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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

About which newspaper jokers write
so much is with most of US, at times,
an actual condition and not to be
laughed at fact. 1t is the result of
long neglect and misuse of the
stomach and bowels. DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin comes in and removes
this feeling and life again seems
worth living. Try a 10 bottle 40 dos
es 10 cents) of Saur & Balsley.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

the grower ln
s u c h eloquent
words that storms
Of applause shook
the hall. We
loved to read and
quote the old stir.
ring lines telling
how 'the EN-
battled farmers
stood" at Lex
ington and Con
cord, and it was
u n j ers lily
aprpnd that. fhov
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
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like this: A long, lean, lank monstrosity,
with bones showing horribly prominent
through his clothes. face like point.
cd Gothic front, O nose that describes an
irregular arc from the lowest point be-
tween the eyes down over the mouth, and
on his chin what is supposed to be o
whisker, but looks like a wisp of weather
beaten hay.
This is the farmer Of today as the
people of the cities are taught 20 con
slider him.
And why this changer 1t is because
he has been systematically robbed for sc
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

tne Drle1 unle
between this and
the election?"
Not at all In.
its present shape
indeed it Is sin
gularly simple
1t can be reduced
to two or three
plain questions,
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
By JOHN H. BEADLE.

The accompanying illustra-
tions are from New York
newspapers of recent date.
They are published to show
the popular idea of the per-
sonality Of the American far
mer in the gold stronghold of
the country.
will invite your attention TO two
pictures.
Twenty-Five years ago the American
farmer was king. Poets sang about
him. Orators praised him.
Edward Everett held up an ear of gold.
en- corn before his audience and eulogized
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

breadstuffs than
they can eat and
more cotton than
they can wear
and more pork
and beef than
they want or
moro shoes than
they need? Why,
the largest wheat
crop ever raised
only amounted to
three bushels per
capita for the
people of the
civilized world,
and, deducting
seed and that
made into whis-
XIV, little over
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
THE FARMER.
As He Was and
as He Is.
HOW he IS ROBBED.
Stupendous Decline In
Farm Products.
A PERNICIOUS FINANCIAL POLICY.

Evils Of Contraction-The Concentration
-. ~assA. HslnEsr~- sS-sss~ss
- Wsalth-Riss and Eall Of Gold-The
d e. Efs E ssGsa-G4 4isElE lE.asssss
Eta of Lne Free tonnage of siiver.
What Gold Recommendation Stands For
An Honest Payment of Debts---The Help
Offered by the Ballot.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

the farmer COM
plain that prices
go down as the
size of the crop
goes up? And
how can you
prove that elevat.
ing the condition
of the farmer
will elevate that
Of other labor
ers?"
1t is impossible
to raise the agri-
cultural class of
anv cODntrv
without raising
all the other
classes who de-
pend on labor for
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

that in great part he has lost his own
self respect His poverty has become
is reproach
The AflIction of Abundance.
but there has been so great an in
crease in production Now, why should
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

yer is by natural
law far more sta
BILE in value than
gold has been
proved from ge-
ology, from min
eralogy. from
metallurgy and
still more by
comparing the
fluctuations Of
prices IN differ
ent coun tries
having the diff
ferent standards
or in the same
country at differ
ent times. Every
one of these tests
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

crops the coun.
try rings with
frantic cries Of
rage and denun-
citation. The
farmer has sub
mitted too long.
He has lost the
respect of those
who have robbed
him, and it is
n1uch tOhe faanad
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

There are a great
many wrong wayD
Of treating disease.
1t Is easy to make
mistakes. Doctors
make mistakes just
the same as any
body else. The
doctors who make
the fewest mistakes
are specialists.
They do one thing
over and over and
over, so that they
know all that there
A. 1....... ,.L.z..s "a
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

Of this ali Important Issue. The fate OF
bimetalliSm is in his banda
A Simple Fact
But is not the money question too
complicated for farmers TO master it in
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

ing the truth. In the New York Sun
Of Sept 10, 1898, for instance, was an
editorial of which this is an extract
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
Suffered Eighteen Years.
Pains Departed and Sleep Came.

