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SILVER ANp roRcE niLL.
d. Qucstion OF gratitude that may
cut Figure Ia Congress,

4 dispatch from Washington to
the st. Louis Republic says: Con.
gressmen who were most Interest,".
ed in defeating the passage of the
Force bill, as reported, may aid
their Western colleagues IN op.
posing the unconditional repeal of
the sherman silver bill. This state
Of affairs is represented to have
been brought about by cores.
pondeuce between Western silver
Senators. 1t is said that ut the
time the force bill was before the
Senate the Western Silver Sena.
tors bolted their party caucus TO
aid their Southern friends, and
resisted to the bitter end all eff.
forts to "whip them into lines"
that it was through their efforts;
united with those of the solid Dem.
OcTatic minority led by Senator
German, that the fight against the
force bill was successful; aud that
much diplomacy was necessary TO
gather sufficient strength from the
Republicans to defeat the force
bill, aud that obligations were con.
sequently then incurred which
have since benefited the Repub
Hcan Senators who aided the Dom
ocrats. Tariff, silver aud all other
questions were at the time rele
gated to the background aud eve
~ energy was put forth Ivy the
Southern people TO prevent the
passage of the force hill.
1t is cited that 10y a strange co
incidence the Republican Seua
tors from the West who helped to
defeat the force bill are now the
most interested In continuing the
use Of silver as money, aud are
calling upon the Southern Sena
tors tn help them TO prevent &C
lion which they believe will prove
to he calamity to The business
interests of their States. A South
ern Senator, friendly 10 silver
said 10 day that he felt like going
TO the aid of his fellow Senator,
from the West on the principl,
that zone good turn deserves an
other" BY so doing. he added
he could repay an obligation tina
both he and his friends felt wa
due TO hose who aided TO defea
the cursed force billy
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The difference.

In March, 1889, Mr.. Cleveland
turned over the Government to
Harrison and the Republicans,
with more than one bundled MI.
lion dollars surplus in the Treas
ury aud the times prosperous.
Ia Match, 1898, Harrison tnru.
ell the Government over to Clere'
baud aud the Democrats, with 70
surplus in the Treasury, the times
panckr, business confidence de-
stroyed, silver depre ciated, and
banks failing.
A school boy can see aud tell
the difference.
On August 9Th the new Demo-
cratic Congress assemblies, when
for the first time in 30 years, the
Democrats will have complete
control Of sll branches oftie GOV.
eminent. They have a d(1cult
work before them. to bring order
out Of chaos, prosperity from ruin.
but we have an abiding confidence
that the genus of Democracy
will prove equal TO the sittation,
aud that in reasonable time pros.
perity will again bless the lAd.
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school Money.

Every holy Is interested In school mon'
ey, aud every one wants 10 know how to
tell bow much money his child or III. dis.
triot will draw under the new school law
Unfortunately, none OF US have copy Of
the law, bat We have attempted TO figure
out INV the school fluid IL TO be nppor.
toned A coriing to the hcst data We
eau obtain the general pee capita ltom toe
STATE will be ~ -, interest on county
b,uls tor Fulton county II cents making
the general per capita tor this county
-
Bat every district must have i've
mon rhs' school, and IN order 10 do 50 each
dist ict IA the county must draS the per
capita II furty.hye pupils ~he'her II has
them or not Then. II you have less than
forty i've pupils, multiply ~ 90 10y %
aud this gisrs the amount due your di1-
iriyi II YOU have more than % pupils,
first subtract a. from ihe number YOU have,
'h-n muliply - % by - and multiply
SIS hy the remainder. Add the iva
products tagrther, aud this gives the
amount due vuu. THIS nay not be abso-
lately correct, bot II u the hest iuf1rmN
uou We have 10 impart With the light We
have J. IL SAUNDERs, Co Supt
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The Equalization Law.

