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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-29
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New York. April 7--A considerable fall
Ing % In activity wAs noted in the stock
speculation today. and the character af
the market was almost exclusively pro-
fesssonal and the course o. prices reac-
uonary. AT intervals . condition q SEMI
stagnAtion prevailed. The opening trans
actions were favorable. Influenced by
higher prices for Americans in London.
Foreign dealers were also moderate nay-
ess OF 81. Panl stock. Tho traders in the
initial dealings appeared disposed TO oper.
ate on the long side. and. although the
business was moderate In volume. Il was
fairly well distrioutesi Subsequently the
market became arathefic and eventually
Developed heavinees. The lack Of COM
mission house orders was clearly evident
and encouraged bear demonstrations At
the same time the offerings Of long stock
were very light and the declines In prices
were not serious. Late in the day London
changed 'front.'. and the appearance OF
selling orders for that account caused re-
newed aggressiveness BY the local traders.
The international shares were most Sc
vereay affected. but conspicuous declines
were also noted In the Industrial xrou-,
Cable advfccs announcing that the Boer
government in the Transvaai had con-
aemned prominens members Of the re-
FORM committee to the extreme penalty
exerted depressing effect. The profcs.
SIGNALS also laid stress on the increasing
strength OF the foreign exchange market.
hates. however. are still well below tho
gold shipping points. The closing was
quiet but heavy in tone. at fractional net
losses Railway bonds were fairly ac-
tive. with the regular movement, of prices
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and Ass&9t-S for sixty days: posted
rates. ANhg4.ss,x; commercial bills, s4SeN
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p. m. 18th meridian time g . M Facta0
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Observer In Charg9
Tide tables for the week beginning We'd
nesday, April =. 1855. are - follows:
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ac-fJobhinr1-sesftie savc-. - 7sr-
fsss 81 6. Electric. -. o. 70. laa~ * ";
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

the church and school houses evervvbara
proclaim the sOhriety. ch-is-ianf-v On
hghtment and industry of th.. neo1ie ~
nave painted ana nOurished these new and
growing settlements. II Col. ChiD,ev rad
done nothing else for the state but omen
UP this new highway and lin. II with NV
towns and new cities. he would be entitled
10 all honor.
As / said in my last SUNDAYS letter
while Plant and Flagler and Maxwell and
DuNal and Chipley are putting the money
ana brains they control into permanent
ana valuable Improvements for the state.
II pleases Senator Call to use his money
ana MS brains tmuch OF little) in abusing
them ana their associates. in speeches be
fore the people Of Florida In all the years
that have known him if he has ever done
thing for the state that has bene6ttcd
il, have failed 10 hear what il was.
Ny advent found a state fun of grand
possibilities and with almost priceless re-
sources. If few railroads We're moor ana
IN Dad condition, one half the state was
almost unknown to the other half. Then
came Plant and Flagler and Maxwell and
Chipley-not to mention a dozen others
who fell out by the wayside-and the work
of development began in earnest. The
Sanford grant and the Disston purchase
and other adjuncts are due share Of cred
II, but the four promoters / have mem
toned yet survive and still devote them
selves heart and hand to Florida's future
greatness and glory, despite Senator Calls
periodical attacks
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

with them; but If it will not. ] am solidly
against them. / do not care how much
silver or other money we have in circula-
ton so that every dollar alike is worth
its full 100 cents. Now, II they really be-
lieve It will be good. why not place sufii-
cient safeguards by legislation. as stated
in the democratic platform of 1892? 1t
looks like they do not believe it would be
good If they did they would not object to
placing safeguards around IT, as when
David b. Hill asked them TO say If II was
not good in one year that It should be
changed. and they refused to do so in their
convention.
They say a great deal about our acting
independently. that is. without the con-
sent OF other governments. OF course,
any action we take is independent, wheth-
er we agree with other governments, or
as stated I'm the platform Of 1892, that is
by legislation. think the speech OF Bry-
ans nar above is about as unsatis-
factory as ii well can be to any man who
wishes all our business carried on upon
certain and sound principles, sound basis
and sound money. +. F.. Martin.
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Agent for Edwin Clapp's Mems Fine Shoes

