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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
A cIear-cut Demand.

The Kansas City platform contains the
following clear-cut demand which every
laboring man. whether farmer, mechanic
or common day labor must approve or
stultify his American manhood
''We denounce the currency bill euact-
ed at the last session of congress as step
forward in the Republican policy which
aims to discredit the sovereign right OF
the national government to issue all
money, whether coin or paper, and to
bestow upon national banks the power to
issue and control the volume of paper
money for their own benefit.
"a permanent national bank currency,
secured by government bonds, must have
a permanent debt TO rest upon, and if the
bank currency is to increase with pop
ulation and business the debt must also
increase. The Republican currency
scheme is therefore scheme for fasten-
ing upon the taxpayers perpetual and
growing debt for the benefit ofthe banks.
I'VE are opposed to this private cor.
poration paper circulated as money. but
without legal tender qualities, and de-
naud the retirement OF the national bank
notes as fast as government paper or silver
certificates can be substituted for them %
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
Is 1t Right For an Editor to Recon-.
mend Patent Medicines ?
From Sylvan Valley News. Brevrad. n. G.

From Sylvan Valley News Brevrad, N C.
1t may be question whether the editor
of newspaper has the right to publicly
recommend any the various proprietary
medicines which flood the market, yet as
preventive of suffering we feel it duty
to say a good word for Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea emedy
We have known and used this medicine
i'll our family for twenty years and have
always found it reliable. In many cases
dose Of this remedy would save hours of
suffering while physician is awaited.
We do not believe in depending implic-
lily on any medicine for cure. but we
do believe that if a bottle of Chamber
lain's Diarrhoea Remedy were kept on
hand and administered at the inception
of an attack much suffering might be
avoided and i'll very many cases the pres
enee OF a physician would not be required
At least this has been our experience
during the past twenty years For sale by
E. 7. Reynolds, druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
Poppy-cock.

Mr.. Mckinley received the announce
ment of his nomination on his famous
front porch at Canton and delivered an
elaborate acceptance speech to the COM
mittee in which is the following para
graph, with many others of like purport
Unfortunately the threat of 1896 has
just been renewed by the allied parties
without abatement or modification. The
gold bill has been denounced and its re
peal demanded. The menace of I6 to T.,
therefore, still hangs over us with all its
dire consequences to credit and conf
dence, to business and industry. The
people must once more unite and over
come the advocates of reputation and
must not relax their energy until the
battle for public honor and honest money
shall again triumph. .
1t may not seem courteous to class an
deliberately prepared address to the public
by the President of the United States as
poppy-cock, which the dictionary defines
as " stuff but so dignifed parsonage
should have more respect for the intel
ligence of the people of the United States,
than to employ poppy-cock or stuff" in
his address.
.'Threat" and menace of I6 to I" is
freely used by Mr.. McKinly, with its
dire consequences to credit and confsca-
ton" What meaning can be attached
to such idle talk +? There is absolutely
none, and Mr.. Mckinley does not at
tempt an explanation of his assumed fear
conveying words What is the real
meaning of "I6 to II? The coinage of
silver by the United States to increase the
volume of money, in place of printing
paper bills for national banks for the
same purpose. Is there menace to credit
and confidence, to business and industry
any way observable in this?
If the government didn't guarantee the
national bank notes, which are misnamed
''souud money" not one of them would
pass hundred miles from its bank of
issue at par. There is no guarantee
needed for the government silver dollars,
other than their issuer. There never has
been menace to credit or lack of con-
idence in government silver dollar, and
it is safe to add, there never will be.
Clearly this talk by Mr.. Mckinley
should be beneath the dignity of chief
magistrate and the White House 1t is
pure poppy-cock or stuff" "Repudia-
ton " What does Mr.. Mckinley mean
by population He vouchsafes no
explanation. Neither have any of his
friends. 1t is idle talk intended to
deceive non-thinkers, which is defined as
poppy-cock.
Public honor and honest money"
have been threatened, the President says.
Who has threatened them? None other
but the trusts, monopolis and syndicaies,
formed and forming to exploit wealth |
producers at home and abroad They are
the enemies to honor and honesty, and |
not honest silver dollars at I6 toI.
Mr.. McKinley's elaborate speech 10 the
public over the heads of the committee, is
a tissue of just such empty, meaningless
assertion as the above quotation. His
premises are all baseless assertions, with
out scintila Of facts to rest on; in short,
pure poppy-cock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
BEATEN BY A REPORTER.
How a Newspaper Man Retaliated
for Insults from Cam
didate.

