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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-03-05

Capt. johnson deserves great credit
for knowing that 1t Is time to quit.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-03-05

II McKinley's nomination depended
on Kansas II would be unnecessary to
hold that St. Louis convention.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-03-05

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 3-The
Western Baseball league magnates met
here to-day and arranged the schedule
of games for the season, which will
open April y. The Kansas City Blues
will 'pen the season at home April %
with Minneapolis.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-03-05

The New Hampshire mills Of the
Amoskeag corporation will all be
closed for two months on account OF
the damage done by this weeks floods.
Ten thousand operatiyes are Affected.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-03-05

A dispatch from Omaha Indignantly
denies the reports of restitution in
Nebraska and repud ates the solicila'
ton OF aid for alleged sufferers
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-20
j. A, SDratlrr

Always keeps the very best in the line
of Groceries.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-20
GOLD AND SILVER.
Free Coinage Would Drive Gold Ont.


This country has now over 81 $50,
O0O, 900 in metallic money III nearly
equal amounts Of gold and silver The
free coinage advocates propose that the
government should coin all the silver
brought to the United States mints at a
ratio OF 1G to /. AS the commercial
ratio is over 80 to !, the result Of such
free coinage would be to force out Of
circulation all the gold now in use.
This always has been and always will
be the effect Of laws making cheaper
money legal tender for the same
amount Of valuo AS better money.
There can be no escape from the CON
clusion that SO long as the bullion i'll u
silver dollar il worth less than that III
gold dollar the dcarer coin will not
circulate.
The real question, therefore, which
the American people are called upon to
answer is whether they wish to continue
the present system, by which over 5000, :
600, 900 Of silver money is kept at n
parity with gold, or to adopt 10 to |
free coinage law which will give us sill
yer money only. All who want the per
mancnt use Of both metals should vote
for II sound currency based on the gold
standard. The men who are shouting
for free silver may call themselves 'bl-
mctallists," but they are i'll reality
working for the contraction Of our
money to the single silver standard.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-20
LEGAL NOTICES.



STATE, Of Wisconsin, Iowa County Court
y ss.-ln Probate
n the matter OF the estate OF Joseph
Ellcry, deceased
Letters of administration on the estate OF
Joseph Elcry deceased, having brcn issued
to Joseph II Elery
II i ordered, that the creditors OF said
Joseph ElIcry, deceased he, ana they hereby
are allowed and limited until and including
the first Tuesday of February, 1897 being
the I'd day Of said month, to present their
claims and demands TO the County Court for
examination, adjustment and allowance.
1t Is further ordered, that the claims and
demands Of all persons against the said
Joseph Ellcry. deceased, be examined and
adjusted by this Court. at the Office Of the
County Judge, ut the Court House in the
city OF DOd-evillc in said county on the
first Tuesday " March, 1897 and on the
first Tuesday Of April. 1875,
1t i further ordered that notice of the
times and place AT which said claims and
demands wifi be examined and adjusted a.
aforesaid, and OF the time hereby allowed
aud limited for creditors to present their
claims and demands be given BY publication
Of such notice for four successive weeks in
The Iowa County Democrat. newspaper
published in the city Of Mineral Point, in
said county the first publication TO be within
ten days from the date hereof,
Dated this 2lSt day OF July, 1896.
BY the court;
iaw4 CHARLES W McILHoN, County Judge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-20
LANCASTER.

The new oat crop is now coming
into warehouses in this vicinity. 1t is
/ large in quantity but poor in quality,
the poorest in ten years.
The Kickapoo Valley Il Northern
railroad this week received two heavy
engines 10 take the place of those
wrecked in Il blowup At the round
house last May. Work is progressing
on the Readstown extension, but no
assurance is given out that the line
will be extended beyond that point
the present season.
DR.. A. +. Sawyer, can say enough
for your Pastilles as they have benc-
fitted me more than anything else. ]
must thank you and if you think this
will benefit any lady fuilering as |
have you can use my name, Mrs.
Eleanor Fisher, fremont, Ills. The
Pulford Drug Store sells it,
Fish Of All Kinds,
At the very lowest figures, at j. A.
Spratler's.
The Largest Stock
OF Wall Paper in Iowa county, at }.
j. Hanscom 81. Co.'S.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-20


