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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01
Where is the Demand?

Mr.. Bryan, after weeks of cogitation.
has at last answered the question, "Why
will an act Of Congress make so cents
worth of silver bullion worth dollar?'
He says uproariously that the enormous
demand for silver will make it dearer;
but he fails to show any demand. The
holder of silver bullion can take his
money to Washington, but the govern
ment will not buy it. The mint will
stamp a dollar, but the moment the gov
eminent ceases to redeem it's obligations
in gold on demand that moment the sill
yer dollar viii buy but SO cents worth of
products. Nobody who has gold will
care to exchange it for silver, dollar for
dollar Where, then, will any demand
come in? Nowhere except OH the part
of man who wants to pay dollar of
debt with so cents worth of silver bull
lion. Is it upon that demand Mr.. Bryan
relies for the success of the free silver
movement? If SO. his campaign is one
for reputation. There can be no 9TH
err demand, so either Mr.. Bryan's cam
paign is founded upon Reputation or de-
fusion. In either case, does he think it
worthy of the support of the American
people ?-Boston Advertiser.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01
Chinese for BRYAN.

The Ventura (Cal.) correspondent of
the Los Angeles Times furnishes the fol-
lowing:
Ventura contains within it's borders
one smart almond-eyed Monaghan, who
is far-seeking beyond the~average of his
by no means weak-minded brethren. In
conversatio with the Times correspond
ent yesterday he intimated that Bryan's
election would be in the nature of a
blessing to Chinese merchants. who keep
a weather eye open for the main chance.
In support of this theory (Which, coming
from a Ehinaman. seemed strange). the
heather outlined the following scheme
which to him looks like ready money:
s'You see. Mexican dollars are for sale
in Ventura banks for 81 cents. Sup
pose l buy $4,000 worth. hold them un-
til Bryan is elected. melt them down and
send them to the mint in San Francisco
l make $4,000 clear. If Bryan is defeat
ed / can use them for China trade with
no loss. If Mexican silver don't go up
in price after Bryan's election | can
put my $4,000 back into Mexican dollars
and double my money again. Bryan's
election means mon"s to me OIL the first
deal in any event. and his defeat can
only result in the loss Of a fraction of
a cent or SO. as Mexican dollars tiuctuate
in value. We Chinese merchants buy
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01
THE EMPTY DINNER PAIL.

As sit here idly dreaming
or the happy time that's gone,
Not dollar in my pocket,
And the winter coming on;
The thing that breaks me up the most,
And makes me feel small.
Is the sight of that old dinner pail
Hanging on the wall.
I've carried that old dinner pail
For fifteen years or more
And ii never saw me out of work
Or destitute before.
For with shops and factories running,
And the best of wages paid,
prosperous lot of fellows were
The dinner pail brigade.
But you see we wasn't satisfied,
Though it seemed most mighty strange,
And we said we thought the country
Would be better for a change;
And we rallied about the tariff.
And we blowed about free trade,
And we voted Democratic.
Did the dinner pail brigade.
Well. change was what we wanted,
And we got it too. you bet;
For the shops and factories all shut down,
And left us in the wet;
The banks suspended payment,
And l lost my little all.
And the dinner pail is empty, now.
That's hanging on the wall
I'm dependent now on charity
For the roof above my head:
And I've seen my wife and little ones
Go hungry to their bed:
But I've plenty of time for thinking,
And l see 1t, isn't it strange?
For voted Democratic,
Just to have little change.
Yes, we voted Democratic,
And you see the change has made
lot of hungry beggars
OF the dinner pail brigade;
The workingmen are idle
But the wormwood and the gall
Is to see the empty dinner pail
Hanging on the wall
Troy (Kansas) Chief.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01
Go be continued.)
A Long Slide.

