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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-04-28
APRIL NINETEEN.


President Mckinley sent message to both
houses Of congress asking for prompt action 70
De taken upon a necessary provision for the
government OF Puerto Rico from May I, the
time when military control of the island must
cease, under the Law which takes effect that
date, and the complete installation OF the civil
government which the law provides for
Senator Foraker Immediately offered joint
resolution which IS intended to meet the preSi-
dents recommendation.
The Senate naval committee reported bill
authorizing the president to buy from Spain the
ten-thousand-ton, steel, floating dry dock now
In Havana harbor-
Senator Platt has bill which is intended to
provide for the payment Of the individual
debts OF the OSGgeS- Senator Platt introduced
a bill providing for allotment OF the lands Of
the OSage reservation in severalty-
Senator Chandler introduced bill for the
protection in their rights OF colored voters in
all the states.
The house has made special order to act
upon the free homes bill on May 5
The is q bill in the house to advance Generals
Joe Wheeler. FitZhugh Lee and James H VIII
son to the rank of brigadier generals in the
regular army and then retire them from ser
vice
The debate on the naval bill drifted into
politics and for sometime there was danger that
partisan rancor might eliminate in senSa-
tional scene.
Mr.. McRae (Ark.) has introduced bill au-
thoriz ng the construction of electric rail-
way. connecting South McAleSter with several
neighooring towns
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with all the ease in life. ry waiter
meanwhile standing at respectful
distance waiting for me to ask for
my check and toss him colple-dollaf
bill. when | noticed n man with van
dyke beard seated nj a table about 20
feet TO my right. gazing pretty hard
AZ me He looked and looked and
looked at me.
THAT fellows probably the house
detective thought; and he has tum.
bled 70 the fact that I'm about TO
swing the house for some S23 worth Of
yiards and drinkablcs. Let him de-
tect. however! Ii doesn't make any
difference to me whether I'm yanked
10 the Five Courts by a hotel detect
i've or "a
"While I was pursuing this line Of
things, however. the man who had
been gazing AT me so hard got up
from his table and walked over 10 me.
His face gradually lighted up rs he
came closer to me. and IL was one
broad grin when he held out his hand
to me and said: Hello. Jim!'
~ knew him then right away. lie
was chap ia known back In Ruffalo
number of years before. I'd gone
on his note at that time for $500 when
he got mixed up in tangle with his
books on account Of gambling. and
he'd Jumped Buffalo without ever
making the note good. so that ] had
to do II myself I'd always felt pret-
Nv sore on him for that job. and Ia
had II in mind for a number of years
10 do things to him il ever met him
again.
II received him with calm cordial-
NV. however. and he Immediately be-
gan to explain to me about that note
for 5000. while he looked sheepish.
Said that only year before he'd
mailed n check for the amount to me,
and that IL had come back to him. as,
Of course. I'd moved away from Buff.
falo. lie was having all kinds Of pros
perity on the slope. he said. and asked
me how they were coming for me.
Never better. told him. and then he
reached into his breast pocket. pulled
out his wallet and handed me two nice,
clcan 800 notes. fresh and crisp from
the subtrcasury.
"That. however, was pullhead lucky
for OF all tough propositions in the
way OF a town 10 be broke In. Just
commend me to San Francisco. tn ot's
alli"-Wsshington Star.
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OLD GLORY is THERE.

