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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
RECOMMENDATION the Remedy.

With silver coinage restored, not
only will every coined dollar be the
equivalent of gold, but the price of
every ounce of silver bullion and of
every pound or bushel of such prod
ucts will be advanced in proportion.
The United States is now the chief
producer of silver, and is in position
to restore silver coinage. Restoring sill
yer coinage as in 1872 will restore prices
as i'm 1872.
English influence and English ne
cessity secured demonstration in 1873
English influence for England's advan-
tage has maintained it until the pres
ent time.
Legalized Robbery Must Cease.
Give back to our farmers and miners
the $1,000, 100000 year and it will make
market for our factories and give en-
pIoyment at good prices for our me-
chanics and laborers.
Common justice demands that the
legalized robbery of scme 10000 miners
for the benefit of this and other gov
ernmepts shall cease. And while such
IODOcTy otBluS with VIC ilihcl, IL iLlLlC-
diately involves every real wealth-pro-
Queer in the United States.
No factory is ever closed when it can
sell its products at a profit.
You cannot start factories by de-
stroying the purchasing power of more
than half the people.
Gold Standard Destructive.
If consumers cannot buy at present
they surely cannot if the prices Of
manufactured goods are TO be adj
vanced by higher tariff.
A continuance of the gold standard
means-and it can mean nothing else
yet lower prices; yet more suffering.
Wall street represents England.
Banks everywhere are under the die
tation of Wall street. They have as
sisted to establish the ruinous policy
and are helping to maintain 1t.
1t means destruction to American
industry. But the people are Begin
ming to see how they have been robbed
and fooled and. crushed. The day Of
deliverance is near at hand.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
sc Price In Iowa.

AS all our exports to Europe are sold
in competition with silver-using coun-
tries, the decline in prices, it is esti-
mated, makes difference in the value
of American products of more than
81, oO0, 100000 Zone thousand million) an
nually. The American farmer and
miner loses that sum-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
PROVING THE CRIME.
How Silver Demon etization Has
Destroyed American Industries.
American Warmers and Producers Legally
Robbed for tho Bencnt of European
shyiocks-- Victims OF Brit
ish influence ra.-t...e \.

I hlt 2 ..ififsVWa, M f.r ~ st., - ffs
The following facts and the legitimate
deductions drawn from them are worth
the careful consideration of every farm
er. laborer, mechanic and thoughtful
citizen. "a go n
Silver In 1879 was worth $l,32 per
ounce, caused by French mints being
open to coinage at 1917 to 1. IT'S par
value at sixteen to one was then $129L.
Silver in 1896 is worth sc cents per
ounce, caused by closing the mints to
coinage for. the public.
How II Affects the Farmer.
How this decline In the value of silver
affects the farmer may be shown by
taking wheat as an illustration. A
bushel of wheat was worth in India in
1872 one ounce of silver, or $1.32.. In
1896 the bushel of wheat was still worth
one ounce of silver, but the ounce of sill
YER. through operations of the shy
locks, was worth only &C cents. Tho
following comparation puts the matter
more clearly and shows the extraor-
binary decline in prices:
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-25
SATURDAY. APRIL 20. 1896.
1T rs TOO EARLY.

All the talk that is running through
the columns Of our republican contem-
poraries in regard to candidates for
state Offices is likely to prove idle The
outlook now is that the republican con-
vention at st. Louis will repudiate sill
yer; the signs are that the democratic
convention at Chicago will declare in
favor OF free coinage. II that happens,
the republican party in Montana will
be left without leg to stand on.
At this early day, however. the rival
factions in Montana republicanism are
up and at II. We find I'm the Fort Ben
ton River Press extended editorial
comment, quoted on another page of
this mornings Standard. which is In
the nature of notice that the Power
family Is opposed to a second term for
Governor Richards; evidently ex-Sen-
ator Power is offended because Cow
ernor Richards was a candidate for the
senate last year.
It seems to US that this contention is
premature. Montana's best policy is
to keep quiet until the two national
conventions have been held. II events
turn out as now seems probable, the
voters in Montana will pay no attention
to any Of the republican factions in
this state.
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NOTES OF THE DAY.

