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Baking Powder
Dr. Prices, j. i 5 pound cans 500 9o
$. . II or. g a5c
Snow Flake. 5 pound cans 10
g ss l2 or. 's Soc
Mammoth, so OF. zoe
. 25oz. :" 23c
/" Is OF. 9 13c
CANNED GOODS.
California Fruit
Grapes, (MuscaN -. l.6o l5c
Berries
Blackberries. ~. l.9O lSc
Gooseberrles, 2.Vo loc
Currants. ~. 2.l0 lSt
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many necessaries as '10O-cent collar
will at the present time?
In this connection there is another
explanation required. If the farmers
crops would bring him no more dollars
under free coinage, how would it have
the effect Of compelling the wage
worker to pay twice as much for his
bread and meat?
In the cities of the Union during the
last campaign the song was constantly
sung by the Nell-pad troubadours of
the gold standard that if we had the
free coinage of silver the dollar paid
to the wage-wOrker would at once
shrink to SO cents and only buy half as
much Of household necessaries. AS he
would get no more dollars Of course,
he would be ruined.
What an easy thing it is to expose
the absurditjes (?) OF the free coinage
CT silver! All that is necessary is to
show that under such a policy every
thing that everybody has to buy will
go up, while everything that every
body has to sell will either remain
where it is or go down. Nothing cuuld
be simpler than that. At first glance
it would seem that when a man buys
an article and has to give twice as
many dollars for it because each dol
lar is only worth so cents, the man who
sells the article would get twice as
many for the same reason.
And in any ordinary case this would
be true. But the reader must remem
Der that as gold is independent of all
laws, human and divine, which usually
affect value, SO the reasoning CO by
which the gold standard is upheld is in
like manner Independent of all the
rules and principles which are found
in the great works on logic. When we
once get this unique idea into our
heads we have no difficulty in UNDER
standing how free coinage would have
the effect of compelling the wage
earner-the poor man with the din
ner buckct'-to pay So for given ar
ticle, while the equally unhappy man
who sells it to him would only get ST.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-01-07
HEAVEN HELP THEM. >

