r y -~.,~.. F y..., ,~. u- is , L uxus : ESTABLISHED 1818. } VOLUME I. atiocellimano. I only Reliable Gift Distribution in the country! $75 7 000 VALUABLE GIVTS! TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN Dal SINE'S 164th _REGULAR MONTHLY EN L. GI f ENTERPRISE! ut. drawn Monday. November S2th, 1873 ONK GRAND CASH PRIZE OF 5,000 IN GOLD UNE GRAND CASH PRIZE OF 5.000 IN SILVER \! Two Prizes $l,OOO e - ach in Greenbacks! Six Prizes $5OO each, in Greenbacks 1 Ten Prizes $lOO each in Greenbacks t 1,000 Gold and Silttr Lerer Bunting Watches (VP all). worth from f.'2o to VCO eade to:L. silver Vest Chaim, Solid and Double-plated Silver-ware, Jewelry, &c., &c. N..in')er of Gifts 10,000: Tickets limited to 75,000! A .ENTS WAN I'ED TO SELL TICKETS, to Liberal Premiums wi!l he paid. Tickets $1; Six Tickets $5 ; Twelve Tckep slt) ; Twenty:Five Tickets f,20., t';rculars containing a full list of prizes, a de ription of the manner o f drawing, and other in ,rmation in refererce to the Distribution, will be p•-rit , o any one ordering them. All letters must addressed to 711 AIN ()FEICE L. D. t•INE, lot Wext Firth St., ri.hcildnati., O. A UDITOR'S NOTICE In the ('curt of Com - Ilion Plea.* of Beaver coop . 7"r: No. 2, t-eptember term, 1:373 James JohnFton vs. Milo Reed. Nepember 3, IST:i, on Petition of Chamb , ,rlin Whi„tr, E.sq . Sherftl of Beaver,-ronlity, the Court appoln . . U. A. Small, Es , (l , an kuditor to make die trthution of the proceed+ of eale \on tke shove re Ctted wnt A trne extract from the record. Atte-t— JOHN CAI GREY. The auditor shove named will attend to the du or_lair appointment at his. ofilee in the Court Hoige, 'Bea ver, Pa., on Tuesday the 21st day of t•ctoher, 1873. at 10 o'clock. A. M , when and v. - here all parties interested ma• attend. . A. SMALL, Auditor. oc:-,%b G WATER STREET. ROCHESTER, P A LEKLY RECEIVING A FRESH SUPPLY GOODS IN EACH OF THE FOLLOW ING DEPARTMENTS: ).11. - T - 1G - DUDS :tn,l C'9l4)rvd and P,.trnd PaLnek, Mcriti() , , P hen=!1:1n~~ Lawn , . Water Pruol.-. NVoolcn 'Shawls, :11 - .(1 Black. Muslim:, Ci Ticking, Canton Flannels, Jaaonets, Table Linen, Irish Linen, Millinery Goods, Ribbons and Flowers, Hats and a',e^tion to lqi-inesfa, and by keepinz ..:.r.\ WI bar <t a well assorted stock of - the duff •rent kinds usually kept in a tie und,:sit.rned h.)pew in the in v.t to mei it and, receive a liberal ;!..• 1;10 , 1,c t .a•lona l ze 71Alti SILVERMAN. MOE i-:~c•(•ldtOt Notice .JLHH,! (. Jloey, dce'd . to ti 4 tat,. of the hotimttli 4.1 ( - I:l'.*, in r \ Yr. :11%'1 Stjt ,• of PVIIII.yIV:Miti, ! 1 , .•r1i 'Z'allt o (l - to the rnh-cribcrs. !t. leh• .41 to Said e?-tatt.t aro re tnvnt. nd thn,. (tt tio• e?•ltite. of H n 1;: to• 1:no‘.‘1: the itt• ?„ .1 AN; F. , Al EN. towm4itp. It It -iEV. Ewing't Milk, A ih•gheny au;r27-6w MIMI \" !C,l ME iI( )ITsAND DOLLARS I ity of Fort Scott, .t , taotla one and-a-ithiF story stone c. , ntairdng, 'van wed-tinlshed Ti r lots are neatly d. Ad h..ve on them , •n-,0•,(1 ~lar-' worth of t•hrnhbery and tr -. ape arbor soft fe'.2s( l . cot•T t 4:f); sLaine. uLd wo;,d and q - cal house. I,_ ' 1 , n,ured for upwatds of four - c tt.h: ba'lnce In (int, two and t .ul, purl iculart• rtddre-e. BLIT'fON Clre of Petinywitt & llrl. Lock Box SlO, Washing,ton s D. C l' 0 emingpr 1 AV 00 SILVERMAN. (•61H , r2 Jewelry, Counterpanes, Hosiery, Gloves & Mits. _., 1-- r • illf ' • 0 11:1 A , , EMI b 1 .. L.. PIMI4/6/:r.) ICVICR.Y ght Ulm gdigto and Nadiiid. 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Oct. 4, 1873 The great et:lints of the Local Optiunists to carry the city of Philadelphia this fall, have met with a very powerkil practical illustration cif the necessity for some re straint on liquor traffic, in a horrible trag ecy, which took place in our midst no Tuesday night. Mr. Thomas Brown Parker, a gentleman of high connections and great wealth, de liberately ehot his wife while she lay sleeping quietly in het' bed with her baby beside her, after which this drunken cow ard put a bullet through his own brains, if he had any, which is decidedly ques. tionable. Mr. Thomas Parker is the brother of J. Brown Parker, wLo married a Pitt sbugh lady, lifts Richards, who was left by his father's wil - rite trustee of his brother's the intended murderer, and it is alleged that his attempt to kill his wife was induced by anger against her for re