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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-22
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There will he n now form In Houston
blue uniform this afternoon. Pete Week
becker, who has been with Galveston al
soason. has been signed TO play right
and be a relief catcher Pete IS n good
player. has done good work with Calves
ton and viii be valuable 20 Houston. Ran.
kin was released last night
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-22

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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-22

EVENTS AT NEWPORT.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-22

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Observations taken by United States
weather bureau at all stations. S p. m.
7Jth meridian time
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
THE EMPTY DINNER PAIL.

As sit here idly dreaming
OF the happy time that's gone.
Not dollar In my pocket,
And the winter coming on;
The thing that breaks me up the most
And makes me feel so small.
Is the sight of that old dinner pail
Hanging on the wall.
I've carried that old dinner pail
For fifteen years or more,
And IL never saw me out of work
Or destitute before.
For with shops and factories running,
And the best of wages paid.
prosperous lot of fellows were
The dinner pail brigade.
But you see we wasn't satisfied,
/ Though 1t seemed most mighty strange.
And we said we thought the country
Would be better for a change;
And we rallied about the tariff.
And we bowed about free trade,
And we voted Democratic,
Did the dinner pail brigade.
Well. change was what we wanted.
And we got Ii too, you bet;
For the shops and factories all shut down
And left us In the wet;
The banks suspended payment,
And i lost my little all.
And the dinner pail Is empty now,
That's hanging on the wall.
I'm dependent now on charity
For the roof above my head;
And I've seen my wife and little ones
Go hungry to their bed;
But I've plenty of time for thinking,
And i see II. isn't II strange?
For i voted Democratic.
Just to have a little change.
Yes, we voted Democratic,
And you see the change has made
lot of hungry beggars
OF the dinner pail brigade;
The workingmen are idle
But the NORWOOD and the gall
Is to see the empty dinner pail
Hanging on the wall
Troy (Kansas) Chief.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
Farmers Not Fools.

The farmers of this nation are smart
enough TO know that n monetary sys-
tenn that would be good for them alone
would not be good for all the people.
Therefore, when the Democratic speak
ers tell them that 50-cent dollars will
raise the price of their wheat the
farmer is intelligent enough to know
that the statement is intended to de-
ceive, for currency that will raise
the price Of one thing will also raise
the price of another. But while the
farmer and merchant would be marking
up their stocks, the laborer will plod
along at the old wages. Experience
teaches these statements to he facts
Then suppose they mark up their prod
ucts and their wares. Who is it that
supports the merchant and the farm
er? Is it privileged class, who live
only to spend money-the earnings of
someone else? No; not in this coun-
try. Our laboring masses support the
great stores and the farmers, and when
they are at work at wages that Amer
leans ought to receive, the merchant
and the farmer enjoy good times. OF
what benefit would a raise i'm prices
of goods and products be then to the
farmer and merchants unless q full ra-
ito raise would come to the laboring
man?
The Courier might answer this by say
ing, Let the laboring man strike for his
rights and get them. But can the Court
er vouchsafe to the laboring man in gen.
eral any more success than it achieved
in his strike for his rights against the
Courier? Would it not result in each
instance in a year of idleness, and n
complete shut out so far as securing
work under old employers is concerned ?
Laboring men generally think so. wheth-
er the Courier does or not. They are
thinking for themselves. They are COM
pairing the times they enjoyed during
1892 with the present Wilson bill times,
and will vote ordingly.-Evansville
Journal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

