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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25

M. e. Chalk of the Geneva Society of
Physics and Natural History, wishing to
find out whether in calm weather the air
of the seashore contains an appreciabie
quantity of sea salt, made several expert
ments In Jersey last August. In each ex-
pertinent he caused by means of an aspi-
rator 1000 liters go cubic feet) of air to
pass through solution of nitrate of silver.
In every case there was not the least
cloudliness of the solution, provin q
that the air contained no salt. This
is not at all surprising. 1t is well
known that the air contains salt
only when the wind carries off me-
chanically salt spray from the wave
crests the salt of sea water cannot evap-
crate into the atmosphere. The evi-
dent conclusion is that, to obtain
the beneficial action of sea air, we
must go where the air is sufficient
ually hold sea water in suspension. 1t is
not enough, then, for the invalid TO go to
Brittany, or some such calm shore; we
should prefer rather somewhat more windy
coasts, as those OF Picardy and Normandy.
where the air is almost always charged
with saline particles. raised from the sea
by the wind Such localities are infinitely
more beneficial and active.-Revue Scien-
tihque.
John Kiefel, a journeyman jeweler of
Carbon, Ind, was boy with Francis
Schlatter, the Denver healer, and the two
grew up together near Zurich, Switzerland.
Kiefel says Schlatter was a hard student.
and went crazy trying to discover perpet-
nal motion. He was taken to an asvlum.
and, after eighteen months, was released
as cured, but was afterward sent to the
institution again.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
Columhia. Tbeater,

"The Old Lime kim continues to fill the
Columbia Theater. Last night little Gertie
Carlisle appeared between the act and sang
prettily.
At the Saturday matinee Katie Putnam viii,
give bicycle matinee, at which all lady
cyclists and their escorts will be admitted
gratis.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25

The Armenians believe that the wise
men of the East, who followed the Star of
Bethlehem to find the young Christ, came
from Armenia, and that the star first ap-
peared in the heavens not far from Mount
Ararat
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25


Contains everything known to architects for
the convenience of patrons of a frst-class
family hotel; it is subdlvided into 120 sunny,
cheerful and pleasant rooms comprising grand
halls, elegant reception-rooms, parors, billiard
rooms, family rooms, in suit single; fine elevs-
tor; in the basement is complete outfit for tho
elevator: laundry appliances, and verything that
the demands require for strictly frst-cass house,
or If desired the building is well arranged and can
be rented for Offices Doctors, dentists, artists and
all professional people are making Sutter st. the
great Headquarters, resort and thoroughfare for
every profession useful to the human family. For
professional not 10 be located Sutter ST. Is to
be out of the swim.
Examine this property for investment; a rare
opportunity for large piece OF SutteIst property;
a chance once in lifetime.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
Mission Residence Lots.

East line Fair Oaks. north of 25th st.-Two eIe-
CANT and slightly residence lots; choice home sites;
25xl0U and 25xl25
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25

The five. lake cities-Chicago, Detroit
Milwaukee, Cleveland and Buffalo-have a
death rate of but 1856 per thousand, as
com pared with rate of 1913 per thousand
in the rem maining large cities OF the United
States.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
"THE ALEXANDRIA,

This new and elegantly constructed 5-sto
modern hotel building,
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25

Ridley, mr.. Market and Guerrero SITS.
South line (No. 43T) of Ridley ST., 14O feet east
of Guerrero; house of two tenements; rent $29;
Castro and Valencia cables: lot 25x100 feet.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
Mission-Grand Corner Lot.

