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Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24

The Cincinnati Board of Trade ad- drossed letters to Senators, Congress. men and National Banks, asking their views on the financial situGtloR and the repeal of the Sherman law. Senator Hin's reply is characteristic. While fayoring the repeal of the Sherman law, it is gratifying to the people of the West to learn that the Senator favors the free coinage of silver. He says
 'gThe Democratic perty of New York marks out my path. It is my commits sion and my chart. l shall heed its purport and conform to it's directions, { for it is countersigned and sealed with the seal of the Empire State, and l re- gard it as tho highest honor of lorg career devoted to the services of tho State Chat after seven years executive conduct of it's affairs, they sent me to the Federal Senate immediately after my denuciation of the Sherman silver law and my dscIscation then iR favor of free bimetallic coinage, next should have ratified that choice by reiterating with fresh emphasis of what I had there expounded as the principle and policy of that greatest of Democrats, 
 Thomas Jefferson, who said The mon- stary unit must stand upon bosh metals.
 DAVID B. HILL"
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24
MONEY IN cInertafsoS.

As appears by the Treasury state ment regarding circulation, says Brad streets, the decline in the volume of circulation shown in April was con tinued during the month of May. April showed a net decrease of S3, ,492, ,- All, and May showed further net de- crease of s2, ,s76, 4s4. The total amount of money of all kinds in circulation or June 1, was s1, ,596, 151, ,9O1. This rep resents a decrease of nearly s24, ,000, 900 in round numbers as compared with the corresponding date of last year. Of course this decrease in the total volume of circulation denotes a de- crease in the amount of circulation per capita, for the population has been increasing in the meantime. The Treasury officials estimate the popula- tion of the country on June T. at 66, s26, 900, on which as basis they fix the per capita circulation at S23.s .ss. This represents a decline of nine cents per capita ascompared with last month, and of nineteen cents as compared with the preceding month, while as compared with June 1, of last year the decrease in the circulation per capita amounts to eighty-nine cents.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24

We gladly give space to Wm. 0. Foster's communication ih reference to the bill for the relief of Gila county, which through some hocrs-pocus was smothered after having passed both eouses of the legislature. We are pleased to learn from MT. Foster, who was the enrolling and expressing clerk of the Council, that he performed his duty in the premises and is in no way responsible for the defeat of the bill. It ~ould appear from Mir. Fosters let ter that it is now question between Vhas. M. Shannon, chairman of the committee on enrolled and engrossed bills, of the Council, and the Governor, as to whether bill No. 122 reached the latter's hands.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24
THE corrnn AcnKpsxSf xor nArur.rD

James IIewiS and Son in their June report oh ores and metals say: The ne- getlations between European and Amer ican producers for an extension of tue existing arrangements have not been concluded, two of the parties to the American agreement requiring an in- creased production. One of these is D Lake Superior Company, asking for m increase of l,500 tons per annum, and the other represents the interests of two Montana companies, demanding that any deficiency in the production of the one company should be allowed to be made good by the other company, It has however been decided to continue the monthly meetings of the producers on both sides of the Atlantic, and make returns of the quantities produced, and in course of tune it is hoped thai these obstacles will be overcome; especially as we are informed that the two chief producers have stated that they will not make any increase upon the quan- tity already agreed upon, and that the export maximum will not be exceeded. It is manifestly so much to the interest of all ooncerhed that the present hmi- tation of production should continue, giving stability to the trade, that it will be very surprising if some way is not found out of the difficulty which has arisen. Stocks continue to decrease, the reduction during the past month being l, ,543 tons, while that of the vis- ible supply has been 2,O95 tons.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24
THE WORLDS FAIR DECISION.

The Worlds Fair will be open on Sundays. This was definitely settled by the decision of the United States
 Circuit Court at Chicago, on the 17th inst Even if an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, that tribunal does not meet until October when the Fair will be ended. The court holds that the appropriation of S2,5OO, OOO in souvenir coins by the Government could not be construed as charitable bequesti it was simply an appropria- ton for the assistance and benefit of the local corporation to complete work that affected Che honor of the United States. The local corporation was in actual possession and the Uni ted States had exclusive rights or au- thority in the premises. The press dispatch says: A great cheer wentup from the great crowd present in the court room when the Chief Justice read the opinion, and the news of the decision was quickly scattered through the business district. Not for a score of years has there been a case in the Federal court the outcome of which has been awaited with as much anxie. ty and interest or the decision in which has created so much of general stir. The advocates of Sunday closing were considerably cast down over the re- suit, but admitted that inasmuch as the ruling was a unanimous one there was no alternative but to meelzly bow to the supreme authority of the United States judiciary.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24
completely uprooted.

