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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

The San Francisco Call OF May 2 con
tains the following editorial article:
Il is becoming every day more evident
that the battle for bimetallism at the st.
Louis Convention will not be won easily.
The advocates OF the Cleveland doctrine
OF . single gold standard end the COM
plete discrediting Of silver will 20 to st.
Louis flushed with success in the East
and demand the adoption Of a resolution
overthrowing all the presidents. decla-
rstions and traditions Of the Republican
party and committing the Presidential
nominee to 3 strict gold policy.
Against this onslaught Of the gold
forces the bimetsllists must be on their
guard. The 6ght for silver will be made
under Western leadership. and the Cali
iornis delegation should be made up Of
men capable Of taking . prominent and
vigorous part in 10. We must guard this
great interest Of the West. which in .
broad sense 10 the interest Of the whole
Nation. We should send TO 50. Louis no
man who will not fght to the last for .
silver platform and . silver candidate.
This contest will be greatest 1t the CON-
vsntion. for it involves the most far.
reaching results. and il 10 in considera-
ton Of the part Californis 10 to play in
the contest that our delegation should be
selected.
The issue is too vast, too important,
too far-rssching 10 be overlooked for any
other issue whatever. Protection is safe,
reciprocity 10 safe. Silver IL in danger.
II 10 for silver We must fghs. To that
our delegates must be pledged. No man
should be sent to st. Louis who is not
the advocate Of silver. No man should
be supported there who is not the friend
Of silver. Free coinage ct the ratio Of
l6 to l should be demanded in the plat
form. The time for compromise is past.
The battle is forced upon Us.
California 10 for free silver coinage.
The Call. speaking for the toiling
masses of the State. demands the free
coinage of silver.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

By order Of the Treasury Department
the commanders Of the revenue cutters
Of the Behring Sea patrol feet are pro-
hibited from taking any s~pirituous liquors
on their vessels. The feet was ready to
sail from Port Townsend, when the orders
were received, and the mess officers were
compelled to land their private liquor
supplies. The order caused 9 wave OF
disproval. and IL is supposed to have en-.
auated from the general charges Of
drunkenness in the Ease Of Capt. Healey.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

Tillman Of South Carolina made q
speech in the Senate on the Jst instant,
savsgely attacking Senator Hill and
President Cleveland. He declared Hill
represented the b~ondholders and bankers
and not the people. and predicted the
reputation Of bonds and interest If
bond issues were carried much further,
to which remark Hill coolly suggested:
"And if You can't have that. l suppose
you'll have bloodshed." Tillman de-
clared the President Stands as a tool Of
classes" and representso only the almighty
dollar. Grove. Cleveland. John Sher-
man and John Carlisle. he declared, are
afinities.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

1t 10 said that the discovery has been
made that the gold mines in the disputed
territory between Venezuela and Guiana
are not what they were expected to be,
but that on the contrary they are 90
poor that they will not pay to work.
This is given as the reason why England
has suddenly shown . disposition to set
tie the dispute between herself and the
United States.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

The people Of Heligoland, acquired by
Germany from England q few years ago.
are loud in their praise Of Prince Henry
OF Prussia. The reason 10 that the Prince
recently sent them several bottles Of
water from the river Jordan. to be used
to bsptize the little Hsligolandsrs. All
members Of the Hohenzollsrn family are
baptized in Jordan water. and Q supply is
always kept on hand.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

In . speech in the House Of Represent
ativss in opposition to the Bankruptcy
bill. Congressman Newlands siid il the
Democrats at the Chicago Convention
abandon free trade ideas and declare for
silver a fusion OF the silver elements will
follow which will be successful next No
yanhar
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

A new railway sleeping car evolved in
England is so feet long and 9 feet wide.
with rooms. containing books and other
comforts. for each passenger. The En-
glish have been slow to adopt sleeping
cars, but they can now be happy as they
whirl along in their mahogany four
potter.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

There are up to date 100 contested
seats in the st. Louis Republican Con-
vsntion. nearly all from the South,
There are duplicate delegations for and
against Mckinley from many districts.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

The fairness of the Beers in the trial
Of the johannesburg co~nspirators was
proved in the calling of a Judge TO hear
the case who is not q Boer, not q citizen
oil their country, but q Judge Of the
Orange Free State. and an E~nglishman
BY birth. and is a brother of the Chief
Justice OF Cape Colony. English terri
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

Some people might consider Delegate
Catron Of New Mexico q little greedy for
having named one Of his Sons for cadet
to Annapolis, and another for cadet to
West Point.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

Pere Hyacinths, the distinguished
priest, formerly Able Charles Loyson,
will marry Laura. daughter Of the late
William Bucknell. an American. Pere
Hyacinthe is SO years old.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