fusing to join him in atempts to break the trust. Certain it is that there had been trouble between them on account of money matters. They occupied separate apartments, and three %omen servants slept in the room adjoining Mrs. Parker's apparently for her protection. On the night of this great outrage to lady did not waken until the pistol ball had pene trated her eye. She rushed to the ser vants' room, all of whom were afraid to face the infuriatelkmadman, as was the gardener whom they called. He howev er, summoned the police, who with the phys.icians entered together. Blinded and agT4ized from her wounds, Mrs. Parker prayed some one to rescue her child from ire father's grasp, but nol, one of the four servants who had eaten of her bread 111:144 partaken of her k badness -av#d venture a little to save her child. When the police arrived, however, the baby was found sleeping peacefully through it all. Mr. Park , ' lived elegantly, surround ed by all 41,e/luxuries incident to great wealthrhli income being fifty thousand dollars per annum. Mrs. Parker still lies in great danger ; she willl certainly lose the use of her eye. Mr. l Parker had for years indulged in constahiPplingovbieh habit had been the primal cause of this sad event. The family say that he had not been drinking fOr the iist six week-s, but this fact, id no-t make the loss, of an eye any more satisfactory to his unlucky victim. It about time that the public brutality of a certain class of men to their, wives shoull cease. YesterdayZanother atrectiont.rte husband was sent to prison for a year for holding the partner of his joys and sorrows on a raliroal track .whOe a locomotive was approachipV . Fortun ately she was rescued by p•isse'rs-`)y, who were attracted by lisq , screams. Iler band :aid he was iu fun, but the court did not see itln that light and sent him to play his practical jokes where they would be less dangerous to others. The money panic has occupied public attention during the past ten days to file -exclusion of almost every other topic. The suspension of Jay Cooke & &o. has acted like a touch on the top brick Orts.(te pile i leading off a whole line to tiLle . on top of each other. I heard a promi nent capitalist say yesterday that the above firm would not pay gore than fifty cents on the dollar, basing filsjvinion on the fact that their money was all invested in Northern Pacific Railroad bonds, from which it would be impossible to get -re. BE BEAVER, EINI 4-"rz _.--- ' \ turns. Be that u sentiment here in regard to Mr. that of regret for and sympathy with idli misfortune. In prosperity he was the upright, deVout and earnest patron of every good cause. He gave a tithe of Mel income in deeds of charity, maintained a summer resort for delicate clergymen in his beautiful country seat at "Put In Bay." ; he kept at his own expense a missionary, who traversed the worst parts of our city and freely relieved want ; he gave the most liberal encouragement to art and science, and in his private relations was the most exemplary of men. If Mr. Cooke had a fault it was his sectarianism, for he taught himself a Bible class of one hundred and fifty grown men every Sun day evening. But while regretting the, absorption of the moral element of a neighborimod by any one religious de nomination, it is due to this excellent gentleman to say that all who differed with him were treatefi with consideration and respect ; and be helped liberally wsi l at his purse every cause Whose advo tea were honest and sincere. 4 is melabc oly to see a man of this sort hampered by ex • tranerms circumstances while en . M y scampi piospefind abound, end it:ri's ein cerely to be hoped that the, temporary embarrassments of this powerful firm will speedily pass away and<their fitld of usefulness be restored. The Fidelity Sa:v ing Fund stood firm and saved a rush elsewhere. The Pennsylvania Trust Company, Mr. Lindey Smith President, had not even the apprehension of a run. This fevewd life of a great city wonid be unendurable were it not fur our public amusements, for which the popular taste has become so great that at least one third of the population may be seen wend ing this way at night to some place of resort. At Walnut St. Theatre, the cour teous manager, Mr. Hall has beelasagicitinik enoup to secure Latta fofreitheuts* - and lest lif acme shall ash-Wit i: firkitta, ' I