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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
THE PRIZE FIGHT OF THE FUTURE.
AS 1t May Be Served Up by the RepOrte
q Hundred Years Hence.

AS 1t May Be Served Up by the Reporter
Hundred Years Hence.
"Denver Ed" Smith stepped into the
ring and shook hands with Bill Higgins
at precisely o'clock.
First Round. -"Denver Ed" led with
a bunch Of silver statistics delivered
rapidly. Higgins countered with a quo
tation from Adam Smith. Light spar
ring ensued, neither contestant being
injured.
Second Round. Higgins started in
by rushing Ed all over the ring. Ed
ducked cleverly and met his opponent
with body blow from Sauerbeck's ia
bles. Honors even.
Third Round. aimed power
full silver argument at Higgins head,
but fell short Bill rushed in and in
fighting ensued, with hot exchange of
epithets. Bills friends claimed foul,
but the referee would not allow it.
Round slightly in Smiths favor.
Fourth Round. -Smith pursued the
same tactics, but Bill gave ground.
Bill is Missed. Bill counters on Eds
plea for bimetallism. Both men fighting
hard. Ed drops to avoid punishment.
Fifth Roundabout men slightly
winded. Bill starts in with terrific
volley of treasury statistics straight
from the shoulder. Ed goes to his knees,
but is up in a moment and upper cuts
with a report of the crime of 1878. A
straight Touchdown, the round closing
all in Eds favor.
Sixth Round. "A repetition of the
preceding, Ed having the best of it.
Seventh Round. This was the hot
test round of the fight Bill reached for
Eds position with q statistical report,
but Ed was not there. He ducked clev-
erly and met Bill half way with state
ment of the volume of the currency
since 1880. Bill staggered little, but
recovered and tried to rush in and
clinch. He failed, but succeeded in
landing an argument in return. Both
men exchanged hot blows, then sprung
together and clinched, falling. They
were almost carried to their corners,
where their seconds We're stimulating
them with works ON the theory of
finance.
Eighth Round.-Bill got Ed in a cor
ner, read chapter of an answer to
"Coin's Financial SCHOOL, to him.
Foul claimed, but not allowed. Ed
rushed Bill furiously. Both men weak.
Ninth Round to the Seven Hundred
and Fifty-sixth. -Uneventful rounds;
both men working hard, but too weak to
do damage.
Seven Hundred and Fifty seventh
Round. After short exchange of faint
blows the referee interviewed and de-
clared the contest draw.-Chicago
Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
WHAT is ELECTRIClTY2
Some Of the Numerous Theories on the
Mysterious Current.

Some Of the Numerous Theories on the
Mysterious Current.
Well, what is it? 1t is scarcely pos
sible to say. There are theories-many
of them. 1t is evidently something of
which we cannot take part; we can
not cut piece of it off and subject it to
analysis, nor can we pour little Of it
into bottle for future study and con-
temptation. 1t is like the wind-its
effects can be measured, its force,
strength and quantity can now be cal
culated to very nice degree Still, to
liken it to the wind, it is stupendous
power, mighty typhoon, blowing, as
it were, without moving, two ways at
once along all parts of its path, giving
off halo Of magnetism at right angles
to that path everywhere.
One of the incest theories, perhaps, is
the one that considers electricity con-
dition'' of atoms, brought about by
chemical action, as i'll a battery cell, or
by what might be called severe irrita-
ton of the magnetic halo, as in dyna-
mo, and by other means, such as heat
and friction
What this condition is is beyond us;
it may be a violent rotation, or it may
be an equally violent vibration of
atoms Probably the arc light would
prove it to be a vibration. But as no
man has seen an atom at any time, not
even with the most powerful micro
scope, it is impossible to say. Friction
IN some form or other is present, as
heat is produced before burning, or de-
struction. takes place. -Evchanaa
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Send a Postal Card.

Don't you think it is about time you
read up the great English-planned swim
die popularity termed the depreciation in
value of silver? All that you need do is
send postal card to Bimetalic Associa-
ton, Philadelphia, Pa, Merely write
your name and address upon it and we
will from time to time send you free
literature which will interest you and
every other patriotic American. Pass
the word along the line. Send a postal
card to us for some valuable free litera-
ture by director of the Bimetallic Asso-
citation of Philadelphia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Rent and Interest.

