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Franklin. to whom the natives showed
in. The Esquimaux have known it for
ages. They call lit the great iron stone. :
1t weighs forty tons and is composed OF
solid iron mixed with a little nickel.
It probably fell out of the heavens cen
turtles ago and has lain among the
rocks on thar inhospitable coast, seen
by only few men.
when the Kite, on which 1 went af-
ter Peary, was returning, the Esqui-
maux told us repeatedly of the great
iron stone and prevailed upon us to
stop and see it. Peary and 1 saw it at
the same time, but Peary claimed 1t
for himself by right of discovery.
81 do not know of any law by which
he can claim it over me or any other
man who will take the trouble to GO
after lit. I received a letter from Lieu
tenant Peary a day or two ago in which
he warns me that the meteorite is his
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RACE TO THE NORTH.
F4E
O AND
PROFESSOR pYcHE AND L
WORTH $4,000.

If two noted Arctic explorers should
happen to meet at the same place in
the frozen north there is apt to be a
big scrap, and if it once begins there
will be no danger of police interior
ence. These two explorers are rivals
and enemies, and moreover they are
both now ON their way to Melville
bay for the express purpose Of bring
ing back a gigantic meteorite which
lies half buried on the shore of the
bay. 1t has been there for ages, and
the Esquimaux call it the great iron
stone" Both of these explorers claim
the meteoTil.e as his particular prop
erty, but the one who gets there first
will gain the prize.
Lieutenant R. E. Peary is one of
the rival explorers and Prof. Lewis
Lindsay Dyche of Kansas is the other.
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Lieutenant Peary is more widely
known than Prof Dyche, but in the
scientific world the latter is held in
the highest esteem. He has made sew
eral trips to the Arctic region in search
of the pole, and on one occasion jour
neyed north with Lieutenant Peary.
Something happened on that occasion
which caused an estrangement, and
now they are anything but friends.
When Lieutenant Peary returned a
year ago from his eventful trip to the
north, Prof Dyche wrote a long alti-
Gle in which he showed that had it not
been for a series of plumbers made by
Peary the north pole would have been
discovered. This of course did not les
sen the breach between the two.
START OF THE RIVALS.
When it was announced a short time
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Binetallism.

''Bimetallism" is the term applied to
the monetary policy that permits the
free coinage of both gold and silver at
a fixed ratio of weight into legal tender
coin
The laws of the United States, prior
TO 1873, permitted the free coinage of
both gold and silver, and either kind of
coin was fun legal tender in payment
of debts.
The royal commission of Great Brit
ain in its report of 1888 defined bimetal-
lism as IAN open mint, ready 10 coin
any quantity of either gold or siiVes
which may be brought to 81 and
1.-The right on the part of a dettor to dis
charge his liabilities. at his option,
in either of the two n,| ais, at a ratio
fixed by law
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During the first decade of the CEN
fury there were So times as many
ounces of silver produced as of gold,
yet in Europe the free coinage ratio of
1915 to l was maintained, and the ratio
of the average commercial value was
1876 to l. During the ten years, 1S51-60,
the production by weight of silver was
less than five times THAT of gold, yet
the same coinage ratio wag maintained
i'm Europe, and the ratio of the average
commercial vallle was 15.4 to 1. This
SHOWS that governments by their mint
laws can maintain stable ratio Of
Value between silver and gold.
The foregoing table shows what free
coinage laws can accomplish. The fol-
lowing table shows the effect of de-
monetization upon the commercial
ratio between the two metals:
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he is a man known to be full of re-
source, who cam make plans in one
minute and carry them out in the
next. There is nothing very terrible
about a trip to Melville bay, as it does
not require the long preparations which
journey to the north does. Melville
bay has been known to navigators for
more than 800 years, and lit used to be
common stamping ground for the
Old Whalers.
The last heard of Dyche was at
Seaurie, where it was said he was going
ing to sail for the north. He was to go
through Behring strait and the north
west passage to Greenland. This is a
much longer route than thar taken by
Peary, but as the Kansas man had a
start of nearly two weeks this should
even things up.
A year ago Professor Dyche said that
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Another Proof of the Same Fact.