A system Of rapid transit transpor-
tation is in use in California, which
for cheapness Of operating expense is
probably the lowest in the country,
despite the fact that the cost of con-
struction was very high, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. A lumber company
in Fresno county, California, has built
a lumber flume fifty-two miles long,
which in places has a grade of % per
cent. and which crosses a suspension
bridge 451 feet long, something on the
plan Of the great suspension bridges
across the Niagara gorge. The f1ume
is V-shaped, and, strange to say, IN adj
dition to carrying lumber, is utilized
for the transportation Of passengers
one way-for, like the road to ruin
in old temperance books, the line only
runs one way, and that down. The
boat in which the passengers travel,
or perhaps it would be better to say
shoot, is a V-shaped box about sixteen
feet long, and which is roughly knocked
together with boards, since its good
for one trip only" The front end Of
the strange craft is left off, as the We
locity of the water is so great, despite
the speed of the boat, it does not run
back into it. Preparatory to the trip
a plank is placed along the bottom,
on which the passenger rests his feet
while sitting single file on cross seats.
When all is ready the spikes by which
the boat is held while loading are pull
ed out, and away it goes on it's fifty
two-mile journey. in some cases at
tanning the terrific velocity of seventy
miles per hour.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01
Farmers Not Fools.

The farmers of this nation are smart
enough to know that monetary sys-
tenn that would be good for them alone
would not be good for all the people.
ers tell them that 5O-cent dollars will
raise the price of their wheat the
farmer is intelligent enough to know
that the statement is intended to de-
ceive, for currency that will raise
the price of one thing will also raise
the price of another. But while the
farmer and merchant would be marking
up their stocks, the laborer will plod
along at the old wages. Experience
teaches these statements to be facts
Then suppose they mark UP their prod
ucts and their wares. Who is it that
supports the merchant and the farm
er? Is it privileged class, who live
someone else? No; not in this coun-
try. Our laboring masses support the
great stores and the farmers, and when
they are at work at wages that Amer
leans ought to receive, the merchant
and the farmer enjoy good times. Of
of goods and products be then to the
farmer and merchants unless full RAJ
ito raise would come to the laboring
man?
The Courier might answer this by say
ing. Let the laboring man strike for his
rights and get them. But can the Court
err vouchsafe to the laboring man in gen
eral any more success than it achieved
in his strike for his rights against the
Courier? Would it not result in each
instance in a year of idleness, and a
complete shut out so far as securing
work under old employers is concerned !?
Laboring men generally think so, wheth-
err the Courier does or not. They are
thinking for themselves. They are COM
pairing the times they enjoyed during
1892 with the present Wilson bill times,
and will vote rdingly.-Evansville
Journal.
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CHAPTER VIII.

THAT morning when Edith Grace fell
,sIoon in the corner Of the third-class
corr;ap e on her way from Midway to
+be city. she sank into the most profound
Inconsistencies.
When she opened her eyes again they
had arrived at the next town. She was
ansc;ous of being shaken by the shout
Az. sbe awoke and saw opposite her
.tont kind-faced country woman, with
hospat On her arm. The woman said:
soTbev want your ticket.
A ticket collector standing at the seat
;n,notient Of delay. was fiicking the tick
n.s in his hand. She started and colored,
o,d sot upright with all haste and began
soarching quickly, anxiously, despairing-
.I-I can't find my ticket"
..1+,s a bad job, Them said the col
lector.
The train had stopped and two passen-
o.s oot out. the one who had spoken to
49, sv;ny. 81 hope it will be all right. my
aear You don't look as II you was up
~ anvtbing bad. You don't look like one
- tbam swindling girls that they sent to
.,.;sno for fortnight last week.
" ON, cried Edith, piteously, as she
.onnad INT on the platform. She covered
,,ar face with her hands and burst into
ne. She felt completely overwhelmed.
- .ba should die. The collector and
as = .ra;nmen were standing round her.
,,,.;+ino until she should recover herself
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01

them for China trade as they come
cheaper than the American trade dollars.
1t is a big scheme, and if the chances
seem good for Bryans election | will
put a couple of thousand dollars into it. y
The foregoing is no fancy sketch, but
a well-considered scheme evolved from
the fertile brain of a Chinese trader,
who is always open for a chance to turn
an honest penny. It may furnish food
for thought for some of the advocates of
unlimited coinage. and is given for what
If is worth
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01
What Does Bryan Care :?

Speaking of myself, it is immaterial
in my judgment whether the sheep grow
er receives any benefit from the tariff or
not."-W. J. Bryan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01
Bryan for Free Trade,

Bryan 1OT FTee Trade.
1T is as easy to justify bounty as a
protective tariff, and it is impossible to
justify either."-W. J. Bryan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01
POPS DECLARATION.
STARTLING TRUTHS TOLD BY AN
OHIO PAPER-MUST GET OFF.

