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The advocate., 1896-08-26
Two Americans Compared.

EDITOR ADvoCATE:-When would
the free coinage of silver be attained
If its professed advocates were all sll.
yer men like Charley CurtisP At one
time he expressed himself as being In
favor of big silver dollar; about 20 to
l was his idea, in order to get the bull
lion value of the two metals In q dollar
at a parity" At another time he
wanted, wait and see whether the
old monsrchies were willing that
we should use silver. Now he
is trying to ride the is to l and
the single gold platform at the same
time. Charley has been raised on the
Republican platforms and Is Of neces-
sity a good straddler, but he can't
reach both at the same time this year.
He is like John Ingalls,, 20 Republi-
can" and stands upon the Republican
platform, no difference how 1t reads or
what 1t means. Charley Is o native
American, and his American ancestry
runs farther back than does that Of
any white man on the continent; but
his politics is the politics Of the Brit
ish Tory, for he stands on the st. Louis
gold standard platform. Every gold
standard Wall street man In the
Fourth district will vote for Charley,
and this is an excellent reason why no
silver man should.
John Madden Is also a native Amer.
lean; and though he cannot boast Of so
ancient an American ancestry as can
Charley Curtis, he is much more
American In his politics and bis sdher.
ence to the principles of the Declsra-
tion Of Independence. He was once
q Republican; but when the party sold
itself and the nation to the British
Tory party of the Robber Isle, his
Americsnism was Of sufficient potency
to enable him to stand fast TO his prin-
ciples and let the party 90. John
Madden is no straddler. His position
upon the silver question, as upon all
the leading questions, is made clear by
his uttersnceS and his acts. He Is
fearless and aggressive In his advocacy
Of the peoples rights and interests,
The advocate., 1896-08-26

each dollar In gOldP And If we mast
use these sums Of silver and paper to
maintain even the present level of
prices, why not make at least the silver
at least real money of final redemp-
tion, instead Of redeemable tokens, and
thus broaden the base Of our inverted
financial pyramid9
We are told by Marc Hsnns's party
that this inverted pyramid must stand
on itsspex by the force of public con.
fidenCe in the ability of one gold dollar
to redeem three other dollars, and that
to doubt its ability to do so, even when
the gold is en- route for a life sentence
In the Russian or Australian tressur-
les, is to be unpstriOtic and an ansr-
Chist.
All psnICs are the result of q lack of
confidence in the power of spectators
and debtors to suspend the laws Of ma
turs, yet once great National party is
making q campaign upon the plea that
such lack Of confidence is treason.
They are forced to admit that thus far
In human experience the laws of grsV-
itation and the inexOrsble science Of
mathematics have never failed to vim
dicste unerring laws Of nature, but
they say: "YOu just all vote for Marc
Hanna's little Napoleon and see If he
does not smash these old laws of ma.
ture all to smitheIeens and make us sll
rich by falling prices and high taxes"
Has not the little Napoleon tried his
patent psnsces already and most dis
sstrously fsiledP
We are asked by the big trust presi-
dents and his little Napoleon to con.
tinue the same policy that has since
1850 reduced the percentage of Amsri-
can home owners from 80 per cent. of
total adults to only Is per cent.
The one supreme test of a nations
prosperity and of the soundness of It's
public policies Is the equitable and
general diffusion Of wealth and the per
cent. who own their own homes. No
theory, however plausible, can stand
an utter failure of its practical appli-
cation, and thirty-six years Of continu-
GUS application Of the Republican
theories Of monetary contrsctlons and
protective tariffs have been years of
steady concentration of wealth in the
hands of the very few and impoVerish-
ment Of the producing masses, until 5
per cent. of the people own 80 per cent.
Of the National wealth, and the per
cent. of home owners has been reduced
from eighty to fifteen In the hundred.
Does such past experience of Republi.
can policy invite or justify its contlnu-
snceS On the contrary, does the his
tory Of the world show q more disss-
trous failure or one more deserving of
the utmost condemnation.
w. II. T. WAKEFIELD.
The advocate., 1896-08-26
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Is needed by poor, tired mothers, debIlitated
and run down because Of poor, thin blood, Help
is needed by the nervous sufferer, the men and
women tortured with rheumatism, neuralgia,
dyspepsia, scrotula, catarrh. Help comes
quickly when Hoods Sarsaparilla begins to en-
rich, purify and vitallze the blood and send It
IN a healing, nourlshing, invigorating stream to
all the nerves, muscles and organs Of the body.
The advocate., 1896-08-26

