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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01
DID YOU EVER

Copyrighted, 1896, by Alfred Wooler.)
Written for The Tribune.
Did you ever-in the Autumn,
While the trees were changing hue
Take your sweetheart out a-driying,
And your pledge of love renew?
II you did, you know how precious
Those sweet moments were to you,
And whene'er your mind recalls II
'Tis a pleasure you'd renew.
Did you ever-in the Winter,
While the SHOWS lay thick and white.
Take your sweetheart out a-sleighing,
On quiet moonlight night?
II you did, you know how precious
Those sweet moments were to you,
And whene'er your mind recalls 1t
'Tis a pleasure you'd renew.
Did you ever-in the Springtime-
Gather flowers by the way,
And arrange them with your sweetheart
At the closing Of the day?
II you did, you know how precious
Those sweet moments were to you,
And whene'er your mind recalls 1t
'Tis pleasure you'd renew.
Did you ever-in the Summer,
Just upon the avenue
Take your sweetheart out a-wheeling
On a cycle, built for two?
II you did, you know how precious
Those sweet moments were to you:
II you didn't then you miss'd
A bliss, which beats them all. by two
ALFRED wooler.
Scranton, Pa. July 81, 1896.
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Average .....,

In reference to this table the Dis
patch says: ION these 16 leading agri-
cultural staples, the average decline
of the past three years Is at a rate
nearly four times as great per year az
the decline for the preceding is years.
But that fact is no more instructive
than some others which appear. There
are certain staples which have been
subjected to well-known influences, en-
tirely outside Of the monetary ques-
tion. The farmer. who is urged to re-
lieve his position by voting for free
silver, should ask these questions:
"The prices Of oats. horses and mules
were as great or greater after IS years Of
demonstration, but then they dropped 80
to 40 per cent. Would free silver have pre-
vented the development Of the trolley and
bicycle?
''Sheep were worth as much in 1902 as
in 1s71-4 VIII the Democratic free trade
candidate restore the tariff on wool?
wheat and cotton show the most ruin
Gus decline. Would free silver have pre-
vented the opening Of 100. 0O0.0 900 new acres
In this country. and Of illimitabls fields In
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

the gold Democrats have made have
been left wholly in Mr.. Hanna's hands.
by Major Mckinley. Mr.. Hanna may
make any arrangement he sees fit.
and Major Mckinley will agree to 1t;
but the tariff Is to be put forth In all
campaign speeches and made a lead
ing issue. Notwithstanding the stand
taken by the gold Democrats" The
free traders will not have the pleas
ure Of being let Off without a trial for
the misery into which their policy has
plunged the country during the last
three years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

industry and trade. It would specially at
feet most disastrously the classe we have
enumerated; and when 1t Is considered
that II would strike the industrial and
poorer classes to the extent OF many bill
lions each year, how can the honest work.
ingmen Of the land entertain for a mo-
ment the proposition to plunge the coun-
try into national dishonor. and all the
great enterprises Of its people into con-
vulsion and panic?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01
Free Silver and the Farmer.

