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4safe bind, safs find. 2 Forsify yourself BY
taking Hoods sarsaparilla now and be sure
good health fot months % come.
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REPAYMENT NO. 3.

Edith Maybfey Viola Downey, Victor
Jones. Louise Mcorone. Amanda Taylor,
Helen Rowe, Agness Clothier, Emily Alice
Howard Burchard, Lillian Walker, J. Par
ker, Norman kumple.
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DEPARTMENT NO. 2.

Elsie Jones, Lillian Solway, Maurice
Bratton, Grover Bender, Samuel Burstan,
Clarence Donovan, George Alice, May
Kumpel, Mary Lewis.
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rliddletown Directory.
MUNIo1PAI, oFFICERs,
BANKS,

President g. w. w. Naudain; Secretary
George g. Rowe; Charles H. Howell, VIM.
Cochran. David [. Allen.
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ttobbed the Grave.


A startling incident, of which Mr.. John
Oliver, Of Philadelphia, was the subject, is
narrated By him as follows: Il was in a
most dreadful condition. Ny skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken. tongue coated !,
pain continually in back and sides, no
appetite gradually growing weaker day by
day Three phys clans had given me up.
Fortunately. friend advised trying 'Elec.
trio Bitters' and ny great joy and sur
prise, the first b tie made decided im-
provement l co. inued their use for three
weeks, and am va well man. know
they saved my Ii and robbed the grave Of
another victim Z 20 one should fail to try
them. Only SOC Guaranteed. Yanghan's
Pharmacy.
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Peoples National Bank.-President, G. W
w Nandain; Cashier, Geo. d. Kelley Teller.
W. g. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
Main Street.
Citizens National Bank.-President, JOSEPH
Biggs; Cashier, John s. Crouch; Teller, F.
Davis. Bank Building on South Broad
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,RoLLoFHoNoR.
DEPARTMENT NO. 1.

The following is the roll of honor of the
Middletowp Public School for the month
Of Februaty:
DEPARTMENT NO. 1.
Bertha Gary, Katie Truax, Roy Voshell
Eugene shsllcross, Ethel Rowe, Everett
Holt, Edgar Rowe, Sewell Downs, Louis,
Mcdowell, Helen Cochran, Helen Bradye
Joseph Comegys. Randolph Gary, Gertrude
McCrone, Gsorge G. Peverly, Esther Shall
cross Pierce Alrich, Sylvia Moore, Earle
Dayis,
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Bertha Jones. Elya orrell, Sophia Blome,
Julia Maui Fa uie AIccrone, Rosy Weber,
Lena Weber, Lily Bennington, Harry
Gears, Ralph Ntlbrey.
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Observation-Disclosures

Volunteer Hose Company, meetg 6rst Fri
day night of each month In Hose House.
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D lPARrMFNT No. q.
pEpARrMxRr NO. &

Reese Darl 1gton, Mary Hushabeck
Joseph Wake, Bessie Wright.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13
How Industry was Paralized.

gold standard dscouragcs enterprise and
paralyzes industry.-From Mr.. Bryan's Madi.
son Square Garden speech, Aug. u, 1896
The most accurate barometer Of bus
mess conditions which is accessible in
other than census years is the clearing
house returns. These indicate as cor
rectly as is possible the volume of bus
mess done in any particular section of
the country and in the whole country.
Mr.. Bryan said that the gold standard
discourages enterprise and paralyzes
business" But does it? Just look at
these figures:
In 1896, the year of the Bryan-Mc-
Kinley presidential contest, the clear
ances in all the clearing houses in the
United States aggregated $51,935, ,651, 733
The first year of McKinley's admins
MISUNDERSTANDING were $54,179.o4 ,03O;
the next year they jumped to $G5,924,-
S20,769, and last year they reached the
prodigious total of $SS, ,909, ,661 ,776, an in
crease in three years. of 81 billion dol
lars. To put it another way, rs per
cent more business was transacted in
1899 than in 1896. or in 1895, and double
the volume done in 1894.
Another index of how "business was
paralyzed" is found in the traffic of
railroads. In 1896 these transportation
companies carried 77S.S6S,716 tons of
freight. In 1898 they carried 912,973,S5S
tons. (These figures are the latest OBJ
tainable). Not only did the traffic in
crease tremendously, but the average
rate for transportation dropped from
50 cents per hundred tons per mile to
IS cents, within the two years men,
toned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13
How He Made Farmers Suffer.

