F *u [fc>IisH e:d toy ' O r ^ e o r i t a . T r r * a d ( e s a r i c i I _ a t o .o i ' C o t - i n o i L

ONEO-NTA, N. Y., AUGUST 15. 1896. ^

I Biich swltohea, airingsigs, tonrnouts, tnfli- ] tables and suitable stands as may be neces-

r fo r the convenient working of snob

K IN D -H E A R T E D F L U T E S .

lesolved. T hat bnch consent be, and the is hereby given, pursnant to law, to

the said Oneonta Street Railway Co., to oonstrnct. m aintain and operate a railroad ami extensions or branches of its railroad

W orried O ver the D a ^ e r S a v in g s o f th e poor

The hard earned saving of the poor are worrynig the plu tocrats. John D Grim mins, who is worth $10,000,000,

upon tile Mirtae.e of. through and along tl following streets and avenues of said vi

portion therwjf, to wit estnut, Uroail Prospoi|)Oct, South

chnn 'li River, Kiiir and State streets and N'ormal avenue, also liighway adjoining northerly side of fair ground. Tilton ave tme. Fonda uvenne, W dco.x avenue and

HroailwayAnd coiiwnt le also liendiy given to saiil

Company In ci nstriict npon said streets and .avenues sm ti switclies. turnouts, turn udiles ami otlier apidiances us may be iii'cesaary' for tlie convenieid worl.mg of s.aid railway wiili tlie right and prmleg>- to said railwai coni).anj poles and string ne. essi

or liiglovays. or any part tlieri-of \Mtli lil i)i'ceH.sjiry appliances anti ippurtenance for tiie purpise of maintain mg and operating said street railway li\

of elei trn ity inclmling tin right to (hange to or use any motive

will'll IS now lawful or liereafler lie lawful 1,1 iisioriiigliwaiH or nil} part tlierisif

tile following

' I-rst I'lial till pro! IS1..IIS ,.f a rtiile foiii f til* radroaii law peitineii! Tin reto sliall

worked liard to arcum nlate a littlo b it in the Havings bank should have the small savings of a lifetime endangered by the silver agitation It will be observed tha t all these p la in ts agree th a t the poor man tnust stint him self a whole life tim e (ind

tlien his savings bank ac.eonnt is small and ' liard earned ’ Tlie gold menpnt their fmit in it

•omes it h in t tlie savings of the poor ) meagre after a lifetim e of toil and

lirivation ' Remember th a t these savings must bo small o r tlieir owners would not lie poor W hat about.^he vast a rm y With out any savings in the bank at allV The Willkiiigman's nsnal use for his savings is to ilrnw on tliem wlien he lias lost his joti I mier a ju s t m onetary should save enough ou t ofi f his earninf

njnsirt ids family in the declinedie sam e time live eoinfortably and

without sta rv ing him self The inagnates want tlie-savinga flank de]><»tiUirs.tu luUiaca tliat tlieir sa \ ings will not tiny as mm h under a silver standard as tliey wonid under a gold standard This is delilierate

(Stitm „ Lone licYcaa riller.. Soiiisfrc Wj’ir.rcr.

l A V I C T O ’C IG A R .

H leh ^ C antsG rad e . O S tr a lg h

), says it is ) w ho have

F IN A N C IA L

Q U E R l b .

Q uestions and A n sw ers Re­garding M oney. ''

Why the Free Coinage of Silver Would Bdncfit the American Working­

man and Farmer,1 What is bimetallism A The pqnal legal treatment of the two

metals, gold and silver, as money at a given ration of coinage

2. Wliat is meant by Iti to IVThat in coming the two metals into

money Ifi onnees of siU eiiare lo lie deeiueii iinal to one uuiice of gold :t. What ie the pr-isent commercial ratio

of silver and gold bnlliojiVA. I t is ahont '10 to 1

Wliat has causeil tlie divergence be tween the coin and iiiiilion value of silver'^

The deiiiiieetizatiiiii of siliei ip 1S7.1 lie ciiniitry and some of tlie nations of

