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About The People's advocate. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1892-1893 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1893)
THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE, CRAW FORD VXLLE, GA. Many citizens of Santa Clara Coun¬ ty, California, liavc jg-titioned the Board of Education to introduce dressmaking in the girls’ departments in the public schools. Three-fourthsof the total population •1 Russia are engaged in cultivating the soil. In Englund and th<- United States most women suicides arc young— which means tliaf social disgrace is taken very keenly. In France most of them are old which means poverty. Judge Pryor of New York believes in jurors who read tin- newspapers. In other words, In* believes that in twelve good nidi and true the law ex¬ pects to find twelve no n of ut least ordinary intelligence. A Japanese editor called the mem¬ bers of tho Legislature “born-less fish," and gets six months ami a line for punishment. The New York Re¬ corder opines that the art of vitupera¬ tion is primitive in Japan if that's aetioiiiilj r Excepting Dllbllque, foWII, the im¬ portant Clt let* of the middle West pay considerably smaller tax on actual val¬ ues than do Eastern cities. The Hoiitli rn cities are heiiy* <n the two sections. Brooklyn's rate is about the worst in the country. New York’s rater, rather low for the East. The j«-re« i,tage of suicides is every¬ where in this country increasing, but not so rapidly as the percentage of in¬ sane per. > 11 -. It is possible, suggest* the New York Recorder, that both in¬ creases seem larger than the facts would warrant, as the figures have recently been more carefully kept in the large cities. The M»nt«nn University Is to K locahsi ut Miwtonlu, mi agricultural college at Bozeman, a school of mines at Hutto and a normal school ut Dil¬ lon. Bdn,-ation is aj>parentJy appreei atod iu the far-away Bt-utcn, observes the New York Nowa. According to re oeot statistic*, Montana pays higher salariea to h»-r lady teachers thun any " ■—1 i i - OeUui^^i|ip, Krm&Z Olii oniric:— sc ufft'Sf the eager publish' r offers fancy prices for any literary relies of tim. uni. rs. Here is u relative of Oarlylo selling some early essays of the gront author which Carlyle refused to Include in his printed works because he did not re¬ gard them us sufficiently mature. And then conics olio of Ruskiu’s admirers who prints some early verse of the fa¬ mous art critic, and very bad verso it is. There ought to he some wav to reach such literary piracy as this, for it is un¬ fair and unjust to the fame of great w riters. The Ann-rieun p«>oj>le like pluck whether show n by man or woman, de¬ clares the New York Tribune. Tln-v have felt unbound,si admiration for Mrs. Peary’s gallant conduct in ac¬ companying her husband to Greenland aud spcii,ling a winter tu the Arctic, t and the admiration will be renewed «nd intensified hy the knowledge that the has decided to go with the explorer on his coining trip, which will K longer and more perilous than the former one. Her stay m Greenland will K*long and tedious, but her mis|>t>ns,- during her hmltu.1V journey over th,- ice-cap will be fur less than if she r« niHined in this country aft, r his departure a few days licuee. The Supreme t’ourt of California has lately decided that it is unlaw fut for a jury to arrive at tin- amount of damages to K* assess, ,| in a civil suit by taking an average of their varioua estimate--. Some time ago a young lady <»f San Francisco was passing along the street, and a chisel, falliug from a s,*afl'.