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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-25

per was also cut in like shapes and used
as money. japan realized many years ago
the advantage of small coins. so she sent
commission from her country to ours to
md out how our money was made with
the result that shortly after his return
Japan issued gold and silver coinage like
and twenty dollar gold pieces. the silver
dollar and the fractional silver pieces like
our own Her coins are almost a. pretty
as those Of our country.
In the case Of selections are the r,ost
interesting OF the ancient and modern coins
Athens IS first mentioned with her silver
states and obolos: following are the gold
daric and silver daric OF Darius Of Persia
B. G SO: the gold slater Of Egypt' Ptola,nr
and Berenice: gold maneh Of Ptolenay.
Phiiadelphus. head of Arsineo: slater OF
Cyrenaica. b. G 200; bronze money Of Cleo
patra. wife Of Mark Antony; denarius with
head Of Cleopatra on one side. head OF
Mark Antony on the other: slater Of Alex
ander the Great. b. c. 1896: denarius of
T T,nerius Caesar. the penny" Of the New
the False Christ; the widows Mite" the
smallest bronze coin Of ancient times weigh
ing ten grains and belonging to the age pre-
found In Jerusalem near the site OF the
tempie. No. SILT Is the Jewish shekei OF
simon Maccabaeus. Diverse, the pot OF
mamma: reverse. the budding rod OF Aaron.
Msrod the Great King OF Judea, B. c. s7-4;
81. Persian lead coin. B. c. 40.
very tiny coin Of the free city of Nuren-
burg A D. 1850 1t Is a gold COIN the
smallest known. about 2-l6 Of an inch In
diameter. and Is valued at IA cents.
The q. 3. Coins.
The United States coins are Of course.
complete. and with the exception Of one
coin so are the patterns or assay coins This
one coin which Is missing Is a silver-center
penny. struck In 1872. the first coin struck
after the establishment of the United
states mint at Philadelphia. Only one of
these coins has been seen at the mint since
IL was struck. and sad to relate, that was
before Congress appropriated money for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-28

\ In voting on the WILSON bill to-day DEM
ocrats should keep in mind the Democratic
platform that binds them TO the repeal OF
Che SHERMAN act as well as to bimetalism.
Il Is their duty to see that both obligations
are honored.
Suspicion or fear that anybody else
wishes to keep part of the Democratic
promise In regard to the currency and
break tho rest should not be allowed to
weigh against the imperative Importance
Of repeal. Such fear or suspicion may be
groundless. and is. at any rate, premature:
but however that may be, Democrats are
no less bound to vote for the repeal OF the
purchasing clause OF the SHERMAN act.
They would not DO absolved from doing
their part to maintainthe good faith OF the
Democratic party because any section of
the Democracy had determined not to carry
out the whole bond.
The good faith OF the Democratic party.
tts specific promise to the country. requires
the repeal Of the SHERMAN law.
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Deal Gently With tho East.

The Hon. JOSEPH G. SIBLEY, the Million
aire Pennsylvania politics-fancier. told the
House OF Representatives. In the exulta-
tion OF his silver speech last week, that in
his opinion the salvation of the country
depended upon the people west OF the Allie
ghanies and south Of MASON and DIXoNs
line. Mr.. S1BIEY was elected to Congress
by combination OF Democrats. Populists.
Prohibitionists, and kicking Republicans;
and we must be pardoned for saying that
his speech was as mixed as his politics. nor
should we regard any opinion expressed In
it were it not that the opinion we have
mentioned ie specimen Of the most COM
mon and offensive stock buncombe of some
Of the indiscreet partlsans Of silver.
Mr. SHELLEY himself Is only one OF
those freaks and saltinbancoes OF politics,
who are dumped into Congress for its
sins, strut and grimace before the galleries
for session or term. and then are heard
and heard Of no more. But in talking about
the saving grace OF the West and the South.
he was talking the same nonsense that
some Southern and Western journals and
public men Of insufficient cerebral diam
eter are talking. According to these. there
Is some special gift and virtue in the South
and the West, and these two parts OF the
country must unite against the North and
the East and rule the country. 1t is new
and nasty sort Of sectionalism. called into
being by the excitement of the silver ques-
ton. and perhaps borrowing some unrea-
sonableness and hamstrung logic from the
Populsts. 1t Is mere froth and spume. Of
course. but 1t is not agreeable.
