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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

A report has reached Rockland that
Horace Vose. a Thomaston sailor, was
nearly killed in a scrap at Niger
town." Warren, late Friday night. the
alleged assailant being a man by the
name of Peters. Vose's condition was
so serious as to require the services Of
two doctors. he having as many as
half a dozen gaping knife wounds.
James Flanagan of Lewiston, walked
into the livery stable of Henry Reed,
on Franklin street, just before noon
Saturday, and complained of feeling
sick. He lay down upon a lounge in
h stable office and almost instantly
expired. Doctors pronounced his death
due to %apoplexy. Mr.. Flanagan has
been hOstler at the big stable at Poland
every summer for II or Is years.
The funeral services of Dr.. w. NJ.
Haine of Ellsworth were held. Friday
morning, at the Unitarian church. Rev.
w. K. Hunt officiating. He was assist
ed by Rev. David l.. Yale of the Con-
gregational church. The church was
crowded with friends. of the deceased.
The interment will be in Dexter. the
early home of DR.. Haines. Among
those who sent expressions of sympa-
thy and floral tributes We're Hon. Frank
Jones Of Portsmouth, N. H., Mr.. Frank
Christie of Dover. N. H., and DR.. J. T.
Sutherland of Boston.
News has just been received thai
Fred Allen, aged 80 years, who resides
O miles out OF the village of South
Berwick, committed suicide, late Fri
day afternoon. by shooting. Allen
borrowed a hot gun Il few days ago
from a neighbor. Having use for it the
neiShbor called at Aliens house. Allen
went up stairs to get the gun. In a
ninute a report was heard and the
family. running up stairs, found Mir.
Allen dead. He had removed his shoes.
coat and vest. %unbuttoned his shirt and
hot himself through the heart. Ill
health is supposed to have been the
cause of his act.
Friday afternoon, about 4 o'clock,
Walter Harvey and Myrtle Conley. two
academy students of North Arson.
were u driving, and just as they We're
upon the railroad crossing, above the
village. the horse caught sight of a
special train from Oakland, coming
round the curve. Quick as lightning
the horses turned square around, over
turning the sleigh, leaving the fright
ened occupants ~entangled in the robes,
lying on the track, directly in front of
the coming train. The engineer sue
ceeded in stopping the train just in
time to save the much-frightened
Sleigh-riders, and a section man caught
the horse just as he was darling up
the rack.
Peter Bennett, the famed miser of
Plymouth, Newport, etc. and all his
social n financial catastrophies We're
again brought to mind, Saturday after
noon, in the Penobscot supreme court
at Bangor, where the administrator of
Peters estate brought suit against one
of the Bennett children. who is now
Mrs. Cronkite, to recover several
thousand dollars which the defendant
is charged with having unlawfully re-
ceived from her fathers estate and
which she claims to have received as
a gift. A whole carload of witnesses
from Skowhegan, the home of the de-
PENDANT, and other towns are here and
it will be a picturesque as well as an
interesting trial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

A lady who drives her husband in
and out of town every day, to and
from his work, on returning on a re-
cent morning, had a narrow escape
from a runaway smashup-an escape
directly due to her own GOODNESS. The
animal ran the length of Water street
from Rines hill to some distance above
h bridge, at a terrible pace. The
driver did a mighty brave piece OF
work, and those who saw her will not
forget it. They expected every minute
to see her thrown out, and the sleigh
broken to smash. Talk about your
chariot races! They weren't a circum-
stance to that lone woman. who. as
cool as you please, guided the rantic
horse along past the teams standing
around, finally to bring him up to a
standstill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

This Is the PuREsT DRINKING WAT.
En- IN the CITY for the ANALYSIS
SHOWS that there Is ABSOLUTELY NO
ORGANIC NATTER IN 1T. 1t bolts up
through clean white sa I'd from beneath
2 solid layer of clay which strictly pro-
.ects II trorl SURFACE drainage and all
poisonous matter. Those desiring PURE
DRlNklNG WATER should order PURE
DIAMOND SPRING WATER today.
One gallon daily per month. 75cta.
zach extra gallon daily per month. .25cts.
one haif gallon daily per month...... Scots.
Delivered to any part Of the city for 80
cents a hogshead, or Is cents a barrel for
attended to.
G. =. TEMPLE, Sole Proprietor,
Augusta. NainA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
Standing Committees o, the house.

