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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

| rIoHl tine letrc haute Express.
The entire population of the United
States may be classified as laborers, cap
itallsts, usurers and loafers. 1t is impos-
sible to name an individual who does not
belong to one or another of these classes
Those who are incapacitatediirom making
any effort, through infancy, decrepitude,
or mental or physical infrmlty, are invol-
untary oilers and come under the last
named head, free, of course, from the
odium, if any there be, which attaches to
the name. Loafers were at one time call
ed gentlemen, but in the fluctuations of
language, that word has obtained differ
ent meaning.
A laborer may be at the same time q
capitalist, or a usurer, or capitalist and
q usurer.
A capitalist may be at the same time
laborer, or a usurer, or Il laborer and
usurer.
A usurcr may be at the same time Il
laborer, or a capitalist, or loborer and
capitalist, or loafer.
A loaier may be usurer.
These proportions are true, although
labor, capital, money and bonds must al
ways be distinguished, for each differs
greatly from the others. A laborer sim
ply, is one who works upon material and
with tools supplied by another. That
other is the capitalist He who plOws my
land with my team and plow is simply d
laborer, whose compensation is wages. As
to the land, the team and the plow, am
the capitalist. If he plows his land with
team and plow hired from me, he is a
laborer, and at the same time, so far as
the land is concerned, capitalist, while
the team and plow is my capital, for the
use of which | receive compensation,
called hire.
If the laborer, for wages and hire, plows
my land with his team and pillow and has
a mortgage upon the land, he is at the
same time laborer, capitalist and usurer.
Yet here, although there is combination
OF labor and capital necessary to the result
the crop-the money lent is not capital, |
and is not essential to the result.
II seldom hapncns that the canit,list or
the laborer is Insurer Tsnrv Is An in. |
trnder, a marau lcr, and rohs both Labor
and capitaI The usnrcr arrooatas 70 him. |
self the name of cnpitalist. Inf money is
not conitni, II is neither material NOR
FOOLS II nerforms none of thn functions
of capital, To-day m these United States
labor and capitnl lie bound ot the feet oF
usurv To hermit usnrv and bv uenrv |
mean interest. at anv rate, is TO give mon
ey nower Of self accnmnlation witbont
ejTort on tbe nart of ;ts owner Il is 70 nj.
low a man to take without oiyinc to ey-
change nothing for something Ouid pro
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07
NAPOLEON AND FINANCE.

British spindles that clothed the
armies of Europe, not their bayonets, con-
quered me, Napoleon said. What about
those spindles2 How were they kept in
motion? Soon after the Napoleonic wars
began, gold gave out in England, She
took up the despised fat money. What
was the result? Just what has followed
in such cases everywhere when wisdom
has guided business ventures. Never in
thet history of England have her in
dustnes been so prosperous. All histor-
ians agree that plenty reigned throughout
the Kingdom; that manufacturers grew
rich, merchants opulent, and laborers at
tanned degree of comfort they had never
known before or since.
But Shylock, the gold money business,
did not thrive. He never does when gov
ernments issue irredeemable money. He
can't loan his gold or gold money. He
can't get his interest. All his efforts were
unavalling in Parliament until Napoleon
was safely housed on st. Helena. Then
he strutted into Parliament and demanded
specie payment. Hewas promisedin 1919
that he should have them in 1923. As if
by magic everything now changed. Where
there had been thrift, stagnation came.
Business was paralyzed. Production was
cut down to next to nothing, and con-
sumption followed suit. Merchants failed,
manufacturers discharged their help and
closed their doors; universal panic reigned
supreme throughout the Kingdom. In
1919 there were 100000 landholders. In
1926 the number was reduced to less than
10000; and they have never increased
beyond that number since. They hal ir-
redeemablep paper money and prosperity.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07
The Queen of All.