and will ever be found working for
their good against any power that Op.
poses them. The writer has known
John Madden from lie early boyhood,
and speaks from personal knowledge
when he says no truer or ADLER cham
pion Of the rights of the American
workingmsn can be found In the
Fourth Kansas Congressional district
than John Madden.
D. II. DRINKWATER.
Cedar Point, Kas
The advocate., 1896-08-26

beWalling the sad fate OF Che poor and
frlendless free Negroes, with no kind
masters to care for them, and to see
that they wanted for nothing, except
freedOm-not even whipping.
And the presidents Of savings banks
are shrlsking In wild frenzy OF horror
that free coinage of silver will make
them q present of 800 million dollars
which justly belongs to the depOsitorS,
and they beg with truly pathetic de-
Bpsir to be saved from this fearful
temptation to steal.
And the insurance company officials,
men never before suspected of having
much more conscience than pirate OF
the Spanish main, are In q cold sweat
of terror lest they reap profit of bill.
lion or two by paying their gold obi.
cations In silver coin instead Of silver
certificates and National bank notes,
Rs they are now doing. Even so the
CopperheadS of Wsll street shrieked In
mortal anguish when in 1862 Uncle
Sam began paying the boys in blue in
worthless fat greenbscks instead Of
borrowing the bankers paper notes at
10 per cent. to pay them with.
And then their prophesies Of the
crash of worlds, wreck Of matter and
seven kinds of blue ruin, which are to
follow q restoration Of the money Of
the constitution 1t is true that they
made the same prOphesies in reference
to the Bland bill and the Sherman law,
the result In both cases being just the
opposite of their predictions, but that
i. does not teach them modeSty nor stop
their crOaking.
What Is the present gold standard
which the party of high taxation and
low prices so earnestly invite us to con
tinue, and what have been its effects
upon the prosperity Of the American
peopleP
The supply of gold for the entire
world is about 81 cents per capita,
much of which Is In use for ornaments
and In the arts, and much the larger
portion Of that available for coinage is
always locked up In public treasures,
bank reserves, or held as uncoined
bullion for convenience Of interna.
tlonRl shipments. 1t is questionable If
more than 10 or Is cents in gold coin
per capita is ever at any one time avail
able for actual use as money.
That this pitiful sum Is sufficient to
execute the vast and eVer.increasing
trade Of the world no one pretends,
not even the crszlest of gold.bugs, for
all gold standard countries use silver
and paper money for the bulk of their
exchanges, and nowhere does gold con-
stitute more than one third of the On.
tire circulating medium. Our stock
Of gold by the latest official figures is
about $500, ,OOO, 600, but good authori-
ties say that this is fully 100000, 900
too high, and that $4O0. 100000 is cor
rect estimate. Piled upon this narrow
base, like an inverted pyramid, always
ready to tumble, we have 1886, ,289, ,916
Of standard silver dollars; nearly $780,
100000 Of minor silver coins; SS46, ,6Sl,-
O16 Of greenbscks; S196, ,O81, ,28O Shsr-
man notes, and 1921, ,316,O27 Of Ma
tiOnsl bank notes.
Thus We have, on q gold base Of
The advocate., 1896-08-26

SHEEP HUsBANDRY-Senator PETER has q
few copies OF government publication re-
lating 70 sheep husbandry which he wishes
70 place In the hands Of sheapmen. Ad
dress him at Topeka.
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FOUNDING The kONGO STATE.
Explorer Stanley Tells In Brief the Stc1
of the Great Enterprise