Enropi

ises ijwneil I si

1 in ivadv *>«•'"

IS silver denioiielir.ed'' ileniimeti/ed iiei ,iliae of the

desire to lim it tile supply of money make money denrcT thus iiu rea.se its pun hasiiig power and tlierefure to tie* advantage of money dealers. Iimidliolders i redilor hissts. iiml tliiise liaving fixed ineomes

fi U as nut till-di nioueti/ation of silver in IftT'i due to its ovi r piodui lion as c om pared witli gold''

A It was not due t.i tlie over production Af silver iiecanse on for many years prior

I3j&t5ie world H prodiictniii of gold Imd aliiint tiiree iinies as gr-at as tliat of

purchasing poxsavings is now very Kiiiall relatively to tlie iilijsit of savings and tliat under liinietall

e Slim Ilf sax ings will lie im reused iniiiiey 'tlviiy:, iukt

f »y» „• piiln-H and tinally in ready

ni.irtgageil on tin- silver and iln in |s7 1 silver Imllion was at tietli fe ii tu iy j a preinmm of 1 per cent over gold

7 lliiw does tile world s prndnetion of s^ioner G e ts No G old. ' gold and silxer for the last in« years comtholder is still 111 tlie eyes of I p^re witli each other''

luul l-iWM rual jwlmimHU-n-ti Uett^r than tlie year« ain! 1H92 th»-tli** i.iiIimMi r \ “ liintt'er .Itihn 1> Hunt . vorM h of j'oM exceeiltMl tlmtof till* First Mifliiuan Hharp Hlu^<»t.T8 at | ,,f „jiver aln.nt 000 millnm .loUarHtw* 1!(I1h4)hI* KiiiiKm aMktsl in pay H What is the ratio th«' two metnln

-■f lii * p. IIH1..I1 « lift k t.oM was re , thi*y Fxint hy wta^ht in the wi.rltl l4. ila> |l*h» n lo wrott to the h irwt Nati**nal ' ,;^vailahle f4ir r'

tt's <1* piiMitory I it irt about t4* I whn h nieaiiHIf* lollow** iM * iiiu r the a(*i ompan} mg I are oiil> ali4iiit HiXt.f4an tunes OH main

j tons of ftiher in the woiM awulahle for I ln*i k ftir iuone\ ae there are tone nf goM

ia> K iiio* in gi.li) 4) \\ liai ilo-refore it the natiiral ratio \ iH t4H. m.inl fill i,j.t\veFn Hilvt-r ami g4.hl'

.1 i.t*ii-i.-ner If gol4i iH Mtaiiilanf^imney I I ^ Sixteen t** \ \n the nutm al rnti4.w ..uM hket4. ..... H4.i,ie of t),e staio lan l I silver ana g..1.1 buili..n ai»a would

staiHH dep4iwit4.r\ will yt.u re ui,^|jife«ily he the iir.*Meiit * oiiimen ial ratio H legal teluirr in goUl tliere heen leu'al intorferem e

\oujHreHi.**4tfulh 1 I. m \-I I To whoKe a ihan iage is ,t that naih J 11I3 n 1 tioiiM iin\ e be4 ii im liitiil t*

I n Hunt Km.| I..n.*4Mil,. Ml, 1,|)t-ar Sii in re

18. W ould m jt the free ooinaj

8 to create a flood of the whHe m eta l? ' j . The an n u a l ou tpu t o f gold and silver - ^

is small and is hardlydly C pe r cent. <jf the p resen t supply , so th a t i t would take. pO years before th e present amount o f the - m etals la donbled, and th a t would not m ore than keep pace w ith the increase of the population and wealth of the w orld, and especially no t of the U nited States.

19 W hat then is really the only, p ro b - ' lem tha t we oa a na tion have to solve regarding th e free coinage of silver?

A We have practically only to take care' of and absorb o u r share o f the annnal p ro ­duction of silver, which* is for the whole w orld only abont 5 per cent, of the p resent

)lo supp ly — Bimeavailublu

H om e Government.

