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The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-03

Whether indoors or out. walking,
.iding, or rowing; whether in the eel
lar, kitchen, plrlor, Or bedroom, we
see thousands of things made of SEEM
ingly strange material. which, II ex-
amined, would show US the same stuff
the natural produce Of the earth
used by the sayages, but differently
and dexterously combined by bettel
educated hands.
This fur, which is used nowadays
OF cloaks, hats, trimmings, rugs, and
brushes, was at one time used for
only a sort of shawl, being merely cut
from the animal and put to dry in the
sun. Wood. which with mud made
the savage's home, or roughly whit
tied made his tools, Is now fashioned
into all kinds of furniture, vehicles,
instruments of every shape AMI va
riety, machines and countless other
things.
Iron, from which only money anG
weapons were ono made, is useful IN
machinery, architecture and a thou,
sand other branches.
Butter which is almost in~dispensa
ole to the meal nowadays, was form
erly used solely as an ointment, He
rodotus. q Greek historian, is the first
writer who mentions butter, 500 years
before Christ. The Spartans treated
1t very much the same as we do col
ogne, and Plotarch tells how a hostess
was sickened at the sight Of n Of
her visitors, a Spartan, who was sat
urated In butter.
The Scythians introduced the arti
Gle to the Greeks, and the Germans
showed the Romans how to make it.
But the latter did not use 1t for food;
they, like the Spartans, anointed
their bodies with it
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Hot Coffee slot Machine.

S~hopkeepers are threatened with
mother kind OF competition II
lmong themselves there YER not
enough already-says a London jour
lal. 1t takes the form of a new
development Of the automatic ma
chine, which, If Its inventors hopes
ire realized, will require an Enlargement
If Trafalgar Square to accommodate
The unemployed licensed victuailers.
ioda-water seller, coffee, house keepers,
lruit merchants and confectioners who
will and Themselves obliged to join in
The chorus of the s'starving poor of
Old England" These new machines
Ire a kind of miniature UNIVERSAL pro-
rider. Into the slot of n you put
FOUR copper and receive in return a
:up Of tea, coffee, chocolate, or per-
haps Cruel, from another lemonade or
soda water and biscuits, a third dis
penses soda and milk, a fourth devotes
Itself to retailing bitter ale or Scotch
whisky, another sells fruit, n more
ioles out sweets, and, lastly, there Is
one which hands its customers a basin
If hot or cold water and a clean towel.
The system is, of course, open to
indefinite development, and every
business will be liable to its inroads.
A slight addition to the mechanism
II the clear water and towel depart
nent will no doubt add shaving to
It's accomplishments, and gentleman
may in time be able to put his face
into the slot and draw it out as
lmooth as a billiard ball And If, as
,oon as the supply is exhausted, the
machine at once can display in its
window a card with the word empty"
there is no reason why 1t should not
also be taught to whisper II thank
Vou'' TO each customer.
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ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; tits pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs Is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 800
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. GAL.
LOUISVILLE. nv. NEW YORK. nv.
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Unselash.

Sweet Girls your love for me ABB
solutely unselfsh? Adorer - Abso-
lutely. Sweet Girl - Then ] wish
you'd 20 somewhere else tonight
Jack Hanson promised to call.-New
York Weekly.
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Duel Spoiled BY q Big Dog.

Two professional men of Milan.
italy, who had repaired to a frontier
village to fight a duel, were prevented
from doing so by an enormous st.
Bernard dog which appeared on the
scene Just as the would be duelists
were taking their places. Several at
tempts to begin operations were
made, but the dog tnterfered each
time. Finally the righteousness OF
the situation dawned upon the prin-
cipals, and they shook hands and re.
turned to Milan together. New York
World.
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nm ysxrQurs OR s1sA1 HEMP.

