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OUR MONETARY SYSTEM.
Senator PETER Tells Briefly What Rs.II,
Ais 10.

Senator PETER Tells Briefly What R..n,
Ais It.
Senator w. A. PETER in the Form.
The trouble with our monetary system
- that we are trying 30 do an in
possible thing. You might as well IN
0srtake % haul a ton of hay on a b.
cycle as to do a hundred billion dol
hrs' worth Of business on a hundred
millions dollars worth of gold coin
The only way a gold standard can Be
securely maintained is to use no mon
credit paper of any kind whatSOeys
man could be redeemed IN gold II Il
were presented for payment at one
time; and that, we all know, is utter.
~ impracticable. AS before stated. We
have not gold enough to supply mora
than per cent. Of Our. daily needs for
money. We use 500 worth Of private
credit and 81 worth of coin in eyery
500 worth OF business We transact
with the national banks. The simple
truth Is, we have long OutgrOwn the
metallic money system and We shall
have % invent something better. II
men want to trade in gold. let them DO
50; that Is in every way legitimate; for
gold Is a commodity, and useful one
IN many ways. But, as the New YORK
Board of Trade said in a resolution D.
eember 9, 1896, "a sound money cretk
system Is a necessary element to lie
stability of confidence" Money, =
whatever form, Is but credit cOnsi
The wise thing for US to do is 10 -
tabiish a sound credit system NJ
there b no credit among US equal
that OF the government OF the Units d,
States. That, wisely used. Is sufficieS
fer all monetary purposes. In addldg
10 fts simplicity and naturalneSs, :.
would be q guaranty OF loyalty Ds :
Ialy 70 the ownership Of their bouai
ty the people. 5
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ill-natured sayings, nothing one would
be ashamed to own. Insensibly, ones
style will improve, and gradually one
may learn to express her thoughts
well ! remember, a good many years
ago, hearing my grandfather and q
nsighbor disputing about the time OF
corn-p:sating the year before. Grand
mother quietly produced a closely
written package Of foolscap and read
aloud extracts which settled the Ques-
ton. This seemed wonderful to me
then. 1 went home and declared I
must have a diary, and my father
bought me one. How proud I was!
I remember how II looked with it's
hideous writing, though Il perished
In q fire years ago.
II one is sad and sorrowful, the heart
Is sometimes relieved In this way; II
one has happiness and Joy they are in
creased tenfold, for the Journal Is
trusty friend, 1t will not betray Us Is
human friends do.
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Fried tomatoes are excellent to serve
on a Dreaded veal or mutton chop. Peel
and cut a solid tomato into slices half
an inch thick. remove the seeds and
roll them in crumbs. Put In snort
handled spider a little butter, and ny
II In two slices OF onion. Remove the
onion and lay in the sliced tomatoes.
Sprinkle them with salt and pepper
and chopped parsley. Cover the slices
with q buttered paper and keep the
spider In a hot oven from ten to NJ
teen minutes. When done place
sI,ce Of cooked tomato upon each chop.
Another way to fry sliced tomatoes
to serve on chops is to put q beaten
egg into a soup plate, add teaspoon
ful of water to It and dip each slice
of tomato into the egg and then into-
bread which has been crumoec' moi
dried. Put the slices in hot frying
pan with butter and cook each side
brown before placing on the cooked
chops.
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PlatonIc Affection.