would have counted in dimes and fractions
Of dimes; that is, instead of saying one
dollar or one dollar and a half we
would have said ten dimes or fifteen
dimes
THE franc, worth little over 10 cents,
IS the unit in France. and the mark, worth
about "A cents, is the unit in Germany, no
matter whether the franc or the mark IS
represented by coin or by paper; but, not
outstanding the fact that their unit is
much smaller than ours, and. therefore,
much less valuable. their standard Of
value Is as high as ours. The defect in the
reasoning Of our free silver friends on this
subject Is that they constantly confuse the
unit Of account with the standard or meas
ure Of value. They are entirely different
things, and have no necessary connection
with each other.
The words, unit Of value were never
used IN any coinage law OF the United
States until Feb. y, 1872. and then they
we're applied 20 the gold dollar contain
Ing mn grains Of pure gold, or Z5S grains
Of standard gold. The fact that this
quantity Of gold IL not now coined into
4 single piece Is wholly frnmaterial That
quantity Of gold constitutes a standard
Or measure Of value for our dollar, and
when men contract for payment IN dollars
they mean dollars equal IN value 10 25.3
grains Of standard gold.
The authors of the act Of 1852 estab-
lighed 0egaliyJ two Btandsrds-a gold
standard ana a silver standard~bnt. ID
fact. both o. them could not be continu-
CEeiy used a. the same time. ~ long as
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30
THE UNIT OF VALUE.
The Unit is the Name of the Coin
Used in Computation.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Washington, Aug. 26.-Secretary Car
Isle to-day addressed the following letter
to correspondent in Ohio in regard 70
the unit of value, and authorized its pub
mcation as an answer to many other sim
liar inquiries which are constantly being
addressed to him:
Mr.. A. NJ. Simmons, Cleveland, o.
My Dear Sir: Your favor Of the 18th inst
calling my attention to what you charac-
terlze as Serious errors in the circular
recently issued by the treasury depart
ment. reached here during my absence.
and embrace the first opportunity after
my return to acknowledge It.
The statement in the circular to which
you refer IS as follows:
THE act Of April 2, 1892, established the
first monetary system Of the United
States. The basis Of the system were:
The gold dollar, or unit, containing AIS
grains of pure gold, and stamped IN pieces
OF $40, s. and 81. 50, denominated respect
lively eagles, half eagles and quarter ca
giles; the silver dollar, or unit, contain
ing 81 25 grains Of pure silver A mint
was esta blished.
1.-THE coinage was unlimited and there
was no mint charge. The ratio of gold TO
silver IN coinage was to Is. Both gold
and silver were legal tender. The stand
ard was double. And you say the free
coinage advocates point 10 those mistakes
and claim they are Intentional lugged ia
to prove that the unit of value establish
ed by this government was gold If you
will re-examine the statement you Will OBJ
serve that nothing whatever IS said about
the unit Of value, or about a standard
Of measure Of value, and except that the
standard was double. meaning, OF
course. that the legal standard was based
on both gold and silver.
Il am unable 70 discover any error in the
statement. II 247.J0 grains Of pure gold
constitutes so. or units Il is evident that
24.75 grains Of pure gold must constitute
one unit The A.75 grams Of pure gold
constituted a gold unit. and 57l.25 grains Of
pure silver constituted a silver unit. and
the dollar was the unit whether II was
composed Of gold or silver
THE unit Is merely the name or denomi-
nation Of the coin used in computation and
IN keeping accounts, and ~ congress had
seen proper 70 make the dime the unit IN
stead Of the dollar 81 would not have
changed the actual or legal value ~ the
coins 10 any extent Whatever. The only
effect Of such provision would have been
that instead II counting in doilare ana
fractions Of dollars, a. We nov %, No
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

