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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02

The value of the bullion in a silver
dollar fell from 103 cents in 1873 to
tS cents in 1893, yet the purchasing
power of the dollar has increased in
nearly as great a proportion. Why?
The number of dollars in circulation,
not the value of the material of which
they are made, govern their purchasing
pOwer.-Farmer's Tribune.
The annual production of gold and
silver combined is almost exactly the
same as in 1873. How viii bimetallism
help N?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02
enment will DO relieved from all the

eminent will 30 relieved from all the
perplexing evils consequent upon con-
tinual and steady depreciation in the
value Of the rupee. This will impart
an element of certainty to the ques-
tions of taxation and revenue, which
has heretofore been wanting, and save
the Indian government from annually
increasing her indebtedness to England
to settle balances due on account of
exchange, such balance yearly becom-
ing greater in amount.
Some idea may be conveyed of the
losses entailed upon the Indian govern
ment by the constant and steady de-
probation of silver by the following
table, which shows the annual deficit
in the Indian revenues, the figures be-
ing strictly authentic and given in
Whitaker's English Almanac in Indian
''rupex" and reduced by me into Amer
lean denomination at the rate of s.
to the rupex:
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02
the treasury and the gold exported, tho
treasury note IN at 0nnA maid ont ooo; =,

the treasury and the gold exported, the
treasury note is at onoe paid out again
and the volume Of money in circulation
remains the same. That is all that
saved us The treasury lost it's gold,
but the silver treasury note remained
with us, as money, and was not de-
stroyed as were the gold certificates
It is true that the treasury loses q
portion of it's gold reserve; but who
cares for that? The gold is dead. and
idle capital, a perpetual sacrifice to the
specie redemption delusion and not in
use as money.
William P. st. John, president of the
Mercantile bank, of New York. one of
the best informed and most enthusi-
astic bimetallists in the United States,
says:
''This Sherman bill, so-called. has
been stigmatized ''makeshift." It is
a makeshift, as a Ratchet is make
shift for an ak in telling saplings. It
was enacted as compromise. It's re-
peal will end all compromise, for no
better, nor any half so acceptable can
be offered as a substitute. Apart from
the unfounded alarm which has been
worked up against it the real opera
ton of the statute has been wholly
beneficial 1t has furnished us $780,
100000 of lawful money as good at
home as gold, and the more acceptable
that a portion of our gold is from time
to time commanded elsewhere, inward
and outward. according to our foreign
trade"
In confirmation of this statement of
facts, submit the following table:
MONEY IN CIRCULATION.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02
Gain.
Loss.
Net contraction, 81, 425, ago.

Either Secretary Carlisle has radically
changed his policy, or else the gold-bug
conspirators, having forced special
session of congress, have concluded to
ship their own gold abroad, instead of
that belonging to the nations reserve
fund.
The foregoing figures again prove
that the so-called Sherman law is all
that saves us from q ruinous contrac-
ton in the volume Of circulating me-
dunn While the treasury lost IS, O63,-
1T in gold, belonging to individuals, it
gained $4S6, 77S to its gold reserve be-
500 600 s in gold and gold certiicat ss
were taken from the circulation and
sent abroad ii 9old.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION

The Silver Treasury Notes Come to Our
Rescue During the Month of June.
The treasury departments monthly
circulation statement shows a net de-
crease in Che circulation for the month
OF June of 50, 425, 400, making a total de-
crease of $2S, 275, 51s since June 1, 1892.
The decrease may be tabulated as fol-
lows:
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02

1t is funny to hear populists howl
ing for primary money" upon which
to base credit Devices" i .. paper
money.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02

Gold-Coin.
Standard silv'r dolls
Subsidiary silver. 81
Gold certificates.
Silver certificates
Treasury notes, act
July IA, 1890. ......
United States notes.
Curr'cy certifcates|
act June 8, 1892. 81
National bank notes
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02

"A 1T is better to be right and looa
than to be wrong and triumph
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02

Essence of Populism.
Finance.-Government legal tender
notes the only money.
Land.-Occupancy and use the only
title thereto.
Transportation. - Government own-
ership.
With all collaterals that these imply.
-Pittsburg Kansas
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02

June l, 1892. June 2. 1899.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02

Year ended Ip,..- r.a;o Dollars
June 3d. A'upoA -nui"ii United States.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02
OLD WAR CRY,

remove from your minds that you have
been taught that England and all
foreign countries would refuse to
accept such money in the settle
ment of trade balances, and our cur
rency would consequently be worth
less. Is this fact? No! Our green
backs now bring more than gold in
Europe. Why? Because they are
made legal tender for all debts and
dues, both public and private, and re-
ceivable for customs and interest on
the public debt We do not need ma
tional banks, who are only the tools Of
the gold-bugs to constantly create
panics by contracting the circulation Of
money.
Silver is made the subject of the
present warfare, as it was sought to
use it as money, thereby making it
more difficult for the gold-bugs to con-
troll the entire circulating medium of
the country. The people do not need
either silver Or gold as money. Uncle
Sans money is good when given it's
legitimate power of the legal tender
clause.
Let us have done with both of the
old parties and have a government
such as was originally intended by it's
founders, of the people, by the people
and for the people.-Cor. National
View.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31
UNSELFISh FRIENDSHIP.

