| SILVER AND THE VALUE OF FARM LANDS, f
Thspopocrals appear to hare a mania
far .(attributing all ills In our body poli
tlfc both real and imaginary, to the lack
of free and unlimited coinage of silver.
Among their numerous claims one of
the boldest, perhaps, is that farm lands
have depreciated in value along with
the depreciation of silver bullion. As
a matter of act the decennial appraise
ments 4r valuations of farm land and
town and city real estate in the state
of Ohio show that instead of the value
«oing down there has been a decided
rise, proving that the assertions of free
silver advocates are utterly talse on
this point as in other directions. Even'
if land values had depreciated since
Ip73'it would not prove that the act of
(ti^it 'year caused It, but when they
lflavw»hetually risen In value it eom
I'gfiKfeljn refutes, the free silver as
sei tiod that because of the lack of free
> > «uii unlimited coinage of silver land
haa depreciated in value.
tWrecords of tbo state prove, that
, tfco'farm lands of Ohio are more valu
* able now than when silver was de
monetized In 1873. The reports of the
( jp.ptlibop. of state speak for themselves
‘ml'are proof positive. The valuation
1 V>f land for taxation is made in Ohio
,ten years, and it is only neces
J-iry" to compare the valuation in 1870
w*:h that of .1890 to show that land
Wither today than when we had free
■silver.’ In 1870 valuations were made
‘in ah Inflated currency. In other
words, gold was at a premium of 15.2 i
(Xr'-ceilt. In 1890 all currency was at
^ parity and the valuation was on a
gold basis. In 1870 the valuation of
■fai nv lands in Ohio, exclusive of the
f£$|, .estate In the towns and cities,
;t $503,301,297. This was in the ln
ILUed.war currency, gold being at a
t Id'emilfln of 15.2 per cent, so that the,
real valuation of farm lands of Ohio in
r gnkl .was 1436,926,889. In 1890 the
> Valuation of land, exclusive of the real
a in, towns and cities, was $725,
2i3«4: ah increase over that of 1870
fit, 1^8,705,365, or more than 66 per
cMitVIn the same period silver bullion
’ has ’fallen In value fully 50 per cent.
"Tiitalo’'ttguros are for the entire state of
uiiio. But to Impress the fact more
'■*] forcibly below is given the valuation of
• loihiid in several of the representative
" counties of central Ohio, the ilgures In
farm lands, they have gone to the far
west or to the towns and cities. Thus
the demand for Ohio farms has de
creased and with it their selling value.
That this is true is proved by the fact
that the fall in price has occurred in
the last fifteen years. It it had been
caused by free silver It would have be
gun earlier and there would have been
no such increase in value between 1870
and 1890 as we have seen occurred.—
Columbus State Journal.
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NO MONEY DICTIONARY, t
▼▼▼▼▼▼TTTT*
BANK, originally a bench upon
which the merchant weighed money,
metals or other things. Now, any
place where money is handled as a
commodity.
BIMETALLISM, the theory that, if
both gold and silver are coined free
and In unlimited quantities at a fixed
ratio for private owners, the coins will
circulate concurrently In a country.
It has often been tried and invariably
failed. If the coinage ratio be more
favorable to silver than to gold,
judged by the true or commercial
ratio, gold will disappear. If unjustly
favorable to gold silver will disappear.
BULLION, originally bulla, a seal or
stamp. Later, and now, money metal,
stamped or unstamped—uncoined.
Bullion is bought where it commands
the least value and sold where It com
mands the greatest.
CAPITAL, surplus wealth.
CENT, from centum; Latin, hun
dredth part of a dollar.
CIRCULATION, amount of money
in use.
COIN, stamped metal used as money.
CREDIT, expectation of money
within a limited time.
CURRENCY, that which is given or
taken as having or representing value.
DIME, Latin, decimus, tenth, a
tenth of a dollar.
DOLLAR, from a dale in Bohemia
where there was issued a pure and
honest coin at a time when the coinage
generally was debased.
FIAT MONEY. Flat, Latin, let it be.
Paper or other substance intrinsically
mill more favorable to ailver. We
should lose oar gold.
LEGAL TENDER, currency which a
government permits a debtor to uln
and compels a creditor to receive.
MINT, a place where money la
coined. The name comes from Juno
Moncta, Juno the adviser, adjoining
whose temple on the Capitoline hill
the Roman mint was.
MONEY, a thing universally recog
nized as having intrinsic value and
used as a measure of value of other
things; also a commodity.
PARITY, equality of purchasing
power or debt-paying power.
PECUNIARY, referring to money.
RATIO, the rate at which goldnneas
ures the values of other metals.' • To
day one ounce of gold measures—that
Is, will buy—nearly thirty-two ounces
of silver. The ratio Is, therefore, 1 to
32. Gold is always the 1.
.SEIGNIORAGE, the charge for
stamping money. When coinage is free
there is no seigniorage.
