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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-08-05

Gov. STONE lowering about Pop.
ulist conventions and making bids
for Populist votes was a sight fol
gods and men and Democrats, par.
ticularly for Democrats. What
has become of the pride of the old
Jctfcrsonian Democracy of Missou-
ri that it must send the executive
head of the State to dicker for the
votes of an heretofore despised
party.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-08-05
SHERIFF"S SALE.

BY virtue and authority Of a special
execution issued from the Office of the
clerk of the circuit court of Washing
ton County, Missouri, returnable at
the August term, 1896, of said court,
and to me directed in favor Of the
State of Missouri. at the relation and
to the use of NJ. NJ Flynn. collector of
the revenue Of Washington County, in
the State Of Missouri. and against
MISSOURI DROWN,
have levied upon and SieZed all the
right. title. interest and claim of the
said Missouri Drown of, in and to the
following described real estate, to-wit ::
Forty acres. the southwest quarter
Of the southwest quarter of section s,
township 30. range east. all lying and
being in said county and State of Mis-
souri,: and will, on
Tuesday. August 25th. 1896,
lit being the second day of the circuit
court of said county,, between the
hours OF nine o'clock in the forenoon
and five O'Clock in the afternoon of
that day, at the court house door. in
the town of POtOSi, county of Washing.
ton aforesaid. sell the same, or so much
thereof as may he required, at public
yenduc, to the highest bidder for cash
in hand, to satisfy said execution and
costs. ii. l.. SCOTT, Sheriff.
POtOSi, Mo-, July %, 1896.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-08-05

on one hand and the silver dollar
on the other.
If silver dollar with a segment
cut from its circle is offered at the
Custom House it will be rejected,
and it is even doubtful if any allow
ance would be made for the actual
or proportional weight of the re-
mainder in bullion. SO far as is
known. "a test of this matter has
never been made, but it is probable,
if the occasion should arise, shat
the Government officials would
make allowance for only the actual
number of silver grains remaining
in the coin. That is. they would
consider it as silver bullion alone,
having a present value of about zoe
an ounce, and would not base their
calculations on the face value Of
of the coin itself. If the coin had
lost 25 per cent in weight, they
would allow IL credit of - per cent
on valuation of zoe instead of 75c
on the dollar. They would merely
follow the practice established in
the case or gold having practically
no other alternative, and granting
that the defaccd coin would be ac-
cepted at all.
This is supposititious case, of
course. let it is one which is apt
to present itself in actual practice,
and serves also to illustrate the
difference between gold and silver
as mediums Of exchange. A full
weight eagle melted down is still
an eagle in bullion, and any assay
Office will accept it as such. But
should the eagle on Il silver dollar
lose part of his anatomy, the stamp
of Uncle Sam on its face would not
save it from depreciation of both
its actual and face value. The
stamp does not guarantee its bullion
value, as in the case of gold, but
gives it parity with that metal so
long as the coin itself retains the
original weight.
Such is the situation today.
Granting the fact in the case. even
though the illustration is based on
an untricd test, would the Govern
ment guarantee of value on the sill
yer dollar so affect the market price
for bullion that it would have an
actual parity with gold, or at the
rate of 81, 29tt an ounce! Not by any
manner of means. Silver would
still he Il commodity. subject
to the law of supply inevitably
greater than the demand. The
Government surplus of bullion
would act as drug on the market,
in the first place, and then the rush
to take advantage of free coinage
would result, as competition always
does. in lowering the price of out
standing silver bullion without re.
gard to its minting value. AS 3
result, the Government would be
placed in the position of having
attached to Il portion Of circulating
medium value which it does no,
possess and the loss on which mus
be paid in gold.-Globc-Dcm.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-08-05
SIlERIFFrS SALE,

BY virtue and authority of a special
execution issued from the office of the
clerk OF the circuit court of Washing
ton County. Missouri. returnablc at
the August term. 1876. of said court.
and to me directed in favor of the
State of Missouri. at the relation and
to the Use Of VI. VI. Flynn, collector of
the revenue of Washington County, in
the state OF Missouri, aud against the
unknown heirs OF
ANDREW j. FLEMING,
| have levied upon and SieZed all the
right, title. interest and claim of the
said unknown heirs of Andrew J
Fleming Of. in and to the following
described real estate. tO-wit:
Forty acres. the southwest quarter
OF the southwest quarter Of section %
township 30. range ; east: all living and
being III said county and State of Mis-
souri, : and | will on
Tuesday. August 25th. 1896.
ut being the second day of the circuit
court OF said county. between the
l'otlr> Of nine O'clock in the forenooa
and tiye O'Clock in the afternoon Of tha,
day. AT the court house door. in the
town OF poto>i, County Of Washington
aforesaid. sell the same. or 50 lnucI
thereof as may hr regu!rch. a, publ,
reiif.;ie. 10 the highest bidder for cash
il; hand, % satisfy said execution and
costs. II. l.. SCorr. Sheriff.
! P"to>i. Mo. July -. I>:Hs-
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-08-05

SOME one had to be left out in
making up the county ticket, but
it was Il fair and square deal, and
there is no room for kick.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-08-05
For Constable, Breton Township.
FREDERICK ENENS.

