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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-03
NJ. W. of A.. Atteution.

All members of Camp 90 are re
quested to meet at their hall Frida,
as 80 to attend the fun eral of thei
deceased neighbor. Nathan A. Boyer
Members OF 500 and 1850 are cor
daily invited to attend.
OLIVER BECK, Consul.
S. Madison, Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-03

Arkansas, great many years ago,
was nicknamed the Bear State. from
the abundance If bears in the mountain
Gus districts. For over 40 years Arkan-
sas had almost a monopoly of the bear
stories OK this country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-03
C1oudA,

Sometimes we see a cloud that's drag.
onish; vapor sometimes, like n bear
or lion: tower'd citadel, pendant
rock, n forked mountain, or blue prom
ontory. with trees upon't, that nod
unto the world. and mock our eyes with
air.-Shakespeare.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-03
MCIntyre-ReCk Dry Goods Co.
bAkGAiN CENTER m

Table Linens.
NOTHING THE MATTER WITH THESE TABLE
" damasks. except the prices which are badly
shakenup. The gain is yours:
s. inch b'esohed patterns sse, at Sc
eneh bleacAsd lines, enc patterns price
43xc. " '' f'~S
6neh 6eached uen Sine patterns valae
inch patterns, price
S7fc, - - S~e
einch finish price &C.
values blesched
SIS, for this sale soc and
special lots Of German table
these reduced prices: -S -
At size patterns lin n value SOC
AteOc yard, Shandeome patterns value CSC.
Towels.
Full lieut.
10 dozen buck 1880
1sc
mostly &c values These lots last the
Mattipgs.
ots Q, matnss from
ting while lasts Japanese MATINEE two p,
terms, usual lSe quality. per yard. IsYc
Sundry Things Cheap.
enameled card boxes
So1es outtermk good
here 1Oc 1000 packages Of toilet
lemon and vanilla extracts. bottle, ~ = - ' re
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-03

TIE ARGUS delivered every even
Ing at your door ct 10c Q week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-03
Mattipgs.

o or mastines from the
this
ting while lasts japanese msiueS two "a,
terms usual 1Sc quality. -
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24
The Evasive Ratio.

Gold and silver coins are recognized
by all commercial nations Of the Wort
as the best standards of value. as the
asu of every article Of desire. Of
everything that is bought or sold. Those
two metals not only measure all other
things. but they measure each other.
Theirrelative value constantly changes.
Twenty-three years ago sixteen ounces
of silver were worth more than one
ounce Of gold. Now thirty-One ounces
Of silver can be bought by one unc of
gold. This %fuctuation of value cannot
be prevented by law. 1t is beyond the
reach of legislation. II is caused by the
changing demands for ana the increas-
ing supply of these metals from the
mines. Both are necessary as money
silver to supply the daily wants Of life
and gold to measure the larger traDsac
lions Of business. especially in ex-
changes with foreign nations. How to
maintain the parity Of the twO metals
at a fixed alto has been. is. and always
will be a difficult problem. not only In
the United States. but IL the civilized
world.-JOhn sherman. at Columbus.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

There was formed in the convention
of 1865 the Latin Monetary Union. The
agreement underlying this has been
several times modified, but the union
survives and is tacitly renewed from
year to year. mainly because 1t would
be a very difficult thing under existing
circumstances to dissolve it. But 1t
ceased to be a league for international
bimetallism when the first limitation
was placed on the issue Of mint cerrifi
Gates, in 1874. The commercial value
OF silver had begun to sink with appall-
ing rapidity. and the stock Of silver coin
in the Bank Of France had increased
from S150.300.0 600 in 1873 to sos. 700
900 in 1879. France held to the theory
Of bimetallism. and still holds to II.
for that matter. long after its practice
has been demonstrated to be impossi-
bic, for. if Il change Of less than | per
cent in fifteen years in the yalue of
silver could deranGe all ratios. what
must be the effect Of a fall OF 30 per
cent in a similar perlod?-Denison
Tex Herald.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24
No Amortization of Gold.

