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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-10-17

Aesops fables. A farmer was build
chicken house and fox happened along
and told the farmer to go about his
blowing and he would take care Of the
chickens. we foxes understand the
chicken business he said. These f1nan-
ciers if allowed to run the finances of
this government; would attend to them
the same as the fox did to the chickens.
daughter and applause.) I will give
you this principle for your guidance, if
you have a lawsuit never hire your
opponents attorney. If you are in busi-
ness don't submit to the man whose in
terests are antagonis:lc to your own. No
judge is allowed to pass on a case in
which he himself is interested. You can
readily understand the reason for this.
Human nature shows it to you.
Suppose the president calls J. Pier
pont Morgan before him and asks for
his opinion on the financial question, as
to which Is better, gold or silver. Mr..
Morgan will say I know the gold STAN
dard requires the issuance Of bonds and
I know that I made several millions Of
dollars through this, but will not allow
a little thing like few million dollars
to affect my judgment when called upon
20 tell what is best for the people,
Gaughter.) The president will answer,
Yes Mr.. Morgan, know that you have
no selfish interest, no silver mines to be
benefited, no debts to pay nor are you a
gan, you are a patriot and a financier
and no amount Of money could turn your
Judgment daughter and jeers.)
what do you think of condition like
that when we are to go to the f1nanciers
who profit by the governments neces-
sites, to the money changers to &c; dis
interested advice. And yet some will
insist they only have the intelligence and
patriotism to settle the question. Re-
member that the f1nancier thinks only for
himself and not for you. You can vote
as you please; he has no right to inter-
fere with you there (Applause.)
my friends, the laborlng men and
farmers know what the gold standard
means. The farmer knows that it means
falling prices and hard times. You on
the shore of the great lake, at the gate
way through which flows the products
of the western fields, know that when
there is depression among the farmers
there is no prosperity among those who
buy of the farmers. You laborlng men
know that when the dollar is rising in
value investment does not pay and in
dustry does not prosper. The gold STAN
dard means hard times and no party ever
declared that hard times are desirable.
The Morgan syndicate and other COM
bines make great fortunes out of hard
times They control the gold and cause
the stock market to flucluate and then
make more money than the producers.
IF thav oOn16 o0ntr01 tho finances fhov
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look to you for defense, then, my friends,
to whom can they look" I say that
Home, Sweet Home should be our battle
hymn, because we ire trying to protect
each home in tnis country from injury
at the hands Of anyone and then, in The
broader sense, we are trying to protect
this home, our country from dO1nina-
alton of foreign financial influence.
MONEY QUESTION PARAMOUNT.
1.-The money question is paramount in
This campaign. Other questions CEN be
settled a: any lilne. The money question
must be settled now. Whenever great
party does as the Republican party has
done, proposes to surrender the right to
legislate on a question of domestic con-
Germ, just so long as tina: question is
before the people, no other question can
approach It in Importance. The Republic
can parry does not say that we can aban-
don the gold standard when we get tired
of it. The Republican pla torn admits
that the people are tired of it now, be-
cause that platform pledges the Republi-
can party to substitute the double STAN
dard. The Republican party, however,
after admitting that the double standard
is better than the gold standard, tells
you that you mus submit to gold
standard until relief comes from abroad.
How long must it be? They set no limit.
Until Is a long word. 'Until may mean
forever, my friends, and I believe that
the man who wrote that platform and
put In the word 'untir never expected
the leading nations to come to our relief,
but expected that forever we should have
the gold standard In our midst.
my friends we have been compelled
to wage warfare against deception Our
opponents have not come out in the open
field. If they had declared that the gold
standard was desirable, their demand for
1t would have been answered by the pro-
test of vast majority of our people who
realize what the gold standard has don't
for them. They understood that they
seek to hold out delusive hope for inter-
national aid, while they fasten the gold
standard more firmly upon the American
people. If our present financial policy is
good, 1t ought to be maintained, If
1t is bad 1t ought to be abandoned, and I
am willing to submit to the candid judg-
ment or the people of this country
whether the effects of that gold standard
have been good
They cast reflections on those who IA
vor free coinage and question the ability
of the people for self government. We
are told that a few ought to do the think
Ing for the many. My friends, ask YOU.
who is better able to act than the peo-
pie themselves? If it had been intended
that few should do the thinking they
would have been given larger brains
than the rest of us, but we have all been
given brains, and understanding and
hearts. We nlaoad In
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well as to elect a president in favor of
the free coinage of silver without waiting
for the aid or consent of any other ma
ton.
WANTS TWO-THIRDS.
GA voice: You won; veto it will
you?")
Mr.. Bryan: II will not, but want you
to have two-thirds, if possible, In both
houses, so that If any change should
come to me, and l should veto it, want
you to have enough votes to pass it over
my veto. Bu:, my friends, you need not
have any fear about my vetoing any
measure which is in harmony with the
platform on which stand. I have been
taught to believe that platforms are
guides to those elected, not merely a
means by which one may be elected, and
you may rest assured that whatever is
in that platform I believe in, and that
no power on earth can prevent me carry
ing that platform out so far as my ability
may go.
II desire to thank organized labor in
this city for having completed the equip
ment, so that am now prepared to sign
that blQl whenever it reaches me with
out depending on anybody else for pen
or ink stand or ink. The golden pen and
the silver holder and the ink presented
tonight shall be preserved, and if by the
suffrages Of my countrymen am placed
in that highest office within the gift of
the people of this world, these things
shall be used for the purpose which they
were intended, and I shall be glad that,
when the deed is done, will be Indebted,
not to hnanciers, not to trusts, not to
corporations, not to syndlcates, but to
the laborlng men for the equipment
my friends, am glad to have the sup
port of laboring men, and will tell you
why. Because, if I am elected by their
votes, all they will ask of me is to do nv
duty to my country and protect every
citizen in the enjoyment of equal rights,
and give special privileges to no man.
(Applause.) If I were elected with the
aid Of those great syndlcates and trusts
and aggregations, when they had elected
me they would expect me to employ all
my time in aiding them 10 get back out
Of the people more than they had con-
tributed to elect me president I thank
the Glee club for singing that song, which
think should be made our battle hymn.
my friends, in this campaign we are
fighting in the defense Of our homes and
our f1resldes, and when the coal trust at
tempts to send its representatives to sit
by your flreside and collect tribute from
you, you remember that song, Home,
Home, Sweet Home and let your ballot
mean that the trusts must be destroyed
and that the people shall be freel from
their unlawful exac:ions. Home, Sweet
Home is the song that you should re-
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NEWS OF THE STATE.

