jected to the judgment of arbitrators.
Secretary Olney has urged that the
omission of this settled portion from arbi
tration would defeat the whole scope of
the arbitration, as the unsettled, or
worthless sections, were not what Vene
zuela contended for.
The latest view of this phase was pre
sented in a brief by Mr. Storrow, a law
yer of Boston, to the Venezuelan com
mission as a part of the Venezuelan case.
Mr. Storrow pointed out that the "settled
district" was in fact but little settled;
tbat the number of British colonists
there was comparatively insignificant;
that "their improvements," on which
Lord Salisbury had laid much stress.
were of the most primitive kind, and that
the whole money value of existing Brit
ish settlemeuts, bouses, improvements,
etc., would be a comparatively small
amount
The suggestion that cash payment will
be made to the improvements of the
British settlers, in case Venezuela Is
awarded the territory, Is construed to
mean that Great Britain will mollify
those of her subjects who are dispos
sessed.
The Eloquent Gnniaulq.
Dr. Gunsaulua. the eminent Chicara di
viue. receutly spoke at Plymouth, Mass.,
On, the iwntea ofihe day, and among other
tuiiigs said:
"I welcome the now issue. On that we
shall win with a nobler and more deci
sive victory. We shall not onlv. bv nm-
tection, be able to earn a dollar, but by
tuetrmmpb, or lineal won that dollar
will be wftvtU a dollar over the whole
(Urtu.
In contrast with this vague and boyish
statemansbip, bow solid and sure-footed,
is the statesmanship of that train!, ma
ture and wide-minded citizen of the Re
public, Major McKinley. He has for years
represented the best American thought
It steadfastly believes tbat if a Govern
ment is to be run wisely like any business
enterprise, it must first of all have an in
come at least equal to its exnenditum.
Only a party led by a "boy orator" douhU
this truth. But Major MKJulajr be
lieves alsq in a tariir whiub will not only
route !to nation able to pay her own
public debts, but he believes in a just
tariff.
"I recommend the election of Major
McKinley moat stroucrlv. liecause I be
lieve in what is praised ssa Hho money of
the Constitution,' I want to seo the
triumph of the Vlollar of our fathers.
'"Silver has become cheaper, but moral
standards have not Amerlnan manhood
has not. If silver has become cheaner.
the fathers would say: Then put more
grains of It into our coin, or back the dlf
ference by the nation's obligation to make
it good.' And that is our progainme, to
use all the silver we can. but use enough
of it to make its use stand for the integri
ty and self-respect of our people. We
must return to the old standards. Yes
to the money of the Constitution.' We
have wrought our own dismay simply by
disobedience of the laws of God.'t
Sight of Free Speech;
JUPMJUPQMs, Ind., Aug. 22. For ten
days a great crowd has collected on the
postoffice corner discussing the financial
question of the present campaign. The
police made numerous and futile efforts
to scatter the disputants and finally made
several arrests. Tw ice the cases cam,e he
fore Judge-Co, of the City Court, and
the last time with niqc-h iupatiunue ho
discharged the efpndanU, holding there
was no decision by any court, high or
low, where it is held tbat a man violates
the law by discussing politics In the
street.
"On the contrary," continued the court.
"all of the decisions are the other way,
The right of free speech is fundamental
in our Constitution and must not be de
nied. No police can stop it. It is the
right of American citizens. This is a
time when perplexing questions are puz
zling the peopte. They are questions of
vital importance to the common people.
It is only by ample discussion of the
questions that confront them that tbey
can Ie?rn properly to exercise their right
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Starred With Plenty Sear Hist.
New York, August 22. The body of a
homeless man, who die4 frqm starvation
and exposure when there was, plenty of
f)od wjthin hjs rcacp, lies iq th,e rqqrguc.
It 13 body was found last night in the
basement of the house at .S lil-'ifch ave
nue. Near where he lay was a large jar
of milk. On the shelf above him were
preserves and delioacios in plenty. He
was found by a policeman who beard a
groan coming from the cellar. The po-
lioeman summoned an ambulance, but
when it arrived the old man was dead.
One stormy morning last spring John
Hardy, the negro janitor, found the
tramp in the cellar in which be died to
day and gave him permission to remain
there if he promised not to molest any of
the food there. Hardy says the old tramp
had undoubtedly starved. "I tried to
give hiin food often," he said, "but he
would not accept it as he was too proud.'