Wc can understand why men grow fierce
about religion and love: but why human
beings supposed to be rational should get
the Mysteries over the silver question We
cannot see. Because there are fewer Demo-
Gratis in the East than in the South and the
West who believe In free coinage, must the
East be told that it is conspirator. not to
be tolerated by the other sections We don't
dispute the wisdom and the virtues Of the
South and the West. but it seems to ils that
the East is still in the Union. and that the
salvation Of the country is In the people.
without regard to points OF the compass.
We wish some Of these excited friends,
the silver disunlonists. could learn not to
associate moral oblqulty with difference Of
opinion. Come. let us reason together about
tho hieratic meaning OF the Pyramids. or
the character Of TIGLATH-PILEsER ii.
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City Politics.

Though the State ticket. which the Dem
ocratio Convention will nominate. and the
people will elect. Is. along with the control
A Of both branches Of the next Legislature,
tho chief matter OF Importance for the
party In the Empire State this year. there
are three important county Offices to be filled
I by the voters OF this city. We refer to
Z those OF District Attorney, Comptroller. and
Sheriff. All three will hold Office until the
1st Of January. 1897. Possession Of these
places WILL to considerable extent,
make the party that elects its candi-
dates independent Of the result Of the
Iayoralty election in 1894.
From present appearances there is little
prospect of q serious contest. for our Re-
publican friends have fallen prone by the
political wayside, and the Democratic oppo.
nents Of predominant Tammany are apollo
giving furtively for their hardihood in pre-
tending to have genuine existence politi-
cally. However that may be. q spirited and
interesting contest over these three Offices
In November would not surprise those
whose observations are taken at short
uepge and below the surface.
The Sheriff's office, now held by that rosy
civilian. JOHN j. GoRMAN. who is ineligible
for second term. is less important than 1t
was prior to the passage OF the law of 1890.
but 1t still possesses great political value.
In the recent case Of HUGH J. GRANT it
was stepping stone to higher honors.
The Office of Comptroller, ably admins
tered for two terms by THEODORE w.
Myers, Is one Of inestimable value and i'm
portahce to the people Of this city. espe-
cially during periods Of financial unrest and
distress. The Office OF District Attorney.
always important. was never more 80 than
ct the present time Mr.. NIooL1. elected
In 1880. is serving his first term. There is
talk Of his denomination. and 1t is also said
that Judge THOMAS F. GRADY may succeed
him.
The Democrats OF New York city. who
gave $4,000 majority for tho national can
didates Of their party in 1892. may be relied
upon to do as well. proportionately. for the
Democratic State ticket this year.
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instinct OF the Baniah and Parsl, he should
gradually absorb the trade In cotton goods
OF all the silver-using peoples OF eastern
Asia; send his yarns to japan In increasing
volume. and threaten to drive from its last
stronghold in the Central Provinces the
hand-loom industry Of India.
As yet the mills OF India employ but one
tenth as many spindes as do those Of
Great Britain. and have but fourth the
capacity OF those OF the United States; but
1t should be borne In mind that the Indian
spinning industry is the growth of
comparatively few years. and that it's pos
sibilities are almost ilimltable.
Though 1t now produces only the coarser
fabrics, we must not expect the race that
first developed the industry and produced
the exquisite textures and tasteful designs
which were so long the despair OF Europe's
art. to rest content with present achieve
ments. When the countries consuming
the more common grades shall have been
supplied with Indian goods. the mllowners
OF Bombay and Calcutta will seek and proba-
bly, secure their share OF tho whole worlds
markets for finer fabrics. That the Indian
manufacturer Is not only looking in this
direction. but already actually reaching ont
for part Of this trade possibly only in n
tentative way as yeti, is indicated by the
fact that India last year made beginning
by the importation OF something near n
thousand tons OF the fine cottons Of Egypt.
With raw cotton at lowest cost; with
cheap and excellent coal among the certain
ties OF the future; with efficient and abun-
dantlabor at one fourth the European wage:
able to buy both labor and raw cotton with
deprecated silver at its full coin measure:
saving immensely in exchange-as COM
pared with the exchange charge OF the
Western competitor-by selling its products
to the silver-using peoples OF the Orient.
tho rehabilitated Indian cotton industry
would. under existing conditions, appear to
be most formidable competitor for the
trade OF the hundreds OF millions OF the
Eastern world: and there seems slight
probability Of either Europe or America
contendlng successfully for any considera-
BILE part Of this trade whenever Indias
manufacturing capacity shall equal the de-
mands Of southern and eastern Asia.
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rector Of the company Tho collapse Of the Cam
adisn Pacific hallway Company would cause
tho dissolution OF tho Canadian confederation.
