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Does it Pay +?
COME LET US REASON TOGETHER.

Does IL Pay to have scores of working
men poor, ragged and financially ruined,
in order that one saloon-keeper may
be dressed in broadcloth, and flush of
money.
Does it Pay to have fifty workingmen
living on bone-soup and half rations, in
order that one saloon keeper may flourish
on roast turkey and champagne?
Does it Pau to have the mothers and
children of families dressed in rags,
starved into the semblance of emaciated
scarecrows, and living in novels, in order
that the saloon-keeper's wife may
dress in satin, and her children
grow fat and hearty, and live In bay
window parlor?
Does it Pay to have citizen in Jail to
be supported at the public expense,
because another citizen sells him
liquor?
Does at Pay to have one citizen sup
ported by the taxpayers of the county
| in the lunatic asylum, because another
citizen makes him crazy by selling him
liquor?
Does ii Pdy to arrest, try, convict, ano
punish man at cost of thousands OF
dollars to the taxpayers of the county
because another man sold him liquor
under the influence of which he com
mitted murder?
| Does it Pay 10 have ten of our smart
| active and intelligent boys turned int
yagabonds and criminals to enable on'
man to lead an easy life by selling then
liquor?
/ Does it PAY for paltry license to al
low John Doe to sell Richard Roe whis
XIV and then spend thousands of dollar
of the taxpayers money In prosecuting
Richard Doe for crime committee
| while crazed by the whisky
| Does it Pay to have one thousan'
homes blasted, ruined, defiled, an
turned into hells of discord and misery
in order that one wholesale liqnor deale
may amass large fortune?
Does it Pay to keep 5000 men In th
penitentaries, and prisons, and hospitals
1000 in the lunatic asylum, and 1000
men. women and children in the poo
houses, at the expense of the honest, indus
trious taxpayers, in order that a fe
capitalists may grow richer by th
manufacture and sale of whisky?
Does 1t Pay to permit the existence
+ traffic which only results in GRIM
poverty, misery and death, and whic
never dies, never does, never can an
j never will do any good?
q It Never pays to do Wrong; your 81
: will find you out; whether Others lind
out or not, the sin knows where you ar
and will always keep you posted of tn
e fact. Ii does not Poy.-Readings an
$ Recitations.
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scheme for the enhancement of their
special property. Bonds, mortgages and
all fixed securities have the amount or
value specified in so many dollars and
cents. 1t is easy to increase their NOM
inal value by increasing the yalueof the
dollars and cents in which they are to
be paid. To demonetize silver and re-
qaire payment in gold only while it may
not change the amount called for In the
bond does double its value by doub-
ling the value of the money in which the
bond is to be paid, hence this class with
some honorable exceptions are
OPPOSED TO SILVER.
We also have the national banks; their
interests against silver is tenfold. First
they are required to hold bonds as secu-
rity for their circulation. They have
the bondholders' interest; again they
seek to control absolutely the volume
of money that they cannot do if silver Is
permitted to fill the channels of circu-
lation. 1t is not at all strange then, that
we see it announced that at the bankers
annua, meeting to take place at Chicago
the 22nd inst, the silver question is to
receive their special attention. They will
as usual pass resolutions denOuncIng
silver coinage, and will net fail to parti-
cularly condemn the silver certificate
that is crowdiDg out the bank note.
While our friends of the national banks
are thus looking out for their own in
terests, the people are not asleep. 1t will
be cold, verg cold day, particularly in
the Mississippi valley, for that Congress
man who may by his vote east his for
tunes with the banks and bankers in
their war upon the money of the consti
tuition. R. 2. BLAND.
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Prohibition Color Line.

