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Gen. CraIEbiu Says About One-aOh OF the
Work Will ne Completed IN eeT

Gen. CraIEbil Says About One-aNh OF the
Work Will he Completed IN %
w~AsHISoToE, Dot. 3l.-Undsr the head Of
Notifications, in his annual report Gen. Craig
hill. Chief Of Engineers. says that the work Of
preparing emplacemsnts for guns has been
pushed with muoh vigor where the money was
syaiiaols. particularly sf NsW York. Delaware
was TO provide for the needs OF all our sea-
porta for which projects are approved, 90
as to protect az many as practicable
against Isolated cruiser attacks. Of guns Of
large calibro there are q total OF 0I0.
will nave TO be constructed. and Of thesr DON.
gress has provided Tor 10 per cent. Of the gurs
and is per cent. Of the mortArs. These tRures.
Will be the cond Ition of the country al The end
OF 1887 10 resist attacks on our coasis by 4 hrat-
class power. AS judged by expert opinion-thst
Is. ms regards COAT defence, the country In
another year will be about ons-hfth prepared.
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espusy Marshal aha R~sapDoIHtsd.
Trsdsrisk Bernhard. who has held the post of
ysars.. has bssa Teappolntsd Tor another fouS
PEARS ~ NE UAttsa States Attoyney-0enstA.
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PICTURES.
Framed Pictures at Lowest
Prices.

11x1A Artotypes, oak frames, e5c.
11x14 Imitation Pastels, white frames,
Boo.
1lx14 Fine Colored Artotypes. gilt mats
and frames, 5Sc.
16x2O Artotypes, oak frame, b9c.
1890 Artotypes, a and gilt frames.
S6c.
l6x2O Game and Fruit, F%lorentine oak
frames, CSC.
.14x1s Photographs, latest subjects, in
gilt frames, 81. 25.
1exeO Colored Pictures, gilt frames,
sligo.
1890 Genuine Pastels. gilt frames,
$1.4S.
1ex2o Colored Artotypes, white and gilt
frames, Sl.29.
16x2O Remarque Proof Etchings, oak
and gilt Florentine frames, $l.99.
Low PRICES.
Life-size Crayon Portraits, copied from
any kind Of pictures, e1.es.
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5000 dozen Of Ladies' and Infants Fine Muslin Underwear,
Slightly damaged by smoke, offered at immense reductions.
Some facts about a fire which will interest money
savers.
At the great and destructive fire of the Ronald Building. on
Boerum place, the stock of Zeman & Co, the welLknown underwear
manufacturer. occupying the adjoining house, was damaged by
smoke We have for some time been large distributors OF their fine
goods, and, in response to their advices, have secured the bulk of this
stock at reductions ranging from rs to 80 per cent The damage is
by smoke only, scarcely perceptible and without observation-disclosures
anything to injure the garments in the slightest degree. but a fault to
prevent their selling as perfect goods.
- The entire Underwear Department has been given up to the
display of the large stock. Every household in Brooklyn will send q
delegate to the sale commencing on Monday. We urge an early
attendance.
OFFERMAN.
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REFERS.

rs Children's Blue Chinchilla Refers,
deep sailor COLLAR and braid-bound, fancy
100 Children's Extra Fine Chinchills
Refers, fancy lined. deep sailor collar, sizes
8 to 8 years, special at &2.99.
100 Boys' Indigo Chinchilla Refers, ulster
or velvet collar. fancy lined, sizes 8 to le
years, value from $3.50 TO $3.50; marked
{. oo, %. 90, &5. 90.
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LILLIAN BlAsvsit Leaves sLs Dlvsrs. Colo.

FARGO, N. D.. Oct. 3l.-LiniAn BlAuyslt IN.
concert singer, who came here for q divorce. has
returned East because her Identity became
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Boys Clothing.

We continue our special sale In this dc.
pertinent: ODD ana broken iSts have been
and at least twenty different mixtures to
select from; these great bargains must b
seen to be appreciated. Bring the boys. try
them on you will find at and workmanship
complete.
Lot 1900 Boys All Wool Suits. 0 mum.
Der OF neat mixtures, made extra strong,
sizes 8 70 10 years, actual value 92.76i
special at Q l.69.
Cheviot and Tweed Two-piece SuitA well
gotten mp, sizes 2 to IL years, marked
special for Monday, S9.69.
Lot 800 Extra Fine Cashmere, Tweed
and Chsviot SUITE. best hnings; sizes TO
10 years. regular $3.50 to $3.50 goodsi
marked $S.e % and 81. D
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100 Boys Beaver Cloth Overcoats. fancy
lined, velvet collar. sizes ID TO 10 years,
greatest bargains ever offered, special Mon
day, Sab.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
HOW 10 SETTLE IT.
Only One way out Of tho silver Ques.ion.
Saws ConQressnan Warner.

