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Regular Republican Nominations,
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM M'KINLEY,
OF OHIO.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
GARRET A. pOBART,
OF NEW JERSEY.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Congressmen-at-large,
OALUSHA A. GROW.
. of Susquehanna County.
SAMUEL L. DAVENPORT,
of Erie County.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative in Congress,
W. S. KIRKPATRICK,
of Northampton.
For Representative,
AARON COURTRIGHT.
For Prothonotary,
EPHRIAM KIMBLE.
For County Treasurer,
CHARLES W. SHANNON.
For Associate Judge,
WILLIAM MITCHELL.
For County Commissioner,
JAMES M. BENSLEY.
For County Auditor, '
JOHN C. WARNER.
Editorial.
VOTE FOR KIRKPATRICK.
There are many and cogont rea
sons why every one who desires to
see this district fittingly represented
should do this.
He is a man of unquestioned abili
ty and integrity. He understands
the needs of the people and has a
personal knowledge of their inter
ests. He has exporionoo in business
of the nature and kind he will be
callod on to transact. He has a wide
acquaintance with public men, and
would be influential in party coun
cils. He is a man of sterling sense,
a cogout reasonor, and a ready
epoakor. His viows on financial
and economic questions are well un
derstood, and he does not change
them to be ''regular." His voice
and voto would for honest money,
and the upbuilding of American in
dustries. Do the people want to be repre
sented in Congress by a man of
ability, honesty, and one in accord
with the overwhelming sentiment
of this great commonwealth? If so
to vote for Hon. W. S. Kirkpatrick
will be the right thing to do Nov. 3.
We believe the voters of the dis
trict have had sufficient experience
with the other thing to open their
eyes to a realizing sense of the situa
tion. WAGES VS. SIXTEEN TO ONE.
By fur the best pamphlet on the
wages question for popular use and
distribution is a 32-puge vest pocket
IHimphlot by Hon. John DeWitt
Warner, entitled " Wages vs. 16-to-
1." It is complete and unanswora-
oble. (
Mr. Warner first shows how much
bettor it )s for the workingmnn to
havo his wages paid in dollars whoso
pnrclinsmg power Is swuwly or ap
preciating rathor than in UcproHat.
ng dollars. The dopreciatinir dollar
silontly but surely reduces wages.
This is true even when wages are
apparently rising, for at sucli times
prices of what labor has to buy are
rising still rastor tlinn nominal
wages, and of course if a man can
not buy as much with his day's
wages as formerly, they have fal
len, no matter if he does get more
dollars and cents.
Mr. Worner then studies the les
sons of experience on this subject
He finds that, during our cheap
monoy period in the sixties, actual
wages declined until in 1865 the
workingman was getting only two-
thirds as much as in I860. In Japan,
China and India, wages shrunk
greatly because they were paid in
depreciating silver. The expurienae
of Chili with paper and silver and of
IJritiHli Honduras and Mexico with
silver is given in detail, and is of the
same kind. In both Chili and Brit
lsn Honduras the woge-earners
joint! with the merchants in de
manding a change from silver to gold
nnd rejoiced when thry got it. Be
yontl the shadow of a doubt all who
have been dopnndent on wages and
1ixed incomes have always been hit
hard when the value of the monoy
in which thoy received payment has
declined. There is every reason for
supposing that like causes will m
future produce like effects Bryan
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Mr. Warner qnotos numerous ad
missions irom silver ndvocotes that
silver steadily lowers wages. He
makes public for tho first time the
correspondence between Mr. Fred
Perry Powers of tho Reform Club.
and Mr. H. H. Beattie, President of
the Board of Trade at El Paso.Toxas
Mr. Beattie is an ardent silverite
who gives his cose " dead away" on
the wage question. He explains
how, because of low wogos and no
strikes, Mexico " is to-day tho best
Hold for the investment of capital."
Ho soys " the laborer gets only half
as much from a gold standpoint as
lonnerly," and that " he knows no
difference whether his silver dollar
is worth from a gold standpoint,
100 cents or only BO."
