Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 August 1896 — Page 3

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•TICTURES OF BOOTHS.

JTIXEST COLLECTION OF THE FAMILY IN POSSESSION OF AN ACT OK.

If obi Features of the Head of tbe Bemarkable tironp—Lifa at the "Farm" Held Sacred. /•*.

One of 'the finest .cteltaotions of porHraits of the (Booths is owned by James Young, Jr., a young tragedfan, of this teity, says the Balititnbre American.

The tool-lection oif the Booth pictures which Mr. Young lias 'been fortunate enough' (to gather is oare- o'f the best in lexle'tence. HSCany ihawe m-ever been seen by (the puMic, and several of 'the rarest [have never (been. pulbHsheicL The Players' duib -of Nejw York has same paintings of EdiWirr 'Bfcwlih Worith vaat sums, (because oif the reputation of 'the aTtists tout Mr. Young's collection presents maore completeness. The rarest pasture and the rarest in existence of the elder Booth ife -a daguerreotype ti&ketn ait an earlier age than any picture now extarot. The public (has the "impressi'on from 'the juJbMshed* portrait's of Booth pere 'that he was a man with a severe countenance, square jaws, an)l ito rib id-ding expression. These were Itaken in later 'l$fe, a'fiter ithe said accident that ruined forever the classic outlines of his noble features. I't ha[ppenedi in Charleston that he was striuok by a fellow player. The blow resulted in. 'the breaking of ijiis nose and (nearly prematurely ending a brilliantt .career. Gould, the biographer of this tragedian, in speaking yf his appear a nice, says: "His face Was originally met in the antique Roman mold, and presents a singular resemblance 'to the portraits of Michael Arngejo." The persons 'Who saw Booth \n the first flush- o'f manh'ood dwelt much upon his physical beauty. The picture 'is Ithe only one Tn existence taken betftore the unifortunate accident, and bears out Ithe eulogistic descriptions af his eminently handsome face. A. M. Palmer -had a copy of it made for his Pergonal use, and -when 'the daguerreotype •was exhibited at Vhe Plaipers' vi wias viewed with considerable interest. In comp'arimg this portrait of the young ©an, who was then "stretching the utmost reaching of his soul" to oibtam it'he gtoal oif his ambition, with 'those Itaken when he was the greatest of livilng actor's, it woruld Ibe difficult to recognize in 'thorn the same man.

The next portrait wkw'thy oif mention 8s one of 'the three oil partings in existence oif the elder B'ooth taken from life. It is a liife-size, three-q.iuar.er picture, antd represents him as Richard HIL, which character was most popular with £he public, tat was not, as some suppose, the 'favorite with ithe tragedian. This painning was the personal property of (Mrs. Booth', who presented it ito a friend, in whose possession it •remained "for nearly filfty yetcs, when lilt became the property of its present owner. It has been* widely copied, an engaving of ilt appearing in the Ceneury.and another representing the frontispiece in "Booth's Life," toy his daughter Asia.

Picture of the Mother.

What mtis' certainly be interesting '1to everyone is the picture of the mother of the iBooth family, 'of bhait oft-talke'd oif and famous family, the mother of !him ao whom the American theater owes much of its present glory, and the molt her of that misguided geniuis, John Wilkes B'ooth. This picture o.f (Mrs. Booth gives us an idea oif the placid natiure, revealing t'he cause of it'he inilunnce she exerted over her husband and children.

Of piidi'ures- of the Booth children there are ten in all. The eldest, Junius Brutus, Jr., resembles in a marked degree the .1 aiter portrait's of his father. Most oif his life was spent as an actor 5'n California, bult he attained no eminence in it be profession.

Of the twio daughters, Rosalie wias the oldest and ithe second child. She, too was much l.ke her (father. Rosalie never married, and died only a few years ago.

That there is a fortunate nuimlber seems to And strength 'in the (fact 'that the third child was Etliwin. The picture of him was taJken about 1S6'5, with h.s little daughter, Ediwina, alt '.he age of 3, standing by his knee, ©he is 'the present Mrs. Grossman. In speaking of Edhvi'n one can only eclvo the sentiments expressed by the late Lawitmloe Barrett: "Eulogy and .praise stand multe in the presence of such merit."'

Asia Boieith, like her brother Ed'win, inherited muich of the family beanlfy, ibult, strange to say, none of the des re for histrionic fame was inherited by the daughters, t'houigh they were m,uich Untereeited in everything theaitrical, and lit is said that Asia would not marry John Sleeper Clarke until he had promteed to adopt the dramiati'c profession 'judging from what we knew of the early enthusiasm of John Sleeper Clarke •for the stage the promi'se entailed no sacrifice on his part. These two sisters present beautiful chara'cr.ers. From the biography of her ifiather, written by Asia, one .many discover a literary gift which, if continued, would have d'ist nguished her in the realm of letters.

