The Washburn leader. [volume], November 15, 1890, Image 4

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THE SILVER
llUtovy of t1i»« 2'i*il ir Coin iroin the
.{• Yeur 170? to Date.
In the year 1878 tho standard or
"Bland" dollar was flr3t issued, and
most people considered it a very hand
some colu but there are some critics
who have never ccascd to complain of
the eagle with uplifted wings, which
they derisively term a "buzzard." This
talk has borne such fruit that Congress
has decided to improvo the figure of tho
eagle and has authorized tho director
of tho mint to procure now designs.
Therefore, the present seems to be a
good time to give a history of America's
most popular coin, and we can not do
better than give the substance of an in
terview with R. A. MeClure, curator of
the cabinet, and one of the best-known
numismatists in tho world, says Oolden
Days.
The first silver dollar was coined un
der the act of February 13, 1792, and
weighed 416 grains, and had a .fineness
of 892.4, which standard was continued
for a number of years.
In 1794 the silver dollar issued had on
the obvorse side a liberty head facing
right with flowing hair, fifteen stars,
above tho head tho word "Liberty,"
beneath 1794. Reverse side, an eagle
with raised wings, encircled by
branches of laurel, with tho legend
"United States of America" around the
edge of the coin, while the edge of tho
coin contained: "Hundred cents, one
dollar or unit."
The next year, 1795, tho design was
again changcd as follows:
Obverse side—bust of Liberty, facing
right, hair bound by a ribbon, shoulders
draped and fiftoon stars showing in the
field. Reverse side—an eagle with ex
panded wings standing upon clouds,
with a wreath of palm and laurel,
which is crossed and tied, and the in
scription: "United States of America."
In 179S tho same design v«a3 used, ex
cept tho using of two stars less in the
field on the obvorse side.
On the reverso side of the 1798 dollar
a change was made by placing on it an
caglo with raised wings, bearing the
United States shield upon its breast
and in it3 beak a scroll with the in
scription "E I'luribus Unum" upon it:
a bundle of arrow3, thirteen in number,
in the right talon. Abovo were clouds
and thirteen stars, and upon its field
United States of America.
From 1805 to ltiu'J inclusive there were
no silver dollars coined for general cir
culation. In 1S40 another change was
made. On the obverse sido of the coin
wa3 Liberty seated upon a rock, sup
porting with her right hand tho United
States shield, across which floats a scroll
inscribed "Liberty," and with her left
band supporting tho stall and liberty
cap below iho date of coinage.
On its reverse side an eagle with cx
pauded wings, bearing the United
States shield upon its breast and an
olive branch r.'jid three arrows in its
talons. Legend: "United States of
America, Ono Doll.," reeded edge, size
24. From 18(10 to 1878 same design was
used, tho words "In God We Trust" be
ing added abovo the eaglo.
From 1874 to 1377 none were issued,
and tho next design accepted was tho
present ono in use, which was struck off
for general use in 187S. On the obverse
Bido wo havo tho Liberty head facing
loft, upon which is a cap, a wheat and
cotton wreath and a band inscribed
Liberty. Above the band the words "E
Pluribus Unum beneath, tho date and
13 stars.
Tho reverse side has an eaglo with
expanded wings, pointing upward in
its right talon an olive branch with nine
leaves in its loft talon three arrows in
tho field abovo, tho words, "In God We
Trust beneath, a semi-wreath, tied
and crossed, reaching upward to the
wings of tho eagle. Legend: "United
States of America. Ono Dollar."
The trade dollars were coined from
1873 to 18S3, inclusive, under very pe
culiar circumstances. American mer
chants, trading with Asiatio and South
American ports, were seriously
hampered for lack of suitable currency.
The standard dollar of 412 grains was
light weight and would not pass current
outside of the United States, and so
these traders appealed to Congress to
coin a trade dollar of 420 grains, stamp
ing on its weight and fineness.
It wti3 really an ingot of silver, and
not intended for circulation in this
country at all. But, somehow, the
trade dollars flowed back to this country,
and for a time floated at par, until their
legal standing was discovered then they
dropped to 80 or 99 ccnts.
This dccreaso gave rise to a clamor
that the Govornment should redeem the
trade dollars, and eventually Congress
passed a law to that effect. At the
pruBont day trade dollars are only worth
their bullion valuo.
Upon tho obverse side of tho trade
dollar was Liberty seated upon a cotton
bale, facing loft in her extended right
hand an olivo branch in her left a
scroll inscribed "Liberty behind her
a sheaf of wheat beneath, a scroll in
scribed "In God We Trust," and below
the dato are thirteen stars. On tho re
verse side an caglo with expanded
wings in its talons three arrows and an
olive branch above, a scroll inscribed
'•E
.•V '.ik.
.^•-,
Pluribus Unum beneath, on the
field, "420 grains 900 fine. United States
of America."
