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Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30

moved from circulation by people who
know that they shall gain by choosing
for this purpose the new heavy coins
most recently issued from the mint.
Hence arises the practice, extensively
carried on in the present day in Eng
land, of picking and culling, or, as
another technical expression is, garb-
ling the coinage, devoting the good,
new coins to the melting pot and pass
ing the old, worn coins into circula-
ton again On every suitable oppor-
tunity." 1t will be seen that the
Gresham law applies to monies of one
kind of metal. There Is what is called
an extension of Gresham's law that
applies to all money. But it was a
principle recognized for years before
Sir Thomas Gresham was born. 1t
simply means this: that where there
are two forms of legal tender money,
the one that can be obtained the easiest,
if 1t will perform the same functions
as the other, will come into general
use, and the dearer money will go out
Of circulation. To make the Gresham
law applicable to the financial ques-
ton, it is necessary to assume that
silver is bad money which is not a fact.
If both metals were coined by the
government at the legal ratio and given
equal opportunities before the law, sill
yer would be as dear as gold For
eighty years in the history of this
country gold and silver were practical
ly on parity at the ratio established
by law. During all those years there
was no talk of the cheaper" money
driving out the "dearer" The standard
was self-adjusting. If either metal
went up in price, payment was made
in the cheaper which tended to estab-
lish the parity The Gresham law is
true but not applicable. 1t is natural
to keep the coins containing the most
pure metal, because they are worth
more to their possessor. This is true
especially if they are going to the
melting pot to be converted into jew
elry or leaf The worse money a man
can pass upon his neighDor, the greater
the profit to himself. The Gresham
law is understood by its author, ap-
piled to one metal, some of the coins
of which were debased by abrasion
or clipping and thereby reduced in
value. But it has no application to
two different metals, one OF which has
been purposely forced down in price
when they are again to be placed on
legal parity by wholesome legisla-
ton. 1t is unfair and unjust to speak
Of silver as "the cheaper money" COM
pared to gold as long as 1t Is discrim-
mated against. 1t cannot be regarded
as the cheaper metal until an honest
effort is made to restore Ii to its for.
mer rank. When this is done, it viii
be time enough to apply the principle
of the Gresham law to our condition
/ DAVID PIERCE.
Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30

Some very good people are losing
their heads on the prosperity question:
This applies to the gold standard peo-
pie generally and to few Kansas
Republican politicians and newspaper
writer's in particular. The former class
jump about like boys when q circus is
announced because, they say, prosper
ity is here sure, here to stay, and the
business of the Populist and mugWump
is at an end while the latter class ny
to the house-tops and cry, Kansas! see
Kansas! with her enormous crops anu
high prices, for people out Of debt, ana
her farmers reveling in wealth, SO per
cent OF them with big bank accounts
and picnics the order of the day. Kan
sas leads the world, they say, and IN
this glorious year 1897, with 81 per
cent tariff on foreign goods and Re
publican administration to direct the
expenditures of expected revenues,
Kansas is beating even her own splen-
did record And as for the Kansas
farmer, these untamed and untamable
politicians declare him to be unquali-
fiedly prosperous
Let US look this subject full in the
face and see it as it really is. The To-
peka Capital contains an interesting
article prepared by Hon. P. |. Bone
brake, a careful and painstaking man,
once auditor of the state and now pres
ident of the Central National bank in
Topeka. Mr.. Bonebrake reviews the
material history of Kansas and then
shows her present resources in re
eapitulation of one years produc-
tions," referring to the year 1896 as to
all products except wheat, as to which
he takes the present estimated crop OF
1897, valued at go cents bushel on the
farm. Here is the showing:
| Live stock products. ....... $50, 769, 1874
Corn products ........... 44,3SS,826
| Wheat products ........... 3O,OOO,00O
Sundry agricultural prod
ucts 49,. .............. 20,514,04U
Cow products ..... 4,972,445
Helpful hen products. 3,60S,Sl5
Coal products ............. 3,59O,141
Salt products ........... 1,225,00t
Minerals 49,. ........... 8,4O1 ,SOl
Manufacturing products -. 55,9O6,75l
Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30
TIE WAY THEY DO TT.
GOLD STANDARD RE TIRES
MUCH PAPER MONEY.