371.75 grains Of pure silver were actually
equal in value to PATS grains of pure gold,
there was, in fact, but one standard, al
though represented by two metals. but
when these quantities of gold and silver
ceased 70 be equal to each other in value,
one or the other necessarily disappeared
as a standard. That is just what hap
pened, and gold went out Of circulation;
silver became the actual standard, and
50 remained until after the passage Of
the acts Of 1884 and 1897
"The effect of the two acts of 1894 and
1897 was to change the ratio between gold
and silver from 151 to 15.9SS1, commonly
called 1871, and the result of this change
was that silver went out of circulation
because 1t was undervalued in the law,
and gold took its place and became the
actual standard Of value from that time
on.
Very truly yours,
81 G. Carlisle"
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"A commission, which has been sitting
for seven years, according TO the London
Daily News, will report soon against COM
pulsory vaccination in England. Surely.
no one can say that its decision has not
been reached after mature elaboration.
-Four full-grown children. living near
Anderson, Ind. never had such shing
~ tooth, and have. therefore. Escaped
all the trouble and misery and expense
which persons have % endure who are
compelled 70 resort 20 dentists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

in 1895 was for work done by Superin-
tendent Wade in paving the Ogeechee
road Let US assume that 10 is and deduct
for such work, say. $500. this will re
duce the approximate total expenditure
70 SH,1SQ. Now. II these figures are any
way near correct. the road work for the
last eighteen months has cost more than
for the whole of the twelve years pre-
vicus; and II we leave out the cost OF inn
provement OF the Ogeechee road the eN-
penditure per anuum has been about
three times as much as formerly.
Innulrer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

Aunt Elviry Hobbs never got up
from that roomatiz spell yit"
Nav: some folks won't never git outen
bed s'long's other folks keep a-fetching
Ice cream to EN- Chicago Record.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

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FREE COINAGE.
VIII 1T Make the Silver Dollar
worth 100 Cents in Gold.

Miner, Ca, Aug. 29.-Editor Morning
News: I see IN your weekly OF Aug a.
you publish one Of Bryan's speeches de-
Mvered In New York state on the I'd inst
Now, does he and his associates really be-
lieve that the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver viii bring It up 70 its former
value-l00 cents 10 the dollar-when II Il
now only some 90 or So cents. n II win
certainly DO that, ]. for one, am solidiy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22
A Good Man Como Wrong.

The Hon. WARNER MILLER presents an
interesting but not surprising case, the pre-
liminary facts being as follows: Mr.. MILLER
has always enjoyed the reputation of being
a good-natured man and square, not over
fortunate or effective, but we'll meaning.
Starting with these endowments, he has
been chosen to represent the Republican Or
ganization of the Empire State in the Ma
tional Convention at St. Louis. He is an in
structed Delegate. He is in honor bound to
vote for Governor MORTON. the Republican
candidate of New York. His relation to
Mr.. MORTON is in no wise dependent on any
casual or revocable preference Of his own,
but it has been determined by express con-
tract, to which he is a party.
But Mr.. MILLER, it seems. has, as they
say, rated for MCKINLEY. He says that he
will vote for MCKINLEY and, If possible, get
other votes, circumstance like his own, for
MCKINLEY; and he storms at the Hon..
THOMAS C. PLATT for remaining loyal to
Mr.. MORTON and faithful to the instruc-
lions Of his party.
One of the first principles instilled into
the intelligence of political apprentices is
that words m u be as good as bonds. A
little thought will show why this must
be so, as RUDYARD KIPLING says, in ex-
pounding one of the avs of the jungle.
Mr.. MILLER, however, seems to have come
within the maliRn influence of what
is known as the "Better Element"
or anti-Boss roup, a noisy and ire
sponsible rabble, Of a denying spirit, and
usually dominated by some experienced self
seeker. This peculiar collection of the am
bilious and the moralizing, devoid Of the
usual sense of obligation to agreement, is at
present swelling the MCKINLEY chorus with
righteous bowls against Bosses and Anti
McKinleyites PLATT. QUAY, and CLARK
son, and Mr.. MILLER, in being swept into
their camp, has forgotten his word. AS he
is he cannot possibly be his true and orig
inal self. And yet, though he will probably
recover. we fear that he will never be quite
the same man again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22

