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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-01-10

II am not one, = said Mr.. Cochran who pre-
tends that prosperity can be forged in this
cbamter or by the law Of the land. I believe
all the law and gospel on the subject of polit-
ical economy was revealed to the first man
when q just God told him that BY the sweat
Of his brow he must earn his bread. Pros
perity was in the earth, and charlatans who
said they had it in their clothes their brains.
and who had cursed the country for twenty.
Eve years, it was the chief object OF his speech
3 TO oppose. .
Taking up the banking and currency bill he
spoke briefly of the claims OF the committee
that 1T would promote the ends OF trade. He.
claimed that instead Of promoting it would
prevent forbid and Obstruct the very thing 1t
was hoped 1t would accomplish For local and
domestic purposes. Mr. Cochran said ha would
not be afraid OF silver as o standard Of value,
but his objection to it was based on the fact
that throughout the world everythin is.meas-
ured by gold. and even II we had q local or ma
tional silver standard the products Of the
farmer and Of other producers must ultimate
" after all be measured by the universal
standard.
II am opposed to any tax on currency he
replied to q question concerning the 10 per
cent. tax on state bank issues. 1T Is like tax
ing blood, like taxing the speed OF q locomo-
tive; 1t would te to tax everything valuable,
to retard progress
As to the pending bill SO far as It pro-
vided that money should be based on prop
erty 1t was sound. but its provisions
would nullify It's object. Il It became law It
would fall stubborn; not one note would be
issued under II in twenty years II would be q
monument TO the folly Of the congress which
followed the Sherman act by another makes
shift. While the greeneack had Its uses, and
the greenbacker was unjnstly characterized
as crank. these bills had served their proper.
functions and should be taken out Of our cur
rency.
ii In reply TO question, Mr. Cochran said he
favored the Baltimore plan In its entirety.
Mr.. Henderson trep., III. asked II the press
ing question was not how to pay the running
expenses OF the government.
tion But II Is 8 very serious position which
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-01-10

IT was said that Mrs. Mary A. Liver
more, the woman suffragist and tenn
perance advocate, would shortly retire
from the temperance platform. .
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21
TIE KAISER SHOWED HIM HOW.
William Plays tho Part of n Sailor will
Mug of DcCr.

William Playa tho Part of n Sailor with
u Mug OF Beer
Having gradually filed many roles,
EmpcrorWilliam has now added another
to his rcportory.
Abiding to 1t rs "good-nnturcd jolso
at Kcl," the London Daily News Berlin
correspondent tells the story thus:
AS Emperor William was stepping
on board his yacht the other day he
was met by sailor named Joerg, who
had In his hand n mug of beer which he
was carrying into the officers' cabin.
The emperor was very much amused
ut the discontinue Of the poor follow
who did not know at first what to do
md who finally saluted the emperor
holding tho beer mug convulsivcly
against the scam Of his breeches. The
emperor stepped up to tho sailor and
addressed him most nmiably:
"seo, Joerg, you ha'-e done that very
stupidity, and I will show you how ono
should behave in such situation. Go
up md imagine that you aro tho ON
pcror, and shall be the sailor, Jocrg"
The poor fellow did not dare rcmon-
strate. IIo had to come on board by tho
imperial gangway, and Emperor Will
liam met him below in his new role Of a
suilor, with n beer mug.
When he saw Jocrg, the emperor af.
fected some embarrassment, but he
then set tho glass to his lips, empticd
it completely, put 1t down on tho ship't
ledge, and then made his salute.
"Do you see, Joerg9 That Is the way
1t must be done. Now remember. Ant
now 20 below and tell them to rive vo,
another glass of beer, and one for you
too. II they question you, just tcl
them that said so and that they
should not be angry, for tho beer wa!
beautifully fresh and tasted very good.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21
Tho Vengeance Of Nature.

The Boston Transcript says that Of
the one hundred and forty-six inhnb-
itants of the little town of Chilmarls,
on the island Of Marthas Vineyard,
thirty-siX, or almost exactly one
quarter, arc congcnitally deaf and
dumb. The town records show that
two of the original settlers of the
place, away back in tho seventeenth
century, were deaf and dumb, and tho
infirmity has thus been transmitted to
our own day. This hereditary inilu-
cncc shows no plum of uniformity In
its workings, deaf and dumb parents
having children in full possession Of MI
their senses, and vice versa. This pc
| culiar community, shut in from tho
outside world, is, however, alive to al
the social and political Influences O
the time, and docs not differ in grca
degree from the thousand and one Sc
| clndtd villages which dot our New
| England hills and shore line. 1t Affords
| however, ample opportunity for the
minnie Investigation OF both the so.
riolc"iHt and the studont of evolution
hnd Physiological hcrcdity.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21
HEAT OF THE HAND.
An Instrument Which Accurately Ind
Gates It's fntenstty.

