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Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17
sNaNAN INVENTED 1T.
Z Money Was First Used in
the Celestial Empire.
~, Ctvkllzsd Nation TO Employ II Was
swollen The "Assignat' Panic Gre
ated BY the Revolutionary Gov
srnmont of France.
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with the financial question rigging
3 merrily in these ante-election times
Is Interesting to throw a retrospective
lance at the history of paper currency,
ven II it does not bear any relation to
he burning question of the day.
fAs in many other inventions which
ave revolutionized the civilized world
he Celestial empire may claim the
riorityin intervention of paper money.
Recording TO reliable authorities it hap
,ened in the year l10 b. c. that the
reasury of the Chinese government eN-
yerienced it's first deficit. This caused
srtat embarrassment among the pig
allied officials until some inventive
genius proposed the issue of square
ieces of deer skin, embellished with
ornaments and writing, which were to
9e used MS government debt certificates.
these leather notes, of the size of a
iquare foot. were readily taken by the
lobles of the country, who in turn sold
hem to others. and in this way the first
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17

who treat them ill may have cause to
regret it afterwards. 1t has been said
hat shell hath no fury like a woman
Scorned." but the office seeker who is
Icorned after having rendered good
political service is even worse. He
lpends his days and nights duTing the
remainder of his life plotting TO get
even" with the man on whom he de-
pended to further his interests.
The men who have aided successful
candidates in their nominating con-
Tentions this year, or who aided sena-
;ors in securing their reflections, are
already looking forward to the flesh
pots and picking out the places which
hey will solicit, il their man secures
IN election to the presidency. The po-
itical workers in the cities, villages
and on the farms, who are to-day work
ng like beavers for the success of their
party candidates, are looking after
something for themselves, and in many
cases IL is already understood by the
congressional candidates that certain
fellows shall have the post offices, and
others shall have government employ
ment in the customs, revenue or diplo-
matte service.
The Office seekers never think of their
qualifications or lack thereof for the
positions TO which they aspire. John
Do demands that he be made receiver
If public moneys at some land Office
because he got several fellows drunk
On election day and kept them away
IRON the polls In close district. Rich
ard Roe says that he wants 70 be post
master because he edits countEI
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17
OLD AMERICAN BILL-Two-THIRDs
ACTUAL SIZE

printers could do, private printers could
also do, and IL was not long before good
limitations OF the government notes
were in circulation. China can, there
fore, not only boast of the first paper
currency but also of the first bank note
counterfeiters, who caused the Ccles-
tiaI government no end of trouble long
before Europe ever knew of the ;nVcn-
ton. .sE
Centuries passed before European
states established paper currenc,es.
Emperor Frederick ii. issued during the
Siege of Faenza leather money TO ,jny
mis- soldiers. and the city OF Leyden
coined forms of strawboard in 1874.
Russia at one time also issued leather
rubles. but all this money serTed only
ns temporary substitute for the metal
currency during times of war.
The first real paper money ia Europe
|rwns issued in Sweden. The Ananoicr,
John Palmstruck. received in the year
1886 from the Swedish government the
perinission to issue bank notes and FIVE
years later the Bank of Stockholm
gave out its first transport slips. Z"
= lieh were printed ON strong card
board, as the government had no con-
hdepce In the Aimsier material of pa
psfs This cardDoard money had the
Advantage Of being more durable than
paper money, but it's cumbersomeness
d|d not make II much preferable to he
metal currency. The transport slips"
we're printed In plain letters and the
liknafuren and numbers were written
by hand,
The example Of Sweden was followed
% 1904. By the Bank Of England; In 1923
~ Norway; i7i3 By Denmark; Ills by
France. IN which country the Scotch
fnpn. John .lnw. established state
kltl and crested thr nrst great punir
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17
MARYLAND AND THE OYSTER.
One-Third of the Worlds supply Pro-
duced In the Waters of the State.

