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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-09-03
Belfast Camp Meeting.

The Upper Grove camp meeting, at
Belfast, this year covers the term of
Methodist Annual Conference Septem.
Der 2 to l3. In spite of this difficulty
the managers have secured most ex-
cellent staff. The Superintendent, Miss
Dennis, of Richmond, Ind, has re.
markable place in Methodist Church
history. She has had the honor of being
the only duly appointed lady pastor in
the Methodist Episcopal Church. She
was for two years in charge of East Park
Methodist Episcopal Church, ,Indianapo.
lis. She is lady held in highest esteem
by the bishops and editors Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. and had she
wished it could have served full pas.'
toral tssmk She will prove herself 3
capable camp meeting superintendent.
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Double Stan dard Maple sugar.

The Mohawk valley was settled by
the Dutch, as your readers know.
When the country was new, Yankee
peddlers came through the settlements
and purchased the crop of maple sugar.
On one occasion green Dutchman
sold Yankee his maple sugar far be-
low the market price, and his neighbors
teased him for being deceived. He
said, in reply: "You vait and will vix
him next year." The next spring he
sold his crop of sugar to the same Yam
kee at the same price. When his neigh
bors rallied him, he said: II am no fool.
l made the sap that sugar was made
from of half spring water" The green
Dutch farmer had just as much COM
mon sense as those cranks who assert
that so cents worth of silver and an
equal amount of water will make dol
lar worth 100 cents in gold at the pres
ent standard.-N. Y. Sun.
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Purchasing Power of Cheap Money.

Maj. Sanders, of Louisville, who served
in the confederate army, recalls that in
January, 1865, he tried to buy hand
kerchief in Meridian, Miss, but found
he could not afford it, the price lin con-
federate money! having been $3.50, and
as a compromise he bought a paper col
lar for $125. With gentlemen to whom
collars and handkerchiefs are a super
fluffy such object lessons from the past
will have very little weight The marvel
is that the initiation craze should have
got such hold upon the people of the
south, where the bitter experience with
confederate money should have lasted
for the present generation at least
Philadelphia Record.
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The Mines Would Thrive.

With free coinage of silver at the ra-
ito of sixteen to one every mine in the
world would be worked to its fullest
capacity and the entire output dumped
at our mints. Why? Because forevery
$o.o4 OF silver bullion our government
would give the owner s1s.6O-a net
profit of $3.50 upon 16 ounces. Who
would blame the millionaries who own
silver mines for making this money
Common people will be forced to take
from the rich mine owner a dollar at 100
cents whose intrinsic value is about So
cents ard whcre purchasing value is
never higher than it's intrinsic value
Richmondvlle t,'. ~ Phoenix.
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rum, ginger. olive oil, eggs, indigo and
1nolasses 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 conspirators came out on
top in spite of special legislation in
the Interest Of tobacco and corn. This
was hard blow to our country. There
II plenty of tobacco, corn, eggs and
molasses to give us all the "per capita"
we could carryit il the crime ofdemone-
/ tt,atiou had not been committed
agatass them, thereby causing prices
IA these aud other articles, except the
tdeious metals to tall precipitately
loonognists tell US that these articles
oooesd ~ be used ~ money hecsuse
<hey lacked some essential quality,
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A LESSON FROM EGYPT.
That Country Failed to Maintain the Rattle
of sixteen Onions to One Cat.

That Country Failed to Maintain the Rattle
Of Sixteen Onions to Ope Cat.
The ancient Egyptians had q cur
rency based on cats and onions, both Of
which were sacred objects worshiped
by the people. AS there was some diff
ficulty in storing the cats, and as the
onion was liable to decay, circulating
medium was provided of papyrus
strips, representing certain number
Of cats and onions at ratio Of six
teen to one. This was true double
standard system and is believed to have
been the origin of modern paper cur
eency. For time the cat-onion money
circulated at par, but the historian
Faque Hur records that about 963 B. C..
a serious difficulty arose. New col
,nies had been established in the re-
gion of the upper Nile, and the savage
Nubians had been taught the art of
agriculture. The rich. black soil Of
rhe valley which they inhabited was
especially suited to the growth of
onions, and the production of those
;,erfumed bulbs was soon enormously
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Conditions Prior to 1873.