Mrs. Julia A. Brown, of Covington, Tenn,
whose husband has charge of the electric
light plant at that place, has been a great
sufferer, Her ailments and speedy cure
are best described by herself, as follows:
"For IS years suffered from nervousness
and Indigestion. | tried every remedy rec
ommended by family and friends but /
could get no relief at all. Two years ago,
while being treated by three local physi-
clans, Drs. Barrett Maley and Sherod, they
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

course that Wall street
should strive for O rise in r&S
stocks that manufacturers kS-
should lobby for q higher THT
tariff. that the Pacific &AS
Railway companies should -xrlS
evade payment of their
debt All other men can Judge
vote and lobby to raise the price Of what
they own and be good Christians, but
at the bare hint that the farmer
is TO vote for restoring silver to
get q little better price for his
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

has yielded exactly the same result
The fluctuations since the principal ma
great" We laugh at the poor hea-
then, but the argument is on their side,
for it never has been mathematically
proved, and it cannot be proved, that
Murnbo Jumbo has not great power in
the unseen; but it has repeatedly been
proved in every way open to the human
intellect that gold is shifting and un-
stable standard Of value, far more IN
stable than silver, and that twice with
in the memory Of men not very old it
hes changed in value 80 suddenly as to
ritiate all long time contracts and dis
locate all industrial conditions
The Fact About Gold.
Every economist worthy of the name
had said again and again that gold fuc-
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

an ardor Of pa
triotisn which
som e writers
have thought i'm
L;s:2-1taHMs,.Tvs@n ven
leafeQ in cities.
Naturally, there
fore. the north.
ern farmers stood
by their govern
ment in the great
civil war. The
Republican party
was in power and
acquired an i'm
mense prestige
by the successful
issue of the con-
f1ict, Naturally
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

1881, for instance, 1888, :
$50, 900 bushels were val.
ued at $456, $50, 427, and
in 1895, 467, 102, 947 bush.
els at S237, 9Ss, 998. And
yet the world has not as
much wheat as it wants,
and not much more than
half as much as it would
buy if it had the where
with. There is evidently
cOrpokhincy tho ~, offor &bo}
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

again, therefore, the great majority Of
farmers credited all good things to that
party. They could not believe that the
party of Lincoln and Sumner and other
friends of humanity would do aught of
injustice.
Tho Robbery.
The war tariff was prolonged in time
of peace despite solemn promises to the
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
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age value per ton has declined from
$13. SO to 1886. This last is the farm
price as reported by the agricultural
department for July; nevertheless, on
the day write this hay is selling in
New York city by retail at $19 per
ton, which is beautiful illustration
Of how your city consumer profits by
the loss of the farmer. Wheat is supposed
to be an exception because our rivals in
other countries are producing so much,
and yet the figures are significant. In
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

years and has submitted to the robbery
and voted for more Of it He is despised
because he has consented to his own
degradation
His very virtues have been made the
means Of his degradation. The farmers,
and especially the men who till their
own acres, are our great conservative
class They dread revolution. They
love their country with an impassioned
ardor born CT close contact with the soil
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

Is just now O Bl
hog famine And
yet fat hogs in
thecentral region
Of the west ore
selling at 8 cents
a pound or less,
when but a few
years ago they
sold at 8. Has
there been any
Wv OK pIoUuCtluu
in milk cows2
The census will
show you they
are less nuner-
Gus in proportion
to populat
than they were.
and yet the price
is going steadily
downward. fs
there an overpro
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

cannot be explained by that handy
phrase 'overproduction.
Has there been any overpruduction Of
fat hogs? Every farmer knows that there
is just now q great scarcity, almost a
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

Su4CULLA1 UL WulGu ILLS Is dn GAIdCbs
For more than 15 years, 1873 TO 1853, all the
great primary agricultural staples have been
declining in price, although there have been
periods when the price of some one was high
for limited time This is more notably true
as respects secondary products, especially
meats and lard, but the trend of the whole
scale has been constantly downward, and the
general price level at the end of each year
waslower than at its beginning. In the mean
time there had been no material reduction in
the cost Of production, the self binder the
gang plow, mower, hay tedder and hay loader
and all other great Improvements in agricuI-
tural machinery having come into use prior TO
1873 Subsequent notifications and improve
ments have been in the direction of greater
facility In operat tion rather than of lessened
cost While it is true that there has been
material reduction in the cost of farming i'm
plements, such reduction has not always re-
suited in lessening the cost Of production on
the farm, as new machines have often dis
placed those which were but partially worn
and which were quite as efficient
1t is probable that upon farms large enough
to warrant the purchase of full lines of i'm
proved machinery the cost Of production has
thereby been lessened 10 per cent, but such
farms constituting Less than per cent of the
whole area under cultivation the aggregate
saving from such economies has been slight
and has probably been fully Offset by the
progressively increasing use of commercial
fertilizers which has been found necessary in
all the region east of the Mississippi, not 10
increase the fertility of the land, but simply
to prevent further deterioration.
The Yield of an Acre.
While the cost Of production cannot have
lagSana6 aQ q X Tpr ran
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

