Sources of Wealth
There are two sources of wealth
land and labor Gold and silver in their
natural states are land which labor re
duces to element of wealth Besides
their natural adaptability as money
metals they represent the days works
of labor in reducing them But after
all it is the open mint and government
stamp that gives them currency in
commerce as measures of valuer Their
intrinsic value of which we hear so
much lies in the stroke of the govern
ment die which coins them just the
same as it does in the greenback or the
government gold or silver certificate
Fresno Watchman
Why Europe Is Uneasy
- The reported uneasiness of the Euro
pean nations over the prospect of the
United States entering upon a career
of territorial conquest is uncalled for
but perfectly natural They have got
itinto their heads that Mark Hanna
Steve Elkins Pierpont Morgan and
such like scalawags are the whole thing
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THIS IS DEMOCRACY
A large number of people are asking
what is the policy of the Democratic
party on the Hawaiian Philippine and
Porto Rico annexation It is impossi
ble to answer this question at this time
The Democratic party unlike the Re
publican party is not operated by a
junta It makes its expressions known
through the people in national conven
tion assembled evnry four years What
the party as a whole believes about
these questions will find expression in
the platform of 3000 Until then every
individual Democrat is free to express
his opinion and to endeavor to find ex
pression for it in the next national plat
form This is Democracy free opin
ion truth expressed by the majority
We are of the opinion that the great
masses of Democracy are favorable to
the extension of the power of this re
public We want no colonies but we
do want coaling stations We want the
Xicaraguan Canal and the Democratic
party will construct it We want to
drive England and every foroign power
out of the West Indies and the Demo
cratic party will do it We do not want
an alliance with England or any other
foreign power
The Republican part favors an alli
ance with England favors British
partnership in the Xicaraguan Canal
and British partnership in all our af
fairsnational and international The
next national convention of the Demo
cratic party will draw the lines so plain
ljr on these questions that every true
American whether adopted or native
born will rally to its purpose Nation
al Democrat
candidates for Congress
Democratic success in returning
members to the House of Itepresenta
tives this fall will go a long way to
ward securing Democratic victory in
the Presidential contest of 1900 But
there is danger even in success The
danger will consist in sending unfit
men to the lower house If cranks and
impractical enthusiasts are elected
they will do the party incalculable
harm Democracy is of the people and
for the people The party does not
exist to further the ambitions of aspir
ing politicians It has a prouder and
more practical mission There are plen
ty of wise careful and brilliant men
in the party who can do it and the peo
ple good service in Congress Such
men should be nominated and elected
Men with some one fixed idea to which
all other things are secondary should
not be given a place on any Democratic
ticket Wild speeches in Congress in
cendiarj utterances on the part of sin
cere but mistaken fanatics can do no
good and cannot fail to do much harm
Conditions point toward Democratic
success at the polls this fall That suc
cess should not be turned into defeat
by a mistaken choice of Congressional
candidates Let the selection be made
with extreme care and the result in
1900 will fully repay vthe efforts of the
present
Mark Hannas Case
What is the United States Senate go
ing to do with the bribery charges
made against Mark Hanna These
charges backed by the report of an in
vestigation committee appointed by the
Ohio State Senate have been laid be
fore the upper house and now the peo
ple of this country demand that prompt
action be taken thereon Fortunately
for Hanna there is a war though he
asserted there would be none and that
war has drawn attention from his dis
graceful acts to matters of apparently
larger moment Apparently they are
larger but not so in reality There
can be nothing of more importance to
the people of this country than in the
honesty and patriotism of its lawmak
ers Foes without can be met and con
quered but foes within are a constant
and deadly menace to liberty It should
not be forgotten that the report of the
investigating committee declares Mark
Hanna personally or through his
agents guilty of bribery He is alleg
ed to have bought his seat in the Uni
ter States Senate as he would buy a
