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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-07
A Joint Debate
OVER THE
UNLIMITED FREE COINAGE

OF SILVER
is now taking place In The Weekly Tribune. betweeA
WILLIAM NJ. STEWART, United States Senator from
Nevada backed by silver authorities. In favor a
Free Coinage, and Hon. Roswell q. Horr. backed by Re.
publican authorities against IT, This is strong and
intensely interesting debate . ..
The Weekly Tribune, 81 year. Single copic%
wrapped for mailing. ccpts.
THE rRIPIryF New.Yorx
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
BARsED WIRE FENCES.
How the Unpleasant Things Happeaed to
BE Put on the Market.

How the Unpleasant Things Happened to
BE Put on the Market.
Mr.. Ellwood, the inventor Of the no.
torious barbed wire, is now a wealthy
man, but it is not every one who views
his invention with feelings of pleasure.
Farmers, Of course, consider it most eX-
celIent in every way, but fox hunters
execrate it heartily, and the general
public think 1t should be respectfully
left aloae The history of this inven-
tion reads like q romance. 1t appears
that some years ago the inventor pos
sessed a small backsmith's shop at the
village OF DeKalb, in Illinois.
One day two commercial travellers
pulled up at his place 10 get their horses
khod. Just at that moment Eliwood
was busy fixing sharp bits of tin and
nails on a stretch of wire, in order to
prevent his neighbor's pigs from tres
passing in mis- garden Watching him
ct work, il suddenly struck the travel
ers that this style of fence was an un-
commonly clever thing, and. after Ell
wood had shod the horses they asked
bin 70 let them have some short lengths
OF the wire as 8 sample
Some weeks later they called on him
again, and this time requested him TO
let them have a FIVE years contract for
the sole right of selling the wire in sew
eral Of the American states. Ellwood
agreed. and no sooner had be signed the
necessary papers than they presented
him with an order for several tons of
the barbed wire, which they had Sc
cured in their rounds They informed
him that universal interest had been
excited over this peculiar style of fenc-
ing. and it had been much inquired for.
Ellwood was naturally much astouished
a this turn in the tide of affairs, and
determined to forsalIe his humble black
smith shop.
He accordingly asked his bankers to
examine the nature OF the orders he had
received, and if they were satisfactory,
to END him l.COO. The bankers made
the inquiry and subsequently, lent the
money, with which he proceeded to
Chicago and commenced making the
bar6ed wire by machinery Mr.. Eli
wood Is now worth more than =, 5,010,-
0oo-London Telegraph.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
follouinr stateu1ent. winch shows thas

following statement, which shows THAI
usury is not yet lost art: "In August,
1856, l borrowed 60 (only) Of a Mr..
Louis Of Fiusbury-pavement, who ad-
vertised to lend money on note Of
hand For this said so signed a bill
at e month for 60 Not meeting It at
the enc at the month, l paid him 81 for
renewal Of the bill. This payment Of e
l repeated every month until January,
electromagnetic months with two
exceptions)-when he increased the bill
TO es, but reduced the monthly interest
to 158, which paid regularly until De-
cember, 1890. l then offered and begged
him TO accept payment OF the Gs by
equal monthly installments. He re-
fused to 90 SO, and was advised to de-
cline further payments Subsequently
he pressed me for payment, Offering to
accept a new bill for the amount above
and interest, which / wos unable to
meet Hence his attachment of my
salary" From the above statement it
would appear that the teacher in ques-
ton received &3 only, paid e44, and is
still in debt for an amount, including
interest and costs, of e1S les I'd
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
DEVASTATED BY EXCESSES.
The Takous of Alaska Ruined BY the
White iIeu's Vices.