Misguided, Not Vicious.

A singular coincidents with John Wilkes, the next ch'iM, is .to be found in the fadt 'that he was an exact courJterpant O'f t'he picture of the elder Booth tiakem in his youth, and that it was he who inherited the erraftic temperament of hie father. It has be^n acknowledged that John was not vicious only misguided. Patriotic fervor was a ruling passion of the family. Even the graindillather revered and hallowed ithe names of Brutius, John ilkes and "Washimglton, to such an exftent of enbihu®iasm k.'hat the children of two generations received the names of his idols. An old lady, now 90 years of age, who lived on the adjoining ifUrm to the Booths in H-arttford cotinty, Maryland, was devoted to the chi'dren. In speaking of John, she said, wiil'h a -tear in her eye: "I 'loved the boy dearly. I know hi'm from babyhood, and he was always so kind, 'tender-hearted ard good. He would have joined the army but: for the promise he made his mother. Many H.tnes he has toddled over to our house to get a slice of bread with a th.clc layer of susgar."

Life at "the-Slrni" was held so sacred thait no one was allowed eveo for food to harm the birds or squirrels, and It therefore seems strange that these principles, which were instilled .nto his y\uthifui imind, did not take deeper root. But then 3t is the oft-told .vtory—patriotic fervtor reaching to madness. An exitrati: from a recently published letter of Edwin's seems to settle the matter. "John iwas a rattle-pated fellow, filled with quixotic notions. We regarded him as a good-hear.ted, haimless. though wild-brained boy, and used to laugh at his patriotic froth whenever secession was discussed. That he was insane on that sufoject no one who knew him well can dbutat. He possessed rare dramatic *alent."

The voun^est and the sole survivor of family is Joseph A. Booth, a phyJgftcian, living at Long Branch. young's colleaUoa is not limited

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•to rthe Bootii *?but His possession' ere rare portraits of other, great players, nota/bly Gai^rksk ax^d Kean, all of whiich, together with his theatrical library, he will present to the Players' Club of New York, of which he is a member.

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OUR SILVER REFUSED.

Montreal Street Kallwav Decrees Against United States Fractional Coin. The 'Montreoii Street Railway will no longiesr accept tifnit^idi States silver or nickels to payment of fares, oind it strike's t'he average American rather unpieasaintly to TOailize ithat the money of (hiis country should be refused by amy one In any locality.

The action of 'thie Montreal corporation may hav6 a political significance, suggests the Chicago Times-Herald. Local bankens say that the people of Canada aine watching ithe ^financial strugg'le in this counitry with considerable interest, and the .fear that silveir, wi'th the American stamp, may depreciate nearly one-half, may have Smd-uoed -the Canadian street car company to take time by the forelock.

It Is quite eus probable, however, that the Canadians are -following the example of 't'heur American neighbors. Canadiiian coiins will mat be received by a single sitneet xaJlEway in Ohii-cago, "and conduotors who take •ihem for 'fames have to get rid of .them' or make the amount good when tihey turn, an their day's ireceipts to the receiver. The public fates 5 and 10 cent pieces without grumbling, but a Canadian quarter wtil'I pass for 20 ceiwts only, except at the banks.

Sending Canadian Money Back. "When Canadian silver is turned .into us we diisaouint it from 1 to 2 per cent, according to the quantity," said Jolun B. Meyer, cashier of .the Commercial National Bank. "The Canadian go vermmecimt Tedeiim® its silveir .in- gold. We receive ini turn for at dmafits on Chicago or New York, and they are as good as gold. The discount of 1 or 2 percent goes to pay the expense of shipping the coin. I .thank the 'Montreal Street Railway Co. 6s afraid the silver movement wiM carry in the United States, and .intend® to bie on the safe aide. It doesn't want to be loaded dowin with silver taken at par and 'then ihave it fall to 53 oents on the dollar."

There -is no great quantity of Canadian coin lin this country—just enough to ltieep AimeTicams on ithe lookout that they will not take a quarter in change and find that they must let it go at a 5 cenlt loss. The .American Express Co. does not receive more thain a half-.dozen pieces of Canadian

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four hours, amd t'he shipments of Canadian silver for redemption occur at very long intervals.

