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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-04-04
THE DEPOT S ALOON
Conducted by Nudge Mari.

This cosy e~tahli hment, near
the depot,ls s aiw ,ys supplied with
top nuich goods. Elegant card
rooms in thu rear, and readius
room lit bp electricity. al
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30
Her Best.

Mrs. Wordsworth, who writes a
moving article 10 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
Londons poor thousands Of little
ones who never had toy.
Yet still the child's instinct to
snake believe" surmounts every
practical obstacle, and there is true
story of one little sufferer from a
chronic disease whose only playthings
were the spots of damp oD the wall
beside her bed. She played they were
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 it's beams. A
teacher at Sunday school for Lon
dons poor was trying to impress up
on her little pupils some idea Of the
real meaning of giving.
"Whatever it may be" she said,
"our offering 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 confided her Offering to the
teacher; it was carefully tied
package, containing few grains OF
rice. This was her most precious and
perhaps her only treasure.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30

Thus ordinarily occurs IN the shape VI
oh lorides. sulphates, and carbonates'
heinc seldom discovered native or
nure Produced by nature In sucn
shanes. it is not pretty to LOOK at. ihe
richest ore sometimes resembling olle
ldoi Mat is one reason why it was
,'+;lized to only very small exteat oy
~ American aboiigines up to the !lme
Of Columbus. They knew little OF IT,
tbonoh some of their ornaments Were
.covered with plates OF it, beaten very
''' The GREAT deposits of silver in Ne
80 Colorado. and elsewhere IN the
MD were made by water. Ihat IN
,,onant element, percolatlng tnrougn
the earth. picked up out OF the rot ha
~. PARTICLES of the metal ana carrleu
than aIono in solution. Passing throusn
o,.onlxs and cavities the suotefrane -,
orrrants deposited their loaas % tils
natal and thus, after thousanu En-, "a
na.rs nockets and assures were nll ;ta
Nth +. Sometimes these oepos .ha
go enormous, as in the case VI o,o
Bio Rnnanza. which was slice % olo
ao5 foot vide and of unknown oepvn'
extending across the 1amoa asoo to
stock lode. It yielded so1o CON- w
81 600 ton. This was pretty lnon a. ore
sidering the fact that 70, .oIi hit ore
eonals only thirteen cuDlc iee0 aoantlv
has been dug in Coloraoo io'
which produced S12,0O 1ou t of the
The great silver dePoshts ,- chance,
world have been struck " o;aantal
The Comstock lode was an 10; a We've
discovery. Peru's famous Ill climb
found by shepherd, Wno' inhted some
ing slope o of ca 6ns nga'f frugal repast
bra ,nabhs. lo heated By the flames at a.,
tracte e h his nusc where it was esam nh ID
s soek declared e. Ia to Be precious ors iio as
eareta Tee Of richest veins Of SILVER in
ARE ARE, were ! ar found by q moun'aiheer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30

Silver i'll the Bible.
The first mention of silver occurs in
the Bible, where EphrOn values his
field at 400 shekels of silver, which are
weighed out to him by Abraham. II
is stated later on that Joseph's broth.
ers sold him for twenty pieces of the
same metal. Silver and gold were
used by weight long before they were
coined. The ratio at which they were
first coined was the ratio at which they
had previously gone into use by weight.
In Greece and the Greek cities of Asia
Minor the ratio was Ii to /, but it fell
to 10 to | after the conquest of Athens.
In ancient times gold was the variable
metal: it fuctuated greatly in value.
while silver was always the CONNER
cial standard. Here are few unclassi-
fed facts concerning silver: The total
production of silver since 1900 is reck-
oned at 400, 100000 pounds. The ring
of silver is best initiated in a
counterfeit by an admixture of pow
dered glass with base meta. The sill
yer dollar of 1904 is worth 5000; the
silver quarter of 1927 is worth $40:
the half-dime of 1902 is worth $50; the
fve-cent silver piece of 1872 is worth
$50, 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, OO).-
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
iron it would fetch no higher price.
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by armed men. They make their way
to and fro between the Treasury and
railway stations with all possible haste,
and never permit their progress to be
blocked by other vehicles.
The visitor may go down to Tic
vault where the vast 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 heavy grated
door, behind which a Waterman sits
night and day. The messenger directs
the Waterman to open the door and you
step inside the corridor where are
stored 10l, 100000 silver dollars. To
enter the vault one must first pass the
great door with it's multiplicity Of COM
bination locks and time locks. Beyond
this is 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 eighty-nine feet long and
fifty-one feet wide, and twelve feet
high. Around the outer side of this
vault is corridor about three feet
wide which extends clear around the
inner vault, which is composed of steel
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30