There are AZ Chinese temples In
America
Laplanders often skate a distance Of
$50 miles a day.
The German army uses 1SI,O0o.ooo
blank cartridges year.
During the last two centuries the
wealth of Great Britain has increased
40 fold.
DIR. Richardson figures that the blood
flows through the body at the rate OF
seven miles an hour.
The oldest national flag in the world
is that of Denmark. which has been In
use since the year 1918.
The five nations of Europe" own
$40 war ships. mounting SS,2O9 guns,
All ready for Immediate service.
The population of the world aver
ages lOe women to every 100 men
Ficht-ninths Of the sudden deaths are
those Of males.
The Fiji islands boast OF five regular
newspa pers, four Of which are printed
in English. and one. Ma Mata, in the
yeruacular Of the natives.
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GOSSIP of THE CANVASS.

Several managers for presidential
aspirants have fallen into the habit OF
giving out bulletins on the condition
of the canvass. General Grosvenor
speaks for Mckinley. Mr. Manley
quotes figures on Speaker Reed, Mr..
Aldrich marks the estimates for what
is likely to be the combined opposition
to Mckinley.
The trouble with these figures is in
their hopelessly wide divergence. Gen
eral Grosvenor makes magnificent
claims-he insisted that. last Sunday,
Mckinley had actually in sight 433
votes on the first ballot. On the other
hand, the Reed men insist that Nc
Kinley has only PA known supporters.
taking account of delegates already
elected, and that Reed has 12S In
turn, the Mckinley men insist that
Reed cannot show so pledged support
ers
Several newspapers are trying to
keep a tally as the election of dele
gates progresses. but there are glaring
differences in the conclusions that are
reached. Probably the safest esti-
mates are those that give Mckinley
about 315 votes. with 90 for Reed. The
closest estimates are likely to be wide
of the mark; the large number of con-
tests will have much to do with results
at st. Louis.
Much OF the recent political gossip
sent out by correspondents at Wash
ington takes large account of General
Harrison. What Is now known as the
combine" is anxious to prepare the
way for his prompt nomination. But
the leaders of the Harrison agitation
find themselves In a perplexing situa-
ton. They open the way for Mckinley
to raid the large delegations repre-
senting New York. Pennsylvania and
New England as soon as II is admitted
that Morton. Quay and Reed are out
OF the race; they begin to fear that
Mckinley would get much the best OF a
breakup; they cannot get assurances
as to what the delegates from these
states will do when once their present
pledges are off. Mckinley appears to
be in a strong place.
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THEY REALIZE 1T NOW

The Boston Herald sends out the
alarm. II demands that the advocates
of sound money" organize without ref
erence to party affiliations. THE free
silver cause is strong enough" IL says
ito threaten the disruption OF one ma
tional convention and to compel a half
way recognition from the other"
The Herald reads the political mana
gers a lecture. 1t insists that they are
subordinating this one great issue to
minor and selfish considerations, Il re-
grets that the opposition TO silver is
not organized. IL sees danger in the sit
uation. Many other eastern newspa-
pers share the feeling OF anxiety utter
ed by the Boston Herald.
These are the people who were con-
fdent. three years ago. that II would
be the handiest thing in the world to
stamp out the so-called free-coinage
craze. They were certain that Presi-
dent Cleveland's extra session would do
the killing. and they were rejoiced
when congress was summoned. The
programme outlined by the president
was carried out to the letter. yet the
free-coinage cause was not killed-it is
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woman" he remarked -admiringly. Does
she say clever things?' Better than
that. She sees the point when somebody
else says them. Washington Star.
Mr. Crusty-Wheres my change? Wait
er-Dar Amt no change, boss: OATS nah
tip. Mr.. Crusty-But didn't tell you you
could have IL. Waiter-Oh. OATS all right.
boss; rs forgetful. mahself. sometimes
Puck
"Circe," said the lecturer, "as you no
doubt remember, turned men into hogs"
II wonder IL she did II by starting a
street car line?" unused the woman who
had hung to a strap all the way to the
hall.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
yictim-You say you supply balloons to
guests on the top floor in case of fire. Are
they already filled? Chicago Hotel Clerk
--Oh. no; just wait until the fire has
made progress enough and you can fill
your balloon with hot air.-Life.
Mangles-Is this church-going town?
Citizen-Yes stree. Every man in town is
q staunch Christian. except for an hour
every Tuesday and Friday morning.
What happens then?" That's the time
they meet to trade horses. burlington
Gazette.
Friend-How does 1t happen that you
have so many Japanese things in your
room? Young Wife-Just before I was
married the contents of a japanese store
were sold at auction. All these things are
wedding pres snts.-Fliegende Blaetter.
Mamie's husband shutters horribly.
doesn't hep Yes, and he is so impe
and hot-tempered he frequently embar-
RAISES her very much" How so?" why
when he goes to call her darling. she is
never quite sure that he is not beginning
to swear."-Truth.
what has become of Tom Appleton?
Wasn't he studying with the class last
year," "Ah, yes; Appleton. poor fell
low! A fine student, but absent-mnded
in the use of chemicals-very. That dis
celebration on the ceiling-notice It'll"
Yes" That's Appleton.
Weekly.
Chawley-we ought to do something in
honah of the mawwidge of Princess
Maud, don't y know. Edgar-Ya-as,
that's so. What ah you goin' to do?
Chawley-Well, as soon as my man gets
the diffawance in time computed, I'm 60
in to throw vice at her portwait at the
exact houah.-Cleveland POST.
Mrs. Ginger-You wretch, What has
kept you out until this shameful hour?
Ginger-Zall ri, my love. Been hsviE'
nannymated debate wiz Jimmcrsoa and
Muchmore. Resolved, THAI tn anti
took 'firmative, Jim and Muchy took
neg tive. We debated on subJec fer
hours. wuz fast gettin' bust of 'em when
Jim held up three tng rs to barten'r an
says to me: Are you open to argument?'
Mrs. Ginger-Well? Ginger-I-hic- was.
Cleveland World.
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CURRENT HUMOR.