question:. + concerns h Ii: bread and but.
ter. BY the taxpayer who finds that the
government has put . Nm on him tor
twenty years Tor the payment or interest
on quarter of billion dollars, which
custom houses of the importer Of foreign
goods IL the Mckinley law had been kept
instact, the Bryan sDeer at the impor-
lance of the issue Is poorly appreciated.
Likewise the retailer, the .trndesman, the
professional man and the labcrer-all
these, after four years OF reduced bust
ness and incomes and uncertain work be-
cause of the hard times, know of no more
important issue than that of starting the
wheels of industry and business once
more in motion.
1t is useless to tell the thoughtful and
discerning voter that the desired effect
could be had from a mere change In the
general economic conditions as they
were. No form of money produces pros
perity unaided As for free silver, moth
ing would so well lubricate the machin-
cry of business after the machinery had
begun to workout no one pretends that
free silver would start the engine. 1t
could not open factory which had been
closed by free trade competition. Pro-
lection would have to be used for that.
There must first be some means found
of putting more money into circulation
before an extra volume of either gold,
silver or paper can reach the masses,
and If there is any better way to do
this than by making it possible for
American industries to put their old pay
rolls into force again, experience does
not suggest it.
In a word, to have a return to pros
perity we must first repeal the tariff
law which drove it away and the re-
store the law which produced it. There
is no other recourse, and, in spite of all
that Bryan may say about the "insig-
nificaAe" of the tariff question, it looms
issue of real moment in this CANVASS
San Francisco Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
CAMPAIGN NOTES.

The Bedford Times Republican offers
to accept subscriptions at 81 per year
payable If Mckinley is elected and free
II he is not elected. Nothing risky in
that-except for reluctant subscribers.
Bryan says there IL such thing as q
dollar being too good. A dollar and
wife, says the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
"are two things that can't be too good.
and they are too hard to get to be read.
lily traded off for a cheap dollar or cheap
wife, just because those are easier to get
1t Is not necessary that anybody should
follow up Bryan to answer and confute
what he says. He does that himself.
Bryan tells gaping crowds that after
taking one bottle of his Free Silver Toni:
any man can lift himself over the fencn
by his bootstraps. And some men be
lieve him.
1t Is the universal report all through
Western New York that IL you want IA,
meet those Republican farmers who ara
going to vote for Bryan you must go t.
"the next town."
The nomination of Southern man By
the sound money Democracy will effectu-
ally eucher the effort made by Bryan,
Altgeld, Tillman and company to make
the national canvass sectional one.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
A Warning from Webster.

He who hampers with the currency robs
labor of its bread. He panders indeed
to greedy capital which Is keen-sighted
and may shift for itself, but he beggars
labor which is honest, unsuspecting anS
too busy with the present to calculate
for the future. The prosperity of tho
working classes lives, moves and has its
being in established credit and steady
medium of payment. All sudden changes
destroy it.
Honest industry never comes in for
any part of the spoils in that scramble
which takes place when the currency
of country is disordered. Did wild
schemes and projects ever benefit the in
dustrious? Did violent fluctuations ever
do good to him who depends on his daily
labor for his daily bread? Certainly
never. All these things may crafty
greediness for sudden gain, or the rash.
ness of sudden speculation, but they can
bring nothing but injury and distress
to the homes of patient industry and hon.
est labor.-Daniel Webster, speech AT
New York, March Is. 1897
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
The thought of sleeping with such
bed fellows disgusts Uncle Sam.
Seesaw Money.


The Mexican dollar wabbles with sill
yer. The United States dollar stands
solid by gold. Measured In gold and
maintained at parity with gold, Its
values remains. Within three years
the Mexican dollar has been as high as
as cents and it has been as low as 4S
cents. Its value rises and falls with
the demand for silver, and this varies
with the trade in silk and the trade in
tea, with the exchange on India and
the payment of war indemnities by
China to Japan, and all the world OF
trade and speculation. Within the year
1t has been as high as GO cents, and has
dropped to its present price.
This is the kind Of seesaw money the
United States Is asked to adopt. Up
and down. Now high and now low.
Never as good as dollar, and never
maintaining any certain ratio with It,
Labor receives in this country In wages
In year $2,OOO,0O0,0 If these wages
had been paid in silver this year the
tpsu in the price of silver in the past six
months would have cut the value Of
these wages down oy 100000, 900, a
tax on labor one-fifth as large as that
Of the cost of the Federal Government
for a year.-Philadclphia Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
Chinese for Bryan.

