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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31
BOU6KE cocgsAN'S S0PHiS7RY.

The speech of Bourke Cochran
in the house against silver was
composed of sophistry and assertion
as are all the utterances of rabid
m onometailis,s. lie declared, that
"money was not wealth." when it
is taxed as property and is able
to purchase land and personal
property. Money is just as much
"wealth" as land houses, mills and
factories. Silver and gold possess
an intrinsic value, even as com modi.
ties, in all nations, and it is absurd
in Cochran to say million or two
N silver and gold does not consti-
tute wealth. He also said "the
trouble in this country was not due
to the lack of money, but to the
lack of redundancy of money"
when the merest tyro in finance
knows that redundancy of
money" means dangerous expan
-ion of the circulation, and is
fraught with ruin, inasmuch as it
produces Initiation of prices and
stimulates speculation aud over
tradi, g and always ends in col
lapse aud a panic.
But having stated that 'the
trouble in this country was not
from the lack of money, but from
the lack of redundancy of money"
he proceeds in the very same
speech, to arraign the Sherman Law
fer INCREASING the volume of the
currency" and thereby producing
the present strinsency. These two
contradictory statements prove
Cochran possesses zeal without
knowledge" and talks at random.
Oar circulation is glarlng'Y inaie'
quate, as it is only S24 At per
capita, while in France the circula-
ton is $50 per capita. 1t is in
credible, that in this country cir
cula.ion of $24.47 per capita should
be a dangerous expansion of the
circulation, while France is pros.
porous with $50 per capita.
He also SAID silver drove gold |!
out Of France and forced her to
import 5000, 900, 200 in gold, which
is simply misstatement, since the
gold was not driven out of France
by silver, but was used in purchas
ing commodities abroad and was
exported to enable monometal ma
tions to maintain their stock of |
gold and avoid a monetary crash,
He was also guilty of the absurdity
of attributing the low price Of farm
products to the Sherman law.
Bourke Cochran's knowledge cf |
finance would not fill the skin Of
chigoe, while his pretentious gall |
and lordly arrogance would fill the
skin of an elephant chockful.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31

THE News predicted months ago
that the Gal Dal News would be
fourd fighting the Democratic party
of Texas in 1894, and now that
two-pronged paper comes ont
plumply against the reunion of the
Democrats of Texas. The Gal Dial
News is mugwumpish freelancer,
and ia not Democratic paper, and
is chiefly responsible for the split in
the Democratic party in 1892.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31
The Money Market.
lated Presr to the News.

By Associated Press to the News
WALL sTREEr, (Noon) Aug. 81
Money on call is easy at TO 4
per CT, prime mercantile paper S@l2
per cent. Sterling exchange is dull
with actual business in bal rs bills
at So for sixty days and $3.50
4 Sc for demand; posted rates,
4 s4@4 81; commercial bills
4. So4@4 S5i.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31
TRUE CAUSE or THE PANic.


do in bringing about the monetary
panic than had the Imam IN the
moon" The truth is, that much
maligned act helped TO postpone
this panic, by adding $40, 600 Ooo
in silver certificates TO the aggre
gate circulation. But for this ad.
dition to the circulation the panic
would have occurred in 1891 or '92.
Did that act lead the national banks
to loan out 30 large a portion OF
their deposits as to disable them
from paying depositors their
money? Any such opinion would
BIZ sheer nonsense. Did that act
compel mills, factories, mines and
foundries to close? BY no means.
The attributing of the monetary
stringency to the Sherman act Vas
lust as rational and wise as the idea
Of the fellow that the buiidll z OF a
steeple on Tenterden church caused
the shoaling Of the ad acent harbor.
The Chicago platform pledged
the Democrats to the speedy repeal
Of tha. act, and as they held a ma
jority in congress the country felt
assured it would be repealed at the
regular session in December, 1898.
This act vas made responsible for
the monetary stringency by The en-.
emies Of free silver coinage, for the
sole purpose of striking down silver
money. There was no real cause
for the panic. The crops were
bouniiful in all sections of the coun
try-trade and business were good,
as they were in 1892. No contrac.
ton of the volume Of circulation
had taken place. The payment Of
the pensions in 1892 had added
$3.50, 100000 to the circulation.
The circulation was in excess Of
what it was in 1891 >. What then
occasioned the panic and the conse-
quent stringency? The panic was
wholly factious. 1t was put.up
job by the enemies of silver money.
AS the Democrats were in power
and were pledged to bi.metallism,
the monometallists, consisting Of
bond holdere, bankers, national
banks, Wall street gamblers, pluto
crat and the venal city press subsi-
died by them, conspired to bring
about a panic. They meant that
II should be brief and harmless.
They began in January, 1898, to
export gold to Europe, and by June
lst they had exported $50 600 900
of gold and reduced the reserved
stock of gold in the United States
treasury to $50, 200, 600. This was
followed By laundering clatter
and howl on the part of the mono.
metallists. The banks ceased to
make loans and insisted on the pay
ment of all sums due them. This
c Jurse caused many corporations
and mercantile houses to fail, al
though they were solvent. Tfen
the people took fright and began TO
draw their deposits from the banks,
and the smash followed. There
ensued stoppage of circulation, as
the banks ceased to make discounts
aud pressed collections.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31

