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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-02
THE nth TR|ENN|AL CONCLAVE.
How Pittsburg has Prepared for the Recep-
ton of the Sir Knights and Their Wives.

In Pfttsburg they are talking and
thinking Of but n thing just now.
and that is the twenty-seventh trien-
NAL conclave of the grand encamp-
ment Of Knights Templar. which be-
gins on Sunday. Oct. 9. when Rev. c.
L. living, the grand prelate. will hold
religious services in one OF the city
churches.
Pittsburg has more thar done her
part in preparing for the entertain
ment of the knights, their wives and
families. and the thousands of sight
seers who will doubtless throng the city
during the week. Work has been GO
ing steadily on for several months. and
when the visitors arrive they will find
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-02
A CONVICT

everything there will be TO do. will ind
every moment of their time taken up.
The Smoky City was chosen for the
present-it is the twenty-seventh tri-
ennial conclave-just before the last
grand encampment went out Of exist
,nce three years ago i'm Boston, and
already Louisville is working hard 70
secur hat OF 1901. and she VIII prob
ably be successful.
There is no other gathering n a EN-
braces In such numbers the finest eype
Of American citizenship, or hat brings
together such a representative class Of
men at one time in one place. cOnse-
quently IL is not TO be wondered AT
that the disposinE Of his body has
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-02

- travel After ne was hurt he walked
two miles through the forest To his
boat. hoisted the sail and came down
the lake 10 his amp e TO ours. He
81 terribly cut about the head and
hands. but his body IL all right. I am
sitting up with him for a few nights.
Ha Is from Brooklyn"
The brute that injured Holman was
one OF the savage silver tip bears. His
fellow miners think the animal had
been wounded before Hoffman came
along.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-02

10 the judges. Is sen out TO New Gale
dOnia for 10 years-no great hardship,
for IN he conducts himself with reason
able ci-rcumspection he can in three
years time win a ticket OF leave and
establish himself as a free ~cOlonist. he
can marry-the government
ing him in his marital ambitions and
even furnishing the BRIDE. or IL he i
already married. il win send out his
wife and children TO him. Consequently
IL is not to be wondered az hat the
man who found himself slowly break
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-16
A Honest Heart

] Aa all Cred bot day, msrm, Cola tat
! sali an old farmer, Addressing lady sht
, SET al bis eide IN railroad ,l,lion wsitini
Tor train
The woman dreu away bet rich sllk'
impstiebtly, irowniug .s Il 10 cay, lon n
ont Of your place, cir, bot she made nt
susible reply,
An oil fred bot day, say, marin. said
the cid msn 10 3 louder tone supposiug
that she vas little deaf Are you soin
iuF' Why, be ooaiiuued, as no reply
y" ,ouehsAied, I'm soriy yoar deaf,
marm, Hov long have yon been so'
Sir, sii the woman, rising, DO You
mesn 10 insult mei | shall complain TO
the police. And she swept hsashtily
from the room.
Wssl, never exclaimed the old man,
as be drew out the red bsudsna and mop
ped bis forehead. Pretty tired, mstmi
he continued, addressing woman who
had inst come 10, carrying bsby aud
1t Of bundles. with two email children
cliogiBg to her dress. Are you goin lnri
To Boston, cir, wss The pleasant reply.
Got TO wait lonsS
Two hours, oh, children. do be quiet
snd don't tease mother suy more.
Lock shere, you young shsvers, aud
see what I've got IN my pocket, and soon
both children were on bis knees eating
peppermint candy aud listening to won
deriul stories about the sheep aud calves
at home. Next be pulled ont a string
and taught them bow TO play Oats
cradle" They were soon on the floor,
happy as kitteus.
Now let me take ths, youngster, marm,
he SAID, noticing that the baby wanted to
be tossed sll the time, You look clean
bss, ont. guess can please him. I'm
a powerful hand with babies. 10 bis big
arms the baby crowed With delight until
be fell asleep.
Tsin't notbingst all, marm, be said two
hours later as be helped the woman aud
her charges on board,
Buying q pint OF peanuts from little
girl and paying II instead OF 10 cents be
nunched in hearty enjoyment until bis
rain was called.
All aboard shouted the conductor, and
he train started. Something bright has
zone ont OF this depot that doesn't come
n every day, said one who remsined-sn
lonest heart.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-16