the right hand Of the silyc" vault is
the door of another Na1t in watch
some OF the god aud silyer is sto ed.
In this vault are kept the dimes. Quar-
ters aud half dollars. orty-e ght
millions of this money and eleven null
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 Giro ulation. ard in other vaults
are kept the United Sta es Treasury
notes. In another is the supp y OF
money used by the cashier of the
United States, in the daily banking
operations of the C; SD room, which
acts as a feeder not on y to the banks
of Washington, but to the banks OF
the United States at large.
While the Secretai y of the Treasury
is in a general way considered the rep
resentative of the Coy ernment On
financial matters, still the Treasurer
of the United States is the direct Gus
todian of Uncle Sans god and silver.
Although it is certain that with all
the watchfulness with which the gold
and silver are guarded, none of the
contents of the huge vaults can be
SUOlcl. 1cS Ul1clcSSs w Ull SdCl1
of the treasurer all of Uncle Sam s
money is carefully counted, SO that the
incoming treasurer will only be held
responsible for such money as is turned
over to him and received by him dur
ing his term of office. When the Dem
ocratic party came into power in 1885 a
careful count of all the money was made
and the books and money balanced ex.
actly; when the Republican party came
into power in 1880 the count was found
to be exactly what the books showed il
to be in the vaults, and upon the turn
ing over of the treasury to the treasu-
rer the money was again counted, and
the accounts found to be correct.
Of course each silver dollar is moi
counted, neither is each gold piece. A
bag of silver contains 1000 silver dol
lars and should weigh sixty pounds, sc
in counting the money bag Of silver
is placed on the scales and if up tc
weight the bag IS counted as $1,000,
but if the silver dollars have lost il
weight by the wear of circulation ther
The bag is opened and every dolla1
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30
THE FATALiSTIC TURK.
How He Braves Death at the Holy City
of His Faith.


The accounts given by the pilgrims
of the way in which cholera attacked
them are terrible in their grim
fatalism, says the London Spectator.
June "a, two days before the CourOan
Bairam, upward Of 100, 900 Mussul-
mans, Arabs, Turks, and Indians had
gathered on the sacred mount to
hear the solemn address which is de-
livered to those who wish to become
hadji. Many OF these people were in
the most wretched condition, and
some had not even loaf Of bread.
1t was here that the disease ap-
pears to have struck them, like the
blast of a poisoned wind. When
next day the onward movement to
the holy city began it was found that
the ground was strewn like battle
field with the dead and dying, and
so terribly virulent was the type of
infection thus engenderel that it
was, says the account, impossible for
any living creature to approach the
place.
The authorities seem, however, to
have realized that something must
be done, and that the bodies could
not be left to rot. Accordingly, a
Turkish regiment was sent to per-
form the work Of burial and to re-
move any of the pilgrims who still
lived. Never did troops in the heat
of battle receive a command more
fraught with peril. The risk, as it
proved, was literally greater than
that of facing machine guns and the
moral effect was far more terrible.
There are ten men who will face
death by bullets to one who will face
death by cholera. Yet these Turkish
soldiers, with the fatalistic courage
of their race, obeyed as they obeyed
at Plevna.
The battalion. when it reached the
mount, was 700 strong. After the
work had been done 200 men only re-
manned to go back to the coast Five
hundred of the soldiers had died Of
cholera That is, nearly three-quar-
ters of the regiment persisted in the
work of burial. No doubt English
troops would have been upheld by
many considerations-by religious
feeling and by the instinct Of mercy,
and they would, moreover, have been
we'll fed.
The Turkish troops probably felt
the sense of pity very little, and
their officers were almost certainly
men with anything but high sense
of conduct. They acted merely from
the most naked sense of the duty of
not tlinching at a command. 1t was
an order given from afar and from
above. and that and fate are to them
all one.
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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 I'M
broken and intact, and therein lies
the popularity Times
Union.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30

Do nlteer coin undergoes a loss in weight
que cue to wear and tear of circulation tt
a aIn1s on Uncle Sam and amounts to
ABOUT per cent. The life" of a
standard silver dollar rolling through
NE channels OF trade is only fifteen or
1 twenty years, while a quarter does not
last nall as long, and dime is even more
rapidly perishable. But, whereas on1v
a reduction of one-half of / per cent. IS
allowed on gold, no limit is set by the
treasury treasury against silver pieces. The
latter are accepted at face value so
long as the mint stamp on them is Wis
Idle; This rule, of course, does not
apply if they have been purposelv
punched, mutilated Or otherwise
"sweated."
The gold coins of the United States.
you see, are the peoples money. Uncle
Sam issues them at his own expense,
the yellow metal in them being worth
their face. But the silver dollars and
subsidiary pieces are circulated by the
Government on its own account. the
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The Entree to Society.