The local press ia various sec.
tons of the State is attacking the
present equalization law. Whelb.
er the law now in force is the best
that can be passed is one question
aud whether the principal upon
which equalization laws are found
ed is correct is quite another Ques.
ton. We have not examined the
law now in force, aud are there.
fuie moi prepared to say that II is
perfect in it's details hut we have
10 doubt that a good equalization
law is a necessary and altogether
proper part of any system for the
collection of taxes. 1t is natural
that in counties in which the val.
ues for taxing purposes are raised
10y State Board of Equalization.
there should be an cutlery against
the assumed injustice of the law,
and it is equally natural that it
should meet with favor in com.
ties where values are lowered.
Where County Assessors tx
values for State taxation there is
a strong tendency TO fix them low,
so that each particular county will
have rs little of the burden of
supporting the State Government
to bear AS possible. Without some
supervisory power exercised by
the State Government there will
he gross inequality in the proper.
tion Of the expenses of govern.
ment borne by different counties,
relative to their wealth. Some as.
SCISSORS will endeavor to do their
duty as fairly and honestly as pos.
sible. Others will strive To favor
their own counties, and the more
will obtain an I'M
Just advantage over their neigh.
hnrs. >hnman nature Is con.
eSHec 5Fs4neviiable. Hence
the necessity for a State Board of
Equalization. This necessity is
always present, aud each success
siye assessment made by the coun.
~ authorities requires revision, If
the burdens of government are to
be distributed according to wealth,
between the different counties.
II goes without saying that a
law creating such a board should
be based npon equitable princi.
pies, and should be fairly admin.
istered.
1t is certainly possible that the
present law is not perfeet, and il
Is also possible that it is not per.
fcctly administered, and there may
be legitimate cause of complaint
growing out of either OF these
facts, but few will deny that the
principle upon which it is founded
Is Just aud that n wise equaliza.
ton law we'll administered IS "a
public necessity.-.L Tran
ScFiDt,
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ans LissIsl.ATtRIl.
what 20 Cost aad what a. Did,

An interesting matter in connec.
ton with the close of the legisla.
ture is a recapitulation of the cost
Of it, aud how these costs were
distributed and also of the work
1t has done.
The regular pay roll Of the two
houses uetted Sl6l per day to
officers aud employees and 5000
per day to members. The officers
aud employees we're paid MS follows
House speaker, $40 per day; Clerk
aud Assistant Clerk, $40; Enroll.
ing Clerk, Doorkeeper aud Ser
gentat.arms, "a: ianitor. SO; cloak.
room keeper, $3.50; assistant . 80;
porter. 81, and eight pages and
messengers ut 80 per day each.
Senate President and President
pro tenn, Clerk aud Assistant
Clerk, $40 per day each; Door.
keeper, Sergeant at arms aud En-.
rolling clerk :, each: cloak room
keeper, - 80; assistant, - 30; por.
ter, 81; six pages and messengers
AT 80 each.
1t Will he seen that the employ.
es alone have drawn close to 49,.
900 during the session, The pay
of members for 53l days at 5000
per day aggregates s366.39o, and
tins. added to the SUN paid 10 oil
GERS aud employees, make total
of Si53,390 paid out in salaries
alone. The extra expenses OF
printing aud incidental appropria.
tious will easily run the expenses
of the session mp 10 SG00,0OO.
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The "Twicc.a. Week 81 Louis Republic
ia beyUui CON tarisan. i,r Superior % any
weekly paper Published iu Amrdea. ltts
issued ,-1a T-saIsy s#L Fr'i.y, .sGsi--a
lu sixteen pages week. aui gives the
ne~, Of Ibg DAY a. least halt week ear.
Hsr, aud much more folly than Any
weekly. AZ the sane time, is Literary,
Agricultural ani other departments are no..
surpassed. Il dII, the want. OF every mem.
Der Of the faulty, aui -noull be read In
every household lt - great SAM.
weakly PArgR, fur0ish"i % suhscHhrr.
fsr OSE pulLAg lE,U. the same pric'
A. the wvskIirs. Al rNfra copy VII he
sent free, Tor one yeas Co ihs scudrr u
each sIgs % four sEy T=srly snh-cT' hers
wiih four I1'ir, write Tor free -smple
copia. and raise riuh. address THE
RErUuLiC. ST. Louis, No.
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The Louisville Post says:
"The coming of the bicycle will do
much for good roads" 1t is not
exactly conceived how the road
IS to he improved. The man who
is too law TO walk, certainly wont
work on the road, aud the one
who cultlvates bicycling as fine
art, or matter of pleasure, has too
much money to work. The far.
mer AS u rule has "a dislike for a
because he frightens
horses aud fires at dogs, aud he
is not likely to improve the road
TO increase the tribe Of what he
considers pests. The great point
20 lie tried is whether the reiter.
ated complaints of bicyclists, be-
cause roads are not kept in order
for their pleasure, will avail any.
thing. The bicycIist wont work,
the farmer does not wish to, the
man in Jail can't get out, and the
sinking fund commissioners wont
let the cOuyicts DO ii.
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Control Of Interstate Water.

