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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-27
Fob LITTLE FOLKS.
THE A. 7. c. CLUB.

10 II - 0r9nai1st3sa - Drosklyn Bsys
Who Are Animal TrAiness.
How many readers will b able to
gues what the A. 7. c. means? Guess
again! Oh. we'll, it is 4 hopeless case.
You win never be able to guess the
right answer. 20 you might as we'll be
told FIRST as last. The A. T. C. is the
Animal Training club, and its MEM
bers are little Brooklyn boys who have
an assortment Of animals az pets. These
boys agreed to teach their pets num-
Der Of tricks and to meet and confer
with one another and exchange expert
ences. As all Of the boys are near neigh
bors, it was not much trouble for them
to congregate in the back yard Of one of
the members and there hold teachers
conventions.
There is one popularity about the
Animal Training club, and that is that
every member is an officer. There are
tho : csident. vice president, secretary,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-27

Buax-My wife makes little mon.
ey go long way these times.
Henpekt-So does mine unfortunate.
~. She's always subscribing fW mis-
sions in Africa and Polynesia Pear.
sons Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-27
PINEoLA COUGH BAlSAM
10 szeerlsu, for AL throat Inflammation. and 70,

asthma. Consump-
tives will Invariably
derive benefit from
its use, - Il quietly
! sbateo tho cough,
)rcnders expectops-
ton easy, aseistirg
nature N restoring
" sstcd tissues.
There h . large per.
ccntage Of thosc who
sappoee their caeees
IN Be consumption
vho are only su1ee.
ing from . ekr0a'c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-27

Delightful
Serial

Following The Lovely NAL
incourt," now running in THE
ARGUS. another literary feast
will be served. 1t will appear
in the beautiful romantic serial
by Kate Jordan,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-27

Shun I'd toll to make yourself re-
variable BY some one talent Yet do
not devote yourself to one branch ex-
clusively. Strive TO GET clear notions
ebout al Give up 20 sctepce entire1y,
teg ~ scje0ce u cQstWSeoecs-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-27

First Chapter Will Appear
IN Fridays Issue.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
Where Are the Benefits?

If 50-cent silver dollars should double
the prices of farm products, it is quite
as certain that the prices of all the
products which the farmer consumes
would double in the same way. In that
case it is not easy to see how the farm
er would gain anything by the free
coinage Of silver. Even the wages OF
labor, the last to rise in an epoch Of de-
preciated currency and inflated prices,
would finally, after much distress OF
the workingmen, struggle up to the
common level.
But whether the farmer should re-
ceive 500 for 100 bushels of wheat and
pay out 500 for the necessaries Of living
or should receive 5000 for the same
wheat and pay out $50, in both cases
the balance on hand would have just
the same purchasing power. But in nc.
complishing the degradation Of the
monetary standard, which could do
neither the farmer nor the wage-earner
any good, an enormous depreciation Of
values and confscation Of accumulated
earnings, involving public and private
credit in maelstrom Of destruction,
would inevitably ensue. Are the farm
ers and workingmen Of the country
willing to invoke such catastrophe?
philadelphia Record.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22

"You say you want to hear little
about the oldsoldiers. 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. l 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 tinanciers," etc.-Mr.
Bryan at Milwaukee, September s.
Not one word in answer to the ques-
ton whether the purchasing power of
the monthly pension payments to 97O,-
600 pensioners would be reduced by the
free coinage Of sixteen to one silver dol
lars. Not word as to the effect upon
pension payments hereafter Of the tex
termination" Of the "2OO-cent dollar"
because it is worth too much and buys
too much.
We do not assume that the 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.
Make him answer the question one
way or the other.-Exchange.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
Financial Folly.

Here are q large number Of full-gpwn
men, supposedly versed in public affairs,
trusted by multitude Of citizens with
the power to express public policy for
the guidance Of the republic, who DELHI
erately announce that they are opposed
recommendation when 1t is well known
throughout the world that there never
has been and never can be anything
other than monometallism. We have 1t
now, we have always had it, and we
shall always have it, and the only ques-
ton at issue is whether it shall be gold
monometallism, which we now have, or
silver monometallism, which the free
coinage Of unlimited quantities Of six
teen to one silver will give us. We can
not have both, yet the democratic party
Is going to declare itself unalterably
opposed to either. Truly, is not that
remarkable mobile (Ala.) Register.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
WHAT MR.. WATSON SAYS.
Has Ordered His Name on the Bryan and
sewaII Ticket In Kansas.

