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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11
CHAPTER TX.


BOuton EXPRESSED no horror when
Black Eagle told him that Henry Kyle
was dying. He had no love for the
young man. He feared his popularity
with the gang, and, like greater rulers,
he wanted no rivals near his throne.
"Go up with Black Eagle and see
what's wrong don't think Hank Is
the man 10 let any one get away with
him
Captain Brandon, Immediately after
his encounter with Henry Kyle, swan
across the Blue Water, intending to 60
down on the opposite side and recross
when abreast his camp He reached the
shore without much trouble, though the
water was very cold and the current
swift. As there was no light In his own
camp and the river was quite wide he
could only guess at its location when he
started 10 swim back. He reached the
shore, and, rising TO his feet, was about
10 walk to the corral, when chorus Of
savage yells that rooted him to the spot
rang out and echoed among the rocks.
Surrender, surrender, or We'll open
firep' shouted Bouton from the center
Of the stockade.
Hold! Hold! We surrender called
out the men under Howard Blanchard.
A dozen torches were lit inside the
corral, and revealed Bouton and his
gang in full possession Of the central
stockade, in which were the women and
children, and where the captain had
counted on making his last stand.
Fly, Howard! Flyr' shouted Alice
from the stockade.
The captain saw man leaping over
the wall and heard tine crack OF a dozen
rifles.
THAT is Howard Blanchard, and
they are following him, said the cap
tain aloud. Then he shouted: "This
way. Howard! This wayr'
Howard Blanchard recognized the
vcica ~ his friend and ran toward
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NUMBER 81.

him. he would certainly have been
ovortr1en by hrs pursuers had not the
captain raised his rife and brought the
foremost 10 the ground
Come, Howard" cried the captain,
seizing the young mans arm. Keep
beside me. " And together they vanhhed
In the darkness.
So thoroughly had Patch's plan work
ed that the immigrant camp was taken
without the firing Of shot. and cheer
announced the iact 10 the men under
Font R0bb.
Light fires about the corralP' shout
ed BoutOn.
The fires Were lit and the glare add
ed 10 the alarm Of the children, who.
with frightened cries, were clinging to
their equally alarmed mothers
Approaching the place where Alice
Blanchard and her sister were trying u
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11
DRAs,IInrrFR>.

Grasshoppers are sometimes trouble
some on farms where poultry i not
allowed 20 roam over the fields 10 Suili-
cient number 10 keep the insects under
control. I have found both grsSshop-
pers aud crjckets very destructive 20
newly seeded grass fields ia early su-
tumn. particularly when such fields lie
along side OF old grass fields where the
pests have been bred. Under such con
ditious Il i recommended that poison be
used 20 DESTROY them. Mix arsenic and
bran with thin molas-es into dough, and
place a spoonful 10 a place in the tracks
OF the hoppers. \ good proportion i a
pound ot arsenic. pound OF bran, one
and half pounds of middliugs and
molassrs with oue-third water added
Of course poultry must be kept away
from this mixture Cor. New England
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11
A DREAM AT THE DESK.

IL seems to me I'd Ike tn 90
Where bells don't ring nor whistles blow.
Nor clocks don't strike nor gongs don't sound
But where there's stiffness ali around.
No, real still stiffness; just the trees
Low whisperinss or the Groom OF bees;
The drowsy tinSllpgs OF the rill,
Or twilight song OF whlp-poorwill.
'Twould be JOY could behold
The dappled fields OF grcen and gold,
Or In the cool. sweet clover lie
And watch the cloud ships drifting by'
I'll ike TO find some Quaint old boat,
And fold its oars. ana with II hoat
Along the lazy, nmpid stream
Where water lilies browse and dream.
Sometimes IL seems to- me musf
Just quit the eity's din and dust,
For fields OF green and skies OF blue;
And, say how docs II seem 70 youl
II Nixon Waterman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11

Trials have apparently shown that
deep tillsge reserves in the soil more
water than shallow tillage, yet they dc
not average as good results as shalloa
tillage. Root cutting may explain the
anomaly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11
FREE COINAGE.
WHAT 1T REALLY II AND WHAT III
MEANS BRIEF HISTORICAL REVIEW
or MONEY AND COINAGE.
New York Tribune