A Member of the Long Whiskered Party
to Which Watson Belongs will Go Back
on Bryan if Promises Are Not Fulfilled
Predicts Awful Disaster and Terrible
Vengeance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01

And Free Silver
II believe in free iron ore."-W. ].
Rrvan
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01

Bryan the Miners Friend ~
''The duty on coal is indefensible. W.
r Rryan
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01
The Real Issue.

Mr.. Bryan's latest device to get away
from the tariff issue, which his audi
tors persist in thrusting upon him, is to
belittle it, The other day the boy orator
told a crowd that. when compared with
the currency question. the matter of high
or low duties was insignificant" The
tariff was subject to be waved aside,
to be shelved, OF to be thrown upon the
rubbish heap of timeworn and inmate
rial politics, Mr.. Bryan did not care
which. But as an issue in this canvass.
faugh! The idea was revolving to every
honest sentiment of the masses, and par
ticularly to the candidate with the record
of having predicted a rise in the price of
wheat to S1.25 per bushel upon the pas
sage Of the Germany Wilson bill.
Yet, insignificant" as this question
mag seem to men who have made a
record upon which they want to have
forgotten, the voting masses have some
how been nisled into thinking that SO
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-19

Prince Bismarck is reported as enjoy
ing the political 9commotion he has
caused by his3revelations.. To visitor
the other day he said, n certainly
thought the stone which the Hamburger
Naclrichten threw into the duck pond
would cause a good deal! Of .quscking,
but that the noise would. be so dreadful
is a great surprised to me. Then he add.
ed:-"You ovefrate my political passion.
Besides, l. have as little responsibility
as infnence, and | shall~.scarcely live to
see the consequences Of what is now be-
ing done or left undone. i regret that
after being for 80.years on the rise we
are now going backward. I shall not,
it is true, live to see the end but I pity
my sons" Some one in the party men,
toned the proposal to prosecute the
prince -For my part, (" he replied. II
have not tile slightest objection to it, if
they wish to give me q dramatic exit. "
The oonverss&ion then turned to Bis
fharok's great agetand the hopes which
Ibis foes built ..dtloh -it,:sBmiiing, the
prince said !. 81 am, Of courae, power
less against age but ]. don'tfeei SO frail
as those gentlemen believe. 1 am Ger.
tainly going downward on the path of
life. but only slowly"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-19
Its Final Phase.

"You seem sad and distrait," sale
the bride.
"Do II" asked the groom, avertina
his gaze.
"You don't love me any less?'' she
hazarded caressingly.
''No, indeed" he asserted positively.
IA thousand times no."
"Then, what is it?'' she asked.
There was a long pause. Finally,
with a deep sigh, he registered the
eleven thousand three hundred and
forty-seventh kiss and spoke:
when we started on this bridal trip, -
he said, II had in my pocket just
1866. Today I have been over our inan-
cial accounts and find that we have ex-
pended 1854. u.s."
The bride wrinkled her brow and be-
gan, making mental calculations with
her fingers.
(Which MEANS" he went Oh sadly,
THAT our honeymoon''-
She stopped the digital reckoning to
give him her full attention.
lis on its last quarter. New
York Evening Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-19
THE ROMANCE OF cHoLLy.
One Day 1t Came to a strange. Sad End

