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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08
l., CROUNSE RESIGNS.

The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to
Retire from Office.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 2.-Assist-
ant Secretary of the Treasury Crounse
formally rendered his resignation to the
President Yesterday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

WILLIE" WILDE, the husband Of
rank Leslie Wilde, has decided to stay
Europe on the ground that this coun-
V does not agree with him. Retired
n pension probably.
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Explained.

The Veteran. "Speakin' of bravery;
why, durin' the Wilderness campaign,
single-handed, l made forty Confed-
crates run"
His hearers. "How was that?"
The veteran. well, they chased
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-05-13
SHE HAD HER WAY.

She looked very bewitching,
standing there before the Mirror,
in her ball dress of soft, white,
cIinsing stuff, says the Detroit
Tribune. A lovely woman was
she, and the soonest OF cynirs
could not blame her for smiling IN
admiration OF her own beauty re.
nected back 10 her in The polished
glass. AS she fingered thus there
was a sudden movement OF feet IN
the hall below. She listened.
"Charley mustn't get inpatient"
she mumured. Il shall not be
ready any sooner" With puff in
hand she was enhancing Ivy a delt
touch here ami there the alabaster
whitene>s OF the glorious complex
ion. A knock sounded at the
door. "ln "A minute" she ~sweelly
observed. ''Trll Charley I'll be
ready in just "A minute" She was
applying the puff with the most
engaging dehberalion. The knock
was repeated louder than before.
"Run for your life" roarea rough
voice through the key hole, The
house is on fire." She was looking
archly over her shoulders to tain ii
a side view Of her queenly figure.
SIN a minute" sic softly replied.
One of the golden tresses had es.
capped from the restraining pins
and hung mockingly beside the
shell.Iike ear. Dear me-" she ex-
claimed, p%e,ulantly, lit does seem
as if something must be wrong all
the time" In re adjusting her
couture she dislodg"d some of the
powder from her glorious cheek.
"Plague take il, | shan't-" Fire,
fire." rang the distracted shouts
through The whole house. sin II
minute, | say. l do wish they
would be "A little more patient"
Presently the demask of the fair
c0untenance was restored. "Break
down the door," 1t seemed as if
many noisy men were gathered at
the very threshold of her boudoir.
''l'll be ready in IA minute" she
called in dulcet toneS-'ones hat
nature makes her sweetest sound
and places in The throat OF woman.
"The fire is right under you.' "l'm
coming directly" With a last
smiling glance at the counterfeit
of her beautiful self, she carelessly
threw a cloak about her snowy
shoulders and opened the door.
81 am ready" They were obliged,
the stairway being burned, to ar
ry her down a lader, but the tri,
umph was hers. Neither man nor
the elements could make her hur-
w at her toilet. You can bet she
had her way.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-05-13
|nEALING SPRINGS HOTEL

These Celebrated Springs are open SUM
MER and WINTER. Board, per month.
$32: per week, $40. Hack fare free fol
Weekly and Monthly B%oarleis.
Comfortable hacks run by II. p. Hearon,
who meets all trains AID care for all pas.
sengers at Buckatunna, Mississippi. leo
pounds Of Baggage Free. Buy ticket to
Buckatunna, Miss, Mobile and Ohio Rail.
road. Inquiries answered promptly.
Address, H.J. PETTUS, Proprietor.
Healing Springs, Ala.
Oct. II. 1890. M-6m
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-05-13

Mrs. Highchuch-What did this
little pet give up during Lent!
Mother ct little pel--She gave
up butter, bless her heart-and so
did we all.
Little Pel-Yes, The butter at
our boardln'.house is orlul.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-05-13

Zeno said TO IA youth who was
more disposed TO talk than to lis.
Ten young man, nature gave us
one tongue, but Two ears, that we
may hear just twice as much as we
speak,
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Equality is the life of &C nversa-
lion and he is as much out who
assumes to himself any part above
another, as he who considers HIM
self below the rest of the society.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-05-13