Has Ordered His Name on the Bryan and
sewaII Ticket In Kansas.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Oct IA special
from Thomson states: Mr.. Watson says
that II Is true he has ordered his name
of the ticket in Kansas. but 1t Is of
the democratic ticket and not of Of the
fusion ticket lie says there Is no
fusion ticket In Kansas. There Is .
democratic ticket and populist ticket,
aud democrats have printed over the
national and OF Bryan and Sewall
electors the names Of Bryan and Wat.
son to deceive populists into voting for
electors, who will In turn vote for
Bryan and Sewall.
II am willing" said Watson, ITO &C.
cept any fair fusion in Kansas that
will divide the electors between the
populists and democrats lam willing
even to agree to an equal division,
though by reason Of the populist
voting strength In Kansas the
proportion would be about eight
populist electors TO two demo-
Gratis. contend that the democrats
have no right to print my name over
Bryan and Sewall electors to deceive
populist voters and have ordered my
name taken from the democratic tick.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22

The farmer and the mechanic must
be free to use the very best tools and
implements, and the merchant and
banker must be free to use the very
best money and instruments Of credit
An honest and stable measure of value
Is just as necessary to both as are honest
and stable measures Of weights and
quantities, and it requires no argument
to show that without these 1t would be
impossible to transact the ordinary
business Of the country.-Hon. John
G. Carlisle.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
SILVER QUESTION IN NUTSHELL


In every rural town in the country
free coinage advocates are promising
farmers that sixteen to one would raise
the price Of grain and meat and thus
reduce the poportions Of the produce
Of the farm that goes to pay the labor
employed. OF all brazen performances
of the century, the most impudent is
that by which at the same time the
wage-earners are invited to assist in
campaign to make their food more dear
to them and to reduce the wages Of the
most numerous class Of wage-earners
in the country.
There is the silver question in a nut.
shell. 1t is simply a question as to
whether our wage-earners are getting
too high wages. They may as well face
the question. II our wage-earners be-
lieve they are getting too high wages
and that this country is suffering in
consequence, all they have to do is to
take lower wages. If they prefer q
roundabout way, they can favor free
coinage Of silver, and they will get their
wages cut down half without any
further trouble on their part.
In the light Of our experience with
fiat money legislation, from the green
back to the Sherman pig silver certifi'
Gates, this long-suffering country will
finally learn that wealth is not created
by fiat, but is made by labor; that the
law can put no dollar into any mans
pocket unless it first takes it from the
pocket of some other man, and that
wage-earners are first and most inter.
ested in opposing interference by law.
There has never yet been made law to
put into any laboring mans pocket
single dollar that he did not earn. He
of all men, therefore, has the best right
to insist that there shall be no law
passed that will raise the price of what
he has to buy, and thus take from him
any portion Of what he has earned
Hon. John De Witt Warner, in Present
Problems"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
STEWARDS ARGUMENTS.
Sound Logic for the wor'sinsman to Cor
slider.

Sound Logic for the wor'sinsman to Con-
slider.
The question will never be settled
until you determine the simple ques.
ton whether the laboring man Is en-.
titled to gold dollar il he earns It, or
whether you are going to cheat him
with something else. That is the upshot
Of the whole thing. There have
been a great many battle foughtagainst
gold. and gold has won every time. l
do not care how much you discuss It or
how many resolutions you pass, they do
not make any difference. You must
come to the same conclusion that all
other people have-that gold Is recog-
nized as the universal standard Of value.
It's the measure by which your wealth
must be tested. 1t has been and always
will be the touchstone Of measurement,
and when you depart from that and try
to figure up any other measure which
the world does not recognize you get
into confusion. Attempting to reconcile
them, II Is idle to talk about. 1t Is idle
to talk about compromising on any
other measure Of value, The world will
not accept IT. We have the experience
Of every nation that has tried 1t, and 1t
has been tried in almost every civilized
nation. ' ~ Do not let us try to de-
ceive the American people. Do not let
us try TO make them believe by some
hocus pocus Of legislation that we can
give them something Of real value-we
can give them measure Of value that
Is better than the universal standard Of
mankind. Do not deceive them in that
regard. Let them know the facts now.
l believe that it would be highly injuri-
GUS to this country to again initiate the
currency. y l need not enlarge
upon the evils Of deprecated cur.
rency. This country has felt that too
severely to require that | should men
ton them. 1t matters not what kind
Of deprecated currency you have, it
necessarily entails many evils. =
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
FATAL MALADY AMONG HORSES,
CONFIRMING WITH WATSON.
Popullst Ofliclals at the Georgian's Home
on an Important Mission.

