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The Lamar register., 1899-10-25
REpunLIcAN FlNANclERrno.
Contrast of Treasury Conditions Under
Cleveland and Mckinley.

dhu suchinley.
Nothing marks more clearly the con-
trast between Republican prosperity
and Democratic adversely than the r.t
gold in the treasury OF the United
States under Cleveland and under Nc
hinley. That accumulation Is the mer-
curry in the business thermometer of
the country. II rises or falls with the
business temperature.
On Thursday. Sept. z, there was re-
ported to be more gold In the treasury
OF the United States that day than on
any previous day in the financial his
tory OF the government. The net coin
and bullion amounted to s251, ,61s, ,132.
Including the 800, ,0O0,0 reserved for
the redemption OF legal tender notes.
When resumption began, in 1879, the
net gold of the treasury was SI30.249,-
i57, and 1t never fell below the hun
dred million mark until 1898. Not
quite month OF Democracy was then
required to bring the net amount be-
low the minimum OF safety. where It
stayed, except as the government went
into the market and sold bonds. until
after the era OF Democratic rule was
ended by vote of the people. Hard
ly had Democratic president. Dem
ocratic house and Democratic senate
come into power before the mercury in
the treasury department fell below
the freezing point of SlOO. 900 600. BY
the beginning OF 1894 1t had gone to
s65,65O. IFS. and Jan. /, 1895, 1t was
down to s44,705 ,s67. It would have
been wiped out entirely II 1t had not
been for the stocks OF gold secured by
bond sales. In 1895 the amount real
lied from this source was Sill. 1855, ,246.
treasury either when the year began
or when Il closed,
When the presidential campaign of
1896 began the amount was about $780,
100000. and when the election itself
occurred It was Sis, 900. The news
that Mckinley had been elected. and
with him Republican house OF rep
reseut9tives. then went out to the
country. and when the actual change
OF administrations came the net gold
amounted to about s150000 900. From
that time all fear Of the endless chain
was forgotten. The increase has gone
on steadily until the maximum OF over
$3.50 100000 has been reached.
With the contrast between Democrat
&c adversely and Republican prosperity
presented In this concete form, 1t Is
difficult to conceive how any man OF
ordinary business sense can fail to be
impressed with the advantage OF hav-
ing the government conducted on dis
;inc;iyely Republican lines Of policy by
an administration which inspires finan-
eIal Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Lamar register., 1899-10-25

Is Wen ssiIsned with the Hired
hAn" Vow In the waite House.
Under the appropriate. heading Of
a'Fse Sense in Iowa. the New York
u prints the following:
1 Upon the occasion OF a recent visit
Iowa | asked a farmer in an interior
ohty what the people OF Iowa in
naea to do at the next presidential
tcuon, and his answer was as fol-
Wall, l never argue politics and
[ter Did, but if l give a man q job
r. he does his work well. what's the
r Of turning him off and Citing a
r. man? Now. Mr.. Mckinley does
work right up to the handle. and
man could Il done II better. though
AaAt have no part in putting him
tfe So what's the sense in turning
Face?
ne made a lot OF promises about
Va times, and I can't see as he over
A'ea the facts either, for certainly
umes have been laundering good.
ere no denying that.
Now, Bill Bryan comes around
|e'e telling the boys If they didn't
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uaif,Ims and Overtime.

Complaints have been made against
the officers Of some OF the Fall river
mills for hiring women and minors to
work nights as well as days. but on
Investigation It appears that, although
the mills in question are running every
week night until 10 o'clock, they are
not violating the law which foreids
the employ nsnt OF women and minors
more than ffty-eiEht hours in a week.
The fact that the question has been
raised at all presents a situation Gu
riously in contrast with that which
existed in former years. There were
no violations OF the ffty-eight-hour
restriction Of the days OF the
wilson tariff. No complaints were
then heard OF oyer-working wom-
en-. minors. or any other class
OF labor. The trouble in that
CHASTITY period was to keep the mills
running on halttlme. to say nothing of
overtime.
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Autumn is restful season" ''Rest-
full Haven't you any stoves to put up?'
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Mckinley Is to Blamc.

A number OF construction concerns
have had to close their works Temporal
rily because the iron and steel mills OF
the country are unable to keep up with
their orders. II it wasn't for the pres
ent Administration. the Chicago Post
says, this never would have happened.
The iron and steel mills would have
more material on hand than they
could conveniently dispose of. and. in
cidentally. most of them would be
shut down. Thus It is plain that this
man Mckinley must be defeated at the
next election.-Newaygo (Mich.) Re-
publican.
The Lamar register., 1899-10-25

The height of the rock OF Gibraltar
is about 1,437 feet.
The Lamar register., 1899-10-25
Iowa Boys in Port.