W hat th is country needs is a home gov­ernm ent. We. as a nation are getting toofa raw a y from home ideas. We w ant io mix too m uch in ternational in onr govern m ent I><t ns get back to first principles—

jxlain, hom espun government again. We have mixed in so innch foreifngn icforeign practices tha t we have lost

fathers W e are im itating sristoora-hoine government established by

and iium srehies in our customs and m ixing them in our government. OUir

ey grabbers go to Europe every year am i take on foreign a irs—imbibe foreign ideas and enstoras These nabobs like aristocracy and snobbery, and they come Im m ^and try to engraft it on onr govem-

The masses of the people are getting d l'p - giisted with th is foreign business and this iii tem atioiial tonifi.ilery Tlis masses are going to Hit down on the idea of adopting nmnari hial and aristocratic ideas as gods to be worshipi-d The masses are going to pu ll down these golden calves, and, like Moses, they will lift up the sign of, plain, honest American customs and government. Tlie ruin of -the country has been the ailoption of th e llnsnoia’. ideas of these m onarchical countries—these aristocratic c-essprsils of rottenness. I.«t us get hack u . plain American principles of govern­ment. plain American ideas of economy, plain A merican O hristianity. and reinstate tlie old tim e government of W ashington' .lefTerson, Jackson si and Lincoln.—Proges-

mnlirv who• hence tlie ciumtaiit rini* in

(Hinl ini'Uey baMc l

a.lupt the I'oMKtamlard*'

•pix to yo iirin ip iiry of tl ie | .j, advantage of all creilitor nn1 l..-g tii-.ay ltia ti..ip re»en la lio .i psp., i.dlx Kiiglai.d I'xvii hundred

it xvill lie paid in p(.,p|p noxv use gold alone as reof till I lilted States ; deinptixe moiicv xxho in l'<7't used liolliin liN -1 SIIVW ( 'a sh ier

lM>iiclh«'hb rw nit»‘reHt ih iiIwavH uai.l i ,. . t. II . , 1 -tbejv.w.litci tli4 Ujill Btreel banker can al ' , , , . r n <•vs 111* n riH»* hIu.nvh llKelf in thi fall t.f

vvasMifft nl th* huI» treu.surv in in e \ . ,, ' jiriceH <if ' '•nitnmliMeK, I luinjri- f..r urret-M l.in kn nr irfasiirv isoteH i , ninacre of ailvei, but a ptiiHii.i! wHirant in *.til\ ...... . f"i . oinUr\ bectmie the ’ duroj*I laxxfid money Fre, ('.nnag. I„d.pen f„, K,)vpr'from all nations'-

Tliere are it ik ab,»ul frnv' The V iew of an E n g lish Gold Standard ' billion (lullars of Hilvor rom ami bnllinn in I A d voca te | the world anti if all of thiH Hhould ctnn*

here it woul.l tndy givi the l'nile<l

H o w ’s T h is??T Ona H undred Dollars Rewai ana of Catarrh th a tfor anv cane of

r r i ’-riiSg,'ssnss;-.™«i.. o . - 4\ \ e tlie niidersigned liave kown F J.

I 'lienev fot the last 15 years- and believe liiui perfei tly , hoiioralile in all businessI I ansai tii-iiH and fliiancially able to carry out anx ohligations made by their firm U KST .V T iu AX Wholesale Druggists,Toledo OhioW Ai.iiixo K innan .<!! ^Makvin, Wholesale Urnggists. Tolexlo. Ohio.

Hall s Ontnrrli ( ’lire is taken internally, ni ting dii-pctiy upon the blood and mneons sn r f ii. es of t lie sy-At-iu Price 75c i>er bottle.‘ .Id i'x nil l>rnggist^«i^^stim onlal8 free.

Hall H Family Pills are the best.

S U C C E S S F O L L O W S S U C C E S S .

