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The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23
Nothing in 1t for wage Farmers.

Mr.. Bryan has claimed that the free
coinage Of silver would benefit the
working people. How they would Sc
cure anything from the free coinage OF
silver he does not say, perhaps because
he does not know. 1t is certainly deep
mystery. In no way that the probable
course of events can be forecasted can
any advantage for the working people
be reasonably shown.
Everything that a man buys for con-
sumption in the household would be
raised in price Would wages be in
creased in proportion? 1t is not prob
able that they would for years, If ever.
AS soon as it became apparent that the
free coinage OF silver would be under
taken prices would be advanced, but
wages would remain stationary until
employers could ascertain how they
would be affected. With the heavy
losses that many concerns would be
compelled to meet through the pay
ment of outstanding accounts and notes
in deprecated dollars, II is very prob
able that the workingman would have
to wait long time for his wages to be
raised. In the interval he would have
ample opportunity to realize the stu
pendous folly of the United States
coming silver dollars at the ratio OF
16 to / and debasing it's money, the
lifebood of ommerce.-Cordage Trade
Journal.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23
Which? which,?

In communities where wageworkers
predominant Mr.. Bryan continues TO
deny any intention of cheapening the
dollar. He knows and they know that
this would mean diminishing by one
half the purchasing power OF wages
and reducing by one-half the value Of
all savings, assurances and loans. And
so he prefer de that free coinage will in
crease by nearly one-half the price OF
silver and make a silver dollar worth
truly as much as q gold one.
But in the west and in farming COM
munities Mr.. Bryan wakes eloquent on
the need of a cheaper dollar to increase
the price of farm products and enable
the farmer to pay 500 of debt with $51
in silver. Leading silver advocates at
the west have repudiated Mr.. Bryan's
idea for eastern hearers only that free
coinage will increase the price of sill
yer to S1.29. They say fatty that such
dollars would be as bad as gold. What
they want is q dollar worth only 81
cents.
Which dollar does Mr.. Bryan really
want? He cannot have both Which
is to be bunkoed--the worklngman or
the farmer. the mine owner or the
debtor? Which?
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

While the volume OF general trade has not IN
creased materially new conditions are favor
abe to an early Improvement NotwIthstand-
Ing many interior merchants prefer TO walt
until after election before placing orders.
Wheat advanced &C the past week and corn &C.
Con ldence as to the future MAKES trouble in
some industries because speculation in mate
rails raises pri es so that die nani for nisned
products is chcched. Wine wool Is no higher,
holders have sold enough TO render them IN
dinerent to Immediate business and are hold
ing stocks for fun figures. New orders Tor iron
and steel products are not being placed as
freely as the would BE- Ia makers would accept
current quotations loo 49, delivery. 1he one
com .l.ercial cAange which more than any other
ensures better business in the near future. is
the excess OF merchandise e. ports over imports
lin september q ports were ,S5s9 ,yI, and
imports only SD,325.I ., ana the excess OF ex-
ports was 8 12,N>D. in payment for which net
Imports OF gold were -. ,9,lSL Last year the
excess OF merchandise imports was $40 ,2,I
in september and net exports OF gold s16 iO6. 81.
The heavy movement o. grain Is the corner
stone. 4 Is n very important fact is that all
available grain freght5 rave been engaged for
months ahead both east a al on the Paci c
coast The minister of agriculture in ndia
stated in council that distress was expected In
but impJrtations OF wheat from (aiifornia
would help to prevent actual iamine. high
o cial OF Kussia now in this country con irns
accounts OF sh .rtnes in the ussan yield.
An estimate that Europe Will fall l0. bu short
Of last year in supply OF wheat Is strongly sup
ported. and WINE department estimates OF
yic.d in this country are not credited there Is
livery reason TO expect remarkable foreign
dcmand.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23
Bryan.s Rotten Egg Argument.

