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The advocate., 1894-08-08
THE OLD FARCE.
How History Repeats Itself The Panic Of
1897

making and the resp possibilities it is en-
cOuntering are SUI generiS, peculiarly
its own, and never occurred to man.
kind before; whereas they are only
running the same round, enacting the
same farce, and rejoicing in their good
fortune, or cursing their destiny, the
same as their fathers before them and
all the generations in the past. Such
is the purpOrt and philosophy of the
famous and faVorite poem that Presi-
dent Lincoln always carried in his vest
pocket and so often read to his friends,
entitled, "Why Should the Spirit of
Man Be Proud?" And am reminded
OF this by reading up the history of the
great financial panic, bank explosion
and credit failure of 1887, the circum-
stances of which l so well remember,
and the causes of which were not one
tenth in magnitude and importance of
those that antedated and produced the
ruin in which we are now involved.
The effects of that were felt in the
prostratiOn and depression of the in
dustries and business of the country
for near fifteen years to my certain
knowledge. That is, business didn't
revive and go on again with its former
spirit and prestige till the influx of gold
came pouring in like an ocean tide
from California which walked every
thing up and set it on its feet again to
move forward with great strides, till
1857, when we had partial repetition
OF the great catastrophe with its like
consequences and results, as many will
remember. And now we have it again,
smpitied and enlarged; and as it's
causes were very similar, though ten
times as numerous and weighty, so the
consequences must be expected to be
proportional in magnitude and import
ance. The causes have been operating
for years, exhausting production and
draining the sources of wealth into the
Golfers of few who were so fortunate
as to control the government and ma
nipulate the standard of value, but the |
panic was finally precipitated upon the |
country by the banks in obedience to |
the demands Of those bent on still fur
ther spoil in the shape of government |
bonds and the increase in the value Of |
money and thus of its ability to pur-
chase cheaper the farmers produce
and the wage mans labor, by the dim
mutton of its volume or quantity in
circulation. For all know that when
money is plenty in the country times
are good, prices ample, and wages
high. On the other hand, when money
is scarce, times are hard, prices low
and work not to be had. Such has
been the philosophy of every era of
good times in the land, and such the
experience of every period following a
panic and a contraction or congestion
OF the currency that constitutes the
blood and breath of business, industry
and trade. Heretofore, undue and un-
limited expansion of the bank currency
induced speculation and overtrading
ION borrowed funds) and at the same
time insidiously drained production by
and through its discounts and circula-
ton. But in our case still other
agencies have been operating in sim.
liar way, and to the same end, in addi.
ton To our national honk svotaro Tor
The advocate., 1894-08-08

of dollars, at least, annually required
to meet the dues demanded by the 25,-
600 families who hold title to more than
half the entire property of the country,
personal and real, to say nothing of 500
millions of dollars that is yearly ex-
tOrted from production to pay tribute
to foreign dukes, lords and barons,
financial deities whom we serve and
who own the thousands of millions of
bonds, and stocks, and mills, and
mines, and manufactures, and brewer
les, and railroads, and telegrsphs of
the country, making us another Ireland
tOiling for nonresident and alien land
and property-holderS who drain our
soil and spend the sWag in foreign
capitals in ease, and luxury, and Splen.
dor. And now does anyone think good
times will come out of all this very
soon? When hear POpulists predict.
ing serfdom as the inevitable destiny
Of the masses of our people, / answer
that the latter are already there and
will realize the fact in all its hideous-
ness as time wears on.
l give some excerpts from the ad-
dress of New York workingmen of
1887 as issued from great meeting in
the park, called to consider the griev-
ances complained of and in times sim
liar to these in which we live. And
the reader will notice how the subjects
of complaint then and there made,
square with those of our day. Indeed,
the regime then in vogue has gone on
from that day to this, consuming in
duStries and their operators and every
ten years driving the country to bank
ruptcy and ruin. The panic Of that
day, like ours, was brought about
by the banks, and the depression
that followed was laid at their
doors. Consequently, the absorbing,
sponging banking system is duly
and properly mathematical as
the occasion of all their woes. And
strange hallucinstion of the American |
people, we are undergoing the same
ordeal again, the tenth time in the
short era of our existence. Astonish-
ingl astonishing! The burnt child |
breads the fire, but full-groWn men,
half consumed, rush into it again and
again; for it has been demonstrated,
indeed, is now universally admitted
except by the bankers themselves) that
our panic was deliberately planned by
American and foreign creditors who
hold American securities for the pur-
pose of forcing the United States to a
gold standard in order to increase debts
1ue them, and by our national bankers
10 get an issue of bonds to perpetuate
heir power of controlling the cur
'ency. And as Colonel Van Horn of
'he Kansas City Journal, in his expost-
llating article of June 26, asks, "WIl
lot the people learn wisdom by such
experience, or will they, when times
TOW better, forget the lesson and al.
ow the same thing to be done over
'gainT have seen the spoliation of
he profits Of generation absorbed by
lsurers, twice accomplished before
his, and now the third time. AS long
IS men who are educated in the science
# compound interest make the laws,
o it will be. The people don't seem
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17
A Shoe Manufacturers Story.

