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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-16
CURRENT EVENTS.

The city Of Florence, Ala. has recently
paid s125, 900 for the water works.
Cranes are selling for half cent per
pound in Monroe county, Mich, the cheap
est ever known.
Nearly every working miner around Silver
City. Idaho, has contributed days pay 10
the national silver fund
For the first time In forty years the Circuit
Court OF Logan county, KY, convened IN
regular session recently without murder
case on the docket.
In Hioksville, O., recently a wedding
party was stormed by tramps, who locked
the groom In the smokehouse, ate the wed-
ding supper and stole the marriage license.
A man in Lawrenceyille, Ga, recently solu
bis horse for 25 cents He had put up at
auction once before, but as he could not get
even that sum for 1t he did not sell.
Prairie sehooners bound East are the spec
toolas to which Nebraskans around Ar@pa-
hoe are treated now. The people arc oeing
forced away from tho Southwestern country
BY drouth.
The extent to which bicycles and electricity
are superseding horses Is shown nowhere Sc
strlkingly as on the Western plA!ns' IL Is
estimated that there are loose herds aggre-
eating 125, 900 animals out thSre
The annual conference Of the Me Churcn
South will meet In HopkinsyilJe, KY, on the
23d OF this month. The first conference
after the separation from the n. b. Church
North was held Ia Hopkinsvllle. October j:
to 20. 1876. Bishop James o. Andrews pre-
sided; A. c. Dewitt was secretary Or the
number then present only three are alive
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-16
THE NEWS.

The steamship City Of Richmond, Whiei
arrived at KY West from Miami, reports the
Rritisb steamship, SpringwelI, OF about l,So0
tons. without cargo ashore on E-pow Heel'
about 12O miles from Key West.-h' m'
whitney. OF Boston has closed deal Tor the
purchase Of the Halifax IN. 81 Gas Com
pauy's stock, plant, &C., by tho PeoPie
Heat and Light Company Three hundred
Thousand dollars was the price paid for the
hid gas eompany's stock - Eecelvef
Chauncsy B. Rogers, Of Class "a" ot the
Equitable aid Union, has issued his no'ice
of assessment to those liable Tor the oeD'F
NJ that class In the eupreme jurisdiction,
the States Of Virginia, Minnesota, Caliiornla
ond eeveral Eastern States, are assessed
from as to $40, according to the amount ol
insurance carried The 2Sth meellng OF
the North American Bee Keepers Association
"a in session at the Chapel OF th' Unlver-
e;tv of Nebraska. The question OF amaiSa-
mating the National Bee Keepers Union ano
the No tn American Bee Keepers Assocla-
tion will be considered with prosper lha'
It may be accomplished
Bishop w. D. Walker, OF North Dakota,
has b,en elected bishop of the Episcopal
diocese Of Western New York'-=Ia ho-
transport, Ind. st. Mchaers College burned
to the ground. Loss, $4,000; insurance.
sS5.OO0 Sixty-hve students had matriculat-
ed.-Joseph Wickss, son Of Judge Wickes,
Of Baltimore, has been awarded the contract
OF sewerage plan by the highway committee
OF York. The bid was 81, 400 The Ma
tional Association of Life Underwriters helo
its seventh annual session at the Arlington
Hotel. Washington with about 15O members
present. At Peoria, ILL., The building o.
cupied by the Parsons Neurological Institute
and the Ide Manufacturing Company was
nearly destroyed by fire. Loss, about SloO, :
600; insurance $1s6, ,OOO.--George Vender-
beck. a young man whose home is In Uu-a,
N was found dead In bed In Easton, Pa
Excessive cigarette smoking Is the suppose
oanse NJ his death. The man who MUIR
dered Mrs Baumie last week at Maryyiile
Mo-. has been captured. He gives the name
or Ezra Rosco and has confessed. A lynch
ing party is being formed at Arkoe--Th'
elegant passenger steamer Columbia struck
a rock near Red House, on the Ohio hiVei
and sank almost Immediately. The passen-
gers escaped in yawls. The steamer wa
valued at between $4,000 and $1,000
At the conference Of the Mormon Church al
the authorities Of the church we're sustained
with the exception Of Apostle Moses Thatche
whose name was omitted lfrom the list 10
falling to take counsel before accepting nom
ination for political offiee.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-16
Iro BE Continued
=. Vaccination the Best Preventive,