The inhabitants Of Yueatan Justly
consider the Jenequsn, or Sisal Hemp,
among the most important staples Of
their agriculture, its valuable fibre an
sswerin9. not only an almost unlimited
number otdomestic purposes, but also
supplying the demand OF foreign com
meroal II i . plant Of almost uncon.
Querahls vitality surviving the tropical
heat Of the southern hummer and
thriving In the dry soil Of q desert.
There e1e seven species Of this plant.
The Chetexn grows spontaneously
everywhere, but Its favorite haunt is
the barren districts Of the northwest.
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LOUIS Coulon, a French sculptor, Is
said to be the wner OF the longest
beard in the world. He q fold it
like a plaid round his arm OF twist 1t
around his neck Ike a lady's boa
Though gray it is still growing, and
from present indications will soon touch
the ground.
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Winks (gloomily)-America has no
great poets now. Minks-No. These
Edison hair-cutters are playing hob
with literature. New York Weekly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-03

II your nerves were steady enough TO
admit handling the silkworm'sthreads,
and you were to take a carpenters rule
and lay such threads side by side until
they covered the space of an inch. you
would find, after completing the task.
that you had handled exactly 1000
threads
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rhrss Thsn..na rsu. q Chime.

Morse Bros, of Canton, Mass, made the
largest sale Of The Rising Sun Stove Polish :"
during the year 1892 they have ever made since
they began its manufacture, thirty years ago.
nine thousand, two hundred and eighty gross,
weighing two thousand, eight hundred and nj.
ty-fye tons. which would load q train OF over
two hundred cars,
These figures give somsidea of the great pop
ulsrity and increasing sale Of The Rising Sun
Stove Polish
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Jimson-How did you like Chicagos
/ am told the streets are Ill paved.
Wecj-They are paved with good In
~+entions Truth.
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Newly Made Bride-Mamma says
she does not think we will EVER quar-
rel as she and papa do Groom-
Never, dearest Newly Made Bride
NO; she says You will be much
easier to manage than papa was-
Harper's Bazaar.
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1t took eighteen men to kill q bear at
Long Beach. WASHINGTON, a short time
ago., but every one OF them feels proud
over the occurrence, as the animal was
one Of the largest ever seen in that
n~ighborhoOd.
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Mrs. Wickwire-H'mi This paper
says that suicides are rarer among
miners than any other class MI.
Wickwire-Well, that Is easy to &C.
count for. They r not above ground
enough to get tired of it-Indiana-
nolis Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-03

The .'life tree, Of Jamaica win con
tinue to grow for months and years
after It has been dug up and IT, roots
exposed TO the sur. Leaves seyered
from the limbs will remain perfectly
green for weeks The natives ~ thot
the tres car only b destrcyed ~ m
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The English ivy attains so great an
age that in Er gland they say it never
dies. There are ivy stocks ten or twelve
inches In diameter which are known to
have been planted as slips 600 or 500
years ago.
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Willy Wander (fourishing his cud-
gel)-Though l am but q tramp, Mr..
Hayseed, you had better not drive
me too far; for l am a master VI fencei
Hayseed-Then get q gait on you
PUCK
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II wish you would pay a little at
tention to what ! am saying, I'll, :
roared an irate lawyer to an exasper-
ating witness. well, / I'M paying
as little as I CAM was the calm re-
ply.-Tid-B Bits.
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When Chinese boys nave q torchlight
procession they cary nsh skins for
lanterns. Tho skins are dried and
beautifully painted. inside Of them
there is placed . candle or q smaii oil
lamp,
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A Prescott (Arizons) Chinese paid
s. so for the carcoss of q mountain lion
alter the pelt had been taken of. He
gave as o reason for this action that
whenChlnese eat lion meat they become
brave and strong.
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Overheard After Church,