Rent of land is tax OH the source of
the medium of wealth. These are the
two formidable obstacles to universal
prosperity. If government would claim,
and use such portions of rent as are
now seized and appropriated by indi
viduals, as would suffice for the necessary
expense, leaving the balance, which
would be the greater part of it, to be ell
joyed by the producers of the wealth
which now goes to pay the rent of land
and interest on money, tramps and mil
lionaires would become rare objects TO be
met with in this country.
Labor applied to land directly or in
secondary manner produces all wealth.
That wealth would be to large extent
entirely useless without the means to ex-
change it, distribute it and subdivide it
into minute quantities, so that it can be
readily applied to the sustenance, the
comfort and enjoyment of the human
IL ChOOl lllGoC OANlllbSScJ Nio-
tributions and subdivisions no method or
medium has ever been devised which will
begin to compare with that of money.
Money therefore is, or ought to be regard
ed as public utility, the use of which
should be free of private encumbrance i'll
the matter of interest or rent for its use,
as land; or whatever rent is exacted
should be taken by the government to
defray the necessary pnblic expense, and
be equally enjoyed by the whole commu-
nifty, as the expenditure of taxes is pre-
sumed to be for the benefit of all.
Government could readily command a
monopoly of these two sources of revenue
by claiming the rent of all land as its
proper revenue, and supplying all money
for legitimate purposes at the bare cost OF
service. No user of money would apply
to private parties for the loan or use of
money at rate of interest higher than
the government furnished it for, which
would be nominal.
When government assumes its proper
functions of claiming all rent of land as
the natural fund for public use, and raises
and lowers the rent as public exigencies
demand, speculation in land in general
and city corner lots especially will cease.
When government assumes its rightful
monopoly of furnishing legal tender
money to persons engaged in business at
no more than is necessary to foot the
clerical and other incidental expenses of
the business, the mortgages resting on the
farms and homes of the industrious,
wealth producing classes will be lifted
and their annual task-master burden of
interest money and land rent will have
vanished for ever. The land lord, the
mortgage, curbstone broker, or paper
shaver and private bank will be numbered
with things which belonged to dark age
period, and those who sit now as spiders
i'll their webs waiting for flies would have
to invest the wealth acquired from the
toll of others i'll industrial pursuits, and
its owners take their chances for loss and
gain in the great industrial army, and the
two most dangerous clesses, the million
aire and tramp, y will have disappeared
from the world
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Cleveland's Salary Four Times as
Large as LincOln'S.

The amount of circulating medium reg
ulates prices when inflated, values are
increased when contracted, they are re-
duced The brokers now have the power
to initiate or contract at their option, and
can bring on or avert a panic just as will
best suit their purpose.
The Constitution prohibits a State from
issuing money, and also county or town
but Congress has been induced to delegate
that franchise with millions of dollars to
syndicate of national brokers, who, by
class legislation now have the privilege
of loaning out their debts i'll the form of
bank notes and thus drawing interest on
what they owe. They also hold the Gov
ernment bonds on which they pay no tax,
but draw interest OH the national debt or
on what the people owe. They also take
money OH deposit for which they give no
security, and by loaning the same they
draw interest on what they owe depositors.
All other men but bankers have to pay
interest on what they owe.
By this kind of class legislation, less
than 10000 people now own more than
10000, 900 people do, and it is only ques-
ton Of short time when a very few will
own the whole. BY destroying most of
the peoples money (greenbacks) on which
no interest is paid, and by destroying one
half of the metallic money, the fixed
salaries from the President down to the
police officers have been more than dou-
bled, as it will take more than four times
as many bushels Of wheat, or bales of cot
ton to pay a debt, salary, tax or in
terest, as it would at the close of the
war. Cleveland gets more than four times
as much value for the same number of
dollars, as did Grant or Lincoln, and it
takes just that many more bushels of
wheat to pay his salary, than it did either
of the others.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Sent it to His rIother in Germany.