The Ventura (Cal) correspondent of
the Los Angeles Times furnishes the fol-
lowing:
Ventura contains within its borders
one smart Acknowledged Mongolian, who
is far-seeking beyond the average of his
by no means weak-minded brethren. In
conversation with the Times correspond
ent yesterday he intimated that Bryan's
election would be in the nature of a
blessing to Chinese merchants, who keep
n weather eye open for the main chance.
In support of this theory (Which, coming
from a Chinaman, seemed strange), the
heather outlined the following scheme
which to him looks like ready money:
"You see Mexican dollars are for sale
in Ventura banks for "a cents. Sup
pose / buy $1,000 worth, hold them I'M
ill Bryan is elected, melt them down and
send them to the mint in San Francisco
/ make $4,000 clear. If Bryan Is defeat
ed can use them for China trade with
no loss. If Mexican silver don't go up
in price after Bryan's election can
put my $4,000 back into Mexican dollars
and double my money again. Bryan's
election means money to me on the first
deal in any event, and his defeat can
only result in the loss of a fraction of
a cent or so, as Mexican dollars huctuate
In value. We Chinese merchants buy
them for China trade as they come
Its big scheme, and if the chances
seem good for Bryans election l will
nut a couple of thousand dollars into it."
The foregoing Is no fancy SKETCH, but
A well-considered scheme evolved from
the fertile brain of Chinese trader,
who is always open for chance to turn
an honest penny. 1t may furnish food
for thought fer some Of the advocates OF
unlimited coinage, and Is gwen for what
tu xrrnE
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01


There Is q good story told Of John
Hays Hammond, the American, who
was Implicated In the famous Trans
vaal conspiracy, writes Richard Hard
Ing Davis. Hammond was very III dur
ing Jhis imprisonment. and In conss-
ounce was permitted 10 go to the Cape
fsr his health under a heavy bail. He
was at that time under sentence Of
fifteen years imprisonment. and the
bail was not so heavy as the fine he had
still to pay, which amounts to $175, 900.
He did not give his parole to return
to jail, and his failing to have done SO
would have meant nothing more than
the forfeiture of bis bail, the amount
Of which, he could very well have af-
forded to have paid. And when he
had once crossed the border of the
Transyaal every man he met was his
friend. He could on reaching the Cape
have stepped upon the first outbound
steamer and shaken the dust of the
Transvaal from him forever.
THAT Is the last you will see of Jack
Hammond" some one said to Kruger.
'Iithink not" the President answered,
"and even IL Mr.. Hammond would
wish to escape, know Mrs. Hammond,
and she is too fine woman to let him
think of it." Two days before his
leave had expired Hammond came
back to Pretoria and knocked at mid
night at the door of the jail for admit
lance to what, for all he then knew,
meant fifteen years of his life in pris=
on, and the jailers were so amazed to
see his face through the wicket that
when he threw his valise, which he
had carefully packed with whisky and
cigars for his three fellow prisoners,
at one of them, the Boer picked 1t up
without examining 1t and carried it into
the cell which Hammond, Rhodes,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

holder Of silver bullion can take his
money TO Washington. but the govern
ment will not buy 1t. The mint will
stamp dollar, but the moment tina GOV
eminent ceases to redeem it's obligations
In gold on demand that moment the sill
yer dollar will buy but 80 cents worth Of
products. Nobody who has gold will
dollar. Where, then, will any demand
come in? Nowhere except on the part
of a man who wants to pay dollar of
debt with so cents worth of silver bull
lion. Is 1t upon that demand Mr.. Bryan
relies for the success of the free silver
movement? If SO, his campaign Is one
for reputation. There can be no 9TH
er demand, so either Mr.. Bryan's cam
paign is founded upon Reputation or de-
fusion. In either case, does he think 1t
worthy of the support of the American
people Boston Advertiser.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
HERE'S A SPRING SHOE.
1t Actually Lifts the Feet and Saves
the Wearer from Fatigue.

