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SADIE.


School commenced Monday, Miss Susie
Haskell, teacher.
A. X. Warren went to Ellsworth Fri
day on business for Goss & Small.
No mail was received overland Thurs
day evening, on account of bad travelling.
The mud has been wide and deep.
h. w. Higgins, whose illness in Cali
fornia was reported in THE AMERICAN
recently, has many friends in this town.
He taught number of terms of town
school and singing school here, his first
term being i'll Sunset when quite young
man.
Dec. II. EGO.
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Literary A-pirant-it must be fine to be
an editor and have an opportunity to
print all that you want 10 say. EXpe-
rienced Newsp paper mau-Iord bless you,
boy, / printed all that | wanted to say III
the first three weeks. Ever since then
Eye been ii ling space. SomerrHte Jour
nal
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Notice of Assignee of His Appointments
At Bluehill, in the county of Hancock, ana state
of Maine, the ninth day of September u. IT,
lsa6. 80.
gTNHE undersigned hereby gives notice OF MS
i appointment As assignee OF the estate VI I
Juliet Nicktrson, of Eden, in said county Oh
Hancock, iusolvent debtor, who has been ue-
clar,d an in-olvent upon her own petition 10y
the court of insolvency for -aid county OF nan
cocG f. WEBSTER FRENCH, Assignee.
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T. r. anthony. cN Postmaster OF Promise
CITY, Iowa. II bought one bottle Of
Mystic Cure" fur Rheumatism. and two doses
OF II did me nore good than any medicine ever
took" Sold 10y : II. WGGGtS. druggist, Els
worth
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

WHEREAS samuel Higgins, of Eden,
w Hancock county, Maine, by his mort
gage deed dated the first day OF November,
a. q. lse2, and recorded in the Hancock county
Registry Of Deeds, book 2bO, page i6y, convey Ell
to r.. Is, Richards, certain parcel of real Is
tate, with the buildings thereon, situated In
said Eden, in the village Of Bar Harbor, and
bounded a. follows: beginning at Il stake in
the north line OF stephens Lane. so-called
one hundred and fifty feet easterly from the
east line of Main street; thence south eighty
six degrees east following the north line OF
said stephens Lane one hundred feet TO a
stake; thence nprtherly parallel with Main
street one hundred ana thlEty-thrce and one
sixth feet to land of the heirs Of the late
Charles Higgins; thence westerly by the south
line of said heirs land one hundred feet to
stake; thence southerly parallel with Main
street to the point OF beginning, SAID pre-
misses containing thirteen thousand three
hundred and sixteen square feet being the
lot on which the Ocean House, so called, ana
its appurttnance stands, and whereas Walter
+. Rodic executor of the last will and tesla
ment of the said +. b. Richards, deceased, as
signed said mortgage to MarEilla Blair, " hlch
said assignme mt is dated the nineteenth day
of November, a. d. 1896 and recorded IN salu
Hancock county Registry of Deeds, BOOK 80 :;
page 22O; and whereas the conditions OF SAID
mortgage have been broken, now therefore,
by reason of the breach OF the conditions
thereof | claim a foreclosure OF SAID mort
gage.
l.Eden. November 80 a d 1895.
MaRRILLA BLAIR,
hv her attorney. T., =. CLARK,
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The foolish and he dead alone never
change their OPINION" once said that
great American, Abraham Lincoln.
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DEER ISLE NEWS.
t.rrrn's Landing.

nr--n'. Landing.
\. o. L. W. next Friday night will
nominate officers for 81 All come.
ing stone for Goss x Small Monday.
Capt. Ben Pascha is just getting around
this season.
No one can find fault with the fine
but we need some sidewalks to make it
fine under foot.
Nellie Greenlaw arrived home from
South Framngham, Mass, Monday
where she has been attending school. All
are glad to see her home again
a meeting Of the citizens of the pro-
posed new town Was held at viii b.
Smiths hall Monday to select and vote
on a name. Five names were presented
Stonington, Graniteport, Rockledge,
Rockclff, and Felsted. After some dis
cusson a vote was taken which resulted
as follows Rockclf, l Felsted, l. Rock
ledge, 3; Graniteport, I; Stonington, 81.
On motion it was made unanimous, and
Stonington is the name which will go
into the bill to be presented to the legis-
lature this winter for the proposed new
town.
Dec. S. $.
sunset.
Whooping cough is prevalent.
School in district No 10 is being taught
by T. II. Miller.
The schools in town commenced Mon
day, Dec. I.
Mertice Small is in Freedom, visiting
her brother, DIR. A. NJ. ID. Small.
Mrs. Pearl Stinson is at home caring
for her daughter, Mrs. S. Dow, who is ill.
jeremiah Greenlaw and wife are at
Rockand, the guests of their daughter,
Mrs. Nina Jones.
The Omstead house is nearing COM
plet lion. 1t will be the most costly resi-
dence in town.
Mrs. A. T. Small returned Wednesday
from Freedom, where she spent Thanks
giving week with her daughter.
Mrs. A. T. Small passed few days last
week i'll Camden with her daughters,
Mrs. w. {. Benson and Mrs. Wallace
Easton.
Dec. 8. SADIE.
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IN additional County Ne'es see other pages


