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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-08
NE SPOKE FOR coupLERs.
Bryan's Efforts for Salty Car
Coupling.

Jan. 81, 1893, W. J. Bryan spoke in the
house of representives for the passage Of
the bill compelling railroads to put on
the salty couplers, to protect employees.
Among other things Mr.. Bryan said:
II for one am willing to stay here till
this session ends, because l think this
bill should be passed. I believe it il
dictated by humanity, and I am not
willing. If I can prevent 1t, that these
men shall be killed and MANNED just be-
cause some Of the railroads insist that
they cannot afford to put these couplers
on their cars. The only objection that
I have heard made, the only real one in
that letter of Mr.. Hsines, found on our
desks this morning, is that it would cost
975 car, or s750OO,OOO.
Some $1,000 persons have been inlur-
ed. Those Of us who have associated
with these men know that there is
scarcely one Of them employed for any
length Of time IN rsilroading who does
not have hand of, or fingers of, or
foot off, or is not manned in some wsy,
and we have had produced here proof Of
the startling number killed. Now, I
ask, Mr.. Speaker, does it not appeal to
ue, who are members Of the only body
which can give this relief, because the
states are powerlses-does it not appeal
to US and to our humanity to pass such
laws as will give protection to the lives
and limbs of these men?
Nov, We are supported by the plat
forms of both political parties; support
ed by the almost unanimous sentiment
of the press, and supported, as I believe,
by the great sentiment of the people Of
this country, We can afford to stand here
and fight this battle. Upon the one
side are the interes.s OF these men and
their protection, and on the other the
cost Of the railroads which this reform
will impose if it is carried out.
Il ask, Mr.. Speaker, how can we meas
ure the value Of human life? How can
you say that $75,OOO,OOO expended in
equipping cars outweight 1900 people
killed and $4,000 MANNED? We may talk
this way about the lives OF others; but
vhat if these people were our sons or
our brothers? ask OF any one of these
gentlemen what price he would set up
on the life or security Of relative? And
hsw dare We hold at tritling prloe the
lives and welfare Of those not akin to us,
while We hold as priceless boon the
lives and welfare of those to whom We
are related by blood?
II appeal, Mr.. Speaker, to those who
are in favor of this bill to stand by our
rights here as majority and protect
the lives of the people who plead to us
for their protection (Applsuse.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-08

property rendered worthless, earnings Of
life time destroyed and not cent re-
ceived for the property. This is what
some people call ohrjstianity-I don't.
A few years ago Mexico had only eighty
miles Of railroads, now she has over 5000
aud building is in progress IN many d.
reotions. Does not this show prosperity
Railroads cannot and will not exist un-
less made to pay. Nearly all the rail-
road men are Americans and they are
going in there all tho time, with capital
all after the Mexican dollars. None
are seen coming form Mexico to the
United States, az they can do better in
Mexico with their silver dollars. Churcha
in Mexico support from one to ten
clerRymen, here four churches cannot
support more than one clergyman.
voth for W. J. Bryan and the double
standard Of gold and silver az We had it
for eighty years prior to 1873, and the
silver dollar will be as plentiful here az
in Mexico. II you cannot pay of your
mortgage the first year with the iucreas.
ed price Of your prod uots you can surely
get money at elk per cent instead Of
twelve and save half of the interest you
are now psyinR-s saving of dollars that
will amount to millions in Dakota There
fore vote for William J. Bryan for our
next president is the advice OF Anton
Klaus, who has had about as much bust
ness experience in the last Is years ss any
mar in Dakota, and knows what be ie
talking about.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-08
Prefer Next Tuesday.

A grand Bryan rally will be held in
this city next Tuesday, Oct. 13. Sena-
tor Pfefer Of Kansas, who has nation
al reputation and is one of the most car
featured and ridiculed Of public men Of
the time, will be here and speak Of the
political issues of the day. The meeting
will be held at the srmory in the even
ing. No one should miss this opportu-
nifty to hear the vital question Of the
hour discussed.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-08

An income tax may have been un.
constitutional, but it was right. And
when Mr.. Bryan is elected president
it will be made constitutional as well
as right. The constitution is sacred,
but the welfare of the people is more
SO.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-08

Many lives of usefulness have been
cut short by neglect to break up an or
dinary cold Pneumonia, bronchitis
and even consumption ran be averted
by the prompt use of One Minute Cough
Cure. Baldwin Bros
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-08

no element in this country 80 deserv.
ing to be classed as anarchists as those
who seek to put burdens upon the peo-'
pie which they cannot and will not
bear, and thus undertake to enslave the
people, who have too much Of the spirit
Of independence to allow themselves to
be enslaved. .-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-08
BRYAN LOOKS FOR IT.
Reasons Why He Does Not
Doubt His Election.

