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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-06-27

Congressman Edgar Wilson and fam
lily are expected TO reach their Boise
home about the lst of July.
The luscious strawberries and delic-
ious ice cream furnished by the ladies
of the Baptist church was enjoyed by
many Thursday afternoon.
1t would be foolish to go away from
home on the Fourth, spend your money
in some other town, tramp around in
the hot sun, when you can stay at
home, enjoy rest and keep cool by
eating ice cream, Strawberries and
drinking ice cold lemonade, furnished
by the ladies of the M. L. Church at
the court house grounds, on the after
noon and evening.
By ORDER OF COMMITTEES.
We sell Hamlin's Wizard Oil at soc.
per bottle at Ben II. Fernish's.
Our Own Sarsaparilla is the best
and largest sarsaparilla on the market,
at Ben Fl. Fernish's Drug Store. Try
1t, Price, $1.o0,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-06-27
Her Secret.

An old lady died not long ago, who
during her lifetime, had under all cir
cumstances managed to maintain an APP
pearance of composure and placidity,
and who had been the admiration Of all
who knew her. When her life was al
most over, her family physician stood
ut her bedside one day and said:
''Mrs. Brown, / wish you could tell
me the secret of your happy DISPOSE
tion.n
The old lady looked up at him with
an attempt at a smile, and murmured !:
81 always had patience with FOOLS"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-06-27

Don't live single hour of your life
without doing exactly what is to be
done in 1t, and going straight through
1t from beginning to end. Work, play,
study-whateve It is, take hold at
once, and finish it up squarely: then TO
the next thing, without letting any mo-
ments drop between them. 1t is Won
derful TO see how many hours these
prompt people contrive to make of a
day; II is as IL they picked up the mo-
ments which the dawlers lost. And ii
ever you find yourself where you have
SO many things pressing upon you that
you hardly know how to begin, let me
tell you secret: Take hold of the
very first one that comes to hand, and
you will find the rest all fall into iile,
aud follow after, like q company of
well-drilled soldiers, and though work
may be hard TO meet when it charges
In squad; it is easily vanquished II
you can bring 1t into line. You may
have often seen the anecdote OF the
man who was asked how he had ac-
complished so much in his life. ''My
father taught me- was the reply,
"when / had anything TO do, so and
do it,n There is the secret the magic
word nowl Make sure, however, tina,
what is TO be done ought to be done.
Never put off till tomorrow what you
can do to-Gay, is good proverh, bu,
don't do what you may regret. Mer-
chant Sentinel.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-06-27

Try our Jersey brand, full cream
twin cheese. w. A, BULL.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17
The Blight of Gold Standard.

Ignorance alone delays this reform and
is proven by three striking facts:
I. All British professors of political
economy are bimettallists.
2. Every able man who studies the
question becomes bimetallist.
3. Every able man who by study be-
comes bimetallist becomes an enthusiast
The outlook for industry is very grave.
The duty of the selfrespecting citizen is
very clear.
Thus writes Elphinstone w. A. Matt
land, a distinguished agricultural writer
in Marx Lane ExpreSS-agricultural
journal, one of the leading farming and
market papers of England. British agri
culture is perishing under the blight o.
gold standard as agriculture is perishine
ing in this country. The blight is laying
hold of the manufacturing industry an6
closing factories in every country where
this killing system exists. The money
Jew class has hold of the English govern
ment as they have their strangling finger:
on the throat of our government, and tc
shake off this Old Man of the Sea is the
task to which the people are called tC
unite their efforts, and they are doing it
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17

A great mistake the New York
goldbug class make is that "dem-
agogues," appealing to the people,
have led them to believe that they,
the sanity gold ring, a community
of saints and high toned gentlemen,
the very pink of honor and honesty,
are shylock devils. Demagogues
have had very little if any part in
rousing the peoples indignation
against that class. They can trace
most of the ills which afflict them
to that source, and the scheming
which has transferred the bulk of
their hard earnings to shylock
pockets. The "demagogues" have
been almost wholly on the side of
the class who had the money to pay
them for their services, and dclu-
ded and deceived the people till
they have ceased longer to believe
them. 1t is not the demagogue but
facts which have convinced the
people.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17
State Central Committee Peoples
Party.

