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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
d CAMPAIGN FAKE.

The thinest argument that has TINS
far been offered by the gold-standard
orators and press is that the United
States is at present coming immense
quantities of silver, and Is thus doing
all that ia possible for the white metal.
1t is indeed true that the mints are at
present, and have been for some
months past, coming a large number
of standard silver dollars, but this
coinage of silver does not add one
cent to the circulating medium of the
country. nor does it create demand
for the white metal, since for every
3714 grains of pure silver that is now
being coined, there is one dollar of
silver certificates out standing, and
the only possible method by which
these new coins can be got into circu-
lation is by surrendering silver certifi-
Gates to the treasury and on them TAX
ing out the silver dollars.
The silver that is being coined IS
the metal purchased under the Sher-
man law. for which silver Ger.
tificates were issued. Those certi-
ficates are in circulation today as
representatives of money Therefore
the .simmense coinage of silver dollars"
we hear lauded at present, is fake in
tended to catch the unwary voter. The
silver bullion that is being coined
was purchased by the government
long since, and paid for with silver
certificates, hence the coinage of that
bullion at this time, instead of being
any benefit to anybody. either in the
way of increasing the circulating
medium or creating demand for sill
yer, whereby the price of metal might
be expanded, only adds to the expense
of the government to the extent OF the
mintage expenses,
The twaddle that is issued from the
stump about the coinage OF silver
since 1890 and the great things that
have been done by the governmentfor
the white metal since that time is all
bosh. Every silver dollar that is being
coined now, or has been coined since
1890 is made from silver that has been |
bought by the government like so
much iron or coal, at the market price, |
and either lies in the treasury as |
security for the certificates issued |
against it, or is drawn out and put in |
by the presentation of such
certificates. But in 1893 the Sherman
act was repealed, and since then the
has not bought single
ounce of silver. All the silver that
has been coined since the repeal OF
that law has not added one cent to the
medium, and so far as any
benefit to the country is concerned, it
had as we'll lain idle in the treasury
vaults in the shape of bullion. To
even refer to the present activity in
coming silver as an evidence that we
are on bimetalic standard or that
silver is receiving any recognition at
the hands of congress is simply fake.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31

By this it will be seen that labor was
not altogether content during the
years when the Mckinley law was in
force. AS rule when laborers are re-
celving just compensation they do not
go on strikes, still there was an in
crease in the number of strikes under
the Mckinley law, when compared
with the previous year and decrease
in the year following.
Now let us look into the matter of
business failures for the same years.
They were as follows:
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
Miss anthony Is Confident.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2S.-Susan B.
Anthony, who has just returned from
an extended campaign trip through
the southern part of the state, is much
elated over the prospects of woman
suffrage. Wherever she went she said
the greatest possible interest was
manifested in the question by those of
all parties. The workingmen espec-
tally showed great interest, and Miss
Anthony thinks a large vote will be
obtained from them in favor of the
amendment
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
Holding Their Wheat.

LONDON, Oct. pa remarkable
feature of the situation, one plainly
indicating belief that higher prices
are coming, is that the farmers in the
wheat-growing districts of England
are firmly holding on to their stock,
even though the figures now obtained
are much higher than they ever hoped
to see again. The continued absence
of rain in the Punjab district and the
measures now being arranged by the
East Indian government to deal with
possible famine, seem certain to
make large demands on the market
peyt month
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
CAUGHT A CUNNING CROOK.
Good Work of the Vancouver Provincial
Police.

Good Work of the Vancouver Provincial
Police
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28.-In the
arrest of Thomas Wallace, alias Mar
tin, alias T. ]. Wilton, at Vancouver,
the British provincial police have tenn
porarily put out of the way one of the
cleverest and most courageous crooks
who ever operated ON this coast. He
has been intimately known to the San
Francisco police for the past quarter
of a century. During that period he
has been arrested and served time for
numerous offenses, ranging from petty
larceny to burglary in the first degree.
He was never once taken into custody
that he did not make a hard fight for
his freedom. Upon several occasions
he proved more than match for the
officers who attempted his arrest, and
at one time he escaped from the back
of the municipal criminal court and
led the police of this city transcon-
chase of several months, and
when finally retaken nearly got away |
from the officer who was bringing him
back to the scene of his crime.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
A Stop at Bloomington.

