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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-27
FACTS TO THINK ABOUT.
How the Gold Standard Has EmpoverIshe,
Our People.

How the Gold Standard Has EmpoyerIshed d
Our People.
correspondent of the New York
Sun, who signs himself Banker"
writes to that paper as follows:
when the greenbaclss have been re-
tired, what then2 What kind Of law
full money will be available for the e5
per cent reserve fund of the banks?
Goldl
I'm what kind of legal tender money
shall the national bank notes be re-
deemable? Gold
Where will the gold come from to
settle the international balance of
trader From the banlxsl
Then what will become of the gold
reserve of the banks? and what will
then become of the banks when their
gold reserve is exhausted? And how
will the suspension of specie payments
by the banks affect the public mind?
There is now about $500, 900, 600 gold
in the country available for the rs per
cent lawful reserve and more than
$4oo. 900 is needed. Where shall the
banks get all this gold fromP
These are pertinent questions which
our Don Quixote and his faithful squire
nave not grappled with"
Ihese are the difficulties that the
constitution has taken pains to point
out whenever the proposition to retire
the green backs and treasury notes has
been brought forward. How long
could the banks maintain specie paw
mentsP How long could they main
tain thar 1oxuf,,1 ,aso.x,oo IA 4.
observed that the banks have no abil-
ity to get gold except in the ordinary
course Of business. They cannot is
sue bonds for it and then pay it out at
the demand of note holders, for that
process would represent a constant
stream of losses.
1t is very easy to show that the
greenbacks have nothing to do with
the outflow of gold, and to demonstrate
that fact is to show very clearly that
the movement to retire these notes Is
simply part of the colossal scheme to
rob the masses for the benefit of the
moneyed classes.
The Philadelphia American prints
some tabular statements that are cal
oulated to open the eyes of those who
have no very clear ideas of the results
OF demonetization Of silver on the
trade and industry of this country, and
all for the benefit of Europe. We print
these tables below, merely promising
that the figures are based on actual
calculations of the comparative prices
OF 10 commodities, representing over
two-thirds Of our exports and 20 arti-
cles representing nearly one-half of
our imports for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1894: -=,.ss.-,.
AT prices equivalent to those re-
ceived In 1873 our exports of do
mestic produce amounting to
sse e,2O4e37, would have been
worth. 6l, ,5ss. .s74 ea8
he-exports amounting to e22, 1885,
uo would have been worth at
prices equivalent to those paid
Tor imports in 1873. - 81 p4s Ies
Our gross exports. which were sold
at ss92, would have brought a, ,oeO 4Oq ss,
Tne same quantity OF imports,
which we imported at valuation
OF soo4,994,6 ,622, would have cost at
prices equivalent to those paid in
''''''', ,,.'''.'...."........... oi2,74,si4
Leaving total merchandise bal
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A Pfcture tn Stnav

Inc senate, after 20 years of expe-
rience, has concluded to ask the
finance committee to investigate the
needs OF the country for the free coin
age of silver. Let them look at farms
given up to the mortgages for half
their value; to prices fallen on all COM
modities nearly so per cent. Let them
look to the constant increasing debt
of the country, the issuance Of bonds
and the absolute certainty that unless
relief comes the mortgagee and the
bondholder will own the country. Let
them see our financial pyramid, with
one-haf of the foundation dug out
from under it, toppling over and as
unstable as the wind Let them see
our people fast becoming subservient
to the money loaning centers of our
own country and England What is
the cause of these direful results?
When followed back it will be found
that the demonstration of silver and
the establishment Of the gold standard
is universal cause for these universal
disasters, cleveland Plain Dealer.
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THROUGH THE STATES.

a brass clock which is alleged To
have been telling the time in Concord,
Mass, when Paul Revere rode through
that town is owned by man in Bratte-
bcro, VT, and is still an excellent time
keeper.
A fierce northwest wind was blow
ing at Ocean City, Nd, and it was seen
that tens of thousands of red butter
flies were flying rapidly over the city,
like dense cloud For an hour the
people watched them, and during all
that time there was no break in the
procession
Rattlesnakes are unpleasantly plen-
tiful in the vicinity of Fairhaven, Vt.
1t is stated that more than hundred
have been killed in that neighborhood
during this season. Eighteen were
killed by one man last month.
Indian relics in great abundance were
discovered near Milford, Mich, few
days ago when workmen uncovered a
prehistoric cemetery. There are said
to be several thousand graves in the
area of the burial ground, and in almost
all so far opened pipes, spearheads and
various trinkets have been found
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-27
A SCIENTIFIC MELANoE.

