The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-18
CUBAN PAPER CURRENCY.
Circulating Bits of Paper Printed in
the United States.


The story of the money is interest
irg. At the time the Spaniards were
h-lding meetings denouncing our gov
erment and passing resolutions not to
buy our goods their paper money was
being printed. In due time it was put
into circulation. supported by the cap
tain generals decree ordering it to be
taken as gold in payment of all bills eN-
cept those owed to the government.
Anyone refusing to so receive it was to
be imprisoned. Then it was paid out to
the soldiers and government employees.
who lost 30 time in turning it over to
the various shopkeepers and merchants.
Imagine the effect on the patriotic
Spaniards who but few months be-
fore had denounced the United States
end its products, now given I little bit
of square paper in exchange for their
goods. with the startling information
printed in the lower margin that that
bit of paper came from New York. Inn
agine the effect upon the 100000 sci
djers and their officers, who but a few
months ago were confident of their
ability to land in Florida. march on to
when the millions of little bits of paper.
bearing the American Bank Note COM
pany's imprint. We're given them for
money. What! those American dew
lis making our money" was the excla-
nation of surprise on every hand.
Now Spanish officers no longer talk
of invading the United States. They
have awakened to the fact that generally
we have very we'll organized police 70. ce
which. with whatever faults they may
have, are capable of putting any dis
orderly crowd of foreigners that might
attempt to Ian into Jail at once. Prob
ably this money printed in the United
States has had the most to do with
bringing the Spaniard to his senses
Weyler's attempt to force the paper
currency into circulation at its face
value in gold has been as unsuccessful
as his attempts to do many other
things. This fiat money cannot be used
in Spain. and. although the police may
he empowered to arrest anyone in Cuba
for refusing to exchange their goods OF
services for bits of paper printed in .he
United States. the merchant may raise
the price of his goods and the labore1
the price of his hire.-Leslie's Weekly.
Insect Attracting Flowers.
Prof. F. Plateau, of the University of
Client, has for many years carried on
series of observations on the mode in
which insects are attracted to flowers,
the results of which are published in
the Bulletin IF the Royal Academy of
Sciences of Belgium. His conclusions
are not in accord with those of Darwin.
that the bright color of the corolla acts
as beacon to attract insects. He be-
Eeves that they are attracted chiefly by
some other sense than that of sight.
probably that of smell. In the case of
the dahfia tsingIe) and other species of
Compositae, the removal of the con-
spicuous ray-horets had but little effect
on the visits of insects; nor had the re-
moval of the conspicuous part of the CO.
rolla in other flowers as long as the
nectary remained. On the other hand.
the artificial placing of honey on other
wise scentless flowers resulted in their
being Immediately visited by numbers
of insects. Where the same species va
ries in the color of the flower. as be-
tween blue and white. or red and white.
insects visit quite indifferently flowers
of different colors belonging to the
same species.-St. Louis Republic.