The influence for evil which a trade
paper may exert, when heedlessly con-
Quoted, was seriously felt by large
shoe manufacturer of this city somo
time ago. He had manufactured
ahead large line of shoes in antici-
patton of good demand for that par
ticular style of footwear, and the or
ders he early received from the trade
satisfied him that there would be no
difficulty in disposing of his stock be-
fore that tickle creature, Madame
Fashion, had changed her mind and
demanded something new. Every
thing promised well, and orders were
for time received as fast as they
could be filed. Suddenly the demand
stopped, and he learned that paper
devoted to the boot and shoe trade
had made the announcement that this
style of shoe was no longer in fashion,
and there was no demand for it. 1t
was useless for him to try to convince
the retailers that such was not the
fact. They pointed to the paragraph
as conclusive proof that it would be
the height of folly for them to stock
up their stores with shoes that no.
body would buy. The strange part
of his experience was that there was
steady demand for them on the part
of the public, who found the shoe ad.
mirAbly adapted to their needs. OF
course this state of affairs could not
last long, the demand became SO gen.
eral and persistent that the retailers
saw before the season was over the er-
-or they made, and, in Difference TO
the wishes of their patrons, sent in
their orders for goods for which they
had been led to believe there would
be no call. Had the shoe been of
less popular make it is probable that
the little newspaper paragraph, writ
ten probably without thought of do
ing injury, might have resulted in tho
loss of many thousands of dollars. -
Boston Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17
An Unpleasant Experience.

"You can say what you please about
the English compartment cars, said
Il. NJ. Harper, "but / don't want any
further experience with them. rode
from London to Liverpool. My only
companion was an old man who looked
like retired professional man. He
was neatly attIred, but was pale as
though suffering from disease. We
were locked up in the coach, and soon
after the train started my companion
arose and began to feel my head naming
the bumps as he proceeded. Not q
valuable life, he muttered, and then
proceeded to make n further eXamina-
tion. Il must note it carefully, he
said. Il can't understand the com
bination. l must get it and then SEQ
if it is the same on the inside. Now
is my time to prove the truth of my
science. He pulled a murlerous look
ing knife from his pocket and ran his
finger along the edge. was too par
alyzed with fear to make any resist
ance, and felt that my time had como
to join the silent majority. just then
the train stopped, the door opened
and / jumped out, leaving tue insane
phrenologist alone. l don't want to
ever travel in an English railway car
riage again. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17
A New Explosive.

Important experiments are being
made by the German arm authorities
with a new explosive. 1t has already
been submitted TO elaborate tests and
its composition is still the inventors
secret. The new explosive has not as
yet received n name, but IL is referred
to under the test designation of &C. "
People who should be in position to
pronounce an opinion upon the sub
iect say that the effects of sc" are un-
doubtedly ten times more powerful
than dynamite. In appearance sc" is
similar to gun cotton. Several of the
new army rifles have been subjected
TO practical tests with CO. as the
charge, but nothing definite has been
divulged as to the result obtained
New York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17
Artificial Cotton.

A Mr.. Mitchell, according to In
Science en- Famille, has recently
brought out an artificial cotton, which
is made from the wood of pine, spruce
or larch ingeniously defbrated, and
then disintegrated and bleached with
a hot solution of bisulphite of soda
and chloride of lime. The pure cellu-
lose obtained is treated with chloride
of zinc, castor oil, caseine and gela-
tine, which is passed through perfor-
ated plate, as in the manufacture of
macaroni, and is dried between steam
heated cylinders. 1t now only remains
to weave it in order to obtain fabric
that has a very presentable appear
ance and certain amount of strength.
1t may be dyed and printed like nat
ural cotton, than which it is said to
be much cheaper. Scientific Ameri-
can.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17
PrOlted by the Blunder.

