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The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

home, tend to its business, and await q
chance to hit back.
Enthusiasts say that one big gun sta
toned UPON the Sta tue OF Liberty in New
York Bay could protect the whole harbor.
and that one big dy nnniite cannon located
upon Seal Rock, off San Francisco, would
be able to keep the Goldes, Gate calm and
tranquil against all the armored vessels
Spain can produce; while others, after.
glaucing over the figures, declare this
would be putting the United states to
too much trouble, and that it would be
better to send down Il couple of Hollands
torpedo boats to meet the guest midway
under water and send up cordial dyna-
mite greeting in miGocean, after which
there would be 10 guest.
A picture OF the Spanish treasury lined
UP against the United states money-bag
would look like a child's savings bank
against the Treasury building, and the
Spanish navy placed alongside the big
and constantly growing one of the United
States would compare only as toy canoe
compares with the warship Massachusetts,.
The Spanish army and the United States
troops, placed side by side, would be no
more than Hans Andersen tin soldier
gazing upon the United States National
Guard.
1t is likely that Spain knows all this, for
the Duke of veragua was greatly im-
pressed with it, and so was the Princess
Euialie, SO it may be that the boast was
no more than an excited fancy might die
tate, for Alpbonso and family have been
friendiiest OF friendly in words to the
United States. But a young country, like a
young fellow, likes TO feel its strength.
and older nations can excuse boy like
the United States for stretching himself
and measuring his growth and size.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
NOT MUCH OF A FREAK.
Report Made to the City Editor by
the Serious Man.
~.

The serious-faced man approached tho
city editors desk with the Importance Il
a person who was about to give an inita-
ton of Napoleon crossing the Alps.
Would you like to have an interesting
item for your paper?'' he inquired eau
tiousiy.
That's what we are here for" responded
the city editor. with refreshing naivetH
What have you got?''
"a human freak"
Are you an agent for dime mu.
seum?''
No; this is a genuine thing
"Weil, what is it?''
IT'S nan with one-half of his bodJ
black
And he is not in freak shown
v0f course not; he's n neighbOr OF nin..
He moved here last week from Shiawas.
see county"
'.DoeS ne attempt to explain how he got
the co,or?''
''IIe never did to me-"
'.Wil he see a reporter?
Il suppose so. Anyway, L can take ono
Up vita ne and introduce him. :
This was satisfactory and the reporter
was assigned to go with the scrious-faccd
man to see the freak. He returned in
half an hour.
"well?" inquired the city editor when
he appeared.
Didn't see him." answered the To-
porter. HE wasn't at home, but would
be tonight at o'clock. Here's note
from your friend, though and the re-
porter delivered u miSsivc. The city
editor read 1t and banged it down on the
desk The reporter read it; 1t was very
brief; 1t was as follows: ''Sir, omitted
to saw TO YOU that the other half OF Tia
man was black also.''
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

against injury he wears mask and a
chest protector His position is such that
when q pitcher delivers bail it strikes
the ground just between the knees and is
taken on the short bound.
The batsnlan takes his Position at the
plate, with a heavy HAT rat somewhat like
those used in cricket. The umpire, who
must be II man oil uninlpaired vision, calls
upon the pitcher to get ready, and then
clearly sings out, "One. two. three!" At
the word three the pitcher must Loyalty
deliver the ball. Z He pitches in the slow.
underhand way peculiar to the game
twenty five or thirty years ago, the idea
being to deliver a ball that can be hit BY
the hatsnfan- who. standing there in the
darkness, with a sharpened sense of hear
ing and a wonderful conception OF the
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
THE GREAT GLACIER.
Rises From the Alaskan Waters Like
a Sapphire Ray.

