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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-17
The Mexican Dollar.
Sioux City Journal.


A Soda Springs. Idaho, correspondent
asks why the Mexican silver dollar IS not
worth as much In trade As the United
states dollar, and II the Mexican dollar
ever was worth as much as the United
States dollar. The Mexican dollar con-
ta!ns seven grains more silver than the
American dollar. but Mexico Is not strong
enough 20 hold silver up 70 parity WITH
gold. hence the dollar takes simply its
bullion value This county Is on goid
basis. and the reason our dollar. handicap
ned as II is. e worth as much as the gold
dollar. il solely because the government
makes good every dollar that L issues.
That is, all the forms Of money lean upon
gold. although In this country silver . 10
longer a primary money. X goes az Par.
The Mexican dollar was formerly worth a
utFfe more than the American dollar. De-
rause them its commercial value followed
rs money value New It's money Fa9Ae
follows us commercial value. For long
tire after 1919, TIE California mere hanis
had 10 make all their settlements Win
CHINA with the Mexican dollars. unin our
trade dollar WIS issued. which was tFiHe
heavier than the Mexican dollar VITA
.ha silver dollar again made 8 unit OF val
YES IN he United States. and an unlimited
demand openef for all the silver taat
ratrbf be presented. Il IS 4 belief OF the
silver men that the dollar. as money,
vrop,a go back 10 is old place and that
the Mexican dollar would co The same.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-17

The FARMERS inss1sut. % Pierce erunty
win hold st~ sessions on Fritay and satar-
day Of this week THE e.tsndanes a. thase
interesting events y growing larger each
year. enE th@y have 7foved source o.
fnmsnse pron< 10 the sgrsealtarisss Of the
state. An opportunity "a afforded Tar Al
exchange Of IDEAS. and every farmer pres
snt gains much valuable Information from
shs experiences Of others. The discussions
which follow the rsading q papers ara
always Of interest. and many hints anA
suggestions are made which cannot fail
10 be puf to practical use. TINS addresses
OF the professors % fhs agricultural col
isxs are Of especial valns. as their sssen-
tito Investigations hAvs been sach as 10
make their papers very Instructive. Every
farmer should attend these Institutes
Whenever possible
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-17

ptciou. looking vzgsbonss. bat What
ehanes have they zxasnsF highiy respect
IS 1zziaess rsen. 80 woalH oe exceed
szxsv srafg-srt 4 .hsy we're told that
thav lacked Ordinary eomnon sense. who
carry loaded Tsns through the xsrssts
ssbseet 20 al TIE haxs~5s CO scefzenfg
Iaxs Do not avsu vfsh ssch rnsns few
care 70 saforrn azagnst theirs. ard they are
Disposed . resent demonstrates. TIE oaly
way 20 brsak nsn o. the habit - 20 have
Il generally REGARDED 10. as a dangerous
practice. not a. menace 20 innocent life.
not as ire act OK mar UNITED % be
trustee With G Ssn-hat as "unsporzss1aa-
IKE
On thas score vs may. perhaps. Sc orssi-
nary citizens wfso Do nor rnasrstanf me
an. Of firearms. or possess fhs exceptional
coHr&g. % hunter. 1esoanse TIE pTas-
sfe- OK carrying gans with an unused
charge IA crowded stresss or On street
cara. There r. not ore. probably. Of those
daring nsnnrods sut VINO. II he chanced 70
XIII sornebody, woul6 se very sCrry Indeed
and who woni. oTsr perfectly ssfisfse-
tory explanations as % hor Il could rot
have happened X sqrnethlsg eSse had not
happened.
Tn. shocking accident By which bush
nsss mar has been seriously hampered In
rhs pursuIt OF his avocasion should be q
ssz.esen. warning 20 other hunters: bat
there are others than the hunters them
selves "a be taken into consideration, ana
shis Is a suitable time 70 press their claims
upon the attention Of those who handle
a..ra
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arrunLrcAss VS.. roruLrsrs.

