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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
IN "a SAID

That several weddings will
take place in Point Pleasant be-
fore the violets bloom.
That the people of Point Pleas
ant care very little about the
cleanliness of their back yards
and stable lots.
That there is too much tardi-
ness reported from the public
school. Parents should see that
the children get to school on
time.
That the candidates for county
offices in Mason will be quite nu-
mcrous next election.
That the tricks and inconsis-
tencies of society of this day are
wonderful in conception and fas-
cinating in execution.
That if you read the Daily
Register you are always posted
as to the happenings of your
town.
That if you are good citizen
you will pay your bills-especi-
ally your subscription bill.
That the Parish Tea at the
Episcopal Rectory was a very
enjoyable affair.
That the hotel accommoda-
tions in Point Pleasant are bet
ter than any town three times its
size.
That nearly all modern theo-
logians agree that the nearest
road to hell is via the bar,rooms
and card tables, but let us hope
that there are exceptions.
That if young womanhood
would organize and demand a
higher and nobler manhood,
they would work wonders with
the morals OF the young men of
today.
That if our girls would discour-
age the attentions of young men
to drink, they could effect a
greater reformation than all the
preaching in christendom will do.
That one woman who knows
how to make a happy home
whose mind is filled with noble
thoughts, is worth more to the
world than a car load of "cara-
mel tlirts" and street ornaments.
That sin and degradation are the
same whether their RENDEZVOUS be
parlor with electric lights, soul
filling music and rare flowers or
a foul den in dark, dirty alley.
The same hell is yawning for
each crowd.
That tho road between Heaven
and hell is one st aight, broad
highway and all the mortals OF
this world are on it; each going
one way or the other. AS Sam
Small says if you are not going
Heavenward you are bound to be
drifting hellward.
That the beginning of each
year many people make lot OF
resolutions only to break them
over before ground hog day.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
SWeepings.

Drop that bad habit.
Wanted, good sloighing.
Forbearance is no acquittanco.
Courage mountoth with occasion
Better be half hanged than i'll we'd
Every cook praises his own broth.
Conscience is tho chamber of jus.
tico.
Fools mako feasts and wise mon
eat them.
Beggars mounted run their horses
to deaht.
Bc slow of giving advice, ready to
do service.
Crows bewail tho dead shoep, and
thon eat thom.
Bettor blush in tho face than q
spot in tho heart.
If money DO not thy servant it
will BIO thy master.
He that boasthoth of himself af-
fronteth his company.
"The days begin to lengthon; tho
cold begins to strengthen"
Lent this year begins on Feb. 10,
and Easter Sunday is April 9th.
Leap Year. Now, then, girls.
Tho last chance of the 10th century.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Mnsr YIRaINIA,s aRRATNEss.

Her Growth and Natural Developments.
Governor MacCorkle sums up
West Yirginia's wealth in indus.
tries in the following succinct Ian.
guage;
In national convention ton
years ago newspaper reporter
mentioned a recalcitrant member
nss hailing from the "Little State Of
West Yirninia." Would that be
true today2
The State is three times as large
as Massachusetts,.
In Wheeling thero is tho largest
nail mill in the world. There are
invested in tho industries of Wheel
ing alone, ten million dollars, with
annual sales aggregating fifty mil
lions.
In 1880 railroads mileage was
691 miles, in 1892 it was 1,7OO-the
second State in the Union in rail
road building.
Z In 1890 the "Big Injun" sand
r,had not been touched; today the
oil output is 100000 barrels per
year, the second oil producing
State Tho rich Gordon and Berea
sands only touched in two places
The Sistersville field is today the
greatest oil producing field in the
country.
In 1880 we produced 1,4O4,oOs
tons of coal; in 1893 produced
1O,70O,O0O tons, making tho fourth
producing State.
In 1880 we produced 121,715
tons of coal; in 1893 produced l..
O62,O0O,OOO tons, making second
coke State. New River coke out
selling Connellsville in Chicago.
The great Pittsburg seam scarcely
touched.
We have $4,000 square miles o.
coal, making our coal area the
greatest.
In Flat Top region, in 1880, there
WAS nothing but a wilderness
Last year tho coal output wal
3,254,oOo tons; the coke moro thar
$4,000 tons.
We have tho largest area of hare
wood in the Union.
Our taxes are only 81 mills or
tho dollar for State purpose
Our school system is excellent
with less than million people, We
spont less last year s2,OOO,OOO fol
education. Tho State has not {
dollar of debt.
We have low taxes, salubriouI
climate, no locusts, grasshoppers
cyclones, or droughts.
Tho State is tho gateway be
tween tho West and North, and il
right at the market.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
O0"sold by Druggists, 75c.