sapphire Ray.
Correspondence Of the Atlanta Journal
I'VE were awakened early one morn
ing by becoming nose, as though cannon
were being fired at some distant point.
As / looked ont of {. window or ny
staterooIn l found tia We had anchored
but a short distance from the Muir glacier,
and that the booming as OF artillery
was but the breaking away of huge masses
ice from the frozen wall that stretched
Itself before us for over a mile and rosc
to n height OF go feet. We went ashore
in small boats SD that we could explore
the frozen Niagara
This glacier is named for Prof. John
Muir, the Pacific coast geooyist, who, in
1873, explored it, and so opened the way
for thousands to visit it in safety. For
some years now during the summer season
the steamers always so to Glacier Bay.
1t is impossible to describe this frozen
wonder that through the centuries has been
pressing seaward. No words can give one
an idea OF the grand spectacle. The scene
is one that can never forget. No human
habitation was in sight; no canoes glided
over the water, but only masses of ice could
be seen on every side, while before us rose
this great frozen wall, with spires and pin
nacles of ghostly white and richest blue
flashing in the sunlight like some vastcathe-
dral. In my wanderings in Switzerland !
have seen nothing to equal this great Alas
kan gfacier, at whose feet surge the blue
waters of til ebay, while eyond airWeath-
er peak rea rs its snowy crest. One thinks
not OF figures when one is drinking in the
marssiSas beauty OF this glorious ice world,
thous. some ynattcr-of-ract person at my
elbow says It extends back forty miles, and
all of It la snot yet been explored
LAS we scanned away 1 watched with
eager eyes % catcT the last glimpse of the
'teinpestuous loneliness / always carry
with me pictureof a sapphire bay, dotted
with countless icebergs, that looked like
fairy castles In the distance a cleaning
wall OF ice, while far beyond the snow.
capped range stood guard over the scene
Ever and anon we continued to hear the
booming sound as great masses of ice
crashed down into the water and set the
wild echoes flying Finally it was lost TO
view. SO 1 turned away reluctantly and
paced the deck alone. not caring to be
aroused too suddenly from this dream by
everyday sights and scenes and faces.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
A BOAT TRAIN.
AmphibiOus Machine Which Is Now
In Operation in Denmark.
London Nail

London Nail
An .amphibious boat" now in practical
operation in Denmark, would seem to have
paved the way for a solution Of the problem
involved in the operation OF boats on the
Upper Nile.
Inc idea Of a boat that could be used as
a carriage or run on rails over dry land
was preached many years ago, but the
scheme wasiooked upon asinpracticable.
This latter day "amphibian''is no longer
an experiment II is commercial success,
and CARED during the last summer 81, 900
passengers
TINS odu-ioosinG craft is used on two
large lakes situated twelve miles from Co
penbag gen. The bodies of water are known
Us ure SO and the Farum So, and are
divided by narrow strip of land 100
feet in width.
1t is to cross this isthmuS that the boat
leaves the water and for the times becomes
alOcomutive. 1t ispractic1l, although some
what cumbersome. The inventor is q
Swede and the boat was built in Sweden
1t is small passenger steamer, 46 feet IN
length, drawing from feet to feet 6
inches according to the load. Her full COM
plement of passengers is seventy. When
loaded She weighs a bout fifteen tons.
Her engines and boiler are of ordinary
build, and have Ina ximum oftTenty -seyen
horse power. Tie mechanism whichpropeis
the boat when on land is quite simple, but It
may be improved upon.
Tie rails used are of regulation Danish
pattern and the gauge is feet2 inches
When nearing the land the boat is guided
into a funnelshaped dock, whihc gradually
tapers down TO width only two inches
greater than that OF the boat. When the
narrowest portion Of the dock is reached the
boat enters a short parallel dock OF the
same width and is allowed to advance slow
ly until the front wheels touch the raids,
which extend below the water level for the
purpose. Immediately the wheels are
thrown into gear and the boat begins its
ascent. 1t is assisted by the propeller.
which is in play
In due time the back wheels find their
way to the rails, and the boat advances on
its upper course at the rate of about 2Qo
feet TO the minute.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
HOW BLIND BOYS PLAY BALL.
Game Differs In Many Details From
the Regular Game.

Game Differs In Many Details From
the Regular Game.
Boston Transcript.
Prof. Il. b. Huntoon, OF the Kentucky
school. describing baseball among the
blind, says: THE baseball game differs,
OF course, in many OF It's details from the
regular game. The diamond is not Of
regulation size, but is OF regulation form
The distance between bases In but forty
feet The FEEDERS are stationed the same
as in National League game, with the
exception that there is a right shortstop,
thus making ten men to side In the
outfieid. in public games. there is an IN
limited number Of players. each taking a
turn at the bat, first moving up one posi-
ton whenever a hatsmaR is put out.
The catcher sits on the ground, weil
back from the home plate, and to guard
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

nails. This was one of the interesting
features of today's session OF the conven-
tion. When il was over an indignant
Populst introduced this resolution:
Resolved, That future sergeants-at-
arms stall be required TO wear tights"
The chairman did not put the resoiut On.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
The Sweet Thing.