NE. corner Guerrero and 9th sts.; elegant cor
ner; all ready for building; choice location; ex-
anime this for home lot: 27xS0 feet; also adjon-
ing on 9th ST., with large warehouse almost full
size Of lot; lot 20x77 feet S. F. and S. NJ. cars.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25

In Gift Map No. 3-Ten lots, bounded by Pow
haitian, Bank and Butler or Folsom streets: fine
view; must be sold; lots 25x70 feet.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25

hester A. Harland Does Not Wish to
Be q Public Censor.
Hester A. Harand sends the following
communication, which refers to the recent
difficulty in the ranks OF woman suf-
fragists:
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25

For catalogues, terms etc. inquire of
EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO.,
Auctioneers.
Salesroom, 63S Market Street.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26

up to the grand opportunity offered,
it promises again prosperity and
plenty, and as its leader presents a
man of whose character and princi-
pies there can be no question.
That Mckinley will be elected
there is no doubt. His public and
private life is without spot or stain
a distinguished soldier, a far-sighted
statesman, a steady and invincible
champion of a great American prin-
ciple, and an able expounder of
those tenets of the party which are
at once the Nations hope and its
salvation. His name is a tower of
strength, the principles he repre-
sents are invincible, and the future
welfare of the country demands and
will have his triumphant election.
Let every one whose love of country
is greater than a personal interest,
whose patriotism is loftier than a
partisan trammel, and who desires
the prosperity, happiness and eleva-
ton of our nation stand by the prin-
ciples of sound currency and pro-
lection to American industry pledged
by the party platform and personi-
fled in the person and character Of
our leader, William Mckinley.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26
rREE SILVER FOLLY.
Postmaster General Wilson Explains Whist
Free Coinage AIeans to Farmers and
Others.

Postmaster General Wilson Explains Whist
Free Coinage Means to Farmers and
Others
In recent letter to DR.. M. W. Gam
BILE of Moorefeld, w. Va, Postmaster
General William L. Wilson makes the
following clear statement Of the real
meaning and effects of free coinage;
Free coinage Of silver at 10 to 1
means that any private owner Of silver
bullion may bring it to the mints and
have it coined without charge into dol
lars of the present weight and fneness,
which, Of course, would thereafter be
worth as much as and no more than the
bullion of which they were coined,
which is now about 80 cents to the dol
lar. No gold would then be coined, be-
cause with the bullion necessary TO coin
a gold dollar could be purchased enough
silver bullion to coin two silver dollars.
No one would use gold dollars to pay
debts which he could pay with less val
liable silver dollars. The first effect Of
free silver would be to drive out Of cir
culation the s625, 0O0 900 of gold and
TO sink all silver and paper money to
the standard Of the SILVER dollar.
There is no country in the world
that could make this sudden change in
its money standard without plunging
headlong into an .indefnite period OF
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26
POLITICAL NorEs.

The principal office which is at
tracting attention in Democratic
circles in Carbon is that of Congress-
man. Two years ago Esser trotted
out Lizard H.. Barber, Esq, as his
choice for Congressional honors.
The boss had no particular love for
Barber, but wished to use him to
pull his chestnuts out of the fire.
He wanted the Carbon conferees
that he might throw them to Con-
gressman Mutchler and thus give
the Northampton man the nomina-
ton. The late Major Klotz saw
through this little game, and the re-
suit was one of the most bitter and
disreputable fights that has ever
taken place in Carbon county. The
contest finally ended in the defeat
of Esser Cor Barber, whichever you
please, and Mutchler was forced to
do without the Carbon conferees
and was thus defeated for renom-
nation. This year we see a repeti-
ton of Esser's former tactics. Bar
Der is again a candidate, and while
he himself may be honest in his
candidacy and probably does want
the nomination, he is again being
used as cats paw by Esser. There
is little doubt but that Barber will
win and that the conferees will to
all outward appearance be chosen
in his interest. The chances are,
however, he will never be voted for
at the conference, or if he is he will
receive but a complimentary vote,
and the conferees will go to some
other candidate of Esser's choosing,
which in all probability will be ex-
Congressman Mutchler, whose de-
nial that he is a candidate can be
taken with gain of doubt.
On the Republican side there is
but one Congressional candidate and
that is ex-Attorney General w. S.
Kirkpatrick, of Easton, who came
so near being elected two years ago.
-Lehighton Press.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26

