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newed in 1857 for forty years and viii be
renewed this year. The state appoints
tina. aQgsrnor. bur gets no share of the
profit. It's pays a 4 per cent. tax on its
dividends besides stamp duties, etc. Its
capital IS ls2 5.9 600 francs II has ninety
four branches distributed IN the provinces
The note issue IS limited by law to 4.vl1.
0G0,000 francs. or about $500 900 00o, but the
amount of reserve to be maintained is
left to the discretion of the bank. The
notes are legal tender 50 long as they arc
redeemed in coin The reserve in Decern-
Der, 1895, cons sted of 3,1S4, 100000 francs, Of
which ], $50. 100000 were gold and T. pa 500, 900
silver. The practice is to redeem notes
in the metal desired by the noteholder,
burt the bank charges a premium on gold
il 1t wishes 10 check a run" on its gold
for export. The bank looks after it's
notes and the French government Is not,
like ours, bothered with maintaining gold
reserve to prevent the depreciation of all
the paper money in circulation.
The money OF Germany consists of gold
SCI, 600; silver S21z, 100000; notes Of the
Imperial Bank, $25l, 10000, The Imperial
Bank issues nearly an the notes permit
ted. 1t is a private bank so far as own
ership is concerned, but the government
virtually controls it. The capital is $780,
O0cO00. In December, 1883, its notes is
sued against securities were $4,000 eco. the
0O0e00. ISSUES of notes secured by bonds
in excess OF $75.000.0O0 are subject to a tax
Of per cent, elasticity being thus Sc
cured. The notes are not legal tender
There are "a branches besides 30 auxiliary
agencies in various parts of Germany
There are S30000000 of German treasury
notes secured by an equal amount of gold
In the war chest
Austria-Hungary is credited with gold.
100000, 600; silver, 120000, 900; government
treasury notes, s165 100000; bank notes.
$3.50, 100000 There is but one bank author
lzed to issue notes, and 1t is a private
institution, not controlled by the govern
ment. For nearly fifty years the country
mas had an irredeemable paper currency,
which 1t is now getting rid Of The notes
issued by the bank in excess of 200 900, 900
horins must be covered by an equal
amount of coin. All over the amount of
coin must be secured by good discount
paper, Last October the bank held S2G.-
$4,000 in gold and $50, $4,000 silver. with
circulation of s215, zoo, 600
The estimated stock of money in Rus
STA is, gold, &5O,00O,0Q0; silver, $50, 900 900;
bank notes, $S25,000,000, with a metallic re-
serve of s295, 100000. The National Bank
OF Russia, owned and controlled by the
state, is the only bank allowed to issue
notes. The notes are issued at the dis
cretfon OF the government and are below
par, They are, like our greenbacks, a
forced loan, being legal tender. They are
not redeemable even in silver and are
sometimes below the par of silver The
gold held by the bank is not for the re-
dempuon of its notes. Nominally. the
notes are bank notes, but they are really
government treasury notes like our green
backs.
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a car THAT KEEPS HOUSE.
The Remarkable Performance once
Year of Tante SOphie's Nick.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
New Orleans, Dec. Giving on the out
skirts of this city, away out on Where
street. in the nelghborhood of St Roch's
Chapel. there is a queer old character,
Tante Sophie by name. Tante Sophie Is
a little bit of a brown Frenchwoman,
whom her neighbors know scarcely at all.
and who rumor says is possessed of con-
siderably more wealth than her humble
surroundings would lead one to believe.
Tante Sophie's only companion in the
little one-roomed, one-storied cottage
among the china trees is a black cat,
Nick, that is a terror, not only to the
other felines, but to all the children and
many of the grown folks of the neighbor-
hood.
Sophie leaves home, remaining away for
three days at a time reappearing as sud-
denly as she departs. Just where and
why she goes none of her neighbors have
yet discovered The most superstitious
aver that she walks the whole length of
the Ridge road and back with dried peas
in her shoes TO do penance for her sins
while the most sensible perhaps, belize We
that she goes by boat TO st. Martinsville
or elsewhere to collect her rents. But be
that as it may, during the old woman $
absence she leaves her house and pos
sessions with no other protector than
the cat. Nick.
The intelligent feline seems perfectly
adequate to the responsibility of solitary
housekeeping, and to the ordinary obs
server TaEte Sophies cottage during her
absence presents the same appearance of
being occupied as when she is herself at
home. Before she leaves she lights the
gas and sets the door partially ajar, leav-
ing space enough for Nicks exit and en-
trance. OF course. the burning gas is
not observed through the closed blinds
in the day time. and Nick goes In and
out and about the place quite as he does
when his mistress is at home. At night
he has onsy to push a light block against
the door to close 1t. when the little cot
tage is as cosy and habitable as may be
with its glowing light shining through
the chinks.
This idea Of a cats keeping house is
no doubt a novel one, but Tante Sophie S
plan Is none the less a wise one. Nick s
reputation for witchcraft makes him an
adequate guardian of the effects in the
superstitious eyes of her neigh bors, and
the houses general appearance of being
inhabited probably keeps it from being
entered by strangers
AT all events, nobody was ever known
to take advantage Of Tante Sophie's alb
sence, and Nick's housekeeping seems to
lie altogether successful
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WONDERFUL SLEEP-WALKING.
Young Woman in Denver Who
Beats the Record,
From the Denver Republican.

