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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20

Whatever may be current opinion in
the cities, whatever the convictions Of
Wall street, the bankers, the merchants,
and even the working classes of the
great towns, the overwhelming prepon-
derance Of public conviction in the
United States to-day is antagonistic tc
the single gold standard, hostile to the
national bank system and favorable to
bimetallism. They remember that the
men who now preach gold, under the
guise of "honest money" have. behind
them a record of falsehood and deceit.
Three years ago "honest money meant
a bimetallic currency. Now, by the per
sistent r%eiteration of those who find
profit in a contracted currency, it means
gold alone. Curiously enough. while
the politicians have been drifting toward
gold, the people have been turning for
relief to silver.
1t is a condition and not a theory, as
Mr.. Cleveland said, which now con
fronts us. The condition is that the ag
ricultural, mining and working dis.
tricts, or classes, of the United States
have been convinced that a greater
Measure of silver coinage will profit
them, The party which puts forward a
presidential candidate with a platform
responsive to this belief is likely to win.
The party which shall put up a Harri-
son or a Cleveland will doubtless get
the "sound money! vote, but it won't
get the presidency. New York Journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
Beautiful Butterflies.

There is in the village of Welles-
ley, says the Boston Transcript, "a
rarely beautiful collection of butter
flies and moths, many thousands in
number, brought together and owned
by the Denton brothers and repre-.
senting a world wide membership
of the Lepidoptera family. Words
r almost inadequate to describe
the color effects in this collection.
Native butterflies and moths, with
their Respondent beauty Australian
butterflies of iridescent coloring,
changing with every light; Chinese
moths, with pale amber wings, spot
ted with deep orange; East Indian
butterflies, warm with gold or dash
ed with fecks of snow; butterflies
and moths from Central and South
America, cleaning with exquisite
shades of opal and mother of pearl
or rich with radiant purple-all
these furnish a wonderful feast of
color which we'll repays a visit to
the collection" William Denton,
the father of these collectors, was a
we'll known g~eologist of the last gen
GRAFTON
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
Japan and Mexico as Examples,

The goldbug likes to point to Japan
and Mexico as horrible examples of what
silver coinage would do if it should
bring the United States to IA silver basis
which it would not.
At least the goldbug formerly tried
to point to those two nations as a warn.
ing. Recently published statistics, how.
ever, have tended to spoil his illustra.
ton.
In ten years from 1888 to 1898 the
largest percentage of gain in foreign
trade reported by any nation was that of
Japan, and Mexico comes next. Japan's
foreign trade more than doubled during
those years. Mexico increased her I'M
ports slightly and more than doubled
her exports. Both of these nations We're
on a silver basis.
During the same period the exports of
the United States increased only 4 per
cent. and the United States then had the
gold standard modified in effect to some
extent by the Bland and Sherman acts
then in force.
Yet we are told that the gold standard
promotes commercial prosperity .-Oma
ba World Herald.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
Southwest Silver Mon,

St. Louis is the meeting place of the
silver men of the southwest, and many
of them gathered here to greet Tillman.
They tell me that there will not be
enough antisilver votes in the Chicago
convention from states west Of the Mis-
sissippi to make the number worth count
ing. They expect also to split the Ohio,
Michigan and Wisconsin delegations.
Whether their belief is justified or not,
these men certainly talk with the con-
fdencc that they have the western peo-
pie behind them. They have all the in
tensity OF purpose of extremists, and it
can be accepted as Il certainty that if
they do nc succeed in committing the
Democratic national convention to free
coinage and a free coinage candidate
they will appeal TO the people with a
candidate of their own.
Quite as serious-perhaps more SO in
its ultimate Effects their determine
ton TO have none but free silver Demo.
Gratis nominated to congress this fall.
They have gone at the work with meth
cd and organization, and every western
Democrat who has not stood with them
in congress will be displaced, il it is
possible to do so.-Henry L. Stoddard
1 n New York Mail and Express.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
No Trouble to Marry.

An amusing story is told of the
way in which a New England couple
We're married over so years ago in a
small New Hampshire town.
The minister had a sawmill which
occupied many of his week day
hours, and he was standing in tho
door OF this sawmill one bright Sep
TENDER morning when a horse came
along the road which wound down
to the mill. On the horse was a
young man, a member Of the minis
ter's congregation, and a pretty
young woman from n of the neigh
boring villages.
The minister looked at them for a
moment and then said %cheerfully,
Want to get married, I reckon?"
YES" replied the young man,
with an ingenious blush.
"Do you take this woman for your
welded wife? You needn't get off
the horse" said the minister.
II do" replied the young man.
And do you take this man to be
your welded husband?" continued
the minister.
II do" said the pretty rider.
Very we'll, then, you can drive
on" said the minister. and forth.
with he resumed his work in the
mill.--Youth's Companion.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
WORkiNGMEN FOR FREE COINAGE.
A Meeting Which Showed Where the Prac
ticaI Common Sense Laborer Stands.