A condiacitioT of the State street railway said: "The company won't take Canadian coin from us, and we don't taike it -from paEsengteTS if we know St. We have but little difficulty with 10cemt pieces, and we accept and pass them without trouble. Negroes are the only class who .refuse a Canadian 10cent piece, amd yert thiey carry and try to pass moir Canadian coin than anyone else." .»«

How Canadian Money Slips Along. :iVi A North Qiide conductor said he took all Oaimadiiian coiini smaller than a quarter withiout que&tiion, as he could get r.d of it without loss. "We take the quarter for 20 cents and generally .maina©e to pass it a.t par, and thereby make a nickel. Our income from this proceeding Isn't as 'large as Yerkes', but every nickel coifnts .to our business." •Saloonkeepers and cigar dealers take Canadian coin without a murmur, for tiheir customers do not scrutinize the change tlhey get .im return as closely as patrons of stores, and it is very easy for the -bartender ito clieain his till of the few Canadian quarters he gets. A cigar dealer illustrated to a reporter how simple a thing it .is to get rid of a Canadian quarter. A cusitomer, who was in a hurry, 'threw down a dicllar for a cigar. The dealer sandwiched tne Canadian piece between am American half dollar, a dlime aind a nickel, antd the custofner will probably not discover the kind Of money he got until he "has occasion to take a street ear ride or pay for h.is dinner In a restaurant.

American Silver Coin Barred. Montreal, Que., Aug. 2.—The Montreal Street 'Railway Co. has issued an order to its conductors to refuse all Americans silver coin. The company has been put to a great dteaU of inccmveniienee and expensis through its inability to •bank the Unite,d States coins, thousands of whtie'h were turned in to them every week. This was the chief object in no longer accepting them as currency coiins. The Canadian Pacific Railway 'has .issued a circular in which it is stated that it will refuse all silver coin, Cajnfud'ian or United 'States, which have in any way been defaced or mutilated. These instructions have beein sent out to agents and others making them 'remittances. The 'Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways, as well as the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co., wiM continue to receive United States coiins provided they are not mutilated or defaced. The managers of the different transportation companies saythat, owing to their connections, it is impossible to refuse them.

Since the street railway issued the notice that United States silver would no tonger pcuss current, the blacklisting of the coins of the republic ha® become very general. Business places, such as restaurants, where a great deal of change is taken in, are refusing point blank to accept any of the coins. The average citizen, in receiving change now, is noticed ito go carefully over it, and in the majority of eases refuses to accept anything but Canadian silver. Conductors on the street cars are being put to oanisidCTable work and inconvenience, as the American tens, quarters and half dollars aire being constantly tendered them, and, of course, in all oases are refused..

DEADLY FOE TO GERMS.

Kxpprlment With the Roentgen Kny in the Treatment of Ordinarily Fatal DiseasesColumbia, Mo., Aug. 2.—Interesting and successful experiments have.recently been conducted under the direction of Ir. William Shrader, head of the department of electrical,e®giji#ering in the Missouri State^-U^-verslty, testing the value of the Roentgen rays in destroying diseased germs.

Tihes3 hare been successful and prove conclusively that thfe rays kill the diphtheria bacilli, and thus-tar the experiments go to show ithat they are efficacious in the treatment of consumption.

The first experiments were made with the diphtheria bacKli* Two pigs were inoculated wrtlf the diphtheria toxin, the poison thrown off in the system which kills tbe patient, each pig receiving one-tenth of a cubic centimeter. Three hours passed before either of the pigs were exposed to the rays in this time the poieon- had permeated the entire syftern-anA-the first subject was nearly diead. 'Notwithstanding -the caialitiofa he seemed la auickea &£ter

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the thmee hours' exposure to the mays am® iivied for twenty-.three hours. The otJher pig mot exposed, Kited within. ®eventeen hours. £to order to make tihe test conclusive the experiment was repeated. The pig to be placed undier the rays, receiving as before, one-tenth of & cubic centimeter of th.^ driphithiersa toxine, while the other received only one 100th of a cubic centimeter, or orae-tenth as much. Immediately after ithe injection, the pig was pkaoed undteT the tnbe. He is alive and healthy today, after six weeks have passed. The pig not (exposed died witihin ninciteten hours.

In all these cases a post mortem was held upon thie pig that dated, which showed that death, was due to the diiph.'theria poison. lExpenments with authrax, a disease feutal to stock and' men alike, have been fairly successful, but thie results have not been officially announced $

The gnea'tiest interest centers in the experimemts made with consumption. •Early in July a prominent citizen of this place entiecred upon the treatment by means of the .Roentgen rays. His pulse was fleieblie, his chest could not .be expamded amd he oouLd not .take a long breath.

Speedy Relief For Consnmption. Aflter the .first fifWein- minutes his puise i^icrea.sied, he breathed with freedom, and hie could expand his chest. Each, treatment is from one to three hours. Hie statied today ithat he felt •better than he had in the entire year past. Since the first treatment he has not taken a drop of medicine.