The Dominion Government must, therefore,
OF its ability. or 20 down with It, why should
we aid. through n continuance OF the bonding
system, either the anti American Canadian
Government or the anti American railway corr
pany to prey upon American traffic and black
mail American transcoutinental lnes2
There are more persons employed in ono
steel works In Pueblo, Col: than in .! the iron
mines blast furnaces. and steel works in the
Dominion. The only ROLLING mill In Canada
where bar iron is made from pig iron has been
closed some months. II has never earned
dividend during the past thirty years,
lie 1870 the population OF the United States
was ton and one-hali times that OF Canada. In
1880 1t was thirteen times greater and II the
spect to immigration. and emigration contin.
ues. by 1000 the population OF the United
Statos will 10 fifteen and one-half times that
Of tho Dominion,
growth Of ailwhy traffic In canada. and the
reason why Canadian railways prey upon
American traffic.
When tho charter OF the Canadian Pacific
lament tho Hon. Edward Blake. then leader
OF the Liberal party nov member OF the I'M
peria Parliament predicted that the company
from North BAY j,i:iO miles, to Port Arthur. as
IL could not be NJ AIDE self sustaining.
Ills prediction Ia now more than verified.
The Canadian Pacific halfway has diverted
trSe r to IT, d1rna
tho mast three years. to have saved II from pass
ing into the hands OF receivers at this time:
Must the bonding system remain in force until
all OF our transcontinental lines are discred-
tied and their efficiency destroyed?
BROOKLYN. Aug. %, 1893
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| provement over the plan Of creating new set
OF Government officers. Of whom there are al
ready too many
Under tho pending bill the Marine Board is
to be formed simply Of existing neads OF
bureaus concerned more or less with the
merchant marine. serving without extra pay.
and adding their duties as members OF the
Board to their routine tasks. These are the
Chairman Of the Lighthouse Board. tho Super
vIsine Surgeon General Of tho Marine Hospi-
tai Service. the Commissioner OF Navigation.
the Superintendent OF the Coast and Geodetic
Survey. the Chief photographer, and the
Chief Of the Revenue Marine, with the secre-
tary OF the Treasury as, Chairman OK of1cio.
This Board would meet once in threo months
through tho year unless ottener called to-
Rcther by the Secretary OF the Treasury.
The purpose OF tho Board would he to collect
and publish Information Of value to the
merchant marine and also to consult upon
recommendations to be made TO Congress-. II
Is ensy to understand that there are diverse
interests in the merchant marine, and that
Congress In endeavoring to serve some OF
those may injure Others or perhaps conflict
with the best public interests in general navi-
cation. But recomm endation from such a
Marine Board would have weight with Con-
gross either In revising existing statutes or
adding others for the benefit Of the merchant
marine. The proposed body would perform
duties which other maritime countries have
found 1t necessary to provide for. and usually
In far more elaborate and costly way.
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Excessive Damages for Personal Injury

( Under the system OF legal procedure
which prevails In this State. tho Judge pre-
siding over jury trial in court OF record
Is empowered to set aside the verdict and
grant new trial II he thinks the damages
awarded by the jury are excessive. In case
he refuses to do this, tho defeated party
may appeal to the General Term. which is
an appellate tribunal. usually consisting of
three Judges Of the same court: and upon
the appeal the General Term possesses the
same power that the trial Judge has to set
aside the vordict and order now trial on
the ground OF excessive damages.
Although 1t has long existed, this power
has seldom been. exercised In negligence
suits Untii within a comparatively recent
period, hy negligence suits we mean that
large class Of actions at law brought TO re-
cover dHinages on account OF personal in
juries alleged to have been received by the
plaintiff in consequence OF somo neglect or
omission OF duty on tho part OF the defend
ant; as. for example. cases arising out OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-28

In the House. on Friday. the Hon. JULIUS
CESAR BURROWS OF Kalamazoo refused to
bride his struggling muse within the five
minute enclosure, and took long gallop
through finance and political economy.
There are some things in the speech OF the
mighty JULIUS which make us think he
might have been content with shorter
course. For instance:
"At the close Of Mr. HARRsoss Administration there
vas prosperity In the nation. What has wrought the
sppains ohaugef What It that In the brief space
% sig months has plunged this nation with all its In
dustftal interests from tho summit Of prosperity and
hope TO the depths Of adversely and despair
We have no disposition to underrate the
Disturbances Of confidence and business
which exist. for we believe In looking every
fact IN the face. but when the Hon. JULIUS
CESAR BURROWS talks about this nation
being plunged into the depths OF adversely
and despair. he talks In the ERCLRs vein of
y Populist at q picnic. There has been some
adversely. but there has been no despair.