The 1akOus of ALASKA Ruined BY the
White Meu's Vices.
On the Nakinah river of Alaska, where
n B. Gauvreau, the Canadian govern.
ment explorer, and his party camped
for a night during their recent travels
in that country. there is an Indian ranch
eria-only few log nuts and half a
score of tents, sheltering a medley pop
ulation of TaRous. Sticleens, and Tahl-
tails, who know no religion, recognize
no laws of morality, have no desires
beyond and above an all-consuming 2
longing for liquor and the most debas-
ing pleasures.
Once these Takous were tribe OF
giants. and they still have the magnif-
cent frame which their ancestors be-
queathed them. But the white mems
vices have wrought ruin The natives
can live without labor on the salmon
which the women catch, but in the sum.
mer all hands work IN the canneries
The money so earned. with that brought
in by the sale of the winter furs, all
goes for liquor. If the frewater of the
paleface is not obtainable, the native
article can always be manufactured
"Oochinoo" is the name given it and
the process of manufacture is simple.
A quantity Of cheap molasses is mixed
up with twice as much water. To this
is added little baking powder, or more
generally sour dough, and when the
whole mass has been thoroughly fer
mented rice OF beans or anything of the
kind is boiled with il the receptacle
is generally a coal-oil can, placed over
the fire. From the TOP Of the tin an
improvised tube passes through a bar
rel of water and deposits its contents
"oochinoo"-in basin placed for II Cd
the ground
Away up the Takou the Indians take
the molasSes, etc, from Juneau till,
across the TaIhsaykwav, they fud
themselves secure on British soil from
official interference Then the whisky
IS made and passed rapidly around till
all are drunk Dancing, in which the
participants are almost naked, follows
about the FIRE until ''ooohiuOo" destroys
al human instincts
Such a festival was in progress az
the rancheria on the Nakiuah when
the explorers were there. and when the
savages had made themselves mad
with drink il was thought well % keep
a very watcbful eve upon them Two
or three times they ate 1ucsi - cross
the rapids between, on mischief bent
but they were not suffeie1tly intOxi-
Gated 70 slight the warning that a
nearer approach would oe fatal
These Ia,zous, iuterusCr,ed vita the
sticEeens. hare dwiadled from q power
ful nation 20 bat one hundred and fifty
or one hundred and seventy-fve faml-
lies-crippled, diseased and deformed
by their excessez They have 10 mis-
siora-ies among them and when me
messengers Of the church came they
were driven bac5z-ChieAEo T-ibune-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
EfE
tNGllItt s33,lp
HUNTING WITH BooMERANes.
Remarkable skill of Native Australian
Hunters.

Hunters
The black man watched the kanCa-
roos intently for a moment, and he
seemed to be taking a kind Of measure
ment of their distance from the foot of
the palm Then he drew back, and
second black man took his turn at look
ing, with the bush branches for n screen,
and be also drew back. He put down
the twigs, and the two seemed to be
studying. Two men who could neither
count nor measure as civilized men
count and measure were IN reality
counting and measuring as accurately
as if they had been pair of surveyors
with perfect Instruments They had
dropped their spears and sticks before
peeping out at the langaroos, and now
each Of them stopped and picked up a
Queer crooked club All the other
black men lay fat in the grass, while
these two went on with their puzzling
operations Neither Of them could see
any part of a kangaroo through the
trunk of the tree Each stood and bal
anced himself, leaning forward, with
his bit of curved wood held in his right
hand by one end These crooked sticks
were not much over two feet long, per-
haps not more than two or three inches
wide at the center, the widest part, and
were made to taper at each end, They
were curved on one face and fat on the
other and sharp at the edges You
would have said great pains had been
taken TO shape those sticks so that it
would be impossible for anybody to
throw them straight or make them hit
any object they were thrown at.
Each black man held his dark, heavy
looking wooden weapon with the fat
side down, until he had finished his
balancing and calculating, and then he
suddenly drew back and hurled it from
him with a peculiar, jerking twist of
his wrist. Almost at the same moment
each of them stopped and picked up an
other and threw it and then third.
As the third cast was made each uttered
z loud screeching yell, the two harsh
cries bursting forth at almOs the same
second, followed by yells from all the
rest of the party as they sprang from
the grass, seized their spears and sticks
and bounded forward
-Nttl anu II w. II AldaNA uDICNa NNClf lilONt-
nent of the green mask by the palm,
and the kangaroos also must have be-
gun to suspect danger, for ali of them
had ceased feeding, sat upright and
prlc}Oed their ears and turned their
pretty heads inquiringly. The largest
of them was in the very act of rising
for forward bound when something
struck him upon the neck, just above
the shoulder
There had been faint whizzing and
whirring in the air. 1t began behind
the cabbage-palm and went out side
ways and upward, through the air,
while something dimly visible flashed
away in wide, sweeping curve. Up,
up. up went the whiz and whirl,
and then down, down, after a strange,
mysterious fashion. closely accompanied
bv another just like it. Then there
*here was a thud, thud-and the great
kangaroo did not make his leap He
rolled over and over in the grass, for
one Of those wonderful missiles had ac-
tually broken his neck. And another
kangaroo h ad fallen also.-W. O. Stod-
dard, in St. Nicholas
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
Vas. Coal snppIv In lana,

