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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

The South Australian farmers, who
hold nearly all the wheat of South
Australian growth, feel very confident
as to the future, because the quantity
of wheat cleaned up was not as much
as the size of the heaps led them to
expect, and their statements quite con-
firm the figures that the yield of the
harvest will be 100000 bushels less
than requirements. Consequently this
quantity, which means 1880 tons, will
have to be imported to supply
the necessities Of our own colony, and,
that being the case, it is not likely
that we shall see lower prices for
some time to come"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

Prof. R. o. Becker, music teacher in
Marion, Ohio, has received a letter from
his father in Germany notifying him
that the military court at Leipsic de-
mands his return to Germany and his
appearance before the military court by
April 26 to show cause why he left the
German military service, and that a
levy has been made upon his father by
the German government of $4,000 year
ly for his absence. To this the profess
sor says Nit" People who have been
good citizens of this country for six
years, as Prof. Becker has, are not
likely to do army duty-not if they
can help it. If they are hankering for
army life they can get it right here,
provided they are worthy.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

Manslaughter in this country has in
creased from 1,44S in 1886 to more than
$4,000 in 1896, says Texas Farm and
Ranch. Italy has long been considered
the most homicidal of nations, but we
surpass her more than ten times over,
and more than five times in proportion
to population. Our increase in this one
crime has been 100 per cent per an
mum, or 1000 per cent in ten years.
This Is not all-other crimes against
persons and property are similarly in
creasing. Convictions for crime are
not keeping up with the CHASTITY pro.
cession. There are two reasonable ex-
plantations of this disagreeable fact:
AS a people we are becoming altogeth-
or too clamorous for personal liberty"
and hence tolerate, and often champion
customs and institutions that breed
crime. Also. our courts have ceased
to be terror to evil doors. The en-
tire legal fraternity, from the highest
Judge to the most contemplate petit
logger, unite in their devotion to alb
surd formalities and obsolete prece-
dents which multiply indefinitely the
chances of the guilty to escape punish
ment. The proof of guilt may be new
er so absolute, yet unless all the musty
formalities be fully complied with, no
final conviction can be had. Thus the
law has become a thing for public con-
tempt, and inspires but little fear on
the part of the criminally inclined.
There is another cause which no doubt
operates to considerable extent to in
crease crime. Poverty has always been
a contributary factor In criminal an
nails. This poverty may be real, or
merely comparative-the result is the
same. Unless an unexpected reform
shall soon be an accomplished fact, the
result in the near future is fearful IA
contemplate.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

New York, May 24.-The Tribune
says: Money lies without demand in
this city, the demand being too small to
have an appreclable influence upon
bank holdings, and the constantly in
creasfng deposits and stagnatlons in
towns have led bankers to discuss the
question Of further bank consolidation
on lines similar to those entered upon
by the Third National bank aud the
National City bank. Under the exist
ing conditions many banks serve only
as storehouses for money, without
enough loans to make the business prof
table,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

Over much of Oklahoma the amount
of moisture in the soil is considerably
greater than is usual at this season
of the year. At the Experiment Sta
ton at Saltwater the rainfall from
January 1 to March 16 was All inches,
compared with little less than two
inches for the full three months last
year. Frequent observations are made
at the station as to per cent of mois-
ture in the soil. A few hours after the
close of lain of 1.60 inches, which had
fallen in twenty hor~s the irst foot of
three classec of upland prairie soils
were found to contain the following
percentages of moisture: Fall plowed,
225; prairie grass, ESQ; "alkali spot"
grass covered, 20.S. The first had a
gain of about ten, the second a little
over and the third about III per cent
as compared with their moisture con-
tent two days previously.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

Fall River, Mass, May 24.-The quar-
terly dividend statement of the Fall
River mill does not show that there has
been much improvement in the print
cloth market. The average amount
paid out in dividends is SLIGO of per
cent, which is the lowest in years. On
a total capital of 500, 1873 900, twenty,
two corporations have paid to their
stockholders $192,05o. Fifteen COM
panies have passed without declaring
against twelve last quarter. The lat
est to pass are the Barnard, Granite
and Laurel Lake, which have allowed
the usual time to pass without divi.
dend for the first time In years.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26
SIOO To Any Man.
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
OF Weakness in Men They Treat and
Fail to Cure.