In declaring for tie free coinage Of
silver Independently Of al other coun-
tries the Chicago convention i'll effect
declared fora different and lower money
standard than that used by the great
commercial nations with winch we
trade Trade and commerce follow the
lines Of least monetary resistance, aud
out of total merchandise imports and
exports last year of 81, $50, 5OS, 1870 only
$lG3, SOB, S27 was from single silver
standard cuuntrics-lCss than II per
cent.
Even in our South American trade,
about which so much has been said, out
of II total of $l45, SOB, $50 only 6 per
cent. IS, 99l 1913, was with silver stand
ard countries, while ~ per cent, $780,
217, S64, was with single gold standard
countries, and S3l 1888, 33S was with hi.
metallic countries.
Practically speaking, all bimctallic
countries are on II gold basis, their
legal tender silver being cXchangcable
for gold but the bimetallic trade is
small. Let Europe serve rs the example,
While much loss than half of its popu-
lation has the single gold standard, the
following table shows our trade:
s,xo,r com n,nrrAL,rC.
England $546, ,ol France, $l06, 100 Gao
Germany l73MHS SIS Netherlands 40'i9i' 500
1"S,rm a W." ""t RAW, q, "a 9s5
sweden and Switzerland l5,oo6 5s2
Norway 7,ls3q2S Spain...... H,50l 1875
Denmark.,. $500 l53 Grccco...., lI9 40
Turkey 2i%' Aus 43S All other, Si2'Si0
- II, Total .....,. s256, S22, al
Russia, single silver standard, soaa,a!l
To classify by standards, the total for
o1gn commerce OF inc ohltea states
- '''' - '' ",, ,,.,..,. o,.,.
Europe ,s74a5r7ao $3.50. Al m,5aa, IA
Nmar , l'o-'o' o. o. t ,a -SS ~ wv s9
West Indies. l15ll622 s2,sS2,3Go 5S4,742
Africa essG,4a4 lSq.S4l $50 %
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-20
Instrumental Music.

l will be home Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Saturday, each week
and will take pupils on Piano, Organ,
Violin, Guitar and Band instruments.
Leave orders at Pulford's drug store,
or call at residence, north of Mr..
Joseph Gundry's.
j. w. NJ. ANDERSON.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-20
Don't Lnil

To see the Beautiful Presents in Fine
China, Cut Glass, and Lamps of every
description, to be found on exhibition
at Hendra Bros.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-20
Books J! Books

The largest and finest assortment OF
books ever brought to Iowa county
at J. j. Hanscom Il Co.'S.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-20
WANTS..

4 GOOD Mich COW for Sale Inquire
< III Tie Democrat office
NOR SALF--Gnod Western Cottage Organ.
It Inquire Of NJ w. Terrlll City Hotel.
nor REST-Rooms over Mr.. Gales store
L Inquire OF Mrs. Martin SeCollins.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-20

Russia. single silver standard, 50, $50, "a
To classify by standards, the total for
Cign commerce Of tho United States
will surprise many
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29

your son died for me, my brother"
Bouton's nefarious gang Sim and Tom
are in the penitentiary, and when they
get out 20 years hence, they will be as
shriyeled and gray as their father and
much less prepared to fight the battle. OF
life. Font Robb is dead, and many
think he committed suicide in order to
avoid trial.
The remnant of Bouton's gang was
sent, by ones and twos, to many states
and territories, where they atoned with
life to the outraged law
Black Eagle was killed in fight with
Captain Duncan's company. He refused
to surrender when his companions did.
His braves were disarmed and sent back
to the reservations from which they
had escaped at Bouton's urging.
Leaving the immigrants in charge OF
the Prophet, Frederick and Valentine
Weldon, with Mrs Weldon, Louis and
Nora, and DR. Blanchard's 5 family, re-
turned TO West Virginia. But they only
remained long enough to settle up the
estate and to convert into cash all the
available assets that Lawyer Bliss had
left. Their claims were not opposed,
though no legal steps We're taken to in
validate the viii of John Weldon, ''the
Patriarch. -
The brothers had been too long in the
grand west ever to be content III the east
again, and then the associations of the
former were far more pleasant, for the
fratricidal war had never beat its red
spray against the mighty mountains
bordering the Yellowstone They went
back, taking with them stock, seed, ag
ricultural and mining implements, and
a large number Of farmers and mechan
les with their families, who were anx-
ious to make fresh start in that land
of wonderful possibilities.
But before leaving the east for their
return "home, as they called the noun
tains, two events of importance tran
spired-yiz, the marriage of Louis Kyle
and Alice Blanchard and that of How
ard Blanchard End Nora. Their friends
at first thought that cousanguinity
might be a bar, but love broke it down,
for in one case the tender passion exist
cd befur. other relationship was known,
and in the other case the young people
were SO much like strangers 10 each 9th
or that love preceded affection.
For reasons best known to himself
young Captain Duncan resigned from
the service Some think Clara Blanchard
was the cause Of this, and there is good
reason for the belief, for Clara Blanch-
ard is now Mrs. Duncan, and the first
child born in the new town Of Weldon
is hers. Is is boy, aud lie bears the
name Henry Kyle Duncan, in honor Of
the heroic but misguided youth. Cap
tain Brandou's (Frederick Weldon) deaf
ness has disappeared. His 80 years sit
lightly ON him, and those who have
known him for a short time forget his
wound aud think him very handsome.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29
John wilkes Booth.

