The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, November 07, 1895, Image 3
WHAT A PROMINtNT SILVERITE': PROPOSITION MEANS. Waald Hrrr lha Weight of Ik Col r ihihm niai or ta filler Dollar Prcrlptiuiu of MnVrrnt Katiu to li CaaWaaa4 Daring Ufa of fsOrat. ... t . . ... niour 01 Mismtrl 0 an ar aeni anvoeate ol cheap dollars and de Bounces all who favor our present fiuitn cial system as being guilty of "unre maun uostility to silver." Iu a sjieer! mi ceoaua, mo., Co declared in favor of the immediate opening of the United Mates ruiut to the free coinage of sil 10 to 1 and aoid: "If after a fai trial it is demonstrated that we cannot nn .lint ... j i .i ,.uu maintain ooin metals in circulation at a parity, then cougrew. can t any time in the future do what it hag done in the past change the ratio by Decreasing the amount of gold in the fold dollar, or it can increase the amount of silver in the silver dollar, or it can do both." Thia ii a fair (ample of ailverite logic ana snowi clearly the lack of any we aenned principle in the 60 cent dollar agitation. It ia only fair to Governor Btone to say that bin plan of establish ing a permanent ratio of 16 to 1 be tween gold and silver by making the goia aoiiar smaller is not original with him. The idea is taken from that repos itory of misinformation on the money mention "Coin's Financial Krlm.il " That the governor of an important state anon id indorse such a dishonest nronosi tion is merely evidence of the incapaci ty for reasoning which the free coinage erase produces in Its victims. If Governor Stone really understood toe money question, on which he pre ranee to instruct the people of Missouri, be would know that reducina the si of the gold dollar would do nothing to ward nnug the commercial value of nil tot at 16 to 1 of gold. It is the 23 2-10 grains of pure gold which is the unit of value. The same number of grains of pure silver are worth about one thirty ovaiuu mucn. ii me unit or value were made 20, 15 or 10 grains, the re lation between the value of gold and silver would not be altered in the leant. What would happen would bet hut every contract made payable in dollar would be cut down in proportion to the reduc: tion in the weight of the unit, thus rob bing by law all oreditora of a part of their proj)rty. The real value of gold or silver in relation to other oommodi mi wouia not change, but the term dollar" would mean lens value than it does now. In other words, a decrease in the weight of the gold unit would mean a debasement of the currency similar to increasing the quantity of cheap metal tiwct as alloy In ooins. It cannot lie too often pointed out that iu their last analysis all cheap money schemes, and especially the free coinage of silver, involve positive dishonesty on the part of the government. Moods having been sold, capital loaned or con tract for payment of wage made or a standard of value establikhed by con gress it is coolly proposed that the value of goods, capital or wages shall lm cut down by decreasing the measure of val ues. Such action might be jiopul.tr with some creditors and employees, who would bo able to escape from a part of their obligations. But every principle of common honesty and juFtice would stamp legislation for that purpose ns fraudulent and opposed to the beat interi ests in the long rnn of debtors as well as creditors. Civilized societies have long passed the stage when it was thought Just and expedient to repudiate lawful obligation Governor Stono's alternative proposi tion to increase the amount of silver in the "dollar" is not open to the charge of dishonesty if he menus that the coins shou'd contain as much silver as would be worth a gold dollar. But if this plan is honest it is also absurd and would be .j uiiKunni to the needs of a greet iiiunercial nation like the United M.ites. Our present silver dollar is too bulky aud inconvenient for general use. A com twice as large, as a dollar worth its face as bullion would neeewarily be, would not be ued at alL Besides the continually changing value of silver, o'.ving to increased or decreased produc tion or consumption, would require its constant recoiuiug at great expense in srder to adjust the coin value to the commercial value. There is no need of such a coin, and as neither silverites nor sound money advocates want it its dis advantage need not be seriously discuss ed. The American people want neither 11 8-5 grains gold dollars or Hl (rains silver dollars, and agitators for either are merely disturbing business to bo purpose. Neither do they wish to risk the great dangers of experimenting with different ratios unless it is abso lutely certain that they will be benefit ed by the change OUli BUIiAL READERS. SOMETHING HERE THAT INTEREST THEM. WILL rropir noae or liiiuan up In a larcqaa .