with their own land. Their N. Y. World
names were coupled in the popular lore
with the names Of their estates. It was
Washington Of Mount Vernon, JefPer-
son Of Monticello, Clay Of Ashland,
Webster of Marshfeld and jackson of
The Hermitage
Where is that farmer now?
The vilifcation.
He is the gibe and the sneer Of every
clown who can get ON the city staca in
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

were the salvation Of the Land They
were the hardy yeomanry, the free and
independent workers. and even such for
eign visitors as De Tocqueville went
out of their way to describe the happy
condition of the landowning farmer in
this country.
Washington gloried in being farm
or OI,r .rron Aock s,ta tnc,n,nn, I,nrcnl AEos,.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

vacations Oh their own
farms, among their horses 9
and cattle, They delighted I
in rural pleasure, they
worked and personally di-
rected their employees,
and from a season of this
kind of life and close con-
tact with the people they
came back to Washington
wonderfully freshened by
having lived close to the
heart Of nature, more
American and more dem
ocratic and more in loves
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
WE MIGHT HAVE HAD WINGS.
Man Reduced to Using Legs Because the
Earth Was So Attractive.

Man Reduced to Using Legs Because the
Earth Was So Attractive.
If the attractions of the earth were
less powerful our winged tribes might
have received q much greater develop
ment. In virtue of the unquestionable
principle known as "the struggle for
existence" these winged creatures,
dominating all others, would have been
the strongest. Progress would have
been effected along this line. Che SUI
perior RAGE, the human race, would
have been a winged race. These simple
considerations, which it may be easy to
extend much further, are enough to
convince us that our human form is
essentially terrestrial, and that the in
habitants Of Mars cannot resemble us.
They are different.
Upon Mars. for example. one might
suppose, without scientific heresy, that
may have developed the winged race
more highly in the direction indicated,
and that the inhabitants of this planet
may have received the privilege Of
flight.
Does this amount to saying that, for
this reason, they must necessarily have
the form of birds? No. TIE bats, are
they not mammals which suckle their
young? Is it saying, then, that we must
imagine them under this form? Not
at all. May they not rather be like
dragon flies fluttering in the air above
the lakes and canals? AS to this point
we can imagine everything and prove
nothing. 1t is even highly probable
that the reality is something absolutely
different from all our terrestrial con-
ceptions.
On the one hand the lightness of the
Martian beings is favorable to their
winged constitution. On the other
hand, however, the atmosphere is hard
ly well fitted to sustain them. But still
we recall that terrestrial zoology fur
nishes instances of birds which are very
heavy, such as coIdors and the vultures,
and these are just the ones which fly
highest in the most rarified regions of
our atmosphere; they have been OBJ
served even above the SUBMITS of the
Himalayas, the Andes and the Cordil-
leras, at elevations Of from 5000 to 5000
meters (27,oOO to 10000 feeD, where
they can still soar freely, thanks to the
enormous spread OF their wings. Nor
must we lose sight of the fact that a
human being weighing 70 Kilograms
154 pounds) would weigh not more
than 26 Kilograms CSC pounds) if trans:
ported to the globe of Mars.-North
American Review.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
POPULAR TIMEPIECES.
some Facts Concerning the Sale and Pro
duction of Open-FAced Watches.

some Facts Concerning the Sale and Pro
duction OF Open-FAced Watches.
In this country almost everybody
carries watch. Probably nine-tenths
of the men, great numbers of women
and many young people carry watches.
In the best trade of the city many more
watches of gold are sold than of silver;
of all the witches sold throughout the
country about 25 per cent. are of gold.
The percentage of gold watches is in
creasing. The fashionable watch of
the day is open-faced. The sale Of
open-faced watches is increasing, es-
pecially in fine watches, but it is in
creasing also in watches of other
grades. OF fine gold watches sold in
the city probably two-thirds are now
made openfaced. OF all the watches
sold in the United States, gold and sill
yer, probably from quarter to third
are now made open-faced.
The modern watch has for one of it's
characteristics thinness. A mans
watch, which is now made more es-
pecially to wear with evening dress
and is all the time growing in favor,
is plain, thin, open-faced gold watch
which takes up but little room in the
pocket. Perfect in it's simplicity, this
watch is at the same time of fine work
manship and great beauty. 1t sells
at $3.50. A gold watch not so thin nor
so finely finished, but very handsome
modern watch and an excellent time
keeper, by the same makers and bear
ing their name, can be bought in OPEN
face, the case of 1s-carat gold, for SOS;
in double case, for $40. But gold
watches and good watches, too, can be
bought for very much less than these
prices; in fact, there never was a time
when watches generally were made in
such tasteful shapes, or when they
were so good for the money or so cheap
as now.
Taking all the grades together, the
American production Of watches is
about 1000 daily; the importation Of
watches amounts to about the same
number. One might at first wonder
what becomes of all these watches.
A great number are taken up annually
by the new buyers coming into the
market for the first time, out of the
constant and large increase in the pop
ulation. Great as the percentage of
watch owners now is in this country,
that is also increasing. Many immi-
grants buy watches as soon as they get
the money; some men own more than
one watch; watches wear out, or their
owners lay them aside for better
watch or for one of newer style;
watches are lost and destroyed, and
when one comes to take all things into
consideration it will be seen that the
great production of watches may be in
large measure easily accounted for
n. Y. Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
FAITH.
Collection of True Sayings by Wise
Men.