Mr. Warner concludos that " if
our wage-earners believe thoy ore
getting too high wages, and that
this country is suffering in conse-
quonce, all they have to do is to
take lower wages. If thev prefer a
roundabout woy.they can favor free
coinage of silver and they will get
tneir wages cut down hair without
any further troubles on their part
There has never yet been
made a law to put into any laboring
man's pockot a tingle dollar that he
did not earn. He, of all men, there
fore, has the best right to insist
that there shall be no law possod
that will raise the price of what he
has to buy, and thus take from him
any portion of what he has earnod."
The Lansford Record gives Barbor
comfort and aid in this complimen
tary manner.
The Br van Democrats rlnn'r. feel
that thev can trust Barber on the
financial question, because such re
liable people as the Blakslees, the
Butlers and othors are positive that
he is not for tho free unlimited coin.
age of silver and every clause of the
cmeago piattorm. it is true that he
said so under the excitement of a
nomination, but in his sober
moments he said otherwise. Away
with such a wolf in sheep's clothing.
BANNER RAISING.
The McKinley and nobart Club
of Milford raisod a beautiful banner
last wook bearing the namos and
portraits of the candidates.
It was placed across Broad street
at the corner of Ann.
The lottoring was done by Will F.
Kimball and is fully up to city
work.
The history of the Silver Dollar in
another column, is carefully written
and presents to the studont enquir
ing after facts a concise statement.
The author though young is entitled
to great credit for the scholarly man
ner and comprehensive style in
which the subject is presented.
In this country since 1865 the
wage earnor baa received his pay in
dollars which have on the whole
steadily appreciated in value, so far
as general commodities are concern
ed, so that the purchasing power of
his wages has nearly doubled, while
interest an capital has steadilv fallen
and now averages scarcely half
wnac it was.
Congress don't need any more
Barbers, there are plenty of them in
the shops to shave the faces of the
members and there is no occasion to
put one in Congress to help shave
the credit of the Government.
Wilkesbarre Record : A canvass
of Northampton county developes
about two thousand honest money
Democrats who will vote for Judge
Kirkpatrick, the Republican nomi
nee for Congress.
In Japan the money in which
wages are paid, being measured by
a silver standard, has steadily
shrunk in value that is, purchas
ing power during the last fow
yours. i
A supply of campaign literature
can bo obtained by calling at the
Press offiice. We will be pleased
to have you call and get some.
A voto for Kirkpatrick is to sus
tain the National credit, build up
our revenues, and put the country
on a prosperous basis
A HISTORY OF THE SILVER DOLLAR.
A IMaln and Concise Statement of It
Written by a Careful Stmlpiit.
We could write the history of the silver
dollar from two stand points, either ins
cribing the various processes throturh
which it (roes from the mine until it pauses
into circulation or as in the present pniM-r,
we can confine ourselves to the chronolo
gical point of view giving an account of
Its origin and tho legislation nff ting it.
Money is a medium of exchange nnd
anything which serves as a medium of ex
change Is money. Thus in the colonial
days we read of wampum lielng used as
money and In Virginia ministers were paid
In tobacco. Later through tho trade with
the West Indlas, Spanish coins came into
circulation and a few years prior to, and
during the revolution they const it utt-d
about the only circulating medium but at
that time money of account was still kept
In pounds, shillings and pence of Knglnnd
and the different colonial legislatures each
(nacted that tho Spanish dollar contained
so many grains of pure silver and was
worth so much in English money; The
enactments were made without any re
gard to facts and differed widely in the
several colonies, thus we bad an uncertain
medium of exchange aud inter colonial
trade was Impaired
In the year 1782 a plan for the establish
ment of a mint which bad iH-cn submitted
by Robert Morris was approved by Con
gress and ho was directed to report a plan
for conducting It. Coins had been struck
prior to this date in Massachusetts, but
this was the first attempt at a uniform
system of coinage In America.
The next attempt was in 1783 when Con
gress adopted the Spanish Milled dollar
and declared thnt it contained 875.04 grs.
of pure silver.gold eagles wore also author
ized containing 846.268 grs. of pure gold.
