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THE
First Monal Bank
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Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S24.000.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaRCE M. HICKS, GEO. R. SCULL,
JAMF.S PIUH, W. H. MILLER,
JOHN It. StXTT, ROBT. 8. SCULL,
FRED W. BIESECKEK
EDWAKD SCVLL, : : PRESIKEXT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The funds and seouritles of this bank are se
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CAPITAL,
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Chas. J. Oar risen. - President.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President
Milton J. Pritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Cashier.
Directors
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Josiah Specbt,
Win. Endsley,
Jonas M. Cok,
John StutTl,
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Jerome StuflTt,
Snyder.
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THE KEELEY CURE
Is a special konn to business aoen wbv natter J
drifted nncoiwciouKly Into the drink habit and
awaken to flr d the disaane of alcoholism fattened
nmn them. lenderin them imlIj. to manage af-
kirs requirii.r a clear brain. A four weeks
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PTTT.'iBURa KEELEY INSTTTtTE.
Ko. 4216 Fifth Atenae,
rsfvM to them all their powers, mental and
phrucaL deMrors the abnormal appeUl. and
inwom them to the condition thet were in bw
fire they lndolred In stimulants. Th is has baea
done in nv,r than KK cases treated here, and
monf them some of your own neighbors, to
whom w. can refer with eonfi lnce as to tb.
towinte nfety and efficienct of the Keeley Cnre.
rbe fuller t and most srarciiinc inreiytiin ia
n tiled, bead lor p-unjikt giving tail miurma-
UOB. .
EKPOETAJTT TO ADTXXTTSEXS.
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S OMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1898.
M Kl N LEY. THE SOLDIER.
The
Splendid Record Made
Brave Kan.
by
EE ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE.
Served ia the Same Beiriment with Ex
President Hayes, and Won Each
of His Promotions by
Hard Fighting.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Ill thU exciting political campaign it
tei'tiw remarkable that so little lias been
written or said of the most brilliant
period of the life of the Republican
candidate for the presidency
While his political caret r has been
i Bcamied, and every word that he may
have utteietl ir. Congress or on the
stump has U-en criticized and com
nientcd upon, the glorious record of his
four long years of faithful service iu the
field has barely been touched upon
Yet he was one of the bravest of sol
diers in one of the most famous regi
ments of the great war, and, while
modesty may forbid his intruding the
military portion of his life on the pub
lie, it Is, at the same time, very ques
tionahle whether he would le willing
to exchange all the political honors
that he has gained, or those that may
come to him in four years in the white
house, for the glories that cluster
around the memories of his four years
of service in the army of the 1'nion.
The regiment in which the young
soldier served, the Twenty-third Ohio
infantry, was one of the bravest and
lest, and bore upon its rolls the names
of many men who afterwards became
illustrious in the country's history
The first colonel was William S. Rwe-
crans. afterwards major general and
commander of the armies of the Ten a
esee and iX'partrueiit of the Cumber
land.
The lieutenant colonel was that
splendid soldier Stanley Matthews,
who, after the war, became a Senator
of the United States aud then eminent
as a justice of the Supreme Court.
The major was Rutherford 15. Hayes,
afterwards brigadier general, and then
Governor of Ohio and nineteenth
President of the United Suites
When the war began McKiuley, then
a boy or is, was teacuing a country
school. The first gun that sounded the
commencement of the titanic struggle
awoke in the breast of the young school
master all the fervor and patriotism
that the times called forth, and he was
one of the very first to respond to th
eall of duty, enlisting as a private sol
dier In Company E, Juue 11, IStil.
For fourteen months he carried the
mu-ket, attaining the rank of sergeant
April 1", lJi Years afterwards, in
recalling this ieritid, "Private William
MeKinley," then Governor of Ohio,
remarked to some friends: "I always
look back with pleasure upon those
fourteen months iu which I served in
the ranks. They taught me a great
dead. I was but a school boy when I
went into the army, and that first year
was but a formative period of my life,
during which I learned much of mMi
and atlairs. I have always lieeii glad
that I entered the service as a private
and served those months iu .hat ca
pacity.'' September 24, lS'ji, the sergeant was
commissioned secoud lieutenant of
company D. Five months afterwards
he U-came first lieutenant of company
E, and on July 18;4, he had risen
to be captain of company U. How
ever, uo sooner had he been commis
sioned than his value as an officer was
recognized, aud three months after re
ceiving his first commission he was de
tailed as aide-de-camp on the staff of
General Rutherford li. Hayes. From
that time until the close of the war he
served continually as a staff officer,
being at different times on the staffs of
Generals S. S. Carroll, George Crook,
afterwards the famous Indian fighter,
aud Winfield 8. Hancock, the sujierb
all of these men famous for their
fighting qualities.
