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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23
BI.METALLISM IN ENGLAND.

Recent files of English provincial
papers contain indications of the
existence of Il shrewd and energet-
ic propaganda working In the in
terests of fbi.metallism. The meth
cd adopted seems to- be the gather
ing of a meeting ut some institute
or association hall to hear an adj
dress on the condition of the partic-
ular industry in which the locality
is most interested, or on the gener-
al subject of trade depression, or
the question money. The address
either directly or gradually brings
up the subject of metallism and
shows the disadvantages under
which Il gold standard country like
England suffers when competing
with a bi-metallic country ora sill
yer standard country. In an agri-
cultural community. the decline in
prices of farm land is attributed to
the substitution of the single gold
standard for bi-metallism since
1873. IN manufacturing districts
the effect on prices of manufactur-
ed articles and the stagnation of
trade produced by the war against
silver is brought before the audi.
ence by facts and statistics. In Il
mining region the attention is
chiefly turned to the ruin of the
mining industries, which is traced
directly to the same cause. Il is a
shrewd device for creating public
sentiment, for attention is confined
to subjects which the audience
know all about and are vitality in
terested in. The "argument to the
man" is generally effective, especi.
ally with the masses, and it is the
industrial and middle classes thai
the bi-metalIist missionaries are
chiefly working among.
The object, of course, is to pre-
pare the voters for practical ap
plication of bi-metallism to polite.
in the general parliamentary elec
tion that cannot be far off. White
the Conservatives are making mos
use ofthe silver question they have
by no means a monopoly of it
Prominent LiberalShavee expressed
IA desire that silver should be NOR.
freely used and that a grave mis-
take was made when England eX
erted its influence towards the gen
eral decentralization of the white
metal. ct one of the largely at
tended meetings in the west o
England all shades of politics anc
religious organization were repre-
sented, and strong resolution ad
dressed to the government in favo
of an International conference il
the interest of bi-metallism wa
passed by a unanimous and enthu
siastic vote. AT several agricultu
raj and trades meetings simiIal
sentiments were expressed by mer
otherwise antagonistic in views
Plain Dealer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

ENGLAND is trying to do some
"funny business" with Nicaragua,
and II strikes Us that Uncle Sam
will again have to poke the "Mon-
roe doctrine" under her nose.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

IT Is said that Mr.. VIM. Astor
has lost $2,0O0,O0O. in his London
Pail Mall business and is anxious
Of again becoming an American
citizen.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

"Harmony is good; Loyalty Is
better"-Journal.
What does this mean !? Can it be
possible that disloyalty reigns in
the Republican camp?
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

SENATOR MORGAN, of Alabama,
struck the key note when he said
that Cuba ia a most important is
land to the United States and
should be purchased.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

THE two Republican organs of
Toledo have bolted the ticket and
refuse to support the regular nomi-
nee for Mayor.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

TUESDAY the New York legisla-
ture passed bipartisan police
board for the city Of New York
This gives boss Platt a hold on the
city politics.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

PURsELL of the Gazette clamours
for HARMONY. Mckay of the
Journal yells LOYALTY.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

The ladies of Logan meet to-day
in the G.. A. r. Hall to receive in
structions in the Australian ballot.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

FIFTY years ago muiti-milliOn-
aires were unknown in America.
To-day there over 1000 of them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

EAI&ENtIIYGLNSE SElSrlNII&Z&CylNH
For years we have sup
piled the people of Logan
and Hooking county with
their winter wear at fair.
honest and living prices,
and we expect to continue
to supply them for years,
to come, because we have,
the Best Goods at the Low
est Prices. We do rot ad-,
vertise q Two Dollar Shoe
at Fifty Cents to catch the
unwary, but advertise on
the square and deal on the
square. Calm and see us.
A&HxXszs2 q
j
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

CINCINNATI has started a dia.
mond cutting industry.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23
TEACHERS