How many remedies there are which merely relieve without uprooting dis sase. The contrast with sterling medi- eineg which such palliatiyes afford, not only enhances the dignity of the for mer, but seryes to emphasize the folly of employing halfway measures when thorough ones are available. A marked instance of this is the effect, on the one hand, of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in cases of chills and fever and bilious re- mittent, and on the other of ofGlhafy remedies in maladies of this type. By the Bitters, malarial complaint in every stage, mad of the most malignant type, are completely conquered and lose thelr hold upon the system. They are rare- ly, if ever, dislodged by the ordinary resources of medicine, although their symptoms may unquestionably be nit igatsd through such means. The same holds good of indigestion, biliousness, kidney complaint, rheumatisrD, her vousness and debility. By the Bitters they are cured when many remedies fail.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24

Dr. NJ J. Davis is prominent phy- sician of Lewis, Class county, Iowa, and has been actively engaged ia the practice of medicine at that place for the past thirty-fye years. Ohthe 26th of May, while in Des Meines en route to Chicago, he was suddenly taken with an attack of diarrhea. Having sold ChemberlaiA's Collie, Cholera and Diar- rhma Remedy for the past seventeen years, and knowing its reliability, he procured p cent bottle, two doses of which completely cured him. The ex- citement and change of water and diet incident to travelling often produce q diarrhua Every one should procure n bottle of this Remedy bofors leaving home. For sale by H. c, Hitchcock, druggist.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24

The expected visit of statesmen who promised to put in an appearance and feel the pulse of Arizonans fin regard to statehood has been abandoned, so says Senator David B. Hill in letter bearing date of June 18th, to Charles F. Hof, of Tucson. Therefore state hood boomers must and do feel badly, and the BELT would emphasize their feelings were it not for the fear of be- ing thought profane, and, therefore, propound the question, Would 'damnably disappointed Be regarded as trenching on the prohibition con tained in tho docalogue thou shalt not swear" and if those are the words with the bark on, we ask the reader to forget that the question was suggested.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24

If the Democrats fail to pass a bill for the fec coinage of gold and silver, says the St. Louis Republic, tho party will get the worst defeat party etor got in the history of this country. The politician who does not know enough about American politics to know tkis knows very little indeed.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24

The pTo8rscted trial of Miss Lizzie Borden, in New Bedford, Messachu. setts, for the alleged murder of lfeY father and step-raother, has at last re- suited in a verdict of mot guilty, !" and an order of the court that the pris- onsr was at liberty to depart the court, go heAce according to her own sweet will; and she went, and did not stand upon the order of her going.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24

never again to opened in fraternal strife, and that the gray and the blue have buried the hstchet edge down, until brotherly strife disappears like a river which loses itself, by infinite sub divisions, in ihe treacherous sands un- til time shall bo no more. Those Biim- scl of fight may await the opportunity of expending their yalor un foreign foa
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24

The banks are fast finding resting place in the financial potters field. By wire, fourteen in California are re- ported as having shut up shop and this is but the beginning of the end not only in California but elsewhere, throughout the United States.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-06-24

The trustees of the reform school have located the site for the building south and east of where the old school building now ss9nds. The site embra. ces nearly l60 acres, and is one of the most desirable locations for the insti- tuition that could have been made. ' Flagstaff Democrat.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
A POSTMASTER WHO TUMBLED

