PIKE COUNTY PRESS. Friday, Auourt 14, 1898. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. OFFICE, BROWN 8 BUILDING, BROAD 8T. Entered at tlie post, office of Milford, Pike county, Pennsylvania, as second-class matter, November twenty-first, 1895. Advertising Rates. One sqiiaro(clght lines), one Insertion - f 1 .00 Each subsequent Insertion - - ,ftu Reduced rates will Ikj furnished on ap plication, will bo allowed yearly adver tisers. Legal Advertising. Court Proclamation, Jury nnd Trliil Jjist for soveral court's lor term, $31.00 Administrator's and Executor's notice 8.W Auditor's notices 4.00 Divorce notions 6.00 Sheriff's sales, Orphans' court sales, County Treasurer's sales, County state ment and election proclamation charged by tho square. J. H. Tun Ktten, PlinMSHKR, Mllford, Pike County, Pa. 1896 AUGUST. 1896 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. 23456 J8 910 U 12 13 U 15 16 J7 28 JO 1 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 31 I I MOON'S PHASE8. Third ft 0 outer , 1.B0 I p. m. Flnt , c 4:18 7 Quarter 10 . m. Ci.Moon IS a.m. Moon D a.m. Regular Republican Nominations. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM M'KINLEY, OF OHIO, FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, GARRET A. HOBART, OF NEW JERSEY. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. For Congressmen-at-large, GALUSHA A. GROW. i Susquehanna County. SAMUEL L. DAVENPORT, of Erie County. Editorial. FREE SILVER FOR FARMERS. The advocates of free silver claim that the farmors will be most bene fitted by its adoption, and to them they address their most specious arg uments, and from their ranks expect to draw a large support. Sup pose laws were enacted restricting the amount each farmor should raise, limiting him to planting a cer tain number of acres proportioned to his whole farm. This would if on foroed, curtail the supply of produce or grain. The demand remaining the same as now prices would rise, and if the articles which the farmers buy were produced in unlimited amount, he would be the gainer. He would follow the business rule to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market. But the above is predicated on the law of supply and demand. A horse to-day will do as much work, travel as many miles in as quick time, as a horse equally good would twenty-years ago.yet the horse to-day will not sell for more than half the price it would thon, why? Trolley oars and bicycles have largely supplanted their use. The conditions are changed, and talk as he will the farmer cannot al ter the facts. Now would it increase the price of horses or oats to make money cheaper, or in other words to have free silver. Would the value of the horse be increasod? The farm er might got more money for him but would the money buy more In the market. And if not where is the benefit. Figures may be arrayed arguments summoned and theories advanced to prove opinions, but we ask all farm ers to test them by the one simple question. If the supply remains greater than the demand, what rea son is there for an advance in real price. It may be hard . to realize that under the existing conditions a farmer must continue to plod and toil for the meagre prices he receives bat he should not on this account be deceived or deceive himself with the idea, that, by simply having the government place its stamp on a met al which can be produced in almost unlimited quantities, he will thereby have the value of his products en hanced. ' No law is more fixed and unalterable in its robults than that prices are determined by supply and demand, and the man who votes for or expects this to be changed by gov eminent or legislative flat will be most woefully deceived. Eve was not sutisfiod and so she listened to tho devil who persuaded her Into the tipple business, and her descend ants have been suffering the results of her experiment ever since. Don't get out of the frying pan into the fire. MEN VS. MONEY. Under the above caption in last week's Dispatch, an editorial ap peared which seemed to have a two fold object. First to show that the Republican party is owned by men who represent 1328,000,000 of wealth, and second as a basis for some cursory remarks on " an edi torial weathercock in our midst." In reply to the former part of this brillinnt effusion we reproduce from the Philadelphia Press the follow ing: Chairman Faulkner, of the Demo cratic Congressional committee, says that this campnign is one of the masses against the classes. To prove his assertion he calls atten tion to tho published list in the free coinage papers of a score or more New York millionaires, whom, he maintains, are contributing heavily to the Republican cause. The managers of the Republican Congressional Committee have fre quently called attention