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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1897)
THE TILLAMOOK WEEKLY HEADLIGHT HISTORY OF MONEY SHOWING KINDS OF MONEY USED IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF CIVILI ZATION. Gradnal Evolution From Skins, Fishhooks Sholl., MUi., In Hunting Stag, to «liter and Gold In Prount Commercial Stage. Cows end Sheep m Cult, of Value—De tho first regular coin of western Europe. It soon tiecamo the recognized unit of value in oonnnerce and was replaced only by the English sovereign, which has since remained the standard unit of value for international trade. The commercial world has chosen gold as money because, all things con sidered, it is better fitted for this pur pose than any other metal or substance. It owes iu position entirely to ita EVERYE^Y living in Tillâitiook County or v. ! •> has pi • pc ty locateti ln:u vant» :• Etc., and Why Nreteatar,-<«.ld and Mi FirstC I ;i.>s County Paper ed—Moot Modern Nations Haro Paaae.l A paper co< t lining nil the county news, .1 I In evei y nay iu touHi wliitli all the varied iudustrien and Interests of the county. Such a paper is that la the Through tho Silver and Are In the Gold Stage of Civilisation. A study of ths growth of money may be useful just now in order to give a more definite idea of exactly what money is and to learn why certain arti cles or substances have been discarded and others retained. The natural and general tendencies well undemtood, we have only to judge of the future by past experience to prediot what will and what will not be the principal money metal of the near future. lÀeaòlidbt The Headlight if the oldest paper pnblishe.! in the county, aud has done mote to advertise the county and call attention to all its various resources and interest capital in its development than all oF'er news papers ccmbi ied. It h 3 never failed tod«» alt ill its power for the good of the country. In return for this the people of the county bave bestowed upon it a most generous patronage. The Headlight has to day Hunting and Fishing Stage. The Pastoral Stage. Man early tamed the doincstio ani mals Tho sheep und tho cow being the most useful, they naturally, with their ■kins (and aomo- tiniei with their milk), formed tho currency and the unit of value. Our words foe, pecuniary and capital como from tho use of cattle ax money. Similar words in nearly every language testify to the once gen eral use of cows and sheep ns money. A man's wealth was estimated by his herds and fiix-ks. It was in this stago that conquerors ■topped eating captives because it was discovenxl that they were worth more as shepherds and carriers of water, wood, etc. Ilenoe also slaves often fig ured ns money. Agricultural stage. In tho agricultural stage man owns land, has fixed habitations and is pos- «eased of a far greater variety of proper ty than when lie was a nomad. Though he continued to use cattlo, slaves, etc., ns money, yet ho sometimea added sta ple farm prtxlucta and began to use met als, especially copper and gold, which at first wore usually estimated in terms of cattle and were meiwunxi roughly instead of being weighed. Wheat, barley and oats are now, M they have been for 3,000 years, h medi- urn of exchange in Norway and other r e m o t o parts of Europe. Matsu, or Indian corn, once form* «1 tlie currency of Mexico, Cen tral America and ■ome of the early colonic* Tobac co formed the priticqial money of Virginia aud Maiyland. It was legal tender in Maryland in 17.13 Tho price of wives varied from 100 to 160 pounds uf tobac co. Dried codfish was ouct> enrreu ▼ twnixx corn vt. ro-cy in Newfound- BAixxi. vil. ooDnsM. land. Sugar, rum, ginger, olive oil, egg«. Indigo and 1» tuoliMwcs are some of tbo pnxiucts Unit Double Of any other newspaper, ill the county. And all this is spite of the fact that other papers have been given away for nothing in order Io Jessen the Headlight’s circulation, The Headlight doe* not need to beg people to take It or plead lot a chance to enter their homes as a special favor as a premium given fd: something else. It is a ligitimate newspaper, and it CIV. POMANO-CAJirANIAX COIN. XV. COLD XVI. MEXICAN S1L- so !. idvs or J ulias ’ ii. VEH DOLLAR. XVII. E RNUIJSII GOLD SOV- E11KION. Irinsic worth. It has needed no special legislation to sustain it, nor has the al most unlimited special legislation in the interest of silver and other metals and substances been ablo to make tbeui "as good as gold” in any modern