*l.l where n curpeut, r was at work, inthet.al a painful wound iqam lw r. Shi- sued for damages, and th,- jury found it hard to agree as to the amount which sho should receive. Every one hud a different Idea on the subject, though they w- re all of the opinion that sin «>ught to have some¬ thing. Tln-y finally decided to make an average of the sums which they w, r, inclined to award her. ami hand in tin average on their verdict. They t**ld the court how they had arrived at their da-cisi* n. whereupon «n ap|s al wa- tak» n and th, Supreme Court de¬ rided that th* v.rdnt was r< oehe.1 “by ehanc*ami ivuU u**t -taiul. Win re th»* * Ieii» at of rhotiee • liter*, into an av, r»g« Uut ver. plain t*> an , -id. ifeOervef, , ■ .M.e.i Sit- li,* N* w t I*i, avail* l»Ut |* rha|w> U>* Coiifol *eion- ht. -a. A DU EA M. 1 that over the winter world The winter winds were sighing, And into the Orioles' empty neet The flakes of snow were flying. The vines along the garden wall With crystal lee w*-re gleaming. And in the garden, dull and bore. The summer flowers were dreaming. The snow lay deep over wither*-! grass, The ski*-- were cold and gray. And slowly tie- dreary night <-ame on To end the weary day. 1 woke. High up In the orchard tjotieb* A hundred Urdu were singing. And in the t>irch-tre*-s’ pleasant shade Tho orioles' nests were swinging Along tho river, toll and green I saw tho rush** growing. And daisy petals white as snow Among the grasses showing. The flowers held the sunshine bright, The brecz'-s were at play. And swiftly the dreamy night < ame on To end tho happy day. —-Angelina W, Wray, in Harper's Bazar. MIKE AM) MATRIMONY. BY JAMES WJKL JOHNSON. T was “gr i nd i n’ day” at Thompson's vSl! mill in Jim Creek, Lewis County, East Kentucky. Thoniil! mr was a rival of Black \ A burn’s store, two B ■ /j). miles above, an a gossip exchange for SS&yv, a Front largo this territory. dislrib " v utivo point flowed out toward every household the news of deaths, hirtix, scandals, lights, courtships, marriages •uni other matters of mono'lit. To-day a large crowd had gathered, Latimer for aruuior and : was abroad that Big Tom Polly Ann Hallin were soon to get married iu the face of her father s op¬ position. The Rallin family was^ the leadin' one of the county, old Tom Italliu having a large farm several horses and “cow brutes” and, by all odds, the finest breed of cow dogs that ever yelped at a tree in Lewis county. Big tim and Old Tom were at the mill, and as tho latter was u man of hot temper, a fight between the men WI.M hopefully anticipated. Big Tim was a handsome, good-natured fellow, who would fight only when necessity commended. He was standing fitting a stem into a new cob pipe when old Tom approached and said : «< I hearn you an’ my gal wuz fixiu' ter marry?” filin’, ole man,” placidly “Woain't returned Big Tim. “Ye ain't?” hopefully questioneduld Tom. “No; we are already fixed—er haw, haw, haw!” The old mail’s fingers bunched them¬ selves into hard fists, and his eyes glittered like ue« dirk knives a-whirl Itig ii‘ *h<i • uiAmic. !■!_-L'l_1 J I * A T‘ ~ “ff™**- 1 You la#y, guotioe; what untilin' ter rascal, I'd f know you get mu-Ty ’ I've got my .lad , s puncheon i floor fo up marry on yonrn. on, ejt returned wo mint getter Tim- Btand loud exasperating laugh “Yon think yer terrible smart, don t ye?" said old Tom, curling his upper lip into a vicious snarl. “Yhh, 1 am smart whar the hide’s off, az.ny ole grandad uster say -er Imw, haw, haw, haw I \ course m er smart man. and am well awar uv it. er 1 wouldn’t have the brass ter try ter marry in the big Rallin family! A fool couldn’t git a gal .ke your., ter agree ter walk the puncheon er mater niony with him. lie must be smart cnoiigh ter keep up tin-family credit. 1‘ollyAnu amt no ham « er, az my oh. grandad uster say bln s m un jpnnk ms herself, all she knows , r smart 1“ rs“' 1 ltko in*'- as -...... “' *"' r runs over his face. I cum from a smart s,t of people. One uv’em—an uncle —servesi az roatl overseer in Magoffin Couuty fer ten years, au’ w«z lint on tho Pint o Win * , ......ntuble when a gnu went oil o m a pat, ft. ho lire-di br.sh close los, to totln the road r at whar he wuzpusMii a otig, • » * him. My great grundml wuz also, tr smart man. lie tu e> M * * ' wimmeu inter the notion o King his wife. He waz awful smart At < age of ninety six, he waz still smart, He w az peart enough ter set out on th. fence, on nice warm days, an watch his old woman chop off u hickory bush log. Oh. I tell ye. old man 1 in not ter »*e grinned at by them what has no teeth as my graudad used to say. I in er mnart feller, an'thar’U be no grudtu m the stock as >>ng ii* au> <> the Latimer blood tzraer family r haw. haw. haa. haw. lh« monumental impu.l. m, , t um mer was actually tascmating to om Tom. While the big. g»o, minor, i fellow went relln-kiug on in the a we style, it was imp<>-sibn for < id lorn to keep his s.Ihi count, nan.v. H, trn ,t his utmost t*» k,vp 1,H-king tier,v. but i ver - and anon he would grin in -pito of himself. At tbe conclusion of Tim . s jh -ligree he said: I a*n« gotnotma-ter » * h ,l; got , t The. le null, r MHlauh:’., »g,. ... , ». .