WAYS AND MEANS-Houghton of
Fort Fairfield, Talbot of Lewiston, Ro-
dick of Eden, Jewell of Hallowell, Shep-
herd of Buxton, Pearl of Bangor, Young
of Hiram.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE-Jones of Lin
coin, Penley of Greenwood, Tarbell OF
Benton, Moore of Moscow, Shaw of Cum.
berland. York Of Nobleboro, Coffin OF
Shaplcigh.
Pattangall of Machias, Fogg Of Freeport.
Littlefield of Vinalhayen. PeEley, OF
Greenwood, Maxwell of Richmond, Shep-
ard Of Buxton, Cram of Mt. Vernon.
ENGROSSED BILLS-Gilman of Houl-
ton, Searls of Chelsea, Lane of St. George,
Burriil of Corinna, Guernsey of Dover,
Gowell of Berwick, Martin of Liberty.
ELECTIONS-Fernald of Poland,
Chandler of Bridgewater, Merrill of Blue
hill, Pope of Manchester, York of Noble
boro, Hamilton of Mattawamkeag Holmes
BUSINESS OF THE rHOUSE.-Noble
of Lewiston, Knowlton of Portland, Muir
raw of Pembroke.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

One Dexter family met with Il great
ago Mrs. Angie Farwell left tow and
went West. consigning her little daughter
to the care of Mrs. Edith Card. Time
passed and the letters looked for from
Mrs. Farwell failed TO arrive. and at last
it was generally conceded that she had In
some u~naccountable way met with death.
The little child continued i'll Mrs. Cards
care aud has grown to be qnite a large
girl. The other night there was q rap on
Mrs. Cards door which being opened re-
vealed standing in the uncertain light,
none other but the woman mourned as
iCaI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
fm SaIe OF tu get.

Small advertisements not exceeding
four lines Thirty wordsl coming under
LET, LOST, &C., will be inserted two
times for Is cents, three times for IS cents
and one week for so cents, ADVANCE
lance of postage stamps CIR postal note
should be made with order. as the
charges are too small to open accounts
for.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

On receipt of ten cents, cash or
stamps, a generous sample will be
mailed of the most popular Catarrh
and hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream
Balm) sufficient to demonstrate it's
great merit. Full size SOC.
ELY BROTHERS,
So Warren St, New York City.
1t is the medicine above all Others
for catarrh, and is worth it's weight in
gold. l can us Ely's Cream Balm
with safety and it does all that is
claimed for it.-B. w. Sperry, Hart
ford, Conn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES
Of the Sixty-Eighth Legislature o.
Maine.
Standing Committees Of the Senate.

ON Hills IN SECOND READING
Witham of Cumberland, Poor of oxford.
Stearns of Aroostook, Wyman of WASH
ington, Ferguson Of ~Sagadahoc, Maxwell
of Androscoggin, Merrill of Somerset,
quis.
Cumberland. Billings of Waldo, Pix of
arocstook, Mccullough of Washington,
Reynolds of Kennebec, Hinkley of Frank
lin. Roberts of Oxford. Salley of Somerset.
Drummond of Cumberland, Chamberlain
of Lincoln.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

A number OF desirable residences in
augusta. Maine. varying in prices from
sioo TO $500; also several 10 to Is acre
two-stAry house and lot in Lewiston.
Maine. A number of farms in Kennebec
c cSu16 varying in price from 5000 to
w. 1uh MoHses n tenements to let. e.
JAM. dtf -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

TWO gentlemen of this city saw the
first polo game OF their lives, Friday
evening, in city hall. the Augusta-Gar-
diner contest. They We're in hard
luck to have happened upon a game
bitten off in the middle the way that
one was.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
Local Asue.