He was breveted major, on the rec
ommendation of Geuerul Philip H.
Sheridan, for distinguished and gallant
conduct at Ctdar Creek and Fisher's
Hill.
With his regiment, or while on staff
daty, he fought in West Virginia, in
the Army of the Potomac under Mc
Ciellau, and in the Shenandoah Val"
ley underSheridau. He wasinallthe
early fights iu West Virginia, at South
Mountain, Autietam, receiving his
houldtT straps one week after that last
named bloody battle, aud exchanging
his musket for the sword. Hi first
battle was at Cirnifex Ferry, W.
Va., September 10, 131. Here the
Ohio school boy, his face aglow with
patriotism and hope, his heart over
flowing with love if country, stood el
bow to elbow with his schoolmates of
yesterday, his comrade of to-day,
offering his young life, as hundred of
thousand of other youths were doing,
ia defence of right, and that the re
public might not perish.
Thus, four long years he fought, in
every battle and skirmish, until the
very end, doing his whole duty, gath
ering honors and adding to his fame as
a soldier, fearless and without reproach,
fighting at Townsend's Ferry, Novem
ler 6 ; at Laurel Hill, November 12 ;
Camp Creek, May 1, 1802; New-River,
May 6 ; Pack Perry, New River, Au
gusts; in support of Pope'a army, Au
gust Vt ; battle of South Mountain, Sep
tember 14 : AntieUru, tiepteinlier 1
and 17; Cloyd's Mountain. May . 1H;
Dumllo (Jap June 8 ; Lexington, Juue
" " y , T f ,.,,
p) ; Otter Creek, June lb ; Lyuehburg,
June 1
Liberty, June 13; Bulford
(Jap, June 20 ; Salem, June 21 ; Set
Sulphur Sprinzs, J Jne 2 ; in the cam
paign against Early, July 14 to Xoveiu
U r is ; skirmish at Cableton, July l'J ;
fiaht at Snicker's Ferry, July 21 ; Win
chester and Kerustown, July 23 and
24 ; Martinslwrg, July 25 ; Berry ville,
Auxiwl 10 ; Hallwwn, August 22 ; Ber
ryA ille,H pU-mer 3, where his horse
was shot Htider him; battle of Win
chester, September 19; Fisher's Hill
September 22 ; ekiriwish at New Mark
et, October 7 ; Cedar Crack, October 13;
battle of Cedar Creek, October 19 in
all, more than thirty battle and skir
mishes in the very front, from the be
ginning to the end; from the first
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
shot until the very last mustered out
July 6, 18U.J, after more than four years
of continuous service, never missing a
day's duty or a fight. He was but 22
years of age even then, yet a veteran
of two score and ten engagements, dis
tinguished among the bravest of the
brave in the greatest war the world has
ever seen as a private soldier; know.
,!ng how to follow and oliey ; as an otli
cer, how to lead and command.
Honored and breveted by the fiery
Sheridan, when after his ride from
Winchester town, he came on the field
and found Captain MeKinley in the
storm of the Imttle calmly rallying the
disordered troji aud facing them to
the front
General George Crook says : "I have
the honor to earnestly recommend Cap-
tain ilhani MeKinley, Twenty-third
wnio infantry, for appointment to a
higher grade than his present rank for
bravery, gallantry, soldierly conduct
and distinguished services during the
campaigns of West Virginia aud Shen
andoah Valley."
General Philip H. Sheridan, "the
whirlwind with spurs," as Hancock so
aptly named him forwarded the recom
mendation of General Crook with the
following endorsement :
"IlEAlMilAKTKRS MlKDl.K MILITA
RY Division, February 1, 1SG5. Ik-
sjiectfully forwarded to the adjutant
general of the army approved. The
appointment recommended Is well de
served."
The recommendations of Generals
Crook and Sheridan were endorsed and
approved by Lieutenant General Grant,
and the Private MeKinley of Ivjl
came home with the leaves of a major
on his shoulder straps.