She Checked Him Up and Set Him Right.
The man with a cluster of diamonds
in his shirt was dazed.
The room seemed to whirl about him.
He was conscious of nothing save that
the cold and naughty woman whom he
adored had of her own free will fitted
to his side and whispered in his ear:
"Meet me alone" she had softly
murmured, her sweet, warm breath
tanning his cheek. ''in the conserva-
tory"
AS in dream he sought the conserva-
tory. There she stood, ,divinely radiant,
rivaling in beauty the rose and in males
ty the lily by her side.
A smile illuminated her glorious coun-
tenance.
MY friend---'
Her voice was mellihuously thrilling.
II have deep interest in YOU"
He would have fallen on his knees
but for her sudden gestures of depreca-
tion.
II have asked you to come here" she
proceeded. kindly. Ito tell you some
thing which you ought to know"
Speak" he cried, land confirm my
happiness or seal my DOOM"
She sighed gently.
Yes, my friend
A look of profound pity invested her
features.
81 will tell you. Your collar button
shows above your necktie.'
He managed to find words to thank
her before she fitted back to the ball
room.-Detroit Tribune
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31
MANUFACTURING DYNAMITE.
Tho Work Is Conducted with ,Minimum
of Danger. 80 az

Tho Work Is Conducted with Maximum
of Danger. tsyStkSsf
Twenty-Five million dynamite cart
ridges are made annually by three fac
tories in France. Tkis gives but an i'm
perfect idea of the great extent to
which this concentrated terror is used
in the worlds work, for it is made at
many other places. A necessity to
miners and excavators generally, it is
also an aid to crime and has given a
name-dynamiter-t a class of revo,u-
tionists, but now there are materials
for murderous bomb as much more de-
structive than dynamite as it is than
gunpowder.
The pioneer dynamite factory at Isle
ton, Switzerland, is still in operation,
and skill with long experience has re-
duced the danger to a minimum. In
large upright revolving cylinder of
lead, cooled by a series of surrounding
cold water pipes, the acids and the
glycerine are thoroughly mixed, being
admitted in due proportions by other
pipes from above. The compound lio-
uid. yellowish oily matter, is conveyed
to the kneading pans in another de-
partment, and there mixed with a fine
siliceous sand and farinaeeous meal
after which it is perfect dynamite
power.
The cartridges, however, are made
of another form of it called explosive
gum" This contains some extra in.
gradients, and is a sort of paste. One
of the elements is gun cotton high
ly charged with nitrate. The most
delicate work at Islcton is done bv
three women sitting at table. One
works a small bronze molder-that is.
small cylinder-the diameter of which
is that of the intended cartridge. AS
the compressed powder, which. being
of an oily consistence, now assumes
comparative solidity, issues from this
tube or cylinder in the shape of a sau-
sage or of macaroni it is cut by the
woman on the left hand into equal
lengths of about three inches. Each
piece Is then carefully taken up by the
third woman, who wraps it in oiled
cartridge paper, which she fastens,
closing both ends and covering it to ex-
ciude m DISTURB. The tremendous little
instrument is now complete. IN. Y.
| Advertiser
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31
Courage of Indian Elephants.

They will submit day after day to
have painful wounds dressed in obedi-
en- ce to their keeper, and meet danger
in obedience to orders, though their in
telligence is sufficient to stand the per-
il, and far too great for man to trick
them into belief that it is nonexist-
ent No animal will face danger more
readily at mans bidding. As an in
stance take the following incident,
which recently occurred in India and
was communicated to the writer. A
small female elephant was charged by
a buffalo in the high grass, and her
rider, in the hurry of the moment and
perhaps owing to the sudden stopping
of the elephant, fired an explosive shell
from his rifle, not into the buffalo, but
into the elephants shoulder. The
wound was SO severe that it had not
healed year later. Yet the elepha Mt
stood firm. although it was gored by
the buffalo, which was then killed by
another gun What Is even more
strange II that the elephant was not
..gun shy" afterward. London Specta-
tor
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31
THE FORKS OF THE ROAD.

