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SOJVIER8ET, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEjSIBER 1G. 1890.
THE OLD COFFEE SPRING.
EniTO Herald: I send yon some verses
written by man who learned the printer',
art in the Hebald offlre In ltSO, when More
head A Witt ran the plant. I worked thirty
years at the business, filled all the station
from "devil" to editor and proprietor, but am
now living on a uinn near Amish, la. If yon
think it worth a place In your paper. It will
piratic the "dd man," a I am seventy-five
year old. If you print It, please send me a
copy of the paper containing it.
Your truly,
AmiHh, Iowa. . I). K. KliAVKR.
Near the Pine Grove1 -haile In the sedgy
glade.
That never let the sun shine through.
With a bubbling gush through the sand'
cool flush, .
The water came boiling through;
And not even the purtvt nectar.
Of which inspired poeU sing,
I'ld I deem could be aa sweet to me
As the water In the old t'olloe Hpring.
Out by the old Coffee Spring.
Where the pine tree wave and swing,
There's never a draught, wherever quaffed,
Like one from Ihe old Coffee Spring.
Ion in the grassy glade,
A cool and shady place
To rest from the nice, the ball and the but.
Full on my eager bee
I've flung myself to taste that ;
And never luis anything
fcinee slaked my thirst, liko the balm that
burst '
Fresh from the bright old Coffee Spring.
Out at the old Coffee Spring
How a sip from Its depth would bring
My boyhood back, 'long the well-worn track
That led to the old Coffee Spring !
Half a century has passed since I quaffed
last
The crystal nectar from that bright bubbling
spring;
Yet memory runs back.
In my loyhood's track,
Wh.1i with Ross and iJarl, and Weed and
Meg,
We played mumble-ty-peg,
In the glade, 'neath the shade.
And drank from the old Coffee Spring.
Out by the old Coffee Spring,
Where the evergreens loop and clirg;
To give, I were fain, all the grape of Spain
For one drink from the old Coffee Spring.
AX OLD, OLD STORY.
"It is of no use !" said Mary, desper
ately. "I can't think of a single thing
to say."
She sat and frowned gloomily, biting
the end of her penholder. Now and
then fche ran her hand distractedly
through her hair. This was a trick of
hen when thinking hard, aud, aa a
rule, the result was more startling than
pleasing.
-'It i of no use ,r' she said again ;
hut thin time with adiflerent inflec
tion. "I mustn't sit here and give
way to lazinesH like this. If I don't
write a tale, we can't pay the grocer's
bill ! I must and will begin, only
what on earth am I to gay?"
Mary's brain was fertile enough, and
her busy faon generally delighted in
spinning love stories and the like. In
the early days of her scribbling she
had been greatly laughed at by her
mother and sisters, but when welcome
little checks begin to come in return
for bulky envelopes sent through the
pust the tone of the family altered,
aud Mary had for some time been re
garded as a person of importance.
Perhaps they overrated her powers,
for they had come to the conclu.-ioii
that Mary could do almost anything.
Mary's head was looked upon as a bank
upon which an unlimited amount of
modest demands could I drawn, and
the girl now and then felt a trifle over
whelmed as she realized what was ex
pected of her.
"Oh, Mary must write a tale," her
mother would aay, easily, when an ad
ditional expense waa suggested. So
the fancy of the moment would be in
dulged in, and Mary would shut her
self up in the little room she called her
own. from whence in due time she
would emerge tirod, but triumphant.'
On this particular morning, however.
she racked her brains in vain. She
tried her hardest to think of some slen
der framework upon which to hang
the usual mild lovemaking, but the
more she tried to woo "the muse," the
more obstinately did the said muse re
fuse to respond to her advances.
I feci exactly as if a wet fcponge had
been pressed over my brain," she
thought, despairinglj'. "There doesn't
seem a single idea left,"
Just then a gentle rap came at the
door.
"Come in," said Mary, impatiently.
She never liked being interrvpted
when she was trying to work, aud just
now she felt more than usually cross.