AT this time John Wilkes Booth was
81 years old, a man of striking presence,
handsome face and very winning man.
ners, and yet withal given to the most
violent excesses of every description. As
an actor he gave promise of being the
equal if not the superior of his elder
brother, and if his own statements are
to be credited his income from his pro-
fession alone amounted TO $40, 600 q
year. Up to the date Of the failure of
the plot to poison he had played quite
regularly, invariably before large audi
ences, with whom he enjoyed much
favor. He appears now to have devoted
all his energies to the furtherance of the
matter nearest his heart-the plots
against the president. John Wilkes wss
the only member of the Booth family
who espoused the southern cause
-Four Lincoln Conspiracies, by Vic
tor Louis Mason, in Century.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29
BOttled RAllR.

/ If you are musical, you will enjoy
nothing better than "a chime Of bottle
bells, which, while it may sound very
difficult, is really very easily arranged.
Your apparatus will consist of two
chairs, two long poles or sticks and IS
bottles. The chairs must be placed the
length of the stick apart, back to back /:
upon each stick place nine bottles sus-
pended by string tied about the neck.
with a loop big enough to slip ever the
stick Place one stick with eaf'i end
resting on the seat of the chair ....d the
other resting ON the top of tb beck.
For a hammer almost any stick II do
to beatwith. For quick tunes two sticks
should be used.
If the bottles are all of the Same shape
and size, they can be tuned to produce
all the notes Of the scale by pouring wa
ter into them. The more water the low
er the note, or differently shaped bottles
can be used TO fill the places when the
correct note cannot be produced 1t is
not possible to tell just how much water
to use, for it varies with the thickness
Of the glass. You may have as many
bottles as you like and there may be two
players, one on each side.-Philadelph
Press
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29
French Bookbinders.

French craftsmen Of today, as far as
binding is concerned, fall naturally in
to two classes, those who still repeat
and adopt old models, and those who
are bent upon seeking some new thing
The first consider that the right tradi-
tions of ornament have been given once
and for all and need only be followed
with ever increasing skill and technical
perfection. The second feel that new
departures are necessary if the art is to
respond to modern needs The conserva-
tives restrict their ornaments to the
strictly traditional. Admitting no fur
ther novelty than tnat which consists in
fresh adaptations Of the same "tools, I"
the reformers will sooner get out of the
lines hitherto recognized as legitimate
than continue to work in the well
worn grooves 1t is the old opposition
between lies classiques" and "les
jeunes, often recurrent in the literary
history of France, and permeating, as it
would seem, the whole artistic life of
the country in way that has no parallel
here. Such a cleavage, well defined
among poets and painters Of the mo-
ment, is thus repeated in miniature in
the humber arts, greatly to their benefit
and to that of the public as we'll
Scribner's.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29
THE END.
A Four Lerred Bird.