Now that our county ticket is
nominated, let us all pitch in and
help elect it. The JOURNAL will
do its share.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-08-05

NATIONAL TICKET.
For President.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
For Vice President.
GARRETT \. HOBART.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor.
ROBERT L. LEWIS.
For Lieutenant Governor.
ABRA C.. PETTIJOHN.
For Judge Of Supreme Court,
RUDOLPH HIRZEL.
For Secretary of State,
WILLIAM Z. FREEMAN.
For State Treasurer,
J. i. GMELICH.
For State Auditor,
JOHN G.. BISHOP.
For Attorney General,
JOHN KENNISH.
For Railroad Commissioner,
GEORGE y. STILLE.
For Judge of Court of Appeals,
RODERICk f. ROMBAUER.
COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative,
EUGENE G. BAUGHER.
For Collector Of Revenue,
ROBERT II. EN EMS.
For Sheriff,
JAMES II. WHITEHEAD.
For Treasurer,
FREDERICK WILL.
For Assessor.
NORMAN F.. ROBINSON.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
G.. i. VAN ALIEN.
For Probate Judge,
A. w. SCOTT.
For County Judge. 1St district.
J. G.. COLEMAN.
For County Judge, I'd district,
ROBERT {. BRYAN.
For Surveyor,
UYRCANUS HAWKINS.
For Public Administrator,
SAMUEL PATTERSON.
For Constable. Breton Township,
FREDERICK EMS.
The Irish standard., 1896-07-04

mi
40
Ia gaug "a jul erest
sssoung woman, although e .sflsra
that Ehe measured i, acorrately
!. 'Have you any comm ands p
siiather hastily rising and moving toi
ward the door. !. us 5sys
s.ss None" 3 {, 81 sses
He, too, rose, with the intention ofIs
following me to the door and bat
IL after I had passed Out. His moys..'s.
ments were slow, however, and 'haf
drawn the bolt and turned the knott
before he was fairly out..of his chair.f
y III an. instant the door swung back
under violent thrust from without
andsI was seized by powerful man
who hurled me from him with such
force that. reeled against the table;
AS I caught at it for support, I saw
Lamar step back to the wall and with
q motion like a flash for quickness
press the knob, the use Of which no
had explained after my discovery Of
the wire across the marsh. Then, with
all his habitual GOODNESS, he retu1ned
to his chair, and sat facing the fn.
truders. lsts
Three men had forced their way inta
the room, and, having locked the dan =.
behind them, were now ranged aaansi
the table, glaring at Lamar like ttgss'l
ready to spring upon their prey. ~
The Irish standard., 1896-07-04

it's seven bare branches--I counted
them as carefully as if my fate had de-
pended upon theirnumber.
II am very glad that you have told
me this said the girl, softly.
z "Tm sorry I can't join in the feeling"
said I, savagcly. Nothing is very glad
adening to me just now" gg
II had thought"
'.Wel?" . /
II. had thought, feared, rather,
that"
"Well?' / repeated, still staring ct
the tree.
That you were--were asking me out
OF pity for my poyerty.""
..s.iou were mistaken"
There was q pause. ] continued to
glare at the tree; but, utter a little, in
some way the idea penetrated my brain
that the hand withdrawn from me .
I little while before was now more neigh
borly. A: any rate, a moment later It
my INCREASINGLY III my clasp.
on were mistaken" repeated. II
was pleasant 70 hold that hand, even
though the privilege was one extended
to 2 rejected sutton. 5 II @.
The Irish standard., 1896-07-04
Odds and Ends,

!. hat was what you would call a Tril-
by cocktail, wasn't it. bartender" said
Rivers, setting down his glass and reach
ing Tor q. Glove. ..1I,ri lby !? don't under
stand E. Z, replied the bartender. You
tried to make some hing unusually fIle
and you put your foot IN IT. 53as5ii
The drummer stepped IN store In a
western TOW where the proprietor had
n tpek of gums and nlalsica Inst rstlnents
& Tsfl this d 1at cher queer comb Ination az
IA asked here, fnoslev fns it I'd me, & Z
tlis I,
The Irish standard., 1896-07-04