Tho graduates aud former stu
dents of the West Virginia Univer-
sity residing in Parkorsburg ind
vicinity met last Friday night, at
tho call of Waitman Barbo, and or
ganizcd tho Petersburg Associa.
ton of tho West Virginia Uni.
versity with membership OF
nearly fifty.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
AUTUMN GALES.


AS we behold the beautiful leaves
flying in the autumn gales, tinted in
all the magnificent colors of nature,
we reflect and wonder, is there any
comparison between the beauty of
art and nature7 We must answer
yes. Go into the millinery store of
Mrs. Anna Denton, note the won
derful display of millinery goods
the lovely hats in many styles that
will convince you. The ladies have
a standing invitation to call on her,
see her goods and get best prices.
oct23. 95.1yr.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

1t is a wonder that those of this
town who mako a profession OF
charity (humanitarism) don't call
the attention of the police to tho
largo and frequent quantity of wire
which is to be seen and folt on tho
sidewalks and in tho cutters.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Many merchants are well aware that
their customers are their best friends
and take pleasure in supplying them
with the best goods obtainable. AS an
instance We mention Perry & Cameron,
prominent druggists of Flushing Mich.
They say: I'VE have no hesitation in
recommending Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to our customers, as it is the
best cough medicine we have ever sold,
and always gives satisfaction" For
sale at 25 cents per bottle by G. w. NJ.
Hooff, Druggist.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Card to the Pnblic.

We desire to say that all Caskets,
sold by us are made of hard wood,
and are so manufactured as to ad
nit of full inspection; and whore we
sell cedar casket, we will warrant
it all Florida or Tennessee red &C.
dar, and not tho cheap, common red
wood of the Pacific coast, and which
is sometimes called red cedar, to do
ceive intending purchasers. We
also guarantee our prices as low for
tho Same class of goods as they can
be furnished by any firm in tho bus.
moss, mono excepted, and arc backed
up in this by tho largest manufac.
turers of funeral goods in the United
States. Respectfully,
e. j. TIPPETT,
Furniture and Undertaking, Point
Pleasant. may 20 tt
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Foot Iniured.

Miss Kato Yollert and several
others who arc to take part in the
Stortz-Munford nuptial ceremonies
were up to the brides homo at Lock
IL last night having a rehearsal,
and woro returning homo about
$50 o'clock. Before getting into
tho basket to cross tho river on the
cable, she stepped off board walk,
throwing hor some several feet.
She was brought homo and DR.. L..
V. Guthrie was summoned, and
upon examination it was developed
that tho small bono of her left foot
was dislocatod. Miss Hattie Butler
will act as brides, maid in Miss
Vollerts place.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
lie Will be Missed.

On account of continued ill
health, Col. Flintlocll Perry, who
has successfully conducted the
editorial department of the Kama
wha Valley Democrat since that
paper was founded, has retired
from the editorial chair.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

D1ED-At hor parents home in the
Flats, Miss Eva, daughter of Robt.
o. Boggess, at the ago of 10 years,
with typhoid fever, Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, and will be burri-
cd in the family cemetery at 3
o'clock p. m. today, by Row. j. w.
Simpson.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Creditors Notice.

