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
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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