Noble Baron--Wlen borrowed the
.mcnev I thanked MIN. He said, Don't
mention it, dear Baron . and never
have.
I Watt Jrst look at that fellow on the
bicycle, will you 2? What II the world Is
tire ,Ase. of him humping over SO?
s. Potts he must be trying to put his
to the wheel.
Esss M Cash. can yosl tell me aboAt
your husbands Incubator e. oh, 4yesi
taiD Iii where the dear little chicks hatc,
|yaal know. I'll the bro
III
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ways 2 Well, put me up. us this
way explained The proprietor, 81 sell "a
man a cornet or banjo or Idlefor some
thing like that and by the time ne has
practiced Ia week his ne.ghbor comes Sc
and buyssa shotgun or revolver or so1nea
thing like that, and set q profit goiin',
and comm See q? ?'ss 1 ii
ID sur phi sed 10 see Your wife hl
such q very low gown this cold evening,
Baron! heard she mas Ql1it delscates
He Ach, no. She But now, sEaIlk
che M kite indelic ax s;;sdss,
sEs ldedl On ss $apn
q * az 81 s ,s|l|!| b l s
The Irish standard., 1896-07-04

dorothy, with rare presence Of mind.
had loat no time In bringing tho boat
about, and when johnson rose to ths
surface the little craft was CLOSE T.
hand. Climbing into It, he stood for q
few seconds searching the water for q
glimpse Of the unfo rtunate woman, and
then dived again. When I reached thu
rocks above him, he reapreared for the
second time, and saw that he had
been successful, ct least n finding tho
body. He was powerful swimmer.
and almost as soon as could Chamber
down the ledges he had brought his
burden Is the base of the lowest Of
them. Between us we had little diff
Guilty in raising her from the water and
bearing her to the level ground on the
top of the knoll. Close behind US was
the girl, aiding US when she could in our
sorrowful task. I knew what that
moment meant to her, and was amazed
at her selt-control, Notwithstanding tho
evidences she had given Of her ability
to maintain It in emergencies. There
was little likelihood, though, chat it
could avail atght in the present in
Stance. ~
I. Johnson's life along shore had ia
miliariocd him with such cases, and I
had seen several In which resascitation
had been attempted, but neither of US
had anything in his experience to war
rant much hope Tor Mrs. Loring, in
spite Of the brief time she had been in
III.
over her long after we realized that our
efforts were in vain. With that pale-
faced girl struggling with the agony
which possessed her, yet working with
,us unrcmlttingly, 1t was a harder taslS
The Irish standard., 1896-07-04

Where did you get that cigar ? s',z de-
n1anded the boss bar severely 8 rom
q travelling maj. sir.' ). replied, the our
.neynan on the seventh c1atr ape lugsAt-
oally. hat il re rayeling FOR slssIt,ne1
walk 50 sss s5 . s. 4
Mr.. Hobbs ear. this jt1ai,sssr says
ing is "a women ,is3t linz & IT'D I'll
man Mrs. lob bs If5 tlfat - tvelI,
here; take ioisers
llhii II es,eapl S p 81 lssd1
The Irish standard., 1896-07-04