No wonder that now, thirty years af
ter the echo of the last gun has died
away among the hills, and the smoke
of the last battle has been lifted from
the valleys of our land, that all the
glories of the old days come vividly
tack t- the veterans when one of their
own comrades is again in the front.
With him they again get in line, touch
elbows, "guide right ' aud march to
victory, feeling that one who stood
with them in the ranks in the fire of
the lattle, offering his life for his coun
try, can well be trusted to take com
maud and lead the republic to a still
more exalted position among the na
tions of the earth.
Hence the remarkable spectacle that
we now witness of the old soldiers all
over the land spontaneously and unan
imously uniting to elect their comrade,
Private William MeKinley, soldier,
hero and statesman, to the highest
office in the gift of the people, and it
is most grati lying .also to oliserve that
the former fix's, ex-cbnfet'.erate soldiers,
have, by the thousands, voluntarily
tendered to him their loyal support in
tlii.s campaign.
Stand up, Mr. Bryan.
Mr. William J. Bryan and the other
gentlemen named, or any other advo
cate of free silver coinage is now chal-
enged to answer these questions:
FirsL If those who now oppose you
will support you in legislation foropen-
ng the mints of the United States to
the free coinage of silver bullion at the
ratio of 1G to 1, coupled with a repeal
of the legal tender provision by which
these dollars are now given a forced cir-
ulatiou, will you accept that measure'
If you do not accept, then-
Second. Is not your advocacy of the
free coinage of silver bullion at the ratio
of 16 to 1 wholly insufficient for your
purpose?
Third. Do you nt intend to main
tain an act of legal tender under which
ou and your supporters intend to force
the iieople of this country to accept
tandard silver dollars at the ratio of
"J in gold whether you succeed or
not in raising the bullion value of sil-
er to that price iu gold ?
To Mr. Bryan certain questions must
be put in yet more distinct terms. You
have been a conspicuous advocate of
personal liberty and of free trade in
sds. On what ground do you and
our supporters propose to deprive the
people of this country of free trade or
free choice in money ? On what ground
o you deny the right of private con
tract? Ou what ground do you propose
to deprive the workman, who can not
ait, but must make a contract for the
future payment of wages, of the right
to demand good money made of gold, or
money which will buy the greatest
quantity of goods in this or any other
country? By what right and on what
ground do you force any one to take vil
er dollars at 1.2: whether their bull
ion value is equal to that or not?
In other words, the writer does not
hesitate to assert that any man who
supports the free coinage of silver at It
to 1 without explaining that in addition
to legislation to that effect, his purpose
can not be accomplished without a legal
tender act forcing those dollars into use,
is misleading the community. He is
therefore keeping back an essential part
of his plan, and is not entitled to credit
or support for that reason. Edward
Atkinson.
Free Silver and Pensions.
Uncle Sam paid out in 1S&5 ?140,."!,
000 to 970,524 pensioners. Of these 7-V.-9-jI
were invalid soldiers' and 219,5i7
widows, orphans, etc. The pensions
averaged fl4o each.
Pensions are paid in the "dollar" the
law knows. If the law called 51 cents
a dollar the pensioner would get 145
sucfi "dollars." If the law called 10
cents a dollar, the pensioner would get
14-5 such "dollars."
No matter bow "cheap" the dollar
might bo, the pensioner could get no
more dollars. That is a sure fact
But the cheap dollar would buy less
the clieaper it got With a half-price
dollar the pensioner could buy only
half as much with bis dollar. Cheap
money would cut .ensians in half.
Every jiensioner who receives a dol
lar ought to vote to keep that dollar as
good as gold.
Fvery soldier who fought in the war
for the honor of his country ought to
vote for the honor of the country now.
Catarrh is a constitutional disease
and requires a constitutional remedy
like Hood's Sarsaparilla, which puri
fies the blood.
Under the free coinage at 16 to 1, the
"In God We Trust" should be added
for the other 47 cents.
I f T' T
Oppressing the Poor.
Kroia the Philadelphia Record
Mr. Bryan and Governor Altg-dd in
their frantic efforts to foment jealousies
and hatreds among the peopl
on all occasions that the masses are sys
tematically oppressed and despoiled by
the terrible "money power" in its in
fluence upon the legislation of the eoun
try. If there be truth in this, who are
responsible for It ? The people of the
United States choose their own repre
sentatives and make their own laws, so
that whenever iniquities and wrongs in
legislation exist they have themselves
alone to blame. The rich few, the
"gold bugs" and the monopolists, could
not dominate over the ieople iiorop-
press them. They can not Ik; oporess-
ed by government or legislation except
with their own consent. Hence the
assertion of the Rryans and Allgelds is
an absurd paradox, as it amounts to
nothing more than the charge that the
American people are oppressing them
selves.