Certain StatisticianS admitted-erro-
neously. | thiDk-an appropriation Of
gold and in part attribute To il the fall
in prices. Even Mr.. Giffen. the jealous
StatiStician of the British Board Of
Trade. adopted this opinion 10 a certain
cXtent. To-day II has lost all value.
The event. confirming my predictions.
which. however. were easily framed.
has shown that the colonization of little
explored countries leads 20 the discov-
cry of very productive gold mines. Since
lSNS he production of gold has advanc-
cd considerably. In 1894 il exceeded
Soo.uu0.uG0 francs 1S160.OUO .O0Ul in
place of the average product of 800
600. 00U francs $500. 0CO. O00l from 1881
To 1852. This production leaves far be
hind the average Of the great aurifer-
Gus period of 1870 to 1870. A new age
Of gold is opening. which will strikingly
eclipse that which followed the Califor-
Man and Australian discoveries about
1880. The production of gold Is in
crossing in all cOuntries-in the United
States. Australia and Russia: and il
tends 10 become prodigIous in South
Africa. An able English banker OF
Hi-h rrpuIe. Sir Edgar Vincent. return
'! 4 Few weeks since from the Trans
Saa!, aud gave 1 as bis oplEiCL 'haI
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

If anybody still doubts that the patcr
nal Vanderbilt is really the Whole
Thing in the Vanderbilt family let hin
observe the preparations for the mar
riage ceremony between Miss Gertrude
Vanderbilt and Mr.. Harry Payne Whit
ney. Some time ago when n of th'
young Vanderbilts married against hi
papa's consent the wedding service wa
what is elegantly known as a frost
1t was just an ordinary wedding In Al
ordinary way. No ~fashionably dresse
| crowds mobbed the church. The wed
ding presents were not corded up In TN
parlor and photographed for the edii
cation Of all New York. The bridet
trousseau was not brought In by freight
and exhibited to reporters In a bazaar.
In short, the wedding was a weak, pitt
full affair, and passed off without q rip
pie on the surface of New York society.
The pair were married like plain, ordl-
nary human beings. Observe the diff
ference in the new wedding which goes
on with Papa Vanderbilt's entire con-
sent. The bridal presents would start a
wholesale jeweler in trade. Undoubted-
ly Papa Vanderbilt is the entire thing.
It's his say so that determines whether
the doings Of the younger Vanderbilts
are going to be on a scale to attract the
attention and mystify the understand
ing of the admiring world.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

Two of our sister American republics,
Mexico and Chilli, have recently elect
ed presidents. In both countries the
system of choosing presidents Is mod
eled upon ours; that is, there is no d.
rect popular vote for presidents, but
they are chosen by electors who are
elected by the people. In Mexico the
constitution was amended some years
ago to permit a president to be a can
didate for ~re-election; and the result
Of the election just held was the al
most unanimous reelection of Presl-
dent Diaz. The term is four years.
President DiaZ was first elected in 1876.
In 1884, President Gonzales having
served a term in the interval. President
DiaZ was again chosen. and has held
the office since by successive re-elec.
lions.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

+. Nichols Crouch was one of the
very few men who have attained fame
with a single stroke. Perhaps fame Is
not the word in Crouch's case, for out
Of the many thousands Of people who
are familiar with the song Kathleen
Mavourneen' possibly only a few know
the name of the man who wrote it,.
The song has taken its place among the
great number of household ballads
which are so familiar that their author
ship is never thought Of. 1t was the
one thing of Crouch's which lived and
secured an enduring place. With its
sentiment and its melancholy melody
it may be properly classified along with
such numbers as Annie Laurie"
WAY Down Upon the Suwanee River"
Home. Sweet Home" and Robin
Adair'-the songs which everybody
knows and everybody at some time in
life has tried to sing. Having achieved
this unique triumph, Crouch's claim TO
general attention ceased. He did moth
ing else which won such absolute and
itilldIhdpie SuttcSS, anu we're tue
whole mass Of his other writings to be
stacked up 1t could not make the au-
thor the reputation gained In a few
bars of Kathleen" 1t was q singular
freak Of destiny which made 1t posi-
bic for this man to show so pronounced
n genius for catching the popular ear
in one instance and kept him from ever
repeating the performance. He wrote
n song that will be sung long after
his name Is forgotten. And. by another
singular freak of fate. it brought him
in not a cen His life was one Of dis.
appointment. vicis>itude and defeat
his reward for giving the public one Of
its most notable songs.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