The schoo, examiners Of Hooking County,O
viii meet Mt the UNION SCHOOL HOUSE,
On the FIRST and THIRD Saturdays of each
month, at 8 O'Clock A. NJ, except January,
fuly and August.
Testimonials Of good character will be re.
,uired o Z those unknown to the Board
@. EGOoDwfN, ,SeC.l
r. NJ. GoRD0N, Elk. =.
WE. ENGLE .Pres.S
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND was
fifty-eight years old last Monday.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

The New Jersey legislature has
taken a recees until June.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

Look out dar for he razer am up
his sleeve.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

Judge Cuiberson says: "Should
the contemplated conference be
held 1t would be the most import
ant international gathering of the
century, because 1t would settle the
status of silver for all time. There
would be n strong contest made on
the part Of the silver advocates
and adj equally strong one on the
part of the single gold standard
men. There Is Il possibility that
the question might be settled by
the adoption Of silver as local
auxiliary currency, which would be
backed up by the nations repre-
sented in this congress. We should
endeavor to do the best we could
for silver"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23
THEY ARE SKEpTlCAL.
SiLvERMEN DOUBTTHE PROJECTS
OF A MONETARY CON.
FERENCE.
ssIf" an International Meeting is Held
1t "May" Help the White Met
al, They Opine.

l6, says: Politicians here who have
carefully considered the possible
benefits to be derived from the
proposed monetary conference, n
call for which, it is expected, will
soon be issued by Germany, are be-
ginning to arrive at the conclusion
that no conference will he held.
The more the subject is discussed
the more general becomes the opin-
ion that Congress kicked over the
bucket before 1t was filed.
When Germany announced her
intention Of taking an active inter-
est in the rehabilitation of silver
and proposed to lead in move.
ment looking to the holding of n
conference, the tree silver men in
the Senate could not wait for some
thing definite, but hooked on Il RI
der to the sundry civil bill provid-
ing for the appointment, of nine
delegates to attend such conference
when formerly called. Not satis-
fed with this, six words were in
corporated into the provision,
which, it is generally believed, will
be fatal to an international discus
sion of the monetary question. The
exact wording of the clause in the
sundry civic bill is:
"That whenever the President of
the United States shall determine
that the United States should be
represented at any information al
conference called with view to
secure internationally fixity of
relative value between gold and
silver as money by means of a com
mon ratio between those metals
with free mintage at such ratio the
United States shall be represented
at such conference by nine dele
gates"
To the causual reader the word.
ing seems uneXceptionable, but q
minute inspection of the phrase
"with free mintage at such ratio
is construed to mean that not only
would the delegates of the United
States but the conference as a body
be pledged to the absolute free
coinage of silver. In fact, the Uni.
ted States, it is declared, thus die
tates in advance the exact basis
upon which the conference shall
reach an agreement. There il
nothing left open for discussion Oh
consideration except the mere fix
ing of ratio of relative value.
i Whenever attention is called tt
this overlooked phrase, the opinion
is promptly expressed that Ger
many will hesitate before calling {
monetary conference pledged il
advance by Congress to pursue bu
one line of policy. England, France
and Austria, satisfied with thei
present financial systems, founded
on gold basis, would at once rec
ognize the futility of wasting time
energy and money in the consider
alton of an issue, the outcome o
WHICH has already been practicall.
foreordained. In any event, it i
feared that the dictation of Con
gress will endanger any good tina
might be accomplished by the con
ference.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

1t is extremely Insignificant that
those who have already been desig-
mated as delegates ON behalf Of the
United States appear to have grave
doubts as To the actual conyening
of IN c0lI;erence. Senator Teller
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