seat in the board of trade Is the Sen
ate going to pigeonhole this indictment
against one of its members or is it go
ing to investigate the charges and if
it finds them sustained by the facts ex
pel this man who has corrupted man
in order that he might be in a position
to corrupt the laws What is the Sen
ate going to do anyhow
might against the party that gives
these Individuals refuge This war was
started to free Cuba and to avenge the
murderous deed of Feb 15 1898 The
Philippines have fallen into our hands
Porto Rico may become ours and we
may take in Hawaii but there it stops
God freed this nation from a laud
grabber and oppressor that its people
might achieve a glorious destiny Woe
betide the political party that attempts
to divert us from the cause which our
All wise Providence has laid before us
National Democrat
From an Honest Republican
It lias at last come to be realized that
the foreign policy of the United States
could not be made a party issue sub
ject to abrupt changes as it has been
in the past by whichever party hap
pens to acquire power It should not
be a policy of aggression or of greed or
of unreasonable demands upon any
other member of the family of nations
but it should be a policy always de
manding that America shall be given
what is her just due that American
opinions shall have just weight in all
matters that concern her and that
Americas rights shall never be ig
nored trampled upon or contemptuous
ly cast aside by any other power or
combination of powers Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Greenbacks
To the Editor It fieems strange to
me at this day that there are found men
advocating bank currency for those
that are old enough know that next to
the valor of our army and navy the
greenbacks were the means that put
down the most gigantic rebellion in the
worlds history It must be that the
press is bought up by the money power
or they would not advocate a cause so
detrimental to the best interests of the
people This war if it continues long
will probably compel the government
to issue some more of these same shin
plasters that the bloated bondholders
hate so much May the time come
soon that the only currency we have
will have the stamp of the United
States upon it
The Dingley Fizzle
The Dingley law is a failure Gus
torn receipts in May 1S9T under the
Wilson law 17000000 in May 1S9S
under the Dingley law 134GG34 The
new tax bill will serve to hide from
general view the deficiencies of the
Dingley law but its failure is never
theless obvious The treasury deficit
for May was 17800000 It arises in
part of course from war expenditures
These aside however the ordinary ex
penditures woukl have been in excess
of the ordinary receipts Dingleys
lauded measure was a good thing for the
monopolists whom it protected As a
revenue law it is a failure Chicago
Chronicle
Fat Places for Those with Pulls
Wanted immediately at the War De
partment A few more sons nephews
and brothers-in-law of politicians with
a pull for commissaries of subsistence
quartermasters and inspectors general
of the v61unteer forces of the United
States Knowledge and experience of
military affairs not necessary Of
ficers of the regular army and veterans
of the civil war need not apply For
further information apply in person or
by letter to Russell A Alger Secretary
of War Phialdelphia Recoord
Another Trust in Operation
The latest trust combination is that
of the manufacturers of envelopes It
boasts a capital of 17000000 to con
trol the business of
prices and break down undue compe
tition This is the euphemistic way of
saying that the new trust has organ
ized to skin the public The tariff as
sistance of the combination ranges
from 20 to 35 per cent Without this
protective encouragement it would be
a foredoomed failure Pittsburg Post
The Quicker the More Humane
It is estimated that the expenses of
one year of war will aggregate 379
000000 Not only will we be called up
on to make sacrifices of money but of
human life Let the bill of costs the
expense account of blood and money
be cut down to the minimum To strike
hard and fast to fight incessantly and
remorselessly is not only a wise nation
al policy but a policy of humanity for
us for Spain and the balance of the
world Baltinipre Herald
We Object
No Democrat or Populist voted
against any bill the sole purpose ot
which was to provide revenues for the
war Populist and Democrats do ob
ject however to make the war an oc
casion for bleediug a patriotic people
for the benefit of the Wall street gang
of blood suckers that always made
the extremity and necessities of the na
tion their opportunity- for the most out
rageous swindling of the people
Cleveland Recorder
Wolcott a Traitor