"REAVEN HELP THEM"
ed holly. 1t was hard TO picture his
grand ancestral home in the plebeian
hands of a money lender
There is, as Milton says, "a lower
DEPTH and Ravensmere will fall into
it, he said
1T becomes mine,' continued Arley
Ransome. "The castle, the estate the
plate, the pictures-they are all NINE
Now listen, my lord. 1 have made a
fortune-you inherited one; I have
made one"
"You might we'll do so, lending
money at hundred per cent
Never mind how it has been made
I have made it, said the lawyer:
land my fortune amounts to two hun
dred thousand pounds
Heaven help those by whom you
have made it,"
1T has been honestly made You
have gambled. my lord; I have spec
ulated-and my speculaticns have all
turned out we'll. I have two hundred
thousand pounds, and-I have a daueh-
ter" His voice sank, as though he
we're somewhat ashamed of his words;
then he continued: 81 have made
money because I love it: I want to
make a position because I am ambit-
ious. Would to heaven that / had a
son! I have spent my life toiling in
these gloomy offices; hope has bright
ened them. Would to heaven that I
had a son to carry out my dreams, my
hopes, my plans. IF J. had son to
succeed me, my lord, I would fCreclose
at once and make him master of Raw
ensmere."
Thank YOU" interposed Lord Cara
ven.
II have daughter, and she musl
take the place would fain have given
to my hoy. My lord, I make you this
offer. You are a ruined man-you tell
me there remains for you no hope
nothing but death. Now, I will give
you life, liberty, wealth. I will make
you greater than any of the Earls OF
Caraven have been yet. I will give my
daughter a dowry of two hundred thou.
sand pounds if you will marry her.
Lord Caraven lost his self-posscssion
for half a minute; then he proudly said
(To be continued.)
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fastened, shelves filled with works on
the British law and constitution, bill
tiles that could literally hold no more,
maps of different estates lying care
lessly open, large inkstands, pens and
'heets of blotting paper.
Fen IN hand, his keen, shrewd face
full of deep thought, the owner and &C.
cupler, Arley Ransome, sat at the
square table, a large parchment deed
spread open before him. He read on,
the lines of his face relaxing until
colo, satlrical smile curled his lips. He
started as though half alarmed when
us clerk, opening the door of the room
suddenly announced:
The Earl of Caraven, sir
am ready to see him." was the
reply. But before the earl entered the
lawyer quickly folded up and put away
tho deed that had engrossed his atten-
ton.
Am l too soon?" asked 4 mellow,
fndolent voice.
Arhey Ransome looked up with a
smile at the speaker.
No, my lord; was expecting you"
1T is something after the fashion in
which spider expects a fly said the
young nobleman. There is one thing
to be said, I am a perfectly resigned
fly. [ know that evil hours await me,
and am prepared for them
The clerk placed chair, and, at a
signal from his master, quilted the
room, but the Earl of Caraven declin-
ed the proffered seat. He stood by the
mantel piece leaning with careless
grace upon it.
1T is not the thing to smoke in a
lawyers Office ne said, "but I must
ask permission to do SO. I shall derive
some kind of comfort from it,
Arley Ransome bowed, and the Earl
Of Caraven applied himself to the task
of selecting and lighting a cigar.
II suppose" he said, that I should
furnish an excellent moral as lessor
for all bad boys"
"You would form an excellent warn
ing, my lord" was the grave reply.
1T is the same thing. And now I
am prepared for the worst. What is
it?''
Arley Ransonle looked at the
speaker. There was something of adj
miration, of pity and of contempt in
the long, lingering glance of those
shrewd eyes; yet he could not have
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and moaned, woylld have asl1e
time and for pity He faces ruin
as his ancestors faced death OF
Battlefield. - Ilen, seeing the "
eyes fixed on him, he said, 1T is ;
ry ending, my loud
Eyes, a sorry ending for the IL
the Caravans. My poor father
me !Jlric, after one of our ance
who saved a kingls life by his bra
| have not been a worthy desca1
of the Uric Caraven who receiv.
his own breast the sword meant fc
liege lord"
Arley Ransome looked at the {
handsome face.
you do not seriously mean tina,
will take your own life, my lord
interrogated.
1T seems to be the only thins
for me to take replied the cal
have lost everything else
will you listen to me, Lord {
ven-listen in patience? | have
thing to say
The earl laid down his cigar.
lawyer was SO earnest, SO intent,
he carried the others weaker will
him.
Il have worked hard all my
said Arley ACKNOWLEDGMENT a:
men have ever done before-frcm
rise to sunset, and often throug
long. silent night. I have woTke
cause | love money-because l an
bilious; because I have had an e
view. You know, my lord, that, BIZ
rracticing as lawyer, have
and am now, a mOney-lender; it
news to you that l advanced the
gage money on Ravensmere, and
unless YOU can pay it, the estate
comes mine
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ance is the price of liberty. looming
Events.

