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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-01
A "PER CAPITA" coNuNDRuM.
The Essence of Cheap Money and Fiatist
Wisdom.

Every true worshiper of the silver
"fetich" believes as the first article of
the free-coinage gospel that if the guam.
tity of money is doubled prices will be
twice as high. This is the essence Of
the per capita argument, and is consid-
cred by both silyerites and fiatists to be
the sum of financial wisdom. Second
only to their faith in the sacred words
"per capita" is the belief of the cheap
money advocates that the undeniable
prosperity of France is due to the fact
that that country has about $40 of
money for each inhabitant. Attempts
to show that in reality the French peo-
pie are prosperous because of their high
level of intelligence, their skill in the
industrial arts, their system of land
holding and methods of cultivation and
the great and varied natural resources
of the country have had no weight
with. the one-idead silver agitators.
Since France has nearly twice as
much money per capita as the United
States, according TO the believers in the
theory that the quantity of money
fixes prices, goods should be twice as
dear in France as in America. Now, it
is notorious that such is not the case
On the contrary, the products of French
mills, factories, ETC., are sold so cheaply
that 1t is necessary to impose heavy
duties on them to prevent their compe-
tition with high-priced American goods.
VIII some per capita financier explain
why the large volume of money in
France does not raise prices in that
country?
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-01
sixteen to One Advice

To Farmers-You can ge' u L
your wheat by legislation ton, and and !,
let 80 pounds make a Dushf h, sbs
will have twice as many
sell. rLors is az
To Misunderstanding 81 !,
for you to get more dollars "a mt but
product. Hereafter leu Us
cents in a dollar. .oon as n
To Wage-workers-As so, soon v q .
living expenses are doubled s'l ! r,iss.
strike your employee ", When uricssl
To the Middleman-m y, ~ doublsi
doubled, your profits VIII nlso ~ uriess
To the Speculator-m,,n,ehn have an
made uncertain, you wiz - I. School
fashioned game.-"Coln !"
Finance"
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-01

stern duties need not speak STERN
~. He who stood firm before the
thunder worshiped the ''still small
voice '-Dobell.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-01
How would free si y ..,,

How would free sl ,s have tsl
laboring man? He wo .Siug. ysf'
double prices for every, the Sane
wages would remain ~, him Of 4
If the panic did not . cut get Get just
rs H;. % ~ife would get half as I ,.st 81.
and his children w = Now fire.
much meat. That . Is nUu I'd
would help the woiA'
City Times.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-01

Sixteen to one silver may satisfy
tricky politicians for platform. but
nobody wants IT Tor wages or in pay
nent OF debts.-Ch Chicago Chronicle.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
~
Scared hx a I.oconnotiye.

The Rev. A. S. Steele, editor of The
Epworth Era, describes how, when
years old, he was scared nearly out Of
his wits by the sight of a locomotive. II
was in the days when railroads were
few, and the boy had never seen a train
of cars.
! first saw the cars at the place where
the L. and N. railroad crosses Hatchie
river, little west of Brownsville We
went there to fake the train for Mem
phis. / was repeatedly assured by my
parents that there was no danger at all
but their assurances only partly allayed
my juvenile apprebensions
We did not have long to wait. The
engine whistled some time before it
came into sight, and that whistle set
my nerves on edge. l clung to my ia
ther, and when the monster appeared
over the top Of the grade buried my
face in his coat and screamed, in spite
of his efforts to quiet me.
Just as the engine came opposite US
the steam began to escape with a horri-
BILE spluttering noise. This was more
than could stand I broke from my
father and started for the woods
A big pile of lumber was near by. /
dived under that, clawing and squeezing
up under the planks like frightened
rabbit. My father caught me by the
heel and pulled me out.
Then, seizing me by main force, he
carried me to the train, while kicked
and screamed like a savage, to the in
finite amusement of the passengers 1t
took my father and mother and the con-
ductor to get me aboard and push me
into seat
My, my, how struggled and kicked
and scratched and fought and screamed
Do you suppose WANTED to be murdered
straight out? l became quiet by and by,
but still lodged every time we passed
a telegraph pole
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
FAMOUS YOUNG MEN.

