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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-07-06
FATS DIVERS

MILAN, Tenn. La troupe d'hom-
mes qui a. cru lyncher Lee Ben
nett, a Gleason, a pendu Jim Har-
ris, un innocent. Bennett est en-
prison q Dresden Oh il est 6troite-
ment garde.
--Une crosse nouvelle militaire.
LIE c.non de campagne sans recul,
q tir rapide, cherch6 en- vain de-
puis des ann6es par tous les gou-
vernemente, Went d'etre invent6 ct
realise avec plein success, en- Fran
ce, par les 6tablise ements Gail.
LES essais fats a Calais, q la COM
mission d'artillerie, ont etc d6ci-
s1fs.
ROME LIE cardinal Sersfno
Vannutelli, archeveque de Bolo-
gne, a r6sign6 les fonctions de Sc
cr6talre quill occupait au Vatican.
On attribute cette determination
aux diff6rends qni Sc seraient Gle.
YES entire le cardinal ct lie pape, au
sujet de la politique suivie par ce
dernier. Mgr Vannutelli est soute-
nu par un puissant parti ecol6sias-
tique ct on en- parle plusieurs fois
CONNIE dun successeur probable
de Leon XIII.
III s'est pass6 her, d lenquete
du canal Lachine, un incident qui
m6rite d'etre racont6. M. John VII
leneuye, marqueur durant les .tra-
yaux du pont, venait de prefer SER
ment pour donner So deposition;
mais il q refuse de repondre en-
apglais, bien gull parle cette Ian
que presque couramment.
.'Vous savez parler anglais,' :
lui a dit un des commissaires, N
Douglass.
Oui, anglais ct francais, q rs.
pondu M. Villeneuve, ct en- celia
| j'ai l'avantsge sur vous.
II q done fallu faire venir an ste.
nographe francais ct interroger N
Villeneuve dane 90 langue mater.
! lnelle.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-07-06
Un Moyen Faclle de venir en- Al
dc a de Pauvres Missions

Recueillez les timbres -poste
oblit6r6s de toutes nuances ct de
tous pays ct envoyeN-les au Rev.
P. M. Barral, .Missionnaire Ham
monton, Nouveau-Jersey Veuillez
dcnner de suite votre adresse ct
vous recevrez avec les renseigne-
ments n6cessaires un beau Souve-
mir des Missions d'Hammonton.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-07-06

Chambres, Rest aur ant
Service de vol tures
etc. etc. sous lie con-.
trole absolu de l. Agen- :
ce. Echange d. argent
Rense ignement s gene
raux, economic e pour tous,
voyez les prospectus
ct yous sauverez %
pour cent
DANIEL BERGERoN, Gerant.
Ia II. EcREMENT, Score 6taire.
EUGENE DEsAULNIERs, Corr
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-07-06
LE GUIDE FRANcAIs
do8 Etats.Uni8,

Ce magnifque Outrage canadien, unique
en- son genre, est malntenant pref. Ceux
qui d6sirent Sc le procurer voudront Dlen
s'adresser de suite La Soci6te de Publ
cations Frangais es des Etats- Unis, bolte
80 B. de Poste, Lowell, Mass, qui pexpe-
diera franco par la MALE sur reception de
$3.50.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-07-06
J. G. MARQUIS, Collaborateur
MARTYRE
DES DEuX FAMILIES MIMAMI ET TAKETA, "A
YATSUSHIR0, JAPoN


mas sdansle
Q purement vugare)
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-07-06
Buffet ParIor Car a Chaque Train

Trains tous les jours excepte le dimanche
Correspondances faites aux Union
Depots, st. Paul, Minneapolis ct West
Superior.
W. 8. ALEXANDER, w. A. CARPENTER,
Prest. & 3en'l Manager, GenI Pass. agent,
st. Paul. ST. Paul
P. A. ROCKWELL,
Asst Gen. Pass. Agt.
st. Paul.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
LOADING UNCLE SANS MONEY.