Experiments were commenced today* upon a young woman for the same di.s,ease. Aftier the ifirst treatment, as in the preceding case, her pulse wais much stronger, and she said that she was feeling much improved. Physicjans in this vicinity aire watching these experiments closely, and manifest the deepest interest. A oaTeful ripcoid is being kept im each case, and this wiLl be published lat'er.

M'KINLEY MAY WIN IN IDAHO.

Senator Sbonp Brings Cheering News From Silver's Hotbed. Senator S'houp, on his way from Tdaho to Neiw York, was ait headquarters yesterday, says the Sunday Chicago Tiimes-Herald. iHe came in with Committeeman Powell Clayton of Arkansas, and they were so confident of Re(pulblican success everyiwhere that the entire force revived as under a tonic. Senator Shoup said there was a good tfiglhtSng chance even in Idaho, and he /predicted IMciKiniey will carry tihe state. "lit is the policy of free silver men to claim everything and' to claim it so •loudly that the sound darrie© some conviction in some quarters," said the senator. "There are a great many sound •money Democrats out our way and everywhere else rwho will vote for McKinley and tHotbart as against the policy which threatens to 'wreck our financial system. There 'is an even 'fighting chance in Idaho, and we are goimg to (fight every 'inch. '•il honestly believe the free silver fallacy ilia.s seen its best days, and the agitation in its favor is now falling upon poor iground. Sound money lis gaining every day. We are going to Ibeard Teller and Senator Dubois in tihe very silver den, and good literature will Ibe put into the hands of the miners •and the working-men generally. It is a campaign o'f eduoation, and the education fatVor® our side."

FROST FOR SHIVELY.

Fort Wayne Democrats Refuse to Jollify for Bryan. Special to the Indiananolls Journal.

Fort Wayne, Ind., Au'g. 1.—The Dermoerastjc ratiifiioation me'eiting tonight was a" failure. For (the first time in the iiistory of Allen, Ithe banner Democratic coun'ty oif Indiana', they failed to ge't 'Ou't a crowd in tlhe'ir procession, and D'emlocralts fthetmiselves. are amazed a't, the (complete .fizfc'le. By adtual count there were only nUnety-lthree in ithe parade, linicluiciing mieimibers of 'the tnand and drultn corps and eighlt, persons in carriages. Prioim ine.nt Deimoora'ts, whb have be.en leaders of Ithe party in this county ifior the paeit quarter of a century Stood on' the sidewalks and re'Duised to take pat't 'in it'he free fei'lver joll'ificaAion and wtoU'ld not take seats on the plaitform where empty dhairs surrounded the speaker, Hon. B. F. Shively, candidate for governor.

There was alfct-olutely no enlthuBi'aem but .the Princess Rink was crowded and the audience iwas made up largely of Republicans, Who were anxious to hear any silver argumenlts 'th'at would be made in the Democratic open'inig of the campaign, lit was 'not known until tonight what an eruonmous disaffection exists in the Democratic .ranks of Allen county. Hundreds of the members of the party declare they will not give aid or comfort to the party as long as Bryan leads it.

CRAZED BY MONEY QUESTION.

Thomas Wilhite Reads "Coin's Financial School" and Goes Mad. Columbia, -Mo., Aug. 2.—Six months ago Tom Wilhite, who lives at Rocheport, .Mo., fourteen miles west of this city, was a happy negro. Now he beats his fists against the bars of a ce'll in a madhouse. 'Several months ago he began to study the gold and silver question. Being well educated, he 'went deep into the subject. Two weeks ago his reason tottered. His friends missed him from his accustomed haunts, and going forth to search for him found him sitting by the Missouri river. In his hand was a copy of "Coin's Financial School." Alex Loeb of New Fran'klin, Mo., engaged' WSillhite to drive him from Rocheport to Columbia this morning. Just as they reached Columbia the negro became violent. Leaping on the. wagon seat he threw up his arms and roared in a voice that was heard two block,-3 away: "I am Bryan and am going to be president." Loeb sprang from the wagon and the negro turned his team about and -startled the horses in a run toward Rocheport, shouting to those he posse'ii .that he was hastenimg home .to prepare his inaugural address. At Rocheport he was arrested and p.a.oed in confinement.

Pennsylvania Mining Troubles. Pittsburg, Aug. 2.—The coad miners' officials are going to make e. determined effort to sustain the 70-oent rate for mining, and with that end in view will establish a campaign .in the vicinity of the Boone, Allison and Enterprise mines near Canonsburg this week Between 1,500 and 2,000 miners 4n this district are now idle on account of reductions, and 500 more are expected to quit work within, vthc next few days. A reduction has been ordered at the miines named and the officials will -ewdeavor ito Induce the miners to join the movement to sustain the vote.