SILVER CERTIFICATE, a treasury
receipt for silver dollars actually de
posited. The receipts are not nominal
ly legal tender, but are practically so,
being accepted by the government for
customs, taxes and other public dues,
l being thus kept at par with gold, the
I gold equivalence to be lost If we
abandon the existing gold standard.
They will then represent only the in
trinsic value of the pure silver In the
silver dollar and will fluctuate in pur
chasing power according to the market
demand for silver bullion. That is, in
stead of being worth, as they are now,
100 cents to the dollar, they will be
worth 53 cents, more or less, to the
dollar.
SIXTEEN TO 1, the demand of own
ers of uncoined silver that the govern
ment give them the equivalent of an
ounce of gold for sixteen ounces of
silver, although they cannot get the
equivalent of an ounce of gold from
any other source for less than about Z2
ounces of silver.
STANDARD, that by which some
thing is measured. Standard of value
that by which value is measured. Jlold
is the universal money standard of
value because it is not only held by
mankind as the most precious of money
metals, but because all other kinds of
money are rated according to their
equivalent in it.
SUBSIDIARY COIN, small pieces of
I money metal having only limited legal
tender power.
BLOCKED AT THE TURN!
^ itaae showing a healthy Increase in
"twenty years:
1870.
.J12.<27,283
. fi.9u2.S71
. 8.811.780
. 0.737.120
. 7.950.920
. 7037,380
. 5.793.610
10.288 520
11,513,931
Although the increase in tho valua
tion of farm lands in the above-named
' .ttilllt*.
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1890. Increase.
118.525,370 13,898.087
0,889.250 -
11.113,770
9,919,6X0
11.176.640
10.X52.200
9,173,116
13.037.210
lfi.S57.10J
3,986.378
2,271.990
3.212.500
3.219.721
3.8H.R2)
3.379,733
2.711.721
1.313,173
[ counties has been at a healthy rate.
1 theJincrease of town and city real es
I la(,w'liae been at a higher percentage
because the*growth of population in
OMt> ip the twenty years Jias all been
WM he -Jtown# and cities. 4 ■ ** i
Notwithstanding all the desertions of
thepopoersts to the contrary, the state
p-ent that farm lands in Ohio have fall
en in value since the "crime of ’73” Is a
gross falsehood, as the above figures
taken from,the of!clel record# of thr
c.tfte show. Fair-minded people will
not tolerate such misrepresentation nnd
the revolt against it has already come.
It is one of the peculiar features of
the present campaign that the facts and
figure# arc on the side of sound money,
Popoeaats do not try to disprove the
• figures. They content themselves with
fin? spun theories and attempts to sus
tain their position by bold assumptions,
j^lt mere assertions without any foun
dation in tact carry no weight. The
TjguHis of the state's records are posi
Tlv*; arc not only made on facts, but
«re tho facts themselves. They cannot
be denied or disputed, and sincere peo
ple will Aceept them, in preference to
the wild and sweeping assertions of
the popocra*». if, afc they claim, the
luck of the tree coinage of silver in
this country has caused all values to
drop, how are -they going to reconcile
with their statement the Increase in
the valuation of farm lands under the
.coinage of today over tho
valuation under the free silver laws of
1670? It cannot be done. All of which
goer to prove that the alleged crime o!
having no free and unlimited coinage
of sliver is.not at all intimately con
nected jrifbj the value of land.
It is true the value of farm lands has
fallen since 1880 in Ohio, hut that hoc
been due to the opening up of Immense
tracts of cheap land la the west and the
great emigration to that sctcion. In
stead of farmers' sons remaining on
the home'farms and socking to add to
them, thus increasing the demand for
-A ■ :> .>■, », ■ -ft-V- , .4 ...
worth nothing forced into currency as
money and not redeemable in money
metal, therefore not properly money.
DOUBLE STANDARD, the proposal
that in the same country at the same
time two yardsticks can be in use, one
thirty-six inches long, another eigh
teen inches long, each to be called a
yard. Gold Is the yardstick thirty-six
Inches long, silver a yardstick eighteen
Inches long.
FREE SILVER, a popular way of de
scribing the privilege sought by own
ers of uncoined sliver to take it to the
mints or assay offices of . the United
States and get In exchange standard
money at the rate of >1.39 per ounce of
oilvcr, although the real value of the
metal to-day Is a little over 60 cents
per ounce. The owners of the bullion
will make the profit and the govern
ment and the people be the losers. Sli
ver will be no more “free” than now,
and nobody will be able to get a dollar
then otherwise than now, that Is, by
giving labor or some other commodity
iu exchange for it.