Says Congressman Warmer.
Ex-Oongressman John De Witt War
ner opposes ex-C Congressman Richard p.
Bland In q discussion of the money
question In the New York Journal Of
July 1. Unlike many eastern men. Mr..
Warner has u high opinion Of the abil-
ity, character and motives Of the silver
people. He thinks that both the leaders
and those in the ranks Of the 10 10 I
army are earnest, industrious, sober and
God fearing American citizens, who are
smarting under actual grievances as to
the real cause Of which they are greatly
mistaken We quote the following as q
part Of Mr.. warner's views:
This proposed law to make people 40
cept silver is not asked for by anybody
who wants silver. IL Is just because
people do not want silver and will nos
take IL unless compelled to do 40 that
our free silver friends want law to
make them take It, The only people
who want tho law are therefore. not
those who want silver, but those who
want 10 get rid Of silver, or who, owing
gold and thinking they can buy silver
more cheaply, want TO make their cred
itors take it instead. II may be said
that, as to future matters, we could
make special contracts calling for gold.
That is Just what they can do now In
regard 10 silver AS matter Of feet, n
large and increasing proportion Of con-
tracts do provide specially for payment
In gold It is significant that no one
hears of silver contracts. The reason is
no one prefers silver except for the pur-
pose Of forcing It upon some one else.
The most serious feature Of the pres
ent situation Is not 20 much the predica-
ment in which we find ourselves a. the
apparent disposition in both parties not
TO take the only way out. which, II 1
may suggest IL, is to accept tho aitua-
ton that the commerce Of the world has
created for itself, to recognize its gen.
eral acceptance Of the gold standard,
and, leaving to commerce the things
that belong to commerce, to resist any
attempt at interference either by our
own government independently or by
any combination between IL and those
Of other nations.
Personally l believe gold 10 be far
superior TO any other standard that is
even remotely practicable, but IL our
commerce preferred silver 1 should con-
slider 1t measureless impertinence on the
part of congress to interfere with that
preference. And so, certain as am that
our commerce finds it more profitable
and natural to use gold as a standard, I
am all the more opposed to any attempt
by congress to interfere with the natural
course of business. Bad as would be
the effect of free silver, more and more
Of us are concluding that Q few years Of
apprehension and financial paralysis,
such as we have had, would be more
damaging than the actual experience Of
free coinage Of silver, trial Of which
would at least establish certain facts
and destroy sundry delusions
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
From the New York Times, (Dem.)

From the New York Times, (Dem.)
Nor is fidelity to genuine Demo-
cracy confined to the East. In st.
Louis the Courier journal, the An
zeiger and the Evening Post de q.
nounce the Populist ticket. In Chi
cago the Stats -Zeitung and the
Chronicle, the strongest Democra-
tic journals of the city in which the
Populist Convention was held, join
such staunch Democrats as John r.
Walsh, Collector Russell and Comp
troller Eckels in denying the claims
of Bryan as Democratic candidate
This is not a bolt it is the vindi-
cation of true Democracy. It is
stripping the disgoise from an i'm
pudent pretender and whipping him
out of the party whose leadership
he seeks to usurp. Reputation,
swindling and revolution are not
Democratic and have not the slight
est hold on the hearts or consciences
of Democrats. 1t is the duty as ii
will be the pleasure of Democrats to
crush them completely that they
will never in our generation trouble
tho land.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
THE TATTLER.