The political contest this fall has al last
settled down 10 a fight between tao par
tiss. On RE enc eide are the Republicans.
on the ether the Pogailsts. The closing
act OF the thrse-rinx snow az EllensbuFg
was In thu shape Of final review Of tho
allied forces. ell srrayed under tho Popu-
list banner. The earitulation OF the Dem
ecrau was complets. and even went 30
far ~ the sivnG up OF the party's name
II II . very hurHiIiatinx spectacle, and will
bring . blush OF shame to the cheek OF
every RAN who sses his psrty's identity
forfeited through the greed Of a few pro-
fessicnal place hunters. There Is some
consolation. however. In the fact that the
contsnding forces are appropriately labeled
and that the voter must elect 20 serve
either under the banner Of Rspuelscanism
or that Of Populssm-
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s-a'-'--'-s--s-----s-'--
Personal.

Hen = w. Davis. OF Tulare. Cal. is at
the Butler.
J. p. Todd. a Union City merchant. IS
at the Butler.
r. F. Moody. Portland attorney. Is
a. the Butler.
Judge and Mrs. I. ". Maxwell. OF What
com are at the Stevens.
H. r. Burke. a special Insurance adjust
er. from San Francisco. is N the Butler.
Mr.. ard Mrs. John @. Barnes returned
yesterday from A TWO weeks outing on
Hood canal.
Mrs. F. G Million. wife OF the Mount
Vernon attorney. Is at the Stevens. ac-
companied by her son.
Rolla V Watt. OF San Francisco, we'll
known iu insurance circles and a promtn-
ent Y =. s. &. T.. man. Is az the Butler.
accompanied by his wife.
Willis Van de yantsr. brother Of the
sheriff OF King county, IS az the stevens.
ACCOMPANIED by his wife and son. They
are returning from Alaska en- route 10
their home al Cheyeune, Wye.
Al Densmofe. OF sianwood: Jacob An
thes OF Langley; Bert Farrar. Of Dacka-
bush: Capt J. r Moore. OF Utsalady, and
George W. Mckay. % Samamish Haroor.
all weil-known loggers, are stopping al
the Dliler.
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Trfsare's own version % IRE ssr- '-pFs-
nary mercy" {. has increased ever thlr-
,esn hundred per cent. whEEe sopaia sloa
has Increased orfy asout ssxsy pr cert.
n order = show. however. b the ire
fssabse proos % figures. we gre shs TO-
,erlzg table az coinage OF RE ntnts az
sAe UnIses States. sSnee taes- organlza-
aoa. 81 the silver dollar from iste 70 sss
snelgssve.
Prom me year t-z7 70 1sss inclusive. tae
total coinage OF silver dollars vas oniy
3 SO ST. or an average Of So - per year.
4flho1gh from Isos 10 1ss4. period Of
shlrty-four years. only $50 n silver dos-
lars wzs colaed. The fo.owing shows tas
ee!nzgs since that tire:
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NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Hans Won Bulow's memory was prodL-
glous. He WAS once reaearslng eompo-
sItion OF LISTS fer orchestra. in that CON-
poser's presence, without notes. Llszt IN
terrgp1ed 70 say that = certain note should
have been played piano. NO replied
Bulow. lit is sforzando." Look and see"
persisted the composer. The score was
produced and BClog was right
JOAN Stemme the New York millionaire
whose purchase Of q granite obellsk for
mortuary monument was noticed some
time ago. has had his name translated IN
10 Egyptian Pharaonic hieroglyphics. II
takes fourteen ancient characters 70 rep
resent Mr.. Stemms's name. The obelfsk
when set UP Will be slxty-five feet high.
and is 10 be capped with gslded pyramid.
In Lady Charlotte Bury's diary OF
George Tvs times. which has just been
republished with additions. in London,
there Is a painful glimpse OF the king as
a bridegroom. II "a related that Queen
Caroline said to Lady Charlotte: Judge
what Il was 10 have drunken husband on
ones wedding dav and one who passed
the greater part OF his bridal night under
the crate. where he fell. and whore left
him"
A correspondent living in Picking. China,
writes: The emperors real mother died
last Friday. after an illness or several
weeks. If his adopted mother, the en-
press dowagar. wife OF the Emperor TnnG
Chih. had died the whole nation would be
IN mourning. and the unpleasant sight OK
unshaven heads would be universal. As
II Is the woman who has given birth 70
an emperor will be inferred with only the
ceremonies due TO the wife OF a prince.
and will be unmourned by the nation"
Rich and busy as ne was. the late Alex
ander Macmillan used to sit I'D till
O'Clock in the morning reading the manu-
script OF new books submitted 20 him for
publication. He was his own reader" un-
I'll his business grew 70 such proportions
as 70 make IL impossible for him 70 attend
70 the work. In the classics he had 10 dele
gate this duty 10 Others for, tnougn rs
house publishes more Greek and Latin
text books than any other nrm In the
world. he know nothing Of these lam
guages
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Solun7bia. No. Aug. 2.-Six months ago
Ten. white who lives a. Rochep0rt. No.
fourteen niles weSt az this city. was =
harry negro. Saw he beats his fts,z
as-asrsst the bars Of q cell in naadhouse.
Several months ago Ne began 20 study re
rala ans sglver aaesuoa Being vel eau-
~atea. be vert deep into the subject. Two
weeks ago ass reason tottere5+ HIS friends
missed h.-n tr5gn his accustomed haHuss,
ara ~atnr f9rrh 20 search fer Elfn fouud
him sitting by the Missouri river. IN rs
haus Vas a copy Of Cons Financial
School" Alex Loeb. OF New Franklin.
xIa. engaged white - drive hna from
rseheport 70 Columbia this morning. Just
az hey reached Columbia tAe negro BE-
came violent. E&aglur On tae zaEan seat
- threw Bp rs arms ard rpsrea II a
voice that was heard two blocks away:
~ am Bryan. ard am going % ~ p-sst-
dent" T.oeh sp~8ur from ths wagon ard
fee negro turned Bis team abeat ard start
IS tns horses ia a r1ln toward R9chepoFt.
SHOUTING % shose lie passed that be VAS
Mastering bone - prepare hlz Inaugural
address 4. Ho@Aepgrt he xss arrested
AID placed 81 confinement.
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This brings US up to the time OF the
.crtrne OF 1s7s," showing that the whole
amount OF silver dollars from the estab-
Ishment OF the government up 10 and In
Guiding 1879 was 3, n0 rs.
TO show how generously silver has been
treated since the so-ealIed "cr1rne OF -. {"
re VIII now give the coinage OF each year
since the act Of 1918 up to the close Of 1sss.
by which time silver had dropped In value
2i57. when the government became alarm
ed lest the parity could not be maintained
and snspensad the coinage OF silver:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-17

