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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

ONO DEMOCKATS.-The Demo-
cratic State Convention which as
semUled at Columbus last week was
one Of the largest and most cnthusi-
astic ever held in ohio, and Judging
from the cagCrnCss with which
places on the ticket were sought, the
Democrats have strong hopes Of car
rying the state this fall. There
were six or eight candidates for the
Gubernaturial nomination, but Hon.
Horace l.. Chapman proved to be
the taVOrite, and was nominated on
the second ballot. The Convention
stood unoquivocally for the Chicago
platform and therefore declared
We demand the free and unlim-
lted coinage Of both silver and gold
ut the present legal ratio of l6 to |,
without waiting for the aid or con-
sent Of any other nation. We de-
mand that the standard silver dollar
shall be full legal tender, equally
with gold, for all debts, public and
private, and we favor such legisla-
ton as will prevent for the future
the demonstration Of any kind of
legal tender money by private con.
tract,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

1T is n we'll known fact of recent
history that the Mckinley bill was
followed by strikes, closed factories
and reduction Of the wages of In.
Dor. There is every indication now
that similar state of things will oc.
cur under the DingIcy bill now pend
ing before the Senate. Though tho
Republicans are busy in the enact.
ment Of law to keep up the wages
OF labor, as they claim, we have.ye
to hear of one instance of an increase
OF wages, whilst all along the line
in manufacturing, mining and othe,
industries, wages are being con
stantly reduced. When will the la
boror see the light-learn that high
protection is Of no advantage to him
but solely for the benefit Of his en-
ployor?
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

1T is said that the President is
strongly inclined to send a special
message to Congress recommending
the appointment of currency COM
mission, The President seems to
have great faith i'm commissions.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

TERMS Board and tuition in AGA.
demic course for session, $l36. For
full information address
REV. w. =. ANDERSON,
June Aft. PRINCIPAL.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

The instructors are thoroughly com
petent and experienced teachers.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

SENATOR HALE, Of Maine, pro-
poses AN amendment to the Senate
rule admitting TO the privileges of
the floor Of the Senate only cX.Sena.
tors who are not interested in any
same, or directly in any bill pend
ing before Congress" Added to the
text of the proposed change is the
following: 1.-THE purpose ofthe pro-
posed amendment is 10 prevent eX-
Senators from enjoying the privi-
lcgeS of the floor of the Senate for
the purpose Of urging or opposing
claims or bills in which they arc en-.
pl0yed As attorneys.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08
farmers HOME
FIRE INSURANCE CO,
OF WEST VIRGINIA.
ORGANIZED AND lNCORPOR-
ATED UNDER THE LAWS
OF THIS STATE.
Home Office at Le,ciS6my, W. Va.
prCSidcnt-J. NJ. SYDENSTRICKER
Sccretary-R. i. RITTENHOUSE.
Executive Committee
JOHN NJ. SYDENSTRICKE
JOHN III. CRAWFORD.
THOS. III. DENNIS.
Home Office at Le,ciS6,uy, ". Va
prCSidcnt-J. NJ. SYDENSTRICKE Err.
Sccretary-R. i. RITTENMoUSE.

Insurance ut Actual cost.
But in all respects ilrst-class.
Once Insured, always Insured.
No Periodical Renewals.
No Salaricd Officers.
No assessments except for Losses by
Fire and Lightning.
lnSures only Farm and well Isolated
Town property.
No one risk for more than $1,000.
Organized not for profit but solely
for Protection.
on elect your own officers
\ our neighhOrs adjust your losses.
The Plan cooperative and Mutual
and Il well proven success.
The Company is growing with great
rapidity. having since its organization
last June, taken over $500 900 of in
Surance in Grcenhricr and adjoining
counties. Address the Secretary for
further particulars.
Dec. lift.
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Will RetnliatC.