Below is the State Central Committee
so far as appointed at the convention.
Every county is entitled to one member.
Let the Populists in every county not
represented at once choose member of
the State Committee and send his name
and address to the State Secretary, S. s.
Field.
Hiram Vrooman, Chairman, Io Bladder
ston St Baltimore.
S. S. Field, Secretary, SOL ST. Paul ST.,
Baltimore.
c. M. Kemp, Treasurer, 1901 Guilford
Ave, Baltimore.
S. c. Herd, Catonsivlle, Baltimore Co.
Joshua Jones, Brooms Island, Calvert
County.
Enoch Noyes, Port Deposit, Cecil Co.
T. c. Jenkins, Pomonkey, Charles Co.
M. T. R. Fooks, Salem, Dorchester Co.
w. T. Kelley, Preston, Caroline Co.
Singleton Deffinbaugh, Mountain Lake
Park, Garrett Co.
Joseph Knell, Flintville, Hartford Co.
George S. Krouse, Kensington, Mont
gemery Co.
B. S. Morris, Salisbury, Wicomico Co.
w. S. Branson, Forestville, Prince
George, Co.
w. A. Pratt, Easton, Talbot Co.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17

Mr.. Bryan in his great speech
which electrified the Chicago con-
vention said:
The people now do well known
that the conspiracy of European
monarchs led by Great Britain has
for its purpose to serve in the war
upon American silver money, and
stands in the way of such agree
ment. With their credit they seek
to enhance the purchasing power of
thousands and millions which is
owed to them all over the world,
and which you owe to them. They
draw upon the United States of
America for their food supplies and
raw material, wheat, corn, oil,
cotton, iron, lead and other like
staples. And they seek to get it
for the least money. Besides this,
Great Britain has large gold mines
in South Africa and South America,
and by closing the silver mines has
greatly enhanced their products
and their values. Recent British
aggression in Venezuela and in
the settlements Of South Africa was
moved by the desire to possess
more of these gold mines, and by
monopolizing the metal as far as
possible, to assert British CONNER
cial supremacy over the world. No
nation calls itself free and indepen-
dent that is not great enough tc
establish and maintain a financial
system of its own. Great ap-
plause.
That speech showed the metal OF
the man, fired the American heart
of the members and they broke
over all obstruction to go to him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17
The Vice Presidential nominee of

The Vice Presidential nominee of
the Chicago convention, Mr.. Ar.
thur Sewall, is a Maine millionaire
and shipper. He is an old green
hacker and silver man, and has
been a student of financial ques-
lions for more than twenty years.
Years ago, before Gordon Clark, the
author of the famous book "Shy-
lock-" had commenced to investi-
gate the financial question, and,
through ignorance, was ON the gold
side of the fence, met Mr.. Sewall
and was surprised to find him a
powerful advocate of what the Wall
street Shylocks were pleased to
term the "rag baby" in derision
of the greenbacks, the only money
that could be depended ON to sus-
tain the war against the slave arts.
tocracy and the English conspiracy
against the United States. Mr..
Sewall is no recent convert to
Peoples party doctrines.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17

Last summer one of our grand children
was sick with a severe bowel trouble.
Our doctors remedies had failed, then
we tried Chamberlain Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, which gave very
speedy relief. We regard it as the best
medicine ever put on the market for
bowel complaints.-Mrs. E. G. Gregory,
Frederickstown, Mo. This certainly is
the best medicine ever put on the market
for dysentery, summer complaint, collie
ahd cholera infantum in children. It
never fails to give prompt relief when
used in reasonable time and the plain
printed directions are followed. Many
mothers have expressed their sincere
gratitude for the cures it has effected
For sale by f. T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17
The Two Parties.