to the fact that the free silver propaganda is sustained by the silver mine owners. They have prepared a partial list of these silver kings, to whom the free coinage of silver means a yearly bonus of JO, 000,000 to $50,000,000 uon their product. This list offset that which Chairman Faulkner and his colleagues have caused to be published and shows that the inter est to be served is much more sel fish than that which would prompt contributions to the sound money cause. As Senator Elkins, of West Vir. ginia, has said, free coinage of silver moans a benefit alone to the silver producers, and paying these pro ducers $1.20 an ounce for their pro duct, when it is selling in the open market at less than 70 cents, means a heavy bonus that must be taken out of the pockets of the American people. The following is the wealth re presented by those whose1 names are opposite, either as individuals or agents : Hearst estate, California 175,000,000 Fair estate, California 60,000,000 John W. Mackay 40,000,000 Hagan 40,000,000 V. A. Clark 40,000,000 William M. Ftewart, Nevada . . 40,000,000 Francis J. Newlands, (Sharon estate) 86,000,000 David Moffat, Denver 80,000,000 Senator John P. Jones, (Coin stock Lode) '. 85,600,000 Flood estato 85,000,UI0 Denver Silver Smelting Works 26,000,000 K. C. Chamber, Ontario Silver Mine 20,000,000 Chnrlcs E. Lane, California .... 80,000,000 L. K. Holdcn, Old Telegraph Mine 15,000,000 Mark Daly, Anaconda, Mont. . . 16,000,000 Uutto Silver Smelting Works.. 14,500,000 S. T. Hauser, Granite Moun tain Silver Mines 10,000,000 French Syndicate Old Tele graph Mine, Utah 10,000,000 Lcadvillo Silver Smelting Works 8,500,000 Broadway ostato,Helena, Mont. 6,000,000 Senator Henry M. Teller, Colo rado 2,000.000 Senator Leo Mantle, Mont 2,ouo,000 Total $547,000,000 A little learning is a dangerous thing, and, in the hands of a news paper man whose object should be to broaden and raise to a higher plane the intelligence of his readers it becomes a boomerang. Search the dictionary for in it you will find much to contemplate. As to the " stale scurrility " with which the "vituperative vender jeers at and dorides our local Demo cratic clubs because their members are not men of wealth," we admit that this display of adjootives cou pled with their warmth of utterance was withering in the weather we then had.but, perhaps a truthful re port of tho proceedings of a Demo cratic meeting merits such a caustic reprimand. We feel it our duty to our readers to give them the news, and while it may be difficult to so modify and soften the expressions in common use by Democratic orators, or to throw a sufficiently thick mantle of charity over the aftor performances so as to hide their deformities, and render them passably decent to pub lish, yet if in fact such reproduction whitewashed and perfumed like an Adonis, is still offensive to the deli cate literary olfactories of our con temporary we suppose as humanit arians we should desist, and our readers be deprived of the reports of these delectable vote procuring schemes. The Press kindly suggests to the associate editor that if his pains are still severe he might re lieve the turgidity by either writing up another ball game, or giving a truthful account of the next Demo cratic club meeting, if they dare have another. "SINE DIE" OR BUSTED. The Democratic club in Dingman township was obliged to disband. It was growing too rapidly. Its promoters forosaw that at the next meeting it . would embrace all of Dark Swamp, probably most of Rat tlesnake, some of Jersey, and the candidates from Congressman down. These heterogeneous elements could not be harmoniously combined, or, as "Dory" more euphoniously ex pressed a fact, "the blamed kanga roos got to comin bo thick he was afeurd they would tear down his pig pen, or drive away his boarders, besides demanding to have thoir snoots in every time the free beer was passed among his friends." These proximate contingencies, and great waste of free beer proved con clusive reasons, tho Constable re moved the seats from the lawn and the mournful notice was given in the Dispatch that the club adjourned sine die. ."Sic transit gloria mundi.'' DINGMAN TOWNSHIP CLUB. Last week's Dispatch makes this announcement. "The Club then ad journed "sine die"; members will be duly notified of the time and placo of the next meeting, Theo dore Bosler will then speak on the subject. "An Examination of Heads." It is a well known zoological fact that the podiculus capitis is a proli fic insect, but it could hardly have been supposed that it would be neces sary so soon after a series of Demo cratic meetings to open a summer school of philosophy with an emin ent and loarnod professor to advise on the best methods to exterminate them. We hope these meetings will bo largely