Her face relaxed, a little, however,
when she saw her visitor.
You, John ! I thought it was Jen
nie. I wondered whatever she want
ed now."
"Poor Jennie," said the newcomer,
laughing.
"Poor Mary, I think," rejoined Ma
ry, dolefully.
"Why whatever is the matter?" ask
ed John Iiedmoud, taking a seat, an
evidently preparing to make himself
as comfortable as circumstances per
mitted. He looked very strong and
capable as he smiled down upon Mary,
and the girl was conscious of a distinct
feeling of relief, though she hardly
knew its source.
"Well," said Mary, "I feel worried
and bothered. You know, John, how
much all our folks have got iuto the
way of looking to me for help in mon
ey matters?"
"Yes, I know," replied John, with a
rather curious inflection.
"I like to do it," said Mary, quickly,
"It makes me very glad and happy to
da it I should not say a word about it to
anybody but you, but you already
know these details. You are such an
intimate friend of the family, aren't
you ?"
A. -r.ri' inrltnnfrfk frion1 of t ll A fn m i-
, j
y ".;hoed the young man, gravely.
AImd mother has often told you how
easy i wa8 for me to earn a few pounds,
hasn lt 8ie?'
fl.rw nflon." answered the voune
again, with the same gravity.
p'ell, John," said Mary, lifting a
of very earnest eyes to his, her ac-
i lull oi sorrow iuu uismay.
sometimes afraid I can't keep on
ig It."
Vhat makes you think so?" asked
n, gently.
I can't think of anything," said
Milrv. the tears brimmine ud into her
s. "l nave sai oere in is morning
nearly an hour, and not a single
iljea has come to me. And I didn't
ESTABLISHED 1827.
dare to tell mother and the girls ! my
last story wa rejected. It was such a
blow, for I had been counting on the
money to buy Jennie's summer dress.
She was rather cross when I told her
she must wait awhile longer."
My dear little soul !" said the young
man, "you are overworked. . That is
the simple explanation of the whole
matter."
The klnduess of his tone seemed to
altogether break down Mary's compos
ure, for after a luoiiicntarv struircle
for calmness she dropped her head
into her hands and cried heartily.
John Redmond's face preseuted a
curious study, so many were the emo
tions that passed rapidly, over it. He
made an involuntary movement tow
ard the little weeping figure, but the
next moment checked himself, and
waited quietly until Mary herself
spoke.
I don't know what you will think
of me I" she said, rather shamefaced
ly, as she wiped her eyes. "I don't
know what made me do it ! But I'm
so much obliged to you for letting me
have it ouL' I feel better now."
"To be sure you do," said John, with
a friendly and rather tender laugh. "I
have always understood that a 'good
cry' was a great luxury to young
ladies."
For pity's sake, don't call me a
'young lady V " cried Mary, with an
assumption of her usually energetic
manner. "I do hate that phrase."
"Just as you please," returned John,
easily. "What shall I call you? Nov
elist? Journalist?"
"Neither one nor the other," said
Mary, flushing a little, a shade of her
late despondency again falling upon
her, "I am nothing in the world but a
writer of penny love stories, and losing
even the small amount of capability re
quired for that."
That is nonsense," exclaimed John,
now seaking earnestly. "As I said
before, you are overworked. You have
beeu doing too much. You brain
neels a rest, an 1 it ought to have one,
Mary."
Well it can't just at present," said
Mary, shaking her head very decided
ly. "There's Jennie's new dress ;
and the grocer's bilL I shall know no
peace until those two things are off"
my mind."
John was silent for a minute, but he
looked troubled.
"If I could just get an idea," said
Mary, more hopefully, "I think I could
work it out, I seemed to have used up
everything I I have written about lost
heirs, aud lost wills about the heiress
who pretended to be ioor, and the ad
venturess who pretended to be rich. I
have told about the man who express
ed the utmost detestation of 'the new
woman,' and ended by falling madly
in love with one. I have related the
history of the girl who determined to
have a 'career and finally gave up all
for love. These things are worn out,
John ! They have Itecome so feeble
that I am ashamed to press the poor
things int further service."
