davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-31

Have to Sign Her Papers, Though Know
ing That She Has u Load of Arms for
Cuban neutrality-suspicious. Of the Law
on the Subject, Allowing Such Vessels
to Clear.
Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 81. - The
steamer Dauntless which the govern
ment has granted permission to clear
for Cuban port with a cargo of muni-
tions of war is not in port at pres
ent. The owner says it has gone on
''wrecking' trip and may not return
for a week. The Dauntless gave the
revenue cutters the slip Tuesday, go
ing out of the river from one of the
shallow channels, and this has aroused
the suspicion that the vessel is again
on filibustering trip. The owners say
that the vessel will be formally cleared
for Cuba as soon as it shall return.
The Commodore has also been granted
permission to clear with arms and will
do so. Several carloads of arms and
ammunition are in the city awaiting
shipment.
Captain Has to Take an Oath.
The law On the subject was received
here Tuesday and is as follows: IF
the master of the vessel and the own
ers, shippers, and consignors Of the car
go comply fully with all the laws and
regulations concerning the manifest.
and take the oaths required. you may
grant a clearance to Neuvitas, Cuba.
The oaths must be taken and subscribed
in writing as required by sections. A.
49,. Abs and 1900 of the revised
statutes" The port named in the ap-
plication as the destination of the cargo
Is on the northern coast of Cuba and
Is occupied by the Spanish forces. The
treasury officials. therefore. are of the
opinion that the oaths required by the
statute will not be taken
Spanish Consul "in Hole"
A rather anomalous fact is presented
in that. if either boat shall clear for
Cuba the Spanish consul or vice consul
will have to sign the clearance papers,
this being required when a vessel clears
for a foreign port. In this instance
it would be a case of a Spanish officer
affxing his signature to a documen;
permitting a vessel to carry war ma
terial to a people fighting against his
government. Consul Soils was asked If
| he would refuse to sign the clearance
he could not refuse. as it was his duty
| to sign the papers. The cargo of both
| boats will be shipped TO Salvador
Cisneros. president of the Cuban re-
public. the Dauntless cargo consigned
| to Nuevitas, and that OF the Commodore
| to Santiago.
Three Friends Didn't Land Her Cargo.
Information received late last night
| is to the effect that the steamer Three
Friends failed absolutely to land its
| expedition in Cuba, as was reported
The story of the chase by a Spanish
man-of-war is confirmed, the Three
Friends being obliged to leave the Gu
ban coast just as it was getting ready
| to land its cargo. The steamer headed
| for the Florida coast, and having but a
| few tons of coal on board it landed the
men on a key near to Key West, after
wards putting in at that port, where il
| was seized. The Dauntless has now
gone to take the men and munitions oi
war off the key. andw i'll make an ef-
| fort to land them in Cuba.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-31
To Care . Cold In One Dsy

10 C0f0 Q Cold IN One Doy
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the
money II Il fails to cure. Is cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-31
Shocking Suicide of Editor ]
B. McCullagh.
DRIVEN TO IT BY DISEASE.
Found on the Pavement Un-
der His Window.
Southern Bank Official De.
stroys Himself in Church.

