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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-29
HOME TRUTHS.
Press.

Which 1t will Be to Your Interest to
Read-They Are Up to Date.
Young man, we would take little of
the conceit out of you. Don't think that
the girl you intend leading to the altar
is marrying you for love, cause it's not
so-she's marrying you because she's
unable, or disinclined, to provide her
self with board and lodging for the rest
of her days.
The man who bowls because he's got
ian aching heart" is aningrate. Ifhe'd
got an aching tooth-one that ached in
real earnest-he might have some
thing to holler about.
Daresay you think it's a real good
thing to be alive? And yet the very hap
pest time you have is when you are
fast asleep and have forgotten every
thing.
You can't put an old head on young
shoulders, and you shouldn't put kids
toys on people old enough to be bald.
After man has reached the age of
whiskers-whether he's got any or not
he shouldn't appear in the streets clad
in knickerbockers. 4F
Be modest like the violet. Reflect
that it isn't mans good qualities that
get him into swell society; it's the
deuced scarcity of men.
You needn't go and hunt all over for
it, but, should it come your way, you
may solace yourself with the reflection
(while poulticing damaged spots with
vinegar and brown paper) that there's
a good deal of similarity between a man
and carpet-neither hurts for good
beating occasionally.
Remember you're never too big to
learn. Every night before a certain
Millionaire lays his head upon his pillow
he has learned some new way of making
an absurd spectacle of himself.-N. Y
Mercury.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-29

s.Sit down." commanded Richie, push
| ing back his own chair, but keeping ms
seat. Mrs. Melville sat down. There
was only momentary scraping OF boots
and Chinese slippers in the Kitchen
then series Of thumps down the back
steps and the scratching OF gravel also
| a low, broken murmur from the YARD.
II guess" remarked Richie, calmly,
''that I'll go and see who's underneath"
Mrs. Melville did not attempt to move
again, but she watched the second lieu
tenant anxiously. He strolled to the
window and stood there, one hand in
his trousers pocket, the other strok-
ing the mustachios.
"Well?" ventured the young woman,
finally.
Richie turned around and came back
to his chair.
81 guess Melville's doing about what
he said he would-breaking Sings
head"
Weak cries like those of little child
came up from the back yard.
rs that Sing?" asked the lady of the
house.
1T doesn't sound much like Melville"
At the end of couple of minutes,
Melville went past the window and in at
the side door, and little later he came
into the dining-room by the front en-
trance and resumed his seat. The
shuttle of Sings slippers could be heard
in the kitchen. The adjutant, despite
his smoothed hair and newly-brushed
coat, looked so ruffied as to temper that
his wife wisely refrained from speech.
Richie was holder.
HAS the police party got to come
around and pick up the pieces?"
mo; guess he's whole"
us he little more reasonable?"
ooh, he's doing the lamb act now"
"Tell us aboutit Austin" begged Mrs.
Melville.
Il just told him he'd got to stop his
- nonsense and behave himself. Of
course I didn't want to say anything
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-29
THE MAN FROM rHr No.

Greater Dangers in the Citv r.,
Plains. On tho
30 you We're pioneer in the -,
days of the west?" = Vi'e early
Il was" answered the gravho.,
And you lived out amonc ~
Indians?' 'Ae hostile
yes"
Lived with rife in your hands /,
in hourly expectation Of b hau and
mark aak for a hidden enemy's bulla+ s 'Ae
II was something like that"
DO you know, often thin, 4.
IKE that must be terrible. / sho ,,,s
ohlnk the mere strain on the ns,s.a
would XIII man in short time Sa,s
ing your life in your hands all Tho ,ipl
always conscious that moments s,ls'
Taxation of vigilance may mean dssts r. !
"oh, l don't know" replied tb s' o.a..
beard. When came back from s' y.
west was 60 years old and d;a 'ne
have o gray hair. / got off the vail; oil Nv
train and started to walk across thu tbs
street. Half way over | heard ~ ~
dingedest clanking and yellina ,,a u's
on my heels / ever heard. and soma na'
BODY gave ME push that sent me clss,
TO the curb. Then when looked round
| saw I'd come within an ace of NV
run over by a trolley. Never had :
narrow an escape from the Indians
Il went into saloon close hv II !.
a drink and settle my nerves WIZ
was standing at the bar connie !,
fellows got into scrap and one of thom
threw heavy beer mug. Didn't Il.
the other fellow, but it came within
sixteenth of an inch of my right TEN.
pie.
Il started to walk uptown and tba
first crossing I came to a policeman
grabbed me by the shoulder and ierRed
me across so quick it made nv head
swim. I looked to see what was M
matter, for there were no car tracks On
that street. and | saw that had just Is.
capped being run down by hackmap
who was hurrying to catch train.
up street little further somebody
yelled: "Look Quit" at me, and when 4
jumped a big icicle fell off a roof and
struck just where I had been standing.
Il got to my hotel and was heading
for the door when somebody grabbed
me and asked me if | wanted to ID
killed. They were hosting safe into
a second-story window over where I'd
been trying to go, and I hadn't mora
than got out of the way before the rop|
broke and it dropped.
II went to bed, and about midnight
was called up by bell ringing over my
head and found the place was on fr
and had to slide down a rope to es
cape. Being sound sleeper, they
had hard work to wake me, and | hal
barely touched the ground when tha
roof fell in.
when / looked in the glass the mex
day 7 saw the first streaks Of gray tina
had ever showed themselves in my hail
Oh, there are dangers in civilized lii
as well as out on the plains. '-Bufal
Express.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-29
All SINGS SUBJUGATION.

