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TRADE DOLLARS. M. J. Nash ^ o . Look {or something speci al on sale e v e r y d a y . W e carry a (oil line of all * leather shoes. T ornato Q rates and H o t L a k e , O re g o n A Health R esort Natural H ot M ineral Baths cure Rheumatism, Stomach, Blood and Kidney Disorders. W rite fo r Booklet. H ot Lake Sanatorium, W alter N. Pierce, President. ooo#o»»»oooooooooooooooooosoooooooooa#oooooooooo»ooo M r. Producer Having made arrangements with the most relia ble house in Portland w e are now in position to handle your produce that hats a market value. If you have anything to sell bring it us and w e will guarantee satisfaction. O. M. WELCH & CO. C. B. CUMMINQS T H E H O U S E F U R N ISH E R line o f Furniture, Moulding, Glass, always pleased to show our goods. C. B. Cum m ings, Newberg, Or. P a r lo r P h a r m a c y Q U A L IT Y store Two vital considerstions concerning proscriptions ‘ Accuracy in Compounding Purity of Ingredients The sweetness o f low prices never equals the bitterness o f poor quality. Headquarters for Ansoo Camaras and Photographic Supplies Lowney’o Candloo, and «ha Famous Weatherly lee Cream E. W . HODSON Registered Pharmacist Authorised In 1S7S and ; • ky the Aot e f 18S7. A trade dollar is slightly larger than a standard dollar, but it is not surrent coin, and ita metal value is only about 40 cents, though coin joluctors will pay 80 cents for it. Bo many o f these mongrel dollars were in circulation a generation ago that most parsons wars watchful to avoid getting one, but in recent years they have been so rare that many people never have seen one. Trade dollars were authorized by congress in 1873 for the purpose o f stimulating commerce with the ori ent. For many years the Mexican silver dollar had been a highly val ued coin in nearly all far eastern countries. Hundreds o f millions o f them were shipped to China, Japan, the Philippines and other countries in that part o f the world to pay for the products exported from them to Europe and the United States, American lawmakers thought that a coin o f practically the same weight and size as the Mexican dol larhearing the imprint o f the Unit ed States could be used advanta geously as a substitute for the Mexi can dollar. In the five years beginning with 1878 the United States mint pro duced nearly 36,000,000 of these dollars. Most of them ware export ed, but enough o f them remained in this country to be embarrassing because of their similarity to the standard silver dollar, and in 1887 congress provided that for six months thereafter all trade dollars presented to the treasury should be exchanged for standard silver dol lars, and after that time the trade dollars were left to shift for them selves, being worth only their metal ralue plus whatever premium coin collectors might be trilling to pay for them. Nearly 8,000,000 o f them were redeemed, and when the period for redemption ended only £84,587 of them remained in this country, less than 1 per cent o f the number that had been coined. The trade dollars have on one side a sitting figure o f the Goddess of Liberty and on the other an eagle o f a different design from that on the standard dollar. The inscrip tion is “ United States o f America, Trade Dollar, 420 grains, 900 fine. The standard silver dollar weighs 412.5 grains. The weight o f the Mexican dollar is 417.79 grains, but 97.27 per cent o f it is pure silver, that though it weighs leas its metal value is about 7 per cent more than that o f the old tn d e dol lar. Probably this is the reason that the trade dollar never made a hit with, the people o f the far east. There is ground for suspicion that the originators o f the trade dollar thought the orientals might be duped into taking it in preference to the Mexican dollar because o f its slightly greater weight, notwith standing the fact that ita silver val ue was about 7 per cent less. But the oriental money changers quick ly learned this difference in value, and the deception wouldn’t work. The trade dollar was authorized by the coinage act which became famous under the designation o f “ the crime o f *73” in the free silver agitation which began a few years later and continued for more than twenty years.— Kansas City Star. D a .h .d H i . H o p ... W ON BY A D R U M . Th e Battle of Areola a Romanti. E p i- — f t #* sf Rrsmh Hiatary. There stands in the French town o f Cadenet, his native place, a mon ument to the memory of “ The Lit tle Drummer of Areola," Andre Ea- tieune, the hero of one o f the moat romantic episodes in French his tory. It was an episode that illus trated the extraordinary military value, so often attested by the world’s greatest generals, of what Othello called the “ spirit stirring drum.” It may be said, curiously enough, that Napoleon Bonaparte’s great career was built upon a drum, for the battle of Areola waa won by the beating of Eatienne’s drum, and the Corsican himself always dated bis confidence in his own fortune from this battle, won in 1796. The circumstances were these: Bonaparte, hemmed in with a small army at Verona, between two greatly superior forces, sallied out at night, made a forced march, and with 14,000 men fell upon the rear o f 50,000 Austrians. The battle lasted seventy-two hours. On the second day o f the fighting the Aus trians obtained such a position that they completely and murderously swept the bridge o f Areola, which the French had gained and which they must hold if they expected to win the battle. It was an unlooked for move ment. Mo officer was near, but An dre Fatten ne, the little drummer, was there. ~ He went to hit sergeant and told him that he should cross the bridge with his drum and beat it on the other side. “ But,” protested the sergeant, “ before you place one foot upon the bridge you will be killed. No on earth could live on that bridge. However, can you swim ?” “ I can,” said the drummer. T h e n swim across with your drum.” “ Impossible!” returned Estienne. “ Should the drum become water soaked I could not beat it on the other side.” But the sergeant waa equal to thw difficulty. Being himself a fine swimmer, he plunged into the water, bade Andre mount upon his shoulders and hold his drum clear o f the water. 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Hearing what they took to be the drums o f an advancing force o f French and remembering the ter rible Frenoh onslaught o f the day before, they fled. This left the bridge dear, and the French began to pour across. Andre w is joined by other drummers. The Austrian flight became a rout. The French swept on, with Andre Estienne, still drumming, at their head. Soon the whole Austrian force was retreat- ing, utterly beaten. later Estienne’s heroic act Years lati was celebrated by being represented in stone on the front of the Pan theon at Paris. The fnneral o f the little drummer o f Areola waa at tended by a great concourse o f French officers and soldiers. Sootoh P iw k ln tH . A “ positively true tale" o f Scotch pawldness is sent us by a naval cor respondent He traveled up to In verness-shire with a Scotsman, on whose taciturnity hs failed, after many efforts, to impinge. The Scotsman stOl stared dully, fixedly, from the train. At last intelligence began to show in his face and grow to ecstasy, and he shouted in his ex citement, “ Look here, look here, that’ s whaur it was I” His compan ion rushed to the window. "In yor wee town,” continued the Scotsman, “ I wus charged saxpence for yin cup o f coffee.” — London Globe. At a reception at the Tuileries the Emperor Napoleon III. asked Edmund About if he knew Spanish. About, who had been long sighing for an important diplomatic post, answered prudently, “ N ot yet, sire.” But the very next day he went hard to work to learn it, and a few months later he said to the em peror, “ Sire, I can speak Spanish now.” Though the sovereign seemed rather surprised. About con tinued, nothing daunted, “ I have learned Spanish because your maj esty asked me if I could apeak that M or» Praotioal Th a n Poatioal. language.” “ Ah, yes,” answered She brought him out a wedge of Napoleon. “ I remember now. 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