San Francisco. Oct. 22.-The Fifty
first regiment of Iowa volunteers,
numbering T64 men and 4e officers. un-
der the command of Colonel.J. c. Lop-
er. arrived here to-day from Manila,
on board the transport Senator. There
was no sickness aboard. The only
death reported is that of Edward Kiss
lock. Company F. of Oskaloosa, Iowa,
who died at Nagasaki, of dysentery.
Fears had been expressed that the Sen
ator had foundered in a typhoon.
The Lamar register., 1899-10-25

eject MIN the country would go 10 hell.
ana be quick about It, Pears like Bill
didn't know what he was talking
ABOUT, or was lying, likely the latter.
Guess we can spare Bill spell vet SO
ne can get his picture took Maybe
hsH learn something II he hangs
around the house and keeps his head
cool out there In Nebraska. II he runs
again you can easy git the fool census
by counting his vote. He reminds me
OF mule owned once-the only time
he used his head was at dinner time
rest Of the time he was hunting
around to hnd something to kick at
Mckinley will go back for another
term, least~iss, that's what the neigh
oors say, and I'm likewise"
w. C. H.
New York. Sept IL.
The farmers OF the United States are
not saying much about politics just
now. They are engaged in harvesting
and marketing at good prices one OF
the heaviest crops they have ever had.
and their cattle. hogs and sheep are
bringing them more money than for a
good many years past They have
mostly finished paying of the mort
cages which were part of the bless
inss of free-trade tarin unkering, 1898
1887. and are now taking the benefit OF
the good times which were promised
by the advance agent OF prosperity"
They have stopped thinking about l6
To ! or 1at money. and are not worry
Ing much about the trusts. This Iowa
farmer Is q representative type. He
knows what he lost by the triumph OF
tariff reform In 1882, and he knows
how vastly he is the gamer by the tri-
umph Of ''McRiulcyism' In 1896. Next
year be will know how 10 vote.
The Lamar register., 1899-10-25
THE FARMER THINKS.

e Is Wen sstIsned with the Hired
hAn" Vow In the waite House.
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a. summer Advances.

The poet sings of Junetime and the bios
SONS and the bees
And butterflies and hammocks and leas
and breeze and trees.
But in July and August. ah. we miss his
phrases nice;
He has Joined the mighty chorus and Is
hollering for ice.
washington Star
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Pn.slnr of enc Horne.

So soon as nature sees an improve
ment there is a change. The candle
gave way to electricity and the horse
to the automobile. The fact that Hos
letters Stomach Bitters has been sold
for over half century, proves
its value. There is nothing to equal it
for stomach or liver trouble.
The Lamar register., 1899-10-25

The disasters in which the wilson
Inu involved the country seem to nave
been forgotten by Democratic manas-
ars hut the people know the difference
between the present era and that VI
democratic depression and panic rev
years ago.-St. Louis Globe-Democra''
The Lamar register., 1899-10-25
Our Craving Indn.trir..


the bureau of statistics with view to
showing how wonderfully our indus
tries have grown during the past nine
years. The showing made is remark
able and will certainly be far from
comforting TO the manufacturers OF
Europe. A portion OF the table is ap-
pended:
Pet.
1890. 1880. inc.
cd half year 90. E577.5g7 4.ie6,SSI &c
Cotton. years TAX
bales - '...S...- a.sso.ols 2,sIs.s7s 42
mates OF trade 500, 10000 100000 Z5
pounds -. -. s.ssl.I5 5.9s.3eo q
india ru ber.
pounds. imports. -
Boots and shoes. ','e'''->' ''-'"'' "a
cases shipped 2.Ioo.ST 2.li0.i0s 2s
BY consulting the census returns of
1880 II Is found that the iron industry
then employed some 100000 men: that
the cotton mills furnished work for
some 10000. and the boot and shoe
factories employed 49,, 900. while sc, 900
were given work by the silk and rub
ber trade. II the table given above is
correct. and 1t is certainly as near cor
rect as such statistics can be, the in
dustries named are now employing
450. 1000 more people than in 1890, and
instead OF furnishing work for S92. 900
people, they are employing 1,342 900.
The United States is certainly expand
ing in n commercial way as well as in
the matter OF territory. and we believe
that the start has just been made.
There are those. however. who oppose
this commercial expansion and advo-
cate policy of free trade which would
make it necessary to add column
showing the percentage of decrease in
the table given above. Nine years OF
free trade would tell an entirely diff
fferent story.-Des Moines Qowa)
State Register.
The Lamar register., 1899-10-25
6RN OUT: USELESS.
soLErE DECLARATION OF
CAMPAIGN ISSUES.

