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The herald., 1896-09-09
An ExnenaiXe Dollar

Men who work for wages should re-
member that money not only buys
things, but that it has to be bought.
dollar is bought by workingman
with certain amount of work. If dol
lars are few and workingmcn plenty he
will have to pay pretty dear in effort
for his coin. Perhaps he will not even
get 81 chance to buy 1t at all, either be-
cause there are not enough dollars to
go round or because he cannot or will
not pay the price. In such event the
fact that the dollar he doesn't get is one
of great value neither interests nor
profits him.
The shopkeeper buys his dollars with
goods. Nnety-nine out of every hum
dred of his customers, If he run city
store, work for wages. and if the dear
ness of the dollar destroy their power
of purchasing he will get fewer dollars
to pay clerks and some must be dis
charged, fewer dollars with which to
buy goods and factories will be closed.
Every class of labor thus suffers by a
dear dollar.
Does the banker, the money lender,
the man whose investments bringing in
interest outweigh all his other sources
of income suffer from dear dollar?
In no way He does not buy dollars
with work, with goo~s, with produce.
He lends a dollar, gets back one which,
under existing conditions, is sure to be
more valuable than the one he lent, and
moreover receives interest in money of
high purchasing power. His apparent
interest lies wholly on the side of a dol
lar which is dear today and dearer to-
morrow, We say his apparent interest
because in fact the present system per-
sisted in will be harmful to the bank
ing classes as to others. The goose that
lays the golden egg may be slaughtered.
All securities are founded on the pros
perity of the nation. and policy which
compels the distress of the people will
compel the depreciation of the bankers S
securities.
The common people, however, will get
rear the core of this currency question
IL they remember that to get dollar
they must buy it with labor if working
WITT xxrho Nd Q 60
The herald., 1896-09-09

Our Hoodoo contemporary throws out
distress signals. A discerning public
readily discovers them in its columns of
"offap' vituperation indicative of the
last stages of senile debility. Converging
clouds are gathering over the devoted
bastie at the corner of First and Broad
way, and the vicious old woman looks out
from the eyrie with lack-lustre eyes,
exclaiming with Tennyson's demented
lady of Shalott: 1.-The curse has come
upon me-"
The herald., 1896-09-09

The crusade against the obnoxious
theater hat is gaining ground. Louisiana
has followed the example of Ohio and
legislated against the obstruction and
irritant. The theater hat bill went into
e0eca at New Orleans a week ago and
It II good to know that its terms were
generally and cheerfully complied with.
~ manager and assistant stood at the
entrance 81 the theater and every time
woman presented herself with Z hat
The herald., 1896-09-09
The Peruvian Cabinet

LIMA, Peru (via Galveston), Sept. s.
The president-elect of Chile, FREDERICK Err
razuriz, has entrusted to Anibal Zanartu
has been received here that the Bolivian
has been modified by the appointment OF
Senior Majas as minister Of war. Senior Pi-
f1jIa Fomento and Jose Vicente Ochoa as
ministers of the interior and justice. and
Senior Gomez as minister of foreign affairs.
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which came within the provisions Of the
statute she was asked to remove 1t and
was given a check. There were no pro-
tests, and every person who paid for
seat enjoyed tt< privilege of seeing the
stage and the PEI eformance.
The herald., 1896-09-09

Some mathematician has figured out
that the United States cruiser Brooklyn
gets more speed out of a ton of coal than
any other vessel afloat. When she de-
veloped such phenomenal power in her
trial the other day her builders earned a
premium of s30O,000 besides the satisfac-
tion of fulfilling all their pledges.
The herald., 1896-09-09

As matter of fact there is nothing
the matter with Hanna. He's all
right!"-Tlmes Editorial.
Even the Times has to approve of
Marks sagacity in publicly repudiating
its support and that Of its pestiferous
editor, the Otis person.
The herald., 1896-09-09
A Swltchman's Leg Crushed

James Harris, a switchman in the
Southern California yards, was pinched
between two cars Monday afternoon
while making coupling and had mil
Ter hook run through his left leg. The
bone was so badly crushed that the
limb may have to be amputated at the
hip The wounded man Is in the Sisters
hospital, where everything possible is
being done by the companys surgeons
to save the leg. No one is to blame for
the accident.
The herald., 1896-09-09

