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AdIai stevenson,s Prosperity.

The city Of bloomington, ILL.,. which Is
the home of the Democratic vice presiden-
tial candidate, Adlai 4. Stevenson. but
recently sold its bonds on basis which
makes the interest paid by the city on
the loan only $40 per cent. This rate
is lower than any municipality in the
United States could get in 1896.
AS a citizen of Bloomington. MIR. Ste
venson will be able to save some money
in taxes, because of the good credit and
prosperity that has come to his town as
a share in the beneficial results OF Re
publican policies during the last four
years. The remarkable appreciation in
the credits of American municipalities
since McKinley's election in 1896, mean
ing great savings "a taxpayers has been
one of the most interesting features of
the great prosperity that has come to the
people Of this country.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Cigars Smokei Over Prosperity.

Probably nothing demonstrates prosper
ity more clearly than the consumption of
cigars.
w. G. HOLSTER Of Chicago, who prints
the blue labels for the Cigarmakers' In
ternational Union and is required to make
affidavit to the number turned out, has
made the following report to President
G. w. Perkins of the union of the labels
printed during recent years: 1895, Al
SIS 1000; 1896. 46.440.OOO: 1897, 46,546,-
500; 1898, $4,000 200; 1890, 55,14O,OOO.
During the first six months of 1900 the
number jumped to 1885,, 900. Men can
not afford to buy cigars unless they are
prosperous and earning good wages.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
PROSPERITY FOR ZINC MINERS.
Four Years of Mckinley and Protec-
ton Have Enriched Missouri.

Mckinley prosperity and the protective
tariff on zinc and lead ores have, in four
years, added millions of wealth to Mis-
souri, and Kansas. They have made a
comparatively little strip Of territory in
southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas
the greatest zinc mining section in the
world, producing seven-eighths of the
American zinc ore and about one-fourth
of the entire worlds supply.
For years this district, which centers
about Joplin, Mo-, and Galena, Kan,
consisted Of several little mining camps
struggling along and yielding very little
product. Mining was done in a crude
and primitive way, and lack of capital to
operate in a manner betting country
so beautifully blessed by nature was a
check to development and a barrier to
progress.
Three years ago change began. The
factories of the East which had been
alarmed over the Wilson bill and shut
down their plants entirely or in part, had
their confidence restored and resumed
operations to their full capacity. This
created demand for more zinc, which is
used extensively in many industries. New
uses for zinc for various purposes were
constantly being found, and additional de-
mands for zinc ore were thereby created
AS consequence, the attention Of
Eastern and foreign capital became at
tracted to Americas great undeveloped
zinc fields, whose only need was financial
aid. Money, which had been tied up by
cautious capitalists, sought investment.
Wonderful were the changes wrought
Mines, mining leases and mineral lands
doubled and quadrupled in value, crude
and antiquated methods Of mining gave
way to modern methods. The old hand
windlass and horse holster were supplant-
ed by modern machinery. Old abandoned
mines which had been left with their TIM
bers to rot and tools to rust were opened
up again and new mining camps sprang
up all over the district. An era of pros
perity had dawned and the increased de-
mand for zinc had advanced the price to
a point undreamed of four years before.
The following table is concise history:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Corn. Cattle and Contentment.

Gentlemen" shouted an orator in
Kansas in 1899, from the beginning of
Indiana to the end of Nebraska there is
nothing but corn. cattle and content
ment."
And he added little later: '"The joyful
sound of the mortgagor paying off his in
debtedness has even pierced the dense
ears of the money changers of the East"
Nothing can exceed the breezy joy, the
piano and top-buggy buying enthusiasm
of the Kansan in the year of his pros
perity under the gold standard.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Prosperity for Miuers.

Coke. a product of coal, is used exclu-
sively in manufacturing. Its consumption
is one of the best evidences of the pros
perity and increase of our manufacture
ing industries.
In the year 1899, under Mckinley,
prosperity and "the opening of the fac
tories" was great year for coke. More
new coke ovens were established than
ever before and the product was greater.
The price more than double, and even
then the demand caused by the growth of
the iron and steel industries Of the coun-
try could not be supplied. In 1894 coke
was selling at 81 per ton, early In 1900 1t
touched So . ton.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Prosperity Dividend. to Farmers.

Last years prosperity dividends paid
by the Republican party to the farmers
of the United States amounted to up
wards of one billion dollars. The value
of ten staple crops showed for 1899 to-
tai increased value of 1929, 100000 over
1895. Add to this increase an advance
of $633 600 900 during the same period in
the value of live stock, and the balance
sheet shows disbursements of round
billion. This does not include the special
profits from better prices for fruit, but
ter, cheese, eggs. vegetables and lastly,
but not leastly, wool. Following are
comparisons of values Of the principal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Money Earned and Spent.