We unreservedly agree with The
Manufacturer in its opinion that the
present inclination of many eastern
newspapers to ridicule and satirize the
farmers of the country because as q
class they are inclined to favor free
coinage is wrong in judgment and per-
nicious in policy. Our contemporary
opportunely points out that the agric-
ultural masses Of the country have al
ways been the great conservative body
of the country: have always stood fast
for the maintenance of public order,
and for opposition to extreme measures
and violent changes" They are some-
times misled into wrong conclusions.
but they are never as a class, guilty
of conscious dishonesty. To jeer at
their just grievances and make sport
of their misfortune is to do in the first
place very foolish, unmanly thing,
and In the second place, a very danger
Gus thing; for should the farmers ever
be moved to band together in a spirit
Of anger for the punishment of their
traducers. mischief would certainly be
to pay. The safety of the republic de-
pends in the last analysis upon the
prosperity of the tillers Of the soil, who
create the chief part of it's wealth;
and therefore 1t Is the highest work Of
patriotism to endeavor not to inflame
but to tranquillize the farmers and to
point out to them safe and rightful
avenues to self-improvement.
There cannot be denial of the fact
that the average condition of the Amer
lean farmer Is one Of serious hardship.
While the merchant. the banker and
the manufacturer, living within the cir
Gle Of urban social and educational ad-
vantages. rise as a rule to affiuence and
distinction, the farmer, who is perhaps
morally their superior works hard. de-
nies himself and his family much, and
when he closes his account, finds him
self very little better off than when he
began. Such contrast inevitably
breeds discomfort. In the cities, the
man who does not succeed in life often
turns anarchist and tries to blow
things up. But the farmer, as yet has
contented himself with political pro-
test-seldom wise, shrewd or effective,
but rarely lacking in emphasis. Into
this feeling of unrest demagogues have
planted the notion that free coinage
would right matters. Four years ago
they told the farmer that what he need
ed was free trade. Four years hence
they will probably have an entirely diff
ferent panacea. They play upon the
farmers misfortunes, not because they
really care about him, but because it
opens the door to their own enrichment
or advancement.
During this campaign we shall have
frequent occasion to point out whether
or not free coinage would be Of real
benefit to the farmers of the country.
At present we shall content ourselves
with offering for the consideration Of
those of our readers who are engaged
in farming a few facts taken from an
article in the Pittsburg Dispatch. That
paper has computed the range Of prices
of sixteen staple farm products, taking
as par the prices for the three years
1S71-d, when silver was demonetized,
and comparing them with the prices in
1890, 81 and '92; also in 1893, "a and
'QS This 10 tho :.ec,llt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

"The money Of the United states,
and every kind or form Of it, whether
Of paper, silver or gold, must be as
good rs the best in the world. Itmust
not only be current at its full face
value Mt home, hut it must be counted
Mt par in any and every commercial
center of the globe. The dollar paid
to the farmer, the wnge.earner and
the pensioner must continue forever
equal in purchasing and debt.paying
power to the dollar paid to any gov.
crnment creditor. in His
speech of Acceptance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

The Republican state committee will
gladly mail political literature to every
voter requesting 1t. The Republican
who has a free silver neighbor should
send his name to Chairman John P.
Elkin, PHILADELPHIA,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

Those Democrats who urge the d.
vison Of the sound money forces by
the nomination Of a boiling ticket show
that they put partisan intrigue above
the public welfare. Fortunately the
number OF such Democrats is compare
lively small
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

Says the Times: Should Mckinley
be elected he will be compelled to is
sue bonds. just as President Cleveland
has been" If he does it will be Cleve-
lands fault. There was no bond issu-
ing until Democracy tried to smash the
Protective tariff, and the gold standard
never gave us a particle of trouble
until the nation, under free trade man.
agement, got head over heels in debt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

"Thc Republican party stands for
honest money and the chance to earn
II by honest toll. l.''..WilIiam Nick in.
ley.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

The tariff not an issue? Who says so
beside the tariff -wreckers, that have
reason to want the issue changed?
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THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
STATE.

Congressmcn.at.Larg
GALUSIIA A. GROW. Of Susquehanna.
SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT. OF Erie.
Election Day, Nov. 3.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

One beauty about Tom Reeds
speeches is that any man who has any
brains worth mentioning can UNDER
stand every word he says.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

Chauncey DeDew says Bayard Is the
most popular American in London. In
Bayard's case that is the exact reverse
of n commitment,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

Mr.. Blaine, to be sure, favored the
double Cor Joint standard. on an in
ternatioral basis. In that respect he
differed from Bryan, who, while pre-.
tending to be a bimetallst, Is in real-
ity working for the single silver stand.
ard, which means 5O-cent dollars and
commercial retroCresSiOn
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

The Democratic national platform
this year reiterates that party's famil-
lar call for "revenuel only" tariff.
Mr.. Bryan, the Democratic candidate.
said in congress and on the stump, three
years ago, that the Wilson bill would
be a revenue only" tariff. Well, we
have since had trial OF the Wilson
bill. How has 1t fulfilled its trainers
predictions? Who wants to put conf
dence In their word again?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Aiacchus
The Tribune AstrolOger.
Astrolabe cast: S.lG a. M, for Saturday,
August |, 1896.