IT Louis bepnbuc.
In his message calling the extra
session of Congress, Mr., Cleve.
land advised the repeal Of "unwise
legislation" from whiclsthe coun.
try is suffering. There is certain.
ly q gress, deal Of lhis unwise leg.
isIa'fofr2sheE fsone form of il from
which the people along the course
of interstate rivers are suffering
severely is that which apprOpri.
ates for useless purposes money
that ought to be appropriated tor
river improvement.
This year aud last year, as in
every other year that was not ex.
ceptiOnal, people along the Missis.
sippi river in Missouri, Illinois,
Arkansas, Tennessee and other
States have been damaged to the
extent of hundreds of millions by
water it is the duty of the United
States to control.
Great bodies of land of exceed.
ing fertility in Missouri, Illinois,
Arkansas aud other States are
rendered almost valueless by the
fact that the money which ought
to be spent in levees is frittered
away IN extravaganza and subsi.
dies. The water which drives so
many thousands of our people
frp,n .bni- hp,,oC alppor .In M;ss
issippi; which destroys their crops,
browns their cattle and often re.
duces them from prosperity to
perjury, is interstate water-that
il, it falls outside of the State in
which it does the damage. The
water which drives the Missouri
or Illinois farmer TO the bluffs may
come from the Rocky Mountains.
The water which floods Arkansas
may come from both the Allegha.
uies aud the Rockies.
Clearly 1t is the duty Of the Fed
eral Government TO control this
immense volume Of water. which,
falling IN so many different States,
pours with cumulative force down
the river, until the State nearest
the mouth are in perpetual danger
of having immense areas of their
territory overwhelmed by a deluge
it is the duty of the Federal Gov.
erment to keen within bounds.
No single State is under obliga.
ton to attempt q control of the
Mississippi River. 1t is the duty
of all the States, because the
water IN the river belongs to all
the States and 1t is derived from
sources so various that no one
State could possibly control it.
Levees built by one State, as by
Louisiana, only serve to increase
the danger Of food in all districts
above them which have no sum.
cient levee protection.
Unless this work is undertaken
Systematically by the Federal
Government; unless the money
now squaudered by the republican
legislation is applied to guarding
the property OF the people along
the river, Missouri, Illinois aud
all the river States will he the
poorer by millions, aud hundreds
Of thousands of acres ofimproyed
land, the most fertile in the cOun.
try. will have to be abandoned.
The people who have everything
at stake in securing justice have
inaugurated u movement for an
adequate system of levee protec'
ton along the entire course of the
river. II is a movement that
Ought to succeed that mnst sue.
coed, since it's failure would imply
an indecent denial Of common jus.
tice.
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The internal revenue collec.
tons in Kentucky for the year
ended June 80 were nearly Ave
milton dollars larger than for the
previous fiscal year.
TuE negroes of liopkinsville are
preparing 10 fight the constitution
ality of the separate coach law aud
it is said have engaged the services
Of eX-Gov. Knott rs attorney.
REV. l.. X. MoNrFORr, editor Of
the Herald aud pIeshyter, says
the 500 religious newspapers OF
this country now propose To join
hands aud boom the Worlds Fair
This is the result Of the Sunday
closing.
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TO BE BURIED ALIVE.

