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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-08-21
W0man'S Sphere.

The empress of Germany is said to
agree with her imperial husband that
woman's sphere is the kitchen, the nur-
sery and the home. She may be right
from her standpoint, but woman's real
sphere, from the appearance of things,
is the country bordering the st. Paul
and Duluth Railroad, where lovely
woman has been identifying the numcr-
GUS summer resorts this season. The
Duluth Short Line has SO many potent
attractions that it is impossible to
enumerate them, and besides, it Of
fers practical advantages to the busi-
ness man and the pleasure seeker, be-
cause it's fast, modern trains run
smoothly and at convenient hours to
and from St. Paul, Duluth, West Su-
perior and other points, where close
connections are made with boats and
trains running to all points of the COM
pass. Always take the Duluth Short
Line and be in the swim. Ticket agents
will furnish maps. circulars and gener;
information. or they may be had by
writing to c. e. Stone general passen-
ger agent, st. Paul, MINI.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-08-21
Funnygraphs.

"He-What is a crank?" Shc--"Why
person with one idea" "Would you
call mo crank?" "Why, no; ! never
gave you credit for having one idea"
a humorist leaps gaiy upon the step
Of an omnibus, and cries cheerfully -
the conductor, "ls the ark full?" "No,
Sir" replies the jovia conductor, I'VE
have kept a seat for you. What, no.
within there, is there room for the mon
key"
"You needn't say woman has no me-
chanical genius. | can do anything on
earth with only my harpin." "Weil,
here, sharpen this lead pencil with It,"
Briggs-Well we had an addition to
our family yesterday. Braggs- You
don't say so? Boy or girl? Briggs,
Neither. 1t was my wife's mother.
"Will you have me. for better or for
worse?" he asked. what foolish
question, George" she answered. "JIow
can ] tell whether it will be for better
or for worse. We've just got to take
chances, that's ALL"
" "They do say every American is a
l'orn inventor" said the patriotic gen
tleman. "My husband saii the fat
lady, sis an exception. He uses .he
same Old excuses for orlng sat late that
used to hear my father use.'
Husband (groaning)-The rhcuma-
tism in my leg is coming again. Wife
with sympathy)-Oh, | am sorry, John
] wanted to do some shopping today.
and that is q sure sign Of rain.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-08-21
same magistrates, from whose sentence
there was no appeal.

there was no appeal.
In order, however, to avail themselves
of the protection, the people of Boola-
vogue, by the arrangement throgh
Lieutenant Bookey, attended at FernS
to surrender their offensive weapons to
Capt. Cormick and receive in exchange
official warrants Of protection. Having
complied with their portion OF the ar:
rangements, instead Of receiving the
promised protection" the people were
set upon by the armed yeomanry Who
had been drawn up on parade, supple
m ented by an Orange mob, out-number-
ing the people two to one. 1t was this
act of treachery and cold-blooded bar
barity that was the cause of the people
rising.
A few days later the self-same peo-
pie. not now sueing for permission to
live, but, as the victors Of Oulart Hill,
marched to Ferns, to wipe out the stain
of indignity and outrage. They marched
inoffensively through the deserted Roy
alist town, and hurried on to settle
the reckoning at Enniscorthy.
Ferns furnishes, too, a long list OF
historic memories of times long antcr-
ior to '98.
The modern town replaces long
forgotten royal and cathedral city, dat
ing back for a certainty to the sixth
century, and probably to a considerably
earlier date. Here for many centuries
the kings of Hy-Kinsellagh welded the
temporal power, while from the churches
and monasteries close to the loyal
abode the sanity successors of st. Aidan
patron and founder of the diocese, ex-
ercised their mild spiritual influence
and moral suasion.
OF the ecclesiastical ruins the least
imperfect is THE: Abbey" surrounded
by trees in the Palace Lawn formerly
church lands). Attached to this ruin
in round tower. Al short distance
from the Abbey, the interior open to
the palace grounds, but otherwise with
in the church yard enclosure, is the
ruined chancel of what. appears to
have been a church of considerable
pretensions. Near Its wall is pointeS
Fout the burial places Of the ancient
kings and bishops, and within the ad-
joining (now ProtestanD church, lying
at the back of the pulpit, an ancient
statue of St. Aidan.
But the largest ruip in Ferns, and
amongst the largest Of its class in
Ireland; is what remains Of it's ancient
castle 1t has a unique interest for
the student OF Irish history becat,se Of
it's associations with the traitor who
brought the Norman Ger" Dermot
McMurrough burned to ashes the city
Of Ferns about the year 11G6, previous
to retreating to the interior OF his
Wicklow Businesses, owing to his hav-
ing refused to acknowledge Rodericl1
OConnor, who had just ascended the
throne of ireland. The chapter Of Irish
history that opened with that accursel
name has not yet closed, and 1t never
can close until the national rights of
the Irish nation have been restored to it.
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
Secretary Gage Confident.