Miss Jellus Ito Miss Mature, who is hand
some, but not SO young as size used TO bell
believe you paint your cheeks,
Miss Mature-No, don t; nature paints
them.
Miss Jellus-Tben must say wonder at
natures choosing such a worn out piece
of canvas to work on.-Fun.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
ResentIng am Outrare.

~ understand that neither Mckinley nor
Bryan rides wheel"
That's so; and no wheel plank was put
in their platforms, either. We wheelmen
are going to have convention and nominate
q ticket Of our own.'-Exchangc.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
Managen,ent.

my wife is such q good manager. Before
she goes away for the summer she writes
me out long bulletin 30 I cap know
exactly when everything is in the house"
s'Yes?''
"And then she carries it off with her"
Boston TranscS1pt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21
How About 1t. Mr.. Bryan.
On. y. Press.)

How about free trade and proteC-
ton. Mr.. Bryan? Why don't you say
Something on this subject? The people
Of the United States, who are receiving
$500 100000 a year less wages than they
received underline Mckinley law, would
like TO know whether YOU are in favor
of keeping mills and factories closed
and WorkinSmen out of employment
once you said that you would die for
free trade. DO you still banker after
death for the good of cause that has
caused a treasury deficiency ever since
the Wilson law went into operation
that has increased the public debt in
terest and principal. by half a billion
dollars; that has destroyed half the
value Of the sheep tloclls in the United
States; that has closed tWo-thirds OF
the WOODEN mill machinery in the
country, and that has SO weakened the
home market, by depriving our labor
OF $500 10000 a year, that the farmer
cannot sell his wheat and corn. the
planter his cotton, the manufacturer
his product. and the business man his
stock of goods?
You know, don't you, that when la
Dor is unemployed or on reduced wages
the first person to feel the loss is the
man who has something to sell? When
we allowed foreign goods, made by
cheap labor, to come into our market
unobstructed, these imports undersoId
the American producers wares, did
they not? That drove the manufac-
tGrer to close his factory or mill. That
reduced wages or threw men out of
entirely. That lessene athe
consumption of the farmers crops be-
cause when man hasn't any money he
can't buy anything
The $500 600 annually which the
Wilson law took away from American
Wage-earners went to foreign wage
earners. Mr.. Bryan. Iii consuming for
eign-made goods we pay that 5000. 600.
600 year TO cheap labor in Europe, Do
You wish to continue to pay that extra
sou, 100000 year to foreigners, Mr..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21
A fret:y fresh Committee.
(H&rtford Courant.)

\ Washinaton correspond Mt or the
New Yo.l, World" has been analv2ine
Jones Populist- Democratic campairr
committee-that is, the two-thirds of
1t as to which Jones has succeeded in
making W his mind OF the six mem
bers appointed and announced he finds
that only one. Bradley r. Smallev of
Vermont. knows anything cxperi-
mentally about the managing Of a. ma
tonai campaign. John r. Mclean is
lAe very wealthy Ohio person who
owns a newspaper in Cincinnati. lives
~ Washington, and tried to get his
name on the national ticket this wear
johnson u. CD is a Kansas countrv-
town lawyer. Campau tD. - is a
Michigan man, a lawyer. an ex-collec-
Tor Of The port of Detroit. and a rich
man. Tom Gdhan of Illinois made his
Pile as q stock buyer ana contractor
has been a Chicago alderman. and is
regarded as Altgeld's personal repre-
sentative on the committee. Clark
Howell Of Georgia is a young man who
mas more or less TO 90 with the editing
oil a newspaper at Atlanta 1t is con-
jectured that he is to be assigned to tha
campaign literary bureau at Washing
ton. Politicians are not congratulate
ing Chairman Jones upon his cam
palSn committee" reports the core
spondent They think the committee
light. Not one of the veterans who
nave taken leading parts in former
Democratic campaigns appears on the
list"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21