CHICAGO, Oct. 3.-William Jennings
Bryan, in response to request, sends
the following signed statement here:
II have no doubt OF my election. 1
base my confidence upon the fact that
the free coinage sentiment is growing
every day. The people are studying the
money question, and the study of it is
convincing the people generally that
there can be no permanent prosperity so
long as the gold standard is maintained.
1.-THE gold standard makes dearer
dollar A dearer dollar means falling
prices and falling prices mean hard
times. The people who profit by hard
times are relatively SO few in number
that they would amount to nothing at
all but for the fact that they are aided
by considerable number of people who,
not having studied the money question
themselves, have received instructions
from few fnsnciers.
"The number Of republicans who have
declared for free silver outnumbers the
democrats who have deserted the ticket,
and while the number of silver republi-
cans Is increasing all the time, the num-
ber Of boltlng democrats is all the time
decreasing
"While have no doubt as to my elec-
ton, believe that the advocates OF free
coinage should work from now to elec-
ton day to make the majority IN the
electoral college 80 large that no party
hereafter will ever dare to propose sub
mission to foreign financial policy"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-08

For years and years protectionists
have wanted high tariff to increase
prices, and now those Of them who have
become gold bugs do not want free
silver because it will make prices higher,
which will be bad for the country!
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19
USES OF THE CACTUS.
Serves ~ Reservoir in u Thirsty Land
Also Used for Medicine.

In the arid plains Of Brazil and Mex
leo, where all nature seems parched up
for six months in the year, the cacti
serve as reservoirs Of moisture, we are
told, and not only the natives, by
wonnding the heshy stems with their
long forest knives, supply themselves
with cool and refreshing juice but
even the cattle contrive to break
through the skin with their hOofs and
then to suck the liquid they contain,
instinct teaching them to avoid wound.
ing themselves with the spines.
Where the prickly pear cactus grows
to an immense size the branches are
fed to cattle and sheep after the thorns
are burned of. The fruit is large and
pear-shaped, blood red in color when
ripe and very sweet. The fruit is used
IN the fall to color preserves on jellies.
The fruit of ell kinds is edible and
some very palatable. The leaves Of the
prickly pear are used for pouitices for
wounds or bruises, and the root is rich
in medicinal qualities. The Mexican
Indiansare said to be very fond of the
leaves Of different varities of opuntia;
they fry them in batter like cakes. A
luscious beverage is afforded the thirs-
ty traveller by some of the larger speci.
mems. The tops are cut off in such
manner as to leave basin-like cavity,
which is soon filed with the juice Of
the plant. 1t is said that beautiful
furniture, tables costing as much a.
four hundred dollars. are made from
the large-growing varieties and vari-
GUS ornaments, napkin rings, paper
knives, match safes, inkstauds, ETC.,
are made from the beautiful wood Of
the candle cactus. 1t seems strange,
says the Ladies Home journal, that
human habitations can he made from
thsese queer succulent plants, yet we
are told that huts are built with the
lumber Of cereus giganteous. Fences,
impenetrable to man or beast, are made
Of Opuntia tuna and Of various rapid
growing eereuses, and hedges from .
variety known Gs the strawberry.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19
INDIANS AS HUNTERS.


