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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15
Fact Versus Fiction.

ANY legislation which lessons III,
worlds stock OF standard money III
crcases the eNchangeablc value of the
dollar; therefore. the crusade against
silver must inevitably raise the pur-
chasing power of money and lower tn,
money value of all other forms of prop
crty." By the above We are t. iufeI
that Mr.. Bryan is of the opinion thai
the legislation Of 1873 lesscned theworld's
stock of STANDARD" money. ana that
consequently the prices that hay,
fallen since then fell wholly because
of 1t; although what the explanation
would be about prices that haven't
fallen must. it would appear. remain
mystery to Mr. Bryan.
But in the first place ii is essential
that Mr. Bryan show that the lcgisla-
ton of 1873 lessencd tho worlds money.
According to The World Almanac tn,
1872 and 1923 inclusive was gold 81 .G97. -
395,o0o, silver $9,9oS, ~ 900. Since 1871
gold $2.Gi3, 1850 silver s.. 500 So. 600
In other words the gold ana silver pro-
duction was more than third as much
in the - years prior to 1884 as it was
for the $40 years prior to 1871 During
Il of those years we have not had free
coinage of silver, but vastly more was
coined and performed all the functions
OF money until the threat to debase il
frightened people. Moreover since
lS93 we have had two remarkably pro
uuctlve gold years. Here then are a
few of the plain facts that contradict
natly the position assumed by Mr.
Bryan in that labored and carefully
prepared speech. But his assertion on
TINS point of the controversy is similar,
to those he makes respecting other
points. Did he travel all the way
from Nebraska to New York only to
deal out his mere say-so and expect
everyone to receive it at its face value?
Throughout that address Thursday
evening Mr.. Bryan endeavored To give
his readers to understand that the fan
IN prices is due to crusade against
silver. Now ievery workingman and
every employer of labor within sound
OF his voice and within reach of the
printed report of his speech knew and
Knows that labors saving inventions
have marvelously increased productive
ness. At least Mr.. Bryan should give
this most important change credit for
some Of the reduction in price. He
should. at least have credited some of
the cause for lower prices of wheat to
increased competition and must before
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

which the other hinpodrumed acrus.
the land into the "eucmy's country
on the crest of hot wave. entering &
town with q pun on its name ana ltav-
Ing with promise 70 bring alauc TIA,
postoilices thu next time "a came. i.
indeed marked ono While Alr IryM
is referring to one part of IN" nation
as the "onomy's country" ANA spread
ing the false and reruicipus doctrine
that those who havr money are cu.mies
Of those who have it not ANA that tn.
plutocrats Of the East VIII suffpr ii they
don't heed the cry Of the borrowers of
the West. in short endeaYorins 10 ~
cite class prejudice and sectional hos
ulity. MI Mckinley is taking tho on
posite course. IN recent speech t,
the survivors Of gallant regiment
who called upon him at his home. h,
uttered this sentiment, one that SHOULD
not be lost sight of "ScctionaliSn
has given place To national spirit and
patriotism has smoothed thu aspertirs
Of partyism while the preservation Of
the national honor constitutes tn,
great aim and purpose Of all patriotic
American Citiz enS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15
He Won't Stop Over.

DO not know what you think about
it, but | believe that it is a good deal
better to open up the mills of the
United States to the labor Of America
than To open up the mints Of the Uni
tea States to the silver Of the world.
Great cheering ana cries of You are
rightD Washington told us over and
over again that there was nothing SO
important to preserve as the Nations
honor lie said that the most i'm
portaut source of strength was the
public credit, ana that the best method
# preserving it was to use it as spar
mGiy as possible. No government can
get on without it preserves its honor.
80 government is great enough to get
IN without it,
In the darkest days Of the Reyolu-
don. Robert Morris, its tinancior. went
To one Of his friends in PHILADELPHIA
after be- had involved himself as a
debtor for a large sum of money on
account of the government and said to
1im II must have 81 500 900 for the
Continental army" His friend said:
What security can thee give, Robcrt?"
he answered: My name and my
honor, Quick came the reply: Rob
ert. thou shalt have it" Applause,
lnd from that hour until now the
country's honor has been our anchor
in every storm. Lincoln pledged il
when in time of war we issued paper
money. lie said: Every dollar of thai
money shall DC made as gold as gold
And ii was left to Rutherford Il. HAYES
your old colonel, as President of the
| nitcd states, to execute that promise
m the resumption of specie payments
ert, thou shalt have it." (Applause)
w men Robert Morris said that they
had nothing to give but their honor
there behind his word were 3. 900 600 of
struggling patriots. Today behind the
Nations honor are 10000, 900 of frcemcn
VIII" mean to keep this government and
its honor and integrity and credit IN
Great applause. MIR
in an address to q visiting
regiment. Wednesday.-W have seen
no reason to suppose, nor has anyone
suggested the supposition that Mr.. Nc
knlay should be watched lest no tan
too much and ''slop over"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