Gates Its fntonstty.
An illustration of the marvellous ac-
curacy characteriZing tools or insfru-
mcnts Of measurement now employed
as compared with those Of former times
is given, namely, that, whereas former
ly .001 inch marked on drawing would
have been objected to on the ground
that It was difficult or impossible to
work so closely to measures Ms that, at
the present time .00O5 inch Is measured
In every fine workshop, and Dimensions
given In hundredths or even thou
sandths OF an inch frequently appear on
drawings without objection on tho part
OF the worlemcn. The Instruments Of
measurement are now made with such
II degree OF refined accuracy that even
the warmth Of the hand may expand O.
rod 10 inches long 80 that tho amount
OF expansion can be measured. It has
thus become important in fine meas
! urements to be careful that tho temper.
aturs OF tho piece to be measured OF
gaugcd should have the samo tempera.
ture as that Of the instrument by which
the size Is determined. BY fret hand
ling rod OF the length named ant
measuring 1t, particularly II the rod b,
OF brass OR copper, and then, after al
lowing the rod to cool, handling tn
gauge until the lattcr expands, it
found that o discrepancy Of from 600
Inch to 0.01 inch may be sometime
made apparent, duo entirely to diffe,
ences Of temperature.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21
VERIFIED IN SECRET.
A Feature OF Business Performed by Public
Accountants Aftcr Dark.

| ACCOUNTANTS Altcr i'afR
In many Il business Office there is
transacted u business ut night Of which
none Of the employees are aware. 1t is
the auditing of books, feature of
work performed by several wcll-known
public accountants.
OF course in the majority Of such
cases the partners in the concern have
had some reason to suspect some Of the
office force of dishonest practices At
times, however, one partner may sus-
pcct another or some reason may arise
where the firm desire to ascertain their
standing ut an unusual time OF the
year, and without its being known to
the boolskeepcr.
ut Is by no means an unusual feat
urc of my work." said Il we'll known
public accountant, in speaking about
the matter recently. Ma aly time
when large mercantile house has
closed for the night and every body has
gone home, my men have entered the
store, taken the books from the safe
and worked over them until daybreall.
''In such cases they never touch u
pen or pencil to the books. They mere
ly verify the figures rand transcr,be
: the entries on paper. The result of
each mans work is kept by itself,
and turned over to another person in
my Office, who obtains the final results.
Every care is taken in handling the
books and replacing them in the safe
to give no grounds for suspicion Of
what is going on.
"No doubt many n boolskecpcr and
cashier in this city would be surprised
to peep into his Office at night and find
! force of men working over the books,
rs Familiarity as he and his fellow
clerks have been doing in the day time
for years. The night force speedily be-
come acquainted with the names of
customers and the pages of the ledger
accounts. turning to them without ref
erence to the index, like old hands
"Sometimcs, of course, the fnct Of
our working at night over tho books
never becomes known to the clerks. If
the accounts are found straight there
is no occasion to let them know they
have been suspected. At other times
they discover that their figures have
been overhaulcd. when .confroted with
the unmistakable evidence in figure.
? of their false cntrics"-N. Y. Herald
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21

"Hcchon then, ans hcz got 1t bad."
nifty Of his position. flo was OF great
uso to the colonel, who at once appoint.
ed him dispatch bearer between himself
and Mrs. Maynard. Tho domestic near.
hess Of this office only rendered tho boy
moro consequential. Ho snubbed not
only tho ordorlics attached to tho head
quarters Of tho brigade, but would 90.
casionally approach disrospouS toward
tho officers Of tho staG. as this was
largely their fault, for they wero con-
tinually trying to amuso themselves ut
Jakey's expense, they bore it good ma.
turodly.
"Why don't you carry that noto like
any other messenger" said an aid tt
-. -. enc dav Gin vonr balt2"
Continued Next Week.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21
LONDoN'S BURGLARS.
What They DID Last Yoar and tho Pennl-
tics They Paid.