From the Denver Republican.
Neurologists and medical men generally
are awaiting with deep interest the out
come of a system of curative treatment
somnambulist Annie Rossman is being
subjected to in the county hospital This
remarkable sleep-walker, whose uncon-
scious journeyings about the city late
at night have made her a familiar person
to the police and the public, has been
in custody a week. On the order OF
County Physician Clark she was removed
from police headquarters to the hospital
The precautions taken by the attendants
of the latter institution to keep her from
going abroad during her active slunnbers
are certain to prove effective. She Is kept
all alone In ward that is equipped with
the most securely fastened windows and
doors in the entire hospital. Night and
day nurse is within hearing of even her
slightest movement.
1t Is agreed by the best neurolovists in
the city that Miss Rossman is the most
interesting somnambulistic subject that
ever came under their notice Her historv
since she came to Denver over two years
ago strongly bears out this sweening
assertion. She Is now in her twenty-sev-
enth year, and, except for her irrepres-
sibie tendency to activity while in the
sleeping state and sluggish circulation
Of the blood, she enjoys excellent health
She is OF the perfect blonde tyne lsrsee
OF physique and comely Of feature. when
normal her mentality is OF a high stand
ard, ana she Is well educated. These at
tributes make her an intensely rare ns,.
Geological study, as somnambullsts SCI
dom possess them.
Although dlsinclined to talk about her
ailairs, statements made with much reti-
Tina 70 "a
quarters by her have given the author,
Ties a fair biographical knowledge or Miss
RoSsman. Her home is IN Pecola. Kas
About eight years ago Miss Rossrnan ers,
became a sleep-walker SO Tar as car ~
learned, the malady had no definite nre-
disposing cause that It's victim professes
70 be aware Of In the early stages M
her sonhainpulism Miss Rossman was
not attacked with frequency IL was oni,,
after her advent Ia Denver that the az
ease assumed the intense phase IN u,bicb
Il now manlfesis itself. The altitude
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ed and made way with. 1t should be no
ticed in regard to these everlasting
rhymes, these perennial couplets and qua
trains, these never-dying verses that they /
are very good. While not belonging to tha
highest order of poetry, they are metric. (
ally perfect. They run trippingly off ths
tongue, never halt on their feet, and ard
readily adapted to music. The mothers
convention is said to have objected that
the verses were not literal statements OtI
fact; that there was no reason to BELIEVED
for instance, that the rhyme Hey diddlSI
diddle, the cats in the fiddle was faith.I
full portrayal of the actual circumstance,
and that the statements that the cow
jumped over the moon" was at best al
gross eKaggeration. 1t must be confessed
that the Imagination of childhood giVesl
itself a somewhat free rein.
The moral sentiment of the mothefs
convention was shocked by "Tom, Tom the
piper's son, who stole a pig and away
he rum" 1t was claimed that the ten.
dency of this was to make a hero oll
Thomas in the eyes of childhood thoI
convention critics apparently railing vi
note the conclusion of the narrative winch
expressly states that, while the pig was
eat" the malefactor Thomas was beat
anu luIAItEHIOEG Thai nc NSDt AtSNN-'
down the street." Whatever objections
however may be entertained against me
intellectual or moral character OF tns
verses. it would be difficult to find chili
of all the millions who have received ther
first mental nourishment, their hrst prac'
tice in the arts of poetry and music from
Mother Goose who can trace to SUCH
it's moral or spiritual undoing d,
1t is a real consolation to know that ~
this worrying and fretting about the ehll'
dren is as fruitless as 1t is necessary;
The young human creature, we shoula
thank heaven, is to remain as In the Pc
ginning, not to be shaped to one rug
or model. Children defy, for few years
at least, the plans and efforts OF the re-
formers" They play the old games tne5
repeat the old ''jingle" verses and leala !,
from each other the lore that chlldhooa
has preserved through untold centuries
Long live Mother Goose" long i've Ihs
little worshippers at her ancient shrine
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"A boy born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Prs', .o
during the ringing OF the cnrfe~ OF =
Deka. Kas. The other evening, mas "
named Charles Curiew Prescott
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THE BLACK HOLE OF MANILA
A story of Spanish Cruelty Tola :"
an Ohicer in the japanese serNic''