civi lized country. It has come by evolution and will not go eve n by revolution. We liavo passed the fishhook, wampum, to bacco, iron and silver stages of civiliza tion and have entered the goldcu stage. Each year sees some progressive country stop experimenting with tbo fickle and fluctuating silver standard and declare for tho stable nml world recogniz, d gojil standard of value. Possibly wo may, by foolish legislation, make silver legal tender for awhile and drive gold out of circulation, but our coninierci.il in terests will continue to use gold, and soon all interests will bo glad to drop Mexico and China and to return to the society of civilized nations. B i ron W. H olt . £>tandg cq it? Own fjewit The Headlight bus every week nearly twice as much home news as auy other paper published in the county. It is all home print. It has a fine staff of correspondents. Jt covers the entire county. It has a fine standing everywhere. Il belongs to no clique. It is broad and progressive. It is able and up to date. It is also tho County Official Paper Iliff Prices For Farmers* Products. The Chautauqua News of Sherman, N. Y., contains in its latest number an advertisement which we copy free ot charge: It was fo designated last February by the County Commissioners, who at that term passed the following or der: In th« matter of selecting a news paper under the provisions of an act of the Legislature approved Feb. 21st I8»7- *'0n the ad day of February, 1897, it be ing a day of the regular term of this court for January 1S97, this cause continued to this time for filing of pro>fs by the newspapers contesting herein, conies ou to be heard and the pub’sher of the Tillamook Headlight having duly filed a certi fied Ust of its bon fide yearly sub Fcribersliving in this county, anil no <>t »er pub idler bavin* so filed fuch l'st, and the Herald Publishing Co. having appeared by its attorney W. I.. Rroi k- a'id expressly waived the filing of such list or further con test herein it is hereby ordered that theTill muok Headlight l.e ami he.<.- by is seleCied as the newspaper pub 1i.-h.-d in Tillamook County,Oregon, having the largest circulation with in said county and wherein shall be publish the proceedings of the court as requited by the provisions of an act of the Legislature of the State of Oregon, approved Feb. 21, 1891.” WAR PRICES. Jn order to assist those who bclievo in the “white metal’’ I will pay the following price» hi MEXICAN SILVER IM»LLAR3 (no change given) fur live stock and product delivered ut Kherman : BU'ers weighing 1,(XX) pounds or over, fine und f it.......... 6 cents per poun< Heifers weighing IM) pounds or over, fine and fat..........3 cents per potine Sheep, fat and heavy............ 5 cents per puun Lumba, fat and hoary.......... 7^ cents per puun* Veals, fine and fat.................8 cents per puuni Pigs weighing 100 to 150 pounds................................... 5* kj cents per pount Best Holstein milk cows...... ieu per Lead No. 1 creamery butter.........28 cents per pount Fine factory cheese...............10 cents per poun< These dullnrs contain more pure silver tliai the United States dollar. 5f7*Those who deliver stock in druvet should bring an extra horse to draw homt their money. Dated Aug. 1. A. n. SHELDON, Mr. Sheldon is ablo to ùo wluit ht promises to do. He is giving the farm era of Chautauqua the benefit of the in Anted prices which tho advocates of a 50 cent dollar desire and is doing it without asking the United Stales guv ernnu nt to become a repudiate* and t* swindler. Double Staiiil.nl Maple Sugar. The Mohawk valley was nettled hr the Dutch, as your lenders know. Whei tho country wnn new, Yankee peddler- came through the settleuients and pur chased the crop of maple sugar. Ou oui occasion u gn cit Dutchman sold a Yau kee his maple sugar far below the mar ket prioo, and liis neighbors teased him for being deceived. Ha said in reply 'You vait and I will vix him uex' year.” Tho next spring he sold hi« crej of sugar to tho same Yankee nt the «aim price. When his neighbors railed him, ho soldi "I am no fool. I made tho sap that sugar was made from of half spring water." The green Dutch farmer had just as much common dense as tliost cranks who urm rt that 60 cents' worth of silver and an equal amount of watei w ill make a dollar worth 100 cents hi gold at the preaent standard.—F. Q. iu New York Sun. On. N.