1t was in a far west village Of about
500 people, and the postmaster was so
bland and courteous when the mail
came in that I felt it my duty to give
him a few words of praise.
Il hev to do it-hev to do It'll" he
whispered in reply. Come to the
door with me. Dye see them three
graves over thar?'
yes"
"Them's my predecessors in Office
three of 'emI"
"Postmasters who have died, eh?"
"Postmasters who hev been killed,
sir-wiped out right here because they
didn't tumble to human natur' around
a postoffice!"
You must have a special brand Of
human nature in this town7" I queried.
Exactly, sir Mebbe you noticed
old Bill Wheeler9 He's never got a
letter in his life and probably NJ e
will, but when he asks for mail I go
over the hull grist and do it mighty
careful too. If I jest said, 'Nuthin for
you, Bill! he'd out with a gun and
blaze away. Did ye take notice of
that one-eyed feller-Jim Hastings7
Of course I know thar amt no letter
fer him, but I hev to run EN- over and
inquire about his health and keep him
good natured. He shot the first post
master here. P'raps you observe the
little old woman with a bundle under
her arm-John Dawson's wife9 Her
husband shot the second postmaster
because he wouldn't open the office
Sunday afternoon"
"And what was the third n shot
for?"
"Got too high toned. Uncle Tom
Wallace tried to git him out of bed at
midnight to see if thar was a letter fur
him; but he bucked. Uncle Tom kinder
hated to shoot, but felt that he orter
do it fur an example"
"And do you get up nights3"
81 don't hev to. I leave the mail out
here in a basket, keep a light burnin
and the door open, and if any one
wants to paw the grist over he's at
liberty to do it. It's the same on Sun
days, and I guess the folks are purity
we'll satisfied with the way things is
runnin. Leastwise 1 hain't bin shot at
in the four months I've had the place,
and I take that as a sign"
M. QUAD,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19

eyes appeared to glare and the jaws
about the gaping mouth to move up
and down. I sprang to my feet and
grasping the back of the chair with
both hands, raised it in readiness for
an attack. The skull moved again,
more decidedly than before, and 1
trembled all over. There was a loud
rattle, a big movement of the SKULL, it
crashed to the floor and bounded to my
feet. l jumped so high that my head
grazed the ceiling, and as I came down
b skull shook violently, turned over,
and out sprang a big rat that scamp
cred across the floor and disappeared.
Il felt sheepish enough. I had been
frightened like a child by something
that was as far removed from the
supernatural as anything that could
we'll be imagined. Inever dared speak
OF the occurrence to my friends lest the
story should reach the ears of the doc
tors at the city hospital, and cause
them to overwhelm me with ridicule.
Remember your promise, for if you
should reveal what 1 have told you, my
reputation as a doctor who has an iron
nerve would be lost forever. '-Amerj,
can C1LltiUdtOT.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
A MAN WHO WAS SAVING.

II once travelled for a mill building
company as expert miller" said F. M.
TatloW Of the Southeastern Miller.
my business was to visit mills the
company had constructed, put them
in operation and get acceptance. In
this line I once went to a western town
to start up a remodeled mill, and about
the first thing I figured out was that
struck the meanest man. I went
into his office for a match to light a
lantern, and he took the lantern, from
my hand and went down to the fur
mace lit it with a splinter and brought
it back to me. If he saw a bent nail
on the floor, he would pick it up,
straighten it and put it in a nailbox; if
the nail was broken, he would throw
it in a scrap iron box he kept near by.
Once I saw him pick up a single grain
of wheat from the floor and throw it
it the grain hopper, saying, 1t was
in danger of being stepped on and
ruined
in l=operating the miller fire.
quently samples -four by putting an
ounce or more on a paddle prepared
for the purpose and smoothing it out
with an ivory trier, and sometimes
these samples r dipped into water to
indicate color when the -four is made
into dough. Through familiarity with
this work millers oftentimes become
careless in regard to samples and will
scrape the remains Of the dry -four off
the board on the floor, and the wet
samples is Of course ruined. When I
began to sample the -four of the new
mill, he wanted to know if 1 couldn't
just as well put the dry -four back in
the chest and use smaller samples for
dipping 1 put him down in my
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
SMART, BUT

He entered a small haberdashery
store the other day, and called for
some shirts.
wat size you vish9" asked the He
braic proprietor. Fourteen und a
helluf? Dot We hat not got, but you
dakes der feefteen und a helluf home
und soaks dem, und dey comes out
your size, mine friendt."
"Why, will they shrinkg asked the
customer, doubtfully.
evil dey shrink I delIs you dey
shrink like ter tefl!"
He took them, but a day or two
after he came back with blood in his
eye and transfixing the proprietor with
a glance, he said:
81 had these shirts soaking all night
and they amt shrunk a bit. They
must be cotton"
Did I tell you dot dey shrink9" in
quired Isaacstein, meekly.
eyes you did. You told me they'd
shrink like the devil"
"Vell, mine friendt," said the Jew,
triumphantly, did you efer know der
tell TO shrink at ennytings9"-YanLee
Blade.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
THE "CHEAP