Seymour, the mind.Teader, was
in Toledo, Ohio, the other day, on
his way to Chicago, where he is
going TO he buried alive, after the
manner of the Indian magicians,
who say they can suspend ANNA
ton for any period by swallowing
their tongues and controlling the
heart and mind.
"My coffin has gone ahead"
said Mr., Seymour. 1t is fac
smile of the one in which Gen.
Grants remains now rest, and
cost $4,000. 1t is made in three
sections, one fitting inside the
other. | will he buried 6 feet
deep in the coffin. Signals will be
arranged so that if things do not
go right | can communicate with
the soldiers on the outside who
will guard the grave. Directly
after | am buried crop Of barley
will be sOwn over the grave. I
will remain buried till the germs
sprOut, grow, ripen aud are har.
vested. Then the disinterment
will take place. | won't come
back to earth until September "a.
| am positive | can do it, and the
scientific men who are assisting
me are beginning TO think so too"
The Tiptonville Headlight
says: Yesterday quite a number
Of our land owners met and for.
INFLATED q plan for building u
lpvee from Hickman to Lake Go.
highland. Messrs. j. g. Harris,
l.. Donaldson and }. w. Upton
were elected executive commit.
tee. A voluntary contribution Of
$4,000 was made 10 defray eX.
pcnses OF committee in laying the
matter before proper authorities,
"A dispatch from Jefferson
City, Mo, SAYS that Gov. Stone,
shortly after the mob had exc.
cuted Seay Miller. the rapist, at
Bardwell, wrote to the authorities
at SikestOn, Mo-, where the negro
was arrested, aud asked if Miller
left the state voluntarily, or it he
was taken by force without the
Formally of a requlsition. In his
letter, it is said, the governor
sharply minated that the Skies.
ton officers had been remiss in
their duties. The governors let.
ter was answered by the prose.
cuting attorney, who after giving
the governor considerable sass,
wound up his communication with
the assertions: "The men of Mis-.
souri, will always be proud of an
opportunity to render unto Ken.
lucky the fiends that are Ken.
tucky's.n That attorney is an all
around good one, and if he ever
gets out ola job in Missouri all he
needs to do is to come over in
Kentucky and ask for what lie
wants.
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Wanted the Earth.

The President, Vice. President
aud Directors of the Board Of
Trade entertained Friday last the
gentleman who has been uegotia.
ting with our citizens for the es.
tablismeut of nm excelsior factory
ut New Madrid. The Record man
interviewed the officials of the
Board and learned from those
gentlemen that the factory man
almost wanted the earth and tie
fuIlnesS thereof for his plant,
which of course the Board cOud
not see its way clear to give. Tie
Board offered 10 give a splendid
site OF two or more acres to which
the railroad company would put q
switch, which, all things consider.
ed, seemed a fair aud reasonable
proposition. But the factory mal
would not. lie wanted the site
aud $4,000 Of the $4,000 stock
taken 10y the citizens. Ia tie
presence of the fact that New
Madrid possessed fue location
AMI superior facilities in every
way for such an enterprise, the
Board made no further prcposi.
ton aud the gentleman returned
to Hickman, KY, where he viii
probably locate. New Madrid
Record,
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Hot weather insurance.

For twsuty-dve cents YOU can insure
yourself aud family against auy Bad re-.
suits from 40 attack OF bowel comp lsint
daring the sunmer Chamberlain CO 10,
Chotrrs and Disrrhn-a Remedy ~ aosr.
tain cur. for these diseases II costs hut
g cents, For sale by T. T. swayue,
drugg'st,
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MR.. @. L. HUNTINGTON admits
that he is negotiating for the sale
of the Newport News and Mlssis.
sippi Valley line, that the deal
has not progressed far enough
to make the details public. The
indianapolis Journal says it is
evident the Vanderbilt interests
are after the road. President
Ingalls,, 1t says, has fully deter
mined to build q new line from
Aurora to Louisville, giving an
entrance to the Big Four Indepeu.
dent of the Ohio and Mississippi.
A line to the south such as the
Newport News would be very val.
liable, and it is reasonable to sup.
nose the Big Four will secure it,,
If possible. The deal may not be
completed for some time, but ii
is pretty CERTAIN to follow.
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ron couNrY srpEHiNTE,DEsr.

We are authorifel 10 announce JAS. H..
SAUNDERS (prc'ent incnuNanr rs a
candidate for Superintendent ot Com
mon Schools for Fulton county, Al the
November election.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-07-28

Have you tried Plantation Liver
Pills for habitual constipation !
They are perfectly delightful aud
a sure cure. Price 25c. Sold by
49,
Cowgirl < Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
Il. T, Swayne,
Gore Bros, Cayce, Ky.
A. l.. Brevard, Jordan, ny.
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Plantation Chm care Is guaran.
teed. II it dou't cure 90 aud get
your money back. Ask your mer.
chant ahoniii. Price JOc. Sold by
COwgI7T \ Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
I. L. Swayne,
Gore Bros, CRyce Ky.
\. l.. Breynrd. Jordan. Ky.
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ros ruG STARE SENATE.