From the Post Dspatch.
Honor the dear old mother. Time has
scattered the snowy fakes on her brow,
plowed deep burrows on her cheeks, but is
she not sweet and beautiful nowp The
lips are thin and shrunken, but those are
the lips which have kissed many hot
tear from the childish cheek, and they .lre
the sweetest lips in all the world. The
eye is dim, yet it glows with the soft radi-
ance of holy love which can never fade.
All, yes, she is dear old mother. The
sands of life are nearly run out, but feeble
as she is, she will go further and reach
down lower for you than any other upon
earth. You cannot walk into midnight
where she can not see you; you can not
enter prison whose bars will keep her
out; you can never mount scaffold too
high for her to reach that she may kiss
and bless you in evidence of her deathless
love. When the world shall despise and
fosake you, when it leaves you by the way
side TO die unnoticed, the dear old mother
will gather you in her feeble arms, and
carry you home and tell you Of all your
virtues until you almost forget that your
soul is dis6gured by vices. Love her ten
derly and cheer her declining years with
holy devotion.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07
An Invention of Besscmer.

FROM LOlluOn society
Bessemer invented at an attertime an
other process of great value in the arts,
which reduced the price of an article much
used. This, too, he determined to keep u
secret; so he devised that the essential
part of the manufacture should be con-
Quoted by self-acting machinery, to which
no one should have access but himself.
Thus, while in the outer part any common
workman could be employed, he prepared
an inner department. For this, having
planned the machinery, he had the several
parts made in three or four establishments,
and when they wero delivered on the
premises he fitted them up with one rela-
tive privately at night. This is one of the
most remarkable incidents in the annals
of the history-the fast-locked chamber,
holding within its unseen and mysterious
monster at work by day or by night,
while the mechanics who labored within
its door and looked on it could not pene-
trate within. Even the eldest son of Mr..
Bessemer had reached manhood before he
ever went within the hidden chamber or
held its key. The materials were cheap,
the demand for the manufactured article
steady, and high price for it has been
maintained, from which Mr.. Bessemer has
realized a handsome fortune, though small
in comparison with the earnings Of his
greater inventions.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

| rfOin inc DullalO courier.
The town OF Sardinia in the southern
part Of Erie county, was visited by a des'
tructive cyclone on Friday last, the like ol
which for teroclty and destructiveness has
never been known in this part of the State.
The destruction Of the telegraph wires
between that point and Buffalo has pre-
vented earlier intelligence from reaching
| this city, and we are endebted to Asso-
ciate Justice Rogers for information con-
cerning the catastrophe. 1t seems that
about 3 o'clock Friday afternoon the
farmers living in many parts of the town
of Sardinia were frightened by the sud
den fury OF the wind, which pounced up
on them like tiger, accompanied by a
terrible roaring like the sound OF thunder
long continued, uprooting trees, unrooi-
ing houses and working fearful destruc-
tion wherever it struck. What to do was
question which could not be debated,
and the excited people ran hither and
thlther as their fright directed them, some
into cellars, others into their beds, while
others rushed out into the open air and
threw themselves fiat upon the ground.
Mr.. Edward Sherman, who lived upon the
old Wilson farm, was among the latter.
He lay down beneath large apple tree,
and wound his arms around the trunk.
Suddenly the whirlwind caught the tree
in its embrace, and twisted it square in
two about foot from the ground, sweep
ing the upper part away and leaving the
man at the base TO congratulate himself
over his narrow escape. The scenes
about this farm are said to be beyond
description. All the barns are unr0ofed
by the wind, the cattle covered into cor
ners, showing by their actions that they
realized the danger in which they were
placed.
The course of tile wind was decidedly
eccentric. 1t would pounce upon the land
and sweep everything before II for a mile
or SO, and then skip section, and then
once more seek the the earth and uproot
patch and so on. How far the damage ex-
extended wecannotnow say. The cyclone,
il such it were, could be plainly heard on
the Rogers farm, four miles from where
it struck. Those who heard it describe it |
like the sound Of thunder, and say it last
ed about fifteen minutes
The destructiveness of the storm was |
something unprecedented in this part of |
the country. Wherever it struck there re.
mained ruin and desolation. Forests and
orchards were laid low by the acre, many
OF them having not tree standing.
Fences were swept away by the mile, or
broken into pieces and blown right and
left, to resemble the snow fences along the
railroad lines. Many houses rocked vio-
lently before the fury of the wind, and
a chimney remained standing in
the line of the winds furious advance.
No deaths to human beings occurred so
far as heard from, though it is not impos.
sible that the storm has victims to give
it dignity and make it tragic.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07
French Divorce.

