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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-04
The Treasury Policy.

The report of the Secretary of the
Treasury will contain several tabulated
statements showingas nearly as possible
the exact amounts of the various kinds
of money in actual circulation among
the people, at several different periods
from 1870 to the present time. From
these tables it is shown that during the
twenty years from October l., 1870 to Oc-
tober 1, 1890, the total increase of circu-
lation was over $7270OO,Ooo making an
average increase per month of So, 032, 1886,
and an increase per capita of 81 80, the
total circulation per capita in 1870 being
1897 and in 1880, 1886.
During the last ten years the average
monthly increase was So, $3.50, $685. and the
increase per capita, $3.50.
For the period of nineteen months
from March 4. 1889, to October /, 1890,
the aggregate increase of circulation
among the people was 1893 ,S66,S1 maxi
ing an average monthly increase OF 81
$40, 1853, and an increase per capita of
about 81. so, while for the corresponding
period from March a. 1885, to October 1,
1886, the aggregate decrease in circula>
ton was $21, 1858, 493, and the average
monthly decrease was 81. $50, 500, making
total difference in favor of the last
nineteen months of over $6,000,000 per
month.
For the period of three months from
July 1, to October 1, 1890, the aggregate
increase in actual use among the people
was $6S. 354, 339, making the average
monthly increase of $22, IT'S. 1t is
stated that this large increase since
March 4. 1889, is mainly due to the press
emit policy of keeping the surplus as low
as possible by the purchase and redemp-
ton of bonds. thereby saving interest
and restoring the money to circulation,
while the large decrease in circulation
for the corresponding period from March
4, 1885, to October 1, 1886, was due to the
opposite policy.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-04
A Severe Winter Predicted.

ulSpaCCQ from new maven, COuueC>
ticut. dated Nov. esth, says.
Horace johnson, of Middle Haddam,
nthe Connecticut river, who prophesied
the great blizzard, and made more than
local fame for himself as a far-seeing
weather prophet, is out with his prog>
nostications for the winter now at hand.
Mr.. johnson says we shall have a bitter
and prOtracted winter.
He is convinced of this by reason of
his having made close study of the hay
and grass crops, the shells of crabs, and
other things, and he finds that all fore-
tell much severer winter than we have
had for some time. The crab shells, he
says, are remarkably thick, showing that
these creatures have been fortified by
Dame Nature for a long siege with the
cold in the muddy bottoms of our rivers
this winter He has found several squir>
rels with triple extra fur. He also sees
that coons and rabbits are much faJter
than usual. All this indicates that the
animal world is ready for the cold. Mr..
johnson has been able to observe all the
signs of a severe winter, except getting
satisfactory goose-bone forecast, and
he is willing to stake his reputation on
what he has seen
Wilbur Stillman, of Voluntown, who
is a Windham county weather prophet,
on the other hand, has read the goose
bone satisfactorily, and says that it also
shows that we shall have cold winter
The goose bone is accepted by many
Windham county people as the best au>
Ihority on the weather. Mr.. Stillman's
bone was taken from a goose that had
strain of wild blood The goose was
Matched in May. Consequently, the bone
is considered to possess all the requires
ments to make it valuable for the weath>
er test.
There is row of dark spots about the
sharp keel of the bone. These indicate
the probable temperature. The darker
the spots the colder the winter is sure to
be. The spots this year are very dark.
Mr.. Stillman says he has read the bone
closely, and finds that cold Snaps will
be frequent, and there will be but few
days when running water will not freeze.
The coolest weather will occur during
the latter part of January. There will
be green Christmas to fatten the
churchyards. Mr.. Stillman says the
coolest day of winter will be about Jan~
uary 90 February will be month of
heavy thaws, ending with extreme cold.
There will be late heavy freshets in
March. The spring will be backward
one.
Mr.. Stillman has conclusive proof to
himself that his representations are corr
rect in the fact that some of the forest
trees, which he studies closely. have re-
narkably heavy bark this year, and the
shells of clans and mussels seem to him
to be unusually thick.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-04