For agriculturalists the Japanese
island of Yezo, though nearly the size
OF Ireland. does not appear to offer
much attraction, but It's coal mines
seem likely to prove OF more and more
Importance Fifteen years ago 1t was
estimated by the American engineers
who made the first surveys for the gov
ernment that the workable coal beds
of Yezo contained 15e, 003, ,0o0. 600 tens,
or about two-thirds as much as the coal
beds OF Great Britain This startling
estimate has just been more than con-
frmed by official government surveys
OF the Iezo coal nine-tenths is found in
one district that OF the valley of the
Ishikari river, near the west coast
The first coal mined IN the island, at
Iwanai, in the province OF Shiri beshi,
belongs to the smallest o. the six coal
fields, containing barely 1000, 900 tons
As regards quality, although It is un-
even and none Of It stands ia the front
rank even Of japanese coal, it IS still
declared By our consul 20 De all mar
ketable London News
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

session 20 elect new president for the
term of seven years Even If Carnot
does not resign, he will scarcely be a
candidate for reelection.
He IS brilliant orator. and is famed
m France, as Is Lord Duferin in Eng
land, for the great bringing together Of
diverse and hostile elements. His
speech in SO, at the occasion Of the
Paris exposition, was the crowni2g ef-
fort OF his policy of reconciliation and
reorganization, and his tolr trough
the provinces last year strengthened
the republic 20 a marked degree.
He has so improved domestic politics
in France Tn tcountry has become
q more DANCE Gus and fu-mida Die one
70 attack. particularly with the power
ful statesmen that he has put at the
helm
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

ward through the bay, then -ess~ar5
% the American side, and finally south
- the open sea. II was the purpose of
the relief eZpsdit5on 70 reach the south
ern boundary az the Melville hey pOols
on or about the soth ~ the month /,
and there watch the r7o7eme1ts Of the
ice until the opportunity for action ar
rived An earlier trsFsrSs might Poazi-
BY have been made tlsrozgb perzistens
'brttiBz' q tha ice. tut the dangers
incident 20 ,his form % navigation were
sach - 70 render slosEEsEs . prlsdsn ;
measure Of safs.y.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
and Convenient of wraps and is espe-

and convenient of wraps and is espe-
cially fitted to be worn over the sleeves
which adorn our gowns of to-day A
stylish costume to be worn to an infor-
NAL five o'clock tea is Of Russian blue
bengaline with a cape of faced cloth to
match The gown is made princesse
fashion with girdle of black velvet
Around the bottom of the skirt is a
wide band of silver fox fur. The bal
loon-Iike sleeves are OF Russian blue
velvet The cape is three-quarters
length and lined with a dull red silk
Over the faced cloth cape is worn 4
deep plated collar of velvet bordered
with the silver fox. To match this cos
tune is large hat of Russian blue felt
laden with black feathers Dull red
gloves vandyked with black are also
worn.-N Y. World
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
Modern Art.

Claribel-So you are engaged, I hear,
Mabel? Who is the man?
Mabel-Ohl he's charming fellow;
an artist
Claribel-What, one of those poor
men who draw?
Mabel-Ee draws but he isn't 50
avvfully poor.
Claribel-Re must be, Mabel. They
all are. What kind of drawing does he
do?
Mabel-The very incest kind, Clari-
bel. he draws checks and the bank
pays him cash for them right on the
spot.
Claribel-Er-er-um Let me COM
plinent you, Mabel, on your artistic
taSte.-Boston Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
ae.tirr NXilhnn. a Ihtrn,er