The Issue Is Between wild Cat Banks and
Sound and Honest Finances.
We are near the forks of the road on
the money question If the national
banks cannot be kept up by the issue
of more bonds as basis for their circu-
lation, then it is evident the next
scheme that would best please Wall
street and majority of the bankers
would be non-legal tender wildcat
currency under state authority. While
Cleveland and his advisers have not
committed themselves in definite terms
to any monetary plan, enough has
leaked out to show that the old ante
bellum wildcat plan is looked upon
with favor.
1t has been given out that Secretary
Carlisle favors private banks of Issue
under state authority, with some sort
of Endorsement by the general govern
ment. All such paper issues would not
be money, but non-legal tender wild
cat shinplasters, as the states are
prohibited by the federal consti-
tuition from making anything but gold
and silver legal tender in payment of
debts. We don't believe the people
want anything more to do with any
form of non-legal tender paper shin
plasters, and the more this question is
agitated, and as we approach the time
when the future monetary plan of the
government must be decided upon, we
believe that it will be decided that the
general government alone has the con-
stitutional power and should alone is
sue the money of the nation, and this
in sufficient volume to do the business
of the country on cash basis. Oppo-
Gition to all plans of private issues of
paper bills to pass as currency is be-
coming more and more pronounced, and
no party that indorses any form of
wildcat, red-dog, banking system can
or will receive the Endorsement of the
people. -Shelbyville Qll) Peoples Pa
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31
The Honest Dollar.

The only way to settle the silver ques-
ton is to put 100 cents worth of silver
in the dollar.-Kansas City (Kan.) Ca
zette.
A better way would be to put suffi-
cient gold with the silver to make 100
cents worth of the combined metals in
a dollar. The coin would then be much
more portable than if composed exclus-
lively of silver, and would be an honest
dollar.-Lawrence Record.
A better way still would be to stop
this senseless gold-bug twaddle about
the dishonest dollar" the maintenance
of the parity of the metals by continued
gold payments, and simply atone, so far
as is now possible. for the crime of 1873
by placing the two metals on an equal
ity before the law. This done, the dol
lars will take care of themselves.-Ad-
vOcate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31
Demonetize 1t.

When Europe gets all our gold, the
best thing to be done will be to demon
etize it, just as France did some years
ago. Let it go along with silver.
What condition would that place En-
gland in? Their gold would not pay
for our wheat, corn, beef or cotton.
Greenbacks. the money despised by old
plutocracy, would command premium
at once for the purchase of our prod
ucts and the old world would have to
buy them with a deprecated gold dol
lar in order to get the farm products
they must have. Let us try giving the
British lions tail a twist the other way.
-Oberlin (Kan.O Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31

we will pay half of it IN gold ana nail OF
it in silver" In other words, the officials
of the bank of France refused to dis
criminate against silver and in favor OF
gold; and yet no financial crisis or even
the threat of one followed this perfect
ly natural conduct in a country where
both gold and silver are lawful money.
Yet there is more silver in circulation
in France, both relatively and abso-
lutely. than in the United States, and
the ratio is 151S to 1, while the ratio in
the United States is Is to l. In which
connection the question naturally
arises, if the paying out of silver as
money in the ratio of 15H to caused
no financial disturbance in France why
should the paying out of silver at the
higher ratio of i6 to cause financial
disturbance in the United States?
That it would cause disturbance in
the latter case is admitted. and the rea-
son is plain. There is. and has been
since 1873, an organized conspiracy to
force the United States to demonetize
silver, to drive it out of the currency
and to esta ablish gold as the sole stand
ard of value. The conspiracy has been
far reaching in its ramifications and in
its effects. though those who were in it
consciously may have been and proba-
bly, are comparatively few in numbers
We do not mean to say that all
who are fostering the policy that is
intended to make gold the basis
of the currency are knowingly con-
spirators. Some of them are honest be-
levers in monometallism; some of them
have been frightened into acquiescence
by lurid pictures of the consequences
of so-called ''debased currency" and
many of them look only at the fact that
their selfish interests are promoted by
dear money and would be injured if the
currency were flexible and adequate
With the large majority it is sufficient
that self-interest lies in the direction of
discrediting silver, but the conspirators
who started and have fostered the anti
silver crusade knew perfectly we'll that
they could rely upon all these cooper
ating motives and inducements
All that the honest bimetallists of
the country are asking is that the
United States treasury do what the
bank of France does-pay out gold and
silver equally, without discriminating
for or against either. They believe
that this would establish and maintain
parity" between the two metals. st
Louis Republic
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31
A ladv had been illand unde-ma

"A lady had been i'll and under medi-
cal treatment for long time AS she
grew no better all the while, she be-
came distrustful of her physician's skill
and did not wish to see him, and vet
was not bold enough to tell him So
She communicated her state of mind to
her maid. Lave i'm to me, mum; lave
i'm to mel" said the girl. by and by
the doctor came 10 the door, and
Bridget opened it about an inch "Sor-
~, SIR" said she. but ye can't came in
the day., docthorl'' Can't come in?
How's that?' THE misthress do be
too ~ for to see ye the day, sirl''
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31
Legal Tender.