Mrs. McCorkle-"What did your
husband say about your new hatF'
Mrs. McCrNckle-"He fell 70 tho
floor inseasible when ~ saw tho
bill"
u told you il was a stupnsr
when yon bought it.p
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-05-13

USUALLY KEPTIN A~FIRsT-cLAss STORE.
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Small wonder that gold is going
abrc7I. The Secretary Of The
E.ilish Embassy at Rome shows
tbatihe average annual expendi.
iuretof American citizens in Italy
stls!es The colossal figure Of 1885,.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-05-13

Mamma-''Bobby, don't you
want 10 20 over and play with the
little Brewster boy ?"
Bobby-"No, | don't
Mamma-"Why, Bobby, he's a
Bobby-"Yes, he's too nice.
Every time l hit him he yells."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-05-13

No act, however long, IS safe
that does not match thought that
is still longer.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-05-13

Uncle Abe, what are you mum.
bling over that newspaper for and
spelling the words thought
you was a good reader"
II wuz q iallibls good reader, sab,
but dis here niger piece in here
kinder stumps Ae. Can't make
out marry word.
The advocate., 1892-05-04

ATTENTION, CLERKS OF DISTRICT COURTS.
We would like the name of every
clerk Of the several district courts of
the state and registers of deeds who
have been elected by the Peoples
party. Will those gentlemen be kind
enough to accommodate us! And
will reform papers be kind enough to
republish our request for this infor-
nation?
The advocate., 1892-05-04

"A1SS "AoA@ "AAS ESSRNN9 ~ SO PSJ
ment of money more valuable than
was contracted to be paid and by
which they have been robbed Of un-
told millions.
Yes, sir, these steps in the great
conspiracy of which the exception
clause in the legsl-tender act was the
first, are important to, dsy-superla-
lively so.
You say you "do not care much for
the opinions or assertions Of men, ex-
cept as evidences of fact" That is
precisely the purpose for which 1 in
troduced the testimony quoted in my
former article. I made those quota.
tions as evidence of the fact that the
depreciation Of the greenbsck or the
premium on gold, whichever way you
choose to regard it, was not only en-
tirely unnecessary but that il was the
result of legislation enacted pur-
posely to enable the bullion brokers
to carry out just the kind of specula-
tions in which they actually engaged.
This exception clause was engrsfted
upon the legsl-tender act by the
American house Of lords at the dicta-
tion of the gold brokers who went up
to Washington for the purpose, and
che men by whose votes this legisla-
tion was enacted have amassed for
tunes by the very methods which, as
Legislators, they provided for. This
is established by their own testimony.
That the soldier was subject to
greater loss in consequence of the
depreciation Of the currency in which
he was paid as compared with gold,
than were the producers of commodi-
ties, will appear from consideration
Of well recognized economic truths.
In fsir and unobstruCted market
the prices Of commodities are regu.
lated by the law Of supply and de-
mand, and by the volume Of money
in circulation. The producer of COM
moditles and the dealer in all forms
of property during the period under
consideration enjoyed the benefits of
inflated prices brought about by what
is generally termed an inflated cur
rency. Labor, in the ordinary pur-
suits Of life, shared in this initiation of
wsgee, while the soldier who exposed
his life for the, protection and saliva
tion Of all, received a fixed salary es-
tablished upon coin basis and paid
in paper currency, deprecated las
compared with gold) by act of con-
gress.
You say you "did not affirm the
necessity Of payment in gold of either
interest or principal Of any bonds or
other form of indebtedness, except
those given for foreign purchases or
owned in foreign countries" Do you
not know as a matter Of fact that no
bonds were given for foreign pur-
chases, and that none were owned in
foreign countries until after the close
of the war; Mono of them should
The advocate., 1892-05-04