SuitOl vi NIlt iIlbSN I'ItllllNIll INV :
paper in his country, and specials
in wool, hides and skins, made
statement in regard to tho pending
tariff bill, to the following effect
Unfortunately our visit to tn,
United States and our goodwill ar,
put aside by the tariff bill now pass
ing in your Congress, whose result
will render rather difficult the reali
| Zation Of the closest commercial re
| latiOnS with Latin America. In,
imports from the United States {,
Argentine RcpubIicin lS9Gamountc,
to Sll,2l0,l7j. The exports from
Argentine Republic To the Unite,
States amounted to So, iO1 ,362. Thi,
is "A difference in the commercial bal
anCc Of Sj,OOO,OOO. The two prinCi
pal products we export 10 the United
States are wool and hides. Wool has
been imported to the United State,
free of duty, the same as We import
free of duty your machinery and
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YOUR country our hides during I'm,
past tw Cnty-Iivc years free Of duty,
now YOU have taxed them with ON,
and OnC-half cents a pound. We
have been treated i'm an unirirudlv
manner, and at the same time YOU
submit to US the idea Of Il reciprocity
treaty. am very sorry To SAY un.
der these circumstances that tho
statesmen Of Argentine Republic
will not accept any kind OF treaties,
because our productions are exported
free Of duty to England, France
Germany, Belgium and Italy, and
we receive from Eur0pr all the goods
we require. We have nothing To do
but to use the same prIuciplr in our
own defense and imposr nrohihitivo
duties upon all American ronds-
We regret very much to fake surh
action. but we will be comprIIcd to
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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

TIE report is that Golf has written
to Il friend in Parkersburg announc-
ing his candidacy for the L. :. Sen.
ate. Will Judge G0ff have the ter.
merity To oppose the aspirations of
the honorable Charlie Dorr to seat
in that august body?
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08
Confidence in Money.

Our Republican friends and thci,
allies, the gold bug Democrats, con
tend that there is now a complete
restoration of confidence and that
the promised prosperity is near nj
hand. True, there is no lack Of con.
fidcnCc Of a certain kind-ConildenCC
in money and its abnormal purchas.
ing power. But this is not the CON
fdenCe needed TO insure prosperity.
What we want is confidence, not
simply in tho money of the country,
but in property so that men may be
able TO effect an exchange of prop
Crty, real and personal, for money
upon something like fair terms. 1t
does the farmer, upon whose labOrs
all prosperity depends, no good to
tell him of the great confidence OF
the people in the money of the coun-
try, if, ut the same time, he finds
himself unable TO exchange his lands
or what they produce for this money
and upon fair terms.
Under this blessed gold standard,
as he with half an eye can sec, real
estate has lost its value, and no longer
serves its owner As "A safe and rclia-
bic basis of credit. The same is true
of we'll nigh all classes of personal
prOportV How then are prOpCrtV
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

BOUNTY FOR BEET SUGAR.-In
the Senate, on the 3rd, Senator ALI
son reported from the Finance Com
mittee an amendment to the pend
ing tariff bill providing for a bounty
OF ono-quartcr of a cent pound on
beet sugar made from beets grown
in the United States. Mr.. Jones, of
Arkansas, speaking for the minority,
soon took occasion to say that no
vote could be reached on the bill i'm
the near future, in view Of this
bounty amendment. He intimated
also that the debate would he very
protracted from this time forward.
GEN. DAVIS Ow.-Thc Governor
has appointed ThOs. Is. Davis, of
Grafton, COmmissary- General on his
staff, with the rank of Brigadier
General. MIR. Davis tried hard. but
tailed, to make connection with the
u. s. Collectorship tor this State
Perhaps Mr.. Davis thinks that an
empty honor is better than none.
President MCKINLEY is out at
Canton visiting his mother. The
kanawha Gdzette suggests that the
old campaign speech to the Anal
gamated Association of Iron Work
erS, about the opening of the mills
rather than the minis, and delivered
with variations from the famous
front porch, would be interesting
just now.
OLD " Uncle" Horace Boies, of
Iowa, says that silver is no longer
an issue. Well, let us remember
that Uncle" Horace failed to get
the nomination at Chicago. Itseems
too that the old mans intellectual
perceptions, like those of John Sher-
man, are becoming somewhat
clouded.
1T is said that the President is
strongly inclined to send a special
message to Congress recommending
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