Most perfumes, even those most strik-
ingly characteristic, are now obtained
alphabetically in the laboratory of the
chemist.
In the time Of Christ the seven bright
stars, collectively known as "the Big
Dipper," were in the form of a dia-
mond.
A medical authority on the virtues
OF various kinds of food declares that
the herring gives the muscles elastic
ity, the body strength, and the brain
vigor. and is not flesh-forming.
According to Prof. Barnard. there is
no ground for the supposition that the
rings of Saturn are closing upou the
planet as his observation shows that
no changes have taken PLACE since the
first systematic measures were made.
According to Sir BENJAMIN Richard
son the normal period of human life
is ABOUT ITO years, and seven out of ten
average people, if they took proper
care of themselves, ought to attain that
age.
Diphtheria serum is about to be man.
ufactured on a commercial scale by
a dyeing establishment at Hochst, near
Frankfort-on-the-Main. 1t will be
much concentrated. and five times as
strong as that hitherto used.
Meteorologists say that the heat of
the air is due to six sources: CD That
from the interior of the earth; (2) that
from the stars; (3) that from the moon;
t4) that from the friction of the winds
and tides; (5) that from the meteors:
(6) that from the sun
Prof. Olszewski, of Cracow, who has
succeeded in liquefying hydrogen, has
tried to liquefy helium, whose density
is nearly twice as great, without sue
cess This is due, Prof. Ramsey thinks,
TO the molecular constitution of he'll
ium; and for the same reason the lioue
faction of argon should be more diff
pult
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-27
CoNSPIRAToRS
How Wall Street Bankers May Force GOLD
to . Premium

How Wall Street Bankers May Toros COLA
to Premium.
A prominent official Of the treasury
is quoted in the reports of the Associ-
ated Press as saying that the ''aQencv
in New York which is responsible for
the expectation Of gold may vet force
the secretary of the treasury to put out
silver" and that IL this should occur
the president will publicly place the
blame where 1t belongs, and say that
''he was forced thereto by the bank-
ers"-that is, the bankers of New
York. The president, it is also said, is
reaching the conclusion that gold
Withdrawals are not due altogether by
the natural laws of trade, but is in
part conspiracy against the nations
credit" We understand Mr.. Cleve-
land to mean by this that the most
vaunted friends OF sound money! and
the most trustc. friends Of the nations
credit are the real foes that are embar-
RAISING his administration, and not the
silver cranks and the advocates of
cheap money. These people are sys-
tematically raiding and plundering the
gold reserve and periodically forcing
the government to issue bonds which
they buy at their own price. That
this recurring drain on the gold reserve
is very largely due to the efforts of the
syndicates to force the government to
resort to successive bond issues seems
reasonably certain. Not by any means
has all the gold drawn from the treas
ury been drawn for the purpose of ex-
port Thus, for the calendar year 1895
there was withdrawal of gold from
the treasury to the amount of SIS, 0OO,-
600, while the exports were S74, OOO, 600
In addition, there was the gold pro9uc-
tion of this country for that year which
was coined at the mints Again, on
December 1, 1894, there was $111, 900, 900
gold in the treasury, and between that
time and the date of the contract with
the syndicate $67, 900, 900 had been with
drawn, though only half of this was
for export This was drawn to force a
bond issue or else in anticipation of 1t.
1t may have been that seeing that gold
was being withdrawn for export the
bankers foresaw or believed that an
other bond issue was iinevita BILE, and
hastened to make themselves ready to
puy the governments bouds by raiding
the governments gold.
However, that may be these repeated
scrambles for gold, must, If continued,
inevitably force gold TO a premium No
surer way to bring that about could
be imagined than for the government
to be perpetually in the market for
gold at any price. So far as the legal
tenders are concerned, it is simply
puerile to hold that they would not
pass current as readily as silver certif-
Gates at their face value IL they were
redeemed in coin at the governments
option and convenience. They are
now presented for redemption, not
through any lack of confidence, but
simply because 1t is convenient in
strument for the exporter and the
bullion dealer and for syndicates that
wish to force n bond sale. Memphis
Commercial Appeal.
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SWORD AND SAIL.