~ ACtually TIC ESCt uhu gu NCs
the Wearer from Fatigue.
A spring heel attachment for shoes
to aid in walking is one of the latest
devices for the comfort of pedestrians.
With this attachment the effort of lift
ing ones foot is practically reduced to
minimum. The spring actually lifts
the foot, and the pedestrian does the
rest.
This curious device is nothing but
stiff strip of steel about an inch in
width and some three inches long. 1t Is
first bent double and one end turned
upward over the other end, so as to fit
it closely to the edge of the heel of the
shoe. M
The spring is screwed to the heel Of
any ordinary shoe, and once In place 1t
gives a ''spring" to the step, which is
Of great assistance in walking or run
YYng. The idea is taken from the nat
ural action of the muscles Of the foot,
which are familiar to everybody who
has ever tried to run without touching
the heel to the ground.
The weight of the body forces the
spring close to the heel, and as the step
is taken and the foot partially raised
from the ground, the spring gives an
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
FINANCIAL DEPENDENCE.
Silver Standard Would Put Us In the
Hands of England.


One of the boldest mendacities of the
silverites is that silver is American; gold,
English; that silver stands for American
independence of foreign financial rule;
gold, for the subjugation of American
finances to English bankers and their
Wall street hirelings. Nothing could be
more opposed to fact. Should the free
coinage of silver become law, the first Ell,
feet would be the disappearance of gold
from circulation, for no one would pay
out gold dollar worth 100 cents, when a
silver dollar worth but 53 cents suflicied
for the bargain. AS silver dollars in
creased in number, gold would be sold
and leave the country for other coun-
tries where it is recognized and used as
coin. England, the richest of nations,
would get the most of it. The addition
of the gold of America 10 her own supply
would fortify her position as mistress
of the exchanges of the civilized world;
for all exchanges are, and must continue
to be, in gold, so long as the gold ma
tons have the controlling wealth. The
addition of the American gold would vir-
tually give England corner" in the
metal. She would be enabled to fix the
price to the United States, to Mexico
and to the silver republics of South
America, just as she has already fixed
the price to India, to Egypt and to her
other dependencies.
In adopting silver the United States
surrenders it's financial self into the
hands of England. So long as the Unit
ed States maintains the gold standard,
so long it preserves financial independ-
ence and financial standing and power
among the commercial powers of Chris
tendon. Surrender gold, and the country
forthwith becomes the slave of the gold
countries: for gold will continue to rule
in spite of the declarations of the silver
howlsts. Free silver, therefore, does not
mean financial independence, but, on the
contrary, the surrender or financial indie
pendence and the voluntary acceptance of
financial servitude. The actual value of
the silver dollar would be controlled,
and changed at will, by England, acting
as the agent of the gold countries.-D. G.
Eaton in New Haven Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

Phillips and Farrav shared il COM
mon. Hammond had gained his tenn
porary liberty because be was Ill, and
he did not take advantage Of that act
of kindness on the part Of the Beers to
fly the country, and so leave his fellow
conspirators to suffer punishment
which, If deserved by one, was deserv-
ed by all. 1t was case of conscience
and of moral as well as physical cour-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
The Real Issue.

Mr.. Bryan's latest device to get away
from the tariff issue, which his audi
tors persist in thrusting upon him, is to
belittle it. The other day the boy orator
told crowd that. when compared with
the currency question, the matter of high
or low duties was insignificant" The
tariff was a subject to be waved aside,
to be shelved, or to be thrown upon the
rubbish heap of time-worn and inmate
rial politics, Mr.. Bryan did not care
which. But as an issue in this canvass,
faugh! The idea was revolving to every
honest sentiment of the masses, and par
ticularly to the candidate with the record
of having predicted rise in the price of
wheat to $125 per bushel upon the pas
sage of the Gorman-W Wilson bill.
Yet, insignificant" as this question
may seem to men who have made a
record upon which they want to have
forgotten, the voting masses have some
how been misled into thinking that so
long as the present tariff is running the
country into debt at the rate of 81 ,OOO,-
600 day il is a good thing to have re-
pealed. They do not believe that the
treatment of vast and growing deficit
Is outside the realm of practical and
necessary politics. Mr.. Bryan apparent
ly does. To the idle operative who wants
nothing more than to have the mill or
factory which once employed hip open
it's doors again SO that he may support
his family as he did In Mckinley times,
the assurance that the tariff question IL
puerile comes with very little force. To
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