John smiled.
"They are far from dying, Mary !
They are full of vitality yet."
Well, somebody else may have
then," said Mary returning the smile,
'At least, for a while. I may be glad
to fall back on them some day, but just
now I should like something fresh. All
sorts of queer things are oonstautly
happening in real life, if I could only
get to hear of them. John, haven't
you an idea of any kind? Or some
little thing that has come within your
own experience ? Anything tnat lioids
a tiny spice of romance, you know."
John looked at her for a moment,
and seemed inclined to speak. Then
his mind apparently altered, and he
shook his head.
"Oh !" cried Mary, disappointedly,
"that in too bad. You looked exactly
as if you had an idea."
"Well," said John, slowly, "a faint
glimmering did seem to come to me,
but I'm afraid you would think it
silly."
"Do tell me!" exclaimed Mary. "I
shall be so grateful."
"And I don't know that it is particu
larly new," went on John, in thosanie
doubtful way.
"Well, never mind," said Mary, in a
business-like way. "A great deal de
pends on the treatment of the subject.
Sometimes a very hackneyed theme
can be made to sound quite fresh. I
have noticed it in several instances. Go
on, John.''
She fixed her eyes on him expectant
ly, and a smile dawned in the young
man's eyes as he looked at her.
"Is it humorous?" asked Mary inno
cently, as she saw the smile.
"I don't know," answered John, re
lapsing into gravity. "That entirely
depends upon how you regard it.
Things appeal so differently to differ
ent minds, don't they?"
'They do," rejoined ifary promjjU
ly. "Sometimes I hare written things
which I thought were funny, but other
people entirely failed to see the joke;
and on the other hand, I have been
laughed at for sentences which were
penned iu perfect seriousness. Hut let
us proceed with the subject in hand
I wish you would begin, John, for the
time is getting on, and I shall be mis
erable unless I succeed in making a
good start this morning."
"There's a lot in making a good start,
isn't there?" asked John, with evident
anxiety.
'Oh ! a great deal," said Mary. "It
is often the most difficult thing possi
ble to start. Once fairly begun the
work Is comparatively easy, because
one thing seems to lead to another."
"I see," replied John, reflectively,
"Do go on !" said Mary, impatiently,
at last.
"Well, the fact is, Mary, I" with
considerable emphasis on the pronoun
"find a difficulty in starting. I think
I could go on, if the subject were only
begun."
"Let me help you out," said Mary,
with an air of resignation. "There is
a girl in it, I suppose?"
"Ob, yes," returned John, very de
cidedly. "There is a girl in it; and an
uncommonly nice girl, too."
"Good gracious !" said Mary. "It Is
all easy enough. Describe to me her
appearance, character and surround
ings. Tell me wbat she did, and how
she did it Theit explain where the
man comes in for there is a man in it,
I suppose?"
'Oh, yes," said John, as decidedly
as before. "There is a man in it."
"Well, what about him?'' aked
Mary. "Dear me, John ! I might as
well in vent a thing myself, aud have
done with it, if you can't tell me
straight oft."
"I'll tell your said John, with the
air of a man determined to make the
plunge. "Only Mary promise me
oue thing. Don't laugh at my story."
"Can't I laugh if it is fuuny?" re-
oined Mary.
"U isu't," said Jolin. "Well, not
exactly. Kr in fact, I don't know
how it will strike you, I meant, don't
laugh at my clumsy way of telling iL"
"Of course not," replied Mary kind
ly. "And I'm sure I'm much obliged
to you, John, for taking ail the trouble.'
Well," began John, "this girl the
girl I am thinking of, you know liv-1
ed at home with her mother and sisters.
The father had died some years before,
leaving just enough money to supply
their hare wants, aud uo more."
