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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-01

Panic was originally a fright in
duced by accidentally having seen
the god Pan, who was very terrible
Of aspect.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-01
1t is very easy to forgive those who
have not injured us.

The person who disturbed the con-
sgregation last Sunday by coughing y J
eqr1ested to call on Q. X. WHY ano
get bottle of Foley's Honey ana
Tar whicA always gives relief.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-01

orfurther information, address
H. G. MoRpvE, A. q. f,ia Nv
ors
W. L. MILLS,
Owensbcro Ny,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-01
opoortunity and Possession.

Opportunity increases duty, ano
possession increases responsibility
Chicago Standard.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-01
The Gift of Love

No gift will be too small that mas
a heart full of love behind it,
Rams Horn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-04

In his recent remarks before the
Bryan club in this city, Mr.. Lind took
occasion to refer to the good terms he
and the Democrats had always been
on, they had always treated him well
and he had nothing hard to say about
them, and he presumed thatnwas the
reason they found him such an easy
pill to swallow on this occasion. Just
what Mr.. Lind looks upon as harsh,
may be hard for some to determine
after reading the following character
ization of Democracy by him in the
the year 1888 while running for con-
gress. 1t will be seen that he is not
the sugar-coated pill that he would
have his new political friends believe.
Referring to Democracy at that time
he said: "Tear down the walls of ev-
cry state prison in the land and you
would find that SO per cent of the pop
ulation which you would release are
Democrats. All Democrats are not
murderers and horse thieves, but pref
ty near all of the murderers and horse
thieves are Democrats.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-04
STILL WHINING.

The Reuie,C don't like the idea Of
business men mixing in politics, and
through correspondence which may
or may not have been written in it's
own office, says it would be better for
business men to attend to business,
and let politics alone. There is moth
ing that hurts the Popocrat bosses so
much as to have the people, -'the
plain people"-take not only an inter
est, but part in politics, because it
generally knocks their plans athwart.
1t is one of the glorious principles of
the Republican party that the people
shall rule, and the fact that the peo-
pie have run the Republican party
during the whole of it's existence is
what has made it so strong with the
masses at all times. The great COM
plant that has been made by men
who are the closest students of public
affairs, has been that business men
have not taken the active part IN pol
itics that they ought to at all times.
But there can be no complaint on
that score this year for never have
they been more interested in political
matters than they are this fall, and
the reason for this is that the issues of
the campaign come very close to
them, and upon the result largely de-
ponds their future welfare as we'll as
that of the masses. In the object
lesson that they have been giving the
people, two business firms in this city
have brought directly home to
all, the results that would come from
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer should it be adopted. 1t is per-
fectly legitimate, and that it is a
most effectual object lesson is evil
denced by the squirming and whining
of our Popocrat neighbor down the
street.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-04
AN IMPROVEMENT IN STORE.

The Financial Chronicle, of New
York, one of the standard authorities
on financial questions in the United
States, in speaking of the financial
and business situation in this coun-
try; in it's last issue, says: almost
all of the markets have been higher
or improved in strength and tone this
week, the only notable exceptions be-
ing silver and foreign exchange. AS sill
yer goes down stocks and commodities
go up. This course of affairs does not
favor the plan. of the Altgelds and the
Tillmans. neither does it conform to
their assumptions or assertions. Cot
ton has been higher, wheat irmer,
Wall street much less bearish, while
iron, dry goods and the like, report a
little better inquiry and more conf
dent feeling. The one influence which
has helped the general situation and
given rise to this new spirit pervad-
ing the markets, has no doubt been
the result Mr.. Bryan's stupendous eff
fort at Madison Square Garden last
week, added to the accommodating evil
dences which have recently come to
hand indicating the defeat which
awaits his party at the coming cleo
tion. We do not mean that hard work
is not necessary to accomplish COM
plete discontinue; it is necessary and
will be forthcoming. Nor do we claim
that there will be continued and I'M
interrupted improvement N the Wall
street markets and in the business
situation from this time on. That
would be agreeable, but not likely. We
must for the time being be prepared
for the conservative action of capital,
for ups and downs in the prices of Sc
curities, and for a restricted consump-
tion of commodities. After election
day has passed, after the news that
the candidate of the Populistic-Silver
party has been completely showed un-
der, and after sound money has be-
come an assured fact in the United
States, wave of prosperity will
sweep over this cou try deeper, broad
er, and more permanent than has ever
before been experienced. We have,
however, coquetted with this silver
deluSion so long, trying to make a dol
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-04
rlcKINLEY'S LETTER.