It is quite evident that the bulk of the
colored people in Jackson are persistent
ly holding aloof from the Temperance
movement. In vain are Temperance
mass meetings announced from the
colored churches and by other means,
the people will not turn out. They have
gotten it into their heads that it is a
Democratic trick, and they are afraid to
come nigh lest some concealed raw-head
and bloody bones should make COM
plete finish of them. The liquor men
and their sympathizers take advantage
of this weakness and use them as they
please. A Republican leader and patron
of the saloons said to a colored man
who had employment from the Govern
ment. eIook here, if you don't quit fool
ing with this prohibition business you
will lose your place.; the man looked
alarmed and excited and drew right of
from the cause to which he had avowed
friendship. Even the colored ministers,
who to a man are in hearty accord with
the promotion of Temperance, yet are
afraid to come out and take strong
ground in favor of their convictions,
| lest some of their flock should be preju
diced against them for being in league
with movement opposed to the interests
of the colored race. 1t is hard to pre-
serve ones patience in view OF such
determined ignorance and persistent
peryersion of truth, but the blame lies
| not against the mass of the people, bu'
against those who have their confidence
i white and black. The lash of the party
leaders is used freely and unscrupulous
ly TO whip into the whisky line the poo
misguided victims who have not intelli
gence to think for themselves, nor cour
age to act upon their convictions.
1t Is well known that the Temperate
cause in Jackson is gaining groun,
among the better class of white men
Some are signing counter petitions VIII
never did so before and others are refus
!, ing to sign whisky petitions who ono
, we're always ready to sign any that wer
,, offered to them. IL left to the whit
|. voters of the city, there is no doub
: that no more license would be granted
. The negroes hold the matter in thei
own hands. Now this state of thing
makes very pertinent and weighty SUI
: positions both to black and to -whii
/ men.
First to the black men: Shall it |
said that they have so little regard f
. the hest interests of the community
: which they live and for the proper rea
ing of their own children as to ARA
6 themselves against the wishes of the
white fellow citizens and join
: with LIQUOR dealers to keep opt
!. the saloons. and thereby make theI
: selves responsible for the waste ar
9 r;otinc and murder which will
= .v;taIsiv foIlow2 Will they have so lit
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sprees and stayed for weeks at a time.
and they knew nothing of my where
aboutsF'
ssYes, she said that
-She told you the truth; but now |
want TO give you my side of the case.
My earliest recollection is of standing
at my mothers knee and drinking wine
from her glass. trace my ruin to her.
| ara a lost man; there is now no hope
for me: but, Mr.. Mead, | tell you. / hate
my mother, and when / stand at Gods
bar, a lost and ruined soul i will tell God
what she did for my soul, and will say,
God, hate my mother
No words can picture his condition oil
mind. Despair had already settled on
his spirit. He knew the drunkard'
doom awaiting for him, and received ne
comfort from anything Athat Mr.. Mead
could say.
But short time elapsed after hi,
return home, when dispatch announced
that Charley had committed suicide.
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Three Frigid Facts.

1. Every man knows better what he
wants to buy and sell than his govern
ment can possibly know for him. be
will buy and sell to the best advantage
If left free to buy and sell as he choos-
es.
2. Every one who buys sells at the
same time. His purchase is really an
exchange. The money he pays for the
goods which he buys is really an order
given to the seller for other goods.
The more buying. the more selling.
8. As regards dealings between IN
habitants Of the same street, the same
village. the same town. the same coun
try, no one thinks of disputing thes'
truths. But they are just as true a
regards dealings between inhabitant
of different countries.-T. IL Farrer
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Like Gen. Grant, the first Napoleon
died of cancer. In his case the cancer
was in the stomach instead of in the
throat. 1t caused him much severer
pain than Grant suffered. Toward the
last he could not digest his food. He
was tormented by constant thirst
His pulse beat with feyerish quick
ness. He improved, grew worse. and
had all the hope. depression and de-
spair that marked Grants illness. I'm
| like the American soldier. he did not
| retain his mental faculties to the last
| The circumstances were different
Napoleon was vanquished man. .
prisoner deserted by his wife. and sur
rounded only by the members OF his
military family. His last words re-
i ferred to his son and the army Grant
not only suffered less. but his last
hours were Frightened by thousand
loving words and tributes from wife
and children. old army comrades, hi
& former foes, and the most distinguishes
men Of the world.
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dragooning the negroes in solid phalanxes
to control them and the Capitol of the
State where they make their home.
Does not every manly impulse and every
honest sense of shame rise up to enter
an indignant protest against such thing.
If the negroes were to array themselves
against the will of the whites of theil
own accord, it would De bad enough, but
to have it said that whisky men and
aspirants for Office are virtually drawing
the color line for no other reason thar
to perpetuate the monstrous iniquity
whence they derive their ILL gotten gains
this deserves unmitigated reprobation
In the present iuncture of affairs in the
city of Jackson, no true man can remain
neutral who is not at heart friend and
sympathizer with the whisky traffic.
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POISON