ANCN ioIh 'ihuhh'fl
The follow ing request j. one OF scores
of n SIMILAR nature inst reach the Tribune
daily from all parts of The country;
To the Editor OF the Tribune
Sir-Many people 10 not understand the riNcr
question. especially what j. meant 10y ~ !" l.
" IN you please PRINT fuil cNphnatoh'
New York, july Ia. NJ.
By free coinage" l. meant the SC
ccptance AZ the mint OF all gold or liver
ullcrrn for the purpose, and the melting,
assAying aud stamping of it into money
without expense 10 the owner OF tie
metal.
Bv ratio" j. meant the relative value
OF gold and silver according 10 weight.
By "ircc coinsge ot both silver md
gold AT the ratio OF II 10 ~ Is meant the
coinage without expense 10 the owner oi
the metal, OF all gold aud silver brought
T. the mint, on the theory that 10 ounces
of liver are equivalent in value u /
ounce Of gold.
The government OF the United states,
to law, now coins free all gold
bullion brought 10 the mint, aud the Hd-
vovttes of free silver coiusge dem nj
that the same privilege be- extended to
the owner, of silver bullion. The gov
ernment's refusal--through tongte e-;-
To do this re,ts on the fact that the two
metals do not bear constant ratio oil
value toward each other, and that the
ratio of l6 to |, At which the free coin'ge
of both is demanded. does not AZ prr.ent
represent the real ratio which exists be-
tween the two. Pure gold in the open
m rkets OF the world brings $50 % an
ounce; pure silver in the same markets
brings only about 65 cents an ounce,
which is an actual ratio OF nearly 80 70
that Il, IL actually takes nearly ~
ounces OF silver TO equal in value one
ounce OF gold. Experience has shown
that auv attempt To coin the two metals
under these unequal conditions would
result In monometallism on the basis OF
the cheaper metal, which in this case Is
silver. Therefore. free coinage oil silver
by this country alone would meaa
violent and sudden change for the cur
rency from the present gold basis 10 II
silver basis.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11

Still no nation so far applied this prln-
ciple a. 10 choose one metal permanent
ly rs the standard measure OF vslu',
and, when the fathers OF this republic
came to frame our first coinage law,
practically all civilized nations were
using, or trying To use, the double
standard. But they were wise men IN
those days. when they drew up our
constitution they carefully rfr"inei
from including In IL any mandate "a TO
whether gold or silver or both together
should be the standard of v'lue, but con-
tented themselves With giving TO Cor
gress the sole power 10 coin money, anu
prohibiting the states individually from
making anything but gold and silver "A
legal tender That Is all that the mon
ey OF the constitution" about which We
hear so much these days, amounts to.
Now let us see what happened. One
OF the first laws passed by Congress wss
that regulating the coinsge OF money
and establishing standard. AFTER
thoughtful discussion they decided to
follow the then universal practice ani
try the double standard, 30 they author
ized the minting OF both silver aud gold
at the existing commercial ratio OF 10 to
|. They did not go back TO the ratio OF
five centuries before 90 to u or TO any of
the varying ratios OF the Intervening
centuries, nor did they try TO anticipate
any ratio that might be reachc In the
future. They simply accepted the com
mercial ratio OF the year 1892, aud went
To work TO coin money at that ratio.
They enacted a law declaring that an
eagle-this Is the order In which the
metals are mentioned 10 the law-shouid
consist of ~ l-2 grains of pure gold and
- l-2 grains OF alloy, and that dollar
should consist Of 81 II grains OF pure
silver and 4 81 grains OF alloy. Thus
came into existence the dollar OF our
daddies."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11

The Ontario experiment station has
found that Germ IN mil'et pave a larger
yield than the other varieties and Was
fairly well eaten. IL Is not sort for late
cutting nor thin sowing for palstsbleness.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11

Meanwhile Europe was having her own
troubles with money. la England the
coinage ratio was 10 IL 10 /, and Eng
land had the same trouble with silver
that we were having, the full weight
coins fled to the continent, and only
lightweight silver remained In circula-
tiOn. As England's commerce increased,
this caused increasing annoyance and In
convenience, and In IVA temporary
experimental law was passed limiting
the legal tender quality of silver coins
by tale to f25. This law worked so well
that 1t was re- enacted from time to time,
until 1898, when tho British mint was
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11

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P. ,i..ans' prescriptions accurately compound
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No. Odd Fellows Block.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11

