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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-23
Trains from. Philadelphia and Ee,O YORK.

Leave Lambertvile for Pennington 8 Al A IN, 10
and 500 m, weekdays.
Arrive Pennington GIG M 2.5s and $40 M
weekdays.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-23

They nave Deen tebchlng the people thab
because the prices of wheat and other things
have fallen about one half since 1.-The 30 called
demonetization year. 1871 have shown why
those prices have fallen-tt Ia not equitable
that debtors should be held 10 pay more than
half the amount of their debts In gold, that
they should be released In correspondence
with the decline Of prices, and that IL would
therefore be right to reduce by free silver
coinage the value Of the debt paying money
by one-half.
Subject the principle to simple test When
contract q debt. owe what ID 10 mutually
understood that am TO pay. Our whole bust
ness life and social fabric. all human inter
course, rests upon the binding force Of such
understandings Unless Ii be expressly under
stood, has the debtor the slightest right or
reason to demand that the creditor shall be
satisfied with q less amount In payment II
wheat or cotton or something else had mean
while declined In priceG II So would not the
creditor also have the right to demand that
the debtor should pay more In proportion IL
wheat or cotton or something else meanwhile
had risen In pricep II neither of them had
thought of proposing or of accepting 80 adven-
turous O contract. how can such claims DO JUS
titled II based upon a mere secret mental res
ervation an arbitrary afterthought? Is 1t
not monstrous that such an assumption should
be taken as a warrant for the reduction at
ono sweep Of NIL debts by dobasement of the
standard Of valuef
And YET he who has watched the free coin
ago agitation knows that Just this appeal to
debtors is one Of Its main allurements. Listen
TO their speeches. road their literature and you
meet ever recurring-now In soft spoken cir
cumlocution, now In sly suggestion. now lin
the language Of brazen oynicism--the promise
that free coinage will enable tho debtor to get
rid of his obligations by paying only part Of
them. 1t is a scheme of wanton reputation
of private as well as public debts, mob as II we
could not pay In full, but because we would
prefer not TO pay in fuil-the practice resorted
to by the fraudulent bankrupt-and this sano-
toned by law, as part of our national policy.
The Coming Verdict.
Fellow citizens, think this out. 1t is u grave
matter-a matter of vital import to the exist
ence of this nation. The father who teaches
such moral principles to his children educates
them for fraud, dishonor and the penitentiary.
The public men who teach such moral princi-
Piles to the people educate the people for the
contempt and adherence Of mankind. The
nation that accepts such moral principles can
not live. II will rot to death In the ioathsoms
stew of its own corruption. II the nation ac-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-23

TIse Test In All Their Games Is the Ability
TO Bear Pain-In italian Prisons Surgeons
Are Always In Demand 10 Patch Up the
-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-23

But we are told that tho Bryan panic cannot
last forever; that finally the business of the
country will adjust itself to the silver basis !;
that then unrest will cease, and that confidence
and prosperity will return. No, the unrest
will not cease. for with the establishment of
the silver basis will come tho disappointment
OF those who brought it on.
The ultimate result is not at all uncertain.
After period Of infinite confusion, disaster.
humiliation, suffering and misery the Amer
lean people will at last regain sanity Of mind
and arrive again at some very simple conclu-
sions: That, II you call peck bushel, you
viii have moro bushels, but not more grain;
IL you call foot yard. you win have more
yards, but not more cloth; II you call q square
rod an acre, you will have moro acres, but
not more land. and If you call 90 cents or
cent or q bit of paper. a dollar, you will
have more dollars, but not more wealth--in-
deed, great deal less chance for wealth. for
you will have far less credit, because far less
honesty. We shall then have learned again
that the wit Of man cannot-although insanity
tries very hard-inyent an economic system
under which everything you have to sell win
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04

improve his condition. increess d the de.
mands on his friendship and good M.
ture. With larger means b became
even less thrifty thaa eeeeue, and his
warm. generous nataM e1eried him into
greater difficulties. z epsapirso that
there was shortage ID biz accounts.
There was publicity. asd huniliaticn.
The man was sensitive. lle could not
bear disgrace. He went away from
home. and one day his dead body was
found in ditch. This 10 the.story OF the
life OF a well meaning man.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04
ELEANOR'S LETTER