SPECIAL SALE-Miss Lottie S. SAT-
ford will sell at cost this week.
stamped linens. ribbons, figured
silks. table linen and towels. Open
every evening during the sale.
jan2Sd7ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
mushy stuff

The following have organized Under
the name of the Abnaki Quartet, and
are prepared to furnish melodious
music at any and all occasions: Lewis
A. Burleigh, LIST tenor: c.. H. Hacking
ton. I'd tenor: F. B.. burlington, I'd
basso: and Harry p. Lowell. I'd basso.
Mr.. Burleigh is manager. and Mr..
Purington, treasurer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
NOTICE,

The committee on State pensions will
&c IN session at h alderman's room.
City hall. on the second and fourth
Wednesdays Of the month from 4 Till {
+. NJ, until further notice.
s. A. MILLER.
D. W. WEBER,
-. Committee. J
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Miss Grace Elliott will take a few
pupils in drawing. painting in water
colors and oils. Cali or address ~
State street. jan22, eodlmo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
gaily Tenueusf Sohsual

~ -
CARDS or THANKa. onrrnAs,
NOTICES. RESOLUTIONS or 4,
3PECT. ETC. Will bs charged ct the raj.
OF ten cents per line. Ne charges -
than seventy-ive cents.
ALL ADVERTISING ANNOfrNc.
EMIT OF ENTERTAINMENT. NJ.
object II the raising Of money viI n
charged 1t the rate Of hftssn essts :
line.
ADVERTISING NOTICES. nsws fee-
will be excluded from our local eslurns
except such AZ refer to advertiser eoc-.
pying space in q advertising cslsmsa
and will be U under . separate hs>A ~
one Of the local pages.
Subscribers who fail to srscssvs a.
JOURNAL promptly viii confer Z ave
by notifying the ONCE Immediately. :,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

."AIR CUSHION" RUBBER STAMPS
surface, and cost only a triie more than
the ordinary kind. Send stamp for GA
page Illustrated catalogue. G.. w. Fletch-
er. So Chapel st. oct14.dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Augusta Lodge, F. & A. NJ, will have
an installation of officers, next Tues
day evening. An entertainment and
banquet will be the programme.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Hon. Oramandal Smith, Governor
Powers private secretary, was in
Richmond. Saturday. stst
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

A ounce of prevention is better thai
q pound of cure DIR. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup prevents consumption by cur
ing colds, and all similar lung troubles.
n &f&Wky
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
AUGUSTA, MAINE.

~ AUIUSTA, NAlNB.
analysis frcln the fifth annual report O.
the Maine State board OF health.
T SPARKLING CLEARNESS iust..
ees the fanciful NAME of the SPRING.
81 and MlCROSCOPICALLY
WATERS IN THE WORLD" Date Of
examination. April %. 1889. ANALYSIS OF
sample OF water No. BIG expressed In parts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Frank l.. Clark is cut after a weeks
confinement to his house on account
of illness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

A o of $500. secured by a two-story
dwelling house worth $500. in a desirable
location in Augusta. Apply to or address
L.. c. Cornish, attorney, Augusta, Me.
;,rD-lJuH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

The funeral of the late Charles A.
Lovejoy will be held at the Methodist
church in Wayne. at II A.. NJ. Mon
day. Rev. c.. A. Hayden of this city
will ofliciate. A delegation from Asy-
lum Lodge. No. 20, 1. O. o. F., will
perform the service of the order.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Saturday. She will return the first of
the week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
II o MARKET.

Leading Stock Quotations at IsOston oad
New York.
Boston. Jan. 23.-In The outside mark It call
money is quoted ut q per cent and time
money ~ nominatly 5d5ia per Gel nj.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Madam Browns celebrated system Of
dress cutting, which is SO popular, will be
taught at Miss Eta Z. Hanson'S rooms,
Over the New Age office. Terms reason
able. Full particulars at the rooms.
ian4dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Miss Marguerite Brooks has re-
covered from a severe illness with the
measles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

DR.. A. G.. Young, the secretary of the
State board of health, was in Portland,
Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
LOST,

A lady's pocketbook. containing Il sum
of money, between Cony's store and Ma
sonic Temple. Friday. Please leave at
Journal office, n be rewarded. jan23d2t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
You Can lie Well