According to tho annual report Of the
commissioner Of police the statistics
for tho past year record 500 cases OF
burglary in tho metropolis, as com.
pared with 087 In 1902. Notwithstand.
ing this marked decrease in the number
Of these offcnses, the convictions OBJ
tanned were LAT, Us against 145 In the
previous year. In three cases, says the
Westminster Budget, tho crime was ac-
companied by acts of violence against
the person. In eight cases only did tho
value OF tho property stolen exceed
E1oo. The net total loss of property by
burglaries, estimated by the owners,
was E3,21G, as compared with G4,01b in
1899.
The cases of houscbreaking num-
bercd 1,343, being % more thnn in 1909,
In none of these was any act of violence
against the person reported. The net
total loss was E13, 1893, as compared with
Hlo,07o in tho preceding year In 10 of
these cases the criminals found no
property which they thought worth
carrying away. In 115 cases the prop
crty stolen was valued by tho owners
at less than FL, and in IL cases ONLY did
tho loss exceed ESQ.
The vast ma ajority Of these crimes are
committed to the prejudice Of the poor
CT classes OF tho metropolis, ut whose
expense gangs of professional thieves
hnbitually maintain themselves in idle.
ness by lifo Of crime. ConvIctious
wcrc obtained In 100 cases, but In 21
cases only were sentences of penal
scrvitudc awarded, and these, with
four exceptions, were for terms Of from
three to five years; the exceptions were
one sentence Of ten years, ono Of eight
years and two OF six years.
Tho l47 convictions for burglary were
followed by sentences of penal scrvi-
tudc in only 81 cases, and Of these
there were but six instances In which
the term awarded exceeded nve years.
The maximum sentence of ten years
was imposed in three Instances.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21


Prison may be called all inducement.
Now, If you will go along, I'll promise
you the best that Mrs. Maynard can pro-
vide at the plantation. Will you go?''
Twill l? Course will. Paw, can !
hev Tom?'
''Sartin. boy, " and the farmer turned
and wont to tho barn.
Wont you need "a lunchcon?'
asked Souri,, whose hesitation was all
effort to avoid the word "snaok," the
only name she had known for cold
bite before she went north to school.
"Oh, no." said tho colonel. "We
shall ride directly to the plantation.
Well get plonty to eat when we arrive "
Meanwhile Jakey had followed his
father to the barn. Mrs Slack stopped
into tho house to mako up bundle for
the boy. Maynard and Souri, sauntered
aimlossly in tho yard. Presently they
found themselves at the wollhouse. Sou
ri leaned over it and looked down into
the we'll. There was something she
wanted to say, but found it difficult.
II thank you very much for what
you 've done for me-" sho said.
"Why, Souri,, what have I done for
you compared with what you did for
MOP"
Didn't you find me poor white
girl year ago, and haven't you sent
me to school, with Jakey, and helped
mo to look into world that would have
been always closed to me except for
your"
And wouldn't my world have been
entirely closed to mo except for your"
Souri, was silent.
Souri,, when you speak to me of OBJ.
legation you remind mo how deeply
am obliged to you. When was impris-
oned at Chattanooga, charged with be-
Ing spy, tried, convicted and about to
escape Why, child, were it not for you
my bones would this minute bo molder
ing in the jailyard at Chattanooga
But Mrs. Maynard, sho'-
Souri, paused. She was bending low
over the side Of tho wellhouse, her faoo
In the palms Of her hands, her elbows
resting on tho board beside the bucket.
and looking down as though seeking for
something III tho dark disk below.
She completed what you began, thu
colonel finished for her.
1t was moro for her to do. 'Twasn't
noth-anything for mo. You uns--you
was Union, and SO was I. She was Con
federato."
There was depth Of feeling in Souri,
which threw hor off her guard and made
it difficult for hor to adhere to her train.
Ing in expressing herself
Souri,, am indebted to two lovely
women for every breath draw You
opened my prison doors. She who ia my
wifo concealed mo when I was hunted
for my lifo Let us talk no moro about
it. The very mention of tho narrowness
of my escape gives mo choking son.
sation about tho neck. -
Jakoy came trotting out Of tho barn
Oh Tom, tho rim of his folt hat Tapping
up and down at caoh stop.
The farmer followed, and Mrs. Slack
oamo out with Jakoy's. bundle. Then
with % handshaking all around. and a
Good bless you, my little girl" from
Maynard to Souri,, tho two started on
their way, not on foot, as on their for.
mer journey, but each with q good
| mount.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21
CHAPTER VIII.
JAKEY ENTERS THE ARMY.