AT the end of this fiscal year." resum-
ed Secretary Gage. looking over the off,
cal statements which had just been plac-
ed upon his desk, "the condition of. the
government is all that could be desired.
There is no trouble with the gold reserve,
that barometer Of confidence The bust
ness men, capitalists and investors, not
only of cur own country, but of the world.
are content with our situation and pros
poets. All the nervousness which for
merly held us in it's tolls has disappeared.
In its place we have confidence in the
future. confidence in the Government,
confidence in ourselves. The boarding of
gold has stopped and much of the yellow
metal that was put away during the de-
preston has come out and gone into cir
culation. The tide began to turn the day
President Mckinley was elected and it
mas been running the right way ever
since."-Chicago Times Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
The POpuIist Revolt.

The Nashville Populist convention
seems to have performed the work laid
out for it with ncatness and dispatch.
Called together by Mr.. Thomas e. Wat
son and other irreconcilables of the same
type, it reflected from first to last the
spirit Of ultra Populism. The motto of
the con yention was mo entangling ALI
ances." The 20 delegates who attended it
put themselves on record in the most
positive manner against all future deals,
compromises or agreements of fusion
with either of the old parties. These men
and the considerable number of Southern
and Western voters they represent pro-
pose to keep strictly in the middle of the
Populist highway hereafter. Believing in
the sufficiency of Populistic doctrines for
the cure of all the evils of the body poll
tic. they will follow no leaders and adopt
no platforms save their own.
The stand they have taken is most dis
tressing to Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Jones of
Arkansas. The conventions assertion
that 1--WE do not believe that the question
of free silver is itself a broad enough
platform for a national party" is espe-
cially calculated to harrow the feelings
of the late Popocratic candidate. For
without the issue Of free coinage, Bryan
ism must inevitably collapse.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
MIR. Bryan's 25-Cent Dollar.

Mr.. Bryan's speech, as reported in q
Democratic paper, fills about half a col
umn. 1t is calamity wall. "People who
were afraid of a SOC dollar six months
ago." he said, would be glad to get 2oc
dollar now" The speaker might have
added that his Populist supporters would
be best pleased with no-cent dollar, and
he voted for that himself when he gave
his ballot in 1892 to Weaver as a presi-
Dental candidate. Mr.. Bryan read
newspaper clipping arguing that the de-
probation of farm lands in England is due
to the gold standard and the plotting of
money changers. But he made no refer
ence to the comfortable financial condi.
ton of England generally and it's treasury
surplus, nor to the fact that many British
farmers contend that free trade is the
source of their troubles. The Nebras-
kan's assertion that this country is des-
perately sick seemed particularly grateful
to his audience. The remedy. in his Ian
guage, is to turn over the affairs of the
nation to one man and let him think and
act for u.s." While the name of the man
was not mentioned it is easy to guess who
he is in the opinion of the orator.
The statement that the American people
would now be glad to get 25c dollar
shows the glibness of Mr.. Bryan's tongue
and the light caliber of his mind. Having
started out to cut the dollar in two, he is
ready to bisect it again. and would doubt
less drop the remainder without the
slightest ceremony. 1t is this fantastic
readiness to jump into any wildly radical
experiment that makes Mr.. Bryan a fav
orite with every revolutionary element
in the country.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
New York Times Admits IT.