The ratio between the two metnls was thus
fixed at 1 to 15,268 whilo tho market ratio
was at that time 1 to 14.89 tho reason for
thus undervaluing silver Is not clear. No
gold or silver were coined under these acts
nor Inflict under the confederation and
when the bank of North America was or
ganized, Its notes were redeemable in
Spanish dollars, but theso acts show the
origin of our dollar aud may bo regarded
as the basis of American coinage legisla
tion. Hamilton decided that tho milt of coin
age In the United States should correspond
to 24.75 grs. pure gold and 871.25 grs. pure
silver eoch answering to the dollar in the
money of account and Congress passed an
act approved April 3, 17(12, authorizing the,
erection of a mint and the coinage of gold
nnd silver on tho abovo bnsis and in 17H4
tho first silver coins were struck weighing
416 grs. nnd containing 871.25 grs. pure sil
ver and the amount of pure silver has
never been changed. The next year the
Eagle or ten dollar gold piece, and two
varieties of tho half eagle wero coined. The
Eagle weighed 270 grs. nnd was 11-12 fine
The gold dollar which however was not
eoined until 1849 but existed only ns money
of account and on the statute btioks, ther
fore contained 24.75 grs. pure gold. It will
thus be seen that the ratio was fixed at 1
to 15 while the market ratio at thnt tin
was about 1 to 15.25.
"Whenever" says Mr. Sumner in his
''History of American Currency "Two
metals arc legal tender and there Is a gold
nnd silvor dollar tho question of relative
value Is Involved."
It Is on this matter of relative value that
blmetallsm and free silver depends.
Under tho ratio fixed by tho law of 172
gold was under valued or silver was over
valued (which amounts to the same thing)
as a eonsequenco holders of gold coin could
gain by melting It Into bullion and using
It for other purposes or when melted ex
change It for silver nt the market ratio and
havo this silver coined as under this law
free and gratuitous coinage was allowed
for example A has 4 ounces of gold bull
Ion with which he buys in the open mar
ket at tho ratio of 1 to 15.25, 64 ounces of
Bllver which ho takes to our mint and has
coined at tho ratio of 1 to 15. Ho now
takes It to-the bank and exchanges it at
the same legal ratio for gold and receives
4 4-15 ounces gaining 4-15 of an ounce or
about 15.13 by the transaction as a result
of thlB state of things gold disappeared from
circulation. If the difference between the
coinage ratio and the market ratio of 1-r of
an ounce would cause gold to disappear in
17(4 when tho country was In its Infancy
and was in need of money, what would be
the effect now of a free bimetalio system
with a ratio of 1 to 15 and a market ratio
of about 1 to 28.
The first important change in the coin
age laws was made in 1834 when the eagle
was reduced la weight to 258 grs. and the
dollar was reduced in the money of ac
count to 23.20 grs. pure gold the fineness re
maining the same. The effect of this was
to change the ratio to 1 to 16 approximate
ly. The act of 84, as it is called was passed
largely through the influence of the well
known Senator Benton who hoped to se
cure a more uniform coinage in which I
believe he was sincere but how he expected
this act to accomplish that end it is hard
to understand. He certainly showed an
ignorance of the truth of Urosham's law
namely that "bad money will drive out
good money but good money will not drive
out bad money" from which there follows
the corollary that when a colnago value of
a metal Is less than the market value, that
uetul will only be used in oonductlug for
eign exchanges or will disappear altogeth
er. When a metal Is over valued in the
coinage it will constitute the circulating
medium of that country or in other words
a token coin will not circulute inter-na
tionally unless by special agreement us in
the case of the Latin Union, This state
ment is self evident and Is substantiated
by the law In question.
Under the law of 93 tho gold dollar be
came worth about f l.CUtt, the true market
ratio being about 1 to 15.S under this law
the gold dollar was worth at the same ra
tio only .1175. Thus silver being under
valued in the coinage became profitable
for foreign exchanges, whilo gold being
over valued became the circulating medium
aud the gold dollar 23.20 grains pure gold.
though not actually coined became the
definition of a dollar iu tho money of ac
count in the United States.
