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A GURIOUS CURRENCY Notes That Were Issued by the Mormons In Early Days. l/IONEY BASED ON GOLD DUST An Issue of Scrip In Denver Which Was Unique In the Financial History of America—Some of It Redeemed In Kaold When Gold Was Above Par. The need of a circulating medium 'brought into existence a curious cur rency among the Mormons of Utah in the early days. They had a fairly abun dant supply of gold dust, but no form of money. When taxes were collected, for instance, they "were paid in gold dust. The tax collector was often un able to give fractional change and had to issue due bills for small amounts. Finally so great became the need for a convenient circulating medium that the suggestion was made by some of the leaders that the circulation of the Kirtland notes be authorized, the com munity to stand sponsor for them. And this was adopted. The Kirtland notes were the product of a bank of the wildcat species which was in operation in 1837 at Kirtland 0., where under the leadership of Jo seph Smith the Mormons had a settle ment The institution was known as the Kirtland Safety Society bank and Issued notes in the denominations ot Fully $50,000 worth of these notes were said to have been issued. Then the bank failed, not having at the time of suspension more than $5,00 C with which to redeem its issue. Tht result was that the notes became ah solutely worthless. Many of the Mor tnons kept their notes, regarding then as curiosities, while others retained possession of them in the faith thai the prediction of Smith would one daj be realized, he being reputed to have said that the notes one day would bt as good as gold. The action of the Mormon leaders ir Utah in 1849 made this predictior come true, for the Kirtland notes al once went into general circulation and were placed on a par with gold. Eact and every one of thein was redeemed at the Mormon headquarters in gold dust, of which there seemed to be a greater supply than of representation? of money. There were two issues of paper mou cy or script in Denver, which were re deemed in gold. Some of tliem were re deemed at a time when gold was at i premium and so deserve to be rankec among the curious currency representa tions of which this country has see: many examples. In September, 18(51, the firm 0 f A -~i;cwrff OTr.-uW *7eirvewiSS\- > \JI the denominations of 10, 25 and 50 cents and sl. This firm conducted a large general merchandise business, in the course of which they handled great quantities of gold dust, the latter at the time being the only circulating medium in Colorado or Kansas terri tory, as it was then, called. 'Later the firm dropped the merchan dise business and took up banking. Great need was felt for fractional Srrency which would be worth as ich as gold and at the same time save the inconvenience of handling the gold dust To supply the prevailing need, Cook & Co. issued these notes, which were all finely engraved on steel and bore the promise of the firm to be redeemed in gold dust The notes were snapped up by every body, but more particularly the mer chants, and it was not long before Cook & Co.'s notes were in general cir culation in Denver and the contiguous mountain regions. They were prompt ly redeemed whenever presented and, being redeemable in gold dust were preferred to the regular United States currency. They were the smallest gold notes ever issued. Some time after the banking house -caught fire and was entirely consumed. At great risk the senior member of the firm entered the burning building and rescued the stock of gold dust, which amounted to something like $83,000. The following day the holders of the notes, fearing a possible loss on ac count of the fire, asked for the redemp tion of their notes, which was granted in every instance. But this seeming want of confidence so provoked Mr. Cook that after the last note had been redeemed and canceled he determined never to issue another, and thus ended an issue unique in America's financial history. It is not probable that a specimen of this interesting series of notes, is in existence today.—Washing ton Post Fickle Fortune. The reverses of fortune are well il lustrated among the descendants of the old French nobility. According to M. Lescure, a grandson cf that same Marquis d'Hauteroche •who chivalrously requested the lish troops -at the battle of Fontenoy to "fire first" ended his days as a com mon policeman. One of the noble family of Babou {le la Boardaisiere is now a washerwo man. • Representatives of other noble fam ilies equally famous in their time are or were, according to the same author ity, occupying the humble places of gamekeeper, carpenter's apprentice, bouse painter, cab driver, miller's as sistant, innkeeper, conductor of an om nibus, box opener at • a theater, gas man, bathing man, maker of mouse tr|ps, chorus singer at the opera and woodman, while ene who is a great grand-cousin of the Illustrious Cardi nal de Retz unites in his own person the lowly o3lces of gravedigge-r and -Tillage fiddler.