Seal Cove.
School opened Dec :, taught by Miss
| Myra Powers.
Albert Ober has returned from visit
to relatives in Rockland.
Miss Mile Norwood, who spent the
summer iii Calais, arrived home some
weeks ago.
Miss Sadie Young, OF Annapolis, y. s.,
is spending the winter with her sister,
Mrs. William Harper.
Mrs. l.. :. Norwood, of Owls Head paid
-hurt visit to her parents, Capt. and
Mrs. Z. II. sawyer, recently.
Capt. Eugene Spregpe, OF schooner
Laurel, was in the Gdrbor "A few days
ago, bound to Sullivan to load stone for
New York.
Capt. Emmons p. Sawyer and Mate
Charles Sawyer arrived home from Bos-
ton Dec, leaving their vessel, the ELIZA
5. Potter, in winter quarters there.
Capt. Willard 5. Norwood and Mate
Thomas Norwood are at home. Capt
Norwood has moored his vessel, the "E.
{. Gates" in Sawyer's Cove for the win
ter.
Capt. and Mrs. J. II. Rumill have had
handsome tablet erected in memory OF
their little son Basil q who died last
winter. The tablet is the work OF Albert
Bartlett, OF Centre.
Fred Clnkard, OF Centre, shot black
fox near Bass fiarhor marshes n short
time ago. Mr.. Clinkard WAS in company
with j. b. Stanley. The hunters made a
good days work, as he animals pet is
worth at least $50.
The marriage OF Miss Addie NJ. Swazey
to Thomas Knowles, jr., of West Eden,
was solemnzed on "Wednesday evening,
Dec. ., by Rev. Mr.. Barker, OF Mt. Desert,
at the home OF William Swn2ey, brother
of the bride. Only the near relatives and
intimate friends We're present. The
young couple stood in an arhor OF ever
green. The house was tastctully deco
rated with evergreen, scarlet berries,
ferns and chrysanthemnms. Miss Fannie
Richardson, Of Mt. Desert, was brides
maid, and Chester Rich, OF West Eden,
was best man; Josie and Hida Swazey
were flower girls. Mr.. and Mrs. Know lie,
have I he best wishes OF "A host of friends
in this and OF her towns. as they Hre very
popular. They viii have rooms at Hotel
Anterior, Mt. Desert, this winter.
Dec. Il. y.
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4Eden. November 80, a, d. 1896.
MARRILLA BLAIR,
by her attorney, f. >. Clark,
The advocate., 1896-08-19

the gold standard countries, 1t (silVer)
is measured there by gold, just as other
articles are there measured; hence sill
YER bullion has fallen with other COM
modities. Wheat and other farm
products in the United States have
fallen fully so per cent. since silver was
demonetized, and silver bullion has
fallen in about the same proportion.
But In Mexico and other silver stand
ard countries, silver and other articles
have kept together. The variation has
not been sufficient to attract attention
or to In any way affect prices or de-
range business. The only way we can
make the value of silver equal to the
value of gold at the old ratio is to
change it into coin, and then 1t has the
value that is put on It bylaw. AS bull
lion it has exactly the same value In
Texas that 1t has In Mexico. It Is
worth no more in the city Of New York
than it is in the City of Mexico. But
when it is put into dollar coins of the
United States, 1t is at once doubled In
value. In that form it retains its value
here and in Mexico and In every other
country in the world where there are
banking institutions that do an OK.
change business. The only difference
Is found in the charges Of the banker
making the exchange and in the ex-
pense Of transporting the coin to the
United States.
If you take q thousand dollars worth
of silver bullion from a Colorado mine
to Mexico, you can dispose of it there
for exactly what the same quantity Of
Mexican silver bullion would bring in
the Mexican market, because the price
Of silver bullion the world over Is fixed
in London. The variation In different
countries is occasioned only by trans
portation and Office charges.
Silver coin in gold standard coun-
tries has the value given it by the laws
Of those countries; but in silver stand
ard countries, the coin value Of silver
Is not materially greater than its bull
lion value, and the reason is, that those
countries never demonetized silver.
Their prices In general have followed
The market price of silver bullion, fer
silver has been their value measure.
But If you take q thousand United
States silver dollars to Mexico, you
take something which can be brought
back to the United States and used ss
thousand dollars in the purchase of
anything that is for sale here. You
can pay a one thousand dollar debt
with them. You can use them for
anything that q thousand dollars in
The advocate., 1896-08-19