By the law of 1837 both gold and silver
coins were made 9-10 lino. The gross
weight of the silver dollar being changed
to 412.6 grs. the amount of pure silver re
maining the same. Tho gold dollar was
raised to 23.22 grs. of pure gold but this
change of .03 part of a grain did not ma
terially effect the circulation.
Ill lh53 a law was passed charging a
signioragc of 1-2 of 1 per cent aud authol
lug the coinage of gold dollars which as a
matter of fact hud been coined four your
- .! relatively imlmport-ji-'et
to the minor eoins.
to the famous law of ls7:t
n has been so mueh
!y vliieh a inon'anetnlie
STipersed
Mmctalir basis In the l"nlteil
States.
I'p ti tins time only s.0r,.ss silver dol
lars had be, n ii,:ne;l and 1 pton says none
had been coined foi circulation since ISift
but by tee in t of 7 Mil,-coiling,, of the silver-dollar
w as not i.nly discontinued but
through a elerii al blunder it was not even
mentioned in the coins of the United
States mid nil silver coins, no exception
being made of the dollar, v. re made legal
tender only to the amount of live dollars.
Says Mr. Upton in his "Money and Poli
ties." In this way tin' silver dollar which
Hamilton recommended; Jefferson forbid;
Ronton made unprofltaM"; was discon
tinued with approval nnd subsequently do
monltlzed through a clerical error.
Tho Biime law of 73 which discontinued
the standard silver dollar, authoil.ed the
trade dollar containing 381 grs, pure silver.
This dollar was not Intended for circula
tion In this country but was coined for us.
in the trade wu-li ( hum and other Asiatic
countries but as mljht havo been expected
they soon found i ll, ii- way inio circulation
here nnd to prevent this an act w as pa-sod
in ill depriving them of any legal tender
quality lint, this did not ns was hoped, im
pair their circulal Ion as t hev were worth
more than the htandaid silver dollars.
Subsequently, I think iu IS'-Xl they were
called in and are now seldom seen outside
of tho collectors' cabinet.
In the next bill, the act of 78, wo meet
for the first time with the name of Mr.
Bland of Mo., a man whoso name has ever
sluco been associated with tho causo of
free silver. Tho bill as originally intro
duced provc'i d f.,r th, coinage i.t silver
dollars weighing I ',;.. 1 grs. and gave I, nil.
Ion owners the right to take their bullion
to the mint in unlimited quantity and get
it eoined. This was stricken out in the
Senate and a substitute inserted empower
ing the treasurer of tho United States to
buy with money not otherwiso appropria
ted, silver bullion at tho market ratio to
the amount of not less than two nor more
than four million: dollars of silver a month
to lie coined as purchased and tho profits
to go to the treasury of the United States.
This bill was vetoed by president Hayes
but was passed over his veto. Under It
the Secretary of the treasury has discre
tionary powers as to the amount to be
purcha.cil between the two nnd four mil
lion and f!ie minimum amount was bought
as n rule ami it never reached the maxi
mum. Tills brings us down to very modern his
tory, to the Sherman act of lS'.K) that com
promise from She nfjccti which the coun
try has not yet recovered. This net au
thorized tho Seer. tary of tho treasury to
buy not more than four and a half million
ounces of silver bullion a month but com
polling him to accept nil offered up to that
amount at the market price provided that
price did not exceed 371.5 grs. of silver to
the dollar.
The cITc' l i f ; his law is almost too well
known to nee.l description. At first the
price of silver ro o until our silver dollar
previously vu-lh only 74 became worth is I
cents this did not last long however and it
soon fell back to 73 tents and ere tho act
was repealed to about 62 cents still the
United States kept on buying until wo
purchased under the Sherman act lo.S,674,
6N3 ounces fjf silver bullion or nearly the
entire produ-t of this country, and this
was roproscjt-'d by 9154.lttl.Mii in silver
certificates which the United Stages has
been and is endi voring to float on a parity
with gold togitiier with tho J 1-31 .776.408
coined under tin- act of 7S, while in tho
mean time the juice of silver has fallen
from $1.20 to .noun ounce. Still we kept
on buying it- until now it is estimated that
the bullion value of the silvor we hold is
worth at least 150 million less than we
paid for it.
