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these rings 1t ought, ~ we said, OPP
pose minting the dollar of the dad.
dies. Upon the contrary we venture
to say that those rings sound as
sweetly to the Hawkeye as to the rest
Of us. Moreover in spite Of Its being
a debased coin only worth, according
to the Ha,ckeye ninety-two cents on
the dollar, we will venture to say that
it is gladly received at one hundred
cents ON the dollar in the Hawkeye
office on all debts for subscription and
other debts, as it is by everybody else,
except the dainty bond-holder.
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PARIS, Dec. 27.-The st. Peters,
burg Agence Russo says: The Porte's
request for mediation will be declin-
ed, because, according to information
al law, mediation ia only possible
when collected by both belligerents !;
otherwise mediation becomes inter-
vention.
sERyIA CHECKED IA AUSTRIA.
A Belgrade dispatch says: Prince
Wredo, the Austrian Diplomatic
Agent, has informed the Servian
Government that Austria decisively
protests beforehand against Servia's
extending her action, either warlike
or revolutionary, to Bosnia and Her.
zegovina. Servia has consequently
given her formal assurance that the
strictest orders have been forwarded
to the commander Of the Drina corps
to refrain from hostilities in the di-
rection of Bosnia.
LONDON, Dec. 28.-The weather
seems to have arrested the Russian
onward movement and 1t begins to
look as though the campaign waa
over for the year. Railways are no,
working regularly, and the commits.
sariat have all they can do to keer
the troops supplied in the camps neal
Plevna without increasing the diff
Guilty by sending them further inland
ENGLAND's BOOMERANG.
The st. Petersburg Agence Russ
observes that the English Cabinet i,
encouraging the Porte to further re
sistence, by convoking the Britisl
Parliament earlier, will compel tn
Russians to march onC nConstantinople
causing the precise result which /
seeks to avert.
MONTENEGRIN VICTORY.
| A Ragusa dispatch says: The Mon
tepegrins, yesterday, defeated body
Of Turks occupying intrenched posi-
tions between the river BAHAMA and
the town Of Dulcigna. The Turk
lost many prisoners, three flags, and
q quantity of provisions.
THE sERvIANs
cannonadsd Novibazar and Prot
but were repulsed. II is believed
they intend to turn Novibazar, enc
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Sank suspended.

NyAcK, N. Y. Dec 28.-The Rock
land county National bank has sus
pended.
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advance to the Balkans and Mitroyit
"a and Prischtina.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 28.-Eng.
lands reply to the Portes circular
has not yet heen received, but Layard
has been instructed to sound the
Porte on several points relative to
conditions Of peace.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-02

State auditors, one after another,
have turned out defaulters. One OF
them being in States Prison, another
one pleading the baby act, and going
to the State Lunatic Asylum, and the
other being luckily dead. And they
wern't carpet baggers or republicans
either.
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a Good Appointment.
Iowa State Register.
A Washington special to the st.
Louis Republican, says:

Louis LepNORcGu says:
The President recently directed his Secretary to
write to Mrs. Chisholm. the widow Of Judge Chis.
holm, who was murdered In Mississippi, Offering
her clerkship In the Treasury Department Al
the same time heissued an imperative order that
she should be placed on the rolls IL she accepted
the offer. She has accepted, and will be here on
Saturday to take the place offered her
This is in the highest degree credit
able to President Hayes, and it is an
appointment that the decent people
OF all parties will heartily applaud.
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@3se u Il r. M 81:
$l,6o PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
~ - 90 ~ tho end 81 Six M0ntA
address J. N. HRDR1CK co.