In 1830,1833 and 1839 some designs
waro struck off, but none of them were
accepted or put into general use. About
,10001830 dollars were circulated in this
.way.
This is tho history of the silver dol
lar up to date, and wo must wait for a
year, pcrhap3, before wo can add to it a
.-description of the now silver dollar.
Small-Mouthed Bock Baaa.
Indian rivor, Michigan, has among its
fl ih one that no ono scorns to have found
in any othor water—a small-mouthed
rook bass. The rock bass of the New
York lakos is ospocially remarkable for
it.i onorraous mouth and glaring red
eyes. Tho Indian river rock bass has
tlio red eyes and ovcry other marking of
'iho lake rock bass, but its mouth is less
#:'?-than half tho size. It is very gamy,
i.in! takes tbo trout fly so readily that it
id a3 groat an annoyance to the trout
fisherman on Indian river as its big
m»u:hed relative in to anglers for black
on Lako Iwuka and Seneca Lake.
ViiWrffjrM
AFRAID OF BANKS,
1 Divorced Wife Loiu #18,000 Alimony
iluldou In Her lJonom.
Why is it that tho majority of women
arc so afraid o£ a bank? asks the New
York Star. Thoy aro only satisfied with
money checks, bank-books, or other ev
idence of money do not please them.
Whon I read about the woman a few
lays ago who put her money under the
waist of her dress and then lost it, I
was reminded of a similar loss, only of
a larger amount, which occurred in this
sity a few years ago. After much liti
gation in the Supreme Court an ill-used
wife got a decree of divorce and about
$15,000 alimony. The lawyers and the
wife and her mother met in one of the
3mall rooms of the court-house and set
tled. The husband's lawyer had a cer
tified check for the alimony, but the
wife wouldn't touch it she wanted
money. In vain did her own counsel
assure her that the check was better
than money it was so much safer. Her
husband's treatment of her had been
sruel, and he had fought her application
for divorce in such a mean way that she
had come to distrust every thing he
proposed. She believed that the check
was a trick, and sho wouldn't have it.
So the two lawyers went out, got the
sheck cashed, and came back with the
money. She took it, carefully deposited^
it in hor bosom, smilingly observing'
that no thieves could get hold of it
there.
She and her mother left the court-house
and took the Sixth avenne elevated
for Forty-second street. When they got
home the money was gone. Womanlike,
thoy believed that the judge who de
creed the alimony could in some way
make the loss good, and they rushed
back to the court-house and obtained an
interview with him. He is one of the
tenderest-hcarted men in the world, and
he has since described the meeting as
one of the most painful he ever had. The
loss of tho money rendered them abso
lutely penniless, and thcro were two
children whoso custody had been given
to the mother, the father being worth
less in every respect except pecuniarily.
Tho wife cried and tho mother sobbed.
The judgo explained to them that the
case was closed that final judgment
had been rendered and complied with
that they had insisted upon taking bills
instead of a certified check, which had
been offered to them, and that they had
only themsolvos to blame for the loss.
He didn't convince the excited and heart
broken women by such arguments.
Finally, there being no othor way of
getting rid of them, the judge agreed
to send to tho husband and lay the case
before him. He was not called upon in
any manner to do this, nor, in fact, had
ho any right to but his magnanimity
and pity caused him to. I never heard
that he succeeded, however, and am
under the impression that the wife
never got any thing more from her hus
band. He bad paid tho court's decree
ahd he let her go—to starve, if it should
so happen.
TENDER AS A BABE.
That la Why an Irish Barber Sympathised
wltli Hia Victim.
The village of Garrison's, on the Hud
son, is the home of a few wealthy city
people during tho heated term, says the
New York Sun. Garrison's is not popu
lous enough to support a regular barber,
and so this very necessary function has
been assumed by the baggage-man at
the Hudson river railroad station, who
is known as Dan. It is a funny sight to
see a lawn-tennis dandy with yellow
shoes lying in an ordinary arm-chair,
his head over the back and resting on
the book in which Dan keeps bis ac
counts, and which lies upon a desk.
For scraping tho jowls of the city board
ers tho baggage-man earns many a dime
between trains.
This reminds the writer of an expe
rience in tho Arran islands, on the west
coast of Ireland, last February. He had
three weeks' growth of beard on his
face, and he hunted over the three isl
ands for a barber, at last finding one
who was willing to undertake the job.
Tho Arran barber had never shaved
Yankee, and was overjoyed at
the chance. He was twenty years
old, and had been engaged all his life
at building stone walls. He sharpened
his razor on a piece of smooth flag
stone, and seated his victim in a kitchen
chair. One man held the patient's head,
and a dozen into rested spectators looked
on, for it was an altogether unprecedent
ed event in the islands. The lathering
was done with a piece of hard brown
soap, which was rubbed over the face.
Grabbing a handful of hair on top of
the patient's bead, the stone-wall
builder flourished the razor in the air
and exclaimed:
"Are ye all ready, sir?"