She was very pretty little woman,
and her husband was one Of the best
fellows in the world. But Of late she
has taken to posing as soulful and
affecting a bookish new woman sort
Of attitude which is really entirely
foreign to her. The other day she got
into a long argument with her doctor,
who had come to prescribe for an at
tack OF nerves. as to the exact eharac-
teristics of a platonic affection. Nov,
tell me. doctor" she said. how would
you define a platonlc affection?" my
dear madam" replied the man of medi-
cine. "a platonic affection is like every
other tonic; it makes you want more. I"
-Pick-Me-Up.
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The United States consul at Catania,
Sicily, reports the cost of labor In
lemon handling in Sicily (reduced to
United States money! as follows:
overseer, per day, So to CSC; expert
enced women who select the fruit, Bic;
wrappers Tin tissue paper, 19c; girls
who clean lemons (pick out lice with
sticks and brushes), lac; girls who do
other various kinds Of labor, Ice. All
these are with the exception Of the
oyerseer1 women and girls, who have
to feed and elothe themselves out Of
these scanty wages. They live upon
q "panuzza" (small loaf Of bread three
times a day with little fruit, a plate
of maccaronI and perhaps a glass Of
cheap wine. They commence work
early in the morning lat this season
before daybreakl. do not eat anything
until 10 or IL o'clock. when they rest
a few moments and eat their bread.
The men who make and nail up the
boxes receive 45c per day, and those
who pick the fruit from the trees &c.
Another expense Is transportation Of
the fruit to the city, depending upon
the distance. Lemons are bought by
the thousand, counting 1040 to the
thousand. The price paid for the
September to December crop runs from
sz.1s to $2.52 per thousand. The jan
uary 20 Hay crop runs from SOC to
S1.25, although extra choice fruit Of
this crop which win bear shipping
from England to the United States
brings as high as $1.so per thousand.
The large lemons known as -spsta
fora" which are yellow In February
and March, bring $3.50 to $3.50 and
even a. high as $50 to $40 and even
higher. per thousand
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THE TROUT BROOK.

Ran hidden by tall meadow-grass that
sways with every breeze,
And running through deep, silent pools,
and under spreading trees;
Now stealing through the quiet ways
Of solitary wood,
And now beneath a timbered arch
where once the old mill stood;
Across the fields and to the brow
where valleys fall away,
Then over beds of shelving rock its
waters dance and play,
And now and then. as though In Joy
of such delightful fun,
1t springs into a waterfall that glistsns
in the sun
And eddies round and round about, In
strange, fantastic glee,
Then steadies down and flows away
sedately to the sea-
Prank H. Sweet In St Nicholas.
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when she was married and therefore
was not responsible for her action, Is
the ground upon which the parents Of
Mary T. Whitman will bring suit for
her for divorce from Berton T. Main, at
jamestown, N. Y. So much are they
In earnest that Main has been arrested
under that section Of the penal code
which classes a fortune teller as q dis
orderly person. Before Main came to
that town from Sheldon, Ill, Miss
Whitman, who is very clever and very
popular, was engaged to a prominent
young man. They were remarkably
devoted to each other and their early
marriage was looked forward to.
With Mains appearance there came
a change. He secured board with Miss
whitman's mother, and from the first.
By means Of his strange powers, ob-
tanned a powerful influence over the
daughter. The girl, who had been VI
vacious. became suddenly respondent
and fretful Her tractable temper was
replaced by impatience and queer out
bursts Of anger. So marked was the
change that not only her lover but her
family speedily noticed II. The former
called on Miss Whitman, and before
leaving conhded to her sister that he
believed something was wrong.
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n.rll. Of . Jok. in Germany.

This story illustrates the perils Of
practical joking in Germany. Eighteen
months ago four gentlemen of leisure
from the Rhine country went into the
kirmess in Bullay. They rode about
with a cabby and drank wine, and
drank vine and rode about with cab
By until they were overtaken by the
conditions Of mind and body which
accompany these performances at Ger
man festivals. Then they began to dis
pute with the cabman as to the weight
of his horse and cab. Eventually they
offered him so pfennigs, or about II
cents a pound for the whole equip
page. He accepted the offer. The
horse and cab went on the scales and
registered 5000 pounds. The whole
outfit was worth about SIS, so the cab
man FASTENED to surrender 1t and de-
mand his IL cents a pound, or $3.50 In
all. The four gentlemen Of leisure then
protested that IT was all a mistake, q
joke, In fact, and they couldn't think
Of paying $3.50 for SIS equipage. They
went away, but the cabma- sent horse
anu eau dItcE lucu " c4pTcb8, ". " ~.
When the four gentlemen Of leisure re-
fused to follow the practical part Of the
joke further, the cabman sued them
He carried on the case from court to
court, in response to their appeals from
each successive decision In his favor,
and two weeks ago obtained the final
Judgment in his favor from the high
court of justice Of Coblenz. The costa,
meantime. had risen to $40, so the four
gentlemen Of leisure were ordered 70
pay $500, all told That Is the total
cost Of the practical joke about the cab
mans s75 OUTFIT, excepting the private
retainers which, for the defense Of the
four jokers through the steady legal
fight Of q year and half, are said to
amount to about $500 more. The Bull
lay cabman has bought pair and q
victoria, and has gone to Berlin to
carry men with titles, and spurs on
their boots-New York Sun.
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The proper degree Of formality OBJ
served at the White House, so far as
tie officials are concerned, is some
times In contrast with the procedure
In earlier days. In recently published
recollections Of a long life, the author
describes a scene he witnessed at the
White House in President Van Buren's
time. In honor of the inauguration,
cheese had been sent to the new chief
magistrate. 1t was 'the size Of large,
round table" Pieces Of it, together
with crackers, were handed round to
persons assembled. The whole house
and almost the whole city was redolent
of cheese, fragments Of it lying every
where on the streets" All this may
seem to have brought the President
nearer the people, but the country can
to-day quite appropriately dispense
with that form Of paternalism.
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rae LITTLE RED CRADLE.

