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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28

NUMBER 1S.

utilize him for money-making pur-
poses. For almost a year Tony was
dime museum star in Denver, Salt
Lake City, Butte, and other Western
cities, always attracting crowds and
never failing to discriminate between
good and bad coin. The constant
work of picking up coins wore out the
dogs front teeth and he had to retire
from the stage. Although his teeth
were almost gone, Tony's love for
silver dollars did not decrease, and
even in his last sickness he could only
be kept quiet with numerous gifts of
American silver dollars with which he
played.
Tony's death was caused by dropsy
and cold contracted on recent trip
from Cheyenne to Denver and Salt
Lake City. Tony was cross between q
Yorkshire setter and a bulldog. Aside
from bright, intelligent face, he
was not prepossessing in appearance.
He resembled, in fact, the typical
yellow dog. His owner valued him at
$4,000, and had refused numerous
tempting offers from him.
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TO BE CONTINUED.

HE CULTIVATED THE LOVE OF
G1v1NG.-At a dinner party in Balti.
more, at which George Peabody was
one of the guests, someone inquired
(which did you enjoy most, Mr.. Pea
body, making your money or giving it
away ?" "Well," answered Mr.. Pea
body, slowly, and John Hopkins was
observed to be deeply interested in
the answer, ~ enjoy making money.
think it is a great pleasure to make
money. And when the idea was first
suggested to me that I should give
money away, it did not please me at
all. In fact it distressed me. But l
thought the matter over and conclpd-
ed I'd try it on small scale. So 1
built the first of the model tenement
houses in London. 1t was a hard
pull; but after it was done l went
around among the poor people living
in the rooms, so clean and comfortable
and had quite new feeling. I en-
joyed it very much. So gave some
more and the feeling increased. And
now I can truly say that, much as l
enjoy making money, 1 enjoy giving
it away great deal better.
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The AMERICAN DOLLAR DOG DEAD.

Tony, the American dollar dog, died
at Cheyenne on January 81, at the age
of 8 years. When Tony was year
old he was found to have an unac-
countable liking for American silver
dollars. He would refuse to touch
any other coin, and as his passion
for American dollars was fostered Ivy
his owner, George w. Brown, he soon
became an expert in discriminating
between a good dollar and counter.
felt. Tony would refuse to pick up
a counterfeit dollar, Mexican dollar,
a 5-franc piece or a gold piece but
would catch a good American dollar
in his mouth before it could reach the
ground whenever one was thrown to
him. He became the talk of the town
and was shown to all visitors as one OF
the lions of the city. Hundreds OF
these visitors were doubtful at first
of the stories told of Tony; but they
went away convinced after trying him
with good and bad coins.
The dogs wonderful faculty was
tested fully when he was about 2
years old. Then he was taken to
Denver and in the presence of several
bank officials and other coin experts
was tested with coins by the United
States treasury department agent.
Scores of counterfeits, some of them
good enough to deceive the ordinary
bank cashier, were thrown to him /;
but he refused to pick them up,
although he eagerly snatched up
every good dollar. Upon one occasion
dollar of doubtful appearance was
given to Tony's owner. Thinking it
was counterfeit, Mr.. Brown threw it
to Tony, who, without hesitation,
picked it up. Mr.. Brown accepted
the coin as good and included it in his
next deposit at the bank. The bank
cashier threw it out and declared it
counterfeit. Mr.. Brown then sent the
coin to the treasury department, which
found it to be genuine.
Tony's cleverness led his owner to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28

