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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

cd steady and demand fair; { rrober
4 1S-biu4 2O-bi. October and No ysrnber
4 14-u4tti 1861. November and D. .crmber.
lt-1itb 1861. December and January.
ll-0sqi 1864; January and february,
4 H-bft4t ll-b4. FEBRUARY an 4 Marcn,
lO-b+Qi ll-Oi. March and APP H. y-id
ll-Gi. April and May. ll-Gi May ana
June. l--bi. June and Jui y 4 1864,
july and August. 4 li-Oi Fut' Ires steady.
lz.4s h. M.-Amcrican ~ a. grades,
l-lt higher. American mi jdinng, fair,
4 &,-32. good middiing. 10 - niddnns'
A.. iow niodling. 1882. god ordinary.
4 3D. ordinary. 4 3-32.
l.. M.-oclobcr 1864 f2-64, sellers,
October and November, tr-6ffp4 lO-oi'
buyers. November and De Gerber. 1864.
seuors. december ana a. .uai 3. l. -.
sellers. January ana re- T'Jary 4 ll-oi9
4 12-Gf. sellers. febru ary ana March,
( ii-bfu4 I--oi. sellers Aarch ana ApIil,
4 l1-Gf1t 12-Gi sellers April and May,
= ig-.t sellers. May ~ June. 12-6iu
1864 buyers; June End July, l@.o4u
1864: July and Aug H. 1861, sellers.
Futures closed quiet t,Vt steady.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20
Prnnlr,y Transfers

Richmond: John Brauer's heirs TO Philip
ellison and william +. Fray 81 o-ln feet
on Laurel street southwest corner Floyd
avenue. 81 02j.
William Nelson's trustees 10 \. =. Tim
berIake. % feet on east side Nonable street
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth. $50
William IL. Sands special commissioner.
TO Ann G.. wife Of Julius Baker. = feet
on north side Main street, 80 feet east
Of First. 81
Henrico: yolpn y. Harris IN Peter Dick
erson, acres near Mountain road 800.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

ma IN remember the subject OF converse
ton. but the picture OF the Emperor
standing I'm his doorway waiting TO greet
his American visitors has always re,
NAMED with me and always will until
die. | saw him again at the island later
Just five months before his death.
There is only one other thing about
myself that | can think Of that will In
terest you, and that Is that have shaken
hands with every President OF the United
States from John Quincy Adams down 10
Grover Cleyeland.-New York Sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

BALTIMORE. MD. oct. 1o.-F

BALTIMORE. MD, oct 19.-Ftour
strong and higher; western supevnne
s. JOu2 70; do extra, S3.lOQ36J, do, fam
liz. $40. winter what patent, S4.4on
40. spring do. S4.25Q450 spring
straight, S4OOdf1J
Wheat unsettled and higher; spot and
October. SIC. bid. December, Si5sNSJc.
steamer No. red 7sc. bid southern
by sample. S3aS4c.; do. Oh grade, 7ei.N
s. g..
corn strong, spot and October 32n
32ic. new or old. November or Deem
Der. 32032hc.; January, 33n33Ac.; steam
or mixed. 30N3OAc.. southern. 3Ju3J1ac
oats frmcr. No. white. 26d21c.; No
mixed. 22N23c.
Rye strong and higher; No. .. near ~.
42U43c.. No. . western. 4jc.
Hay firm. tending upward, choice tim
Othy $500.
Graln freikhts very active; rates 1rmer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
DFoIr,cpI Xo not 10

Cattle-Receipts. SUJ. sales. 500.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. 900. sales,
400.
Hcgs-Receipts. SUI sales. 600.
Prices: Cattle-Bcst -, 10 4i,c. gross,
medium 10 good. : 20 "'2c. gross. com
mon TO fair, to DC. gross; bulls >
10 2.CO gross.
Sheep TO SIC. gross.
Lambs TO 4Nc gross.
HOgs-4L to 4iac net.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

WASHINGTON, 3D. c. oct. 19.-The
gold reserve at the close Of business
to-day had declined TO Sl2l. 7S7.2Gl. The
DAYS Withdrawals at New York were
$3.50 800
The issue Of standard silver from the
miuts and treasury offices from October
1fd 20 18th was Slyi. 1858. and for the cor
responding period last year was 81 .2S2. 49,.
Tho shipment of fractional silver coin
from october LIST TO 18th aggregated
SSlU ST.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20