AS contribution to financial and
economic thought the following utter
ance of Mr.. Bryan, made in Kentucky
on Tuesday, is the most remarkable yet
offered even by him:
IF any man in this community would
offer to buy all the eggs produced at %
cents dozen and was able to make
good the offer, nobody would sell eggs
for less, no matter what the cost Of
production, whether 1 cent or cents a
dozen. So with silver. Free coinage
would establish the market price of sill
yer at S1.29, and nobody would sell 1t
for cent less"
Why limit the price of eggs to %
cents and of silver to S1.29? If the rea-
soning is sound, the price In each case
might easily be doubled and the conse-
uuent benefit to the human race CORE
spondingly increased And why stop
with eggs and silver? Why not mark up
the price of evrything you wish to
buy-offer to pay double or treble what
is asked for it and teep on paying that
price to all comers--hold it there?
That's all you have to do-hold it
there. Nobody would sell it for cent
less" says Bryan. so long as you held
il. $50 with silver And the man
who is putting forth such thought as
this is a candidate for the presidency
Of 10000, 900 of people in the closing
year of the nineteenth century!
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23
fine Pensioners Dollar.

"You sAy you want little about the
old soldiers. Well, my friends, the
crisis which is approaching now, the
question before the country now, APP
peals to the old soldiers as much as 1t
did in 1861. an not afraid that any
man who riske2 his life in his nations
behalf Is going to be influenced by the
argurjx6e that are addressed to the
sodieg,. 1. Nv by the financiers," etc.
Mr.. BrySA at Milwaukee, Sept. 5.
Not one word in answer to the ques-
ton whether the purchasing power OF
the moa,hiy pension payments to &c.
900 pensioners would be reduced by the
free coinage OF 10 to l silver dollars
Not q word as to the effect upon pen
sion payments hereafter of the lex
termination of the "200-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.
Make him answer the question one
way or the o;her.-Exchange
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

Notice is given by the acting secre-
tary of agriculture that cattle infected
with the boophilus bowls, or southern
cattle tick, disseminate Texas fever,
and that under the laws relating to
the control OF contagious and infectious
diseases Of animals the regulations of
the bureau of animal industry dated
Feb. 1, 1896, are hereby amended by an
additional section as follows: Cattle
originating outside of the district de-
scribed by the order dated Feb. 1, 1896,
as amended by subsequent orders, and
which are infected with the boophilug
bowls ticks, shall be considered as in
fectious cattle, and shall be subject to
the rules and regulations governing the
movement of southern CATTLE"
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

A correspondent of a London relig-
ious journal solemnly AYERS that 1t is
regular custom" for people in San
Francisco and other hot districts in the
United States to vary their summer
church services in this effective way:
The worshipers get UP and stretch
themselves, and even taze 9 turn out
side, after. the fashion VI the theater
between the acts" The adoption of
"some of these sensible ways" would
cause the churches in England, the cor
respondent thinks, to be generally
filIed, even in spite of the hot weather.
This imaginary picture could have been
made appropriately complete il the
writer had added that while taking a
turn outside" the overheated congre-
cation occasionally shoot a bear or in
dulge in the luxury of brief encounter
with Indians.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

One of the strangest phenomena ever
witnessed in that section is to be seen
upon the farm of Theodore Roberts,
four miles from st. Croix. Ind. Last
spring he planted five acres in pop
corn, and few days ago he noticed
that the shucks were abnormally swol-
len and that the ear seemed to be
larger than when 1t began to ripen,
thing contrary to corn, as shrinkage
is the rule. Mr.. Roberts examined
some of the corn and was rprised
to find that seven-eighths of the grain
had popped open and we're capped with
the white pulp as though they had
been in the fire. The phenomena Is
attributed to the cot weather that pre-
vailed two or three weeks ago. 1t
must have been populist corn field.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

A curious story comes from Balti-
more. A woman called Mrs. Isaac
Asher left her 2-months-old baby in its
cradle while she went out on a neces-
sary marketing trip, and when she re-
turned the baby was dead and had died
in a most unusual manner. Numerous
rats had swarmed up onto the cradle
and gnawed its face, head and neck so
grievcusly that death resulted. This
remarkable story is authenticated by
eminent Baltimore physicians.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23
NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF.