Under a gold standard farmers cannot pay
their mortgages. and simply have to lose
what they have invested.-From a speech
delivered in Benton Harbor, Mich, by MI.
Bryan, Oct. 16, 1896.
In Mr.. Bryan's own state, Nebraska,
the value of mortgages which We're re-
leased or Cancelled in 1885, the second
year of McKinley's administration, was
1927, ,40S, ,O7O, which is $9.3OO,OOO greater
than the value of mortgages paid off
in 1896.
Instead of farm lands depreciating in
value, they have appreciated tremend-
ously. On this subject the American
Agriculturist recently said:
agricultural real estate is now
worth $1,220, 100000 more than it was a
single year ago; the percentage of
farms occupied by owners is now
larger than ever before. while the
number of farms under mortgage has
materially decreased.
"The amount of mortgages on farms
occupied by their owners is estimated
at about $3OO,OOO0OO less than at the
beginning of the decade. Mortgages
now average only about q per cent of
the value Of the farms they are on,
the rate of interest has declined, and
the great bulk of mortgages now in
force We're incurred to buy the farm or
to improve it."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13
How Gold Deserted Us.

Gold is arrogant and tyrannical in time of
peace, and it deserts any nation in time OF
,war-From speech delivered in Indianapo.
lis, Ind. by Mr. Bryan, Oct. 6, 1896.
The stock of gold in the United
States has increased enormously since
Mr.. Bryan's nomination in 1896. On
July of that year, the gold in this
country, including the coin and bullion
in the Treasury department, was $780,
597,964.
BY March 1. 1900, the end of the third
year Of President McKinley's adminis-
tration, it had nearly doubled, the
amount being $l,025, ,S25.162.
Since Mr.. Bryan made this statement
the United States has been engaged in
a foreign war. and did gold desert us
then? No! 1t came pouring in from
all the world.
In 1898, the year Of the war with
Spain. the gold that was sent to this
country from abroad amounted to $780,
4O2,195, while only $15,533,7l9 was ex-
ported, leaving balance in our favor
of $1O4,S6s,476.
On July l, of that year, the stock of
gold In the United States amounted to
almost $90O.000,0O0, an increase since
Mr.. Bryan's nomination of $500, ,000 900.
and since July /. 1897, an increase of
$20O,000,00O That is how the precious
metal deserted the American people in
time of war.
Does not all this show that Mr..
Bryan is false prophet?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13

Mr.. Gompers statements comprise
the most positive contradiction of Mr..
Bryan's prophecies regarding tne mis-
cry and destitution which lahcr would
suffer in the event of the election Of
Mckinley in 1896, but a few figures will
emphasize still more how false q pro-
phet the Democratic nominee for pres
ident is.
Since Mr.. Mckinley became presi-
dent artisans and journeymen every
where have received increases in wages
from to 40 per cent Reports made
by national and International unions in
April, 1900, show, among others. these
specific advances in wages in 1899:
Bricklayers, stonemasons, boiler
makers iron shipbuilders, bookbinders,
core makers, electrical workers, meat
cutters, 25 per cent; bicycle workers
and upholsterers, 20 per cent; locomo-
tive engineers, pattern makers and
printers, 80 per cent; mine workers and
machinists. 40 per cent; coil hoisting
engineers, so per cent; seamen. 33 per
cent; brewery workmen, bakers boot
and shoe workers, lace curtain opera
tives, carpenters, stationary firemen.
'longshoremen. leather workers, tin
plate workers, trunk makers and wood
workers, 10 per cent; cotton spinners,
20 per cent; broom makers brickmak-
ers, blacksmiths, coopers, cigarmakers,
locomotive firemen, horseshoers, iron
molders metalworkers, papermakers.
tailors, tile layers, railroad laborers.
walters and cooks. 10 per cent; glass
bottle blowers, 8 per cent; iron. steel
and tin workers. II per cent; street
railway employees, ~ per cent; textile
workers, l2h per cent: stage employees,
300 per cent
But substantial increases In wages
were obtained also in the years 1897
and 1898 by many of the classes of
labor mentioned in the foregoing. In
1897 bricklayers and stonemasons,
horseshoers. 'longshoremen and ma
chinists received advances of 10 per
cent; leather workers. is per cent; mine
workers and potters. l2 per cent; and
many others from to per cent. In
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13
SOCIAL RULES IN CHINA.
No One Visits in That Country Until
Sent For.

