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The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-11-28

heroic struggle to i've, put had finally
to succumb to the inevitable One
single sentence in the presidents an
nouncement of the failure is suffi-
cient to account for the disas-
ter, and for other business trou-
bles yet to come. The paragraph
referred to reads as follows: THE
bankers dollar has in its purchasing
power almost doubled in value, while
the manufacturers and enterprising
business mems dollar, invested in
buildings machinery and merchandise,
is reduced so per cent. below original
COST
"By referring to quotations of the
value of bank stocks it will be seen
that they have not been shrinking.
The products of industry, the wealth
created by labor, skill and enterprise
are flowing into the possession of those
who do not add a single iota to the
worlds wealth. The bankers are very
consistently in favor Of doubling the
purchasing power of money and cur
rency, but what is their gain is the
enterprising business mans loss. Gold
monometallism is daily recording it's
victories
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GOLD HOLDS UP.

Silver, However, Is Depreciated by I'm
| friendly Legislation.
| Much is being said by fnunciers and
politicians about the necessity of main
tanning sound currency of equal cx-
changeable value, whether gold, silver
or paper, and to accomplish this the
custom has been established, as have
before explained, to redeem all paper
currency presented at the treasury
with gold, although silver certificates
are by their express terms redeema bic
in silver coin of that metal, and SO it
happens that while we have more than
ten times as much outstanding paper
currency as we have gold in the treas
ury with which to redeem it, it is all
held up to the full value of gold bv
the fact that the government pays out
gold for it to anyone in any sum in
which it is presented for redemption.
This has led the government into en-
foarrassing business Implications. To
obtain the gold necessary to maintain
it's 100000, 600 in the treasury it has
been repeatedly compelled to borrow
gold and issue government bonds bear
ing interest that by and by will have
to be paid in gold, and in it's last trans
action Of this character, syndicate of
bankers, part of which are residents Of
this country and part of England, took
our bonds under some arrangement by
which this syndicate was to maintain
the reserveaia u the treasury for a given
period, and under that arrangement it
has at different times within the last
few weeks been compelled to furnish
the government many millions of gold
in exchange for paper currency.
Notwithstanding the depreciation in
the market price of silver there has
certainly been no depreciation in the
value of gold, for the gold dollar is
just as large now and just as fine as it
was before silver was demonetized,
and as you have seen chat all forms of
paper currency are held up to the full
value Of gold by the fact that they are
redeemed with gold by the govern
ment, it is apparent there could be no
depreciation in the value of money of
any kind, nor in the value of any obli-
cation against a responsible party that
is payable in money.-Gov. Boies Iowa
speech.
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with the opinions of the real authDri-
ties on money, most of whom i n Europe
are bimetallists, his dictum has not u
whit more than the value of temporary
political influence.
1t may be true that the Gladstone
and Balfour letters take England out
of the list of nations who will aid the
restoration Of bimetallic coinage. Is
the fact discouraging or cheering to
the friends Of the cause?
England has always been the STUN
bling block Her delegates have ap-
peared at international conferences to
talk pleasantly and suggest insur-
mountablo difficulties The nations
which desire to restore silver to equal
privileges can act more decisively if
they know positively that England
will hold aloof
Gladstone dismisses the subject with
the shallow and flippant phrases Of a
man who has not studied the impor-
tnncc of money which is the prin-
cipal supply in use of vastly more than
half of the worlds population. 1t is
doubtful whether he sees England's
true interests and certain that he does
not see the true interests of the peo-
pies whose use of silver money has
been extensive and habitua1.
Rosy expectations of gold yields in
South America do not Danish the fact
that there is not and will not soon be
enough gold to supply the place of
demonetized silver. Gold grabbing is
making trouble for the nations, as it
has made trouble during twenty years.
The appreciation of gold, in compari-
son with the selling prices of most
staple commodities, has interfered
with the exchange OF products, bur-
Tened the solvencv of debtors and dis
outraged the activities of useful pro-
duction. Its injustice has kept the
world back, though England may have
profited for the time being.
Bimetallism will not wait for Glad
stone to change his mind or for Bal
four to renew his courage. In the
United States their cooperation in
crushing English bimetallists will
stimulate the friends of silver, who
can now we'll say that the time has
arrived for this country to take up
free coinage of silver on it's own ac-
count and give notice to ali govern
ments that our mints will be opened
at the ratio which appears to represent
conditions as they exist.-St. Louis
Republic !,
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That Cold Mascot.