"All right," was the trembling reply.
Down oame the razor with a sweep like
that of a scythe. The implement was
evidently as full of teeth as a buzzsaw.
It tore tho hair out by the roots. It
raised the victim bolt upright as if a
cannon cracker bad exploded. Tears
gathered in his eyes. His hands clinched
convulsively, and a rivulet of blood ran
down his oheek. The butcher went to
the window to wipe his weapon clean.
Whilo standing there he looked up and
exclaimed sympathetically:
"Shure, sir, yo have a face as tindher
as a little babbyl"
The shave was concluded three weeks
later in the city of Galway.
Aa Anecdote of OonglM
The late Beverly Tucker was a genu
ine F. F. V. He was handsome, popu
lar and the best story teller in Wash
ington. He was a great friend of
Stephen A. Douglas, and one day, when
Tuoker was walking down Pennsylvania
avenue, the Little Giant overtook him,
threw his arm around his shoulder and
exclaimed: "Bev, old boy, I love you!"
"But, will you always love me?" asked
Tuoker. "If I don't, may I be damned.
What do you want me to do? Say what
you will, and I'll remember it" "Well,"
said Tuoker, "when you get to be
President, all I want you to do for me is
tooboose some public place like this,
put your arm around my neck just
as you are doing now, call me 'Bev,' and
tell me you love me," The bargain
was made, and it wasn't the Little
Giants fault that it wasn't carried out.
SCROFULA
Humors,
Catarrh,
I
do not believe thai
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
has an equal as a cure
for 8crofulous Hu
mors. It is pleasant
to take, gives strength
to the body, and pro
duces a more perma
nent result than any
medicine I ever uscu:
—E. Haines, North
Lindale, Ohio.
I have nsed Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, in my
family, for Scrofula,
and know, if it is
taken faithfully it will
thoroughly eradicate
this terrible disease.
—W. F. Fowler, M. P.,
Greenville, Tenn.
Erysipelas,
For forty years I
have suffered with
Erysipelas. I have
tried various remedies
for my complaint, but
found no relief until
I commenced nsing
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
After taking ten bot
tles of this medicine I
am completely cured.
—M. C. Amesbury,
Rockport, Me.
Canker, and
I have suffered, for
years, from Catarrh,
which was so severe
that it destroyed my
appetite and awak
ened my system.
After trying other
remedies, without re
lief, I began to take
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
and, in a few months,
was cured.—Susan L.
Cook, 909 Albany St.,
Boston, Mass.
Can be
cured by
purifying
the blood
with
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
is superior to any
blood purifier that I
ever tried. I have
taken it for Scrofula,
Canker, and Salt.
Rheum, and received
much benefit from it.
It is good, also, for
a weak stomach.
Millie Jane Peirce, S.
Bradford, Mass. tt
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Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mas*.
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McLean County.
The Paradlffo of North Dakota. A Half Million Acrea of Fertile Agricultural \anda
still open to Hettleinent, and all underlaid with Immense velna of Ooal.
McLEAN COUNTY is situated on the Missouri river, and adjoins Burleigh oooniy
on the north. It covers an area of 928 square miles, and contains 614,120 acres of the
finest quality of farming land. The soil is a rich black loam, from eighteen inches to
three feet in depth, with clay subsoil, and is capable of producing enormous crops at
cereals and vegetables it also has fine grazing and meadow lands, oielding nutritious
grasses in abundance.
WASHBURN, the county seat, is admirably located, being on a beautiful plateau ail
the "Big Bend" of the Missouri river, and commanding an excellent view of the river
for several miles in each direction. Several mail and transportation lines diverge
from here, and it is the moat important point on the Bismarck, Washburn & Ooal
Harbor Bteam-Packet Line. It is also the terminal point of the projected Aberbeen,
Bismarck & Northern railroad, now merged into the great "Soo" line, which has sur
veyed the line and secured the right of way to Washburn.
All kinds of building material, excellent blue sandstone, good timber, and fine clay
for brick-making, can be found in the immediate vicinity of Washburn, and have been
used extensively by the citizens of the county. An excellent quality of brick, as well
as the best of lime, are manufactured on the outskirts of the town.
Washburn has -a fine courthouse and jail, two large hotels, a substantially built
50-barrel flour mill, three general stores, a blacksmith and wagon shop, and a number
of substantial residences.
OUR COAL FIELDS.
MoLean county is noted for its extensive coal fields, which underlies nearly its en
tire area. In fact, there is coal enough in McLean county alone to supply the state
of North Dakota with fuel for half a century. It is found in all parts in stratas vary
ing in thickness from three to fifteen feet, and it is a matter of but a short time when
this coal will yield an immense revenue to the enterprising owners of the land.
The extensive stock ranges, the superior agricultural lands, and the cheap fuel in
wood and coal, of McLean county offer tho greatest inducements to settlers.
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COAL HARBOR, North Dakota.
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WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA.
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