In 1899 the savings banks deposits of
the United States advanced to $2,230,
366.954. That brought them up to more
than the combined savings banks depos-
its of any two other nations in the world
and to half the deposits of Austria, Hun
gary, Bavaria, Belgium, Denmark,
France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway,
Prussia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United
Kingdom, Australasia, Canada, Cape
Colony. India, Natal and the Crown colo.
MES all put together, their combined de-
posts being, in 1899, but $4,593, 949, $50.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
W;udfail to Railroad Labor.

For the fiscal year ended June 30,
1899. gross railroad receipts were larger
by $3.50 l49, 1913 than for the year ended
June 30, 1895. Such increase mostly rep
resents larger dividends lin the form Of
increased wages to labor. Similarly
there was a gain over 1895 of SIS, SJS,-
4oS in net earnings. This has gone part
ly into the strengthening of cash ac-
counts, but the greater part of it into
increased dividends to stockholders. 1t
must not be forgotten in this connection
that railroad securities are owned very
largely by people of all classes. They
are recommended to widows for safe in
vestment. They form the basis, next to
government bonds, for the investments of
insurance companies. and for the trust
funds of charitable and philanthropic in
situations.
In 1898 there was paid in compensation
TO employees of railroads the total sum of
S495, 055, $40. as against SAL. JOS. 261 in
1895, gain of $40, 547,3577. When in adj
dition we consider the increased wages
indirectly paid in new construction Of
track and bridges, in new cars, etc, which
absorbed the greater part of the increases
in gross earnings, it will be more evident
what a windfall just one year Of pros
perity has been to the people who work
on the railroads.
The number Of new miles of road built
during the year ended June 30, 1899, was
1850, as against only 1850 for the cor
responding period ended in 1895. OF
course this is significant, not merely be-
cause it has meant increased work and
more money paid in wages, but because
it increased the facilities of commerce,
and because it made it that much easier
for the farmer to get his products into
the city to fill the dinner pail of the city
workman
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30

the fact that while ten years ago our
exports from the Pacific coast to all coun-
tries aggregated $26,000,000 and FIVE
years ago 42,0OOOOO. the steady increase
in Pacific coast exports has raised the
aggregate to SIS. COCOON year ago."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
JANUARY

During Harrison's administration there
was an approximate gain Of $154 100000
in the value of live stock. During Cleve-
lands administration there was an ap-
proximate loss of $500, 100000. During
the first three years of McKinley's ad
ministration an approximate gain Of
SOL 600 600
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Nebraska's Prosperity,

The Secretary of State of Nebraska has
compiled list showing that the excess
of mortgages paid off and released during
1893 over those filed for the same period
amounted to more than 100000 The
most of these were paid in cash,
the foreclosures were comparatively few
1t will be hard for Mr.. Bryan to con-
vince the farmers Of his own State that
they are not prosperous.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
No Room for Calamity Howiing.

Large sums of money are being offered
in the financial columns OF the Chicago
daily papers to loan at 31a per cent on
city property, Az per cent on farm prop
erty. When money is offered at these
rates it behooves the calamity howlers
to take back seat. Such interest rates
indicate such prosperous times as tho
country has never seen before.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Men wanted I'm the MilIs.

Many manufacturers of wooden and
cotton goods in Connecticut state that
lots of looms are idle because men to
work them cannot be found. Wages have
advanced in cotton mills from IL to 20
per cent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
PRoSPERiTYFORWAGE-EAR
Proven by the History of the American
Federation of Labor.

Proven by the History of the American
Federation of Labor.
That the laboring men of the country
are in more prosperous condition than
ever known before is proven beyond any
chance of contradiction by the statistics
Of the American Federation of Labor,
sent out over the signature of the presi-
dent, Mr.. Samuel Gompers, who Is
Democrat.
We compare the disastrous years Of the
Wilson bill and Democratic rue-1S93.
1894 and 1S95-with 1890, under Nc
kinley and prosperity.
In 1893 the American Federation of
Labor met at Chicago. There were 95
delegates present, 80 national trade I'M
ions represented, Is local trade unions,
IL city central unions and one State
branch. Tie receipts for the year were
$40, S64.62, and the expenditures SCI 1888.
IN 1894 the American Federation of
Labor met at Denver, Colo. There were
II delegates present, 80 national trade
unions represented IL local trade unions,
IL city central unions and three State
branches. The receipts for the year were
$l5,346.43, and the expenditures ST.
302OS
III iCcc Tic TtutEdllUu VI
Labor met at New York City. There
We're SO delegates present, 81 national
trade unions represented, % local trade
unions. 10 city central unions and three
State branches. The receipts were $751;
I01.Io, and the expenditures Sl5,612. AZ.
In 1899 the American Federation OF
Labor met at Detroit. There were 1S9
delegates present, 81 national trades un-
ions, 65 local trade unions, 81 cc:.tral
unions and five State branches. The re-
ceipts were $3.50, 1918, and the expendi-
lures $50. 1922.
Surely labor prospers when the mem
hers of this great organized body can
contribute to the cause, as shown by the
above receipts, over $4,000 more In 1893
than they did in 1898, and several thou,
sands more than double what they did in
each of the years 1893, 1894 and 1895.
Under date Of Aug. 8, 1900, Mr.. Comp
ers stated the number of independent
unions to be 1,154, city central unions
191. State branches IA.
1t is evident from these figures that
when the American Federation of Labor
meets in December next there will be a
showing of progress made and increase
of membership, all accomplished under
labor's prosperous conditions, such as no
labor organization has ever before made.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Larger Exports of Farm Products.

