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The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-12

thought
h try Lydia E. PlIs a,.
"a hams Vegeteo'11 .
Compound, but !
want your adVieo !.
before beginning ls
use. / have becoins ~
very much alaTu'es r !.
about her, as siie
getting so weak
MRS. MATILDA -.
CAN'T, Manches''' s
Mill, Macon oA'
May 81, 1899
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-12

and mas Deen ioi
three months. The aoo-
tor does her but Vefi I,
little good, If any. u !
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03

The republican platform is disap-
pointing. We fail TO notice any refer
ence 10 the work accomplished BY the
republican party for the suppression OF
trusts. In fact, the platform would
be stronger upon the trust question IL
allallusion to the subject were omitted.
because the trust evil having developed
while the republican party was in pos
session Of every branch of the govern
ment the people readily understand
that IL has as much power 10 suppress
them now as IL would have II Mckinley
were reelected. II the democrats had
been in power they would "view with
alarm" the growth Of trusts under q
democratic administration. but the re-
publican party being in power their
failing TO point with pride" TO their
accomplishments create . vacuum so
distressing A. 10 force itself upon the
attention Of all.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03
SUMMERING ON STREET CARS,
Couple Of Seasoned Globe Trotters
See New sights in
Chicago.

gentleman and lady who have
been 10 Europe six times and around
the world once. and over to Japan on
special jaunt. and who have invaded
Mexico and Alaska and the West In
dies, are spending this summer on
the street cars of Chicago. saws the
Chronicle. They were born and grew
up here and no one knows better the
road TO the Auditorium. the Country
club, the Fine Arts building and the
Art institute than they. They can
tell you who occupies almost every
house along certain North and South
side streets. but they are as igno-
rant of the great city of streets which
make up the commoner thorough fares
of this town and of the diverse people
which comprise its amazing homo
geneity as they are of Constantinorls
perhaps more so. So they are fol-
lowing the plan Of taking the car lines
that run from the heart OF the city
and connecting with cross lines and
suburban extensions, never repeating
their journeys II they can help it,
They say they are intensely inter-
ested and their camera bears witness
TO many peculiar discoveries They
attend churches and theaters in which
not word Of English is spoken and
they find strange communities Of Jeo-
ple--Lithuanians. Icelandmen. negroes
and whites mixed anu intermarried.
few Malays, very populous Chinese
community, an intellectual Swedish
circle among those who appear TO he
nothing more than busy working folk;
strange religious sects and societies,
some medieval. some only few
months old The life Of the ocial
settlements Is so much more extensive
than they supposed it TO be that they
are greatly interested. The clustered
men and women are astonishingly nu-
merous when the character Of the city
Is considered; so are the mystical so
cietics of oriental declension.
"They say that one.half theNworld
has no idea how the other half lives"
said the gentleman, "but I am quite
sure that we Americans of what we
are pleased to call the upper class
you might call IFS the stupid class. IL
you pleased. and not be far wrong
have no idea at all Of how the other
live In this smas.
ln9 city Of oura."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03
RESURRECTION OF SILVER.
Utility Of silver Cannot lie Destroyer
Large Demand IN the
Far East.

II has been repeated 50 often that
SILVER Is dead" that many have fallen
into the belief that il is buried. But
when II comes to provide against the
Generalization caused by the absolute
gold standard. ii is silver that is select
ed as the only remedy possible.
According 10 London reports silver
Is in great demand just now in the far
east, India and China importing large
quantities. The silver shipped from
London to the British East Indies in
January and February aggregated
$4,000. 800, an increase of STA per cent.
over the like period of 1899. To China
the exports were 1901 o95. an increase
OF cas- per cent. The outflow 10 China
is thought TO be silver for railroad
work and payment Of troops. The
large eastern demand steadies the price
OF silver. Some 100000 fine ounces
OF silver have gone out. the United
States supplying so per cent. OF the
amount. In addition to the London
shipment. China took during the two
months 81 ,i5s.4s2 in silver direct from
San Francisco. making the total sent
TO the east about 14.455, 600 fine ounces
OF silver.
1t Is certain from this that the utili-
~ OF silver cannot be destroyed. When
II Is seized upon 10 repair the distress
created by gold only" what other
opinion can thinking man have Of the
money question but that bimetal.ism
Is necessary. Why should the United
States refrain from helping along the
good time coming. when the efforts are
TO establish permanent interest bear
Ing debt. and the enlargement OF the
power and profits Of national banks
OF issue. -AIllinois State Register.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03
THE LEGAL MONEY.
which You Can Compel
Creditor 20 Accept.

