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, 1896-10-24
STARTLING DISCLOSURES.

II 10 e known that a fearful shrinkage in values has struck the live
sock INDUSTRY, though few people supposed the loss was &c great as It
really ID unhS Senator Warren made a n examination offs government stats-
40 at washington and presented The facts beforet hi senate in lis speech
on anuar %. 1896. Thee significant coincidence vas also discovered that
TN sfRINkAGE OCCURRED DURING DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRA-
loN n the practice of Democratic theories Mr.. Warren wen to tho
reportso OF Democratic officials to demonstrate the unfortunate condition of
the I've stock industry. The figures were taken from report No. 1913 of the
~E1cntura department, showing the values of farm animals sin the United
states ron 1868 to 1895 Commenting upon the startling revelation dis
closed b these reports, Senator Warren said: AN examination cannot
TAIL to I'LL or HEARTS, and minds with apprehension. a we'll as with a de-
SIRE II W e re patriotic citizens, o overcom or improve the appalling on
"uohs so painfully apparent To be air., ant brief a s WE'LL l will date
M onpar 10 n further back than 1879. 1t "A in that year-tecause
Vi resump'io OF specie payment thai values became stable. and gold. sill
ver paper reached a parity which has been inc maintained. Divid-
I'M the time between 1879 and the present n cycles representing Republic
an INT Dem%rah administrations, the result is as follows:
When we resumed specie payment in 1879 our domestic
animals, horses, mules, cattle sheep nd swine, we're
During the ensuing six years. unl the eetiol Of Mr.
Cevennd n 1884, the values increased to ....... 2.467 SGS 1924
r.u, A gam during six years OF Republican rleo Of. lO22445S62
Dulne lhe ensuing onr years until The Election o Mr.
Harrison in 1883, values decreased from ........... 2467s6s,924
U ....-.... ......--.. ......... ........ .......... 24O9O f18
A loss during four years o. Democratic rue off,. 6ssos.5os
During the ensuing four years. until the second election
of Mr.. Cleveland IN 1892, vales again increased from 400 o4s 41s
q .......... ......... ..,...... 461.755698
A gain during four years of Republican rle Off,. 62n22so
During the last two years, under the second adminisha-
ton Of Mr.. Cleveland. and under proposed and accom-
pltshed free trade and sweeping tariff reductions,
values again decreased from .............. 24ss 5os s1
To tho comparatively insignificant total Of ........ 1919 446 1906
Showing the enormous lossi n two years of DEM
"r"uc ruiz OF .......... ....... ....... 66406037b Fl
Thus we have A GAIN DURING EACH REPUBLICAN, ADM1NusrpA.
TON and a LOSS OF STOCK VALUES DURING EACH DEMOCRATIC
ADMINISTRATION. IN TWO YEARS THE LOSS WAS OVER SIX
HUNDRED AND FORTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. or g. 100000 for every
working LAY during the W years Is 1t OF enough to satisfy inteui-
gent mar that there Is something radically wrong about tho fret trade poii-
ey Of tho Democratic partyl Surely nothing could be mors CONVINCING Of
this fac than the tables herewith submitted
, 1896-10-24

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agree able and life-shortening difficult
~. 1t deranges the system, causes sick
headache, bad breath, and poisons the
blood. 1t can be readily overcome by
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These
little pills are great regulators. Chas.
N. Settele.
, 1896-10-24