About rs members of the Ohio Bank
ers' association, met in convention at
Dayton.
Three men were instantly killed by
fall of rock in the Latin mine at
Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Bessie Cramer, domestic, attempted
suicide at Massillon, o., because her
lover was arrested.
Over 1900 miners at Corning, o., re-
fused to accept reduction from 81 TO
IS cents, and struck.
A locomotive struck loaded trolley
car at Hazleton, Pa, killing five men
and badly injuring dozen others.
w. T. Rambusch, president of the
Citizens bank at Juneau, Wis, sud
denly disappeared and nearly $1,000
of the banks funds are also missing.
ID. Harry Sollars, of Cripple Creek,
Colo, shot and killed Cleo Russell,
aged, 10, and then shot himself, in a
house of poor reputation at Cincinnati.
Two passenger trains collided near
Swansea, 5. c., the wreck caught fire
and three trainmen were burned to
death, and a dozen persons badly hurt.
Three firemen were killed and six
badly injured by the collapse of an up
per floor at a stubborn fire at the
at Montreal.
James Cowie, proprietor of a saw
mill near Sanduslly, o., was struck by
a flying splinter from a log he was
saving and instantly killed. His son
was Frustrated and it is feared he
will die.
The elegant passenger steamer Col
umbia, struck rock near Redhouse,
on the Ohio river and sank almost i'm
mediately. The passengers escaped in
yawls. The steamer was valued at
$4,000.
p. J. 2. lyman, the Irish American
alleged dynamiter arrested at Boulogne
sur-Mer, France, has been released,
the British authorities producing no
evidence proving him to be one of the
Phoenix park murderers.
Last spring the fremen of Port HUI
ron went across the river TO Sarnia to
help the department of that city TO eX-
tinguish fire which threatened TO de-
stroy the place. In recognition OF this
service the council of Sarnia has pre-
scented the Port Huron boys n solid sill
yer water service.
At the camp of w. II. Kennedy, near
Mena, Ark, disastrous explosion oc-
Cured. The men were working ia
loose rock, and they had difficulty in
getting blast planted right and were
using steel drill which threw spark
from it igniting the powder, and
causing the explosion which threw
dirt, rocks and men as far as 100
yards. Six men were killed outright.
Gov. Rich has pardoned James
Sweeney, sent from Grand Rapids, Jan.
3, 1892, for 10 years for attempted Grim
inal assault; also Jesse Jesse Carter,
sent from Berrien county, Feb. ., 1898,
for Is years for mauslaughter.
Sweeney's identity was established by
the unsupported testimony of Il Negro,
who has since confessed that he swore
falsely. Carter, who was but 10 years
old, struck Smith Mccoy in free-for-
all fight at political meeting. After
Mccoy was down others kicked him,
and his neck was broken. The pardon
board thinks that Carter was made u
scapegoat by the guilty parties.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

The Star woodenware factory has re-
sumed operations at Standish with 195
men, after four months of idleness.
j. A. White and his 1o-year-old son
shot and killed Richard Adams and
VIM. jackson. officers at Columbia, Ga.
who tried to arrest the father. Later
Policeman Roberts went to Whites
home TO arrest him, but was fatally
wounded, and then the entire police
force armed with rifles surrounded
the house. The door was broken in
and White shot dead as he attempted
to escape, but the son slipped through
the crowd and got away.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23
SIXTEEN TO ONE"

Wen coin the silver we have got and
all that We can get.
Wen make the dollar of our dads" a
hummer, you can bet.
Some say twill bust the country, and
the devil be to pay.
In God we trust" well stamp on it,
such luck to keep away.
We're silverites, says l, says we, when
all is said and done,
And We'll coin the bloomin silver.
boys,
At sixteen to one.
Ana furthermore. to set the pace and
spite the goldbug crew
And prove that We are patriots and
show what we can do,
Well copper coin and place the stamp
upon our bloom!n brass
or we have got no cents tsense) at all,
we've got no end of brass).
So braseyites we are, says l. Just let
us make the nun,
And we'll coin our bloomin brass, my
boys,
At sixteen to one.
And with the iron and steel we find
wherever we may rove
Well coin the lucky horseshoe and the
old cracked cooking stove.
And when we've cleaned these SCRAP
heaps up, wen turn ourselves
about
And set the furnaces ablaze and run
the pig iron out.
Pigites we'll be, says l. says we, anu
then We'll have some fun
AS We coin the bloomin 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 off buds and
have some royal jags.
or 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 pulpulists 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.
w. E. s.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