attended by the suffering ones, and that "Dory" in his forth coming lecture will dwell particular ly on the sizes of mesh in fine tooth combs best adapted to secure the most effective results. He might also enliven the talk with a magic lantern exhibition to more fully illus trate tho habits and peculiarities of the frisky animal. We suggest also that our neighbor send its ablest re porter, in order that it may be fully qualified to enlighten its readers on this delicate subject. It will then have material for an exceedingly in teresting article. If some of the heads of those present at the last meeting had been critically examined the next morning, they would no doubt have been found several sizes larger than normal, besides posesses sing bumps which would have puz zled an expect in phrenology. Congressman Joseph J. Hart, of Milford, Pike county, Pa., was In Stroudsburg, several days last week looking over the political field for the purpose of seeing how his chan ces stand for his return to Congress next fall, at tho hands of the voter, Hart, of course, is now a free silver adheront and if things continue in the run, as we are told thoy are pro gressing, he will be given a chance to take a back seat and return to his profession as a chicken-raiser. This district is not free silver inclined, we believe. The Hight King. Voters should in this contention for the preservation of national fin ancial honor and prosperity be first of all Americans, and cease to be blind, bgoted, subservient partisans, at least, until they have through the ballot box settled, and forever settled rieht. this nuestion of iionn- lar intelligence and morality. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. In tho Orphan's Court of Pike County' estate of Conrad Grub, dee'd. In the matter of the account of George E. H or ton, administrator. The auditor appointed " to make distri bution of the balance of funds in hands of OiiKirge E. Horton, admlnistrator,as shown by his account," will meet the parties Inter ested for the purposes of his appointment ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 18U6, at 10 o'clock a. ra. at his office, corner 8rd and Ann Btreets, Milford, Pa., when and where all parties Interested are required to make and prove their claims, or be de barred forever from coming In upon Bsid funds. HY. T. BAKER, Milford, Ph., Auditor. July 80, lawn. at All persons are hereby notified that throwing or burning pmK-rs or refuse of any kind in the streets of the Borough is prohibited. by order of the town council, J. C. CHAMBERLAIN, President, pro torn. Attest, D. H. HORN BECK, Sec'y. Milford, May 6, 1HWJ. IPureFood You agree that baking pow der it best for raiting. Then why not try to get its best re sults ? Just at easy to get all its good none of ita bad, by having it made with digestion aiding ingredients a in KEYSTAR : greatest raising strength, no bad effects. No use to clog the stomach with what never helps make flesh and blood. KEYSTAR Is the one all digestible baking powder. Just right for best baking results ; harmless to a delicate diges tion. $1000 forfeit if made with alum or other bad. Fresh, aweet and pure, all foods raised with it digest so easily that you are quickly surprised with better appetite and health. THE POPULIST'S DREAM. I I ' 11 Sir 9 rt J.rl ,'-' m. 1 1,.' fJW r7--vr u IIENDItlX'S WITTY SPEECH. HE MAKE8 A HUMOROUS SPEECH ON MONEY TO MOROCCO MANUFACTURERS. Glad They Arc Not Aiming to Bars Leather Remonetlaed Tells Why Clam Shells Were Demonetised Civilisation and Evo lution Advancing Toward a Single Stand ard In Everything Faith In American t Intelligence. The Shoe and Leather Reporter pub lishes: the following speech made by the Hon. Joseph O. Hendrix at the dinner of the National Morocoo Manufacturers' association of the United States at Man hattan Bench early this month : Mr. Pkeswk:jt and Gfnti.rmen I am glad to see you, "men of small brahis and largo capital. " I am glad al ways to face successful men in an Amer ican industry. Yon represent a trade which years ngo furnished material for the money instrument. There was leather money ont o and plenty of it. Yon have never s-t up any cry because of the dciimneti.iction of leather, never asked redvss for the "crime" of the abandonment of the una of loather as money. You do not now ask for its re monetiKntiou. Mr. Stein Nor for free tannage. Mr. Hendrix No! Therefore, I have great respect for two people, tho North American Indian and tho morocco man ufacturer. . Alo'iR these sand dunes from Manhattan to Montitnk point, tho anti quarian onn point to great heaps of shells where the old squaws used to sit and practice the free coiniigo of wam pum. After awhile n smart Yankee in vented a turning lathe which trans formed tho clam shells into