June the B anner m onth for General M anager Baldw in and the Mu

tual R eserve.etiilnrial from i

a gold standard - "; little more Iliai

S.-.S xvhii li is only a } 'T’"' the association extend- liad of all kinds ■

limakers are noxx* tnn e liandH nnixe from

HiessB xvati lies are to is- solil *^flpnn anil otlier on.-nial countries H ey read liaekxvaixl ns xve xvould

w^tclies of tills sort Would lie prois-r ^M 'of onr iMihtical economists xvhose ^ ^ m s alxxays backxvard

K^eficlency of the Post Office Depart fSiis year is $10 000 OOO How cun ll HV'witli two to three carloads of

matter being .sent out on evei^- ^ t o l n from Washington, and during

i |^ a m p algu this will largely Increnso ns ’ ^great saving to have your documents

kl aud mailed free of charge. This ® t r y hos grown to be a government for

iiiiltersiif iniiior I'insiil* nxlniii a lie liroiigiit lip after tin- fniin lust- imd het-n ;ranteil

riiis xvould place the village xery milch 'll the ]Hmitioii of the man xvho tried liinhl i lloilw hx hegiiiiiing III the risif first tin matter of foundation lieing of only tnitioi '•onslilemtion '

The hoatd then to<ik the matter in hand ind ni>on motion of Mr Rn hinond mv med by Mr Edmnnds the franchise as nlnsluced was granted

xvoi Id liy iiiHiifili n-iit stipply I'l

1 .lisast.-r Tliev xx-ill resort tliiiik timl til. reliy tln-y I'.in

oriweiit fri-i-coiling.-anil an ox.-itlirow ..f Ilieir xlangeri-ilH niono)s>ly 'I'liis lias al ready l>e.-ii llireat.-ii.-d In tlie end lioxv

er tlie I nils, of the people xvill trmnipli Senator J Z He.irgw

a line xvith suggestions of r stipulation

Itician and not the people

^OAOO's 1.200 unifonned letter carriers, th Postmaster Uesing a t the head, will

•mber 7

Uesing a t t Rapids on

he annnal i______ rs’ Assooiatl

Grand Rapids and be precet ^ g p i r a d e The ilny being a legal

11 be hilt ot

leded by a ll holiday,

) will he but one delivery of mail in Uie city, and the force con get througli in fem e tq take a train nt 9 o'cloi k and reach f e ra n d Rapids before 3 o'clock

Bv a diolslon banded down by Judge Chief Justice of the Supreme

that the law places xvitlilii the descretuuiary power of the hoard made «

WTiereae, The Oneonta Street Railxvay Co., a street surfaee railroail corjMirnllon has mode application by petition in writ ing to the board of trustees of the village of OnetHit«,-Gtsegoeonnty7 N -V . fop con­sent to exteud, construct, m aintain and .ijM-rato a mllroed u p o n 'th e surface of. througli and along certain streets ond ave nnee of the said village as follows, to wit

Main t'liestm it. Broad. Piospect. South Uaiu Fourth Ffth. Maple Elm. Center. Church, lllvei Fair and State streets and Normal ovenue also highway adjoining northerly side of fair groun

ida avenue Wilcox avoune and West Broardway

And for consent to construct such switches, sidings, turnouts, turn tables and suitable s tands na 'm ay bo neees.sry for the

Give the U nion F irs t P lac e

tr a d ^ n n io n shniiM not lie raled secondary to any fratcnial or otlier organi

Give yxiiir union first njnee If -as not for yonr trnle union which

- in position to eoiitribnte to the snp- [Kirt of farternal orders of any kind Yon

i right .o belong to any kind of oiganizntion your imlmations direct hu t yonr trade oliligntiou stands, or slmnld sta-nd. A No. 1. far and nliove all othei-s - TyjxigraiiliTcal Jou'rnaT

convenient working of snch millAnd, W hereas, The said board of trustees

if the Creek Nation, th e names of '00 negroc

th© rolls of citizenship of the nation. Theirioken from

K 'decision holds that the action ot the Indian Council otter the passage of the Emauoipa-

' by the United States in admitting the negroes to tribal relations was nncon stitulional, and therefore nt this time invalid * Since the pifflfiage o f this art

lilroad. ird of tl

before noting npon such ap]ilicntionB. gave pnhlio notice thereof and of the time and place that snob application would first be considered, -which notice was published in said village pursnent to law for at least fourteen days in the Oneonta Star, a daily newspaper pnhlished in said village.

