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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-22
GIVING HIS WHOLE CASE AWAY
MIR. Crisp Admits That Gold Is the
Standard of Value.

Standard of Value.
In his Atlanta debate with Secre-
tary Smith sS-Speaker Crisp attempted
to answer the objection of the sound
money advocates against the so cent
dollar by saying: Il tell you, my
friends, that do not want the free and
unlimited coinage of silver unless the
bullion in a silver dollar is worth as
much as the bullion in a gold dollar.
All this rot about cheap money is sub
terfuge of<hose who are interested in
maintaining the dearest kind of money"
Mr.. Crisp has for years been clam
oring for free silver on the ground that
gold has increased in value and is too
scarce and dear to serve as money, and
has urged the necessity of having
cheaper money for the people" as
against dear money for the bankers.
Yet he now says that he only wants free
coinage under the condition that the
bullion in a silver dollar shall be worth
q dollar in gold. That is exactly what
Thomas Jefferson favored when he ad-
vised that the ratio between gold and
silver be fixed as nearly as possible at
the commercial value of the two metals.
1t is what the believers in an honest
dollar have always insisted on. A free
coinage law which should put 100 cents
worth of silver in each dollar would
not injuriously affect our present sound
financial system.
But what becomes of Mr.. Crisp's
promise that under free silver the peo-
pie would have cheap money? If a gold
dollar is too dear to be used to measure
values, how would a silver dollar which
is worth just as much be any cheaper?
The commercial value of silver is now
about thirty to one. IfMr Crisp is hon
est in saying that he wants the bullion
in silver dollar to be worth as much az
the bullion in a gold dollar, he would
have to coin the two metals in thirty
to one ratio. How would that shatter
the hated money power?
Mr.. Crisp warned his Atlanta hearers
against the people who are interested
in maintaining the dearest kind of
money. When he talks of coming sill
yer dollars with bullion value equal
to gold dollar, does he not admit that
gold is the standard and that he wants
to have our silver money just as val
liable as gold?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-22
BeneficIaries of Cheap Money.

Every period of the depreciation of
the monetary unit has at once sent
prices up, the prices of the merchant,
who gets the news quickly, before those
of the farmer, who gets the news more
slowly, and a long time before the
wages of the laborer who cannot afford
to hold his labor out of market till he
gets proportionate increase for it.
Fixed incomes remain the same, and the
rise of prices inflicts great suffering
on their recipients. Wages remain the
same for a time and rise slowly, and
in the meantime the laborers complain
that prices have gone up so that they
cannot afford to buy enough food and
clothing. The farmer gets two prices
for all he sells and pays two prices for
all he buys, and is no better off than he
was before the change. The benCfi-
Charles are debtors on obligations in
CURED before the change, and these are
not very large class-many of them
are also creditors and lose out of one
pocket while gaining into the other
and the spectators, some of whom al
ways make profit in panics and crises
and periods of sudden changes of values
out of the losses of others.-N. y. Jour
nal of Commerce.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-22
Chopping with q Dull Az.

A frequently used argument for free
coinage is the claim that it would
make more work" AS there are al
ways some idle men who want employ
ment, this promise is an attractive one.
But, like all other silverite promises, it
is based on a delusion. 1t is true that
under free silver the farmers and labor
ers would have to work harder in order
to get the same quantity of goods that
they do now. In so far there would
be more work." just as there would be
if all the lumbermen were forced to
chop with dull axes. But nobody wants
that kind of an increase in work. Men
do not really want work for itself, but
for the things which they get in return
for their labor. A scheme which pro-
poses to make it more difficult to pro-
duce things is not likely to help the
people who already find that they have
to work too hard and too long for too
small quantity of the things they
need. Giving more opportunities for
idle men to get employment is public
benefit. But making all who are now
employed work harder for the same re-
suits, which would be the effect of free
silver, would be a positive loss to the
whole people.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-22