Thsy do Not FriEhten the Game Out Of
Districts. "a White Men Do,
II is remark often made BY old
timers who knew the western country
when the red man was as commGn there
as the tenderfoot is now, said sports
man from the Rockies, that Indians
never scare away game from region
in which they hunt. But, they say,
wherever the white man comes with his
firearms game is bound TO be killed off
or driven away. These sayings are
true, with the qualifying statement
that by reasonable game laws game of
all kinds can be preserved and even
when nearly exterminRtod restored to
almost its original plentifulness in dis
tricts not too fully occupied by man
and his domestic creatures.
Note the Indian in hunting as he
searches out and steals upon the deer
or wild turkeys with his soft tread of
moccasined feet. In the twang Of his
how string and the flight Of the whist
ling arrow there is no explosive sound
to alarm the creatures near the one
that is struck. He, like themselves, is
in sympathetic accord with the tints
and tones of plain mountain and for
est, and while endeavorirg to match
their craft against his they are salts,
fed with trying to avoid him without
abandoning the region where he sbides.
1t is when white hunters of the
sportsmen variety invade its haunts,
their presence heralded by the tread Of
their booted feet, their clothes alien in
appearance to the hues and contours Of
the creatures Of the wilds, and their
purpose shown by the crack and crash
of firearms, that game begins to mi
CRATE to other feeding grounds. Add
to this the increasing ana indiscrimi.
nate slaughter for slaughters sake thst
characterizes the white mans hunting
and it is easy to see why the depopula.
tion Of the forest and plain, when un.
restricted by law, is speedy and sure
Ever since the general adoption BY In
dians Of firearms for theif hunting il
has not been found that large game
has diminished materially in regions in
which the white man is an intrequcnt
visitor, although Sir Samuel Baker the
explorer, asserts Of African game and
predatory creatures that animals can
endure traps. pitfalls, fire, and every
savage method Of hunting; but fire
arms will speedily clear them out from
extensive districts"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19
NAPoLEoN's GRAND REVIEWS
The Last Was at the beginning OF the
Hundred Days Campaign.


1t was customary with Napoleon to
review his troops frequently even in
time of peace, and always before a
great battle These events sometimes
assumed the name OF grand reviews, "
and were held in the public squares OF
Paris. The last of these, says the Chi
cago Herald, was on the Goth OF March,
1915, in the Place du Carrousel on the
anniversary OF the birth Of the king Of
Rome, and included all the troops then
in Paris, 1t was the beginning of the
famous hundred days of Napoleon.
The emperor having passed through
every rank, the regiments formed them.
selves into square battalions, and We're
addressed in these words: Soldiers,
returned to France with only twelve
hundred men, because | relied upon
the love Of the people and the remeu-
brance Of me cherished by the veteran
troops. have not been deceived in
my expectations; | thank you soldiers.
The glory Of all that is achieved is en-
tirely due to the people and yourselves
My only merit consists in having Justly
appreciated you. We are on the point
of marching 10 drive from our territory
the auxiliaries Of foreign princes; the
nation will no doubt second our en-
deayors and follow our impulse. The
French people and myself rely upon
you. We will not NEEDLE with the af-
fairs of other nations, but woe be to
those who interfere with us II they
have six hundred thousand men we
can oppose them with two million"
During the whole Of the address,
which was somewhat extended, the en-
thusiasm of the soldiers was every
where apparent, and at its conclusion
their expressions Of appreciation were
reiterated for several minutes, Just as
the review terminated, a lady, very
elegantly dressed, made her way
toward the emperor, bearing u sealed
package in her hands which she pre-
sented to him, requesting that i,
might not he opened until his return
to the palace. Il was afterward under
stood to contain bank bills to q con-
siderable amount, the tribute Of an un-
known patriot in support Of her coun-
try and the cause Of the emperor.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19
DANGEROUS GROUND.
An Insecure Foundation Upoa Which to
Build City.

San Salvador Is ali on q volcano.
said Senior jose Fulano. Of pasolibrc. %
Chicago Tribune nan at iha Grand
Pacific the other day. az mas brnn
three times destroyed By earthquakes
Ou. the people get used to /; and do no-
seem to mind il. 1t comes 2t intervals
and, really,whiie il makes one excessive.
ly nervous, thcge is little danger to life.
have known the shocks to come a. ige.
qaentiy as eighty times in an hour.
The effects are quite peculiar In .ue
city ol Salvador is d brick column nine
feet nigh and three feet square. Z hat
vas shOyed some oHc4iuu3sed iec. 50! b..
out losing i.s perpendtgu!ari,y pr 'aci-
ing the mor.ar. -
THE ground under the c.gy & Sal
sadOr is full Of Ca@erES Of uaEHowu
depth. i maa was digging q ~o,I tbefe,
Tie last sts1Hs lie gave wigu bis pick
she bottom fell out, and hs 2aa IBIS pick
and all fell through nobody knows
where; to China probably. Iasrs Is a
volcano not far from Nslyad5. that some
years ago discharged lave oyer % forest.
The wood all burned, of course, but She
lava being l.gb. and easily cooled hcY,,-
sned into long araaies through which
ono may walk. and a. you go you can
PCS the imprint % the t?uaks and
ErssDaes oi Tie sgees 10 the Ww easlbs
w IL
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19
A GENUINE SNooZE.
The Ludiorous Situation of a Noted Com
adIau.