Wolcott of Colorado alleged silvet
man and bimetallist voted with the
goldites in the Senate Finance Com
mittee to issue 300000000 of bonds
This action shows where Wolcott
stands on the money question Silver
Knight Watchman
Enemies of the People
The man who favors interest-bearing
notes to pay the war expenses is
no friend of the people Bondage is
slavery and he who favors bonds rath
er than greenbacks is not a true loyal
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WHICH HEADGEAR IS WORSE
The Honored Hood of 1498 or the
the Beautiful Structnre of 1808
About the time when Columbus was
sailing the ocean blue as the readers
used to say the ladies of Spain and of
other places were wearing the head
gear shown in the left of the picture
It doubtless moves the observer to
laughter now that honored hood of
1498 How absurd how insane and
unesthetic every one will say Com-
1408
1898
pare it with the sane and beautiful
structure on the right the hat of 1S9S
Which will move the laughter of 2298
more the hood with its frightful in
verted cornucopias or that huddled lot
of feathers flowers and velvet which
makes the outline of the wearers head
something too grotesque to exist out
side of a nightmare Indeed not to
leap four centuries ahead which will
be more comic in another decade
WARNING TO YOUNG MEN
The Pipe Face Results fromXong Con
tinuance of Pipe Smoking Habit
The bicycle face is old The bargain
counter faee the quick lunch face and
the war bulletin face are more recent
SvESy
The newest discov
ery in this line is
the pipe face which
is grown by men
who smoke pipes
The staid old Medi
cal Record saw if
first and said this
of it
The habit of
the pipe face smoking the pipe
has a perceptible effect upon the face
The pressure of the lips to hold the
pipe in position increases the curvature
of the lips round the stem and the mus
cles become more rigid here than in
other parts Thus the lips at a certain
point become stronger and the pipe is
unconsciously held in the same habit
ual position After long continuation
of the habit small circular wrinkles
form parallel with the curvature of the
lips around the stem These are crossed
by finer lines caused by the pressure
of the Mps to retain the pipe in position
In the case of old men who have
smoked a pipe for years the effect upon
the lips is very marked
Lesson in Palmistry
There should be few lines in the lucky
hand look at the left hand only but
these should be neatly and deeply
traced They rise from the wrist and
run toward the fingers and form neith
er islands nor labyrinths en route A
hand of this sort tells of an even tem
per and of a moderate amount of
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sibility It is the hand of the egotist
satisfied with himself indulgent to oth
ers rejoicing in a good constitution en
joying life Now for the unlucky hand
The wavering uncertain confused
lines and stars and crosses mean rest
lessness indecision bursts of enthusk
asm and depths of depression a hot
head in fact above a hot heart
Bootblacks in London
The force of American demand is be
ing once more exemplified in London
by the placing at all important rail
road stations of chairs in connection
with the bootblack brigade This work
is undertaken by the Central Shoe
black Society There is already such
accommodation provided at Viaduct
station It appears that American
gentlemen visiting London express
surprise that they are expected to
stand while they have their boots
blacked as they are accustomed to sit
during the operation at home
The society has sixty boys who are
lodged taught and partially boarded
on the premises of the institution and
there is an ingenious allotment of their
earnings into three parts after an al
lowance for food required out of doors
one third being their own another
third the societys and the remaining
third going to their bank account on
which they can draw for special pur
poses
Real Glory
Mrs Fcasher I dont see why you
should feel so stuck up just because
your husband and two of your brothers
have gone to war There are plenty of
other women in the land who have just
as many near relatives as you have at
the front
Mrs Kimmish That niay be so but
not one of my folks has a commission
Proof Enough
Mrs Blouser after some years I
suppose you dont love me
Mr Blouser Dont loye you Dont 1
live in the same house with you Bos
ton Transcript
If there are any Spaniards in heaven
we cut want to go there
Scientists are curious husbands Once
Mrs Agassiz screamed an finding a
snake in her shoe in the morning Her
husband asked what was the matter
Why a little snake has just crawled
out of my boot Only one There
should have been three He had put
them there to keep warm