They call Weyler the little ferret"
now, because Of his faculty in finding out
things-though he does fail lamentably
in finding out the whereabouts Of the in.
surgent armies. Perhaps. indeed. that is
the best proof of Spanish ~generalship.
The man who finds no foe fights no battles.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

Prince Bismarck says be finds time
hangs heavily on his hands in his retire
meut. The other day he remarked 10 Q
visiting friend; 1.-THE ~strangest thing to
me is to get up in the morning and find
that all the work / have to do 10 to wind
up my watch"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

England feels great bitterness against
Germany. but will nevertheless not 20
to war. II 10 the pocket which tights, and
John Bulls pocket is the most arrant of
onxuarIa
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

Chicago's school census shows a falling
off in the population Of the city, and the
decline Of rents confirms it. The same
would be found to be true of other cities
il counts should be made. Dull times
in the great c~enters Of population are
driving people back to the rural regions.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

Mrs. George Gould has ordered .
crown from London, but there are still
certain drawbacks to her complete hap
piness. So long As she is Mrs. George
Gould she osnnot order the King that
goes properly along with it.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

One gratifying sign Of progress in the
West lies 10 the fact that there are
enough Republicans in Arizona to hold
two conventions.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09

Use Silver Medal Flour, and keep
your money in the country its better
than any other -four.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09
DIED.

In Eureka, New. May 2. 1896. George ].
aged 65 years.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09
BORN.

In Eureka. New, May 4. 1896, to the wife Of
Robert A. Laird, q daughter.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-05-09
INDIGENTs.
The following named ~indigents were 81
lowed the sums set opposite their names:

The above is a copy of the record as it now
remains In my office.
Attest: VA. SKINNER, County Clerk,
By o. +. HoRs, Deputy.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
How Big Is a Cow?

In the American report of the COM
missioner of education for 1923, pub
lished at Washington last year, there is
most thorough-going report on ''Child
Study" or, as it is sometimes called,
"PaidolOgy." A photography of about
seven pages, in books and articles,
shows how much attention has been
bestowed on the subject in the United
States. DR.. Stanley Hill, president of
a society for this study, tells us that in
1879 four ''kindergarteners"i in Boston
took some children aside and endeav-
ored to find out the contents of their
minds, and the result was published in
the Princeton Review for $780, DIR.
Stanley Hill says: '"Thirty-three per
cent. of these children on entering
school had never seen a live chicken;
81 per cent. had never seen a robin;
rs per cent. had never seen a growing
strawberry; Il per cent. of the Boston
children had never seen growing beans,
even in Boston. Our school text books
are based on country life, and the city
child knows nothing, in the large cities,
of real country life" Here is one in
stance: a large percentage of these
children, upon being asked how large a
COW was, showed that they had little
idea. One thought n cow was as large
as her cats tail. Another thought a
COW was as big as her thumb nail. One
would like to know if these young folks
had never seen the picture of cow?-
Chambers Journal.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29

secretary in the legislation relating to
the resumption of specie payments.
This legislation does not permit the sale
of bonds payable in gold, and congress
has refused to give the secretary power
TO sell gold bond. The present situa-
ton would be absurd if it were not so
serious
From the foregoing statement of the
situation by Mr.. Harrison, who certain
~ knows what he is talking about, there
is no end to the issuing of bonds under
our present financial goldbug policy,
and, if followed out to its conclusion,
this foolish and ominous performance
must necessarily end in national bank
ruptcy. We might finally have to quit
claim to the European bondholders a
few eastern states-say, Vermont and
Maine 70 begin within order to save
the rest of the union from assignment
for the benefit of creditors.-Olaf L.
Ray, in Chicago Record.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
THE QUESTION OF WAGES.
One Weak Point In a Favorite Goldbug
Argument.

One Weak Point In a Favorite Goldbug
Argument.
Just now the goldbug organs are very
fond of holding up Mexico as an "object
lesson" to the working masses.
do you want wages in America to
fall to the rate paid in Mexico?' is the
question frequently hurled at the toll
ing masses.
Wages in Mexico in certain lines are
very low. But this is not because Mex
leo is silver country. It is because
Mexico is not manufacturing coun-
try; it has few industries, therefore
the supply of labor greatly exceeds the
demand.
England is upon gold basis, but
wages are not high there. In lines gold
England pays less than silver Mexico.
In statement issued in 1895, giving
the rate of wages paid to labor in this
and other countries, we find Mr.. A. C.
Browne, treasurer of the Mexican Cen
trail railway, says: "At the present time
(July, 1S95) carpenters are receiving
from $3.50 to $3.50 day, and some as
high as $4.75: machinists, from ST to SIS
day, according to their skill
In the same statement we get the
weekly wage rate for England, in which
country the tradesman receives more
for his labor than in any other Euro
pean country: Carpenters, $9.11; ma
chinists, So. All through the statistics
for both countries the same proportion
applies. The Mexican workman. of
course, is paid in silver. while the Eng
lish tradesman is paid in gold, or sup
posed to be- But even so, If we allow
for a difference of about 100 per cent.
in the monetary standards of the two
countries, it still leaves balance in ia
yor of Mexico.
There is no regular rate of wages in
this country for unskilled labor. In
portions of the country farm hands can
be had for So a month, while in this
section many receive twice that sum.
The wage rate is regulated by the sup
p1y and demand. If the gold standard
regulated wages, they should be rs high
in Italy as they are in England, and as
high in Great Britain as they are in this
country.-Philadelphia Item.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
PrTH AND POINT.