must answer, one of - the fibitlbeantiful and sensational of actresses. She is still very young and possesses a fund of vitali ty most delightful to her audience. Her real nrme is Crabtree. This week she has played in Fire Fly and Zip. In Fire-Fly her character is that of a french woman, wonderfully brave and beautiful, who does unheard of things in the way of val• or and Snail dies to save her lover, who is her superior in rank and in love witb the - I"rincess Courts, which part is taken by Rose Ward, the leading lady at the Wal nut street theatre. This litter is a charm ing actress, graceful and talented. The male characters of this play are all well sustained, particularly Marshal McDon ald by the inimitable Bliley. The thea tre itself has been all refurnished and ele gantly fitted up; and the beautiful up holstry by which manager Hall is sur rounded in his chnrning reception roiim, as well is his ag*,able appearaace-and 1 obliging manners, are as far frrim the original of the Remorseless Baron in ai Dickens' novel, as c. well be imagined. l At the museum a newl play will be brought nut by one of your n izhbort, Mr. Bailey Campbell—the name of which is " .RN.' The character of a Lifcr&surance A.''ge tj t , which will be presente I by , the amusing commediat Mr. Davidge. is one of the features. The city is 611 of Masons. To night is their grand balliribe Academy of Mu sic. To-morrocr'thelT gran parade will take place. All this is supplemental to the dedecation of theirjrnagnidceut new building at Broad and Filhe,rt P str i eeis. It ll \ is estimated that at least ten thousand men wilt walk in procession on this occataton r . It may perhaps seem inappropriate to oention_the Convention in connection with', e amilsernents, but the truth is that r body seems to enjoy - .them riiQ l .e than these same honorable members. lan re ,, ard to their work they hive got all Elio ii 4-143 throalOhe sec )11c1 reading antriCt r . ; now en r l . uxtel,,? thc_! third Mr 111 )rton, will is an adiniriihie sp..aler, and wh was i.xpec el to Belk, bees 1) ,, t c.:::(1 ts WI )rti bed on Fut slay a col )real ciclogstlirin ( - .,1 T-d upon him at the Hall in rerird to '_\;,•-x ()rleani matters. Tut.!.ie colored brathern had t meeting at 11, , rticlIturAl Hall la 4 nigh w11,2r1 t`ley were La IrCiic•l, by Gen. I,,rythr, who is considered a very smart Itllow. '.lll list 'utter I forgot to mentiAn that fashions, turtgazines and booki, describing patterns can be had gratuitously by applying by person or letter to !qr. H mlin, N. 1113, Chestnut As these things are very useful st reet d may be deircd by. your readers I agei❑ reft.r to it. One of tilt.; tallented .y )ung orators who is attracting attention ti i the temperance cause, is William Y Leader, of this city. He is a clpiir and forcible speaker, and seems at enide to se cure the sympathy of his audience. Enzai. IZEI co of Argos and Radical. Gtovs ' D. - Oct:0 .4 ' 1878. t. :,', • ..., . roiltborized capital of the Nortifirtn e.tit h . 4 ; ~..., ~- ' ,- - , ' . . Railroad, the institution that 1..r.,..-..-f • • ‘ 1. -' Jay Cooke A Co., and preciplta ettepesent financial crisis upon the cplll4lo pl is, toy act of Congress, nue hnn grerl 'anion dollars. But see how slight a forsUclation was used in the erection of this tense concern.' This same act of Cortit9 required that two million dol lars ott ptthe hundred million should be subsctibi34 before the company were an thoried;lo commence operations or to iseue,,A*ds. The further requirement. was. tbat,ten,per cent. of the amount sub. scribed, or two hundred thousand, should be paid in. Thus on but $2.430,0,00 was cninnArWed the constructs ni of a railroad to. crt . sloo,ooo,ooo, And up wardl of two thugiapd mites in length. For this small \ papule% the corporation obtained control pf 47 . 