4
A little red cradle for long years un-
used,
And hidden away among relics Of
old:
I unearthed from the dust. all battered
and bruised,
The rude-fashioned structure,-my
infantfle fold.
In u In clustered the memories Of home,
ThN smiles Of my mother. who beat
DER me there;
Her soft lullabies which she sang In
the gioam
While 1 was in slumber, wrapped
safely from care.
The quaint-looking trophy.-s symbol
Of love-
Where Outlines fond faces have glad
~ appeared.
Was tenderly watched with devotion
above
By those whom the little red cradle
endeared.
I thoughtfully gaze on the simple afair
Where I when q babe often rocked
to and fro,
And fnger-worn spots, which are sunk
en- and bare,
Speak Of patient endurance In days
long ago.
Methinks can fancy the pleasure and
pride,
The pictures Of peace that were
framed in its space,
When footsteps moved softly In silence
beside
The little red cradle with kindness
and grace.
II was a safe haven from sorrows and
fears,
And tenderly guarded the lives In It's
care;
II faithfully bafied the tsmpests of
years,
And tempered the bosom with pa
thence and prayer.
All those that were trundled BY night
and by day
Are scattered, - some living and
others now dead;
Ana IL the red cradle could speak, 1t
would say:
How well / did shelter the ones
that have fiedr'
The little red cradle recalls to my mind
The ties it once cherished, now ser-
cred in twain,
Yet deep In its narrow confines are en-
shrined,
The visions that never will rock It
again.
George Sands johnson.
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The Power of . Voice

A low, sympathetic voice will some
times win its way with men ana Wo-
men who seem hardened against their
fellows. Such q voice was possessed
by Miss Dorothea Dix, whose life was
devoted to the succor Of the prisoner
and the insane.
A story Is told of the effect OF her
voice and of her power OF persuasion
upon q desperate prisoner. She was
travelling In a stage coach through
Michigan, when II was held up oy
robber who demanded her purse.
Without any apparent tremor or fear.
Miss Dix gently told him she had but
little money. and what she had was
needed for her work in visiting prisons
and poor houses.
Almost as the first word dropped
upon his ear the man stepped back
with a gesture of dismay and his face
nailed perceptibly. Then he uttered an
exclamation In which the words tnat
voice" could be distinguished.
He made no further demand, out
with some feeling said that the MEM
DRY of an earnest appeal, uttered oy
those very lips in Pennsylvania pen
itsntiary years before, when he him
self had been present, had not passed
from his mind. He could not rob that
speaker. Yet the gentle woman Wouio
not let him depart before she had
shared her money with him, so fear
full was she lest poverty should be to
him a temptation to further violence
The broad ax., 1897-03-20

A gigantic oyster shell is on exhibi-
ton at Portland, Me-, fish market
The shell weighs 153 pounds and "a
called by seafaring men q blue point
II was brought BY Captain Griffen of
the ship Neversink directly from the
China sea- Captain Grinten says that
although the oysters IN the China sea
are much larger than those In this
part Of the world. this Is rather a mon
ster,
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Fear In AnImaIs.