A good story, and one with moral,
is related by well-known southern
writer, says the New York Mail and Ex-
press.
mo great statesman with good hard
horse sense ever went out of his way to
offend newspaper man." he says.
''Some years ago there was a very hot
campaign in Georgia for big office.
''In a distant city lived candidate
who was confident of election. He was
proud and naughty, and thought only
of himself :
"A young newspaper man was de-
tailed by the managing editor to ac-
company the statesman and report his
speeches.
snow comes the funny part of the
story. The statesman ignored his COM
panion-left him to take care of him
self-introduced him to nobody
treated him without any considera-
ton.
"Once when they were riding in a
buggy through the country they
stopped at spring. The statesman
cooled bottle Of wine in the spring
and drank it all, without offering the
journalist drop.
Then he helped himself to n cigar
from his valise, and resumed his seat
in the buggy.
Drive oni' he said.
'gThe newspaper man hated and de-
spised the cold-blooded politician, but
bn Il od hic work IN do
"He reported the speeches and cam
paign incidents, but in quiet way he
knitted the statesman. The big man
read the reports, and was conscious
that something was lacking, but he
could not tell what.
The newspaper man simply stuck to
facts and damned the candidate with
faint praise. lie left out the element
of enthusiasm. He was dull, and de-
hberately SO.
The candidate was defeated, and lie
never knew how much the newspaper
man had to do with it.
"Of course he did not dream that his
own conduct had injured him. No
mean man ever makes the discovery
that he is mean"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
HOW DEWEY WON MANILA.

j. j. Lyon, q retired capitalist of ST.
Louis, lately received letter from
Capt. John c. Williams, commander OF
the English steamer Winston Hall, in
which he gives the details about 1873
cases of six-inch shells belonging to
England, getting aboard the Amer
lean fleet just after the battle of Ma
Mia, at time when Dewey badly need
ed that kind ofammunition. While Capt.
Williams does not, for obvious reasons,
mention the name of his informant, in
ferentially, it came from an officer
aboard o British cruiser in Manila bay,
lie writes:
after Admiral Dewey had sunk the
Spanish ships he found that the last
shell for his six-inch guns had been
fired. Among other vessels anchored
not far from Dewey's fleet was H. NJ. s.
Immortalite. There were also two
German warships lying near. Admiral
Dewey wanted sand for scrubbing
decks, paint, ETC., SO he decided to send
his boats to the beach for some, and
sent three boats off after dark. They
were anchored close to the beach.
"About midnight the launch re-
turned for the boats and found them
filed. Before daylight So bags filed
with sand and other things had been
hoisted up and slowed away on Dew
cv's ships. About three months after
this one of the United States warshipe
went to Hong-Kong. Before going into
dock she landed 1873 cases, and each
case contained one or two six-inch
shells, the broad arrow of England APP
pearing on each shell. will leave you
to infer how the shells got on your
ships"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
Claiming Maryland.