There is no dispute that in the exer
cise of the legislative power the people
have unintentionally done many
wrongs. The history of Congress and
of theStato Legislatures is full of ex
amples of the injustice of the people to
themselves down to the most recent
days. If trusts aud monopolies in
trade have attained exorbitant power
it Is because the people have so willed
it But, after all, there has beeu great
progress. The Hon. John L. Thomas,
Assistant Attorney General of the Post
O.'ilce Department, has taken the pains
to review the legislation, Federal aud
State, in the last fifty years for the
amelioration of the condition of the
masses of the people. The result of his
labors is to confound the demagogues
who chatter about the systematic ex
ploitation of the poor by the rich few
through the agency of legislation and
government What are the facts?
Imprisonment for debt is unknown to
this generation. The laws exempt
homesteads and a large amount of per
sonal proerty from execution for debt
and lieu laws give to mechanics and
laborers security for their wg-s. Poor
Iersous are allowed to sue in the Courts,
Federal and State, without the pay
ment of costs or the giving of security
for costs. These Courts appoint attor
neys to defend such persons without
compensation, and in some instances
the Courts are directed by law to enter
jndgment to cover attorney fees in fa
vor of a laborer who has had to bring
suit to recover his wages or enforce his
rights against a corporation.
Eight hours, aud in some instances
seven hours, constitute a day's labor in
the public service or on public works.
In the administration of insolvent es
tates the wages of labor are preferred
claims, and in some cases wages are
made preferred claims generally.
Persons in the public service are al
lowed payment for national holidays,
the 1st of January, the 2Jd of Februa
ry, Memorial day, the Fourth of July,
Election daj, Thanksgiving day and
Christmas. Employes in the public
service are allowed leave of absence,
with pay, for fifteen days, and in some I
instances thirty days, and an additional I
thirty days for sickness of themselves
and families. I
The imjsrtation of laborers under I
contract, the coolie trade, the labor of! spectable Santa Claus, the more wel
convicts of the United States aud the I wine for not waiting until Christmas.
immigration of the Chinese have been
prohibited by law. Boards of arbitra- j
tion for the settlement of lalmr dis
putes, Federal and State, have been cre
ated. Common schools secure to all
children an education at public ex
pense. In many States the laws regulate
passenger and freight rates, aud ware
house and elevator charges. Federal
and State Commissions have been es
tablished to ujervlse railroad traffic
and prevent unjust discriminations.
Railroads are required to fence in their
lines or pay double damages for the re
sults of failure to ft nee.
State laws have reduced the rate of
interest and extended the time for re
demption after foreclosure of mortgage.
Manufacturers and mine owners are
required to provide for the safety, health
and comfort of their employes. In
many States it is a misdemeanor to
blacklist a poor man who has been dis
charged or has failed to pay his debts;
and it is a misdemeanor to threaten to
sue a debtor by a postal card through
the mails.
Commissioners of labor, Federal and
State, are appointed to gather statistics
with a view to the amelioration of the
ooudition of the working people. The
incorporation of labor organizations,
formerly discouraged, is authorized by
law. Seeds to the value of $1.'),UUU,000
are annually distributed gratis by Con
gress among the farmers.
The list is by no means exhausted.
While some of the legislation for ihe
people is fantastic end some of it uuga
tory, it has been enacted by the people
themselves and for themselves. Let
the Bryans and Altgelds show, if they
can, what laws have been pxtsed ex
pressly or ostensibly fir the benefit of
he few against the many! In every
instance the avowed object of the law
is to promote the general good; and in
very instance the people have the
power to prevent legislation inimical to
their own interests. If the railroads
have not yet been placed under the
ownership of the Government, as the
Bryans and Altgelds recommended.
this has not been due to the power of
the few, but to the common sense of
the people themselves.
Admitting that many inequalities
and iniquities iu legislation still exist
what remedy is to be found in the pro
gramme of the Popocrats? Would not
the free coinage of a base money reflect
upon the whole people an intolerable
brood of evils from which they are now
happily exempt? Instead of the pros
perity promised by the programme of
Bryati and his delu led a liierent, it
would bring repudiation, ruin and an
archy in iu train.