ietnh A shits light butos brilliantly
ADD consts1Iiy, 90 I. 20 indicsss The
whereabouts ot the ssri.i station 20 the
I reOoiViag station,
Nesr II isAwhile And red sncsn descent
electric light op,rsted b. keys 90 the
ground and connected 10 the keys hy A.
Insulated cord sire, witch ruus through
tbe pulley Two red itshs represent
The uumVrAI sred snl wbue the unmet
Al , and two whites and q rcd The numet
sl 3. Ia this wsy ,ll The com binalions
.hIoh apply 10 The Meyers code can be
secured. Lieutenant Wiso also has De
wise 10y which lsntefns aud A.ss can be
operated somewhst after the manner Of
the electric light tisusl syttem. Tlis
apparatus is 90 arranged that the positions
OF the lanterns and hsss c.u he changed
without hsulips the code stsn 10 the
gronnd, something alter the style Of the
semsphore used 10 railroad block aud Gig
naI systems.
Kite photography is done by means OF
Gamers whion is carried on platform, |
The platform hangs from 3 ring which
slides over the tandem line, THIS riue
also is attached 10 the cord OF kite
which is used solely tor tue purpose OF
pulling the platform mp the tandem cord
10 stop which prevents the ring sliding
higher. When 1t is desired to take pho
osrsph. the camera is placed on the plat
'orm, and the clock work sppsrstus used
for operating the shutter is set for Ger
ain number OF nit utcs Then the kite
lsuls the whole affair up the main tsn
lem cord. aud when the watch Of the
operator advises him that the plate has
,een exposed the kite ia hauled down
md smother plate put 10, All this lie done
'thout disturbing the team OF kitos
The bottom OF the platform which sup
'orts the camera can be tilted to give any
esired angle OF inclination.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-16

1t wass worthy psrson who had done I
lot OF work in India and acquired that il
satisbIe craving for highly spiced food'
which is ths certain iuhertenoe OF all who
linger for any length OF time 10 the land
OF Guns inc aud shadow. One OF the deli
oseies he could never get through the
meal with ont was tobsseo sauce We
don't know whether you've had any
experience OF tobasoo sauce. Ii is D
bon. as warm ne anything that is made
Cayenne is ice cream compared to it. and
the ordinary chill OF the pickle merchants
takes very back seat.
Well, the psrson was sloppiug at u Ger
tain boarding house in Brighton, and
among the other visitors was an elderly
gentleman from Chicago, Meal after
meal he noticed that The little red bottle
With the green label was always prod need
from some mysterious hiding place and
put by the side OF the parsons plate, and
finally one luncheon time the other could
coatsin himself no longer. Putting down
bis knife and fork. be remarked
Parson, | reckon III trouble yer to pass
the ssuce be ide you.
This ia my private bottle cir, remarked
the minister, but If You wish TO partake
Of it you are very welcome.
Well, pass it over then.
He poured out upon his plato about
three times as much as would have spread |
a cheerful glow throughout the whole OF
klondike. Then he tore the inside out oi |
a dinner roll and carefully sopped the
yermilion mixture mp. Then he-bolted
i'll
He didn't Shrek, he didn't Jump, be
didn't roll upon the floor. He simply
grabbed the table with bis two hands,
opened bis mouth 80 wide that the flesh
at the corners tore like glazed calico and
gssped for air He painted like 40 doge
each Of which sd run 10 miles in record
time. and the water coursed down from
bis forehead, from bis eyes, from the cor
uers OF bis mouth and dripped and drip
ped - drpped on the worn and tbfesdbsre
carpet. At bis written reqnest-tor hc
couldn't speak the be, IL called hymau
nan and drove him 10 the nearest fire /
station, where be had the inch hose Al
L. q a |
luafter
He looked much wiser and far sedder =
when he IL, the psrson at breakfast op
be following morning, bnl oil he said
vas:
Psrson, I've learned somethuk. !
new you iellers lived by preschln hsdep, d
,ut | never knew as yer carried il with /
er ;
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-16