FROM the interior.
One never becomes so we'll acquaint.
ed with the Chinese that ceremony may
be dispensed with, 1t Is possible that
there may be informal visiting among
very old friends and neighbors, but 1t
Is hardly conceivable. With mere ac-
quaintances the visit cannot be paid
until one Is sent for; then cart ar
rives more or less splendid, according
to the position of the hostess. If she
happens to be poor the vehicle will be
shabby in the eXtreme-the mule by
which such a cart Is drawn, gaunt and
aged, the driver filthy and in rags.
If it's owner Is a woman of wealth,
the vehicle will be curtained and
cushioned with fine blue or purple
cloth, and there will be in attendance
not only the woman servant, but two
naughty outriders mounted on Chinese
ponies. The woman servant is sent in
variably to accompany the guest, since
no well-bred woman in China ventures
into the streets alone. One of the stig-
mas attached to the reputation of the
present dowager empress Is a tradition
that, when girl, she once went out
upon the streets alone and bought a
certain kind of cake of which she was
very fond.
1t Is something of an art for for
eigner to take. her seat gracefully and
comfortably in Pekin cart, and there
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13

pointed and positive illustration Of the
character Of our national credit in the
recent award of an English loan OF
100000 pounds sterling. More than
half of these securities were awarded
to American subscribers.
This Is a revolutionary departure in
the financial attitude of the United
States. and places us in the forefront
Of the credit nations of the world. The
bonds of the United States yield only
from two and one-half per cent down
to as low as one and one-half per cent
to the holders. while the English bonds
so largely taken by United States bid
ders. yield over three and one-half per
cent"
Without "opening our mints to the
free coinage Of silver" we not only
have become the mistress of the
worlds commerce, but we have ceased
to be debtor nation, and have be-
come the greatest creditor nation in the
world
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13
Bryan's Tight Money Scare.

gold standard encourages the boarding Of
money because money Ia rising.--From Mr..
Bryan's Madison Square Garden speech, Aug.
12, 1896.
This Is how money has been hoard
ed under the gold standard" On Aug
ust I. 1896, the total money in circula-
ton in the United States was Sl,514,-
903,l42, or SELLS for every person in
the country.
On July 1, 1900, the money in circula-
ton in the United States reached the
enormous aggregate of s2,O62, 2,425, ,946,
and this remarkable increase came
about without the free and unlimited
coinage of silver" This is an increase
in the total circulation, since Mr..
Bryan made his prophecy in Madison
Square Garden, of $547, 100000 or more
than 33 per cent: and an increase from
SELLS per capita to S267S per capita.
That is to say, for every man, wo-
man and child in the whole country.
there was on July 1, 1900, $500 more in
circulation than there was when Mr..
Bryan predicted that there would be
contraction of the circulation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13
An Object Lesson in Japan.