Mr.. Jacob EspenseR, who is in the
employ of the Chicago Lumber Co., at
Des Moines, Iowa says; 81 have just
sent some medicine back to my mother
i'll the old country, that know from per-
sonal use to be the best medicine in the
world for rheumatism, having usued it
i'll my family for several years. 1t is
called Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 1t al
ways does the work. so cent bottles for
sale by Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Why Is 1t?

Prior to the demonstration of silver
there were no free soup houses in this
country, neither was there vagrancy law
on the statute books of any of onr States
until 1873, simultaneously with the de-
monetization of silver. Now, if the gold
standard is good thing, how is it that
from the commencement of that standard
in this country there also commenced a
gradual decline in all prices of labor and
its products, until to-day we see OH every
hand hundreds of thousands of tramps,
misery and degradation in every section
of our country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

1t is being claimed by the goldbug press
that the democrat party of Maryland
adopted Sound money" platform
that is republican platforn-at their
state convention, but the leading lights
of the party are repudiating the conven-
ton and its work the so called platform
being part of its work is, by such action
repudiated also. 1t is one of the hardest
things in the world to tell where our So
called democrat party stands on anything.
1t has only one we'll defined purpose, to
get Office
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Wheat and other farm products E

Wheat and other farm products are
again on the down grade. Wheat last
week at our warehouses was 50 cents,
corn IS, oats IS and 20, and year hence
or in less time they will in all prob
ability be down lower still. Money in cir
culation is many millions less than year
ago, and without all increase in the
volume of money their can be no increase
in prices. The quantity of money in
circulation or use governs prices. The
surplus money stored up i'll banks or
government vaults does not help trade
any more than a number of wagons
stored in warehouse aids transportation
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
The Bankers Conspiracy.

If the useful members of society, they
who produce all wealth for the CONNER
cial classes to play with, will understand
that the private ownership and operation
of all the great factors of productive in
dustry, including the medium of ex-
change and the means of transportation,
is only another method by which private
individuals are owning and operating
nation of slaves they will be prepared
to vote for public ownership in every
department of labor. The proposed
bankers scheme will hasten the conflict
accelerating the division of our people
into exploiters and the exploited. We
may welcome the scheme and compla-
Gently wait for the result. 1t will either
hasten the day of deliverance or it will
prove that the average American voter is,
as once said OF another nation, "Oniy
fit to have dividends gotten out of them
and be damned. "-H. B. SALISBURY i'll
Voice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
The gold basis system of finance j

The gold basis system of finance is
rapidly bankrupting every country that
has adapted it, which all the silver or
free coinage nations are prospecting. This
country with all her heretofore flourish
ing industries is OH the down grade which
leads to bankruptcy. Since Cleveland
has been President $I62, 900, 900 have been
borrowed, the the treasury is behind mil
lions, and more bonds are to be issued
soon. We are on the road to national
ruin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

The reason laws are not enforced is not
because of the lack of public sentiment in
favor of their enforcement, but because
the two old parties continue to elect men
who are the law breaking class and who
refuse to enforce them, and there is but
one remedy which is for the people to
quit voting for men placed in nomination
by the old parties. Very many of those
nominees are morally good men but party
bonds tie their hands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
The Program of the Goldbug.

An eastern plutocratic republican paper
says: ''The average export price of our
wheat is 57.6 cents this year. The world S
shortage of wheat is estimated at 229, ooo,
900 bushels; yet such is the power of the
foreign buyer that wheat is kept at almost
the lowest price. This country is big
enough to change this situation
This country will never be able "to
change this situation" as long as the re-
publican party's financial system prevails.
The champions of that system, some two
years ago, determined on a policy of
universal low prices. They fixed the
future price for wheat at so cents and
everything else on that level. Prices are
steadily being adjusted to that plane
where they are to remain permanently
This policy insures the non payment of
public debts. All national, state and
municipal debts are to be placed beyond
the possibility of being paid only the
interest to be paid. This will make a
permanent source of income, collected by
the governments in taxes and turned over
to the debt holders. With the steady low
range of prices maintained that interest
willinsure luxury to the idle class who can
afford to riot in wealth and lead lives of
prohigacy, pride and lice ntiousness while
the toiling, producing class are doomed
to perpetual bondage, their gains being
transferred by fixed low prices, all above
skimping subsistence, to the pockets of
the idle, profigate rich. This is doubtless
the program ofthe goldbugs for the future,
and the two old parties are the chosen
instruments by which this policy is to be
permanently established i'll this as in the
countries of the old world.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