thn fThhulsco UhlIt Fhfs Lcttsr. n
As divorce will likely be re-established
in France, it is time that etiquette books
devote chapter to the ceremonial. Tai
mas case ought 10 be noted he called for
his wife in a carriage; they both drove to
the Mayors Office, he chatted most friend
ly; he took her out Of the vehicle with the
politeness oil a knight, and promised 10
visit her frequently; then they signed the
deed, embraced and separated.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07
Ladies'. naIioata and FeahIa

Those languid tiresome sensations. causing
you TO feel scarcely able TO ba on your feet
that constant drain that ia taking from your
system all its former elasticity; driving the
bloom from your cheeks; that continual strain
upon your vital forces, rendering you irritable
and fretful, can easily be removed by the use
Of that marvellous remedy, Hop Bitters. Irreg-
ularities and obstructions Of your system are
relieved at once, while the special cause Of
periodical pains arc permanently removed.
win your heed this? Bee "Truths."
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

A DOLLAR that will purchase twice as
much now as it would ten years ago,
should be legal tender for the payment of
two dollars contracted in 1869 to be paid
in 1879.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

A SQUARE man, if he isn't quite so rad
ical, is safe man. Men who are not only
conservative but also traders, are danger
GUS men, and not to be either trusted or
countenanced.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

EVERY day we hear of new converts to
the greenback cause. The people are rap
idly opening their eyes to the fact that the
only hope of the country is in the success
of greenback principles.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07
POLITICAL MENTION.

BUSINESS men who Hatter themselves
that the greenback element is powerless,
or that all the country needs Is to be let
alone, will find out their mistake sooner or
later.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

Over one half of the adult population,
engaged in agricultural pursuits, and not
a single representative in congress. The
great mass of producers having surrender
ed into the hands of usurers and attorneys
the law making power of the country,
should not wonder that the latter vote
themselves exempt from taxation, and
heap unbearable burdens upon the former.
Let the soldiers unite with the farmers,
manufacturers and mechanics for justice,
equity, and equal representation, and
hereafter let Solon and "them steers"
take the place of the Tally-ho coach and
servants In livery.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

The greenbackers and worklngmen of
New York State must stand ready to meet
a charge from the enemy. The battalion
that is to move upon them is already Or
ganized, armed and equipped.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

The reduction of salaries has been dis,
cussed in the Detroit board Of education
but the matter ended with leaving the
rates undisturbed.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

WHY insist that those who do not be-
lieve in gold and silver as the standard
money, shall swallow a platform that
makes them so? This rule or ruin policy
is not in the peoples interests. If the
party wants to secure the vote and in
fuence of every greenbacker for its state
and county tickets, a majority should not
insist in examining an unpalatable plat
form down the throats of minority.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

There is q movement TO make plain
sewing regular branch of the public
school education in Syracuse,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

WE want something more than silver
and gold coinage to increase the money
in circulation to a volume that will bring
back prosperity. We want greenback
dollars enough to make butter the same
price it was in 1865, and that is two thou.
sand millions more. We want them now
right of, and enough to retire all of our
bonds, set every industry in motion and
every laborer at work. Then laborers will
earn money with which to buy the far
mer's butter, and every thing else that he
or the mechanic has to sell.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

