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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-29

Port Townsend, Wash, April 27.-The
Bering sea fleet has been ordered to
SAIL from this port at noon tomorrow.
me heet, five vessels i'm all, is COM
posed of the Bear, Corwin, Grant. Rush
and Wolcoat. In all, the fleet carries
80 officers and 1S5 men. The Bering sea
patrol proper will consist of four cut
tiers aside from the Bear. The latter
viii SO TO Point Barrow. which is the
most northern point for the United
states possessions, to break up a
smuggling gang which has long ope-
rated at that point
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-29

Salt Lake. April IA large crowd
gathered at the rooms Of the salt Lake
Athletic club tonight to witness a
tight between Dick Case. formerly OF
the state OF Washington. and Bob
Thompson. colored. Of this city. Thomp-
son was knocked out in the 45th round.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-29

New Orleans. April 27.-The governor
has ordered two companies OF militia
TO Natehitoches. Trouble is threatened
there on account of the refusal OF the
democratic registration officers to pro-
claim the result Of the election accord
ing 10 the ballots cast by the populists,
but which the democrats claim were
fraudulent
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-29

Denver. April PA special to the
Times from II Paso says: The COVER
nor OF Chihuahua has sent a regiment
or troops TO Nina Viejo to compel the
poems TO open and rescue the miners.
lie had the police gather all the unem-
ployed men in the city streets and
march them TO the mine TO work OF 81
entombed, so were taken out dead. The
disaster was caused by encroachlng for
ore on the pillars supporting the roof.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-29
AN APPEAL FOR AID
Thousands in the Throes of To-
baccO Torture.
only Prompt Decisive Action Can Save
Them-some A ready saved Prove
That There Is Way.

Are these the
days of freedom ?
Is everybody out
of bondage?
Would that we
C o u | d answer
Yes! Everybody's
free. !"
But, in fact, at
the end of this en-
lightened century,
there are hundreds
of thousands. yes,
millions of men in
the clutches of a
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-29
For Humanity's Sake.

DEAR EDIToR: Kindly allow me space TO tell
your readers that one who suffered from both sem
inal weakness and syphilis viii inform any one
who may desire to know OF the means by which
ne VAS cured OF these two l0athsome diseases and
iuliYTesioredto vigorous manhood. lie has nothing
whatever 70 sell and would not make one cent on
me unfortunate, having Tor years paid all his hard
earnings 70 doctors and for patent medicines orly
70 experience failure and disappointment in re-
tnrn IL will only be too happy TO inform suffer
ers OF plan by which they can be Certainly and
permanently cured. Write. describing case and
enclosing stamp, 20 Lock Box tof Via park
PostofiCe, Colorado
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-29
Cougars In Idahn.

Cougars are unusually and unnleas-
antIy numerous in the neighborhood
OF Hope. Idaho. They are said to he
rapidly thinning out the deer in thai
region and are causing much trouble
to stockmen.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17
Double Standard 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 peighbors
leased him for being deceived. He
said, in reply: "You wait and Twill 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 ut the pres
emit standard.-N. Sun.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17
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 for every
1924 of silver bullion our government
would give the owner Sls.60-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 dollar at 100
cents whose intrinsic value is about SO
cents and whose purchasing value is
never higher than its intrinsic value
Richmondville IN. " Phoenix.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

of cash is interesting. About 200 B. c.
the Chinese were still using bronze
currency representing knives 2-5
inches long, with a hole in one end Of
the handle. By 500 A. D. the knives
were 1-5 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 a
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 a
government stamp to guarantee weight
and fineness.
The as was a 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. It was struck in Rome
about 300 b. C.
Gold was coined in Rome in 2o6 D. c.
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 world has chosen
gold as money because, all things con-
sidered, it is better fitted for this pur-
pose than any other metal or substance.
1t ewes its position entirely TO its in
trinsic worth. 1t has needed no special
legislation to sustain il, nor has the al
most unlimited special legislation IL
the interest % silver and other metals
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17
A TRADE JOURNALS SUMMARY.
Various Ways In Which Money May Be
Obtained.

Obtained.
To man who has no money there are
several ways to getit-namely:
(a) Beg it.
(b) Steal it.
(c) Borrow it.
(d) Secure it by gift.
(e) Trade something for 1t.
If we are to beg for it, we might just
as well do the best we can. Therefore q
dollar based ON gold standard is better
than a sixteen to one silver dollar,
which to-day is worth about SO cents in
trinsically.
If we are to steal 1t, we want the best.
A thief who would steal a silver dollar
in preference to gold dollar would be
acquitted on the ground that he was in
sane.
1--we borrow It, we want that kind Of
money which will go farthest, for SO we
can get along with a smaller loan.
Therefore q gold dollar is better to Dor.
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 peril
nent question for each of us to ask at
! this time is: What have got to trade
for money which want? 1t may be
labor; it may be horse or cow; it may
be lumber or shingles; 1t may be saw
mill. At the present time we can trade
any of the above and get gold dollar
for every dollars worth of value, as may
be agreed upon between buyer and sell
er. We can get dollar which is worth
a dollar anywhere and everywhere.
Now, your labor or horse or COW or
lumber or machinery will be worth just
as much, or nearly as much, next year
as it is this, but If we have free coinage
at sixteen to one will the dollar which
you get in trade be worth as much as
, the dollar you can get now? What will
that be worth? Can you tell? 1t may
, be worth SO cents or more or less. One
day this, one day that, but can anyone
tell? These are all pertinent questions,
and, when carefully considered, must
guide us in voting at the next election in
November, and do not lose sight OF the
fact that if all the silver in the world Is
coined into money you cannot geta cent
of it except by a, b, c, d or e, above re
ferred to.-Lumber Trade Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17