Iupuliht OHititiH NJ tuo ucoTEMub uOine
on an Important Mission.
THOMSON, Ga, Oct. l0.-H. W. Reed,
treasurer Of the populist national com.
mittee, and National Committeeman
Washburn, of Massachusetts, arrived
In Thomson, the home of the vice pres.
idential candidate, yesterday. The
three have been in continual confer.
ence since, stopping only for meals
The greatest possible interest is
shown by Mr. Watsons personal and
political friends in the conference
now going on. Prominent local
populists, men ordinarily in the con.
fidence Of the vice presidential candi.
date have called only to find that their
leader begged to be excused. Watson's
close political friends are firm in the
belief that unless the electoral tickets
are revised to suit him, that his letter
now in possession OF Chairman Butler
will go to the public in its original
form. They are also convinced that in
this letter the nominee has expressed
his opinion Of the fusion arrangements
now obtaining In Kansas, Colorado and
North Carolina.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
MISSOURI Y. p. S. c. e.
Next Meeting VIII BE Held at St. Louis
OfIlcers Elected.

SEDALIA, Mo-, Oct. 1.-THE tenth
annual state convention of the Mis-
souri, Christian Endeavor union adj
journed sine die last night after hav-
ing selected ST. Louis as the next place
Of meeting. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: W.
R. Gentry, Columbia; vice presi-
dent, W. T. League, Hannibal;
secretary, Miss Lille NJ. Dieter, Sc
dalia; treasurer, W. h. Bragg, st. Jo.
seph; superintendent junior work,
Miss Kate Haus, st. Louis; department
vice presidents-Sunday school work,
A. A. Baxton, Kansas City; missionary
work, Miss Lillian Joslln, Lebanon;
good citizenship work. George W.
Lubke, Jr., st. Louis; correspondence
committee, E. E. Smith, Kansas City;
vice president worlds Christian En-
deavor, W. IL. McClain, ST. Louis.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
ON THE TRAIL.
Officials After the Robbers Of the
Union Pacific Fast Mail Train
MASKED MEN 1ERRORIzE A TOWN.
The Town Of Carney. ]. T., Held Up by Out
laws bandits Stop Stage In WyO-
ming, but Get Nothing-Dou-
BILE Murder at Dance.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. l9.-It is be.
lieved that the scouts who are looking
for the robbers who held up the Union
Pacifc's fast mail train near Ogden,
Wednesday, are close upon their trail.
Chief Canada, Of the SPECIAL service
bureau, received o telegram from one
OF the searching party saying that he
had good reason to believe that some
thing good would develop within a
very short time. Another telegram
was also received, saying that 1891
worth OF checks and drafts had been
found in a place where the registered
mail pouches had evidently been
opened The robbers must have opened
the pouches soon after leaving the
Il ain, for the drafts and other letters
of no value to them were found in q
cornfield not far from Uintah
MASKED MEN TERRoRIzE A TOWN.
GUTHRIE, Ok, Oct ly.-The little
town Of Carney, IS miles east of here,
was held up at nine o'clock Saturday
night by six masked and heavily-armed
outlaws. The store of Trader Fouts
was ransacked and $500 in money taken.
Fouts and his son were taken mile
from town and hound to tree. Three
posses are in pursuit Of the robbers,
who are headed towards this city.
BANDITS HOLD UP A STAGE.
Rock SPRINGS, Wyo, Oct. l9-Three
masked highwaymen held up the stage
between here and Hopkins at five
o'clock Saturday evening, tut got
nothing for their trouble. 1t was sup
posed the stage carried about 100000
to pay the employees OF the sweetwater
Coal Co., but the money had been taken
down on a switch engine.
DOUBLE MURDER AT A DANCE.
FoRr SMITH. Ark. Oct ia negro
dance near Scullvville Saturday night
broke up in row. Two negro men
whose names are not known were
killed. The others are under arrest
charged with doing the shooting.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. i9-Tom
Watson is coming to Alabama to
stump for the mlddle.of-the-road popu-
list congressional candidates. Dr. J. W.
Grove, populist candidate for congress
in the Ninth district, has received a
letter from Watson saying he was we'll
enough to go on the stump again, and
would open up in Birmingham on
"Wednesday night next
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22