value began to decline. It had been
supported, just as gold had been, by
the sustaining power Of the laws of the
great and powerful nations. But now
that support was taken from silver,
while it remained as to gold. 1mme-
distely the recognized prices or values
Of the two metals began to change.
The ratio increased from 16 to l up
ward until it Is now about 81 to /.
Now, another important fact to be
remembered is, that whereas the gen.
eral level Of prices, before the demone-
tizstiOn Of silver In 1873, was governed
by the value Of the two metals on q
fixed ratio, after the demonstration,
prices Of commodities In general began
to vary in different countries, not only
with respect to the two metals, but
with respect to the same classes Of ar
ticles produced In different countries.
Still another fact at this point. Be-
fore demonstration Of silver 1873
there had been (at least during a long
period Of years. enough gold and silver
coin to carry on the business of the
world and maintain the general level
Of prices on q reasonably profitable
plane. There were few milllonsires
and not many trsmps.
But as soon az silver was demone
tized In the great commercial nations,
the quantity Of gold was not sufficient
for the transaction of the peoples
business, Various forms of paper
credit had to be substituted. This en-.
hsnCed the value Of gold and it greatly
increased the amount Of non.legal
tender paper. AS gold became rela-
lively sCSrcer and therefore more Vslu.
able, prices of commodities fell In pro-
portion as gold advanced. A bushel
Of wheat In the United States was
worth q dollar or more In 1873; q like
quantity Of the same quality Of wheat
is worth 30 cents now. Thus have
prices fallen as compared with gold In
all gold standard countries.
1t is otherwise In silver standard
countries. Silver and gold having
been about fairly valued before 1873
with respect to values of other things,
the general price level was well main.
tanned. Then both metals were used
for money and the worlds standard Of
prices was kept on the median line be-
tween the two metals on the worlds
ratio. Demonstration Of one at once
destroyed the ratio, and prices in gold
standerd countries had to be measured
By gold, while prices in silver standard
countries had to be measured BY silver.
Silver being the discarded metal In
The advocate., 1896-08-19
THE MEXICAN DOLLAR
PROBLEM.


before the people as q gCSrecrow TO
frighten them away from the free sill
yer coinage idea.
This Is foolish, for az soon as the
truth Ia made known to the inqulring
masses, the Mexican dollar argument
will not only lose its force, but 1t will
be turned against the men who would
perpetuste the present policy of dear
money and cheap labor.
Before entering upon an explanation
Of the Mexican dollar problem, the
ADVOCATE begs leave to direct stten-
tlon to the fact that there are now
many thousands Of people permanently
located In Mexico who were formerly
citizens Of the United States. These
people have gone to Mexico to improve
their financial condition. They can do
better there than here. They are build
ing railroads, they are manufacturing,
they are farming, they are mining,
they are engaged In the usual oCcupa-
tiOns of an enterprising people. So
numerous have these persons become
In Mexico, that newspapers and other
periodicals are now published in their
interest. Only last Sunday the Topeka
Daily Capital announced that Mr..
Paul Hudson, son of Major j. X. Hud-
son, the founder and for many years
editor and proprietor Of the Capital,
had taken an associate in the conduct
Of Modern MericO, journal devoted
to the interests Of Americans in Mex
icO."
The truth is, that Mexico just now is
much better place to make money in
than the United States, and it Is be-
cause that country has monetary sys-
tenn which responds to the general
level Of prices, The people of Mexico
are not having hard times as we have;
their prices have not fallen as ours
have; their money has not risen In
value as ours has done.
Now, let us examine the subject and
ascertain the reason for these facts.
In the first place, two metals silver
and gold-hsve been, during many
centuries, used ss coin metals. AS far
back as history records, these metals
were used ss media of exchange In
trade. Where gold was more abun-
dant, silver was the more valuable;
where silver was more abundant, gold
was the more valuable. Commerce be-.
tween Europe, where silver was chiefly
found, and Asia, where gold was more
plentiful, distributed the two metals,
and In time they came to have recOR-
niZed relation to each other, and from
that time to the present gold has been
regarded ss the more valuable In guam
titles by weight. AT one time In India
and Egypt q given qual tity of silver
was worth ten times as much gold.
But with the spread Of commerce the
ratio was changed. In the early years
Of the Christian era the ratio was as
low as 216 Of silver to l of gold. BY
the end Of the sixteenth century the
ratio had risen to about II to /. II
raised to about 10 to l In 100, and
reached Is to twice before 1874. That
is the present legal ratio in the United
States, for full legal tender coins.
The ratio was regulated by several
o. A...lls.-. 4
The advocate., 1896-08-19


