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Nrichican,s Experience.

In 1892 it was nip and tuck between
the democrats and republicans in
Michigan. In 1894 the democrats put
distinguished and popular man up
for governor on a straight sixteen to
one platform, making that the issue
and the majority against them was
1o6,392. In less than six months there
happened to be another state election
and the democrats still chung to six.
teen to one. and in midyear contest
as 1t was, the majority against them
amounted to so,407. That was enough
for them. This year they tie them
selves to sound money.
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THE ESSEX HOG.
a Texas Breeder Who Believes In Them
from Experience.

a Texas Breeder Who Believes In Them
from Experience.
Some time since Mr.. w. II. Taylor,
of Nebraska, in an article published
in Texas Farm and Ranch, stated that
after long experience in breeding the
Essex hog, he was convinced that they
were superior to all other breeds for
the south. After having experimental
with most all breeds of hogs our ex-
perience and observation lead us to
believe that Mr.. Taylor is correct.
Now, / am not writing this article
to induce our Berkshire, Poland Chi
ma, or breeders of other fine hogs, to
jump on me with both feet; nor do
assert, or believe, that the Essex is
the only good breed of swine for the
south, for the breeder who states that
any one of the popular, known, ia
nous breeds of swine on the market
can not by judicious management and
close attention be made to pay hand
somely, makes an assertion he can not
verify.
But do believe that, all things con.
sidered, the Essex is the most profit
able and best adapted hog for the south
now on the market, and judging from
the many inquiries am constantly re-
ceiving from all over Texas and Louis
lana, mostly from my ad. in Texas
Tsym and Ranch, conclude the people
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25
EQUAL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
Free Coinage Would Unjustly Favor Silver
for the Benefit of a Few.

for the Benefit of a Few.
The democratic state convention of
South Carolina adopted a platform
drawn by Senator Pitchfork Tillman
which declared that "A sound and just
system of finance is the most potent
factor in a nations prosperity, and we
demand the restoration of the money of
the constitution by giving silver the
same rights and privileges given to
gold. We demand the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver at ratio of six
teen to one"
1t is true that the nations prosperity
depends on a sound and just system of
finance. 1t is also true that silver
should receive the same rights and
privileges given to gold. But it is not
true that these desirable ends would be
attained by free silver at sixteen to
one. On the contrary, that scheme vio-
lates every principle of sound and just
finance, and is directly opposed to the
great Jeffersonian doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none.
1t would be waste of time to show
that the free and unlimited coinage of
silver dollars, the commercial value of
which is only 81 cents, would be to give
| the country most unsound currency.
Nor Is it needful TO discuss the justice
of scheme for robbing creditors of one
half of the property they have loaned.
These things are self-evident. But for
the benefit of those persons who believe
that our currency laws favor gold by
giving it privileges denied to silver, it
is necessary to state just what the gov
eminent does for the two metals.
In stamping 25.s grains of gold, 0.9o0
| fine, lone dollar" the United States
simply certifies to the weight and fine
ness of the coin. The mint stamp does
not fix the value of the gold nor does it
add to it in any way. Gold is coined at
| its market or bullion value.
With silver the government is more
| liberal. Over 422, 100000 silver dollars
| have been coined, in none CT which is
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25
Keep the Farm In Order.

A mas who has farm should keep
it in such condition that he can take
both pleasure and pride in looking at
1t himself and showing it to others.
Besides, both the farmer and his fam
lily will be affected by the conditions
of their surroundings. Farmers who
have kept their roadsides and fences
clean will need no encouragement to
continue the good work. And we
trust that those of our readers who
have beeu negligent in this respect
will promptly make change which
will benefit themselves and tn cir fam
lilies, and which will also exert be-
neficent influence upon the communi.
ties in which they live. Practical
Farmer
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as much as the things he has to buy,
and he ought to see that, while wheat
and some other things have gope down
of recent years, it is because of the i'm
mensely increased production and the
speed and cheapness with which all
parts of the world can carry their
wheat by steam car and steamship to
the markets which fix its price.
"Butsfarm produces, on the average,
have not fallen near so much as the
things which the farmer has to buy,
and labor has steadily increased in
wages in all the years of the gold stand
urd, thus giving the laboring man, with
fewer hours of work, larger control
over the necessaries and comforts of
life.
'.Out of all the catastrophes of such
a change no men would emerge I'M
harmed except those who own gold
or who own silver bullion or mines,
and when we had once gotten to sill
yer basis and begun to build up again
the credit system upon it-that mar
velous system which has made possible
our modern development and which
represents many times in currency cir
culation and power the money basis
on which it rests-we should have n
cumbersome, heavy, inferior metal
money. like the few unprogressive
countries Of the world, and surrender
TO our great commercial rivals the
best metal and the best mechanism for
trade and commerce.
'Ifcongress tomorrow had the power
md should enact law compelling all
the railroads of the country immediate
ely to change from broad gauge to mar
row guage, it would not more disor.
ganize the transportation business OF
the country and more cripple its eff
ficiency thereafter, as compared with
other nations, than for us to pass al
once from gold to silver stand
ard"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25
The Courier-Journal speaks It's Mind

