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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-11-28
PAGE NINE

Nor does the table show what the exemption
from tax is worth. The income from the
bonds must be added to the profits made from
the banking, and then you will have the grand
aggregate Of the double revenue derived from
the money invested in the bonds.
The fundamental objection to national banks
is that the right to issue money is a sovereign
power which should be exercised by the Cow
ernment alone. 1t should not be delegated.
10 farm out to any individual or to any cor
poratlon, the tremendous privilege of expend-
ing and contracting the currency is to make
class the masters of the situation They can
contract the volume of money, force prices
down, and buy; they can then initiate the cur
rency, force prices up, and sell. They can do
this upon a regular system which the balance
OF the business world is powerless to check
Thus all other kinds of property are at the
mercy of those who WELD this tremendous
power.
Jefferson and Jackson and Benton saw this,
and they fought National Banks with all the
strength they possessed.
But the party of Jefferson, Jackson and Ben
ton IS now controlled by National Bankers, and
we find good Democrats everywhere favoring
the system and giving their support to the in
famous Fowler bill
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The atlanta DailieS.

They're a funny lot-those Atlanta dai1ies.
Last year The Constitution didn't want any
reform. None whatever. Now it ye1ls for it.
Wants it between meals, as we'll as for break
tast dinner and supper.
| used to tell "the boys" about man who
spoke of a certain sow Of his. This man said
of and concerning this SOW of his that she was
SO blamed queer in her disposition that he
had to nearly pull her ears off to get her up
to the slop-trough, and then had to almost
pull her tail out to get her away.
The Constitution is something like that. It
was hard to get her to taste Reform, but after
getting the taste she became SO ravenously
fond of it that she cries for it between meals.
Then, there's the Journal. Last year the
Journal was the hottest proposition in the
State. Screamer headlines, agonizing car
toOns ferocious editorials churned the waters
of public opinion until the foam 1athered the
whole pond. When Clark Howell came up
with those six counties of his and Jim Smith
rolled up, leading McDufie county and two
others by the halter, oh how the Journal did
crow over the fallen
Not only did it crow over the fallen, but it
took pains to throw off on its allies, by making
a mathematical demonstration of the fact that
HOke Smith could have won the fight Just as
easily, without the aid of the Populists.
"A gracious thing to do, truly-a thing chocl
full of wisdom.
TO put the crown upon its own glory, the
Journal reproduced all those irresistible car
toons, before whose ruthless onslaught Hoke's
enemies had gone down in hopeless prostra-
ton.
Then indeed, the Journal was DONE Then,
indeed, the Journal stopped. Then, at last, the
Journal had its bellyful of Reform.
The Offices won the opponents laid out the
allies repudiated, what more did the Journal
want? Nothing Not even reduction Of
passenger fares. Not even an extra session
Of the Legislature. Not even that juster as
sessment of the property of the corporations
which was to increase the States revenues by
100000!
No: the Journal had got what the Journal
wanted and that was plenty for the Journal.
Then, again, there's that Georgian.
oh, what Georgian! 1t steps around
among the eggs with the incest attention to
where it puts its tender feet. Omelettes with
out broken eggs were supposed to be impossi-
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You will miss it if YOU don't read
Premium Offers. which appear on
another page.
What the National Banks Enjoy.