How much conscience there is in the
bond syndicate is beginning to be
manifest. They live up to the letter
Of their contract. That contract is
ended and we see that the precious
gold in the treasury, that untouchable,
sacred mascot, is permitted to dissolve
away at the rate of $5, 900, 900 to 81, ,OOO.-
900 a week to Europe. This is a log
ical conclusion; everyone expected it.;
they want some more honest money,
honest bonds and honest percentages
for handling bonds. They would like
another slo,ooo,oo of profits and un-
less the policy of the administration
changes and resort is had to the use
of silver money now coined and bear
ing the stamp of the government and
under the law having the same power
of redemption that gold has, permit
ting it to do its legitimate work side
by side in the realm Of honesty
in paying debts, another bond issue
will be needed to feed the divine mas
cot of the easurv.-Cleveland Plain
dealer, &
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Only the tioyernsnent paws Gold.

It Is unfortunate that in a gold
standard country, as ours has been
made by executive order, only the gov
ernment is required to pay gold. The
banks suck in all the gold they can
reach, and pay their depositors' checks
IN silver certificates almost exclusively.
Indeed, these certificates constitute
the principal circulation of the coun-
try. Gold is boarded and green backs
are boarded, while on every bulletin
board in the worlds money market the
United States government is posted as
bankrupt; not because she has sus-
pended gold payments, but because
sometimes her gold redemption fund
is allowed to fall little below $780,
900, 0oo.--Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Avoiding the Jssna,

Avoiding the Issue
A Georgia paper says that the gold
bug papers do not discuss the great
shrinkage in tax values in that state. as
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SILVER IN CIRCULATION
Some Light Thrown Upon tho Ignorance OF
snif a ~

some Light Th-own Upon tho Ignorance or
GoiG Fanatics. a
The Herald has frequently denied
the accuracy of the statement matln by
ignorant gold fanatics that a large
portion of the standard silver dollars
coined by this government were living
in the treasury at Washington useless
for the purpose Of trade and expedit-
ing transfers of merchandise. Yet
this stupid or malicious statement con-.
tinues to go the rounds of the press.
many newspapers which would natur~
ally be expected to know better aud
do better giving currency 10 it. The
New York Press is not one of these
papers. In recent paragraph the
Press says: ut is seldom that Brad
streets makes SO broad blunder in
statement of fact as when it
says less than one-eighth of the
standard silver dollars coined are in
use among the people, The poor old
silver dollar is faring hard enough
without clu bbing it with this sort of
misstatement. The facts are these:
Silver dollars coined, 1923, 2s9, 2o9; cir
culating in silver certificates, $500, 1885,
118; circulating in coin itself, s51, ,746,-
FOG; total in circulation, $372, 1o1, S24.
Leaving silver not in circulation only,
$51, ,1S7, 1856. Total, $423, 2s9, ,2O9.
Instead of less than one-eighth of
the standard silver dollars coined be-
ing in use more than eight-ninths of
them are in use. ."-Syracuse IN. W
Hara1d
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THAT HONEST DOLLAR.

How 1t is Wrecking Business Enterprise
and Aiding the Banker.
The facts fly in the face of the gold
ite claim that the gold dollar is the
honest dollar. Here is an extract from
the Cincinnati Enquirer:
"The failure of the Standard Wagon
Co. and the Davis Carriage Co., of this
city, has been announced. They were
very large concerns and gave employ
ment to a great number of men, and
furnished market for vast amount
of raw material. The officers made a
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SHOULD NOT DELAY.