GOLD CERTIFICATE, a receipt by
the government of the United States
for not less than $20 worth of gold,
coined or uncoined, deposited in the
treasury and returnable on demand in
exchango for the receipt. These re
ceipts are not nominally legal tender,
but the government has made them
practically so by accepting them for
payment of duties on Imports. None
aro issued when the gold in the treas
ury falls below $100,0000,000.
GOLD RESERVE, $100,000,000 gold
coin or bullion held in the treasury to
maintain the specie payments and the
parity of all legal tender American cur
rency with gold. ,
GRESHAM’S LAW. When both
metals are legal tender and have equal
privilege at the mints, the cheaper will
drive the dearer out of circulation.
The law Is as old as the currency, but
was not named until after formulated
by Sir Thomas Gresham 300 years ago.
August 16, 1893, la the House of Repre
sentatives, William J. Bryan said: “We
t established a bimetallic standard In
1793, but silver,^belng overvalued by
our ratio of 15 to 1, stayed with us and
gold went abroad, where mint ratios
weye more favorable." If wo should
not open the mints to free and unlim
ited coinage of silver at 16 to 1, as Mr.
| Bryan advocates, tho ratio would be
1 t, t 1
TALE, the thing told on the face of
the coin—its declared value.
TOKEN MONEY, coins lawfully cur
rent for more than their real value.
TROY WEIGHT, twelve ounces to
the pound, supposed to have taken its
name from the goldsmiths of Troyes,
a town of France, southeast of Paris.
UNIVERSAL STANDARD' O^
VALUE, gold, because all other corn
modltlcs of the wcrld are measured b^
their relation to It. Eighty per cent,
of the world’s business is (lone on tlib'
gold standard of value. Even in Ell- '
ver standard countries, where gold is
not seen, prices arc fixed by the gold
standard, and the silver money fluctu
ates In value according to its relation
to gold.—Pawtucket Post.
Pat—How do you stand on th’ silver
question, Molke?
Mike—Me? Sixteen to wan is mol
platform.
Pat—Tie, is it? Wei, me laddy
buck, if you and the long-phiskered
cranks win, ol'm thinking that by next
winter iverybody’s platform will be,
“Nothin’ to ate!”
Till. Couldn't lltn neon Kmtncky.
A Kentucky tramp called at a »e3i
.dence and solicited food. The house
wife gave him some saleratus biscuits.
The tramp thanked her and then, step
ping off a few yards, threw the bis
cuits at the windows of the house,
breaking the glass in every one of
i them. Then with the remaining bis
cuits he put the family to flight.
Th* IMryrl* ( rnz*.
People who think the “bicycle crassc”
is on the wane will open their eyes
wt#n they read an announcement of a
sale, by a New York firm, of good bi
cycles at $18 each brought 40,000 eager
purchasers to the store. The crush was
so great that after several persons had
been injured the proprietors were
obliged to stop the sale. -i, (
Moses Brown of Boston has the credit
I of making the first deposit of gold bul
lion to be coined. In 1793 he deposited
$2,276.72.
A CONVENT OF COLORED NUNS
WonaSad Loaf Ada *7 a Waalthr Cal*
and I4UI7.
A sight which Invariably attracts the
attention of strangers In New Orleans
Is the colored sisters. One so seldom
hears of negroes professing the Woman
Catholic faith that when he meets a
colored nun for the first time he can
but gaze after her In open-mouthed
wonder. Accustomed as we are. more
over, to associate the black robes of the
nun with white, pale faces, the effect
is a little startling when a nearer view
of a sister of charity discloses t)>p meek
brown face of a mulatto. This little
band in New Orleans is known1 as the
Holy Family of Sisters. It was founded
as far back as 1842 by four free colored
women, who, educated and wealthy, re
solved to devote their time and money
to those of their race so much lees for
tunate. The oldest of the four became
^Mother Juliette, who continued at the
head of the sisterhood till her death,
eight years ago. The Convent Is what
was once the famous Orleans-street
ballroom, and many are the tales which
' told of the dancing and revelry
which for years held sway within its
walls. The building is an Immense
brown structure fronting directly on
the narrow French street. The great
windows have shutters, always closed,
and there was such an air of quietude
when I visited the place that I quite
started when the bell gave a loud
clang, as I pulled it I felt that I had
aroused unwilling echoes—perhaps
awakened the ghosts of long ago and
was almost tempted to run away when
I heard footsteps within coming to
ward the door. But instead of meeting
a frown of disapproval, as I half ex
pected, I was admitted by a dark-raced
nun, who appeared to consider it no
unusual occurrence that, a stranger de
sired permission to enter. The hail
was dim and wide, with a gray stone
floor and white pillars at the farther
ena. wniie I was Inwardly comment
ing upon its severity and scrupulous
neatness. Sister Frances came to show
me about. She was rather a small
mulatto with a slender, Interesting
face, black eyes demurely lowered, and
long brown hands meekly folded. Her
uniform was of black serge, with a
wide white linen guimpe, a white lin
en bonnet, the customary black veil,
and the inevitable black beads and
cross. We ascended the wide, easy
staircase, and on the first landing 1
was confronted with the words: "I
have chosen rather to be an abject in
the house of my {3od than to dwell in
the Tabernacle of Sinners.’*
i' t _’
‘ A Ijli C YCLI STS’ DUEL.