It may be that vaccination has les
sened the mortality from smallpox.
But, like many other sanitarianS, we
believe that if notification, isolation,
and disinfection could have been, and
had been, practiced in Jenners time
as they can be and are now, among q
more enlightened public, the mortal.
ity would since then have been still
less. and the repulsiye practice OF
inserting a disease direct from tho
cow into the human body need never
have been adopted. AS evidence Of
this, from among much other evil
dence, we may mention that we not
long ago reported several outbreaks Of
smallpox, in one year, Of imported
cases, in zone of the worst vaccinated
towns in England" which were
promptly suppressed by strict fsola,
tion, ETC., and withoutspread In asin-
gle instance. Can. Health Journal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-16
WATCHING FILIBUSTERS.
Revenue Cutters Determined That No k1pe-
ditOu Shall Leave the Florida Coast

Reveule Cutters Determined Inat NO hApo
ditiOu Shall Leave the Florida Coast
The Government has put strict watch
upon Jacksonville to prevent any hlibuster-
ing expedition from leaving port
The cruiser Newark, which left Key
Wes. last Saturday under sealed orders Is
now anchored of ST. Johns Bar, where
commanding view OF the entrance to tho
river Is to be had. The revenue cutters
Boutwell, and Merrill are anchored In the
stream at the foot of Liberty street within
100 yards Of the nlibustering steamers Three
Friends and Commodore, which are tied at
the same wharf
The Merrill arrived from Charleston
Captain Kilgore, Of the Boutwell,, salU tha'
both cutters would remain to prevent 6. sus-
pected expedition from getting away. Inc
inference was also drawn from bis remarks
that the stay Of the Newark at the mouth ol
the river will be indefinite
A statement that the Dauntless would be
blown up II 1t should attempt to leave port,
which has been attributed to Captain hii-
gore. was addressed to Engineer DeYereaux,
of the Dauntess, In Jest, the two men being
old friends However, Captain Kigore has
positive instructions not to allow any OF the
alleged nlibustering vessels to leave port
without permission Of the collector OF Gus
toms. who In turn communicates with TIE
TREASURY Department. With such permts-
sion the Dauntless left for Brunswick, Ga
To engage In towing
Besides su this deputy marshals are
stationed Oh the Three Friends and the Com
modore, and there is not even a possibilit!
that the anticipated expedition can leave
port.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-16

The Ozarina Is studying the laws Of Rus
sia. chow can be expected to assist In the
government OF my people," she is said to
have declared, "when I know nothing about
their Iawa2"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-16

AN English lady who died not long
since left money to pay for sprinkline
Tower Hill, London, daily with ashes
and gravel, SO as to mitigate its SLIP,
merry condition for the beneh- OF
horses heavily loaded.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-16

Sir Wm. Vernon Harcourt In speech In
England called on the British government
to grant protection and security to the Ar
menians,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-16

AT the sea shore, between the sea
swells and the land swells, the land
lords pocketbook swells.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-16
BLOODY FIGHT REPORTED
The ChOo.aw fsoubles Said to Have Resulted
Fatally.

An uEeonArmed report from Guthrie, 0.
T., states that a bloody battle between the
full breeds and squaw meh occurred Ia tho
Choctaw country on Horse Greek, In "hlch
several squaws and their white husbands
were killed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26
sidiary coins is as follows:
The total of silver certificates out
clude the treasury notes Of 1890, was
WHAT GREE SILVER MEANS.
Us follows:

To the Editor of the Globe.
VIII you kindly explain what is meant by
free silver?" 1 was asked to make this
request by a number of ladies, who, like
stand it, but do not wish to display their
ignorance to their husbands by asking them.
Yours truly, H. A. D.
st. Paul, Mimi, July rs, 1896.
"Free silver" as used in the politi-
cal discussions of the day, means that
any owner of silver bullion can take it
to any mint of the United States and
receive in exchange for it standard
silver dollars at the rate Of one dollar
for each BIN grains of pure silver
furnished. If he were to sell the bull
lion in the market anywhere in the
world, he could obtain for it only
about So cents for each Bin grains of
pure metal. Inasmuch, however, as
the silver dollars that the mint gives
to him are legal tender for all debts
to an unlimited amount, by which Is
meant that any creditor Is compelled
by law to accept them at their face in
payment of an obligation, the bullion
owner is thus enabled to make com
pulsory exchange of his product with
those with whom he has dealings at
price nearly 100 per cent above its
actual market value. This, in it's sim
plest terms, is the exact practical def
milton of free silver"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26