Jerome" exclaimed lady TO her
little SON, ''what are you throwing to
those hens?" ''Gold beads, mother; and
the foolish things think they are corni"
"A Safe Rule. = ''Cutely, why are
you always asking old BIowly's ad-
VICE." because can always make big
money by doing what he tells me not to
do."-Detroit Free Press.
lis your baby strong?" We'll,
should say 50. He raised the whole
family out of bed at three o'clock this
morning, and scientists say that that's
the hour when everybody's strength IS
at its lowest point
-Father-''Do you think you can
support her in the style to which she
las been accustomed?' Suitor-"Not
in the style to which she has been ac-
customed since we became engaged"
Detroit Tribune.
"A Forced Convert.-"Say, Weary,
wot are you walkin' round in yer bare
foots fer?" I'm tryin' dis yer new
Kneipp cure" "Wot fer, Weary??'
"'Caase some dingblasted snoozer stole
me shoes!''-CleveIand Plain Dealer.
-'No. sah," said the colonel; Il never
go hunting, san. IL IS cruelty. But
you fish, colonel. Isn't that cruelty,
too?'' What is fish?" asked the colonel,
in scornful tones; "a creature that has
it's existence entiahly in watah, sah-"
indianapolis Journal.
Indeed, Miss Rox, you are the only
girl ever loved" began the young man
who was trying to propose to the ell
derly heiress; 81 suppose you have
had that sort of thing said to you for
the past 90 years, but in this instance"
''Sir! r!"-Indianapolis Journal.
81 wish you would tell me" said the
agent, who had long been on Mr..
Snaggs' trail, what is your insuperable
objection to insuring your life?" 81
don't mind telling you, replied Snaggs;
"the idea of being more valuable after
/ am dead than while am alive is dis
tasteful to me."-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
Pleasures of Royalty.

Prince and Princess Charles of Den.
mark spent their time in London after
their own hearts, fitting hither and
thither in the most uncOncerned way
possible, shopping and doing" the
London sights incognito. AS children
the young princesses of Wales one idea
of bliss was not to behave as such"
"Ah, do not be a princess" the little
maidens would exclaim, as they
watched other children reveling in the
delights of the toy shop windows and
running with their hoops along the
pavement. AS soon as Princess
Louise married the duke of Fife she
very consistently did away with as
much pomp and ceremony as she
could, and, accompanied by the duke,
l have seen her standing to gaze into
such humble shop windows as those
of the Edgewood road with girls en-
joyment. If you are of Brighton and
stray toward Kemp town any morning
when the duke and duchess happen to
be in residence there you will see this
distinguished couple playing with
their two bonny BARNS on the beach for
hours together, just as simply happy
as it is possible to be.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
WILL NOT BE DRIVEN our.
More Gold VIII BE in Circulation Under
Bimetallism Than Now.

More Gold VIII BE In Circulation Under
Bimetallism Than Now.
The claim of the advocates of the
single yellow standard that free COIN
age would drive gold out of circula-
ton does not appear to alarm the gel.-
eral public, since it is plain to be seen
that there has been no gold in circu-
lation for long time. Moreover, gold
will never circulate freely so long as
it constitutes prize money, because it
will be controlled and handled exclu-
sively by those who make business OF
dealing in it. The probability is that
there will be more gold in circulation
under free coinage than is possible un-
der existing conditions, because the ap-
probation of silver will necessarily be
attended by corresponding apprecia-
ton of gold. IL the yellow metal shall
leave the country as the immediate eff
feet of the policy of opening the mints
to silver, it viii become cheap in the
countries that are flooded with it, and
those countries will be glad to use it
in international commerce. Unless the
ports of the world are closed to Ameri-
can products, the United States will
be able to command as much gold as
they need, when the need of it is re-
duced by the policy that makes silver,
equally with gold, the money of final
accounting. When gold has ceased to
be premium money, the trafilckers in
it will have little use for it, and the
people will see more of IT. 1t win then
seek investment in productive enter
prises, because there will be less profit
in boarding it or sinking it in low in
terest securities.-Binghom IN. "
leader
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
Elephant Plays Possum.