" Gsvsrnor Connor, of Maine, who Il
.abohk 10 enter upon his third term, is
Hotyet 50 years Of age.
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1Gamrsfuf student of these columns
might find something to-day which
would interest him on the silver quea-
(iOn. n ~ Fiji
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LONDON. Dec. 2S.-A correspondent,
at head quarters of the Russian, Rust.
chuck army, says Vsnow is over two
feet deep and all operations are sus.
pended. Two soldiers and MANY
beasts perished. Transport service
to the bridges crossing the Danube al
Sistora and Petroshani is interrupted.
There are no sledges here to replace
the wagons rendered useless by snow.
The quartermasters department has
declared that 1t cannot supply food
for the cavalry here. One regiment
of Cossacks is about to start for Rou-
mania to obtain provender. The best
authorities concur in the opinion that
the Russian bridges across the Danube
must all 60 in a few days when COM
munication will be completely cut off
until the riveris frozen enough to per-
init crossing on the ice. If winter is
OF ordinary vigor field operations will
be impossible. Osman Pasha arrived
at Bucharest ON Wednesday last.
His wound is progressive favorably.
II Is believed he will be interned at
Moscow. Prince Charles of Rouma-
mia returned to Bucharest Thursday.
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The Ofspring Of Loaoly Pdrentage
Heir to a Wealthy Estate in st.
Lauss,-Ten Thousand Dollars Paid
for a Baby not Ten Hours Old.
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Owen Murphy, Treasurer of the
New York Excise Board, has abscond.
ed, with all the spare funds in tha,
institution,s variously estimated al
from one TO two hundred thousand
dollars.
$ls1rtcarcely necessary to add that
4wsn, Nss first class Tammany
Hall Democrat and Refornler.
2ltement preyails u Rich.
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LONDON, Dec. 28.-A Paris CORES.
pondent telegraphs that it is reported
that Don Carlos was ordered to quit
France partly in consequence of ex.
Queen Isabella's overtures to him
Those overtures are regarded as an
expression of her displeasure at the
marriage of King Alphonso.
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grains OF pure silver was the unit OF
value in this country and the legal
money Of account and it was only
changed by the law of the 18th Of
February, 1873, when the gold dollar
of 25.S grains was made the unit of
value and the money of account and
the further coinage of the old silver
dollar was prohibited.
Therefore every bond issued prior
to that time was issued upon the basis
Of the money unit of the silver dollar.
While nominally we had, it is true, q
double standard-that is, gold and
silver were both a legal tender-yet
the silver dollar was the money of
account and the unit of value, and
those who purchased our bonds could
not have contemplated at any time
that silver was to be NO longer a part
of the money of this country.
1t is said that it was not part of
the money of this country when the
act of 1873 was passed, because during
the period from 1861 to 1873 1t did
not form part Of the metallic cur
rency of the country. Why did ii
not? By the act of 1892 we fixed the
relation of silver to gold rs Is to I.
We overvalued silver and underval-
ued goll. 1t is true that these
two metals circulated side by
side in this country for some
time afterward, believe until
about 1920; but tie chief cir.
culation was silver, not only silver
dollars Of our own coinage, but Mex.
ican dollars and Spanish dollars; 50
that silver constituted the principal
coin circulation Of the country up "a
about 1920. When the government
Of Great Britain established the single
gold standard, then the gold gradual.
ly left this country until 1882, when
according to the report of the Direc'
tor of the Mint made in that yeal
(Which have before me, but which
4 will not stop to ready there was esti
mated to be $50, ,O0O, ,OOO of silver coir
in this country and only about $500,
600 of gold coin. Yet the Senator
from Delaware tells us that there new
Ter has been an instance where oul
bonds were paid in silver. Can 1t b,
possible that the great debt which
was created by the necessities Of th'
war with Great Britain in 1872, ani
which was liquidated between tha
time and 1886, was not paid in silver
or upon the basis Of silver valuation
because in 1880, 1881, 1892 and 1888
J gold % compared with silver in thi
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A MONTENEGRIN VICTORY.
THE srRvIANs

cannonadsd Novibazar and Pirot,
but were repulsed. II is believed
they intend to turn Novibazar, and
The Jewish advance., 1878-09-20
APOTHEGMS.
(FROM THE TURKISH.)
An ancient Tree.