St. Louis. Dec. 31.-The body Of
Joseph B. McCullagh, edisor-in-chief
of the Globe-Democrat. was found
this morning on the stone pavement
beneath his window room. It is
surely suicide, but many Of his
friends believe that while suffering
from an attack Of asthma he threw
up the window to obtain. air and in
a weakened condition. tottered and
fell out. DR.. c. H. Hughes, his ply
sican, said: "McCullagh tired Of
living, killed himself. He gave no
premoniiion of suicide, however. /
saw him last evening. He said he
felt sleepy, and gave me to under
stand that he wanted to be alone.
His brain was affected, but his intel
lect was all right. He suffered from
profound exhaustion, complicated
with recurring kidney trouble"
1t is definitely known that McCul-
lagh committed suicide. He had
been quite melancholy for several
days and last night was unusually
weak and nervous. About midnight
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mannion, went
to his room and found the gas
streaming from one OF the burners
and McCullagh semi-conscious. She
stopped the flow, aired the room and
aroused McCullsgh. and admonished
him to be more careful and returned
to her own apartments. This morn
ing after the body was found it was
discovered that the gas was again
turned on. The conclusion reached
is that he attempted asphyxiation,
but finding the process too slow,
opened the window and plunged to
the pavement.
.- Bank Oficer Suicides.
Montgomery, Ala. Dec. 81
George b. wilkins, vice president OF
the Commercial National bank ol
Selma, Ala, which failed for half 9
million yesterday. suicided at 4 this
morning in the Episcopal church by
shooting himself through the head
Raya MaeeO Llvoa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-31
GONE WRECKING,
$50 the Owner Of the Filibustel
DauntIess Declares.
CURIOUS CONDITION OF THINGS.

Spanish Consul at jacksonville, Fla, Will
Have to Sign Her Papers, Though Know
ing That She Has n Load of Arms for
Cuban Rebels-Explanation Of the Law
ON the Subject, Allowing Such Vessels
to Clear.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24
Coy. Renfrow Of Oklahoma.

The testimonials in behalf of Hoods
Sarsaparilla are not only from people
who cannot afford costly professional
treatment bat they come also from
persons in official stations. Nor is
Hoods Sarsapariila praised only by
those who have learned in their own
experience of its wonderful curative
powers, but men of highest intelligence
and soundest judgement are ready to
speak in its favor, His excelency VIM.
G Renfrow, Governor of Oklahoma, in
recent voluntary letter, writes US:
From it's general reputation, l know
of none that would prefer to Hoods
Sarsaparila if we should need a blood
purifier or remedy for general deliiity."
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24

WlIC WEiC
tuted for real hooks. Wampuln was
the currency of the more civilized In
dian tribes in New England and Long
Island. 1t consisted of white beads.
made from the ends OF a periwinlzle shell
or black beads made from q clam shell
arranged in strings or belts. 1t became
the official ,naney in New England and
New Amsterdam and lost its place as
money between 1850 and 1700 when the
"Smart Alecks" among the whites De
gan to debase it by leaving the beads
unpolished or unpierced or by making
them of bore, horn, glass, and even OF
wood. The coionists legislated much
trying TO FIX prices, and to save warn-
pu1n from declining in value, but it was
being produced too cheaply. Natural
law was against it, and it had to SO
down.
The use of shells as money is still.
common on many tropical coasts. Their
wide use is probably due TO The strong
passion, common TO primitive man, for
personal adornnaent. This gives shells
permanent value. Besides they are very
durable, conapa pafatiyely light, and are
convenient for small change. Whales
teeth, arrowheads, beads, tusks of ivory
and engraved stones are some Of the
other money materials of this later
stage of civilization.
The Pastoral Stage.
Man early tanned the domestic ami
mails. The sheep and the COW being the
most useful, they naturally, with their
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24

rum, ginger, olive oil, eggs, indigo and
molasses are some Of the products that
have been used in different countries
The friends of tobacco and corn tried
hard to prevent these 'crimes against
humanity,'' but the copper, gold and
silver bug conspira tors came out on
top in spite of special legislation in
the interest of tobacco AMI corn. This
was a hard blow to our country. There
is plenty of tobacco, corn, eggs and
lnolasses to give us all the "per capita"
wecould carry it if the crime ofde7none-
tization had not been committed
against them, thereby causing prices
of these and other articles, except the
precious metals to fall precipitately.
Economists tell us that these articles
ceased to be used as money because
they lacked some essential quality.
They say that some were perishable;
others bulky and hard to transport;
others could not be easily divided for
the purpose OF making change; others
were not uniform in size and quality,
while nearly all lacked stability Of
value. But every tobacco, corn, mo-
lasses or egg producer and every lover
of the weed, of oInelets or of johnny
cake ard sorghum knows that they
were demonetized because they were
SO plentiful that the Shyloclss could
not monopolize them as easily as they
could the precious metals.
Manufacturing stage.
The manufacturing stage is not
clearly defined. Hoes were once money
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24