When they tell you that the use OF silver
dcgradcs nation, you point to Japan. Japan
has silver standard. Japan uses silver and
has made wonderful strides in the last
twenty ycars-From a speech delivered in
stanislaus hall, Chicago, by Mr.. Bryan,
Oct. 90, 1906
Japan is now operating under a gold
standard law, and the benefits result
ing from the change from silver
basis have been most marked Scarce
ly had the echoes Of the discussion OF
1895 died away before Japan decided to
| adopt the gold standard, and the new
law went into effect October /, 1897.
'The beneficent results following this
change in that nations monetary sys-
tenn are told in recent official state
ment made by Count Matsukata Masa-
yoshi, the Japanese minister of state
for finance. That official said:
"Since the adoption of the gold
standard, our currency has been freed
from constant fiuctuation in its ex-
change rate, to which it was subject
before. Business transactions were
made safe; and improvement in credit
took place in the community at large;
prices became more constant; in a
word, the way was opened for the
steady and orderly growth of our COM
merce and industry.
1.-THE beneficial results Of the coinage
reform is seen in another direction
Now that the capitalists Of the gold
standard countries have become as
sured that they will no longer be in
constant danger of suffering unexpect-
ed losses from investments made in
this country on account of fluctuations
in the price of silver, they seem to
show growing tendency to make
such investments at low rates Of in
terest.
$50 far as our trade with gold stand
ard countries is concerned, our adop-
ton of the gold standard has proved
to be a source Of great benefit. Again,
concerning our commerce with silver
standard countries, contrary to the
gloomy prospects indulged in by some
critics, our trade with those countries
has not ceased to make steady
growth.
''Since our adoption of the gold
standard, our government bonds have
been sold in no small amounts in the
European markets. SO that their names
appear regularly in the price list of
the London Stock Exchange
1--WE believe that the beneficial ef-
feet of our coinage reform on our for
eign trade has already been great, and
we do, not notice any material evil in
connection with it. Besides, our adop-
tion of the gold standard has made it
easier for our country to enter into the
economic community Of the world at
large so that henceforth it will become
practicable for us to invite capital
from other countries to be invested in
our country. We conclude, thefore,
that the effect of the coinage reform
upon our foreign trade has been bene-
fetal without trace of evil"
Since 1896, Russia also has adopted
the gold standard, and the results
there have been of the same beneficial
character as in Japan. Peru followed
with the example Of Russia and Japan
and so did Costa Rica and Ecuador.
Now nearly all the South American re-
publics are operating under a gold
standard law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13
How Bryan "Beggared Millions"

Savings bank depositors know that under
gold standard there is increasing danger
that they will lose their deposits because Of
the inability of banks to collect their assets,
and they still further know that ii the gold
standard is to continue indefinitely they
may be compelled to withdraw their deposits
in order to pay living expenses. From Mr.
Bryan's Madison Square Garden speech Aug.
II, 1896.
We have arrayed against lis those who de-
sire to lessen the volume of money that
they can corner it more easily.--From
speech delivered in Youngstown, o., by Mr.
Bryan, Oct. 10. 1896.
If we adhere to gold standard VIC will
bcggar millions more and double the burden--
of every burden.bearer in the United States.
From speech delivered in Anderson, Ind,
by Mr. Bryan, Oct. 81 1896.
Not only have depositors in savings
banks not lost their deposits, as Mr..
Bryan predicted they would, but they
have increased them to a truly mar
velous extent. In 1896, 9SS savings
banks had on their books the names of
5,065494 individual depositors whose
aggregate deposits We're 81 1907, 1856 277,
or an average of $376.5O for each de-
positor.
In 1899, 9S7 banks reported $685.
depositors with s2,23O, 1856, ,954 on deposit.
That means an increase in the number
of depositors of more than 100000, and
an increase in deposits of $323,2l0,677.
Furthermore, while the depositors
have grown in number the average de-
posit has increased from $376.50, in 1896,
to $392.13. in 1899.
These figures mean that for every
man, woman and child in the United
States there was on deposit in the saw
ings banks-ths does not include ma
tional banks and trust companies-$29.-
"a last year. as against $266S in 1896.
Moreover, the savings deposits of the
wage earners of this country are more
on earth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13
Fiction and Fact AS to Prices.

