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A BIMETALLISM ARGUMENT
The Advantages of the Bimetal
lic System.
A MUCH GREATER FACILITY
Of Exchange Between Gold and Silver Nations.
Greater Stability in the World's
Money—What France Did.
The following able argument for bi
metallism is by Gen. Francis A. Walker,
president of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Boston:
I have been asked to state the case for
bimetallism, and have much pleasure in
doing so.
The great standing argument for bi
metallism has reference to the fact that
the world is made up of two groups of
nations, one of which uses gold, the oth
er silver, as the principal or sole money
of full legal tender power. Contemplat
ing such a situation, the bimetallist de
clares that it would be of great value to
the world's trade, and by consequence,
to the world's industry, if. by some ar
rangement, an approximate par of ex
change between gold and silver could be
created. Without such an arrangement,
while gold in one group of nations and
silver In the other group perform the
great and beneficent office of money rea
sonably well, trade between any country
of the one group and flirty country of the
other group remains subject to grave dif
ficulty and embarrassment. When a mer
chant of a gold country sells goods to a
merchant of a silver country he must in
turn sell the money which he receives for
the goods. He must turn the silver into
gold with which to pay his own credi
tors. If, then, the silver price of gold
or the gold price of silver has fallen or
risen, he will either reap an unearned
gain or suffer an undeserved loss. Just
so long as the world remains divided
into silver using and gold using countries
international trade must, without bi
metallism, be subject to this disadvant
age. That is a disadvantage no one can
question. No one can know much about
the larger operations of commerce and
noi aumn mai mis insauvumug*?
vast and far-reaching Importance. _ If, In
such a situation, It were imsslble to estab
lish a system which should create an act
ual or even only an approximate par of
exchange between gold and silver, so that
a given quantity of gold would always
bring nearly or quite a given quantity
of silver—ten times, or tiftcen and a
half times, or twenty times as great
commerce could not fall to be at once
wonderfully steadied and stimulated
thereby. In consequence, industry would
be enabled to go forward confidently
and strongly to the llmj.tjS of the Ijupian
powers of production. The beneficial in
fluences upofl trade and Industry would
resemble those due to the erection of a
bridge connecting two commercial and
manufacturing cttie£, wjiich had preyl
ously been separated by broad and
dangerous rlv^ or arirf of the sea. Be
fore the construction of the bridge travel
and transportation hat} been subject to
(lie greatest flncertalntjes and to frequent
and considerable losses. At times the bay
or river would be covered by fogs or filled
with floating ice, or altogether frozen
Over, or swollen by floods, or swept by
destructive storms. No man could ever
tell in advance when he could take his
goods across; how long the passage would
require; what it would cost; how much
he might lose through collision, through
boats stove in by floating Ice or sunk
by sudden squalls. The completion of a
safe and speedy mode of transit and
transport could fail greatly to benefit
both the cities thus connected.
Such Is one of the advantages of a per
manent character, which would result
from the establishment of the bimetallic
system. The other of these advantages
would be found In the greater steadiness
of value which the compound mass of
_1.1_i nti..o» ioohI/I nnococa iii pnmnar
Ison with either of the constituent me
tals. The history of the precious metals
Is one of spasmodic and often intermit
tent production. Not only has the pro
duction of both gold and silver varied
greatly from age to age. hut the produc
tion of either metal has exhibited,
throughout the centuries, an even great
er degree of fluctuation. At times it has
been gold which has fallen off rapidly;
at times, silver. At times it has been
silver which poured in great floods from
newly opened mines; at times, gold. It
stands to reason, therefore, that, if the
two metals could be joined together In
the money function, at something closely
approaching a stable ratio, the world's
trade and production would suffer much
less from variations In value. The effect
of changes in the money supply would
be distributed over a larger mass; and
by consequence, with a smaller propor
tional change. This last benefit, again,
to be obtained through the establish
ment of a bimetallic system, is admitted
by all economists of reputation.