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 demoneti1ed 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, Hoes were once money
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

Congressman Gibson met the
popocratic candidate for congress
w. l.. Ledgerwood, at this place
last Saturday and before a large
audience completely downed the
cred fox" in argument.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

rum, ginger, olive oil, eggs, indigo and
molasses 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 ana corn. This
was hard blow to our country. There
is plenty of tobacco, corn, eggs and
molasses to give us MI the per capita"
wecoultl carryit if the crime ofdemone-
tization had not been committed
against them, thereby causing prices
of these and other articles, except the
precious metals to fan precipitately.
Economists tell us that these articles
ceased 70 he used rs money because
they lacked some essential quality.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

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.
/. 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
used 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 Of 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
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

The idea of a candidate for gov
ernor talking about Esomething he
will not have anything to do with
if he is elected, when there are so
many things he could talk about
that he will have great deal to do
with.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

Hon. G.. n. Tillman talked about
Bob. Taylor's expensive admins
tration. Then the other fellows
"Bob" got on high horse and de-
Tended his personal honor about
which nothing was said, The man,
who denies something that he has
never been accused of must be
guilty.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

Mr.. Sewell, the Chicago nominee
for the Vice-Presidency, wants his
bills for carrying merchandise in
his ships paid in gold and demands
a contract for such payment. Yet
he is trying to force cheap silver
money on the people of this nation.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

Over twenty millions oil dollars
has been paid out by our state gov
eminent in'the past twelve years
What have we got to show for it?
Nothing but an empty treasury.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

Altgeld, the anarchist governor
of Illinois, insists upon the pay
ment of rentals of his Chicago
buildings in gold. All his leases
contain clause to that effect. Yet
he is one of the trainers of the pop
ocratic platform.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

The silverites say they want
more money. There is not a free
silver country in the world that has
great circulation per capita as
has the United States. Will free
coinage work different here than in
any other country.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

TIE rich man will take care of
himself. Cheap money will not
hurt him for he don't have to take
it. The poor man could't get hurt
by free coinage.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

A complete poll of the vote in
Indiana has heen made and it will
give Mckinley at least 10000 ma
jority.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

IN China and
they are to-day
in Anam. Lit
tie hoes, such
as the one here
figured, t o o k
the place of
real hoes and
became t T u e
money.
Hand made
na.!s once CIR
culated as mon
ey in so m e
~ ~
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

fluctuating 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.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

Bob Taylor has failed in every
thing, but acting the clown. Yet
some will vote for him for governor
OF Tennessee.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17
HISTORY OF MONEY.
Showing Kinds of Money Used in Different
Stages OF Civilization. 4


Showing Kinds OF Money Used In Different
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 OF 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 win 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 fist
became trading animal in the hunting
and fishing stage. Weapons of war and
the chase, together with skins and furs,
ere 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 so used to-day in barbarous coun-
tries.
Beaver skins, or "beayer," was tue
unit of value when our forefathers
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

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
CAPT t al come
frv,m tho 1Icp Of
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

w. j. Bryan spoke in Knoxville.
Many went away disappointed in
the orator.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

Sewall's own town and ward gave
an overwhelming majority against
free silver.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

"He who hampers with the cur
rency robs labor of its bread."-
Daniel Webster.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

Ifthe republicans do their duty
Tennessee will give Til'man and
Mckinley a majority.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

tuted for real hooks. Wampum was
the currency of the more civilized In
dian tribes in New England and Long
made from the ends of a periwinkle shell
or black beads made from clam shell
arranged in strings or belts. 1t became
the official money in New England and
New Amsterdam and lost its place us
money between 1856 and 100, when the
"Smart Alecks" among the whites be
gan to debase it by leaving the beads
unpublished or unpierced or by making
them of bone, horn, glass, and even of
wood. The colonists legislated much
trying to fix prices, and to save wam-
pun from declining in value, but it was
being produced too cheaply. Natural
law was against 1t, and it had to go
down.
The use of shells as money is still
common on many tropical coasts. Their
wide use is probably due to the strong
passion, common to primitive man, for
personal adornment. This gives shells o
permanent value. Besides they are very
durable, comparatively light, and are
convenient for small change. Whales
teeth, arrowheads, beads, tusks Of ivory
and engraved stones are some of the
other money materials Of this later
stage of civilization.
The Pastoral Stage.
Man early tanned the domestic ami
mails. The sheep and the cow being the
most useful, they naturally, with their
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17
For Governor
GEO. n. TILLMAN,
of Nashville.
For Congress.
HENRY r. GIBSON.
State Senator
AWHILE TAYLOR.
Representative
SAM 2. ROWAN.
EDITORIAL.