Republican papers are claiming Mary
land for Mckinley and citing the gold
Democrats as their main dependence for
carrying the State for him. After enum-
Grating the leading gold Democrats who
have either personally or through friends
declared they intended to support Nc
Kinley, they naively remark that Cor
man is gold Democrat. intending to
convey the impression that he too is on
the Mckinley side.
The Significance of these differences
will appear in their damaging influence
when it is remembered that the Maryland
delegates at the Kansas City convention
named Mr.. German as Maryland's
National Committee member. Any occu-
pant of so important position as that
should, like Caesars wife, be above
suspicion.
Any man occupying such responsible
position as a member of the National
Committee, representing Bryan and
Stevenson and the Kansas City platform,
should purge himself of any such charge
as being a gold Democrat or resign.
Gold Democrat is a relic of dead past, a
defunct Cleveland apostasy, and has no
place in regenerate6 democracy of the
National party of today, which is enlisted
in the army of progress. The gold
democracy which the Republican party
keeps on exhibition is the stalking ghost
of a slave aristocracy of forty years ago,
which is dead and gone.
So far as ghost is capable ofthinking,
it thinks it is opposed to imperialism, to
trusts, TO monopoly tariff, and is in favor
of all the pernicious fiancial system that
the Republican party lives for. No such
anomaly is possible, and only ghost
could entertain it.
Republican papers special correspond
ents who profess to speak for Maryland,
claim that the gold Democrats will poll
1000 votes for Mckinley. Four years ago
they claimed more than four times that
majority in this State for Mckinley.
Mr.. H. H. Haines, who was appointed
Mckinley manager for this end of Cecil,
asserted OH the stand at one of his polit-
ical mass meetings that Mckinley and
Hobart would carry the State by 10000
majority. This prediction was not ad-
vanced as campaign bluff or a mere
piece of political bravado, but in the
nature of business fact. He had been
at headquarters in Baltimore where he
had been placed in possession of such
facts as constituted business arrange
ment, or agreement, and which justified
belief in the statement. The State went
by over $4,000 plurality for Mckinley.
These ante-election predictions and
after election facts constituted circuni-
stantial evidence strong as proof from
holy writ, that the Bryan party had been
sold out for cash by its Maryland organ
ization, which was rotten gold democ-
racy concern. When 1000 is claimed
this year is the prediction based on a
similar bargain? 1t is time German,
Vandiver, Smith & Co. were purging
themselves of such suspicion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
The Growth of Plutocracy.

Surely the rapid development of plutoc-
racy during the last few years will arouse
the people to the dangers which threaten
our republic. The warning voice of his
tory cannot longer be disregarded. No
nation has ever travelled so far in the
same space of time, from democracy to
plutocracy, as has this nation during the
last ten years. Foreign influence, de-
scribed by Washington as lone OF the
most baneful foes of republican govern
,nent.n has been felt as never before.
Fortunes have been made more sud-
denly than ever before. Wealth has been
concentrated in the hands of a few more
rapidly than ever before. Corporate cap
ital exerts an influence over government
more potent than ever before. Money is
more freely used than ever before to
corrupt elections. Whst is to be the end?
Can any thoughtful person believe that
these conditions promise well for a
republic BRYAN.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
RISING SUN MARKET.
Chautauuua.
Last Low-Rate Excursion via Pennsyl

Last LOW-Kate EXCURSION via PennSyl-
vania Railroad.
On July 81 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will run the last special excursion from Philadei.
phia Baltimore. Washington, Reading, Altoona.
BellefoI tie, Lock Haven, Shamokin, Wilkesbarre
Sunbury and Wiiiiamsport. and principal inter.
mediate stations, aid stations on the Delaware
Division. Philadelphia. Wilmington and Ralti.
more Railroad. and on the Cumberland Valley
Railroad. to Chautauqua. N. Y. Special train will
start from Harrisburg at 1875 a.. m. Connecting
trains viii leave Philadelphia $40 a. M. Washing
ton AS a. m. Baltimore 1855 a. M, Altoona 7lb
a. m, Wilkesbarre 1880 a. M. Lock Haven IL as a
m. Round-trip tickets. good to return on regular
trains not later than August IS. will be sold at
rate of $40 90 from Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Washington. and at proportionate rate from other
stations.
Passengers from Atlantic City. Bridgeton. Vine.
land. Clayton. N. J and stations on the Delaware
Division viii use trains to Philadelphia on day
preceding date of excursion.
For specific rates and time of connecting trains
apply to nearest ticket agent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
A World Power and Imperialism.