"Delighted to see you, Mr. Barnes"
which we were then speaking. My men
have shadowed her in connection with
another affair"
"What other AFFAIR."
Abduction.
Abduction? Absurd Who on earth
has Miss Remsen abducted?"
"The girl Rose Mitchell"
"And who, pray, is the girl Rose
Mitchel-the daughter Of the murdered
woman?'
"Perhaps. That is what I intend to
discover. She passed, however, as your
daughter.
"Ah! Now can you prove that she is
not?"
"No."
every good. Then, so far as your in
formation goes, Rose Mitchell, who pass
ed as my daughter, was removed fron
certain house to certain other house
to you unknown. BE paused moment
as though to enjoy Mr.. Barnes discom'
future, then continued: "She was taken,
so you suspect, but cannot prove, by
Miss Remsen. Now, then, if Miss Reh'
sen, my affianced wife, takes a girl whc
is my own child from one house to an
other, where is the abduction so long rs
I make no complaint"
"Let us drop this nonsense, Mr..
Mitchell. You know very we'll that that
child was removed for purpose, else
she would not be hidden away. If Miss
Remsen had a hand in this, she was
aiding you to battle detective investiga-
tion, and that was an illegal act. There
fore we have the right to watch her In
order to discover what we can."
every we'll, then, we will grant you
that privilege. Much good may it do
you. But as to the removal of the child,
that was done because your spy Lucette
had discovered where she was, and l
did not choose to have her annoyed. "
"What makes you so certain that this
Lucette was my spy, as you term it?'
"Well, don't mind telling you that,
though perhaps I am showing my hand
little. Let us 60 to the beginning. In
the first place you knew about my bet,
and I knew that you knew that much
From that starting point what more nat
ural than for me to suppose that you
would begin by having me shadowed.
To be sure of this I made few trips on
the elevated road, a structure peculiarly
applicable for such test, with the result
of course that I soon became pretty well
acquainted with your assistant. When
ever had nothing else to do, I would
amuse myself getting away from him.
You gave me occupation for several
hours, assure you. But to come to Lu-
| cette. guessed that the next step. in
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Thus he would reach her true opinion

Thus he would reach her true opinion
of the case. Her answer was:
81 cannot do that. 1t would certainly
be to give up my hope of recovering the
stone. I am sure that Mr.. Mitchell has
not taken it. IF am wrong and he has
done so without trusting me, why then
he has made mistake and must suffer
by it. I am sure, however, it will prove
otherwise. So do the best you can, if
you please" "
"You may rely upon it that my best
energies shall be devoted to this work.
I wish you good morning"
About O'Clock that same afternoon
Mr. Barnes sent his card up to Mr..
Mitchell at the Lafayette in Philadel-
phia. A few minutes later he was shown
into that gentleman's room and found
him in bed.
Delighted to see you, Mr.. Barnes.
You are very kind to come and see me.
For doing so I am almost willing to for
give you for the wrong which you have
done me.
WIOuk6 WuoV WkOdSa
"Do you remember the day You came
to see me at the Fifth Avenue about the
button which you had found2 You asked
me to show you the seventh Of my own
set. I agreed on condition that you
should not annoy the lady"
"Well?"
"You broke your promise, that is
ALL"
"In what way?'
"In the first place you bribed her maid
to tell her a lie and leave her so that
one Of your spies could take her place
secondly, your spy did take her place,
the result of which was that Miss Rem
sen could not re-engage her old maid
and has had much trouble oget another
as good.
81 did not foresee when I made that
promise that such an emergency would
arise as did later.
every true. But I did, and warned
you that you would gain nothing by
making the promise, since you would
only find my own story verified by your
visit"
"Well, I am very sorry and will say
that it shall not occur again.
"But, Mr.. Barnes, it has occurred
again.
"How so?"
"Why, she cannot leave her home at
any time without being dogged by your
spies.
Mr.. Barnes bit his lip in chagrin to
find how we'll this man was acquainted
with his plans, but be replied unhesitat-
ingly:
'This time you are wrong. I prom:
ised you not to annoy Miss Remsen in
connection with the particular case of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28
SAGACITY OF BLACKBIRDS.