still Interested in Utah silver mines
and, like the rest of the silver svndi-
cate, believes that the salvation of tho
product at the ratio of Is to l.
This is in brief the personnel of tho
active political working force of tba
great silver mine syndicate which has
taken charge of the Democratic ma
chine and is backing the BRYAN hoo,n
This, of course. takes no account of
such wealthy men as st. John. the
banker; Sewall, the millionaire shin
builder and vice presidential nominee
OF the Democratic party nor of the
great Eastern agents Of the silver
miners. nor of the Rothchilds. the Lon
don, agents of the Fair estate in Cali
fCrnia, nor of the other numerous East
ern wealthy men who ere Interested in
depreciating the wages of American
WOrkingmen in order to enable then,
to compete with the pauper labor Of
Europe, whose manufactures they ex-
pect to place in competition with
American goods.
To the silver mine owners the cleo
ton OF Bryan and of a free silver Dem.
ocratic House means millions. Placing
the product Of their mines at "a 600 600
ounces a year, though it would soon be
100000 600 ounces. and the government
paying them at the rate Of $1.29 an
ounce, and granting, for the sake Of
argument. that ii cost them 6S cents an
ounce to mine it. the people Of the
United States would pay into tn
pockets of the silver miners Sal 900 coo
per annum, and make giganti"
monopolists of the very men who are
crying out against monopolics in their
Platform.
This is an unduly conservative esti-
mate of the profits of the silver barons:
the actual figures would more likely be
Hf3,00o 900 per 2nnum 1t will thus be
seen at glance what is involved in the
election of Mr.. Bryan, not counting the
evils that would flow from the retire
ment of upwards of $500, GOO o0o1t-f gold
upon which the credit Of the nation is
founded
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21

Bryan, keeping it away from our wage
aarners?
The Republican party does not wish
to do that. Mr.. Bryan. II wishes TO re-
store the Protective tariff. and it says
81 frankly and boldly. unqualifiedly
and uncampromisingly 1t wishes to
pat all our own wage earners at work
again 1t wishes to make them BUYERS
ia the home market again It wishes
@ see their increased consumption
make strong demand for wheat.
corn. cotton, meat-everything that we
produce in this country and sell in the
home market
Row about you. Mr.. Bryan? Are YOU
stli ready TO die for free trade? If
you are. why don't you say 50? Why
don't You discuss it with the American
peopie2 You came here to tear New
York to ribbons. and after your recep-
u9nln Madison Square Garden YOU ran
away and hid yourself. You came here
to Invade New England" and YOU
iiatly refuse to go near it. You came
here e put Maine III your pocket and
carry it home with Xou. and you con-
ceal yourself from the sight of man
Are you afraid also 10 talk free trade
and protection. Nj Bryan? Are you
afraid 10 say anything that can be
taNenas a declaration concerning these
principles. as an explanation of these
issues - YOU purpose T. run away
from protection all over the country,
just as YOU run away from sound
money in the East?
What doyou intend 10 say about pro-
lection Mr.. Bryan? When do you plan
to hegin tn die for free trade?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21

$3.50 in 1854 though supplies of all
kinds had in the meantime nearly
doubled in price
Now what is John Brown going to
Gain by the change which he is asked
t. support He knows, or should know
that there is not a nation in the world
that freely coins silver that does NOT
h&ve lis currency system on a siIve-
basis. Russia is a great and wealthy
country. bat its alleged bimotallic
standard is silver. and in spite of its
wealth it has not been able to make
silver equal - gold. Austria is a great
and wealthy country, but up Ia 1892 its
assumed bimetallic standard of cur
reRcy was silver standard and its
large use Of silver did not enable It.
even in company with Russia Ia give
a. that meal parity Of value with
gold The experience therefore. of the
entire world teaches that if we have 4
free coinage II silver We simply sab
stitute in this country silver standard
Of value in niace Of the present gold
standard. or in other Words that the
$500 that John Brown receives for his
years work instead Of having the pur-
chasing power that it now has. viii be
no better than 800.
The reason for this shrinkage will be
that those Who own merchandise ar
land viii Immediately begin to mark
Wy their prices as nearly as they are
able, to The old gold basis. ST. thar. UNI
less John Brown gets his income nut IN
tn $1,000 q year instead IF $500 he Mil
soon find that he is unable To purchast
the supplies that he and his family arr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21
Why Not 10 Maine?
(New York Press