One Day 1t Came to a Strange, Sad End
/. Cbolly Addlepate had been in love
with Chiara u %ouetti, the music hall
queen, for tive - rs He had sent her
flowers, diamonds, lovers notes and the
rest. and at last cane the happy hour
when she received him in her luxurious
Harlem fiat.
AS he beheld her i'm her pink evening
dress she looked even more girlish and
lovely. than on the stage, and before a
half hour had passed Cholly was pour.
ing out his love with an eloquence that
surprised wen himself.
Il weally-ah-love you-by Jove,
] dol" he cried. 'I'ye got lots Of cash,
and my family's all right. The guy
nar's a banker, you know, and my
mother was a Hoffenstein, and''-
-t s'Whatl' exclaimed Ghiara, trem-
bling with excitement. "A Hoffensteini
Her Christian name? Tell me. Quick
QuickHi
Her name was Caroline" replied
Cholly, greatly surprised.
!. Caroline Hoffensteinl'' shrieked
Chiara. now as pale as death. "Caro-
line Hoffenstein your motherl Let ME
look at you"
She canned the young mans features
for a full minute without saying a
word Then, with a cry Of supreme Joy,
she threw her arms around his neck and
drew him to her breast.
MY dear. dear Charles, she said.
II cannot be mistaken. You have her
eyes, her hair. her nose. From the way
you spoke Of her ] know, alas, she has
gone from this world, bat I have you,
Charlie, anyhow, haven't /, dear?'~
Seems so.."s said the bewildered
Cholly, butt
you do not underst and, of
course interrupted Chiara.e II was so
'~overjoyed at discovering who You are
that took you to my heart before.ex-
planning that Caroline Hoffenstein was
mysdaughter, the child that was taken
away from me when / was divorced
from your grandfather. / never heard
her. name again till you mentioned it
tonight. 1 missed her dreadfully for
years, but now you will make up for
her loss, won't you, dear boy? You will
love your grandmother just a. little?
Say you will, DEAR" 49,
But Cholly had swooned away.
York Evening Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-19
He Knew What He Was About.

Among the stories told to the de.
served credit Of such lawyers as have nc
scruples against distorting and conceal
ing the truth in order to shield persons
whom they know or have every reason
to believe to be- guilty the following is
entitled to a good place:
An attorney had occasion to defend a
man who was justly accused of counter
feiting paper money, and he manipu-
lated the cas- with such skill that he
secured the acquittal of the prisoner.
When the lawyer and his client were
alone together again, the counterfeiter
overwhelmed the lawyer with thanks.
And now"- said he, putting his
hand in his pocket.
"And now" the lawyer took up the
sentence, II will have my fee, and 1
will take it in hard currency, not in
bills, if you please. p Youths Com
panion.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-19
No Lack of Raw Material.

"Fawther," said Dickey, seizing the
guinea hen firmly by the bill and hold
ing her head down on the block,
whats the reason I've always got to
do this when you. cut off a guinea's
head?,' ,
because fowl Of this kind always
humps her neck up 50 it's hard to get at
it with the Ratchet" -
But suppose you made, a misliok and
chopped off a lot Of my ingers?"
Mr.. MoCorkle, father of ID children,
mostly boys. looked .fxedly at his young,
est. 49,
I'm that case, Dickey," he said, 81
should simply call another boy and try
1t again. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-19
New Yorkss Clean Streefs.

The experience of New York thatitt
pays to provide decently paved streets
for the poor tenant whose children have
heretofore had no other playground and
to put a man instead of a VOTER be.
hind every broom must rank among the
great discoveries in local municipal af-
iairs of the last decade. That it was a
part~of the business of the community
to see to it hat its masses were proper
~ housed had impressed itself earlier
upon its consciousness by dint of. much
argument and the persuasion Of disas-
trous epidemics, for which it's over
crowded rookeries were justly held to
blame, and nail after nail had been
driven into the structure of tenement
house law. erected to neutralize az far
as might be the mischief which could
never be wholly undone, but it is only
within a year that they have been
olinched by the enactment Of Ailaw per.
uniting the seizure and demolition of
unsanitary property as q menace to the
public and the determination Of the
health board to enforce it to the letter.
Thus all the most important steps which
have contributed to the making over, as
it were. of the metropolis on the eve Of
its throwing off provincial letters and
becoming in truth the greater and bet
ter New York Of the twentieth century
fall within the half score years since it
first undertook, in the face Of much
ridicule, to wash its dirtiest ~s.z>ots.-
Jacob A. Riis in Century.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-19
-
THE WISE
Men and Women as They Appear to Hi
Obs ryfpg Eyes. =

| Men and Women a. rbex ann..r. u,.
Observing Eyes.
Flippapcv ia a womanss cvpicism !.
No woman can he q heartiess n;rt nv.
less she has had a real love AFFAIR.
When a man shows a vo,na h
| most corper Of his heart she noLes
aro,,,,d ~ a. .nd sa.s ..T.L:- oua,
Whenever Won admire a ,yc,, !,
hair. she thinks Won are b;rt;no around
for a watch o,ord r,.do of 4.
No matter how ashamed a DIR, tools
the first time abe kisses q man ;t.,ave+
| occurs to her chat the man NAV feaf that
way tao.
When a girl has q erraoe a0ain,t a
man. she oives = ch.eno la;s,, ro,tv s,a
makes him hold tha hsnd,a ,,,t;ia 80
splashes little dahs al, orare b;s rlothas
A girl who ,doesn,t like ;. t;ss- ensbt
70 be treated for r.
Most men conld ha.r Il ho ++o-; ..o,
weren't expected 70 Grin
A woman can never sit in tho d,sl
with her husband without TRYING 70 .at
r~oreant;c
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-19
Rosebery In "Wonderland."