whcre flies not the flag that our fathers
unfurrd
In tha heat OF the struggle that startled
the world
Where the drums beat the charge and the
red-coats went down.
And Liberty won In the fall OF crown.
Where waves that proud banner which
Washington set
AZ sign In the heavens that Right trl-
umphs yet,
As n symbol OF honor. the pride of the free
Who stand meath its folds on the land and
the sea?
Go stand where the peaks In their majesty
And the sun ever shines on their garments
OF snow.
Go watch the dark waters tat ccaseiessiy
roll
And whisper the tale OF the far-avav Pole
Ave. stand for time meath the pitiIess sky
where the ships OF the Arctic drift, tee
laden. by.
What IL that waving free on the cold. cut
ting air?
IT'S a banner of bcauty--Oid Glory is there
Go South where the Sun in his majesty
shines
On the gold OF the orange. the green OF the
pines
where the clear water run through a sum
mcr-clad world.
And islands of light in the deep lie i'm
pearl'd
Yes. stand on the shore meath tropical
sky
Where the fleets OF all nations sail mer-
rly by:
What catches the eye. like bird in the air ?
It's banner of splcndor-Old Glory is
there,
Now turn to the West with its legends of
old
Where leaves the Pacific its beaches OF
gold
Where down from the lands OF the Fox
ard the Cree,
The oregon rolls with its song TO the sea
There fiutters a flag on the pine-crested
peak
Whose SHOWS swell the tide Of the forest
born creek.
And the winds that blow harsh round the
mountain cats lair
Are kissing a banner-Old Glory Is there
Where the breakers are washed by Attain
ties bold tide
II floats In its beauty. It waves in its pride /:
1t Is worshiped in peace, II is matchless in
wars.
And thousands have died in the light of it's
stars;
The banner that Washington followed to
fame
is crowned with the splendor that hallows
his name;
And deep In the hearts OF the brave and the
fair
Is n love that is quenchiess-old Glory is
there,
It {. Harbaugh. in Ledger Monthly.
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THE PRICE OF SILVER.
Eject Of the Opening of China-BSs
metaliism Would Provide .
More Perma rent Relief.

The opening of China, il is claimed
in financial circles, will advance the
price of silver. While there may be
something in that, nothing would SO
quickly advance the price and keep IL
at fair price as the return of the
United States TO the money of the
constitution, silver and gold, at the
old established ratio. OF course, AZ
long as this country provides all Eu-
rope with cheap silver there is no
prospect either for a marked advance
in the price or steady market. The
market quotations Tor bar silver are
now less than one-half Of what the sil-
yer price would be We're this country
to return to bimeta,lism. The silver
purchased here for European account
is coined in England. in France and
Germany. Our people produce tho
metal and sell It at bargain-counter
prices to Europe, where through the
inexpensive process OF coming 1t at
once is more than doubled in value.
The money used in everyday trans
actions in England. France and Ger.
many Is silver coin. That silver the
American people produce and sell to
them. the finest quality, for less than
half the amount their coined and
alleged money-shillings, francs and
marks-represents BY returning to
the money of the constitution the
price of silver would at once advance
from 60 cents per ounce to $l.20.
That is what the producer of silver in
this country would receive for his
product. England. France and Ger
many would not cease TO purchase sill
yer Of us. blu. they would be forced to
pay the full price and the difference
of 60 cents on each ounce, the differ
ence between the present price and
the then ruling one. would be trans
ferred from the pocket of the Euro
pean TO that of the American pro-
Queer. But the party in power hero
is satisfied to provide all Europe with
cheap silver at the expense Of the
American miner. The opening of
China will bring no lasting relief. II
we ever expect to obtain a permanent,
fair price for the white metal we
mist go 10 work and establish the
price ourselves by a return to a basis
OF bimetallism at tne old established
ratio. Then the producer instead c.
the consumer will reap the benefit
Denver Post.
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THE BUSINESS MAN.
How His Interests Are Affected By
Trust-ControIled Market
A Dangerous Situation.