SO that from 17s3 to 1873 the covers nent
Only coined $S.ooo25s.
From fs7s to 1855 Il coined s427. 80. OILS.
In addition TO this. between 1878 and 1853
the government coined in trade dollars
81. ss5. "a.
figures. that such monstrous statements
should be made as that contained n the
Salt Lake City Tribune and reiterated by
the silver monometaAisfs. that this govern
ment has been "unfrtendly'' 70 silver or
attempted 10 check its use.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-17

II is probable that a number OF vacan-
oies will have to be filled on the Populist
ticket. Col Lewis. for instance, In a
speech at Ellensburg said he would never
accept a nomination on a ticket that did
not have the word Democratic at the head
OF It. Col. Lewis letter of withdrawal
Will probably be . bitter arraignment of
those who for paltry spoils would seek TO
desert Democracy and all its glorious
tradffiaua
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-17

There IL no enthusiasm over the Popu-
list ticket except that worked up by arti-
fioial means. 1t has fallen fat. and the
longer one thinks OF II the more he won
ders how and why 1t was done.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-17

The Democrats who have become Pop
ulists will be in close touch with the run
ming OF things. for they are unquestion-
ably on the inside.
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Strange as 1t may be. those who pro-
fessed that they wanted nothing are the
very people who succeeded in getting nom-
nations
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-17

