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The Infant Prodigy in China.

The Shanghai Mercury tells of a
Chinese boy of ten who dearly
loved a maiden six years older,
and after lavishing upon her all
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him was coldly Tilted for a more
mature devotee of fifteen. The boy
found his rival and the girl to-
gether and attacked the hated one
with knife, spilling much gore
on adjacent space. The boys were
spanked with bamboo, and the girl
with a leather strap, but none OF
the trio evinced much penitence.
1t is a swift world, and China
seems to be not tagging behind
San Francisco Examiner.
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sanAntonio and Arkansas Pass.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28
Loss. Gain

From the above table we conclude
that, assuming it to be true that we
would have lost our gold in any event,
nothing but the silver treasury notes,
national bank notes and coined silver
saved us from further contraction in
the total stock of money, amounting to
about s4S, 700, 900.
But we also make another very inter
esting discovery. During the twelve
months there were presented for re-
demptiOn, redeemed in gold and then
cancelled and destroyed, the sum OF
S66, 91l 900 in gold certificates, which is
probably 40 per cent more gold than
was drawn out of the treasury with
treasury silver notes l have no means
of ascertaining the amount of gold
drawn from the treasury in redemption
of greenbacks.
Now, as to the charge that the Sher.
man law in its operation works con-
traction of the volume of money in cir.
culation. Not only is this not true, but
the fact is that, poor substitute as it is
for free coinage, the Sherman act saved
us from a contraction which would,
most likely, have worked great disas-
ters- When a gold certificate is pre-
sented at the treasury for redemption,
redeemed and the gold exported, the
volume of money in circulation suffers
contraction exactly equal in amount
to the gold exported. When a silver
treasury note is redeemed in gold Of
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28

eminent will be relieved from all the
perplexing evils consequent upon con-
tinual and steady depreciation in the
value Of the rupee. This will impart
an element of certainty to the ques-
lions OF taxation and revenue, which
has heretofore been wanting. and save
the Indian government from annually
increasing her Indebtedness 10 England
to settle balances due on account of
exchange, such balance yearly becom-
ing greater in amount.
Some ;dea may be conveyed of the
losses entailed upon the Indian govern
ment by the constant and steady de-
probation of silver by the following
table, which shows the annual deficit
in the Indian revenues. the figures be-
ing strictly authentic and given in
Whitaker's English Almanac in Indian
''rupex" and reduced by me into Amer
lean denomination at the. rate of $40
to the rupex:
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28

Mel con traction. s. ~, ~
Either Secretary Carlisle has radically
changed his policy, or else the gold-bug
conspirators, having forced a special
session Of congress. have concluded to
ship their own gold abroad, instead Of
that belonging to the nations reserve
fund.
The foregoing figures again prove
that the so-called Sherman law is all
that saves US from ruinous contrac.
ton in the volume of circulating me.
dunn While the treasury lost &. O6s.-
Ia in gold, belonging to individuals, il
gained s4S6,7TS to its gold reserve be-
longing to the people, while about sl2,.
100000 in gold and gold certificates
were taken from the circulation and
sent abroad in gold.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28

the treasury and the gold exported, the
treasury note is at once paid out again
and the volume of money in circulation
remains the same. That is all that
saved u.s. The treasury lost its gold,
but the silver treasury note remained
with us, as money, and was not de-
stroyed as were the gold certificates.
1t is trne that the treasury loses a
portion of its gold reserve: but who
cares for that? The gold is dead and
idle capital, perpetual sacrifice to the
specie redemption delusion and not in
use as money.
William p. st. John, president of the
Mercantile bank, of New York. one of
the best informed and most enthusi-
astic bimetallists in the United States,
says:
This Sherman bill, so-called. has
been stigmatized a ''makeshift." 1t is
makeshift, as a Ratchet is a make
shift for an AK in telling saplings. 1t
was enacted as compromise. Its re-
peal will end all compromise, for no
better, nor any half so acceptable can
be offered as substitute. Apart from
the unfounded alarm which has been
worked up against it the real opera
ton of the statute has been wholly
I H.. - Il
100000 of lawful money as good at
home as gold, and the more acceptable
that portion of our gold is from time
to time commanded elsewhere, inward
and outward, according TO our foreign
trade"
In confirmation of this statement of
facts, submit the following table:
MONEY IN CIRCULATION
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28

June 2, 1872. June /, 1898
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28
The Silver Dollar.