n
though china fall, Up to a certain limit,
beyond which no conception of he-oism
reaches. The model woman screams at
a spider, and discusses the merits of
wired sleeves screnely while a priceless
vase goes crashing to the floor. Such is
The standard OF feminine courage, the
foot-rule by which woman may be
treasured. Yet when not one piece of
china, but two pieces, and three, and
four, fall, the standard becomes useless.
a woman is not expected to bear more.
Yet more came. There was fifth
crash in the kitchen. Mrs. Melville
stopped i'll the mids, of telling Richie
c1 the Sixth-that anchovy paste was
to be struck off the commissary list; she
stopped and looked appealingly at Mel
vile.
. "Austin, can't you do something's"
Austin gathered up his napkin, put
his hand On the table, and started to
push back his chair; then he sank down
rgain and restored his napkin tc his
place on his knee.
IF 60 in there and he gets imper-
tinent, I'll break his head-which would
be bad for his head, and, incidentally,
for my official neck"
But it's head or china"
swell, there is plenty more china
and when that gives out, the quarter
master has new invoice of tinwalc."
''But, seriously, Austin, there won't
lie thing left for the general to eat off
of. What are we going to do about it %
81 think the epidemic is over. There
hes not been a dish broken that know
or in five minutes. You must be reason
able, and make due allowances for him,
Matty. It's hot out there. It's hot here,
too. It's hotter than blazes every
where"
81 think, my dear, you are bordering
on profanity. Of course it's hot. With
in the memory of the oldest inhabitant,
it has never been even cool in Arizona in
July. You really can't expect the in
spector general to bring ice. Mr..
Richie, don't you think he ought to do
something"
II must respectfully decline to enter
into family difference. You and Mel
vile must settle the question between
yourselves. Only let me suggest that
if it comes to the actual breaking of
heads, I'd take it out on Sing, and not on
one another"
''Therel AUSTIN" fairly screamed
Mrs. Melville, jumping up, "there goes
another; and yet you sit and laugh.
Oh, how horrid you can be-"
''Sit down, Matty, and talk sense. Sup
pose should go out there and attempt
10 reason with Sing. In the natural
sequence of events it would come to pass
that in his present humor he would be
SO ugly that ! should feel obliged, as 1
said, to break his head. Apart from the
distant consequences of that act, you
can see that the near ones would be
pretty bad. You'd have to wash the
breakfast dishes, and do the homework,
and also cook and serve the generals
dinner. Therefore, the inadvisability
of my reducing Sings head to splinters
Is obvious, isn't il?
Il suppose so; but do wish to good
ness Mrs. Lawrence's cook hadn't got
married"
$50 does she-the cook. I mean
since O'Halleran came home drunk two
nights ago, and thrashed her. He has
been in the guardhouse ever since, and
I'm out good man. Shows what mar
<iage does. Before he was married he
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-29