Nh OAAtEE AfA AhN
From the Philadelphia Ledger
Wichita, Kan, Dec. 20--C. II. Davla'0'
a banker Of this city, has received -,
ter from his son, James Wheeler paNu'
son, member Of the Imperial Japan'''
Guard, who is stationed at Formosa' Wn.
ing of the horrible cruelty OF span'''1'
toward the natives Of the Pmhppns
Islands, who are now in revolution Ssa'D''
their oppressors.
Young Davidson went to the FhlnpP's
Islands recently to investigate the cou sSs
ton of affairs there and report ths
japanese government. He found tha. .ab.
natives and half-castes were beihs s
jected to the most cruel fortunes h,iO "a
20 history, and their condition NaS,
pitlablc as to excite his deepest syin ny ,ss
but he dared not make known tne I'M ,m.
facts while on the island withou' -"
perilng his life. a., ina
The methods OF torture inflicted by tns
inquisition are resorted to In WIlns@3i
confessions OF treason from suspects ~
he declares that 5000 suspects nave ~,
arrested and thrown into foui M
and dungeons at Manila. The bla ss.n .Is.
OF Calcutta has a grim rival III ms n
and MIR. Davidson describes the oeas sotb.
fifty-nine unfortunates who were sliy - 4
cred in the black hole there. Iheie MIN
large underground pit in Mania, a,sra
an opening above, and 400 nauges .nsn.
thrust into Il at one time, ana w oF ey.
ing closed. Tho foul air was soon Ma.
hausted. and the imprisoned w w esch
mad for breath OF air, fongnl o,ssS.
other like demons. Their cries aiio ,en.
ings failed 20 move the heart OF ,''s
try and ffty-nine were sm0fherea
"A boy born 10 Mr.. and Mrs Pre'ss'
during the ringing OF the cnrfe" a' =
Deka, Kas.. The other evening, mas -
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This Doc TeIIs Time BY the cIocI.


Paris, Tex.--H. c. Peterson, a workman
al the cotton seed mill OF this place, owns
dog, Nick, that can tell the time of
day. II Is Nick's duty TO take his masters
dinner to him ia little pail, and should
Mrs. Peterson by any mischance overlook
the matter the dog is sure to remind her
IN proper time by bringing the bucket
and urging her to IN it, At first II was
supposed 10 be the dogs intuition merely
that enabled him to know the hour, but
he has many times been seen watching
the clock, and once, when Mrs. Peterson
set the hands ahead TO test the matter
Nick brought the dinner pan promptly on
the stroke Of II, through IN reality II was
only H.
Nick IL as familiar with the whlatles as
Peterson ls himself and alwaya sees 10 Il
lhai his muster IL awake al the proper
time each morning 20 begin his work. II
Peterson oyersleeps himself. Nick IL sure
90 be on The alert ana at the first sound
of me carly whistle runs 20 the bedside
ana barlSs tlli his master Is awake.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-12-01
MARION COUNTY COURT.
Official Proceedings of the November
Term, 1896.

Continued from yesterday.l
JURORS CLAIMS, OCTOBER TERN, 1 S96.
Claimant Days. Miles. Amt.cld
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FREE TO EVERY MAN.
The Method of a Great Treat
ment for Weakness of Men,
Which Cured Him After Everything
Else Failed,