«lwte<l Drtail. “No, sir, ” said the man who was chewing a long straw, "I ain't satisfied yet. I don't think ary one o’ them con ventions went fur enough. ” "1 themght you reganksl the future very hope fully." “I did fur a time. But in the elcite- mont we overlooked things thet orter 'a' beam done. It never occumxl ter me at the time, but we made a big mistake by not liaviuu plunk put Inter the plat form niakin it ag'iu the law fur it ter rain on a man's hay when he’s gon«'ter town te r'tend a p’litical meetin. "—Wash ington Star. "More money” is the delusive cry of tho silverites in their campaign for cheap dollars. But they do not attempt to show how a 18 to 1 free coinage law, which would put our •800,000,000 gold at a premium ef nearly 60 per cent and drive it all out of circulation, could pos sible give ns more mousy than we have now. How the Beginner l-esrned to Bld. Hix Silent Steed. ter nt First Estimated Roughly, Then Weighed Accurately and Finally Stamp bent wire wore substituted for real hooka Wampum was the currency of the more civilized Indian tribes in Now England and on Long Island. It con sisted of white bends, made from the ends of a periwinkle shell or black beads made from a clam shell arranged iu stiings or belts. It became tho offi cial money of New England and New Amsterdam und lost its place as money between 1050 and 1700, when tho “Smart Alecks” among tho whites be gan to dobuse it by leuving tho l«>ads unpolished or unpiorced or by making them of bone, horn, glass and even of wood. The colonists legislated much trying to fix prices, and to save wam pum from declining in value, but it was being produoed too cheaply. Natural law was against it, and it had to go. The use of shells ns money is still common on many tropical coast«. Their wide uso is probably dno to tho strong passion, common to primitive man, for personal adornment. This gives shells a pormnnont value. Besides they uro very durable, comparatively light and am convenient for small change. Whales' teeth, arrowheads, beads, tusks of ivory and engraved stones are some of tho other money materials of this und later stages of civilization. PATHOS AND BATHOS. [Modeled npen an approved pattern.) It stanchi in the corner, alone and forlorn. The old parlor sofa so th road bare and worn. The chints that bedecks it might causo the cesthete To shudder and flee with a yell to the at reef, For there are arranged, on a background of green. Enormous ehrysantlxemnms ultramarine, But ever by me shall be fondly adored The old parlor eofa where grandfather snored. Tho only help I got *“ to..^ th. bike was (rom my wife, lho little X would grab hold of tbo framework usl o7er tho’runr wheel ..nd maintain my ana rounds of iieerless manhood whllo I ¿"’keS re"her Ld told her what to do and monetisation of Tohaooo, Skins, Bronso, The kind of money in uso in any country indicates the degree of civi lization attained. Man probably first be came a trading animal in the hunting and fishing stage. Weapons of war and the chase, together with skins and furs, were then the most important kinds of pioperty. Hence we find that the moro useful, stable and portable of these articles were first used as money and are so used today in barbarous countries. Beaver skins or “beaver” was tho unit of value when our forefathers traded with the Inilinnu. Thus 1 beaver equals 1 brass kettle; 1 beaver equals 3 shillings; 6 bea vers equal 1 gal lon brandy, etc. Fishhixika form ed the currency on the northern shores of tho In dian ocean from Persia to Coy Ion. I. BEAVKti skin . n. nsn-Latterly, how- HOOK. in. WAMPUM, ever, picc<,B of mastering the bike . « The City Official Paper and publishes all the proceedings of the City Counci', al* ordinances an alt official notices. It may save you lots of trouble and expense to knew what the ordinances are and to keep it> formed on official matters. The Headlight has the reputation of being one of the _ll_ Begt Local papery in Oregen and it spares no pains nor expense to keep up its reputation. We have just put in a water motor to run our presses, and have now oue of the most complete country offces is the state. The Headlight also has the i fingst tfoß Printing You may jeer, you may sneer, you n\ay gibe at it, too (But sit not upon it whatever you do, For all who abruptly sit down on its seat Repent it with language I dare not repeat). Its springs may be broken, uncertain its legs, But mourning affection affectingly begs A tribute of tears, such us grief may afford, For the old parlor sofa where granilfuther snored. How often, recumbent, he lingered there long (His legs being weak, though his language was strong). Ayo, call me unmanly and weak if you willl I cling to the sofa devotedly still, Aud many a jugful cf tears Ixave I shod On the antimacassar that covers its head. (And haven’t you ever encountered before A ballad like this one of grandfather’s snore?) --Pick Me Up. Three of a Kind. “We’ve got now babies at our house.” “Indeed? How many?” “Twins—and another one!”