In soite OF the fact that this Is the age
OF reason and higher intelligence, nearly
everybody has his pet superstition secret
or avowed. The goddess OF luck sun
has innumerable worshipers who s'efS
to propitiate her by all sorts Of strange
devices. II 3 not often. however. that
human sacrifices are offered up on ner
affairs as is reported to have been the
case recently at Jasper, Ca, "netc 4
father. with his son az al, accompiice' -
accused us numbering his daughter lie
10 IN foot. alleged 10 nave confessed the
crime and t. have giver az his motive
desire eco huge his luck IL Is hkeiy
that nj, desire viii be 6ratihed ana mat
his luck will he changed-for the worse.
A ,ight cravat OF hemp tel around ri'
neck nv the sheriff will furnish q saiu-
,ar,, object lesson TO other fathers VINO
NAV be inclined 10 change their luck oy
sacrificing their offspring 20 the diV'ni'y
- fortune. The Georgia tragedy mas
narollel In the free-silver movement
,,.hJch nroposes 20 sac."pce tie interests
- millions OF people n order TO eh1nss
H. nrck" OF it's .dvocates. me con'i'',
.,,n refuse 10 allow itself TO De U.s.
90 its own disadvantage 20 oe''er We
so.,nnes ~ the strange political como,na-
49,, ,bat is following at the heels OF sir-
ON Like the Georgia ii'i-
:, n,,n nod that its effort TO chahse 10
rrckD will result only In us ue"'" W."
,ont-Baltlmore Sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20
cu1cAcn LIVE sTocK MARKET

Union STOCK YARDS. ILL. oct
I9.-Cattle market firm and steady; re-
ceipts nominal
Hogs-Receipts a1--J; prices firm and
about UNCHANGED: p-ss S22J12.jj
Shcep-Receipts. y, 600; market steady
and firm.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

The annual meeting Of the stockholders
OF the Davis Root and shoe Company was
~ a, the once OF the company N 'ns
city Yesterday at Y VI. clock
Thacher, J. Edwin DaviA A. q, Snspns'u'
Louis 3. Thacher and l. W. Anse"s'
were elected directors.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Offerings and Sales at the Richmond To-
bAcco ENchange-intern" heNe""e
observation-disclosures Advice

NEW YORK. oct. 1o.-The stock mar
kot was anything out active To-Day '"o
moro was Cd radical change in the temper
M sncru4aton. and buinsh tone char
actertzsd enc dealings throughout ne
inward movement received IT'S hfst I'M
pcfus from che hUoNancy ana cAClttmtht
I'M tho grain markets. which advanced
ebafnly under the influence OF a. brisk
fnr.iru demand. Tn addition TO this,
fhc renewed weakness OF sterling cA-
change exercised m. favorable influence.
as "a reduction of "a fun cent an the posted
rate for ions sterling ANA y cent ia
Imports 20 this country az an early date.
The high rates or interest hero nractl-
caly insure more receipts OF gold UNI
this week. There wcre several reactions
in the stock market during the session
owing 90 the sharp fluctuations DO inr
rates for money. but each decline hroufht
in number Of buying orders when
not only rallied ihc list but led TO SUN
higher range Of quotation Sham was
rent before. The rsc was equal - '2N
ga per cent. and was due ln great l-ta.-
urc 90 the fact that the shorts loon '.iat i''
at thc continued strength ana "oF@nl,N
I'm The other speculative man nct7.
Improvement was greatest IN tho '"t
In which the short interest Was h.aF ~
gers Louisville and Nashville NJ t7t.i ID
Union. Tobacco. Leather pro. go. o.
Southwestern The mars % i-t
firm iu tone Set change" SHOW
vauces OF b., 90 % per cent. sugar ie@u-
ing Manhattan was an exec i.'r'' -
ink been Irregular throughout "..- -,
only D. peer cont better LAaf pa, -' "', -
Among the suCraItcs MlnIt1lni7 anu
sf Louis pfl fe.l per cent Inc ran
,,..,. .... .,......I .Int.I.. NNIl MAJ h.t was
drii and sirone. The total sales were
Mo-, on cell active az GaIo per cent, .
i-.r foIn 90 Cd Der cent. Dnt CLOSING ~
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

cash quotations were ass follows Flour
was firm. No spring wheat, 1j47Si2c..
no. . red. 7SlLNS1ltc.. no. - corn. 2Jlsd
2ol9c.: No. oats. lSiaul93sc.; mess pork,
81. lJuT.2O. lard. S4.5U14.@2i4. short rib
sides, S3.7Ou390; dry sailed meats-shoul-
dcrs. S4OO0f.2J; short clear sides, $i.-JG
4.3lla. whisky. Sis.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20
CAMPAIGN CONTENT.