JAKEY ENTERS THE ARMY.
Tho two wayfarers started in the di-
reotion tho cavalry had taken, but after
going short distance Colonel Maynard
reined in his horse.
''Stop a bit, Madge," ho said. II
want to consult my staff as to tho
route" Thon to his attendant, "Jakcy,
think know q shorter route than
this"
80 do T."
mo one You and I took when wo
"enG nv" 10 Chattanooga before"
ler bring back information, added
Jakey proudly.
Wen take it again. It's off the
main road, and we'll be less liable 20 be
murdered for Our boots. >, ~
Reckon, said Jakey, wrin,sl,np b;e
brow and drawing down the cornara ~ ~
his mouth with an intensely delibero.
tive expression, as though, tho problem
having been submitted to him, it be.
hooved him to consider 1t carefully,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21
EVANS ANSWER TO TURNEY.
Makes Written Explanation Of tho ChargeS
brought and Makes Counter -Chargcs.

"hReB "rlttcn J6plhnntion oI the Shi'Bo
brought and Makes Counter -Chargcs.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, February 12..-H.
Clay Evans, the republican claimant OF
the govcrnorship has fled his answer
to the charges OF governor Turncy. 1t
comprises specified replies to the ale
cations OF the contestant as to frauds
in republican counties and then sets
up at great length charges of fraud in
number Of other counties to which
the contcstee made objection in joint
convention. Evans begins BY empha-
s'zlng his protest against the proceed
!ngs on the ground that they are un-
constitutional, insists that the law
passed by the present Legislature is re-
tractivc and asserts that governor Tul-
neys charges arc glittcring generalties
The paper denies that Turncy received
a majority Of votes 1t asserts that the
poll tax law in force in this state is
unconstitutional. Evans make specific
and lengthy answers to Turncy',
charges and then makes counte,
charges not less striking than thos,
! made by Turney.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21

"Jakey," said tho colonel, "you
haven't forgotten how, when I went
through hero year ago, asked you to
go with mo Oh my way to Chattanooga
to got information Of the movements of
tho Confederate army?'
'Hey forgot whom war yer alder
camp? On, no. no, hain't forgot"
'Well, I hadn't much inducement ia
offer you them unless the sharing OF q
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21

All South Carolina Vegetables DESTROYED.
CHARLESTON, 8. G., February 9.-The
thermometer Here reached twelve de-
grees this morning, the lowest on
record for February. Everything in
the way Of vegetation is DESTROYED.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21

Sampson Pope to Locturo in WASHINGTON.
WAsHINaroN, February II. - DR..
Sampson Pope, late candidate for Gov
ernor, is arranging to deliver here on
Saturday, tho 2sth inst, lecture on
South Carolina politics.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21
MAYOR OF RINGS ISLAND.
Death OF an Odd Character Who Wa.
WClI known In Ii MiSsnuI.i.


Well Known in Missouri.
Jack Ring, known for quarter of Il
century as the mayor Of Rings Island,
died recently at his home in the middle
of the river, south Of st. Joseph, Mo-,
says the st. Louis Post-DiSpatch. lie
| was the ruler Of the settlement known
as Rings Island, and exercised control
over all the inhabitants. At ono time
he owned Il greater part of tho island
and only leased the houses, but he met
with reverscs and lost all his property.
He died in n wrctchcd howell sur
rounded by every evidence of poverty.
Ring was one Of The most daring
characters ever known in the west. Tic
was an expert swimmer, and in the
last ten years has saved hundreds OF
people from drowning In the river.
Scores Of people who have jumped from
the bridge with suicidal intent have
been dragged ont Of the water by Ring,
whose home was in sight of the bridge.
In his boat he carried Il hook, which he
fastened in the clothes of would-bc sui
cidcs, while he towcd them to the
shore. This method was employed
when he recovered dead bodies from
the river, and few Of them noatcd by
the island unseen by Ring. The popu-
lation of the island is made up Of Grim
inal classes of the lowest kind. The
island is under the control Of the city,
and is patrollcd by the police, but there
have been times when it was danger
GUS for officers of the law to venture
upon 1t except in large numbers. Ring
was not n criminal, but he associated
with them, and could control them far
better than the police.
One Of Rings most daring fcats was
to climb TO the top Of the highest church
stccplo in the city and hang head down
ward for an hour. He frequently swan
the river when the stream was so high
that no other swimmer would venture
into it. Last winter he went into the
stream wien it was full OF floating ice
and rescued Il German collarmulscr who
hnd plunged from the bridge to die
Ring dragged tho man by the hair,
dodGcd the floating ice, and landed him
nearly mile below the bridge. Tho
collarmakcr killed himself Il few days
later by taking poison. Ring was OF
small stature and his head wus far be-
low the medium size. lie had no ctlu-
cation and was not n fluent talkcr, but
It has been admitted for years that he
possessed strange influence over tho
criminals and desperate characters
with whom he came in contact. Ring
had never heard of hypnotism, and had
no name for the peculiar power he pos
scsscd. false charge OF larceny was
oncc mado against Ring by an officer
who was probably cnv!ous of tho littlo
mans power to control the reckless
toughs on the island, and he was ar
rnigncd before a magistrate. Scores OF
thc reckless characters from the island
and other places attended the trial,
and had Ring not been vindicatcd there
would doubtless have been bloodshcd
In tho courtroom
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21
To Complete tho Charleston building