Landseer began his studies of dogs at 6.
Handel had produced an opera before he
was 10.
II Perugino had finished an altar paint
ing at a.
Auber wrote an operetta for the stage
before H.
Claude Lorraine began landscape paint
ing at 49,
Corneile had planned tragedy before
he was 10.
Moliere finished comedy, one of his
best, at II.
Rembrandt had finished portrait be-
fore he was H.
Lessing is said to have begun Sarah
Sampson at 18 and to have finished it be-
fore 20.
Shelley produced all his wonderful works
Of imagination before the age of 80, at
which he died.
Goethe had produced considerable
number of poems and several dramas be-
fore he was 20.
Wagner planned a series of German
operas by the time he was 23, although his
design was not carried out for many years.
Caesar was not 30 when he became
prominent in Roman politics, and was the
leading spirit in Roman affairs $fore so.
Burke was 26 when the Essay on the
Sublime and Beautiful was published.
1t is said that he began 1t between 90 and
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
FROM POST TO FINISH.

Joe Patchen is to be raced into condi-
ton.
There is promise of another short hay
crop this season.
Direction, by Director, has reduced bis
record to 2;0S&.
Kentucky Union, e:10%, is the fastest
trotter of the year.
1t takes a real good horse to get piece
Of the money this year.
Almy Chimes, the sire of Silver Chimes,
2;241z, has been gelded
In the 2:30 list there are IA animals
bearing the name Of Prince.
Lord Clinton, 2:osA, after a years rest
is said to be faster than ever.
Frank Walker will do the starting at
Buffalos grand circuit meeting
Logan K, 2:15A, that lately broke the
bones OF an ankle, has been killed
Token, 2:1415, by Onward, is now in
Fred Dumond's stable at Rochester.
klamath has trotted quarter in 80 sec
onds, the second eighth In IA seconds.
Nettie Jefferson, 2:101s, is the fastest
new standard performer Of the year
The stable name of W. W. p, which
lowered the worlds wagon record to
Ss0s1S, is Willie Willie Pace.
Nearly 800 Of the horses that have been
running at the Windsor, Ont, meeting
have been shipped to Montreal
The old time rotter j. B. Thomas,
2:1s11, that was bought by j. G. Bailey,
the circus man, nearly 10 years ago, is still
owned by Mr.. Bailey.
Two colts by William Penn 2:0714, E
@. A and Andy, were recently driven
quarters in Sc seconds by Trainer Brooke
Ludwig Of Potts5own.
B. W Ford, Lexington breeder, has
gone TO the wall, and Trevillion, s;0eA,
and about 70 head of brood mares and
young things will go under the hammer.
CarInino, by Kansas Wilkes, although
having no record as yet paced fourth to
Nettie jefferson in 2:10M. Carmino was
sold before he had shown any signs of pos
sessing speed
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
rsttooing bx ths Maor, Raos.

Major General Robley is the author
of singularly curious book, ''Moko
or, Maori Tattooing." The New Zea-
land war of 1864-6, in which the author
served, gave him this opportunity of
studying on the spot that now almost
extinct art The expression, well CHS
seled face, meant one thing to Chrie,
tian sculptor and another to a Maori
decorator. The work contains more
than 150 illustrations of designs and
tattooed heads. There is no denying the
fact that the Maoris could appreciate
the beauty of lines and curves. One
witnessing the really striking examples
of their architectural ornamentation
exhibited in South Kensington cannot
but regret that they did not work less
upon the human skin and more upon
some other material. In General Rob
ley's book, which is to be guinea
quarto, beautifully printed, the history
Of the art is sketched and the various
processes explained. The second section
of the book deals with preserved heads,
many of which, dating from ITO are
kept In European museums. 1t seems
there are few, if any, such heads later
than 1881. when the traffic in Maori
heads ceased. :" An illustration entitled
Preserved Heads of Maori Warriors
Arrayed In Robes and Displayed by
Their Conquerors" is singularly 1tfe-
like. 1t betrays at least rudimenta<y
sense Of statuesque drapery. -Londf& u
News.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
SOME sUPERLATIvEs.