I. The money they invest in bonds escapes
taxation, whereas if they were to invest it in
land merchandise, cattle, or produce, it would
have to pay it's legitimate share of the ex-
penses of the Government
2. The interest and the principal paid to
them from the taxes of other citizens is paya>
BILE in coin, instead Of in paper money; and
under the favoritism thus practiced by the
Government Coin has come to mean gold.
g. The money invested in bonds assumes
none Of the risks Of legitimate business. Con
traction Of currency only adds to its value
The shrnkage of all other classes of property
serves but to enhance the advantage it enjoys.
The bond being, in effect national mortgage,
every dollars worth of property in the Union
is pledged to it's payment The Government,
through its power of taxation, is bound by the
law OF the contract to exhaust if need be,
every acre of land, every bale of cotton, every
holt of cloth and every chattel rather than al
low the bonds to go unpaid.
Money invested in bonds escapes all the
burdens of Government, all the expenses of
legislation, all the chances of trade, all the
risks of fire and flood. No panic affects it, no
riot dsmantles it, no boycott strike or lock-
out can touch a hair of its head.
The merchant has to work with hand and
brain to win prosperity; the farmer has to toll
from sun to sun to achieve success; the manu-
facturer has to sttdy every change of machin-
cry explore every channel of trade in order to
reap profits but the bondholder-what has he
to do? &
n Nothing, save to sit, like Matthew, "at the
aipt Of custom" Paying no tax himself,
lb simply consists in fattening upon the
other people.
1T are the advantages derived from
,ge sums of money in bonds tha,
lists are content to keep the bonds
ing the additional harvest which
uking upon them. Mr. w. Fl.
Nnstance, invested $4o,ooo,ooo
.nds and did not bank upon
considered the absolute Sc
lent, and the freedom from
V so invested, as a sufh-
ny bonds.
.....--- he extent of many mil
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-11-28

O1nclal reports. On page 2O3 OF the Laws
Relating to Loans and Currency will be
found the law (Section 36oo) under which this
practice Of paying interest in advance has be-
come standing reproach to Our Government
The law was passed by the Republicans in
1864, but the Democrats continued it in force.
During my brief and breezy career in Con-
gress, introduced bill to stop this payment
OF interest but the Democrats smothered it in
the COmmittee-room.
5. Having salted his cash down in bond
which pays no tax and which runs no risk, and
which can only fail when the Republic dies,
the bondholder now takes step forward. He
lays his bond in a vault which the Government
provides for him, takes a receipt therefor, and
demands SIOO of notes for each $IOO Of bonds
Ibis $Ioo Of notes are issued to him in blank
but the Government guarantee is back
of each note. He signs the face of the note
and Immediately it becomes what the Nation
al Bank act describes as money It is
called National Currency, and is practically
made legal tender.
Hence, the bondholder gets money on his
property while the land owner and the prod
uce owner cannot do so.
g. He can lend the $Ioo at per cent, when
it cost him nothing. True, he pays 1-2 of
per cent tax, but that amount barely covers
the labor cost of engraving the notes and stor-
ing the bonds.
7. The Government agrees to take the Ma
tional bankers notes in payment of taxes, ex-
cises, public lands, and all other duties to the
United States, except import duties" All
salaries and other debts due by the United
States to individuals or corporations of this
country shall be legally payable in these notes.
No such privilege and power is given to
any other citizens note Import duties must
he r1111C +1a
terest of the public debt.
What is the public debt?
The bonds held by these national bankers
Why is coin demanded for import duties?
In order that the Government may be able
to give it to these national bankers.
Therefore, the law says that a National
Banker can compel every other national cred
itor to accept his notes in full payment, but
that the banker himself can refuse to accept
his own note, and demands coin!
8. The guarantee of the Government is
what sustans the value of the National Bank
note The bondholder pays nothing whatever
for this guaranty.
9. The Government guarantees payment of
the notes, free of charge.
The people borrow the notes at per cent
interest
What constitutes the Government?
The people.
Therefore, the people indorse note for the
National Banker, free of charge, and then
turn round and borrow that note at per
cent!
10. National Banks become repositories of
public funds-paying nothing for the use of
them
The national banks have had more than
$I65ooo,ooo of the tax money of the people all
this year. The administration can thus en-
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-11-28