And Replaces 1t with Interest Bearing
Bonds-Gen. Warner Assaiis the Great
or Infamy of the British-American
8 Money system.
Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30
Glass Distinctions.

How is it that the lower classes so
called are always composed of the poor,
and the upper classes" so called are
the rich? Are there no low characters
among the rich and no higher charac-
ters among the poor? Dividing society
into strata Of upper and lower accord
ing to the wealth they possess is the
mark of moral degeneration in ma
tion.--Columbus Post.
Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30
Embarrassing to the Trusts.

The fight between the sugar trust
and the Arbuckles reduced the price OF
sugar one week to Az cents a pound.
This record will be embarrassing when
the trusts get together and want to
prove that the limitation of cornpeti-
ton is solely for the benefit of the dear
public.
Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30
NATCHITOCHES DIRECTORY.
CHURCH SERVICES.

Services at the Methodist church
every First and Third Sundays at IL
\. N. and 1880 p. M, by the pastor,
Rev. d. Armstrong. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday night at7:3o o'clock.
BAPTISM. E. Weaver, pastor,
Regular services, Second and Fourth
Sundays at II a. m. and 8 p. p.; Sun
day school, 10 a. M; prayer meeting,
Wednesday, s o. m. All invited.
Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30
LODGES.

Phoenix Lodge No. 3S, A. F. & A.
M.-simcoe Walmsley, W. NJ; ]. O..
Trichel Jr., SEQ. Meets First and
Third Wednesdays at 7 p. m.
Castle Hall No. SO, Knights of Pyth-
iss.-U. P. Breszeals, @. c.; Adolph
L'Herisson, X. OF R. & s. Meets
Second and Fourth Thursdays at 8
p. m.
Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30
nodged his way to Milllona.

William Rockefeller, multi-nil-
lionaire and tax-dodger, is fighting
the New. jersey officials for a reduction
Of taxes. He is the fellow who re-
fused to pay ii poor tailor for mend
ing his breeches.
Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30

OF these items, Of course, coal, salt,
minerals and manufacturing products
cannot be credited to the farmers.
Taking the six items of agricultural
productions, and the years output
amounts to $751;, 253,320. To these
items, however, must be added garden,
orchard, vineyard and other unenume-
rated products, which Mr.. Bonebrake
thinks make tip half the living of che
farmer and his family" Say we put
the value of these items at $4,000, 900,
which is very liberal. That gives US
total of s167 ,253,32O as the aggregate
or gross value of what was produced
in one year by 166,vu0 farmers, an
average of 81 ND7.55. This is the aver
age value Of the whole crop, including
everything produced on the farm.
Now, what would We fair average
daily income for an average farmer
that he might keep up the farm, repair
and purchase tools, implements and
machinery, pay hired help, taxes, and
other usual and necessary demands
besides maintaining his family of say
five persons? Would S. day be I'M
reasonable? You say no. Then we put
/ it at mat. Omitting Sundays, we have
S19 days in the year, whicn, at S. a
day, amounts to $1,565, or s557. AS more
than he gets according to Mr.. Bone
brakes showing.
Instead of IS day, the actual return
shows only 1921 day. And this i:
the wonderful prosperity of Kansas
farmers that is going into history.
Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30

Last year Kansas farmer did some
dissecting of Republican statistics IN
a manner that will bear reproducing
now. He said;
Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30
ralIaeious Goldbug Speakers.

The Republican gold-bug speakers
have yet to learn that the advocacy
Of sound money demands sound argu-
ments.
Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-12-30
FARMER PROSPERITY
is COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING
VERY SLIM.