A. q af
A child OF this day
Will ever be gay
And bright as the flowers Of summer;
And II 'tis girl
VIII make your head whirl.
For undoubtedly she'll be hummer.
Boss Harr!ty has decided to retire to
private life. In other words Boss Harrity
does not propose to do the Boy Stood on
the Burning Deck act any longer.
The most appropriate campaign button
for local leaders of the unterrified un-
doubtedly bears the inscription: II have
troubles of my own"
Professor Coles says that the outlook for
August is discouraging In the extreme.
The professor has evidently been reading
articles in the Times Forum Of the Peo.
ple."
Democratic enthusiasm this year re-
sembles pumpkin vine the morning fol-
lowing a white frost.
The umDires whose eyes are gauged to
a grandstand view Of the game are in
variably the most successful.
AFew Definitions.
misunderstanding that usually re-
quires a muzzle six days In the week.
Patience.-That which causes one to re-
frain from shedding blood during his
neighbor's practice hours on the piano.
Hope.-That which prompts one to send
good money to protect the bad.
Faith.-That which allows the Scent
dollar to float at double values.
Charity.-Something that IL subject to
great fiuctuation.
Eloquence.-Often designated during the
campaign as wind"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

The United States is a great nation.
tie greatest on earth. But the United
States, in all its greatness, doesn't pos
sess strength enough to force the world
to accept so cents worth of silver bull
lion bearing Yankee stamp at a val
uation of one dollar. 1t cannot MAKE
two and two equal eight
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

1t is the verdict Of travelling men who
Journey from the west that the free
coinage epidemic is already on the de-.
cline, and the action of the Colorado
state Republican committee in decid-
ing to stand by Mckinley and the st.
Louis platform is a circumstance that
seems to corroborate this theory.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

There Is one factor in the present
political problem which it would he wise
to keep in mind. When the women of
the country learn that free silver will
mean, according to the promises of its
advocates, a doubling Of the cost Of
bread. tea. coffee. sugar and other arti-
cles Of food, without any corresponding
doubling Of the opportunity to buy, will
they permit their husbands to vote for
It? Not by a good deal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

Read this from the Toronto World.
of Tuesday: There Is a considerable
volume of American silver in circula-
ton in Canada. If free silver should
prevail in the United States, this coin
would have no gold behind 1t to main-
tain It at it's face value. American
silver would then have to rely wholly
on its own intrinsic and commercial
value. The gold support being taken
away, the American silver dollar would
be worth only fifty cents of Canadian
money. The free silver agitation has
advanced so far that several Canadian
banks and merchants have already be-
gun to refuse American silver. The
Montreal Street railway says it will
soon have to refuse American silver
from the public. because its bank, In
turn. will not accept it from them,
1t is very likely that this condition
will soon become general. American
silver will no doubt disappear almost
entirely from Canada before November
next" Before Protection was strick-
en- down at Washington and business
confidence unsettled, American money
was acceptable at practically it's face
value everywhere in the civilized world.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

The Cleveland correspondent Of the
Pittsburg Dispatch telegraphs to his
paper: lone thing may be stated pos
itively, and that is neither Mr.. Hanna
nor Major Mckinley will consent to
give up the tariff as q leading issue
Of the campaign for the sake Of the
support Of the whitney followers in
New York and New England. This
much has been settled at the several
interviews which Mr.. Hanna and the
major have held here during the last
two days. The other demands which
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