The American people know what hopeful
ness is. but they do not know despair.
They are accustomed to prosperity, and
they miss 1t. but they expect to have 1t
again, and o good many OF them have 1t
now. It will take moro than the SHERMAN
law OF any other law to plunge the United
States into despair or make them SO un-
happy that they cannot delight In Mr.
BURRows.
IL MIR. BURROWS will wipe his eyes and
take birds-eye view OF the American
people. he will find that. far from being
wilted by adversely and limp with despair
they are as cocky as ever. DIr. BURROWS
needs to 60 to baseball game. and have
the last fiocky remnants Of Wolverine wool
still clinging to his ambrosial locks blown
away in the winds Of enthusiasm.
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Although the estimates for repairing and
refttina the old Hartford are high. there is
little doubt that Secretary HERBERT will cause
the work to be done. II the published figures
are correct, the cost would be as much as that
OF new gunboat like the Yorktown or the Ben
ntnRton. and more than that of an her Machias
or Castine. But cost is not the main element
in this case. as Congress showed when 1t en-
pressly exempted the Hartford and the Kear-
sarge from the ordinary rule governing repairs
We want to retain these historic vessels In the
navy for generations. on account OF their
records and thcir associations. and to preserve
Thorn long after they are no longer fit for cruis-
Ing. Just as the old Con stitution 10 preserved.
Besides. the Hartford. when patched I'D in
hull and furnished with modern machinery
and guns. will be valuable for station duty a
long time. Her companion in glory the
kearsarge. Is still doing admirable service in
the North Atlantic squadron. and has been
doing 1t steadily for mauy years. She is as
active and useful as though it was not thirty
years ago that she reached the zenith Of her
fame IN destroying the Alabama FARRAGuT's
flagship too should run out the century in
active service before being permanently with.
drawn. as the Kearsarge must also one day be-
for the more Tranquil employments of old age
Ono OF the projects which Secretary HER
BERT now has under consideration is that OF
establishing a naval training station on the
Pacific coast for the instruction OF apprentice
boys. like the station at Newport. 4 bill for
this purpose has. In fact. been introduced in
the Senate Should the Hartford ultimately be
assigned to the use OF these lads. she would be
a perpetual reminder and memorial OF gallant
deeds for them to emulate. To serve such a
purpose it might not be ecessary to lay out ss
largo sum in fitting her with machinery and
la.
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The saloon keepers who are trying to get
I'D a concerted movement In the trade for
the abolition of the free-lunch counter, are
proceeding on sound and sensible business
principles.
beginning with the supply OF bits of
crackers and cheese. the free lunch has
finally developed into substantial meal,
the cost OF which Is heavy item In the ex-
penses OF running n saloon. The theory of
it Is. OF course, that after eating the free
feed a man will DO ashamed to go away
without buying drink; but II he wanted
the drink. he would have bought 1t any way.
II he really wants only the free lunch. the
chances are that he will not buy enough
drink to give the dealer q profit equal to
the cost OF the food.
Lunch fends are not profitable custom
ers OF saloons. The profits come from tho
men who are not attracted by the lunch
counter. but by the beverages dispensed at
the bar. They arc those who come to buy,
not to get something as free gift. II
every customer OF a saloon were lunch
fiend, the keeper would soon be eaten out
OF house and home. He lives. in spite OF his
free soup kitchen. only because tho run OF
men are not dead-beats: and not being
dead-beats they do not need to be treated
rs such. They are ready to pay fair
price for what they get, and they do not
ask that anything shall be given to them
for nothing
This movement for the abolition OF tho
free-lunch counter is accordingly step
toward moral reform. The practice has
tended to encourage and extend the spirit
of pauperism as represented by the dead
beat. 1t has made great numbers OF men
substantially begGGrs. They have acquired
the habit OF free feeding in these soup
Kitchens; and thus tho growth OF the
loathsome social weed, Of dead-beating has
been stimulated by the free-lunch counter.
The increase OF drunkenness Is a deplora-
bic evil, but 1t Is not 80 bad as that.
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SUNBEAMS.