One-Third of the Worlds supply Pro-
duced In the Waters of the State.
The waters of Maryland produce one
third of the total oyster supply in the
world. 1t yields twice as many of these
luscious bivalvee as are grown in all
foreign countries combined. During
the present century it has put on the
market 4O0,O00,000 bushels of the tooth
some mollusks. These have sold for the
enormous sum of $250,000,OO0. Almost
all of this country is dependent for the
abundance and chcapness of this edible
on The supply of the Chesapeake. From
here also come very nearly all the Oys-
ters used for canning. In fact, the out
put of this industry of Maryland is
equal to one-sixth of all the fisheries
of the United States put together.
The quantity Of oyster shells landed
upon the shores of Maryland during
the last century has been reckoned at
10000, 900 tons. Until very lately can
ming firms have had much trouble in
getting rid of the shells, having to pay,
in fact, for the removal of all that they
could not give away. Recently, how
ever, they have been able to sell them.
They are now shipped TO all parts of
the country and are utilized yariousiy
for roads, for lime and employed in
making coal gas. They have also been
found to serve almost as well as stone.
in the manufacture of special grades
of iron for railway beds. Cultiyators
Of oysters also employ them, having
found that they afford suitable surfaces
for young oysters to attach themselves
to. They are likewise used to some
extent as chicken food, They re very
good for hens, the shells of eggs being
largely made of them. The trade re-
ccived $4,000 in single year for the
empty shells.
Starfishes are the oysters worst enc
my. Other animals the young bivalves
have to guard against are crabs and
boring snnils. They are also IN danger
of being stifled by mud. In Pacific wa
ters stingrays are their most dreaded
foes. The little crab that lives in the
shell of the oyster has always excited
much interest. 1t is found in about
five per cent. of the bivalves. 1t is
sort of parasite of the oyster, whose
shell protects it and whose food sup
ports it.-Philadelphi Times.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17

by an over-issue Of bank notes. Rus
STA. Austria and Saxony soon followed.
Prussia issued it's first paper currency
in 1905, under Baron Won Stein.
Among all European countries
France had the worst experience with
paper money. John Law had already
by his manipulations brought it into
discredit, but the revolutionary gov
eminent capped the climax of abuse.
The landed possessions of the aristoc-
racy were to be confscated and sold,
but since the sales progressed slowly
and the republican convention needed
money 1t was decided to issue state
bonds, so-called "assignats," to the
value of the estates to be sold. Thus
the confiscated lands were to be the
security for the "assignats" issued.
But revolution swallows immense
sums of money and the government was
soon compelled to issue more and more
of these "assignats," until their vol
rme exceeded by far the value Of
the confscated property. Whenever
money was lacking "assignats" were
printed, and since they were easily
counterfeited the government soon had
many helpers in the paper money man
ufacture. The Englishmen were esPe-
cially industrious in this line, and the
combined efforts of government and
counterfeiters soon brought the total
of circulating "assignats" to the in
credible sum of 250,O00,O00.000 francs.
Then came the unavoidable reaction.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17

Before you begin to mix your crust
measure and weigh each article you
may need, namely: Three-quarters OF
pound of butter, one pound OF -four,
the yolk OF one egg and a pitcher of ice
water. Cut half the butter into small
pieces and mix it with the -four. Take
half cup of ice'water and stir the'yolk
Of an egg into IL, and add enough -four
to make stitf dough; roll out thin,
cut half OF the remaining butter into
small pieces, placing them over the sur
face; fold, roll again and use the last
of the butter. Fold up and place in a
bowl covered with a napkin in the re-
frigerator or other cool place, allowing
II to remain an hour or two II possible.
When you take II out roll thin. cover
your pieplates with IL; pare, stone and
slice the peachesl sprinkling them with
graduated OF soft white sugar pour
In little water add coves with crust
handling the crust as little as possible
Bake IN a moderate oven.-~St. LOnli
Globe Democrat
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17
nwAroH rAE PRoFEssoR |"
How to Get RIA Of the Drawing Hoom
,Iuegler.