A Kansas Farmer Analyses the Alleged
Prosperity as Proven by the Republi-
can Campaign Statistics and Shows
Up the Sham.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01


 have to finish the tourney by stage coach. sioners yesterday Chief Wharfinger Root recommended that. the Naval Militia training-ship Marion be at once moved into the stream. He said that on account of the crowded condition of the wharves the space was: badly needed for the time being for the purposes of commerce. Commissioner Harney objected to the re- moval of the vessel on the ground that it would be putting the Naval Reserve to a great deal of inconvenience and to un- necessary expense. He also held that the space occupied by the warship is not of very much use anyhow. The matter went over for a week. .; :'..
 Campbell Bros. were awarded the con tract for putting up the office buildings on Folsom-street wharf. P. J. O'Neill was awarded. the contract for painting the same. The Mutual Electric Light Company was awarded the contract for lighting the new ferry depot and the en- tire water front for one year. :.:...
 Three of the .cabfn boys ou the. steamer San Bias had a hard time of 1t at Panama this last trip. Cigars at Mazatlan can be purcha sed for S7 thousand, and If the boys are fortunate enough to smuggle them ashore they can get s45 a thousand ashore at Panama with thousand of them. but were followed by. the Custom House officers. Two of them dropped their packages and made their escape. The third one showed fight and was arrested for resisting an officer and attempting to smuggle.. He was given twenty-four hours in the stocks, and fined S20 The stocks are an old-faShfoned affair and must have been imported from England
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01

Free. months treatment New cure Asthma cured to stay cured. Dr. Gordin. 514 Pine st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
.ANI.SICK AND <. ]. ... TIRED R. 5. OF LIFE Laura Kurstein's Dying Mes
 :: ...: sage to Her Friend, Mrs. :. :Danielson. r.. ..:. :... ;. :
The. Sister of !. Danish .clergyraan :. Takes Her Life With Carr :. r..
 =. :. bolioe Acid.

= Miss Laura Kurstein, a seamstress re- siding at the Young Women's Christian Association home. 1251 OFarrel street, committed suicide early yesterday morn ing by: swallowing the contents of a small vial of carbolic acid. She had been sick and out of employment: for a long time, and had been very Respondent for several days past. .. ......
 The deceased left a letter, written in Danish. in which she gave the reason for her desperate act. She was weary of buffeting with the world and battling against disease and laid down her burden In suicides grave. The deceased was native of Denmark. about 33 years old. The body was taken to the Morgue and an inquest will be held.
 The following is a translation of the letter left by the deceased:
 Dear Mrs. DanielSon: Excuse me for all the trouble I have been giving you I am sick and tired. Hoping our Savior will excuse me. My wishes are to be burned. Fix 1t as cheap as possible Please send the rest to my brother. My sisters shall divide it. Be as easy as pos my death. Do not mention how I died as know he will not be able to stand it. My best wishes to all of my friends. Please send whatever letters may come to me to my brothers address. Pastor Kurstein, Korsor Station, Sjaeland, Den mark. Miss Hanson'S address is St Jo- seph Hospital, San Diego
 LAURA KURSTEIN.
 c. Kloch, Al Hanna street, Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
SURVEYOR GENERAL J. M GLEAvES.


    ducng them  As silent welcome the newly appointed  With the welcome to Senator Geaves the office  he
 
 
 
  s a onNllfo Tn He
 
   Sacramento has Washington river improvement appropriation buL
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April 1st...

his wife complained to the police on Mon- day that Kellan had been using vulgar language toward their daughter Edith, 14 years of age, and had made offensive pro- posals to her.
 E. Yesterday afternoon Henkells sent Edith. with message, and in looking out of the window he saw man talking to <her: When she returned to the house he asked her who the man was and what he had been saying to her. She told him that he was the same man who had been talking to her on Monday. Henkells at once, seized his revolver, and going out of the. house went up to Kellan,: who was standing in front of his residence
 and charged him with endeavoring to ruin his daughter. Henkells, without fur: ther barley, opened fire on Kellan. and feet. The policemen came upon the scene and further lhostilities were stopped.
 After Henkellss and the girl, who. ac- eompanied her father to the Southern Police Station, had told their stories to Captain SDillane. he was taken before Judge Conlan, and the Judge. after hear out an order for the release of .Henkells on. his own recogniZanee. = Henkells was taken to the City Prison and after being booked on the charge of assault omur- der, was immediately: released on the order: of. Judge: Conlan.:
 Kellan had also been taken to theprison, and after consultation with the Judge, he was booked on a charge: that will prevent iohI 6Cttifi5 *iipClCy lOl :-SOlllO considerable time. He Is a married man, and an engineer by trade. ..::: ..-:.'s> <
 Late last night Kellan complained of a pain In his right side, and Prison Ser geant Bibwtll, thinking he might have re- ceived one of the bullets fired at him, ordered him taken to the Receiving Hos found that he had been slightly wounded In the side, the bullet grazing the flesh After being: treated for the wound Kel- Ian. discovered bullet in his: shoe. He aG- a Q tp1 :. fC.
 from being: killed, and ~laughingly. de clared that he bore a charmed life .:: .:9:: ::
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
NUMBERS TO REMAIN. The Board of Supervisors VIII No .: Bother Street Business

The Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors decided yesterday to post. pone the matter of changing the numbers of business buildings on Market. street for the present. :: A humber. of business men, Including Hale Bros, appeared be- fore the committee and protested against changes at this time .:.... ; =: =.
 It was represented that. In some: cases registered trademarks contain the. num- hers now in. use, and that in other cases firms have expended large. sums in ad- if. the proposed measure is carried into effect The committed took: the matter under adyisement, but. 1t is:> understood; that there will be no action for at least three months. .. : =:
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years ago. The unfortunate cabin boy

years ago. The. unfortunate cabin boy with his legs and arms through four holes had to stand the jibes, of every pas ser-by for twenty-four hours. He was more than glad when his punishment was over. The other boys on the steamer had to raise a subscription in order to pay the $20 fine for him, and 1t is safe to say that the boys on that ship will not smuggle again In a hurry. - By order of the Navy Department the monitor Monadnock will proceed to the scene: of the wreck of the Helen W.@Almy, six miles from the heads, and blow up the derelict and thus remove a menace to naY1gation.:~s s A supply of dynamite for that purpose was sent down from Mare Island last night and placed on board the monitor and 1t Is expected that the
 Monadnock will start on its mission Of destruction this morning. :.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
The BobOlink Lies in a Sheltered Cove a
 Total Wreck.
Forty Thousand Tons Of Coal to Go From Nanaimo to
 Dutch Harbor.
It Is for the Use of Steamers Rum ming Between St Michael
 and Dawson.

The wreck of the schooner Bobolink on the coast of Mendocino, on the 24th inst, was q most peculiar one. The vessel sailed out with a land breeze, and when the wind fell light, the captain dropped his kedge anchor. When the wind came up again and the sails filled the captain waited a few minutes in order to get In the anchor and that delay was fatal A squall struck the schooner and drove be done to save her she was hard and fast in natural cove between two rocks. The force with which she went ashore tore nearly the entire bottom out of her, but to look at her as she now lies in smooth water no one would ever think but she was lying at anchor ready to discharge her cargo. The cargo will be saved, but the wreck of the vessel is now For sale at a sacrifice"
 Mrs. Peterson. wife of the second mate of the steamer Gypsy, was treated at the Harbor Receiving Hospital early yester- day morning for carbolic acid poisoning The unfortunate woman is a confirmed spiritualist, and at a seance last Sunday night she was told that she was going to die of consumption. She preferred a quicker death, and tried to swallow car bolic acid but only managed to swallow very small portion of 1t. Her tongue and lips were badly burned, but yesterday afternoon she was able to go to her home, at 113 Trenton street. At the hospital she gave the name of Mamie Ruggles.
 The British collier Bristol Is not going into the cattle trade after all. There will be a big demand for coal at Dutch Harbor this year, in order to supply the river steamers on the Yukon. The BriS- tol is, therefore. going back into the coal trade, and will make the requisite number of trips to carry 10000 tons of coal from Nanaimo, B. C., to Dutch Har- boT.
 The Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers are now lower than they have been at any time in the months of February and March for years. AS a general rule ranchers along the banks of the two riv- CTS are looking to their levees, and all the dredgers are at work building up the breaks that may have been caused during the winter. This year, however, no strain whatever has been put on the levees, and the rivers are so low that it is a common occurrence for the steamers to be from from one to three hours late on the way up or down the rivers. Yesterday morn ing the steamer J. D. Peters stuck for an hour and; half. and the Mary Garratt was in similar predicament. If the yes sels are getting stuck in, the mud this early in the year, what will be the con- dition of affairs when the summer is well advanced? The consensus of opinion seems to be that the steamers will not be able to get within several miles of Stockton, and that the passengers will
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
MASTERS OF CHRONIC DISEASES,