A Meeting which showed where the Prac
ticaI Common Sense Laborer Stands.
Walking down Alabama street the
other night, Thursday, I think it was.
/ happened to glance up and saw a flood
of light streaming from windows and
heard the sound of many voices.
l just dropped up to the third story
Of the big building, corner Pryor ard
Alabama. and was ushered into a large,
brilliantly lighted hall, full to over
flowing.
] took a seat and, while reviewing
this body Of brain and Drawn, was Ell
tertained by short speeches as sensible
as ever fell from any lips-lacking, it
may be, the finish of what is called or
atory-but charged with common sense
and, better still, ringing with honesty.
There was 10 preparation. The chair
man simply picked u a man here and
there in the great crowd and each and
every one called, quickly and willingly
responded.
Have you eve noticed how straight a
workingman goes to the point: How
simply and briefly he cuts to the core of
his subject? The emo of the talk was
that the time had come in the history
of Atlanta when the laboring people
should put aside their personal prefer
cnces and vote as "A unit for only such
men as will do the SONS of toll justice
in the matter Of legislation--and there
was a determination shown to eschew
all division and pursue this wise policy
i'll the future.
AS the evening waned the chairman
suddenly raped the assembly to order
and called out:
"As it is growing a lutte late and
we have to rise early | would like to
put a question Or two before we adj
journ. l want to sound this meeting On
the great currency question now agitat-
ing the county,
All Ears pricked up at these interest
ing words.
"All i'll favor of the single gold
standard, cried the chairman, Twill
please rise to their feet
A great hush fell upon the meeting
as only one gentleman-a stockily built
man with a smiling face-timidly arose
to his feet and quickly seeing that he
was in a hopeless minority sank back
into his chair.
Now" cried the chairman, "all in
favor of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at a ratio of lG to / please
stand up
With a mighty shout of enthusiasm
which shook the building the meeting
sprang to its feet as n nan
A single man for the single gold
standard!
The ratio of men for free silver was
immensely greater than 16 to l..
For there We're by actual oun 26O Of
these intelligent representatives of the
labor organizations of Atlanta assem-
bled in the hall.
The meeting was 26O to / against the
single gold standard.
There they were under the full light.
I had seen them rise and vote with my
WI eyes, and yet it was hard to believe
that the proportion of Atlanta working
men for free silver was SO great.
Can it be possible that the working
men of this city are so overwhelmingly
n way?
"How is this?" 1 asked Mr.. George
Cassin.
Il think you'll fnd,' said he, that
the working people Of Atlanta, almost
as a body, are for free silver. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
Peter Eraxer's Failure.

The stage was crawling up a long bill,
and the hour was 8 O'Clock in the after.
noon. when a man sprang out of the
bushes ahead and ordered the driver to
pull up. There We're five of us inside,
all half asleep, and hold ups had come
to be SO frequent that no one was excit-
ed. We were waiting for the usual Or
der to call hands down and be quick
about itr' when the driver, who had
been muttering and growing to himself,
called out /:
Hello, thar That you, Pete Frazer p
Eyes, it's mer' we heard the high
wayman reply.
"What you doin yere?"
"Holdin you up"
"Humph! Pete Frazer, you'Y re no
man! You can't hold up nuthin nor no.
body! You'd better git along before
somebody hurts you'll
Look q yere. Hank Smith - we heard
the man say as he came nearer, 81 wapt
the crowd to git down and hands mp,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
Two Monster Beetles.

The largest bug known to the old
world entomologists is the gigantic
Goliath beetle, which is found along
the Kongo river in Africa. Goliath
is upward of six inches in length
from the tip of his nose to the neither
end of his hard shelled body and
has a pair of gauzy wings folded up
under his arms, either of which is
as large as a lady's face veil. But
Goliath is a pigmy when compared
with the elephant beetle of Venez.
uela, an chronological giant which
weighs nearly a pound and which
has a wing spread equal to that of f.
mallard duck. Both of these bugs
are rare and very valuable St.
Louis Republic.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
Kid EckelS' NOnsense.

