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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
"slxTEEN TO ONE. y

Ven coin tho silver We have got and all that
we can get.
Wen mike tho dollar Of our dads . hum
mer. you can bet.
Some say twill bust the country, and the devil
DO to pay.
@In God I'VE trust wen stamp on 1t such luck
TO keep away.
We're silverites, says /. says we, when all l.
said and done,
And Wen coin the bloomin silver, boys.
AT sixteen to one.
And, furthermore, to set the pace and spite
the goldbug crew
And prove that wo arc patriots and show
what we can do.
Wen copper coin and place the stamp upon our
bloomin brass
Oh we have got no cents (scnse) at all. we've
got no end Of brass).
30 brassyites wo are, says /. Just lot Us make
thcmun.
And wen coin our blcomin brass, my boys,
At sixteen to one.
And with the Iron and steel we and wherever
we may rove
We'll coin the lucky horseshoe and the old
cracked cooking stove.
And when we've cleaned these scrap heaps up,
we'll turn ourselves about
And set the furnaces ablaze and run the pig
iron out.
pisises we'ilbe. says l. says we. md then wen
have some fun
ASS We coin the hioOmtn pig iron, boys.
AT sixteen to one.
And there is paper. too. my boys, that may be
made from rags;
So we may coin our cast of duds and have
some royal iags.
OF wood pulp. too, is paper nude: SO wen Gu,
our forests down
And into shady money make the shade tree.
OF our town.
We're puipuiists or Populists. and If you wan,
some nun
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
The Pensioners Dollar.

"You say you want a little about the
old soldiers. Well, my friends, the
crisis which is approaching now, the
question before the country now, ap-
peals to the old soldier as much as it
did in 1861. am not afraid that any
man who risked his life in his nations
behalf is going to be influenced by the
arguments that are addressed to the SOL
diers now by the fnanciers, (" etc.-Mr.
Bryan at Milwaukee. Sept. 8.
Not one word in answer to the cues
tion whether the purchasing power Of
the monthly pension payments to 970,-
600 pensioners would be reduced BY the
free coinage Of 10 to silver dollars
Not word as to the effect upon PEN
sion payments hereafter Of the "ex-
termination" Of the 1000 cent dollar,
because it is worth too much and buys
too much.
We do not assume that veteran sol.
diers are thinking of nothing but pen.
sions, but they should compel Mr..
Bryan to say frankly what would be
the effect of free coinage upon the pen.
sioner's dollar.
Mako him answer the question one
way or the other.-Exchange.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
An ob,ee. lesson In sIlr.r.

There is an American silver dollar.
There are two Mexican dollars. There
is more silver in each of them than in
the American dollar. bought both Of
them for that. What is the reason? The
sole reason is that our dollar is limit
ed coinage. backed by gold. There is
another coin. That is a French franc
piece. Ipaid 90 cents for that It car.
ries little less silver than the Ameri-
can silver dollar. France and the Unit
ed States sre both gold standard coun-
tries They keep in circulation thon-
sand millions Of silver, and Mexico and
China and Japan have not got one dol
lar of gold in circulation. The gold
standard country can keep silver in cir.
culation. Tho silver standard country
can keep no gold. That Is the example
of every nation today. Gold all leaves
the free coinage country. Gold and sill.
yer both circulate in the gold standard
countries.-From q Speech by Senator
Lodge.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09

Mr.. Bryan tells the farmers that free
coinage Of silver will give them cheap
dollars with which to pay their debit.
Mr.. Bryan tells city workingmen that
free coinage Of silver will raise the
metal to $l.29 per ounce. bringing the
silver dollar to par with the gold dollar;
thus giving city workingmen another
dollar as good as the present one with
which to buy the farmers products.
That is to say. to the farmer the
Bryan silver dollar is to be cheap dol
lar TO pay debts with. To city labor the
Bryan dollar is to be dollar of high
purchasing power to buy with.
Free coinage of silver cannot produce
these two dollars. 1t can produce only
one Of the two. Why do not would be
supporters Of Mr.. Bryan ask him which
dollar he really meansi Both the farmer.
who wants to pay debts. and the work.
ingman, who must buy farm produce,
are interested in having this question
answered.-Chicago Times Herald.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
Truly
Explained
For The Readers of
The Telegram.
The SILVER QUESTION lNANuTsAELL
xree Coinage Of Bricks Would Not Raiss