An ancient Tree.
Mock not the fruit-tree's wrinkled face,
Its knotty boughs, it's want of grace;
For underneath no barren tree
Gould you so many missiles see.
Bitter Words.
The knifes sharp cut can be endured
It's ugly cash by time is cured;
But.bitter words, when they o'ert1ow,
Inflict deep, unhealing blow.
The Right Road.
How easy it's for some to say,
''Your route is wrong, that's not the way!'
For, when the carriage breaks, all know
Which road the driver ought to go.
Death.
Death is the dark, grim guest,
Who Sights not rich nor poor
The cOal-black camels form which
Kneels at every door.
Ia, Appletons for Oct0ber)
The Jewish advance., 1878-09-20
For the JEWISH ADVANCE.
ALBERT COHN.
(Continued.9

Long before the year 1854 the subject
has been broached that some institutions
be established in Palestine to alleviate
the suffering of the inhabitants. Since
the wear 1927. Sir Moses Montefiore has
visited that country several times. He
has sent in 1912 a number Of looms to
Jerusalem to introduce linen manufac-
ture among the Israelites Of that city,
and a mechanic to teach them that
trade. At the same time he has estab-
lished school for young girls as an an
mex to the linen manufactory.. The pu-
pills of that school were to receive a
primary education and to learn a trade
in that school, The proposition was
they should make marketing articles
from the linen which will be produced
in the mandatory. The generous Ba-
.ronet has at the same time helped the
Israelites of Jafa, Hebron and liberia,
to undertake agricultural work. But
the general situation of the country did
not permit all this work to prosper.
Neither the linen fabrication with it's
school, nor the agricultural enterprises
succeeded. In the year 1854, Jerusalem
had no school, no hospital, no home for
the poor, no charitable or educational
institution of any kind, The honor was
preserved for Albert Cohn to establish
such institutions at Jerusalem in the
name of the Rothschild family ly-and he
had the pleasure to see them prosper.
VII.
Albert Cohn left Paris on June 18th,
to 90 on his mission to Jerusalem. The
Consistorial Committee on relief, OF
which he was the President, presented
him with gold medal on the occasion
of his departure. Accompanying the
present was letter of commendation
in which the beautiful sentiment was
expressed that "he, like Abraham OF old
The Jewish advance., 1878-09-20

has triumphed over the feelings of love
and affection for his family, in order to
go to Holy Mountain to obey the will
''of the Most High"
He went to Vienna first to obtain
some necessary letters of recommended
ton. Austria was at that time (and is
perhaps stilD, the only European power
which took great interest in the Israel
ties of the Orient. She has great many
Jewish subjects and proteges in the
Eastern countries, and her ambassadors
have always shown great sympathy for
them. The reader will perhaps remem-
Der, that in the Damascus affair, in
which the French ambassador has sided
against the Jews, the Austrian ambassa-
dor has taken their part and was their
only support.
Albert Cohn was well received at
Vienna. He has obtained an interview
with the young Emperor, and the Earl
of Buol- -Schauensteinl and the Baron
Won Bach, the two prime ministers Of
that epoch, gave him letters of recon-
mendation to the Austrian ambassador
-0f-~G Gnnstantino pic. to the consul Of
Jerusalem and to the consular corps Of
various seaport towns Of the Levant
He has embarqued at Triest ON June
%, visited the Jewish community Of
Corfu on his way, and arrived at Alex
andria on July 20. Here he made the
acquaintance of Mr.. Michael Erlanger,
who accompanied him to Jerusalem.
Albert Cohn remained five days in
Alexandria. There was great split
among the Jews of that city, the natives
and those who had arrived from other
countries being unfriendly disposed to-
ward one another Albert Cohn called
mass meeting of all the Jews Of
Alexandria, and in very eloquent
speech he reproached both parties for
their wrongs toward each other and ex-
horted them to unite in peace and har-
mony. He announced to them that he will
consecrate their union with the estab-
lishment of two schools in their city,
one for boys and the other for girls,
which will be the first step made toward
securing better future for their chill
dren Addressing himself to a mixed
audience he had to speak in Arabian
Hebrew and Italian, alternately The
next day committee was formed which
made out constitution for the schools
to be established, and Albert Cohn
wrote forthwith to Triest for manager
to be sent directly.
On July 7th, Albert Cohn, with his
companion, Mr.. Erlanger, arrived at
Jaffa. The whole Jewish community of
that city, together with committees sent
out for the purpose from Jerusalem
waited for them on the shore. Our two
travellers thanked God for the privilege
of treading for the first time the ground
of the Holy Land, and, to use his own
expression, 1T was with such tears in
their eyes as Joseph might have had
The Jewish advance., 1878-09-20