his conclusions are accepted as salts
factory. explain why wheat has gone
al several times since silver began it,
steady decline if the price Of silver as
a commodity COMEDIES with the price
Of wheat. Wc don't think the people
are t. have Mr Bryan merely as
sert without Offering a particle Of
PROOF that thing was so-and-so when
ia their opinion it was not so-and-so.
This faculty IF assertion and ability
10 dodge argument or statistics may be
winning card in some parts of the
country but it isn't hcreabouts and
tldgins from the Indifferent reception,
ther than that Of the "rooters." given
Mr. Bryan's address, it isn't success
with New York audiences.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15
The Augusta Mckinley Club.

The spirit manifested at the meeting
OF the Mckinley Club last evening. eff
1ectually disposed Of any notion that it
was to be in any sense an ornamental
organization. But few weeks remain be-
tween now and the September election.
and the club proposes to make the most
of them The books already contain a
long list of signatures, and anyone
taking the trouble to glance over the
names will see among them a large
membership of the young men of the
city, some of whom have been re-
garded as Democrats, but who
VIII vote for Mckinley and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15
Hobart in November without "a,

hobart In November without fail 7.
was very apparent at the meeting that
every member feels personal Intere..
IN the work which the club has under-
taken; there were few, brief nitbv
speeches enthusiastically received.
committees were appointed to outline
ana systematic the work and adjourn
ihcht was had until next Monday even.
ing. The club is to have permanent
quarters supplied with the best read
'hB hFtter obtainable on the politica,
issues and arrangements will be made
ior speakers and rousing meetings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

That second story about tho return
of Nansen cxcites little curiosity in
this country just now. 1t may be true
and it may b. pure imagination. but
with Il Presidential candidate and thu
gorgeous George Fred Williams just
dripping With imagination as more
matter Of fact people have been with
Precipitation the past few days-why
it is absurd to think we have time to
hood Nansnn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15
For Representatives to Congress.

First District-THOMAS 3. REED
of Portland.
Second District-NELSON DING
LEY, sJR, of Lewiston.
Third District-SETH l.. MILL
KEN of Belfast.
Fourth District-CHARLES a. BOU-
TELLE of Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15
Even Dick Croker didn't can.

Perhaps i;ryan's friends can find al
excuse for that last speech in what
the boy orators home paper recently
said of him. The Lincoln. Ncb. Courier
explains that Mr., Bryan's successful
speeches had been very carefully pre-
pared aud that he hasn't had time to
do that recently In his boyish zeal to
take his nomination out ana show it to
the rest OF the boys"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

The president of college in Asia in
which there are 200 students. hears
that Mr.. Bryan is a good Presbyterian
and asks him through the columns of
the New York Sun for a little advice
as to the disposal of the funds of the
college. Several years ago he saws
good Presbyterians like Mr.. Bryan
subscribed funds to run the college
and invested the funds in railroafa and
other bonds in the United States. The
president of the college wants to know
what to do with those Investments. II
they remain in this country and Mr.
Bryan's plans for free coinage are per-
fected the interest will be paid in sill
yer dollars which will be worth but
fifty cents in Asia With the income of
the college cut down one-half it will
be impossible to get along and do its
work. Mr.. Bryan should hasten to
reply.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

Englishmcn and their publications
are proverhiaily SLOW at approaching
the full significance Of events in this
country but the Pail Mall Gazette
summed up the Bryan fiasco, about as
tersely as could be done, in an edito-
rial headed. The Bubble Bursts 1t
self and stated that Bryans mana :
gers had discovered that it is unsafe
to estimate him at more than fifty
cents to the dollar" This seems to
reflect the opinion in this country
since that Madison Square speech and
the garrulous vanity displayed on the
rear platform of that eastward bound
train.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