Tree Coinage OF Bricks Would Not Raise
Their Price.
Did you ever stop to think what
would be the result If tho government
should BY legislation determine that or.
binary building bricks . by by 8
inches in size should be legal tender in
any amount for 81 each and should ar.
range to have thom SO stamped In any
quantity free Of cost to the persons pre-
s6nting themi
Under such circumstances the price
Of building bricks would at once advance
to q, 600 a thousand. for II they could
DO coined without cost the bricks
"uncoined" would be worth Just as
much az the COINED" bricks-$1 each.
But did it ever occur 70 you that 1t
! would not be I'm advance In tho value Of
the bricks, but q decrease in the value
Of the dollars which would thus estab-
lish q new parity between money and
property" that under such system
$1,000 would be worth only 1000
bricks; that that 1000 bricks would
exchange for no more commodities or
labor than it does today, and conse-
quently that $1,000 would mean no
more to Ms than 1000 bricks do now?
In other words, our government can
determine by legislation what commod-
ity and what amount Of that commodity
u shall be, but 1t must leave 1t to the
laws Of comparative supply and de-
mand. cost Of production, etc, to de-
termine what the value Of that COM
modify shall be. 1t may declare that a
brick shall be dollar, in which case
u will be worth whatever brick will
exchange for. It may declare that g.
grains Of gold shall be dollar, in
which case 81 will be worth whatever
49, grains Of gold will exchange for,
or it may declare that 412K grains Of
silver shall be a dollar, in which case 81
will be worth only what Ala V grains Of
silver will exchange for. the same to-
day as sos cents in gold, OF, giving
the debtor the option rs to what dollar
he shall use with which to pay his
debts, it may declare that each Of these
three shall be q dollar, in which case
81 will be worth just rs much as the
least valuable of the three, which under
present conditions would be the brick.
IL. Carroll Root.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
ru. This In Your Pine,

If you are q farmer with an overdue
mortgage or with ono that must soon be
renewed. beware of free coinage. Il
may get you into trouble. Dollars will
becheaper with free coinage, just as they
now are in Mexico, but interest will
surely be nearly double what it is now,
or about equal to present rates in Mexi.
CO and other silver standard countries.
Unless you are prepared to pay yon,
mortgage at once. you should study thi.
interest question before voting for chear
dollars.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
Mans View
OF Marriage.
as MARRIAGE A
FAILURE ?"

II Is not uncommon for men to bewail the
fact that marriage so seldom means a real
companionship- man and wife are
separated by difference of taste, of mental
outlook, of general interest In life. II Is
perhaps even more common to hear women
blamed for what is called breach of contract
In the marriage relation. If the wife be
delicate, rundown, nervous and irritable,
II her smile and her spirits have taken
flight, It worries her husband as well as
herself. Even worse symptoms may fol.
low-the woman suffers from sleeplessnes.
and fainting spells, her head Is in whirl,
her back aches. and she has that awful
crowdiug- down feeling in the abdomen. !,
depends on the woman whether she will
permit these troubles to continue day by
day leading to life of misery.
4 Thousands have been cured by taking DR.
piefee's Favorite Prescription, and why no,
your A healthy woman is always interest
Ing; she passes for beauty because she 1.
happy, and her good spirits are contagious
Good nature goes with health irTitahility
and peevishness with sickness.
Those who suffer from the arrangements
disorders and diseases of the sex should re
member that DR.. R.v. Pierce. chief cons suit
ing physician TO the Invalids' Hotel anS
Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. V, has, TO
over a quarter Of a century, made the dis
eases Of women a specially. Send twenty
one l2I| cents fin one.cent stamps TO bin
at above address, for his great medical bool
of 1000 pages profusely illustrated witt
wood.cuts and coloTed plates
II contains photographs, names nm
addresses of a vast number who hav
been cured.
You can correspond with them an
learn how they cured themselves Withou
having TO consult doctor.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
slsMARcx,s Abvlce