Boy (who does not appreciate ser
mons) Wei, I'd Just like to know
what preachin's for anyway. Small
Sister-Why it's to give the singers .
rest Texas Siftings.
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There's one change at Washing.
ton that ought to be made said
Hawley; land that Is in the fat ofices
held by foreigners what oiHces
are them?" ssOh. the various minis
tries There's a regular Chinese al
the head Of the Chinese embassY.n-
Puck.
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Purchaser have to be watching
this horse all the time, or be will u
over people. Actioneer-He used TO
be on an ambulance Puck
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Teacher-What is synonym? Boy
Its a word you al use In place VI
another when you don't know how to
spell the other one.-rhe Million.
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Hc-It is very bright within and
very dreary without. Is it notg She
Without what? He dnspired-
You.-Texas Siftings.
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Mr.. W. D. Wentz OF Geneva, N. Y, was cured
Of the severest form Of dyspepsia by Hoods
Full particulars sent II you write
Hood s. Co, Lowell, Mass.
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Never is a Chinese wife spoken OF
oy her husband In a plain, straight,
forward way. Such playful terms az
my thorn In the ribs' and my dull
companion" are more usual, but leave
something to be desired on the score
Of elegance. 1.-THE mean one Of the
inner room" has a distinct favor Of
masculine ~selfshuess about it.
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Gamma Kidney Cure for
Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's,
Heart, Urinary OIL Liver Diseases, Nerv-
business, &c. Cure guaranteed. S9l
Arch Street, Philad'a. 81 a bottle, 9
for %, or druggist 1000 certincstes Of
sures. Try it.
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Remember that IN Garfield Tea you have an
unfailing remedy for Indigestion, Sick Head,
stomach can make YOU suffer. Every druggist
sells 1t. Csc, Soc. and ST."
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A Cough, Gold, or Sore Throat should not
be neglected. Browns BRONCHIAL TsocHEs
are a simple remedy. and give prompt relief.
25cts, a box.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-03
In Earnest

He )delightedly1-Have you really
and truly never been engaged before?
She--Neyer-that Ia. not in the win
ter.
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whichf

Murphy-Well, this bates tn divillI
Mrs. Murphy-Pfwat does?
Murphy-Dooley told me ~ o.
smoked a piece av glass, Oh cud see
tn spots on tn sun. Oh aither haven't
tn roight koind av glass, or else
he's playing me Ter q dom fool
Puck
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Rupture cure guaranteed by
DR.. J. B. Mayer, 83l Arch St, PhH'a,
Pa. Ease at once. no operation or de-
lay from business, attested by thou
lands Of cures after others fail, advice
Tree, send for circular.
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SMILES O~FCONTENTMENT
ISSUED FROM THE pRNs o.
VARIOUS HuMoRisTs.

Pleasant Incidents oecurring uss wsr1a
Ovsr-sayinss mat Are chsssfui y fAs
Old or Yosns-Jokss Ahaf 8ver1hsay
WIZ Ea5oy Rssdsng.
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Gus De Smith-Are Jones and
Briggsf friends? vanchump-FriendsY
No indeed They couldn't hate each
other more II they sung In the same
church choir.
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The highest praise has been won by Hoods
Pills for their easy, yet efficient action.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-03

A LITTLE man has to do q good deal
Of blufing to keep the big MAE from
picking at him
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-03

The camellis is q Chinese plant and
smigrated In iii.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-03
The Farmer
and the Grocer.

A grocer would not pay a farmer the price of a ten
pound turkey for one that weighed but seven pounds.
Why should a farmer pay a grocer the price of the
Royal Baking Powder for a baking powder with ~
per cent less leavening strength?
The Royal Baking Powder is proven by actual tests
70 be III per cent. stronger than any other brand on the
market Better not buy the others, for they mostly
contain alum lime and ~sulphuric acid; but if they are
forced upon you, see that you are charged a correspon-
dingly lower price for them.
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Forced Love

Old gentleman = Does that dog
love you, little boy?
Little boy-Yer bet he does; II he
didn't he knows I'd lick the stufiin'
out Of him.-Lifc.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-03

Afarmer living near Scott City. Kan.
raised enough wheat from 160 acres in
1892 to pay for $50 acres adjoining.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-22
Why Lizzie Borden Did Not Testify
New York Herald.

Why Lizzie Borden Did Not Testify.
New York Herald.
The failure of the defence to put
Lizzie Borden on the stand has
given rise to no little speculation
But it will not surprise any lawye,
versed in criminal procedure.
Every accused person has the
right to testify in his own behalf O,
not as he chooses. If he does no,
see fit to do so the prosecution il
not permitted to comment on the
fact nor the jury to draw any unfa
vorable inference from it.
While the prosecution cannot cal
the prisoner as witness, it may
cross examine him if put on thu
stand by his own counsel. It is this
crcss-examination which so otter
determines counsel for the defenc.
not to call their client as q witness
Especially in murder cases wher,
the proof of guilt is circumstantia
it would be risky and might prov
disastrous to expose to searching
cross-examination even an innocen
accused person. It bas been sale
with no little force that DR.. Blu
chanan convicted himself by ap
pearing as witness in his own be
half on his recent trial in this city
Lizzie Borden could not hav
helped her case by taking the stand
The chances are that she woul,
have damaged it very seriously.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-22
Partly Swallowed Silver Dollar.
Salisbury Herald.