With this new escort he visited Ra-
nah, Sichem, Naplouse, the mounts of
Gerisim and Ebal, the Samaritan COM
munity which comprised at that time
134 souls, and it's two great priests, Se-
lama and Amram. He ascended the
mount of Gerisim on Friday, July 21, to
see the ruins of the Samaritan temple.
On July 25th money was distributed to
the poor without distinction of creed,
and on the 26th the hospital was inau-
gurated. At the ceremony of inaugu-
ration the councils of Austria, England,
Prussia and France were present in full
state. Albert Cohn invoked the bless
ings of God on the new institution and
committed it to the protection of the
councils. Prayers were offered at the
Inauguration in behalf of the Sultan
AbduEMedjid and in behalf of the vari-
GUS governments represented by the re-
spective councils. The medical service
of the new hospital was confded to- Dr..
Bernhard Neuman, and eighteen pa
tents were received on the day of the
Inauguration. The expenses of the first
establishment of that institution were
betrayed by Baron James de Rothschild
and the name re his s7saathor Mayer
Rothschild" wasycalled upon it, One
department received the name of James
Rothschild, another one that of Sir
Moses Montefore, etc. Every depart
ment received different name. Over
one of the beds the motto of the Con-
sistorial Committee of Relief was in
scribed: 81 ~ 7'-wo '7wS ,o,7S2"
Conajte Comsistorial." The hospital is
situated on the south side of the city,
and from the terrace thereof the ruins
of the western wall Of the temple can
be seen. Beside the attendance to the
sick inside, medical advice is given to
outdoor patients and medicines are given
to all applicants without distinction of
creed Two years later Albert Cohn
established a library at the hospital for
the use for the patients.
Since the year 1854 the following in
stitutions have been introduced by AL
bert Cohn at Jerusalem
l. Hurre Betty de Rothschild, which
was called into existence by Nine
James de Rothchild for lying-in women,
in which every patient receives the me-
dical attention of midwife, linens for
herself and child and certain sum of
money at leaving the place
2. A fund of loans with a capital of
100000 plaster. Every working man
can obtain a loan of 10000 plaster
from this fund to pay two per cent
weekly without any interest whatever
On account of inexperienced manage
ment this institution lasted only for
about two years.
3. A school for young girls under the
protection of Nine. Nathaniel de Roth
schild. The scholars receive in that
school religious and secular instruction
and in ladies' handiwork.
The Jewish advance., 1878-09-20
CHICAGO EPTEMBE r 2O 1878.