"I quite understand," said Mary, in
a tone which had a good deal of "fellow
feeling" in iL
"So, of course," wentou John, "life
was more or less ot a struggle wiin
them. But, happily, one of the girls
this sjiecial girl 1 begau to talk about
developed quite a talent for for "
"For what?" said Mary rather sharp
ly-
"tor painting," returned John quick
ly. "She used to paint quite lovely
little things, and sell them to the
shops."
'Yes," said Mary, "But when does
the romance begin, John ?"
"I am coming to that," replied John.
"Give me time, Mary."
"Oh, of course," saiil Mary amiably.
So after a brief pause, John went on
again :
"lears before, when these girls were
quite little, their father had shown a
great kindness to an almost friendless
bov."
Mary started, and a faint color crept
nto her cheeks ; but John took no heed
and his voice became firmer and clearer.
To the action of that gtod man the
boy owed whatever success cume to
him in after life. He never forgot this,
and he often wondered how he could
best repay the debt he owed.
Johu paused, but Mary did notseak.
"And as the time went on lie found
the debt increased rather than dimiu-
i.ihed. For though his first lienefuetor
had passed away, he had left kindly
hearts behind him. And as the boy
grew into manhood he prized more and
more the welcome he ever received
from those good women, and felt that
in the whole world there was no spot
so dear to him as the one they called
home."
Again John paused, but Mary made
no ellort to break the silence.
"He loved tliem all," said John,
but" here anew tenderness crept in
to his voice "he learned at last that
for one of them he had the love which
a man only gives to one woman in the
world. She was not, I think, quite
understood by her mother and sifters,
much as they cared for her. She had
a talent which she was glad to turn to
useful account, but the others hardly
realized that the task which was gen
erally a pleasure, might at times lie
pome very hard and wearisome. They
thought it was play for her to sit down
and paint, tj.) sometimes her heart
failed her a little,"
Mary's face was very white now, but
the color rushed suddenly back into it
as Joint gently took her hand into his
own.
"This young man loved her, Mary-
loved her more dearly than I can quite
tell you. But he waited a long time
before he dared to speak to her. He
knew how much depended upon her in
the home, and he felt he had uo right
to take her away until his position
would enable him to ofTer comfort to
her aud those dear to her. It often
seemed a weary while, and his heart
often ached. But the time came at
last. The time when he felt he was
free to sneaky"
He paused, and for a few minutes
there was between them a deep silence,
Then his hand clasped hers more fer
vently, and he said: "Mary !"
As if Irresistibly compelled, she look
ed into his eyes. And iu that moment
a full knowledge of what she had never
before even guessed swept over her.
She knew the s wet test of all earthly
things that she loved, and was be
loved.
"You were quite right dearest," said
John awhile later. "The dilliculty
lies in making a start. Everything
comes easily afterward."
"The story is very hackueyed," whis
pered Mary. "Bu, oh, John ! ' with
a half mischievous, wholly tender look
"isn't it wonderful how auything so
old can be so interesting?" Household
Words.
A I,azy White an,
The western Indians, although not
fond of work, do not approve of indit.
lent white men. The "heap good
white man," in their estimation, is the
white man who works hard ; and to Mt
by and watch him as he toils seems to
afford them never-falling pleasure.
Some young "warriors" of the Black
foot tribe sat in the shade one day
watching a group of laborers w ho were
constructing a grade for a branch rail
road in Montana. They were com
menting upon the workmen and their
work, when a bicyclist, the first they
had ever seen, came riding along the
newly completed grade.
The Indians watched the wheelman
without a word until he passed beyond
a knoll that hid. him from view. Then
they expressed their sentiments con
cerning him.
"No good white man," one re
marked. "No," answered another, with great
scorn, "heap lazy white man sits
down to walk." Youth's Companion.
To Oiler a Reward of 109 Dollars
for a case of catarrh that can not be
cured, amounts to nothing except to
sell the article. Do you know of any
such reward being paid? Ely Bros, do
not promise rewards in order to sell
their well-known "Cream Balm."
They orTer the most effective niedi
canta prepared in convenient form to
use, which is absolutely free from mer
curials or other harmful drugs.