The Time Has Arrived for This Country to
Take Up Free Coinage Independent of
Other Nations
Mr.. Gladstone writes to young Mr..
George Peel that bimetallism is pass
ing bnmor of the hour, inevitably
docsae: r. nullity and disappointment.
Mr.. Bal 5ur has been compelled by the
Salisbury ministry to prepare letter
declaring that he will make no effort
to promote the cause of bimetallism.
Mr.. Gladstone was great chancel-
lor of the exchequer and has been an
adviser OF every ministry since the
early SOS on taxation and expenditure.
But he is not supposed to be more than
superficial economist. Contrasted
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Dense IRnorance.

Ex-Prenier Gladstone has permitted
himself to be interviewed on the gold
question, but, as usual, he said nothing
worth a moments attention. It is q
notorious fact that Gladstone, who has
shown his ability to master many intri-
cate subjects, has completely avoided
knowing anything about the money
question. His ignorance of the history
and principles of bimetallism is SO.
dense, and he makes such absurd ar
guments against the system, that no
one thinks it worth while to reply to
them. 1t may be added, also, that the
gold monometallists, whose side he
champions, are never able to find any,
thing in his utterances which they can
use; consequently he is a neglected and
unquoted quantity in the discussion.
San Francisco Chronicle.
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For many centuries the Chinese have
dated all their public acts, documents
and chronology from the accessions Of
the emperors.
Go to the Root.

If a man will honestly go to work to
get at the root of the evil he will see
that our country's finances cannot re-
main stable on a gold basis; that it
will bring ruin and disaster to any
debtor nation in the world. He will
also recognize the fact that every issue
of bonds places our government deeper
in debt, consequently nearer to ma
tional bankruptcy and possible disso-
luton. Liberty (Ga.) Herald.
The morning times., 1895-11-10
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The Ricycle Ma Id.

Sing high, sing high for the peerless maid
Who rides forth on bicycle,
In all the pride of youth arrayed,
And as cool as an arctic icicie,
VINO spins along with an eager Zest,
And trills her pet song merrily;
Who ne'er has a fall 10 eearth confessed,
Because She wheels SO warily.
Sing high, sing high, for the glow OF health
That blooms the cheek so cheerlly
OF the maids alike who roll in wealth,
Or who toll all day unweariiy;
For the sinews firm, the strength like steel,
For the muscles large, dimensional,
That comes to the maid who rides the
wheel,
Despite all rules conventional.
Sing high, sing high, for the lady fair,
Not quite untouched by vanity,
And who knows her chic and her dashing
air
Bewitch all male humanity;
Whose eyes shine bright with luster glad,
And whose voice rings out girlishly;
The lovely maid with the cycling fad,
Whom prudes decry So churiishly.
Sing high, sing high, for the wheeling craze
That holds as captives presently
The girls Of the fin de steele days,
And makes their time pass pleasantly.
With tie buggy old and the coach awayi
Away with the ancient tricyclel
While the world bows down meath the
potent sway
OF the nineteenth century bicycle.
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which pour in upon physician with sug-
gestabie profusion. The tears OF all those
who mourn depa rted friends might be shed
into these mouchoir cases. To save the
feelings OF contributors, long, heavy
portiere, the gift OF some thoughtful pa
tient, hanngs down from the top shelf
One of New York's most level-headed and
popular bachelors long since adopted the
plan Of saying boldly what he would like
to have.
''You want to give me a birthday present,
do you? Well, of course, I'd rather you
wouldn't. In fact, you must not, though /
should awfully prize anything from you
should keep it forever-neyer part with it
look at it last thing every night! What do
l want? Anything-from you. A pillow?
AwfuIly sweet OF you. Yes! But say! I'm
awfully needing silver teaspoon with my
name on it, so the chambermaid can't steal
it. Could you send me that instead
of the pillow"
Bachelor apa rtments are so readily fur
nished that the owner gets an erroneous
idea of housefurnishing. He thinks 4 whole
house furnishes itself, somehow, Just as
his bachelor quarters did. But there is an
awakening when he finds that each pillow
and each bow of ribbon costs him Just SO
much in cold, solid cash.
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would find facing the interior Of the New
York Tombs. One day there went an order
from Kipling to the city. Three days later
a big package came back, and for three
days after that there was more hammering
in that square room than the whole house
had known for years.
During this time a friend of Kipling's
dropped up country to see his writing
friend and find If he had died from ennui.
Post delays were frequentthere, and so there
was no word of the friends arrival until
he stepped into Kipling's room.
.sWhatr' yelled the friend in amazement,
shave you gone crazy? Do I see my friend,
the celebrated literary feller,' sitting on
top of step-ladder hemming white muslin
cuEtains?''
SAY" roared Kipling, clearing the steps
at a bound, I'm not hemming them. I'm
tacking them up. And If you ever tell
about this fool business, I'll kill you. Look
at the frescoI made along that ceiling
But the friend kept quiet awhile, then
"peached."
Cushions in bachelor apartments are not
quite as popular as they We're. Better TO
say that new arrivals of cushions are not
quite as popular. One hundred cushions
the right number for couch, are all n man
wants. This includes the round cushions,
the ear cushions and the big foundation ones
that make a couch comfortable to begin
with. Each new girl contributes cushion,
but She need not make more than one. A
dress spotted with rain drops which the
gallant one would fai ha We saved h er ma kes
cushion fraught with all the memories
that bachelor so dearly cherishes.
Bachelor physicians inva ariably own one
room, filled with the gifts of patients.
Along one side of the room runs shelf with
a row of slippers upon it. Underneath are
hooks for the smoking jackets, and on a
little low ledge lie the handkerchief cases,
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NURSING SICK BACHELORS
Trials of White Capped Angels
With Ill Society Men.
SOMH ROMANCES WOVEN IN
Golf, Dancing and Late Dinners
Make Plenty of Work Among
Weakling Millionaires.
SOMH ROMANcES WOVEN IN