We are authorised to ANNOUNCE Mr.. X. /
TYLER as candidate 70 represent
Hickman, Fulton AMI Graves counties,
in thrneNt Senate Of Kentucky. Sab
iect 10 the action Of the Democratic
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-07-28

THERE are very few Americans
in Sian, aud the United States
commercial relations are insignia.
cant, so that this country will not
interfere IN the present quarrel.
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NEGROES NOT ALLOWED THERE

There is at least one town in the
United States where no negroes is
allowed to reside, and that place is
not in the south, either. Its name
is Sandoval, and it is in the State
of Illinois. Its laws on the subject
is not written in the statues of
course no court would allow that
but it is a very positive law all the
same, and it is enforced by the
court OF Judge Lynch. A few days
ago, labor being very scarce there,
a contractor employed IA couple of
of negro carpenters, who were pass
ing through the place, and asked
for a job. Shortly after they went
to work mob of seventy men as
sembled and, going to the house,
demanded to know what they were
doing there. The. contractor ex-
planned the case, aud after a good
deal of trouble persuaded the mob
to allow the negroes to continue
there with the distinct understand
ing that they should leave the town
as soon as the house was completed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-07-28

JUSTICE BRowN, of the United
States supreme court, has rem
dered a decision of great impor-
lance to both railroads and ship
pors. 1t declares absolutely against
all rebates and discrimination what
sOcver.
WHILE the people Of the west
are demanding the coinage of more
silver, the United State, sub Treas
ury at Chicago is compelled to re-
fuse to receive silver coin, because
there is more Of it on hand than
can be cared for.
THE South Carolina State liquor
law has been declared unconstitu-
tiouL by Judge Hudson, of the
State, and the whi,kcy men in the
Palmetto State are iValant. The
main point upon whicN the Judge
decided the law to be unconsititu-
tional is that the State takes bus
mess from the individual and Gre
ateS monopoly in it for ITSELF;
that prohibitory laws are unconsti-
tutional, but that the Evans law is
not such a law, but, on the contrary,
Is Il law Tor revenue or profit.
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Children Ike 10 take SO. &. &.
Certain Siii. Cure" the pleas
ant ana guaranteed cure for
Fever, Aguc ana Malaria.
Price 80 cas-.
For sale by e, A. IioLCoMHE Druggist
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Plantation Chill Cure stops chills,
stops 'em quick, and they never
come back. Ii YOU don't believe
il, try it. IL it don't stop 'em ask
for your money back you'll get it.
Price zoe. Sold by
Cowgirl Il Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
I. L. SwayDe,
Gore Bros, Cayce, Ky.
A. L. Brevard, Jordan, Ky.
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Isyour life worth 80 centsi
Dumb Chill; Ague; ,Conges,!ve
Chill; Death. This is the evolu.
ton Of that mslarial chilly sensa.
ton. Stop it in time. Plantation
Chill Cure will do it, or it will cost
You nothing. Sold by
Cowgirl 4 Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
y. I. Swayne,
Gore Bros, Cayce, Ky.
A. Il. Brevard, Jordan, Ky.
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NWITNINVTVT W
szuEz<sxGN-S-
Cowgirl & Cowgirl, Hickman, Ky
I. I. Swayne, "
Gore Bros, Cayce, Ky.
\. l.. Brevard Jordan, Ky.
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Oh, my poor ack!-What pain (!
No excuse for INFLAMMATION Anti.
Pain Porus Plaster with capsicum
will cure it. Sold and guaranteed
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-17

for him and he bent down to pick it up.
The door of the room opposite, where
his brother, the Federal officer, slept,
was oper. Driven by sudden impulse.
he stepped up to it on tiptoe, and looked
in. Jefferson Langley was sleeping
quietly, with the moon shining through
the window ON his handsome, boyish
face, and making glitter on his golden
hair. His sleep was the calm and peace
full sleep of one who has done his duty,
and has no more cares upon his mind.
Arthur Langley stood as it were SPELL
bound. and gazed at him. The infinite
peacefulness of the face at first perplexed
him. But presently he grew to under
stand it; and a great shame for his own
contemplated cowardice stole over him.
Gradually his muscles relaxed Silently.
and without word, he gathered up the
uniform and carried it to spot where it
might lie withou, exciting any ones sus-
picions. Having done this he crept back
to his room and looked himself in again,
and hid the key where none were likely to
discover it.
Then, feeling q great weight lifted
from his mind, he threw himself down
upon the bed, and slept drcamlcssly, like
his brother, till the dawn.