The grcenback party should not smile
specially on either party and frown on the
other. 1t should say to all, Come in and
join with us in the fight against the COM
mon enemy of the peoples interests.
Come in, not as republicans; not as Dem
ocrats but as greenbackers. So long as
any are, first, republicans or democrats
and greenbackers afterwards, they are
not greenbackers. We want greenback-
prs
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

THE battle as it now stands is trian-
gular fight. The greenback position is
opposed to the republican theory of bank
currency standing on a perpetual bonded
debt and specie redemption through legal
tender currency. 1t is equally opposed to
the democratic doctrine of United States
notes redeemable in coin, and the payment
of the bonds in gold for which August
Belmont sold out Seymour and Blair in
1858.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

IT is time for the people, north, south,
east and west, to unite in deprecatlng and
denouncing any and all attempts to get
up sham fights between different sections
of the country IN order to divert public
attention from the schemes and arts of
the money sharks and political shysters
who are plotting their ruin and enslave-
mont
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

PORTLAND platform greenbackers say
we must have unlimited coinage of gold
and silver, because it is the money of the
world. This looks Shylockish. Wine is
the beverage of the world but this is no
sign that its use should be unlimited.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

Snow your colors! Hang out your
banner Be what You arel Don't be a
hypocrite! Put out your sign Don't
try to straddle the fence, for if you do
you'll get split clear up to your shoulders.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

EVERY man who gave his note or mort
gage of 500, for property in 1873, re-
ceived in lieu the equivalent of but S66 in
gold at that time. Gold having advanced
about 36 per cent. and greenbacks having
become equal to gold, he who pays debt
to-day contracted in lawful money in 1873,
pays twice the value of his property, and
twice as much as the creditor is equitably
entitled to. Hence neither gold or green
backs are honest money to-day in pay
ment of debts incurred FIVE years ago.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

Ton NfcHoL says legal tender green
backs have not been converted into bonds,
that the only currency SO converted were
the interestbearing treasury notes, Well,
we have paid more gold interest on the
bonds into which these notes were con-
verted, thar, the original amount of the
notes, and they are not yet paid. Had
those notes been made receivable for du.
ties on imports, they would have been
equal to gold, and would all have been
redeemed years ago, and no bonds left to
rob the people. But then Shylock would
have no hook TO fish for interest. Bonds
with interest hooks was sbylock's share
OF the spoils Of the war.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

From tho Terra Haute Express.
According to the latest tabulated state
ment the adult population of the United
States is divided as to occupation as fol-
lnn
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-08-07

SoLoN CHASE and other greenbackers
say privately that they believe in demone-
tizing gold and silver, hut publicly it
won't do to talk it, as the people are not
educated up to it. When will they ever
be, if no one talks 1t? These weak. .kneed
"alf and 'alf" fellows think it is better
for the party to deceive the people little
longer as to their real intents and purpo-
ses. This won't do. The people are not
fools and can't be deceived long. Re men,
and say what you mean. DemOnetize
gold. No one wants it. 1t is a robber
and ought to have no friends but robbers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-08
'4Will you take in an old friend and
wayfarer to dine with you to-day2 1t is
pleasanter being with friends than at an