The impression is also becoming
general that Germany is insincere
in her desire to hold a conference
to discuss the universal remoneti-
zation of silver. The opinions of
the London Statist, one of the finan-
cial organs of the British Empire,
are being accepted as sensible
statement of the situation, so far as
Germany Is concerned. The Statist
says the invitation from Germany
was in the nature of political
move, designed by the German adj
ministration to satisfy the demands
of the Populists Of that country. 1t
refers to the movement in behalf
of bimetalIis.n as being one in
which England has little interest,
and declares that the British mon
etary system is at present satisfac-
tory to the people OF Great Britain,
and adds: "Not unnaturally the
debate In the German Reichstag
has been followed by sharp rise
in silver securities. That does not
mean, however, that the city (Lon-
dom believes that anything will be
be done to rehabilitate silver. What
it really signifies is that the spec
ulators at the Stock Exchange have
welcomed the decision of the Ger
man Government, inasmuch as It
makes another small class of secur-
tiles for the gambling counters for
the time being. 1t is regular
GOdsend now that the German Gov
ernment should give a fair excuse
for running up silver securities.
We would warn the ordinary pub
lie, however, not to believe because
Of the speculation that anything
will come out of the proposed con-
ference. Nothing II less likely"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

Senator Jones of Arkansas, says:
"The attitude Of the United States
should be in favor of international
bimetallism in case monetary
conference is called. / have hopes
that while this conference may not
go as far as we could desire it will
yet give an immense stimulus to
the cause of free coinage and help
the people of the world to better
understanding of the relations be-
tween the two metals"
Ex Speaker Crisp said: "rhe
question of the attitude of the Uni
ted States at an international mon
etary conference is one which lean
not discuss at the present time in
advance of the calling of such a
conference. 1t is not absolutely GER
tain that such a conference will be
called. OF course I think that a
great deal would be accomplished
for silver should one be called look
ing toward bimetallism and freer
use of the white metal by the
world"
1t will be observed that in each
instance there is more or less skep.
ticism expressed as to the holding
of IA conference ur its productive.
ness of beneficial results. 1t is also
significant that the President ex.
hibits no haste in naming the three
delegates to be selected by him, and
he probably will not do SO till there
is more probability of the confer
ence being held. AS the delega
tion now stands, four of the confer
ees are from the South, one from
the middle West and one from the
far West. So far, New England
and the Middle States have no rep
resentative among the conferees
1t is thought the President vii
choose at least two or perhaps al
of his appointees from these sec
tiOnS
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-23

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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
The Writing of "Ben-Hur."

General Lew Wallace in his lecture
on ''Ben-Hur" recounts some facts in
connection with the writing of that ia
nous novel At the time he wrote the
story General Wallace had never visited
the Holy Land, and under the circum
stances his accurate pictures are little
short of marvellous All the information
he had was obtained from personal ac-
quaintances who had travelled through
Palestine and from reading the writings
Of other authors A large map was be-
fore him as he wrote, and he constantly
had to draw on his imagination, but in
this respect he was always fortunate
and never made blunder in his descrip-
TONS In fact, the Palestine of "Ben
Hur" is generally regarded as authori
tative, and General Wallace relates with
keen relish how younger author wrote
a story, the scene of which was laid il.
the Holy Land, and stole all his descrip
tiOns bodily from "Ben-Hur Genera.
Wallace says that his hardest task il
writing the book was to find hero
His favorite passage in the story is til,
scene of Ben-Hur's house, where he de
scribes the miracles of Christ General
Wallace believes that more art is dis
played in this passage than even in the
famous chariot race which is generally
regarded as the strongest passage of the
book
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
Picture of a Bachelor.