Partly Swallowed Silver Dollar.
Salisbury Herald.
The most remarkable case of
money swallowing that ever came to
our knowledge occurred in this city
Sunday. An eight months old child
OF Sallie Brant colored, whose home
is on Cedar street, swallowed a sill
YER dollar just as far as it would 20.
By holding the child's face down
ward and slapping it on the back
the dollar was loosened and it
slipped up far enough toward the
mouth to be recovered after about
a quarter of an hours trying for
it. DR.. Leinster Duffy, who was
promptly summoned when the acci-
dent occurred, has the dollar. The
childs injury was SO serious that it
bled at both mouth and nose and
the throat was so sore as to debar
it from taking nutriment yesterday.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-22
1t Proved to be His Own Daughter.
Beaufort Herald.

1t Proved to be His Own Daughter.
Beaufort Herald.
On last Saturday while Judge
Winston was quitely reading on the
front proch of the Davis House,
some one called to him: run for
Gods sake and save a little child
that his fallen overheard" The
Judge hastily ran for the wharf
where some little children were
pointing in the water, he at once
jumped in, clothes and all, and the
first picture that presented itself to
him was theface of his little daugh-
ter Gertrude, 6 years old, strug-
Cling very family with the water;
he rescued her from the cruel waves
and carried her quickly to the
house, where the little girls mother
and friends applied restoratives and
she was soon out of danger.
The little one remarked "Papa
the water was so dark, and I could
not keep it out of my face" The
Judge ruined a fine gold watch by
its coming in contact with the salt
water. Judge Winston and family
expect to remain here for a month.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-22

The New York Times thinks that
the repeal of the silver purchase
act is certain, and it basis its opin-
ion on the following facts: there
are 356 Representatives; of these
The Times has had replies from 2O3,
leaving 1853 who have not yet an
swered.
OF the 203, nineteen are unde.
cided; "a are opposed to repeal, and
$50 are understood to be in favor
of the repeal.
Under the circumstances we
would suppose that oil who are in
favor of repeal would have an
swered, and so it appears that the
figures are not conclusive one way
or the other.
For our part, considering the
effort we are making to get Europe
to remonetize silver, and believin e
oil this talk against the silver
act at present is unnecessary
we prefer that the act should mo-
be Immediately repealed; but WI
would be content,if Congress should
pass some measure to give fnancia
relief to the country at the callet
session, for it then to 60 on and re
peal the silver act to take effec
January 1st, provided that in tn
meantime Europe shall not come t.
some agreement with US in regar'
to silver. If Europe remains op
posed to the coinage of silver, cer
tainly we must stop buying it.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-22

Or Mr. PAUL JONES, the new Edi-
tor OF the Southerner, the Wilson
Mirror says: "Frank Powell, hav-
ing been appointed Indian Inspec-
tor, has resigned the editorship of
the Tarboro Southerner, and the
brilliant and talented Paul Jones, q
fluent, facile and graceful writer.
has taken editorial control of that
we'll known journal. His brilliant
powers and magnificent attainments
will blossom out into the luxuriant
flower of splendid usefulness, and
bring to his name that perfume of
reputation that will be both lasting
and most grateful"
Our compliments to Mr., Jones,
and we are very glad to see him in
charge of the Southerner.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-22
Panic Caused by a Dynamite Explosion
By Gable.

Panic Caused by a Dynamite Explosior.
By Gable.
MADRID, June 21.-Great excite
ment prevails throughout the city
in consequence of an attempt last
night to blow up with dynamite the
residence of Senior Canovas del Cas-
tello, lately prime minister. At the
time OF the explosion a perform
ance was being given at circus
short distance from the residence
of Senior Canovas del CASTILLO. The
shock was so great it caused part of
the ceiling directly over the stalls
| occupied by party of the mobiles
to crash down upon the heads of the
occupants of the stalls. Blinded by
the dust thst filed the air and with
the roar of the explosion still re-
verberating through the building,
the people panic stricken made a
rush for the exits, paying no atten-
tion to those unlucky enough to
tumble and fall, but trampling upon
them in their frantic efforts to es-
cape. Among the occupants of the
stalls were a grandson of the Mar
quis of Havana, the President OF the
Senate and son of the Marquis
Guadelest. The former was struck
on his head by large piece of fall
ing ceiling and sustained injuries
that will cause his death in a few
hours. The son of Marquis Gaude-
lest attempted to rush from the
building and lost his footing. The
stricken crowd trampled him to
death. His body was later removed
from the building. His face was
hardly recognizable.
| Seven other persons, tramp1ed by
the crowd, are seriously injured
while q large number who escaped
unailed from the building sustained
painful but not dangerous injuries
It is generally believed the explo
sion was the work of the anarchists
whose headquarters are at BARGE
lone.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-22