-.,,, 11 ,,* * .nr -Tindtr' .rhmt .lark, au.l tgloxi. - at tdl mg up th< >un’ ait am m.’ < . w.put « H 1 .» H.e‘tsme‘a tm tm I, a Kas«n'‘al M aot S: ~L“\£u t Hi... . may . , I, ‘ , »« but I consider . , , 1 .. v r. 'i al mtari “• Utv k th. th .ttlv man ! T T * ,..... « l iuol •f*, . w‘ , . , 1 4 t , , th t .turn Urn'm*' w knowledge that’ll stuff me out an’ send me off pickin’ th* teeth o’ my judg¬ ment with the pine splinter uv good sense! You're jist that sort nv «r ole uian, an’ its fer that reason az much az anything else that has caused me ter conclude ter lay my matrimonial claim in vour family, and—” “Hay, Tim—” “I’m er savin’ jest as fast az I can, ole man. Jist yon stan’ back a few minutes, an’ gimme full swing. Az I wuz jist a goin’ ter say, I feel that fer m«- fi r marry in your family will be a mighty good jump for both sides—it’ll keep the best looks an’ finest intellecks in the county ail bounded tergether. I know you think you can’t bear to lose yer gal, but lemme say, right hur, you shunt lose her. She can stay right with you—” “Ob, hush, Tim!” said the old man, grinning ami turning away. “I see I can’t get no sense outer you. But I want to tell ye now before you string out agin, that you can’t have my gal. I’ll die first. You know when I say anything 1 mean it. You are a good-natered sort uv a cuss—in fact too good-nutered—but you are not fit ter be u husband, and ye can’t never how a gal o’ mine.” “Say, ole man, I want you ter jist up an’ tell me what you object ter mo so strong fer?” “Wal, in the fust place, you hain’t got no boss.” “Is that all?” “Noap ; you hain’t got no cow?” “Anyth’ng else?" “Yes; yo ain’t got no good coon dog." “What else?” “You won’t never have none. I won’t have a son-in-law that has no hoss.” “Wal, lookee hur, olo mau, you've got all o’ them things—more than you’ll ever need. Jist suppose you give iih; enough to qnalerfy me ter be come yer son-in-law? You've got more stock than you need?" “I’ll see you dead fust!” spoke tho old man fiercely, as lie turned away. “I’m goin’ ter have Polly Ann an’ one of your best horses ufore two weeks ; I feel if. in my bones!" shouted the big, jolly fellow, us the old man started off. “You won't,” shrieked the old man, grinding his teeth, and viciously shak¬ ing his fist. “You’ll see, ole man. Hit won’t do fer such fine stock as tin* Rail ins and Lutimcrs not ter mix up iu luutermouy —er haw, haw, haw, haw!” Late iu the nfternonn, about dark, old Tom’s “turn o’ corn" was ground and he was just should,-ring it up, ready to carry it out to his horse when Tim came up and, smiling, said: • ‘Old man, let me carry out your turn, an’ put it on your boss. It's too heavy for you. 1 don’t want ter see ye kill yerself up, even if I am goin’ ter marry yer gal an’ inherit yer ertv!” “Yon go to the d--!" vieionslw* i j A '■ 1 M! ■ . slowly strained the nag to shoulder. . “Wait jist a miuite, ole gnoke Tim laughing “rnv turnwA! |UIll r , Besides n rf, 0 re you’ll want CLmer3.” good comvanv! ____ the^oid^ it’s an awful f tl j lonesome road.” But But the old man man was riding . j. away and j j lie didn’t didn't hear hear Tim’s iinis last nwu words. worus. f.qp^'^tohuLTf “Confound that nr Tim I” the Vex! old ,, fellow “'..V spoke to himself in inan amused “He “lie beats beats any onv feller feller I I ever ever He’d H,*’,l tickle tickle ^ » a dog dog ^ to to bear hear ' JS him him talk. ,lllK ' If 11 he ,u only ' hml i a hoss .7,,?!" I might give in . arter iVal a while, . miiVlhrow but never,never, ever ^ ' shall shuH pViarrvim a gal o o' mill,* "a fellel throw herself herself away by marrying ~ a feller what what ain’t got no boss. ” 8 Darkness Darkness was was now now tilling ,, tho road and shutting ahuttin-' out out the the view view ^..