Fluctuations in prices are not liked
by business men. or course, occasion-
ally they turn TO the merchants ad-
vantage. as for instance when the
trusts increased the selling price OF
their products all the way from 100
to 200 per cent. and the retailer had Q
good stock on hand All such come in
for a share of the profits, and were
willing TO believe the trusts good
thing. Since then, however. condi-
tons have changed. After the indus
trial combines had advanced the sell
ing price OF their products TO the
very top notch permissible under the
Dingley tariff. they soon perceived
marked decrease in sales. because the
earning power Of the people had not
kept step with the advance In prices.
Gradually trust prices began to
show n falling tendency. IT was then
that the merchant who had laid in .
large stock at top prices began to find
out how the trust could hurt him.
The trust had taken his money when
prices were at the highest point and
had then decreased them until no
profit was left 10 the dealer.
A trust-controlled market neces-
sarily is fraught with danger TO the
average business man, who never
knows from one day to another how
he stands. inasmuch as the combine
car advance or decrease selling prices
at pleasure.-Denver Post.
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"eiiu hankcring 10 continue rirht on
living-and eating, could | only find
some place 10 eat. Ii was raw. chilly
| evening, characteristic san Erancisc,
evening, for the glorious climate Of
california doesn't include san Fran
CISCO. which has The darkest. clam
niest chilliest, foggiesi climate south
Oh Labrador. had pretty good front
lett and a mastodonic appetite. /
haun Y had "A thing TO eat that day.
ia walked around all day trying TO get
job, without making IL stick. San
francisco has more restaurants Than
any city Of its size on this continent.
and good eating's cheaper there than
IN any other American city. The res
taurants certainly did look warm and
bright and glowing TO me that even
ing But ] didn't have a red. and they
weren't tor me.
II walked around aimlcssly until |
passed by the Palace hotel. | looked
into the brilliant cafe of the Palace
and saw chaps lolling back in their
places, the glow of the candles in
their faces and the leaves from the
cut flowers falling gently to The ta-
blccloths. pulled myself up sudden
" and thought and thought.
~ think said to myself, that [
shall take dinner this evening inside
here. The Palace is good enough for
me-
$50 | walked into the cafe Of the
~. f..I
the head waiter picked out for me,
thereby showing that naughty person.
age that | knew what was what and
gaining his respect from the Jump.
told him that | wanted he right Kind
Of waiter--no laggarus or clumsy
yokels-and he picked out the best
man on his staff and sent him to me.
II went through that Palace cafe
menu from soup TO nuts. and there
weren't any wines on the card that
suited me. That lis, | minated TO
the head waiter, after trying all Of the
wines, that they didn't precisely strike
my palate.
IN be within the shelter of tho
Five Courts in something under half
an hour. reflected. with great COM
plaisance. when | had ordered the
waiter 10 bring me three of the be,s
Reina Nictorias in the house for dol
lar, and had just finished up the last
pint of champagne. and stood ready
for the cognac and coffee. but was
liable to've turned up there sooner or
later, anyhow, and the Five Courts il
a good old sort Of a Jail TO strike vita
a replete stomach
~ suppose it'll get into the papers,
| unused. about the chap with the iron
nerve who walked into the Palace cafe
and consumed about s23 worth of sol
ids and wet things, and then COM
PLEASANTLY admitted his inability TO
liquidate therefor but the papers
have got to have some old thing to
write about, haven't they?
II was pursuing this line of thought
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few weeks after Van Buren, entered
power. was one of the causes of his
defeat in $40. That OF 1873. in the
republican period, helped 10 reduce
the republican majority in the cleo
toral college in 1870 20 one. The mon
etary CONFUSION of 1898. which start
ed about month after Cleveland
went 10 the white house a second
time helped TO roll up the majority
which was cast against lis party in
1896. The Homestead strike in the
summer of 1892. in which many per.
sons were killed and much property
destroyed. in the last year OF Harri-
sons service. was one of the reasons
for the republican APATHY" which
was noticed in that campaign, and for
the republican defeat which came at
the polls. A panic is decidedly i'm
probable this year, but labor troubles
and crop failures are always among