Of certain New York clubman,
the Recorder tells that be became
desperately enamored of 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-
dowed 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 fame. It was no go,
and he gave it up. AS he was max
ing his adieux, the widow asked, with
-,mingly simplicity: "My dear Mr..
-, how does one get into New
York society?" His opportunity had
come. 1t was a mean advantage,
but he took it, as he replied: "By
not serving lemonade at dinner!"
And he hurried to the station.
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RuIIi0n in the MINIS.

,ocIe Sam is carrying a heavy load
silver just now. Being dead
|. @btS the stock of the metal now on
Iands would burden 100000 able
Ti i men. Sustaining 100 pounds
l. and marching six feet apart, they
hid stretch in a single file $50 miles,
b.. far as from Baltimore to Boston.
sckino their freight in single heap,
T. would find that it's total bulk was
EWl cubic feet. Transported by rail,
[ogId require thirty trains of twen-
live ears each, each car taking
[rty tons. The silver-mine owners
tfcir orc to the smelling and re-
Enr works: the latter sell the metal
Frcks to the dealers in bullion, who
hose of them at the best price they
ret. What they cannot sell to Uncle
+ they dispose Of in London, which
H. worlds market for silver. Under
/ sherman laws which recently
/ ad 50 much discussion, the Trea3-
bought 100000 ounces of silver
r. month. On three days in each
the Director Of the Mint received
/ from dealers in bullion who wished
| s.n the commodity to Uncle Sam.
| p, had to be sent in before l o'clock
They came by telegraph-near-
|alI 0f them between 1870 and |
lock. le,ause the silver merchants
! he'd to take advantage Of the latest
(tations. The kilograms were re-
Ned in a book, and those bids Were
Iqled which seemed reasonable.
h. Treasury at Washington never
les any bullion. All of it is kept
Ihemiuts. IN the great coin factory
chestnut street, Philadelphia, is
stored %I1l. 100000 in silver bricks.
sam owns at present almost eX-
s5oGGo.GG0 worth of this metal.
t1is mass OF value $l75, 0OO,000 is in
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named Godoy, who hunted guanacos in
the Andes.

named Godoy, who hunted guanacos in
the Andes.
Uncle Sans Cash 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-
estlng 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 ana 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 8 o'clock in the
morning or 4 and 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
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30
1oAn1NG UNCLE SANS MONEY.

lattice work, strongly 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 can be
seen is a long row of wooden boxes
which are piled up, tier upon tier, from
the floor of the vault to the ceiling.
All around the sides and lining the
central corridor of the vault, these
boxes are two tiers deep and form a
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!. roo room on either side of the central
F If the vault. Inside these two
a oanms formed by the rows of boxes the
rno.ns i stored away in bags, 81 900 in
= hoo the weight of which is sixty
. the boxes each hold two bags,
~ that a box of silver weighs l20
pounds. exclusive of the weight of the
DIT this is not all the silver that
rrncIe sam has iE his strong box. At
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30

PRESIDENT RODRIGUEZ, of CostA
RIGA. has been unsuccessful in his
attempt to borrow 100000 He
will meet with wide sympathy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30
,cTS ABOUT SILVER.
,o,e SAM OWNS S5oo,ooo.ooo
WORTH OF 1T.

:, Take Three Hundred Thousand
:. podied Men to Garry 1.-THE Max
- silver Money-Money Vaults at
kashingtOn'
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OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO.
lNGS HERE AND THERE.