stock lode. 1t yielded 5000 to
$1,000 q ton. This was pretty rich, con-
sidering the fact that a ton Of ore
equals only thirteen cubic feet, but ore
has been dug in Colorado recently
which produced Sl2.O 200 a ton.
The great silver deposits of the
world have been struck by chance.
The Comstock lode was an accidental
discovery. Peru's famous mines we're
found by a shepherd, who. while climb
ing a slope of the Andes. lighted some
brambles for cooking a frugal repast.
A pebble, heated by the flames, at
tracted his notice by its shining. He
took it to Lima, where it was examined
and declared to be precious ore. The
care-taker of tlocks became q million
aire. The richest veins of silver in
Chilli were found by q mountaineer
named Godoy. who hunted guanacos in
he Andes.
Uncle SANS C,sh BOX.
In these times when the statement
is made that much money is hidden in
insecure places like old stockings and
abandoned coffee pots. it may be inter.
esting to know how Uncle Sam protects
the millions of silver and gold in his
charge and keeps it circulating
throughout the country, and protects
the millions which come in and go out
from the treasury department every
day from those inside and outside OF
the great building. from which Issues
the financial current, supplying the
outside world of business.
The United States Express Company
acts as Uncle SANS messenger boy,
and between 8 and 0 o'clock in the
morning or 4 and 5 in the afternoon
the visitor to Washington can see the
great wagons backed up to the Treas
ury Building, loading and unloading.
These wagons are always accompanied
by armed men. They make their way
to and fro between the Treasury and
railway stations with %allpossible haste,
and never permit their progress to be
blocked by other vehicles.
The visitor may go down to the
vault where the "a amount of silver
is stored by obtaining permission from
Mr.. Daniel n. Morgan, Treasurer OF
the United States. When this has
been obtained you are escorted down
two flights of stairs into the sub.
basement, where the walls are very
thick and the corridor very narrow.
Here you halt before q heavy grated
door, behind which Q watchman sits
night and day. The messenger directs
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08

Sam issues them at his own expense.
the yellow metal in them being worth
their face. But the silver dol,ay.s and
subsidiary pieces are circulated by the
Government on its W &C cunt. the
profit on them being its own advan-
tage. Intrlnsically they are not equal
to their face value: in effect they are
merely tokens. the stamp of the Trcas-
ury making them current. According
ly. the Government feels obliged to re-
deem them at any time without deduc-
ton: so long as they are in condition to
be identified. In a sense. they are OBJ
legations to pay. 1t is quite othel wise
with gold. With gold coin there is q
loss of no small consequence by abra-
sion in the bags at the Treasury,
through rubbing against one another:
but with silver. this damage is not i'm
poltant enough for consideration. Bars
OF pure sllver-9c.lM fine-are made at
the mints and sold to jewelers. id 9TH
err merchants. not. so much for thci.
benefit as to save from destruction the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
The Entrec to Society.

OF a certain New York clubman,
the Recorder tells that he became
desperately enamored of a charming
widow. She was not unmindful Of
his passion, and invited him down to
dine at her place. He was something
of a gourmet. and she was richly en-
dowcd with the acumulations of her
first husbands trade in some patent.
medicines, the sutton anticipated a
delicious little dinner which should
make him appear at his very best
when it came to putting the momen-
tous question. But when they were
at table, and she served him only cold
ham, jelly, tea, and lemonade, his
heart fell. He had never made love
after a dinner like that, and he could
not rekindle the flame. 1t was no 90.
and he gave it up. AS he was max
ing his adieux, the widow asked, with
seemingly simplicity: sMy dear Mr..
W, how does one get into New
York society?:" His opportunity had
come. 1t was a mean advantage,
but he took it, as he replied: sBy
not serving lemonade at dinner!!n
And he hurried to the station.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
Her Rest.

Mrs. M%olesworth, who writes a
moving article in the volume en-.
titled "Woman's Work." concerning
the necessity of obtaining "fun, food
and fresh air" for all classes of
children, says that there are among
London's poor thousands of little
ones who never had a toy.
Yet still the child's instinct to
snake believe" surmounts every
practical obstacle, and there is a true
story of nj little sufferer from a
chronic disease whose only playthings
were the spots Of damp on the wall
beside her bed. She played they we're
real and alive; she gave them names
and imaginary qualities.
Another true story shows how far
the little candle of a wise and loving
word may throw its beams. A
teacher at a Sunday school for Lon
don's poor was trying to impress up.
on her little pupils some idea of the
real meaning of giving.
"Whatever 1t may be-" she said,
"our otle.ing to God should be of our
best, Of what we prize most"
In one baby heart her words found
ready response. Next day a little
creature contided her Offering to the
teacher: it was a carefully tied
package, containing a few grains of
rice. This was her most precious and
perhaps her only treasure.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08