There are a number Of contrivauces
for heating room without a chimney.
Tho best known OF these are the kero-
Eene OF aad the gas stoves. Where a
gas stove can be used IL is probably as
satisfactory aS anything. There are
various makes in kerosene stoves, all Of
which have their advocates. There are
several Si-es Of stoves taat burn patent
fuel and have proved very satisfactory.
Al these stoves require that the room
should be ventilated occasionally. but
- more than j. consistent with the laws
@ health Il Is impossible 10 recon-
mend any special brand from She many
& the market. even were II cons lS-aat
with orr rules - do so y. /. Tribune
why is it that the French are get
ting rid of their present rulers2' Be
cause the rulers are not straight"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
pig.r,.t Tr-.tr,.sI

paGeat--As We have known sarh other
50 IozT. doctor, ! do not intend 70 tnsult
you b. paying your bill But have
left vou handsome lcgacy II my viii
Physicizn--Fsry kind Of you, ! arn
sure Allow ne % look 81 that pre-
srr.ptlon zyair, there Is a. ght altsra-
tion should Eke 70 make ia it--&- Z.
Herald
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
PRESIDENT CARMOT.

A Brilliant Orator and the Ablest Of
French Stateanen.
NJ. Saai-Carnot> president Of France,
Is the son of the famous Cannot OF the
early part of the century, who was a
writer, diplomat and civil engineer.
Carnot was elected 20 the presidency
ave years ago, succeeding jules Grevy,
who was forced 10 resign by reason Of
the wrong-doings of his son-in-law.
His term OF Office does not expire IN
til December 4, 1894, when the chamber
of deputies and the senate meet in joint
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
Little EagIssh ClassicA
lid you set her7'
ssShe wouldn't set"

lid you set hsr7'
''She wouldn't set"
"Why didn't you put her head in ths
clamp"
"She few Oft
Well we must ge: her the next time
n you'll coax her 70 set, IN catch her
when she isn't looking"
Il was not hen they ware talking
about The conversation took place IN
Photograph gallery between the
operator and MS chief, and i concerned
a balkv customer who would not Ee; a
picture tzkeu--Detroit Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

The three-qua-ter length c1ps Sill
has full sway over she feminine heart
The woman who before long VIII sE1il-
ingly appear n huEe eriuo> >ne-,iueli
skirts. th2- i. TIE woman q z@shion.
has a; present g gocdfv numbe- u
ca pes The cape IS the asost graceful
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
EXPLORATIONS IN THE ARCTIC,
Navigating tho Polar Ocean no Longer .
Natter 81 ChA-Ce.

BsIttcF Of InAGCe.
The ezDeYieuce tdet has been brought
down from the various Arettc expedi-
tions, and more pa-tica2srly from the
different whalers which every year
traverse mach Of the northern icy sees,
hos infused an element Of certainty into
Arctic navigation which could hardly
have been realized By the heroes OF a
period twenty-five or thirty years ago,
says Dr.. Angelo HeiloriD in an article
on THE Perry Relief Expedition in
Scribner. The capture IF the Melville
bay pack Of McCljntocIs Fox IN the
latter part of August, 1857, could scarce
~ De peraileled to-day, except IS the
outcome Of ignorance or disregard 81
everyday lCDowleG2e. IL an average
season Melville bay czn be travgsad
about rs really Is almost any large
body Of water lying southwark, while
It's earliest seasonal passage can be pre-
dicssed with q precision almost zslIu IN
mathematical calculation THO hard
pack ICE. which has accumulated IS the
result Of the winter frost, ann hos 70 "A
extent been held together through the
large berPs which are here aud there
scattered through IL, usually shows the
first siga Of weakness between July -
End %. Large cakes or pans Of zee have
by that time sgccEnbed % the power
ful oceanic currents that are directed
against then. ard, detacAiag therass YES
from the parent mas, 6cat OF - Ind
new havens II their own. The sTcak-
ening process continues until most Sf
the ice has been either removed CT melt
ed away, and before the cloSe q ths
fourth week II JalT little beyond shore
fee lshore pan rec1ztns % indicate ths
barrier which bsl . few days before
rendered passage 81 bat impraci-ea-
0Ie- The trezd Of tle Ice . n0TthUes
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
A Discriminating Judgment.