The agricultural reports show that our
sale Of agricultural products abroad dur
ing the past three years. 1S97-1S99, were
more than $500, O0O,0 900 greater than in
the preceding three years, 1S94-1S96.
Exports of butter were worth, in 1895,
$915,533; in 1899, $3,263 951.
There were 425,352, 1877 pounds Of ba-
con exported in 1895 and &C., 651 ,4SO
pounds in 1899. This was an inc ease Of
1877 100000 pounds.
The following are some interesting COM
parative wool prices, furnished by
prominent Boston commission house:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Better Prices for Farmers.

The following table shows the current
market price of different staple crops on
June l, 1896, and June 1 1900:
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-28

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BERKELEY 1nlrNTY

CIRCUIT COURT Judge, Thirteen b
judicial Circuit, f. Boyd Faulkner,
Clerk, L. Dew. Gerhardt Prosecuting
Attorney, U. $. @ Pltzer. Sheriff. r.
Smith, Deputy Sheriffs. J. r Catrop
VI. ). Tabler, w. NJ. Hollis, F. VI lard,
Deputy Sheriff and Jailer
Terms OF the Court commence or the
'econd TUESDAY in January, April, and
september.
COUNTY CoURT. President. g. p. ~.
ler. Commissioners, Joseph Fisc@s
sniJ II Stuekey Clerk l. L. Bender.
Terms commence, first Monday ia
tsrch, June, September and December.
commissioners of Accounts, John I.
3ickink Adrian G. Nadenbousch, L.
Dew GerEardt; Surveyor of Land, ].
w. Woods; Assessor. First District, G
e. Nicely; Assessor, Second Distvict,
o. H. Fulk, General Receiver,
Henry j. Seibert Coroner, VIM. Mckee;
Sesler of Weights and Measures, David
Pitsnogle; Stew ard OF Almshouse Thoe.
Wolford.
Local Board OF Health, Il. l.. Ho1
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Myers, the President of County Courf
and Prosecuting Attorney,
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oldest government Building.


The executive mansion is the oldest
government building in Washington.
It's cornerstone was laid on Oct. 10,
1892. nearly 10s years ago. It is a
copy of the palace Of the Duke Of
Leinster mt Dublin, the plans havin ,
been drawn by a bright young irish
man named James Hoban, who copied
them from the working drawings Of
the Leinster mansion. The site was
selected by George Washington him.
self. The building was completed Just
after Washington's death
No material change has been made
in its appearance from its completion
to the present time, save in the addi-
ton Of the large porch on the north
front which was put up during Presi-
dent Jackson's term, and the painting
of it's gray freestone n brilliant white.
1t is this paint which gives the man
sion its popular title The freestone
of which it is composed, quarried near
by. is so porous that without paint the
walls would be damp continually, and
every year since this was discovered
the outside Of the structure has receiy-
ed its regular coat Of white lead. Had
the designers and builders only known
1t. the executive mansion might have
been built of marble. for there are
many rich veins of that stone not far
from the capital, but this was unsus-
pected when the building was put uD
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Facts About the White House.

The White House is 10 feet long by
Sc feet wide. 1t has two stories and a
basement, which does not show from
the front. The famous green. red, blue
and east rooms, the state dining room
and the Conservatives are on the main
floor. The east room. so feet long, 10
feet wide and % feet high. was not
completed in 1900, when President
Adams took possession, and Mrs. Adj
ANS dried the family wash there every
week.
The presidents personal office is on
the second floor. To reach 1t you have
to pass through public reception
room. where there are chairs and ta-
bles devoted to the use Of reporters
and correspondents. This reception
room is the most characteristic apart
ment in America when the president Is
In town. IT Is always crowded with
persons wishing to see him, and many
of them are obliged to wait many
weary hours before they can secure an
audience with the chief executive a
day spent there is sure to be rewarded
by the sight Of most entertaining
variety Of humanity, ranging from
cabinet ministers TO cranks petty Of
fee seekers and almost hopeless claim
ants against the government
CHARLES GOODWIN.
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My strains are noted and
pure. | make breeding and mat
ing speciality.
Eggs at the house so cents a
setting. Roxed and delivered
at the Express Office at rs cents.
On Saturday of each week
will deliver at l.. w. Robinson S
store in Martinsburg, same as al
home, so cents.