^lea of of all tilings. Suddenly an owl brawled oat out almost ^ f imnu immediately * , llittU *, ,| y in iu froIlt front ftt at an an an- sn gle . of the . road. simultaneouslv, the , si to’om- . spirited ant! animal l.iiii.-.t side then oh horrors ’ , . .. ■ .. tm’old teitow te tie lursia ” ,"Y,. Vo ottVi' while heat • tcmptc,! _ to t free himself from - the .. am nml, he's jumped into that big nuery ho , tf .. With these wor,ls he nude a ,|es|M-ratc si-ramble to get away from ^ ^ ^ lllt> frightentnl animal, «uuk now to Ins body in the slough, plVi , ;l ,t„ un aering surge, fell to its ra tchiug ^ the old fellow’s leg, and thtf o( mcn j ot y on top of ^ ’ lMh hors,- and man were now fHM j Utiabu . t „ movo . - llmost Jelirions ^ ^ , w . th t There he was. helplessly tht . K | ou h .\n,l to add further terrors it oT^hSSTI was turning colder s«J ha ^ ^ n as onlv a question of a few , bonrs w hen he ulus! perish. Aud such » death! A man. in good health, to ^.luajlv without K ing ablo u> SUIUIIUin a single human King, ^ |<t an q f,. t q must first get ^ ^ tlraduallv, slowlv his blood mu ^ t 0 f rom the surface, until, finally, ^ t . lrns |o uv m beort! He K ean to prav. and the lip* that K-fore ha l trembled iu divine anneal ‘ * now became fouutaius of beg b . ... hottatum ht . hciiri | the sounds of a h.'r. sho,.K Th,a - hk ' “ >*ghtning tlash. broke on his s»»ul the reeidlection that ltm Latimer was to follow him on the same ^ ^ n. stopped praying and began to shout. “What s the matter?” asked Tim. r S? idn g mar “Ar, vo A.. rx pent in’, ole 1- a- C., .w„. trvm’t, r ait f* rgix, m for th. wav v. K n talkin' L...J t.r met Bullv f«*r v,>u, a ..r J ff.u> J up all right* Git . u v,r h r-e, i u r w . It . ,«,cddto IsrM ;! nt n .n thor’ tbt n,* ... j, r at. au. whit. w. - : X * vid W». - K— -i'-ha - fc i-m. and a [f ife “I’m hur in the ola mjerv # _ - .’4 - v “ftsl! % n yon are!" shonted Tim. “Why . hot yo in the notion ter git do- i Nch er place az that tei pray ed ter be az humble az poaa’i j ekon? Wal, the Lord likes • I tie sinner. But git up, now, V-M hits er gittin’ too cold to Btav ? ‘‘Of ! , u , can't ye umk-rstand? My %T> flopj e rossme! "i r_ hew, haw, haw, haw, haw, er wah don that grai t sieh ’t i uster ah-wah!” know beat night say! that’s anything roared Why, no this? place az Tim, ole I'm my ter man. “ef olo be a lavlr’ er as sur priv t a man o’ your sense gittin’ do' ! har. You didn’t appear so awful dru i ‘ when ye left the mill! Hit must er “Ch, Bef ter yer hed awful quieK.” Tim,” desperately spoke the old fTHow, “hush yer foolishness now, an’ gt me outer here. I’ll die here before much longer. ” “I, course ye will, ole man, an' that * just be ter my hand! I won’t Slav no trouble then erbout gittin’ yer gal. Whoop! I knowed thar wuz some goo luck waitin’ ter rejuvernate my long.’ sout! Wal, hit’s er gittin’ too eolTf.or me ter stay hur enny longer. Got*! by, ole man !” “dh. Tim, Tim, Jim !” shouted the old Wetlow, breaking into a cry, “pl’.-se, for God’s sake, Tim, don’t go off at’ leave me to die! I’ll pay you emi.' hing you ax ef you’ll git me out. * Will ye give me Polly Ann ?” tJea, yes,” eagerly spoke the old fj*.iw ‘‘An’ a hoss?” •Sartinljr—hurry up, Tim!" “.In’ er cow?” 'ourse, course!—hurry, Tim!" • \n’ er good brood sow air’ pigs?” ‘Oh, Lordy mighty, yaa! Hurry at come, Tim!” “An’ er good coon dog?” ‘ Yixs, yas, yos! the best one I’ve g,.*! Hurry!” screamed Tim, a^l.e „ “Whoop, whoopee!” Ho leaped from his horse. rar tc * fence neur by ami got two rails, ■e soon had the old man pried out of n mud, and then the tw'o released tji horse. Tim rode home with the e|d fellow. On the way he stopped at 1 arson Ado’s and forced the latter tc ^company him. An hour later he was die old mans sou-in-law.—Yankee finds. Can Oilers Cause Deafness l Everyone docs not know that aro viatic salts and very strong, pungent plers jmcll, arc injurious to tho nerves of and often produce serious, if pot iucurablo difficulties. jbeents j It is well understood that certain Btnrt tho action of the secretory ^glands of the nose and throat, and the eyes fill up with tears. Fre indulgence in the use'of such jjprfumes will soon overtax the score . Some day the person observes that the hear is less acute than usual, and the of smell seems defective. Tins is, of course accredited to a and but little is thought of it. After a time, the entire head become* i fleeted, fleeted, heuriug hearing and and smell smell are are almost, almost, 1 < if not not altogether altogether locking, locking, and and there there are are and and lung lnug^ complications complications which which likely to end in chronic, if not fatal klness. \ i.