0900.Q0 acres, or about 1 75,0011 square pillars; ,or And. ; , A.ll-.thielor $200,Q00. \TtHk.road • was commenced. The bonds were pilintsdand..put,,gpoir-tbe market -ThdrArasi rapreseuLed by Jr Y ° Cooku % Ca 4 to:ber attlammedingly inviting invest. ment,17::811: ibundred miles of sped Me been built at a cont;of:same.thlrty million doilisrig, The interest opon , thie $30.000, J3OO at_ &Oen abd Abree , teutlas per cent IS 42,19%090 per, annum.. This is,more than the road-Can by any possibility, earn, and it seeuuldeat cnougb that it rwillnever be able.totlear the am'.unt advanced by the firin•of Jay Cooke & ,). The gentlemen comptiolug this fir are gener.,lly credit ed with haying a good share of financial ahremdnesa, and ft is hardly possible 'Pia& they AiXe So blinded as to suppose ,he SectitiM, dood. It is much more thap AlgOiihat it was their intention to„buoy 4byreoocern u p Nlntil the bonds Were taA*tioldarhen 'toy would take, good ..., care to iet e arit sliPirthey, had \advanced.. say advanced, for it is quite citte,hittry never . atended it as an investment. ` -: "In short, it was • their intention to nally throw of this burden on the sho tilers of others, but before they were able to per suede the public to relieve them their en 1 durance gave out. Mr. Edwin L. Stanton, who was - on t, e 19th instant appointed receiver o?' the First National Bank, an adjunct of the house of Jay Cooke & Co., and which suspended on the same day on whieh the main house 'refit under, to-day made a statement of the cowl itiln of its affairs to the Comptroller of the Currency. From this statement it appears' that the total resources of the concern were $2,697,341. 4: 76 and its liabilities $2,612,233,34. The amount owing to depositors was $339,981 50; the arnonnt Inc to other banks $1,034,. 46933. T,,he government had 'on deposit with this - bank $287,782.46. There is, however, to offset this a deposit of bonds JACKSONVILLE, October 3,—Your cor intthe Treasury of $lOO,OOO. so the gover- respondent left Fort Klamath this morn meta-cannot lose more than $187,733 35, i ing at 10:30 o'clock, and by hard riding and it 13 fair to psesum3 that not all of arr'ved here a few moments ago. The ttllB 13 lost. ; N following is the report of the execution of The bank was indebted to the District i Captain Jack and. his band : Boston of Columbia $7,698.25. Charley.aliti Black Jim were led on the To-day has been one of the most ex scaffold first, and Schonchin next; they citing since the breaking out of the panic. trod on it with apparent indifference and Yesterday wellad two failures, the first, iron nerve, having evidently resolved to being the old house of Fant, Washington (die as brave as they had lived. Jack went & Co, established in 1852, and the second I 'easily up the stairway and looked wretch that of the Washington Citysavings Bank. led and miserable. The manacles had -,, . 0 : Theseptepared the rVolit. mind to expect i been struck off, but their am A were secure other suspensions. The first rumor on ily pinioned with cords. AC,precisely 9:45 the street was that Mr. Raft president of ', A. Ni., the interpreters, Capt. 0. C. Apple the Washington City Savings Bank, :was, gate and David Hill, explained to the'cul mentally deranged on account of&_hit mis-i i prit's the nature of th e order to be read tti fortune. Soon a rumor wis starteethat) . them bihe tdjutant, and at 10 A. at. Ad- Lewis Johnson & Co., h suspended, but jutant Kignsbury read the ostlers promul this proved to be a M i stake. Late thi s gatii the seritenft, or 'the Commission afternhon +t report :gaijied arculat ion flia,„ and the PrZsidAht'rder thereon.- , ar , p- Riggsa C0.,-; had suspended, ' but • thi - i i ! ' At . 10:15 theiatal noose was 'placed too seems to be untoutired. Wit 1 all around the necks of the.condenWcl, under tliese st=tiries rineinethringh the s rests th'e direction Captain . Hoge. Ik.Tts•nec , ~,- the , people soon became 'pre ared to bear essary to cut. off a lltt le of Jaclaatft]g, hair, , , -- anything without su prise. It is now ' which was in the W ___,,,,,,, a) of tlic 1 - 14`,.t. Cap_ more Orin prohabl t that Monday will see taiu Hoge then bid farewell to the prison the excitement retie wed. The worst is , trs, and the black cap t , , , wvre placed on to, the hi ad,a,of the culprits ; it must have The First .;..);a: ionel been an awful moment. _, Bank of this city . watthe agent for upwards of a thoOsand ~ -1t 10:20 they stood on the drop ; the othk for` banirs for , he redemption of/amti. rope wzis cut by the as!.istant at a signal ..,.