The Express is the onJy seven day naaXT in Terre Haute. 15c & weds.

GIRLS TALE OF OMENS

HOUSE PARTY OF BACHELOR MAIDS TILL OF SUPERSTITIONS.

A%oanc Woman Discourses on the Proper Way of Taking a First Look at the New Moon..:

"O, (how my nose itches! O, O, O!" ahd she ruibbed her saucy -little nose until it was as red as the rilbibon at her throat. ''What nostril 'itches eagerly tasked the girl in the hammock. "The (right onfe. Thank heaven, that's a eign thott a nmaTi is coming," and she sat up with an air off animation which she 'had not exhibited tfor several days, says a wrltec, in the (Philadellphia Press.

The giris raised a general laruigh at 'this refmarik, Ibtrt not one of the large piazzalfurl tlooked as if she would be averse to the fuOfill'ment of t'he prophecy. 'Tis tTue that the Vassar g4r.l put on a disdaimCully indifferent 'look and the Philadelphia girl murmured something albout toeing tired of men and hoping 'to get a Jong rest from their attentions, but no one paid much' attention to them, for no one believed them sincere. "Some one must ibe coming, surely," said the girt -who Was knitting, "ifior the' palm of my night hand has been itching all the morning—and I will surely sih'Akfe'hands wiith a etraniger before the dd'jS is out." ..•.• "Well, il didn't think I was fcoming among siuclh suiperstitiouls people," said the a-th'letilc girl, as she swung herselfover the railing and stretched out Hazily on the warm grass. "I knew I wias coming to an Adamless Eden to join a set of bachelor 'girls—tout I thought you aill had .good square common sense," lazily shading her eyes with the IbiTm oif "her hat.

They All Have It

^There iwas a short silence and 'then the deimure. girl in her quiet way said: "I (have noticed that almost everybody even the most sensible, have some touch off superstition ln their nature. A® for me, I don't hesitate to say that if I see the new moon for the first time •through a gilass I think of the old saying: "See the now moon 'through glass you'll have troulble while it Hosts.' "And1 twhenever I have seen it that way I have had some kind of trouble IbeSlore the month is out. Yes, It may only be a coincidence, as you say, but] i't happens so all the same." And £he Qooiked 'as ilf she had made up her mind on the subject.

V^Tou Teimiind me of a friend of mine," said' the little art'ist, "who has a mania about seeing the nehv moon over her right shoulder. It gives her luck, she says. I ithln(k It so oibsurd for civilized people to induBge in such ideas. (Pass me 'tih'at penikn'life. dear—put i't on the chair and I'll take it in a momerft''— and the sly little soul omitted to say that she never 'took a sharp instrument Ifrom a ifriend, ibetoause she had h'eatd 'that it cu'ts 'friendship. "Yes, we all know that it is absurd said the girl from Boston, "but somehow or other when certain ideas are- impressed on our consciousness they n¥ve'r leave us. Of course, I do not believe in these fancies, relics of past generations of ignorance. Hjeredity, environment, and all the influences that have formed' the'^spiritual'being which is I shield •me from them. Yet I must say"—and here she actually reddened—"that whenever I sneeze I hastily think of (he day of the week on which I do it, for I remember, without any volition on my part the old verse: Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger: .. Sneeze on Tuesday, sneeze for a straini^ei": Sneeze on Wednesday, sneeze for a I6i ter Sneeze on. Thursday, scume'tlhi.ng .better Sne'eze on 'Friday, sneeze for sorrow Sneeze on Saturday, better tomorrrotw, "For pity's sake, child, how could you Jjurden your mind with all that stuff—-I am ashamed of you," exclaimed thjf Yassfir girl. "But," she continued. wfth, ,an air of interest, "you left jout Sunday in- your verse." J-. .. Sunday Superstition.

Wp«e?ple don't sneeze on 'Sunday," some one answered, while the girl with pretty 'hands said: "I'll tell you what you had better not do on Sunday. NeVer cut /your nails on that day or you'll have some trouble before the week is OUt.*''

FBut you might cut them on'Monday," said a voice from the inner room, "for then :you'll get a present before that •doty comes round again." '^I think there is more in superstitions than'we think," joined in the girl from the "West. "'Bryan carried a rabbit's foot in his pocket to the convention which nominated him for president, they ©ay." "You had better wait a few months before you tell in what way that rabbit foot works, my dear," quickly responded a girl who reads the newspapers and knows a thing or two.. "If we are to judge by the luck it is going to bring your oratorical friend, there wilfl hardly be a corner in rabbits' feet, I am thinking."