Pacific, which taps the main line at
New Iberia. 1t is partially reached
in this way. Visitors at Jeffer-
on's are set down at a little sta
ton in the middle of the prai-
RE. 1t is called Bob Acres, out of
compliment to the owner of the neigh.
boring land, and 1t is out of sight!
That is to say, there isn't another house
to be seen, and the only method of
getting away is to have a stout team
pull you through the marshes and mud
holes.
They have just such teams up at JEFF
ferson's, so that visitors are sure of
reaching the beautiful hill, covered
with mammoth live oak and crowned
by a broad rose-garlanded cottage,
which was built by the present owner.
Broad verandas stretch around it, and
at the corner are the servants quar-
ter, where johnson, the cook, and gen
eral guardian during Mr.. Jefferson
absence, lives with his wife and three
Of the cutest of little pickaninnies.
Formerly the arriving visitor would
have heard no sound except that of the
welcoming voices of friends, the soft
tones of johnson and the wind through
the great trees. Of late, however,
there has been a continual accompani-
Ynent of hammering and rafting and
driving. Day and night the diamond
drill is being sent further and further
down into hole which is already about
1000 feet deep, and which, since the
depth of 10 feet, has sent up a core OF
pure salt.
About ten miles from Jefferson's
island is another and larger hill, callec
Petit Anse, or Avery's island. During
the war the soldiers discovered tha
there was deposit of salt there ant
since that time the mines have beer
worked almost constantly. There il
literally hill of absolutely pure rocl
salt, which has only to be dug out
crushed to the requisite degree and sen
out packed ready to be used.
The salt mine, as the island is known
even on the map, is curiosity whicl
people go miles to see. The part of tn
mine which is being worked at presen
is about 100 feet below the surface
When one steps off the elevator whicl
has carried one down the shaft. on
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-22
What the Gold Dollar Says.

I never fell below par and was never
protested for nonpayment. never de
ceived or defrauded. 1 am worth all ]
claim. need no legal tender. need
no redeemer. l owe all my value tc
labor. am the same, whether stamped
or not, and whether called one name
or another.
I never get indignant except when ]
am undervalued. 1 never get tired, ex,
cept when am required to keep a lot
of poor neighbors up to par. They some.
times get too heavy for me. Then ]
leave and let them down to their own
level. will not stay where am com
PEELED to do too much drudgery.-W. D.
-i'Clung, in Money Talks"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-22
AN ACTORS SALT MINE.
Jefferson's Louisiana Property Rich
in Mineral Deposits.
He Can SAVIOR the World from the Product
of His Famous Winter Resort-A
Description of the Mine and
E.... Its Surrounding. IN,

Mr.. Jefferson turns out to be the
owner of one OF the most colossal de-
posits of pure salt in the world. He
g did not know until very recently that
he was prepared to supply the world
With salt, but so it has ned ont.
Along 'ae er part of Louisiana,
seatlsFe" mere and there among the
cypress Swamps, bayous and marshes,
are number of so-called islands. They
are hills from rs to 200 feet in height,
and they form one of the most inter
esting geological peculiarities of the
state. Some ten or fifteen years ago
Mr.. Jefferson purchased one Of these
hills, with several thousand acres of the
low lands around it, paying 100000 for
il. The place was then known as Or
ange island, but it has long since been
re-christened Jefferson's island by the
people of that part of the country. 1t
is an island simply by virtue of small
creek or bayou which runs around
part of the hill, and by pretty little
lake which curves around the other
side.
When Mr.. Jefferson bought the place,
says the New York Sun, there were
enough orange trees on the island. to
make it deserve the name it then bore,
but the periodical Louisiana frosts
killed these off long ago, and now there
is no revenue from the broad acres
except the game which Mr.. Jefferson,
his sons and his guests bring down with
their guns. Charles Jefferson, the oldest
son of the actor, attempted to make the
100000 place yield something besides
a certain degree of pleasure to its
owner, but he soon resigned the land
to the swamp grass, the Cherokee
hedges and the ducks.
The place is about 100 miles south
west of New Orleans, and is partially
reached by a branch of the Southern
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-22