money too fast. This led to the demonetization of the Long Islaud clitm. Laughter. The poor Indian has passed off to the plnins and we hear no more of the free coinage of clams. These are simply evolutionary steps. Yon look back to tho beginnings of your industry and marvel at the changes. The world advances. Civilization re fines, Commeroe requires exact terms and measures. It insists upon oertaiuty, fixity in the standard of values. It mnst have something upon which it can de pend. It has found out that it must de pend upon some one thing. That is why it has veered to tho single standard. It has quit stepping from one standard to the other. It makes its election. It votes for gold because of its great value in small compass and bocnusn of the fixity of that value. 8o it is that one great nation aftor another, under the com mand of its best intelligence, has oonie to the gold staudurd. It is because they have found it the cheapest, best and most effective standard by which to measure all values. What does a standard mean? What is ita primary significance? It comes from an old Latin word meaning something to turn to. When you are in doubt you go to the standard. I don't care what line of business you are in or what course of life you pursue, standard govern it somehow or other. You ride on a railway on standard gauge, you ait at table of a standard height, and so on through the list The standard must be the thing it stands for. If yon have a standard of weight, it may be of diamonds or precious stones, but it has got to have weight that is the first thing. If yon have a standard of length, it must have length. And when yon ooine to the question of the standard of value, whatever it is made of it has got to have value. You can talk about the whole ques tion of nuance in 100 different lights. But this is the main point yon must have a standard of value. That standard must have value. We choose for the standard the metul which fluctuate the least in value. That is the whole story of the gold standard. Cheers. Our friends out in Chicago claim that the gold standard is a British pol icy which we are seeking to enforce in this country. Did you ever hear any thing atxxit Hritinh policy in connection with the law of gravitation or a British policy of good health against bad health good cloth, s aptiiwt shoddy? There are other countries in the world besides Great Britain. We do not have to look to Great Hriraiu to know what is a good thing Gie.it applause. J We are old enough and big enough to know a good thing when we see it. Ours is a country that fur U0 years has been under the gold standard- Yon have never known anything else. All you have was built upon the gold standard. The greatness and development of this country have been attained under thut stiuidard. How is the world liuiug up on this question? China, Japan and Mexico are for free silver. Greut Britain, Germany, France and the great umpire" of Europe are fur gold. Where do we belong? There U only one answer. Can any one fancy that our grout population, made op of 70,000,000 of the bent examples of the Anglo-Saxon ruou, mixed with Irish wit, booteh euuning, German thrift, is going to step from the high plane where we stand to the lower one be neath? What strange madnow'kaji ooiue Into the American people to make it seem possible that they could do a thing of that kiud? Applause. We can live on a silver basis after we get there. Onr great rivers will fol low their courses to the sea. God's sun will kiss the earth. The crops will spring forth. Children will be born and grow up. Enterprises will go forward. But are we going to take the leap in the dark and try an experiment fraught with such risk and panic? A great French economist once said that when he was 40, he thought he understood something about finance. When he was 60, he felt he did not know as much about it as he did at 40, and at 70 he began to doubt whether he knew any thing about it at all, and scarooly dared to open hie mouth. Mr. Gladstone pon dered over the question till he said that It seemed almost to defy human Intel loot, but Ben Tillman, from South Car olina, knows that tiie goldbugs of Wall street and vampires of Lombard street are "agin the farmer," and the way the farmer can get even is to out his dollar in two. Applause. We are living in a grand and awful time. But tho newspapers are printed every day, and the Americans are not asleep. The brain of the American peo ple is not dull. Their hearts are not dis honest. These heresies come and go as the tide flows, and sometimes in the thirkest of the night we may not appear to see the stars that are shining. But you remember on one historio occasion, when the sky was all coverod with fog, some one asked, "Oh, say, can yon see by the dawn's