There was a little awkward pause when one girl said: "I don't believe such things. They say opals, for instance, bring bad luck, but I have worn one for many years, and. I think I am very lucky," at which everybody laughed, for another ring on the speaker's left hand told the tale of a very lucky condition.

But the other girls all had some little pet superstition to ,reveal. One was sure of seven years of trouble if she broke a looking giass. She had tested it. If the sole of the foot of another itched she would surely tread sdon on strange ground. To dream of being in a church always portended a disappointment the next day to one, while another would under no circumstances accept an umbrella from a friend. The friendship would be' broken within a year "of the gift. "If the maid drops the dish cloth a stranger is sure to come to our house?." said the lit Me girl with curls. "But, hark, there's the bell—what's that the sign of?" "DinneTV" tivey, all cried, as they laughingly trooped into the long, cool dining hail to the old fashioned midday dinner. For, of course, 'this all happened i-n the country* or these girls would never have confessed their little weaknesses. Put a lot of girls together in a^lonesome country house and they will"'tell each other anything.

INTEREST IS UNPRECEDENTED.

Henry C. Payne on the Popular Call for Bound Money literature. Milwaukee, Wiis., Aug. 2.—Henry C. Payne, who returned iast night to pass Sunday art. home, said today of the Republican -campaign! work: "Talk of the committee opening the campaign! The people of the country opened it -before the committee got its headquarters open. There has never been in &h« histiory of (the oountry. so

nrudh enthasiaBals^a^# Interest as at •the present time, 'latere was a great j^ush of people at tlre'Ohlcago quarters before we opened for b'uiSir»ess, amd, the demamds for literature and speakers toaivta .beem very great. The pressure brought to bear iis ^inply trenreshdous. The entire country to "be demand^ing sound literature^a^J'good speaiksrs. Of our literary wq?& are having printed more than fO.OOtfftOO documents, relating largely .to the1 money question. This immense amount of printed matter W-X1'be sent out for general distribution -as fast as the printing bouses get it ready. The publications embrace all the sound articles, addresses and books upon 'the 'money question. (Mr. Halm, who has charge of 'Che bureau of -speakers, is overwhelmed with •requests for speakers from nearly every section of the West, but it is Impossible .to suppply the demand now, as a large number of the public speakers are on summer vacations, amd none of th-eim is expected ito be ora the etump before September 1st at the earliest."

Mr, Payne said that William E. Mason of Chicago would speak at the ratification meeting next Wednesday -n3ghit with Senator Thurston, im plaoe of Senator Burrows of Michigan, who was ajnnounced to speak here on that occasion, but who is in "National 'Park, amdwill inot be able to get IreTe.

INTELLIGENT WORKINGMEN.

The MeA In Stndebaker's Works Are In -i'.l «C Favor of Gold.

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•ba-^gi .T^flrks at 'South Bend have taken a secret vote, which resulted,: Gold, 709 silver, 2S2 doubtful, 77. So at this time over 06 per cent of the Americans, Poles, Germanic, etc., working in this large lestablishmeiht want the dollars in which their wages are -paid tto be as good as ithe dollars paid them now.

Over G6 per cent of the working men undier-siaind already that there oain be a •difference in dollars—that one dollar can be poorer thara another and buy less, and therefore it is for their interest the dollars they receive should be of tbe best possible kind. The more a work tag man's dollar will buy the better it is for htm. (Before November comes the workingmen ait South Band, or .most of .them, will get it through their heads that what Bryain and -hiis men are up -to is •not to 'increase tihe number of dollars they get now weekly, but .to make those dollars' leas valuable, so that they will not go as fair as they do now in buying food aind clothing and in paiying rent, comments the Chicago Tribune.

Take the case of a man who gets 520 a week. A-ltgield assents that every one of those dollars goes .twice as far as it ought 'to—ithat "it is a 200-cent dollar. Then so much the better for the man who.gets it. Alt gelid does not think so, however. 'He wants the work.ing.man ito receive dollars worth only half thosehe receives how, and yet does not promise him ainiy -more dollars-. **',-

Jfiain ernployer were .Do say to his employes: "I am going to double, your hours, bu't) leave your wages as they are,**' they would reply that they could' n^t sfe how they would be the gainers by that arrangement.' When Altgeld proposes to worklngmen that they labor thie same number of hours for tie same number of dollars, but that those dollars shall be worth only half what they are inow', cannot they see it is not to t'hieir, .advantage tp accent jt'^t jproposltiont.. ." ..,2^0'majority of the wbrkingmerywho took a ballot, the other day think not. They should be 'able to convert their fellow workers before November.'

SAYS BOTH WERE REJECTED.