Several years ago large bull ele-
phant was captured by Cripps, the
famous elephant taker of Ceylon. The
animal made a desperate struggle at
first, but was finally conquered and
led into the corral by two tame ele-
plants, trained for the purpose. The
moment it entered the Enclosure it sank
upon the ground and apparently died
of what the natives termed a broken
heart. Every effort was made to
restore the elephant. 1t was treated by
the doctors, punched with spears by the
mahouts, but all to 10 purpose, and it
was finally deserted. But the moment
the natives had reached safe distance
the willy beast sprang to its feet, and
with eXultant trumpeting rushed
through the corral fence and into the
forest, where it's cries of delight at the
success of its ruse were heard for some
time.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
FOREST MuRMuRs.

The glorious sunshine Of summer has fed,
The rich golden beauties of autumn ap-
pear.
While the sky with mild yellow light is
Which often is seen in the fail of the
year;
And the breeze rnurmurs out In the forest
SO wide,
And sends back whisper: 1.-THE roses
The fruits are all ripe. and the laden trees
groan
down TO the earth;
The corn Is all gathered, the wheat Is all
sown,
And now comes the season Of pleasure
and mir.h;
And the breeze dances out on the rivulet's
tide,
The while as 1t murmurs: 1.-THE roses have
died"
The grass is all scared, the insects are
And out in the garden-waIks lifeIess they
lay,
While on every side and far overhead
Still fingers the light OF beautiful day;
But the breeze that at morn fioated out in
its pride
Echoed back in the eve: THE roses have
died"
I love the rich autumn. aside from its
gloom,
And dear to my heart are its joy-laden
hours;
Although there are voices that speak from
the tomb,
/ love It far more than the season of
flowers;
I love IFS fresh breezes, though Of death
they have sighed,
And told to the world how the beautiful
died.
Ladies' World.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
GOLD FOR THE TREASURY.
The Absurd System from weaeh the Coun
try Is Now Suffering.

The Absurd System from VEe4eh the Coun-
try Is Now Suffering.
II we can afford to pay out of the
United States treasury gold to take up
outstanding coin obligations of the gov
ernment, one should naturally find that
the government has some certain means
of getting gold into its Golfers for such
uses. On this point I shall quote ex-
President Benjamin Harrison from his
article on ''The Secretary of the Treas
ury" in the Ladies' Home Journal of
August, 1896: sit would be out of place
here to discuss the money question. 1t
is enough to say that ever since the
resumption of specie payments in 1870
the treasury has paid gold for green
backs when gold was demanded and has
redeemed in the same way the treasury
notes issued under the Sherman law.
The secretary of the treasury has never
exercised the discretion given him TO
redeem the latter note in silver, holding
that his discretion was limited to such
a use of silver as would not destroy the
parity of the gold and silver dollars.
And our secretaries have been right,
think, in holding that the parity of our
gold and silver coins will be destroyed
the moment the government takes
from the holder of a greenback or treas
ury note the election of the coin he will
receive in exchange for it. If he wants
gold and silver is thrust upon him, the
latter is deprecated and the former ap-
preciated. If the holder of United
States note cannot get gold at par for
it he will pay premium for the gold
he must have to meet a gold obligation.
A premium on gold would at once drive
gold out of circulation, for a coin that
is at premium cannot be used in trade.
No one is bound to pay gold to the gov
ernment for any tax or other debt due
to it. So that practically the situation
is this: The treasury holds itself bound
TO give gold to everyone presenting
United States note, and has no way of
compelling anyone to pay gold to it.
Such gold as it gets comes from persons
who choose to take paper money for
gold deposited at the mints or assay
offices, or to pay in gold coin some gov
ernment tax. Formerly all duties on
imports were payable only in gold.
Now, when the gold reserve gets low, it
can only be restored by the sale of
bonds, under the powers given to the
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
PURCHASING POWER.
Free Coinage Means BImetaIIism and a
Rising Market.


Why will the free coinage dollar Of 4121z
grains of standard silver (now worth about
10 cents buy as much at the corner grocery
as a gold dollar?
The foregoing question is propounded
by a subscriber. The answer may be
compactly stated thus: The present sill
yer dollar of 4121a grains will buy as
much at the corner grocery now as a
gold dollar. There is no reason why it
should not continue to purchase as
much as the gold dollar when the mints
are opened to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. The congress of the
United States having ''the power to
regulate the value of the money il
coins,'' has declared that 412A grains of
silver made into a coin shall be equiv
aIent to a gold dollar. That edict will
always, until repealed, make the pur-
chasing power of the two dollars the
same in this country. But this is true:
When we shall have free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver, neither
the gold nor the silver dollar will have
the purchasing power they now have
In other words, prices will be stimu-
lated all along the line and a rising mar
ket will set the industries of this coun-
try in motion from ocean to ocean and
from the lakes to the gulf.-Los Angeles
Herald