General Lew Wallace relates in the
indianapolis Sentinel an incident
which shows to a remarkable extent
the wonderful sagacity and memory of
blackbirds.
"At my home over in Crawfords-
ville," said the general, 1--WE have a
large number of tall trees on the lawn,
and in the course of time these trees
become the roosting place at certain
times of the year for hundreds Of
thousands of blackbirds. They came
in great, black clouds, and, in spite
Of all I could do, they refused to
leave. Of course they were great
nuisance, and I was in despair as to
some means of getting clear of them.
I stood for days with my gun firing
into them but the rest did not seem
to be sufficiently struck by fear or
grief to want to part company with
me and my hospitality. then devised
q new scheme.
procuring a number of Roman
candles, one evening, l lighted them
one by one after dark, when the
boughs of the trees were bent low
with the weight of the croaking birds,
and poured the balls into the tops Of
the trees at great rate. The sudden
innovation startled the birds as moth
ing had ever done before, and they
became panic-stricken. That night I
was free Of them.
"The habit Of returning there to
roost was stronger thar fear, and they
began coming in by thousands as the
next evening approached. After dark
1 began with another volley of candles,
and the birds began to realize that
there was determined bombardment
in progress. They fed precipitately,
and the third evening only few Of
them returned. A few last shots put
them to fight, and was troubled no
more.
"But what do you think those birds
did2 My dividing fence runs between
the trees on my property and the
trees on the property Of my neighbor,
which are equally high and equally
suitable for home for the blackbirds.
When the birds were driven from my
lot they flew over across the dividing
fence to the trees of my neighbor, and
settled. There was no bombardment
over there, and there they have stayed
ever since.
"This was a long time ago, but
never since the last Roman candle
was fired into them has one of those
birds settled on one of my trees.
They are 'tabooed' as effectually as
though they were on fire. The great
clouds of birds each morning and even
ing fly directly over my trees going
and coming; out not bird settles
upon a tree that is on my side of the
dividing fence"
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AN ARAB LEGEND ABOUT ToBAC-
Co.-There are no more faithful vota-
ries of "the weed" on earth than the
Arabs. According to one of their le-
gends, which is told in the Keller
Zeitung, Kiel, and translated::fo The
Literary Digest, the origin of tobacco
was as follows:
"The prophet was walking in the
garden, when he came upon viper,
stiff with cold, and stretched upon the
ground. Full of compassion, he took
it up and warmed it in his bosom.
When the reptile recovered, it thus
addressed its preserver 'Oh, divine
prophet, shall now bite thee But
why p asked Mahomet. Because thy
race persecutes mine, and tries to ef-
face it altogether But does not thy
race, too, war everlastingly against
mine p answered the prophet. why
wilt thou be thus ungrateful, and for
get that / have but now saved thy
life?' There is no gratitude upon
earth,' replied the viper. 'Were 1 to
spare thee, another of thy race would
kill me. By Allah, shall bite thee
Since thou hast sworn by Allah,
shall not ask thee to break thy vow,'
said the prophet, and held out his hand.
The reptile bit him, but the prophet
sucked the poison from the wound and
spat it upon the ground. And 10,
there sprang up a plant in which the
venom is combined with the
prophets mercy. Men call it tobacco"
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EASILY SURMoUNTED-It was the
hour past midnight and Mr.. Jagway
was fumbling about in the hallway
and muttering angriIy to himself.
"What's the matter ?" called out Mrs.
Jagway, from the floor above. "There
is two hatracks here" he answered,
"an' 1 dom know witch one to hang
On hat on" "You've got two hats,
haven't you ?" rejoined Mrs. Jagway.
eyes," came the answer from below.
"Hang them on both"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03

who are burdened with debt. Appreciat-
ing money means that the producer must
content himself with fewer and few dollars
for the same work, while the debtor must
turn over more and mure of the product of
his labor to satisfy the demands of his
creditor.
As production is at the foundation of all
other industry, and very large proper
ton of the world 8 business is done credit,
1t should be apparent that general and
continuous fall of prices strikes at the
very root of ell human prosperity.
This is the grave and vital question now
before us-the one great issue of the pres
idential campaign. The voter who neg
lects to study it well, fails in his duty to
himself, to his country and to his fellow
man.
BY far the best method of diffusing edu-
cation upon this subject is through the
medium of the clubs and leagues or unions
Such organizations bring the voters to-
gether in compact bodies. and enable them
to collectively obtain at nominal rates the
very best literature extant. This in turn
leads to discussion, not only by speakers
from the platforms but between individ-
uals.
As a result the chaff is separated from
the solid grain, the essential and material
matter is sifted out of a great mass thai
really does not touch the essence at all.
The great contest is now on and it can
only be settled at the polls. To the end
that the decision may be right, the Ameri-
formation of silver clubs and leagues in
every state, county. city, town and school
district in the union.
To all interested in the cause we say or
ganize, and we will assist you to the best
of our ability" Our means are limited,
and the wealth of the country is arrsyed
almost solidly against US, but we will aid
in the work of organization and educa-
ton to the utmost of our ability.
Such literature as can be furnished free,
we will provide gratuitously, and all that
necessarily involves expense will be pro-
vided at cost. In every legitimate way We
will assist in disseminating correct infor-
nation upon this subject, the correct solu-
ton of which means so much to the people
of our common country.
For detailed Instructions as to the plan
of organization, application should be made
to the main Office Sun building, Washing
ton, D. c.
A J. WARNER,
President American BimetaIlic League.
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AN OBJECT LESSON.
The American Dollar, the Trade Dollar
and the Mexican Dollar.