Now that the stick of Bryan's latest
rocket is down people are turning at
tentlon to what Major Mckinley is do
ing. The contrast between the way in
which the Ohio man quietly received
his notification at home and the way in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

Bryan not coming to Maine until
the latter part of September? Appar-
emily he does not care to be identified
with Mi Scwalrs free silver cam
paign in this State
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65sgB

Merciful weather.

|
shall we really be disappointed II
Bryan doesn't come:
mat was a very peculiar accident
that befel Bangor man Wednesday
night He fen out Of bed in 4 dream
and received injuries from which he
died. "
Sebec pastor is sending out printed
invitations to come to church
one Woman's club in this State ia
about to ask if the women viii be gen
tiemanly enough to remove their big
hats al tho theatre this winter
The bitter bitten" or Popocrats bolt
c. Vcy Holman.
Lewiston journal: TO keep the
calf alive for the prodigals." it seems
is the beautiful motive Of the Clifford
democrats Of Maine. 1t is one of the
happlest sayings Of the campaign.
anyway.
Chairman Manley sees no signs Of
i'di Jury on the political horizon
in the good State Of Maine
judging from his recent intarvi.,,.
He doesn't find anything to unsett,o
calculations ana doesn't figure on
Democratic detection. although ne owl
IDENTIFY thinks it will count. He takes
the sound position that 1t would mot
be wise or safe to count unruided dis
content in a plurality. We count upon
,ur own vote. and do not consider A.,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

SeWall was reminded while in New
York that the boys he's out with want
SILVER the real stuff. and there's 1G
dollars wanted to 1 Sewall to con-
tribute.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

Tesla claims to have substantiated
ms theory that the X-ray consists of
particles. Sometime, perhaps. he will
tell us about the particles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

Mrs. Bryan is a plucky little woman
to have carried herself so bravely at
her reception when the people didn't
come to be received
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

When Bryan looked about him in
New York and saw not single Demo-
crat of national and scarcely one Of
state. prominence, he may have re-
called SCOTS lines:
Where. where was Eodcrick them
one blast upon his bucle horn
Were worth a thousand men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

1t would he well for those farmers
who wish to act intclligently in con
siderng the political issues they will
ha called upon to decide between this
fall to remember that the Senate com
mittee which had the matter under in
vestigation discovered that in 1882 the
prices of farm products were about !
per cent higher than in 1860: that the
fall in farm products since 1873 had
been much less than the fan in prices
of commodities farmers have to buy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15


He finds an altogether different at
mosphere from what there was .bap
..,rto o,,,.,;.;.-
cou15 49,, 80, ~. - e'-''' -"
ir,r Tha., ~, - Va IN
H., ,,.,n,,,l 80 ~ ''iiouS
Gus -FOUR years mad told SO that you
,.,t-,' -. >. " i,, 10 Iiio intGHtioH u t'e
conventions outside tho STAT. rosnact-
ing the ola Graanhacl aIo,nan, and
saws. Il have M douht tho Dome
Gratis would gladly have the naon,s
believe that tho old Graonbaclter is
wild for silver hut thera are .v.o p.avs
to look at this matter The Green
back vote Of This Stata has not heen
poIled since 1854 whom II co,,ntad for
less than t0n0 ana II ;s vow. do,,htf,,,
whether much of This sentiment actn-
allv exists now. and then If Won find
an old Grcenbacker Won may discover
that he doesn't haliavc in eiI,.o, ~ oil
In other words IL is an orror ~ as
sumo that free silver is pacassa,j,,. ar
logically an article of his faith He
used to believe in money based unon
the good faith of the government
which is quite a different thing from
coming 5O-cept dollars for the aggran-
dizcmcnt of the owners of the silver
mines Now. as a matter of fact. orr
reports. as a whole show TINT Green
hackers are not FREQ silver mon for the
purposes of this election
Mr. Manley thinks the Republican
plurality should he hetveen II Ooo and
oo ooo lIa counts -, ,..; a..
fnl, pon,,,,;oor ,atl ~ - 49,
1,.;1.,, -,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

