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The morning times., 1896-08-06

The amount in the Treasury vaults in 1873
s22 633 SOl which, deducted from the total money given
in statement leaves $751; 1872 800 actual cir
culation at that The amount in the Treasury today
is $3.50 7OS 293 49, which would leave So 0S6 925 0S55
for the of business Should adopt silver
basis gold, which amounts to S567 91S25, would so
to premium and cease be used legal tender and
most would be absorbed by the gold countries of
Europe. All other money, including paper would
fall to the silver standard and its purchasing would
gold premium This shrinkage, including the loss of
gold would bring its actual value down to $500 &c.
estimating the present price of silver Deduct from
that amount the sum of $3.50 7OS 34S which is
held the Treasury for and redemption
purposes and the real value of the money with which
would have business at inflated prices would
be s549 O4s 49, hundred millions less than
the amount used 1873 by population of only 600
people. Would money be plentiful, especially when
our coinage facilities wofuly inadequate? 80
1t is useless point to statistics and urge that the
country is prospering The for 1890 shows that
are on the and that the of living has
diminished but fact is plainly apparent that there
great distress among the the faacy of free
silver would not have obtained such hold working
people. Ordinarily they could not be duped by such
Himsy attempt force destructive financial policy
the country But desperate sometimes adopt desper
ate measures in this instance working people have
been led to believe that cheap money would make it
nentfu and easier obtain the principal that cheap
merchandise is more accessible. The contrary, how
ever fact Cheap money advances prices without
giving copensating returns creates fear for the
future and unsettles and disurbs trade. 1t builds up
class money sharks who speculate on uctuatng values
and thrive on business misforunes Cheap money is
peciay injurious working people, because it increases
the cost of living without adequately advancing wages
During the of greenback imitation the cost of living
advanced 116 per cent and the increase in wages
only AZ per cent. At that time labor
count of the the difference would have been greater
It doubtful if cheap would affect wages to
any great extent as long have many out of
poymen The grave question that more nearly
working people the period of distress they would be
compelled to undergo before cheap money law could be
engrossed statutes Even should free silver carry
at the coming election it would be years before it could
be enforced Meanwhile the country would be desoated
by money famine. Don't accept this statement without
having looked into the situation. But you will find it
absesotely correct.
The morning times., 1896-08-06
Object lesson In Finance.

The following, nptice WAS recently posted
by the vice president OF a large manIfact
urng firm in st. Louis:
Notice To Our Employees: Upon shor;
notice being given, you may receive equal
to two dollars for one IN sums of even
dollars due you OH pay day. For ex-
ample, if your epSe,ope shows. say, Sc
due, You may draw what equals Sl2 in
actual silver. a 81 the Mexican dollar is
intrinsicsllly more valua BILE tiia the Ameri
can dollar by atboirt 4 per cent; SO, while
you do not get quite two for enc on the
face of the coin. you actually get two
for one IN real silver. you can thus double
up your weekly earnings. ANY who wish
to avail themselves OF this offer will please
sign their names telow."
None or the employees signed it, st.
Louis Post Dispatch. .--r--.
The morning times., 1896-08-06
IN THE CAMPAIGN
PILOT HOUSES
Notes Of Interest From the Headquarters Of
the Politicians.

James Kerr, ex-Reprcsentative and ex-
clerk OF the House, will be the successor
OF William F. Harrity as the Democratic
political boss in Pennsylvania. Tits was
determined at conference held yester-
day between ex-Gov. Black, ex- Representa-
tive MutchIer. Senator Jones and other
persons interested. 1t was decided that
Mr.. Kerr Should be named as member
OF the executive committee which will
have charge OF the pending campaign. 1t
is also probable that he will he made a
member of the national committee at the
first opportunity. and in due time pass
into possession of all the honors that Mr.
Harrity has up to this}t:,De enjoyed. Ar.
Kerr is a comparatively young man and
his prospects for brilliant political ca
reer are unusually bright.
The morning times., 1896-08-06
RUSSELL IN VIRGINIA.
Visit of the Late Executive to tho
Old Dominion.
Nc,r York Ecening Post.