| Every hour of the day we use money
| in one form or another. either earning
il. spending il or changing il. and vet
how few of us really understand the
actual value of the notes and coins that
we receive or distribute. What is legal
tender? Do you pause TO consider the
fact that about one-half of the money
OF the United States is really not legal
ia the matter Of paying a debt?
Legal tender is familiar in the discus
sion OF politics. and ii is one OF those
things which we hear much about and
which we very inadequately under
stand. Legal tender currency means
that il is money which can be lawfully
used in paying a debt.
OF course. all the money Of the United
States is accepted for any indebtedness.
but as a matter Of fact much OF il
is not really legal tender. For instance.
gold certificates are not legal tender;
silver certificates are not legal tender;
trade dollars are not legal tender; frac-
tional currency is not a legal tender:
foreign gold coins and foreign silver
coins are not legal tenders. There il
even a question as TO the Old conti-
mental currency. although the states.
with the exception of Rhode Island.
passed a law in favor of it. while the
continental congress decided that any
man who refused TO take this money
should be deemed an enemy of his
country.
The legal tenders under the present
laws are II in number and they are so
determined under this definition. which
is taken from Bouvier's law diction-
airy:
Money Of a character which by law
a debtor may require his creditor to
receive in payment in the absence OF
any agreement in the contract or OBJ
legation itself"
These are gold coins. standard silver
dollars. subsidiary silver coin--the sill
yer coins of the United States of small
er denominations than one dollar are
legal tender in all sums not exceed
ing ten dollars-copper, bronze and
copper nickel coin, United States notes
known as greenbacks-demand
treasury notes, the one and two-year
notes of 1863. the compound interest
notes OF the sixties, the treasury notes
of 1890. the Columbian half dollars
and the Columbian quarters. In actual
business. needless TO say. the question
of legal tender is not often raised
Saturday Evening Post.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03
LOOKING BACKWARD.


oh those happy days OF summer. when
the harvest sun shone hot
A dow OF memry takes me back a Gao
tive TO the spot
Where | spent the years OF childhood
and those dreamy summers long
Were written on my boyish nind-a glad.
Lnmeasured song.
How .tewed the old brick sehoolhouse
with "a frown OF hate and scorn,
As I'd strap my books together on n
sunny April morn:
And how | moped and langushed as n
Gagged bird repines.
when the soft. warm air came teasing
through the honeysuckle vines.
How we used to hail vacation, when the
prison doors were closed
And geography and ''rithmetic" upon the
shelf reposed:
when time was but fancy, and the
date a banished name.
And all the days but Sunday were to
boyish minds the same
| can see the grassy path that led me up
and down the creek.
when the MONDAY sun would find me
where the shadows fingered thick.
Will neer "A care but comfort ana ne'er
pain but ease.
With strands OF uncombcd hair that
swept my forehead in the breeze.
I can hear the little rapids where thek
Joined the swimming pool:
I see NV face reflected In the water dark
and cool.
And my fancy hears the splashing OF my
boyhood's kindred folk
As We plunged into the water meath the
ovsrhanging oak.
We knew each little eddy OF the water
far and near.
Eyry little CHANGING ripple where the
sunbeams. falling sheer
Out OF heavens feecy cloudland, with q
laughing. dancing look
Seemed to battle their heated foreheads
IN the bosom OF the brook.
Oh the many days I sqaa rtiered with a
clumsy hook and line
Up and down the little streamlet where
the silversides would shine.
And I'd watch my hook in silence. till
the summer sun was low
And my footsteps led me homeward
through the paths | used to know.
Oh, for one brief day OF childhood, but
to be a boy again.
Just 70 feel the free abandon OF a suns
mer's day as then,
With a hea:t in tune with nature n mind
that knew no care.
And an aimless destination in the world
OF anywhere.
indianapolis Press
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03