Had English influence tempered with
our weights and measures, the hue and
cry would instantly have been raised,
but her tampering with our measures of
value which is of paramount Importance,
had been passed by comparatively I'M.
noticed, but every day brought clearer
and truer perceptions to our citizens, and
cries to Heaven for vengeance at the
hand of American labor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

From all accounts Chamberlain Cough
Remedy is a Godsend to the afflicted.
There is no advertisement about this; we
feel just like saying 1.-THE Democrat,
Carrollton, KY. For sale by Eli 7.
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

The Atlanta Exposition opened
on Wednesday. The machinery
was set in motion by the pressure
of an electric button in President
Cleveland's residence at Blizzard
Bay, Massachusetts, 900 miles dis
tant in an air line.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

The same British gold that paid for
Arnold's treachery, paid for the demone-
tization of silver act of 1873. No traitor
or spy connected with the latter crime
has yet been hung or had to flee to es-
cape the gallows, but this does not es-
tablish the fact that none ever will be
hung or banished.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Southern Railway for the Cotton
States and international EXPOSE
ton, Atlanta, Ga.

The Southern Railway operates nearly
five thousand miles of road in eight of
the Southern States and its lines enter
the compass. Washington, d. c., is the
Northern or Eastern terminus of one of
its lines, which is operated i'll connection
with the Pennsylvania Railroad, ''the
standard railroad of America" between
New York through Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington, d. c., Lynchburg
and Danville, Va Greensboro and Char
lotte, n c., Spartanburg and Greenville,
S. c., Atlanta, Ga, Montgomery and
Mobile, Ala, and New Orleans, with con-
nection at Salisbury for Ashevile, Hot
Springs, Knoxville and Chattanooga, at
Charlotte for Columbia, Augusta, Savan-
nah and Jacksonville, and at Atlanta for
Birmingham, Memphis, Macon and
Southern Georgia. Solid vestibuled linn
tied trains, with through day coaches.
Pullman Drawing-room Sleepers and
Dining cars. Time between Washington
and Atlanta, eighteen hours, without
change of cars of any class.
The Southern Railway is the only line
which enters and lands passengers in the
Exposition Grounds, and no effort or ex-
pense has been spared by the manage
ment in the improvement of its roadbed,
increasing the number of its coaches and
inaugurating Its own dining car service
preparatory to handling expeditiously and
comfortably the heavy travel TO and from
Atlanta during the Cotton States and
International Exposition, which opens
September 18th and closes December 3Ist,
1895
On Tuesdays aud Thursdays, from
September 18th to December 24th, i'll
elusive, excursion tickets will be sold from
Washington, d. c., to Atlanta, Ca, at
$I4.oo good for return 10 days from date
of sale.
Excursion tickets will be sold every
day from September 10th until December
18th. inclusive, from Washington at
SIG. rs, good for return 20 days from date
of sale, and excursion tickets for the en-
tire Exposition season with final limit of
January 9TH, 1896, will be sold from Sep
tember 10Th until December 18th, inclu-
sive, at $26.25.
Map folders furnished and Pullman
Sleeping Car reservations made upon
application. J. NJ. BEALL,
Dist. Pass'r. Agt,
"a S, Third St Philada., Pa.
]. NJ. GULF, W. A. TURK,
Traffic Manager, Gen. Pass. Agt,
Washington, ID. c.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

The contraction of the currency in
August was eleven millions of dollars and
and wheat fell near about that many
cents on the bushel. Make note of that,
farmers, and watch the gold standard
movement on your crops. Worse than
fly and grub worms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Bank Thieves.