panic, bankruptcy and distress, with
disastrous check to its development and
long idleness to its industries. The hope
held out to debtors that they would be
able to pay in cheaper dollars would
never be realized, because they would be
at once pressed for their debts, and in
such a disorganization Of trade and Of
all business they could not get the cheap
er dollars, and the idea that free silver
would give us larger currency would
not be realized, if ever, in the lifetime
of the present generation.
"The farmer is urged to support free
silver ON the ground that his products
have gone down with the gold standard
and would rise with the silver standard.
They would not rise as fast or as much
as the things he has to buy, and he ought
to see that, while wheat and some other
things have gone down of recent years,
it is because of the immensely 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 it's
price.
"But farm 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 standard, 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
change no men would emerge unharmed
except those who own gold or who own
silver bullion or mines, and when we
had once gotten to silver basis and be-
gun to build up again the credit system
upon it-that marvellous system which
has made possible our modern develop
ment and which represents many times
in currency circulation and power the
money basis on which it rests-we
should have a cumbersome, heavy, in
ferior metal money, like the few unpro-
gressive countries Of the world, and sur
render to our great commercial rivals
the best metal and the best mechanism
for trade and commerce.
"If congress tomorrow had the power
and should enact law compelling all
the railroads of the country Immediately
to change from broad gauge to narrow
gauge, 1t would not more disorganize
the transportation business of the coun-
try and more cripple its efficiency there
after, as compared with other nations,
than for MS TO pass at once from gold
| to q silver standard. &"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26
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 fac
tor in a nations prosperity, and we de-
mand the restoration of the money Of
the constitution by giving silver the
same rights and privileges given to gold.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. 4"
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 16 to 1. On the con-
trary, that scheme violates every prin-
oiple of sound and just finance, and is
directly opposed to the great Jeffersonian
doctrine of equal right to all and special
privileges TO none.
1t would be a 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
I that our currency laws favor gold by
Ngiving it privileges denied to silver, it
is necessary to state just what the gov
eminent does for the two metals.
In stamping 20. 8 grains Of gold, 1000
fine, lone dollar" the United States
simply certifes to the weight and fine
ness of the coin. The mint stamp does
not fix the value of the gold nor does II
add to 1t in any way. Gold is coined al
Its market or bullion value.
l. With silver the government is more
| liberal. Over 422, 900, 900 silver dollars
have been coined, In none Of which Is
the metal Of which they are-oomposed
worth their face value. The United
States takes silver bullion now worth 90
cents per ounce and coins 1t into dollars
at a ratio which implies that IL is' worth
81. 30 per ounce. That such coins circu.
late at par is due to the government
declared policy Of maintaining the par
ity Of the two metals, nearly one-hali
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 10 to 1, 80 that.
instead Of coming silver at its com
mercial vAiuA which is all that 4
done for gold The governments wouit
declare that S7ik grains q pure Silvei
is worth as much as 28.92 grain
of pure gold Since the market ratio o.
the two metals is about 740 grains o.
silver to 23. 20 of gold it can easily b
seen that free coinage would be thu
rankest kind of favoritism to silver
Instead Of asking for equal privileges
the silver mine owners and their agent
are trying to secure class Legislation
such as is given no other industry imsth'
world.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26
Editorial.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY, OUR NEXT
PRESIDENT.