WAsHINaroN, February 12.-.The sec
retary Of tho treasury recommends an
additional appropriation OF $4,000 TO
complete tho Charleston public build
ing. The limit of cost of this building
gas aAh0. 900. vi E
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-02-16
The Telephone on Railroads.

The telephone appears likely to SUI.
persede the telegraph to a great ex-
tent in the transaction of railroad bust,
ness. In France communication with
subscribers Of city telephone systems
is limited, but no such restriction is
placed on the railway yards, where the
telephone is used without stint to con-
meet the superintendent with the freight
office, switch towers, shops, etc. It is
stated that in certain yards even Or
ders are given through this medium,
important messages being written down
in special book and compared by re-
peating. Some companies are credited
with the intention of replacing the tele
graph by the telephone even for the
transmission of important orders. On
the railroads with light traffic, where
the telephone is already in use, it
would be difficult to substitute it en-
tirely as special telephone lines would
have to he run, At one station on the
..sNincennes <.Railread, alta sid gnaish shyAteIe.
graph, the telegraph wires are con-
nected with the telephone instruments,
and talk thus goes on with the next sta
ton, a mile off. The Northern Rail-
road Of France is equipping many Of
it's stations with telephones, through
which assistance can be summoned in
case of accident. The telephone has
also been adapted on the Belgian Sec
ondary roads to the number Of 1877, Oh
an average of tWenty-One miles apart
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-02-16

jamie had been told not to eat any
green apples. They would make him i'll,
said mamma. But when he was at
home in the city he had seen Bridget
make apple pies-and jolly good ones,
too! out Of just such green apples. ]
1t was a beautiful sunshiny day, and
Jamie was in grandpa's big orchard.
He was lying on the ground looking up
into the apple trees. The leaves twin
kled in the slight breeze and he liked
to watch them in the sunlight. Now
and then he could catch just glimpse
of blue sky. It was all very quiet, and
he could be just as lazy as he chose;
far there was no more lessons until
September.
Bang! came something down on
Jamie's chest. He jumped up frighten-
ed. But it was only one of those green
apples he must not eat. He picked it
up and turned it over, examining it
carefully.
1T doesn't seem so green after ALL"
he remarked thoughtfully.
II wonder if it has brown Seeds" he
continued, talking softly to himself.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-02-16
Autographs by Wire.

OF the recent experiments with the
telautograph-t invention of Prof.
Gray of New York-the 'experimen nts
took place between the general post
office, London, and Cable Hut, st. Mar
garet's Bay, through which the Lon
don and Paris telephone passes. Special
Instruments were fixed at both ends,
and as this was the first time that
long distance experiments in telautog-
raphy have taken place in this country
they were watched with unusual inter-
est. The results were good, the mes
sages transmitted being, in every re-
spect, most successful, and the i1lstru-
ments working without the slightest
bitch over a distance of eighty three
miles. Messages We're both sent from
and received at St. Margaiet's Bay.
1t will be remembered that the princi-
pie Of the instrument is that it auto
matically records a fac-simile of the
writing contained in messages. In the
experiments the receiving pencil record
ed with ease and clearness handwrit-
ings, giving thick and thin strokes,
dotting is and crossing is correctly.