b. 6. Barbour of Burlington, rep
rcsenting Vermont, and \. Spafford
of Havcrhill, representing Massa-
chusetts, are surveying the boundary
line between the two states. They
are making their headquarters for
the present IN Readsboro.
The officers of the Bennington
electric railway company announce
that nothing will be done towards
building the road this season, if ever.
The road was chartered to run from
here to New York state line in Hoo
sick, to connect there with the Hoo
sick electric road.
Arthur Layandro OF Barre has
been arrested and placed in Jail
at Montpelier on the charge of alien
ating the affections of Alice {.
Shepard. wife of a. c. Shepard of
Berlin. Until recently Mr.. Shepard
was Il sclectman and a school direc-
tor in the town of Barre. Mr.. Shop
ard places his damage at $4,000.
The plaintiff and his wife are still
living together. The defendant was
once employed by Mr. Shepard as a
farm hand.
United States Marshal Emery 5.
Harris of Bennington has established
his permanent headquarters at the
United States court house and post
office building in Rutland. This is
in accordance with an act passed at
the last Congress in which the fee
system was done away with and the
office made salaried one. The law
also demands that the marshal shall
have permanent headquarters.
Never in the history of the New
port customs office has the business
been equal to that of the present
time. Entries in railroad ties, lllm-
Der and copper have largely in
creased, the copper ore being mined
at Eustis and Capleton, p. @, and
shipped to smelling works i'll the
United States.
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A Washington dispatch says:

Another big increase in the ex-
ports of American manufactures dur
ing May makes the record for the
fiscal year 1896 the banner year il,
the history of American manufacture
ing exports. The month of May
showed manufacturing exports to the
amount of $22, oI6,9oo, and the IL
months ending with May show such
exports to the amount of $500, 59I,.
6oI. This is an increase of nearly
$40, ooo, 900 over the same II months
of 1895, and already carries the fig
ures for the fiscal year $4,000, 900
higher than any earlier year, with
out allowing dollar tor the exports
of June. If the month of June
merely holds its own the manufact-
uring exports of 1896 will be $a24,-
900, 900, or $40, 200, 900 higher than
in any preceding year.
Such facts as these are ignored by
Mckinley and his tariff shouters
when they call for a reopening of
foreign trade $50 prccipitatclv cut
off by adverse national legislation"
If exports of manufactures are in-
crcasing under the present tariff law,
republican politicians will have a
hard row to hoe in convincing those
interested in this line of foreign
trade that a return to Mckinleyism
is necessary to their continued pros
perity.
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DANA BROTHERS
New York Cash Store.
The Boston Herald's Bicycle Contest.

The bicycle contest to decide
which is the most popular bicycle,
now being conducted by The Boston
Hearld, IS productive of the greatest
of interest to all, and especially to
bicycle riders. Every rider honestly
believes that his particular mount is
the best in the land, and as a result
he will work and fight in its interest
much firmer than if he were paid for
his endeavors. But in this contest it
is purely matter of love, and the
result is that all of the we'll known
machines are now engaged in a sharp
contest for first place. Over 1000
votes were cast in the contest during
the first two weeks OF its progress.
Almost every well known machine
is entered in this contest, which is
proving of greater interest than was
at first anticipated. The method of
conducting the contest is simple to
all. a blank ballot is published in
each edition of The Boston Herald.
The voter cuts out the same, fills up
according to directions, and sends to
The Boston Herald Bicycle Ballot
Box, where it will fall into the hands
of the tellers, who credit to the ma
chine desired. The Boston Sunday
Herald will issue Il Color Section
every Sunday. See that your news
dealer supplies you.
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A Too-Falthful Watch Dog.

J. b. Whipple of Lyndonville,
came into the house the other day
minus large part of his trousers.
He keeps bees, and swarm recent
ly started for the woods. Whipplc
put screen over his head and start
ed in pursuit. AS he disappeared
around the house the family watch
dog appeared, noticed strange be-
ing making for the woods in double
quick style with the appearance of
having something in his possession
that did not belong to him, and fol-
lowed the supposed thlef's tracks.
The dog made fast time, and only
stopped when his nose landed in
Whipple's rear, about midway be-
tween feet and head. The animal
quickly recognized his masters
voice, let go and backed down, but
with him came a large share of
Whipple's clothing. The master
was mad; the dog went off with his
head down and tail between his legs.
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East Barnard.

The body of Uncle Arthur Hath
away of Boston, who died recently,
was brought here last week Thurs
dav for burial. The funeral was
held last Friday at the residence of
his brother-in-aw, E. w. Bartholo-
new, three children and one grand
child being present, who have the
sympathy of all.
The teachers about here are en-
joylng vacation, having closed
their schools.
Miss Mary Paige of Waltham,
Mass, is spending her vacation here
at her fathers.
Arthur Ellis and Dell Campbell
spent last Saturday and Sunday at
their homes IN Tunbridgc.
Chas. Whitcomb and wife of
STAFFORD made short calls on friends
here last Sunday.
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A One Hundred Course Dinner.

At dinner given by tho late
Prince Ratibor there were hundred
courses. The chefs of the prince
We're solcmnly chosen after tho
greatest deliberation and cross eX-
animation. On ono special occasion
it was announced that he was in
need of Il cook, and ten of tho best
shofs duly presented themselves for
the coveted post. They were inform
ed by the prince that each must
serve dinner of his own choice al |
cooking, consisting of ten courses,
to be served tho same evening to
jury of tho best gastronomes ia
Paris, who would eat of each differ
ent dish and then pass judgmen
This programme was carried O
and the palm awarded to Frenc
man who had been chef for man,
years to the Baron HauSsman. A
trip to Marienbad by the whole o.
the jury was the sequel to this ia.
nous dinner of 100 courses. Lon
don Tit-Bits.
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The Discovery Saved His Life.