Credit. as represented 10y checks and
the various other devices of the era of
swift steamers. railroads. telegraphs.
submarine cables and telephones. en-
largeS and contracts the per capita
of means of payment indefinitely. ac-
cording 10 the needs OF business. The
credit currency exceeds the cash cur
rency by over ten 10 one. and IL would
be silly 10 try 10 add a billion OF silver
to the latter 10y an eXpedient which
wolSd destroy credit TO the extent Of
many billions and fill the land with
panic and disaster. Our present credit
system Is bull, Oh the basis Of the gold
dollar as the unit of value. TO 60 To-
the silver basis and make - cents
worth Of silver .rga! tender for 200
cents would evidently call Cor "A new -
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24
SOUND SENSE.
Ex-President Harrison on the Powers OF
Government.

Ex-freSlOent 6orrlbOn on tne fOWorS OF
Government.
/ will tell you what this government
can do alone. 1t can fix its money unit.
It can declare by law what shall be the
relative value Of ar ounce Of gold and
an ounce of silver, but it cannot make
that last declaration good. 1t is unques-
tionably fully within the power of this
government to bring this country to Is
silver basis by coming silver dollars and
making them legal tender. They can do
that. This government can say you shall
take one Of those dollars in discharge Of
any debt owing to you for 81, notwith-
standing you may have loaned gold dol
lars; but it cannot say. and enforce its
decree. if you should call out the regular
army and navy and muster all our great
modern ships and add the militia, and
put William J. Bryan in command of
them-it cannot enforce the decree that
l ounce Of gold is the equivalent Of Is
ounces Of silver. Not only that, not
France and England and Germany can
do that unless the markets respond.
Why? You may make me take q silver
dollar for q debt, but if I have bought
my goods at gold prices you cannot
make me give as many yards Of cloth
for a silver dollar as l have been in the
habit Of giving for q gold me
II I have a gold dollar in this hand
and q silver one in that. and you declare
they are equal, and / can take that gold
dollar to q bullion broker and get % for
tt, / ! know it is q lie. If l have nothing
but q gold dollar. and sugar is 30
pounds for 81, I will not give that gold
dollar for 20 pounds Of sugar. l will
take it around toA broker and get two
silver dollars for it and get the 20
pounds Of sugar and have one silver
dollar left So it is, my friends. We can
Of ourselves, Of our own wisdom, de-
clare the unit of value. We can coin sill
yer freely, but we cannot make 16
ounce of silver equal to / ounce of gold
unless it is And it is not unless the
merchants take it at that rate. That is
where all this thing comes in. 1t is
trade, it is the merchant, it is the man
who exchanges and deals in these things
that 1xes the relative value, and If you
do not take the value he fixes the gold
dollar will 60 back to the gold vault,
and the gold will 60 out Of circulation.
-Ex-President Harrison in His New
York Speech.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

The impression which "Gail Hamil.
was rather that of a vigorous and tire
less personality than that Of a literary
genius. She wrote too much. and.
while she wrote well enough to capt.
vate the reader Of a day. we imagine
that few persons even know the names
Of her works and fewer still read them
at this time. An occasional short story.
brilliantly and swiftly composed, or a
political essay in which her Judgment.
always hasty, was seen to be further
disturbed by her almost religious wor-
ship of her sole idol in life, charmed
for 3 while but was soon forgotten.
Gail Hamilton the writer was short.
lived. but Gail Hamilton the woman
never ceased to attract the admiration
Of Americans. Such pluck, gayety,
earnestness and freshness Of mind are
seldom encountered. She had views on
every subject, she was unabashed by
rldicule and ~undaunted by failure. It
was characteristic of her that the last
public act of her life should have been
her attempt to undo the monstrous in
justice which the English courts have
inflicted upon her unfortunate country
woman, Mrs. Maybrick. Such a per-
sonality, however ephemeral may be
Its work when measured by literary
or other common standards, is not lost.
Insensibly, perhaps. the current Of af-
fairs in our generation is directed
rather by such ardent but seemingly
ineffective souls than by the men whose
names are printed on the covers Of
great books or coupled with legislative
acts of the most imposing dimensions.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