Jack is going away for trip. and he
may look you up. Jack says he is get
ting tired OF Lincoln and longs to get
away for . change. He says the most
characteristic thing in Lincoln is the
kid whistle" That's what he calls. the
curfew. He says he wouldn't be sur
prised if the council would pass an or
dinance that would compel every man,
woman end child to attend church
every Sunday evening. That would be
inconvenient for Jack and me-
Miss Washer, Of Grand leland. came
down to see Richard Mansfield at the
Funke opera house last Saturday. She
remained over Sunday. the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. Lew Marshall Miss Wasmer
has always been popular in Lincoln and
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04

her friends are sorry that her music
keep her at home so closely. Mr.. Ash
ton Of Grand Island. also spent Sunday
here.
Do you remember how the Pleasant
Hour people used to flock together"
at the theatre! They used to always
sit in the same section. and Jack says it
used to sound like a magpie's debating
society. Saturday night, whether by
accident or design, l do not know, lot
Of these people had seats together,
as in the days Of auid lang syne. Those
that recall are Mr.. and Mrs. Lew
Marshall, Miss Washer. Sam Low, Miss
Marie Marshall, =. p. A. Clough, Miss
Mae Moore. Joe Mallalieu, Miss Mae
Burr. Matt Baldwin. Miss Latta and
Ray WEIGH. The Dorgans and
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04
NANCY COBB'S DEATH.

Maxey NJ. Cobb, treasurer of Lancae-
ter county, was found dead in a ditch by
the side OF a road not far from tho peni.
Tertiary at o'clock yesterday Thurs
day] afternoon.-Stat Journal.
A young man started in life with all
those qualities which induce friendship
and regard. He was open hearted, gen.
erous. kindly. He cherished his friends.
and fcrgaye his enemies. There was
nothing mean or small about him. He
liked to do things il a large way. He
liked to be free and easy. He lived to
the age Of forty years. For twenty years
he was good fellow. the good natured
man, always ready to help friend.
judgment seldom stayed the hand of
generosity. He acted from the heart and
not from the head. Lack Of firmness
was his greatest fault.
His free and easy manner of living led
him into difficulties. He became in
vOlved. He was elected to lucrative
Office. This. instead OF helping him to
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Shore Acres" is play that nobody
will regret seeing. Not only he hab-
itual theatre-goer, but even the occa-
sional patron OF the theatre makes amis-
take il he doesn't see this strong, dram
attic representation Of life down in
Maine" The company, under Henry c..
Miners direction, is a large one and
every person in the cast is capable.
Shore Acres will be seen in Lincoln
April 10th.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04
AN ACCIDENT.

The COURIER is very sorry to learn
that Mr.. Frank Cook while out shooting
ducks was shot in the foot by an acct
dental discharge OF his gun, making il
necessary to amputate the fourth toe.
Mr. Cook is still at MInden where he
will stop until able to travel which his
many friends hope will be soon.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04

UNION SAVINGS BANK BUILDING.
Below is a cut OF the new building
now in course OF erection for the Union
Savings bank. This building vas de.
scribed in last weeks COURIER. 1t is To-
Gated on Eleventh street opposite the
Capital hotel.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04
TRY THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mrs. DEMOREST'S

1t prevents the hair from turning
gray or falling out, makes il
grow and cleans the scalp better
than a shampo. Mrs. Demorest
treats the hair by the newest
electrical method She is the
only one in the city who does. At
Herpolsheimer's.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04
LAWN RENTS.

Lawn rents are due April l. All de-
linquent taxes not paid by that date
water will be shut of and extra penalty
added. j. w. PERCIvAL,
Water Commissioner.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04
flowers
One day more

Today we will continue to give away
blooming plants. Only few OF the
lilies left and We can get no more. You
are invited.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04

c saarn OF OF E Ease.s1as. IS.
We. the officers o; the above PANIED
bank. do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true. to the beet OF our
knowledge and belief
H. T. FOLSOM. Acting Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 81 day Of April, 1896.
[sEAL.l r. o. WILLIAMS,
Notary Public.
COrrect-Attest:
W. L. DAYTON, Directors.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04


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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04
POE, the photographer I52 \ III