A Scandinavian writer cited by tno
Zoologist has recently described curl
Gus method OF capturing swans much
employed for centuries past in the
northwest of Iceland. The swans, af-
ter moulting in autumn, leave the in
terror in order to reach the coast. The
inhabitants OF the coast and their dogs
are prepared, and, when the birds ap-
proach, begin to make as much noise
as they can by shouting. striking
boards with stones, and making az
much racket as possible. This noise
has a powerful effect upon the young
swans, which, terrified and dis
tracted and not knowing which
way to turn their heads, al
low themselves to fall to the ground,
where they are seized without any diff
ficulty. Fear is likewise exploited in
South America for the capture Of an
other species of swan by the Gauchos,
who, when they perceive a flock, run
toward it, in keeping themselves lee
ward to the wind and concealing them
selves. When they get close enough to
the flock they spur up their horses and
rush upon the birds with loud shouts.
The swans, seized with fear. and IN
able to take flight, allow themselves to
be seized and slaughtered upon the
spot. The paralysis Of fear is met with
also In other animals. and in a most
marked manner. Mr.. Cancam has
pointed out quite a large number Of
instances in which animals have given
manifest signs Of fear or inquietude
before earthquake shocks.
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tention OF the public by Deputy Sherln
L. Patterson, of Wisscasset, serving no
tice to her to appear before the LIN
coin county Probate court in proceeo-
ings for the appointment OF guar
dian. For twelve years, since her
mother died. the girl, now p years oiu'
has lived hidden in the family Oh Al
fred Dodge, in North Edgecomb. MIS-
Dodge is the girls second cousin For
twelve years she has lived an utter re-
cluse In the attic of the Dodge mousse
avoiding the neighbors and every
stranger so resolutely that there are
many persons in Edgecomb who not
only have never seen her. but do not
know that such a person exists.
Though she lives barely three miles
from Wisscasset, her former school,
mates in that town have entirely lost
sight of her. The charge, boldly
made, that the girl has been hypno-
tized, put under restraint. quelled into
subsection by force OF stronger wills.
will come out in the legal proceedings.
and will make the case one OF Maipts
most singular actions at law. This
charge Mr.. and Mrs. Dodge indignant
ly deny, and they are supported by the
girl. All Of Edgecomb is in an uproar
about the affair. The selectmen have
held an inquis,tion. The Grand Army
post at Damariscotta has interested
itself actively, for the girl is a vet
Grams daughter. The neighbors talk
Of nothing else. The Dodge home Is
a lonesome place. 1t is big, weather.
beaten, implanted house. several rods
from the highway. and below the level
Of the road. There are no near neigh
bors. Tn girls guardian paid to the
Dodges $40 a year for her board, and
when he turned her property over TO
her in 1895 there was 1000 left. Since
then the Dodges have drawn $500 Of
this out OF the bank on orders signed
by the girl. Soon after this withdrawal
1t was said that Mr.. Dodge had dis
charged the mortgage on his farm.
Many rumors then spread.
At the height Of this gossip last au-
tumn came Miss Ida A Ourish. of
Dorchester, Mass, a cousin OF Abbie
Nutter. No one in the community had
felt called upon to act in the matter,
but Miss Ourish, who is businesslike.
set out vigorously to deliver her cousin
from the enchanted castle Of the
Dodges. She obtained as counsel
George B. Sawyer OF Wisscasset, and
began legal proceedings to place Miss
Abbie again under guardianship. The
case came before the selectmen of
Edgecomb. who held a hearing Miss
Nutter, the Dodge family and others
interested were present
The selectmen returned a decision
that, in their opinion, Abbie NJ. Nutter
is a person of infirm mind and inca
pable OF managing Sher own affairs.
They, therefore, recommend to the
Judge Of Probate that a suitable guar
dian be appointed. The girl does not
appear mentally unbalanced. Inex-
perienced and weak she certainly is.
She moves as II in a dream. He-
voice rings hollow. and the neighbors
insist that there is a mystery in the
household, a mystery of mind guiding
mind.
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Smoked for Eighty Year.