Advertising lodges are sometimes ad-
vertising swindles. A London firm re-
Gently put a bicycle propelled by me-
chanical power in its shop window, and
offered it as a prize 10 the person pur-
chasing five dollars worth in the shop
who guessed the correct mileage cover
ed by the machine on the day Of the
purchase. A stranger guessed the cor
rect number, but the dealers had an
other correct guess in hand, which
turned out to be in the name of a pri-
vate friend Of the firm. The stranger
has taken the matter into the law
courts.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

The Louisiana Legislature. at Its last
session. passed a law prohibiting wom-
en- from wearing hats nj theaters. The
State House was crowded on the day
when the bill was passed. the audience
being very large and resplendent in
beauty and dress. Senator Fenner.
who championed the women's cause.
succeeded in getting in an amendment
allowing the wearing of opera hats
and aigrertes." This amendment
threatens dire confusion at the theaters
In the fall. for the opera hat" is de
fined by neither the la WIS nor the die
tionaries. The milliners Of New Orleans
declare that an opera hat is one which
fits close 10 the head and is without
brim, but in the matter Of trimming.
each owner can follow the dictates of
her own sweet will. and there is no rea-
son why ii should not be as high as n
bonnet Of the Marie Antoinnette type
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

A decision has been reached in the
suits between the national government
and the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany which will relieve from anxiety
thousands of settlers who bought their
lands from that company. After the
lands had been bought from the com
pany in good faith. the land Office dis
covered that the patents under which
they were held were worthless, because
the company had no proper title to
them. In the suits which the govern
bent brought to recover the lands, the
innocent settlers were included with
the company as defendants. A law
passed last March. however, permits
the government to enter suit against
the company for the value Of the lands:
and innocent purchasers are permitted
to receive new patents on filing the re-
oulred proofs that they bought in good
faith. The company has now agreed
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24
Free Gold"

If it down to a matter of the
number of coins hal are to be put
forth, regardless Of what they are
worth, why stop short Will 5O-cent sill
yer dollars! Why MOI also have a de
based gold coinage? Why not take just
One-half the metal hat is IN each half
eagle. stamp 1t 81 and attcmpt to make
it pass as such: According 10 the Popu-
list school Of finance. the country would
have just twice as much money In cir
~culation. MOreyOre. if there is anything
in the plea so often made that silver
has not deprecated. but that gold has
appreciated, why not bring rhe latter
metal down to its proper worth n
coin it at just one-half the proportion
at present used: Why lot make free
gold" the campaign waichwOrd! 1t
ought to catch votes as readily aS "frea
silver.'-San Diego (Cal.t lnirn.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

Deacon Goodman-My boy, do you
know that this is the Sabbath? hope
you are not going a-fishing with that
hook and line?
Boy-NO. sir: I'm only going 10 see II
ing fish in that stream over yOnder. If
there should happen 70 be. | suppose it
wouldn't be wrong 70 punish them by
pulling them OUT. would it, Boston
Transcript.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24
Silver May Not Rise Much.

Gold, Of course, will rise al the same
price, for the meaning of the word
dollar will have changed. 1t Is some
times said that the increased demand
for silver and decreased demand for
gold will affect their relative values
and keep gold from reaching a premi-
um. 1t is possible that the change in
demand may affect their values slight
ly. but that it should bring the market
ratio. which is now 80 to !. into accord
with the mint ratio Of 16 to / is quite
inconceivable. 1t should be remem-
bered that value IS not determined by
demand nor by supply, but is the equi-
librium between them. The supply Of
idle silver in the wOrld-silver which
will come to our minis under free coin
age-wil doubtless make more add
tional currency than now exists, Of all
sorts, in the United States. The annual
production Of silver. too, is greater than
Is needed, both for use in the arts and
TO maintain coinage against abrasion
and growth Of business. To carry off
the surplus of a commodity which
yields a profit at the market price will
not materially raise its value. No one
else wants it; and even to double our
currency would hardly require more
than the existing supply.-'When Coin
age Of Silver Is Free" William Morse
Cole, A. NJ.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