Is doing the bes and finest work in the city and his
prices the most reasonable. Call at the studio
and examine the work and be convinced. Remember the
place
1872 .. 18th st.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15

like home" said Nellie. though Miss Ans
ME and Mr.. Parrot were very good 70
me. But love New Orleans and had 70
come back. You know, If you once drlnE
Mississippi water, you can't stay away
from it,"
Then Nellie grew reminiscent and spoke
OF old days in Louisiana and the famous
cuisines of that time. She remembered
seeing her mother cooking over the greas
open fireplaces of bellum days ana
preparing the most delightful menus.
don't know how she ever did II" sara
Nellie. Then there was so much prelim-
mary work; so much time spent in reaeh-
ing results. For instance in COOKING
daube, my mother used to put 1t on early
In the morning and let 1t cook slowly los
hours. When it was done you could cus
1t like cream, and it was delicious. bue
all that has changed now. l am coola
Of to-day, and have taken all that was
good OF my mothers day and the best OF
ours, and think that the secret OF sue
cess. We cook daube just as well in TINS
day, but we don't take all that time. we
rush matters a little more"
And, as the reporter rose to go, she
said, with a sincerity and earnestness thas
came from the heart: mo, there Is no
place in the world that can compare with
Louisiana cooking, except Paris, ana Wa
can do just as well here as the COOKS az
there"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15
CUSTAvE ECKSTEIN g. CO.

have often prepared sole a la cardinale
from founders here, but never ventured
on the real sole l think that we may do
1t now with perfect safety. Just take the
fillets tenderloins of the founder and prt
pare them as the English do the sole and
your finest Engllshman cannot tell the
difference. In Paris they serve all fowls
with the feathers on. 1t is peculiar GUS
TOM but the bird is so beautifully dressed
that even with the feathers it looks ap-
petizing, while without them-ah, they arc
delicious. The Parisians also know how
to make the most delightful entrees.
Strange to say, in the way of meats they
eat very little mutton, but are partial to
fine game. The poorest Partisan has wine
on his table three times day.
we had some right nice cooking in
the Isle of Wight, where Miss Howard
went during the summer, and also at
Hastings, where we lived in a houseboat.
We went to Hastings for Cup day. and
It was here Miss Howard met Mr.. PARROT.
He is one of the finest gentlemen 1 ever
saw. Wherever we went in England the
people seemed to regard me as something
out OF the ordinary. / suppose it was my
dark skin. Everyone thought that l had
come from India, and people would stop
me to ask where learned my good Eng
lish. They were surprised at the Enc.
lish / spoke, and still more so when / told
S Sieli Sliet ivaiueu IL Ilgnt down here in
New Orleans, In dear old America. When
we went to Paris, the people stared ana
ladies' would ask, where did that Fast
Indian woman learn to speak French SO
well? And again l would answer this
time in French. In New Orleans. mar
was once a child Of France They SEEM
ed TO forget that Louisiana once belong
ca 10 france and that, along with The
art OF cooking, we kept our pure French
language"
Atter MISS Howard married, Nellie said
that she determined TO come back 10 New,
orleans. Indeed, she had not gone with
from her old home. There Is no plaee
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15
Welded ON a SICK BED.
Il. III. PIummer of Augusta Married
TO Miss Annie Green.

Augusta. Ga, Dec. A.-Miss Annie
CIR cen of Columbia, daughter of j. H.
Gre en- of the South Carolina and Georgia
railway, was married. here this afternoon
to E. II. Plummer. manager of the Airing
ton no tel. The wedding was to have taken
place ian. u, but Mr.. Plumfner became
very i'll and yesterday his fiancee and her
mother arrived here, having been tele-
graphed for. DR.. Coleman, who was at
tending Mr.. Plummer, pronounced his
case most serious. Miss Green made up
her MIND to marry her betrothed at once
and ET @. @. Williams of st. PauPs
church was called in. The wedding took
place at the besidee. The groom was too
i'll to set up in bed and hau to be propped
up. When the ceremony was half through
he had an attack of heart trouble, and the
service was delayed sons minutes until
physicians had ADMINISTERED powerful
stimulants. Then the ceremony proceeds
ed again. 1t is now thought that Mr..
Plummer will recover At any rate his de-
voted wife will be at his bedside Miss
Green was, one of the most beautiful young
women in the capitol Mr.. Plummer is
o ne of the best known hotel men in the
south.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15

RATS DEVASTATE AN ISLAND,
Eat Even the Grass-NO Chance to
Get RID of the Pest.