The New York Times Democratic)
takes a hopeful view of the business out
look AMI believes that the tide has turn
ed for the better. While the Times is
opposed to the Republican tariff policy,
and is by no means supporter of the
present administration, it is not calam-
ity bowler, but is crying down the mean
sensatiOnalism of most of the Democratic
press which is retarding prosperity. In
the financial articles of the Times the
hopeful signs for future business pros
perity are pointed out. In Saturdays pa
per one CT the best known stock exchange
men in the country, the head of the firm
of Charles Head & Co., is quoted as de-
claring that the tide has turned in the
right direction. In accounting for the
strength which the stock market is show
ing and the wonderful advances that have
occurred, Mr.. Head explains that Wall
street folesees great improvement in the
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
South as Well a. North.

The truth is, our Southern States are
in good condition. All their products Of
the soil are in touch with markets. Man
ufacturers are advancing steadily. Bust
ness in lumber is growing at rapid rate,
and the supply of timber is immense. The
great staples of agriculture, with cotton
at their head, have the world for their
market; and the lesser products, coming
much earler than those of the Northern
States. and distant but single day from
the Northern cities, get the best of the
market every year, and are mostly con-
sumed before the Northern crops come in
At Southern industrial centers trade in
all lines shows marked activity.-Port-
land Oregonian.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
Will Silence the Cro.kas

Like the rising tide it will not fill all
the little ncoks and channels at once: and
so, many may feel skeptical about it. Rut
this will make no special difference with
the fact except to retard it. The more
hope AMI confidence the quicker and more
complete the revival 1t will not be long
before this confidence will be- general.
Business will be brisker. Merchants will
feel it and. begin to solicit trade and to
advertise as of yore. Traffic and travel
will increase. More and more, manufac-
turers will increase their purchases and
products. Building and real estate will
show SIGNS of it. Once Congress adj
journs with the tariff settled in favor of
American industry, and American indus
try will as certainly take advantage of it
as morning follows night. Before the cleo
tons in November there is every reason
to believe that the croaking of the calam-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
UNCLE SAM-"PVE GOT 1T AT LAST!"

Indications point to continued activity in
the export trade, the volume Of which
exceeded all previous records in the fiscal
year ended last month. The total value
of the merchandise exports for the fiscal
year was 81 ,051 ,9S7 ,091: the largest pre-
vious total was $1,03O.21S, 14S, in 1892.
The imports for the fiscal year were $764,-
373,905: and in spite of the big increase
under the tariff stimulus in recent months
the years aggregate was smaller than
that of 1896 and has been five times ex-
ceeded since 1S90.-Philadelph Record
Dem.).
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20

the farmers get returns from the cream
cries. great many of them, in fact al
most all the larger creameries. are CO.
operative concerns, owned entirely by the
farmers. who share the profits among
themselves. In this manner they have al
ways enough money to buy their groceries,
clothing, and such necessary commodities
of life, while on the farm they produce
their oWI flour. vegetables and meats.
The result is that from the sale of their
wheat. oats. corn, pork and beef they
realize Il net profit. and it is this money
that has been used to pay off the mort
cages.
Little Rock, Ark.-Although the crops
in part of Arkansas were cut short by
drought last year. the people by economy
are getting out of debt. The people look
forward to an era of railroad building in
the near future unparalleled in the history
of the State, from which they confidently
expect good results The State debt is
not large and will be considerably reduced
by the acts of the special session of the
Legislature. Gov. Jones thinks very little
of it will remain at the end of his admin
istration. The loan companies are doing
very little business in the State Many
of them have withdrawn recently.
Lincoln. Neb.-The report of the State
Banking Board just issued contains much
announcement for business men. 1t
shows the condition of the State and pri-
vate banks. at the close of business on
May 26. 1897, as compared with that at
the close on Dec. 81. 1896 At present
there are 400 banks. as compared with
Ala on Dec. 81. During the interval %
banks have closed, 3 have reorganized and
8 new banks have opened. Under the
head of liabilities there is a general fall
ing off in the amounts, with a. notable
exception in the item of deposits. which
shows an increase of $1,00S, 62S.96 In
resources there is an increase of $1.227.-
123.4O. These latter two items, resources
and deposits. are regarded as especially
encouraging by business men.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
Figures from several counties show that