Mr.. Joseph Upton was bachelor OF
exceedingly methodical habits. Prim
and neat in appearance, he never affect
ed any new fashions, but always looked
exactly the same day after day-pepper
and salt colored trousers, with black
cutaway coat No one had ever seen
him in different attire Not even when
he was supposed to be INDUCING in
holiday did he condescend to more
comfortable looking costume. He was
so much the creature of routine that 1t
would have been no comfort to have
been in any other garments than those
he usually wore He was short, his fig
ure had slight idea of developing into
rotundity, but evidently it was only a
half formed idea. for he remained com
paratively thin. He had mild, ordina-
ny looking face, which he tried to make
severe by cultivating his rather thick
eyebrows we'll over his eyes. but if you
took the trouble to look underneath them
and behind the gold trimmed glasses
you would have discovered that his eyes
were of dull grayish hue, the reverse
of what he desired to make them ap-
pear Still the little irritable, narrow
lines about the mouth and chin prevent
ed his face from wearing that benevo-
lent look which would have made chill
dren know he was their friend. He was
just the man who held children and
dogs at arms length, which showed a
certain warp in the little mans charac
ter.-London Society.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
A Samson Pawned the Guillotine.

The Sansons have place in French
history, not only because they continued
so long to hold their odious Office, but
because two of their number, father
and son, held office during the evil days
Of the reign Of terror, when they were
kept SO busily engaged with their gull
lotine. The last of the Samson dynasty
was dismissed from his post in the reign
of Louis Philippe, in 1S47, under re-
markable circumstances. Although he
had inherited comfortable fortune
from his father, the executioner of the
revolution, he got into pecuniary diff
culties and was guilty of pawning his
guiilotine, surely the most lugubrious
pledge ever taken by mortal pawnbro
ker An order came from the procurator
general for the execution Of a criminal,
and the necessary apparatus was not
forthcoming. The prison authorities had
perforce to get it out of pawn, and the
execution took place. But the last of
the Sansons was informed that his serv-
ices would TO longer be required. What
became of him afterward does not ap-
pear to be known-Lond don News
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
Newfoundland.

Not only have her mother and sisters
been unkind, but even the elements of
nature have been spiteful to Newfound-
land. A fog worse than the London veil
continually frowns upon her shores The
fiercest storms of the continent buffet
her. Sinister icebergs hover about her
harbors and threaten her fishing craft
Frequent conflagrations make havoc
with her antique, combustible build
ings, making her poverty still more
grinding. Though Newfoundland is big
ger than Ireland and nearly as large as
all New England, very little of her ter
ritory is of use to her. The interior is
either marshy or rocky, and the difficult
ty Of building roads through such a
country keeps back agriculture. Untold
mineral riches, however, are believed
to be awaiting development, and her
untouched beds of peat are sufficient to
supply with good fuel many times the
population of the colony.
The cod is the great bulwark Of pro-
vincial prosperity. The seal comes next,
for Boring sea is not the only home of
this animal The fish industry is so pre-
dominant that the pedestrian on the
sidewalks of the coast towns passes un-
der an endless arbor Of drying fish,
Boston Transcript
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improyemor.
tends to personal enjoyment D val and
rightly used. The many, who Iiva s lta
ter than others and enjoy life mora rs' I Oei'
'ess expenditure, by more pron with
adapting the wo.ld's best prodnctip u !!
the needs of physical being will ' as. %
she value to health of the pure T ;s'esi
,axative principles embraced in n'f s
remedy, Syrup of Figs. 'e
Its excellence is due to its preseu,;,.
in the form most acceptable and nlass
ant to the taste, the refreshing and f t,~i
beneficial properties of perfect ~" IL!
alive; effectually cleansing the svst 'aA'
dispelling colds, headaches and favaa
and permanently curing constinst ;os
1t has given satisfaction to millions ' ond
met with the approval of the med SsJ
profession, because it acts on the KS d'
neys, Liver and Bowels without va.I
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every observation-disclosures. ''4l
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all au,.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is mas
ufactured by the California Fig Svrrn
Co. only, whose name is printed on ever, ny
package, also the name, Syrup of Fia:
and being we'll informed, you will Ro M
accept any substitute if offered.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
The Chignon, 1871.