One Of the pretty girls in New York So
ciety is Miss Mary Watts Kearny, grand
daughter Of brave Phil Kearny.
Mrs. Ruth Sites and Marguerite Wong
Of Fuchau, China, attended the M. e. con-
ference In Cleveland, coming TO this coun-
try for that purpose
Miss J. Stewart Reid, composer Of the
"Trilby Waltz, gained the only honors
certificate at the local examination Of the
Royal Academy and Royal College Of Mu-
SIC recently held In Edinburgh.
Miss Emma Thursby, the delightful
singer, wears handsome decoration, con-
sisting of a splendid turquoise in quaint
gold setting, which was presented to her
as a token OF admiration by the czar
Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan is a member of
many charitable societies, guilds and tho
like and belongs to two clubs-that very
swell and exclusive one, the Ladies' New
port, and the Thursday Evening club.
Among ladies in New York who keep
stables and to an extent personally super
wise them are Miss Helen Benedict, Miss
Eloise Breese, Mrs. Hicks Lord, Mrs Fred
erick Nelson and Mrs William II. Van
derbilt.
Princess Pauline Metternich, widow Of
the former Austrian ambassador to France,
is making q long stay In Paris, where she
was so long an arbiter Of fashion before
retiring to Vienna The princess is now
so years Of age.
Ii Is announced that Mrs Agnes Smith
Lewis, who discovered the Syriac palimp-
sest of the four gospels in the Convent of
st. Catharine on Mount Sinai In 1899, has
discovered single page Of the original
Hebrew of the book Of Ecolesiastes.
| Mrs. John NJ. Clay owns the Henry Clay
farm in Kentucky. She has such a tender
feeling for her stock that she has provided
for the future Of all the superannuated ami
mails on the place by leaving each $50 in
her will 80 that they may receive good care
till death ensues
| Miss Katherine Ahrens Is the only wom-
an music publisher In the United States.
She began her career as a stenographer
and secretary, and her business training,
combined with great musical talent, en-
abled her TO realize her ambition, which
was to become musical publisher
Miss Harriet Hollister Of Rockville,
Conn, Is the daughter Of a Revolutionary
soldier She has just received the official
souvenir spoon given by the national So
ciety, Daughters Of the American Revolu-
tion. Miss Hollister is 98 years old, and,
although blind and quite deaf, has : won
derful memory
Mrs. Gladstone's devotion to the G. o.
NJ. Is well known. On one occasion when
about 10 years ago he was called upon to
speak In the open air at Greenwich TO an
extremely hostile audience she won the day
for him by standing throughout by his side
holding an umbrella to shield his silyered
locks from the glare Of the sun.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
The Real Currency oontrnot,on,sas.

While the silverites are bowling them
selves hoarse over "gold standard con-
traction Of the currency" the people
who believe in steadily expanding
volume of money should keep in mind
the fact that free coinage at 10 to
would be the greatest contraction meas
hre Of tho age 1t would put the ooun-
try on single silver standard, would
drive gold out of use, would frighten
investors into withdrawing loans,
would make it impossible for the gov
ernment to redeem its paper obligations
in coin of any kind, would cause the
suspension of banks by creating q panic
among deposftors. and by establishing Q
precedent for the repudiation Of debts
would greatly curtail the operations Of
our present credit system. II currency
contraction is an evil, the people who
favor expansion should vote to sustain
the present system Of gold and silver,
under which the volume Of money has
increased from $l8 In 1878 to 99s at
the present time.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
NRhern M WnnId Go.

To the warning Of the true bimetal-
lists that free silver coinage at 16 to 1
by this government alone would drive
gold out Of use as money and 50 cause
a disastrous contraction shallow critics
sneeringly ask, Where would the gold
go tor
It would go where it went during the
war time-either abroad or into hiding
or into vaults as a commodity for spec
ulatiVe gambling.
1t would go where gold has gone in
every free coinage country in the world
--out Of sight and out Of use either as
currency or as the reserve for banks
Gold is now In general use as currency
in the Pacific states. II is held by the
government and by banks in all parts Of
the country as a reserve to sustain the
circulation Of greenbaeks and treasury
notes and TO maintain the bank credits.
It serves perfectly its function as money.
When it goes to premium, 1t will no
longer do this
Free coinage means silver monomet-
alliam. New York World.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24

II Is important TO remember that
free coinage means the right Of every
owner of bullion to present the same to
the mints of the United States and have
IL coined without charge into money.
Under the free coinage Of silver. the
owner Of 817L grains Of pure silver
would be permitted TO turn IL over TO
the United States mint and have it
coined without charge or receive there
for one silver dollar. More than this.
under free and unlimited coinage, this
right would be extended to the whole
world, and the amount Of silver coinage
would be limited only by the capacity
Of our mints and the output Of the silver
mines.
II have made myself understood as
to the meaning Of free coinage and
"the ratio, " we are now prepared to dis
cuss understandingiy the feasibility Of
opening the mints Of the United States
10 the free and unlimited coinage Of sill
yer by this country alone at the ratio Of
10 to 1. For myself, after the most ma
ture deliberation, have been unable to
reach any other conclusion than that
such a step would be attended with the
most serious consequences to the country
and involve all our people in a common
disaster.
In the first place, the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver at 10 to would
in my Judgment expel from our circula-
tion not only our entire volume Of gold,
but every dollar of paper money redeem
able in gold and cause a contraction Of
the currency and a resultant panic the
like Of which has not been seen in this
generation. Senator J. @. Burrows.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24