No one dispassionately looking at
the situation could for one moment
doubt the result at st. Louis. 1t
has been evident for weeks that no
other than Mckinley would be the
nominee of the party. The Repub-
licans of the country tired of the
disastrous, aimless, debt creating,
and un-American policy of the pre-
sent administration, and inspired
with the highest and noblest politi-
cal wisdom made their determine
tion so clear and unmistakeable that
there could be but one outcome.
There were many favorite sons,
gifted leaders and eminent states
men in the party upon whom the
honor might have fallen, but the
people determined that more than
any other man Mckinley was the
embodiment of all the traits of char
acter, the personification of the
principles, and the tirelesss cham
pion of the doctrines for which the
party stands and for which it has in
the past successfully battled.
He is the apostle of protection, the
policy which has been the bulwark
of our national greatness. Nothing
could have more forcibly illustrated
the need of this fundamental doc
trine as applied to our material in
terests, than the " object lesson +"
given us in the Wilson Democratic
free trade measure. The promises
made four years ago, and which the
people believed, have not been full
filed. Fires in manufactures have
gone out. Agriculture has been de-
pressed, the busy wheels of indus
try have ceased their hum, idleness
has reigned, and the great army OF
honest American toilers has stood
helpless while other countries have
reaped the benefits, and built up in.
dustries on the ruins of their labor
All this they saw and felt, and they
determined that they would bring
back this employment and render il
certain, with a fair compensation
assured and constant, and they sal d
we win have Mckinley to rule over
us.
In the homes of the unemployed
where the gaunt wolf of hunger has
stalked and where children have
asked for bread and mothers prayed
for aid, where fathers have sat sui
len and hstless or drifted into dis
pair, the silent petition has gone VI
that wisdom might endow tha'
great party to which all eyes have
turned, and the prayer has been ans
wered. The party has like a giani
risen in its might, it has measured
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26

Totals TO- 141 24 IS, ,9O3 500, $50 265l, ,9O9 075
Will these 10000, 600 Shylocks sit
idly by and see their dollar decline to
so cents when they can, by depositing
slips Of paper in a little box, prevent
any decline whatever But there are
others who will help them. There are
970, 524 pensioners on our government
and 750, 951 of them are voters. If paid
in dollars worth only 90 cents, these
would lose one half Of the $40, $50, 861
which they now receive annually. Free
coinage would be an easy method Of
cutting down our pension account, but
will it meet with the approval Of our
veterans? 1t means not only a loss to
them of $40, 900, 900, but this amount
every year, or $500, 900, 900 in ten years.
Then there are the 1000, 900 life in
surance Shylocl1s who will vote to have
their 81, 202, ,s57, 1923 in policies paid in
the same kind Of money as were their
premiums. About $500, 900 more Shy
locks are members Of cooperative and
mutual aid societies and are creditors
to the extent of So, 1874, 67O, 996. Nearly
1000, 900 more Shylocks have $s16,
$50, ,67s to their credit in the numerous
industrial companies Of this country.
In truth not only Wall street, but the
woods and the prairies are full of these
money sharks. If the most Of them vote,
as they are likely to do, in favor of hon
est money there will be no help for the
poor" debtors They will have to re-
turn all they borrowed or have their
mortgages foreclosed
But worst Of all there are only A, ,777, =
69S Of these (mortgage) debtors. They
cannot cast half as many votes as the
Shylocks. These "poor" debtors are
mostly in our large cities and have
mortgages of from 81, 900 to 81, 900, 900
hanging over them. Just think of it'll
A "poor" debtor with $50, 900 mort
gagel 1t may surprise the average Popu-
list to learn that the debtors are the
rich and enterprising, and that they are
the owners Of steam and street rail-
roads, gas, telephone and electric light
companies, and manufacturing and mer-
camille corporations and companies
These facts are likely to upset the
best laid plans of politicians some fine
day next November The average silver
politician may know much about the
ratio of 16 to 1, but he knows but little
about the ratio between the debtors and
creditors of the country. He will have
to learn it by experience. Byron W.
| Holt
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26
The Reotor's Daughter.

Tripping softly down the aisle,
With a brave religious air
And sinful little smile,
Comes the Rector's daughter;
Kneels she in the family pew,
Bonds her pretty head in prayer,
As her father tells her to,
And her mother taught her.
Eyes and hair as black as night,
Cheeks and lips like roses,
Little teeth, all pearly white
Has the Rector's daughter;
Form as frail as cyclomen,
Tiniest of noses
Who shall blame the many men,
That have vainly sought her.
sings she with a hundred charms
Holy hymns and olden,
Just as though an angels arms,
Heayen-se had caught her;
Yet these ways of sanctity
One small soul embOlden--
For to-day she winked at me,
Did the Reotor's daughterg--PUC
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26