Mr.. g. Caillouette, Druggist, Bea-
veisville, ILL.,. says: "To DR.. Kings
New Discovery l owe my life. Was
taken with La Grippe and tried all
the physicians for miles about. but
of no avail and was given up and
told could not live. Having DR..
Kings New Discovery in my store,
l sent for a bottle and began its use,
and from the first dose began to get
better. and after using three bottles
was up and about again. 1t is worth
ITS weight in gold. We won't keep
store or house without it," Get a
free trial at A. B. Morgan's Drug
store.
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Rheumatism and Indigo stion,

81 have been troubled with rhcu-
matism and Indigestion, and my
liver also has caused me great deal
of trouble. My food distressed me
and | was bloated. | was treated
by physicians but they did not re-
move the trouble. 1 began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla and Hoods Pills
and have not felt as well for years
as do since taking these medicines.
| recommend them to any one hear
complaining" Mrs. Hiram John
son, Charlotte, VT.
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Bethel.

S. II. Mccullough was in town
the last of this week.
Deacon James ChilCs of Deerfield,
Mass, is spending the summer with
Moses and Ann Sargent.
Miss Incz Hosmer of Lebanon, n.
H., spent the Fourth in town.
Mrs. Mabel Pelleter Of Boston is
with the family of F. L. Martin for
few days.
Rev. V. w. Blackman is spend
ing vacation at Grafton and other
New Hampshire towns.
f. l.. Mcsser was recently at his
home in Rochester.
r.. l.. Abbott of Boston was re-
Gently in town.
Mrs. G.. +. Waldo and Mrs. T.. G.
Waldo were at Montpelier last
week,
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There is we'll in Beadle county,
S. D., which as weather prophet
surpasses some of the modern pro-
fcssionals. For day or two pre-
vious to q storm or high wind the
water assumes an inky hue and
gives off very faint sulphurous
Odor. IL little is put into q glass
and held toward the light, no foreign
substance can be detected, and the
liquid appears cloar, but i'll larger
quantities the peculiar tint is very
marked. just before tho storm sub
sides tho water resumes it,, natural
crystal clearness, and the color dis
appears. Tho indications described
are SO certain to be followed by
storm of some kind, more especially
q high wind, that tho owner has
como to regard his well as an excel
lent indicator of weather.
Tho well is u covered one and 60
feet deep, with 30 feet of water, lift
cd by an iron pump. 1t would hard
ly seem probable that the water at
that depth would be affected by the
atmosphere two days before the
storm developed. Is it not possible
that the conditions which give rise
to storms have their origin in the
earth itself? Perhaps here isa key
to the vexed problem of the Winds
their course, velocity, direction, etc.
Has the presence of the iron pump
anything to do with the appearance
of tho water? If so, why is it ap.
parent only before a storm? Other
wells in that vicinity show similar
tendency, but in less marked de-
gree. In some the water takes on u
yellowish cast, but with no purcep.
tible odor. -Minneapolis journal
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Cure for Headache.

AS a remedy for all forms of
Headache Electric Bitters has proved
to be the very best. 1t effects per-
manent cure and the most dreaded
habitual sick headaches yield to its
influence. We urge all who are
afflicted to procure a bottle, and give
this remedy a fair trial. In cases of
habitual constipation Electric Bitters
cures by giving the needed tone to
the bowels, and few cases long resist
the use of this medicine. Try it
once. Large bottles only Fifty cents
at A. b. Morgan's Drug Store.
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For over FIFTY Sears.

Mis-. WIN5Low'5 SIUrTIINo SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions of moth
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success. II soothes tie child, softens
the gums, allnys all pain, cures wind collie,
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Sold by I'll druggists in every part of the
world twenty-five cents bottle. Be sure
and ash fol Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy-
rup," and take no other kind.
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A Rnnarkahle Casn.