The longest tubular bridge is the Bri-
TAMPA, 964 feet.
The longest suspension bridge is the
Brooklyn, $3.50 feet.
The most lengthy canal in the world is
the Erie, 36575 miles.
The largest inclosure for deer is said to
be the Royal park in Copenhagen, 4,200
acres.
The earliest mention of shoes is in an
Egyptian papyrus, about 2, 200 years before
Christ
The Oldest perfumes were those recovered
from Egyptian tombs, /, 500 to 2, 200 years
before the Christian era.
The greatest bell is that long famous as
the giant of the Kremlin, in Moscow. Its
weight is 448, 722 pounds
The most extensive system of canals in
the world is in the great plain of China,
which is fairly scanned with canals
The largest country in one body and un-
der one government is the Russian empire.
1t comprises 8, 539, 1856 square miles.
The costliest theater ticket was the first
one sold for the Jenny Lind concert in New
York in 1850. 1t brought $3.50 and was
bought as an advertisement
The greatest bay on the face Of the earth
is that of Bengal Measured ina straight
line from the two inclosing peninsulas, its
extent is about 100000 square miles, OF
nearly double that of Texas.
The earliest specimens of Indian corn
grew, it is believed by botanists, on the
plateau of Peru, where this plant has been
found growing in condition which indi-
Gates that it is indigenous to the soil
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
LEE IN EASTERN BENGAL.
Conditions which Render the Profuse Use
of Oniurn "a Necessity.

Conditions which Render the Profuse Use
of Opium a Necessity.
In 1857 it occurred to Dr. Palmer at
C5bazipur to treat malarial fever with
anarcotine derived from crude opium
instead of with quinine. He was re-
rnarkably successful, and the drug is
now in common use as an antiperlodlc.
Bnt the characteristic of Indian opium
is the preponderance in it of precisely
this element. Can we, then, infer that
opium is a prophylactic against malarial
fever? To a certain extent we can, Tor
statistics show that those who take daily
40 grains and upward of opium take
enough anarcotine thereby to protect
them absolutely against malarial poison
while any one taking over 10 grams
will be more or less fortified. Itmay be
mentioned, also, that the morphine ele-
rnent contributes its share as a prophy-
Tactic. In the Eght of these facts, 1t IS
interesting to note that IN many DIS
tricts opium consumption bears close
relation to the greater or less prevalence
of malaria.
In Assam, for example, in the damp
and low lying country ON both banks OF
the Brahmaputra. the average annual
consumption per head is 357 grains, the
average for the whole province being
141, and in the Bhagalpur district Of
the Patna division the most malarious
part has AZ per cent of the opium shops
Of the district for only % per cent of
the population. One Of the medical wit
nesses gave the following lively descrip-
ton of the conditions of life in eastern
Bengal: "When man wants TO build a
house, he first Of all digs tank, and
with the earth from which he has dug
the tank he raises a mound, and on the
top of that mound he places his house.
"The elevation of that mound de-
pends entirely upon the height to which
the annual floods rise. The floods rise
with fair regularity, but sometimes
they go two or three inches higher than
the average, and then the inhabitants
of those houses have to live on rafts in
side their houses and their cattle are
tethered up to their bellies in water.
These people have generally no boats.
Lucy pauu40 1AOu1 OA 4aAOo AeeAO " oH0
plantain tree, and the boys go to school
In what I call wash hand basins. They
are earthen gumlas-earthenwa pots.
The boy sits at the bottom of the gumla
and paddles to school" These poor peo-
pie are often five miles from their near
est neighbor, and some 1900, 600 of
them are dependent for qualified med
ical aid on single European doctor
with one assistant. What wonder that
opium is their household remedy, and
that when man, disabled by malarial
fever, finds that dose of quarter or
half grain Of pure opium makes him a
new man. and enables him to do the
days work without which his family
would starve he takes it. it.-Chambers'
Journal.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Choice Drinks For the Hot and Thirsty.
Hints on Decoration-How to
Bake Fruit Pies.

It is not at all certain that cooling
/ drinks make one really cooler except for
! the moment, or that they are particu-
larly to be recommended from ahygienic
point Of view; but weak human nature
] will continue to concoct for itself va
riety of liquid refreshments and when
summer heat is at its height there is no
pleasanter sensation than long icy
draft, be the consequences what they
may.
Cups, iced and well made, find great
favor Standard Designer gives some
choice little formulas for these and other
drinks, including the following:
A bottle of good sound wine half a
syphon of soda and small bottle of
lemonade Say a sprig Of borage in the
basin, with few slices of peeled Gu
cumber. Pour the claret on them,
sweeten to taste, mix in the soda water
and stand the basin on ice. In an hours
time remove the cucumber and borage.
Lumps of ice can be added at serving
time if the cup is not cold enough.
Francatell recommends an orange cut
in slices as good addition.
Sherry Cobbler. Make a sirup of 2
tablespoonfuls Of sugar in a wineglass-
full of water; stir into it enough fruit
sirup for favor and add 2 wineglass-
fuls of sherry fill up with ice and shake
well. 1t should be served with two
straws, and claret, California wines or
champagne may be used in place of
sherry.
Iced Sours. These should be tart,
not sweet. The juice Of half lemon,
half wineglassful of water, very little
sugar and spirits according to the
strength desired. Fill up the glass with
cracked ice; stir, strain and serve.
Orangeade. Peel and cut into thin
slices ripe orange Beat together the
Juice of more oranges and lemon;
strain and mix with the necessary
amount of water by pouring from one
tumbler into another. Put ice into the
tumblers and serve.
Milk Lemonade. in / 4 pints of
water dissolve a pound Of sugar. Add a
gill of lemon juice and pint of milk
Chill before serving.
Soda. "A domestic soda which is very
good and which is extremely healthy
and simple of manufacture is made as
follows: Put into a glazed vessel two or
three bottles of very cold settlers water
and pint of gooseberry sirup, with
some cracked ice, and serve.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
rime,u paoorative points.