Leather chairs that become rusty
and are still in good condition for
wear can be much improved and
frightened by the use of white
of eggs. 1t should be beaten to
froth, applied with brush and al
lowed to dry on.
Egg for dipping purposes is far
better when diluted. One table,
spoonful of warm water added to
each, after beating, thins it just
enough to gain the desired end.
Absolute perfection in a potato is
not so difficult to obtain as it's infre-
quency would suggest. The sim
pie act of boiling in unsalted water
and sprinkling the salt over after
the cooking is accomplished will
make good potatoes mealy and deli
cious
Stained marble is always insight
ly, yet is somewhat difficult to
cleanse. A mixture of chalk, pumice
stone and common soda we'll pound
ed and passed through a sieve, then
made into paste with water will do
much toward accomplishing the end.
1t should be rubbed over the marble
left for few hours, then washed
off with suds and the surface polish
ed with soft cloth and a little
sweet oil.
White spots upon tarnished fur
niture will disappear if hot plate
be held over them.
If a lamp burner is occasionally
boiled in vinegar it will cleanse
every part of it, and it is said that
if the wicks are soaked in vinegar
before they are used at all and then
thoroughly dried they will draw
well and not smoke.
To brighten old carpet take tea
grounds and wiring thoroughly with
the hands, sprinkle over the carpet
and sweep
A small candle may be made to
burn for long time by filing the
hollow around the wick with salt.
Rain water will keep the skin soft
and smooth and should best be used
for the face but if it could not be
had, a handful of oatmeal thrown
into hard water or little powder
ed borax dissolved in the water is
the best substitute.
Cinders make very hot fire and
one particularly good for ironing
days.
Milk keeps from souring longer in
a shallow pan than in a milk pitch
er. Deep pans make an equal
amount of cream.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26
WALL STREET
SHYLOCKS.
WHO THEY ARE-ENoUeH OF THEM
TO DEFEAT ALL CHEAP
MONEY SCHEMES.

Estimate Of what Free Coinage Would
Cost Some of Our shylocls-Billions Of
Dollars Of Savings Would he Sacrificed
on the Sixteen to One AItar-The 'sPoor''
Debtors who Own Our Railroads and
Corporations.
One of the many delusions back of
the free coinage sophistry is that there
are a few wealthy creditors and millions
of poor debtors in this country. Upon
this assumption it is argued that cheap
money will make it easy for the mass
of debtors to clear their farms and homes
from mortgages held by the Shylocks of
Wall street. Let us see now who are
these Shylocks and who are the creditors
of this country.
Every one who has a deposit in a saw
ings or other bank, every holder of a
life insurance policy, every pensioner,
every member of a building and loan
association, every member of aid and
benefit associations, every owner of a
government bond, every one whose sal
ary or wages are paid only after services
or labor is performed-these are some
of the creditor classes. These are the
Shylocks who have a mortgage on this
country and who are to be done out Of
half of their savings by the slick 16 to 1
scheme. In truth these Shylocks not
only own the country, but they have
votes enough to compel the "poor"
debtors to pay in honest money. Let us
enumerate some of them who hoard their
wealth in banks and loan it out at
"usurious" rates Of interest, and see
how much they would lose under free
coinage and with 80 cent dollars:
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26
THE HOUSEHOLD.

The Household editor will gladly receive
suggestions from any of the interested
readers of this department and any ques-
tions of general domestic nature will
gladly be considered.
All communications relative to this de-
partment must reach this office not later
than Tuesday.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26

Our Populist brethren say there isn't
gold enough in existence to pay what
we owe. We don't pay debts with gold.
We use gold - a measure Of services,
and we pay debts with our cotton and
our wheat and our corn and our cattle
and our manufactured products. Bel.
ton TEX. Journal.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-06-26

Z Now for the redemption of Pike
County. She has been under the
bane of Democracy ever since she
was born. Let us this fall place her
in the ranks of progress and wipe
out the stigma of rattle snakes, bad
whiskey and Democracy, and in
their stead inscribe on her banner,
patriotism, purity and protection, u