Ta Irrigate the Desert
From the liosUin Courier.
Jones "What do you think of that
project of the Enterprise Brewing
Compady?"
Robison "What is it?"
Jones "They propose to establish a
branch in the Desert of Sahara and
open beer saloons at each oasis."
eralc
Blessings for Fanners.
The sudden revolution in the condi
tion of Western farmers will probably
have an important influence upon the
election in many States. Without it,
before it began, the election of McKin
ley was regarded ascertain, but in eight
or ten Western States the poverty and
discontent of many farmers, and their
anxiety for some relief, provided the
field which free silver demagogues
worked with all their might, and from
which they hoped to raise a large crop
of votes. For that expected crop the
change in conditions is as destructive
as a six weeks' drouth for wheat or cot
ton. Since July 1 the farmers have not
only harvested remarkably large crojw,
but have seen the prices of farm prod
ucts advance beyond theirexjiectatiti.is.
In consequence, they are no longer in
the humor to look with favor ou any
desperate step that dishonest dema
gogues may suggest, but listen with en
lightened contempt to the cry that pri
ces can not rise and farmers must be
ruined unless free coinage of silver can
be secured.
Wheat is not the only product raised
by farms. A recent analysis in an ag
ricultural journal of high repute makes
the value of the wheat crop only almut
a seventh of the value of all farm pro
ducts. But the practical question for
the farmer Ls whether he can sell, of the
staple proaucts wnicli command a
J ready market, all that he has to spare
at prices which yield a profit. Among
the crops which are relied upon to bring
In money, wheat and cotton sell most
largely, but cattle, hogs, corn and oats
are also important. The portion of all
these, and of vegetables, fruits and
many other products, which is consum
ed on the farms or exchanged nearby
for current supplies, goes to cover part
of the cot of living aud of producing
things sent to market.
Since July 1 gotd cattle have risen
about 7-1 cents, or 17 per cent., at Chic
ago; hogs have advanced 30 cents there
aud 2-j at Kansas City, or aU.ut 8 per
cent; corn has advanced 14' cents at
Kansas City, or N per cent, and oats 2
rT cent, or 13 cents. Similar quota
tions might be given of other markers
close to the farms. Cotton has advanc
ed half a cent here, a sixteenth less at
New Orleans, but three quarters of a
c-nt at Galveston. Tiie rise in wheat,
as was shown Wednesday, has been
from l: to 2i cents per busheL Every
one ofthe.se changes has given millions
of dollars to the farmers. They ppba-
bly have S,0X),0lK) bushels of wheat
yet to sell, on which the rise at 19 cents
would be f7,qpo,000. probably there
are yet 7),M,(m bales of cotton to be
moved, on which half a cent advance
would mean S17,V)3,iXW. The small
rise in corn, on only the part not used
for feeding or otherwise on farms,
would be worth Hi.OW.O'M or more.
the rise In oats about $S,000,000,
and the rise in cattle and hoirs
marketed at least J.Jj.OW.OilO. These
are only rough approximations, as
quanties yet to be marketed are nev
er precisely known ; but it seems clear
that as much as 131,0i,0. has been
added to the profits of farmers by the
rise in prices of their products. If
Mark Hauna has done all this, as sil-
ver demaosrues are asserting, he has
been to American farmers, a very re-
The farmers are not losing money, as
the record of steady increase in value
of farms has proved. Even at the low
est prices yet reached, the farmers con
tinue to put in seed for larger crons of
wheat and cotton than have ever been
consumed, which plainly indicates that
they realise some profit, though at
such prices a very narrow one. But if
wheat grown on farms In Nebraska
and the Dakotas brought last Decem
ber about 4) cents, and in Minnesota
and Kansas about V cents, as official
reports of farm prices show, then yield
ing little if any profit, the addition of
19 to 26 cents per bashel is not an ad
vance of about half in farmers' gains,
but is all of it clear profit At an aver
age yield of only twelve bushels to the
acre, it would mean from $22-i to $3 12
per acre, which is iu effect al ling l)
or $'0 per acre to the actual value of
wheat lan.k N. Y. Tribune.
A Judicial Forecast
Ji'ew York World, Anti-Bryan Pern.
First Mr. McKinley'selection is cer
tain. As the World showed over two
months ago in iu "nutshell illustration
and map, he Is reasonably sure of the
seventeen Eastern and Middle States-
New England, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Ohio, Ind'ana, Illinois, Michigan, Wis
consin and Iowa.- They cast 229 elec
toral votes five more than a majority.