TO organize his comrades into q band 10 pro-
cure the arrest Of dissolute women on the
public streets at night by consortlna with
the outcasts in order TO hand them over to
the police. Such n fellow could have no
hesitation about relieving the Police Depart
ment Of the responsibility Of dehling It's
W force with the pitch Of vice pursued
for the sake OF getting evidence against vice.
Probably PARKHURsT's society would even
be Riad to bear the whole expenses, and thus
save the city from the disgrace of paying
bills incurred by public officers at such
vile resorts. But there Is no necessity
for this fighting OF corruption with corrup-
ton, whether with policemen or with PARK
HURsT's volunteers. It Is neither neces-
sary nor eflcacious. It Is demoralizing to
those who engage in It and the COM
munitv which sanctions IL. by advertis-
Ing a peculiarly provocative vice, 1t tends
to stimulate Its %noxious growth. The
only practical consequence Of such a method
Ii to make n change in the distribution OF
the vicious which Is decidedly for the worse.
Because of PARKHURsT's activity the trade
OF immortality Is simply running In new
channel more dangerous to the public puri-
ty. The social disease Is spread In quarters
that before were free from its contagion.
There may be fewer houses of the sort visit
ed by him in his midnight prowlings, but
the police report that their inmates are
scattered through fat and apartment
and tenement houses where the evil Of their
example is moro pernicious, and where
they themselves cannot be kept under the
general police observation and restraint
which were possible before. The vicious
display and solicitation in the streets at
night have increased unquestionably and
strikingly. The whole movement started
by PARKHURsT has been marked by the IN
tellectual confusion and moral perversion
OF which he is 30 conspicuous an example.
We do not say this with any disposition
to underrate the services of COMMISSIONS
ROOSEVELT and his colleagues Of the Police
Department in other directions; but how
ever great these may be. they do not exceed
in Importance the service to public morals
performed by Comptroller FIToHi in exposing
the rottenness and nastiness Of their method
of obtaining evidence against vice.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22

Stddts-z ettuno-not one day lacking since
the 9th Of July last.
In 40 far ne DAMsEN's power, Official or
personal, extends, every effort has been
made, every resource utilized, and every
agency tried to bring back the three wan
derers. In his visits to the Jail DAMsEN has
been heard TO say, in Plattdeutsch. that It
il through no fault OF his that the prisoners
nave failed TO return, for within six months
after their escape he sent to the heads OF oil
Police Departments Of European, Asiatic,
African, and Polynesian cities a circular
offering an amber pipe as a reward for the
recovery Of the three prisoners, and the only
reason why none OF these circulars has
been delivered he ascribes to the action OF
the Post Office authorities, who refuse to
send them without stamps. And there Is
no appropriation for foreign delivery stamps
given to the Sheriff. 1t may be added that
some prejudice exists against DAMsEN and
his administration by Post Office authori-
ties generally, for 1t may be remembered
that the three prisoners who escaped from
his custody On July 4 were Post Office
DIEsTENBACH, BECKER, and BL1TZl There
never before 80 a Sheriff as DAMsEN Is was.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22