*uv I It It has lms taken taken the the medical medical world world that that loss loss agrest a great of of t^Uiy uisring years years to to discover discover l Hearing is is almost aim.,st invariably invariably esnsed canoed by by hlth n0 dmease of the throat or nos,', or Vt Ml is said that the use of smelling s » „ne of the most prolific causes 1 ,,f ‘eefness, operating by weakening tho^dfactory nerves, and through them the'auditory the 'auditory system. system. All All strong strong or pungent |-tgnt odqrs olqrs should should lie be avoided avoidcl as as far far ap a* possible, possible, especially especially those thorn- which which act upon the secretory processes, a nd **-' > )•<-pillar .-xpr.-ssiou go.-s, “make 1 the uoae run.’’—Yankee Blade. _____--- The Rent is a Rose. An interesting ceremony took place at ... the Lutheran T Church at ,lanb ini, Penn., the other Sunday. It was the payment of the annual rental for the ground on which tho church stands, aud is locally known as the “feast ol roses." In 1772 Baron William Henry Stiegel, the founder of Mauheim, i donated the ground to the Lutheran congr. -.rstioi:. upon which Zion Church now Hands. The Baron exacted for hie Uud “five shillings iu cash aud the annual rental of one r,sl rose in Juue, when tho same shall be lawfully de mamlcd.” That clause is iu the deed of transfer, and for 120 vears the red rose has K^n p*ud by the congrega- Baron, ti<>n to some descendant of the i At the services Mrs. Elizabeth Boyer, of Hnrriabnrg. a gTeat-grauddaughter of Baron Hteigel. was the representa tive of the laudlor.L On tho altar, ic s vase, was a huge red rose. An ! official of the church council made au address and formally tendered the rose to Mrs. B,-yer. who then signed a receipt for a year s rent of the property.—New *—t— Orleans Picayune. — ----- Two Hatched Brilliants Worth $500,000. At the Imwru! Institute. London, th, Pnnce of Wales lately ms^ted the splendid Mrlchrtvs* diamonds, a pair of magnificent brilliants which were found in lbi Toit s pan mine, Kimberly, South Africa, in 1885, by J. Mvlehreeet. Originally the weight of th, stone was li»9» karats, but it wa cleft m two and cut regardless of mu. . w work, «* i-a-m togeth. of tnlhaucy. Thi* t with euttiug an 1 pi-lmhin^. was done .UteriS. WUOM.-i.l to K* the tine* pair *u existence; fot it .« th. opmitm «f aXAH-rt- that ther, u no other pair o< IwdlrnnK of th* „ -ire cut fn-m th. mum stone. Itfcsy mi a cornpM* match and th. »i atpkmdntfoOG ». Uwtim THE REFORM MOVEMENT. / Cnrrent Comment Concerning the Great Me Against Oprassion. Yote to repeal the silver law, or you •"'p^SL^CIevefa'ndt nl5 c — When the mortal remains of Roths ehild, John Sherman and Cleveland are placed in the grave the monument should be inscribed: “Sacred to tho Memory of Three Twins .”—Pioneer Exponent. • * These are the days when great men are born—when if there is any patriot¬ ism, loyalty, courage, unselfishness, good, old fashioned every day honesty in a man, it will surely manifest itself. — Weekly Republic. - %e Chicago Easiness Rigtster says; “What the country needs is another Andrew Jackson at the head of affairs —not snipe shooters and fishermen as it had last year and as it has this year.” We’ll have one in ’96. Since the first of May more than 306 banks, many of them the largest in the country, have failed. Mora than 8,000 business concerns have gone under since the first of January, most of them large ones. Vance uud the bulauee of us “doty cranks” ure right. Get in the reform ranks friends. * * When a farmer’s home is taken from him under mortgage, it is because of laziness and extravagance; when a factory cuts the wages of laborers or shuts down entirely, it is because of stringent money matters; when a bank fails it is because of the “withdrawal of deposits.” Yet, cold, hard, indis¬ putable facts say it is because of un¬ equal, unjust and iniquitous class leg¬ islation.