II ltNuWkNgu01foufM n8 N.t4 W = t<@' ~ y"
Follow III
Mr.. Bryan appears to iset 0fea1 <|ore
BY the letter which Governor Culc1<z1n
Of Texas has received from Prime Bis.
marck. The peoples friend /. Wilt
ing 70 receive advice from the +1r4n Of
Blood and Iron. and the champion
Of the American farmer Listens to
that famous friend Of American 8fri-
culture who shut the German ports to
American pork In 1884 and to Ame1icti
potatoes in 1885. and who would flA1ly
have united all central Europe Ia d
Customs league aimed directly against
all American produce. Bism4rct's
rather diplomatic letter is taken BY NJ.
Bryan In his recent speeches 10 favor
the free coinage Of silver by tho United
States. The devotion Of Chancelior Bis
marck to the cause Of silver may b seen
In the following historical fact, which,
appears to have escaped general notice.:
Under his guidance as Chancellor cf
the empire and minister Of commerce
for Prussia the equivalent u /, 080,-
100000 marks lover $270. 000, 00O) IN
silver was dcmonetized Between tie
years 1874 and 1881, and over O 80. 000,,-
600 worth of the bullion into which
these were melted had been sold 81
, 1879. In that year, finding that The
price Of silver was becoming deniorai-
lied, 50 that his remaining S109, 600. 600
was deprecinting. he stopped sales By 5
decree issued In May, 1879. These
points were frankly stated by his deie-
gates to the International monetary cop-
ference Of 1881, when GERMANY Ike
wise offered to suspend sales fof time
in order that the price might not be-
further depressed. With these assur.
ances before the monetary powers md
with the decree Of 1879 still In force,
Bismarck saw an opportunity Of dump
ing come German silver ON the sly and
promptly proceeded to do so. In 1885,
tho Egyptian government decided to.
change its coinage and invited bids for
contracts to coin its silver piasters The
German mint secured the contract to
make the coin and incidentally furnish-
ed $3, 1885,, 600 Of silver ullion TO Egypt,
The matter was kept very quiet Or es-
capped general notice Reference to IL
will be found. however, in the London.
Economist Of Dec 4, 1886. which saw IN
it q proof of Bismarck's lack OF faith Ia
silver.
With all his faults, Bismarck Is d
sturdy patriot To help the German.
distiller he was willing to see tsichinm
in every American pig, and to protect
the German farmer be smelled Bugs on
every American potato. Germany has
today S107, 100000 worth Of Asilver
whose value is declining. II the United
States could be induced to follow the
example of Egypt and give Gsfmany d
chance to do some more uisloadinR,
where is the harm. from the le7chan-
cellor's point of view. in writing lct-
ter Of not entirely disinterested adviceii
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
Sam Jones Makes It clear.

.'suppose, I" says the Rev. Sam Jones
Of Georgia, '.the government owned all
the gristmills in this country and con-
gress should enact law that oil corn
should be ground by the government
mills free and that while corn was
worth but IS cents q bushel the govern
ment would stamp the sacks Of meal so
that 1t would bring 80 cents bushel
and do this for nothing It is very
hard matter to keep meal above the
price Of corn.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
20 TO s--So.hing to At.

Pat-How do you sthand on the silve.
question, Nioikei
Mike-Me? Sixteen to wan is moi
platform.
Pat-'Tis. is it? Well. me laddybuck,
if ycu and the long phiskered cranks
win I'm thinking that by next winter
iyrybody's platform will be, Nothing
to ate. Detroit Journal.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09

Can free coinage double the price Of
the farmers products without increas-
ing the cost Of the workingman's liv-
inga viii not paying the farmers debts
with half dollars cheat the creditor
whose 100 cent dollars were loaned to
hims
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09

Wen stamp the hioomin paper, poys.
A. sixteen 70 one. ~
with this asound money tank We hear that
now u going round
We do agree least We like tho very name Of
sound
And sowe'1l spout and shout my boys, 70 win
the voting hsrds
And al them full OF premises and words.
words, words.
But words are wind. and 20 with wind, when
all Il said and done.
Wen liquidate our bloonin debts
Al sixteen to ono
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
Ono Unsettled Point.