The worst news from China reached
the western powers OH last Sunday, that
there had been an indiscriminate mas
sacre of all the white people in Pekin, by
the Chinese hords. The white people
killed their women and children to save
them from worse fate by allowing them
to fall into the hands of the barbarians.
Admiral Seymor in his retreat to Tien
Tsin being unable to carry his wounded
with him shot them, at their own request,
they preferring death rather than falling
into the hands of the savage Boxers alive,
to be tortured and cut to pieces.
All China seems to be aroused to ex-
terminate the foreign devils" 1t will
require two months before the white
nations can land men and sufficient equip
ments in China to make head against the
Chinese, who appear to have profited by
their experience in their war against the
Japanese, and have been arming and
drilling under German and other foreign
drill masters. They have probably
million men under arms aud it camps
drilling. 1t will require little if any short
OF all army of 200, 600 to enable the whites
to successfully invade China. Six nations
appear to be arrayed against China
Russia, Germany, Great Britain, Japan,
France and the U. S. The contingent
of men to be furnished by each of the six
powers will not be less than &c, 900, which
will foot up an army of ISo, 900. Such
force would undoubtedly cut a wide,
bloody swath through the Acknowledged
celestials
The Americans are beginning TO see in
dim way what is meant by world
power" by Mckinley and his associates.
1t means in old fashioned English a mil
itary power with large standing army
and powerful navy. AS Mckinley has
declared in his acceptance speech at
Canton that he was opposed TO "scuttle"
policy. the American people may look out
for 10000 soldiers being ordered to China
from the Philippines and other places.
Thirty thousand will be sufficient to gar
rison few seaports and large towns in
the Islands. That is as many or more
than Spain used.
1fthe American people do not learn
before November the meaning of "world
power" and imperialism it will not be the
fault of circumstances and Mr. Mckinley
If such calamity as the election of Vim.
Mckinley should he visited upon the
American people, Congress would be
asked to raise the army to 100000 Only
100, 1000 was asked for at the last session,
but we hadn't got into war with China
then.
The warnings are loud and clear for
Americans to stay at home and put their
own house in order, which is badly in
need of repair. McKinley's industrial
trusts, money trust, trust on transporta-
ton, trust on intelligence, are turning
everything upside down. There is a great
work to be done at home demanding the
best efforts of our whole people. We need
all the Christian civilization and reform
that is possible right here at home. The
American people are in no humor to
waste blood and treasure in McKinley's
foreign wars. Tax payers cannot stand
it AMI the American conscience revolts
against such policy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
For Young Men.

The Boston correspondent of the Spring
field Republican stated some obvious
truths that ought to have wide CIRCULATION.
His remarks were in reference to the diff
ficulty experienced by young people now
a-days in getting situations. This applies
to graduates of colleges, as we'll as to
others. No matter how we'll educated the
young person is, suitable openings are
hard to find. Experience is told of a
bright, educated fellow, who was well
introduced and recommended. With his
letters, the young man went from one
place to another, but only to find abso-
lutely nothing for him to do. He could
not get foothold anywhere. The singu-
lar fact about his rebuff i'll almost every
place was that it was connected with the
trusts.
The business house would say either
that it had just gone into trust and was
discharging help, instead of taking on
any more; or that it had been squeezed by
the trust so that it was not able to do
much business; or that TIE trust opera
tions had made the businss so uncertain
that they did not know what they should
do in the future, but, if they should have
any occasion TO take on any additional
help, they preferred to take experienced
men who had been thrown out by the
trust, and whom they knew to be exper-
fenced and all right, rather than take a
young man. The upshot of the matter
was, that, for one or another of these
reasons, the young man could get no
encouragement anywhere.
A dozen otner cases are recalled of col
lege graduates of few years standing,
smart and capable men, who are anxious
to get work, but find the doors closed TO
them. One of them said he was willing
to begging by washing windows, if it were
with an assurance of anything better
afterward. Another case is mentioned
where one graduate of this class is acting
merely as errand boy for business
house. sbecause he could get nothing
better to do. A we'll educated and COM
petent graduate of the institute of tech
nology, who is "a civil engineer by train
ing, is today selling baking powder, in
lack of anything better to do, aud who
finds better opening in that line than
in civil engineering Another case is that
of young physician, who helps to keep
the wolf from the door by soliciting
advertising. These things are happening
right in the midst of our good times
Farm Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
Niagara Falls Excursions.
Low-Rate Vacation Trips via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.