Texas has suffered very con-
siderably from the monetary
stringency, still it is in all respects
much better off than three.fourths
of her sister states. The unre.
mnuerstive price of cotton hurts
Texas far more than does the
stringency of money.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31

When the Brazos river shall run
up stream and the sun shall rise in
the vest, Texas Democrats may re-
pudiate silver money and wear the
yoke of the bondholders, goldbugs
and platocrats-but not until then.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31

The reunion of the Texas Demo
crazy is demanded by the welfare
of the people of the stat, and ia
ardeutly desired by all true Demo
Gratis. The way to unite is to unite.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31

With a proper system of irriga-
tion, Southwest Texas would be.
come the granary of the United
States. Cannot steps be taken TO
secure the blessing of such sys.
tenn of irrigation.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31
w AGO, Texas

Prohibition Of the sale Of intoxi-
cants merely closes open and public
saloons and opens holes in the wall
and dark cellars for the sale of
liquor.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31
ASTONIS HINC,

That we offer rs cent Corset in
Drab, Tan and White for 39CtS,
but we do.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31
LAST CHANGE.

A lot of fine Paris, Torchon and
other Laces, ranging in price, l5c,
2oc.and 25c for lOcents a ward
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31
Gold Comiug In.
By Associated Press to The News.

by NsbuVIhT 20 FreSs TO The NewI
New YORK, Aug. 3D. Steam
ship AIler brought l,735 900 francs
and $50 600 in gold TINS morning.
The stesm- hip Galba also brought
tI0o, 900 IN goli
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31
LAST CALL.

Zephyr Ginghams worth l2tc..
l5c. and zoe, mixed lot, all at
7 IL cents a yard.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31
SURPRISING,

But we do sell strips Of Embroid.
cry that are worth lOc, l25c. and
l5c. for 4 cents a yard. This
last week
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-31

There wouldn't he any cases of chronic r..
tArrh II al used Or. Sage's Remedy That.
positive. It's proprietors will pay $500 r.
ward Tor I'll incurable case.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-16

the purchase from France, 1.-The execu-
tive authority had to be stretched until
il cracked to cover the Louisiana Pur.
chase" and the same thing bad to be
said again when Florida. Alasks, and
the Gadsden Purchase were paid for
out of the United States Treasury. We
even went so far in the Mexican war as
to bring in territory by conquest aid in
this respect put ourselves on a level
with other nations. The policy as car
RED out by our government has been
our wealth in spite of the argument
made by many that republican form
of government can not stand the strain
necessarily caused by the conf citing
interests of varied and widely separated
industries. Let that be as it may, the
seeds If discussion and signs of disin-
tegration seem to be no more numerous
or threatening than they were a third
Of = century ago.
We have been generous t. ourselves
as well as to other people when admis-
sion to our Union has been sought.
We have even reached out our hands
and pulled them in when we were in
the mood. Now prosperous territory,
small. vet very valuable, is knocking
for admission. Snail we not take them
in, no matter if the British Lion saws
we shall not? It's none of his especial
business, and we are now capable Of
debating our own affairs. If the Sand
wich Islands become a part of our coun-
try, they can still control their own
local affairs as they think best end they
would be assured, under the constitu-
ton, of republican form of govern
ment, such as they desire and such as
will lead them on to higher civiliza-
ton and a greater degree of prosperity
They will be safe and happy under
the Stars and Stripes and the United
States will be tie richer and more pow
erful because of their annexation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-16
LIST OF PATENTS