Why doesn't Mr.. ". ]. Bryan 90 to
Maine or Vermont ana test the strength
Of the free silver sentiment? In both thost
states elections win he held next month.
MIR. Bryan c:mc here with the expressed
intention ofoarrvinG The war not only into
New YORK. the heart Of the cuemy's
country but into New England ana cs-
9ecnlly Maine. Mr. Bryan win never have
better oppcrtunityto show his strength
than he win in Maine. Here is lhe place
for him TO begin the work of uprooJing
lte sound money tree, Why does MI.
Bryan stay away from Maine? Why
when his programme brings him to the
state of Blaine and Reed. does he leave
the stump and go into seclusion?
Is Mi ". }. Bryan afraid to assume the
responsibility of the result of the Maine
elecuont Does he fear 10 be driven out
Of the field by an enormously hostile vote
there Docs he dread the finger Of ridi-
rlle that would he pointed at him when
Maine had replied to his speeches there
with an ennrmoms kenMhlicln M inriiNo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21
(BoSton Ilerald.)

Why should a carpenter or a mason
who is now earning from So to 81 a day
wish to have our currency system
changed by the free coinage of silver?
Take the case of John Brown. who is a
typical workingman. He is employed
as carpenter and receives on the
average, taking one years end to the
ether little under So day for each
working day, or say. $500 a year II
John Browns father who was also a
carpenter. and who died few years
ago, had left to his son a record Of his
Lay, he would have found that in 1860
he was receiving on an average less
than s. day, or, say. $500 4 year and
that at that time the hours of labor
were considerably longer than they are
at the present tme-that is John
Brown, if he has possession of any
records left him by his father, is in the
position To realize that he is now work
ing about three-quarters of the time
that his father worked a generation
ago. and that for this three quarters
work he is receiving at least third
more pay than was given to his father
for the latter's longer hours Of service
His father if living, could also inform
him that during the days of our civil
"ar, when we had our currency in
ted with paper-instead. as it is now
proposed, with silver--While the prices
of supplies went up so that ordinary
common boots and shoes were Sc and
IS a pair cotton cloth 40 and 80 cents a
yard, ready-made clothing $50 or more
a suit, common butter so cents pound.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21
Is He a Sample?


y '3FTTI7 W n JUL IIdII =
TWO or three days ago Democratic
c"-holder in Saco whom the whole city
knows we'll made the following statrmrrit
IN conversation.
he talk that We silver men propose to
coin INTO dollars all the silver that is of
fered Is not so; it is Il Cussed Republican
newspaper lie. Free and unlimited coin
age ut the ratio of l6 to T. means that W..
propose to coin l6 silver dollars every
time gold dollar is coined and no oftener
Against such horSe-headed ignorance as
This even The gods themselves would
strive in vain
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21
SILVER TRUST pLUTOCRATS.
p erlnent Facts Concerning Them and Thei
Motives.

WASHINGTON Despatch to the st. Louis
Globe DemOcrat)
Washington. d. G.. August l6.-Ihe
following table affords an interesting
birds-eye view of the total wealth. OF
hut % of the leading silver NINE owners
OF the West, who, either in person or
through their agents, have been active
in shaping the 16 to 1 plank in the
various platforms of the Democratic,
,,oni,lis+ and Silver conventions recent
lv held in ST. Louis and Chicago:
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thousands of people are subject to
bowel trouble in some Of its various
forms, Or. Fowler's Ext of Wild
Strawberry is an unfailing remedy in
all such cases
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for ths
feet It cures painful. swollen feet and
Instantly takes the sting out of corns ana
bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
makes tight-ftting or new shoes fee
easy 1t is certain cure for sweating
callous and hot. tired. aching .cc,. Tr.
It today. Sold by all druggists and shoe
dress. Allen S. Olmstead, Leroy, N. Y.
aug eod&W4W