A man who wentswsy from home some
time ago TO attend q convention OF church
people VAS struck by the beauty Of the
little town 10 which the gathering wa,
held. He had plenty Of time, and while
wandering about walked into The village
cemetery 1t vac d beautiful place, and
the delegate walked around among the
graves. He saw a monument. one Of the
largest 10 the cemetery, and read With eur
prise the in cfi ton on II "a Lawyer
and sn Honest Man" The delegate
scratched his head aud looked at the
monument tgsin. He read The inscilp
tion over aud over Then be walked sll
around tLr monument and sIsmined The
grave olo,ely. Another mao 10 the Gene
terry .pprosched snd ssked him
Hsvs you found the grave Of an old
irleudi
No, said the delegste, but | vss wonder
ing how they csms 10 bury those tao fsl
lows 10 Que grave.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-16

A clever winter rays worry is q mortal
enemy 10 beauty au1 ohsrm Of manner.
rhi. is undeuIably true W9ry over ,te
ineyitsble is not Only suukie iuducer
and town iusliys'or. bot it is segselese
.nd wicked rebellion sganst what cannot
se helped. Wouy cI ulis The eye, makes
the voice sharp snd impatient pptr bard
tiuss sbont The mouth aad IrarsJ- q
pose aud geutl-ress u nsursr 8hst
ever is. is best Therefore oDe 4o4ii bast
sottfol oues iselIugs ap1 lesra 90 togn IS
possibls TO know that bright eyrs. sweet
voices snd smiles as at the month viii
add mnch to ooe's bss1iy snI 70 ooe's
circle of fdeu1s.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-16
An Advsrtissm.nt a


Made auy money!
Well. sir, its a business which either
mak.s or iooses big. I've got moiersts
provisi9n Tor the time when get too old
10 travel .bOat 10 iEis way. think thsfs
ss u aoh u nost oi EN- ocns out with.
aud oush, 10 be pretty veil satisfied.
But, | tell you, time bss been pher
| dldp't know where the leI. meal
would come from, aud hall dozen OF
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-16

Wstt. The most sriest advocates q
~sr are those who oegsf saw bstla.
Potts And the most afaeht sigresiea
Of the beauty sui dignity Of work afs
those who never saw press - tfs
wood.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-16

tfmFNl ltF one tE lhN tt1rHt i.Wt
ever sttuck vas 81 Ajbart a.. us1
! csa lsnsh pos. 10 th,ak ol that s,tl'
,h.rpuess, hat il sas 80 lsaFtine matte
3 st the time
vas ststtins Il Through lhs caauir
wth speciality troop masteal ae's
tttekstefs sui ai 4sttels, viih sual
comedy c1mpspy thrown No MNe. Sasfae
Allonctts wss u,lh o. tsbe was sao Alter
81 the stage a. IeaItne lady sel alss tr
several jarios tight rope aaI ,aps a'a
We had been bssiue taftu,sai of lad
seAlhrr before settrack 'taa iata . tl.al
ed to sud oi course bal Flayel :, very
poor honscs
hsdu't been able te pay ny company =
salaries ior three week.. hadn't cott 10
send my vile, sod lhtgsa looked pssily
bad tell you.
| bad about made no my mind 10 sell
my watch, the only thing oi value hsd
loft, pay oil tue men sud girls ar far
as could and dishaud tbe company
Whou | got up, sas the streets uoyc
covered With mud, aud 9 shsrp enid wird
was blowing My heart sank like lead
and wished haiul sent tho hllls aut
thought lvould speak 10 my icalpg
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raped.
sna s.t 10, ,,.o f., hr,,, la,
nan.
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aoh
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This i. q .iy,a tom,
Yes bnt look what u,c,eho1 wo,thctI
We sbsnt have half bonsc t,.n,,b, and
| cant even pot a pp0 In IN, pspcrs +,
COAX people ont
Cant Won got np sops,,ion tb,,vtl
draw
iva triad In think nj sor,,,h,ns and
can't. snsweted
Mr. Lana said aha as looked ,lcn,ly
at bsr want NV salsrv ana lon,tv.nt
this oomo.pv IN On down n yon,ll,Iet
ma 4, ss ,io.so nm, o.L ,,o ,,nst,,,.s
III f., that hail loIl 10 pi0bt and we sball
.ll eot on, monev
Tt., ao NO en-, ,,ta..,t f,,o,,oj Aoy
thing IN helm ma mat novI
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,ncst,onsy .slad ane
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-06-16

A Mohawk VALLEY sonsn hss compile,
ID g crazy gull, With 2l7 5sl pieces 10 il.
Her husband s said 10 button bic suspend
ers With . brsse nsiL
The Conservative, 1898-10-20