when he recognized his brothers, that
they went to the synagogue to perform
their Mi,,ho devotion.
In the evening of July 9Th Saturday
night), they left for Jerusalem. The
moon was bright. Behind them was the
calm sea rejecting the inconceivable
mystery of Divine Providence in silvery
ruffies, before them were the dark out
lines of the mountains of Judea. They
stopped at Ramleh, at Aba-Guch (the
ancient Kiayath Yearin,), and at Culu-
nyeh or Clunia, village situated about
nine miles from Jerusalem, where
they were met by Jewish deputation.
They continued their road-says Mr..
'Erlanger-followed by a large con-
course of people which always increas-
ed as they came nearer to Jerusalem,
At the outskirts of the city itself they
were met, as it appeared, by the whole
population
When they came in sight of the city
Albert Cohn dismounted. He did not
want to enter on horseback the holy city
which had been once so hourishing and
was now wrapt in mourning. Before tax
ing any rest he repaired to the eastern
wall 'of the ancient temple to prostrate
himself at the place where so many
generations have offered their fervent
prayers.
The whole week was spent in visiting
and interviewing, and especially in in
quiries about the state of the leading
personages and affairs of the city.
Albert Cohn bought the house in which
he was lodged for the purpose of con-
verting it into a hospital. 1t was his
desire to inaugurate the hospital him
self. The work was therefore carried on
day and night to fit up the house for it's
new destination, and Mr.. Erlanger has
managed it with the same remarkable
intelligence and precision which he has
evinced since then in the constructions
of the Jewish community at Paris.
In the meantime Albert Cohn made
an excursion southwark Of Jerusalem.
On July Goth he went to Hebron. On
his road he stopped at the tomb of
Rachel, where he found the names of
Moses Montefore and Baron Gustav de
Rothschild inscribed, who had been
there before him. At Hebron he visit
ed the cave of Macpelah, and in the
neighborhood of that city he went to see
several other places which are memor-
able in connection with the history of
David. On his return to Jerusalem he
visited the village of Bethlehem. These
excursions were made not without
danger The Turkish troops were at
that time on the tle-feld, and the
roads were not safe. Albert Cohn had
to engage the services of rowing troup,
which had constituted itself as sort of
police, to accompany him from Hebron
to Jerusalem That troup Of savages
has extorted from him twice consider
able sums of money, Subsequently he
fitted out a guard of his own to accom-
pany him on his expeditions.
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The Daily Argas,
RocK ISLAND. rILruorg
silver Dollar and the I.aborer.

Silver Dollar and the Laborer.
One of the false pretences of the gold
advocates is that the silver dollar would
do injustice to the laboring classes-that it
would take per cent. off their wages by
paying them in coin worth only go cents
in gold. The Edmunds resolution asserts
that while it would be unjust to compel
private creditors TO receive from their
debtors silver dollars at par in payment of
pre-existing debts, it would be equally
unjust and even uiore cruel to compel
the great gnumber of citizens of the
United States, who subsist on the wages
of daily labor, to receive payment for
their work in money either deprecated or
debased"
There is one conclusive answer to this
empty argument. Laborers are now COM
PEELED to receive payment for their work
in a deprecated money-greenbacks
This money is worth to-day'2 per cent less
than gold; year ago it was worth 5 per
cent, less; three years ago.it was worth 10
per cent. less; ten years ago it was worth
40 per cent. less, and thirteen years ago it
was worth 60 per cent less. Of course
the cheaper the greenbacks were, the
higher the laborer's wages were. the wage
rate going up in the same proportion that
the greenbacks went down-so that one
time the wages for day laborers. we're as
high as $3.50. It will be the same after
the silver bill shall have been passed. IF
silver remains cheaper than gold the
laborers wages paid in silver will be more
than if paid 10 gold, and so he will lose
nothing by the operation. The pretence
that the laborer will receive s per cent.
less than he is entitled to is an absurdity.
His wages are not paid in gold now, and
have not been for sixteen years. But if
silver dollars shall not be coined, the
laborer's debts will be payable 10 gold
not only the debts which he owes as an in
dividual, ..but his part of the the national
debt, his state debt, his county debt, his
city or town debt. and the aggregate rail-
| road debt of the country. 1t is the class
of persons holding these enormous debts
who are attempting to defeat the silver
bill, their object being to compel the pay
ment of pre-existing liabilities in gold, al.
| though they were contracted 10 paper.
This is an injustice which the :Edmunds
resolution leaves entirely out of sight. The
gold advocates are entirely. Indifferent to
the just claims Of the laboring classes, Il
is labor and labor alone that must pay the
whole mass of public and corporate in
debtedness in the country. and he cannot
be a friend to these classes who demands
payment in metal that would add pei
cent. to the amount.-St. L. Republican,
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German Syrup will cure them. The re-
suit has been that druggists in every town
aud village 10 the United States are re-
commencing them to their customers. Go
to your druggist, and ask what they know
about it. Sample bottles 10 cents.
Regular size IS cents. Three doses will
relieve any case
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