Figures from several counties show that
where one mortgage has been recorded
five have been paid. Some of the liquida-
ton has heen enforced through foreclos-
ures. but this is on city property which
was mortgaged in the days of imitation.
There have been very few foreclosures
on farm lands.
1t is estimated that in 1897 the product
from the South Dakota farms, including
the live stock and creamery industries,
will aggregate $10O,OOO.00O. This, dis
tributed among 100000 people. is enough
to give com Portable living and. in addi-
ton. to make a great inroad on their in
debtedness.
st. Paul, Minn-The mortgage and
loan business on farm lands in Minnesota
has fallen off more than 80 per cent dur
ing the last three years. principally IN the
last year and half. OF all the loans that
were in existence in Minnesota on farm
ing lan'ls three years ago the various con-
Germs differ slightly on the percentage that
has been paid. The lowest estimate places
it at 10 per cent and the highest at % per
cent, while the average seems to be III
to 20 per cent This is held by the mort
gage anu loan concerns TO De Il WOHueTl I'll
showing, when it is taken into cOnsidera-
ton that a vast amount of money was
loaned in Minnesota during the boom
times. 1t means that that much has been
paid back over and above what has been
borrowed. There have been practically
no foreclosures.
That the State has felt the pinch of
hard times was one of the great factors
that kept the farmers from going further
into debt. When the bottom fell out of
the boom the farmer was the first man to
take to lhe woods. He Immediately cut
his expenses and practiced the closest
economy. The farmer incurred no new
debts.
Although diversified farming has gone a
great way toward relieving the Minnesota
farmer Of his debt. by far the greatest
factor has been the dairy interest. There
are hundreds of creameries and half as
many cheese factories in Minnesota, and
the majority of them have been estab-
lished since 1892. The effect of the es-
tablishment of these creameries has been
almost electrical. 1t has been the prin-
cipal cause of the large payments of
mortgage loans. At the end Of the month
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
Interest Rates and Prosperity.

No better indication of returning pros
perity is to be found than in the decrease
in interest rates. 1t shows not only that
there is an abundance of money in. the
country. but that the money is seeking
investment When times are hard, money
scarce and there is little confidence, inter-
est rates always go up. Capitalists will
not risk their money unless given an over
abundance or security and promised a
high rate of interest. But the minute bus
mess conditions begin to improve every
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
Calamity How,ers DISCOURAGED,

Testimony which comes from every CEN
ter of finance, trade and commerce in the
country, is not calculated to afford much
encouragement to the professional calam-
ity bowler and the croaking Bryan fol-
lowers. They had hoped that the depres-
sion would continue until after the fall
elections. But the tide of improvement
has set in and it will not be stayed at
the command of the demagogues who prey
upon adversely and hope to gain political
advantage from the miseries of the peo-
pie. With the dawning of prosperity.
which is at hand. will come the last blow
to Organism and financial heresy and dis
honesty Wheeling Intelligencer
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
Paying Off the Mortpases.

An invincible and positive proof that
local affairs are becoming more encourag-
ing and that Williams County, at least. is
seeing the dawn of better times, is fur
nished in the following figures, given out
by Mr.. EVAN, the recorder of this county:
Since Jan. l last the number Of mort
cages filed for record in this county is 166.
while the number released is 279, so that
to-day there are 113 fewer mortgages on
Williams County land than there were on
Jan. l. 1897. The record by months is
as follows:
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
The Last of the Hard Times.