.o,r.ts Are Bo.mrminx tho Chicago
kfsrm Of 1890, In Disregard OF Its
s,r Absurditir. and IneonEru,tics
|ou. for prysn aud Free silver.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-20
THE MAZET PROBERS. .
Lauterbach Prefers Mayor
to One without Organization.

Lauterbach Prefers a Tammany Mayor
to One without Organization.
New York, Sept. 20.-Edward Lau-
terbach, counsel for the Ramapo
company, was on the stand yesterday
before the Mazet committee. He was
asked to tell whether the Ranapo
stockholders had decided to submit a
list of their names. Mr.. Lauterbach
stated that he had been Instructed not
to submit the list on any terms than
those previously named, which were
that the names should not be made
public.
Mr.. Lauterbach and Mr.. Moss had
several wordy rows during the ex-
animation. The witness said he would
much rather see Tammany man
elected mayor than a man who be-
longed to no organization. Later, he
was given an opportunity to explain
his "pro-Tammany" speech, as he call
ed it. He said that his words merely
expressed preference for an organ
ization nomination. even by hostile
organization, to hybrid one. There
was nothing of Importance to be
learned from Mr.. Lauterbach.
Silas B. butcher, president of the
Ramapo cOmapny, who was called to
the stand, declared that he had no
such documents as he had been called
upon to produce before the commit
tee. Mr.. butcher declined to answer
a number Of questions put to him,
and was unable to say where the
books Of the company WERE
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-20

Powerful have both been ordered to
the Cape. They have reliefs on board
capable of forming a naval brigade
of a thousand men.
According to a dispatch from Fur
ban, Natal, the premier of the colony
says that the alarm of the people of
Natal at the unprotected conditions OF
the border towns is quite unwarranted,
and that all efforts to incite the Zulus
have failed.
The lull In the crisis gives oppor-
tunity for the continuance of unofficial
negotiations. The government of the
Netherlands is privately exerting its
influence in favor of a pacific solution,
and it is understood that President
Kruger, through DR.. Leyds, the pleni-
potentiary of the South African Re-
public to the European governments,
has unofilcially approached three pow
ers with view to their intervention.
From Cape Town comes report
that the government of the colony
contemplates introducing a motion in
the Cape house OF assembly urging the
Transvaal to accept the demands Of
Great Britain.
Sir Alfred Miner has addressed fur
Their inquiries to President Steyn, of
the Orange Free State Whatever the
official attitude Of the Orange Free
State may be, the temper Of the
burghers, Judging from numerous
meetings held in Bloemfontein and
elsewhere, is to assist the Transvaal
actively.
The Free State commandments in
Pretoria are discussing the position
with the Transvaal commandant gen
eral, and the meeting of the Free State
volksraad tomorrow will have an i'm
portant influence on the situation
A curious rumor is spreading in the
lower ranks of the army that Great
Britain will be involved with Afghan
istan as well as the Transvaal.
The correspondent Of The Daily
Mail at PietermaritZburg, Natal, tele-
graphs that the military authorities
there have received warning from
johannesburg that the Beers have pur-
chased considerable quantities of cyan
ide of potassium for the purpose of
poisoning the streams in the Trans
vaal likely to be used by British
troops.
A special dispatch from Pretoria
says: "The reports received here
through unofficial sources that Great
Britain contemplates proposing new
convention with disarmament, though
discredited officially, have created the
greatest indignation. The burghers
say they would rather die than be thus
reduced to the status of white Kaffirs.
Members of the government declare
that If this report be a real reflex of
Englands Intentions nothing will
avert war;"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-20
BLIND MAN At The RACES.
By Listening to the Spectators He
Knows How II IL Going,