Ordinarily speaking it is not easy to
get two pairs of shoes for the price of
one, not even if the swell goes off his
own thoroughfare and descends to
Eighth avenue or the Bowery. Sim
ply enough, the other day, however,
this transaction was accomplished by
a member of the smart set, who goes
to an equally smart shoemaker in
Broadway.
He selected O divinely pointed pair
of patent feathers and had the right
shoe tried on. 1t fitted perfectly and
the pair were sent home. They were
donned in q hurry, and the first
weather they encountered turned out
sloppy. The left boot wasn't uncom-
Portable, but felt differently from the
right, and being examined on return,
proved to be not match. They were
the same make of shoe, but the right
had five buttons, the left six, and the
left had not such an exaggeratedly
pointed toe as the right.
you'll take the second pair, OF
course, sir" said the shoe dealer, on
being confronted with the pair of mis-
takes.
"Not exactly" replied the son of
finance, who saw capital deal in the
mishap. you'll refund the money
for these you stuck me with. Good
looking object you made of me-"
"You can have the two, sir" con-
cluded the man ruefully, seeing half
loaf was better than no bread, and
that he ran the chance of losing a
customer otherwise.
And the man about town took them.
New York Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17
COnked Honey.

On farm near New Windsor, MI,
is an elm tree supposed to be hun
dreds of years old. Its. trunk is thir-
ty feet in length to the lower limbs,
and measures twenty-eight feet nine
inches in circumference. Tho limbs
that remain are as large as ordinary
forest trees. Nearly fifty years ago
some of these limbs had fallen aud the
broken stumps decayed and became
hollow. A swarm of bees took posses
sion OF one of these hollow places and
deposited large amount of honey,
which was not removed. On July 3
the tree was struck by lightning, but
apparently not damaged very much.
Several days afterward smoke was
seen issuing from one of the broken
limbs, and the tree was discovered to
be on fire. The tree burned very
slowly on account of the honey and
honey comb in the tree. 1t burned
for three weeks and caused some OF
limbs to fall Oh. The fire was subse-
quently extinguisel by heavy rain.
New York Sun,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The female fly has 10000 eyes.

The female fly has l6,OOO eyes.
People who are troubled with sleep
lessness ehould drink cocoon, instead
of tea or coffee, at the evening meal.
The sense of taste is most nccute in
the base, tip md edges of the tongue,
and is almost wholly lacking on its in
ferior surface.
Tho chemical composition of the
epidermis of the heel is nearly tho
same as that of the matter of nails,
horns and hoofs.
Mr.. Maxim says that he is not try
ing TO make flying machine for
freight or passengers, but purely for
military purposes.
Tho sanitary improvements intro
duced in Berlin within the last few
years have brought the annual death
rate down to 1873 per 1000.
II is now believed that chemical and
medical science will soon make the
vegetable foods-notably grass-di-
gestible by man without first passing
through animal intermediates.
A new scrubbing machine is whirled
over tho floor like lawn mower. 1t
soaps, vets, rubs and dries the floor,
and two or three movements of the
machine make the boards shine.
Science tells us that the body of
every human being weighing 15o
pounds contains one pound of salt
Also that every one of us needs in q
year about fifteen pounds OF salt.
The aerial space within the limit
of our vision is calculated to have O
diameter of 240, ,000,00 miles and a
circu Inference of 1929, 742, 600, OO1
miles. And this is only fragment OF
the immensity of space.
An ingenious Pittsburger has de-
vised clothes wringer which is ope-
rated by electricity. 1t works auto
matically, and when the last piece Is
squeezed out bell rings aud the wash
| tub is turned over and eAptied.
Doctor Schaff, of Vienna, has ap-
piled photography to the study of the
human skin. A bright light Is pro-
jected on the part of the skin to be ex-
amined, and by direct exposure many
small details of the skin, including
markings not usually discernible, are
photographed.
A mass of 1000 pounds weight will
lose exactly two pounds between tide
water and the top of a mountain four
miles high. This, it is plain to be seen,
is because the force of the earth's at
traction is much less on the mountain
top than it is at the sea level.
In the constellation of Orion there
is q star, known as Theta Orionis,
which, when viewed through power
full telescope, appears a septuple star,
thus presenting the magnificent pan
Drama of seven suns revolving about
each other. 1t is to be supposed that
each of these suns is encircled by
planets, and these again by moons.
The photographers of the Paris Oh.
servatory have just finished for the
Academy of Sciences the clearest view
eyer secured for the moon. They have
photographed her surface in sections,
which fit, making great image five
feet in diameter. The work is so per
feet that towns, forests and rivers
would be perceptible if they existed
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17