— Exchange. The Bank of France, although nom¬ inally a private banking house, is, in reality, a semi-official institution, for the reason that its operations are made under state control because it has the monopoly of issuing bank bills. Tin single fact that tho bank issues the French greenback (which is blue and rose) makes the average citizen believe Hint the institution belongs to tho government, and he has the same cou¬ fidence in it that ho has m the govern nient itself. * * For twenty-five years we have been told that the tariff was robbing the people and the cause of all the hard times. For twenty-Jiec dags the same papers and speakers have told us it is J^AjyiTman bought since silver the Jaw, Sherman If all law the was «»• vor passed was put it one pile one o le tariff speeches made and put in ought print would cover the pile. Somebody to be arrested for slandering e or the Sherman law. Which is it? Exchange. The Boston Daily Traveler, one of , Bostons great daily papers, has no only opened its columns for a fair presentation of the views and transac tions of the People’s party, but it has Retired the services of an able and distinguished representative of party to take charge of this depart meut. The Traveler has always been disposed to deal fairly with the new party and this mw evidence of its good intentions will be regarded with favorbyniombersofthepartyexery- marked contrast with where. It is in the policy of the great «ty daihea generally. between ,? Russ • The tarifl war is and Germany is instructive m show iug the evils of protection ism, and conclusively proves that it always benefits others than tlioso mtendoAl. Ikussitt iimtgjuou that harvests in Germanv would make h,r dep,nd,ut .l,. 1)on deut on on Russia Kussia for for her ner food many ^ ’I*,!V'.V s presumed umed helplessness helple-su. 'S by bv plwc plac ing » is*, rimina ff ■ „ - may he already looking for other n >, the only good we can see in the trans action is that she will turn her eyes to »°rd **“■ jonntrv, as we can supply w,th a11 re, l ulres ' * * In a communication m the Maternal Watchman Jerre Simpson says: “You have asked me for n.y views on the future of the People’s party. Peoples Broadly stated, I believe the should keep its “ear to the ground and listen to the wishes aud needs of the people, and at all times seek to direct legislation to meet their de mauds. Th, immediate future of the party, however, is a matter for delib crate and careful consideration. There are so many grave responsibilities de pending upon its course that great caution is imperatively necessary. The time has come in mv judgment when the people, the pre^s, and their sena tors and representative. ,n ,N,ngre« should set nnderstandingly an«l as a unit. * Kansas exchange Bank Commissioner BreiJenthsl is a f t , r the promoter, of the Kansas LaK.r Exchange. For some time this . ^ ... a.,.™, ,«»«. p, numbers, which are used among uum Kr, a, a m. dium of exchange and to ,h, <* ni- toy. The tVanmissioner eiaims thtt t the certificate. ,r< Mtl.yect to a ten ,s r , ut. tax nn.br th • law tax in \ t%x . , u .k- V r y. r- e..tto„ mill* h»x paid th* ir U ten input with check. *r tn-ir a****, • , currency between man and in the vicinity. Yet the gov¬ ernment does not jump on them. Only recently the New York banks issued over ten million dollars in “clearing house certificates” to be used as money. But the government says not a word against this. The Kansas exchange does not call its cer¬ tificates money. A man can put wheat or corn, land or anything of value in the exchange as collateral and get a certain amount on it in the shape of certificates, which pass as current money. The national bank¬ ers have the government by the horns, however, and the exchange must stop. « * A GOTHAM CALAMITY HOWLEB. The New York Times, like all papers published in Gotham, has been clamor¬ ing for the repeal of the Sherman law and declared that nothing else was needed. Since the thin crust has been crushed, the Times evidently sees where we are at. Recently it con¬ tained an editorial more than a column long on “The Business Outlook.” Little or nothing