ton is not nearly as pleasant as Mr..
for him.
We have paid little attention to the
simon pure silverites, miscalling them
selves "bimetallists," who also were in
session at st. Louis, because they de-
serve little. The great body of the
Peoples party delegates were men
thoroughly in earnest, as were the
body Of those that met in Chicago.
These others are driftwood from both
the old political parties, who have
made a business of the free silver agi-
tation. They do not represent any
body but themselves and the interests
that they serve. The situation is now
well defined, with Bryan as the candi-
date of al the differing elements that
believe in the power of government to
create values, and that look, as the
end of their labors, to a system of I'M
limited issues of irredeemable paper
money. They have called to their aid
all the forces of discomfort. They have
taken advantage of the prevalence of
hard times to promulgate a theory Of
finance that Is centuries old, and as
false and exploded as alchemy. They
will be resisted by all the combined ele-
ments that make for progress with or
der; that believe in liberty without Ii
cense; that accept the teachings of his
tory and of economic science; that be-
lieve in preserving our system of gov
eminent, as 1t was handed down by
the fathers; that have no mind to in
vite the terrors of a system of depre-
ciated and fluctuating currency; and
that regard with adherence a propo-
sition to pay debts and incomes and in
surance policies and bank deposits and
salaries and wages in a dollar whose
purchasing power and whose value in
the markets of the world has been cut
in two.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26
sELF-sUPPORTING PAUPERs.

At first glance the title seems
contradiction in terms, but If the plans
of the present superintendent of the
New York almshouse on BlackwelPs
island are carried out, the phrase will
soon represent an important fact. Mr..
Terry, the superintendent, purposes to
make the almshouse a self-supporting
institution, by providing suitable en-
ployment for every inmate under his
care A tailor shop and a dressmaki,g
shop have been started. from which
VIII be turned out all the clothes worn
py the inmates of the institution. and
doubtless a considerable surpIusage. A
shoe factory will be started Immediate
ly, and other workshops in good time
Almost all trades and professions are
represented among the inmates of the
almshouse, and the amount of skilled
labor which 1t has been found neces-
sary to employ to conduct the indus
tries is very slight. It is claimed thot
with the proper facilities, there is no
one sent to the institution who cannot
do something useful.
All this, of course is valuable TO the
state and a saving to the noclets of
us taxpayers, but The advantages Of
the method are by no means li,nita5 n
It's financial aspect. A system of in
oustrles In the almshouse IS The easiest
method of sitting out able-bodi4d
tramps and self-constituted naunars
from those who really require tho
states assistance. The inmates wore
kept as busy as possible during tho
winter, although the shops ;ystern ha
not then been inaugurated, with the
result that large gang of "hoboes"
came begging for discharge on the
ground that they would have to do less
WORK outside. In addition to sitting
out this element, the work is found TO
be real charity to the inmates. fur
n1sh1ng them, as it does, with q more
varied and interesting life. The fart
that work is a blessing is one Of the
fundamental principles of life which is
very conspicuous in an almshouse.
whose inhabitants are far happier as
body when occupied than when kept in
the boredom of unamused idleness. The
state certainly cannot undertake to en-
terta1n its pauper charges in any other
way, but by giving them varied and
suitable employment it can distinctly
ameliorate their condition. Resigna-
ton to life is a condition far more de-
pendent upon it's interest even than on
it's comfort.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26
THE INTERNATIONAL MAN.