DWIGHT, Ills, Oct. 27.-The work
ingmen at Bloomington gave Bryan a
cordial reception. From a stand in
Franklin Park he talked to several
thousand. After being introduced by
Vice-President Stevenson, he paid
that gentleman compliment for be-
ing still true to the traditions of his
party. He then proceeded to answer
the questions propounded him by a
morning paper, and his answers ap-
parently satisfied the crowd.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31

The Bryan forces are holding i'm
mense meetings in Portland every
night, and the claim of the republicans
that they will carry. Multnomah by an
overwhelming majority will never ma
terialize. OF course, they look for SUBJ
stantial assistance from the gold DEM
ocrats, whose hope and aim are to
defeat Bryan. Even If Multnomah
county should give Mckinley 5000 ma
jority, he would still lack several
of carrying the state. Ore
gon will without doubt cast its elec.
toral vote for the grand young states
man from Nebraska.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
LET OLD GLORY WAVE.

The American flag is too much re-
vered, and too well loved to be made
the insignia of any political party,
creed or sect. 1t is the flag of all alike,
the flag of the rich and the poor, the
high and the low; it is the emblem Of
patriotism, of American manhood. But
since Mark Hanna has sought to
monopolize the stars and stripes for
partisan purposes, and has requested
republican voters to fly it from their
housetops on Oct. 81, as an evidence of
their loyalty" let not any distinction
be made, let all patriotic, liberty loving
people, regardless of party, float the
national colors on that day.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
The Car Turned Over.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct. 29.-One
person was killed, two fatally injured
and others seriously injured in an ac-
cident on the Wyoming Valley traction
line early today.
Julia Walsh, aged 20. OF Port Bowk-
ley, had both her legs cut off, and died
while being removed to a hospital.
John Hughes, of Port Griffith, was
cut about the head and injured in.
ternally.
Dennis Hogan, aged II, of Midvale,
had leg broken and was injured in
ternally.
Julia Curley, aged 20, had her arm
broken and sustained contusions of the
head and body, but will recover.
The car left the track and fell upon
its side, pinning four passengers under
the wreck.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
MEN AND WOMEN CAME.
People From Six Cities Called Upon Nc
Kinley.

People From Six Cities Called Upon Nc
Kinley.
CANTON, Oct. 27.-The first delega-
tion today to be presented to McKin-
ley was party of 81 ladies who arrived
in special car from Martins Ferry,
o., at noon. They wore large ribbons
upon which was inscribed, mckinley
and sound money" The ladies marched
to the Mckinley residence at the head
of the Maryland and West Virginia
delegation, which arrieved at the same
time in train of Is coaches.
The woman were introduced by
Harry Pratt, the delegation from West
Virginia and Maryland by E. Fl. Sim
cell, of Piedmont, w. Va. Later dele
cations accompanied by two bands,
made highly enthusiastic demon
stration.
Before the first crowd was out of the
yard three other delegations in one
body were in the street waiting for
heir turn. These were from Cleve-
and, and composed of employees of
'he Upson Nut Company, Lamson &
Sessions Company and Beck, Stowe &
Wilcox.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
Major McKiniey's Callers.

CANTON, Oct. 28.-Nine carloads OF
Buffalo people reached Canton at II
o'clock this morning. Seventy-five
women from Wellsville, o., arrived
this morning with greetings for Nc
Kinley. From the village of Minerva
and vicinity in this county there came
this afternoon ten carloads of people
full of enthusiasm for Mckinley and
the republican cause.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
Ifa protective tariff will start tn

If a protective tariff will start the
mills, we should like to know why it is
that every wooden mill in the United
States is not rum ming today. Manufac-
tured woolens have protective duty
running from 80 to so per cent, and are
able to buy their raw wool cheaper
than in any other place in the world.
They can buy their raw wool for and
8 cents pound and have an average
protective duty OF AZ 20 per cent.
What more would be needed to set
them running?
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31

limit. General c. Fl. Howard, former
republican, called the meeting to order.
Bryan received an ovation lasting more
than five minute.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT

O the County Treasurer Of Waco County, Oregon months ending
the 3 day September A D. 1885,
from whom received and from what
RECEIVED. SOURCE
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
Bryan In Chicago.