Some Of the laws of fnanccI may say all
the great laws of fnance-arc as certain in
their operation and as Irresistible in their
force as the law ii gravitation. II you throw
stone into the air YOU know it will come
down Why? Because it is drawn toward
the center of the earth. The law upon
which we base 'isht is as sure as the law
OF cravtation. II we have gold stand
ard, prices are as certain to fall as the
stone which is thrown into the air-From
an address delivered to farmers in Newton
Ia, Aug. 0, 1896.
Iowa is one of the greatest corn
growing states in the Union. In 1896
the average price which the Iowa
farmer received for corn or. the farm
was IA cents a bushel In 1897, the
first year Of President Mckinley's adj
ministraton, the price rose to II cents:
in 1898 it jumped to 25 cents. and in
1899. the last year for which official
figures have beer compiled. it was 90
cents. In 1896. when Mr. Bryan made
his address in Newton. the average
price of corn on the farm throughout
the United States was 215 cents; last
year H was 30.3, an increase of al per
cent. e.
Since 1894, one Of the hardest years
of the terrible panic which followed
the election of Il Democratic president
and congress. to 1899, the average price
of wheat on the farm throughout, the
United States has gone up from 491
cents a bushel to 5S.4 cents, an in
crease OF nearly 20 per cent. Oats,
since 1896. have gone up from 1877 cents
bushel to 24.9 cents. an average in
crease of 33 per cent During the four
years of the administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland the average price Of
wheat on the farm was 54.l cents: dur
ing McKinley's term it has been 67.5
cents.
Wool Of the Xxx quality was sold in
New York for 17.5 cents per pound in
July. 1896 Since that time it has in
creased steadily until in July, 1900, it
brought S6 cents a pound.
Another way of showing how prices
of farm products "have fallen under
the gold standard" is to give simple
statement of the ruling prices of farm
staples on June !. 1926. and June l,
1900, The following table gives these
figures:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13
In Spite Of Bryan's Prophecy.

assert the right of the people of this
country to have their own financial system
and to regulate their own affairs and If
foreign people do not want to loan money
to under these conditions we will have
the consolation of knowing that the condi.
tions will be SC favorable that we soon will
have money to loan them.---From speech
delivered in Lincoln Neb., by Mr.. Bryan,
Sept. s, 1896.
There is a prophecy which has been
fulfilled, though not in a manner that
is pleasing to Mr.. Bryan. The Repub-
lican party has enacted new financial
legislation, and to use Mr.. Bryan's own
words, 1--WE have the consolation of
knowing that we have money to loan"
We are loaning money to foreign
and Russia has been think
ing of borrowing something like $780,
900, 900 from us. But free silver did not
bring about this wonderful and graft
flying change. 1t was the gold stand
ard
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13
The Debtor Became Creditor.

We are the greatest debtor nation OH earth.
From speech delivered in Anderson, Ind,
by Mr.. Bryan, Oct. 81, 1906
Open our mints, give us the double stand
ard, and then We will stand as the mistress
OF the worlds conmerce.--From a speech de-
livered in Minneapolis by Mr.. Bryan, Oct. II,
1896.
The United States Is now the great
est creditor nation on earth, and has
become so since President Mckinley
was inaugurated. From March !, 1897.
to March 4, 19OO-that is in three years,
the excess of American exports over
imports represented value of $l4S3,-
537049. In other words, that was the
balance on the credit side of Uncle
Sans ledger during the first three
years Of the present administration
From 1890 to March 1, 1S97-107 years
the excess of exports over imports was
only $3S3,O2S 497.
Thus in three years the United
States, under the administration of
President Mckinley, exported four
times as much as during the entire
period preceding 1t from the founda-
tion of the republic.
The United States Is capturing the
IldThetS Oh the WoTiu' LuIope, ASIA
and Africa are buying American man
ufactures and farm products in con-
stantly increasing quantities. They
are sending over their gold In the set
tlement of trade balances. and then
borrowing 1t. During the fiscal year
Of 1900 alone the excess of American
merchandise sold abroad over the
amount purchased there represented a
value of s545, 100000.
The Philadelphia Times, a Demo-
cratic newspaper, recently printed the
following under the caption. Ours Is
Now the Best Credit in the World":
'The credit of the United States Is
higher today in all the markets of the
world than that of any other nation.
We have ceased to be debtor nation
and have become largely a creditor.
Today our national bonds command
higher prices than the securities of any
other country. We have had a very
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13
BRYAN EXPOSED AS THE
/ WORLDS FALSE PROPHET
All His Predictions of Calamity
Have Gone Wrong.
Facts and Figures from Official Sources Show That No Faith
or Reliance Can Be Placed in a Single Promise
That Bryan Makes to the People.

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in audiences
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The false
predictions
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