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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-03-20

stead of forty million dollars, the earth
should yield eighty or hundred, the adj
ditonal quantity (however uncomfortable in
itsef) will be scarcely noticeable in the mass
of metal already circulated in the world.
Moreover, it is by no means certain that the
mines will continue to give such large yields.
In half dozen years there may come
another diminution, or another treasure of
gold may be brought to light, and so the
balance be restored.
It was not thought necessary to modify
the existing legislation until Germany de-
monetized silver, and adopted gold standard.
This alarmed France far more than the Ne
vada mines. Attention was directed to the
question at Versailles, and after due deliber-
alton, as measure of temporary precaution.
it was resolved to first limit and then entire
ly suspend the coinage of silver in the French
minis. In 1876, an eminent fnancier, M.
De Parieu, interpellated the Govern
the matter, and called for radical change
involving tho adoption of gold mono-metal-
ism. What the ultimate result of SO extreme
an expedient might have been is more than
I or any one can tell. It must have caused a
terrible loss in the first instance to country
possessing, as we have seen from the statis-
tics of the Bank of France, so great an ac-
emulation of silver. The effect of demone-
tization here would have been visible, too,
instantly in a
SUDDEN DEPRECIATION OF SILVER
all over the world, for it must be remembered
that the chief market for the metal has long
been France. In the year 1912 or there
abouts she absorbed and retained over half
the out-turn of the whole world. Possibly
as corollary to the depreciation of silver
there would have been an appreciation of
gold. The supply might have been unequal
to the demand, and after all a return to silver
have been found necessary.
For the moment France has decided to
rest content with half-measures. She will
watch the course of events, coin no silver,
and take no final step toward radical
change of any sort, until she sees what
America will do about the silver dollar.
Since the law restricting the coinage was
passed, the whole quantity of silver that has
passed through the two minis at Paris and
Bordeaux has scarcely exceeded value of
2OO,OOO,OOO francs, or to be more exact, abe
silver coinage was in francs:
1919 ..15, UOU,UUO
Io' '........... ..lO.oUU,OUU
No fve-franc silver pieces whatever have
been issued Or will be this year. The sixteen
and odd millions turned out in 1877 we're re-
ceiyed in the shape of bullion by the mint
prior to the legislation of August 1876, which
suspended the coinage of silver.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-03-20
The Contiding Man.
GDetroit Free Press ]

Detroit Free Press.
solitary lady was going up on Cass
avenue car yesterday, smiling as if she be-
lieved all the world at peace, when man
with a handkerchief bound around his head
got aboard and sat opposite her. He doubt.
less felt that some explanation should be
made for his appearance, and he suddenly
said:
'Madam, was not run over by a butcher
cart''
She made no reply, and he presently con-
tinued:
''And I didn't fall down STAIRS
She looked out of the window as if she
didn't care whether he had gone down
through bridge OF had been blown up He
moved around uneasily, and then whispered:
'"Twas family fight worst conflict you
ever saw--most beat tornado. You look
thin and weak and pale and don't mind
telling you how the old woman always
"Will you mind your business!'' called the
driver, as he opened the door.
81 will ~ was the soft reply, "but want
to tell this lady how she can wallop the old
man every time he gets sassy and signs for a
terrific conflict, you see. When one O. these
family fights occurs there is always some
pre-"
g want you to stop!'' shouted the driver.
81 will will, but first let me say that
there is always some preliminary jawing and
sassing around. If the woman is sharp,
she will keep jawing as she backs for the
fire shovel keep jawing and backing sass
ing and backing
'I'n put you off the carl" exclaimed the
driver as he Topped his lines over the brake
Keep jawing back till you get hold of
the fire shovel!' said the stranger. "Then
carefully sneak and sneak along, and while
he is calling you a hyenaess and you are
calling him savage, you want to"
''Off with you-right off'n this car ~ said
the driver as he grappled him.
81 will-Ill go, but, madam, don't forget
to sneak along, and sneak along! y
He was off the Car by that time. He stood
in the middle of the street, and as the car
started he turned his head in and hoarsely
shouted
''Strike for all your worth when you hit
him +! It's the first blow that counts. If
you can stun him on the start the victory
is-''
The driver made for him, and he retreated
to the curbstone. When the car started
again he leaned forward and called out:
'Sh! Say nothing! What I have told
you is in strict confidence Hit him over
the ear and the scalp will peel clear
around"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-03-20
Remedy for Unjust weights and Meas
ures.