CHICAGO, Oct. 28-Bryan began to-
days program of nearly dozen ad-
ditional Chicago speeches with a speech
at women's meeting at st. Stanislaus'
Hall, Noble street. There were 5000
persons present, the greater portion
being ladies. A big MONDAY meeting
of business men at Battery D Armory
claimed Bryan's attention as soon as
he could be hustled through several
miles of streets from ST. Stanislaus.
The hall was crowded to the utmost
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-31
sEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

OF the County Clerk Of Wasco County,
and number of claims allowed
warrants drawn of outstanding
On AuOred amount AuOui
For erns 'ssRs 'ss c & s
For paupes county hospital Gss iSss -
Grand Jurors and baias 4 1Ss
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For For SoPervsOrs S % S account G Il, lsss eS S
Outstanding Warrants Unpaid. Principal Interest
outsta1ding unpaid October 1885, s72a IS
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ssl722 IS
STATE OREGON County of wasco-ss
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day isS the seal " the County Court said county this M
By SIMEON BOLTON, Deputy. " ' 1
sEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY STATEMENT.
County Oregon,
October A D. 1896:
LIABILITIES.
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inclusive 1850 20
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STATE OREGON, County
Office custody and
Sheriff fled herein,
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SEAL October 1885,
A. NJ KELsAY County
BY BOLTON Deputy .t-,.r.I
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
Cowslip and Bachelors Hutton.

|, The name of cuckoo flower is given
TO at least 10 different plants, cowslip
to or 0 and bachelors button to
more than 90. II is the same all over
the world. Sir Joseph Hooker says that
throughout his travels he was struck
with the undue reliance placed upon ma
tive names of plants" characterizing IL
as an erroneous impression that savage
and half civilized peoples have an accu-
rate knowledge of objects Of natural his
tory and a uniform nomenclature for
them" Dioscorides made the same OBJ
servation, and Atheneus before him
complained that the same plant was
called by different names in different
parts of Greece.
II is, indeed, well known that plants
have exchanged their names largely.
The forgetmenot is a good instance of
this. In all the old herbals the name is
given to the ground pine (Ajuga chamo-
epitys) on account of its offensive smell,
and sometimes. also, to the speedwell.
Mills, in his History Of Chivalry," in
vented the legend of the drowning
knight throwing the flower to his lady
and fixed the name on the pretty blue
flower which had previously been called
mouse ear, from its old Greek name,
muosotis, and both name and flower be-
came popular, but Punch, going back
to its original associations, suggested it
as delicate name for the onion, and in
Mexico the same name, "no me divide, "
is given to an orchid. Clote is another
name that has been given to various
plants. In the old glossaries and herbals
it always means the great burdock, but
it was gradually attached to other large
leaved plants, and in Dorsetshire it is
now given to tho yellow water lily.
Quarterly Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
INVENTORS DON'T PATENT.
Discoverers OF Epoch Making Devices Took
No Pains to Keen Them.

DibCoNeTeTh VI Epocu Nhhhhuk DeNiCts looh
No Pains to Keep Them.
If you look back on the history of hu-
man progress, you will find that none
of the great epoch making inventions
has ever been patented. The man who
lit the first fire-whether Prometheus
or the party from whom he stole the
idea, did not get patent for it. Nei-
ther did the man who made the first
wheel-in every sense one of the most
revolutionary inventions in the history
of man. The same thing may be said of
the invention of soap, candles, gun
powder, umbrellas and the mariner s
compass, or, to come down to our own
day, of the steam engine and the cleo
trio telegraph.
Patents are mostly concerned with
small mechanical details and improve
ments-it may be in candles or umbrel-
las or it may be in the application of
steam and electricity-and by means of
these patents enormous profits have
been secured to second rate inventors,
but the great ideas and discoveries
which underlie these details have been
given to the world gratis.
There is general notion that if you
did not protect inventions by means of
patents inventors would cease to invent,
and material progress would come to a
standstill. But history does not bear
this out in the least. Men with great
mechanical gifts do not exercise them
solely with view to commercial profit
any more than astronomers search the
heavens for new worlds with an eye to
registering patents and floating COM
panies ON the results Of their discover
ies.-London Truth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
Apples Are Good Nlghtcaps.