The death OF Thomas Dewitt. Of
Binghampton, N. Y. was not due 10
excessive smoking. but to old age. He
was 1o2 when he died. and had smoked
for eighty years. His mind was clear
and his memory good to the lat
Smoking was his chief pleasure. but
he IVES very fond Of card-playine too
He was probably at his death the ola
est man In New York Dtata
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couple to return home 1t was the
next day before the girl had an oppor-
tunity to tell her story. and upon the
facts as she related them 1t was de-
termined to bring suit for divorce. and
in the meantime to have Main arrested.
When locked up he soon worked him
self into a hysterical frenzy. and It is
now strongly suspected that his mind
Is unbalanced.
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A young woman in Richmond, Va,
tells one Of the local papers that when
she received her first masculine kiss
she 'felt as If something was running
down her nerves on feet Of diamonds,
escorted by several little Cupids in
chariots drawn by angles shaded by
honeysuckles and canopied by melted
rainbows." Is it any wonder the girls
like to be kissed?
The broad ax., 1897-03-20

The financial report of one of the
college football associations, for the
past season, has these items: Physi-
clans, $426; medicine, $3.50. This out
lay, during a comparatively brief peri
cd, for a few young men selected for
physical endurance, indicates that a
pastime may have its battle-fields on
which one may look with a degree OF
calmness,-if he has mo friend, no
brother there"
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When They Ar. Needed.

81 don't see," she exclaimed, with
proper Indignation, why they allow
pays to be presented that ladies are
4ot expected to see"
~ don't either" replied her husband
unless it's to give the men some place
% go where there are no large theat9
bats." Star.
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Very few people keep q Journal, Jet
II n q great help. The record Of the
lives Of many famous men and women
would be incomplete were 1t not for the
journals which 20 often reveal their
inner 1ife a. well a. daily events.
The diary Of the average person has,
10 Be sure, says writer In Housekeep-
e., no such significance, but,
many years hence. II may give great
pleasure 10 your descendanss n know
''h0w grandmother lived my years
ago." One should Be careful how she
wrsts; there should be no gossip o.
The broad ax., 1897-03-20

Philadelphia spent 100000 more
than Chicago did for new buildings
last year. That eastern town may be
somnolent, but she makes other towns
open their eyes occasionally.
The broad ax., 1897-03-20

II. Berthelet, member Of the insti-
tute, formerly minister, and distin-
guished chemist, gives it as his opinion
that gas fumes or cyaniden Of potas-
stun are preferable &c the American
method of electrical execution Of GRIM
Inals, but he believes ti,at France will
never abandon the guillotine.
The broad ax., 1897-03-20

Some of the new governors walked
to their inaugurations and some rode.
but It is worthy of note that all took
mighty good care to get there.
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Delaware is going to abolish the
whipping post The state should make
q clean job of it by abolishing Ad-
dicks at the same time.
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The man whose life is not more or
less Influenced by some woman can be
depended on to make frequent mis-
takes
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A partisan burglar recently cracked
q safe in a restaurant high up In the
Eintel tower. He is at the top of his
profession
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HYPNOTIC SPELLS.
TWO REMARKABLE CASES OF
ALLEGED MESMERISM.
A Maine Girl Has Lived Under the In
fiuenee of Others for Twelve Years
A New York Girl Influenced Into .
Foolish Marriage.
~ g. YPNOTIZED

YPNOTIZEO Tor
twelve yearSl Here
is a Trilby In rsal
life. The eKtTsor-
binary circum-
stances that have
surrounded the life
of Miss Abbie NJ.
Nutter, Of North
Edgecomb. Maine.
just have been
brought to the at
The broad ax., 1897-03-20

It Is possible to incur the everlasting
enmity of a man by finding him work
that he cannot slight.
The broad ax., 1897-03-20

The Paris communal council at q recent
meeting decided upon the construction Of I
although the city's debt already amounts D
500, O00.OO
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Notwithstanding the abomInable weather
Innsbruck, in the Tyrol, was last summ0
visited by 1889 tourists, or 1905 mors
than In the preceding summer.
The broad ax., 1897-03-20

Might stop a hole to keep the wind away;
But when II comes TO patching up a tire
It's rubber not dead Romans, we desire
The broad ax., 1897-03-20

When bilious or cOstive. eat q CSScar9
candy cathartic. cure guaranteed loo, sc
The broad ax., 1897-03-20

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
Druggists refund the money II II fails 70 cure 50
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HypnotIzed the Girl.

That their pretty daughter was under
the influence of her hypnotist husband
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

JULIUS F. TAYLOR. Publisher and Editor.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-05-24
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mat Hlie thought 500 Chinese
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