Veii Satisfied with
Ajfer's IMt Vb0OS
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"Nearly forty ear ag, afte
loin& ycck3 of sickness, niy naif
turned gray, bcai using Ayer's
Jlair Vigor, and was. so wtJl s;iti
fled with the results thut 1 have)
never tritl any other kind of dres.
lug. It requires only
mi occasional appli
cation of
AYER'S
Hair Vigor to keej
my hair of good
color, to remove
dandruff, . to heal
itching humors, and prevent tho
hair from falling out. 1 never hesi-
iate to recommend Ayer's medicines
o ray friends." Mrs. II. M. IIaht,
Aypca, Ncbr.
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LrJ Hair Vigor
PrepanJ by Dr. J. C Ayer fc Co., Lowell, V caa.
Tiki ;er, Sarupirilb izt fii Csaplexlta
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Disease Killing Cattle.
Bellkkonte, Pa., Aug. 20. In the
past few weeks a large u um tier of young
cattle, which had been driven to the Al
legheny mountains north of Tyrone by
the farmers of Bald Eagle and Warriors
Mark valleys, have died, and the man in
charge of them was at a luna to know the
cause. It now develops that they bad
pleuro-pneumonia, and that many more
are afflicted with the same disease. The
condition is so bad that considerable
alarm is folt by cattle owners in tbat lo
cality. . No definite steps have yet been
takeu to prevent the spread of the dis
ease. It Is believed that not all the cattle
that have died have been fouud, as there
is a terrible stench all through the moun
tains in that locality.
Smoked His Life Away.
Philadelphia, Aug. l'J. As a result
of an attempt to see howfinany clgarets
he col 1J smoke in half an hour, and to
win a wager, 14-year-old George F. El well
died to-day.
Last evening a number of newsboys
were talking of cigaret smoking, and one
of the crowd urged Elwell to see how
many be could smoke in half an hour,
He was lighting bis twentieth cigaret
when the half hour was up. Tbe lad was
taken sick during the night, and he died
this morning.
The coroner's officials who investigated
the case said that death was due to exces
sive cigaret smoking, and directly to the
large number which the boy had smoked
yesterday.
The World's Largest Cavs.
Mansf'kjljv Mo., August 20. Simulla
neouMy with the finding of gold, there
Las been discovered wbat is said to be the
largest cave in tbe world near the new
town of Hudson, on the St Louis, Mans
field A Ava Southern Railroad. For two
or three years tho earth has been sinking
to such an extent as to caus no little un
easiness, and day before yesterday a very
noticeable depression in the earth was
discovered aouie miles north of Hartville,
Upon investigation an opening to the
cava was found. Cavern after cavern.
lined with pure onyx, and traversed by
subterranean streams, have been explor
ed without finding the end. Portions of
stalactites found in one vt tho caverns
were found to couvaiit gold. The largest
cave heretofore discovered in South Mis-
aourl was fouud in Stone county two years
ago, bnt it is insignificant compared with
the Hudson discovery, if half of what baa
been told of it is true.
JndgeClipi Their Feae,
HoiLpAtsHVK Fa., August 9Qi
judge Bell to-day handed down an opi n-
lou in the case of Countable John Roe, of
Altoona, against the Blair County Com
missioners for costs for serving subptenaa
issue, in the Court Tbe decision will
cause consternation among the eonsta-
htwe. Roe bad charged his fees under tbe
law of 1893, allowing constables to charge
50 ccuts for subpoenas and 10 cents for
each mile traveled. The Commissioners
refused to pay the bill and the case was
appealed. In his opinion Judge Bell de
cided that in serving such subpeenas tbe
constable acta as a Deputy Sheriff, and is
eutitled to only 15 cents forsutnxrnas and
six cents for each mile traveled. It is ex
pec-ted tbat the constables will combine
and hereafter refuse to serve such sub-
po-nas.
Cow ia a Bed Koonu
Brooklyx, X.. YM A.ugut 3u A Jer
sey cow, known as Bcsa, owned by Dr.
tieorgo Sterling, uf Southampton, L. I
created a diversion recently by entering
her owner's house and walking upstairs.