The value of the bullion in a silver
dollar fell from 1OS cents in 1878 to
So cents in 1898, yet the purchasing
power of the dollar has increased in
nearly as great a proportion. Why's
The number of dollars in circulation,
not the value of the material of which
they are made, govern their purchasing
power.-Farmers Tribune.
The annual production of gold and
silver combined is almost exactly the
same as in 1878, How will bimetaIlisp
help us? --~------~>
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28

Year ended lp.,,,- Dollars
June !. -'"p'N AN'''i United States.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28

Let us examine the above table care
fully and critically. The first thing
we discover is that the nation lost dur
ing the twelve months the sum of s79,-
594, $50 in gold in addition to SS9, Al, III
coined and issued during the period,
making total of sl19,O71, POS as the
net loss in gold. We next discover that
the total loss in money of all kinds
amounts to S6G, lis, 16S.
Now let us tabulate the losses and
gains and see why it is that the stock
OF money of all kinds is not as much
smaller in amount as the net loss in
gold aggregates.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28
Totals 81 s2aom2,sI N19l@9 !

As it was, the actual contraction in
the volume of money in circulation
was SOB, S5O,S2S. Had it not been for
the silver treasury notes, issued under
the Sherman act. the contraction
would have been $50. 2SG. $50.
ANY apparent discrepancy that may
appear to exist between my statements
and the tables exhibited may be ex-
planned by stating that on June >,
1892, there were S14,47O, $50 of current
and unredeemed gold certificates in
the treasury, while on June l, 1898,
there were only $3,924G7O.
GEORGE c. WARD.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,

IHt NIIFtT ITtdsufy NOtts IOme 70 Ouf
Rescue During the Month Of June.
The treasury departments monthly
circulation statement shows net de.
crease in the circulation for the month
of June ofS9, 495, 400. making total de.
crease of S2s,273jlS since June /, 1892.
The decrease may be tabulated as fol.
lows:
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-17
LIZZIE BORDEN TRIAL.
The Defense Continues It's Testimony
with Sustained Interest.

Court at New Bedford was called
to order at the usual hour on yester-
day, Friday, morning. The crowd
was not so large as on the preceding
days OF the week. But the intense in
terest manifested throughout the trial
showed no evident decrease. The
prisoner appeared more than usually
calm and self possessed.
The decision relative to the admis-
sion of the evidence of the Portuguese
who saw man with bloody hatchet
and muttering about "poor Mrs. Bor-
den" was that the evidence could not
be admitted. The mornings evidence
was devoted to prove in general
way that men were seen about the
Borden house the day of the murder
who could have committed the crime,
and also to showing that Matron
Reagan to the reporters denied hay
ing heard any quarrel in the jail be-
tween the two Borden sisters in which
the prisoner said, "You have given
me away" and would have signed a
denial but for the refusal of the mar
shall to let her.
Emma, the sister of Lizzie Borden,
testified that the family had lived in
the house they now live in twenty-one
years last May. At the time of the
murder Lizzie was possessed of prop
erty which Emma gave list Of She
said her father wore ring on his fin
ger given HIM by Lizzie. Emma de-
MED absolutely the "you gave me
away" story, and swore that no quar-
rel took place between the sisters in
, Matron Ragan's room.
| OTOSb-6Adnllutu Will lClol CuCc w
the family relations Emma testified to
her fathers gift of the house to their
stepmother, after which Lizzie ceased
to call her mother and called her Mrs
Borden, but for two or three years
before the murder the relations be-
tween Lizzie and Mrs. Borden were
entirely cordial, and if she testified to
the contrary at the preliminary hear
ing that was untrue.
Marshall Hilliard was the first wit
ness called in rebuttal. He was asked
about the quarrel between Emma and
Lizzie in the matron's room, He said
Mrs. Reagan told her story partly to
him and he said if she had any story
to tell she had better tell it in court.
Court adjourned until Monday
morning.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-17
Face and Figure