At length tho cash came and In August
93 President Cleveland called an extraordi
nary session of Congress to repeal the
Sherman act. The repeal bill soou passed
the house nnd then followed that ignu
minuus session of the Somite' when those
halls which have resounded wit h the elo
quence of Clay, Calhoun and Webster and
listened to tho w ise counsels of Benton and
Blaine were reduced to the battle ground
of parties nnd faction, a mere athletic lipid
for tho display of physical endtiranco not
of mental vigor. At length public opinion
forced even that body to awako to a sense
of its duty and In November 1Ki3 "the
Sherman act" was repealed. Since that
time wo havo been spared from coinage
legislation.
Now howevor the sliver Question has as
sumed gigantic proportions and has been
adopted as the bone of contention by the
two great political parties, one of which
has Hung a: ide former principles to adopt
free and uiilimiti d coinage of silver ac a
ratio of sixteen to one. A platform which
if carried out would result in tho greatest
protection this country has ever known
for commerce with the leading countries
of Europe would almost if not entirely
cease.
What the result of tho coming chi;tiou
will bo cannot lie fortold, but I havo too
much faith in the ultimata good sense of
the American people to believe that they
will deliberately march to the poles and
vote for a systom violating all financial
and economic principles and which has
boon repeatedly tried In this country and
met with repented disaster.
We havo now traced the history of the
silver dollar and the laws affecting; its
coinage from April ind lT'.rJ to October 3rd
lam! during which time we have seen IhUi
gi Id and silver pass tint of circulation, each
in its turn, and in the latter case tho coun
try was reuii, ed to such straits for small
coin that paper notes wore issued to the
value of ten cents, aud from tho monetary
history of tlie past I am lead to draw the
somewhat surisingconclilsion, tlliit free
silver iu the t'nited Statt s alone Involves
the lifting up by tl-is country of tho entire
volume oi silver to the staudainl of gold,
furt li.-r more th. Lt tliis is impossible biuce
legr.lai ivo enactments may atl'ect the cir
culation of ratals within a given country
tail thev can not retrulate the worlds mar
ket price since liiat is dtOM-ndeiit on
economic, commi-ins anil can only bo ai
iectid by i L'!-!.i!ion on the part of a sin
gle nation in so far n-i that nation creates
or le.--.-.i-n s the il- inaud or ill other words
lumcuai,--in in on i country is impossible
slli. o lli. cl.htiy v. ill Inevitably bo drap
ed down to the nter-daitl ol the leser metal.
l iiM.ie If. k 1'L.Mi.i;, Ju.
A face!:-"us ol server on nows;Mipcr
subjects is y:id to have remarked :
lho two cI.i-jscs tho world could
least afford tul 'so tiro preachers aud
nowsiKtix-r nn -ii ; fur the preachers
tell us tho truth ai.d the now.-paper
men tell us evervrKin'' else."
in-fore. The!:''
not ese-j't in re
We now emu,
over AVTiiih th
WIMTlfrlillfr ;T;,l
DISMARCK'S ADVICE.
ts It t"npr.Jti.llcpfl, nnd 'n We Afford to
r.illnw Iff
Mr. Hrynn appears to Bt great store
by tho letter whinh Oovernor Culberson
of Tes has roooivprl from Prinoa Bis
marck. Tho "Fr'n's friend" is will
ing to roeeivo advice from tho "Man of
Blood and Iron," and the "champion
of the American fnrmer" listens to
thnt famous friend of American agrl
tmltnre who shut the German ports to
American pork in 1884 and to American
potatoes in 188S, and who would gladly
have united all oentral Europe in a
Onsttims ltBRne aimed directly against
all American produce. Bismarok'i
rather diplomatio letter is taken by Mr.