Secoud Mr. Bryan is reasonably
sure of seventeen States. He will get
every State that fully or partially en
tered the Confe eracy South Caroli
na, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Missis
sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri
and Texas. IJe will get every silver
mining State Nevada, Colorado, Utah
Idaho and Montana. Those seventeen
States oast 14o electoral votes.
Third Of the remaining eleven
States, four Kentucky, Minnesota.
West Virginia and North Dakota are
also certain for MeKinley. They cast
31 electoral votes. They were not in
cluded with the seventeen MeKinley
States because their votes are not need
ed, and the simplicity of the compari
son Is greater without them. They
will increase Mr. McKinley's vote from
229 to 26). ThU leaves seven States to
be accounted for California, Oregon,
Washington, Wyoming, South Dakota,
Kansas and Nebraska. The probabili
ties are that Mr. Bryan will get the
most of their 42 electoral votes.
Fourth The next Senate will have a
small but secure majority for sound
money. The next House of Represen
tatives will have a working Republi
can majority. The MeKinley admin
istration will therefore have the power
to make law.
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The soothing, lung-healing virtues
of the newly cut pine are all embodied
in Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup,
the sovereign remedy for coughs aud ;
colds, and lung troubles of all sorts.
WHOLE NO. 2301.
Shameless Appeal To Dishonesty.
From the New York Knn (Uein).
the president of a national hank in
Indiana sends us a copy of a circular
issued by the Bryan managers to some
- i the farmers in certain districts of that
state. The fanners who receive the cir
cular are those whose names appear in
the county records as debtors; that is to
say, farmers whose farms are mortga
ged. Here is the document
A BIM.MKH PKOPtiMTlOX. IS THERE
A MOKTJA(.K OX YOl'R FA KM ?
"Are you in debt? If so, vote for
Bryan. It is quite simple to prove that
if we sell ia Kurie for gold or a two.
iiuiHin-d-.-ciit dollar, we can exchange
our gom lor sliver ana pay our.leOLs in
toe meatier com. i our wheat and corn
will bring you twice as much of the
cheaj-r dollars. It is true it will double
the price of everything you have to buy.
but it will be made up by the price of
wnai you navt- lo sell. It will not
double yur debts but on the other
hand reduce them one-half. Think of
tins question seriously, and on election
uay vote for i;ryau,
"H I'M AN IT Y AND PROSPERITY."
In this shameless appeal to dishon
esty, the Bryan equation is reduced to
its simplest terms. There is nothing
else In his argument for the fifty-tent
dollar. It is fitting that in the last
weeks of the campaign his "business
proposition" should be presented to the
farmers of the West, without attempt
at palliation, aud stripped stark naked.
The Indiana farmers are requested to
think of this question seriously. They
will do so, never fear! The farmers of
Vermont considered it seriously, and
gave tiieir answer. The farmers of
Maine studied it, and replied with em
phasis to the authors of the "business
proposition."
Honesty ls not a matter of latitude
and longitude. East or West, mortga
ged or free, the American farmer, in
the vast majority of cases, is an honest
citizen, and will vote as such.
Have People so Soon Forgottea the
Paa:c of 1S33T
M-st nu n have short memories, but
it can hardly be possible that the Am
erican people have forgotten the great
financial panic of lvcj. Whatever the
original caases may have been, and on
this point there are different opinion-
it is agreed by all authorities that the
long period of business depression, fail
ing hanks, closed factories and idle
workers which began in that year was
precipitated by the imminent danger
that, owing to the operations of the
Sherman silver purchase law, the coun
try would be unable to maintain the
gold ataudanL Timid investors had
seen xith alarm the growing volume
oi suver ceriincaies, Oasetl on bullion
which was s'eudily falling in value.
They began to call in their loans and
deposits in Intnks. Some weak banks
were unable to respond, and failed.
This increased the demand for money,
and more loans were withdrawn. It
soon became almost impossible to se
cure money on any terms; depositors
rushed to the banks, which in turn
were compelled to susw-nd cash pay
ments, and wilespread disaster follow
ed. These things should be fresh in
the recollection of every man who will
vote in Noveml.tr.