New York Senator's Views on Disputed Democratic Plunks. Albany, Aug. 2.—Senator David B. H'iil} the 'Ne York imemiber of the com-mit'teB-.cn reaalu'tiions im th.e Chicago convent'ioni. is unwilling to believe that 'deliberate attempt has' been made to forge certain amend mentis -in to the platform adopted by that convention. He has positive recollections, however, about the platform which was finally adopted. He recollects that the amendment .exempting the judges of the Supreme Court .from the declaration against life tenure iin office was rejected by the convention. He recollects that

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ameindmieint exempting existing

contracts from any change in the monetary stair.idiard was 'alsu reacted. 'Despite Senator .'Hill's reluctance to beCieve that the Chicago platform has been changed by some Democrats who realized that a blunder had been made, a story was ob!ta."mied from one of the senator's intimate 'friends which is most convincing.

When 'Mr. Hill was in 'New York Tuesday attending the meeting of the Democratic state committee, he was visited by a young .main representing Western interests. This caller showed to Senator illll what he declared to be the original. platform ad-opted by the Chicago convention. It had every appearance of being genuine. It bore the signature of the convention officers, had an official seal, and was in the form usual, .for such inist:^mentis.

Mr. Hi 111 went over t'he document, section by section. Aftier he had finished, he was asked if 'A was not the platform -finally adopted by the convention. He replied that it wa«, with two exceptions. T'hese^exceptions were theamendmienit relating to life tenure in the Supreme Court and to existing contract's. "Neither ,of these amendments." the senator told his caller, "was adopted by the convention."

IT MIGHT ANNOY BRYAN.

It is Suggested That His Former Associates In Congress Keep Aw*jr. To enable the Hon. William J. Bryan to appear to the best advantage before the peope of New York, and to be undisturbed by the embarrassment that sometimes j'isuts from the propinquity of accusing faoea in the audience, it is desirable that certain of his former associates in the Fifty-second and Fiftythird congresses shall not attend .the notification ceremony in the idison Square Garden.

Mr. Bryan could not fail to be annoyed, for example, if just at the moment w?hen he was uttering the passage about the crown of thorns his eyes should fall upon- the iHon. Samuel W. •McCa.ll of Massachusetts, from whom he borrowed without credit that particular metaphor, says thie iNew York Sun.

Another eloquent passage of the Chicago convention speech was that in which Mr. Bryan warned Major McKinhey that however much he might look -like Napoleon Bonaparte, Waterloo and St. Helena were in the, future for him. Here is that part of Mr. Bryan's speech: "The mam who used to boast that he looks like Napoleon shudders today when he 'tthsnks that he was nominated mi the aimlverSteiry of «t'he battle of "War^r!(w. He can fancy thait 'h© .hears it* tSi-fe dtetairtce flhe sound off the waves as they beat- on t5»e loneOy shores of St, HeSeoa.*

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the iNiaipoleoni&o mvotovphor irajs derived by Mr. Bryam from speech xielivered "ja tltoe hoose of aibpreeieoite^tvea on Augusts 36, 1698, .by the Hon. Chanles Addison Boutelle of tMaJme amfd wChait renders the plagiarism still more curious is the circumstance that Mr. iBoutelfe's speech was made partly to reply to one of Mr. Bryiaorfs, and that thie passage to question was addressed! dAreoM-y to Bry*an, who sat on that occasion with hds wlda mouth -sfhut and his ears wide open. W« quote from page 979 of volume 25 of tihi* Congressiognal Record: "I assure any friend from Nebraska thwt the 'maun of destDmy1 thas already Obser\^ed tftie omens of the times, and he will wlhisper ihi your ear thlat Marengo 1s a long wa(y behind, that the victory of 1893 was nothing but a spasmodic return from Elba, that amid the uprisings of itlbe aWed inld^ustries and {interests of a deceived people lie already hears the ground rumblings of tfhe Wa'terloo of 18M. and agahBt the brtchit suriburat of Hepublicaai resitoxtatlon tn 18C« -he sees gramly looming, Democracy's St, Helena."

A's a further Inducement -to Mr. Br via*' to let loose in' the Madison Square Gatdeo all of his customary figures of speech for the benefit of those of ua" who have read them often, but beard! them never from the Boy Orator's own. laps, we will venture to promise hjm that the Hon. Charlies Addison Bout^lls of Maine shall mot be In the audienoei

FACTS ABOUT CURRENCIES:' There Us so much wild talk on. th« subject of silver coinage that fla«ta seem "to 'be (more dn demand than arguments. Here are some f&dts presented by itShe PhikudeflOcyMa Ledgei which delbaitens can use ait will.