metals on their own account. And all
these things affected, to some extent,
the market value Of bullion. But
where unlimited coinage of both or
either Of the metals was carried on, the
value fixed by law was followed pretty
closely by the market.
Up to 1916, both metals were coined
by most of the European governments,
and the ratio was adjusted to the silver
standard, as was done by France In
1903 and by Austria and Germany In
1867. The United States reduced the
weight Of gold coins per cent. in 1884
to bring them to parity with silver.
Now, let the reader remember two
facts, namely: (D That gold and sill
yer, by weight In coins, had been from
time immemorial used to measure the
values Of other things; ~ that the
laws Of different nations fixed certain
arbitrary values to their coins. The
farmers wheat, the miners coal, the
manufacturer cloth, the Workmsn's
labor-sll were measured In Competi-
tion, not with their kind, bat with
these metal coins whose value was
fixed by law.
AS commerce spread over the earth,
these conditions and these customs
followed. Some nstlOns-as India,
Japan, China, Spain, the South Amer
iCsn States and Mexico-used silver
only or chiefly, while others-as Great
Britain, Germany, France and the
United States used both metals. All
the silver and gold mined in the world
found mints somewhere open for their
coinage into money having fixed legal
value, and all property values through
out the world were measured or gauged
by the legal value Of these metal coins.
OF course the cost of exchanging and
carrying the metals affected their value
somewhat, but the general level Of
prices was regulated by these legal
values of the two metals. And 1t must
not be forgotten that the metals were
carried from place to place according
to the usual laws of trade. Wherever
one metal was most In demand, there
1t would 60. Both metals were used
in carrying on the commerce Of the
world; and while their relative proper
tion was not always the same In sll
countries at the same time, the ratio
between their values was well main
tanned In the worlds commerce until
after 1873.
Great Britain adopted an exclusively
gold standard In 1916, and sfterwsrd
coined silver only for subsidiary coins.
But the population of England then
was not large, and there was use for
all the silver Of the world, even If that
country had not used any of it for
coinage, and Its market price was not
affected by that act.
About 1850, new gold mines we've dis
covered in California and Australia,
producing enormous quantities of gold,
adding largely to the worlds stock,
and the general level of prices rose, but
the worlds ratio between the metals
was maintained.
But about 1918, Germany, the
United States, France and some of the
smaller nations of Europe, changed
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-14
BUDD WILL NOW STUMP
The Governor Decides to Make
Speeches on Behalf of
His Party.
He Will Speak in San Francisco and
in Other Cities Throughout
the State.

Governor James II. Budd is to stump
the State In behalf of the Democratic party
during the present campaign. He will
speak in San Francisco and in various
other cities throughout the State.
He arrived from Sacramento yesterday
morning, and after attending meetings of
the Yosemite Comm ission and the Regents
of the University of California, went into
secret conference at the California Hotel
with Chairman Alvord of the Democratic
State Central Committee Gavin McNab,
E. P. Troy and Judge Lawler. This secret
meeting lasted for more than an hour.
Campaign matters were discussed. and
among other things Governor Budd prom
ised to take an active part in the cam
paign. He agreed to deliver addresses in
San Francisco and elsewhere, under the
auspices of the State Central Committee
On Saturday night he will address the
students of Stanford University and the
University of California at Metropolitan
Hall, under the auspices of the Silver
Campaign committee. His address will
be more or less confined to the money
question.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-14
BARNES AT BERKELEY.
A Stirring Speech to Large
Audience.