We have shown that it has not
been any overproduction of silver that
has caused the fan in price of the
metal. We now propose to demonstrate
the same fact in another way During
the last 20 years the United States has
produced one-fouITth of the worlds total
production of gold and two-fifths of the
worlds silver. This is far more than
our relative share of these metals. If
there has not been an oveTproduction in
the United States, then there has not
been in the world.
In seeking to ascertain whether the
production in the United States has
been an production or not, a, mo-
nlent's reflection will show that the
production of silver must be COMPARED
not only with that of gold, but with the
growth of wealth. in other lines. The
following table shows the rate of in
crease in the United States in produc-
ton and wealth in a. few of the most
important lines. In each case the sta
tiStics for 1873 are represented by 100
and those of subsequent years by pro-
portionate numbers. The production of
silver is estimated ait It's coming value
in dollars. If the rate of production of
silver and gold is compared with the
increase in the wlIsal crop or the cotton
crop, or with the growth in the
mileage of railroads, or with the in
crease of money in circulation, or OF
deposits i'm national banks, then it will
be seen that the production of silver
has only kept pace With the growth Of
wealth.. and that there has not been an
over-production of the metal, but on
the other hand there has been a very
serious under production of gold.
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The phrase "16 to T. expresses the
ratio by weight of silver and gold
coins of the same denomination
That is. a silver dollar weighs six
teen times as much as a gold dollar.
For coinage purposes, an ounce of
gold is the equivalent of sixteen ounces
of silver.
The fixing of such a ratio is a rec
ognition Of the fact that silver is more
abundant in nature than gold. In 1892
congress made the silver dollar con-
tanning 3T1.25 grains Of pure silver the
unit of value. The ratio by weight be-
tween silver and gold coin was estab-
lisgled by Alexander Hamilton at Is to 1.
The weight Of the gold dollar was as
certained by dividing the weight Of the
silver dollar by Is, as follows:
15l371.25 grains pure silver
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and that he is going to go after It In
a ship in the spring. 1 understand a
syndicate IL Chicago is also thinking Of
Quitting a ship to go after it. If I
should take a notion that 1 wanted it,
and my ship was the first to reach
there, don't think anyone would pre-
vent my taking it.
TT is a peculiar grayish bit of metal,
lying nalf out of the ground. 1t is very
hard We found it impossible to break
a piece from it with cold chisels and
sledges. We managed to bore a hole
in it for a short distance, after wearing
out several cold bits
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A Safe Measure.

The free coinage of both gold and sill
YER is as safe a measure now as 1T was
in 1857. While this table shows only
the production of the precious metals in
the United States, yeG this is all that
need be shown, for the United States
has been more prolific in the produc-
ton of the precious metals than any
other nation in the world. We need
only to be sure that we can take care
of our own product, for the rest of the
world will need all they can produce
and more
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The Ratio of Production and the RAJ
ito of Commercial Value

When France in 1903 established the
coinage ratio of 1872 to l, it was the
commercial ratio of the two metals at
that time. Until silver was demone-
tized in 1873, the commercial ratio
never varied widely from this coinage
ratio fixed by law. The ratio of the
production of the two metals, how
ever, varied greatly. The following
table shows the ratio by weight of the
production of the two metals during
the first seven decades of this century,
together with the average commercial
ratio Of the two metals.
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"Fifty-Cent" Dollar the Fruit of
Bad Legislation.

1t follows then that the wide diver
genoe between the bullion value of the
gold dollar and the bullion value of
the silver dollar cannot be attributed
TO the over production of silver, but is
entirely due to the legislation that de-
monelzed silver and made gold the
sole measure of value in an era when
the production of gold is waning. Is
it a, valid objection to the undoing of
that legislation to cry, as the gold
baTons do, that the silver dollar is a
''fifty-cent dollar?" 1t was not fifty
cent dollar when silver was demone-
TIED; it viii not be a fifty cent dollar
when silver is remonetized.-Anaco
Standard
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$3.50 grains standard gold.
The Ratio in Europe.

In 1884, when the ratio of 16 was
esta blished in the United States, the
prevailing ratio in Europe was 151s
to ].
Hence. as compared with the unit of
gold. silver bore q higher value at Eu-
rcpesn minis than an those of the Uni
ted States. and consequently all silver
went to Europe for coinage When
silver was demonetized by congress in
1873 there was no silver money in cir
cllation in the United States. nor had
there been any considerable amount
within the memory of the majority Of
men then living.
The act of 1884 establishing the ratio
Of l6 to instead of 1511 to 1, was an
act of national selfishnsss. By it the
United States recognized the use of
silver as money, but by putting a dis
count upon II of about per cent COM
relied European countries to take all
Of it. At the same time the United
States shared in all the benefits of Eu-
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ago that Lieutenant Peary was goine

ago that Lieutenant Peary was going
to start on a journey to Melville bay
to bring back the great meteoriGe, Pro-
lessor Dyche said nothing, but packed
up and left his home at Lawrence, Kan.
A week later the news was given out
that he was going to bring back the
meteoTite. Dyche left about the 1st of
July. whereas Peary did not leave un-
til July 49, On that date he sailed in
the steamer Hope from Sydney c. B.,
accompanied by number of scientists.
Henson, the famous black servant Of
Lieutenant Peary. is one of the party;
also Hugh Lee, who accompanied
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an TDEAI, wHITE sIxIRr.

