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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-09-24

In BRIEF. The Treasury Department
has received information that 900 pro-
spectors, now in the mining region of
Alaska, are in destitute condition, and
that if they are not brought down this
fall to the States by United States war
vessels, they run the risk of starving dur
ing the coming winter. The men are
represented as without means with which
to pay their way on vessels of the North
American Commercial Company and
Alaska Commercial Company. The
National Council of American Mechanics
at Worcester, Mass, Sept. 10th, voted not
to receive into membership any person
who deals in or manufactures spirituous
or malt liquors. The proposition to drop
from the bylaws the word white as
relating to the receiving of members
for initiation into the order was defeated.
49,. The Society of California Pioneers of
New England held their ninth annual re-
union and banquet at the United States
Hotel, Boston, Sept 10th. The secretary
writes that twenty of the members have
died the past year. The society has a
membership of about 300. The PAGER
John r. Gentry won race at indianapolis
Sept 10th with Star Pointer by a neck, in
Z Oh -
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More Revenue.
Problem viii Confront Next President. Extra
Session OF Congress lsS'n Expected. Treasury
statement Since July o Very Bad One.

Especial Despatch to the Boston Herald.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. Is, 1896.
Tie conviction that an extra session of
Congress will be required to provide for
an Increase OF the revenue has not been
impaired among treasury officials by re-
cent political events A victory for either
Mckinley OF Bryan in November, with
Congress favorable to their views, would
probably result in an extra session for
the purpose of tariff legislation in the
one case or free silver legislation in the
other.
Some doubt has been felt whether it
would be WORT. while for Mckinley to
call an extra session, if it should be APP
parent that the Republicans lack a work
ing majority il she Senate over and above
the silver daserters. The Republicans
have laid 50 much stress, however, upon
the unwisdom of permitting a deficit and
selling bonds to provide revenue, that
they are not expected to perpetuate this
condition of things, even Until Decem-
Der, 1897
The opponents Of the free silver move
ment, without distinction Of party, be-
lieve that there will be a revival of bust
ness activity as soon as it is definitely
known that the United States proposes
to adhere to the gold standard. This re-
vival of activity will mean larger customs
receipts and larger internal revenue pay
ments. The customs receipts, especially,
will mount rapidly upward if a general
increase Of tariff rates is expected as the
sequence Of Republican success. This
element may not Influence the customs
receipts, il It is apparent that the kepub-
Leans acl5 the votes in Congress to in
dulge in a general tariff revision. The
Increase n customs receipts will probably
nct tr strongly fit until January, and
viii uot produce marked results upon the
8ef7, ealiy enol gh to Justify Mai. Nc
kmey n abando ming the project OF an
extra session.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-09-24

The new President, if he is a supporter
of the gold standard, will be confronted
by TWO obligations on the 4th of March
ne2t-to determine the deficit in the reve-
nues and to protect the gold reserve. The
Iiepubicans have claimed that the aboli-
ton Of the deficit would arrest the loss of
gold. An extra session of Congress, there
lore. would probably be asked to address
Itself t. the revenue problem first, and to
the gold problem attelward.
HE prospect is considered brighter bv
the Republicans for controlling a major
lty III the Senate than was the case a
month OF two ago. The sweep of the sill :
yer current was then so powerful that It
seemed probable that silver senators
would sit in the next Senate from Ken
lucky, Missouri, Kansas and the Dakotas,
even ii the Republicans succeeded in
choosing their President. There is now
more hope of choosing Republican sena-
tons III some of these States, but it is still
doubtful if a majority in the Senate can
be found which will support strong
protectionist policy.
The new administration, in the absence
OF sound money Republican majority,
Will nave to choose between winning the
support of the silver Republicans on the
one hand and the gold Democrats on the
other. Some of the silver Republicans
may come back into the party traces if
they are badly whipped in November, but
they are likely to demand some conces-
sions to silver before they will vote for
protectionist legislation. This will drive
Maj. Mckinley to the sound money Dem
ocrats. They will stand steadfastly by
HIM in financial matters, and will prob
ably be willing to change the law regard
ing bond issues, or to authorize short
term treasury certificates. Their votes
cannot be obtained, however, when it
comes to general tariff revision. They
will probably be found willing to meet the
administration half way in providing new
sources OF revenue, but they will insist on
having share in naming the sources.
The reconstruction of the sugar schedule,
changing the present ad valorem duty into
a specific duty, might have their approx
al, and would add about $50, 900, 900 to
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The Republican Journal Thursday Morning. September a. 1896