When your blood is pure, rich and
nourishing for nerves and muscles.
The blood is the vital fluid, and when
it is poor, thin and impure o must
either suffer from some distressing dis
ease or you will easily fall a victim to
sudden changes, exposure, OF overwork.
Keep YOU blood pure with Hoods
Sarsaparilla and be well.
HOODS PILLS ale the best after
Dime pill; assist dig astion, cure head
ache. % cents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
THE PILES ARE AwFuI..

or li9ature, harmless operation and come
rsese fcisei. Give me your address Ii YEN
ss.ner. and Z will tell you how I Obtaiwtd
AND SPEED Y RELIEF. address.
s stamp, NJ Is. e., BOX a95, Lew.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

The soft nov is doubtless a source
of great relief to the poor horses,
which have had such a hard time of
it on the rough frozen roads. Their
legs have had a long hard strain put
upon them, and the animals actually
seem to enjoy padding about in the
mushy stuff. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

The members of the senior class of
the Cony High school, will give a dance
to the other pupils of the school, Mon
day. January 81. Friends of the pupils
will also be invited. The dance win be
given in Union nall. 1t is looked for
ward to with pleasant a~nticipations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
WANTED

Wanted at once, a first-class cook and
.'laundress. All modern convenience and
satisfactory wages for the right party.
Apply to Mrs. Byron Boyd, ii Western
avenue jan13dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

TRUSTEEs-wm. 8. Badger, J. H.
Manley, L. G. Cornish. Lendall Titcomb,
B. F. PARROT.
Deposits received and placed on inter-
est The first day Of every month.
Interest paid or credited on account on
first Wednesday of February and August.
Deposits are exempt by law from all taxes.
and accounts are strictly confidential,
Especial privileges afforded to Execu-
tors, Administrators, Guardians, Trua.
oeg, married women and minors,
EDWIN G. DUDLEY, Tr>ae.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Miss Katherine b. Williams passed
Sunday with her sister in Bowdoin-
ham.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

MADAM BRANN-Clairvoyant, is at 4
Gage street, Augusta, Me. jan4tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

CASH PAID for all kinds of second
hand furniture, carpets, bedding, pictures,
books. crockery, glassware, stoves, etc.
send postal, will call at any time. C. w.
MORRILL,. Augusta.
ian2dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Ladies to write for us at home. No
canvassing. Reply enclosing stamp Silver
Fern Co., Aurora, ndian jan25d2t*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Mrs. Everett Stone returned. Sum
day. from a two weeks visit in Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

PREPARE FOR NEW YEARS CALLS
by securing some of the choice tid-bits
and dainty morsels that the hostess al
ways loves to include in her layout"
She can choose anything she fancies
from our stock of relishes, imported
ielicacies in tin or glass, canned ham,
chickens, ETC., for sandwiches, not for
getting the cup of exquisite tea or fra
grant Rival lava coffee that she can
brew from our fine stock. a full stock
Of fine confectionery always on hand
at reasonable prices.
HILL & LOCKE,
dNyMst0. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
NEW ADyERr1sExExrs roDaY.

For sale-Sleigh.
Pennyroyal Pills. - "a =
j. T.. Fuller-Sleighs. ssG.E
Parker's Ginger Tonic. f0I-
H.. s. Blaisdell-Uisters.
Pensions sccured-I. s. Bangs.
u. w. Church-Teas and Corees.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Salesman; salary paid weekly. expert
ence unnecessary; permanent. Brown
Brothers Company, Nurserymen, Roches-
ter, N. Y.
nOv14, sat&mon, 3mos*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25
Local Matters.

DR.. ". II. Harris was in Readfeld.
Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

\ daughter was born, Saturday, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Bush.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

MANDRAKE
PILLS

Cure Liver Complaint and ell Bilious Disorder
Send for DR.. Schenck's Book. Its free.
DIR. J. H. SCHENCK & son, Philadelphia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Mrs. G.. Il. Keene returned, Saturday,
from a visit with relatives in Lewiston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Patrolman Jones was in waterville,
Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Gen. Selden Conner passed Sunday at
his home in Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Active and intelligent men and women
as district agents for the National Life
Insurance Co., Established 1861 with
whom liberal contracts will b. made.
Correspondence solicited. Geo. p. Dewey.
Manager, 30 Exchange ST., Portland, Me.
jan19d1W*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

Boarders and mealers at Phasey.s res
taurant. So COny street, over G. D.. Has
kelrs grocery store. Board and rooms
by day or week JAMS, d1mos
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

The sleighing could not be better.
Long may it last.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-25

WANTS put In these columns secure
more answers tina those who have not
tried are aware.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
s12o,ooo.ooo, or about 100000 a day.