An Omaha Company places for the first
time before the public q MAGICAL TREAT
MEST for the cure of Lost Vitality, Nervous
and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration of
Life Force in old and young men. No
worn-out French remedy; contains no
PHOSPHORUS or Other ,rmful drugs. 1t is
a WONDERFUL TREATMENT-nagi cal in--i%s.
effects-positive in its cure. All readers,
who are suffering from weakness that
blights their life, causing that mental andl
physical suffering peculiar to Lost NAM
hood, should write to the STATE MEDICAL
COMPANY, Omaha, Neb, and they will
send you absolutely FREE, valuable
paper on these diseases, and positive proofs
of their truly MAGICAL TREATMENT. rhous-
ands of men, who have lost all hope of "a
cure, ire being restored by them to per-
feet condition.
This MAGICAL TREATMENT may be taken
at home under their directions, or they will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who
prefer to go there for treatment, If they
fail to cure. They are perfectly reliable;
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or G. o. D. fake. They have
$250,000 capital, and guarantee to cure
every case they treat or refund every dol
lar; or their charges may be deposited in a
bank to be paid to them when cure 10
effected. Write them today.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

An interesting series of experiments
is now being conducted at Prof.
Crookes laboratory with view to find
ing a quick and easy method of dis
tinguishing false and true gems. The
Roentgen rays have been found to be
capable of easily penetrating diamonds,
while limitations are invariably Opaque
in the new light. The resistance OF
pearls, rubies, sapphires and other
precious stones is also being tested
before the tubes.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

It has been telegraphed all over the
country that Russell Sage Of New York
has new spring suit, and that some-
one found q tag on IT marked with fig
dres that looked like $6.75. Sage is the
millionaire who recently took a mort
gage on relatives home to secure a
loan of 5000. The purchase of cheap
suit is possibly an event In such a
mans life that merits extended notice.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

New castle Paa-, Nay 2t.-Yesterday
morning the big Rosena furnace in this
city, owned by Senator Mark Hanna
and ex-senator Cameron, let go and the
next instant heavy volume of coke,
iron ore and coal came crashing
through the roof OF the casting house.
burying in the neighborhood of thirty
men under the debris.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

Celeste, Texas, May 24.-The Agar
old boy of d. w. Wright died last Sat
urdny of scarlet fever, making the sec
ond death from that disease, and two
or three other cases. The whooping
cough ia raging.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

Athens, May 24.-It is semi officially
reported here that Edham Pasha, com
mander of the Turkish army IN Thee-
sally, has Informed the Greek officers,
who in conjunction with the Turkish Of
dcers, are arranging the neutral zone
that he is empowered to negotiate the
terms Of peace with Greece direct.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

Athens, May 24.-1t ia again semi-of-
flcially asserted that Edham Pasha, the
Turkish commander in chief has re.
peated his statement that peace must
be negotiated with him and is now
pressing for the appointment of a
Greek plenitotentiary to conduct the
settlement of terms.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

Those who get the most satisfactory
views of the airship are those who look
through several glasses.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

Lying helplesSly Ill with her 3-year
old child asleep at her side, Mrs. Nellie
Dawson of Chicago % years old. was
shot and killed by her husband. John
Dawson. The shooting followed
quarrel. The murderer Is at large.
James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of
the New York Herald, has arrived In
New York.
John F. Johnson, the bank wrecker of
Indianapolis, will fight some of the
cases against him, though he will plead
guilty to others.
Henry Smith, cycliet, made seventy
miles in 4:17;12 IL, in Baltimore,
against a strong wind, making a record
for the distance.
A four-story brick occupied by Will
lam Abbott MS furniture factory in
Philadelphia, was destroyed by fire.
Loss $4,000, partially insured.
The Hamburg American liner Area
dia was pulled off the rocks near Cape
Race, st. Johns, N. r., and is now
safely anchored in Port Aux Basquef
harbor.
1t is announced that John d. Rookie
Teller has issued an edict against Sun
day labor by the men employed on his
ore docks on the upper lakes, Cleveland,
Ohio.
There was no attempt to play ball in
Cleveland, Ohio, the managers Of the
club preferring to await the outcome
of the case of the arrested players in
the police court.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

The garments of salvation are not cut
n the worlds tailor shops,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26
AN EXTRA SESSION.
THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE ADJ
JOURNED SINE DIE.

The Governor Issued Call for Thorn to
Convene Again Immediately - Presler
Text Hook Bill Passed the Senate v tth
the House Amendments
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

Entered st the Sinner, Texas, Postoflico
IS second-c class matter.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

MhCnNjo ARCADE. 21O-2l2 Main st., Hous-
MADUN D ton, Dry Goods Millinery, Cloth
ing Boots and shoea, etc. Robt rllbroOk, Prop.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year, postpaid, $50
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

mmm@ for tracing and locating Gold Silver
MHHHHSA Ore, lost buried treasures. NJ. ID.
ueS1ENNS FOWLER. Box 337 .SouthinEton Conn.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26
". N. U. HOUSTON. NO. 22. 1897

When writing to adyertiscrs kindly men
ton tnif Aaper.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26

c. W. WARD, Editor and Pub.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-05-26
THE GAZETTE.