From 1884 to 1894 inclusive the officers
and employees of the banks have embez-
zled and stolen the funds of the banks in
one way or other to the amount in round
numbers of $I26, $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20

trader, some years
since retired, 73 years
of age. A little sore
broke out on my an
kle, and after some
effort to cure it, grew
considerably worse.
Home doctors failed
and different medi-
cines and ointments
did not give me any
help. 1 endured I'M
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Clothing.

One of the largest stocks of Clothing ever brought
before the people oths vicinity has just been placed on
retail counter second floor.
Allwool Chevot and Serge Suits at prices that are
surprise We have made big hit blue and black Kerse
and Beaver Ovecoas the quantity large but the values
for prices asked will surely make them move They are
expected to arrive about the first of the coming month Wait
for them and save money.
Another large invoice of Footwear this week. It
remains to be query, where do all the find feet to
hem It requires ordering and bordering to keep the
stock intact Customers have long learned where to
wend their for the best values the least money!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
Blood Poisoned
A Running Sore on the Ankle
Yields to the Blood Purifying Pow
ers Of Hoods Sarsapariila.

81 want to tell what Hoods Sarsapa-
T1lla has done for me. l am an old sea
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-06-18
IT CAN'T Be HEADED OFF.
THE HEADQUARTERS OFFICERS
OF TEXAS HAVE GIVEN OUT
THAT THE LAW IS
DEFECTIVE.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons are Now to
Act the Stool Pigeons, for the
Dead Game Sports of the
Fistic Ring.

The law has been examined close
ly in Texas as to prize fighting and
all the law makers that have been
consulted are free to say the law
as it stands is defective and will
not hold water, The Governor in
the first place, did not sign it, This
they claim was because the govern
or saw it was full of incongruities
and did not want his name attach
ed to it on those grounds.
The principal contention is that
the statute is defective and invalid
for the reason that it designates
prize fighting as a felony and pro-
poses to assess a misdemeanor pun
ishment tor the same. This is clear
ly 4 fatal incongruity SO far as the
general import of the code is con-
cerned, In other words it makes
the lava specimen Of grotesque as
well as defective and ludicrous leg-
islation,
The only chance to prevent the
pulling off of the Corbett-Fitzsim-
mons battle at Dallas is for Govern
or Culberson to obey the behest of
the ministers and Christian Endea-
vors and convene the soons in eX-
ira session for the passage Of a law
to fit the occasion. And what
guarantee is there that the legis-
lature would pass such a law if it
convened2
1t is said the governor will not
take the responsibility to call an
extra session for this purpose and
this certainly looks as though Tex
as was to be made the battle ground
for these fistic gadiators,
This state of affairs in our sister
state is to be deplored, and all the
more so because OF bad legislation
and an indifference shown by the
state officers in virtually admitting
that they are powerless to stay the
disgrace about to be inflicted on
the states good name.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-06-18
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS.
County Convention Held to Name
Delegates to the State Convention.

Louisville, June l7-County con-
ventions were held in every county
in Kentucky today to select dele
gates to the state Democratic con-
vention which meets in this city on
June % to nominate a full state
ticket, The political situation in
Kentucky just now is attracting
universal attention on account of
the vide split in the party over the
financial platform. Senator Black
burn is leading the silver faction,
together with Hon, H. =. Hardin,
eX-attorney-general, now candidate
for governor Casslus M. Clay, Jr,,
Is The opposing candidate for gov
ernor He has steadfastly refused
to make any declaration on the f.
nancial question, The battle for
sound money is not won, nor can
the Tree silver leaders rest upon
their oars. Although returns have
been received from nearly all the
counties, the financial problem is
stil unsolved la the race
for nomination for governor in
Louisville and Jefferson County to-
day Mr. Clay gained control of the
party machinery and solid Clay del
egation was selected. He also car
ried the cities of Lexington, PARIS,
Maysyille and Eli2abethtown, Gen.
Hardin found most of his strength
in the country, More uninstructed
delegates will come to this conven.
ton than ever before in the history
Of Kentucky politics. There are
llO counties having S74 votes, 440
being necessary to a choice.