A certain medical specialist was in
the habit of using a note book to assist
his memory In the course of time his
aged father died The worthy doctor
attended the funeral as chief mourner
with due solemnity At the close he
was observed to draw out a note book
and to cross out the words Mem
Bury father
A clergyman is quoted by Sir M E
Grant Duff in his memoirs as authority
for the story that on the occasion of
Hallams going down to Richmond to
be godfather to Tennysons eldest boj
the historian asked What is to be
the childs name Ilallam an
swered the poet I dont like sur
names for Christian names said the
other Why not call him Alfred
What if he were to turn out a fool
was the reply
Sir Francis Doyle was dining with
his Grace the Duke of Devonshire
when some one broached the queerness
of American names Fancy such a
name said somebody as Birdseje
Birdseye said Doyle is surely as
good as Cavendish Here is another
tobacco story In colonial times the
Virginians had a grievance and sent in
a long winded petition for redress of
fancied wrongs with the windup that
their request was to be granted for
the safety of their immortal souls
Oh d n your souls replied the min
ister grow tobacco
The late Charles Pelham Villiers the
father of the House of Commons
used to tell a story of how he had been
asking a Radical elector to support
him Yes Ill support you But Wil
lars we must have a diwision of prop
erty Certainly replied the diplo
matic candidate I should be quite in
favor of such a measure But I am
afraid that if property is divided there
will not be enough for you and me and
the rest of us After a momentary
embarrassment the cheerful and re
sourceful socialist hit on a remedy
Why then Willars we must diwide
again
A young Southern attorney address
ing the supreme court for the first time
became hopelessly entangled in his ar
gument and Justice Brewer thinking
that he might relieve the embarrass
ment of the counsel and give him a
chance to make a fresh start inter
rupted him and said 1 dont quite
follow the learned counsel in his argu
ment Perhaps if he will go back and
repeat a little of what he has already
said I may understand him better I
havent been able to follow the thread
of his argument I noticed you
couldnt retorted the unabashed at
torney It is a very complicated point
of law but if you will give me your
close attention I will try to make it so
clear that you can understand it
The date M Challemel Laeour sent
as an ambassador from France to the
Swiss confederation called in due form
on his arrival upon the President The
servant who opened the door said that
his excellency was in the cellar bot
tling wine but that the visitor could
come in and wait The ambassador
hung up his overcoat in the hall and
went up into the salon Presently the
President bustled in An ugly job
monsieur drying his hands an ugly
job But I always bottle my own wine
Pardon my coat also it is a poor fit
glancing down it is my sons to tell
the truth- I hurried it on without look
ing at it1 The ambassador bowed and
smiled it jvas his own coat The in
terview being over he went home shiv
ering sent a messenger next day for
the coat the coat which he hung up
in the hall
At the close of a busy day in Wall
street it was found that the books of a
certain New York bank did not balance
Forty five cents was missing At 3
oclock not a trace of the sum had
been discovered Dinner was sent in
from a neighboring restaurant and the
search was continued At midnight a
pause was made for sandwiches and
coffee Hello exclaimed one of the
clerks the Blank national people are
working to night too Guess they are
in the same box Across the street
the windows of the other bank were
brilliantly lighted but the clerks were
soon back at their work At about 1
oclock a loud rapping was heard at the
front door Hello called the cashier
through the keyhole what is the mat
ter Matter you chumps Why we
have got your blamed old 43 cents Go
along home to bed Outside stood the
crowd of clerks from the neighboring
bank It appeals that in making a
cash transaction one of the banks had
overpaid the other 45 cents As a re
sult half a hundred men had worked
for nine hours and the search was only
ended then because a bright clerk no
ticing a light in the bank opposite
shrewdly guessed the cause hunted up
the cash slip and discovered the error
In Small Quantities
A good many people here live under
their hats but a good many more bare
ly escape belonging to that class be
cause they own a little one hole gaa
stove or a chafing dish and lodge in a
house wliere cooking in rooms is part
of the agreement While consulting a
green grocer recently a smart looking
woman entered and gave her order It
called for one sweet potato two Irish