Il tell you. I am In the habit OF saying
Just what / Think Dear me. is that
all?"-Indianapolis Journal.
A new set of Ably ssinian postage stamps
is announced. Here is something the Ital-
ians can lick.-New York Press.
What do you suppose IL is that gives
Miss Warp's boomers such peculiar out
ward curves2" Il think it is Miss Warp"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tommy-Pop. what's a pessimist? Tom
my's Pop-A pessimlst. my boy. is a man
who believes the whole worlds liver is
out of order because his own is.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Parzley-My house at Trilbyville is only
three minutes from the station. Flatler-
City or suburban? Parzley-City or sub
urban what? Flatler-Minutes.-Roxbury
Gazette.
The Soberest One-Well, let's have just
one more, then well both so home. The
other One-Shorry; ole man. devlish shor-
~. but CANT do both. don't y'e sheet
Detroit News.
Miss Cayenne is a very bright young
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-25
MEN AND MATTERS.

King Humbert of Italy is an amateur
/ cook of no mean skill.
F. c. Selous, the great hunter and
South African leader. is A years of age.
Stanley ]. Weyman, the novelist. is a
direct descendant of the elder Dumas.
The two most numerously titled British
peers are the dukes of Hamilton and
Atholl.
| MIR. Gladstone says that the railroads
are the greatest benefit ever conferred on
any nation.
Nine. Tussaud of London, has just
added Alfred Austin. poet laureate. to
her wax figures.
Agnes Booth. Helen Modjeska. Mrs.
John Drew and Clara Morris started out
as ballet dancers.
q Sir Augustus Harris discards the popu-
lar title of music halls and calls these
places of amusement smoking theaters.'
J Mrs. Anna Lea Merritt. the well-known
artist. for some time residing in England.
expects to return to Philadelphia In July.
Mrs. Foster, the divorced wife of United
States Judge Foster of Kansas, died in
the Atchison county poorhouse few
days ago.
Canon Knox Little, who has been de-
nouncing corruption in society in St.
Paul's, London, has been preaching to
small congregations.
In conversing with one of the American
athlets King George of Greece expressed
the desire to visit this country in the
near future.
General Maceo. leader of the Cuban in
surgents, has captured 2S towns, 2.794
stands of arms and $4,000 rounds of am
muntion.
Messrs. Rothschild brothers have given
the sum of q, 900 francs to the University
of Paris for travelling scholarships for
students of history.
Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer, the expert in
the art of cookery, declares that her fine
complexion is largely the result of her
fondness for garlic.
DIR. Chrysander, the private secretary Of
Prince Bismarck. who passed his exam
| ination in January, last week took his
medical decree in Berlin.
Seven colleges have conferred the de-
gree of LII. d. on General Francis A.
| Walker, president of the Massachusetts
| Institute of Technology.
Is is somewhat astonishing to find an
English newspaper solemnly asserting
| that Queen Victoria's physician has been
urging her to learn to ride bicycle.
Emperor Menelek III. of Abyssinia. says
| an English newspaper correspondent, Is
a better man in many respects than some
of the kings and emperors of Europe.
Duprez. the famous French tenor. and
| the creator of the part of Fernando In
| La Favorita," will shortly celebrate the
I Goth anniversary OF his birth in Paris.
! Rev. L. b. Poland has resigned the
pastorate of the First Baptist church,
Roanoke Va, TO become professor of An
gio-Saxon at the Columbian university.
| Washington.
| Professor Rudolph Virchow has been
elected to represent the Berlin Medical
! society at the Pentecost jubilee celebra-
/ ton of the founding of the German Sur
/ gical society.
w. ]. II. Nourse of Boston, who was q
member of General Wolseley's Nile expe-
dition of 1854, tells some interesting sto-
ries about IL. Every evening" he says,
( I'VE had a ration of Jamaica rum served
to us. At first we were allowed to carry
! of our gill, but the men got to saving II
up in a bottle for a blowout. and so we
were made to drink IL on the spot"
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HE rs WRONG.