Hon. W. Coin Harvey, of Chicago and
elsewhere, has formed new secret
order which he calls the Patriots of
America. The particular kind of pat
riotism which the Honorable Tenn
porary Grand Patriot Harvey" proposes
to teach is hatred of property rights,
greed for the wealth, honestly accumu-
lated by men of ability and industry,
disregard of the teachings of history
and devotion to the selfish interests of a
few silver bullion owners. Along with
these grand and glorious principles
there will go fnely-engraved certifi-
cate of membership in the noble army
of sixteen to one patriots and an annual
assessment for the good of those most
concerned. Together with the Secret
Society of Silver Knights and the Cory
Gang of Goldbug Squashers these bogus
patriots should cause the tyrants of
Wall street to tremble in their guilty
shoes. Great is the power of humbug
and greater still the check of the men
who claim that they are patriots be-
cause they shout for currency scheme
-iIich means national dishonor.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-22

nnus onesen IN an immense yuuIveu
chamber, of which the floor, the walls,
the ceiling are of pure salt crystals.
The air is singularly pure and agree
able. The large gasoline lamps, with
half a dozen burners, light up the
vaulted ceiling, which sparlaes as if
the lamp were Aladdin's and had
changed the salt to diamonds.
The deposit is absolutely without
any other veins of strata. The drill at
Jefferson's has not found single break
in the pure salt. Mr.. Jefferson has al
ways had an idea that there was some
deposit of mineral nature underlying
his hill, and now he is carrying his
curiosity further still, and is trying
to find out what is underneath the salt.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-22
Style In Telephonine.

IN answering a telephone call il IL
m""h. letter 10 say yes, with a rising
infection, than "hello." In fact,
hello" is tabooed in select circles.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-04-09
THE CITY
SHORT ITEMS CAZETTED.

Frank Percy left for Minneapolis on
visit last Saturday. On returning
he will again act as head butcher for
D. D. Nichols.
Attorney w. j. Mcleod has moved
his law Office and now occupies the
rear suite of offices on the second floor
Of The GAZETTE building.
George Lechner has large amount
of grass seed of all kinds for sale. SO
bushels of timothy, warranted free
from mustard, were received last
week.
Mrs. Martha McCracken of Chicago,
arrived here on Thursday on visit to
her sister, Mrs VIM. F. Crooks. Mrs
McCracken will open dresmaking
parlors over the residence of L. F.
Robinson on Mill street.
H. M. Aune came down town Sun
day morning and announced that his
little daughter had brother and that
he was the father of a baby boy--his
first experience in that line. Mr.
Aune stated that he was going to refrain
from naming the boy until after the
National Republican convention, al.
though he had intended to name
him Thomas Bracket Reed" or ssWm
Mckinley" after the Maine Or Ohio
statesman.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-04-09
The up-to=date
OutfitterS.
AtAUuE & THUMBS

Mrs. John Laughren and children
of Winona are visiting with r. D.
White.
At the regular meeting of Charity
Chapter No. 35, Order of the Eastern
Star, last evening, two candidates were
initiated. After the initiation an in
formal hop and party was given, in
which a large number of the young
people of this city participated.
State Supt. Pendergast visited the
city schools on Friday afternoon.
While in the High school room he OBJ
served an old dictionary in rather
poor condition, and was told that it
was an old one which had been left
lying around for use when the new
one was in use. He then made the
remark that the dictionary was one
of the books that he supposed never
did Gle"
Agent H. Lee Beecher had the
thrilling experience of riding on
snow pillow while buckjng snow on
Wednesday last. Mr.. Beecher was
obliged to go to New Ulm on Tuesday
in order to identify Carl George, who
was enroute to New York, and whose
ticket for the latter place was sent to
New Ulm by mistake. On returning
he was caught at Morgan where he
remained over night. When the snow
pillow came along Wednesday morning
Mr.. Beecher boarded the same. When
the pillow struck the first drift Mr..
Beecher said "Gee." When it struck
the second he turned white and said
"Hully Geo." and when it went into
the cut three miles east of town his
face turned into substance resembl-
ing marble and Lee asked for deliver
ance. Deliverance was shortly after
wards wrought.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-04-09
vi Y

Nerves are weak, many people say,
and yet they do not seem to know
that they are literally starving their
nerves. Weak, pale, thin blood cam
not give proper sustenance that is
why you are nervous, tired, exhausted.
The cure for this condition is to
purify, vitalize and enrich your blood.
Take Hoods Sarsaparilla fairly and
faithfully, and the rich, red blood,
which it makes, will soon feed the
nerves the elements of true strength
they require; they will cease their agi-
tation and will resume their proper
place being under the control in
stead of controlling the brain and
body. Read Miss Bartley's letter:
"I want to express my gratitude for
what Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for
me. My health has been very poor for
three years, due to trouble with my
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-04-09