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, 1896-10-24

STAGE LINE FROM LARAMIE TO
COOPER HILL.
Leaves Laramie Tuesdays and Fri
days at Z o'clock from Fox's store
starts Tuesday, June I'd.
2l3tf EROSION & SCHNEIDER.
, 1896-10-24

the United States and all our money,
whether coin or paper, at the present
standard, the standard Of the most en-.
lightened nations Of the earth.
PENSIONS.
The veterans of the union armies de.
serve and should receive fair treatmen.
and generous recognition. Whenever
practicable, they should be given the
preference In the matter of employ.
ment, and they are entitled to the en-.
actment Of such laws IS are best cal
culated to secure the fulnllment of the
pledges made to them in the dark day
Of the country's peril. We denounct
the practice in the pension bureau. q
recklessly and unjustly carried on b,
the presex nAdministration, Of reduc
Ing pensHdz ind arbitrarily dropping
names from the rolls, a. deserving tn
severest condemnation Of the Ameri
can people.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Our foreign policy should be At al
times firm, vigorous and d1gnifed an,
all DUR interests in the western hemis
lphere carefully watched and guarded
The Hawaiian islands should be con
truiled by the United etatss, and N
eorsiEn power should b permitted b
intsrfere with them: the Ntcaragul
- At. ~
The news boy., 1896-06-06
The Magic Lantern.

One of the annoying features about
the optical lantern is that the ordi.
nary lamp is troublesome and diff
fcult to manage, and in many in
stances insufficient for the purpose.
The ordinary chemical light used is
expensive, and can only be handled
by an expert. The oil-lamp is likely
to be extremely disagreeabie from
its odor. A number of persons who
have been using the Welsbach gas.
burner in their houses have wondered
whether it could not be applied to
the optical lantern. There has just
been put upon the market an attach.
ment for using the Welsbach. This
simplifies amateur and professional
exhibitions, and makes fine effects
possible where otherwise vexation
and failure accompanied all attempts
to show pictures in private houses or
with small lanterns. Wherever there
is gas the Welsbach can be applied
at small cost. There is also an i'm.
proved oii-burner on the principle OF
a student-iamp. This works beauti-
fully; has a central draft and most
admirable wick adjustment. There
is no smoke or odor, and the light is
strong and clear.
The news boy., 1896-06-06
Bland and Free Silver.
BIT wN. ". BR AY, MORLEY.


Let all free silver men unite
And stand by Richard Bland,
Remembering that our Nations fate
Such action does demand.
Then, if elected as our chief
Straight forward he will go;
The good in true Democracy
He soon t., us will show.
Grand Old Missouri offers him
To be the Nation s choice,
And will be with him first and last
With strong and ringing voice.
Unite with US We sister states
And help US in the cause;
TuIn down the tyrants of the East
And change some futile laws.
The laws that do the few enrich
While the masses are oppressed,
Are not the laws of Jefferson
Nor of Lincoln or the the rest.
A noted change must soon be made
To stay our party's creed;
A change not made by word alone
But by word and also deed.
Now, Mr.. Bland both says and does
Things that are for the best,
And, if elected, we are sure,
Our hearts may feel at rest.
So let each voter 60 forward now
And battle for the right,
And then, on November election da,
We will have won the fight.
The news boy., 1896-06-06
THE New York crowd of Republi-

THE New York crowd of Republi-
cans don't like Mckinley because he
has never expressed himself pointed
ly in favor of gold. Tom Platt, the
Republican boss of New York, wants
Levi P. Morton for President and he
proposes to prove to the gold bugs of
the country that Mckinley's record
on finance won't do to bet on, and ad-
vises panic in case of his election.
We'd like to see the color of the
mans hair who could create a panic
just now. We'd like to know how
he d 90 about it to make times more
panicy than they are?
The news boy., 1896-06-06

THE old time neighborly feeling
does not exist now that existed years
ago. 1t is ''every fellow for himself
and the devil for US all" " You can t
60 to your merchant or neighbor and
borrow fifty or hundred dollars un-
til after harvest as you used to. If
the money is obtainable at all, the
first question asked will be, "What
have you got to put up for it? Can
you make me safe?' If you happen
to have four or five times the value
of the amount you want to borrow
and are willing to have it plastered
over with mortgage, you may be
able to get Accommodated. And
this, too, without any reflection upon
the merchant or neighbor-for they
are themselves borrowers.
The news boy., 1896-06-06
HOW TO SLEEP BEST.
Should the Head Be Turned North
South. East or West.