( II a, mnvt . u i u K 1 1 m iu iou nuiuu-nuw lo Construct a Kale Farm aud VegetaDle Houae. Undue Fruit Tba Gold Indoraamrnt Sustains Silver The theory that we have lately had bimetallism is as baseless ai the sug gestion that we had it in the early part of the century. If I offer my note when my credit is not good, no one will dis count it; if I procure the indorsement of one whose credit is good, it will be discounted at once. It wonld be the in dorsement, however, and not the note which would have passed current For l generation our half dollars, quarter dollars, etc., have nominally passed cur rent Actually, however, it is the gold indorsement of the government that has beeu accepted. A silver dollar today consists of half a dollar's worth of sil ver. With the gold indorsement of a solvent government it pass-s for a dol lar. That is, the gold indorsement plum es for the remaining 60 cents that ia not in the coin. To say that we have 1. 1 i ll: . a uimetaiiism, ana mat silver coins pas on a par with gold, is just as sensible, aim no more so, as to state that my note for tl, 000,000 is as good as Mr. Astor's simply because that when I have gotten ni to indorse mine it is discounted at the sume rate as is his. And just as even Mr. Astor's paper would be promptly rofusod were it found that he bad presented me with a ream of blank checks indorsed by him, which I pro posed to sign and utie, so the sold in dorsement of the government would be promptly discredited should it, bind it self by law to give its gold indorsement to an unlimited quantity of silver. The silver dollars with the federal indorse merit would then bo worth the silver in, them only this and nothing more. Uou. John Do Witt Warner in Forum. Carina Hani and Bacon. The hog is cut as shown lu the dia gram, the shoulder No. 1. The bain (no. Z) la cut through the bone a short distance from hip to Joint, and this piece of bone ia left in the meat The small piece (No. 3) Is kept for boiling and Is salted; so la No. 7. Nos. 4, 5 aud u are roasting pieces, eateu rreali, or the ribs are taken out, and the whole. Including No. 8, may be cured for bacon. Nos. 4, 5 aud 0 may be salted for frying wet out of the pickle; then No. 8 makes the best breakfast bacon bpllt the head down the face and ave for salting aud smoking. Boil the rest of the head with the ears and feet and trimmings of the hams and make bead cheese. J be next process Is the salting. Use a i) oblong box of suitable size or a pork barrel. The hams and bacon require a tray or box. Hub the bams and bacon with the following mixture well before putting it in pickle: Half a pound of saltpeter pulverized very fine divided equally half for two bains and half for two sides. The saltpeter is to be well rubbed Into the meat on the flesh sides. The meat Is then laid on a bench, skin down, for 12 hours. Take 7 pounds of salt and l'j pounds brown sugar, well mixed and heated, and rub while hot upon the two sides of the meat. The - 1 i"i C 2 x - ' L- V-W HOW TO CTT VP THE CARCASS. Mono Only a Toot ".Money ft tho lifebhxxl of trade" is favorite fallacy of the silveritos and fiat money inflationists. This idea arises from ignorance of tho real nature of the operations of industry and commerce. Money is merely one of tho tools of business. Its functions have no resein- ilance to that of the blood in the human ystem. It does nothing to replace goods which have been consumed, nor does it of itself prod nee anything or add to the wealth of the country. The real life blood of business is the volume of the products of farm, mine or workshop con- muonsly flowing all over the country. They furnish us with the means of sub sistencc, renew onr strength and minis ter in a thousand ways to onr necessities and comforts. They are the truo life- blood of trade. Reault Wonld Its Dluutnr. The Richmond Dispatch (Dem. ). which favors international bimetallism, declares that ''unlimited free coinage , a ratio of 16 to 1 of all the silver Inch would under the operation of snoh a ratio be carried to the mints for re coinage would result in universal disas ter. " Cotton is advancing aud the free silver raze, is declining. CHASING RAINBOWS. meat is then put In the tray, and the brine begins to form. Hub mid baste the meat every other day, putting the bottom pieces on top, for four weeks, when the meat Is hung up to dry, and then smoked. For the hams use 4 pounds of salt, V pounds of sugar, and treat in the same way. The hams should be In the pickle five weeks. This curing Is Important The meat Is not smoked until quite dry and the salt crystallized upon the sur face. Use for smoking damp wheat straw, corncobs or small brush. Smoke a little every day until completely dry and produce no heat In smoking. Some smoke for two or three months, but when perfectly dry less time Is sutli- clent. I rocure from your druggist a pint of pyrollgneous acid, the acid from an oak tree, and paint your meat with a shaving brush thoroughly with this acid, and hang your meat In a cool place. Pccurlnn the Wlnter'a Wood Supply. An adequate supply of fuel for winter use should lie secured early, says the Agriculturist This applies more par ticularly to those who have wood land, or are able to obtain It near at hand. It should be cut the proper length to fit the stove, and split to the desired fineness, and If possible put under shel ter at once, or at least several loads of it, ho that the housekeeper will experi ence no difficulty In obtaining a sup ply of dry wood at any moment To make the case still more business-like, the hard and soft wood should be kept In separate piles, not neglecting wood milt-able for kindling. Kven the hard est oak or hickory Is made available by splitting up tine and being thoroughly dried. re great consumers of time unless Judgment is used in selecting crops and time of labor. It is unwise to grow crops on distant fields, which reqct.