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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

Quainted with The government insti-
tuition from which this gold would have
been drawn, supposing the United
States had accepted the loan, would
have been the Imperial Bank of Rus
STA.
In 1874 the Russian government COM
menced the accumulation OF metal,
when 7OOOOOOO rubles wore deposited
in the st. Petersburg citadel and 49,
100000 more were added in less than a
year. This forming a reserve fund
nearly half as large as the amount in
circulation raised the value Of the cur
rency and when, a little later, EN-
peror Nicholas ordered 100000 900
rubles government money to be in
ested in foreign stock fnanciers
thought themselves justified in con-
sidering the printed currency Of Rus
Tia tantamount to coin. In 1860 the
government established the present i'm
perial bank and conferred upon 1t ex-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

Edward Irving, the preacher, spent
his youth in a lanyard.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

Beside the state bank, Russia has
several hundred commercial banks
which somewhat resemble our state
banks, and st. Petersburg, Moscow
Kharkow, Kiew, Riga, Volga-Kama,
Warsaw and Odessa have several joint
stock banks each. The bank law of
Russla Is said to be very stringent in its
limitations in the amount Of advances,
The nature of the securities to be taxi
en-, the publication Of accounts and the
like, and the failure Of banking In
stltutlon Is the cause of a most strln-
gent inquiry by the government and
severe punishment is meted out to all
defaulters, as in the case Of DR., Straus-
berg, who, as one of the depositors In
the Moscow Commerce and Loan Bank,
was convicted OF wrecking this insti-
tuition in 1875 and was banished for
life from Russia.
The financial system of Russia offers
not a few points Of similarity to our
own. 1t Is more than century since
the issue Of the Russian paper money
was begun. Previously the trade of the
country was in very undeVeloped con-
diton and the exchanges were carried
on by means of a copper circulation.
The heavy copper copecks previously
in use were so inconyenient that the
paper currency soon became quite pop
ular
The system of popular banks in Rus
STA is comparatively recent introduce
ton. The first was established in 1866
in the department Of Kastroma by a
great landed proprietor, NJ Zouguin-
inn, who supplied 1t with money to be-
gin business with. Many of the other
banks that were founded received aid
from the elective municipalities, which
have the legal right to borrow and lend
The progress Of the new banks
was at first slow. The ignorant peas
ants had but just been emancipated,
and, being well-to-do and Jealous of
their new freedom, they mistrusted
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

tensive powers with view TO a reform
of the monetary issues and a revival
of commerce and productive growth.
Two years later in 1862, NJ Eugene
Lamanski, the director, an able econ
Omist and an accomplished banker, pub
lished a report on the causes of the
disorgani2ation Of the machinery OF
credit in Russia and on the best means
Of financial reform. He showed that
one principal cause Of mischief was the
instability of the monetary circulation,
and declared that so long as the state
maintains forced currency the paper
money can have but little stability OF
value, but that if Russia would re-
nounce forever the policy Of using the
issue of paper money as financial re-
serve all might be remedied. This sug-
gestion was approved by the emperor,
and his successor on the throne contin-
ued the policy.
To the presen able minister of finance
NJ. De Witte and the governor Of the
Imperial Bank, NJ Pleske, the improved
condition of Russian finances is to a
great extent due The Journal De st.
Petersburg, one of the official news
papers Of Russia and printed in the
French language, recently published a
report of the Imperial Bank and its
nine general Offices throughout the en-
pire, which shows the enormous amount
of business passing through the state
bank.
This bank is a powerful instrument
of administrative finance. Like the old
banks Of Venice and Genoa, this bank
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