and the Mexican Dollar.
Some of the goldites in mercantile
business have been prompted to en-
deavor to make political capital for the
single gold standard by offering so
cents worth of goods and Mexican
silver dollar for an American silver dol
lar. This is supposed to be weighty
anti-silver argument. But it is neatly
demolished by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Let US see, it says: On our desk we
have three silver dollars. The first is
a Mexican dollar, the second is an Amer
lean standard silver dollar, and the
third is an American trade dollar. The
Mexican dollar and the trade dol
lar contain about an equal amount of
pure silver, both containing more than
the standard silver dollar. Now, we
will give the American trade dollar and
ten five-eent cigars for an American
standard silver dollar. The. reason we
can do this, and the business house can
perform its offer, is very simple. Here
is the whole secret: Neither the Ameri-
can trade dollar nor the Mexican dollar
is now a legal tender in this country.
There was time when the trade dollar
was legal tender in this country, and
then it circulated side by side with the
standard silver dollar and the gold dol
lar. There was also time, prior to
1857, when the Mexican dollar was a
legal tender in this country by act OF
congress, and, strange to say, the Mex
lean dollar at that time went hand in
hand with our silver and gold dollars.
This shows the wonderful effect pro-
duced upon bullion by making it legal
tender coin. Without this quality the
bullion. is so much metal that very few
people want. With the legal tender
quality the bullion becomes coin that
everybody wants. Silver and gold as
bullion and silver and gold as legal ten
der coin are as different as the rough
block of stone and the statue chiseled
therefrom by the sculptor.
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| States senate, and Garfield, in the house,
declared in favor of it and gave their
reasons for it. There is, therefore, no
element of surprise out of which to
make a panic; nor is it sprung upon an
unreasoning throng. 1t comes from
those who ponder well the facts, the
financial history of their country, their
own economic experience and what
able and well-informed writers and
speakers have published.
The free silver movement is more
generally supported in rural districts
than in the great cities. Do panics come
from farmers? It is now being taken
up by the labor unions. Organized Ia
Dor is not going to precipitate panic.
1t has comparatively little money in
vested, and is neither in circumstances
nor in state of mind to make it subject
to a financial panic.
Col. Morrison, president of the inter
state commerce commission, and for
20 years a member of congress, says
there need be no panic and will not be
one unless the bankers make it. But
as the bankers would probably be the
chief sufferers from a financial panic,
they certainly will prepare beforehand
and take every possible measure to pre-
vent it.
Finally, panic is next to impossible
ON a rising market. A change to BIZ
metallism is sure to carry up the price
of silver, and with il all our products,
as even the gold standard men adj
nit. With the stir of business, the
quickening of trade and the demand
for manufactured articles which this
will cause, confidence and hope will
take the place of despair and failure.
With real property advancing in value.
who is going to foreclose his mortgage?
But gold will depreciate. Every true
scientific writer so declares, and even
advocates of gold standard admit it
must be SO to some extent. Who is GO
ing to hoard gold when its price is going
down as measured by all products? In
fact, there will be no motive for Iiquida-
tion-no ground for a panic.-Farm,
Field and Fireside
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Net coDfined 20 blue Blood.


