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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13
who Control Silver Mines /?

Does Wall street own or control any of
all the silver mines of this country? If so.
what is her object in being so still about
it'll. j., Dresden, Kan.
You seem to think Wall street is a
woman. We doubt if the majority of
the Populists who talk so glibly about
ssWall street. know what it is. The
United Stsy>cs subtreasury in New York
is on Wall street: so are q number of
banks and brokers' offices. When prop
erly used '.Wall street. is simply a gem
eral name for the dealers in New York
in stocks. bonds and other securities.
The silver mines are owned by cor
porations, and their stock is dealt in by
New York brokers. the same as other
stocks. ''Wall street" is not keeping
still about it. THE fellows who are
keeping still are the great silver barons,
who are pushing free coinage, and spend
ing money like water to make it win.
They don't want the voters to know
that free coinage at Is to would. by
putting the country on silver basis,
make the value of the dollar depend
on the market price Of silver bullion,
which they. by speculation, could run
up or down, and really put the entire
money of the country at their mercy
Toledo Blade.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13
poor Mans Money"

Among the transparencies carried by
the shouters for Bryan at Des Moines
Friday evening were some bearing the
words, ''Silver is the poor mans money,
"Vote for the poor mans money" and "A
2OO-cent dollar is dishonest dollar
Such sentences show the drift OF the
public mind and reveal only too plainly
that with many people the silver ques-
ton is one of prejudice rather than one
of reason. What is the meaning OF the
phrase. "Silver is the poor mans mon
ey?' We doubt very much if the man
who carried that transparency could
have given an intelligent answer. Under
present conditions a silver dollar of the
United States will buy just as much at
home or abroad as a gold dollar 1t
makes no difference to the workingman
whether he receives his weekly wages
in gold or silver coin. The amount of
goods he can purchase is the same. I'm
til the agitation of the silverites drove
the gold of the country into hiding places
workmen were often paid in gold and
when this silver craze is squelched they
will again receive gold as a part of their
wages.
silver can be said to be the poor man S
money. In those countries where the
coinage of silver is unrestricted the wage
earners are emphatically poor. A list
of those countries is printed in another
column this morning and the wages paid
to skilled and unskilled laborers given. AS
was shown by the Northumberland let
tiers from Mexico published in the Re
publican on Friday and Saturday the
price of the necessaries of life in these
countries is double the price paid in the
United States. Is this ''tne poor mans
money" that the wage-earners OF the
United States are to vote for? Are they
willing to sink to the level of the Mexi-
can peon or the coolie of India? If SO
the way to do it is to vote for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver. If a
free coinage law such as is contemplated
by the silverites be passed, one of two
things must happen. Either the silver
of the entire world must be lifted to a
parity with gold or the silver dollar OF
the United States must sink to the Level
of Mexico and other silver countries
In that case the wages of the working.
man will be cut in two and he will in.
deed have cause to talk Of poor mans
money"
why should not the laborer continue
to be paid in good money?-Cedar Rap
ids Republican.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13
Questions for Wage-Earners.

History teaches that in all cases where
the cost of living has suddenly increased
as a result of deprecated money wages
have invariably been the Heo last 70 respond
lieve that with 53-cent dollars as the
sole money of redemption the wages Of
the $4,000 railway employees would be
doubled? Would the salaries of the
10000 school teachers be doubled?
Would the wages of the 6,000,000 wom-
be doubled? Certainly not.-Galyeston
News
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13
To william j. BRYAN.

You shall not prod the sides Of labor
with goads of silver. You shall not inn
pale the laborer's wife upon the prengs
Of high cost and low wage.--W Waterbury
American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
THE ROOM UNDER THE RAFTERs.