-
Ing % pnsi1lly. but tthallsstt KIM The point
. Rt iBeue. The question you haTo q d.
eide Is this: Do yo,l VIII to devots Your
best years TO labors arduous, exacting.
often rewarded poorly In money and
even less In attitude, only to find your
self ct he end q thsn brokea IA health
md spirit I teh yoH plainly you were
not sent into this werla TO lead soch an.
existeaoe." :5s
''Please dent discourage me. 4 she
said, almost eatreatina !: Hoa dent
understand. / want Is d. sone coed
II my hfs, and the way / have chosen
seesas to me tAs best. ] eaenot teach.
Il am not a musician, sheuM starve Is
q seanstrcss. But % . nurse-"
'.YoAire The best Q3rl In the world,
and the Eest place for you Is right sre. i
Ny vehen.ence seemed to sta9tooe hsr, 4
and she shrank a little from me.
dorothy, yeu must nSt co. ! blum
dered en-. You speak Of making your
LIE useful. Can you not make mine
happy? You are more to roe than all
the rest Of the world. Without you T.
t.
Then words failed me. tried to take
her hand, hut she drew it FROM nay
clasp. ~, ~
cdr. Morris, you are very kind, but
but
\ It was her turn TO lose command Of
her voice, but she regainea it quickly.
please forget what you have said,'
she wozt ON. ut will he better so."
.'But don't want to forget it. I
want to repeat it. Dorothy, can't you
give me hope?''
"Please don't ask mo. Why should
you?''
"You may consider me ungenero,ts,
hut I must have an answer. What
shall it te?"
mo"
The word was spoken low, but too
distinctly to be mistaken. l looked at
her in the vain hope Of finding some en-
couragement in her face. Her eyes
were averted, ard she was very pale,
but she was clearly mistress of herself.
In desperation pulled the horse down
. to q walk. was determined to tell
my tale through to the bitter end, now
that it had been begun, and desired
plenty of time for the recital.
Dorothy" said I, finding nay only
grain of comfort in the fact that she
suffered me to address her thus, dor
othy, I-I-love you. I sl,ould have
revealed my secret long ago, had / felt
free to do 50. But so many obstacles
were in the way. In the first place,
believed you to be rich. Had come
to you then and made my plea, it would
have been with the feeling that was
playing the fortune hunter. saw you
daily, and daily the longing to speak
grew, but could not yield to it. Not
only was poor, but my prospects were
uncertain. was held by q contract
which might call upon me to leave YOU.
to go knew not whittier. If broke
that contract, I should cut off the
greater part OF the income from which
I was trying to save something, with
faint chance that eventually might
be able to seek your hand with less
suspicion Of mercenary motives. Then
Tanks asked me to take his practice;
but how could either accept or re-
fuse his proposition? Will you for
give me, Dorothy, if confess that re-
ssMas that generous 2' she asked but
The Irish standard., 1896-07-04
= nx WInh1AM r. NICHOLS. !
), eopsrikhs. ssss, y J. B. uppincsts conpany.s

sWCiSutp III Git~AAe Ga +5E --5.st3
Il '.Not much, sir, that's true, " said he,
going back to his task. ID
NJ, Il took my time in reaching the spot,
; about 100 yards from the house, where
( the boatwas to touch; but so slow had
been it's movement that when I looked
back it was yet opposite the knoll. Mira.
{ -Lorfng was emusing herself as BEFORE
while Miss Cray was exchanging FRIEND
y-nods with the fisherman. On the
water just astern OF the craft was a
dark line, advancing rapidly toward it
II and marking the coming Of n gust q lit
| Tie stronger than any OF it's predeces-
i sors. A few seconds later the sail filed
i with she breeze, and the boat kee1ed
sharply, just as Mrs. Loring nude an IN.
i usual sreclll less grasp at the drif twood.
!. saw. Her. under the com ined impetus.
lose her balance and pitch headlongg,,
!. over The side, strngg gle wildly il the.
and then, dish pl,ear beneath tho
! osi[1 ran :ll 80 top speed toward the knoll,
hut u dng fare 81 climbed its slope:
john son haidl ieared into the stream. He
hal some little distance e. swim, how-
W n ind though once the dro W1ins
Il ssrila its Jress III owed alt,oyes the water
d \ 4 Ig||l y ! 81
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-25
Stately Dances of Old.

The minuet is already known to manly,
were it only through the innumerable
pictures executed by pastelists, now dead
but still celebrated. The dainty gestures,
the graceful steps, the sweeping courte
sizes, are no secret to us, but the sara
band and the pavane we do not know
much about, although they are we'll
worth being studied. The saraband is
what one might call an almost religious
dance, for it is so deliberate, so solemn
and yet so gracefully beautiful. The
cavaliers, when they bend before their
fair partners, literally sweep the floor
with their plumed hats, while the la
dies brccades and laces futter around
them like the wings of some bright hued
butterfly about to take its flight. The
promenade-a sort of polonaise-which
follows, the couples marching with i'm
posing demeanor behind one another, is,
beyond everything else, becomingly
dainty, although somewhat strait laced,
but one cannot be anything but en-
chanted by something SO entirely re-
moved from the hurry and scurry seen
in our salons when dancing is written
on the cards of invitation.
The pavane is sprightlier, more like
the gavotte, and brings into constant
play fans, we'll managed trains and
again plumed hats, the tout ensemble
making up a tableau of unsurpassed
charm and aristocratic motion. The es-
sential qualities Of all these dances are
simplicity and grace, for they afford no
opportunity for displays Of gymnastics,
of hurried athleticism, no force of biceps,
no pushing or jolting or Glowing. They
are the very essence of easy gliding and
of keeping time to strains of melody,
which remind one involuntarily of the
evanescent odor of some rare old per-
fume like those we still find in the silk
en- sachets made by our grand
mothers. -EXchange.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-25
The Parliamentary Franchise.