-e rrequent trips In taking care of them. Often the most satisfactory disposal Is to seed down the piece and keep it in irruianeui mowing, hauling manure for top dressing In fall and winter, when teams aud men can best be spared for the purpose. Profitable Faraalnc. High farming is the attempt to raise the largest product possible upon the whole farm. Good farming Is to raise the produce at the best possible profit, everything considered. In some caaes the two amount to the same thing. In other case, says the Massachusetts Ploughman, where manure and hired help are hard to get, and the market la limited. It may be more practical to farm fewer acres and farm them bet u;r, rather than to try to force the wnole farm to the utmost. That la. If the farmer now grows, say, $3,000 worth of produce from his 300-acre farm, let him take only bis best land and cattle and try to produce the eanie amount Instead of 1,000 bushels of potatoes on ten acres, let him fertilize higher and grow 1,000 bushels on five acres. Instead of thirty cows, giving JS pounds of butter each yer year, Keep twenty 300-pounders. In place of three poor to ordinary hired men, nay a little more and get the bt workers to le found. Apply this idea right through. Kudi plans are lu the direction of concentration, and concentration Is the essence of good farming. Green Food for Hena. Everybody who keeps hens for profit ought to plant cabbage and tur nips for winter food this mouth. Noth ing hel)s more In keeping up laying lu cold weather than plenty of green food. Hens like turnips boiled aud mashed like potatoes, with meal, and, If pota toes are scarce or hlgh-Vrlced, you've got the turnips as a substitute. (let one of the Iwys to run the mower over an acre or so of clover, cutting the aftermath when it is a few inches high. Raked np and dried, it is very nice for the hens In winter, mixed with the soft food or wet wlih boiling water and fed that war. Massachusetta I'loiighman. PST A- aat Constructing a Farm Krldue. Haphazard construction of farm bridges Is a risky matter, the safely of valuable animals belne often thus put Iu Jeopardy. 1 he accompanying Illustration shows an easily construct ed and very secure bridge where a sin gle log cannot be used as a stringer. Applea aa Hraln Food. A New York physician says: "The apple is an excellent brain food, be cause It con tana more phosphoric axid n easily djgestlble ehajse than any other vegetable known. It excites the action of the liver, promotes sound and healthful sleep, and thoroughly disin fects the mouth. This Ib not all. The apple agglutinates the surplus adds of the stomach, help the klduey secretions and prevents calculous growths, while t obviate indigestion, and is one of the best preventives known for diseases of the throat." If all this be true, and ts persistent reiteration certainly ar gues large faith, the knowledge cannot bo too widely dlNnemlnated. A Ilnnk F'ruit and Vesretalile House. here rough rocks or cobble stones are abundant, a fruit and vegetable house may bo very advantageously built into a bank, as shown in the lllus- FFED up, not by vanity of worn but by a long reach after the aesthetic, the prevailing big sleeves on women's gowns have found new and strenuos Indorsement There are millions In them; locally a million at least, from the mercenary point of view. And this milion must be set un derneath that other million of feminine satisfaction In the wearing, and added to It thus making two millions. Then up with the enlarged and pathological sleeve. It is a dream and a reality; a dream of modern dressmaking art, and a reality In the dry-goods market. It Is a million of dollars added to the Income of the dry-goods merchants, and they are the persons who are stamping their unqualified Indorsement on the fashion which prescribes the sleeve that has materially modified the appearance of nearly every woman un der the sun. In setting the cost of enlarged sleeves to Chicago at fl.OOO.otio, says the Times-Herald, there is Included anoth er and an allied fashion, which Is like wise beautiful but expensive the fash Ion of generous skirts, as generous as the skirts of die grandmothers, though not thrust out with hoops or crinoline. spent with her family, her frlenda. i her books, and she enjoys to the utmost me beautiful scenery that can be i in every direction from her room. Plueapplee for Dyapepata. The Times has before touched upoa the use of food as medicine, but did not Include the