The little room under the rafters-
Oh. me! how swift years have fed,
Since my brother and I, in the days long
gone by,
I remember its furniture llomely,
It's rocker, taiI-backed. and the stand
Painted blue as the sky, and the bureau
so high,
And the looking-glass small as your hand.
That bloomed in its pot on the sill,
OF the window so low where the vines nse6
to grow,
The hop vines, with leaves like frilI.
I remember the chest in the corner,
And the odorous herbs asway
In the breezes that blew the low window
through,
Bearing scents of the flowers and hay
I remember how often ere sunrise,
The robins my slumbers would break,
AS they sung just outside the old roof
brown and wide,
In the elrns which the winds loved to
shake;
And how often at morn have I listened.
And while sunset was staining the west,
TO the twitter sweet of the swallow so
fleet,
AS she built in the caves her clay nest.
Oh, the years have been many and varied
Since I knew the sweet peace of that
home
Since 1 knew the rare bliss of mothers
fond kiss;
And at times when alone there will come
A yearning,' an infinite longing
For that dear childhood home far away
For the old friends and best, and nights
peaceful rest
In that room meath the rafters so gray
Edwin 3. Lowe. in Gooo Housekeeping
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
"You are trusting in me," she said.

treaty. It had come, by this time, to
be hard to deny her anything.
''After his timely assistance to me-
she went on, cit is only fair that /
should be allowed to reciprocate, to do
some little thing to prove my graft
tude."
every well. go, then," said I, shortly:
but in the heart of me there was a
vague feeling of relief that she should
so soon repay her obligations to the
man from whom certainly had no
good to expect: it was better for them
to be quits as speedily as possible.
'She will round out a useful day by
bringing Fowler here said DIR. Banks,
as we stood watching her hurry off her
hat and gloves. did you know that it
was she who found him?'
No. answered. "How did it hap
pen?"
Her aunt, it seems, must have been
a good deal worried about the mans
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
Sir John AIoore,s Retreat.

The tale of Moore's splendid retreat,
of his courage and calmness in loss and
disaster, of his superb control of his men
in their disappointment when Corunna
was reached and no fleet was found
there, OF his brave fight with Soult on
January 16, of the mortal wound which
struck him down in the hour of victory,
and OF the self-forgetfulness which en-
abled him in the agonies of death to
make all necessary arrangements for
his men to embark on the beiated ships
all this is a brilliant page Of English
history, perhaps the finest record in its
course of glory won in retreat, of pa
tience, moderation, and success in the
very hour of bitterest disappointment.
1t was the spirit and example of Moore
which made possible the victories OF
Wellington.-Prof.S Sloane, in Century.
The ears of the fly are located near
the base of the wings
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
XIV.

While we physicians busted ourselves
in the room in which the injured man
lay, making such preparations as were
in our power for the grim event on the
result of which life depended,
Dorothy Gray was driving brisllly along
the BASKERVILLE road. The task she
had undertaken was simple, but none
the less important for that fact; she
had merely to cover more than score
of miles in the shortest time possible.
For many girls of her acquaintance the
undertaking would have been the
easiest thing Imaginable; and with a
good deal of envy she recalled the skill
shown by one or two of her friends on
occasions when the moving cause was
nothing more weighty than chance to
! display prowess as whip. Unfortun-
ately for her, she had seldom held the
reins over anything more spirited than
the lazy animals occasionally hired by
her aunt on specific guarantee that in
no way could they be started out of a
slow trot, hardly faster than the walk
for which all of them evinced strong
preference; and, although she had
gained very fair understanding of the
idiosyncrasies of the roadster in front
of her, her knowledge had the drawback
of being for the most part theoretical.
Still, she had not begun the journey
without duly considering its conditions,
and, on the whole, they were favorable
to a novice. The road was good, though
here and there very narrow, as is some
times the case with rural highways;
there were no sharp pitches of the kind
to shake unframed nerves; and the
horse, SO far as she knew, was utterly
unaequainted with the equine joys of
boiling. Not to press him at first
that was her plan, for much haste
might mean little speed in the end.
For the first half-mile she drove al
most leisurely, but when she had
reached the top of the ridge which Dor
dered the lowlands along the shore she
frightened the reins little, and felt in
stantly the roadster's response to the
summons. He settled down to the
work before him as if he liked it, with
the long telling st: .des which covered
ground with such deceptive ease. a
quarter of a mile ahead was q buck
board bearing two passengers and
drawn by a horse which. she saw as
she came closer. was trotting steadily
1t surprised her to observe how rapid
~ she overhau1ed the other conveyance.
even when the driver, after look over
his shoulder, piled his whip with the
evident intention of giving her chase.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
XIII.-CoNTINUED.
BY MilliamT
opyright. 1895. by ]. B. Lippincott Col