Ne,c York EreniRg Post.
A few weeks before his death Gov. RUSSELL
went to Monticello, Va. aud preached The
gospel Of sound money in state which was
given over ID thesiIver deiusiol.
The history OF this trip Is OF peculiar
interest now, aud as We do not think 1t
has before appeared in print, we tell It as
he re,atei il to a friend soon 1fterwaru.
He rec, iy.d an invitation u daiver an ad-
dress n, j Jerfcrson's old home on Jefferson's
birthday He replied that i'e doubted II ne
were tn e proper orator fot the occasion,as Ne
should consider it his duty to discuss the
financial question and to express his own
views which would not be ConEcGill TO
large proportion Of his auditors
Tue politician in charge OF the arrange
men;s wrote back suggesting that be should
avoid a contruverted Question like that OF
The finances and .vote himself 10 gen
eral exposition OF the principles OF Oe-
,nocrscy toy Russell Immediately tel
egraphed that be could not come Win
any such understanding, and that the man
aecrs had better look up somebody else
An, his robust independence hah Won
ih.ir admiration, ind he speedily received
cisnotch begsing him to come ana giving
tir, cart 9 h;ansbe as to what he 5 houId say
ne went, and he talked as plainly TO That
hos,i,e audience as he would have talked 10
crowd OF Massachusetts people who fuliy
agreed With him.
The morning times., 1896-08-06
1t Was Reminiscent. il.

They stood on the beach ana watched
the ripp.cs break on the pehbly strand.
The wind whirled the loose strands of
hair about her pretty eyes.
Mabel" he ssid, la his deep, manly
profundo, will You think of me whoa
you recall this cha rrning scene?'
why. George" she graveiy answered.
there is but one thing here to remind me
of you"
And what is that, Mabele''
The breeze, George-it's so freshi'
-Clev Gland Plain Dealer
The morning times., 1896-08-06
souna Money in St. Louis.

st. Louis, Mo. Aug. 5.-The sound morey
Dem ocrats of st. Louis opened their cam
paign this evening. A weIlattended mass
meeting was held at Chatsworth Hall. prr
sided over by Col. James O. EreadEead.
Addresses were made by Mr.. e. C. Eehr,
James L. Blair and Col Broadhead.
President Cievcland's administration ant
the financial uttcrances of Thomas 1cffer-
son were jndorsed Tire executive CON-
mittec of the ST. Louis organization and
the Kansas City committee will held a
Joint meeting tomo rrow afternoon to
issue the formal call fer The State cenven-
ton OF the sound money Democracy. TIE
convention viii he feh in St.-Lta;fs b,,-
tween August 10 and 20
The morning times., 1896-08-06
The Girl of Girls.

There's the Broadway girl,
And the Bow cry girl,
And the girl that wants to vote;
The nobby girl,
And the snobby girl,
And the girl who sails her boat:
There's the walking girl,
And the talking girl.
And the girl with nerves Of steel;
And the pearl of pearls,
And the girl of girls.
In the girl that rides wheel.
Buffalo Enquirer.
The morning times., 1896-08-06
FIT PIace for Him.

Daredevil Dave-Is it true de boys SEM
Roozy. Boswick to de Legislature?
Aikaii Ike-Yes: an II hc ever comes nacS
IL, hoys are soin' t. lynch him. We's
hin tryin' t. drive him out NV town fer
two years. an dat's de last hint he'll git
Judge.
The morning times., 1896-08-06
Twelve Hours Ago.

If you miss uny news In tue mornlnE
edition look IN tue list below. What
you're looking for wus probably
printed in yesterday evening edition,
and us tho Times never repeats
you'll haro TO take both estitions to
get uil the news as quick rs 1t hap
pens
The morning times., 1896-08-06
No More Sales.

Confectionery and leo cream man-We'u
lose ten of our best customers next week.
Asslstant-We will Are they going to
Europe for their summer outing:
No; they're going to get married. New
York Weekly.
The morning times., 1896-08-06
CABIN JOHN MlTEl

with its charming environments, lovely
scenery and ,lcii .htfnl music afternoons and
evcnings--is undoubtedly The ideal spot TO
run out to this warm weather. Aoderate
charses-eyerything hrst ciass-
8cDfAGZk Bk0S, RroDrietsra Phone t0)
The morning times., 1896-08-06

Senator German has decided to abandon
his proposed trip to the Pacific Coast
and will remain in close communication
with The Lemocratic National Committee
until after the ovenber election. This
change in the Senator's announced pro-
gram is said to he due to the fact that Mr..
Jones desires his personal advice in all
matters pertaining to the management OF
the campaign. and will depend more upon
Mr.. Germans experience and shrewdness
than his 0 wn knowledge of affairs.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

MAN ALMOST READY TO FLY
Aerial Navigation viii Soon Become
Reality.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

One OF the most prominent and popular
OF the Republican Candidates Tor Congress
IN Michigan IL does not care 70 talk for publ-
cation and thereby the public loses much
valuable and Interesting information In
Conversation with representative man from
his State Il few days ago, however. the
gentleman expressed himself quite freely
and said:
1t is all up with us in Our State. We
won't re-eiect four Congrcssmen in tie dele
cation shall b.. very much gratified am
surprised IL the State does no, give Bryan
and SewaIl 10000 majority. In my OWL
district 1t is nothing Out silver lr there
are any gold men left they areso unpopular
that tney take care TO concca ltheir senti-
ments In other parts of the StaIe am
told the same condition prevails There
is no use talking, this is siiver-piate
wear"
The morning times., 1896-08-06
Cause for suspicion.