that the new banks were contrivance
invented by the mobiles to re-establish
slavery. An association was organized
by the efforts of Prince Vassiltchisoft
to combat this prejudice by means Of
public meetings. This eXpedlent was
successful, and during the last thirty
years banking institutions have become
popular with the Russian people, but of
course not on a scale compared with
the numDo" of banks in the United
States, when it is considered that Rus
STA has population of over 100, 100000,
The rate of interest at which these pop
ular banks lend money is, on the aver
age, - per. cent, and to an American
must seem high, but it is not so in Rus
STA, where the interest charged on loans
TO the peasantry is often as much as
100 per cent.
In a review of the popular banking
institutions of Russia writer in the
American Bankers Magazine says: I'm
I. these views there is considerable plaus-
ibility. 1t appears to us to argue as if
the popular banking system was inca
pable Of modification, and could not be
liberated from the mechanism of the
unlimited liability, which units it for
large communities where people do not
know each other. But this is an error.
The Italian banks have already cut
loose from this obstructive mechanism,
and their success is manifestly the re-
suit of the reform. If like improve
ment could be adopted in Germany q
new impulse would no doubt be given
to the popular banking system, which
would thus be raised to the level Of the
new imperial institutions with their
spirit of enterprise, progress and indus
trial organization. There is another
aspect in which the popular banks may
be regarded. They put capital within
the reach of skillful, steady and frugal
mechanics. They thus facilitate the rise
of these men from the ranks of journey
men and their promotion to the ranks
of masters aud employers of labor.
The tendency of modern credit organi-
cations has been to check this promo
ton, by facilitating the concentration
of capital in large masses. Under prop
err conditions the popular banks are
capable of supplying an antidote to this
industrial evil. If the workingmen S
unions had devoted part of their large
funds during the last half century to
the establishment in Europe of popular
banks on an enlightened system adapted
to the spirit of the age and to the wants
of each country some Of the difficulties
which surround the question at issue
between mechanics and their employers
would long ago have disappeared"
The popular banks of Russia present
trait of the Russian character-con-
servatsm and economy-by their large
deposits, remarkable from the contrast
it shows with the state of banking in
most if not all of the continental states
of Europe. Thus in the Bank of France
the deposits Gncluding those Of the gov
ernmenO are but little more than two
thirds the discounts and one fifth OF
the circulation. The leading banks OF
the other continental capitals have even
a smaller amount of deposits in proper
ton to their discounts and circulation
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

The Tiber is only 2SO miles long.
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(Russia's Minister of Finance.)
had for its primary purpose the func-
ton of helping the operations of gov
eminent finance, but, unlike those cele-
brated institutions, the Russian bank
was founded on capital advanced Who'll
ly by the government Its board OF
directors are a committee of the ma
tional treasury, its profits pass direct
" into the Golfers of the government,
and its management is carried on
wholly by government officials. If the
offices of our treasury in Washington,
New York, Boston and other cities were
to receive deposits and to make loans
in addition to their present functions
our Independent treasury system would
very closely resemble the system i'm
posed by law upon the Imperial Bank
Of Russia.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20
WEALTH OF RUSSIA.
FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF OUR
GREAT EUROPEAN FRIEND.
The Money In Circulation Is Almost
Exclusively of Paper--Tho Imperial
Bank BulgIng with Gold and Silver
Stimulates Industry,
washington letter.

USSIA and Russian
finances are little
known in this coun-
try, and a nation
t h a t generously
offers to loan the
United States $50,
100000 in gold and
still has some $500,
100000 left in her
treasury is worth
becoming better aC-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

When any one has offended me, try
to raise my soul so high that the Of
Tense cannot reach it. Descartes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20
New York Letter.

lDO vi "A IL i II "a
Morton is one Of
the cleverest Amer
lean playwrights
and has an eXcep-
tional record ex-
tending back seven
or eight years. Her
first play was "lIel-
ONE" produced at
the Fifth Avenue
theater in 1889.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

McRelnRn's CamphOr Ice with GIyeerHne.
Tho original and only genuine. Cures Chapel Hands
and Face, Cold Sores DC, Q, q, Clark Co. Haven ct
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

Sarcasm is the language Of the devil
for which reason | have long since as
good as renounced IL. Carlyle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20
PRETTY AND ABLE.
SOME NOTABLE WOMEN OF
THE EASTERN METROPOLIS.

They Are writer's of Plays and Com
pOsors of Music - Misses Morton,
Stone and Ivos and Their Most Re-
cent Productions.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
A Rash Presumption.