Should the Head Be Turned North.
South, East or West.
The proper position of beds with
regard to the points of the compass
that is, whether we should lie
north and south, parallel to the
earth's axis, or east and west,
across - is the pulling problem
propounded by Sir Benjamin
Richardson in an English publica-
ton.
If the head is turned west there is
a tendency, it is said, to send the
blood rushing to that organ. If the
head is east the feet are affected in q
similar way.
Sir Benjamin thinks that 'if we
should lie in the line of the axis due
north and south it would be most
probable that the rotation of the
earth would produce no special ef-
feet on the blood in its course to and
from the head"
AS for himself he has tried all posi-
tions, and sleeps best when his head
is turned toward the United States.
The only objection he has to it is
that the sun wakes him up little
earlier than he likes. Globe.
The news boy., 1896-06-06

COUNTY conventions were held in
Kentucky last Saturday to select
delegates to a State convention, to
elect delegates to the National Con-
vention at Chicago-and the free sill
yer men carried the State in walk.
This breaks the last hope of the gold,
ties tocontrol the Chicago convention,
and Carlisle's Presidential boom is
knocked into Cooked hat" As
things now appear the free silver ad
vocates will have 578 votes at Chicago
white the eoldites will have but 344
"a majority of 234. The silver mer
viii have no trouble in framing the
platform, but as it takes two-thirds
20 nominate candidate, the gold
bugs will likely hang on with theii
usual stubbornness and cause much
troahe.
The news boy., 1896-06-06

THE State Bankers Association
met at Warrensboro last week and
declared for the gold standard. They
saidsomething about wanting the
government to redeem its outstand-
ing paper and get out of the banking
business. In other words, the bank
ers don't want Uncle Sam to issue
any paper except interest-bearing
paper that can be profitably handled
by the bankers-such as 4-per cent.
bonds, etc. While the bankers con.
tend that the government should get
out of the banking business, the peo'
pie are winking the other eye and
think it about time for the bankers
to get out OF the governing business.
The news boy., 1896-06-06
THIS AND THAT.


William H. Priest, Of Linwood,
Pa, has made Of walnut shells COM
plete parlor suite Of furniture, con-
sisting Of center table, rocker, sofa,
armchair and four straight-back
chairs.
Prisoners In the Bangor, Me-,
jail are to be supplied with potted
plants to care for in their cells. It Is
believed the care of the plants will
have an "elevating and reforming In
fluence."
"A resident Of Searsport, Me-,
says, and offers proof OF his state
ment, that his grandfather married o
second wife when "a years old,
raised second family Of six children
and died at the age OF 104.
The crater Of Etna is quarter
of a mile high on o plain three miles
across. It falls in every 100 years.
In an eruption in the year 1893 the
city Of Catnia was overturned in q
moment and $4,000 people perished
in the ruins.
William Benjamin, brakeman
on the Erie railroad, caught spark
on the back OF his celluloid collar.
The collar took fire and exploded
with a loud report. Benjamin seized
the collar with both hands and tore
it from his neck. He was burned
severely on the face, neck and hands.
I'm 1853 G. P. Bateman, then liv-
ing in Minerva, KY, cut his initials
on q 25-cent piece and carried it as
pocket piece for q year or two. lie
then parted with it. Recently Capt.
Monroe Bateman of Columbia, Mo-,
brother of Bateman, received the 25-
cent piece in change from neigh
Dor.
-Wastwater is in many ways the
most interesting of the English lakes,
and is by far the deepest. Half its
area is more than $50 feet deep, and
217 acres Of its bed are more than
200 feet deep, a point particularly
noteworthy in view Of the fact that
the surface level when the soundings
were taken was 200 feet above the
sea.
"A large collection Of 17,00(
stuffed birds and many series of bird
skeletons have been bequeathed to the
British museum by the late Mr.
Henry Seebohm, the naturalist. II
is the most valuable gift made to the
natural history section of the
museum in o quarter of century
Its pathological collection is nov
the largest in the world, consisting
of 300, 900 specimens.
The news boy., 1896-06-06