The crested hoazin Of British Gui-
ana, the only survivor Of race of birds
which are known as fossils, is described
i'll The Popular Science News The
hoazin inhabits the most secluded for
ests of South America, and its survival
beyond its congeners is doubtless owing
to its retiring habits and the fact that
it feeds ON wild aruns leaves, which
gives its flesh a most offensive flavor,
rendering it unfit for food.
The chief peculiarly of the hoazin
consists in the fact that when it is
Matched it possesses four well developed
legs. The young birds leave the nest
and climb about like monkeys over the
adjoining limbs and look more like tree
toads than birds
The modification of the fore limbs be-
gins at once after Matching; the claws
of the digits fall off the whole elawlike
hand begins to fatten and becomes
.--ry--a--r---za--*i.---- ---- appear, urSl
before full growth is reached not q YES
tige remains of its original character.
Professor F. A. Lucas says Of the
hoazin, 1.-The adult birds not only
have no claws upon their wings, but
their thumbs even are so poorly devel-
oped that one would hardly suspect that
in the nestlings we have the nearest ap-
proach to quadruped found among ex-
isting birds !"
One curious feature noticed with a
nesting which had been upset in the
river was its power Of rapid swimming
and diving when pursued. Owing to
this power the little creature managed
to evade all efforts to secure it. The
prolonged immersion which a nesting
will undergo, instinctively and volun-
tarily, or which am adult bird will en-
dure in an attempt to drown it seems
quite remarkable.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29

were soldiers clothes, the physicians,
though having no record Of my case,
s-ut me eu with the wounded troops.
'I hd lan unconscious, II seems,
nearly tx weeks Ny brain was affected.
but, thalEzs TO skin and care, / recover
ed For several months my organs Of
sreegh were affected, and when asked
ily name it SEEMS they understood me to
say Brandon, when I meant Weldon
Every one about the hospital called me
L and formy brothers sake / de
terlua. the name.
At first / tl. - return home,
but the war spirit r.4-l 7 rea-
smod that my. presence would bring
trouble to my brother. ana that if be-
came IS one dead he could inherit the
property for his children. So I gave up
home and fortune. I entered the Union
army when I became strong enough and
came cut 4 captain at the close Of the
war
''Then I wanted to go home, for I
yearned to tell my brother, who belong
ed to the beaten side, that | had for
given him and that aIlmy old love went
Out to MIN. But I Thought I am look
ed On rs one who is dead Why should
go back: The people think that 1 fled
at the time OF my disappearance, for
never dreamed that my brother was sus-
pected. Ny every thought was to shield
him.
God bless yoU Frederick. God bless
you, my brosheri s5bbed Valentine
$50. 80 c0D inued the captain. 4 dc
cided 10 20 to land where l would
meet none whom j knew, and there live
rs hunter and pruspector Fourteen
years ago I came 20 the west, and in
these mountains met the Prophet. |
told him my ssury and made him swear
perpetual silence before the altar II
il had not been for this, he could have
saved Us all this trouble. New scenes
and associations gradually banished old
memomss, and as Captain Brandon l
was quite willing to spend the re-
nander Of my days in the Wilderness "
In Gods land, oaptainl In Gods
landr' interrupted the Prophet.
1T has truly been Gods land to me.
Last spring I went TO Omaha for sup
plies, and there fell in with party Of
immigrants bound for the far west and
anxious to secure a guide. They were
told to come TO me, and they did so. At
first [ hesitated to lead them, but when
I learned that DR. Blanchard and his
family might be of the party hesitated
no longer. OF course 1 knew DR.. Blanch-
ard, but the seal l had placed on the
Prophets lips was ON my own, and L
was resolved to keep my identity to my
self. Yet my heart went out TO the peo-
pie Of my kin, and L yearned to take
them to my heart and say, j am Fred
erick Weldon.
Il met Henry Kyle as we neared the
mountains, and having heard evil re
ports of him 1 was glad when he and
his companion, Robb, went. L had long
known Of Mr.. Kyle, but never imag
ined that he was my brother.
This is my story. This l can prove.
But my heart is too full to think of
other proof now. Come, stand beside
me, Valentine. Hold my hand as you
did IN boyhood when we climbed the
mountains. The grasp is stronger and
truer now that we are entering the val
lev -
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29
, weldon. the captain's wife an,