And. Whereas, At the lime and place named in such notice the said application was duly considered, and tlie said railway company and the persons appearing a t said

m u d place were heard in relation to- ilication

tlnlO andthese negroes have drawn in annuities from said

have ill-ill p.isitions of trust, ond liavo im ] i,as de tenuined that consent shall ho glx proved tlieir farms From the decision of 11,. the exteiisluii, l•oIl8ttln•1llln. m aint the cniirt Ilieri is no appeal. j once and operation of said railway and of

I tlie remark

J . monex ]»-rherself .ulrifl fruin Kiinipe and

111 -iilxi r sin- wiiiilil liave all America Asia at lier tini k and the command of markets of Isitli countries The lia rner of I u'.'ld wi.iild lie more fata l tlian any- harrier

The liond of sliver XV. iild lie stronger tlian any bond of flee ,

rere excetsliiigiy prnsperoiis lias ni*arly tins .aini>mit of

money ]s-r capita, ami is one of tlie most countries in lliexxorld

hat is there to prevent tills silver from coming to onr m ints for eoinnge''

A There are tiiree conclusive reasons Other nations haxe no more silver than

ley iiceil (h) F.iirope annually uses about

I tiianks and congratulations to Mr. Bald-

' txvice as much silver a s she pnidiices. andTliere i an is- no donlit alMint

tliat if tlie Uiiiteii S tates were to minpt a , ......*........................................., . (C) the great hnlk of the silver noxv in

W orkingm en are “ E a sy .”

It has been ond is still is easier to let things go as they will rather than exert the will to direct them Very seldom does a nation or a comnmnity exert the will

ary to mako much needed improve- nlents in government, and then only when absolutely forced to it by ciicnmstancea. Financiers and poUtioiaiis understand this easy ••let’er slide ’ nature of the working

and take every advantage possible. — Coining Nation

Every dollar

hi niiiieil before the year was o American xxsmid be jirotected n

but in every otlier market. ()f eourse tlie I 'liited Stales would suffer to acertaiii •iitont th rough liax ing to pay her oliUgalions aliroad in gold, but the loss of exchan{ under th is head would he a mere dm p the bnskot as eompnred to the profit to be

from the marketS^sf South Amerfca say no th ing of E urope The

marvel ie th a t the U nited States has not long ago seized the opportunity ' I t has ixeen a piece of lim t th a t i t h a s never ocenrred to the A mericana to scoop us out ■f the world 8 m arkets by going on a silver

hasis and it m ight serve ns right if. irritated

cans reta lia ted by freezing .tcould be easily d

in onr savingsIvcry dollar on deposit iks is not only Inxvfnlly payable in

3 "50 cent doll)irredeemalilethree years post no deposit in anytliing else. The

iO cent dollars, ” bnt for no depositor has been pn se. The so called soni fighting to continno

ing onr silver redemption money a t ^ count, of 50 per oent; the honest mi silver men wish to mako lt ns good as j

I f a government contract a debt with certain amount of money in clrcnlalion and then contracts the money volume he fore the debt is paid it is the most lielnouB crinyo a nation people. — Aliralimn l,incnln

xvill and his efficient force of field workers, ■^tep by step the famous life association is l.-epiiig t<i the top, has caught n p ' w ith >ind passed all of its old tim e rivals except­ing four and bids fair to soon take the-lead of the g rea t companies of the world. .Never before were its prospects so b righ t; never before so easy for its agents to seenre

s prospects st for its agents 1

liuBiness The pablic has unlim ited confi-

-apexl from tl

istence is already ooinexl nt ratio favoralile to silver than ifi to 1 some being 15 to 1 and some 1.5i to 1

13. If silver coin shcKild not come to mir mints for recoinsge would not Europe con

g : tinne ns at present to depress the price of I silver bullion’

* North and South America produce 75 j>er oent of all the silver now being pro duced ill the world and ten tim es as much as Europe iloes, so th a t the United States

1 otlier countries of the western

deuce in President Burnham and h is abil- to m anage Many of the best know n line agents are coming over to Manager

Baldwin and meeting w ith the success he p ^ ^ T e d L et their m arch be onward and ^ ^ a r d and our best wishes go w ith them.