How to Get RIA Of the Drawing iioom
Juggler
The drawing-room juggler having
slvly got hold of the pack of cards at
the end of the game of whist, says;
ever seen any card tricks? Here's
rather a good one; pick card"
"Thank you, don't want a card"
"No, but just pick one, any one you
like. and I'll tell you which one you
pick"
"You'n tell who?"
"No. no; / mean, I'll know which 1t
is, don't you see? Go on, now, pick a
card"
"Any one like?"
EYES"
"Any color at all?"
eyes, yes"
"Any suit?"
ooh, yes; do go on"
"Well, let me see, I'll pick-thc-ace
of spades"
"Great Caesarl 1 mean you are to
pull card out of the pack"
"Oh, to pull it out of the pack! Now
Il
right--Tve got it,"
"Have you picked ,one?'
Eyes, it's the three of hearts. Do you
know it?"
"Hang It'll Don't tell me like that.
You spoil the thing. Here, try again.
Pick a card"
"All right, I've got it,"
a 4 ~ 'l,nv. lie
(Shuffle, shuttle, shuffie-flip.) "There,
is that it?" (Triumphantly).
81 don't know. lost sight of it,"
Lost sight of it! Confound it, you
have to look at it and see what 1t is"
ooh! You want me to look at the
front of it,"
"Why, of course. Now, then, pick
out n card"
"All right. I've picked it. Go
ahead" Shuttle, shuttle, shuttle, fipJ
Say, confound you, did you put the
card back in the pnck?"
"Why, no, kept it,"
holy Mosesi Lister Pick a card
Just one-look at it see what it is
then put it back-do you understand
"Oh, perfectly. Only don't see how
you are ever going to do it. Ync must
be awfully clever" (Shuffie, stnele,
shuttle, fiip,)
"There you are-that's your card
now, isn't it?" (This is the supreme
moment.)
mo, that is not my card" (This is a
fiat lie, hut heaven will pardon you for
it,
Not that card-natioP! Say-just
hold on second. Here, now, watch
what you are at this time. can do
this cursed thing, mind you, every time
I've done it on father and mother and
on every one that's ever come round
our place. Pick a card!" (Shufflc
shuttle, shuttle, flip, bOng) There
that's your card"
mo, am sorry. That is not my card
But won't you try it again? Please do
Perhaps you are a little eXcited-Pn
afraid 1 was rather stupid. Wont
you go and sit quietly by yourself o.
the back veranda for half an hour and
then try? You have to go home? oh
I'm sorry. 1t must be such an awfuliy
clever little trick. Good night!'-N. Y
Truth.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17

"You say that Deacon Smatters was
not at church this morning? Iwonder
IL 1t Is possible that he can have fallen
from grace7"
mo; I understand that he fell from
HIS bicycle and broke his nose."-Cleve-
land Leader.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17
Attrnnt Mniatnrn

Roots draw enormous quantities of
moisture from the soil, and by this
means IL is discharged through the
leaves into the atmosphere. For ex-
ample, the common kunhower has been
proved to cadhale an ounce of water encA
hour, and large oak tree estimnted 10
have 100000 leaves exhaled 700 TONS OF
water during the seven mos.lhs q
carried its ioliage.- sChlcago Timeas
Herond.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17
It's Intoxicating Quality.

Mrs. Cawker las she and her husband
leave the concert hal)-Wasn't the
music perfectly Intoxicating?
Mr.. Cawker-It was long enough to
be Intoxicating.
what has its length to do with p"
''The longer IL is, the more bars, you
know. detroit Free Press.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17
It pepends.

"Dah's a good deal dependin' on de
way err man applies Is inergies," said
Uncle Eben. "De bass drummer often
uses MP mob muscle on one chime dan
do fust addler does on half Z dozen.''--
Washington Star.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-17
Tho JOYS Of Chnohood.

Jimmy-Say, let's swipe the sign on
that stoop that's been painted.
Tommy-What do yoD want with the
sign7
Jimmy Don't want the sign. Want
to see people brush against the stooD.--.
n. Y. World
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-04
r.,o PARTYS FUTURE.