Bryan iu his recent speeches to favor
the free coinage of silver by the United
States. Tho devotion of Chancellor Bis
raarrk to the raose of silver may be seen
in the following historical faot, whloh
appears to have escaped genera) notice:
Under his gaidanoe as chancellor of
the empire aud minister of commerce
for Prussia the eqnivalrnt of 1,080,
000,000 marks (over 370,000,000) in
silver was demonetized between the
years 1874and 1881, and over $160,000, -000
worth of the bullion into which
theso were melted had born sold by
187H. In that year, finding that the
price of silver was becoming demoral
ized, so that his remaining 109,000,000
was depreciating, he stopped sales by a
decree issued in May, 1879. These
points wore frankly stated by his dele
gates to the international monetary con
ference of 1881, when Germany like
wise offered to suspend sales for a time
in order that the price might not be
farther depressed. With those assur
ances bofoTe the monetary powers and
with tho decree of 1879 still in force,
Bismarck saw an opportunity of dump
ing some German silver on the sly and
promptly proceeded to do so. In 188f
the Egyptian government decided to
change its coinnge and invited bids for
contracts to eTVin its si lver piasters. The
German mint secured tho contract to
make the coin and incidentally furnish
ed 3,189, 000 of silver bullion to Egypt
The matter was kept very quiet or es
caped general notice. Reference to it
will be found, however, in the London
Economist of Deo. 4, 1888, whloh saw in
it a proof of Bismarck's lack of faith in
silver.
With all his faults, Bismarck is a
sturdy patriot. To help tiie German
distiller ho was willing to see trichinte
in every American pig, and to protect
tho German farmer ho smelled bugs on
every American potato. Germany hag
today $107, 000,000 worth of silver
whoso valne is declining. If the Dnited
States could be induced to follow the
example of Egypt and give Germany a
chance to do some more unloading,
where is tho harm, from the ex-chan-oellor's
point of view, in writing a let
ter of not entirely disinterested advice?
Pilyerlte Strong Man.
Just watch the great Mr.
Bryan, tho Silver Samson
of tho Platte, as he per
forms his world renowned
feat of raising the bullion
value of silver from 67
cents to tl.29 per ounce
with his big "free silver"
hammer. My, ain't he
strong I
(9i
Why Does Not Mr. Bryan Answerf
Mr. Brynn tells the farmers that free
coinage of silver will give them cheap
dollars with which to pay their debts.
Mr. Bryan tolls city workingmen that
free coiuiigo of Bilver will raise the
metal to $1.29 per ounce, bringing the
silvor dollar to par with the gold dollar,
thus giving city workingmen another
dollar a good as the present one with
which to buy the farmers' prod acta.
That is to say, to the farmer the
Bryan silver dollar is to be a cheap dol
lar to pay debts with. To city labor the
Bryan dollar is to be a dollar of high
purchasing power to buy with.
Free coinage of silver cannot produce
these two dollar:!. It can produce only
one of the two. Why do not would be
supporters of Mr. Bryan ask him which
dollar he really means? Both the farmer,
who wants to pay debts, and the work
ingman, who must buy farm produce,
are interested in having this question
answered. Chicago Times-Herald.
One trnaettled Point.
An old man who bore evidence of
more work than culture approached a
representative of a free silver paper the
other day in the state library.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Certainly."
"Well, if we have free silver coinage,
we'll all have more money, won't we?"
"Why, yes, certainly. That's easy to
answer. "
"Well, what I want to know," said
the old fe llow earnestly, "is whether
they w ill bring it to me or whether I'll
have to go alter it." Nebraska State
Journal
If Thirty Pound of Wheat Matle a Bushel,
would you havo any more wheat, or
could you buy any more food, clothe or
implements with the proceeds of your
crop than you do now?
If 60 cents wore a dollar, would your
crops bring you any more of the things
fiat you need thou you get now?
in
All persons are hereby notified that
throwing or burning papers or refuse of
any k.nd iu thu streets of the Borough la
prohibited.
By order of the town council.