clined TO condder . blessing. Andrew
Jackson. Eighth Annual Message.
We cannot by law TX the value Of
either metal or coin or of any Of the
articles that enter into the wants Of
life. The great law Of demand ana
supply affects the value as 1t does iron,
copper or zinc. All have fallen In mar
ket value by means Of new discoveries
and improved methods Of production.
Senator Sherman. . 40 'el s..s.ls7s
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
Th;nus Might he Far Worse.


1t Is a frequent excuse Of unthink-
ing men for leaning toward free silver
that "things can't be worse than they
now are" This is n mistake. Mat
tiers can be very much worse, espe-
cially for the workingmen.
First-They would be worse L. wages
were paid in 53-cent dollar or in a
dollar worth less than 100 cents. How
ever it may be with mine owners and
mortgage debtors, men whose capital
Is their labor are not interested In hav-
Ing the purchasing power Of their
dollar" diminished.
Second-Things would be made
worse for the 1,732,3S2 savings bank
depositors in this State alone if their
SIZE, 032, 800 Of savings were made pay
able in deprecated dollars.
Third-Things would be verse for
the nearly 100000 pensiensrs if their
monthly stipend were to Do paid In So
cent dollars. 8 = ~ 's2a~
Fourth Things would be wsrse for
all the millions OF Dependencies Of stock,
mutual and cooperative insurance
companies and all the 1,745. 725 share
holders in building and loan associa-
tons II payment were tcSbe7made to
them In any money less good than the
best
Fifth--Things would be worse for
everybody In case Of panic caused by
the prospect of a silver basis..-New
York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
From a Great Democrat.

A depreciation Of the currency Is al
ways attended by loss to the laboring
classes. This portion Of the commu-
nifty have neither time nor opportunity
to watch the GIBBS and flows OF the
money market. Engaged from day to
day In their useful tolls, they do not
perceive that, although their wages
are nominally the same, or even some
what higher, they are greatly reduced,
In fact, by the rapid increase Of cur
rency, which, as 1t appears to make
money abound they are at FIRST in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

impetus to the step, and practically
forces the body forward. 1t is claimed
by the inventor that the use of this ap-
parently simply device reduces the
fatigue of walking one-third. 1t Is
practically adapted for use by those
who take walking tours during their
vacations, and persons whose business
necessitates much walking.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
DOG WITH THREE LEGS.

New York Financier Has a Prize in
n Collie Puppy.
]. Pierpont Morgan, the New York
banker, has recently drawn a prize.
He is the proud possessor Of a three
legged collie puppy, which was born a
few weeks ago at his summer residence
at Cragston. The puppy is as well
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
Horse Nonsense.

II don't think am really any cheap
er than / used to be-" argued the
horse. II am worth just as much as I
ever was. The bicycle has appreciated.
That's all."-Chicago Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

Mr.. Bryan, after weeks of cogitation.
has at last answered the question, why
will an act of Congress make % cents.
worth of silver bullion worth n dollar?'
He says, uproaEiously that the enormous
demand for silver will make 1t dearer;
buf be fails to show any demand. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

Besides the money in circulation there
was in the treasury Sill, 803, $40 Of
gold to cover the certificates and main
tain the redemption of legal tender
notes. 378, GA, 043 silver dollars, which
are in the treasury mainly because peo-
pie object to receiving them, and other
moneys aggregating 1854. $40. 9Sl. The
whole amount Of money in the country
in 1875 was S765, 6SS. 1884; in 1895, in
Guiding gold and silver bullion in the
treasury, the amount is 81, 348, 897, 600.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

II we could only see ourselves as 9TH
crs see us, life would seem like ono
perpetual comic valentine. .,