The net result Of these operations was
that by 1917 neither eagles nor dollars
remained in the country. Both hal ben
driven out by the operations OF Gresh-
ANS law, and the country was left with
only Spanish milled dollars and other
light-weight foreign silver coins for use
as money. Finally, when this state OF
things became longer unbearable, Con-
gress changed the ratio In 1884 by re-
ducing the amount of gold In an eagle
to 232 grains of pure gold and 26 grains OF
ALLOW. and in 1887 the weight OF silver
dollar was reduced TO 4l2 l-2 grains OF
standard silver, making the ratio ap-
prOximately l6 10 i.
The result was Just as inevitable In
this case as it had been before. Again
Gresham's law operated, but the tables
were turned. The coinage rate In Eu-
rope was generally IL l-2 to /, and here
il was practically IL to ]. Gold was
worth more for coming purposes here
than in Europe. A msn with one ounce
of gold could get l6 ounces OF silver for
il here. In Europe he could get only
Is l-2 ounces of silver for it. Gold again
appeared in circulation here, where II
had not circulated for years, and what
silver coins got through the mint in thrir
turn took wings and fitted of to Eu-
rope. Thus the country remained with
gold as the sole circulating metal-bsr-
ring, still, the lightweight foreign silver
subsidiary coins, which did duty as
small change until the suspension OF
specie pay ments la 1862, during the civil
war. The gold standard had been prao
tically established.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11
AMONG THE FARMERS.
SPEED THE PLow."

-orrespondenee on practical agricultural topics
u solicited. Address al communications In
tended tor this department 10 HESRY II. HAN.
MoSo. Agricultural Editor oxford Democrat,
Paris. Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11
CONDITIONS or SUCCESSFUL CO
OPERATION.

skiLLFUL DAIRYING CAN re PROFIT
ABLE EVEN wtIEN rRICTS ARE LOW.
CREAMERY POINTERS. POISONING
GRASSHOPPERS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11

From the very first the double stand
ard scheme, a. enec.ed In statute law
failed tn work; though not 40 with
Gresham's law. The latter continued To
do business at the old stand. The coin
age OF gold and silver was begun.
Eagles, ha'f-eagles, quarter-eagles and
dollars were turned out from the mints.
only 10 di-appear from circulation, the
gold 10 Europe or into private hoards,
the silver 10 Cubs. Why: The silver
disappeared from circulation because
Congress, in the exercise OF the powers
vested in il by the cOnstt ution to legu-
late the value OF foreign coins, bad said
that II spanish milIed dollar OF not less
weight than II pern' weights and :
grains should pass curre1s as Id be
legal tender f)r dollar. The Spanish
milled dollars on which ~ ; enactment
was based were the O'd cons ac'u lily
in circulation hele, sud were II litter 10
weight tn n rev 81 tlnish dollars. III so
happened that the new a Derican silver
dollar passed current IN Cuba as freely
AS new Spanish dollars, which actually
contained more bullion. People soon
found that they could serd lOC American
dollars TO Cuba, get 100 Spanish dollars
for them, and + we the Spanish dollars
melted and recoined ut our mint into l0l
American collars, making a profit OF
dollar on the transaction. This Kept
American silver dollars out OF c'rcula-
ton, and In 1906 the mint ceased Their
coinage BY order of President Jefferson.
The gold remained iu circulation for
4 tine, but by 1910 the commercial ratio
had changed, and IL was more valuable
ss bullion than as money. Our coinage
ratio was Is to /; the commercial ratio
was - ~ 70 l.. la this country person
who owned one ounce OF gold-wnether
IN coin or bullion made no difference,
for it should always be borne in mind
that the coming of metal never ah .ets
its real value either one way or the 9TH
er-could exchange il at the mint for 10
ounces OF silver. By sending 1t To Eu-
rope he could get l5 IL ounces OF silver
for it, or cOu Sc, he took his gold TO
the market where he could get the most
FOR it.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11