Some of the free coinage men still
say that all they want is to restore
the conditions that existed prior to
1873" In 1873 the total worlds pro-
duction of silver was 61 ,000,0 900 ounces
and the silver in a dollar was worth
s1.04 in gold. Last year the worlds
product of silver was 10000 900 ounces
and the silver in q dollar was worth
only so ITO cents. VIII the silver
miners restore the production Of 1873
a the first step toward restoring the
oonditionsr
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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. 1t
was probably in this stage that the
precious metals began to be measured
and weighed more accurately and to
be cast into standard forms.
Commercial Stage.
1. INTERNAL TRADE.-When men be-
gan to live in cities, to have regular
markets where products were ex-
changed, and to have shopkeepers or
merchants and professional traders,
there was a great need of 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 or weights. Bronze
bars and stamped bronze pieces were
nsed in. Greece and Italy. The bronze
piece here represented shows the ev-
olution from cattle money to stamped
metallic money. Weights in the form
Of sheep indicate that sheep were in
Biblical times the unit of value in
Palestine.
Iron was used as money in Sparta.
Pieces Of bent iron ready for the black
smith pass as money in west Africa
and elsewhere.
"Cash" or "sapeks" 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 Of brass with a
square hole in the center. The evolution
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of cash is interesting. About 200 B. C.
the Chinese were still using a bronze
currency representing knives 2-5
inches long, with hole in one end of
the handle. BY 500 A. D. the knives
were is 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 in thick
ness to give the same weight as former
ly. Still later the blade was gotten rid
of and the ring was pierced with
square hole for the string. Thus trans
formed the original and cumbersome
knife money became a 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 all price compu-
tations in China. Considerable sums
may be paid in gold or silver, but they
are treated as merchandise and are
bought and sold by weight without
government stamp to guarantee weight
and fineness.
The as was brass coin used in Italy
until after 200 A. D.
2. INTERNATIONAL TRADE. = When
trade became international, there was
still greater need for the most accurate
and reliable counters of value possible.
Real coinage began when governments
first guaranteed weight and fineness
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 light
weight or otherwise debased coins as
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 in Rome
about 300 B. C.
Gold was coined in Rome in 2O6 B. G.
Figure IS shows the gold solidus of
Julian 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.
It soon became the recognized unit of
value in commerce and was replaced
only by the English sovereign. which
has since remained the standard unit Of
value for international trade.
The commercial wo..S has chosen
gold as money because, all things con-
eidered, it is better fitted for this pur-
pose than any other metal or substance.
1t owes its position entirely to its in
| trinsic worth II has needed M sDecia1
legislation to sustain 1t, nor has the al
most unlimited special legislation in
the interest," sf silver and other metals
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HISTORY OF MONEY.
sAswias Kinds Of Money Used In Dinsrs,

ohswing KINDS Of Money Used In Dinsrsnt
Stages Of Civilization.
A study Of the growth of money may
Be- useful just now in order to give q
more definite idea 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 will 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 furs,
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 30 used to-day in barbarous coun-
tries.
Beaver skins, or "beaver," was the
unit of value when our forefathers
- L. p
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fuctuating silver standard and declare
for the stable and world recognized gold
standard of value. Possibly we may, by
foolish legislation, make silver legal
tender for awhile and drive gold out
of circulation, but our commercial in
terests will continue to use gold, and
soon all interests will be glad to drop
Mexico and China and to return to the
society of civilized nations.-Byron w.
Holt,
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increased. Meanwhile the cat crop
aad only grown in the usual ratio, and
the result was that, with the demand
sor sacred animals in the new colonies,
vt least 80 onions would be given for
sne cat. This brought the papyrus
currency into disfavor. and the ruling
5haraoh, Ram Bunlxshus I'LL, issued a
loyal order that cats should be the
sole standard of value, and that onions
should be issued only to the extent that
saey could be kept at par with the
',caterwaulers," as the unit of value
.sas termed.
This did not suit the onion growers,
s-ho at once started an agitation for
the free and unlimited coinage of all
onions at the good old ratio of their
Saddies. After passing 3,1s7.642 reso-
buttons denouncing the horrible crime
ct 963 the onionites marched In body
to the palace of their pharaoh and de-
manded that the unjust law enacted
mt the instance of the catbugs should
be repealed and the bicatallic standard
restored. Ram Bunkshus listened to
them patiently and answered.: "Great,
no doubt, was the wisdom of our an.
cestors. But am in the wisdom bust.
ness myself to some extent. When the
ratio of sixteen to one was adopted
that was the true ratio of the cat and
onions. Now, owing to great in.
crease in the quantity of onions. the
ratio is thirty to one. All powerful as
lam. cannot make onions worth more
than their market value. The present
standard stays. AS for you, o foolish
onionites, your leaders shall feed the
sacred crocodiles. The rest of you
will return to your farms and hustle.
have remarked"
Thus ended the first and only cur
rency agitation in Egypt.-Whidden
Graham in Puck
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Think II Over.