According 10 Chairman Jones. there are
lust five doubtful States, ana II II Gu
rlous that not one OF them Is being
stumpsd by Candidate Bryan.-fhiiacei-
phia Record.
The Palmer and Buckner ticket was
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

The accredited Freach Government
agricultural agent. Cayaliere 0uisipps
Ferigc. has been In Richmond seversi
DAYS investigating tho tobacco sntsssss.
He left saandayi afternoon fos Ha'nsx
county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

80 YOU went wheeling yesterday Od
you break the record'
NO: but broke nearly e'e'S'"'"s
clsc"-Detroit Free Press
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20
rArrrNoRE STOCK MA RKFT

BALTIMORE. MD. oct. i9.-Virginia
3s. new. 10. Century, 5i4 Baltimore
and Ohio n bid. Northern Central 60
asked: Consolidated Gas stON ks, Oll2U6@
do bonds. 5s 1921 bid.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

LONDON. oct 19.-Conso Is. 1918 for
money and los tor the accou mt.
PARIS. oct 19-4.30 i. NA-Three per
cent rentes 10l francs and IA ce ntimes
for the account
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

Nominated tor a nobler and higher 2ur-
pose imam the mere defeat OF ropuilsm.
Al was put up 10 preserve the old nouss
after the new mas been torn DOWN.
10 VOTE tnen, Tor rainier ana BucSncr
Is not only wise action, but \ duty
set the stamp under the hickory leaves.
-Courier-Journal.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal Dry
an Dem.J, which Is supporting Colonel
Patterson for Congress, because he is the
regular nominee, condemn bryan Tor
meddlng In the local congressional con-
test ana urging support of the free-sllver
candidate, Carmack. 1t Is someshins
totally out OF the usual rum" II says.
FOR the regular nominee OF the Demo-
cratic party to make studied plea for
irregularity In behalf OF boltiag can
didatc for Congress, and Bryans error.
while II will do the boiling faction no
good. has injured his own caEdlily IL
this section OF Tennessee"
Dollar wheat before Chrlstmas," is
the cry in Chicago now. and betweco
speculation and legitimate demand Il may
turn out TO have been prophetic. but
the ante-Christmas present which the
country most wants is the dollar that
shall always be as good as wheat. Phil
;ldephia Record.
In the eyes OF Bryan the great creditor
class against which he harangues 80
much Is typihed In what ne calls the sold
bugs Of Wall street. But arou IA PITS
burg there is very large creditor class
They are the men who work n the mills.
in the mines, on the railroads, at the
coke ovens and I'm all the .reat industries
which surround US. Their en- ,loyers are
constantly in their debt to the tun, of
millions. In Bryans great era. VII IN the
farmers are relieved from lie Shylo, ks
by paying their mortgages in cheep
money, this Pittsburg creditor class Will
have to take the samet kind. = it,shurg
Times.
When Mr.. Bryan was at Memoirs a
few days ago he took "A han1 In the
local congressional ngh.. Ito publicly
urged free-silver Democrats 10 support
T.. w Carmack. boiling caniij1ts fer
Congress against Josiah Pl.:,,son. tic
regular nominee. Bryans course az
Memphis has cost him thou3l Il OF votes
in Tennessee. The ''Scinit tr." a $. nd
money paper. points odt un; Nh Bry-
ans course as "A bolter ubsDlves Der
Gratis from the duty II :" - Il Z silfn
on the ground of reg II, ~; ilat honest
and loyal Democrats npuld not he tate
a moment to vote according tc their con-
victions. The Issue Mr. Bryan hns made
invites to imitation, financial disaster cno
the ring rule"
The cause OF sound monev IN the
South does not appear to nave cen total
Iy lost when 1877 delegates, represei ing
thirty-five counties OF Mis- hppi, Nere
in attendance at the Gold Coayontion held
In that State the other day. 20 ~ MS
in Mississippi may deem II 10 their IN
terest to trade on popular iSnori nee ana
prejudice concerning the money cucsticn;
but intelligent and receptive plan,ers -
fuse u follow their blind lead For the
politicians i'm Mississippi rs VOL ns else
where who have sha u.fIl!y icscrsc1 u =
Democratic principles % follow ,he -1ck
o'-lantern OF depreclate dcurrencv INTO
the morass Of repudilip tho cav or
reckoning is surely Cd 4 -. ''iisdeifh'a
Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

Dollar wheat before Christmas" is
the cry in Chicago now, and betweco
speculation and legitimate demand Il may
turn out to have been prophetic. 6ut
the ante-Christmas present which the
country most wants IS the dollar that
shall always be as good as wheat. Phil
;ldelphia Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20

nominated tor a nobler and higher 2ur-
pose imam the mere defeat OF ropuiism.
AZ was put up 10 preserve the old nouss
after the new mas been torn down.
10 vote, tnen, Tor rainier ana bucSncr
Is not only a wise action, but u duty.
set the stamp under the hickory leaves
Courier ournal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14
whIoh2-rt Cannot Be Both.