Remedy for Unjust Weights and Meas
ures.
In many portions of our country-es
ton Of the country, there
is a great talk amsng the farmers of
false weights and measures. We could
give very large number Of definite ex-
amples of this kind, which have come
within our observation.
Hogs fall short from five to twenty-five
pounds each. Buyers take from fifteen
to ninety pounds Of wheat or oats from
each load bought in the street. At the
close Of the season, one buyer in a small
town had surplus CT two carloads of
wheat left over. This was equally di-
vided between the dealer and the rail
road company.
Two bags Of clover seed fell short six
teen pounds; small crock of butter
three and half poundes three bags OF
barley ground at the mill fell short fifty
pounds, besides the lawful toll; a load of
wool shrunk fifteen pounds in going to
town. Meat, tea, coffee, sugar, and all
kinds of groceries, often fall short from
five to twenty-five per cent. Two firms
advertised kerosene at five cents a gallon
less than most other dealers. They were
found to make up the difference in price
by the shortage in measure. At one rail
way depot, in two years, fifteen thousand
bushels of grain were taken out OF the
farmers.
Most of the aboev examples were de-
tectcd by the good sense Of several farm
ers. They mistrusted they were being
cheated. They bought large and small
scales, and carefully weighed everything
before going to mill or to market, The
cheating is done by loaded weights,
two sets of trucks and various
other devices which ever suggest
themselves to minds wanting to use them.
We have mentioned only few cases
in which we could give the names of the
parties. What shall the farmers do about
it? They might go to law, but they are
a peaceful class of people, and dislike to
make a "fuss." The enterprising men
referred to are now buying and selling
by their own weights and measures
They are saving each other more than the
weighing grists of grain they now weigh
in, and weigh out of the mills. Such
farmers are looking out for their rights
many others are catching the same spir-
it. Heretofore they have done as do now
a very large majority of the farmers
in the country, they allow the buyer to
set his own price, do his own weighing
on his own scales, and make his own
figures as to the result. Such farmers
court abuse from all dealers who are in
any ways inclined to be dishonest. Who
says that the farmer does not need to
keep his ears and eyes open, to learn the
tricks Of the trade! Successful men are
learning to conduct their farms on bust
ness principles.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-03-20
HOUSE AND FARM.
True hCspi tality.

True hospitality is thing that touches
the heart and never goes beyond the cir
Gle OF generous impulses. Entertainment
with the truly hospitable man means
more than the mere feeding of the body 7;
it means an interchange of soul gifts.
Still it should have its laws, as all things
good must have laws to govern them.
The obligation to be hospitable is sa-
cred one, emphasized by every moral
code known to the world, and practical
outcome of the second great command
ment. There should never be guest in
the house whose presence requires any
considerable change in the domestic econ
Omy.
However much the circumstances of
business or mutual interests may demand
in entertaining a stranger, he should
never be taken into the family circle UNI
less he is known to be wholly worthy OF
place in that saaactelna sa7act0rq1ma of So
clal life; but when once man is admit
ted to the home freside he should be
treated as if the place had been his al
ways.
The fact Of an invitation gives neither
host nor guest the right to be master of
the others time, and does not require
even temporary sacrifice of ones entire
individuality or pursuits.
A man should never be so much him
self as when he entertains friend.
To stay at a friends house beyond the
time for which one is invited is to per-
petrate social robbery.
To abide unlimited in a friends house
is a much misdemeanor as borrowing
his coat witout his permission. 1t is
debasing the coin of friendship to mere
dross when man attempts to make it
pay his hotel bills
The fact Of two men having the same
occupation and interests in life gives to
neither a social right to the others bed
and board. A travelling minister has no
more right to go unlimited to a fellow
preachers house than travelling shop
keeper or shoe maker has to go invited
to the house of his fellow craftsman. Men
are ordained to the ministery as preach
ers, and epasters, and not as private
hotel-keepers.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-03-20

No five-franc silver pieces whatever have
been issued or will be this year. The sixteen
and odd millions turned out in 1877 were re-
ceived in the shape of bullion by the mint
prior to the legislation of August 1876, which
suspended the coinage of silver.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20
Still Happy.