Russia. Egypt. India and the Argentine
Republic? And what difference will It
make In the value Of wheat and cotton to
make cheaper silver dollar when the
price will be fixed by the same gold value
in Liverpool?
Finally. when the staples affected by
special and well-known causes are taken
out OF the table. the average decline in the
eleven remaining ones was 6 per cent. in
IS years, and has since been per cent.
in three years. Does not this show that
farmers need settled confidence and gem
eral consumption more than further legis-
lative interference with business?
1.-THE farmers position" as our Pitts
burg contemporary justly concludes
presents many problems. and some es-
pecial hardships. But If the facts are
fairly understood. they show clearly
that the monetary question has little
to do with 1t, and that the free silver
remedy is the most arrant Quackery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

When we first coined silver in 1892,
We made the ratio between it and gold
Is to 1. This ratio, we found, underval-
ued gold. Then, in 1884, we changed the
ratio to 16 to 1. This ratio, it was soon
found, undervalued silver. but after
ward silver was produced in such
abundance that its ratio toward gold
began to fall until now it is down almost
70 80 to /. The point we wish to bring
out is that gold, at all times, has been
the constant, and silver the variable.
Gold is always the a." and silver the
49," the "16' or the "32." Gold. there
fore, Is the stable standard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-01

While the success of the free silver the
ory that would bring US to the silver
standard Of money along With the other
silver countries Of the world. would be de-
structive in every channel Of commerce.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
Profound Reflections

An elderly Now York gentlewoman,
having occasion to expostulate with her
ashman, remarked to him:
"Those last CLANS that you brought me
were dead"
Madam" was the answer, 1--WE ali
must diel'
This was disconcerting but not more so
than the reply made to the same lady by
another tradesman, to whom she happened
to say, ~ have lived In this house for 40
years"
He responded, "Thet Is nothing to eter-
nifty p'-New York journal.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
How to Treat a. Wife.

(From Pacific Health Journal)
FIRST. get wife, second, be patient.
You may have great srisls and perplexi-
ties In your business, but do nos, there.
fore, carry to your home q cloudy or
contracted brow. Your wife may have
trials, which, though OF less magnitude.
may be hard for her to bear. A kind
word, . tender look, will do wonders in
chasing from her brow ali clouds of
gloom. To this we would add always
keep bottle OF Chamberlsin's Cough
Remedy In the house. 1t 10 the best
and is sure to be needed sooner or later.
Your wife Will then know that you
really care for her and wish to protect
her health. For sale by The Chas. Lyle
Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17

Artistic Piano Tuning and Repairing.
WALTON NELSON. plano and organ
tuner and repairer for the Hobbie Piano
Co.. 10 nov ready to make annual tun-
ing contracts for piano tuning. Prompt
attention and hrss class work guaIsn-
teed. Best OF references from manu-.
factories and numerous patrons OF high
musical standing in Roanoke. Gall or
leave orders At the Hobbie Plano Co.,
157 Salem avenue.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
Precnution.

Tourist docking back upon difficult
bit of mountain path he had just traversed)
Ugh, that's as ugly bit of dangerous
climbing as I've ever been overl There
must have been lot of accidents there
Why don't they put up notice board to
the effect that it's dangerousp
Guide-There was an accident there
once, sir, and they put notice at the en-
trance to tho pass, but as nobody else came
and fell down the ohasm they did away
with tho board. London Fun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
A Cure For Muscular Rheumatism.

MRS. r. L. HANSON, Of Fairmont, ILL
nois, says; my sister used Cham ber-
lain's Pain Balm for muscular rheuma-
tism and 1t effected complete cure. I
keep 1t in the house at all times and
have always found IL beneficial for aches
and pains. IL Is the quickest cure for
rheumatism. muscular pains and lame
ness I have ever seem" For sale by
The Chas. Lyle Drug Company,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
Lots.