declared that she would make honey
moon trip upon the big express loco
motive.
So il happened that the morning of
ter the wedding found her snugly
coiled upon the engineers "box,
looking very freeh and charming in
her pretty, nest-ftting white dress.
And seeing that she was comfortably
fixed he kissed her again and jumping
from the engine walked down the plat
form to tho dispatcher's Office to de-
liver q message to his friend, Tom
Stafford, one of the telegraph opera
tors.
"By the way, Billy" said Tom when
the engineer declared that "time was
up" and he must get back TO his en-
gine TO be ready for the signal, "the
head of that gang of freight car thieves
escaped from the penitentiary early
yesterday morning"
His face was SO grave when he re-
turned to his engine that Nettie in
quired anxiously if he we're i'll.
For the first thirty miles of the run
the Imperial made no stops, and they
had nearly completed that distance
when they entered considerable for
est and approached a sharp curve just
before crossing high trestle bridge
that spanned rocky gulch, through
which tumbled q shallow, brawling
stream of water.
As he approached the curve he
seized the throttle with one hand and
the air-brake lever with the other and
leaned out of the cab window.
Like flash they rounded the curve.
As they did so Billy's trained eyes
saw terrible sight.
-Four heavy ties, one on top of the
other, had been spiked across the
rail in the center of the bridge.
At the same time strange over
powering influence seized Billy, and
he stood rigid, helplessly clinging to
the throttle and the brake lever.
on dashed the engine toward GER
tain destruction, and Billy's brain
reeled with horror.
Suddenly there was another terri
BILE flash of lightning, and great tree
in the valley below was splinterel
| from Top 10 DhSe anu lSli Will cIhSn'
simultaneously the power of action
returned to Billy's paralyzed body,
and with his teeth firmly set he threw
his weight upon both throttle and
brake lever.
SO sudden was the check that the
shock nearly threw him from his feet,
and Nettie tumbled from her perch.
Would it never stop?
Slower, slower, and not ten inches
from the obstruction the great loco
motive came to standstill, and Billy,
with cry of Joy, reeled back upon
his bench unconscious. When he re-
covered his senses Nettie was crying
and sobbing over him, and men were
coming up the bank bringing between
them dead man-the miscreant who
had spiked down the ties.
He had been killed as he was run
ming across the valley by the flash o.
lightning that had seemed to loosen
Billy's momentary paralysis.
Nettie took one frightened look al
the face, and cry of wonder escaped
her.
1t was the robber who threatened
Billy in the courthouse. .--Bostor
Globe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17

In France the telephone is used on
many railroad nam lines. On por-
tion of the Vincennes Railway rather
novel system is in vogue by which at
II given signal on the telephone instru-
ment tho operator connects the tele-
graph wires with telephone for ver-
bal communication. The large Aus
tralian railways use field telephones,
which may be connected with the tele-
graph wires at any point without in
terrupting the telegraphic communi-
cations.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17
A ROSE SONG.

In gardens red retreat
Bloomed this rose for you, my sweet
Caught the sunshine and tho dow,
Dreaming of the lips of you.
Heard your sweet voice In the rills
And the song OF tho whippoorwllls,
With tho tenderest unrest ~
Yearning ever for your breast.
withered, is II worth n slgh2
Do loves roses ever die2
Say not that It's charm Is fed;
Say not that fits sweets arc dead
Sunlight, moonlight, winds that sing,
Lured II into tlossomlngl
In its dropping diadem
Some sweet memory lives OF them;
still each fading petal seems
Fragrant with loves sweetest dreams
VIII his lips kiss deny2
Do loves roses ever die2
Other roses climb and creep
Softly to your curtained sleep;
Lingering your lnttIco near,
Glad to die rs roses therel
Yet, TO this one rose that grew
In the Night and dreamed OF you
Death for love it's dearest bliss
Give loves sweetest, hottest kiss
Sun and stars fade from the sky,
But loves roses never die
-F. l.. Stanton, IN Atlanta Constitution
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17

A scientist employed by the State
of Indiana reports that the supply
of natural gas in Hoosierdom will
coon be exhausted, and that the same
fate awaits gas fields wherever they
may exist. He does not rest this up
on his bare assertion, adds the Detroit
Free Press. but gives reasons at length
which admonish the holders of natural
Cas stock to let go if thay can.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17

Formerly the man with q hand or.
Gan strapped over his back and an up.
right stafl firmly fitted to one side OF
the instrument was familiar sight /;
but now one rarely sees this old speci.
men of music box. The musical piano,
which is run on wheels, and which, il
anything, makes even more hideous
noise, has almost entirely supplanted
the old organ.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-17
0LIght WOod,O

'Light wood" is one Of the most
useful Southern products, especially
in Florida, where it is usod by all
sorts of country folk, and particular
ly by the hunters. A corlwood stick
carried into the wilderness will cut up
into fragments with which u dozen
meals may be cooked. The tich res
inous pine makes a quick, hot fire, es'
pecially suited to open Gir cooking
Chicago Herald.