—London Tit-Bits. BRITISH CONSOLS. Origin and History of This Feature of English Securities. Almost all the debt of England con sists of the funded debt, so called, and the greater part of this is made up of "consols," which is an abbreviation of "consolidated stocks," of which we read every day in the papers, and the price of consols is the financial pulse of England. , Consols were created in 1752 by stat ute 25 of George 11., chapter 27. But no scrap of paper ever represented a consol until, to facilitate commerce, in 1870 a statute was passed allowing the government to issue certificates to rep resent them. The property that all the world asked the price of every day was unrepresented by any monetary securi ties until 1870, and even now very few certificates have been issued. Now, this is a consol, and" this is its history: Originally some one had loan ed the government £IOO, and the gov ernment had caused his name to be en rolled on its books as a creditor, from whom it had received that amount and to whom some day it might, if it chose, repay it It need never do so, but until it did It must pay him an an nuity of £3—that is, he received 3 per cent on his money as long as the gov ernment chose to keep it, but the gov ernment could pay it back at any time it chose to do so. This creditor then owned a consol—that is, he owned such a debt from the government as just described. If he wished to transfer what rights he had—that is, his 3 per cent per an num—and the right to his £IOO when, If ever, the government chose to return it, he could go to the Bank of England with his transferee and receive the purchase price from him, and the stock would be transferred to the man pay ing the consideration, and that man's name would be placed on the govern ment's book in the place of the for mer owner, and thereafter the trans feree would receive the £3 a year and the £IOO, if it was ever paid back. But no paper passed except the receipt for the purchase money which was given by the buyer and which the bank offi cial checked with a red mark. These receipts were not certificates of ownership and were seldom pre served, never except for purposes of identification when the new owner went to draw his first dividend. After that they were destroye'd. It is true in old times the owner of a consol was given a tally, which was nothing but a block of wood with notches on it split in two so that a portion of each notch should be on each half, and the gov ernment kept one half and the owner of the stock the other. These showed the state of the ac count between the government and its creditor, but this was an antiquated system of keeping accounts, brought down from the days. when writing was IV~lmown ..jvt -Jact. abolished by act* of parliament and burned. There were so many of them that when they were thrown into the furnaces these became superheated, and the parliament houses burned down, which perhaps served the au thorities right for keeping the anti quated system so long. From Different Viewpoints. Some years ago a party of American travelers, journeying leisurely up the Nile, expressed a desire to celebrate Washington's birthday in some appro priate manner. Their chef according ly prepared a great frosted cake, upon which he executed in confectionery a representation of George Washington after having familiarized himself with the life and achievements of his sub ject. As represented in sugar, Wash ington wore a turban on his head and I a great sash across his breast, he was smoking a long pipe and before him a chorus of dancing girls were perform ing. This was the way the greatness of George Washington looked to the Arab chef. In China many amusing instances of a similar kind may be found. "Pil grim's Progress" as recently translat ed and illustrated by native artists shows Christian with a long pigtail, the dungeon of Giant Despair as the familiar wooden cage of Chinese crimi nals, while the angels are arrayed, in the latest productions of Peking dress makers. A Chinese publication once described Americans as "living for months with out eating a mouthful of rice" and nev er enjoying themselves by "sitting quietly on their ancestors' graves; but, instead, jumping around and kicking a ball as if paid for it"—Pittsburg Post Napoleon and His Snuff. In the late thirties and early forties of the last century a favorite spectacu lar play at Astley's in London was "The Battle of Waterloo," in which an actor named Gomersal gained renown as Napoleon Bonaparte. His imitation of the emperor was so lifelike that the great Duke of Wellington invited him to Apsley House, and the interview affords an amusing Illustration of the actor's close conscientiousness in at tention to the most minute detail. Aft er complimenting his guest the duke remarked: "I observe, Mr. Gomersal, that you do not use a snuffbox in the part, but make the emperor take his snuff loose from his waistcoat pocket Permit me to enable you to supply the omission," and his grace presented the actor with a very handsome silver "tabatiere." Gomersal pocketed the casket and stomached the criticism in silence, but when he reached home he wrote to the conqueror of Waterloo and respectful ly pointed out that the omission was of set purpose and absolutely true to history, "Boney" being in the habit of dispensing with a snuffbox and taking the powder loose from his waistcoat pocket which he had made lined with chamois leather for that purpose. The Rocky Mount Record, Thursday, April 9 1908 IN THE DEATH CHAIR. How It Feels When the Killing Cur rent Is Turned Cn. He waited a secbhd or an age. Then suddenly it seemed as if he must leap from the chair, his body was swelling to some monstrous, impossible, inhu man shape; his muscles were stretch