The Associated Press is circulating
an interview of John w. Book walter,
the Democratic candidate for Governor
of Ohio in 1887, in which he expresses
the belief that Grover Cleveland will
be nominated a fourth time at Chi
cago, as a result of the war feeling be.
tween this country and England and
Spain that he will be nominated on a
silver platform, "thus keeping the
party together for q great struggle"
1t is quite evident that Mr.. Bookwalter
is favorable to such a scheme, which
goes great way towards making it
look feasible.
Mr.. Cleveland has personal follow
ing, which he has been for years en-
gagged in enlisting, and it is very ma
tural that they should 60 through the
manual like wooden soldiers whenever
the crank is turned. One thing may
be conceded, however, and that is
Cleveland will not decline another
nomination if it is rendered him.
There is but very little of George
Wsshington's humility about him.
But thank heaven! there is q limit
beyond which the American DISPOSE
ton to toady will not 60. No man is
big enough, in the public estimation,
to spread himself over third-term of
the Chief Magistracy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
Trade is Good With Us
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

The EVERETT CONFERENCE.-The
delegates chosen 10 the St. Louis con.
vention were o. F. Burleigh of King,
?. c. Sullivan of Pierce, H. L. Wilson
of Spokane, H. A. Fairchild of What.
com, G. H. Emerson OF Chehalis, Jas.
M. Gilbert OF Yakima, L. w. Garner of
Cowlitz, and A. Goldman of Walla
Walla. A modified silver resolution
was adoped. 1t provides for unlimited
coinage, l6 to l, with an "interna.
tional agreement looking 10 the use
OF both metals, as money at o fixed
ratio" The vote stood 261 to l3I.
Jones' silver resolution was beaten by
vote of 112 to 29O. Thurston's vote
evenly divided on it. A proposition
to instruct for Mckinley was carried
by vote of 2l3 to 1877, the Thurston
delegation voting solidly against it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

MEASURES FOR SELF-DEFENsE.-The
Willapa Pilot says that the steamer
Edgar attracted considerable attention
one morning lately, on the harbor,
from the number of determined look
ing men who boarded her, the large
amount OF freight and baggage taken
aboard, and the further fact that a
Krupp cannon, nearly three feet long,
doomed up on their hurricane deck.
For a time it was thought she had
been fitted up for a filibustering expe-
dition against Spain, but before any
means could be taken for her deten-
ton it was explained that this was the
initial warship Of Gov. McGraw's navy
that is being equipped for defensive if
not aggressive warfare against Ore.
gon, which Stale has several times
humbled the pride of our State Exec
utive. A home navy might likewise
be an excellent thing if the Popnlists
should carry the national contest and
it became necessary for our State to
declare its independence of the rule OF
Coxey and Debs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

THE LATEST FAD.-The latest fad in
the world OF fashion IL q method of
pertaining the body by hypodermic in
jections. Like many such novel sug.
gestions, it came from Paris, and took
in London in its passage to this side
the deep water. The spread of the
novelty has been less rapid on this
continent than in the old world, for
the possible reason that American
women have a horror of morphine
with which the tiny syringe has an
inseparable association. The opera
ton is simple. The point OF the little
hollow needle is forced under the skin,
say of the arm, and drop or two OF
pungent perfume is injected under
meath the cuticle. From that mo.
ment, it is claimed, the skin is
charged with the perfume and its pos
SCISSOR becomes sweet-scented OBJ
ject," from whom a fair, subtitle, Elusive
odor emanstes that charms the senses
OF man.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

MORE STORMS IN SToRMLANp.-Au
Omaha dispatch of the 18th states
that two separate cyclones visited the
towns OF Elkhorn and Bennington on
the afternoon OF that day cutting a
pathway 600 feet wide, within which
limits everything was destroyed. The
loss OF stock is heavy. The wind at
Lincoln. Neb., the same date, attained
a velocity OF so miles an hour, and
several buildings were demolished and
persons injured. At Council Bluffs
Iowa, the high winds were accom-.
panied by an unprecedented rainfall
both OF which did considerable dam.
age.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
Refinement Of Cruelty.