"she is an angel undisguised," murmured
poor sick fellow twisting in his chair and
trying to find cool. soft spot in the mass
of silk pillows that felt like Goals of fire
ten minutes after they were shaken up.
'she is an angel undisguised-and hit her
with cane this morning" shamefaced,
the fellow, sick for the first time in all
his pleasure rowing life, turns his head to-
wards the window and groans, "Fm dog"
He is one of the ten wealthy bachelors who
have broken down this autumn under the
strain of gayety on both sides the ocean;
and also. one of the fortunate ten who have
been provided with trained nurses from the
best hospitals, and have had hourly balle
tins issued to society. reporting their
progress to recovery. That the physicians
who sent for the nurses to care for these
patients abundantIy understood what they
The morning times., 1895-11-10
NAMING COUNTRY PLACES
Suggestions for Owners of New
Estates.
VALUABLE LIST OF TITLES
Suitable to the Sea, the Mount
aims, the Suburbs or the
Meadow Lands.
ALUABLE LIST OF TITLES

Every year city residents increase their
rural holdings, and now that holiday
journeyings are over many woman has
returned to town, the possess OF
brand new country place. 1t is during
summer outings that such purchases are
made, and in winter time the new home
is gotten ready for occupancy the next
spring.
No sooner is the first payment made
than ali the family begin cudgeling their
brains for a suitable name-a name at
once musical, descriptive, and that is
safe to LOOK wen ON her note paper.
There is a system by which it can be
done, and that If carefully followed, will
prevent one from calling u cottage, scarce
larger than a thimble, THE Towers
or a great estate 1.-The Lodge"
There are a long list of preflxes and suf-
fixes that will OF themselves, describe not
only the size but situation OF a house
and estate, and to confuse strad with
croft or court with cote, is to be guilty
OF mistake indeed.
PREFIX AND sUFFIX.
If you wish In some wise to associate a
family name with that OF the hDne, try
to utilize for either a large OF small
place the Irish prefix Baily, the charming
Scotch suffiN Hope, OF the equally musical
English Honour. Here we have Bally
Walter, Baliy Bessie. Bally Brown, EaIly
Gordon, OF even Bally Smith, all mean
ing the place or house OF these various
individuals.
More melodious than the Bany is the
pretty Charles Hoppe, Harry's Hope,
Irviugs Hope, or Ediths Hope, particu-
larly nice for a country house that is neither
large nor small, and rather more of a farm
than anything else. II must be a dignified
mansion to receive the name OF Molyneux
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MEN WHO PASS TIE PLATE
J. Pierpont Morgan Takes Up
Money for the Lord.
SHUTS HIS EYES AT PENNIES
John D. Rockefeller Steals in at
Choir Rehearsals and Out
the Back Way.
Some TO the church repair,