ed, millions of hot and dreadful nee dles were piercing and pricking him, * stupendous roaring was in his eara then a million colors—colors he - had never seen or imagined before, colors no one had ever seen or imagined, col ors beyond the range of the spectrum, new, undiscovered, summoned by soma mysterious agency from distant coi ners of the universe—played before his eyes. Suddenly they were shattered by a terrific explosion in his brain then darkness. t But uo; there was still sensation. A dull purple color slowly spread before him, gradually grew lighter, expanded, and with a mighty pain he struggled, groping his way In torture and tor ment over fearful obstacles from some far distance remote as black stars in the cold abyss of the universe. struggled back to life, then an appall ing confusion, a grasp of conscious ness; he heard the ticking of the two watches. Then through hts brain there slowly trickled a thread of thought that squirmed and glowed like a white hot wire. A faint groan escaped the pale lips below the black leather mask; a tremor ran through the form in the chair; there it relaxed and was still. Ifs all over. The doctor, UftingTilst fingers from Archie's wrist, tried to smile and wiped the perspiration from his face with a handkerchief.—From Brand Whitlock's "The Turn Balance." TO KEEP YOUNG. Laasen Your Food Continually as You Grow Older. What man or woman, growing old, would not give a fortune for the re newal of youth? With a little care they might have kept It for ten or a dozen years longer, but its value was not realized until too late, says Dr. Co hen, the noted London specialist Up to the age 6t twenty-three or twenty-five in the case of men and eighteen or twenty in women, the framework of the body is being form ed, and the diet should be generous. After the thirtieth year has been pass ed it Is no longer necessary to eat 10 make more tissues, but only to pre serve equilibrium of weight aid strength. Yet at that time eating is a pleasure highly appreciated. Therefore most men and women eat too muth, and this is the time of life when in discretions in diet produce disease wih -especial frequency. Do not eat heavy suppers. Drink little or no alcphol. Do not grow fat by eating too ufaeh. Fat people seldom reach a good old age. The youthful old man is leau. Lessen your food continually as you grow older. Overeating produces all the diseases! that make cue old. Underfeeding shortens life. Just enough and a trifle over Is the Ideal. Sweet Potato Pie. Take several sweet potatoes, and when they have boiled themselves ten der peel and slice them. Line the bot tom and sides of a deep dish with crust—the dish must be fully three inches in depth—and upon this ar range a, layer of the potatoes, butter ing them liberally, sugaring them free ly and sprinkling them with nutmeg. Add next a layer of very thin slices of dough, sprinkle with hot water, then follow with another layer of sliced po tatoes and repeat until the pan is full. The top crust follows, and the pie must then be baked for an hour or more- Miles Bradford in Bohemian Magazine. Euphemisms For Death. "Decease" is now a regular form of word for death. But it began as a gentle euphemism, "decessus (depar ture) seeming much less harsh to the Romans than "mors." All languages abound in euphemisms of the kind, which go back to a superstitious re luctance to mention death plainly that gradually passed into a kindly desire to soften the Idea. "Passed awav," "departed," "gone," "expire" out), "no more," "demise" and even "the late" are expressions of this na ture. Most striking of all is the Ro man euphemism for "he is dead, "vix it" (he has lived). An Artificial World. The mingled feelings of admiration and skepticism with which we gazed upon the stuffed animals in the toy shops of our youth we • still experience in the society of many of the human animals we meet later in life. The more we admire the more do we mis- j trust, while there is nothing of which ' we are more convinced than that ev erything is unreal, from the complex- i ion of our friends to the genius of a For Woman's \ Eye 40 J-18 CITRIC ACID. r The Way the Secret of Its Manufao* ture Was Stolen. The proprietor of an old chemist's #hop, close by Temple Bar, in days gone by enjoyed the monopoly of mak ing citric acid. More favorably cir cumstanced than other secret manufac turers, his was a process that required no assistance. He employed no work men. Experts came to sample and as sort and bottle his products, but they never entered the laboratory. The mystic operations by which he grew rich were confined to himself. One day, having locked the doors and drawn the window blinds as usual, sure of the -safety of his secret, the chemist went home to his dinner. A chimney sweep, or a boy disguised as such, wide awake in chemistry, was on the watch and followed the secret keeper to Charing Cross, and, sure that he would not return that day, the sooty philosopher hied rapidly back to Tem ple Bar, ascended the low building, dropped down the flue, saw all he wanted to and returned, carrying with him the mystery of making citric acid. The monopoly of the Inventor was gone a few months after, and the price was reduced by four-fifths. The poor man was heartbroken and died shortly afterward, ignorant of the trick by which he had been victimized.