England has put India on gold
basis and built pyramid to enlight-
en- the world. Its base is human
skulls and its top is gold. The rcpub-
lican party hasSput the United States
on n gold basis and also built pyra-
mid, and IT'S base is human slavery
and its top is gold India is paying
for the gold standard with the lives
Of her people. II the purchasing pow.
er OF silver had not been cut in half
through silver being outlawcd the ef-
feet OF the famine would be slight
md American wheat and corn would
be in demand for shipment to India
and bring good prices. Sixty million
of people In India are starving 10
death when there Is plenty OF wheat
and corn, beef and pork in the world
and the facilities for transportation
are ample. The blood Of the millions
who arc dying In India Is upon the
heads OF the gold bugs Of EUROPE and
America. We are at n crisis In the
history OF the race. Shall the hand
Of toll be cmnncipated or shall IL have
news shackles rivetcd on IL? Shall the
American people he free men or serfs
n the question for them TO decide on
the 9th day Of November ncxt.-AM-
unde In Georgetown courier.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03
The EmperOr's Saviour
BY William lie Queux.

49, WI ltll WIN
final click into one Of the 81 little
spaces on the red and black wheel.
"Onze. Noir, impair ct manque."
! The croupier's rakes went swiftly tc
work sweeping the coin and bank note.
from every part Of the table. while as
swiftly winnings were flung TO tn,
eager. grabbing, cosmopolitan crowd
with that machinelike accuracy which
every visitor to Monte Carlo knows Sc
well.
The night was stihing-oue May
night last year-and the rooms were
filied by the usual well-dressed, per.
TUNED monde from all corners of the
earth At the table where / was stand
ing play was running high. for young
Lnglishman had thrice in succession
won the maximum on black, as well as
p.acque en- p,ein.
On my left in the crowd OF hot. excit-
ca, beJeweied players stood a woman
OF about 30. rather sad-faced and neat
" dressed in black. carrying in her
lant small, well-wovn reticule, while
on NY right stood two men. one young
ssh with well-trimmed, dark brown
beard; the other tall. gray-haired and
n pronounced military type. watching
'ne pay interestedly. but stalking
nothing. One does not generally take
much notice OF ones neighbors at
"ohte Carlo. and. ! dare say, | should
not have given the woman a passing
sahce had il not been for the regular
~ win which she handed the croupier
sitting al the end of the table louis,
win the words:
lrente. En- plein."
she staked on the number 30 each
''lhe' losing persstently. II is nothing
u"usua' Tor a player TO fancy single
r =, ard play upon il repeatedly.
me number of ones railway ticket or
s,oakroom check. or of ones waiter at
W. are de Paris opposte-ai serve as
suloes TO the inveterate gambler. who
nothing ii not a firm believer in
omens.
ne woman played on and on, her
FEATURES, which still bore traces OF
aark' tragic beauty, becoming palcr and
a'oie ARMY set as each time the fatal
announcement was made.
iwenty-nine turned up. She only set
ner teeth and doubled her stake. Then
III coupler's monotonous voice an
Aounccd y. / had louis on the trans
h s,sa's' and the coupler tossed me a
'aahnnte for a hundred francs.
~ she said. bitterly. III had
..,us placed IL cheval." meaning upon
'ne Two numbers. % and 30.
ry the transversale OF six. You
80, De more lucky" suggested.
~ she answered, determinedlv.
!, : rench- Thirty IL the number which
ways brings me fortune" And div
~, as again into her little bag she drew
I'm hnndred-franc note, which she
fsSned onto the square.
twenty-five won. As I had allowed
ss louis to remain pocketed another
away. "'' "ep'
That woman is playing desperate
s;au. heard my companion on my
nm nm WHISPER in English to his elderly
. aa "She loses each time"
,o., snes surely proved that she has No
''s ~ Why doesn't she stor?"
.,,a .ne man who had first spoken sianed
"s' Out did mot reply. He had Z |
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03