"Bilver is now worth about 90 cents
on ounce The silver bullion In a dol
lar is worth about b4 cents Free silver
coinage would raise the price Of silver
10 1879 cents an ounce, and the silver In
An American dollar would be worth 81
IN gold the world over even without
government stamp on a. "-Ex-C Com
gressman r. p. Bland in New York
World Of July 1, 1896.
II you have q neighbor who thinks
Bland is a great statesman, and who Is
willing 10 back his opinion with money,
and who would have anything TO lose
after going through the free coinage
cyclone, here are some Of the perfectly
safe bets you can make him:
First, THAT FREQ coinage would not
in one bSiir raise the price Of silver to
e1 per ounce. (You can bet ON any
number Of years, but would have TO
wait longer before the bet could be set
tled.)
Second. THAT the price Of silver will
be lower one year after than one year
before the passage Of q free coinage act.
Third. That the price Of silver will
De less than 80 cents per ounce when a
free coinage act has been in effect six
months or one year.
Fourth. THAT at no time within one
year after free coinage at 10 to has
become law will an American silver
dollar be worth as much az 10 per cent
Of the value Of an American gold dollar.
II You cannot get even bets, give odds.
= =
mainly by the cost Of production All
the silver the world can use can be pro
duced at less than 75 and probably less
than 10 cents per ounce. No legislation
can raise, except for n short time, the
price Of silver II is TO be hoped that we
will never be forced to make this fool
ish free coinage experiment., but II we
do we should. II we can find takers, re-
coup some Of our certain losses by bet
ting ON the inevitable.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
CANDIDATE For CoNaREss.

There is q story of gentleman Of
saltatory proclivities who attempt
ed to hoist himself over a fence by
lifting at his boot straps. The re-
cord does not state that the effort
was success.
In last weeks Dispatch, Mr.. Hart,
as editor, essays the same feat for
Hon. J. j. Hart as candidate for
Congress. In view of the attitude
assumed by leading Democrats in
the State and district,i would seem
that no free silver aspirant for Con-
gressional honors need apply, and
other things being equal, this move
ON the part of the Honorable mem
Der would look as If he had com
mitted political felo de SO.
The straps may not break, and the
grunting may be loud and plaintive,
but the load of free silver is too
heavy and the fence too high to be
scaled by any such method. Joseph
will fall outside of it.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
Editorial,
THE FROGS PETERED OUT.

THE FROGS PETERED OUT.
A delegate to the Chicago conven-
tion from Sussex Co., N. j., relates
this story.
On his retu IN drummer who had
been travelling in Missouri occupied
the berth above him in the sleeper
and naturally they fell into u con-
versation which ran as follows
Delegat e." In what section of the
country have you been p
Salesman - Out through Mis-
souri,. Where have you been travel
ing ?"
Dele gate-I was delegate to the
Chicago Convention and am now re-
turning home"
Sale sman-" Well, I saw you had
nomina ted Free Silver man on a
Free Silver platform.
Delegate = " Yes, we did. How
does the nomination seem to take
among he people you have talked
with
Sal esman-" 1t reminds me of a
story / heard out west and I'll tell it.
One day long, lank specimen of a
man en- tered restaurant and asked
the proprietor if he didn't want to
buy lot of frogs ?"
YES" said the proprietor, II do,
how many pounds have you to sellT'
P ounds !" said the countryman,
81 don't want to sell by the pound,
Iwant to sell them by the wagon
load" !"
"Oh," said the restaurateur,
don't know as l want so many, at
one time, but if you sell them cheap
l might try load or two. How
many loads will you furnish ?"
"I don't know just how many +,
but several, and I'll bring the wagon
load to- m orrow morning" said the
farmer.
A Il right" said the proprietor,
"bring them along early tomorrow
morning."
He waited for the supply and his
custom ers to whom he had pro-
missed the treat became inpatient
Along in the afternoon the hayseed
who W as to bring the frogs came in
and put little basket down on the
table, remarking these were all he
could get.
Well" said the restaurant
keeper, you are a pretty fellow
here have been waiting all day fol
those frogs, had big crowd Of peo
pie and they went away maddei
than hornets. Now what explana
ton have you to offer for your fail
ure to keep your contract. "
"Only this, said Mr.. Hayseed
"you see my farm is covered witt
marshes and pools and l though
from the noise the frogs made there
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
BaltImore asun." fDem.l