Everything is looking brigh} for
republican success.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17
Agricultural Stage.

um OF exchange
in Norway and
other rem o t Q
parts of Europe.
Maize, or Indian
corn, once formed
the currency of
Mexico, Central
A IN e + ! ca and
some of the early
colonies. Tobac-
co formed I II g
principal money
of Virginia and
Maryland. TWAS
leg al e n d e r
in Maryland in
1892. The price
of wives varied
from 100 to $50
pounds of tobac-
co. Dried Goldfish
was once curren-
cy in Newfound-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

TRADED with the In
dams. Thus one
beaver equals one
brass kettle; one
beaver equals two
shillings; six bea-
vers equal one gal
lon brandy, etc.
Fishhoolls formed,
the currency on the
northern shores CT
the Indian o"eSn
from Persia to Cey-
Ion. Latterly, how.
ever, pieces of bent
- - .1~rAs
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-09-17

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 f1ocks.
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
ured as money.
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-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-22
THE THEOSOPHIST CRUSADERS
DIR. Allen GrihHths Tells Of the work
and Travels of the .Ft~hs-

DR. Allen Grifsths, Pacific coast lecturer
Of the TheoSophical Society. who IL In sbs.
city for the purpose OF delivering a sar4ns
or lectures before the Seattle brsnr.h -.
the TheogoDhicai Society of America a.
registered az the Occidental hotel NJ
Grlffiths has recently been on ar, sx+er-
siys tour Of British Columbia In thA gD,a-
eSi@ OF the society and reports a number
or converts 20 the teachings OF Theosophy
IN that region.
In this society Or. GrirtAs Is MUTE
prominent. ne having worked in collanora-
ton with the late william O. Judge IRE
founder of Tneosophy In America and
with Madame H. r. Btayatsky the leas-r
Of ali modern Taeosophisfs. Or Grfrshs
states that Theosophy is being ran.1tv
pushed 70 the 'front.' and that its erovstt, q,
recent years has been marvellous
Since the death OF wilFssr, O Ju61a /.
said DR.. GrafsiEhs when seea by a pcst-rr-
telllgsncer reporter. President z. T uar
grove, the formers succeS sor has rsksr
up the work that was being pressef, bv
NJ. Judge. and has continued II Giro.
with great success The growth ~ -.
society has been quite marked ir, sos 49,,
few months, ard Indications are that 4,
VII continue lis Development in The fu-
ture even more rapidly than in the past
This rapidly n growth Is particularly no.
iiehaiSs On the Pacific coast where raers
are no" between thirty and forty
branches wasa large MEMBERSHIPS. in
Tact. tizc Pacific coast branches embrace
= larger tbs N Ssersnip than any Other place
- the ~orft. In ten years service tn sha
Aaeosopssieai society, five OF which were
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-22

rauses tire saaEfs 81 tse cornizEd 90 fol-
lon RE player, me belp-fune az she reap
srs. the glad Grant Of rae marriage. then
he repeats the words that he sang. ap-
yseaIsug 10 sAuFs better memories. and
finally. as .h4 evil spell weakens and tire
king slowly resumed bis Old motions ard
hznftu1es kingiy." the singer lays aside
his harp ard speaks. In me Inspiration OF
the p-oph.s and the seer. pouring out his
soul and hss love for the splendid. royal
Saul II Is wonderful poem. not only in
its vigorous cadencss. bat also in sts deep
ard lofty tnougkl ami .ss thorough under
standing OF the Hebrew spirit.
FAIRY TALES FAR AND NEAR Re-
sssa hy %" New York: Frederic A.
fsfokea A. Co. Seattle: Lownaa Han
ford. sI.o.
This book OF fairy tales Is one OF the
most dainty contributions 10 the christ-
mas literature Of the young people Al
though the motive may be old. %" mas
succeeded In Investing each one with a
sense OF such newnesS and freshness that
many of his young readers will fail TO
recognize threasf-hare. thrice-tod tales in
the charming disguise IN which -fey now
APPEAR. The book he handsomely sAus-
frafed by III. r. Miflar. IL - printed on
heavy cream. fun gif paper. and the bind
ing il most artistic IN design ard color.
HALF A DOZEN GIRLS. BY Anna Cno-
p:n Ray. Boston. 4. G.. CroweA d Co.
81 &c.
This book. as the title Eutimates. Is the
account OF r1s life and dcings of a ooterte
of girls just entering their teens Ii -
. wholesome saie. fun OF girfssh fun ana
pleasant incident. and one which no
mother need fear 20 place "a the f.ands OF
her young daughters.