The half-hour passed with no It'd
ings of the missing man. After an
other fruitless survey OF. the road, Mrs.
Weston, dolefully shaking her head,
vanished again, after once more in
forming me that his prolonged absence
was wholly ineXplicable. Presently
one of her sons brought my horse and
carriage to the door, and, somewhat
reluctantly, forsook the cool quiet of
the Office TO begin the drive to the house
OF one of the patients whom 1 was
attending during Mr.. Banks GONZALES
cence from his injury. Miss Gray was
reading i'll the shade of the porch of
the house over the way, and, in hopes Of
persuading her to join me, L crossed
the road and went up to her.
Really, 1 should be delighted, but
I've promised my aunt to see her safe
1y off, said she, in response to my in
vitation. you know she is to take
tea in the village, and her hostess is to
sent for her L don't know at just what
hour
''Oh, then there's no hope for me-"
said I, grumpily. However, shall
be back in an hour or two. I'm expect
ing DIR. Banks to call for my report
of the case, and he may appear before
my return. IF he does, will you kindly
ask him to wait for me? Then, too, if
Jones condescends to drive up with
his load of gravel, and you happen to
speak to him, please be SO good as to
tell him that I should like to see him. -
eff You care to wait a little" she an
swered, 1--WE may interview him to-
gether. The team is in sight now"
Looking along the track toward the
house of the knoll, saw Mrs. Weston's
horses jogging homeward at trot,
which indicated that the wagon they
drew could not be loaded very heavily.
"Where's the driyer?" Miss Gray
asked. do you see him."
mo, DON'T said I. "Quiet as the
team is, it must have got away from
him"
One of the boys ran up to the ap-
preaching horses and stopped them.
We could see him pick up the reins
from the ground, examine the wagon,
and climb to the seat. By the time
he drove up to us Mrs. Weston, Mrs.
Clark, and one or two others had joined
the group, and Mrs. Loring, who looked
down from the window of her room.
Dorothy Dorothy!" she called out,
s'tell me, tell me. has anything hap
pened? anything terrible? Where,
oh, where is the man? Is he dead 1?
Is he killed? Oh, Dorothy, I'm sure he
must. bel"
s'Don't be alarmed, Mrs. Loring," said
I, saving her niece the trouble of ex-
planning that nobody knew more about
the matter than she did. ''The horses
have probably started for home while
Jones' eye was OFF them. No doubt
he'll be along in an hour or so.'
She tried to ask more questions, but
no one took the time to answer them.
All of us were busily inspecting the
wagon and its steeds. The convey
.ance was loaded to perhaps quarter of
it's capacity. One of the movable side
boards was gone, but that was the limit
of damage
Its all plain enough" said I. 1.-THE
horses became homesick and trotted
off, very possibly while Jones, not sat
isfed with the gravel he had found.
was prospecting for better. He'll he
here in time for supper, with a splendid
appetite from his tramp"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26

UAIlcommunications for this paper should
be accompanied by the name OF the author, not
necessarily for publication but as an evidence
OF good faith on the part of the writer. Write
only on one side Of the paper. Be particularly
careful In giving names and dates to have the
letters and figures plain and distinct.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26