Wash one cup of tapioca in several
waters and soak over night. In the
morning put over fire with one pint
Of boiling water and simmer in double
boiler until perfectly clear; add lit
tie salt. and sweeten to taste; stir in
ore quart Of berries and set away to
harden; serse with cream and sugar.
Boston Globe.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-29
THEY REFORMED.
Threw Away Their Chewing Tobacco
Went After 1t Later. l

a
Went After 1t Later.
I'm fixed for tomorrow" said q
partlment law clerk, taking out OF n
pocket and exhibiting fat roll OF hn1
cut tobacco to O newspaper friend
they were vending their way on 2
avenue toward Capitol hill the otac
night. Il always have to get loaos|
at the end of the week"
Same here" said the journalist pul
ing out a large plug. Don't Moi
what / should do if l couldn't hna Y
in my pocket on Sunday"
II presume we might do wltnOul
if we were hard pushed?' sugs8E
the law clerk. "I'm certain c0s
break off if l really wished TO- anu
have used the weed for 20 years
"I've used it longer than tna'
sponded the newspaper man.
course, we could quit if we made WI
minds to-; a little exercise OF our
power would fix it,"
speaking of will power sa'd y,
law clerk, as they stopped llttle y
to talk moment before sepaia'lD w.
the night, just east OF the caPi@ wv ~
pose we test it; suppose we tn,O@a :.
our tobacco and go without 'iOIs a,
the first to break his res0l un..
buy a new hat for the other we
you say?" 4
ment. "Well, I'm with you lac, ns i
goes., and his big plug of tOOasO 'os
appeared in the bushes on the Ors'
side Of the roadway with a ,ehu as n
Here she goes, +" echoed the . ls ~. d
and his roll of finecut few IN NV
direction. Then they parIeu =, supd
After a late breakfast on .s Ss
morning the newspaper man manu- pnV unss|
TO read the papers. Coul ca ! n
Then he tried to write .ou, b,ua
nervous. After chewing up "a hi his
of wooden toothpicks he pu' -
and walked out. ;s,obrskl
AFTER all. the best way is 'O 4. ID
by degrees" he thought i,o Is ~ groIa
turned toward the caPl'Os, ,.st ne
. urn. ono little chew would lassy
al
toward tow, that clump of bushes .,.,, d
He noticed that the bushes 0 Sr
disturbed. as though some , an Gstl
pushing its way through .D ,sSathss
= little nearer, he saw that WINS Si.b.1
for an animal was a man aPoshsrbsd
ana lnees. A few steps
ognized him. ,.-,,-Wsshh'
Star. I. ,hot
--popocstapetI, i7.5's , s'sss 81 {.
-. The ultA.|
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-29

--rOpocstapetl, i7;s's e, s'sbs a. !
ton in Mexico.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-29

$50 does she-the cook. mean
since O'Halleran came home drunk two
nights ago, and thrashed her. He has
been in the guardhouse ever since, and
I'm out good man. Shows what mar
-riage does. Before he was married he
, 1896-10-12
ARE WAGES TOO HIGH.

Railroad men, coal miners and others
who earn their living by working for
wages should ask DR.. Osborne and
other free silver advocates to explain
their reasons for believing that wages
are too high. They are preaching that
very thing. OF course they do not put
it in those words. 1t would never do
to be so bold, but logically their argyll
much with a days labor.
The contention of the Bryan people
is that the dollar is too dear. OF course
that can only mean that it purchases
too much. Now II the purchasing pow,
er of the dollar will be diminished I'M
der free coinage, is 1t not a plain pro-
position that the workingman will have
to have his wages increased II he keeps
even, to say nothing about lettering
his condition? Do you believe that the
Union Pacific Railway company, or any
other company, corporation or indi-
vidual, will voluntarily raise the wages
of its employees? We opine that these
Bryan people will have some difficulty
in convincing the man who is now
earning $50 to SIS per month-barely
enough to keep his family-that his
earnings are buying from 500 to $50
worth of the necessaries of life. This
is exactly what the argument of 200
cent dollars means.-Rawlins Republic
can.
, 1896-10-12
JEROME S.

The people of the southern portion
of the county are to be congratulated
upon the foresight of the republican
county convention in placing the Hon.
Jerome S. Atherly upon the legislative
ticket. Mr.. Atherly is young and Wig
orous, right in the prime of manhood,
Intellectually and physically. He has
been a student of the needs of our COM
monwealth and has had the beneficial
experience of one term in the Wyoming
Legislature, so that 1T will not be neces,
sary for him to look up the ropes so
essential to success with a lawmaker.
Mr.. Atherly is a ranchman and has
made a success of his business. His
heart is with the common people and
any measure that he could suggest and
promote for the interests of the masses
would be cheerfully and vigorously
pushed. He is a man of education and
talent and will make a typical legisla,
tor-one who cannot be swayed by pre-
judice or factional strife.
With Mr.. Atherly in the lower house
the people of Albany county may fee
safe hat their interests will be jeal-
| ously guarded.
, 1896-10-12