Published Every Thursday by
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28
A New Financial system.

The demand now heard from mer-
chants and manufacturers and bankers
and other intelligent observers in every
part of the country is not for some re-
pairs to our financial system, but for q
new system. No government paper can
be free from objection, because its vol
ume and redeemability will depend in
part upon the opinions of congress and
in part upon the opinions of the pres
ident, No one can be certain that these
will be correct in all years to come. If
we could be sure that they would al
ways be correct, we could not be sure
that the government would always be
able to maintain a sufficient reserve
for the redemption Of the notes. If the
weight of pound and the length of a
yard were liable to be changed at any
time by congress, the uncertainty co1ld
hardly be so dangerous as the present
uncertainty regarding the unit of value.
This explains why so many of the men
who do the business Of the country, not
alone in the north and east, but also in
the south and west, demand the with
drawal of the government notes. Iron
Age.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28
EVOLUTION OF MONEY.

Unwarranted Government Interference
Prevents Easy Transition From One Sub.
stance to. Another.
Money is simply commodity that is
generally recognized as a universal
equivalent, and its degree of goodness
or efficiency consists in the unanimity OF
the recognition of the fitness of the com
modify used as money to perform the
essential functions of money. Many
commodities have been used as money,
and they have remained in use as long
as they met the essential requirements
of money among the people where used,
or until some other commodity appear.
ed the fitness of which commended it.
self to the intelligence as being superior
to the commodity then being used.
! AS people have advanced in discrim-
mating intelligence they have discard
ed inferior commodities and adopted in
place thereof something that was supe-
rior. These changes kept taking place
until finally gold and silver became the
commodities that were recognized by
the people of most countries as being
the best Tor use as money. Sociological
transition is constant. Change is the
natural order of things, and changes
come about naturally and are therefore
effected easily, if the natural process is
allowed to go on undisturbed Trou.
blous friction ensues only when there is
obstructive governmental interference
to delay or defeat the natural order Of
things
In our own day the stagecoach has
been supplanted by the steam railroad,
and stagecoaches have practically be-
come thing of the past. The tallow
dip was succeeded by lamps filled with
burning fluid Or oil, and lamps by illu.
minating gas, and gas by electricity.
These and many other changes were ac-
oomplished with no serious disturbance
whatever, and so it would be with com
modities used as money in the absence
of governmental obstruction. There
would be no threatening money ques-
tion in this country today, endangerine
the continuity and perpetuity of all
business activity, if the United States
was not engaged in the banking bust
ness.
Among civilized people the days OF
usefulness of silver as money, except in
subsidiary forms, are numbered, and
silver is going out of use as surely as
have the stagecoach and the tallow dip,
and for exactly the same reason-civi.
lizution has outgrown the conditions
which necessitated its use No money
has ever come into use at the behest Of
government or because of statutory en-
actments, but solely because of recog
nized ability to perform the functions
Of money. Austin W. Wright in Sound
Currency.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28

Should this country alone attempt
free coinage Of silver at the ratio of IS
to /, it would thereby give notice that
we are ready to exchange for all corners
quantity of gold which is valued at 81
in every civilized country for quaint
ty of silver which represents in the
markets Of the world about 80 cents
In very short time all gold would
disappear. 1t would be boarded to await
a premium or shipped to countries
where it is more appreciated. Only sill
yer would remain our circulating medi-
UNI. We would be on silver basis. Our
standard would be dollar worth little
more than SO cents in every country but
our own.
All values would quickly adjust them
selves to this deprecated dollar and
would fluctuate with its changing value
in international exchange.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28

Mr.. +. C Helbig prominent
drugistof Lynchburg, Va, says:
zone of our citizens was cured Of
rheumatism of two years standing,
by one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. This liniment is famous for
its cures of rheumatism; thousands
have been delighted, with the
prompt relief which it affords. For
sale by George & Montgomery.
1t is not often that physician
recommends patent medicine;
when he does, you may know that
il is a good one. DR.. ]. P. Cleveland,
Glasgow, Va, writes: VI have used
Chanberlain's Collie, Colera and
Dialrhoea Remedy in my practice
and it has proven to be an excellent
remedy, where thorough course of
medicine had failed with mel rec
ommend it to my patients every
time for collie and diarrhoea" Many
other progressive physicians recon-
mend and use this remedy, because
it always cures and-cures quickly.
Get a bottle and you will have an
excellent doctor in the house, for all
bowel complaints, both for children
and adults. for sale by George &
Montgomery.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28
Government Currency.