pounces one turn-
1innn
quarter head of cabbage and a pennys
worth of lintels The raw material fol
lowed her home in a basket borne by
the grocer boj nave I many custom
ers like her said the proprietor of the
place repeating my query- Yes sir
lots of em and some are mighty partic
ular too especially when the bill runs
up to a quarter But I cater to em
properly and punctually as theres
more profit in these small sales tlian
yon imagine Its a sure thing that lot3
of people here dont live to eat simply
because they have to hustle to keep up
appearances and get far enough ahead
to buy an icebox If the lid could bo
lifted off city life the farm lands would
be more thickly populated New York
correspondence Pittsburg Dispatch
Marshall the Gold Discoverer
Had Marshall been a man of ordinary
shrewdness or tact he could have made
a fortune by taking up claims and
working them by hard labor Instead
he wasted his time and energies inef
forts to prevent predatory attacks on
his cattle and saw mill and caused so
much ill feeling that ho was forced to
seek safety by flight This experience
soured his disposition and on his re
turn he foolishly boasted of rich mines
of which he knew but the location of
which he refused to disclose Hungry
prospectors eager to make their for
tunes were driven nearly insane by
such tantalizing and again Marshall
was compelled to leave suddenly to
save his life His mill was torn down
and most of his property confiscated
He returned built a small cabin near
the scene of his great discovery and
there lived the life of a recluse pros
pecting in the mountains and eking
out a poor living
Efforts were made to secure a pension
for the man who started the great de
velopment of California and the Leg
islature granted allowances for four
years amounting in all to 7200 This
was all the money that Marshall ever
received from the State for a discovery
that made scores of millionaires and
that crowded into ten years the normal
development of a half century Mar
shall regarded himself as an ill used
man He nursed his grievance and as
a hermit he lived till Aug 10 ISSo
when he was found dead in his lonely
cabin
His grave is on a hill not far from the
site of his great discovery ind two
years after his death the State erected
a monument to his memory The mon
ument is of granite is thirty one feet in
height and is surmounted by a bronze
statue ten and a half feet high repre
senting a typical California miner
Harpers Weekly
The Most Beautiful Spot on Earth
No matter how far you may have
wandered hitherto or how many fa
mous gorges and valleys you have seen
wrotes John Muir in the Atlantic this
one the Grand Canyon of the Colorado
will seem as novel to you as unearth
ly in the color and grandeur and quan
tity of its architecture as if you had
found it after death on some other star
so incomparably lovely and grand and
supreme is it above all the other de
lightful canyons in our fire molded
earthquake shaken rain washed and
wave washed river and glacier sculp
tured world It is about six thousand
feet deep where you first see it and
from rim to rim ten to fifteen miles
wide And instead of being dependent
for interest on waterfalls depth wall
sculpture and beauty of park like floor
like most other canyons no waterfalls
are in sight and there is in reality no
appreciable floor space
The big river has room enough to
flow and roar obscurely here and there
groping its way as best it can like a
weary murmuring overladen traveler
trying to escape from the tremendous
bewildering labyrinthic abyss while
its roar serves only to mellow and deep
en the silence Instead of being filled
only with air the vast space between
the walls is crowded with Natures
grandest buildings a sublime city of
them painted in every color of the rain
bow and adorned with richly fretted
cornice and battlement spire and tower
in endless variety of style and archi
tecture Every architectural Invention
of man has been anticipated and far
more in this grandest of Gods terres
trial cities where awe fills the specta
tors soul
A Combination Coat Tent
At the boating exhibition in London
a firm of rain proof specialists show
a novel exhibit which is called Nichol
sons patent combination coat tent It
consists of a long loose coat which can
be comfortably and conveniently worn
as a protection from rain or cold and
can be readily converted into a cover
ing which forms half a tent Thus
two men traveling together by combin
ing their coats can form a tent under
which they can sleep at full length and
with ample room It can also be fold
ed up and carried on the back as a
knapsack or rolled and carried round
the shoulders The weight of each coat