To make rooms cool and pleasant is
the first law of summer decoration. The
rolling blind, although greatly used, is
coming more and more to the front. In
two ways it has an advantage-it keeps
out the sun and tempers the light.
For small and narrow windows in
country houses the japanese Grape, hung
by thin brass rods, is very artistic as
sash curtains
In smoking room where there is a
low window an oak bench fills an excel
lent need. 1t can be fitted up with good
sized drawers and makes stowaway
place for books and magazines. For the
bench corduroy cushion in brown COM
pletes this comfortable affair.
AS a wall covering for summer in a
dining room, denim in gray tones is a
delightful furnishing. As background
for pictures nothing could be better.
Fer piazzas this season the sofa and
chair, covered with fine Japanese mat
ting, are very attractive. They wear
well and are reasonable in price.
For an al fresco breakfast let your
fable be placed on that part of the piazza
where the light is not too strong, if
possible III corner where there is a
vine. Select damask i'll small figures,
and china in white and gold, or in deli
cate green ornamentations; for floral
decorations simple wild flowers and
grasses are best
Embroideries for the summer should
be in white. Colors of any kind are apt
to give warm effect, with one excep-
ton, blue, which is restful at all times,
says The Decorator and Furnisher.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
PERT POLITICS.

Money talks, and all the politicians this
year are going to talk about money. -
Somerville Journal
The boss who knows how to ride grace
fully in the rear of his procession is the
true boss. -Marysville Appeal
There are good many self made men in
politics. That is ts say the Lord doesn' t
have anything to do with politics AT
lanta Constitution.
The independent voter viii not be abused
by the hot headed party boss this year
quite as much as usual The independent
voter will make the party overseer pale
under his gills this year-Dallas News
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
PAMPAs PLUMEs.

1t is to be hoped that McKinley's pastor
will not continue in the way he has begun
indianapolis News
The man who can think up few words
that rhyme with Mckinley will confer a
great boon on the song writer's this fall -
Philadelphis Times
When Mr.. Mckinley heard of his nomi-
nation, he kissed his entire family. 1t
takes a great event to move man that
way-Florida Times Union
twill keep Major Mckinley busy good
part of the time living mp to the pictures
Of him published IN the VARIOUS Newspapers
Of the country. Chicago Hacoy6
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23

JlNelss AND JEsTs.


The giant powder in the blast
Is blowing up the bowlders;
The daughter with pneumatic sleeves
Is blowing up her shoulders
The baker to the kitchen maid
Is blowing up his crumpets;
The milkman in the lower hall
Is blowing up the trumpets.
The gentle zephyr from the south
Is blowing the naPcissus;
The cook who thinks she knows it all
Is blowing up the "missus."
The father, down upon his knees,
Is blowing up the fires;
The daughter in her bloomer suit
Is blowing up her tires.
-Yonkers Statesman
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23

"I've been thinking it over, said young
Mrs Torkins, and have concluded that
this country had better go right ahead
and get some silver money before it's all
gone.
What are you talking about?'' her hus-
band asked.
''Why, I saw piece in the paper which
said that silver money is cheap money"
"Qf course. 2
"Well, Charley, dear, doesn't that mean
that it's bargaiu9s Washington Star.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
worth KNOWING About BRUSHES.

Half the work of cake baking Is saved
by using a good sized carnel's hair or
varnish brush to butter the tins And
right here it is well to know that all
brushes used for household or toilet pur-
poses can be made stiff and fresh by a
thorough washing in good soap and cold
water (for the finer hair brushes use
borax instead of soap, thorough rims
ing and drying, bristles downward. as
they should always be placed in the
rack, or. if hung, let them hang with
the backs to the wall. A Good House
keeping correspondent is authority foi
these useful hints
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
Baking Fruit Pies.