—London Spare Moments. THE LOG JAM. Quick and Sure Must Be the Workers When It Goes Out. Log jams are not an abnormal part of the riverman's work, as most people suppose, but a regular Incident of the day's business. In the breaking of them the jam crew must be quick and sure. I know of no finer sight than the going out of a tall jam. The men pry, heave and tug sometimes for hours. Then all at once the apparently solid surface begins to creak and settle. The men zigzag rapidly to shore. A crash and spout of waters mark where the first tier is already toppling into the current. The front melts like sugar. A vast, formidable movement agitates the brown tangle as far as you can see, and then with another sudden and mighty crash the whole river bursts into a torrent of motion. If everything has gone well, the men are all safe ashore, leaning on their peavies, but ready at any instant to hasten out for the purpose of discour aging by quick, hard work and tend ency to plug on the part of the moving timbers. I have seen men out of bra vado jump from the breast of a jam just as it was breaking down to a float ing log ahead, thus to be carried in the sweep and rush far down the river. A single slip meant death.—Stewart Ed ward White in Outing Magazine. * Was Svrjr''«^d. A melodrama was some years since played in a certain theater, the chief actor in which had made himself, from his overbearing conduct, disliked by one and all. In the last scene he was supposed to visit the tombs of his an cestors. In the center of the stage, upon a marble pedestal, stood the stat ue of his father. A heavy fold of dra per covered the figure. Enter Albert "Once again," he says, "let me gaze upon those features which in life so often beamed with tenderest affection. Father, thy mourning son now comes to pay thee reverence. Let me remove the veil which from vulgar gaze shields the image of a once dear parent" The drapery fell aside, and, behold; the father stood upon his head! The effect cannot be described. It was electric. The shouts of laughter which followed effectively put an end to the scene, which changed to the next as quickly as possible amid the bravos of the audience, the anger of the manager and the uncontrollable rage of the actor. —London Tit-Bits. A Painter's Odd Ways. Alfred Hunt was at the same time both a very slow and a fastidiously punctilious sketcher from nature, a combination which is said to have has tened his end, for he had a block for every hour of the day and every con dition of weather, and, overladen with these, he would often trudge a lengthy distance to his work. He would then start, say, on an incomplete morning effect in sunshine, to be cast aside for a similar subject in shadow if the scene clouded over or for a noonday one directly that hour was reached. It is said that 'ie consequently sometimes carried as many as a dozen varieties of the same view.—St. James' Gazette. A big cut or a little cut, smail scratches or bruises or big ones are healed quickly by DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. It is especially good for piles. Get DeWitt's. Sold by May & Gorham. ' Women's troubles very often occur regularly at a certain time every month. Be cause this may have been so all your life, is no reason why it should continue. Many thousands of women, who had previously suffered from troubles similar to yours, due to disorder of tiTS womanly organs, found welcome or cure in thai wonderfully successful medicine for women, Wine of Cardui Mrs. Leota Forte, of Toledo, 111, writes: "I am veil pleased with the results of using Cardui. I have ♦afrftn three bottles and am now perfectly well free from pain and have gained 25 pounds in weight" lifnlTC lie A I CTTCfI Wrtta today for a frn copy at valuable 64-page Illustrated Book for Women. If you need Medical Ad- M/lcV It* I \A H ■ I IIK vice, describe your symptoms, stating age. and reply wW be sent In plain sealed envelope. Address: ft Est B m WkJ IB EU&* ■ ■ Ladies Advisory Dept.. Tbe Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. ' D Vv '3 Little Earl rs, the fam i-.- 11 tie pills. * v oiu .Vlay & CiOi • A BURGLAR'S STORY. Told by an English Thief In the Lan guage of Thieves. Some time ago there appeared £ somewhat curious book, "The Auto biography of a Thief In Thieves' Lan guage." A glossary is provided for the benefit of those whose unfortunate ignorance of the predatorj' classes may render such aid necessary. From one of the anecdotes related it appears that honor among thieves is not always to be found. "One day," says the writer, "1 went to Croydon and touched for a red toy (gold watch) and red tackle (gold chain) with a large locket. So I took the rattler home at once. When I got into Shoreditch I met one or two of the mob, who said: 'Hello! Been out today? Did you touch?' "So I said 'Usher' (yes). So I took them in, and we all got canon. When I went to the fence he bested (cheated) me because I was drunk and only gave £8 10s. for the lot. So the next day 1 went to him, and I asked him if he was not a-going to grease my duke (put money into my hand). "So he said 'No.' Then he said, 4 I will give you another half a quid,' and said, 'Do anybody, but mind they don't do you.' "So I thought to myself, 'All right my lad, you will find me as good as my master,' and left him. Some time after that affair with the fence one of the mo 6 said to me: " 'I have got a place cut and dried. ! Will you come and do it?' "So I said: 