Az nrst people Ciu not uuueTstanu
these movements, and attempted to stop
them by legislation, by putting severn
penalties on the exporting Of the coin "a
metal, which showed n tendency to dis
appear or the melting Of the coins for
use In other directions. But such legis-
lation always failed absolutely to pro-
duce the desired effect, and closer
study OF the question revealed where the
real trouble lay. Charles V. commits
stoned one Of his most trusted coun-
cillors, Nicholas Oresme, to investigate
the subject. Oresme reported his con-
clusions In treatise on money, In which
he laid down the principles that no
sovereign had the power to fix the value
or the purchasing power OF coins; that
the legal ratio Of coins must conform
strictly TO the relative market value OF
the metals; that II the fixed legal ratio
OF coins differs from the market value OF
the metals, the coin which Is under-rat' d
entirely disappears from circulation
and that, IL degraded or debased coin l.
allowed to circulate along with good
and full-weighted coin, all the good
coin disappears from circulation, and
the base coin alone remains current, 10
the ruin OF commerce. Working on q
similar con mission from the King of
Poland, lG0 years later, tie great
Copernicus. without knowing OF the
existence OF Oresme's treatise, arrived
at identically the same conclusions.
Sill later, Sir Thomas Ge,sham, master
of the British mint, and chief financial
adviser of Queen Elizabeth, worked out
the principles once more, aud expln'ned
them 10 his sovereign. The great fundh'-
mental law of coinage, based on these
urinciplcs. has since become known a.
Gresham's law. In the lhngutgH OF
pamphlet issued In lG96, IL l. simply
thi.:
When two sort. Of coin arc current In the same
nation of IKE value by denomination. hui mol
intrinsically-l c. In market valne-thst "hich
has the least value will lie current. an the other
as much as possible. will be boarded or me't"d
down or cNportSi.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11

Dairying II badly managed is one OF
the least profitable and lesst sstisfac-
tory branches ot agriculture. Trying 20
couraging work.
Dairyiug iajelligentlv and well man.
sgcd l. one of the most profitable de-
ptrtments ot farm industry. Butter
takes almost nothing 20 value from the
soil Successful bu,Jcr-makiug requires
high degree ot skin AMI Intelligence
show me town or district noted for It's
tine butter and will show Sod class
Of farmers that are above the average in
general Intelligence aud refinement.
II creamery butter j. better than
average dsiry butter il i because the
m, nsgemeut 70 The creamery l. upon
higher scale than In the average private
dairy, There i no gain in taking the
milk Of dozen or more second or third
class farmers and handing Il over 10 an
unskilled creamery man 10 make into
butter. Two interiors 10 not make one
superior. Two ciphers cannot by sny
arr ugement De made into a whole num-
Der.
\ ,ucces ssful creamery must have not
only a skiful manager and butter-maser,
but a guaranteed supply of good sound
milk or cream Ia sufficient quantity to
utilize the capacity Of the concern. The
more cows the greater will De- the per
crutage OF profit. Nor can the butter
maker alone control the character of the
butter product.
rOoR DIRTY MILk
cannot appear latcr in the form Of first
class butter. The skin snd Intelligence
Indispensable at the creamery must ex-
tend cut amoug the milk producers.
Poor COWS Welding but little milk can
never pay their be, ping and no number
OF them however great can rencer "A
creamery profitable to is patrons. For
the highest success under a cooperative
system each individual must put forth
The same effort towards success that
would DE required for success IN private
mauag, ment. pairymen who join
creamery association expecting 20 gain
more than they give are hardly desery-
ing of pity when they discover their
mistake.
No one hss any business 10 ask for
ANYTHING beyond what he Is willing 10
give an equivalent for Men Join in rails
ing the heavy frame of y building BE-
cause they can accomplish in that way
what they could never do sirgiy. \ man
who on such an occasion does nothing
but boiler" i sneak and when found
out Is always despised. Not les mean
{, +, % Join creamery association and
then carry poor milk expecting 20 divide
the profits with those who furnish the
best they know how.
Cooperation i a success only when
each work, TO- all and all for each, aud
thi, idea lie, 81 the bottom of all forms
of associated effort, whether in the fac
tory, the grange, the municipality or the
church.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-11

that Il seemed certain !
must relinquish the work
of the ministry entirely.
Heart palpitation became
so bad that my auditors
would ask me IL l did not
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-06-26
Trades and Labor Men Organizing