"THE passing of Bryan" is great
theme with some wheeZy editors of
the Republican press. But the
crowds which gather at the railway
stations at the passing of Bryan is
what gives them summer complaint.
Uetzel Democrat.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

The Institution is undenOminational.
discipline strict and firm. All board.
erS are under the direct supervisors of
the principal.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

recent speech before the Bimctalic
League ut Cincinnati, EX.Congrcss.
man Towne thus arraigns Mark
Hanna: 1.-THE first great battle of
the nineteenth century will be fought
this fall in the Commonwealth of
Ohio. There was never IA more bit.
ter, more corrupt, moro Vanal cam
paign than that of last year. The
embodiment, the authorizations, the
condensation of that species of cor
ruption is Mark a. Hanna. When
the future historian of political in
situations shall sit down to sum up
the colossal figures whose bad emf
hence has given complexion to the
decadant ages in which they lived,
he will write of the ambition of
Cleon, the intamies of Catalina, the
tyranny of Lorenzo the Magnificent
and the corruption of Walpole; but
he VIII pause and nerve himself To
his mighticSt and consummating
task when, dipping IA pen, perhaps
of gold, into the blacklist of ink, he
impreSses upon the shrinking pnrch-
ment the name Of Mark Hanna of
the nineteenth century.
JUDGE THOMAS NJ. COOLEY, the
noted authority on constitutional
law, who also served many wears aS
Justice OF the Supreme Court of
Michigan, and who was later the
head of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, has become hopeless
invalid. IL * stated that his health.
already impaired by age and over
work, was further broken down by
excessive work on the Interstate
Commerce Commission. His menu
DRY is almost gone, and his loss of
power has been followed bv derp
melancholy.
WAGE RATE REDUCED.-No Notices
were posted in the furnace depart
ment at the Junction Iron and Steel
Company at Mingo, Ohio, that after
July !, the wages paid would be
what they were in 1891. 1t means a
reduction of about 10 per cent. At
Anderson, Ind, the Union tin plate
factories and the window glass fac.
nlnSnh
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

\ WORTHY GIFT.-HOn. James
{. Carter, the acknowledged leader
OF the New York bar, has informed
tn" Hon. Harry Tucker, Of Virginia,
of his purpose to contribute $1,000
toward the erection Of the proposed
John Randolph Tucker Memorial
Hall on the grounds of Washington
and Lee University, at Lexington,
Va. This is a graceful tribute by
one Of the greatest lawyers in the
country to Virginia. distinguished
jurist, who was recognized both
North and South rs one of the great
est constitutional lawyers the coun-
try has produced. Gen. William
Draper, n prominent Massachusetts
law and Republican, has also sub
scribcd 5000 toward the fund.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

Complete Academic and Collegiate
course. Special advantages i'm Instru.
mental and Vocal Music and Art.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

AMELIA RIvES, the Princess TrOu.
hctSky, is now ut her old home In
Alhcmarlc county, Va, writing an.
other book, which she hopes will sur
pass anything she has yet produced
THE Richmond (Na.) Locomotive
Works on Friday booked orders for
twelve large locomotives, tho aggre.
gate cost of which will be abou,
Sl3S, 900.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-07-08