70 the Creators Of John B. Schiller.
deceased:
T N pursuance of n decree of the Circuit
Court of the County of Mason, made in
cause therein pending, to subject the real
payment of his debts, you are required "a
present your claims against the estate of the
said John ID. Schuler, for adjudication tC
George Poncnbarger, Commissioners, at thC
law Office of II. II. Howard In the said
airy, 1896
said Court, this 9th day of December, 1906.
Dec. II-Uw II. r. MITCHELLI, Clerk.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Sir Edward Clarke, speaking at
Plymouth last evening, in reforring
to Yonezuela, said:
"Wo'must not be too inpatient or
angry with tho Monroe doctrine. If
we refuse to arbitrate except out
side of tho Schomburgk line wo
should have war with tho Upited
States, and war in which wo
should not bo right. Each side
must yield to somo extont. We
must ignore the American Com
mission, but to say that limo fixed
in 1910 was unalterable was to
adopt as unreasonable an attitude
as the United States adopted in
President Clevelands message"
The close of Sir Edward Clark's re.
marks was greeted with cheers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

II suffering with piles, it will interest
you to know that De Wits Witch Haz-
ell Salve will cure them. This medicine
is specific Tor all complaints of this
are simplc) are carried out, a cure will
result. We have tested this in numer-
GUS cases, and always with like results.
1t never fails. a. @. Van Glider.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

The threatened trouble between
this country and Great Britain over
tho Venezuela boundary question
makes tho 9th day of January, or
"St. Jackson's Day." as the New
Orleans people love to call it, of par
ticular interest this year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
April is, 1sa4.1y-t. c. n. r. m.

Prof. f. G. Craigo, a member of
the school book board appointed by
Governor MacCorklo under the law
passed last winter, is ill with pneu.
monia at his home in Wheeling.
1t is thought that as soon as no ro
covers sufficiently to attend to his
work the board will hold meeting
to arrange for advertising for bids
on books to be used in our public
schools.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

DIED.-Sidnoy, nino,months old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. @. Frost,
at thoir homo on Wand street last
evening at z o'clock. Tho parents
will leave to morrow morning with
tho remains for burial at Marietta,
Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Foot Cut.

Ben. f. Ellis, bridge carpenter on
tho X. & NJ, accidentally cut his
right foot worry seriously Monday
while working on trestlo at Can.
notion. Flo was brought to his
homo at Ambrosia. DR.. u. ".
Guthrie rendered tho proper surgi-
cal aid.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Tho gang of thieves that have
annoyed and distressed tho farmers
below Kanawha, through the in
dustry of our officers, is now we'll
nigh broken up.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Marriage license issued yesterday
by tho County Clork: Robert Nc
Callestor and Mary Il. Batoman;
Frank A. Stortz and Florence NJ.
Munford.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

Miss kirkpatrick has brought
suit against tho city of Parkers.
burg through her attorney, D. H
Leonard, for $4,000 damages, claim
ing that she foil on some board
walks and broke her arm.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

The principal objection raised to
Justice Brewer, tho head of tho
Venezuelan commission, is that at a
Yale dinner. once upon time, he
alluded to tho then President Hayes
as 'the husband of Mrs. Hayes" 1t
was, perhaps, hard thrust and just
a little bit mean, but it was so ap.
propriate thatit was applauded to
tho echo wherever Americans wore
found.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Dc Wits Little Early Risers for bill
iousness, indigestion, constipation. A
small pill, Il prompt cure. a. O. Van
Glider.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

One Minute Cough Cure is rightly
named. 1t affords instant relief from
suffering when afflicted with severe
cough or cold. 1t acts on the throat,
fails to give Immediate relief. A. 6.
Van Glider.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoFIao

A worthy deacon in town some
whero or other, gave notice at a
prayer meeting the other night of a
church meeting that was to be held
Immediately after, and unconscious.
ciously added: "Thero is no objoc.
ton to tho female brothren ROMAN.
ing" Thisreminds us of clergy
man who told in his sermon last
Sunday of a very affecting scone,
whore "thero wasn't dry tear in
tho house."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Coughing irrtates the delicate organs
and aggravates the disease. Instead of
waiting, try One Minute Cough Cure. 1t
helps at q making aal expeSSt9GrafItion
nation. Every one likes it. A. G. Van
Glider.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

"rho t.co Of 'castoria is co universal and
ita merits SO we'll known that it secms q work
Of slpercrogGtion to cndorsso #. Few arc tho
Intelligent families who DO not keep Castorin
within easy reach"
CARLos MARTYS, ID. D.,
New York city.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Tho trial of John b. Lindsay for
tho murder of VIM. Cundiff is set
for January 18th, at Pomeroy, o.
Hon. Dan Voorhees,, of Indiana, will
assist on part of tho defense.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Almost every day you 500 where
some one is killed or bodily injured
on shanty boat near tho thriving
littlo city of Sistorsvillo. Why don't
you run the boats away2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
What. is

cnstoria prescription
and children. neither Opium, Morphine
Narcotic substance 1T is harmless substitute
Paregorc, Drops, Soothing syrups, and Castor OIL
millions Mothers ChiIdren's Panacea
Tho Mothers Friend.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Thoro arc Middloport people who
say through tho columns of the Hor-
aid that thero will be no change as
to tho Consumers Coal and Mining
Company Middleport Middle
port-where is Middleport2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

They arc putting down we'll for
oil over at Adamsvillo, Gallia Co.,
Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Not few who read what Mr.. Rober
Rowls, of Hollands, Va, has to say be-
low. willremember their own exper-
ienceunder like circumstances: Last
winter had la grippe which left me in
a low state of health tried numerous
remedies, none of which did me any
good, until was induced to try a bottle
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The
first bottle of it so far relieved me that
1 was enabled TO attend to my work
and the second bottle effected cure"
For sale at 20 and so cents per bottle
by G. w. NJ HooH, Druggist.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

No excuse for sleepless nights when
you can procure One Minute Cough
Cure. This will relieve all annoyances,
cure the most severe cough and give you
rest and health. Can yon afford to do
without it? "A. @. Van Glider.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

1t is eminently fitting that Utah
should be admitted to statehood
during a leap year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

@. r.. Hommock, of Corodo, and
three of his children were poisoned
day before yesterday by eating
cheese, and are in critical condi-
ton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Castoria.

"CastorIn Isso well adapted 10 children that
Irccommond It us superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. a. ARcHEa, II. D.,
III Go. oxford Ct, brooklyn, N. y.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
Castoria.

cnstoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhea, Eructation,
Ellis Worms gives sleep, and promotes dt
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

One Minute Cough Cure is popular
remedy for Group. Safe for children
and adults. a. Q. Van Glider.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Piles of people have piles, bit ID, =
Wits Witch Hazel Salve wi cure
them. When promptly applied i cures
scalds and burns without the slightest
pain. 40. Van Glider.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

When the Chill Mists OF the Morning
Hang like pail over the surface of the
earth, it will be well for you before ven
turing into the raw vaporous air, charg-
ed, perhaps, with the seeds of malaria
or provocative OF rheumatic twinges, to
take wineglassful of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, and thus shield yourself
from atmospheric influences threaten
ing to health. II you happen to get
showed, sleeted or rained upon, use the
same preventive, and avoid the rheuma-
tism or dangerous cold. The agreea-
BILE warmth infused into :the circulation
by this genial stomachic, its invigora-
ting and regulating properties command
it to appreciative of the fact that pre-.
vention is better than cure. Use tn
Bitters for dyspepsia, billousness, ner-
vousness and kidney trouble, sick head
ache and debility.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Leap year is a great fraud. The
women who are brazen enough to
propose to man are not modest
enough to wait for leap year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Miss Lily Irena Jackson, OF
Parkersburg, is alternating the suf-
ferings of many a poor family Of
that city by distributing provisions
and fuel among them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