"Olseheif." repeated my fellow ma
senger, With start and curious look
81 surprise. And what is his or
Tense -
They say. m'sieur. that he is a revo.
luiionist. But it is lie-a foul lie, lie
mas an enemy man from whose
clutches he has rescued the woman he
loves, and who thus seeks to revenge
himself by sending him &c Siberia"
And that mans nance"
capt. Gradashkin. OF the imperial
guard"
Then you have come here TO try 10
win sufficient money for your sons de-
Tense. How do you know that this Sc
rious charge against him is unfound-
ed?"
How do ! know" echoed the des-
perate. Whitehead woman. "Be.
cause and she paused as though hest.
tatlng TO tell the truth. because il
was my boy who discovered Nadin's
dastardly plot against the emperor and
empress. and who gave information at
the ministry of the interior. My boy
saved the emperor's life
The man raised his eyebrows slight
~. While She had been speaking he
had taken out his pocketbook and
was scribbling something.
Are you certain that what YOU have
said is really the TRUTH" he inquired.
looking straight into her blanched
face.
tef D..ts
m'seur. can, fear. have no interest in
my affairs"
IF Your son has saved his emperor's
life. then his emperor will save his" he
answered.
And he handed her the slip of paper
whereon he had been writing. Then.
turning to his grayhaired companion.
he added in a sadder tone Of author
ity:
"Neronzen, give this lady 5000 francs.
and recollect that ame-Garashkin."
His companion. thus addressed. rose
70 his feet drew from his pocket some
notes. and counting out the sum. made
stiff military salute and handed it
10 Nine. Olsefieff with the words:
by order of his majesty. the EN-.
peror,"
sat dumfounded. In that instant
recognized the kind-faced. sympathetic
young man the original OF the many
portraits ! had seen Of the ear. His
countenance had from the first struck
me as familiar, but now there could
be no doubt.
In amazement rose. and removed
my hat in respectful sal1itation. while
the poor woman. having glanced at the
written words. cried with ioy
AN order. signed by the emperor. for
his instant release. My boy-oh. Paul.
my boy. is free-frec."
And she fell upon her-knees. kissing
her sovereign's hand again and again.
AT this moment the train had drawn
up at Wilofra che. and the emperor and
his aide-de-ca descended. From the
carriage window | saw the imperial
yacht lying in the harbor. aglow with
many lights. The emperor had. IL APP
pears. put in there incognito.
Your majesty has. by your Gem
ency saved two lives" / said. as. in
passing. he wished me Q CHEEKY good
night before alightng.
lie smiled. and with a simple. charm.
ng grace, answered:
1T is an emperor's duty TO act with |
Justice The information given to NV
by madame's son is well |
known TO me. No man every forgets
he person who saves his life. and have
lot forgotten that | owe mine 70 the
Young doctor of the Izaak hospital.
Felix Olsefefr. st. Louis Republic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03

The New York Tribune saws:

Mexico In the last nine years has
doubled It's revenues. doubled lts exports
doubled the number OF it, factories, and
multiplied BY three It's banking capital
ana the continuance ~ this great pros
ing the decade
Mexico Il a silver standard country,
has been and II now. and yet the great
eat republican paper IN the United
States gives ~ the'above startling In
formation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03

Only those truths which have be-
come ourselves become spontaneous
and Involuntary, instructive and un-
conscious, are really our life; that II
70 say. something more than Our
property .--Amiel's journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03

God Of Joy and Of grief. do with me
what Thou wilt; grief Is good ana
Joy II good also. Thou art leading me
now through Joy. take Il from Thy
hands, and I give Thee thanhs for e
--Amiel
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03

Walker--That's very short stump
u pipe you are smokin'.
Rhodes-Yes; like EN- that way.
Ter don't have ter draw the smoke
- far.--Pearson's Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-16
She Was Mistaken.

Howard c. Hillegus, whose recent
book on loom Paul and His Peo-
pie" has attracted wide attention,
has been besieged by people desir-
ing information on South Africa and
the Beers, relates the New York
World.
A young woman, writer for one
of the big newspaper syndicates,
called on him the other day,
She wished to get material for a
Boer article, but had been misin-
formed.
The little waman was somewhat
timid when she entered the room,
but finally asked coyly:
"Are you the writer?'
eyes, - replied Mr. Hillegus,
Taking courage, she then burst out
in a pleading, sympathetic voice.
"You will not mind will you, tell
ing me just a few facts about your
poor, struggling people?'
"My people' gasped the young
writer. s'Why thelas ! heard they
were prosperous and living lie Pen
nsylvania. Have they met with
misfortune?'
The timid woman seized the arm
of her chair for support.
81 thought you were a Boer" she
exclaimed Indeed did.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-16
Death Age OF Presidents.