A NEW swindle is abroad according
to an exchange which warns every
body to be on the lookout for female
book agent. She leaves a book for a
prospective purchaser to look over.
The next day man calls and asks
if the book has been examined, say
ing that she leaves the book and
he does the soliciting. The book is
given to him and day or two later
the woman who left it calls. Wher
she learns it was given to the mar
she resorts to tears and lamentations
and sometimes to hysteria, saying he
must have seen her leaving the book
and followed her before she had time
to get back; that she is very poor and
cannot afford to lose the book; that
they had no right to give it to any
one but her and other things equally
convincing, till the victim pays for
the book.
The news boy., 1896-06-06
Her Joyous Funeral.

Lagny, small town in the Seine
et-Marne department, lately num-
bered amongits inhabitants an elder
ly widow, whose name is likely to be
long remembered in the parish for
the original and eccentric manner
with which she chose to be conducted
to her last resting place. Some
months ago Madame Miette-for this
was the name borne by this singular
lady-came into a respectable sum
of money. This she ran through with
amazing rapidity. She took little
heed for the morrow, and was won't
to declare that when her last penny
came she would solve the difficulty
by taking her own life. With this
end in view she purchased a gorgeous
funeral robe and highly crnamented
and padded coffin, which she had
placed in her bed room. She next
sent for the leader of the local town
band, and handed him over a fair
sum of money, on condition that he
should bead her funeral procession,
and she furthermore drew up a pro-
gram of popular and joyous tunes to
be played by his orchestra on that
occasion. A few days back, when only
a quarter or two of her little fortune
remained, the widow, determined on
ending all worldly troubles, bought
some charcoal, shut hurself up in her
room, and was found dead next morn
ing. Punctually obedient to orders,
the town band appeared at the hour
of the funeral and saluted the corpse
with gay hunting chorus The fun
eral procession then moved on at
quick pace to the accompaniment of
a lively march. -Four times was the
cortege pulled up enroute to the
cemetery, and at the last halt the
band broke forth with the sprightli-
est dance music, like strains accom-
panying the lowering of the coffin
into the grave. These strange and.
unusual proceedings attracted q large
attendance, and have excited much
comment amongst the populace of
the town jackson Cash Book.
The news boy., 1896-06-06
DECEASED" WHEAT.

Suppose few farmers had in their
control oil the wheat and corn iu ex-
istencc, and succeeded in having the
different nations to declare that
wheat was unhealthy for bread and
feed stuff, but that only corn should
be used for this purpose Would
this not at once cause the production
of wheat to cease (as the mining of sill
yer has ceased) and create a demand
for corn? Would not the price of
wheat so down while the price of
corn went up?
To carry the illustration still fur
ther, suppose these same sharpers
succeed in including in this law that
every bakery in the country should
have a limited amount of wheat
bread in its show window-just to
fool the people-with playcard
stuck over it, viz: "This bread has
been tested and declared unsound
by the best physicians of the nation
Just as the tinanciers of this country
have declared silver to be an unsound
dollar-then where would the de-
mand come in?
Suppose, however, you conclude to
take chances and 60 to the bakery
for few loaves of wheat bread, just
for change, and the baker tells you
that the bread is only in the window
for show; that he is not permitted
to sell it at q less rate than corn
br ,ad-although it is worth only
half as much; that under no circum-
stances could the wheat bread be
used as food Gust as silver is denied
the right of redemption money! that
it would be foolish to buy it; but
that he could take it home, show il
to the people, trade on it if he wanted
to, and then return it and get loaf
of corn-bread for it-Just as silver
is exchanged for gold at the Z. S
Treasury? Under such conditions
is it not likely that we'd have some
''debased' wheat in this country?
The news boy., 1896-06-06
ABOUT CLEVELAND.