I have stated the two standing argu
ments for bimetallism: first, the estab
lishment of a par of exchange between
gold countries and silver countries; sec
ondly, a greater stability in the com
pound mass of the world's money. But
It may be asked. Is such a system eco
nomically practicable? Is it possible, In
any way. by any arrangement, thus to
link gold and silver together? Is it not,
on the contrary, true that laws and
human devices arc impotent lo affect
values? Are not values governed solely
by natural and commercial conditions of
supply and demand? This the mono
metallists assert with great vehemence.
Well they may, for their whole case de
pends upon it. They point to numerous
Instances where law has undertaken to
control values without success; and they
deem these instances conclusive. But it
Is easy to point to Instances, far more
numerous, where law has profoundly af
fected values. Law has affected values
where it sought to do so; law has often
affected values when It was not intended
Bo to do; law has often affected values
where the law-makers endeavored to
prevent such an effect. Indeed, It Is very
difficult for congresses and parliaments
to legislate without affecting values.
With these contradictory Instances In
view, what Bhall we say? Is there any
reason governing the case, or Is It all a
matter of accident? I answer, the prin
ciple Is perfectly clear. Law can affect
values, law will affect values, law must
affect values, whenever It sets an eco
nomic force In motion. Tariffs, currency
bills, declarations of war or peace, and
many other legislative measures, set
powerful economic forces in motion; and.
Whenever this occurs, values will be in
fluenced, often profoundly. Illustrations
of the principle are too numerous and
too near at hand to require that time be
taken in citing them.
Coming down, then, to our special
case, we ask, can law set an economic
force In motion to Influence or control
the relative values of gold or silver? I
answer, it can do so by conferring upon
the two metals, legal tender power at a
given ratio. Of this, we have a great
historical Instance, a brief recital of
which will best set forth the operation
of the economic principle. In 1S03. the
government of France decreed that one
ounce of gold. In coin, should have the
same debt-paying power as 15% ounces of
silver. Under the operation of this law,
though It was nearly all the time con
fined to a single nation, the respective
values of gold and silver kept very close
to that ratio the world over, during sev
»niv year, viz., until 1872. The variations
/
were for long periods inconsiderable;
while at no time did the value of either
metal depart from the established ratio.
It may be said, such a result could only
have been obtained in an age when the
natural and cemmerclal conditions of
supply and demand remained nearly the
same for the two metals. I answer, that
during the seventy years referred to, the
conditions of production of the two met
als underwent the most marvelous
changes, of a nature widely to sever their
market values. When the French law
was passed, {3 worth of silver was being
produced for $1 worth of gold. Near the
middle of the century 20 cents’ worth of
silver only was being produced for $1
worth of gold. Such an overwhelming
change In the conditions of production
must necessarily, had It not been for the
bimetallic system, have produced a tre
mendous down fall of gold, but the vir
tue of the French law was such that the
legal ratio was but a small fraction de
parted from feven in the height of the tor
rent, and the permanent ratio was very
slightly affected. It was not until after
the tide had turned, and silver was agairt
being produced more freely than gold,
that the bimetallic system was aban
doned, as the result of the hostile action
of Germany in 1K73.
Now, not only was this result reached,
but it is admitted by all candid mono
metallists that it was due to the cause
indicated. Chevalier, the greatest
French economist of his generation; Lex
is, the best econlmic statistician of Ger
many; Calrnes, Bagehot and Jevons, the
leading monetary English writers of
I heir time—these and scores of econom
ists and statisticians have confessed that
it was the French law which held gold
and silver thus steadily together, in
spite of powerful causes tending to pro
duce divergence between them. The re
cent English gold and silver commission,
under the chairmanship of Lord Her
sehell, composed of six bimetallists and
six monometMists, unanimously agreed
In signing u statement that it was es
sentially the French law which did this
work. If, then, the bimetallist asks,
France could produce such an effect in
the direction Indicated, what might not
a monetary league composed of England,
France, Germany. Italy and the United
States, with the nations which would
naturally fail in with them, accomplish
in the way of holding gold and silver to
gether, at some ratio having reasonable
reference to existing conditions of supply
But it may be Bald, as has often been
said, that during this time gold and sil
ver money did not circulate side by side
to any great extent in France. There
fore the mono-metallists allege bimetal
lism did not exist. Who cares whether
gold and silver did, at any given time,
circulate together In France while this
great beneficent function was being per
formed for mankind win all the six conti
nents of the globe? An approximate par
of exchange was what the world wanted;
and this was created and maintained,
with enormous benefits to trade and pro
duction. Nobody but the French cer
tainly had any concern In the question
whether gold and silver were actually
In concurrent circulation in any given
place In France at any given moment.