For The past two weeks Detroit
druggist has put up prescription of
some kind or other about four times a
day for certain small boy, besides
filling orders for large variety of pat
ent medicines and porous plasters. The
sales were all cash, but the druggists
curiosity was at length aroused, and he
said to the lad:
scot sickness in the family?"
"Kinder, !" was the reply.
"Your father?"
"Yes-all but me. Ma is using the
plasters for lame side and taking the
tonic for rash which broke out on her
elbows. Pa takes the troches for tick
ling in the throat, and uses the arnica
on his shin. Louisa uses that catarrh
snuff and the cough medicine. Bill
wants the brandy for sprained ankle,
and the squills are for the baby. That's
all but grandma, and this prescription
is to relieve the pain in her chest and
make her sleep harder"
Rather unfortunate family" re-
marked the druggist.
"Well, kinder; butpa says it's cheaper
than going to the seashore, and SO we
plaster up and swallow down, and feel
purity happy after all. "-Detroit Free
Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20
SDiritualism i'm EurODe.

What is called Spiritualism seems to
be far more rampant in Europe than it
is here. Like many American inven-
tions, it meets with greater favor there
than in the land of its origin. In Lon
don and in the leading cities of Great
Britain spiritual sceances are said to be
a sort of entertainment as common as
kettle-drums and dinner-parties. They
are very fashionable, and everybody who
is anybody attends them. Pictures of
mediums and materialized spirits, as
they appear in open circle, are published
in the English Spiritual journals.
Slade, whose tricks were exposed here,
has received magnificent presents Of
watches, jewelry, and diamonds in Ber-
lin. His seances have been attended in
Germany and Russia by the highest no.
bility. In the capital of the former en-
pire he exhibited to the Chief of Police,
and the court conjurer, who narrowly
watched the proceedings, and made oath
that the phenomena were not tricks.
Mrs. McDougall Gregory, widow OF
Prof. Gregory, of Edinburgh University,
is pronounced a firm believer. She
gives spiritual receptions SO they are
styled-and they are attended by the
high church dignitaries, some of whom
are asserted to have proclaimed the truth
of the new philosophy from the pulpit.
The imperial families Of Russia and
Germany, Bismarck, President Nc
Mahon, Gambetta, Gladstone, Disraeli,
Browning, Carlyle, Tennyson, and all
other renowned personages are report
ed to be Spiritualists but the report
must be accepted, we suppose, as are
the Milesian stories that every noted
man since the Ptolemies has, at some
time or another, been born in Ireland
,Ne2D York Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20
A Gigantic COunterfeiting Plot.

The Committee on Expenditures, in
the Treasury Department, have obtained
particulars of deeply-laid plot in con-
nection with the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, which succeeded to some
extent, and only seems to have failed
through a quarrel among the conspira-
tors. Some years since noted coun-
terfeiter named Hank Hall, alias
Holmes, and his confederate in New
York, employed two plate printers
named Lankton, father and son, to come
to Washington, get employment in the
Printing Bureau, and surreptitiously
obtain an impression in sheet-lead of
every plate used in printing United
States notes and bonds. They came
here and obtained employment in the
bureau, and, by watching their oppor-
tunity, obtained lead impressions of
compound interest note plates of $40,
$50, and 800, and of the 50-cent frac-
tional currency plate. Impressions of
$500 and $1,000 plates were also OBJ
tanned, but of what issue ia not yet
known. This was done by taking a
plate out of the safe before working
hours, putting lead sheet under the
paper, and passing both through the
press over the plate. The sheet was
then hidden in the jigger, as the box is
called where the rags are kept for wip-
ing plates, and at night was carried out.
The lead impressions we're taken to New
York and delivered to Hank Hail. Some
of them were Of the backs of notes
which, being made of lathework, it was
supposed woald not be counterfeited,
and were the test of the commences of
note. They were used TO make dupli-
cate plates by electrotyping. From
some of these plates are sUrreptitious
issues of compound interest notes, stated
by some at $3.50, 900, we're printed, and a
large part of this was put afoat. The
conspiracy failed by reason of a quarrel
between the younger Lankton and Hank
Hall about the division of the spoils.
Yonng Lankton was soon after taken
suddenly Ill and died in great pain. The
elder Lankton and young Langton's
mistress, thinking he had been poisoned
to get him out of the way, fed the city
in terror lest they should share his fate.
AIG0r d b1nu0, Cu0 Womdn Having SouSHl
in vain to extort considerable sum
from Hall, put detectives on his track.
He was soon captured and put under ex-
animation before United States Commits
sioner Osborn at New York. He man.
aged, however, to elude justice for g
time, and, q reward being offered fol
the plates, he proposed to have then
surrendered if the person who produced
them was guaranteed reward and i'm
munity. This guarantee being given,
ne produced them himself and obtained
the guarantee and reward. The othe1
conspirators had been given immunity
for States evidence, and for this whole
roguery no one was ever punished
Washington letter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20
Too Many Parents.