ali obligation from as, not because it
was our money or his, but because it
had a value in his mind-in short, be-
cause he knows he can exchange it
for that which he needs. This is
true in the one case as in the other.
AS between debtor and creditor all
obligation in either case is discharged
by the payment Of money. The
money is simply certificate of the
obligation of society, which takes the
place of the former obligation of the
individual, and, as before stated, the
exchange in either case is incomplete
until the money is parted with.
But it is claimed that only metallic
money can be used in international
exchanges. This is an assumption
entirely without proof, and contrary to
present experience or the testimony
OF past history.
We are agreed upon the general
principles of money and we need not
discuss that part of your letter. I
would be glad to believe in the hon
esty of those who were responsible
for the Legislation we have been con-
sidering, but the evidence is too over
Whelmingly against them. The one
man who was the acknowledged
leader in this Legislation stands con-
victed Of dishonesty by his own testi-
mony. Others have been more dis
Greet in their declarations of more re-
cent date, but their discussion of the
several acts at the time of their
passage shows that they were not ig-
norant of the character or conse.
quences of those acts, and I cannot be
sufficiently charitable to believe them
honest, when I remember how they
have amassed fortunes under the pro-
visions Of the very laws which their
votes and influence placed upon the
statute books.
There undoubtedly are honest men,
as the world regards honesty, who
have taken advantage of the condi-
tions which our laws have established.
I do not refer to these. When I
speak of the conspirators who are
responsible for the prevailing condi-
tions in this country, I refer to those
Legislators whose votes placed the in
famous laws We have been discussing,
upon the statute books. They did
not do this lgnorantly or through
mistaken ideas Of a wise public policy.
They knew very well what they were
doing, and have never failed to take
advantage of their knowledge of the ef-
feet of their legislative acts, and turn it
to their personal profit. The traitors
to our country were not all south of
Mason and Dixon's line. Those who
have shaped our legislation are re-
sponsible for vastly greater crimes
against the American people than
those who take up arms against the
country. While the latter have been
sorely punished, the former have
grown wealthy as a reward of their
The advocate., 1892-05-04
TO Nh. h. A. HIGGINS.

article which appears in another col
umn Of this paper.
You say You do not consider the
loft mooted exception clause in the
United States note at all a question
Of importance to-day" trust l shall
be able to show you that it is Of the
utmost Importance.
It is important, because by study
ing the history Of it's Incorporation
into the legal-tender act we discover
the beginning of the great conspiracy
by which the few have amassed inn
mense fortunes at the expense Of Che
msny-the beginning Of the con-
gpiracy by which five eights of the
entire wealth Of the nation has been
concentrated in the hands of 81, 900
people, leaving but three-eights I'M
equally distributed between the bal
snce of our 65,OOO,OOO. Of population
How was this done9 As stated in
our former article, we need not stop
to discuss in this connection, whether
the greenbsck deprecated or gold ap-
precisted. In comparison with gold
we know the greenback deprecated.
The important facts for us to recog-
nize at this point are that 81 in gold
would buy more than 81 in green
backs or their equivalent IN COM
modities, and that this difference was
the result Of legislation designed es-
peclally to effect that result. These
legislative enactments being pro-
vided, the holders Of gold bought
greenbacks at the prevailing discount,
and converted those greenbacks into
government bonds dollar for dollar.
This was the first steal And mark
you, these bonds were not sold TO get
money with which to carry on the
war, as is the pretense; they were
sold to retire the money of the people
and enable the bullion brokers to
speculate upon their gold at the ex-
pense Of the people.
These bonds when issued were pay
able in legal money of the United
States, which then included gold, sill
YER and greenbacks. Subsequent legis
lstion, in further execution of the
conspiracy, made them payable in
gold.
Now this question is of the utmost
Importance to. day because of another
consideration. Up to 1873, silver was
a legal tender, and available for the
payment Of the national debt. The
reconciliation of silver is one Of the
important questions now at issue be-
fore the American people. One of
the chief arguments of the opponents
Of this measure is that it would create
money in which government bonds
might be paid, that is less valuable
than that in which they are payable
at present. 'It would impair the OBJ
legation of contracts"
Those who use this argument for
get, or would have us forget, how
those bonds were purchased at from
The advocate., 1892-05-04