to the record made in 1892. The amount
taken to date is 81, 4SS barrels, as compar-
ed with IS, 552 in 1895, 80 49, in 1894,
2S, 435 in 1898, So, 1S4 in 1892 and p, 5s3
in 1891. The receipts of fresh mackerel,
too, are very large to date, being "a, 46S
barrels, almost third larger than the
best in the preceding five years. 80. Game
Warden Benjamin Atwood had long
chase after Poacher Hollis D. Jordan of
Waltham. He first got upon Jordan
track at Aurora and after following him
all over Hancock county caught him at
Spectacle pond. Jordan was arraigned
in the Bar Harbor municipal court and
fined $40. He could not pay SO went to
Ellsworth jail in default.
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=, me- ,IV"SII! Is Oe1VeF elUIPPeU TO meet
tHe qeln"Au lor currency tAan was the
cas- .aS' ear ana tiie recent development
ol tli'S ''ell'n4 Il, y helping 10 project the
s,'l" ''.S'l u. lle htAt llesloen1 may De
50 .i,+iI ~ iinlie'lia'e poha issue as
e1'c i'sVil 81 1lg operations 10" going on
IoI l,i'sn7 soiI Cod mo 400 the treasury.
eiii'I'. ~ ~ Wy wv III currency Is eA-
i''ii NV oileahS curing 'lle next
Two weeks, lhcIudlnS the million or two
''it rS e''''S t'','e o'.l'
l4T monetary pressure upon the New
'lh Jams ~ ledt'Ih2 them 10 surrender
men -olu n exchange tor currency and
.' oA'I S"Iu at me New York suit
'Ie'tSI'H ID eAchange iof currency dellY-
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Totals....... ...82,749 34,288 3,157 1857 SGT
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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02
ON DOING WITHOUT.

1 suppose the mistake many of US
make in considering the subject Of do
ing without is that we begin at the
wrong end. We say This we must
have-and thls-and this'-and before
our calculation is over our money Is
gone. 1t would be more mathematical
to begin by saying, I'VE have so much
money to spend. Now, how can we
divide It so as to get the most good out
of it?"
Spending is much pleasanter than
saving for most people, but character
and real grit show in no way better
than in what we are able to do with
out. As each heart knows its own Bit
terness, so each Of us knows her own
economies. Mrs. Ewing has a pretty
little story of a faithful soul who
scraped and scrimped and denied her
self that she might make little presents
to her friends.
owe no man anything" says st.
Paul, and be given to hospitality"
How the anxious housewife sometimes
wrinkles her brow over the probleml
We ought to give up the idea, for one
thing, that Il Is mean to look after the
small expenses.
1t is also true that a due regard for
our own comfort and 'self-respect In
our household arrangements will gen.
orally please our neighbors and friends
as well as a strained effort to make
these arrangements correspond with
their ideas.
With health and youth and good
spirits, one can endure many prlva-
tons and be none the worse for them.
And as help to the stoical, mascu-
line virtue of going without, steps In
the deft, feminine virtue of making
the most of everything. 1t Is almost
genius with some women.-Martha
Goulding in Jenness Miller Monthly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02
THE GOLD FLOOD.