The paradoxes and fallacies of the
free silver advocates are plentifully il
Illustrated in the interesting letters of
workingmen to The World.
One set stoutly maintain that there
would be no cheap dollar or 80 cent
dollar under free coinage. If the white
metal were given unlimited coinage it
would instantly rise. they say, to $1.29
an ounce. Tho present price Of SO cents
they attribute to the demonetization in
1878, though n silver dollar was then
worth more than a gold one, and none
was coined or in circulation.
Another and the more numerous class
at the south and west insist that what
the country needs is cheaper dollar.
The good old gold dollar Of Jefferson,
jackson and Benton has been forced
up" in value, they say. They want a
dollar of about half its value to increase
tho price of their products and to enable
them to pay their debts at half the pres
ent cost and trouble. As Mr.. Bryan
put it in his letter to The World, they
WOulu TeSlOFo tue parity potWeoh
money and property" by reducing the
value of the dollar.
Now both of these theories cannot be
true. They are fatty contradictory. II
silver would appreciate under free COIN
age, there would be no cheap money.
Prices would not rise. Debts could not
be scaled down. If it would not appre-
eiate, the workingman's saved dollars
would be reduced one-half in value, the
cost of his living would double and his
wages would not increase in anything
like the ratio of the increase in his ex-
penses.
Why is the best money too good for
wageworkers? What is the matter with
tho highest standard of value i'll a coun-
try where the highest wages and the
highest standard Of living prevail? Tho
World begs tho workingmen to think n
little deeper and little further on this
vital subject. New York World.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14

II these glorifiers of the old order Of
things could restore the conditions that
prevailed previous to 1878 and make
the market value Of silver what it was
then, they would not want free coinage
There would be nothing in it for them.
What they really want is cheap money,
kind Of money with which creditors
can be cheated. They are not trying to
put silver back to its old place and re.
establish the monetary system that ex-
listed before the great crime" was COM
mitted. Their scheme does not imply
tho coinage of better dollars than those
we now have, but infinitely poorer ones,
which can be used i'll the payment of
debts at the rate of 53 cents on the dol
lar. st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14
A philadelphia Mrs. Malaprop.

There is Mrs. Malaprop living up
town whose queer plumbers in her ev-
eryday talk would fill good sized vol
ume, and most of them are funny
enough to deserve publication. She was
telling neighbor the other day about
friend of hers who had bought bicy-
Gle. HE went and bought the thing,
said she, ''for $15, and when he went
out to ride it the first thing you know
it fell apart. why don't you go. SEE l
to him. and get good wheel and pay
for it on the European plant " Yester-
day she went over to "a neighbour house
for recipe for mayonnaise dressing.
She said: How dye do, Mrs. Smith?
| want to make chicken salad tonight,
and thought I'd get you to give me
recipe"-pronouncing it in two sylla-
bles--"for Moyamensing dressing"
Last winter her house caught fire and
was slightly damaged. 10 her friends
she explained that the trouble was caus-
ed by disinfected flue On another &C.
casion an accident occurred on the street
opposite her house. She and her cronies
were discussing the affair across the
back fence. 81 didn't know there was
an accident at all till / heard the ava.
lanche a.comin down the street a-ringin
the bell" She also told Mrs Smith one
day that she had read in the paper that
milk was good ''anecdote" for poison.
philadelphia Record.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14
A Warming From wehster.

He who hampers with the currency
robs labor of its bread. He panders in
deed to greedy capital, which is keen
sighted and may shift for itself, but he
beggars labor, which is honest, unsus-
pecting and too busy with tho present
to calculate for the future. The pros
perity of the working classes lives,
moves and has its being in established
credit and steady medium of payment.
All sudden changes destroy it,
Honest industry never comes i'll for
any part Of tho spoils in that scramble
which takes place when the currency of
country is disordered. Did wild
schemes and projects ever benefit the
indubtriousP Did violent fluctuations
ever 90 good to him who depends on
his daily labor for his daily bread? Ger
tainly never.
All these things may crafty greedi
ness for sudden gain or tho rashness
of daring speculation, but they can
bring nothing but injury and distress
to the homes of patient industry and
honest labor. Daniel Webster, Speech
at New York, 1887.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14
MARRIAGE BROKERS.
The Schatehen Is an Important Person 1
New York Colony.