The royal garden parties at Buck
ingham palace are by no means the ex-
allied social functions that many
Americans imagine. Invitation to
them confers but little social prestige.
They were instituted By the prince OF
Wales in order that he might have OPP
portunity to do the civil thing to
number of his acquaintances, whomi
for one reason or another, he can not
receive either at Sandringham or
Marlborough house as the guest OF
his wife, and who, for obvious reasons.
are debarred from attendance at court
functions. At the garden parties at
least one-third of the guests neither
have been nor are likely to be present.
ed at court, and among them are many
Divorces. actors and actresses still on
the stage-who are, of course, strictly
debarred from presentation at court
and even tradespeople. The few
princes and princesses of the blood at
these affairs are carefully guarded
from being intruded upon by the gem
eral company. Nevertheless, on re-
cent occasion, the police had to be
called upon to keep the guests from
literally crushing their royal hosts In
their anxiety to stare at them--Chlca-
pO Chronicle
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
Increase Demand by Legislation.
OUR PROSPECTIVE GAIN.
Bryan and Free Silver VIII Work Much
Coed to the People.

! Coed to the People.
Many men are seriously asking them
selves the questions: What are we to
gain by electing Bryan and declaring
Tor the free coinage Of silver?
The first gain will be 4 secretary of
the treasury who will smash the corner
in gold by paying out silver or gold at
his pleasure in redemption of treasury
Totes. No man can say this would he
dishonest because this is the privilege
of the government expressed in every
obligation of the government except
ing gold certificates. II is the privilege
exercised by the Bank of France with
out fear of panic or a gold premium.
This gain will come at once after the
Inauguration of President Bryan.
The next gain will be the assurance
conveyed by this change of policy at the
treasury that there will be no more
bond issues, no more increase of the
bonded debt, no more increase of the
annual interest charge. Will not this
be worth gaining? Is it not benefit
to taxpayers of to-day and for genera
lions to come?
The next certain and natural gain will
be renewed activity in all the mining
camps of the west. This will quickly
put more money in circulation, employ
more labor and increase the output of
both gold and silver. Gold is very
largely a bi-product of silver mining
and the new life that will be put into
silver mining will result in larger
output of both metals, and consequent
~ larger volume of money, good. "'hon-
est money" "hard money" Goods
rooney" as the men of Zach Chandler's
time used to call gold and silver.
Another and decisive gain will be the
rush of capitalists to make investments
in property. Now their money is gain
ing in the banks because its purchas-
ing power is increasing, just as real es-
tate under certain conditions gains in
value from the public increment and
the owners make gains by not doing a
thing themselves because others are
doing for them. But as soon as free
silver coinage is a certainty these men
will see that money is going to get
cheaper and property dearer and there
fore they will seek investments and all
kinds of property will rise in value.
This will have n tendency to start in
dustries, employ labor, swell values and
boom business. Thus will the present
depression be lifted and all be made
prosperous. the laborer as we'll as the
banker.-Port Huron (Mich.) News.
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silver Mems Demand Means Simply One
Hundred Cents to the Dollar,

silver Mems Demand Means Simply One
Hundred Cents to the Dollar
Silver men want no fiat in their mo1i-
ev. but an honest 1O0-cent dollar,
which shall pass for what it purports to
be the world over, 412ja grains of sill
yer 900 fine. Everybody will take them
as readily as they do gold ct its bullion
value. Neither a silver nor gold cur
rency will add to or take from the
--ealth of the country, except as obiiga-
rions payable in coin are payable in the
appreciated coin, gold. Is It not in all
fairness as dishonest and far more des-
picaE!e to exact two dollars for an OH
.ieatiou for which only one dollar was
received as to settle for so cents on the
dollar?
An honest dollar is one that contains
the bullion defined by the words
stamped upon il. an honest silver dol
lar is 4121s grains, 900 fine-a dollar
which. without any Sat. will buy az
much in the open market to-day rs i
ever would of every commodity raised
o.. produced byt he labor of the country
1t is only when measured by gold or
bonds that it suffers by comparison
J. II. Griffith. in y. y. Witness.