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The True Cause for the Decline in
Prices.
Mr. David A. Wells, iu a late ex
haustive article, after showing how
preHistenHis are the arguments at
tributing the extraordinary decline in
prices of commodities to the apprecia
tion of gold, has this to suy about the
real cause:
But if the opinions popularly enter
tained respecting the universal decline
in prices are not warranted, the ques
tion next naturally arises. What has
been the true cause? All who thorough
ly and without prejudice studied the
subject are agreed that it is to lie found
in the following facts: That man with
in the last thirty or forty years has at
tained such a greater control over the
forces of Nature, and has so compassed
their use, that he has beeu able to dt
far more work in a given time and
produce far more product, uu-asurcd
by quantity iu ratio to a given amount
of lulxr, than ever before. How great
luis been the average increase or sav
ing in the world's work of production
or distribution can not, erhaps be ac
curately stated. But few investigators
place it at less than forty per cent, and
in some great branches of inddstry it
has certainly amounted to "0 or W) per
cent Taking a majority of other than
hand-made commodities iuto consider
ation, the saving of labor within the
last thirty years has probably been
equal to at least 40 ier ceut in produc
ing any given article. We have here,
therefore, a natural, sufficient and
hoii-diputable cause of the remarkable
decline in prices under consideration,
and also for the continuance of such
decline; for prices are still falling, and
the only arguable and probable rea
son why the decline exjierienced has
not leeii greater is, that decreased cost
has occasioned increased demand and
consumption, which to a considerable
extent has antagonized the natural
ndency to decline.
This decline in prices admits of
many example of complete demon
stration and illustration in resiect to
cause; namely, increased production
by reason of approved methods, or
new conditions, which have resulted
iu decreased cost, a supply in excess of
current market demand, and contin
uous decline in market prices. Iu
otlier words, the price of any commod
ity is fixed simply and solely by the
proportions of such articles as are pro
duced and consumed, and prices can
not be, and are not fixed in any other
wav.
Take, first, the market decline in the
price of wheat, which typifies more
than any other one product the griev
ance of the American farmer. The
cause of this decline is the indisputable
fact that more wheat has lieen, and is
still produced not perhaps more than
the world wants, but more than it is
willing to buy. The average annual
wheat crop of the United States in the
four years l'i'-7:!, was itt.lsT.OOi)
bushels. Since WK) the average crop
has been aliout 570,OiJ,(XKl In 1S7.J
there was practically no wheat export
ed from (ndia, Iu India export
ed ."t;,M,0U0bushfcla. In l"is3 the Argen
tine States of South America were uot
nani -d as a factor to the smallest ex
tent In the world's wheat supply. To
day they are among Its greatest sources
of supply, and of their surplus product
exported in H'4 tSO.OOO.O'M bushels. A
few years ago there were but few reap
ers aud harvesters for wheat in Russia,
aud hardly a grain elevator in connec
tion with storage and delivery build
ings. To-day llussia is rapidly intro
ducing improved agricultural machin
ery, with the result that its annual
wheat product has increased from 10S,
Vt'i.OiW bushels iu to :J00,000,XW in
ls'.4. There has also been a very
marked increase in recent years in the
wheat crops of Austro-Hungary and of
Spain. It is impossible, therefore, to
resist the conclusion that the produc
tion of wheat iu the world has leen in
creasing much faster than the necessi
ties of the world's wheat-eaters, and
that the increased prlui;tiuu has been
in the countries where wheat Is pro
duced at the least cost. In addition to
these conditions, we have now the an
nouncement that the surplus of agri
cultural products in Australia avail
able for export, is in excess of the
demands of the people of the United
Kingdom for consumption.
The increase in the average of the
annual cotton crop in the United
States iu the years from lS71-2 to lShlW
W was more than 100 per cent, while
the increase iu the population of the
country during the same period was
about y er cent. During' the same
jxriod it is certain that the world's
consumption of cotton did not keep
tip with its production. The legiti
mate sequel of this has been that iuiV-
land cotton that sold in lv for ll.o
cents ier pound sells now (August,
sn for 7 ceuta.