An old man who bore evidence OF
more work than culture approached 4
representativsof q free silver paper the
other day in the state library.
"Can / ask you question:"
Certainly"
well, If we have free silver coinage.
We'll all have more money, won't wei,'
why. yes, certainly. That's easystc
well, what I want to know. ,,lsaid
the old Fellow earnestly, sis whether
they will bring it to me or whether m
have to go after it "-Nebraska STATE
Journal.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09

Charles Gown. a newspaper
correspondentfrom Jacksonyilie.
Florida. was captured by die
spaniards in Cuba and put to
death. Hewas a non-combatant
and unarmed at the time of lis
capture.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09

West Virginia Is showing up
brighter every day, George.
Wesley Atkinson VIII be elected
governor by d hardsome MAORI.
~. The legislature will be Re:
Ipnblican|in both branches and
the electoral vote OF the little
mountain State will 60 to swell.
the magnificent majority the
country win give to Hon. VIM.
McK in1ey
The American people are not
repudiators and they will not
elect MIR. Bryan. Every day his.
chances of election grow smaller
and now the emily question is how
deep will Organism be buried 9
The country is aroused. The
Altgeld- Tillman- Teller conspira-
cymust be soutterly overwhelm-
ed by the righteous wrath of an
outraged people that such doc
trines willnever raise their heads
again to distract and alarm an
honest and law-ablding people.
We must, therefore, remit no.
zeal, spare no effort, make no
pause in the present energetic:
canvass until the sun sets on No.
vembers.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
II Thirty Pound. of wh,a. sf.a, !. =, ~.

II Thirty Pounds Of wheat Made . BusheI.
would you have any more wheat On q
could you buy any more food, clothes On
implements with the proceeds Of your
crop than you do nowi
If 90 cents were dollar, would your
crops bring you any more Of the thines
that you need than you get nowi n
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-09
rarner. ,yant cheap MONEY.


The advocates of free coinage in the
west and south "don't take any stockn
in Bryan's occasional assertion that he
contends" thnt the adoption Of this
policy would put up the price Of silver
to $1.29. Indeed they would lose all
interest in the agitation II they sup.
posed that the silver dollar under free
coinage was to be worth as much as
the gold dollar is now. The real senti-
ments of these people are clearly ex-
pressed by james Kitchen. an extensive
farmer and stockman of Grayson, KY,
who, when asked the other day why he
was for free silver, made this reply:
am for free silver because nm In debt,
and II We get free coinage can pay my debts
with oue-half OF what It now costs under our
present money standard. And another reason.
employ laborers on my farm. They are tho
creditors. am tho debtor. Under free coin.
agc can pay them with onc.half 1t costs mo
now. for 1t will raise the price Of products.
and can then hire my farm help for 90 cents
day and pay them in bacon at Is oents q
pound.
1t must become more and more plain,
rs the campaign proceeds, that this is
the motive and must be theresult Of the
free coinage agitation. The question at
issue win TINS finally resolye itself into
the larger question. whether the Ameri-
can people still believe that honesty Is
the best policy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
ADVERTISING RATES;

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
RACE TRACK SWINLDE.

st. Louis, Oct. "A Swindle
in admission tickets to the races
at the fair grounds has been I'M
earthed during thep asst few
days, which led to the arrest of
a hanger-On at the race course,
who goes under the pseudOnym
of "Cinchy,' and one of the gate
keepers. The mode of opera
ton is said to have been to col
lect old coupons of admission
tickets, then gather up the heads
of tickets that were thrown away.
An old ticket with the coupon
detached would then be sold to a
prospective visitor at half price,
with the provision that it be used
at the particular gate, the keeper
of which was in the scheme. The
gate keeper, it appears, was OBJ
ligated to furnish the coupons,
which he did by withholding a
number of them each day instead
of turning all coupons in, and
"Cinchy" to furnish the heads of
the tickets. 1t has been appar-
ent for more than ten days that
fraud was being practiced, and
the services of detectives were
secured. This led to the arrest
of "Cinchy' by Detective James
Tracy. The prisoner was taken
to the Four courts, where he
made Il confession, duplicating
the gate keeper. Both were
kept in custody for one day, but
for some reason, there was no
prosecution and the matter was
kept secret.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07

Georgia has it all her own
way in the elections of this week.
She will profit b. the example of
Arkansas and put her aggregate
Democratic vote so high that
there will be no danger of its fall
ing below the vote that was Civ
en- two years ago. Watson is
not in the fight there as the Dem
Ocrats are in possession of all
the election machinery, registra-
ton and all. No POpulist
judges of election are allowed
and the registration in the large
cities in some instances doubles
the number of legitimate voters.
Under this condition of affairs
POpuliSt defeat is not only GER
tain, but it will be made over
whelming, and it may force Wat
son to withdraw from the. race
for vice-president. 1t cannot in
any way effect the general cleo
ton result, for Georgia is put
down as copper fastened and
steel ribbed for the Democratic
electoral ticket. 1t cannot be
worse than that.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
\. NJ. f. CHURCH.