The Republican -cartoonists seem to
beh ard pressed for subjects of attack.
Har1er's Weekly, journal Of civillza-
ton, apparently thinks it was very un-
patriotic of Mr.. Bryan to be lying in his
cradle in 1861 while Mr. Mckinley shoul-
dered musket and went to the war.
The herald., 1896-09-09
Theater PARTY

Mr. and Mrs. Nat Wiltshire were the de-
lightful host and hostess of theater party
given at the Orpheum Monday night. Two
ioges were engaged. and after the perform
ance supper was enjoyed al Levys: The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Stimson.
Mrs. Otheman A. Stevens. the Misses Jar
Wis and Mr.. Arnold.
The herald., 1896-09-09

The Pasadena Star is surprised at the
truthful headlines that characterized
The Herald's account of the Vermont
election. 1t is the habit Of every honest
newspaper to present its news with
headlines indicative of the matter that
follows. The Los Angeles Times Is
flagrant offender in the opposite direc-
ton and perpetually distorts it's news
by editorial comment dished up in vul-
gar slang, frequently entirely mislead-
ing and exasperating the reader.
The herald., 1896-09-09

The Commercial and Financial Chron-
icle's statement of the gross earnings of
the 233 principal railroads of the country
shows an increase of 5.o1 per cent for the
first half Of 1896. compared with the cor
responding period of 1895. Nothing
could be more significant than this fact.
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T1e Likely Result

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. S.-The twenty
foot boat in which Captain Frank Charlsen
and his brother John. of Nyack, left this
port on June q last for Queenstown. was
sighted two weeks asc. bottom up. some
$50 miles Off the irish coat. and the fate
of her crew is merely matter OF conJec-
&I1t.a
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and after October 18th will be at home on
Tuesdays at s12 South Pearl street. The
brides going away gown was green tailor
made cheviot trimmed in braid. A becom-
Ing green hat with brown wings completed
the modish toilet,
The herald., 1896-09-09

Mr.. Bryan is home again. and deserves
q rest after his exhaustive campaign Of
conversion in the east.
The herald., 1896-09-09

Lieutenant Dan Godfrey. the celebrated
bandmaster Of the Grenadfer' guards, VIII
retire under the age limit next month.
The herald., 1896-09-09

The doom of Turkey seems sealed.
although it may be hazardous to count
upon the action of the European powers
until they have definitely acted. The
Armenian atrocities should long ago
have terminated the present Turkish
dynasty, but the vacillation and jeal-
ousy of the powers sanctioned the con-
tinuation of both. Today Crete is in
arms, Macedonia is in a state of revolt,
there is trouble on the Bulgarian 'front.'
Ter, and an explosion in Constantinople
may be looked for any moment.
The herald., 1896-09-09

Arkansas. supplies another formidable
answer to Vermont.
The herald., 1896-09-09

Today California celebrates her fifty
sixth birthday. 80
The herald., 1896-09-09

Wedding invitations or announcements.
either printed or engraved. fine quality.
reasonable in price. H. NJ. Lee & Bro,
1to ". Spring ct
The herald., 1896-09-09
6. A. BARLOW ENDORSED
Silver Republicans Take a
Decided Stand
UNANIMOUSLY FOR fusion NOMINEE
He Is Invited to Address the Los
Angeles Club
VICE PRESIDENTS CHOSEN
Every Portion Of the County Repre-.
sented by an Official
Where Mentioned, Bryan's Name Elicits
Great Applause
An Assembiage Of Over Four Hundred Re-
pubiicans Who Again Announce Their
Allegiance to Free Silver
Coinage Candidates
Where Mentioned, Bryan's Name Eiicits
Great Applause