ediAn.
Joe jefferson is a careful actor, but
once in Chicago he overdid one portion
of his performance. He was playing
Rip Van Winl;le, and went to the thea
ter very much exhausted By long
days fishing on the lake, AS the cur
tain rose on the third act, says our in
formant, it disclosed the white-haircd
Rip still deep in tine twenty years nap
Five, ten, twenty minutes passed and
ne did not waken. The audience began
to get impatient and the prumpter un-
~easy. The great actor doubtless knew
what he was about, but this was carry
ing the realistic business too far The
fact was that all this time jefferson
was really sleeping the sleep Of the
Just, or rather Of the fisherman who
had sat eight hours in the sun. Final
ly the gallery became uproariOus. and
one Of the gods" wanted to know If
there was going to be nineteen years
more Of this snOOze business At this
point Jefferson began to snore. This
decided the prompter, who opened
small trap beneath the stage and began
TO prod Rip from below. The tagged
comedian fumbled in his pocket for an
imaginary railway ticket and muttered
drowsily: Going right through, due
tor" At this entirely new reading the
audience was transfxed with amaze
meut, when all at once jefferson sat
up with q loud Shrek evidently IN
agony. The exasperated prompter had
'jsbbed" him with pin.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19
eEeGARY AND SUPERSTITION.
Nsndican.s Profit bs the Belief That Civ.
lag Brings GOod Lick.

Nsndicanls Profit h. the Belief That Civ
lag Brings G0od Luck.
Begging is regular trade in many
parts Of the world. Some who practice
it nay almost he said to make it an art.
Or profession. A good raendicant.
like good salesman, studies his Gus.
toners, discovers their weak points, II
he can, and trades upon them. A
French writer, who has given much at.
tentiOn TO the subject. describes at
length the methods by WHICH such peo-
ple-who ge, their living by pauperi-
eultare"-play upon the superstitions
Of their victims.
There is common notion that giving
aims brings good fortune.
Go 10 the sorborne, says our French
author, 'on the Gays Of examination
for the bachelor degree. see the col
lcgians, each with his dictionary under
his arm, On his way to make the ia
nous Latin version, on the success of
which all his future depends. A cloud
Ot Deggafs settles down upon them.
"a aoa, Tu5nA!onr, morsei of bread.
II viii BRING you happiness
The candidate hurriea on.
"IoG viii i'e t!aekballed, monsieur, ;
the lsg.:gr continues.
''The sinister prediction always takes
effect the collegian pulls cut his purse,
and .l.c hcggar turns away chuckling."
TAe same thing IL seen at the Hotel
de Vile on the days Of examination for
ifeatc Of ability for teaching;
and wien there are no examinations
going ca, there may be races; and
tnither 20 the beggsrs; for gamesters
and sporting men are famoua for their
superstitiUusress.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19
FRUIT TREES FOR SALE.

! have very fine stock of fruit trees yet for sale
good assortment Of Appebest winter varieties fine stock
of one and two year Cherry trees fine and two year
Pear few $1,000 Prune also good stock of Raspberrie
Backberies Lucretia Dewberry Gooseberres Currants
and strawberries. will take in exchange for trees 300
bushels of good oats 1000 pounds dressed pork also will
trade for good young For particulars address
at Tangent Or, or Andrews Peterson, Lebanon, Or
Nj. l.. FORSTER.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19

nor husbands are in mourning, but
goes to the altar in simple white mus.
lin, as NJ. Ernest Calnots bride did n
few weeks ago, Though in view Of
me late presidents tragic death il
seemed somewhat soon ior the we'd.
ding, Mime, Carnot herself wished that
i should take place, as it accordingly
did, but with SO much privacy that not
even single relative, except those i'm.
mediately connected with the young
people, were informed, 1.-The brides
family wore costumes Of BILE gray and
violet, while the Carnot lRtlies were of
course, in deepest mourning, The
nrldesroom's mother appeared deeply
moved during the service, and an air
OF silence and sadness hung over the
bridal Mile. Chris was an especial
favorite with the late NJ. Carnot and is
extremely pretty, She had no orna-
ments, except bouquet OF white roses,
with some fastened into her simple
dress. The Lady chapel of St, Pierre
de Passy, in which the marriage took
place, was adorned with similar flowers,
but there were none in any part of the
church.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19