1NO1I
more expensive to the community
than properly secured bank paper. Such
unanimity on the part of men of special
training in economic science, who have
no private interests to serve, ought
surely to count for something in this
dispute.
WHAT A DOLLAR CONSISTS Of.
What is a greenback? Here is II
1t says: ''The United States will pay
the bearer one dollar" 1t does not say
that this piece of paper is a dol
lar, but that the government will
pay a dollar Oh it's presentation at
the treasury. The next question is,
What is a dollar? 1t is % $40 grains of
gold, 90 fine. This is declared by law
to be the unit of value. No other thing
is so declared by law. The supreme
court has decided in the case of Bank VS..
Supervisors q Wallace, 26) that the
greenback is a promise to pay coined
dollars. Although the government of the
United States has created for it's own be-
hoof, out of the bullion bought by itself,
a limited number of silver dollars, which
it has declared it's intention to keep at
par with gold, the promise inscribed on
the greenbacks is a promise to pay gold.
1t has been so understood by every adj
ministration we have had since specie
payments were restored, and that is what
mean when 1 speak of redemption of
greenbacks by the treasury. Still, the
point I am now considering does not
turn OF the particular metal that the
g%reenback calls for. The point is merely
that the government promises to pay a
coined dollar and that the value of the
paper rests upon the fulfillment of the
promise.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENTS CREDIT
CONSISTS OF.
We are often told that the greenback
%circulates Oh the credit of the govern
ment. Yes, but what does the govern
ment's credit consist Of? The word
"credit" is derived from the Latin
credo, II believe" What do 1 believe
when I read the words OH the greenback
1.-The United States will pay the bearer
dollar?" I | believe it will do exactly
what it promises, not that it will tender
me something different, or ask me to
wait till a more convenient season. If
the government lacks either the means
or the inclination to fulfill the promise,
then it's credit is impaired, and the
greenback will no longer circulate at
par. l can remember a time when the
greenback dollar would bring no more
than forty cents in either silver or gold.
Therefore, when we say hat the
greenback circulates on the govern
ment's credit, we mean that a general
belief exists not that the government
The Conservative, 1898-10-20

crease of the governments interest
bearing debt since the obligations in
Cured in the civil war had been funded.
Some persons denied that there was any
legal authority to issue new bonds, al
though the specie-resumption act re-
quired the secretary to redeem the gov
ernment's demand notes ION and after
January 1, 1872" and authorized him
to sell bonds of a certain description as
might be necessary for that. purpose.
Apparently Mr.. Foster was satisfied
with the response of the people and the
press to his Chamber of Commerce
speech, for he went back to Washington
and issued an order to the bureau of
engraving and printing , prepare the
new bonds. This was on the goth of
February, 1898, and Mr.. Foster was to
go out of office on the 18th of March.
Naturally, he preferred to put upon his
successor the onus of issuing the bonds
if he could. So he came to New York
and %pursuaded the banks to give him a
few millions Of gold in exchange for
legal-tender notes, enough to carry him
along until the 4th of March. This ell
abled Mr.. Foster to slide out of office,
leaving the 500, 900 900 greenback re-
demption fund intact, but his surplus
over that sum was only $9S7 900.
EXPLOITATION OF GOLD CAUSES PUBLIC
AT&DN
For our present purposes it makes no
difference what was the cause of this
drain of gold on the Treasury. 1t may
have been an adverse balance of trade.
1t may have been a shortage of revenue.
1t may have been both of these causes.
The question is sometimes asked,
Why did the banks, prior to 1892, fur
nish all the gold that was needed for
export, and why did they then cease to
do so, and put that burden on the gov
eminent? L am not in the confidence
of the banks. L never owned a share of
bank stock in my life. 1 cannot all
swer for them, but l can tell you what
l should nave done if l had been in their
place. AS long as there was no doubt
about the redemption of the legal-tender
notes in gold 1 should have supplied
gold to such of my customers as
wanted it. 1t is the business of a bank
to give it's customers the kind of money
they want. But if 1 found doubts
arising in my mind whether the govern
ment would or could continue the re-
demption of it's notes, 1 should have
kept my own gold, and paid my Gus
toners legal-tender notes, leaving them
to get the gold where they could. 1 as
sumo that the banks of the United
States took this view of the situation.
They saw the government buying 4 ,500,-
900 ounces of silver each month and is
The Conservative, 1898-10-20
Che Conservative.