F. J McK enna, Asst. Mgr.Glens Falls, N Y

tinents w u ld easily control the price of r~6ullion regardless of other nalioi]

cently issued seventeenth volume itistlcal year book of the German

The recei of the BtatifEmpire shows that there are nearly lion more wonmn in Germany than Nevertheless, within til© ordinary marriage perold of twenty one and thirty-five years there are 000,000 more than unmarried- women.

Notice, having given npa n d accepted in preforentagency a

Mutual B

the Mutual Life preference'

'ewark, N . J ., Ilared to obtain the newest, and which

policy ever issued to the pi $,'18,200,197. Fpr partloulo

is no doubt f.he most liberal and beat life lolicy ever issued to the

Pre-lW Moll

f.he moE

F^r par il« (f 100 M(

inblic. Assets apply to

, Oneonta;

■We stillthan any<

commit against a bread 7e; aman.Tic'

Because tliis disagreement is due to adverse legislation, whicb, when corrected, will restore the parity by reducing the de mand for gold and increasing the demand for silver Besides we would be foolish to undervalue onr own we should demand 15J instead

15. If-silver should come to our mints for coinage faster than their present

wonid not that preventapacity, xx isB In the

1. By rights 1 of 10 to 1.

price of silver hi "capacity

C la ir v o y a n t M edical E xam in ation

Drrf. Butterfield & Wait, at the Central

from 8 a m to 5 p m The*(loctors w ill give comprehensive statement of yonr physi­

cal, mental and nervous conditions, and

obscure it be or how mtiny opinions you may have h a d , we wiU point out yonract conditions from a stand point not be­fore attained by medical men. A ll chronicdiseases are sncceesfnUy treated, especially those that hjave been considered incurable Their exam! yonr cose is and speedy

Their examination proves at.onca.'wbetheT is hopeless or not. Absolnte

for epilepsy and kindreddisorders.

mints could^ The "capacit; easily he enlarged to meet all demands.

16. W ill not th people object to using mnch silver on account of ita bulk?

A. Silver certificates, as' now n^ed, w ill may he pro-.isily float all (he silver that n

bread for the money the hnsiii^ss. Large xju

Tjirgo New Engl) bread, 5 o . small 4e The finest in

17. Would there be vault room for the ktoisge of so nincli silver?

A. Ail the silver coin and bnllion in the world could he pnt in a room 06 feet square and 00 feet high silver being, lik e gold, a precions metal, all the gold coin

Don’t forget the A 1-' of L. Cigar 5 cents

Rlppna Tabulea cure indigestion.

lOO' Main street. Oneonta

Rlpans Tabulea. for sour stomach.

and bullion in The world can 1 room 22 feet square and 22 feet which shoxvs how easily it may- bo '

If You W an t.Hams lard or .salt pork go to Beach &

Sickler’s Central Market, Hama lOj cents ind; Lard IJOlbs for 76 cents,,S^tpork

lbs for 15 cents.

relialile, wide awake men to act and special agent for the largest

Wanted, as general i natnrai premium life association in the world. Good positiona for right men.write at once. Theo. L. Grant. General agent, Coopersto-wn, N. Y 4t

D eitz S treet Jewelry Store.Geo H Chandler S3 llietz Stn-st has v,

full line o f jewelry at prii-fw that lusurs aalea. "Watches that nn- alxxaxs i.ti time for railroad men

j Don t fail Ui di-miuiil ' I ion (Tc-rVs x-ln-ii m il n

■R’l'.riTi tT a b u les cure dnv.'nsss.