The Courier-JournaI Speaks It's Mind.
The day after the Kentucky primaries
the Louisville Courier-Jo Journal said edi.
torially:
"They (the democrats) have repudi-
ated the only president the democratic
party has elected and seated for sc
years. They have repudiated the most
distinguished of Kentucky's living sons
and the greatest democratic intellect in
the United States. They have spit upon
the fathers of the party whose name
and organization they claim, have pro-
claimed jefferson an ignoramus, Jack
son conspirator, Benton knave and
Cleveland a traitor. For the faith
handed down through 100 years of glo-
rious party history they have substi-
tuted fad rejected by every intelligent
civilization on the globe, and for the
opponents of that faith they have sub
stituted such apostles of populism as
Stewart, such exhorters of socialism Us
Tillman, such evangels of anarchism as
Altgeld. Saturdays work makes Ken
lucky republican for years. Before Sat.
urday Bradleyism was dead, but Satur-
day made it possible for any republican
TO carry Kentucky over party which
binds itself to the corpse of free silver
ism. The one thing now for Kentucky
democracy is that the Chicago conven-
ton shall not ratify its stupendous
blunder, and that chance seems all toe
remofe"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25
sheep on the Dairy Farm.

A New York dairyman believes that
although depression has rested upon
the sheep industry, the time is not far
away when buyers will be racing up
and down the country anxious to pay
higher prices for wool and mutton.
Let the dairyman sell two or three OF
the poorest cows and put a small flock
of sheep or wide range of pasture.
They are good foragers and fond of
variety. They will nip off foul weeds
to surprise you. and they will pay
largely for their deep. They will
make returns of variety, pleasure and
proft.-Southern Cultivator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25
Keep Out tho Weeds.

The weed robs the crops of the fer.
tility which they require for their
growth. 1t steals away from them the
moisture without which no crop can
be grown; it makes what product is
Welded dirty and in a measure unmar-
ketable; it interferes with proper ro-
tation, which is an essential condition
to successful agriculture, and the
longer it is permitted to cumber the
ground the worse pest it becomes.
Keep out the wee6s.-Dixie Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

the metal of which they are composed
worth their face value. The United
States takes silver bullion now worth 6S
cents per ounce and coins it into dollars
at a ratio which implies that it is worth
S1.29 per ounce. That such coins circu-
late at par is due to the governments
declared policy of maintaining the par.
ity of the two metals, nearly one-halA
of the value of the silver being thus fiat,
or depending on the country's credit.
The silverites do not want equal
rights for the white and yellow metals,
but special privileges for silver. They
want free coinage at sixteen to one, SO
that, instead of coming silver at it's COM
mercial value, which is all that is
done for gold, the government would
declare that 371A grains of pure silver
is worth as much as 1922 grains of
pure gold. Since the market ratio of
the two metals is about 740 grains of
silver to 1922 of gold it can easily be
seen that free coinage would be the
rankest kind of favoritism to silver.
Instead of asking for equal privileges
the silver mine owners and their agents
are trying to secure class legislation
such as is given no other industry in the
world
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

Three what Three charmingly executed
posters in colors, drawn by W. w. Dens-
!sw, Ethel Reed and Ray Brown, will be
sent free Of postage to any address on re.
ceipt Of One Dollar. All who are afflicted
with the ''poster craze" will Immediately
embrace this rare opportunity, as but
limited number of the posters will be Is
sued. The scarcity Of q good thing en-
hances its value. Address GEO. II. HEAF-
FORD, General Passenger Agent Of the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway, Old
Colony Building, Chicago, Ill.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25
whore Bolcs would BE STRONG.

Horace Boies, OF Iowa, is the leading
free-silver candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination. Boies is the
bighearted patriot who declared not
long ago that wages are too high in this
country, and that tho best way to re-
duce them is to adopt the free coinage
Of silver. He would poll an immense
workingmsn's vote
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

Not only does every consideration OF
honor and patriotism command us TO
stand for sound currency, but consid-
erations of eSpediency as well. There
is probable presidency in sound cur
rency. There is nothing but disesteriy
free silver.-~Ctica Observer,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25
An Importaat pinersnos.