There is one eventful " Black Fri
day" in American history. If the
ticket nominated at Chicago should
receive a majority in the electoral
votes there would be good reason TO
put mark against July 10, 1896, for
the disaster which would follow the
application to national affairs of the
policy advocated by Messrs. Bryan
and Sewell would be as far-reach-
ing as that of the memorable Fri
day which ushered in panic less
than a quarter of a century ago.
But assuming in advance the defeat
of the Chicago ticket, the day which
marked the adoption of the platform
on which Bryan and Sewell stand
was a " Black Friday " for all that
the historic Democratic party re-
presents. It was a "Blaok Friday "
for Jefferson and jackson and Til
den.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
The AIonstrous wronE.

The ''monstrous wrong" for which
Governor Boies arraigns the Republic
ans is. the Philadelphia Telegraph says,
"the wrong of giving the poor man the
best money in the world and assuring
him that what little property be may
possess or may acquire shall not be put
In jeopardy by the uncertainties Of q
shifting and questionable currencyE the
wrong Of insisting that the dollar paid
10 the wage Garner shall be worth 100
cents and shall not be cut down to so
oanfa -
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
AN OVERSIGHT.

Somehow our distinguished CO.
temporary the Dispatch last week
overlooked the fact that Bryan and
Sewall were the candidates of its
party. 1t did not hoist their names
neither did it recall that Samuel
Dickson had resigned as one of the
electors ON the tickets, but kept his
name at the head. Don't get too
much water ON the brain neighbor,
use ice, and read n Democratic pa
per if you can find one. The New
York Journal published by the Null
ii Millionaire, and silver mine owner
Hearst had the ticket and the re-
signation both in it, and the Journal
is now in Democratic circles in the
East pretty much like Alexander
Selkirk monarch of all it surveys, "
no other leading paper disputes its
right.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24

Ex-Governor BOies Of Iowa says that
be cannot pay the present rate Of wages
and make his 8, 500 acre farm pay. He
says that no farmer who has to hire his
help can make money at farming under
the gold standard. Ex-CongressmAn
Bland says that wages Of all kinds will
rise under free coinage.
It would naturally be inferred from
Bojes' statement that he wants free
coinage TO lower farm wages 80 that the
big farmers can make money ont Of the
labor Of others Bland's opinion evt-
IDENTIFY Is that free coinage would be
good thing for the farm labprer and
therefore. 20 far as wages are concerned,
. bad thing for the boss farmers
The two leading free coinage advo-
Gates should get together. 1t might also
he well for farmers and farmland"
30 investigate these conflicting state
ments.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
AUDITORS NOTICE.

In the Orphans Court Of Pike County,
estate of Conrad Grob, decd.
in the matter Of the account of George
E. Horton, administrator.
The auditor appointed " to make distri-
button of the balance OF funds in hands Of
George E. Horton, administrator, ,as shown
by his account" will meet the parties inter
ested for the purposes of his appointment
ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 90, 1896
at 10 O'Clock a. IN. at his office, corner 3rd
and Ann streets, Milford, Pa, when and
where all parties interested are required to
make and prove their claims, or be de
barred forever from coming in upon said
funds. HY. II. BAKER,
Milford, Pa, Auditor.
July 20, 1896. 3t
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-24
Cause of Free silver erase.

The causes Of the free silver craze are
thought by the Baltimore Sun to be
"the same which caused the greenback
heresy to find advocates in 80 many
states Of the Union 20 years ago-the
feeling Of unrest and desire for q
change, no matter what, produced BY
hard times, bad business and lack Of
employment-the desire, conscious or
unconscious, of debtors to scale their
debts by paying them in a depreciated
currency--the vague idea that more
money In circulation means more
money in each individual pocket. with
out reference TO his means or opportunity
TO earn or acquire it. F."