EX'GoV. ALTGELD expects to go
to Congress from the Sixth Illinois
district as the successor of the late
Edward Deane Cooke.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-18
A HOT CAMPAIGN

q came within an ace of going to the colonel, who did not look as though the slip had discouraged him or made him reckless.
 "I was among the South Dakota pio- neers, and favored with a political fol- lowing almost as large as it was ag- gressive. After getting my assent, which was to be had for the asking, some of my friends secured me a nomi- nation to congress. It was d close Gis- trict, and my opponent was rustler, who made every lick count We met him all along the line, and gave him as good as he sent. But our chief reliance was a damaging expose we intended making on the eve of election, for he was a vulnerable citizen, and very much alive to the fact. My home organ did yeoman service, and had all the copy with which to spring the grand coup The edition had to be put out two days before election in order to reach the outer counties, for we had a poor mail service.
 T was right there in, the office to see that the work was done on time. It was as hot then as it ever gets in South Dakota. That means that the cave pipes melted, the shingles curled, and the grass shrivelled. In the office was a cannon stove, three feet in diameter and five feet tall. During the warm weather it had not been in commission, and was stuffed full of papers from breech to muzzle. It must have held about wagon load of compressed fuel. While we were flying around like a lot of moulders running off a heat a long specimen of the region wandered in, lit his pipe and threw the unconsumed match into the stove.
 There was a roar like forest fire. The men fled from the office as though it had been prompted by hornets, the bearings of the press melted away like lead in crucible, while tar and turpen- tine oozed from the siding. It would be just as possible to get out paper ill hades Our proposed stroke of state was failure, and a waiting country lost the benefit of my services. ."-De- troit Free Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-18
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Among the New Haveners who have purchased lots on the tract of land near Asheville, N. C., in the mountain health retreat managed by Rev. John c. Collins and others, are Dr. B. L.. Lambert, Dr. w. G. filling, Dr. Marvin H. Smith, MT. F. F. Brown; also MT. C. c. Lord of Edwards street. Mir. Lord was for years a contractor at the Sargent factory and left this city last week for Asheville, where his family will join him later, and where he ex- poets to locate permanently. w. s. Gesner, the shipbuilder, formerly of the firm of Gesner S5 Marr, and MT. A. Wells, both Whitneyville men, have also bought lots on the same tract.
 All visiting Knights of Pythias in New Haven in attendance upon the grand lodge session, also members of the city lodges, are invited to attend the session of America lodge No. 52 this evening, as Supreme Chancellor Philip r. Colgrove will be present as the guest of America lodge, at Rath- bone hall, 400 State street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-18
BOWLING.

Opening Games in the City League.
 Tomorrow evening opens the bowl ing season for 1S97-9S, the Semaphores. last years champions, opening the sea- son with the Acnes, a new team. The Semaphores will present Darton, cap- tain; Hamlin, Cunningham ard Bab- bitt of last years team, with A. ard Fl. Kirschner of the Eclipse Babbitt is the only man who has not rolled on teams the past two seasons. The Acnes are handicapped at the start by the absence of Wakefield, who is de- barred by Illness from rolling at pres ent. Mix will look after the interests of the team, with Hopkins, last years s commercial league champion, Morgan, a former Semaphore man, Thompson of last years WarWicks, and Swartz of last years Eclipse.
 Thursday night the Pickwicks and Mercantiles try conclusions. The Pick wicks may be called the veterans, the combined ages of the team averaging forty years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-18
THE ORPHANS.
Donation Day Comes Next Week Wed
 nnSln1r

Donation Day Comes Next Week We'd
 nesday.
 Last years Donation day for the New Haven orphan asylum closed with a contribution which for size outweighed the expectations of the official body. New Haven people need no scolding nor urging. They simply want information facts. Last year some fiction was disseminated (net by the committed in reference to the use of carriages and trucks, and about the expense of the evening banquet.
 In consequence of this the executive committee makes the following state ment of facts: All the carriages and trucks for Donation day usage are sup piled without charge by the men who own them. It constitutes Gin part at least) their. contribution toward the good work. As for the expense of the evenings banquet, each member of the general committee who attends pays his proportion of the expense. This great collection scheme is conducted solely with purpose to turn every pos sible dollar into the treasury of this most humane of institutions.
 If the collectors should skip you on Donation day, Wednesday, October 27. kindly notify J. c. North, No. 70 Church street
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-18
lialect stories in the magazines.