Every day cyclists tumble over each other,
pick themselves up. mount their wheels. and
are on again without giving the affair q second
thought. Such mishaps are peculiar to the
sport. A new rider is bound to wabble about
and lose his head at the most unexpected time,
and 1t is proverbial that when trying to steer
clear of an object he is sure to run plump into
It. When a WARBLER meets q scoroher It is said
that the safest course is for the former TO mako
a bee line for tho latter. with q determination
to wreck him on the spot. by this means the
safety of both riders 10 assured. Accidents
with wabblors are looked upon as inevitable,
and all injuries that OCCUR from them which
can DO repaired by o blacksmith or q bottle Of
arnica are regarded rs moro casualties Incl
dental to wheeling.
When . ~wheelwoman runs down . wheelman
It 10 an unavoidable mishap. When . wheel
man runs down q w~heelwoman It is an unpar-
donable blunder. When two wheelwomen COL
Tide 1t proves to each that neither understands
her sport, and is not yet educated for tho road.
In short, 1t appears that at present cyclists
have got almost a monopoly Of the accidents
among themselves. Wouldn't 1t be q wise plan,
therefore. for them to acquire more skill in
lodging each other before attempting to reform
hose carriages and humble pedestriansH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22
TEE a
One whs COMES wIthin Thst Ciss-iae>sae'
nray Consider Htrnseif n Lutk.

MAY Constder Htrnsehft N LusS-
Frorut As CHICAGO Record
''1t's q pleasure 10 At you," said she caosa-
ing salesman to his customer.
"why7" queried his patron, ~ he glanced
complacently over his shoulder NJ ms nenrs
rejecting In a long mirror.
"Benause You are an average man. 1 mean
that your height, width Of shoulders, ohoss
measure. length Of back. width across the hips,
length Of arms and legs, and general 'eet con-
form 10 the average dimensions struck on *
the. manufacturer Of ready.msde clothine''
$50 we can, but TO do IL sometimes We must
break up. three different sets of clothingi take
the trousers from another. Now. with you
It lie different. simply took the cheet moas.
for that measure. The vest and trousers were
all right, OF course, for you, are q man OF aver
age build 10 And w you % are tS E laGsy mf Know seo ;h SSs
when Il is said. oh. he ia an average man. the
term is used in the deprecatory sense: AS
man is to say that no will go through life eesigi
with less friction. with more pleasure and IL
low the average. Everything made in quaint.
~ is made TO At the average man. 4 door
man OF average height. A letter box is put
up 30 that, the average man can mall MS lsE
down far enough for the average man to clutch
them with the least effort. Car steps are placed
so that the average man can get In and out OF
Hats, shoes, shirts, collars. cuffs, stook-
ings, clothing OF every sort, are made. Of aver
age sizes. Il a man Of a certain height u TOO
height, no is In trouble as soon as he enters
clothing store. II his legs are too long or too
short, tho salesman must overhaul. mis- STOCK
and try on O number of trousers before he
finds a pair that will ft, and frequently he
must have them altered after all.
Now it's the same way with other things. The
man of average Intelligence, average brain
power, average schooling, average morality,
and average religious ideas will get along. in
the world better than men who stand high
above HIM. Men above the average have add
cd responsibilities thrust upon them. more
Is expected of them. They. are supposed to
keep up a fast gait, and II they do not, the
world finds fault with them. The average
citizen, average husband, average father. av-
erage man, 10 happy, because he is inconspicu-
GUS. He goes along unnoticed, as he is Meth
or a fool nor O genius. He attracts no atten-
tion and finds ten times more solid pleasure In
life than those who are highly gifted In one
way or another. You see the average man 10
q well-balanced man, and balance means sta
bility. and stability means rest. have fig
ured this thing out, and have come to the CON
clusion that the world is better because OF the
great majority of average men. who go stead
lily and quietly along, not because OF the rev
geniuses who flash up and blaze ike bonflres
for a time, and then die down to have their
ashes blown into everybody's eyes TO annoy and
DeStsr thom.n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22
Tho True Cleveland Issue.

The Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND and his ac-
c~ompanyists would like people to believe
that the main issue impending, to be fought
out Immediately within the Democratic
party, and later in the country at large. Is
for the preservation Of the gold standard.
Every day makes this effort look moro
and moro like q screen for the truth. 1t Is
becoming steadily clearer that In Mr..
CLEvELAND's mind currency Is q minor
issue, and that the leading question is the
third term and he is for the third term.