But it may be said, as it has been said(
that France suffered by the benevolent
efforts in behalf of {nanklnd. If till? was
10 ft is odd that the Trench. (Tiems'elves,
■no of the shrewdest fipaftclal peoples In
and one of the most pros’per
one
to? work
ous, never found It out; that they sought'
to the last to maintain the bimetallic
system in force, and have ever since been
ready to re-establish it, with reasonable
co operation from other countries. In
the monetary conference in 1881 M. De
Normandie, one of the French delegates,
presented statistics to show that during
the successive panics and crises which
between 1837 and 1881 affected the mone
tary systems of France and of England,
in every case the shock was less severe
and less protracted in France than In
England. He found that In Individual
cases the Bank of France raised discount
to only one-half the rate to which it was
carried up by the Bank of England.
Through all those forty-five years he
found that the Bank of France had been
obliged to modify Its rate of discount
only 100 times, while the Bank of Eng
land did this 292 times; and he reached
the emphatic conclusion that France de
rived an almost inexpressible advantage
Trom the bimetallic system. But even if
we admitted that France alone, unaided,
doing this service through so long a time
for the whole of mankind, sustained an
undue loss thereby. It would still be rea
sonable to assert that England, France,
Germany, the United States and Italy,
Joining themselves together for this work
(and correspondingly weakening the
forces opposing the bimetallic system),
might achieve an even more complete
success than France did, while individ
ually sustaining a loss or expense which
would be inconsiderable in comparison
with the enormous benefits they would
as commercial and producing nations]
derive from such an arrangement. In
deed it is the most probable result that
if these nations should Join in a leaguo
for this purpose, aH-the other important
commercial countries of the world would
at once, and gladly, come into It.
I have thus far stated the two great
standing arguments for bimetallism.
I say "standing arguments,” because,
whether the two precious metals to
gether were increasing or decreasing in
quality, and whichever metal might at
any time be Increasing or diminishing in
proportion to the other, the two advant
ages would equally be secured. The ar
gument for bimetallism was Just as per
fect at the time when silver was more
valuable than gold, at the French ra
tio. as it was after the tide turned and
silver continued to fall, relatively to the
yellow metal. We now come to an argu
ment for bimetallism which has been
given great, possibly undue prominence
during the past twenty years. It is the
argument drawn from the situation since
1S7:«. The bimetallists assert that, in
view of the debts, public and private,
existing at the time when Germany de
monetized silver and the French mints
were closed to the coinage of that metial;
in view of the enormous and increasing
use of gold in the arts; In view of the
vast expansion of the world's production
of wealth. In consequence of improve
ments In arts and discoveries in na
ture; and In view of the change in the
habits of all peoples in res|>ect to the
use of money, the effect of the progres
sive demonetization of silver, following
the act of Germany referred to, has been
to diminish the world's supply of money
in proportion to the demand for it, and
thus to cause a fall of prices, which has
resulted often In great stagnation of in
dustry; which has prolonged. If it has not
produced, commercial panics and crises;
which has transferred vast volumes of
wealth, unearned, from the debtor to the
creditor classes; and which still con
tinues to hamper and embarrass trade
and production the world over. That
this argument has been made use of by
demagogs, and has been accepted by
many of the unthinking for more than it
is worth, and has sometimes been turned
Into an attack upon property and capi
tal and commercial enterprise does not
In the least Impair the righttulness of
Its use in urging the restoration of the
bimetallic system. The propaganda for
the demonetization of sllvei and for a
universal gold monometallism is respon
sible for all the abuse that may be made
of the natural feelings of hardship and
wrong which have arisen on the part of
.the producing classes. It Is natural that
"the ma-sses of the people should exagger
ate the undeserved injuries they suffer
from this cause; and the sole responsi
bility rests upon those who. without any
necessity or reason appearing, undertook
in 1S67, by the sheer exercise of authority
! on the part of the government to dig
up the roots of a monetary system which
had evened the most beneficial effects,
' and to substitute therefor what they
i pleased to imagine would be a belter
one. Th<er« was a more cold-blooded act
Instigated and Initiated by a set of doc
trinaires than that which led to
the monetary revolution in 1873. Happy
will the world be if wiser counsels, stim
ulated by the bitter experiences of the
past, shall in time lead the principal
commercial powers to re-establish bi
metallism upon a broad International ba
sis!