The work of the St. Louis convention
demonstrated the fact that the republican
party had thrown off all former disguises
and come out for the English fnancia,
gold standard, the Populist or American
element, headed by Teller, seeding and
uniting with the Populist party or Amer.
lean element of the country.
The Chicago convention showed that
the American element or Populist portion
of the convention greatly outnumbered
the English gold standard part, which
seeded and will join the republican party.
Hill, Whitney, Flower ct. al. and the del
egates from the Eastern States, who claim
they are the true representatives of the
modern democratic party, having seeded
and become disorganized band or mob,
so to speak, the democratic party as
known to the present. generation, ceased
to exist, leaving the republican party
ranged under the English gold standard,
and the Peoples party with its American
principles in the field Thus matters are
much more simplified, and the old battle
of John Bull and Yankee Doodle is to
again be fought over at the November
election.
The young men, filled with American
enthusiasm, American patriotism and love
of country, will arrange themselves under
the stars and stripes, while old party
hacks, rich bond and mortgage owners,
bankers and such will be found mustered
under the cross of St. George. Thus are
the two contending armies placed upon
the political battle field. America for
Americans is the battle cry of one.
British gold standard the rallying slogan
of the other. Who can doubt the result
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17
Bryan a True PopuIist.

In 1894 a free coinage club in
Nebraska requested Mr.. Bryan tc
announce himself for the senator
ship. In this reply Mr.. Bryan said
he was in favor of the election OF
Senators by direct vote of the
people, a tariff for revenue only, an
income tax, the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio Of 1G
to 1, the issue of full legal-tende1
paper and the readjustment of our
currency so that dollar will be
stable in it's purchasing power; the
option of paying government OBJ
legations in either gold or silver;
the operation of telegraph lines by
the government; the strict control
of railroads by proper legislation;
the foreclosure of the government
liens on the Pacific railroads and
the operation of the roads by the
government; the application of arbi
tration as far as federal authority
extends, and an amendment to the
constitution making the President
ineligible for ELECTION.
These principles were first
enunciate by the Farmers alliance
and afterwards become the main
features of the shibboleth of the
Peoples party. Bryan will receive
the nomination of the Peoples party
national convention which meets in
st. Louis next week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17
Brother Carey of the North East

Brother Carey Of the North East
Star is exercised, too, over the
"silver question:" and says:
"The silver side is at best but a
theory, and the American people
are not likely to finally decide upon
a theory that rests upon an uncer-
tainty. 1t may be, however, that
the silverites may be able to prove
their theory to be correct beyond a
doubt.n
Now brother Carey, aren't you
ashambed to be caught out of
school before learning your lesson.
The "silver side' has been estab-
lished by the practice of thousands
of years and is the reverse of theory.
The gold side is an experiment and
a theory which has proved failure.
1t was never tried till twenty years
ago, when the Latin union and the
United States closed their minis to
free coinage of one of the metals
silver. The experiment was not
brought to the test of intensity
until the Sherman law was repealed
in 1898 and not mint in all the
powerful commercial nations was
open to silver. Since then the in
dustral disaster in every one of
these nations has been unparalleled
in the worlds history. And now,
brother Carey, in the face of these
facts which are recorded in the
government statistics of all of these
nations where does your assumption
stand, that "the silver side is at best
but a theory" 1t is a shame that
editors who assume the role of in
structors of the people should be
found so lacking in information
when looked to by the public for
light.
We are on the eve of ten years
war,-a bloodless war-at least,
between manhood and the dollar.
Rehabilitation of silver is but the
opening battle. Social and political
freedom must establish their supre-
macy or christianity and modern
civilization may read their future
in ruins of Troy, Babylon and other
great empires, whose religions and
civilizations were as grand, cultured
and imposing as ours.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17

We notice that most of the goldbug
democrat papers of the State are saying
with a groan that they must support
Bryan and the Chicago platform, al.
though they are or have been committed
to the "gold standard" Our advice tc
them is to go to work at hard stndy and
endeavor to understand the silver ques
ton before they attempt to advocate il
and the candidate, or else say as little a:
possible on the subject. Just whoop NJ
the candidate as the greatest man on the
planet. The ignorance of these paper:
reminds us of an anecdote Squire Taylor
tells. When Polk was nominated anc
the news was announced to the waiting
crowd by the messenger, good democrat
who never split or scratched his ticket
and whose chief pride and boast was
like David B. Hill, in saying. 81 am &
Democrat" shouted chip, hip, hurrah
he's the very man." then turning to {
neighbor whispered, "What did he say
! his name was 7"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17
The Uprising for Silver.