—New York Journal. Reflections of a Bachelor. Anybody can I mj a martyr if tbore aie enough people to look on. Fate is circumstance’s “You’re not so warm!” to the man who thinks he knows it all. No girl ever had a sick headache that' was too bail for her to get up and try on her new dress. A man can never look as proud and haughty ns he wants to when he has on a shirt that feels wilted. Y’ou never know a man till he knows you. After a woman gets beyond a certain age her skin never fits. A gdrl will always deny that whon she sleeps alone sbe puts her arms around her self. The New Baby. After a woman is 35 the hatred she has Tho Minister—Woll, Bobbie, how do you always had for deceit Is given to the bugs like your new brother.9 on her geraniums. Bobbie—Oh, purty good. Every married man practices acting as The Minister—I suppose, then, that you if be wasn’t jealous In a way that will are glad ho camo hore instead of going on make his wife think he la.—New York to Mr. Green’s? Press. Bobbie—Yes, but tbey’s one thing both Trade Was Ruined. ers me. ♦ The Minister—What is it, Bobble? Drummer (at Moonshinoville)—Good Bobbie—Blamed if I can see how the morning, Mr. Crossroads. How's busi doctor got him into that little bit of a ness? satchel of his without breakin every bone i Storekeeper (disconsolately) — Mighty in his body.—Cleveland Leader. pour, mighty poor. You see, a new store started up in opposition to me, an, of His Note. course, I couldn’t stand that, so I jest They arc pressing Kipling s “Vampire” gave my frien’s the wink, an they com poem Into service every where. A Georgia menced killin off ids customers, but he girl who had jilted a poetical lover who had more trade than I kalkerlated on, an had presented her with it handkerchief, a w’en his customers began to shoot back it ring and a lock of his hair received the made a purty even fight, an both sides killed each other off so fast that now there following note from him: Since you have deemed it a wire tiling to spurn ain’t either of us got any customers.— me, New York Weekly. Blighting my life while its morning was fair, I wish you’d look over your gif.a and return uio My rag and my ring and my hank of hair. Any other paper claiming to be the County Official paper does so without shadow of tiuthor authority. No other publishes al! the county offic ial matter. The Headlight is also 1 remonstrated with her for not doing wbpt I thought sbe ought to do. I do not be lleve sny one else could have hriped mo as much as she did. You see, I could hardly have talked as freely to any one eise. The last time she helped >“» my oonver sawon ran something like this: “Now give me a go,si start. Hang on! Holdup! Great Soott! Are you trying to I run me Into tee dltchf Jane, pay attem tlon to what yon re doing, iou 11 kill me! Don't let me wabble so. Look «“‘I I’m running into a rock-can t youi see am? There! I told you I would. It was „11 your fault. I should think you would have some Bense by this time. [ I did not Stop hire, but I have to make a break in the report of my remarks to say | that just here u young lady of whom I ain rather fond in a paternal sort of way, nml ■ whom I familiarly call Puss, rode up on J her own whxel and went along with me, although some few yards away for safety s sake I did not stop talking to the little lady, though. By this time I was too mad to oare for appearances. So I turned to Puss and continued: “Did you ever see such ft fool woman. Why can’t sbe hold this blaniod tiling straight? Here I am wabbling around like a drunken man.” Puss merely grinned ami showed her i pretty teeth and gurgled a delightful little girlish laugh. That made me all the mad der, and I began nt my wife again. “Now, Jane, do use some sense. Hang on! Put some muscle In it. How would you like it If I let you skin around like this when you were learning? Look out! Ouch! I’m going over. No, I ain't. Yes, I am. Push! Pull! Move the blamed thing along. Stop her, stop her! Can’t you see, you groat, great goose, that Pm running into the fence? 