In 1 C, the sound money representa
tives of both political parties in Con
gress worked together to repeal the
Sherman law. There is much greater
need this year for a union of all who
are opposed to the financial delusions
of the free silver and fiat money advo
cates. The issue of a limited amount
of silver certificates brought ruin and
bankruptcy. Far worsa result would
follow the opening of our mints to the
free and unlimited coinage of all the
silver uf the world.
'So Much a Save.
Benjamin Harrison's Speech.
There Is another proposition I want
to say a word about Mr. Bryan has
ppoken, with some contempt, of those
people who, he says, have been for
thirty years saving this country at "so
much a save." To whom did he al
lude? These veterans who escorted me
to the stand? That band of Union
veterans which has recently been trav
eling over the country spcakiug to the
people, aud especially their comrades,
on theae great issues? Did he mean
that gallant man, that heroic patriot,
that man of God. General Howard.
who gave an arm to this country in the
war? Did he mean gallant old Gen
eral Sickles, who gave a leg to this
country in the war? Or did he mean
Corpora! Tanner, who gave both legs
to his i-ountry in the war? Did he
mean these men by that term of re
proach "men who have been saving
the country every year for thirty years
at 'so much a saver " Those men,
their sons, their fathers, their mothers,
are all interested that the honor and
u.g.iuy aii.ijus,consiiiuuonai powers
of 'this Government shall be preserved.
uej iubj w siiwrm at oy me young I
man from Nebraska, Imt they will not
be frightened hvaneers. men sk f;l
the belching mouths of cannou that
their country might live.
Couldn't Be Cone.
The orator was anxious for an honest
opinion as to his speech.
"To be frank with you," said the
friend to whom it had been submitted.
"I think it Is too long. Now, if you
had cut the nonesense out of it "
"Cut the nonesense out of it !" roared
the orator excitedly. "Impossible.
"But why ?"
"Why? Why? Hang it all, it's
a free silver speech, and what do you
suppose would be left ?" Chicago Pot.
Did You Erer
TryEleetrie Bitters as a remedy for
your troubles.' If not, get a bottle now
and get relief. This medicine has been
found to be jicculiarly adapted to tlie
relief and cure of ail letiiale complaints,
exerting a wonderful direct influence,
giving strength and tone to the organs.
If you have low of appetite, constipa
tion, headache, fainting spells, or are
nervous, sleepless, excitable, melau
choly or troubled with dizzy spells,
Electric Bitters is the medicine you
need. Health and strength are mar-
anteed by its use. Fifty cents and $1.00
at SnydW'a drug store, Somerset or at
BralllerV drug store, Berlin.
A Talk About Perfumes.
The four animal srenta employed in
the manufacture of p.-rfuinesare mu.-k,
civet, castor ami am U-rgrls, which
comes from the sperm wlml-. Civet i
becoming nint p pular an 1 is edging
the others -c t-tor is wdl nigh olnolete
to the wail, but musk is the most dis
tinguished of all four, and for years un
told has been the basU of all choice
-ent.
The three kinds of musk found in
the American market vary in price ac
cording to the quality of each. The
Russian musk, from iu comparative
poverty In fragrance, does not sell for
more than ?1.25 an ounce; the Assam,
next in value, has a strong, rank odor,
and brings about 14.50 in the pl,
while the Chinese musk, the most
prized, selin in the pod f r i an ounce.
Two ounces of icrain musk added to
one gallon of rectified spirits will, after
a month's maceration, give the com
mercial extra, t of ruuk, which U
used for mixing w.th otli r p-rfum-s,
w hereby its od.r is m-diiled according
to taste by its association with various
attars. When a perfumer wishes to
disinfect a mortar in which musk
grains have been ruMs-d has t
pound bitter almonds iu it
The history of mis' dale's back to
the early Egyptian period, when it
was a chief factor in the eruialming
prrjcess, and later in the days of the
Crusades. It was among the precious
relics sent by the Sultan Saladin to the
Greek ruler of Constantinople. It for
merly held a high reputation a a med
icine, and is still used among the in
habitants of the east as a precious and
reviving drink. It is statist that the
Russian Emperor Nicholas n his
d-ath bed drank a is.tiou of nuk.
It is related that Napoleon was disgus
ted and irritated by its strong odor
which permeated Josephine's boudoir
and articles of her wardrobe.