The doctor was out and bis little son
bad left the back door open. In her wan
derings tbe cow eutered tbe room of Miss
Flora Sterling, on the second floor.
Tbe girl, wbo was asleep, wait aroused
by feeling the cow's breath on her face.
She opened her eyes languidly and met
tbe great orbs aud moist niuszle of the
cow. There was a hysterical time for a
few minutes, for tbe cow couldn't gel
dowustairs, aud Miss Sterllug was ter
rified.
Then Dr. Sterling arrived, and for half
an hour tbe doctor, daughter and cow
battled in the narrow hallway. Bess
was at length driveu forth and peace
once more reigned.
0. A. B, E5CAXFXF.5T AT ST. PAUL,
MI51C.
Extremely Low Bates via Pennsylvania
Bailroad.
The National Encampment of. the
Grand Army of the Republic will be held
at St. Paul, Minni, September 2 to 4.
For this occasion the Pennsylvania
Railroad will sell on August 23, 3tk and 31
exorsjon tlcke.1 to St Batf and, retqtA,
at exceedingly low tales, aa follows:
New York, $2100; Philadelphia, 3.2a;
Trenton, tStAK; Baltimore and Washing
ton, IlOU; I(arrishurg, Williamicrt
and Wilkeslavrre, fH7"4; .ltoona, t2Xott;
proportionate rates from other point.
Tickets a iU he good for rvturn passage
Until September 1'i, with an extension to
and including September 3D if deposited
with the joint Agent at St. Paul on or be
fore Septemlier lit
Full information can be obtained on
app licatlon to ticket agents.
Saved by His Dog.
Easton, Md., August 22. Harry Rad-
cliffe, a farmer, and tax collector for St
Michael's district came near being killed
by a bull in his farmyard to-day. He
was taking a ring from the bull's nose.
when the animal became infuriated, got
Mr. Radcliflo down and began to gore
and stamp bun.
He fought the beast at the disadvan
tage, but one of bis arms was lacerated
and he was otherwise hurt Fortunately
his faithful dog was near by qnd came lo
his master's a-ssistapcv, attacking tbe
bull and enabling Mr. Radcliffe to re
gain his feet The bull pursued him,
however, and bad to be fcbot down before
it desisted.
Pmtb
Blood means sound health. With pure,
rich, healthy blood, tbe stomach and di
gestive organs will be vigorous, and there
will be no dyspepsia. Rheumatism and
Neuralgia will be unknown. Scrofula and
Bait Rheum will disappear. With pure
n
Your nerves will be stroncr. and vounleen
sound, sweet and refreshing. Hood's
Barsaparilla makes pure blood'. Tbat ia.
why it cures sq many diseases. That is
why eq many thousands lake it to cure
disease, retain rood health and nrevent
sickness and suffering. Remember
Sarsaparilla
lathe One True Blood Farmer. $1 ; six for $3.
Hood's Pills take, easy to operate. 290.
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SET0N Hill, Green.burg, Pa.
In charge of the Sinters of Charity; Is located
on the Fennxylvanla Railroad, 30 mileaeaat of
Pittsburg and of a mile from ir.-enburir
station. The purest air. thf beat of water In
abundance, commodious refrtoriea. dorm I lo
riea, rluNH-moms atudy ball and art-rooms
au; well veirHlaleO-
Vbe Academy onVni erprr adrnntape to
younc ladies for obtaining a thorough educa-'
tlon, both useful and oruauivntatl.
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New
Spring
Goods
ARE NOW
On
Sale I
And we are now prepared to show
the largest and most desirable
stock of New Spring
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
CARPESS,
RUGS,
PORTIERS,
LACE CURTAINS,
ETC.,
In the County at prices that can'i
be compared.
Our New Spring Stock of
Ladies'
Sili&Percal Ws,
Capes & Coats,
are very desirable and at prices to
suit all.
OURCARPET DEPART ENT
is full of new Spring Goods
in all the new and desirable pat
terns and best makes. Also a
handsome line of
RUGS,
PORTIERS,
LACE CURTAINS,
WINDOW SHADES, etc
New Spring; Goods
Of every description are now on
sale, and we are prepared to offer
great bargains in every department
Parker &
Parker.
Jos. Home & Co.