Have you ever heard of a medicine
with such a'record of cures as Hoods
sarsaparilla2 Don't you know that
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the One True Blood
Purifier, has proved, over and over
agian, that it has power to cure, even
after all other remedies fail? If YOU
have impure blood you may take Hoods
sarsaparilla with the utmost confidence
that it will do you good.
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A TRADE JOURNALS SUMMARY.
Various Ways in Which Money May BE
Obtained.

To a man who has no money there are
several ways to get.it--namely:
(a) Beg it.
(b) Steal it.
(c) Borrow it.
(d) Secure it by gift.
(e) Trade something for it.
If we are to beg for it, we might Just
as we'll do the best we can. Therefore
dollar based on a gold standard is better
than sixteen to one silver dollar,
which to-day is worth about SO cents in
trinsically.
If we are to steal it, we want the best.
A thief who would steal a silver dollar
in preference to a gold dollar would be
acquitted on the ground that he was in
sane.
If we borrow it, we want that kind of
money which will 60 farthest, for so we
can get along with smaller loan.
Therefore gold dollar is better to bor-
row than sixteen to one silver dollar.
If we are to secure it by gift, certainly
we should not depreciate that which we
are about to receive.
This brings US to the e, which is the
way most money is obtained. A perti-
nent question for each of us to ask at
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Probate Court,

w. ]. Marshall appointed guardian OF
Harry Barkes, ct al.
Will of Julia E. Louis filed.
w. E. Cadwalder appointed guardian n
of Mabel G. Cadwalder.
Maggie NJ Snider adjudged insane.
@. M. Holiday executor of Myra Hol.
laday, filed inventory.
E. w. Cox guardian Armilda Cox,
filed final account.
Johanna Murphy appointed admins
tratrix of Cornelius Murphy.
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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 omelets or of johnny
cake and sorghum knows that they
were demonetized because they were
SO plentiful that the Shylocks could
not monopolize them as easily as they
could the precious metals.
Manufacturing Stage.
The manufacturing stage is not
clearly defined. Hogs were once money
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um of exchange
in Norway and
other re m o t e
parts of Europe.
Maize, or Indian
corn,once formed
the currency of
Mexico, Central
A m e r i ca and
some of the early
colonies. Tobac-
CO formed t h e
principal money
of Virginia and
Maryland. 1t was
leg al t e II d e r
in Maryland in
1732. The price
Of wives varied
from 100 to $50
pounds of tobac-
co. Dried Goldfish
was once curren-
cy in Newfound-
land G,r ~ a -
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"More money!" is the delus;ve cry
of the silverites in their campaign for
cheap dollars. But they do not attempt
to show how sixteen to one free coin
age law, which would put our 5000, O,OO0,-
600 gold at a premium of nearly so per
cent. and drive it all out of circulation,
could possibly give rs more money than
we have now.
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Jesse L. Test, Esq, an old resident
and highly respected citizen of our town.
called this morning and after purchasing
bottle OF Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, said: "If any.
one asks you if this remedy will do what
is claimed for it, tell them yes, and refer
them to me-" H. Alexander Stoke.
Reynoldsville, Pa. No one can doubt
the value of this medicine after giving it
a fair trial. Then it is pleasant and safe
TO take, making it especially valusble
for children. For sale by Garrett &
Ayres, druggists.
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skins (and some
times with their
milky for me d
the currency and
the unit of value.
Our words fee,
pecuniar y a n d
IT al come
from the uSp Of
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"What did you buy this piece of music
for?" asked Mr.. barley Grossly a. hs
took upa sheet from the piano. II
bought it for song" replied Mn
Darley sweetly.
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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 u e
money.
Hand made
nails once cir
culated as mon
ey in S o m e
Scotch VILLAGES.
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Jim Jackson-No, sah-yo' don't
ketch dis coon working on a rainy day
like dis.
Esquire HENRY (astounded) Rainy !?
Jim Jackson-Wal, dat's wot de alma.
mac says: an that's good 'nuff fob me.
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Legal Ratios Cannot Fix Values.