Of cash is interesting. About 200 B. C.
the Chinese were still using bronze
currency representing knives e-5
inches long, with @ hole in one end Of
the handle. BY SEQ " D. the knives
were ia inches long and the hole or
ring was larger. Later the handle dis
appeared and the ring was attached to
the blade, which was increased n thick
ress to give the same weight as former
ly. Still later the blade was gotten rid
of and the ring was pierced with a
square hole for the string. Thus trans
formed the original and cumbersome
knife money became comparatively
convenient currency, though the value
has deprecated greatly, partly because
Of reduced size and inferior quality Of
metal used
Cash is the basis Of at price conpu-
tations IN China. Considerable Sums
:ray be paid in gold or silver, but they
ace treated as merchandise and ore
bought and sold by weight without a
government stamp TO guarantee weight
and tfrcness.
The as was e brass cotD used In TtaSy
until after eco 4. D.
,, INTERNATIONAL. TRADE. = When
trade became International, there was
still greater need for the most accurate
and reliable counters OF value possible.
Zeal coinage began when governments
first guaranteed weight and fneness
with an official stamp. A great part
of this immense gain to commerce
and civilization was lost when, after
awhile, monarchs began to abuse this
coming privilege and to break faith
with their subjects by stamping 1;gh.
weight or otherwise dehased coins ae.
genuine. Such coins would continue IN
use, but would soon depreciate in value.
Figure Ia represents one of the earli-
est silver coins. 1t was struck III Rome
about 500 B. G.
Cold was coined IN Rome in 206 p. G.
Figure IS shows the gold solidus Of
Jrlian II. The solidus weighed four
scruples from 312 A. D. to 1883 and
formed the basis OF more modern Euro
pean coins. The form. coined in Flor,
ence in the fourteenth century, was
the first regular coin of western Europe.
II soon became the recognized unit Of
value in commerce ard was replaced
only by the English sovereign. which
has since remained the standard unit OF
value for international trade.
The commercial world has chosen
gold as money because, all things con-
sidered. it is better fitted for this pur-
rose than any other metal Or substance.
It ewes its position entirely to its in
trirsc worth. It has needed no special
legislation to sustain II. nor has the al
raost unlimited special legislation In
+he interest ,,f silver and o<har metals
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24
E~--&-~Uy
TIVE LIVES Saved.


Mrs. Phoeba Thomas Of Junction
City Ill, wa@ told BY her doctors that
she had consumption and that there
was no hope for ner, but two bottles Of
DR.. Kings New Discovery completely
cured her and size eays it sageN her
life Mr.. Thomas Epgers, i39, Florida
st, San Francisco, suffered from .
dreadful cold, approaching consnmp
tion, tried wilhont result everything
else then bought one bottle Of liF.
Kings New Discovery andin twa weeks
was cured lie is naturally thankfnl
1t is such results Of which these are
samples, that proves tire waHdeFfiill
efficacy Of this ,Hetiieiaesin copehs ahd
colds Free trial bottle Al j s. Ifaf-
bert's Dug Store. Regular size Gee
and 81,
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24
SHORT GUT TO NEWS.
..vv ,nTEREsTlNG EVENTS FRoM ALL
W. SECTIONS OF The COUNTRY.
a.ios Summary OF tire News of the Week
Compiled for Tribune Readers.