Stevens official report to offset the secret re-
port OF the anonymous investigator?
He certainly will-for he is cunning of fence,
as happen to have cause to remember
If the Governor had dismissed Uncle ODE,
along with Joe Brown official discredt
would have been placed upon that whitewash-
ing report, and Maj Cumming could not have
used it with effect.
But Uncle Obadiah did not lose his place, as
Joe Brown did, and it is going to be somewhat
difficult for the Commission to ignore the fact
that one of their own number has officially de-
clared that he gave the Georgia Railroad a
careful examination and found its condition
satisfactory
Before any court in the discussion of the
matter which will naturally follow in the inn
preston which goes abroad creating Public
Opinion, it is going to embarrass the admins
tration seriously, that one Of the Commission
ers HIMSELF PERSONALLY examined the
load, and OFFICIALLY TESTIFIED to it's
good condition
Of course, one might imagine that Uncle
ODE, also, would be embarrassed by the turn
things have taken, but there is really no ground
for such belief. Uncle Obadiah is not man
to be embarrassed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Hulburt spent
Sunday with her parents. !. Gerow.
Frank Rhodes has been under the
weather for few days with grippe.
Mrs. r. S. Douglas, who was sick with
grippe last week, is better at this writ
ing.
Miss Florence Harrington OF Arlington
is spending few days with friends in
this vicinity.
Dan. Decker, who is working for Mr..
Isom, lost fine driving horse last week
with lockjaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle and Mr.. and Mrs.
Horton spent Sunday. with Mrs. Lyles
parents near Hartford.
Mrs. ~ ID Beals accompanied Grand
pa Beals to Ypsilanti, where they spent
the holidays with the formers daughter.
Horace Loveland and family, Cyrus
Loveland and family and Mrs. w. w.
Loveland attended the family gathering
at w. X. Lovelands in Paw Paw Christ
mas day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
Worship the Cow.

In the Nilgirl hills of southern india
there dN ellis race of men. the Todas.
who devote the whole of their career
to the worship of the COW or, TO be
precise. of the buffalo Their most
sacred temrle is COW house and
the whole life of the people is gov
erned by the most rigid observance
of the TO re of dairy work, every de-
tail of which is performed with the
most elaborate ritual. They alone can
perform the duties of milking and but
ter making who have been duly conse-
Grated for this work by fasting and
the performance of mysterious rites.
Representing the only priesthood.
they are compelled after their initia'
ton for the rest of their days to play
the role of the dairyman. The lesser
priests may marry, but the high priest
must be celibate, at least for a given
period OF ars. Polyandry is the fam
fly rule, but divorce is unknown.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
Effect of Sun BATHS.

THE taking of sun baths is one Of
the most healthful things In the
world" said Evan T. Roberts. of Gin
cinnati. Several years ago i visited
Germany. and while there was taken
down with nervous prostration.
called In the best specialists of Ber-
lin. They told me needed more ex-
ercise. more fresh air and more sun.
light. The first thing they made me
do was to take sun baths. l stripped
and would go out in the yard every
morning and lay for 40 minutes in the
broiling sun 1t was not SO hot, but
felt so to me. as i was unprotected.
Well, sir. in a few days began to feel
better In three weeks l was pro
uounced a well man. The sun baths
certainly did the trick for me-"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
Covert.

The Saints are holding revival meet
ings in Pompey's hall.
Fred Judson Of Battle Creek is spend
ing the holidays with his parents.
Oscar Kelly, wife and daughter Ina o {
Keeler visited at e. w. DeLano's, Sun
day.
Hiram Norton, who is working in Shin
gleton, upper peninsula, is here for a
visit
Rev L. p Spellman is very low, having
had another stroke OF paralysis last
week.
Eugens Mcnels and wife of the North
arrived Monday to spend the holiday s
with relatives.
Mrs. Ripley, who has been sick for
several years, died at her home here 10
Covert. Thursday, Decem Der 10. The
funeral was held at the Adventist church
Saturday at 10 o'clock.
The home of r. N Doolittle, three and
one half miles west of town, burned to
the ground last Friday while the family
we're in town. Only few OF the con-
tents were saved. 1t seemed doubly
hard as he has just had the house re-
modelled.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
dltion of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian tube. When this tube is 10.
famed you have a rumbling sourd or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result unless
the inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to. its normal coudi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever.
Nine cases out of ten are caused by ca.
tarrh, which is nothing but an inhamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness, caused by catarrh,
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
f. j Cheney 4 Co Toledo, o.
Price, 75c per bottle. Sold ny all drug.
gists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton. M
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27