In wandering through the east side
recently learned that the schatchen is
an important and busy functionary in
that quarter The sage who q long time
ago observed that marriages were made
in heaven evidently knew nothing about
this matchmaking official, who exer-
oises his wiles by day and by night in
the teeming Hebrew colony here. The
schatohen is man of middle age, suave
and we'll dressed, who promotes mar
riages. He works on strictly business
principles and don't bother his head
about Cupid or that peculiar sentiment
called love. He is diplomat, with q
visiting list longer than the most popu
lar woman of the -Four Hundred. He
belongs to no end of lodges and orders
and speedily makes it his business to
know all about the families of his mar
ried friends. He also acquaints himself
with the monetary worth of paterfamil-
las, and if the latter has any marriage
able sons or daughters he gets in his
work, first by delicate insinuation and
soon more openly.
The schatchen has o neatly engraved
card which announces his business, and
this he distributes literally. He also
believes in advertising, and his card is
conspicuously displayed in all the Yid-
dish newspapers. He brings young cou-
pies together, and if a marriage ensues
he pockets commissions from both sides.
If the BRIDES father gives her dot of
$500, the schatchen pockets $50. He
also strikes the bridegroom for 10 per
cent. but is frequently compelled to
compromise on az. He often has a
dozen irons in the fire at one time, and,
in the vernacular of the sport, plays off
one against the other. Sometimes he
burns his fingers, as he not infrequently
plays leading role in the civil courts,
but he fills unique place i'll polyglot
Gotham and has been the means of
making any number of bashful young
people happy for spot cash. New York
Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14

In 1878 the total worlds production
Of silver was 81. 1907 900 ounces, and
the silver i'll dollar was worth 81. GA
in gold.
Last year the world product of sill
yer was 1865, 200, 900 ounces, and the
silver in II dollar was worth only so ITO
cents
Will the silver miners restore the
production of 1878 as the first step to-
ward restoring the conditions?"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14

As matter of fact, and in spite of
its having carried Mohammed in four
leaps from Jerusalem to Mecca, seven
miles an hour is the cancels limit, nor
can it maintain this rate over two hours.
Its usual speed is five miles an hour
"A slow pace, beyond which it is dan.
gerous to urge it, lest, as Asiatics say,
it might break its heart and die literally
on the spot
When camel is pressed beyond this
speed, and is spent, it kneels down, and
not all the wolves in Asia will make it
bulge again. The camel remains where
it kneels, and where it kneels it dies
A fire under its nose is useless. Times
Of India
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14

How Gold Gets Its Place.
/. P. Dexter of Galva. Ills, asks /:


r. P. Dexter of Galva. Ills, asks:
"Why was silver demonetized?
Ibid any country ever come to gold
standard through the efforts or the
wishes of the people of that country"
The two questions may be answered
together. The people of many countries
have discontinued the use of silver as
standard money (demonetized silver
because they prefer gold.
Secretary Morton said in public adj
dress tho other day that they deferryized
fiatboats on the Missouri river in the
neighborhood of Omaha because steam
boats served the purpose better. Later
they deferryized steamboats, because
steel bridge served their purpose better
STILL They didn't make those changes
as the result of an election, but as q
matter Of business.
In like manner the principal COM
mercial nations have abandoned silver
and accepted gold as the standard. They
have not done so by any town meeting
process, but simply as matter Of bust
ness.
In the dealings of men living in diff
erent countries, or in what is called in
ternational trade, there is no standard
prescribed by law, or lawful money.
But gold has been accepted as the stand
ard by common consent. The people
engaged in this trade prefer gold.
Only short time ago Bolivia DELHI
erately abandoned the silver standard
and adopted the gold standard. What
the people think of the change may be
learned from u citizen of this country
who was there ut the time Of the
change, and who describes the scenes
of rejoicing among the people as some
thing far surprising any other demon
stration he ever witnessed. They re-
garded the change from silver to gold
as deliverance ont Of wretched c0ndi-
ton into the light of new and better
era. -
The people of other gold standard
countries, whether that standard was
originally of their own choosing or not,
are not agitating for its abandonment.
This country may be regarded as an ex
ception, but the agitation here is less
formidable than many people seem to
suppose.
Silver mine owners, dishonest debtors
and boy orator demagogues are not ''the
people. Chicago Chronicle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14
Mintn and Mills.

Tho minis cannot make bushel of
wheat worth u dollar. Mills which
build up new towns and people them
with prosperous communities that in
crease the consumption Of breadstuffs
will raise the price of wheat quicker
than all the free coinage laws that can
be enacted. The minis cannot create
value. Only the brawny arms Of honest
toll, directed by genius and intelli-
gence, can create value The minis can
not create prosperity or happiness
Chicago Times Herald.