nnO"a now ~ ~ 0Otn&s
II was out at the race track one daS'
last winter" said merchant Of this city,
when ! was aecosted by man who was
holding the hand of little boy. 1t was
former friend whom l had not seen for
some years and who had become totally
blind. He told me that he recognized
my voice, and while we stood there talk
Ing the bell rang from the track. They're
going to start! he exclaimed excitedly.
Come, let's get into the grand stand as
quick as we can
After we secured seats | couldn't help
expressing surprise at his eagerness. Oh
that's all right, he replied abstractedly.
4 bet I'll get nearly as much out of it as
you do and, after watching him through
the next race | became convinced that he
was telling the truth. To begin with, he
fired volley of short, sharp questions at
the boy and in that way obtained a
good general idea of the situation. Then
he leaned forward like man about to
spring. never saw such an attitude Of
fierce and concentrated attention. To say
that he seemed to be listening doesn't be-
gin to express it. He seemed to be liter
ally absorbing everything that was going
on around him. His chin was lifted, his
lips were little apart, red spot came
and went on his checks, and could see
the big veins in his neck throbbing like
an engine. 1t was an uucanny spectacle.
l couldn't get rid Of the feeling that he
was exercising some unnatural, superhu-
man faculty.
AFTER the race was run he dropped
back relaxed and sat there listless and
inert until the next tap of the bell. Later,
when We were in the street car, tried to
learn something of his experience. He
smiled good naturally, but found Difficult
ty in making me understand. Il get lot
of pleasure out of the races he said, and
can follow some of them almost as well
as If had my sight. l can tell exactly
how it is done. ! suppose my brain has
become trained to catch hundreds of lit
tie cues - the shouts of people on the
track, the EXPLANATIONS of the crowd, the
cheers and laughs and groans and curses,
the chance remarks of passers; yes, even
the clatter of feet and the way folks
breathe-everything means something to
me, and altogether it builds up a picture
in my mind. feel it somewhere in the
air, and get so excited that l forget all
about being blind. Oh, no. he said, I
wouldn't miss the races for anything! ~
New Orleans Ifmes-D Democrat.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-20
THE PRODUCE MARKETS.

Philadelphia, Sept. 1a.-Flour firm;
winter superfne, s2.15I2.3O: Pennsylvania
roller, clear, $2.90d310; city mills, extra,
81. 4Og260. Rye flour firm at $40 per bar
rel for choice Pennsylvania. Wheat dull;
No. red. spot In elevator, 7OQ71c. Corn
firm No. 2 mixed. spot, in elevator, STA
Gs7%c.; No. 2 yellow. for local trade.
4l1fc Oats firm; No. white, clipped,
29a29isc.; lower grades, 25I2Sc. Hay firm;
choice timothy. SIS for large bales. Beef
firm; beef hams. $22G22.5O. Pork dull;
family, s12112.5O. Lard steady; compound,
5a5sc. Butter steady; western cream
cry, 1SQ2Sc.; factory, 13@16c.; june
creamery, 1shd22c.; imitation do, 15dD
1714c.; New York dairy, 15Q2Oc.; do.
creamery, 1sd23c.: fancy Pennsylvania
24c. Cheese easy; large. white, 10Ac.;
small do. 11ha111ac.; large oolored, 1lc.:
small do, 1llac. Eggs steady; New York
and Pennsylvania, l9a2Oc.; western. un-
graded, 13Q17c. Potatoes steady; Jer-
seys, s11Gal.5O; New York, $25Q1.4O;
Long Island, sl.25aL75; Jersey sweets,
$l.75I2.25; southern do, $l.25a1.4O. Cab
bage quiet; Long Island, s243.D per 100.
Baltimore, Sept. 19.-Flour steady and
unchanged. Wheat steady; spot and
the month, 7OaM7OTc.; October, ING
7lasc.; December, 7SA@731sc.; steamer No.
2 red, 66saM66Nc.; southern, by sample,
63471hc.; do. on grade. 6S41lac. Corn
firmer; mixed, spot SS1ac.; the month";
ASA @3S1ac.; October, S7A@37lac. November
or December new or old. 34AG34lac. jan
uary and February. S4Gl34Ac.; steamer
mixed, &c.; southern, white, 4lq411sc.;
do. yellow. 41G411sc. Oats tirmer; No.
white, 28@29c.: No. 2 mixed. 26Q27c. Rye
steady: No. q nearby, 56G57c.; No.
western, &c. Hay firm; No. l timothy.
1880 Grain freights easy; steam to
Liverpool, per bushel, SID. October:
Cork, for orders. per quarter, 3s. Cd.
September.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-20
F'lHE BRllsHaaINEF.
Summoned 10 Again Q8cuss the
Transvaal Controversy.
THE BRIToNs WORKING FOB TINE