the watchman to open the door and you
step inside the corridor where are
stored 1Ol, 1850, 900 silver dollars. To
enter the vault one must first rass the
great door with its multiplicity of COM
b.nation locks and time locks. Beyond
this is a heavy steel door Weighing
over six tons, which is rolled into place
by a windlass and securely locked.
Beyond this is the great silver vault
which is e%ighty-nine feet long and
dity-one feet wide, and twelve feet
high. Around the outer side of this
vault is q corridor about three feet
wide watch .-Nte.ds clear around tae
inner vault. which is con posed Of steel
LATHE work, strr ngly riveted together,
and which securely holds the millions
within.
But even through this steel lattice
work YOU cannot see the white metal
which is stored away. All that a be
seen is a loag row of wooden boxes
which are piled up, ter upt n tier, from
the Acoc OF the vault to the ceiling.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08

the door of another vault in which
some O: the gold and silver is stored.
In this vault are kept the dimes, quar-
ters and half-dollars. F%orty-eight
millions of this money and eleven mill
ions in gold are kept in this vault,
while in the department of the Con-
troller of the Currency are stored all
the Government bonds deposited by
the national banks as a security for
their circulation. and in other vaults
are kept the United States Treasury
money used by the cashier of the
United States. in the daily banking
operations of the cash room. which
acts as q feeder not only to the banks
of Washington, but to the banks of
the United States at large.
While the Secretary of the Treasury
is in q general way considered the rem.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08

and the books and money balanced ex-
actly; when the Republican party came
into power in 1889 the count was found
to be exactly what the books showed it
to be in the vaults, and upon the turn
ing over of the treasury to the trea su-
rer h money was again counted, and
the accounts found to be correct.
OF course each. silver dollar is not
counted, neither is each gold piece. A
bag OF silver contains l.UUJ silver dbl
lars and should weigh sixty pounds, SO
in counting the money a bag of silver
Is placed Oh the scales and If up to
weight. the bag is counted as $1,000,
but If the silver dollars have lest in
weight by the wear OF c.rcu aticn then
the bag is opcrcd and every dollar
counted Sc that there will be NJ TO 81.
bility of q mistake.
Siivt. In the Bible.
The first mention of silver eccars in
tho Bib G, who e Ephrcn wales his
fed at 4;Nt sheke S Of silver. watch are
weighed Out to him by Abraham. 1t
Is stited ia er on that Joseph $ broth
els soil him for twenty picc IS of the
ann IRE al. Silver ami gold We're
used by weight long tefo t.ey were
coined. The ratio at which they we're
first coined was the ratio at which they
had OBVIOUSLY g me into use by weight.
In Greece and the Creek cities of Asia
Minor the ratio was IL to l, but it fell
to ~ to l afie: the conquest of Athens.
In ancient times gold was tine variable
metal: il nuctuatad greatly in valic.
while silver was always the commey-
ciul standard. Here are a few unclassi-
fled facts concerning silver: The total
production of silver since 1900 is reck-
oned at 4C0. l0n, COD pounds. The ring"
of silver is best initiated in a.:
counterfeit by an admixture of pow
de ed glass with.base metal. The sill
YER dollar of 1904 is worth 5000: the
silver quarter of 1927 is worth $4O:i'
the half-dime of 1902 is worth $40: thel
five-cent silver piece of 1872 is worth
500. and the dime of 1904 is worth 81.
What would happen if the United
States Treasury would throw its stock
Of silver on the market? The most
frightful financial panic that has ever
been seen would ensue. The $500. co.,
OcO worth of the metal now held by the
Treasury more than equals the present
circulation of silver in the world. Such
action on the part of this Government,
happily impossible, would almost de-
stroy this substance as money. reduc-
ing it to the statue of a base metal.
After all. it is only rarity that makes
value. If gold were as plentiful as
it would fetch no higher price.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08