Whether this will be done or not no
one can foretell. The question here be
comes, not economic, but political and
diplomatic. When one sees how much
individual nations do, without passion
and without prejudice, within their own
limits, which Is foolish and mischievous,
he cannot fail to recognize the enormous
difficulty that will be found in bringing
together any considerable number of na
tions, all of which are to a considerable
degree jealous and suspicious of each
other, and between some of which sur
vive traditions of enmity and hatred, in
to any league or agreement on a matter
so vital.
PUBLIC OPINION.
It is really too bad that the first for
midable symptom of the revival of democ
racy should occur in Mr. Harrison's
•town.—Washington Post, Ind.
The people of America, harassed by
all ,the forms of legislative folly, may
well pray the Lord to so turn the hearts
of their governors, senators and repre
sentatives that in time they may give us
fewer laws and help us better to enforce
those which we have.—Chicago Times
Herald, Ind.
General Campos, the Spanish com
mander in Cuba, in a formal statement to
a World representative, declares that he
has given orders that prisoners shall not
be cruelly treated and that wounded cap
tives shall be cared for. This Is not, of
course, the according of belligerent
rights, but It may be regarded as a step—
a very short step—In that drection, and
though it may aid the Cubans, it will
at the same time do the Spanish cause
mush more good than harm.—Philadel
phia Record, Dem.
Lord Sackville is plainly a disappointed
man, nursing old grievances. His med
dling in American politics very properly
resulted in his being given his passports
by President Cleveland In 188. His pres
ent pamphlet is the act of a private per
son no longer in public life, and is scarce
ly worth attention either from this gov
ernment or Mr. Bayard. The noble lord
has plainly written himself down in a.
word of three letters, and he might very
well be let go at that.—Philadelphia
ljPClger, 1IK1.
Evidently the teaching that "righteous
ness exalteth a nation” Is playing out.
We have tric'd for a century to maintain
this against the world, and we have been,
flattering ourselves that we were doing
something for civilization. But civiliza
tion is only a barren ideality. Washing
ton and Jefferson and Monroe and the
rest of them were old fogies. Let us go
back to the barbarism from which we
•ame, to the ancient Idea that self-inter
est, real or apparent, is the only guide to
political action, and power the only
measure of national policy.—Philadelphia
Times!
The democratic party never dreamed
of substituting a continental Sunday of
pure festivity for the peaceful and rest
ful Sunday ordained by all the churches
and acknowledged by statute. The dem
ocratic party believes in the spirit of the
statute that commands saloons and re
tail dealers In intoxicating drinks to keep
their premises differently on Sunday
from the mode in which these are main
tained on a week day; In such keeping
to respect outwardly by closed doors the
religious feelings of the whole communi
ty and to refrain from publicly selling
intoxicating drink.—New York Mercury.
Of late we have heard and read a great
deal about the Importance of teaching
the school children to be good American
citizens. The truth Is, the schools have
always taught patriotism and have given
a skeleton of history. There is no need
of any new departure. We do not want
the schools disturbed with conflicting in
terpretations of the constitution. Their
purpose Is to Impart instruction In a few
Important subjects and furnish the frame
work to which the items of an education
may be attached as they may be gath
ered after leaving school. In only a very
few things Is there time for broad or
thorough work.—Washington Post
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Atlanta Exposition — Improved Railway
Service.
Tickets are on sale via the Southern
railway to Atlanta on account of the ex
position at rate of $3.80 for the round
trip, good returning within seven days
from date of sale, and $5.55 for the round
trip, good returning within fifteen days
from date of sale, and $7.55 for the round
trip, good returning until January 7, 1896.