An extravagant and luxurious Turk
ish ruler umlerst.s.d the undying vola
tile properties of this strange product
when he had seer-ted in the walls of
his harem musk grains mixed with the
cement The scent of musk is wonder
fully diffusive and subtle, the articles
in its vicinity soon becoming impreg
natid with it and long retaining its
olor. Of the famous nosegays that
have muk for their Ikl-Is are the Em
press Eugenie's, "the Fleur D'ltalie,"
which has also the dntly aniln-rgrLs a.s
an ingredient: 'Voo.i solet" a.nl
West End." Of the dry perfumes
sachets nearly alt have grains of inu-k
mixed In their compouuds, whil e
among exjiensive scented soaps, such
as Paris, "Windsor," which owes its
great reputation among the elite to the
delightful odor, is sinio.V the dulv
modified fragrance of mu.-k.
So it is that the choiee-t grades of
perfume tho-e rn t coveted by our
grand dames of fa.-:.ion, who priil
themselves that their arti-ticaily high
bred no-es can detect vulgarism even
in toilet waters are misled. "heir
favorites have but in reality a n rt
p!el-ian origin. For n mutter how
many delightful attars of violets, rts ,
tut roses and jasmine, lavender, ver
bena, ca.sia and orange flowers h-nd
their fleeting sweet aromas to "bou
quets," they would be but airy, indefi
nite and unsuiejtantial without the
penetrating, staying power of the gros
ser elements, such as are obtained from
the nauseous civet cut, 'the diseased
sperm whale and the odoriferous musk
deer of the animal world. Philadel
phia Times.
Passing of the Erakemaa
The rapidly progr-.-ing disappear
ance of the railroad brakeman as a nec
essary adjunct of the handling of a
train has been a natural result of im
provements that have made the work
he performed practically aLtn;atic.
It is curious, also, that largely to the
same agency is attributed the marked
decline in the num r of ca-ualities to
these braketuen and other railroad em
ployes. IU-ports to Congress by the
Inter-State Commerce Conmissior.
how that during the la.-4 ear l,s-rj
employes of American railroads were
killed and 23,422 injured, while durintj
the previous year the iiumU-r kilie-1
was 2,71") and the injured :;2,0. The
eomnisaioners adsr.it that some oftLw
decrease is due to greater efficiency
among the men, but the larger icrtion
by far is accounted for by the increased!
use of these automatic ap.liauees.
The goveruia-nt has officially recog
nized the effectiveness of these im
provements in reducing the dangers of
operating railroads to the lowest limit
by including in the Inter-S'.ate Com
merce law a mandatory provision that
all railroads must ".-.stim their ersi
with automatic and continuous brakes
and couplers, and their locomotive
with driving w heel brakes," In olili-
ence to this regulation nearly one-half
of the l,2oo,WiJ freight and eal cars in
use are provided now with these appli
ances, and all, with few exceptions, of
the 2,001) passenger cars and M,nx mail
and baggage ears are similarly equip
ped.
If Troubled With Eheumataat Head
This.
An.vvpoi.is, Md., April 1 I
have used Chamia-rlaiu's 1'aia Uahu
for rheumatism and found it to all thai
is claimed for iL I believe it to W the
best preparation for rheumatism and
deep seuted muscular pains on the
market anil i-heerfiillv r.-..mmuil !
to the oublic. Jm is P.e..o,s
in Ut l N),
Street
AI- "LAI TIII-
Mfx ii.vnusvii.lj-, St. Mary county,
Md. I sold a bottle of ChamU rlain'
Pain Balm to a man who had been
suffering with rheumatism for several
years. It made him a welt man. A.
J. Mt GiLL. For sal,, at cents per
bottle by lien for i's Pharmacy.
If your children are subject
to croup watch for the first svmr-
tom of the disease hoarseness. If
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given
as soon as the child becomes hoarse it
will prevent an attack. Even after th
croupy cough has aptwared the attack
can always be prevented by givin
this remedy. It is also invaluable for
voids and whooping cough. For sale)
by Beuford's Pharaiaey.
The Darlington, Wis., Journal mj
editorially of a pt)lar pnteut medi
cine: "We know from txperiencv; that
Chamlierlaiu's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea IU-medy is all that is claim
ed for it as on two occasion ic .topped
excruciating pains, possibly naved o
from an untimely grave. We would
not rest over night without it in th
house." This remedy undoubtedly
aves more pain and suffering tiias
any other medicine in th world.
Every family should keep it in tb
house, for it is sure to be needed sooner
or later. For aal by Benford' Ptre
macy.
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