A UMYEUSAL niX I-INE.
Similar illustrations of what has hap
pened to the world's products might
be multiplied to almost any extent; but
space will admit of but few additional
citations. In IVkS the metal alumi
num sold for per pound. Its pres
ent market value is less than 50 cents.
Copper kettles which sold in lsikO for
$2.")0 can now be bought for 7 cents,
and this homely example illustrates
the great decline which has taken
place In the price of copper since 1SS0,
i. e., from 2" cents to 10 and 11 cents in
iStHi, which has been mainly due to
the extraordinary productivene- of
American mines aud new methods of
mining and smelting. Pig iron sold
for $-"s) per ton iu 1S73. The same
grade can now le bought for $11. Be
tween 1S73 and 1S92 the increase in the
production in pig iron in the United
States was 342 ier eeuL llecognized
authorities state that since 1S'.0 the
world's wool clip has increased 135 per
cent Careful analysis has shown that
the decrease in recent years of the four
great raw materials of the world's in
dustries iron, wheat, cotton and wool
in consequence of over-supply of
each of them in excess of current de
mand, has materially affected the mar
ket price of products (in the way of de
cliue) whose average annual value is
not less than 2,000,000,000 of gold dol
lars.
Again, the price of money, repre
senting capital, has continually declin-
country to consume your crops. You
Id.
VHOLE NO. 2355.
e l since 1S71 in all gold standard coun
tries, in almost as great a degree as ag
ricultural or manufactured products.
and to the great detriment of a large
numlier of good people who own
small capital invested in securities.
besides carrying ou some busi
ness or profession, and on the combin
ed incomes from which they depend for
a living.
In 1H77 an investment of $10,000
could is? relied uiion for an annual in
come of Ttwlay the same amount
of money, in vested with equal secur
ity, can not be made to yield more
than f 400 per annum. Aud for this
result which may lie fairly regarded iu
the light of a depreciation of all prop
erty, the conceded increase in the
amount of the world's capital seeking
investment is clearly accountable. Iu
contravention of this conclusion, it
is asserted that "money can uot com
mand as big interest as formerly, as
borrower) are too poor in collateral to
bid for it." But the fact is, that the
rates of interest are lowest in those
countries like England aud France
where good collaterals are most abun
dant.
Land unquestionably in recent years
has also declined in value, due in
certain and correct sense to over-pro-
luetioii. The fixed acreage of the
United States has not increased; but
the tillable acreage has beeu enormous
ly enlargoL Every railroad ttiat has
beeu built at the West has brought
millions of acres in con.ctitioii w ith
the lauds of the older States and of
other countries. It is the competitive
supply of cereals and animal products
of the American farmer that has low.
ered the price of land and nearly starv
ed the English agriculturist.
HOW PRACTICAL ISUSIXKrM MUX REA
SOX AlKiCT TIIK Ml CATION".
It is most interesting and instructive
in this connection to note how bust
uess men generally throughout the
world, though not given to much read
ing of economic or fiscal treatises, have
instinctively, as it were, recognized
the axiom that the price of auy article
or commodity is 'fixed simply and sole
ly by the quantity proportions of such
articles produced and consumed. Or,
in other words by supply and demand;
and have endeavored to regulate their
material interests in accordance with
it. Of recent illustrations of this, the
following are most instructive.
The business of manufacturing whis
ky in the United States has for some
time jvast beeu in a deplorable condi
tion; and the average of its market
price, exclusive of taxes, has been re
norUrd as below the cost of production.