The exposition Is now open in full force
and every one should take advantage of
the opportunity to attend.
Three trains daily, Birmingham to At
lanta—
No, 38 I.v Bir. 5:55 am. Ar Atlanta 11:40 am
No. 3(1 I.v Bir. 2:55 pm. Ar Atlanta 8:55 pm
No. 12 I.v Bir. 12:15 am. Ar Atlanta 6:55 am
All trains carrying Pullman sleeping
cars.
Effective October 6, the Southern hgs
added another train to the service be
tween Atlanta and New York. The "Ex
position Flyer” leaves Atlanta at 4 p. m.
and arrives at Washington at 11:46 a. m.
and New York at 6:23 p. m. Only twen
ty-five hours from Atlanta to New York.
Returning train leaves New York via
Pennsylvania railroad at 11 a. m. and ar
rives Atlanta 10:20 following morning.
Train will be a solid vestibule of Pull
man drawing room sleepers between New
York, Washington and Atlanta and first
class vestibule coaches between Atlanta
and Washington.
The schedule of No. 36. known as the
"United States Fast Mail,” has been
changed between Atlanta and Washing
ton, lessening the time out between At
lanta and New York. Train now leaves
Atlanta at 11:15 p. m. and arrives Wash
ington at 9:40 p. m., New York 6:23 a. m.
For information apply to
L. A. SHIPMAN. T. P. A.,
10-10-tf 2201 First Avenue.
The Cuban Forces.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
At last we are in a position to compare
with each other the forces of Insurgents
and of loyalists now tn the field, and the
comparison makes it almost wonderful
that the insurgents have made the head
way which they have made. Gen. Maxi
mo Gomez, In Camaguey, has under his
command about 5700 men, and with these
he has been operating successfully In the
middle of the island, holding the Span
iards from the Havana direction at bay
and extending the insurrection Into the
more western parts of the island. Gen.
Antonio Maeeo, further east, in the San
tiago direction, has all told under his
command an army of 23,500 men; and the
aggregate forces of the Insurgents there
fore amount to the very respectable total
of between 29,000 and 30,000 men. Not
more than one-half of Maceo’s troops,
however, are sufficiently armed, although
they are said to be in a fine state of drill
and discipline.
General Campos has, to oppose these
forces, the following army in the field:
Infantry, 59,900: cavalry. 3866; artillery,
1853; engineers, 1415; marines, 2700; police,
976; civic guards, 4400: guerrillas, 1152:
total. 76,262; and when the extra 35,000 or
40,000 men arrive from Spain he will have
at the least an army of 110,p00 with which
to enter upon the campaign, which so far
he has failed to Inaugurate.
FREE!—$5.00—FREE!
To the customer purchasing the largest
bill of groceries from my store (for cash)
on Saturday, October 19, will be given a
large and handsome parlor lamp worth
$5.00. A. B. MCKINNEY,
10-16-4t 2008 Second avenue.
ATJHE ATLANTA EXPOSITION
Interesting Notes About the Woman's Depart
'(nent— Entertainment of the George
town Alumnae.
Atlanta, Oct. 18.—(Special Correspond
ence.)—The greatest social events of the
exposition season will have transpired
between the middle and last of October.
During the past week the Daughters
of the American Revolution held their
congress In Atlanta. Next week Presi
dent Cleveland and his Cabinet, Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer and the Chicago board of
women managers, and the Georgetown
alumnae will visit Atlanta,
Two patriotic orders of women who
have been the guests of honor In Atlanta
have every reason to be flattered by the
attention shown them. On Friday after
noon Mrs. William Dickson, one of the
leading colonial dames In the city, opened
her house to the visitors and tendered
them a beautiful reception. On Friday
evening the resident Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Colonial Dames
and the board of women managers gave
a ball in their honor at Concordia club,
one of the handsomest club rooms in the
south, and on Saturday evening the
Daughters of the Revolution in their
turn entertained their hosts and hpstes -
es with an historic play in compliment
to them, which was given at the Grand
opera house under the management of
Miss Leiper, regent for Pennsylvania.