When Troops Now Hurrying to Cape
Colony Have Been Landed 1t Ii Be-
lieved the British Authorities VIII
Take Action to Force Their Demands.
London, Sept. 2O.-Summons were
issued late yesterday afternoon for a
cabinet council. which. 1t Is UNDER
stood, will be held on Friday. This is
regarded as the result of the visit of
the premier, Lord Salisbury, to the
foreign office, whittier he came yester-
day afternoon. Joseph Chamberlain,
the secretary of state for the colonies,
was present in the building at the
same time. and as private doorway
connects the Offices it is presumed that
the summonses were the result of their
joint elaboration.
The lack of all excitement In official
circles bears evidence to the deliberate
manner in which the highest officials
are handling the crisis. Nor is 1t by
any means certain that the cabinet
council will adopt extreme measures,
in spite of the uncompromising ma
ture of the Boer reply. This deliber-
alton on the part of the government is
interpreted, not only in London, but
in other European capitals, as de-
sire on the part Of Great Britain to
gain time while the transports are
hurrying to Cape Colony.
The Berliner Neuesten Achrichten,
commenting on this, said: "The presi-
dents calm is only meant to deceive
the Beers. When England feels equal
to the task of facing the Beers this
peaceful tcne will give way to cry
for war;"
Even rumors Of a movement Of the
Beers, across the Natal border ap-
parently fail to excite the military au-
thorities here. who profess at least not
to fear such a contingency for the
present. o
In the meantime the movement of
troops proceeds. The Royal West
Sussex regiment left yesterday for
Malta, where 1t will replace the First
border regiment. which goes by the
same steamer to Natal.
1t is announced that the British first
class protected cruisers Terrible and
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-20
Two Cambridge UniverzAty Jests.

Tbs fellow commoners were always at
Cambridge called empty bottles, from the
following circumstance that occurred at
Emanuel: Wine merchants send their
porters occasionally round the colleges
to collect the bottles. One Of these men,
during the hour of lecture, knocked at the
lecture room door by mistake and called
out Empty bottles!" The tutor, then
out of humor at being attended only by
one fellow commoner when there were 20
in college, cried out: "Call again another
time. I have now but one" This soon
gathered wind, and these young gentle
men Of the first class went afterward
throughout the university by the name Of
empty bottles.
As to professional students (some very
few excepted, they are worse scholars at
leaving college than at their admission.
| heard our tutor once censure n young
man at lecture who had been nearly three
years at college by saying that he knew
less than a freshman who sat next him.
"Well, and what of that2" retorted the
youth. "He is but just come from
school"-Cornhill Magazine.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-20
Nut Hunting,

There will be a large crop of
walnuts, shellbarks, and chest.
nuts this fall. 1t has been
noticed that within the past
ten days the boys and a few
men, too, have begun to CASHIER
them in. Many a youngster
will appear in school to-day
with black fingers, the result
of hulling walnuts. It is too
early to harvest this crop yet,
and those who have gone to
the trouble will find later on
that they have poor returns.
The kernels will dry up and be
of little value. Better let the
crop ripen before you begin to
reap.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-20
An Afternoon of Court.

Yesterday afternoons session Of Court
was dull. George Robinson was tried ind
convicted on the charge Of pointing PTS
toll, and was sentenced to pay fine Of el0G
Mary Pullman pleaded guilty to stealing a
skirt, and was sentenced to two months
imprisonment
Tho grand jury indicted Joseph Dugan
on tho chargs Of larceny and BIO plead ei
not guilty. He Is represented by Andrew
Il. Sanborn. Others indicted were: Ellen
Mundell, larceny; William Wright, re.
ceiving S, olon goods; John Lemon, two
Indictments solling liquor to minors; H.
D. Faulkner, Fred Bisrn,au, Joseph Der.
linz, Fred Ssowart, George Mokirk and
Thomas Ca,f!n, larceny; and William
Henry, pointing n pis:e!.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-20
spAIN,s GREATEST NEED,

Mr.. r. p. Olivia of Barcelona. Spain.
spends his winters Mt Aiken, S. g. Weak
nerves had caused severe pains In tho back
Il his head On using Electric Bitters.
Americas greatest Blood and Nerve Rem
edy, all pain soon left him. He says this
grand medicine Is what his country deeds.
All America knows that it cures liver and
up tho stomach, strengthens the nerves,
puts vim, vsor and new life into every
muscle, nerve and organ of the body. II
weak, tired or ailing you need 1t. Every
bottle guaranteed, only so cents. Sold by
N. d. Danforth, druggist
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-20

New York. Sept. 20.-Kid Mccoy
had very little difficulty in getting
away with Steve O'Donnell in the
arena of the Broadway Athletic club
last night. Despite ODonnelPs adj
vantages of height, reach and weight,
Mccoy went to him gradually. with
out taking any careless liberties, and
soon had his big adversary In trouble.
O'Donnell never landed good blow
on McCoy, while the Kid was gaining
ground in each succeeding round.
O'Donnell was knocked out in the
sixth round, and had to be assisted to
his feet by the referee. while Mccoy
walked to his corner smiling and
without a mark.