or half tent which each man would car
ry is about Xy pounds It ought to be
useful for Klondike explorers if for no
body else
Her Gentle Hint
Mr Bilkins Say Maria what have
you got that old photograph of me out
on the mantel for Heavens and earth
That dont look anything at all like
me uow
Mrs Bilkins I know it Henry but
I ran across it up in the attic yester
day and thought Id like to have it
around where I could see once in a
while what you used to look like when
you smiled
Lively
Miss Westlake Do you take much
interest in society when you are at
home
Young Mrs Willmerding of Philadel
phiaOh yes I have very lively times
at home My husband ana I belong to
tl te iivreisive cliccier clubs
Appetite Strength
Without the First You Cannot Have
tho Last
Hoods Sarsaparilla gives both It gent
ly tones the stomach and gives digestive
power creates an appetite and invigo
rates the system By making the blood
rich and pure it strengthens the nerves
and gives refreshing sleep
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Is Americas Greatest Medicine 51 sit for 5
Hoods Pills are the favorite cathartic 25c
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig Svrup
Co only and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remed As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co
only a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Svkup Co with the medi
cal profession and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy It is
far in advance of all other laxatives
as it acts on the kidneys liver and
bowels without irritating- or weaken
ing them and it does not gripe nor
nauseate In order to get its beneficial
effects please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO
SAX FRANCISCO Cal
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FRIENDLY WARNING
The Old Man Had a Personal Interest
in the Flirtation
The young man in the street car with
the swell suit and gold headed cane
was trying to flirt with the girl oppo
site when the old man on his left
nudged him with his elbow and hoarse
ly whispered
Young man pause and reflect
Are you speaking to me sir de
manded the young man
Yes right to you but Ive got such
a hard cold that I cannot say much
Let me repeat that you should pause
and reflect
What for
You are trying to flirt with that
young gal sir
And is it any of your business
It is sir Excuse my hoarseness 1
kicked the bed clothes off the other
night and got cold I want to Say to
you sir that it is my business sir Sup
pose that you succeed in attractin that
gals attention
Well what of it
She might be flattered and flirt back
though I dont think shes very flirta
tious It might lead to a case of love
and love to marriage
Youd better attend to your own bus
iness sir replied the young man
Thats what Im a doin sir Scuse
me while I blow my nose Yes sir In
attendin right to my business
Then let mine alone
Then j ou let mine alone Fm that
gals father
Oh you are
Yes I am and I dont want no more
foolin around Ive got four sons-in-law
jest about your shape and am sup
portin the hull gang of em and afore
you saddle me with a fifth 3 oud better
pause and reflect It might be the last
straw and Id turn the hull crowd out
to dig fur fodder under the snow
banks
Travel as an Educator
The usefulness of travel for rightly
trained and constituted lads is so gen
erally recognized says Scribners that
it is not at all unusual for parents who
wish to give their sons every chance
possible to increase in wisdom to offer
them the choice between spending sev
eral years in Europe or going to college
at home Each of us knows one or two
men who have pursued education in
this way and we are used to compare
them with their college bred coevals
and pass opinions as to which method
of intellectual development resulted
best Every year there are lads who
were fitted for college and perhaps en
tered but went abroad To compare
them six or eight or ten or twenty
years later with their schoolmates who
went on and took their college tegree
is perhaps the most available test of
the respective efficiency of the two
methods and it seems safe to say that
according to that test the educational
fruits of travel and study abroad com
pare very well with the products ofthe
domestic tree of knowledge
A Nobleman in Exile
Phidalelphia boasts of a teacher of
noble blood Count Antanas Alexan
dra wicz Jocis who has charge of one
of the night schools He is a Lithuan
ian While a student in the University
of St Petersburg he was arrested for
sedition and sentenced to exile in Sibe
ria He escaped was captured again
and escaped again after a desperate
fight and after conducting a Liberal
papr ia Tilsit Germany finally came
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