/ had my heddus roll on. Aunt Storer
said it ought to made less. Aunt Dem
ing said it ought not to be made at all.
1t makes my head itch and ache and
burn like anything, mamma. This ia
nous roll is not made wholly of red
COW tail, but is mixture of that and
horsehair Every coarse) and little hu-
man hair of yellow hue, that, suppose,
was taken out of the back part of an old
wig. Nothing renders young person
more amiable than virtue and modesty
without the help of false hair, red COW
tail and D (the barber). 80 Diary of
Anna Green Winslow," Alice Mono
Earle
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03

And | was told that the Germans
were sorry for what they had done, but
that they could not help it. But that,
gentlemen, could never understand
We should never do wrong nor allow
wrong to be done And therefore,
thought, it cannot always remain So
Our good Lord knows his own good
time, and in his own good time he will
come and deliver us And prayed ev-
cry evening that our gracious Lord
would permit me to see that day when
the land should be free and our dear
dead should sleep no more i'll Danish
soil. And as had no other son against
that day saved every year what
could save, and on every Christmas eve
1 placed it before me Oh table, where,
in former years, had always placed
small present for my John, and | said
in my heart, The war will come again,
and the land will be free, and thou
shalt sleep in a free grave, my only
son, my Johnl'
"And now, gentlemen, the poor old
woman has been told that the day has
come, and that her prayer has been
heard, and that the war will begin
again, and that is why she has brought
her money-the money she saved for
her son. Good morning, gentlemen!'
But before she had left the room an
old gentleman said, loud enough for
her to hear: Poor body! | hope she
may not be deceived. "
"Ah," said the old woman, turning
back, 81 know what you mean. l have
been told all is not right yet, but have
faith, men. The wicked cannot prevail
against the just. Man cannot prevail
against the Lord Hold to that, gentle
men. Hold fast together, gentlemen !
This very day begin to save up again. .
Bless her, good old soul! And if Odin
were still looking out of his window in
the sky, as of yore, when he granted
victory to the women of the Lombards,
might he not say even now:
When women are heroes,
What must the men be like?
Theirs is the victory.
No need of me.
Exchange.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
Confined Sound,

The intensity of confined sound is
finely illustrated at Causbrook castle,
isle Of Wight, where there is a well 200
feet deep and IL feet in diameter. The
we'll has Is feet of water in it, and the
entire interior from top to water is
lined with smooth masonry. This lining
so completely confines the sound that a
pin dropped from the top can be heard
very plainly to strike the water, at
distance of 1S2 feet below Another in
stance is cited from India, where work
men at the waterworks often talk with
those at the reservoir, IS miles away,
their telephone being an 1e inch water
main that is no longer used for convey
ing water. st. Louis Republic
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
Words Which Rhyme Not.

The number of English words which
have no rhyme in the language is very
large Five or six thousand at least are
without rhyme and consequently can be
employed at the end of the verse only
by Transporting the accent, coupling
them with an imperfect consonance or
constructing an artificial rhyme out of
two words. Among other words to
which there are no rhymes may be men,
toned month, silver, liquid, spirit,
chimney, warmth, gulf, sylph, music,
breadth, width, depth, honor, iron, echo.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
THE BETTER PART.

There's gray old church on wind swept hill
Where three bent yew trees COVER
The gypsy roses grew there still.
And the thyme and st. John gold flower.
The pale blue violets that love the chalk
Cling light round the lichen stone,
And starlings chatter and gray owls talk
In the belfry o. nights alone.
It's thousand leagues and thousand years
From the brick built, gas lit town
To the church where the wild thyme hears
The bees and the breeze of the down.
The town is crowded and hard and rough.
Let those fight in its press who will,
But the little churchyard is quiet enough,
And there's room in the churchyard still.
Pail Mall Budget.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03

There is more catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced it local
disease, and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
stitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. It is taken internally
in doses from 10 drops to a teaspOontul.
1t acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address
F. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
ED-Sold by DRUGGISTS 75c.