1Q1h This is the number of Repub-
AOAO licans now enrolled as members
of the Silver Republican club of Los An
geleS county.
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been, In fact, redeemed in gold. At the
sub TREASURY in San Francisco 1t often
happens that silver dollars and gold IL
paid out in exchange for silver dollars
in small amounts, but this simply occurs
in the ordinary transactions of the busf-
ness at that place and for the purpose
of accommodating the public with
money of small denominations when
needed, and for securing for the sub
treasury money of small denominations
when needed. 1t is not in any sense of
the term a redemption of silver dollars
in gold, or of the gold in silver. The re-
suit of these transactions at the sub
treasury is that the government gains
much more gold than it loses. Very
truly yours,
JIG. CARLISLE.
Washington. D. c., Aug. 26, 1896.
In his statement of June 1, 1896. Sec
retary Carlisle said: "NEITHER SILL
YER CERTIFICATES NOR SILVER
DOLLARS ARE REDEEMABLE IN
GOLD" On page ~ of the same circu-
lar, speaking of redemption" the Sec
retary says: Gold and silver dollars be-
ing standard coins of the United States,
are not REDEEMABLE."
The herald., 1896-09-09

Gold paper. SO. sss 8. Spring.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-20
GIFTS FOR TEN.
A List of Suggestions For Women In
Doubt as to Presents For Father,
Husband, Brother or Son.

1t will not be at all difficult this
season to do the most satisfactory sort
of Christmas shopping for the men of
the family. First. among the attrac-
tive novelties for their personal adorn-
ment, is a set of gold or silver sus-
pender buckles. These are made in
red oriental gold, antique silver, or
some one of the plated wares, but all
of them show the newest and most ap-
proved patterns, both for comfort and
beauty. Another plan for tickling
masculine vanity is with one of the
dress waistcoats that have only come
into fashion this winter. Gentlemen
are supposed to appear with evening
dress in waistcoats of rich cream bro
caded silk, or of thick black satin, en-
broidered in the deepest purple flow
ers, frightened with occasional touches
of gold or silver. The sterner sex have
yielded to this bit of gay elegance with
their sombre dress very slowly. but
the waistcoats are rapidly appearing
in drawing rooms, at balls and dinners
and are worn with gold buttons.
A caDital idea, to recommend those
who are looking about for some worthy
gift for q father or brother. on the
price of which the family funds will be
combined. is one of tho convenience
clothes presses. 1t is in realitx a
special cabinet designed to hold suits
and hats most compactly, and yet
neatly. The lower drawers contain
linen and underwear, in the central
compartment every arrangement is
made for holding hats of all shapes
and on one hand the cabinet is to be
filled with trousers on stretchers, in
the other side coats are to be swung
At either end of the cabinet hooks ap-
pear for mackintoSheS. dressing gowns,
etc, and in the smallest space every
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A Little Sermon.

The Missoulian: That box which
left Lucy's undertaking rooms this
afternoon contained a sermon. The
text: The wages of sin is death. A
woman young and accomplished. A
few years of a fast life and the coffin
lid shuts out the world from sight.
That world she loved, and in which
she should have remained for many
years. Her father, who is still living,
is n minister of the gospel. She was
reared as other girls in her class, given
a good education. She arrived at wo-
manhood and married. The marriage
was unfortunate and separation fol-
lowed Then the woman, fitted by
birth and education for better things,
began career which lasted briefly.
She sinned against herself insomuch
as she did not protect and rourish the
life which comes to all as trust. In
that way she was a sinner. How she
stands with her Maker we do not know
and will not cant about that, but this
much we believe we do know and that
life as the Reynolds woman did. If
one she had it. But her ideas of
pleasure were crude, as are the ideas
of all girls who live as she lived. Some
of them don't know any better. She
did, and in earning the wages of sin
she found death. We leave it to others
to say whether she died as one with
out hope. All we know, or we believe
we know is that a healthily organized
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building containing relics OF Christ's
time on earth. The most venerated of
these is the one which. il is said,
encloses the actual birthplace of the
Saviour. A marble slab on the floor,
marked with great star of silver in
the centre, covers this sacred spot.
To kiss this stone some of the pilgrims
journey thousan ds of miles. ard all day
long in the Christmas season great
crowds surround it, waiting for their
turns to kneel down and salute il.
The priests say that many times il
has been necessary to renew the marble
covering. as the constant kissing of
the stone away. The same is true OF
the church of the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem. Many of the pilgrims
bring gifts of great value TO the grotto
chapel and the church today is one of
the richest in the world. Another
shrine deeply venerated is that of the
Chapel of Magi, where the three wise
men-BalthaZar, Caspen and Melchor
came worshiping from the east.
The priests, and there are many of
them, chant the service in the side
aisles at different affairs; and the
monks guide the pilgrims about the
edifice, pointing out the rich relics and
the sacred places.
Some of the more devout of the pill
grims, in leaving Bethlehem. take the
long route across the Egyptian desert
to Cairo, the precise road followed by
Mary and Joseph when they fed into
Egypt to escape Herod.
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TIE BABY.