Mr.. Banks-Has the new cook said any
thing today about quitting?
Mrs. Banks-Not word.
Mr.. Banks-Then discharge her at once.
She must havo some evil designs upon
s.-Cleveland News and Herald.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

POLITICS IN HOT WEATHER
Several STATE Conventions Sit in siz
ziing Temperature.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

Authentic returns from the tirst straw
vote taken on a railway train during
the present Presidential contest have just
reached Democratic headquarters. An
outgoing limited. bound FOR tie West. was
canvassed by straw fiend who desired TO
ascertain tile direction OF the wind and the
result surprised him as indicating a dis
tinctron Dec ween tie comm On people nd the
pictocrats. Whrnrhe poll OF the smoker al nd
da coaches had been completed Bryan WAS
in the lead. bat when the vote or the Pull
mans and dining car had been recorded
the total stood II for Mckinley to 81 for
Bryan.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

PAINTERS HAD A BAD FALL
Three mcn Narrowly Escape Death at
h Street Market
The morning times., 1896-08-06

YOUNG Philips DISGRACE
Pre-nflta! Influences Have Made Hin
irresponsible.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
The Second Register About Ready TO
Publication.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

WILL THE SECRETARY MARRY
Dame Rumor Says Mr.. Herbert Will
4 Take a Bride 10 Europe.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

FROM PRISON CELL TO GRAVE
DR.. Mater Permitted TO Attend His Sis
ter's Funeral.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

HIDING IN FAIRFAX COUNTY
Mrs. simpsons toiored AsSailaDt Is
Thoug ut 10 Be 1hercu
The morning times., 1896-08-06

TRICKED THE POOR CLIENTS
Mutual Reporting and Collecting Ex
change Fraudulent.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

TROOPS PATROL STREETS
Cleveland Like a CITY Under Martha
Law.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

TRADING IN MIDSEAsoN
In No Instance Has a Team Improved
by Changes.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

HOT WAVE Is ON ITS Way
Mercury III the Thermometer VIII Reacl
1 100 Degrees Soon.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

READY TO FILL THE JAIL
Single Takers Submit TO A rrest in Della
ware.
The morning times., 1896-08-06
ANTIKOLERINE

CTab,ets) Cures Diarrhta. Dyssn.cry sud al
summer Complaints. Al Druggists. Is
cents a vial.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

HAS A RAILROAD BICYCLE
Millionaire Eaton Prefers 1t to q Pu
- man Car.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

WOMEN WHO LOVE WHISKY
Annie Fish and Annie Foley Again Sen,
: to the Farm.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

LOGAN CARLISLE A BoLTER-
Declares He viii Not Vote the Demo
cratic Ticket.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

GOING TO SEE CLEVELAND
Carlisle's Cruise Nay Take Him to Ora,
4 Gables
The morning times., 1896-08-06

ELECTRIC LIGHT HEARING
Potomac Power Company's Side of tn,
1 Case.
The morning times., 1896-08-06

The Republican committee Is daily re-
celving large number OF letters from Inen
wEoOTtcr TO ssrN c tnt coui;G " tee III clerical
capacity from this time until the election
without compensation. In explanation
OF this tender they So that heretofore they
have been IN Dositioa To contribute nioH..
to the campaign fund. bus the present hard
times hav We rendered such assistance im-
possible a nd the ) y,iesIrci II some other way to
emphasize their interest in the work and
increase the chances OF success.
The morning times., 1896-08-06
FIGHTING HIM ON TARIFF
Protection Pepulists Beginning
: to Remember Bryan's Views.
OLD LINES REAPPEARiNG

In the West the Question Is to Ile
vigorously Agitated and VIII Draw
MaAy Votes From the Democrats.
News Notes From the Two Head
quarteFea
The morning times., 1896-08-06
BCNA-FlDE CIRCULATION.