Explorer Stanley Tells In Rrief the Story
of the Great Enterprise.
During my descent Of the Kongo I
had revolved over and over in my mind
the question of the destiny Of the river.
Seated at the Prov Of my boat, which
led our f1otilla, and daily watching the
river developing itself, was preoccu-
pied with these thoughts every leisure
moment. There was, it seemed to me,
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interest itself with this part Of Africa,
and, as I said, there was not single
white man i'll possession Of any portion
Of the equatorial belt except at the
mouth Of tie Kcngo, where few trad
ers had gathered. But despite the nu-
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subject I failed to awaken more than q
geographical interest in equatorial At
RIGA. The terror of the African climate
in general was too strong upon every
body.
Elsewhere, however, the reports of
my addresses in the English newspapers
were taking effect. After nearly nine
months busy life in England the king
of the Belgians invited me to visit him,
and was then Informed Of his strong
inclination to undertake for Africa what
/ had been SO strenuously advising Eng
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Of the African International association,
which was about to set Oh foot hu-
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coast, and lie led me to understand that
if 1 were free from other engagements
he would like to employ me in opening
the kongo basin to European influence
and civilization.
1t was my opinion that the best way
of setting about the work was to con-
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should skirt the cataracts Of the lower
Kongo and then to launch steamers Gil
the upper waters, which ! estimated
would furnish about 5000 miles of nav
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from August to December, 1878. The
best Belgian engineers were consulted,
but after the most elaborate calcula-
tons as to COST it was finally decided
that as the expense would be great we
should content ourselves with making
wagon roads past the cataracts and build
series OF military stations for the pro-
lection Of caravans, and that the annual
expenditure should not exceed $50, 900.
Henry M. Stanley in Century.
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The Mullen Plant,

We stopped to look at the downy con-
tent Of that sober plant, the mullen.
Many plants had the central leaves fold
cd continuously one about another until
q sort ct large, gray green bud was
formed, and in one Of these buds bee
was taking an afternoon nap, snugly
sheltered from the air, which was grow
ing somewhat chilly. We thought that
any prudent insect might find a COM
Portable winter home by asking the
mullen to open its velvet leaves lust
little and then to fold them tightly
around the wanderer! And while we
were speaking a bluebottle fly went
hummlng past us, as if to say he had
10 mind yet to be asking shelter of any
one Edith NJ. Thomas in St. Nicholas.
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Relief in Six Hours,

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English SPAWN Lniment removes ali Hard
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r. ANTHONY, eX-Post-In master of Pr llrose
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Itch on human, mango on horses, dogs and a /
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Two.

She-Dr. Holmes prefers men with
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intellectual than those with large ones,
and that's one Of my two reasons for
disliking them.
He-Wilat's the other?
She~They tickle. -Scribner's Maya
zine.
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n HEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY.-"Mys-
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CITY NOTICES.

Try can of Hopkins Steamed Hominy (Hull
ed CORN. 1t is delicious. Full qt., lee.
The Delta independent., 1896-02-19

Mrs. D. c. Jackson went over to Salida
Mrs. Starr Nelson.
Work was begun last week on the new
brick block to be erected by the Town
Co. and Mr.. Crotser.
Prof. Glen will give another social
dance tonight after the regular lesson
beginnicg at . o'clock sharp.
Tickets for Western Slope day at
Leadville, Saturday. Feb. -, have been
placed on sale at s6.95 for the round trip
FROM Delta.
Ed Langston returned Sunday from
Canon City where he had been in attend
ance at the state meeting Of the Y. NJ. c.
G. S. Yauger. manager OF the Arid
America" is in the city to-day delivering
his papers which contains writeup
OF Delta county homes.
The W. c. T. U. will serve supper at
day evening Feb. 2S, from 5: 30 to o'clock.
and the public is requested to patronize
this supper as the ladies are trying TO
raise funds to eliminate debt.
Mayor Winton has st last gotten his
pump to working properly in the Tongue
Creek coal mines and has the heading OF
the slope again going down. He is get
ting very fine quality OF coal and is
again prepared to fill all orders, being
now engaged in loading car for Mont
rose.
The l. o. o. F. will institute lodge at
Hotchkiss on the 26th inst. Preparations
have been made for grand time and
all members OF the organization should
go to Hotchkiss on this occasion and
assist in making the event one long 10
be remembered by the people of that
community.
Last week Sheriff Strawbridse came
over from Aspen after eS-game warden
Callicotte. who had previously been
arrested on a telegram from the Aspen
by the grand jury for killing and dispos-
ing OF another mans steer. Mr. Cali
cote claims that his arrest is the result
OF malicious persecution" by man by
the name of Kelley, who furnished the
information.
Capt. Clark, OF the Montrose mills. was
down Monday and made a proposition to
the Delta County Milling and Elevator
Co. TO take the mills at this point on a
five years lease and 10 run them at least
six months in the year. or longer if the
demard would justify it paying the
same price for wheat here and selling
-four at the same price as at Nontrose.
Such an arrangement would be salts
factory to the Delta business men and
grain growers and the deal will probably
be concluded within few days.
The Delta independent., 1896-02-19
Notice..