pineapple among Its list of medicinal fruits. According to s correspondent with the coming of the pineapple season, the word Is renewed that the fruit is of especial value to the dyspeptic In countries where the fruit is indigenous its bygenlc qualities ar well known, but the broad statement that pineapple everywhere and all con ditions of pineapple are wholesome must be taken with a little judgment Kipe, luscious fruit not over-ripe nor under-ripe, but tender, sweet and sue culent Is probably one of the most wholesome foods that comes to our tables. It is easy, however, to have thesecondltlons Infringed upon. Tough, stringy, hard pines, as so often offered, are not wholesome, and are hard to digest. If the fruit Is found to be not In perfect condition, cutting It twelve hours beforehand and pouring a wine glass of rum over It will add to Its wholesomeness. Sugar freely an hour before serving, with good powdered sugar. Emphasis is laid upon the good quality of the sugar, as In powdered A QUARTET OF NEW YORK LADY BICYCLISTS. FRUIT AND VKOKTARI.E IIOtTSK. SAPK FARM IlItlllOE. Halls can be added along either sidu greater security to the top. for An old legend taught that under the end of every rainbow could be found a pot of gold, and many fisilish youths spent weary days seeking in vain for the hidden treasure. In these enlightened times we laugh at the folly of past ages, yet many people still believe in promises of wealth which have no bet ter foundation than the ancient fairy tale. Senators Stewart and Peffer, ex CoiigreKsineu Itryun and Blnud have their credulous followers, who are con vinced that nnder the end of the free coinage and fiat money rainbows they will find untold riches. Stories of wonderful prosperity for everybody if only more silver money is coined are listened to gravely by men who in the ordi nary affairs of life are shrewd aud sensible. Bnt attractive as they doubtless are, these promises of wealth to be had through a mere change to a cheaper standard of values are nothing but naucial fairy stories. They are based on the belief that governments can create wealth by legislation and that people will be richer if they measure their ptMNctsions in cheaper money. Now as ever there sre men who dream o. wealth to be had without working for It and of schemes for business pros perity which are wholly untside the actual world. Sooner or laser ail these most learn the lesson that nature yields wealth to labor only and that aa aban daooe of cheap money does not mean a rich coantry. Already the people who wars for a time misled by the agents of the silver mine owners are abandoning their delusions, and have resolved to leave the world of dreams and fancies ererely alone in the future. Chasing rainbows may be sport for idle boys, bat it if very poor business for intelligent men. Suit the Crop to the Boll. There are farms where one could not succeed iu growing wirly potatoes, but could do fairly well with late ones. The soil Is not rich enough or warm and quick enough to furnish plant food In time for a large crop of early potatoes. Such men better grow late potatoes. Others may do better with early ones, all things considered. We must study the environment It Is foolish to con demn someone else's practice In any such line because It differs from ours. Both may be right. What Cows Will lo. A successful dairy means pockethook Is never empty, says the Connecticut Farmer; It means more swine and heaps of better fertilizer, means better crops of corn, oats, barley and peas, and less money expended for commercial fer tiliser and Western feed; means better pastures by furnishing an Incentive to make them so; means wiser and better farmers, for dairying calls for the best there Is In a man, morally and Intel lectually. Outlylna- Fielda. Upon many farms there aye fields dis tant from half a mile to a mil or more from the stosck buildings. Such fields tratlon. The front wall of the house is carried to the right and left a little way, to serve as a retaining wall for the earth of the bank. The back and sides are laid up In stone to the top of Hie ground. The rest of the building Is wood. A wide door permits a team to be driven, or rather backed, Into the building to unload or to load. When laying up the wall at tho sides and rear It will be well to lay a line of drain tile outside the stones, to lead away any water that may soak-down from the hill above. Half lime aud half cement with sharp sand, makes a good mortar for such stone work. American Agriculturist. The calculations have been reduced to pajier by a leader in the Chicago dry goons trade. He has Included In his estimate nothing but silk goods. The Increase in the consumption of other dress goods necessitated by the fashion of big sleeves and sDreadlne skirts would add an Indefinite number of dol lars to the following table. The dry goods man figures that there are 2,(Hs,- 000 people in Chicago; of that number ?,00,000 are women grown. Allow each of them one new silk dress a year. It Is true that many have none, but many others have from