In current report issued by the Uni
ted States Treasury II Is shown that
the value of the total gold coinage of
our minis from the beginning has been
three times greater than the value of
the silver coinage. 1t Is further shown
that the proportion of the total gold
product used for coinage Is about two
thirds. while the proportion of the to-
tal silver product used in the same way
Is less than one-third. These figures
VIII doubtless be used by the silverites
TO substantiate their favorite theory
that II is impossible to make gold the
sole monetary standard for the COM
mercial world, as the total product of
the mines of the world will not furnish
sufficient supply for this purpose
Per contra, attention Is attracted by a
remarkable article In the London Bank
ers' Magazine on the dangers to the n
nancial systems of the commercial
world involved in the coming flood of
gold. which threatens to extend beyond
all limits heretofore regarded as with
In The range OF the possible. The an
nual output of the gold mines Of the
world is now far beyond any previous
record: but, great as II Is at present, 1t
still goes on increasing and threatens
to Increase more rapidly in the imme-
diate future. A careful review Of all
the facts bearing on gold production
leads to the conclusion that there Is no
imaginable limit to the future output of
this precious metal. The golden stream
has but started to flow in. and the full
force of its rising tide Is yet to be real
lied. The demands OF the commercial
nations adopting the gold standard
have so stimulated production in every
part of the world that the paying
| mines are becoming more and more
numerous and more prolific every day.
| Never before in the hist DRY of the
world has there been anything like
| such gold product presented for con-
sideration. The first thought with re-
gard to such an overwhelming accumu-
lation is that we shall not know what
to do with 1t, how to use 1t, and how
| to make 1t available as a monetary
standard without breaking down exist
| Ing values The financial world has no
| experience that would be OF use under
these novel circumstances. No existing
| monetary system ever contemplated
| such an embarrassment OF riches, be-
ing founded on the opposite assumption
that gold Is necessarily and always
| must be scarce commodity. What
| new and unlooked-for effects may pro-
coed from such an unexpected turn of
| affairs no financial wisdom can now
predict. Gold has played so large a
part In the operations of modern COM
merce that the entire output has al
ways been absorbed without exciting
| attention, except as to possible scar
| city. Should a point be reached when
neither Its monetary nor its industrial
uses would afford an outlet for the cur
rent supply. the novel situation might
be such as to cause serious disturb
ances.-The Telegraph. Philadelphia.
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HOTTEST SPOT ON EARTH.

The hottest region on the earth's sur
face Is said to be on the southwestern
coast of Persia, on the border of the
Persian gulf, where for forty consecu-
tive days In the months of July and
August the mercury has been known to
stand above 100 degrees In the shade
night and day. and to run up as high
as 1870 degrees In the middle OF the af-
ternoon. A writer In Lippincott'e
gives the following information con-
corning the means of getting drinking
water at this place:
At Bahrein, in the center of the most
torrid part of this most torrid belt, as
though II were natures intention TO make
the place as unbearable as possible, wa
ter from wells Is something unknown
Great shafts have been sunk to a depth
of 100, 200, SOC, and even 500 feet. but al.
ways with the same result, no water
This serious drawback Notwithstanding
comparative numerous population con.
trives to live there, thanks to copious
springs which burst forth from the bot.
tom of the gulf more than a mile from
the shore.
The water from these springs is OBJ.
tanned In most curious and novel man
ner. "Machadores" (divers), whose sole
occupation is that OF furnishing the peo-
pie of Bahrein with the life-giving fluid
repair to that portion OF the gulf where
the springs are situated, and bring away
with them hundreds of skin-bags full OF
water each day. The water of the guilt
where the springs burst forth is nearly
two hundred feet deep. but these macha-
dores manage to fill their goatskin sacks
by diving to the bottom and holding the
mouths of the bags over the fountain
jets-this too. without allowing the salt
water of the gulf to mix with 1t. The
source of these submarine fountains ID
thought to be In the hills of Osmond,
400 or 500 miles away. Being situated al
the bottom of the gulf. 1t Is a mystery
how they were ever discovered, but the
fact remains that they have been known
since the dawn Of history
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02
Gold in MICHIGAN.