Two sons of Marshal Bazaine are said
TO be serving in the Cuban insurgent
ranks.
The largest man ever enlisted in the
British army was Lieut.. Sutherland.
height was eight feet four inches and
his weight 364 pounds.
During the late English naval man
euvers the Havock was the only tor.
pedo-boat destroyer which pulled
through without breakdown All
others had something go wrong with
their machinery, and had to put INTO
port for repairs. The Havock came out
best in coal consumption, using nine
tons to the 13 of the boat next on the
hst
The Magnificent, the biggest war YES
sci afloat, weighs 5000 tons, and has a
displacement of $4,000. Without her
internal fittings the ship cost 627, 500.
Her steel armor ranges from eight to
fourteen inches in thickness, and she
is armed with 50-ton guns. The vessel
is to be followed by eight others equal
ly powerful.
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Notice of Forfeiture.

ITO JOHN DUNKEL, HIS GRANTEES AZ
i signs, heirs. executors or administrators ana
him: " 'nfV"bh
iou are hereby notified that the UNDERSIGNED
co-owner with you in the Last Chance" mining
SiAlh situated IN the Eldorado Mining District
Lincoln county. Nevada, has performed the work
snu i mAue the expenditures on the said mining
claim, required by Section 23a4 Of tha Raaan5
statutes OF the United tates, to hold the said
sIalm lm Tor the year 1895, and that the amount dine
rom you ON your one-half interest in said claim
dollars, (S50.0Ol i' VI me-
Ana II within ninety days after tue publication
OF TINS notice You fail refuse to contrbnte vour
sslu proportion of such expenditure as co-owner
your interest in said claim will became the
property Of the subscr lber under said section
Dated February 18th, 1896 F. n ROSE
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True AmericanIam.

How glorious It is TO feel that the
patriotism of our country is not dead.
1t makes one proud to be an American
to see and to feel the magnetism that
has arisen from the earth like great
battery and called a halt on Great
Britain and the rest of the monarchies
of Europe against their marching into
South America and dividing it up as
they have Africa. Our own money,
our own men and our own country free
and independent, that is Americanism
The Monroe doctrine is only second
ary.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-27
GOLD AND SILVER.
An Estimate as to the Production In I
COuntrv tha pust paar

An Estimate as to the Production In This
Country the Past Pear.
A late Washington dispatch stated
that the director of the mint has re-
ceived approximate estimates of the
gold and silver product of the United
States in 1895 from the mint officers
and other agents employed to collect
these statistics. The value of the gold
and the number of fine ounces of silver
produced by the several states and ter
ritories is estimated to have been as
follows:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-27
ON THE DEEP BLUE SEA.

The largest ferryboat is said to be one
at Port Costa, Cal. 1t is 424 feet in
length and has tonnage of 3,54l.
Letters received from sailing ships in
the Pacific Arctic say that the ice has
formed earlier and heavier this year
than ever known before.
The largest sailing ship afoat has
just been completed at Bremen. She is
called the Potosi, is five-master, 3g4
feet long, so feet broad, with draught
of 25 feet, and carrying capacity of
6.150 tons.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-27
Notice of Forfeiture.