Painful diseases are bad enough, but when
a man is slowly wasting away with nervous
weakness. the mental forbodings are ten times
worse than the most severe pain. There IS
no LEI M 10 the mental suffering day or night.
SIeen Is almost impossible and under such
strain men are scarcely Responsible ior VIVA,
they do For years the writer Ioiled ana
tossed on the troubled sea OF sexual weakness
until il was a question whether ne had no,
better take dose Of poison and mus emo
ali his troubles. But providential inspiia
tion came to his aid in the shape oil combi-
nation of medicines that not only completely
restored the general health, but enlarged ms
veal and emaciated parts to natural size ana
,igor and he now declares that any man VINO
Iii take the trouble to send his name ana
address NAV have the method oi this wondef, ,
fnI treatment free. Now when l say Tree
man absolutely without cost, because want
everv weakened man to get the beneht oil my
am moi a philanlhropist, nor do pose as
- .n,bnsiast hut there are thousands oi men
suffering tbe tortures Of weakened manhoou
mo would be cured at once eoaia lney
I'm, oet such remedy as the one that ealeI
ne 10 not Try 10 study out how can anoIu
=. -, he few postage stamps necessary 10
III 'he informition, but send for Il and learn
,I- .I-t ,hsre are a few things on earth 'ha'
aI,honah thev cost nothing to get they arc
worth fortune 10 some men Snu w. -
lifetime Of happiness to most oi u, VIZ ~ "
Thomas Slater, Box 800, haiall4aoo' s,i nia;I
and tbe information will be mailed N A~'@'
sealed envelope.
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At Albany and Corvallis connect wit
trains Of Oregon Central & Eastern Railroad
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Ihast in dWeeky
Silver Of all
n
Bmetai to building this the
mase o
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Departments Devoted to
I. News and markets.
z. Agriculture and Horticulture.
3. Household and Domestic EconOmv,
a. Review Of Books and Magazines.
The Journal will labor develop Oregon It's columns will ccua
news and CORRESPONDENTS from ever e ae OneOdses and
progress n the manv industries and aid 1.-THE upbudg Of all ou
counrvsand towns.

You governmet
population win All our
ghh politicians ,ns
honest administrator by nsnt edpeauo
Reform o. The primary .na se.o ws
Reform the constitution and al ponu Powsr
TO
bene6s ntos and sample eopt
vilmake
nauonA a'"' "
anden month
daily arranged
.sev. % large type daily weekly payable strictly hn
sent beyond time paid fa.
rz-polose coin wrspped5n paper wiyO hsk.
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Made

Rppning sores broke out on my thighs
pieces OF bone came out and an operation
vas contemplated. I had rheumatism in
nv legs, drawn up out of shape. lost ap-
petite, could not sleep. was a perfect
wreck. / continued to grow worse ard
spslly gave up the doctors treatment to
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-12-01

The iron grasp Of scrofula has no
..orcy upon its victims. This demon
:, ~ The blood is often not satisfied with
.snsing dreadful sores, but racks the
Sodv with the pains of rheumatism
Dutil Hoods Sarsaparilla cures.
aNearly four years ego ! became af-
s,otsd with scrofula and rheumatism.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-12-01

take Hoods Sarsaparilla. Soon appetite
came back; the sores commenced to heal.
NV limbs Strengthened out and threw
swsy my crutches. 1 am now stout and
hearty and am farming, whereas four
wears ago l was a cripple. gladly rec
ommend Hoods Sarsaparilla." URBAN
HAMMOND, Table Grove, Illinois.
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0. R. & N. co.
TO THE EAST GIvEsa The CHOICE
Or
Two iTranscontinentaI
R0ui0c.

Via Spokane Minneapolis 81 Paul and Den.
yer Omaha and Kansas City. Low rates to
eastern cities.
.jOCEAN DIVISION.
Portland-San Francisco.
Steamers leave Ainsworth dock. Portland
Sept. ID, Io, "a, 2o and Oct. 4, 9, IA, Io, "a,
and 20.
Fare-Cabin, sra; steerage, So.
WILLAMETTE RIVER DIVISION.
For Portland and way points steamers Ruth
and Elmore daily except Sunday, at 6i45
a. m. Returning, leave Portland daily ex..
cept Sunday. at 6 a. m. For Harrisburg and
way points steamer Modoc, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday, about S p. m. Return.
ing, leave Harrisburg for Corvallis, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at p. M, arriving
at Salem. the next afternoon.
Lowest freight and passenger rates. Round
trip tickets very cheap. Tickets sold and
baggage checked through TO all points in
Oregon, Washington and the East. No extra
charge for baggage Transfers. Choice OF rail.
road or river route to Portland.
For full details call on Boise & Barker
agents, Salem, Oregon, or address.
e. MCNEIL,
Pres and Manager.
w. II. HURLBURT.
Gen'l Pas. Agt. Portland, Or
For full detaiis call on or address
G. M. POWERS,
Foot Of Trade st. Local Agent.
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legal Notifies.
~-~-~~rN-~~~-N-~-~~~-~-s
STATE OF MAINE.

