The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-01

ever he was, lectured to certain public
school of Alabama, his theme being the
Norwegian agnosuc, Ibsen, and within
1% sp,. nours re sa r me cn,idren 9.
Of blessed Sunday school could overcome.
Last year they held so-called .'sympo-
sum- at the Chicago University to dis
cuss the question whether the Holy Scrip
lures were inspired, whether God is God.
The blasphemcusness Of this Is appall-
Ing
And coming from holy things to things
essentially profane.. we all are familiar
with the dietum OF one Of Mr.. Rookie
feller's hirelings of his university, that
Rockefeller Is himself greater than Shake
sEeare. All this sort of rubbish, and
many other kinds of foolery. admonish
Rockefeller's twenty-million dollar scheme
OF advertising himself and his crazy
President" Harper and mad mob Of
professors is dangerous to the moral
well-being of this country.
To your Alabama readers who desires
to know IL 1t be true that the price Of
Standard oil was advanced to an extent
that would cover for Mr.. Rockefeller the
cost cost Of his Christmas gift to Chicago
University, 1t may be stated that the
newspapers SO affirm, that whereas, he
gave million dollars. according to his
holdings of Standard oil stock he will re-
ceive nearly three millions of money by
the Increase In the price of oil since he
gave the money to the university.
Thus the people pay the donation to
the university. just as the people have
paid other gifts which 1t would not at
this time be gracious to mention.
we are long-suffering and in some
instances foolish folk, II would be well
for your inquiring Alabama subscriber
to remember. We sometimes pay very
dearly for the gifts that are given to us
THE SILVER DOLLAR.
Our glorious ''old dollar of the daddies''
Whlcn now looks nightly like thirty
cents. being worth in fact something
less than thirty-three cents, is not in cir
culation in Washington, strangely
enough. In thirteen months this news
paper worker has seen but two silver
dollars In the national capital. One
Sunday afternoon last summer he was on
2 crowded trolley. car bound for Cabin
John Bridge, the most famous suburban
resort of Washington, when he rendered
In payment of his fare silver dollar
which had been given him in change at a
drugstore.
The conductor, who was a trihe too
fresh took the dollar with apparent
reluctance. and holding it high, he rather
impertinently asked, "Whur did yer git
this?'
His action attracted the attention of
most OF the passengers, many of whom
asked to be shown the coin. And SO the
dollar was passed from one to another
90 tuhiosity, anu the newspaper man
was looked upon with evident suspicion,
so much so In fact that he made it con-
Ven1ent to quit the car as speedily as
ne might, fearing that he should be mis-
taken for counterfeiter, or worse
The second silver dollar seen was OBJ
tianed In change at a news stand today,
the clerk apologizing for giving 1t out,
saying he knew his customers objected
to receiving silver dollars in change, but
that in this instance no was obliged to
offer the one dollar.
FILTHY LUERE.
Not only in Washington, but through
out the East silver dollar is rarely
seen, and gold is almost as rare. Wash
ington Is the one community in the coun-
try which has the distinction of handling
clean paper money. Filthy bills, such
as circulate disease and death in every
otner American town, are practically un-
known in Washington, only clean fresh
crisp notes. just from the treasury, be-
ing In circulation, for when a local bank
or business house receives the filthy bills
from the provinces it Immediately sends
them to the treasury, and that is the
last of them
Our paper money Is known to be one of
the most potent of all agencies for the
communication of diseases, and travellers
are aware that we have the filthiest
money In the world. for the reason that
we nave no system Of retiring bills as
OtHoL countries nave. For example, no
one bill can ever be sent out the Bank
or england twice, and the same is true
all the great banks of issue in Europe
Under our crazy currency system a bill
might be taken In and sent out of the
treasury a hundred times a day. "a
President Cleveland's famous message
on the subject in 1894 so graphically illus.
trated. Thus 1t Is the mercy of Proyi-
dence and no wisdom of our bootblack
financial policy that saves us from
national bankruptcy. There is, we are
told, Providence that takes care of
children, drunkards and fools. In spite
OF their government, the American people
are taken care of.
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