To make it apparent to thousands, who
think themselves i'll, that they are not at.
6icted with any disease, but that the system
simply needs cleansing, Is to bring comfort
homo to their hearts, as O costive condition
Is easily cured by using Syrup Of Figs
Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Company only, and sold by all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25
Rome Wasn't Built in a Day

Neither are the obstinate maladies, to the
removal Of which the great corrective, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, is adapted durable
In an hour. To persist in the use of this
standard remedy is no more than just. Bill
iousness, constipation, malaria, rheuma
tism, kidney complaints and nervousness are
among the complaints which it eradicates.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

FRS stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Res.orer. Free 50 trial bottle
q treatise Dr.. KLINE, Q33 Arch st. PhilA Pa
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

BRowN-"I am going to challenge that
man who ran OF with my wife" Jones
"Why, that was six months ago." Brown
III know It, but he has sent her back."-
N. Y. World.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

THERE is a third silent party to all our
bargains. The nature and soul Of things
takes upon itself the guaranty Of the full
fllment Of every contract, SO that honest
service cannot come to loss. Emerson.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

TRANSFORMATIONS weather Is appro-
pirate to the beginning Of the baseball sea-
son." Homewood-'.Whyp Frankstown-
ut gives appropriate exercise to the fans !"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

TIE COMPOSITION OF MAN.-Dollie-"Do
you believe that man Is made Of dustl"
Chollie-'He has to be to get any notice
from you."-Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

Prso's Cure for Consumption has SAVED
me many DOCTORS bills. F. HARDY, Hop
kins Place, Baltimore, Md, Dec. 2, ~.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

A sALLow skin acquires healthy clean
ness by the use Of Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

GAYETY pleases more when we are as
sured that 1t does not cover carelessness.-
Mime. de Stael.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

THAT which history can best give 70 ~
enthusiasm which it raises In our heaEta.-
Goethe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

Our humanity were q poor thing but "a
the divinity that stirs within us.-Bacon.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

AprfrnR and perplexed 'what shall IdosA
Is worse to man than worst necessity-
Coleridge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

HARD TO BEAr.-A wet carpet.-Mak
bourne Weekly Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 80.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-07-25

The GOODNESS ssrxfresAtngy
the roots and herbs snvig0,.
atlng; the tho together AMI
mating. Yon get the right
continuation IN HIRES
R00tbeer.
Nade only by The Charles T. Hires Co., rhiisdsiphia.
4 25c. package makes gallons. Sold sverywhera
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-10-15
The Rrnee Telescope.

Aiss Uterine Lorillard Bruce, who
10 the Howard astronomical
r i'tt money necessary to pur-
---a Z il j telescope to be devoted
! a'-as II Photographic work. has
A4ea iderable sum at the dis
tx Wolf Of Heidelberg.
Il man astronomer, for a
.4l!l ETA Inaanuch as the gift
NM american, Dr. Wolf felt
IA be gracious thing to
in this country. He has
Mr.. Brashear, the IA
- at maker of Allegheny. to
work. The new telescope
each tube having a diam
. LES; hence two sets VI
are intended to he exact
| be produced. The ma
he new Jena glass, which
he attention Of opticians
4. wears. Popular Astrono-
the instruments will be
photographing nehula,
asteroids. The advantage
telescopes at the same time
y. viii prove 4 check On the
q time will thus be saved
q results.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-10-15
For ocean Steamship Tickets

Via. any steamship line crossing
the Atlantic, at lowest rates for first
cabin, second cabin and steerage,
both outward and prepaid, apply to
N. H. Snow, agent, G. NJ. & St. P. Ry..
at Mineral Point, Wis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-10-15
WEST SoU7 MI

August 4th and 18th, September let. 18th and
Goth ana October Gth and 2fth. including pniuts
IN the Illinois Central west OF leNa tails incln-
sive, and to Waverly.
"a Tickets NJ The above rates on sgle only on
dates quoted. For further particulars Apply 70
your local ticket agent. ~ sd!ues 4 n iian-
son. General Passenger Agent, Illinois Central
Railroad. Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-10-15
To Threshmen.

We are agents for the Milwaukee
Corn Husker and Shredder, and
would be pleased to see you.
S. Hooking & Co.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-10-15
Illinois Ctntral--At DOdSeYllle.
An WARREN.

COMO sOUTH.
No Sioux City & Chi Lin. 6:i0 n. ~. daily.
No Sioux civ Chi pHts la:is a. m daily.
No ~ Dub & Chi phss $50 . m daily tx sun.
No 81 nnb Chi psss 9O2 1t III daiiy * Nnn.
No u Accom- freight l2;as . N. daily tx sun.
GOING NORTH.
No Chi s. Sioux City lin G.l5 p. NJ. daily.
No J1hl x sioux CTS 4.ata ~. daily ex Gun
No 81 CHI & Dnh local pfs8 aaa d ~. nr4 sun
No * hi & Duh local paes s.h1 i. ID. y * sun
NJ % L0eni accom- II 1854 q. 81. daily * Sun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-09
DEATH OF Mr.. E. b. WIGHT
The WeI-Known Correspondent succumbs
to Heart Disease.