dialect stories in the magazines.
 Chicago men are failures as patients They are unwilling to lie back and wait in idleness for a slow recovery. Every disease is complicated by worry over an enforced absence from business. Some patients may find an occupation in counting the spots on the wallpaper, but MT. Simons was not that kind of patient, and besides, there was no wall- paper at the hospital
 While he was fretting over a lack Of entertainment friend thought of the photograph. Mir. Simons was moved into 6 private room at the hospital and a photograph with megaphone at~ tachment was put to work for his benefit.
 He would lie there for hours ct time and listen to brass bands, comic orators and vaudeville singers, and, although he would have preferred a real per formance in a theatre, he enjoyed the entertainment very much.
 One of Simon's friends gave dinner party and he received an invitation, although it was known, of course that he could attend. But the convaleseaut was not to be robbed of the fun. He sent a photograph to the dinner party and had the stories, the laughter and the music recorded on the cylinder, and he got them all second handed next day
 Then he had phonograph sent to his office, and it took the street noises and the talk of his employees, and wien he heard these he was homesick for the roar of wheels on the granite blocks.
 This suggests the story. which is not vouched for, of the man who had lived at lale-front hotel for several years and had been lulled to sleep every night by the rattle of wheels the puffing of engines and the footing of whistles along the Illinois Central tracks. He left the hotel and moved to :, northern suburb. where the silence at night was so dense that it could be felt.
 He found that he could not go to sleep. The deathly absence of noise caused a dull ringing in his ears, and he would lie in nervous dread, fearing any sound, and yet hoping for some break in the prolonged stiffness.
 At last he concluded that he would have to move back to the hotel and be soothed by the rumbling trains. A friend suggested the phonograph. :,
 So he had several cylinders loaded up with whistles, puffs, bell-ringing and other Illinois Central noises, and every night after he retired his hired man would put these S'records" into the phonograph and he would fall asleep with the old loved sounds in his ears.
 This may not be a true story. but it suggests a use for the phofiograph.- Chicago Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-18

and he was the father of Sam the gen
 tleman registered there, John D. Adams was typical steamboat man of Ar
 kansas, and in addition to his steam
 boating was planter of extensive in- terests, and was connected With other business enterprises. He was the first
 man to run a steamboat up the Ar
 kansas river, and hls name in that state to-day is q synonym for geniality,
 courage and business success. He was very successful and his friends used to attribute his success to his wondrous laugh, It was not boisterous yet loud, and was so musical and jolly that one could imagine old Kris Kringie was personified in him. Other river men
 would say that his laugh got him all
 the government mail contracts. He
 would go to Washington, get acquaint-
 ed with the man who had charge of the contracts, and he, like all of Adams
 new acquaintances, would soon come
 under the infection or his magnetic laugh and form a genuine admiration for the grizzled old steamboat man. He was known at the hotel by everybody,
 and was pointed out for years by the
 negro porter to whom he once gave
 50 gold piece as tip in a fit of jollifiica~
 ton over the closing Of a big contract
 in his favor.
 Amazing tales were told of his cour-
 age and his steamboat experiences. On
 one occasion, when an accident hap
 pened to his boat and the passengers became panic stricken, he calmed them
 as if by magic by calling them children, and laughing at their fear--hs famous laugh impelling confidence and mirth | by it's very melody and jollity. He even used his laugh when very much | angered; but it was of q different char acter, and death lurked behind it. In
 a steamboat quarrel with three desper- ! adoes once he denounced them with a | laughing compliment, a cynical, chill
 ing, dangerous kind of laugh his eyes glittering like q snakes, and his fore finger on his revolver, ready to dash out the life of the first one who made | move. One of the desperadoes said af-
 terwards in speaking of the occurrence that he meyer felt so queerly before in | his life. He said he felt as though the very marrow in his bones was being
 frozen. .'--New Orleans Times Democrat.