J. C. CHAMBKKLA1N,
, , President, pro tern.
-Attest. U H. HPKNliEL'K, See'y.
Miilord, May o, ln'jii.
AN INDIAN HUNTER.
(Written and repented by Marvin Kim
ball, of Matainoras.)
" Ix-t me go to my home that Is far distant
West,,
To the scenes of my youth thnt I like the
iK'St,
Where tho tall ccdnrs arc and the bright
water flow,
Wheic my parents will greet mo, Oh! thoie
let me go,
White man, let mo go
"Let me go to tho spot where the cntaract
plays,
Whore oft I havo sported in my boyish
days.
There lives my poor mother whoso lienrt
will o'orflow
At the sight of her child, Oh I there lot mo
g".
White man, Jet me go.
"Iot me go to the hills nnd the valleys so
fair,
Where oft I have breathed my own moun
tain air.
And oft through tho wild woods with
quiver and Ikiw,
I havechasid the wild deer, Oh I there let
mo go.
White man, lot me go.
"Let me go to my father by whose gallant
side.
So oft I havo sported In tho height of my
pride.
And exulted to conquer the insolent foe,
To my father that Chieftain, Oh! there let
me go.
White man, let me go.
"And oh! let mo go to my dark ovod maid,
Who taught .inn to lovo beneath' the wil
low shade.
Whose heart is liko tho fawn and as pure
hs the snow,
And she loves her dear Indian, Oh! there
let me go,
White man, let me go,
"And. Oh! let mo go to my fair forest
home,
And never again will I wish to roam,
And there let my hotly In ashes lie low,
To thnt scone In tho forest, whito mnn lot
me go,
Oh! there let me go."
A Darkey Sermon.
At a revival service recently held
by the colored peoplo in a small
southorn town, an ebony-hued son
of Ham iroved to the satisfaction of
his entire congregation the absurd
ity of the doctrine that tho earth is
round.
" Now, bredorn," commenced the
preacher, " I 'so gwine tor speak ter
yer 'bout dis ninttiih of do airth
bein' round. Dose ob yer doan nn
derstan' dis mout pay strick 'ton.
tion tor what I 'so gwino tor tell yer
Dis week am a congress ob men
gwino tor meet ter diskuss do same
pint, an' it am a pint dat will bear
'scussion. In Rebclations in do fust
verse ob do sebenth chapter am deso
words an' after deso tings, I saw
four angels standin' on do four cor
ners ob do airth. Now, bredorn,
dis npple in my ban' am round like
what dis hero airth am said tor be,
an' whnr am its four corners ?
Whar would dem angels stan"? All
yer pussons hub sin in yer an' de
Lawd am after yer like er chicken
after er worm, but yer done hab ter
b'lieve no sich trash.
The Treasury and lliiml Issues.
To tho Editor of tha Prkss.
Sir : 1. What was the condition
of the Treasury at tho close of Har
rison s administration ?
2. Was it necessary for Mr.
Cleveland to issue bonds soon after
his inauguration fur tho purpose of
paying bills that the Harrison ad
ministration had contracted ?
1. Though tho revenues of the
Government fell off greatly during
the closing months of President liar
rison's administration, yet when he
retired ho left a clear surplus in the
Treasury of 1124,128,000, which in
cluded the gold reserve of $100,000,
000. 2. There aro no bills contracted
by any administration except those
authorized by law and providod for
by appropriations. The business of
the Government is continuous and
the money paid out during tho first
part of Cleveland's administration
waa paid in pursurance of appropria
tion laws passed during the last two
years of Harrison's administration,
and made by a Democratic House of
Representatives. The revenue con
tinued to decrease during President
Cleveland's administration and, the
gold was withdrawn from the Treas
ury to such an extent that about one
yeir after his inauguration ho bo
gan to issue bonds, of which 262,
315,400 have boon sold to replenish
the gold reserve.