to ease her mind Miss Gray promised to
keep lookout for him. At last Mrs
Loring had to start for the village, but
meantime Miss Gray had caught some
of her aunt's fears, and, as soon as she
was free, off she started on hunt of
her own. She followed the wagon
tracks almost to the house of that lone
some patient of yours, Morris. Then
the trail turned to the southwark, al
most skirting the edge of the bog. 1t
was a queer route to pick out for haul
ing heavy load, and soon she had cause
to believe that Jones had found the
road rough, for in one place she saw u
heap of gravel which undoubtedly had
been dumped out of the wagon in some
way. The ground Whereabouts is very
Iowa sort of hollow, in fact-and III
the depression she found herself out of
sight of this house. In the other di-
rection she could get a glimpse of your
patients dwelling, but nobody seemed
to be stirring about the place. Not
many yards beyond the gravel she dis
covered Jones, lying unconscious on
the ground, with the ruts showing
where the wheels of the wagon had
passed over his leg. He came to a bit,
after she reached him, and she was able
to make out that he had slipped under
the wheels, and had been so badly hurt
that he was unable to move, and was
forced to lie there and watch his horses
wander away from him, and finally,
striking the path in this direction, turn
into it and trot off ho1neward.
Miss Gray tried to get assistance
r L
beat with all her might upon the door,
no answer came from the house. Then,
in despair, she came here. Luckily, I
happened along just then. We got out
spring-wagon and brought Jones in
Miss Gray accompanying US and help
ing like the true woman she is, hardly
faltering once, though you can i'm
agine the job it was to lift him off the
ground and into the wagon. Well, he's
been in your Office for the last half
hour, and what little can be done for
him has been done. It's fearful injury
he has. / never saw such a mass of
fractured bones and torn flesh. Ampu-
tation is the only hope to save his life -
''What do you consider his chance
is?'' asked.
The old doctor shook his head doubt
fully.
Hes young, and ought to have a
fine constitution" he said, ''but it will
be close thing for him, a very close
thing, Pm afraid"
Dorothy came running up to US. ]
| assisted her into the buggy.
Don't use the whip; he'll go well
| enough without it, I counseled her
De- l1ase
| that if you get him walked up too
thoroughly you'll have trouble holding
| him.
81 shall remember she said, with q
smile, and then she added, in q voice sc
| low that Banks could not hear her
words: 81 am very, very grateful to
| you. You are trusting in me, and you
shall not be disappointed"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
Minor State News.

Mrs. Annie Rowland, on trial at
Chetopa for killing her father-in-law,
was acquitted on the ground of self-de
tense.
The republicans of the entire Third
congressional district succeeded in
elesting but one member of the 1egis.
iature.
A Pittsburg paper has already an
nounced State Auditor George E. Cole
for governor on the repub lican ticket
IN 1885,
Ex-Congressman Funston, of Allen
county, is being urged by his friends
for secretary of agriculture in Presi-
dent McKinley's cabinet
The total output of Cherokee county
cad, zinc and coal mines, including
coke, spelter and powder, bring about
300, coo in cash every week
A. NJ. T. Randolph, supreme court
reporter, has resigned after 10 years
service and T. E. Dewey, Of Abline,
was named as his successor.
The Salvation army will establish
hospital at Topeka, where the sick and
injured who are poor and friendless
will be cared for without price.
D. c. Tillotson, of Topeka, is state
chairman of the free silver forces He
has called a state convention of silver
clubs at Topeka January IL, 1897.
Rev. Harmon Hoover, of Las Vegas,
n. NJ. has succeeded Rev. ]. w. Stewart
as pastor of the First NJ. E. church in
Ottawa Rev. Hoover is a graduate of
Baker university at Baldwin, and q
son-in-law of Judge Nelson Case. OF
Oswego.
Through the efforts of Mrs T. ].
O'Neil, wife of member of the man
aging board, the state reform school at
Hutchinson has been supplied with a
library of several hundred volumes of
good books The w. C. T. q. OF Usage
City was large contributor.
Mrs. Anna Jacobs was fatally injured
at Atchison by passenger train She
was on the track and saw the train
coming but fright riveted her to the
spot. She dropped on her knees and
covered her head with her hands as
the train struck her, and was thrown
to one side
Fred Taggart and Albert Failes, two
young farmers Of Reno county, got
into trouble the other day by violating
the game law. They started out to
bag a few quail. but before they had
proceeded far they were themselves
bagged by officers of the law. It cost
the young men Sa3. 65 each to get out
IF the scrapA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26

The ears of the fly are located near
the base of the wings
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
Guilty of an Awful Crime.