If
Yon will send name and ad
dress to place on our Mail
Order List, you will be among
the first to get our
1896
Fall and Winter
Catalogue,
which will be ready to mail in
a few weeks.
Also send for
Samples
New
Autumn Woolens,
Silks & Suitings.
Price range of
New Dress Goods,
25c to $2.50.
PENN AVE. & FIFTH ST.,
PITTSBURG, PA.
B. & B.
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Autumn
Dress Woolens.
They've been coming In, case after
ease, since the first of tbe month,
but we said nothing about them;
did not put any on sale till we had
accumulated a comprehensive line
now we invite you to inspect a
collection that will exemplify one
of the reasons for this store's suc
cesslarge assortments of choice
goods less priced.
We were at considerable pains,
covering a period of several
months, getting together these
wondrous tbiugs-exquisiW weaves,
rich color ellecta - njagniflcent
ewm&e Vut the end Justified the
tflort you'll lie pleased with them
you'll be glad, in your own in
terest, to send this store your order
we will be repaid and you will
profit thereby.
First thing to do is to send for
samples add some light hint as to
your preference, if you like.
The time to get choice things is
now.
Have we your name and address on our
catalogue list? New one will be ready in
a few weeks.
BOGGS & BUHL.
Allegheny. Pa.
ST. MARY'S SEMINARY.
PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
SET0N HILL. - Greensbura. Pa.
I Caaaoa the Risraas or Cbabitt. -
Tne Seminary Is situated on tbe same rrounda
and la within ten minutes walk of St. Joseph's
Acaaemy.
Kor terras, etc- apply to Mother RnivSn
EVERY DAY
Brings Something- New j
A Riding or Walking Spring Tooth Harrow.
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No dragging of frame on the ground. The lightest shaft. Willi cltaa
itself of trash as easily as a hay rake. Runs as light with
a man on as others do without a load.
CALL AND SEE IT. WEGUARANTEE IT THE EEST
IN THE WORLD.
Sold on Trial,
J. B. Holderbaum,
Somerset, Pa.
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The New Capello Rance.
WE sell the NEW CAPELLO RANGE, guaranteed the largest and be;
Range of its class on the market. It has very large and hi?h or.
ens, heavy grates, linings and tops. Baking and Roasting qualities
the highest as thousands of daily users can testify. If you want
the best buy a
ALSO A FULL LINE OF
GRANITE, COPPER TINWARE
Milk Cans, Screen Doors and Windows, Ice Cream Freezers, Oil an j
Gasoline Stoves. Call
P. A.
A CHANCE TO
4 & 13 6 : Ii nton St., -
Are Selling
2,500 Fur Capes for SI 2.50.
I.OOO Ladies' Jackets for S5.00.
bid Other Winter Goods in Proportion.
James Quinn:
1847.
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are" lifli -passed :
Dry .fifes f Glass off?
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Pure Drugs and Chem-1
icals. j mestic Cigars.
G. W. BENFORD, Manager.
jw-Offleeof Ir. S. M. Bell in rear of Store, where he will wait npon"patiena
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FURNITURE ! I
Our Stock Is Large.
A thing to be considered
B)
In buying Furniture.
PRICE is generally belJ to ba of the first importance. It
should be the lasL If you buy for quality you pay accord intfly.
If you buy for price yon get wbat yon pay for.
Chamtw Suita, Solid Oak and Cherry, containing six piece. t . m.
Antioilft Oat Soils . . . . 1 iT.. I...
Parlor 8., it7 , , . ' .
Sideboards, Solid Oak. : :
Chairs, Red. Springs, Mattreasea and
low eat pric.
e figure
Covers a multitude of sina, but it isn't nacesaary to hare tke
undesirable features to secure figure. Establish in ."your mind
th j dstail of grades, then you are readv for Drie.
I C. H. Coffroth,
I 606 Main Cross Street,
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Of waxtinc time over prol.ien.
that others have thought out f;r
you.
6000 RESULTS,
Come from long experience,
Th Cindtrsila StovM and a-;n
Are the result of over thlnv-nv
years' experience. They are imiwl
for their durability, i-unveuiruie
and economy.
Special attention has ben pai l
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and see us. Respectfully,
SCHELL,
SOMEBSET. PA.
MAKE MONEY-
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1896.
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