I was nervous, had pains in my back.
cannot tell what suffered. My eyesight
became affected and was so respondent
I did not have any interest in life. I had
two physicians, but my complaints be-
came worse. Twas told that was affected
with Bright's disease. A relative urged
me to try Hoods Sarsaparilla. I did so
and in a short time I began to notice a
change in my condition. Things began
to appear brighter, my eyes improved and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-04-09
M y Back

did not trouble me so severely. My appe-
tite returned and gained strength every
day. 1 am now able to do my own work,
and feel perfectly well. I cannot find
words to express my gratitude for what
Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for me and 1
gladly recommend it." Miss ELLA BART
LEY, 2131S S. Grant Ave-, Columbus, Ohio.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-30
NEW TRIAL GRANTED.

James A. Pilling Sued the Narragansett
yfachine Company For Damages.
James A. Pilling of this city was today
granted new trial by the Appellate
Court in his suit against the Narragansett
Machine Company. He sued the company
for damages for injuries received in an
accident.
The Appellate Court says that the court
below erred in granting the non-suit, for
it was not shown at that time that the
plaintiff was sufficiently acquainted with
the piling of lumber to know that lumber
piled as this was, without cross pieces to
bind the pile together, was liable to fall,
and unless he was, there was nothing to
have suggested danger.
While engaged about his work at the
plant Of the defendant company pile of
lumber toppled over on him and he was
severely injured.
A non-suit was granted in the Common
Pleas Court, on the ground of contrib
utory negligence.
The question whether or not he used or
dinary care should have been left to the
jury. Hugh j. Carroll, Esq, was Mr.
Pilling's attorney.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-30
SISTER PATRICIA DEAD.
OLDEST SISTER OF MERCY IN THE
STATE PASSES AWAY.


The death of Sister Patricia, Mary
Patricia Phelan, Is announced and oc-
Cured at the Convent Of Mercy, Provi-
dence, yesterday. The cause of her de-
mise was ailments incidental to advanced
years. Sister Patricia was widely known
In this city and throughout the State, hav-
ing been connected with various institu-
tions In almost every locality during her
fifty years of service az Sister of Mercy,
and was at the time OF her death the Oldest
member of the order I'm the State.
Sister Patricia came to Providence In
1861 and two years later took the vows at
the Mother Convent on Broad street, the
site of the present structure. Charitable
work constitutes the broad purpose OF the
Order, but works Of mercy, such az visit
ing the sick and unfortunate and the like,
were the special lines to which Sister
Patricia devoted herself until death.
The deceased was defendant OF one OF
the best families in Ireland, the Phelans OF
Kilkinney. On her mothers side she Is
related to Cardinal Cullen OF Dublin ana
Cardinal Moran of New Zealand. Not
withstanding her ancestry, the deceased
was of most unassuming disposition, ana
gentle address, qualities which made her
most successful In her calling.
Funeral services will be held Saturday az
O'Clock in the morning in the Cathedral.
A solemn requiem high mass will be said.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-30
]. S. EXPRESS CO.
Office In This City To Close
This Evening.
Adams Express Cow Assume
Business on New England Road
Agent Driver Will Remain In the Employ Of the
Company and Go to New York.

Tonight the Offices of the United States
manently closed for business, and tomor-
row will be spent in checking up and
turning over the freight and valuables on
hand to the Adams Express Company,
who by arrangement between the manage
ment of the companies will take charge.
This change has been anticipated by
railroad men ever since June last, when
the controlling interest In the Consoli-
dated road assumed active control of the
New England. The reason given by the
United States Express Co., for the change
is that the business of the company did
not pay over this road, owing to the close
competition at many common points.
Exactly what is behind the deal is not
known. The fact that the estates" hold
a lease taken out five GEARS ago, which still
has two and a half years to run, shows that
-e change is voluntary on their part.
The employees of the company In this
city have all arranged for other positions.
Agent Samuel Driver will still continue
in the employ Of the United States Co.,
and will be located in New York state.
Mr.. Olfield. and another office employe
have secured positions with the American
Express Co. and will probable go to
Boston.
One of the drivers goes with Adams, one
to local express and one will start an ex-
press of his own.
The same changes apply to the Provi-
dence offices, and all points on the New
England road.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-30
THEY ARE THANKFUL.
Little sisters OF the Poor Tender Their
Thanks tn the Public.