lshpeming, Mich, Dec. 25.-'The man
ayers of the Ropes gold mine are jubi-
liant over the recent development at the
property. A vein of quartz thirty feet
in width has been encountered on the
sixteenth level, The quart assays be-
tween seven and eight dollars to the
ton. The quartz i'm the stock pile of the
Michigan gold mine is being treated
Mining work will probably be resumed
there after the first of the year.
Miners Remarkable Escape.
They were discussing some time since
at n miners boarding house the re-
cent stabbing of Tom Lynch, and a
number of cases of a similar nature
We're brought up in which the injured
men recovered and were as hearty as
ever, says the Butte Inter Mountain.
The most remarkable case though,
that | ever heard of" said Jerry Har-
rigan, was that of Pat Mulligan, with
whom | worked for many a year In
June, 1881, Mulligan was working at
the Gray Rock, when the shaft on that
property was about 225 feet deep. Null
ligan was one of the sinking crew, and
one day the bucket which was used for
taking out the waste and water was
being hoisted to the surface The
bucket was almost filled with water
and the shaft-men, unknown to the
topman, put six dull drills in the
bucket to be sent on top to be sharp
ened. The topman dumped out the wa
ter into trough without closing the
trap doors on top, and one of the drills
rolled out, struck the trough and fell
down the shaft. 1t was an inch drill,
about two feet long and weighed about
six pounds.
"Mulligan was in a STOPPING position
when the drill struck him. 1t hit him
back of the shoulder blade passed
clear through the body, narrowly miss
ing the heart, and partially emerged
from between the ribs Mulligan's
horror-stricken companions in the
shaft rushed to his assistance, and
We're about to pull the drill out from
his back, when Mulligan calmly seized
the lower end of the drill from where
II protruded, and by great effort
pulled 1t through his body and threw
it down at his feet.
1T was a wonderful exhibition of
strength and fortitude. hut everybody
who heard of the accident was conf
dent that he could not survive. He
lowered between life and death for
about three weeks, and finally got ap-
parently as Well as ever He worked
for ten years in the mines of Butte
and Granite, but finally met with a
horrible death at the Anaconda mine
in November, 1891, by falling with
eight others from the cage while be-
ing hoisted from the mine"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02
PLATFORM FATALITIES.

Hon. George r. W,ndling. the bril-
liant platform orator, has Just returned
from lectIring tour n the West. Mr..
Vending, speaking IF the platform,
said: "a singular series Of fatalities
has befallen the lectu e field in the last
month. First came he death of Eu-
gene Field with q iong list of plat
form engagements ah,ad Of him. Then
Prof. Raglan, the flnsIt illustrated lee
turer next to Goddani, died while lee
turing In Atlanta. tn en-, ten days ago,
Bill Nye broke down physically. Then
the celebrated Traveller. Colonel San
ford, died on lecture tour in Colorado.
Last week Major Dane, a very popular
lecturer, died and wan buried at sea on
his way home from Australia. And now
comes word that Jos .ph Cook is seri-
ously and perhaps tItally Ill in Cal
cutta, India Six v&y bright men in
one month Is a heavy loss to the ly-
ceum courses OF the country"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02
THE ORIENT AND SILVER.

William E. Curtis, writing recently
from Japan to the Chicago Record said
with regard to the use of silver In ia
pan:
Speaking as one VINO does not believe
IN silver money nor in bimetalism unless
y be universally adopted and all the ma
ions OF the sarth agree TO maintain the
value OF silver, i must. nevertheless, ad-
NIT that II Is the uniform testimony OF
All concerned that the decentralization OF
The white metal by the repeal Of the
Bland Law In the United States aud The
great thing for japan.
A few theorists. afsuing from the
standpoint OF what sus Ia to be instead OF
What is. insist that Japan shall Join
England. the Latin uassn, and the Unit
ted states In an International agreement
to maintain a certxin sarity between the
metals, but 1t 10 BY ne means Q popular
idea They ara collage professors, mi
ncrity members OF Parliament, iole men
who think and read Q great deal and do
nothing. and others who are entirely
without practical exp1 rience or n knowi-
sdge CT trade ana In dustry Most 81
tnem nave been educa ed In England and
got their financial mo- ions from reading
the Times and the Ec< nomlst. The solid
WISE men. who are gov erning this empire
NY: NO, let the deb :ors and the credl.
tofe IN Europe and America fight IL ont
Meantime we I'LL saw wood The Longer
hneisna holds to single standard TIE
better twin be for Japan. We have No
loreign debt. We owe nothing abroad
TnereIore We 90 not have TO buy gold
to pay interest charges ~hs imporI
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02
THE KELLEY INSTITUTE.