early light the star span gled banner yet waving?" And it was there I Enthnsiastio cheers. SOME POOR DEBTORS. tirent Corporations Which Free Silver Woold Fnable to Chest Their Creditors Out of Half of the Money Borrowed. The free silver agitators claim to be working in the interest of the debtors of the country, whom they represent a being a large number of poor persons. The creditor class is denounced as small number of greedy bankers and monopolists, banded together for the purpose of oppressing the masses of the people. Repudiation of debts is openly advooared by the silverito and Populist press on the ground that -the men who borrow money are more numerous than the men who lend. The belief that in some way free coinage will benefit poor debtors by injuring rich creditors is at the bottom of nine-tenths of all the de mands for cheap money. The falsity of assertions that a scheme to pay debts in 60 oont dollars wonld holp the poor and hurt only the rich can be easily scod by looking at a fow of the prominent debtors of the country. Among tho groat corporations which would be able to pay off their bonded indebtedness in dollars worth SO cents are the following: Bonded In debted nee. Chicago, Burlington and Qulney....102.UJU,ixi0 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul... C2,000,OUO Chicago. Ruck Inland nnd Pacific . . . 72,UU,0UU Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 4S.0O0,UuD Lake Shore and Michigan Central. . A.OOO.OUO New York Central ea,(l,01IO Mew Turk. New Haven and Hartford 1K.W0.0O0 Northern Pacific 42,OX),OUO Central Railroad of New Jersey 1U,OUO,UUO Chtoago and Northwestern 7B,0UO,Ou0 Here are ten poor debtors whose obli gations of $546,000,000 are payable in ooin not gold. Under a free ooinage law these corporations could pay the thousands of persons who bold their bonds, many of tbem held by savings banks, insurance companies, people of small means, etc., in $272,600,4000 worth of silver. And this is called a re form in the interest of the masse. Low Interest rates on farm mortgagee under free silver is the bait which has caught a good many honest farmers. They will go back to sound money prin ciples when they understand that inter est rates are for lower in gold standard nations than in silver basis countries. Silverito Campaign Crlea, The platform adopted by the silverite wing which controlled the Democratic national convention contain abundant material for stirring campaign mottoes. "Free Silver Inflation," "Debt Repudi ation," "Property Confiscation" and "Commercial Stagnation" are brief and truthful statements of the aims of the cheap money Democrats and the certain runults which would follow their success in November. Shouting these cheerful strains, the silverites can march to the oertaiu defeat which awaits all move ments bused on sectionalism, greed, ap peals to prejudice and hatred of property rights. Wag Earnera Mot VooUd. An interesting straw come from In diunapolia. A few days ago the em ployeus oi a large manufacturing estab lishment in thut city were a&ked whether or not they favored the gold standard. Of nearly 1,600 workingmen who were interviewed UuO were outspoken for the maintenance of the present money standard. Only bU'J declared againat It, and 16S said they were undecided. Cheap and trashy money in which to pay wages, high prices for every kiud of goods which labor buys these are the blessings of free silver for the American woikinguieu. THE SILVERITE CATECHISM. la Which Free Coinage Theories An Plainly Stated. What is money? Somethlna-anftde ont of nothing by government Is there any limit to the amount of money which government can make? Only the capacity of the printing presses or the country. What kind of money is tho best? That which has the least value. ' What does "cheap money" mean? Money that will buy very little wealth. Why are some peoplo poor? Because the money .they got in exchange for their products or their labor will buy a large amount of goods. How can the poor all be made rich? By stamping 50 oents' worth of silver "one dollar" and thus decreasing the purchasing power of money. What is a capitalist? A wicked sinner who has worked hard and saved np a little property. What is a patriot? A man who covets his neighbor's property and wants to get hold of it by law. What does "repudiation" mean? It is a simple scheme for readjusting the in equalities between the men who worked and the men who have not. What is the golden rule of the silver- ites? Do others as they wonld not do you. What are we to understand by "hon esty" and "good faith between men?" That creditors are to be cheated out of one-half of their property whenever the debtors control congress. Why not benefit debtors still more by repudiating all the claims of creditors? That