Everett Times: Ii should not be for
gotten that free coinage OF silver viii not
pay outstanding obligations which the
contract SAYS must he paid IN gold. Il
should also be racollected that even when
man cannot pay a debt, II he shows a
disposition 10 be honest and honorable.
ne can always get an extension Of time.
when he shows disposition TO repudiata
an obligation he VIII very soon ind = cred
itor enforce payment.
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B-eaa's cousin. lifelong Democrat. VII
ras vote Tor him. There g evidently ssras
common senss N the fan!ly.-Easf Liver
roc. Nsws-R3Etew.
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Pullman Tribune. Noah vas the first
man 10 advertise. He advertised the GOOD
and il came through a. right. The fsl-
lows who laughed ~ advertising got
drowned. and L served theEn right. Ever
since Noah's slime the advertiser has pros
pered, whzle the other fellows are beng
swallowed Up In the sea OF disaster.
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Mason County Journal. The Republic
ans OF Mason county have no complaint
at tbs organization OF the free silver Re
puhiicans." unless Il hs because OF their
Use Of the term Republican" The party
has lost none Of It's supporters n this
county, so FAR as We can observe. and vii
lose very few votes this fall. il the
schemes of the new leaders" are car
RED out.
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Suohomssh Tribune: senator Squire
has finally decided on which leg 20 stan5
After careful and deIherate nacasureYnt ut
OF both links. the senator has found tnat
the silver leg has been pulled = an inch
longer than standard limit. and Aas con-
Guided that he could step further. and TO
letter advantage ny the use OF that ex-
tteHiiy.
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Ncntesane yfaetEe, -Four years aso ".
J. Bryan vas telling the people wat gas-
Y.ouS resGl-s free trade would 5fsssS as
year N tells them what Tree silver VIII
So Il Is bar fasr 10 judge Of tae trash
- vezzt he saws today By the absence OF
il in what Re said fossr yes-s $50.
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~ Psss-nssseSses~ss~ hs~sss S~~-s~-
49, - s0ssvses~vs ss~s fls pstx ~
sosss<en, DsNs. weekly s~H ss~Hsv,
1s~ese tAss Of s~s ssAsv ss~srspsv pss-
$1,000 ~ sAe ssSss ~ wssbfsSser. Aa-
esvssss~S ss~s~s~ss sssIs ~ sss<s sss5sss
- 49, ess~s~sss.
Ce~ssv enS CITY 0fs-ssf Paper.
erATTIY. MONDAY. AUG. II.
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rs,r,,r roantw Times: silver Repue-
ssrans ara Democrats viii fuse IN Lincoln
-aantv. We ara told. Posttcs makes
strange f.esfegowS sometimes. sure
enough. Il VIII Be Just Atrss interesting
10 see how sozas Of our silver Republican
snd Democratic friends XII 80 aaoat 10
fuse
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THE STATE PRESS.

wg4eur Register. The Harrington Iaste-
pans ezt has popped. 4 has esen lsasse1
ard prsr.es for some time. Al i leessd
was somebody 10 toucss IL or
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

put the brake on, the engineer would
feel the drag on the car and would
stop the train, unless he was stark
mad At any rate, the thing was
worth trying.
81 got out on the platform, hanging
on for all [ was worth to the hand rail,
until got hold of the brake wheel. 1t
was as rusty as if it had been soaking
In water for a week, but didn't mind
that. damned that brake down good
and hard, but the brake-chaln snapped
almost as easy as the bell-cord, and
there was an end of that plan for stop
ping the train OF course, [ knew that
a brake-chain sometimes snaps, and
you can't prevent it, but it was Curl
Gus that both the bell-cord and the
brake-chain on that car should nave
been good for nothing.
well, [ got back into the car again.
and I took a middling good drink OF
the whisky, and it sort of warmed up
my courage. I never was a drinking
man even in my young days, for des-
pise a drunkard, especially If he is
railroad man. But hadn't had above
six or seven drinks that day, and L
knew that another moderate one
wouldn't do me any harm. was be-
ginning to feel a little better, when
remembered that I had never heard
the whistle of the locomotive since we
had started from Manlius station
That showed me that the engineer
was either drunk of mad, for in either
case he would have blown his whistle
about tWo-thirdS of the time; there be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
A GHOST TRAIN.