George Washington died at 81 Of
Aammation of throat and lungs.
John Adams ,died at 81, from
senile debility.
Thomas Jefferson died at 80, of
chronic diarrhoea.
James Madison died at IS, of old
age.
James Monroe died at 70, of
general debility
John Quincy Adams died at 81 of
paralysis.
Andrew Jackson died at 70, of
consumption and dropsy.
Martin Van Buren, died at 80, Of
catarrh of the throat.
william Henry Harrison died at
90, Of pleurioy
John Tyler died at y, Of bilious
attack.
James X. Polk died at 90, Of
cholera morbus..
Zachary Taylor died at 90, of
cholera and weakness.
Willard Fillmore died at "a from
paralysis.
Franklin Pierce died at 65, from
inflammation of stomach.
James Buchanan died at a, Of
rheumatism andIgout.
Abraham Lincoln died at SO, as
sassinated by J. Wilkes Booth.
Andrew Johnson died at 81, from
paralysis.
Ulysses S. Grant died at 60, of
cancer of the throat.
Rutherford B. Hayes died at 10.
from paralysis of the heart.
James A. Garfield died at 49, as
sassinated by Charles J. Guiteau.
Chester A. Arthur died at SO from
Bright's disease.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-16
A NAVAL OFFICER.
Lieut.. Commander f. f. Green
Takes His Life in South
ern Waters.

Washington, Jan.11.-The follow
ing cablegram was received at the
NavyDepartment to-da%from Admit
raj Schley commanding the SouthAl-
lantic station:
ssMontevideo, Jan. Ito the
Secretary Of the Navy. Lieutenant
Commander f. e. Green committed
suicide Wednesday evening. Ar
engagements have been made for
burial ashore. A board is ordered
to examine the circumstances OF the
case and report.
The officers friends at the de-
partment are at loss to account
for the suicide. His record was ex-
cellent and he had no known bad
habits.
Lieutenant, Commander Francis
e. Green was born in Indiana, and
was appointed midshipman in
1867. He graduated in 1871 and
went to the Congress, becoming an
ensign in 1872. He became a mas
ter in 1875 and a Lieutenantin 1882
When the war broke out he be-
came the executive officer of the
Montgomery. He became a Lieuten-
ant Commander in 1899, and was
again ordered to the Montgomery,
on the South Atlantic station, where
he was serving at the time OF his
death.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-16
PLEA FOR NEGRO WORKERS.
Booker Washington Says There
Are Ministers Enough.

Booker T. Washington spoke on
emancipation last week opposing
the emigration schemes of Bishop
Turner. A large audience was
present. Mr.. Washington said in
part:
1.-The north does not contain all
the good white people, nor are they
any better friends to the negro than
can be found in the south. For
every negro that is sent to Liberia
a negro baby is born in the cotton
belt, so that the scheme is failure.
AS we came to this country at the
urgent solicitation and expense of
the white man, we would be un-
grateful to run away and leave him
now, and we are not going to do it..
I was asked the other day in New
York what the negro can do to get
his rights. l answered; Make
himself useful. His citizenship
will be reconized and valued in
proportion as he is worthy. In
dustrial education is the key to the
situation. The negro must keep
pace with progressive civilization.
We have enough ministers and
professional men for the present. '
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-16
Brvan's Chances.

That William ]. Bryan's chances
for election to the presidency in
1900 are excellent cannot be
doubted, although the Republicans
are boasting that Mckinley has a
'sure thing"
1t is a significant fact that $4,000
votes cast in the right states in
1896 for Bryan would have made
him president. A slight change OF
ballots in four southern and two
northern states would have defeat
ed Mckinley. This being the case,
the present incumbent of the White
House IS far from having a "sure
Mining
BRYAN secured one of the Ken
lucky electors and Mckinley got
the other twelve by plurality not
exceeding 281 votes. The other
three states of the south were car
ried by Mckinley by a plurality
vote of 1887 in Delaware, 11,47S in
West Virginia and 32,232 in Mary
land. California gave Mckinley
eight out of the seventeen electo-
rial votes by plurality of only l.
OBS, while Indiana gave the RePub-
lican candidate a plurality OF
1881.
This makes a total of about 3D.
600 which changed for Bryan would
have made him president.
Circumstances have changed
greatly in Bryan's favor since 1896.
The Republicans have made blum
ders, have brokch faith and are on
the defensive.
Imperialism has become an issue;
the trusts have aroused vast nos.
tility among the people, financial
panics are threatened through Re-
publican mismanagement. Nc
Kinley represents the millionaires
and the aristocrats, Bryan repre-
sents the people; therefore his
chances for election in 1900 are
bright and the Mckinley "sure
thing" is becoming an empty boast.
Chicago Democrat.