'Yes. What tools will you want?' "And he said, 'We shall want some twirls and the stick ((crowbar), and bring a Neddie (life preserver) with you.' And he said, 'Now don't stick 1 me up (disappoint); meet me at 6 to night' "At 6 I was at the meet (trysting place), and while waiting for my pal I had my daisies cleaned, and I piped the fence that bested me go along with his old woman (wife) and his two kids (children), so I thought of his own words, 'Do anybody, but mind they don't do you.' "He was going to the Lyceum thea ter, so when my pal came up 1 told him all about it. So we went and screwed (broke into) his place and got thirty-two quid and a toy and tackle which he had bought on the crook (dishonestly). A day or two after this I met the fence who I'd done, so he said to nie, 'We have met at last.' "So I said. 'Well, what of that?' "So be said. 'What do you want to do me for?' "So I said, 'You must remember you done me, and when I spoke to you about it you said. "Do anybody, but mind they don't do you."' That shut . him by/'—LoudoiT Tli-Eik o. > ■ « -• ** A Witty Irish Judge. Mr. Doherty, who was chief justice of the Irish court of common pleas from 1830 till his death in 1846, was famed for his wit The gossip in the hall of the four courts, which of course reached the bench, was that one of the judges had been somewhat excited by wine at an entertainment in Dublin castle on the previous evening. "Is it true," the chief justice was asked, "that Judge danced at the castle ball last night?" "Well," replied Do herty, "I certainly can say that I saw him in a reel." "As I came along the quay," remark ed one of the officers of the court whose face was remarkably hatchet shaped, "the wind was cutting my face." "Upon my honor," replied the chief justice, "I think the wind had the worst of it"—London Law Notes. Swiss Naval Wars. References to the Swiss navy are usually jocular, but it is none the less a fact that ships of war once floated and even fought on the waters of the lake of Geneva. The great fleet was that of the Duke of Savoy, who at the beginning of the fourteenth century maintained a number of war galleys armed with rams and protected by turrets and propelled by a crew of oarsmen varying in number from for ty to seventy-two. These vessels be sieged Versoix and even blockaded Geneva. But Geneva also had a fleet which helped in the capture of Chilon In 1536, and when the Bernese an nexed the canton of Vaud they, too, had their flotilla. Their largest vessel was the Great Bear, with 64 oarsmen, 8 guns and 150 fighting men.—West minster Gazette. To have perfect health we must have perfect digestion, and it is very im portant not to permit of any delay the moment the stomach feels out of order. Take something at once that you know will promptly unfailingly assist diges tion. There is nothing better than Kodol for dyspepsia, indigestion, sour stomach* belching of gas and nervou? headache. Kodol is a natural diges tant, and will digest what you eat. Sold by May & Gorham. Suffering and Dollars Saved. E. S. Loper, pf Mariila. N. Y., says: "I am a carpenter and have had manv severe cuts healed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It has saved me suffering ai d dollars. It is-by far the best healing salve I have ever found." Heals burns, sores, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and piles.2sc at Griffin's drug store. To The Voters of Nash County. I hereby announce mjself a candidate for the office of Register of Deeds of. Nash county subject to the result of the Democratic Primaries.. Zeb V. Jenkins. Candidate for Register of Deeds. Subject to the action of the Demo cratic primaries, I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Register of Deeds of Nash county. Samuel V. Pitts. Candidate For Treasurer. I hereby announce to the voters of Nash county that I am a candidate for the office of Treasurer of Nash t ountv, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. Very Respectfully, Samuel S. G«y. Notice cf Administratrix. Having qualified before the Cleric of the Superior Court of Nash county as administratrix of the estate of R. S. Herring, deceased, late of said County, this is to notify all persons holding claims against said tstaie to present same to me duly verified on or before MarchC9th 1909 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery, a r dall persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to me. This March 9th, 1908. Mrs. Ellen Herring, Administratrix of R. S. Herring, Deed. T. T. Thome, Atty. Notice. Having qualified before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Nash County as executor of Mrs. Lizzina Bulluck, de ceased, late of said county, this is to notify ali persons having claims against said estate to present the same duly verified to me or my attorney on or before, Feb. 22, 1909 as fhis notice will be plead in bar of their recovery, and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment to me. This Feb. 22, 1908. * Dr. J. B. Bulluck, Executor L>*2inia Bulluck. T. T. ITiorne, Atty. 400 Bushels oi King's Improved Cotton Seed For Sale 50c Bushel Apply to W. E. FENNER. Rocky Mount, N. C. Franklin University. We have a faculty of Specialists, representing some of the highest col leges of the nation, We teach exclusively by mail and can educate you at home. Write for free catalogue. Address Julian R. Pennington, Pres., Wilson, N. C.