From National Bimetallist (Chicago):
Mr. ]. II. Leyson of Butte, Mont, was
a welcome visitor at this Office last
week. Mr.. Leyson is one Of the most
prominent and highly esteemed bust
ness men of the state and also gentle
man who is remarkably familiar with
the principles involved in the silver
question. Largely through his instru-
mentality the trades and labor unions
of the west are now organizing in the
interest Of silver restoration. The
headquarters of the movement will be
at Butte, Mont, and the plan is to
send able speakers to address the labor
unions wherever necessary and to con-
duct general campaign of education.
These organizations, of course, consist
mainly of workingmen and the subject
will be dealt with chiefly from the
workingman' standpoint. The speak
ers and the literature will not only
cover the question as one of finance
affecting the worlds money and meas
ure of values, but also with reference
to the importance of silver mining az
an industry. If the campaign be in
diligently conducted, as it no doubt
will be, the effect in molding sentiment
can scarcely be overestimated. Moth
ing but study is necessary to show the
workingmen of the United States that
the restoration of silver means pros
perity for them, and further, that the
interests of the workingmen of the
east are identical with those of the
same class in the west. Mr.. Leyson' S
whole soul is in the work thus under
taken and if intelligent, well-directed
energy can make it success there
is no room for doubt as to the result
From National Bimetallist: The
bitter determination which Henry
Clews makes no effort to conceal in
declaring the threatened coercive pol
icy of the Wall street money trust has
long been anticipated as terrible GER
tainty by many thoughtful men whose
serious experience and wide opportuni-
ty for observation enables them to
weigh with much significance the rap
idly developing signs Of the times. One
correspondent, rejecting the sentiment
of his neighbors in one OF the central
states, says: While do not speak of
it promiscuously, yet l am to-day more
afraid of a rebellion than j was in
May, 1860. Should the gold standard
idea succeed in this election, strife will
be almost inevitable. The banks will
know that their sway lis limited to two
years, and they will do all they can
in that time to bind future genera
tions and the people of the west are
not in temper to stand much more -
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-06-26

re-enact the Mckinley law and restrict
all intercourse with the "blarsted for
eigners' to the smallest possible COM
pass.
In the meantime the steadily increas-
ing distress and suffering among the
wealth-producers of this nation, the
grandest and best favored by nature
under the sun, is rapidly preparing the
way for a style of loosening things up
all the way around that is undreamed
OF in the philosophy of leading bank
ers and tariff shouters and which may
be safely relied on to jostle into OBJ
livion the horde of demagogues and
leeches who have so long deceived and
preyed upon the people.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-06-26
Sauce for the Goose Only.

The goldbngs assert that the low
wages prevailing at this time is no de-
triment to the laborer and producer be-
cause the dollar will buy so much
more than it would a few years ago.
The following conversation between
a money loaner and borrower shows
the folly of this claim, and places the
matter in light that any wayfaring
man, though a fool, may understand
the deception:
Money loaner-You ought net to
complain even if there is less money
in the country now than there was ten
yeas ago. You can buy twice as much
with dollar now as you could then.
Borrower borrowed 500 from you
ten years ago and have been paying
you interest on that amount ever since.
| now tender you $50 as payment in full
for that debt.
Money loaner-You are repudiator,
an anarchist. / must have my 500.
Borrower-But you can buy as much
with the $50 now as you could with the
500 when you loaned it to me. Be-
sides l must sell twice as much of the
products of my labor now to get the
500 for you as ] would have to sell at
the time when l borrowed the money.
Money loaner-I don't want to argue
with you. You are dangerous citi-
zen and such talk as that will hurt the
credit Of the state.
Borrower-Won't you even lower
your rate of interest one-half?
Money loaner-No. sir! Why should
| do that? Money is scarce and hard
to get and / have more applicants for
money at the present rate than l can
accommodate.
Borrower thought seeing that
your interest money will pay you twice
as much as it used to you would be
willing to take one half the amount.
Money loaner-I don't have to. Stand
away from the window and let that
other man come p."-Concordia Kan
san.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-06-26
Production of AlumIniu m.

Some very striking statistics are
given to show how rapidly the produc-
ton Of aluminium has increased in the
United States since 1888, in which year
1t did not exceed eighty-three pounds
In 1886 the production had increased to
5000 pounds. in 1889 to AZ ,468 pounds
in 1891 to 10000 pounds and in 1893
to 3S9,629 pounds, while in 1894 the
total was $4,000 pounds. The Iron Age
puts the production for 1895 at $4,000
pounds, and estimates that this year II
will not fall short of 5000 pounds per
diem.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-06-26

We know not whittier we go, but we
do know that our way is directed to
victory and to eternal strength through
faith. Faith is the conviction in the
heart Of man that there awaits him
somewhere a great destiny, to be work.
ed out by the God Of heaven.-Rev.
w. H. Pearce.