Collection of True Sayings by Wise
Men.
Faith is the basis of IL, JOY in religion.
Stanley.
Faith in God is reason acting rcasona-
bly.-Wesley.
Faith builds bridge across the gulf
of death.-Young.
Faith is the staff. Lose that whas
hath man left?-Bacon.
Faith is the cornerstone and key of
the Christian life.-Alartin Luther.
Faith is the root from which grow the
fruits of Christian life.-Spurgeon.
Faith evermore overlooks the difficult
ties of the way, and bends her eyes only
to the end.-Bishop Hall.
Faith is the sacrifice of the UNDER
standing to God; repentance the sacri-
flee of the will.-Macaulay.
Faith-link it always with loving
act, and it will never degenerate into
hard bigotry.-Caroline Fox.
The hand of faith never knocked in
vain at the door of Heaven. Mercy is as
surely ours as if we had it, if we have
faith and patience to wait for it,
Burkett.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
THE SOULS TRUST.

All dark and rough the way thou goest may
be,
Yet fear We not, nor doubt IL only He
Doth hold thy hand; enough, He guideth
thee.
Thy hand in His. what harm can thee be-
fall!
He stands between thee and all harm a
wall,
Turns Ill to good. and into blessing, all.
Bear up, faint heart, and keep your cour-
age warm.
Tempests that sweep thy path shall do no
harm
Our God is always nearest in the storm.
The whirlwind is His chariot, and He
makes
The clouds His close pavilion. and earth
shakes
Beneath the roaring of His thunders and
earthquakes.
1t is because He loves thee that He chides.
Because He would be sought Of thee, He
hides;
Then trust in Him whatever else betides.
Twas better far to bear the Christening
or our all-wise and loving Father. God,
Than bask beneath the worlds approving
nod.
Each smart that sends thee closer to His
side
For strength to bear. or healing be APP
piled,
Declares afresh His love- so deep and wide.
What though the angry waters round thee
roll,
And all His pillows overwhelm thy soul,
Does He not hold them under His control?
They are but ministers to do His will,
And all His purposes of love fulfill,
And then win He command them: Peace!
be stillr' ...... ..
William G. Haeselbrath, in Christian
Work
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
COULDN'T BE BUNCOED.
His Name Was Both MIR. Smith and Mr..
Brown.

His Name Was Both MIR. Smith and Mr..
Brown.
The man with the old green carpet
bag in his hand stood on the corner
looking up and down the street as il
dressed stranger regarded him intently
for few minutes and then approached
him.
"How are you, Mr.. Smith," he said,
extending his hand.
The man with the green carpetbag
refused the protfered hand and turned
away with the curt reply:
"My name amt Smith-it's Brown"
''Oh, beg your pardon!" responded
the well-dressed stranger, courteously
81 must have made a mistake"
Il reckon you did," returned the man
with a green carpetbag.
At the next corner another we'll
dressed stranger approached with a
beaming face and extended hand
"Hullo, Brown!" he exclaimed, heart
lily. you're the last man expected to
see here"
The man with the green carpetbag
turned away again.
my name amt Brown; it's Smith,"
he said.
"Your name isn't Brown? ?" exclaimed
the stranger, in surprise.
'No, it amt. It's Smith, tell you. I
guess a man knows his own name, don't
hep"
"Of course, of course"
The second well-dressed stranger
SHE'D off and few minutes later the
first appeared on the scene again.
"My dear Mr.. Smith," he exclaimed,
effusively, "why did you try to deny
your identity to me? You ought to
know that you can't fool an old friend!"
81 told you once that my name amt
Smith; it's Brown" retorted the man
with the green carpetbag.-N. Y. Mer-
curv