standard dollars and subsidiary coins.
She balance being bullion. Yet only
5s,7Oo,00o silver dollars are to-day in
circulation. more than five times as
many being locked up in the Govern
ment vaults unused. They take up IL
lot of com One million Of them will
occupy Il space of 25O cubic feet. Oddly
enough. a box containing only $50 cubic
Feet will hold 81 .GGO, GOO in quarters or
dimes. because they pack SO much bet
ter.
Disappearance of Silver and Gold.
Nobody has eve been able to explain
what becomes of ali the silver and gold
produced in the world. The total loss
of both these substances from ship
wreck. fire and year and tear has been
'eckoned at Sl,4C0.C00 per annum. The
entire amount of silver nos In the DOS.
session of mankind is only equal to
what has been produced during the
asst eighty years. What has been the
ate of the great balance?: The white
treasures 90 past centurics-where are
,hey:: 1t is an unsolved mystery. AT
The beginning of the Christian era the
precious metals in the Roman empire
amounted to 81. $40. OOO. 600. This store
ihrunk so rapidly during subse-
luent centuries that at the date of the
discovery of America the stock OF sill
yer and gold money in Europe did not
exceed one-tcnth of the sum mentioned.
The depleted currency OF the old
world was made full again by supplies
rom the new To-day America fur
aishes .hcarly all of the silver used
oy the inhabitants of the globe. The
great source of supply is what gcolo-
sists term the Cordillcran system. en-
aracing the Rocky Mountain region, the
Mexican plateau and the Andean chain
3f South American. In fact. the metal
Is not produced to any important en-
tent anywhere else. In 1892 the United
States produced 100000 % worth of
II and Mexico $50, 000,O 00. 1t is among
the foremost of American products.
For that reason. among others. silver
advocates claim that we ought to up
hold it in the worlds markets at all
hazards.
Silver coin undergoes a loss in weight
due to Wear and tear of circulation. 1t
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
OUR READERS,
SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL
INTEREST THEM.
Many Odd Jobs Can be Done on R.,nx
Days-Profitable Pig Feeding beware
How You Recommend a., Horse-Conyen,
iences for the Kitchen.
Work for Rainy Days.

I wonder IL all my brother farmers
can find enough work to keep them
and the hired men busy In continued
rainy weather. What do you do while
the rain is falling and you can't work
out of doors? We have a good shop
to work in, and plenty of tools; SO
the carpenter, the harness repairer,
the painter, and the blacksmith can
find plenty to do while the rain is
falling. We found our harnesses
needed oiling, and taking them apart
for this purpose we found u great
many places that, by the use of the
needle, thread, awl, etc, we put in
as good shape as a harness maker
could have done, and thereby saved q
trip to town, found something to.put
in the time, and saved a few dimes
besides. We find by looking around
that u drill and harrow need re-
pairs, SO the carpenter has a chance
to show his skill. There is a board
broken out of the gate; of course,
any n could nail one on, but that
would not make a neat looking Job,
so the genius that can use the car
penter's tools takes one head off the
gate. fits the board to the mortice
and puts the gate together again, and
then a little paint makes it look
like a new gate again. Perhaps some
of your farm tools would look better
If they were to receive a coat of
paint.
When the rain lets up So we can
get out to work, We lind the fences
need repairing: as we have not yet
adopted the soiling system, we can
not dispense with the fences. We
have been building of late years
quite a lot Of post and rail fence. 1
think we have an improved and
rapid way of setting, or rather driv-
ing the posts. We have a sort Of
pile-driver placed upon a wagon;
there is a heavy wooden block which
drives the posts, on the wagon we
place a two horsepower gasoline en-
CINE, the wheel of which is connected
to the windlass OF the pile.driyer by a
belt: the block is raised by means of
a rope, which passes through a pulley
at the top of the frame, and then to
the windlass, around which 1T is
given a couple of turns. When the
windlass is in motion the block is
raised the desired height, and then
dropped on the post; a team of horses
draw the wagon to the next place
where the post is to be driven. If
you have not the engine to run the
windlass, two men can turn it by
having q crank placed on each end.
We have the posts sawed four inches
square and eve and one-half feet in
length, and drive them in the ground
three feet. Two men can sharpen
and drive about 225 posts in ten
hours with this driver Ohio Farmer.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
A Cyclone Story.

One of the most peculiar results of
last Sundays cyclone can be seen in
East Jacksonville. A large oak tree
was twisted by the force of the wind
half way round, yet remained up.
right, and there are no splits or
cracks visible upon its surface. This.
in itself would not be SO peculiar
were it not for the fact that the tree
still stays in its new position, and
the limbs which were previously on
the west side are now on the east.
The body OF the tree is probably split
so that it will eventually die, but the
bark seems to have remained IN.
broken and intact, and therein lies
the peculiarity.-Florida Times.
Union.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
THE MINT AT PHILADELPHIA.