Mount**1 nit' Wheels ami Armed with
Sword* Two Frenchmen K. uffht.
The bicycl* has already played many
Parts, btit it has 'bden left to certain
Parisian students' to’ use the accom
modating machine as a war horse in
what their ancestors chlled a "gent/lo
and Joyous passage Of arms.” ■ The
students were returning from a suburb
an run when a quarrel arose.' ”; Fists
were proposed to settle it; but one of
the party had aesthetic tastes and two
old sword bayonets, and he suggested
the merits of the latter so persuasively
that before long the disputants found
themselves facing one another at fifty
paces, weapons In rest. The first as
sault failed entirely, but the second
was less fortunate, and In the crash
of the charge not only the combatants
but their seconds were dlsbicycled.
All four were more or less damaged,
but worst of all one of the principals,
who unintentionally played the An
cient Roman and fell on his own
sword. One feels curious to know
which of the four feels that honor
has been satisfied. ,
ConTW^I^har |n the I7nlra,| Staten.
i Commissioner', Carroll D. Wright has
Issued statistical report on convict
labor in the United States. The total
number of convicts in the various
penal institutions of the country has
risen .from 41,887 in 1885 to 54,244 in
1895, and the number engaged in pro
ductive labor has increased during the
same period from 30,853 to 38,415. The
total value of goods produced' or work
ed on in the United States in all the
state prisons and penitentiaries was
$19,043,472 in 1895—a decrease. In 1835
the total value of the product of con
vict labor was $28,753,999, and the
wages paid for convict labor in that
year aggregated $3,512,970; at the pres
j ent time the total value of convict la
I bor does not exceed $2,500,000. The de
cline is made clearer by an enumera
tion of the states in whose penal in
atitutions it has taken place. These
are Arizona. Arkansas, California, Col
orado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, I Louisiana, Maine,
Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska. Ne
vada. New Jersey, New York. North
Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
! South Dakota, Tennessee and West Vir
! glnia. In the remaining states there
was an increase.
I'ecnliur Marriage Ctrrmonjr.
When two Negritos, a people of the
Philippine islands, are to be wedded,
the whole tribe is assembled, and the
afflanced pair climb two trees growing
near to each other. The elders then
bend the branches until the head3 .
the couple meet. When the heads have
thus come into contact the marriage is
legally accomplished, and great rejoic
ings take place, a fantastic dance com
pleting the ceremony.
fraud and Water*
The total area of land surface of the
> earth Is calculated to be 2S.3 per cent,
• and that of sea 71.7 ef the earth’s sur
face. certain assumptions being made
Iior. the,.unknown polar regions. The
ratio ,o( land tq water is thus 1 to 2.54.
tnnlif Trmm the Chinese.
Ti® instinct of the plain pcopls r.has
bMD riyht in not calling our oriental
▼iaitor “Lee,” for, acting out hia name
aa popularly pronounced, thia wily dip
lomat baa, in England aa well as here,
required English to be translated to
him. whereas, it now appears he has
for years past spoken it fluently. This
Chinese device of a needless interpreter
is a "first-chop” one to gain time for
giving answers without causing a de
lay to be noticed; the mandarian has
the time taken in translation for reflec
tion, and, if further reflection is de
sired. ambiguity in interDretaf on may
be pretended and a new form of the
question be required. And yet men
tell us that nothing can now be learned
from the Chinese!—Time and the Hour.
l*y doctor said I would die, but Flso's
Cure for Consumption cured me.—Amos
Kelaer, Cherry Valley, His., Nov. 28, ’95.
The October Century contains “A
Study of Mental Epidemics,” by Mr.
Boris Siids, which has a close bearing
on American affairs past and contem
poraneous He gives an analysis of
the social disorders of the period of
the Cruisades and the nervous epidem
ics of Europe, and explains the theory
of mental suggestion or hypnotism, by
which the susceptible portion of a tribe
or a people or a group of peoples, give
themselves up to a popular delusion.
In the same number the veteran Free
Soiler, the Hon. George \V. Julian,
writes on John P. Hale, “A Presiden
tial Candidate of 1852.”
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during the first week than at any sub
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during the first month of its life—
Ladies’ Home Journal.
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- “I Kant you to.PA^emapd,'- romd
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“That’s right,” quietlyreplied'tank
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while.”—Detroit Free Press ••
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