Little sisters OF the Poor Tender Their
Thanks to the Public.
The Little Sisters of the Poor tender
heartfelt thanks to their kind bencfactors,
who are too numerous TO mention!in par
ticular, and they respectfully adopt this
method, being assured that all the friends
Of this institution are now well known to
the public. Their works speak for them
and their charity is manifested daily In
the support of more than 200 people, who
are constantly depending on the generous
Offering Of every description throughout
the year from the good people Of Provi-
dencc, Pawtucket and environs.
For Christmas the Little Sisters received
an increase of provisions, which enabled
them to make 1t a merry Christmas for
their aged inmates, who enjoyed themselves
well. Many were constantly thanking the
givers of such good things. For all and
to all the Little Sisters offer sincere thanks,
and wish their good benefsctors, both
rich and poor, the many blessings OF this
holy season, and happy and prosperous
New Year.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-30
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL.

Sunday school of the First Baptist Church
Visited by Santa Claus.
A very pleasant time was enjoyed by the
scholars of the Sunday school of the First
Baptist Church last evening, the occasion
being the annual Christmas festival.
The entertainment took place in the lec'
ture room, where exercises were given by
members of the primary and intermediate
departments, and Santa Claus disposed OF
the contents of heavily laden tree. The
program Of the lengthy enterment was as
follows:
Song, "Home Lights" chorus; invoca-
tion, Rev. j. M. Collins; song, "Our Shep-
herds" primary class; song, "Lights OF
Christmas Tide" chorus; recitation, Karl
Burnham; song, "Merry Christmas Bells, F"
primary class; recitation, "After Christ
mas" Grace Mason; song, v'Shine Out,
Oh Blessed STAR" Marion Tingley; recita-
ton, ''The Old Clock" Gertrude Bray;
song, "The First Christmas" Grace M.
Tingley; recitation, 'The Wonderful
Christmas Tree" Alice Jeffers; song,
"Joyfully, Joyfully," Miss Apple
toms class; recitation, "A Note to
Santa Claus" Marshall Sheldon;
song, ''The New Year," Grace
Mason; recitation, Roy Burrows; song,
"Jack Frost" kindergarten; recitation,
1.-TWO Santa Clauses" Clara Fifield; song,
"Christmas STAR" Miss Carpenters class; {;
recitation, Ruth Gatchell; song, "Gleams
from the Holy Land" Mercy Kent and the
intermediate and primary departments;
recitation, "a Word With Santa Claus"
Marion Nicholas; song, 'The Chorus
Rings" chorus; recitation, "Santa Claus
and the Mouse" Wesley Tingley, Lincoln
Fifield and Allison Smith; song, Santa
Claus" primary department.,
At the conclusion of the entertainment
Arthur Newell as Santa Claus presented
the scholars with gifts.
Mrs. George T. Gorton, Miss Abbie Lit
tlefield and Miss Amy Noes arranged and
directed the entertainment.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-30
Y. M. G. A. ANNUAL MEETING.
Entertainment VIII He Provided at the
Hall Tonight.

An Entertainment VIII he Provided at the
Hall Tonight.
The annual meeting of the Young Mems
Christian Association will take place this
evening, and the officers Of the association
will endeavor to make 1t an event of more
than ordinary interest. The usual routine
and monotony incidental meetings OF this
kind will be done away with, and those in
attendance will find the gathering more
after the fashion of an entertainment.
One event of interest will be the election
of officers for the ensuing year, and the
yearly reports of various committees will
be heard. At intervals, amusement will
be provided by Eugene Sweet and music
furnished by the banjo club. The men,
bers of the association are urged to attend,
and any men not members are cordially
invited TO be present and will receive a
cordial welcome.