A converted hquor-dealer gave to the
National Temperance Society number
of recipes for the manufacture of intox-
icating liquors, which are used by dis
tillers, liquor-dealers, and druggists.
Here are the ingredients without the
quantities From them may be seen
what those people drink who indulge
the appetite for intoxieants:
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Take Warning Mothers
BY Mrs. G. W. A.
To The issue

To The Issue:
In sermon preached by the Rev. G..
H. Mead, of New York, at Monteagle,
he related the following thrilling Incl
dent:
He received message from the wife
of wealthy Judge in New York, en-
treating him to come to her at once.
He went without delay. On arriving at
her elegant home, he was met by her
and conducted at once to parior where
she told him in anguish of spirit why
she had sent for him. Her only son
was killing himself with drink, and she
begged him to do something to save heI
son from the drunkard's S grave to which
he was SO rapidly going. Full of love
and sympathy for the fallen man, be
listened with the deepest interest to hel
recital of her sorrow. He knew her sor
as young lawyer of brilliant talents
After an earnest conversation dinner
was announced. They entered the din
| ing-room where an elegant meal wa
prepared, with all the attendant luxurie
of wealth and refinement; Lut sitting
near the Judge was decanter OF liquor
Seeing this, Mr.. Mead could understand
| the cause of the sons present condition
and his spirit sank within him. He at
but little; his heart was heavy and sad
AZ soon as he returned to the parlor b
said: Madam, how long has that devi
been on your tablet" WHAT, sirT' sh
asked, with great surprise; II do no
understand you" aThat Iquor-hav
YOU always used it in your family r &C
the wine you mean. Yes, of course, "
always had wine at dinner. sTher
i madam, 1 understand it all, and | ca
do nothing for you. Good-day." and b
left
i After bidding her adieu, from som
i impulse, he decided that he would Sc
the young man himself before he too
j the train for his home. He entered b
4 Office and was received rather coldly.
aMr. Mead, you have seen my mothe
supposef
aYes, Charley, haveT
| uAnd she told you that / had ha
delirium tremens r
y AYes.n
i sShe told you that ! went of 9
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OF all the states in the Union, Geor-
gia brings the most fantastic things to
the surface. Its very latest oddity is a
spider as big as hickory nut. the long,
curved back whereof shows the human
face in profile. The face is like that of
man of the Malay type. the brow, the
eyes, the nose. the mouth and the chin
being initiated with a precision quite
startling in its way.
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coGNAc BRANDY.

French or Cologne spirits, burnt sugar,
oil of cognac, vinegar, bluestone, Jamaica
rum, honey-syrup, port wine, French
coloring, alum, and aloes.
IRISH OR SCOTCH WHISKY.
Canada highwines, or new distilled
whisky, one week old, saltpeter, fine
salt, essence of oil of Scotch or Irish
whisky, fusel-oil, syrup, bluestone, st.
Croix rum, some imported Irish OF
Scotch whisky for flavor.
OLD HOLLAND GIN.
French spirits, water, oil of juniper,
syrup, whitewine vinegar, bluestone,
New England rum, peachpits, with some
imported gin for flavor.
OLD TOM GIN.
Same ingredients, but double syrup te
make sweet.
The above is sold by druggists fol
medicine for kidney disease.
JAMAICA AND ST. cRoIX RUM.
Double refined highwines, French
coloring, oil of rum, fusel-oil, vinegar
bluestone, burnt sugar, molasses syrup
with some imported Jamaica, Cuba, ol
st. Croix rum for flavor, alum, aloes
prune juice.
STOCK ALE OR PORTER
Is diluted with oil of vitriol, strychnine
and aqua forts to make it keep.
NEW ALE
Is diluted with oil of vitriol, damaged
molasses, and bilge water from sugar o.
molasses vessels.
LAGER BEER.
A little malt, plenty of water, some
inferior hops, rosin, tar, saleratus, soda
with four different kinds of chemicals
to make it keep after brewing.-Neo
York Christian Adrocate.
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An ancient burying ground was re-
Gently unearthed in Paris while dig
ring q trench IN the Rue Salande. The
cofiins Of stone and plaster found there
have been traced to the seventh. eighth
and ninth centuries. They pointed to
the east and had crosses inscribed
on circle. symbolieal of eter.
nifty, and other emblems Of Christian
ity. The collins were found filled witt
dirt, their covers having given way.
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RouRRoN or RYE WHISKY.