ten. Grosvonor claims 278 ELECTORAL
votes for Mckinley and Hobart.
Tom Watson. at Lincoln, Neb., made
a speech without mentioning Sewall.
Democrats and Popuiists in Illinois
uhsed on the state and ELECTORAL ticket.
Connecticut Democrats in State con-
yention indorsed the Chicago platform
and nominees.
The trade balance in favor of the
United States for the last eight months
is $3.50 100000.
The chairman Of the Massachusetts
RepubNcau committee committed sui.
eide Wednesday.
Chairman Jones says that Sewall
will not withdraw and that Bryan will
carry New York.
White caps whipped farmer living
near Toledo, 9 buried him and dug
him up and whipped him again.
The Prince of Wales is said to desire
|the cooperation of the United States
lin settling the Turkish question.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gener-
|al Maxwel's report shows 70,370 post
offices in the United states-an increase
|of 296.
Ex.Chairman Tauberneck of the
National Populist committee declared
Ehat Bryan and Altgeld would carry
illinois,
John Douglass, buried Tuesday at
Lexington in a hypnotic sleep, was
taken from the grave Monday, appar-
ently unhaemed.
The Ohio Republican campaign .ws
opened at Canton with speeches by
fenators Thurston, Cullom, Cows.
Pushnel aud Hastings, and Congress
ban McGleary. Mckinley made.
5Oeaebas to over 100 900
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24
GL.EIl,,S NDrIaE

Notice is hgrery given that the folloWing
nameJ administrators AID gnardiaas hied OF
t;le Jel terra 1885 d the Garrell PROBATE courf
FOR tne Eastern District, their account currents.
II vss ordered hy tae onalt tilSf the sa1e be
60 tiafte,l and advertised iIr confirmation or re-
estioH at the Oct, term oi SAD court, lS''d Nlg
H. E.. HarbpYt. executor ct the estEfe 81 ]eti
Baker. decd sid animal aceoAss euTreat
". 8. pussell Suardian Of Charles Gotoreh, !,
iiisal account vnYlett. :.
o, G. z. Grim. SCAR. efthe estate OF } n
Nli DrrsoYs iiaYilIss exceptions 20 sasti settle
meats are requested to tiie the enria IA tnis
court en- or btiore the a,id day OF the Oct terin
tereo
nsJuiy y lsas
j. =. a. cher. Prohate Clerk.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24

cattle as money. Similar words in
aearly every language testify to the
once general use of COWS and sheep as
money. A mans wealth was estimated
by his herds and focls.
1t was in this stage that conquerors
stopped eating captives because it was
discovered that they were worth more
as shepherds and carriers Of water,
wood, etc. Hence also slaves often fig
s.4sss; ~ Ge1ay. :
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24

Some Of the other money articles that
may perhaps belong TO this stage are
cotton cloth, straw hats, cubes Of salt,
tea, beeswax. knives and silk cloth. It
was probably in this stage shat the
precious metals began to be measured
ana weighed more accurately and to
be cast into standard forms.
Commercial seage.
j. INTERNAL TRADE.--When men be-
gan to live in cities, to have regular
markets where products were ex-
changed, and to have s!loP'zeepers Or
merchants ard professional traders,
there was a great need Of a more exact
and scientific money such as could be
supplied only by the metals. These be-
Gan to be cast or stamped into the reg
ular forms, sizes O.. weights. Brcnze
bars ard stamped bronze pieces were
Hsed in Greece and Italy. The bronze
piece here represented shows the ev
oIution from cattle money to stamped
metallic money. Weights in the form
Of sheep indicate that sheep were in
Eiblical times the unit of valne in
Palestine.
Iron was used as money IN Sparta.
Pieces Of bent iron ready Tor the black
smith pass as money in west Africa
and elsewhere.
Cash" or "sapel1s" or "le" is the
only native coin and the only legal
tender Ct China as well as the principal
money Of small accounts. Cash consists
Of round disks of kind CT brass with
square hole III the center. The evolution
Rlpans Tabr1es cure h.iiousness.
Tsipans TakI ..esi fos' sour aton9ach.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24