A "solar day" is measured by the TO
tation Of the earth upon its axis, and is
OF different lengths, owing to the clip
ITCHY of the earth's orbit and other
causes; but a mean solar day is "a
hours long, as reckoEod by the time.
pieces.
All astronomical day commences at
noon and is counted from the first to the
tweniy.!Curth hour. a ''cIvil day.
commences at midnight and Is counted
from the first to the twelfth hour, and
then again commences with l and fin
ished with IL. A nautical day. is
reckoncd the same as the civil day."
only that tie reckoning is begun at noon
instead Of at midnight.
A calendar month varies from rs
to 81 days. a .'mean lunar month" is
80 days. IL hours, IA minutes, 225 sec-
onds. A year" is divided into 3G5
days. A solar year." which is the
time occupied by the SUI in passing
from one normal equinox to the ether,
consists OF 3G4. 24244 days, which is
equal 10 3G5 DAYS, . hours. As minutes,
40. 536 seconds.
A~''jIliuI year" is SG5 days even. A
"Gregorian year" is 3G5. 1926 days.
The error in the t1rcSorian mot.G Ct time
reckoning to but one day in
each 1871 years.
, 1896-10-12
HOW Golden FOOLED THE FARM.
ERS.

George B. Curtiss in Protection and
Prosperity" relates how Richard Cob
den and his associates told the farmers
of England that free trade would bring
them prosperity. He says:
Mr.. Golden ridiculed the warnings o,
Lord George Bentinck, Disraeld and
others. Referring to their prophecies
he says:
They have told them, the farmers,
with all the high authority that belongs
TO their life and station, that the Corn
laws will be abolished; they tell their
tools, the papers, like grandmamma, to
deal out in their diurnal twaddle the
argument that if the Corn laws were
abolished, the farmers would be ruined
even if they paid no rent"
Again. in the same year Mr.. Golden
declared that 1t was positively democrat
izinS to argue thai the English farmer
could not, with free imports, compete
against the foreigner. Men who indulg-
ed in such reasoning were, he said,
gross humbugs" who were guilty OF
"a gratuitous piece of impertinence.'
Free trade he. added, " will make the
agriculturist of this country capable O
competing with the farmers OF any par,
of the world"
And yet today the farms OF England
are ruined and the farmers a class Of
paupers.
, 1896-10-12
. . . :
= REPUBLICAN, IEAEI EFT MO oe =

REPUBLICAN LEAFLET NO.26 >
= (Cut this out INT put it in your y
pocket Tor reference. =
y 1t may be of interest to those =
" who have been deluded by the =
" misleading and sometimes false =
= statements of Mr.. Bryan's =
= speeches to see how wide OF the =
= facts they are and how complete =
= ly they are impeached by official E
. statements. To this end, both to =
y supply the reader with =
= to his s%pecious statements and to =
= show their misleading and de- =
= ceptive character, some attention =
= will be given during the next few =
= days to certain Of the statements =
= of his public addresses. "
= "If you think you have hard .
= times, what would 1T be If these :
same influences succeeded in :
" driving India to a gold standard, .
If they should succeed in sus- "
" pending the free coinage OF silver =
y in India ?"-Toledo speech. =
= Free coinage Of silver in India "
= was suspended in 1898 and is still !"
= suspended. This action was TAX =
= en- on the recommendation OF a =
= commission on the currency, ap- =
= pointed on the recommendation =
of the council of the government =
= OF India. The mints of India =
were closed to silver on June 26, =
" 1898, with the avowed purpose of =
eventually establishing a single =
gold standard. They still re- :
" main closed to silver, no silver =
coins except small fractional cur "
= rency having been coined at the :
= mints Of India during the years :
= 1894-95, most of this being re- :
coinage OF uncurrent coins and =
" foreign coin.
Wage earners know that while "
= a gold standard raises the pur- =
chasing power of the dollar. 1t =
also makes it more difficult to =
= obtain possession Of the dollar" :
Madison Square Garden speech.
" The report of the committee of =
the United States senate OF which
: his silver associate, Senator Jones =
= of Nevada, was a member, and :
= whose report is accented by all =
, 1896-10-12

cent; during he same period wages
only rose 4S.f per cent: thus wages only
rose a lfti?. over one-third as much as
price,. In other words the purchas-
ing power of labor was reduced SO per
cent To be sure, as is always the case.
wages struggled on after prices, but the
rise in wages was so much slower than
the rise in prices that wages did not
permanently overtake prices until 1869.
In ether words. the depreciation of the
currency inflicted upon laborers a net
reduction of real wages for eight years.
From Gunton's Magazine IN. " for
October.
, 1896-10-12
UP TO