From the London Daily News.
Some years ago Reeds Island, in the
estuary Of the Humber, was reclaimed
from the sea. The island is about six
hundred acres in extent, and until recent
ly it was noted for the excellenle of its
pasturage which was capable of sup
porting about 5000 sheep. To-day there
is not sufficient grass upon the island to
feed a rabbit.
Some months ago 1t was invaded by
rats Every attempt to rid the island
of the rodents has proved unsuccessful
The island is surrounded by earthen
banks ten feet in hight to keep out the
sea, and about a month ago sluices were
fitted into the banks, and for some time
the island was Hooded. The rats resent
ed the treatment to which they were SUB
jected by squeaking and sharing, and
then betook themselves to the mainland
a diversion in which they indulge every
night, although 1t neceSsitates a swim OF
500 yards each way.
A scheme of wholesale shooting was
next put into operation, but its success
was not such as to lead the commissioners
of the Humber conservancy to continue
It. land the rats are stlll masters of the
situation. The appearance Of the ground
Is that OF a newly ploughed field, so thor.
oughly Is the island burrowed and The
earth thrown up.
The unwelcome visitors to Reeds Isl-
and differ In appearance from the ordin.
airy water rat. The tail and hindquarters
are similar, but the head and ears ere
said rather to resemble those of the cavy
The coat Is soft and furry and a>tawny
hue, not unlike that OF the species Of raj
the breeding OF which for me sake OF ifs
skin H., In some places, an Industry.
There are millions OF these rats on tie
island. aud az they only eat grasses. roots
and tubers the chances OF carrying OF
the pests BY poison are very predetermined.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15
COUNTRY MERCHANTS FAIL.
Their Asserts Placed at $4,000 and
Their Liabilities at $4,000.

jackson, Miss, Dec. 14-The Davis-El-
lis Company, one of the biggest mercantile
firms IN this part of the state, doing bust
ness at Terry nd Stems Greek, filed an
assignment here to-day, placing their as
sets at $50, 600 and their liabilities at $4,000.
The Jackson and Capital State banks of
this city are preferred for 5000 and Sc 600
respectively. Other preferred creditors
are home people, there being about 100
mentioned in sums from 50 to $500 each.
The low price of cotton and poor collec-
lions are given as the reason of the failure.
w II. Barnes and ]. w. Grantham are the
assignees.
Bradley Brothers, a small concern of
jackson, also assigned to-day, naming j.
r. Lester as assignee. The liabilities are
S5O0
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15

MO, JETARY CONFERENCE.
senane's Special Commfstee Holds n
Short Session.


Washing ton, Dec. 14.-'rhe special COM
mittee apr ,ointed by Senator Sherman,
chairman of the republican senatorial
caucus, to, devise legis laton for action at
this session of congress looking to an in
ternationaf monetary conference, held it's
first meeting this morning, with Senators
Walcott chairman, Chandler. Hoar, Gear
and Carter present. The meeting was in
formal, and no action Of any kind was
taken, owir q to meetings of other COM
mittees, of which some of the senators are
members, ( he meeting was short 1t is
hoped that at the next sitting a tentative
plan, at lea st, will be submitted, for it
is the intent ion to prepare a bin as speed
lily as possib le and submit it to the repub-
lican caucus A canvass of the Senate
has been made, and It is said that this
shows that the silver boiling republicans
will not anita gonize the proposed measure,
and that many of the democratic silver
men will support it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15

"A NEW POSTAL SCHEME.
House to House Collections and |
sales of Stamps.

Washington, Dec. 14.-Postmaster Gen.
eral Wilson has extended the house-to-
house collection and delivery system so
as to provide for the sale of postage and
special delivery stamps by letter carriers
by means of the house collection and de-
livery boxes and an official stamp selling
envelope has been approved to carry this
project into effect. This is substantially
the plan in which one of the late assist
ant postmaster generals became interest
ed, and in order TO be free to promote IL,
resigned his official position The new
order will be tested in Washington at once
and extended as soon as practicable to the
following southern cities, Atlanta, New
Orleans, Richmond and Vicksburg
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15
COERCION OF THE sultan.
Fleets of England, France and Rus
STA May Act in Concert.