Mr.. E. B. Wight. the well-known Wash
ington correspond ent died at an early hour
this morning at bis residence, 1903 18th
street. The sad news rapidly spread
throughout the wide circle of his friends
and .aequaintapaes Gin this city, and gem
one who had always been such an excellent
citizen and faithful friend. Especially was
his death mourned in newspaper circles,
where, owing td his years of service. he
ranked among the veterans of the corps Of
Washington correspondents. To the i'm
mediate circle o his friends the inteui-
gence of his death did not come with the
shock of a suddeh surprise for they have
known for some Aonths that the dread dis
ease, angina pe{toris, had a hold upon
MIN, and that he& was liable to die at any
moment.
Mr.. Wight was yell aware of the shadow
which hung over his life and mentioned it
to his more intimate friends especially in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-09

Col. Wilson's Report of Operation
During the Month of December.

Col. Wilson's Report of Operations
During the Month of December.
Col. j. NJ Wilson has made a report to
the chief Of engineers Of operations on
public buildings and grounds during the
month of December, from which 1t appears
that the public reservations have been
maintained in good condition. Necessary
repairs were made to the gas and water
apparatus at the Executive Mansion, and
arrangements have been made for addi-
tional electric lights for occasions Of cere-
mony.
There were 1,651 visitors to the top of
the Washington monument during the
month, of which 1881 made the ascent by
the elevator and 3,72O by the stairway,
making a total of 1,174,1i3 persons who
have visited the top of the monument since
October 8, 1885, Col. Wilson says that the
War Department printing office on F
street should be thoroughly overhauled in
order to place 1t in proper condition for a
printing office.
At the green houses and nursery the
propagation of different varieties of tropi-
cal and subtropical plants was continued
for the public grounds during the season
of 1896. The usual care and attention were
given TO the large aid valuable collection
Of plants stored under glass in winter and
used for park decorations in the summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-09
D | P L o M ATTIC DAY
A Number of Foreign Representatives a
the State Department
Speculation as to Their Busfness-Th<
Reported Movement of British
Guiana Troops.

This being diplomatic day at the State
Department, Secretary Olney received a
number of the foreign representatives. in
cluding Mavroyeni Bey, the Turkish min
ister; Senior Andrade, the Venezuelan min
lister; Baron Won Thielmann, the German
ambassador, and Senor Depuy De LONE Of
Spain. The visits were said to be of a
routine character, but the present prom
inence of the international relations Of the
countries represented by the callers led to
the usual speculation to their business.
1t is not believed that the call of the Turk
ish minister had any reference to the re-
ports, now officially denied, that the United
Sta teS proposed to make q naval demon
stration at Smyrna. Minister Andrade re-
ceived his official mail from Caracas pre-
vious to visiting the State Department, but
this did not disclose any important change
in the situation to be communicated t7 the
authorities here. Mr.. Andrade's advices
are that the country is peaceful and the
Caracas officials appear to attach no i'm
portance to the reports Of a threatened rev.
olution, as no reference is made to the
subject. The country continues to be
very demonstrative over the attitude Of ;he
United States, and patriotic meetings are
being held everywhere.
The Movement of British Troops.
The report that a considerable force of
British Guiana troops have taken up po-
Sltlon on the Cuyuni river is not given
great significance by the Venezuelan au-
thorities here. This post has been occupied
by the British for three years, so that
the movement, IL it has occurred, is not an
advance to new territory. When the Brit
ish established this post en- the Cuyuni the
Fenezuelaus at once established a post
across the river, and this proximity caused
the conflict of a year ago, for which Great
Britain has demanded redress. The move
ment of British Guiana troops began about
six weeks ago, and was made known at the
time to the State Department here 1t was
said to oe an expedition, but the fact that
the assistant chief Of the colonial constab-
ulary went in command of the party gave
it the appearance Of something mo5e than
an expedition of inquiry. When the party
left Demerara no information was given
as to the purposes Of the trip. further than
that it was In response to the wishes OF
the authorities in London.
senator Sherman Chilled.
Besides the diplomatic callers on Secre-
tary Olney, Senator Sherman, chairman Of
the committee On foreign relations, had a
talk of half an hour with the Secretary
The Senator carried large bundle of pa
pers, possibly relating to the pending reso-
luton before the foreign committee for the
recognition Of the Cuban Insurgents as
belligerents.