There is young lady in St. Louis
who says she has more parents and step
parents living than any one she ever
heard of You know papa and mamma
never could agree, and SO finally they
got divorced. I don't say whose fault
it was, but mamma really did behave
ugly sometimes, and even I could not
get along with her. So when the sep
aration came I went to live with papa.
Shortly afterward mamma married again,
and papa was not long in following suit.
[ did not like it very well at first, but
my step-motheI turned out to be first
rate, and I got to like her splendid
Then papa seemed to get infatuated with
another woman that he got acquainted
with, and she wheedled around him I'M
til she made trouble, and the result was
another divorce. and papa soon married
the woman that made the trouble. When
the second separation took place I went
with my step-mother because / loved
her, and because my services were neces-
sary to help take care of the baby.
Then what does she do but go and get
married. I declare I never saw so much
marrying III my lie. 1t only happened
little while ago, and my new ntep-step-
father-I suppose he is-treats me in a
very kindly sort of way, as if he felt he
could not help himself, but didn't exact
~ like it, and don't like it bit. I
can't go back to mamma, because she is
mad with me for going with pa in the
first instance, and / can't go to papa be-
cause of that wheedling woman, and I
can't bear to stay where I am. It is too
bad that girl should have father and
mother and two step-fathers and two
step mothers all living at once, andnot a
home that she can feel at home in. y
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20
CuriOuS Fish Story.

A duck swallowed a hook on the line
of a fisherman, in Augusta, Ca, recent
ly, and the brutal man gave a jerk to
the line, and to his establishment pulled
off the head of the duck, and also
brought with it two-and- half-pound
catfish, which the duck had by some
means swallowed. The strangest part
of the affair was that the curiosity of the
fisherman prompted him to try to get
the fish through the mouth of the duck,
but after an hours trial he was COM
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20
Poisoned hY Strawberries.

The Boston Traveller has the follow
ing in reference to the death of young
son of Mr.. W. FL. bennett, of Beverly,
Mass. Poison taken into the system
of the child in some form while eating
Strawberries seems without doubt to have
been the cause of death. How the straw
berries became poisonous is a point on
which no light seems to have been
thrown. Mr.. bennett bought them the
day before they were probably at least
four days old. Mrs. bennett prepared
them for the table the night before,
putting sugar on them and then setting
them, aside. In the afternoon of the
following day they were brought on to
the table, and the whole family of four
persons partook of thenf. The next
morning the little boy complained of
being sick, and few minutes later was
attacked with vomiting and purging. A
physician was sent for, and every care
was taken of the little fellow until 5
o'clock in the afternoon, when he died.
Before dying he was thrown into several
convulsive spasms, and his lower limbs
were paralyzed. After death the body
of the child was covered with spots, in
dicating rank poison in the system. The
physician is at loss to account for the
occurrence. The other members of the
family were also taken sick, and suffered
considerably for from two to five hours
each -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20

The Greatest Discovery of the Age Is DIR.
Tobias celebrated Venetian Liniment! 80 years before
the public and warranted to Diarrhea Dysentery.
Collie and Spasms, taken internally and Group Chronic
Rheumatism Sore Throats Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores,
and Pains in the Limbs, Back and Chest, externally.
1t has failed No family will be without 1t
after giving 1t fair trial Price, 10 cents. DR..
TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE IMMINENT. in Pint
Bottles, at One Dollar is warranted superior to any
other or NO PAY fer the of Colo Cuts, Bruises,
Old Sores. etc. Sold By all Druggists Depot-1O Park
Place. New York.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20
Paddy's Pig.