Granted to Wisconsin inventors this
week. Reported by c. A. Snow 4 Co.,
Solicitors of American and Foreign Pat
ents opposite U. S. Patent Office,
Was 'on, ID. c.
NJ, 'house, Waupun, car couple
ing; A. D. Bellinger, Black River Falls,
rotary engine; j. w. Cameron, West
Bend, window; j. H. Dodds, Eau Claire,
setting device for sawmill carriages;
j. II. Dyson, Belleville, electric clock;
0. g. Franks, Kenosha, bed; E. H.
Grafunder, Horizon, broadcast seeder;
c. P. Hermann, Milwaukee, latch; A g..
Hoeffler & F. l.. G. Chapman, Stevens
Point, safety gate tor draw bridges; C.
H. Keeney, Milwaukee, system and de.
vice for elevating wafer by pneumatic
pressure; d. j. Manning. Chippewa
Falls, fertilizer or insecticide distributor
f. H. Mueller, Milwaukee, device ioI
operating sliding doors; j. Tarrant,
Onalaska, gravity dog for gang edgers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-16
Facts and Statistics Concern
ing Seed Corn.

When gathering corn for seed, | Sc
lect ears that will average from to 8
inches in length. and to in circum-
ference, with not less than Is rows to
the ear. The kernels should te half an
inch in length. Ears of the dimensions
will she'll one pint To the ear. Sixty
four ears will shell one bushell.
When storing corn away for seed
the ears should be tied together with
the husks, and hung over a pole, or
stood upright on the small end of the
ear. AS the cob dries it absorbs the
moisture from the corn. If the ear are
Land down the kernels on the under side
will quite often mold or turn dark. II
stood on the small end with artificial
heat of 60 degrees the corn in 80 days
will be ready to she'll and store away
in sacks. When Smelling corn for seed
clip off two inches from but end and
tip of ear. This leaves the deep kerr
nels for seed
A test was made in 1892 with three
thousand kernels of corn. One thou
sand kernels were planted from the but
end of the ears; two hundred of these
kernels did not srout. One thousand
were planted from the center of the
ears, five of these did not sprout. One
thousand kernels from the tips of the
ears were planted, Is kernels did moi
sprout. The stalks grown from the tip
kernels were not as large as the others
1t is impossible to have corn stalks
grow too large TO ear we'll. Usually
this caring is in direct proportion tc
the size of stalk. 1t is always so, ex
cept In rare cases when severe droutt
attacks the grain just as the ears art
forming. Even then a large growth
will ear better than a smaller one, tn,
substance stored in the stalk being de
posted in the ear, and leaving th,
stalk after the grain had ripened les
sweet and Nutritious than it is while
the ears are forming.
CORN VALUES AND YIELDS PER ACRE II
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-16
HARPER'S.

Harper'S Weekly, published February
10Th, will be noteworthy for the number
and beauty of its illustrations. and the
variety and value of its articles. Prom
inent among the former will be a front
page picture of Tobogganing at Mont
morency Falls, Canada, from photo.
graph; double page illustration of the
yale Promenade" drawn oy w. p.
Snyder; and characteristic full page
hunting scene by a. b. Frost. An illus
trated article on ''Tammany's Neglected
Streets, will be of special interest to
New York readers. There will also be
illustrated articles on the new monitor
Monterey, and the whaleback steamer
which is to be used for the transporta-
ton of visitors at the Worlds Fair.
There will be numerous portraits, ac-
companied by biographical or personal
sketches, including those OF the late
Mrs. w. c. Whitney, A. Conan Doyle,
Eleonora Duse, the Hawaiian Commits
sioners now at Washington, and S. B.
Dole, President of newly formed pro-
government at Honolulu. The
number will also contain the usual
variety of short articles, stor-
les. and able editorials on the questions
of the day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-16