In recent letter to the, manu-
|actpres Mr.. w. F. Benja min. edit
7 OF the Spectator, Rushford, \.
\ y says: "it may be pleasure to
Fon to know the high esteem in
Ehich Chamberlains medicines are
Peld by the people OF you own
tate, where they must be best
Known. An aunt of mine who re-
ldes at Dexter, To. WAS about to
|lSit me few years since, and be-
|ore leaving home wrote me, asking
they were sold here, stating il
Fey We're not she would bring a
Quantity with her as she did rot
he to DC without them" The
nedlo'nes referred to are Cham
pertains Cough Remedy, famous
pF It's cures of colds aud groups;
Fbamberlain's Pain Balm for rhou-
iatlsm, lame back, pain in the
de and chest, and Chamberlain's
kolle, Cholera and Diarhoea
Eemody for bowel complaints.
aese medicines have been in
FaSiant use in Iowa for almost
barter Of Il century. The people
ave learned that they are articles
great worth and merit, and un-
Nqalled by any other, They are
Pr sale here by j. Il. Harbert.
Mrs. Camp is disposing Of her
Mmer goods at the very lowest
'ees, and they are going like hot
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24
Cures 30 efaY Cured

thousands Of voluntary certif.
s'es received during the past Is
eafs, certify with no uncertain
1uld. that kolauic Blood Balm
& .. y will cure to stay cured
'eanatisla, calarrh, ulcers, sores,
'oches and the lie most nal =.
Ea' o'ood and skin diseases,
e'aaic Blood Baifn is the result
" years experience of an cmi-
sA', scientihc aud conscientious
nyseian. Send stamp for bool,
wonderful enres, and learn
N'eh 's lie best remedy. Beware
substitutes assid t. be lust us
poo and buy he ioo@ tested and
|" aei.asie. Botanic Blood Balm,
I 8. : Price only 81 per large
P,'te ssr sale by Druggists.
= aaress Blood Balm Co. Allan
ga.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24
NUMBER Il
Three Hundred Miles OF Smiths.
New York Journal.

Three Hundred Miles OF Smiths.
New York Journal.
Three hundred miles of Smiths The
figure is appalling, but it is no exager-
alton.
There is net a Smith growing on
every tree in New York, but If there
were it is even chances that there
would be a good number of Smiths left
over.
No body who has not made study
III some measure of the Smith subject
hasn't any idea Of the numerical
strength of this estimable and prolific
family. There are Smith enough to fill
more TINA dozen whole regiments.
There are Smiths enough man,
woman and child-to populate good
sized kingdom, and if they should de-
eide to do it, they would. If past record
Is any criterion, multiply at such an
astounding rate as would enable them
to supply from their surplus, within a
very few years, all deficiencies in the
population of other countries. The
gaps in the nations of the world which
fire and blood and war and pestilenca
might have made could very easily and
satisfactorially be patched oNt with
Smiths, Here are some startling fig
ures:
The New York city directory for 1896
contains 40l ,809 names. OF these 1854
or one in every 134, is a Smith, The
Smiths take up nearly twelve and q
half pages of three columns each
According to the last census there are
aboutfve times as many people in New
York City as there are names in the
directory. 1t follows then THAI there
are between 1000 and $4,000 Smiths
If drawn up in q single file at the
usual distance between the people so
paraded the line would extend eight
miles. IF the rame ratio holds good
throughout the United States, the
Smiths in this country number 525 900,
and would form line 800 miles long.
1t has been a dopular belief always
that the Smiths, Bro WINS, Jones and
Robinsons led the world in the matter
of frequency, but these latter days have
changed ell that. The Smiths are still
foremost; the sturdy and multicative
Browns are not far behind. There are
$500 Browas in the New York directo-
ry, about one Brown to every 135 who
are not Browns. This would give 5l8,
900 Browns in the United States.
But the old QUARTET OF names is
broken. The Jones and RobinsoDs are
decadent 50 far as numbers go. The
milers have stepped into the honora-
bic third place once held by the race Oh
Joneses. But the Miilers are only half
as many as the Smite's and Browns.
The directory has onlyl 1867 names.
The Smiths are perennial, ever plen-
ty and never can be morbund, When
the skeletons of nations shall stand
around the lonely last man he viii
look out with clear eye over the ruins
OF empires, watch fearlessly the rising
tide which is to engulf the world, aa
on the last rock which raises it's griz-
zled, time wearied head above that
that second universal iaundation write
in bold characters bis tame, and tha
entry will read; "John smith"
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24
Chamber1ain's Eye and Skin
Ointment.