BCNA-FiDE CIRCULATION.
A reference to the state
ment below will show that
the circulation sworn to is a
bona f;de one.
1t is easily possible for a
newspaper with sn elastic
conscience to swell its legit-
ate circulation enOr-
mously, in order to deceive
advertisers. by sending out
thousands Of papers to
news stands, which are re-
turrable, and which are in
fact returned, but neverthe-
less are included in what
purports to be an honest
statement of circulation.
Intelligent advertisers,
however, judge by results.
and bogus circulation don't
give them.
The family circulation Of
The Times is many thou
sands in excess of any other
Washington paper and is
believed to be fully two
times that of its afternoon
contemporary.
The circulation of The Times for the
week ended July 81, 1895, was as fol-
lows:
Saturday, July IS $3.50
Sunday, July 26 -. 1921
Monday, July u. 1865
Tuesday, July % q. 42,252
Wednesday, July % 45,02l
THURSDAY, July 80 46, 1858
Friday, July 81 44,592
Total copies printed 2ss,i43
Less damaged copies, copies left
over, unsold, In office, and
copies returned, unsold, from
news stands ani branch Of
ices $50
Total 1858, ,5s7
ISolemnly swear that the above is a
correct statement Of the circulation of
The Washington Times for the week
ended July 81, 1895, and that every copy
was delivered or mailed for a valuable
consideration.
WILLIAM 7. OLIVER,
Superintendent Of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 1St day of August, A. n. 1876.
IsEAL.1 ERNEST G. THOMPSON,
Notary Public.
The morning times., 1896-08-16
'yElGaEgE' HlR The SHAH
Fate in Store for the Slayer Of
PerSia,S Ruler.
IT WILL BE BRUTAL
The Chief Executiener Will Have to
Invent Some New and Terrible
Form Of Punishment.

The punishment OF Mollah Reza, who as
sassinated the lute Shah OF Persia. will,
asis the custom of the country, &c excrutiat-
ing. He win beskiHed, but the form OF his
execution is as yet matter OF conjecture.
The Ingenuity Of the Persian executiopcrs
Is being taxed t0tnvent n punishment awful
enough for RezaJs crime.
le The chief cxAntioBer has never before
been called upon'to inilict punishment upon
the assassin of un,emperor, and tits entirely
reasonable to assume that he is at present
in great state of mind. Whatthe chiefcx.
ecutioner has TO fear Is that he may not
succeed in -'naAing the punishment fit the
crime" II It were an ordinary criminal the
decapitation could be reached in. the usual
roundabout way, and the executiCner would
he free of the fear of consequences. But the
high officials at TeheraD, having decided
that plain death Is too good for the ASSASSIN
OF the shah, may order the executioner to
invent some entirely new and terrible form
of torture as prelude to the merely Incl
dental act OF decapitatOn. So the execu-
TONER may well pluck at his beard and
throw dust OH his head, for the possibilities
In the way OF torture we re ex haasted in the
East centuries ago. Should the execu-
toners feeble attempt fail TO win the ap-
proval OF his masters, he himself may be
made the SUBJECT OF experiments at the
The morning times., 1896-08-16
LONGS TO BE A SLAVE.
A Southern Negro Who Wants to Go
Into Bondage Again.

Some of the letters that Mayor Thaciicr
gets are curiosities in their way. People
from out OF town who wish TO find out any
thing in the city of Albany invariably write
letters to the ayor 1t doesn't make any
difference what the information desired re-
iates to, the mayor, they think, ougi;;
to know.
A letter was received from a negro away
down south, who, Mr. Monalan says, has
been dead for thirty years-not literally a
corpse, but deceased as far as his grip OF.
hustling, progressive nineteenth centur,
life was concerned. This man believes thai
slavery is still an institution in this great
land, and is ignorant of the glorious fact
that the masters whip hasn't cracked for
thirty years. He never heard of the
Presidents proclamation, never knew that
the North had whipped the South, and tina,
a million lives had been sacrificed to
free the slave. In his letter to the MAYOR
This colored man asked to be brought
North and sold hack into slavery There
is no question that he round it impossible
TO live in the South, anc longed again for
the responsibility from self-support Of
slavery days, which he thought still flour
ished in the South.
The morning times., 1896-08-16