While the advocates of free coinage
government to raise the bullion value
OF silver from thirty to one to sixteen to
one of gold they at the same time pub
lish facts which prove the very reverse
of their claim. Thus they boast that for
the 20 years previous to 1878, the year
OF the alleged crime, the value of silver
bullion ranged from three to seven
cents per ounce above it's coinage value
in other words, the silver in dollar"
coin was worth three or four cents more
than dollar. Now the preachers of
prosperity through legislation say that
it is the law that fixes the value of the
money metals, and that if the United
States alone opened it's mints for the
free coinage of silver at sixteen 10 one
the commercial value of gold would be
exactly r6 times that of silver. That
their assertion is not true, and that the
bullion value of either metal cannot be
fixed by law, is clearly shown by the
facts given above in regard to the COM
plete failure of previous free-coinage
laws to keep the real value of silver at
ratio of sixteen to one of gold.
Governments Ownership of silver Mines.
Why is it that both the populists and
the democrats failed to put plank in
their platforms demanding that the
government own and control the silver
mines OF this country, SO that the profit
which would be made from free coin
age would go to our government, and
thus indirectly be benefit to the whole
people? Why should this profit go to a
few individuals who own the silver
mines and who are already enormously
rich? Is not this building up one of the
most dangerous trusts that the country
has even teen? Think of few men hav-
ing und& their control all the silver of
this country and the government COM
PEELED to turn it into dollars as fast as
they produce it! Suppose that these sill
yer men combine to shut down work on
their mines when they want to produce
stringency in the money market, then
open them again when they want to
make money abundant. Would not this
put the whole business of the country at
their mercy?
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Big Prices for Farmers.uProduct,.

The Chautauqua News, of Sherman,
N. Y, contains in it's latest number an
advertisement which we copy free Of
charge:
WAR PRICES
In order to assist those who believe in
the white metal'I will pay the followinR
prices in Mexican silver dollars (no change
gtven) for live stock and produce delivered
at Sherman:
Steers weighing 1000
pounds or over, fine
Heifers ehs sat ;;;hs weighing 800 cents per pound
pounds or over, fine and
fat .......................5 cents per pound
Sheep, fat and heavy....5 cents per pound
Lambs, fat and heavy. .Tacents per pound
Veals. fine and fat....... Scents per pound
Pigs weighing 100 to 156
Best Holstein milk cows s50 per head
No. creamery butter .2S cents per pound
Fine factory cheese. .....10 cents per pound
These dollars contain more pure silver
than the United States dollar.
OThose who deliver stock in droves
should bring an extra horse to draw home
their money.
Dated August /. A. B. SHELDON.
Mr.. Sheldon is able to do what he
promises to do. He is giving the farm
ers of Chautauqua the benefit of the in
fated prices which the advocates of
so cent dollar desire and is doing it
without asking the United States gov
ernment to become a repudiator and
sWindler
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chicago daughter (coaxingly)-You
will support Billy Bryan, won't you.
papa?
chicago father (tremulously)-Great
Scott Who is he? Have you gone
and got married again?
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Chairman Jones' Hello. there Give
me Bryan!
The National Hello Girl-He's talk
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Agricultural Stage.

In the agricultural! stage man owns
land, has fixed habitations and is pos
sessed of far greater variety of pros
perity than when he was nomad.
Though he continued to use cattle.
slaves, ETC., as money, yet he sometimes
added staple farm products and began
TO use metals, especially copper and
gold, which at first were usually esti-
mated in terms of cattle and were meas
ured roughly instead of being weighed.
Wheat, barley and oats are now, as
they have been for 1000 years, medi-
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cattle as money. Similar words in
nearly every language testify to the
once general use of cows and sheep as
money. A mans wealth was estimated
by his herds and focks.
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
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For building, paving, chimney and
cistern brick, 60 to Tener & Walker.
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Foods Pills assist digestion. % cents.