A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema,
Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples
and Piles Itis cooling and soothing,
Hundreds OF cases have been cured by
it after all other treatment had failed
25 cents per box,
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24

skins (ard some
times with their
milk 70 ne Il
the currency and
the unit OF value.
Our words fee,
pecuniar y a n q
c a pi al come
from fbe use of
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24

in China and
they are to-day
in Anam. Lit
tie hoes, such
as the one here
figured, took
the place OF
real hoes and
became t r Il G.
money.
Hand made
nails ence cir
eulated as mon
ey in S o N e
Scotch villa geS.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24
HISTORY Or MONEY.
Showing Kinds of E-oney Used In Different
Stages OF Civilization.

Showing Kinds of Rooney Used in Different
Stages OF Civilization.
A study Of ths growth of money may
be useful just now in order to give 81
more definite idee of exactly what
money is, and to learn why certain arti
cles or substances have been discarded
and others retained. The natural and
general tendency well understood, we
have only to judge the future by past
experience to predict what viii and
what will not be the principal money
metal of the near future.
Hunting and Fishing Stage.
The kind Of money in use in many
countries indicates the degree of civ
ilization attained. Man probably first
became trading animal in the hunting
and fishing stage. Weapons of war and
the chase, together with skins and fuTs,
were then the most important kinds of
property. Hence we find that the more
useful, stable and portable of these
articles were first used as money and
are so used to-day in barbarous coun-
tries.
Beaver skins, or "beayer," was the
unit of value when our forefathers
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24
Hunting and Fishing Stage.

traded with the IN
dians. Thus one
beaver equals one
brass kettle; one
beaver equals two
shillings; six bea-
vers equal one gal
lon brandy, etc.
Fishhooks formed,
the currency on the'
northern shores Of
the Indian ocean
from Persia TO Ce.y-
Ion. Latterly, hovv-l
ever, pieces of bent
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24
LAND OFFICE AT HARRISON, a Ark.,

Notice is hereby giyeu that the iollowing-
named settio OF has iled notice Of his utenton to
make nnal pIoofin support OF his claim, ard
that said. proof Will be mace before tie Register
4 lsecevsr at Harrison, Ark, od sept 10 lSa6
VIZ; Charley y. NUbiin He No 1910 for the sci
neG sec %, 81 pw4 swt ne4 sec x tp IL
nr - ".
lie names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upen ad
cultivation OF. sal! ,sad viz: Ue.r3 Reeves,
iiei,ry Wise Francis Msels, ]. Z stltain all
JNo. p. CLNnpEnln, Register
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-24
Continued Oh fourth Page
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NN1lJ. y IS.o
Notice is hereby given that the following-nam
ed settler has died notice Of his intention 10
ms Ike tna! proef in support OF his claim aad
that said prooioWill be made before the Register
AID Receiver at harrison ARK, Oh Oct. 27tn
1856, viz:
Sec is, I ~ K - w
i}e names the following witnesses to rreve
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF, paiti land viz: =. J , Carmaak, Green Eor
Is; Ark. Pack Watkins, sol Faster, Carrollton
Ark, and J. L Sims OF Harrison, Ark.
mo 2 (.IENnn NtN kogiSt er.