Mr.. Eckels says, "The idea in the en-
actment of every coinage law from the
establishment of the government to 1878
was to have the coins approximately of
the same commercial value without the
governments stamp affixed as they
would be with it." What consummate
nonsense this declaration embraces. The
idea that ii commodity after having been
chosen and legally set apart for a use
which makes the demand for said COM
modify universal and unlimited, and
after the national seal of said legal
tender money function has been en-
stamped upon it, has only the same
value as the said commodity had prior
to such legal appropriation to such un.
Limited use is preposterous and an insult
to the intelligence of the e.-Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20

consequence of the change, the Ameri-
a debtor cannot pay off his $3.50, 600. p
600 annual indebtedness to the British
creditor with less than l00,0 900, 900
bushels of wheat (at 90 cents) aud l2,.
900. 900. 900 pounds Of cotton lat ~
cents)l
That is what the single gold standard
has done for creditor Great Britain and
debtor United States. 1t has enriched
the British gold possessor beyond pre-
vious record. 1t has impoverished the
indebted American producer TO neal
starvation point.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20

and u You turn rusty III gin you both
bar'ls Of this shotgun"
"Shoo!" replied the driver. Come,
now. you skip before I git mad! This
crowd hain't goin to be held up by no
SIGH critter as your"
WHATS the matter with me?"
"You hain't got the nerve and don't
know the bizness. Why. that ar gun o.
yours Is wabblin about like a straw in
a gale. n you are as pale as II you'd
washed your face! I shan't hold this
crowd more'n a mint longerr'
flank. I'm a desperit man."
"Shool You couldn't be-"
"And I'm holdin you up"
"Not much! Git along. now, and
don't make a fool o. yourself. I'm half
an hour behind time as it is"
II I hain't holdin you up, then what
am l dotnf" asked the robber in a ouay-
ering voice.
'Dunao, but reckon you ar jest prac-
ticin q leetle. Drop it, Pete. You
couldn't hold up a Chinaman. 'Tain't
in you. I'll tell the crowd inside to let
you OF this time, but don't bother me
agin and git me madr'
blank Smith, H.
"Oh, shet up and git out O the way
and be keerful your gun don't 20 off
and shoot yerself in the foot. He-up,
thar. Job and Jonasr'
And the horses started on at a brisk
walk, and those Of us at the open win
dows caught sight Of the back of a man
as he left the road and disappeared into
the bushes. When the top Of the hill
was reached, we began to congratulate
the driver, but he cut us short with:
"Oh. pshaw! Reckon I was goin to
let any such oritter as Pete Frazer hold
me up and git the laff on me? Humph
II be fools with me any more, I'll git
down and make him cum outer them
clothes and put a woman's dress on"
M. Quad in Detroit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
A ROYAL PALACE
Some of the Wonders of One of the Resi-.
dences Of the Gar.

dences Of the Gar,
Tsarkoe Selo is one of the resi.
dences of the crown. 1t is 40 min.
utes by rail from st. Petersburg and
IS one Of the places often visited bv
tourists in Russia.
Near the principal entrance of the
grounds leading to the palace stand
two small towers, with carvings of
Egyptian figures and hieroglyphics.
The palace was built in I744 and EN-.
bellished by Catharine II, when all
the ornaments in front-the vases.
statues, capitals and pedeGtals of
the columns, etc. were covered
with gold leaf, the gold amounting
to more than l.. 900, 900 ducats. None
of the gliding now remains except
on the dome and cupolas of the
church.
The chapel within communicates
through the gallery, which is used
by the imperial family, with the
apartments of the latter. The room
is large, fitted up in dark wood and
gilded, the ceiling being entirely
covered with gold. There are fine
paintings here. Near the altar hangs
a key of the city of Adrianople.
One Of the most wonderful rooms
IN this palace is the famous amber
room, the walls of which are panel
ed with this costly material cut in
different designs. In several places
r groups of figures framed with
large pieces of the same substance.
The arms of Frederick the Great
frequently appear, nodded with the
imperial cipher, the amber having
been presented to him by Catharine.
The lapis lazuli is another re.
markable room, so called from the
incrustations of that stone With
which it is ornamented. The walls
are entirely lined with pictures cut
SO as to fit into each other without
frames, and the floor is of ebony, in.
laid with large flowers of mother of
pearl.
In Catharine's bedchamber the
pillars are of purple glass, and the
walls are adorned with porcelain.
The walls of the banquet room are
lavishly gilded.
The Chinese room is remarkable
for the beauty of the articles it con.
tains, while the two bathrooms are
conspicuous for their fine collections
OF china vases, which are placed in
circular tiers up to the ceiling in the
upper end of each ROOM.
The private apartments of Alexan.
der remain exactly as he left them
when he departed for Taganrog.
They consist of his study. a smaller
room and a bedroom beyond, with a
camp bedstead in an alcove.
The grounds of the palace are 10
miles in circumference, kept always
in order by 6OC veteran soldiers. In
one corner of these grounds is a tow
er several stories high, which was
occupied by Alexander II and his
tutor. In another portion are the
baby houses of the grand duchess
and a pond with a fleet of tiny YES
sells made for the amusement of the
Grand Duke Constantine, afterward
high admiral.-New York Herald.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
John Was Always PROMPT.