The most complete tariff text book
ever published is the new edition of
Tariff Facts for Speakers and Stud
ents," Defender Document No. 800
pages, just out. Publishers. the Amer
lean Protective Tariff league. Cam
paign text books Issued just before the
election are Of little value. The Tar
III league is to be congratulated on ita
foresight in getting out its hand book
30 early in the year. Order by number
only. Sent to any address for 25 cents.
Address W. F. Wakeman, general Sec
Rotary. 1875 West Esd street, New York.
, 1896-10-12

LAS dead as u doornail" ut first
seems utterly senseless, but becomes
lively and picturesque when we remem-
Der that knockers were once universal
ly used. Bereath the knocker, i'll order
to prevent disfigurirg the door, u large
nail or bolt was driven. An impatient
caller, waiting for the dcor to be OPEN
ed, would frequently use the knocker
with great fierce. and the Inexpensive
ness Of tho nail gave lise to this express
sion.
, 1896-10-12

Hon. Andrew D. White, formerly Uni.
ted States minister to Germany, has
punctured Prince Bismarck's alleged
bimetallism by an open letter showing
that Germany has something like $780,,
100000 worth Of silver to sell, and that
N addition to his having put Germany
On . gold bod. Bismarck actually re-
, 1896-10-12
ECONOMIC EFFECT OF APPRECI
ATING MONEY.

A depreciating currency, be it ever
so slight, is an Impairment Of the in
come CT the actual wealth received by
all who receive stipulated incomes. 1t
is, therefore, an actual reduction Of
wages and salaries to the extent Of the
depreciation. A depreciation of the
currency to the extent of n per cent
a year. would be equal to a reduction
of 10 per in all wages once every decade.
This would make it necessary for la
borers to struggle through strikes and
other social disturbances for a 10 per
cent increase of wages every 10 years
in order to prevent their whole class
from gradually slipping back into
greater poverty. 1t would involve a
perpetual social warfare ON the part
of the laborers to enable them to barely
hold their own, and probably effectu-
ally debar them from getting any share
in the increasing wealth Of advancing
society. 1t would be more effectual
because lit would come gradually sc as
to be almost ~inperceptible from month
to month. and effect the entire wage
class throughout the country at n and
the same time. A depreciation Of the
standard money, therefore, would be
about the worst thing that could hap
pen to this country, because in the sub
tie impairment Of all stipulated in
comes, 1t would undermine the pur-
chasing power or market upon which
depends the whole Industrial progress
Of the nation. 1t would constitute a
permanent sapptng Of the springs Of
national prosperity. (
, 1896-10-12

Another experiment with d~epreciat-
ing money was IN our own country and
within the memory of every citizen o,
over 40 years Of age. During the civil
war we were on a greenback basis
From 1860-65 gold was at a premium
Hence the money IN which the work
ingmen were paid was greatly depreci.
ated, which, as in the case OF Henry
VIII. was accurately reflected in the
price Of commodities. The movement
of Prices from 1876. during the time
Of the greatest currency depreciation.
shows the effect upon wage re-
,eivers of a deprecated currency. Dur
ng the four years, 1876. the aver
lge price Of commodities rose 1922 per
, 1896-10-12

Chronic constipation is a painful dis
agree able and life-shortening difficult
". 1t deranges the system, causes sick
headache, bad breath, and poisons the
blood. 1t car be readily overcome by
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These
little pills are great regulators. Chas.
N. Settele.
, 1896-10-12

1t is very amusing to note the glib
manner in which DIR. Johnson talks of
the walkaway which Bryan is going to
have next month. 1t is well that he
tells the people in the same connec
zion that he knows nothing of politics.
II he keeps on talking they will begin
to suspect that his knowledge is just as
limited in other directions.
, 1896-10-12

Many political speakers, clergymen,
singers and others who use the voice
excessively, rely upon One Minute
Cough Cure to prevent huskiness and
laryngitis. Its value as a preventive is
only equaled by its power to afford in
Simultaneous relief. Chas. N. Settele.
, 1896-10-12

Hurst-Wilkins says that he does not
desire wealth for itself.
Worst-No, but l guess he desires it
for himself VANITY.
Many lives Of usefulness have been
cut short by neglect to break up an
ordinary cold. Pneumonia, bronchitis
and even consumption can be averted
by the prompt use Of One Minute Cough
Cure. Chas. N. Settele.
, 1896-10-12

Counscl-Did you observe anything
particular about the prisoner?
Witness-Yes, his whiskers.
Counsel-What did you observe with
reference to his whishers:
Witness-Tha5 he had nora.-Lon-
don Fun.