Like tiny CLINT of light piercing through
the dusty gloom
Comes her little laughing face through
the shadows of my ROOM
And my pen forgets its way as it bears
her patt'ring tread.
While. her prattling treble tones chase
the thoughts from out my head
She is queen and l her slave. one who
loves her and obeys.
For she rules her world OF home with i'm
perious baby ways
In she dances. calls me Dear turns the
pages OF my books;
Thrones herself upon my knee. takes my
pen with laughing looks
Makes disorder reign supreme. turns my
papers upside down,
Draws me cabalistic signs. safe from rear
OF any frown-
Crumbles all my verses up. pleased TO
hear the cracking sound.
Makes them into balls and then-ilngs
them all upon the ground
Suddenly she fits away. leaving me alone
VIII a warmth about my heart, and a
brighter, clearer brain
And. although the thoughts return that
her coming drove away,
The remembrance of her laugh fingers
with me through the day
And it chances, as i write, may take
crumpled sheet,
On the which. God knoweth why, read
my fancies twice as sweet.
Victor Hugo.
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requirement for snugly storing a com
plete masculine wardrobe is found
1t is the gift of this sort that truly
reJoices the manly heart. or if another
piece of furniture is under consider
alton for worthy husband, instead of
some article for general family use,
cater TO his love of personal posses
sion and lazy comfort with a smoking
chair. 1t is even more appropriately
called a Sir Walter Raleigh chair,
and can be, by the simple movement
of a crank, turned from a straight
backed reading seat into a luxurious
chaise lounge. Two big elbow cushions
fit into the deep leather corners of this
chair and the right arm folds out into
small smoking table. On this is
screwed a silver ash receiver, small
alcohol lamp base. and patent match
safe Under the arm tin box fitS
beneath the seat like a drawer and
holds cigars and cigarettes, with pipe.
tobacco, and the chair runs on high,
easy castors, while an attached basket
on the left hand side is meant to re-
ceivc newspapers, magazines, etc In
the way of smaller articles, it is al
ways a woman's wish to give her mas
culine relative something typical of
especial tastes, and this is her season
for fulfilling that want. If her pocket
book is as well filed with money as
her heart with generous intentions her
choice win probably be one of the new
silver. center pieces for placing on the
table after the women have deserted
the dining room This is four-in-
hand coach, standing IS inches or more
in height and complete in every de-
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tail The running gear is handsomely
enameled and the seats ali taken by
wine and spirits bottles, setting in
sockets On the box seat a cut glass
flask of brandy is accompanied by a
nobby bottle Of Soda while the remain
ing places are occupied by claret. bur
gundy. Scotch whisky. and the red
topped grooms hang on behind in the
shape of pint bottles of champagne
The boot of this miniature coach is
loaded with cigars, cigarettes and
matches, while the long silver coach
horn develops into a patent cork
screw
SMALL ARTICLES.
To decorate mans desk is a pretty
Christmas souvenir in the choice OF a
horses hoof set in silver. The top OF
the hoof is a platform. large enough
on which to place a square crystal ink
well, while above in a gracious bracket,
is a socket to hold a candle, when let
tiers are to be sealed with wax A
genuinely servicea BILE friend for the
lawyer relative is a locked leather box
to hold brief sized papers. This shuts
up in much the shape of a small dress
suit case and opens TO display a series
of pockets, like those in the purse.
These pockets can all be neatly de-
signed 70 hold letters, briefs, etc, n
order. There is place for writing
materials in one side and altogether.
for a busy business man who must
carry papers daily, between his house
and office, this is a great comfort over
the clumsy hand satchel.
A surprise, acceptable to a smoker,
who already groans under a weight of
pocket match safes and cigarette cases,
is a cigar case for the pocket, that is
a decided novelty. 1t holds six cigars,
and when the lid lifts uD a cutter
springs out and at the same time. shot
from a partially invisible nook, comes
the end of match In pulling out the
match it ignites and the case itself, in
spite of these many Improvements, is
not heavy or awkward.
If it is jewelry one wishes to give a
man this Christmas, rest on the safe
side of fashion by purchasing a pair
of link cuff buttons. They should not
be long links, and one button must be
a ball of gold or a small stick of gold,
and the other a round setting, holding
a cabochon amethyst. This is new
and in good taste.
buy tobacco, but settle on some such
nice trifle for his room as an elephant
barometer or a set of hunting boots,
cruets. These are meant for individ-
ual use. Each boot contains a differ
ent kind of pepper and the cap is lined
with glass to act as a salt cellar.
MILLICENT ARROWPO1NT.
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regardless of the advice of the busting
4townspeOple.
Christmas is something more than a
! Religious event to these latter. 1t is
: tie great meRey-making season of the
year. and with true Oriental avarice
they make the most of it. Yet they are
q hospitable and pleasant people
1.-THE poorest pilgrim can visit Bethle-
HEM and be certain of food and shelter
5during his stay But when the rich
man comes he must pay double for
4 Everything that he buys. and is i'm
sportuned to buy an endless variety of
fittings
Peddiers and .beggars surround him
5ataeyery step. Genuine relics are Of
fered ~ fabulously low prices, so low.
il fact, that not even a 1O-year-old
5rhil6 would be deceived by the earnest
- given history of their genuineness.
Many of the travellers return to
5Jerusalem at night in preference to
taccepting the limited hospitality of
Bethlehem These are the richer of
4tne PILGRIMS, the poorer ones stay in
}the city Until the end OF the pilgrim
aee.
The great centre of interest is the
church of the Nativity. the only build
sng Of importance in the city and one
Of the oldest structures in existence.
- the centuries have rolled on it has
beea necessary to repair il many times.
but much of its original form and
character still remain Here all the
<pllgrsns 20 daily IN Christmas week,
7lSe services being continuous
SHRINE OF THE MANGER-
There are many shrines il the great
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lie money. And that's what