1 11 be killed! My bicycle will be smashed to pieces. Stop me! I’m gone up! O-o-o-o-o-o-c-o-o-o-hl” And, crash, bang, I went into the fence, just as I had predicted. I picked myself up, and after an examination found that no bones were broken. Then I examined my wheel ami found that it was all right. Then I looked around to find my wife and give her a piece of my mind. There she was, threo blocks up the street, just at the point where I started, sitting on the curb stone and laughing so loud I could bear every “Ha, ha!” And, worse and more of It, Puss was immediately across the street dismounted and also sitting on the ourb- tono and laughing just as hard. Then I saw it all. I had made the whole 1 distance all alone by myself, and I had ' been talking, directing and protesting to the circumambient air. No wonder the girls laughed, but I forgave them. I had learned to ride the bike.—Now York Truth. Perfectly Natural. “Did your friend die a natural death?” Inquired the tourist, addressing a Mon —Atlanta Constitution. tana man who had charge of a coffin at a little way station and was waiting for the His Last Resort. train to ship the body away. He lifted Ills mncklLnw from his glow “Oh, yes,” he said frankly. “They ing brow and nervously dabbed bls hand found the extra card in his sleeve after kerchief at his moistened hair. ward.”—Chicago Times Herald. “Heaven help me,” he murmured, “this Is my last resort!” The Earthquake. Then he added in a constrained tone: In the course of a sermon a negro preach “All the other landlords know me.”__ er in Georgia touched on the subject of Cleveland Plain Dealer. earthquakes. He said: “Oh, my sinful hearers, a yearthquake The Very Latest. is nothin mo’ ner less den dis—hell done “Was your husband accustomed torse got tired waitin fer you en goneter sleep intoxicating llquora to excess?” Inquired en wake up yawnin!”—Atlanta Constitu the insurance adjuster. tion. “Well,” she said reminiscently, “he An Embarrassing Question. never used to paint things red. but occa- eionally he would get out a pink supple- Schoolmaster (to new boy)—What is ment.”—Chicago Times-Herald. your father by trade? Boy (perplexed)—Must I tell? What He Was Doing. Schoolmaster—Yee, you must. Boy (after a great deal of hesitation)— “Here, young fellow, I want you to Please, sir, he’» the bearded woman at the keep your horse off my lawn.” "Say, you’re a hard hearted old bloke. circus!—Tit-Bits. “What do you mean?” “ Why, dat p«x>r old horse Is just a-prac- New to Him. tlclif de Kneippoure, dat's what.”—Cleve “Papa, how do tho people in the weath land Plain Dealer. er bureau find out what kind of weather we are going to have?” It How It Turned Out. “I didn’t know that they did, my «on« Chollle—Algernon’« father threatened —Yonkers Statesman. to disinherit him. and Algy vowed that he'd break the will. What was the out- Dead to AIL come? “What is apathy?” Regy—There wasn’t any will to break. “It’s a strange and dangerous condition Algy Broke hie father.—Up to Date. that a man sometimes falls into—a condi tion in which he has even been known to Bta Blasted Youth. lend his bicycle.”—Chicago Record. “Your little Jimmy cries a good deal nowadays.” Where They Were. ' Ves. Somebody gave our oook one of Miss Antique—He savs there are lies In those knives which will take a cake out tho Bible. without leaving any sticking to tbo pan.” Min Caustique—Why, did you let him —Chicago Record. sco your birth register?—New Y’ork Sun day Journal. offer west of Portland. We have all the appliances needed and there is nothing in the line of job printing that we cannot do Jost as well as yon can get it done iu Portland. We have no com petit leu in this county in jab work as no other office is pre pared to do good work. Not at All New. Frank—Some genius in Birmingham has invented a buttonleas shirt. Billy—Why, that’s old. I’ve worn them ever »Ince my wife learned to ride a bike. —Tit-Bits. Shopping Incident. “No, madam, we can’t take back that waist. You have worn it” “What if I have? You advertised It as ‘changeable »ilk.’ ”—Detroit Free Pre»«* Our Work Tells Too Much of a Gvcd Thing. “I ain’t see why you object to young Softly. I’m sure he is constant.” “Worse than that—he's perpetual.’ — New Yprk Truth. Ch« •«aMight. Farmer Rakehav—Of oonrre Beuoepbo- 1WJ may look funny I cAy folk«, but he a • darn light «tvunger than a hoax an aln i half » cvatly —New York Journal. About TI bm . “They say Bujuntcr has finally braced up ’’ “Well, be’» been taking tracers enough* —Detroit New».