vania Railroad.
The PeEnsy lvania Railroad Company has select.
ed the following dates for its popular tenday
Baltimore and Washington July rs. Aug 9and %
September and 30. and october and ls.
On these dates the special train will leave Wash
ington at 500 a. m. Baltimore sos a. m.
This year the excursions from Philadelphia will
be run by two routes. Those on July 20, Aug. 9.
Sept. s. Oct. and 10; going via Harrisburg and
the picturesque valley of the susqueLanna as
heretofore. special train leaving Philadelphia at
$40 a. M: excursions of Aug. % and Sept 20 run.
ming via Trenton. Manunka Chunk. and the
Delaware Valley. leaving Philadelphia on special
at 800 a. m.
Excursion tickets. good for return passage on
any regular train. exclusive of limited express
trains. within ten days. will be sold at $40 90 from
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington and points
on the Delaware Division; $ll ,25 from Atlantic
City; $500 from lancaster; $3.50 from Altoona
and Harrisburg; $500 from Snnbury and Wilkes
barre; 1915 from williamsport, and at proper.
tionate rates from other points, including
Trenton. Mt. Holly. Palmyra. New Brunswick and
principal intermediate stations. stop-over will
be allowed at Buffalo. Rochester, Canandaigua
and Watkins within the limit returning. on the
excursions of July 26. August 0. September 6,
October and 10.
For the excursions OF August % and September
20. stop.over will be allowed at Buffalo on return
trip within limit of ticket
The special trains of Pullman parlor cars and
day coaches will be run with each excursion run.
ming through to Niagara Falls An extra charge
will be made for parlor.car seats.
An experienced tourist agent and chaperon will
accompany each excursion.
For descriptive pamphlet, time of connecting
trains. and further information apply to nearest
ticket agent. or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant
General Passenger Agent. Broad Street Station.
Philadelphia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
STATE OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO.
meas CnrrNrv SIS.

STATE OF ONO. CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY, 80
FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F. ].
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. d. 1886.
SEAL A. W. GLEASON,
t~ Notary Public.
Halls Catafrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O..
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
Summer Tours to the North.
'wo Tours to Canada via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

For the Summer of 1900 the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company has arranged to run two personally.
conducted tours to Canada and Northern New
York. These tours will leave July 81 and August
IL, including Niagara Falls. Thousand Islands.
Rapids Of the St Lawrence. Quebec. The saguenay.
Montreal. Au Sable Chasm. Lakes Champlain and
George. and Saratoga. occupying fifteen days;
round. trip rate. $l25.
Each tour will be in charge of one OF the Com.
pany's tourist agents. assisted by experienced
lady as chaperon. whose especial charge win be
unescorted ladies.
The rate covers railway and boat fare for the
entire round trip parlorcar Seats meals en- route.
hotel entertainment. transfer charges and carriage
hire.
For detailed itinerary. tickets. or any additional
address Tourist Agent. Pennsy lvania
Railroad Company. 1896 Broadway. New York; $50
Fulton Street. Brooklyn; 7s9 Broad Street. Newark
N. j.. or Geo. w. Boyd. Assistant General Passenger
Agent. Broad Street Station. Philadelphia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20

Regret it as we may, plutocracy is as
much of sectional question today as
slavery was in 1886. 1t is the battle of
the money-lending region against the
money-borrowing region; the section
where the dollar is bigger than the
man against the section where the man
is infinitely bigger than the dollar
IcNAcIUs DoNNELLY.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-20
90 a YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
Friday. July 90, 1900.

The Cecil Democrat is in sore straits,
with one foot in the Republican camp
and the other in the Democratic camp 1t
is in danger of being pulled asunder, as
the financial policy of the two parties is
bound TO grow wider and wider apart as
time wears on.