The recent eclipse of the sun made an
opportunity for the Japanese to give
additional evidence Of their right ~ be
called the Yankees of the orient. This
evidence was in he form of a pleas
antTy that appeals to western love of
wit. The Japanese newspapers COM
mended the eclipse for coming and 60
ing on time, therein differing from the
majority OF scheduled occurrences in
Japan"
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

During the las: Szeaty years the
total acreage of ia devoted to the
grov'ih u cotton in me southern states
has ce.' more than doubled; but pro-
duction has been increased in a still
greater proportion. There has been a
wonderful Improvement in the meth
DDS of cotton farming as well as in the
extent of cotton lands. While the acre
age has increaged 1913 per cent in
twenty years, Nd tsoauct has increased
1873 per cent. FhAfS75'tha average yield
per acre was 30 pounds. in 1895 the
average yield Sad increased to 26O
pouuda @
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

A man was horsewhipped in Sayville,
N. Y, the other day by his wife because
he would stay out nights. All the wom-
en- spectators applauded and not man
said a word Was it case Of guilty
conscience?
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

Suppose" says the Rev. Sam Jones
of Geo. gia, the government owned all
the gristmills in this country and con
gress should enact law that all corn
should be ground by the government
mills free and that while corn was
worth but is cents bushel the govern
ment would stamp the sacks OF meal
so that 1t would bring so cents bushel
and do this for nothing. 1t is a very
hard matter to keep meal above the
price of corn"
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

There is a vast difference between
a shrewd business man and a swind-
Ter, but the public is not apt to notice
it when the latter is successful.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

If you envy a rich man, try to get
position where you can watch while
he stands off beggars and swindlers
for a few weeks.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

After you are up the ladder the loads
you carried will generally claim the
credit of having done a whole lot Of
boosting.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

II 30 Pounds of Wheat Made Bushei
would you have any more wheat. or
could you buy any more food, clothes or
implements with tho proceeds of YOUR
crop than you do now?
II so cents were dollar, would yorr
crops bring you any more OF the thingo
that you need than you get now.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

There is no improperly about iudg'
ing a mans wife by the condition If
the clothes he wears.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

Quite a reputation for wisdom cen be
accumulated by mingling in only So
Getty that knows less than you do.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

The happiest people in the world are
those who can take large interest in
small things.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

Every man imagines that all he
needs is cAs9c4s.As rfa-4A=1.~
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

The Pirgree potato patch scheme has
also proved a great success in Ger
many. 49,
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23
YALE,

Two-thirds of humanity are Mentally
cross-eyed.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23

No man-eyer became great by repeat
ing THAT ne, had heard.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-23
GRAIN, ETC.
REVIEW oT TRADE.

sDetroit Timothy hay, 10. Potatoes. C
Live chickens, 0ssc; turkeys, Sc; ducRs, &C
Eggs, ltc. Butter. creamery lie. dairy, liiic
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HIS PARENTS FAULT.
And, Come to Think of 1t. the Owning of
Chi DIR Is ~ X spoasibility.