"See here, old Dutchy, I think
you've made a mistake! You didn't
give me as much sugar for my dollar
as you gave that hayseed for his"
well, I ust tolt you how dot vas,
Mr.. Republican editor: Dot hayseed
say his tollar is honest; you say dot
silver tollar you bays me ish one dis
honest tollar, and not wort more ash
81 cents, and so I gif you ust so much
sugar ash you tolt me in your baper
dot tollar be wort. See?'
CAV, come off, Dutchy; my silver
dollar passes for 100 cents everywhere.
Here! give me the rest of my sugar"
well. vot you tolt dose peoples dot
silver tollar be only wort 81 cents?"
'Oh, that's politics, you know. The
dollar is all right. 1t is worth 100
cents"
"You ust pick oop DOT sugar and get
mine store out NIT it. Ov you told
me dose lies, dem republican pollyticks
is all lies. Dot vos one burty fool you
make NIT dose peoples bout dot polly
ticks"
"See here, Dutchy, if you have con
fdence in the silver dollar, it will go
all right; any one will take it for 100
cents"
well, if you ust haf confidence in
dot sugar, it go for Won tollar's wort.
You git out O. here, or I vissel oop my
big dog, and he make you git home so
quick like you say Shack Robson. -
Prison Trusty, Lansing, Kan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
PAT ~DIsGRACED HIS UNCLE.
M. QUAD.

One day Old Ben met an Irishman
and said:
"'You're a Democrat, amt you,
PATE
"'Yis, sur; livery inch of me-
"'A pro slavery Democrat, too9
"'Yis, sir; I'm agin the nagers.'
But what made you a Democrat,
Pat9'
"'What made me a Dimocrat2 I'll
tell yez Ye see, sor, I did it to bring
disgrace on an uncle of mine up in New
York. Yez see, sor, the spalpeen
treated me very badly when I was a
boy, and thin I took a fearful oath, I
did, to do something to hu-mil i ate
him, I wanted to disgrace him, and
begorry I jined the Dimocrats and
done it,
"'What business is your uncle en-
gagged in?' asked Ben.
"'He is making shoes, sor, in the
Auburn Plenipotentiary.'
"Well, Pat, you have disgraced
him." snarled old Ben.-EH Perkins
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
THINGS HAD

A stout looking young colored man
loading a freight car just beyond
us when. a woman of his color, but
evidently 10 years his senior, suddenly
turned the corner of the cotton pile
and began:
"Now, look yere, Nose White, TIE
gwine to hev a settlement wild yo'p'
"Femail," answered Moses as he
dropped the handles Of the truck,
folded his arms across his breast and
sternly regarded her, "who am YOU
1 doan' reekolect dat I cher dun met
up wild yo' befo' in all my life"
"Hu! Yo' knows who I am!' she
shouted. ''Yo' knows perfectly we'll
dat I'ze Linda Jackson"
ooh! Linda JacksonI Deed, but 1
believe 1 has seen yo' somewharr'
81 reckon yo' has! Yo' dun promised
to marry me TO- weeks ago. What yo'
gwine to do bout it,"
promised to marry yo'! Oh, yes, I
reckon 1 did"
can when yo' gwine to do it,"
"Neber, MissUs Jackson!'
Den I'll raise a powerful fussl"
"Missus Jackson, dar won't be no
powerful fuss. Oar can't be. Who
was I when I dun promised to marry
you?"
"Mose White"
"Jest so. I was Nose White, de man
who driv a 1O,cent spress wagin round
town, widout any hopes of risin in de
world. Who am I today, Messus
Jackson?"
"Mose White"
"Jest SO, but it am Moses White, de
assistant freight agent of d. Richmond
and Danville railroad, wild eb'ry pros
pect dat inside of two Vars I'll own
half de stock and do all de bossin.
Things hev changed, Missus Jackson,
an I'll see yo' dun gone to Halifax
befo' I'll marry vol" M. QUAD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19