New York, Oct. THE open
ing services attending the twelve
day celebration of the Centennial
jubilee of the founding of the
African Methodist Zion Episco-
pal church of America was held
in Mother Zion" church Friday
morning. On the platform
were seated eight of the nine
bishops who preside over the de-
nomination.
Bishop Fowler, of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, delivered
the sermon, and shouts of amen"
and "hallejuia' were numerous.
Bishop B. F. Lee preached at the
afternoon service.
That the A. NJ. E. Zion church
is entitled to esteem is shown by
the fact that it has 5000 ordained
ministers, 1881 churches valued
at S3,510,1S9, and a membership
of 100000. 1t owns 2114 par
sOnages, valued at $117,163, and
it's Sunday schools contain 124,-
227 scholars and 1880 teachers.
At the evening session address
es were delivered by Bishop Gin
ton, Hon, j. G. Darcy, of Sails
bury, n. c., and others. An
original poem called "ZiOn's
Centennial" was read by the au-
thor, Rev. Howard Day, of Har-
risburg, Pa.
The addresses, general, histOri-
cal and reminiscent, were heart
lily applauded by the large au-
dience.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
OUR MANUFACTURERS
And Home Industries-Where to Find
Them.

And Home Industries-Where to Find
Them.
Below will be found a complete di-
rectory of our manufacturers and
Wher to find them. For a more partfS-
ular description of what they manu-
facture, our readers will please con-
suit their respective "ads". Read, re-
fleet and patronize them.
Price Booker G. Co., Baking Powder
Flavoring Extracts, Vinegar and Fruit
Cider, E. Nueva.
E. Nueva.
G. A. Duerler Manufacturing Co.
Pure Candies, Soda Water and Cakes
~ w. Commerce street.
A. c. Heinrich, Jewelry to order. PIG
w. Commerce street.
Alamo Trunk Factory, Trunks and
Valises to order. POP w. Commerce st.
j. Lobert Tailoring Co., Suits and
Pants to order. 104 W Commerce ST.
Bell Steam Laundry, Laundry work
with improved methods. 315 e Hous-
ton street
F. F. Collins Manufacturing Co.,
Foundry work and Machinery, Boilers
and Engines. Houston street bridge.
Alamo Cement Co., Home Cement,
as good as any in the world. 2O7-209
Main avenue
Alamo Iron Works, Foundry work
and Machinery. E Commerce street,
Sunset track.
Mackey Brick and Tile Company, our
white brick and thing. 2S9 w Com
merce street.
j. Dean & Son, Home made tinware,
better than imported, 105 to 100 n.
Flores street.
c. H. Guenther Milling Co., Flour and
Meal, equal to any in the world. Mills
L. & G. N. and Guenther and Washing
ton streets.
Il. Frank & Co., manufacturers of
saddlery and harness; Main plaza.
Max Schultze, Stove pipe galvanized
we'll casing, tinware, etc. los w. Com
merce street.
Rosy Brothers, Cigars and Purros,
equal to any imported article. 252 w.
Commerce street.
a. Pancoast Sons, Merchant Tail
oring in all its branches. 136-13S W.
Commerce street.
Lone Star and City Breweries, have
no equal Grand avenue and River av-
enue.
Z. Y. White, steam dying and clean
ing works. 207 W. Commerce street.
San Antonio Soap Works, E. Men,
ger, Proprietor. N. Laredo street.
Kendall & Rips, upholstering and
mattress making. 225 E. Commerce st.
]. Dietrich G Co., toilet and laundry
soaps, s. Laredo street., S. A. & A. P.
track.
Edward Jenner, Home made fancy
candies, 416 Labor street.
A. Grona, mattresses and pillows, E.
Commerce and Olive streets.
Chicago Palace and Renovating Co.
4O1 E. Houston street.
San Antonio Electro Plating Works.
122I-1231 Burnett street.
]. G. Dielman, E. Commerce street.
The Dechman Coffee and Spice Mills.
300 e. Houston street.
The San Antonio Daily Light the
Republican paper of the South. Read
1t; advertise in it. Our mill grinds out
news every day at 1O4 E. Commerce st.
near bridge.