Some TO the church repair,
Not for the doctrine, but the music there.
-Popes Essay on Criticism"
This begins like critique upon church
goers, but it is nothing of the sort. The
foreg DING rhyme was quoted to John ID.
Rockefeller one Sunday morning when,
tired from an overland journey, dusty
still from travel of the night before, and
disheartened by worry, he slipped out of
the house while the others were dressing
for morning service and found his way TO
church an hour before church-time.
MILLIONAIRE EAYEsDRoPPER.
The organist was practising holiday
music. as the oil king knew he would be,
and for an hour he sat quietly in the shadow
of the gallery listening. No one saw him
but the saint overhead, through whose
Bible wedding garment the light fell in
mellow flood.
When the church bells began to ring the
organist pushed in his stops and wheeled
around to wait for the time to begin the
choral overture. Then the oil king arose,
slipped quietly out of church, and went
home by back street. No one knew
he had been to church until he told the
pastor of ii that night at supper. Then
the above coupiet was fired at him by his
quick witted son. In his Cleveland church
Mr.. Rockefeller passes The piate-a PLAIN
cloth-lined basket
John ID. Rockefeller is very old fashioned
in one way. He keeps the Baptist Sabbath
as his New England ancestors kept 1t.
In the morning all go 10 church. after
which each separate member OF the fam
lily teaches a class in Sundayschool. ex-
cept John D. Jr., who is in his mothers
Bible class. Dinner in the family is at
noon, and at night DR.. Faunce, the pastor
of the church, more often than not, takes
his Sunday evening meal there. After
supper comes church again, and then a
private concert of church music at home.
They wanted him to pass the plate in
New York. but he declined.
PIERPoNT MoRGAN'S sun DAY.
A different Sunday from this is spent
by j. Pierpont Morgan. who starts out
promptly at the sound OF the church
going bell, but who goes to church 10
work rather than to listen ~er TO enjoy.
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I put 1t In his mouth SO, Just as II he
were dog; and the minute 1 had his
mouth fastened open he began to talk.
Il can talk this way he said.
"'N0 you can't said i. And down his
throat poured a spoonful or black medi-
cine, just like this! And he swallowed it
just like that!
'Now you go to sleep again and maybe
/ will tell you story in an hour, or get
Nurse Rose to tell you one. She knows ever
so ma ny better ones tina n mine"
''Yours are good enough. Stop rubbing
my mouth with that wet towel. Do you
think / swallow a towel every hour?"
WHERE THEY SLEEP.
The accommodations for the trained
nurses are, in story books, beautiful little
white chambers, adjoining the sick room
OF the patient. In real life, in the aver
age family, there is no accommodation
at all for the nurse. She must sleep
any ywhere she can and be comfortable
with blanket on the floor. Great con-
cession If she has couch. But the
nurse is equal to emergencies.
In the training school for nurses bed
making upon four chairs is taught. The
chairs are placed facing each other.
The blankets are spread over the chairs,
pillows placed at head and back and the
nurse gets very comfortable sleep. If
she has nursetl a considerable time she has
bought herself a tiny alarm clock for the
bosom Of her dress, and this she sets
to waken her at the proper minute. The
place for her "bed'' is right across the
door Of the room, and when she has difficult
cases to deal with she often attaches
a string to tue window and TO her own
arm, SO she will know If a sudden de-
lirium has taken her patient TO the
window.
The curriculum for q trained nurse is
like that OF a physician, or dentist, or
chemist for the first year. She attends
lectures, studies drugs and knows about
the action of anesthetics. Often she is
the only doctor patient in a country home
will have for days at q time, If the fam
lily physician goes back TO town. 1t is
always very important that the trained
nurse should understand drugs.
Her other requirements are making pa
tients comfortable and the possession Of an
absolutely unruffled temper. The former
includes the changing of sheets while the