The specializing tendency of the age
invades every department Of life. For
merly the upper stratum of man was
divided roughly, with reference to Ger
tain points of view, into cosmopolitans
and provincials. Nowadays, although
the provincial is provincial still, the
cosmopolitan is being done away with.
No man has time for cosmopolitanism.
An enlightened internationalism is
found to mark the practicable limit of
extension for the personality. The per-
feet international man, however, is still
a rare and precious specimen fact
which has been rendered particularly
evident of late by the conspicuous en-
deavors of Mr.. w. w. Aston, an expa-
triated American who publishes an
English magazine, to secure such
one as editor. His first choice Is said
to have fallen, naturally enough, upon
Mr.. George w. Smalley who Is proba-
bly, the only perfect international man
yet developed. Apparently, however,
Mr.. Smalley preferred to retain his
present position as the veteran inter-
national newspaper correspondent.
Large circulation has been given by
the newspapers to the report that Mr..
Astor's next choice fell upon Mr.. Ed
ward w. Box, editor of the Ladies'
Home Journal, who has indirectly
qualified himself to fill any position un-
der heaven by acting-to quote his adj
mirers-as 1.-THE literary reflector of the
American woman"
It was stated that Mr. Box was of
fered $3.50 year and "a mansion for
the entertainment Of distinguished lit
erary visitors to England" thrown in,
if he would give up rejecting American
femininity, but that his devotion to his
present occupation was such that he
unqualified1y declined the proposal
This was such a handsome compliment
to the American woman that it ought
to be true, but the latest advices from
London say that Mr.. Astor did not
make such an offer to Mr. Box, and
that, in despair of finding such man
as he wants, he has decided to retain
the two members of the English no
bility who are now editing the Pail
Mall Magazine.
Mr.. Astor's difficulties commend him
to our sympathy. What he obviously
desires is some one who can edit a
magazine as well as they do it in
America, and yet not edit it too well for
the English taste. We would suggest
that, failing the International man he
has been seeking. just a plain Amer
lean would do better than the English
gentlemen of title now in charge. The
suggestion gains its validity from the
fact that any one Of the important
American magazines Is more popular in
England than the Pail Mall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26
AN EXTRAORDINARY PARALLEL

To the Editor Of the Globe.
In an editoriaEIof today's issue, "a Big
Question, you say: 1--WE presume that not
even the most ardent fiat money man will
deny that a war in Europe, withdrawing a
million men from the cultivation of the SOIL
and calling for supplies to support them in
the field, would raise the price of every
bushel OF wheat produced in the United
States.'' f11E
1t is a self-evident fact that such a condi-
ton would raise the price of every bushel
of wheat, not only in the United States, but
in the world. This being true, why would
not condition produced by the unlimited
coinage of silver in. the United States raise
the price of every ounce OF silver in the
world? Or, il an additional but limited, de-
mand created by a-condition of war will raise
the price OF every bushel of wheat, why will
not an unlimited demand created by a condi-
ton of unlimited coinage raise the price of
every ounce of silver to the coinage value
limited by law, namely, $1.29 per ounce?
In either case. the increased price Of wheat
or silver would not be the primary or di-
rect result Of the act of government, but
would proceed from the conditions created
by the act of government-the existence of
war treating an additional demand for wheat
and limiting the power to produce it; the ex-
istence of unlimited coinage creating unlim-
tied demand for silver and relieving the de-
mand for gold.
If the increased price of wheat produced
by the condition Of war is not fat, why
should the increase in the value of silver
produced by the condition of unlimited COIN
age De called nat. Respectfully,
John c. Nissan.
Duluth, Mimi, July %, 1896.
There is in this letter a curious fall
ure to follow analogies and to perceive
the absence Of them. In the case as
sumed, Of a European war, our CORE
spondent must see at, once that the
rise in price of food products Is con-
sequence, not of increased demand, but
Of diminished supply. The placing OF
an army in the field does not create
another mouth to feed. There are no
more people to support than there were
before, and their aggregate consump-
ton is increased only by the wasteful-
ness that always accompanies war.
The active factor in rising prices is
the diminution 1of supply. Thousands
or millions Of men are taken from
productive industries, especially from
the cultivationsoof the soil. and still
others are engaged in the manufac-
ture of munitions Of war. This draft
upon the agricultural population d.
ninishes home production, and so far
lessons the supply. The burden Of this
is thrown upon the whole world. and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26
AN EASTERN AIR LINE.