The gold sftandard oouatries aretr 1The United States.. The United Kingdom. France. Germany.

Belgium. Italy. S"W.i2Jer'i|aind.t Greece. Spain'Po^togal.

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Rotamania. Servla. Austria-Hungary,. Ne'therianidis. Norw'ay^ Sweden. Denmark. Turkey, Australia. Egypt. Canaida. Cuiba. Hia A'i.

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Bulgaria. Venezue'la. Chile. The siiLvor standard counlrtes artv

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Russia. •*. Mexiloo. Centra 1 'Amer.can Sftates. South American 'italics except as noted eibove.

Japan. ,. India. h'i n'a. Sltraits Se'ttTemerfW. In the United .Slt'ates, France, Btlgiuim, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Spain, NtR'frerramas. 'imrKey, Haiti and Bu'lgar.a silver is a legal tender, 'biult wined onliy to a limiteld extent and ifior government account, by which means the go.d si'Sndai'd -s maintained. In Germany and AustriaHungary seme old legial 'tender •stvli current.

In Italy, Greece', Sipain, Poilt'ugaL, Austria-Hungary and Russra nhe ac tu'al standard is deiprecia'fed paper.

The irautio Ibetiween gold and ful'l le.gal tender silver Where silver is coined 'to a I'lm'i'fed extent, ranges l£rom 1 to li» to 1 tt» 16.18. France 'has t*ie largest s'tock of gold, Germany the next largest and the United States is third on the list, wlith $618,100,000. India and China have the largest ''-took of silver wJt'h the United filialeis U'hird on 'the list. The stoCt~bf silver in the United 'SltateS amounts Ho $625,€ff0,0oo. a 'iuttle more than the s'tock of g^ld, and of th aimoun'L $548,000,000 i'S legal tender, a litit'le less than 'the stock of god.

The 'South American sltaites and RIUBsia have ithe largest amount of uncovered 'paper, the United State's being again 'third on Ithe list with $416,700,000.

Reckoning the currencies per capirta. the UniHed States is seventh on the ile-t as re'Specits gold 'fiounth on li'he list as respefflts silver eighth on 'the list as respects paper, a"nia fiitltih on the list 'a.a respetUs ait kinds of money. Franca has more currency per capita than any other na'ti'on, $35.78. Belgium follows, with $37.82 Australia with $25.96 t'he 'Netherlands with $2r..6D7 aw? then comes the United States with $23.59, far ahead off such a great commercial state as G-reait -Britain w'.'t'h $20.78.

These figures have no particular bearing upon the silver question except so .far a.s they show TltaT there is no great detflaiency of currency in this counlfry, a« the Po-pulisitis would hava us 'bei'ieve, and except, atso, that they slhow 'that 'the United States being a. gold istandand country, has treated silver wtlth greater consideraition than any other country, having nearly onehalf of its entire s'tock of legal tender coin In silver. There is no other gold standard dounltry that approaches it in this re£pcot. As a silver country it now excelled only by India and Cbina. In these countriei the money of all

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capita amounfts 'to $3.33 'for Ind a ana $2.08 for China, against $23.59 Cor lt)h« United St'ates.

These 'faic»ts are given without ointr commemt than that to abandon. tfh» gold sltandard and adoiplt silver we would have to part occnmercially. wi'th ^uch countries as the United Kingdom, Prance, Germa-ny, and the Netherlands to coniora wtth India, China and Mexico, and that, in doing so, we should have to content ourselves with a currency ranging from $2 to $6 per capita instead of currency ranging from $20 to $36 y?r capita.

More Leaflets for the Voters. More dray loads otf literature iwer» 'backed up to the Auditorium yesterday afternoon. They were addressed to Perry (Heath, who is sending th« leaflets over the country in million lota. They are all ibrieK and to 'the point— the point ithat the free silver coinage ideals a dangerous thing for the -workingmen. The series has now reached No. 5—the three netw ones being on# (or miners, one ifor everybody and one to ibe used in deibates. They are entitled: "Stock Arguments otf fFree Coinage Men Briefly Answered." "Sixteen to One Free Coinage—Its Effects on Miners of Gold and Silver." "A Ghort Silver Talk."

The bureau at once put theim at the disposal of orders and they were no sooner placed in the Ibasement than L—ty were ataricd ua tiie way to tiio voters.—Chicago Times-Herald.

In 1S91 Russia's wheat crop was 168.846,000 bushels, and In 1894 it was 3C6,000,000. Argentina's wheat crop ncae from 32,000,000 busheila t-n 1831 to 80.000,000 in. 1894. These figures are suggestive, because they indicate the, iac$ea»ed product of those countries whlcii,-^-qp active Indlanap^ai