The apple is such n common fruit
that very few persons are familiar with
its remarkably efficacious medicinal
properties, states The Bulletin Of Phar-
macy Everybody ought to know that
the very best thing he can do is to eat
apples just before retiring for the night.
Persons uninitiated in the mysteries of
the fruit are liable to throw up their
hands in horror at the visions of dys-
pepsia which such suggestion may
summon up, but no harm can come even
to delicate system by the eating of
ripe and juicy apples just before going
to bed.
The apple is excellent brain food, be-
cause it has more phosphoric acid in
easily digested shape than other fruits.
It excites the action of the liver, pro-
notes sound and healthy sleep and
thoroughly disinfects the mouth. This
is not all. The apple helps the kidney
secretions and prevents calculus growths,
while it obviates indigestion and is one
Of the best known preventives Of disease
of the throat Everybody should be IA
miliar with such knowledge.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
GERMAN pAWNSHOPs.
Some Arc Managed by Government and
others by Individuals.

Others by individuals.
There is royal pawnshop IN Berlin,
there are state pawnshops, ducal pawn
shops. county pawnshops, city or muni-
cipal pawnshops and private pawnshops
The municipal and private pawnshops
may both exist in the same town. The
rate Of interest was fixed by q law
passed in 1881 at not more than "a per
cent per annum on loans under 90
marks, and not over 12 per cent on
larger sums
In Berlin the pawnshop is n royal in
stitution, and is not allowed TO make a
profit. It's surplus goes to charitable
purposes. At Hanau no interest IL
charged OH loans up to marks II the
articles are redeemed within six days.
At Hof, in Baden, people are allowed to
raise money, giving as security the re-
ceipt of their wages two or three weeks
ahead
At weimar and Hanau anonymous
pawning is the rule. No names are
asked and no address is given. Provision
is made at Memel for merchants depos-
iting goods in time of temporary embar-
rassment
At Bautzen raw wool is received in
pledge. At Bromberg military accouter-
ments are excluded from the articles
which may be pawned. The pawnshop
at Detmold will not receive articles in
pawn from servants without the consent
Of their masters. At Altenberg and one
or two other places no one is allowed to
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
eNcLIsnmsN AND AMERICA.
Many who Have Been Warm Friends Of
This Country.


The fact is that the English public
men who have understood America, or
who have seemed to care TO understand
her, have, at least until recently, always
represented n small minority. During
the first century Of our national life
scarcely an Englishman Of eminence
was clear sighted enough TO perceive
Americas real devotion TO great ideals.
Our British kinsmen thought us horde
Of gradgrinds and nothing else, whereas,
in spite of a seeming absorption in ma
terial things, the national life was crap
pling with mighty ethical and political
ideas, which the selfishness and IRE
sponsibility Of politicians might some
times distort, but could never stife.
Leigh Hunt, as Lowell used TO remind
us, could never think of America with
out seeing in imagination a gigantic
counter stretched all along our seaboard,
and we bore Hunts ridicule with n
complacency that was the more cheerful
because his caliber and weight of metal
were scarcely great enough to do much
execution over sea. Carlyle sneercd; we
remembered his dyspepsia and forgave.
Ruskin cmptied the vials Of his elo-
quent contempt upon our sacrifice to
Americas freedom and integrity; we
abated no jot or little of our veneration
for his prophets message, while we
strove to make just allowance for the
vagaries of the hyperesthetic tempera-
ment. These things it was easy to con-
done.
The Englishmen who have understood
American life have judged 1t by some
thing besides the froth of the irresponsi-
BILE press and the antics of provincial
Statesmen. Cobden's fatal exposure
Of his life to do us service and John
Bright's brave words i'm the hour of our
distress can never be forgotten. The
memory of Thomas Hughes-.alasl that
we must write memory" now-will
always remain rich and fragrant leg
acy, to which, in peculiar sense, we
are ooheirs with Englishmen, while the
work of Mr.. Bryce has not only won
our respect and gratitude, but is bound
to leave deep impress on our life. None
of these men was blind to the evident
foibles, defects and crudities of the
strenuous life Of an earnest and virile
people On the other hand, none invited
distrust by silly attempts to flatter or
cajole But all were quick TO recognize
in American aspiration, achievement,
and representative character something
other and better than mere bigness.
They even ventured now and then to
speak of these things as great; but the
words sits better on their lips than on
ours From "Duty Of Englishmen to
America" in Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
TIPS IN ENGLAND.
Tws Well Guarded Places Into which
They Got New Yorker.