trouble. "Shure, darlin,' haptize the baby,
and y'il get name with no trouble" The
mother looked up obviously and said she
was 10 niger.
Anyway, the infant has name. They
| called her Ivy. Mr.. Tobin's girls name
is Rose, the McGuires have a Lilly, the
Stems called the last baby Violet. The
woman guessed her kid was as good as the
rest
Ivy is creature of environment. She
started with the same chances as the babies
in the lark: father, mother and a
license to live. There the parallel defiects
at sharp angle.
Ivy's summer day usually begins at about
half past 5 when her mother rousts out to
light a fire for coffee or, when they haven't
any, TO slice Some bread. Sometimes the
day becinsas early as or 3. That's when
her father returns from his pursuits.
IVY GETS UP.
When her little eyes open and the want
of she knows not what impels the tiny crea-
ture to cry out, stout hand grasps her
wrist and she is lifted out onto the floor.
That may be described technically as get
ting up and washing and dressing. The
cat next door has the instinct to lick Its
paws and lave its face. Ivy hasn't.
The worn, wooden, carpetless floor is
ivy's world Sometimes she crawls to the
door aud threatens to fall on the gravel Of
the yard The same arm that lifted her
out of the basket lifts her in and leaves
the damp of soapsuds from her unwiped
hands.
Ivy's summer days are days Of explora-
The morning times., 1896-08-16
Two Scenes in Babyland.

hands Of his ambitious and possibly more
fertile-niinded successor
By persistent torture and close question
Ing by the police, Reza, who at first de.
dared tina the was innocent. has been made
not only 10 confess that he is the murderer,
but to give many details of the plot to Ike
the shah's life. Torture to compel u
confession of crime is practiced almos:
daily. The common and most painful
form OF torture is punishment by the
bastinadO.
The mechanical part of n bastinado is
pole, called 'fellek,' about eight feet
in length, with transverse handle at
either end ard loops of rcrc or leather in
the middle. The. man TO lie bastinadoed
is laid back downward OF the ground, and,
after his shoes and stockings are removed,
his feet are passed through the loops. The
pole is held by two soldiers at nearly the
length OF the mans legs frcm the ground,
and by them it is turned until his ankles
are so tightly secured that he cannot writhe
out of them In turning the pole the soles
Of the feet are brought upward, making
them a fair mark for the flogger.
TORTURE OF THE BAsTINADo.
Close by will be q large number usually
hundredS) of sticks with which the victim q
feet are to be beaten. They are ordinary
willow wands five to six feet long The
bark is left on, and the willows are kept
wet to prevent them from breaking easily
Two or mol xpertfloggers, clad In scar
let coats, bound in black, the uniform Of
the shah's exccutioners, take their places
near the pole, each armed with stick with
which they In turn belabor the soles NJ the
victims feet until the stick is broken Be-
fore the tfrashing is commenced the victim
is adjured to confess. II he does not the
torture is applied sntil he does, or until
the supply of sticks gives out.
Often two or three hundred sticks are
worn out before q confession is secured,
although the torture often results in death,
IL the victim is agedsor sick. All Persians
are liable to thise punishment, from the
prime minister downward. Theminister OF
finances was on one occasion given four
hundred lashes
The bastinado is by no means the only
mode of torture used in Persia to make
criminals confess, ssays a'swriter IN tho
New York Recorder. Needles are run
under the finger kafk OF some prisoners
until q sc0nfessiou II extoeted, and II, Is
a practice to cut eushes in the soIes OF
prisoners feet, -iaseFting therein broken
glass, 10 that It = impossible for hlm to
run away Such spedishments have been
The morning times., 1896-08-16

defing about the outside wall, aud they did
not have much difficulty 10 guessing how
they came to be there.
The average Persian peasant il person
with an eye continually on the main chance
and inasmuch as In Persia, ~ in all Aoslem
countries, a beautiful woman has definite
commercial value. these men lamentei that
the king OF kings should have allowed 70
much higb-priced property to be sacrificed.
These reflections presently took more
practical turn, as the possibility OF pr'nt-
Ing by the kings maintenance OF domssSc
discipline dawued upon them. The
eunuchs who were intrusted with throw
ing the unhappy ladies off the rampant al
ways performed the operation at a fixed
spot, so that IT was an easy matter 10
watch for the fall of the discarded wives
The ingenious countrymen did this, first
spreading thick cushion OF hay upon
the bottom OF the ditch.
The next time u condemned beauty was
pitched over she landed safely on the hay.
and, although somewhat shaken up, was en-
tirely uninjured. In the darkness the exc
cutoners on the top OF the wall were unable
to see either the hay or the men crOnchiIg
In the moat. Therefore, thinking all was
well, ther returned to the harem and re-
ported tat they had carried out their
instructions.
As soon as they were gone the crafty
peasants hiding below picked up the aston
ished sultana, who, supposing she must be-
dead, fancied that they were attendants In
the prophets paradise. She was soon I'M