There is no dilll-rence of opinion on
the part of tlie distillers that the sole
cause of this state of things is an over
production of whi-ky; and that there
can lie no jmssible improvement in
their liu.-iues until the present sur
plus stock, amounting to many mill
ions (d gallons in the United States
bonded warehouses, has parsed Into
consumptiou, which will require a
leriod of many months. Under such
circumstances what have the Ameri
can distillers decided to do? To obtain
relief from some radical change in the
coinage and use of silver? The idea
does not seem to have been even so
much as thought of; but all are of one
mind, that it was expedient to entire
ly suspend distilling for a lengthened
period at least eighteen months; and
it was claimed that unless this was
done the present low market price of
existing stocks would continue to de
preciate. And in accordance with this
view of the situatiou nearly all the
large distillers in the United States
have suspended operations.
In like manner the cotton manufac
turers of the United States, recogniz
ing that an accumulation of many
millions of unsold yards of their fab
rics was depressing the market jjiiie of
the same below the co-t of production,
have, within a retvnt period, largely
suspended tlivir production.
lUc.ycU's can 1 bought for about
one-half the price that was charged for
them a year ago. Can anybody doubt
that such a result has lieen due to a
glutted market? Does anybody think
that former prices can le restored by
increasing our currency?
Ask an Indian or Chinese merchant
if the great decline which has taken
place in recent years in the price of
opium has been occasioned by any
change iu the money with which it is
bought aud sold; and, if his natural
politeness did not prevent, he would
laugh in your face and tell you that U
was due to the circumstance that the
Chinese had gone iuto business
and were producing nearly all the
opium they required for themselves.
The American wheat-grower may as
well recognize first as bust that the
prices of wheat will not advance any
where iu the world unless there is sub
stantially a coiuplet failure in th
crop of one or more of the great wheat
producing countries. To represent to
him that he is likely to obtain an in
creased price for his wheat by any
change iu the currency of his country
is simply speculative nonsense. Sena
tor Stewart hit it exactly when he told
the American farmers iu 1S7I: "Your
wheat will le measured by the same
standard gold in Illinois as it is in
Liverpool, and any man cau figure it.
It is idle to talk about compromising
on any other measure of value; the
world will not accept it." If he pro
duces, as he does, an amount in excess
of domestic consumption, the surplus
'must be sold abroad, or not sold at alL
If not sold out of the country and al
lowed to remain at home, the producer
of wheat will be smothered, as it were,
in his own grease. The use of a debas
ed currency as a medium of domestic
exchange may augment the nominal
price of wheat in the United States,
but uot the price for which its producer
sells his surplus abroad, which fixes
the prices for the whole crop. If he
imagines for one moment that he is
going to be richer for thus marking up
iu domestic price, he will be in the
same box as the Scotch storekeeper
who made himself wealthy by adding
up the year of Our Lord in his tU
mates of annual profit.
Dp. Fowler's FL of Wild Straw
berry has been used for forty years and
lias never yet failed to cure a case of
diarrhoea, dysentery, or summer com
plaint in any of its various forms.
Bryan aa a Tariff Raider.
The record of the Hon. William J.
Bryan as a tar in raider is like his
record in some other matters, short and
aekiug in wisdom. Mr. Bryan first
appeared in Congress in iK-cetuber,
ls'.il, aud in March of the following
year he took on his coat, turned up his
sleeves, and proceeded to demolish the
tariff. He doubted or denied by Infer
ence that there Is any difference In
the cost of production between a free
silver country where lahor 1 10 cents
per day and the United State where
labor Is $2 per day. The tariff, he de
clared, brought the farmer nothing
anyhow, but subsequently admitted
that it was Immaterial to him (Mr.
Riyan) whether it did or not. The
tariff on wool, he contended, might as
well go first as last, and he failed to
explain why the farmers' product
should be put upon the free list aud
other commodities left dutiable. He
trotted out ax new and original thut
threadbare commonplace to the effect
that the only purpose of a protective
tariff was to transfer money from oue
man's pocket to another man's jcket.
He ignored the public benefits to the
community which have resulted from
the building up of our great inihistria
fabric, and took the untenable ground
that customs duties, levied for reveuue,
to build up the Nation, diversify it-
industries, and for the general welfare
of the people, were taxes for private
pur loses.