luar, Weldon, the captains wife anu
the daughter Of honest John Clyde, is
certainly Of that opinion. Her love for
the captain had never been a secret to
others, and when he discovered it he
crowned IL with his hand, heart and for
tune.
The new settlement is ON the Blue
Water, not far from the camp where the
immigrants were attacked by Bouton' 5
outlaws And Or. Blanchard thinks &c
the most beautiful place i'll the world.
The good old man has every reason for
this opinion. His house is directly oppo-
site that Of the brothers. From the porch
before his door he can see hundred
mountain peaks cutting into thin air,
like pinnacles, from which, when the
sun is setting, cloud banners Of crimson
and gold ST. III out against the blue
depths of that glorious sky. The dark
girdles of pines about the lower ranges,
the emerad expanse of mountain mead
ows, the glistening crests of granite
ridges, the courses of silvery streams,
the glaciers spiritually white, the valley
yellow with the harvest and cdorous
with young vineyards all gladden. the
sight and lift the heart higher than
the mountains and beyond the sunset
clouds
There are herds ON the hills attended
by Valentine Kyle's old herders. There
are children shouting about the school
house or playing by the river. From a
grove in the center of the settlement a
white spire points upward like an
angels finger. And on Sabbath days the
rocks and ravines take up the sound of
the bell and toss it back and forth till it
dies away in the hills, the music of a
peace that must evY remain.
The Prophet still lives in the solitude
of his cave and finds his soul rest in the
peace of the beautiful valley. But he is
no longer hermit. Once a week he
comes to Weldon to preach, and, though
at first his teachings startled the people.
they have learned to look beneath his
eccentricities and see there the strong,
simple truths of his religion of nature
and humanity.
AT the foot Of the loftiest cliff in the
Prophets valley there are two graves
marked by one stone and knitted to-
gether by mating of vines and wild
flowers. The stone bears the simple in
scription, with the date of death added,
Here lie Henry Kyle and Kushat, a
Sioux maiden"
The settlers often visit the valley
Frederick and Valentine go there every
month, and as they stand by the graves
Frederick says:
Your son died for me, my brother.
He died for mel"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29
No. 43

good buglers, but there was q man IN,
the battery who was an artist. And aft
er we came to know him we used to lis
ten nights to hear him blow tap4 The,
camp was still. Suddenly would come
the notes of n bugle-our man blowing
the call, ana blowing it we'll; a amusical
and graceful good night Then the man.
in the battery-he always blew last. 1t,
always seemed as if he waited minute,
or so for the applause from our tents.
for our own man to cease. Then we,
could fancy him raising his bugle, and
then the lovely call as he blew it, a.
most melodious good night. Then we
used to turn over and go to sleep. -
New York Sun.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29

panied by l01d voices, were heard
II did mot intend that the soldiers
should come here, saiu tire Prophet,
'but as the world must know what
have to sly perhaps Il IS as well.
While he was zzailias Captain Duncan
came into the arar salut. and after h-u
came Lawyer Bliss followed hy lis two
sons and tha sllI ard escort.
'.You will-p4rdon mef0r iutruding,
said the captain, removing his hat,
but this gentleman jpointing to Law
yer Bliss has come oa hsro with g
raquiiti0u from tle governor Of Mon
tana to arrest some parties ], Of course,
know nothing about it, but it seems
am instructed to aid In forcing the
writ %
The young captain looked as If he
were not aJ all pleased with the busi
ness GA hand, but was simply doing
his duty as q soldier.
I've are ready TO hear and obey,
said the Prophet 1--WE are a law abid-
ing people, and we try to follow Gods
law as wen as man s. -
The little, dried MP old lawyer
coughed behind his shriveled hand, and
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29
CHAPTER XXI

As much more might be written in
describing the incidents and changes
that followed, but as the reader, with
all the recorded past behind him, can
imagine the consequences, it remains
for as only to summarize them
=. = TT -1r1s5 " CIT -7T--z UU v CsT ' n
ginia, where he hastily arranged his af-
fairs, which was simply gathering of
all the cash he could reach, and then
he returned to the west. This large sum
of money he spent in vain effort to
free his SONS from the power Of the law
and the charge Of highway robbery
brought against them as members Of
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-29
She Is Everywheres

Women in America, says an English
paper, are known to hold places credit
ably as engineers, auctioneers, firemen,
quarrymen, skaters, masons, hunters,
trappers and BARRIERS. They are also en-
ployed in insurance offices and as de-
tectives Their reputation is European
as well as American. Patience, tact,
finesse and intuitive inspirations are pc
culiarly feminine qualities, while in
moral courage and endurance they are
second to none, and the waste or neglect
of such valuable products is nothing
less than crime in political economy.
The epigrammatic French expression,
''Cherchez la femme, has double sig
MITIGATION, for, go where you will, where
will you not find her?