Thcre'd been nothing too rich fol
Nansen had he brought the north pole
back here last Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

In 1894 the estimate of the amount
of money in this country was $66l 900. =
900 gold and 1924 900 coo silver. Unless
free coinage at 1G to l brings silver
clear up to gold. which in the light
of experience it seems absurd to sup
pose, this $56l 100000 in gold. following
the law that the cheaper money drives
out the other and this law has never
yet failed to work, will be driven out
of circulation and our minis could not
coin that amount Of silver in six wears
Are we meanwhile to have more or
less money than we now have?
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Next

Bryan should read it He who apollo
giZes is lost"
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No notice whatever will be taken Of an.
4gned communications.
THE JOURNAL CANNOT BE HELD
kEsPONSIBLE for the preservation o,
vsturn of rejected communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and Advertisements ia
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers, Au-
gusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
q OFOHIo.
FOR WCE-PRESIDENT,
GARRETT 4. HOBART
OF NEW JERSEY.
FOR GOVERNOR,
LLEWELLYN POWERS
OF HOULTON.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
For Electors at Large:
JOHN F. HILL, of Augusta.
JOEL. VIII 4RIIR. of Avon

First District-EDWIN PARSONS of
Kennebunk. -
Second District-A. R., MCPHERSON of
Boothbay Harbor.
Third District-FRED ATWOOD of
Winterport
Fourth District-ALBERT II. SAWYER
of Calais.
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The cool wave appears to have started
from Madison Square.
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NanSen.
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Rockland, Saturday. Aug. %.
Shawmut. Wednesday, Sept. ,.
MaShington TnurSuHN Sept &
The Opelousas courier., 1896-12-12
Southern Tree '1ss.

"The Southern ms& is rapidly dis.
appearing" SAID "a P. T%ribeaux, Of
Donaldsonville, Lay IA few years
ago all of the trees ia the South had
hanging to their bra1ches great wisps
of gray moss 1t grew independently
of the tree to which it was attached,
and without harming it. Tt was not
used for anything, and was not sup.
posed to possess any value. Within
the past ter years it has been used ex-
tensively for packing and by uphol-
STEERING establishments. The demand
has lately so increased that thousands
OF poor people in Louisiana, MISSISSIPPI
pi and Alabama make their living pick
ing it off the trees, and it forms a very
important branch Of business in New
Orleans. It is most plentiful along
the bayous and in the swamps. and
the moss pickers, with their fiat bot
toned boats, are among the most pic
turesque sights OF the South now
Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-12-12
THREW AWAY A FORTUNE.
A Man Who Lost $4,000 WORTH OIL
An1bereris,

A Man Who Lost $4,000 Wort, o
Ambergris.
The little town of Digby, Nova SEQ
tia, is very much excited at present
over the finding of some ambergris by
Isaiah Kingdom, a fisherman who
lives in Granville, a small village
across the river from Digby. Mr..
Kingdom was in conversation with a
st. John Telegraph reporter, and told
the story of his find. He lad been
rowing along the bay shore at Gran
Vile in his boat one day last week,
and noticed some stuff" floating on
the water. 1t looked to him like tallow.
lie took it into his boat and roWed to
his heme at Granville, where he tried
10 cou 1t down to make soft soap.
Failing to- do so he threw the remain
Ger of the supposed tallow away. He
mad about 100 pounds of the material
IN all, he estimates. and had only kept
SIX pounds Of it after the rest had been
destroyed. He was told that it was a
very valuable article, and in onse-
quence he brought a sample to st.
John, where it was shown to a drug
gist, who offered for it a price which
by no means approached it's value.
Mr.. kiEghorn went back to Digby
by the steamer Prince Rupert and took
the ambergris to a local druggist, who,
after close examination, identified it
and on looking up the price list found
that it was worth So per ounce. The
fsherman's feelings. can be imagined
when he learned that he had wasted
about ninety-four pounds Of the amber
girls, which, had he keEt it, would have
brought him for the loS $56, ZOO. AS it
Is, he has left only about six pounds,
which will bring him when sold the
sum Of $4,000.
Mr.. Kinghorn left a small piece with
the druggist, which weighs about ~
pounds, and the latter will conduct the
sale Of the six pounds. The same,
which was shown to the Telegraph re-
porter at the drug store, was broken
from a lump weighing forty-two
pounds. 1t resembles a piece Of tallow
very much. Ambergris is a solid fatty
substance. OF a dull gray color, the
shades being vaGiesated like marble
and possesses n peculiar sweet earthly
Cdor. 1t is a morbid secretion found
in the intestiIes Of the spermaceti
whale, and is generally found floating
or the seashore ard in Jumps weigh
Ing from one-haif an ounce to 100
pounds. TheAsanrle is ..st;l in the
hands Of the DAby druggist, and will
probably be SEMITIC theStates, where
a deal will be madHz6T The whole. 1t
is needless to sayfthat MrrKinghorn,
who was so luckyt.'n mating the find,
is being congratulaAkfIbm all quar-
tiers upon his rapid risIon the road to
wealth. y
The Opelousas courier., 1896-12-12
CRACKING OF a