the possibilities. and any sort OF a
calamity invariably hits the party in
power.
All of these reasons. coupled with
the conviction which is doubtless hon
estly entertained that their policy
will. upon presentation. appeal with
force TO the majority of the people.
together with the fact that IL is the
American practice for each side to
make an active fight in every election,
whatever the chances may seem to be,
explain the hope of Mr. Bryan and
his supporters that they will carry
the country in 1o0c.-Charles NJ. Har
vey in Leslie's Weekly
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Most OF the commission houses and
spectators in Paradise alley have now
lost all they have made in the rise In
the past two years. and begin to see
there is no bility in goldprioeson the
gold basis. They begin to see what Gen.
Warner has so often stated, that when
business is at food tide the fact Is re-
allied there is not money enough in the
shape ofcash legal tenders for business
and speculation. After the election Of
Mckinley in 90 we had the severest de-
preston Wall street has ever known,
which continued nearly six months,
and until il was seen that there were
short crops abroad. During my 30
years in Wall street have never seen
such long faces and so much gloom 40
there was in Wall street at the time.
Meeting Mr.. Kecne one spring morning
In 81 he Remarked: What a condition
OF Affairs! fits sheer and stark sing
nation. ! rather fancy some Of those
smart chaps down here who howled
about 50-cent dollars wish they could
get acme OF them now"
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" III gong 10 SIT GOWN ana write
the first few chapters OF that book
I've had in mind for long time past
Towns I've Been Broke In 7" said a
Washington man who's now a pretty
'sedate and prosperous citizen. The
information that I've picked up al first
hand on this general topic ought to
make pretty readable and instructive
information. I've been broke all the
way from here TO Shanghai and back;
not for very long periocs al stretch.
II Is true. but fatty and nnqualifiecly
broke. without much OF an apparent
chance Of winning out. at that: and
7hirk ] could put down a pretty accu-
rate iabulaiion of the hardest towns
on the globe in which TO be broke
There are 10. of mean towns in
The United States fer a man to go
broke in. Oddly enough. when YOU
consider what a mean town New York
- IN most other respects. never
found il as bad as lot OF other ones
when il came TO the mater OF going
broke. ! always found something 10
ing over there when things got right
down to bed rock. thicago's an ada
mant proposition, though--renl flint
Tor man who's broke. Philadelphia's
pretty frosty; man hasn't got much
of show If he's broke in New Or
leans: st. Louis is grueling into the
soul OF the broke man; but for real
rragginess and hopelessness ard no
waN-outness just You try going broke
In san Francisco once and see how
near you'll get to jumping of the
dock.
The reason why San Francisco's
such n bad job when ii comes 10 ro-
ing broke there is that it's so hard to
hreak away from the place. You see.
that bunch OF mountains between
Frisco and the Mississippi river is
there 70 stay. You can't walk over
en-. either. It's case of ride when
You want TO leave San Francisco. and
Y case. likewise. of paving for your
rae. IL you don't happen TO have the
httie pastcboard when the conductor
comes around and looks YOU in the
eye on you go, and you're pretty liza
pie TO 90 Oft in a nest of cacti or patch
~ sagcbrush or bit OF desert. just
ABOUT 212 miles from nowhere al all.
Inc conductor doesn't care for Your
S'hslbilities at all. Conductors who
run over the mountains-and- deserts
'rains from San Francisco are real
cruel. heartless persons. so they are.
Ihcy don't mind il in the least IL they
nave to pass by your bleaching bones
On their trains 365 days in the year.
They're calloused to oil that. You can
generally stow away on one OF the
ranama boats. but then you're ditched
When you get down to the isthmns. and
us pretty hard to stow away on one
OF the up boats on the eastern side "
me isthmus. 1 ought 10 know, but
mats another story.
The last time l found myself broke
IN San Francisco was about IL years
ago. ! don't think was ever broke
worse in my life. Everything Id pos
sesScd shat the man behind the coun-
YER OF three-ball house would so much
~ look ut passed into his POSSESSION
without any Farley whatsoever as 10
terms, and there came an evening whch
! walked along Kearney street with
Sosn'ng between lne and the large,
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tan@n@pau: -uaueo.u.o Aa:o:os
: Broke in San Francisco !
Z p3pap:u9u:u.p: 0 .p:u3o.u: .