- S'NAS ~ "N'D A@"N'S e~J 0NAO AS 5NAN
alone.
You doubt the propriety Of repeal
ing the acts by which this debt was
made payable in gold, lest it disturb
United States securities held abroad,
and create a furry among the money
mongers. It would undoubtedly
create some excitement among this
class of people, as it would vastly re-
duce the profits of their busines; but
really do you not think they have
had their way in the business about
long enough? If the people, for a
quarter Of century, have been pay
ing them more than they originally
contracted to pay, is there any wrong
in now returning to the terms of the
original contract? Is it not about
time for the people to have their
innings?
You say, "a man who is in debt
cannot resolve, with perfect honor,
not to pay that debt in full accordance
with it's conditions" How about the
honor of the departure from the
original conditions in the interest of
the bondholder by providing for pay
ment in money more valuable than
that stipulated in the contract? Hsv-
ing done this, and continued to do it
for a quarter of a century, is there
any dishonor in now returning to the
original contracts
You think 1 hardly treated you
fairly upon the question of the stand
ing Of gold as worlds money. Icer-
tsinly intended no unfairness, and
anything that has that appearance is
surely unintentional. / have re-
garded you as the fairest Republican
writer with whom I have come in
contact, and my purpose has been to
be equally as fair as yourself. If I
have misrepresented you l have mis-
understood you.
My position is that there is no
such thing as worlds money, and
that money when used in interns-
tionsl trade serves the same purpose,
and no other, that it serves in domes-
tic trade. 1t is simply step in the
exchange of commodities. I am
unable to see how you can make any
distinction in the laws of exchange,
whether domestic or international.
Money serves precisely the same pur-
pose in each. It is an absolutely USE
less material, except as it can be ex-
changed for that which is capable OF
to some of the wants
Of mankind; and, in international, as
IN domestic trade, the exchange is
not complete until the money has
served this purpose. Gold is not a
final payment anywhere or under any
circumstances. You say: "What the
might finally do with
the gold, whether he would ignomini-
ously stsrve to death in the attempt
to eat it or not, / do not care; he was
and is willing to take it in full and
final release of all obligation from us,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-01-15
MINISTER EGAN.
out.

\ careful examination of the charges
made by certain Mugwump and Demo
cratic newspapers against the United
States Minister in Chile apparently indi-
cate that his critics have only one reason
for disliking him. That reason lies in his
nationality. Mugwumps and Democrats
have no use for the Irish-American ex-
cept on voting day. In general way
free trade papers gives perfunctOry sup
port to Irish nationalism abroad, but to
make them intensely irritated it is only
necessary for an Irish-American to be
named for some Office of dignity and
honor. This is shown not in the case
alone of Minister Egan. In Massachu-
setts the free trade vote that has twice
elected Russell has twice rejected an
Irish-AmeriCan candidate for Lieuten-
ant-Govcrnor on the same ticket, of
far more personal worth than Rus
sell
Egan's 5 only oifcnse is that he is an Irish
American, and so bitterly does the aver
age Democratic newspaper dislike him
for this that the average Democratic edi-
tor cannot understand why Chile did not
at once reject Egar when he was sent
there. A leading Democratic organ re-
Gently remarked that sit may be safely
assumed that the people who good
naturedly waived their objection to Egan
and who continue to tolerate him. will
doubtless be willing to meet the United
States half way in the Baltimore diff
Guilty" This organ probably did not
know that one of the founders Of Chilean
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-01-15
La GRIPPEIN PARIs.