Major McKinley's letter of accept
ance is before the public, and is in all
respects mastery review and discus
sion of the issues before the American
people today. Mr.. Mckinley has been
called man of one idea by his politi-
cal enemies, but he has shown this
assertion to be false by the discussion
of the questions before the public in
his letter. The first part of the let
ter is devoted to the money question
and he treats it thoroughly. The
sophistry and mendacity of the Popo-
GRAFT leaders is exposed. and their
theories ruthlessly smashed by the
solid argument which he brings forth
The fallacy of the 50-cent dollar is
most thoroughly exploded, and the
assertion that we have not money
enough fully met. He shows that
so-called cheap dollar means high
prices for all commodities, while
wages are not raised but little and in
many instances drop. In most severe
terms does he condemn the attempt
of the Bryanites to raise the hand of
labor against capital, and well says
that such an effort is menace to our
liberties and endangers popular gov
eminent. His discussion of the tariff
is splendid and an able effort, and the
dangers to our industrial system from
the Bryanite movement plainly
pointed out. He also dwells upon the
Importance of reciprocity to the coun-
try in an able manner.
No better campaign document has
been presented than is Mr.. McKinley's
letter of acceptance, and it ought to
be carefully read by every voter in the
land.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-04
WAS FOR THE GOLD STANDARD.

On Feb. 20, 1878 in speech in Con-
gress, Senator Stewart said:
"When you have deprecated cur
rency, you have not only to take into
account transportation, but you have
to take into account the insurance
that every man who handles the
wheat will take against the change in
the price in gold constantly coming
upon him. 1t gives spectators and
middlemen a chance to cut both ways
and eat up the consumer and the pro-
Queer. M But suppose you
adopt what the world adopts
as the measure of value for
your currency, then what will you
have? Then you can have all the
currency which you have got the
money to buy. You will have the
worlds currency. You can have all
the money then that you have got the
representative of value for. Elf
you have a necessity for mnoey, the
world will come to your aid at once,
but if you have a deprecated currency
that drives all the rest out, that pre-
vents your using gold. Then you will
have these same difficulties. *If
you adopted the universal measure of
value-gold-as your basis, then your
circulation would be flexible and it
would be much harder to make a
'corner" on the gold in this country,
on the circulation of the country,
which would distribute itself accord
ing to the laws of trade throughout
the country"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-04

1T is noticeable that Mr.. Bryan
and his followers have nothing to say
about the effect of the great increase
in the production of silver since 1851.
In that year the production of silver
was 81, 100000 ounces. There was but
little variation from this all through
the ffties. In 1861 it increased to
80, 800, 900 ounces and the increase was
gradual each year until 1873, the year
of the alleged crime, when it reached
5,267, 900 ounces or nearly double.
With the exception of two years since
there has been the same gradual in
crease, and in 1894 it reached 1877, 1885,
600 ounces, and was about the same
for 1895. The estimated production
of silver for this year indicates that
the high rate of production for the
past three years will doubtless be
kept up. In all other lines such an
increase in the production of an arti-
Gle would have considerable effect up
on it's price, and it is safe to say that
it does in silver, but Mr.. Bryan and
his associates are very silent about it..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-04
THOSE nEXICAN DOLLARS.