"Hore's sensational elopement
story that is rather remarkable, he
said, looking up from his nowspa.
per.
docs it fail to say that the girl is
beautiful" she asked.
mo. 1t says that she is 'entranc-
ingly lovely, he replied.
"Then what is there remarkable
about it, she inquired.
ut fails to say that she moved in
either AN exclusive set or the
highest circles of society. '"-Chica-
20 Post.
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Protection organs make an excel
lent argument for a low tariff in thcir
talk about tin ore and tin plate pro-
duction in Pennsylvania.
The Tribune reports that ''last
year there was turned out in Penn
sylvania total product of finished
tin and tin-plate of Io4,376,366
pounds, the aggregate value OF
which was $4,e37,Sl9.4a. The
total amount paid in wages was
$I,349,o4S.9o." The report states,
Sin rcfutation of the claim that a
high tariff on tln-platc would make
the price of tin SO high that the con-
sumner could not afford to buy it, that
tin-plate and the articles made there
from are selling to-day for less
money than when the Mckinley law
went into effect" And the New
York World remarks:
"All of which is splendid vindi-
cation of the Wilson bill and of the
Democratic principle Of free raw
material. The Mckinley law taxed
tin-ore four cents pound and tin
plates two and two-tenth cents a
pound. The Wilson law restored
the ore to the free list and reduced
the duty on plate one-half. And
the ''intant industry" has prospered
since as never before.
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DANA BROTHERS
New York Cash Store.

New wash fabrics,
in most attractive
colorings. Prints,Per-
Gales, dimitics, ging-
hams. New cretons
and silkalines Trim
ming buttons, jet and
colors, large and
small, to match. Sep
aratr shirts at 90.
$2.75, $3.50, $3.50.
Silk waists New
dress goods in black
and colors, plain and
novelties. The Naz-
areth aist, the very
best for children.
Try Il Sclvyt Polish
ing cloth; you will
like it.
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The Tribune asks: ''Just what
do the Democratic newspapers in
this city think constitutes strad-
dle;" The Ohio Republican plat
form, put forth as McKinley's own
''keynote," is the best example that
we have in mind.-New York
World.
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co HHISSIONE'RS' NOTICE..
E,tatp of TIlcius w W,lsO,


The undersigned, having been n?paintcd by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
of Hartford. Commissioners to re Give. cX-
anime and adjust all claims and demands of
all persons against the estate of l.. W. vii
S ia g OF Woodstock. in il District, d =
ceased, and all claims exhibited in otfsc, there
to. hereby give notice That we will meet for the
purposes aforesaid at Mrs, l.. W. Vii
sons, IN Woodstock, on the 2jih day
of July and the nth day Of November mex,
from O'Clock Z. NJ. until O'Clock =. ".
on each 4 said days, and that six months
from the 18th day of May, \. ID. 1906. is the
time limited by said Court for said credit
ors to present their claim. to us for exam
nation rn1 allowance.
Dated at Wo al>;ock thi- IN day Of July,
\. u. 1896
.1 3; y, p GIiNSS Commissioners.
MRS. l.. ". WILSON. Admir-.
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Mrs. Dolan-My boy Dinnv is
gittin' to be great Sunday school
worker, bless the heart NV UNI.
Mrs. Nolan-Indadei
"Iis. He has worked free av
thin fer free excursions already. -
Life.
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Barbcr-oay rum on your face,
SIR Nictim-l don't care. I'm
reckless now; but YOU might have
put cocaine on before You began,-
Philadelphia Record. 80,
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"That newly welded couple mex
door do not seem to be on good
terms"
ono; she painted the porch chairs
and forgot to tell him. '-Chicago
Record.
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We are anxious to do little good In
this world and can think of no pleasanter
or better way to do 1t than by rccom-
mending Ore Minute Cough Cure as q
preventive of pneumonia, consumption
and other serious lung troubles that fol-
low neglected colds. A. b Morgan,
Woodstock; Scott Tinkham, Qnechec; l..
j. NJ. Marcy, Taftsvillc.
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'Weren't you surprised when lie
proposed;"
"No. Why should be-"
"Everybody else was.'-Harlcm
Life.
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His Merited Punishment.

II cured Giddington of talking to
mo about his smart little boy"
How did you do it,"
II told him all about the II sum-
mers' experience I have had with
hay fever. ''.-Chioago Record.
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Small IN size, but gre 1t ia results D.
Wits Little Early Risefs ac' ge6tly but
thoroughly, curing indigestion, dyspep.
sia and constipation. Smali pill, safe
pill, hest pill A. b. Morgan, Wood.
stock; l. J. NJ. Marcy. Taftsville; Scott
Tinkham, Quechee.