'INo .. Il. GILBERT AND SOPHIE NJ. 10y
Il their. or either OF their grantees assiSns
heirs executors or administrators. and any person
claiming BY. through or from either OF them.
fou are hereby notified that the UNDERSIGNED q
eo.oMnsl siIh you N the ''silent Friend lode
mining claim. situated in the Crescent M,nino
District, stateaof Nevada, County of lincoln has
performed the work and made the e1penditnres on
~ W saiu mining claim required by Section 2s24 OF
.ne same for the year 1898. and that the amount
aGs iIoin each Of You on the ono-third interest
heIu uy eaen OF you in said Silent Friend claim on
aceouht OF such expenditure, is the sum of ava hi
And II within ninety days after the publicstion
ol TINS notice you, or either OF you fail 10 con
tribute your said proportion OF such expenditnre-
youI interest 10 said mining claim Will become the
n..., p.,... e. A. HOUSE.
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Steer,
Fine D1,ne,

The director of the mint is of the
opinion that the estimatefof the gold
product of Oregon is $6o0,0OO too high,
of Montana, $25o,ooO to high; of South
Dakota, 100000 too high, and that
when the final figures are compiled the
production of gold by the mines of the
United States in 1895 will be found to
have been from $40, 000, 900 to S47, ,Ooo,-
ooo' ana the silver product about 40
ooo'ooo hne ounces The product last
year was 3e,5oo,OoO in gold and 4e, 500. :
600 fine ounces in silver a
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-27
s7,iA7ls

oirectly due 70 the fall in prices
caused by the demonstration OF
''.'...''...... f7o ,s82 067
In other words, as the American
points out, If we had received the same
recompense for our labor and energy
expended in our foreign trade in 1894
as we did in 1878, the produce that we
sold would have enabled us to meet
our foreign charges on our foreign
debt, etc, and plv of s44O, 900, 900 of
tho principal, tbs reducing the inter
est charges for 1895 by nearly s1s 600. :
600 But, impoverished by the appre-
ciating gold standard which caused
falling prices, we were compelled to in
crease our foreign debt by probably
$50, 900, 900.
Compared with the prices of 1878, our
losses on our foreign trade for the fiscal
year ended June 5Oth last caused by
the fall in prices were still greater. If
prices of 1873 had prevailed our trade
balance for the year would have been
something like this for 1895:
AT prices equivalent to those re-
ceived in 1873 our exports of do
mestic produce amounting to
500 would have been
worth. ........,...:.. .............sl.7ac7ss.e .ess
Re-exports amounting to s14.I4S,5so
at prices equivalent to those paid
for imports In 1873 would have
been WORTH. .................. 22,272, ,9Oi
Our gross exports which were
valued at sa07, ,53s,l65 would have
brought. ................. Oel.5s4
The same quantity OF imports which
we imported at valuation OF
S3l,969,965 would have cost at
prices equivalent to those paid In
is7s...... .................... l,l5a5es,aOs
Leaving total merchandise bal
anee In our favor of....,......s 6l653s. .278
ada net gold exports. % 3l,ss4,449
Add net silver exports OF coin and
Dullon. S37, ,674,797
Less Imports OF silver
re.....................,. lO.ese.sss : s7Os7,OOi
Making the total balance that the
same amount OF effort that we ex-
pended on our foreign trade in
1898 would have put to our credit
IN 1873 ..................s o756sO,s2e
BaGnco actually due on our for
ehgn trade for 1895 95..........., I3i69O5bO
Loss on our foreign trade for 1895
directly due to the fall in prices
caused by the demonetizatlon OF
SILVER. ........... $40 Q7O, ,076
That is to say, if prices of 1873 had
prevailed our trade of 1895 would have
decreased our foreign debt by s4O0, ,OoO,-
900, but under the prices fixed by gold
monometallism that debt has been in
creased $1s0,0OO,OO0 As the American
says, our foreign creditors have been
placed in position to dictate our
financial policy. They say: tissue to
us government bonds in payment of
the debt due us or we will take gold"
That is the situation to-day. Atlanta
Constitution.
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Notice of Forfeiture.