coins. which would otherwise he melted
for use in the arts. Coin silver is
90-lO0 fine: sterling is slightly better,
or 925-l, 900 tine-such being the legal
makeup of British silver pieces.
Deposits of Silver.
Whereas gold is found pretty nearly
everywhere-in sea water. in sand, in
rocks quite generally-silver is an ele-
ment not often come across. compara-
lively speaking. 1t readily combines
with all sorts of other elements, and
thus ordinarily occurs in the shape of
chlorides, sulphates, and ca, Donates,
being seldom discovered native" or
pure. Produced by nature in such
shapes. it is not pretty to look at. the
richest ore sometimes resembling blue
sand. That is II reason why it was
utilized to only a very small extent by
the American aborigines up to the lime
of Columbus. They knew little of it.
though some of their ornaments were
covered with plates of it, beaten very
thin.
The great deposits Of silver in Ne
vada, Colorado, and elsewhere in the
world ere made by water. That in
nocent element. percolating through
the earth, picked up out of the rocks
small particles of the metal and carried
them along in solution. Passing through
cracks and cavities the subterranean
currents deposited their leads of the
metal and thus, after thousands of
years, pockets and assures were filled
with it. Sometimes these deposits
We're enormous. as in the case of the
Big Bonanza. which was a slice of ore
300 feet wide and of unknown depth.
extending across the famous Com
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08

falls on Uncle Sam and amounts to
about 3 per cent. The life" of a
standard silver dollar rolling through
The channels of trade is only fifteen or
twenty years, while a quarter does not
last hall as long, and dime is evenmore
rapidly p%erishable. But. whereas only
PRODUCTION of one-half of / per cent. is
Allowed on gold, no limit is set by the
treasury against silver pieces. The
latter r accepted at face value SO
long as the mint stamp on them is Wis
tble. This rule, of course, does not
apply If they have been purposely
punched, mutilated or otherwise
ssweated."
The gold coins of the United States.
ron see, are the peoples money. Uncle
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
FACTS ABOUT SILVER.
UNCLE SAM OWNS $500, 900 600
WORTH OF 1T.
II Would Take Three Hundred Thousand
Able-lsodied Men to Garry 1.-THE Maxi
Ing of Silver M~oney-Money Vaults at
Washington.
bullion in the MINIS.

Uncle Sam is carrying q heavy lead
of silver just now. Being dead
weight" the stock of the metal now ON
his hands would burden 5000 able
todied men. Sustaining 100 pounds
each and marching six feet apart, they
would stretch in single file $50 miles,
or as far as from Baltimore to Boston.
Stacking their freight in q single heap.
they would find that its total bulk Was
l25,O00 cubic feet. Transported by rail,
it would require thi. ty trains of twen-
ty-five cars each. each car taking
twenty ions The silvcY-mine owners
sell their ore to the smelling and re-
iining works: the latter sell the metal
i'll bricks to the dealers in bullion. who
dispose OF them ut the best price they
u get. What they cannot sell to Uncle
Sam they dispose of i'll London, which
is the worlds market for silver. Under
the Sherman laws which recently
caused so much discussion, the Treas
ury bought 4.500.WW ounces of silver
every month. On three days in each
week the Director of the Mint received
bids from dealers i'm bullion who wished
to sell the commodity to Uncle Sam.
Offers had to be Ont in before l o'clock
y. IN. They came by tclegraph-near-
~ all of them between 1880 and /
O'clock. le:ause the silver merchants
wished to take advantage of the latest
quotations. The kilograms were re-
corded in Il book. and these bids We're
accepted which seemed reasonable.
The Treasury at Washington never
handles any bullion. All OF it is kept
at the mints. In the great coin factory
on Chestnut street. Philadelphia. is
now stored Sl0l .C00,OD0 in silver bricks.
Uncle Sam owns ut present almost en-
actly s5OO. G00.0 900 worth of this metal.
OF this mass of value &l1h.Onn. 600 is in
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
Beware How You Recommend,

As a rule it is notra good idea to
recommend a horse very highly un-
less you are confident that the ami
NAL will I'LL every expectation OF the
purchaser. 1t is a poor policy to lay
much stress upon the good qualities
of Q horse in helping one friend to
make a sale to another friend. On
this subject a writer in an exchange
says: "Now, to recommend a horse
is the high road to perdition. Per-
haps more friendships are broken up
and fractricidal quarrels established
by selling horses than in any other
way. 1t is we'll known that Romulus
killed Remus, not for jumping over
the wall of Rome, but because Remus
had sold him a horse: and it is be-
lfeved that a difficulty over q Cleve-
land bay mare was at the bottom of
ne Wars of the Roses. A high.
minded veterinary surgeon, known to
the writer. is SO carefulin this matter
that II he has a horse of his own to
dispose Of he would send him to an
auction yard rather than sell him
privately to anyone he knows.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
Colored Bottles.

The colored bottles of the drug.
gist originated among those ancient
chemists, the Moors of Arabia and
Old Spain. The manufacturers of
their own chemicals, they used both
in this and their own experiments
retorts and vessels similar in shane
to bottles, and these vessels with
their various colored fluids became
associated In the public mind with
the men who used them, aud hence
became signs.