$40, 100000, or about 100000 a day.
The gold exports which have begun are
therefore small by those which will follow
and they will come at a time when the
treasury at Washington holds within $4,-
100000 as much gold as the Bank of
England. Not unnaturally discount rates
are falling here and risking abroad, and
with the rise abroad in discounts has come
sale of American securities to this coun-
try. The national mortgage is being paid
and one more step taken toward the finan-
cial and commercial supremacy Of the
world.
Wheat prices turn just now on Argen-
tine supplies, which may be from 10000
700 to 100000 bushels, no one knows
which. Free exports continue and the
Western farmer is making his sales at
higher profits and less tranlmeled by arti-
fetal causes than in number of years, to
the national advantage. The Daily Dry
Goods Reporter puts the cotton yield at
9,311, ZOO bales Of 500 pounds. This would
be, with one exception, the largest crop
on record, and both cotton and print cloths
fell last week. Bessemer pig and steel
blllets rose last week and in general iron
and steel look to larger prices. The ship
ments of boots and shoes are now at the
highest figures eported.-Philadelp
Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
America and of American institutions +

America and Of American institutions
who are fond Of prophesying that the time
will come when the United States will
split up into several different countries.
The wish is father to the thought. for il
has no real basis on existing facts. Every
true American knows that that time will
never come, and deplores and condemns
any talk which tends to arouse sectional
ism.
What spirit of sectionalism still exists,
we owe almost entirely to the free traders.
They Systematically try to stir up the
West against the East on the ground that
protection unduly favors the Eastern
manufacturers: they try to rouse the East
against the West because, as they say.
protection favors the Western ranchers
to the detriment Of the people of the East;
they try to arouse the South against the
North and the North against the South.
1t is. quite consistent that those who would
make a catspaw of our own country to
enrich the nations of the earth should try
to sow the seeds of disunion within our
own borders. The American people are
indebted to the free traders for many
evils, and not the least is this effort of
theirs, on every occasion, to stir up a
spirit of sectionalism. 1t is an evil which
should be stamped out in summary fash
ion and all honor should be given to that
thoroughly American law, the Dingley
law, which, by protecting all sections Of
the country alike, has disarmed section
alism.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
P0pOcrats, Attention!

what were some of those remarks that
were heralded around from Popocrat ic
stump to stump last year, to the effect
that our currency was so limited and CON
tracted that we could not do business,
and that the only hope for return to
prosperity was through the free coinage
OF silver at 10 to l? 1t is quite evident
to observant men that some of these Pop-
ocrats were laboring under a mistake. be-
cause by reference to the election retnrns
OF 1896 it will be seen that the free coin
age proposition was not adopted, and vet
here we find in the country to-day nearly
a hundred million dollars more in circula-
ton than there was a year ago, and not
a dollar of it free silver. Gold alone has
increased in circulation in the last year
over fifty million dollars.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
EXPORTS of Manufacturers.

The excess Of merchandise exports for
September reaches the stupenuous fig
ure of $50, 2S1, 1S7. This is $1,000
600 over the most liberal estimate
and SIS 100000 more than seemed likely
two weeks ago. Never in our commercial
history have exports been SO large from
the lesser ports and this deranges all cal
culations. The excess Of exports is al
most twice the excess in September, 1896,
S34, 275,1O8 Last year the cotton crop
was early. This year it is late. 1t is NOV
ing in October when the excess Of mer-
chandise exports was $63,049,267. I'm
ports are this year less than last year for
New York by S2,175,0 900, and while ex-
ports from New York are about $0Oo,UOO
less, they are undoubtedly larger for the
country, as $4,000 more bales of cotton
and 1900 900 bushels of wheat are known
to have been exported from all ports. The
heavy excess Of September will therefore
be IN all probability eQualled and the two
months viii have an excess together Of