show it, If you're a healthy woman
They'll have beauty of their own, no
matter what your features. Perfect
health, with its clear skin, rosy cheeks
and bright eyes, is enough to make
any woman attractive.
To get perfect health, use faithfully
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
That regulates and promotes all the
proper functions of womanhood, inn
proves digestion, enriches the blood
dispels aches and pains, brings refresh,
ing sleep, and restores health, flesh
and strength.
For periodical pains, prolapsus and
other displacements, bearing-down
sensations, and "female complaints
generally, it is so effective that 1t can
be guaranteed. If it doesn't benefit
or cure you, you have your money
back. Is anything that isn't sold in
this way likely to be "just as good"
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-17
ARKANSAS DAY.
The States Splendid Showing at the
Great Columbian Exposition.

Arkansas Day at the Worlds fair
has come and gone, but recollections
of the great event will long be cher
ished in the hearts of her people.
Thursday, June 10Th, the day set apart
for the opening ceremonies of the
state exhibit, broke bright and cloud
less, and the opening proved a grand
one in every particular. The state
register discloses the fact that nearly
seven hundred visitors from Arkansas
have enrolled their names since the
fair opened, ofwhich nearly 800 regis
tered this week. Thus, while much
farther from Jackson Park than Indi-
ana, the state was honored at its open
ing state building day with nearly as
many of her own citizens. The beau
ty and chivalry of the state were out
in full dress. 1t would be invidious
to name one without naming all, and
to name all would be to print the
name of 800 persons, from almost CIV.
every county in Arkansas.
The most prominent men, besides
those who were on the programme,
were: Judge Rose, of Little Rock;
Judge Bryant, of Fort Smith; Judge
Thomas of Clarendon, and Judge Day.
idson, of Fayetteville. Drs. Murrell
and Gibson and Mr.. Charles Collins,
of Little Rock, were having an excel
lent time with about two dozen of the
fairest of Little Rock women.
Gov. and Mrs. Eagle, with Mrs. r.
A. Edgerton and Miss Scott, were the
center of attraction of nearly every
group.
Gov. Fishback and his staff, in full
dress uniforms, were the recipients Of
universal good comment, and the
staff looked soldierly and grand. The
members were Coils. John H. Gill,
George Sengel and Allen Kennedy, of
Fort Smith; w. S. Pollard, of Fayette-
vile; Wheeler, of Warren; DR.. Rich
ardson, of Helena; and Hollenbcrg and
Vinceuheller, of Little Rock.
The building was packed at 3
o'clock, with Hon. James Mitchell,
Gov. Fishback, Mrs. Edgerton and
Hon. j. A. Shinn on the platform,
Prof. Mitchell started the ball with
one of the happiest speeches he ever
made.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-17

capitalists, and not through the action
of their legislatures or money centers.
The two great works-preliminary
works / should say-in connection
with the canal are naturally the rails
ing of the mony with which to build
the canal and the adoption of some
system by which the money can be
directly and properly spent. AS to
raising the money, we can show the
inquiring public that when built the
canal will have net revenue of $16,-
100000 a year, with the expenses of
81 100000 to operate 1t, and coDsid-
ering that we can show such profit
able returns, have advised the COM
pany to issue a propaganda which
will include the whole of the United
States within the area of its work.
"By a propaganda" said the COM
mander, 81 mean the systematic pre-
sentation to persons of all sorts and
conditions within the United States
of the benefits of the canal and the
certainty, if il is built, of return to the
investors. This have advised them
to do by establishing bureaus in some
sixty of the principal cities of the
United States from whence a regular
campaign can be carried, pamphlets
distributed, lecturers sent cut and
other means adopted to stir up and
sustain interest in the project. con-
| fdently believe that $20,000,000 can
be raised in this way through the sale
of bonds to the people in the first six
months and $20,00O,OO0 will be sufli-
cient to insure the completion of tho
canal"
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-17
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; efEectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-17
FORD THEATRE INQUEST.