Is manufactured with highwines, COM
monty called fusel oil whisky, made
to-day and drank three days after; con-
tains also vinegar, syrup, oil of Bourbon,
water, French coloring, bluestone, and
other poisonous chemicals.
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT,
TEMPERANCE ALPHABEr.

CONDUCTED By REV. C. G. AsDRKws D. D.,
jackson. Miss 20 whom all contributions for this
Department should be addressed.
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ArA PAR WITH GOLD,
THE GOLD CRAZE

has, however, reached that stage that
its advocates tell us it is not safe for us
to coin silverf free, because, as they allege,
it is not the standard of money among
a sufficient number of nations for us to
adopt it.
What are the facts? We give here
tables taken from the United States sill
yer commission report of 1877, showing
the standard of money and population
of the different countries as follows:
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hundred million people have adopted
silver as the sole standard of money, and
over one hundred and eighty million
have the double standard gold and silver,
thus constituting total of more than
nine hundred millions who use
SILVER AS A STANDARD HONEY.
Only ninety-two million eight hundred
Thousand have the single gold standard.
II Is further to be remarked that IN the
GOLD standard countries silver is largely
nsed. in fact is the sole money used Tor
small transactions or retail trade. thus
rata;l trade is the foundation OF all COM
merce. Silver is the mudsill upon which
~ssts the the worlds trade. Verify sill
YER and not gold is the money of the
world If there was or could be me-
cass;tv for demonetizing either metal it
sbould be gold. The only advantage
anywhere claimed for gold is that it is
not so bulky and it is better for the large
tra,,sactions: but we have learned the
at "a the certificate for both gold and
/ s;,rsr we therefore use neither OF the
metals except silver in our circulation.
TIE cold and silver certificates have
taken the place substantially of the
coin.
THE SILVER Certificate
i as convenient for large transactions
Z the cold certificate. As for settling
hslances abroad, we have for many year
been exporting more silver, and settling
,nnre debts abroad with silver, than gold
We are the producers Of silver. Nearly
ane-half Of the worlds production q
silver comes from our mines Int
Greater the value We give to It at nome
fhe more it will be worth abroad, am
ne more value to us our mines become
. Rmt M the great benefit to be derives iron
tba unlimited coinage or use OF silver
money mo Is in bringing It into conPetll,o'
Nth gold. so as to lower the vaiu
"a coid. or. what il the same thing
"a 1s;s;nr the value and price OF all iano
nd the products of labor, and thus PR
vent that fall in prices and depression
! n trade consequent upon measuring .
: values with
/ rHK SINGLE GOLD STANDARD
J, 5. Z nov being attempted, tho result
! Il which are being felt every where. 4
: : least fonrlfifths Of the nfty nse g 9I';. :.
s;~sv % millions Of American people aesn
s;1rsr s;s to b restored 10 it, constitution
;SS4. 4 az free coinage The on
3 3 r1ssses seriously opposing = are &
bondholders or 6xed-lncone CO.
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THE rays Of happiness, like those ol
light, are colorleas when broken.
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A Syracuse bookseller of statistical
turn of mind has collected accounts OF
the lives of 10000 centenarians- he
found that 5000 of them came from
the Nutmeg State aud that the major
ity were women. Fifty single women
came up to the century mark, but only
twelve bachelors. One hundred min
listers lived to be one hundred, and only
thirty doctors. ten lawyers and ten
actors A centenarian newspaper man
could not be discovered.s A New Lon
don widower OF one hundred and three.
according to the catalogue, married 9
maiden just ninety years his junior.
and one woman at one hundred ana
six could reflect on the loss Of thirteen
husbands -.. & &. s. &
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French or Cologne spirits, burnt sugar,
oil of cognac, vinegar, bluestone, Jamaica
rum, honey-syrup, port wine, French
coloring, alum, and aloes.
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Editor Hope PIONEER.
BENSON, MIMI, Feb. 16, 1856.