The ball at Concordia was led by Mrs.
Joseph Thompson, president of the wom
an’s department, and well did she repre
sent in her regal beauty and superb cos
tume the highest Ideal of aiistocratlc
loveliness. She wore a Marie Antoinette
costume of opague cloth of gold brocade
over white satin, a wonderful shimmer
ing toilet. In the laces of its bodice
glittered many diamonds and a spray of
her gold-brown hair.
Mrs. John W. Foster of Washington,
president-general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, was a handsome
and distinguished figure on the occasion.
Mrs. Donald McLean of New York, the
beautiful regent from that state, was
another prominent personage. Mrs. Wil
liam Randolph Reale, regent of Virginia,
was lovely and high bred In an elegant
toilet, with her rippling auburn hair car
ried high on her head, like that of an old
fashioned portrait. Mrs. McDowell Wolfe,
a handsome Atlanta matron and a direct
descendant of Patrick Henry, was an
other prominent presence. From all
parts of the south came the descendants
of the great orators, soldiers and states
men of the old days, and among them a
good representation from all other parts
of the country, the descendants of Puri
tan and cavalier mingling in one vast ar
ray of beauty, for no distinguishing
mark of primness or severity in dress
was left to mark the representatives of
strict New Englanders or the quiet
Quaker.
It is an interesting fact, by the way,
to note that Mrs. Thompson herself, who
is considered the typical southern wo
man, represents more than any other the
race of both puritan and cavalier, being
on one side descended from, the Perrins
of South Carolina and the other from
the Golds of Fairfield. Conn.
The ball room at Concordia was mag
nificently [decorated on Friday evening.
The music was furnished by a Mexican
band and the banquet served was one
which has never been surpassed in the
south.
On Saturday evening Miss Helper of
Philadelphia Issued 500 invitations to
the play given at the Grand opera house
under the auspices of the Pennsylvania
chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution. The play was called
"Colonial Days,” and the caste was filled
by the direct descendants of the char
acters represented. Ttte ncene was a
brilliant one, indeed. The boxes were
occupied by the visiting daughters and
colonial dames, members of the societies,
and a number of the prominent women
on the board of managers. The whole
house was in full dress, and not even on
the occasion of Patti's appearance in
Atlanta was the scene as brilliant and
distinguished a qme.
On the 23d day of this month Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer and the Chicago board and
representatives from the Georgetown
alumnae will arrive in the city. Mrs.
Palmer will be the guest of Mrs. Thomp
son’s parents, Maj. and Mrs. Livingston
Mims, during her visit, and in addition to
the private entertainment which Mrs.
Thompson will give in Mrs. Painter s
honor and that of the two great organi
zations which she represents, a large re
ception and several other smaller af
fairs will be given. The fact that these
two women presidents have the same
alma mater makes the alumnae of par
ticular Importance. Among those who
are expected are Mrs. Emily . Warren
Roebling, president of the society; Miss
Harriet Monroe, the writer of the World’s
fair ode; Mrs. Albert Levis Kelly of
Baltimore, and noted as a musician and
a beauty; Mrs. Lilian Lash Dann, vice
president of the association for- the Dis
trict of Columbia: Mrs. Victor Smith of
Baltimore, Mrs. Nannie Gibson Baskin,
vice-president for Georgia; Mrs. Hattie
Newcomer Gilpin of Baltimore, who pre
sents to the convent every year a mqdal
for music; Mrs. Bussell Harrison. Mrs.
Col Fred Grant, Mrs. John B. Moran of
Detroit and Mrs. Julius Walsh of St.
Louis, two noted beauties; the Countess
Overbeck, nee Remain Goddard; Mrs.
Governor Grant, the handsome and dis
tinguished wife of the governor of Col
orado, and many others.
Mrs. Lochrane-Austell, a beautiful Ala
bama woman, is the chairman for the
reception and entertainment of the
Georgetown alumnae. She is the daugh
ter of the late Judge Lochrane, a great
jurist and courtly Irish gentleman. She
is universally considered one of the most
beautiful women in the south, and her
manners are as charming as her face and
figure. Her presence will be added to
the sun of beauty and brilliance which
goes to the making up of this fair and
courteous company of women.