money be issued against real estate? Is
not real estate eventually good? The
answer is that real estate is not money,
and that what is wanted is not eventual
payment, but present payment. If you
issue paper, which promises to pay real
estate, or wheat, or cotton, and people
take it with that understanding, well
and good. They know what to expect.
They IA have whatever they bargain
for, but if they want money, the paper
must be issued on the money basis, and
not on the real estate basis. There have
been a great many attempts to issue
money on the basis of land, from John
Laws famous experiment in France
down to the great spawn of land banks
in our southern states in the '20s and
'30s, but they have all ended in disaster.
So the essence of the greenback is that
it circulates in place of the coined dol
lar because the government agrees to,
and actually does, redeem it in coined
dollars on demand. 1t follows that if
any doubt is cast upon it's redemption
if the public apprehend that the govern
ment cannot or will not redeem it Oh de-
fundamentally will ensue in every
department of business and this uncer-
tainty may reach the dimensions of a
panic. Now l shall recall some recent
events in our financial history.
THE TREASURES COL RESERVE IN
1S92-'93.
During the latter part of President
Harrison's administration the gold in
the treasury began to u down i'll a
rather alarming manner 1t consisted
of two parts, namely, a fixed sun Of
500, 000, 900, known as the g%reenback
redemption fund derived from the sale
of bonds in 1878, and a variable sum de-
rived from other sources. At the begin
ming of December, 1892, this latter fund
amounted to 1888 900, 900. There was a
demand for gold for export and this de-
mand fell upon the treasury. That is to
say, the exporters of gold were present
ing legal-tender notes at the treasury
for redemption. AS the movement
seemed likely to continue fora consider
able time, the secretary of the treasury
began to grow uneasy, and he cast about
to see how he could replenish his stock.
l remember that he came to New York
about that time and attended a dinner
of the Chamber of Commerce, and, be,
ing called on for a speech, he said,
among other things, that the govern
ment intended to maintain gold pay
ments even if it should become necessary
to sell government bonds to obtain the
means. This announcement was quite
vigorously %applauded. 1 remember
thinking at the time that probably Mr.,
Foster had made his speech in order to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-11
N For EIGHT YEARS
Chairman Babcock Calls
Attention to the Senate.
THIS WILL HOLD IN CHECK
All Opposition Till Pending
Policies Are Secure.

Washington, Nov 10.-Chairman Bah
cock, of the Republican congressional
committee. believed this morning that
the Republican majority in the next house
would reach twenty.
He figured on only $50 last night but
was this morning convinced that the man
ifest drift in the west. when the returns
were all in, would show that enough dis
tricts, now doubtful, had been carried TO
swell the majority to ~. Mr.. Babcock
said tina 1.-THE gains in the west were due
to the desire Of the people to endorse the
administration and TO expresse their sat
isfaction over the return of prosperity.
The Republicans carried five districts
west of the Missouri which they had
hardly hoped for but they were offset by
the loss Of four districts in New York
and one in Massachusetts. so that Mr..
Babcock's original calculations as 70 the
result proved approximately correct.
Mr.. Babcick said that the public hardly
realized the full extent of the Republican
victory on Tuesday. Even more import
ant, ne said. than the fact that the next
house will be Republican, was the sweep
ing cIldISS III the senate, where Tue ITullS
of Tuesdays election would give the Re-
publicans IS majority.
That majority cannot possibly be over
come for eight years" said Mr.. Babcock,
land for at least that period the business
interests of the country are safe. Re
publican policies Will prevail for that
length of time. Even if the next house
and the next president should be for free
silver, a Republican senate would block
their path. Besides, the majority in the
senate will give us a clean working ma
jority there for the enactment of our pol
icies without the embarrassment that
comes from narrow and unstao bic MAORI
ties. There need be no deals with the
kickers. We will have Republican ma
jority sufficient to work freely and our
nation Will have ample time to vindicate
itself before hostile senate can be elect
ed to upset"
At Democratic congressional ileadquar-
ters they had no figures this morning.
They did not concede the house, claiming
that the returns from many districts were
yet too meagre, definitely to determine
the result. Corruption was charged
against the Republican management by
the DemocAsic managers.