There are some varieties of pears
which are very subject to cracking of
the skin, which soon after turns black,
thus destroying the value Of the fruit.
The black is sometimes cut Off, but
what is left of the fruit lacks the fine
flavor it should have If the skin had
remained whole. The White Doyenne
pear, known also under its old-fash-
toned name, Virgalieu, is most subject
to this disease, and its growing has,
for this reason, been discontinued In
some localities. But the disease is q
fungus, and spraying with Bordeaux
mixture has been found a preventive.
1t should be done early. The cracking
generally begins about the time the
seeds are forming In the fruit. 1t may
be caused by a deficiency Of potash il
the soil, making it impossible for thu
tree to form the fruit seeds and ripeI,
its fruit. Many fungus diseases are
probably due to this cause, and a lib
eral supply Of potash to prevent them
is better than cure. But wherever the
fungus is present, it should be de-
stroyed by the Bordeaux mixture, and
the trees then literally supplied with
potash TO prevent its recurrence
Boston Cultivate
The Opelousas courier., 1896-12-12
SIGNS IN BUTTER MAKING.

We were warned a gerry long time
ago against the feolishness OF believ-
Ing in signs. And those people who
believed in them were called q foolish
and perverse generation. What was
true then is so now, and we have a
great deal more knowledge abroad
now than people had then. The bios
somirg Of the elder, the signsTso
called-of the stars, the condition Of
the moon, are all without any inhu-
ence on the cows, or the milk, or the
butter, or the cheese, and the witches
that once were supposed to infect the
churn and prevent the butter coming
were all imaginary. Food Of the COWS
and such skillful management OF the
whole of the work of the dairy, and
nothing else, are the sole and whole
causes Of good or bad butter or
cheese; or of difficulties or ease in the
making Of them.-Eew York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-12-12
The First C;cioMe.e,.,

An odometer is q little machine
which is attached to the axle OF a
wagon or carriage to give the number
of miles Travelled by the vehicle. A
pedometer is an odometer carried in
the pocket by which the distance a
man has travelled may be ascertained,
and q cyclometer is an odometer at.
tached to a bicycle.
Every boy and girl has seen q CYCLIC
meter, which generally is fastened to
one Of the front forks of a bicycle.
Every time the front wheel makes O
revolution q little cog wheel in the
c%yclometer is pushed around a GER
tain distance; every time this little
wheel makes a revolution it moves on
other wheel, and this another, and
the train of wheels is so arranged that
it registers the number of miles trav-
elel by the wheeiman.
Many people probably believe that
the cyclometer is a modern invention.
The name is but a few years old, but
the machine itself was known and
used in the reign of the Emperor Ru-
dolphus H., and he reigned from
1876 to 1912. He had two curious
odometers, which not only registered
distance but marked it on paper.
But it was an artist in Saxony
named Hohlfeld who invented the odo.
meter which is used by surveyors to.
day, and which is the father of the
cyclometer. He made u in I'LL.
He also made several kind of air guns
which shot dead bullets, and later on
he made a pedometer. Tt seems that
he was a wonderfully ingenious man,
for he made a machine for noting
down any piece of music played on a
harpsichord he invented q threshing
machine, q straw chopper, a loom for
weaving figured stuff and many other
valuable machines. -.Chicago Record.