% na , ide with Captain Hoge s handkerchief. lated currency', ii I N large' amt iota of money have, since 4 su'speuStOn, liccu- The bodies swung round and round, Jack ululated "0 the hands (;),Mce express corn and Jim apparently dying easily, but \ • -----.:-.,..:-„, panies, he Comptrolitit of he Curren- Boston Charley and Schonchin- suffering cy h'is decd that' tills ou :y must be , terrible convulsions. Boston Charley and retained by the express o panies sub- , Sconchin repeatedly drew up their :*-gs, ject to the orders of the benders, or inati7hut the two others seemed to elje-- -- alinotst new agents ar‘ a appointed to take charge , instantly. At 10:28 their pulses were felt of it. The de,i,_;ion, ,however, is that all by Captain Hoge, and, as I write. they are mutilated curtcy received by that bank swinging lifeless in the air. A be drop before its susperßiou must be classed as I k', with a terrible thud foul ponr,\wretch• deposits. Correstiondents of the First ed human be'ngs fell into eternity,' and a National should - immediately designate I half smother .•.1 cry o; . horror went up from some other bank to take charge of the 1 the crowd 0, over five hundred Klamath money in the hands of the expiess coin- Indians, ,w in witnessed the awful spec ~- panic's, L tacle. / . not over * 4 ' ; BIE HE -• { . :4 ^ , MARI 111 ...1 1;f .. , PER Azeirwrttix nit ADvAavelt. BEE .8. . t8/3. arG TOY. F C=El .1. • • • - • •' • , • •; . • . .1 4 • I • 71: ; • • .5 7 1 • • ' el . • . 11 - , , . . f , Tk , tton crop of 1872 amounted to 8,930,51 ) ba1e5. , The average weight - of a bale of tton it,464 poQ;ds. The total weight of last year's cotton crop was. therefore 1,823.755,712 pounds. The aver .age price paid for this cotton to the plant -ere was fifteen cents per pound, making its total value to the Southern people 4173.563,856 80. Of this amount 2,682,886 ..bale's were sold to foreign dealers, brit2e i - tag $186,726,365.60 . ,1,652,465 ' bales, were sold to Northern nufacturers, bringing $74,019,164; 137, 2 bales were sold to Southern manufacturers, for which the planters realized $9,581,275.20. A conslid etAble balance yet remains on hand, prob ably not sold when these figures were compiled. The magnitude of this brew% of Indus. try will be apparent wile% we observe ttst the total weight was 911,877 tons, enough to freight a thousand large steam ers; or supposing a few mule team capa ble of hauling ten bales it would require nearly 400,000 such teams to haul it to market. Supposing inch 'siren tittle teams on the road at distances of tarty feet apart they would make a live of twenty million feet or 8,787 milts in length. Cotton may not be kint. but it is • very Important article of commerce. Rumors that the contract for furnishing postal 'cards'eras about to be taken sway from the liorgan.Envelope Company on account of failure to comply with.ite re quirements as to the quality of the paper used having been 2enerally circulated the Third Assistant Postmaster General de• sires it to be known. that Bitch rumors have no foundation. Though there was, some weeks ago, consitierable controver sy between the department and the con tractors relative to the printing, as also to, the quality of the paper, this -contro versy has ended by the company comply ing with the terms of the contract to the satisfaction of the officers of the depart ment.. The usual number of cards is being furnished to postmasteruta-all orders kra now promptly. tilled. Senator Windom, of Minnesota, has written.a letter about his back-pay. He ha not drawn it, and intends to leave it irie hands of the disbursing officer of the Senate until the neat meeting of Con gress. lie will then introduce anl urge the passage of an act providing fort/ the covering into the Treasury of his own back-pay, together with all pber balances of increased compensation a members of the Forty Second Congress remaining in the hands of the disbursing officer, or which may be on deposit with therTreas urer of the United States. The report of the condition of the corn crop for 1873 has been prepared at the Department of Agriculture, and -will be furnished to the press in the course of a day or two. It is understood ,that the prospects are very fine. • SAM. EXECLTION OF T monocs. i .) MEI fi :1",111f fittY o :I , RADICAL s lINTAMLIMED,I•4I4. SZNAILOIL 111111111111116 N. In his speech at the Republican rally in Cincinnati; on Saturday evening last. Senator John Sherman, of Ohio. spoke as follows-of the financial. troubles, and the relations of the Republican party to them: —"I want to show you now that the ,Re v üblican party, which has been so mt cessful in all the measures it has adopted, has been able to do you a