will oome later. The publio must be educated into silverism by degrees. What is a oreditor? A fiend in human shape who loaned 100 cent dollars and doesn't want to be paid in dollar worth 60 cents. How will free silver help the farm ers? By oausing the withdrawal of all loans, paralysis of industry, stagnation of commerce and idleness of millions of workers who now buy farm products. How will the 16 to 1 scheme benefit the working classes? By making them pay twice as much for everything they buy, while giving them little or no in crease in wages. It will also confiscate half of their savings bank deposits. What is a silver mine owner? A good, kind, unselfish oitizen, who doesn't want higher prioea of silver so that he will get rich, but simply because he loves his fellow man. Does his love for the workers load him to pay more than market rates for his labor? Not much. Business and sentiment are two different things. Be sides he doesn't have to. What is a sound ourrenoy? Dollars with 50 cents' worth of silver and 60 oents worth of fiat or paper dollars all flat What Is the chief duty of a good oiti cen? To hate everybody who is indus trious and thrifty, and to meekly swal low all the nostrums of the cheap money office seekers. How can the people be made prosper ous? By setting class against class; dis couraging the investment of capital; contracting the ourrenoy by raining em ployers, driving out gold and over throwing our sound financial system. Whidden Graham. The ttrand Army of Creditors. The gentlemen who think that thoy have made an attractive bid for votes by proposing a 60 oent dollar for debtors to pay their debts with are reckoning without their host Every state of the Union is full of creditors, and they will never consent to defrand and cheat themselves. Among these creditors are : All persons who work for wages, sal ary or by the pieoe. All members of building and loan associations. All depositors in savings, national, state or private banks. All holders of life, fire and accident insurance policies. All members of benevolent and fra ternal insurance orders. All holders of industrial insurance. All widows, orphans or wards de pendent wholly or partially upon the income from investments. All educational and charitable insti tutions dependent wholly or in part up on the income' of their endowments. In fact, the 60 cent silver dollar would be of advantage to few persona in the long run save the speculators, who would gamble on the inevitable fluctuations in its purchasing power and In the price of commodities. Exchange. What 16 to X Mean. It means that 16 ounces of silver for debt paying purposes shall be made, by law, worth as much as 1 onnoe of gold- One ounce of gold will now coin $18.60. Sixteen ounces of silver shall be made to coin $18.60. You can buy in any market today 16 ounces of silver for $9. 94. The profit is 87 percent, or $8.66. In other words, if a man borrows of yon today $18.60 he can pay you, if "tree silver at 16 to 1" becomes law, with $9.94. Look ont that it doesn't! Silver Is merely a commodity, like tin, iron or wood. If the government should say $9. 94 worth of wood shall cost $18.60, would yon buy it? Certainly not The silver dollar today Is worth 68 oents. Ita present ratio to gold ia about 81 to 1. All the governments in the world cannot change the eoinmeraial value of silver any more than that of coal. Iron, tin or copper I ' The more silver produced the cheaper it will get I Would England, France or Germany take In payment of debt from us for $18.60, $9.94, simply because our gov ernment said that $9.94 worth of silver ia worth $18.60 of gold? Certainly not I Mo more than yon Would accept such a settlement of a per gonal debt A standard of exchange must be co extensive with the commercial world and acceptable to all concerned. Prophoey and History. Why don't our diver friends stop tell ing what la going to happen if they have their way and content themselves by learning what did happen when other nations had a similar epidemic of silver lunacy such as now menaces us? Their prophecies won't aooompliah anything. because they wish it, but stern reality will repeat the disasters with ua that it iaflioted on others if we persist in Our willful blindness. George Gang. An honest dollar ia the noblest work of fliiamai . . THE LADIIS' COLUMN. We wlfh to suffirest to the Indies that this oolumn Is always open to any and all who wish to SMffjrest domestic subjects of any nature whatever, either t-o ask advice or furnish Information to others, and we earnestly hope nil readers of the Phkhs and rno ncmre will avail tin'"' j' lves of the op portunity, and thus row Jsl well as con fer benefits. W All communications relative to this col umn Intend for imhllcitlon will lie laid over until next