The Commute sermon is a purely
modern invention. as is proved by the
number of pulpit hour glasses that
are still to be found in many old
churches. In the register of st. Cath
crimes, Aldgate, the follC wing entry,
dated 15c occurs: Paid for an hour
glass that hanged by the pulpit, where
the preacher doth make a sermon,
that he may know how the hour pass
eth away, one shilling" A modern
pulpit glass--probably the only one
OF its kinds to be found In the
Chapel Royal, Savoy. 1t Is an 1S-min-
ute glass, and was placed in the
chapel on its restoration in 1867
Westminster Gazette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
Lost In the Telephone.

Henry Abraham has calculated the
maximum effectiveness of the tele-
pone for sound of given pitch and a
current OF measured intensity. The
result shows that there is great room
for Improvement in this respect. Not
withstanding the apparent extreme
sensitiveness Of the best telephones.
they are, after all. surprisingly inef-
fective, since they transmit to the ear
in the form of sound-waves less than
a thousandth part of the energy re-
ceived from the line.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
Never Go Empty Handed.

That is what mother used to say to
me many times when | was child. IL
| was going upstairs, | must look
about me and see If there wasn't some
thing downstairs that belonged up
stairs that / could carry up and put
into its NJ e; and so on from one
part of the house to another She al
ways said it would be a great belp In
ones housekeeping and save lots Of
unnecessary steps, If people would
just remember that little rule, and al
though | fail in many ways to prac-
tice all the good things she taught me,
l very often find myself saying to the
children as they help about the house.
Never go empty handed"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
NOW IS BEST
TIME TO TAKE
A Noted Authority Gives Direc-
tions to Prepare Simple, Yet
Remarkable Home Remedy.

A we'll known authority on rheumatism
gives the readers of large New York
daily paper the following valuable yet
simple and harmless prescription, which
anyone can easily prepare at home:
Fluid extract dandelion one half on nee:
compound Kargon one ounce; compound
syrup sarsaparilla three ounces.
Shake we'll in bottle and take n
tesspoonful doses after each meal and
at bedtime.
He states that the ingredients can he
obtained at any good prescription phar-
macy at small cost, and, being OF vegeta-
bic extraction, are harmless to take.
This pleasant mixture, il taken regu.
larly for a few days, is said TO overcome
almost any case of rheumatism. The
pain and, swelling. if any, diminishes
with each dose, until permanent results
are obtained, and without injuring the
stomach. While there are MANY so called
rheumatism remedies, patent medicines,
etc some of which do give relief, few
really give permanent results, and the
above will, no doubt, be greatly apprp-
ciated by many sufferers here at this
time
Inquiry at the drug stores of this
neighborhood elicits the information
that these drugs are harmless and car
be bought separately, or the druggist
here will mix the prescription for our
readers il asked to.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
Brigand's New Means of r~+ortion.

Even cremation has been made to
subserve the purposes of the brigand
in a manner in which those interested
ought to take note. AT Strasburg
there is crematorium with a depos-
itory for urn attached From this
place there disappeared some days
ago the urn containing the ashes of
two members Of a wealthy family
named Berle. The police have been
quite unable to obtain any clue but
the family were called up by tele-
phone the other evening and notified
that the restoration of the urn would
cost them 6 5,000-London Globe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
NEWS FROM THE
NE|GHb0R TOWNS
Interesting Paragraphs by Our
Staff of Suburban Core
spondents.
VAN buren, correspondence
Base Line, Lawrence, Rural Route
No. 8, Sunny Lane and
Many Others.
Bangor.