Sufferers from sealds, burns, &C., Sal
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% cents.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. c.
I take great pleasure in certifying to
the efficacy Of Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup,
in use in my family as specific for colds
of children or adults, and I have found
it to be cure almost immediate and al
ways permanent.
IS THOs. B. PRICE.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
SAME OLD STREAM.
Those Who Ought to Know Have no
News of Change in the Gulf
Current.
From the Washington Post.l


"We have no information which would
lead us to believe that the Gulf Stream ha 8
changed its course" said Capt. Pickington
of the photographic Office to Post reporter
yesterday in speaking of the recent remark
able weather. 81 think you will find that
such winter as we are now enjoying is by
no means an uncommon one. | remember
the winter of 1877, think it was, was just
such a winter. was in Newport on New
Years Day and the air was as balmy as
spring day. The windows of the houses
were open, and men and ladies walked the
streets without overcoats and wraps. The
weather was just the same, if not little
warmer, than it is now. The same weather
prevailed throughout New England, and up
10 that time, there had not been any snow
and hardly any cold weather.
PERSONALLY don't believe the Gulf Stream
has changed its course to any appreciable
extent. We have no information which
would indicate that such was the case"
Lieutenant Woodson of the Meteorological
Bureau said that he had not received any in
formation regarding the change of the course
OF the Gulf Stream. while the warmer
water has undoubtedly been nearer the
coast, and which accounts for the prevailing
weather, the information we receive is from
various sources, and it would be impossible
to generalize in the matter. The winds we
are having, you will notice, come from the
southwest" he added, pointing to Signal
Office chart, land they bring an increased
westerly winds are not colder. Coming over
the mountains, where there has probably
been warm spell, and the winds coming
down the mountains increase in warmth
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

Der I4th. Then follows description of the
missing man, winding up by stating that 'he
is 90 years old and small of his age.'
Congressman Boutelle and family had ar
ranged to leave Bangor for Washington the
last OF the week, and Mrs. Boutelle was
therefore unable to accept the Presi-
GENT invitation to attend in the Blue Room
AZ the Executive Mansion during the New
Year reception.
Mr. and Mrs. Vey Holman and Master
Harry Ross Of Bangor were among the
limited number who were hon0red by invita-
tions to the great consiStory at the Vatican
in Rome the other day. The Pope conferred
the cardinals hat upon the Archbishop OF
Paris, Lyons and Prague. A brilliant con-
course of tire representatives of all the
European courts, was present.
Senator Eyarts, who visited sEur0pe dur
ing the summer in order to have his eyes
treated by foreign specialist is feeling
greatly improved. His general Lealth is
excellent. The lines of his intellectual
countenance have not in recent years looked
fTesher and his piercing black eyes seem to
possess all the fire of the mental activity of
former days. His doctors, however, tell him
that he must give up reading and writing.
A unique piece of handwork has just been
completed by Mrs. Sophia Laramore of
Waterbury, CT. 1t is mortuary wreath in
memory of her husband, who was dead
nearly five years before the curious symbol
was begun. She made it OF relics of her late
husband, and .of articles which were the
property of the wives who preceded her.
The frame is of putty, into which while soft
the widow placed among others, the follow
ing articles: The spectacles of her late
lamented and small phial containing the
pills which were left over from his last i'll
ness, there are many small stones which he
had treasured during life, his jacknife, a
piece Of candy, which she says he had left
uneaten buttons of all kinds from his old
clothing, and small bottle containing
cheese made by his first wife.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
FINANCIAL.
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
-s THE
AtChISOn Topeka & Santa FG
Railroad Company.