sWill you take in an old friend and
Wayfarer to dine with you to-day? 1t is
pleasantsr being with friends than at an
inn. =
"With pleasure" they replied, in the
old Southern style of true hospitality. He
noticed, however, their look of perplex-
ity, and said: will not tax your mem.
DRY tco far, for twenty-six years bring
heavy changes, still you can't forget
our last meeting. Do you remember a
young colonel, captain, whose presump-
ton enabled him to outstrip you in a
jumping match years ago, and who yield
ed his right to The prize you SO much
coyeted2.
Indeed T do,'' exclaimed Capt. Len.
ARD, springing up and grasping his hand
! once more. "a knew 7 had seen you
somewhere, general"---a name Tom had
| unWittingly given him from the first
"but Icould not recall the occasion. We
are indeed glad to see you, and give you
| q warm welcome to our table,
They sat on thes piazza aftsr1 dinner,
| the same old western piazza, with its
climbing roses, where Nettle stood in
her youthful grief just twenty-six years
before. And here, shaded by the same
old ivies and poplals, they talked of the
changes the years had wrought, particu-
larly for cur country. Gen. Washington
enjoyed his visit exceedingly. They all
addressed him as General but their
free and unconstrained remarks relating
to the late war, and their intense admira-
ton Tor the great leader Of the American
armies were evidence enough that he was
unknown
When he rose to take leave, and was
giving each q warm pressure of the hand
in farewell, Capt Lenard said, general,
| gave you this name because it seemed
to suit you, not that I thought you were
one then, and it is the only name we
have known you by. Were you
aware you had never enlightened us?''
Washington smiled. II supposed frora
several remarks made to day that | was
unknown, and have enjoyed our free
social intercourse too march to eniighten
you. VIII you excuse what has seemed
like breach in politeness? and I will
rectity the error now as far as possible"
Saying this, he presented his card:
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Mount Vernon.
Not word was spoken, ana in the
silence of amazement their world famed
guest departed. r.. ~ -
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The Poets Grave.
ny THE LATE RAYARD, TAYLOR.

Nj $ss.ii5 NJ THE LATE RArARD TAYLOR. s35s
The following poem was written by tn
lamented poet when q mere STRIPPING snt
published in little volume with Iii
popular poem entitled "Ximena:"
Twas in q sunny forest-nook, s s55s,. 85% 4
With flowers and moss o'ergroWn; @ I5f3
Where ght was heard save the bees 10y
hum a ISL IN s.5 s5
Or wild winds liquid tone
They laid the gentle bard to rest
When life's wild dream was DER,
When the Tyre he woke with magic power
Gave forth its notes no more.
They laid him there when sunsets beam
Yet fingered on the hill, 6 .
But the heart that leaped at that bright hour
In deaths long sleep was still
Sadly they heaped the messy mould
Above his fair young FORM
And Wept that soon the grave should hide 1a
The heart SO free and warm. II
The elm's long boughs droop Ger the turf
Like mourn ers weeping by,
Aud there, in spring, the violet first III,
Looks up with uaild blue eye; 4
And when the forests in the garb
OF summer, proudly wave,
A thousand low, sweet melodies
Float monrnfui round his grave.
A holy calm breathes DER the spot,
The trees dark shadows fling,
Save when through twining boughs, quick
CLEANS 3 y
The wild birds flashing wing,
There, when the sunsets GLOW decays
Bright forms with sunny hair,
Glide slowly through the forest aisles,
Then fade in twilight air.
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Of reaching the residence Of Tennyson
He looked puzzled end asked me to re-
peat my question, which / did, adding
that 4 meant Alfred Tennyso,l, the poet
laureate Of England. Atthis his face lit
up a little as he exclaimed !: Port IIaurit!
All, you rRean Newport. That, sir is the
capital Of the island, and very nice town
i'll is pr''a | then asked him sole,nnly
If he did not know that a fired Tennysor,
the poet, lived on this island, and had
for many years. He answered that he
was obliged TO admit thai he had never
40 Aluch US heard the name.
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Long Ago.

The bark sails slowly over sunless seas,
The coast of youth long faded out of sight;
The CLEAN that fingered on the last dear hight;
Lost as We drift before life's steady breeze;
Yet, as the ship glides onward, fair green leas,
And wood crowned uplands, bathed in mystic
light
Show on an island, set in the mconbeams
~. white,
CIR blush of sunrise Glad, we steer for these;
The mirage pales, the nists close thick again,
We see the great gray waves, and nothing
.r,..}.. more; . ASl
hnd listen, with yearning, useless pain, M
TO bear the soft waves whisper on the shore;
Shore Of the happy land we used to know,
Meier trodden twice in life, the Long Ago
.... a. ....- ILL the Year Round