seven to twenty. A pair of sleeves now requires for Its making three yards more and a skirt four yards more of goods than was de manded In the old style of dressmaking. This Is a total of seven yards' increase In the garment. In ;t()0,(KKl gowns such an Increase amounts to 2,100,000 yards, which, at 50 cents a yard (minimum price on silks), costs $1,0."0,(IOO. Here It is tabulated: Increase in 300,000 pair sleeves at l.r0 $450,000 Increase in .flH,000 skirts at Sfl' 000,000 Tfae Location of the Furm. The man who knows how to produce good Inllk, uud who will locate near a large city, has at good a chance as any one to make money. He can get first prices by selling the milk direct to thoe who want It fresh and are will ing to pay for It In addition, his farm will pretty surely Increase In value as the city grows. Good Feed for Cowa, Tor milkmen who feed brewers' grain a good ration for an average milch cow Is six pounds; of hay, ton )ouuds of corn fodder, six pounds of dried brewers' grain, and six pounds corn and cob menl. Give the above In two feeds, and vary somewhat according to circumstances. Total $1,050,000 And now, since the puff sleeve Is not native to Chicago or confined wlthlu tin; city s limits, Its effect upon the dress goods market of the entire conn try Is more widespread than the above modest figures Indicate. Feed for Pica. Give the young pigs a fair start In life by feeding the sow upon milk-pr f during rations. There ts nothing much better than sklin milk ' mixed with shorts. Mangolds are excellent, having a cooling effect upon the system and stimulating the milk glands. After weaning, give the pigs a trough of their own. One of Our Worn n. Mrs. Zerelda Wallace, whose fame as an apostle of temperance reform and woman suffrage has made her name a household word, almost as familiar all over the country as that of her stepson, uenerai ix!w Wallace, the author of Ben Hur, Is quietly spending the even ing of her life on Cataract farm, a coun try seat near Greencastle, Ind., so thick ly overspread with beautiful hills and valleys, tangled woods and waterfalls, that It seems In the heart of a moun tain range. In this retreat of Alpine beauty the lovely old lady, whose tender hands reared the great novelist from child- I.lliht Stable Keep your stock In clean, well-lighted stables, and keep them clean. The man who does not curry his horses at night ought to be obliged to sleep with his working clothes on. Care for the Toola. When putting away tools for the win ter, see that care Is taken that they do not rust Care Is cheaper than new toola. MRS. ZEHKLPA WAtl.A( K. hood, and who, for thirty years, fought to save the youth of the Nation, Is en Joying the well earned happiness of per fect peace and rest. At 78 years of age, her mind Is as brilliant and vigorous as when she thrilled thousands of hearers twenty years ago, and to-day she can hold an audience spellbound for two hours with as great ease as when In the midst of her great fight nearly three decades In the past But she now seldom appears In public. Her days ara sugar it Is possible to buy abominably adulterated sorts New York Times, Motherhood. Thou shalt have grace where glory Is for got; Thy love all luminous in the world's last night; Thy children's arms shall be thy neck lace bright, And all Love's roses clamber to thy cot." And if a storm one steadfast star should blot From thy pure heaven, God's angels shall relight The lamps for thee, and make the dark ness white; The lilies of His love shall be thy lot! He shall give all His angels charge of thee; Thy coining and thy going shall be known. Their steps shall shine before thee radi antly, Lest thou shotildst d.ish thy foot against a stone. The cross still stands. Who shall that love condemn Whose mother-lips kissed Christ at Beth lehem? Chicago Times-Herald. poppy reds are gaining early Warm prestige. Fichus with deep shoulder frills will be worn quite a little. Plnld braids, in two colors or as many shades as wanted, are found on all sides. The very short sleeves for evening dresses have revived the fancy for bracelets. Black will hold Just as strong a place as ever, although the tendency Is for very blight colors. The new Scotch tweeds show a mix ture of color, having a dark shade pre-' dominating. There is nothing with a decided check, stripe or figure, but Just a mixture. ' Ijiced street shoes are at least three Inches higher than the cut last year, the shoe for usual wear really approxi mating the height of the wheel or pe destrian shoe. A charming reception frock, trimmed with a fragile, applique, Ivory-colored Bretagne lace, Is of cbaineleoii-nued silk, with a Bleeveless Eton Jacket of dahlia velvet A short fichu of Ivory moussellne de sole, edged with twa deep lace ruffles, covers the shouldem, ending In front under the sham revera of the Jacket A ruffle of lace edges the Jacket at the waist, standing out from its ruuness ana apparently tying ta front with two long lace scarf ends. There is also aa Ivory-colored chsmks. ette and diamond buttons far tka Jacket