We are having a series of sermons on
the subject Of the Holy Spirit at the
Presbyterian church. We believe them
10 be OF special interest at this time to
mcmbers, and others who can to come.
We welcome those who are not often
in the church. as one of our greatest
needs now is the power of the Holy
Spirit among us. IL a. IN. and T:So p. m.
J. l.. LowKrl, ISstUf.
The Delta independent., 1896-02-19
Irrix.s,on and o,her N,,,.r,.

1t is something unusual to see 500
inches OF original halt-tone engravings
in every issue OF a western magazine, but
such is the case in Arid America tho
Irrigation Journal OF Denver, Colo.
These Illustrations comprise orchards .
vineyards, irrigated farms, Rocky Mount
ain Scenery and Colorado Gold Campo.
From 40 to so pages Of choice matter
every issue. all Of the greatest interest to
Western farmer and Eastern investor,
Send 10c. for a sample copy or 81 for -
years subscription. and mention sSs'
paper
The Delta independent., 1896-02-19

| which admission fee is charged will be made
| IN these e2!amns free. Any further announce
! ments VIII be charged tor at advertising rates.
Cord Wright returned Friday from
Ouray.
Old papers, % cents per hundred at
| this Office.
Judge Gray csme down from Mont
rose Monday.
w. S. Coburn came down Monday
| from Hotchkiss.
L. w. Sweitzer will take in Leadville
the last OF this week.
&C. II. Carroll, of Montrose, returned
Friday from California.
5 j. F. Sanders and son went up tc
Ouray Friday for a visit
Mrs. L. c. Gclwicks is down from
| Hotchkiss, visiting Mrs. Turner.
Joe Watts is down from Lake City fol
visit with his family. at Eckert.
Take in Leadville on Western Slope
day, tickets on sale Friday the 2lst.
Mrs Robinson. OF Cory, was in Satur
day and made this Office pleasant call
TIE G. A. r. supper to be given Fri
day night promises to be both novel and
| pleasant.
Frank Woodring was down this week
| from Hotchkiss and made this Office a
pleasant call yesterday.
j. b. Lowe, road oyerseer for tho Sd
commissioner district, came down Mon
| day as witness in case in distric,
court.
THE editor OF the Pagosa Springs News
| wants partner. As this is leap year
here is good chance for some eastern
maiden.
A.C. Butler, Of the Delta County bank
is rejoicing over notice that son has
been born to Mr.. and Mrs. Findley, o!
Anthony, Idaho.
Ed Fawcett, OF Paonia, was down the
first OF the week with load OF apples
which he shipped to Lake City. He ha.
about 200 bushels still on hand
John f. Pelton and wife, Of Montrose
| came down Monday for a short visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Z. b. Anderson. Mr..
Pclton is one OF the lcssees OF the Burns
mine at Grippe Creek.
Horace Whipple came down Monday
from his ranch on Cottonwood creek,
above Hotchkiss. and will soon leave for
Ola Mexico. where he has good paying
position as foreman OF mine.
n. NJ. Hcistand is down from his
ranch on Cottonwood and dropped in
yesterday to pay another year in advance
on The INDEPENDENT. he has taken the
paper ever since it first started.
The Old Folks Concert troupe went to
Eckert Monday night and took in $500
which will go towards paying of on the
Presbyterian parsonage. They had a
good house and a very pleasant trip.
Vim. NJ. Randall. one of the prominen Mt
meat dealers Of Telluride, was down last
week and purchased a lot Of fat beeves
for the mountain trade. He knows
where to come for fat and tender beef
Alex Greig. OF Ophir, is down for few
days rest and recreation. He is one OF
tho leading merchants and is postmas-
ter OF that live mining camp and will so
home the owner OF some choice fruit
land in the vicinity OF Delta.
Miss Luke gave reception last Fri
day evening in honor OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac S Hewitt. who had Just returned
from Ohio. Only few OF the intimate
friends were invited and those present
report q most enjoyable time.
Mrs. NJ. NJ Mather, OF the Western
Slope green houses, will be down from
Montrose Friday with a handsome line
OF cut flowers for the bail. She will
have them on sale at VIM. Mathers
store and at tho hotel, SO that all may be
supplied. Call early aud get your choice.