"It is amazing" said New Yorker,
''to see what tip will do in England.
When / was younger and more adven-
turous than am now, being In London
went down to Woolwich with the hope
of seeing the inside Of the arsenal. I
went with the full knowledge that re-
quest from the minister Of the United
States for pass TO the arsenal for Il
distinguished officer Of our own army
had been denied at the war Office, upon
the ground that, war being then In
progress, the arsenal was closed against
visitors. hung around one Of the gates
until the men came out at the noon
hour, and, finally falling in with man
that ! took for foreman, slipped a tip
into his hand and explained what was
after. He must have found me trust
worthy, for he explained that one of his
squad was not going back after the noon
meal. and having procured me work
mans coat smuggled me i'm through the
gate with the crowd. Once inside / was
safe enough, and by the aid of the man
had corrupted saw nearly everything
worth seeing
ut was during the same visit to Eng
land that friend Of my fathers came
to take him into the house of commons
to hear q debate. He had been unable
to obtain pass for me, but / hurried
down to the house of parliament, found
policeman, gave him handsome tip,
and told him 1 wished to get into the
visitors gallery of the commons.
hardly expected to succeed, but that
bobby disappeared and returned with u
pass bearing the signature Of Joseph
Chamberlain, and in went. haven't
the slightest notion how the policeman
obtained it, Perhaps it was forgery,
but it helped TO convince me that in
Great Britain more things are wrought
by tips than by prayers. New York
Sun
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
Position and Sleep.

How many people are in the habit of
troubling themselves about the exact
point of the compass to which their
heads happen to be pointed when they
lay themselves down for their nocturnal
rest? One might have gone ON suppos-
ing, but for the irrepressible Sir Benja-
min Richardson, that it did not in the
least matter whether the head of ones
bedstead were turned north, south, east
or west. But Sir Benjamin is full of
theories on the subject, and now that he
has expounded them we are in a posi-
tion to know that if we "turn our face
to the west" like Daddy in the SEN
timental ballad, we ought to get the
soundest sleep. because in that case "the
earth's motion will tend to send the
blood to the head" "
Here is suggested cure for insomnia
which is at least worth trial, and in
future compass should be an indis-
pensable article Of furniture in every
we'll regulated bedroom. 1t may sadly
disorganize not a few bedchambers to
arrange the adoption Of this westward
position, which may in some cases cause
almost as much trouble as the reverse
position has occasioned from time to
time in the ecclesiastical world. But
Sir Benjamin Richardson has spoken,
and it only remains for those who &C.
cept him as an oracle to point their bed
heads due west ut all costs and without
delay.-London Letter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
A breezy Irishman.

Penrose Fitzgerald, the member Of
parliament for Cambridge, is a breezy,
popular Irishman, of whom many good
stories are told. He is rather nearsight-
cd. and seldom remembers names. A
few days ago he met fellow member
Of parliament, Viscount Kilcoursie, who
had just become Earl Of Cavan. The
new earl spoke to Mr.. Fitzgerald in the
lobby and, observing q puzzled look.
was good enough to say pleasantly: ~
nee you don't know who ! am. My name
Is Cavan." "Of course, of course, my
dear fellow, was the answer. "but for
the moment, admit, took you for
that ass Kilcoursie.