Two ., Is. CLINTON, BIS GRANTEES AS.
signs, heirs, executors or administrators, and
al persons claiming under, by from, or through
him:
You are hereby notified that the undersigned co.
owner with You in tn Whale the ''RustIer, .
the "Wheel of Fortune" and Last Chance min
ing claims, situated in Ely Mining District, Lin
coin county, State of Nevada, has performed the
WORK and made the expenditures on the said min
ing claim, required by section 1924 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States to hold the same for
the years 1884 and 1895. and that the amount due
from you on your one third interest in said claims
ior each OF said years is sl3] 80, making total of
S2G6 66 for the two years
Ana If within ninety days after the publication
OF this notice you fail refuse TO contribute your
said proportion of such expenditure as co-owper.
erty Of the subscriber nnder said section 232I
JOHN WEST,
Fl. HYMAN.
Dated Phoebe, Nevada, January 81. 1896,
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NEW TO DAY.
$l5 REWARD.

Hk ABOVE REWARD WILL BE PAID FOR IN.
formation that will lead TO tue arrest and con.
Nie.ion OF the person or persons who exploded the
hight. 49,
Dated, Phoebe New s1s,,s
Feb. 20 ls46.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
Notice of Intention to Apply For a
Permit to Cut Timber on Public
Land.

Notice ia hereby given that the undersigned are
about to make application to the Honorable Sec.
rotary OF the Interior for permission to cut timber
on unsurveyed Government land of the United
states, situated in the County of Lincoln State of
Nevada and descr lbed as follows. Sitnatad sho,t
eIeVen miles in southerly direction from Dutch
tlat' IN said county and embracing, what II sur
Veyea' Would be the south half OF Section No 80
OF " H. containing about $40 acres AMI
situated in what is known as the Ella mill canyon
containing yellow and Black Jack Pine.
GEORGE l.. EDWARDS
Dated Pioche, Nevada, Feb, 10. 1896.
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Loss on our foreign trade for 1904
directly due 70 the fall In prices
caused by the demonetization Of
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-27

som Pierce, Neh, say !;
.Fytfe, y, S. ~, Is seri-
tresldepee 1 here,
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y. 4 A. M.
ST. JOHNS LODGE NO. Is.

n MEETS THE FOURTH SATURDAY in
"a each month at Masonic Hall, on Lacour
%X street. ALI visiting Brothers in good
" standing are invited to attend,
JAMRS NESBITT, Secretary.
]. ID, CAMPBELL, W. NJ.
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Leaving total merchandise bal
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16
Bluiled Out Of q Big Roll.

Mr. Mollat is the Denver barker
who was robbed of S2l, 900 in his pr!-
vate Office one day ut noon. The rob.
ber held a revolver i'll one hand and IL
bottle of nitroglyceria in the other.
He requested Mr.. Moflat to write a
check for 81, 200 under penalty OF
being shot and of having his bank
building wrecked by the explosive in
tho bottle. Mr.. Mofiat is reputed to
be worth as many millions as the num-
Der of thousands demanded by the
robber. He wrote the check. The
robber said he would have to trouble
Mr.. Moilat to so with him into the
paying teller's cage and produce the
cash; he would take $40, 600 in large
bills, and $1,000 in gold.
"If you say one word, or indicate
by look or motion that anything is
wrong, l will shoot you and then blow
up the bank" Saying which the rob-
Der threw light overcoat over his
arm concealing the revolver he held
in hand, accompanied the bank Presi-
dent into the Ieller's cage, received
the money and returned with Mr..
Moffat to the private Office. He then
repeated his threat to kill the banker
and blow up the building il an alarm
should be given before he (the robbery
was safely outside the bank. He made
his escape ard has not been captured.
The robbers overcoat, revolver and
bottle were found in doorway neaI
the bank building. The revolver wa'
loaded, but chemical analysis of the
contents of the bottle revealed tn,
fact that the fluid was not nitrogly
cerin but sweet oil. --Pittsburg Dis
| nntch.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-16
LOnd0n's Electrical Supply.

Compared with other large towns
London is easily at the head for the
magnitude of its electrical supply,
says Chambers Journal. Paris, foi
instance, has only an equivalent OF
about 100000 eight-candle power
lamps, as compared with the 200, 000
lamps in London, as stated above.
Manchester and Liverpool have, respec
lively, about 92, 900 and 81, 900; Glas'
gov, 10000; Edinburgh, 43,000i
Dublin, 10000, aud Cardiff, 5000. OF
the total capital expended in the whole
of the United Kingdom for supplying
electricity London has spent more
than one-half.