Housewives often experience annoy
ance when baking fruit pies from loss
of the rich sirup of juicy pies They are
advised to try a plan suggested in the
New York Sun-namely: Take strip
of muslin an inch wide and long enough
to go around the pie, and lap. Wet the
cloth in cold water and lay it around
the edge, half upon the pie and half
upon the plate. pressing it on either
side. When the pie is taken from the
oven, remove the cloth
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
Technically Phrased.

The young man who is studying medi-
cine has fondness for that pursuit which
is not surpassed even by his devotion to
his bicycle He found the tire very much
collapsed, and a member of his family re-
marked:
"You had better pump it up right
away"
Eyes, = was the reply; II shall immedi-
ately proceed to give it a hypoder1nic in
lection of atmosphere Washington Star.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
Delicious Berry Balls.

For berry balls, make biscuit dough
and roll it out quarter of an inch in
thickness; cut it into squares, put a
spoonful of berries on each square,
bring the corners together and place
them on buttered tin. Melt table
spoonful of butter and spoonful of
sugar in one-fourth of cup of boiling
water and brush the dough balls with
it. Bake in a hot oven and serve with
sauce.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
The ouestion Of the Hour.

Rounly-What are you and your family
going to do this summer?
Townly-I don't know yet, but it will
have to be something that will make our
neighbors think we have had better time
than they've had.-Truth.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
The Important Thing.

The smile of rejoicing upon her lips dies,
The shade Of soul agony comes in her eyes;
She is asking herself if the fates have been
kind
And kept her skirt and her shirt waist togeth-
er behind.
Detroit Tribune.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
A Few Years Hence.

"I wouldn't be as eccentric as that man
is for worlds. .
"What is his peculiar form of eccentric
ityP''
"He has never learned to ride bicycle. "
"Great Scott tp'-Chicago Tribune.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
a very 1rournful Rallad.

"My bird is dead, said Nancy Grey;
'tMy bird is dead. cannot play;
His eyes We're bright loved him well.
And mourn MIN more than tongue can tell.
"My heart is broke, . said Nancy Grey;
'Go put his cage far, far away;
His song was sweet, but what of that?
needed trimming for my haiti
Chicago Record.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
Pears stewed In Wine.

Stewed pears are most delicious, and
there are many ways of preparing them.
One method, which is much liked, is to
gently stew the fruit, cut into quarters,
until quite tender, in sufficient red wine
to cover them, with sugar and sweet
spices, Serve with stiffiy whipped cream.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23

These are the days the little dog
Goes wild all in minute. He
Spins like top
Till comes the cop
And shoots the whole vicinity.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
Circumstantial Evidence.

"Do you think Mrs. Deepedge viii ever
marry again?'
'1t is rather early to prophesy, but no
ticed all the pallbearers she chose were
bachelors or widowers. Chicago Record.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
Slightly Prejadiced.


80 Goldbags has disowned that prom
ising son Of his9''
eyes; the poor boy inadvertently brought
home silver medal from college DE
troit News
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
Not His Business.

Teacher-Now, Willie, tell me the name
Of this letter.
Willie-No, won't.
Teacher-But you must.
Willie-No, won't / don't come here
to teach Washington Times
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23

"Under the spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stahds;''
The smith a lonely man is he,
With large but useless hands.
His trade was good in former years
At shoeing horses heels;
He has not learned, it now appears,
TO mend the broken wheels.
Detroit News.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
Documentary Aids.

"We can't venture positive prediction
about the election, = said the statesman,
until we see the tickets.
Eyes, !" assented Senator Sorghum, land
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
AT the Bali Game.

George-How do you like it, Cora2
Cora-It's perfectly lovely. But what do
they have all these policemen at the game
fort oh, know; it is to keep the men
from stealing bases. .-Somerville Journal
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
A Spirited Poem.

When Mr.. Boosey disappeared,
And to the absent state adhered,
Till anxious friends were growing gray,
To those who knew on what he fed
1t seemed quite fit to hear it said
That he'd been spirited away.
Boston Courier.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-23
A Proper Lay.

He mashed a pretty shopper
He was gay
But he quickly wished to dropper-
Well-awayl
For the shopper called her pepper,
And her pepper called copper,
And the masher caught cropperY
Well, now, say
New York Press.