Mr.. and Mrs. Foxy have been Gazing
on the Swizzles.
What delightful married life they
have, don't they, de2r?" said Mr..
Foxy. They're SO afectionate."
That's just Like stupid man" said
Mrs. Foxy ''Why, didn't you hear
him say that he'd lived happily with
his wife for thirty years? That makes
her fifty, at least. I tell you he's simply
brutalp'-Chicago News Record.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

Ethel fexcitedlyf-He has known ne
cnl7 two days and ne put his arm
around ne
Eva-You mean, suppose, that he
has known you two days and sa3y pzs
his am around you--LIfe-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

The aggregate cap5sAl rePrcse1 ted ~
TIE vario-ls ..trus1s-' n TIE UaIted
Stztes amounts . more tllsn &, % - -
90, o. more than t7yo-thircs q car e.
tzr,s EazrI{a.ct 1rIrz- caoitz.t-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

IN BoSto- tEev are gett-u- 20 ca
afternoon :e<s smoke ta4z-s- e%z-ars>s
TIE hr-i,sss usrs.llv has Eacesss our1sn.g :
- = ,i..ls Oriental iz2snEs n<2rI~s
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
A Warning.

He-If you were not SO tall, I'd pro-
pose to you.
Shelf you did, you'd see how short
I could be.-Harper's Bazar.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24
A Case Of Usury in Lopdoa-

A London Shylock recently attached
the salary OF a tescher for debt for oor-
xc.T.d nopav Tfue teacher csTs ths
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

When Baby vss sick. ~= gave her CaSo-s.
Wae1 she was Chl3. sae cried for Caz,oria.
When s1e became Miss. sra chung 70 CaS,oria.
When Size had Children, soc gave them CasscriA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-01-24

line and a 0Sy Ss raa p ass I S s sos thus 70
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-11-25
ON SILVER.

About ell there is to the silver ques-
tion is contained in the following words
from the inspired lips Of Colonel Robert
G. Ingersoll:
l said | would say one or two words
on such vulgar things as gold and silver.
l am satisfied. as | am that l live. that
the few who control the debts. the cur
rency. the money Of the world have
combined, either cons%cientiously or IN
conscientiously, to make the debtor pay
more than the creditor has . right TO
ask.
The tendency has always been in this
world to put the burdens on those leAst
able to bear them. In barbarian coun-
tries the women have to do the work
simply because they are the weaker
that is all. And the Others. being
stronger. do not expend their strength in
working. but expend their strength in
making the weaker do their work.
This is precisely the same in our civil
lied society to-day. Between the rich
and the poor. il the burden is to be
borne in this country. it is borne by the
poor-alwsys.
They are the first to suffer. Let the
blast OF war blow over this country;
who goes to the war! Who goes 70 the
'front.'! The m%illionsiresf Not one.
Who goes' The great presidents Of cor.
porations! No. The men who preside
over great vaults Of gold! Not much !
The poor man goes. because nine times
out Of ten the poor man 10 the more pa
%triotic. The poor bear the burdens Of
this country and OF this world.
Only . few months ago our money Wal
gold and silver-money that had been
the money Of man for thousands Of years.
Our silver was demonetized and gold
made the standard.
There 10 no man 10 the United States
with ingenuity enough TO account for the
demonstration Of silver in 1873. There
is not one.
do not think the few should have the
right to combine to increase the value
Of what the people call money against
the debtors and in favor Of ell the cred
itors.
l want the free coinage Of all the sill
yer you can mine from the mines Of
America, and il there are those who are
not willing to take silver we will not
trade with them.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-11-25
TuE BANKING BILL.

Congressman William NJ. Springer,
Chairman Of the Committee on Banking
and Currency. is preparing a bill to rem
edy the defects Of the national banking
system, which he will submit to the mem.
bers Of the committee and hopes TO get
it before Congress soon after il meets.
He says the near approach to the time
when the Government bonds will be
payable, the limited value Of such bonds.
and their high price. demonstrate that
other securities for circulation must be
resorted to in order to have enough cur
rency for the needs Of the country. To
that end he will propose that the bonds
Of States, OF counties and Of certain
Municipalities. with proper regulations
and under Government supervision. be
utilized for the purpose Of securing cir
culation. and all banks. State as well as
national. dspositipg such securities will
be permitted to take out currency OF at
least 90 per cent Of their par value.
Provision will also be made for add.
tional security in case Of the slightest
depression in value Of these securities.
the Government to assume the sole re-
sponsibility for the redemption Of such
notes in coin on demand. for which pur-
pose it should keep . coin reserve Of at
least 20 per cent Of outstanding circula-
ton. This would relieve the banks from
keeping bank reserves. or Withholding
any part Of the currency issued from
circulation among the people.