wasn't anybody to help me from the
inside of the car.
When 1 got inside 1 looked around
for the passengers, but there wasn't a
single one. Neither was there any sign
Of the niger porter, who ought to have
been there to ask me for my ticket,
and to pretend that l was making him
a lot of trouble by asking for bed.
You know the way of niger porters,
and how they always make you feel
that if you don't give them pretty
big tip, you are a good deal worse than
a slave-driver. The car was lit up
after a fashion by a single oil lamp,
and all the berths looked as if the
passengers had just jumped out of
them, and the porter hadn't been
round to make up the beds. 1 couldn't
think what had become of the pas
sengers, seeing as they couldn't have
gone into the baggage car, and it
didn't seem probable that a whole car
full could have distributed themselves
at way stations. However, that wasn't
any affair of mine. 1 opened both
doors of the car to let a little air blow
through, for it was very musty, and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26
Copyright, 1896, by S. S. Mcclure,
T i1ooitadl

Copyright, 1896, by S. S. Mcclure,
Limited)
AS United States minister to Mexico,
General Matt. w. Ransom, the present
incumbent of the post, lives in typi-
cal Mexican house, not more elaborate
but certainly not less elegant than
many other residences that face the
Alemeda and border the Paseo of the
beautiful tropical capital Yet, not
outstanding the agreeable features of
his official residence and the unvary-
ing courtesy of those with whom he
comes in contact, General Ransom, who
for years has divided his time between
a North Carolina plantation and the
circles of political activity in Wash
ington, has found it difficult to become
welded to life as it must be lived in
the City of Mexico. This is because
it is impossible to ''Americanize" even
a small section OF Mexico.
General Ransom gets up at his old
North Carolina hour, o'clock, and is
forced to wander aimlessly about the
pateos until 8, when the servants begin
to stir. The best class of Mexicans rise
between and 10, and it is impossible
to arouse the domestic classes earlier
than 8. 1t is hopeless to think of chang
ing their custom, as every American
has found by experience.
OF course the American minister
fumes and frets over the inert domestic
habits OF his servants. but as no Mex
lean mental speaks English, or if one
should, would never pretend to under
stand it, the minister's anger continues
to swell until it is drowned in a cup of
coffee somewhere about 9 o'clock This
is the first hardship which an Ameri-
can diplomat in Mexico has to en-
counter in the routine of the day, and
if the diplomat be a gentleman of the
old school, an early riser and a North
Carolinian to boot this hardship is by
no means imaginary. Others follow in
quick succession, each one arising from
the antitheses which exist between the
civilization of the two republics.
Possibly General Ransom's pleasant
est hours are those devoted to hearing
the petty troubles of Americans in
Mexico, and attempting to relieve their
sufferings and promote their interests.
have watched him attending to the
minor details of a police trial, in which
an American was concerned, with the
same zeal and interest which is dis
played on the floor of congress in the
repeal OF the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act
RANSOM'S TROUBLE WITH THE
SPANIARDS.
Ransom is diplomacy itself save when
he faces the Spanish language. He
stumps his toe on the most familiar
phrases and falls headlong when he
finds a complete sentence lying in his
way. Often he will go about attending
to his own little domestic duties rather
than encounter a Mexican mozo or ser
want. One day he was in considerable
of a hurry to get a note to the presi-
Dental palace. The translator being
out, the minister called the head ser
vant-and, by the way, this servant
has been with the legation for twelve
years, yet his knowledge of English
would not fill a mustard scotland
pointing to the note to emphasize mis-
English, said:
Can you take this note to the pal
ace?"
Isl, senior"
Take it to the foreign Office"
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RErURNED FOR CoRREcyrIox

The following story is told of Lord
Roberts first experience with the Dub
lin postofffce: Having taken up his
quarters at the Shelbourne hotel, he
later on walked up to the postoffice to
give instructions about his letters and
kilograms. The postoffice dignitary
gave him the usual form to fill in,
which he did, and signing it Roberts,
Shelbourne hotel handed it back, to
the clerk, who, after scanning it in
contemptuous way, flung it back to the
field marshal, exclaining, with wither-
ing sarcasm: What dye name wild
this at all? Maybe, perhaps, yell be
afther putin your Christian name
afore t'other one av We have one"