The astounding uprising in favor Of
silver in the democratic party which the
Chicago convention developed, was not a
manifestation which grew out of the spirit
and principles of the democratic party
represented by that organization for many
avenue by the people to voice their deter.
mination to restore silver to the coinage
of the country as provided for in the
constitution.
The acknowledged leaders and manipu
lators of the democratic party were op-
posed to any such an uprising in the
interest of free coinage, but the people
seeing their opportunity, let their long
hampered determination be known, and
literally ran over the party. Last weeks
work is the manifestation of new era in
the politics of the country. The same
manifestations would have broken out ii
the republican convention held at St
Louis three weeks earlier, had it not been
Systematically choked and strangled by
the strong, overriding goldbug power
which rules that party. 1t merely got
ahead of the bosses of the democratic
party. That is all.
This silver uprising through the demo
cratic national convention has so encour-
aged and emboldened the plain people,
that they can never again be kept back
by party discipline and party whips. The
people of both old parties are absolutely
fraternizing. They now meet from op
posing parties and encourage and cheer
each other. The flood of sentiment OF
the side of silver is breaking down al
party barriers. Nothing will or can STOP
the masses from coming together on one
side for the reconciliation of silver, as
opposed to the plutocratic gold class OF
the other. Party lines are breaking
down, and while the goldites endeavor tc
put on bold face and use brag and bluff
they are trembling in their shoes. The
nomination of Mckinley fell fiat among
the masses. No hurrahs for Mckinley
were heard, no Mckinley badges are
worn. A talk is heard among the bose:
of organizing Mckinley clubs and raising
poles, but the movement has no life in it
Later on silver clubs will be started ant
! life will be seen among the masses. They
want to know more about silver.
They have been told that silver is dis
honest money, that silver dollars were
fifty cent dollars, and much more to the
same effect The people were staggered
and dazed for while by these stories
but they set their common sense to work
and finally concluded they were false
hoods intended to mislead them for {
selfish, dishonest purpose, and the frs
warning the plutocrats had of the people:
determination to go en- masse for free
silver was the tidal wave roar that wen
up from the Chicago convention. Thei1
stories had not been believed. Only two
instances are reported where they seemed
to have been taken in earnest. These
were, gang of negro workmen in one
case and a gang of Italian laborers in the
other. They were persuaded by the gold
bugs that silver was spurious money.
The Chicago convention was unlike
any democratic convention ever held
1t had scarcely semblance of former
conventions. 1t was in reality a con
vention of the people in the. interest O
| free silver and better times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17

Mrs. Rhode Noah, of this place, was
taken in the night with cramping pains
and the next day diarrhoea set in. She
took half a bottle of blackberry cordial
but got no relief. She then sent to ME
to see if had anything that would help
her. Isent her bottle of Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
and the first dose relieved her. Another
of our neighbors had been sick for about
a week and had tried different remedies
for diarrhoea but kept getting worse.
sent him this same remedy. Only foul
doses of it were required to cure him
He says he owes his recovery to this
wonderful remedy.-Mrs. Mary Sibley
Sidney, Mich. For sale by E. T.
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17

The Oxford Press makes a slight
mistake in calling 25.2 grains the
weight of gold dollar. The weight
is 25.S grains and the alloy in both
gold and silver coins is tenth,
the pure metal nine-tenths. We
do not believe the Press is quite
right in saying-though we are not
sure-that "the difference between
the weight of the pure gold and
silver and the weight of the coin
with the alloy added to it repre-
sents the profit made by the gov
ernmant in the transaction"
The sure way to ascertain this
fact would be to inquire of the
director of the mint in Philadelphia.
Whatever this profit may be it is
called "seigniorage." Almost
every person is inquiring about
these things now.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17
Asking Too Much.