Jokes and Jolelets that Are Supposed to
Have Been Recently Born-Sayings and
Doings that Are Odd, Curious, and Laugh
sbIe--The Weeks Humor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30

lrb hAId'eau and the Andean chain
nro Sdh,eriean. In fact, tle metal
yJbuuced to any important ex-
| n Mmsre else. In 1892 the United
Newly $4,000, 900 worth of
Foremoso. s9o,OO0,000. 1t is among
Ehat reeso OF American products.
lates cIa;n among others, silver
III in '@ tha mat We ought to up
lbs. Tie worlds markets at all
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30

MORE bread and fewer prayers for
the hungry is what is needed in the
large cities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30

&d dollars and subsidiary coins,
|aance being bullion. Yet only
600 silver dollars are to-day in
|&tion. more than five times as
I being locked up in the Govern
vaults unused. They take up a
room. One million of them will
Pr a space of $50 cubic feet. Oddly
Fgh, box containing only $50 cubic
TWILL hold 100000 in quarters or
F. because they pack so much bet
|'S!ppcarance of Silver and Gold.
P9oGy has ever been able to explain
becomes of all the silver and gold
|oced in the world. The total loss
Poth these substances from ship
K, fire and wear and tear has been
|oned at 81, 100000 per annum. The
+ amount of silver now in the pcs,
OF mankind is only equal
mas been produced during II
ISht} years. What has been the
f. the great balance? The white
ElreS OF past centuries-where are
1t Is an unsolved mystery. At
EeShnlng Of the Christian era the
EooS metals in the Roman empire
[4ted to 81, $40, 100000. This store
4N so rapidly during subse-
centuries that at the date of the
L very OF America the stock of sill
l.0 gold money in Europe did not
FL one-tenth of the sum mentioned.
depicted currency Of the old
was made full again by supplies
the new. To-day America fur
i nearly all of the silver used
inhabitants of the globe. The
source of supply is what geolo-
Term the Cordilleran system, en-
IlT the Rocky Mountain region, the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30

profit on them being its own advan-
tage. Intrinsically they are not equal
to their face value: in effect they are
merely tokens, the stamp of the Treas
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 q sense, they are OBJ
legations to pay. It is quite otherwise
with gold. With gold coin there is a
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
portant enough for consideration. Bars
of pure silver-90-l00 fine-are made at
the minis and sold to jewelers. and 9TH
er merchants, not. so much for their
benefit as to save from destruction the
coins, which would otherwise be melted
for use in the arts. Coin silver is
90-100 fine: sterling is slightly better,
or 925-1 900 fine-such being the legal
makeup of British silver pieces.
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Our idea of a rash, foolhardy man
is one who will dare to read out loud
in the presence of a school teacher
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-30
Deposits of Silver.

Whereas gold is found pretty nearly
everywhere-in sea water, in sand, III
rocks quite generally silver is an ele-
ment not often come across, compare
lively speaking. It readily combines
with all sorts of other clements, and
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Silver in the Bible.

counted so that there will be no posi-.
hi1itV of a mistake
The herald., 1893-11-02
SANTA MONICA.
Many Improvements Under way-Local
AL

Many improvements Under Way-Local
Affairs.
SANTA MONICA, Nov. IAN errorious impres.
sion has gone abroad that the north beach bath
house is closed for the winter. 1t would be i'm
possible for a rumor to pe farther from the
truth. The north beach bath house is kept
open night and day, winter and summer, and
the hot ocean water baths are being literally
patronized. Not only will II be kept open con-
Iinuously but matchless bathing establish
ment will rise upon adjacent territory within
the next few months.
The Arcadia management not to be outdone,
are preparing to inaugurate many new and
attractive features. Although to your corre-
spondent will all rooms sunny and heated, ar
tifcally when necessary, and the elegant sun
parlor with it's matchless ocean view and the
many other elegant appointments OF Mr simon
feet home of pleasant winter or summer as NOR
tai can desire. Every indication at the present
writing gives promise of successful winter
Mr.. Jackson. of the popular Hotel Jackson. is
fast filing with engagements few days ahead
here seems to have been a mascot connected
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.
Capt s. B. Randall has sold his cigar stand
and news agency to A. Il. Jackson, formerly
manager OF Hotel Jackson.
Mrs. Thomas Thompson has returned from
she is convaiescing from her late Hines Illness. - ''''
One inch OF rain has falien here this season
up to date. ~ tea
N. 2. willis has been made agent of the Troy
laundry here.
Mr.. and Mrs F. L. Creter of Buffalo, MY. are
visiting relatives here.
Mrs, g: A. Treadwell has returned from her
worlds fair trip.
Ernest Twichell of Ventura. nephew of Jus
tice Twichell, who was recently severely hurt
by dynam te explosion, has arrived in Santa
Monica, and is under Dr. Lanterman's care
Mr.. and Mrs K, NJ. Corliss and family of San
Francisco are visiting The family of Mr.. and
Mrs. Il l.. Jones' :.