The Revie,o feels very badly because
'a business firm of this city," gave
the people of this locality practical
object lesson of what the free coinage
of silver would bring about by secur-
ing a number of Mexican dollars,
which they gave out to their custo-
mers with fifty cents worth of goods.
for one American dollar OF course
the soreness of the ReUie,U is due to
fact that as an object lesson it is a
most effectual and con vincing one and
shows at once that when silver has to
stand on it's own worth as it is obliged
to do under free coinage, it at once
shrinkS to it's bullion value, and that
the increased prices which result
from it's use are detrimental rather
than beneficial. The Reuieoo attempts
to break the force of this object les
son by stating that Mexico is only a
semi-civilized country, and that the
fact that it's silver coinage is only
accepted the world over at it's bullion
value, shows it's insignificance in the
commercial and financial world. If
this is true why are the Popocrats all
the time referring to Mexico, and the
great prosperity it enjoys, with labor
at Is to 40 cents day, and holding it
up as nation that the United States
would do well to copy after in this
matter of free coinage. Does the ed
itor of the Revieao really believe that
it is better for the United States
to follow in the footsteps of semi
civilized country than that of civil
lized nation? Carrying out his logic a
little further, but not bit more absurd
does he believe personally it would be
more profitable for a man to follow
in the footsteps of Sitting Bull than
those of Phillips Brooks? Does the
Review believe that because the Unit
ed States is a civilized nation, one of
the strongest, commercially, in the
world, that foreign nations will tum-
ble'over each other in their eagerness
to trade with us, in event we go on
free silver basis, and take our silver
at the face value Uncle Sam marks it,
and thus cheat themselves out of AZ
cents on every dollar for the mere
privilege of trading with us? Of
course it don't, for it we'll knows that
human nature is not built that way.
And yet that is the logic of it's So
called argument. But the cold fact
remains that if the United should
coin silver free, the dollar would not
be worth cent more than it's bullion
value, and the fact that this country is
civilized would not cause the nations
to look upon it any differently than
they now look upon the Mexican dol
lar. They would simply look upon it
from business standpoint just Jas
the firm referred to in this city, did,
and the people in this country would
pay the difference in the real value of
this dollar, for the business of the
world will continue to be transacted
on gold basis, no matter what the
United States may or may not con-
clude to do.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-04
A STRONG TICKET.

The Republican county convention
Thursday passed off most pleasantly
and did it's work well. Seldom indeed
has there been a county convention
where such good feeling prevailed,
and so little soreness was exhibited as
in the one yesterday. Of course,
there were disappointments, as there
always are where there are number
of aspirants for any Office, but all took
their defeat with good grace, and
promised active support for the win
ners. The convention was a fine
looking body of men, and was most
representative one Of the party.
While there were hard struggles for
some of the offices, the work of the
convention was done quietly, and
nothing was said or done to leave any
soreness nor factional feeling.
The ticket nominated is a strong
one from head to foot. The Republi-
can party has presented some good
tickets to the voters of Blue Earth
county, but it has never presented a
stronger one, nor one more deserving
of their votes than the one named
Thursday. 1t is in every essential
point winning ticket.
The legislative ticket is strong
one. Messrs. Jameson and Nyquist
are two of the solid and successful
farmers of the county, possessing good
judgment in all matters, and will
make safe legislators. Mr.. Mclean
is a successful business man of Lake
Crystal, and will add strength to the
ticket. With these three gentlemen
Blue Earth county will be well repre-
sented in the legislature.
On the county ticket Messrs. Gun
ders. Bowen, Mead, Thorne. Scherer
and Paddock have filled the positions
they occupy with credit to themselves
and to the county. They are able and
courteous officials, and their retention
in the offices they now hold is a
guarantee that the county business
which comes before them will be we'll
looked after.
And in the selecting of new men in
filling out the ticket no mistake was
made Messrs. Ewing, for treasurer,
Bangerter for register, Hughes for
attorney and Brooks for surveyor are
all strong men, and we'll qualified for
the positions for which they have
been named. The people will make
no mistake in ratifying at the polls
next November the work of yester-
days convention, and the FREE PRESS
is confident they will do so by large
majority.
The resolutions adopted are sound,
and that relating to the adjustment
of salaries of public officers to con-
form with the wages and salaries for
like services in commercial and
private business, is matter in strict
accordance with the policy the Re-
publican party has always pursued
and will meet the hearty approval of
all.
1t was a good days work, wholly
free from bossism, and the ticket
stands as the work of the rank and
file of the party, and therein will be
it's great strength before the people
through the campaign and at the
polls.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-04