Tat costs the money. And that's what
v.sets me,
The careful housekeeper is distressed
Z the servant is unlucky enough 10
spoil the SER by breaking any crockery-
Nj. Pearce isn't He looks on quite hap
ply, and takes it as matter OF course,
''tctted up the smashes. he found that
he had 10 pay for over 5000 new mugs
and cups, 27,0o0 plates and 1880 saueers-
The next and obvious question 5:
How many people do you have during
the day 10 eat all this food and break all
the crockery?''
The answer is startling.
well on moderate day we nave 90
cD9 customers and when times are good
We often serve 7Os095 meals per diem
The numbers must fiEctuate enoT-
mously. Mr.. Pearce- Don't you often ma
yourselves IN a fix through having made
c--e- or under provis;on3 ?"
Yes. the attendance is uncertain, but
the secret of our trade is 10 keep your
weather eye open
II we see the next day is likely 10 be
hot we don't cook quite so many steak
pudding. but we increase our stock of
light pastry, and vice versa Again. the
an-cunt spent by each customer always
decreases as the week wears on, and II
IS significant and rather touching TACT
that on Monday there is q large proper
ton of silver in the takings, which al
and Plenty shops toward Saturday pay
dag. till on Friday the number of half
pence and farthings would make the hair
on an aristccratic bank clerk rise on
end with disgust"
We may well finish with two very char
acterlstic examples of Mr.. Pearce's gen.
crosby One night. many years ago.
when he was lying awake. the thought
struck him: I've been very lucky my
self, can't 1 do something for those who
are less fortunate?" And, remembering
what a hard struggle his mother had
had during the winter he decided to set
aside
OF Toe poor widows. So every year he
distributes money. coal and provisions to
tie amount of ESQ TO the 100 widows he
selects on Christmas eve Again, if you
should happen TO be strolling through
Harrington street on the first Monday in
any month and should hear a deafen.ng
clamor in the, vicinity of Pearce and
Plenty's shop don't cali the police or the
fire engine. It's only 200 poor little raga-
mullins enjoying an unusual treat-a
square meal-provided for them by John
Pearce, who was once poor himself, and
has known what it is to be hungry,
too.