Seven out of every ten men in the
country honestly believe that an issue
of full legal tender money issued by
the government and paid out for ex-
penses instead of collecting revenue
until we have reasonable amount to
do business with, would be for the in
terest and welfare of the whole coun-
try. But few wealthy men who call
themselves financiers say this will not
do, because it would interfere with
their interests, and our rulers stand by
the few and let the many suffer.-La-
mar (AIo.) Industrial Union.
The Episcopal Address. signed by all
the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church, presented to the general con-
ference of that body in the city of Oma-
ha in May of last year, declares: THE
rapid accumulation of enormous wealth
IN the hands Of few successful specu-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31
Matter Of sDaca.

I'VE can't permit anybody to dictate
rates to us. SIR" said the clerk at the
advertising counter, loftily. 81 can
give you all the space you want, but
you will have to come to my figures"
You can give us all the space want,
can you, young man?"
81 can, sir"
''In that case" said the mar on the
outside of the counter, blandly, will
you please give me your regular rates
for the orbit of Neptune?"- Chicago
Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31
HONEST BIMETALLIsM.
How the Bank of France Met n Dsmsn
for Gold

How the Bank of France Met Demand
for Gold.
1t will be remembered that Senator
Jones, of Nevada, was one of the United
States commissioners to the interna-
tional monetary conference which as
sembled in Brussels some months ago.
While in Europe syndicate, of which
Senator Jones is a member, had occa-
sion to use $l.OO0,O00 in cash, which was
to be drawn in Paris from the bank of
France The syndicate's financial rep
resentative was instructed to ask for
the entire amount in gold. but the re-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-31

People of more than one denomIna-
ton have laughed over that yarn about
the little girl trying to sell Phillips
Brooks some Episcopal Kittens" and
defending her subsequent description
of them to Edward Everett Hale as
Unitarian Kittens" with the explana-
tions that they had gotten their eyes
open" But it probably was not gener-
ally believed that the incident ever oc-
Cured. A distinct denial of the story.
addressed by the late bishop to two
inquiring children, is printed in a recent
magazine article.
"A story comes to US from Montana
of the tanning of two Rocky mountain
lions. The lion was trained to tricks
apparently entirely through fear, as
her trainer used during the entire per-
formance whip which he snapped
constantly, producing sounds like the
explosion of pistol Among the most
wonderful things told of this lion is
that her master took from the corner a
large piece of meat, ordered the lion to
rise on her hind legs, and then laid the
meat across her nose, where she sat,
evidently wild with excitement, but
did not attempt to eat the meat The
greatest trial was when the trainer
ordered his dog to take the meat from
her nose, which the dog did, and ate in
the presence of the lion
"A writer in the Atlantic gives this
as the origin of the slang word ''socdol-
lager" which was current some time
ago. ''Socdollager'' was the unedu-
Gated mans transposition of "dox-
ologer," which was the familiar New
England rendering of "doxology."
This was the puritan term for the
verse of ascription used at the conclu-
sion of every hymn, like the Gloria"
at the end of chanted psalm. On doc
trinal grounds it was proper for the
whole congregation TO join in the sing
ing. so that it became triumphant
winding up of the whole act of wor-
ship. Thus it happened that ''socdol-
lager became the term for anything
which left nothing else to follow: de-
cisive, overwhelming finish, to which no
reply was possible.
1t is reported that near Currizo
Springs, Tex, an oval-topped mound
covered with petrif1ed human skulls
has been discovered The mound 10
circular in form, and about 100 feet
high, and on one side is joined to a
short range of hills of about the same
height On the summit, and for some
distance down the sloping side, it Is
covered with what appear to' be
smooth, spherical bones, which upon
close examination prove to be human
skulls distorted into grotesque shapes
1t is further stated that by removing
the loose dirt and sand from the orifices
of the face the unmistakable human
contenance is revealed. Bones of other
classes are also said to be found there.
and from all appearances the whole
mound is formed of human skulls
Any man or government that de-
mands better or more valuable money
f1,ax, ha <rove - dfehouaGf