The G l o b on Wednesday contained
news item whose Importance to the
Northwest is too great to be lost sight
of in all this mad whirl of raging pol
1tics, never at rest" The item stated
that one of the lines forming the east
ern outlet for the products of the
Northwest had completed and opened
for freight traffic from the Twin Cities
an extension of it's line to Manitowoc,
on Lake Michigan, port that has
been for some time, in spite of the
want of suitable means of transfer
across the lake, large receiver of flour
from the Minneapolis mills 1t stated
that line of steamers would operate
for the present, in conjunction with the
railway, and that by September the
ferry boats would be ready to take the
trains loaded with Northwestern prod
uce on them, and carry them over the
lake, where they would run onto con-
Meeting lines over which they would go
to their destination at some of the At
lantic terminals A letter from a cor
respondent of the Globe also de-
scribes the work going on at Manito-
woe in the Improvement of the termi-
nal facilities of the company and of
the harbor, deepening it's channel to
the twenty level to which all lake
improvements are being made to meet
the requirements of commerce for ves-
sells of greater draft and capacity.
The question of transportation is as
important a factor in the prosperity of
the Northwest as is that of produc-
ton. The agitation that has become
chronic for lower rates of freight, the
establishment of state railway COM
missions to administer the laws, whose
real purpose is to secure lower rates.
the demands of political organizations
that the government take over the
means of transport, all show how i'm
portant Is this question regarded by
the producers. While to the middlemen
it is a matter of interest, it is not so
much so as to the farmers, for the sin
gle reason that the former can, while
the farmer cannot fix the price of
what they have to SELL Increase Of cost
of transport can be added by the
jobber to the price of his goods, but 1t
must be taken from the market price
of farm products. In dim way farm
ers realize this, feeling the effect, but
rarely diagnosing the case Alright, and,
consequently, applying wrong and
futile remedies.
The new line shortens the distance
between the producer and the consumer
something over a hundred miles, In
evitab1y, and in spite of railway pools
and differentials, this will result in a
proportional reduction in the cost of
carriage on all lines. Not all Of this
gain can be expected to be reaped by
the farmers, but some Of 1t will be.
A portion Of 1t will go to the middle
men, the millers, grain men and stock
men, enabling them to meet the COM
petition which hammers them as well
as the farmer on better terms But the
gain will be shared by all, and in great
er or less degree the gain viii be in
dividually received.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26
FIGURES UP TO DATE.

To the Editor Of the Globe
l. Please inform your readers to the
quantity Of silver in ounces and the market
value of the same per ounce that has been
produced in the United States during the
past five years; i. e., the government fiscal
years.
q Also please state the quantity in ounces
purchased by the government
g. Make an aggregate statement showing
the total amount paid by the government
during the five years above mentioned for
silver.
T. Also state the amount of silver coined
and the amount Of silver certificates issued by
the government during the period mentioned.
Very respectfully, e. w. Durant.
Saltwater, Mimi, July q, 1896.
We can give only such statistics as
are furnished by the official reports,
whether these cover the fiscal or the
calendar year. Replying to Mr.. Dur
ants inquiries, we give the figures as
follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26

The press agents at Chicago evident
ly do not know E. Ellery Anderson.
So, when wire f1oated into their Of
fee from Banff, away up in the North
west territory, with signature out of
which some operator could make moth
ing but "Ellroy Anderson denying
some alleged statement, the associa-
tons agents were puzzled what to do
with it. "Ellroy'' was evidently some
body whom it would be indiscreet to
waste-basket, but who he was they as
evidently did not know. Had they
kept track Of passing events, they
would have surmised that "Ellroy" was
identical with E. Ellery Anderson,
New York's eminent lawyer, Demo-
crat. Mugwump, who passed through
Chicago only the other day on his way
to inspect some railroad properties in
the Northwest territory
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26

sumed. This is only one more instance
of the unfitnes of the government to
assume the paternalistic function.
Everywhere that results in cruelty, cor
ruption and the very debauchery of de-
cay. Surely we want no more of 1t.
1t is descriptive and destructive, both to
the individual and to the state.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26

kets 100 cents? Is 1t not in our COM
mon and graded schools that work for
the future is needed? Is the omission
OF elementary instruction there not
source of our troubles today?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26

Address all letters and kilograms to
THE GLOBE, st. Paul, MINI.
EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE, ROOM
4O1, TEMPLE COURT BUILDING, NEW
YORK.
WASHINGTON BUREAU, 1905 ST. N. w.
Complete files of the G / b always kept
on hand for reference.