home to it, when the chickens have
returned to roost, the Herald bland
ly attributes it's whole long list OF
unhappy consequences to the Silver
act-merely because it wants that
act repealed. The repeal of that
act can only do this good: it will
stop all agitation for it's repeal.
That act is not at all responsible
for the outflow of gold from this
country, nor for any of the other
matters so Indignantly attributed
to it. If the Herald and it's mono
metalist co-workers have created
distrust in our currency, their sin
should not be imputed to the Silver
act.
We are now suffering from a
money famine. The Silver act OF
1879 added hundreds of millions to
our currency, and that of 1890 has
added $3.50. 100000. There are only
III, 900, 900 of National Bank notes,
and 100000 of gold certificates
and $346,O 100000 of Greenbacks.
The reserves of the banks proba-
bly, amount to the aggregate OF
those issues, leaving for currency
among the people an amount equal
only to the currency issued under
the Silver acts.
What would be our condition
were there no such currency? There
is no distrust of the currency, al
though the Herald and its New
York allies have sought to SOW seeds
of distrust and have designed tc
hasten that state of affairs which
might attend our getting on sill
YER basis. This country has no pur
pose to get on the silver
basis, and the people know
that and are not distrustful of thei1
currency. But the business of thi'
country needs larger volume O.
currency, and until an adequate
supply is furnished there will be
occurrences of currency famine.
So far as the South is concerned
there has been a currency famine
here of years standing. And so a
the West. Gentlemen of capacity
patriotism and enlarged views have
for years been urging attention tt
this matter, but without avail. Th'
people in their conventions hav'
demanded more currency, but thei,
demands have been unheeded. Tn
Populist party is the direct out
growth of this knowledge among tn
people that there was a scarcity O
currency in this country. The Her
aid says repeal the Silver act and al
will be we'll! The idea is a delu
sion and a snare. The evil come
from q different direction, and tn
Ak is to be applied to the roots Q
the wrong tree. If the Silver act
regarded as menace, We trust tina
congressman will avail themselve
of that feeling to force currency re
form from those who are so relut
; tant to give needed relief to th
people.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-22
CURRENCY MATTERS.

We clip the following from the
New York Herald: It was plain as
two and two make four that the
compulsory purchase of one hun
dred and forty tons of silver every
month, paid for with notes redeema-
BILE in gold and which, as Secretary
Carlisle shows, have actually been
redeemed in gold, must unsettle
confidence in our currency and
eventually bring us down to a sill.
yer basis, alongside of Mexico, India
and other semiba1 barous countries,
Seven days in every week all winter
long while Congress was in session
we iterated and reiterated our warn
ings and called upon Congress to
Repeal the Sherman law: Stop bying
silver.
"The withdrawal of gold by for
eign creditors, the distrust, the con-
traction of credits, the derange-
ment of business, the shrinkage in
values and the general misery and
disaster that have since occurred
and from which the country is still
suffering, we're predicted in our COL
umns as the absolute certain and
inevitable results of the failure tc
repeal this law. Silver kings
blinded by their own selfish inter.
ests and binding others with thei,
sophistries, however, refused to lis
ten to the voice OF reason anG
turned q deal. ear to the appeals Of sa
gacious advocates of a sound fnan
cial policy"
If the situation were not 80 seri
GUS, and if there were not 80 mucl
distress throughout the land, tn,
above would raise smile. W.
have been preaching currency re
form and called on Congress t
pass measures of relief mot all win
ter long," but for years past Tn
Herald and its compeers in iniquit
have ever turned q deaf ear to ou
pleadings.
Now, however when evil has com