London, Dec. H.-The Chronicle will to-
morrow publish a dispatch from Rome
saying that LoLrd Salisbury recently in
quired as to what the attitude Of Italy
would be in the event of France, Russia
and Great Britain intervening conformity
in Turkey
The dispatch adds that Italy promised
TO support the three powers should they
was put to Germany, which as yet has not
intervene.
1t further states that a similar question
replied to it, although it is expected that
her answer, when made, will be favorable
if Italy and Austria acquiesce. In that
case the fleets of France, Russia and
Great Britain will enter the Helespont
and Bosphorus. Unless the reforms prom
ised by the sultan are Immediately af-
fected NJ. Nelidonf, the Russian ambassa-
dor to Turkey will present an ultimatum
to the porte
The Daily News has advices similar to
the foregoing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15
LAMP BURSTS IN A STORE.
RumOrs That Lives Were Lost I'm the
Fire That Follows.

Altoona, Pa. Dec. 14.-Fire broke out in
Morrow, at Eleventh avenue and Twelfth
street, tonight at 7:3O o'clock, and was
not gotten under control until after Ii
o'clock. The fire was caused by an ex-
ploding lamp, and at a time when the
store was crowded with customers
Rumors are current that several lives
were lost, but up to this writing nothing
to confirm the reports has been learned
The Morrow building was completely de-
stroyed, along with several other bust
ness houses. The loss win aggregate
$125,OO0. The insurance is two-thirds of
the loss.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15
rwATsoN's FIGHT ON BLACK.
He Thinks the Republicans owe Him
a Debt of Gratitude.

Washington, Dec A-Tom Watson's
contest against Congressman Black is to
be taken up by the election committee
Jan. s. 1t is said that Mr.. Watson's
friends make the claim that the middle
of-the-road populists. of which faction
Watson was the leader, did as much to
defeat Bryan as the sound money demo-
Gratis, and, therefore. the republican par
ty should feel gratified to Mr.. Watson and
give him Congressman Blacks seat The
republicans are not committing themselves
on the subject further than to say that
Mr.. Watson will be given every oppor-
tunity to present his case fully before the
committee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15
Cut by a Tomato Can.

Rome, Ga, Dec. A-Charlie. the Swear
old son of j. f. Davis, was badly injured
to-day by the explosion of a tomato can
which he was packing with powder. The
sharp edge of the can cut the right side
of his face and the forehead and cheek to
the bone. 1t just missed putting out an
eve
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15
SOUTH DAKOTA's ELECTORS.
The Court Declines to Comply With
Demand of the Republicans.

Pierre, S. D., Dec. 14.-In the mandamus
case of Richard j. Wood versus the state
canvasslng board, demanding certificates
for the republican electors on the partial
canE ass, the court has refused a writ
holding that the board has right to adj
journ in order to secure further returns
and to make a complete canvass. This
gives the electors to BRYAN.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15
PRIV ATE BANKERS FAIL.
Heavy Withdrawals of Deposits the
Cause of Their Trouble.

Edwardsville, Ill.,, Dec ll.-The banking
house Of John A. Prickett & Son of this
City made an assignment to-day. The
causes assigned Ina the notice posted are
heavy cash Withdrawals during the panic
times ana the long continued illness of
The senior partner. The assets ana la.
bilitles are not stated,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15
Fire at Dublin.

dublin, Ca, Dec. 1.-THE Turlinoton
,l', az this place was partially destrovod
a., ~ s,Ie last night. There was little N anv
tested for the first time in actual ~ We" .a.
We we, me FIRE was put ont after two rnne,.
, ,,',',,. han been consumed. leaving ne
hiophn hoor Intact. This Is regarded az n
FiNu'eatlon u The water works eveten,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15

He Had Been in the Book Business
i'm One store 5S Years.
Mobile, Ala, Dec. 14.-John K. Randall,
aged 81. native of Troy, N. Y, and for
the past seventy-five years a resident of
this city, died tonight. He had been in the
book and stationery business at one stand
for ffty-eight years, but a the time of his
death had retired from active business. He
was an esteemed citizen and is survived by
wife. son and daughter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-15

-One of the early Duchesses of MariDo'
rough, the Duchess Henrietta, was pas
sionately attached to congreve, the play
wright, who for a long time dined at her
table daily. When he died. In 49, tn0
duchess had llfe-size image made ca
actiy resembling the dead dramatiat, anu
this efiigy, 40 the gossips said, was ~,
ways placed on the seat formerly me- w
Congreve himself A cover was inVa,"
bly, laid at dinner for "Mr. congreFe'