mental memorandum as bad and con-
stantly growing worse, and I instituted
a little inquisition by testing the -four
oftener and using larger samples and
forced the punishment to the limit.
Late one evening the old man and
l were standing ear the mill talking
when two little boys came from the
mill, and the smaller of the two was
crying bitterly. What's the matter,
my son9' asked the old man. What
are you crying about9 Tn cryin'
COS I amt goin to git no supper, said
the little thing. 'And why are you not
going to have some supperG Cos ma
amt got no -four nor no money to buy
it with, and they won't let us have any
at the mill Come back to the mill
with me, and I will see about that,
said the old man. And taking them
into the mill, he put as much -four as
the elder boy could carry, put their
name on the order book for a sack
next day and sent them away happy.
81 looked at him in amazement and
asked, Don't it break your heart to
do anything like that-saving as you
areF My ~friena,' he said, you mis-.
judge me. If it were not for the
strictest economy, 1 would not be able
to do anything at all for the helpless
and needy; I am to give to the poor
all I save by frugality.' I afterward
learned that of all the big hearts in the
place his was the biggest and whitest.
The most generous man in town. said
all who knew him. st. Louis Re.
public.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
ALLEGED FUN.

Mother-How did this ink get all
over this table? Small S3n-It run
right out all by its own self, quick as
the bottle upset.
Mrs. De GabbelI's portrait is a
speaking likeness" "How faithfully
they do produce the original in these
wonderful daye!"
Bicycle Dealer-There, sir, is a ma
chine fitted with our new non perforat-
ing tire. You can ride that over acks,
broken glass and ~corkscrews and they
won't leave a mark on it. Customer
Yes, but your price is too high. Too
high? Remember, my dear sir, I throw
in a complete outfit for repairing pune
tured tires.
Miss Goodgirl-What are you think
ing of so intently3 Young Gayboy-
Well, if you must know, I was think
ing what the result would be, if I
should suddenly grab you and kiss
you. Miss Goodgirl-Oh, Mr.. Gayboy,
how terrible for you to have such
thoughts, when my brother and father
r both out, my mother sick in bed
upstairs, and no one in the world who
could possibly come to my assistance!
In a western town there lives a
woman who has a genius for large
stories. As she is accustomed to say,
she .''scorns petty Details" At a tea
party she entertained the company
with a description Of a hog which her
uncle fattened to the enormous weight
of 5000 pounds. "Oh, my dear! y ejacu-
lated her husband, sit must have been
500 pounds" "Why, Edward Babbitt!'
exclaimed the narrator, with evident
disgust, 1.-The skin weighed that!
A gentleman, who had a little daugh-
ter of avery inquisitive turn of mind,
invited a friend to dine with him who
had just been divorced from his wife,
and little Anna, who had heard some
thing about it, was curious to know
more. "Why didn't you bring your
wife with you, Mr.. Todd !" asked Annie
when they were all seated at the table.
The guest blushed and stammered, and
said that he hadn't any now. Then
Annie, in spite of admonitory scowls
from papa and mamma, continued:
"What did you get divorced from her
for9" "Well, Annie, don't you think
it is better" asked Mr. Todd, when
two people can't live happily together
that they should separates" mo, I
don't" answered the child; "Ithink it
is a good deal better to fight it out;
that's the way my papa and mamma
do"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
Poetry.
rFor THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.l
SILVER "DEMONETIZED.
nv 9. Fl. BRIGHT,

BY S. H. BRIGHT.
M twas a wretche1 day that found
O01d enemies uniting,
"a side by side with equal stride
Me common people fighting.
IT'S useless longer to deny
For seeing is convincing,
Tho mice was paid and we're betrayed,
TTbeir platforms they are mincing.
,Twas bread we asked-they gave a stone,
And told US it was better,
Ard thus we're fed as on we're led,
Bound by the party fetter.
n brothers will you follow still
Tbe course that they a-e leading.
Nor question why your comrades lie
exhausted, dead, and bleedlngT
Pc men throw sentiment aside!
~ Freak the curst ties that bind you!
Look to your lives, your homes, your wives,
Pat ali else far behind you!
When his YOU do, and not till then
VIII Freedom hover DER you;
vou'0 then receive what heaven will give,
Ali will be bright before you.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19

Parent ~(wielding hairbrush) TO be
obliged to chastise you in this way,
Johnnie, is painful in the extreme.
Johnnie between sobs)-Yes; my ex-
treme.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-19
ENDOWMENT ORDER THAT
WON'T LAST.

Mrs. Hicks-Do you and your hUs-
band belong to one of the mutual
societies.
Mrs. Dix-No;> what gave you that
idea?
Mrs. Hicks-Husband said he thought
you were charter members of a mutual
admiration society.-N. Y. Herald.