should remember that eternal vigil
ance is the price of liberty. Coming
Events.
AS partner of bank presidents who
have wrecked banks and robbed the
people of their money, Mckinley is
making a record. He ought to turn
his attention to the burglars, train
robbers and others who are serving
sentences for other forms of robbery
and pardon them. While the method
of the latter is little different from
that pursued by the bankers, the re-
suit is the same. The bankers, how
ever, are protected in their thieving in
every possible way, and when one OF
them is convicted he soon secures a
pardon, and then those in high places
preach the doctrine that all are equal
before the law. In China, it is said
that when a bank fails the officers Of
the institution are behcaded, and there
has not been bank failure in that
country for a hundred years. That
plan should be adopted in this coun-
try-Silverton Standard.
The Republican party advocates two
measures: A high protective tariff 20
keep European products out of the
country. A gold standard, SO that
we will have money good in Europe.
Now, will some hrainy Republican
please harmonic these two PROPOSE
tions of Republicanism Tor what
purpose do we need money that is
good in Europe if we intend to have
a policy that will not let the European,
ship their goods into this country?s
Mound City (Kan) Standard.
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UTTER IRRETRIEVABLE RUIN.
looked at a comelier face or figure than
those of the young earl.
"Now, Mr.. Ransone.' he said. at
last, with naughty Impotence, there is
no need, fguratively speaking, to keep
the ak suspended over my head; tell
me the worst at once"
"T1he worst, my lord is utter, ire
;rievable ruin-Tuin SO complete and
SO entire that do not see a chance of
saving even enc shilling from the
wreck
The earl listened quite calmly; his
lips, half hidden by the fair mustache,
grew trihe paler-but there was no
flinching in the handsome, haggard
face,
cutter ruin" he repeated "Well, as
they say in bonny Scotland, you can
not both eat your cake and have it, .
''True, my lord assented the law
yer.
II have eaten my cake" continued
the young man, and I do not deny
that the taste of it is bitter enough in
my mouth--it has turned to ashes, like
Dead Sea fruit. Sill, it is eaten, and
there is an end of it,
'1t is eaten, indeed" said the lawyer.
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Then She Took Him In.

He Cooking out of the window)--
It's so bright and cheerful within and
SO cold and gloomy without She
Without what?" He-"Why, with.
out you, dearest"
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THE KANSAS FARMER.
HE is JUST NOW A SUBJECT
OF CONTENTION.

Paying OF His Mortgage in Appreciated
Gold-This on Course Pleases the
Advocates Of the British System
Some Gold Fallacies Punctured.
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VERSE FOR THE TIMES.

MY UNCLE, THE MUGWUMP.
My uncle keeps money shop.
(Not SO low as your three balls~,
Ele takes a president in pop
And senators he puts" and calls"
E1e is as slippery man.
AS ever lodged a public slump,
He's neither black nor white, nor tan,
Eut simply MUGWUMP.
My uncle knows his way up to
The royal presence needing loans,
With money sweat from me and you
He props some guilty blood-stained
thrones.
And then: may Greece or Crete be
free?
Nay! his crowned debtors that would
stump,
So peoples, by captivity,
Must pay the wise MUGWUMP
Peter e. Burrowes.
WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
Vote and the pluto votes with you;
Repent and you grieve alone.
You voted for Mack
is Il nut you must crack,
Mark Hanna's gold brick is a-rock.
James Fitzgerald, in K of L. Jour-
nal.
WILL NOT LAST ALWAYS
Since the slowly moving cycles Of The
nations first began,
Has the world been crushed and sad
dened by the selfishness Of man;
And the student of the People can but
count his saying true,
That the many toll and struggle for the
pleasure Of the few.
Yet, O Freedom! -labors birthright-
not for aye shalt thou be sold
For the scanty mess Of pottage granted
by the power of gold
10! brighter day is dawning; on
tow'rd vast reforms we range,
In the worlds deep heart is throb-
bling presage Of a wondrous
change.
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POINTS FROM THE PRESS.

Squeeze the water" out of that dol
lar, and make it come down to "par-
ity'' with labor and products.-Brad-
ford Qll) Silver Star.
Dollar wheat seems farther away
than ever. Mckinley prosperity came
too soon and was too short-lived and
spotted to help the Republican party
when it will need help.-Star and
Kansan.
Taking the government out of the
control and beyond the reach Of he
people is what the friends and advo-
Gates Of trusts and monopolies call
taking questions out of politics.
Columbus Post.
The right Of ownership is inherent
in the producer. The creation of any
thing certainly entities the creator TO
the use thereof. But if this principle
was applied to our social system how
hungry and homeless and naked our
millonaires would be.-Topeka Daily
Co-operator.
Government by injunction is legal
ized despotism stealing the robes Of
liberty in order that it may destroy
TIE spirit of freedom. Americans
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cHAp1E Err II.

p spoke calmly, as
.hough he were ar
hanging some plan
bf travel. 4Arley
Ransome looked
adniringly at him.
How this blue
b Cd t ell ST.
thought the law
yer. Some men
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-01-07
ROCKEFELLER's HYMN OF TRUST.