Senator Brice is ,boastful Recently
he has said that free-coinage talk will
be kept up until about the first of July
and that. thereafter. nothing will be
heard of II. Mr. Brice gives no reason
on which to rest this prediction. He
assumes the date he names merely be-
cause the Chicago convention meets In
early July. He thinks. apparently,
that he can go to Chicago and stop the
impetus which silver has lately received
as the result of friendly action in many
democratic state conventions. Proba-
bly, the senator fiatters himself that he
can buy off the silver men.
Our belief is that the July convention
has in store a great surprise for Mr..
Brice and his overconfident friends. We
do not say that silver sentiment will
control at Chicago. although that event
seems probable. But, In any case, sill
yer will be so strong at Chicago as 10
split the party and leave the Brice gold
bugs in a ridiculous plight. 1T is pos
sible." says Mr.. Brice. that there may
be a majority of silver men in the
convention, but, mark my word. there
will be no free-coinage plank"
Our belief is that Mr.. Brice's word
Is not worth marking. His effort will
be to commit the Chicago convention
TO the single gold standard. He will
fail in this; and II it is true that the
silver men are to be in control, Mr..
Brice viii learn that there is to be no
straddle.
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The biggest Water Pipe.

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The big water tube which is to conduct
the power for the new paper mill at
Quinnesec Falls is a wonderful thing in
it's way. 1t is 16 feet in diameter and Will
conduct an S0-foot head of water to play
against the horizontally-laid water
wheels. 1t is made of steel fianges half
an inch thick. and lies at an angle of 45
degrees. The water will pass through 1t
at the rate of two feet a second. and ev-
cry inch of the tube is calculated to
stand 60, 900 pounds pressure. Its cost is
$4,000. The power II can develop will be
but little short of the energy wasted In
Niagara falls.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-25

of the inland cites. Governor Morton
will have not a word to say as to the
disposition to be made of New York 5
vote: Mr.. Plat will attend to that
matter and the probabilities are that
he will operate with Quay.
At Coney Island last Sunday was ex-
hibited an X ray machine which throws
Edison's latest and best devices liter
ally into the shade. There is no Crookes
tube. no electricity. nothing of the kind
do you use tunsgate crystals or
whitewash on your fiuoroscope?" asked
a scientific looking gentleman of the ex-
hibitor of the machine. I'VE don't use
no fiowerscopes at ALL" answered the
professor. This is a secret discovery,
and il amt no fake" Thousands of
people awaited themselves of the priv
ilege of looking through the new and
wonderful X ray machine and the pro-
fessor charged everybody five cents
apiece. One man remarked that he had
worked the same scheme with a couple
OF pasteboard boxes and four mirrors
when he was a boy. to which the pro-
fessor replied: You'd better sneak"
II is thought the professor will exhibit
the machine at only one-day stands.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-25