Jacob Rodgers, married man was
convicted at lola of numbering young
girl named Della Hutchinson and her
unborn child. The girls body was
found in stream, weighted down with
rocks. The evidence against Rodgers
was purely circumstantial.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
Demands of Dairyuen.

Kansas diarymen, in session at
Abilene, Endorsed ex-Gov- Hoard, On
Wisconsin, for secretary ofagriculture,
and elected ]. L Hoffman, of Newton,
president and ]. K. Forney, of Abilene,
secretary. 1t also asked for anti-oleo-
margarine legislation and state dairy
school at Manhattan. 1t Endorsed Sec
rotary Coburn. OF the state board of
agriculture, and pledged opposition to
any effort to put into partisan politics
the work of the board.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
They WIN am Resign.

It is said that every republican office
holder under the present state govern
ment will place his resignation in the
hands of Gov. Leedy on the day of his
inauguration or as soon thereafter as
convenience will permit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26

Miss Amy Allmon, school-teacher
near Glendale, was attacked by ruffians
during school hours and badly beaten.
She was struck with rocks and cinders,
and portion of her clothing was torn
from her
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
To influence the Legislature.

The three non-partisan state temper
hnce organizations-W. c. 7. o., L o.
6. T. and State Temperance union
have issued call for a state temper
ance convention at Topeka, January
ID. The object of the convention is to
insist on the enforcement of the pro-
hibitory law by the new administra-
ton, and TO make a showing that will
influence the legislature against resub.
mission.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
The Titles Are Good.

The suit of the government against
the NJ, K. & T. railroad to cancel
patents for large tracts of land in Lyon,
Franklin and Allen counties, has been
dismissed on the recommendation OF
the special master showing that the
titles of the present owners were good.
The lands were purchased by farmers
who have been cultivating them for
years, and the dismissal of this suit
will clear up the titles.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Kansas Reputation Statistics.

From 1855 to 1895 Kansas increased
90. 204 in population The increase was
wholly from births, the Kansas-borp
population increasing II, 600 and foreign
born 5. 600 Kansas in 1895. however, had
asmaller white male population than in
1855. The total decrease in whites Of
the male persuasion was 10, 600 but the
increase of females was 5000, making
the total increase of white people 65.-
COO The colored population was As
034 in 1885 and 4s.711 in 1895. Chinese
and Indians numbered us in 1855 and
2.4 in 1895. The above deductions are
made from Secretary Coburn's census
report 1t would be interesting, to
know the causes for the singular in
equality of the sexes in increase OF
population.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-03-13
Feb. 20. Last April TO-.
Mortgage Sale

Whereas, default has been mace IN the
,m2nt OF the principal and inter est
h. on mortgage executed BY VIM. H.
:ry and Sarah +. Ferry 70 4. T.. Lind
st, dated February 23d, 1892. recorded
%. 23d, 1892, at l2:lO o'clock .. IN. in
.,k II OF mortgages on pages 512 3 and
i the office of the Register Of Deeds Of
ant county, s. d., on the north east
..r'er Of section twenty, in Township
. hundred and twenty of Range
.'ty-eight in Grant'county, S. d.; aud
ereas there is now due and unpaid on
ID mortgage the sum OF s201 90, and no
ion at law or other proceedings
We been had;
NOtice is hereby given that said mort
20 will he torcclosed bv sale Of said
amises at pablo auction hy rhe Sheriff
said Grant county on the 1lrn day OF
'ril, 1896, at 2 O'Clock r. II. Of sai, day,
the from, door Of the Court House in
. city Of Mibank, county of Grant.
4 Etaie Of South Dakota, to pav said
lance due. attorneys tees ard dis
rsements hy law allowed.
Dated February 26tb. 1896.
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