The Theme OF Onvcr atiOu by President
Cleveland The BluHdvr Made by the
Leaders in the Last Campaign, tic is COa-
Adent WIN be RePudiase.l by the Peep e
AT tine r irst OppOstunity-Da Ahead.
WAsHINGTON, Nov. 20.-An evening
paper here prints an account OF a con-
versation between President Cleveland
and a prominent democratic politician
in which the former expressed at
length his views upon the future of
the democratic party. The president
believes, according to the story, that
while a blunder was made by ths lead
ers who controlled the convention at
Chicago last July, he is hopeful that
many of the men responsible for that
action will be convinced of their folly
in the near future.
He expects to see the organization
brought back into the true democratic
path, and he is confident that the
party, by repudiating at the first OPP
portunity the doctrines proclaimed at
Chicago, can quickly recover much of
the ground lost in the last campaign.
1t is to those democrats who fol-
lowed Bryan solely on the ground of
regularity" and to their brethren
who organized the movement leading
to the indianapolis convention that
Mr.. Cleveland looks for the reorgan-
izatiOn and the rehabilitation of the
democratic party. lie is confident
that they will not follow the free sill
yer extremists into the populist camp,
butwil gladly come back into the
democratic fold when the parting of
the ways" is reached, as it will be very
shortly, in his opinion. The number
of these democrats is much greater,
Mr.. Cleveland believes, than most
persons suspect. 1t is his estimate that
in many of the southern states particu-
larly, probably a third of the votes
given Mr.. Bryan were cast by demo
Gratis who were influenced in register
ing their ballots exclusively by tho
idea of regularity" Mr.. Cleveland
is said to expect that the radical ele-
ment of the party, composed, as it is,
Of men who enthusiastically indorse
all the dangerous doctrines pro
claimed at Chicago, will shortly be
swallowed up in the pOpulist organiza'
tion. 1t is the presidents idea that
the sooner they go the better it will
he for the democratic party. He
wants the reorganization to be Ell
fected along the lines laid down in
the Indianapolis platform, which he
regards as the embodiment of essen
tial democratic principles.
The president insists that it is only
to the democratic party, purified and
rejuvenated, as he hopes it will be by
this sloughing off process and by ac-
cessions from the repu blican and indie
pendent voters. that the people can
look with any degree of hope or conf
dence of relief from their burdens.
He thinks the greatest dangers which
now menace the county are the greed
of organized wealth and the rapacity
of corporations. He sees in the return
of the republican party to power no
prospect of an abatement Of these
evils.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-04
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS
Mnrder in lhs PenItenllarr.

Nashville. Nov. 27-The old State
prison was the scene Of killing tonight
about $50 o'clock. Henry Smith. COL
Ored, life prisoner from Shelby county.
being the victim, and Montague Davis,
colOred, OF Upton county, also life
prisoner, being the slayer. Davis, who
is about % years old, had been in prison
about thirteen months whilo his victim
had already served sixteen years.
smith was about IS years old. Both
werc mUrderers. Smith had been talk
ing around among the conFicts about
Davis. Tho latter heard OF iE s=d up
braided bim. Tonight they met in the
cell-room, where all tho prisoners are
placed for an hour before being sent to
their cells. The quarrel was renewed.
Smith attacked Davis with 4 shoe-knife
and Davis drew a small iron-bladed
knife and stabbed Smith in the right
arm and right breast. One cut struck a
big artery and Smith bled TO death al
most instantly.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-04
TYPHUS ANTI-TOXINE

New and Valuable Discovery i'm th8
Science of Therapeutics of InfectIou 8
Diseases.
WAsHTNGToN, Nov. 3U.-Uuited Sta tGs
Consul George Z. Sawter, at Glauchan.
sends to the department of state the
following account of a report soon 10
be published in a German medical
journal, by Prof. r. Pfeipper and Dr..
w. Kolle, two well.known bacteri.
ologists of Berlin, giving the effect of
number of experiments they have
made with ''typhus anti-toXine:"
IF their hopes are confirmed" says
the consul, 1.-The science of therapeu-
tics in infectious diseases will hare
received another most valuable acces'
sion in this new discovery. The two
experimenters believe that eXemptiG II
from typhus germs, like immunity
from cholera germs and other con
tagious diseases of like character, may
be traced back to the existence in the
blood of anti-typhoid substances, and
from this standpoint the very success
full results Of the Investigations
have been gained. That this theory
is most important and practical is re-
allied when the vitality of the typhus
bacillus, as discovered by Koch,
Eberth and Klebs, is given considera-
tion. The typhoid bacillus is known
to exist largely in well and spring
water, and the fact that they are fro
quently the cause Of infection Is
widely recognized by authorities on
bacteriolOgy. Consequently this latest
very important discovery IS to be
greeted with joy, rs it may prove in
the future the means of presery-
ing numberless lives from untimely
demise, particularly as man is sus-
ceptible to attacks from these bacilii
during the best years of his develop
ment-2O to 25 years. The inocula-
tions of 'typhus anti-toxine' can be
easily and quickly executed, and will
prove of great value and benefit espe.
cially in times of epidemic, when the
need of prompt and eficacious life
saving remedy is most urgent. The
entire fruits of the experiments will
soon be published for the benefit of
the medical world"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-04
SERIOUS TROUeLE
Threatened In Chill by ReyOiutiOnists--
A Dangerous EusIOn--C1asp EAcy AEainst
the Government.