THE adoption of sound-money
planks by the republican conventions
i'm North Dakota, Kentucky, New Jer-
sey and Maine shows a readiness to
make the most of the democratic blum
dering in the South and West towards
free silver" is the opinion of the New
York World. For the benefit of the
World. we would state that this sort of
democratic laundering is very popular
and will be continued day and night
until a free silver man blunders into
the presidency and the country blum
ders into prosperity.
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so robust to-day that these same peo-
pie fear lest IL hold the control in one
at least of the national conventions.
1t is encouraging that these enemies
have been brought at length to realize
that, at any rate. the campaign for
silver is something more substantial
than the craze of a few Iong-haired lu-
nafica
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-25

II is no longer a question OF the
nomination of Governor Morton-it is
His experience has been costly; money
was wasted in conducting the primaries
that were held in preparation for the
New York state republican convention
and in the support OF Morton head
quarters throughout the state. The
question now is whether. even on the
first ballot. Governor Morton win hold
the vote that is pledged 10 him. The
agents Of Mckinley are hard at work
in the New York districts. Their mass
meetings are enthusiastic and they are
getting good support from some OF the
most influential republican newspapers
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-25
A STRANGE CASE.

II President Cleveland is again called
upon to address the Presbyterian
Home Missionary society. he can Sc
lect a home theme to talk about The
presidents brother has been the pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Chau-
mont, a little town in jefferson county.
New York. His resignation was de-
manded. and then the gossips started.
1t was charged that politics was at the
bottom of the trouble This was denied
by some of the Chaumont people.
After keeping silent until his patience
was exhausted. the clergyman himself
wrote letter for publication. He said:
There is no room for doubt that un-
DERIVING all the trouble in the Chau-
mont Presbyterian church. which re-
suited in my dismissal as pastor, is
political bigotry. Should you canvass
the village you would learn from its
citizens that that is the true state Of
affairs. The general, i might say the
universal, opinion is that politics had
very much to do with the trouble"
Rev. Mr.. Cleveland then tells that,
on Sunday, inside the church. he had
been referred to as IAN old copper
head" by one of the leading members.
a man who. at the annual church
meeting, reduced his pew rates. alleg-
ing tariff reform as the reason
Mr.. Cleveland adds that, in his home.
IL was said to him that he never would
have been called to Chaumont IL 1t had
been known that he is a democrat. Yet
the clergyman asserts that there never
was a hint at political themes in any
word he ever uttered in the pulpit, nor
had he ever discussed politics in the
town.
Evidently this clergyman was made
the victim of indecent treatment; the
incident is to the discredit of those
who drove him out. President Cleve-
land may be assured. in spite of his
recent discourteous illusions to moral
and religious conditions in the West
that his brother never would have
Jared in the Rocky Mountain region as
he has in Northern New York.
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The usual Bradstreet's summary says
that the feeling is more hopeful in
many trade centers. owing to the ad-
vent of spring and the beginning Of
building operations. 1t is probable
that these weekly reviews will take a
cheerful view of the situation from
now until the time for the St. Louis
convention. The aim will be to make
1t appear that prosperity is on the way
back and needs nothing except a
friendly word for the single gold
standard. Meanwhile. 24O failures in
business are the weeks uncomfortable
record
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees its
advertisers a bona nde paid circulation.
Daily and Sunday. three times greater
than that of any other Newspaper Sub-
tished in>the state of Montana. \ <ertis-
ing contracts will be made SUBJ to this
guarantee.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-25

A Chicago church last Sunday intro
duced the custom of checking the BIZ
cycles of attendants. Evidently 1t was
feared that the minister wouldn't stop
at stealing sermons.
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Judging by the way 1t is roaring over
the prospect of a silver majority in the
Chicago convention, the goldbug press
is aggravated beyond endurance at the
obstinate refusal of the silver cause,
after ii has been killed so repeatedly
and so thoroughly, to stay dead.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-25

The A. p. AS. seem to be overlooking
a bet in not boycotting the st. Louis
convention altogether. st. Louis was a
Catholic of the deepest dye. '-Af9s
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$40 REV RID

win be paid for the rest and conviction
Of any person caught stealing the Stand
ard from subscribers
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1t Is thought that Governor Richards
will positively decline TO renew his sub
scription to the Fort Benton River
praSS