An illustration OF the refinement OF
cruelty comes from the State OF Ken
lucky, where it is related that famous
breeder of game fowls lately deter
mined to ascertain what amount of
pain would overcome the fighting pro-
clivities of thoroughbred game cock.
After the trial OF several ingenious de-
vices, he finally struck upon one
which must have been suggested by
the devil himself. for it employs the
orthodox representative of extreme
punishment--living fire. Two fine
birds were selected and after they had
been placed in thorough fighting trim,
the e1perimenter, by means of leather
straps, to which had been affixed small
braziers containing blazing Goals of
fire, fastened at the base of the neck
OF each fowl, an instrument Of tor
ment that must have inflicted the
most excruciating pain. The heated
metal burned through the feathers al.
most Immediately, and the sizzling
flesh indicated that it was fast sinking
to the spine.
The birds were SO game" however
tina: neither paid the least attention
10 the torment. They were both fast
fighters, and in less than three min
utes, one had succeeded in killing his
antagonist. The victor, with an eye
out and bleeding from neck and
breast, and with the coal still smoking
on his back, lifted his head and gave a
shrill crow of victory. The coal was
unstrapped and the wound dressed,
but the fire had eaten too deeply. and
paralysis of the spinal cord resulted,
which elected the only humane act
from its cruel owner, who wrung the
brave birds neck, not, it may be as
sumed, so much to put him out OF his
misery rs because he had ceased to be
a means of gratifying the brutal in
stincts of merciless "sportsmen."
The paper which publishes this Incl.
dent, with an illustration, compla-
Gently remarks that "Game cocks are
the nerviest fighters living" and does
not contain q word of censure for the
inhuman act or its brutalized perpe-
TRAITOR
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

WOMEN ON THE WARPATH.-A St.
Joseph, Mich, dispatch OF the 2Sth
ult. states that Forty women, who
are leading members OF local clubs
and church societies, on that date
made a captive of Mayor John v.
Sterr. They caught him on the street,
and, dragging him into a private resi-.
dence, demanded that he cooperate
with them in a movement of reform.
The women said that the laws were
not being enforced; that the sale OF
cigarettes were carried on with i'm
punity; that young girls were being
enticed away, and that the saloon reg
ulations were loose, and boys OF all
ages were given liquor upon asking.
For two hours the Mayor was kept o
prisoner, and not until he promised to
submit and use the executive power Of
the city was he allowed to escape
The women demanded the adoption of
q curfew bell, upon the ringing Of
which children of certain ages must
retire from the streets. The city is
considerably torn up over the deter
mined stand taken by the women. and
the effect of their interview with the
Mayor is freely discussed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

A SANCTIFIED PROCEEDING. - 1t
would be wrong for anybody but church
people to sell girls ankles at auction
to pay the pastors salary. But that
threadbare adage, The end justifies
the means," has again been invoked
by the Suffern branch OF the Epworth
League, at Suffern, N. Y, to excuse
what would otherwise seem to be
glazing breach of propriety. The
way the "game" is managed is this
The young ladies of the congregation
appear one at time on the stage,
when the curtain is raised just far
enough to disclose the foot and ankle,
and an auctioneer invites bids for the
privilege OF escorting the owner OF
each pair of feet to supper. As the
"game" goes on the curtain is raised
higher and higher, and the bidding
becomes more animated, and it is said
that some fancy figures were paid by
those who had been given "tip" as
to the color of the hose his best girl"
would wear during the trying ordeal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

THE Trustees OF the First Congregs-
tional Church, in San Francisco, seem
determined to eradicate all cause for
remembrance of the gloomy expert
ence of the past year, by sale of their
church and the erection CT new place
of worship in another part of the city.
The late pastor has gone East.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
Quality and Price Do
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

A LONG WALK.-Mrs. H. Estby and
her daughter Clara, began on the 9Th
inst, a walk from their home on a
farm, near Spokane, to New York city.
They make the journey under con.
tract with the manufacturer of q
health costume, and hope to make
enough money by the venture to pay
off a mortgage on their farm.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

SHERMAN VoUCHEs FOR McKINLEY's
COMPREHENSION last Monday, Sena-
tor Sherman, referring to McKinley's
financial views, said: "There can be
no doubt of the opinion OF Major Nc.
Kinley on the money question. He is
committed in every form by speech
and otherwise to the Republican pol
icy of maintaining the present gold
coin of the United States a. the stand
ard of value" These are Senator
Sherman's exact words. A lew weeks
ago Senator Sherman said substan-
TALLY the same thing in public inter-
view. besides it is generally conceded
that if Mckinley is elected President
John Sherman will be his Secretary OF
the Treasury.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

The Norwegians of Puget Sound are
making preparations for a celebration,
to take place at Burton on the 17th
inst. The celebration commentaries
the adoption OF the constitution of
Norway, May II, 1914.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

THERE is some regret expressed
among Democrats that the civil SER
vice rules were not extended to all
branches of the public service, and
made to include principals as we'll as
subordinates, before the appointments
for this State were made.