Chi DIR Is n X sponsibility.
From the Chicago Post.
The young man admitted that he had
children, and the real estate man
frowned and shook his head.
I'VE are very particular in regard TO
that building" he said at last, land
/ am afraid l cannot let you have the
fiat"
Il am very sorry" returned the young
man meekly, land 1t seems rather hard
that man should be made to suffer
for what is no fault of his own. but /
suppose II can't be helped"
The real estate man looked sur
prised.
You see." explained the young man,
II wasn't given fair chance, for
never was told i'm my younger days
that IL was wrong to have children. or
that there was any penalty attached.
l supposed il was all perfectly natural
and proper. but l presume the enormity
of the offense is fully explained in all
the schools now"
Really, I"
Then | had a very bad example set
me right in the family" interrupted
the young man, "for my parents had
children. IL seems remarkable, doesn't
IL? But it's a fact: and they were held
TO be very estimable people, too. | was
taught to revere them, and naturally 1
fell into the error of supposing that
there was nothing unlawful or opposed
TO public policy about IL, and so l mar
ried. and now l find myself in such
disrepute that l can't get the kind of
fiat | want. l suppose it's all right,
but you must admit that IL seems rath-
er hard on a man who has always
aimed 10 be good citizen"
MY deaG sir. you"
"Now / think of IT," broke in the
young man again, Il suppose your pa
rents We're guilty of the same offense.
l do not see how you can successfully
deny Il. Now. sir. l would like to ask
you IL you think II is fair for a man TO
expect his tenants to be more accept
able than his parents?"
Il was about to say, when you inter-
rupted me" returned the agent, that.
under the circumstances. l am pre-
pared to suspend the rule regarding
children and let you have the fiat"
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The marriage of Cherry Ripe" took
place last week. The original of Mil
lais' picture was Miss Amy Ramage.
the daughter of a near kinsman OF w.
l.. Thomas. Mr. Thomas saw her at
her children's ball in her immortal mob
cap. bib and fuckers. Instantly recog-
mixing her value from n pictorial point
OF view, he carried her of next morn
ing TO see Millais. who was so captiva-
ted that he set to work at once on the
canvas which proclaimed the face and
costume of the dainty miss > the ends
OF the earth. Miss Ramage is now
about to marry a spanish gentleman
Of position and will transfer her pecu-
LARRY English type Of beauty to the
Manillas.
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SCARED THE BRITISH AWAY.
shrewd Trick of Maryland Patriot
Which Repulsed the Enemy.


Which Repulsed the Enemy.
From the Baltimore Sun.
During the exciting times of the
American revolution, the eastern
shore, while many were true patriots
and thoroughly believed in and upheld
the cause of American liberty, was yet
a hothed for tories, who as firmly. de-
Tended what they claimed to be the
rights of the king. The region known
as "Seasides." which extends along the
western shore of Synepuxent bay, was
particularly well supplied with the ad-
herents of George Ill
A great-grandfather of George w
Purnell, now a prominent member of
the bar. was stanch defender of AM
erican independence and a commission
ed officer in the militia, but owing to
the depredations frequently committed
along the seaside and about his own
home. known as Fairfield farm, it be-
came necessary to remain there to pro-
tect his property. The tories about
the country acted as pilots for the Brit
ish soldiers, who frequently came in
boats through the inlet at Chinco-
league and up the SynepuXent bay, the
prosperous farms along the shore Of
fering an excellent field for their raids
For the most part these farms We're
unprotected. and the local tories would
guide the soldiers to those houses where
they would probably get the most
booty.
IL is told of Mr.. Purnell that early
one morning, while looking over his
farm and standing on hill which
commanded a view of the hay, he saw
several boat loads of redcoats making
their way toward his own shore. He
went to his house and summoned q
dozen negro men about him and armed
them with long cornstalks. Mounting
an old gray horse. he marched his bat
talon down behind the hill. always
keeping out of sight of the approach
ing British. As soon as he reached the
| foot of the hill on the inland side he
called a halt and gave orders for his
men. He stationed himself at the brow
| of the hill. so that the head Of his no
/ BILE charger could be seen by the men
/ on the bay. Then came the order for
his battalion to march i'm review. In
an unbroken line around and around
/ the hin they marched, with their corn
/ stalks glistening in the sun. His IL
men made a fine showing and the ef-
I feet on the raiders was magical The
/ distance magnified the number They
say the army and precipitately fled.
/ The fame Of the valorous old gentle
man has been handed down TO the
| present generation.
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The Pugilist's Write.


From Puck.
sBroozer SAYS you are a coward. -
said the eminent pugilist's private sec
rotary 10 the eminent pugiist. shall
YOU ignore him.
I shall" was the reply. delivered in
a very determined tone. Get out
your typewriter and l viii begin at
once"
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AS tight as Dicks hatband" origi-
mated in the days OF Richard Crom-
well. son Of the great oliver. who. in
the humorous parlance Of the time.
found the crown So tight that he could
not put IL on his head.