Everybody abuses Cleveland-and
the NEwsBoY is no exception-for
the way things are going. Four
years ago Cleveland was looked upon
as savior. He had managed to
say so many things that "caught"
the people, that his sayings were
household words. But we are only
now beginning to understand them.
1t is our opinion that every utterance
OF Cleveland was manufactured, cut
and dried by the cunning representa-
tives of Wall street for the purpose
of deceiving the people of the West.
For twelve years Cleveland uttered
expressions and wrote long letters in
sympathy with the people of the
West and South. According to his
utterances he was opposed to monop-
olies he was opposed to corporate
wealth; he was opposed to trusts and
combines. But how does he show up
today?
In this year of our Lord Grover is
the idol of Wall Street; he is the
tool and servant of all monopolies,
trusts, combines and corporations.
His old song used to be that tariff
was tax, but when the Democrats
succeeded in getting through the best
tariff measure possible under the cir
cumstances-the Wilson bill-Grovel
refused to sign it because, he said, il
was "party perfidy and dishonor."
Old Grover is q rare duck-more
rare that the ducks he slaughters or
his frequent hunting expeditions. He
is the Judas Iscariot of today.
The news boy., 1896-06-06
TRYING TO FOOL You.

About the strongest string left for
the gold men to harp ON is their claim
that the free silver idea is a scheme
OF the silver mine owners, and that
they alone will be benefited by the
restoration of silver. We are sur
prised that so able man as Secre-
tary Carlisle found it necessary to
resort to this deception at Chicago.
If the restoration of silver will
benefit the silver mine owners, then
why do these very mine owners op-
pose silver? The silver mines Of the
West are not owned by the ''corn
burners" and others who went West
to grow up with the countryl They
are not owned by the hungry, suffer
ing, struggling masses who are
squirming and twisting under mort
cages which they will never be able
to lift! Neither are they owned by
the country newspaper men of the
West. But they are owned by those
who own and control majority Of
the great city papers Of today. The
silver mines of the West are owned
by Eastern capitalists, just the same
as all our railroads, our telegraph
lines, and everything else worth own
ing is owned by the East.
''Then why are these fellows not in
favor of free silver?" you may ask.
The question is easily answered.
With silver among the people as re-
demption money the purchasing pow
er of gold would decrease about one.
half, Consequently the purchasing
power of gold alone, under present
conditions, is equal to the purchasing
power of both gold and silver under
free coinage. Hence, what the mine
owner would gain blythe appreciation
of his silver he would lose by the de-
probation of his gold. If the supply
of gold now in existence should de-
crease one-half, the purchasing pow
er of the remaining half would doub
lie, and be much easier manipulated
by those who own it.
The news boy., 1896-06-06
WM. WILKES, of Charlottesville,

WM. WILKES, of Charlottesville, is
getting rather inquisitive and asks
the officers of the St. Francis Levee
Board some very pertinent questions
through the press. He wants to
know something about scrip, appro-
priations, salaries of officers, ETC. but
the Board is treating him with
"silent contempt" While Mr.. vii.
kes is making these inquiries he
might ask who stole the prosecuting
attorneys protest from the county
clerk s Office, in which the prosecut.
ing attorney opposed the granting OF
giving away of $40, 600 acres of the
peoples land in Pemiscot county ? ? :
Such a question might cause some
more ''siient contempt" The com
mon people of Pemiscot will get
their eyes open later on
The news boy., 1896-06-06
A WOMAN living at Lewiston

A WOMAN living at Lewiston, Me-,
has made good deal of money dur
ing the past year or SO with a fine
large coon cat. She sold it few
days ago for the seventh time for
eight dollars. This cat always comes
back, and it's behavior while in pos
session of anyone but this woman is
such that the successive owners have
concluded that the trouble of caring
for the cat is worth much more than
eight dollars.