The Monroe Democrat savs : "The
notice of withdrawal by Hon. Joseph
j. nun irom tne uongressional race
was a great surprise to his manv
friends in Htroudsburcr. who were
loud in their denunciation. Ho
would have polled a largo voto ns
most of the Democrats hero and
many Republican votes would have
been found in his column. Many of
them are now outright for Kirkpat
rick whilst others assert an inten
tion of not voting at all. The op
position to tho Carbon-Northampton
illegal conference seems as
strong antl determined as ever and
thus far there is no sign of yielding.
The Democratic leaders who are op
posed to Mr. Mr. Barber say that it
is not personal hostility, but that
they are fighting for a principle
which they aro bound to maintain.
and they have filed or will file ob
jections to his certificate of nomina
tion. WIDOW'S APPRAISEMENT
The following appraisement set apihrt
for thu widow has been filed with the
clerk of the Orphan's Court, aud will be
presented to the Court for approval on thu
fc'inteeutli Day 5f October, 1SU6.
Kstate of Gtiorge Mlllott, deceased. Wid
ow's appraisement of persona! projierty.
JOHN C. WhSTliKOOK,
Clerk of Orphan's Court.
Milford, Sept. sa, lnwi.
Yon agree that baking; po
der it best for raising. The
why not try to get its beat re
sults t Just at easy to get all
It good none of its bad, by
having It made with digestion
aiding Ingredients as 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. $xooo forfeit if made
with alum or other bad. Fresh,
sweet and pure, ail foods raised
with it digest so easily that
yon are quickly surprised with
better appetite and health.
CANDIDATES' CARDS.
Having been nominated by the Repub
lican Convention as a candidate for the
olliceof
Representative,
to lie voted for nt tho General Election. I
hereby respectfully solicit the support of
the people of the county and lr eloctwrt
pledge myself to further tho welfare of my
constituents and conserve their interest's
faithfully t the best of mv ability,
AARON CO KT RIGHT.
Westfall Township, topt. 30, 1BU.
Receiving tho nomination for tho office
of
Associate Judge
nt tho hands of the Republican Conven
tion I hereby respectfully ask tho sup
port of my fellow-citizens. If elected It
will be in y aim to faitnfully and Imparti
ally aid In the ndininistratiim of the duties
pertaining to the office, to the best of my
ability. WILLIAM MITCHELL.
Milford, Sept. 80, 18110.
Having lieen solicited by mnnv friends
who ncliero that the will of the peoplo was
not allowed to bo fairly expressed at, the
recent Republican primaries, I hereby an
nounce myself a candidato for tho ollico of
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
to lie voted for at the General Election to
lie held Nov. 8, lstnl, under the tirlo or po
licy of People's Party, nn regular! by the
act of June 10, ism); providing for nomina
tion by nomination papers, and respect
fully ask the support of all who favor fair
and just methods in polities. If ducted I
pledge myself to administer my ollioiai
duties in such manner as to guard the In-
t.loar.tt of t.tii, i.,u.l.. .....1 .
,,,u.,,wvu
uii.t nmiinjui 1110 (H.Tpnvers.
' GKORUK H. iiORTRI
tireentown, Sept. , lSiKl.
To THB VOTKHB OF Pik F. Coitntv: I here
by announce myself a candidato for
County Treasurer
under the titlo or policy of "People's
Party," as regulated by tho Act of Juno
in, lw.i8,provlding for nominations by nom
ination papers, anil solicit vour votes at
tho general election Nov. 8, 1hiI
a . . John a. kipp.
August 5, 18!.
REGISTER'S NOTICE
The following accounts havo been filed'
In tho Register's Offlco of Plko County
and tho same will be present! to the Orp
han's Court of said county for confirma
tion and allowance on tho Ninteonth Day
of October next.
Estate of James D. nriseoo, deceased
Account of Elizabeth Briscoe, adminis
tratrix. Estate of Eleanor Ream, deceased.
AcCOUnt Of Thoitliui A ri,ut
tor, Sco. '"""8' "iOTU-
Estate or David Howell, diwastsd
Account of C. W. Bull, trusUie, &o.
JOHN C. WESTBROOK,
Register's Offlco, Sept. 23. lSuaJ''
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