Mrs. Grimes-And so your husband
died quite suddenly?
Mrs. Blaker-Yes, there never was
any dillydallying about John. He was
so %punctual, You know. He never vas
any man to put off. When he had any
thing to do, he did it at once. I never
expect to get another husband like John.
Boston Transcript.
At High Pressure.
II hear that pobbs' baby is a lit;l e
mite CT a thing. Does it cry much?"
with all it's mite. Detroit Free
Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
Statements Reconciled.

The fortune teller did not recog.
nize the young woman as a former
visitor, and that vas where she
made q mistake.
You will have quite a romance, "
predicted the fortune teller after the
usual preliminaries, which consist
principally of the transfer of a sum
of money from one person to aneth.
er, land in the end you will marry
a light gentleman and ever after
ward live happily with him
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-14
WILL NOT BE BLACkRuRN.

One of the singular but persistent
characteristics Of the free silver fei-
lows is that they love defeat Given
an opportunity to secure the success
Of the party to which they may hap
pen to belong by simply leaving the
at the proper time and place, and the
chance to bring certain ruin upon the
party by showing the silver question
to the front, they will invariably
choose the latter. For the second time
they are going through this perform
ance in the state Of Kentucky. The
free silver Democrats deliberately
turned over the state government to
the Republicans. To do this they had
to repudiate the platform adopted by
the state Democratic convention, and
to split their party down the middle.
They did this with great cheerfuIness.
and insured the election Of Gov. Brad
ley on an issue which had no more to
do with the state policies Of Ken
TransvaaL They are now on the same
old road. The Republicans elected just
half the members Of the new legis-
lature. The Democrats, holding the
other half, have a bare chance of win
ming the senatorship by securing
unanimous vote. OF the Democratic
members, trif1e over majority
are free silver men. They met in eau
Gus and nominated Senator Blackburn,
who is more responsible than any 9TH
er one man for the recent Democratic
defeat, and who ran the campaign in
his own behalf on the basis of oppo-
sition to the national administration,
to Secretary Carlisle, and to the finan-
cial policy deliberately adopted by his
own party in the state.
1t is just as certain as it is that the
sun rises that Mr.. Blackburn will not
be the next United States senator from
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-14
THERE ARE OTHERS.

The G o b e is glad to see that the
Pioneer Press has so far recovered it's
balance as to announce the fact that
all Of the highly salaried Democratic
officials, and some whose salaries are
not high, save only Mr.. Darragh, vol
UNFAIRLY assented to a reduction Of
their salaries in the interest of re-
ducing municipal expenditure AS we
have already said, if any one wishes
to criticise the action of the city at
torney fairly, that is his privilege. But
it remains just as true that this act
offers no ground for violent assault
upon his personal character and abil-
ity. 1t is this continued per-
entirely ASSOCIATED with the salary
question, that has gained for him the
sympathy and for the Pioneer Press
the harsh judgment of fair-nninded men
criticism Of mans public acts and
reflections upon his character, attain
ments and motives is one so elementary
that we do not believe that the Pioneer
Press is ignorant Of, though it has
strangely ignored it Of late.
But one of the G l o e S questions
still remains unanswered. The Pioneer
Press continues to disapprove Of Grab
All Darragh," giving it's reason in the
courteous and elegant expression, "be-
cause he is hog" What about "Grab-
All McCardy" and "Grab-Au Jensen ?"
They also are highly salaried officials;
the one receiving the same amount as
Mr.. Darragh, the other a sum which
seems eXtravagant as compared with
his merits as public official Yet the
Pioneer Press has not listed their men
tai and moral qualities in it's index Of
choice English phrases. Have they, too,
developed porcine qualities? Are they
idiots and nincompoops and degener-
ates and hogs? Or are they only Re-
publicans? Leaving the case of Mr..
Darragh to take care Of itself for
brief space, let us see how that jewel.
fair play, will require the Pioneer Press
to describe them. We have heard
much from it of Mr.. Darragh In the
expressive slang Of the time, there
are others" What of them?