Brother Coudon, of the Record,
advises the oddities:
"Our counsel to the friends OF
"Sound" money is to drop the
worse than useless practice of en-
deavoring to bulldoze others into
their way of thinking now so prev
alent with the goldite press, and tC
resort to sound sense and reason tC
convert the erring in judgment. II
will accomplish much more. good
Ha, ha. If they had any
treason" they would have used il
long ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17

There is a great deal of swagger
and threat by "sound money!
democrats to nominate a ticket Of
their own. They'll not do any
thing of that kind. The republi-
cans won't let them. That's the
reason they'll not do it. They have
played politics for the interest Of
the gold ring all these years. Why
should they attempt a game to in
lure their friends?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17
There is an cutlery of horror sent

There is an cutlery of horror sent
up against the recent lynching
which has occurred in the State
of Maryland, and a call for severe
measures is loud and earnest, But
they will not be stopped by any
retaliatory methods. The cause
will first have to be eradicated
Our social and industrial systems
are being undermined by the most
vicious financial system ever de-
vised by the brain of man. 1t is
breeding want, idleness and crimes
of every grade. The shocking
crimes which provoke lynching are
the fruit-ripe fruit-of the great
crime breeder, the gold standard
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17

We believe the free coinage of
silver to be mistake as a solution
of our currency problem.-Cecil
Democrat.-Come now; show us the
"mistake," and we'll all come
tumbling over to you like sheep
after their bell-wether over a stone
wall.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17

The patent phrase in the daily
papers is, "the democrats of -
will vote for Mckinley" The
sense is not complete unless "bank
ers and money loaners" are added.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17
Friday, July II, 1896.
16 to l meaas sixteen votes for
silver to one for gold at the next
election.

The ratio between gold and silver
in the coinage laws of the United
States is 16 to 1, and it is about the
same ratio in the vote on silver and
gold.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-17
Rising Suns
CenterOf,
Attraction

-. continues to be BUFFINGToN's BARGAIN
COUNTER, in center aisle.
Customers have learned when we saw
Bargain" we mean just that, and not mere
advertising dodge.
Many new goods to-day. You are invited
to visit our Departments and keep posted ON
the newest things and learn the closest prices.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-06-25
ST. Adams.

The Republican caucus which was
held Friday evening, June 18th, was one
of the largest and most enthusiastic held
for years. The names of the delegate.
and alternates appear elsewhere Not
withstanding a little ripple of opposi-
ton, by a vote of over 100 the delegates
were instructed to use all honorable
means 10 secure the nomination of NJ. l..
Merrill for eastern senator.
The Pomona Grange meeting to be
held here, Tuesday, June %, promises to
be largely attended an interesting pro
gramme is mapped out. The grange
seems to be growing more and more of a
power in Somerset county as well az in
the State at large.
Hon. d. d. Stewart is in Boston, for a
short time.
Dr. {. A. Moulton and wife are also
away for short vacation.
F. j. Esther was in town last week
visiting.
Mrs. ketchum who has been making it
her home in Skowhegan, for some six
months was at j. w. .Jewett's on a visit
the past week. MIR. Jewett had one OF
his barns shngled last week.
There is quite lot of repairing this
summer and the roads are being we'll
looked after.
Pomona Grange was held at st.
Adams, Tuesday of this week.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-06-25
East Madison.

The schools will close June -, after
"A successful term Of only eight weeks.
Much needed Improvements have been
made the past week, blasting ledge, on
the south hill in the village, also on
inlet hill one mile north.
Many Of the mill operatives are hay-
ing vacation.
Another steamer has been put in the
lake, and the OctaYia NJ. has been
leased to Skowhegan parties.
Miss Susie Deane is one of the gradu-
ating class a Skowhegan.
The fishing season has fairly com
menced and lovers of the sport are
enjoying it.
Albra Kincaid, wife and nephew are
visiting at John kincaids.
Delbert Parker has got part of the
machinery for his mill.
The hay crop will not be very large
this year.
Mrs Caroline Parker is in feeble
health
There was dance at Lakewood
Grove, Saturday night.
Charles Tufts has been making i'm
proyements on his house.