Nor was that all. He took the ground
that free wool, though destroying the
sheep industry, would increase the
manufacture of woolen good in this
country, which it has not, and he stub
bornly refused to believe that we can
manufacture tinplates in the United
States, although we now make over
one-third of the home consumption.
His every utterance upon the taritr is
at variance with history, statistics, and
the experience not only of the United
States, but of every other civilized na
tion. Cleveland World.
There is Nothing so Goad-
There is nothing just as good as Dr.
King's New Discovery for consump
tion, coughs and colds, so demand it
and do uot permit the dealer to sell
you some substitute. He will not
claim there is anything better, but in
order to make more profit he may
claim something else to be just as good.
You want Dr. King's New Discovery
because you know it to be safe and re
liable, and guaranteed to do good or
money refundoL For coughs, colds,
consumption and for all affections of
throat, chest and lung, there is noth
ing so good as is Dr. King's New Dis
covery. Trial bottles free at J. N. Sny
der's drug store, Somerset, or at Brali
ier's drug store, Berlin.
She Succeeded-
"There are more ways than one ta
make a living," said a. demure little
woman, with flashing brown eyes, to a
reporter. "I know a woman who was
left penniless in New York. She was.
riding on the elevated railroad oue day.
when she was struck with the same
ness of the advertisements that are
posted up in the cars. She thought
that she could write gxid advertise
ments, and she thought out a lot of
little four-liue rhymes for a ertain ar
ticle. She submitted litem to the ad
vertising manager of that firm, and
they were accejiteL and now she w
making a lot of money every year with
her verses extolling various wares."
' "Pshaw f said the blonde, who sat
next to the demure little woman- "I
know of a case right here in Butfaiu
that discounts that.''
i uon t ueiieve it, saiu tue ueiuunrr
little woman.
"Well, I do, and I'll tell you about
it to prove it. A friend of mine who
had lieen doing some newspaper work:
got the craze for writing advertise-nient-,
and she went around to a lot of
stores, only to find that they were well
supplied with people to look after that
branch of their business. She did find
one firm that was willing to let her try
her hand, and site began work. In icsst
tlian a year she was comfortably off for
the rest of her life."
"Did she invent some new style of
writing or something of the kind?''
asked the demure little woman,
"No," replied the blonde, "but she
married tht senior partner. " Buffalo
Express.
Sent it to His Mother in Genaxny.
Mr. Jacob Es!?nsen, who te in the
employ of the Chicago LiWoer Co., at
Des Moiues, Iowa, says; UI have just
sent some medicine hatk to my mother
in the old country, that I know from
personal use to be the best medicine
in the world for rheumatism, having
used it in my family for several years.
It is called Chamberlain's Pai Balm.
It always does the work." 50 cent
bottles for sale by Be uford's Pharmacy.
Cars of Eamlock Forests.
It has rten been remarked by ex
perienced woodmeu that lu-udtx-k trees,
mixed with a pine growth, die when
the pine Is cut otrand the hemlock al
lowed to stand. This is accounted for
partly by the udden exposure of tree
which have stood years in the shade
under the protection of the taller growth
of pine, and partly by the drying out
of the roots. The hemlock has a shal
low root system, and suffers severely
when the soil is dried by exposure to
the sun aud wind. The same facts
explain part of the injury which could
be avoided under forest management.
It has lieen supposed there is a kind of
affinity between pine and hemlock by
which one needs the companionship of
the other in order to attain a full growth
and maturity ; but theexplauntiou here
given seems to do away with that idea
as a pleasant fiction. It seems that
hemlock, iu the instance referred U
needs the protection of other dense
forest growths in order to conserve tha
moisture of the roots.
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What is Sail About Women.
Woman's sympathies give a tone, lit
the harp of Aeolus to the slightest
breath-Donald O. MitchelL
Among all animals, from man to th
dog, the heart of a mother Is always a
sublime thing. Alexander Dumas,
pere.
The girl who wakes the poet's sigh L
a very different creature from the girl
who makes hU soup. Frederic Sheldon.
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