service: whisk you can never estimate, by any mpde of estimatingamong men: It has furnished-- you a currency which has enabled you, during the panic of last week or two, to prefer your money to. anything else that can be cffered to you, either of =houses. lands or stock. Here are. Ha you got a greenback in your pocket? Aim you got a national bank note in your pocket? Are you afraid that either at them will break? [Cries of "No."] My countrymen, I have got very little •mir rency on hand, but I will redeem every dollar of bank notes that you oan show have been dishonored. We bavtaow currency so good that people do not want to give it away, douotwant to deposit it, •but keep it in the safest .place they bar got, with, perfect certainty ea tit is good for the last cent it promises to pay. Why. •my countrymen, there are old men around me who remember back to those times is 1887,1848, and 1851 --perhapssome ma._ go back to 1818; lay friend. _here over the way, styche.can--inlBl6, When a• panic cam in-those old Democratio,timr4 witst was-the result? Every dollar of money .in the pockets of the. people , was worse than useless rags. The money was tiks first thing to go, and it was not worth anything. Then, under Democratic poli cy, the lass fell upon the people, fell upon the money is their pockets. Now, with this Republican currency, no man can pcsiibly lose a dollar. Jay Ccoke .may fail, Clews may fail, every national bank in the whole land may fail, and yet the greenback and the bank note are secured by bonds in the Treasury of the United States. They are secured by the petiple's money and the people's property, 404 AI the wealth of the country must be ex hausted before a man can lose a dollar on his greenbacks or a dollar on his bank notes. That is Republican money. No more patriotic and no better men ever lived than Jay Cooke & Co., take them either mentally, socially, or in any other way you choose. They were high-miuded - , patriotic men. They did service to their country in the time of war. But they were.to sanguine. They failed because they could not re alize currency upon their property, and now, when their statements are being exhibited, it is shown that they have as sets to pay every dollar of their indebted ed ness, The beauty,fif this panic, after all, is that it has p 4 hurt the people, the labor ing clases. The old panics did. Now the men who suffer are the high bankers. the wealthy men. The peoples money is in their currency, the measure of their daily toil, and as long as that is good they can laugh and grow fat. I say, then, that the Republican party, in tb ; management of your financial affairs, in gradually re ducing taxes, in furnishing you with na tional banks instead of the old State banks, in giving you greenbacks—for these rea sons, as well al . for abolishing slavery, and saving your country, and putting as men on an equal footing, has deserved your gratitude. Fellow-citizens. there are /mart defeete in our banking system that I will mention. The first le, that a greenbaok, although mighty good, is not quite so good as gold. Now I never will content myself until the Republican party make every dollar of greenbacks in the pockets of the labor ing men as good as the best gold coin that wss ever coined - . I know the people and bankers sometimes say it is going to contract the currency, but that is all hum- bug. It is like Judge Thurman's speeches We can go back to specie payments; we can go back until our money is equiva• lent to gild silver or coin, and then se have the best currency in the world. I t e ll you, my countrymen, whether you are Democrats or Republicans, that the people of this country ought never to cease to agitate this question until their money is as good as gni], and then they are on a sure rock, an eternal foundltlt In all ages and in all countries it has got to be an axiom in financial matters that gold alone is the standard of value, and the planetary laws that govern the uni verse are not more fixed and absolute in their sway than that law which demands that everything shall be measured by the ypld standard, and the very moment you 'wake your money as good as gild coin then you have got a currency that you may live by, die by, and 1' the t , ► you r children and viidows without fear or fa- vor." R 3 • NUMBER 4 ICE MEE
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