I did meet with a few extraordinary
mean men in Sydney. There was one,
merchant prince, who made it boast
that he had never given away shilling
in his life. So far as / know, he only
departed from his extreme selfshness on
one occasion, and the circumstances are
worth relating. One morning poor
Irishman stepped into his counting
house, and, looking the very picture Of
misery, said:
ooh may it please your Honor, I've
lost pig-the only pig | had-and
misthress -, the governess, has given
me pound, and sent me to you for an
other. She says you have enough gould
to buy sty wild, and will be sure to
give me little"
At first, old hard-fist refused; upon
which Paddy threw himself on stool,
and raised such a piteous wall that the
merchant, thinking he was mad about
the death of his pig, gave him the pound
to get quit of him. Next day the pro-
prietor of the defunct porker was pass
ing the warehouse, and, seeing his bene-
factor at the door, touched his hat to
him.
"WeI, did you get drunk with that
pound, or buy another pig?" asked the
rich man, gruf1y.
"Bought pig, yer Honor, darling
little thing, wild sweet twist in his tail,
like lady's curl"
"Well, it is to be hoped you'll take
better care of him than you did of the
other. What did he die of %
"Die Of? Did ye say die Of, now ?
Why get out wild ye, he a0G8 so fat I
Killed him. !"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20
WE utill assert that Heart Disease can be

cured, and ask you to read this:
was afflicted for several years with Palptaton Of
the Heart attended with dizziness and gradually in
creasng debility For than two years was SUBJ
ject to severe darling pains through the heart followed
by sense of suffocation and difficulty of breathing,
threatening instant DEATH For eight months was
able to lie down. but obliged to sit bolstered up in
bed or in my chair through the night When asleep
wake suddenly in great distress. and preventing me
from getting necessary rest was very much reduced
in flesh and strength and had given up all hope of per-
manent relief when induced by friend to try the
efficacy of the HEART REGULATOR. By the use of
few bottles restored to my usual health, and,
for the last years. have suffered attacks
1 cheerfuly and gratefully recommend its to all
persons afflicted with Disease of the Heart.
MRS. E. P. REED, Concord, N. III.
The HEART REGULATOR is for sale by all
druggists, at so cents and 81 per bottle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20

WI1HoFTs Tonic !-UNFALNG AND
INFALL1BLE This great Chill Tonic cures
Chills without the intervention of doctors and
their bills. No consulting visits-no prescrip-
tions to be filled-no huge bills, entaiIing pc
cuniary embarrassments, added to loss of
health. It is the friend of the poor man, be-
cause it enables him to earn q living, and of
the rich, because it prepares him to enjoy his
wealth. This great boon to mankind is cheap,
safe and prompt. WHEELooK, FINLAY & Co.,
Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALI, DRUGGIsTs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20

THOUSANDS of dollars might be annu-
ally saved to farmers if they would give freely
of Sheridaae's CaUdlry Condition Powders to
their horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and fowl.
They prevent disease and promote the growth.
We said Sheridan's. Those put up in large
packs are utterly worthless
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20

and Norway. All explorers in the ex-
treme North will tell you that such is
the fact Where do they come from !?
Certainly there is no country laid down
in the Newtonian theory from whence
they could come. Yours with respect,
AMERICUs SYMMES.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20

OLD DIR. johnson was a benefactor.
Seventy-fve years ago he invented what is now
called Jofnson's Aaody7ae Li7sinae1at, the Won
derful success of which in the cure of diseases
of the head, throat and lungs is truly astonish-
ing. No family should be without it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-20

FRANK LESLIE, ESQ, of the Ill1s-
tfated Weekly, says "For some time past |
have been using BURNETT's COCAINE, and
think it far preferable to anything have ever
used for the hair M III n4