-"smply and yet strking'y attred," said prone
nader. was man met the other day In broadway
MS clothes were white' MS straw nat, neckts. ana
poots were BLACK"
"A saratoga county farmer VINO came to Now York
recently 10 BUY horse' returned home with violent
admiration Tor the great mctropohs got hall bod
room Tor $Lto week ana cat on hfteen cents day..
nc explained touha sa'ooh "hefe 'ney give iota
oi iee lunch i"oh' 'hefe horh'h noon. ana hight
DouRht Deer eaeh ''he' anu cat I'LL h'gh ouAteo-
lie rs one OF inc "ea"h'est men IN the county.
hA'u ''inos anu NOV "eA'nef lave gwen an impetus
10 Sa'ufaay h'Eht nAfke.ing. peAiefs IN penshaois
800 " $500. " '' 800 'i sun
uay ana many rather tnAh 40 3d. cut tneir prices
-. ., - ~ go ~ 'ei ieRu-
Af eus'oefS AHu 'hose VINO IKE 'he ehoicest se!eo-
1--WE ""'o oe.n ''t'.u "ua' fen"ins goes WIN
w.. ~. p' ., Nv ""o .nus "ooAr
po, w. u'A VI Wv Au"so 'na' pA'ien' "A''efS are
H0 oseA
ot NO, "ue"'' eei'eiS wagon oacAeo up IL
'N' " ." A-isHsn "'e"ue store' ihosnootn-
&C., $50 W 49, So" s.'A'oi ino.noAsu'n
'. " 'Np'u' ~nu 'ne nm" "neo's s'fuoA INC cufo
w sn ~. eontao' Vi s'o"e anu iron afe" out
sus' oo'ne ~. 'ne'0 no" 'h'o Nisp VI pAoAns nay.
mas "oon s"'e urn sni"Ae "hu hAme' oucket OK
49, .' 'Ne pu' "o -'eAn einHfAsa'"
W." 81 'e'os''ns ooje't .esS'h on one Vi inc myststr
az "".A Sc ''"' 4''s 'o,'e ''ii'o s'Ai'
-tno 'ien.h p'Anei Vi '"o J. Al, " A. u i%e west
~ " ' " .e many 'n'hss In
." 'o 'A" ' ~ al '''e 'i'efes'' anu 90
.Aon",' sonio mac 'Hei4oef Vi 'hs 'aihiy crops In
800 ~ '"e aNN' pe.nAps' s'"y 10
u'""e!' ,Hs nleA' 10 VI 'n' 'aoe aho.e sort ana -
soi'eu oH' " "o"O''s anu .hen guests. Inc super
'n'en"''' A'A' messing anu '"eh AL Blu down. inc
io"r COURSES are toou anu "ei eooAoa' ana the wnes
lar superior u '"a' op'hou any Out the hiRhcas1
fes'Aa'A"'s' ~ ems h"'' 'ne anors are Americans
Wu' 'a'o jo'"e' 'ho orAheh 'hAt they may learn
'fen n, eoaoq"'any,
-'"o'Np''' 'o"'ae"'o hAn IL a profound student or
nu"'a' nAsu'e SUI Ano"S III ABOUT 'ho manners ana
e's''"S VI from any country on tho globe
que y. WI" H"'efnNS VINO mas quit business SIM
'"o. " i'"s'i y" 'ne aoeAs ana wateh the new ar
r'"s' nc p"'"'eu OUT q group OF scandinavian peas
ANS W 'oNPA",on 'ne o'her DAY see those people
no remhrkeu' 'iou probaoly think they are poor
iHoS &c "o' poor anu neyre not tools No man from
'ue" o''".e mas ever oeeh Dnhcoed In New YORK SsI
'hourh Lord Knows! we've tried hard enough nj them
'"e' 'o 'o" pAeearha ana are great poaimen' Th"s
accounts Tor the peculiar shape OF their wooden shoes
hs"e VI SIX weeks each one OF those fellows VIII lAE'
alarm OUT "es. ana wi'i be PAID for too
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The Unemployed.

|foW me ffOpdsHce Journal,
IT'S certainly no exaggerated estimate that NOT far
from million persons ordinarily engaged in manu-.
featuring and mining now out of work That
means situation which is certainly not easng in
other countries than the United States It might eyon
be alarming. But it is n situation which can n, ell.
dured IN our country for time without causing deadly
distress or nscess'Sting any starvation. Tho number
OF unemployed seems large. OF course. considered in
the aggregate and by Itself But II Is really ess Than
hve per eeut OF the whole number OF our wage
which not alarmingy in excess Of the ordinary per
centage OF idenew year IN and year out