MIR, BRYAN is slowly working
westward advocating his policy of re-
duciDg wages one-half in value by in
creasing the price of all commodi-
ties.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-09-04

lar of value out of fifty cents worth
of bullion that faith in the gold stan
dard needs for it's complete restora-
tion, to have even the rootlets of this
error dug up"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-03-19
FOREST ROSE
Fountain Art, and Forest Rose
Art Poetry.

Brother Pursell Of the Lancaster
Gazette is developing a bad case of
"imagination all compact. He is
looney in his fetish admiration and
devotion to the pot metal female
tramp, set up as the Lancaster Ideal
of Art on the old market lot. This
cast iron image half clad in rags,
standing in the weeds with beer ke G
under her arm, exposing her big feet
and sweeneyed limbs and worble dim
pied back to the startled gaze of the
Sunday School. He proclaims this
metal monstrosity an Ideal, one of
three thousand daughters of old Ap-
polonieries, or some such named wa
ter god, whom Gen. Reeves has long
since optioned for Mayor of Ash Cave
on account of the populating record.
But this halluclnation over the cast
iron beer garden sign is only the first
of the freakery that seems to possess
him.
In the issue Of his paper last before
us we have some Forest Rose Foun-
tain Poetry that would reanimate the
shades of the Lancaster grave yard
and open the eyes of the sports OF
Parnassus. 1t can be appreciated
only when given in entirity:
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-03-19
WILLIAM KNOWS HIM.

This passage from the Hon. Joseph
Benson Foraker's keynote speech at
Columbus on Tuesday, deserves to be
cut out and filed away with your
Forakeriana:
civilian Mckinley is our own.
He is our friend, our neighbor, our
fellow citizen, our fellow Republican.
Shoulder to shoulder with him we
have been fighting the battles Of Re-
publicanism in this State for gen.
Grafton. We know him and he knows
u.s."
Yes, William knows Joseph,
through and through. He knows
what Joseph's friendship is, and what
it is worth at pinch. He has felt
the rub of Joseph's shoulder, and he
has also experienced the power of
Joseph's elbow, right in the pit Of
his honest Republican stomach.
When Foraker turned over to a
guileless and receptive newspaper
man the forged ballot box contract,
on which the Hon. William McKln-
ley, Jr., was made to figure as a cor
rupt subscriber and the associate of
public robbers, Joseph remarked to
the confdiug journalist, "with de-
lection of manner" which he, the
journalist, ''could not understand"
81 have got too much; more, far
more, than l wanted, or dreamed of.
l never was SO surprised or shocked in
all my life. l would not have be-
lieved it possible. 1t can't be used.
You will be as much surprised as I
was. 1t took my breath away and l
must not make use of it. 1t is very
unfortunate. 1t is the worst thing l
ever saw"
We can picture Foraker, with tears
in his eyes, pointing with a tremb-
ling finger at the clumsily forged
evidence of honest William ::McKin-
ley's downfall, and saying over and
over again, 81 never was so surprised
in my life. 1t is the worst thing l
ever saw. 1t can't be used"
And, saying this he pushes the
forged document into the hands
of Murat Halstead, the very
man in all the world most sure
to publish the forged document that
was to knock William Mckinley, Jr.
out of public life and incapacitate
him for further rivalry in Ohio poll
tics with Hon. Joseph Benson Fora
ker.
We think William undoubtedly
knows Joseph by this time.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-03-19