ROCKEFELLER S HYMN OF TRUST.
Deep in Earth's mother-bosorl
The Father gave to Man,
Are oily wells of treasure
Earth-held since Earth began. .
Unnumbered homes Of darkness
Shall Of His bounty take,
Whereof to brighten leisure
o. And light Of darkness make
Unnumbered wheels shall answer
The mandate of it's flame,
TO do the work Of mankind
And lessen Labors claim.
I seize this hidden treasure,
Earth's mother-breas is mine,
If there be tithes Or taxes
Let labor pay the fine.
The keys of Mankind's storehouso
Into my hands are thrust
BY their own God of Justice,
And in His name we trust.
Virginia NJ Butterfeld.
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CHAPTER l.

HE time was nCO1
of a brilliant June
day, the place a
gloomy Office in q
L o n d on court,
which belonged to
Arley R:ansome-a
square room that
contained tables
covered with deeds
a n d ape RS,
iron safes securely
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A PRAYER.

n
Protect me, Lord, from these Thy
saints, the sanctimonious few;
Oh! save me from their clutches when
my mortgages become due.
Oh put me not into the hands of these
the men Of woe,
Who call the earth vale Of tears
and strive to make it So
OH guard me from the blue-nosed
good who lend at cent per cent,
And take thousand dollar lien for
ninety dollars lent.
Make me, instead. the debtor of some
man with human taints;
At any rate, protect me, Lord, from
these Thy modern saints.
Ellis Parker Butler in Puck.
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Keep 1t Before the People.

There can be NO vested rights
against human rights.-Abraham Lin
coin.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-10
HIGHwAYMEN on WHEELS.


A wheelman OF West Forty-slx,h stree,
New York. was not long since attacked
robbed and left senseless by two him
waymen mounted on bicycles in Contra.
park. Repeated accounts OF robber!es by
men mounted upon the swift revolving
wheel have appeared In the papers IN var
ious parts Of the country. In each In
stance. so far as learned, they have evad-
ed the police. Those depredators OF the
health. diseases OF the kidneys and blad-
der viii likewise IN all likelihood escap.
arrest, and pursue their atrOclon, career
unchecked, unless they are arrested n.
The outset BY the potent Intervention OF
Hosteiters Stomach Bltters. the fines,
dluretic. as well as tonic. known 10 mod
ern times. The genial preventive named is
the best known medicinal safeguard no,
only agai-st renal. but also rheumatic
and malarial disorders. Il is al the start
tnat disease is the more easily and COM
pleteiy overcome. The use Of the Bltters
Is followed by the happles, results IN
cases OF dyspepsia, constipation, live,
complaint and nervousness.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-10

The European press is wasting much
space in discussing the claims" Of the
United States in case China is divided up
as spoil among the European powers.
They seem 10 suppose that we will take
sides in the contest when it comes, and
probably with England and Japan, whose
community of interest render their CO.
operation certain against Russia Ger
many and France. These papers should
clearly realize that we stand by the Mon
roe doctrine That does not cover Asia
We will not meddle in the affairs Of Eu.
ropean powers in Asia, and thus give
them a pretext for meddling In matters
in the three Americas. The United States
has vast commercial interests in China,
and we caa properly go no further than
TO see that these are preserved. This coun-
try cannot intervene TO maintain China's
continued integrity nor can we take sides
with any Of the land grabbers. The Chin
ese duties do not discriminate against
the imports Of any country. Hence our
manufacturers enjoy the same rights and
privileges there as are enjoyed by those
of any other country. II Chinese ports
and territory pass under the domination
of other countries, our treaties, so far as
those ports are concerned, will be nulli-
fled. 1t is not unreasonable for us to In
sist that the rights we now enjoy shall
be preserved under the new regime. We
must not suffer because OF selfish land
grab by any European nation, and this
government should and will insist that
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-10

orR GREAT rNpoRT TRADE.


