, 1876-07-08
Until the present time the amount o

Oh kOiu. LScu up " Ao1o euSca "0o w
per- cent. Of the total. After 1e6O the
gold coin in use increased to an amount
about equal to that of silver coin. The
present production of silver promises to
re- establish the old relation Of silver to
gold. but there is no ground for appre-
hension that the excess of silver will be |
beyond that of the average of the past
Thousand years.
The question. then. is. is it to our in
terest to have silver money. We have
no contract with the world which re-
quires us to use only gold for money.
The debtor class is the life of the coun-
try. and should be protected in its rights,
and the Government is bound to pro-
vide. as far as its power controls. money
that will increase in amount rs the need
for it increases from year to year. Can
this be done with the single standard of
gold? The growth Of opula'ion and Of
the producing power in this country me-
cessitates q corresponding increase i'll
money, in order that the creditor and
the debtor, the man Of money and the
man of labor, may each have equal
rights This il only possible when
money has nearly constan: value. and
it cannot have while the production OF
gold is dimll ishing actually or relatively
to its increased use, unless We compen-
safe for this d,m,nution by using silver
as money.
We think the question of remonetiz-
ing silver. giving it the same power as
money that it had sor several thousand
years up to three years ago, is the i'm
portant financial question of the year.
= Bankers Magazine.
WORTH REMEMBERING.-Irish stew
is dish never seen in Ireland
Cat-gut is not the gut of cats but
Of sheep.
| Kid gloves are not kid; but are
made of lambskin and sheepskin.
/ Arabic figures were not invented
by the Arabs, but by the Indiars.
Tube-rose is no rose, but the tuber-
Gus palianth (palianttes tuberos.
Salad oil is not Oil for salads. but
oil for cleaning callets or salads.
e., helmets.
Black lead does not contain sin
gle particle of lead, but is composed
of carbon and iron.
Turkish baths are not of Turkish
origin; nor are they baths at all.
They are hot air rooms.
Salt is not salt at all. and has long
been wholly excluded from the class
of bodies denominated salts.
Cleopatra's Needle was not erected
by Cleopatra, nor in honor of that
Queen, but by Rameses the Great.
+ Brazilian grass does not come from
Brazil, nor even grow in Brazil; nor
is it grass at all. It consists of strips
of palm leaf, and is chiefly imported
from Cuba.
I Whalebone is no bone at all nor
does it possess any properties OF
bone. 1t is a substance attached to
the lower jaw of the whale, and
seems to strain the water, which the
creature takes upin large mouthfuls.
Sealing wax is not wax at all nor
does it contain a single particle of
wax. 1t is made of shellac, Venice
turpentine, and cinnaba: gives it the
deep red color. and the turpentine
renders the shellac soft and brittle.
A GREAT DEAL BETTER. physi-
clan was recently called to attend
an aged woman of Irish birth. He
found her living in most squalid
poverty and dirt. 1t appears that
her only resources was an annuity
Of about S75, which her son John
|, was legally bound to pay her. She
was very ill, and at first the doctor
= had no hopes of her recovery. But
{ after few days attendance, he one
! morning found marked improve
ment in her condition. "Well, gran
n.y." said he, ''you are a great deal
: better this morning" "Oh, be II
t said she. with great animation
'An3 will get we'll. doctor?" ''Yes,
I think you will" he replied.
But are ye sure ov it." Yes, I
am quite sure of it." "Oh, docther:
| said she, starting mp and thrusting
, her hand under the bundle of rags
| that constituted her pillow, and
5 drawing it out with energy, if
had bag of goold here under me
, pilly, I'd give yees the hull ov it fol
t the same Then laying herself
e back exhausted, she added, II dom
: care anything about living, but ]
should like to disarpoint John.
ACCORDING to late mail advices {
=. fresh gold fever has broken out il
Australia. A new find" has beer
reported in the province of New
y Sonth Wales, and, as usual unde
4 such circumstances, the inhabitant
}. in the vicinity are reported to be il
? state of lively excitement. Th'
0 reports have a good deal of the flavo
of gold craze" and yet, unless th'
:, Australian papers have exaggerated
the facts, the find" is of no it'll