TOPEKA, KAN, Oct. l0,'-Ewing Her.
bert, of the Hiawalha World, has gone
TO the New York Truth as advertising
manager. He begins with salary of
$1,000 a year with contract for a
handsome increase as he shall grow In
usefulness lie was rendered the posi-
tion upon the recommendation of
Albert Bigelow Paine, formerly Of
Fort Scott, Kan.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22

Sr. Louis, Oct 49, Several 81 Louis
ans have already made fortunes on the
rise in wheat. One man Is said TO have
made $500, 900, several others have re-
allied from $50, 900 to 100000 and quite
q number Of smaller investors have Sc
cured handsome profits As an indica-
ton Of the buying activity the market
reports show that about s,OO0,OOO bush
els In futures were bought Saturday.
Another indication Of the centraliza-
ton Of wheat in this city Is that at
present there are about $500, 900 bush
els of wheat in the st. Louis public
elevators This time last year there
were less than 100000 Lushels on
hnnd.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
BOGUS LOTTERY SCHEME.
Men Arrested In Chicago Who Are Accused
Of Working Many Large Cities.

of Working Many Large Cities.
CHICAGO, Oct ia gigantic swim
ding scheme carried on in America for
the last five years is said to have been
laid bare by the Chicago police. Seven
men have ueen arrested In connection
with the charges Of fraud. The men
in custody are: William Benson,
Philip Lautenschlager, James Mosko-
vitz, G. n. Nalte, R. J. Simpson, alias
James Singer; R. s. smales,
Mayo Taylor. The name under
which the alleged manipulators Of
the scheme and their agents
are said to have been operating is the
Royal Spanish Lottery Co. Of America,
which has been represented as branch
Of the concern Of that name having its
base in Madrid, Spain. Instead of be-
ing genuine, however, the police say it
has no connection whatever with the
foreign concern and its patrons have
been led to believe that they were in
vesting their money on possible re-
turns.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22

"slxrEEN TO ONE"

Well coin the silver we have got and oil
that we can get
Wen make the dollar Of our dads" .
hummer, you can bet.
6ome say twill bust the country. and the
devil be to pay.
TN God we trust we'll stamp on It. such
luck to keep away.
We're silverites. says !. says we. when all
Is said and done.
And we'll coin the bloomin silver. boys.
At sixteen to one.
And, furthermore. to set the pace and
spite the goldbug crew
And prove that we are patriots and show
what we can do.
Wen copper coin and place the stamp upon
our bloomin brass
III We have got no cents (sense) at all.
we've got no end Of brass).
30 brassyites we are. says |. Just let u
make the nun.
And we'll coin our bloomin brass. my boys.
At sixteen to one.
And with the iron and steel we find wher-
ever we may rove
Well 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.
Pigites we'll be. says l, says we. and then
we'll have some fun
Al we coin the bloomin pig iron, boys.
At sixteen to one.
And there is paper, too, my boys. that may
be made from rags;
30 we may coin our cast of buds and have
some royal jags.
OF wood pulp too, Is paper made; so we'll
cut our forests down
And into shady money make the shade
trees Of our town.
We're pulpullsts or populists. and If you
want some nun
Well stamp the bloomin paper. boys,
At sixteen to one.
With this Sound money" talk we hear
that now Is going round
We do agree-at least we like the very
name Of sound
And so we'll spout and shout, my boys. to
win the voting herds
And fill them full of promises and words,
words. words.
But words are wind, and so with wind.
when all is said and done,
Well liquidate our bloomin debts
At sixteen to one.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
Went from a Feast to Her Death.