ed to by the democrats as the 'blllion
dollar Congress. Now these gentlemen
see that Secretary Charles Foster WAS
right when he said: ''This is a billion
dollar country"
Senator Chandler had little fun
with his democratic colleagues this
week by twitting them for their failure
to live mp to their national platform
The only reply came from Senator Har-
ris, of Tennessee, who declared that be
was not, never had been, and never
would be the slave of National plat
form.
ExtrS session talk is now heard every
where, and unless Mr. Cleveland made
his threat about the failure to repeal the
silver law for bluff one Of his first
official acts will be to issue a proc.ama-
ton calling an extra session. A promi
nent democrat is authority for the state
ment that it will depend upon a poll of
the House and Senate of the next
Congress, which the friends Of Mr..
Cleveland are now trying to make. II
the poll shows a majoritg for repeal an
extra session will be called; otherw Sc
not.
Both the whiskey trust and the Pana
ma Canal inve stigations are in what may
be called the promising" stage, that
is, they promise startling revelations,
but so far none have been made.
In accordance with the Constitution
a joint session of the Senate and House
was held on the second Wednesday of
February and the electoral votes cast
hy the forty-four states were officially
counted and the result announced.
There we're no disputes and the event
passed of very quietly.
The Hawaiian negotiations are still
going on, but as they are secret there is
nothing new to report.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-16

in the dirt. Each fall, haul in load or
two OF gravely sandy dirt, which you
will find great absorbent and at the
same time furnish a good many set of
false teeth for the hens. And right here
let me say great many people lave
killed and dressed chickens all their
lives, have seen the sand and gravel in
their gizzards. ret the idea of putting a
little sand IN their foo never occurred
TO them.
Pot in some nice clean straw for them
to scratch il, throw in shIunk wheat.
oats, or buckwht at and let them stratch
for it. Exercise brings warmth and
warmth adds largely to the production
Of eggs, and eggs at % cts per i zen is
like finding money. With an open shed
attachment for the fowls 10 run out. in
mil d W. ather. tlis house will be found
plenty good enough for all practical
purposes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-16
Catarrhal Deafness Cured.
AN OLD CASE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED.

AN OLD CASE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED.
The symptoms are: Roaring crack
ing, buzzing in the ears, with gradually
increasing difficulty in hearing. If not
cured the hearing will be entirely dis
troyed. When the case has not already
gone to far before the treatment is
begun Peru ma will cure every case.
1t is only after the catarrh has destroyed
portions of the middle ear that Pe-ru-na
fails to cure.
Mr. Frederick Bierman, of McComb
City, Miss, had chronic catarrh very
badly for many years. The disease
finally passed up the custodian tube
into the middle ear. and had almost
destroyed his hearing, He had been
taking Pe-ru-na but a short time, and
his catarrh is very much better. and he
hears again rs we'll as any ONE.
Send for free copy of THE Illus
trated Ills of Life" Sent free by the
Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co., of
Columbus, Ohio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-16
RRorHER McKinneg and the "Raven

BROTHER Mckinney and the "RsVen
Lock Scribe" of Bloomington are
evidently having a great big heap Of
phun." And all By themselves too.
They haye been railing away at Judge
Carter for some time, trying to place
that worthy gentleman in bad light
and prejudice his large constituency
against him. by concocting stories with
the aid Of very vivid imasinations. We
can readily see why the Fiait3ville
Quill Driver" should begin thus early
to espouse the cause Of some unknown
candidate for the County Judgeship.
This unknown candidate" he predicts.
will loom up at just the proper nom
ent, and like David Of OLD, fling his
pebble with all the accuracy and impet-
uosity bonn of the genera good fee IN
created among the masses in bis favor,
by the said "Quill Driver among the
loyal citizens that have declared them
selves in favor of the present Judge,
and cause such CONSERVATION among
them. that they win stink out of sight
on election day. Brother Mac edits the
only out spoken democratic sheet in
this county, and of course, must stand
bY and expouse all the maxims Of his
party whether his heart be in it or not
But what on earth has come over the
editor, ex-officio of the Record? Has
he been so affected by his environment
that he doesn't know whether he's
standing on his pedal extremities or his
cranium2 We could, and would over
look an article written in condor on the
Judge and the impending election.
But it is different when long haired
alleged impersonater OF Shakespearian
characters steps boldly 10 the front with
an accusation misleading, false and
impugning the character of an official,
whose administration of office has been
at all times equitable, and who has
made the best Judge in the verdict OF
the people, we have ever had. And so
we cannot refrain from making known
Just little of what we think about it..
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-16