We have about seen the last of the
hard times and the movement has begun
toward the prosperity that seems so long
coming. 1t cannot, in the nature of things.
be rapid, because the American market
is crowded with foreign importations,
which must be consumed before our own
manufacturers can enjoy that which they
have been cheated out of by low tariff,
and our own wage workers receive the
earnings that are going into the pockets
of European producers Wheeling Intelli-
gencer.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
'ne is anxious to invest, even though the

one is anxious to invest, even though the
investment will bring but small returns,
ana money is put into enterprises which
would not have oeen considered during
the depressed times. The financial re-
ports now show that money can be secur-
ed TOT any reasonable enterprise at rates
from oha per Get down, showing that con-
noence has returned and that capitalists
desire to have their money bringing in
even small rates rather than having it lie
ldle.-St. Louis Star.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
Cooperate with Republicans.

1t will he great disappointment to the
people who had hoped that the tariff issue
would embitter the gold Democrats
against the Republicans to find members
of that party cooperating with the Re-
publcans for the defeat of the silver
Democrats everywhere this fall, but it is
quite apparent that the Democrats who
opposed the election of Bryan last fall
will be as earnestly against the silver can
J;doto this vaar
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
Other Evidences of prOvement.

The New York Daily Bond Buyer has
an article going to show an improvement
in the business situation. 1t takes as it's
text the quotations of municipal bonds.
which are not so subject to the specula-
tive irregularities as many other securi-
ties. The PAPER states that within three
weeks following the defeat Of free silver
at the polls last November SOB. 1Oo.I14 Of
municipal securities were sold, which had
been held up awaiting that result. The
restoration of confidence has proceeded
since that time with gratifying effect on
these investments. Since Jan. l of the
present year municipals of the value OF
$S4, S69.373 have been sold, an average
of $14, 1A4,S 800 per month. as against a
total of $50, 713, 727 and a monthly aver
age of S., 7a5, 22S for the same period OF
1896
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20

The Republicans in the Senate will
nress as an independent measure the anti
trust proposition which was originally
proposed as an amendment to the tarlff
bill and withdrawn therefrom only be-
cause it's discussion would delay final ac-
ton on that measure.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
CaIamity screamers in Troub1e

There is nothing in this world that will
start the Bryanite to yelling calamity!
Calamity! Calamity! more quickly than
the word prosperity. If he sees it or
hears it anywhere he at once proceeds to
tear his hair and to rush around as aim
lessly as flies in midsummer. His eyes
start from their sockets, he foams at the
mouth end has all the symptoms of vio-
lent eria-Dubuoue Times.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20

These quotations show that everything
except core is higher than year ago. and
the decline in corn (Only 3 cents) is due
to the fact that last years crop was the
greatest ever known, while the crop of
the year before was almost a failure.
Moreover. so far is if from being true
that corn is now selling Clover than ever
before" it is shown that even corn is high
er now than On many occasions in former
years, and higher than it was last Sep
TENDER, which was ''before the last cleo
ton" So the Register demands with
some pertinency: ''Why did this conven-
ton lie even about corn?"
But the comparison does not stop with
grain. Here is an exhibit of prices of
livestock at Chicago now and one year
ago. like grades being stated in both
years:
1896. 1897.
aogS ............ ....... .S3 ~ S3 80
SaltIe $4,000. ~ 90
ohCCP .''.'.-. ....-. ........ ~ d 81
From all of which it appears that ca
lamity bowling for politics may easily
overshoot the mark.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
"IiYing Wages"

The purchasing ability of the great
masses is what decides good times or bad
times. and that ability comes of living
wages Globe, Boston, Mass.
And the Giving wages" come only I'M
der a protective tariff.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20

ity howlers and the nostrums Of the Brv-
antics will seem as ridiculous as do the
predictions of the last-day prophets when
the sun rises at the usual hour upon an
earth still turning on it's axis.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-20
Recorded.

This shows beyond dispute that Will
liams County debtors are paying their
debts, and no condition of affairs could
be more promising than just this.-Ohio
State Journal