TwENTY-FIv YEARS PRACTICE IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, THOROUGH EQUIPMENT, TESTED. REMEDIEs, :SUC- CESSFUL METHODS HAVE. WON: THIS TITLE FOR THE FAMOUS. ENGLISH AND GERMAN EXPERT: SPECIALISTS OF 731 MARKET STREET. -: :> $: .-.y. "....
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
...s.- : :. DEFENDED. HIS ]. CIRI'S HONOR WI. Henkells Fires Five '. :. Shots s, at. J. .J..: J. .... =.. .. K ellan: Both Men Placed Under Arrest, but Henke1ls Is Promptly .s..=: Released. ". .:>:. ": :. :" "
 
Result of sn::A tempt of e. Married : Man. to SIngratiate Hfrns of ..
 >.- ::*. With a. Young Girl, o... : -,
Result. Of :

The resfdents.or Folsom street, between Second and Third; were startled yester- day afternoon: by the firing of shots in rapid succession. Women and children rushed .toz.the doors of their houses and saw two men standing in front. of .S1O, one with smoking revolver in his hand and .the. other apparently. paralyzed with fear. Policemen Phelan and Grenan were attracted to the scene by the shots, and they placed both men under arrest. They were. taken to. the Southern Police Station. -. -. :...+ ... :.:.:
 . The man who: fired. the: shots was w. l.. Henkells, who resides at. 620t Folsom street.. and the. man. shot at was J. J. Kellan, who resides at 6lO. Henkells and
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
ALASKA !. !. GOLD BONDS. .=..... SECURITY FOR. <. :. .=... .. GRUBSTAKES. @..-. ...>...

., ' s :: THE ALASKA .PRoSPECToRs. sYNDI- cate Company offers for sale Ave thousand (6000) non-tnterest bearing bonds of the value of five dollars (s5 O0) each. : The bondholders are guaranteed thirty per cent (S0So) of the gross proceeds of the product of S5 to 40 prospectors in Alaska outftted by the company. =. =: -. = #.:::. : The following table shows the. sum that each s bond will realize for the investor on a given gross product of any amount from s1O0, : 900 to g, GOO GOO: =. *.:: .E '.
 Total Product by Redemption Value of : 35 to 40 Men. Each s5 Bond.
 ,,.. $100 900 * ...: ii S6 % ..-. 200, 900 ....e:', ...i.. :- 12 % 800 900 = '-... IS co =. :. :.. 800 900 % 30 % . - 1.000. 900 60 co
 2, 900 900 120 co
 These bonds are secured by contracts with and insurance policies and collaterals from prospectors to whom the company advances 60T of their expenses.
 The bonds of the Alaska Prospectors Syndi- cate Company offer the completest protection to those who desire to grubstake their acQuaint- anceS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
Will Serve a Luncheon.

A luncheon will be served at the How ardstreet Methodist Episcopal Church from Il until 2 o'clock to-day under the direction of the Ladies' Aid Society The fixed at 25 cents, which includes a first class meal
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01
They: Will Issue Bonds.

The directors of the. Peoples Mutual Telephone: Company filed a certificate in the County Clerks office yesterday recit- ing the: details, of meeting held en the 18th ut, at which the ma Jority of the decided to incur: a: bonded of $500; 900. :. :' :''. ...> :.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-01

his wife complained to the police on Mon
 day that Kellan had been using vulgar language toward their daughter Edith, 14 years of age, and had made offensive pro- nCol to