Mrs. T. j. Post has a sister from Chi
cago visiting her.
Mrs Louise Reynolds returned from
Galesburg Saturday.
Miss Marion Balfour is in Hartford
learning the telephone business.
Appropriate Christmas services will
be held at the various churches,
Alice Stanley returned from the Rap
ids Saturday, after few months stay.
A very successful two weeks meeting
has just closed at the M. +, church,
goodly number OF conversions were the
result.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Cross are the
proud parents of little daughter which
came to gladden. their lives Sunday
December %.
Rev. L. w. Dillingham; of Fremont
accompanied b, his wife and son, spent
few days with Mrs BIS parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Watkins.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
A Family Puzzle.

Atkinson-The family seems to be
somewhat mixed. Hughes-Yes, 1t Is;
the woman is the mans third wife.
and the man Is the woman's second
tusband the baby is the child Of the
gomans second husband by his third
wife, the twins are children of the
man by his first wife, the girl with
red hair is the woman's child by her
first husband, the boy with the short
trousers is the son Of the man by his
second wife, and that little girl stand
ing over there by the woman's second
husband is another of the woman 8
children by her first husband.-Life.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
Renember the pIoneers.

IL may be that some OF the younger
generation are inclined To forget the
debt they we to the p ., and
even to scoff at their influence and
ideals. II this is true II is unfortunate,
and there is all the more reason for
the perpetuation of pioneer associa.
tiors and the welding of pioneer in.
nuenoe To belong to such an organ
izat'on IS TO be inscribed on a role OF
honor IN is new country II is al.
most lie of nobility. The sons and
gra ~;,st'7 of these sturdy men and
women should cherish their history
and traditions and preserve them from
oblivion
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
Decorations Not Necessary.

1t was Mr. Hobart's first expert
ence with waffles and he liked the
taste of them When he had been
served twice he called the waiter to
him and spoke confidentially. I'm
from Pokevflle," he said. aud we're
plain folks there; don't care much
for style, but we do know good food
when We get It, ! want another plate
full o. those cakes, but you tell the
cook she needn't stop to put that
fancy printing on EN-; just send EN-
along plain. "-Youth's Companion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
GIeHdaIe.

Mr.. Clipper has rented the Will Rouse
farm.
Edna Owen spent Christmas with
Willow Horton ia Kalamazoo.
Glenn Zolman and family have gone
to live with his parents in Indiana.
The young people held party at the
home of George Scamehorn, Wednesday
night.
Two sleigh loads of young people at
tended the Town Line church Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fox are visiting
relatives in Romeo and Detroit during
the holidays.
Ed Cleveland and family are visiting
at the homes of his brothers, A. X. and
j. Cleveland
Henry Fox and wife visited at the
home of David Mccain in the Wildey
district Sunday.
Quite a number of people attended the
Christmas exercises at the Dayton school
Friday afternoon.
Earl Cleveland, wife and baby Of
Dowagiac are visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. X. Cleveland.
Old neighbors and relatives gave Wal
lace Chase and wife a surprise at the
home OF his mother, Mrs. WEIGH, re-
Gently.
Bessie Sackett and baby OF Gobleville
are visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. Olmstead, before going to her new
home in Bradley.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
About Digestion.

1t is not the quantity OF food taken
but the amount digested and assimiated
that gives strength and vitality to the
system Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets inviporate the stomach
and liver and enable them to perform
their functions. The result is a relish
for your food, increased strength and
weight, greater endurance and a clear
head. Price % cents. Samples free. Sold
by Longwell Bios. m
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
Line Paws No Dividends.

The coach line that Alfred Wander
bilt has established between the Hol-
land house, New York, and Ardsley on
the Hudson is not a paying business.
All the fares received in one season
would not buy one Of the eight Ken
lucky blooded horses that draw the
coach. The round trip fare is S..
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncon-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. If the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-12-27
Fun in the Philippines.

Having succeeded so we'll with the
clover in Australia a consignment OF
humble bees is now going to the Phil.
ippines to improve the vegetation
there. How the barefooLed natives
will appreciate this last bit of Amer.
lean enterprise remains to he seen.