week If they reach this uinoe later man 1 uesuav. A Quarrel In the Oven. O, the gingerbread boy and the piecrust girl Thev l.nii s n-.l .1... Together they sat on the oven'snelf, The piecrust fay nnd the gingerbread elf, And the quarrel commenced this way: Paid the gingerbread boy to the piecrust ''I'll wnvr my new brown hat, That I'm fatter than you and much more tanned, Though you're filled with pride till you cannot stniul But what Is the good of that ?" Then tho plecrusty girl turned her little noso up In a most provoking way, "O, maybe you're brown, but you're poor as can Imi. You do not know lard from a round green peal Is there aught that you do know, prny r" O, the gingerbread boy, he laughed loudly with smrn As he looked as the flaky piecrust. "Just wateh how I'll rise In tho world!" cried he "Just see how I'm bound to grow light!" cried she. "While you stay the color of rust.'' So the gingerbread boy nnd tho pleornst girl They each of them swelled with pride. Till a noise was heard in the room with out A cry of delight, then a very glad shout; And the oven was opened wide. Then tho gingerbread boy and piecrust girl Could have screamed and wept with pain, For a rosy-checked lass and small bright eyed 1ml Took a big blto of each yes, this tale's very sad So they'll now never quarrel again. Katharine Nowbold lllrdsall, In the August " Home Queen." Pie Crust A very good pie crust may he niiule from the following re ceipts : One pound lord, one quart flour, well sifted j one small teacup ful of ice water, one teaRpooniul salt . Mix the flour and lard well with a knife before adding the water, then add water and salt. Mix this well and roll for tins. . Soft Gwoerbrkad One cup but--, tor, one egg, one cup molasses, one cup granulated sugar, one cup sour" milk, one teaspoonful saloratus dis solved in a little hot water.. Flour' enough to make a little stiffor than cake made with more eggs. Beat hard two or three minutes before putting in the oven. ABOUT OREBK CORN. Corn is one of our few national dishes for in spite of its delicacy and its digestibility is eaten nowhere else as here. But, even for us, corn loses its fitness for food if it ban lain in the provision store or market for several days. Therefore an effort must be made to deal with a coun tryman who will honestly bring none but freshly picked corn. Since corn is so plentiful at this season and will continue in good condition for a month or more, the country housekeeper ought to find . it possible to preserve it either by canning or drying for use in the winter. It suffers less perhaps than any other vegetable by these pro cesses. For drying the kernels fol low Mrs. Lincoln's recipe, which di rects that the corn be boiled on the cob from five to ten minutes ; then cut and scraped from the cob, and dried carefully in the sun. Keep in a dry place where it will be secure from mice. Some cold night, when you want a tempting relish that can be quickly prepared, grind a cupful of the corn in a coffee mill, put it in a spider with a pint of cold waiter, lot it heat slowly until swollen, and the water is absorbed ; then add milk enough to make it like a thin puree. Boil about five minutes , add a tablespoonful of butter, and salt and pepper to taste. A scant tea spoon of sugar is an improvement. If you have never tried it you will be surprised to find how much better it is to boil corn in the husks. Remove the outer husks and strip down the inner husks to take off the silk, then turn the husks back and tie them at the top with a thread. Plunge into boiling water, which haa been salted, and boil from twenty minutes to half an hour. When done cut off the stalk end, which thru frees the husks and serve the corn 1 in a napkin. 1 Many persons find that green oorn has an unpleasant effect upon their digestion. For such, and indeed for others, it is a good plan to split the kernels with a sharp knife before1' eating from the cob ; in this way ; the hulls of corn are left with the' cob and only the nutritive portions '' are eaten. . . CANDIDATES' CAEDS. " To THK voteks OF PlKECotlNTY: I here by announce myself a caudidiiU) for ' County Treasurer under the title or policy of "People's Party." aa regulated by the Aot uf June 10, lnwa.pnivuling tor nominations by nom ination patient, and solicit your votes at the general election Nov. H, lHtioV. , . JOHN A. K1PP. August 6, ' - Having been appointed to fill a vacancy llt,lio olliue uf Associate Judge. , ., ' '. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination at the Hupubliutu Conveii- ' tiou. Should I receive it, and bo elected, I shall endeavor to uurfonu the duties uf the ollluu Impartially and to the best ol my ability. WILLIAM MITCHELL. July a, ltMi.
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