The following special despatch to the
World is of interest at this time especially
the comments about typhoid fever and
consumption, and the causes tending to
produce and aggravate these diseases:
PARIS, Jan. 9.-Inluenza is still the
main topic of conversation here, and i'll
spite of all the official denials it per-
meates every branch of the service.
DR.. a. 5. Clarke, physician well
konwn to the Americans here, speaking
on the subject says in an interview:
Influenza is very prevalent, but very
few cases have been reported among
my American patients. On the other
hand, there are this year very great
many consumptive patients, to whom
the climate of Paris is very harmful on
account of the moisture in the atmOs-
phere, for such people require plenty Of
dIy, fresh air, and for all affections, eX
cept those of the respiratory organs, the
city has a very healthy climate, and
though the plumbing of the houses is
very bad, the selcerdge of the city itself
is as near perfection as it can be and far
superior to that of New York. II is in
consequence Of this that re hare not much
typbOidJerer here.
DR.. f. X. Austin, in an interview on
the present hygienic conditions of the
city, said: Paris is very healthy, al
though there is great deal of cOnsump-
ton here. For thiSs malady, however,
the French have themselves to blame.
For instance, you may go into an Office
in which twenty clerks are working. and
not a ridOtC in the Whole place WiU be open
for fear of dTdlgbtS. SupDose one of
these men has an affection of the lungs,
in little while you will find the whole
Office will be effected through the pollut-
ed air which the men have been com
PEELED to breathe.
mo water is better than that of Van
YES, with which nearly all Paris is sup
piled. 1t is only during some of the
summer months, when this gives out,
that the Seine water is resOrted to, and,
of course, this is very unhealthy. Then
cases of typhoid appear, and l strongly
urge all foreign visitors not to touch
Seine water"
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GEN. GRANTS MEMOIRS.
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rI,OirS.

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THE RISE OF THE POTTERY IN
DUSTRY

The Popular Science Monthly is pub
fishing a series of articles under the
title of The Rise of the Pottery Indus
try" No. y. of these, in the December
issue has reference to Bennington, that
will be of great interest to many. We
copy that portion as follows:
IAN exhibit of Rockingham was made
at the Franklin Institute in 1916 by Ben
nett e. Brother, of Pittsburg, which was
pronounced by the judges superior to the
English ware. A 'tOrtoise-shell' pitcher,
eight-sided, with human head nodded in
relief under the mouth, which is still in
the cabinet of the Institute, was awarded
a silver medal.
''Messrs. Alanson Potter Lyman and
Christopher Weber FentOn embarked in
the manufacture of yellow and Rocking
ham ware in Bennington, Vt, about
1847. Three years later they commenced
making white ware. Their workshop
was known as the United States Pottery.
In 1851, or the year following, Mr. Fen
ton had a large monumental piece of
Rockingham made, ten feet in height, in
which was placed life-size Parian bust
of himself surrounded by eight glazed
columns, the work being surmounted by
figures of woman and child in Parian.
This was modelled by Daniel Greatbach,
formerly connected with the Jersey City
Pottery. The base of the monument is
made of several varieties of clay mixed
together, having the appearance of un-
polished marble. 1t stands at present on
the porch of Mr.. Fenton's former resi-
dence in Bennington, having been first
placed on exhibition at the New York
Crystal Palace in 1853, with other pro-
ductiOns of this factory, including a
group of patent flint enameled ware
which was probably analogous to the So
called majolica of the present day. Com
mon china, white granite, and Parian
were made here extensively. A limited
amount of soft porcelain was produced
also, but chiefly in small ornamental fig
ures and statuetes. These, like the
Paran pieces, were often copied from
old English works. A graceful pitcher
of the latter ware, in the collection of
the writer, is nodded with white figures
in relief on dark-blue 'pitted' ground,
and is almost an exact, though enlarged,
reproduction of sirup-jug from the
Dale Hall Works, England. The jasper
ware of josiah Wedgwood was also imi-
tated in Parian. The art of the Ameri-
can potter had not yet reached that point
where competition and public demand
stimulated originality in body, design,
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VERMONT DAIRYmEN.

The 22d winter meeting of the State
Dairymens Association was held in the
Town Hall, in Brattleboro. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thu sday, Jan. 18th,
18th and l4th. The meeting com
menced Tuesday forenoon. Col. Geo
w. Hooker extended a most hearty well
come to the gentlemen of the Dairymen's S
Association.
He referred to the importance of this
leading industry of the State and from
which much greater results should be ex-
pected in the futnre. He paid a de-
served tribute to the work that is being
accomplished through the agency OF the
Dairymen's Association, and thought