Men and women i'll England vote
equally for town councils, local boards,
poor law guardians, vestries, church.
wardens and school boards. For very
shame, says the president Of the Inter-
national union, extend the parliament
tary franchise which has been granted
to every ignorant laborer and denied
not only to the honest, industrious work.
ing woman, but to the thoughtful, edu-
Gated lady, whose gardener, coachman
and groom can record their votes before
her eyes, while she is practically out
lawed. As for the argument that wom-
ell as politicians would destroy the peace
of the domestic circle, it is universally
conceded that family life is infinitely
richer and more attractive to men when
politics are not tabooed ON account of
the ignorance or Indifference of the fe-
male members of the household
In questions of intellect women have
proved themselves able to cope with
men. Let justice then be done to both.
Our ruler is queen, yet still poll
tician. In the duties and difficulties of
her high and arduous office let her
daughters as well as her SONS have the
privilege of helping her. Strike off the
last shackles which cramp a woman's
energies and restrict her usefulness and
let justice triumph over prejudice and
hypocrisy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-25
A Question of Homer.

She is young, happily married and
prosperous. A short time ago she lost
her purse in the street, and Immediately
upon discovering her loss went to a
newspaper Office and put i'll an adver-
tisement, offering a reward for the re-
turn of the missing article. The follow
ing day poor man brought the purse to
her house and claimed the reward. Leav-
ing him standing at the door, she disap-
peafed, presumably to get the promised
sum, bat III reality to send one of her
servants for policeman, although she
had no good reason for doubling the
mans statement that he had picked up
the purse III the street. He was not ar
rested, but he got no reward. This sort
Of thing is rather discouraging to persons
with honest Intentions New York
JnTIT,to1
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-25
The Barisal Guns,

In the delta Of the Ganges mysteri-
Gus sound is sometimes heard, to which
the name Of "Barisal guns" is given,
because Of its resemblance to the dull re-
port of distant artillery. Similar noises
are well known to the lighthouse keep
ers and fishermen of Ostend and Bou-
logne, who call them the ''mist poutfers,
or fog dissiIators, and generally hear
them on the evening of a hot day in sum-
mer. Although the sounds are compared
to tho detonations of guns, they are not
very like these, and they occur at irreg-
ular intervals. Their origin is enyeloped
i'll mystery, but some physicists regard
them as electrical detonations, such as
might be produced by flashes of ordinary
lightning or the explosion of globe light
ming, while others refer them TO the
shocks of fluid matter i'll the bowels of
tho earth on the rumbling of slight earth
uuakes. Public Opinion
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-25
row THEY DlNED.
The Methods of the English at Table In
the Seventeenth Century.


the Seventeenth Century.
The old English had three meals
day, of which the chief meal was taken
when the work of the day was finished.
The first meal was at 8, dinner was
about 3 o'clock, and supper was taken
Just before bedtime. The Normans dined
at the old Eng lish breakfast time or
little later and supped at p. m. In
Tudor times the higher classes dined at
II and supped at 5, but the merchants
seldom took their meals before IL and
o'clock.
The chief meals, dinner and supper,
were taken in the hall both by the old
English and the Normans, for the parlor
did not come into use until the reign of
Elizabeth. Breakfast did not become
regular meal until quite lately, and DIR.
Murray, in the Oxford Dictionary, gave
1863 as the date of the earliest quota
ton in which the word occurred. The
meal did not become recognized until
late in the seventeenth century, for
Pepys habitually took his draft of
half pint of Rhenish wine or dram
of strong waters i'll place of morning
meal. Dinner was always the great
meal of the day, and from the accession
of Henry ~ to the death of Queen Eliza
beth the dinners were as sumptuous and
extravagant as any of those now served.
Carving was then a fine art. Each
guest brought his own knife aud spoon,
for the small fork was not introduced
into England until Thomas Coryate of
Odcombe published his "Crudities" in
1911. Pepys took his spoon and fork
with him to the lord mayors feast in
1868 The absence of forks led to much
stress being laid upon the act of wash
ing the hands both before and after
meals and to the rule that the left hand
alone should be dipped into the COM
mon dish, the right hand being occupied
with the knife.
The perfect dinner at the best time of
English cookery consisted of three
courses, each complete in itself, and ter
minated by a subtlety or device, the
whole being rounded off with ypocras,
after which the guests retired into an
other room, where pastry, sweetmeats
and fruit were served with the choicer
wines. The English were essentially
meat eaters, and it was not until the
time of the commonwealth that pud
ding attained its extraordinary populari-
ty. Indeed, the first mention of pudding
in the menus of the "Buckfeast" at ST.
Bartholomew hospital did not occur
until 1910, and in 1712 is an item of 5
shillings for ce.-London Times.