The reason bank circulation has been
decreasing through term of years, and
why it is inelastic, remaining almost
without change from season to season,
is that the security for it is deposit of
government bonds. The bank capital is
in the treasury instead of in business.
The profits on circulation decline as the
bonds increase in value or the rate of
interest declines, and the redemption
process is slow and ineffective. The
dangers of the government currency
and the deficiencies Of the bank curren-
cy are now pretty well recognized, and
every day shows increased earnestness
in the demands of business men for a
complete and permanent cure Iron
Age
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28
Time T able.
THE
KNOXVILLE
EnDAUGUSTA

will Run Week Day Trains, begin.
ming MONDAY, MAY 3 1897, until
further notice, as follows:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28
Cooperative Banking For Farmers.
The American Agriculturist of Apr

The American Agriculturist of April
again discusses editorially the "entire
feasibility of cooperative banking
among farmers. "This can be DONE"
it says, "by slight notifications Of the
system of cooperative savings fund and
building associations or cooperative
banks, which has proved SO remarkably
successful in American cities. These in
situations now hold over $500, 900, 600
of deposits and are thoroughly demon
strated practical success. The Saxon
Land Credit association Ga report upon
which can be obtained by writing to
the secretary of state, Washington is a
modification Of the Raiffeisen system,
which in Prussia and Germany has
achieved the same success among the
working farmers of those countries that
the cooperative banks have achieved in
our American cities. The peoples banks
of Italy and neighboring countries, based
upon much the same plan, have had
marvellous success. A report giving fur
ther particulars upon the Saxon Land
Credit association has been published
by the department Of state for free dis
tribution, in which Consular Agent Pc
tiers says with a truth that can never be
questioned:
/ What American farmers require to relieve
them of the present financial strain under
which they are living is the power to borrow
at the lowest possible interest consistent with
their securities and the financial conditions in
/ the great centers of the world. So long as they
must borrow from the local money lender they
must pay q high rate of interest for accommo
dation. 1t is this high rate of interest under
which our farmers are now striving and fall
ing that is responsible for the general unrest
and dissatisfaction. Remove the high rate of
interest, give them the same opportunity to
use their credit as men engaged in other bust
ness, exchange the present mortgage on the
farm for one with a reasonable interest, which
the farmer can pay and have something left
for the savings bank, and we will restore hap
piness and prosperity.
! This question has been solved by the farmers
and landholders of Europe, and the solution
of the problem did not consist in the issue by
the government of a mass of debased currency
circulated among the people at a fictitious
value The end was reached by the farmers
and landholders by their own force and CO.
operation, by the founding of associations
which in time became power in the land, and
whose financial strength was measured by mil
lions of undoubted securities which the public
was only too glad to invest in
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28

Trains will run on Sunday, May 2,
1897, and until further notice, as
follows:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28
Locating the Disease.

"We cannot afford to advertise our
anxiety for the free coinage of silver
any more" the Philadelphia North
American (Rep) declares. UNLESS
some of the nations want free coin
age at our ratio or thereabout, it is idle
as well as humiliating to be Emporium
ing the great nations to create market
for our silver. For that is the kernel of
this nut, and but for the desire for a
market there would be no talk about
free coinage of silver here. +"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28
Three Facts.

% The money supply of this country
and of the world at large is not con
tracing, but increasing rapidly; (2)
the low price of farm products is caused
by increased production, not by contrac-
ton of the currency; (S) free coinage of
silver would not improve the condition
of any one and would be the cause Of
great hardships and privations to the
wage earning classes and all persons of
small means.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28
SOME BARGAINS.

We are now offering. 1t will pay
you to investigate these if you wish
a home or wish to invest your
money.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28
A. X. & N. RAILWAY
CO.,
Short Line between Atlanta, and Knoxville
and Points in the Northeast and
Southwest.
NORTHBOUND.
SOUTHBOUND

Time card effective April Is, 1897.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28

Now that Japan is on the brink of
replacing her currency on the exclusive
gold basis, we presume that we shall
no longer be worried with fearful vi
sions of her growing industrial suprem-
acy, which was alleged to be due to the
silver standard. 1t was affirmed that
whatever goods Japan sold in this coun-
try, being paid for in gold, practically
doubled the sellers income when the
proceeds were converted into silver.
And this tremendous advantage the jap
anese now relinquish,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-28
A Standard of Value.

Our monetary standard is nothing
but measu of values Upon its sta
bility depen,, growth and prosperity. 1t
must be recognized as the very best
abroad as well as at home-if our ac-
tive commercial intercourse with the
leading nations of the world is to con.
time and develop.