A direct. authorized branch of the
parent house at Dwight, H., has
opened at 1876 W. Second North, Salt
Lake City, on the line OF the street
railway running to Warm Springs.
For the treatment OF the liquor and
opium habits, with Lesley Il. Keelley
Oompany's double chloride OF golf
remedies.
The institute is under the manage.
ment OF DR.. J. w. st. John, who has
been at work with aud In the emplo,
Of the Lesley Il. Kelley Company 10,
the past four years. The treatment
and management OF patients will bo
identically the same as at Dwigh
The Russian Archbishop Nicholas has
arrived In New York. lie will dedicate
several Russian-Gree churches In the
United States.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02

children He was insured for $4,000 in
the A. o. U. w.
c. A. V. Putnam, the well-known old
time newspaper man and printer, be-
ing much crippled up with rheumatism,
mas gone to the Colorado Springs, Colo.
W nile at the springs he will stop at
the Printers Home. Mr.. Putnam was
at one time State Printer in Nevada,
and is well known to all Comstock
pioneers.
Zeke Edgecomb a pioneer of Genoa,
Douglas county, and for many years a
leading lawyer of that town. died at
the Ormsby county poor farm Dece n
Der 18th
Harry Shcehy, after taking a wife IN
the person of Miss Maggie Ryan, has
departed for South Africa. where he
will have the nlansre .ent of big
mine. Harry lett a mine in Peru to
accept position in South Africa, and
only halted on the Conlstock long
enough to maze the girl of his heart
his wife. The pair are now well on
thor way to Barrey Barnatoland.
Charley Hofcr. late of the Carson
Mint. is to so to Alaska as assayer for
big Lining company,
r. M. Smith the "boraX king" has
made big deal in London. and still re-
tains controlling interest in his bora%
fields. He now says he viii build the
California {. Nevada railroad. Twenty
years ago he was packing wood into
Columbus on the backs of u train of
jacks
About thirty Comstock miners who
are out of work have chartered box
car In which to go to Cripple Creek.
The ear win be fitted up with hunks
and cooking apparatus, cabin fashion.
In this way the men expect to make
the trip for about SIC each.
Tom Hickey, the big rancher, has got
onto new thing in making pork out
of horse meat He is killing eighteen
horses a day and feeding them to his
hogs, The meat is cooked up with
grain. The price of horse hides Is now
down to rs cents each. When they
first began killing horses in Nevada the
hides were worth $3.50. Now they will
not pay for powder and skinning
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02
CHRISTMAS TABLE DECORATION

A beautiful effect may be obtained
at a Christmas dinner by having a
large low bowl of holly In the center
Of the table. and by buying a border Of
the same plant aroun the table about
fifteen inches from the edge. The
lamps or candles may have shades of
white tissue paper, c< yered with dust
ed spangles to repre- sent snow, and
having a wreath of htlly for their only
decora ton. The effest Of the table is
entirely that OF win :er and Christ
mas cheer."-Ladies Home Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02

trade Is nearly all In the hands Of for
elRnars and we don't 'sare how hign lor-
eiGn manufactured merchandise Is. Cot
ton. iron and -four Nill stay down IN
sympathy with silver. and II would be q
good thing II nothing but raw material
were imported into JGtan."
You will notice that India, Japan, Mex
leo and other silver countries are not
only much more prosperous at present
their domestic industries are greatly
stimulated. In fact, financial and COM
mercial depression lie almost universal
except I'm the countries ] have mentioned,
where there is nothins but silver money.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02
HOT BRAN Tor FUR.

Fur, after some years wear, will look
much improved il cleaned with new
bran previously healed In the oven
Rub the hot bran Nell into the fur
with a piece of fam Ell, shake the fur
to remove all particles and then brush
thoroughly. The fur will clean more
easily II the lining and wadding are
first removed, but suGh removal is not
absolutely needfdl. The fiat, oily look
which mars the appef rance OF the neck
portion of furs long n use, is mostly,
IL not wholly, removed by means OF hot
bran. Rub the fur thu wrong way, this
meaning In this 20 ticular instance
the RIG hit UNIV
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02

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