Threatened In Chill by ReVOiutiOnists--
ADangcrOus A EusIOn-sC5a 5asp EAcy Against
the GOVerHmsHt.
SAN DIEGO Cal, Nov. 3U.--The Off
GERS of the British sloop-cf-war Wild
Swan, which arrived here la e on Fri
day evening from South American
ports, admitted to-day that serious
trouble was threatened in Chill by tn.
revolutionists at the time of the de
parture of the cruiser Duels and
personal encounters between Balma-
cedists and followers of Errazariz
were of frequent occurrence while the
Wild Swan was at Iquique, where i:
lay at anchor on election day, Septem.
Der IS last The officers learned from
relia BILE sources that the Balmacedists,
through a pretended coalition with
the opposition political party--in
reality fusion of liberals and conser
vatives-wcre giving their consent to
the election of Errazuriz with the in
tention of gaining time for conspi-
racy that was forming to overthrow
the government.
As a result of the fusion the enemies
of Errazuriz secured promise of sew
dI PAdSC9 III VIC CdDlACUs L hC OlAA~
cials so favored were to cause dis.
sension among the supporters of Err.
razuriz and by overturning the cabi-
net. take advantage of the crisis and
start a revolution. The reports that
the British officers heard both at lqui-
que and Coquimbo were that Errazuriz
was elected by the smallest ma jority
in the history of Chilean presidential
campaigns, and soon after the election
revolutionary talk was very nOticea-
bic at COQuimbo and Iquiaue, great
dissatisfaction being expressed Over
the cabinet selected by President Err
razuriz, who was himself unable to
remain on good terms with the mem
bers.
To add to the trouble, the finance
minister reported that deficit of So, :
900, 600 would be shown at the end of
1895, the principal expense being in
building up the navy. The president
also had trouble with the minister of
the interior regarding the appoint
ment of governors for certain dis
tricts, and the minister, who is said to
be friendly to the opposition, made
most of his chance to SOW seeds of dis
cord.
On financial questions the greatest
trouble arose, as the cabinet assumed
dictatorial methods, and the certain
downfall Of the ministry was expected
when congress met on November "a.
The Wild Swan was at Guayaquil on
that date and did not learn what took
place in Chill. 1t was said that Presi.
dent Errazuriz had invited BarrioI
Luco, leading liberal politician, to
form new cabinet in case the first
one went to pieces, and this he is sup
posed to have done. The Balmacedists
are certain to stir up trouble, and
there is every indication that it will
be serious
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-04
Injured In a Runaway.

While Paul Miller, Of Lewisburg, was
returning from Petersburg last week his
horses became frightened and ran away,
overturning the wgan, but doing no ma
terial damage to the driver. The team
ran on dowa the road and collided with
buggy containing Mrs. Z. j. McAdams,
OF Belfast, her son, Sherman McAdams,
and niece, Miss Jennie McAdams, OF
Rutherford county. The buggy was
torn to pieces, and the occupants were
thrown TO tho ground. Mrs. McAdams'
arm was broken and her face was con-
siderablY bruised, while Miss McAdnms
was seriously hart about the head and
shoulders.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-04
Gus and Dick Thomas.

Gus and Dick Thomas, the noted muir
derers and moonshiners OF Hardin cOun-
", who are under indictment for the
murder OF one or two men, we're taken
from Savannah last week and placed in
the Madison county Jail at Jackson.
They are regarded as the most desper-
ate men of that wild region, with posi-
lively no regard for human life. Before
he was locked ID Gus Thomas attempted
TO get hold OF pistol with which to
shoot bis guard, although the prisoner
was heavily ironed.