HANCOCK sat probate court held a,
Bluehill, in and for said county, on the SEE
ond Wednesday Of J ally. a. d. 1895.
4 CERTAIN instrument purporting To h.
"A the last will and testament having been
filed for probate by the executor thereIn
named, OF each of the following named per.
sons:
samuel T Dow. late Of Hancock, in said
county, deceased. A. r. Burnham named
executor.
Warren 4. Haywood, late of Bucksport. in
said county. deceased, Ara Warren aid Dana
T.. Warren named executors,
Josiah {. webb. late OF Deer Isle in said
county. deceased, Cyrena c. Buckminstr-
formerly Cyrena {. stevens named execu,
triN.
Phebe Phillips, late of Surry, in said cnun
~. deceased. William X. Miiliken and Manoel
A. Casper named executors.
Ordered. That notice thereof be given to all
persons interested therein, by causing a copy
of this order to be published three weeks sue
cessively In the Ellsworth American, news
paper printed at Ellsworth, in said COUNTY
that they may appear nj a probate court to be
held at Ellsworth. in and for said county on
the second Wednesday 81 August. a. d Isas
at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, and be heard
thereon, and object If they see cause.
o. 2. CUNNISGHtM. Judge Of Probate
\ true copy Of the original order.
Attest:-CHAs. z. DoRR, Register.
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\ Newspaper StraddIe

The Eastern Argus, Portland's dem
ocratic organ. has rather doubtingly
wheeled into line behind the Bryan
Sewall silver band wagon.
The Argus is making itself ridiculous
in the attempt to straddle from a
sound money state ticket TO cheap
money national ticket. 1t is natural
that the 4rg,ts should say: There is
a feeling OF anxiety and expectancy
in the air Unless Messrs. Winslow
and Sewau travel on nearly parallel
lines. which from present indications
is far from likely, the argus. in its
great straddling act, is likely to find
itself il an EMBARRASSING position.
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Guess again!

That Bryan is a natural born orator
is all that can be said in his favor
During the two terms he served in
Congress he demonstrated that there
was little underneath his ability to
talk brilliantly, smoothly and dramat-
ically, and before he retired he was at
outs with all the democratic leaders
because of mis- having shown that he
was much more of a populist than a
democrat. He was SO much of pop
uhst that only two years ago he
wanted the popuist nomination for
governor of Nebraska, but was beaten
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STATE OF MAINE.


H.NCoCK sSt-Court of Insolvency.
NOTICE il hereby given that the following
~ matters in the cases hereinafter
enumerated have been presented to the court
Of Insolvency at a term Of said court begun
and held AT Bluehill, in and for said COUNTY
on the eighth day of July. A. d
lsfs. for the action thcrcupou hereinafter
indicated, and that it is ordered by said
court that notice thereof be published in
the Ellsworth American, . newspaper printed
a. Ellsworth. In said county Of Hancock
once A Week FOR three successive weeks
thai any person interested in either Of said
matters may appear at a court OF Insolvency
10 be held At Ellsworth, IN and for said
county, on tho thirteenth daY Of August next
At eleven O'Clock in the forenoon, and be
heard thereon, aud object IL they see cause.
benjamin !. staples. % swans Island Plan.
tatinn. in said county. IBsolNent debtor. Pc
tttiun fer discharge from ali debts proFabje
against his estage Guiaf the Insolvency laws
Of Maine. Sled hF said Benjamin J. staples
u. l.. Nave. Of fremont. IA said county. i'm
solvent : htor- Petition Tor discharge from
al deUts proyAbte against his estate Gude-
the insolvency lAHs ot Maine, hlcd by said u
l. M4yo.
William II. ward 81 fremont. in said caun-
y. Iu>o5ss Tit arltor. Appointment; OF second
pettiH., - creditors tiIsd aud approved
Attest A. p. paRR, Register
Of said court for s4id county 81 Hancock
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national committee from 1855 until DR.
Seth c. Gordon, OF Portland, was elected
in his place a few days ago. Mr.. Sewsll
Is prominent advocate OF free silver
coinage, fac, which contributed to the
refusal of his fellow delegates to Chicago
mittee.
An interesting feaiure OF this nominal
tion Is that Mr.. Sewsll's son. Harold NJ,
who served s. consul TO Ssmos during
the first Cleveland administration. is now
republican OF republicans. having re-
nouuced democracy because of the party :
failure IN administration.