Our entire Democratic city ticket
will be elected. The town of Lo-
gan is Democratic. The candidates
of our party are men who have given
valuable, honest public service. They
have been tried in the most import
ant enterprise in which our town has
ever engaged, and the work they have
begun is rapidly approaching compile
ton. Not ground of censure or
complaint can be made against any
one. They are capable and honest.
The objection that will be made, and
the only one reasonable to make is
that tney are Democrats. The Re.
publicans will vote against us. They
are anxious to get control of the town
for the political prestige it will give
them in the next county campaign.
They are not concerned about the
bettering of affairs in Logan. They
can not improve on our administra-
tion and they know it. The fight will
be to help out this fall in the county.
The Republicans will all vote the
Republican ticket. Let them do SO.
Don't bother them. But let every
Democrat vote an unscratched ticket,
and the victory is ours. If we lose
the election in Logan this spring it
is the fault of Democrats not coming
to the polls and voting the straight
ticket. And if our ticket is defeated
the candidates and straight Demo
Gratis can stand it. 1t will be the
kickers and scratchers who will get
the laugh and jeer from all sides.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-03-19

The "Crooksvllle X Rays is the
title of new paper published in the
Clay industrial. centre on the Mus
kingum Valley, the initial copy Of
which makes its welcome appearance
on our exchange table. The X Rays
is bright, newsy sheet, model of
typographical neatness and gives
token of being business succe S. We
hope Bro. iDelong, school examiner
and postmaster, as Editor, standing
on substantial Crockery wares, may
SO direct the Crookery tubes that his
TX Rays" will discover to him what
the naked eye of most of us have not
yet seen, fun and fame and fortune in
the newspaper business.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-03-19


WE have an inquiry from an es-
teemed student of lexicography, ask
ing us to assist in answering the re-
cent Test Question of our school ex-
aminers. "What is the difference
between meat and fesh?" We have
it on good authority that call flesh is
grass" and it is also told of an emf
nent teacher of his day, that his
"meat was locasts and wild honey"
At this writing we are content to
live on Andy Voris' maple molasses
and buckwheat cakes, but we may
investigate this profound question
later on, if our delinquent subscribers
hold back, when compelled, Nebu-
chanazer like, to Craze on the dande-
lion and dig for the locust grub for
fish bait. But while the maple mo-
asses lasts, we are not disposed to
prosecute the inquiry.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-03-19

read the proceedings of the Athens
convention, which renominated him
for congress and Colonel Vickers for
elector. Whereupon Foraker was to
have proceeded first to congratulate
Grosvenor and then place in nomina-
ton the Hon. L. D. Vickers for Vice
President on the Mckinley ticket.
The reading of the wrong paper
fustered the managers. The conven-
ton set up a howl. Archbishop
Sands lifted his hands in invocation.
The band began to play and the dull
details of naming the committees fol-
lowed. The blunder of Grosvenor
was a shock and a smash. 1t couldn't
be helped then. 1t is left to see
that Grosvenor, one Of the delegates
at large, will get the right paper in
his hand and read it at the right
time in St. Louis, and let Foraker fin
ish his Columbus speech of nomina-
ton.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-03-19

TIE good people of Laurelville
haye shown keen appreciation of
the proprieties in selecting unanl-
mously our esteemed friend, Prof.
Ricketts,, as Mayor of their thriving
city. Not that Laurelville needs a
school Master to govern and subju-
gate her restive people, but to have in
her chief magistrate promulgater of
conundrums that will reduce to calm
ness any adventurous smarties, and
make the hair stand on end on the
''big heads;' that may come that way.
Prof. Rickets has our congratula-
tions for the popularity he maintains
in his native place, and we hope his
duties as mayor will not prevent him,
as school examiner, from furnishing
us accustomed subject matter for
newspaper diversifcation,