ANNIsoN, Ala, Oct. 10 Mrs. 5. b.
Causey, a widow, aged 7s years, COM
mtted suicide by hanging herself to a
tree near her home, five miles west Of
this city, Her last single child, a
daughter, was married yesterday, and
rather than put herself UPON her mar.
ried children Tor support she slipped
away from the wedding feast and took
her life.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
REED SPEAKS TWICE.
Addresses Two Vast Audiences In Chicag,
Throat Gives Out Again.

Addresses Two Vast Audiences In Chicago
Throat Gives Out Again.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20 Thomas B. Reed
spoke last night in the big republican
tent at Fifty-Fifth and Peoria streets.
The tent was filed to Its utmost capa.
city, but the audience was doomed to
a great disappointment, for Mr.. Reed
was able to speak only few min
utes. His throat has been troubling
him seriously aud he could only speak
with great difficulty. Mr.. Reed spoke
in the Auditorium yesterday afternoon
10 an audience which occupied every
available inch Of standing room. lie
was introduced by George r. Peck, Of
Chicago, and was wildly cheered as he
arose to speak. lie spoke for about
half an hour, dwelling partic ularly on
the currency and tariff questions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22

BosToN, Oct. l0.-The semi-centen-
NAL anniversary OF the first use Of
ether as au anesthetic was celebrated
in the Massachusetts general hospital
here yesterday by noteworthy recep-
ton and literary exercises. The re-
ception took place in the lecture am
phitheater, which had been restored
tn the appearance it bore on
that occasion so years ago
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22

New York. Oct. 10 Walter Louis
Lenau, who married the widow of Col.
John A. Cockerill, shot himself yesler-
day at his home at Englewood, N. J.
According TO Mrs. Lenau the shooting
was unintentional. Mr.. Lenau has
made no statement regarding the
affair. The surgeons in attendance
held out little encouragement for his
recovery. The couple were married
last June, only two months after Col.
Cockerlls death. She is 40 and he Is
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
Russia M0bIlizlng Troops.

LONDON, Oct 10. a special dispatch
from Vienna says that the Neue Freie
presse OF hat city announces that
steps to complete the mobiliza-
ton of the Russian forces are being
taken in all districts. The officers
on leave or retired, it is further stated,
have been recalled 1t is intimated
that these military movements are un-
dertaken because it is expected that
Russia will receive the European man
date to Occupv COnstantinople.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
Wheat, Cotton and Silver.

While Bryan is telegraphing the New
York Journal that 1.-THE gold standard
makes dearer dollar, o dearer dollar
means falling prices, and falling prices
mean hard times" the prices of wheat,
corn and cotton are going up, and the
price of silver, the supposed barometer
Of prices Of farm products, is going
down.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22
HANNA'S FLAG DAY IDEA.
October 81 suggested for General Display
by All Republicans.

October 81 suggested for General Display
by All Republicans.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10 chairman Hanna,
OF the republican national committee,
suggests that on Saturday, October 81,
'all who intend to vote on Novemb Der 8
for the preservation Of our national
honor. for sound money and the ad-
vancement Of our peoples interest
and general prosperity display the
national colors at their homes,
in order that voters whose hearts
are for their country may be
strengthened in their purpose and
those who are undetermined may the
more periodically and inteligentIy
conclude how best to perform their
duty as citizens"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22

CHICAGO. Oct, ia heavy wet
snow fell Ia Chicago for about two
hours Saturday. This breaks all rec.
ords as far as an early snowstorm is
concerned, the nearest TO 1t being the
storm OF October 20, of last year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. l9.-W j. Bryan
spent a quiet Sabbath, he and Mrs.
Bryan attending services at the West.
minister Presbyterian church in the
morning. In the afternoon Bryan ad.
dressed a meeting Of newsboys. He
left on a special train at four o'clock
this morning for Ohio.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-22

There has been no time since the
resumption of specie payments In 1872
when the depositors in savings banks
could not get back as good money as
they earned and put in. Do they want
even to "chance it" on getting ,1-cent
or even 75-cent silver dollars?