'0NE of these rainy evenings I'm
" I'm going 10 sit down and write
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The Cause of Free Silver.

Such q license. granted only upon evi-
dence that there il no water in the
stock OF the corporation. and that Il
has not attempted and Is not attempt
ing TO mcnopolize any branch Of
business or the production of any arti-
Gle of merchandise. would compel the
dissolution Of existing monopolies and
prevent the creation OF new ones.-Ns-
tional Waterman.
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-ImperialisE, is not a myth. tits
not n bugbear TO Brighten people. 1t
is actual peril which the nation must
face courageously and fearlessly Crap
pie with IL free institutions are to be
maintained and preserved The fight
on the democratic side Is FOR the peor le
and their republic; on the republican
side is is for elevation Of the dollar
above Observation-Disclosures Herald.
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A billion dollar congress was regard
Cd a. wonder few years ago. Nov u
would be looked upon as marvel q
economy.-1llinois STATE Register
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-31
BRAN AND CORN PRICES.

As bran also contains large pro-
portion of fat and starch it does not
differ very widely from some grains,
and the only way to judge of the value
of bran is to compare it with the
price of corn. If corn is selling at
$40 per ton and bran at SIS, the farm
er should then consider whether it
would pay him to buy bran on diff
ference of $5 per ton, but in so doing
there must he also considered the
kinds of food already used, the To-
cation of the farm, the purposes for
which the animals are kept and the
value of the manure from the stock.
The greater amount of protein in
bran, as compared with corn, for cows
which produce milk that is sold daily,
as large proportion of nitrogen is
carried away in milk. There is also
a gain in the mineral elements in the
use of bran, as corn is deficient in
that respect. For young and grow
ing stock the foods that contain the
mineral elements should be preferred,
but where linseed meal and clover are
used there will be no necessity for
feeding bran. A large number of
farmers purchase bran, and it will be
to their interests to endeavor 10 know
something of the various kinds on the
market, as falling off in the nutri-
tious elements of the bran used may
really cause it to be expensive.-Ex.
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MONEY MUSK.

In shirt Of check and tallowed hair.
The fiddler sits in the bulrush chair
Like Moses basket stranded there,
On the brink of Father Nile.
He feels the fiddles slender neck,
Picks out the notes with thrum and check.
And times the tune with nod and beck,
And thinks its weary while.
All ready! Now he gives the call,
Cries, Honor to the ladies' !" All
The jolly tides of laughter fall
And ebb in happy smile.
Down comes the bow on every string.
First couple join right hands and swing!"
.swing once nee more e and half times round"
Whirls Mary Martin all in blue
Calico gown and stockings new,
And tinted eyes that tell you true,
Dance all to the dancing sound.
She fits about big Moses Brown,
Who holds her hands to keep her down,
And thinks her hair q golden crown,
And his heart turns over once
His cheek with Mary's breath is wet,
1t gives second somersetl
He means to win the maiden yet,
Alas, for the awkward Ounce.
kd ratHefF az s &c With Vic Sf onsaeeged Jce
"You clums- elbow" ''Pass below !"
And the fif@t pair dance apart.
Then. Forward six J" advance. retreat,
Like midges gay In sunbeam street,
'Tis Money Musk by merry feet
And the Money Musk by heart.
Three quarters round your partners swing !"
ACROSS the set !" The rafters ring,
The girls and boys have taken wing
And have brought their roses out
'Tis Forward six - with rustic grace,
All, rarer far Thanksgiving to place ~
Than golden clouds of old point lace
They bring the dance about.
Then clasping hands albright and left -
All swiftly weave the measure deft
Across the woof In loving weft
And the Money Musk Is done!
Oh, dancers of the rustling husk,
Good night, sweethearts, tits growing dusk,
Good night for aye to Money Musk,
For the heavy march begun!
BENZ. r. TAYLOR.
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THE WOMAN WITH THE BROOM.

"The Man with tne Hoe" let others sing,
And to him ready tribute bring;
Tell of his labor and unrest,
The sense of wrong that rives his breast;
How on his Atlas back he bears
The world, with all its tolls and cares,
His broken spirit wrapped in gloom
/ sing 1.-THE Woman with the Broom"
Smiling, within the door she stands,
Her busy broom in willing hands;
She makes the household wheels go round
Without a jar, with scarce sound;
To her the skies are always clear,
And, moving with breath of cheer.
She sweeps away the dust of gloom
This happy Woman with the Broom.
And while she works she sings a song,
While all life's joys together throng,
That rings call from roof to dome
Throughout her realm of "Home, Sweet Home :
Loves garden nestles round the door.
Where flowers of fond affection bloom
And bow their rainbow heads before
The radiant Woman with the Broom.
Queen DER the home her scepter sways;
Her subjects walk in pleasant ways;
They love her rule, protect her right;
Enjoy her sweetness. strength and light,
And when, at last, she's called to rest,
Her children rise and call her blessed;"
By cradle. altar and the tomb.
The faithful Woman with the Broom.
George BiTdseye, In Leslie'S Weekly.