In April last, we asked you to to intrust to
us your proxies, to be used at the annual
meeting of the company in May. This re-
suited in a change of management, the intro
ductiOn Of reforms and economies, and Il
nancial reorganization OF the company that
has met general approval.
During the progress of this reorganization.
1t has been frequently suggested In the pubic
press and by numerous and large holders OIL
the company's securities that IL would give
greater stability to the reOrganized company
if a management committed to the success
full working out of the plan of reOrganiza-
ton, and absolutely in the interest of the
property, could be secured for several years.
Consulting our own inclination and con-
venlenee, we would prefer to leave the man
agement OF this good property to others; but
we recognize the force of the suggestion and
the necessity of some such arrangement, and,
as many shareholders believe that great adj
vantageS are likely to result to the holders of
all classes Of the company's securities from
such cooperation, we have consented to act
in the matter.
Holders of Stock of the Atchison, Topeka
y Santa Fe Railroad Company may deliver
their certificates, assigned upon the back
in favor Of George @. MagOun, Thomas Bar
ing, Oliver w. Peabody and John j. McCoOk
to the BOSTON SAFE DEPOSIT AND
TRUST COMPANY, 81 Milk Street, Boston,
subject to an agreement that the title to such
Stock and the voting power thereon shall be
vested in our n0mineses or their successors,
also to be named by us, for ten years, or un.
til July l, 1900.
The Trust Company will issue Stock Trust
Certificates, emitting the holder to all the
bene fetal interests and advantages belong
ing to or growing out of the deposited shares
and to the return of like number of shares
when the term of the trust has expired, I'm
less the same shall be further extended by
the respective parties in interest.
Applications will be made to have Il {
Trust Certificates above referred to listed
upon the New York, Boston and LondOr
Stock Exchanges.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
THE no M E.
THE UsELESSNEsS OF so. CALLED MAGNETIC
HEALTH-APPLIANCES.

THE UsELESSNEsS OF so. CALLED MAGNETIC
HEALTH-APPLIANCEs.
The most careful experiments have shown
that the human body is as completely insen.
sitiye to magnetism and as wholly unaffected
by it as piece of rubber or of wood. A
person may stand between the poles of the
strongest magnet, one which might hold up
ton of iron, without the slightest perceptible
effect upon any of the bodily functions being
produced. Hence all so-called magnetic
appliances, brushes or combs, disks, belts
and magnets have absolutely no curative
power whatever. A few of these may, by
friction, produce static electricity. Some are
so constructed of two kinds of metal that on
contact with the skin, whose Precipitation is
acid, very weak voltaic current is produced,
scarcely sufficient, after several hours, to
redden the surface. The majority of the ef-
fects produced by such contrivances is due,
like those of the attic current, TO expectant
attention rather than to any action of the
agents, which careful investigations have
shown to be inert November Scrbner.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