A white ideal petticoat was of snowy
fine muslin, made with a f1ounce to the
knee of insertion, and lawn with tin
lest rulings of lace edging each strip
of insertion, which in its turn was fur
Their adorned with a running of white
satin baby ribbon, ending at top and
bottom with a rosette of the same.
The varied and elegant collection Of
laces at the different stores offers a
splendid selection of lace fiounces for
these muslin petticoats, which are just
the thing for hot summer weather.
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Eject of Free Coinage.

The effect of free coinage is to make
the coming value and the bullion value
of The money metal equal.
In the case of gold, the value of the
metal is the same whether in the form
of coin or Of bars, since it can be CON-
verified from one form into the other
without cost SO the free coinage Of
silver establishes equality between the
coming vaGOe and the bullion or COM
modify value of the metal
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he was going to try and reach the north
pole this summer, and it may be that
after disposing or the meteorite he will
push ON to the north. He is net a
rich man, and could not afford to de-
fray the expense OF such a. journey,
but it is well known that a number of
wealthy men have stood ready for
years to supply the money he would re-
quire for a trip.
THE PRIZE METEORITE.
Some time ago when talking about
the meteorite Professor Dyche said:
This meteorite was first seen by
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Peary in all of his trips to the north.
The SCI entists are: Professors ALT Bur-
ton and George H. Barton, of the Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology; Rus
sell W. Porter, a student in the architec-
tural department of the Institute of
Technology, goes as artist and pho
tographer, and John C. Phillips, a stu
dent of Harvard as assistant geolo-
gist; Geologist G. H. Putnam, as
sistant in the United States coast
and geodetic survey has been detailed
to take pendulum and magnetic obser-
vations. Three scientific parties will
be landed at Labrador, South Green
land and Melville bay, respectively.
DYCHES MYSTERIOUS TRIP.
There is considerable mystery about
Professor Dyche's trip. None of the
details of his plan have been given, but
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Recommendation.

'Afonometalltsn' is the term applied
to the policy of those governments that
permit the free coinage of only one
money metal. Where that metal is
gold, the policy is called gold mono
meTallisrn." Where it is silver, the poll
icy is termed silver monomeIaliism.
The policy of the United States, Eng
land, France, Germany, and other Eu-
ropean countries is that of gold mono
metaIliSqn.
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Joint Production of Precious Metals
Has Been Regular.

1t will be seen that the joint produc-
ton per capita of the two precious
m'at7ls is no greater now than in 1857.
During the entire period the combined
per capita production has been sur
prisingly constant and regular
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,A0td us IIOdI dDo IT ACT o.
ates, 1895. Frontispiece.)

In this table, as in the other, silver
is represented at its coming value,
which means that each Is ounces of sill
yer produced during the period, 1867
1894, is computed as the equivalent of
an ounce of gold.
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24.75 grains pure gold.

In 1884 the ratio of u to l was
changed TO Is to l. This was done not
by changing the weight of the silver
dollar. but by reducing the weight Of
the gold dollar. The weight Of the gold
dollar was then ascertained by divid-
ing the weight of the silver dollar by
16, as follows:
16 1871 25
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statistics not given.
A Third Proof of the

A Third Proof of the Same Fact.
Or. to show the same thing in another
way, the following table shows the per
capita production of both gold and silver
in the United States since 1867.
Year. Gold Silver. Total.
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% % (neerlvA

AS the coins of the United States are
nine-tenths pure metal and one-tenth
alloy. it is necessary to add to the
self to find the weight of the standard
coin, as follows:
Silver Dollar
9 l37I.25 grains pure silver.
Alps grains alloy.
1880 grains standard silver.
Gold Dollar
9 f2s % grains pure gold.
2.5S grains alloy.
$3.50 grains standard gold.
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When It was announced a shoQ
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22
The Ant Eater.

Heavy body, thick, scantily haired
hide, snout of portentous length, huge
erect ears, most muscular limbs bearlny
heavy hoof-claws, all these features
combine in a creature whose oddity Is
small mouth and ponderous tail. To
be born, too, into world Of warfare
without the remotest chance Of ever
possessing more than the simplest apol-
ogies for teeth-and those so far back
as to be quite out Of sight-seems n ter
rible disadvantage to rather large ami
nal, with much flesh on the bones, in
a continent where great beasts Of prey
abound. Yet the aardvark in two
slightly differing forms, has managed to
occupy the whole Of Africa proper, and
to flourish there. Two things have
stood him in good stead, namely, his
unequaled powers of burrowing and his
attachment to a food everywhere plen-
tiful-the termites, or white ants
which he alone can always obtain. 1t
Is true, of course, that when the winged
termites stream forth by millions from
their fortresses scarcely beast or bird
under heaven fails to compete eagerly
for the prey; but this Is only a feast OF
short durati at particular season,
whereas all the year round the hardest
"ant Hills" of the termites are but pie
crust 10 the claws Of the aardvark, and
their ;eeming inmates .he helpless cap
tives Of his surprising tongue.
AS far as his human enemies are con-
cerned-and while blacks like the meat.
whites approve Of the leather-the noe
turnal activity Of the aardvark and his
underground seclusion during the day
have doubtless afforded him great pro-
lection. All who have essayed the
task agree that II is no joke to dig out
one of these animals, as he can burrow
much faster than any one can dig; and
even when by the combined efforts of
party of diggers, he Is exposed to
view, the extraordinary tenacity of his
hold on the hard ground makes his re-
moval uninjured no easy Job.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