Then French bride msrries she
Is not assume the hymenie Nehite
ssits sxigshSSdstsss q ~ Sakaizevk
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19

"what is this modern disease called ner.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19
]. W CUSICK K&CO., Bankers,
ALBANY, OREGON.

Transact general Banking business
Collections made at all points on
favorable terms.
Drafts drawn on New York, San
Francisco, Portland, Salem, Eugene,
and Corvallis, aud all points in Eu-
rope.
Business sent by mail will receive
prompt attention.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19
A Great Blessing
Ny wife and ! have found in Food 8
Sarsaparllla. She had rheumatism very

seyeraly, with
ankles and legs
hadlyswo.lca, and
hardly able 10 got
up and wn
s.airs without
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-03-19
George Rice represents some Of the
best insurance companies 10 the world.

Shoes away down-quality away up
lat the closing out sale Of Read, Pss.
sssswos
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-24
SbiDs of All Nations.

THE time when England will for
felt her title of Mistress Of the SEAS
is still very remote, judging from a
list of the worlds shipping published
by the Bureau Veritas of Trieste.
The statistics given are for the year
1891. in which 1t appears that the
whole number of steam vessels OF all
nations-ndne being included of less
than 100 tons burden-was 10, l03,
and their total tonnage, -, cOo, W..
Of this aggregate more than hall I'D
number and nearly half in tonnage
belonged to England, the figures FOR
that country being 5,47l steamships
and 5. 1863, 95l tons. After this show
ing, it seems scarcely worth while tc
consider the relative standing OF
other nations. Only four, according
to this table, have so many as 4oO
steamships; these being Germany
with 76l, France with 44S, the
United States with 45G and Norway
with 44O, their respective tonnage
excepting Norway, which is much be-
low the average, being in about the
same proportion. When we come tc
sailing vessels the prepondcrance OF
Great Britain is not nearly SO marked
though she still towers far above mel
nearest rival, which in this case Is
the United States. The figures are
whole numlcr of sailing vessels in tht
world, of not less than 30 tons, 81,
G66; tonnage, 1O,2l7,9O9. England
share is 9,751 ships and 3,963, %
tons, and that OF the United State
3,5O4 ships and 1,5l9,l IA tons. Nor
way comes next, with 3,4l9 ships anC
1893, 4Sl tons. All the rest are ia
Behind. At.thG.-foot of the list II
sailing vessels is Japan, and In steam
shirs our pugnacious South America
cousin, Chilli, which has only "a
China has the same number, but 1t
total tonnage is few thousand more
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-24

% man vou've epatched out of the whirl-
in eddies O. sin, and taught there was
God? Oh, Helen, love you so! NY
heart is open to yOu-cre2p into IT, gal,
and fill it with the sunshine that never
knows a cloud. Will yer come 10 me
will you be my wife?" H.,
"Yes!" and she walked over TO MIN
bravely and placed her hand in his
Mine; she's mine at last!
"Helcn!" cried Mr.. Sampson, in alarm'
what are you doing?'
Accepting the protection of the man
7 love. We will go forth together and
find a creed that docs not teach It's fol-
lowers inhumanity. Come, Helen. Now
Jack, take me away. .-.
And these three. united at last, never
+, part this side Of the grave, went out
Of the house, into the road, past the
little brown church closed against them
now forever and, crossing the town,
knocked at the door of another. 1t
opened to receive them, and there Jack
and Helen with their little charge
between them, were made man and wife.
And this was Jack Bowdoin'5 conver,
sion. Not to creed; for, as result o'
his own experience, he concluded ma
he had rather pray without restraint
untrammeled by canons, degrees ol
dogmas, and his wife agreed with him.
TTuz End.