The Gardiner Home Journal has been
from the first a candid and disinterested
critic of the Australian system of voting
1t admits that the present system is far
from good enough, and advocates a change.
though it does not approve OF the whole of
the Massachusetts arrangement. The posi-
ton of the Home Journal is entitled to re-
spectful consideration, as it is without
doubt the position of many citizens who
have obtained the erroneous idea that there
is something terribly complicated about the
Massachusetts method. The Home Journal
says:
We have received letters from several Massachu-
sets II ends wondering why we are opposed to
the Australian ballot. and wishing that we could
be with them and see how nice it is to vote with
out any loafers TO bother them with advice, or
superuteDd their voting We have not denied
that II possessed that advantage, but have ac-
knOwledged 1t right along. And we do not Geny
that we need some improvement here in Maine.
IL isn't pleasant to go to the ballot box and have
worker standing by It with note book in his
if il does no harm. We do not imagine it
would make much, If any, difference in bribery
any any way, but by keeping the crowd proper
ballot would be obtained; the govern
ment could furnish the ballots just the same
and thus take the occupation of the workers
away as the Australian system does; and by fur
nishing separate ballot for each party prevent
the DISTINGUISHING OF large number of voters
whose votes are thrown out on account of mis-
takes in marking, and also prevent the sighting
of the minor candidates on a ticket, which is liza.
bic TO be the case where they are all on one bal
lot; and the cities would be saved the expense of
erecting the paraphernalia of the Australian sys-
TEN each TIM. We do not deny the blessing of
voting as one wishes TO without super vision; we
merely claim that there is more simple and in-
expensive way of accomplishing the same end.
If the Home Journal will reflect it will see
that the reform that it proposes includes all
the machinery of the Australian system, and
all the paraphernalia except the partitioned
shelf, which is very simple and would not
cost five dollars for the largest polling place.
But the Home Journals plan offers none of
the safeguards against bribery and intimida-
ton that are afforded by the simple plan of
requiring the voter to mark his ballot while
screened from the observation of the political
strikers without the rail- 1t is true that in
Massachusetts few cases occur where there
are obvious mistakes in marking the ballots
but this is without doubt no more likely to
occur than the casting of a split ticket by a
hurried and careless voter under the present
system. As for the neglect to vote for minor
candidates, it must be admitted that man
who has not interest enough in the minor
candidates to put the marks against their
names ought not to vote for them; as voter
who has not interest enough in his party or
the candidate to made a very slight exertion
to vote for them is too languid a citizen to be
of much use to republican form of govern.
meut
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

The decision of the Supreme Court of New
York affirming the constitutiouality of the
law for putting men to death by electricity
will not be accepted as final by the counsel
for kemmler, but the case will 90 to the
Court of Appeals for the final settlement.
There is little chance, however, that that
court will reverse the decision.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

The Montana muddle will probably be
brought to head by the election of Mr..
Saunders to the Senatorship, for of course
the Democrats will Immediately elect Sen
ator in their legislature and the rival Sena.
tors will journey to Washington where their
respective claims will he heard and decided
by the United States Senate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

The spirited and somewhat acrimonious
contest over the speakership Of the Massa-
chusetts House of Representatives, was
ended in two ballots by the nomination of
Mr.. w. L. Barrett, who was Speaker last
winter. As a rule Speakers who have served
but one term are renOminated without oppo-
Gition. This fight was out of the ordn-
airy course and of course implied very strong
hostility to Mr. Barrett, though on precisely
what grounds is not clear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

The bitterness between the Hill Democrats
and the Cleveland Democrats has been still
further increased by the nomination of one
Eustace to be civil service commissioner in
place of Mr.. Manning. who recently re-
signed. There is said to be movement on
foot. which if not started by the Cleveland
men is looked upon by them with approval, to
impeach Hill in the next legislature. There
is no longer any attempt on the part of the
most conservative Of Cleveland's friends to
conceal their hatred of the Governor, and
war to the knife is fairly declared.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

There is considerable sense in what Sena-
tor Moody Of North Dakota says about the
education OF the Indian at places far distant
from his tribe, as the schools at Carlisle and
Hampton. The trouble with it is, he says,
that when the boy or girl thus educated re-
turns to his tribe his difference in dress and
manners makes such powerful impression
on them that he becomes an object of ridi-
Guile, and in self defense almost is compelled
to return to the habits and manners of those
around him. If his education took place
where they could see it go on from day to
day they would be more likely to admire
than to ridicule it, Besides they themselves
might imblbe some of it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

The International Maritime Conference has
just finished its labors after three months
session. Its work has been confined largely
to the suggestion Of rules and regulations
that will ensure greater safety at sea.
Lights, fog signals, life saving service, and
the destruction of derelict vessels drifting at
sea, have been among the most important
subjects discussed. No very radical changes
have been recommended, but many improve
ments which will tend to greater safety have
been urged. There has been very little
friction among the members of the confer
ence, and the iealousies which are apt to
arise in meetings of representatives of diff
ferent nations, many Of them rivals, have
been almost entirely absent. OF course the
conference was mere advisory body, but
its recommendations will undoubtedly have
great weight.