The inquest in the Ford theater CO.
tastrophe, at Washington, has taken a
new start. The regular coroner is
now in the saddle, but he is old, feeble
and tottering. BY his side sits a
Government lawyer, who stands
ready to aid and assist with his ex-
perience and knowledge Of the law,
where the coroner feels his own ina
bility TO cope with the trying details
of the examination.
Col. Ainsworth made o written re.
quest that he should be allowed with
his attorney to examine the witnesses
He put in the request Oh the ground
that the examination, as far as it has
proceeded, partook of the nature of q
prosecution of him and he thought
justice would dictate that he should
have show. The coroner very
promptly refused his request. There
are no votes in the District Of Colum-
bia, but public opinion there is as
terrible as at any part of the known
world. There is q general idea that
the whole matter will finally close up
with kind of yawn.
Congressman Holman is in the city
and effectually disposes Of the cry
raised against him by stating that no
government on earth has more care
for the people working for it, citing
many instances of such cases when
the government and congress had al
ways been careful about public build
ings and was expending money in The
purchase Of good ones and in improv-
ing old ones for the comfort of Its en-
ployes. At first the cry was against
Holman, but having found victim
or supposed victim in Ainsworth, the
populace contents itself with visiting
spleen on him.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-17
SWitchmen's Picnic.

The coming event of the season, to
be held at Pleasant Lake, along the
line of the Texarkana & Fort Smith
railroad, on July 4th-the great ma
tional holiday. Amusements and re-
freshments of every possible kind will
be provided on the grounds. Music
by Brower's famous band during the
day, and excellent orchestral music
for dancing in the evening. Trains
will be run between the city and pic
mic grounds at appropriate hours day
and night. Everybody invited to at
tend. Don't fail to come out and
bring your families for a day of rest
and pleasure. Tickets at the reasona-
BILE rate of 25 and 80 cents for the
round trip, for children and adults
respectively, can be had at Lghtfoot
& Owsley's and the City Drug
Stores. 6-1tf
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-06-17
GOV. FIsHBAcK INTERVIEWED

During his brief stay in The city of
St. Louis, Mo-, while en-route to Chi
cago to participate in the opening OF
the Arkansas state exhibit at the
Worlds Fair, Gov. VIM. Fishback was
interviewed by the onterprising re-
porters of that city, as the result of
which the following interesting ac-
count has been made public:
Gov. VIM. Fishback of Arkansas
spent yesterday afternoon in the city,
while waiting to make connection for
Chicago, where he is going to attend
the Worlds Fair. When seen by a
reporter last evening he was reclining
in an easy chair in his special car,
resting from his days trials, and
listening to the sweet nothings of o
dozen or SO Arkansas bellies, of which
his party is largely composed. When
asked to express all opinion as to the
policy that should be adopted by this
Government to avert financial crash,
he said;
al believe the business of this whole
country will be seriously jeopardized
if the Administration does not speed
lily adopt some feasible plan by which
the strain of our merchants and bank
ers may be relieved, and by which
confidence may be renewed in our
various enterprises. This thing of
paying off all foreign securities in
gold is damaging in the extreme, and
is uncalled for. They might just as
well be paid half in gold and half in
silver. France does this, and finds it
most satisfactory. tell you unless
the Administration does something,
and does 1t quickly, the people will be
heard from, especially from the South
and Southwest, in manner which
will not further the interests of the
present rulers"
"What do you think will be done
regarding the coming Of silver%
al hardly know, though ! do not
think the sherman act will be repeal
ed. There is q great deal of talk
about IL, | know, but | believe when
il comes to voting to have 1t repealed
those who are talking most won't be
there. Personally | am heartily in
favor of unlimited free coinage Of
silver"
Gov. Fishback concluded by saying
he was taking his family and friends
TO the fair to have good time, and
he looked forward to Sunday as the
most enjoyable day, "because," he
said, "tbere's nothing does me so much
good as to see masses of working
people enjoying innocent pleasures.