BENSON, Minn., Feb. III, 1880.
To the Editor of the Hope PIONEER.
Dear Sir: In answer to your favor of the
14th inst, inquring as to my recollection of
certain statements made ly Mr.. C. ]. Paul rela-
tive to the financial backing promised by the
people of Hope to carry on the fight of Hope
vs. Sherbrooke for county seat, would say that
Mr. Paul did state in my hearing that he had
seen Luce & Merriell, Wamberg & jacobson,
H. L. Smith, H. H. Wasem and others, and
that he had received promise of aid from them
all, stating further that Mr. Merriell was very
cautious, but Mr. Luce was hot. Mr.. Smith
agreed (he said) to contribute as much as any
many in Hope of his means, and that Wamberg
& jacobson and H. H. Wasem would pay a
certain amount. I know further that Mr..
Paul did hand in some money with the names
of the contributors, which list is preserved and
can be furnished if necessary. Among such
contributors my name may he found, and ask
for no consideration on that account, except
that due any person who has the manhood to
stand by his convictions of right. The people
of Steele county are not deceived by the ground
and lofty tumbling exhibited by some Hope
| acrobats in their convusive efforts to show any
part but their faces in this matter, and strongly
suspect that a fear of losing the sale of yard
of molasscs, penny's worth Of spikes Or a
dimes worth of legal merchandise, constitutes
the sole explanation Of the mutton-like rush
into print to protest that their livers are white.
p. $. MACKAY.
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Whom Can We Trust.

The following we clip from the Portland
Inter Ocean, Of Feb. 18th, which, if true,
proves Mr.. Flittie to be unworthy Of trust AMI
ready at any moHlenent to sell out the interests
OF bis constituents in order to forward his own
ends. Every voter Of Steele county is interest
ell in this matter, and we cannot believe that
one in whom we placed implicit confidence
and helped to elect to his present position will
betray our trust, but rather that he will seek
to bring about such legislation as will benefit
Steele county and its citizens. The citizens of
Steele county want no division. Leave us
alone and we will prosper. AS to the fraud, it
remains yet to be proven:
We are informed by a member of the House
that Councilman Flittie will introduce a bill to
disorganize Steele comfy. Do the people OF
both counties want such biz passed, OF do,
they not? An expression shoGla bshad. It is
OF little moment by how much fraud the thing
wasformed. The thing is done, and Steele
county kas got in running shape; has It's off,
GERS, and its county debt Now, the question
is, do those Interested want half Of the county
and half Of the debt back, or do they not
Flittie was not elected on that platform, ass
least. Il
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The Slate Made I'm.

MITCHELL, Dak., Feb. 15.-News has been
received here on good authority that the Da-
kota delegation was awarded cordial recep-
ton by President-elect Cleveland, and that the
committee was assured by Mr.. Cleveland that
all territorial offices would be filled by citizens
Of Dakota. 1t is understood that the appoint
nenis will be made on recommendation Of the
territorial democratic committee, and that the
slate for all the best positions is made up.
Zieback, Day. Taylor and Inman will be i'm
portant personages in the territory under the
new administration. The same authority
states that at the close Of the present session
the house will concur in the senate's bill for
division, amending it, however, by striking
out the clause admitting the south half as a
state
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Death OF Banker T., II, Eddy,

FARGO, Dak., Feb. 12.-E B. Eddy, president
of the First National bank OF Fargo, died at 6
o'clock this evening, of typhoid pneumonia
He was identified with every interest of North
dakota and was the representative for the
northwest of the Colonial and United States
Mortgage company Of London, whose invest
ments through him had run up into the mil
lions. He was born in Ohio in 1880, moved
to southern Minnesota III 1855, was slloemak-
er by trade, but farmer after coming west
He was in the army two years, attaining the
rank of captain. He opened hardware store
in 1866. The next year he commenced bank
ing at Plainview. Came to Fargo in 1875,
started the First National bank, and has built
it up SO that its stock is worth 300 per cent.
He was connected with every enterprise in
North Dakota which seemed to promise good
for the country. His loss will be greatly felt
here, though his son, E. C. Eddy, who is vice.
president Of the bank, will probably carry out
his father enterprises without change of plan.
The funeral will probably occur on Sunday
ST. Pau Globe, Special.