The following passage occurs in al
ices Adventures In Wonderland:"
"AH right" said the cat, and this
time it vanished quite slowly, begin
ming with the end of the tail and end
ing with the grin, which remained some
time after the rest of it had gone.
"Well, I've often seen a cat without
a grim" thought Alice, but a grin
without a cat! It's the most curious
thing that ever saw in all my life!"
Many of us have seen a party without
a leader, but a leader without a party
is indeed "a most curious circumstance.
That is precisely the condition which
Lord Rosebery occupied. - London
Truth, a.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-19
Well Managed, But

Two i%mpecunious Scotchmen came
to q saloon. They had only "saxpence"
between them, SO they ordered one
Zip o. wlmsky." They were hesitating
who should have the first drink, when
an acquaintance joined them.4 Pretend
ing that they had jast drunk, one. of
Ihem handed the newcomer the whisky.
requesting him to join them in a.drink.
He drank, and, after q few minutes of
painful and silent suspense, said, Nov,
boys. you'll have one with me?" "Was-
ma that weel managed, mon?' said one
to his pal afterward. AYE, it was"
said the other solemnly, "but it was a
dreadful risk. "-Argonaut.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-19
Never Drowned In His life.

Barney Phillips is a sailor living in
Alpena, and last month he was reported
as having been drowned off the barge
Monitor in Lake Erie. Barney returned
toAlpena the other day and claimed that
he was not drowned. To a newspaper
reporter in that city he said:
"Eet ees tam lie dat am drown. HAT
nafer been drown in ma life. Am tell
you SOM man his familiar when he say
am drowned off Monitor. Am been from
Cincinnati to Montreal sance dat time
and am nafer drown in ma life. -
troit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-12-19
TAKING NO


Inc Old Gentleman Had Been There BE,
fore and Was Foxy.
The old gentleman had been rathe,
gruf when the young man entered and
his manner had not been particularly
inviting while the young man was shift
ing from one foot to another and pre.
pairing to state his business. He simply
said, "Well?" in an inquiring tone
when the young man arr1unced that
he had come to nee him or a matter OF
vast importance, but there was a great
change when the young man said,
"Your daughter"-
my what?" interrupted the old gen.
tleman with sudden animation.
your daughter, "repessed the young
man, and then he added, as a horrible
suspicion crossed his mind, "She il
yours, isn't she?''s-5' 64
"Of oourse she's mine,', retorted the
old gentleman. = "She hasn't falleaf off
her bicycle and hurt herself, has sGe?''
"Oh, no. She''-
"And she hasn't run over any chill.
dren or eloped with the coachman, or
orr
Nothing of that sort at all" an.
swered the young man, becoming a tri.
he more courageous. "You see. she sent
me here to ask you''-
"She sent youl''f
YES, she-well, Of course it was
my suggestion frst-but, she said to ask
you
h old gentleman seemed to be fully
alive to the situation now. He stopped
the young man by a gesture, and then
he got up and shut and locked the door,
WHAT'S the natter" asked the
young man with some agitation. "Was
any one listeniDgG"
MOT that l know of. butsI am taking
no chances"
"Ah, from past experiences you are
inclined to suspect
We'll. yes am, to, be real frank
with you, returned the old gentleman.
"Now, go ahead"
But should think you could end it
all by laying a trap" suggested the
young man, ignoring the request of the
elder to proceed.
That's what I've dons," was the
reply. Nov, go on"
"Ah, ervants are such''-
Servants! Who said anything about
aervants?' roared the old gentleman.
THE last fellow who came in here to
ask me for Mary weakened before he
got half through and bolted, and I don't
propose to take any chances this time.
Now, go ahead" @
OF course, under the circumstances,
there was little difficulty in reaching a
conclusion that was neutrality-suspicious.
porarily, at least. Chicago Post.