is said about tho Sherman bill. That old soreback fraud seems to have been laid on the shelf. The editorial on the business outlook surpasses anything ever done by us along the calamity howling panic ligo. The Times first describes the of 1884. It declares that money was harder to get, rates of interest higher than at any time during the past two months. But soon after the panic was over (it was artificial) money began On to accumulate in the banks rapidly. tho first of July, less thun two months after the panic subsided, the banks re¬ ported a reserve fund of §16,000,000. But the Times says “no such thing has happened this year. ” Instead of hav¬ ing a reserve fund on the first of July they were down to the '25 per cent le¬ gal limit. Since the first of July the 25 per cent limit has been cut into to the amount of over §5,000,000. Still the Times does not once declare that the “Sherman law is responsible." bad It next says the outlook is “even if the cause is removed.” The trade in mercantile and manufacturing cir¬ cles will be comparatively small for months. The World’s Fair will help certain railroads, but most of the roads are already preparing for dull times by stopping further purchases and by ears or other improvements re¬ ducing the number of employes. Manufacturers are reducing their forces, mines are closed, hence thous¬ ands of people will be out of employ¬ ment. Next tho Times makes the fol¬ lowing admission, something rarely done by a plutocratic New York paper: “As the great body of consumers whether aro people who work for wages, as laborers, artisans or clerks, and tho cutting down of their wages or lack of employment diminishes their ability to consume; and as the great farming class are hurt in the same way by tho extremely low prices to which tho products they raise have fallen, it will lie seen that the shrinkage in the va¬ rious departments referred to is a ne¬ cessary consequence.” admission tho After making this Times says: “This appears like a gloomy picture. It is not a cheerful one, but tho situation must bo met, and prudent people should prepare to meet it.” After declaring time and again that the repeal of tho Sherman law was all that is needed, tho Times admits that tile repeal will not make matters right. The truth is it will ruin tho country, if it is not already ruined, If repealed without a proper substitute. The Times admits further that there is not enough money, that is concentrated, that underconsumption is hurting and that tho low price of farm products is another great cause, and does this, too, without suggesting a remedy.— Progressive Farmer. Records of Great Value. In the old Ford’s Theater building nil the records of the volunteer armies wero filed so that at a moment's uotico the ea rcer ofsoy mau in the union army could be ascertained. The voluminousness of the document arv matter therein contained is hard to The military records include 400.000 muster-rolls and about 150,000 buund TO i umM . The copying has been done upon cards, They were printed filled in black and then the blanks were from the records, The car , is were sorted by State*, then by Kg - menta and tonally alphabetically, so that a score or more referring to one mau eventually come together from widely different sources and take their places under h» name. The system of indexing and sorting was marx-elous, the result beautiful m .U building was divided bv little £, part i t ions. The three great floors were ver cl with rows of desks for clerks. j a a wor ,j tbe building contained within its walls an illustration of one of the most remarkable feats of systemiz ation ever brought and to Pension success, offW The Record was created by executive ..rde-r in 1>8 ', that is. the office as existing up to the time of the di-a-ter. OnMav 9.I892. it wu« giv«i permsneat extabhshment by an act of Congress, and Col. Ainsworth was ^ in^ devc^Il to New * A*ork alone t a record of cnHst th ,. fa;nc lKin „ k „ pt in boxea. About 21 of tho^ boxes referred to the Mexican war and the others to the reVllion. The system of record* as in operation mved 1^0.000 in clerical salaries annu «tIy.-, New Ymk News. m M m . 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