AuQIonC6s
BERKELEY, CAL, Oct. 13-The largest
and most enthusiastic Republican rally of
the campaign in Berkeley was held to-
night IN Shattuck Hall. General w. H.
people, who were loud and frequent in
their applause whenever vital issues
of the campaign were touched upon. In
a few remarks Chairman Metcalf pre-
sented General Barnes to the audience,
who gave a stirring address of an hour s
duration.
The speaker then entered into statisti,
cal review of the silver question beginning
with the act of 1873, and tracing it's his
tory until to-day. Reference was made to
the decline in value of the silver dollar
which took place under the Bland, Allison
and the Sherman acts, and General
Barnes told of certain San Francisco
bank which had refused to take any more
silver except on special deposit, because
it had in its vault half barrel of silver
dollars which were bought from the Gov
ernment four years ago, and which have
be lying there ever since because they
could not be disposed of.
"Bryan was nominated bv a speech I"
continued General Barnes, "and not be-
cause he was the man of the masses He
went to the convention as proxy, as a
reporter, as an onlooker, and he was named
for the Presidency of the United States
before he went away. This man BRYAN.
who travels from one side of the country
to the other breeding hatred between man
and man, friend and friend, should re-
celve no more recognition from us than q
horse hitcned to cart"
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-14
POINT LOBOS CLUB.
Nominees for Supervisors and School
Directors Invited to Visit the Club
Next Tuesday Evening.

The Point Lobos improvement Club
held its regular Tuesday evening meeting
last night at Crosswait's Hall, in Rich
mond District, on Fifth avenue, between
Clement street and Point Lobos road. 1t
being the night for the nominations for
officers the following were selected to be
voted upon at the next meeting::
President, George D. Fletcher; vice
presIden ts-Henry Ryan, Luke Battles
and G. NJ. Dillon; recording secretary, w.
z. Johnson; financial secretary, George A.
Nichols; treasurer, Chris Mohrnan; ex-
ecutive committee-F. G. Newberry, r.
NJ Wood, S. L. Grean, ]. FL. Dever, John
Preston. w. H. Miilet, Felix McHugh; /;
sergeant-at-arms, P. Fillipini.
Sig Bettman, Republican nominee from
the Fortieth Assembly District, made an
address to the mem bers.
The club heartily indorsed him. A. II.
Kayton, citizens Republican candidate
for School Director, was also indorsed.
J. II. Dever suggested that all the can
didates for Supervisors and School Direc-
tors be invited to visit the club on some
special evening.
This met with favor, and a committee
composed of G. NJ. Dillon, Felix McHugh
and Chris Norman were chosen to make
| arrangements for their reception.
The meeting was set for next Tuesday
evening at Crosswait's Hail.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-14
AMAOOR QUEEN
MAY Be SOLD
A Rich London Syndicate
Holds an Option on
the Mine.
Has Spent Ten Thousand Dol
lars in Exploring the
Property.
EXPENSIVE SHAFT NECESSARY
The Sam. Syndicate Recently Pur.
chased Big Properties Near
Salt Lake.
EXPENSIVE SHAFT NECESSARY

A deal is on for the purchase by a big
London syndicate of the Amador Queen
mine of Amador County. For nearly three
months now the United States Exploration
Company. composed of some OF the largest
capitalists OF London, presided over by a
director of the Bank of England, has had
an option on the property at purchase
price, it is said, of $150,00O.
During this time the company has spent
$4,000 in exploring and developing about
the mine, with view to learning its pros
poets. The agent, having completed an
inspection, will, it is understood, submit
a favorable report to headquarters at Lon
don, with the information that about $780,
600 will be required to sink shaft to the
depth of 1000 feet, at which level the best
paying ore may be obtained. At present
the greatest depth reached is between 300
and 400 feet.
G. q. Parsons, prominent attorney of
Denver, Colo, who is out here in the in
terests of the London syndicate, was seen
yesterday at the Palace Hotel, and, while
he con firmed the information, added that
the transfer is not, of course, definitely as
sured. He has visited the new Salt Lake
property, the Butte mines, and has only
Just returned from Amador County.
His tour was ply for the purpose OF
seeing how things were progressing.
He expresses surprise at the lack of in
terest taken IN the mother lode by San
Francisco capitalists, and declares that if
Denver had any such prospects almost at
her very doors the country would be
pierced with hundreds of 1000-foot shafts
The core of the mother lode, he asserts. is
down from 1000 to 400 feet, and most of
the mines have only been scratched near
the surface.