Ga MADE 0r4a;.
must evidently be greatly cur,,,,os
The experience Of 1893 taught w. Vu'
evils Of suspended credit, and IN. we
try is in no mood to repeat thai .,n"u
ence.-Baltimore Sun. "rei'
suppose You Should Be M;st.
Farmers who think that froo :,
will help them to get rid of their mnr,
cages should consider carefully ura.
effect a 16 to l law will have an a'
lenders of capital. The silyeritos
telling you beautiful stories abon, Nv
great volume of money which Win
ready for l%oaning at low rates Of in,a"
est as soon as we adopt the silver SION,
ard. But suppose the scheme sbon,,
NOT work in the way they expect sr,
pose that as Soon as it becomes lrLoit.
that a free coinage law will be enac,os
there is a general demand that al
mortgages should at once be naid :"
full? The promise of cheap monar
when free silver comes won't helm ro,
now. Where are you going to %, tho
money to pay off your mortgage? Do
you suppose any man is going to make
oans while there is a possibility of HE
being repaid in 50-cent dollars? Ana
If you can't raise the money when If Is
called for, and if your farm is sold AZ
a sacrifice, where will you be then?
Think these things over. DON, no
fooled by the free silver idea that cboon
money low rates of interest Tho
facts are just the other way. Interest
is far higher in all silver using conn.
tries than in gold countries. If we On
on the silver standard the men who
have capital to lend will charge more
interest than they do now in order 70
cover the risk of being repaid in depre.
ciated silver dollars. SO if you S1c.
coed in borrowing under free coinage
you will pay higher interest on the loan.
Ask anybody who knows the facts
whether interest is not much higher in
Mexico. India or the silver South Amer.
lean countries than in the United
States, England or Germany, with their
currency based on gold. Then make
up your mind that you will vote for
the financial system which, if left un-
disturbed, will benefit you far more
than free silver will.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

II is said that the young Duke OF
Manchester. who has come over to New
port to pick up an American wife, is
"an enthusiastic stamp collector" Prob
ably some silly girl with plenty Of
stamps will get stuck on him.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

A Philadelphia paper tells about a
pickpocket in that town stealing a load
Of hay. Philadelphians who carelessly
carry hay about in their pockets may
expect to be robbed. Such a thief, how
ever, should not be admitted to bale.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

A Washington paper which evidently
doesn't understand its business refers
to "hailstoneS as large as goose eggs"
Hailstones. in print, as we understand
1t, are always as large as hens eggs.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

A Pittsburg paper asserts that the old
est Mason celebrated his Goth birth
day the other day. There must be
some mistake about that: we remem
Der quite distinctly that the oldest
Mason died several years ago in several
different States.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

Bulge was defeated in his gubernr-
torial candidacy in North Dakota. and
Booze has been turned down for Con
gress in Maryland. Both were groggy
from the start.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

to pay the costs Of the original suits.
and proceedings have been begun un-
der the new law. A similar settlement
is expected Of suits pending against
fifteen or twenty other railroad com.
panieS.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

that country contained $4,000, OOO, 900
francs $50, 900. $1,000 in gold, to be
extracted in twenty years. In 8 the
product of the Transvaal alone will
probably reach 250,0O0,0 200 francs 800
00O,00O). and will probably reach 5OO,-
100000 francs $500, OOO, 600 in four or
five years. if not sooner.-Paul Leroy
Bcaulieu. in the Forum.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

An Akron. Ohio. justice heard a case
and imposed a fine by telephone the
other day. Why not umpire baseball
games by telephone nOwt
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

1.-THE Hypnotic Magazine" is Chica-
COS latest enterprise In literature. Most
Of the other somnolent magazines are
published in the East.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

Don't loan anything: O know vour-
self how careless you are IN paying
back anything y"u borrow.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-24

A snake twenty-five feet long was
captured in Iowa the other day-a very
good record for q prohibition State.