II b an absolute fact that Ensllah
5ailers are given to understand that
Irish political prisoners are to be
forced to submit to continual torment
and indignity. For instance, pris.
oner must polish his water can every
day. At D o'clock the warden will tell
him 1t III not. bright enough; to polish
II again. He will call him from Gin
ner to repeat the pr cess, apd, II he
fanciee the me ting will happen
every hour until far into the night.
In the same way prisoners are forced
to scrub a cell four End five times a
day, though they may be weak from
exhaustion. faint with hunger.
In Chatham Prise prisoners
hands were fastened behind him for
thirty-flve days. At meal times his
hands were brought around to the
front and the handouts again placed
on the wrists. In making this change
the wardens would press the hand
cuffs into the wrists and pinch the
arms until they drew blood. A public
investigation will probably follow the
complaints made by victims of such
cruelty. From the disclosures Of man
acled men who have tossed for weeks
In cells, infested with mosquitoes. in
absolute solitude. living solely on bread
and water, and daily mistreated, II
ness are so common In English polit-
lcal prisons. Ss ..ts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

| This brought ne to my senses and lay
back on the operating table, telling the
surgeons TO go ahead had not given up
all hope. by large majority, and was de.
termined to take the. ore chance in fifty
which had been referred to.
The nurse advanced with thc ether, and
n bell-shaped mask, which reminded me
of n piece of wire screen covered with
cloth. was placed. over my nose and
mouth. Suddenly something cold and
wet dropped upon this screen, and the
spray covered my face. while the pun
gent odor of ether penetrated the recess
es of my brain.
The drops upon the cloth became louder
| and louder. until at las. they sounded like
the dull roar of Niagara. while the con-
versation of the surgcons-and attendants
became more and more confused. At last
/ could understand nothing. although l
still had my wits about me. and knew full
well that the screen had been removed
Suddenly / was seized with the fear
that the surgeons would begin their work
before l was well under the influence of
the drug, and by a superhuman effort /
managed to raise my hand and wave II
feebly. II had the desired effect. A sec
ond later the mask was again applied,
and the roar of the little drops Of ether
began once more.
This time / passed into oblivion. How
long 1 remained in this state l do not
know, but when I awoke / was in bed
in one of the private rooms of the hos
pital, and the little nurse / had seen In
the operating-room was seated in a low
chair beside me, slowly tanning me to
take away the heut of the air and the
effects Of the drug. At window near
by sat enc of the surgeons calmly reading
book and waiting for n,e to recover con-
seriousness.
"What time is it?" was my first ques-
ton.
"You must not talk" said the nurse.
with n quiet smile. Go to sleep for n
while and you will feel letter"
And did. The sleep helped me won
derfully. and when i awoEe / felt better
than l had for some time, save for the
pain of the wound. For many days 1
lay in that hospital, and when the wound
began 10 heal and the flesh in tnat portion
Of my body began to itch. had fierce
struggle with myself to keep from scratch
ing the irritating point. Finally I tri-
umphed, and within seven weeks was
able to leave the place and stayt over
again.
l have left that portion of my anat-
oniy for which no man has yet found q
use within the corporate limits of Bafti-
more. On the books of the hospital am
classified as '.perityphlItis." but to-day
my disease would be known and recog-
nized by the world as appendicitis
George L. Macfarlane. in the st. Louis
Republic.
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sleeves, so that they may present the
life-lfke appearance seen in the picture,
and the collar should be turned up. All
things being thus made ready the OPP
orator may now proceed to step No. ..
The sleeves are doubled about at the
elbow so that they come flush with the
collar. Mathematical exactness Is net
absolutely essential, but the process is
neater If the lines are carefully regard
ed. Having been thus folded the
sleeves are pressed down. Thus far
there is nothing to challenge the proc
ess Of well-trained intellect, but step
No. Is somewhat more intricate. In
this the lapels are quietly but firmly
turned 50 as to lap over the up-tuned
sleeves, and smoothed down into shape.
Erring Humanity sometimes falls into
the faIlaey of turning up the coat tails
here, with the tail button as the line OF