The most significant feature " the IN.
dustrial revival that has characterized
the first year OF the new administration
is the unprecedented export movement,
First came the Mckinley movement .'
which swept the country; now 3, Is tho
export movement, which has Sc, ia at a
pace that promises to go tar beyond tho
hIsh.water mark OF our Industrial his.
tory,
For centuries past Europe has led In
the contes, Tor the patronage ct those
peoples whose needs compel them to i'm.
port manufactured goods, Tho time has
come when IN many Important lines ot
production our efficiency ls so great that
We have no fear that the manufacturers
OF other lands will again capture any
considerable portion of our home mar.
keis. We are conrrontci by new prob.
lem-the invasion Of colonial markets and
the markets OF new countries In competi-
'ion with the nations which formerly
found their most profitable markets in
our own country.
The success OF the new administration
and Its economic policies will he meas.
ured largely by its ability to redeem lis
promises in the matter OF encouraging
the extension OF our foreign markets and
the consequent increase Of the expor,
movement. The trade statistics or the
past year would indicate ,ha, the prom |
ises made Tor the new American policy
will be more than fulfilled. The revised
statistics Of the treasury department
show the value OF exports from the INT. |
ted States for the calendar year OF iS,
to have been a.os.75.55I. agains, a.e6..
N''sil for 1885, and imports to have been
s'is.Sl,Sio during 1877. against sNl 57s $50
in lS& The total Of our foreign commerce
for the calendar year I@, is AScxtsg
larger volume OF business than in any
previous calendar or fiscal year in our
history. The trade balance in our favor
for the year i&7 was s5lal.se against
Ssi, 20. .eS5 for 1885
This trade balance is paid In gold ana
in American stocks and bonds. A ma
'ional administration could have no great
er achievement to its credit than the en-
Iargemen, OF our international trade bal
lnee and the expansion OF foreign mar.
Nets for domestic producers.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-10

The spirit of lawlessness now existing
and which has prevailed for so long a
time at Seaside is not only disgrace
but a positive detriment TO the interests
Of Clatsop county. II the sherir is un-
able to cope with the gang OF desperadoes
who are terrorizing peaceable citizens
and running the prospects Of Oregon's
greatest summer resort. the county court
should take steps to procure outside aid
in protecting the peace Of that commun-
ity and bringing the scoundrels who have
carried on this long series Of outrages
to immediate justice. 1t is ridiculous to
say the laws OF so intelligent commun-
ity as Seaside, in civilized section Of
Oregon like Clatsop county. cannot be
enforced. Crime after crime has been
committed al Seaside for years past. and
Notwithstanding there is a well-grounded
belief that many OF the perpetrators are
known and could be easily pointed out
by respectable residents there. not a sin
gle one Of these rufians has yet been ar
rested. Such a condition OF affairs is
shameful; and unless the authorities Of
Clatsop county proceed at once to
correct 1t, appeals should be made to
the goyernor-as a matter in which the
whole state is interested-to try the salu-
tary effects Of another short reign OF
martial law in Clatsop
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-10
ROBBED THE CRAVE.

A startling incident OF which yr rob,
ohver' Of Philadelphia, was IN. subject
Is narrated by him as follows: 81 was In
most dreadful condition. My skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken. tongue coat
ed pain continually b. back and sides. no
appetite-gradualy growing weaker day
by day Three physicians hal given me
up Fortunately friend advised trying
Electric Bitters,' and to M grcat 10Y and
surprise, the first bottle made decided
Improvement. l continued thtir U.s.. for
three weeks, aiad am now well man. |
know they saved my life, and robbed the
grave OF another victim" no one should
fan to try them. Only 80 cents per bottle
at Estet-Conn Drug Company.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-10

The members OF the Astoria Progres-
sive Association have shown their sense
and immensely increased the influence
and capacity for usefulness Of their or
ganization by resolutely refusing to ad-
NIT any subject of discussion at their
meetings having the slightest suspicion
OF political bearing.