The senior proprietor of this paper
has been subject to frequent colds for
some years. which was sure to lay him
up if not doctored at once. He finds
that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
reliable. 1t opens the secretions, re-
lieves the lungs and restores tie system
TO a healthy condition. If freely used
as soon as the cold has been contracted,
and before it has become settled in the
system, it greatly lessons the attack and
often cures in single day what would
otherwise have been q severe cold
Northwestern Hotel Reporter, Des
Moines, Iowa. % and so cent bottles
for sale by j. t. Bennett Druggist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-16
VALENTINE DAY.

Did you get a valentine last Tuesday?
Not one Of those abominable monstros-
tiles. caricatures that wound but never
please and which should have no place
in the thoughts of gentle man or gentle
women. They are not for Valentines
Day and Valentines Day is not for them
They are merely interlopers. But did
you get one Of those fsir creations of
tinted paper, with winged cupids,
armed cap pie with their daintv. heart
piercing weapons whose sweet pangs
make sll the blessed things Of this life
more blessed, one with a verse or YER
ses quantity hidden under some fold,
and breathing out the precious incense
of love; one that YOU may carefully
place in its scented envelope and lay
away to keep for all time so far as this
earth goes; one that when the hair is
silvered and the brow furrowed, may
% taken from ITS resting place and by
talismanic influence take you back to
the days when earth was young and
heaven an unwished for rest; one that
can make you wish to be all alone for
the while, for not another one in all
earth's millions will understand it as
you will. These are the missives for
which St. Valentines Day has place in
the human heart as well as in the cal
endar. Did you get valentine?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-16
Annexation.

The Sandwich Islands. about which
there is so much controversy at present,
are a group situated in the Pacific,
about 1000 miles slightly southwest Of
San Francisco, Cal. The Tropic Of
Cancer passes through the group which
consists Of dozen or fifteen islands. the
largest one being Haw aii which con-
tains over 1000 square miles. The 9TH
ers aggregate about 1000 square miles
more, making altogether territory
about six times rs large as Grant coun.
ty. Not all of these islands are inhab-
tied, but nevertheless the group is cred.
tied with being the home of 100,0 900
people, natives and foreigners. The
foreigners are mostly Americans, though
some English. Germans. French,
Chinese and Portuguese help swell the
number.
The business of the islands is chiefly
in the hands of the Americans. or per-
sons who went there from the United
States While tropical fruits are pro.
dnced easily and in the greatest abund-
ance, the chief industry is the Droduc-
ton of sugar.
Since the natives of this group have
been Christianized and civilized the
government has been a mild monarchy,
the ruler being a member OF one of the
native families. Affairs there AZ pres
ent are in a very unsettled condition. 4
revolution having taken place, dethron-
ing the queen aud establishing provi-
sional form of government which has
sent ministers to Washington TO plead
for annexation TO the United States.
There are many reasons why they
shoald desire 10 join their fortunes with
this country. They aye nearer here
than they are to any other great nation.
The business of the country is conducted
and dire cted by Americans, and the
people are in favor OF a republican
form of government They are not Mt
all in sympathy with monarchies, no
matter how mild in administration.
While no settled plan of annexation has
Yet beer fixed upon. the group will
doubtless come in as a territory This
will give them a chief executive APP
pointed by the president, a legislature
of their own choosing. thus practically
enabling them to make their own laws,
once under the protection of the Amer
lcan flag. The annexation of territory
so far away as these islands are will be
q novel proceeding on the part of this
country, Other countries. almost with
out exception, have made themselves
possesSors of territory al great distances
from the seat of empire. The little
island of Great Britain would be almost
lost if planted in some of her possessions
half way round the globe The United
States i wonderfully compact terri
tory aud the original states rights pol
icy as advocated by Thomas Jefferson
and other brilliant statesmen, that ter
ritory should be acquired only by mutu.
al agreement, would have kept us poor
indeed. Fortunately for Us, the gov
eminent has not been administered up-
on this theory. Even Jefferson himself
said, when as president * acknowledged