Two beautiful lots on the boulevard, West
End. These are something handsome. 60x16O.
only $3.50 each
One OF the prettiest lots on South Jefferson
street. 60x160, $500.
A towels lot In Lewis addition, 60x180. $40.
Two OF the prettiest lots In Exchange addition
near franklin road, only $3.50 each.
Lot corner Wells avenue and Henry street, q
beauty, 40x1b8. only 800.
Two lots Chapman avenue, West End, 60z1yo,
only $500 EACH
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17

A Chinese doctor is employed by families
by the year, ut rate. according to their
means and his reputation, of / cent to
8 cents day as long as every member
OF the family is we'll. When one falls i'll,
the doctors pay stops until health is fully
restored.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17

x, Is the mothers
restSiDS syrup friend during the
CRITICAL period OF dem
tition in children. II 10 certain and
safe In Its action, producing almost in
slant relief for all those distressing
symptoms to which
children are subject. phss,ns
Price IS cents, At
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
Pilesi Piies! piles,

DIR. WILLIAMS Indian Pile Ointment
will cure Blind Bleeding. liberated and
Itching Piles. 1t sbsorbs the tumoys,
allays the itching ct once, acts %
poultiee, gives instant relief. DR.. vii.
linms' Indian Pile Ointmensis prepared
only for Piles ard Itching of she pri-
vate parts. and nothing else. Every
box Is guaranteed. Sold by druggists,
sent by mail. for 500. and 81 per box.
WILLIAMS M'F'e Co. Props. Cleveland,
o. For sale at Fox's Drug Store, Roam.
oke, Va
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
Smoke
LITTLE DUKE
CIGARS.
Fill Havana Filler.
5c-6 for ESQ.
MAssIE's PHARMACY.

For every quarter In 9 mans pocket
there are d, zen uses, and to use each
one In such way as TO derive the great
est benefit Ia q question every one must
solve for himself. We believe, however,
that no better use could be made Of one
OF these quarters than TO exchange 1t
for bottle OF Chem berlsin's Collie,
Cholera and Disrrbes Remedy, a medi.
cine that every family should be pro-
vided with. For sale by the Chas. Lyle
Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17

pAM0NS Nerve and Bone Oil Cures
1p Rheumatism, Cuts, Sores, Burns
and Bruises Large bottle as cents.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
TO HOmeSeekerS::

Examine that large S.roum
house, with all modern con.
veniences, situate No. 524
Marshall avenue, and see if
this is the place you want.
We will sell for less than the
house cost and on long time.
N near Jefferson street. Lot 6Ox15O feet. Fine
shade. Price $4,000; 5000 cash, balance sis per
month.
NIGGE t room S1n. dwe,ling With bath and water
avenue 8. W. Price $3.50; on easy terms.
Unwilling with six rooms. hot and cold
- water, on Eleventh avenue O. W., 81, 5OO
SlUO cash; balance Sl4 per month,
IT ARGK Sroom dwelling on corner lot sOx1bO
~ feet, on electric car line Property in first
ciass condition. Price $2,250.
hWhLLlNG on corner lot on Cam pbell ave-
- nue.; large lot. good stable. Price $4,000
Gail and sec about thfs at once.
MICE room house on Seventh avenue 8. W.;
H.ROOM dwelling, with bath, large barn and
. stable; near the center OF the town. Price
THREE large seven and eight room dwellings
Il IN i've minutes walk OF the courthouse-all
N0TTAGB with six rooms on Patton avenue
~ Re. Price 5000; 800 cash, balance IS per
ELEGtANT u room brick dwelling, with every
~ modern convenience, on large lot in the
most desirable location in the city The beat
location In Roanoke for q first class boarding
house. This property was held at $i2,5OO aud we
Will now cell 1t for less than the dwelling coat
NTE have customers for several vacant lots
w prefer them together, In the southwest part
Oh Ihe towp, aiso fof vacant lots on Salem avenue
EINtNE tract Of 75 acres AZ miles from Roam.
Il oke, on the river; land OF fine quality. Price
$40 per acre.
MICE little farm OF twenty acres. with large
IN room dwelling, barn and ali NECESSARY ont
buildings, 3k miles from our ONCE. Price IL 900:
on long time to responsible party.
HIHE most desirable corner lot in Southwest
Il Roanoke Qewis addition). Price S25O.
THE best lot on Henry street, between Tenth
Il and Eleventh avenues; $500
TWO or three nice dwellings for rent.
]. F. W|NGF|ELD,
2iO Commerce ST., ROANOKE, va.