It is odd, after all, to reflect upon the
fact that those two great women leaders,
together with many others who have
made high places for themselves in the
world, come from a school modest and
conservative1, where the gentle nuns make
all the feminine arts and graces promi
nent In their training, and perhaps be
cause these two girls that were taught in
their school that to be feminine was the
greatest attainment and that indeed the
woman spirit which the Catholic extols
as the greatest power for good In the
worl(j_pe;rhaps this is one of the strong
est force*'which has gone to the making
of their greatness.
Says a New York special of Saturday:
“Thomas O'Rourke resigned today from
the police force. He drove up to the sta
tion house In regal style, went in and
threw his shield on the desk. ’They ob
jected to my sitting on a barrel watching
mv flats being built,' he said, 'and I re
sign. I'm tired of the business.' O’Rourke
has been on the police force a number of
years, and accumulated a fortune of J.tOO.
000. in his early experience on the force
he was assigned to a night post among
the wilds of Morrlsania. The new com
missioners recently learned that he was
wealthy, though every man on the force,
had known it years before, and a watch
was kept on him. One day he was seen
sitting on a barrel instructing men on a
row of flats while he should have been
on duty. He was summoned to head
quarters and fined twenty-five days' pay.
He became disgusted and.gb'l out. He'
neither smokes, chews nor drinks, and
leaves a good record In the department." ,
THIRTY years’ observation of Castoria with the putronogo of
millions of persons! permit us to speak of it without guessing.
It is unquestionably the best remedy for Infants and Children
the world has ever known. It is harmless. Children like it. It
gives them health. It will save their lives. In it Mothers have
something whioh is absolutely safe and practically per{ect_asjs
child's medicine.
Castoria destroys Worms.
Castoria allays Feverishness.
Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd.
Castoria cures Diarrhoea and V.inti Colic.
Castoria relieves Teething Troubles.
Castoria cures Constipation and Flatulency.
Castoria neutralises the effects of carbonic acid gas or poisonous air.
Castoria does not contain morphine, opium, or other ne.rcotio property.
Castoria assimilates jtho food, regulates the stomach and bowels,
giving healthy and natural sleep.
Castoria is pnt up 1 n on9MglBe bottlei only. It i» not Bold in l>nlk.
Don’t allow any one to soil yon anything el»e on tho pica or promise
that it L* “ Jnst as good ” and “ will answer every purpose.”
See that yon get C*A-S*T-Q*R"1*A.
is on e^ery
wrapper.
Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria.
PETER ZINSZER’S
2115, 2117 and 2119 Second Avenue,
.between Twenty-first and Twenty-second Streets.
MIRRORS SHOW FEATURES i
And our stock of Furn iture
shows bargains in every depart
ment. We make a feature of making bargains—features that
enable those who reflect to sav ’ much money.
JUST WHAT 1
We keen home-cheering and heart
sell
an
cheerfng goods. When we
artic e it gives satisfaction to get what you want at low prices.
Go to Zinszer’s, where you have a large selection of all kinds
of Furniture and in the latest designs.
rnn p 1 on Of any in the city. Leaders in
llUUlltjU run Inull low prices and honest Furni
ture of all kinds, house decorations and carpets. We lead the
world. Latest patterns and greatest variety. Rugs of all
kinds. Baby Buggies, Stands, etc. Easy weekly or monthly
payments on easiest terms o a ty.
Peter Zinszer.
fylamg Drug Co.
S. E. for. "(I Arc. r.nl I Dili Si
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
We move on Thursday of this week
from 220 Nineteenth street to the above
location, and when It Is effected our
place wilt be the
Most Convenient Apothecary
Shop in Town.
Our new store will be a beauty
when the -decorations are finished.
Our stock is almost entirely new and
prescriptions are our specialty. Our
store is open from 6 in the morning
until 12 at night.
Birmingham Paint and Glass Company
LARGEST STOCK. LOWEST PRICES.
hints, t ils. Varnish, Class, Sash, Doors and Blinds.
1816 Third Avenue.Birmingham. Ala.