"Tor several years hnve recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue to
do go as it has invariably produced beneficial
EDWIN f. PARDEE, NJ. D.,
1e5th Etreet and 9TH Ave-, New York City.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Gallipolis froman have refused
to work with colored men in the do.
partmont, and the city fathers have
appointed committee to reorganize.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15
A newspaper is always printed i

A newspaper is always printed in
rush. There is always something
in it that should have been left out,
and something left out that should
have been put in. 1t is sometimes
too quick to act, but with all it's
faults and shortcomings there is
moro education in bright news
paper than there is in a high class
novel. You will find the brightest
boy on practical, sensible, every
day questions in the boy who reads
the newspapers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

This ought to be the most notable
and most progressive year in Point
Peasants history. Proper efforts
on the part of evcry citizen will
mako it so. Our prospects were
mover so bright.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Wife-Here's an account of man
who shot himself rather than suffer the
pnngs of indigestion. Husband-The
fool Why didn't he take De Wits Lit.
tie Early Risers? used to suffer as bad
as he did before commenced taking
these little pills. A. G. Van Glider.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

The people of tho United States
love peace, but that doesn't indicate
that they will stand any bullying,
from England or any other country.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-01-15

Ts eserrAur COMPANY, s41Hlsr. cFTr
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-10
GOLD AND SILVER.

Compiled for the Globe-Democrat.
Wyoming has produced $S4S,335 of
gold and $4,000 of silver.
Greece has 100000 of gold in cir
culation to 100000 of silver.
Oregon has produced $21, 246,696 of
gold and S94 800 of silver.
Colorado has produced S6S,246, 200
of gold and $24 ,S00,914 of silver.
Nevada has produced $50, SIS, 267 of
gold and $104, 191 ,259 of silver.
South Dakota has produced $50.
923, 627 Of gold and $1,051, S24 of sill
yer.
Italy has $96,0OO,o0O of gold coin in
circulation and S16,5OO,0O0 of silver.
The gold circulation of Belgium
amounts to $54,000,000, the silver to
SD, 100000.
Canada has a circulating medium of
$14,000,000 in gold and $5,000,000 in
silver.
The Turks manage to get along with
$5O,000,0O0 of gold and $44, 900 of
silver.
China is a silver country. The cir
culating medium comprises $725,OOO,-
600 in silver.
In Cuba and Hayti there are in cir
culation 81 100000 of gold and 81
100000 of silver.
The amount of gold produced by
the worlds mines since 1892 is ST.
1917 1856
In Spain the people have in circula-
ton S4O,OO0,O0O of gold and $155,0O0,-
600 of silver.
In 1894 the worlds production of
gold amounted to $179,965, 900, of sill
yer $215, 404 900.
In the year 1894 France consumed
in the arts $3.50, $40 of gold and So
454, $50 of silver.
During the years between 1881 and
1890 the production of Silver in Amer
lea was 81, 29S, $4,000.
The Russian jewelers. and gold-plat-
ers used in 1898 So, $40, 1888 of gold and
$3,117O00 Of silver.
Since the discovery of America the
mines of the New World have pro-
duced $9,90S, 247 900 of silver.
Mexico is a silver country, there be-
ing only S5,OO0,0O0 of gold in circula-
ton to $50000,000 Of silver.
Idaho ranks fifth in the production
of precious metals, $50, 201 500 of gold
and 81 ,960,3S3 of silver.
The German empire, according 10
official reports, has S61S,000,000 gold
money and $215,000,000 silver.
The value of gold as compared to
silver in the time of Herodotus, b. @.
$50, is said to have been 10 to 1.